The Signal, 1898-2-18, Page 2•'v
HOW IT ENDED,
CHAPI'BR VIl.-Cmthued.
eve it is all over then -in that quart-
er. at all events. Eyre, having bowed
b`me-lf out of his boat's presence, after
forc:,ng himself. as in dotty bound, to
make toertrous acknowledgment of
hos, itaLity received. which acknowledg-
mv,t has been as courteously atxepted,
has sent • menage to the village for
• toga to take bin and his belongings
to the inn dow'n'tk* a as soon as nae••
be. f1' is raging with indignation and
disgust. That o!d Goth ! He will give
k's daughter to • men she hates just
because in a foolish moment the poor
girl has been coerced into an engage-
ment with him. Never had the spirit
of Don Quixote been ao strongly re-
produoed as in Eyrr's heart at this
moment. Qn wi.tl come to her aid, fath-
er or no ("then! Wbed ! would any man
stand still yd see a girl wantonly, de-
liberately sacrificed and not pet out
• hand to help -to save/ i( so, has
n ets ;a out Lucien Eyre!
To see Dulcite• is however, neces-
sary. She must be male cognizant of
the plot laid against ler happiness. Up
to th`e. poor chid, abe has regarded her
'ngag.nieot aa a usual thiag, if hate-
ful; but she must now learn that force
will 1* employed it she refuses to go
calmly to the sitar with that &bomin-
tion. Sir Ralph.
He has just stepped inti the corrid-
or w hent he comes fast tel- Mea, with
her.
-weal i've seen your fatter." ages
be.
-What! Oh, not" says she.
• "Yea, I have said a 1. gger old--- 1
beg your pardon. Dot --
"Ho
l• .t -""He says I nest hold to my engage-
ment with Sir Ralph."
"He says that., and that ask. if you
were a slain• he could not have mads
IL more distinct Met roe *ease, cit i'^.
Mit power is the matter."
"barely" --growing very pale -"you
e xaggerate s little. A slave! Whose
=aver
"Sit Ralph's preaeotly, H you don't
take swift measures to free youreeW.
r" '11PuTiTe -ear_ mi. `' [)a
ase ay with tis: r
Thayr is a train at ettesd dm meet
one there. and-"
"And what r'
"1'11 !aloe yW, up to too* t* ate ais
ter's and we can be msrriedsto.mOrrow
oiler nimp"
"Marr.ed to -morrow morning' And
-and 1r-"
"Bel" if vetting her father; she. bow -
ever, bad riot nieant bier father; "why,
he deserves all he will get -no Imre.
"True. tour 1" says ase, ea it trying
to work herself up to the nece'ssry
rant of valor. "A &lava you said. But
at 11-"
"Miriam ! Dulcin+• 1" rears same one
is the dfatasne.
It is the vice of the "Goth."
"He's calling me; 1 must gol" says
she taking Mr hand away from Eyre,
ih a tittle friglhteoed fashion.
"Ramernber." whispers he. bolding
her by ber sleeve -"remember. the t rain;
the station is m'le • mile from this;
01.10 -keep it in mind. 1 shall be there.
tt is nothing of a walk. and-"
"Hat-n.y clothes!" II
"Oh. mnsenee t My sister will--"
' "t'Dukisiea I"
It 1 a very merry roar this time.
Dulcisea. with a wistful, undecided
glance at Eyre. rushes down the pas-
sage that kale to her father's sanctum,
•.d d'eappears. I
"You called me, father r' aye she, 1
.srvousl y.
"Called yen! I should think sot Half
a doom times, et beast. What were!
you do;ingl Philandering with that
•lbunderlmg idiot upstairs. eh f I
Should think. considering his 1lrth-aid
be comes of decent people enough
though they are. , English -thee to make
, love to a girl jet, her bather's ho•,ise
without her fa r'• content was a
most damnably low sort of thing to
dn"
"You wrong Mr. Eyre When you talk
of hien like thecae" nays Dulrinca, loyal-
ly.
Eyre hat meant to befriend``ber. A !
ray of the fire that blazes within her 1
father's eyes shines in her own at this
moment.
"Look here!" says The MrDermot,
furiously; "you ran fancy yourself in
tome with whom you tike, but you shall
marry Anketell all the tome. You've
given yoar weed to ides, sad I'it ease
that yon keep it I"
"1 shall not marry trim unless 1 wish
IR." says his daughter, with distinct de -
nine.; whereupon The McDermot
breaks ont in •,,terrible way. and *aye ,
ell sorts of hitter, unpardonable things.
eiltlt
the g1Yt; was 11- to a white hest
of rage in her own way, flings wide
the chin[ send rushes into the garden,
In rind rest sod pewee and room for
thought.
tike Coda bewever, only her cousin.
look like busloads this time. Whet la 11,
aloe r
"11 1 could be sure of you, Lade,"
says she fcir:ornly; "but you will be
as likely as not to take his aide."
"Whose •iiest"
"Well you e.. !'-,itct ii --'It's
tl'ts w&y--"
Ikad pause.
'Ohl go oo. for p;oodncs' .eke. 11
yon hens anythiag on what you are
pleas •,! to call your mind. get it off
You look" -with all the delightful sym-
pathy that. as a rule, distinguishes the
male memhers of one's family -"lite
a sick chicken. A qv th i ng f resh f or Is
it the moo rid game 1 -our well -be-
loved uncle on the rampage again!"
"Yes! And this time with a venge
ance!" says Dulcins wrathfully. "lie
-insists oo my kes•ying my engage-
ment
p agement with Sir Re,It,ta In spite of the
feet that I -decline to go c0 with it 1"
"Yost" Andy paurvs sad twists tiff
round so as to get a good view of her.
