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9 mark mi 35-; ' 31511 In .1. 1.1510 W D1 0 uxn vaunuua in: V_ believe thsm aha mea1:'g.aA well, and'thi:.1r`th"' ` i`bff`men `keen ._ 1.-.. .1--`I_.'. 32.1.---..nlr-v.`I.-`:5 Inn-gunman` `anu- W011, unu um-u uuv uu.u.I.uuL; us` Luvu av on her decks didsnalrrhum Japresent hi; crew. On t e evpjnigg of the secopd ' (19.17 the -r`.n`n ` in..n:hid d'.k&_in.fL~"~Be1d Au.;1.mn1ou.sno:ny:1:dnAuuy, V _ V r And onderedtgngzgid Imeet you ere: And; sweet at times it seemed- my life`: light would go out . Ll: U) drll . . . .when"{]`:o elnddwe tell about. lulled wwnd yonlxerea ; Ah. sure1y,_there s o. 1e?eeon'tb Be learned in love like this. _ Naught, save the hand 0! h'enven.'dea1f. Could bring such boundless `b . . Not. that T Invn mv 'M'n.knl' `loan: uruw. vu u u I7vp_a_gI.qI_ that-"' . -2 Inna nriiin Iii nd 37,1519 `LUV couple oc 1 1'E%tZ`?? V;-Icpuple 0 V`; % ' gjcalm Q,}.\1,l.,3ll-.V.` *5, 31- 5`"V'u; V` innv n `Inn : 2 if 'nn1'._ he Wili a.ttemnt_to 5-7:`- P` `-"*9" `$'!B '5 H`!-.V`s.x_*'+P*U~'.i '~.1Ht-nvv may do ` 01 he W111 attqmp take a " cannon, b `4W"%&r61se atie 100 rearms` 1:6 ghthim 6 - _When.day1i ht came thpdriftof t_he :-.sh1ps .33 shp edthe `distance ag e guredtl.M1;h9y` ighe `Wes that gure. The" " T ~"~I'1eard ueer noises from a after mi zroes sluicedpV9hva.fer` _ , ` save them*ae ~m?u6h " ble. `If theneghnd been, any .denbt- her`foal1in`g) ~. ; odor that came to us about sunrise` A ' dhpelled -it. -Many. could: ;m5u1d2:n,-we ~ . fiat` detect it, but therewere at least get the smell, ` twen _a `who A V 'V not the slightest breath or air Theodor of ecargoof ht, and our people ' ega'of'ne-"A over those in fzhe hold to UOIIIU. Dllg E11011 DOIlll(1.l 011! Not that I love m Maker 1093' His world is m e ~moro`brlht Tl-ngn T nan-nal vnnr fnn (unions, ERIE` ' 1118 W01 !!! 18` 11130.8 -H1011` Dlni When I canfbel,-your fond caress. - Aswesit hero -to-night. A ;d_ *the=;ana,1:'~:T~Be1 ` 6` gr 5 in`v'ited"` ' td _.. 51. --2.I L- --..L 15:55 U1. nun nwsvufag (1 34 vuuxx CL Ullv Uuylaulv VA (in nauu. . . 'sw"1'$% 3?-itiah crinser, I -was*'oi1fc- which. -cr_oaIiod theirnwake an -_ -..L-.; '--2 -.3-` 1.u`nu\L Lt.` an Blur WuI.uuz_-,I.ixa.IwuI-I`: nuvu s\.wnuw-zuvv OB astern, and iet wegot so; - strong that some ..weme made osick. `After breakfastlthe cajitpniryrequted 7311 passen rs to promenade fe decks.` `knowing 5:31: the slaverr win inspecting us through his glassee,,and deeming to present a hold front to It was to . be "another day without a pu of air, a and" much hotter than the preceding ones. It was 10 o'clock when we saw ` them lower a small boat from the stern of the schooner and four men enter her. GI... nntucunln cnun`1:uuln and (I gonna` nnnn ant` um" '*""1i7Ti,-"iLi'1`'s'1'i."' on Bno` occasion; -afhar"the` 701 an` Arab 'In \u `luv nnn nu-I -Iianr T A- Ul. IILIU I!Ul_lUUl.l0l` lpuu tutu Iuuu VIIIIUI. uvz She came pulling. ata smart pace-anci itsean `yards away o our star. uuuru tuurwr. = Heol the ship I called the man in` the stern sheets as he stood `up. H`B ..`I1.-`I J-`Ln I-nnn I9 spa-n'Hn (`nu-:4-oiiu We re short of water in the s er and hope ` you can spare us. a few nnu17a ` IJLIU uuuru bucuon an nu uvuuu up. Hello! the boat! replied Captain ` Hobson. - ' V urn- -_.- -1. ._..a. -2 .....A.... :. A1{....-..`I....... Uullu - What's your cargo? ` Gold dust, palm oil, ivory and furs. We have been up the Niger for several ; months on a. trading voyage, We are % bound for the Unied Sta . - fI'!1.- ___-'I_.... ._..... `nub... -.1uv nun A run:-19:, 3 D011l1(.l 101' Due uulwu Dumbo. * 1 The speaker was A certainly an Amen- ! can, but the `three . men with him were L Spaniards, and as villainous a trio as } you ever set eyes on. They brought the I odor with them so stron that every '-n_ose.,cou_ld now detect it. apt. Hobson was a blunt spoken man. After a bit "of thinkinglhe replied: A .I'am satised` that your schooner is . a `Cuban slaver, and that she has `acargo. aboard of her now. ~It _s a villainous trade you are engaged in, and I d like to see- every mother's son of you swinging at the yardarmel. However-,. out `of Eli-ty for the poor 'bla`cks," I l1 spare you t ee casks. I can t do, anore. `Go back to you craft and I ll- Ihoist them out and tow them half way.