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HUSELTOIN'S
A Grand Clearance Sdle.
We ask you to read tbc important announcements below. Thev tell of a larg
money saving; they tell of class footgear with extremely low figures.
THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL WINTER FOOTWEAR
_adies" Flannel Lined Sboes and Slippers. Shoes for Boys anj Girls.
Warm Shoes were 75c now ISC Misses' kid patent tip dress shoe-; wc •
Warm Shoes were SI.OO now 65c 1.00 and £1.50, now ,y>c and 75c. Miss»
Warm Slippers wee 75c now 25c grain shoes, heel and spring, were
Velvet Slippers were 75c now 45c £ 1.00 anil 1.25, now 50c. Children'
Heavy Shoes were JI.OO now 60c fine shoes, spring lif el, were 50c and 75c,
Several broken lines in ladies' fine Shoes now }oc and 50c.
were ss, ft, now SI.OO. Oyer gaiters, BOYS' IIHAVV SHOES, sizes 3 to 5'.,
were 25c am! 50c, now iic and 25c. Tan , were 51.25 and #1.40, now 65c and *I.OO.
shoes were f 1.50, now <I.OO. j Hoj-s' dtessshoes were <I.OO, now 65c.
Men'' Shoes * Ladies' Rubbers and Arctics.
lat 15c and 25c, .Alaskas 50c. Children's
Man's Heavy J-ole Winter Tans were : 2, ' buckle artics reduced to 35c.
and 42.50, now $1.65 and $2.00. Men's «,.n s Pt.hhcrs
Heavy Sole Leather Lined Shoes were |
$2.50, now 51.75. Oil men's heavy shoes Men'.; low cut rubbdrs 25c
were $1.50 and $2.00, now $ 1.25 and $1.50 Men's high " " 35 c
Men's fine embroidered slippers, were Men's storm rub 1 .rs 50c
#I.OO, 75c, and 50c, now 35c and 50c. Men's warm Alaskas 50c
Ask to the "Jcnn<?ss t Miller" Hygienic Shoes
for ladies, which are the embodiment of ease, conifer' and grace not 10 be had else
where, as we are sole agents for Butler county. Try a pair and enjoy 'he luxury of
comfortable, perfect fitting shoes.
ilntlcr's Shoe House. Opposite lli'tel Lowry.
1899 1899 1899
GOOD BUSINESS
FOR
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
AH our left o«-vr Holiday go.ids must bs s >ld and in order to do so we have
cut prices almost in half.
All silver novelties that were At.oo now 60c
" " " " 50c now 30c
All silver novelties and staples that were 1.25 now Snc
Solid silver thimbles that were 25 and 35c now 15c
First class 8 day clocks with alarm that were 3.25 now 2.25
I-'irst class s day clocks without alarm that were .V ,v > now 2.(*
A good watch. Cent size 2.50
A good silvertne case with American movement 5.(11;
All other goods in our stock reduced in prices so that it will pay j»u to l.uy
your watches, clrwics, jewelery, si'verware, vS:c., at
PA PIC'S,
122 South Main Street, - - Butler, I'a.
Repairing of All Kinds. Old Gold and Silver Take Same as Cash.
\ HE IS A WISE HAN \
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f WHO SIiCUIJKS Ills CLOTHING FliOM - #
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] Till; MHICCIIANT T.VIMMt, *
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0 The ff«MHls, style, lit and general make
1 111> of his suits
* TELL their own STQF^Y
rj= -1 FOR EFFECT.
f \ I rfi ' A .-9 Men won't buy clothing for the purpose
I I \\p* V 1 tf of spending money. They desire to get the
a. y J| V ■/. Iksi oossible results for the money expend-
Vl J f I _ Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as
w k v"-f' —\ j , fithey can be sold and made up propetly. If
j \ /you want the correct thing at the correct
IJ~ -'1 V ft. y-a»y j 3price call on us, we have reduced our spring
i 1I I Vr /s 1 ~ ftand summer goods dow" to make room for
\ 111 I\\ "'i '/oiu heavy weight goods.
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< [[pi jj| ' Fits Guaranteed.
Gr-p jy | . Merchant Tailor.
• r . IVtrC * 142 N. Main St., Butler
A Bit Historical.
When our grandfathers a hunting went. !
in the loi|g ago, they took down, from its
peg on the wall, a gun of no mean dimen
sions, long of barrel and strong of stock.
Over o.ie shoulder was t brown the polished
powder horn, and over the other the buck- ! ,
skin bullet pouch embroidered In fancy
worsted liy the good man's wife. Than the ;
Hint was carefully tested against good steel i
that it might, without fail, strike tire, w|)cn
the hunter took aim and pulled trigger on
the bounding buck. <
And in those same days came a wonderful .
invention of picture taking and with mn> h !
pain and suffering our grandfathers, in still" j '
stocks and with fa-*e chalked. 'Mookvd pleas- j
ant" >r full twenty minutes together, that | 1
we. their defendants, might see their featur- •
es in little pluslied lined cases, gay with j
brass trimmings.
AMI TO DAY! We defy the very el
ements we use. The crack of the s|»orts
man's rllle is no longer abconipanied by a ;
puff of smoke. The photographer is no long- J :
er obliged to seek the dark room when re- j ,
loading his camera.
The nitrous cartridge has removed the
Smoke nuisance"; the Film cartridge lias
done away with the dark room. (
Get a Kodak at the only place in town ,
DOUGLASS'
Near P. O. j
Peoples Phone 162.
C. SELIGMAN & SON, .
JAILORS.^
No. 416 W. Jefferson St.,
Butler.l Pa.
All flutist Foreign
and 1 domestic Suitings
al ways in stock.
