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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: December 9, 2019 [EBook #60887] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE] - -Copyright, 1897, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved. - - * * * * * - -PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1897. FIVE CENTS A COPY. - -VOL. XVIII.--NO. 906. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] - -HOW TOM RODMAN JOINED THE GERMAN ARMY. - -BY POULTNEY BIGELOW. - - -"Thomas," said Professor Schinkel, as they were in the midst of supper, -"run down and see what all the noise is about." - -Tom Rodman was only fifteen years old; but like most Yankee boys of his -age, he was pretty quick at getting news. He knew that the French -Emperor had declared war against the Germans; he knew that soldiers were -being marched from every village of the father-land, and he knew also -that the Rhine was near to the frontier of France. He was just -then--this was in 1870--living in the family of Professor Schinkel, at -Slaugenstein on the Rhine, and quickly made up his mind that the noise -he heard in the street was made by troops marching to the war. So, with -a big piece of brown-bread in his hand and another in his mouth, he -sprang down stairs two steps at a time, and opened the front door. The -street was full of soldiers who wore helmets of black leather on their -heads, and who looked very brown and strong. They all seemed to be -looking for something; they had been marching all day, and each soldier -carried a knapsack that weighed quite as much as a very heavy child. - -As Tom Rodman was wondering what these soldiers wanted, a big corporal -with a straw-colored beard and blue eyes came up, measured the house -with his eyes, counted the windows, then pulled out a piece of chalk, -and wrote on the door, - -"One corporal and seven men!" - -Tom now noticed that other doors in the street were being treated in the -same way, and quickly learned why; the whole town was to become night -quarters for the troops marching to the war. - -"Is the Herr Professor at home?" asked the corporal. - -"Yes; come this way," said Tom, now very much excited. - -The corporal knocked at the professor's door, and walked in with a sharp -military tread. He then stood bolt-upright, put one hand to the side of -his helmet, after the soldier fashion, and said, in a voice that could -be heard all over the house, - -"I beg to tell you most respectfully, Herr Professor Schinkel, that it -is my duty to bring here for this night one corporal and seven men!" - -"You are heartily welcome, Herr Corporal," said the professor. "I am -glad that I am able to do a little good at this time for the brave men -who are going to war for the sake of our common country." - -All was now bustle in the Schinkel family. The seven soldiers came -tramping up stairs, and were made as comfortable as was possible. Tom -ran out to the baker's and the butcher's, and came running back with -bread and meat. The soldiers had laid aside their guns, knapsacks, and -coats, and each did his share in getting supper ready. - -Corporal Kutchke was invited to eat at the professor's table; and he -made the evening pass rapidly by telling stories about life in the army. -Tom liked the corporal, for he was a big, healthy, strong man, full of -enterprise. The professor found that Kutchke had been in the same -university as himself, and they had many friends in common. Tom thought -he would give anything if he could only be a soldier like Kutchke, and -go to the war. The corporal noticed Tom's excitement, and said, "Herr -Professor, why don't you send your son there to fight for his country?" - -The professor laughed. "My son? Why, he's not my son. He's not German. -Tom is an American boy. His name is Tom Rodman. His mother is the widow -of a distinguished American artillery officer, and she has sent him here -to learn German in my family." - -"Well," said Corporal Kutchke, "you do surprise me! The boy speaks such -good German that I never thought he could be a foreigner. But of course -foreigners don't care about fighting for us!" - - -II. - -The door was pushed open with much force, and one of the soldiers -marched into the room, knocked his heels together, stood very stiff and -still, then said, with a very clear but yet rather sad voice, - -"Private Rothmann has been taken very ill." - -"Hulloo!" thought Tom, "that is a funny name for a German; it sounds -like mine." - -Corporal Kutchke ordered the private to run and inform the army surgeon, -while he himself went up stairs to learn what he could. Rothmann was -very pale and weak. The heat of the day had affected him on the march, -and he was now tossing about in a feverish manner. The surgeon came and -said that Rothmann was wholly unfit to march, and must be left behind. -He was at once taken to the hospital. As soon as Rothmann was gone, Tom -Rodman went up to help the corporal about getting bedding for his men. -He found Kutchke seated on a drum rubbing his nose with a drum-stick. - -"Million Schock Donnerwetter!" said Kutchke. "What will my Captain say? -I shall be blamed because he fell ill. And it's not my fault. It's the -fault of all the people along the road, who keep giving the soldiers -cigars and sausage, and make them useless for hard work." - - -III. - -When Tom went up to his room that night he felt very sore at not being -allowed to go and fight with Corporal Kutchke, and he feared lest people -might think him a coward. He sat down on the edge of his bed, and began -to make plans for running away and joining the army in spite of the -professor. Just then he noticed the uniform which Rothmann had left -behind when they had so hastily taken him to the hospital. He jumped up, -quickly stripped off his coat and trousers, and dressed himself in the -uniform of a Prussian foot-soldier. The fit was not perfect, but as he -looked at himself in the glass he felt his shoulders straighten up and -his chest swell out with pride, and when he had finally put on the -knapsack and the cartridge-belt, and the warlike helmet with the brass -spike on top, he looked as though he had been made for this particular -uniform. He was just about reaching for Rothmann's gun, which had been -hung against the wall, when the door was thrown open, and Corporal -Kutchke stood facing him, looking as though he had seen a ghost. - -"What is it? Who are you? Are you Rothmann?" - -Tom burst into a hearty laugh, and the corporal was so delighted at -finding that Tom was not the ghost of Rothmann that he too joined. - -Suddenly Corporal Kutchke slapped Tom on the back and said: "I have a -grand idea. Do you want to be a soldier?" - -"Yes, indeed," said Tom. - -"Will you march with us to-morrow at daybreak?" - -"Certainly," said Tom. - -"Then," said Kutchke, "I will take good care of you. It is against the -regulations, but in war-time we cannot be so strict. Your name is -Rodman, and you must make believe that you are the man Rothmann whom we -have left behind. You are both about the same size, and the Captain is -not likely to notice anything amiss, for I will drill you so that you -will soon be as good as any of the recruits. You are very big for your -age, and you will have splendid stories to tell when you come back from -the war." - -"But what about the professor?" said Tom. - -"Oh, that is simple enough," said the corporal. "Just write him a few -lines telling him that you have gone to defend the father-land against -the French, and he will forgive you in the end, even if he is angry for -the moment." - - -IV. - -There was hard marching for poor Tom, and his knapsack weighed very -heavily on his young shoulders, and now and then he would gladly have -gone back to his comfortable bed at the professor's, had he not been -anxious to show his German comrades that an American could make a good -soldier--for Tom was a very patriotic boy. One night, as they were -cooking their supper at the camp-fire, Kutchke whispered in Tom's ear -that some of their scouts had seen French uniforms in the distance, and -that there would soon be a fight. - -At about two o'clock in the morning his company was drawn up ready to -march, although it was pitch-dark. The Captain made them a short speech, -telling them they must make no noise, for they hoped to get very near to -the enemy before being seen, and if they fought well, many of them might -hope to get the Iron Cross, which is the most highly prized war medal in -the German army. - -Then each soldier held his hand carefully against his side so as to -prevent the rattling of his tin water-bottle against his -bayonet-scabbard, and thus they marched for about an hour in silence, -keeping a sharp lookout to right and left. - -Suddenly was heard ping-ping-ping, the sound of rifle-bullets whizzing -over their heads, and soon commenced a clatter of infantry fire, for the -French had discovered the movements of this company in the faint light -of the dawning day. But it was too late for effective resistance on the -part of the enemy, who were taken by surprise, and had to retreat up the -slopes of a gentle hill, on the top of which stood six cannon in a row; -but, curiously enough, they were pointing in the opposite direction from -Tom. As soon as the noise of the firing was heard, Tom heard the bugles -blowing, and knew from this that the French would soon be firing off -their big guns at them. Then the Captain roared out to them to run as -hard as they could and capture these six pieces of cannon before they -could be turned round and fired off; so they all started with a great -hurrah, and arrived at the guns just as the French artillerymen were -trying to move them into proper positions. Tom could not tell exactly -what happened, excepting that there seemed to be hundreds of swords -waving in the air and a constant rattling of infantry fire. Now and then -a man dropped, but Tom was too excited to notice why he dropped. His -blood was aroused, and he thought only of keeping near Kutchke and -winning the Iron Cross. There was one cannon which was just about to be -fired, when Kutchke sprang at the man in charge and knocked him down -with the butt of his rifle; but no sooner was this done than another man -sprang forward to fire the gun, and three Frenchmen attacked Kutchke at -once. Then Tom sprang forward like a wild-cat and smashed the gun of a -Frenchman who was just about sticking his bayonet through Kutchke's -back, and at this the other two ran away. Then the Captain, who was -fighting close to them, shouted out, "Well done, Rodman; you have saved -Kutchke's life!" And the soldiers near by shouted "Hurrah!" still more -vigorously, and looked at Rodman as though they were proud of him. - -But now the Captain commenced to be anxious for the safety of his -company, and ordered the men to harness up the horses to the French -cannon so as to get them back as trophies, for there were signs in the -distance that large forces of French were coming up. They had no sooner -brought the horses up to be harnessed, than a regiment of French cavalry -was seen galloping towards them in a cloud of dust. On they came with -loud shouts, and there was no time to waste. Tom's company was ordered -to lie down beneath the guns and not to fire until the horses were close -to them, and then to give them a volley all together. This plan worked -splendidly, for the French were so surprised by this sudden response -that there was much confusion amongst them, and they hesitated. Tom -noticed a French officer carrying a flag, which in war is considered a -very precious trophy. When that Frenchman saw the effect of the first -volley, he looked about him as though ready to run away, and when a -second volley was fired, which killed more Frenchmen, he wheeled round -with the flag in his hand and put spurs to his horse. But Tom did not -wait for orders in the presence of such an opportunity. He seized the -nearest artillery horse, jumped into the saddle in the twinkling of an -eye, and made straight for the flying French officer. The race was an -exciting one, and Tom soon discovered that it was likely to be a -dangerous one; for they soon left the battle-field behind them, and he -had before him the prospect of fighting a desperate man. Tom had no -weapons, for he had thrown away his gun, and at the same time he had -cast off his knapsack and cartridge-belt. Tom shouted to the Frenchman -that he must surrender, but the Frenchman paid no attention to it; so -Tom took off the stirrup leathers from the saddle while his horse kept -up his furious pace. He hung the two stirrups on to one leather, and -joined the two leathers together so that they would stretch a long -distance. Then he swung this around his head as though it had been a -long sling, and waited for a time to use it. The Frenchman was not a -very good rider, and the country over which he rode was rather rough, so -that he did not dare to turn round in the saddle, excepting just enough -to point his pistol at Tom, and fire it off without hitting anything. -Tom was gaining inch by inch, and at last was ready for a blow. A narrow -and rapid river was close ahead of them, and the Frenchman no doubt felt -that escape was hopeless without a struggle; so he drew his sword, -wheeled his horse, and attacked Tom for the purpose of running him -through the body. Tom kept cool, swung his long leather gently around -his head, and just at the moment when the Frenchman was ready to make -his lunge he gave all his strength to a final swing that brought the -stirrups together against the left cheek of the Frenchman, who fell to -the ground stunned and bleeding. One blow was enough, and Tom sprang -from his horse, seized the flag and sword from the enemy and then -fetched water from the river and bandaged up the Frenchman's wound. Tom -would have staid longer with this French officer had it not been that -French troops made their appearance over the tops of the ridges. - - -V. - -With the sabre of a French cavalry officer in one hand, and the standard -of a French cavalry regiment in the other, Tom ran as hard as his legs -could carry him towards the rapid stream which was not more than fifty -yards from where he had had the short fight. It was no use trying to -escape on horseback, for his retreat was cut off by French cavalry; -indeed, it seemed to Tom as though Frenchmen had started up out of the -ground all around him, and he realized that he was now cut off entirely -from his comrades, and must make good use of his wits if he wished to -avoid being killed or made prisoner. Along the edges of this stream were -clumps of overhanging bushes, and into the thickest of them he sprang, -where he lay effectually concealed. Pretty soon a detachment of -Frenchmen passed close to him, and he heard one of them say: - -"Oh, that sacré Prussien! How I should like to catch him and get back -the standard of our regiment! But I don't see how he could have knocked -our Captain off his horse; it is most mysterious. However, I suppose he -has drowned himself in the river, and so I ought to be satisfied." - -Tom did not know the name of this river, or where it led to, but he knew -enough of geography to know that if he kept on it long enough he should -arrive at the Rhine. He was an expert swimmer, and made up his mind that -the only way open to him was to travel by water and avoid the land. Of -course he did not dare move by daylight, but as soon as the sun was set -he launched himself upon the stream and struck out with the current. The -sabre and standard he had wrapped round and round with small branches -cut from the bushes, and this served him not only as a means of -concealing his trophies, but also as a help, for it supported him when -he was tired. His uniform he had to leave behind, for it would have been -in his way, and he wore nothing but his shirt and a sort of -bathing-drawers, which he made by cutting off the lower part of his -uniform trousers. The water was, fortunately, warm, and Tom was prepared -for a good long swim. He had gone about an hour, and already he had -begun to feel that he could not stand very much more of this kind of -work, when he noticed ahead of him something black. He struck out for -it, and found that it was a massive door, which had been broken off from -some peasant's barn and probably thrown into the river out of mischief -by some prowling band of soldiers. To the great delight of Tom this barn -door was so big that he could lie upon it and find most welcome rest as -he floated on down stream at the rate of five or six miles an hour. Tom -had nothing to eat with him, but he tightened his belt and tried to -think of other things, and soon he fell asleep, with his head resting in -the water on one side of the raft, and his legs in the water on the -other side. - -As he lay sweetly dreaming, he was suddenly awakened by a sound of -voices and by the fierce light of a huge camp-fire on the bank. The -voices were French, and Tom could understand this much. - -"Look out there! I see something suspicious on the river." - -"It is a corpse," said another Frenchman, and then Tom heard a laugh. - -"Be careful there," cried another, "or he will float down upon us and -poison our soup;" and then Tom heard foot-steps coming down to the -water's edge; then he felt a push against his raft and the scraping of a -bayonet-point against one of his legs. So near was he that he could -smell the fragrant supper--the onions, the beef, and the smoke of the -wood fire. - -About half an hour from where he had left the Frenchmen cooking their -soup he rounded a bend in the river, and saw ahead of him another -camp-fire, with soldiers about it wearing German forage-caps. He -recognized the big straw-colored beard of Kutchke, and knew at once that -he was amongst friends. He floated close to the bank where the corporal -stood, and pretended to be a corpse. No one noticed him until he was at -their very feet, and then he heard some one say: "Ach, there is a -corpse! Push it away quickly!" And then he heard Kutchke call out: "No; -wait until I see it. Perhaps it is Tom Rodman." Then he heard the heavy -tread of Kutchke, and presently the corporal's voice could be heard -breaking out into loud lamentation. - -"Ah, yes," said he, "it is poor Rodman who saved my life from the -Frenchmen! How dreadful that I should have brought him to the war! What -can I do?" - -"Why, you can give me something to eat!" came from the raft; and with -these words Tom Rodman sat bolt-upright and laughed in Kutchke's face. -Then there was a loud hurrah in the camp, and all the soldiers flocked -down to see the miracle of Rodman coming to life and asking for -something to eat. Kutchke embraced him, and kissed him several times, -and called him his savior. All the men shook hands with him, and he was -at once put into a good warm uniform, and given the most comfortable -seat by the fire, where he was provided with a big tin full of -well-cooked cabbage, sausage, and bread, which tasted exceedingly well -after the hardships of the last twenty-four hours. - -In the midst of it arrived the Captain, who wanted also to hear the -story of Tom's escape, and why he had chased after the French officer. -Tom told his adventures, and then produced the French cavalry standard, -and the sabre of the officer whom he had knocked from his horse with the -pair of stirrups. - -All were delighted at the result of Tom's courage, and Kutchke said that -Tom deserved three Iron Crosses--one for saving his life, another for -capturing the standard, and another for bringing home the sabre. Tom was -very popular with his comrades, and the news of his adventures soon -reached the ears of the Colonel of his regiment, and he was soon -afterwards informed that he was to receive the Iron Cross. The whole -regiment was formed into three sides of a square, and the Colonel called -out the name of Tom Rodman, who stepped forward, and stood very stiff -while the Colonel asked after him and his family. Tom could not any -longer conceal the fact that he was not a German, but an American boy, -and the Colonel promised to say nothing about it, in order that Kutchke -should not be punished. So this is how Tom Rodman joined the German -army, and was the first American to wear the famous Iron Cross. The -Colonel cabled to his mother in America, so that she might not be -alarmed, and the Professor easily forgave his pupil for all the anxiety -that Tom had caused him. - - - - -A JAPANESE PICTURE-STORY. - -BY BARNET PHILLIPS. - - -The stories that have been written about pictures are to be divided into -two general categories--those indicating the skill of the artist, and -those relating to the performances of the pictures themselves. Both of -these merge, since they attest the ability of the artist. There is a -third kind of story, dwelling on the mishaps of painters, which -accidents, however, in the long-run, invariably aid the artist. - -The supernatural must have been called into play at the dawn of -civilization, when the first artist scratched with splinter of flint an -animal form on a bone. Pygmalion, who carved a woman so lifelike that he -prayed to Venus to give Galatea flesh, blood, and a soul, must in an -earlier form have been a story of the most remote antiquity. We find -traces of this myth in Egyptian worship. To a South Sea Islander carved -idols are not stocks nor stones, but living gods. The most acute -Hindostanee does not separate his brazen images from the personalities -of his deities. - -Nothing is older than the stories of the supreme skill of the artist -which the old Greek repeated. The common type of this legend is the -picture with the figs painted on it, which were so natural that the -birds pecked at them. The modern Orientals have embellished this story -in many ways. The Persians will tell you that the birds actually carried -a pomegranate out of a picture and fought over the fruit. One of the -pomegranates slipped from the beak of a bird and tumbled down to a -garden below. The over-ripe fruit broke, the seeds were scattered, and -where they fell a pomegranate-tree grew, which will be shown you to-day -in a court-yard in Ispahan. - -We have the very old joke about the slab of stone painted so exactly -like a log of wood that it floated. The Japanese have worked up the idea -in many ingenious ways. They had a painter of the tenth century who drew -a crystal ball so perfectly that when the sun shone on it, it behaved as -would a lens, and would light tinder. - -The Greeks tell of an artist who was dissatisfied with the flecks of -foam in the mouth of the dog he was painting, and in anger threw a -sponge at his picture, and, lo! where the sponge had struck the painting -there was the froth required. - -[Illustration: THE BRONZE WAS HURLED TO THE GROUND.] - -This is told of a bronze artificer who never could be satisfied with the -ocean he was making up, into which his hero was wading. He set his work -on a window. A storm arose, there was a blinding flash of lightning, and -the bronze was hurled to the ground. When the artist picked up the -bronze a portion of the metal representing the water had been fused, and -there was the rolling, undulating sea, such as no mortal hand could ever -have produced. - -Another story is about a second bronze-worker, who was a great artist, -but an intemperate one, for he drank too much saki. The man had -fashioned a deity in bronze which did not satisfy him, though he had -worked on it for ten years. Do what he would, the figure showed traces -of the long toil he had lavished on it. Though given to his cups, he was -apparently a conscientious artist. Putting his bronze in his pocket or -up his sleeve, the artist determined to commit suicide, and so plunged -into a great tub of fermenting rice, from which saki is distilled. When -the saki-maker emptied his tubs there was the artist dead, and his -bronze, but the work had been perfected. The fermenting rice had -smoothed down the hard lines. The bronze was admirable, and so the -artist's death conferred on him a certain amount of heroism--that is, -according to Japanese ideas of heroism. - -The neatest story of artistic performance and of higher criticism is -Japanese, and for the lesson it conveys has its value. There was a -Shogun of the fourteenth century who was the art critic of his time, -because he never saw a screen or a bronze or a china decoration without -finding some fault. In his court all his retainers followed the Shogun -in deprecating whatsoever was shown to them. - -In the court of the great man was a painter, the most distinguished of -his time, and this artist became very tired of the adverse criticisms -passed on his work. The Shogun ordered a screen, leaving the choice of -the subject to the artist. - -"As you are very slow," said the Shogun, "you may take a year to paint -your screen. Time enough, I think, to assure us that there will be -nothing careless in your work." - -The artist accepted the commission, and asked for leave of absence, -which was granted to him. He was away for eleven months, and it was -within three days of the end of the year when he paid his respects to -the Shogun. - -"Exhibit at once your so-called work of art," said the Shogun. - -"I have not yet commenced it, may it please your Dignity," answered the -artist. - -"And in three days do you expect to show me a picture worth my looking -at?" inquired the Shogun. - -"I have travelled all over the country for that work which it has -pleased you to commit to my care, and it will be ready on time," replied -the artist, humbly. - -When the last day had come the artist said his screen was ready, and -that it was hanging in a particular room in the Shogun's palace. The -high dignitary and his court were present, and examined the picture. - -What was painted was simplicity itself. There was a river, and in the -stream a boat was moored, with a furled sail. The banks of the river -were lined with rushes. There were a few trees, with a bird here and -there perched on the boughs. A rabbit was nibbling the grass. In the -distance was a high mountain. - -"That is supposably water, if I am not mistaken," said the Shogun. - -"It's very sluggish," remarked the pipe-bearer. - -"Those rushes--ahem!" interposed a courtier--"are they not absurdly -stiff?" - -"And, dear me," chimed in the secretary, "what birds! Stuffed birds on -boughs are too preposterous!" - -"The boat--such a boat as that never could float! Is it meant for a boat -or a rock?" inquired the master of the robes. - -"The fact is," said the Shogun, "it is an idiotic performance. It wants -life, go, dash, imagination. It is dulness personified. It is nothing -but 'prentice work, and entirely unfitted to grace our elegant abode. -Treasurer, pay this man for his trouble. A full year's wages, such as -you would give to a weeder of rice." - -"Your Highness always was a liberal patron of the arts," said the -treasurer. - -"And though generous, most discriminating, for really the picture is -overpaid," said the courtiers. - -[Illustration: THE ARTIST PLUNGED HEAD FOREMOST INTO HIS WORK.] - -The painter smiled, slowly walked to where the screen was hung, and -plunged head foremost into his work. Then, to the great amazement of the -Shogun and his court, a splash was heard. Now the water rippled and the -boat began to rock. The rushes on the bank of the stream nodded and bent -and swayed, as if with a passing breeze. The birds flew from bough to -bough. The rabbit scampered away. There was a figure in the boat, and -presently the anchor was hauled up and the sail was set, and the little -craft, heeling over with the wind, sped up the stream, and now a landing -was made at the foot of the mountain. - -Next a little man was seen slowly climbing up the mountain, and when the -mountain-top was reached the figure bowed respectfully to the Shogun and -the court and disappeared, as if descending on the other side of the -mountain. - -Then a loon came to the immediate foreground of the screen, and flapped -his wings, and said, in very courtly Japanese, these words, which may be -rather carelessly translated into English in this way: - -"You are all a set of ninnies, for you don't know a good thing when you -see it. Ta, ta!" - -The courtiers were so enraged that they drew their two swords and wanted -to hack the loon and the screen to pieces. But when they looked at the -screen, they saw a big tear in it, with falling flaps of silk, on which -the work had been painted. It was where the artist had made his exit. -This is the Japanese fable for critics. - - - - -A LOYAL TRAITOR.