VOL.* xxxvi
HOSELTON'S SHOES HSr
We're ready with some special lines —the comfort-giving sort
that will aftord you the needed protection. Well sell them, too,
with a slice of the original prices cut off; a big saving is what you
may expect. Every shoe from our regular stock and fully guaranteed.
The Best Shoes in Butler.
SCHOOL, ) For the Boys HEAVY) For ' hL '
SHOES! Girls. SHOES} People.
FINE ) For an >" FELTS 1 / For Me ",
SHOES! that theni;or OVERS \ "V-s.
showS'ir' Shoe Values
That are bound to be the pride of the whole county. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all to visit our store. You will be mnde wel
come whether you buy or not. Glad to show what we have.
Some little shoe venders think all they have to do is to get all
the worthless trash they can, no matter what, so they can fix a low
price, then blow their little tin horn and the people will hurry to
them by the hundreds They will find that a little later it will take
a trumpet equal to Gabriel's to make the people hearken unto their
lamentations. The people don't want to buy two pairs at once—
one to go home with, another pair to come back with.
B. C. HUSELTON S,
Sutler's Lemiluß Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Lowry.
_ ' |
SHO6 BARGAINS.
Have just returned from the Eastern markets where I bought a large stock of
shoes to he mpde for spring trade. Two large shoe manufacturers Whitcomb and
Miles, of Worcester, Mass.; and Mudge Shoe Co., of Delivers, Mass.. who are going
out of busiuess, had a large stock of goods on haud which they wished to close out
at once at a reduction. I could not resist these great offers so bought the
goods in addition to uiv regular-spring stock. These two well known lines and
also, i.xxi pairs Sample Shoes of new spring styles go on sale at once at al>out 50 cents
on the dollar. There'll be lively times in this store for the next few weeks for
these goods must be closed out before our regular lines come in,
A Few of the /VlanvJ bargains
Men's Fine Calf Shoes Royal tip at 90c
Boy's " " " " at 80c
Boy's solid every day shoes at 50c
Wen's fine tan shoes, coin toe tip at ' si-35
Boy's " " " " " " at slls
I.adias' fine Dougola, Haudwelt Sole Shoes at $2.00
Ladies' Bright Dongola pat. tip shoes at 90c
Children's fine shoes, sizes 5 to ri at 50c
Children's fine shoes, 4 to 8 at 35c
Ladies' fine Jersey overgaiters at 5c per pair
AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS.
We have the Exclusive Sale of
SOROSIS SHOES for Butler.^*^
JOHN BICKEL.
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET BUTLER, PA.
r HE IS A WISE HAN \
# —WHO SECURES HIS CLOTHING PROM— #
j J. S. YOUNG, ?
£ THE MERCHANT TAILOR, d
2 The goods, style, fit and general make 4
I up of liis suits 4
t TELL their own |
B. & B.i
sale of plaids
Several thousand dollars
worth sacrificed.
75 cent silk and wool and
velout Plaids 35c yard— the
velour Plaids at this price are
46 inches wide.
12gC American Plaids
yard—good, useful kind.
Double width Plaids 10,
20, 25c to $1.50.
Checks also, 25c to 65c.
Lot of fine silk and wool
neat nobby plaids 65 cent
quality 35c —28 inches wide
—handsome for waists and
children's dresses.
Losing money selling
Plaids this way —but we've
too many—and all who buy
will get such values as will
pay them well—and make us
lots of future business.
Have us send samples—
you'll be surprised and
phased.
All who are planning for
early spring sewing will
find it of advantage to send
and see what nice new
madras ginghams, 10c, 15c,
20c —fine Madras and Nov
elties 25c and 35c.
Largest assortment of these
—and other new wash goods
81: to $1 25 —you'll find any
where to select from—the
less prices here a feature.
800-jr.s & Buhl
Department X.
ALLEGHENY, PA.
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Givm a specialized Bread- winning Education.
rOR CIRCULARS ADORe SS,
f. Ol FF & SONS, 214 Filth Avenue.
PITTSBURG, PA.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
A Trade Pulverizer.
C. E. MILLER'S
GREAT
February SHOE SALE.
This is a case of force---
We must have room.
This will be your month at our store.
If you need Shoes or Rubbers, you can
have things pretty much your own way.
We have too many goods in the house,
and just a short month to sell them—we
must reduce our stock; there is no other
way out of it. Our spring goods will be
here March Ist, and this sale is to empty
our shelves of winter footwear AT ANY
PRICE to make room for new goods.
We Want to be Understood
We are not in business for our health,
and it is not often we sell shoes without
profit. This is one of the times we do,
and we consider it good policy to close
out all our winter goods even if we do so
at a loss. We then get the much-needed
room and can buy an entire new stock in
the fall.
Our Prices This /Month
Will be Record 13recl<ers.
We cannot go into detail regarding
prices, but we promise ycu to meet and
better any prices you c-m get in butler.
Sole agent in Butler
County for
The Delsarte Shoe
The §GST $3.50 Shoe
on earth.
The Delsarte Shoes fcr ladies are made
on the Delsarte principle of fashion and
form—up-to-date fashion and true form
combined. ENDORSED BY LEADERS
OF FASHION
See us for Shoes
this month.