~ ' ~ And about the pay? Your money is accursed and I won t handle it 1 _ ` A The man - forced a laugh, waved his hat-as a salute, and his boat returned to the schooner. We got over the casks, lowered a boat and towed them half a mile. and before` noon they had been ' hoisted in on the schooner s deck. a ,It isn t aguart people aboar . of her,.I heard the Cap- tain say to Major Shaw, `,`and if this calm holds -`we are bound to have a row with that .f 1_1ow. ' The fou h day of the calm passed Euietly away. When night came it was ` gured that we had decreased our dis- Thai -4--- 'L--' -. _.......J-;;- l\` n apiece for .the thirsty ngureu bum: WU uau. .uUt.u.uqaacu uua. u.uu' tance by a quarter of a mile. That night, to keep up appearances of a bold front, there was music and dancing on the deck, but while some danced others peered into the darkness and guarded against a surprise. - ' The fth morning dawned" without a cloud- or abreath of air, and we were now -within less than a mile of` the schooner. The current was setting us both to the northwest, or upon the coast; AsI's'aid before, bein the lar- , ger body we were drifting t e fastest, and in a couple of days more must over- take the -schooner. -On this day, just ' before noon, the slaver began drawlng water and sluicing down her cargo, and we could: plainly hear the shouts and yells of the ne oes. At 2 o clock in the afternoon he lowed them to come on .deck in angs, and we '1mew__ that _ we should 3 ortl hear `from him again. His situation ad become -so desperate as to oblige him to throw 01!? all reserve. It was about `ve; o clock in` the "after- noon when the same-boat and the same voicer approached us as before. ` ` Vnn can tn}! 9}. nnr mu-nrn `iv, (`.T'|+.5I.i. omcer approaacneu us an u::.Lun:. . A You see what our cargo is, Captain, said the man as he stood up" and pointed to his. craft. - The schooneris a. `black- bird a.'nd has 330` niggers aboard. Not 'one'ha.s died` yet, but there isn't a; drop of water left for them. You must spare us some water; "or not one of them will ever see Cuba. ' ' , r\__._ f`I.....uL~...\:...-_...-no n'Inn-.4 J-A quxv-J11 -I-1-\o+ ever see :u_11ua.. 0111` Captain` was about to .repl that not another "pint could be spare , but the passengers appealed tohis sympath- ies and 8. sort of public metlng was held. We ' `had wines, 1 mm, brandy, .beer, and cou1d`cer_tain1 spare more water without stintingo Ives. Soon- er than se'eithe blacks love;-y-1 bodywas `willin to go` on half allow-. ....,... "|"Inb`-I-nn11 +. was 1-.'hn.t'v`v made nn . soon h` H1108. 116 1'UBlL1lI was uuav U Luatuw uy about 250 `gallons `ofa mixture of rum anvdwater; `and '_the slaver towed the casksiaway; As soon. as daxjkness came the dep lead was cast and bottom was foun at 1`8Q feet. Hawsers were `bent to a. cot;S1`of' 's`Ina.11f_a.n'chors, and we L`I.V..L -..'..' 34.334-' '-.u$.iu n'1%nn'-Iyntl `the satisfaction of knowing. uuu B66 gave Uvauvuuv U1-Illa fgout . sunrise the _`l;Jla.cks could be ` heard raisi_ngfa_ row, probably demand- ing .wa.ter,.a.nd` pe.n.ho1n:, later the pivot ' gun, whose presence we had suspected, was uncovered and loaded ,-and pointed jat 113.`, At the; sa.r_ne,time three ports : were opened. and the" muzzles of three ;s'ma.11er.cannon.run out and trained on your. ship.` The ;s1a.v.e,r s crew also in- creased. from 15.0.1.1 .170. twenty-ve men, and:-wesree1iz.ed .. that a climaxwas at hand. They proposed to `save their own. cargoat any.ri.sk.`,; 'he..oicer who had visited ;_11S twice . hefone -now. appeared for the; third. .time,. havin ' the same th_ree':vi1lains.at the ears. e said they . V91: gggin out of waters and must -have T1 - .13.!` 3....` an`, {O nimn tn.-nun 13I)ci."'vT:a;E{'v7vi'1ii'n" $6 ;o"}m.ha1 a116v.. ance- Thres ` t was that `we made up _L-__A nun ;..'..`I1A....'.` `A8 A qnivlwas-A AF -In-urn `Be Valves I Wll luluuuuumu alum` ullvu culsvat. vuv caski-was hoisted out. and drifted olear, and= they .we1'.e . looking: `for 3 second when"; the sun was suddenly * blotted out . Z191 sight`. Nightseeiried to: come again, A :v.i:`ndz`;;a.f; `white - squall '-;bfoke gthe : iscrehml` of. a thousand locomotives. It~1 '- 500 miles beyond.- - Not `oixe ottho reached` the `schooner.* -'1 `-The craft *~he't- ; i"was forem:iii`or%otb}hurioa;neAwhich I swept Tue". .up- -t6*'~`Gaper`4> Verra and 1 'self=1ew aawa.-y before ~u's?'i'nfo'7th'e' thick - ness,:bnt,;h8l: an houalstgr, when :the; :;.sky o1eueubefone:bhe;hurricane,1 notinn '9 dbwq 'bop;d.-M. Quad. )..:a._ _ __ __ wreye could discover: her: `gone; B0011 ugw. buu ntwuaxauuzuu u that our, drift was checked. . Fka ilan'n'\`A 4-`I-an -'n{irf.