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BY CHARLES CARVIC.E
Author of "The Verdict of the Heart," A Heritage,
of Hate," "Nit of .Shoree °Paid
For," A Modern Juliet," Etc.
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CRAFTER. L
The Moen shone in regal spleneoui
on one of the itiOSt beautiful spots on
this beautiful earth,
It was one of the islands which lie
O1 the eastern shore of Australia, ,A.
gentle breeze stirred the foliage, the
1 Waves lapped in on tlie golden Hands
and *broke gently on the rocles, mak,
ing a music as Soft and soothing a.s
the breeze; the opalescent light lit up
the scene and turned it into a dream
af fairyland.
And a man stood onthe beach, and
looking round upon this fairyland,
Cursed it fluently under his breath.
He wits young and well made; one
.of those good-looking young men
'which the public schools and the
?varsitiesturn out with machine -like
regularity. He was an athlete and
;strong, but in the moonlight he look -
•ed wan and pale and infinitely weary,
With the weariness of doubt, anxiety
.and sleepless nights. '
His serge suit Was tatterd and
'torn and shrunk by the water and
the sun, and his shapely head was
covered by a battered hat made of
:leaves.
As he stood looking moodily before
bini, there came feorn a rough hut,
.at a little distance from the beach,
;another young man. He was by no
:means an athlete, but. small and thin.
'and bent, and he wore the remains
.of a black serge suit of clerical cut;
dor he was a clergyman. Ile was ev-
en paler avid more wan thaw the man
on the sands, arid he pressed his thin
hand to bis, chest and 'coughed as be
came along slowly and painfully:
The two men louked like charac-
ters in an old fashioned farce; but
there was tragede hoe. For these
two men, with sundry other persons,
Were all that remained of the ciene
and passenger's of the vessel Alpine,
which eight •days previously had been
wrecked off the coast of this unin-
habited island,
The Reverend Arthur Fleming
crawled to kis companion's side:
"You have seen nothing, Manner-
ing?" he asked; not .as one with
hope of an answer in the affirmative,
but as if the question were a. formu-
la which 'had grown Into a habit.
Valle Mannering shook his head.
"No," he said, gravely; "and I am
afraid we're not likely to. In . my
opinion„this beastly land is one of
the numerbus groups which is ,quite
Put of the line of shipping. The fact
that the Alpina lost her course prov-
nes that, I think."
"You mean that there is little hope
,of rescue?" said Arthur Fleming in a
:)low•voice.
"Very little chance," essented
:Alannering. "Of course, I can't say
:for certain. If they had taught me
_geography at Eton or Oxford, ire-
Gstead of Latin and Greek; ad sev-
Aral other still more useless things,
.1 might. give a guess as to where we
,are; but as it is I've no idea. n
there hail been any chance of our be -
ling picked up, we should bave. sight -
.ed a veesel before now. In all proba-
bility we shall be left to die et star-
' vation—well, not, of starvation, per-
haps, say eneui=in this cursed „isl-
and."
Fleming's lips opened to murmur,
."131ess and curse not;" but he re-
. trained. It. was scarcely the moment
for. reproof; and, indeed, his grati-
tude to his companion helped to
.eheck hime for the party owed their
lives to Vane Mannering, whose en-
,eergy, alertness, coolness and pre-
sence of mind had brought them from
tehe doomed ship.
"Have you seen the .Doctor and
.1ii,44 Nina?" asked Mannering, after
„a pause. filled up by Fleming's „hal-
..low cough.
"She is in their hut; I saw her go
in hair an hour ago, The 'I/oetor . is
still wandering about the Wend. The
Way that girl lieers41 Mannering',.
"fills um with ndmiratinn -OM rever-
ence). She IS hero all alene with 1.15,.,
men; she has stffineed all the Kiva-,
tions, that terrible journey in the.
boot from the ship, oll the dreadful
uncerteinties • of our position with.
something more than heroism; feel'
heroism Always suggests to my mind`,
a kind Of blatuncy and self assertion; •,
but she has been riot only feeriese,.
but theerful and Belf-relituit., end yet
trustful. I tell you, Mrourering, when
I think of her •ruy beton give out i11,.
gratitude to God for His creetion of •
sex.' Who would hove thought that .
such a slim bit. of a girl, Who seemed •
all piety and lightness of heart,
Would have proved such o noble char,
acter!''
