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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-31

The Evening star Newspaper Company.
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tana tnat Fielding reached-that cur
rent would keep loose f1eld-ice floating
about for at least another month"
Tom Fanshaw's eyes had almost tho
light of madness in them. But she
can't live MONTH" he cried. "She's
alone. unarmed! She has no food; no
shelter but those bare huts!"
"The Walrus people doubtless left
some stores there, if she could find
them," said Captain Warner. But,
still, what you say is perfectly true.
She can hardly hope to keep q live q
week."
"Then." said Tom, in dull, passion
ate rebellion-"then, in some way or
other, we must 60 back to her. If you
won't go-if you won't take the AL
rora back, I'll take one of the little
boats and go myself"
IF you want to commit suicide"
said Captain Warner, 'you could do it
less painfully with q revolver. The
small boat would not live 80 seconds
after we put her over the side. You
know that, If you are not mad. AS
for the Aurora herself, if she had not
been built the way she Is, she would
have been crushed hours ago. And
If l were to lower the propeller and
start the engines, they would simply
twist the screw off Of her before she
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CHAPTER xI.
The Aurora.

II tell you sir, the thing is beyond
human possibility. There Is no help
no human help in the world. l
would swear to that before God. But
think you must know it as we'll as
do" Captain Warner, standing upon
the Aurora's bridge, was the speaker
The two F'anshaws, father and son,
their faces gray with despair, turned
away and looked over the great mass.
es of loose, churning feld-ice, which,
filing the sea out to the utmost hori-
zon, confirmed the captains words.
"How long" Tom Fanshaw began
then he paused, moistened his lips and
rubbed them roughly with his hand
"How long," he repeated. shall We
have to wait before 1t opens up?"
1T won't open up again this sea-
son-not II I know anything about the
arctic" said the captain.
ut will freeze, though" Mr.. Fan.
shaw said, freeze into solid pack
that we could cross afoot. How long
shall we have to wait for that?"
Its hard to tell. Generally in this
latitude the pack is pretty solid by
the first Of September. But that
warm current which caught F1eldings
ship, which caught the Walrus-the
current which makes, every summer
apparently, that long gap of open wa
tor which enabled us to reach the
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would not permit him to fly away;
this last gay jest out Of the pages Of
"Alice in Wonderland" about hunting
for walrus.
Cod" he whispered as he turned
away-"My God!"
He had his revolver, and besides the
six cartridges which the cylinder con-
tanned, there were, perhaps, 30 in his
belt For how many days, or weeks,
would they avail to keep off starva-
ton?
But his face was composed again
when he turned back to her. There
are two things that come before break
fast" he said--"fre and water. There
ia a line of driftwood down the beach
to the westward, there at the foot Of
the talus. When we get fire 60
ing" he stopped himself short. II
was going to say that we could melt
some ice for drinking water, but until
we have some sort Of cooking utensil
to melt it in. it won't do much good.
There must be something Of the sort
in the hut here"
She shook her head. They're
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denly from ner hands. When he
glanced up at her, she was looking
seaward-out over those miles Of
plunging, heaving ice. And, under his
eyes, her face turned white as marble.
Her bloodless lips were parted. They
did not move at all and they looked as
If they were frozen. He could not
| see that she was breathing. Her eyes
were turned away from him and he
was glad Of that. For another moment
more, at least, he need not read the
look in them. For now, at last, he
was sure she understood. He himself
fixed his eyes upon the fire and
waited.
There's something here" she whis-
! pered, here in this book of fathers,
that-that l want you to read"
1t was still open at the page she had
, been reading when she had dropped
1t. With his first glance at what was
written there he saw how she had
come, SO suddenly to understand.
september 1Sth.-Field-ice came
. into the bay last night just as it has
come at about this season in the two
preceding years-a dense fog and
whole gale blowing from the east. To
me its coming is a relief. 1t is, in a
way, the official beginning of winter.
