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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Harper's Round Table, March 10, 1896 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: May 7, 2017 [EBook #54675] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, MARCH 10, 1896 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE] - -Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved. - - * * * * * - -PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1896. FIVE CENTS A COPY. - -VOL. XVII.--NO. 854. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] - -FOR KING OR COUNTRY. - -A Story of the Revolution. - -BY JAMES BARNES. - -CHAPTER XXIII. - -WHEREIN SOME THINGS ARE EXPLAINED. - - -Propped up by pillows in an easy-chair before a roaring fire in the -great fireplace, George Frothingham was sitting, relating to a group of -listeners the story of his adventures on the way from New York. - -His sister Grace, seated on the arm of the chair, was softly stroking -his hand. - -Aunt Clarissa, who had discarded her tatting-frames, was busily clicking -her needles at the toe of a woollen stocking. - -"What I don't see," said George, "is where I got that little -chopped-down horse that you say I rode upon. I do not know where he came -from." - -"But you are anticipating," said Aunt Clarissa; "you had only got as far -in your story as sighting Lyons Farms." - -"Oh, that's so!" said George. "Now comes the part that I hate most to -tell. When I came down the hill, it was evident that something was wrong -in the collection of little houses. No one was stirring about, and the -ruins of a small building were smoking to the left of the road. What do -you suppose had happened? The firing that I had heard two or three hours -before had taken place here. There had been a skirmish. A body of -English troops and a company of Hessians on a marauding excursion had -been met at the cross-roads by a handful of militia. It makes my blood -boil to tell the rest, but the Lord will punish them. All this had -happened only a few hours before I arrived. They had shot Mr. Hinckley, -and a brute of a Hessian had rested his gun on the window-sill, and -killed his wife as she bent over her baby's cradle. Then, like redskins, -they had hurried off. I found no one amongst the dwellings but some -frightened children huddling in a cellar. The houses were robbed and -empty." - -Aunt Clarissa had dropped her stocking and rushed into the next room. -"God forgive me!" she had exclaimed, when she was alone, and she had -reached her long arms up above her head. "Curse them and their tyrants -to the bottom of the sea! How could I have been so blind--so stubborn?" - -When she had come back, however, she kissed her nephew on the forehead. - -The remembrance of the scene, and the picture of it which was going -through his mind, had caused George to pause and sink back silently -among the cushions. "I think I will rest a little," he said. - -No one disturbed him, and for some time there was silence. - -In a few minutes a loud, hearty voice was heard ringing through the -hallway. - -George smiled. "Colonel Hewes," he said. "Do ask him in." - -The Colonel greeted his young friend with a subdued effusion, and, with -the gentleness of a woman, spread out George's fingers in his palm. - -"Just back from headquarters!" he said. "Lad, lad, I have had you on my -mind, and when I heard of your escape, I grew quite young again. The -Commander-in-Chief himself rejoiced to hear of it, for the officer with -despatches from the north brought the news of your arrival. But when his -Excellency heard for what you had gone to New York he grew quite angry. -He laid aside my request for active service, though. Too bad the plan -fell through! It was my idea.--I wrote and proposed it to the printer." - -George smiled to himself. Perhaps Mr. Hewes's next venture would be an -attempt to capture the King of England. - -"Did you come along by the Tumble Ridge Road?" inquired the Colonel. He -did not catch Aunt Clarissa's warning glance. - -George wrinkled his forehead. "Now let me think; yes--there's where it -occurred," he said. "But wait; I have got to think how it all happened." - -"Don't try, brother George," said Grace. "Wait until another day." - -"No, I must tell it now. Where was I?" - -"You were telling about Lyons Farms," said his sister. - -"Oh yes! I found an old sledge in a shed much like the one that my good -friend Wissinck had driven me in from Paulus Hook. Although old Molly -was very tired, I harnessed her up and put the children--there were four -of them--in a feather-bed, and drove across the hill. I stopped at the -first house that I came across, and found two old women there. You -should have heard their stories! The Hessians have been worse than -Indians; you would hardly believe it.--But enough. I left the children -there with the two old women, and pushed along as best I could three or -four miles further. Here I came upon the remains of a camp-fire by the -road-side, and was glad enough to find the remnants of a meal in the -kettle that hung over the smouldering fire. It had been left hurriedly. - -"That night I slept in a farm-house in the mountains. The poor old mare -was so tired by this time that I determined to make the rest of the trip -on foot, and left her in the care of the old farmer, who promised to -return her. I shall never forget how I suffered all that day. If it had -not been for two rough snow-shoes that I had made out of the staves of a -molasses hogshead, I could not have gotten through the snow at all." He -paused. "Now comes the part that leads up to my forgetting." - -George had seemed to gather strength as he went on with the recital. He -now sat up straighter, and the color came to his pale cheeks. - -"I had almost feared I had lost my way when I saw the trunk of a -shattered pine--the one that was struck by lightning, you remember--then -I knew that I was only six miles from home. I was weak and faint, for I -had had nothing to eat but a frozen potato all that day. I soon came to -the cross-roads where the path winds across the ridge. It was a -short-cut, and I took it. The bushes interfered with my rough -snow-shoes, and I discarded them and plunged through the snow. When I -came to the hollow by the old Camel rock, I smelt smoke quite -distinctly.--It is here, you know, that the path joins the road -again.--As I pushed through the short pines the smoke became stronger, -and all at once I found myself face to face with a group of men seated -about a fire. Two or three horses were tethered to the trees, and the -men were all armed. - -"'God save our country!' I exclaimed--for the idea that there were -English so close about seemed impossible. - -"'God save ourselves!' said one of the men, with a laugh. - -"At that moment I recognized a man in the little circle who was slowly -rising to his feet. It was that rascal Cloud, the man who had robbed -Uncle Nathan unknown for so many years, you remember." - -"Well," cried Colonel Hewes. "He's got his dues. I--" The Colonel -stopped and dug his fingers into his palm. - -George had not noticed the interruption. "I knew, of course," he went -on, "that some mischief was afoot, for that wretch never had an honest -thought. I backed away, and was going to make a break for the road near -by, when I tripped and fell. - -"'Seize him!' said Cloud, and in another moment I was bound hand and -foot. They took my purse, which yet contained some gold pieces. They -were as murdering a lot of pirates as you ever saw!" - -"We know of them," the Colonel broke in, excitedly. "There's a price on -all their heads, for they acknowledge no law or party. But go on." - -"'What are you going to do with me?' I asked, after they had searched -every pocket. No one paid the least attention. - -"They had drawn apart and were whispering together, and I could see that -Cloud was talking angrily. How long they conversed I do not know, but it -was at some length. When Cloud had finished speaking, there was some -dissent about what he said, and the rest--all but two--took their -bundles, and, heading about, struck off through the woods. Cloud was -left sitting opposite to me, his horse was tied to a tree a short -distance off. I shall never forget the look in that man's eyes. It was -the look of Satan himself." - -"Go on," said Colonel Hewes, breathlessly. - -Aunt Clarissa and Grace gathered closer. - -"'Do you remember me?' asked Cloud. - -"'I do for a thieving villain,' I replied. - -"'Do you know that your uncle had me tied and thrashed like a low black -nigger?' he exclaimed, his teeth coming over his under lip. - -"'And well deserved,' said I. Perhaps it was foolish, but I so detest -the man that I could reply naught else. - -"'I swore that I would be revenged on him and his,' snarled Cloud. - -"'What are you going to do?' I inquired. I was wound about lengthwise -with a long rope, and could move no more than my little finger. - -"'I am going to hang you,' he replied. The two men that had been left -behind approached us as if to interfere, but he repulsed them, and they -hurried into the woods. - -"I was frightened. The idea that he really intended to do it never -entered my mind. But now I judge that he must be a maniac and nothing -less. - -"'You villain,' I said, 'you dare not lay hands on me!'" - -Aunt Clarissa started. She remembered this was the expression that -George had used in his delirium. - -"Do you know what that, _that_"--George paused for an expression--"what -he did?" he said at last, quite calmly. "He put a rope around my neck, -and threw the end over the branch of a tree. Even then I did not suppose -that he was trying to do anything but frighten me, but I shall never -forget the horror with which I felt the rope tighten about my throat! As -he was no heavier than I, he could not lift me entirely from the -ground.--I could still almost stand upon my toes." - -Aunt Clarissa and Grace both grew faint. The Colonel dashed his -riding-whip to the ground. - -George panted as he went on with his story. "I can remember no more than -seeing that fiend standing there cross-legged, looking up at me. Then -it seemed to me I fell from some frightful height." - -"You must have come home after that," said Aunt Clarissa, "for you -arrived here shortly after dusk." - -She made up her mind that she would not say anything about the latter -escapade and his escape from the house, as George did not wish to talk -on further, and Colonel Hewes also concluded to say nothing about the -doctor's discovery, which the latter had related to him. - -"After I fell, I remember nothing for two days, you know," George added. - -"Never mind," said Aunt Clarissa, smoothing back his hair. "You must -rest, dear boy." - -The lad closed his eyes, and appeared to drop asleep. - -Colonel Hewes took his leave at once. As he went across the meadow -toward the foundry a thought struck him. "Jove! I have the solution!" he -said, "It was Adam Bent Knee's revenge. Indian blood will show out. I -have always held it so. He has settled scores for good and all with his -old enemy Cloud." - -There was one thing that puzzled every one--the presence of the strange -horse that it was supposed George must have picked up somewhere on the -Tumble Ridge Road, and while still under the influence of his disordered -mind. Burnt into the saddle was the name "Ralston, Hoboken." If the -"colt" could have talked, it could have added some astonishing -information that would have cleared away the fog of uncertainty. It was -thought, however, that the little horse might have escaped from the band -of marauders, and that the young man had found him after he had fallen, -and had managed to free himself from his bonds. Colonel Hewes's cousin -could have solved a great deal of this mystery, but he had gone to -Morristown, and had been ordered thence to General Putnam's forces in -the southern part of the State. - -There was some confusion also about the time of day at which things had -taken place. - -But we must return and follow the doings of the royalist Lieutenant, -young William Frothingham, after he had closed the door of his old home -behind him, and had bade that mysterious adieu to his white-robed sister -in the hallway. Her exclamation and her calling him by his brother's -name had proved again that the resemblance must be as marvelous as ever. -As soon as he had left the house he started on a run toward the old -bridge, and taking a lumber path, he waded through the snow, intending -to make for the hut of Adam Bent Knee that was in the hollow in the -ridge. He knew that the old Indian would give him shelter, and would -help him on his way, no matter to what party he belonged. - -He reached the hut at last. It was built against a bank, and was roofed -with bark and slabs of pine. Something had happened here, however, for -the interior was torn to pieces. The furs that hung upon the wall were -cut and slashed, and a half-barrel of apples had been thrown across the -floor. All this had been done quite recently, for there were signs -before the door of footprints and horses' hoofs. They led along the -lumber path from the summit, and a short distance further on the same -tracks were seen going in the opposite direction as if the party had -doubled. The latter trail was much the fresher. William followed it. - -They had broken a way through the snow, and he could travel for three or -four miles much more easily. The trail led him through the woods until -he descried the other side of the mountain. Far below him William made -out a fire's light shimmering through the trees. Broad streaks had -appeared in the east, and the edge of the red sun was showing through -the horizon clouds. It was a grand sight. So still was the air that a -twig that he stepped on in the snow seemed to him to crack like the -report of a pistol. A belated owl in its sturdy driving flight swept -across the clearing before him. Such a feeling of loneliness came over -him that his heart sank again. What had his career as an officer of the -crown brought to him? There was nothing of the coward in his -disposition, and his sense of duty, as we know, was developed to the -limit, but he hoped with all his soul that should he arrive safely back -in the city, that he and all the gleaming bayonets there might be -bundled back into the ships and sent to England. He prayed that he might -never be compelled to draw his sword against this people, his own -people, who were "rebels" no longer in his mind or estimation! - -The sight of the fire in the woods reminded him that he was hungry, and -must push ahead that he might reconnoitre. He half slid down the sharp -declivity, and forced his way through the bushes. - -There was a group of rough-looking men seated about a bivouac at the -right of a great oak; some leaning forward wrapped in heavy blankets, -appeared asleep. Three horses were nibbling at the twigs of the stunted -undergrowth. One had strayed to quite a distance, and was standing -mournfully leg-deep in the snow. As William came down the hill he found -himself at the top of a great rock even with the branches of the oak and -overlooking the small fire. He was in full sight when one of the party -looked up and saw him. The man's jaw dropped, and he caught his breath, -with an exclamation that aroused the drowsy ones about him. One of the -men rolled backwards with a howl, and with his blanket trailing behind -him plunged down the hill. - -"Greeting, good friends," said William. - -The effect of this short speech astonished him. Two of the men sprang up -and jumped astride of the nearest horses, and the others took to their -heels like the first, and soon the whole party was crashing down the -hill like a herd of startled deer. - -William did not move. He was too astonished to call after them, and from -his post on the rock saw them come out into the meadow some distance -below, where they stopped and talked. They appeared to come to one -decision, for after looking back, they pushed on hastily, and entered -the woods at the other side of the valley. - -Swinging himself down by the branches of the oak, William found himself -in possession of the very things that he most needed. In their -unaccountable flight the strange party had left behind them a rough -blanket and a blue woollen cape, and a huge flint-lock pistol, whose -dark butt protruded from the snow, where it had been dropped, like some -new growth of the forest. - -A short distance away was a placid-looking horse who had commenced again -to gnaw the trunk of a white birch. - -"Refuse not the gifts the gods provide," quoted William. "What did they -take me for? I must look like an army or a constable. A lot of thieves, -most likely." - -He extricated the horse with some difficulty, and picking up the blanket -and woollen cape, he retraced his steps to the top of the ridge, and -made his way along the summit toward the travelled road to the -southward. He had now the things he had wished for to continue his -journey. By noon he had covered some fifteen miles, for he could hardly -urge the sorry beast out of a walk. He met no one on the road until the -sun glowered directly above his head. He had passed several houses, but -deemed it safer to go on as far as he could before he stopped and asked -the direction. As he made his way through a bit of swampy land he saw -ahead of him a strange-looking object. It was a man carrying a heavy -burden on his back. What it was at first William could not make out, but -as he approached nearer he saw that it was the body of a freshly -slaughtered hog. He was almost at the strange figure's heels before the -latter turned. The broad honest face with a cheek closely pressed -against the dead pig's open-mouthed visage presented such a comical -picture that William to save himself could not but smile. - -"Greeting, good friend," he said. "Good-morrow." - -The man did not answer, but walked closely up to William's side, almost -thrusting his own face and the pig's into the saddle. - -"What sayest thou?" he inquired. "I am deaf as a ploughshare." - -"Can you tell me the direction of Plainfield?" shouted William, bending -over. - -"Yea, friend," was the answer, "but thou art too far north." William had -surmised as much. - -"Where are you going with your burden?" he inquired. - -"Oh, the shoat?" the man answered, rubbing his cheek against the pig's -fat jowl to steady him on his shoulder. "It's a gift I am making to a -righteous cause. I am not a man of war," he added. "It is against my -creed, but they who fight need flesh to strengthen them. I am taking -this to some good people who are camped below us. Thou art a soldier?" - -"I am," said William. - -"I would shake hands with thee, but I should drop my load." The broad -face smiled. - -"Come, place him upon my horse," said William, dismounting. - -As they were placing the pink body across the saddle, and William was -marvelling at the man's great strength, there was a hail from a clump of -alders to the left. - -"Ah, Brother Whitehead," was the exclamation, "what have we here?" - -A tall, black-bearded man came through the bushes. Behind him followed -three or four stalwart youths, with long-barrelled rifles over their -shoulders. But before another word was spoken the first man leaped -across a ditch and came toward William, saluting as he did so. Then it -was seen that he wore a ragged Continental uniform. - -"Well met indeed, and God bless you, Lieutenant Frothingham! Methinks -you are in time to aid us." The youths who were with him also came to an -awkward salute. "We have the green-coated women-slayers cornered," he -continued. "Not one of them will escape. There were some 'Lobster Backs' -with them. They will suffer for the doings at Lyons Farms, I'll warrant -you." - -"Are the English near us?" inquired William, his heart beating fast. - -"Ay, and the Hessians too! They were driven back in their efforts to -reach Elizabethtown, and we have been gathering our forces for an attack -this afternoon. You rank me, sir," he continued. "I am but Sergeant -Ralston, and my elbow touched yours at Princeton and Harlem, you may -remember. Come now, sir, will you take command? We have some brave -hearts with us." - -William half faltered. Here, indeed, was a predicament. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -IN THE TOWER OF MANY STORIES. - -LADY ARABELLA STUART. - -BY MRS. LEW. WALLACE. - - -One of the most familiar names to the student of English history is that -of Lady Arabella Stuart, who was long a constant source of alarm to -James I., because she was born near the throne. She never urged her -claim nor appeared to covet the crown; daughter of Charles, Earl of -Lennox, and cousin to the King, she inherited a full share of the beauty -and misfortunes of her race. A lovely girl, full of wit and grace, -gifted with the gentle art of making friends, she was the life of a -lifeless court. - -Many matches were proposed to the sovereign, who had power to make or -break a marriage for her. Suitors of various rank and countries knelt at -her feet, and it was told that even Henri the Great of France had dreams -of seating the blue-eyed Countess with the wavy tresses on the throne of -Charlemagne. - -So passed her youth; and in her thirty-fifth year James, by way of -banter, told the maiden she had remained fancy free to suit him long -enough; she might now wed whom she would. Poets, adventurers, courtiers, -and knights of high lineage kissed her white hand, but came no nearer -the heart, which beat faster for none but William Seymour, afterward -Marquis of Hertford, a youth of twenty-three years. Only the stars were -witness as they sealed their vows and oath, and the secret kept well for -a season. But a bird in the air carried the matter to Windsor, and -Seymour was arrested and brought before the Council to answer for the -outrage--betrothal in secrecy. - -He denied everything; swore he had not thought of anything but pastime. -What did he want with a wife ten years older than himself? And so the -rumor was forgotten with other court gossip. - -They thought the King would give up his nonsense, for Seymour was from -one of the proudest families of Europe, and there was no reason in this -opposition; besides, he had consented to a wedding. But no relenting was -admitted by James, and in July, 1610, a poor priest was found and bribed -to risk his neck by going through the marriage ceremony for the lovers. - -[Illustration: ST. THOMAS'S TOWER, WHERE SEYMOUR WAS CONFINED.] - -After a year of concealment the news reached the King's ear. He was -enraged; the priest was thrown into prison, the two witnesses present -were arrested, and the offending pair parted in the first sweetness of -the honeymoon. Seymour was sent to St. Thomas's Tower on the river. He -was furnished handsome apartments, with plates, hangings, books, -luxurious belongings; and the Countess was lodged in a fine house on the -Thames, with attendance and surroundings as became her rank; allowed -every freedom--except freedom. - -Indifferent to the elegancies about her, the bride wrote tender and -passionate letters to her bridegroom, but he answered never a word. -Sweet William made no sign, sent no love-gift. He wrote only to the -Lords of the Council, praying to be restored to liberty, that his health -would be lost if he were not freed, and busied his days making himself -comfortable in the chambers over the Traitors' Gate of London Tower, his -wife's money paying the bills. - -One dull, foggy day she quietly stepped into a common barge and floated -down the river to the barred window on the wharf, where she might make -signs to him who did not appear bold enough to plan an escape, and -returned safely to her castle. The brave movement could not be -concealed, and in his wrath the King ordered a dozen counties to be put -between his cousin and the defiant prisoner looking with despair at the -water-gates. - -Sadly did the tearful blue eyes turn to the bleak and frozen North, -while sentinels doubled their watch on the square tower built over the -moat. - -Such was his Majesty's pleasure. - -Lady Arabella's attendants were devoted, ready to brave death itself for -their mistress; her soft, kind manner never failed to win where -self-love had not taken too deep a hold. Day and night, while she sighed -her soul away, they schemed and planned to open a path to reunion in the -pleasant land of France, where they might be at peace in banishment. At -last she slipped off, well provided by her aunt, the Countess of -Shrewsbury, with costly jewels current in any country, and with good -English gold to lavish on any who might espouse her cause. She glided -down the Thames, reached the Channel, by arrangement was taken on a -light French bark; but the open water in front of Calais was not for the -hapless bride. Captain Corvè did his best; his little craft was no match -for the swift war-ship _Adventure_ in pursuit. Gallantly he fought wind -and wave, but Admiral Monson outsped him, and after thirteen shots were -fired, he struck his flag, and the crew of the victorious vessel boarded -the bark which carried the royal lady. - -She gracefully yielded herself prisoner to James, King of England, -consoled by the thought that he whom she loved better than life was so -well disguised, and his plot so well laid, that he was safe in French -port. - -"Where is William, Earl of Seymour?" demanded Monson, Admiral in command -of the chase. - -Lady Arabella smiled. - -"I cannot tell, but I believe he is beyond the reach of his enemies and -mine." - -[Illustration: LONDON TOWER FROM THE RIVER.] - -So she was marched to the Tower, into rooms once occupied by Margaret -Douglas, the common grandmother of the King and herself. - -When brought before the Lords she was mild and patient, yet asked with -becoming spirit why she, a free woman of royal blood, should be held a -criminal and separated from her lawful husband. - -The furious King seized her jewels and money; and her two companions in -the flight, gentlemen by birth, were dragged to the torture-chamber of -the Tower, and forced to confess what they knew of the perilous attempt. - -The tale of Seymour's changes of wig and cloak, in various disguises and -places, is too long to tell here. Delighted with liberty and with -France, he seemed to mourn the loss of his bride less than the loss of -her jewels and money, for William dearly loved to loiter in the delicate -plain called Ease, and lie in the soft places gold can buy. The -calculating fellow found his high name a passport in Paris, which city -was vastly amusing, and so was the staid but not less delightful capital -of the Belgians. - -In the damp old rooms of her grandmother Lady Arabella languished five -years. The third year an escape was arranged, and when the time was ripe -and success appeared assured she was betrayed, and the venture ended in -nothing but harsher treatment. While "William, dearest," danced the -night away, she wore out the dark hours writing prayers to the King, who -deigned no answer. - -Like other high-born dames, she was skilled in cunning needle-work, and -many a doleful day was spent stitching gay silks into canvas, making a -bright broidery, offered as a souvenir to the man who imprisoned her; -but the King would not touch the pretty gift. The courtesy did not move -him any more than her demand to be tried by her peers, according to law, -in open-court, instead of by a Committee of the Council sitting with -closed doors. - -When the tapestry came back rejected the blue eyes grew dimmer, and her -cheek paled with the heart-sickness of hope deferred, or rather of -despair, and it was rumored that the daughter of the House of Stuart had -met her doom in madness. Sorriest of all the history is that the -youthful husband forgot his too-loving wife. The letters full of -tenderness reached the trifler at European courts, and lay unanswered. -The low-browed villain Wood, who had her in charge, knew the death of -his captive would please King James and the courtiers who lived on his -smiles. His small mind lent itself to all sorts of petty annoyances and -means to make imprisonment unwholesome. She must not walk, nor have her -own attendants, nor food and dress befitting the near kinswoman of -queens, though the offended monarch generously had the ceiling of her -room "mended to keep out wind and rain." - -The forlorn lady passed from deep melancholy to spasms that touched her -brain. Even in such pitiful condition she was closely watched and -guarded by the nervous coward, who pretended to believe there was an -Arabella plot, with Raleigh at its head, secreted in the Tower. - -For a year the insane Countess lived, gentle and harmless, chattering -like a little child. Her one amusement was singing songs of love and -longing, learned in happy days, with the lute, whose trembling strings -made the saddest strains ear ever heard. The heart-breaking music -softened even her jailer; he grew compassionate, and she wandered at -will through the doleful halls and the garden. But the wan face never -brightened; she faded slowly, drooped, and died. - -In the chill midnight of autumn her wornout body was brought by the -black-flowing river to Westminster Abbey, in a miserable coffin without -a plate, and laid away in that sanctuary with no ceremony, not even a -prayer. "For," says a loyal courtier, "to have had a great funeral for -one dying out of favor with the King would reflect on the King's honor." - -After a troubled life she sleeps well in the tomb of her ill-starred -family, close beside the dust of her grandmother, Margaret Douglas. Her -coffin lies across and flattens the leaden casket which holds the -headless corpse of her great-aunt Mary, unhappy Queen of Scots. Neither -name nor date is above her breast, and the skull and bones were plainly -seen below the rotten wood in 1868 (a ghastly sight!) when the vaults -were searched for the remains of James I. - -Her persecutor rests near his victim. The enemies are at one now. The -strange peace of death which ends all feuds has brought them together, -and their restless hearts lie still, awaiting the coming of the Angel of -the Resurrection. - -The period of which I write is sometimes called the good old times. I -call it the bad old times. - - - - -A FLASH IN THE DARK. - -BY R. M. FULLER. - - -The Whitonville Camera Club was to meet at Will Vaughan's house -Wednesday evening. Whitonville is a town of some size in the western -part of New York. Mr. Vaughan, Will's father, one of its earliest -residents, lives in a large old-fashioned house on the main street, -opposite the Whitonville Bank, of which he is president. All day the -overcast sky had given promise of a downpour, and the sultry atmosphere, -charged with electricity, presaged plenty of thunder and lightning -before midnight. - -"It's too bad!" exclaimed Will Vaughan to his friend and visitor Tom -Wetherby, as they stood on the front porch looking at the angry sky. "If -the storm breaks before the fellows get here the meeting falls through; -but here comes Frank Wentworth." - -The young men exchanged cordial greetings, and followed Will to the -library, where the meeting was to be held. One after another the members -arrived, until the whole club was seated around the table. Tom Wetherby -belonged to a large club in the city, and was recognized as an authority -by the members of this small country organization. He was a bright young -fellow of nineteen, always on the lookout for some novel subject for his -camera, which accompanied him on all his wanderings. He listened to the -debate, offering a word now and then as his opinion was requested, until -his ear caught the swish of rain hurled violently against the -window-panes by the wind. Presently this was followed by heavy peals of -thunder, and flash after flash of lightning. - -"If you don't mind, Will, I will try to catch a flash or two of the -lightning; I have been waiting for a chance like this for a long time," -said Tom. - -"All right, old fellow; we'll excuse you. Look out your camera isn't -blown away." - -Tom was soon busy setting up his camera on the front porch, with the -lens pointed at the sky at an angle which just cleared the tops of the -opposite houses. The rain poured down, while crash upon crash of thunder -followed each successive flash of lightning. Nearer and nearer came the -force and violence of the storm, until the centre of electrical activity -was directly over the village. Tom exposed several plates, and had put -the last plate-holder in position when his foot struck one leg of the -tripod, almost capsizing the camera. A quick grab at the instrument -prevented the catastrophe; but before he could get the camera in -position, again, a blinding flash came, followed simultaneously by a -crash which shook the building to its very foundation. For a moment Tom -was dazed with the vivid light. Every object was illuminated with a -brightness exceeding daylight, and then all became intensely dark. Tom -capped his lens, seized his camera, and re-entered the house, where he -found the club still discussing the topic of the evening. - -"Well, what luck?" they exclaimed. - -Tom shook the water from his clothes, wiped the moisture carefully from -the camera, and replied: "Oh, so so! the last plate must be a dead -failure, though. I knocked the camera half over just before that -terrible crash." - -The following morning the Vaughans were at breakfast when a quick ring -at the door-bell was heard, and Mr. Vaughan recognized the voice of one -of his clerks, saying, "I must see Mr. Vaughan without delay, if you -please." - -Mr. Vaughan surmised from the tones of the speaker that something had -happened, and hastened to the door. - -"Mr. Vaughan," exclaimed the excited clerk, "please come over to the -bank at once. We have been robbed, sir." - -"Robbed?" - -"Yes, sir; everything is in confusion. The vault is open, and papers and -securities litter the floor." - -It took but a moment to recognize the truth of the clerk's statement. -The vault door was wide open, but the lock had not been injured. The -robbery had been committed by some person who knew the combination of -the lock, or the vault had not been fastened the night before. - -Mr. Vaughan discarded the latter idea, for he had tried the vault door -before leaving the bank, and knew that it was locked. There were three -besides himself in the employ of the bank--James Hendrix, the cashier; -Frank Wentworth, bookkeeper and assistant cashier; and John Salters, -general utility clerk, the man who had notified him of the robbery. - -Neither Hendrix nor Wentworth had arrived, and Mr. Vaughan requested the -clerk to gather up the papers which were still lying scattered over the -floor, while he endeavored to find a clew to the robbery. - -While they were thus engaged the cashier entered, and appeared surprised -to find the president already there. - -Mr. Vaughan immediately informed him of the robbery, and noted the look -of indignation and astonishment with which the news was received. - -"Hendrix, what was your cash balance last evening?" - -The cashier, after consulting the books, replied, "Twenty-eight thousand -five hundred and twenty dollars, fifty-eight cents, of which six -thousand four hundred was in bills, twenty thousand in government bonds, -and the balance in securities and currency." - -Mr. Vaughan stepped to the cashier's desk, glanced over the book, -verifying the figures, and was about turning away, when his eye caught -the edge of a paper protruding from the right-hand drawer of Wentworth's -desk, which adjoined that of the cashier. - -Without saying a word or attracting attention to his movements, the -president quietly drew the paper from the drawer and gave it a glance as -he put it in his coat pocket. - -It was a thousand-dollar government bond. - -At this moment Frank Wentworth entered the bank with a pleasant -"Good-morning." As he passed behind the rail which separated the -customers' side from the working office he noticed the eyes of the -president fixed upon him with a stern expression entirely new to him. - -"Wentworth, I would like to see you in my office immediately," said the -president. - -When they had entered the little room, Mr. Vaughan closed the door, and, -looking Wentworth in the eye, said: - -"Frank, the bank has been robbed of a large sum of money, exactly how -much we do not know until these securities have been examined and -counted." - -Wentworth's face became crimson, for the president's manner implied more -than the mere words conveyed. - -"You were the last one to leave, were you not?" - -"Yes, sir; but everything was safe and sound when I left. I tried the -vault door after putting on my hat and coat, and I am positive it was -securely locked." - -"Are you equally positive in regard to the front door after you had -passed out?" - -"Yes, sir; I turned the knob repeatedly; the door was closed and -locked." - -"You have no theory to offer as to how the robbery was accomplished?" - -"Why, Mr. Vaughan! how should I know anything more about it than -yourself? Was the vault door open?" - -Without replying, the president said, "Step to the door and call Mr. -Hendrix and Mr. Salters." - -Frank did as he was bidden. - -"Each of you has a private drawer in your desk of which you retain the -key. The bank has lost a large sum of money, and we must be willing to -clear ourselves of the suspicion which might attach, in view of the fact -that the vault combination is unknown to any person outside this room. -You will hand me your keys, and come with me to the outer office while I -perform a most unpleasant duty." - -Hendrix's desk was first inspected; then Salters's; but nothing found to -implicate them. - -Mr. Vaughan next opened Frank's private drawer, and there, directly in -front, lay two of the government bonds and a number of bills of -different denominations. - -Wentworth's face became ashen, his knees trembled, and he gasped for -breath. Presently, however, he looked Mr. Vaughan squarely in the eye, -and exclaimed, "Mr. Vaughan, in spite of what we see, and what you -doubtless think, I do not know how the bonds came there." - -The president did not reply. He tried the keys of the others' desks in -Wentworth's lock, and neither would fit. - -"Mr. Hendrix, you will call an officer; my duty is plain; I cannot evade -it." - -As the cashier went out of the door, Mr. Vaughan turned to Wentworth, -who had sunk into a chair, covering his face with his hands, and said: - -"Frank, I could not feel much worse if this had been against my own boy -Will. Your father was a director of this bank, and my friend for years. -It is a mercy that he did not live to see this day." - -Wentworth made no answer; the power of speech appeared to have forsaken -him. He did not lift his head nor utter a sound until Hendrix appeared -with an officer. - -Mr. Vaughan explained the situation, and Frank was led away in custody. - -Consternation fell upon Frank's friends and acquaintances, for the -evidence was so overwhelming that his simple denial of any knowledge of -the matter had no weight with the majority. His mother and sister, -together with the members of the camera club, formed a small minority -who believed him innocent. - -Will Vaughan was untiring in his efforts to console Mrs. Wentworth and -her daughter Alice, and did his best to keep Frank's spirits up. What -could he do, however, to stem the tide of public opinion? Again and -again he besought Frank to discover some tangible clew to the robbery. -Frank had racked his brain in the effort to do so, without avail. - -Tom Wetherby returned to his home in New York early on the morning of -the day following the storm. He knew nothing of the robbery until weeks -afterwards, when a long letter from Will Vaughan arrived, detailing the -terrible plight of Wentworth, and rehearsing all the circumstances. - -"Too bad! too bad!" muttered Tom, as he finished the letter. "I don't -believe Wentworth guilty any more than Will does. His face is as honest -and open as the day." - -Will's letter called the lightning plates taken at Whitonville to mind, -and he determined to do so now; accordingly he went up to his