Ma.nnering nodded'. "She is still
.keeping well?. -I Was Orilla she might
get a touch of fever, such as thir rest
of es have
"She had a slight attack," said
Fleming; "but. she seemed to throw
it„ofi with a coorage as greet as her
patience and self-denial. Tho Doctor
is Omit the sante; be is very
weak and his mind scents cloudy, but
he insisted upon going out; - and ho
"That's so," assented One of the
men. "rase round the ruin again,
/401iy,"
Tho LaScar ernptied the van at a
draught, refined it and praised it to
the Man neXt hire; then he leaat IO-
WArd and whispered, huskily;
"It'ish in the illedico's tent. It lsh
Miter the bed Of the girl; I saw
Mlehter Manrerilli put it there, Ve
Will go, Ve Will all go and git
and share It man to Meril"
Some of the men sprung to their
feet unsteadily; hut one or tWO Were
not so prompt; anti A vela!, Kid.
lazily:
• "There's no hurry; let's have our
drink first."
Mannering catitioutily drew Flouring
away.
"There is no time to lose," he
Najd, gravely( when they had got Out
of hearing.
"You will give tbem the box, shove
themthat it doenot contoin any
gold?" field Fleming, With the cough
In' bad been repressing with difil-
putty.
"No," said 31annering quietly.
"They would not be convinced; be-
sides it would be a fatal weaknees.
Po you think''—he pitusee 0 Moment
Mid his lips tigittened—"that they
would be, satisfied? Some of them
might, but not the Lascar and Mun-
son. They are brutes, beasts; and
you know the effeet of the first taste
of blood On Snell. wild beasts, They
Would want more—everything, per-
haps." Ile paused and Fleming fol. -
lowing Maenering's thought, pictur-
•
has taken his hammer with ?dm to
knock off bits of rock, and so on."
"Let him," said Mannering, briefly;
"it will amuse him and keep him
from brooding on the situation. I
wish I could go •and keock off pieces
of rock, instead ot standing idly
here!"
"How can' you. talk so, my dear
Moellering?" he said, "You have been
our leader, our sole support; you
have worked indefatigably from
morning to night.'But for you we
should all be lying at the, bottom of
the sea there; we owe our. lives to
your energy, your pluck, your won-
derful power of endurance."
Mannering shook his head. "I have
done little enough," 'be said, mood-
ily. "You ought not to be out here,
Fleming," he added; as Fleming's
cough shook his frail figure.
"I'm all right. It's very Warm in
the hut; and I don't cough any xnore
out here. We'll both turn in present-
ly. "Why, don't you smoke?"
"I gave nry last pipe to the Doc-
tor," Mannering replied, casually.,
"He wanted it worse than I do."
The strident' sound of a concertiria
(looted umunsically from one of the
three hute, and was followed still
more unmusically by loud voices and
laughter.
, "The men seem merry to -night,"
remarked Fleming with a sigh.
"Yes," said Mannering. "I gave
out a tot of rum to each man this
evening 1 wish—" He hesitated, and
Fleming looked up at him. quietly.
"1 wish they weren't. here," con-
tinue.d Mannering. "They are an ele-
ment et danger, Fleming.: lip to the
present they bave behaved fairly
well, for it is Only since the last day
or two they have begun to grouse;
hut how long will they continue 'to
behave well? For instance, how long
will they Ire content to let me deal
out the rum? They kmow Where the
keg is. I could not prevent their get-
ting at it."
"They're—they're not all bad,"
suggested Fleming! "They have stood
by us up to now."
Mannering nodded. "No, they aro
not ,all bad; but there are one or
two black sheep, .amongst them. I
mistrust that Lasear and the other
stoker, Monson. Re is alwaYs ha-
ranguing the rest. I saw him skittle-
ing round ' the Doctor's hut last
night. If they were Englishmefl one
would oot have any misgiving; but
—1" He shrugged his shoulders. "We
man our ships with the scum of the
eaetli, Fleming, just as we fin the
East End ef London with aliens to
take the bread out of the mouths of
our own poor." The noise from the
niett's hut grew louder. "1 think I'd
better go and see ,what they are I'40-
ing," he said.
