6 PRAYER MY MOTHER TAUGHT. I do not question other minds, or what Their creed—tf thoy believe In prayer or not; 1 he prayer my mother taught, I've not for got; Ar. Applctou & Co. All rights reserved.) SYNOPSIS. Master Ardiek, just reached his majority and thrown upon his own resources, after stating his ease to one Houthv. ick, a ship master, is shipped as second mate on the "Industry" bound for Havana. Mr. Tym, the supercargo, descries a sail. The strange vcsatil gives chase, but is disabled i»;tt l* tin English name. 1 Is it possible that jour mother was ! Englltbfi • . "By blood, yc>3," she answered, smil ing. "But Spanish, or, rather, Cubari, otherwibe, for 'she was 'born ami ; reared in Havana." "Now. I call this a bit of news," l , said, with lively interest. "So you are the satne as my countrywoman? I This, to be sure, accounts for the color ! of your hair, which I have all along, j thought rather extraordinary for u Spaniard. But Jeremiah Hope? I.sup pose I must be wrong-, yet —nay, J think I have heard the name. Let us sec wl'iat the captain has.to say. Ciipt. Sellinger," I called to him., "have you r.n acquaintance with one Jeremiah Hope? lie lives in Havana." "Why," was the answer, the captain looking tip in a little surprise, "no ac quaintance, but he is the person to whom 1 am carrying the letter. 1 mean Capt. Torrycorn's letter." It was instantly clear to me. Of course 1 had heard the" name, and it was a wonder I had not recognized it before. I hastened to explain why I had asked the question, and added what the senorlta had previ&usly told me. Naturally my companions were as greatly surprised as I, and we all agreed that we had seldom heard of a more singular circumstance. . "Then," St'Uinger, as we con cluded, "it may come to it that we shall carry Mr. Hope his niece as well as his letter, for otherwise it would be much the. s-affne as ( cutting he)F adrift." - * "To which I say ameji," said I. very heartily. At other timgs. Iliad.been wont to let; Mr. TViUi sjiealy firs}, but now I elftl not \valt. Both Mr. Tym and Mac Ivracli, as might be exjiecteel, were prompt to agree with us. "This being our decision," said I, greatly pleased,"! will make it known to the senorita. She cannot fail to bp relieved by it." I returned to her «vith the news ac cordingly. and had the great satisfac tion of finding her as rejoiced and-: heartened as I had anticipated. lij-; deed, she was deeply moved and grate ful, and in her touching manner of saying so fairly brought the tears to my eyes. This matter, then, being so well set tled. we addressed ourselves anew the business of continuing the voyage. We had decided, I should say here, to run first for Buenaventura, which Set linger thought was not much above a hundred leagues distant. From there, should need require, we could make a further voyage in the boat, but we hoped -to light upon some way of con tinuing in a larger craft. Once in one of the important southern ports, antj we could not fail 1o find a ship sailing to the Atlantic side of the continent. The next day and the next passed without incident, and we continued tp work slowly but steadily south. The third day something rather important happened, for the wind, which had hitherto so greatly favored us, quite abruptly changed. It was now almost dead from the southwest, and at once reduced our speed at least three parts. In fact, with our shoal keel and high bow we cottld make no more than a knot an hour. This was rather dis couraging, but the captain said it was to be anticipated, for we had now come to the region where there were pre vailing southwesterly and southerly winds, and these, we should find, con tinued to the equator. This was more philosophical than comforting, but we could do no otherwise than make the best of it, and so the noon of the third day drew on. I was at the helm, which I had recently taken, and was shak ing out a kink in the mainsheet, when, happening to glance to windward, I saw that which instantly suspended my operation and brought me with a leap to my feet. Low down on the water line, but perfectly distinct, was the white, unmistakable canvas of a ship. I did not wait for a second look, but bawled out, as though I had been at the masthead, "Sail ho!" They all sprang up, like so many puppets in a show. "Where away?" cried the captain and Mac Ivracli together. Mr. Tym, who was on the ether side of the boom, scrambled under, and we all stood in a group. "Yonder," I-said, pointing at the speck. "Thank God, she is not from the direction of Panama!" "No, she cannot be a buecaneer; com ing from that quarter," said the cap tain., with a breath of relief, "The next tiling is to determine her course," said Mr 1 . Tym. "Would we had -i glass!" "We maun itiak' it uip in patience," observed Mac Ivraeh, "whilk is no a •satisfactory substitate." We agreed with him, and sat down to wait for the unresolvable speck to grow. Very slowly, as it seemed to our im patience, it swelled and whitened. At last we got the square of the upper sails, and could be sure