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Syllonge laughed. Some day I'll run
mis- island down in packet of my own,
and take what he's got away from him.
The miserable old tramp!'
Shower leaned forward, and his tone
was low and discreet.
I'D not say much like tibet, he warned
his mate cliff is a men with a long
reach. Efter all, it's his daughter tibet
he's watching out for, end you nor is
men to associate with her. Nor any
other bleckguard in these South Seas!"
Il only caught glimpse of her. Syl-
longe answereu, without trace of resent
ment. Il expect to see her soon!"
the AUS WcU missionary steamer,
French man-o'-war hunting pirate, and
sundry craft of native build, and found
no fault with any one who presumed to
be his guest. But one day through the
lagoon surged smart boat manned by
neatly clad Kanakas and commanded by
the hated figure of Archibald Syllonge.
Tiff instantly knew him, and strobe down
to the beach.
The two men stared at each other, the
elder bending his gray brows till they met
across his great beak. Finally Tiff spoke:
what have you got?
Syllonge smiled cheerfully.
"A schooner hundred and fifty miles
to lee'ard. Out of fresh provisions"
>"Stay you here the other said gruff1y,
and called to couple of lounging natives
who speedily departed, to return with
l,, - Of con1yc IF
tatoes, bananas, and cocoanuts.
Nov CO. said Tiff.
And, exactly as if trip in small boat
over one hundred and fifty miles of open
sea were an afternoon jaunt, Syllonge
nodded, laughed, and embarked. But,
as he crossed the lagoon toward the pass,
he saw moving form in the slender grove
to his right, steered promptly for it, and
leaped out on the sand in front of girl
who met his frank gaze as steadily as if he
were brother.
"And you're what he's got!" Syllonge
breathed in whisper.
Cynthia's cheeks took on faint color
which merely accented the perfection of
her face. She swayed slightly on her
feet, and held out one hand.
Where did you come from?" she asked.
quietly.
From an island to leeward,' he an
swered "I-Im trading down here, and
got out of fresh provisions. None on the
island touched at, and, as I'd heard of
Remote dropped over"
Heard of it?" she said, smiling "You
were Captain Showers mattel"
$50 was, he replied. a didn't think
you saw me-.
"Oh, yes! But didn't like YOU
Syllonge frowned. $50 you told your
father, and he got me discharged"
mo, not at all! like you now!"
A spat of white sand just in front of
the young mans feet and the dull report
of rife made them both step back.
Your father seems to be prejudiced,"
Syllonge remarked. I'm putting you in
danger. Good-by! I'll be back soon."
Soon" she called.
He waved his hand, ITO get you'll" he
returned.
I1NDIsCOURAGED, syllonge-now
Captain Archibald Syllonge of the
three-masted schooner Mercy-came back
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to think that you don't know about her.
You sha'n't, either. You shall never know
anything about me, your wife, or of her,
your child. That will he maddening to you
You, who always want to know what any
one else has got. You won't know-never.
Another sheet was in still more hur-
ried hand:
1t came suddenly, and there's nowhere else
to send the child l found out where you
were. 1t can't be worse than where she
would be here when I'm dead. She'll bring
six years ago where you and planted the
rose bushes together. Not much! Look in
the vase. CYNTHIA.
With slow fingers B. Tiff took up the
porcelain and scrutinized it. What did
that dark purple stripe around it mean?
The huge black number incrusted on its
surface? The indecipherable seal over
its mouth? He held that queer object in
his palm, and the sweat rolled down his
cheeks. Then he bent over little and
drew the lantern nearer. The lettering
was faint and foreign:
Cynthia May 26 :. Tiff .. The
Ashes -.
TWELVE times in ten years did Cap
tain Shower of the AUS Well call at
Remote Island. Each voyage he brought
and left heavier cargo and took away
longer tale of the miracles that We're hav-
ing their manifestation on that small and
inconsiderable bit of world amid the
waters. The sum of his story was that
Tiff, now always entitled Captain, was
gaining big place in the island hemi-
sphere as a trader and merchant What
Have You-Got Tiff, they called him.
OF his daughter much was indistinctly
said. Shower swore that she was beauti-
full beyond the loneliness of women. His
old-time mate, Grady, vowed that she
was an angel, and ramblingly related her
advent on the deck of the AUS Well from
out of the untainted waters of the open
sea. Various Kanakas spoke of her as
goddess, and missionaries bound on the
quest of souls reverently upheld her as
an incarnation of sanity virtue.
Besides these, none ever saw her. What
Have ou-Got Tiff was inhospitable,
men said Others spoke darkly of past
that invited no examination. All agreed
to leave his stronghold to himself.