Ile and Fleming approached Abe
o hut quietly and looked in. tone o
,Most Fatal Diseases the six mine were lying full length on
Volverri, and, returning tti the beach,
Sot down ati if for a, teliet talk. -
They had not to Wait ong.,
"Take it ePolly," murmured Men -
nosing, ae the six Men mile Out -of.
the hut. Some of them walked nu,
StStU1nYt, Plle 0 theld WAS Singing;
but the laiseor And MunSort were Aid
sober, though , evidently excited by
tbe tititt or.
elannering rose and Slowly went to
meet thee). walking; in the direetiOn
that put :11.144, betWaen Omni Oild the
Verlaine' het,
"flood OVv8iflgY' ho Sahli "wont.
anything'?"
"YOU ask Xe pate question, sur„
4110 Vt,+ giv you ze polite answer, It
ih ze little' box 14 ze hut Zere," rP"
plied Atte Litscer with a Mocking
hew,
lilannering raised his brows with
simulated eurpriee.
"Anybody 111.1 The box contain;
medicine end inetritteente of varioue
kinds," the field, quietly,.
The Laseer . showed his gleaming
teeth in a 'time:ionic smile,
4'1:e1 at tie?" he retorted, wah an
incredulous jerk. of 1118 hand, "Ve
1411 See—" -
think not. said Mannering, se
OilletlY that Vietning'e heart, throb-
bed with' a tribute of admiration.
'Yoe will tnke ory word for It. I
„see that you hove got the keg of
ram—yeu have broken your Prom -
1S0 '
•"To ge devil wiz your promise!"
the. Lasear broke in. "Vy shonid
you keep all ze best of ze swog re
ed the young 'girl in the hands o
these men and shuddered. • bring away. remit ze ship? • ou keep
'ze rumze box of gold, xe girl!" he
"What will you de?" he• asked, as
leered evilly,
a man asks his leader Riia cowman_ y, and moved forWard as
•• to .pass Mannering. Maeeering
der.
"Snow fight," said Mannerieg as
anietly- as before."We have the only
firearms that were saved—a eouple of
revolvers and a gun." •
• "1 can Manage a revolver; but, oh,
Cholera Infatituin
is one of the
of Young Children 1stott.th,:tresdsoerge,,,..).N.ittsocts,
. • hitt stood the keg of rum, and Mon -
Mothers should look well after their soli was drawing some of the red
Nrannering, if we could avoid blood-
shed!" murmured Fleming,
"We'll try," said Mannering., "It
rests with them. You agree with me
it would be unwise, indeed, a crinn:
nal folly, to yield •to thern? They
would not stop—There is Mies
Nina."
Fleming nodded and bent his head.
"You are right—as you have
bleen all through, Mannering." .
They had been approaching the hut
which Mannering had, with his own
hands, built for Doctor Vernon and
his daughter, aild he signed to Flem-
ing to knock; but Fleming shook his
head.
',No," he said; "you will do it bet-
tor than I, Mannering. She looks up
to you, relies �n you. You will give,
her courage. I—I am not a coward,
I hope and trust; but I should let
her see the—the dread that makes me
cold at this moment, and you will
not. No; you!". •
Mannering nodded and knocked at
the rough door of the hut. It was
opened by a young girl. She was
very beautiful, with a beauty which
is indicated by expression as much as
regularity of feature. Her eyes were
of the dark grey which at times be-
come violet, her hair was of a soft
black, and the gods had given her
the mouth which, when it smiles,
wins men's hearts. But she was not
only yoting but innoeent of vanity, or
self-consciousness, and her eyes lit up
and her lips smiled with frank plea-
sure as she saw who it was.
"Oh, good evening, Mr. Manner-
ing!" she said with quiet cheerful-
ness, and her voice rang like a low
note of music in the pine -perfumed
air. "Will you come in? My father is
out; he went out for a stroll—Ts any-
thing the matter?"
drew his revolver.
