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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1914-02-05, Page 7THE WINGIIAM TIMES, FEBRUARY 5, 1911 A ock In the Baltic • ny ROBERT BARR, _Author qf "The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont," "Takla," "In the Midst of Alarms." "Speculations of John Steele." "The Victors," Etc. 4 Coperisht. Mee. by Robert Bern By Arrangement with The Authors and Newspapers Association of New York- oosooeosrers000gasoegseo oseesisetesetoonenammensmesne I -"I i1uk1 Wife, but end not quite which limy knew woula i.tet out the !no: mire." 1"ent lb' g"ernni.'s I(T(1131111) reaPI" "Why, he looks to me like my jovial tSt. Petersburg On the fifth day Jack shouted down -to Drummond, who was standing by -the door: "The Ritselan is coming! Heading di- rect for us! She's In a hurry, too— crowding on all steam and eating up the distance like a torpedo boat de- •stroyer, I think it's a cruiser. It's not the old tub I catne on anyway." "Come down, then," answered Alan, • "and we"— A cry from above interrupted him. Jack, having at first glance spied the • vessel whose description he had shout- oed to Druentnond, had now turned his •-eyes eastward and stood staring snghast toward the sunrise. "What's the matter?" asked Alan, "'Matter?" echoed Jack. "They must 'be sending the whole Russian navy here in detachments to capture our un - 'worthy selves. There's a second boat coming from the east, nearer by two omiles than the yacht. If I hadn't been tall taken up with the other from the moment I climbed here, I'd have seen her before." "Is she a yacht too?" "No; looks like a passenger tramp. ‘Dirty and"— "Merchantman maybe." •"No; she's got guns on her"— • "Merchantman fitted out for privet- tteersman probably. That's the sort et craft Russia would be Ificeliest to send to a secret -prison like this. What flag "No flag at all—neither of them. They're both making for the rock full f. steam and from opposite sidea. tber can see the other, I suppose. 1"— 'Ilfrom opposite sides? That doesn't -look Illte a joint expeditkm. One of .those ships isn't Russian. But which?" eee, Jack had clambered down and stood Faby Alan's side. "We must make ready for defense la -either nisei" he said. "In a few min- utes we'll be able to see them both front the platform below." "One of those boats means to blow :us out of existence If she can," mused Jack. "The other cannot know of our eexIstence. And yet, if she doesn't, -what Is she doing here headed for the roeicr' With that Jack scrambled, slid and juinped down. Drummond was very ipulet and serious. Repeating rifles -stood In a row on the opposite wall, ettetay to get at, hut as tar ofr as might be from the effects of a possible shell. • The two young men now mounted the ; stone bench by the door, which allowed • them to look ever the ledge at the -.eastern sea. Presently the craft ap- peared round the end of the island, oture white, floating like a swan on the vrnter and making great headway. • "By Jove," saki Jack, "she's a floe one! Looks like the ezar's yacht, hitt no Russian vessel I know of can make ; that speed." "She's got the earmarks of Thorny- scroft build about her," commented Drummond. "By Jove, Jack, what -luck it' she should prove to be English! No flag flying, though." "She's heading for us," said Jaek, • "and apparently site knows which side • the cannon is on. If she's Russian, they've taken It for granted we've ..captured the whole place aud are in tominand of the guns. There, she's turning." , "Jove, 1 wish I'd a pair of good -glasses," said Drummond. "They're lowering a bon t" Jack sboveed more highlainj excite- ment than Russian stolidity as be watched the oticom.ing of a small boat, 'beautifully riding the waves and tuas- sterfully rowed by sailors who under- stood the Ort. Drummond stood im- perturbable as a statue. "The sweep of those oars is Eng - dish, Jack, my boy." As the bont ennie nearer and nearer . Jack became more and more aositnted. "I say, Adnu. focus your eyes on that t man at the rudder. I think my sight's )1f4411ing tne. Look closely. Did you • ever., ooe Idm Itef ore?",_ COULDNOT STRAIGHTEN UP For Lame Back. Women are coming to understand that weak, lame, and aching backs from which they suffer