C. E. Miller,
215 South Main St.
PrHuT Re'iiWe MAM*i I
enf:o:n prop- J ?
A • irapera m , ,
>«>< wi , Com-! ,
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Z I H. 4 t
i;s.« -• ji. i ji tsi:, itwlicntor.N.Y. <,
Constipation,
Headache, Biliousness,
Heartburn,
Indigestion, Dizziness,
Indicate that your liver
is out of order. The
best medicine to rouse
the liver and cure all
these ills, is found in
Hood's
25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers.
Pianos.
W R NEWTON,
Representing
The Chickering-Chase Bros. Co.
Manufacturers ot
Grand and Upright Pianos
AND
Farrand & Votey Organ Co.,
Manufactures of Organs.
Can save you money in the purchase
of a FIRST CLASS Instrument.
Call and examine them at the ware
room,
317 South Main St., Butler, Pa.
TERMS: —Cash or easy payments to
suit purchaser.
YOUR SUIT
N?ay seem dear at the start,
and prove remarkably cheap
befo.e you've worn it out.
It's the long time satisfaction
you get from it that decides
the superiority of our mske.
It does pay to buy good
clothes. Our fall display is
of the kind yon would expect
to find only in the large
cities.
ALAND,
MAKER OK
MEN'S . LOTHES
&
Wff
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Jjl If?
He Understood
After they hit him. It don't re
quire any bricks to make
you understand that it is
money in your pocket
in dealing 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 offer now.
Ed. Colbert,
Fomerly
Colbert & Dale.
242 S. Main St.. Butler, Pa.
Braun's Pharmacy,
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way,
Pittsburg, I'a,, L, D. Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer andjobberot Drugs,
Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
Brushes, lite.
The only house west of New
York carrying a full line ot
Meyers' Grease, Paints and
theatrical 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
Petrolatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
COCOA
PURE ! HEALTHFUL !! 2
BUTLER PA., THLJRSDAV, P'KBRI'ARY lir?, IS9D
Clareoce He.=>s»pt new.
•.Copyright, 1897. by J B Lippincott Co.]
CHAPTER XIII.
The next three days passed very pleas
antly. The time had not yet arrived for
explanations to either Mel'he" son or
Senorita Graeia; but we gave him 30
of the doubloons as an evidence of the
progress we were making, and dis- j
cussed various plans for the future wuh :
both, on the way back to Ouajan.
We were all very anxious that the
padre—or. rather, his eminence the
bishop—should have no opportunity ,
to come aboard ut Apra. So, as the
two passengers had but little luggage,
it was arranged that we should be
dropped in the proa somewhere off
Cocos island, the steamer then head
ing for Manila without further loss of
time. This arrangement was carried
out. and the people at Agana had ..M
suspicion of the Countess* visit urti'
after we landed. The Pouyuipetites.
having been occupied with their own
atTairs, wvre not positive as to ju>t
when or how I had'come aboard; so the
impression got about that, having
Lfen blown out to sea, i had been
picked up a long distance from laud
and conveyed to a safer neighborhood
merely because the two strangers
were going that way.
Inquiring for Sebastiano that even
ing, the gobernador told me he was suf
fering from a severe attack of gas
tric fever, which seemed likely to
keep iimt in bed for some time; so i
paid him a visit of condolence; it was
the least I could do. Then I took ad
vantage of his indisposition to get the
treasure above water while safe from
interrupt'm.
First, I spent a couple of nights in.
removing the silver, already secured,
from Tar fofo and stowing it away in
the copra bags at Apra. Then 1 made
regular trips every second day to the
reef, returning with a long reach to
the nortli-northwest which brought
me into Apra bay about midnight, and
working at the stowage until after
three. This, with staying under water
at the wreck, was pretty exhausting
work, and but for the rest on the odd
diays I couldn't have kept It tip. To
have slept all day at tie gobernador's
house would have aroused comment
very shortly, so I spent the time upon
the water with t)orotea, napping in the
bottom of the proa, while she fished
and kept watch, as soon as we were
well away from land.
Sebastiano's Illness was the thickest
streak of all my luck. I was beginning
She fished and kept watch.
to feel careless because of out inter
rupted good fortune, when, returning
from the last trip but one, a shadowy
proa followed me into the bay. I held
off toward the Agat road until two
figures landed' from her and walked
into the copra shed; then I steered out
to sea as fast as the wind would take
me. Before rounding Punta Orote I
thought of and discarded a dozen dif
ferent plans. I had taken great pains
to stow the treasure In the very center
of the bags, so there was nothing but
innocent copra for a thickness of sev
eral rows around and above it; aud i
knew if the strangers examined each
bag as they went along they would
scarcely reach the stuff before morn
ing. It then occurred to me that Br'er
Miguel's ghost wasn't earning its salt
as guardian of the empty fissure at
Turofofo, and might be employed to
advantage nearer home; so I sailed
around after him as fast as possible.
1 had l-'-ached Apra a little early that
night, so had time to return before
daybreak; Jind, running ashore near
the watering place, about three-quar
ters of a mile from the shed, I hurried
toward It, holding my apparition be
fore me.