"Stop Where you are!" he 'said
,rei elle; there eves spot of 'red on
tis hutrow ebeete, ene d 'light his
• h
golden: TWA& the delielone maw.
fell ot beantY. TO poor Fielningi
Wien in that intenve Inorneat afe he
Stood reVolVer „in eaen liau&10there
flashed the line:
"Where every preepeet &EMS and
Only man le Vile,"
The Last:nes face Wonted tO gleiv
as if With the • reflection oi fire,1 tha
Englieluttanae Wes White end Net with
the cant of courage, and roselatiOn.
bi"xiCt,onte on," Said Marlin:ring; and,
its he peke, the Laecar tipi'ang
If there iet anything More exciting
than n "lingo light," I do not know
it, It is eat -like in the rapidley of
its movements; it in sotil-thrilling
its unnuents of doubt and uncertein-
ty; It Is eave-inepiring in its pauses,
reshee, Wrestlings, The two- Satm
crouched, sprang, ceug.ht at the
wrists of the bands that held the
knives, Struck, parried and avoided
the gleaming blades by •swift, almost
imperceptible swaying and gliding!
ofithir Laser s;
rwas as agile, its a snake
and bent, dipped crud ettaelted with
Sholous force; but Mannering, though,
lacking this facility oi movement,
possessed the qualities of strength,
emitirence and the cool eye, and by
the exercise of these be Parried the
terrible attack.
The- men, sobered now by the in-
tense excitement, looked on in breath:
less excitement. Fleming, forgetting
them and clean forgotten bY thorn,
suffered the revolvers to droop in
his shaking hands.
And the girl for whom this awful
fight was being fought—what a pre-
sumptuous idiot I should be if I
attempted to set down her .emotions!
Suddenly: a short cry, a gasp, rose
from the men and was echoed by
Fleming; the Lasear's knife had out
a gash in Mannering's shoulder.
eyes Which spoke of the just rage
uhich had sprung up in his heart,
fike a flame.
Fleming stepped forward and held
up his hand.
"Xell, want to speak to yeur
he said, lighting with his: cough.
"You know what Mr. Mannering has
done for us. But for hiro7= But
'surely you don't want me to rernind
you! And surly you cannot suspect
that he—we—have any idea of taking
any advantage of you, The chest
contains • only medicine and instru-
ments; as Mr. Mannering said: You
were *wrong, very wrong; to take the
keg' of rum; you would be, acting
wickedly if you were to follow the
advice, the leadership, of this man,
who is as mach indebted as the reit
of tail to Mannering."
Some, of the men exchanged &lane
ces, but the Lascar cut in with a
short, eardonic.laugh,
."Ze Padre ..speaks softly, ' as ze
Paden.always do. Veil, then, let one
of us go into the 'efedico's hut—"
He nroyed forward, but Mannered
covered him, saying:
"Not a step."
The Lascar pulled up and looked
lqaunering up" and down.
"You speak bravely, Mishter
Mantirin'l You 'aye the gun!" He
made an insolent gesture with his
fettle and eloquent haws. "If you
had 'only ze little knife. like, zis, we
would settle the matter, ah, se ker-
vickly! You aro 74 one coward!."
Then Mannering did a foolish
thing—the foolish thing which Eng-
lishmen individuallY and .eollectively
so• often do; he gave away his ad-
vantage. It was inexcusable; but,
ah, Well, let the man who has meek-
ly borne the taunt, of a Lascar and
been called • a coward pitch the first
stone; I will not; and have an idea
that the reader will not.
Mannering looked' into the rolling
eyeballs for a moment Or two.; then
he said;
"See her now, men. If it's a fair
fight between us and I win, will yoa
take lily word end go back to your
hut quietly, not only go back but
leave that nine's lead?"
The men looked at each other and
whispered. They Were more or less
drunk and therefore impressionable,
and they were longing for the kind
of fight Arellnering indicated. Don't
blame them. In the House of Com-
mons a "personal" matter will fill
the benches; and any sort of duel has
re fascination for every man with red
blood in his veine.
"Yes, fight it eut; we'll .see fair
play!" shouted a man, thiekly.
Mannering beckoned to Fleming.
'"rake revolver,', hp Said,
aloud, "and shoot the first man who
attempts to biterfere—"
' "Moellering! Mannering! You e "1
not do it! I implore, I beseech you
cried 'Fleming with solemn carries,-
.
"ItsiSannering quickly • stripped off hie
eoat mut rolled up his sleeves.
"No use, Fleming; I must. Either
that man or I must be wester,
They'll follow the victor like sheep,
Yeir'll sec. It will end the trouble—"
"13ut, Mannering, these men these
Lascars, ate adepts at thr 'knife,"
urged Fleming almost frautically,
' Mannering • shrugged his shoulders.
learnt a trick or two when I wus
in Malacca," he said, quickly, "Got,
handkerchief?''