Fit, Style and Work
manship guaranteed :
to give satisfaction, j
PRICES REASONABLE
A' TIVV SOIJ( ITOlis WANTKIi KVF.ltV
**where for "Tin- Story of the Philippine-"
by Murun ilulstcad, commlssioiMH] by the
Government asOtllcial Historian to the \Y:ir
Department. Tin- book was written iti ;inny !
camps at Sail Francisco, on the Paclllc wit li
General Merr'.tt. in the hospitals at Hono
lulu. In Hong Kong.in the American trenches
at Manila, in the insursrint camps wit 11 '
Anulnaldo. on the deck of the Olympia wit h I
Dcwoy. and In the roar of battle at the fall
of Manila. Bonanza for agents. 1 tritr.fu 1 of I
original pictures taken by government pho- ' 1
tographers on tin* spot. Large lunik. Low | •
prices, ltlg profits. Freight paid. Credit I
given, llrop all Irishy unotllcial war book-
Outfit, free. Address, I". T. Bit her. Sec'y 1 .
Star Insurancu Itldg , Chicago.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Butler Business College.
New Management.
New Courses.
Many New Features, j
In addition to the Practical Book
keeper's Course, and the Amanuensis j
Shorthand Course, the following courses
have been added.
Kxpert Accountant's Course, which
deals especially with Joint Stock Com
pany and Corporation Accounting, and
includes a thorough training in the ad
justment of difficult partneisliip and
business problems.
Reporter's Shorthand Course, which
prepares the graduate for all kinds of
shorthand and reporting work. Books
of our own publication will be used as
soon as they can be completed. The
work is now in course of preparation.
Special arrangements for those wishing
to take music. School now in session
daj- and night. Any one wishing to
make arrangements to attend the institu
tion will please call on or address
A. F. REGAL, Prin.,
327 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
Peoples' Phone 271.
Bell 174
Pianos,
W R NEWTON,
Representing
The Chickcring-Chase Bros. Co.
Manufacturers ot
Grand and Upright Pianos
litis ;m nfli.-c unci wai-orooin tit N'o.
HIT Smtli Malu Strwt. Butli-r. I'a.. for per
manent headquarter, for this state, where
you can Hud :tt :ill tinier ;i >:uiiple lot of"
thetrfine! l'lano> Tin-I'i.inos eoni
ing direct front tin; factory and sold to vou
by thi; manufacturer, means a lar.'e
In the puri'hase of a Piano. eleiirated
Chase Bros." l'lanos are endoiM'd l.y all
lettditiK artists. They are fully warranted
by the Manufacture. These l'lanos lan ! .
IK mi-11l on easy terms to suit the purchase;
Planus ana Organs taken as pari payment
in exchange, t all and see them and test
and examine them t horouirhly. \\ «■ can save
you money in the purchase of a first-class
Piano.
ktIA.NTED UTHUL ritCSTWORTHI PERSONS
"in t his si ale to manage iair busluesa n 1
their own and nuitrby counties. It is mainly I
office work conducted at home. Salary (
straight a year and expanses delinite. '
iKinaflde. no tiior. 1 , no less salary Monthly I
s7~>. Keferences. CnciiMu self-uddr< -,-,etl [
stamped en\ eiope Herbert i . Ile>>, l'ru*t., J
Dept. M. Cbieago '
Is often n warning that the liver is
I
trouble may foil; w. For a prompt, H
cfticient cure of Headache and ail B
liver troubles, take
HqOۤ*-& PeHB I
While thoy rouse the liver, restore K
full, resular action of ! . »
thev do not srrlie or p.'.i'i. d'> : ' k
irrft • 3
but have a positive toni< effect. 1 K
at ail druggist? or by mail of H
C. I. Hood -.v Co., Lowell, Mass. w
ThoiiAandd :tr<» Trying It.
In order to prove tlio great merit of
Ely's Cr< a:n lialni. the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold iti Iliad, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 eents to
IXY BROS., .">G Warren St., N. Y. City.
I I sufTei"d from catarrh of the i: :id
[ ever since a boy, and I never lioj . I for
: ; cure, but Ely's Cream Halm ico
| even that. Many acquaintances ht 1
, it with excellent results.— Oscar Osir na,
45 SVnrren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
curo for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor nnv injurious drug, l'ri
i 60 eents. At druggists or by malL
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He Understood
After they hit him. It don't re
quire any bricks to make
you understand tiiat it is
money in your pocket
in dea ; intj with us.
This comes from
the fact that we
sell only reliable
goods at a low price,
buying direct from the
manufactures, saving the
middle profit to you.
Many bargains to ofler now.
V *i* -J- -J*
Ed- Colbert.
n Fomorl^^"
Colbert & Dale.
242 S. Main St.. .Butler, Pa.
Braun's Pharmacy.
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way.
Pittsburg, I'a,, L, D. Telephone 2542.
and Retail.
1
1 mporier and Jobberof Drugs,
! Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
Brushes, Etc.
The only house west of New
York carrying a full line of
Meyers' Grease, Paints and
iheatricai goods.
Physicians' Prescriptions
Compounded Day or Night by
"Registered Pharmacists" only.
Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illumniating Oils, Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
Engine Oils. Gasolein, Ben
zine., Paraffine Wax and
Pet J olatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
F AI.WAYB USE 7 It I
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|COCOA i
LPURE ! HEALTHFUL ?! i
sc?jet Wdar-nKffTir^iaK'^^a
YOUR SUIT ~
May seem dear at the start,
and prove remarkably cheap
before you've worn it out.
It's the long tiir.e satisfaction
you get from, it that decides
the superiority of our make.
It does pay to buy good
clothes. Our fall display is
ol the Kind you would expect
to fir.d only in the large,
citie.',.
MAKER OF
MEN'S CLOTHES
<! 0. L. CLEELAND. 4
\ Jeweler and Optician, s
j 125 S. Main St., /
j \ Butler, Pa. /
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Claremce Herbert hew.
: i&>7. b> J- B Co.]
CTTA ptri: rx.
I had determined to lose no time in
at tempt inp to Me the document in
Fray I:r; icio's box. and, as it proved,
the dii.: r| . rty h< ! me materially.
