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12 Years Setence.
Twelve years experience for jour benefit. For twelve years we have
been in the buggy business and in all that time not a single individual has
accused us of misrepresenting the quality ot a vehicle sold. It must be a
satisfaction for eyeryote to know ibat they have a firm that never misrep
resents—and that yemj of experience enables them to know the quality of
work they sell. Our business has increased year by year until it is twice
that of any other gimilareoDcern in the Sta?»% and we f«n I so good that we
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jast before the Fairs we want one great big busy month, and are ready for
it. We have the goods and must make prices so as to induce customers to
buy quick. Remember we keep everything pertaining to a driving or
team outfit.
Now look at a few prices: Leather baiters 50 cents, team work bridles
90 cents, buggy whips 10 cents, a whole set of buggy harness $4.75, a full
set of wagon harness, with breeching, for two horses $18; heavy leather fly
nets $1 50, wagon and buggy cushions 75 cents, top buggies $45, two seat
spring wagons S4O, etc.
Vehicles of all kinds; harness of all kinds, lap dusters and everything
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look and you arc welcome. If you have a package of any kind you can leave
ft here until you are ready to go out of town without charge, our location is
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!?"■'.ember the place and remember we are the first and only persons
who • Vr-. had enough energy within themselves and confidence in their
fel'.ow citizens to bring down the price &nd depend on inereaFed sales to
con;-, usate them. We did it. You appreciated it and dealt liberally with
Ur -ud DOW we want the crowning month of our life. Hurry, now come
■l""g. get ready for the Fairs and drive thereto in just as good a rig ua your
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BIJTLER, PA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1892.
CHAPTER 1.
Thsre are two c'ji.nces to OLO that
friend-s who are about to be separated
by a long voyage will never see each
other again—those who are left behind
may be missing upon the return; those
who set out may never come back
again. But no such thought as this
bothered the heads of the seamen who
were busily engaged in getting the
Dreadnaught ready for sea on the morn
ing of March 15, 1875. On that day the
Dreadnaught, John Allaire, master,
was to set sail from the port of San
Diego, Cal., on a voyage through the
seas of the northern Pacific.
The Dreadnaught, a three-master of
nine hundred tonnage, belonged to that
type of clipper-built ships which the
Americans use so advantageously In
their foreign trade and which in point
of speed nearly rival the best steamers
in their merchant marine. Such a fine
ly-built vessel was the Dreadnaught,
and so admirably commanded, that not
a man of her crew would have con
sented to ship on any other vessel even
with an assurance of higher pay. Every
heart throbbed, every breast was filled
with that two-fold confidence based upon
the certainty of having shipped on a
good vessel under a good captain.
The Dreadnaught was about to leave
port on her first voyage, excepting, of
course, her trial trip, for account of her
owners, the shipping house of Ilollister
& Co., of San Diego. Her port of des
tination was to be Calcutta, which she
was to reach by way of Singapore, with
& cargo of American manufactured
goods, and upon her return voyage she
was to bring a consignment of East
Indian merchandise for one of the Cali
fornian ports.
Capt- John Allaire was a young man,
Just twenty-nine, with an open, manly
countenance, full of force and decision.
He was endowed to a high degree with
moral courage, so superior to physical
courage—the "two hours after mid
night" courage as Napoleon called it,
that is to say, the kind which can
calmly face the unforeseen and gather
strength in emergencies. It would be
difficult to Imagine a finer specimen of
physical manhood- The flash of his
dark eyes, the ruddy cheeks, the broad
shoulders and arched chest, the great
strength of his hands, the springy,
elastic tread, all betokened the pres
ence of an iron will inside of an iron
body. And yet John Allaire waa kind
and generous to a fault, ready almost
Instinctively to sacrifice his life for a
fellow creature. Ho had so much of
the heroic in him that it seemed only
a matter of course for him to perform a
brave act,and he ha<l given an earnest of
this while still a lad by saving the Uvea
of several of his playmates. In after
years this instinctive devotion ripened
into a matter of faith with him and set
its indeliblo impross upon the man's
character.
John Allaire had taken a wife a few
years previous to the Balling of the
Dreadnaught—a Miss Molly Aiansou —
an orphan belonging to one of the best
families in San Diego. The young girl's
fortune was a modest one, but quite in
keeping with the young man's position,
that of a mate on one of the ilollister
fleet of merchantmen. But there was
good reason to ftsauwo that Molly
would some day or other inherit a largo
fortune from a rich uncle, Edward
Manson, who was a large land specula
tor and mill owner in the western part
of Tennessee. In the meantime there
were two people to support; yes, three,
for little Walter, Wa't, as a pet namo,
had come Into the world the first year
of their marriage; therefore the cap
tain —and the captain's wife agreed
with him—couldn't think of giving up
the sea just yet Later ho would deter
mine what would be the best thing for
him to do, either after Molly had be
come an heiress or ho had grown rich in
the service of Ilollister <fc Co.