"\!'hat's up mew r shays he. "You de-
cline to go on with your engagement
Why t Wbat's the matter with Sir
Ralph r'
That isn't the question I" says she,
veehementt us
, "1 refuse to discuss Sir
Ralph with you or anybody. What has
to In consideaed • is. whetter I sm to
be sold -yes, sold -against my will to
anybody 1"
".Keep youe trair cot," saye her mew
in, blandly. 'l'here's sacretbing be-
hind this Mare market busioeas,-- lea -
there f I never beard a word of L1..
til that young friend of yours fell In-
to the bog a.ud waa dragged out by
some inconsiderate person by the Lair
of kis bead, and brought horse to be
nursed by you."
"I don't know of any one who fell
oto • bog. and was pulled out by hie
hair," says she, coldly.
'Look here Miele," putting her down
on • snob:len/3g rustic eat. let's p,ive
a name to it. Eyre is the bogged one's
nad..e. And I expect be bee been mak-
ing lose to you -eh 1"
•At ail events be isn't like some peo-
ple l" exclaims she, with a little frown.
"He doesn't lecture and scold and
trample on me from morning till
night 1"
We shall now proceed to give a name
r. �s liamplei.' imayes Mr, MrDeemot_•
nk'tell t And so you want to throw
over Ank• tell and marry Eyre f
la that w at it rouse tot"
"N --o. Not exactly."
"Them you want to throw over Anke-
tell and not unary Eyre. L that it r
"No -not quite." -
••T�o�� *s�._Q;lt-.wta.L_ ialtC
yba rcu,M thrnw joist one ray of light
upon the mystery, 1 misb*t able to
see you home.'•
"Well -it's this. then!" says she. with
• sudden totuih of maim. "I won't
submit to be ordered to marry key one,
and certainly aM • tyrant like Sir
Ra Iph ! Why. it you could have beard
Aim yesterday ! Hut never mind that..
The tact is. Andy, that Mr. Eyre -asked
me to marry him:.end-I didn't .ay- ,ea
-bread..-- Wel I -never mind that.
either. But e* went to father. and fa-
ther. A appeared, was di.tireetly rude,
and told him-- !Well"-sighing-"nee-
er mind that, either."
11r.-111e&i.mae. eadd-
11• "asmay mind 1"
Yes -thea." says she, her •oger croak-
hg• "He then sent for me."
He, Eyre! Just like hie impudence."
"IIs is net intprident, and it was fath-
er who s^nt for me,"
"To gime you a good scolding. i hope."
"if you hope flat" -trying to rine-
there es too use it any wring on witb
tail exp!aM,tion." .
Yes, there is -every use. I'm sure
to wane in handy sooner or !.ter and
therefore it is necessary the plot should
be laid bare to me. Curie. go on, do!
We can have our little war Inter. What
did the governor say to your.
"That I ahouid marry Sir Ralph Is te-
ther L liked It or riot -that nothiner,
should greyest my keeping my en-
gagement with dim. Hap" -paling -
f ; c t'" me to• understand that if i loat h-
eat nr Ralph I should still marry him."
"nut you don't loathe bin.,"
"I'm not sure, I" -pas mnstely-"l
am .easily oertai that he has hacked
ftp father to this matter. and It only
to punish nig for heirs a little -you
down -a little---"
"Yes -1 know"-noddiag-
- "Well, to piniab me for tbat he, too,
1 in the plot to compel me to marry
him_••
What rot !" awe her cessi.n. fore -
of inelegantly. That isn't a hit.
like Atdketell 1 Townsend lis out of your
mind to talk of him like that!"
"You don't know him as I do. Yon
think he is fend of nae. Nqw, 1"-rais-
ung her brad skid gazing at her rowan
w;th glowing eyes -"1 know that he
deteata me I"
"Orem in sad hen your head shav-
ed f Core quickly. Typhoid. I should
say. to look at yon,," -
Nonsense ! There -don't go on lite
s lunatic! i mean every word I say.
The very last interview i had with him
he was rude and cnttirig. and indif-
ferent, and cruel, end--"
"He must have forgotten to pay • ,
compliment or two," say. her waste,
thoughtfully.
You. cnn jest if you hike" nave 1ttt1-
rirwi. risiog now with d.eterminati•sn.
'I did think. Andy•" meting a re-
proachful
e-
pr achful gleam at him "that I might
Mur hoped for *yvhpathy and help from
year
i don't think i onderetand it." says
Andy. carefully. "You want to marry
Byre, seri yon dyou't want to marry
Anketell; is that it r' -
"No" -shortly. "I don't want to
marry either of them."
"Not Eyre," doubtfully.
CHAPTER ViiI.
"is it not time thart(es he ivTs.,-
Or stow, or never."
Perhere to [yet it has ,.eetned that
"reshim.t^rF0000d hope !e may
be Sound
is
"Andy!" calla she; "Andy t" Hb i* at
the other end of 1 he garden, and et.
first dries net tear bee. 'Andy!" bow -
ver. restores him to a proper tram. of
mit'.
"Hi!" says he.. from the middle of
s lead al cabbage.
"Come here! mem. at mice I it is
e nmething very important."
This brings him be her at the rete
of forty knots an hour.
"!Well what's the matter now r'ay.
te,
"Everything 1" says Mies SeDsgmot
with o mendable hr.vk.y.
That gegers,Ily mane nof,Atssg with i
B girl" says her consign eont•mptu-
1t•1y. "However. to do you jnstire. roe
*ball let yqu had tether and Mer Ralph
..e what I eon Ao--unaided."
She turtle end walks down th path
toward the gs.te.
"Look bare Duisie. Come back! let'.
talk it over," says be, hurrylog atter
her, impressed io spits of btmsalf by,
her manner. •
Wit she waves him to one side witb
ea imperial. gesture. and b soon lost
to sight.
'It's going to tie a tit_• evening for
fireworks,' says Mr. McDertaut, coot
templat'mmgs the sky with a thought-
ful air "Ore= display 1 anllmited vari-
ety I magni(ioowt effects And smoke!
