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CHAPTER III.
Dorothy Fairfax.

We were not far from two hundred
miles east of the Capes. I had been
closely confined to my bunk for two
days with illness, but now, somewhat
stronger, had been ordered to deck By
the surgeon. The last batch Of pris-
oners, after their short hour Of recre-
alton, had been returned to the quar-
tiers below. but I was permitted to re-
main alone undisturbed.
I was still standing there absorbed
when a voice, soft-spoken and femi-
nine, broke the silence.
May l speak with you"
/ turned instantly, SO thoroughly
surprised my voice faltered as I gazed
into the upturned face Of the Ques-
toner. She stood directly beside me,
her head uncovered. Instantly my cap
was off, and / was bowling co~urteously.
Most certainly" with a quick side
glance toward the guard. "but 1 an. o
prisoner" n
"Of course I know that" in smiling
confidence. "Only you see 1 am rather
a privileged character on board. Per-
haps you may be punished if you talk
with me-is that what you meant?"
Il am more than willing to assume
the risk. / have made few friends for
ward, and am yer bold enough TO say
that l have longed for a word with
you ever since / first saw you aboard
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matter with me in London just after
II occurred said few destroyers could
have stood the strain. He could only
account for her standing the pounding
against the sides of the Otrant0 by the
fact that her hull was cold riveteu
and hat she bent without the giving
away of the rivet heads.
l saw her afterward tied up in BEL
fast. She was fearfully bent In, ike
n battered tin thing, but not torn open
The heads Of the rivets held.
1t was different with the kashmere
which l afterward saw In Glasgow
Her bow was crushed in. The river
heads had given away and the plates
opened up. She had been hot riveted.
English naval officers are giving
study to this rivet question, and are
preparing q report to the admiralty
for future consideration in h build
ing of destroyers.
In the meantime all America owes
a debt of gratitude to Lieut.. Craven.
But for his pluck and ~seamanship not
n man from the Otranto would have
lived to tell the tale.
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WOLVES OF THE SEA
BY RANDALL PARRISH
Copyright. by a. c. McClurg & CO.


1 heerd tell about we at the trial, but
supposed We ter be an older man."
II am t~wenty-six."
"Ye don't look even tibet. Az,
they're ready for We now. Fall in
there-all Of yer. Step along, yer
Id rebel scum"
I stared aft at the poop deck. There
were a number Of persons gathered
along the low rail. probably all passen-
gers. Then my eyes encountered a
strange group foregathered beside the
lee rail.
There were four In the little party,
n of them a negress. Another was
clearly enough a colonial proprietor,
a heavily built man of middle age,
purple faced. I passed these by with
a glance, my attention concentrating
upon the other two-a middle-aged
man and a young woman stand
ing side by side. The former was a
dashing looking blade, Of not more
than forty, attired in blue slashed
coat, ornamented with gilt buttons,
and bedecked at collar and cuffs with
| a %profusion Of lace. A saffron colored
waistcoat failed to conceal his richly
berufled shirt, and the hilt of a rapier
was rather prominently displayed.
Such dandies were frequently enough
| seen, but Ii was this mans face which
made marked contrast with his gay
attire. He was dark and ~hook-nosed,
apparently of foreign birth, with black
mustache tightly clipped, so as to re-
veal the thin firmness of his lips, and
even at that distance I could perceive
the lines of a scar across his chin. AL
together there was an audacity to his
face, q daring, convincing me he was
no mere lady's knight but n to whom
fighting was a trade. He was pointing
US out to his companion, apparently
joking over u appearance, in al en-
deavor to amuse. Seemingly she gave
small heed to his words, for although
her eyes followed where he pointed
they never once lighted with a smile,
nor did I see her answer his sallies.
She was scarcely more than a girl,
dressed very simply in ONE clinging
dark stuff, with a loose gray cloak
draping her shoulders and a small,
neat bonnet Of straw perched upon a
mass of coiled nair. The face beneath
was sweetiy piquant, with dark eyes
and rounded cheeks flushed with
health. She stood, both hands clasping
the rail, watching US intently.
somehow felt as though her eyes were
upon me, and within their depths, ever
at that distance. I seemed to read a
message of sympathy and kindness.
The one lasting impression her face
left on my memory was that of limo.
cent girlhood, dignifed by a womanly
tenderness.
What were those two to each other?
I could not guess, for they seemed
from two utterly different worlds. Not
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Now Taboo Here