are due to wrong action • of the kidneys. The kidneys are overtaxed—given more work that they can do, and when the ack aches and pains it is almost im- ossible to do her housework, for every eznave and turn means pain. • On the first sign of any weakness in the back Doan's Kidney Pills should be taken, and thus do away with any suffering from kidney trouble. Mrs. A. J. Lalonde, Kitigston, Ont„ writes;—"I am writing to tell you what • a wonderful cure Doan's Kidney Pills slid for me. I was suffering with a lame back, and for about seven days could hardly straighten up for the pain. I had used ratite a few of other kinds of pills, and received no relief. Just then my sister tame and told me about Doan's Kidney Pills, and what they had done for her, so I decided te try them. I used three boxes, and I am completely cured, and I do not hesitate to recommend them." F'riee, Ii0c. per box, =I boxes for $1.25, at all dealers, or Meilen direct ort receipt • of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, • Toronto, Ont. If ordering direct specify "Dean's." and venemble father-in-law, Captain Kempt, of Bar Harbor. Perfectly ab- surd, of course. It can't be." "He does resemble the captain, but I only saw hind once or twice." "Hooray, CaPtain Xempti How are your shouted Jack Across tbe waters. The captain raised his right hand and wayed it, but made no attempt to cover the distance with his voice. Jack ran pellmell down the steps, and Drum- mond followed In more leisurely fash- ion. The boat swung around to the landing, and Captain Kempt cried cor- dially: prince: How are you? And that's Lieutenant Drummond, isn't it? Last time I had the pleasure of' seeing you, Drummond, was.that night of the ball." "Yes," said Drummond. "I was very glad to see you then, but a hundred times happier to see you today." "I was just cruising around these waters in my yacht, and I thought I'd take n look at thls rock you tried to obliterate. I don't see any nereentiblo damage done, but what can you es. pect from British marksmanship?" "I struck the rock on the other side, captain. I think your remark Is un- kind, espectally as I've just been prais- ing the svatermanship of your men." "Now, are you boys tired of this sum- mer resort?" flaked Captain Kempt. "Is your baggage checked, and are you ready to go? Most seaside place* are deserted this time of 'year." "We'll be ready In a moment, cap- tain," cried his future son-in-law. "I must run up and get the governor. We've put a number of men In prise* here, and they'll starve If not released. The govdrnor's a good old chap, though he played it low down on me a few days ago," and with that Jack disap- peared up the stairway once more. "Had a jail delivery herer asked the captain. "Well, something by way of that. Tbe prince drilled a hole in the rock, and we got out. We've put the garri- son in pawn, so to speak, but I've been mighty anxious these last few days because the sailboat they had here and two of the garrison escaped to the mainland with the news. We were anxiously watching your yacht, fear- ing it was Russian. Jack thought it was the czar's yacht. How came you by such a craft, captain? Splendid looking boat that." "Oh, yes, I bought her a few days before I left New York. One likes te travel comfortably, you know. Very well fitted up she Is." Jack shouted from the doorway: "Drummond, come up here and fling overboard these loaded rifles. We can't take any mom chances. I'm go - ;lig to lock up the ammunition roots end take the key with me as a sou- % enir." "Excuse me, captain," said Drum- mond. who followed his friend, and presently bundles of rifles came clat- tering down the side of the precipice, plunging into the sea. The two then Oescended the steps, Jack in front. Drummond following, with the gov- ernor between them. "Now, governor," said Jack, "for the second time I tun to bid you farewell. Dere are the keys. If you accept them, you must give me your word of honor that the boat will net be fired upon. I1. you do not promise that, Ibil drop the bunch into the sea, and on your gray head be the consequences." "I give you my word of honor that you shall not be fired upon." "Very well, governor. Here are the keys, and goodby." In the nerry of excitement over the yacht's