--much smoke!"
CHAPTER IX.
" Tnou di.lat delight my eyes.
Yet who eau I t Nor first.
Nor last. nor heat, that durst
Once dreapm of thee for prize.
Nor this the only time,
Thou shalt set love to rhyme."
How dark it ie w alking along this sil-
ent road! Dark, though only six o'clock.
How quickly the day dies when it is
Ileosmber I such a moon as this is hard-
ly worth talking &tout ; and yet with-
out it. &secured as it is, how much
more dismal would the, night be! Was
there erer before so silent • night,
Are all the dogs la the farmhouse'
dead? Theile 1. til, sound at all any-
where, save the stir of sea, ia the star-
light, far. far below, down thhre, where
all things seem' to sink into one.
Bridget I -what is Bridget thinking
Dust 1 Has ab• Lound out she i• gone/
No; not yet. 1t is early really, though
i t 1f+ollt sq -)ala. _Oddly enough. it V
;Irma"!
dl1 Ibi girl's mind tint
turns, as in bit ttterd angry golfs aM
runs along, the road that leads to the
little wsypide station of which Eyre
had spoken to her. Her hint to Andy
that she would lel lover and father and
cousin see what she could do is now
in process of full completion When
Eyre ha I suggested to her to run sway
with him yid be married by special
license, she Rad certainly at the mo-
ment, though warning to dotty with
the idea. no real intention of follow-
ing it up. But Sir Ralph's unfortun-
ate coldness of the day before. her faith -
era stern command. and tipsily her
cousi:'s mocking determinaton not to
help her to her folly. had been •t' too
much for her childiah pride. Ho had
revolted. once for all ; she would show
Eyre's last words about the 6.30 train
his earnest, really honest expression as
be spoke. had lingered in her memory
and wasting, locked up in her own
room. she had, whoa night grew, dreamt -
ad herself in her warmest clothins and
slipping out at the side door. begin
her Jourto Den rs station.
Was Uuire rear so0TAig • miler or
* roads deserted 1 At first she had
rayed flat no one might see or meet
her on her way to the station; but
now she would have given • good deal
to hear the sound of cartwheels, or
the jogtrot of. a farmer's horse. But
there is no fair wnywhers to -day is
the aeighborhood, and so the road r.-
maiss empty and quiet.
The boon, coming out at last from
behind a tank of dart t- EToude.
serves only to heighten rather than
to lessen her sense of lone:ites. Now
each hillock sal tree &ad beset of
furze tsars shape wad action. mad
threaten to attack her on every side.
The .terrors of the night are gnat to
those who know nothing of it, safe
within d erefully-clused doors of house
or carriage. To Dulcins. running
along through the dull darkness. •
sense of despair mingled with active
fear is uppermost!
"Silence how dead! and darkness how
protosni
Nor eye. nor list'Ilag_ ear, an ob-
ject Hada."'
In ,&in abs tells herself that it is
not ready night. that it is only six
o'clock ; that a few month' ago, this
very hoar ani time and dreadful dark-
ness would still be called clay. It is
with a sigh that grows into a soh of
passionate relief, that at last she sees
the lamps shining in the little sta-
tion before her, with, over there •
quarter of • mile to the 1eft, the glim-
mering lights -of the small town that
Ma given its name to the station.
Hurriedly she enters it. sad, reach-
ing the dim platform, that seems en-
veloped in • cloudy mut, stands ir-
resolute. Only for • moment, how-
ever. Eyre bas come to her, has seised
her hand, is drawing her into the full-
er lights beyond.
" hl vs stag here," says she, in a
cboking tone. No one can see us here.
And -oh!" a little wildly. "it was •
long walk. How far -bow tar am 1 from
home 1"
" Yoe. are aervous," says he, sensib-
ly -too sen.itly; 'and it he my fault.
i forgot. when I suggested to you that
the wart here wast only a mile. that it
would le undertaken in midwinter. it
clever occurred to me that Biz o'clock
would mean night at this time of ye r.
You must try to forgive me tbat. What
is that you buret Your bait Give it
to me."
The et.atioo is such a dinor one t hat,
at this hour, it is given to sisolute
solitude -almost. in the far distance
a sturdy farmer ice trudging to and
fro, gaffing and blowing, and seek-
ing by eager marching[, from the gate
to the station house. to keep rime
warmth in hie body, and just hare,
where k)ulcinea stand., a laborer goes
by on hie homeward way, and there-
over. there, where the gloom is thickest
'`-atwurtp, by 131 the front 'Ark to the
world, Ralph Anketell. •
He had Leen lunching In osis part of
the neighbourhood during the after-
noon, and expecting • parcel by this
trade, had decided to wait and take it
home with bim. H. h.rl sees Byte's
arrival, and wondered at his punctu-
ality. the train not being due for •
quarter of me hour or so; had telt a
senas of eatisfartion In the thougbt
that be wasreally leavias-• thought
justified ly that •ptrronnt. of tuggsge Ly-
ing on thde
e platform ; had signed y
withdrawn ace far into the &bade that
he should he unseen by him, not foaling
equal too tete-a-tete with oho nun be
suspects to be his rival, sad had seen
Huleiava's nervous entrance and Eyre's
ewe cresting of her. •
To for nes isatent Imagine their
amities isvoesmtary would be to knows
hiznenl( • tont, acid wine lee sees Eyre
ppua'ss a. himself of the smell hag that
Dukcine& rami= be kismet the troth as
surety as Hoare all the world were
cryrg It within Ms oars.
?leashed--atape( ied--c61Ef*e w the
heart'. core 1* steatite welching the
girl to win= Ida the giros every
thought sad halve of his life, wilfully
[Waking Mete of them.
"Certainty pot. All i want is -to he
free.o let Sir -to let father seo that
e.
1 m dot ,to be mmdissdord to .marry
any one. Andy," <vexingly, ".help me.