them," she was saying vehementlv.
you can see as plainly as ] can that
they are marked made in Germany"
Boy Burns Rocking Horse.
One mother recently espied her
young son standing in a NapOleonic NJ.
titude before a blazing bonfire, In the
midst of which could be seer the last
disappearing head Of a white rock
ing horse.
why, Nathan" exclaimed his moth,
er i'm a grieved voice, you used to
be so fond Of that rocking horse"
"Yes'm, but I'm not any more" de-
clared hex son emphatically. Its got
Made in Germany on It,"
We hear much about the necessity OF
protecting the new American dye in
dustry from German competition now
that the war is over, but few people
know that before the war our impOcta,
ton Of German toys was greater than
that of dyes. The figures show that
$9,0S4, 900 worth of toys were import.
ed where only 1914 900 worth Of dyes
were imported in 1914, the imports Of
both these lines of goods from Ger
many showed such n startling increase
that it Is now believed German dye
and toy agents in this country were
aware that war was approaching.
U. S. Toy Business Now Is Vast.
The only difference in the histories
of these two industries is that toys al
ways had been made to q limited ex-
tent in the United States, whereas
dyes-at least coal tar dyes-had not
been made here at all. In 1913 there
were already II toy establishments.
designing and manufacturing Ameri-
can toys, and doing an annual business
of 1851, 4S5. When the German TOYS
stopped coming this industry under
went ar m expansion. Today
there are 1876 American toy firms. do.
Ing an annual business of S2O,5 900
There is no doubt at present that the
American toy product is every bit rs
good as, If not better, than that mad
in Germany. 1t is a fact that u Amer
lean toymakers have not yet learned
to make bisque dolls or Christmas tree
balls, but most people consider that
the American dolls are much more
natural" and abundant Christmas
tree balls may be had from Japan.
Thus everybody was prepared for o
peaceful, American toy Christmas this
year, when suddenly a cargo of Ger.
man toys arrived in the port of New
York.
An earthquake could not hava
caused greater CONSERVATION In The
American toy industry. Immediately
the press took up the matter with The
free use of bitter invective and the
vice president of one of the firms tn
whom the toys were consigned issued
the following statement: 1--WE have
refused to accept the shipraent of Ger
man toys which came to us from Ho,.
land without notice. Though these
goods were bought and paid for before
the wal and are u property we viii
have no German made goods In our
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ForeWord.

Arson Carlyle, aged twenty
three, the ninth in descent from
Capt. Geoffry Carlyle Of GIas-
Cow, Scotland, was among the
heroic Canadian dead at Vimy
ridge. Unmarried, and the last
Of his line, what few treasures
he possessed fell Into alien
hands. Among these was a
manuscript, apparently written
in the year 1857, and which,
through nine generations, had
been carefully preserved, yet
never made public. The paper
was yellowed and discoIored by
years; occasionally a page was
missing, and the writing Itself
had become almost Indecipher-
able. Much indeed had to be
traced by use Of a microscope.
The writer was evidently a man
of some education, and clear
thought, but exceeding diffuse,
In accordance with the style Of
his time, and possessing small
conception Of literary form. 1t
editing this manuscript for mod
ern readers | have therefore
been compelled to practically re-
write 1t entirely, retaining mere
ly the essential facts, with an
occasional descriptive passage,
although I have conscientiousIy
followed the original develop
ment Of the tale. In this recon-
struction much quaintness Of Ian
guage as well as appeal to prob
ability, may have been lost, and
for this my only excuse is the
necessity Of thus making the
story readable. have no doubt
as to its essential truth, nor do
question the purpose which
dominated this rover Of the sea
in his effort to record the adven-
lures Of his younger life. As a
picture Of those days Of blood
and courage, as we'll as a story
Of love and devotion, ! deem it
worthy preservation, regretting
only the impossibility Of now
presenting 1t in print exactly as
written by Geoffry Carlyle.
r. p.
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IL
Sent Into Servitude.