[1] - -[1] Begun in HARPER'S ROUND TABLE No. 888. - -A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND. - -BY JAMES BARNES. - - -CHAPTER XX. - -AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY. - -"Come, lads," I said at last, "don't give up. Give way together. We'll -make for that old castle rock, and go ashore." - -In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly -twenty feet across. I had an idea in my mind of leading the crew to the -top of the rock, for it appeared to me that five or six men from the -summit could hold a score or more at bay with nothing but stones for -weapons. - -But to my astonishment I saw that the spit of land which ran out to the -tall rock was not more than thirty feet in width, and that it was -rounded, as if at some time the sea washed over it. Dugan and Chips had -followed me up the slope. When we reached the top, which was not more -than ten feet above the beach, we could see the cutter plainly. Through -the glass I made out she had come to anchor, and that they were loading -some casks into a boat alongside of her: - -I handed the glass to the carpenter, who was next to me, and asked him -to take a look through it. - -"Halloa!" cried Dugan, suddenly, "there are the prisoners on the beach. -Now let's see what they're going to do. I wonder if they'll think it is -a Yankee trick," he added, with a half chuckle, "scuttling that rotten -old junk?" - -I took the glass from him without answering, for I saw no humor in the -situation. A boat put off from the cutter and brought back two of the -men from shore, and now, hidden behind a rock, we watched the -proceedings in turn. The idea of getting water was apparently abandoned. - -The boat rowed to shore again, picked up the rest of the Englishmen, and -then I saw that they were getting out the quarter-boat from the other -side. - -In a few minutes both were loaded. I caught the glint of steel as they -handed muskets and cutlasses into them, and then they pulled off to the -northward to go around the farther end of the island. - -But an idea had seized me that set my blood tingling! - -"How many men does such a craft as that carry?" I croaked, hoarsely. - -"Twenty-five to thirty," responded Chips, sullenly. - -I had counted twenty men besides the prisoners in the two boats that had -put off from the cutter. It would take probably two hours to row around -to the north shore of the island. - -It would do no harm to broach the subject in my mind to the others, and -I did so in a few short words, speaking in hoarse whispers. - -"Why not roll one of our boats across the neck of land, and then row -down and take the cutter by surprise?" - -I did not know how this plan would be received by the others, but when I -finished they were looking at me eagerly. - -"Captain, I admire ye!" said Dugan, with a trace of Irish in his tone. - -Chips grasped my hand. - -"By Solomon! we can do it, sir!" he said, and we hurried across to where -the men were seated, a dejected-looking group, on the sand. - -In twenty minutes the boats from the cutter were out of sight around the -north shore cape, and we set to work getting the largest of our own over -the barrier. - -We broke the oars from the boat we had discarded into rollers, and in -five minutes, or a little over, we had made a launching on the western -shore. - -The men muffled their oars with their shirts, and with a sensation of -hunters stalking some dangerous animal, we rowed slowly along against -the tide. Truly it was as if the quarry were asleep, and we feared -awakening it before we got within striking distance. - -Now we were right under her stern, and I read the name, _Bat_, in gold -letters. - -She was a tidy little craft, more like a gentleman's yacht than a vessel -of war, and from two small ports on her sides poked the muzzles of brass -six-pounders. - -It was but the hoist of a foot to get on board; and, behold! there was -no one there to receive us! But we had no arms; and, picking up a -hand-spike and handing it to the carpenter, I led the way down the -little hatch, followed by the other eight men, with their closed fists -for weapons. - -Now if any two people were surprised it was the two Irish sailors who -sat there eating with their knives from tin plates they held on their -knees. - -[Illustration: "SURRENDER!" I CRIED, POINTING THE TELESCOPE AT THEM.] - -"Surrender!" I cried, pointing the telescope at them as if I had but to -touch a trigger to blow out their brains. Before they knew what had -happened, or could raise their voices, two of the privateersmen had them -pinioned by their wrists. - -"Cut that cable; make all sail and get out of this!" I roared, pushing -up again. - -The jib and foresail went chock-a-block with one heave. Never did men -leap to their work so quickly. - -Now as it was but a stone's-throw to the shore, I ordered the two -sailors overboard into the water, and gave them one of the empty casks -to help them make it safely. They were glad of the chance to go. - -The mainsail was up by this time, the rope hawser had been severed by -the blow of an axe, and we were making out to sea. The crew, all on -deck, burst into three hearty cheers, and I led them. - -But if they were surprised, and truly they must have been, a greater -surprise was in store for me, and I would that I could dwell on my -sensations, which I shall but outline. I did not leave the deck to make -any investigations of the little sloop until we had covered some five -miles, and I had found out that she sailed like a witch, and that there -was no sail after us. - -The cabin was very handsomely furnished, with a long couch down one -side, a handsome table under a fine swinging lamp in the centre, and a -desk with many drawers off in a corner, lighted by a handsome sconce. A -number of books were thrown about on the couch, and suspended from hooks -against the white panels were a half-dozen beautifully executed -miniatures; the door to a little cupboard was open, and I saw, hanging -up inside, a number of uniforms. - -I walked over to the desk and picked up a leather-covered volume that -had "Log-book of the _Bat_" on the cover in red letters, very -beautifully done. I turned to the first page, and here is where I got my -surprise. - -"A journal kept on board H. M. Revenue Cutter _Bat_, of four guns, -commanded by Lieutenant _John Hurdis_, R.N." - -There was my own name staring me in the face. I did not know that -Hurdiss was a name well known in the English navy. But I recovered my -wits at last, and regarded the coincidence of names as a very lucky -omen. I had to take but one step up the little ladder to have my head -above the level of the deck. Standing there I called Chips to me, and -showed him the entry in the book. - -"It's witchcraft," he said, "and nothing less." - -The cutter was a little bit larger than our single-gun boats, and -perfectly able to go across the Atlantic, or to sail anywhere, provided -her provisions held out. We found by an inspection of the hold that -there was more than enough to last ten men for a month and a few days -over, although we would have to go light in the drinking line. - -At once Chips and I set about preparing a routine. The crew were divided -into three watches, and I laid out a course that would fetch us -somewhere in the vicinity of Boston. On we sailed; everything was fine. -For three days I had a most delightful experience, reading the -well-chosen books in the cabin, and seeing that the men were kept -employed polishing the brass-work and overhauling the forward hold, and -so forth. - -On the fourth day the fine breeze, that had held from the same direction -almost continually, stopped as suddenly as if it had been shut off by -the intervention of a great wall. - -Before dawn a slight wind came out of the west, dead against us; and at -five bells a large ship was seen coming down before the wind with all -sail set. I got upon the opposite tack to that I had been holding, and -at this the large vessel changed her course, evidently intending to -speak me. There was no way of my escaping, for if I had started to run -she would soon have overhauled us in two hours. I could see her ports -and make out she was a 44-gun frigate, and was not surprised when she -displayed the English flag. - -I answered in the same manner, and at Chips's suggestion I got out the -signal-book that I had found, and the little flags also, hoping that -this would be all that it would amount to. - -But she did not signalize us, and in a quarter of an hour we were near -enough to see the faces of a group of officers leaning over the rail, -and to notice that one of them held a trumpet in his hand. - -Soon the hail came, "What cutter is that?" - -I answered. - -"What are you doing out here?" - -For an instant I was nonplussed. "Chasing a Yankee privateer," I -answered, with an air of bravado. - -"Where is she?" - -"Got away to the south'ard." - -"I'll send a boat on board of you." - -This was exactly what I did not wish to happen. "Don't trouble, sir. -I'll come on board of you myself," I replied, at the same time ordering -out the only boat we had left, a little dingy swung over the stern. - -"Now, Chips," said I, "this is a case of must obey. We are edging up to -windward, and it's going to thicken. If you can get away, do so; but be -cautious. You know the cost. I leave it all to you. Get up to windward -without exciting suspicion, and if you don't hear from me in two hours, -clear away for home." - -This conversation was held under the lee of the frigate; in fact we were -so close to her that she shadowed us completely, and although we were -both hove to, I knew that we could swing off before she could get the -weather-gage. I feared doing this myself, but I knew that my coming on -board would disarm all suspicion, and that Chips might be able to carry -out the plan. - -From the southwest a fog-bank was approaching--I had made note of -it--and the air was filled already with fine particles of moisture. It -was no easy job to bring the little dingy alongside. But at last we were -able to do so, thanks to the good oarsmanship of Caldwell, and at last I -grasped the rope-ladder that had been lowered from the gangway, and came -on deck. The boatswain shrilled his whistle, and the side-boys touched -their caps. A fine-looking officer stepped forward to meet me, saluting -and extending his hand. - -"Your name, sir?" he inquired. - -It would not do to hesitate. I was running risks, of course, but no -half-way measures would suffice. - -"John Hurdiss, Lieutenant, commanding the cutter _Bat_," I replied. - -"Will you come with me to my cabin, Mr. Hurdiss? I'm Mallet, of the -_Cæsar_." - -I followed him at once. - -"Isn't it rather a strange thing for you to be in this latitude and -longitude, when your station is on the coast?" he continued, severely. - -"Not when you understand the circumstances, Captain Mallet," I replied. -And forthwith I began a story of how I had chased a small Yankee -privateer for the last three days, and that she had given me the slip -but the night before. - -"I shall make a report of this affair, and it shall be looked into," he -said. "Go back on board your vessel, and return to your -cruising-grounds." - -I was sorely tempted to ask what business all this was of his, but I -held my tongue, and we went on deck together. The fog-bank was all about -us. The _Bat_ was nowhere to be seen. I could not help showing my -impatience. A gun was fired, and then another, and a third, but there -was no response. - -All eyes were upon me, and in the group of officers I noticed an old man -in civilian's dress. He was a distinguished-looking figure, and I -overheard some one address him as Mr. Middleton. - -"Middleton?" I repeated to myself. "Where have I heard that name -before?" I could not place it, but somehow it had staid in my -recollection. - -"What's the explanation of this, Mr. Hurdiss?" asked Captain Mallet, -folding his arms and stepping in front of me. - -"That's more than I can tell you," I replied. - -As I spoke there came the sound of a shot off to windward. - -"There's my vessel," I replied. "Might I ask you to set me on board of -her, or shall I consider myself under arrest, sir?" - -"You shall consider yourself ordered on board your vessel, with -instructions to report to your superior at Dublin at once, to whom you -will give this letter." - -Scarcely had the boatswain finished shrilling the call for the cutter -when the old gentleman in citizen's dress spoke up. - -"As Dublin is my destination, Sir John, would it be possible for us to -be transferred to this young gentleman's vessel? It would save us much -time and trouble." - -"I cannot order him to take you," replied the Captain, "but if he -chooses--" - -The old man looked at me. - -"My granddaughter and I," he began, "are very anxious to reach Ireland. -If you would do us the favor--" - -I was anxious to get away without more parleying, as the boat was now -rocking at the foot of the ladder. - -"Our quarters are not so large as those of the frigate," I began. - -"I hope that this is not asking too much," went on Mr. Middleton, -earnestly, interrupting before I had finished. - -I glanced over my shoulder, and I saw standing there the figure of a -tall young girl dressed in deep mourning. - -I went hot and cold from my heart to my finger-tips. The shock came near -to paralyzing me. - -"I think I can make you comfortable," I said, "if you will allow me to -row off and bring my vessel up while you are getting your luggage." - -"Thank you very much," said Mr. Middleton; "we'll set about it." - -I descended the ladder, jumped into the boat, and gave the orders to -pull out into the fog. When we had gone some four or five hundred yards, -I made a trumpet of my hands, and shouted: - -"Oh, Mr. Chips! Where are you?" - -"Here we are, sir!" came the reply close to us. - -In another moment we were alongside, and the carpenter, in the uniform -of a British quartermaster, helped me on board. - -"Mr. Chips," I said, hurriedly, "there will soon be some passengers come -off from the frigate. It is supposed that we are bound for Dublin." - -"It is a roundabout way we'll take to get there, sir," he said, -grinning. "Who are they?" - -"Never mind as to that," I answered. "Treat them with all courtesy, and -show them to my cabin." - -When Mr. Middleton and his granddaughter, whose name the reader has -guessed by this time, were put on board of us, I made myself very -scarce, hiding in the fore-castle luckily, I thought it better to start -to the eastward and sail down to the frigate to allay any suspicion that -might still linger in Captain Mallet's mind. It was the best thing I -could have done, for we came up to her, finding her yet hove-to. - -"Follow in our wake," came the order through the trumpet, as she rounded -off on the same course we were holding. - -"Ay, ay, sir," I replied; and as soon as she had passed us and was out -of sight, I came about and headed to the west through the rain, with the -wind bearing the little cutter on, with (to me) the most precious cargo -in the world. - -The passengers did not come on deck that afternoon; but late in the -evening the fog cleared away, and so far as we could see by searching -the horizon with a glass not a sail was in sight. I was leaning with my -back to the companionway, talking to Mr. Chips, who was at the tiller -(the _Bat_ had no wheel), when I heard the sound of a voice that -thrilled me through and through. My own talking apparatus was almost -normal by this time, I should have stated, although I now could sing -bass instead of tenor. - -"Give the order to haul up that flag," I said to the carpenter, in an -undertone. - -It was still bright light, and the sun had not dipped full below the -edge of the sea, and clear and bright in all its beautiful colors up -went to the peak the stars and stripes. - -Mary had seen it first. "What does this mean, grandfather?" she said. - -The old man could not reply. - -"It means," said I, turning, "that Captain John Hurdiss has come in his -own vessel to get you, Mistress Tanner." - -I did not know exactly what would be the result of this speech, but if I -had had any idea that it was to produce a sensation, the result -certainly proved the correctness of my surmisings. Mary gave a gasp and -stamped her foot upon the deck. The flash of her eye had more kinds of -feeling in it than one can describe. - -"Traitor and coward!" she hissed, extending her clinched hands at her -sides with the knuckles upward in a rigid gesture. Then she gave a -half-inarticulate cry of rage, and turning, stepped down the -companionway into the cabin. - -Before me was standing Mr. Middleton; his arms were folded, and his -fingers clasping and unclasping nervously. - -"What in the name of Satan have we here?" he said. "What does this mean? -Who are you, and what are you?" - -"I am John Hurdiss, the commander of this vessel," I answered in return, -folding my arms also, but keeping as quiet as I could. "I am a plain -American seaman. You are my guest, sir, and believe me that no harm will -come to you." - -"You addressed my granddaughter just now as though you had some claim on -her. We are in your power, but--" - -"Stay," I cried, lifting my hand. "My words may have been ill chosen, -but mark this--I would put a pistol to the man's head whose touch might -look to harm her, as I would to my own if my thoughts could threaten -treachery. Both you and she are safe, I pledge my honor!" - -This speech, which really came from the depths of my heart, had the -effect of causing the old gentleman to relax his features somewhat. - -"Thank you for this assurance," he said. "Will you tell me whither we -are bound, and why you inveigled us, pray, to come on board this -skipjack? What plot is this?" - -"Oh, pardon me," I laughed; "it was your suggestion, and not mine. Every -moment that I spent on board that frigate I was in great danger, and not -only I, but these brave fellows who have stood by me so nobly. Besides I -had hoped, or at least supposed, that affairs might have turned out -differently." - -"How so?" inquired Mr. Middleton, raising his eyebrows. - -"The necessity for explaining my thoughts, sir, has passed," I answered, -tersely. "I was mistaken." - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -THE PAINTED DESERT. - -A STORY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. - -BY KIRK MUNROE, - -AUTHOR OF "RICK DALE," "THE FUR-SEAL'S TOOTH," "SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES," -"THE MATE SERIES," ETC. - - -CHAPTER V. - -A ROBINSON CRUSOE SITUATION. - -When Todd reached the curtained doorway of the hut and looked out, he -could not have told whether he was more disappointed or relieved by the -sight that greeted him. He had fully expected to see human beings who -would either prove friends or foes. He hoped they would give him -something to eat, and at the same time feared they might kill him. But a -single glance showed him that for the moment both his fears and his -hopes were groundless. Instead of people he saw half a dozen goats -grouped in front of the doorway, and gazing at him expectantly. A little -kid among them bleated plaintively, and Todd knew in a moment that its -voice was the one he had mistaken for that of a child. - -He looked eagerly about for a herdsman or a shepherd boy, for even the -tiniest Indian lad would have been welcomed just then; but none was to -be seen. In his keen disappointment he became filled with wrath at the -unoffending goats, and stepping forward with an angry gesture he bade -them begone. For an instant they seemed bewildered at such unaccustomed -treatment, and stood irresolute; but as Todd took another step towards -them they recognized him for an enemy; and scampering away, were quickly -lost to sight amid the surrounding trees. - -Even before they disappeared the hungry boy regretted his hasty action. -"For," he said to himself, "I might have captured one of them, and so -have laid in a supply of food; or I might have milked the mother of that -kid. What a chump I am, anyway. Seems to me I am always acting first and -reflecting afterwards. I wonder if I can't overtake and make friends -with them even now?" - -Thus thinking, he started in pursuit of the goats; but though he saw -them several times as they skipped among the trees, they easily eluded -his feeble efforts to catch them, for he was too weak to run, and they -were too well assured of his unfriendly intentions to allow him to -approach them. - -"If I only had my rifle," sighed the lad. "Though what would be the good -of it anyway, for I haven't a fire nor any means of making one, and -hungry as I am I don't believe I could eat raw-goat. How do people -obtain fire under such circumstances anyhow? Matches? I haven't any. A -burning-glass? I don't suppose there is such a thing within five hundred -miles of this place. Rubbing two dry sticks together? That's all -nonsense, and I don't believe it can be done, for I've tried it, and -never succeeded in getting so much as a curl of smoke, let alone fire. I -remember reading about some fellow up in Alaska doing it. Serge -Belcofsky--yes, that was his name; but I don't believe he ever really -did. That same Serge made a fire another time with brimstone and -feathers, or at least the book said so; but as I haven't either of those -things, I don't see that it does me any good to remember it. - -"Then there was Phil Ryder, who made a fire by cutting open one of his -cartridges, rubbing powder on his handkerchief, and shooting into it -with his rifle. I have plenty of cartridges, and so could get the -powder, but haven't any rifle--so that plan won't work. Flint and -steel? That's a way you hear a good deal about, though I never saw any -one really try it. Still, I suppose it can be done, and my knife will -furnish the steel if I can only find a flint. I wonder what a flint -looks like, anyway?" - -By this time Todd had returned wearily to the hut and was sitting on the -stone that formed its doorstep. Now he began striking at this with the -back of his sheath-knife, and finally thought he saw a spark fly from -the point of contact; but it was such a fleeting thing, and disappeared -so instantly, that he could not be certain. - -"Even if it was a spark," he said to himself, "how could anybody make a -fire from it? I should want one as big as those that fly from red-hot -horseshoes when the blacksmith pounds them, though I doubt if I could -get a blaze even then, they go out so quickly. So, Todd Chalmers, you -might as well make up your mind to go without a fire, and eat your food -raw--that is, if you get any at all, which looks very doubtful just now. - -"Oh dear! What do people do when they are cast away on desert islands? -Not that this is one, but it's a desert valley, which is a great deal -worse, for the others are always in the tropics, and have bread-fruit -and things. And then the people always have wrecks to get supplies from, -the same as Robinson Crusoe did. If I only had such a snap as he had I -wouldn't say a word. Plenty of provisions, muskets, cutlasses, clothing, -turtles, grapes, and pieces of eight, besides the knowledge of how to -start a fire and make all sorts of things. No wonder he was grateful and -contented. He ought to have been. And the Swiss Family Robinson. There's -another cheerful crowd who had everything they wanted, and more than -they knew what to do with. I just wish I knew what any of those chaps -would do right here in my place at this very minute. I guess they'd find -out what soft times they had in being wrecked where they were and as -they were instead of the way I am. I suppose, though, they would start -right off into the woods, where they would run across all sorts of -fruits to eat and animals waiting to be cooked, besides everything they -needed to make houses and clothing of, so that inside of two weeks -they'd be living as comfortably and happily as though they were right -alongside a Baltimore market. They'd know how to make a fire without -matches too in at least a dozen different ways. That's what would happen -if they were book people; but if they were real live folks like I am I -don't believe they'd know any more how to get a square meal than I do at -this minute. - -"Going into the woods, though, and hunting for something to eat isn't a -bad idea. There must be nuts or berries, or at least roots that would -keep a fellow from starving. I suppose some of them will be poisonous -and others won't, and the only way to find out which is which will be to -eat them. The poisonous ones will kill you and the others won't. At the -same time I shall surely die of hunger if I stay here doing nothing, and -so here goes for a breakfast." - -Up to this time Todd had been so certain of finding people who would -supply him with food, that while fully realizing how faint and weak he -was growing for want of it, he had not regarded his situation as -perilous. From the moment of discovering the beautiful valley with its -abundant water, he had felt that all real danger was over. He had -imagined that the natives, after feeding him and allowing him a day's -rest in which to regain strength, would willingly guide him to the river -in return for the handsome reward that he knew he could safely promise -them in his brother's name. Now that there did not appear to be any -natives nor any food, it suddenly dawned upon our lad that he was very -little better off in this beautiful place than he had been amid all the -horrors of the Painted Desert, and it was with a decided feeling of -uneasiness that he set forth on his search for food. - -He first examined two small structures that he discovered back of the -hut. One of these was evidently a fowl-house, and as soon as Todd -recognized its character he had visions of fresh eggs. "They will be -fine," he said to himself, "even if I can't cook them; for eggs are -almost as good raw as cooked, anyway." So, though he had not as yet seen -nor heard any hens, he entered the place hopefully. Yes, there were -several nests, and an egg in each one. But, alas! they were only nest -eggs that had done duty as such for so long a time that after breaking a -couple of them poor Todd was glad to make a speedy escape from their -vicinity. He was bitterly disappointed, and began to think that the -inhabitants of the valley had recently emigrated from it, taking -everything eatable, including their fowls, with them. - -The other structure proved to be a corral or pen in which goats had been -confined, but now it was empty and its gate stood wide open. - -Continuing his search for food wearily and despondently, our lad soon -came to several small fields, all showing traces of careful cultivation, -and all enclosed by stout fences of wattle. In these he found oats, -beans, squashes, and corn, of which the last named was the only one that -seemed edible in its raw state. So Todd began to gnaw hungrily at an ear -that had long since passed its green stage without becoming quite ripe -enough to be hard. It was merely tough and toothless. Still it could be -eaten, and served to fill, after a fashion, the aching void of which he -had long been painfully conscious. - -Beyond the fields he found a small grove of peach-trees; but they had -been stripped of their fruit some time since, and what of it had fallen -to the ground had evidently been devoured by goats, so that not a single -peach rewarded his careful search. - -By this time the sun stood directly overhead, and was pouring down a -heat so intense as to make him feel giddy. So the boy gathered up his -spoils, consisting of a sheaf of ripened oats, a dozen pods of beans, a -green squash, and two ears of tough corn, with which he returned to the -hut. There, after refreshing himself with a copious drink of water, he -attempted to eat in turn each of the things he had brought with him. The -green squash and raw beans were so unpalatable that he threw them out of -the door in disgust. The oats were fairly good; but extracting the -kernel from each separate grain was such slow work that he decided the -attempt to sustain life in that manner would prove only another form of -starvation. - -"Oh, for a big dish of oatmeal and cream!" he exclaimed. "But I don't -suppose I shall ever see one again." - -He also thought of squash pies and baked beans with regretful longings, -while the tough corn at which he gnawed with aching jaws suggested -muffins, hot cakes, corn bread, hominy, and all the other attractive -forms in which maize can be prepared, until he groaned aloud to think -how very far beyond his present reach all such things were. - - -CHAPTER VI. - -TODD'S FAILURE AS A HUNTER AND A FIRE-MAKER. - -"If this wretched corn was only hard enough to pound into meal," -reflected Todd, "I might mix it with water and make a sort of chicken -feed that would at least keep me alive until I could find something -better. As it is, I believe I am using up more strength in eating it -than it will ever pay back. Oh, if I only had a fire in which to roast -it, what a difference it would make! - -"Hello! what's that? A rabbit, sure's I'm sitting here. And there's -another! Why, the woods are full of them! I don't wonder the natives -have to protect their fields with tight fences. If I could catch one, -what a fine stew he'd make! I wonder how other fellows catch rabbits? -They are all the time doing it in books. Seems to me trapping is one of -the things that ought to be taught in school. My! how saucy these chaps -are!" - -One of the rabbits had indeed ventured to within a dozen feet of where -the boy stood, attracted by the bits of green squash that he had thrown -from the door a few minutes earlier. Instinctively Todd picked up a -stone, while the rabbit, alarmed by the movement, ran off a short -distance and looked at him inquiringly. As no further movement was made -he presently returned to the bits of squash, where he was quickly joined -by a companion. - -Trembling with eagerness, Todd let drive his missile. To his -astonishment it reached its destined mark, and one of the little -creatures rolled over with a sharp squeak, kicked convulsively, and -then lay quiet, while its companion scampered to a place of hiding. - -"I hit him!" cried the young stone-thrower in a tone of mingled -amazement and delight, as he hastened to pick up his prize. "Who would -have thought that killing rabbits was so easy!" - -No hunter of big game was ever prouder or more excited over his first -trophy than was our city-bred lad over this proof of his skill. "I -certainly can't starve," he said to himself, "so long as the supply of -rabbits and rocks holds out, and there seems to be plenty of both. Isn't -he fat, though!" - -He had already carried his rabbit to the hut, stroking and admiring it -as he went. From the job of skinning and cleaning it he shrank with -repugnance, nor had he an idea of how to set to work. Still he knew -these things must be done, and drawing his hunting-knife from its sheath -he prepared to make a beginning. With the very first touch of the knife -the rabbit drew a gasping breath, and began to struggle so violently -that Todd dropped it in horror. In another moment the little creature, -which had only been stunned, had darted away and vanished, leaving one -of the most amazed boys in the world to gaze after it with an air of -utter bewilderment. - -"If that don't beat anything I ever heard of!" he muttered. "I wonder if -they always have to be killed twice? That fellow would have jumped out -of his skin if I'd only held on tight enough. Never mind; it's a lesson -I won't forget in a hurry, and the next time I'll make sure that my game -is dead before I begin to skin it." - -It did not seem, however, that there was to be any next time; for though -Todd filled his pockets with stones and hunted for more than an hour, he -did not see another rabbit until he again returned to the hut, and was -nearly tripped up by one that darted from the open doorway. It had been -attracted by a portion of the squash left on the floor, and noting this, -the lad threw out what remained, with the hope that it might cause -others to come within range of his missiles. Several were thus tempted -during the afternoon, but though the hungry lad threw stones at them -until he was weary, he did not succeed in hitting another. Finally, -pretty well convinced that the success of his first shot was an accident -not likely to be repeated, he gave up this method of obtaining rabbits, -and began to think of traps. As he had never made nor even seen one, the -only thing in the shape of a trap that suggested itself was a box, one -edge of which should rest on a short stick. He would use green squash -for bait, fasten one end of a long string to the stick, hold the other -in his hand, and when a rabbit was safely under the box jerk away the -support. - -"It wouldn't do me any good if I did catch them," he reflected, "since I -have no fire with which to cook them. At the same time I don't see that -I am going to do much with raw vegetables, either, and so a fire does -appear to be one of the most necessary things. Seems to me I ought to -make one with a cartridge, the same as Phil Ryder did, even if I haven't -a rifle." - -As a result of much thinking on this subject, Todd finally spread his -pocket-handkerchief on the table, laid one of the brass cartridges that -still filled his belt on it, and after a while succeeded in cutting it -in two close to its rear end. Emptying out the black powder, he threw -away the shell with its bullet still attached, and kept only that -portion containing the percussion-powder. The next thing was to lay the -handkerchief on the stone doorstep, spread the powder over it, and place -the firing portion of the shell in the middle. Then he hunted up a stone -that came to a point, and holding this firmly in his hand, struck the -percussion-shell a violent blow. - -The result was instantaneous, and in a certain sense satisfactory. There -were a sharp explosion and a quick flash of flame that burned Todd's -right hand so severely that he ran to plunge it in the cooling waters of -the stream. When he returned to the hut, some five minutes later, -ruefully nursing his wounded hand, the only trace remaining of his -handkerchief was a film of ashes on the doorstep. - -"I don't care," he remarked, stoutly. "I did make a fire, anyhow, and I -would do it again if I only had another handkerchief. As I haven't, I -suppose I must give up the idea for the present, and live on that -beastly raw corn until I can find some other kind of tinder. If I only -had some cotton, that would be the very thing. I might as well wish for -matches, though, and done with it, as to hope for cotton in a place like -this. It was a good scheme, all the same; every bit as good as Serge -Belcofsky's brimstone and feathers, and I would have had an elegant fire -by this time if I only hadn't burned my hand." - -After Todd had again visited the field and brought back two more ears of -the much-despised corn, from which he expected to make a frugal supper -that night, and an equally unsatisfactory breakfast on the following -morning, the sun was so low in the western sky that the shadows of the -cliffs on that side extended clear across the valley. Night was close at -hand, and the lad dreaded its loneliness in that strange place, without -fire, or means of defence against its unknown dangers. For all that he -knew, both wild men and wild beasts might only be awaiting the coming of -darkness to attack him. - -"I wonder if I hadn't better climb a tree," he reflected, "or shut -myself up in that hen-house? It at least has a stout door, which is more -than this hut possesses." - -While he sat on the doorstep thinking of these things, and watching the -shadows pursue the waning sunlight up the face of the eastern cliffs, -his eye fell on something that caused him to start to his feet with an -exclamation. From some unseen source high up on the rocky wall a slender -column of blue smoke, curling gracefully towards the summit of the mesa, -was plainly visible. Nor was that all; for even as the lad gazed -wonderingly at it, a human figure clad in white appeared near the place -from which the smoke ascended, and after standing for a moment as though -looking expectantly down the valley, again moved out of sight. - -"That explains everything," cried Todd. "The natives are cliff-dwellers, -and live somewhere up there among the rocks. From all accounts of such -people, although they are filthy and degraded, they are not half a bad -lot. So I'm going to hunt them out before it grows dark. Of course they -won't be able to understand a word I say, but I'll make that all right -somehow." - -The excited boy had already set off in the direction indicated by the -smoke, and before long he came across a plainly marked trail leading -among the trees directly toward the cliffs. As it reached them it bent -sharply upward, becoming steeper and more rugged with every step. - -Until now Todd had not realized how very weak he had grown through long -fasting and from his recent terrible experience on the desert. Every few -steps he was obliged to pause for breath, and several times he was so -overcome by giddiness that he was compelled to sit down. Thus his upward -progress was very slow, and the sun had set before he reached a point at -which the trail ended. Above him was a sheer face of rock some fifteen -feet high, in which were cut rude steps and handholds. It was like a -perpendicular rock ladder, and in his weakness Todd regarded it with -dismay. He was afraid, too, of his wounded hand, and wondered if he -could hold on by it. - -"It's got to be tried, though," he said, resolutely, "for it would never -do to spend the night here, and I hate the thought of that lonely hut; -so here goes." - -With this the boy began to climb slowly and unsteadily. If he had had -two sound hands and his normal strength, it would have been easy enough; -but weak, giddy, and wounded as he was, it seemed very doubtful if he -could gain the top. Now, too, he began to fear concerning the reception -that he might meet even if he succeeded. Suppose the natives should take -him for an enemy, how easy it would be for them to push him from his -precarious footing? - -[Illustration:HE MADE A MISSTEP AND FELL HEAVILY.] - -Filled with such thoughts, he had only ascended a few feet when suddenly -there came a loud shout from close behind him. So startling was it that -he made a misstep, clutched vainly at the smooth rock to save himself, -and with a despairing cry, fell heavily to the steep pathway, where he -lay stunned and motionless. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -[Illustration: "The Little Portergee" - -by Sophie Swett] - - -"Times bein' so hard, I can't see my way clear to keep that little -Portergee through the winter," said Cap'n 'Siah Doane, with a solemn -shake of his gray head. - -And three hearts seemed to stand still; they were sixteen-year-old -Caddy's, who was the Hausmutter, and had knit the little "Portergee's" -winter supply of stockings and mittens as carefully as she had knit her -own boys', and young Josiah's and little Israel's, who had only truly -enjoyed life since they had had a companion who knew as much of the -great world as the geography and a fairy-book put together. For the -little "Portergee," Manuel Silva, had been tossed upon the Cape Cod -sands by a wreck, after cruising about in all the seas, and picking up -sixteen years' worth of knowledge in many lands. - -It was almost into the door-yard of Cap'n 'Siah Doane's weather-beaten -cottage at the Point that he had been carried by a discriminating wave; -and with a dislocated shoulder, and a wound on the head which, as Cap'n -'Siah declared, would have killed anything but a "pesky little -Portergee," he staid. - -There were summer visitors to Tooraloo, and he had done errands for -them, and shared young Josiah's jobs of fishing and clamming for the -boarding-houses, and generally been "worth his keep," as Cap'n 'Siah -carefully figured out, being a thrifty and prudent soul. In fact, -Tooraloo people generally thought that Cap'n 'Siah would have been -better off if he had been less prudent and cautious. He wouldn't take -the least risk for fear of losing; he would scarcely go fishing with a -fair wind lest it should become a foul one before he came back, and he -wouldn't raise cranberries lest the market should be over-supplied when -he came to sell. - -"Now God made things chancy to develop folks, and he made 'em chancier -than common on Cape Cod," Uncle Saul Nickerson, of Tooraloo, was always -saying as a hint to Cap'n 'Siah. And little Israel had heard so much -about his grandfather's bump of caution that he thought it must mean the -wen on the top of his bald head. - -In the winter there were no jobs in Tooraloo. Manuel had talked of going -to Kingstown, where there were many of his race, to try to get a chance -to sail with a Portuguese captain; but they had all protested earnestly -against his leaving, and little Israel had raised a mighty wail. Manuel -said he never had struck a home port before, and it was evident that he -longed with all his heart to stay. But with a hard winter before them -Cap'n 'Siah's bump of caution had got into working order, and he had -made the dreadful announcement with which this story begins. - -They all looked at each other in consternation; and even Caddy, who had -grown very sensible by having to look out for them all, felt a rush of -tears to her eyes. - -At that very moment the little "Portergee" was digging his heels into -the sand--which he did when he had on his thinking-cap as naturally as a -Yankee boy whistles--and saying to himself that he should immediately go -away, it was so dull, if he didn't feel as if he must stay and take care -of these people who had been so kind to him. He meditatively tapped the -top of his own thickly thatched head where the wen was on the Cap'n's, -and shook his head with sad significance. He, like little Israel, -thought that wen was the bump of caution which kept Cap'n 'Siah from -everything that was enterprising. - -"If I do not stay and take care of them they are los'!" said the little -"Portergee" to himself. - -But how? For a brave and enterprising spirit what opportunities had -Tooraloo? There was a shadow of discouragement upon even Manuel's stout -heart; but just then Hiram Tinker called to him from the dory in which -he was putting in to shore. - -"Seen the herrin'? Kingstown Harbor is chockfull of 'em! Greatest sight -anybody ever see! All the traps and seines and nets are full a'ready, -and they're gettin' the cold-storage plants ready to take 'em in. Seems -as if all the herrin' in creation had drifted into Kingstown Harbor!" - -Manuel didn't hear the last words; he was running around to the cove -where Michael Fretas lived. Michael was Portuguese. He owned a small -fishing-boat, and Manuel had helped him to paint and letter her in the -summer. Manuel could paint straight letters--that is, nearly straight. -Michael's daughter, who taught school farther up the cape, had wished to -name the vessel the _Daylight_; but Manuel's spelling of English was a -little uncertain, and he made her the _Delight_ instead. And Michael -said he would not have it changed because Manuel was his friend and -countryman. - -Michael was an old man, and his daughters sent him money, and he now -never used his fishing-boat in the winter, but no one had ever been able -to hire it, and Manuel's eager face was clouded with doubt as he ran -around to Michael's house in the Cove. - -They were still talking about sending him away, Cap'n 'Siah insisting, -and Caddy and the others remonstrating with tears, when Manuel burst -into the living-room and poured out the story of the great catch of -herring in Kingstown Harbor. The doubt was all gone from his face now, -and the eagerness was like a flame. - -"You don't say! Seems as if we'd ought to get a couple of barrels to -salt; or, if they're so plenty as you say, some to manure the garden. -But there! we hain't got anything but a row-boat, and we can't. Such -chances ain't for poor folks," and Cap'n 'Siah sighed heavily. - -"I am going--in the _Delight_. We want barrels, empty barrels, and all -must go--all!" cried Manuel, breathlessly. - -"The _Delight_! How come he to let you have her?" demanded Cap'n 'Siah; -but Manuel and young Josiah were already rolling empty barrels down to -the slip, and Caddy was putting up a basket of provisions, and essaying -at the same time the difficult task of buttoning little Israel into his -thick jacket while he turned a somersault. - -They were on board the _Delight_, with nets and barrels, and Jo Fretas, -Michael's nephew, slightly infirm of wit but strong of body, to help, -and the sails were spread to a favoring breeze, when Cap'n 'Siah was -discovered, hurrying as fast as he could, and shouting to them to wait. - -"I expect it won't cost me nothin' to see what's goin' on. Anyhow, I -sha'n't pay for the boat!" he said, as he came on board. "How come he to -let you have her?" - -But now Manuel was running back to the house. When he returned he -offered no explanation, but Caddy caught sight of the rough little -checker-board that he had made tucked under his pea-jacket, and heard -the rattle of the wooden checker-men in his pocket. - -Cap'n 'Siah was extremely fond of a game of checkers; but it was only a -short sail to Kingstown, and there was no danger of being becalmed, and -on a trip that promised so much excitement who would think of checkers? - -Caddy even remembered the blow on the head which it had once been feared -would injure Manuel's reasoning faculties. If Manuel should prove to be -foolish, her grandfather must not send him away! They would take care of -him always! So thought Caddy, with a dry sob in her throat. - -[Illustration: THE HARBOR HAD NEVER BEEN PACKED WITH FISH LIKE THIS.] - -Not the half had been told about the herring. Since the world began -Kingstown had never seen her harbor packed with fish like this. The -waves tossed them upon the wharves into the baskets and barrels of those -who had no nets, at the very feet of the vagrant Kingstown cats, who, -for lack of rod and line, had been forced to haunt the fish-houses. - -The herring had only just appeared, but it was estimated that when all -appliances were ready a thousand barrels a day could be taken. - -They worked with a will, all the little party from Tooraloo Point, even -Cap'n 'Siah, although he grumbled that herring wouldn't be worth -nothing, there were so many, and that the _Delight_ would surely sink if -they loaded her so heavily, and that they could never get salt enough to -salt so many herring, and if they ate so many they should be like -pin-cushions before spring. - -There had been a fair wind to carry them down to Kingstown, and in -returning they were forced to beat. - -"But there's going to be a change," said Manuel, surveying the heavens -with a sailor's practised eye, "and after we get round the Point 'twill -be all right." - -That was when they were making their way out of Kingstown Harbor, and -little Israel was shouting with wonder at the herring, which sometimes -seemed like a great wall, through which the _Delight_ pushed her bow -slowly. - -"Round the Point?" echoed young Josiah and Caddy, wonderingly; and Caddy -thought again of the blow on the head that had been enough to kill -anything but a "Portergee." - -And Manuel, growing suddenly pale, and showing new, strong lines in his -sharp little sixteen-year-old face, beckoned them impressively aft--yet -not so far aft as to be overheard by Jo Fretas, who was at the helm. -Cap'n 'Siah was watching the herring with little Israel, and saying, "I -wum! I never see so much of anything in my life, without 'twas sand." - -Manuel had to use persuasion when he divulged his plan, chiefly with -Caddy, who had inherited some of her grandfather's caution, and who had -never been to Boston, fifty miles away, in her life. - -Young Josiah had demurred but little, and that only--as in a candid -moment he afterwards confessed to Manuel--because he hadn't planned it. -As for young Josiah's being afraid, like Caddy--catch him! - -Caddy was afraid little Israel would be seasick, and was sure that her -grandfather would jump overboard, but Manuel tapped the top of his head -significantly, and upon second thoughts Caddy decided that his bump of -caution would be likely to prevent that. - -And at last, when the Point was already in sight, Caddy, with her chin -looking pretty square, as young Josiah said, called her grandfather to -come down into the _Delight_'s very small cabin and play checkers. - -Cap'n Josiah came with alacrity, for he could never get checker-playing -enough; moreover, the wind was growing fresh, and it was chilly on deck. -He said maybe there would be time for a game before they got home, and -Manuel was a good little "Portergee" to think of the board. - -"Let him beat! _Make_ him beat! Play like fox!" whispered Manuel to -Caddy, as she followed her grandfather into the cabin. - -And the _Delight_ rounded the Point and found a more favoring wind, as -Manuel had predicted, and the little weather-beaten house on the shore -was left desolate and alone, with the early shadows of the November -afternoon closing in upon it; while Cap'n 'Siah hilariously beat Caddy -at checkers, and quite forgot that it was time they should be at home. -When Caddy was forced to light a lamp in the little cabin, he sprang to -his feet, and demanded, in great excitement, where that "pesky little -Portergee" was letting the vessel drift to. - -Manuel appeared in the doorway to explain, with young Josiah looking -over his shoulder--although young Josiah was but thirteen, he was -taller than Manuel--and with little Israel's beaming face thrust forward -between his knees. - -"It is not Portuguese like Jo Fretas and me who let the vessel drift. To -navigate is in our blood, like the great Colombo!" Manuel drew his -spiderlike little figure up as tall as he possibly could. "We carry the -first herring to Boston; the very first, because the others have wait to -load more. There is fair wind, and the moon will shine bright; before -morning we shall be there. To carry you off was disrespect, and I lament -him." Manuel removed his small cap and bowed profoundly. "But you are -known there in Boston as great ship-master; you have license to sell -these many years." - -Cap'n 'Siah sat down and mopped his brow--and his wen. - -"I was consid'able well known up there before things went wrong, and I -got so kind of discouraged," he admitted. "But you--you're a terrible -resky little Portergee!" - -Manuel drew a breath that made his small chest heave; it was going to be -all right with Cap'n 'Siah, whom he did not fear, but loved. - -"The disrespect I lament him," he repeated, anxiously, "but the wind so -fair, and to be the first in with the herring, and the _Delight_ so -comfortable, with bunks for every one except Jo and me, who have known -life, and are content with coils of rope!" - -"How come he to let you have the vessel?" asked Cap'n 'Siah, abruptly. - -"Michael Fretas he is my friend and countryman," answered Manuel, -evasively. - -There was all the moonlight that Manuel had promised, and the wind held -instead of going down at night-fall, as it so often does; in fact, it -made the waves so rough that as they drew near Boston Light little -Israel was very seasick, and even Caddy had a qualm. But who remembered -that when the _Delight_ thrust her sharp little nose between the larger -vessels that lay at T wharf, in the murky morning light? Little Israel -felt that life had suddenly turned into a fairy-story, and young Josiah, -and even Caddy, had little doubt that the family fortunes were made. - -Alas and alas! T wharf was piled with barrels of herring! On an -adjoining wharf was a small mountain of the fish, as they had been -shovelled from a schooner! The great catch had begun to reach the Boston -market in the steamer that got in the night before, and in two or three -large schooners that could take all the wind out of the little -_Delight_'s sails! - -"Why hadn't you listened to me and kept from such foolhardy pranks!" -cried Cap'n 'Siah, in angry despair. "Here we be, likely to be becalmed, -and not get home for a week, with a cargo that's good for nothing but to -heave overboard, and no victuals to eat!" - -Little Israel gave way to despair at this dreadful prospect and set up a -mighty roar. Caddy thought it was better, after all, to have a bump of -caution; and young Josiah, with red rims appearing around his eyes, as -they always did when he was frightened, looked inquiringly at the leader -of the enterprise. - -"It is so--as I have hardly thought it possible--the market is glut!" -said the leader, calmly, but with a sharp line between his tensely drawn -brows. - -"Little mites of herring, too! Look how big them are!" Cap'n 'Siah -pointed to the barrels nearest them on the wharf. - -"He told me to pick 'em out small!" said young Josiah, in an aggrieved -tone, for his faith in the leader had begun to waver. - -The color leaped suddenly into Manuel's sharp, thin little face. - -"It is true they are small; one must provide a little for the evil day, -even when one shall not think the market will be glut! I go, but I will -be back again by-and-by!" - -He made his way swiftly through the crowd of clamoring fish-dealers, -with which the wharf was already alive, and in the long avenue that led -to the street he disappeared from their sight. - -"That's the last we shall ever see of that tarnal little Portergee!" -said Cap'n 'Siah. - -But after the Cap'n had threatened to throw the herring overboard, to -sell them for enough to buy a breakfast, and never to pay for the boat, -Caddy had given way to tears in company with little Israel, and young -Josiah had permitted himself to express a preference for Yankees, Manuel -came walking across the plank to the _Delight_, his small brown face -aglow. - -A man came with him, well dressed and with a business-like air, but -dark-skinned and with ear-rings. Manuel introduced him proudly as his -friend and countryman, José Macés, foreman of the great canning factory -in ---- Street. He would buy the little herring; it was of them that -sardines were made in his factory. - -"It is why I have choose the small ones," Manuel explained, serenely. - -But it was not until Cap'n 'Siah saw the barrels loaded upon a great -dray, with the name of José Macés's firm upon it, that he could believe -the good fortune. - -They all had to count the money over twice; it seemed too much to be -true; and little Israel bit and rung the silver pieces. Then Manuel made -them go to a restaurant on Atlantic Avenue to breakfast, and although -Cap'n 'Siah thought it was reckless extravagance, he murmured all the -way that Manuel was a "dreadful cute little Portergee." At the -restaurant he met two sea-captains who were old friends, and had so good -a time that he forgot how reckless it all was. - -But when the _Delight_ had set sail for her homeward voyage he grew -silent and dejected. He wished he had a vessel he owned; the old -captains had told him that he ought to go sandin'; that there was money -in it. - -"But the _Delight_! She will be so good a vessel for that," said Manuel, -calmly. "It is true that I have contracts with the canning factory to -deliver many herring--and mackerel too, in their season; but there will -be times--oh, plenty, until we buy another boat, to use her for the -sanding too!" - -"What in nater are you talking about? Don't you know that Michael Fretas -won't lend his boat?" growled Cap'n 'Siah. - -"The _Delight_ she begin to-day to be mine. I agree to pay the first -instalment from the herring money; after that it will be easy, and--the -disrespect I lament him--but if you would share in the business--and -afterwards young Josiah--and with Mees Caddy to keep the home port -snug--" Manuel took off his old cap, with one of his beautiful bows. - -"And I thought of letting you go away," said Cap'n 'Siah, with something -between a growl and a sob in his throat. - -"Oh, but I should not--nevair!" cried Manuel, his little peaked face -alight. "You that have been so good and make true home for me, should I -leave you to take care of yourself?" - -Cap'n 'Siah's great grizzly chin actually quivered; he threw back his -head and laughed to hide it. "If you ain't the all-tiredest little -Portergee!" he said. - -[Illustration: THE END.] - - - - -CRETE, AND HER STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. - -BY CYRUS C. ADAMS. - - -A glance at the map on the next page shows a chain of islands stretching -like a bent bow from the southern shore of Greece to the coast of Asia -Minor. These island stepping-stones, bridging more than one-half the way -across the sea, are nothing more nor less than the tops of mountain -ranges with shallow valleys in between, their bases resting on the -sea-floor. The largest of these islands is Crete. It is almost exactly -twice as large as our Long Island, and if we were to stand on the south -coast of Greece on a clear day, we should see the mountains of Crete -looming above the sea. We might call it a Greek island, for nature made -it a part of Greece, just as Long Island is naturally a part of America, -and the people and development of Crete are Grecian to this day. The -limestone mountains that stretch east and west through Crete are a part -of the very ranges that extend through southern Greece and jut out into -the sea as promontories, just as our Aleutian chain of islands is -geologically a part of the Alaskan mountain range. Why is it, then, that -Crete, geographically a part of Greece, and peopled, as it is, by -Greeks, is politically severed from the mother-country? It is simply -because ever since human history was recorded the nations, by their -treaties and wars, have disposed of whole peoples without consulting -them at all. This is the reason why Crete is a Turkish island. This is -why the whole civilized world sympathizes with the Cretans in their -aspirations for good government and their long struggle for freedom. - -Numerous revolts against Turkish misrule have made Crete a battle-field -from end to end; and perhaps Crete is the only region in the whole world -where one may stand at a single point, and see spread before him -practically every spot made memorable by the most momentous events in -the nation's history. Snow-crowned Mount Ida is the culminating point of -the island, 8060 feet above the sea. It stands in the centre of Crete, -and tourists, well bundled in woollens even on a summer day, conducted -by a guide to the top of the mountain, find it well worth the labor, for -Europe has no finer view. If the day is clear, the whole of Crete is in -plain view, save some areas of lowland hidden by hills. All the towns -fringing the seaboard are in the panorama. The eye may range far over -the Ægean Sea, resting on one and another of the beautiful islands of -the Cyclades; and then turning from nature's grand and varied aspects, -the guide willingly points out the scenes that human struggle has made -memorable, just as Waterloo is fought over again every day for visitors -who are led to a height overlooking the historic field. - -"In that pass," the guide will say, "the Cretans ambushed the Turks, and -killed them to a man. On the west side of that hill yonder are some -ancient quarries, dug deep into the hill, with passages so intricate -that it is called the Labyrinth; and there 500 of our Christian families -took refuge, in the revolt of 1820, and the Turks never found them. -Those women and children went peaceably back to their homes after quiet -came again. Do you see that big oak-tree right down this slope? That -marks the entrance to the cave in which the Turks suffocated 300 of our -women and children and old men in 1822. In that valley yonder the -Cretans made their last bloody stand in 1859; and down that wide slope, -far to the west, the Sfakiotes poured, in 1866, to attack the Turks near -the coast." So he goes on pointing out the battle-fields where Cretan -blood has been given like water in the cause of independence. All parts -of the island have witnessed their sufferings, and particularly that -lying between Mount Ida and the White Mountains. The Cretans are brave -fighters, and they have failed to win simply because, after they were -stripped of resources and nearly dead of exhaustion, the Turks could -still pour fresh troops and munitions into their mountains and plains. - -Aristotle said, twenty-two centuries ago, that Crete would become a -great centre of commercial exchange, because it lay midway between -Europe, Asia, and Africa. This is the reason why it has been the prey of -so many nations all through the Christian era. The Greeks who colonized -it, no one knows how long before the dawn of history, were supreme till -Crete was absorbed in the Roman empire. Then Byzantine emperors ruled -it, and later it was captured by the Saracens, recaptured by a Byzantine -general, sold to the Venetian Republic, and while Venice was its master -the island had 400 years of greater prosperity than it has ever known -since. Then the Venetians and the Turks waged a long war in Crete for -possession, a feature of which was the longest siege on record. It was -twenty years after the Turks invested the city of Candia before their -army made its way inside the walls. Then the whole island submitted, and -Crete has been a Turkish province ever since. - -Under all her masters Crete has remained Greek. No other people in -eastern Europe use the expression "Motherland," a term the Cretans apply -to Greece. There are about 300,000 Cretans, and nearly all of them are -of Greek descent. Most of the Mohammedans, who number over a quarter of -the population, are of the same blood. Their Cretan forefathers, to save -their lives, embraced Islam, reared their children in that faith, and to -this day the Koran is expounded to them in the Greek language, for very -few understand Turkish. The universal language is Greek--not pure modern -Greek, but a dialect that has often suggested humorous criticism in -Athens; nevertheless, it is as good Greek as Yorkshirese is good -English. - -Into this land came the alien Turk, 250 years ago, with his -tax-gatherers, janizaries, and priests. He has done nothing for the -island except to oppress it. His sole purpose was to wring from the -wretched people all the taxes they could pay. Only a few thousand Turks, -besides the officials, soldiers, and priests have ever lived in Crete. -The Turkish outrages in Bulgaria, which caused the Russo-Turkish war of -1877, were long equalled and surpassed in Crete. Travellers and -historians say that up to 1830 Crete was the worst-governed province of -the Turkish empire. At that time, when the Cretans had been at war for -nine years against their oppressors, the intervention of the powers -secured some betterment of their condition, and further privileges were -conferred upon them in 1878 through pressure exerted by the Berlin -Congress. Crete has since been better governed than most Turkish -provinces, but the Sultan's yoke was galling none the less. - -Nine revolutions, some lasting for years, have cost the blood of many -thousands of Cretan patriots; and what has Crete gained by the promises -extorted from the Sultan? With a genial sky, a rich soil, and a -commanding commercial position, the Cretans are very poor. They have no -internal improvements, no cheap means of sending their products to the -sea, little commerce, few schools or other advantages of civilization, -and too few farm laborers to gather large crops if they raised them. -Crete is supposed to have now about one-third the population it -supported when the Christian era dawned. - -In April last the people revolted again, and the clamors of the powers -made the Sultan promise that definite reforms would be carried out at -once. His pledges were empty words. When a fresh revolt began, a few -weeks ago, the Cretans had no police, nor any other machinery for -preventing or punishing crime. One cause of last year's revolt was that -the Christians could not get justice in the law courts. The Sultan -promised that the judiciary should be reorganized, but three months ago -he decreed that the old courts should be continued. - -Crete cannot forgive the Turks for their enormities. The list is very -long, but here is a specimen: In 1822, 300 women, children, and decrepit -old people took refuge in the cave of Melidoni. The Turkish soldiers who -were pursuing them, built a great fire before the narrow opening, and -the wind blew all the smoke into the cavern. The wretched fugitives -retreated to the depths of the cave, but all in vain. They perished of -suffocation, and their bodies were unburied, until drippings from the -roof covered them at last with a calcareous winding-sheet. - -[Illustration] - -Typical mountaineers live in the White Mountains of the west, in whose -veins there is scarcely any admixture of foreign blood. They have -guarded their valleys with jealous care, to prevent any intimate contact -with foreigners, and whether Romans, Arabs, Venetians, or Turks have -ruled the island, they have preserved the purity of their clans. The -Sfakiotes, as they are called, have always been foremost in the -uprisings against the Sultan. - -The Cretans prefer union with Greece to autonomy, and this choice is -probably wise. If left to themselves they and their Mohammedan relations -might find it difficult to allay their long and deep-seated antagonism. -If the island becomes a part of Greece, King George's government will -keep the peace in Crete, and time will heal the wounds that have been -kept open so many years. When the Turkish flag leaves the island forever -a great many of the Mussulmans will doubtless return to the faith of -their Christian fathers. Long ago the powers made the Sultan promise -that persecution on religious grounds should cease in Crete. This -promise has been partly fulfilled, and many Mohammedan families of Greek -origin have returned to the Greek faith. - -Why is Greece so eager to help these islanders throw off the Turkish -yoke? It is easy to see the reason, when we think of the ties that bind -these peoples together. When the Greeks won their independence from -Turkey, early in this century, the Cretans fought side by side with -them, and bore as glorious a part in that great struggle as any soldiers -of the Greek mainland. In all the revolts in Crete that have occurred in -nearly every decade of this century tens of thousands of Cretans have -fled to Greece, saving nothing but their lives, and have been supported, -at enormous cost, by the Greek people. We may find Cretans to-day all -over Greece prominent and influential in her army, navy, civil service, -and social life; and it is impossible to draw between the Greeks of the -island and those of the mainland a greater distinction than that between -Englishmen and Scotchmen. Who can wonder, therefore, that bound together -as they are by race, history, and common interests, Greece yearns to -rescue her brethren from further pillage and misery, and at the same -time save herself hereafter from the agitation, unrest, and great -expense which each recurring revolt, at her very doors, inflicts upon -her own people? - -These Cretans, among the most patriotic people in the world, have -perhaps atoned in bitterness for the sins of their unpatriotic fathers. -In ancient times it was the reproach of the Cretans that they had no -love for the motherland, and that in the civil wars in Greece their -mercenary troops were sent to support the cause that paid them the most -money. They were themselves divided into petty little states, which made -it all the easier for foreigners to conquer them. The dream of their -sons is to become a part of united and progressive Greece: and if the -shadow of the Orient may be removed from Crete, and she may share -Greece's growing strength, we may expect to hear better things of the -island which nature has so highly favored, and man alone has cursed. - - - - -[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT] - - -St. Paul's School, Concord, probably has as great a variety of winter -sports as any school in the country, and, as at Lawrenceville, every -student is expected to take his part in some athletic exercise. A few -years ago tobogganing was one of the most popular winter sports, but of -late hockey has rather usurped its prominence. - -[Illustration: LOOKING ACROSS THE LOWER POND TOWARDS THE CHAPEL, ST. -PAUL'S SCHOOL.] - -St. Paul's has a toboggan slide nearly 1000 feet long, with a fall of -250 feet. Four years ago, before the Canadian game came in vogue, every -boy had a toboggan, or a share in one; now not fifty care for it. -Snow-shoeing and winter trapping, on the other hand, are rapidly growing -in popularity. There are many opportunities for the pursuit of both -these sports, and probably one out of every ten boys in the school has -trophies of his traps upon his walls. - -[Illustration: THE UPPER POND, ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL.] - -Skating is indulged in by the great majority of the students. There are -two ponds by the school--the Upper and the Lower ponds. These, with the -connecting "strait" and the adjacent "gulfs" (actually large -puddles)--"Mexico" and "Guinea"--offer a skating surface large enough to -accommodate 5000 people. - -Every one plays hockey. Each building has a team, each "form" (_i.e._, -class), and often scrub teams representing the various tables play for -the championship of the dining-room. All this is more or less "scrub." -The greater interest centres in the club games. In this sport, as in -every other, except rowing, the school is divided into three clubs--Old -Hundred, Isthmian, and Delphian. _Every_ boy joins some club. In hockey -alone each club has a first, second, and third team. - -There is also a school hockey team. Last Easter they played St. Nicholas -at the latter's rink in this city, and were defeated, 10-2. Last -Christmas a second game was played, and the school was again defeated, -5-1. A third game is to be played at Easter this year. The great fault -has been that the boys have not been able to keep up the faster pace set -by their opponents. The first twenty minutes has seen good play; then -the New-Yorkers have done as they chose. The school has a large rink, -which can be flooded at will. It is much used. - -Golf has been tried on the snow, but has few followers. Coasting is -fairly popular, and the hills are good, but some serious accidents in -the past have forced the school authorities to certain rules which -materially restrict the sport. - -Members of the school hockey team (and one substitute) are allowed to -wear the "S.P.S." sweater, with crossed hockeys behind the letters. -These school sweaters are very highly coveted. They go to the school -football eleven and five substitutes, to the school cricket eleven and -three substitutes, to all who break records on the track, and to the -best eight oarsmen--these last chosen from the first two crews by a jury -composed of two representatives from each rowing club. Football and -cricket and crew sweaters are marked S.P.S. The sweaters given for track -performance bear in addition "A.A." - -There was a number of events at the in-door meeting of the First -Regiment Athletic Club (Chicago) in which high-school athletes entered. -In several events they won places. In the 40-yard dash, Powell of Hyde -Park (4 yards) took his heat in 4-3/5 secs., and McKinnen of Oak Park, -with the same handicap, got first in another heat, 4-4/5 secs., but both -were defeated in the semi-finals. The time made in the finals was 4-2/5 -secs. In the long runs the track was by far too crowded with contestants -for any successful racing, and one or two men were hurt at the turns. - -In the half-mile run, Boyne of Hyde Park, with a handicap of 40 yards, -took second place. Actually he was only third, for the man who took -second was protested for cutting a corner. In the high-school relay race -of one mile, with five starters, there were three schools -entered--English High, Lake View, and Hyde Park. The event was won by -the former with the close margin of six yards only, in the very good -time of 3 min. 19 secs. Their relay team consisted of E. A. Fitch, D. W. -Kelley, W. A. Boley, G. H. Stillman, and L. S. Wells. - -The schools of the Inter-preparatory League held a three-quarter-mile -relay race, four men to the team. There were but two contestants in this -event, the University School and the Princeton-Yale School. The former -won easily in 2 min. 47 secs. Their team was made up of G. Henneberry, -Robert Ross, C. W. Popper, and F. Maysenberg. The half-mile walk was a -scratch event, but in spite of this, Dowd, who is the best man at that -event among the Chicago schools, came in a very close second to the -winner, the time for the event being 3 min. 47-3/5 secs. - -The University of Chicago in-door meet, which was held February 26, drew -a well-filled house, and plenty of interest was shown in all the events. -The most interesting numbers on the programme were the various team -races, the one for high-schools coming next to last on the programme. -Among the many contestants, some were from Northwestern University, Lake -Forest University, Knox College, University of Wisconsin, and all the -big athletic clubs of the city. The high-school boys showed up -remarkably well; many of their best runners won heats in the 50-yard -dash, but only one secured a place in the finals. D. W. Kelly, of -English High, with a handicap of 10 feet, was beaten by the well-known, -C.A.A. man C. A. Klunder (8 feet). - -In the 880-yard run, a scratch event, having many of the University of -Chicago and other university men in it, another English High-School man -brought honor to his school. E. A. Fitch came in second, the time of the -event being 2.14-4/5. Englewood did well in the walking events. In the -half-mile walk, W. O. Dowd (20 yards) won the event in 3.27, A. D. -Brookfield coming in third, having had a 30-yard start. The best amateur -walkers of the city were in the event, including C. O. Berg, who took -second place from scratch. - -In the 440-yard run D. Bell, the fastest man for the distance in the -Inter-preparatory League, took second place. In the 1-mile relay race -for high-schools, eight to enter, six to start, Hyde Park repeated her -performance of a year ago, and took the pennant. Her runners were Frank -Linden, Roland Ford, Burt Powell, Paul Chase, Dan Trude, and Ralph -Pingree, each going 1/6 made the mile in 4.59-1/5. English High showed -up well. Englewood also sent a good team. - -All in all, the evening was satisfactory for the high-schools. It -brought out some new talent, and showed the schools something of what -might be expected of their men in the spring meets. - -LAST YEAR'S RECORDS AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN GAMES. - - - Event. Performance. - - 50-yard dash (Senior) 6 sec. - 50-yard dash (Junior) 5-4/5 sec. - 220-yard dash 26-1/5 sec. - Quarter-mile run 57-4/5 sec. - Half-mile run 2 m. 12-1/5 sec. - One-mile run 4 m. 56 sec. - 50-yard hurdle (3 ft.) 7-2/5 sec. - One-mile walk 7 ft. 59-2/5 sec. - Running high jump 5 ft. 7-1/2 in. - Running broad jump 19 ft. 2-1/2 in. - Pole vault 10 ft. - Putting 12-lb. shot 42 ft. 1 in. - Relay race 4 m. 2-1/5 sec. - - Event. Winner. - - 50-yard dash (Senior) R. W. Moore, Barnard, N.Y. - 50-yard dash (Junior) W. A. Robinson, St. Paul's, L.I. - 220-yard dash W. M. Robinson, Worcester Academy, Mass. - Quarter-mile run C. R. Irwin-Martin, Berkeley, N.Y. - Half-mile run W. S. Hipple, Barnard, N.Y. - One-mile run E. W. Mills, Berkeley, Boston. - 50-yard hurdle (3 ft.) A. F. Beers, De La Salle, N.Y. - One-mile walk A. L. O'Toole, English High-School, Boston. - Running high jump F. R. Sturtevant, Hartford High-School. - Running broad jump A. F. Beers, De La Salle, N.Y. - Pole vault R. G. Paulding, Black Hall, Conn. - Putting 12-lb. shot F. C. Ingalls, Hartford High-School. - Relay race St. Paul's School, L.I. - -The table at the top of the page gives the figures made at the -Knickerbocker A.C. in-door interscholastic games last year. As there was -never before an interscholastic in-door meet under the auspices of the -New York I.S.A.A., these figures stand therefore as the N.Y.I.S.A.A. -in-door records. If space allows, the New York scholastic in-door -records will be printed in an early issue, for the sake of comparison. - -The handball championship of the Long Island Interscholastic League has -been won by Poly. Prep., the record of games being as follows: - - School. Won. Lost. - - Poly. Prep. 15 3 - Adelphi 7 5 - Brooklyn High 5 5 - Pratt 0 14 - -The man who developed the best playing qualities during the season was -undoubtedly Clark of Poly. Prep., and ranking next to him, I think, are -Frothingham and Robinson. - -The feature of the Newton High-School's in-door meeting, held on -Washington's birthday, was the breaking of the record in the 300-yard -run. This was done by H. B. Owens in 40 secs. He also ran from scratch -in the 30-yard dash in 3-4/5 sec. If he comes to the Knickerbocker A.C. -games he will be a hard man to beat. - -It is reported from Philadelphia that an interscholastic association of -oarsmen is to be formed, and I believe that active steps toward the -organization have already been made. Rowing is rapidly becoming more -and more popular as an interscholastic sport, and this is the second -rowing association formed by schools this year, the first one being that -of the Milwaukee High-Schools. - -The new spirit which is invigorating interscholastic sport in the middle -West has taken the form of a very good set of regulations that have been -adopted by the high-schools of Wisconsin. As I am frequently asked for -similar texts, I print these in full: - -ADMINISTRATION. - - 1. A committee of three shall be elected annually at the annual - meeting of the State Teachers' Association by the principals - subscribing to these rules, whose duty it shall be to have general - charge of all interscholastic contests under these rules. - - 2. The chairman of the Athletic Committee of the University of - Wisconsin shall be an arbitrator, whose duty it shall be to decide - upon alleged violations of these rules. - - 3. The principal of the school, or persons authorized by him, shall - be the manager or managers of the teams representing the school. - - 4. No game shall be played with any team without the sanction of - the principal. - - 5. No contests shall be arranged with other than school teams - acting under these rules. - - 6. Non-playing captains and managers shall conform to the same - rules as players, unless they be members of school faculty. - - 7. The principal, or his authorized representatives, shall - accompany his team to all contests. - -QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTESTANTS. - - 1. To represent a high-school in any athletic contest a person must - be a _bona fide_ student in regular attendance, taking three full - studies, and obtaining at least a passing standing in each. He must - also have obtained a passing standing in two full studies during - the previous term, or must have obtained credits in three full - studies during his last term of attendance. - - Exception.--It is agreed, however, that if during the - above-mentioned term any pupil shall obtain ten per cent. above the - passing mark in two full studies, and not lower than ten per cent. - below passing mark in the third, he shall not be excluded because - of failure to obtain the third passing standing. - - By full study is meant a regular study in the curriculum of the - school requiring daily class-room work. It is stipulated, however, - that not less than two periods daily in freehand drawing shall be - called a full study. - - Standing in each study must be based upon the entire ground covered - by the class, and must be a record complete from the beginning of a - term to the time required in Section 6. Any athletic contest is - understood to mean a contest with any secondary school. - - 2. Pupils enrolled for the first time shall not be excluded from - any contest because of absence during the previous term. But a - student entering from another secondary school shall not be allowed - to compete unless he has done the work required in Section 1 as a - resident student for at least one term. Or he must show as - satisfactory a record as that required in Section 1 for at least - two terms' work or their equivalent at some similar school in the - preceding year. It is stipulated, however, that all candidates - under Section 2 must have been members of the school as regular - students, conforming otherwise to Section 1 from the first fifteen - days of the term in which said contest takes place. - - 3. A Senior considered by his faculty as a regular candidate for - graduation shall not be excluded from any contest because of - absence or failure during his first Senior year, provided he is - taking three full studies which he has not before completed. It is - understood, however, that a Senior who has completed a part of the - Senior work in previous years shall not be excluded from contests, - provided he is doing the unfinished work of his course. - - 4. No person shall be eligible as a contestant for more than the - minimum number of years required to complete a four-year course. - - 5. Before taking part in any contest a pupil must file with his - principal the written statement of a parent or guardian that said - pupil has permission to engage in athletics. - - 6. No less than five days before a contest there shall be exchanged - between the principals of the contesting schools the following - data: Name of each candidate, the date of his first enrolment, time - in years he has been a member of a secondary school, his age, and - studies, with percentage in each for the preceding term, and to the - first of the month in which these certificates are exchanged. It - must also be stated over the signature of the principal that the - candidates are eligible under these rules. - - 7. No person shall enter a contest under an assumed name. - - 8. The principal shall have power and is advised to exclude any - contestant who, because of bad habits or improper conduct, would - not represent the schools in a becoming manner. - - 9. Each contestant shall sign a statement that he is an amateur, - and that he is eligible under these rules. The definitions of - amateur and professional shall be those of the Western - Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association. - - 10. These rules may be amended by a vote of a majority of the - principals subscribing hereto voting on the subject. - - 11. These rules shall go into effect on and after January 1, 1897. - -These rules have been adopted by twenty-eight high-schools in Wisconsin. -Madison H.-S. has adopted all the rules with the exception of No. 5 -under the administration heading. They obtained permission to do this in -order that they might not be restricted from playing with schools -outside the State. - -"TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL."--ILLUSTRATED.--8VO, CLOTH, ORNAMENTAL, -$1.25. - - THE GRADUATE. - - * * * * * - -NANSEN'S ENDURANCE. - -Dr. Nansen seems to have been born and bred for arctic exploration. The -strength and hardihood which were his by birth were developed and -confirmed by the robust austerity of his early training. One reads of -his habit of swimming in the evening in the coldest pools of the Frogner -River that ran by the door of his father's house, and is no less -astonished at the story of his plunge in the sea in pursuit of his -kayaks in the extreme north, and of his endurance of the various cold -baths he got in fights with bears and walruses. The man who put his wet -and frozen foot-coverings in his bosom to thaw out and dry at night -while he slept with his companion in a bag was an extraordinarily tough -person, with an astonishing physique hardened by Spartan exercises. In -his teens, he says, he used to go off on lonely expeditions in the great -Frogner woods, and be gone alone for weeks at a time. "I disliked," he -says, "to have any equipment for my expeditions. I managed with a crust -of bread, and broiled my fish on the embers. I loved to live like -Robinson Crusoe there in the wilderness." - - * * * * * - -THE WAY HE TOOK IT. - -There is a neat bit of property in a town near New York that is owned by -an Irishman whose nature embraces most of the characteristics of that -nationality. He has for a neighbor a very penurious old gentleman who, -for a long time, had cast covetous eyes upon the land, and daily devised -schemes and propositions for obtaining it. Knowing that the owner, -although reputed to be extravagantly good-natured, was nevertheless not -to be fooled by any ill-concocted proposal, he desisted until he -succeeded in preparing one which he thought would surely be -unobjectionable. Carefully writing it out he delivered it to the owner -of the property, requesting him to look it over. In a few days he -called, and after being jovially greeted, he asked whether his -proposition had been entertained. Much to his astonishment the Irishman -broke into hearty laughter, crying out: - -"Entertained! Ha! ha! Why, my dear sir, I haven't entertained the absurd -thing; it's done nothing but entertain me ever since I read it." - - * * * * * - -AN OBSERVATION. - -"I don't think pop is very strong," said Tommie. "He can't stand loss -of sleep at night half as well as the baby does." - - - - -ADVERTISEMENTS. - - - - -[Illustration: ROYAL BAKING POWDER] - - - - -MR. JOHN HABBERTON - -contributes a short story, - -A BOAT - -AND A BOY - -to the next number of - -HARPER'S ROUND TABLE - -Five Cents a Copy. Two Dollars a Year. - - * * * * * - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, N. Y. - - - - -HOOPING - -COUGH - -CROUP - -Can Be cured - -by using - -ROCHE'S HERBAL - -EMBROCATION - -The celebrated and effectual English cure, without internal medicine. W. -EDWARDS SON, Props., London, Eng. =All Druggists.= - -E. FOUGERA & CO., NEW YORK. - - - - -A MUSICAL SAILOR. - -The Washington correspondent of the New York _Sun_ tells an odd story -about a well-known violinist of that city. He says that the young man -was shipped at Gibraltar by the executive officer of a vessel of our -Mediterranean squadron as a landsman, the vessel having been -short-handed on account of the return to this country of a large number -of short-time men. As a landsman he did his work up to the top notch. He -suffered a good deal of ridicule uncomplainingly. His messmates joked -him because when he shipped his hair was chopped off in the back after -the Russian muzhik fashion, and because he was generally a funny sight -in the bluejacket "government-straight" uniform. Through it all the Pole -was bland and smiling. He kept his bright-work well polished, and it was -not found necessary to hale him to the mast when he returned from shore -liberty. - -One Sunday afternoon at Villefranche, when the Pole had been a landsman -for about a month, an Irish marine, lolling below in one of the -berth-deck alcoves, took it into his head to "break out" a really fine -old violin which he possessed, upon which, to the intense misery of the -whole ship's company fore and aft, he was accustomed at long intervals -to saw "The Rose of Kildare," "The Rakes o' Mallow," "Bonnie Lakes o' -Killarney," "Wind that shakes the Bailey," "The Meeting of the Waters," -etc. These tunes the marine butchered outrageously; but being a mellow, -complaisant Hibernian, he could not see anything wrong with his own -music, and enjoyed it greatly. When he made the first scrape of his bow -on this Sunday afternoon the Pole, who was on the spar-deck, was -observed to cock up his ears and to betray some degree of excitement. He -went below, and for a few minutes he nervously watched the big marine -saw on the fine instrument. Then he impulsively reached out for the -violin. The Irishman was so overcome with astonishment that he gave up -the violin to the Pole without a word. Then followed an hour of music -such as probably had never been heard on a man-of-war in the United -States navy. To the writer it sounded every whit as beautiful as the -performances of Sarasate, Ysaye, Remenyi, Joachim, Wilhelmj, and the -rest of the masters of the bow who have inspired millions. This awkward, -simple-looking Polish landsman was a violin virtuoso. He had not played -two minutes before the officer of the deck had his head poked through a -deck-light listening. There was a general exodus of officers from ward -and mess rooms within five minutes. They all came forward with -astonished expressions, and stood in the alcove taking in the Pole's -music. All of the men who could get anywhere near the alcove crowded -down the ladders. Pretty soon, unheralded even by an "Attention!" so -enwrapped were officers and men, the commanding officer, who had heard -the music from his cabin, tiptoed into the alcove. He remained until the -musician was through. Absolute silence prevailed. There seemed -positively nothing in the way of formidable violin technique that the -Pole could not do. His bowing was dazzling. His chords were wonderful. -His tones were perfect; his pathos so heart-rending that it made tough -old tars gasp. He made it appear that playing triple chords up around -the bridge of a violin was the simplest thing in life. At the conclusion -of a Chopin Nocturne an officer weakly asked him to play the "Rhapsodie -Hongroise." The Pole attacked the composition as Liszt used to attack it -on the piano--with the pure fire and fury of inspiration. When he -finally handed the violin back to the marine, who was in a stupefied -condition, the man went forward and the officers aft without a word. - -The Pole polished no more bright-work. A new place, unofficial, but not -the less dignified and important, was created for him aboard the ship. -He became musician to the commanding officer. It was a soft berth, such -as even a haughty admiral's cox'un might have desired. The Pole's sole -duty was to take the marine's violin into the cabin and play for the -solace of the ship's commander. The commanding officer flouted some of -his officers who suggested that so fine a musician as the Pole should be -transferred to the flag-ship's band. He wouldn't hear of such a thing. -He went ashore at Genoa and bought for the Pole a fine violin. When he -had guests of distinction aboard the ship he would send for the Pole to -entertain them, and the visitors went away marvelling. Once in a while, -as a particular favor, the skipper would lend the Pole to his officers -for a ward-room musical. The musician never got a higher rate officially -than that of landsman, for there was nothing aboard the ship that the -commanding officer would let him do, for fear he would injure his hands, -but as a landsman he had absolutely no duties to perform such as fell to -the lot of the other men of his rating. When his time was up, last -August, the ship's Captain tried hard to induce the Pole to ship over, -but he obdurately, and quite sensibly, declined. He was paid off in New -York, and he came straight to Washington, where he has some well-to-do -relatives, and hung out his sign as a violin-teacher. He has more pupils -than he can teach, and more money than he ever dreamed of possessing. He -resolutely refuses to say anything about his record, or to state how and -where he got his musical education. - - * * * * * - -A FAST TRANSPORT-SHIP. - -One of the proudest achievements of the American clipper-ships that we -have to look back on is that of the famous _Lightning_, built by Donald -McKay for the English firm of James Bain & Co. The McKay clippers were -known all over the world, and England recognizing their merit, many -orders were sent from that country. The _Lightning_ was employed during -the Sepoy uprising in India to carry troops and stores to Calcutta, and -when she spread her snowy sails in the Downs and fairly had the bone in -her teeth, she showed as neat a pair of heels to the steamer transports -as any captain could wish for. It is on record that she beat the -steamers every passage, and that not a sailing vessel under the British -flag could keep way with her sailing side by side. - - * * * * * - -WORDS THAT TROUBLE THE TONGUE. - -Drimtaidhvickhillichattan is the name of a small hamlet in the Isle of -Mull containing not more than a dozen inhabitants. How they pronounce it -is a mystery only to be solved by some one acquainted with Gaelic, but -the fact that the Scots are a nation of few words seems easy to explain, -if they have many such words as the above in their language. - -A sample of Welsh nomenclature is Mynyddywllyn, which is the name of a -parish close to Cardiff, whilst another of the same kind is -Llanfairpwllgwngyll. - -Perhaps, however, the Germans may be fairly said to carry off the -palm in word-coining. How is this for a specimen-- -Constaninopelischerdudlelsackpfeifer? or this one, -Jungfrauenzimmerdurchschwindersuchtoedungs? - -The first means a Constantinopolitan bagpipe-player, and the last is the -name of a young ladies' club which adorns the brass plate of the door of -a house in Cologne to this day. - -Rabelais gives the following name to a particular book which was -supposed to be in the library of Pantagruel's medical student friend -Victor--"Antipericatametanaparbeugedanptecribrationes Toordicantium"; -whilst Anantachaturdasivratakatha is an actual Sanscrit word to be found -in any Sanscrit dictionary, and the word Cluninstaridysarchedes occurs -in the works of Plautus, the Latin comedy writer. - -Now, most of the above words can be pronounced by ordinary persons with -a week's training or so; so could this one, Kagwadawwacomergishearg, -which was the Christian name of one of the Indian chiefs who died at -Wisconsin a little while ago; but, studying long and hard as they will, -not one person in a million will ever succeed in correctly pronouncing -the name of Tschlsi, King of Wahuma. The best way to set about it is to -sneeze violently, and to try to work in the _l_ sound towards the end. - - - - -[Illustration: STAMPS] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin - collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question - on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address - Editor Stamp Department. - - -Two things fix the prices of all but the rarest or commonest stamps. -First, the desire of the dealers, who make the catalogues, to obtain as -high a price as possible for scarce stamps of which they have a supply -on hand; and secondly, auction sales, which reflect the actual prices -paid in open competition. During the last four months the new catalogues -have appeared with increased prices for the majority of "medium" stamps, -and during the same period the prices paid in the auction-room have in -many instances been smaller than during the previous year. The result -has been a comparative cessation of business in stamps, which will -continue until the two factors have adjusted themselves. Speculators -will not buy on a falling market, and it has been the speculative -purchases in the past which have advanced the prices of so many stamps. -Of course the real scarcity of unused stamps of most of the early issues -has been demonstrated of late years, and an increase of value was -inevitable, but, pushed too far, it frightens new collectors, and -discourages many of the older ones whose purses are not large. - -Each of the Portuguese colonies, Funchal, Horta, Angra, and Punta -Delgado has a complete set of new stamps. The designs of all values and -for all the colonies are the same, with the exception that the stamps -bear the name of the colony in the label under the portrait. - - 2-1/2 reis, gray and black. - 5 reis, orange-buff and black. - 10 reis, light green and black. - 15 reis, brown and black. - 20 reis, violet and black. - 25 reis, dark green and black. - 50 reis, blue and black. - 75 reis, rose and black. - 80 reis, lilac and black. - 100 reis, blue and black on blue. - 150 reis, brown and black on buff. - 200 reis, mauve and black on lilac. - 300 reis, blue and black on pink. - 500 reis, black and red on blue. - - GEORGE HALL.--It is a Hungarian revenue stamp. - - L. N. DODD, 2607 Thirty-ninth Street, Chicago, Ill., wishes to - exchange stamps. - - W. R. WHEELER.--The 3c. "outer line," perforated, is the same stamp - as the 1851. The common perforated lacks the line at top and - bottom, as these were cut out of the plate to allow room for the - perforations. The Department stamps have been advancing in price - for years. How long they will continue to advance no one knows. - Some of the "specimen" stamps are rarer than the regular issues. - - D. MCPHERSON, JUN., Cor. Church and Chestnut streets, Santa Cruz, - Cal., wants to exchange a kodak for stamps. - - E. L. SMITH.--Your Spanish stamp is a revenue. The word "Cave" is - that of a large mercantile house in the East. It is not a - governmental surcharge. - - F. O. S.--Your coin with inscription LUD. XV. D. G. FR. ET. N. REX. - (Louis XV. By the Grace of God King of France and Navarre), and the - other coin (from Bolivia), are no longer current, and hence are - worth bullion only. - - D. MCPHERSON.--Your 12c. 1869 U.S. stamp is very badly centred, and - hence is not worth more than one-half as much as a perfectly - centred copy. This is true of all scarce stamps. - - A. GREGORY.--An "Albino" envelope is one with the impression of the - die, but without ink, having been used on the same. It is found in - U.S. envelopes sometimes. - - PHILATUS. - - - - -[Illustration: IVORY SOAP] - - The stores which keep the best that's made - Secure the highest class of trade; - The shoppers who are shrewd and wise - Select such stores to patronize; - And stores and shoppers all attest - Pure Ivory Soap is far the best. - -Copyright 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti. - - - - -_NOW READY:_ - -The Voyage of the Rattletrap - -By HAYDEN CARRUTH, Author of "The Adventures of Jones." Illustrated by -H. M. WILDER. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. - - The story of three boy chums and of their cruise across the Dakotas - in a "prairie-schooner." The log makes amusing reading, even though - there are no very exciting adventures to chronicle. Mr. Carruth has - a genial humor in the telling of ordinary happenings that is - irresistible, and he even manages to impart a great deal of useful - information as he goes along. The new Northwest is a great country, - and the author tells us very pleasantly some things about this big - slice of Uncle Sam's territory. - - * * * * * - -By KIRK MUNROE - - _The kind of stories that healthy, hearty boys are apt to - like._--Independent, N. Y. - - _Master of the art which keeps the young reader's interest at a - tension._--N. Y. Sun. - -Rick Dale - -A Story of the Northwest Coast. Illustrated by W. A. ROGERS. Post 8vo, -Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. - - A capital story, brimful of adventures.... It is a good, clean, - captivating tale.--_Observer_, N. Y. - -Snow-Shoes and Sledges - -A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth." - - The Fur-Seal's Tooth - Canoemates - Raftmates - Campmates - Dorymates - -Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25. - -_The "Mates" Series, Four Volumes in a Box, $5.00._ - - * * * * * - -Wakulla - -A Story of Adventure in Florida. - -Derrick Sterling - -A Story of the Mines. - -The Flamingo Feather - -Chrystal, Jack & Co. - -And Delta Bixby. Two Stories. - -Each one volume. Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, $1.00. - - * * * * * - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York - - - - -A Cuban War Story. - -The Rev. Dr. Conwell, a well-known Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia, -recently went to Cuba. On his return he related the following incident -to his Sunday-evening congregation: - -"A planter, with whom I talked several times, told me that some months -ago, on a very dark and rainy night, a light-house on the south coast of -the island was captured by insurgents, and as the keeper was, of course, -a government official brought from Spain, the insurgents took him -prisoner. Some of his captors urged that the keeper be shot forthwith. -The keeper bravely accepted his fate, and as he was being led out he -requested as his dying petition that his captors would keep the light -burning on that stormy night. - -"The insurgent colonel, who since has himself been killed under Maceo, -was so captivated by the brave keeper's thoughtfulness for the unknown -sailors beaten toward shore in the terrible hurricane, that he ordered -the release of the keeper, and presented him with some silver plate, -which the insurgents had confiscated from some wealthy planter. One -touch of nature," added Dr. Conwell, feelingly, "makes all the world -kin." - - * * * * * - -More Signs and Omens. - - I live in the "Sunny South" too, and here are some of the signs - most often heard here: - - Peacocks' feathers bring bad luck. - - A black cat brings good luck. - - Watch a person out of sight, and you will never see him again. - - If you point at a grave, a member of your family will die. - - Bring a hoe or other garden tool into the house, and it will bring - bad luck. - - A good fire-maker will always have a smart husband. - - A hard storm is often a sign of the death of some rather unpopular - man. - - I don't know as these are strictly local, but all of them are very - common here. - - CAROLYN SHERMAN. - ASH GROVE, VA. - - * * * * * - -Queer New Orleans Customs. - - New Orleans has some customs peculiarly its own. One of them, the - decorating of the cemeteries on All-Saints day, is not done in any - other place in the United States. On that day the cemeteries are - beautifully decorated with all kinds of flowers. The fronts of the - great white tombs (for there are few underground graves in New - Orleans) are often so covered with flowers that you can hardly read - the inscription. This is lovely while it lasts; but when the - flowers are faded and dead, it is rather pathetic than otherwise to - wander through the streets of the silent cities of the dead. - Metaire and Greenwood are the most beautiful cemeteries, and the - old St. Louis the most interesting. Here are buried the old French - people who died over a hundred years ago. - - Another queer custom, but which is dying out, is the giving of - "lagniappe" (pronounced lan-yap) in the stores and markets. That - is, they give you an apple, an orange, or a few pieces of candy in - the grocery stores, in addition to what you have bought. They used - to do it in the old French Quarter more than anywhere else, and - often gave lagniappe of coffee, tea, sugar, or rice. But now they - give hardly any, except to children, and sometimes even they have - to ask for it. - - Then the street-criers, too, are amusing. A familiar sight is a - dilapidated wagon and horse loaded with sacks of charcoal, while an - extremely dirty-looking individual screams, "Charcoal, two bits a - sack--charcoal!" "two bits" being used invariably, instead of - twenty-five cents, among this class of people, and even among the - better classes. - - New Orleans has a most excellent system of street railway, although - it is but lately that it has had it. Before, there were only small - cars with one mule attached; so you can imagine the electric cars - are a great improvement on the old style of transportation, which - was both slow and uncertain. But it has taken away a good deal of - the quaintness from the city. There are only two mule lines left, - and these will soon be replaced by electric ones. - - The city lost one of its old buildings by fire two years ago, which - has been replaced by a handsome modern structure seven stories - high. I refer to the St. Charles Hotel. There are very few handsome - public buildings here; about the finest are those of the Tulane - University. The soil of New Orleans does not admit of very heavy - buildings being built, although they now drive piles of sixty feet - for foundation. - - New Orleans is fast coming to the front as a grain-exporting point, - the Illinois Central having recently finished an immense elevator - and dock. It has been for many years the largest cotton-exporting - port in the world. - - The two public parks, Audubon and the City Park, could be made very - beautiful if they were improved. Their natural beauty is so great - that one does not mind their somewhat wild state. Little by little - they are being improved, but, both being large tracts, it takes a - long time. The trees in both are immense live-oaks, and under those - at the City Park many of the duels of the earlier Louisiana days - were fought. - - West End, the one nice resort of New Orleans, is situated on Lake - Pontchartrain, about six miles from the centre of town. Here, in - summer, there is music every evening by a fine band, and trains run - at intervals of fifteen minutes. It is a most delightful way to - spend an evening, as there are no mosquitoes, and the breeze off - the water is always cool. The mosquitoes are a great pest here, and - even in winter they are quite bad, we being compelled to sleep - under bars a good share of the time. - - This is a very easy place for visitors to find their way alone, as - the streets are all plainly marked and numbered. All the cars start - from Canal Street, and it is almost impossible to lose one's way. - - As Canal Street is the starting-point for all the cars, it is quite - a feat to cross without risking your life. Policemen are stationed - on every corner, and it is very rarely that an accident occurs. - - SOPHIE ELEANOR CLARK. - - * * * * * - -What do You Think They Weighed? - - Don't you think the following pretty good? I got it from an old man - who says he won $5 for answering it years ago. - - A man had an article weighing exactly forty pounds. He let it fall, - and it broke into four pieces. But it was such a fortunate fall - that the pieces were afterwards available for sale weights, and - with them he could weigh any number of pounds from one to forty. - How much did each piece weigh? - - J. LURIE. - NEW YORK. - -We do think it good. You ought to be able yourself to tell a good -puzzle, for you have won some of our puzzle-prizes. The TABLE will -publish the answer in a week or two. - - * * * * * - -Laid and Wove Paper. - -Edward C. Wood, of Philadelphia, asked the difference between laid and -wove papers of fine grade. The question was referred to a manufacturer -of this kind of writing-paper, and he answers in the following -interesting way: - -"You have seen your mother roll out pie-dough with a rolling-pin. She -rolls it out on a board into a thin even sheet with a smooth surface, -which is like the surface of 'wove paper.' - -"Now after doing this, if she were to take another rolling-pin, and -place around it wires laid close together and parallel with each other -and with the length of the pin, and bind them in place with other wires -wrapped around the pin and about an inch apart, and then if, with the -rolling-pin thus prepared, she were to roll the even surface of the thin -sheet of dough, the impression of the wires would be left in the dough, -producing a surface like 'laid paper.' - -"In making paper a flat surface of wire-cloth corresponds to the board. -The paper pulp or 'stuff' (made by grinding up rags very fine, and -mixing them with water until the composition looks like cream), which is -spread in a flat sheet over the surface of the wire-cloth, corresponds -to the dough. And a roll (covered with wire-cloth for wove paper, and -with wires laid parallel with each other and with the length of the roll -for laid paper) corresponds to the rolling-pin. - -"This roll, called the 'dandy,' covered with wire-cloth, rolling over -the surface of the thin wet sheet of paper-stuff, smooths it down into -an even regular surface, and produces wove paper. - -"The dandy-roll, with parallel wires, rolling over the wet sheet of -stuff, leaves its impression in the thin sheet, and produces laid paper. - -"The lines at right angles to the parallel lines are called the -'chains,' and are produced by the impression of those wires which are -wrapped around the parallel wires to hold the latter in place around the -dandy-roll." - - * * * * * - -The Name "Indian Summer." - - Henry Osborn asks why Indian summer is so called. I have always - heard that it is the time of the year when the Indians laid in - their provisions for winter. During the summer they only hunted for - pleasure. Cold weather came before they realized it. Just at this - state of affairs the Indian summer came in and gave the Indian one - more chance to provide for winter. - - HARRY RICHARDSON. - -This reason is a new one to some, we think. Can anybody else give a -reason popularly said to be the origin of the name? And will some one -write out the scientific cause for the hazy atmosphere of this season? -Is the cause well known? - - * * * * * - -Advice to Boys of Fifteen. - -"Mercer" asks the probable expense of two boys of fifteen going round -the world on a bicycle; whether it is prudent to go; and if any -publisher or publishers would perhaps accept and pay for an account of -the journey a sufficient sum to reimburse the boys for their necessary -outlay. - -The expense of such a trip would not be less than $4 per day for each -boy for the entire time absent from home. It might be less than this in -the far East, but in other parts of the world it would be more. If this -estimate errs, it does so in being too small. Is it prudent? We should -say, with perhaps not as much emphasis as would the parents of the boys -in question, no. There are many dangers, but if there were not, what -substantial thing is to be gained? Prudence in a boy of fifteen demands -that he shall be in training, save during the few summer months, which -are not long enough for a world bicycle tour, for the future. There may -be publishers who would pay a big price for such a manuscript, but they -are not advertising that they will do so. - - * * * * * - -Questions and Answers. - -A member of the Camera Club sends the TABLE $1, and asks if there are -other members who have old negatives, in perfect condition, of scenes of -places of interest anywhere, size four by five inches. If any member has -such will he write to the TABLE, describing the subjects of the pictures -and the number willing to be given for $1? Do not forward negatives -until requested.--W. Randall Spurlock, 3108 Highland Ave., Mt. Auburn, -Cincinnati, O., asks if any one can give him the address of Capt. J. D. -Randall, who is, or used to be, a Mississippi River boatman, whose boat -ran, at one end of its route, to Memphis.--Chas. Henshaw, 432 North -State Street, Chicago, wants to join a Chapter or some club somewhere -that is interested in photography.--Chas. K. Russell, a Brooklyn member, -asks us why coins are put into corner-stones when laid. We always -supposed it was merely to preserve them for a future generation, the -same object in view when records, newspapers, and memorials are -enclosed. We can find no other reason. Is there any other reason? - - - - -[Illustration: THE CAMERA CLUB] - - Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly - answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to - hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions. - - -HOW TO MAKE ENLARGED NEGATIVES FROM SMALL PRINTS. - -Though the rules for the photographic contest stated that no picture -less than 4 by 5 in size would be admitted, yet the editor constantly -received letters asking if pictures taken by the small pocket-cameras -would be admitted. These tiny pictures, though often good in detail and -well chosen as to subject, are on too small a scale to be admitted to -any contest; but if one has a small picture which, aside from size, -seems worthy of being entered in a competition, a large negative may be -made from it, from which prints may be made and sent to the contest. - -The first thing to do is to make as good a print from the negative as -possible. Squeegee this print to a glass plate--a spoiled sensitive -plate is the best for this purpose, as the glass is usually free from -defects. If the picture is larger than the glass, squeegee the picture -in the centre of the glass, and either block out the clear glass with -Gihon's opaque, or cover it with black needle paper. From this paper -positive is to be made the negative in the same manner in which one -enlarges from a negative to make an enlarged print. - -Choose a room which has but one window. It is better to take a room on -the second floor where an unobstructed view of the sky can be obtained. -If the room has two windows one must be completely darkened and the -other covered, except a small space large enough to admit the glass -plate on which the picture is squeegeed. On the outside of the window -arrange a large piece of white card-board at an angle of about 45° so as -to reflect the light through the picture. - -The camera used for enlarging may be a 4 by 5 or larger, and a little -practice will enable one to make excellent negatives. Take the -focussing-glass out of the frame, and place the glass containing the -picture in its place. The focussing-glass is easily removed by loosening -the screw in the side of the frame and slipping out the piece of wood -which holds it in place. Put the focussing-frame in the camera, and -place the camera close to the window, so that all the light that enters -the space left in the window passes through the camera. The lens is of -course turned inside the room. - -The camera should be supported on a table, and fixed so that it cannot -jar. Directly opposite the camera, on the same plane, must be placed -something to serve as a support for the sensitive paper, and a wooden -box with the bottom covered with white paper will be found to answer -every purpose. A convenient way of arranging the camera and box is to -take a board, place the camera at one end, and the box at whatever point -the clearest focus is obtained. - -Having everything in place, shut out all the light except that which -enters through the camera, and focus the picture on the plain white -paper. Mark where the image falls, close the shutter, and by a red light -place a sheet of bromide-paper on the space covered by the image, -holding it in position by means of small thumb-tacks. - -Open the shutter of the camera and expose for ten or fifteen minutes, -according to the density of the negative. If the light is poor, a much -longer exposure must be made. One can time the exposure by making one or -two experiments with small strips of paper and developing. - -For developing this enlarged negative use hydroquinone. Do not -over-develop, clear with acetic acid, fix, and wash thoroughly. When dry -the paper may be rendered more transparent by waxing, or it may be -printed from without further manipulation. If the negative is inclined -to curl, straighten it by drawing it over the sharp edge of a drawer. - - S. W. HINES, JUN., asks if it spoils plates to cut them with a - glass-cutter; whether dark or light objects take quicker in - snap-shots; how to print lantern slides, and where an outfit for - lantern-slide-making can be obtained. Sensitive plates may be cut - into smaller sizes and used if great care is taken not to scratch - the sensitive film, though if one has plates too large for the - camera it is a better plan to change them for a size that will fit - the camera. See Nos. 798 and 799 for directions for making lantern - slides. All the outfit required is a box of lantern-slide plates, - some good negatives, a printing-frame, and a lantern. The - finishing, cover glasses, binding strips, and name-markers will be - required. We will publish soon another article on - lantern-slide-making for the benefit of the new members of our - Camera Club. Light objects always _take_ quicker than dark ones. - - D. SAYLOR WILSON, 120 McDonough St., Brooklyn, N.Y.; WILLIAM - SEYMOUR, Marshall, Mich.; ARTHUR S. DUDLEY, West Salem, Wis.; RALPH - BULKEY, JUN., 345 Miller Ave., Columbus, O.; S. W. HINES, JUN., - Cumberland, Wis.; CHARLES BOYDEN, JUN., 4053 Washington Ave., St. - Louis, Mo.; E. L. DEDHAM, Orysa, Tenn.; JOHN D. DUFF, 922 Duquesne - Way, Pittsburg, Pa.; ARTHUR NILSEN, 69 West Fiftieth St., New York - city; HORACE A. WILLIAMS, Parkesburg, Pa.; DONALD C. VAUGHN, 1 West - Eighty-second St., New York city; ARTHUR EHRHART, Maywood, Ill.; - EVARTS A. 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B. 5. - - - - -HARPER & BROTHERS' - -Descriptive list of their publications, with _portraits of authors_, -will be sent by mail to any address on receipt of ten cents. - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York. - - - - -FUNNY HOW-DO-YOU-DO'S. - -Most amusing are the styles of salutation in different countries, and -also very interesting. The following are a few that have been recently -brought to notice: - -The Chinese gentleman, meeting a friend, shakes his _own_ hand, and -inquires in the most complimentary terms about his friend's health. The -friend shakes his own hand also, and answers that he is well, but calls -himself the most abusive names he can think of, and they pass on. - -The French and Italian gentlemen kiss and embrace their men friends when -they feel great delight at meeting. - -The American fool grasps his friend's hand at the level with his hat, -and gently jiggles it. - -The politician, just before election, meeting a voter, slaps him -vigorously on the back, and shakes his hand at the same time. - -The Gambier Islanders rub noses, and if their welcome is very hearty, -they each hold their breath for a few seconds, and then give a most -alarming sniff, thereby showing great pleasure at meeting you. - - * * * * * - -HE HAD FALLEN OFF. - -Patrick was a new man in the light-horse regiment, but his cheerfulness -and witty replies had already established him as a favorite. He had one -drawback, however, and that was his awkwardness when on a horse's back. -Naturally his position required the opposite of this, and Patrick worked -hard and faithfully to acquire the ease and naturalness of his comrades -when riding. He congratulated himself that this was at last -accomplished; but one day when on parade his horse shied and threw him -with considerable force. When he regained consciousness he found that -his arm had broken with the fall. With his usual characteristic good -humor the poor fellow smiled in his pain as he said: - -"Well, well, it's too bad. I thought I had improved in my riding a great -deal, but instead I have _fallen off_." - - * * * * * - -COULDN'T HEAR THE MUSIC. - -Colonel Brown was a mighty fox-hunter, and loved the sport beyond words. -He owned a fine pack of hounds, and, during the season, thought of -nothing but his hunters, his dogs, and the weather. He was once -entertaining a friend from America, whose ideas of hunting any animal -involved the use of fire-arms, and who had never seen a fox-hound. He -had been with difficulty persuaded to go forth one morning with the -Colonel and some friends to a meet, and they were waiting impatiently -for the hounds to take the scent. Presently there burst upon their -listening ears the din of thirty canine voices in full cry. The -Colonel's eyes gleamed, and as he settled his feet in the stirrups and -stretched his arm towards the yelping pack, he cried, - -"Major, listen to that heavenly music!" - -The Major pricked up his ears for a second or two, and then replied, - -"I can't hear a thing, those dogs are making such a noise." - -The Colonel put his spur savagely into his horse's side, and dashed -away, leaving his guest to his own devices. - - * * * * * - -HE WANTED PAREGORIC. - -It is a good thing to remember the right word at the right time, but it -is not every one who does it by such a curious succession of ideas as -the man who dashed into a Western drug store, and accosted the clerk -with: - -"Say--I want some medicine, and I want it quick, too! But for the life -of me I can't tell what the name is!" - -"Well, how on earth do you expect to get it, then?" demanded the -disgusted clerk. "I can't help you!" - -"Yes, you can, too!" said the would-be customer, promptly. "What's the -name of that bay on the lower part of this lake--eh?" - -"Do you mean Put-in-Bay?" - -"That's it! That's it! And what's the name of the old fellow that put in -there once, you know? Celebrated character, you know?" - -"Are you talking about Commodore Perry?" - -"Good! I've got it! I've got it!" shouted the customer. "That's what I -want! Gimme ten cents' worth of paregoric!" - - * * * * * - -FRANKLIN'S LOAN. - -We often learn by sad experience that it is a very unwise plan to _give_ -money to the poor. It is much wiser either to loan or to require some -slight return in work. This plan tends to raise the respect of the -recipient, rather than to form the easily acquired habit of begging. In -an old English magazine we find the following letter from Dr. Franklin -to some unknown beggar; it is amusing as well as instructive: - - "_April_ 22, 1784. - - "I send you herewith a bill for ten Louis-d'or. I do not pretend to - _give_ such a sum; I only lend it to you. When you shall return to - your country you cannot fail of getting into some business that - will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when - you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must _pay - me_ by lending this sum to him, enjoining him to discharge the debt - by like operation when he shall be able, and shall meet with such - another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands - before it meets with a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick - of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich - enough to afford much in good work, and so am obliged to be earning - and make the most of a little." - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - - If your Majesty will kindly - Stop your funning for a while, - I will make a portrait of you - In the very best of style. - - But if you keep on jesting, - I am very much afraid - Instead of as the king, you'll as - The joker be portrayed. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE *** - -***** This file should be named 60887-8.txt or 60887-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/0/8/8/60887/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#HOW_TOM_RODMAN_JOINED_THE_GERMAN_ARMY">HOW TOM RODMAN JOINED THE GERMAN ARMY.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#A_JAPANESE_PICTURE-STORY">A JAPANESE PICTURE-STORY.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#A_LOYAL_TRAITOR">A LOYAL TRAITOR.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_PAINTED_DESERT">THE PAINTED DESERT.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_LITTLE_PORTERGEE">"THE LITTLE PORTERGEE."</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#CRETE_AND_HER_STRUGGLE_FOR_FREEDOM">CRETE, AND HER STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT">INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#STAMPS">STAMPS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_CAMERA_CLUB">THE CAMERA CLUB.</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_449" id="Page_449">[Pg 449]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="326" alt="HARPER'S ROUND TABLE" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Copyright, 1897, by <span class="smcap">Harper & Brothers</span>. All Rights Reserved.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">published weekly</span>.</td><td align="center">NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1897.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">five cents a copy</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. xviii.—no</span>. 906.</td><td align="center"></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">two dollars a year</span>.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="HOW_TOM_RODMAN_JOINED_THE_GERMAN_ARMY" id="HOW_TOM_RODMAN_JOINED_THE_GERMAN_ARMY"></a> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="700" height="494" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>HOW TOM RODMAN JOINED THE GERMAN ARMY.</h2> - -<h3>BY POULTNEY BIGELOW.</h3> - -<p>"Thomas," said Professor Schinkel, as they were in the midst of supper, -"run down and see what all the noise is about."</p> - -<p>Tom Rodman was only fifteen years old; but like most Yankee boys of his -age, he was pretty quick at getting news. He knew that the French -Emperor had declared war against the Germans; he knew that soldiers were -being marched from every village of the father-land, and he knew also -that the Rhine was near to the frontier of France. He was just -then—this was in 1870—living in the family of Professor Schinkel, at -Slaugenstein on the Rhine, and quickly made up his mind that the noise -he heard in the street was made by troops marching to the war. So, with -a big piece of brown-bread in his hand and another in his mouth, he -sprang down stairs two steps at a time, and opened the front door. The -street was full of soldiers who wore helmets of black leather on their -heads, and who looked very brown and strong. They all seemed to be -looking for something; they had been marching all day, and each soldier -carried a knapsack that weighed quite as much as a very heavy child.</p> - -<p>As Tom Rodman was wondering what these soldiers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_450" id="Page_450">[Pg 450]</a></span> wanted, a big corporal -with a straw-colored beard and blue eyes came up, measured the house -with his eyes, counted the windows, then pulled out a piece of chalk, -and wrote on the door,</p> - -<p>"One corporal and seven men!"</p> - -<p>Tom now noticed that other doors in the street were being treated in the -same way, and quickly learned why; the whole town was to become night -quarters for the troops marching to the war.</p> - -<p>"Is the Herr Professor at home?" asked the corporal.</p> - -<p>"Yes; come this way," said Tom, now very much excited.</p> - -<p>The corporal knocked at the professor's door, and walked in with a sharp -military tread. He then stood bolt-upright, put one hand to the side of -his helmet, after the soldier fashion, and said, in a voice that could -be heard all over the house,</p> - -<p>"I beg to tell you most respectfully, Herr Professor Schinkel, that it -is my duty to bring here for this night one corporal and seven men!"</p> - -<p>"You are heartily welcome, Herr Corporal," said the professor. "I am -glad that I am able to do a little good at this time for the brave men -who are going to war for the sake of our common country."</p> - -<p>All was now bustle in the Schinkel family. The seven soldiers came -tramping up stairs, and were made as comfortable as was possible. Tom -ran out to the baker's and the butcher's, and came running back with -bread and meat. The soldiers had laid aside their guns, knapsacks, and -coats, and each did his share in getting supper ready.</p> - -<p>Corporal Kutchke was invited to eat at the professor's table; and he -made the evening pass rapidly by telling stories about life in the army. -Tom liked the corporal, for he was a big, healthy, strong man, full of -enterprise. The professor found that Kutchke had been in the same -university as himself, and they had many friends in common. Tom thought -he would give anything if he could only be a soldier like Kutchke, and -go to the war. The corporal noticed Tom's excitement, and said, "Herr -Professor, why don't you send your son there to fight for his country?"</p> - -<p>The professor laughed. "My son? Why, he's not my son. He's not German. -Tom is an American boy. His name is Tom Rodman. His mother is the widow -of a distinguished American artillery officer, and she has sent him here -to learn German in my family."</p> - -<p>"Well," said Corporal Kutchke, "you do surprise me! The boy speaks such -good German that I never thought he could be a foreigner. But of course -foreigners don't care about fighting for us!"</p> - -<h3>II.</h3> - -<p>The door was pushed open with much force, and one of the soldiers -marched into the room, knocked his heels together, stood very stiff and -still, then said, with a very clear but yet rather sad voice,</p> - -<p>"Private Rothmann has been taken very ill."</p> - -<p>"Hulloo!" thought Tom, "that is a funny name for a German; it sounds -like mine."</p> - -<p>Corporal Kutchke ordered the private to run and inform the army surgeon, -while he himself went up stairs to learn what he could. Rothmann was -very pale and weak. The heat of the day had affected him on the march, -and he was now tossing about in a feverish manner. The surgeon came and -said that Rothmann was wholly unfit to march, and must be left behind. -He was at once taken to the hospital. As soon as Rothmann was gone, Tom -Rodman went up to help the corporal about getting bedding for his men. -He found Kutchke seated on a drum rubbing his nose with a drum-stick.</p> - -<p>"Million Schock Donnerwetter!" said Kutchke. "What will my Captain say? -I shall be blamed because he fell ill. And it's not my fault. It's the -fault of all the people along the road, who keep giving the soldiers -cigars and sausage, and make them useless for hard work."</p> - -<h3>III.