:peak (o-hitlher-M t Help me to break
t this follow eineregement."
"And so let yob free to marry that
whipper-srr.ppar upatain, with hie
sink. block eye 1 No, I won't 1" gays
Andy. with deci.Mn; "Air Iteiph is
Worth • doom of hienib you think
I .!ron't sew througi), you t Vol have
fallen to love wild► that Italian. who
loots quite absurd wetly/tit the monkey
and the organ, and ynu went to pt. -
tend thatst1 era desire la freedom."
".You refuse to help rm. then?" asks
Duleiewaa, lankier mmddeely very tall
earl Peery whits and airy earnest.
,
"Th your hurt -yea'
"Very well, am. All••e you day. ell
negation arta 1 abed! set for myself. i
"Nervemi r says Dukpses. vaguely,
storing at Eyre as if hardly und•r-
standieg him. It has ousel. Mme to her
that certainly be does not understand
Mr. Nervous! 1s that the word for
(his awful pain Used is tuggtug at her
heart f Oh what undone had brought
bier bare
A sense of fear-distitnot., clutchinngg
u shelties her. It grows too dread-
ful to be borne. Eyre .s talking to her.
She is coasaioua of that; but 00 word
he utters is clear to bier. To go beck,
to go back I -that one thought, and
that only, le beetling like a hammer In
her braiq bat behind it, and through 1t,
ares &bother -the oddest one, surely
-that if she ones she will neves see
Anke.tel4 •sei.1
Presently the mists of her brain •leas
a 1_ttte and abs can wonder within her-
self. Eyre V still talking -kindly, Do
doubt. mod soothingly; but it doesn't
seem of any consequence at all what
he is sayings. Ralph! What will be
think! Whim he bears she is gone -
gone ; what will he think then? She
becomes for the first time conscious
that she is cold -so cold! 1t must be
the mast air that b 'Lakin* her shiv-
er like thin
She must go back. She will. Eves
t.be dell liobtts b the station are begin-
ning to add to her terror. Surely -
surely every one is looking at her,
wondering &hoot ter. gossiping .beet
bet!
Yes the nue person who in losalhty
is looking at bee with an anguish nn -
speakable u bibs one person uneuspect-
e by bar.
fibs Mahe !heavily aces one might whose
mind le mads up after a conttict,
She thnesrwn em- her hem4 •tie =di
enmities* -•
-
" We shall not lkaee lees to wait
Mew." he is swing; "Ube train is just
due. Orem. we had better move • lit-
tle Isis 'way."
"I can't!" she peones and looks
*trsiwht at her domp•uioa. a terrible
misery in ,hes eyes. It mews ea if
speech has deserted her "1 won't go
an farther," she gasps &t last pain-
ou mean r quest one F.yre, se it
not able to g -rasp, the truth that 1:e.
G o plainly to her white face and gleam-
ias sive..
A. bis eases for en a mower the
shrill whistling a the approaching
trail cleaves the sharp, crispy air.
"Forgive me r says the girl. tremb-
ling in every limb. " I-1 thought I
'eould-llo 11, but f real. I"m frightel.ed
" I told you you were nervous," says
b.. " And I know it is a wrench; but
surely, darling, it is beat for you ; you
have go ottes told me how unhappy
you we o "
" I must have lied to you mays she.
_sol.mnle. "Lied, No/ meshing .t --not
intentionally ; bat because I didn't
know. I kaow alts, I must go home ;
1 most."
Aa you will, of retiree I" say. Eyre.
very stiffly. Hae all his chivalry come
to this that she will none of him. of his
aid. or sympathy. or affection S*rely
be is as modern a Don Quixote as ons
may hope to bad! " You really what
to retnr. f"
" I do -I do. medeed !" says the poor
child. clasping ber bands imploringly.
Mr. Fre makes but ane answer to
this imt$sio..d and distinctly unflat-
tering appal -be reforne tier her bag.
To the man in the dusk beyond. watch-
ing them with a livid tans. this act
enema unprecedented.
" Has it occurred to you how you are
to get beck 1" asks Eyre. in • tone
calculated to freesia a salamander.
"I shall be able to manage that"
-feverishly. " i shall indeed I Ah 1-
ther3 1. your train!" as that snorting
ma,•hine dashes into the station. "Go t --
go t„
i shall *go' certainly, sooner or
later," says be, stillaaly. " Though coo-
■i•lera',ly later than v.111 please you,
to judge by your manner. Rut before
I oblige you. I .hall we you safe into
your home."
" If you do you wall miss your train.
Do --do think of that I" says she, in •
small agony. "Pee -they are shutting ,
the doors. and- 051 breaking off
with • little gasp of hope that ends
almost in • cry, ' there u Andy! An-
dy!" calling out loud. " There 1 Don't
you see him, Just running into the
station! I'd know his lege anywhere'
Aady I And
TdI" ito Continued.
HER IDEA OF TEMPERANCE.
A little school girl in the rural dis-
tricts of Georgia was told to write •
o enp eition on "Temperance." She
turned out the following; "Temperance
is more better than whisky. Whisky
is ten cents • drink, and tots of it. My
pa driala whisky. Ha has horn full
118 times. One night be came borne
late end Una went out and cut nous
hirkorine and walloped him good. Then
the decked his head In • tub of soap -
audio and locked him up is the barn.
Aod the next Morning my pa staid he
reckoned be'd swear alt.
RICREST GOLD MINE.
The reheat gold mine In the world s
located ander the thriving 1.wn of
Ballarat. Victoria, Australia. It yields
but bat? en osn-e of standard gold
to the teen, and yet the Band. Barton
and Albion mine bee yielded mere than
$150,000,000 of gold .knee it was opened,
20 years ago.
JOILN N \"-t RANDS.
Mother --Johnny, Jou said you'd been
to Runde school.
Johnny, with a far -away look,-.
