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TUTTLTCR, PjY., FRIDAY. DECEMBER iK
CHAPTER XVm.
ON BOARD THE BRISBANI.
As it was now Molly's intention to
organize an expedition at once in order
to penetrate the wilderness of central
Australia and continue on land the
search which had been so fruitless on
water, she resolved under Zach's ad
vice to take passage the next day on the
Brisbane for Adelaide. A thorough
study of the map of Australia had con
vinced French that the latter city of
fered better facilities not only for fit
ting out the expedition but also for
more quickly reaching the center of the
continent where it was supposed that
Capt. John was held a prisoner by some
of the savage tribes which roam over
those almost limitless plains.
Luckily the Brisbane was to sail the
next day at eleven a. m., and after
touching at Melbourne would reach
Adelaide August 27.
As Molly was sitting on the upper
deck in conversation with Zach, a cabin
boy approached them to ask, by order
of the captain, whether she were in
need of anything.
"Nothing, my child," said Molly, to
whom the boy's voice seemed strangely
familiar. Suddenly it occurred to
her where she had heard it. For an in
stant the eyes of the two were fixed in
silence, but intently, searchingly upon
each other.
"My boy," began Molly, "did you
6peak to me yesterday at the entrance
to the Marine hospital?"
"Yes, madam," said the lad, with a
respectful sailor salute.
"You asked me if Capt. .John was
Etill among the living:?"
"Yes, madam."
"Do yon belong to the crew of the
Brisbane? 1 '
"Yes, I shipped on her a year ago,
but my time is almost up. I want to
get away."
"What is your name?"
"Godfrey," replied the lad as he
saluted and hurried away to report.
"There is a truo sailor lad for you,"
said Zach as the boy disappeared, "and
I'll wager his father was a sailor be
fore him. I can see that in his clear,
honest, wide-opened eyes, hear it in his
mild but manly voice."
"His voice!" murmured Molly, as the
music of its ring still sounded in her
ears. Her gaze was riveted upon the
graceful, slender figure as it disap
peared in the throng of passengers and
crew.
French was not slow to guess the
meaning of the troubled look that he
now saw on Mrs. Allaire's face. Had
Walt lived he would have been just
Godfrey's age, and the sight of this tall,
handsome boy filled the wretched
mother's heart with a sorrow too deep
for words.
"Zach," said she to French as the lat
ter bade her good night at the cabin
door, "Zach, I want to know more about
that lad—who his family are and where
he was born. Perhaps he may not be
English."
"Perhaps not," replied Zach, "I'll in
quire of the captain."
As there was to be a delay of thirty
tLx hours in Williamstown harbor Mrs.
Allaire resolved to spend the time in the
city of Melbourne, distant about a mile.
As she was leaving the steamer in com
pany with Zach, she caught a- glimpse
of Godfrey leaning on the forward rail
ing His eyes were following her every
movement, and such a look of sadness
clouded his face and so involuntarily did
he reach out as if to hold her back that
she was upon the point of calling out:
"I'm coming back, my child!" but with
an effort she smothered her feelings
and turned away.
When Mrs. Allaire returned on board
the following day Godfrey was on the
lookout for her. He took up his posi
tion at the gangway and welcomed her
with a smile of almost girlish sweet
ness. But Zach frowned grimly as his
eyes fell upon the boy, for he was be
coming apprehensive lest the lad's pres
ence might exercise a dangerous influ
ence upon Molly by reopening the ter
rible wounds of past years. However,
what excuse could he make for refusing
to obey her request when on the fol
lowing day Molly expressed a wish to
talk with the sailor lad? Nat in hand,
Godfrey came timidly into Molly's pres
ence. Instinctively Zacli felt that no
good could come of these interviews,but
he determined not to leave them alone.
"My boy," began Mrs. Allaire as the
door of her stateroom closed behind
him, "I want to ask you some ques
tions about your family. I do bo be
cause I'm interested in you, because I
want to know more about you. Are
yon willing to tell me what you know?"
"Yes, lady, very willing!" replied the
lad, as the color came into his cheeks,
and he glanced nervously at Zach, who
seemed to him like some terrible ogre
ready to pounce upon him and tear him
away from the presence of his fairy
princess.
"How old are you?"
"1 don't know, lady, exactly, but I
think I must be about fourteen or fif
teen."
"Fourteen or fifteen!" repeated Molly
with almost a sob. "And how long
have you been following' the sea?"
"I first entered the service when I
was about eight years old as a ship boy,
but for two years now I've been regu
larly apprenticed."
"Did you ever make a long voyage?"
"Yes, lady, on the Pacific as far as
Asia and on the Atlantic as far as Eu
rope."
"Are you English?"
"No, madam; I'm an American."
"But how is it that you're serving on
an English steamer? - '
"The vessel which I had shipped on
was sold when we reached Sidney, and,
finding myself discharged, I took this
billet on the Brisbane until I should get
a chance to ship on an American ves
sel."
"You did well, my child," said Molly,
making a sign to Godfrey to come closer
to her.
"And now tell me where you were
born."
