$0 THEY W WERE NOT MARRIED. Shere was a young maid in Iiji, And in number her lovers were three; But which she loved best She needed a test Bo tell her, so doubtful was she. 3 she stirred up a cannibal war, ished.” Pon my word, things were beginning to look serious and no mistake! 1 lost no time in hunting up the eaptaln and gore, And young man No. 1 Got slain with a gun; Rut her heart was as light as before, Bo she knew that she didn't love him, That her fancy was only a whim; But still there were two, Both eager to woo, And still her love's eyesight was dim. But youth No. 2 in a fight Was captured one'terrible night, And they made him the meat At a cannibal treat; And she found that her heart was light. still 8o she didn't love that one, she knew, But she was still in doubt what to do, For young man No. 3, For all she could see, Was no dearer than youth No. 2, But her fears in due time were alla For the eneiny made a fierce raid, And, with arrow points filled, Her last lk And she lived and she Somerville Jou tl. THIEF ON “Mrs. Melhurst's and would you please come d stateroom immediately ?”’ I had shut office on deck, ship's accounts before i It is , to think that we pul yed, wver was Killed: i died an old maid 14 A 1 | ) 4 THE SHIP. compliments, sir, wi to her just myself into my having run throug turning quite a more onerous duties to at sea than to watel gers’ and keep a tion at our finger of every cur comfort. res store fous voyage: the purser of a crack American li making, six days or so <ut age. On the perhaps, a record Passa has his work t out for him during the present OOo Iy got my accounts fi I wasi errapted bh door. aros at ond and there stood Mrs. «dian maid, with ous, agitated manner “Is there anyt flushed hing wrot with some surprise, whet livered her m “There is, sir,” “All I know She statement, but denly, and tripped out another word ORS re she rep was about make some otl Jf up sud along the deck with I switched off the electric light, lock <d the door and hurried away When 1 Mrs. Melhurst's room | saw at once that somet occurred her serious The and floors were littered with the conten trunks and 18 € onfusion ing decd after he got to sfnte hing had to cause anxiety berths, the couch even the ta of cabin hand bags midst of tl fierself, look annoyed “This ia v she said, Case which gtowxl the gone, : “How d ner this eveni tion to Mrs. Lath: shaped broo the continent see it. When I came in here, left the jewel but when ¥ empty.” “How “Not more than half an hour.” “You are sure you had the Your possession all the time?” “Positive. 1 never let it out hand while I was in the saloon.” I was totally staggered. [ examined the lock carefully, but there was abso lutely nothing to show that it had been tampered with. I could hit upon no bet. ter suggestion that that Mrs. Melhurst might possibly have mislaid the jewels somewhere, This had the sole effect of exasperating the lady to such a de | gree—for it seems that she had already | searched every nook and corner in the » PX Presse the tables wore took out the brooo! Ol the ing back case 13 got case long were you absent?” key In of my captain. * * - * » ® . I had just got to the head of the sa- loon stairs when 1 heard some one bounding up after me, three or four steps at a time. I turned and saw Mr. Carter—-who, by the way, had made several voyages with us on previous oc- caslons, “I say, Mr. Morse,” he said, taking me confidentially by the arm, “you've got spme queer customers on board this trip.” “How so? “Why, some one’s gone and walked off with my silver cigarette case, a cou- ple of rings and a pair of gold" “The deuce!” “Well, it looks uncommonly like as if the individual you refer to had hand in the business, for I don't see how any ordinary mortal could get into ove's cabin, with the door bolted on the inside, unless he managed to squeeze through the porthole” “Tell me exactly what has happened.” “My dear fellow, how can 17 It's Xou see, 1 went to my stateroom after dinper—I can swear to that-and I remember slinging my cigarette case, rings and a pair of gold sleeve links He was just as much puzzled as I was myself, The first thing next hurst, requesting a private interview eo! liix cabin on deck. Ie also signified his wish that 1 should be present, both questioned the lady closely, but Lior replies did not tend to throw any light upon the singular occurrence, Nevertheless we determined to keep upon the stateroom in witch “black sheep” board-—probably at the business, For the next few days we had no further complaints, The thief was evidently “lying low,” walting until tranquility was restored before making a fresh attempt. Mean hile I kept my eyes open, 1 observed the little peculiarities of the different ] and took particular : in which they occupied on HISS! MIers, of the manner thelr time. » * * » » . board ship when shows a marked preference for his wit society above that of the loungers 1 #12 3] Yriaw 1] inbitues of the SMMoKeroom to has some on deek or Inclined 111 at the conclu (gle IS Jump solid reasons for addition to all uncom h black ! iplexion, given to wear rightly sion that he his ex | lusiveness., If, In 3 his, he ppens to be of ive disposition, witl alt varthy cou ne I he ¥ desk offic € fous affair self together, ane I took a look § ¥ ny little cabin In the bservations the the Cotrse my eye happened t porthole, w hich HOE upon open, ! + gtood weather be oppressively I reg arded the innocent lookl ng port with the rh of a veritable Sher. lock Holmes, I outside thrust my