Teem.
Motber-How dens it happen that
your heads smell fishy t
Johnny -I -I carried home (5' Bun -
day 'oho= paper. an' -an' th' outside
page is ell about Joaah an' th' whale,
HOME REMEDIES.
Wblm my *Het gets a cold. i cm ears
it to a day.
What do you give beet
Nothing• Idappd say that if .b. 1.
well by aletit I will take ber to the
theatre.
A $CIPINTLR1"8 OPINION.
Mr. Rilk's., looking troth tore paper,
emin.nt pbysieian. Dr. Oreathead
sap timers le so exercise so madaeive
to health in woman ea ordinary hoess-
work.
MM. Bilklne-Huh 1 i'll bet he's mar -
tried.
PERILl3 OF Tlik TORPEDO.
arricsIS AND CRs W ALWAYS !ACE
TO FACE WITH DEATH.
1■ War TLelr Tattle Ar. r.rlora nap.. -
Rves /. reaeer.l Tinto. as St rot Meese
neetrucata - u ae..rpiteats. lee
Bala •r a .rifle SDlp tae Torpedo 5.04
It Sore to be afe0rrd.
There ars very few people who re-
alise the dangers braved by the navel
officers and crew esgpged in the tor-
pedo service. This is, however, the most
dangerous br•noh of the navy, for there
ie nut a awment either in peace or war
when the vwr;ous torpedo boats are on
their cruises that the lives of every
afoul aboard tore cot ih imminent dan-
ger of dreadful death The sighted
error ib handling these crate n.eaat
eertaie death for officers and crew,
which 1a CUP of war the only thing
which th. men is the torpedo envie.
earl kw* forward to is the chance of
rscapiag from the Tepid firing guns
9.* baAtle ship, tree wrbeb tel endewv-
oring to sink wit, a torpedo Ibe little
boat hes drawn her tire at chose range.
Any uoe acslsainted with the modern
navies of the world will instantly re-
alise that self a hope is at beat • for-
lorn one. These apparent dangers have
served to attract mach attention
to the torpedo Mat serene and there
are many who do not believe in send-
ing men upon missions of sued immin-
ent perm fur so little that can be gain-
ed by it. Even recognizing the full
strength d what the torpedo teats ran
do. many believe that torpedo boat war-
fare is doobtkusly the most terrible
"boomerang" style of fighting coo-
aivable. The crew may annb
ratter to the skies an oppo.iu ihilafords,
and ie • few instanter live to tell about
R. It is many ohsmes to one, how-
ever, that they will tbetaselves die in
the rule they hoe wrought. victims
of their own patriotic bravery.
Ho little is these Uta melte Ills beershAls
on these torpedo theta that e. the Eng-
lish navy they are obliged 10 pick men
far torpedo boat service mei give in-
creased pay oto the entire crew &Milk
firers of the flotilla - -
ft in kocc.•iblls to avoid the. di
•Men --lib torped. testa an eeeetruet-
ed prhmarity for sped and their light-
ness, narrow beam and shallow
draught while emsbllag them to make.
fair speed in calm weather, makes them
&knout uoisbsbMabie in hid weather.
Ie • recent trip eta torpedo boat
across the At natio it was foxed im-
possible for day. lit a time to light •
rue in the coot's quarters. The ottie-
prf Were 50
CttAMP'ED IN THEIR CABINS
That they were forced to sit with their
feet propped ap against the sides of
the boat. Every on. op board, daring
rough weather, was burled from side
to ere of the narrow steel tube until
all were a oras of bruises and eoutu.i.-
ons. To cap their troubles they slept
with the anplesaaat knowledge that he -
t eeth them were stared expkis vee sa-
nepest to blow them beyond the clouds.
The discomforts !a time of peace ere
bad eiout-h. but is war times the tor-
p.do boats may well be called the for-
brn hope of the fleet. Enough ham
been seen of the dangers to show what
small dance there 1 of the boat's crew
living through a torpedo duel. The
moat t rat'sd event of recent
natal battles iW which a torpedo Loot
took part occurred on lbs eight fot-
lowicg the battle of the Yalu when
the Cboese sbipms had weight shelter
in • convenient hay, with Orly • sme 11
outlet to the sea. Through tbim open.
Mg w Javanese torpedo boat stole dar-
ing the night to the attack. The com-
mander of the Chinese vesal 'ling -
Yuen, and a nusapber of the crew, were
on deck. expecting some attack. When
• 'gnaled by other weasels that the tor-
pedo twat had been sighted the Ting -
Yuan began to fire ice the direction
whence she came. The smoke from the
mins made it impoe.ih . to see the at-
tacking hoot, sod the cemena.ud was giv-
en to cease Deism. The C,bine•s ogee
meatier next discovered the torpedo
boat about a had mile distant coming
at full speed towed the ship. The gen
crew immediately opened fire won her
with *II their machine and rapid -tire
1t was sore seen that he was
tall of sleet hole*. tbrongh which es-
caped clouds of steam.
Tb. Japanese succeeded. however, io
discharging her torpedo. A dull. muf-
fled report •nsaonneed the .iplosion un-
der the gnartera of the ship. A Column
of water was thrown in the sir where
tris dig was strode and an exemiaa-
t:oo behove showed !hitt the protective
decks and water -tight door in the
bulkheads were leaking badly and the
ship was g'rad•wlly silting. She was
got under way sed run holo a mad
bank on the other side of the, when
est examination on the following da
showed that a bol.• flee by eight feet„
h*d been blown it tbm bottom of the
• hp, end that .he win
PRAcTICat t Z -1
All erer cemmeirtmesta were tilled
with water and the dreg extinguished.
As the weather was bitter cold, t0 de-
gree. heksw
sero, the ship had to he
abili
Tb. fake ot" the crew of the torpedo,
boat win simply appalling. Mae was
discovered the following morning float-
ing in the bay. The first mon who
boarded her fooled wast was heft of
' the crew (rows to death on her derki.