"At San Diego, madam."
"San Diego?" repeated Molly, without
manifesting the slightest surprise at the
boy's answer. It would seem as if she
had known Intuitively what Godfrey's
answer would be.
With a look of mingled surprise and
pain in them Zach French's eyes wan
dered from the pale, beautiful woman
seated on the sofa before him to the
sweet, almost girlish face of the sailor
lad, whose dark olive skin glowed with
a rich color as he kept his gaze fastened
upon the features of the lady in front of
him. Something almost like a groan
escaped Zach's lips.
"Yes, lady, in San Diego," continued
Godfrey. "Oh, I know you, dear lady.
I know you so well!"
"Know me?" repeated Molly, half
starting up and leaning forward to scan
the face of the youthful speaker.
"Know me, you say?"
"Yes, lady, for I was brought up at
the Walter home, I was sent there
when a mere toddler. Oh, I often saw
you there when you came to visit your
gjuldrea, jg you used ty call
Tour hand has often rested on my nead.
dear l-'ly; res, many and i ;i time.
But, of course, you don't remember me
—one in the fifty or more who used to
stand up in a long line in front of you,
but one day it seemed to me your eyes
stayed fixed upon my face for a lon <7
time, oh, so long a time, and then you
smiled and beckoned me to your side
and smoothed my hair and asked me iny
name and I told you. and then I tried to
put my arms around your neck, for you
seemed so swqet and good, but the ma
-1 tron pulled me away and whispered:
; 'No, no, child, don't do that; go back to
j your place! 1 "
| The tears had been gathering in
Molly's eyes as the sailor lad ran on this
1 way with his reminiscences of the Wal
ter home, and had not Zach's stern face
been fixed upon her she would most
surely have reached out and taken hold
of the boy's hands.
"And oh, dear lady," resumed God
frey, "I can't tell you how glad I wa«
when they told me that you were com
ing to Sydney, to look after Capt. John
Allaire. I have tried to think out some
good reason why he doesn't come home,
for I know he must be alive somewhere.
I know it!"
Molly started up as if awakening from
a dream and caught the sailor lad by the
hand. For a moment her lips moved,
but she was powerless to utter a word. A
deeper pallor spread over her face, and
she seemed upon the point of falling
into a swoon, when suddenly a slender
but strong arm was passed around her
waist. It steadied her and held her ten
derly and firmly upright.
"Poor lady, cheer up," said Godfrey.
"Don't worry; everybody says that
Capt. John is living with the natives
somewhere in the wilderness, and that
he is such a brave and strong man that
he'll get away from them yet. Don't
cry. mother!"
"Mother!" repeated Molly, in a smoth
ered tone of joy, as her hand passed
caressingly over the thick black curls
that grew in wild profusion on the lad's
head. "Mother?"
"Why, yes, lady," said Godfrey, sur
prised at the effect of his words, "that's
what we used to call you at the home.
Our mother, our dear mother to whom
we children owed everything in the
world, our home, our clothes, our food,
our education!"
Overawed by the stern look and
wrinkled brow of the seaman who
stood with twitching hand and trem
bling lips following every changing
phase of this strange and moving
scene, Molly drew herself in and
showed a calmer exterior.
"My lad," she asked almost in a
wh : per, "what is your name?"
"Why, I've told you, lady, Godfrey."
"No, no, your full name —the name
of your family?"
"I have no other name, madam."
"But your parents—who were they?"
"I don't know, dear lady, I can't re
member them. I can only remember
my nurse and I wouldn't be able to do
that only she was so black, oh, 60
black, and her teeth were so big and
white and sharp. Yes, I remember
her!"
"But who took you to the Walter
home?"
"I can't tell you, dear lady, 1 only
remember being there when I was a
little toddler. I think I was the small
est one of your family, mcfther!"
As this word again fell irom God
frey's lips, Molly lost all control over
herself. Her bosom heaved convulsive
as her breath came and went in sob
like catches. She turned, and throw
ing both her arms around the sailor
lad's neck, drew his head with a wild
and impassioned outburst of feeling
close and tight against her bosom.
For a few seconds there was a deep
and painfu silence, broken only by
the sound of Molly's breathing, then
with little joyful cries mingled with
ill-suppressed sobs, that mother's
heart emptied out its long pent up
grief in a shower of kisses and ca
resses, which Godfrey was neither loath
nor slow to return. Zach looked on
with wide-opened eyes and parted
lips, seemingly paralyzed by what was
being enacted before him.
"Oh, the poor woman! the poor wom
an!" he groaned. "What will become
of her!"
Suddenly Molly, with an almost su
perhuman effort, drew herself to
gether and succeeded in checking this
outburst of feeling. Then with her
arm wound affectionately around God
frey's neck, she led him to the door,
kissed him, and said:
"Go, my dear child, go. I need to be
be alone. I'll see you again soon—
very soon."
The lad turned, and fixing his large
dark eyes inquiringly"upon the beauti
ful face halted for an instant, then
passed out of sight. Zach made a move
ment as if to follow Godfrey, but Molly,
who was still a prey to the wildest emo
tion, made a sudden gesture which
caused him to close the door again.
