6 THE BROKKN GUITAR. in the dust of a lone corner lying, Where letters arc piled by the wall; Where no sound save of echoes replying Comes ever from garret or hall; And where light through no casement can fall, Not even the gleam of a star, Remote and unheeded by all. Is a ribbonless, broken guitar. At dusk when the sunset Is dying. The crickets, wee sentinels, call. Like sentries their challenges crying, Shrill piping from crevices small; And the wind from the poplar trees tall Creaks doors that are standing ajar, While fading In twilight's dim pall Is a ribbonless, broken guitar. Where now is the bold lover sighing Who danced long ago at the ball. With his mistress, and brooked no deny ing A kiss, as he folded her shawl? His love-letter here—'tis a scrawl— What shadows we vain mortals are, Since all that exists to recall Is a ribbonless, broken guitar. Nay, time held them both in his thrall Through days that have faded afar; And yet there Is left after all But a ribbonless, broken guitar. —The Philosopher. y 1 " 1 1 " x; ISi KIDNAPPED MILLIONAIRES A Tale of Wall Street and the Tropics By FREDERICK U. ADAMS - I Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company. All rights reserved. CHAPTER XIX. PLANS FOR ESCAPE. Mr. Kent was the first to awake. It was noon when he shook off the drowsy god and plunged into a bath. He emerged feeling better, and soon dressed and entered the club room. He found that none of his fellow castaways were awake. After a search in the storeroom he provided himself with a rod, reel and a com plete fishing equipment. Armed with a dip net he went to the brook, and as Sidney had predicted found no difficulty in catching a pail full of minnows. A few minutes later he was drifting over the bay on the raft. It was not long before he located a school of pike and bass, the latter much resembling the northern weak fish. Before the minnow had been lowered ten feet, one of the bass made a rush for it. He struck hard, and for three minutes Mr. Kent was a busy and a happy man. The reel 6ang a cheery song, for the basß was game and did not tamely sur render. At last he was in the land ing net and from thence ho went Into the willow basket. In less than an hour Mr. Kent had caught a dozen bass and pike, which averaged four pounds. It was a fine creel of fish, and Mr. Kent paddled back to the stone pier in high satis faction with his piscatorial prowess. He justly regarded himself as the Nimrod and the Isaac Walton of the colony. It was not so much fun cleaning these beauties, but Mr. Kent had oompleted the task when he was joined by Mr. Haven. Together they prepared the late breakfast and at four o'clock all were seated around the table. They pronounced the fish excellent and gave Mr. Kent a vote of thanks .promising him a decora tion on their return to civilization. All adjourned to the veranda and Mr. Carmody brought up the subject of building a boat with which to es cape to the mainland. Sidney Ham mond said it was useless to continue the exploration of the island. In his opinion it was about ten miles long, running north and south, and prob ably four or five miles wide. The snow-capped mountain undoubtedly belonged to the range forming the backbone of Mexico and (Central America. It was sufficient to know that they were not more than 150 miles trom the mainland. Sidney suggested that a man be detailed to watch the ocean each day from the gateway to the bay, and volunteered his services for the morrow. It was decided to erect a flagstaff at this point and float a white fl:uj from it as a signal of distress. * "We will begin the building of a boat or raft to-morrow," said Mr. Carmody, the chairman of the com mittee of escape. "I have my plans practically completed and I will sub mit them to you now for approval, rejection or modification. My sug gestion is that we build a raft in the form of a houseboat. I doubt if we have the materials with which to construct a lifeboat, with pointed bows and stern. Again, such a boat is not nearly as safe as a raft. From what Hammond has learned, I am of the opinion that any number of ships pass to the east of us at a distance not exceeding 25 miles. While our objective point is the main land, we must calculate on the pos sibility of being blown to the east. The Gulf of Mexico and the Carib bean sea are thronged with ships of all kinds. It is likely that this island lies a little off the regular course of traffic, but we are certain to sight some vessel in short order. Therefore I favor a craft which will have more of safety than of speed." "That is my idea exactly," said Mr. Morton. "I believe we will be picked up inside of 48 hours at the most. We must construct a raft or house boat whieh can survive any ordinary storm. Even if the waves do beat over it occasionally, our pHtrlit wi'.l be ' much bettor than if our bont wore capsized in the first heavy sea." "No ordinary wave will beat, over the raft. I have planned," said Mr. carmody, producing u rough sketch of the plans. "I propose a craft 40 feet long and 14 feet wide. It will be square at both ends. We will frame the hull out of solid timber. 