arm In through the opening, but my hand did not reach within fully two yards of the desk. Still, It struck me as being by which the this could ryt * thief could i gol at the money, and went the only way tical test I hurried down into the where most of the pass-agers were con- gregated, As yot few of them aware of the robberies, for we had-kept matter as secret possible, | went straight up to a young American gentleman who I knew had a great many trinkets in his stateroom and was rather careless, too, In the way he left them lying about. “Don’t show any surprise,” 1 whis- pered, glancing arouna at the other oc- cupants of the saloon, “but might 1 ask Ww hether your statercoin is locked 7 “It a> *And the porthole open? “I should say so! [I don't want to find the place as stuffy as the engine room when I go to turn in” “Well, just pass me your key: I want to try a little experiment. Walt till I'm gone and then stroll up on deck. Let yourself be séen-—on the lower deck pamticulariy--but don’t pay too close at- tention fo anyoue you may notice loit- ering there” He fell in readily with my scheme, I went and shut myself in his state. room, crouching down so that I could just keep an eye on the porthole over the top of the lower berth. I remained in that eramped position until my limbs ached, and I was half inclined to give it up as a bad job, » * * * . - » But, suddenly, as I glanced up at the porthole, my bicod ran cold, and in all my life I never bad such difficulty to keep down a yell. In the dim Hght 1 saw a long, thin, hairy arm thrust in through the opening. The next moment a small black hand bad fastened upon as we vin. quick as g leather case lying close to the dow and withdrew It ns thought almost, 1 sprang to my feet and bolted outs stairs and made for the lower deck. There, Just about the spot where I Judged the stateroom to be situated, I came face to face with the Brazilian, De Castro, In spite of the heat, he was wearing his long cloak with the deep cape, and had his eternal cigarette be tween his teeth, He looked at me with an alr of frank surprise, and I looked nt with an alr of profound suspl Clon, Suddenly a happy | thought finshed mind. I turned round and sprang down the galoon stalra, running him through my wlio wns standing at the bottom. “et a handful of nuts me aulek™ { hurried back Han had moved » stern. 1 front of When he brought them The Braz! a little townrd th stood in deck went close up, regarded kK. but 1 paid Presently 1 rawn me pltying attention CHE of the and behind a palr eyes fixed greedily Hil a corner to aside gleaming upon me, It w confirmed. | the and walking straight (Castro. My suspicions the as enough flung the rest of in Ie Son, sald ask you to ace in's cabin.” ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN RACE Hold Were Once Inhabited, Some People the Polar Neglons Amazon frozen Nt year? Louls Repulidie Curious Bank of England Notes, No note, out of the fifty or sixty thou aa nd dally, Is ever issued as a depositor, yon should now issumd If, and pay them back into your account they would be canceled. Bo also any other notes ro London are always new ones, the day before. The signature is cut off immediately a note is paid in, and the canceliation department proceeds to file them in their regular order, tak ing notice and keeping account of all potes which have not been returned. One of the cor‘osities of this depart. ment is a twenty five pound note which was paid in after being out for 111 years. The bank pote library is also here, with albums containing old bunk notes of various large amounts, with the names of the nobl<men for whom they were issued. There is also million-pound bank note, whieh, in ita day, wae worth £5,000,000, and was issued for conveitence in clos ing an undertaking of unusual momeat, The records of this department are of invaluable assistance "in checking for. gery, and the canceled notes, which are kept for a period of about five yeary before being burned, are constantly un. der examination by Scotland Yard de tectives In search of stolen money, or other people whose notes have been lost. The strange stories of single notes which this department can furnish are many, and are ready-made plotg for any number of romances, but they are too numerous to be told in this article, — McQlure's Magazine. in Momory of Von. Moltke. A Moltke stone is to be erected on the bapks of the Balti thirty-three miles from the nes, on the #pot wher: the old marshal in. spected the works Inji1s8oL™" = HOMES HIGH IN THE AIR. A LITTLE VILLACE ON NEW YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS. How the Janitors of the Big Downtown Office Buildings Live-«Curious Resi. conces in the Metropolis, Hite Sprung New villuge of one-story up recently York. Its A thriving On Broadway, pon homes, the been These curious little New York Journal, have the of the buildings which line Broadway if them on a line pavements of Broadway, while a few feet behind neat Many of foundations “ys built sky-scraping Some of the others roofs are set exactly gardens, these front julet homes rest on RON iftoen or stories in height, and from dam complaints twenty consequently quite free elintn and similar ‘he highest homes in a few dollars easona ble, considering of real estate on Broadw: hey stand janitors of which form the wi Ccatinges nd of Manhattan Ish alunbl glory CHGrinous:s ¥ oofs of Iw IE VON millionailre’s chill rotind are rm sledding 8 “iy Just at present they 12 up their sleds to enjoy the round on lower ad Interior of