she was bound our way. She was coming down exact ly before the wind. "I suppose," said Mr. Tym, speaking with that composure which scarce ever fcrsook him, "that we are of one mind what we should do. Our case, though not a desperate one, is undesirable, r.nd it would be better to try to mend it. by board'ing this ship—that is, if she will receive us." We looked at one another, but there | was no contrary opinion. "Then," went on Mr. Tym, "say you J yut down .your helm, Ardiek. and we ! lay our course to cut her ofT." "Very well," said I, and I according ly tacked and fetched the sloop asnear ! as she would come to the wind. The ship was now so near that we could begin to make out human fig u.cs, and also get an idea of her size j and rig. She was of 800 to 1,000 tons burthen, well sparred, in neat trim 1 aloft, and seemed freshly puinted. CAMERON COUNTY PJfcKSS. THURSDAY, -SEPTUM MvR .21, 1899. We unw'Tliotitrht 'it 'titrte Mo tiifMiui. and the captain tore off (lie senoitita's canvas curtain and affixed it lo thet'fid of an oar. 1 slso fetched out my iiii tols and successively let them oil'. I was determined that no lack of sea sonable notice, if she were indifferent about taking us, should stand as ah ex cuse. ....... , .... "She sees us! She is about to I/at'k her topsail," cried Sellinger. This joyful news proved true. It neded only a single (lull at the sheet and a thrust of the tiller; and'we picked up our former headway ;ind ra'cPrl' for her long-side. "'She's West Inrtips built." Sellifiger commented for the .last time: "Aye, twig the black wopd in her lower spars and the straight, lines of her poop! Hut what is.her name'.' She seems to have a kind of gilt flying fish for a figurehead." "It maun be an angel—-the figure head." auswer.ed Mac Ivracli. "though wi' some reefing o' the petticoat, or whatever, and he'r name is the San cliiea." 1 was hauling in sheet and the sloop was swinging off the ship's bow before much more could be said. A short, black-bearded man m a rough jacket an l long boots swung himself up to the fore-shroud arid hailed us. Truly enough, the words were Spanish. "Sloop ahoy!" - '"Board the ship!" I bellowed "back. "We are in distress!" He took a short.look before-lw; an swered again. v"Y-(Hi mav board. Drop aft and stand by ffir n line." "There is«a Ayanian with us!" I shouted, once more. "Will you, not take her in at the chains? lie made n gesture as though of surprise. "Aye. Lay up, to the main chains:" I gave the sloop the trifling way she required and luffed again just off the midships bulwark. This was now lined With heads. Some men came running that way, the officer's voice I sharply directing them. and at one' V.the fak-s of a line shot out and fell across otir fore deck. Mac Ivraeh was there to receive it, and with a good turn we-were at last con nected with the ship. Another line fol lowed. and two sailors dropped into the chains to handle it. I hurriedly explained to Dona Carmen what, the design was and secured her in the loop of it. We had only to wait for a favorable moment and the men safe ly drew her up. Mr. Tym, Capt. Sel linger ami Mac Ivraeh followed, and I She wa? deeply moved made a bundle of our effects and came last. It was with a feeling of pro found relief anil thankfulness llia.t I finally swung over the bulwark and dropped upon the deck. There were us many as threescore people standing about. Other than the sailors there were six or eight men and as many women that were very well dressed, and nearly all that were talking seemed to be employing good Castilian. Not many were' of the swarthy type of Spaniard. As I jumped off the rail The captain shouted to his first oflicer to fill away, and then turning to me asked in a brusque but not harsh tone what it was thiit had happened to us, and what we were doing in these parts. "Those questions and others I will gladly answer," 1 said, touching my hat, "but first I beg that you will care for this lady, who is not alone fat igued but stands otherwise in need of your hospitality." He looked at me, as though not ex pecting such ;i precise and perhaps well-chosen answer, but after a mo ment answered civilly: "Very wall, senor, that is not unrea sonable. 1 will see what may be done." He turned to the ring of eager and curious women and said, with a rough sort of salute: "You have heard the senor, ladies. Are there those among you who will take the senorita and care for her?" "Si, si," cried a dozen generous voices together. With which they pressed forward and with southern warm-heartedness filing their arms about Dona Carmen, and almost carried her away. "And now, senor, we will overhaul you a bit," resumed the captain. "But first, as to your boat. Is she worth preserving? If she is no better than she looks, I care not to tow her very far." "First bear with me till I have asked a question," I answered. "Whither are you bound?" "For Panama," he replied, a trifle impatiently. "Alas, senor." I said, sadly, "you will scarce go there; Panama is in the hands of the buccaneers!" "Diablo! what