Anyway, his career had been a bril
liant one, and ho IOW found himself
captain of a splendid clipper ship at an
age when most of his associates were
nothing more than first or second
mates. But the >act is his splendid
qualifications were universally conced
ed, and it would havo been hard to find
a more popular man than Capt Allaire
either In San Diego or In any other Cal
ifornlan port Tho personal bravery
displayed by him in rescuing a ship
wrecked crew on one occasion, and in
bis skill and tenacity of purpose in ef
fecting the salvage of a valuable cargo
abandoned by master and seamen, had
made his name known to merchants and
shippers all along the coast
The firm of Hollister & Co. offered
him the command of the Dreadnaught,
which waa all ready to be launched.
Allaire had accepted without the
slightest hesitation, for ho felt that he
was qualified to fill tho position, and
had been thereupon authorized to pick
his officers and seamen, such was the
Crfect confidence which the house had
liim. It was under theae circum
stances that the Dreadnaught was
about to make her first voyago under
tho command of Capt John Allaire.
The sailing of this splendid new
flipper ship was qulto an event Tho
firm of Hollister & Co. very justly en
joyed tho reputation of being one of tho
wealthiest and most reputable shipping
houses in Sun DU-go, thanks to tho wise
administration of Its affairs by William
Hollister, a man respected by his com
gstitors anil IK- loved by his frlcnda
vcryone was delighted when It be
came known that ho had put John Al
lalro In command of the Dreadnaught
It was not surprising, therefore, that
on this particular morning, March 13,
a vast concourse of people, many of
thcrn personal friends and all of them
admirers of tho young captain, should
have collected on the wharves of tho
Pacific Coast Steamship Company to
give him a parting cheer.
Tho crow of tne Dreadnaught was
made up of ten able-bodied seamen and
master and mate. The sailors were
all natives or residents of San Diego,
experienced men and glad of an oppor
tunity to serve under Capt Allaire. Tho
mate was an excellent officer, Harry
Shelton by namo. Although he was
Allaire's senior by five or six years,
this fact didn't pall him the least bit
nor did an envious or jealous thought
ever enter his mind. Ho was the first
to acknowledge that Allaire was the
man for tho post They had been mess
mates for years and had learned to ap
preciate each other. Besides, whatever
William Hollistor did was well done.
Hod Shelton and his men were devoted
to him, body and soul. Most of the
crew had already shipped on some one
or other of his vessels, and the officers
and men wero really like one family.
So favorable, therefore, was the out
look that but one thought seemed to bo
uppermost in the minds of the fathers
and mothers, wives and sweethearts
who congregated on the whurf to bid
good-by to these fortunate svamro, and
that was, it would bo but a matter of
fiix months, a flying trip between Cali
fornia and India, an excursion from
San Diego to Calcutta, and not ono of
thoa Sj£asMßSK l # 4^£_ 6 JL*r« d J-
tlors which keep a ship at sea for years,
exposed to the most dangerous waters
of both hemispheres. This crew knew
what such expeditions were, and their
families had often seen them sail away
under conditions well qualified to cause
grave apprehensions.
The work of getting the Dreadnaught
ready for sea was nearly completed.
The ship was lying pretty well out In
the harbor, so that when the time
should come for her to weigh anchor,
she would stand in need of no tug to
tow her through the narrows. As a
good breeze waa blowing off shore, all
she would have to do would be to trim
sails and get away. Capt. Allaire
couldn't have wished for better weath
er or more favorable wind to carry him
out of these waters which glistened in
the morning sun far beyond the Coro
nado isles.
By ten o'clock every man waa at his
post. There were to be no more per
mits to go ashore. It might almost be
said that the voyage had actually be
gun. Several yawls had come up along
side the ship at the starboard ladder to
take off those who had gone on board
to bid friends or relatives a last good
by. Among these were Andrew Hollis
ter, senior partner of the firm of Hollls
tcr Si Co., and Mra. Allaire, followed by
a servant in charge of little Walt With
the captain's wife were Lewis Barker
and his wife Kate, Molly's first cousin.
The mate, Ilarry Shelton, not having
any family, had no parting scenes to go
through with; but he was more than
certain that Mr. Hollister and Capt
John's wife would not fail to wish Mm
good speed and safe return.
Just then Shelton was standing on
the forecastle where half a dozen men
were already at the capstan weighing
anchor, and the click of the capstan's
pawls could be heard. The Dreadnaught
had already swung around a little and
the cable had begun to creak In the
hawsehole. The national colors were
flying from the mizzenpeak and from
the main truck waa displayed the house
flag, bearing the initials of Andrew
Ilollister <fc Co. The sails were loosened
and all ready to be hoisted the moment
the ship should get a little headway
under the pressure of her forestay sails
and jibs.