`Iv'\'a.v U131} 011I',u1'Ll.b wuuiqupuqspm. _ . Tho ;1o.w1'1`of the `sixth day showedtho schooner hot '_mor_e than` a mile away. The fellows had got .on to our trick and adopted, it '#o1fy_ promptly. The) Q3)? `-..oe..~.4\ niafai-.1ir nnmv Hm n1n.vm- nlnimnsr .'P`~? 1,. `."?`..Y. .1"'UU+PP*.Y- 1-H, 20.1 311119351? W3-Y.,th.. 513V1' 311110-'18` between decks and parading his ..-_.._ ._ 'I..`... .l.}. 1113 uuuwugzu Qcpnn ayu `wuuuaua nus gangs as. befree . At daybreak` on __the morning of the 7th barom__tAe_r, indicated . a change, but sky and sea gave no evicknce of it. A'hn-:14-, animating }IA~ Hlnnlrn I-.nn'Id I'M`-I WUTO U: 11 Hull 9.1- WQDUL` uuu Luunv uuvv a 3 .He. did? not ask. ifan more coul zbe sp.a.r.e.d,. but ` command _Ca t. Hobsonto. hoist nut; ten casks on t` e pena1ty.of.being.r'ed into; To the am . prise2ot.every.body,~_the. captain humbly _ a.nd.ca11ed.out.:. -i . . V A Send all the..men.'yon can spare and makeuawshort `ob of it, but I -wantznone of_xon:a. ! . . s .-.1 . . .4 1.--}. _-L.;-an.` `an '&LA aintunnusnicu ' OI ~0.l1-ll:UUllL'u.l.. -~17 V le boat returned. to. the schooner, and-.ha1. an. hour later three: boats,` each - containing five .men, werehl-lug` o~our- `~ e quarter;-i We had . meanw been-pro . tending?`to.be.vemyht1"se 5. The pretence.- nrnn IV|n:I`I+;'IDa . 1` ' mIQ' ?e'"di'x* i:o'.'1`)o:.1 7e_a2;`rl-'J-tI';!s:_ '7 7fI`iieT*pretnce.- was maintained One` __._I`_...La.. `I_"-...A....I .._L nun.` Juu:n:` 4-{hang ' ` . ~47 `V Vtfiiznd-3`t:pn Fields. . b 1 Thetotalareaofthe coaleldsinthev `world is estimated at 471,800 square i miles. ' .. u l;|i>n ta3ll.5Q-vfolr-l;lA1oi5.a;i;"`ao.;t`qu 3901: Li: rodgh ? . ` .1 . 7 Am; qvog,whan_ V on ad_ghem_. It is wise and kin to be somewhat blind T Anspok.-to the virtue behind. them- For the cloudiost night has shin: of light itlzohadowc hiding ; It is by AfuA-to hunt for ._s star . '1-`hang ghe `spots on thenon abiding The current of life runs over away- I- Tn ting hnnnnvr ll` ll.-av. nu-not nnnnn ~ .')I!POUNDI_Do| I-IIU \i|_Il'UIIU III III.` IIIIIU UVPI V To ,t_ho bosom` of God : out ocean 3 Don tj set your force goinat the river : course, -And think to alter its motion o Don t waste a curse on the universe- i Don t' butt at the storm with your puny SIIIUIII _ The world will never adjust itself ? To suit your whims to the letter ; 1 Some things must go wrong your whole life 938 i } And the sooner you know it the better. It is f_ullywfo.ght with the innite, And`go nder at last in thenwrestle, The wisest man shapes into God s Ian, As the water shapes into a vessei. -Ella. Wheeler \Vi1cox. .IJ\II-I U IIIIIF TV UIIU UUUI III VVIIIJ form- 'But bend and let it go o er you. The ;New York Sun anxiously asks ; "How can we help our friends in Canada '3" By o.'u'r ffiendn it means the Ref--rmers. l The Cqniervatives obstinstely oppose an- ; ne xation ; the Reformer: favor it ; and the Sun iegta to know how the people and the `Government of the United States can beat aid theirznlliea in the Dominion. oi ""1;.lIl\iUI'llC|lI `nu In-\`:O nn-nn:n5;nn _ . 'l`h demand for political association` with the United States, says the Sun, ` mustjpnltimately come, as a matter of i d plomatis form from the parliament at Ot- ' tawa our friends in Canada have a rightfto demand that we shall aid them to removethe most formidable obstacle to their jobtaining control of that assembly. Whatgtlie Sim proposes is to destroy the Csnadidn Paoific railway. It says: Well may tl1_e;Canadian Liberals question the sinceritylof our expressions of sympathy and ofzonr promise of oo~operation while wecontinne to furnish the sinews of war t n the worst enemy of continental union. All 1.1.2- in 3---]. TL q.. .1... ..-nu-u-nu restricted reciprocity. `Others think it use- less to make two bites of the cherry- But ' Do what_ you please. You cannot drive U 1 "II? W\II-. YIIQIIIJ III V\IIlUIIl\lIlV&I IIIQJI-In-s All this is frank. It is also amusing. The Reform leaders In Canada` have gone to Washington andhave represented that if they could be restored to power they would hand. Canada over to the United State'p.'?; Some of them propose to move ip the direction of annexation by way of un- all of them are doing what they are paid to do. They slander Canada and try to create an impression that the country would be better otfif annexed to the United States. ThepSun anxiously asks what the Washington government can do to carry on the good work .and so aid. our friends. Something has been done already, but it seems to have . had _little effect. The McKinley tariff was passed and the ex- pectation was that it would so injure Canadian farmeraas to drive them into annexation. That tari` was concocted .in consultation, with leaders of the _Roform party. But it proved ineffective.