say you?" he pried, starting. "In the hands of the buc caneers —of the Englb.h piratos? Xay, it cannot be! Madre de Dios!" Those standing about caught the words and a great stir followed. Sev eral pressed forward, and without j further regarding the captain began | to ask eager questions, and some fti i riously swore. In the midst of the hubbub a stout, sturdy, gray-haired j man. with a fresh complexion and very | well dressed, jmshed his way to the I front. "Are you Knglis-h ?" he said in a blunt, authoritative fashion. To my surprise he spoke in that language. "I aim" 1 hastily jt-nswered. "Thank God that you seem to be, uiso!" "And lliis -thing that you were teib ing'."' he went on, ignf.Tlr.g my ex clamation. "Is it true that Panama is in the hands of the buccaneers?" "It is, sir." I said, most restrninedly. "The city is taken and sacked." He' drew a long breath. "Von are little like to know the mat ter I would ask,"he resumed, "but I will put tfie questioa. Hid y "Heard? Why, sir. she is fit this very-moment in your cabin! Indeed, and I do believe vou must be Mr. Jere miah Hope!"' "In tli.e cabin?" lie only exclaimed, as in wonderment. "And is your com panion who went below she? Nay, but this almost passes belief! What, that poor tattered creature, and in man's attire! My God, what must she,not have suffered!" "Vet she is well, sir," I said, eagerly, "and.lias come out of that hell without scathe. Hut you must, indeed, lie her uncle." "I am Jeremiah Hope," he said, with another long breath, though now with ft changed air. "I will go down at once." he went.on. "But stay, I am exceeding grateful to you and your companions. I will say more of this anon.. I am-the owner of this ship, and am glad'that it is in my power to do something for your present comfort. Capt. Telutrava." be' weiit on in Span ish, und speaking again authoritative ly. "1 desire that 'you' have these senores below and do all that may be done for their welfare. Shortly I will return and we will confer about the. course of the.ship." lie gave us a kindly nod and made, for the companion, and in much won derment and not a little jumbled in my thoughts I turned and prepared to follow the Spanish captain. [TO BE CONTINUED.] UNFORTUNATE CRETANS. Some of (lie Hardship* of un Ab ject Itoi'o lit Ilie Kurly Aicca. Even in ancient time 3 to be born a Crete meant a life of misery and hard ship. They were then as abject a face as they are now. Epimenides, as quoted by St. Paul, said: "The Cretans-are al ways liars and evil beasts." In the Levant to this day to say that a man is a Crete is by no means a compliment-. The island is inhabited by people who speak the Greek language and hold the Greek faith. They have inherited the beauty and, to a certain extent, the heroism of their immortal ancestors. They are acute, genial and comely in their manners; the humblest bare footed peasant girl holding her distaff under her arm and spinning by the roadside, exactly as described by Ho mer, had a profile as perfect, a form as graceful and an address as courteous as though she were some princess in dis guise. One of the most interesting episodes of the Greek revolution in 1825 is of a certain cavalry officer who surprised a detachment of Turks, routed them and captured their 20,000 sheep. Upon this a Turkish general marched over to them with 5,000 men and recaptured the sheep. The general posteel liis men be hind low earthworks. One reeloubt of their opponents was held by a young captain, with 100 picked men, who tied their legs together and swore to hold the spot or die. They all fell at their posts but one, who fled, and long after ward a row of skeletons could be seen bleaching their bones, which were bound loosely together with shreds of girdles.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Power of Sympathy. An eminent clergyman sat in liisi study busily preparing his sermon when his little boy came into the room, holding up a pinched finger, and with an expression of suffering, said: "Look, pa, how I hurt it." The father, interrupted in the middle of a sen tence, glanced hastily at him, and with the slightest tone of impatience, said: "I can't help it, sonny." The little fel low's eyes grew bigger, and as he turned togo out, li'e said in a low voice: "Yes, you could; yau might have said 'Oil!' " —Detroit Free Press. When flie Czar Spenks. This story illustrates the suscepti bility and quick wit of Donizetti, the Italian composer. During his long stay at St. Petersburg he played by command before Czar Nicholas, who entered into conversation with a by stander in the course of the perform ance. Donizetti at once stopped. "Why have you stopped ?" asked the autocrat. "Sire," was the reply, "when the czar is speaking, everybody else should be silent."—Detroit Free Press. Ma t rlmnti lu! llem. "How die] Mrs. Pompous like Long Branch this summer?" asked Mrs. Up percrust of Mrs. Murray Bill. "She says it was perfectly heavenly there." "Perfectly heavenly, eh? Well, I guess that some of her homely daugh ters must have caught husbands this sifison. Vou know matches'are made ir Heaven."