The intruders had evidently investi
gated until they were tired out, and
were sound asleep on top of the pile
of bags. This was just the opportunity
I wanted. Propping the figure up un
der the roof, about ten feet from them,
I crawled out of sight on the opposite
side and turned the ray from my lan
tern upon It. Then I dropped a piece
of copra upon the stomach of the man
nearest me. lie was sleeping so sound
ly that I had to try a heavier piece,
which startled him with a grunt of sur
prise and pain. In about three sec
ond's his eye fell upon that faintly il
luminated wax figure, and, with a howl
of terror that made my own nerves
jump, he ran for his boat as If he were
trying to break a record. His com
panion wasn't more than five seconds
after him, and the two fought like mad
men in their attempt to shove off and
get away. To,make the effect per
manent, I grabbed my dummy, and,
holding the lantern so that its rays
would be reflected back upon it, glided
swiftly after them. The horror of the
thing had reduced their cries to in
articulate gasps, and they worked like
demons to get out where the wind
would tlxl their sail; so, as it was low
tide, I waded after them, holding
Br'er Miguel high enough to give
him the appearance of walking upon
the water. I never knew who the men
were, but the story was all over town
before noon; and for more than a week
the entire native population was afraid
to stir after dark.
When I finally waded back to shore,
it was getting gray behind Tiniquio, so
I lost no time in stow ing my friend un
der several layers of copra bags, where
he was likely to be undisturbed, but
where I could get him in short order if
his services should be required again.
Then, hurrying back to my proa, 1
dumped the cargo of specie overboard
in four feet of water, where it could
easily be found whenever there should
be an opportunity for secreting it.
This affair so thoroughly awakened
me to the danger of delay that I re
moved all the remaining treasure from
the wreck in one big load, next trip. |
Standing for the last time in the laza-
retto of Nt:<-sira Scs "a dt Sew. la. .
' four fathoms uuder the Pacific, i felt |
a> though I w*. a ■ '0 to an •
| Old friends r . r 1 probably uever
! see her agui: 1 here son" tiling ;
I wonderful in. the wry si. had guarded ;
j those ! : •: ;r- f< I all the years I
! .i.-.oe tl V • : ;-j «-ar?d under wa- j
! I . i . „• little :i« to !
j'"' '■""" I
4iiir<. n.y .-ai.liing for heirs of the
i riginal owners. This didn't trouble
me very long, however. Ihe risks Hal- |
stead and 1 had undergone, and the
way we had worked the problem outto
a successful r< Milt, seemed to give us !
a better claim upon the money thai}
anvone else—even our fat and schem
ing friend Sebastiano.
So the days slipped along through
April into May, while I rested and 1
learned what it was to have a beautiful
woman's personality creep into th 6
deepest corners of my heart. Then ;
one morning there came acloud which !
threatened disaster to all our hopes; j
and but for Dorotea's position and !
ready wit this nan alive would be j
merely one of fruitless adventure. A j
schooner came sailing into Apra —one j
of the island schooners which trade in ;
cocoanuts, beclie-de-mer, and other j
products —in search of water, poultry,
and any cargo there might happen to
be in the place. Noticing the bags of
copra under the shed, her captain of
fered the harbor master a higher rate
than that which obtained at Manila,
and was told that, as the gobernador
would undoubtedly be glad to sell at
such a price, he might send ashore for
it wlaenever he pleased. We were jusj,t
coming in from a sail, and saw the
schooner's men loading some of the
bngs into a Jolly-boat as we skirted
along outside of Apapa islamd. My
face mu£t have been absolutely color
less, for Dorot-ea laid her hand upon
my arm and exclaimed:
"Madre de. Dios, querido, what is it?
que tiene V.?"
"So tengo nada; but look! They are
taking away the copra in that schoon
er! The treasure! It is packed away
in the bags. I never dreamed they
would be disturbed until ITalstead
came for them. Oh, good Lord! how
on earth can I stop thiem without giv
ing the whole tiling away?"
"Steer inside Apapa and land at the
pier. I will stop it very quickly."
"But how? What can you say that
will not arouse suspicion that there is
something more valuable in the bags?"
"I cannot tell until I ask of the har
bor master why he does permit it;
then I will think of something. Does
el Capitan Halstead know?"
"Of course he does, and expects to
take them next trip."
"Then he would surely give more
than other men for them?"
"Yes, yes. So will I. Only keep them
where they aire until he comes. I have
it! Say that I spoke to you of a new
chemical discovery which Halstead
told me about —one which Increases
the value of copra, and which made
him think of buying this lot on specu
lation. The treasure will need chem
icals to get the corrosion off, any
way."
"Ai, that will do. But you must not
so alarmed appear, Knriquito. Do you
light one of your ciga-rros. Smoke as
if it did make no difference to you.
Leave the rest to n»e. Now—vivo —take
the frown from your forehead. Come,
there is el official —Senor Legaspe!
Sen or Legaspe, why do los hombres
remove the copra?"
"El capltano gives two dollars more
than tine Manila rate, senorita. I
knew el gobernador would accept such
an offer, so I have given him peiniis
sion to load."