, The tantalizing hope of rescue Is
now put away on the shelf to wait for
another summer. After ALL to men in
our condition q temporary hopeless
ness is much more comfortable than
hope itself The long winter night
gives an opportunity to revive our be-
lief that with another season of open
water, rescue will come
II have been very busy lately stock
ing our larder for the next six months.
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CHAPTER X.
What the Dawn Brought.

What the Dawn Brought.
The man rose from his seat at the
loot of the bunk and, with restless
strides, began pacing back and forth
In the narrow limits Of the little hut.
The girl lay still, but her eyes follow
I'd him. Her thoughts were keeping
step with his.
There's not much faith in the
world, that's true" she said presently.
And yet, that's not exactly tho
worlds fault. When people haven't
anything else to walk by, they have
to walk by sight" she hesitated q
little there, feeling for the words she
wanted. 1T was SO easy" she went
on at last, ito clear you Of the thing
they thought you did yesterday.
Couldn't you give them chance to
believe the truth about the other
thing too? There must be something
you could reveal about that old charge
that would wash out the stain of it
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CHAPTER XII.
Cayley's Promise.

For this small mercy Cayley thanked
God. The girl did not understand.
She was rubbing those sleepy eyes Of
hers and putting back, into place,
stray locks of hair that were in the
way. 1.-THE foe must have gone to
pieces" she said, land they've drifted
off in the fog without knowing it.
suppose there's no telling when they'll
be back; very likely not for hours"
He did not risk trying to answer
her. All his will power was directed
to keeping the real significance Of the
yachts disappearance from showing
in his face.
She had turned to him quite casual
ly for an answer, but not getting it,
remained looking intently into his
eyes. MIR. Cayley," she asked pres
emily, "were you telling me last night
what you really thought was true, or
were you just encouraging mel
mean about those men who attacked
the yacht? Are you afraid after all,
that our people are not in possession
Of the Aurora, wherever she s?"
Il told you the truth last night
can't imagine any possibility by which
the men who came here on the Wal
rus could get the Aurora away from
your people, except by stealth"
But If our people beat them of,
why didn't they come ashore? There
aren't any of them around. are there?"
apparently not" said Cayley
"They may have all been killed before
they could get back to shore, or some
Of them may have been captured. No,
really don't think you need worry
about them"
She drew long deep BREATH flung
out her arms wide, and then stretched
them skyward What day it is.
Was there ever such day down there
in that warm green world that people
live in?-Oh, don't wonder that you
love It, ! wish ! could fly rs you DO.
But since I can't, for this one day you
must stay down here upon the earth
with me-"
Her mention of his wings gave him
his first faint perception Of the line
the struggle would take. His mind
flashed for an instant into the posi-
ton which her own would take when
she should know the truth. To her it
It would not seem that they were
castaways together. He was not ma
rooned here on this shore. His ship
was waiting to take him anywhere in
the world. He was as free as the
wind itself
II believe living In the Sky Is what
makes you do that" he heard her say
makes you drift off into frances
that way. perfectly obllvious to the
fact that people are asking you ques-
! TONS"
| He met her smiling eyes, and a
smile came, unbdden, into his own.
you've forgiven me already, see."
he said. What was the question
about?"
1T was about breakfast Have you
anything to eat in that bundle Of
yours?"
He shook his head, and she drew
/ down her lips in mock dismay.
"ls there anything to eat anywhere"
she questioned, sweeping her arm
sound in hak circle, landward
Mustn't we go hunting for q walrus
or a shark Or something's"
Cayley had to turn away from her
as she said that. The remorseless
irony of the situation was getting be-
You'd human endurance. Tho splendor
of the day; the girls holiday humor;
| her laughing declaration that she
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Fortunately, have succeeded in kill
Ing bears and walruses enough to keep
us supplied. wish l could feel as
easy about our fuel. We have swept
the beach clear of drift-wood. but shpll
have barely enough to get through
i the winter with. For myself, who have
no real hope at all, 1t doesn't greatly
, matter. l greet the dawn Of each Of
! these interminabe arctic days with
! intense WEAKNESS. And | never bid
farewell to the sun for another winter
without an involuntary In manns
! Tuns.'