1 notice that there are some tall, straight trees back of the bungalow which will serve admirably for our purpose. 1 have built many ships and barges, and we have the tools and materials to do b good job. The best plan will be to frame the hull on shore, and then take it apart and put it together again in the water. Of course we could build the raft complete and launch it from the stone pier, but it will be safer to build it from the water. "We will build a house or cabin 8x24 feet. It will be high enough to stand upright in. There will be three staterooms, each with two sleeping bunks. Then there will be a com bined kitchen, dining-room and store room. This cabin will be braced in every direction, and I have worked out a plan by which no ordinary sea can cause serious trouble. A raft built like this will ride the waves safely." Mr. Carmody's plans also provided for six oars or sweeps and a rudder. Through the roof of the cabin two masts were stepped, each carrying a boom and a three-cornered sail. He had found a pile of canvas awn ings which had not yet been putin place on the windows of the bunga low. These promised to make excel lent sails. For two hours the house boat was discussed, and the plan suggested by Mr. Carmody was adopted. It was decided to begin work on the boat early the following morning. While Mr. Carmody and others went to select the trees for the frame work of the houseboat, Sidney and Mr. Kent rowed across the bay and took an observation from the rock overlooking the inlet. There was no vessel in sight, though Sid ney thought he could trace a line of smoke at the edge of the southeast ern horizon. They felled a tall pine tree and trimmed it for a flagstaff. Early the following morning five of the men raised the pole on the rock, having first provided a flag which they nailed to the top. Sidney and Air. Kent watched the sun as it dropped behind the west "DO YOU THINK THAT IS ONE OF THEM?" ASKED MR. KENT. ern ridge of hills. The air was re markably clear, and the snow capped mountain peak showed plain in the purple distance. "This island is a great mystery to me," said Ilammond. He was looking at the mountain. Its base faded away as the sun declined, but the top glowed like a pearl where the light yet reflected from the daz zling snow. "There are few peaks like that on the American continent," said Sid ney. "I have been looking up the subject of high mountains along the American coast. We surely are more than a thousand miles west of New York and we are in tropical waters. The coast of South America swings away east of New York, so we can not be there. I can find but two places which coincide with the time indicated by our watches." "What are they?" asked Mr. Kent. "The Caribbean sea along the east coast of Yucatan and Balize, and the east coast of Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico," said Sidney. "There are no such peaks as that visible from the east coast of Yucatan, to say nothing of from islands yet farther east. Cape Catoche, the east point of Yucatan, is in just the same longi tude as Chicago. We are west of that. The only waters west are those of the gulf and the Bay of Cam poachy, a part of the gulf forming the northern boundary of Yucatan and Tobasco, and the eastern shore of the southern portion of Vera Cruz. From these waters you can see the gigantic peaks of the vol canoes Popocatapetl and Orizaba." "Ho you think that is one of them?" asked Mr. Kent, looking at tlio mountain, whose very top yet showed white and pink in the last rays of the sun. "That mountain is Popocatapetl, un less I am much mistaken," said Ham mond. "But there is no island on the map east or southeast of it. An island the size of this should show on a good map of Mexico, and there are two modern and excellent ones in our library." "It is too deep a problem for me," said Mr. Kent. "It is getting dark. Let's be getting back to camp." They reached the bungalow in time to partake of a light repast, includ ing some excellent berries which Mr. Haven had found on the edge of the south jungle. It was a cool and pleasant evening, and after work was done chairs were placed on the veranda, cigars lit, and a general discussion followed. CHAPTER XX. LIFE IN THE BUNGALOW. John M. Rockwell never displayed greater skill in the choice of lieu tenants than in the selection of L. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1903 Sylvester Vincent as gcr.ernl f.:p»»r intendent of Social island. Mr. Vin cent proved to be :i most capable manager. He formulated a set of rules and enforced them with the tact of the born executive. Since the discovery of the golden idols in which Mr. Vincent had an interest worth at least $175,000, that gentle man advanced himself several points in the social and financial plane; but he was too shrewd to be presumptu ous. lie became more and more popular with his associates, who dis covered that some of his plans pos sessed merit, though others were beyond the pale of practicability. On Saturday night, two days after the hurricane, the weather turned very warm, it was fairly cool in the shade of the trees, but unbearable in the open. There being slight rea son to anticipate any favorable change, it was agreed to arrange such a division of the hours as should best conduce to comfort and to ex pediting work on the boat. At the suggestion of Mr. Rock well it was decided that all should arise in the morning in time to have breakfast as soon as it was daylight. At half-past two they were out of bed, and by four o'clock were hard at work. It was cool in these early hours, and all worked with a vigor which gave them a ravenous appetite for the substantial meal served at ten o'clock. The sun was then high in the heavens, and it was no longer safe to work. During the hours from 11 o'clock until five, the castaways enjoyed the delights of a siesta. At five o'clock in the evening all were aroused, and after partaking of fruit or a light luncheon, returned to their labors. Three hours were thus stolen from the angry sun in the cool of the evening, and a total of at least eight hours devoted to work dfiring the day. At eight o'clock in the evening dinner was ready, and at half past ten the toilers retired for the night. Eight hours for work, eight for sleep, and eight for recreation was the diurnal rou tine at Social Island bungalow. The supply of bread left by Hes tor was exhausted in three or four days. There was an abundance of flour, and for a time "baking powder biscuits" enjoyed much popularity, but it was not lasting. "I would like a slice of good-old fashioned liome-mnde bread," said Mr. Rockwell one afternoon, and he voiced the common desire. "I know how to make bread," said Mr. Pence. "I learned when I was a young man, and I could make it yet if we only had some yeast. I used to make mighty fine bread. It cost less than half what the bakers charged for it." "There is a package of yeast stuff in the storeroom," said Mr. Vincent. "It is the kind of yeast—so the box says—that will keep for years." He brought in the package and Mr. Pence examined it critically. "I don't know about this stuff," he said. "It is probably some new-fangled thing, and I am always afraid of these new rinktums. I made my own yeast out of hops." "Go ahead and try it, Simon," said Mr. Kent. "It may be all right. Are there full directions on it?" Mr. Pence found explicit instruc tions on the package, which was la beled "Yeast Foain." He said he was afraid he would spoil a lot of flour, but finally consented to make the attempt. All adjourned t® the kitchen to watch the new baker. Mr. Pence put on a long white apron. Mr. Kent made a white paper cap and placed it on the head of the fin ancier. Mr. Pence poured out a quantity of flour, added small por tions of salt and sugar, and mixed the combination thoroughly. In the meantime the cake of "yeast foam" had been dissolved in warm water. Mr. Pence scooped a hole in the cen ter of the flour and poured in a quan tity of warm water. To this he ad ded the dissolved yeast. He manip ulated the flour so as to form a pasty mixture, which reposed in tlv center of an amphitheater of flour. Then he washed his hands of the yeast and flour, and took off cap and apron. "That is the 'sponge,'" said Simon Pence, while the others listened with great admiration. "If that stuff is good, it will ferment and rise in a few hours. If it does,- we will have some bread. If not, I have wasted 30 cents worth of flour. Let us hope for the best." Mr. Pence watched the "sponge" as does a mother a sick babe. From time to time Mr. Vincent carried news bulletins to the ship builders, who were hard at work in the rear of the bungalow, felling trees for the raft or houseboat. "It has started to come up!" he announced, as a 70-foot tree came crashing down after the well-directed blows of Palmer J. Morton. "Good!" said Mr. Kent, as he lopped off a limb. "Tell Simon to keep his nerve and not get excited. We are pulling for him to win." Mr. Pence again donned his apron and cap; rolled up his sleeves, and began to knead the bread. He dis played much deftness in this opera tion. Starting from the inside of the pile of flour, he worked the white -flakes into the "sponge," which grew in size and whiteness. For half an hour he toiled at this work. Then he put the plump mass back in the bread pan. Four hours later he kneaded it