"Don't go, Zach."
"Madam, madam," urged French,
"calm yourself, for Heaven's sake; your
health will suffer; you'll not be in a
condition to superintend the vast details
of the expedition which you are to set
on foot upon your arrival in Adelaide. I
implore you becalm, be strong."
"Zach, Zach," she burst out, paying
no heed to the man's words. '"Zach.
this child was raised in the Walter
home. He was born in San Diego; ho
is fourteen or fifteen years of age; in
features he bears a strong resemblance
to John. He has that same open, manly
bearing, that strong love of the ocean.
He must be a sailor's son, Zach. Oh,
Zach, he is John's son —he is mine. The
world thinks that the dark waters of
the bay of San Diego swallowed up that
dear little baby, but no, oh, no, no, he
was not drowned. God knows he was
not; some one rescued him—some lov
ing hands reached out for him as he
went floating along on the bosom of
those dark waters; they didn't know
whose child he was —how could they?
They didn't know what mother was
stretching out her pleading hands to
Heaven, but I was there all the time,
my poor mind darkened and clouded
with not a faint glimmer of hope to
save me from insanity. Oh, Zach, my
friend, my dear friend, I tell you this is
my child—this is my little Walter, my
son. God has had mercy on me at last.
He has given him back to me."
Molly's voice died away. She could
not utter another word. Her transports
choked her, pressed the very life out of
her. She could only hold out her hands
toward the honest seaman, her stanch
and loyal friend, as if imploring him to
speak, to agree with her, to admit that
it must be so. that the proof was over
whelming.
Zach stood for a moment in perfect
silence, his lips closed. His eyes took
on a hard and unsympathetic look, his
whole face and being underwent a sud
den and complete change. He stood
there like a man resolved to be honest
at all hazards, to speak the truth, no
matter how it might stab a mother's
tender heart. He had listened in silence
to {tH she had to say. Possibly he sjiouLd
not have done so, possibly he should
have stopped Molly at the outset. A
little cruelty at first might have
prevented all this. However, it was too
late to speculate now as to what he
should have done. What he should do
now was the question, and like a man
who never shrinks backward when duty
bids him go ahead, he spoke out firmly,
plainly, almost cruelly:
"Mrs. Allaire, you are deceiving your
self. 1 cannot, I must not permit you
to believe what is not so. This resem
blance between this sailor lad and Capt.
John is an accidental one, su -h as often
happens in life. Your little Walt is
dead—yes, dead! He perished in the
narbor that dreadful day. I saw him
go down forever! Godfrey is not your
30n."
"You say Walter is dead?" cried Mr*.
Allaire, starting forward with a wild,
defiant look in her eyes. "llow do you
know it? Who can say it of his own
knowledge?"
"I, madam."
"You?"
"Yes, madam. Listen! Eight days
after that terrible accident the body of
an infant was washed lip on the beach
at Point Loma. I—l—found it and
hastened to inform Mr. Hollister. He
recognized little Walt, whom he canse.l
to be secretly buried in the cemetery of
San Diego. We were the only mourn
ers, the only ones to strew flowers upon
that little grave."
"Walt, my little Walt, buried in the
cemetery," sobbed Molly, piteously,
"and none ever told me of it."
"No, madam," said Zach. solemnly,
"for the time being you were out of
your mind. When, four years after, you
recovered your reason, we dared not.
Mr. Hollister dared not tell yon of it:
he was afraid to tear open your
wounded heart, and Dr. Bromley agreed
with him that it might be dangerous,
that once you had knelt by that little
grave you would hover over it day by
day, and your mind would gradually
give way. until a settled and incurable
melancholy had fastened itself upon
you. We did what we thought was the
best, dear lady. God help you, but be
strong, make up your mind that vonr
child is dead; that this sailor lad has
only the right which hundreds of other
children have to call you mother."
Molly sank with a long, deep, pitifnl
groan upon the sofa. She hid her face
in her hands —she seemed to be praying.
Zach dashed a tear off his rough cheek,
and stood waiting for her to speak.
With a suddenness that startled him,
Molly sprang up.
"What! Can it be," she moaned, "that
you, that Andrew Hollister were hard,
were cruel enough to lay that littla
loved body away in the cold, damp
earth without taking from it any bit of
ribbon, any shred of his dress, and of
his tiny shoes —to hand to me some day
when I should be well and strong
again?"
"Yes, dear lady, I did even betteT
than that," exclaimed Zach, almost joy
fully, "I cut from his little head a clus
ter of his silken curls."
"And you have them. Zach?" almost
shrieked Molly, springing forward.
"Yes, yes, madam, here, on my heart,
where I've carried them many a long
year."
Zach unbuttoned his jacket and drew
forth a large envelope of strong paper,
soiled and blackened by its long and
rough passage on this honest breast,
and, placing it in Molly's hand, turned
and hurried out of the stateroom.