Cayley read the entry through slow
(, ly. I'm glad IT. happened this way"
he said when he finished, glad it was
I your father who told you. All this
past hour I've been wondering how I
could tell you, how I could make you
/, understand"
The girl had been halfrcclining up
on the great sheepskin, her weight
supported by one hand While Cayley
read, this support failed her, and she
sank down, rather slowly, until her
head was buried In tho arms which
were stretched out as If in blind sup
plication. She was shuddering all
over.
AS Cayley spoke, he covered those
clasped, outstretchcd hands with one
OF his own. The touch and the sound
of his voice steadied her little.
I you've known. then. from the
/ first % The words came brOkenly,
half-voiced, muGled.
He bent down over her to hear
them Eyes, knew from the first"
He said no more than that Just
| then, but remained as he was, his
hand covering her two, holding them
tight, his body bending over hers
: protectingly.
After a little while she ceased shud-
! doring, and answered the pressure Of
his hand with sudden clasp of her
two; then drew them away again and
sat erect.
| Her eyes, when they rose to his
face, were still wide with fear-a
deeper-scated fear, really, than her first
momentary panic. But now she had
It in control and spoke steadily
enough.
! "Therc is no chance at all, do you
think?"
For the Aurora to come back? No,
not this season, at least; no possible
chance"
"And-how much ammunition have
you. Mr.. Cayley?"
"Thirty-one cartridges, besides the
ones in the revolver"
He would have said something more
but with little gesture she prevented
him. you've been thinking it out"
she said "You know what 1t means
now, and II feel that don't l cant
quite realize it yet. You must give
me little time to think, too"
He had to assent to that, though he
knew, in advance, the direction her
thoughts must take, and foresaw the
dreadful conclusion Of them. And the
answer he had to make to that con-
clusion? Well, he had it ready.
| How long that silence lasted, neith-
er Of them knew. He sat there beside
her, and yet even his eyes allowed
her perfect solitude. He mended the
fire and attended to his cooking as
quietly as before, when the girl was
reading.
Finally little move Of hers, pre-
paratory to speech, gave him leave
to look at her. In those silent min
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on, and with Gods help he'll keep
her alive until we can get back with
the relief"
He said no moro, and he clutched
the rail tight in his gauntleted hands
and gazed out north, across the ice.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-08-19
CATHOLIC GIRL
Made Assistant to the Director Of
u. s. MINIS.

Miss Margaret v. Kelly-the name
sounds familiar-is now the highest
salaried woman in the Government
service. A Washington dispatch says:
Miss Margaret V. Kelly of the mint
bureau Of the Treasury Department
today became the highest salaried wo-
man in the Government service. Miss
Kelly, who has been chief clerk of the
mint bureau at salary of $2,250
year, was appointed today by Secre-
tary MacVeagh as examiner of mints
in the bureau, virtually assistant di-
rector of the mint.
In this new position in addition to
drawing $4,000 a year Miss Kelly will
be acting director of the minis of the
country in the absence of George E.
Roberts, the director. She will have
charge of all the minis and direct their
immense business at any time the di-
rector is absent.
We hope that Miss Kelly's name is
not a deception-in other words that
she is what one would infer. an Irish
Catholic girl.
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MORE AVIATION FATALITIES.

Scarcely has the International Avia-
ton meet at Chicago gotten fairly UNI
der way when the reports of fatalities
begin to come. On the second day Of
this meet. which is to last for week.
two young men fell to their death.
Both aviators We're comparatively in
experienced, but in this case lack of
experience does not appear to be the
cause OF the fatalities which are at
trlbuted to defects in the machines
the unfortunate men were driving.
There are few of these meets in
which serious accidents or fatalities
do not occur. The death toll of avi-
ators is So large considering the num-
Der OF men who take part in flights
that one wonders why men will risk
their lives so willingly for the moety
OF honor which is to be gained. 1t is
noticeable, however that the leading
myers who survive few thrilling ad-
ventures soon disappear from the lists.
l.
ors of year or two ago and notice
how few of them are now entering
awaiting contests.