appearance both Jack and Drummond had temporarily forgotten the existence of the tramp steamer the former had seen beating toward the rock. Now Lamont suddenly recalled it. "Ily the way, governor," he sild, "the relief boat you so thoughtfully sent for Is on her way here. She shoald reach the rock at almoat any minute now, In fact, I fancy we've little time to waste if we want to avoid a brush, If would be a pity to be nabbed now at the eleventh hour. Goodby once more." But the governor had stepped be- tween him and the beet. "I-1 am an IM1 nine," he saki, speaks lug with manifest.embarrassineet "1 wns sent to take charge of this prison as puttislitneet for reftislug to join a Jew massacre plot. Governorship here means no more or leffiathan a life im- prisoommit My wit/ and children are on a little estate of mine In Sweden. It is twelve years since I have scab I hem. I"— "If this story is a ruse to detain us"— "No! Isle!" protested the governor, and there wae no Mistaking his pathet- ic, eager 'sincerity. "But—but 1 shall be shot or locked in one of the cells Ind the water &trued On for letting you estape. WOu't yon take me With you?' 1 will work my priesage. Take me as far as Stoeliholin. 1 shall be free there—free to MA my wife and to llr forever eat et tench of the grand daked. Take me— A'aqmp girt ordered 346, coining ta ittddeal reseintton. "Ilestven knowd "Won't you take me with von?" 1 would not cotaleinn my, worst enemy to a perpetual life on this rock. And you've Isamu pretty decent to es, ac- cording to your lights. anum aboard, we've no tline to waste." Nor did the governor waste thno.In obeying. The others followed, and the boat shoved off. But scarcely had the oars caught the water when around the promontory came a large man -oh war's launch, a rapid 8re gun mounted on her bows. She was manned by about twenty men In Russian police uniform. "lamed the 'tramp,'" commented Alan excitedly. "And her gun Is trained on us." "Get down to work!" shouted Jack to the straining oarsmen. "No user groaned Kenapt "She'll trills Within a hundred yards of no. there•s no missine at such close range Ind on sneh a quiet sea. Whata fool wats to"— The launch was 'ndeed bearing down on them despite 'he rowers' best ef- forts and must unquestionably cut them off before they could reach the yacht. The launch wao now within hailing distance, and ev -y man aboard her was glaring at the helpless little yacht "Wait!" It was the governor who spoke. Rising from his seat in the stern, he tailed the officer who was sighting the mptd fire gun. "Lieutenant Tschersky!" he called. At sight of the old man's lean, uni- formed figure rising from atnong the rest there was visible excitement and mrprise aboard the launch. The Mil- der sainted and ordered the engine 'topped that he might hear more plain- ly. "Lieutenant," repeated the governor, •a nn summoned aboard his highness the Grand Duke Yindimir's yacht. You will proceed to the harbor and await nay return to the rock. There has been A Mutiny among the garrison, but I save quelled it." The officer saluted again, gave an order, and the launch's nose pointed for the rock, "Governor," observed Lamont as the sld man sank again into his seet, 'you've earned your passage to Stock- holm. You need not work for it." CHAPTER XXL FIE girls on the yacht had no ex- pectation that Captain Kenipt would eome•back with -the two young men, but when through heir powerful binoculars the girls be- came aware that Drummond and the prince were in the small boat they both fled to the chief saloon and sat there holding one another's hands. Even the exuberant Kate for once had nothing to say. She heard the voice or her father on deck, giving command to the mate. "Make for Stockholm, Johnson. Take my •nen-o'-war's men—see that no one !Ise touches the ammunition—aud fling the shells orerboard. Heave the gun tfter them and then clear out the rifles and ammunition the same way. When We reach Stockholm tomorrow morn- ing there must not be a gob on board this ship, and the ridiculous manor that got abroad nmong your nren that we were going to attaek something or other you will see is entirely unfound- ed. You Impress that on them, John - tell you what It is, captain," sounded the confident voice or the prinee 