Knowing this to be a narrative Of
unusual adventure. and one which may
even be read until long after I
have departed from this world, when
1t will be difficult to convince readers
that such times as are herein depicted
could ever have been reality, l shall
endeavor to narrate each incident in
the simplest manner possible. My
only purpose is truth, and my only
witness history. Yet. even now lately
as this all happened, it is more like
the ~recollectiOns Of a dream, dimly re-
membered at awakening, and, per-
chance, might remain SO, but for the
scars upon my body, and the constant
memory Of a woman's face. These
alone combine to bring back in vivid
ness those days that were-days Of
youth and daring, of desperate, law
less war, of wide ocean peril, and the
outstretched hands Of love. So that
here, where / am writing 1t all down,
here amid quietness and peace, and
forgetful Of the past, I wander again
along a deserted shore, and sail among
those isles Of a southern sea, the home
for many a century Of crime and un-
speakable cruelty. I will recall the
truth, and can do nc more.
1t was still early morning when we
were brought out under heavy guard
and marched somberly forth through
the opened gates Of the Jail. Ahead
we could perceive q forest of masts,
and what seemed like a vast crowd Of
waiting people. That we had been
sentenced to exile, to prolonged servi-
tude in some foreign land, was all that
any Of us knew.
The guards prodded the crowd saw
agely with the butts Of their mus
ketoons, thus making scant room for
US to shuttle through, out upon the far
end Of the wharf, where we were
finally halted abreast of a Jumping
brig, apparently nearly ready for sea.
There were more than forty of US. 1
gained glimpse of the hoOker's name
Romping Betsy of Plymouth. A mo-
ment later a sailor passed along the
edge of the dock and instantly q whis-
per passed swiftly from man to man.
Its Virginia, mate; we're bound for
Virginia"
The eyes of a prisoner met mine.
virginia, heyY" he grunted. "Ye're
a sailOrman, amt ye, mate? Well,
then, whar is this yere Virginia."
"That's all right, mates" / returned
cheerily. well fall into the hands
Of E~nglishmen out there. In America,
where all the tobacco comes from.
I've been there twice-and to a land
beyond they call Maryland. TITS q
country not so unlike England"
"Yer better stow that, my man."
growled someone above me, and l
looked up into the stern eyes OF the
captain of the guard. cor 1t may be
the eat for We. So we've been ter
the Virginia plantation, hev ye? Then
ye must be Master Carlyle, ! take IL.
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CHAPTER n.
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'ir3T
The Prison Ship.

The greater portion Of that voyage
Of 90 days l would blot entirely from
memory If possible. 1 cannot hope TO.
describe it in any detail-the foul
smells, the discomfort, the ceaseless
horror Of food, the close companion
ship Of men turned into mere animals
by suffering and distress, the weari-
some days, the black, sleepless nights,
the poisonous air, and the brutality Of
guards. 1 can never forget these
things, for they have SCARED my soul.
The hatch above remained open, but
carefully guarded night and day, while
we were permitted on deck for air and
exercise only in squads of ten, two
hours out Of every twenty-four. This
alone served to break the dread mo-
notony Of the voyage. From our exer-
else on deck we generally returned be-
low drenched to tho skin, but glad to
even pay that price for two hours Of
fresh air, and an opportunity to gaze
about at sea and sky. We were herd
ed well forward, a rope dividing us
from the main deck, which space the
passengers aft used as a promenade.
There were only three women aboard,
a fat dowager, the young lady I had
noticed at e~mbarkation, and her col
ored maid. I gained but one glimpse
Of the young lady in the first two
weeks at sea, and then only as we
were being ordered down to u quar-
ters for the night. Just as l was ap-
preaching the hatch to descend our
eyes met fairly, and I instantly knew
she saw and recognized me. For a
single second our glances chung, as
though some mysterious influence held
us to each other-then the angry
| guard struck me with the stock of his
piece.
"What er We standin' thar fer?ps he
demanded savagely. go On down
lively now"
I saw her clasping fingers convul-
sively grip the rail. and, even at that
distance, marked q sudden flame of
color in her cheeks. That was all her
message to me, yet quite enough. Al
tiiou6h VIC luu hCNCL SpOhChs oAtllOuSlh
III names yer yet unknown, Twas
no criminal to her mind, no unrecog-
nized prisoner beneath contempt, but
a human being in whom she already
felt a personal interest, and to
! whom she extended thought and SYM
pathy. / continued entirely ignorant
Of the identity Of the young woman.
She remained in my memory, in my
thoughts nameless, a dream rather
than a reality. / did learn that the
gay gallant was a wealthy Spaniard,
supposedly Of high birth, by name
Sanchez, and at one time in the naval
service, and likewise ascertained that
the rotund planter was a certain Roger
Fairfax Of Saint Mary's in Maryland,
homeward bound after a successful
sale Of his tobacco crop in London. It
was during his visit to the great city
that he had met Sanchez, and his
praise Of the colonies had induced the
latter to essay a voyage in his COM
pany to America. But strange enough
no n 81 much as mentioned the girl
in connection with either man.
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Captain Carlyle finds a friknd7
but at the same time he finds
that he has ar enemy on board
the Romping Betty. His enemy
warns that he will get revenge, 5
but why? Geoffry racks his brain
in vain for the answer.
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den movement Of the hull told all we
were under way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
SENATE GREATLY
MODIFIES HOUSE
PROHIBITION BILL
Amends and LiberahzeS Drastic Measure;
Non intoxicants May Be Made at Home;
but Half Per Cent Alcohol Is Limit
NOT TO SEARCH HOMES OF
THOSE WHO HOLD LIQUORS