</h3> - -<p>When Tom went up to his room that night he felt very sore at not being -allowed to go and fight with Corporal Kutchke, and he feared lest people -might think him a coward. He sat down on the edge of his bed, and began -to make plans for running away and joining the army in spite of the -professor. Just then he noticed the uniform which Rothmann had left -behind when they had so hastily taken him to the hospital. He jumped up, -quickly stripped off his coat and trousers, and dressed himself in the -uniform of a Prussian foot-soldier. The fit was not perfect, but as he -looked at himself in the glass he felt his shoulders straighten up and -his chest swell out with pride, and when he had finally put on the -knapsack and the cartridge-belt, and the warlike helmet with the brass -spike on top, he looked as though he had been made for this particular -uniform. He was just about reaching for Rothmann's gun, which had been -hung against the wall, when the door was thrown open, and Corporal -Kutchke stood facing him, looking as though he had seen a ghost.</p> - -<p>"What is it? Who are you? Are you Rothmann?"</p> - -<p>Tom burst into a hearty laugh, and the corporal was so delighted at -finding that Tom was not the ghost of Rothmann that he too joined.</p> - -<p>Suddenly Corporal Kutchke slapped Tom on the back and said: "I have a -grand idea. Do you want to be a soldier?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, indeed," said Tom.</p> - -<p>"Will you march with us to-morrow at daybreak?"</p> - -<p>"Certainly," said Tom.</p> - -<p>"Then," said Kutchke, "I will take good care of you. It is against the -regulations, but in war-time we cannot be so strict. Your name is -Rodman, and you must make believe that you are the man Rothmann whom we -have left behind. You are both about the same size, and the Captain is -not likely to notice anything amiss, for I will drill you so that you -will soon be as good as any of the recruits. You are very big for your -age, and you will have splendid stories to tell when you come back from -the war."</p> - -<p>"But what about the professor?" said Tom.</p> - -<p>"Oh, that is simple enough," said the corporal. "Just write him a few -lines telling him that you have gone to defend the father-land against -the French, and he will forgive you in the end, even if he is angry for -the moment."</p> - -<h4>IV.</h4> - -<p>There was hard marching for poor Tom, and his knapsack weighed very -heavily on his young shoulders, and now and then he would gladly have -gone back to his comfortable bed at the professor's, had he not been -anxious to show his German comrades that an American could make a good -soldier—for Tom was a very patriotic boy. One night, as they were -cooking their supper at the camp-fire, Kutchke whispered in Tom's ear -that some of their scouts had seen French uniforms in the distance, and -that there would soon be a fight.</p> - -<p>At about two o'clock in the morning his company was drawn up ready to -march, although it was pitch-dark. The Captain made them a short speech, -telling them they must make no noise, for they hoped to get very near to -the enemy before being seen, and if they fought well, many of them might -hope to get the Iron Cross, which is the most highly prized war medal in -the German army.</p> - -<p>Then each soldier held his hand carefully against his side so as to -prevent the rattling of his tin water-bottle against his -bayonet-scabbard, and thus they marched for about an hour in silence, -keeping a sharp lookout to right and left.</p> - -<p>Suddenly was heard ping-ping-ping, the sound of rifle-bullets whizzing -over their heads, and soon commenced a clatter of infantry fire, for the -French had discovered the movements of this company in the faint light -of the dawning day. But it was too late for effective resistance on the -part of the enemy, who were taken by surprise, and had to retreat up the -slopes of a gentle hill, on the top of which stood six cannon in a row; -but, curiously enough, they were pointing in the opposite direction from -Tom. As soon as the noise of the firing was heard, Tom heard the bugles -blowing, and knew from this that the French would soon be firing off -their big guns at them. Then the Captain roared out to them to run as -hard as they could and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_451" id="Page_451">[Pg 451]</a></span> capture these six pieces of cannon before they -could be turned round and fired off; so they all started with a great -hurrah, and arrived at the guns just as the French artillerymen were -trying to move them into proper positions. Tom could not tell exactly -what happened, excepting that there seemed to be hundreds of swords -waving in the air and a constant rattling of infantry fire. Now and then -a man dropped, but Tom was too excited to notice why he dropped. His -blood was aroused, and he thought only of keeping near Kutchke and -winning the Iron Cross. There was one cannon which was just about to be -fired, when Kutchke sprang at the man in charge and knocked him down -with the butt of his rifle; but no sooner was this done than another man -sprang forward to fire the gun, and three Frenchmen attacked Kutchke at -once. Then Tom sprang forward like a wild-cat and smashed the gun of a -Frenchman who was just about sticking his bayonet through Kutchke's -back, and at this the other two ran away. Then the Captain, who was -fighting close to them, shouted out, "Well done, Rodman; you have saved -Kutchke's life!" And the soldiers near by shouted "Hurrah!" still more -vigorously, and looked at Rodman as though they were proud of him.</p> - -<p>But now the Captain commenced to be anxious for the safety of his -company, and ordered the men to harness up the horses to the French -cannon so as to get them back as trophies, for there were signs in the -distance that large forces of French were coming up. They had no sooner -brought the horses up to be harnessed, than a regiment of French cavalry -was seen galloping towards them in a cloud of dust. On they came with -loud shouts, and there was no time to waste. Tom's company was ordered -to lie down beneath the guns and not to fire until the horses were close -to them, and then to give them a volley all together. This plan worked -splendidly, for the French were so surprised by this sudden response -that there was much confusion amongst them, and they hesitated. Tom -noticed a French officer carrying a flag, which in war is considered a -very precious trophy. When that Frenchman saw the effect of the first -volley, he looked about him as though ready to run away, and when a -second volley was fired, which killed more Frenchmen, he wheeled round -with the flag in his hand and put spurs to his horse. But Tom did not -wait for orders in the presence of such an opportunity. He seized the -nearest artillery horse, jumped into the saddle in the twinkling of an -eye, and made straight for the flying French officer. The race was an -exciting one, and Tom soon discovered that it was likely to be a -dangerous one; for they soon left the battle-field behind them, and he -had before him the prospect of fighting a desperate man. Tom had no -weapons, for he had thrown away his gun, and at the same time he had -cast off his knapsack and cartridge-belt. Tom shouted to the Frenchman -that he must surrender, but the Frenchman paid no attention to it; so -Tom took off the stirrup leathers from the saddle while his horse kept -up his furious pace. He hung the two stirrups on to one leather, and -joined the two leathers together so that they would stretch a long -distance. Then he swung this around his head as though it had been a -long sling, and waited for a time to use it. The Frenchman was not a -very good rider, and the country over which he rode was rather rough, so -that he did not dare to turn round in the saddle, excepting just enough -to point his pistol at Tom, and fire it off without hitting anything. -Tom was gaining inch by inch, and at last was ready for a blow. A narrow -and rapid river was close ahead of them, and the Frenchman no doubt felt -that escape was hopeless without a struggle; so he drew his sword, -wheeled his horse, and attacked Tom for the purpose of running him -through the body. Tom kept cool, swung his long leather gently around -his head, and just at the moment when the Frenchman was ready to make -his lunge he gave all his strength to a final swing that brought the -stirrups together against the left cheek of the Frenchman, who fell to -the ground stunned and bleeding. One blow was enough, and Tom sprang -from his horse, seized the flag and sword from the enemy and then -fetched water from the river and bandaged up the Frenchman's wound. Tom -would have staid longer with this French officer had it not been that -French troops made their appearance over the tops of the ridges.</p> - -<h3>V.</h3> - -<p>With the sabre of a French cavalry officer in one hand, and the standard -of a French cavalry regiment in the other, Tom ran as hard as his legs -could carry him towards the rapid stream which was not more than fifty -yards from where he had had the short fight. It was no use trying to -escape on horseback, for his retreat was cut off by French cavalry; -indeed, it seemed to Tom as though Frenchmen had started up out of the -ground all around him, and he realized that he was now cut off entirely -from his comrades, and must make good use of his wits if he wished to -avoid being killed or made prisoner. Along the edges of this stream were -clumps of overhanging bushes, and into the thickest of them he sprang, -where he lay effectually concealed. Pretty soon a detachment of -Frenchmen passed close to him, and he heard one of them say:</p> - -<p>"Oh, that sacré Prussien! How I should like to catch him and get back -the standard of our regiment! But I don't see how he could have knocked -our Captain off his horse; it is most mysterious. However, I suppose he -has drowned himself in the river, and so I ought to be satisfied."</p> - -<p>Tom did not know the name of this river, or where it led to, but he knew -enough of geography to know that if he kept on it long enough he should -arrive at the Rhine. He was an expert swimmer, and made up his mind that -the only way open to him was to travel by water and avoid the land. Of -course he did not dare move by daylight, but as soon as the sun was set -he launched himself upon the stream and struck out with the current. The -sabre and standard he had wrapped round and round with small branches -cut from the bushes, and this served him not only as a means of -concealing his trophies, but also as a help, for it supported him when -he was tired. His uniform he had to leave behind, for it would have been -in his way, and he wore nothing but his shirt and a sort of -bathing-drawers, which he made by cutting off the lower part of his -uniform trousers. The water was, fortunately, warm, and Tom was prepared -for a good long swim. He had gone about an hour, and already he had -begun to feel that he could not stand very much more of this kind of -work, when he noticed ahead of him something black. He struck out for -it, and found that it was a massive door, which had been broken off from -some peasant's barn and probably thrown into the river out of mischief -by some prowling band of soldiers. To the great delight of Tom this barn -door was so big that he could lie upon it and find most welcome rest as -he floated on down stream at the rate of five or six miles an hour. Tom -had nothing to eat with him, but he tightened his belt and tried to -think of other things, and soon he fell asleep, with his head resting in -the water on one side of the raft, and his legs in the water on the -other side.</p> - -<p>As he lay sweetly dreaming, he was suddenly awakened by a sound of -voices and by the fierce light of a huge camp-fire on the bank. The -voices were French, and Tom could understand this much.</p> - -<p>"Look out there! I see something suspicious on the river."</p> - -<p>"It is a corpse," said another Frenchman, and then Tom heard a laugh.</p> - -<p>"Be careful there," cried another, "or he will float down upon us and -poison our soup;" and then Tom heard foot-steps coming down to the -water's edge; then he felt a push against his raft and the scraping of a -bayonet-point against one of his legs. So near was he that he could -smell the fragrant supper—the onions, the beef, and the smoke of the -wood fire.</p> - -<p>About half an hour from where he had left the Frenchmen cooking their -soup he rounded a bend in the river, and saw ahead of him another -camp-fire, with soldiers about it wearing German forage-caps. He -recognized the big straw-colored beard of Kutchke, and knew at once that -he was amongst friends. He floated close to the bank where the corporal -stood, and pretended to be a corpse. No one noticed him until he was at -their very feet, and then he heard<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_452" id="Page_452">[Pg 452]</a></span> some one say: "Ach, there is a -corpse! Push it away quickly!" And then he heard Kutchke call out: "No; -wait until I see it. Perhaps it is Tom Rodman." Then he heard the heavy -tread of Kutchke, and presently the corporal's voice could be heard -breaking out into loud lamentation.</p> - -<p>"Ah, yes," said he, "it is poor Rodman who saved my life from the -Frenchmen! How dreadful that I should have brought him to the war! What -can I do?"</p> - -<p>"Why, you can give me something to eat!" came from the raft; and with -these words Tom Rodman sat bolt-upright and laughed in Kutchke's face. -Then there was a loud hurrah in the camp, and all the soldiers flocked -down to see the miracle of Rodman coming to life and asking for -something to eat. Kutchke embraced him, and kissed him several times, -and called him his savior. All the men shook hands with him, and he was -at once put into a good warm uniform, and given the most comfortable -seat by the fire, where he was provided with a big tin full of -well-cooked cabbage, sausage, and bread, which tasted exceedingly well -after the hardships of the last twenty-four hours.</p> - -<p>In the midst of it arrived the Captain, who wanted also to hear the -story of Tom's escape, and why he had chased after the French officer. -Tom told his adventures, and then produced the French cavalry standard, -and the sabre of the officer whom he had knocked from his horse with the -pair of stirrups.</p> - -<p>All were delighted at the result of Tom's courage, and Kutchke said that -Tom deserved three Iron Crosses—one for saving his life, another for -capturing the standard, and another for bringing home the sabre. Tom was -very popular with his comrades, and the news of his adventures soon -reached the ears of the Colonel of his regiment, and he was soon -afterwards informed that he was to receive the Iron Cross. The whole -regiment was formed into three sides of a square, and the Colonel called -out the name of Tom Rodman, who stepped forward, and stood very stiff -while the Colonel asked after him and his family. Tom could not any -longer conceal the fact that he was not a German, but an American boy, -and the Colonel promised to say nothing about it, in order that Kutchke -should not be punished. So this is how Tom Rodman joined the German -army, and was the first American to wear the famous Iron Cross. The -Colonel cabled to his mother in America, so that she might not be -alarmed, and the Professor easily forgave his pupil for all the anxiety -that Tom had caused him.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="A_JAPANESE_PICTURE-STORY" id="A_JAPANESE_PICTURE-STORY">A JAPANESE PICTURE-STORY.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY BARNET PHILLIPS.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 162px;"> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="162" height="300" alt="Drop Cap T" /> -</div> - -<p>he stories that have been written about pictures are to be divided into -two general categories—those indicating the skill of the artist, and -those relating to the performances of the pictures themselves. Both of -these merge, since they attest the ability of the artist. There is a -third kind of story, dwelling on the mishaps of painters, which -accidents, however, in the long-run, invariably aid the artist.</p> - -<p>The supernatural must have been called into play at the dawn of -civilization, when the first artist scratched with splinter of flint an -animal form on a bone. Pygmalion, who carved a woman so lifelike that he -prayed to Venus to give Galatea flesh, blood, and a soul, must in an -earlier form have been a story of the most remote antiquity. We find -traces of this myth in Egyptian worship. To a South Sea Islander carved -idols are not stocks nor stones, but living gods. The most acute -Hindostanee does not separate his brazen images from the personalities -of his deities.</p> - -<p>Nothing is older than the stories of the supreme skill of the artist -which the old Greek repeated. The common type of this legend is the -picture with the figs painted on it, which were so natural that the -birds pecked at them. The modern Orientals have embellished this story -in many ways. The Persians will tell you that the birds actually carried -a pomegranate out of a picture and fought over the fruit. One of the -pomegranates slipped from the beak of a bird and tumbled down to a -garden below. The over-ripe fruit broke, the seeds were scattered, and -where they fell a pomegranate-tree grew, which will be shown you to-day -in a court-yard in Ispahan.</p> - -<p>We have the very old joke about the slab of stone painted so exactly -like a log of wood that it floated. The Japanese have worked up the idea -in many ingenious ways. They had a painter of the tenth century who drew -a crystal ball so perfectly that when the sun shone on it, it behaved as -would a lens, and would light tinder.</p> - -<p>The Greeks tell of an artist who was dissatisfied with the flecks of -foam in the mouth of the dog he was painting, and in anger threw a -sponge at his picture, and, lo! where the sponge had struck the painting -there was the froth required.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 246px;"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="246" height="400" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE BRONZE WAS HURLED TO THE GROUND.</span> -</div> - -<p>This is told of a bronze artificer who never could be satisfied with the -ocean he was making up, into which his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_453" id="Page_453">[Pg 453]</a></span> hero was wading. He set his work -on a window. A storm arose, there was a blinding flash of lightning, and -the bronze was hurled to the ground. When the artist picked up the -bronze a portion of the metal representing the water had been fused, and -there was the rolling, undulating sea, such as no mortal hand could ever -have produced.</p> - -<p>Another story is about a second bronze-worker, who was a great artist, -but an intemperate one, for he drank too much saki. The man had -fashioned a deity in bronze which did not satisfy him, though he had -worked on it for ten years. Do what he would, the figure showed traces -of the long toil he had lavished on it. Though given to his cups, he was -apparently a conscientious artist. Putting his bronze in his pocket or -up his sleeve, the artist determined to commit suicide, and so plunged -into a great tub of fermenting rice, from which saki is distilled. When -the saki-maker emptied his tubs there was the artist dead, and his -bronze, but the work had been perfected. The fermenting rice had -smoothed down the hard lines. The bronze was admirable, and so the -artist's death conferred on him a certain amount of heroism—that is, -according to Japanese ideas of heroism.</p> - -<p>The neatest story of artistic performance and of higher criticism is -Japanese, and for the lesson it conveys has its value. There was a -Shogun of the fourteenth century who was the art critic of his time, -because he never saw a screen or a bronze or a china decoration without -finding some fault. In his court all his retainers followed the Shogun -in deprecating whatsoever was shown to them.</p> - -<p>In the court of the great man was a painter, the most distinguished of -his time, and this artist became very tired of the adverse criticisms -passed on his work. The Shogun ordered a screen, leaving the choice of -the subject to the artist.</p> - -<p>"As you are very slow," said the Shogun, "you may take a year to paint -your screen. Time enough, I think, to assure us that there will be -nothing careless in your work."</p> - -<p>The artist accepted the commission, and asked for leave of absence, -which was granted to him. He was away for eleven months, and it was -within three days of the end of the year when he paid his respects to -the Shogun.</p> - -<p>"Exhibit at once your so-called work of art," said the Shogun.</p> - -<p>"I have not yet commenced it, may it please your Dignity," answered the -artist.</p> - -<p>"And in three days do you expect to show me a picture worth my looking -at?" inquired the Shogun.</p> - -<p>"I have travelled all over the country for that work which it has -pleased you to commit to my care, and it will be ready on time," replied -the artist, humbly.</p> - -<p>When the last day had come the artist said his screen was ready, and -that it was hanging in a particular room in the Shogun's palace. The -high dignitary and his court were present, and examined the picture.</p> - -<p>What was painted was simplicity itself. There was a river, and in the -stream a boat was moored, with a furled sail. The banks of the river -were lined with rushes. There were a few trees, with a bird here and -there perched on the boughs. A rabbit was nibbling the grass. In the -distance was a high mountain.</p> - -<p>"That is supposably water, if I am not mistaken," said the Shogun.</p> - -<p>"It's very sluggish," remarked the pipe-bearer.</p> - -<p>"Those rushes—ahem!" interposed a courtier—"are they not absurdly -stiff?"</p> - -<p>"And, dear me," chimed in the secretary, "what birds! Stuffed birds on -boughs are too preposterous!"</p> - -<p>"The boat—such a boat as that never could float! Is it meant for a boat -or a rock?" inquired the master of the robes.</p> - -<p>"The fact is," said the Shogun, "it is an idiotic performance. It wants -life, go, dash, imagination. It is dulness personified. It is nothing -but 'prentice work, and entirely unfitted to grace our elegant abode. -Treasurer, pay this man for his trouble. A full year's wages, such as -you would give to a weeder of rice."</p> - -<p>"Your Highness always was a liberal patron of the arts," said the -treasurer.</p> - -<p>"And though generous, most discriminating, for really the picture is -overpaid," said the courtiers.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE ARTIST PLUNGED HEAD FOREMOST INTO HIS WORK.</span> -</div> - -<p>The painter smiled, slowly walked to where the screen was hung, and -plunged head foremost into his work. Then, to the great amazement of the -Shogun and his court, a splash was heard. Now the water rippled and the -boat began to rock. The rushes on the bank of the stream nodded and bent -and swayed, as if with a passing breeze. The birds flew from bough to -bough. The rabbit scampered away. There was a figure in the boat, and -presently the anchor was hauled up and the sail was set, and the little -craft, heeling over with the wind, sped up the stream, and now a landing -was made at the foot of the mountain.</p> - -<p>Next a little man was seen slowly climbing up the mountain, and when the -mountain-top was reached the figure bowed respectfully to the Shogun and -the court and disappeared, as if descending on the other side of the -mountain.</p> - -<p>Then a loon came to the immediate foreground of the screen, and flapped -his wings, and said, in very courtly Japanese, these words, which may be -rather carelessly translated into English in this way:</p> - -<p>"You are all a set of ninnies, for you don't know a good thing when you -see it. Ta, ta!"</p> - -<p>The courtiers were so enraged that they drew their two swords and wanted -to hack the loon and the screen to pieces. But when they looked at the -screen, they saw a big tear in it, with falling flaps of silk, on which -the work had been painted. It was where the artist had made his exit. -This is the Japanese fable for critics.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_454" id="Page_454">[Pg 454]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="A_LOYAL_TRAITOR" id="A_LOYAL_TRAITOR"></a>A LOYAL TRAITOR.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></h2> - -<h4>A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND.</h4> - -<h3>BY JAMES BARNES.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER XX.</h3> - -<h3>AN EXCHANGE AND A ROBBERY.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Drop Cap C" /> -</div> - -<p>ome, lads," I said at last, "don't give up. Give way together. We'll -make for that old castle rock, and go ashore."</p> - -<p>In a few minutes we had beached both boats in a little cove hardly -twenty feet across. I had an idea in my mind of leading the crew to the -top of the rock, for it appeared to me that five or six men from the -summit could hold a score or more at bay with nothing but stones for -weapons.</p> - -<p>But to my astonishment I saw that the spit of land which ran out to the -tall rock was not more than thirty feet in width, and that it was -rounded, as if at some time the sea washed over it. Dugan and Chips had -followed me up the slope. When we reached the top, which was not more -than ten feet above the beach, we could see the cutter plainly. Through -the glass I made out she had come to anchor, and that they were loading -some casks into a boat alongside of her:</p> - -<p>I handed the glass to the carpenter, who was next to me, and asked him -to take a look through it.</p> - -<p>"Halloa!" cried Dugan, suddenly, "there are the prisoners on the beach. -Now let's see what they're going to do. I wonder if they'll think it is -a Yankee trick," he added, with a half chuckle, "scuttling that rotten -old junk?"</p> - -<p>I took the glass from him without answering, for I saw no humor in the -situation. A boat put off from the cutter and brought back two of the -men from shore, and now, hidden behind a rock, we watched the -proceedings in turn. The idea of getting water was apparently abandoned.</p> - -<p>The boat rowed to shore again, picked up the rest of the Englishmen, and -then I saw that they were getting out the quarter-boat from the other -side.</p> - -<p>In a few minutes both were loaded. I caught the glint of steel as they -handed muskets and cutlasses into them, and then they pulled off to the -northward to go around the farther end of the island.</p> - -<p>But an idea had seized me that set my blood tingling!</p> - -<p>"How many men does such a craft as that carry?" I croaked, hoarsely.</p> - -<p>"Twenty-five to thirty," responded Chips, sullenly.</p> - -<p>I had counted twenty men besides the prisoners in the two boats that had -put off from the cutter. It would take probably two hours to row around -to the north shore of the island.</p> - -<p>It would do no harm to broach the subject in my mind to the others, and -I did so in a few short words, speaking in hoarse whispers.</p> - -<p>"Why not roll one of our boats across the neck of land, and then row -down and take the cutter by surprise?"</p> - -<p>I did not know how this plan would be received by the others, but when I -finished they were looking at me eagerly.</p> - -<p>"Captain, I admire ye!" said Dugan, with a trace of Irish in his tone.</p> - -<p>Chips grasped my hand.</p> - -<p>"By Solomon! we can do it, sir!" he said, and we hurried across to where -the men were seated, a dejected-looking group, on the sand.</p> - -<p>In twenty minutes the boats from the cutter were out of sight around the -north shore cape, and we set to work getting the largest of our own over -the barrier.</p> - -<p>We broke the oars from the boat we had discarded into rollers, and in -five minutes, or a little over, we had made a launching on the western -shore.</p> - -<p>The men muffled their oars with their shirts, and with a sensation of -hunters stalking some dangerous animal, we rowed slowly along against -the tide. Truly it was as if the quarry were asleep, and we feared -awakening it before we got within striking distance.</p> - -<p>Now we were right under her stern, and I read the name, <i>Bat</i>, in gold -letters.</p> - -<p>She was a tidy little craft, more like a gentleman's yacht than a vessel -of war, and from two small ports on her sides poked the muzzles of brass -six-pounders.</p> - -<p>It was but the hoist of a foot to get on board; and, behold! there was -no one there to receive us! But we had no arms; and, picking up a -hand-spike and handing it to the carpenter, I led the way down the -little hatch, followed by the other eight men, with their closed fists -for weapons.</p> - -<p>Now if any two people were surprised it was the two Irish sailors who -sat there eating with their knives from tin plates they held on their -knees.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="700" height="557" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"SURRENDER!" I CRIED, POINTING THE TELESCOPE AT THEM.</span> -</div> - -<p>"Surrender!" I cried, pointing the telescope at them as if I had but to -touch a trigger to blow out their brains. Before they knew what had -happened, or could raise their voices, two of the privateersmen had them -pinioned by their wrists.</p> - -<p>"Cut that cable; make all sail and get out of this!" I roared, pushing -up again.</p> - -<p>The jib and foresail went chock-a-block with one heave. Never did men -leap to their work so quickly.</p> - -<p>Now as it was but a stone's-throw to the shore, I ordered the two -sailors overboard into the water, and gave them one of the empty casks -to help them make it safely. They were glad of the chance to go.</p> - -<p>The mainsail was up by this time, the rope hawser had been severed by -the blow of an axe, and we were making out to sea. The crew, all on -deck, burst into three hearty cheers, and I led them.</p> - -<p>But if they were surprised, and truly they must have been, a greater -surprise was in store for me, and I would that I could dwell on my -sensations, which I shall but outline. I did not leave the deck to make -any investigations of the little sloop until we had covered some five -miles, and I had found out that she sailed like a witch, and that there -was no sail after us.</p> - -<p>The cabin was very handsomely furnished, with a long couch down one -side, a handsome table under a fine swinging lamp in the centre, and a -desk with many drawers off in a corner, lighted by a handsome sconce. A -number of books were thrown about on the couch, and suspended from hooks -against the white panels were a half-dozen beautifully executed -miniatures; the door to a little cupboard was open, and I saw, hanging -up inside, a number of uniforms.</p> - -<p>I walked over to the desk and picked up a leather-covered volume that -had "Log-book of the <i>Bat</i>" on the cover in red letters, very -beautifully done. I turned to the first page, and here is where I got my -surprise.</p> - -<p>"A journal kept on board H. M. Revenue Cutter <i>Bat</i>, of four guns, -commanded by Lieutenant <i>John Hurdis</i>, R.N."</p> - -<p>There was my own name staring me in the face. I did not know that -Hurdiss was a name well known in the English navy. But I recovered my -wits at last, and regarded the coincidence of names as a very lucky -omen. I had to take but one step up the little ladder to have my head -above the level of the deck. Standing there I called Chips to me, and -showed him the entry in the book.