Bartolo'. eo and the other priest.*
dropped in upon us !■ fore the close of
tin* lut .1 atd were prevailed upon to
spend the evening. Whether my liking
for the -»nori' i had .it that time awak
ened a reciprocal feeling, I didn't
know; but she - fined aware of my de
| sire to pet the jxidresin a happy frame
of mind, nnd aided me in everyway she
couid. or lering to bring bottles,
and more bottlis. for the delectation
of the co-mpany. Palm brandy, or
aguardiente, is -lie only brand known
in the Ladrones. and that seldom ap
pears upon a gentleman's table. Birt
light wines, and, for stronger heads,
rum and water, are freely indulged in
The result is rarely drunkenness; the
stuff doe n't act that way in warm cli
mates. Put for early-drooping eyelids
and dreamless sleep that works like
anaesthetics, give me two bottles of
Spani-li wii . that have made the voy
age to Manila or fluajan. The padres
were built upon the cistern principle,
all of ill n: liut they were practically
as',, ep 11. at which time they
acce;.-ed ihe colonel's hospitality and
fell to . ' :•> peacefully upon the
floor or th. rattan sofas, wherever
they happened to drop.
It*was- .-I i perfect night that the
senorita s;ro' ed down to the beach
with me I t fore retiring, and I have a
ha7\ rt . l.ction of kissing .her.
Something fit* the sort, anyway, for
she left her cool fingers in mine for
half a minute befcire .-lie disappeared.
This and her personal loveliness in
the moonlight, came near to interfer
ing with my progre.s's; for upon reach
ing my room 1 took an easy chair out
upon the balcony and smoked for over
an hour, thinking of her. The windows
of lier room were diagonally opposite
my own. across the patio; and I fancied
once or twice that I could detect her
figure among the' shadows. After
awhile, however, it struck me that if I
were really going to do anything it was
about time to get atit. So T opened the
sea chest and took out the electric safe
ty lantern, then silently made my way
along the corridors and down to the
room where the padres were snoring.
I have been told by doctors, that fat
men usually sleep more soundly than
their skinny brethren, and my experi
ence that night seemed to clinch the as
sertion; for, though I had to feel over
several square feet of Bartolomeo's an
atomy in> my search for liis bunch of
keys, he never even wiggled. It would
have been possible, of course, to force
the locks; but that was too risky an
operation when simpler methods were
available.
Stepping across the little square, the
air was sA still that I could hear the
lapping of the ripples on the beach, a
quarter of a mile away; and I seemed
to ba the »nly living creature awake.
1 had no difficulty in finding the key
which opened the. posterni door at the
rear of the church, and easily stole
through the cloisters as far as the pas>-
sage leading into the chamber of hor
rors. This was so pitchy dark that I
' turned on the current in my lamp and
j was startled at the brilliancy of the
; light which shot from its lens. When it
j fell upon the ghastly figure with the
diseased wish-bone, a cold chill started
the goose-flesh all over me; tlia con
trast between the senorita's warm,
breathing loveliness, of which I had
been dreaming, and this semblance of
rotting carrion, was something horri
ble. I had to take a good pull at my
flask before I could unlock the iron
trap and descend into the vaults.
There, also, the f. ml dam pi < >:s. and the
com pa ii; of real bodies, made my scalp
creep until it felt as though each lit
dividual hair were squirming.
When Bartolomeo introduced me to
the remains of Fray Ignacio, that morn
ing, I felt more or less of a friendly in
terest in the old chap; we hadn't been
near enough to appreciate the ghastli
ness of the grinning skull, half hidden
by its gray cowl. But now, when I
placed my light between his toes and
attempted gently to ease hia stomach
of that heavy box, the bony fingers
clung to it with gruesome strength;
the old bones cracked and wheezed as
I tugged at it. How I managed to keep
from fainting outright, I never knew.
My efforts to remove thechest from the
old fellow's lap seemed to threaten a
(liaai raiigement of his skeleton so seri
ous 1 that I gave up the attempt and un
locked it where it lay. To this he made
no objections; he even appeared to take
a mild interest in the proceedings, wag
ging and wabbling his old skull, with
horrid whisperings and creakiugs,
every time I leaned against him.
The papers in the box were covered
with a thick of dust, and l , after
another pull at the llask —in which the
fray, by a sorrowful wag of the cowl,
refused to join me —I gently lifted the
top ones with a pair of pocket plyers |
so as to show the least possible* dis
turbance Bealizing that every mo
ment) was precious, I hastily scanned
the" pther documents until one bearing
m i i V
"IT
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My nerves were ..orn to a thin ed(fe.
the fray's signature appeared, which
proved to be the shipwrecked officer's
statement. 1 wanted to read every
' word; but it was in old Spanish, the
t' parchment was so brittle that it rat-
J tied like fire crackers, and there was
!j really but one sentence that I needed.
I So, glancing rapidly from line to line,
j I finally came upon one which, trans
• iated, rea'J: "Position of ledge, ap-
BUTLEW, PA., THERSDAV, FEBRUARY li, lH^iO
proximately. I■,s> » 30 minuter, 30
secoudr N. ;.it.. 1 i i.t grces, 2:t minutes
00 se<*om'..s K. Ion." T! i- 1 hastily i>en
-1 cilef; up . t;: «■' " - ti<i of my shirt;
then, <Ol .-iderii'L't - adx isabiiity of de
ctroylng the document, I had decided
tl.at it.-absei ee i. . lit be discovered at
any time, aiu! was ..bout to replace it,
when 1 thought of Sebastiano. 1
couldn't afford to leu ve accurate inform
ation for him to find. In a second or two
an idea occurred to me. and, striking a
match. I held it over the parchment in
such a way that it charred the figures
completi 1;. out, yet locked as though a
cinder had fallen accidentally upon the
page. It was. of course, likely t-hat
the padre would have his suspicions if
he ever saw it; but if I succeeded in
getting safely out of the church, I
thought, he'd have a sweet time verify
; ing them.