Standing on the quarter-dock, with
his watchful eye taking note of every
thing about him, was John Allaire, lis
tening to the last instructions of Mr.
Andrew Ilollister, In reference to the
vessel and her cargo.
As the merchant handed the ship's
papers and bills of lading to the young
captain, he said:
"John, if ciroumstanoos should re
quire you to modify your course, act ac
cording to your best judgment and let
me hear from you from tho first place
you touch at Perhaps you may touch
at one of the Philippines,for I don't sup
pose you intend to pass through Torres
strait?"
"No, Mr. Hollister," replied Captain
John. "I have no noH™ the
Dreadnaught in the dangerous seas
north of Australia. My route will be
the Sandwich islands, the Marianas,
Mindanao of the Philippines, the Celebes
of Macassa strait in order to reach Sin
gapore through the Java sea. It's plain
sailing from this point to Calcutta. I
don't think that any winds that I may
meet with In tho West Pacific will force
me to change this course. However,
should you want to telegraph mo, bo
kind enough to address me either at
Mindanao, whero I may touch,or at Sin
gapore, where I certainly shall."
"Very well, John, and don't neglect
to advise mo at the very earliest posslblo
moment of market prices in Calcutta.
It may be that your report would lead
me to make some changes wi th respect
to the Dreadnaught's cargo on her re
turn trip."
"You may rely upon me, Mr. Hollister,"
replied Allaire.
At this moment Shelton approached:
"The anchor's atrip, captain."
"And the ebb?"
"Is making itself felt"
"Stand by. then!"
Then, turning to Mr. Hollister,
Captain John thus addressed him, his
words having tho genuine ring of grati
tude in them:
"Once more, Mr. Hollister, let me
thank you for having given mo the com
mand of the Dreadnaught I trust that
you will not be disappointed In me."
"I am sure I shall not John," said
Hollister. "I don't believe I eould have
put the interest of our house Into safer
hands."
Tho merchant exchanged a hearty
grasp of the hand with the young cap
tain and walked away.
Mrs. Allaire, followed by the nurse and
little Walt, now joined her husband.
Lew Barker and his wifo were also of
the group. Tho moment of separation
was rapidly approaching. There was
nothing left for Capt Allaire to do
save to bid his wifo and family a last
good-by.
This was only tho second year of
Molly's marriage, and her baby boy was
hardly nine months old; but, painful as
were the thoughts of the separation
now so near at hand, she kept back the
tears and met her husband's gaze with
unclouded eyes. Not so her cousin Kate.
She was made of weaker clay, and gave
way to her feelings. She was devot
edly attached to Molly, in whose socie
ty she had often found comfort and con
solation when troubled and harassed
by the violent and overbearing conduct
of her husband. But if Molly was
able to hldo her sorrow in this dark
hour, Kate knew only too well the se
cret suffering that oppressed her coua
ln's heart True, Captain John would
be back again in six months, but even
that was a pretty long separation—the
very first since their marriage—and, as
Molly was strong enough to bear up so
bravely at such a moment, it seemed as
if Kate's tears were flowing in her be
half.
As to Lew Barker, the man whose
face waa never softened with a tender
look, he came and went, hands In pock
et and thoughts no one knew where. It
was only too evident that he was not in
accord with the sentiment of affection
which had brought others on board of
this seabound vessel. Turning to his
wife, Captain John took her hands in his
and drew her towards him.
"Dear Molly," said he, "it will not be
long—a few months —and I shall be with
you again. Don't worry, dearest. With
this ship aud this picked crew no gale
will have any terrors for me. Be strong,
as a captain's wife should be. Our little
Walt will bo fifteen months old by tho
time I get back—quite a big boy. Ho
will know how to talk, and the first
word which I shall hear on my return
home—"
"Will be your name, John!** mur
mured Molly, with a sad smile. "Your
name will be the first word that I shall
teach him! We shall begin the day and
end it by talking about dear papa far
away on tho sea! Darling, write me
every chance you get! Oh, how im
patiently I shall look forward to your
letters. Tell me everything you have
dono and what you are about to do.
mo feel thtit I have not ceased to bo
a part'of your life."
Yes, yse, dear jtlolly, I'll write you.
I'll keep you fully posted as to my
movements. My letters will be like a
| log book, only the love will bo thrown
i In."
"Ah, dearest, I bear a terrific grudge
against this sea which is carrying you
away from me. How I envy those
whose love is not tormented by these
separations—but no —I mustn't think of
all this."
"My darling, bear in mind that lt'a
for the sake of our little one that I go;
for your sake, too, in order to make sure
the comfort and happiness of you both.