dark-room -and was soon as busy as a bee. One after another the plates were -developed, fixed, and washed, until plate-holder No. 7 was reached. Tom -hesitated as he drew the slide and removed the plate from the holder. - -"Oh, pshaw!" he exclaimed, "what's the use of bothering with this one?" -for he remembered with a smile the wild grab for the camera and the -dazzling flash that came before he could straighten the tripod. - -"I don't suppose there's anything on it--but here goes, for fun, -anyway!" - -He popped it into the tray, poured the developer over it, and awaited -results. After a while the image began to show, and little by little the -detail came out. - -"Hello! what's that?" Tom's eyes fastened on the negative with -astonishment. His face assumed an expression of intense interest, for -moment by moment the image grew stronger and stronger. With the utmost -care he completed the process, and then, opening the dark-room door, -flew down the stairs two steps at a time, tore into his bedroom, grabbed -Will's letter from the desk, and read the concluding paragraph as -follows: - -"My heart aches for Frank and his mother and Alice. I don't believe one -word of the charge against him; but, like all the rest of his friends, -am powerless to help him. The trial comes off on the 18th." - -"The 18th, and to-day is the 17th! It's a close call, but it's got to be -done, and I'll do it," cried Tom, in a whirl of excitement. - -He hurried to the telephone in the library, called up his father's -office in the lower part of the city, and while waiting for the -connection looked at his watch. It was quarter of three o'clock. Then -the customary "Hello!" came over the wire. - -"Please tell Mr. Wetherby to come to the 'phone." - -"Who are you?" - -"His son Tom; I want to speak to father." - -Presently Mr. Wetherby called back, "Well, Tom, what is it? Hurry up; -I'm busy!" - -"Father," shouted Tom, his voice betraying the excitement he was under. -"I must go to Whitonville to-night. I think I've got something which -will help Will Vaughan's friend who is accused of robbing the bank." - -"My son, hadn't you better wait until I get home and talk the matter -over with you?" - -"Can't wait, father; to-day is the 17th; Wentworth's trial takes place -to-morrow. The only train which would get me there by noon to-morrow -leaves at four o'clock this afternoon--about an hour from now." - -Buzz-z-z went the 'phone. - -Mr. Wetherby was probably thinking about it. He knew Tom was a pretty -level headed young man, and felt convinced that his son had something of -material importance to the case. - -The break seemed an age to Tom, and he called over the 'phone -impatiently, - -"Well, father, can I go?" - -"Yes, Tom. I think I can rely on your judgment. If you haven't money -enough for the journey, explain matters to your mother, who will supply -you. Be sure and write me full particulars, and come home as soon as -practical." - -When the four-o'clock express rolled out of the Grand Central Depot that -afternoon, Tom Wetherby was aboard, and in his grip was the plate that -came out of holder No. 7, and a bromide print therefrom. - - * * * * * - -The court-room at Whitonville was crowded to suffocation. Never before -had such widespread interest been manifested in a criminal case in that -town. - -Frank Wentworth was known and liked by everybody, and the astonishment -and grief at his predicament were universal. - -Hendrix testified to quitting the bank about five o'clock in the -afternoon, leaving the president and Wentworth still there. - -Mr. Vaughan testified to his departure a few minutes after the cashier, -and that Wentworth was still at his desk. - -Frank, in his own defence, accounted for every moment from the time he -left the bank until he entered it next morning; but the fact that he was -the last to leave the building after remaining there alone half an hour -weighed heavily against him. - -No one but the Almighty and Frank himself could know what took place in -the interim, and the lawyers sought in vain to bridge over the fatal -half-hour which succeeded Mr. Vaughan's departure. - -The case finally went to the jury, and a verdict of guilty was -reluctantly rendered in accordance with the facts. - -The District Attorney moved for sentence, and Frank was directed to take -his place before the bar, when a commotion occurred at the door of the -court-room. - -Some one was evidently trying to force his way through the crowd. - -For a moment all was confusion, and the judge rapped savagely for order. - -All this time a young man was making the best of his way towards the -bench. It was Tom Wetherby. Without looking to the right or left he -kept his eye fixed upon the judge, and raised his hand in token of a -desire to be heard. - -Judge Dalton, recognizing that something of import must be responsible -for this unprecedented proceeding, calmly awaited Tom's approach. - -At length he reached Wentworth's side before the bar, and speaking -earnestly, said: "I believe, your honor, I have in my possession -evidence which will clearly establish the innocence of the prisoner. I -have travelled all the way from New York to bring it to you, and reached -Whitonville less than half an hour ago. If you will let me give the -evidence to the prisoner's counsel before you take further action, I -think you will be satisfied with the truth of my statement." - -The required permission was given, and every eye in the room was fixed -on Tom while he hurriedly told his story to the lawyer and produced his -negative and print. - -A consultation followed between Frank's lawyer, the District Attorney, -and Judge Dalton. - -Presently the judge turned to the jury and said, "In view of the fact -that new evidence of importance has been presented to me, the District -Attorney recommends the reopening of the case; I therefore set aside the -verdict rendered, and ask your further consideration of the matter." - -The excitement of the spectators was intense. Frank's lawyer promptly -called Tom to the stand. - -Tom testified to the facts we already know, and took his seat. - -"Mr. Hendrix," said the lawyer, turning to the cashier, who occupied a -seat among the witnesses for the people, "will you take the witness -chair for a few moments?" - -Hendrix started as though he had been shot, but rose and made his way to -the stand. - -"Will you tell us, Mr. Hendrix, where you were between the hours of nine -and ten o'clock on the night of the robbery?" - -"I was at home." - -"Did you not leave the house at all that evening?" - -"No, sir; it was a very stormy night, and I did not go out." - -"You are perfectly sure of this?" - -"Certainly. I did not leave my house." - -"Mr. Hendrix, will you look at this picture and tell me if you recognize -the person it represents?" - -Hendrix took the bromide print from the lawyer's hand, and saw--the -entrance of the Whitonville Bank; a man was just issuing from the door; -one hand was on the knob in the act of closing the door, while the other -hand was holding his hat firmly on his head to prevent its being blown -away; the man's face was clearly distinguishable; _it was himself_! - -[Illustration: THE EFFECT UPON THE GUILTY MAN WAS PITIFUL.] - -The effect upon the guilty man was pitiful. He shook with fear; his head -dropped upon his breast, and the picture fell from his nerveless grasp -to the floor. - -The lawyer quickly handed the print to the jury, and then turning to the -judge, said: "Your honor, our side of the case has been presented. We -have finished." - -The jury promptly acquitted Frank, who was surrounded by friends eager -to congratulate him on his wonderful escape. - -Tom was the hero of the hour, and received compliments enough to turn -the head of any fellow less modest and unassuming. - -Hendrix's story is quickly told. Speculation, losses, peculation in -small sums to make good the losses, and finally robbery to cover the -petty thievings. He made a full confession--told how he put the bonds in -Frank's drawer to avert suspicion from himself, using a duplicate key to -open the drawer. He is now undergoing a long term of imprisonment in -Auburn. - -Frank Wentworth is the new cashier of the Whitonville Bank, and enjoys -the friendship and regard of the entire community. - - - - -RICK DALE. - -BY KIRK MUNROE. - -CHAPTER V. - -FIRST MATE BONNY BROOKS. - - -Alaric Todd's sensations as he sat on that log and watched the ship in -which he was supposed to be a passenger steam away without him were -probably as curious as any ever experienced by a boy. He had -deliberately abandoned a life of luxury, as well as a position that most -people are striving with all their energies to obtain, and accepted in -its place--what? He did not know, and for the moment he did not care. He -only knew that the Sonntaggs were gone beyond a chance of return, at -least for some weeks, and that during that time there was no possible -way in which they could reach him or communicate with his family. - -He realized that he was in a strange city, not one of whose busy -population either knew or cared to know a thing about him. But what of -that? If they did not know him they could never call him by the hated -name of "Allie." If he succeeded in making friends, it would be because -of himself, and not on account of his father's wealth. Above all, those -now about him did not know and should never know, if he could help it, -that he was thought to be possessed of a weak heart. Certainly if -excitement could injure his heart, it ought to be completely ruined at -the present moment, for he had never been so excited in his life, and -doubted if he ever should be again. - -With it all the lad was filled with such an exulting sense of liberty -that he wanted to jump and shout and share with every passer-by the -glorious news that at length he was free--free to be a boy among boys, -and to learn how to become a man among men. He did not shout, nor did he -confide his happiness to any of those who were coming up from the wharf, -where they had just witnessed the departure of the great ship; but he -did jump from the log on which he had been sitting and fling his -baseball high in the air. As it descended and he caught it with -practised skill, he was greeted by the approving remark: "Good catch! -Couldn't do it better myself!" and looking round he saw the lad with -whom he had passed ball a short time before. - -"It seems mighty good," continued the stranger, "to see a baseball -again, and meet a fellow who knows how to catch one. These chaps over -here don't know anything about it, and I've hardly seen a ball since I -left Massachusetts. You don't throw, though, half as well as you catch." - -"No," replied Alaric, "I haven't learned that yet. You see, I've only -just begun." - -"That so? Wish I had a chance to show you something about it, then, for -I used to play on the nine at home." - -"I wish you could, for I want awfully to learn. Why can't you?" - -"Because I don't live here, and, do you know, I didn't think you did, -either. When I saw you awhile ago, I had a sort of idea that you -belonged aboard the _Empress_, and were going in her to China, and I've -been more than half envying you ever since. Funny, wasn't it?" - -"Awfully!" responded Alaric. "And I'm glad it isn't true, for I don't -know of anything I should hate more than to be going to China in the -_Empress_. But I say, let's stop in here and get something lo eat, for -I'm hungry--aren't you?" - -"Of course I am," laughed the other; and with this the two boys, who -were already strolling toward the city together, turned into the little -road-side bake-shop that had just attracted Alaric's attention. Here he -ordered half a sheet of buns, two tarts, and two glasses of milk. These -being served on a small table, Alaric paid for them, and the newly made -acquaintances sat down to enjoy their feast at leisure. - -"What I want to do," said Alaric, continuing their interrupted -conversation, "is to get back to the States as quickly as possible." - -"That's easy enough," replied the other, holding his tart in both hands -and devouring it with infinite relish. "There's a steamer leaves here at -eight o'clock this evening for Seattle and Tacoma. But you don't live -here then, after all?" - -"No, I don't live here, nor do I know any one who does, and I want to -get away as quickly as I can; for I am looking for work, and should -think the chances for finding it were better in the States than here." - -"_You_ looking for work?" said the other, slowly, and as though doubting -whether he had heard aright. At the same time he glanced curiously at -Alaric's white hands and neatly fitting coat. "You don't look like a -fellow who is looking for work." - -"I am, though," laughed Alaric: "and as I have just spent the last cent -of money I had in the world, I must find something to do right away. -That's the reason I want to get back to the States; but I don't know -about that steamer. I suppose they'd charge something to take me, -wouldn't they?" - -"Well, rather," responded the other. "But I say, Mister--By-the-way, -what is your name?" - -"Dale--Rick Dale," replied Alaric, promptly, for he had anticipated this -question, and was determined to drop the Todd part of his name, at least -for the present. "But there isn't any Mr. about it. It's just plain Rick -Dale." - -"Well, then, plain Rick Dale," said the other, "my name is Bonny -Brooks--short for Bonnicastle, you know; and I must say that you are the -most cheerful appearing fellow to be in the fix you say you are that I -ever met. When I get strapped and out of a job I sometimes don't laugh -for a whole day, especially if I don't have anything to eat in that -time." - -"That's something I never tried, and I didn't know any one ever did for -a whole day," remarked Alaric. "How queer it must seem!" - -"Lots of people try it; but they don't unless they have to, and it don't -seem queer at all," replied Bonny, soberly. "But what kind of work are -you looking for, and what pay do you expect?" - -"I am looking for anything I can find to do, and will work for any pay -that is offered." - -"It would seem as if a fellow ought to get plenty to do on those terms," -said Bonny, "though it isn't so easy as you might think, for I've tried -it. How do you happen to be looking for work, anyway? Where is your -home, and where are your folks?" - -"My mother is dead," replied Alaric, "and I suppose my father is in -France, though just where he is I don't know. Our home was in San -Francisco, and before he left he tried to fix things all right for me; -but they turned out all wrong, and so I am here looking for something to -do." - -"If that don't beat anything I ever heard of!" cried Bonny Brooks, in a -tone of genuine amazement. "If I didn't know better, I should think you -were telling my story, or that we were twins; for my mother is dead, and -my father, when last heard from, was on his way to France. You see, he -was a ship Captain, and we lived in Sandport on Cape Cod, where, after -my mother died, he fixed up a home for me with an aunt, and left money -enough to keep me at school until he came back from a voyage to South -America and France. We heard of his reaching Brazil and leaving there, -but never anything more, and when a year passed Aunt Nancy said she -couldn't support me any longer. So she got me a berth as cabin-boy on a -barque bound to San Francisco, and then to the Sound for lumber to -China. I wanted to go to China fast enough, but the Captain treated me -so badly that I couldn't stand it any longer, and so skipped just before -the ship sailed from Port Blakely. The meanest part of it all was that I -had to forfeit my pay, leave my dunnage on board, and light out with -only what I had on my back." - -"That's my fix exactly," cried Alaric, delightedly. "I mean," he added, -recollecting himself, "that my baggage got carried off, and as I haven't -heard from it since, I don't own a thing in the world except the -clothing I have on." - -"And a baseball," interposed Bonny. - -"Oh yes, a baseball of course," replied Alaric, soberly, as though that -were a most matter-of-fact possession for a boy in search of employment. -"But what did you do after your ship sailed away without you?" - -"Starved for a couple of days, and then did odd jobs about the river for -my grub, until I got a chance to ship as one of the crew of the sloop -_Fancy_, that runs freight and passengers between here and the Sound. -That was only about a month ago, and now I'm first mate." - -"You are?" cried Alaric, at the same time regarding his young companion -with a profound admiration and vastly increased respect. "Seems to me -that is the most rapid promotion I ever heard of. What a splendid sailor -you must be!" - -Although the speaker was so ignorant of nautical matters that he did not -know a sloop from a schooner, or from a full-rigged ship, for that -matter, he had read enough sea stories to realize that the first mate of -any vessel was often the most important character on board. - -"Yes," said Bonny, modestly, "I do know a good deal about boats; for, -you see, I was brought up in a boating town, and have handled them one -way and another ever since I can remember. I haven't been first mate -very long, though, because the man who was that only left to-day." - -"What made him?" asked Alaric, who could not understand how any one, -having once attained to such an enviable position, could willingly give -it up. - -"Oh, he had some trouble with the Captain, and seemed to think it was -time he got paid something on account of his wages, so that he could buy -a shirt and a pair of boots." - -"Why didn't the Captain pay him?" - -"I suppose he didn't have the money." - -"Then why didn't the man get the things he wanted, and have them -charged?" - -"That's a good one," laughed Bonny. "Because the storekeeper wouldn't -trust him, of course." - -"I never heard of such a thing," declared Alaric, indignantly. "I -thought people could always have things charged if they wanted to. I'm -sure I never found any trouble in doing it." - -"Didn't you?" said Bonny. "Well, I have, then," and he spoke so queerly -that Alaric realized in a moment that he had very nearly betrayed his -secret. Hastening to change the subject, he asked: - -"If you took the mate's place, who took yours?" - -"Nobody has taken it yet, and that's what I'm after now--hunting for a -new hand. The Captain couldn't come himself, because he's got rheumatism -so bad that it's all he can do to crawl out on deck and back again. -Besides, it's the first mate's place to ship the crew, anyhow." - -"Then," asked Alaric, excitedly, "why don't you take me? I'll work hard, -and do anything you say." - -"You?" cried Bonny, regarding his companion with amazement. "Have you -ever sailed a boat or helped work a vessel?" - -"No," replied Alaric, humbly; "but I am sure I can learn, and I -shouldn't expect any pay until I did." - -"I should say not," remarked the first mate of the _Fancy_, "though most -greenhorns do. Still, that is one thing in your favor. Another is that -you can catch a ball as well as any fellow I ever knew, and a chap who -can do that can learn to do most anything. So I really have a great mind -to take you on trial." - -"Do you think the Captain will agree to it?" asked Alaric, anxiously. - -"Of course he will, if I say so," said Bonny Brooks, confidently; "for, -as I just told you, the first mate always hires the crew." - - -CHAPTER VI. - -PREPARING TO BE A SAILOR. - -During the conversation just recorded the boys by no means neglected -their luncheon, for both of them had been very hungry, and by the time -they arrived at an understanding in regard to Alaric's engagement not a -crumb of food nor a drop of milk was left before them. While to Bonny -Brooks this had proved a most welcome and enjoyable repast, to Alaric it -marked a most important era of his life. To begin with, it was the first -meal he had ever paid for out of his own pocket, and this alone was -sufficient to give it a flavor that he had never discovered in the rich -food by which his appetite had heretofore been tempted. - -Then during this simple meal he had entered upon his first friendship -with a boy of his own age, for the liking that he had already taken for -Bonny Brooks was evidently returned. Above all, during that brief lunch -hour he had conducted his first independent business operation, and now -found himself engaged to fill a responsible position in active life. To -be sure, he was only taken on trial, but if good intentions and a -determination to do his very best could command success, then was his -position assured. How fortunate he was, after all! An opening, a chance -to prove what he could do, was all that he wanted, and behold! it was -his within the first hour of his independent life. How queer that it had -come through his baseball too, and how strangely one thing seemed to -lead to another! - -Now Alaric was impatient for a sight of the vessel that was to be the -scene of his future labors, and anxious to begin them. He had so little -idea of what a sloop was that he even wondered if it would be propelled -by sails or steam. He was inclined to think that it must be the latter, -for Bonny had spoken of his craft as carrying passengers, and Alaric had -never known any passenger boats except such as were driven by steam. So -he pictured the _Fancy_ as a steamer, not so large as the _Empress_, of -course, but fairly good-sized, manned by engineers, stokers, stewards, -and a crew of sailors. With this image in his mind, he regarded his -companion as one who had indeed attained a lofty position. - -So busy was our hero with these thoughts that for a full minute after -the lads left the bake-shop he did not utter a word. Bonny Brooks was -also occupied with a line of thought that caused him to glance -reflectively at his companion several times before he spoke. Finally he -broke out with: - -"I say, Rick Dale, I don't know about taking you for a sailor, after -all. You see, you are dressed altogether too fine. Any one would take -you for the captain or maybe the owner if you were to go aboard in those -togs." - -"Would they?" asked Alaric, gazing dubiously down at his low-cut -patent-leather shoes, black silk socks, and light trousers accurately -creased and unbagged at the knees. Besides these he wore a vest and -sack-coat of fine black serge, an immaculate collar, about which was -knotted a silk neck-scarf, and a narrow-striped cheviot shirt, the cuffs -of which were fastened by gold sleeve-links. Across the front of his -vest, from pocket to pocket, extended a slender chain of twisted gold -and platinum, at one end of which was his watch, and at the other a gold -and platinum pencil-case. - -"Yes, they would," answered Bonny, with decision; "and you've got to -make a change somehow, or else our bargain must be called off, for you -could never become a sailor in that rig." - -Here was a difficulty on which Alaric had not counted, and it filled him -with dismay. "Couldn't I change suits with you?" he asked, anxiously. "I -shouldn't think mine would be too fine for a first mate." - -"Not if I know it," laughed Bonny. "They'd fit me too much one way and -not enough another. Besides, they are shore togs any way you look at -'em, and not at all the things to go to sea in. The Cap'n would have a -fit sure if you should go aboard dressed as you are. So if you want to -ship with us, I'm afraid you'll have to buy a new outfit." - -"But I haven't any money, and you say they won't charge things in this -town." - -"Of course they won't if they don't know you; but you might spout your -ticker and make a raise that way." - -"Might what?" - -"Shove up your watch. Leave it with your uncle, you know, until you -earned enough to buy it back." - -"Do you mean sell it?" - -"No. They'd ask too many questions if you tried to sell it, and wouldn't -give much more, anyway. I mean pawn it." - -"All right," replied. Alaric. "I'm willing, only I don't know how." - -"Oh, I'll show you quick enough, if you really want to do it." - -As Alaric insisted that he was willing to do almost anything to procure -that coveted sailor's outfit, Bonny led him to a mean-looking shop, -above the door of which hung three golden balls. The dingy windows were -filled with a dusty miscellany of watches, pistols, and all sorts of -personal property, while the opening of the door set loose a musty odor -of old clothing. As this came pouring forth Alaric instinctively drew -back in disgust; but with a sudden thought that he could not afford to -be too fastidious in the new life he had chosen, he conquered his -repugnance to the place, and followed Bonny inside. - -A gaunt old Hebrew in a soiled dressing-gown stood behind a small -counter. As Alaric glanced at him hesitatingly, Bonny opened their -business by saying briskly: - -"Hello, uncle! How are you to-day? My friend here wants to make a raise -on his watch." - -"Led's see dot vatch," replied Mr. Isaacs, and Alaric handed it to him, -together with the chain and pencil-case. It was a fine Swiss -chronometer, with the monogram A.D.T. engraved on its back; and as the -pawnbroker tested the quality of its case and peered at the works, -Alaric noted his deliberate movements with nervous anxiety. Finally the -man said, - -"I gifs you den tollars on dot vatch mit der chain und pencil trown in." - -Alaric would have accepted this offer at once, but Bonny knew better. - -"Ten nothings!" he cried. "You'll give us fifty dollars, uncle, or we'll -take it down to Levi's." - -"Feefty tollar! So hellup me grashus! I vould be alretty bankrupted of I -gif feefty tollars on effery vatch. Vat you dake me for?" - -"Take you for an old fraud," replied the unabashed first mate of the -Fancy. "Of course you would be bankrupted, as you ought to have been -long ago, if you gave fifty dollars on every turnip that is brought in; -but you could well afford to advance a hundred on this watch, and you -know it." - -[Illustration: "VELL, I TELL YOU. I GIFS YOU TVENTY-FIFE."] - -"Vell, I tell you. I gifs t'venty-fife." - -"Fifty," said Bonny, firmly. - -"Dirty, und not von cent more, so hellup me." - -"Fifty." - -"Dirty-fife?" - -"We'll split the difference, and call it forty-five." - -"I gifs you fordy oud of charity, seeing you is so hart up." - -"It's a bargain," cried Bonny. "Hand over your cash." - -"How could you talk to him that way?" asked Alaric, admiringly, as the -boys left the shop, he minus his watch and chain, but with forty dollars -and a pawn-ticket in his pocket. - -"I couldn't once," laughed Bonny, "but it's one of the things poor folks -have to learn. If you are willing to let people impose on you they'll be -mighty quick to do it, and the only way is to bluff 'em from the start." - -The next place they entered was a sailors' slop-shop, in which were kept -all sorts of seafaring garments and accessories. Here, advised by Bonny, -Alaric invested fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents in a blue knit -jersey, or sweater, a pair of stout woollen trousers, two flannel -shirts, two suits of heavy underclothing, several pairs of cotton socks, -and a pair of canvas shoes. - -Expressing a desire to make a change of clothing at once, he was shown a -retired corner where he might do so, and from which he emerged a few -minutes later so altered in appearance that it is doubtful if his own -father would have recognized him. - -"That's something like it!" cried Bonny. - -"Isn't it?" replied Alaric, surveying himself with great satisfaction in -a mirror, and fully convinced that he now looked so like a sailor that -no one could possibly mistake him for anything else. "Don't you think, -though, that I ought to have the name of the sloop embroidered across -the front of this sweater? All the sailors I have ever seen had theirs -fixed that way." - -"I suppose it would be a good idea," replied Bonny, soberly, though -filled with inward laughter at the suggestion. "But perhaps you'd better -wait until you see if the ship suits you, and whether you stay with us -or not." - -"Oh, I'll stay," asserted Alaric. "There's no fear but what I will, if -you'll only keep me." - -"Going yachting, sir?" asked the shopkeeper, politely, as he carefully -folded Alaric's discarded suit of fine clothing. - -"No, indeed," replied the boy, scornfully. "I'm going to be a sailor on -the sloop _Fancy_, and I wish you would send these things down to her at -once." - -Ere the man could recover from his astonishment at this request -sufficiently to reply, Bonny interrupted hastily: - -"Oh no, Rick! we'll take them with us. There isn't time to have 'em -sent." - -"I should guess not," remarked the shopkeeper, in a very different tone -from the one he had used before. "But, say, young feller, if you're -going to be a sailor you'll want a bag, and I've got a second-hand one -here almost as good as new that I'll sell cheap. It come to me with a -lot of truck from the sale of a confiscated sealer; and seeing that it's -got another chap's name painted on it, I'll let you have it for one bob -tuppence-ha'penny, and that'll make even money between us." - -Thus saying, the man produced a stout canvas bag, such as a sailor uses -in place of a trunk. The name plainly painted across it, in black -letters, was "Philip Ryder"; but Alaric said he didn't mind that, so he -took the bag, thrust his belongings, including his cherished baseball, -into it, and the two boys left the shop. - -"By-the-way," asked Alaric, hesitatingly, "don't I need to get some -brushes and things?" - -"What for!" - -"Why, to brush my hair, and--" - -"Oh no," interrupted the other. "There's a comb on board, and, besides, -we can't stop for anything more. I've been gone so long now that I -expect the old man is madder'n a wet hen by this time." - -So Bonny led the way to the wharves, and to a narrow slip between two of -them that just then was occupied by but a single craft. She was a small -sloop, not over forty feet long, though of good beam, evidently very -old, and so dingy that it was hard to believe she had ever been painted. -Her sails, hanging unfurled in lazy jacks, were patched and discolored; -her running rigging was spliced, the standing rigging was sadly in need -of setting up, her iron-work was rusted, and her spars were gray with -age. - -"There's the old packet," said Bonny, cheerfully. - -"Where?" asked Alaric, gazing vaguely down the slip and utterly ignoring -the disreputable craft close at hand. - -"Why, right here," answered the other, a trifle impatiently. "Don't you -see the name _Fancy_ on her stern? She isn't much to look at, I know, -but she's a hummer to go, and a mighty good sea-boat. She's awfully -comfortable, too. Come aboard and I'll show you." - -With this the cheery young fellow, who had actually come to a belief -that the shabby old craft was all he claimed for her, tossed his -friend's recent purchase to the deck of the sloop, and began to clamber -after it down a ricketty ladder. - -With all his bright visions of a minute before rudely dispelled, and -with a heart so heavy that he could find no words to express his -feelings, Alaric followed him. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -THE COURAGE AND ENDURANCE OF ARCTIC ANIMALS. - -BY THE CHIEF OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION. - - -The animals we have spoken of live on grass or other vegetation, and -their ability to exist depends primarily on their ability to cover -enough pasture ground to ensure sufficient food. Their dinner always -awaits their coming. With the fox and wolf the question is more serious, -for they live on flesh, either of animals or of fish. The long silky -hair makes the arctic fox beautiful in winter, and, indeed, quite the -whole year, for in the farthest north his color remains quite unchanged -from a snowy whiteness. They are much smaller than the common fox, the -total length, including the bushy tail, varying from two to three feet, -and their weight is from eight to twenty pounds; in late winter, -however, some do not weigh over five pounds. As the arctic ptarmigan has -feet quite clothed with fine feathers as a protection against cold, so -the arctic fox needs for the soles of his feet the thick covering of -hair that earns for him the designation of _lagopus_ (hairy). - -After fifteen years' experience in South Greenland, Dr. Rink, fully -recognizing the craftiness of the fox, but also knowing the great -difficulty of obtaining animal food, says: "How these little fellows are -able to find food necessary to support life during eight months of the -year at the northern fiords remains somewhat of a mystery. Hares and -partridges are scarce, and seem unable to yield sufficient food for the -foxes. In summer the fox seeks the water's edge for mussels or other -food there exposed at low tide. He follows the seal-hunter, whether he -be man or bear, for the drops of blood or bits of skin and meat yielded -by the chase." - -In Boothia Felix, Captain Ross found that he burrows and accumulates -supplies. He says: "One of their burrows was discovered on the sandy -margin of a lake; it had several passages, each opening into a common -cell, beyond which was an inner cell, where the young, six in number, -were taken. In the outer cell, and in the several passages leading to -it, we found a great number of the two species of lemmings, several -ermines, and the bones of hares, fish, and ducks in great quantities." - -In the extreme north the difficulties of life for the fox greatly -increase. Shell-fish disappear, seal as a rule migrate for the winter, -and the hunting season shortens wofully with the lengthening winter. -Moreover, in Grinnell Land the fox cannot burrow, for the earth never -thaws more than a foot or two. However, the cunning animal utilizes -nooks and crevices as dens and store-houses. The theory advanced by -Professor Newton that the foxes of Spitsbergen lay up in summer a store -of food for winter use has been confirmed as to the foxes of North -Grinnell Land and Greenland. - -[Illustration: THE ARCTIC FOX CATCHING HIS DINNER.] - -In 1876, near the 83d degree of north latitude, Colonel Feilden shot a -fox who, with his mate, occupied a lair in a hillock of broken rocks. -"While resting," says Feilden, "we noticed that numerous dead lemmings -were scattered around. In every case they had been killed in the same -manner--the sharp canine teeth of the foxes had penetrated the brain. -Presently we came upon two ermines killed in the same manner. Then, to -our surprise, we discovered numerous deposits of dead lemmings; in one -hidden nook under a rock we pulled out a heap of over fifty. We -disturbed numerous _caches_ of twenty and thirty, and the ground was -honeycombed with holes, each of which contained several bodies of these -little animals, a small quantity of earth being placed over them. In one -hole we found the greater part of a hare hidden away. The wings of young -brent-geese were also lying about, and as these birds were at that date -only just hatching, it showed that they must have been the results of -successful forays of prior seasons, and that consequently the foxes -occupy the same abode from year to year." - -It appears evident that the hoarding of supplies is peculiar to the fox -of North Grinnell Land, for two we held in captivity regularly hid such -portion of their food as was not needed for immediate consumption, and -it was also noted that the fox was an unusually frugal eater. Curiously -enough, our captive foxes would not hide anything while being watched, -and a piece of meat has been allowed to lie on the snow undisturbed for -half an hour or more while persons were around; but leaving the fox for -only four or five minutes, it would be found, upon returning, that the -piece of meat had been carried to a corner, a hole dug in the snow, and -the surface so carefully restored that it was difficult to notice any -change. - -One of the foxes, under gentle treatment, became quite tame, and -permitted us to handle him, although he always caught the advancing hand -and gently applied his teeth, as if to give warning that he was not to -be trifled with. When stroked he seemed pleased, and gave forth a -purring noise very like that uttered by a contented cat. He would not -tolerate the bringing of the face near to, nor blowing at him, -invariably jumping at the person so offending. - -The other fox, an old female, proved vicious and intractable. Despite -kind treatment, every effort to handle her resulted in serious bites. -She was kept chained, but made such frequent and violent shows of anger, -at times bordering on madness, as compelled us to kill her. She never -showed any signs of fear, and neglected no effort to free herself. She -was confined in a lean-to, at the door of which the Eskimo dogs gathered -for their daily food. Whenever a dog was in sight, Miss Fox put on a -bold front, showed her teeth threateningly, and emitted a series of low -growls, somewhat of a modification of the shrill barks the fox usually -indulges in. Several of the half-grown dogs rushed in on her, one at a -time and on different occasions, but the fox met the attacks with such -courage that the puppies retreated, one of them howling dismally at his -wounded muzzle, in which the fox had deeply inserted her sharp teeth. -The tame fox broke his chain and made a burrow in the snow wall that -surrounded the house. As daylight was then continuous, and there were -about thirty dogs around the quarters, it was thought that the fox would -fear to attempt an escape. After ten days, however, he took the chances, -and successfully ran the gauntlet of Eskimo dogs. - -Doubtless the female fox has the hardest life, her energies being -severely taxed in caring for her young. She is always in poorer flesh -than the male, and as a rule she is much more vicious, and less amenable -to kindly treatment. - -An instance of the endurance and possibly the craft of the arctic fox -may be cited in the experience of Biederbick, one of our expedition, who -put a bullet through a fox and apparently killed him. Failing to reload -his gun, the expectant hunter went forward to pick up his prey. To his -great astonishment and chagrin, as he neared the wounded animal the fox, -lamed and bleeding, sprang up and ran off at such a pace that he -escaped. - -It may be added that the arctic fox, while noted for his courage and -endurance, is not skilled against traps or pitfalls, but shows a -proneness to be caught that borders at times on stupidity. - -[Illustration: THE ARCTIC WOLF.] - -The white-skinned, large-limbed wolf is the most ravenous, untiring, and -dangerous of all arctic animals. Its tireless gallop, sharp teeth, -snappish bites, and powers of a concerted action with its own kind make -it possible for this predacious animal to live wherever game of any -considerable size is to be found. In Grinnell Land he subsists almost -entirely on the musk-oxen, who find their only safety by travelling in -bands. When attacked they form a circle, and placing their calves and -feeble members in the centre, by opposing horns and desperate bellowings -stand off the encircling wolves. Woe, however, to the straggling ox who -falls in with wolves, for he never escapes. - -In his widely read narrative, Kane most unjustly disparages the strength -and prowess of the arctic wolf. He says: "The Eskimo dogs of Smith Sound -encounter the wolf fearlessly and with success." There is absolutely no -foundation for this statement. Kane never saw a wolf either in southern -Greenland or in the Smith Sound region, for this animal is unknown in -Greenland, save one drifted from the American coast and killed at Omenak -in the winter of 1868-9. - -In truth the arctic wolf is relatively the strongest, as he is in fact -the most courageous and enduring of arctic animals, and these qualities -are supplemented by unusual craft and caution. They average some twenty -pounds greater weight than the dog, which animal views their appearance -with terror, realizing his small chance of safety in an encounter. The -single wolf tempers his desperate courage with caution, and so rarely -attacks man. Indeed, he uses such good judgment that there