FROM financial standpoint there is
little doubt but that aviation fatalities
pay. The flights, on the first DAYS of
the meet at Chicago, were witnessed
by between 100000 and 100000 persons.
why are so many people interested
III these flights" They are thrilling,
it is true, but no matter how thrilling
they are If the lives Of the aviators
We're secure and fatalities were un.
known there is little reason to think
That the attendance would be so large.
1t would be interesting to note the at
tendance at these meets before and
after fatalities have occurred to as
certain whether or not there is per-
ceptable difference in the size of the
crowds attending.
Most of the lives lost through avia-
ton are sacrificed not for the advance
ment OF the art of navigating the air,
but because wealthy promoters offer
such opportunities to aspiring avators
to gain wealth and honor that many
OF them are helpless to resist the in
ducements even in the face of the ire
mendous risks. 1t is time the govern
ment took up the matter of prevent
ing this needless sacrifice of life.
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In glancing over The Patriarch Csc
attle) of August II we noticed a long
article on the first page under the
caption, Tom Watson and the Cath
Olics." which attracted our attention
We were rather astonishcd to find on
another page Il notice complimenting
us for not publishing that "lie against
Tom Watson" or course publishing
lies is not our business; hence VIC
don't feel complimentcd. But if The
Patriarch thinks we are in sympathy
with Tom Watson and his insensate,
and almost insane, attacks on the Cath
Ollie Church, we beg to correct the inn
preston Our issue of August 5 con-
tanned our views of Tom Watson. He
and all who sympathize with him are
the deadliest enemies of Gods Holy
Church-perhap not the deadliest, be-
cause they go to such an extreme of
villification that they must continually
disgust their own followers We hope
the time will never come when it can
be said of us that either actively or
passively we have aided in theiI in
famous propaganda.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-08-19

The Bystander in the Providence
Visitor asks. Shall we ever see a
Catholic President of the United
States?" On second thought one
would wonder why there should be
any reason for such a question. There
are more Catholics in the United
States than members of any other de-
nomination. On the average they are
good, loyal citizens. The Catholic
clergy are recognized by our foremost
public men. 1t is we'll known that the
stand of the Catholic Church on the
question of divorce is unimpeachab BILE,
that in this respect particularly it is
the life saver of the nation. But shall
we ever see a Catholic President of
the United States? is still question
The time may come sooner than we
think, but it is doubtful if it will come
during the present generation. When
people learn to scorn religious bigotry
a good Catholic statesman will have a
chance.
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Catholic editors in closer touch with
one another but through lack of prop
er direction or cooperation, not much
good came of them. Perhaps they
might be credited with having paved
the way for the present meeting which
it is to be hoped will result in better
things.
There are many matters which
might be discussed with profit by the
experienced men in this field of en-
deavor. In this connection leading
Catholic papers have made so many
valuable suggestions relative to the
different phases of the work that it
would be difficult to suggest anything
that has not already been mentioned
The proposal made by the Catholic
Citizen that Catholic Press Sunday
be set apart each year when the
clergy would urge upon their congre-
cations the need of reading Catholic
literature and subscribing for Catholic
periodicals seems to he a good one
The great question with most period
lcals is how to increase the circula-
ton. If that can be accomplished the
rest will come. And the united eff
fors Of the clergy would be very ef-
fectlVe means of placing Catholic pa
pers in homes where they are not
found at the present time
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the contract, and nations dare not in
corporate it in their navy as marine
regulations, yet the tyrants of the sea
know the law, and believe that to obey
it betters their service, and there are
few instances Of it's being disregarded.
1t is the unwritten law of the army
and navy that an officer shall not seek
cover, or at least shall not show ap-
prehension of danger to his person, in
time of battle and in the presence of
enlisted men or common sailors. In
officers of the German army were
killed, and the great majority of them
gave up their lives because they be-
lieved in the law of conduct.