Should our expectation with regard to
a fortune ever be realized, then nothing
shalLever separate us again!"
At this momegt Lew Barker and his
wife approached. John met them with
a smile.
"My dear Lew," said he, "I leave my
wife —my boy in your care You and
Kate are their only relatives in San
Diego. Look after them well."
"Depend upon us, John," replied Bar
ker, making en effort at some slight
"D£AB MOLT.?, ' SATD TIE, 'T WILL WOT
aa LOXG."
show of feeling. "Kate and I will do
the right thing. Molly will have the
best of care."
"And all the oooaolation I can give
her," added Mrs. Barker. "You know
how I love you, dear Molly. We shall
see each other often. I shall be with
you every day for a few hours, which
we shall devote to John."
"Ah, yes, Kate," replied her cousin,
"he'll never be out of my thoughts."
Again Shelton interrupted the con
versation. "Captain," said he, "it's
time—"
"All right, Harry," cried Allaire; "set
the jib and flying jib."
The mate turned away to execute
these orders, which pointed to an im
mediate departure.
"Mr. Hollister," said Allaire, "the
ship's launch will take you and my wife
and her relatives back to the wharf
whenever you're ready."
"I'm all ready, John," answered the
merchant "Once more good-by and
good luck."
"Good-by, good hick," cried the oth
ers, as they made their way down the
ladder to boats waiting for them.
"Good-by, Lew, good-by, Kate,"
cried John, extending his hand to them.
"Good-by, good-by!" cried Mrs. Bar
ker.
"Come, my dear Molly, I'll go with
you to the gangway," said Allaire.
"The Dreadnaught has caught the
breeze already. She's moving."
Molly's heart was too full for words,
She walked in silence by her husband
and upon coming to the ship's side
eould only sink upon his breast as ha
clasped her tenderly In a last embrace.
And then little Walt, whom Molly
had taken from the nurse, stretched
out his arms to his father, shook his
baby hands and lisped out "Pa-pa!
Pa-pa."
"There dearest," cried Molly, joyful
ly, "you have heard him utter his first
word before parting with him!"
Stout-hearted as the young captain
was, he could not keep back the tears,
and as Molly took their child from his
arms its checks were wet with them.
"Molly," ho murmured, "good-by,
good-by!"
Then turning quickly away to hide
his emotion, he cried out in a tone of
command: "Cast off!"
In a moment after the boat was
pushed off and headed for tho wharf
where Its passengers were landed.
Captain John gave himself up com
pletely to tho work of getting his ship
under way. The anchor had nearlv
reached the hawsehole, and the Dread
naught, freed from every drag, caught
the wind In hor sails, the folds of
which were flapping violently. The
jib had been set and caused the vessel
to luff a little. This maneuver gave
the Dreadnaught a little more swing,
so as to steer clear of several vessels
anchored at the mouth of the harbor.
Capt Allaire then ordered the main
and fore sail to be hoisted, which was
done with an case and rapidity that did
credit to tho crew. The Dreadnaught
now caught the wind on the starboard
quarter, and took tho direction of the
offing in such a way as not to be
obliged to change her tack
An admiring crowd still lingered on
the wharf Intently watching the ship,
which seemed almost coquettlshly to
display her graceful outlines as she
careened gently under the increasing
pressure of canvas. During these man
euvers she passed within half a cable's
length of the wharf where Mr. Hollister
and Molly and Lew Barker and his wife
were standing. In this way the young
captain was enabled to see his wife, her
relatives and his friends once more, and
to shout a lsst adieu to them. Every
voice answered the greeting, every
hand was waved in response to Allaire's
salutation.
"Good-by, good-by!" ho cried.
Cheer after cheer went up from the
assembled multitude, while countless
handkerchiefs like one vast white cloud
hung trembling over their heads.
The fact is, Capt. John Allaire wsa a
universal favorite and his native city
was proud of the eminence he had at
tained, and few were there in the vast
crowd who did not secretly resolve to be
on the wharf ready to welcome him
home again when the Dreadnaught
should make her appearance outside the
bay.
As the Dreadnaught neared the mouth
of the liarbor she was obliged to luff to
avoid a large mail steamer which waa
just entering tho narrows. The two
vessels saluted each other by dipping
their colors.
Htill standing on the wharf, Mr*.
Allaire kept her raze riveted upon the
Dread naught, which gradually disap
peared, running before the freeh north
east breeze. She did not wish to loee
sight of the ships ao long aa her masts
were risible above Point island. But
the Dreadnaught soon passed around
behind the Coronado islands situated
outside the bay. For a moment onlr
she caught a glimpse through a break
in the cliffs of the pennant flying at the
head of the top mast, and then the
ship disappeared.
"Good-by, dear John, good-byl" she
murmured.