To replace all of the documents was
a work of some moments, so careful
was I not to disturb the coatings of
dus-t with which they were covered.
Then I locked the box. while the fray
sadly wabbled his head at my temer
ity, and started to return. The floor
of the vaults was of pounded clay,
and each step I took produced a vibra
tion which tilled the air with echoes
of other creeping footsteps. My nervus
were worn to a thin edge by this time,
and had it not been for the brandy I
probably should hart, lost conscious
ness. Yet, standing there in that foul,
subterranean passage, in an island
practically unknown to the world and
thousands of miles from civilization,
1 couldn't help grinning to myself—a
chattering, nervous grin it was, too—
at the incongruity of a prosaic com
mercial man who had worried through
35 years of humdrum existence, be
ing in such a position. What an Un
\ mitigated liar my acquaintances in the
club at Hong-Kong would think me
if I merely detailed the bare facts!
Ascending to the image chamber,
my hand trembled so that I couldn't
hold the light steady; and this er
ratic illumination gave the figures a
ghastly appearance of life. I was
hastily crossing toward the narrow
entrance which led to the cloisters,
when the murmur of a voice in the
chancel on the other side of the wall
made me shut off the current in my
lamp and gasp for breath. In an in
stant I was in darkness so thick I
could feel it, though a very faint re
flection from the waning moon made
a sort of grayness up where the win
dows were; but, looking toward the
chancel w;»ll, I noticed a faint lumi
nousness in one particular spot, and
it was from this quarter that the
voice seemed to come.
It took but a moment to figure out
that this spot must be approximately
in the rear of the crucifijc head over
the altar. There was a pile of boxes
just under it, 011 my side, so I cautious
ly climbed to where I could look
through. Then my nervousness left
me. For on his knees before the altar
was lay brother Felipe, pattering out
prayers for the repose of the good
dead fathers below. It afterward came
out that he had been asleep in his cell,
and, awaking suddenly, had heard
footsteps and echoes in the catacomb
which fairly curdled his blood; so,
by the light of the only candle he
could find, he was doing his best to lay
the restless spirits.
llow recklessness got the upper
hand of me would be hard to say; but,
without giving the danger a second
thought, I lifted my lanteru to the
aperture and turned on the current.
I would have given a large stim to have
seen the effect from the church side;
it must have been more than startling.
I could tell the exact instant when the
lay brother raised his eyes to the top
of the crucifix by the way his mur
muring stopped short. There* xvas a
gasp of astonishment too great for
louder articulution, a shiver of ecstat
ic fear; and when I squinted through
the hole, after shutting off the cur
rent, he was groveling, face down,
upon the chancel floor.
This was my opportunity. Calculate
ing that he wouldn't dare raise his
eyes for several moments, 110 matter
what strange noises echoed through
the church, I slipped around through
the postern and succeeded in restor
ing to Pad re linrtolomeo's snoring
torso his bunch of keys without being
seen. Once back in my room, I locked
the door and put a chair against it;
for I wa* considerably shaken up, and
looked as though I bad spent a week
in the infernal regions.
Breakfast was fortunately late, so
I had time to bathe and make myself
a little more presentable, but I must
have looked seedy even then. This,
however, was naturally laid to the
dinner party of the previous evening,
none of the gentlemen feeling very
positive as to when or just how he had
parted from the others. I thought
that when the padres got thoroughly
waked up and had time to get the lay
brother's experience through their
heads there was likely to be more of
a sensation than the little town had
known in many moons; so, complain
ing of a sever, headache, I invited the
colonel and his daughter to sail with
me in the new proa. Having to hear a
few cases at tlie tribunal that morn
ing, he politely declined, but assured
me that Dorotea would be pleased
to go.
This was better than I had bargained
for. Knowing the strict ideas in re
gard to chaperonage which regulate
Spanish society, it never occurred to
me that such a tete-a-tete would be
permitted; but I found that Guajan,
like a steamer at sea, was more or less
outside of social restrictions, a law
URto itself.
The senorita seemed to have perfect
confidence in my seamanship and was
evidently glad of such an opportunity
to ask questions. As we skimmed
along the blue water I satisfied her
curiosity regarding American women
and gave radical opinions on men of
various nationalities chief among
which was a caution against believing
what any man said to her unless she
knew him very well, because they were
not all truthful and'honorable like my
self. I wonder how many men have
solemnly worked this graj--bearded
old warning on girls whose society
j they selfishly wished to monopolize.
■ And I also wonder what curious train
j of thought must run through a worn
! an's mind when she hears it from the
hundredth man.
It is unnecessary to detail the pro
gressive steps by which our talk be-
I came more confidential, or to describe
i the period-- of fa *'-fact orj s Vr.ce
when we floated a'tn -in i l .- ■ :ous idle
ness under shortened s:n\ the north
e<ast trade wind gently fanning our
cheek* and the cottony clouds r» fleet
ed in the broad Pacific. We two were
alone between sky and water, and the
island was a mere bank upon the hori
zon. Fnder such circumstances it is
exceedingly difficult to keep one's
thoughts from showing in the face,
and 1 began to feel that 1 could trust
this girl as 1 had never trusted a wom
an before.
She knew that I had some ultt rior
object in remaining at Agana. and her
j manner led me to believe that she
would further it as far as lay in her
power, at least while 1 showed a pref
j erence for her society over that of
■ other women. This wasn't expressed
| in so many words, but she confessed to
j the knowledge that I had left the
| house on some adventure during the
i night, and to an impression that I
; wanted the padre out of the way,
1 though her surmising went no fur
i ther than that.
We had taken a lunch with us, so it
I was well toward evening when we re
j turned, to find the town in a commo
j tion over the strange and terrible
miracle which had been witnessed by
lay-brother Felipe. I've often thought
that I was an innocent means of giv
ing the Holy Roman church u deeper
root in the I.adrones than it ever had
j before. Even Padre Bartolomeo, who
was too wily a bird, and too well edu
cated, t<o be fooled by an ordinary
every-day miracle, was a good deal
shaken up by the lay brother's yarn.