are not half -a dozen instances in the annals of arctic expeditions where the hunter, -matching his wits and efforts against those of the beast, has succeeded -in shooting a wolf. When wolves assemble in packs they seem to act -without any fear of consequences whenever the community interests of the -pack demand it. They seem to realize that by concerted action the pack -is bound to prevail, and they accept the chances of death very much the -same as a soldier does when sharing the dangers of a victorious charge. - -The British expedition of 1875 to Grinnell Land saw several wolves -following a herd of musk-oxen, on which the wolves of that region -subsist. Despite repeated efforts the sportsmen could not get within -three or four hundred yards of these very wary animals. Later a single -wolf followed Colonel Feilden's sledge for several days, but such was -the cunning displayed by the beast that all efforts to get a shot at him -failed. Very greatly to our surprise, in September, 1881, a large band -of wolves appeared on the harbor floe near our house at Lady Franklin -Bay. They were eighteen in number, and while they showed no signs of -timidity, yet their discretion was such that none of our many expert -hunters were able to get within gunshot. While this wariness is in -keeping with the general habits of the arctic wolf, which has been -rarely killed by sportsmen, yet it seems surprising when we reflect that -these wolves could never have been hunted, and doubtless had never seen -any animal, save the polar bear, which could injure them. - -The tenacity with which arctic animals hold to life was frequently -instanced in our experience, and the thought occurred that it arose from -the survival of the strongest and hardiest individuals in a clime where -nature ever seems at strife with nature's life. A few days later two of -our hunters ran across a pack of wolves, of which two were shot, but -both escaped. A rifle-ball went completely through the body of one -animal, which bled profusely. The wolf was followed for several hours by -its trail of blood on the snow, but it finally escaped. Later, a single -wolf came within one hundred yards of our house, and in the early -twilight was for a time mistaken for one of the dogs, who were much -disturbed. He was eventually pursued by several hunters, and was shot -through the body by Lieutenant Kislingbury. Knocked down by the ball, -the wolf lost in a few minutes at least a cupful of blood. He was chased -for some time, his blood marking his path, but no one got within -gunshot. He was let alone for several hours in hopes that he would die, -but, pursued by the hunters later, he travelled on, stopping and waiting -as did his pursuers. Leaving drops of blood in the snow, he kept walking -out of gunshot, until he fell down dead with his body substantially -bloodless. - -As the repeated efforts of our best huntsmen failed to further diminish -the number of the pack, it became necessary to resort to other means of -offence, for our interests were too important to be neglected. The -terror and dismay of our dogs promised their destruction, and with their -loss was involved our future sledging trips. Again, the health of the -party depended largely on the herds of musk-oxen, which the wolves were -running down. Acknowledging ourselves beaten as man against beast, we -resorted to poison. Here we were surprised at their craft and caution. -Different poisons skilfully arranged in meat were visited and left -untasted by the animals. Eventually, by mixing good and bad meat -together, we succeeded in killing four wolves; but on more than one -occasion the animals ate all the good meat and left the poisoned. While -the remaining wolves gave anxiety to us, yet this was not unmixed with a -certain feeling of satisfaction that a brute of such courage, endurance, -and craft had been able to hold his own against man, as he had against -nature in her sternest mood. - - A. W. GREELY. - - - - -DAILY DRILL. - - -This drill, used regularly, will be found of advantage in giving grace -and freedom to the movements of the body, and a better command of the -muscles most needed in every-day work and play. In order to learn them -correctly the exercises should be taken slowly at first. When learned, -fifteen minutes per day is all that is needed for a "drill." Each motion -is made a certain number of times, usually from four to eight, and -should be done vigorously and steadily. - -Begin by assuming the "correct position," which must be rigidly -maintained during the drill, only excepting those parts of the body in -action. - -Toes at right angles; heels together, with weight upon balls of feet; -legs stiff; abdomen well back; chest out; shoulders back and down; arms -stiff at sides; chin slightly in; slight forward incline of whole body. - -_Head and Neck._--Bend the head forward upon the chest, and then up -again to erect position; bend the head backward, and then erect; to the -right side, and then erect; to the left, and then erect; "twist" it, -looking over right shoulder, and then back again to position; around to -the left, and again to position; "roll," dropping head upon chest; roll -it toward the right side, around to back, continuing to the left, and -back to front position. Reverse this roll. - -_Shoulders._--"Shrug" shoulders up, shrug forward, shrug back; roll, -going up, to the back, down, and then forward. Reverse this roll. - -_Arms._--With arms stiff at sides, twist them in their sockets, toward -the front, toward the back; bending the elbows, rest clinched hands upon -chest; thrust arms forward to full extent, and back to position; out to -sides, and back to position; straight down, and back to position; -straight up, over the head, back and to place, always with even, steady, -continuous motion. - -_The Hands._--Extending arms straight in front, and afterward to the -sides, and then upward, open and close fingers to fullest extent. Shake -the hands at the wrists. Up; down; to the sides; then with a rolling -motion; slowly, and then faster. - -_The Chest._--Keeping the shoulders well back, and holding the breath, -raise and lower the muscles of the chest. - -_The Abdomen._--Raise and lower, forward and back, the muscles of the -abdomen. Learning to contract these muscles and to hold them back in -position is a great help to a good carriage. - -_The Diaphragm._--Raise and lower diaphragmatic muscles, enlarging this -part of the body to widest extent in each motion. - -_Hips._--Lifting stiff leg slightly from the floor, twist it at the hip -toward the front; twist it toward the back; lifting the leg in same -manner, "roll" it at hip-joint, working it to full extent, up, forward, -down, and back. Leg motions, of course, must be taken, one side of the -body, and then the other, alternately. - -_Legs._--Raise "stiff" leg forward and out, and then back to place; out -to side, toward the back, and to place; flex leg at knee, and thrust -forward and up quickly; flex and thrust to the side; flex and thrust to -back; unhinge leg at hip and swing; out in front, to the side; across in -front toward the back, and to position; swing in a circle, around and -across in front, then around toward the back. - -_The Ankles._--Holding leg stiff in front, work the foot at ankle, up, -down, to the right side, to the left; shake and twist feet, and "roll" -them, doing part of the work with a reverse motion; rise on the toes, -with a regular motion, and then slower, holding the body balanced on the -toes for a few seconds. - -_Further Balance-work._--Throwing the weight of the body on the ball of -one foot, lift the other leg, and flexing at knee, describe circles, -moving the leg from the knee only. - -_Step._--Pointing toe, and arching instep, and with stiff leg; to the -front, and back to place; to the side; to the back; across at back. - -These motions, out of a large number, were selected for their simplicity -and usefulness for regular daily exercise. - - - - -THE INCANTATIONS OF ALI BEN MESROUR. - -BY W. A. CURTIS. - - -The fame of Ducardanoy and Bouchardy spread through Algeria. Tho methods -by which they had deceived and despoiled the Arab tribes gradually -became known, and threats of vengeance coming to their ears, they -decided that it was no longer safe to dwell so near the Sahara and its -wild tribes, and they removed to the northern side of the Atlas. But -even in their new home they were destined to encounter the power of the -Shiekh of the Mountain of Singing Sauds, though not in a way that -menaced their personal safety. - -It was at the close of the Mohammedan fasting season of Ramadan that the -great Arabian magician Ali Ben Mesrour came to town. Bouchardy, who -attended all of his performances, declared his feats to be easy of -execution, and their mechanism readily detected by the most unobserving. -Ducardanoy was inclined to attribute this to professional jealousy; but -when the magician began to cure the halt and lame among the Arabs of -grievous corns and bunions, he too denounced Ben Mesrour as a bungler -and a charlatan. Hearing of the criticisms of the two experts, the Arab -sage gravely sent them a challenge. He announced that if they dared to -give him a trial he would appear at their house, and by a certain -magical process change the one into a dromedary and the other into a -mule, and he agreed that in case of failure there should be forfeited -two five-franc pieces of silver, which he would deposit with the -commandant of the garrison previous to the trial. Two five-franc pieces -were nothing to the chiropodist and the prestidigitator, grown -exceedingly wealthy with the prudent investment of the results of their -late encounters with the Arabs, but they hailed with pleasure the -prospect of amusing themselves at the expense of the magician. - -The lamps had been lighted an hour when Ali Ben Mesrour was ushered in -to begin the process of transforming Ducardanoy into a camel and -Bouchardy into a mule. He was attired in a robe of dark red silk, and -upon his head was the green turban that indicates descent from the -Prophet. Upon the side of the turban a white aigrette was fastened by a -single emerald, and about his neck was hung a long gold chain. -Ducardanoy and Bouchardy received him with great courtesy, and -profoundly salaaming, conducted him to a divan resting against a heavy -portière. The magician sat down, and the divan instantly flattened out -beneath him. He leaped to his feet, whereupon the divan promptly resumed -its former shape. - -"I beg pardon for the conduct of the divan," said Ducardanoy. "Sit down -in this chair," and Ben Mesrour sank down in a huge arm-chair, which -rose beneath him and dropped him to the floor. - -"Why, what's that on your turban?" exclaimed Bouchardy, and he reached -forward and took from Ben Mesrour's head a white rabbit and a pair of -doves. Bang! and the turban flew up in the air, and then settled back -again, and Bouchardy further relieved it of a frog and a large carrot. - -"What a number of things you carry around with you!" said Bouchardy. -"Have a smoke?" and he handed him an amber mouth-piece holding a -cigarette, which, being lighted, began to lengthen out and curl and -twist into the semblance of a long and writhing snake. - -"Bismillah!" grunted Ben Mesrour. - -"What a man you are! Your breath changes a cigarette into a snake. But -if you can't smoke, have something else. Try this sherbet," said -Bouchardy, bringing out a long goblet of silver gilt. The magician -raised the goblet to his lips, when there was a sudden whir, and a -bright blue flame leaped up into his face. - -"Mashallah!" he cried, dropping the goblet, which instantly exploded -with a loud report. - -"All our little attempts at hospitality seem to fail," said Bouchardy, -with mock chagrin. "Have something to eat. Try this peach." - -"No," said Ben Mesrour, waving a remonstrance; "it is time to make a -mule of you. The five-franc pieces have been deposited with the -Commandant. Let us begin. Stand upon this hassock, if you please, and I -will turn you into a mule." - -"The first thing I shall do when I become a mule will be to kick you -good," said Bouchardy. - -"We'll see about that," said the magician, and starting at Bouchardy's -ankles, he began to knead his legs, and proceeded over his entire body, -kneading, patting, and thumping him, all the while crooning a low chant -in Arabic. Having finished Bouchardy, he left him standing on the -hassock, and turned to Ducardanoy and repeated the process. An attendant -then handed him a chafing-dish in which a few coals were burning, and -withdrawing to the middle of the room, he threw a powder upon the coals. -A great opaque white cloud, stifling and acrid, arose and filled the -room, and from the midst of the cloud came the voice of Ali Ben Mesrour, -shouting: "Accursed, the Shiekh of the Mountain of Singing Sands is -avenged. I have made beasts of you." - -In a moment the cloud drifted away, and the magician and his attendant -had vanished. - -"Made beasts of us?" said Bouchardy. "Well, he didn't make a mule of me. -Look at that," and he held up the emerald from Ben Mesrour's turban and -the gold chain from his neck. "When I saw that spiteful old fellow -trying to turn me into a beast, and evidently thinking he was doing it, -I decided to punish him by taking his jewelry." - -"If it is not too late, let us have in a few friends to celebrate the -successful outcome of our third encounter with Arabs striving to injure -us," said Ducardanoy. - -"It is not too late," said Bouchardy, reaching for his watch. A look of -surprise swept over his face. The watch was not there. And his trousers -pocket was empty of the purse it contained a few hours before, and a -diamond stud was gone from his shirt front, and as for the emerald and -chain, which he now scrutinized in attempting to console himself, both -were cheap imitations worth only a few sous at most. Gone was -Ducardanoy's watch, too, and a roll of bank-notes, and a gold -match-safe. They ran into the hallway for their hats to start in pursuit -of Ben Mesrour. Gone were their hats. Gone were the rugs from the floor, -the divans, the pictures, the ormulu clock, the onyx tables, the silver -and china ware, the books--everything in the house that was easily -movable. They rushed into the streets, and in a moment were seeking Ben -Mesrour with a squad of soldiers. Ali Ben Mesrour? His caravan had left -the town two hours ago, on the way to Morocco. But Ben Mesrour himself -had not gone an hour ago, Ducardanoy and Bouchardy declared. The people -knew naught of that. The magician's caravan had gone, and the people -thought he had gone with it. Away went the pursuing party, riding out on -the road toward Morocco, and in a short time they overtook a man riding -upon a mule, accompanied by a closely veiled woman riding upon a camel. - -"There he is," cried Ducardanoy. "That woman is Ben Mesrour disguised. -Drag him down." - -"Hold," said the French sergeant, glancing around at his troopers, all -native Algerians. "Do you propose to strip the veil from the face of a -woman?" he continued, in a whisper. "Such an outrage of Mohammedan -customs would cause these men to fall on us at once, and the town would -rise to-night. We must let them proceed without interference." - -Reluctantly Ducardanoy and Bouchardy turned back toward town with the -soldiers. The man on the mule shouted something after them in Arabic. - -"What did he say?" asked Bouchardy. - -"He said," replied the soldier, "that he and his wife were riding on a -mule and a camel presented to him by the magician Ali Ben Mesrour, which -same were formerly the Messieurs Ducardanoy and Bouchardy, transformed -into their present shape by his magic arts." - -"That is not true," said Bouchardy, "for the magician Ali Ben Mesrour -made mules of both of them." - - - - -HURDLE-RACING. - -From instantaneous Photographs of Ernest H. Cady. - -[Illustration: 2.] - -[Illustration: 1.] - -[Illustration: 4.] - -[Illustration: 3.] - -[Illustration: 6.] - -[Illustration: 5.] - -[Illustration: 8.] - -[Illustration: 7.] - -[Illustration: ERNEST B. CADY.] - -[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT] - - -There are two distances for hurdle races which have become recognized by -the Intercollegiate Associations and the larger athletic clubs as the -standards for this event. The shorter distance is 120 yards, the race -being run over ten hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high, placed ten yards -apart, the first and last obstacles being respectively fifteen yards -from the starting and the finishing lines. The longer distance is 220 -yards, the ten hurdles in this case being 2 feet 6 inches high, twenty -yards apart, and the first and last respectively twenty yards distant -from the start and finish. These two events are usually spoken of as the -"high hurdles" and the "low hurdles," the distances being invariably -understood as given above. - -Hurdling requires skill, strength, spring, nerve, and a cool head; and -to become a fast hurdler you must devote several years of hard and -faithful practice in this particular event. The training for a beginner -should be begun in the gymnasium in the winter, with light calisthenics, -rising on the toes, rising on the heels, raising the legs, and -practising the double jump on the toes. This double jump is a peculiar -exercise, and consists of raising one leg, bent at the knee, forward, -and the other leg, bent at the knee, backward, alternating the legs at -each jump; this serves to limber the muscles that are used in hurdling, -and also helps to lengthen the stride. An occasional short jog out of -doors on fair days, and light all-round work in the gymnasium, for -general physical development, should be made a part of this preliminary -training. One of the best exercises that a hurdler can possibly indulge -in is to dance up and down on the spring-board for ten or fifteen -minutes every day. This develops that very necessary quality of spring -and suppleness. - -When the out-door training season begins, the first two or three days -should be spent in jogging up and down the track. After that take -occasional sprints of thirty or forty yards, without practising the -start. On the third day practise the start two or three times, and try -clearing one hurdle about three times. On the fourth day do the same -thing. On the fifth day place two hurdles on the track at their proper -distances, and negotiate them two or three times. On the sixth day -repeat this performance with three hurdles. After this first week of -out-door practice, whenever the hurdles are being jumped, the athlete -should rush at them with his utmost speed from the proper distances, so -as to become accustomed to them. The general training for a hurdler -should be about the same as that undertaken for the 100 and 220 yard -dashes, as described in this Department on February 25th. - -After three weeks of this kind of preliminary work, the high hurdles may -be placed in position, and the hurdler may try going over the whole -distance on time; but he should never attempt this move than once or -twice a week, doing his daily work over not more than three hurdles. -There are two things of vital importance for the hurdler to work at in -order to acquire speed; he should drive himself as fast as he can go -from the crack of the pistol until he stops running, and each hurdle -should be rushed at as if it were the last. - -[Illustration: FIG. 1.] - -Speed between the hurdles is of the utmost importance. The secret of -obtaining this lies in starting the foot, which has crossed last over -the hurdle, forward for the first step before the forward foot has -reached the ground, thus making the first step after the jump a very -short one, yet a very quick one. This is a difficult movement to learn, -but the athlete will find that it will lower his time perceptibly if he -can master it. The instinctive act upon landing after the leap is to -take a long stride forward with the view of covering distance. But the -athlete must restrain this inclination and force himself to take a short -step, even if he has to work over it for months, or he will never be -able to acquire skill or speed as a hurdler. That first short step after -clearing the hurdle gives the runner his impetus, and the other two -steps easily follow. The third step is shorter than the second in order -that the runner may gather himself slightly for the spring over the next -hurdle. - -[Illustration: FIG. 2.] - -The ideal distance between steps in a high-hurdle race is shown in the -accompanying diagram (Fig. 1). The runner alights about 7 feet 6 inches -from the obstacle, and then takes the short quick step already mentioned -(4 feet 10 inches); then he makes a long step (5 feet 10 inches), and -then another short step (4 feet 4 inches), which brings him within 7 -feet 6 inches of his next hurdle, and he makes that spot his take-off. A -fatal fault of many hurdlers is to bring the forward foot down in such a -way as to cut off the length of the jump, as shown in Fig. 2. The first -foot should be made to shoot as far forward as possible along an -imaginary line, as shown in Fig. 3. - -[Illustration: FIG. 3.] - -As the last hurdle is cleared, the head should be thrust forward as the -athlete lands on the ground, and so held, for this will greatly aid in -the sprint for the tape. There is a difference of opinion among the best -men in this event as to whether the standing start or the crouching -start is the better. Those who take the upright start assert that they -can get off quicker and are in a better condition to take the first -hurdle, which is only fifteen yards away, and say that it is difficult -to rise to the proper jumping position in such a short run. Those who -favor the crouching start deny this. This is a case where each -individual must decide for himself which method he prefers. Another -vital point that must be observed is to rush for the first hurdle with -the utmost speed, for the way in which the first obstacle is reached and -cleared often decides the race. A hurdle race is a constant drive from -start to finish. - -The hurdles should be cleared by as narrow a margin as possible. From -the standpoint of speed it is better to strike the top bar lightly -rather than to clear it by several inches, for this margin makes a loss -of time. The athlete shown in the illustrations is E. H. Cady, and these -photographs give a very good idea of the position a man should train -himself to assume when clearing the sticks. The eighth illustration -gives a very good idea of the distance of the landing-spot from the -hurdle, as shown also in the diagram. The single thing which requires -probably the greatest practice is to get the exact length of stride for -the various steps between hurdles. A good way to get this is to mark -these spots on the ground, and then go over the hurdles, lighting on -these spots, until the stride has become absolutely natural. - -The first annual in-door games of the Long Island Interscholastic -Athletic Association brought out a good crowd of athletes from the two -cities, and although no records were broken, the sport was good, and -each event was well contested. Everything went off promptly and sharply -except the pole-vault, which was not started until after five o'clock, -and dallied along for almost two hours. Even so, it resulted in a tie -that had to be settled by the toss of a coin. Forney, Hurlburt, and Eddy -kept abreast until the bar reached 9 feet, and there Eddy dropped out. -The other two then struggled for first place, breaking every bar the -committee could furnish. Two broken ends were spliced to keep up the -contest, but the imperfect bar sagged so deeply at the centre that it -was impossible to tell how high (or low) the mark was, and finally -Forney and Hurlburt split the points, and tossed for the medal, luck -favoring the former. - -Berkeley won the banner offered to the school taking the greatest number -of points, the scores of the contesting teams being as follows: -Berkeley, 21; Barnard, 18; St. Paul's, 12; Brooklyn High, 8; Pratt -Institute, 6; Pingry's, 5; Adelphi, 4; Drisler's, 4; Cutler's, 3: -Oxford, 3; Alling Art, 1; Brooklyn Latin, 1; De La Salle, 1; Poly. -Prep., 1; Stevens Prep., 1; Hamilton Institute, 1. The struggle for -points was reduced to a duel between Barnard and Berkeley very early in -the afternoon, St. Paul's being the only other team that made any kind -of a showing. - -Irwin-Martin, of Berkeley, had an easy thing of it in the quarter-mile, -taking the lead from the start; Hipple of Barnard likewise had his own -way in the half-mile, although he misjudged his pace, and failed to make -as good time as was expected of him. Moore, of course, made a double win -in the dashes, for there is probably no better sprinter in the New York -and Brooklyn schools than he. Berkeley depended on Armstead for five -points in the Junior 75-yards, but although he won his heat, he met a -better man in the finals. This was Robinson of St. Paul's, who proved so -far superior in speed to any of his rivals that we may well count on -hearing from him as a first-class man in the near future. - -The hurdles furnished a surprise in the defeat of Beers by Bien. The -latter was a little awkward in his trial heat, but when he started in -the finals he showed much better form. Beers, on the other hand, was all -out of shape, bungled over the first obstacle, and took a cropper at the -second. Beers always has been a better man out-of-doors than in, but he -will have to look to his laurels at the Interscholastics this spring. - -The mile run took five points off Barnard's forecast. Bedford had been -counted a pretty sure winner, in spite of the fact that Manvel of Pingry -was on hand. The two ran pretty evenly for half the distance, but toward -the end the Jerseyman displayed more wind and staying power, and spurted -for the finish, crossing the line well ahead of Bedford. - -There have been a number of scholastic in-door games in and about Boston -the past month, and about the most interesting feature of each has been -the team race. I was sorry not to see a team race at the Long Island -games a week ago. Such races are always exciting, and create a great -amount of enthusiasm, the interest being shown for the school rather -than for the individual athlete. - -The enthusiasm of some of the English High-School team's supporters at -the E.H.-S. games recently was so reckless that one young man thrust a -hurdle across the path of a rival racer. The E.H.-S. men won the team -race easily by about forty yards, but some one in the crowd upset a -hurdle in front of Lincoln, the second Boston Latin runner, and of -course the race had to be awarded to the Latin School on the foul. Fouls -seem to be frequently the result of the enthusiasm that breaks loose -over a team race--especially in Boston. On this same occasion there was -a race between teams representing the right and left wings of the school -regiment, and it proved exceedingly close. There was not three yards of -floor between any two of the runners, and finally Ober, the fourth man -for the right wing, won by only a few inches. But a foul gave the prize -to the left-wing team. I only mention these incidents to show how very -exciting team races are; for fouls are very infrequent at -interscholastic contests; yet when it comes to a relay race, enthusiasm -seems to get the better of both competitors and spectators, and -frequently the referee has to step in and assert his authority. - -The Cambridge High and Latin School games followed some days later, and -as there were a number of open events, several Harvard men, old -interscholastic athletes, entered and kept the younger men up to their -best efforts. There were so many entries that the 20-yard dash had to be -run off in twelve heats, with a second round of four heats and a final. - -The Boston Latin School's games had no open events, the contest being -entirely among the classes. McGuire of last year's football team made a -record for himself by winning the 30-yard dash in 4-1/5 sec.; the -35-yard hurdles in 5-1/5 sec.; the 300-yard run in 46-2/5 sec.; the pole -vault with a leap of 8 ft. 4 in.; and by captaining the winning team in -the relay race. McGuire is a good all-round man. - -The entries for the big games at the Madison Square Garden on the 28th -will have a most cosmopolitan character. I spoke recently of the -Connecticut athletes who intended to compete, and I have heard that -several Bostonians are in training for the occasion. The Central -High-School of Philadelphia also expects to send representatives. It is -likely that the team will be composed of Frazier, Mekenson, and Hunt in -the sprints; Thomas, Hunt, Frazier, and Freeland in the relay race; -Thomas, Freeland, and Hunt in the half-mile; Thomas and Rutschman in the -mile; the Gillender brothers in the walk; F. Gillender, Halderman, and -Bay in the shot, and Buckley and Eyre in the high jump. - -It is reported that St. Paul's School, of Garden City, is making -arrangements to withdraw from the Long Island Interscholastic A. A., and -join the new organization recently formed by Lawrenceville, the Hill -School, and a number of other large institutions, which from their -situation may properly be called "country schools." It seems to me that -St. Paul's is doing the right thing in joining the new league, for at -present it is competing with institutions not at all of its own class in -many respects. St. Paul's will doubtless at first be the weakest member -of the new league, but that should not be a reason for discouragement. - -In the revised constitution of the New York Interscholastic A.A. a -penalty of $5 has been fixed for the forfeiting of any league contest. -This law should be strictly enforced, for there has been too much -forfeiting of games by teams that thought they stood no chance of -winning, and had not sufficient sporting spirit to appear upon the field -and do their best. If the five had been made double the amount, this -would not have been too severe a punishment. As it is, the treasury of -the N.Y.I.S.A.A. will doubtless reap considerable benefit during the -coming baseball season, if matters go as they went in the past. The -difficulty may now come in collecting the fines. It may be found -advisable to insert a by-law which shall make the fine for forfeiture -payable within a certain very limited period--say, before the date of -the next game scheduled for that team to play--on penalty of suspension. -Such suspension should be made to apply to the members of the offending -team, not to the school. The players who then found themselves debarred -from participating in other sports--track athletics, for -instance--would soon see that the fine was paid, and after one such -experience they would probably abstain from forfeiting. - - ALBERT GEORGE, JUN., NEW YORK.--The ROUND TABLE will offer no - All-round Sports Medal this year. - - PERCY HOLDSWORTH, ROCKVILLE CENTER, L.I.--An approximately accurate - table of interscholastic records was published in the ROUND TABLE - of July 9, 1895. Since then several of these records have been - broken, and another table will not be prepared until later in the - spring. - - J. M. ALLEN, MARINETTE, WIS.--Hints on training for the 100 and 220 - yard dashes were published in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE of February 25, - 1896; for the half-mile run, in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE of March 3, - 1896; for the high jump, in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE of July 30, 1895. - - THE GRADUATE. - - - - -[Illustration: THE CAMERA CLUB] - - Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly - answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to - hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions. - - -Among the pictures sent to our recent photographic competition were some -not eligible for entry in any of the classes for which prizes were -given, but which were such fine specimens of amateur work that they -deserve more than a mere mention of subject and artist. There were -several excellent animal studies, a class of pictures which requires -special skill in order to be successful. Mr. Louis H. Flanders, of -Chicago, Ill., with other examples of good work, sent two--one was the -head of a Jersey cow, evidently without a flaw in the negative; the -other, to which no name was given, might appropriately be called -"Waiting for the Master." A large shepherd dog is sitting on his -haunches, holding in his mouth the bridle of a horse, which stands, like -the one in the nursery rhyme, "All saddled, all bridled, all fit for a -ride." The surroundings--a drive leading to a barn in the -background--are in keeping with the picture. This is one of the most -natural animal studies which it has ever been the good fortune of the -editor to examine. - -Another good animal study, which is called "Friends," was made by Mr. -Orville Bassett, of New Bedford, Mass. The friends were a shepherd dog -and a handsome cat lying side by side on the grass. Mr. Huber Hoge, of -Brooklyn, N.Y., sent an animal study entitled "Fallen Majesty"--a -picture of an enormous lion in a cage; an unusual subject, and well -taken. Miss Bertha Lothrop, of Riverton, N.J., sent a picture of a pug -dog and a good natured looking cat playing together--"Playmates." -Franklin M. Conant, Providence, R.I., and W. Yost, of Cumberland, Md., -both sent good studies of cats, and Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Or., sent a -picture of a dog family, entitled "A Good Square Meal." A characteristic -Southern picture was sent by Lieut. W. C. Davis, Fortress Monroe, Va. -While this picture was not as sharp in detail as might be desirable, the -subject was very amusing. A ragged colored boy was holding by a rope -halter the framework of a horse--it could be called nothing more--and -"De Price is Fifteen Dollahs, Sah," was the appropriate title to the -picture. - -Some fine photographs of unusual subjects were received, among which was -one sent by Mr. C. H. 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Full contents, with -Specimen Pages mailed, without cost, on application to - -Harper & Brothers, New York. - - - - -[Illustration: Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.] - -[Illustration: BICYCLING] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of Bicyclers, and the - Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our - maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the - official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen. - Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W., the - Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership - blanks and information so far as possible. - - -Some time ago we published in this Department a series of maps giving -the trip from New York to Albany along the east bank of the Hudson -River. Before taking up the question of Chicago maps it will be wise to -extend the route from Albany somewhat further into New York State. To -begin this, we give this week a map of the city of Albany itself. The -wheelman approaching Albany from New York will cross the Hudson at South -or Greenbush Bridge. After crossing into the city, turn right into -Broadway, and proceed along Broadway until State Street is reached at -the Post-office. Turning left into State Street, go on to North Pearl -Street, stopping at the Kenmore Hotel. - -The city of Albany is not by any means a bicyclist's paradise. The roads -that are asphalted in the city are few in number, though there are here -and there single blocks paved in this way, which, of course, do not -prove of any value to the wheelman. From the Kenmore Hotel, if you -desire to go northward, the best method is to go through Pearl Street to -Broadway, run out Broadway to the Loudonville Plank Road, turn left into -this, and proceed on towards Loudonville. This is the road to Buffalo. -To leave Albany on the south, the rider should make for Madison Avenue -as directly as possible, proceeding by State Street and Eagle Street. To -turn immediately south, Madison Avenue is left at Delaware Avenue. To -run in a more westerly direction, Madison Avenue is left at Lake Avenue, -which runs into New Scotland Plank Road. These are merely exits from -Albany. As for any riding in the parks or streets in Albany for -pleasure, it is quite impossible. The only possible runs are direct from -Albany out to some neighboring town and back, and of these the run to -Newtonville, Latham Corners, Centre, and Watervliet is the best. -Evidently the Albany authorities have not yet become aware of the -importance of bicycling, for when they do the streets of the city will -be paved in asphalt with more care as to continuous routes than at -present. There are more asphalted streets in the city than are marked on -the accompanying map, but few of them extend more than one block, and -none of them carry you to any definite point. They are of no use to the -wheelman, therefore, unless he is riding to some particular house within -the city, when it is, of course, some help to be able to take advantage -of even one block of this pavement. - -There is little to delay the wheelman in Albany if he is on a trip from -New York or Boston to Buffalo and Niagara. The city, apart from its -Capitol, is not one that you would naturally choose for sight-seeing, -and with a good night's rest the wheelman is advised to go on his way -rejoicing that he has not got to pedal over more badly paved streets. -The Capitol, however, is well worth a visit; and as it is close at hand -from the Kenmore Hotel, one is advised to go there and look at the -artistic and architectural work put upon it. - - NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of - route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford, - Connecticut in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New - Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814. - Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816. - Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson in No. - 818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No. - 820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No. 822. - Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West - Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City--First Stage in - No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland--First - Stage in No. 627; Second Stage in No. 828. New York to - Boston--Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830; Fourth - Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in No. 833. - Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to - Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to - New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839. - Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to - Nantasket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843. - Philadelphia to Washington--First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in - No. 845; Third Stage in No. 846; Fourth Stage in No. 847; Fifth - Stage in No. 848. City of Washington in No. 849. - - - - -[Illustration: THE PUDDING STICK] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young - Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the - subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor. - - -Did you ever think of the flowers, how different they are one from -another? And yet each is a flower, each belongs to its own family, each -has its own place in nature, its own little mission to the world, its -time to bloom, its hour to be sweet and to live in the sunshine. - -I wonder which is your favorite flower? I used to think the mignonette -was mine; but then when daisies whiten the fields I like them best, and -when lilies shine in the garden I prefer them, and, on the whole, there -are none of the dear things I would like to do without. How nice it is -that there are so many kinds, and how tiresome it would be if they were -all exactly alike! - -The flowers have what each of us should have, individuality. We do not -wish the girls in a school to be alike in everything. One day last -October I sat on the platform of a woman's college during the opening -exercises, and in the bright morning watched the long lines of girls -march into the chapel to the sound of the piano. Two by two they came, -dark girls and fair girls, plump girls and thin girls, tall girls and -short girls, as sweet a band as I ever saw, all alert and alive and -eager, and looking as if they never had an ache or a pain, as girls -ought to look who have learned that health and vigor help to make -successful students. They were not like coins stamped in a mint and -precisely alike, though their college was giving each of them its own -stamp of culture and refinement. One may carry this stamp, as the flower -its perfume, and not lose the particular quality of mind and heart which -is her own special distinction. Keeping one's own individuality, one may -yet gain what is best in her school life and hold it. - -This is a thoughtful talk for my older girls, and I am going now to give -them three rather long words, which they may use as pegs on which to -hang reflections of their own, or points round which ideas may cluster. -One is development. If you cut an apple through the circumference, as -you cut an orange, you will see in clear outline around the starlike -centre made by the seeds the shape of the blossom. The fruit has grown -from the flower, and the flower's shape is in the heart of the fruit. -The fruit developed little by little through summer days and winter -days, but the flower gave it the start. Take the little thought and use -it, and if you have a gift or grace--a taste for housekeeping, cooking, -sewing, painting, or reading--develop it by use and study and taking -pains. - -My next long word is responsibility. It means, as we all know, the -answering when we are called, answering to our names. The responsible -person can be trusted. Not long ago, in New York city, a fire broke out -in the upper stories of a great apartment-house. Two young women, one, a -young lady visiting the family in a certain home on the sixth floor of -the house, the other a maid in the same home, were confronted suddenly -with black volumes of smoke, red tongues of flame, and no way of escape -but by the iron ladder that hung along the side of the house. There were -two little children there and some valuable papers, and though the young -women could not save everything, they took the children and the papers -down the fire-escape with calmness and courage. They were _responsible_. - -My last word is consecration. It is a very sacred word, and I leave you -to weave your own sweet fancies around it. We must be consecrated to the -best possible ideal, we must fill every day with noble work. - - ANNE B.