Why was It that a presentiment aa
dVead as it was inexplicable prevented
her from adding: "Till wo meet again!"
CHAKTKR IL
SOME rAMII.Y MATTERS.
In view of her importance as a lead
ing character in this story it will surely
not seem out of place at this point to
fill in the mere outline sketch of Mra.
John Allaire already made.
Molly was now twenty-ono years of
age. She was of American extraction,
but it would not have been necessary
to trace her ancestry back to a very re
mote period to strike on the generation
which linked her to tho Spanish or
rather Mexican race —a race from which
sprangr the leading families of this sec
tion of the republic. Her mother had
been born in Sau Diego, and the city
was already in existence at the time
California still constituted a part of
Mexico.
This largo harbor, discovered about
Jhrce and a half centuries afro by the
Spanish Davigator, Juan ttodrigues
Cabrillo, had first bean called Saa
MigueL Its proent name waa gtrcn
to it In 1603. In 1646 this provine« ex
changed its tri-colored Rag for the
stars and stripes of the union, at which
date it became one of the siaterhood of
states.
Of medium height, a countenance
lighted up by large and expressive dark
eyes, warm olive complexion, a lux
uriant growth of very dark brown hair,
hands and feet a little larger than com
mon with her race, a carnage fall of
decision but not lacking In grace, a
strong face and yet one radiant with
kindliness of heart—each was Mra
John Allaire. She was one of thoee
women who force yon to take a second
look at them, and before her marriage
Molly had jnstty bees reputed ss one oi
San Diego's beautiful daughters —a gen
uine compliment, inasmuch as beauty
is no rare thing in this part oi th?
world.
She was nothing of a trtfler*. on the
contrary, rather deliberate, endowed
with good sense and a bright mind—
moral qualities which marriage would
very certainly bring to greater develop
ment Yea, under circumstances of
what gravity soever, once Mrs. John
Allaire, Molly would never fall to do her
duty. She had faoed the problem of
existence frankly and honestly; her
views were not the result of any decep
tive prism. She waa a woman of lofty
soul and strong will The love which
her husband would inspire in her would
only serve to increase her devotion to
her duty, and, if necessity demanded it
—and this assertion ss applied to Mr*
Allaire Is something more than a mere
wordy commonplace, —she would lay
down her life for her husband, as he
would his tor her, and they both would
theirs for their child. They worshiped
this Infant son who had just learned to
lisp the word "papa" at the moment
when the young captain was parting
with him and his mother. In feature
little Walt resembled his father very
strongly, but in his brilliant coloring
favored his mother. Robustly built
there would be no cause to dread the
diseases of childhood Besides would
not the most watchful care attend him
at every step?
With what dreams of happiness for
this little creature just budding into
life had the imaginations of theae
parents already stored the future! As
suredly Mrs. Allaire would have bees
the happiest of women if her husband
had been in a position to abandon a
calling whose greatest drawback waa
that it kept them separated. But how
would it have been possible for her to
interfere when the command of the
Dreadnaught waa offered him? W« It
not Imperative that he should provide
for the necessities of his household, lay
up store for a family which would be
pretty sure to increase? As for Molly's
little fortune. It only yielded her a com
fortable allowaase of pin money. At
this conjuncture of circumstances it waa
natural that Allaire's thoughts should
turn to the fortune which his wife's
uncle would leave to her, for nothing
save the happening of something ex
tremely untoward and improbable
would defeat thla inheritance. Edward
Manson's age was three score and Molly
waa his only heir, for Molly's oousin,
Kate Barker, belonged to the maternal
branch of the family and there waa no
tie of consanguinity between her and
Edward Manson.
Therefore waa it safs to predict that
Molly would be a rich woman, but ten,
ves, twenty years might go by before
her uncle's decease would put her la
possession of this property. Hence the
•• a#i !»■, W ■—jr
nothing of the future, called upon John
Allaire to bestir himself, and in the
c.hoce of employers none in his mind
was entitled to precedence over Andrew
Hollister, especially aa the houae had
guaranteed to Capt Allaire an interest
in the ventures of the Dreadnaught
There was therefore good reason to •»-
sume—now that Allaire wea enacting
the double role of seaman and tisdsr
that his labors would result in smsss
ing a competence while he waa waiting
for the last will and testament of Ed
ward Manson to become operatlva
One word concerning this most lme>
lean of Americans. He was a brother
of Molly's father, Thomas Manson, and
consequently the own uncle of the
young girl, who had married John
Allaire. It was Molly's father—Ed
ward's senior by five or six years who
had, so to exprsss it raised him, for
their parents had died young, and Man
son the younger had always sought
both by means of affection and grati
tude to repay this debt Fortune had
favored him and he had reached the
wishedrfor goal, while the elder broth
er had gone astray in the side paths.