Ilis superior learning had fostered a
laxity in his principles, an impression
that, he could drink and gamble with
impunity; but after a thorough exam
ination of the chancel, together with
unavailing cross questioning of his
entranced associate, he began to won
der if there were not more things in
Heaven and earth than were dreamt of
in his philosophy. However, as the
offerings which began to pour in ex
reeded anything in his recollection, he
kept his head, and continued to look
Upon himself as a blessed, though hum
ble, medium.
CHAPTER X.
By Thursday morning I was ready to
start for the reef, but thought it best
to wait a couple of days longer, in or
der to avoid rousing suspicion by an
all-dav absence alone.
Nearly all of my new acquaintances
had sailed with me, a.t odd times, and
my reputation as an enthusiastic
yachltstnan was pretty well estab
lished. So, early Saturday morning, I
had Pepe wheel my chest down to the
bea<>h, telling him that T was taking
my tarpaulins and lunoh, with the in
tention of sailing off and on around
the island. I also said tl it I would
KaJnp somewhere if I found it impos
sible to get back that evening.
Pepe was a pretty descent old chap,
as orderlies go, and 6eemed to have
:aken a fanqy to me for reasons of his
own—possibly my habit of giving him
cigars now and then. Hchad-beenin
the islands long enough to be some
thing of a weather prophet, and in
sisted upon bringing down an extra
supply of provisions in case the wind
should fail when I was too far out. He
also cautioned me against losing sight
of the mountain, as otherwise I might
steer clear of it and never be able to
find my way back. I assured him that
I would be careful, and felt easier at
this indication tha.t my knowledge of
naviga.tion was unsuspected. The
study had always been a fascinating
one, and In my voyages between Frisco
and Yokohama I had improved the op
portunities to know all I could of it.
Without the aid of a nautical almanac
it might have been difficult for me to
fix a ship's position accurately at sea,
but Halstead had coached me on the
voyage from Manila until I felt rea
sonably confident.
It was an idealmorningfortheexper
iment. The breeze was just fresh
enough to send the proa scudding be
fore it, and the sky was clear blue from
horizon to horizon. McPherson had
made for me a slot, from two pieces of
copper, riveted to a strip of fiat iron,
to hold the log register; and this I
secured, by lashing, to the aftermost
outrigger while I was running from
Agana. to Point Orote, steering with a
long, flat-bladed paddle which I held
between my knees. When a sufficient
distance from the shore, I took out the
compass and placed it between my
feet. Fortunately, the gobernador
had got it into his head that, my lug
gage contained delicate scientific in
struments, so he had given strict or
ders that it should be handled care
fully in transit from the steamer.
As the catamaran approached Orote
I took out the log, slipped the register
into its slot, and coiled up the line so
that it could be instantly eased away,
then steered within a hundred yards
of the rocks so as toget an exactbear
ing. When near enough I let the bow
fall off a little until the proa was head
ing exactly 15 degrees and 27 minutes
to the westward of south —the odd
three minutes being an allowance I
thought best to make for leeway. My
compass being but six inches in diam
eter, it was practically impossible to
keep it exactly on a hair-line between
15 and 16 degrees when the proa was
eros6ing a long swell; but by keeping
it somewhere between the south by
west quarter west and the south by
west half west points I felt sure of
holding on a fairly true course.
When Orote rock was precisely un
der the third northerly spur of Mount
Tiniiquio, I knew the bearing they
formed was exactly at right angles
with an air-line to the reef, and, drop
ping the log screw overboard, com
menced paying out the line, being care
ful that it shouldn't fall low enough t£
foul the rocks. Then, with the gretat
sail skimming over tie water like an
albatross, the proa flew straight' for
the open sea.
For over an hour I scarcely lifted
my eyes from the compass; and t"he
way that frail catamaran held to her
course would have shamed many a
deep-keeled steamer. Looking back
totvard the island, the peak of Tiniguio
vyas the only thing visible above the
horizon. Twenty minutes more, and
there was nothing in sight but sky and
water, the log dial indicating 39 miles;
so that iu a little while I might expect
to b£ near the reef. For several min
utes more I looked'at nothing, thought
of nothing, but the compass and log.
scarcely a deviation from my 15% de
grees. Fifty-one miles; I wastrembling
a little with excitement now. Fifty-two
miles; I held the paddle between my
knees while I got out the sounding line
and placed it by my side. Fifty-three
miles; the water Certainly seemed
flatter, just ahead. Fifty-four miles;
I hauled in my log line and screw, lest
they should catch on the rocks and be
lost. Two minutes more; I lowered
away the sail until there was Just
enough pulling to give the proa a gen
tle headway. Over went, the lead: my
heart was in my mouth as I watched
the line disappear. At 12 feet, the two
leather >trips went under, then the
three strips; then there was a jerk,
a series of gentle taps as the lead i
dragged along thv rock, and I kMt>v
r that at last I bad found the SaHta
Kosu shoal. I Wiio absolutely alone
upon the broad e*puuaeof ocian —iu>t
r ever, a gull in signt. Thvre was uutii
ing to indicate that the oecau bottom
e was any nearer to me than the three
e mile depth over which I had just
sailed and I could have tossed a pebble
s into that from where I i-at. \it I had
s actually found and under the impene
trable mask of these long, glassy
1 watts was touching, through the lead
line. a mystery of the sea which for
! nearly a century and a liaif had baf
r fled all investigation. The fact
r seemed so wonderful that for some
3 time I sat. there letting it soak in
r where my mind could grafp it.