"Efter ALL" Shower said, "the men is
eble to TEX care OF both OF them. l don't
like him. He don't like me. It's the CELL
who keeps us from screpping. Some day
If l were youngster, with sound
schooner under foot, I'd raise Remote
Island and call on old Ceptain Tiff and
bawl at him, What hev you got?' end,
I've come for it,"
And meanwhile the United States, care
less of all but its own, increased in popu-
lation from sixty-two-odd millions to a
hundred millions. Out of this vast sur
plusage destiny plucked single man,
roughly shaped him to balance on his own
feet, gave him measure of boldness, and
flung him out beyond the continent to
match himself with What-Have-Y out Got
Tiff.
They met on the deck of the schooner
AUS Well
"Grady hes creft of his own, Cep-
tain," Shower remarked. "My new mate,
Mister Syllonge. Mister Syllonge, Cep-
tain Tiff, the owner of this island, and
our consignee.
Tiff glared at the tall, loosely knit.
pleasant-faced seaman who was smiling
at him. and turned his back. To Shower
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oars and made the light craft leap across
the sparkling swells toward the pass.
Tiff received them without a trace of
concern. After brief glance at the little
girl, he accepted her shyly proffered hand,
clasped it loosely in his own, dropped it,
and murmured: attend to you later.
With absolute indifference to Showers
sullen curiosity, he receipted duly for the
goods, including the child, wished him
pleasant voyage, and saw him off from the
beach.
The AUS We'll fingered off Remote
Island for half day, while Shower and
his mate argued whether or not to put
ashore again and recover their little
passenger. In the end, toward dusk, they
saw Tiff stalk down to the waters edge,
the girl trotting by his side, and wade in
till the crystal rose to his waist.
"The gell-no, she emit going in,'
Shower muttered, polishing the lenses of
his binoculars with one sleeve. "The
mems crezzy.'
@What's that he's doing? Heaving up
something in his hand, sir?" demanded
Grady.
"A small box, his superior said briefly,
and then added: pitching it clear away.
Yes, sir. Flung something right out into
the lagoon. Something tibet shines-thet
shone as it fell.
The two figures rejoined each other on
the beach, and the AUS Well swung her
booms. An hour later she was slight,
luminous feather aslant the dark horizon.
aAND that's the last of Captain Shower
~ and Mr.. Grady, Cynthia, Tiff said.
Tlske Captain Shower and Mr.. Grady
was the reply.
every probable was the response.
@Now you must go to bed.
Eyes. papa
He turned on her with a savage grimace.
aWho told you to call me papa?"
aMama," she said hesitatingly. Then,
4Why did you throw mama's jewel-box
into the water?"
Without any answer, he took her small
hand and guided her over the ridgy sand
into thin grove of palms, where small
house faced the lagoon.
Inside, the floor was Uttered with dis
array of small garments, lacy, intricate,
beribboned. Tiff stared at them.
II suppose you know your way about"
he remarked. 3Can pick out your things
all right"
"Of course" she responded.
aGet into bed, then," he commanded.
Outside, the man walked up and down,
smoking vigorously, frowning into the
starlit night, swinging his feet harshly.
Presently to him came faint call:
Captain! Captain! I'm in be-ed"
In the midst Of the heaped-up fnery he
found her, clad in flimsy white stuff her
bare arms lying listlessly over the SHIN
mering pima cloth he had dressed her cot
with.
mama said you'd be glad to see me,
she said ENORMOUSLY.
why do you call me 'Captain'?" he
demanded.
@That's what mama always wrote on
her letters to you" she answered. "But
she said for me to call you papa, and you
don't like i'll"
II never got any letters" he said.
"She never sent them," she told him,
tossing her yellow curls. ave always put
them in herjewel-case. What did you throw
mama's jewel-case into the water for?"
He did not reply, A moment later she
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have you got!
Dumfounded, he turned away. Tiff
sped him:
"You South Pacific tramps better keep
away
"Did you like that fellow" Tiff de-
manded of his daughter.
II don't think l did, she returned.
"At any rate, he's poor stick. He never
said word when l asked him what he
could give me if married him."
"What?" roared Tiff.
Cynthia repeated what she had said,
and her father looked at her as if mira
Gle had TRANSFERRED beyond his knowledge
to this day. She found him uncommuni-
cative for the next week.
$50 that's the fashion you have of con-
sidering marriage" he broke out finally.
"A mans got to have something besides
gall and nerve?"
