THE SCKAiNTON TJ I BUN H-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1899. 11 -a Brandon's Daughter (IMOWWWWWWUWMOWWWWWWVOWWW NO, I'VK NKVKR been ship wrecked, nor been In col lision till the time I've been to Ben a mnttcr now of over forty years. Hut I've carried some queer passengers In my time, I'll tell you about two who exercised a powerful influence over me, but whether for good or evil you shall hear presently. It was in the fall of '72. just when on the eve of pulling, that an old g.n tlenian stepped on board, and hurried ly npproached me. Ho was a tu'l, spare man, with Iron pray hair, and had n slight stoop at the shoulders. "Good day, captain." said he. "I only heard this morning that you were sail ing for England, and hastened dov.i to nscertaln If you could And accommo dation for myself and daughter at so short notice. "Certainly," I replied, lu my hearty way; "I shall only bo too pleased to take you. As It happens there are only three passesgers booked tiiN trip, and jhov nw second class, so J on can have the saloon pretty muc'i ft) your selves." He thanked me effuslvelv, find disap peared into the saloon. I ir.arvelad at his precipitancy, and wondered wrure the daughter was to c.uno from, f)r she was not visible anywhere. I gave Instructions to ilie apprentices to have their luggns cvvoyed on board, and myself sunerl'rended the stowing of their trunks in the two best nppnlnted cabins of the ship. While so engaged, I heard a light footfall behind me. and, turning around, I bo held the fairest vision of loveliness that ever brightened my saloon. "My daughter Captain Harnott," said Mr. Brandon, introducing us. I was so taken aback by her exceed ing bounty that I awkardly touched my cap. and, with the wind clean out of mi sails, stammered: "(ilad to see you, m)ss." She placed her soft little white hand into my big, sun-browned paw, and, looking me squarely In the face out of her laughing blue eyes, said: "I'm sure wo shall be good friends, j captain, during the voyage." She spoke with a charming colonial accent, and from that moment I was her most devoted, humble servant, slave, anything you like. I went henil over ears In love with her at sight. You may smile, but recollect I was a comparatively young man then. Leaving them to arrange their cab Ins to their own satisfaction I ascend ed the companion steps and went on deck it certainly occupied them a considerable time, for neither father nor daughter appeared on deck until the ship was well outside the "Heads" and the tug had returned to port. That voyage I look back upon as the happiest nnd saddest I ever made. Miss Hrandon was a splendid sailor. In fair weather or foul she'd be on deck delighting me with the admira tion she expressed for my handsome three-masted clipper, and the childlike naivete of her questions. I used to pace the quarter-deck in the morning, impatient for In r f'rst appearance. On the dullest or dirt est day it was like a ray of sunshine suddenly bursting forth from a lowering sky, to see her emerge from the companion hatch, looking as fresh as a daisy and a thous and times more lovely. Of CMu'rse It was only natural that mj mne should fall 111 love with her also, but she treated them with marked indifference, if not nbsolute coldness. Her smiles were all reserved for me, and she lavished them upon me in no niggardly manner. There was a piano In the saloon, and often In the long evenings she would sing and play for my sole delectation, while I would sit on the settee along side and gaze rapturously Into her pretty face. The song I liked best wns "Tom Howling," and she Infused such an amount of pathos into her expres sion that the tears would sometimes trickle down my weather-beaten cheeks as she sang. Ah! those weie happy days; it was heaven while t lasted. I have scarcely mentioned her father yet The fact Is. 1 was so engrossed with his beautiful daughter that I dldn t pay so much attention to him as perhaps I ought. At the best he was a saturnine, unsociable sort of a person, who seemed to prefer his own company to other people's. When not In his own enbln, where he spent most of his time, he was walking with his hands clasped behind him. apparently In deep thought, In the waist of the ship. Sometimes, when standing Idly nt the break of the poop, I have caught myself wondering If he had ever com mitted a crime, the remembrance of which was weighing heavily on his conscience. I was destined soon to lenru more about him. One 'evening, when about nine weeks out, I was sitting in the chart house alone with my Idol. The second mate was stepping the planks outside, old Jobson was at the wheel away behind us, and the watch on deck was loung ing about forward. Some days pre vious to this I had the temerity to confess my love to her, and asked her to be my wife. She made me Inex pressibly happy by promising, subject to my obtaining her father's consent. This, after some- demur, he hnd grant ed, nnd that night the future appeared very bright for me. Wu had been sitting silent for some time, too happy for words, gazing on the setting sun as it disappeared Into n glowing mass of gold rimmed clouds on the horizon, when, to my infinite amazement, she suddenly burst into tears. "Darling, what is the matter?" I ex claimed in an agony of apprehension. "Oh, Alfred, I have Just heard such a dreadful story from my father. Wo can never bo married now." "Never be married!" 