According to llalsntead's figures, my
' my position was then about twelve
* thirty-three, north by one-forty-four,
5 :wt nty-two. east. The figures in Fray
1 I Ignacio's document had been 12 de
crees 30 minutes 30 seconds north bv
' 144 degrees 23 minutes 110 seconds
• j east. So the approximate position of
the wreck was one mile farther east,
and two and a half miles to the
1 -'uth'ard, from where I w as. From the
drag of my lead on bottom, 1 calculated
; the headway to be about six miles an
' hour, and steered due sout-h for twenty
1 ; minutes; then I headed east until it
' j seemed as though the proa had gone
j an even mile, and was just about to
stow :|way the sail, when the lead-line
' flashed over the siiie like lightning, as
' if a shark were making off with it.
P.:it npot: "raspir.g the coil I found
only tbc natural resistance of its own
' w eight, and I knew I must have reached
the weather side of the ledge. I paid
1 out the whole thirty fathoms, but the
' pull was as strong as ever. Then, tak
-1 ing the linen line from the chest, I beat
it on to the other and kept paying out
for several minutes; but 110 bottom.
Being afraid to lose it, I began hauling
In. measuring 011 the gunwale as I did
, so, and found that it had gone down
over nine hundred feet. Well, when a
man is alone in mid-ocenn, on nothing
but a few sticks, and finds hiins«elf over
an unfathomable abyss, the sensation
is something like that of wormscrawl
ing around in his gizzard-—a sjrt of
ticklish feeling through his insides.
Heading out to the west'ard; I crept
slowly back over my course, leaving
1 the lead fathoms under water. In
three minutes it struck bottom and
dragged. Then I lowered away the
lump of eoquina which served as an
anchor—leaving fifty feet of slack line,
which I secured to the mast with run
ning loops—after which 1 ate an
orange, took a few swallows of wine,
and fished out the diving-suit.
I remember once, when a boy of 18,
being invited to a verv swell ball at
which I expected to meet a girl who
had produced a strong impression
upon me, and spending, in consequence
nearly two hours over my toilet before
I was satisfied with it. But thai
wasn't a circumstance to the care witli
which I got into that diving suit,
though the time consumed was ap
preciably less. The recollection of mi
sensations when first trying it on gavj
me a feeling of apprehensivenes*
which it was impossible to shake off.
I pumped air into the knapsack until
it srtand another inch. I ex
amined every rivet and clamp, every
seam and strengthening hoop, before
putting it on. But at last I was com
pletely bottled up, with the sole ex
ception of the lens in front of my face.
This I left open to get another bite of
orange and at least half the bottle of
wine, realizing that no matter how
much I might want either, under wa
ter, they would be simply out of the
question.
Then I screwed on the lens, opened
the valve from the knaipsack, and start
ed to step over the gunnvale; but my
feet seemed glued fast; I had for
gotten that the soles of my
shoes weighed 16 pounds each, and
that there were weights attached to
my shoulders and belt as well. They
rot themselves over at last, however,
nd, letting the line slip through my
hand, I sank rapidly to the bottom.
At first the sensation was similar to
diving, naked, in d«ep water. There
was the same bubbling numbness in
the ears, the impression of light, faint
ly penetrating through an opaque
green substance, and grotesque shad
owy objects which caught at the feet
and made it difll-cult to step. The ab
sence of buoyant feeling was strange
and very uncomfortable. Had It not
been for Halstead's precaution in mak
ing me try the suit on, I might easily
have lost my head during the first five
minutes. There was u rushing of air
from the knapsack which made me
gasp for breath, and the continual
f>op-pop-pop-3>opping of air-bubbles
from the top of the copper helmet
filled me with a horrible dread that
the water was pressing in v.pcr. me
through some unsuspected leak in the
armor.
Presently, however, it seemed evi
dent that i waß neither drowning nor
suffocating yet, and I tried to look
about me. Everything had the shad
owy appearance that olije-cts will take
on In a room from which the sunjlght
has been excluded by window-shades
—a sort of cool twilight. But as my
eyes became accustomed to it, and as
confidence began to return, I could
see more distinctly. My body wa*» pro
tected by copper hoops which allowed
me to breathe in comparative free
dom, but my limbs felt as though the
sleeves and breeches were 14 sizes too
tight and were likely to Bplit when
ever they moved.
As nearly as one might calculate, the
range of sight extended itna radluj of
about 50 feet—though at that distance
objects had merely the appearance at
blurred massee —and in a tew momenta
I commenced making my way along
the reef to the s'uth'ard, keeping as
near the easterly edge as I dared, but
being careful to plant each foot firm
ly before taking a step. It must have
been instinct which led me down the
reef instead of up, for when I had
walked a couple of hundred yards I
stumbled against a dark mass which
seemed to be an abrupt rise in the
shoal. The side toward me wq& so
steep that I was afraid to climb It, so
I walked carefully around, wondering
at its odd overhanging formation at
the westerly end. At the southerly
side it sloped away in a gentle decliv
ity, which I mounted with ease.
The rock must have been at least 15
feet higher than the surrounding
ledge, for 1 could see the sun through
the water overhead. It wijs longest
from east to xvest, and in the middle
was a small projection as high as toy
shoulders. It wa t> this which sent \
shivering conviction through me that
I had found the wreck at last, and I
eagerly searched for another projec
tion at the westerly end. After fat
ing about 80 steps I foune or rwtn
er I found a small lump of 1 wtjfe
It should have been; and this settled
my lost doubt. My ' st impression,
that the foremast hail . oken off short
er than the muin, was accountedfor by
the fact that the whole westerly end
of the mound xvas two or three feet
higher than the middle. Walking east,
to the other end, I found It several
feet lower yet; so our theory as to the
drift of the coral fragments had been
ulwoluteiv correct It now remained 1
but to u**.ertain how thick ihe coating
k vcas on ttie northerly ewlc, uatl L rap
. idly si-rambled down to wKtrt I hud
[ first cuinWeJ uguinst the wreck.