When the door closed, Molly threw her
self on her knees in front of the sofa
with this priceless packet clasped
against her bosom. Her hand seized
the stout twine, when a mysterious
prompting caused her to hesitate. She
bowed her head until it rested full upon
the packet and she remained, mo
tionless, for nearly an hour in deep and
comforting prayer. When she arose,
the tears had dried. She walked stead
ily across the stateroom, opened one of
the trunks and hid the package deep in
the bottom.
"No," 6he said in a calm and resolute
voice, "I will not open it now. Let me
dream for awhile, anyway, that I have
found my boy again!"
CHAPTEK XIX.
QBTTTNQ BEAST FOK THE START.
There was a gleam of hopefulness in
Molly's dark eyes and a strange joy in
her heart as she alighted from the car
riage which had taken her from the
wharf to her hotel in King William
street, Adelaide. It was the 26th day
of August, only one month since she
had left San Francisco, but it almost
seemed as if a year had rounded up
since leaving home, so many strange
faces had confronted her, so many
strange voices had sounded in her ears
—one almost from the other world,
faint, hollow and indistinct, while
another full of warmth, tenderness and
buoyancy seemed always to have been
with her, so strangely familiar did it
sound, such a fondness was there in its
accents. Godfrey had not been near
Molly when she left the steamer, but
she was quite certain that it was stern
duty alone that kept him away from
that end of the steamer. Zach walked
by her side so like a stern and incorrupti
ble guardian that she only dared to give
a timid glance about her. Still she
knew the sailor lad was in safe hands
and deemed it best not to alarm the
honest Zach at that momunt by any
show of weakness. A tremendous task
was awaiting her and it behooved her
to give an earnest of her ability to face
and accomplish it if she expected to
inspire others with her courage.
Thanks to the hearty cooperation of
the government, thirty picked men. well
armed and well mounted, some of them
half breeds and spe.-.king the dialect of
the natives, were soon enrolled for the
expedition. Mrs. Allaire contracted to
pay them high wages with a bounty of
several hundred pounds upon their re
turn, no matter what the outcome of
the expedition might be. The men
were to be under the command of Tom
Marks, an old and experienced
officer of the provincial police,
with Zach French for his lieuten
ant, but above Tom Marks, above
Zach, above everyone, came Mrs. John
Allaire, the veritable head as well as
the actual heart and soul of the expedi
tion.
It was agreed that the expedition
should rendezvous at Farina Town, the
terminus of the Adelaide railway,
where Mrs. Allaire was to join it a day
or so before the start which was to take
place some day in the second week of
September. Several pleasant inter
views took place between the governor
general and Mrs. Allaire. The former
thought himself in duty bound to set
fully forth to that lady the dangers,
the difficulties and eve n the slight hope
of success awaiting such an expedition
as the one she was about to set
on foot, and which to make suc
cessful she had already .scattered
her money with a lavish hand.
Everything was to be done to gain and
preserve the good will of the savages
through whose domain they were to
pass. Valuable presents were to be be
stowed upon the chiefs and their head
men.
"I shall hesitate at nothing, your ex
cellency, I shall shrink from no saeri
fice," exclaimed Mrs. Allaire. "What
your intrepid pathfinders accomplished
in the interest of civilization and science
1 shall do to rescue my husband who
to-day is the sole survivor of the crew
of the Dreadnauglit. Since the day he
sailed from San Diego with all the
world against mo I have persisted in
my belief that he was alive. Now we
know that he is. Xow all that is ueeded
to reach him and take him from the
hands of his savage captors is devotion
to the noble task we have set ourseves.
Our motto is: 'Xo Step Uackward,' and
with God'a fesJu shall brimr O**
John Allaire home with us."
The moment that stem bat bonnt
keeper was away from Molly's side her
reverted to th« sailor Jad who
had taken soeh 3 strong hoid of her
heart. She had been careful not t>>
breathe to Zach the fact of her failure
to open the package delivered to her by
the old seanfau. or to confess to him her
lack of courage to do so. Why should
she long- to rin? the death knell to the
first happiness that had come to her
after so many years of sorrow** Of one
thing she was thoroughly .s»nvin>-ed
however: No matter to wh -n t'ie h«'V
belonged, he was no ordinary child: his
innate grace and gentleness, his in
stinctive refinement, proved this, t > say
nothing of his handsome, high-bred
features and honest, wide-opened eye*.
Molly was firmly resolved not t >
him up. What snnshine and j<>y would
he not bring to their home when •>n -0
the full gentleness and r. bili'y .f his
character hail been brought < ut by their
love and watchful care? How cjuld
John help loving stu h a frank, inaalv
sailor lad? Yes, Godfrey would talc*
Walter's place in that father's heart, he
would help John to bear the awful l<v*i
which awaited him on his return home
to San Diego.