1 ejaculated ughast. "Why?" "Hecause my father Is a a criminal. Oh, I feel so miserable, I think I shall throw myself overboard!" "Alice, for heaven's sake don't talk like that, or you'll drive mo mad. What lias he done?" "Something dreadful. Oh, don't speak to me any more," she sobbed violently. At that moment X was so mad that I felt half Inclined to go down and tear the old scarecrow out of his berth by he scruff of he neck and demand wha the deuce he had done to cause my darling such poignant grief. Hut I didn't. Instead, I drew her to my side, nnd kissed her tears away. "Tell me all about it," I said soothingly. "Well, my father, as you are aware, was an agent In one of the banks In Arlington, Victoria, and It seems he embezzled largo sums of money be longing to the bank to speculate with. Of course, he meant to replace It be fore the audit, when the deficit would have been discovered. Hut he lost It. and that is why he fled the country." "Is that all," said I, with a sigh of relief. "It's bad enough, certainly, but I fall to see that In Itself It forms a sufficient barrier to our union." "Hut that Is not the worst. My father Is convinced that the police may have traced him to Melbourne and to this ship. He declares he will be ar rested on landing." "Nothing more likely," I thought. Hut I remarked casually, "Has ho any plan to suggest?" "Yes, ah, yes. If you will only assist him. Hut It seems to horrible to con template. Ho says It Is his only chance of escape." "That he should die and be buried nt sea!" she responded with a percep tible shiver- "I don't understand." "He proposes to feign death. Then, after he has been sewn up for burial, we must find means to liberate him nnd substitute something else." The daring audacity of the proposal fairly took my breath suvay. If dis covered, the consequences to me In nldlng and abetting a felon to escape would be disastrous. I resolved to have nothing to do with such a crimi nal proceeding, but a look of entreaty from those tearful eyes made me fal ter in my resolution. "For my sake," she murmured, plead ingly, placing her fair, whltu hand on my arm. Her touch thrilled me. I hesitated no longer, but gave an tinwmi'ig con sent Ah, what folly will not a man ! commit when In love! Next day It was reported that Iirnn don was seriously Indisposed. I took out the medicine chest as in duty bound, and ordered the cabin steward to attend htm. Three days later Mr. Hrandon was reported dead. When I was Informed of this I en tered his cnbln. He was lying lu the under berth, rale and motionless as death. I felt the body; it was cold and rigid. It this were not death, he stim ulated It to perfection. I sent for the sallmaker, who sewed the body up In my presence. 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Write to the ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY, Buffalo, N, Y and ask far the little book called " COMPLETE MANHOOD!" knlfo ripped open the studies. My hand shook painfully. What It ho were really dead? I confess to experiencing a singu lar feeling of relief when the man opened his eyes, nnd the resuscitated Hrandon sat up. I ndmlnlstered some brandy, which helped to revivo him. He quickly and noiselessly dressed himself. Then ho produced from an American trunk a dummy figure which he hnd previously prepared nnd weight ed, nnd Inclosed It In the shroud. This he sewed tip with his own hands. Not a word was Bpokon by either of us. When all was completed I stepped out to reconnoitre. Seeing the coast clear, I signalled him, and ho crept swittl across the passage Into his daughter's cabin, where he concealed himself. In the first dog watch of the same afternoon, the bell commenced to toll Its solemn knell for the funeral of Anthony Hrandon. Officers nnd men nnd passengers Btood round mo with heads uncovered as I read from the Hook of Common Prayer the beautiful and Impressive burlnl service. Ood forgive me, It was an nwful mockery. I don't know how I got through with it. Afterward I heard It commented that I was much nffected during the service. Heaven knows I was, but 'twas with guilt and fear. After the funeral Hrandon returned to his own cabin, which was kept con stantly locked, and the key of which I retained In lny possession. With my connivance Alice smuggled food to him from day to day. Ahout two weeks afterward, while proceeding up the channel under nil salt, we were hailed by a tug. Antici pating danger. 