` Cana- dian farm exports have been larger since the McKinley tariff went into operation than ever they were before. Then the tolls were imposed on the Sault canal, and that measure also fell at, The conspira- tors seem to be getting desperate, and those in the United States frantically ask, How can we help our friends in Cana- da '1" To which patriotic Canadians reply, . is into annexation. And the more you xposethe conspiracy the longer will your friends and our enemies be kept out of power. ?--Hamilton Spectator. VIM. -pluinlu Tau Anvrunn -nun gmnn l WW5. '-"l&IIuIIIU|IlJ KIVUUUEIVII i To which THE Anvmca ssys amen ! 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KINDS] LIE but.` Lllul/K`: y1a;.uU`aauu a/11 uuc aruauuuguuuv softness and pretty renements he had i procured for her with such loving _pains were only a sort of visible expression of T the desolate ache that had been growing in his heart for -months as he saw her shallow discontent and restlessness, and knew that she was as- lonely beside him for the life of diversion to. which she vvsw wonted, as he by nding that the pretty body `did not hold what he needed and hungered for and thought to clasp in it; that his generous adora- tion was accepted as a matter` of course. His unselsh devotion could never nd in that small nature any answering ten- derness and faithful love on which to Jack Be1ton s v{7ifeA had gone home.io.. Virginia. She `had taken old'Jan"e,who' had cooked for Jack ever since the T- , Anchor -was a ranch, because she couldn t 0 all that way alone, and J It couldn t' eave to o with her; and 6- Jane made an aw ward but very eifec=: tive protectress and attendant. ' T V rm... 1...m1n1m.rtm-a of the T-Anchor uve protectress uuu uwwuuauv. The headquarters of the T~Anchor had never seemed so dreary and , forlorn _; as now in those bachelor days, before Jack had followed Srettyt Louise ,Car- i penter, who- visite some friends in Amarillo, to her Virginia home, and brought her back his bride--it (is by, comparison that we measure ` things; The silence and ne lect about the house, the mute piano an all the abandoned , ..,4-'+~n.ma on nu-nH-v vonnmnnfa Bo 1-and \b\Jl Ll` rest. I\.. . wat !:ei":r.%z;A" aw E1-,t ankf, {IT 0` fit}: ._ tll TW6 BIG HEARTACHES. rem. ` . One day Jack was sitting -at dinner at the hotel in Amarillo` when. the pros prietor came to him and said : "Bolton; there's a right nice, likely looking young` woman here that s Wanting awfully to find something to do. She's got a. baby about six or eight months old; her hus- band s a sickli sort of feller, and she s. willing to coo or. do anythin to help earn a living. I thought` y might want her to cook out at headquarters:-- the man `could help about the house,` -maybe. I think they about starved out on a section down here on Teepee Creek. My idea is she won t go home norask her folks for nothin , because she run away with this poor triinfel1er against their will. . _, 1 - -1__ ,1 `__.\A-...; .:,.\1.n LLA an-unvuno uleir W111. ~ ` A ` They looked very poor, the young woman and child; and Jack experienced a little shock of surprise when she- rais- - ed to him a delicate face out of which looked eyes so darkly blue they appear- ed purple, and answered him in a low voice, whose accent were unmistakably those of culture and intelligence. He saw the man `outside later and arranged to send over from the ranch for them as [soon as he got back. `Ix-r\n\VV\l\1'lZ 'F_A1\r-1'10?` 1179: +110. nhnn km: Hotel] 50011 as 116 gob Uucn. `Once more T-Anchor was the. abode of comfort as in old J ane s days, Again the meals were good and regular, the 1-poms clean and bright, and inviting, the little turkey and chickens (J ane s es~ pecial pride and care) were fed and nursed and tended-the place seemed "like a home. rm_- 1_..1..-- -...... qn1nnu\Avv\nv\n111v n-Anil. mm a. uume. A The ~ baby was phenomenally good; her little face was a chubbier -repetition of her mother s, with the same big, deep blue eyes.