Molly's mind was fully made up la
spite of the scowl which she knew only
too well would wrinkle the brow of
honest Zach French when he heard of
it. she was resolved to adopt Godfrey as
her son. as John's and her son. edu« ate
him as such and surroun.l him with»ii
the luxury and refinement which her
great wealth justified. When ereninsj
came she sat down and wrote B few
lines to the captain of the Brislm re
questing him to send the sailor la to
her in the morning Summoning a
servant she placed the letter in his hand
and directed him to take it at once to
the captain's hotel. The man turned
away and had reached the street door
when he was accosted by a tall youth
dressed in the picturesque costume of
the Australian trapper, a corduroy
smock frock belted at the waist, trunks
of the same material, leather leggins
and a broad-brimmed felt hat turned
gracefully up on one side. A rifle was
slung across his shoulder and a revolver
and hunting knife suspended from his
belt. He rather timidly asked to see
Mrs. Allaire, and the man thinking him
to be some member of the expedition
sent with a message from Farina Town,
where the leaders of the search party
were engaged in completing their final
preparations, at once conducted him to
Molly's rooms. As he stepped into her
presence, it required a second glance to
recognize the sailor lad. such a com
plete metamorphosis had his hunting
costume effected in his appearan «. He
seemed so much taller, so much older.
The boy of fifteen had suddenly become
a man.
Molly stood, half dazed, with her
gaze riveted upon the handsome youth,
and such a tumultuous rush of thought
oppressed her mind as to rob her for a
moment of the power of speech. God
frey took her silence to mean disap
proval, and stammered out:
"Dear lady, don't be angry with me.
I-could not bear to let you go—alone—"
The stern-visaged Zach was not stand
ing there watching her: he was not
present to frown at what he deemed a
deplorable weakness at such a time
when all her strength of mind and body
were needed to crown their labors with
glorious triumph. No, she was alone
with the boy, who had in so mysterious
a manner roused all the mother's love,
crushed, suppressed, dormant for so
many years. She was free to act out
her own tender, loving, impulsive self,
and with a lond cry of joy she sprang
forward and caught (Godfrey in her
arms, and with the kisses she rained
upon him came a hundred pet names
which she had not dared to utter in
Zach's presence. And now, too, these
almost man's arms for the first time
dared to clasp that form, so long be
loved, nay, adored by the waif of the
Walter home.
"Mother, mother," pleaded Godfrey,
"don't leave me behind; take me with
you. I'm big enough and old enough
to protect you. I love you better than
all the others put together. I'll fight
for you, die for you if need be. Oh, let
me go with you, mother; let me help
find Capt. John."
"Yes, yes! Come with me, my darling
child," cried Molly, beside herself with
joy. "Be ever by my side, just as my
own Walt would have done were he
alive now! God hath sent you. to me to
fill his place. I cannot close my arms
against you: and, remember, when ( apt.
John is found, you are to be no longer
Godfrey, but Walter; you are to meet
him as you met me to-night, and to call
him father, as yon did me mot'ier He
must not know that yon are not the
child we lost in the dark waters of the
bay. Such news might end his life,
weakened as he must be by want and
privation."
"It shall be as you say, mother," cried
Godfrey. "Trust me. I'll be so good
to Capt. John that possibly he, too. may
learn to like me, yes, love me, In the
end!"
(TO BE COXTIXCED.)
A Modern Mother.
Mr. Harlem Rridge—Look iiere, this
daughter of ours is getting more im
pudent every day, and her manners are
simply shocking. You must take her
in hand and teach her to behave her
self; she is no longer a child. Before
long she may marry
Mrs. Harlem Bridge—That's the very
reason I'm not goinp to bother n.vs. f
about her If you think I ara goinif
wear myself out s«> some stranije man
can get a model wife you nre very
much mistaken —Texas Siftings
Illdn'l Fit the fM».
Grumble—Neighbor, it jnay be un
pleasant for yon to hear it, b«it my
opinion is that that son of yours is a
young upstart.
Soberly— Your judgment's away off.
my friend, and if you had the job of
'rousing him from sleep every mi rninif
you'd come to the conclusion that was
the most unfitting word yon conUl ap
ply to him. Boston Conrier.
New Idea.
Cholly—Who is that man that went
out just as I came in?
Fweddy—That's a fellah that comes
twice a week to dun me fob n tailah -
bill Been doing it evah since last
Mahch He's a deueed boah! m
"Why don't you pay it and get rid of
him?"
"Baw Jove! I nevah th..ught of that!"
—Chicago Tribune.
A I nnnlmon. Hentiment.
They were in a prohibition state at
the time.
"What will you take?" remarked th*
governor of South Carolina to the gov
ernor of North Carolina.
"I think I'll take a train for home,"
replied the governor of North < aro ina.
and the governor of Sonth Carolina
joined him.—Life.
Of llow Many Localities I« Tbl< Trite*
Landlady (to applicant for
Beg pardon, sir, but what lmsin. -s do
you follow?
Applicant—l am a doctor of mosie.
"Oh. then we shall be glad to havf
you with us, and I'm sure you'll d-• we;
hen-, for there's lots of mnsi. in t:.;-
locality that needs doctoring."- Boston
Globe.
Met a roller mau.
"This Isn't the first time yon havf
come in contact with the police," »ai<
the lawyer to the witness.
"No sir," was the reply.
"What, may I ask. was the result ol
your former encounter?''
"I awake him."—Washington Star.
FOUND IN A DREAM.