The engineer. sealitniat reed fireman
,bed been scalded to death throtigh the
euttimg a the stoma pipes by one of
the amides Ate. from the machine
puns. They were all below deck.. The
obit engineer was found neer Iefli
hatetiwway ed the aerie" corm* trona
diff. It was =Ment, however. then be
had died from the seeds Sod turns,
Out of the entire crew dot 14 men not
o
In the war between Chili .sal Ptert
it was shown that toirih= as were tor-
melees'
oe•melees` when they scot here es a yea
eel's shies ohm dames were &tl 10 liv-
or of the torpedo host h�hsg sunk Imag
hetero she wee eesit�tlt to alis *57
d.ols�ti WUWi, tr its aueessdsd is dig-
cnargtng bit deadly enimtbe the chiming
of bar getting away afterward were
kw. the best this grew mold eapeot
would be to @Lek will the battle ship
end die gloriously. kpuwleg that In
their death. they polled dome the en-
emy too.
So certain M It that skim cbancee of
lodes can hr expected by the officers
end crew of a torpedo boat Us it bee
come to be an sampled eatim•tion that
60 to 60 yet cast. d he torpedo boats
engaged in aMtackieg cruisers and bat-
tle skip• will go to the bottom with
every soul on board. It is a service 0t
death in war times; or dreadful ales
comfort in time of peace.
LIFE OIYINO ENOLISHMEN.
*perm .au.. til serene.■ ■.see e.erere
et Rebel. • railer Is mesa.
Sir Richard Webster, after declKiag
that it would be better for Great Brit-
ain to fight and lose now than to per•
iah of slow starvation by the toes of
trade, went on to eay that the United
States vies supporting Eaglaad'a pol-
icy in the Chinese trouble with sur-
prising unanimity. That is true, and
It could hardly be otberwias, because
the interests of the two oouatries are
identical, says the New York Eves -
Ing Post. Both of them desire that the
trade of China shall be open to fair
competition. However, much w• may
insist upon holding our own mark-
ets. for our own prodaesrs, ws at.
emphatically opposed to the closing of
neutral markets to our commerce by
outside violence and compulsion. Upas
this ',Oat American protectionists sad
free traders are at one The organ of
the Manufa"turere Club at Philadel-
Phia has the strongest article on this
anbjeot that we have seen la the Ameri-
can press. Although Germany has in-
timated that she has no intention to
put restrktions on the commerce of
Kiao-Cbau hay and its tributary cosq-
try. the "Manufacturer" thinks that
the young Kaiser will bear watching -
"Of German policy in Chine," it says,
"we know nothing. We do know what
it has been in Africa and in so,ae otle
er parts of the world where German
colonies h.n been established, and the
progress which has been made
under German aue1lc a has been so
smaf9 to t roparlaon With !'bat witch
is effected in the great districts which
have leen touched by the life-giving
Englishman, that we must look loan
guarantees from Berlin with some dao-
The lite -giving Englishman
dy just now, with his
lig fleet and him ceding stations, of-
fering to du our (igbtitag .-..tea ea iia
eastern Asia, and we are glad to find
• growing regard for him among the
manufacturers of Pennsylvania. Ile
ought to ham bad a vote of thanks at
the recent convention in this city- The
"Manufacturer" arses our government
to act promptly and intelligently at
this juncture -not in the way of send-
ing warships across the Pacific, but by
letting foreign nations know that our
treaty right• cannot to curtailed or
set at naught by • re -arrangement of
the boundaries of the Chinese empire
to which we are not parties. If we
west • spirited foreign policy, the
place to show it Is • p1-. when we
hare rights of our own to stand up
tor, net where we come aa an intruder,
pretending to restore or defend those
of other people.
THE BOY CO ONLY SWEAR,
B reed Mau. Cerat,olary L•rl1.41.CUM,
b as Are.de.$ M tis aksll
A buy whom vo-abulery eon/detain-
ment wholly of oaths lives in the til
lags of Montague. Hi . name is Er -
omit Mott, and if h. li\em until nest
March he will be 14 years old. Until
I•et Octctoev La was a fairly bright
and very active lad. While he and hie
playmates were skylarking smog the
wood teams on this morning of Oct. bl
a horse kl.•ked him in the head, in-
flicting * revere woun 1 above the left
ear. Hie right ,ide was pars'yse•l by
the blow. The muscles of his throat
were also aft• •ted so he w &v unable to
articulate. After treating t be boy for
PBIt8O11AL POINTERS
1•.eee•Ilsig a•w •Met nae.. or the hate
Y.1s. ,K 1111. Magri.
Tae Isgt survivor of 115,1.1100
lust bbd b an Iriah workhouse. haves
reacbcl the age o� 118 yeas.. '5.
Iq at the !ipso of the betties, in x
be b aevorsigo w'oiseled. wee*
,&
wereeent fad of Harr Krupp the tin
man itrunmeater, is said to have kegs
tate um of ircm as • material for hi'
vi•itlrtg verde. The plate mea rdW
as thin ea the nicest dainty o•rdixwrb
Toto inventor of the lineotype res.
ahiris Ottntar a1t,,rgeothaler, le afar*
log the waiter at Denning. N.M., ort ere
he is i lns from consumption.
►huaj
be will nut live through
winter.�
Purge WasLington Stevens. who
!made • reput*(., as • newspaper
telpardxford.eat is Lb. recent Gre.u'furh,
ish war is sot quite twenty-eight' ye':
d Me. and in a graduate of Betide Cot.
lege, O
Lord Arc -hawk' Campbell's daugbt r
Led? L+!s as expert player d
the bagpipes and sea mads the wet re
meat uI bei p.opkf boo. favouraa,lp
known to 5.r fashionable cert cn w.•
than 4:t!
f ofd.