--Write a formal note of thanks in the third person. It is - always proper to return thanks for courtesies of every description. - - PERPLEXED MAIDEN.--Your long and thick hair is a very great beauty, - and you must not complain of it. Of course you are old enough to - wear it put up, and I wish you would take my advice, and wind it in - a great coil on the top of your head. I may give the same answer to - Helen L. R., who is equally perplexed, though as Helen is only - fifteen she may continue to wear her long braids another year if - she chooses. Both girls should wash their hair once a month, and - brush it every night with great care and a clean brush. - - MARY W. L.--In addition to the spelling match, ask your friends to - lend you their earliest photographs. At a proper time in the - evening, just before the refreshments if you choose, unveil your - picture gallery, and let the girls guess the originals of the - babies on view. - - SALLY R.--Sets of dishes all alike are not necessary. I think a - variety of pretty dishes quite as interesting and equally as - appropriate. - - LEAH G.--Why not have an old-fashioned candy-pull? - -[Illustration: Signature] - - - - -ADVERTISEMENTS. - - - - -21 Experts - -[Illustration] - -compose the Bicycle Council that passes upon each detail of Columbia -construction--engineers, metallurgists, designers, keen-eyed men of -science. And they do no guessing. Back of them is one of the most -complete Departments of Tests in this country. Such accurate scientific -methods must produce standard machines. - -[Illustration: Columbia] - -BICYCLES - -Standard of the World. - -$100 To all Alike. - -Hartford Bicycles are next best. - -$80, $60, $50. - -The Art Catalogue of Columbia and Hartford Bicycles is free if you call -upon any Columbia agent; by mail for two 2-cent stamps. - -POPE MANUFACTURING CO., - -Hartford, Conn. - -Branches and Agencies in nearly every town. If we are not properly -represented in your vicinity let us know. - - - - -[Illustration: HARTFORD] - -IF IT'S A HARTFORD TIRE IT'S RIGHT. - -THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO., - -HARTFORD, CONN. - -BRANCHES, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. - - - - - _On Bosworth Field_ - _King Richard cried:_ - _"My kingdom for a horse!"_ - _But times have changed--_ - _To-day he'd want_ - _A Monarch wheel, of course._ - -MONARCH - -KING OF BICYCLES - -and a wheel fit for a king. Made in 4 models. $80 and $100. For children -and adults who want a lower price wheel the _Defiance_ is made in 8 -models, $40 to $75. Send for Monarch book. - -[Illustration] - -MONARCH CYCLE - -MFG. CO., - -Lake, Halsted and Fulton Sts., CHICAGO - -83 Reade Street, New York. - - - - -Postage Stamps, &c. - - - - -[Illustration] - -STAMPS! 300 fine mixed Victoria, Cape of G. H., India, Japan, etc., with -fine Stamp Album, only =10c.= New 80-p. Price-list =free=. _Agents wanted_ -at =50%= commission. STANDARD STAMP CO., 4 Nicholson Place, St. Louis, Mo. -Old U. S. and Confederate Stamps bought. - - - - -$117.50 WORTH OF STAMPS FREE - -to agents selling stamps from my 50% approval sheets. Send at once for -circular and price-list giving full information. - -C. W. Grevning, Morristown, N. J. - - - - -[Illustration] - -100 all dif. Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., only 10c.; 200 all dif. Hayti, -Hawaii, etc., only 50c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List FREE! =C. A. -Stegmann=, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo - - - - -=LOOK HERE, BOYS!= 50 stamps and hinges, 15c.; 100, 25c. Cheaper packets -if you want. Sheets on approval. List sent free. Send Postal Card. - -W. C. SHIELDS, 30 Sorauren Ave., Toronto, Canada. - - - - -310 - -foreign Bolivia, etc., 10c.; 100 different China, etc., 10c. Finest -approval sheet, at 50%. Agents wanted. Large price-list, free. - -SHAW STAMP CO., Jackson, Mich. - - - - -125 dif. Gold Coast, Costa Rica, etc., 25c.; 40 U. S., 25c. Liberal com. -to agents. Large bargain list free. - -F. W. MILLER, 904 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. - - - - -STAMPS! 100 all dif. Barbados, etc. Only 10c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. -List free. L. DOVER & CO., 1469 Hodiamont, St. Louis, Mo. - - - - -=Stamps.= Approval sheets. Agents wanted; 50% com. - -G. D. Holt & Co., 155 Pulaski St., Brooklyn, N. Y. - - - - -[Illustration: THOMPSON'S EYEWATER] - - - - -For an Afternoon. - - -Mrs. Mary B. Miller writes to you: "We originated the following for -entertaining a few young ladies invited to spend an afternoon. A phrase -describes some character noted in history, literature, or art. The -initial letters of words in each phrase are also initial letters of the -character's name. Given the phrase, guess the name. Here are a few that -were used; others may be thought of by you: Able Leader--Abraham -Lincoln; Can Draw Girls--C. D. Gibson; Uncle Sam's Guardian--U. S. -Grant; Wrote Many Tales--W. M. Thackeray; Somebody Famous By -Messages--S. F. B. Morse; Crossed Courageously--Christopher Columbus; -Great Philanthropist--George Peabody; The Big Republican--Thomas B. -Reed; Wise Cultured Bard--W. C. Bryant; Great Warrior--George -Washington; Favors Water--Frances Willard; Betrayed Americans--Benedict -Arnold; Prone To "Blow"--P. T. Barnum; and Was Scotch--Walter Scott." - - * * * * * - -The Antiquary Puzzle. - -Some members enjoy knotty kinks. There are not a few in the following -story. See how many you can unravel. No prizes are offered, and you are -not to send answers to us. We will publish the answers in a week or two. -The story was written by a member of our Order. Here it is: - -In the early fall of the year (1) in which Captain Cook died I set sail -in the _White Lady of Berlin_ (2) from the Modern Athens (3) for a three -years' trip abroad. The brother of the historian (4) whose name -signifies the long-armed ape had handed me an object the night before, -attached to which was a card reading as follows: - - My name is short--it's in my head. - Behead me, and consider only - My threefold nature, and you'll find - That I'm in yours. - Yours truly. - -I followed the directions, and found a roll of paper containing these -lines: - - I once in hour of wicked wrath - Slew one fourth of this great earth's race. - I fled o'er plain and mountain path, - But ne'er could that crime efface. - - In any clime may I be seen, - Of rustic form or city made. - I oft conceal a weapon keen; - Am found in many a street parade. - - To arctic regions cold and drear - I once did journey years ago. - My faith was strong, nor was there fear - Of floating berg or deadly floe (5). - -I read the verses to a group of passengers, and one gentleman, a friend -of the musician (6) who never could compose without his diamond ring, -laughed so immoderately that he tripped over a spare mineral (7) that -can box, and broke his leg. The physician (8) who first made use of -chloroform was summoned, and in short order had the tonic plant (9) used -in chills. - -I reached Cairo in the month (10) of the gate, and spent five days in -studying the Great Sphinx and its near-by temple. While exploring the -latter I found a secret passage to the Sphinx itself, and there, in a -square excavation, on a massive altar of the stone (11) that is dainty -lay a huge black stone carved to represent the insect (12) worshipped by -the ancient Egyptians. On it was this inscription, which, deciphered, -reads thus: - -"I am older than the Earth. I was born in Space. Once I was Fire. Now I -am Stone. Yet no man ever quarried me. I have journeyed to the Sun, yet -the Earth is now my tomb" (13). - -After much difficulty I secured the stone for the museum (14) which -contains the Elgin marbles, together with treasures from the Petrified -City (15) and the City of Zenobia (16). I then sailed for England, -reaching Cockagne (17) in March. One day, as I was passing the Old Lady -(18) of Threadneedle Street, I saw a strange bronze-green sign-board -which read, "ANTIQUES." Being interested in antiques I crossed the -street and entered the shop. - -An enormous claymore (19) hung by the door, and at a black-oak desk -which had once belonged to Old Noll (20) sat a little weazened man of -kindly look. As I entered he laid down a copy of the Vinegar Bible (31) -which he had been reading, and rose to greet me. - -"As I live!" he exclaimed. "You remind me of the Man (22) of Blood. -Where do you hail from?" - -"O, I have been visiting old worlds and new," I replied. - -"Here are two busts," he went on. "They are of the Laughing Philosopher -(23) and the Weeping Philosopher (24), and the contents of these cases -are worth having. If you can answer my descriptions, they are yours. -Others have tried--and have failed." - -He handed me the following rhymes: - - My _first_ was used in Shakespeare's time - To exorcise the evil one. - My _second's_ life is spent in toil; - Reward it never yet has won. - The wondrous beauty of my _whole_ - May well be praised in poets' verse. - To purchase it would much reduce - The contents of the longest purse (25). - - My _first_ is a large reflector, - Old, but as good as new. - My _second's_ the bone and sinew - Of lands that we travel through. - My _whole_ is little, and lucky, and white; - Much like my first, but not so bright (26). - -I gave up. - -"Here is an easy one," he said. "It describes an every-day object, and -is no quiz (27), I assure you, but an honest riddle." - - I was born in the sun, but I lived in the earth. - I died where I lived, and was buried from sight. - I rose from the tomb that had long been my home - To curse or to comfort, destroy or delight (28). - -To my surprise my answer was correct. - -An image of the Egyptian Mercury (29) brought to mind my recent solution -of the Riddle of the Great Sphinx. The old Antiquary was surely the man -to whom I should open my heart. - -"Are you interested in Egypt?" I began. "I have just arrived from Cairo, -and, to be plain, have made a stupendous discovery--I have solved the -Riddle of the Great Sphinx!" And I gave him an account of my discovery -in detail. - -The Antiquary seemed to drink in my last words, and in another moment -had dragged me to the back of the shop. - -"Man!" he gasped, "do you know what you have done? By this solution you -have the chance of solving another and greater mystery!" - -Leading me to a dark corner, the Antiquary lighted a taper and showed me -a narrow door of oak strengthened with iron. - -"What is this?" I asked. The Antiquary slipped a roll of parchment into -my hand. I found on it this verse, engrossed in old English characters: - - JVGUVAGUVFANEEBJCBEGNYQVZ - VAWRJRYYRQPNFXRGOEBHTUGSEBZSNE - UNFYNVASBEGUVEGRREPRAGHEVRF - XVATNEGUHEFFJBEQRFPNYVONE (30) - -Though I carried the cryptogram back to America with me, it has to this -day remained unsolved--and the Antiquary is dead! - - * * * * * - -A Ute Indian Legend. - - Long years ago the forefathers of the Utes lived near a vast warm - lake northeast of the Big River (Colorado). Snakes as long as a - hundred lodge poles were plenteous in this lake. The country was - full of big trees, big deer, and big oxen with white horns. One day - all the big oxen began to roar together, and they raised such a - steam from their nostrils that the earth tottered and trembled and - the sun was hidden. Then suddenly the warm lake fell and continued - falling for the space of three moons, and then became so low that - the Indians saw it not again. - - The big lake of warm water had been drained away. It had gone out - through the mountains by the present cañon of Green River, and of - the Big River. The old bed in the Toom-pin-to-weep is where the - warm lake waters were drained. Next, all the big deer and the big - oxen with white horns wandered eastward and perished from cold or - by the arrows of the Ute hunters. Soon after a big flood formed - Grand River Cañon. After this came a race of small people who - brought seed corn of a small kind, called Chiquito maize. They also - brought skin canoes. They had silver and gold in abundance, and - iron tools which they had gathered in the mountains to the - northeast. - - These little people were almost white. They built stone houses in - the cliffs, and cultivated corn, beans, and pumpkins. They taught - the Utes how to make spears and bows. Soon big red Indians came - over from the northeast and drove off the little people, who went - south. The big red men also went away. These were the Apaches, - Navajos, Kiowas. Down among these tribes were found the big oxen - with white horns, and the grande lagarios (alligators). By-and-by - the country became dry and cold, and only the Utes were left on the - Big River and its branches. Then melted rocks were poured out and - the country was left desolate. - - SYBEL NEWELL STONE. - SELAK, COLO. - - * * * * * - -Questions and Answers. - -Claude G. Smith, William F. Tillson, Hubbard Marsh, Lawrence Fraley, -Albert R. Bullman, Frances De Berard, Rolfe McCollom, G. Du Bois, and a -score or more others are reminded that the Table has no exchange column, -and cannot publish notices of trades, as of stamps, pictures, addresses, -printing-presses, and the like. We should be happy to oblige members in -this respect, but space does not permit. We do not give the addresses -because improper uses are often made of them by unscrupulous persons. -The only exceptions we make--and these we do not make often--are in -publishing the names of members in far-away countries, since advertisers -rarely use such, and cases where requests are purely educational, as in -getting seeds to plant and study, gathering mosses for a natural history -collection, etc. We repeat that we much regret that we cannot oblige you -in these respects. Charles W. Anderson and Charles Cohen apply for -Patents and give no addresses. - - * * * * * - -James D. Waite: The National Guard of the State of New York is not a -part of the regular army of the United States. It is under the State -control, but may be mustered into the United States service through the -action of the President, who calls upon the States, if need be, to -furnish troops. If your father does not wish you to join the -N. G. S. N. Y., do not do so. Hubbard Marsh, Groton, N. Y., wants to -belong to some literary or similar society having corresponding members. -Write him. Claude G. Smith: There are, just now, no prize offers open. -New ones, when ready, will be announced on this page. The only contest -awards in which have not yet been announced is the Illustration. In that -about 300 young artists are trying to make a picture for a story, a -proof of which has been mailed to them. This contest closes March 21st, -but applications for proofs with permission to enter the contest have -already closed. D. Blondheim: We fear it is a bit late for descriptions -of Christmas entertainments. Better tell us about oysters and the oyster -trade. E. M. Wallace, Monmouth, Ill., and Jay F. Hammond, Harford, -N. Y., want to receive samples of amateur papers. - - * * * * * - -Daniel W. May: We should think old skates could well be made use of in -constructing an ice-boat. Coils in use in the relay and sounder of -telegraph instruments are two in number. The cores are soft iron bars, -and around them there is wound, for the relay, very fine wire that is -covered with silk thread, to perfectly insulate it. The finer the wire, -the more its resistance. The large wire that you see on the poles -connects directly with this fine relay wire. When the electric circuit -is complete, the soft iron bars are magnets; when it is broken, they are -not. Thus is produced a backward and a forward movement of the armature -which opens and closes a second or local circuit, in which is placed the -sounder, having two similar coils, but wound with comparatively coarse -wire. The Century Dictionary describes an induction coil as being -essentially in two parts, one wound over the other. The first, of coarse -wire, is wound about the soft iron bar, and connected with a key for -breaking and closing the circuit. Above it, on the same coil, is wound -very fine wire, carefully insulated from the first, which becomes -magnetic by induction every time the electric circuit is closed. We -advise, for a first attempt, a single coil of fine wire. All wire used -in making coils should be insulated. - - - - -[Illustration: STAMPS] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin - collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question - on these subjects as far as possible. Correspondents should address - Editor Stamp Department. - - -In the ROUND TABLE for January 21, 1895, I mentioned the fact that -Ecuador had cancelled the contract for "Seebeck" stamps, as unworthy the -dignity of a great nation, etc. It seems that the only change that has -been made is one of name only. Another decree announces the issue of a -commemorative set, for use ten days only, "part of the sum accruing from -the sale to be devoted to the assistance of the families of soldiers -fallen in defence of their country." No collectors of any importance -will touch these stamps, nor will they be catalogued, or space reserved -in any of the albums. - -The Post-Office Department will not sell the Periodical stamps either -used or unused, and yet they seem to be easy to get. One dealer in New -York offers a complete set of all the stamps from 1c. to $100, unused, -for $250, and offers to give the source from which he obtained the -stamps. Probably these sets are the complimentary copies sent by the -U.S. government to the P.O. Dept. of the various countries in the Postal -Union throughout the world. There are 175 countries in the Postal Union, -and each of these is entitled to five complete sets of all stamps issued -by each country. - -The auction season is in full blast, not only in New York, but also in -Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, etc. Hardly a day without an -auction somewhere. And as auctions multiply, the quality of the stamps -offered improves. Cheap and common stamps are worth as little to-day as -they were ten or twenty years ago, and it does not pay to sell these in -the auction-rooms. But scarce or rare stamps continue to increase in -value, as demonstrated at each sale. At one sale last week every lot -sold consisted of one stamp only. At another sale two evenings were -given up to the sale of U. S. stamps only. They brought nearly $7000, -and probably had not cost their owner, an old collector, one-third of -the amount. - - R. A. HUNT.--With a few exceptions (Russia, etc.), the way dealers - take off stamps is simply to soak them in cold water a short time. - - A. T. D.--An "error" is a stamp made by mistake in the color of - another stamp of the same issue. Any daily newspaper is printed on - "wove" paper. Most fine writing paper is "laid." - - [Illustration] - - KERSKY G. WILLIAMS.--The 3c. 1851 U.S., with extra lines on the - right or left hand side of the stamps, are those from the tenth and - eleventh vertical rows of the entire sheet. The stamps were printed - in sheets of 200. These sheets were cut apart into half-sheets of - 100. As a guide to the cutter, the division between the halves was - made prominent by two extra lines. The 1870-3 varieties of the U.S. - stamps were illustrated in the ROUND TABLE, September 10, 1895. - - PHILATUS. - - - - -[Illustration: Ivory Soap] - -"A cold bath is a good tonic and nerve bracer." 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Tribune._ - -Mr. Coffin writes interestingly; he uses abundance of incident; his -style is pictorial and animated; he takes a sound view of the inner -factors of national development and progress; and his pages are -plentifully sprinkled with illustrations.--_Literary World_, Boston. - - * * * * * - -Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. - - - - -[Illustration: From Chum to Chum] - -BY GASTON V. DRAKE. - -VI.--FROM BOB TO JACK. - - - LONDON, _July_ --, 18--. - -DEAR JACK,--Land at last again, and a beauty at that. It's queer, they -call Ireland the Emerald Isle, but I don't see how it could be much -greener than England is. I never saw anything quite so green in all my -life, not even that small Harris kid up at the Mountain House. You -remember how we took him in on the echo don't you. How it would answer -any question he'd put to it at three minutes past four o'clock on a -foggy fourth of July morning? And how we got up at half past three to -ask it who struck Billie Patterson or some question like that. Well -England is greener than that--Pop says it's what he calls scrub green, -each blade of grass looks as if it had had its face washed five times a -day, it sorter of shines so. - -We landed at Southampton Wednesday night after a beautiful sail along -the south coast, up past the Isle of Wight. I was very much surprised at -the size of England. Everybody's said it was only an Island anyhow but -as far as I could see it looks just as big from the outside as the -United States did when we were leaving it. Chesterfield says people are -all wrong who call it an Island. He says it's a vest-pocket continent, -and I guess he knows. It looks to me too big for an Island. - -[Illustration] - -We had a great time when we landed. All our trunks had to be opened by -the Custom House inspectors to see if we had any cologne or cigars in -'em. I don't see why they call them Custom House officers though. Their -costumes weren't anything wonderful. It took Pop a half an hour to get -his trunks all through because he said the inspector didn't know the -language. Pop says he asked him what nation he belonged to and the man -said he was Hinglish and Pop told him he'd never heard of any such -people, where did they live. In Hingland, the man said. Where's that -asked Pop, and the man nearly fainted and then Pop gave him a half a -crown and the man said he guessed he needn't open any more trunks, -because a man as ignorant as he was wouldn't have sense enough to try to -smuggle anything in anywhere. - -[Illustration] - -After the trunks were all passed Pop asked a man where the baggage car -was and that man couldn't speak English either. He asked Pop what, and -Pop says again where's the baggage car, and just then an American that -had been over before says to the man he means the luggage van, and the -man said oh wy didn't ee si so. Pop says he thinks that's Welsh, which -is a language he never liked anyhow. The only welsh thing he ever liked -was a rabbit, he said. Wots your name asked the Baggage man. Drake, says -Pop. Well your van is the seventh car up. It's marked with a D. Do you -know a D when you see it? Pop said he guessed so. He'd seen one once and -he had an idea that it looked like a P without a pedestal or a B cut in -two. That's it, said the man. Well you put your luggage in the van -marked with a P without a pedestal and when you get to London you can go -and claim it. But suppose somebody else claims it said Pop. That's his -affair and yours not mine says the man and he walked off. Then Pop found -out that they don't give checks over here, and he said he guessed the -reason was that they preferred cash. - -After we got our trunks on board Pop took me up to see the engine and -you never saw such an engine anywhere outside of a toy-store. It looked -awful small and it only had a little platform at the back for the -engineer to stand in. Pop says the railroads can't afford to furnish -cabs for its engineers. The smoke-stack looked just like a piece of pipe -sticking up in front of the boiler and there wasn't a cow-catcher in -sight, but it had a bully whistle. It was one of those raspy whistles -that makes old people nervous and boys laugh. Pop says a whistle like -that makes a cow-catcher unnecessary because a cow is a quiet sort of an -animal and likes to chew its gum in peace, hating noise; and anyhow the -English people aren't bothering much about catching cows when there's so -many Americans travelling about with money in their pockets to be -caught; and I guess he's right because most everybody here goes around -holding his hand out. Chesterfield told me it would be that way so I -wasn't surprised. He said when you land every hand on the dock will be -stretched out to you but it isn't to welcome you, don't think that. It's -to relieve you of your surplus. I asked him what a surplus was, and he -said it was a collection of rare coins that you didn't need in your -business and when I said I wasn't any wiser than before he said a -surplus was the money you had in your pocket to spend on things you -didn't really need. And it was that way, and I tell you the way Pop -spent six-pences and shillings and half-crowns was a caution. A half -crown is two shillings and a sixpence, but you can bet I didn't spend -mine. All I had left after lending Chesterfield that money I've got yet -and I'm going to keep it until I get to Paris where they have toy shops -that are worth seeing whether you buy anything or not which you -generally do. Why just before we landed Chesterfield was telling me of -an oil-silk lion that he bought in Paris once that saved his life two -years later in the Desert of Sahara. - -[Illustration] - -It was one of those lions you blow up. You can carry it in your pocket -when you haven't any wind in it. Then you take it out, unfold it, blow -it up, fasten up the blow-hole and it looks real terrible, stands up -alone and does everything but gnash his teeth and growl. Chesterfield -was sleeping in the desert one night, when a real lion came his way and -was about to devour him, when, with a sudden perspiration, he remembers -the toy lion in his pocket, takes it out, blows it up, sets it down -before the real lion, who, reckonizing his match retreats, but -immediately returns. Of course the oil-silk lion remains cool. He hasn't -got any nerves to get excited on. The real lion roars. The oil-silk lion -says nothing. The real lion advances. The oil-silk lion doesn't say a -word. The real lion gets mad. The oil-silk lion stays cool. The real -lion hits him with one paw. The oil-silk lion just bounces and does -nothing. The real lion hits him with his other paw and the oil-silk lion -just bounces again and does nothing. But then the real lion hits him -with both paws a tremenjus whack and the oil-silk lion busts like a -blown-up grocer's bag with a report like a caution, which so scares the -real lion that he's running yet. Eh? How would you like a toy like that? - -[Illustration] - -It's getting so late now that Pop says I must go to bed, but to-morrow -I'll write again and tell you how we got up to London and what I've seen -so far. - -Yours ever, BOB. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, March 10, 1896, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, MARCH 10, 1896 *** - -***** This file should be named 54675-8.txt or 54675-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/6/7/54675/ - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#FOR_KING_OR_COUNTRY">FOR KING OR COUNTRY.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#IN_THE_TOWER_OF_MANY_STORIES">IN THE TOWER OF MANY STORIES.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#A_FLASH_IN_THE_DARK">A FLASH IN THE DARK.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#RICK_DALE">RICK DALE.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_COURAGE_AND_ENDURANCE_OF_ARCTIC_ANIMALS">THE COURAGE AND ENDURANCE OF ARCTIC ANIMALS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#DAILY_DRILL">DAILY DRILL.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_INCANTATIONS_OF_ALI_BEN_MESROUR">THE INCANTATIONS OF ALI BEN MESROUR.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT">INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_CAMERA_CLUB">THE CAMERA CLUB.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#BICYCLING">BICYCLING.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_PUDDING_STICK">THE PUDDING STICK.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#STAMPS">STAMPS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#FROM_CHUM_TO_CHUM">FROM CHUM TO CHUM.</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_445" id="Page_445">[Pg 445]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="270" alt="HARPER'S ROUND TABLE" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Copyright, 1896, by <span class="smcap">Harper & Brothers</span>. All Rights Reserved.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">published weekly</span>.</td><td align="center">NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1896.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">five cents a copy</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. xvii.—no</span>. 854.</td><td align="center"></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">two dollars a year</span>.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"><a name="FOR_KING_OR_COUNTRY" id="FOR_KING_OR_COUNTRY"></a> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="800" height="562" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>FOR KING OR COUNTRY.</h2> - -<h4>A Story of the Revolution.</h4> - -<h3>BY JAMES BARNES.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER XXIII.</h3> - -<h3>WHEREIN SOME THINGS ARE EXPLAINED.</h3> - -<p>Propped up by pillows in an easy-chair before a roaring fire in the -great fireplace, George Frothingham was sitting, relating to a group of -listeners the story of his adventures on the way from New York.</p> - -<p>His sister Grace, seated on the arm of the chair, was softly stroking -his hand.</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa, who had discarded her tatting-frames, was busily clicking -her needles at the toe of a woollen stocking.</p> - -<p>"What I don't see," said George, "is where I got that little -chopped-down horse that you say I rode upon. I do not know where he came -from."</p> - -<p>"But you are anticipating," said Aunt Clarissa; "you had only got as far -in your story as sighting Lyons Farms."</p> - -<p>"Oh, that's so!" said George. "Now comes the part that I hate most to -tell. When I came down the hill, it was evident that something was wrong -in the collection of little houses. No one was stirring about, and the -ruins of a small building were smoking to the left of the road. What do -you suppose had happened? The firing that I had heard two or three hours -before had taken place here. There had been a skirmish. A body of -English troops and a company of Hessians on a marauding excursion had -been met at the cross-roads by a handful of militia. It makes my blood -boil to tell the rest, but the Lord will punish them. All this had -happened only a few hours before I arrived. They had shot Mr. Hinckley, -and a brute of a Hessian had rested his gun on the window-sill, and -killed his wife as she bent over her baby's cradle. Then, like redskins, -they had hurried off. I found no one amongst the dwellings but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_446" id="Page_446">[Pg 446]</a></span> some -frightened children huddling in a cellar. The houses were robbed and -empty."</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa had dropped her stocking and rushed into the next room. -"God forgive me!" she had exclaimed, when she was alone, and she had -reached her long arms up above her head. "Curse them and their tyrants -to the bottom of the sea! How could I have been so blind—so stubborn?"</p> - -<p>When she had come back, however, she kissed her nephew on the forehead.</p> - -<p>The remembrance of the scene, and the picture of it which was going -through his mind, had caused George to pause and sink back silently -among the cushions. "I think I will rest a little," he said.</p> - -<p>No one disturbed him, and for some time there was silence.</p> - -<p>In a few minutes a loud, hearty voice was heard ringing through the -hallway.</p> - -<p>George smiled. "Colonel Hewes," he said. "Do ask him in."</p> - -<p>The Colonel greeted his young friend with a subdued effusion, and, with -the gentleness of a woman, spread out George's fingers in his palm.</p> - -<p>"Just back from headquarters!" he said. "Lad, lad, I have had you on my -mind, and when I heard of your escape, I grew quite young again. The -Commander-in-Chief himself rejoiced to hear of it, for the officer with -despatches from the north brought the news of your arrival. But when his -Excellency heard for what you had gone to New York he grew quite angry. -He laid aside my request for active service, though. Too bad the plan -fell through! It was my idea.—I wrote and proposed it to the printer."</p> - -<p>George smiled to himself. Perhaps Mr. Hewes's next venture would be an -attempt to capture the King of England.</p> - -<p>"Did you come along by the Tumble Ridge Road?" inquired the Colonel. He -did not catch Aunt Clarissa's warning glance.</p> - -<p>George wrinkled his forehead. "Now let me think; yes—there's where it -occurred," he said. "But wait; I have got to think how it all happened."</p> - -<p>"Don't try, brother George," said Grace. "Wait until another day."</p> - -<p>"No, I must tell it now. Where was I?"</p> - -<p>"You were telling about Lyons Farms," said his sister.</p> - -<p>"Oh yes! I found an old sledge in a shed much like the one that my good -friend Wissinck had driven me in from Paulus Hook. Although old Molly -was very tired, I harnessed her up and put the children—there were four -of them—in a feather-bed, and drove across the hill. I stopped at the -first house that I came across, and found two old women there. You -should have heard their stories! The Hessians have been worse than -Indians; you would hardly believe it.—But enough. I left the children -there with the two old women, and pushed along as best I could three or -four miles further. Here I came upon the remains of a camp-fire by the -road-side, and was glad enough to find the remnants of a meal in the -kettle that hung over the smouldering fire. It had been left hurriedly.</p> - -<p>"That night I slept in a farm-house in the mountains. The poor old mare -was so tired by this time that I determined to make the rest of the trip -on foot, and left her in the care of the old farmer, who promised to -return her. I shall never forget how I suffered all that day. If it had -not been for two rough snow-shoes that I had made out of the staves of a -molasses hogshead, I could not have gotten through the snow at all." He -paused. "Now comes the part that leads up to my forgetting."</p> - -<p>George had seemed to gather strength as he went on with the recital. He -now sat up straighter, and the color came to his pale cheeks.</p> - -<p>"I had almost feared I had lost my way when I saw the trunk of a -shattered pine—the one that was struck by lightning, you remember—then -I knew that I was only six miles from home. I was weak and faint, for I -had had nothing to eat but a frozen potato all that day. I soon came to -the cross-roads where the path winds across the ridge. It was a -short-cut, and I took it. The bushes interfered with my rough -snow-shoes, and I discarded them and plunged through the snow. When I -came to the hollow by the old Camel rock, I smelt smoke quite -distinctly.—It is here, you know, that the path joins the road -again.—As I pushed through the short pines the smoke became stronger, -and all at once I found myself face to face with a group of men seated -about a fire. Two or three horses were tethered to the trees, and the -men were all armed.</p> - -<p>"'God save our country!' I exclaimed—for the idea that there were -English so close about seemed impossible.</p> - -<p>"'God save ourselves!' said one of the men, with a laugh.</p> - -<p>"At that moment I recognized a man in the little circle who was slowly -rising to his feet. It was that rascal Cloud, the man who had robbed -Uncle Nathan unknown for so many years, you remember."</p> - -<p>"Well," cried Colonel Hewes. "He's got his dues. I—" The Colonel -stopped and dug his fingers into his palm.</p> - -<p>George had not noticed the interruption. "I knew, of course," he went -on, "that some mischief was afoot, for that wretch never had an honest -thought. I backed away, and was going to make a break for the road near -by, when I tripped and fell.</p> - -<p>"'Seize him!' said Cloud, and in another moment I was bound hand and -foot. They took my purse, which yet contained some gold pieces. They -were as murdering a lot of pirates as you ever saw!"</p> - -<p>"We know of them," the Colonel broke in, excitedly. "There's a price on -all their heads, for they acknowledge no law or party. But go on."</p> - -<p>"'What are you going to do with me?' I asked, after they had searched -every pocket. No one paid the least attention.</p> - -<p>"They had drawn apart and were whispering together, and I could see that -Cloud was talking angrily. How long they conversed I do not know, but it -was at some length. When Cloud had finished speaking, there was some -dissent about what he said, and the rest—all but two—took their -bundles, and, heading about, struck off through the woods. Cloud was -left sitting opposite to me, his horse was tied to a tree a short -distance off. I shall never forget the look in that man's eyes. It was -the look of Satan himself."</p> - -<p>"Go on," said Colonel Hewes, breathlessly.</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa and Grace gathered closer.</p> - -<p>"'Do you remember me?' asked Cloud.</p> - -<p>"'I do for a thieving villain,' I replied.