The Strike*o Story of to# D.«ror*
ery of an Arixooa Gold Hum.
In Hl* Mwr * KAMA* I •rmor Ln I m»mm m
loit Hruik#r tad » Rirb I Lntom
m 4 Mas ilk# % >■>■■
W»t#rteilvr
One of the m>wt pr oli »r fnata of
psyctx.tofriral phenor.tena iw Ho t(M
to light jasi ruiiuinMnl near I a»
nix, Arizona. In twot>n>thirr A.
B. ami l.utbrr Ellftt. lirnl in Nrruaha
county. Kansas. T.nther c!** tbr port
of the tvanderer atxl went we*t. pre
ramshlr to Colorado, inH nothtnjr more
nv hrant of him fwpt nirw fp>n»
that he had t*rn killnt by Inrtians.
Th«* war rame and A. R ETfcrtt wwd
four years in tl»*> anion anujr. t- •<. -ng
out in I*s a»aip«etely bn >«en in kulth.
Ho retnmc-.l to Kansas jn«!
down on hi* farm near Sabrtha. where
he remained until recently He ne»
ceptcd rumor a* truth and i»>t grn.ug
any letters from the brother. rewdetd
him an dead. In l*W he «» mfl* UU
bi the hrrakisK out of an «W **« and
and was confined to hia room for many
weeks. f>urin<r that time he •"rvamed
that his brother was aliTe and in Pre*-
rott. A. T It vw<l that they w«*
lojfi'ther in the mountainv and in pan
in# il'>«r a -anyon they dp-offwd a
fabulously rich (fold mine a few mi'-*
from an old abamloned shaft out e
nwneii by Lather. The •imaa irau*
little impresaion on him. bat the neat
flight it wtt repeat#il. and «*T«n the
tr » a:..: ;h<? outlines of the mountain*
hit.- perf«--tly ota hi* uind.
I!" <tid not heed the possibility of the
iu.D" beinjr there, for the warll of nar
had never been out of bi» motnh. asd
he <lid not know qnaru fr>m iara. bat
he thought it worth while to malar WM
in>iuiry a'v-ut his brother. whi.h he rikL
A letter directed to the postmaster at
Prese.itt brought the tnf .rmation that
his brother was aaold resident, but was
then oat in the mines. A correspond
ence hetran between the two brothers,
and during ita course the part c 4 the
dream relating 1 to the mine was di-
Tulged. Being in that rieinity one «lay
Luther Ellett looked for the mine fcut
found nothing-. The matter parsed
along until a month ajjo. says the San
Francisco ("hmnicle. when the Kanna*
brother conclnded to risit his relative »
Arizoan, ami at the tame time to Inoh
at the country. He still had an inclina
tion to 1 x>k for the mine, bat *as
ashamed to own it. His brother art
him in Preseott. ami after staying a few
days there they went to the mountains
and visited the old abandoned mine
When they approached it the k irsas
ns.-vn recognized the errantry as the one
he had seen in his dreams. and told
even how the shaft was situated with
regard to the mountains and canyons
with such accuracy that his brother
was filled with astonishment, bnt he
was an old prospector and a belief in
dreams was not one of his superstition*.
When they arrived at the *pot M
EH-tt said it seemed to him that he had
ofton been there before, and after look
ing over the ground l hey » P"*
ana walked westward toward the point
indicated by the dream. In cwmag
the canyon the prospecti*- stumbled on
a very rich ledge and exultantly ex
claimed that they had found the
mine Th<* brother answered that it
iai<rht be rich, but the one they were in
search of was richer. ClimWiij up the
other side of the gulch, ther i-ame to
the spot where the dreams had located
the lode, but there was nothing in
sight but half-decomposed graaite-
The perfect resemblance of the land
marks had so excited their hope tLat
they were disappointed anil stood for
some time talking the matter ewer.
While so standing the one with the
pick began picking °® tlie shelving
rock and a great piece of It fell down,
exposing a Wind ledge of white (gnarti
resplendent with tree gold They
worked into the mass. And it to he
about thirty inches in width and winn
ing as it went down at an angle of
forty-five degrees. The pn .spe-U>r
stayed there, afraid to leave the mine
for fear of claim-jumpers, but his
brother brought a sack of the samples
to I'h.rnix and the assays go two thou
sand six hundred dollar* in nineteen
dollars to the ounce gold. Samples
have also been sent to the mint at San
Francisco for testing. When Mr
Ellett was seen by a reporter he did not
set-m diapneeJ to talk about the mine,
saying that they wished to keep its *x
ist«*ni-e quiet, and hail done so for two
weeks, but finding that mining awn
from 'hat section hail already told it he
narrated the story as given above.
Mr Ellett is a responsible farmer in
his home state and before September
had never seen an ounce of gol«i "re. so
he counts himself as one of the crea
tures on whom fortune has smiled. The
story of the dream was published In
[>»9 by several scientific journals in the
east as illustrating the fact that
former knowledge and information had
nothing to do with the substance of
flrvuu.-.