such articles should be "nonpotable,
prescribing merely that they shall
be unfit for beverage purposes"
A House clause requiring alco-
holic content of toilet, medicinal and
anuSeptic articles to be labeled was
stricken out.
Retaining the House provision pro-
hioiting manufacture, sale. purchase.
transportation or prescription OF in
toNlcants without permit from the
Internal Revenue Commissioner, the
revised bill contains a provision that
such acts shall be expressly author
lied upon receipt of permits. The
House limit of ten days on permits
TO purchase intoXicants also is ex-
tended in the revised bill 10 90 days.
Pharmacists only may sell at retail
and licensed physicians only may pre-
scribe liquor. The House REQUIRE
ment for physical examination by
physicians Of applicans for liquor pre-
scrlptlons. however. was eliminated
The House provision limiting phy-
sicians dispensing to one pint Of
liquor in ten days for the same per-
son is retained, but modified to pro-
vide that such Limitation shall apply
only to prescriptions to be taken in
ternally.
More rigorous guarding transac-
tons in wines for sacramental and
rehSlous purposes are provided by a
provision requiring issuances of such
permits only to ministers, rabbis and
other ecclesiastics.
House provisions regarding adver-
Using or beverages are made more
stringent in some respects and more
IIheral in others. The subcommittee
struck out provisions prohibiting sign
or billboard advertising. but added a
clause penaliZing advertisement of
lEtoNlcants' anywhere, by any means
or method. Also stricken out was a
house clause authorizing obliteration
OF liquor advertising or the use of
pictures of a distillery. bottle, keg.
parrel or other receptacle in adver-
tlsing. y new clause permits manu-
fdcturers and wholesale druggists to
advertise alcohol in trade journals.
retaining the House provision
against advertisement of compounds,
preparations or formulas for manufac-
ture of intoNicants, the subcommittee
siren gthened this section by prohibit
ing also the advertisement of any
'utensil, contrivance or machine" for
such purpose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
Baptist Parsonage, Sold
Twice, Court Is Asked
to Act in Confirmation