</p> - -<p>"'Do you know that your uncle had me tied and thrashed like a low black -nigger?' he exclaimed, his teeth coming over his under lip.</p> - -<p>"'And well deserved,' said I. Perhaps it was foolish, but I so detest -the man that I could reply naught else.</p> - -<p>"'I swore that I would be revenged on him and his,' snarled Cloud.</p> - -<p>"'What are you going to do?' I inquired. I was wound about lengthwise -with a long rope, and could move no more than my little finger.</p> - -<p>"'I am going to hang you,' he replied. The two men that had been left -behind approached us as if to interfere, but he repulsed them, and they -hurried into the woods.</p> - -<p>"I was frightened. The idea that he really intended to do it never -entered my mind. But now I judge that he must be a maniac and nothing -less.</p> - -<p>"'You villain,' I said, 'you dare not lay hands on me!'"</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa started. She remembered this was the expression that -George had used in his delirium.</p> - -<p>"Do you know what that, <i>that</i>"—George paused for an expression—"what -he did?" he said at last, quite calmly. "He put a rope around my neck, -and threw the end over the branch of a tree. Even then I did not suppose -that he was trying to do anything but frighten me, but I shall never -forget the horror with which I felt the rope tighten about my throat! As -he was no heavier than I, he could not lift me entirely from the -ground.—I could still almost stand upon my toes."</p> - -<p>Aunt Clarissa and Grace both grew faint. The Colonel dashed his -riding-whip to the ground.</p> - -<p>George panted as he went on with his story. "I can remember no more than -seeing that fiend standing there cross-legged,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_447" id="Page_447">[Pg 447]</a></span> looking up at me. Then -it seemed to me I fell from some frightful height."</p> - -<p>"You must have come home after that," said Aunt Clarissa, "for you -arrived here shortly after dusk."</p> - -<p>She made up her mind that she would not say anything about the latter -escapade and his escape from the house, as George did not wish to talk -on further, and Colonel Hewes also concluded to say nothing about the -doctor's discovery, which the latter had related to him.</p> - -<p>"After I fell, I remember nothing for two days, you know," George added.</p> - -<p>"Never mind," said Aunt Clarissa, smoothing back his hair. "You must -rest, dear boy."</p> - -<p>The lad closed his eyes, and appeared to drop asleep.</p> - -<p>Colonel Hewes took his leave at once. As he went across the meadow -toward the foundry a thought struck him. "Jove! I have the solution!" he -said, "It was Adam Bent Knee's revenge. Indian blood will show out. I -have always held it so. He has settled scores for good and all with his -old enemy Cloud."</p> - -<p>There was one thing that puzzled every one—the presence of the strange -horse that it was supposed George must have picked up somewhere on the -Tumble Ridge Road, and while still under the influence of his disordered -mind. Burnt into the saddle was the name "Ralston, Hoboken." If the -"colt" could have talked, it could have added some astonishing -information that would have cleared away the fog of uncertainty. It was -thought, however, that the little horse might have escaped from the band -of marauders, and that the young man had found him after he had fallen, -and had managed to free himself from his bonds. Colonel Hewes's cousin -could have solved a great deal of this mystery, but he had gone to -Morristown, and had been ordered thence to General Putnam's forces in -the southern part of the State.</p> - -<p>There was some confusion also about the time of day at which things had -taken place.</p> - -<p>But we must return and follow the doings of the royalist Lieutenant, -young William Frothingham, after he had closed the door of his old home -behind him, and had bade that mysterious adieu to his white-robed sister -in the hallway. Her exclamation and her calling him by his brother's -name had proved again that the resemblance must be as marvelous as ever. -As soon as he had left the house he started on a run toward the old -bridge, and taking a lumber path, he waded through the snow, intending -to make for the hut of Adam Bent Knee that was in the hollow in the -ridge. He knew that the old Indian would give him shelter, and would -help him on his way, no matter to what party he belonged.</p> - -<p>He reached the hut at last. It was built against a bank, and was roofed -with bark and slabs of pine. Something had happened here, however, for -the interior was torn to pieces. The furs that hung upon the wall were -cut and slashed, and a half-barrel of apples had been thrown across the -floor. All this had been done quite recently, for there were signs -before the door of footprints and horses' hoofs. They led along the -lumber path from the summit, and a short distance further on the same -tracks were seen going in the opposite direction as if the party had -doubled. The latter trail was much the fresher. William followed it.</p> - -<p>They had broken a way through the snow, and he could travel for three or -four miles much more easily. The trail led him through the woods until -he descried the other side of the mountain. Far below him William made -out a fire's light shimmering through the trees. Broad streaks had -appeared in the east, and the edge of the red sun was showing through -the horizon clouds. It was a grand sight. So still was the air that a -twig that he stepped on in the snow seemed to him to crack like the -report of a pistol. A belated owl in its sturdy driving flight swept -across the clearing before him. Such a feeling of loneliness came over -him that his heart sank again. What had his career as an officer of the -crown brought to him? There was nothing of the coward in his -disposition, and his sense of duty, as we know, was developed to the -limit, but he hoped with all his soul that should he arrive safely back -in the city, that he and all the gleaming bayonets there might be -bundled back into the ships and sent to England. He prayed that he might -never be compelled to draw his sword against this people, his own -people, who were "rebels" no longer in his mind or estimation!</p> - -<p>The sight of the fire in the woods reminded him that he was hungry, and -must push ahead that he might reconnoitre. He half slid down the sharp -declivity, and forced his way through the bushes.</p> - -<p>There was a group of rough-looking men seated about a bivouac at the -right of a great oak; some leaning forward wrapped in heavy blankets, -appeared asleep. Three horses were nibbling at the twigs of the stunted -undergrowth. One had strayed to quite a distance, and was standing -mournfully leg-deep in the snow. As William came down the hill he found -himself at the top of a great rock even with the branches of the oak and -overlooking the small fire. He was in full sight when one of the party -looked up and saw him. The man's jaw dropped, and he caught his breath, -with an exclamation that aroused the drowsy ones about him. One of the -men rolled backwards with a howl, and with his blanket trailing behind -him plunged down the hill.</p> - -<p>"Greeting, good friends," said William.</p> - -<p>The effect of this short speech astonished him. Two of the men sprang up -and jumped astride of the nearest horses, and the others took to their -heels like the first, and soon the whole party was crashing down the -hill like a herd of startled deer.</p> - -<p>William did not move. He was too astonished to call after them, and from -his post on the rock saw them come out into the meadow some distance -below, where they stopped and talked. They appeared to come to one -decision, for after looking back, they pushed on hastily, and entered -the woods at the other side of the valley.</p> - -<p>Swinging himself down by the branches of the oak, William found himself -in possession of the very things that he most needed. In their -unaccountable flight the strange party had left behind them a rough -blanket and a blue woollen cape, and a huge flint-lock pistol, whose -dark butt protruded from the snow, where it had been dropped, like some -new growth of the forest.</p> - -<p>A short distance away was a placid-looking horse who had commenced again -to gnaw the trunk of a white birch.</p> - -<p>"Refuse not the gifts the gods provide," quoted William. "What did they -take me for? I must look like an army or a constable. A lot of thieves, -most likely."</p> - -<p>He extricated the horse with some difficulty, and picking up the blanket -and woollen cape, he retraced his steps to the top of the ridge, and -made his way along the summit toward the travelled road to the -southward. He had now the things he had wished for to continue his -journey. By noon he had covered some fifteen miles, for he could hardly -urge the sorry beast out of a walk. He met no one on the road until the -sun glowered directly above his head. He had passed several houses, but -deemed it safer to go on as far as he could before he stopped and asked -the direction. As he made his way through a bit of swampy land he saw -ahead of him a strange-looking object. It was a man carrying a heavy -burden on his back. What it was at first William could not make out, but -as he approached nearer he saw that it was the body of a freshly -slaughtered hog. He was almost at the strange figure's heels before the -latter turned. The broad honest face with a cheek closely pressed -against the dead pig's open-mouthed visage presented such a comical -picture that William to save himself could not but smile.</p> - -<p>"Greeting, good friend," he said. "Good-morrow."</p> - -<p>The man did not answer, but walked closely up to William's side, almost -thrusting his own face and the pig's into the saddle.</p> - -<p>"What sayest thou?" he inquired. "I am deaf as a ploughshare."</p> - -<p>"Can you tell me the direction of Plainfield?" shouted William, bending -over.</p> - -<p>"Yea, friend," was the answer, "but thou art too far north." William had -surmised as much.</p> - -<p>"Where are you going with your burden?" he inquired.</p> - -<p>"Oh, the shoat?" the man answered, rubbing his cheek against the pig's -fat jowl to steady him on his shoulder. "It's a gift I am making to a -righteous cause. I am not a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_448" id="Page_448">[Pg 448]</a></span> man of war," he added. "It is against my -creed, but they who fight need flesh to strengthen them. I am taking -this to some good people who are camped below us. Thou art a soldier?"</p> - -<p>"I am," said William.</p> - -<p>"I would shake hands with thee, but I should drop my load." The broad -face smiled.</p> - -<p>"Come, place him upon my horse," said William, dismounting.</p> - -<p>As they were placing the pink body across the saddle, and William was -marvelling at the man's great strength, there was a hail from a clump of -alders to the left.</p> - -<p>"Ah, Brother Whitehead," was the exclamation, "what have we here?"</p> - -<p>A tall, black-bearded man came through the bushes. Behind him followed -three or four stalwart youths, with long-barrelled rifles over their -shoulders. But before another word was spoken the first man leaped -across a ditch and came toward William, saluting as he did so. Then it -was seen that he wore a ragged Continental uniform.</p> - -<p>"Well met indeed, and God bless you, Lieutenant Frothingham! Methinks -you are in time to aid us." The youths who were with him also came to an -awkward salute. "We have the green-coated women-slayers cornered," he -continued. "Not one of them will escape. There were some 'Lobster Backs' -with them. They will suffer for the doings at Lyons Farms, I'll warrant -you."</p> - -<p>"Are the English near us?" inquired William, his heart beating fast.</p> - -<p>"Ay, and the Hessians too! They were driven back in their efforts to -reach Elizabethtown, and we have been gathering our forces for an attack -this afternoon. You rank me, sir," he continued. "I am but Sergeant -Ralston, and my elbow touched yours at Princeton and Harlem, you may -remember. Come now, sir, will you take command? We have some brave -hearts with us."</p> - -<p>William half faltered. Here, indeed, was a predicament.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="IN_THE_TOWER_OF_MANY_STORIES" id="IN_THE_TOWER_OF_MANY_STORIES">IN THE TOWER OF MANY STORIES.</a></h2> - -<h3>LADY ARABELLA STUART.</h3> - -<h3>BY MRS. LEW. WALLACE.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 136px;"> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="136" height="150" alt="Drop Cap O" /> -</div> - -<p>ne of the most familiar names to the student of English history is that -of Lady Arabella Stuart, who was long a constant source of alarm to -James I., because she was born near the throne. She never urged her -claim nor appeared to covet the crown; daughter of Charles, Earl of -Lennox, and cousin to the King, she inherited a full share of the beauty -and misfortunes of her race. A lovely girl, full of wit and grace, -gifted with the gentle art of making friends, she was the life of a -lifeless court.</p> - -<p>Many matches were proposed to the sovereign, who had power to make or -break a marriage for her. Suitors of various rank and countries knelt at -her feet, and it was told that even Henri the Great of France had dreams -of seating the blue-eyed Countess with the wavy tresses on the throne of -Charlemagne.</p> - -<p>So passed her youth; and in her thirty-fifth year James, by way of -banter, told the maiden she had remained fancy free to suit him long -enough; she might now wed whom she would. Poets, adventurers, courtiers, -and knights of high lineage kissed her white hand, but came no nearer -the heart, which beat faster for none but William Seymour, afterward -Marquis of Hertford, a youth of twenty-three years. Only the stars were -witness as they sealed their vows and oath, and the secret kept well for -a season. But a bird in the air carried the matter to Windsor, and -Seymour was arrested and brought before the Council to answer for the -outrage—betrothal in secrecy.</p> - -<p>He denied everything; swore he had not thought of anything but pastime. -What did he want with a wife ten years older than himself? And so the -rumor was forgotten with other court gossip.</p> - -<p>They thought the King would give up his nonsense, for Seymour was from -one of the proudest families of Europe, and there was no reason in this -opposition; besides, he had consented to a wedding. But no relenting was -admitted by James, and in July, 1610, a poor priest was found and bribed -to risk his neck by going through the marriage ceremony for the lovers.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="600" height="382" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">ST. THOMAS'S TOWER, WHERE SEYMOUR WAS CONFINED.</span> -</div> - -<p>After a year of concealment the news reached the King's ear. He was -enraged; the priest was thrown into prison, the two witnesses present -were arrested, and the offending pair parted in the first sweetness of -the honeymoon. Seymour was sent to St. Thomas's Tower on the river. He -was furnished handsome apartments, with plates, hangings, books, -luxurious belongings; and the Countess was lodged in a fine house on the -Thames, with attendance and surroundings as became her rank; allowed -every freedom—except freedom.</p> - -<p>Indifferent to the elegancies about her, the bride wrote tender and -passionate letters to her bridegroom, but he answered never a word. -Sweet William made no sign, sent no love-gift. He wrote only to the -Lords of the Council, praying to be restored to liberty, that his health -would be lost if he were not freed, and busied his days making himself -comfortable in the chambers over the Traitors' Gate of London Tower, his -wife's money paying the bills.</p> - -<p>One dull, foggy day she quietly stepped into a common barge and floated -down the river to the barred window on the wharf, where she might make -signs to him who did not appear bold enough to plan an escape, and -returned safely to her castle. The brave movement could not be -concealed, and in his wrath the King ordered a dozen counties to be put -between his cousin and the defiant prisoner looking with despair at the -water-gates.</p> - -<p>Sadly did the tearful blue eyes turn to the bleak and frozen North, -while sentinels doubled their watch on the square tower built over the -moat.</p> - -<p>Such was his Majesty's pleasure.</p> - -<p>Lady Arabella's attendants were devoted, ready to brave death itself for -their mistress; her soft, kind manner never failed to win where -self-love had not taken too deep a hold. Day and night, while she sighed -her soul away, they schemed and planned to open a path to reunion in the -pleasant land of France, where they might be at peace in banishment. At -last she slipped off, well provided by her aunt, the Countess of -Shrewsbury, with costly jewels current in any country, and with good -English gold to lavish on any who might espouse her cause. She glided -down the Thames, reached the Channel, by arrangement was taken on a -light French bark; but the open water in front of Calais was not for the -hapless bride. Captain Corvè did his best; his little craft was no match -for the swift war-ship <i>Adventure</i> in pursuit. Gallantly he fought wind -and wave, but Admiral Monson outsped him, and after thirteen shots were -fired, he struck his flag, and the crew of the victorious vessel boarded -the bark which carried the royal lady.</p> - -<p>She gracefully yielded herself prisoner to James, King of England, -consoled by the thought that he whom she<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_449" id="Page_449">[Pg 449]</a></span> loved better than life was so -well disguised, and his plot so well laid, that he was safe in French -port.</p> - -<p>"Where is William, Earl of Seymour?" demanded Monson, Admiral in command -of the chase.</p> - -<p>Lady Arabella smiled.</p> - -<p>"I cannot tell, but I believe he is beyond the reach of his enemies and -mine."</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="500" height="318" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">LONDON TOWER FROM THE RIVER.</span> -</div> - -<p>So she was marched to the Tower, into rooms once occupied by Margaret -Douglas, the common grandmother of the King and herself.</p> - -<p>When brought before the Lords she was mild and patient, yet asked with -becoming spirit why she, a free woman of royal blood, should be held a -criminal and separated from her lawful husband.</p> - -<p>The furious King seized her jewels and money; and her two companions in -the flight, gentlemen by birth, were dragged to the torture-chamber of -the Tower, and forced to confess what they knew of the perilous attempt.</p> - -<p>The tale of Seymour's changes of wig and cloak, in various disguises and -places, is too long to tell here. Delighted with liberty and with -France, he seemed to mourn the loss of his bride less than the loss of -her jewels and money, for William dearly loved to loiter in the delicate -plain called Ease, and lie in the soft places gold can buy. The -calculating fellow found his high name a passport in Paris, which city -was vastly amusing, and so was the staid but not less delightful capital -of the Belgians.</p> - -<p>In the damp old rooms of her grandmother Lady Arabella languished five -years. The third year an escape was arranged, and when the time was ripe -and success appeared assured she was betrayed, and the venture ended in -nothing but harsher treatment. While "William, dearest," danced the -night away, she wore out the dark hours writing prayers to the King, who -deigned no answer.</p> - -<p>Like other high-born dames, she was skilled in cunning needle-work, and -many a doleful day was spent stitching gay silks into canvas, making a -bright broidery, offered as a souvenir to the man who imprisoned her; -but the King would not touch the pretty gift. The courtesy did not move -him any more than her demand to be tried by her peers, according to law, -in open-court, instead of by a Committee of the Council sitting with -closed doors.</p> - -<p>When the tapestry came back rejected the blue eyes grew dimmer, and her -cheek paled with the heart-sickness of hope deferred, or rather of -despair, and it was rumored that the daughter of the House of Stuart had -met her doom in madness. Sorriest of all the history is that the -youthful husband forgot his too-loving wife. The letters full of -tenderness reached the trifler at European courts, and lay unanswered. -The low-browed villain Wood, who had her in charge, knew the death of -his captive would please King James and the courtiers who lived on his -smiles. His small mind lent itself to all sorts of petty annoyances and -means to make imprisonment unwholesome. She must not walk, nor have her -own attendants, nor food and dress befitting the near kinswoman of -queens, though the offended monarch generously had the ceiling of her -room "mended to keep out wind and rain."</p> - -<p>The forlorn lady passed from deep melancholy to spasms that touched her -brain. Even in such pitiful condition she was closely watched and -guarded by the nervous coward, who pretended to believe there was an -Arabella plot, with Raleigh at its head, secreted in the Tower.</p> - -<p>For a year the insane Countess lived, gentle and harmless, chattering -like a little child. Her one amusement was singing songs of love and -longing, learned in happy days, with the lute, whose trembling strings -made the saddest strains ear ever heard. The heart-breaking music -softened even her jailer; he grew compassionate, and she wandered at -will through the doleful halls and the garden. But the wan face never -brightened; she faded slowly, drooped, and died.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_450" id="Page_450">[Pg 450]</a></span></p> - -<p>In the chill midnight of autumn her wornout body was brought by the -black-flowing river to Westminster Abbey, in a miserable coffin without -a plate, and laid away in that sanctuary with no ceremony, not even a -prayer. "For," says a loyal courtier, "to have had a great funeral for -one dying out of favor with the King would reflect on the King's honor."</p> - -<p>After a troubled life she sleeps well in the tomb of her ill-starred -family, close beside the dust of her grandmother, Margaret Douglas. Her -coffin lies across and flattens the leaden casket which holds the -headless corpse of her great-aunt Mary, unhappy Queen of Scots. Neither -name nor date is above her breast, and the skull and bones were plainly -seen below the rotten wood in 1868 (a ghastly sight!) when the vaults -were searched for the remains of James I.</p> - -<p>Her persecutor rests near his victim. The enemies are at one now. The -strange peace of death which ends all feuds has brought them together, -and their restless hearts lie still, awaiting the coming of the Angel of -the Resurrection.</p> - -<p>The period of which I write is sometimes called the good old times. I -call it the bad old times.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="A_FLASH_IN_THE_DARK" id="A_FLASH_IN_THE_DARK">A FLASH IN THE DARK.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY R. M. FULLER.</h3> - -<p>The Whitonville Camera Club was to meet at Will Vaughan's house -Wednesday evening. Whitonville is a town of some size in the western -part of New York. Mr. Vaughan, Will's father, one of its earliest -residents, lives in a large old-fashioned house on the main street, -opposite the Whitonville Bank, of which he is president. All day the -overcast sky had given promise of a downpour, and the sultry atmosphere, -charged with electricity, presaged plenty of thunder and lightning -before midnight.</p> - -<p>"It's too bad!" exclaimed Will Vaughan to his friend and visitor Tom -Wetherby, as they stood on the front porch looking at the angry sky. "If -the storm breaks before the fellows get here the meeting falls through; -but here comes Frank Wentworth."</p> - -<p>The young men exchanged cordial greetings, and followed Will to the -library, where the meeting was to be held. One after another the members -arrived, until the whole club was seated around the table. Tom Wetherby -belonged to a large club in the city, and was recognized as an authority -by the members of this small country organization. He was a bright young -fellow of nineteen, always on the lookout for some novel subject for his -camera, which accompanied him on all his wanderings. He listened to the -debate, offering a word now and then as his opinion was requested, until -his ear caught the swish of rain hurled violently against the -window-panes by the wind. Presently this was followed by heavy peals of -thunder, and flash after flash of lightning.</p> - -<p>"If you don't mind, Will, I will try to catch a flash or two of the -lightning; I have been waiting for a chance like this for a long time," -said Tom.</p> - -<p>"All right, old fellow; we'll excuse you. Look out your camera isn't -blown away."</p> - -<p>Tom was soon busy setting up his camera on the front porch, with the -lens pointed at the sky at an angle which just cleared the tops of the -opposite houses. The rain poured down, while crash upon crash of thunder -followed each successive flash of lightning. Nearer and nearer came the -force and violence of the storm, until the centre of electrical activity -was directly over the village. Tom exposed several plates, and had put -the last plate-holder in position when his foot struck one leg of the -tripod, almost capsizing the camera. A quick grab at the instrument -prevented the catastrophe; but before he could get the camera in -position, again, a blinding flash came, followed simultaneously by a -crash which shook the building to its very foundation. For a moment Tom -was dazed with the vivid light. Every object was illuminated with a -brightness exceeding daylight, and then all became intensely dark. Tom -capped his lens, seized his camera, and re-entered the house, where he -found the club still discussing the topic of the evening.</p> - -<p>"Well, what luck?" they exclaimed.</p> - -<p>Tom shook the water from his clothes, wiped the moisture carefully from -the camera, and replied: "Oh, so so! the last plate must be a dead -failure, though. I knocked the camera half over just before that -terrible crash."</p> - -<p>The following morning the Vaughans were at breakfast when a quick ring -at the door-bell was heard, and Mr. Vaughan recognized the voice of one -of his clerks, saying, "I must see Mr. Vaughan without delay, if you -please."</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan surmised from the tones of the speaker that something had -happened, and hastened to the door.</p> - -<p>"Mr. Vaughan," exclaimed the excited clerk, "please come over to the -bank at once. We have been robbed, sir."</p> - -<p>"Robbed?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, sir; everything is in confusion. The vault is open, and papers and -securities litter the floor."</p> - -<p>It took but a moment to recognize the truth of the clerk's statement. -The vault door was wide open, but the lock had not been injured. The -robbery had been committed by some person who knew the combination of -the lock, or the vault had not been fastened the night before.</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan discarded the latter idea, for he had tried the vault door -before leaving the bank, and knew that it was locked. There were three -besides himself in the employ of the bank—James Hendrix, the cashier; -Frank Wentworth, bookkeeper and assistant cashier; and John Salters, -general utility clerk, the man who had notified him of the robbery.</p> - -<p>Neither Hendrix nor Wentworth had arrived, and Mr. Vaughan requested the -clerk to gather up the papers which were still lying scattered over the -floor, while he endeavored to find a clew to the robbery.</p> - -<p>While they were thus engaged the cashier entered, and appeared surprised -to find the president already there.</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan immediately informed him of the robbery, and noted the look -of indignation and astonishment with which the news was received.</p> - -<p>"Hendrix, what was your cash balance last evening?"</p> - -<p>The cashier, after consulting the books, replied, "Twenty-eight thousand -five hundred and twenty dollars, fifty-eight cents, of which six -thousand four hundred was in bills, twenty thousand in government bonds, -and the balance in securities and currency."</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan stepped to the cashier's desk, glanced over the book, -verifying the figures, and was about turning away, when his eye caught -the edge of a paper protruding from the right-hand drawer of Wentworth's -desk, which adjoined that of the cashier.</p> - -<p>Without saying a word or attracting attention to his movements, the -president quietly drew the paper from the drawer and gave it a glance as -he put it in his coat pocket.</p> - -<p>It was a thousand-dollar government bond.</p> - -<p>At this moment Frank Wentworth entered the bank with a pleasant -"Good-morning." As he passed behind the rail which separated the -customers' side from the working office he noticed the eyes of the -president fixed upon him with a stern expression entirely new to him.</p> - -<p>"Wentworth, I would like to see you in my office immediately," said the -president.</p> - -<p>When they had entered the little room, Mr. Vaughan closed the door, and, -looking Wentworth in the eye, said:</p> - -<p>"Frank, the bank has been robbed of a large sum of money, exactly how -much we do not know until these securities have been examined and -counted."</p> - -<p>Wentworth's face became crimson, for the president's manner implied more -than the mere words conveyed.</p> - -<p>"You were the last one to leave, were you not?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, sir; but everything was safe and sound when I left. I tried the -vault door after putting on my hat and coat, and I am positive it was -securely locked."</p> - -<p>"Are you equally positive in regard to the front door after you had -passed out?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, sir; I turned the knob repeatedly; the door was closed and -locked."</p> - -<p>"You have no theory to offer as to how the robbery was accomplished?"</p> - -<p>"Why, Mr. Vaughan! how should I know anything more about it than -yourself? Was the vault door open?"</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_451" id="Page_451">[Pg 451]</a></span></p> - -<p>Without replying, the president said, "Step to the door and call Mr. -Hendrix and Mr. Salters."</p> - -<p>Frank did as he was bidden.</p> - -<p>"Each of you has a private drawer in your desk of which you retain the -key. The bank has lost a large sum of money, and we must be willing to -clear ourselves of the suspicion which might attach, in view of the fact -that the vault combination is unknown to any person outside this room. -You will hand me your keys, and come with me to the outer office while I -perform a most unpleasant duty."</p> - -<p>Hendrix's desk was first inspected; then Salters's; but nothing found to -implicate them.</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan next opened Frank's private drawer, and there, directly in -front, lay two of the government bonds and a number of bills of -different denominations.</p> - -<p>Wentworth's face became ashen, his knees trembled, and he gasped for -breath. Presently, however, he looked Mr. Vaughan squarely in the eye, -and exclaimed, "Mr. Vaughan, in spite of what we see, and what you -doubtless think, I do not know how the bonds came there."</p> - -<p>The president did not reply. He tried the keys of the others' desks in -Wentworth's lock, and neither would fit.</p> - -<p>"Mr. Hendrix, you will call an officer; my duty is plain; I cannot evade -it."</p> - -<p>As the cashier went out of the door, Mr. Vaughan turned to Wentworth, -who had sunk into a chair, covering his face with his hands, and said:</p> - -<p>"Frank, I could not feel much worse if this had been against my own boy -Will. Your father was a director of this bank, and my friend for years. -It is a mercy that he did not live to see this day."</p> - -<p>Wentworth made no answer; the power of speech appeared to have forsaken -him. He did not lift his head nor utter a sound until Hendrix appeared -with an officer.</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan explained the situation, and Frank was led away in custody.</p> - -<p>Consternation fell upon Frank's friends and acquaintances, for the -evidence was so overwhelming that his simple denial of any knowledge of -the matter had no weight with the majority. His mother and sister, -together with the members of the camera club, formed a small minority -who believed him innocent.</p> - -<p>Will Vaughan was untiring in his efforts to console Mrs. Wentworth and -her daughter Alice, and did his best to keep Frank's spirits up. What -could he do, however, to stem the tide of public opinion? Again and -again he besought Frank to discover some tangible clew to the robbery. -Frank had racked his brain in the effort to do so, without avail.</p> - -<p>Tom Wetherby returned to his home in New York early on the morning of -the day following the storm. He knew nothing of the robbery until weeks -afterwards, when a long letter from Will Vaughan arrived, detailing the -terrible plight of Wentworth, and rehearsing all the circumstances.</p> - -<p>"Too bad! too bad!" muttered Tom, as he finished the letter. "I don't -believe Wentworth guilty any more than Will does. His face is as honest -and open as the day."</p> - -<p>Will's letter called the lightning plates taken at Whitonville to mind, -and he determined to do so now; accordingly he went up to his dark-room -and was soon as busy as a bee. One after another the plates were -developed, fixed, and washed, until plate-holder No. 7 was reached. Tom -hesitated as he drew the slide and removed the plate from the holder.</p> - -<p>"Oh, pshaw!" he exclaimed, "what's the use of bothering with this one?" -for he remembered with a smile the wild grab for the camera and the -dazzling flash that came before he could straighten the tripod.</p> - -<p>"I don't suppose there's anything on it—but here goes, for fun, -anyway!"</p> - -<p>He popped it into the tray, poured the developer over it, and awaited -results. After a while the image began to show, and little by little the -detail came out.</p> - -<p>"Hello! what's that?" Tom's eyes fastened on the negative with -astonishment. His face assumed an expression of intense interest, for -moment by moment the image grew stronger and stronger. With the utmost -care he completed the process, and then, opening the dark-room door, -flew down the stairs two steps at a time, tore into his bedroom, grabbed -Will's letter from the desk, and read the concluding paragraph as -follows:</p> - -<p>"My heart aches for Frank and his mother and Alice. I don't believe one -word of the charge against him; but, like all the rest of his friends, -am powerless to help him. The trial comes off on the 18th."</p> - -<p>"The 18th, and to-day is the 17th! It's a close call, but it's got to be -done, and I'll do it," cried Tom, in a whirl of excitement.</p> - -<p>He hurried to the telephone in the library, called up his father's -office in the lower part of the city, and while waiting for the -connection looked at his watch. It was quarter of three o'clock. Then -the customary "Hello!" came over the wire.</p> - -<p>"Please tell Mr. Wetherby to come to the 'phone."</p> - -<p>"Who are you?"</p> - -<p>"His son Tom; I want to speak to father."</p> - -<p>Presently Mr. Wetherby called back, "Well, Tom, what is it? Hurry up; -I'm busy!"</p> - -<p>"Father," shouted Tom, his voice betraying the excitement he was under. -"I must go to Whitonville to-night. I think I've got something which -will help Will Vaughan's friend who is accused of robbing the bank."</p> - -<p>"My son, hadn't you better wait until I get home and talk the matter -over with you?"</p> - -<p>"Can't wait, father; to-day is the 17th; Wentworth's trial takes place -to-morrow. The only train which would get me there by noon to-morrow -leaves at four o'clock this afternoon—about an hour from now."</p> - -<p>Buzz-z-z went the 'phone.</p> - -<p>Mr. Wetherby was probably thinking about it. He knew Tom was a pretty -level headed young man, and felt convinced that his son had something of -material importance to the case.</p> - -<p>The break seemed an age to Tom, and he called over the 'phone -impatiently,</p> - -<p>"Well, father, can I go?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, Tom. I think I can rely on your judgment. If you haven't money -enough for the journey, explain matters to your mother, who will supply -you. Be sure and write me full particulars, and come home as soon as -practical."</p> - -<p>When the four-o'clock express rolled out of the Grand Central Depot that -afternoon, Tom Wetherby was aboard, and in his grip was the plate that -came out of holder No. 7, and a bromide print therefrom.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The court-room at Whitonville was crowded to suffocation. Never before -had such widespread interest been manifested in a criminal case in that -town.</p> - -<p>Frank Wentworth was known and liked by everybody, and the astonishment -and grief at his predicament were universal.</p> - -<p>Hendrix testified to quitting the bank about five o'clock in the -afternoon, leaving the president and Wentworth still there.</p> - -<p>Mr. Vaughan testified to his departure a few minutes after the cashier, -and that Wentworth was still at his desk.</p> - -<p>Frank, in his own defence, accounted for every moment from the time he -left the bank until he entered it next morning; but the fact that he was -the last to leave the building after remaining there alone half an hour -weighed heavily against him.</p> - -<p>No one but the Almighty and Frank himself could know what took place in -the interim, and the lawyers sought in vain to bridge over the fatal -half-hour which succeeded Mr. Vaughan's departure.</p> - -<p>The case finally went to the jury, and a verdict of guilty was -reluctantly rendered in accordance with the facts.</p> - -<p>The District Attorney moved for sentence, and Frank was directed to take -his place before the bar, when a commotion occurred at the door of the -court-room.</p> - -<p>Some one was evidently trying to force his way through the crowd.</p> - -<p>For a moment all was confusion, and the judge rapped savagely for order.</p> - -<p>All this time a young man was making the best of his way towards the -bench. It was Tom Wetherby. Without<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_452" id="Page_452">[Pg 452]</a></span> looking to the right or left he -kept his eye fixed upon the judge, and raised his hand in token of a -desire to be heard.</p> - -<p>Judge Dalton, recognizing that something of import must be responsible -for this unprecedented proceeding, calmly awaited Tom's approach.</p> - -<p>At length he reached Wentworth's side before the bar, and speaking -earnestly, said: "I believe, your honor, I have in my possession -evidence which will clearly establish the innocence of the prisoner. I -have travelled all the way from New York to bring it to you, and reached -Whitonville less than half an hour ago. If you will let me give the -evidence to the prisoner's counsel before you take further action, I -think you will be satisfied with the truth of my statement."</p> - -<p>The required permission was given, and every eye in the room was fixed -on Tom while he hurriedly told his story to the lawyer and produced his -negative and print.</p> - -<p>A consultation followed between Frank's lawyer, the District Attorney, -and Judge Dalton.</p> - -<p>Presently the judge turned to the jury and said, "In view of the fact -that new evidence of importance has been presented to me, the District -Attorney recommends the reopening of the case; I therefore set aside the -verdict rendered, and ask your further consideration of the matter."