I nlaaMC M»»|
Tht duke of Veragua. ttie Uescendant
of Coltftnbu-v who lias promise*! to visit
America as the guest of the nation next
year, has received the famous order of
the Irotden Fleece from the queen re
gcat of Spain. The decoration waa
given to Uim. Spanish papers say. a» a
recompense for the Little attrntu>o paid
to him during the Columbus etelehrar
tion in Spain. The tioklen Fleesre is
on.- of the m<*t famous orders in Eu
rope. and is worn, an a rule, by members
of ruling famiiiw.
TMJ wut
The emigration uf the English agri
cultural population into the town* ia
attributed by T E- Kehbel. among
other causes, to the dallneas of village
life. Tht? old feasts the fairs and Ike
games have for the most part disap
peared. Thus, while there is vastly
more cricket played in England thaa
fifty years ago. it is not played by the
satne .-lass. In the old day long match
es on the village greens the c-evcaa
were m<i«tlv made up of laborers. They
are so no longer.
(•Mm for levers.
Tot ling—Tennis and billiards art
both lovers' garnet.
Dim ling—lndeed?
Totling—Yes; they go to court hi th«
first but there are more kisses la th»
second.— Detroit tree i'reas.
,»n l>tfrMtte| fotal.
ilarjurie had been puxiling ovei
something for a long time, and finally
she said: *"Mamma, is tame flowers frai«i
of wild flowers, like tame animals is •*
wild animals?"— Harper's Young Pe»
P'r-
A U*UI7 I
H« haunt s wort! of "tnplslnt to proau .aee:
An sffsbie m:en he awls Better
Be ll be itmakfil tt on has his srtl*
With: *T fleer, have jo-1 posted my .ettaer
—Waehia«ira Sat
Ofi«o#r Tlum Po«t«rtty.
Mrs. Hardup ipausing in her writing*
—What u the name foe the people whs
come after us?
Mr. ilardnp i without pausing in Mi
reading)—Collectors.—Puek
« Bright H.T
"Cholly must be a smart bsb to have
accumulated all his wealth."
"Ya-as. It took his fath»~r-in-law
thirty-five years to get the nam*
money."—-Chicago News Record
Hn(y siot.
Wake up—l see there's a new t>r»ni >j|
cigars out called the Cora Potter.
buster—Ten to one they .van t lr»* »
—Judges
NO. 5
THt RVOCH WMft
*timmtf am 4 I
la Portage eo—ly. (Mat la * Itmg,
b totifa! street know* aa *ha Sjdar
mat It is the pride of 'Jmt moo' r
N > -seeds nor laßbmb M AMI M
it. n-at h»*ilers. shafted by laiHl
jaamea: *n intdr farat Mat Ma <»»■
•«t <>n citbar cade thrrnyh .ta wlaata
leafth AIJ ttua baa haaa ■■ i < nmplialiad
b ffrNi»t»nt aa>i caiM -amrgy «f the
net*: laboring farmers. &i«l -"aits wmt
t • farnss. whetweor fu'ind. am tan
esrieac*" of ttar*ft aad T-- <sai ■ if
the - men fmks shoaM allow r«>W>
to acr- ia>a a*e in ibm toiwmm mt tha
i urn «h»r wmM .lesaraeetiy tatm "Mm
name of s^.ee nty .-em y»a. sn>. Soak
th« faxjaar be dabbed atoe*nfy
»V peraita weeds at' ay Mb ftiw—'
and r a.15i.;.«%. Moreover he ny*" fs
t'i.e <r->l.f»a -a'e Ibr »<»<h art tia»ot
er*. many ways *» waA nai»b
bora* prem.se*. It m the nafi 9 a*
wi'Uli. s -J»n andistorbed, to ma'.ttpty
thetr *pec«s aaaam*fir- A sua«la ptaat
of nw>lh -aaiiem bore in <a«B MM*
ninety-one *eedpn*i*, the vaeda frwa
three at Tbew pods, carefully «n«M
numbered f»>. ff only half the wed*
f-om this rtlaat had j< 'wn. b mm
mach labor woahl haaa bmmm ra
qair-il to <ieatroy >ae rear's .aareaaa;
wh. « that at iaan in r«an a iahl be
Vyoac. c«»u»pate. Keen ana it in no*
too late ta befftn earfare apinaa
weeda If : raiaadlafeiy after raea •
wilt.nr frost the sta'as are alaared ay
and burae- fvoaua r* j an fM.ide a totsee ; inaa
an.l xardras. naillanas of see* May be
tben if the gr i—d in tarnnd
oeer with the ptnw to the wjMbt franßt
av-iSt if the rc-»ts »ai be eUtert. A
thvnntf h harrasetny in syery aad nae
otcer in tatdanaatr woaid pal aa end
to roots that may haee withstood the
winter and also to jeedHwc weeds.