—Tammany Times. She Saiv Too Much. She (after marriage)— You told me that I was your first love, but I have found a whole trunkful of letters from all sorts of girU, just bursting with tenderness. He —I—l said you )jere ths first I ever loved. I didn't say you were ibc onlv one who ever loved me. See?— N. Y. Weekly. FLAW IN THE TRIAL. Why the Carter Sentence Has Not Yet Been Enforced. A' Slory of WMcli l!n* T\«»* lt» Ktpjcl in A siicr it'll ri Army Rpciird*—Tin- raiitain "Cut l»y Old C'oitirndfi It is a'most two yG-ars ago that ("apt. Ob; Win M. Carter "as tried* by court martjal and found guilty of having embezzled large sums of money while he, 'as an officer in the United States corps .of engineers, was in charge of harbor and river improvement? along the gU' ■ coast. The cobrt-martlal sen tenced him to be dismissed from the army, to be imprisoned for a term of three years and to pay a line of SIO,OOO. The decision of the court-martial was unanimous, and It was sent to the president for his signature, but for some reason the order of the court-mar tial was never carried out. President McKinley has had the case reviewed by the.attorney general, and others of high standing as lawyers, and in each Instance the finding of the court-mar tial has been sustained. But ( apt. Car ter maintained his standing in the army and has drawn full pay as. if he had not been disgraced by. reason of the court-martial. Since the -appointment of Elihu /loot ns secretary of war the ease has again been reviewed, and although the sec retary of war cannot find a warrant, in the testimony to show that Carter is irot gvlilty, yet he is said to have found a flaw'which will, enable the president to set aside a part of the ■sentence of the court-martial. This means that Capt. Carter may go free. He may be dismissed from the army and may be fined SIO,OOO if the presi dent so decides. That Capt. Carter has had powerful influences working for him to have the matter delayed is said to be the case. He originally, came from Ohio, and it *aid he owes his career in the army to the members of the Sherman family, CAfT. OBERLm M. CARTER. (Charged with Having Embezzled I.arge Sums of Money.) who helped him to get his appoint ment. While at Savannah, Capt. Carter was in charge of large government con tracts and had the expending of large appropriations for river ami harbor im provements in hands. lie organ ized companies of which he was the sole owner, or principal stockholder, to bid on the proposals of the engineers' of fice for the work and competition was useless on the part of other contract ing firms, as Carter's company always got the contract. With him in this deal, as the evidence taken before the court-martial shows, were several per sons of prominence, some of whom are at present sojourning across the sea. During his life in Savannah and other southern coast towns, where be was conducting the work, Capt. Carter cut a wide social swath. He lived like a prince, had the finest equipages, gave the best dinners and lived in one of the best appointed houses in the town. It was shown that he owned a private steam yacht, which had been paid for by government money. In fact the review of the evidence given some time ago reads like a romance. Besides the court-martial, it was said that civil proceedings were to be. brought against the contractors asso ciated with Carter in his schemes to recover the millions stolen from the government. S'hould President Me- Kinley modify the sentence of Capt. Carter to a simple dismissal and a fine, it would, in a. manner, discredit the civil proceedings. Carter has of late cut but a sorry fig ure among his army acquaintance*, says the Detroit Free Press. lie is "cut dead" by them and gets but scant recognition from all civilians who know him. Of late he lias been living at a club in an eastern city, and when he comes all others go. His attempts at sociability are met with cold indiffer ence and his invitations are met H'th a curt refusal. Strict 01ie«11**nec Pny*. Discipline in tlie German army is very strict. Not long ago the empress, re turning from a walk with a lady in wait ing', was stopped at the park gate by a sentry, who refused to let herenter. In vain the lady represented she was the empress; the soldier said he did not know her, and could not let lier pass till he could get someone to identfy her. This was eventally done by another soldier, and only then did the sentry allow his sovereign's consort to enter her own gates. Tiie man has since had a special message from the emperor. Uglily approving his steady adherence to orders. I!«»n riiiß Son ml I nder Water. A scientist recently made some ex periments on Lake (icneva to demon strate the power of sound to travel a long way in water. A clock was made tostrike under the water, and was heard u distance of 12 miles. In a second ex periment the striking of a clock wai heard to a distance of 27 miles. 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