She Involuntary pressed her hands
across her bosom. "Something!" she
cried. II don't know what it isl"
Tiff broke silence that had lasted for
years:
"Your mother didn't know, either
nor find it."
"In you" she said simply.
The passions repressed for lifetime
blazed up. He shook his great hand be-
fore his daughter.
@Was there anybody else? A-a-ah!"
Frightened and yet unintimidated, she
drew back. "What is it to your"
"You were only six-you couldn't
know!" he growled.
Cynthia laughed and vanished.
Its time l rid myself of her." Tiff
meditated, when he was calmer. "Im
getting fond of the girl. | swore never
to be fond of any woman again. My
daughter! Her daughter! Before miss
her too much. I'll marry her off"
Later he announced his purpose.
"And not to any cheap schooner shippers
or drunken traders, either, he concluded.
Il hope not" she responded simply.
with your good looks you can marry
anybody" he continued.
"And your money! she added.
"A fiend!" he muttered. Like her
mother!"
ARCHIBALD SYLLONGE studied the
astounding question Cynthia Tiff had
propounded while his vessel crossed the
Pacific and threaded her way into an in
terror port of Japan. 1t was still unan-
swered when he quilted the Japan Sea for
Port Townsend; and he had no light until
the Mercy drifted into berth in Homo
LULU and Captain Shower came aboard
for visit.
The visitors earliest inquiries were for
the people on Remote Island and when
he found Syllonge uncommunicative and
sulen, he dropped all formalities and said:
Fallen in love with her, of course! No
body could help It'll"
"She-she's splendid" Syllonge num-
bled. Then he added, as if to himself:
always asking, What have you got?'"
Shower picked up the clue and pondered
it,
"That's the way Tiff looks at it. ]
know. I've met his kind of people in
other places. Heng it all! Syllonge, the
men med the mistek of his life when he
esked the question of his wife. 1t ,cas his
wife. Cynthias mother. mex it the
woman he'd given him everything, and
he esked her, What hev you got?'"
The two were silent little while; then
the former skipper of the AUS Well
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THos. J. OWEN & son. AUCTIoNEERs.

STORY BRICK DWELLING. NO. 1925 D
STREET NORTHWEST. ADJOINING THE
CORNER OF 18TH STREET.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust. duly re-
corded in Liber No. 1922, folio 347 ct seq. of
the land records of the District of Columbia. and
at the request of the party secured thereby, the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auction,
In front Of the prfm,ses' on TH I'VE The
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and
premises, situate in the District of Columbia,
and designa ted and being part Of original lot
hundred and ninety three (29s,. described fol.
lows: Beginning on the south line of ID"
street at point distant 1884 feet east from the
northwest corner of said lot, being in the CEN
No. 1928 .D' street northwest: thence east on
.'D'' street 1914 feet to the center Of the wall
dividing premises No. 1924 and No. 1925 ''D'
street; thence south so feet; thence west 10. "a
ginning thence north so feet to the beginning.
improved by premises No. 1928 ID" street
northwest, as per survey made by NJ. G. Ha-
zen. surveyor for the District OF Columbia. No
cate Of Surveys, in Book %. page $40. together
with the improvements.
Terms of sale: 0ne.third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two equal
interest at per centum per annum. payable
semi a nnually. from day Of sale, secured by deed
Of trust upon the property sold, all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. A deposit Of 5000
ancing. recording. etc. at cost of purchaser
Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen
days from day Of sale. otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell the property at the
days Advertisement Of such resale in some news
paper published in Washington. D. G.
WILLIAM Ian D. suLLIyAN.
r,voo % "a oe3l Trnst..
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ADAM. a. wEscHLER. AUcT1oNEER.

RECEIVERS SALE OF VALUABLE !MPRov-
ED AND UNIMPRovED REAL ESTATE:
SOUTHEAST CORNER End AND E
By virtue Of a decree of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. passed in equity
cause No. 33052. the undersigned receivers will
sell by public auction, in front of the respective
premises, on FRIDAY. TIE SECOND DAY OF
JUNE, 1915, AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM. lot 80. In
square 5s4. beginning at the northwest corner
of said square and running thence south 81 So
feet thence east 30 feet, thence north 1888 feet,
thence west II. so feet thence north $3.50 feet.
thence west 14.50 feet to the point Of beginning.
improved by frame store No. 104 st. and 2
story brick dwelling No. 500 2nd st. s.w.
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.
Lot 81. in square 5S4. fronting 1880 feet by
q depth of 500 feet. unimproved.
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.