` The boys all idolized her;' Ixshe knew no name but Sweetheart, and her baby presence", her laughter and, woing, cunning `Ways were the source `of unending delight. ' ' ' T+ no-nu 1-non-rn nflv 1 \Ann.'rn A Ant at U1 uucuuuig ucuguu. It very promptly became evident that whiskey was Hardy s disease. He was ` quietly drunk as much of the time as he could procure any means to be so, and though this had always been sucient "cause for discharge"on the T-Anchor, nothing was said .for poor Agnes ....1yn sake, 1'14-` BitKl'3. But thechild grew and thrived, cut tooth after tooth, to. the unspeakable . delight and admiration of the boys, e and was as happy as a singing Iark, and the girlish young mother, housed and fed and treated with gentle consider- ation by all the masculine household, was happywith her, despite the hope? _less thing she was tied to. As oung. and delicately bred as his wife h been Jack used to look at her about the work of a servant-cooking, sweeping, churn- ing, feeding the chickens and chirrup- ing to the baby-and wonder ather con- V tented happiness in the crumbs that Louise despised. He came in one day ' and found only Mrs. Hardy and the, baby at home, the latter propped . up in `a chair crowing with delight while her `-half plaintive hope again. A h mother phyed for her a gay little waltz on thepiano. Then nding among the musi_c something to her taste she played on and on to herself while Sweetheart fell asleep. Her heart seemed reveal- ing itself while Jack stood on the porch` and listened; love, hope, grief, despair, - resignation, and at the last` a agentle, for- mulated thought clutched his heart sud- denly. If only Louise-if it were his wife and child in there, `ready to give him back steadfast love for love, not to , neglect him and push him aside and de~ serthim, what possibilities life might hold! And just then she began to sing a little song she had found about two children, but the refrain only of which remained in J aek s-mind :-- For the ways of man are narrow ; . ' But the gates of death arewide. . As she rose presently to take the `sleep- ing baby Jack saw her eyes full; of tears, and he went toward the corral with a new pain in his heartthat yet was not all pain. After that she used to play. . and sing often-rst at Jack s request-- for the baby, for him and -for . the boys who sat on the `porchand listened. T.r\~n:nn I-ant` tvnnn 1-unrnn wurrcoma m|.e\/'3 PHt0.0;OPHv.- - WQU saw U11 DUU PU1 U11 uuu. LIBUULIUU Louise had gone home in April. At . rst she wrote quite 'regu1b.i'1y,Vbut soon letters becameyery infgeqnent and nal- ly almost ceased. . 3 _ _. * T.o+n -In Annmc+; n'I'l `l~.n,nr1a tum-A nxmr at `was eft with his wife at headquarters. _shelter an went into~t_he`.hous`e. Then ~`si1enga?su~qk;"nponIhim 9i'.'l .}`919P` found W5"#`4' _ eyes on its) ' U f$i all hande tvere over at the Windmill camp, where cattle were bein gathered for shipment. -Hardy T None of the outt had been therel'or three days. The: baby was ailingwitlr. : some childish complaint when they left, and when ..on; the. thirdillday a bitter. norther blew up, Jack, feeling uneasy about them, left the Windmill camp_ and started, for headqnxtera -7fThe_ 2 norther blew fearfn1ly,- -carrying clouds- of sand and dust along the road, "and he nally ieugched the .ho1;;andin hdle'1:le': to ..`y;|y.... elgotohkc " r ' Ponyj gndenl`. ition':;;A7t; 1#t.;;ih` 91*: the stove in which was` arhttle ~ i eeniid to have c ` " *3 3'hit h9 I; "menace y? e, V = , "In the _ wenttoAmerillo,yes. , I . `,9 ,.. 'I ....`I- ...._1.1 ....-.J-' `inn-an II.1I`|A U333 UUQIJIL IJUIIV J her anguish and M138. vef tB'Iui1E.}i"11'o y'eEeraay. Jack could not leave her ..... _...__:_'I_ -...1 $1.4; 7 Juan; 3`1'x`.`. 1.`.'.';" iauz .u . - tlanta... natitution. she re'p1ieu~,sJ:'n'e'-`-nee "M-7-I -D\_ llll7l-IUW, Dull. uuv Jvuusu resterday. l.Agnes ~11ttle song came back to him: ` leave alone with . the dying baby. to $133 'i':3ya3amo?"d:'sm"a'x :1'de.`. in it`, Hi WU ben 133' 1 ; th . ' ; 7.i ;a.1?qr?..aV.f...;,33'ru i then abuilt moreqre 5 ....Q... gin: CA4-:11 nn ff 7_-'\l\IIl-*'\II|llNIIlV T IICV moti51Lre.3;: ' ooee %-and food`..:`an d 1 g` the` from-her in his own" arms told her that she mutt out and" drink. And she him with 3 look half piteons, 4--nnOnln1 obe ezdhinilwithva look halt piteons, ` halggrateful . Anaasnssimgh 5 I s shrieked "and howl outside, beating. upon the north of the house with power- ful `menacing hands, and dashing the y occasional ram or hail terribly upon. the 3 windows, the sat with the baby, while it `found its 'ttle helplessaway alone down to the shore of death. Just at the last, when the wind had`. fallen: and a~ cold gray dawn` was looking. fearfully across the lains, Sweetheart. moaned a little, the roopin lids. ickered; then ` the tiny ngers c asped about one of J ack s, relaxed, and the uttering breast l was still. Those soft little feet that i had never borne the. baby.