You have made a mistake, senor;
the gobernador will be greatly dis
pleased. The price of copra has risen
very much, and the. stranger capltano
thinks we have not heard of it. Stop
them instantly. I should regret to
see you in trouble, Senor Legaspe."
"A thousand apologies, senorita-; it
shall be as you say. I knew nothing of
the rise in values, and I but thought el
gobernador would be pleased to sell.
Hola, hombres! The copra is not for
sale. Take tho&e bags out of your boat
and bring them back."
The sailors looked at one another
and then grumblingly began to do as
they were told. The schooner's cap
tain must have be-en watching through
his glass, for inside of five minutes he
dropped another boat into the water
and came ashore as fast as his men
could row. Hailing the harbor-master
in bad Spanish when he was within ear
sliot.lie asked what the devil was the
matter, and why his men were taking
the stuff out of the jolly-boat. Le
gaspe was smarting a little under the
sharp t riek he thought. the captain had
played upon him, and was very short
in his reply that "the gobernador
would not sell, and that was all there
about it."
"Who says he won't?" shouted the
captain. "I've had my glass on the
shore for half an hour, and no one has
spoken to you but this yellow-fa<*ed
chap and the girl yonder. He ain't the
gobernador, I'll take my oath; and as
for the girl, I don't allow no damned
native women to interfere in my busi
ness."
It took all the self-e®ntrol I had to
keep from knocking the man down
His cool appropriation of our millions
was a serious enough offense, without
the gratuitous insult to the girl I in
tended to marry. I stepped in front
of the fellow and looked him over.
Then I said:
"Thre lady, sir, is Senorita de Garma,
only daughjer of his excellency. Col.
De Carina, gobernador of the Ladrones.
I supposed from your colors that you
were a German, but I'm ashamed to
see that you came from my own coun
try. Von will doubtless see lit to apol
ogize to the lady at once."
The man's cold, fishy eyes met mine
for a second or two before he spoke;
he seemed to be sizing me up. finally
he drawled out:
"Waal, perhaps I war a leetle hasty.
1 dunno who you mought be, stranger,
but yer kin tell thurleddy I didn't mean
no offense; wimmin's a good deal alike
out here'n thur islands, an' I didn't
jedge her right, that's all. But about
that tharcoppera; I w ant a cargo of it,
an' I'm willin' ter pay er fa*r price. I'll
give the gobernador four dollars more'n
thur Manila rate, an' he kin pocket thur
I difference; but I don't eal'lnte ter leave
Apra without it."
"I'm afraid you'll have to. I 1 app.-ii
to know the .-;t ff is worth a good dial
more than the price you name; at-.1,
rather than let you have it, I*ll buy it
myself on speculation."
"Oh, ye will! What's ter purvent my
lavin' down my money here on thur
sand an' tellin* my men ter put it
aboard? I reckon you an' that dago
ain't goin' ter stop mc."
"That's where you make another mis
take. Senor I.egaspe sent for the gob
ernador an hour ago, ar.d he 11 bv here
with the officers of his staff very short
ly. In the meantime, if you or your
men lay a finger en those bags, I 1!
slioot you without a second s warning.'
(I was play ing for millions, and I meant
what I said.) "More than that, as you
have grossly insulted the senorita. I 11
kill you if you stay another live min
utes on shore."
I thought the man would liaye a fit
of apoplexy; even his vast store of deep
sea profanity failed him for the mo
ment. His crew were Germans, but
enough of them understood English to
keep the run of what was golr.gon, and
I could see they were rather enjoying
the situation; evidently the skipper was
a thorough brute at sea. He was
speechless with rage; but, as I had -be
advantage of him, then* wne nothing
to do but pull off to his schooner and
sail away. She was just standing out
past Orote when the carromata jolted
tip with the colonel and his two lieu
tenants. Dorotea saw that I.egaspe
was likely 'oget a wigging for allow ing
the visitors to leave before her father
saw them, and shrewdly put an entire
ly different light upon the affair by say
ing—in English, for my benefit:
"Padre mio, you the Senor Enrique
must thank for protecting me at the
risk of his life. In brutp capitano did
land from la goleta and did order hl»
men to take away the copra, telling
the Senor Lepaspe that he would pay
but a mere nothing; and when I did
say that he could not have it, he in
sulted me. Then the Senor Enrique
did give him five minutes to go away
before he killed him, though the bruto
did have seven men from his goleta."
Well, that, settled the stranger, and
made me the biggest man on the is
land. The gobernador's right arm
went over my shoulder, and his left
under my right, in a twinkling; then,
after three pats on the small of my
back and a moment or two of ecstatic
silence, he reversed the arms, left over
my right shoulder, etc., three more
pats, more silence,' kisses on both my
cheeks, then an endless string of ex
travagant protestations concerning his
i : fe-long obligation to me. I had seen
the thing done many times before
among people of the Latin races, but
being kissed by a man was, to say the
least, a novelty. Even Legaspe ex
pressed himself in exaggerated terms
concerning the way in which I had
called the captain's hand; and, as no
mention was made of his supposed
mistake, he was our very humble serv
ant. Lest other dangers of a similar
nature should threaten it, however,
Dorotea mentioned to her father Hal
stead's assumed intention of buying
the copra at a high figure, on specula
tion, and suggested the advisability of
placing a guard over it at night. The
colonel's cupidity was aroused, and the
guard was set; but, owing to Br'er
Miguel's ghostly influence, the most
he could make his men do was to pa
trol the shore each night in a proa.