Novel Tahsbot ys5* the chief of tk.
Ittognoia Indians at Caughnawaga Cas
.d• is preparing to visit (,leen \ i tori..
1n order to its area r•ovwai the
er rate treaty of i876. Irmdsrof which w
people cap cross the border w.t
paying dMy on chide manufactures.
The King of Sweden has bestowed es
the Scandinavian authoress Clara Tete
udi the medal tor art and science, k
being the Griot time Ohat • Se&ndia
vian authoress has received this bower,
Clara Tschtddif• works pan. a I reado
bean ir•salated phtoGerman, and aria
mostly on historical subjects.
A signal complismot has just hese
conferred oe English music._ Sir Alsx-
•edsr Mackenzie and Sir Arthur Std.
Horan have base elected members d
the Sa.di.h Academy of Muse, of .51
the Crown Prince u President, uedsr
• rate =tabbing the elation of a 1im
deed melbas of torsion composers 4
distiactloa.
!riot im siNNESgWIFIIIM-Questa asit
of Greece hoe an smsimr tattoel se
her ahonlder as • tattles of her aloe
Coo for bar father, the late dread
Duke Consta<stime of Rama and 1101
Princess Waldemar of Danmark wit
e( the ssi Ior .0a of Hing CLrist las, k
also�_eTked p .4etfo togitawos ..
addH�11 of • cams.
15. ifaris. egg L , nine. d Sir \Nils
liar• Emit= alis. beep appoi�t•d tie.
hanaheysmb•n of the British medical
eorpe Sept nal to oambst tib. p!agu• r
India. She is or was until lately, tb
only physician of her nix who sola
the Cambridge daphnia of public 1esltj.
Thee dugss of the deal coo a are es-
pect.d td.. °whips _nit smooths
J. F. Williard, ei resident of Ikrlia
and a nephew a Mee !macros tV .;lard,
has started on an ezp•diturn to Bak-
bare, and Asiatic Mamie far tb• par.
poet of studying the habits of minis-
Isla
rimis-
Is1a and vagrants. The Roman Gee
'cerement sae furnished him elth fess
transportation throughout the Iii
pix, and the itaeeau n•wapap.ers cam
mend the aoterprise.
The Russian gilts being taken tote
ys:Wie by M. Leontieff Inclede a pre -
dims holy edage of Baht George the
Vietorimaa. destined for a new aloe
• nem temple to In built on the mem
or&ble field of Adawa sad a very basil
some sword for Res Makoonen at Har
so. The bolo ikon beton being seat
Off, was bi'eeed and .&actfisd by the
peels theameturgie priest Father
of Croustade
The Rev. Henry Good. LL.B., for fifty
a few weeks without gilt, my much
improvement the doctor sept him to
the Bang.,r hospital. when the sure
gape trephine' his atoll, taking total
s clrrul&r piens of hone to relieve the I
perfumers upon Use 'brain.
The boy began to get well at on_e.
He 'eta heartily. gained etrensth, and,
ao Dec. IP he had we par reeco vied that
he was rent boon to h e parents. He
has Mean out ea the streets every day
mime, apparently as healthy as ever,
but though his physical and mental
vigor sae returned be b still 'enable
to utter any form of speech ezeept
the oaths that bel learned about the
mill. Of those he hoe a perfect and
ekoquena command. He con e•=ily out-
wear any person who has ever visit-
ed Montague, whish, ouovldering the
lriclesny et sumo+ -of the mill um -n.
�1.. aolrepntatios that is hard to obtain.
Though profanity 1, his sob form of
euprenuesn ween standing ap he 1e
a lo get 5g. tongue *tenni a few.
pieta word* after be has lain upon his
beck for a few hours. When hie mo-
ther calla him to lireekfavt in the
morning he sometimes says "Good
m'rning." or "Its a good day" toter
but the moment he Ret* upon !detest
the power leaves him and he relapses
into utter wilt..4 en for the day. He
res whin le an ordinary tine all
thous* without making • mistake, bot
be cah't elan a word. Ha can write
out him wants la every day words, rand
hems to hove on idclihation onward
sinfuienna *idle making hie . Seeds
Moon uox,s elate or paper, but the
moment is tries to *Dead he begins
to swear and doss mottling else Mut
swear until he is out of breath. Dr.
Bragg, hie attending phyaitiaa, has
called seven' ap.el*its to help hl ,
nun the toy but all have failed. A
'Christina Ries •r healer, who ear' up
from fereeei , prayed with the lel ter
two days. anti when be got througb
the kid buriewl the good man with &n
avelsnnte of wicked words.
SENTENCE SUSPENDED.
New WIfe-Hav you tried my Ms.
emit, dear/
s Plow Hosb•ad-Yes, They're Indite
seven years the vicar d Wien! ors&
Dor.-t England, died at Weston -super -
Marr. the other day, aged ninety -eine
years. He possessed the whole of Iiv
faculties until veryreoently. when itis
sight hided. To tend be was of a
most. cheerful disposition, aad his r -
misiaeeao.s of his men lite as • mid-
sbipmes Miring the Peninsula war were
bigbly interesting.
It bae been generally simpered tb•t
the two sons of she Hits of Sim would
beenplele their eduction is England.
It is now said, however, that the wood
son is to g0 to Rssf.i the reason as-
signed being that hie rather wishes his
to Learn ole Rues to language. At'
cording to new. from Openharg, the
young prince is to enter one of the
greet m^ladavy colleges. Meanwhile the
• r -apparent will raenaln in England.
Lieutenant Olafson. s Iano, who re-
turned Inst r.ritg from Central Am
will next year tit out a new expedi-
tion to the Penile regime. in order to
make ggeoeoggra;ihicel and etboogr•phe
cal explorative& to the northers pert
of the Wakhaa v.LI.l, TM_ *vodka*
will be supported by the Dash* Gov-
ernment stat Of the Carst.erg fund and
*ill he absent for two years. The
party will include two *lent ifki ex-
perts.