'Mils vessel is n imauty. You have done yourself flue. I had no idea you were such a eeharite, Why, I've been ahonrd the ezar's yacht, and I tell yon it's malting— (Irent heav- ens, Katherine!" he shouted in a voice. that made the ceiling ring. She was now standlog up and ad- vanced townrd Win v iih both hands held out, a weicomieg :smile on her oretty lips, hut he swooped down en her, flung Ids nrins roinel her like a enlinuin emitting warmth iolo his Minds, kissed tier on the brow, the two rheaks uild the 1111S, RN\ ;us ing r bock and forward ae if abote to fling lier opsinirs, "Stop, stop:" she. cried. "Aren't you eeliamed of yourself? Pefore my fa- ther too! Yon gm.; 1 Ilm'oien bear!" "Don't bother nimet zoo, Kate," said her father. "Thnt's nothing to the may we aeted when I W11,4 young. Come on, boys. to fhe smot leg room, end mix you momething good—real twenty-reven s can: In bar- rel—ied I've get nil the other mate- rials or a Manhattan." ".Tnelt, 1 am glad to dee you,"'pant- ed lehitherlee, all in -disarrigy, whieh be endeavored to sot right by tin agi- tated touch here and there. "Now, Jack, I'm going to take you to the smoking room, but you'll hove to be. yeuroelf an' yoti Walk alang the deck. 1 won't be madea spectacle of before thcereve.t. - --IrnmeweIMNICAH CASH — DIVIDENDS ON GOODS, YOU BUY -Mot By HOLLAND. ROUNDS good, doesn't it? 4,3 And the best of it is it is true. These cash dividends are paid on every dollar you spend, provided you spend wisely and buy goods that the maker believes in so strongly that he advertises them. Advertised goods are not always the cheapest so far as the amount asked for them Is concerned. But tbey are INVARIABLY THE BEST. And this makes them cheap- est when all things are con- sidered. When you buy for the same money a better article than you have been buying you get a cash dividend on your pur- chase. When you pay less for an article of the same quality you get a cash dividend. THESE DIVIDENDS ARE PAID TO THE READERS Or ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS PAPER. "Can; al-Lg. Drummond," said the captain. "and bring Miss Dorothy with sosu." But Drummond stood in front of Dorothy Amhurst and held out Ids hand. "You haven't forgotten we, Altos 1 hope?" "Oh, no," she replied,. with a very feint smile, taking his hand., ."It seems incredible that you are here," be began. "What a luoky man atm Captelu Eeiuplotkes his yacht to rescue his son -in law that is to he end incidentally rest ues me as well, and then to find you hero'. I suppossi you came because your friend Silso Ketupt was atetard?" "Yes, we are all but inemotrahic." "I wrote you a letter, Mlss Amhurst, the last ;tight I was In St Peterolmoo In the summer." -Yes. I received it." "No. not this one. It was the niolit I NVI1S ceplured, and 1 U..Ver gOt a chnnee to past It. It o -no. an Impor- tant lettor—for inc." "I thought it Initiortant-for Inc," re plied Dorothy, now sintino q• (mea- ly. 'The uthillets got It, searehing your room after you ha 1 boon arre ed. It WAS sent on to New York and elven to me." "Is that poseible? Dow did they know It was for so a?" '1 115 ' Mom inakIne Inquisie 1 flintiest the n i dots " °I wrote you a propo.:1,1 a milt' '141:4cs, I onettliy." 'it cerninly read . If but, you ee, It wastet signed. 1 you can't be •eld to I a 110 leached neroas 101,10 11101 '1 -'l hp r tWf, "Dorothy, I orntily." I, • criel "(10 ou mean yon would have calihni "Ye oiell.1 not?" ssof rvo not- I rn rn Her Cough Racked Her Terribly. 13R. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE SYRUP Effected A Cure. Obstinate coughs and colds yield to 110 greatful, soothing and healing power f Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, and :r the racking, persistent cough, often resent in consumptive cases, it will be .ound exceedingly beneficial and pleasant to take. The use of it is generally in- dicated wherever symptoms of throat, ittng troubles appear, but especially 10 with all persons of a consumptive ur teedency, as its proinpt curative' prooeritee speedily remove the (hunter, and ro :tore the throat and lungs to 11 tooted licolt'•y state if used in tinic. Mrs, Ea „eel hattetem, Young's Cove Roan,LB.. rites:—"I have had cm- eaei 111 to use Dr. Wood`o Norway Pine S.rep„aid