As it was likely to be a three-months'
job, the soldiers didn't relish this; but
they had to obey orders.
It was the 6th of May when we came
so near losing the copra. On the third
morning after Halstead was to appear,
if everything had gone right with him;
and as the time approached I became
strangely apprehensive —so much so
that I fotind it difficult to maintain an
air of careless et.se. In fact, had it not
been for Dorotea, I might have be
trayed my real interest in Guajan a
dozen times. But with each day that
passed it became more evident that I
had no rival in her heart. Sometimes
she would speak with dread of Hal
stead's return, and breathlessly ask
me to promise that I would surely visit
them in Granada the following spring.
Still, July was yet so far away that
my departure seemed only a dim pos
sibility to her—a something which she
must not even think about. I won
dered a little what she would say when
she knew, and how the colonel was go
ing to feel.
Sebastiano had fully recovered by
this time, and had resumed his investi
gations. Bearing the old fellow really
no ill will, I one day suggested to him
the possibility that Santa liosamight
be eight or ten miles to the eastward
of the charted position; and on the
evening of May 8 he burst into the
patio, where we were at- dinner, with
his oily countenance fairly shining. He
had been out in his big proa all day,
and at last had been successful. There
were exultation, greed, many things,
in the look he cast upon me; but tie
man had suffered disappointment and
illness, and the Lord fcnows I didn't
feel like begrudging him this bit of
good luck. I listened to him, con
gratulated him heartily upon his great
discovery, and prophesied great
things for his book, until midnight—a
child could have seen that I had no
personal interest in the reef—then I
said good-night and went upstairs.
Stepping quietly along to the door
of Dorotea's room, I gave a few faint
taps upon it, and in a moment her voice
aeked:
"Quien llama ?"
"Soy yo —Enriqulto. Open the door
for a moment." In a second she stood
before me in a loose wraipper that
made her look wonderfully pretty.
"Dorotea. querida, I'm going for a
long sail before daylight. Will you
come with me, about half-past three?"
The request, would have been a severe
test of any woman's love, but, with her
arms upon my shoulders, she whis
pered :
"I will go anywhere at any time,
with you, ICnriquito mio."
So, while the stillness was unbroken
save for the rustling banana leaves, we
stole away to the beach and put to sea
in the proa ; it was to be for the last
time. I wanted to remove my friend
Br'er Miguel in time to prevent com
plications next day; so, gliding along
in tiie wake of the guard-boat until
it almost reached the head of the bay,
I landed and hastily dug the figure
from its concealment among the bags.
Wrapping a piece of matting about
the tiling, so as not to frighten Doro
tea, I lugged it along to where she sat
waiting for me. She had heard all
about Br'er Miguel as we came along,
and, though frightened at my temeri
ty—t.o call it by no stronger naime —
her sense of humor afterward got the
better of her fears. Having decided
that our waxen companion could find
no better final resting-place than the
big proa—the padre certainly owed it
a "requieseat" —we floated cautiously
along to where it lay, near the landing
pier, and left our friend with the tiller
under his arm. Then we headed out
to sea.
The first streaks of red were silhouet
ting the peal; of Tiniquio against the
eastern sky w hen we left Orote behind
us, and in a few moments it was light
enough to see the horizon. Moment
j/t« r moment I strained my eyes to
the westward until, finally. I saw a
tiny black mass that grew more dis
tinct as: I looked. The relief was so
great that I felt chilly. Dick was real
ly corning. at last —coming precisely
when he said he would —and the sus
pense was almost over. How I blessed
MePhcrson and his faithful old engine!
How I wanted to get Dick's honest
hand between my own lingers! Then
a sudden thought occurred to me, and
I looked at Dorotea. She had seen the
smoke; and if oer a woman's face ex
pressed the grit f of approaching sep
aration, tormenting fears and doubts
concerning the future, hers did at that
moment. Her dark, melting eyes were
swimming in tears; and with her arms
tight about me she hid her face in my
breast, sobbing out:
"Is it true, querido mio, that—you—
arc to —leave me? Ai, santisima Maria!
I shall die!"
"No, you won't, Dorotea—Dorotita. j
Listen. Halstead is on that steamer; I
| he and I own her now; we are going to
ship the copra to-day, and leave Guajan i
this evening. But when we go away la I
Senora Stevens—la Dorotea Catalinade
finrma Stevens—will be with us."
Friends, have you ever seen the sun-
I shine break over a beautiful woman's
face'.' Have you ever seen ilie love
liL-ht in her eyes struggle for mastery
with speculations about her trousseau
: at the end of fiftetn minutes? Have
| you ever been half strangled by warm,
bare arms, as red lips whispered shy,
}, tremulous questions, which your imag
* {nation must supply? Because, if yen
, haven't, it will be impossible for you to
appreciate what occurred that May
i morning, twenty miles from shore,
while the sun reddened every stick of
the proa, and the good old Countess
steamed nearer and nearer, until her
anchors towered over us and IlalsTead's
own hands dropped the ladder by
i which we climbed on deck.