Fleming shook his head. The door
of the Venoms' hut opened owl Nina,
, come quickly down to them. Her
face was 'white neath, her oyes
W000 like "the violets steeped in
'dew," het- lips, white as her fate,
were set tightly.
"Mr. litnnuering, yon must not:—
you. will' not," She looked into his
eyes and saw that her appeal nets
hopeless, "Then—then—there ie
handkerchief!"
Ile took it, bound his bowie knife
to his wrist and held it out to Mem-
bar: Fleming heSitated; the girl
eaught the wrist and tied the knot.
Matmering wanted.
"Thanks," he Wild, coolly. "Now
go iddide—ddd Shtlt the door.",
Shr obeyed; and) leaning' against
the wall as if to 'still her throbbing
heart, looked between the loge. •
Munson Intel lamed the Lassor'S
knife to his wrist, and the t11*0 men
confront ed each other. The moon
shom, down on them in placid 1,uovie-
ery itch poor ettiff 40 htirnttn
elOrdlidIS: the soft breeze waited the
perfume of the pines Woes 1.1.1.11.724..
heated breath; the lea eaeg to the
the plee trees. In the„centre of the
,.!ehildren during the hot summer months, liquor into a cart. They had all been
She did not start or turn pale, but
stood, in her stained and patched
serge dress, calm and attentive: .
Mannering knew enough of women
to know that with this one, young
as she was, "the proper course was
the direct one. His eyes rested re-
flectingly for a`moment on her lovely
face, on the small, shapely head
with its soft, black hair resting on
the forehead and wound into a knot
at the back, then he said;
"I am`afraid there is, Mise Nina."
He had grown to 'call her by her
Christian name; shipwrecked people
are apt to be :slack, on extreme
points' Of etiquette. "The men are
gettingimpatient. Tbey entertain
tho absurd idea that we have smuggl-
ed the specie and valuables from the
ship in your father's medicine chest
She glarieed at* the' box tinder the
rough bed,
—"And—and they are coining for
,it presently,. I 'think."
"And You will not give it them?"
she said, quietlY, as if she had read
his face 00001' which her Ireautiful
eyes were fixed.
-No; they'd wait more," he eaid,
"And we. Must make a stand et the
outset', There miry be ,tt• little 'noise
and.—trouble, so I came y
to warn ou.
You will not be frightened? Mr.
le
Fming' ond 1 are armed; the Veen
are ilot; and 1 have no doubt they
will cool off When they find We are
resolute."
"I see," she said. "No, I:shell
not be tightened; that ie, nor More
than I can help."
Iler 31)1013' the sweetest ever
smiled by woman, flickered acmes her
lips and Rhone in her eyes,
"No," he said, "yoo have display-
ed such pluck, such—olt, I cannot ex-
press myself!" he broke off as if in
• despair.
"011, but you havel" she said, With
the faintest blush. "I was just mak-
ing some tea. Will you have 401111'?"
'Manuring glanced ttt the teat tin
en the fire; arid gauged US 'Contents,
"Thanks, in>. I have just had
some," Generally, Marinering, with
all his faults, was a, truthful man.
"But MMno
r, etti ng—he 19 outside.j"
'lie beckofted Fleming in, and Nina
poured out ti cup of tea for him
gravely; of Course she kneW that
Marmering had lied.
rleming took it gratefully; it watt
to him as rum was to the hten.
Mannering had told you?" be
said in 0 low VOICE!.
?Sind hedded. "Yes; I ant sorry. ,
• Bat I hope it will all be over beta°
father Comes back. He is not well;
he is feverish—and—he has been
wandering a little in his mind, He
has taken the %nit— 3 ant Sorry'!"
nannering touched Fleming en the
arin, and they NOM 'Out 'and to their
their
"Oh, stop! stop! For God's sake,
stop, Afannering!" cried Fleming.
g.
neither the combatants nor the
other spectators heeded—they prob-
ably did not hear him.
Mannering felt the cut of the sharp
knife felt the blood running down
an
his shoulder d side; but he set his
teeth and forced himself to remain
calm; everything depended, he knew,
upon his keeping his head; not his
iife only, but the girl—the sweet, in-
nocent girl. Ah, now he must, not
lose his head!