eau say that it is certainly a good' Itool'oitte. About a year ago comootetsd a scour cold which settlod on in itirese • ad left them in a very weak state, ceugh racked nte terribly, 01(1 1 ho); in despair until a friend ad - vi ire to give Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Setup a trial. I get gs bottle, and '101ore I had it half gone I found relief. wed two bottles, and have .rtcver been bothered sit:cm r %vow 1101 1)0 without it its the home." Price, 25c.; family Fist, 50e. Menu - fattened only by The T. Milburn Co" Limited, Toronto, Ont. Pled 'Undecided.' One gets more tor me's money in sendiu,g a Iowa word. Mien I should have written"— she mused, and he cried eagerly: "What?" "What do you think'?" she asked. "Well. do you know, Dorothy. 1 am eel:Inning to think my incredible luck rill hold and tliat yoted have written "I don't know about the luck. That would have beep the answer." ' Ile sprang up, bent over ber, and she quite unaffectedly raised her face to his. "Oh, Dorothy!" he cried. "COI, Alan," she replied, with quiver - 'ng voice, "I never thought to see yon You cannot imagine tlie long !golly of this voyage and not knowing het had happened.' "It's a blessing. Dorothy, you had •en riled nothing about the Trogornon- ".`..h, lult 1 del. That's what fright- med me. We have a man on board ,N•110 VMS thing for dead from that leeadful rook. The Baltic saved Ilin); rie mother, lie calls it." Drummoud picked her up in his arms Ind carried her to the luxurious divan 1 ev(ep eel/ I ' oz; 'Do vow mean von would have cabled .yeep 1/ which ran along the side of the large room. There they sat down together, out of sight of the stairway. "Did you get all of my letters?" "I think so." "You know I am a poor man?" "I know you said so." "Don't you consider my position pov- erty? I thought every one over there had a contempt for an income that didn't run into tens of thousands." "I told you, Alan, I had been un- used to money, and so your income appears to me quite sufficient." "Then you are not afraid to trust in tny future?" "Not the least I believe in yOu." "Oh, you dear girll If you knew how sweet net sounds! Then I may tell you, When I was in London last I ran down to Dartmouth, In Devon- shire. I shall be stationed there. You see, I have fi-nished my foreign cruis- ing, and Dartmouth is, for a time at lenst, to be my home. There's a fine harbor there, green hills and a beauti- ful river running between them, and I found such a lovely old house—not grand at all, you know, but so cozy told comfortable, standing on the heights overlooking the harbor in an old garden filled with roses, shrubs end every kind of newer; vine n clam - tiering about the necient house. Two eervants would keep it going like a glee. Dorothy, what de you say?" Dorothy laughed quietly and whole h ea rtedly. "It reads like a bit from an old Eng- :1-ibione., rosma.nee. I'd just love to see such 1 "You don't care for this sort of thing, d ) you?" he asked, glancing round about him. "What sort of thingr' 'This yacht, these silk panelings, tl.ese gorgeous pictures, the carving, 11.o gilt, the horribly expensive carpet." "You mean should I feel It necessary to he surrounded by such luxury? I an ever most emphatically, no. I like y tur ivy covered house at Dartmouth ti :.ch better." For a moment neither said anything, 1.': cannot speak when pressed to- g"Now, Dorothy, I want you to elope %vial me. We will be in Stockholm lot g before daylight totnorrow at the rate this boat is going. I'll get ashore Its soon as practicable and make all inentries at the consulate about being in:noted. I don't know what the Mg- 111111:i0OS :Ire, hut if It is poosible to be married quietly, say in the afternoen, %el') you consent to thnt and then write O letter to Captain Kermit thanking Itlin for the trip on the pieta, and I'll wrIte thotiking him for till he has done for ine, nfloir thot we'll make for Et:el:nil Pt:ether I've got 0 letter of creffit hi my pooket whieh luckily the Rees:Inns did not (-Ow (rem me. I s)leii fine ;111 the money we need at Stockholm, then we'll cross the Swed- ish country, sail to Denmark, mole nut' way through Gerranny to Paris, If YOU like, or to Loulon. We slia'n't travel till the time, but just take tt little