I ha<! brought thr smaller steel bar
! with • from the prua. and this I b*-
. ir«u d- !i j against the prrprrtdiniltr
incrustation ofrornlKt as]>ot near the
• -.tern. At the k. >-on<l blow, however. I
' slightly lo;-t my equihbriuui. un.: four.d
that the rock upon which I stood
shelved rapidly. A horrur of the un
fathomable depth which lay but a few
feet beyond made me throw myself
flat upon the bottom, dipping- my nails
into the coral lest I should slip and
tlnk to I knew not where. Lying there
until the beating of my heart sJowed
down to something like a normal pul
sation, I saw a faint reflection of light
beneath the keel —enough to show that
severul feet of the- stern hung sheer
over the precipice.
It must have been at least ten min
utes before I recovered strength
enough to crawl back upon the higher
portion of the ledge; then, realizing
i that my supply of air was nearly ex
j hausted, I braced myself firmly and
j began driving away with the steel bar
again. The coral easily crumbled un- ■
; der the blows, though at that depth it
was filled with live animalculae, and in
a few momentsthe bar had penetrated
several Inches; then it struck some
thing soft and spongy, in which it
stuck. Rapidly enlarging the hole un- 1
til I could put my hand into it with- ,
cut tearing the skin, I felt about for
a second Or two and succeeded in de
taching a splinter of water-logged >
wood—a piece of the hull itself.
Thin was enough for one day. I had ,
found the reef. I had actually found
the wreck of a ship which, from it*
coral deposit, must have lain in thi !
one position for over a hundred years
at least presumably the galleon J
Xeustra Senora de Sevilla. And I had |
found that the coral jacket on the
northerly side of her hull w as less than
six inches in thickneas! I wanted to
dance from sheer satisfaction, but it
occurred to me that it might be safer
to do so in the proa above waver, so I
started back toward her.
Now my mind was so filled with ex
ultation at having accomplished seem
ing impossibilities that I tried to put
my hands in my pockets-and whistle '
as I strode along. But there were no
pockets in the confounded rig, and
the whistle was a mistake—a Dig mis
take. It not only exhausted my breath
ing air, but It produced a concussion
in that copper helmet which nearly
lifted the roof off of my skull. It
shook my confidence so much that,
when the ringing partially subsided in
my ears, I hurried along even faster
toward-the proa. After walking con
siderably farther than what should
have been the proper distance I began
to curse my thoughtlessness in not
towing the thing along after me, in
stead of leaving it to be hunted up
when even seconds were precious. In
my nervousness I must have gone too
far. Finally I turned back, looking
right and left for the line which had
been fastened to the lump of coquina.
Just when hope had almost left me I
stumbled upon the piece of rock and
grasped the rope to ascend. But things
seemed to be turned around. Instead
of slanting to the westwardv as It
should have done, the line hung over
toward the precipice.
Thinking that I had' surelyi lost my
bearings, I took a step or two under it
I pulled frantically at the cad. F*
in an attempt to haul the proa direct
ly overhead, but the rock shelved ab
ruptly. In another second I lost my
footing. I pulled frantically at the end
which was fast to the rock, but only
started it rolling after me. Then I
clutched at the bare coral, but it was
too late. Over I went, and the rock
after me, with a Jerk which nearly
bulled the line from my grasp. Feel
ing sure that the line would hold at
M) feet, I clung to it desperately. For
just the fraction of a second it did
hold. Then I could feel those loop 6
slowly but remorselessly pulling loose,
and I shot downward.
Then down until the pressure
gripped my arms and legs In an Iron
vise—until the blood gushed from my
nose and ears. The water grew icy
cold, and darker —darker. The helmet
seemed filled with rushing noises, with
whisperings and mocking laughter. I
tried to tear away the lead weights
which hung from my belt and shoul
ders, but they wouldn't budge. For a
moment or two I must have become
delirious; I was kissing Dorotea'6
sweet lips, McPhersOn was talking
about Gladstone in his broadest
Scotch, Sam Hung Foo was making
bobbery about a pink devil with red
stomach and gilded ears, every face
I ever knew flashed before my eyes as
if the lens were a kinetoacope. Then—
there came a jerk at the line! It must
have caught on something. I kneHv I
hadn't fastened the other endi To
stay at that depth another second
would have meant unconsciousness
and death. Fearing tUg
that my weight, added to that of
rock, would pull the line loose, I hauled
mysalf up, hand over hand, though the
exertion was so great on account Of
the pressure that every- motion seelhW
likely t<j burst a blood vessel. Of
course, in doing this the air in the
knapsack counted for a goodd»eal| In
all probability I couldn't have sunk
much lower unlesa it had exploded)
but the weight* would have hedd me at
that depth had it not been for t&at
sfen(ier t>it of rope. For several fa'tt
ome It needed but the slightest tug 50
send me shooting upward, ana a*lie
freatture Increased! I was bstt£r able
o use mv arm*. My strength yas g*o
ing however, aba but uis
animal instinct to fight {or fire 9£? Ed
me. Approaching tne surface, I be
came weaker —of it required
strength to haul th? e?tj-Q.
MKb when I finally got mv arms acrpes
the gunwale and outrigger it yvas im
possible to move anotler ipe.b-
pupply of air had given otjl, find tny
conscious motion was to
the helmet lens.
In a few moments th* fresh air re
vived me, and I succeeded in crawling
into the proa. Then I got OUI of t&*
diving svjlt, took a strong pull at the
brandy fla*k. and hailed In my llitf • t
It had run sut so rapidly, after fetch- |
lug loos* from the mast, that a snarl (
had caught the other steel bar a»nd ,
Jammed It under the outrigger. Other
wise—well, I didn't like to think of
that. _ _ -- --- J!
No. 5
it is curious what an affection
will humetimes fee! for inanimate oH
jects. T petted that coquina anchoc
us if it had been a living creature. You
see, we had gone dowu into the valltsj
of the shadow together, and but for B
direct interposition of ProvidencS
would have been likely to renm'lV
there. I must have l>ceu altogether uj»
►el by the experience, for, after hatlL
ing the rock on board, I held it in mjj
lap aiid ;»lnwx-l cried over it.