- s weight a ` single step alone-had found their falter- ing way unguided and unhelped by one ; of all w `loved her so, along the whole dark, paigful journey and into the place i of peace. p . Agnes hand, which had held fastto ` 1'4-.151:- n :0: n !\Q0" A` "n.IU!0(\`I0 u-Lngsome v;6man even` it] haian Iilmlv ha 1-.nn'ld`.% ad: Luv wamn: BB n_uuu, Wluuu . nuu. uugu Laungvu, J ack s in a sort of terror for -hours past, ` now clutched it convulsively, and her eyes sought his with mute, appeahng an- guilsh. .Yes,. he said, .1 kn'ow-I ee. .' ' . His heant bled that he could not take her in his arms, this poor, desolate ' I, hardly more than "a child herse , so poor and stricken and bereav -so ter- ribly alone`-,-and comfort an care for 5 her. He went and. waked Hardy, who came in later, dressed and nits sober. l Jack left him with Agnes an `went him- self for the nearest women he thought would be ofan comfort to her. 7111...... 1......:...=l` A 1m`|m +.`|nn" nevi: nv._n. cznfdrt her. They buried` he baby the` next day+-_ day of radiant beanty, the sun shining, winds b1owing,_ birds singing, the open plains smiling in `the light and waifmth and gladness; Tonb fnnn o mninn -R+.$I.V i tum giaunesa; V um - J ack found a woman to -stay with Agnes for a time and himself was most- ly at the Canon dugout or the Windmill camp or away on business. nm. an`: in 'N mmm`nm- `he name back amp 01' away up. uumucau. - 3 ' One day in November hecame back 1 from Panhandle; where he had gone to deliver some cattle, and, without stop- `ping at headquarters, -went directly to the Canon camp to see his foreman, who was there. ` H11.-. ....... .. `I.-.14.... 2.. `L-in hnn1;o frixvn was uuvw. . _. ` There was a letter in his pocket from Louise that he had got as he came through Amarillo, It was the unkind ` "letter ofa weak, selsh nature, which, fretful at feeling itself in` fau1t,"r_nust blame the heart it wounds. She wrote-i that she could never think of living in that lonesome,` horrid place agains-she was utterly unsuited" to. such` a` life." Certainly,if he cared for her as he ought, `Jack would sell the ranch and come East to live, where she could be happy. rn1...A. .........:...... ..`l.-.n.-.4 niv Tnn 7W.'I1in nnn L886 B0 IIVU, wuuru aux: Uuuuu uu ua . 1 PHI That evening about six Joe `Ellis rode up andsaid: Mr. Belton, Mrs. Ha?'rdy s mighty sick. She got. caught out in 9. big `rains last week and got an awful` chill. She had~.another one` afterward and one this morning, and she s been. ...-LA.:...... ....-......a nun... `a-:9\no ' Qhn 1-nn111*n +. 8.110. 0116 bulb .l.uU1'nu15, auu. DLICD uczuu getting worse ever `since; She wouldn t let us go for 8. doctor-said it wasn t anything much;- But this {morning 1:r....a., .+.,..+..a -in +.n Amn.riTInfn1*n`nn. I 1 Qygii ii1nch.`- mo_rni1 Hardy started in to Amarillo` for one. 1-nn'lrnr\ 11n a 111191111]?-HTnH5W'}'l`!1" naruy ubuwuuu Lu I.-U rxuuusuu LUI. uuv. ;. reckon _,he s blind drunk - somewheres, and I m going for Doc Hollis and ask him to bring his Wife. You 11 go over to headquarters, won t you? There s only Jim and Shorty and Buster there. j I ll be back as quick as I can `get Doe and Mrs.` Hollis to come. `I171- __ 'I'--1.. .....L LA `nt\1ualIIQlI&`l'h1OG 3110. .LV.l.I'S. 1101115 DU UUILIU. When Jack got to headquarters the 1 forlornness of the picture thpre pierced , his heart like a knife. _ There . were Jim and Shorty and Buster--great, rough, tender-hearted boys, de _ ratel . anxious `to do something for er-`- `am ing: around in their boots and spurs-, as her every few minutes if she wasn t bet- ter, to which she always replied with a Pitiful little smile and `.-`Oh, yes,, I m ..LL,... 3! - iiifiil 1:` ter. 15-- _L.._. }poT| Busizer, who was only a boy, and a` `favorite with Agnes, having often been detailed to help her about the house, met Jack with a great platter of fried Lucy uarun yvzuu, a beef in his hands. xLCVL- ._..__`I.I..9J. Ii; UUU1 111 1115 111111115. ` She couldn't eat the pork, he ex claimed, `'30 we rounded up` _a. yearling and killed it 1 V m1T.._ -..~.:.LL L. .-..)\L Ag J-`lnnnn 1-urn-x`-an nut` 'a.lI.U. JLLLLUU. llll . `You ought; to get o those bootsvand spurs, boys, said Jack. And` "the poor boys, overwhelmed at their criminal neglect, immediately went in -search of shoes orsli pers. . . . " _ She was yin quite still, the pretty purple e eswi e open, and a litt e red ' color-`-1: e faint, uttering ag,.of the departin fevei'-in each cheek.' There % was deat in her face, and the calm--; even glad`-'-consciousness `om. 1171.5 Toni: nomn -lmfhn Rnnv aka 1-min- U.VUl.l. gluu.