While his succsssful speculations and
enterprises in clearing and opening up
vast tracts of wild land in Tennessee
had separated the two brothers, for
Molly's father had remained In New
York, yet they had frsqusntly ex
changed letters. Upon the death of
Molly's mothsr, her lather had taken
up a permanent residence in San Diego,
his wifs's birthplace, and had died there
about the time that Molly's marriage
with John Allalrs had been decided
upon. The solemnisation of the mar
riage had taken place a few months
after his death, and ths young coupls
had begun life with no other Invested
funds than the slender fortune left by
the elder Manson.
Somewhat later a letter from her
uncle had reached San Diego, addressed
to Molly Allaire. It was the ftrst he
had ever written to his niece and wee
destined to be the lsst
This communication, which will be
found to be ss ecmcise in construction
as it is practical in tone, read ss fol
lows:
"Mr DBAS MOLLY: Although you and
I live at a great distance from each oth
er, and although I have never seen you,
yet I don't forget that you are my
niece, brother Tom's only child. If I
have never seen you, It is simply be
cause Tom and I didn't meet after ha
got married, and because I live in the
extreme western portion of Tenneeaee
and you live In Ban Diego. Now, It's
several thousand miles from Tennessee
to California, and It wouldn't be at all
convenient for ma to make .that jour
ney. Therefore, If It would be a diffi
cult matter for ma to go to see you It
would be a still more difficult matter for
you to come to see me, so pray don't
think of it
"The fact la, Molly, I'm an old bear
of an uncle; not one of those North
American grizzlies which wear fur and
claws, but a human bear, that finds his
pleasure in living quite outside the pale
of what you call society.
"But don't let this worry you, Molly;
you msy have an old bear of an uncle;
but he hasn't a bear's heart Inside of
him He doesn't forget what he owes
to Tom Manson, and to you, as Tom's
daughter, shall belong all the goods
and chattels which 1 may leave behind
me.
"I think it's quite likely that It will
be worth your while to look after the
goods and chattels aforesaid. Under
the hammer to-day they might bring,
say Ave hundred thousand dollars,
and they will Increase In value, for
my business looks very promising. If
you want to sell things out after I am
gone, don't heaitate to do so.
"Possibly, you may think that I talk
like a backwoodsman. Wall, that's just
what I am, Molly, and when I say a
thing I mean it.
"Now, there are two things thai 1
want to speak about:
"First: I am a bachelor and shall live
and die one. It is not at all likely,
t'*" l * :li " V sixty—
ehaaoe thai say thing will to (ipsa to
kaap thia property from going to Joe or
to jromr children—do mot* tkaa there (a
•that the Father of Water* wffi atop
emptying into the gulf of Mexico
•Secondly: I Intend to do tay Level
beat to keep thia Utile fortune out of
your heads aa loaf aa poeeibU. I mm
pari to Ura to ka a has toed. aarwajr,
mad you maatat ka lii. KoUr, at
thia old nasi obetiaacy. fliiiriato
attoa to prolong mj earthly career to
rac& a ridiculous extent
"Sow don't take the trouble to sa
awer thia. There is Ho poet <rflce with
in ten mi!ee of ay wild lands, aad we
often go weeks lid weeks without pv
ting news from the outside world. Aad
I ekall not write sgaln. either. except
U is to My that I'M dead, bet soms mmm
else will look altos thai."
Such WM the strange epistle received
by Mrs. Allaire. There could now be
no room for doubt; she would be the
sols derisae and legatee of her Uade
Edward. It aiski ba a good way off,
but some day ana would lad herself
suddenly enriched—a half a mUlina.
and It would keep oa growing, toe.
Taking her ancle at his wor£ aad.
from what her father had told her. ha
WM M tenacious of puipas mm aa nid
Roman, her hoeband had doae weft to
aot tteoWng to gtee ap the ssa, His
courage, his intolligeace. his ladastry
would no doubt sashU him to acquire
a competence laag before her Cacto
•rK*NI«"c» TRACTS or WILD LAJTB.
Kdward woajdtoiaady to aattle ap hto
Sach «M the BißlWja at Iktafi fa
the Allaire family at the UIM tto
Draadnaaght Nt all for UM far waat
•m Pacific, aad tk* mto aow being
la a poaitioa to get a riser ■ilimml
LAF of UM FACTA of tUa UMTTY, aa
■ball gradually OOSDO to light. It woald
eeem to ba adriaable to gfea a little
mora than pa—lay glance at the oat|
rslaUrea of tha captain's wtfa, at Saa
Diego, Mr. aad Mm Lewie Barker.