After the congregation had ap-
proved the sale of the First Baptist
Church parsonage at 216 Pine
street, for Sl0,300 to Ross r.
Rhoads, W. Grant Rauch was az
preached to make an affidavit that
the price was a fair and ADEQUATE
one and he offered to pay $4,000
for the property.
John c. Nissley, as attorney for
the church. presented these facts 10
the court to-day, together with :
petition to confirm the sale to M.
Rhoads. which was drawn before
the offer of Mr. Rauch to pay s12.-
600 was received. Mr.. Nissley ex-
planned to the court that he did not
prefer to have the property sold AT
the lower figure and suggested that
President Judge George Kunkel re-
tuse to confirm the sale.
But We can't do that" Judce
kunkel said. Your petition asks
US to confirm the sale. 1t seems
that you are agreed. We haven't
ANYTHING to do with the other offer"
4es, Your Honor, but we are In
the position that we can not refuse
to sell Mr.. Rhoads because of or.
agreement with him." Mr.. Nisslev
stated. Here is Mr.. Rauch's cbeck
Tor SoOO TO bind the sale. Mr.
Rhoads also gave a check for
5000" i0'
Judge Kunkel, after a short dis
cussion, told Mr.. Nissley to present
a petition to the court asking that
the sale should not be confirmed
Tor the O.3OO, and then he couid
go ahead with negotiations to sell
at $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
TRACTOR FLEET
TO DEMONSTRATE
LABOR SAVING
Score of Big Machines to Give
Practical Lesson in
New Methods

The Pennsylvania Tractor Dem
onstration will take place to-mor-
row and Wednesday at the Bonny-
mead Farms, near Paxtang. All
types and sizes of tractors will be
represented m an effort to show
the farmers of this part of the State
the necessity and economy of trac-
tor use.
Terrs have already been erected
on the ground by the Fordson. Mo-
line, Case, Emerson -Birmingham.
American Seeding Machine and Oil
Yer Chilled Plow Works. Most of
the tractors will pull the Oliver
chilled plow in the demonstrations
which are to be carried on from 10
to IL in the morning and from 2 to
in the aft"rroNr. Each tractor
entered viii have it, representative
on the ground who will answer all
questions and take orders.
Initial Effort
This demonstration will mark the
initial effort to introduce tractors in
this section of e country in the
quantities in which they are used
out West. Forty years . more the
farmers have been :ntensively farm
ing their ground with tractors and
have found that they not only save
time and labor, but also make farm
ing a much more efficient and pro-
ductive business.
Some of the more prominent
men who are already in, the city for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
Big Aerial Squadron
to Fly Over the City

Washington, Aug. ia squad
ron of thirteen Army airplanes ac-
companied by Motor Transport
train, will leave Hazelhurst Field
on Wednesday for a tour of more
than 1000 air miles through fifteen
States. On its route the squadron
will collect data for the Army air
service, for the air mail division of
the Post Office Department, and re-
cruit men for all branches of the
service.
To show that the efficiency of the
air service in this country will over
come almot any difficulty. the COM
manding officer of the "Pathfinders'
Squadron" decided last week to take
thirteen planes instead of nine and
to make the official start of their
tour on the thirteenth of the month.
In an effort to show additional def
ance of hoodoos and superstitions
the pilots obtained permission from
the War Department to point on the
fuselage of every machine a gigantic
black cat, with the tail of the beast
tied up into the figure "13"
The squadron will visit Harris
burg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-11
Big U. S. Ordnance Train
Leaves City After Being
Inspected by Thousands

Many hundreds of persons visitad
the Capitol grounds Saturday night
Yesterday and early to-day to see tbe
ordnance train composed of 36 motor
trucks and 81 enlisted men and of-
hcers, which left this morning on its
trip north.
The train is making a tour OF the
United States and stopped in the citv
over the week end. 1t left Ne1,
Brunswick, y. j., last Monday to start
the tour which will take ius+ one
year. 1t stopped at Allentown. Read
ing, Lebanon and other cities on its
way here. Leaving to-day ar o
o'clock for Pittsburgh. the train will
go to Buffalo, then the New England
States and then will start south for
Florida.
Camping on the park grounds lust
east of Sixth street. recruiting head
quarters were opened with Captain
Walter Cox in charge. Captain w
p. Hutchinson is in charge of the
train, together with six other Of
ficers.
In addition to recruiting the train
is carrying with it many war devices
which were used by the United States
One of these is a six-ton tank. and
another a 60-inch searchlight. SINH
lar to the kind used for coast work.
The light was demonstrated last eve
ming and attracted much attention.
Other things carried by the train are
a French 75-gun and an American a.
inch. also a complete repair shop and
kitchen. All the trucks are camou-
tagged just as they appeared in the
battle areas overseas.