1 slipped down the rom pnnlonway, nnd conveyed Hrandon to my own cabin for concealment. When I got on deck again, I was Just In time to see a stout, well-groomed party clambering over the vessel's side. With out any preliminaries he brusquely de manded: "Got n passenger by the name of Hrandon on board?" "I had, stranger; I had." Ho gazed at me Inquiringly. "Come below, sir," I said. As wo descended, he explained that ho was ii detective In pursuit of Hran don, who had absconded from Aus tralia a considerable sum of money and valuable negotiable securities. When ho had produced his warrant. I ordered the mate to fetch the log book. Under date the 13th of January, he read this entry: "Hurled at sea In Int. ", degrees 49 minutes N., longitude X! degrees 10 minutes W Anthony Hrandon, cabin passenger. Cause of death unknown." Ho muttered something under his breath which was quite unintelligible to me. Then he demanded to see Urandon's effects. I led the way Into his cnbln. He ransacked every trunk and portmanteau, but not a vestige of paper or anything of value did he dis cover. The expression on his face wiien he left the ship some hours later was not particularly pleasant. When we arrived In the dock at Lon don I smuggled Mr. Hrandon nshoro in one of his daughter's trunks, after they had been searched by the cus toms' ofllcer. No one In the ship ever suspected the truth. Their sectet re mained alone with me. It was arranged that Alice and I should be married quietly before set ting out on my next voyage, and our honeymoon was to lie spent on the bosom of the deep. AVhen we partM that night she promised to communi cate with me when her father had se cured some quiet retreat In the coun try. She kept her promise. Here Is the letter. I have preserved It all these years. It has neither superscrip tion nor signature: Dear Old Captain: Many, many thanks for all your kindnesses. My husband and I for Mr. Hrandon Is my husband, thout.li It was not known In Arlington will never forget them. Pray forgive the deceit we found it expedient to practice on you in order to o.irry out our plans. We an in fairly affluent clreiunstnnces. fur my bus band did not lose the money In specula tion, as I thought It mcessary to tell you. Dear Captain, 1 km.w I ran rely upon you, fur your own sake, not to Inform the authorities nuuut my husband. As lie died nt sea, we expect to live secme ly. unmolested by the bank nflletnis or the police, (iood-bje for ever. And that was the end of my ro mance. No, I never heard anything more about them. Whether they lived to enjoy their Ill-gotten gains or whether they didn't, 1 cannot tell. Hut this I do know, she was the first wo man that ever fooled me. and. by heaven, she was the lust. I never gave another the chance. Tit-Hits. FBANKLIN AND GEORGE III. The British King's Attempt to Change the Laws of Nature. "Franklin as a Scientist" is the Sep tember chapter of Mr. Paul L. Ford's Century studies of "The Many Sided Franklin." It contains tills anecdote: A powder mnguzlne In Kurope having- been exploded by lightning, the Hrltlsh board of ordnance requested the Koynl society to recommend th- best method for preserving the arsen als at Purfleet from such a danger. The society appointed u committee of five, of which Franklin was one, to prepare a report, and they recom mended Franklin's system. Hut from this one member, Benjamin WiTson, dissented so far as to advocate the use of blunt, and not pointed, ends to the rods. The latter were adopted, and Wilson "grown angry." published two pamphlets, so Franklin states, "re flecting on the Koynl society, the com mittee and myself, with some asper ity.'" To this Franklin made no reply, for, he explained, "I have never en tered Into any controversy In defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance In the world, If they are right, truth and experience will support them: lff wrong, they ough to be refuted and rejected. DIs put oa are apt to sour one's temper ani disturb one's quiet. I have no private Interest In the reception of my inven tions by the world, having never mads nor proposed to make the least profit by any of them." His friend Ingenhnusz, however.took up the controversy, nnd was, so Frank lin laughingly noted, "as much heatel about this one point ns the Jansenists and Mollnlsts were about the five " There the matter would, no doubt, have ended had not a new antagonist en tered the field. George III., having good cause to dislike Franklin's poli tical opinions, sought to discredit his scientific ones by ordering the substi tution of blunt for