Another beautiful girl stood with
i outstretched arms in the doorway of
j Dick's cabin when we mounted to it—
I a girl whom Dick introduced as La
Capitana. la Senora Halstead —and who
embraced both Dorotea and myself
with delightful impartiality.
So we sailed into Port San Luis
d'Apra under English colors, and with
a most original house-flag at the fore
peak. It bore, upon s white field,
the perfect representation of a Span
ish galleon, such as sailed the Pa
cific a hundred years ago, and was
the joint handiwork of Mrs. nalstead
and MePherson.
Repeated blasts of the Countess'
whistle brought the gobernador hur-
He had been successful.
rying over from Agana without his
breakfast —though his daughter and
prospective son-in-law were careful to
see that he suffered nothing on that
account —and, by his orders, the load
ing commenced before we rose from
the table. He was a most delightful
man, as simpK and easy-going as a
child. He couldn't account for the
steamer's sudden reappearance; the
fact that his daughter was going to be
married and leave him that evening
was inexplicable; so he gave up trying
to puzzle it all out, and smoked and
drank wine with us in the best of
good fellowship. The only question he
asked me—and it was askedin a gentle,
apologetic way—was whether my po
sition and prospects were such that
I could undertake to support a wife.
I answered cautiously that I didn't
quite know how far a million would
go in that line, so much depended upon
the girl and her requirements, but
that I thought of risking it if he were
satisfied. The million he regarded as
my little joke, one of my American
figures of speech. He had read of
millions, of course, but that he should
ever be related to one was a de
lirious bit of humor which he often
related to his friends over coffee
and cigars until we took him back to
Spain in our own ship, the following
year; then he began smoking cigars
at S2O the bundle, a3 became a man
of his dignity and connections, ne
also developed a fondness for Cham
bcrtin and grandchildren which I hope
to humor as long as he lives.
Dorotea and I were married, in the
saloon after dinner. His grace, the
bishop of Mindanao—otherwise Se
bastiano—and Padre Bartolomeo offi
ciating, as was eminently proper (one
isn't married every day by a real
bishop at the end of the world), and
just as they were going ashore I hand
ed them their fee. It was heavy,
though not very handsome at first
glance. There were 150 rusty old coins
in the lot, and I had to rub one with
brickdust before I could persuade them
that it wasn't a joke. I explained that
their acquaintance, and the service
they had just rendered me, were worth
all of the twenty-three odd hundred
which the blackened old curlua rcpit
sented, but that if there were any
change coming to me they might invest
it in services for the final repose of
Br'er Miguel, who would undoubtedly
appear to them before long.
Bartolomeo didn't understand it at
all. Sebastiano did, and, like the
astute churchman he was, gave me
his benediction before he walked down
the accommodation ladder. But if
ever he gets me In a corner! Ah, well,
let us hope that he never will. I should
hate to have anything unpleasant oc
cur to mar our friendship.
That night, as the Countess steamed
away from old Guajan, her nose point
ed straight for Hong-Kong, a happy
family party gathered in the captain &
room. An enormous bag of copi'a,
taken haphazard from the cargo, lay
broached upon the table; and nestling
among the bits of dried cocoanut ker
nel were doublopns, globe dollars, bars
of pure silver. The treasure was safe
on board, and we were rich —rich be
yond the dreams of avarice.
POSTSCIIIPT BY THE AUTHOR.
In arranging Mr. Stevens' narrative
for publication, I find he has neglected
to state the amount he uud Capt.
nalstead actually realized from the
galleon's treasure; so, thinking that
this may be of interest to many of his
readers, I venture to add a few details
supplied from our conversation at vari
ous times.
The steamer made a quick passage to
Hong-Kong, where the llong-Kongand ;
Shanghai banking corporation readily j
undertook to handle all the silver, I
both in coin and ingots, giving Mr.
i Stevens drafts on London to the |
I amount of £450,000. The two gentle- »
men, with tlieir wives, Mr. McPherson
and Don Silve*tre Palacios, then made
a most delightful voyage, by way of
Sing: pore and Suez, to England, where
they were successful in disposing of
the gold, at an average price of three
pounds -i\ shillings to the doubloon,
realizing 1 upwards of C 300,000 more.
After ghing McPherson £40,000,
and paying Ramirez <Sc Co. in full for
the Countess, Mr. Stevens and Capt.
Halstead finalh" netted, in round num
bers, sl.6<Xl,tKKi each. They then wejit
into partnership as steamship owners,
building four triple expansion steam
ers, and refitting the Countess of Devon
with quadruple expansion engines.
This fleet -has been steadily making ;
money for them, and they have each i
built luxurious liomes, where they live
most of the time when ashore—though -
several months of each year are spent
by both families upon the Countess in
cruising all over the world, sometimes
carrying full cargo and sometimes
merely in ballast, for pleasure.