In obedience to this law Farragut
bound himself to the mast, Lee rode
to the head of his charging column at
the bloody angle, and Lawton walked
cooly in front of the line and was shot
in the presence of his men.
has been much talked about and much
written about. Every intelligent citi-
zen believes that he has the right I'M
der certain conditions to oppose the
established government of his own
land and join in an effort to establish
another in it's place. Just prior to
and during the Civil War there was
much discussion in America by learn
ed men on either side of the right Of
the greater law"
The law justifying one person in
the killing of another has required the
serious consideration of every country.
Every criminal code provides certain
punishments for homicide, and many
of them graduate the punishment with
minute particularly, according to the
circumstances of the killing, so that
any one of six crimes may be involved
i'll single tragedy. Such codes also
attempt to define what killing is justi-
fable and what is excusable, and with
their Interpretation by the courts at
tempt to describe the only conditions
under which one human being can kill
another and not be guilty of crime.
The Hebrew code almost stands
alone in it's recognition of mans de-
sire to kill and his right to have that
desire and that climax of all satisfac-
ton which comes to him who under
great provocation Stays another. 1t
is not at all strange that in this
branch there should be an extended
code of unwritten as written law,
unwritten now and always to be I'M
written for the reason that the recog-
milton given by it's embodiment in the
statutes would be taken as a license
by dishonest men and would result ir
harm rather than good.
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THE OIREACHTAS
Annual Literary and Industrial Festi-
val Held at Dublin.


The Oireachtas, the great annual
literary, social and industrial festival
of the Gaelic League, was opened on
Saturday afternoon, July 90. when the
public were admitted to the Art and
Industries Exhibition in the Rotunda
. Rink, Rotunda Gardens, and closed
Aug. I. In the industrial section there
Is grand display OF Irish manufac-
lures from Dublin and various parts
of the country, including some work.
ing exhibits representing peasant in
dustries amongst Irish speaking peo-
pie in the west and south. The Art
Collection has brought together
splendid assembly Of pictures, lent for
the exhibition, and representing the
best works of Irish artists. There is
also an interesting collection of Irish
sculpture work. In this section there
will also be found a costume exhibit
The Committee of the Exhibition ar
ranged with some of the principal
Dublin houses to send in specimens of
costumes made in Dublin of Irish ma
terial. This is not an exhibit of what
tional costume, but an exhibition of
modern tailoring and Of fancy dresses
which may be used at evening and
other entertainments. The festival
closed with a final presentation of the
pageant representing the ancient Feis
at Tara. The Feis of Tara is sup
posed to be the oldest Parliamentary
institution of western Europe. Ira
dition fixes its establishment in the
reign of Olav Fola, about 700 B. c.,
and though it may not be easy to
prove that Olav Fola was a real his
torical character. and that he founded
Parliamentary institution, there is
no lack Of evidence in support of the
existence of the Feis of Tara in the
early centuries of our era. 1t existed
down to the seventh century of the
Christian era, and was, to some ex-
tent. a tleast, a deliberate assembly, at
which laws were made or revised, as
laws are made or revised in the Par
liamentary institutions of modern
times. There are many who accept
the tradition of the establishment of
the Feis of Tara by Olav Fola. How
far the tradition has found acceptance
may be gathered from the fact that
Olav Fola is given a place beside the
great lawgivers of the world in the
decorations of the Four Courts.
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Her eyes were trimming over. She
could say no more She squeezed
James hand tightly and left the room.
When the little figure had passed
out the door Jane reached for her
handkerchief, for hard as she tried TO
keep them back, the tears came now.
Poor little thing, she can only pray
for me-" Jane thought to herself. IF
l wouldn't have to stay here so long.
l wish all my friends were poor if they
would be like her."
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conservation, as the Bishop, arrayed
in the robes Of his high Office, wear
ing the mitre and carrying in his
hand the pastoral staff, walked down
the main aisle to impart his episcopal
blessing to the congregation he paus-
ed for moment at the pew in which
his mother sat and kissed her on the
cheek. The beautiful act of love and
tenderness caused tears to fill the
eyes not only of the good woman
who was the special object of his
messed it.