He drew back .a moment, and the
Lascar, with a hideous smile, press-
ed on to him. It was what Manner-
ing wanted, With a sudden swerve, a
movement of the leg and the strong,
• steel -like left arm, he threw his op-
ponent to the ground, and in an in-
stant was on top of him with a knee
like iron pressing into his chest. Ile
raised his arm, • the reflected knife
gleamed in the moonlight, the Las -
car's wavering life hung in the bal-
ances.. A. shudder ran through the
spectators,: a cry arose from Nina—
she had come to the door. While
ene could count ten the knife poised
above the Lascar's heart, Then, be-
fore. the. other men could interfere,
Mannering had wrenched the knife
from the Lasear's grasp antl flung it
behind him; then he tore the band-
age front his own nem. and sent his
knife flying with the other.
"Get up!" he said, removing his
knee.
The Lamar sprang to his feet,
dazed, uncertain. Mannering waited
a. second or two, then he edict
Now, well light it out English
fashion."
The Lasear was no mean boxer—lhe
had picked it up from his English
messmates—and with a flickering
smile he threw 'himself into position.
• This.:second fight shall not be de-
scribed. Suffice it that the Lascar
was as a child in the hands of the
Man who had carried all before him
with the gdoveS at Christchurch.
Again and again and Lascar came
011-101. us give hint his due—to re-
ceive the terrible punishment, but at
last a well -aimed blow from Manner-
ing—who was now enjoying himself
nt
aazingly—sent the Lascar to earth
with the sickening thud some of the
knoW so well.
Mannerieg, panting and wiping the
sweat—it had floveed water—
• front his swollen face; stood over
bial for a moment, in silence; then he.
• beckoned to the men.
"Take him to the hut," he, said.
Then, as they picked up the uncen-
scious man, Mannering added, gaite
quietly;
"I think that settles it. If not, if
any of you Would like to teY your
lies this is the time of year this trouble drieking freely, add Were flushed: afid
mast prevalent. excited. .
1 If any of your chikiren become troubled VieMing groaned as he eaw the
keg, and Mannering's face grew
steern but he uttered no seund, and
• n this way it will not pay you to ex-
• eriment with some new and untried gripped rlerning's arm to warii him
ie
' rattily. to silence, forv
the Laver was Speak -
Get one having stood thq test of time. Mg. . .
'Dr, Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry "Ve aro what you calls 'pale,' " he
Alas been on the market for over 65 years Was saying in • 1118 thick, sibilant
ind we have yet to hear of a case ot voice, his Meek eyes rolling evilly on
..ehtfiera infantum it haa 'not cured. the faces of the listenere. "Ve are
'he'll' played vith! It ish 1.111011lIfish-
Mrs. S. S. 3ohnstone, Oehre River, ter Matill'rin' that 1511triekin' us;
Mem, writem--"About four years ago 1. 'ini and the Padre, dh, end the Medi -
lave Dr. Fowler's Extract Of Wild co, too! They hab the money. I who
Strievbetry a geed test. , speak keow it. I saw thish 7111111 pash
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1'Ly Oldest son, five years old, got very the box to the Medico as Ile got iii
bad with cholera infantum; two days to .hr boat."
later my next sort took it, arid the third . "The 1,03. 01 medicine end Matter -
d trtentsr) whispered Fleming,
kiay my little girl also took it. I doctor* Ara Itterilig nothim vinliv. ir,w
e a5
:eith all kinds of things but they kept listening intently anti, sienning the
On getting Worse and the doctors °Mild faces of the men keenly,
o them no good, 1 then Started the "That's true; I Sew 'ern," soid
r. Vo:wler's Extract of Wild Strawberry MunSott. And some of the other8 Mut-
nd after two or three days Mild see a tered assentingly,
lifferenee, so kept dil With the treatment, "The box Wash full o' money, geld;
tit they wets so bad it took about two •lemis. too, perhaps. Thatsh So! Yon
*reeks to Complete the Ore. • know ze latie$ do give their ;eV:a-
e . ,
! Different people have asked the llOW ''‘.1"titraYt! t� en purser to takeare ofEh
Thrash box 'MIS ft111 of di.-
I owed my children's lives that time, mints. An' it belongsh to tal, eh,
'ond I always say it wits Dr. rctivIer's '.bat you' say?"
gittraet °Mild StraWberry. 1 aln,b010, "To us; all of us, 3e51" grunted
haver without it itt the hoUile." Munson,
NM t5 Nitta, "To iis Who 1111111404 Ze hoot, Who—
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and She pourea some wai.er ....-
tin and exarained the knife slash.