-"UUubU1vu5ucuu UL`-10 When J ack came toathe door she rais- ed her eyes tohis face. She` said ,noth~ ing, but her looks ran forward to meet him and welcome . him; they clung-J10 him and rested upon and caressed; " . 1'1.-. nnvnn In own` an`! .l`!\1I1'I `I17 kn!` ' nflx nun uuu. rvawu. upuu uuu. Uau.vI:Iaqu..uuu. He came in and sat down bv her f and` took one `little hand in boizh` his own. -n__. __z 1__ 'n_.-A..._ _A.........'..'.I :. ...'.'LI.. ....`.1. K U116 IIUIJIU I-lulllll Ill LHJIILI I-I15 UVVI-lo E? and by'Busterv stepped ;in with awk- ward quietness and set ddwn a lighted" ` lamp, and asked. her ;what she would a have-what he could get for her, and K when he turned and saw the look in her ~ [ face as = she said, No lung, Buster- ___;!.._ -11 ......_ ........1 1.... 3 .1.....u." `...'...-..1 -WUUH up uuxuuu aauu can Nuv Luun Au uvn face 3 Buster- you re all very good, ,bu ` `I ` don t need 3 anything, he crept out` and said 'chek-j Aingly to Shorty and Jim in the kitchen, nnvn ulna : R17-Ina-I nrn uni-Jain 1111+. n. l`1l(1>';'s|:vs.1:.;lc'a:";` iI`ot'iTi`r1"{I%". * lot of men around. My God, it s tough! I wish my mother was herq ! _ , An +.`lrm mn Iirnn xnn` Aha 'hrAn.'l'.'hm1 n. I. WISH In I-LIUIILIUI WK I-IUIQI .As_the {aims Went:.dn sh breathed is little heaivily, and `Jalck, with Ta sob h could not choke ba.ck,.1_`ai8ed_ her boftly and laid her h'ei:'d'o'11 }iisi5b reast-over Louise's _letfA3.1,`. . . n1. __ 9:` LL-'-'..-:1 ..1..'-'...:. .. .. ...:...`.1.'1.':- ` R113` Louise's ,letuar, "Oh, nos she'sa`id, alxuost aaifnitzhis- cheek, do 1_aot,be sorry. Life 1},a,.d,noth- ing for me. `since b9.by" is dadf `noth- in - A1191 death, 5.5ar,i- give. 111.0 I ` di t think to ho so_happy;,to`havr,e you _ 'th me at the ,last;' ` toletletto die in gar a.rms-on your breast. It cannot wrong. or I would not be so hap y. `He smoothed backthe soft brogwn from her forehead` and kissed-it, while his jean the_-wavy. Sheidtew {lawn the and held '1: 31. moment.qgninstjher 11155, than ' ti` a.ce,o sti1l,ra.1sm" ' `hrne`es..0ften.t6 always wit that'5_obk`ot love. t. She had not looked',up' fozzsomq. ` e. . ' -r-:..1.`~....1*.:x=1;;...s-".;;a.'. ':`1:.*..;-.:nu.'=~+;;~1;'.'+'..*.a=r' DIIU Hill` {IUD LUVQUQ _lUl'.DUl.I.lq _IIlILAU.. Jack[he1dhiB_i`, bratth .texi,'tor.; hen . 4-.: He;fe1t.te ' ht.fo'rm's'o'n.vhiS~. *="%;":;:"a" W 9y;'"% 633 % plllpw; mil: sth-: happy; ;, grntefnk _ 1 yet onha*`fgce;_;-j_Them:l1e-;weut: .= r nu-_ ;~ ~' `aab ~l:I'\dna(I>K'I-Q1H'1i in-ilmmd ;r$w,'** .i "pa.-" 1 I A. 1. :1 r P1.8u:.. twig: 9n* 9n1av,,mt1ia;A, %~n9.ech19w.n 9 9. .w~ 1,93.` ___5' _`-1_`_'j !.--_.:1__ fiislee " unaer` `` ; `.7 H '.:rv1fcw~, . H6 O A; x Vil Eta: 3,`.f'$1evg1i.?1my, -;.. 'stars. ,.; `_ . e s.<>.I},i.'e.0f it'8l1,..,).aafe}ansi; mpg L, gyg -_;, ;_:`:;";'.'_'.Z`i_-_.'I 1""i__"Z_' -__= ' "S .e s_outA9!.i.t.;I!-11...A..asa-9 `and. n.. u 4:` . .> L10 uvvuu. vl._qwA!Iy' gqgviuiuay-IL uvslv 4:5; . _ e_ep_,ofIev1 lam, aslee nndert estate; *- A.z v - sawxmz , \ 133...? _ 0 laced ' soniehow, an A ..-.4...9. `HA6-In nnnu naming `Inna:-y win `$411: - It nrnnnn5* Ii It .inf`tli'e' fties; hefore steam` _ers" had superseded the great Australian liners and the_ big ships plying `between England `and India. `I wasa ' mi_ man on board an India packet called `the`Sea King. ` The difference between a .midshiP1!I9-n, `so `called, and an appren- tice lay in the fact that the former were petty. ocers and learned navigation and seamanship from the quarter deck, while the latter were fo cast1e hands ' and helped to` perform the actual .work. Our `ship carried three midahipmen, and our respective fathers had-_ to pay a smart sum to place 113 there. A 6- 4-'Inn4- I-ivnnj-`I-no 1-nnndncr A9 n1n1'rn no.1-_ A sf;ATEs_H1P s FATE. BIIIUIII Blllll IIU IJIUIUU LIB U1-IUIU. , `At that timeitherunningof slavecar- V oes from the coast of Afnca was con- ' ed solely to th Arabs and the Cubans, ~ 4 with now and t on a. cargo for some ` South American port. We left Calcutta with about 170 passengers;~and of this number there were about 50 army oi- `cers. Some had resi edon account of wounds or ills-healt , others were on -furlough, and others still had been ex changed into home regiments. ' There was also aparty of ve sportsmen, who had been`doing the jungles of India for two or three `years. At Cape'Town' we took on board thirty more passen- gers, and among them was ~ another n...