The position of tW> proa, over deep
water, was explained by the light)
puffs of wind, which for aft hour or tw&
had shifted to the west'ard, as it wllj
sometimes do shortly before the
change of monroon. Hut in half an
hour it was again blowing steadily
from the northeast* and 1 started oh
mv return to Agana.
F*o BE COSTNRRSD.]
REFUSING A BARONETCY.
A First Sergeant In the Isnlte<l States
Marines Who Wanted to He
rn win Incognito.
All sorts and conditions of men go to
make tip the enlisted personnel of a
man-of-war, and, as a rule, nothing is
known of the ante-naval history- of
most of the inen-o'-warsmen, who come
from every walk of life. It is not sur
prising, therefore, that now and then
a bit of romance Is revealed when the
history of some of these lads of the sea
is made known by accident.
But perhaps the most romantic inci
dent of them all was that of the first
i sergeant of marines upon one of our
ships in eastern waters, who, under re-
I uiarkable circumstances, came to be of
i fexed an unusual Christmas gift, which
i he would not accept. This first ser
: geant was the ideal soldier, a German
I by birth evidently, neat, trim, an 01-
i cellent disciplinarian, and a favorite
with the men, who, however, were
never familiar with him. There was
something about the sergeant that
made it imjAjssible for his comrades to
treat him flippantly, as seafaring men
usually do each other.
The cruise was drawing to a close
and the ship was lying in a tropical
port on Christmas day, with a broiling
sun overhead and a sea of glass about
her. Christmas trees rose above the
I mastheads, and bunting decked the
vessels fore and aft, while the men be
neath the awnings on the cold-white
deck were enjoying their Christmas
sports ol athletic games, with the first
sergeant as referee. A Christmas din
ner laid on tables on the forward deck
awaited the ending of the sports, and
300 Jolly faces watched the fun and
made bets upon the results.
"The German consul is coming along
side. sir," reported the quartermaster
on watch to the officer of the deck.
"Four side, boys," sang out the latter,
and the boatswain's mate piped the side
as the German consul came over the
gangway. He was escorted to thte
cabin, and the interrupted sports went
on. The prizes were awarded and the
Christmas spread duly enjoyed at the
various tables, and nowhere more than,
at t£e table of the master at arms'
mess, of which the first sergeant was a
member. Permission to smoke was
granted, and the first sergeant-had just
lighted his pipe when the messenger of
the watch came to him and said: "The
officer of the deck wants to see you,
sergeant." Propping his pipe he went
aft to the mainmast, where he was
surprised to find awaiting him not only;
the. officer of the deck, but the captain
and a civilian, who proved to bo tte
Gergian consul.
"Sergeant," said the captain, "this
gentleman ba9 something to say to
you," and while the well-drilled marine
stood at attention the consul said:
"Baron von Schrader, I bring you a
Christmas gift." The first sergeant did
not forget he was a soldier, and, al
though his face expressed the utmost
surprise, he saluted and Bald, inter
rogatively: "Yes, sir?" "Your father,
the old baron, and your elder brother,"
continued the consul, "have both been
dead for six months, and we have been
all this time trying to find you—a diffi
cult task, since, as it proves, you en
listed under on assumed name. How
ever, we have accomplished our task,
and it gives me much pleasure to hand
you these papers, which prove your
right to the title and the estate of your
late father."
Xhe first sergeant took the papers
mechanically, but stood at attention,
a soldier still.
"Now, sergeant," said the captain,
"of course you will want your dis
charge. Hdw much longer have you to
serve?"
"Four months, sir," answered Baron
von Schrader, the first sergeant.
"Well, I think it can be arranged,"
said the captain, "and, now that you
are so great a gentleman," he added,
smilingly, "of course you will not care
to take your place among the crew."
The first sergeant hesitated, then sar
luted and said: "Sir, I do not think
I am a greater gentleman now than I
have been, and, if this matter can be
kept from the crew, sir, I would rather
serve oul my enlistment."
The captain thought- a moment, and
then said: "Very well, sergeant, you
may go forward."
And serv? out his enlistment he did,
refusing this strangely offered Ohrist
maa gift, and no one forward was a
whit the wiser, nor did they learn that
their sergeant was a baron until he had
put aside with honor the uniform of
Uncle Sam and entere<J into his new es-.
tate in his Rhenish home. —Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Profoalonnl Burglar.
The professional burglars belong to
a special class, stereotyped and exclu
sive, forming a community of their
own. These men take a peculiar pride
in their "profession," and a certain
amount of union exists between its
members. If a burglar is in trouble,
his friends will pay for the defense,
though they are not above betrsrying
each other occasionally if circum
stances require it. The receiver of
stolen goods works hand in hand with
.hese men, and without them the
profits of the robberies would be small.
It is difficult to state as to how far the
love of excitement and adventure in
stigates the burglar to crime; but that
it plays an important part, of this there
can be no doubt. To creep along house
tops in the dark, to mount ladders and
lay wire traps for the upsetting of in
mates, should they run out to give an
alarm, to screw up the doors of dress
ing-rooms and tamper with domestics,
all these pursuits doubtless have their
fascination to the criminal mind.
Gentleman's Magazine.
tmwer wltli a. Sltiitj.
Mr. Spooner (seriously) —Do you
think your fatter would object to my
marrying yo*.?
Miss Sharp*—l ion't know; if he's
anything ltfce &ie be would. —Tit-Bits
Caallloner Mbbsgc,
Cut the cabbage fine as for slaw, put
into a stewpan, cover with water and
keep closely covered. When tender
drain off the water, put in a small
piece of butter, with salt, pepper and
either one-half cupful of cream or one
cupful of milk. Let simmer a few mo
menta and serve. If preferred add vin
place of £oilk or crea®.—