"It is me awful cut," she said be-
tween her white, even teeth. "I-1
don't know what to do,"
"Oh, we'll just wash it," said
Mannering, lightly. "It will be all
right; it is nothing."
She ,shuddered slightly as she bath-
ed the,flowing blood from the wound,
but her hand was quite steady, and
it was only her beautiful lips that
quivered.
"I—I am glad you did not kill
him, though—though at brie moment
I almost wished— Idow strong you
must be!" she said in a low voice.
"I did not know you were look-
ing," std Mannering, reluctantly.
"I told you to shut • the door."
"I did—oh, didl—but I looked be-
tween the logs," she said, with sud-
den meekness.
.A. shadow fell across the threshold
and the Doctor entered. He was an
old man, bent • and feeble, but at
that 'moment in a state of suppress-
• ed excitement which lent him Acti-
tious strength and vigor.
"Nina, where is Mr. Mannering?
011, there you are!" he said, peering
at 'therm under his white and shaggy
brows. "I've got news, great news,
for you Mannering. What are you
doing? What is the matter?"- he
broke off to enquire.
Nina lifted her eYes from her work,
"Mr. Mannering has been hurt—
the men, father. They wanted to
steal the chest, and—and Mr. 341811-
nering—"
"Eh? What? No matter!" he in-
terrupted, impatiently. "Some quar-
rel, I suppose. Let me see."
He put the girl aside gently ani
looked at the cut.
"Knife, eh? Flesh wound only.
Give 2110 a. piece of linen. Tear it off
the sleeve of the shirt. Why did yoU
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
• To clean velvet, scrape
clay on it, then brush off
a stiff brush.
A thin coat of varnish painted over
straw matting makes it last better and
keep clean longer. ,
A crib with hair mattress and hair
pillow is far better for baby than fea-
ther bed and pillows.
To remove varnish rub the surface
clean with sandpaper, and then with a
rag dipped in spirits of ammonia.
,
Comforts and quilts should be dried
in a good stiff breeze so that they may
be as light and fluffy as when new.
1 Flannelette may be rendered non.-
inflamtnable by rinsing it after wash-
ing in alum water. Dissolve two ounces
of alum in a gallon of cold water.
When boiling white linen put a little
blue in the water; this keeps it in good
color, much whiter, and lasts longer.
Badly stained lamp chimneys may be
cleaned with methylated spirits. If
the stain be very obstinated add a little
whiting.
a little pipe
lightly with
quarrel? ,At such a moment, when
you need all your strength arid cool-
ness. Mannering, Fleming," he con-
tinued, as he deftly staunched and
bandaged the wound, "I have made
the most extraordinary discoVery. A.
pin, Nina. Tut, tut, haven't you a
safety pin?" She found one and
gave it to him, "Pin it here."
ITer cool, soft fingers touched Man -
The polite and libbral offer was de- nering's arm gently, pityingly, tend -
dined with thanks. - erly,
"That's all right, sir," Said one "That's right. You will do very
1111111, the best of the bad lot. "It well, Next case. Eh? What? Thought
was a square and foie light, end iae I was in the ward. HOW did yon get
me if he ain't got, what he deserves," the hurt? No matter! Mannering,
"Well,then," said :Mannering. "You see here!"
andeestand that I'm master here-- He turned to the empty box which
someone has to he, You know,—aud served as el table and turned out the
that if I find any man pass the line 'contents -of his pocket upon it, •
of that tree"—he pointed to one a "Look at those!" he exclaimed in
hundred yards from the Vernons' het a tone of sappressed excitement.
"Look at them! Do yoe know what
Tlwy went off, bearing the Lasear, they are? Wait! Shut the door!"
and Mramering tamed to Fleming, Nina closed
" i t
iloeinileaile
who was clinging to his arm. back
tigrti:butilotght:u
Mannwing! MaimeriYou are eastalthsvor‘:11ivosaidtilat
hurt! You aro bleeding! Oh, Man- she was looking. et the emerettiy ,x.,
wring. how—how llehlY you fought! ' trentelY commonplace stones on the
It wee wicked. vere wicked, hut—oh; table, shewas really looking, aide-
how—how 1 admire you tan iti God ways, at illannering.
forgive me!" : "See what they are!" said the
Boots that have become hard from
wearing in snow or very wet weather
can be softened by being rubbed with
mutton fat.