this « OEY flittle cottage gf furnished very simply and comfort floor is a peat jittie amd an parlor windows of the magnificent In sings iby. On the first klichen, a dining neatly curtained rooms command a rooin little kitchen a ten kettle clock ticks quietly on the cupboard in spite of the rattle and roar of travel down below, The bouse is heated by stoves, people. who live there the round say it is always comfortable The windows and doors are -milt fo and Fea Y exceedingly exposed position invites It is never very hot up there, and often when the people on the pavements are sweltering with the heat, it is hard keep one's hat on in the janitors sky- scraping front yard. There is nothing whatever to break the wind, and to a casual observer these bmilding sites than ho nesteads, INDIAN PLEASANTRIES, How a Single Piegan Passed for Seventy, “A member of the Canadian mounted police. Lieut, MePorough., told me sald Capt. Partelleat the Officers’ Club, “the following incident of a band of Crees and a solitary Plegan which is novel and interesting. It oc. curred abem 100 miles from For Walsh. A band of Cree Indians woke about one dozen of their choicest ponies Pursuit was scon organized, and within a few hours a fresh trail was found in some thirty miles it entered a river bot. tom and headed for a wooded island in the middle of the river. “Smoke was scen rising from the trees, and an opening, which scemed to - the mouth of appeared in Presently a single Indian, up in front of the in war paint, and his heels, Pretty dog scented the Crees, and began growling and barking. The Ple gan looked up, glanced a moment about him, then instantly entered the Cave about ten nro a cave, showed Ho a dog n Piegnn, opening Wis there was it \ soon the and In Megan eame seconds another the rocks and another and gecond silently and also then another being but 8 few The watching until npward of fifty Plegans had come the and still they kept coming, What remarkable the fact that these Indians were, all appear exactly the size NET and painted alike, carried MrKabis went ing nuother, hetwoeen thiore the Crees lay in the bushes and counting, ground the rocks and gone into Cave, seemed Wis nll ances, dressad tO same ench nnd crowd of The concindeqd counted then, titlous C1 14 as no doubt egan Indian An Ele Rigdot named Mage pt on the very ti ber tail tie’ fur ke almost How. it do all is will orisp and sparkie in the dark on a « any black ever, almost any that Maggie can Tony thet the day give siliv,” will do the same Cann cat's biack oat the white tip of her tall the for if mity of her candsl appendage or night. winter summer, it will vou a shock “that will work you as he expresses it. Maggie is ber. well aware of her secret power, and serimmages with other cats or a chance sir y dog now snd then she has but to brush ber tail across her enemy, when she knocks him out completely. In a fight with a big cat that strayed into Maggie's bailiwick the other day the electric miss gave him such forceful and repeated shocks that poor Tom could not be revived thereafter. Tony has no end of {un matching bis pet agsinst customers, save if 18 tows business, touch exire or sell in her A Retriever's Trick. dog belonging to the housekeeper of a newspaper office in the Strand; “Rats are constantly caught on the and the dog. fully their habits, evinces such ability that bis intelligence is quite worthy of rec. ord. Last Sunday he was beard bark. ing loudly; calling for assistance. in the compositors’ room. where there ix a rat-hole in the floor, watched two fine rats come up through their hole, premises, means of retreat, barking and sured me that the dog originated this fngenloul method of procedure, and that be had practiced it with like sue- cess on several ocoasions.” The short cape is a universal favorite on account of the ease with which it goes on over big sleeves, THE RIVEEGE OF THE WORLD. The Tigris is 1,150 miles tong. The Tiber is only he world-fam: long The 2950 miles long. i q is only 240 miles is Orontes Zambeys, Sr Africa, 1s 1,800 iength, Biow rivers run at the r ton filles Twelve « the name of the Every ancient city throes mwven R_n hour, the 1 thine, rocks in ‘united Biales bear of note was located cn Gr near the The an ures of 7 The Hudson Ri ' from its mouth to MR OF RR ive Gunges is druing the 2.0000 0 pe was the purpose of beware I and influen- section composed the mob, Jones, itis alleged, had killed three men prior to his just offense. Excitement is at = pitch. An effort was made by friends to him from the angry mob, but it proved to be futile. W. H. Strother was of the wn men in this section and had friends. He had just succeded Paul Fletcher, who was killed a short time ago, as postmaster at Elkhorn. rss TRIN PARTITION OF TURKEY. nple and warning. f the most prominent tial citizens of this ve high Jones’ rescue one best kn Be Divided. The London Daily news printed a dee ateh from Vienna which asserts that news rea ize the plans of Peter the Great for the between the powers, { the Persian Gulf, the remainder of the The Dally News has a despatch from Sa. tions are going forward there of shipping firma, that theses preparations foreshadow some action in the spring. The Chronicle recalled the success which formally inviting the United States to send a feet to Turkey. “The mere sight of soch a formidable dis. bring the Sultan to his senses.” If, however, action were needed, the Chronicle urges that hs Betti faut shioulc du-opdeuse
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