It had only haaa a tow yearaai aa
Law Barkar, a uttn of oaa of tha
■Mtou statee, BOW a aaa of ahoat thlr
tj. had taken «p hla residence at Saa
Diego. Thto ITow regie ad sr. with Itto
toad featwua aad eold f—pamln phyri
ogaomy aad itnafty-MH fi aiae be
longed to that etom of moo who while
fall of deciaioa aad aotloa ara aa atleat
aa sphlnxse aad quite aa calgiiisHsat.
Howoror, no kai crer
thio tar* turn ana, whoaa aaHtp'to
Kato had mad* hfaa tha eoaain o 4 Joto
Allaire, aad H la Ihwrfwi aot at aU
•orprUdng that Joka, aot aa/
relattrea hlmaeli. ahoald tore ta tree ted
hla wife aad child to tha Barbara Bat.
really, it waa to Bate eopoHallr that ha
had eomiaeDdod hia little family, kaow
tng aa ho did of tho gaaalae atfectiua
axiaUng belweesi tha two woman.
Bat John Allaire woald have beea
rary carefal aot to to what ha did had
-a" iiaaro» to *•— toa W
tho caaa, had ha aaapaeted tha daeeM
which lay hiddca bahiad tho «—i
trable maak o 4 BaWt lasnato i aaaea.
had he known with what tadUfaiemw
thla man looked apoa tha proprtottoe at
Ufa. how little w|iil ha had far hfaa
•elf or far tha rights at ottat PM>
■ of a iiayteta physical I»M»H
aeea, the maa had froaa the atari gala ad
bo had married fire yearn bedore ta Boa
ton. where aho waa ttrteff with her
mother, who dfad a abort thae after
thia onion, tha noaairnaiai at which
wore dcetiaed to be eo la a nil ng
Kate's liuyatj woald base boea qda
•officiant to eapport thorn both tf Bar
ber hadn't preferred the IHMM to tha
straight pa tha. Bat each wea aot to to
tho eaea. Uaring waatod a goodly por
tion of Ma wifa'a fortune, Low Barkar.
already la bad financial odor, raaolrod
to leare tha city at Baatoa. Oa tha
Pacific slope, in aa eattraly aow eoaa»
try whither hie dabfana repotattoa
woald not to Utoly to fallow him. to
hoped to tad utoaaaa which ware aow
denied him la tho east
Kato, who aow had aa fahltng of tor
boa band's tree rtorantsr. asade haeto to
agree to thla fneedfaa, far Aa waa
anxioaa to leave Boston, where lariA
oaa com man te had already became ear
rent, and she rejoiced a too at the pt»
poeal of meeting tor only living rela-
Ura
Barker tod aow tiaiima a real
dent of San Diego far three yean, aad
yet ao skill fal had to heaa la Jfagoieing
UM crooked aatare of hla tvaaaactlosw
that not a breath of aaaplrlnn tod a*-
tacked to him. Snob were tha dreaae
stancee which had brought about tha
reanion of tha two eoaaiaa at a tiasa
when Motly had aot yet become Mm
John Allaire.
The rloaaat Intimacy IJHM op ba
twaan tka jammm wifa m 4 tka jroof
girl. and althoufk it WOIUWN HMM!
mora salmi tor kato to uatL<a» w
aaetadtac; cr»ar Mollj, fm4 It was lk«
contrary that took plaaa Mail? waa
raaolnta, ICata waa wank. MJ tka foaaf
(irl aorro bacama tka atroay pray of lha
marrlad woaaa. Kata iijdiil gwmttf
it tka projaetod MRkfi at k m aoaato
to tka jommc captain a aankfa
which cava no yifM> of «Nr nn»
bU«f bar own, ud what aiaaat n.iaaa
latlon and comfort eomld Kato not hava
drawn from tka aympathy of tka joum§
ooupla, could aka kata brought kwill
to nneorar bar hiddan aoarowl
Aa for Law Bwktr, U( poaMJoa W
etot mora uU >w» oaifHwlri. A
crlaU wm M Hut 7V« leat mf «f
hie wife'. fortune which ha had haeti
1/ coUeotad upon laavtaf Boatoo would
loon k* •ahaaeted. This Ma, by
n»tar« a |taU«, or rathar » IMUM
•peculator, waa om at Ihaae wha f*>
ftrd ckuc* h Uxti oatj fcfainN
Mdwbotn tl«v* iM*y toittowf
lUafoct single throw. Am! a JW>
penalty a beo lately uaenatralled by
the diettlM of mm NaU ao« 4a
ottai a lee thy laad. and <U lead. to d»
plvimblo raawa.