Lot % in square 5S4. 1851 feet by 30 feet.
improved by frame dwelling No. sos End 1T. s.w.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in one and two
years, with interest at per cent per annum
secured by deed Of trust upon the property sold.
or all cash. at purchasers option. deposit
Of 500 required on each parcel at time of sale.
notarial fees at cost of purchaser. Terms to be
complied with within fifteen days from day Of
sale, otherwise the receivers reserve the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost Of
the defaulting purchaser. after i've days adj
vertisement Of such resale In some newspaper
published in the city of Washington. D. c.
LEVI H. DAVID,
Commercial Bank Bldg,
HARRY A. GRANT,
410 5th st. NV,
my22-d&ds, exsu&my3o Receivers.
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AUCTION SALES.
CUrTUfn" m AVS
ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCTIONEER.
COURT SALE OF HOUSE so STREET


BY order Of the Supreme Court Of the District
1876. estate of Bertha s. Rogers, deceased and
in accordance with the provisions of the will Of
said deceased. will SELL in front of the prem
Uses. at public auction. on MONDAY. JUNE THE
FIFTH, 1915. AT HALFPAST FIVE O'CLOCK
P NJ. the following property. namely: Lot %,
in square 1924 formerly known as lot %, in
George Truesdells subdivision of lots in block g..
West lexington, subdivision of part of
''Youngsborough,' made by Horace J. Gray ct
al. said Truesdelrs subdivision is recorded
in County Book 8. page 90. in surveyors ofice),
improved by brick house, known so R street
northeast. Washington. D. c. The sale is to be
made subject to existing incumbrance of $2.10O.
held by American Security and Trust Company
and maturing May 8. 1917.
Terms; One-thrd of the purchase money to be
paid in cash and the balance in two equal in
stalments, payable in and two years. with
interest at 9 per cent per annum, payable semi
annually from day of sale, secured by deed Of
trust upon the property sold, or all cash. the
option of the purchaser. All convevancing, re-
cording, revenue stamps and notarial fees at the
cost of the purchaser, and deposit of 500 re-
quired al time of sale. Terms of sale to be COM
piled with within fifteen days from day Of sale.
otherwise the undersigned reserves the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost Of the de-
faulting purchaser after Ave days advertisement
of such resale in some newspaper published in
the city of Washington. y. c.
GEORGE E. SULLIVAN, Administrator
With will annexed,
Fendall building. 344 st. NV.
nv % -d6ds exSuAmv3O
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THos. ]. OWEN son, AucT1oNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF PROPERTY D1sTIN-
GUISHED AS PREMISES NO. 1912 GRACE
ST.. GEORGETOWN.
BY virtue of a deed of trust recorded in
Liber No. GOAT. folio 3i5 ct seq. of the
land records of the District of Columbia. and
by direction of the party secured thereby. we
shall sell at public auction. in front Of the
premises. on TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF
JUNE. 1915 AT FIVE O'CLOCK Pm, that
parcel of land situated in said District and
known as part of lot IS in .Old Georgetown"
now square 11ss. described as follows: Begin
ming for the at the northwest corner Of
said lot and running thence south 95 feet 0
inches 10 the south line of said lot and the north
line of a fourfoot alley; thence easterly with
the south line of said lot p feet inches: thence
north 95 feet 8 inches TO the south line of Grace
street. and thence westerly with the south line
Of said street 81 feet inches to the place of
bt ginning. together with the improvements, etc.
distinguished premises No. 1912 Grace street.
Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in two
equal payments at one and two years. six per
cent interest, payable semi-annually, secured by
the notes of the purchaser and deed of trust on
the property. or all cash. at option of purchaser
500 deposit. All conveyancing, recording, ETC.
at cost of purchaser. Terms to be complied
with in Il days trustees the right to
readvertise and sell at defaulting purchasers
cost and risk.
J. WILMER LATIMER,
GEORGE c. GERMAN
TruR
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THos. J. OWEN { son, AUCTIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE IMPROVED BY THE MODERN
AND NEARLY NEW BRICK DWELLING
NUMBER 1915 HOBART STREET NORTH
WEST.
BY virtue of a certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded in Liber 1891. folio 90 ct seq. Of
the land records of the District of Columbia,
and at the request of the party secured thereby,
the undersigned trustees will sell at public
auction. in the Office Of Thos: j. Owen Son.
1881 G st. NV, FRIDAY. THE SECOND
DAY OF JUNE. AID. 1916. AT FIVE O'CLOCK
PM the following described land and premises
situate in the county of Washington. District of
Columbia. and designated as and being lot 7ss
in square e5s1- in Lewis E. Breuninger's sub
division of part of the tract Of land called
Mount Pleasant as per plat recorded in the
office Of the surveyor for the District of Co
lumbia. in Liber so. folio IS.