</p> - -<p>The excitement of the spectators was intense. Frank's lawyer promptly -called Tom to the stand.</p> - -<p>Tom testified to the facts we already know, and took his seat.</p> - -<p>"Mr. Hendrix," said the lawyer, turning to the cashier, who occupied a -seat among the witnesses for the people, "will you take the witness -chair for a few moments?"</p> - -<p>Hendrix started as though he had been shot, but rose and made his way to -the stand.</p> - -<p>"Will you tell us, Mr. Hendrix, where you were between the hours of nine -and ten o'clock on the night of the robbery?"</p> - -<p>"I was at home."</p> - -<p>"Did you not leave the house at all that evening?"</p> - -<p>"No, sir; it was a very stormy night, and I did not go out."</p> - -<p>"You are perfectly sure of this?"</p> - -<p>"Certainly. I did not leave my house."</p> - -<p>"Mr. Hendrix, will you look at this picture and tell me if you recognize -the person it represents?"</p> - -<p>Hendrix took the bromide print from the lawyer's hand, and saw—the -entrance of the Whitonville Bank; a man was just issuing from the door; -one hand was on the knob in the act of closing the door, while the other -hand was holding his hat firmly on his head to prevent its being blown -away; the man's face was clearly distinguishable; <i>it was himself</i>!</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE EFFECT UPON THE GUILTY MAN WAS PITIFUL.</span> -</div> - -<p>The effect upon the guilty man was pitiful. He shook with fear; his head -dropped upon his breast, and the picture fell from his nerveless grasp -to the floor.</p> - -<p>The lawyer quickly handed the print to the jury, and then turning to the -judge, said: "Your honor, our side of the case has been presented. We -have finished."</p> - -<p>The jury promptly acquitted Frank, who was surrounded by friends eager -to congratulate him on his wonderful escape.</p> - -<p>Tom was the hero of the hour, and received compliments enough to turn -the head of any fellow less modest and unassuming.</p> - -<p>Hendrix's story is quickly told. Speculation, losses, peculation in -small sums to make good the losses, and finally robbery to cover the -petty thievings. He made a full confession—told how he put the bonds in -Frank's drawer to avert suspicion from himself, using a duplicate key to -open the drawer. He is now undergoing a long term of imprisonment in -Auburn.</p> - -<p>Frank Wentworth is the new cashier of the Whitonville Bank, and enjoys -the friendship and regard of the entire community.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_453" id="Page_453">[Pg 453]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="RICK_DALE" id="RICK_DALE">RICK DALE.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY KIRK MUNROE.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER V.</h3> - -<h3>FIRST MATE BONNY BROOKS.</h3> - -<p>Alaric Todd's sensations as he sat on that log and watched the ship in -which he was supposed to be a passenger steam away without him were -probably as curious as any ever experienced by a boy. He had -deliberately abandoned a life of luxury, as well as a position that most -people are striving with all their energies to obtain, and accepted in -its place—what? He did not know, and for the moment he did not care. He -only knew that the Sonntaggs were gone beyond a chance of return, at -least for some weeks, and that during that time there was no possible -way in which they could reach him or communicate with his family.</p> - -<p>He realized that he was in a strange city, not one of whose busy -population either knew or cared to know a thing about him. But what of -that? If they did not know him they could never call him by the hated -name of "Allie." If he succeeded in making friends, it would be because -of himself, and not on account of his father's wealth. Above all, those -now about him did not know and should never know, if he could help it, -that he was thought to be possessed of a weak heart. Certainly if -excitement could injure his heart, it ought to be completely ruined at -the present moment, for he had never been so excited in his life, and -doubted if he ever should be again.</p> - -<p>With it all the lad was filled with such an exulting sense of liberty -that he wanted to jump and shout and share with every passer-by the -glorious news that at length he was free—free to be a boy among boys, -and to learn how to become a man among men. He did not shout, nor did he -confide his happiness to any of those who were coming up from the wharf, -where they had just witnessed the departure of the great ship; but he -did jump from the log on which he had been sitting and fling his -baseball high in the air. As it descended and he caught it with -practised skill, he was greeted by the approving remark: "Good catch! -Couldn't do it better myself!" and looking round he saw the lad with -whom he had passed ball a short time before.</p> - -<p>"It seems mighty good," continued the stranger, "to see a baseball -again, and meet a fellow who knows how to catch one. These chaps over -here don't know anything about it, and I've hardly seen a ball since I -left Massachusetts. You don't throw, though, half as well as you catch."</p> - -<p>"No," replied Alaric, "I haven't learned that yet. You see, I've only -just begun."</p> - -<p>"That so? Wish I had a chance to show you something about it, then, for -I used to play on the nine at home."</p> - -<p>"I wish you could, for I want awfully to learn. Why can't you?"</p> - -<p>"Because I don't live here, and, do you know, I didn't think you did, -either. When I saw you awhile ago, I had a sort of idea that you -belonged aboard the <i>Empress</i>, and were going in her to China, and I've -been more than half envying you ever since. Funny, wasn't it?"</p> - -<p>"Awfully!" responded Alaric. "And I'm glad it isn't true, for I don't -know of anything I should hate more than to be going to China in the -<i>Empress</i>. But I say, let's stop in here and get something lo eat, for -I'm hungry—aren't you?"</p> - -<p>"Of course I am," laughed the other; and with this the two boys, who -were already strolling toward the city together, turned into the little -road-side bake-shop that had just attracted Alaric's attention. Here he -ordered half a sheet of buns, two tarts, and two glasses of milk. These -being served on a small table, Alaric paid for them, and the newly made -acquaintances sat down to enjoy their feast at leisure.</p> - -<p>"What I want to do," said Alaric, continuing their interrupted -conversation, "is to get back to the States as quickly as possible."</p> - -<p>"That's easy enough," replied the other, holding his tart in both hands -and devouring it with infinite relish. "There's a steamer leaves here at -eight o'clock this evening for Seattle and Tacoma. But you don't live -here then, after all?"</p> - -<p>"No, I don't live here, nor do I know any one who does, and I want to -get away as quickly as I can; for I am looking for work, and should -think the chances for finding it were better in the States than here."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_454" id="Page_454">[Pg 454]</a></span></p> - -<p>"<i>You</i> looking for work?" said the other, slowly, and as though doubting -whether he had heard aright. At the same time he glanced curiously at -Alaric's white hands and neatly fitting coat. "You don't look like a -fellow who is looking for work."</p> - -<p>"I am, though," laughed Alaric: "and as I have just spent the last cent -of money I had in the world, I must find something to do right away. -That's the reason I want to get back to the States; but I don't know -about that steamer. I suppose they'd charge something to take me, -wouldn't they?"</p> - -<p>"Well, rather," responded the other. "But I say, Mister—By-the-way, -what is your name?"</p> - -<p>"Dale—Rick Dale," replied Alaric, promptly, for he had anticipated this -question, and was determined to drop the Todd part of his name, at least -for the present. "But there isn't any Mr. about it. It's just plain Rick -Dale."</p> - -<p>"Well, then, plain Rick Dale," said the other, "my name is Bonny -Brooks—short for Bonnicastle, you know; and I must say that you are the -most cheerful appearing fellow to be in the fix you say you are that I -ever met. When I get strapped and out of a job I sometimes don't laugh -for a whole day, especially if I don't have anything to eat in that -time."</p> - -<p>"That's something I never tried, and I didn't know any one ever did for -a whole day," remarked Alaric. "How queer it must seem!"</p> - -<p>"Lots of people try it; but they don't unless they have to, and it don't -seem queer at all," replied Bonny, soberly. "But what kind of work are -you looking for, and what pay do you expect?"</p> - -<p>"I am looking for anything I can find to do, and will work for any pay -that is offered."</p> - -<p>"It would seem as if a fellow ought to get plenty to do on those terms," -said Bonny, "though it isn't so easy as you might think, for I've tried -it. How do you happen to be looking for work, anyway? Where is your -home, and where are your folks?"</p> - -<p>"My mother is dead," replied Alaric, "and I suppose my father is in -France, though just where he is I don't know. Our home was in San -Francisco, and before he left he tried to fix things all right for me; -but they turned out all wrong, and so I am here looking for something to -do."</p> - -<p>"If that don't beat anything I ever heard of!" cried Bonny Brooks, in a -tone of genuine amazement. "If I didn't know better, I should think you -were telling my story, or that we were twins; for my mother is dead, and -my father, when last heard from, was on his way to France. You see, he -was a ship Captain, and we lived in Sandport on Cape Cod, where, after -my mother died, he fixed up a home for me with an aunt, and left money -enough to keep me at school until he came back from a voyage to South -America and France. We heard of his reaching Brazil and leaving there, -but never anything more, and when a year passed Aunt Nancy said she -couldn't support me any longer. So she got me a berth as cabin-boy on a -barque bound to San Francisco, and then to the Sound for lumber to -China. I wanted to go to China fast enough, but the Captain treated me -so badly that I couldn't stand it any longer, and so skipped just before -the ship sailed from Port Blakely. The meanest part of it all was that I -had to forfeit my pay, leave my dunnage on board, and light out with -only what I had on my back."</p> - -<p>"That's my fix exactly," cried Alaric, delightedly. "I mean," he added, -recollecting himself, "that my baggage got carried off, and as I haven't -heard from it since, I don't own a thing in the world except the -clothing I have on."</p> - -<p>"And a baseball," interposed Bonny.</p> - -<p>"Oh yes, a baseball of course," replied Alaric, soberly, as though that -were a most matter-of-fact possession for a boy in search of employment. -"But what did you do after your ship sailed away without you?"</p> - -<p>"Starved for a couple of days, and then did odd jobs about the river for -my grub, until I got a chance to ship as one of the crew of the sloop -<i>Fancy</i>, that runs freight and passengers between here and the Sound. -That was only about a month ago, and now I'm first mate."</p> - -<p>"You are?" cried Alaric, at the same time regarding his young companion -with a profound admiration and vastly increased respect. "Seems to me -that is the most rapid promotion I ever heard of. What a splendid sailor -you must be!"</p> - -<p>Although the speaker was so ignorant of nautical matters that he did not -know a sloop from a schooner, or from a full-rigged ship, for that -matter, he had read enough sea stories to realize that the first mate of -any vessel was often the most important character on board.</p> - -<p>"Yes," said Bonny, modestly, "I do know a good deal about boats; for, -you see, I was brought up in a boating town, and have handled them one -way and another ever since I can remember. I haven't been first mate -very long, though, because the man who was that only left to-day."</p> - -<p>"What made him?" asked Alaric, who could not understand how any one, -having once attained to such an enviable position, could willingly give -it up.</p> - -<p>"Oh, he had some trouble with the Captain, and seemed to think it was -time he got paid something on account of his wages, so that he could buy -a shirt and a pair of boots."</p> - -<p>"Why didn't the Captain pay him?"</p> - -<p>"I suppose he didn't have the money."</p> - -<p>"Then why didn't the man get the things he wanted, and have them -charged?"</p> - -<p>"That's a good one," laughed Bonny. "Because the storekeeper wouldn't -trust him, of course."</p> - -<p>"I never heard of such a thing," declared Alaric, indignantly. "I -thought people could always have things charged if they wanted to. I'm -sure I never found any trouble in doing it."</p> - -<p>"Didn't you?" said Bonny. "Well, I have, then," and he spoke so queerly -that Alaric realized in a moment that he had very nearly betrayed his -secret. Hastening to change the subject, he asked:</p> - -<p>"If you took the mate's place, who took yours?"</p> - -<p>"Nobody has taken it yet, and that's what I'm after now—hunting for a -new hand. The Captain couldn't come himself, because he's got rheumatism -so bad that it's all he can do to crawl out on deck and back again. -Besides, it's the first mate's place to ship the crew, anyhow."</p> - -<p>"Then," asked Alaric, excitedly, "why don't you take me? I'll work hard, -and do anything you say."</p> - -<p>"You?" cried Bonny, regarding his companion with amazement. "Have you -ever sailed a boat or helped work a vessel?"</p> - -<p>"No," replied Alaric, humbly; "but I am sure I can learn, and I -shouldn't expect any pay until I did."</p> - -<p>"I should say not," remarked the first mate of the <i>Fancy</i>, "though most -greenhorns do. Still, that is one thing in your favor. Another is that -you can catch a ball as well as any fellow I ever knew, and a chap who -can do that can learn to do most anything. So I really have a great mind -to take you on trial."</p> - -<p>"Do you think the Captain will agree to it?" asked Alaric, anxiously.</p> - -<p>"Of course he will, if I say so," said Bonny Brooks, confidently; "for, -as I just told you, the first mate always hires the crew."</p> - -<h3>CHAPTER VI.</h3> - -<h3>PREPARING TO BE A SAILOR.</h3> - -<p>During the conversation just recorded the boys by no means neglected -their luncheon, for both of them had been very hungry, and by the time -they arrived at an understanding in regard to Alaric's engagement not a -crumb of food nor a drop of milk was left before them. While to Bonny -Brooks this had proved a most welcome and enjoyable repast, to Alaric it -marked a most important era of his life. To begin with, it was the first -meal he had ever paid for out of his own pocket, and this alone was -sufficient to give it a flavor that he had never discovered in the rich -food by which his appetite had heretofore been tempted.</p> - -<p>Then during this simple meal he had entered upon his first friendship -with a boy of his own age, for the liking that he had already taken for -Bonny Brooks was evidently returned. Above all, during that brief lunch -hour he had conducted his first independent business operation, and now -found himself engaged to fill a responsible position in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_455" id="Page_455">[Pg 455]</a></span> active life. To -be sure, he was only taken on trial, but if good intentions and a -determination to do his very best could command success, then was his -position assured. How fortunate he was, after all! An opening, a chance -to prove what he could do, was all that he wanted, and behold! it was -his within the first hour of his independent life. How queer that it had -come through his baseball too, and how strangely one thing seemed to -lead to another!</p> - -<p>Now Alaric was impatient for a sight of the vessel that was to be the -scene of his future labors, and anxious to begin them. He had so little -idea of what a sloop was that he even wondered if it would be propelled -by sails or steam. He was inclined to think that it must be the latter, -for Bonny had spoken of his craft as carrying passengers, and Alaric had -never known any passenger boats except such as were driven by steam. So -he pictured the <i>Fancy</i> as a steamer, not so large as the <i>Empress</i>, of -course, but fairly good-sized, manned by engineers, stokers, stewards, -and a crew of sailors. With this image in his mind, he regarded his -companion as one who had indeed attained a lofty position.</p> - -<p>So busy was our hero with these thoughts that for a full minute after -the lads left the bake-shop he did not utter a word. Bonny Brooks was -also occupied with a line of thought that caused him to glance -reflectively at his companion several times before he spoke. Finally he -broke out with:</p> - -<p>"I say, Rick Dale, I don't know about taking you for a sailor, after -all. You see, you are dressed altogether too fine. Any one would take -you for the captain or maybe the owner if you were to go aboard in those -togs."</p> - -<p>"Would they?" asked Alaric, gazing dubiously down at his low-cut -patent-leather shoes, black silk socks, and light trousers accurately -creased and unbagged at the knees. Besides these he wore a vest and -sack-coat of fine black serge, an immaculate collar, about which was -knotted a silk neck-scarf, and a narrow-striped cheviot shirt, the cuffs -of which were fastened by gold sleeve-links. Across the front of his -vest, from pocket to pocket, extended a slender chain of twisted gold -and platinum, at one end of which was his watch, and at the other a gold -and platinum pencil-case.</p> - -<p>"Yes, they would," answered Bonny, with decision; "and you've got to -make a change somehow, or else our bargain must be called off, for you -could never become a sailor in that rig."</p> - -<p>Here was a difficulty on which Alaric had not counted, and it filled him -with dismay. "Couldn't I change suits with you?" he asked, anxiously. "I -shouldn't think mine would be too fine for a first mate."</p> - -<p>"Not if I know it," laughed Bonny. "They'd fit me too much one way and -not enough another. Besides, they are shore togs any way you look at -'em, and not at all the things to go to sea in. The Cap'n would have a -fit sure if you should go aboard dressed as you are. So if you want to -ship with us, I'm afraid you'll have to buy a new outfit."</p> - -<p>"But I haven't any money, and you say they won't charge things in this -town."</p> - -<p>"Of course they won't if they don't know you; but you might spout your -ticker and make a raise that way."</p> - -<p>"Might what?"</p> - -<p>"Shove up your watch. Leave it with your uncle, you know, until you -earned enough to buy it back."</p> - -<p>"Do you mean sell it?"</p> - -<p>"No. They'd ask too many questions if you tried to sell it, and wouldn't -give much more, anyway. I mean pawn it."</p> - -<p>"All right," replied. Alaric. "I'm willing, only I don't know how."</p> - -<p>"Oh, I'll show you quick enough, if you really want to do it."</p> - -<p>As Alaric insisted that he was willing to do almost anything to procure -that coveted sailor's outfit, Bonny led him to a mean-looking shop, -above the door of which hung three golden balls. The dingy windows were -filled with a dusty miscellany of watches, pistols, and all sorts of -personal property, while the opening of the door set loose a musty odor -of old clothing. As this came pouring forth Alaric instinctively drew -back in disgust; but with a sudden thought that he could not afford to -be too fastidious in the new life he had chosen, he conquered his -repugnance to the place, and followed Bonny inside.</p> - -<p>A gaunt old Hebrew in a soiled dressing-gown stood behind a small -counter. As Alaric glanced at him hesitatingly, Bonny opened their -business by saying briskly:</p> - -<p>"Hello, uncle! How are you to-day? My friend here wants to make a raise -on his watch."</p> - -<p>"Led's see dot vatch," replied Mr. Isaacs, and Alaric handed it to him, -together with the chain and pencil-case. It was a fine Swiss -chronometer, with the monogram A.D.T. engraved on its back; and as the -pawnbroker tested the quality of its case and peered at the works, -Alaric noted his deliberate movements with nervous anxiety. Finally the -man said,</p> - -<p>"I gifs you den tollars on dot vatch mit der chain und pencil trown in."</p> - -<p>Alaric would have accepted this offer at once, but Bonny knew better.</p> - -<p>"Ten nothings!" he cried. "You'll give us fifty dollars, uncle, or we'll -take it down to Levi's."</p> - -<p>"Feefty tollar! So hellup me grashus! I vould be alretty bankrupted of I -gif feefty tollars on effery vatch. Vat you dake me for?"</p> - -<p>"Take you for an old fraud," replied the unabashed first mate of the -Fancy. "Of course you would be bankrupted, as you ought to have been -long ago, if you gave fifty dollars on every turnip that is brought in; -but you could well afford to advance a hundred on this watch, and you -know it."</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 287px;"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="287" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"VELL, I TELL YOU. I GIFS YOU TVENTY-FIFE."</span> -</div> - -<p>"Vell, I tell you. I gifs t'venty-fife."</p> - -<p>"Fifty," said Bonny, firmly.</p> - -<p>"Dirty, und not von cent more, so hellup me."</p> - -<p>"Fifty."</p> - -<p>"Dirty-fife?"</p> - -<p>"We'll split the difference, and call it forty-five."</p> - -<p>"I gifs you fordy oud of charity, seeing you is so hart up."</p> - -<p>"It's a bargain," cried Bonny. "Hand over your cash."</p> - -<p>"How could you talk to him that way?" asked Alaric, admiringly, as the -boys left the shop, he minus his watch and chain, but with forty dollars -and a pawn-ticket in his pocket.</p> - -<p>"I couldn't once," laughed Bonny, "but it's one of the things poor folks -have to learn. If you are willing to let people impose on you they'll be -mighty quick to do it, and the only way is to bluff 'em from the start."</p> - -<p>The next place they entered was a sailors' slop-shop, in which were kept -all sorts of seafaring garments and accessories. Here, advised by Bonny, -Alaric invested fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents in a blue knit -jersey, or sweater, a pair of stout woollen trousers, two flannel -shirts, two suits of heavy underclothing, several pairs of cotton socks, -and a pair of canvas shoes.</p> - -<p>Expressing a desire to make a change of clothing at once, he was shown a -retired corner where he might do so, and from which he emerged a few -minutes later so altered in appearance that it is doubtful if his own -father would have recognized him.</p> - -<p>"That's something like it!" cried Bonny.</p> - -<p>"Isn't it?" replied Alaric, surveying himself with great satisfaction in -a mirror, and fully convinced that he now looked so like a sailor that -no one could possibly mistake him for anything else. "Don't you think, -though, that I ought to have the name of the sloop embroidered across -the front of this sweater? All the sailors I have ever seen had theirs -fixed that way."</p> - -<p>"I suppose it would be a good idea," replied Bonny, soberly, though -filled with inward laughter at the suggestion. "But perhaps you'd better -wait until you see if the ship suits you, and whether you stay with us -or not."</p> - -<p>"Oh, I'll stay," asserted Alaric. "There's no fear but what I will, if -you'll only keep me."</p> - -<p>"Going yachting, sir?" asked the shopkeeper, politely, as he carefully -folded Alaric's discarded suit of fine clothing.</p> - -<p>"No, indeed," replied the boy, scornfully. "I'm going to be a sailor on -the sloop <i>Fancy</i>, and I wish you would send these things down to her at -once."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_456" id="Page_456">[Pg 456]</a></span></p> - -<p>Ere the man could recover from his astonishment at this request -sufficiently to reply, Bonny interrupted hastily:</p> - -<p>"Oh no, Rick! we'll take them with us. There isn't time to have 'em -sent."</p> - -<p>"I should guess not," remarked the shopkeeper, in a very different tone -from the one he had used before. "But, say, young feller, if you're -going to be a sailor you'll want a bag, and I've got a second-hand one -here almost as good as new that I'll sell cheap. It come to me with a -lot of truck from the sale of a confiscated sealer; and seeing that it's -got another chap's name painted on it, I'll let you have it for one bob -tuppence-ha'penny, and that'll make even money between us."</p> - -<p>Thus saying, the man produced a stout canvas bag, such as a sailor uses -in place of a trunk. The name plainly painted across it, in black -letters, was "Philip Ryder"; but Alaric said he didn't mind that, so he -took the bag, thrust his belongings, including his cherished baseball, -into it, and the two boys left the shop.</p> - -<p>"By-the-way," asked Alaric, hesitatingly, "don't I need to get some -brushes and things?"</p> - -<p>"What for!"</p> - -<p>"Why, to brush my hair, and—"</p> - -<p>"Oh no," interrupted the other. "There's a comb on board, and, besides, -we can't stop for anything more. I've been gone so long now that I -expect the old man is madder'n a wet hen by this time."</p> - -<p>So Bonny led the way to the wharves, and to a narrow slip between two of -them that just then was occupied by but a single craft. She was a small -sloop, not over forty feet long, though of good beam, evidently very -old, and so dingy that it was hard to believe she had ever been painted. -Her sails, hanging unfurled in lazy jacks, were patched and discolored; -her running rigging was spliced, the standing rigging was sadly in need -of setting up, her iron-work was rusted, and her spars were gray with -age.</p> - -<p>"There's the old packet," said Bonny, cheerfully.</p> - -<p>"Where?" asked Alaric, gazing vaguely down the slip and utterly ignoring -the disreputable craft close at hand.</p> - -<p>"Why, right here," answered the other, a trifle impatiently. "Don't you -see the name <i>Fancy</i> on her stern? She isn't much to look at, I know, -but she's a hummer to go, and a mighty good sea-boat. She's awfully -comfortable, too. Come aboard and I'll show you."</p> - -<p>With this the cheery young fellow, who had actually come to a belief -that the shabby old craft was all he claimed for her, tossed his -friend's recent purchase to the deck of the sloop, and began to clamber -after it down a ricketty ladder.</p> - -<p>With all his bright visions of a minute before rudely dispelled, and -with a heart so heavy that he could find no words to express his -feelings, Alaric followed him.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_COURAGE_AND_ENDURANCE_OF_ARCTIC_ANIMALS" id="THE_COURAGE_AND_ENDURANCE_OF_ARCTIC_ANIMALS">THE COURAGE AND ENDURANCE OF ARCTIC ANIMALS.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY THE CHIEF OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION.</h3> - -<p>The animals we have spoken of live on grass or other vegetation, and -their ability to exist depends primarily on their ability to cover -enough pasture ground to ensure sufficient food. Their dinner always -awaits their coming. With the fox and wolf the question is more serious, -for they live on flesh, either of animals or of fish. The long silky -hair makes the arctic fox beautiful in winter, and, indeed, quite the -whole year, for in the farthest north his color remains quite unchanged -from a snowy whiteness. They are much smaller than the common fox, the -total length, including the bushy tail, varying from two to three feet, -and their weight is from eight to twenty pounds; in late winter, -however, some do not weigh over five pounds. As the arctic ptarmigan has -feet quite clothed with fine feathers as a protection against cold, so -the arctic fox needs for the soles of his feet the thick covering of -hair that earns for him the designation of <i>lagopus</i> (hairy).</p> - -<p>After fifteen years' experience in South Greenland, Dr. Rink, fully -recognizing the craftiness of the fox, but also knowing the great -difficulty of obtaining animal food, says: "How these little fellows are -able to find food necessary to support life during eight months of the -year at the northern fiords remains somewhat of a mystery. Hares and -partridges are scarce, and seem unable to yield sufficient food for the -foxes. In summer the fox seeks the water's edge for mussels or other -food there exposed at low tide. He follows the seal-hunter, whether he -be man or bear, for the drops of blood or bits of skin and meat yielded -by the chase."</p> - -<p>In Boothia Felix, Captain Ross found that he burrows and accumulates -supplies. He says: "One of their burrows was discovered on the sandy -margin of a lake; it had several passages, each opening into a common -cell, beyond which was an inner cell, where the young, six in number, -were taken. In the outer cell, and in the several passages leading to -it, we found a great number of the two species of lemmings, several -ermines, and the bones of hares, fish, and ducks in great quantities."</p> - -<p>In the extreme north the difficulties of life for the fox greatly -increase. Shell-fish disappear, seal as a rule migrate for the winter, -and the hunting season shortens wofully with the lengthening winter. -Moreover, in Grinnell Land the fox cannot burrow, for the earth never -thaws more than a foot or two. However, the cunning animal utilizes -nooks and crevices as dens and store-houses. The theory advanced by -Professor Newton that the foxes of Spitsbergen lay up in summer a store -of food for winter use has been confirmed as to the foxes of North -Grinnell Land and Greenland.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="500" height="322" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE ARCTIC FOX CATCHING HIS DINNER.</span> -</div> - -<p>In 1876, near the 83d degree of north latitude, Colonel Feilden shot a -fox who, with his mate, occupied a lair in a hillock of broken rocks. -"While resting," says Feilden, "we noticed that numerous dead lemmings -were scattered around. In every case they had been killed in the same -manner—the sharp canine teeth of the foxes had penetrated the brain. -Presently we came upon two ermines killed in the same manner. Then, to -our surprise, we discovered numerous deposits of dead lemmings; in one -hidden nook<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_457" id="Page_457">[Pg 457]</a></span> under a rock we pulled out a heap of over fifty. We -disturbed numerous <i>caches</i> of twenty and thirty, and the ground was -honeycombed with holes, each of which contained several bodies of these -little animals, a small quantity of earth being placed over them. In one -hole we found the greater part of a hare hidden away. The wings of young -brent-geese were also lying about, and as these birds were at that date -only just hatching, it showed that they must have been the results of -successful forays of prior seasons, and that consequently the foxes -occupy the same abode from year to year."</p> - -<p>It appears evident that the hoarding of supplies is peculiar to the fox -of North Grinnell Land, for two we held in captivity regularly hid such -portion of their food as was not needed for immediate consumption, and -it was also noted that the fox was an unusually frugal eater. Curiously -enough, our captive foxes would not hide anything while being watched, -and a piece of meat has been allowed to lie on the snow undisturbed for -half an hour or more while persons were around; but leaving the fox for -only four or five minutes, it would be found, upon returning, that the -piece of meat had been carried to a corner, a hole dug in the snow, and -the surface so carefully restored that it was difficult to notice any -change.</p> - -<p>One of the foxes, under gentle treatment, became quite tame, and -permitted us to handle him, although he always caught the advancing hand -and gently applied his teeth, as if to give warning that he was not to -be trifled with. When stroked he seemed pleased, and gave forth a -purring noise very like that uttered by a contented cat. He would not -tolerate the bringing of the face near to, nor blowing at him, -invariably jumping at the person so offending.</p> - -<p>The other fox, an old female, proved vicious and intractable. Despite -kind treatment, every effort to handle her resulted in serious bites. -She was kept chained, but made such frequent and violent shows of anger, -at times bordering on madness, as compelled us to kill her. She never -showed any signs of fear, and neglected no effort to free herself. She -was confined in a lean-to, at the door of which the Eskimo dogs gathered -for their daily food. Whenever a dog was in sight, Miss Fox put on a -bold front, showed her teeth threateningly, and emitted a series of low -growls, somewhat of a modification of the shrill barks the fox usually -indulges in. Several of the half-grown dogs rushed in on her, one at a -time and on different occasions, but the fox met the attacks with such -courage that the puppies retreated, one of them howling dismally at his -wounded muzzle, in which the fox had deeply inserted her sharp teeth. -The tame fox broke his chain and made a burrow in the snow wall that -surrounded the house. As daylight was then continuous, and there were -about thirty dogs around the quarters, it was thought that the fox would -fear to attempt an escape. After ten days, however, he took the chances, -and successfully ran the gauntlet of Eskimo dogs.</p> - -<p>Doubtless the female fox has the hardest life, her energies being -severely taxed in caring for her young. She is always in poorer flesh -than the male, and as a rule she is much more vicious, and less amenable -to kindly treatment.</p> - -<p>An instance of the endurance and possibly the craft of the arctic fox -may be cited in the experience of Biederbick, one of our expedition, who -put a bullet through a fox and apparently killed him. Failing to reload -his gun, the expectant hunter went forward to pick up his prey. To his -great astonishment and chagrin, as he neared the wounded animal the fox, -lamed and bleeding, sprang up and ran off at such a pace that he -escaped.</p> - -<p>It may be added that the arctic fox, while noted for his courage and -endurance, is not skilled against traps or pitfalls, but shows a -proneness to be caught that borders at times on stupidity.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="400" height="238" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE ARCTIC WOLF.</span> -</div> - -<p>The white-skinned, large-limbed wolf is the most ravenous, untiring, and -dangerous of all arctic animals. Its tireless gallop, sharp teeth, -snappish bites, and powers of a concerted action with its own kind make -it possible for this predacious animal to live wherever game of any -considerable size is to be found. In Grinnell Land he subsists almost -entirely on the musk-oxen, who find their only safety by travelling in -bands. When attacked they form a circle, and placing their calves and -feeble members in the centre, by opposing horns and desperate bellowings -stand off the encircling wolves. Woe, however, to the straggling ox who -falls in with wolves, for he never escapes.</p> - -<p>In his widely read narrative, Kane most unjustly disparages the strength -and prowess of the arctic wolf. He says: "The Eskimo dogs of Smith Sound -encounter the wolf fearlessly and with success." There is absolutely no -foundation for this statement. Kane never saw a wolf either in southern -Greenland or in the Smith Sound region, for this animal is unknown in -Greenland, save one drifted from the American coast and killed at Omenak -in the winter of 1868-9.</p> - -<p>In truth the arctic wolf is relatively the strongest, as he is in fact -the most courageous and enduring of arctic animals,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_458" id="Page_458">[Pg 458]</a></span> and these qualities -are supplemented by unusual craft and caution. They average some twenty -pounds greater weight than the dog, which animal views their appearance -with terror, realizing his small chance of safety in an encounter. The -single wolf tempers his desperate courage with caution, and so rarely -attacks man. Indeed, he uses such good judgment that there are not half -a dozen instances in the annals of arctic expeditions where the hunter, -matching his wits and efforts against those of the beast, has succeeded -in shooting a wolf. When wolves assemble in packs they seem to act -without any fear of consequences whenever the community interests of the -pack demand it. They seem to realize that by concerted action the pack -is bound to prevail, and they accept the chances of death very much the -same as a soldier does when sharing the dangers of a victorious charge.</p> - -<p>The British expedition of 1875 to Grinnell Land saw several wolves -following a herd of musk-oxen, on which the wolves of that region -subsist. Despite repeated efforts the sportsmen could not get within -three or four hundred yards of these very wary animals. Later a single -wolf followed Colonel Feilden's sledge for several days, but such was -the cunning displayed by the beast that all efforts to get a shot at him -failed. Very greatly to our surprise, in September, 1881, a large band -of wolves appeared on the harbor floe near our house at Lady Franklin -Bay. They were eighteen in number, and while they showed no signs of -timidity, yet their discretion was such that none of our many expert -hunters were able to get within gunshot. While this wariness is in -keeping with the general habits of the arctic wolf, which has been -rarely killed by sportsmen, yet it seems surprising when we reflect that -these wolves could never have been hunted, and doubtless had never seen -any animal, save the polar bear, which could injure them.</p> - -<p>The tenacity with which arctic animals hold to life was frequently -instanced in our experience, and the thought occurred that it arose from -the survival of the strongest and hardiest individuals in a clime where -nature ever seems at strife with nature's life. A few days later two of -our hunters ran across a pack of wolves, of which two were shot, but -both escaped. A rifle-ball went completely through the body of one -animal, which bled profusely. The wolf was followed for several hours by -its trail of blood on the snow, but it finally escaped. Later, a single -wolf came within one hundred yards of our house, and in the early -twilight was for a time mistaken for one of the dogs, who were much -disturbed. He was eventually pursued by several hunters, and was shot -through the body by Lieutenant Kislingbury. Knocked down by the ball, -the wolf lost in a few minutes at least a cupful of blood. He was chased -for some time, his blood marking his path, but no one got within -gunshot. He was let alone for several hours in hopes that he would die, -but, pursued by the hunters later, he travelled on, stopping and waiting -as did his pursuers. Leaving drops of blood in the snow, he kept walking -out of gunshot, until he fell down dead with his body substantially -bloodless.</p> - -<p>As the repeated efforts of our best huntsmen failed to further diminish -the number of the pack, it became necessary to resort to other means of -offence, for our interests were too important to be neglected. The -terror and dismay of our dogs promised their destruction, and with their -loss was involved our future sledging trips. Again, the health of the -party depended largely on the herds of musk-oxen, which the wolves were -running down. Acknowledging ourselves beaten as man against beast, we -resorted to poison. Here we were surprised at their craft and caution. -Different poisons skilfully arranged in meat were visited and left -untasted by the animals. Eventually, by mixing good and bad meat -together, we succeeded in killing four wolves; but on more than one -occasion the animals ate all the good meat and left the poisoned. While -the remaining wolves gave anxiety to us, yet this was not unmixed with a -certain feeling of satisfaction that a brute of such courage, endurance, -and craft had been able to hold his own against man, as he had against -nature in her sternest mood.