</p> - -<p>"It's witchcraft," he said, "and nothing less."</p> - -<p>The cutter was a little bit larger than our single-gun boats, and -perfectly able to go across the Atlantic, or to sail anywhere, provided -her provisions held out. We found by an inspection of the hold that -there was more than enough to last ten men for a month and a few days -over, although we would have to go light in the drinking line.</p> - -<p>At once Chips and I set about preparing a routine. The crew were divided -into three watches, and I laid out a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_455" id="Page_455">[Pg 455]</a></span> course that would fetch us -somewhere in the vicinity of Boston. On we sailed; everything was fine. -For three days I had a most delightful experience, reading the -well-chosen books in the cabin, and seeing that the men were kept -employed polishing the brass-work and overhauling the forward hold, and -so forth.</p> - -<p>On the fourth day the fine breeze, that had held from the same direction -almost continually, stopped as suddenly as if it had been shut off by -the intervention of a great wall.</p> - -<p>Before dawn a slight wind came out of the west, dead against us; and at -five bells a large ship was seen coming down before the wind with all -sail set. I got upon the opposite tack to that I had been holding, and -at this the large vessel changed her course, evidently intending to -speak me. There was no way of my escaping, for if I had started to run -she would soon have overhauled us in two hours. I could see her ports -and make out she was a 44-gun frigate, and was not surprised when she -displayed the English flag.</p> - -<p>I answered in the same manner, and at Chips's suggestion I got out the -signal-book that I had found, and the little flags also, hoping that -this would be all that it would amount to.</p> - -<p>But she did not signalize us, and in a quarter of an hour we were near -enough to see the faces of a group of officers leaning over the rail, -and to notice that one of them held a trumpet in his hand.</p> - -<p>Soon the hail came, "What cutter is that?"</p> - -<p>I answered.</p> - -<p>"What are you doing out here?"</p> - -<p>For an instant I was nonplussed. "Chasing a Yankee privateer," I -answered, with an air of bravado.</p> - -<p>"Where is she?"</p> - -<p>"Got away to the south'ard."</p> - -<p>"I'll send a boat on board of you."</p> - -<p>This was exactly what I did not wish to happen. "Don't trouble, sir. -I'll come on board of you myself," I replied, at the same time ordering -out the only boat we had left, a little dingy swung over the stern.</p> - -<p>"Now, Chips," said I, "this is a case of must obey. We are edging up to -windward, and it's going to thicken. If you can get away, do so; but be -cautious. You know the cost. I leave it all to you. Get up to windward -without exciting suspicion, and if you don't hear from me in two hours, -clear away for home."</p> - -<p>This conversation was held under the lee of the frigate; in fact we were -so close to her that she shadowed us completely, and although we were -both hove to, I knew that we could swing off before she could get the -weather-gage. I feared doing this myself, but I knew that my coming on -board would disarm all suspicion, and that Chips might be able to carry -out the plan.</p> - -<p>From the southwest a fog-bank was approaching—I had made note of -it—and the air was filled already with fine particles of moisture. It -was no easy job to bring the little dingy alongside. But at last we were -able to do so, thanks to the good oarsmanship of Caldwell, and at last I -grasped the rope-ladder that had been lowered from the gangway, and came -on deck. The boatswain shrilled his whistle, and the side-boys touched -their caps. A fine-looking officer stepped forward to meet me, saluting -and extending his hand.</p> - -<p>"Your name, sir?" he inquired.</p> - -<p>It would not do to hesitate. I was running risks, of course, but no -half-way measures would suffice.</p> - -<p>"John Hurdiss, Lieutenant, commanding the cutter <i>Bat</i>," I replied.</p> - -<p>"Will you come with me to my cabin, Mr. Hurdiss? I'm Mallet, of the -<i>Cæsar</i>."</p> - -<p>I followed him at once.</p> - -<p>"Isn't it rather a strange thing for you to be in this latitude and -longitude, when your station is on the coast?" he continued, severely.</p> - -<p>"Not when you understand the circumstances, Captain Mallet," I replied. -And forthwith I began a story of how I had chased a small Yankee -privateer for the last three days, and that she had given me the slip -but the night before.</p> - -<p>"I shall make a report of this affair, and it shall be looked into," he -said. "Go back on board your vessel, and return to your -cruising-grounds."</p> - -<p>I was sorely tempted to ask what business all this was of his, but I -held my tongue, and we went on deck together. The fog-bank was all about -us. The <i>Bat</i> was nowhere to be seen. I could not help showing my -impatience. A gun was fired, and then another, and a third, but there -was no response.</p> - -<p>All eyes were upon me, and in the group of officers I noticed an old man -in civilian's dress. He was a distinguished-looking figure, and I -overheard some one address him as Mr. Middleton.</p> - -<p>"Middleton?" I repeated to myself. "Where have I heard that name -before?" I could not place it, but somehow it had staid in my -recollection.</p> - -<p>"What's the explanation of this, Mr. Hurdiss?" asked Captain Mallet, -folding his arms and stepping in front of me.</p> - -<p>"That's more than I can tell you," I replied.</p> - -<p>As I spoke there came the sound of a shot off to windward.</p> - -<p>"There's my vessel," I replied. "Might I ask you to set me on board of -her, or shall I consider myself under arrest, sir?"</p> - -<p>"You shall consider yourself ordered on board your vessel, with -instructions to report to your superior at Dublin at once, to whom you -will give this letter."</p> - -<p>Scarcely had the boatswain finished shrilling the call for the cutter -when the old gentleman in citizen's dress spoke up.</p> - -<p>"As Dublin is my destination, Sir John, would it be possible for us to -be transferred to this young gentleman's vessel? It would save us much -time and trouble."</p> - -<p>"I cannot order him to take you," replied the Captain, "but if he -chooses—"</p> - -<p>The old man looked at me.</p> - -<p>"My granddaughter and I," he began, "are very anxious to reach Ireland. -If you would do us the favor—"</p> - -<p>I was anxious to get away without more parleying, as the boat was now -rocking at the foot of the ladder.</p> - -<p>"Our quarters are not so large as those of the frigate," I began.</p> - -<p>"I hope that this is not asking too much," went on Mr. Middleton, -earnestly, interrupting before I had finished.</p> - -<p>I glanced over my shoulder, and I saw standing there the figure of a -tall young girl dressed in deep mourning.</p> - -<p>I went hot and cold from my heart to my finger-tips. The shock came near -to paralyzing me.</p> - -<p>"I think I can make you comfortable," I said, "if you will allow me to -row off and bring my vessel up while you are getting your luggage."</p> - -<p>"Thank you very much," said Mr. Middleton; "we'll set about it."</p> - -<p>I descended the ladder, jumped into the boat, and gave the orders to -pull out into the fog. When we had gone some four or five hundred yards, -I made a trumpet of my hands, and shouted:</p> - -<p>"Oh, Mr. Chips! Where are you?"</p> - -<p>"Here we are, sir!" came the reply close to us.</p> - -<p>In another moment we were alongside, and the carpenter, in the uniform -of a British quartermaster, helped me on board.</p> - -<p>"Mr. Chips," I said, hurriedly, "there will soon be some passengers come -off from the frigate. It is supposed that we are bound for Dublin."</p> - -<p>"It is a roundabout way we'll take to get there, sir," he said, -grinning. "Who are they?"</p> - -<p>"Never mind as to that," I answered. "Treat them with all courtesy, and -show them to my cabin."</p> - -<p>When Mr. Middleton and his granddaughter, whose name the reader has -guessed by this time, were put on board of us, I made myself very -scarce, hiding in the fore-castle luckily, I thought it better to start -to the eastward and sail down to the frigate to allay any suspicion that -might still linger in Captain Mallet's mind. It was the best thing I -could have done, for we came up to her, finding her yet hove-to.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_456" id="Page_456">[Pg 456]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Follow in our wake," came the order through the trumpet, as she rounded -off on the same course we were holding.</p> - -<p>"Ay, ay, sir," I replied; and as soon as she had passed us and was out -of sight, I came about and headed to the west through the rain, with the -wind bearing the little cutter on, with (to me) the most precious cargo -in the world.</p> - -<p>The passengers did not come on deck that afternoon; but late in the -evening the fog cleared away, and so far as we could see by searching -the horizon with a glass not a sail was in sight. I was leaning with my -back to the companionway, talking to Mr. Chips, who was at the tiller -(the <i>Bat</i> had no wheel), when I heard the sound of a voice that -thrilled me through and through. My own talking apparatus was almost -normal by this time, I should have stated, although I now could sing -bass instead of tenor.</p> - -<p>"Give the order to haul up that flag," I said to the carpenter, in an -undertone.</p> - -<p>It was still bright light, and the sun had not dipped full below the -edge of the sea, and clear and bright in all its beautiful colors up -went to the peak the stars and stripes.</p> - -<p>Mary had seen it first. "What does this mean, grandfather?" she said.</p> - -<p>The old man could not reply.</p> - -<p>"It means," said I, turning, "that Captain John Hurdiss has come in his -own vessel to get you, Mistress Tanner."</p> - -<p>I did not know exactly what would be the result of this speech, but if I -had had any idea that it was to produce a sensation, the result -certainly proved the correctness of my surmisings. Mary gave a gasp and -stamped her foot upon the deck. The flash of her eye had more kinds of -feeling in it than one can describe.</p> - -<p>"Traitor and coward!" she hissed, extending her clinched hands at her -sides with the knuckles upward in a rigid gesture. Then she gave a -half-inarticulate cry of rage, and turning, stepped down the -companionway into the cabin.</p> - -<p>Before me was standing Mr. Middleton; his arms were folded, and his -fingers clasping and unclasping nervously.</p> - -<p>"What in the name of Satan have we here?" he said. "What does this mean? -Who are you, and what are you?"</p> - -<p>"I am John Hurdiss, the commander of this vessel," I answered in return, -folding my arms also, but keeping as quiet as I could. "I am a plain -American seaman. You are my guest, sir, and believe me that no harm will -come to you."</p> - -<p>"You addressed my granddaughter just now as though you had some claim on -her. We are in your power, but—"</p> - -<p>"Stay," I cried, lifting my hand. "My words may have been ill chosen, -but mark this—I would put a pistol to the man's head whose touch might -look to harm her, as I would to my own if my thoughts could threaten -treachery. Both you and she are safe, I pledge my honor!"</p> - -<p>This speech, which really came from the depths of my heart, had the -effect of causing the old gentleman to relax his features somewhat.</p> - -<p>"Thank you for this assurance," he said. "Will you tell me whither we -are bound, and why you inveigled us, pray, to come on board this -skipjack? What plot is this?"</p> - -<p>"Oh, pardon me," I laughed; "it was your suggestion, and not mine. Every -moment that I spent on board that frigate I was in great danger, and not -only I, but these brave fellows who have stood by me so nobly. Besides I -had hoped, or at least supposed, that affairs might have turned out -differently."</p> - -<p>"How so?" inquired Mr. Middleton, raising his eyebrows.</p> - -<p>"The necessity for explaining my thoughts, sir, has passed," I answered, -tersely. "I was mistaken."</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_457" id="Page_457">[Pg 457]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_PAINTED_DESERT" id="THE_PAINTED_DESERT">THE PAINTED DESERT.</a></h2> - -<h4>A STORY OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.</h4> - -<h3>BY KIRK MUNROE,</h3> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Author of "Rick Dale," "The Fur-Seal's Tooth," "Snow-Shoes and Sledges," -"The Mate Series," etc</span>.</p> - -<h3>CHAPTER V.</h3> - -<h3>A ROBINSON CRUSOE SITUATION.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Drop Cap W" /> -</div> - -<p>hen Todd reached the curtained doorway of the hut and looked out, he -could not have told whether he was more disappointed or relieved by the -sight that greeted him. He had fully expected to see human beings who -would either prove friends or foes. He hoped they would give him -something to eat, and at the same time feared they might kill him. But a -single glance showed him that for the moment both his fears and his -hopes were groundless. Instead of people he saw half a dozen goats -grouped in front of the doorway, and gazing at him expectantly. A little -kid among them bleated plaintively, and Todd knew in a moment that its -voice was the one he had mistaken for that of a child.</p> - -<p>He looked eagerly about for a herdsman or a shepherd boy, for even the -tiniest Indian lad would have been welcomed just then; but none was to -be seen. In his keen disappointment he became filled with wrath at the -unoffending goats, and stepping forward with an angry gesture he bade -them begone. For an instant they seemed bewildered at such unaccustomed -treatment, and stood irresolute; but as Todd took another step towards -them they recognized him for an enemy; and scampering away, were quickly -lost to sight amid the surrounding trees.</p> - -<p>Even before they disappeared the hungry boy regretted his hasty action. -"For," he said to himself, "I might have captured one of them, and so -have laid in a supply of food; or I might have milked the mother of that -kid. What a chump I am, anyway. Seems to me I am always acting first and -reflecting afterwards. I wonder if I can't overtake and make friends -with them even now?"</p> - -<p>Thus thinking, he started in pursuit of the goats; but though he saw -them several times as they skipped among the trees, they easily eluded -his feeble efforts to catch them, for he was too weak to run, and they -were too well assured of his unfriendly intentions to allow him to -approach them.</p> - -<p>"If I only had my rifle," sighed the lad. "Though what would be the good -of it anyway, for I haven't a fire nor any means of making one, and -hungry as I am I don't believe I could eat raw-goat. How do people -obtain fire under such circumstances anyhow? Matches? I haven't any. A -burning-glass? I don't suppose there is such a thing within five hundred -miles of this place. Rubbing two dry sticks together? That's all -nonsense, and I don't believe it can be done, for I've tried it, and -never succeeded in getting so much as a curl of smoke, let alone fire. I -remember reading about some fellow up in Alaska doing it. Serge -Belcofsky—yes, that was his name; but I don't believe he ever really -did. That same Serge made a fire another time with brimstone and -feathers, or at least the book said so; but as I haven't either of those -things, I don't see that it does me any good to remember it.</p> - -<p>"Then there was Phil Ryder, who made a fire by cutting open one of his -cartridges, rubbing powder on his handkerchief, and shooting into it -with his rifle. I have plenty of cartridges, and so could get the -powder, but haven't any<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_458" id="Page_458">[Pg 458]</a></span> rifle—so that plan won't work. Flint and -steel? That's a way you hear a good deal about, though I never saw any -one really try it. Still, I suppose it can be done, and my knife will -furnish the steel if I can only find a flint. I wonder what a flint -looks like, anyway?"</p> - -<p>By this time Todd had returned wearily to the hut and was sitting on the -stone that formed its doorstep. Now he began striking at this with the -back of his sheath-knife, and finally thought he saw a spark fly from -the point of contact; but it was such a fleeting thing, and disappeared -so instantly, that he could not be certain.</p> - -<p>"Even if it was a spark," he said to himself, "how could anybody make a -fire from it? I should want one as big as those that fly from red-hot -horseshoes when the blacksmith pounds them, though I doubt if I could -get a blaze even then, they go out so quickly. So, Todd Chalmers, you -might as well make up your mind to go without a fire, and eat your food -raw—that is, if you get any at all, which looks very doubtful just now.</p> - -<p>"Oh dear! What do people do when they are cast away on desert islands? -Not that this is one, but it's a desert valley, which is a great deal -worse, for the others are always in the tropics, and have bread-fruit -and things. And then the people always have wrecks to get supplies from, -the same as Robinson Crusoe did. If I only had such a snap as he had I -wouldn't say a word. Plenty of provisions, muskets, cutlasses, clothing, -turtles, grapes, and pieces of eight, besides the knowledge of how to -start a fire and make all sorts of things. No wonder he was grateful and -contented. He ought to have been. And the Swiss Family Robinson. There's -another cheerful crowd who had everything they wanted, and more than -they knew what to do with. I just wish I knew what any of those chaps -would do right here in my place at this very minute. I guess they'd find -out what soft times they had in being wrecked where they were and as -they were instead of the way I am. I suppose, though, they would start -right off into the woods, where they would run across all sorts of -fruits to eat and animals waiting to be cooked, besides everything they -needed to make houses and clothing of, so that inside of two weeks -they'd be living as comfortably and happily as though they were right -alongside a Baltimore market. They'd know how to make a fire without -matches too in at least a dozen different ways. That's what would happen -if they were book people; but if they were real live folks like I am I -don't believe they'd know any more how to get a square meal than I do at -this minute.</p> - -<p>"Going into the woods, though, and hunting for something to eat isn't a -bad idea. There must be nuts or berries, or at least roots that would -keep a fellow from starving. I suppose some of them will be poisonous -and others won't, and the only way to find out which is which will be to -eat them. The poisonous ones will kill you and the others won't. At the -same time I shall surely die of hunger if I stay here doing nothing, and -so here goes for a breakfast."</p> - -<p>Up to this time Todd had been so certain of finding people who would -supply him with food, that while fully realizing how faint and weak he -was growing for want of it, he had not regarded his situation as -perilous. From the moment of discovering the beautiful valley with its -abundant water, he had felt that all real danger was over. He had -imagined that the natives, after feeding him and allowing him a day's -rest in which to regain strength, would willingly guide him to the river -in return for the handsome reward that he knew he could safely promise -them in his brother's name. Now that there did not appear to be any -natives nor any food, it suddenly dawned upon our lad that he was very -little better off in this beautiful place than he had been amid all the -horrors of the Painted Desert, and it was with a decided feeling of -uneasiness that he set forth on his search for food.</p> - -<p>He first examined two small structures that he discovered back of the -hut. One of these was evidently a fowl-house, and as soon as Todd -recognized its character he had visions of fresh eggs. "They will be -fine," he said to himself, "even if I can't cook them; for eggs are -almost as good raw as cooked, anyway." So, though he had not as yet seen -nor heard any hens, he entered the place hopefully. Yes, there were -several nests, and an egg in each one. But, alas! they were only nest -eggs that had done duty as such for so long a time that after breaking a -couple of them poor Todd was glad to make a speedy escape from their -vicinity. He was bitterly disappointed, and began to think that the -inhabitants of the valley had recently emigrated from it, taking -everything eatable, including their fowls, with them.</p> - -<p>The other structure proved to be a corral or pen in which goats had been -confined, but now it was empty and its gate stood wide open.</p> - -<p>Continuing his search for food wearily and despondently, our lad soon -came to several small fields, all showing traces of careful cultivation, -and all enclosed by stout fences of wattle. In these he found oats, -beans, squashes, and corn, of which the last named was the only one that -seemed edible in its raw state. So Todd began to gnaw hungrily at an ear -that had long since passed its green stage without becoming quite ripe -enough to be hard. It was merely tough and toothless. Still it could be -eaten, and served to fill, after a fashion, the aching void of which he -had long been painfully conscious.</p> - -<p>Beyond the fields he found a small grove of peach-trees; but they had -been stripped of their fruit some time since, and what of it had fallen -to the ground had evidently been devoured by goats, so that not a single -peach rewarded his careful search.</p> - -<p>By this time the sun stood directly overhead, and was pouring down a -heat so intense as to make him feel giddy. So the boy gathered up his -spoils, consisting of a sheaf of ripened oats, a dozen pods of beans, a -green squash, and two ears of tough corn, with which he returned to the -hut. There, after refreshing himself with a copious drink of water, he -attempted to eat in turn each of the things he had brought with him. The -green squash and raw beans were so unpalatable that he threw them out of -the door in disgust. The oats were fairly good; but extracting the -kernel from each separate grain was such slow work that he decided the -attempt to sustain life in that manner would prove only another form of -starvation.</p> - -<p>"Oh, for a big dish of oatmeal and cream!" he exclaimed. "But I don't -suppose I shall ever see one again."</p> - -<p>He also thought of squash pies and baked beans with regretful longings, -while the tough corn at which he gnawed with aching jaws suggested -muffins, hot cakes, corn bread, hominy, and all the other attractive -forms in which maize can be prepared, until he groaned aloud to think -how very far beyond his present reach all such things were.</p> - -<h3>CHAPTER VI.</h3> - -<h3>TODD'S FAILURE AS A HUNTER AND A FIRE-MAKER.</h3> - -<p>"If this wretched corn was only hard enough to pound into meal," -reflected Todd, "I might mix it with water and make a sort of chicken -feed that would at least keep me alive until I could find something -better. As it is, I believe I am using up more strength in eating it -than it will ever pay back. Oh, if I only had a fire in which to roast -it, what a difference it would make!</p> - -<p>"Hello! what's that? A rabbit, sure's I'm sitting here. And there's -another! Why, the woods are full of them! I don't wonder the natives -have to protect their fields with tight fences. If I could catch one, -what a fine stew he'd make! I wonder how other fellows catch rabbits? -They are all the time doing it in books. Seems to me trapping is one of -the things that ought to be taught in school. My! how saucy these chaps -are!"</p> - -<p>One of the rabbits had indeed ventured to within a dozen feet of where -the boy stood, attracted by the bits of green squash that he had thrown -from the door a few minutes earlier. Instinctively Todd picked up a -stone, while the rabbit, alarmed by the movement, ran off a short -distance and looked at him inquiringly. As no further movement was made -he presently returned to the bits of squash, where he was quickly joined -by a companion.</p> - -<p>Trembling with eagerness, Todd let drive his missile. To his -astonishment it reached its destined mark, and one of the little -creatures rolled over with a sharp squeak, kicked<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_459" id="Page_459">[Pg 459]</a></span> convulsively, and -then lay quiet, while its companion scampered to a place of hiding.</p> - -<p>"I hit him!" cried the young stone-thrower in a tone of mingled -amazement and delight, as he hastened to pick up his prize. "Who would -have thought that killing rabbits was so easy!"</p> - -<p>No hunter of big game was ever prouder or more excited over his first -trophy than was our city-bred lad over this proof of his skill. "I -certainly can't starve," he said to himself, "so long as the supply of -rabbits and rocks holds out, and there seems to be plenty of both. Isn't -he fat, though!"</p> - -<p>He had already carried his rabbit to the hut, stroking and admiring it -as he went. From the job of skinning and cleaning it he shrank with -repugnance, nor had he an idea of how to set to work. Still he knew -these things must be done, and drawing his hunting-knife from its sheath -he prepared to make a beginning. With the very first touch of the knife -the rabbit drew a gasping breath, and began to struggle so violently -that Todd dropped it in horror. In another moment the little creature, -which had only been stunned, had darted away and vanished, leaving one -of the most amazed boys in the world to gaze after it with an air of -utter bewilderment.</p> - -<p>"If that don't beat anything I ever heard of!" he muttered. "I wonder if -they always have to be killed twice? That fellow would have jumped out -of his skin if I'd only held on tight enough. Never mind; it's a lesson -I won't forget in a hurry, and the next time I'll make sure that my game -is dead before I begin to skin it."</p> - -<p>It did not seem, however, that there was to be any next time; for though -Todd filled his pockets with stones and hunted for more than an hour, he -did not see another rabbit until he again returned to the hut, and was -nearly tripped up by one that darted from the open doorway. It had been -attracted by a portion of the squash left on the floor, and noting this, -the lad threw out what remained, with the hope that it might cause -others to come within range of his missiles. Several were thus tempted -during the afternoon, but though the hungry lad threw stones at them -until he was weary, he did not succeed in hitting another. Finally, -pretty well convinced that the success of his first shot was an accident -not likely to be repeated, he gave up this method of obtaining rabbits, -and began to think of traps. As he had never made nor even seen one, the -only thing in the shape of a trap that suggested itself was a box, one -edge of which should rest on a short stick. He would use green squash -for bait, fasten one end of a long string to the stick, hold the other -in his hand, and when a rabbit was safely under the box jerk away the -support.</p> - -<p>"It wouldn't do me any good if I did catch them," he reflected, "since I -have no fire with which to cook them. At the same time I don't see that -I am going to do much with raw vegetables, either, and so a fire does -appear to be one of the most necessary things. Seems to me I ought to -make one with a cartridge, the same as Phil Ryder did, even if I haven't -a rifle."</p> - -<p>As a result of much thinking on this subject, Todd finally spread his -pocket-handkerchief on the table, laid one of the brass cartridges that -still filled his belt on it, and after a while succeeded in cutting it -in two close to its rear end. Emptying out the black powder, he threw -away the shell with its bullet still attached, and kept only that -portion containing the percussion-powder. The next thing was to lay the -handkerchief on the stone doorstep, spread the powder over it, and place -the firing portion of the shell in the middle. Then he hunted up a stone -that came to a point, and holding this firmly in his hand, struck the -percussion-shell a violent blow.</p> - -<p>The result was instantaneous, and in a certain sense satisfactory. There -were a sharp explosion and a quick flash of flame that burned Todd's -right hand so severely that he ran to plunge it in the cooling waters of -the stream. When he returned to the hut, some five minutes later, -ruefully nursing his wounded hand, the only trace remaining of his -handkerchief was a film of ashes on the doorstep.</p> - -<p>"I don't care," he remarked, stoutly. "I did make a fire, anyhow, and I -would do it again if I only had another handkerchief. As I haven't, I -suppose I must give up the idea for the present, and live on that -beastly raw corn until I can find some other kind of tinder. If I only -had some cotton, that would be the very thing. I might as well wish for -matches, though, and done with it, as to hope for cotton in a place like -this. It was a good scheme, all the same; every bit as good as Serge -Belcofsky's brimstone and feathers, and I would have had an elegant fire -by this time if I only hadn't burned my hand."</p> - -<p>After Todd had again visited the field and brought back two more ears of -the much-despised corn, from which he expected to make a frugal supper -that night, and an equally unsatisfactory breakfast on the following -morning, the sun was so low in the western sky that the shadows of the -cliffs on that side extended clear across the valley. Night was close at -hand, and the lad dreaded its loneliness in that strange place, without -fire, or means of defence against its unknown dangers. For all that he -knew, both wild men and wild beasts might only be awaiting the coming of -darkness to attack him.</p> - -<p>"I wonder if I hadn't better climb a tree," he reflected, "or shut -myself up in that hen-house? It at least has a stout door, which is more -than this hut possesses."</p> - -<p>While he sat on the doorstep thinking of these things, and watching the -shadows pursue the waning sunlight up the face of the eastern cliffs, -his eye fell on something that caused him to start to his feet with an -exclamation. From some unseen source high up on the rocky wall a slender -column of blue smoke, curling gracefully towards the summit of the mesa, -was plainly visible. Nor was that all; for even as the lad gazed -wonderingly at it, a human figure clad in white appeared near the place -from which the smoke ascended, and after standing for a moment as though -looking expectantly down the valley, again moved out of sight.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 353px;"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">HE MADE A MISSTEP AND FELL HEAVILY.</span> -</div> - -<p>"That explains everything," cried Todd. "The natives are cliff-dwellers, -and live somewhere up there among the rocks. From all accounts of such -people, although they are filthy and degraded, they are not half a bad -lot. So I'm going to hunt them out before it grows dark. Of course they -won't be able to understand a word I say, but I'll make that all right -somehow."