Upoo rMtUaftaaDlaio M
opasad an oAc* Itrart atml, «M of
thoae boreaua wfafah H ware am* ap
propriate to cap deaa, fa which an
eehaiaa. food orW t«eoa.aa tha ateai
Isf point of a traad. Vary ikfflhl fa
depicting tha pnaafMlWaa mt a mwhl—
tloo, utterly ■■■mapalnaa aa fa tha
meana inaorted to, aa adept fa tha art
of perauaaloa, with mmmrnj mo
tiona of BM. at fa—.
head]oay fate twwa*y ipaaaMM, »U
of which wtaitoyfav WtAa Mpr
hlmaelf did not itnpt «UM«. fa U
BOW round lilaiatf HfawHy mm tha
•treat, almoat without tha ■IIIIMIHM
of Ufa Still, aa hie opea*faeah«4
baan entirely aatwt, ha had MWUtlh
credit left and tiyda aae of tl fa W»
new acbenaea and aacnra »aw rfatfaaa.
Thla condition <4 atfafa-m, fcowa'Par,
could not laat. Aajr aaotfiafft tbara
might be aa oethant. and tha ach—i
faf Yankee who had Mi
find hfawalf <Li fa
leave San Dt—o aa >a haAW|fce*na
NTO. 40
And yet. la aa HHIHin l waaMK
• jjoln* crater ml mmW es*M*
•» T"» "J an mi mJk to
tegm, ««mld Wr« M awa
aaM of sacceM of—Js Mm.
gs—^sMlsnE
MTUTOMCIM halaqr MfMaatC
••roe conditio* si Harks!*! III
was ou lakliag that (Mi
uW xmid to Baaeua ks daaaread mm
hilAm seme ■— IdlaiM to fcfc
ruin. Aad ~mm II ~ I wi
com, po—<b!j tW *nU ItMM
In look apes him
dwatd of mueai Mat fa <aftaa* aS
l**d to fcrtaai MmTmhSISI
•elf, although M had aa mm tmm
•per laily attmiw* tjr tt« man, wm af
this nacMti not to fee * I
In dlatruet K4 —. mmd torfM IWi
that during Mb ataw Ika aaaii
•.?MB»t af LaaM aad ■MMMi MM a*
a frtoad. but ta a atatoa!*
efa4hs«loef
•trtrtag «a set baaaada to Ik b>Mi
Mmgate! i^tor a laM|7to luto
ba OU to draw ton H I* *m *•»
Mj i>t whieh dkaaM ba leftuiatoM
reguMahto t II i .^y
•tp «Mtato*a
arhesMa to «M* ha tol lanto M-
Wtoek ka waa r ■ g Mm to
waa ihaalaii. mm fa wee at raritoMaaa
wMhftkM, altki lak Aa toM kha to
herta tfaeaßjbfato iiMgi l ■
Maar Tha fact to aadli atoald aat to
l-tdriN «< ato waa a*aid at htot Aa
waa the a «h.M fa ~an
har ftm in^gCLfsssasaa
tola'aLtoSaa^d^hZirl
aIL
to£lajto«w**dto^lft
degree ttossidaLaawaegAga to
ellefaaf dL"^jiiliZfaTHMMiS
yrm tto ottsr fag ahLg talks
Inaawar to aa
"
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aad wa haea aaadailila fa fa
Little Do»—I gaaaa Otto fa |faT fa
Little Dwt-
Ptdan
Trnliirn— rn—i
Mtoaa. tf yaahadaaaafaehtodag
to* astod a daeg ta cat It Why—
ama* desaa la ttoMMfata
whlla I
l*iea waafea
Mrs. Taa Mto-tad why dM yaa
tor." aer aaJShpL***
aad eraahy. taa
faahaartlaa riiXHwiTala
Mian
(Aad Bridget gat faa pleas )
Mkaa Qrahhase" Mr. Bl ililhf m
marked laat algto that to >ltoda^we»
faaiiaga of aetghtora
*** ***
wbatf
Little Banlher What heaatoya to
ta-day aad I tU lake my todTTto
aeataai ant with yaa. tf yaa tot afijaat
ta my compaay
Baatoior—Glad to hare yoa. Ba% t
yoair wtfa gaaa osfttia wapf
Bmedlsl TTh aa art Hi Sfafa
aaly atopplag. yea haaset toe tort bar
fag.-*Tr?'-ea
-Jo ha. we ataat faltiiifaar toaea'
-WhyT*
"Brrry eight 1 aea hear ghnaTty algh
tag Md whietliag. H eaeasa ta mm*
from the plyaa. aad I beßewe tto piaaa
to haunted.*
"Shoalda't ■ Tto faaa
boTfa hih toaC"—Uto
ta* «M* Tia |
take a ffaea at eloth faaaa aa eaabga
hreeghtby mail) —la totaaaayfa a#
tto goods far year tofltoag aA ay
naaiyy—Bot It fa
rilaai Bet. my dear to. *a jrarae
yaa laP atoat year ttowyfctofcaw
kiahay atoat ttoa
Mr. Blow hard—Oh, dart to «toto