Tims seeere r-» a*aaeat ka for aereanioie
of loar - tandinir ar that aaiibar. Aa
nna l** and s*gaao peranaiaia aaay bn
eioae .-nttiay. aa plaata eaaaat faariaa
withont iaavea. aad a*e soon eakaaaot
ed by beiay forced to sand oat now f!o*
Bear in mind that n foad arorh
bec-na ta mora than half tar. Do not
wait till hushes and brier* add dttcat
ties to the work of esteraaamßtlaa. aad
do not depend upon eraaapta miamm ta
make yoar uaigbbw-a sea the error ef
their ways Start a farmers' tM aad
aaake war .against weeds a —nHafa'a at
awmberahipi Thoa yon may caaa <»
operattoa aad graatiy leaeim the iao
irr of unwelcome tenaab fr as r»«a»
ae -hto.*-.- sn-ptaa ~Hr%. J X. Mlilt
fan. in 5. T. Trbaaa.
POULTWT PICKING*.
Faost now oa entd spring early ami
late feeding should be the rain
viit con venie ot droahiag ees
•els for the fowls luring the winter
It i» important to have the lotr d
the dtsek and geaee qamteia dry to
winter.
Rt watching for the first emptier am. a
of cold aad fnhn; it nap -nav he
prevented.
Dkkmbd pomltry ihostil always he
thoroughly coaled oat ha leu packing
for market.
Os* of the best ways<»f nwriag dry
nese under foot in by using iry earth
on the floor.
Fob swelled bead waeh -iraa with
warm water aad then anoint the whole
head with glyeeriae.
W itx the fowla mast stay m the
house scatter the grains among straw
ar Utter to give them e.itniee.
CosttDEhtKl care must W taken to
prevent the eggs from getting chilled
if they are to he hatched in aa iaeu
later.
IF plenty ot clover is given there will
be such lees necessity fur wppiyia*
lime, aw there ta considerable lime ta
the composition of cloeer.
WntLK lose range ta seeded .taring
the winter than in summer, at the
same time it in usually best ta give the
fowla every opportunity to exercise.
Br using erade carbolic arid fteelv
tire may be effectually cleaned oat ad
the q lartera, an" they eaaaat thrive
where ttam ianeed freelv —Sh Loam Be
public
COMFORT POULTftY MOUSE.
It nine— ts|b taa me lane* a
Wbasee.
The iHnstratioa. styled the "Cemdart
poaltry house" by the .testgaer, Capt.
Phi'.hps, of Chicago, aad the general
outline ia made plain ta the «•*. It
see pa the tow is warm ia winter aad
provides ample room for tariae. gk
imr plenty of floor ipefs. The heaae a
« , teet at the baek. * feet at the bemd
, of the mot, SH feet at the he*iaa*ag<J*
the coeerail rea ami 1 foot at the front
end of the *»eevad rem. The haase
: proper is *al* feet, aad the 10 voted i na
y..,
coaeear rocxrar eorsa.
Ie also taltt feet, giving a total sgaee .»#
feet. Ia the tUeetiiilim. Mia t e
drer. >pentng tata a paaeageseae. &
D siiowing ike partJt»am ■
roost, jml P + a drop-hoawl amler the
roost, the nest being ihuau at ti A
ran untier the floor i» showu at H. the
steps from tte raa to the floor afeeev
being shosm at K. Teatilatorsi are 9H.
sad Tis a smell deer leading imiik
The eoiiired raa hen a Waged dear
which caa he ramed er !towered aa de
strad. The roe# mar he e# tarred felt,
or any suitable roofing aaianal, ami
the lights in the w-.adoses a# the oe»>
ered run may ha *6 -tied laeefia et
giaaa It ia a very sang aad
poaitry home, givlag pieaty at room
for roontiag aad ear ft tea. Fkrm aad
Fireside.
A vm war •* * i''tug m
Twin *Tna sir. yow af
glar. after ereeptag m tkemmgh the
froat wtaifow. h>gne a» walh slearte ay
the stairs: aad ye* r**s dM not see Ua
a'tkoagh ea were staadiag et tke head
of the stair* at the time Hay 1
venture to imr»i*a why j»«a dW aad me
him"
Principal W itaeeß-Ortaialy. sir The
fort is. my wife waa ia the wmy -Pm»fe.
TW r sespei'te-a.
I IIHIITMI I saw nuarrs Irmak 'eat
nigh*. What's the matter' Hesgraag
to the ik*s.
Mudkins — He pryoeed So two * >a«
this aaamm
Judkiae—- .%h, yen. tied lejartad. et
Hodkiae—So; ax ky hot*.—
Ortet Phymeiaa .-heaifaUyi—Yea
sir I ean re.l*>-a ym» at the rate at
poumt- a week.
Fatasaa —How oftea shall f en»
aroand to see yoa, dnetof*
tin at Phyaiciaa ■ Y«m aeedat foaae
at ail ra >-** eea.l ya a btU at ike
ead at each week. S- Y. Herald
p.i i»«y i»se a i i •
Aunt !t W y-Thto*«f eetdyWtahe
a dtertor. ek' Dne t yoa do it
Y. an# Maa—Why ant. aaaty*
Aunt Jtaacy—T* <m«f* gitaap«r
tioe tu. ye git marrteri. aa' ye mm'tpt
tafiad practice, thntTs why.