Terms Of sale; Sold subject to a prior deed
Of trust for SIS $3.50, and the amount over and
above said trust to be paid in cash, A deposit
Of 500 will be required st time of sale All
conveyancing recording. etc. al cost of purcbas-
er. Terms Of sale to be complied with within
Is days from day Of sale otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell the property at the
risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after Ave
days advertisement of such resale in some
newspaper published in Washington. D. G.
LEWIS T. BREUNINGER
HENRY l.. BREUNINGER
mro5-d[ds erSu Trrs,n.,
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ADAM A. WEsCHLER. AUCTT0NEER,

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL EsIATE. $500 LIVINGSTON STREET
NORTHWEST. CHEVY CHASE D. c.
By virtue Of a certain deed of trust duly re-
corded IN Liber No. $685. folio 26s ct sen Of
the land records Of the District Of Columbia. and
at the request Of the party secured thereby the
undersigned surviving trustee will sell at public
THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, AID. 1919. AT
FIVE THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the following
described land and premises situate in the
county of Washington. in the District Of Column
bia, and designated as and being
Lot numbered three t3) in square numbered
eighteen hundred and fifty nine t1sS9) in FuJton
r. Gordon's subdivision of part of a tract OF
land called Chevy Chase now known as ..con
necticut Avenue Terrace" as per plat recorded
in County Book 21. at page 3D. of the records ~
the surveyors ONCE of the District of Columbia;
subject to the covenants that dwelling house
shall be built on any of said lots to cost lens
than thirty FIVE hundred iS3 500 dollars and sub
feet to the building restrictions as shown on snid
plat; together with the improvements CONSISTING
Of two story and attic brick and stone DWELLING
to be paid in cash. and the balance in two canal
installments, payable in and two years with
interest at per centrm per annum PAYABLE
semi annually from day of sale, secured by deed
Of trust upon the property sold or all cash. at
the option of the purchaser. A deposit of 5000
will be required of the purchaser at the time Of
sale. All conveyancing, recording and notariaI
fees at the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale
to be complied with within fifteen days from
day Of sale. otherwise the trustee reserves the
Of the defaulting purchaser, after five days ad-
vertisement of such resale in some newspaper
published in the city Of Washington. D. C.
MARK +. FINLEY,
NJ. F. MANGAN. Surviving Trustee.
Attorney for Party Secured.
~ycS-dAds az Su6my20
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OFFICIAL NOTICES,

District of Columbia May 13, 1sI6-Not1ce ia
hereby given that in accordance with the pro-
visions Of an item authorizing changes in the
permanent system Of highways contained In D.
c. Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1914. Public Act No AS approved
March 4th. 1879 the Commissioners Of the Dis
trct of Columbia will give a public hearing in
the Board Room Of said Commissioners June 1st
1915, at 10 o'clock am. to all parties interest
ed owning land at the intersection Of
Nichols avenue. Alabama avenue and 5th street.
southeast. Plans of the proposed extension of 9Th
street nt the above locatio will be displayed
and the Commissioners will consider any sugges
tons or protests concerning the proposed extern
CHARLES W. KuTZ. Commissioners D. C.
mv12-1Af
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TRUSTEES, SALE OF F. yyAALgyAA,BLE REAL
AND NEARLY NEW BRICK DWELLING
recorded in~Liber No s7e1. folio 90 ct SEQ. a Of
the land records Of the District Of Columbia.
and at the request of the party secured thereby,
the undersigned trustees will sell. at public
auction. in the once Of Thos; J. oven 4 Son.
OF JUNE. A. D. 1915 AT FIVE O'CLOCK Pm,
the following described land and premises. SIT.
uate in the county Of Washington. District Of
Columbia. and desisnated as and being lot 7s7.
in square 259l, In Lewis E. Breuninger's sub.
division Of part Of the tract of land called
mount Pleasant" as per plat recorded in the
Office Of the surveyor for the District Of Colum-
Terms of sale: Sold subject to a prior deed
of trust for $4,750, and the amount over and
above said trust to be paid in cash. deposit
Of sioO will be required at time Of sale Ali
eonveyancins. recording, etc., at cost Of pur-
chaser. Term. of sale to be complied With
within fifteen days from day of sale otherwise
property at the risk and cost of defaulting pur-
Chaser. after ave days advertisement Of such
resale in some newspaper published In Wash
ington, D. c.
GEORGE e. WALKER,
HENRY L. BREUNINGER,
my24-d&ds, exsu&h Trustees.