day trlps stopping sit some :!td:,111 1,1111101,t1 town evnd ery afternoon a ‘ "Yon mean to let Captain Kempt, 'antherine and the prince go to Amor). on eagle?" "Of course. Why not? They Meat went us, and I'm mete sure we. well. tormthy, we'd be delighted to have teem, to he sure --hut still rve kneek- ed n meet deal abont Europe. and there are some delightful old tome* I'd like to show you, and I hate tsar - Oleg with a party." Dorothy laughed se heartily thAt her hend eank On Ms shoulder. "Yes, do that," she said at last. And they 'di& rai yen. • conamiimmintimilmemammamoili Children Cry for Fletcher's , • • mmm.m...m.m4mMMSNMMX,M,M4,MMMMMM The Hind You Have Always I3oUght, and which has been In use for over 30 yes, has borno the signature of areir•—• and has been made. under his per.. soto111:Wl 8 nuop eo rnvoi Stioor(leservao lytostitninfa:hez. 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There are always a number of people unable to take care of themselves, physically or morally. There are people who will lose their baggage if somebody else doesn't watch out for them. There are checking stands in every large depot and most of the small ones. But the average traveller, who starts out with a five - dollar bill and a suit of underwear, and never changes either till he gets back home, doesn't patronize such checking stands. He is only vaguely aware that there are such things. In fact, the be- wilderment of unaccustomed travel makes five out of every eight travel- lers practically insane—only a small portion of the mind is working. The rest of the man is paralyzed by the un- accustomedness of things. One day in the Union Depot at St. Louis, Henry Augustus Adrian, the man who lectures marvelously enter- taining of Luther Burbank, came In on me sitting by one of the posts surround- ed by a dais, We shook hands cordially and wept tears of homesick joy on each other's travel -soiled necks; then Adrain said: "That isn't your baggage." "No," I said, matter-of-factly, "but some girl went away and told me to watch it till she came back." Adrain almost perished of laughter, though at first I could see nothing funny about it. Wien the girl had calmly scrutinized me for a while and then asked me to please watch her baggage till she carne back, I had been so proud to have passed muster, that I had assented rather eagerly. The ridiculous side of it didn't strike me tia Adrian's laughter had attracted attention in that noisy depot. The old rascal is telling people about it yet. When the girl carne back, I went to look after a special privilege of stop - p -ng a limited train to let me make my lecture date that night. and Adrian took the girl out and put her on her train, When he came baelc he report- ed he lied asked the girl if she knew me. "Yes," she calmly replied. "I heard him lecture once, in Illinois. I knew he'd look after my baggage."—Strick- land Gillila», in "Woman's World" for Jannary. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA aaes How Good Roads • will benefit You • • THEY BENEFIT THE FARMER, because they increase the value of his farm; en- able him to raise more profitable crops; his cost of hauling will be low; he can reach mar- kets when prices are best; his children can get to school every day in the year, and he will have mole social life and better conditions generally. THEY BENEFIT THE CONSUMOil, 1•etuse they r' - duce the cost of living in proporti.m to w"at the farmer saves and by bringing new industries to the community, enable a larger proportionate amount to paid out io wages, and with increased population, more amusements :nd better stores. Public roads are commercial .feeders of the .ci!y, and every improvement of these roads mr.ans it greater prosperity through increased aglicultural production and greater stim- ulous tc: all industries. Economical Co3od floads Concrete roads are best from the start and cheapest in the end. They are free from rum, mud and dust. They give gond f‘,otinv, to horses and easier traction to every class of 1.ut most important is the fact that they require pea.Nie n.) expenditure for upkeep. Complete inrormation of concrete road construction is mils for th.• asking, without cost or obligation. 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