Ilalstead's home is on the coast of
Cornwall, near St. Ives; aud Stevens
owns one of the most beautiful places
on the California coast, near Santa |
Itarbara. Senor Palacios and Gen. de
Garma divide their time between the j
two families; while McPherson, a con- ;
iluUui I
in luxurior quarters on the Countess j
of Devon, of which he is part owner. I
Seb&stiano is now an archbishop;
and, though he occasionally accepts the
hospitality of his friends, Stevens and
Halstead, they are careful to avoid pass
ing through hU part of Spain when
traveling in that country.
Tlie Stevens boys are born sailors,
inheriting much of their father's love
of adventure. The youngest one. when
visitors come to Santa Barbara, will
drag them into the great hall and,
pointing to a ru*t*i diving-suit over the
fireplace, say: |
'"Those are pa's fishing-clothes that
he used to wear in the Pacific ocean,
but he's getting too fat to wear them
any more."
As for his mother and Gracia Hal
stead. they are sisters in everything
but blood. Sometimes they take from
nn old camphor-wood chest three
dresses which were Worth master
pieces not so very long ago, and are
still serviceable, while they talk of the
night Dorotea was married, the stories
suggested by every fold of the gowsns,
and the wreck on the Santa Rosa reef.
THK END.
"Only, They Breathe!"
Our father was a typical officer of
the time of Nicholas I. Not that he
vvu* imbued with a warlike spirit, or
much in love with camp life; I doubt
whether he spent one single night of
his life at a bivouac tire, or took part
in one single battle. But under Nich
olas I. that was of a quite secondary
importance. The true military man
of those times was the officer who
was enamored of the military uni
form and utterly despised all other
sorts of attire; whose soldiers were
trained to perform almost inhuman
tricks with their legs and rifles (to
break the wood of the rifle into pieces
while "presenting arms" was one of
those famous tricks), and who could
show on a parade a row of soldiers as
perfectly aligned and as motionless as
a row of toy-soldiers. "Very good,"
Grand Duke Mikhuel said once of a
regiment, after having kept it for one
hour, motionless, "presenting arms" — |
"only, they breathe!" To respond to
the t hen current conception of a mili
tary man was certainly my father's
ideal.—Prince Kronotkin. in Atlantic.
"The Ncwromem All Rljpht.
Mrs. Bronston—We must call on our
new neighbors as soon as they get set
tled.
Mr. Bronstoni—Who are they?
"I don't know."
"Have you seen them."
"No."
"Then what do you know abouk'
them?"
"Every bit of their furniture wascov
ered with canvas." —N. Y. Weekly.
An Kn»y Riddance.
Mr. Hard rocks—By George, I was re
lieved this morning.
Mrs. Ilardrocks —Why, Silas, how?
Did somebody pick your pocket?
Mr. Ilardrocks —No. Young Perk
leigh came in to see me. I thought he
was certainly after our daughter, but
he merely wanted to borrow ten dollars.
He'll never bother us any more. I let
him have it. —Cleveland Leader.
Too Sad.
There was a young woman from Leices
ter,
Who lived in the city of Cheichester,
She would giggle and flirt,
Till her parents felt hurt,
And wondered what on earth pocelster.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
A MALICIOUS UCSIIAKD.
"You are always complaining about
my singiug, Arthur, and claim it makes
you nervous, while dear baby falls'
asleep as soon as I begin a song."
"Oh, baby is smarter than you think.
He pretends to bo asleep so that you
■will stop singing."—Fliegende Blaetter.
After the Fea*t.
Now doth the lone turkey warble.
In accents tilled with glee:
"The good die young and I rejoiae
Because of my toughness—see?"
—Chicago Dally News.
Merely lnter«?«ted.
"It is claimed by the complainant
that you assaulted him," said the mag
istrate.
"Ho lies, your worship. I never
touched him. Robson and Tibbs picked
liini up and carried bim to the pump.
All I did was to work the pump han
dle." —Illustrated American.
What She Liked About Him.
He—Do you love me, darling?
She —Well, there is certainly some
thing about you that I like very much.
He (eagerly)— What, darling?
She —That lovely diamond ring on
your little finger!—Tit-Bits.
Even.
The Housewife—That Mrs. Bell next
door is continually borrowing things
and never bringing them back.
The Breadwinner —Possess your
soul. lam doing the same thing with
Bell's money.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Modern Ulßlm a> man.
"Throw up your hands!" he cried.
Those addressed did so without %
murmur. Then slowly and proudly the
fellow took their money.
k Yes, four aces are hard to beat. N, \.
No. »
A RKOHU>ER OF PAIN?
Interesting- Particulars of an In-,
genious Invention.
4
fly It» Aid It lltts Beeu Ascertained
That Women Suffer More Thai
Men-—'The Difference In
Clashes.
I'rof. Arthur Mac Donald, specialist,
in the United States bureau of educa
tion, is carrying on a series of investigar
Hons for the purpose of finding out how
sensitive the ordinary person is to pain.