pointed ends on Kew castle. Such was his desire to prove Franklin In error that he asked Sir John Prlnglo to give nn opinion In favor of the change, only to receive the reply that "the laws of nature wero not changeable at royal pleas ure.'" It was then "Intimated to him by the king's authority that u presi dent of the Hoyal society entertaining such an opinion ought to resign, nnd he resigned accordingly," nt the same time being deprived of his position as a physician to the queen, with all favor In court circles, so that he was forced to leave London and llvo In cxtrem? poverty. i ranklln, unwitting of the Injury It had brought his friend, as serted that the king's action was "a matter of smnll Importnnce to me, ' adding: "If I had a wish about It, It would bo that he had rejected them altogether ns Ineffectual. For it is only since ho thought himself nnd family safe from the thunder of heaven that ho dared to use his own thunder in destroying his Innocent subjects." However, the court might side with the king, the wits did otherwise, nnd one of them produced an epigram well worth quotation: While you, great George, for safety hunt, And sharp conductors change for blunt, The nation's out of Joint. Franklin a wiser course pursues, And nil your thunder fearless views, l)y keeping to tho point. DUTCH WOBDS COMMON. Sense and Sound of Some Terms Fre quently Seen in Dispatches. From tho Ntw York Tllbune. Matters In South Africa are fast ap proaching a poln where the uverago newspaper reader will need u little more than the nverage knowledge of Dutch words to understand what Is going on, and of Hutch pronunciations to talk about It without confusion and mutual misunderstanding. It might seem strange to Paul Kruger that the citizens of this originally Dutch settle- ment should lie in any doubt as to tho pronunciation of Dutch words; but then , if you come to that, the very lineal tie- ' scendants of the New York Dutch do i not always know how to pronounce the names they have inherited, In which I strange Ignorance they are distance! ' by the Irish-Americans, who often turn O'Menra Into O'Meerer nnd Mahoney Into Mn-ho-ney In two generations. What misleads the Kngllsh-spenklng , New Yorker In the language of tho I Doers Is Us similarity in spelling to German. Tho confusion Is Increased by an occasional oversight of the London transmitters of Transvaal news, sub stituting, c. g., the German "stein" for "steen." the Dutch for "stone." It looks as If the Dutch were phllologlc ally akin to German more than to Eng lish. Tho fact Is just the reverse. ICng llsh, Dutch and Flemish belong In on? group of the Teutonic languages (Low Dutch); German is the only surviving written language of the other group (High Dutch). This once understood. It Is not very difficult, especially If one has read a little Chaucer, or even Spenser, to guess correctly the mean ings of the Transvaal names which will soon fill the Kuropean dispatches. "Hloemfonteln," for Instance pro nounced "Hloom-fone-tlne" Is Hloom Spring, or Flower Spring. Lalng's Nek needs no explanation. Majuba pronounced, of course, Ma-yoo-ba Is not a Dutch word, except by tight of adoption nnd conquest, but Kafllr. A Hoer general Is called a "veldheer" or "field lord. Hie veld" Is simply "tho field" the open country, ns when It is said that an army "takes the field." The rural guard or military police of the Tiansvaal are the "veldwachteren" or field watchers. The veld In many parts of the Transvaal Is much cut up by clefts or ravines, which the news paper correspondents are sure to call by the Cape name of "kloofs" pro nounced "klofes," as, by the way. President Ki tiger's pet name should be pronounced "(mie Powl." You must also be sure, If you would do the proper thing, to speak of Oom Paul's general, not as If Jotibert wero a French name, but with the pronunciation Yowbert. The members of the first an,, second "raads," or ordeis, of the legislature are called "Jonkheeren" pronounced "yonkhalren" or "young lords," and they assemble In the "rand lulls," pro nounced "rnhd hoys." The much band led name of the Individuals who ai'' excluded from voting, spelled 'i'lt lander," Is pronounced "Oyt-Iahn-der." That part of the Transvaal territory which has been found to eontal i the wealth of Ophlr and of Golconda om blned is tlie "rand;" the word means "division" or "bonier Hue" the line that rends or severs one state from (mother. "Vltwntersrnnd"mears"edge of the White Water." Many of the Hoer names of places end in "dorf," which Is neither more nor less than "thorp," the Yorkshire name for a hamlet: German "dorf." "Stad" Is llkt the German "stadt." "a city." "Struom," sometimes printed "strom," Is "stream." "Herg" means "mountain," but "kopje" or "little head" Is also used for smaller eminences. One feature of the South