again, and it was now a huge light ball, and Mr. Pence was much elated. Two hours later he cut it into small pieces, kneaded it slightly, and put it in the small bread pans and after it had again "raised," he placed the pans in the oven. After an hour's baking, Vin cent and Mr. Pence took from the oven eight loaves of bread, of which any housewife might well have been proud. The tops were a perfect yellow-brown, and the texture war of that Ann but light nature which marks the apex of the baker's art. In the search for suitable timber, Sidney Hammond had chopped down a tree containing a store of honey, and made the further discovery that tropical bees are stingless. Fresh bread and honey were a notable addi tion to the menu of Social Island, and Mr. Pence was awarded no end of praise. So thoroughly was ho reinstated in the good opinion of the colony that it was agreed that all should make a trip to the ruined city, and help bring into camp the gold idols which had been discovered by Vincent and Mr. Pence. In fact, they made two trips, and reduced the sup ply to such an extent that the own ers of the gold were able to recover the remaining- idols at their leisure. At Mr. Pence's request these images were placed in his room, and he watched them with a vigilance as if this tropical wilderness were in fested with professional burglars. In accordance with Sidney Ham mond's suggestion, a watch was maintained on top of the big rock overlooking the ocean, where the flagstaff had been erected. Mr. Car mody was assigned to this duty on Saturday. He rowed across the lake in the early morning, taking with him a rifle, a book, and luncheon. After about two hours had elapsed a sail showed on the southeastern searrim! It was low down in the wa ters, but the air was wonderfully clear, and he could .see that it was a large three-masted vessel. More than that, it was coming in his direction. Mr. Carmody watched the craft in tently and ate his luncheon. The ship was now perceptibly nearer. With the glass he saw that it was a brigantine; square rigged on the fore mast and schooner rigged on the main and mizzen masts. Then the craft took a long tack out to sea and nearly disappeared, but it turned again and rapidly headed in a northwesterly direction. Mile by mile it approached, until with the glass he saw the sailors on her decks. ITo De Continued.l UNDER THE GUILLOTINE. Innplrntlon of n French inn n Jn the London Chamber of Ilorrom That Proved Liicomfor table. There is a story of a ghastly quar ter of an hour once passed by a young Parisian who wandered into the "Chamber of Horrors" at a wax works show in London, sa3's the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Finding him self alone, he was siezed with an in spiration. What a glorious thing to put his neck under the guillotine where had rested the neck of Marie Antoinette! He lay down, touched a spring and closed the collar. But how was he to release himself? If he touched the wrong spring the fatal axe might descend. Unable to speak a word of Knglish, he yelled lustily for help in French, and before long a crowd of visitors led by an attend ant came on the scene. The guide was a bit of a linguist and saw an opportunity with himself as master of the situation. He at once began a practical lecture on the guillotine, in terrupting his remarks with little asides in French to the indignant vic tim, asking him to scream louder or writhe more agonizingly. "How well he acts!" exclaimed the gratified on lookers. Finally the Parisian was re leased, and, answering the applause with maledictions, fled, leaving his hat behind. A Cbunet. Dimpleton's face was radiant as he came in and kissed his wife. "Now, dear," he exclaimed, "bo prepared for something real good." Mrs. Dimpleton looked up inter rogatively, but not enthusiastically. There was perhaps a shade of suspi cion in her voice. "What is it now?" she asked. "We are going away," said Dimple ton. "I've arranged it all. Just what you want! To-morrow we will take an early train for Pine Center. Magnificent view. Fine hotel! Per fect company! High old time! Good milk for baby! Every day just as it should be! I have consulted your wishes throughout. Well, what do you say?" Mrs. Dimpleton's face dropped. A look of mingled resignation and de spair came over it. "Must we go?" she asked. "Must we go!" exclaimed her hus band. "Must we go! Why it was only the other day that you called me an old fogy; said I never took you anywhere. Said you'd like to make just such a trip as this. And now you are backing out. What do you mean, anyway?" Tears came to Mrs. Dimpleton's eyes. "The other day," she exclaimed, "you didn't want me to go."