W: 111- H. Lehy is an eaWalaetic
rook heater. it 4 related that Mune- •
diately after hie nosni atioo In novem-
ber, iMI5, as • candidate for Debbie
University, h. retired 1rd.n the scene
of ezretemspt ice the examination hall
of Tr .pity College to . well-k•'wn
Dahlin bnokseller's establiaYmemt where
he was quickly shwob ed In the porrhaae
of 8t. Patrick's Purgatory," a work
whirs his eleetkineering experience tie
doubt invested with a umiak °harm.
A POOR EXCUSE
Bank Clerk taer.tinizing chsekl -
Madame,, we can't pay this onion yea
6110 sora' dame b► ids*$Ify'
Old lady (tartly! -I ttthee�ld like le
know w1yl
Bank Clerk-Beeenee we don't knrtt
Old Indy-Now, don't he slily 1 1
dreg know you wither.
IMPUSSI BLE.
Pruyn-Have yon beard that borrihl
dory •boat old $titre hong bvri•d
Ulve?
Dr. floe hastily -Barisal alis f 15
Mtl.1, b. wsa oaN of „Fly I•*f.
leata 1
ORTHERN PAS
re Is no prettier or 1
lac•" is the two
that at Hircbthw•lte Fi
owner. Jobe Hoehn,
• same four years ago; he
bead d his bo Behold h
bean oocnpisd by the s
d&s*bten, II6ry, who
a bowrs'vi!• an faired '
e dal..
The 8•pt ober sus' sti
rough the window. Illumin
rfully attractive picture
gbt loomed the greet, opo
reed by a shining steel t
pith hung • kettle, singing
•r lbs clear tire. Opp d*s
11 clock made at P•aritie
, year* •g0 for Mary's g
• tel, whose names ars e
brazen (ace. and range
aIle. tilling every vacant
heir high backs, were rue
hairs, most of them coeval
want owner, and like fa
ew traces et their actual d
he window was a long oak
rail to keep the feet ,
lags, and opposite it, •salt
her wall, a canlortabls e
ids the hearth the farmer
haft was cosary1euai•, and
and Lehi• ecu three lugs
he tea -thing• had just be
ear the fire. her face and
the sunlight, eat Mary
Ung chair, spluciag hes
ld call bar beautiful. her
bin aid her cbeekbooe* tt
ahs site at her wheel i
ea. and brightly striped
n weaving, the aunaabine
✓ ukases of Gott hair w
f the well -shaped bands
IN 11&i; M would Ute bar
bo could not diad much,to
ike tel • Baa aced figure
ADA. retwauaOt denote
r•cter, and a •ensitiveo
y and power Of producing
mon among English pe
slimy expression in the
treated so oddly with
.d mouth, and was on
tad (or by Ulla stenosed
. • t in ts. cbar•ctet.
shin folk, bath res
, suddenly vanished as a
ma the wisdom and • .tc
the porta. Before gibe co
ins wb•el and lay do
her hand„ a bung owe
at bis he•11 catered th
up to Mr.
"Tbou'rt early. Jim. Fall
this hour; thou knaws
ay t' Cosmos M mdays
"Aye, I know, but Nary
to talk wt' thee sad
boutd find thee at t' epi.
n. Hcn'. a life pit
ye. 1 (011.54 i' t' beds!
tots t' lila thing.huufd
e o' September wt' all t
i' hips!" Standing in to
leaaedbeck in her chs
at bis, Jlm coatiaued
"Thy father w•' at me 1
day when (boa west at Si
about t' leapt/Di-You Hapd
down good folk, and n0
meetiq tbiale& such a dew
sr; be has a grwa' power o
knew. his Bible well. Ret
him times. I we' brought
and all say 10110 anQa
be no leading to Menge
knave•• lass, I M' stood
tram thy father for ab its
well, but *bee bin fall 1
blest meeting that wen
wouldua' sit then to boar
'd end just got op Sad e
Fell. And now thee
dos cam to meet Uses a
This eiornipg t' master c
told me, hs woaidsa' allow
P marry molt a heretic, •
the. ace."
"01eJim. he didna ea
'He did tboese and 1
CII not go .sin my cosvi
own. So we mum e`es bi
aid break my heart to •
not have ye. eio I 5.' mads
to leave et Martinmam.
Sale Claw is waatiag a e
kaon Red $mv sad Cn cel
w•llast'1.11,n'"
Mary's face bad gradual!
sad now bar lips quivered
ppther'ed fn her eyes. N'
togive him w thio lover
er see
blur
any
mora na
whistle to kin deg es it r
Pell behind the hoose, nee
se for his step eomisg
poreb to bring her gifts
moment's talk inns th
was d•? Aad yet how r
tag
5.
or.prevented, Ree
mast unlikely to relent a
h er lover toe well to nig
for her sake. to give ag
valued oto highly.
Tkis perfect
feelings kept bier ai est
meats, moll th. strong
!••ally exiat•d hehhiad
taieto.Gs d both, burst
lagging herself gs la be.
aobiled oat Mr misery 1
S boild•r; be is ►bl tare fs
Tepees and sngsr •Ilhs La
delight of tee smog holdl
�sidrk ears
rreaprv*. old WISCSt obis
tills, sod while
to meet ler father, Jim,
loving word. &lad his d
dSippaared1d tb. dile
*argot's esdtag• ti whirl
Msrtisimaa me • new
stalled at Hlrchtktwalt'.
Irvine and hl. few bA
'riven over Wry.•ss 1
nose. its tnastir Wag et
to test 1'h. ser, o.0 dn['w a
wr' en. the unit baste
After ohm change (tam.
rebat gkew,ily in the B
a and llsn*c5e5M15.
e care rate solely
*MMA Omit at
ether tete ea
-elN geese b