African open country of which much l.i likely o lu heard Is the "menlle field." The English seeking colonists ofte". pro nounce the former of these two words ns It would be In English: the Dutch pronunciation Is moie like "melly;" It means just what It looks a field where you get the vegetuble material for a meal, which material, In those parts, 1 chiefly what Americans call corn and Englishmen innlze. The unfortunate young Prince Imperial was killed In a mealle Held in the Kulu war. He had gone on reconnaissance several miles away from his "laager" pronouncd something like lah-her which means a ramp, or, as It would be called If the hosts wero a host of wild bcusts, his "layer," In modern spelling "lair." When hunteis or soldiers In the veld nre not In "laager," they are on the "trek" or "making tracks," as the fortv-nlners were In the habit of say ing. 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The largest number of deposits for one month in the history of the mint was In August, 1S99. They reached 1,353, aggregating nearly 700,000 ounces, value about $12,500,000. For tho three years prior to that time deposits averaged from 500 to 700 a inonth, which was considered very good busi ness. The heaviest deposits for one day In that month aggregated four tons of gold. A large consignment of English sovereigns arrived that day from Australia, and were sent to the mint to be recolned; a large lot nf dust and nuggets were landed from the Klondike, while some gold came from Paclllc coast mines and Mexico, This was only exceeded once, as far as the records show, and that was one day In October, 1897. The de posits for the mouth were 955, nnd the coinage $90,000,000. Hut six tons of gold came in one day, valued at ahout $3,000,000. rating a ton at $500. 000. which Is the accepted valuation. This deposit consisted largely of Hrlt lsh sovereigns from Australia, though there was considerable Klon dike gold received that day. For tho first two months of the cur rent year the coinage was $10,272,630, as against the corresponding two months of tho last fiscal year, $10,e97.S34. Near ly nil the gold from tho Klondike and Cape Nome has found Its way of late to San Francisco. Last year tho gold was sent from Seattle to Philadelphia for coinage. Now that tho bulk of tho gold pro duct of tho north comes to Sun Fran cisco the best record of the output 's obtainable here. On Sept. 1 of this year $9,421,493 wns deposited from that section. Since that date about $1,500, 000 more has been received at tho San Francisco mint, making practically $11, 000,000 from tho Klondike this season thus far. Judging from the receipts of last year, It Is safe to estlmato the total output for the year at $14,000,000, If this be realized It will exceed the output of last year by $3,000,000. 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LADIES IN TOWN CAN SECUItR MY PACK UI.EACII OH ANY OF MY TOIIBT PREPARATIONS VV.OH MY Z.OCA& AGKNT, Jonas Loegs Sons i during the same period, requiring twice the force, tho coinage of the San Fran cisco mint exceeds that of Philadel phia, and, perhaps, of any other mint In value. Philadelphia turns out more subsidiary coins, but San Francisco has produced more gold coin In tho ag gregate than Philadelphia. During the week Just passed thre. car loads of silver have been received at the San Francisco mint from Phila delphia, quite nn unusual thing. The shipment of that bullion to this city Is due to the groat demand for sub sidiary coin. The large surplus which has been kept hero to meet such con ditions and which has been considered excessive for many yenrs became ex hausted. To obviate shipping and re shipping, the government arranged with denlers to deposit silver In San Francisco and receive the correspond ing number of bullion in Philadelphia. All the silver required for tho past year and prior to that time has been supplied here through that agency, un til tho paat few months, when the ex traordinary demand for silver In th" orient completely exhausted tho sur plus, and silver was worth more in San Francisco than In New York. Thi sliver was shipped principally to China. Never befoie In the history of tha mint has there been such a demand for subsidiary coin as In the past eigh teen months. The cost of making the coin Is less In San Francisco than In any other mint In the United States by the piece. Of the money coined here last year, J.'S.OOO.OOO was In gold, representing over 110 tonH In bullion, and 103 tons of sliver bullion an amount scarcely equaled In any mint In the world. Used by British Soldiers In Africa, Captain C. O. Dennison Is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces thut captured the famous rebel Qallshe. Under date of November 4, 18997, from Yryburg. 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