`+.v as smm-human. who had been 111) in` ,f889.. g'e1's,. auu uxnuug uucxu wan uuuyuc; party of sportsmen, who had been up in` `the lion country. Wemust have had a. full hundred` men among the passengers } when we1eft.the_ Cape. T " _`\T.-.`I.-:...~A. And A? Plan 111-n1Hn >Al\`l\`l1`I"l`l1 wnen we J_.6Il5;1':n8_ uape. . , . Nothing out of the routine . occurred until we were well above St. Paul de Loanda and half way across the Gulf of . Guinea. Then we raised a sail dead * ahead, which was standing to the we_`B`t..i having evidently come out from the coast. We were within four miles of her when the breeze, which had been light all the morning, died at `out and ; left both `craft heaving on a glassy sea. ; Our oicers had givenrthe stranger a ` sharp looking over, and it was the unan- imous opinion that she was a suspicious character. She was a topsail schooner, painted gafl-"a ' h -white, and having a great spr 0 canvas, and when'Mr. Grayson, V the chief oicer, came down from aloft, after a long inspection through the glass, he said to Capt. Hob- f\`\C- son:- V . , V I ve seen twentyfof the Cuban `b1ack- A birds in my time, and if she s not loaded V with slaves, then I m a, blind man. H11...` l`1nc.J-nin nnnonna +1104`. H119 moan WIUU. BRIVUB, IILIULI L 11.1 a; u.u.uu. Luau. The_ Captain agreed that she was a. slaver. England, as you perhaps know, did more `to suppress the slave trade than all other nations combined. She had ve cruisers to one o the African coast, and she overhauled ve times as many craft as any other nation. But T for her efforts very little would -have been accomplished at sea. As soon as the strange craft was pronounced a ` slaver there was great indignation. among our passengers, a majority of the men being anxious to go off in the small boats and capture her.` This project did not meet with the views of our Ca tazin at all. While he would like to ve seen her a prize _to acruiser, he had no notion of interfering with her move- ments; I heard, him "say to a Major Shaw, who was `anxious to -lead an ex- edition, that the-schooner was doubt- ess armed ' with cannon and carried a lar e crew,- and that any interference wit her would be serious. Nobody dreamed of the calm which was to follow, although our position was closeto the uator. It was sum`- mer time in those. atitudes, but notep- pressively hot.1 Not the slightest move- mentof air was felt, for the `rest of the day, and as passed. the day so passedthe night. _ Next morning", it was seen that- the two crafts were nearer together by half a mile or more. There were writers who call this `movement of becalmed vessels magnetism. It is ` simpl` rtheir , drift. The larger one drifts the astest` = and _had-we been to the north of the : schooner the distance would have been ` increased by half a mile, as both of use were drifting _to the `north in `an ocean current. After breakfast Major Shaw `wanted to pull oil: to the unknown on some sort of e d and thus settle her identity, but - apt. Hobson was rm in his refusal. Indeed, as - he surveyed the horizon and consulted the glass and be- lieved that the calm was to continue, he _ grew , . A11 nxr I-.'hn' Ran `Kind 1-nan nn fall nn senger ,_ ` E 3 . the Captam 3 room, and :he stud to each 0118 W ',i}`.' ;.::`.`.`.a, ;* .-:_,_: 1"... 4"; ;'~~ I I . W, closelon fresh wa % % % gfBW unuwsy. ' .- All day the` Sea. Kin" rose and `fell on the glassy, ground sweils with the regu- larity of a. pendulum, and when" night came we were within a couple . 1111188` of. the schooner. -The la sses- ' ught her so near that every etail could be ...-.&.-.3 Tunsnykinn n1'v\rI+ `Inn-r c-nnurn U1` BU uciu uuau UVUIJ ucvalu. vuuxu uv ilmted. Everything about her showe that she was built and tted out for ' speedy? Dhly nine or ten -men could he -`-A} nnnn+Aii-n`1`-.-hnr r-,1-our and thnv 'ln11"'n|'rA(1 - - Sa;7:_0;i_1"y" niii 6r "ten couJ counted"for= her crew, and they .1ou nhnislitgdhiliiihnt nmilnrn wnn1d nna gut U1!-7W, auu uuvg ..Luu3|,5: abouteasghonest saors would underi-1; ..4...-+.`..a`.`+`.'"m`m. 'nm.+. aha mud n. T-.n'1 aw uvwsuvywnv i ILUJ-D VV\lILl\L circinsgiles, D'I`hat she had a . A , % Tom _ e althoug it was covered in from actual " amldships we did not d01'1"blg`,:'./` ` sight. There were also good reasons to L 1...1:....... 4.1....4.'..1... annual 1.4-`In... mnenlrmn fsT F931