Under the direction of Prof. Mac-
IV>nald, school-teachers all over the
country have been testing school chil
dren and adults, and the result, aver
aged up to date, contains some very
curious and unlooked-for information
j concerning pain. Prof. Mac Donald
first made tests on 1,412 persons, and
from them drew the following conclu
sions:
Women are more sensitive to pain
than men.
| American professional men are more
sensitive to pain than American busi
! ui— ...v.., ~..a .—... mas
j either English or German professional
men. The laboring classes are mucH
less sensitive to pain than the non
laboring classes.
The women of the poorer classes are
much less sensitive to pain than those
in mofe comfortable conditions.
Young men of the wealthy classes are
much more sensitive to pain than men
of the working classes.
Young Women of the wealthy classes
ere much more sensitive to pain than
young men of the wealthy classes. As
to pain, it is true, in general, thatwom
i en are more sensitive than men, but It
does not necessarily follow that women,
cannot endure more pain than men.
These quite general results were ob
tained in a preliminary series of in
vestigations, but they promised so
much that P*rof. Mac Donald determined
to extend Fiis operations so as to gain
information of a much more special
character.
Prof. Mac Donald, therefore, invented
a little instrument which was designed)
}to used as a recorder of pain. He
calls it the algometer. It looks like an
immense hypodermic syringe, but the
principle of its operation is that of tie
ordinary spring scale reversed. In
short, it is a simple barrel and
affair. Inside the barrel is a colled
spring. When the piston is pushed into
the barrel it necessarily compresses the
spring, which collapses according to
the pressure put upon it.
A scale in the side of the barrel
cords the amount of pressure. No'fo
this affair was held against
of each person examined. Afi It -wqa
pushed against the temple, of
the piston receded into the barrel.
When the pressure of the spring piaae
the nffair''uncomfortable, the sybje<}t>
under examination would describe hi®
or her sensations. That is, whether
the instrumeut hurt, or not. Of coui'fe
the moment it grew uncomfortable tLe
instrument was removed, as it was tho
greatest amount of sensitiveness to
pain that was to be tested.
The instruments were used in test#
all over the country. They were tried
on the pupils of public and private
schools. They were tried on business
men, business women, laborers, wash
women, professional men and universi
ty women. They w ere tried on various
parts of the bodies of these persons,
and differences of ages were note<\,-
Out of the mass of statistics received
the following facts were obtained.
Generally speaking, sensibility to
pain decreases as a person advances in
age. The left temple is more sensitive
than the right temple. The left hand
is more sensitive than the right hand.
Children between ten and eleven years
old exhibit quite an obiustness to "pain,"
which, however, dimipisjies between
the ages of 11 and 12. That ip, the?
can stand'less general pain when
years old than tney coula just prior to
11 years. But they become more obtuse
again when between 12 and 13 years. **
Between the ages of 13 and 17 the
right temple increases in obtuseness,
while the left temple increases in acutfe-,
ness. Of course there are variations,
but the above was culled from the ma
jority of examples.
Girls In private schools, the children
in which generally come of wealthy
parents, are found to be more
sensitive to pain than girls of publio
schools. Thus, in the language of Prof.
Mac Donald, "it would appear that re
finements and luxuries tend to Increase
sensitiveness to pain. The hardihood
which the great majority must experi
ence seems.advantageous."
This also accords with the result of
previous measurements to the effect
that the non-laboring classes are more
sensitive to pain than laboring classes.'
By "laboring classes" is meant artisans
and unskilled laborers; by non-labor
hig" classes Is meant professional and
mercantile men.
It is found, as far as differences be
tween sexes are concerned, that girls
in public schools are more sensitive at
nil ages than boys. This, of course,
corresponds to the previous measure
ments, which showed that wome£ are
more sensitive to pain than men. Eight
hundred and ninety-nine women and
children were tested in getting at th®
above facts.—Boston Globe.
Plenty of Rubber Trees.
According to lrrfm mailon Tccelted ttl
the British foreign office, the feips re
cently expressed that the supply of
rubber from the Amazonian forests
may be exhausted in the near future,
are not very well founded. Para rubber
is produced over an nrea amounting to
at least 1,000,000 square miles, and
while overproduction exhausts the sup
ply in particular localities, nature
quickly reproduces the trees when an
opportunity is given her. —Youth's
Companion.
Done.
"Hello, Brown! How's Cleaver do
ing?"
"He's all right. Just borrowed five
dollars of me not ten minutes ago."
"Ah, I see; he's still doing."—Detroit
Free Press.
Had Lot, Tlio«.
"Shockingly unprincipled lot, those
waiters. One of them passed a bad half
dollar on me the other day, confound
him! And I haven't been able to get
rid of it yet."—Hlustrated American.
Probably.
"I'd like to find some business that
isn't overcrowded."
"If you do, you'll probably find that
there isn't anything in, the business to
attract a crowd." —Puck.
lle»t l n*eeu.
Quizzcr —So he shuts his eyes to his
wife's temper fits, docs he?
Guyer —Yes, she's deaf and dumb
and talks on her hands, you know. —N.
Y. Journal.
More to the I'nrjioK.
"Have you no fears for the future?"
"None," answered the new* theatrical
star, her eyes flaming. "1 have a past!"
V And it was ever present with. her. —
' Cliicairo Tribuu*.