—N. Y. Herald. Etpeimlve Virtue. The report that the American Bankers' association has decided to pay a salary of $3,000 a year tc Charles Becker, the famous forger, if he will simply live the life of a good citizen, brings to mind an old story, said a southerner who was vis iting Philadelphia the other day, which is well worth repeating. A southern judge who had a fine lot of hogs one day met a colored man no torious for stealing, and said to him: "Uncle Jack, I'll tell you what I'll do. You pick out two of those hogs you like best, and I'll give them to you, provided you won't steal any of the others." The negro pondered a while and finally said: "Jedge, you've al ways been a good neighbor; an' I likes yuh, an' I wants to do right bv yuh, an' so accepts de offer yuh makes, but I wants yuh to know dai I'll lose meat by it."—Philadelphia Telegraph. MAPPING OUT PLANS. Secretary Cortelyou Now Is the Busiest Man in Washington. lie Ha* to B»vi»e the Machinery ot the Sew lli-jiui-tin•-li( of C'tiiu uit-rce- and of the Hurt-aim Connected with It. Since Mr. Cortelyou became secre tary of commerce he has been impor tuned to make speeches in many sec tions of the country at banquets given by commercial organizations. He has declined all sueh invitations. He tells his would-be hosts that his business just at present is to do, not to talk. He has been called to organize a great and important department of govern ment; as yet he has done nothing but work at the task of organization. The greater tasks to be performed by the new department when it is fully con structed have not even been reached. At this time his speeches would neces sarily deal with hopes and expecta tions. He says he prefers to talk about things which have been accom plished. The big task for the secretary of commerce just at present, says the Chicago Journal, is to organize the ad ministrative machinery which is to take care of the business of all the great bureaus which are to be trans ferred July 1 to the jurisdiction of the secretary of commerce. All the employes of the census, the immigra tion service, the geodetic and coast survey, the bureau of standards and measurements, Chinese exclusion, sta tistics, consular reports, labor, fish commission, steamboat inspection and the lighthouse board —all these will have to be paid and brought, into order under the new regime. To do this without confusion or interruption of work is not a simple task. The book keeping and accounting feature alone is no small undertaking. Many of the departments will move their quarters. The new building opopsite the Willard hotel is to be ready for occupancy about that time, and July 1 promises SECRETARY CORTELYOU. (Now Devising Machinery for New De partment of Commerce.) to be a great moving day in govern ment circles. The bureau of manufacture, which is one of the two new bureaus cre ated by the law which made the de partment of commerce, is hardly in a ! condition yet to be the subject of a j prospectus. What it will be depends I almost entirely on Secretary Cortel- j you's ideas of what it can be made to ' be. The law is very vague. The act | reads that it shall be the province and ; duty of such bureau, under the direc- j tion of the secretary, to "foster, pro- ! mote and develop the various manufac- j turing industries of the United States, j and markets for the same at home and j abroad, domestic and foreign, by gath- ! ering, compiling and publishing and supplying all available and useful in- j formation concerning such industries \ and such markets, and by such other methods and means as may be pre- j 6cribed by the secretary or prescribed j by the law." Secretary Cortelyou has not commit ted himself to any plan for working out this bureau of manufactures prob lem. What is said above indicates what i may be done under the law, and what I Mr. Cortelyou is turning over in his ; mind. He is anxious above all things j to have the bureau a practical and use- I ful branch of the government. He is | determined that it shall not degenerate I into a merely scientific department, with a pall of scholasticism upon it; nor does he want it to become a use less machine for grinding out useless figures and equally useless facts. He is feeling his way, soliciting sugges tion, and trying to get at the sentiment of the best informed and most pro gressive thought. He knows that his present work is bound to be most im portant, for the character which he stamps upon the new department it will in all likelihood carry for many years to come. Colored Slioea In the Army. If colored shoes are not generally worn, they are popular in the army, as evidenced by recent contracts given out for the manufacturing of shoes for the members of the United States army, says the Shoe and Leather Re porter. One contract was for 51,000 pairs of shoes, all colored, there being not a single pair of blacks in the or der. In another order was includedßß4 pairs of colored shoes. 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