Delicate cretonnes may be washed in
a lather made of Castile soap and warm
water. This soap contains nothing
which will injure the colors.
For mildew, salt water and sunshine
will remove tiur worst stains. Wet
often, when the aim is bright, and per-
severe until the garment is clear and
white.
A burnt saucepan should be filled.
with cold water and a piece of soda.
Bring it slowly to the boil, and boil
fast for twenty minutes. If any stains
remain, scour with sand.
When silver is not in eonstant use
piece of camphor will keep it from tar-
nishing,
Before washing blankets it is a good
plan to baste a thread of. white darning
cotton around all spots. The laundress
can then direct her attention to where
the spots are, as it is often diffieult to
see them when the blanket is under
water.
Doctor, in a tliiel, tremulous whisp-
CHAPTER II. oo•••••••hm
. er, "Take up one of them; exantine
Itfatthering mechanicall;y took up
11.11:11Cletrgiti'faabectl.tat::‘00ceitfelt;i0:14t1111 llt:;411:11ftelee'''thlflt111:1.:Itsrl‘1‘1!1'111:1;:s.nts:s' •of the men, wondering how long they
!, one of the stonee. ITe was thinking
were glowing under their aark manes. ' would remain tioieSeeht, amenable.
"Are you --are you hurt?" she Lad,- . "Welt?" demanded the Doctor, fin-
ed in a low voice, which 0110 ‘.,,CaS4 , patiently. Ills fate wan flushed with
Wotnadfully, trng
1. 113 to keoP steth"N% ' excitement as well ea fever, and the
t111;e('"11:1utu:s,nte tul, ts:1:.lysi.tse:xtt,itltgiytd it:e:) igdrops 011 1118
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ordinary' stones,
ft11Y';11?is1)11(nv(ulu1•()ls't'13):100':1stlld'
ti1,irli011lt1.of rrPs1;%)iit1 ir;g13(100 i.rnitetitIrma a cry of in..
v„iiiaon, YilintPrillg:'(31) 111114.
' pa i ivnt -contempt.
have that dreadml e ou 0 (1 dresf:ed . • t wentman, who) e were You edu-
• ea 1 ed.?" he re; oiled, impatiently.
w 0: illjt,n,11,118:, 1(1111 \l INI:11I2i11:-111:1,1,;1')Iit:i-sr:',1)1((t:ai':\:1\111111(iti• I:41 li'111::;1:v ..cr.ttrmet. g(111.101qou,a, rtleie tg4iontlittee, agoaldt;
tiw tone a minium Id, s to u wan 'dowdy towards tiw door. .J111.
gold. Wo ore rielt—boyorul the
When Ole 1110.11(8 to 11' (71 VY,qt
't ILO' N%l'at to tho' ‘ rri,011.14 hut, 't rnititiN ef avariefel"
1 (To be continued.)
mommowtoor.••••••••=ini,
Had a Weak Aching
Back and a Nasty
Sick Ileadazile
Mrs. W. It. I1t)t14e, Fielding, Sask.,
writee;—"A few lilies highly tet.ozntntid-
ing
lban's Kidney Pies. Yor this last
year I have been tron.,led ve*touch
with .ntisty sick lierdaehm and a work
aeling hack whi.ta mused me much
Illisery, tor I emit riot work. and had
ambition far air:tiling. ;My kidneys
.erz. laidiy out ot cyder and: kept
froti sieening at uiglits,
" 1 triad urmy *,,linds of pips 8134
ote:li,,%11.•• but it smiled elemtt 10 Amin,
1 ;10,4111 in eesi.air of ever
Atroug Itt....*in NA, hen a kind
ntivised le to try 1)0de,g
'.14 111 I did, ttd sit%
t.140k101 10..the cntsitAld from
103't 1(31 ISOW 1 am never Mated 'With
I sore be,,k 0, siek im,iitielav. I will
s.y nil,. tee Mine
tad hioky recomunnd them to
imiferet."
Pri”e ri,v box, or 3 13011 kit. $1.25,,
0.1 41 :killers or ?united direet 011 reeeiot-
If price by The T. Milburn 00., Limited,
Torono. Ont.
When adding direct specify 0Dosn't0