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">A. W. Greely</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="DAILY_DRILL" id="DAILY_DRILL">DAILY DRILL.</a></h2> - -<p>This drill, used regularly, will be found of advantage in giving grace -and freedom to the movements of the body, and a better command of the -muscles most needed in every-day work and play. In order to learn them -correctly the exercises should be taken slowly at first. When learned, -fifteen minutes per day is all that is needed for a "drill." Each motion -is made a certain number of times, usually from four to eight, and -should be done vigorously and steadily.</p> - -<p>Begin by assuming the "correct position," which must be rigidly -maintained during the drill, only excepting those parts of the body in -action.</p> - -<p>Toes at right angles; heels together, with weight upon balls of feet; -legs stiff; abdomen well back; chest out; shoulders back and down; arms -stiff at sides; chin slightly in; slight forward incline of whole body.</p> - -<p><i>Head and Neck.</i>—Bend the head forward upon the chest, and then up -again to erect position; bend the head backward, and then erect; to the -right side, and then erect; to the left, and then erect; "twist" it, -looking over right shoulder, and then back again to position; around to -the left, and again to position; "roll," dropping head upon chest; roll -it toward the right side, around to back, continuing to the left, and -back to front position. Reverse this roll.</p> - -<p><i>Shoulders.</i>—"Shrug" shoulders up, shrug forward, shrug back; roll, -going up, to the back, down, and then forward. Reverse this roll.</p> - -<p><i>Arms.</i>—With arms stiff at sides, twist them in their sockets, toward -the front, toward the back; bending the elbows, rest clinched hands upon -chest; thrust arms forward to full extent, and back to position; out to -sides, and back to position; straight down, and back to position; -straight up, over the head, back and to place, always with even, steady, -continuous motion.</p> - -<p><i>The Hands.</i>—Extending arms straight in front, and afterward to the -sides, and then upward, open and close fingers to fullest extent. Shake -the hands at the wrists. Up; down; to the sides; then with a rolling -motion; slowly, and then faster.</p> - -<p><i>The Chest.</i>—Keeping the shoulders well back, and holding the breath, -raise and lower the muscles of the chest.</p> - -<p><i>The Abdomen.</i>—Raise and lower, forward and back, the muscles of the -abdomen. Learning to contract these muscles and to hold them back in -position is a great help to a good carriage.</p> - -<p><i>The Diaphragm.</i>—Raise and lower diaphragmatic muscles, enlarging this -part of the body to widest extent in each motion.</p> - -<p><i>Hips.</i>—Lifting stiff leg slightly from the floor, twist it at the hip -toward the front; twist it toward the back; lifting the leg in same -manner, "roll" it at hip-joint, working it to full extent, up, forward, -down, and back. Leg motions, of course, must be taken, one side of the -body, and then the other, alternately.</p> - -<p><i>Legs.</i>—Raise "stiff" leg forward and out, and then back to place; out -to side, toward the back, and to place; flex leg at knee, and thrust -forward and up quickly; flex and thrust to the side; flex and thrust to -back; unhinge leg at hip and swing; out in front, to the side; across in -front toward the back, and to position; swing in a circle, around and -across in front, then around toward the back.</p> - -<p><i>The Ankles.</i>—Holding leg stiff in front, work the foot at ankle, up, -down, to the right side, to the left; shake and twist feet, and "roll" -them, doing part of the work with a reverse motion; rise on the toes, -with a regular motion, and then slower, holding the body balanced on the -toes for a few seconds.</p> - -<p><i>Further Balance-work.</i>—Throwing the weight of the body on the ball of -one foot, lift the other leg, and flexing at knee, describe circles, -moving the leg from the knee only.</p> - -<p><i>Step.</i>—Pointing toe, and arching instep, and with stiff leg; to the -front, and back to place; to the side; to the back; across at back.</p> - -<p>These motions, out of a large number, were selected for their simplicity -and usefulness for regular daily exercise.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_459" id="Page_459">[Pg 459]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_INCANTATIONS_OF_ALI_BEN_MESROUR" id="THE_INCANTATIONS_OF_ALI_BEN_MESROUR">THE INCANTATIONS OF ALI BEN MESROUR.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY W. A. CURTIS.</h3> - -<p>The fame of Ducardanoy and Bouchardy spread through Algeria. Tho methods -by which they had deceived and despoiled the Arab tribes gradually -became known, and threats of vengeance coming to their ears, they -decided that it was no longer safe to dwell so near the Sahara and its -wild tribes, and they removed to the northern side of the Atlas. But -even in their new home they were destined to encounter the power of the -Shiekh of the Mountain of Singing Sauds, though not in a way that -menaced their personal safety.</p> - -<p>It was at the close of the Mohammedan fasting season of Ramadan that the -great Arabian magician Ali Ben Mesrour came to town. Bouchardy, who -attended all of his performances, declared his feats to be easy of -execution, and their mechanism readily detected by the most unobserving. -Ducardanoy was inclined to attribute this to professional jealousy; but -when the magician began to cure the halt and lame among the Arabs of -grievous corns and bunions, he too denounced Ben Mesrour as a bungler -and a charlatan. Hearing of the criticisms of the two experts, the Arab -sage gravely sent them a challenge. He announced that if they dared to -give him a trial he would appear at their house, and by a certain -magical process change the one into a dromedary and the other into a -mule, and he agreed that in case of failure there should be forfeited -two five-franc pieces of silver, which he would deposit with the -commandant of the garrison previous to the trial. Two five-franc pieces -were nothing to the chiropodist and the prestidigitator, grown -exceedingly wealthy with the prudent investment of the results of their -late encounters with the Arabs, but they hailed with pleasure the -prospect of amusing themselves at the expense of the magician.</p> - -<p>The lamps had been lighted an hour when Ali Ben Mesrour was ushered in -to begin the process of transforming Ducardanoy into a camel and -Bouchardy into a mule. He was attired in a robe of dark red silk, and -upon his head was the green turban that indicates descent from the -Prophet. Upon the side of the turban a white aigrette was fastened by a -single emerald, and about his neck was hung a long gold chain. -Ducardanoy and Bouchardy received him with great courtesy, and -profoundly salaaming, conducted him to a divan resting against a heavy -portière. The magician sat down, and the divan instantly flattened out -beneath him. He leaped to his feet, whereupon the divan promptly resumed -its former shape.</p> - -<p>"I beg pardon for the conduct of the divan," said Ducardanoy. "Sit down -in this chair," and Ben Mesrour sank down in a huge arm-chair, which -rose beneath him and dropped him to the floor.</p> - -<p>"Why, what's that on your turban?" exclaimed Bouchardy, and he reached -forward and took from Ben Mesrour's head a white rabbit and a pair of -doves. Bang! and the turban flew up in the air, and then settled back -again, and Bouchardy further relieved it of a frog and a large carrot.</p> - -<p>"What a number of things you carry around with you!" said Bouchardy. -"Have a smoke?" and he handed him an amber mouth-piece holding a -cigarette, which, being lighted, began to lengthen out and curl and -twist into the semblance of a long and writhing snake.</p> - -<p>"Bismillah!" grunted Ben Mesrour.</p> - -<p>"What a man you are! Your breath changes a cigarette into a snake. But -if you can't smoke, have something else. Try this sherbet," said -Bouchardy, bringing out a long goblet of silver gilt. The magician -raised the goblet to his lips, when there was a sudden whir, and a -bright blue flame leaped up into his face.</p> - -<p>"Mashallah!" he cried, dropping the goblet, which instantly exploded -with a loud report.</p> - -<p>"All our little attempts at hospitality seem to fail," said Bouchardy, -with mock chagrin. "Have something to eat. Try this peach."</p> - -<p>"No," said Ben Mesrour, waving a remonstrance; "it is time to make a -mule of you. The five-franc pieces have been deposited with the -Commandant. Let us begin. Stand upon this hassock, if you please, and I -will turn you into a mule."</p> - -<p>"The first thing I shall do when I become a mule will be to kick you -good," said Bouchardy.</p> - -<p>"We'll see about that," said the magician, and starting at Bouchardy's -ankles, he began to knead his legs, and proceeded over his entire body, -kneading, patting, and thumping him, all the while crooning a low chant -in Arabic. Having finished Bouchardy, he left him standing on the -hassock, and turned to Ducardanoy and repeated the process. An attendant -then handed him a chafing-dish in which a few coals were burning, and -withdrawing to the middle of the room, he threw a powder upon the coals. -A great opaque white cloud, stifling and acrid, arose and filled the -room, and from the midst of the cloud came the voice of Ali Ben Mesrour, -shouting: "Accursed, the Shiekh of the Mountain of Singing Sands is -avenged. I have made beasts of you."</p> - -<p>In a moment the cloud drifted away, and the magician and his attendant -had vanished.</p> - -<p>"Made beasts of us?" said Bouchardy. "Well, he didn't make a mule of me. -Look at that," and he held up the emerald from Ben Mesrour's turban and -the gold chain from his neck. "When I saw that spiteful old fellow -trying to turn me into a beast, and evidently thinking he was doing it, -I decided to punish him by taking his jewelry."</p> - -<p>"If it is not too late, let us have in a few friends to celebrate the -successful outcome of our third encounter with Arabs striving to injure -us," said Ducardanoy.</p> - -<p>"It is not too late," said Bouchardy, reaching for his watch. A look of -surprise swept over his face. The watch was not there. And his trousers -pocket was empty of the purse it contained a few hours before, and a -diamond stud was gone from his shirt front, and as for the emerald and -chain, which he now scrutinized in attempting to console himself, both -were cheap imitations worth only a few sous at most. Gone was -Ducardanoy's watch, too, and a roll of bank-notes, and a gold -match-safe. They ran into the hallway for their hats to start in pursuit -of Ben Mesrour. Gone were their hats. Gone were the rugs from the floor, -the divans, the pictures, the ormulu clock, the onyx tables, the silver -and china ware, the books—everything in the house that was easily -movable. They rushed into the streets, and in a moment were seeking Ben -Mesrour with a squad of soldiers. Ali Ben Mesrour? His caravan had left -the town two hours ago, on the way to Morocco. But Ben Mesrour himself -had not gone an hour ago, Ducardanoy and Bouchardy declared. The people -knew naught of that. The magician's caravan had gone, and the people -thought he had gone with it. Away went the pursuing party, riding out on -the road toward Morocco, and in a short time they overtook a man riding -upon a mule, accompanied by a closely veiled woman riding upon a camel.</p> - -<p>"There he is," cried Ducardanoy. "That woman is Ben Mesrour disguised. -Drag him down."</p> - -<p>"Hold," said the French sergeant, glancing around at his troopers, all -native Algerians. "Do you propose to strip the veil from the face of a -woman?" he continued, in a whisper. "Such an outrage of Mohammedan -customs would cause these men to fall on us at once, and the town would -rise to-night. We must let them proceed without interference."</p> - -<p>Reluctantly Ducardanoy and Bouchardy turned back toward town with the -soldiers. The man on the mule shouted something after them in Arabic.</p> - -<p>"What did he say?" asked Bouchardy.</p> - -<p>"He said," replied the soldier, "that he and his wife were riding on a -mule and a camel presented to him by the magician Ali Ben Mesrour, which -same were formerly the Messieurs Ducardanoy and Bouchardy, transformed -into their present shape by his magic arts."</p> - -<p>"That is not true," said Bouchardy, "for the magician Ali Ben Mesrour -made mules of both of them."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_460" id="Page_460">[Pg 460]</a></span></p> - -<h3><a name="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT" id="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT">HURDLE-RACING.</a></h3> - -<p class="center">From instantaneous Photographs of Ernest H. Cady.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 294px;"> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="294" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">2.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 285px;"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" width="285" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">1.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 287px;"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" width="287" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">4.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 284px;"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="284" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">3.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 278px;"> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" width="278" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">6.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 290px;"> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" width="290" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">5.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 340px;"> -<img src="images/ill_016.jpg" width="340" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">8.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 277px;"> -<img src="images/ill_017.jpg" width="277" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">7.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 231px;"> -<img src="images/ill_018.jpg" width="231" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">ERNEST H. CADY.</span> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_461" id="Page_461">[Pg 461]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_019.jpg" width="800" height="163" alt="INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT" /> -</div> - -<p>There are two distances for hurdle races which have become recognized by -the Intercollegiate Associations and the larger athletic clubs as the -standards for this event. The shorter distance is 120 yards, the race -being run over ten hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high, placed ten yards -apart, the first and last obstacles being respectively fifteen yards -from the starting and the finishing lines. The longer distance is 220 -yards, the ten hurdles in this case being 2 feet 6 inches high, twenty -yards apart, and the first and last respectively twenty yards distant -from the start and finish. These two events are usually spoken of as the -"high hurdles" and the "low hurdles," the distances being invariably -understood as given above.</p> - -<p>Hurdling requires skill, strength, spring, nerve, and a cool head; and -to become a fast hurdler you must devote several years of hard and -faithful practice in this particular event. The training for a beginner -should be begun in the gymnasium in the winter, with light calisthenics, -rising on the toes, rising on the heels, raising the legs, and -practising the double jump on the toes. This double jump is a peculiar -exercise, and consists of raising one leg, bent at the knee, forward, -and the other leg, bent at the knee, backward, alternating the legs at -each jump; this serves to limber the muscles that are used in hurdling, -and also helps to lengthen the stride. An occasional short jog out of -doors on fair days, and light all-round work in the gymnasium, for -general physical development, should be made a part of this preliminary -training. One of the best exercises that a hurdler can possibly indulge -in is to dance up and down on the spring-board for ten or fifteen -minutes every day. This develops that very necessary quality of spring -and suppleness.</p> - -<p>When the out-door training season begins, the first two or three days -should be spent in jogging up and down the track. After that take -occasional sprints of thirty or forty yards, without practising the -start. On the third day practise the start two or three times, and try -clearing one hurdle about three times. On the fourth day do the same -thing. On the fifth day place two hurdles on the track at their proper -distances, and negotiate them two or three times. On the sixth day -repeat this performance with three hurdles. After this first week of -out-door practice, whenever the hurdles are being jumped, the athlete -should rush at them with his utmost speed from the proper distances, so -as to become accustomed to them. The general training for a hurdler -should be about the same as that undertaken for the 100 and 220 yard -dashes, as described in this Department on February 25th.</p> - -<p>After three weeks of this kind of preliminary work, the high hurdles may -be placed in position, and the hurdler may try going over the whole -distance on time; but he should never attempt this move than once or -twice a week, doing his daily work over not more than three hurdles. -There are two things of vital importance for the hurdler to work at in -order to acquire speed; he should drive himself as fast as he can go -from the crack of the pistol until he stops running, and each hurdle -should be rushed at as if it were the last.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_020.jpg" width="400" height="77" alt="" /> -<span class="caption"><span class="smcap">Fig</span>. 1.</span> -</div> - -<p>Speed between the hurdles is of the utmost importance. The secret of -obtaining this lies in starting the foot, which has crossed last over -the hurdle, forward for the first step before the forward foot has -reached the ground, thus making the first step after the jump a very -short one, yet a very quick one. This is a difficult movement to learn, -but the athlete will find that it will lower his time perceptibly if he -can master it. The instinctive act upon landing after the leap is to -take a long stride forward with the view of covering distance. But the -athlete must restrain this inclination and force himself to take a short -step, even if he has to work over it for months, or he will never be -able to acquire skill or speed as a hurdler. That first short step after -clearing the hurdle gives the runner his impetus, and the other two -steps easily follow. The third step is shorter than the second in order -that the runner may gather himself slightly for the spring over the next -hurdle.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 250px;"> -<img src="images/ill_021.jpg" width="250" height="140" alt="" /> -<span class="caption"><span class="smcap">Fig</span>. 2.</span> -</div> - -<p>The ideal distance between steps in a high-hurdle race is shown in the -accompanying diagram (Fig. 1). The runner alights about 7 feet 6 inches -from the obstacle, and then takes the short quick step already mentioned -(4 feet 10 inches); then he makes a long step (5 feet 10 inches), and -then another short step (4 feet 4 inches), which brings him within 7 -feet 6 inches of his next hurdle, and he makes that spot his take-off. A -fatal fault of many hurdlers is to bring the forward foot down in such a -way as to cut off the length of the jump, as shown in Fig. 2. The first -foot should be made to shoot as far forward as possible along an -imaginary line, as shown in Fig. 3.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 250px;"> -<img src="images/ill_022.jpg" width="250" height="98" alt="" /> -<span class="caption"><span class="smcap">Fig</span>. 3.</span> -</div> - -<p>As the last hurdle is cleared, the head should be thrust forward as the -athlete lands on the ground, and so held, for this will greatly aid in -the sprint for the tape. There is a difference of opinion among the best -men in this event as to whether the standing start or the crouching -start is the better. Those who take the upright start assert that they -can get off quicker and are in a better condition to take the first -hurdle, which is only fifteen yards away, and say that it is difficult -to rise to the proper jumping position in such a short run. Those who -favor the crouching start deny this. This is a case where each -individual must decide for himself which method he prefers. Another -vital point that must be observed is to rush for the first hurdle with -the utmost speed, for the way in which the first obstacle is reached and -cleared often decides the race. A hurdle race is a constant drive from -start to finish.</p> - -<p>The hurdles should be cleared by as narrow a margin as possible. From -the standpoint of speed it is better to strike the top bar lightly -rather than to clear it by several inches, for this margin makes a loss -of time. The athlete shown in the illustrations is E. H. Cady, and these -photographs give a very good idea of the position a man should train -himself to assume when clearing the sticks. The eighth illustration -gives a very good idea of the distance of the landing-spot from the -hurdle, as shown also in the diagram. The single thing which requires -probably the greatest practice is to get the exact length of stride for -the various steps<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_462" id="Page_462">[Pg 462]</a></span> between hurdles. A good way to get this is to mark -these spots on the ground, and then go over the hurdles, lighting on -these spots, until the stride has become absolutely natural.</p> - -<p>The first annual in-door games of the Long Island Interscholastic -Athletic Association brought out a good crowd of athletes from the two -cities, and although no records were broken, the sport was good, and -each event was well contested. Everything went off promptly and sharply -except the pole-vault, which was not started until after five o'clock, -and dallied along for almost two hours. Even so, it resulted in a tie -that had to be settled by the toss of a coin. Forney, Hurlburt, and Eddy -kept abreast until the bar reached 9 feet, and there Eddy dropped out. -The other two then struggled for first place, breaking every bar the -committee could furnish. Two broken ends were spliced to keep up the -contest, but the imperfect bar sagged so deeply at the centre that it -was impossible to tell how high (or low) the mark was, and finally -Forney and Hurlburt split the points, and tossed for the medal, luck -favoring the former.</p> - -<p>Berkeley won the banner offered to the school taking the greatest number -of points, the scores of the contesting teams being as follows: -Berkeley, 21; Barnard, 18; St. Paul's, 12; Brooklyn High, 8; Pratt -Institute, 6; Pingry's, 5; Adelphi, 4; Drisler's, 4; Cutler's, 3: -Oxford, 3; Alling Art, 1; Brooklyn Latin, 1; De La Salle, 1; Poly. -Prep., 1; Stevens Prep., 1; Hamilton Institute, 1. The struggle for -points was reduced to a duel between Barnard and Berkeley very early in -the afternoon, St. Paul's being the only other team that made any kind -of a showing.</p> - -<p>Irwin-Martin, of Berkeley, had an easy thing of it in the quarter-mile, -taking the lead from the start; Hipple of Barnard likewise had his own -way in the half-mile, although he misjudged his pace, and failed to make -as good time as was expected of him. Moore, of course, made a double win -in the dashes, for there is probably no better sprinter in the New York -and Brooklyn schools than he. Berkeley depended on Armstead for five -points in the Junior 75-yards, but although he won his heat, he met a -better man in the finals. This was Robinson of St. Paul's, who proved so -far superior in speed to any of his rivals that we may well count on -hearing from him as a first-class man in the near future.</p> - -<p>The hurdles furnished a surprise in the defeat of Beers by Bien. The -latter was a little awkward in his trial heat, but when he started in -the finals he showed much better form. Beers, on the other hand, was all -out of shape, bungled over the first obstacle, and took a cropper at the -second. Beers always has been a better man out-of-doors than in, but he -will have to look to his laurels at the Interscholastics this spring.</p> - -<p>The mile run took five points off Barnard's forecast. Bedford had been -counted a pretty sure winner, in spite of the fact that Manvel of Pingry -was on hand. The two ran pretty evenly for half the distance, but toward -the end the Jerseyman displayed more wind and staying power, and spurted -for the finish, crossing the line well ahead of Bedford.</p> - -<p>There have been a number of scholastic in-door games in and about Boston -the past month, and about the most interesting feature of each has been -the team race. I was sorry not to see a team race at the Long Island -games a week ago. Such races are always exciting, and create a great -amount of enthusiasm, the interest being shown for the school rather -than for the individual athlete.</p> - -<p>The enthusiasm of some of the English High-School team's supporters at -the E.H.-S. games recently was so reckless that one young man thrust a -hurdle across the path of a rival racer. The E.H.-S. men won the team -race easily by about forty yards, but some one in the crowd upset a -hurdle in front of Lincoln, the second Boston Latin runner, and of -course the race had to be awarded to the Latin School on the foul. Fouls -seem to be frequently the result of the enthusiasm that breaks loose -over a team race—especially in Boston. On this same occasion there was -a race between teams representing the right and left wings of the school -regiment, and it proved exceedingly close. There was not three yards of -floor between any two of the runners, and finally Ober, the fourth man -for the right wing, won by only a few inches. But a foul gave the prize -to the left-wing team. I only mention these incidents to show how very -exciting team races are; for fouls are very infrequent at -interscholastic contests; yet when it comes to a relay race, enthusiasm -seems to get the better of both competitors and spectators, and -frequently the referee has to step in and assert his authority.</p> - -<p>The Cambridge High and Latin School games followed some days later, and -as there were a number of open events, several Harvard men, old -interscholastic athletes, entered and kept the younger men up to their -best efforts. There were so many entries that the 20-yard dash had to be -run off in twelve heats, with a second round of four heats and a final.</p> - -<p>The Boston Latin School's games had no open events, the contest being -entirely among the classes. McGuire of last year's football team made a -record for himself by winning the 30-yard dash in 4-1/5 sec.; the -35-yard hurdles in 5-1/5 sec.; the 300-yard run in 46-2/5 sec.; the pole -vault with a leap of 8 ft. 4 in.; and by captaining the winning team in -the relay race. McGuire is a good all-round man.</p> - -<p>The entries for the big games at the Madison Square Garden on the 28th -will have a most cosmopolitan character. I spoke recently of the -Connecticut athletes who intended to compete, and I have heard that -several Bostonians are in training for the occasion. The Central -High-School of Philadelphia also expects to send representatives. It is -likely that the team will be composed of Frazier, Mekenson, and Hunt in -the sprints; Thomas, Hunt, Frazier, and Freeland in the relay race; -Thomas, Freeland, and Hunt in the half-mile; Thomas and Rutschman in the -mile; the Gillender brothers in the walk; F. Gillender, Halderman, and -Bay in the shot, and Buckley and Eyre in the high jump.</p> - -<p>It is reported that St. Paul's School, of Garden City, is making -arrangements to withdraw from the Long Island Interscholastic A. A., and -join the new organization recently formed by Lawrenceville, the Hill -School, and a number of other large institutions, which from their -situation may properly be called "country schools." It seems to me that -St. Paul's is doing the right thing in joining the new league, for at -present it is competing with institutions not at all of its own class in -many respects. St. Paul's will doubtless at first be the weakest member -of the new league, but that should not be a reason for discouragement.</p> - -<p>In the revised constitution of the New York Interscholastic A.A. a -penalty of $5 has been fixed for the forfeiting of any league contest. -This law should be strictly enforced, for there has been too much -forfeiting of games by teams that thought they stood no chance of -winning, and had not sufficient sporting spirit to appear upon the field -and do their best. If the five had been made double the amount, this -would not have been too severe a punishment. As it is, the treasury of -the N.Y.I.S.A.A. will doubtless reap considerable benefit during the -coming baseball season, if matters go as they went in the past. The -difficulty may now come in collecting the fines. It may be found -advisable to insert a by-law which shall make the fine for forfeiture -payable within a certain very limited period—say, before the date of -the next game scheduled for that team to play—on penalty of suspension. -Such suspension should be made to apply to the members of the offending -team, not to the school. The players who then found themselves debarred -from participating in other sports—track athletics, for -instance—would soon see that the fine was paid, and after one such -experience they would probably abstain from forfeiting.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Albert George, Jun., New York</span>.—The <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> will offer no -All-round Sports Medal this year.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Percy Holdsworth, Rockville Center, L.I</span>.—An approximately accurate -table of interscholastic records was published in the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> -of July 9, 1895. Since then several of these records have been -broken, and another table will not be prepared until later in the -spring.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">J. M. Allen, Marinette, Wis</span>.—Hints on training for the 100 and 220 -yard dashes were published in <span class="smcap">Harper's Round Table</span> of February 25, -1896; for the half-mile run, in <span class="smcap">Harper's Round Table</span> of March 3, -1896; for the high jump, in <span class="smcap">Harper's Round Table</span> of July 30, 1895.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">The Graduate</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_463" id="Page_463">[Pg 463]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="THE_CAMERA_CLUB" id="THE_CAMERA_CLUB"></a> -<img src="images/ill_023.jpg" width="400" height="134" alt="THE CAMERA CLUB" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly -answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to -hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.</p></blockquote> - -<p>Among the pictures sent to our recent photographic competition were some -not eligible for entry in any of the classes for which prizes were -given, but which were such fine specimens of amateur work that they -deserve more than a mere mention of subject and artist. There were -several excellent animal studies, a class of pictures which requires -special skill in order to be successful. Mr. Louis H. Flanders, of -Chicago, Ill., with other examples of good work, sent two—one was the -head of a Jersey cow, evidently without a flaw in the negative; the -other, to which no name was given, might appropriately be called -"Waiting for the Master." A large shepherd dog is sitting on his -haunches, holding in his mouth the bridle of a horse, which stands, like -the one in the nursery rhyme, "All saddled, all bridled, all fit for a -ride." The surroundings—a drive leading to a barn in the -background—are in keeping with the picture. This is one of the most -natural animal studies which it has ever been the good fortune of the -editor to examine.</p> - -<p>Another good animal study, which is called "Friends," was made by Mr. -Orville Bassett, of New Bedford, Mass. The friends were a shepherd dog -and a handsome cat lying side by side on the grass. Mr. Huber Hoge, of -Brooklyn, N.Y., sent an animal study entitled "Fallen Majesty"—a -picture of an enormous lion in a cage; an unusual subject, and well -taken. Miss Bertha Lothrop, of Riverton, N.J., sent a picture of a pug -dog and a good natured looking cat playing together—"Playmates." -Franklin M. Conant, Providence, R.I., and W. Yost, of Cumberland, Md., -both sent good studies of cats, and Mrs. Claud Gatch, Salem, Or., sent a -picture of a dog family, entitled "A Good Square Meal." A characteristic -Southern picture was sent by Lieut. W. C. Davis, Fortress Monroe, Va. -While this picture was not as sharp in detail as might be desirable, the -subject was very amusing. A ragged colored boy was holding by a rope -halter the framework of a horse—it could be called nothing more—and -"De Price is Fifteen Dollahs, Sah," was the appropriate title to the -picture.</p> - -<p>Some fine photographs of unusual subjects were received, among which was -one sent by Mr. C. H. Voorhees, of New York city, of a flash of -lightning. It is one of the best pictures of lightning that could be -made, the effect in the picture being exactly what one sees on a summer -night when a flash of what is called "chain lightning" crinkles across -the sky, the landscape being faintly outlined instead of illuminated as -in the broad flashes. Photographs of lightning have revealed one mistake -of the artist, and that is that lightning never assumes the jagged -streaks with sharp angles which one sees in drawings of lightning. The -electric fluid runs in curved lines, and looks something like outlines -of rivers in map-drawings.</p> - -<p>Two beautiful cloud effects were submitted. "Day is dying in the West," -is the title of one taken by Mr. Newell B. Edson, of Portland, Me. The -clouds are very artistically shaded, and show no halation, as is apt to -be the case in most cloud pictures. This picture would make a fine -bromide enlargement. The other cloud effect was sent by Warfield T. -Longcope, Baltimore, Md., and is entitled "Moonlight." It is a harbor -scene, and the outlines of the wharves and shipping show dimly, while -the moonlight, breaking through the clouds, shines across the water. -Mrs. George Conn, of Black Diamond, Wash., sent a picture of a snow -scene, the snow looking like the real article and not like chalk, as is -often the case with photographs of snow.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>FEED THEM PROPERLY</h4> - -<p>and carefully; reduce the painfully large percentage of infant -mortality. Take no chances and make no experiments in this very -important matter. 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Full contents, with -Specimen Pages mailed, without cost, on application to</p> - -<h4>Harper & Brothers, New York.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_464" id="Page_464">[Pg 464]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="BICYCLING" id="BICYCLING"></a> -<img src="images/ill_027.jpg" width="600" height="463" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.</span> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_028.jpg" width="500" height="115" alt="BICYCLING" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of Bicyclers, and the -Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the subject. Our -maps and tours contain much valuable data kindly supplied from the -official maps and road-books of the League of American Wheelmen. -Recognizing the value of the work being done by the L. A. W., the -Editor will be pleased to furnish subscribers with membership -blanks and information so far as possible.</p></blockquote> - -<p>Some time ago we published in this Department a series of maps giving -the trip from New York to Albany along the east bank of the Hudson -River. Before taking up the question of Chicago maps it will be wise to -extend the route from Albany somewhat further into New York State. To -begin this, we give this week a map of the city of Albany itself. The -wheelman approaching Albany from New York will cross the Hudson at South -or Greenbush Bridge. After crossing into the city, turn right into -Broadway, and proceed along Broadway until State Street is reached at -the Post-office. Turning left into State Street, go on to North Pearl -Street, stopping at the Kenmore Hotel.</p> - -<p>The city of Albany is not by any means a bicyclist's paradise. The roads -that are asphalted in the city are few in number, though there are here -and there single blocks paved in this way, which, of course, do not -prove of any value to the wheelman. From the Kenmore Hotel, if you -desire to go northward, the best method is to go through Pearl Street to -Broadway, run out Broadway to the Loudonville Plank Road, turn left into -this, and proceed on towards Loudonville. This is the road to Buffalo. -To leave Albany on the south, the rider should make for Madison Avenue -as directly as possible, proceeding by State Street and Eagle Street. To -turn immediately south, Madison Avenue is left at Delaware Avenue. To -run in a more westerly direction, Madison Avenue is left at Lake Avenue, -which runs into New Scotland Plank Road. These are merely exits from -Albany. As for any riding in the parks or streets in Albany for -pleasure, it is quite impossible. The only possible runs are direct from -Albany out to some neighboring town and back, and of these the run to -Newtonville, Latham Corners, Centre, and Watervliet is the best. -Evidently the Albany authorities have not yet become aware of the -importance of bicycling, for when they do the streets of the city will -be paved in asphalt with more care as to continuous routes than at -present. There are more asphalted streets in the city than are marked on -the accompanying map, but few of them extend more than one block, and -none of them carry you to any definite point. They are of no use to the -wheelman, therefore, unless he is riding to some particular house within -the city, when it is, of course, some help to be able to take advantage -of even one block of this pavement.</p> - -<p>There is little to delay the wheelman in Albany if he is on a trip from -New York or Boston to Buffalo and Niagara. The city, apart from its -Capitol, is not one that you would naturally choose for sight-seeing, -and with a good night's rest the wheelman is advised to go on his way -rejoicing that he has not got to pedal over more badly paved streets. -The Capitol, however, is well worth a visit; and as it is close at hand -from the Kenmore Hotel, one is advised to go there and look at the -artistic and architectural work put upon it.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Note</span>.—Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of -route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford, -Connecticut in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New -Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814. -Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816. -Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson in No. -818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No. -820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No. 822. -Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West -Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City—First Stage in -No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland—First -Stage in No. 627; Second Stage in No. 828. New York to -Boston—Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830; Fourth -Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in No. 833. -Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to -Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to -New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839. -Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to -Nantasket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843. -Philadelphia to Washington—First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in -No. 845; Third Stage in No. 846; Fourth Stage in No. 847; Fifth -Stage in No. 848. City of Washington in No. 849.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_465" id="Page_465">[Pg 465]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="THE_PUDDING_STICK" id="THE_PUDDING_STICK"></a> -<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" width="400" height="114" alt="THE PUDDING STICK" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of Girls and Young -Women, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the -subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor.</p></blockquote> - -<p>Did you ever think of the flowers, how different they are one from -another? And yet each is a flower, each belongs to its own family, each -has its own place in nature, its own little mission to the world, its -time to bloom, its hour to be sweet and to live in the sunshine.</p> - -<p>I wonder which is your favorite flower? I used to think the mignonette -was mine; but then when daisies whiten the fields I like them best, and -when lilies shine in the garden I prefer them, and, on the whole, there -are none of the dear things I would like to do without. How nice it is -that there are so many kinds, and how tiresome it would be if they were -all exactly alike!</p> - -<p>The flowers have what each of us should have, individuality. We do not -wish the girls in a school to be alike in everything. One day last -October I sat on the platform of a woman's college during the opening -exercises, and in the bright morning watched the long lines of girls -march into the chapel to the sound of the piano. Two by two they came, -dark girls and fair girls, plump girls and thin girls, tall girls and -short girls, as sweet a band as I ever saw, all alert and alive and -eager, and looking as if they never had an ache or a pain, as girls -ought to look who have learned that health and vigor help to make -successful students. They were not like coins stamped in a mint and -precisely alike, though their college was giving each of them its own -stamp of culture and refinement. One may carry this stamp, as the flower -its perfume, and not lose the particular quality of mind and heart which -is her own special distinction. Keeping one's own individuality, one may -yet gain what is best in her school life and hold it.</p> - -<p>This is a thoughtful talk for my older girls, and I am going now to give -them three rather long words, which they may use as pegs on which to -hang reflections of their own, or points round which ideas may cluster. -One is development. If you cut an apple through the circumference, as -you cut an orange, you will see in clear outline around the starlike -centre made by the seeds the shape of the blossom. The fruit has grown -from the flower, and the flower's shape is in the heart of the fruit. -The fruit developed little by little through summer days and winter -days, but the flower gave it the start. Take the little thought and use -it, and if you have a gift or grace—a taste for housekeeping, cooking, -sewing, painting, or reading—develop it by use and study and taking -pains.</p> - -<p>My next long word is responsibility. It means, as we all know, the -answering when we are called, answering to our names. The responsible -person can be trusted. Not long ago, in New York city, a fire broke out -in the upper stories of a great apartment-house. Two young women, one, a -young lady visiting the family in a certain home on the sixth floor of -the house, the other a maid in the same home, were confronted suddenly -with black volumes of smoke, red tongues of flame, and no way of escape -but by the iron ladder that hung along the side of the house. There were -two little children there and some valuable papers, and though the young -women could not save everything, they took the children and the papers -down the fire-escape with calmness and courage. They were <i>responsible</i>.</p> - -<p>My last word is consecration. It is a very sacred word, and I leave you -to weave your own sweet fancies around it. We must be consecrated to the -best possible ideal, we must fill every day with noble work.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Anne B</span>.—Write a formal note of thanks in the third person. It is -always proper to return thanks for courtesies of every description.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Perplexed Maiden</span>.—Your long and thick hair is a very great beauty, -and you must not complain of it. Of course you are old enough to -wear it put up, and I wish you would take my advice, and wind it in -a great coil on the top of your head. I may give the same answer to -Helen L. R., who is equally perplexed, though as Helen is only -fifteen she may continue to wear her long braids another year if -she chooses. Both girls should wash their hair once a month, and -brush it every night with great care and a clean brush.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mary W. L</span>.—In addition to the spelling match, ask your friends to -lend you their earliest photographs. At a proper time in the -evening, just before the refreshments if you choose, unveil your -picture gallery, and let the girls guess the originals of the -babies on view.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sally R</span>.—Sets of dishes all alike are not necessary. I think a -variety of pretty dishes quite as interesting and equally as -appropriate.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Leah G</span>.—Why not have an old-fashioned candy-pull?</p></blockquote> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_030.jpg" width="400" height="96" alt="" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>21 Experts</h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 61px;"> -<img src="images/ill_031.jpg" width="61" height="150" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>compose the Bicycle Council that passes upon each detail of Columbia -construction—engineers, metallurgists, designers, keen-eyed men of -science. And they do no guessing. Back of them is one of the most -complete Departments of Tests in this country. Such accurate scientific -methods must produce standard machines.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_032.jpg" width="400" height="150" alt="Columbia" /> -</div> - -<h3>BICYCLES</h3> - -<h3>Standard of the World.</h3> - -<h3>$100 To all Alike.</h3> - -<p class="center">Hartford Bicycles are next best.</p> - -<p class="center">$80, $60, $50.</p> - -<p>The Art Catalogue of Columbia and Hartford Bicycles is free if you call -upon any Columbia agent; by mail for two 2-cent stamps.</p> - -<h4>POPE MANUFACTURING CO.,</h4> - -<h4>Hartford, Conn.</h4> - -<p>Branches and Agencies in nearly every town. If we are not properly -represented in your vicinity let us know.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_033.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="HARTFORD" /> -</div> - -<h4>IF IT'S A HARTFORD TIRE IT'S RIGHT.</h4> - -<h3>THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO.,</h3> - -<h4><span class="smcap">Hartford, Conn</span>.</h4> - -<h4>BRANCHES, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;"><i>On Bosworth Field</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;"><i>King Richard cried:</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;"><i>"My kingdom for a horse!"</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;"><i>But times have changed—</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;"><i>To-day he'd want</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;"><i>A Monarch wheel, of course.</i></span><br /> -</p> - -<h2>MONARCH</h2> - -<h4>KING OF BICYCLES</h4> - -<p>and a wheel fit for a king. Made in 4 models. $80 and $100. For children -and adults who want a lower price wheel the <i>Defiance</i> is made in 8 -models, $40 to $75. Send for Monarch book.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/ill_034.jpg" width="200" height="186" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h4>MONARCH CYCLE</h4> - -<h4>MFG. CO.,</h4> - -<p class="center">Lake, Halsted and Fulton Sts., CHICAGO</p> - -<p class="center">83 Reade Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Postage Stamps, &c.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 85px;"> -<img src="images/ill_035.jpg" width="85" height="100" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>STAMPS! 300 fine mixed Victoria, Cape of G. H., India, Japan, etc., with -fine Stamp Album, only <b>10c.</b> New 80-p. Price-list <b>free</b>. <i>Agents wanted</i> -at <b>50%</b> commission. STANDARD STAMP CO., 4 Nicholson Place, St. Louis, Mo. -Old U. S. and Confederate Stamps bought.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>$117.50 WORTH OF STAMPS FREE</h2> - -<p>to agents selling stamps from my 50% approval sheets. Send at once for -circular and price-list giving full information.</p> - -<h4>C. W. Grevning, Morristown, N. J.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 99px;"> -<img src="images/ill_036.jpg" width="99" height="77" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>100 all dif. Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., only 10c.; 200 all dif. Hayti, -Hawaii, etc., only 50c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. List FREE! <b>C. A. -Stegmann</b>, 5941 Cote Brilliante Ave., St. Louis, Mo</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><b>LOOK HERE, BOYS!</b> 50 stamps and hinges, 15c.; 100, 25c. Cheaper packets -if you want. Sheets on approval. List sent free. Send Postal Card.</p> - -<h4>W. C. SHIELDS, 30 Sorauren Ave., Toronto, Canada.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>310</h2> - -<p>foreign Bolivia, etc., 10c.; 100 different China, etc., 10c. Finest -approval sheet, at 50%. Agents wanted. Large price-list, free.</p> - -<h4><span class="smcap">Shaw Stamp Co</span>., Jackson, Mich.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center">125 dif. Gold Coast, Costa Rica, etc., 25c.; 40 U. S., 25c. Liberal com. -to agents. Large bargain list free.</p> - -<h4><span class="smcap">F. W. Miller</span>, 904 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center">STAMPS! 100 all dif. Barbados, etc. Only 10c. Ag'ts w't'd at 50% com. -List free. L. DOVER & CO., 1469 Hodiamont, St. Louis, Mo.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center"><b>Stamps.</b> Approval sheets. Agents wanted; 50% com.</p> - -<h4>G. D. Holt & Co., 155 Pulaski St., Brooklyn, N. Y.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_037.jpg" width="400" height="56" alt="THOMPSON'S EYEWATER" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_466" id="Page_466">[Pg 466]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3>For an Afternoon.</h3> - -<p>Mrs. Mary B. Miller writes to you: "We originated the following for -entertaining a few young ladies invited to spend an afternoon. A phrase -describes some character noted in history, literature, or art. The -initial letters of words in each phrase are also initial letters of the -character's name. Given the phrase, guess the name. Here are a few that -were used; others may be thought of by you: Able Leader—Abraham -Lincoln; Can Draw Girls—C. D. Gibson; Uncle Sam's Guardian—U. S. -Grant; Wrote Many Tales—W. M. Thackeray; Somebody Famous By -Messages—S. F. B. Morse; Crossed Courageously—Christopher Columbus; -Great Philanthropist—George Peabody; The Big Republican—Thomas B. -Reed; Wise Cultured Bard—W. C. Bryant; Great Warrior—George -Washington; Favors Water—Frances Willard; Betrayed Americans—Benedict -Arnold; Prone To "Blow"—P. T. Barnum; and Was Scotch—Walter Scott."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>The Antiquary Puzzle.</h3> - -<p>Some members enjoy knotty kinks. There are not a few in the following -story. See how many you can unravel. No prizes are offered, and you are -not to send answers to us. We will publish the answers in a week or two. -The story was written by a member of our Order. Here it is:</p> - -<p>In the early fall of the year (1) in which Captain Cook died I set sail -in the <i>White Lady of Berlin</i> (2) from the Modern Athens (3) for a three -years' trip abroad. The brother of the historian (4) whose name -signifies the long-armed ape had handed me an object the night before, -attached to which was a card reading as follows:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">My name is short—it's in my head.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Behead me, and consider only</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">My threefold nature, and you'll find</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">That I'm in yours.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Yours truly.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>I followed the directions, and found a roll of paper containing these -lines:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">I once in hour of wicked wrath</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Slew one fourth of this great earth's race.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">I fled o'er plain and mountain path,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">But ne'er could that crime efface.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">In any clime may I be seen,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Of rustic form or city made.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">I oft conceal a weapon keen;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Am found in many a street parade.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">To arctic regions cold and drear</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">I once did journey years ago.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">My faith was strong, nor was there fear</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 18em;">Of floating berg or deadly floe (5).</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>I read the verses to a group of passengers, and one gentleman, a friend -of the musician (6) who never could compose without his diamond ring, -laughed so immoderately that he tripped over a spare mineral (7) that -can box, and broke his leg. The physician (8) who first made use of -chloroform was summoned, and in short order had the tonic plant (9) used -in chills.</p> - -<p>I reached Cairo in the month (10) of the gate, and spent five days in -studying the Great Sphinx and its near-by temple. While exploring the -latter I found a secret passage to the Sphinx itself, and there, in a -square excavation, on a massive altar of the stone (11) that is dainty -lay a huge black stone carved to represent the insect (12) worshipped by -the ancient Egyptians. On it was this inscription, which, deciphered, -reads thus:</p> - -<p>"I am older than the Earth. I was born in Space. Once I was Fire. Now I -am Stone. Yet no man ever quarried me. I have journeyed to the Sun, yet -the Earth is now my tomb" (13).</p> - -<p>After much difficulty I secured the stone for the museum (14) which -contains the Elgin marbles, together with treasures from the Petrified -City (15) and the City of Zenobia (16). I then sailed for England, -reaching Cockagne (17) in March. One day, as I was passing the Old Lady -(18) of Threadneedle Street, I saw a strange bronze-green sign-board -which read, "ANTIQUES." Being interested in antiques I crossed the -street and entered the shop.</p> - -<p>An enormous claymore (19) hung by the door, and at a black-oak desk -which had once belonged to Old Noll (20) sat a little weazened man of -kindly look. As I entered he laid down a copy of the Vinegar Bible (31) -which he had been reading, and rose to greet me.</p> - -<p>"As I live!" he exclaimed. "You remind me of the Man (22) of Blood. -Where do you hail from?"</p> - -<p>"O, I have been visiting old worlds and new," I replied.</p> - -<p>"Here are two busts," he went on. "They are of the Laughing Philosopher -(23) and the Weeping Philosopher (24), and the contents of these cases -are worth having. If you can answer my descriptions, they are yours. -Others have tried—and have failed."</p> - -<p>He handed me the following rhymes:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">My <i>first</i> was used in Shakespeare's time</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">To exorcise the evil one.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">My <i>second's</i> life is spent in toil;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Reward it never yet has won.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">The wondrous beauty of my <i>whole</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">May well be praised in poets' verse.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">To purchase it would much reduce</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">The contents of the longest purse (25).</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">My <i>first</i> is a large reflector,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Old, but as good as new.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">My <i>second's</i> the bone and sinew</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">Of lands that we travel through.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">My <i>whole</i> is little, and lucky, and white;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Much like my first, but not so bright (26).</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>I gave up.</p> - -<p>"Here is an easy one," he said. "It describes an every-day object, and -is no quiz (27), I assure you, but an honest riddle."</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">I was born in the sun, but I lived in the earth.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">I died where I lived, and was buried from sight.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">I rose from the tomb that had long been my home</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">To curse or to comfort, destroy or delight (28).</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>To my surprise my answer was correct.</p> - -<p>An image of the Egyptian Mercury (29) brought to mind my recent solution -of the Riddle of the Great Sphinx. The old Antiquary was surely the man -to whom I should open my heart.</p> - -<p>"Are you interested in Egypt?" I began. "I have just arrived from Cairo, -and, to be plain, have made a stupendous discovery—I have solved the -Riddle of the Great Sphinx!" And I gave him an account of my discovery -in detail.</p> - -<p>The Antiquary seemed to drink in my last words, and in another moment -had dragged me to the back of the shop.</p> - -<p>"Man!" he gasped, "do you know what you have done? By this solution you -have the chance of solving another and greater mystery!"</p> - -<p>Leading me to a dark corner, the Antiquary lighted a taper and showed me -a narrow door of oak strengthened with iron.</p> - -<p>"What is this?" I asked. The Antiquary slipped a roll of parchment into -my hand. I found on it this verse, engrossed in old English characters:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">JVGUVAGUVFANEEBJCBEGNYQVZ</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">VAWRJRYYRQPNFXRGOEBHTUGSEBZSNE</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16em;">UNFYNVASBEGUVEGRREPRAGHEVRF</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 17em;">XVATNEGUHEFFJBEQRFPNYVONE (30)</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>Though I carried the cryptogram back to America with me, it has to this -day remained unsolved—and the Antiquary is dead!</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A Ute Indian Legend.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Long years ago the forefathers of the Utes lived near a vast warm -lake northeast of the Big River (Colorado). Snakes as long as a -hundred lodge poles were plenteous in this lake. The country was -full of big trees, big deer, and big oxen with white horns. One day -all the big oxen began to roar together, and they raised such a -steam from their nostrils that the earth tottered and trembled and -the sun was hidden. Then suddenly the warm lake fell and continued -falling for the space of three moons, and then became so low that -the Indians saw it not again.</p> - -<p>The big lake of warm water had been drained away. It had gone out -through the mountains by the present cañon of Green River, and of -the Big River. The old bed in the Toom-pin-to-weep is where the -warm lake waters were drained. Next, all the big deer and the big -oxen with white horns wandered eastward and perished from cold or -by the arrows of the Ute hunters. Soon after a big flood formed -Grand River Cañon. After this came a race of small people who -brought seed corn of a small kind, called Chiquito maize. They also -brought skin canoes. They had silver and gold in abundance, and -iron tools which they had gathered in the mountains to the -northeast.</p> - -<p>These little people were almost white. They built stone houses in -the cliffs, and cultivated corn, beans, and pumpkins. They taught -the Utes how to make spears and bows. Soon big red Indians came -over from the northeast and drove off the little people, who went -south. The big red men also went away. These were the Apaches, -Navajos, Kiowas. Down among these tribes were found the big oxen -with white horns, and the grande lagarios (alligators). By-and-by -the country became dry and cold, and only the Utes were left on the -Big River and its branches. Then melted rocks were poured out and -the country was left desolate.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Sybel Newell Stone</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Selak, Colo</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Questions and Answers.</h3> - -<p>Claude G. Smith, William F. Tillson, Hubbard Marsh, Lawrence Fraley, -Albert R. Bullman, Frances De Berard, Rolfe McCollom, G. Du Bois, and a -score or more others are reminded that the Table has no exchange column, -and cannot publish notices of trades, as of stamps, pictures, addresses, -printing-presses, and the like. We should be happy to oblige members in -this respect, but space does not permit. We do not give the addresses -because improper uses are often made of them by unscrupulous persons. -The only exceptions we make—and these we do not make often—are in -publishing the names of members in far-away countries, since advertisers -rarely use such, and cases where requests are purely educational, as in -getting seeds to plant and study, gathering mosses for a natural history -collection, etc. We repeat that we much regret that we cannot oblige you -in these respects. Charles W. Anderson and Charles Cohen apply for -Patents and give no addresses.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>James D. Waite: The National Guard of the State of New York is not a -part of the regular army of the United States. It is under the State -control, but may be mustered into the United States service through the -action of the President, who calls upon the States, if need be, to -furnish troops. If your father does not wish you to join the N. G. S. N. Y., -do not do so. Hubbard Marsh, Groton, N. Y., wants to belong to some -literary or similar society having corresponding members. Write him. -Claude G. Smith: There are, just now, no prize offers open. New ones, -when ready, will be announced on this page. The only contest awards in -which have not yet been announced is the Illustration. In that about 300 -young artists are trying to make a picture for a story, a proof of which -has been mailed to them. This contest closes March 21st, but -applications for proofs with permission to enter the contest have -already closed. D. Blondheim: We fear it is a bit late for descriptions -of Christmas entertainments. Better tell us about oysters and the oyster -trade. E. M. Wallace, Monmouth, Ill., and Jay F. Hammond, Harford, N. Y., -want to receive samples of amateur papers.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Daniel W. May: We should think old skates could well be made use of in -constructing an ice-boat. Coils in use in the relay and sounder of -telegraph instruments are two in number. The cores are soft iron bars, -and around them there is wound, for the relay, very fine wire that is -covered with silk thread, to perfectly insulate it. The finer the wire, -the more its resistance. The large wire that you see on the poles -connects directly with this fine relay wire. When the electric circuit -is complete, the soft iron bars are magnets; when it is broken, they are -not. Thus is produced a backward and a forward movement of the armature -which opens and closes a second or local circuit, in which is placed the -sounder, having two similar coils, but wound with comparatively coarse -wire. The Century Dictionary describes an induction coil as being -essentially in two parts, one wound over the other. The first, of coarse -wire, is wound about the soft iron bar, and connected with a key for -breaking and closing the circuit. Above it, on the same coil, is wound -very fine wire, carefully insulated from the first, which becomes -magnetic by induction every time the electric circuit is closed. We -advise, for a first attempt, a single coil of fine wire. All wire used -in making coils should be insulated.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_467" id="Page_467">[Pg 467]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"><a name="STAMPS" id="STAMPS"></a> -<img src="images/ill_038.jpg" width="400" height="135" alt="STAMPS" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin -collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question -on these subjects as far as possible. Correspondents should address -Editor Stamp Department.</p></blockquote> - -<p>In the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span> for January 21, 1895, I mentioned the fact that -Ecuador had cancelled the contract for "Seebeck" stamps, as unworthy the -dignity of a great nation, etc. It seems that the only change that has -been made is one of name only. Another decree announces the issue of a -commemorative set, for use ten days only, "part of the sum accruing from -the sale to be devoted to the assistance of the families of soldiers -fallen in defence of their country." No collectors of any importance -will touch these stamps, nor will they be catalogued, or space reserved -in any of the albums.</p> - -<p>The Post-Office Department will not sell the Periodical stamps either -used or unused, and yet they seem to be easy to get. One dealer in New -York offers a complete set of all the stamps from 1c. to $100, unused, -for $250, and offers to give the source from which he obtained the -stamps. Probably these sets are the complimentary copies sent by the -U.S. government to the P.O. Dept. of the various countries in the Postal -Union throughout the world. There are 175 countries in the Postal Union, -and each of these is entitled to five complete sets of all stamps issued -by each country.</p> - -<p>The auction season is in full blast, not only in New York, but also in -Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, etc. Hardly a day without an -auction somewhere. And as auctions multiply, the quality of the stamps -offered improves. Cheap and common stamps are worth as little to-day as -they were ten or twenty years ago, and it does not pay to sell these in -the auction-rooms. But scarce or rare stamps continue to increase in -value, as demonstrated at each sale. At one sale last week every lot -sold consisted of one stamp only. At another sale two evenings were -given up to the sale of U. S. stamps only. They brought nearly $7000, -and probably had not cost their owner, an old collector, one-third of -the amount.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">R. A. Hunt</span>.—With a few exceptions (Russia, etc.), the way dealers -take off stamps is simply to soak them in cold water a short time.</p> - -<p>A. T. D.—An "error" is a stamp made by mistake in the color of -another stamp of the same issue. Any daily newspaper is printed on -"wove" paper. Most fine writing paper is "laid."</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> -<img src="images/ill_039.jpg" width="250" height="163" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kersky G. Williams</span>.—The 3c. 1851 U.S., with extra lines on the -right or left hand side of the stamps, are those from the tenth and -eleventh vertical rows of the entire sheet. The stamps were printed -in sheets of 200. These sheets were cut apart into half-sheets of -100. As a guide to the cutter, the division between the halves was -made prominent by two extra lines. The 1870-3 varieties of the U.S. -stamps were illustrated in the <span class="smcap">Round Table</span>, September 10, 1895.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">Philatus</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_040.jpg" width="600" height="166" alt="Ivory Soap" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">"A cold bath is a good tonic and nerve bracer." If Ivory Soap is used, -it is a beautifier as well.</p> - -<h4><span class="smcap">The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti</span>.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3>THE CHANCE OF</h3> - -<h3>A LIFETIME.</h3> - -<p>All <b>Lovers of Art</b>, who would like to learn <b>Landscape Painting</b>, should -get <b>THE ONLY SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN ART</b>. 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Address Banner Card Co., -Cadiz, Ohio.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN'S</h2> - -<h3>Fascinating Historical Works</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">THE BOYS OF '76.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">THE STORY OF LIBERTY.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">BUILDING THE NATION.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="center"><i>A History of the Rebellion in Four Volumes:</i></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">DRUM-BEAT OF THE NATION.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">MARCHING TO VICTORY.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">REDEEMING THE REPUBLIC.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">FREEDOM TRIUMPHANT.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="center"><i>Nine Volumes. Profusely Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, -Ornamental, $3.00 each.</i></p> - -<p>Mr. Coffin avoids the formality of historical narrative, and presents -his material in the shape of personal anecdotes, memorable incidents, -and familiar illustrations. He reproduces events in a vivid, picturesque -narrative.—<i>N. Y. Tribune.</i></p> - -<p>Mr. Coffin writes interestingly; he uses abundance of incident; his -style is pictorial and animated; he takes a sound view of the inner -factors of national development and progress; and his pages are -plentifully sprinkled with illustrations.—<i>Literary World</i>, Boston.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_468" id="Page_468">[Pg 468]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="FROM_CHUM_TO_CHUM" id="FROM_CHUM_TO_CHUM"></a> -<img src="images/ill_042.jpg" width="600" height="163" alt="FROM CHUM TO CHUM" /> -</div> - -<h3>BY GASTON V. DRAKE.</h3> - -<h3>VI.—FROM BOB TO JACK.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;"><span class="smcap">London</span>, <i>July</i> —, 18—.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>DEAR JACK,—Land at last again, and a beauty at that. It's queer, they -call Ireland the Emerald Isle, but I don't see how it could be much -greener than England is. I never saw anything quite so green in all my -life, not even that small Harris kid up at the Mountain House. You -remember how we took him in on the echo don't you. How it would answer -any question he'd put to it at three minutes past four o'clock on a -foggy fourth of July morning? And how we got up at half past three to -ask it who struck Billie Patterson or some question like that. Well -England is greener than that—Pop says it's what he calls scrub green, -each blade of grass looks as if it had had its face washed five times a -day, it sorter of shines so.</p> - -<p>We landed at Southampton Wednesday night after a beautiful sail along -the south coast, up past the Isle of Wight. I was very much surprised at -the size of England. Everybody's said it was only an Island anyhow but -as far as I could see it looks just as big from the outside as the -United States did when we were leaving it. Chesterfield says people are -all wrong who call it an Island. He says it's a vest-pocket continent, -and I guess he knows. It looks to me too big for an Island.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 293px;"> -<img src="images/ill_043.jpg" width="293" height="400" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>We had a great time when we landed. All our trunks had to be opened by -the Custom House inspectors to see if we had any cologne or cigars in -'em. I don't see why they call them Custom House officers though. Their -costumes weren't anything wonderful. It took Pop a half an hour to get -his trunks all through because he said the inspector didn't know the -language. Pop says he asked him what nation he belonged to and the man -said he was Hinglish and Pop told him he'd never heard of any such -people, where did they live. In Hingland, the man said. Where's that -asked Pop, and the man nearly fainted and then Pop gave him a half a -crown and the man said he guessed he needn't open any more trunks, -because a man as ignorant as he was wouldn't have sense enough to try to -smuggle anything in anywhere.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_044.jpg" width="300" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>After the trunks were all passed Pop asked a man where the baggage car -was and that man couldn't speak English either. He asked Pop what, and -Pop says again where's the baggage car, and just then an American that -had been over before says to the man he means the luggage van, and the -man said oh wy didn't ee si so. Pop says he thinks that's Welsh, which -is a language he never liked anyhow. The only welsh thing he ever liked -was a rabbit, he said. Wots your name asked the Baggage man. Drake, says -Pop. Well your van is the seventh car up. It's marked with a D. Do you -know a D when you see it? Pop said he guessed so. He'd seen one once and -he had an idea that it looked like a P without a pedestal or a B cut in -two. That's it, said the man. Well you put your luggage in the van -marked with a P without a pedestal and when you get to London you can go -and claim it. But suppose somebody else claims it said Pop. That's his -affair and yours not mine says the man and he walked off. Then Pop found -out that they don't give checks over here, and he said he guessed the -reason was that they preferred cash.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_045.jpg" width="400" height="278" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>After we got our trunks on board Pop took me up to see the engine and -you never saw such an engine anywhere outside of a toy-store. It looked -awful small and it only had a little platform at the back for the -engineer to stand in. Pop says the railroads can't afford to furnish -cabs for its engineers. The smoke-stack looked just like a piece of pipe -sticking up in front of the boiler and there wasn't a cow-catcher in -sight, but it had a bully whistle. It was one of those raspy whistles -that makes old people nervous and boys laugh. Pop says a whistle like -that makes a cow-catcher unnecessary because a cow is a quiet sort of an -animal and likes to chew its gum in peace, hating noise; and anyhow the -English people aren't bothering much about catching cows when there's so -many Americans travelling about with money in their pockets to be -caught; and I guess he's right because most everybody here goes around -holding his hand out. Chesterfield told me it would be that way so I -wasn't surprised. He said when you land every hand on the dock will be -stretched out to you but it isn't to welcome you, don't think that. It's -to relieve you of your surplus. I asked him what a surplus was, and he -said it was a collection of rare coins that you didn't need in your -business and when I said I wasn't any wiser than before he said a -surplus was the money you had in your pocket to spend on things you -didn't really need. And it was that way, and I tell you the way Pop -spent six-pences and shillings and half-crowns was a caution. A half -crown is two shillings and a sixpence, but you can bet I didn't spend -mine. All I had left after lending Chesterfield that money I've got yet -and I'm going to keep it until I get to Paris where they have toy shops -that are worth seeing whether you buy anything or not which you -generally do. Why just before we landed Chesterfield was telling me of -an oil-silk lion that he bought in Paris once that saved his life two -years later in the Desert of Sahara.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_046.jpg" width="400" height="234" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>It was one of those lions you blow up. You can carry it in your pocket -when you haven't any wind in it. Then you take it out, unfold it, blow -it up, fasten up the blow-hole and it looks real terrible, stands up -alone and does everything but gnash his teeth and growl. Chesterfield -was sleeping in the desert one night, when a real lion came his way and -was about to devour him, when, with a sudden perspiration, he remembers -the toy lion in his pocket, takes it out, blows it up, sets it down -before the real lion, who, reckonizing his match retreats, but -immediately returns. Of course the oil-silk lion remains cool. He hasn't -got any nerves to get excited on. The real lion roars. The oil-silk lion -says nothing. The real lion advances. The oil-silk lion doesn't say a -word. The real lion gets mad. The oil-silk lion stays cool. The real -lion hits him with one paw. The oil-silk lion just bounces and does -nothing. The real lion hits him with his other paw and the oil-silk lion -just bounces again and does nothing. But then the real lion hits him -with both paws a tremenjus whack and the oil-silk lion busts like a -blown-up grocer's bag with a report like a caution, which so scares the -real lion that he's running yet. Eh? How would you like a toy like that?</p> - -<p>It's getting so late now that Pop says I must go to bed, but to-morrow -I'll write again and tell you how we got up to London and what I've seen -so far.</p> - -<p>Yours ever, <span class="smcap">Bob</span>.</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, March 10, 1896, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, MARCH 10, 1896 *** - -***** This file should be named 54675-h.htm or 54675-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/6/7/54675/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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