</p> - -<p>The excited boy had already set off in the direction indicated by the -smoke, and before long he came across a plainly marked trail leading -among the trees directly toward the cliffs. As it reached them it bent -sharply upward, becoming steeper and more rugged with every step.</p> - -<p>Until now Todd had not realized how very weak he had grown through long -fasting and from his recent terrible experience on the desert. Every few -steps he was obliged to pause for breath, and several times he was so -overcome by giddiness that he was compelled to sit down. Thus his upward -progress was very slow, and the sun had set before he reached a point at -which the trail ended. Above him was a sheer face of rock some fifteen -feet high, in which were cut rude steps and handholds. It was like a -perpendicular rock ladder, and in his weakness Todd regarded it with -dismay. He was afraid, too, of his wounded hand, and wondered if he -could hold on by it.</p> - -<p>"It's got to be tried, though," he said, resolutely, "for it would never -do to spend the night here, and I hate the thought of that lonely hut; -so here goes."</p> - -<p>With this the boy began to climb slowly and unsteadily. If he had had -two sound hands and his normal strength, it would have been easy enough; -but weak, giddy, and wounded as he was, it seemed very doubtful if he -could gain the top. Now, too, he began to fear concerning the reception -that he might meet even if he succeeded. Suppose the natives should take -him for an enemy, how easy it would be for them to push him from his -precarious footing?</p> - -<p>Filled with such thoughts, he had only ascended a few feet when suddenly -there came a loud shout from close behind him. So startling was it that -he made a misstep, clutched vainly at the smooth rock to save himself, -and with a despairing cry, fell heavily to the steep pathway, where he -lay stunned and motionless.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_460" id="Page_460">[Pg 460]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="THE_LITTLE_PORTERGEE" id="THE_LITTLE_PORTERGEE"></a> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="700" height="190" alt="THE LITTLE PORTERGEE" /> -</div> - -<p>"Times bein' so hard, I can't see my way clear to keep that little -Portergee through the winter," said Cap'n 'Siah Doane, with a solemn -shake of his gray head.</p> - -<p>And three hearts seemed to stand still; they were sixteen-year-old -Caddy's, who was the Hausmutter, and had knit the little "Portergee's" -winter supply of stockings and mittens as carefully as she had knit her -own boys', and young Josiah's and little Israel's, who had only truly -enjoyed life since they had had a companion who knew as much of the -great world as the geography and a fairy-book put together. For the -little "Portergee," Manuel Silva, had been tossed upon the Cape Cod -sands by a wreck, after cruising about in all the seas, and picking up -sixteen years' worth of knowledge in many lands.</p> - -<p>It was almost into the door-yard of Cap'n 'Siah Doane's weather-beaten -cottage at the Point that he had been carried by a discriminating wave; -and with a dislocated shoulder, and a wound on the head which, as Cap'n -'Siah declared, would have killed anything but a "pesky little -Portergee," he staid.</p> - -<p>There were summer visitors to Tooraloo, and he had done errands for -them, and shared young Josiah's jobs of fishing and clamming for the -boarding-houses, and generally been "worth his keep," as Cap'n 'Siah -carefully figured out, being a thrifty and prudent soul. In fact, -Tooraloo people generally thought that Cap'n 'Siah would have been -better off if he had been less prudent and cautious. He wouldn't take -the least risk for fear of losing; he would scarcely go fishing with a -fair wind lest it should become a foul one before he came back, and he -wouldn't raise cranberries lest the market should be over-supplied when -he came to sell.</p> - -<p>"Now God made things chancy to develop folks, and he made 'em chancier -than common on Cape Cod," Uncle Saul Nickerson, of Tooraloo, was always -saying as a hint to Cap'n 'Siah. And little Israel had heard so much -about his grandfather's bump of caution that he thought it must mean the -wen on the top of his bald head.</p> - -<p>In the winter there were no jobs in Tooraloo. Manuel had talked of going -to Kingstown, where there were many of his race, to try to get a chance -to sail with a Portuguese captain; but they had all protested earnestly -against his leaving, and little Israel had raised a mighty wail. Manuel -said he never had struck a home port before, and it was evident that he -longed with all his heart to stay. But with a hard winter before them -Cap'n 'Siah's bump of caution had got into working order, and he had -made the dreadful announcement with which this story begins.</p> - -<p>They all looked at each other in consternation; and even Caddy, who had -grown very sensible by having to look out for them all, felt a rush of -tears to her eyes.</p> - -<p>At that very moment the little "Portergee" was digging his heels into -the sand—which he did when he had on his thinking-cap as naturally as a -Yankee boy whistles—and saying to himself that he should immediately go -away, it was so dull, if he didn't feel as if he must stay and take care -of these people who had been so kind to him. He meditatively tapped the -top of his own thickly thatched head where the wen was on the Cap'n's, -and shook his head with sad significance. He, like little Israel, -thought that wen was the bump of caution which kept Cap'n 'Siah from -everything that was enterprising.</p> - -<p>"If I do not stay and take care of them they are los'!" said the little -"Portergee" to himself.</p> - -<p>But how? For a brave and enterprising spirit what opportunities had -Tooraloo? There was a shadow of discouragement upon even Manuel's stout -heart; but just then Hiram Tinker called to him from the dory in which -he was putting in to shore.</p> - -<p>"Seen the herrin'? Kingstown Harbor is chockfull of 'em! Greatest sight -anybody ever see! All the traps and seines and nets are full a'ready, -and they're gettin' the cold-storage plants ready to take 'em in. Seems -as if all the herrin' in creation had drifted into Kingstown Harbor!"</p> - -<p>Manuel didn't hear the last words; he was running around to the cove -where Michael Fretas lived. Michael was Portuguese. He owned a small -fishing-boat, and Manuel had helped him to paint and letter her in the -summer. Manuel could paint straight letters—that is, nearly straight. -Michael's daughter, who taught school farther up the cape, had wished to -name the vessel the <i>Daylight</i>; but Manuel's spelling of English was a -little uncertain, and he made her the <i>Delight</i> instead. And Michael -said he would not have it changed because Manuel was his friend and -countryman.</p> - -<p>Michael was an old man, and his daughters sent him money, and he now -never used his fishing-boat in the winter, but no one had ever been able -to hire it, and Manuel's eager face was clouded with doubt as he ran -around to Michael's house in the Cove.</p> - -<p>They were still talking about sending him away, Cap'n 'Siah insisting, -and Caddy and the others remonstrating with tears, when Manuel burst -into the living-room and poured out the story of the great catch of -herring in Kingstown Harbor. The doubt was all gone from his face now, -and the eagerness was like a flame.</p> - -<p>"You don't say! Seems as if we'd ought to get a couple of barrels to -salt; or, if they're so plenty as you say, some to manure the garden. -But there! we hain't got anything but a row-boat, and we can't. Such -chances ain't for poor folks," and Cap'n 'Siah sighed heavily.</p> - -<p>"I am going—in the <i>Delight</i>. We want barrels, empty barrels, and all -must go—all!" cried Manuel, breathlessly.</p> - -<p>"The <i>Delight</i>! How come he to let you have her?" demanded Cap'n 'Siah; -but Manuel and young Josiah were already rolling empty barrels down to -the slip, and Caddy was putting up a basket of provisions, and essaying -at the same time the difficult task of buttoning little Israel into his -thick jacket while he turned a somersault.</p> - -<p>They were on board the <i>Delight</i>, with nets and barrels, and Jo Fretas, -Michael's nephew, slightly infirm of wit but strong of body, to help, -and the sails were spread to a favoring breeze, when Cap'n 'Siah was -discovered, hurrying as fast as he could, and shouting to them to wait.</p> - -<p>"I expect it won't cost me nothin' to see what's goin' on. Anyhow, I -sha'n't pay for the boat!" he said, as he came on board. "How come he to -let you have her?"</p> - -<p>But now Manuel was running back to the house. When he returned he -offered no explanation, but Caddy caught sight of the rough little -checker-board that he had made tucked under his pea-jacket, and heard -the rattle of the wooden checker-men in his pocket.</p> - -<p>Cap'n 'Siah was extremely fond of a game of checkers; but it was only a -short sail to Kingstown, and there was no danger of being becalmed, and -on a trip that promised so much excitement who would think of checkers?</p> - -<p>Caddy even remembered the blow on the head which it had once been feared -would injure Manuel's reasoning<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_461" id="Page_461">[Pg 461]</a></span> faculties. If Manuel should prove to be -foolish, her grandfather must not send him away! They would take care of -him always! So thought Caddy, with a dry sob in her throat.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" width="700" height="481" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE HARBOR HAD NEVER BEEN PACKED WITH FISH LIKE THIS.</span> -</div> - -<p>Not the half had been told about the herring. Since the world began -Kingstown had never seen her harbor packed with fish like this. The -waves tossed them upon the wharves into the baskets and barrels of those -who had no nets, at the very feet of the vagrant Kingstown cats, who, -for lack of rod and line, had been forced to haunt the fish-houses.</p> - -<p>The herring had only just appeared, but it was estimated that when all -appliances were ready a thousand barrels a day could be taken.</p> - -<p>They worked with a will, all the little party from Tooraloo Point, even -Cap'n 'Siah, although he grumbled that herring wouldn't be worth -nothing, there were so many, and that the <i>Delight</i> would surely sink if -they loaded her so heavily, and that they could never get salt enough to -salt so many herring, and if they ate so many they should be like -pin-cushions before spring.</p> - -<p>There had been a fair wind to carry them down to Kingstown, and in -returning they were forced to beat.</p> - -<p>"But there's going to be a change," said Manuel, surveying the heavens -with a sailor's practised eye, "and after we get round the Point 'twill -be all right."</p> - -<p>That was when they were making their way out of Kingstown Harbor, and -little Israel was shouting with wonder at the herring, which sometimes -seemed like a great wall, through which the <i>Delight</i> pushed her bow -slowly.</p> - -<p>"Round the Point?" echoed young Josiah and Caddy, wonderingly; and Caddy -thought again of the blow on the head that had been enough to kill -anything but a "Portergee."</p> - -<p>And Manuel, growing suddenly pale, and showing new, strong lines in his -sharp little sixteen-year-old face, beckoned them impressively aft—yet -not so far aft as to be overheard by Jo Fretas, who was at the helm. -Cap'n 'Siah was watching the herring with little Israel, and saying, "I -wum! I never see so much of anything in my life, without 'twas sand."</p> - -<p>Manuel had to use persuasion when he divulged his plan, chiefly with -Caddy, who had inherited some of her grandfather's caution, and who had -never been to Boston, fifty miles away, in her life.</p> - -<p>Young Josiah had demurred but little, and that only—as in a candid -moment he afterwards confessed to Manuel—because he hadn't planned it. -As for young Josiah's being afraid, like Caddy—catch him!</p> - -<p>Caddy was afraid little Israel would be seasick, and was sure that her -grandfather would jump overboard, but Manuel tapped the top of his head -significantly, and upon second thoughts Caddy decided that his bump of -caution would be likely to prevent that.</p> - -<p>And at last, when the Point was already in sight, Caddy, with her chin -looking pretty square, as young Josiah said, called her grandfather to -come down into the <i>Delight</i>'s very small cabin and play checkers.</p> - -<p>Cap'n Josiah came with alacrity, for he could never get checker-playing -enough; moreover, the wind was growing fresh, and it was chilly on deck. -He said maybe there would be time for a game before they got home, and -Manuel was a good little "Portergee" to think of the board.</p> - -<p>"Let him beat! <i>Make</i> him beat! Play like fox!" whispered Manuel to -Caddy, as she followed her grandfather into the cabin.</p> - -<p>And the <i>Delight</i> rounded the Point and found a more favoring wind, as -Manuel had predicted, and the little weather-beaten house on the shore -was left desolate and alone, with the early shadows of the November -afternoon closing in upon it; while Cap'n 'Siah hilariously beat Caddy -at checkers, and quite forgot that it was time they should be at home. -When Caddy was forced to light a lamp in the little cabin, he sprang to -his feet, and demanded, in great excitement, where that "pesky little -Portergee" was letting the vessel drift to.</p> - -<p>Manuel appeared in the doorway to explain, with young Josiah looking -over his shoulder—although young Josiah<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_462" id="Page_462">[Pg 462]</a></span> was but thirteen, he was -taller than Manuel—and with little Israel's beaming face thrust forward -between his knees.</p> - -<p>"It is not Portuguese like Jo Fretas and me who let the vessel drift. To -navigate is in our blood, like the great Colombo!" Manuel drew his -spiderlike little figure up as tall as he possibly could. "We carry the -first herring to Boston; the very first, because the others have wait to -load more. There is fair wind, and the moon will shine bright; before -morning we shall be there. To carry you off was disrespect, and I lament -him." Manuel removed his small cap and bowed profoundly. "But you are -known there in Boston as great ship-master; you have license to sell -these many years."</p> - -<p>Cap'n 'Siah sat down and mopped his brow—and his wen.</p> - -<p>"I was consid'able well known up there before things went wrong, and I -got so kind of discouraged," he admitted. "But you—you're a terrible -resky little Portergee!"</p> - -<p>Manuel drew a breath that made his small chest heave; it was going to be -all right with Cap'n 'Siah, whom he did not fear, but loved.</p> - -<p>"The disrespect I lament him," he repeated, anxiously, "but the wind so -fair, and to be the first in with the herring, and the <i>Delight</i> so -comfortable, with bunks for every one except Jo and me, who have known -life, and are content with coils of rope!"</p> - -<p>"How come he to let you have the vessel?" asked Cap'n 'Siah, abruptly.</p> - -<p>"Michael Fretas he is my friend and countryman," answered Manuel, -evasively.</p> - -<p>There was all the moonlight that Manuel had promised, and the wind held -instead of going down at night-fall, as it so often does; in fact, it -made the waves so rough that as they drew near Boston Light little -Israel was very seasick, and even Caddy had a qualm. But who remembered -that when the <i>Delight</i> thrust her sharp little nose between the larger -vessels that lay at T wharf, in the murky morning light? Little Israel -felt that life had suddenly turned into a fairy-story, and young Josiah, -and even Caddy, had little doubt that the family fortunes were made.</p> - -<p>Alas and alas! T wharf was piled with barrels of herring! On an -adjoining wharf was a small mountain of the fish, as they had been -shovelled from a schooner! The great catch had begun to reach the Boston -market in the steamer that got in the night before, and in two or three -large schooners that could take all the wind out of the little -<i>Delight</i>'s sails!</p> - -<p>"Why hadn't you listened to me and kept from such foolhardy pranks!" -cried Cap'n 'Siah, in angry despair. "Here we be, likely to be becalmed, -and not get home for a week, with a cargo that's good for nothing but to -heave overboard, and no victuals to eat!"</p> - -<p>Little Israel gave way to despair at this dreadful prospect and set up a -mighty roar. Caddy thought it was better, after all, to have a bump of -caution; and young Josiah, with red rims appearing around his eyes, as -they always did when he was frightened, looked inquiringly at the leader -of the enterprise.</p> - -<p>"It is so—as I have hardly thought it possible—the market is glut!" -said the leader, calmly, but with a sharp line between his tensely drawn -brows.</p> - -<p>"Little mites of herring, too! Look how big them are!" Cap'n 'Siah -pointed to the barrels nearest them on the wharf.</p> - -<p>"He told me to pick 'em out small!" said young Josiah, in an aggrieved -tone, for his faith in the leader had begun to waver.</p> - -<p>The color leaped suddenly into Manuel's sharp, thin little face.</p> - -<p>"It is true they are small; one must provide a little for the evil day, -even when one shall not think the market will be glut! I go, but I will -be back again by-and-by!"</p> - -<p>He made his way swiftly through the crowd of clamoring fish-dealers, -with which the wharf was already alive, and in the long avenue that led -to the street he disappeared from their sight.</p> - -<p>"That's the last we shall ever see of that tarnal little Portergee!" -said Cap'n 'Siah.</p> - -<p>But after the Cap'n had threatened to throw the herring overboard, to -sell them for enough to buy a breakfast, and never to pay for the boat, -Caddy had given way to tears in company with little Israel, and young -Josiah had permitted himself to express a preference for Yankees, Manuel -came walking across the plank to the <i>Delight</i>, his small brown face -aglow.</p> - -<p>A man came with him, well dressed and with a business-like air, but -dark-skinned and with ear-rings. Manuel introduced him proudly as his -friend and countryman, José Macés, foreman of the great canning factory -in —— Street. He would buy the little herring; it was of them that -sardines were made in his factory.</p> - -<p>"It is why I have choose the small ones," Manuel explained, serenely.</p> - -<p>But it was not until Cap'n 'Siah saw the barrels loaded upon a great -dray, with the name of José Macés's firm upon it, that he could believe -the good fortune.</p> - -<p>They all had to count the money over twice; it seemed too much to be -true; and little Israel bit and rung the silver pieces. Then Manuel made -them go to a restaurant on Atlantic Avenue to breakfast, and although -Cap'n 'Siah thought it was reckless extravagance, he murmured all the -way that Manuel was a "dreadful cute little Portergee." At the -restaurant he met two sea-captains who were old friends, and had so good -a time that he forgot how reckless it all was.</p> - -<p>But when the <i>Delight</i> had set sail for her homeward voyage he grew -silent and dejected. He wished he had a vessel he owned; the old -captains had told him that he ought to go sandin'; that there was money -in it.</p> - -<p>"But the <i>Delight</i>! She will be so good a vessel for that," said Manuel, -calmly. "It is true that I have contracts with the canning factory to -deliver many herring—and mackerel too, in their season; but there will -be times—oh, plenty, until we buy another boat, to use her for the -sanding too!"</p> - -<p>"What in nater are you talking about? Don't you know that Michael Fretas -won't lend his boat?" growled Cap'n 'Siah.</p> - -<p>"The <i>Delight</i> she begin to-day to be mine. I agree to pay the first -instalment from the herring money; after that it will be easy, and—the -disrespect I lament him—but if you would share in the business—and -afterwards young Josiah—and with Mees Caddy to keep the home port -snug—" Manuel took off his old cap, with one of his beautiful bows.</p> - -<p>"And I thought of letting you go away," said Cap'n 'Siah, with something -between a growl and a sob in his throat.</p> - -<p>"Oh, but I should not—nevair!" cried Manuel, his little peaked face -alight. "You that have been so good and make true home for me, should I -leave you to take care of yourself?"</p> - -<p>Cap'n 'Siah's great grizzly chin actually quivered; he threw back his -head and laughed to hide it. "If you ain't the all-tiredest little -Portergee!" he said.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" width="500" height="142" alt="THE END" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_463" id="Page_463">[Pg 463]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="CRETE_AND_HER_STRUGGLE_FOR_FREEDOM" id="CRETE_AND_HER_STRUGGLE_FOR_FREEDOM">CRETE, AND HER STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY CYRUS C. ADAMS.</h3> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Drop Cap A" /> -</div> - -<p>glance at the map on the next page shows a chain of islands stretching -like a bent bow from the southern shore of Greece to the coast of Asia -Minor. These island stepping-stones, bridging more than one-half the way -across the sea, are nothing more nor less than the tops of mountain -ranges with shallow valleys in between, their bases resting on the -sea-floor. The largest of these islands is Crete. It is almost exactly -twice as large as our Long Island, and if we were to stand on the south -coast of Greece on a clear day, we should see the mountains of Crete -looming above the sea. We might call it a Greek island, for nature made -it a part of Greece, just as Long Island is naturally a part of America, -and the people and development of Crete are Grecian to this day. The -limestone mountains that stretch east and west through Crete are a part -of the very ranges that extend through southern Greece and jut out into -the sea as promontories, just as our Aleutian chain of islands is -geologically a part of the Alaskan mountain range. Why is it, then, that -Crete, geographically a part of Greece, and peopled, as it is, by -Greeks, is politically severed from the mother-country? It is simply -because ever since human history was recorded the nations, by their -treaties and wars, have disposed of whole peoples without consulting -them at all. This is the reason why Crete is a Turkish island. This is -why the whole civilized world sympathizes with the Cretans in their -aspirations for good government and their long struggle for freedom.</p> - -<p>Numerous revolts against Turkish misrule have made Crete a battle-field -from end to end; and perhaps Crete is the only region in the whole world -where one may stand at a single point, and see spread before him -practically every spot made memorable by the most momentous events in -the nation's history. Snow-crowned Mount Ida is the culminating point of -the island, 8060 feet above the sea. It stands in the centre of Crete, -and tourists, well bundled in woollens even on a summer day, conducted -by a guide to the top of the mountain, find it well worth the labor, for -Europe has no finer view. If the day is clear, the whole of Crete is in -plain view, save some areas of lowland hidden by hills. All the towns -fringing the seaboard are in the panorama. The eye may range far over -the Ægean Sea, resting on one and another of the beautiful islands of -the Cyclades; and then turning from nature's grand and varied aspects, -the guide willingly points out the scenes that human struggle has made -memorable, just as Waterloo is fought over again every day for visitors -who are led to a height overlooking the historic field.</p> - -<p>"In that pass," the guide will say, "the Cretans ambushed the Turks, and -killed them to a man. On the west side of that hill yonder are some -ancient quarries, dug deep into the hill, with passages so intricate -that it is called the Labyrinth; and there 500 of our Christian families -took refuge, in the revolt of 1820, and the Turks never found them. -Those women and children went peaceably back to their homes after quiet -came again. Do you see that big oak-tree right down this slope? That -marks the entrance to the cave in which the Turks suffocated 300 of our -women and children and old men in 1822. In that valley yonder the -Cretans made their last bloody stand in 1859; and down that wide slope, -far to the west, the Sfakiotes poured, in 1866, to attack the Turks near -the coast." So he goes on pointing out the battle-fields where Cretan -blood has been given like water in the cause of independence. All parts -of the island have witnessed their sufferings, and particularly that -lying between Mount Ida and the White Mountains. The Cretans are brave -fighters, and they have failed to win simply because, after they were -stripped of resources and nearly dead of exhaustion, the Turks could -still pour fresh troops and munitions into their mountains and plains.</p> - -<p>Aristotle said, twenty-two centuries ago, that Crete would become a -great centre of commercial exchange, because it lay midway between -Europe, Asia, and Africa. This is the reason why it has been the prey of -so many nations all through the Christian era. The Greeks who colonized -it, no one knows how long before the dawn of history, were supreme till -Crete was absorbed in the Roman empire. Then Byzantine emperors ruled -it, and later it was captured by the Saracens, recaptured by a Byzantine -general, sold to the Venetian Republic, and while Venice was its master -the island had 400 years of greater prosperity than it has ever known -since. Then the Venetians and the Turks waged a long war in Crete for -possession, a feature of which was the longest siege on record. It was -twenty years after the Turks invested the city of Candia before their -army made its way inside the walls. Then the whole island submitted, and -Crete has been a Turkish province ever since.</p> - -<p>Under all her masters Crete has remained Greek. No other people in -eastern Europe use the expression "Motherland," a term the Cretans apply -to Greece. There are about 300,000 Cretans, and nearly all of them are -of Greek descent. Most of the Mohammedans, who number over a quarter of -the population, are of the same blood. Their Cretan forefathers, to save -their lives, embraced Islam, reared their children in that faith, and to -this day the Koran is expounded to them in the Greek language, for very -few understand Turkish. The universal language is Greek—not pure modern -Greek, but a dialect that has often suggested humorous criticism in -Athens; nevertheless, it is as good Greek as Yorkshirese is good -English.</p> - -<p>Into this land came the alien Turk, 250 years ago, with his -tax-gatherers, janizaries, and priests. He has done nothing for the -island except to oppress it. His sole purpose was to wring from the -wretched people all the taxes they could pay. Only a few thousand Turks, -besides the officials, soldiers, and priests have ever lived in Crete. -The Turkish outrages in Bulgaria, which caused the Russo-Turkish war of -1877, were long equalled and surpassed in Crete. Travellers and -historians say that up to 1830 Crete was the worst-governed province of -the Turkish empire. At that time, when the Cretans had been at war for -nine years against their oppressors, the intervention of the powers -secured some betterment of their condition, and further privileges were -conferred upon them in 1878 through pressure exerted by the Berlin -Congress. Crete has since been better governed than most Turkish -provinces, but the Sultan's yoke was galling none the less.</p> - -<p>Nine revolutions, some lasting for years, have cost the blood of many -thousands of Cretan patriots; and what has Crete gained by the promises -extorted from the Sultan? With a genial sky, a rich soil, and a -commanding commercial position, the Cretans are very poor. They have no -internal improvements, no cheap means of sending their products to the -sea, little commerce, few schools or other advantages of civilization, -and too few farm laborers to gather large crops if they raised them. -Crete is supposed to have now about one-third the population it -supported when the Christian era dawned.</p> - -<p>In April last the people revolted again, and the clamors of the powers -made the Sultan promise that definite reforms would be carried out at -once. His pledges were empty words. When a fresh revolt began, a few -weeks ago, the Cretans had no police, nor any other machinery for -preventing or punishing crime. One cause of last year's revolt was that -the Christians could not get justice in the law courts. The Sultan -promised that the judiciary should be reorganized, but three months ago -he decreed that the old courts should be continued.</p> - -<p>Crete cannot forgive the Turks for their enormities. The list is very -long, but here is a specimen: In 1822, 300 women, children, and decrepit -old people took refuge in the cave of Melidoni. The Turkish soldiers who -were pursuing them, built a great fire before the narrow opening,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_464" id="Page_464">[Pg 464]</a></span> and -the wind blew all the smoke into the cavern. The wretched fugitives -retreated to the depths of the cave, but all in vain. They perished of -suffocation, and their bodies were unburied, until drippings from the -roof covered them at last with a calcareous winding-sheet.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" width="700" height="626" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>Typical mountaineers live in the White Mountains of the west, in whose -veins there is scarcely any admixture of foreign blood. They have -guarded their valleys with jealous care, to prevent any intimate contact -with foreigners, and whether Romans, Arabs, Venetians, or Turks have -ruled the island, they have preserved the purity of their clans. The -Sfakiotes, as they are called, have always been foremost in the -uprisings against the Sultan.</p> - -<p>The Cretans prefer union with Greece to autonomy, and this choice is -probably wise. If left to themselves they and their Mohammedan relations -might find it difficult to allay their long and deep-seated antagonism. -If the island becomes a part of Greece, King George's government will -keep the peace in Crete, and time will heal the wounds that have been -kept open so many years. When the Turkish flag leaves the island forever -a great many of the Mussulmans will doubtless return to the faith of -their Christian fathers. Long ago the powers made the Sultan promise -that persecution on religious grounds should cease in Crete. This -promise has been partly fulfilled, and many Mohammedan families of Greek -origin have returned to the Greek faith.</p> - -<p>Why is Greece so eager to help these islanders throw off the Turkish -yoke? It is easy to see the reason, when we think of the ties that bind -these peoples together. When the Greeks won their independence from -Turkey, early in this century, the Cretans fought side by side with -them, and bore as glorious a part in that great struggle as any soldiers -of the Greek mainland. In all the revolts in Crete that have occurred in -nearly every decade of this century tens of thousands of Cretans have -fled to Greece, saving nothing but their lives, and have been supported, -at enormous cost, by the Greek people. We may find Cretans to-day all -over Greece prominent and influential in her army, navy, civil service, -and social life; and it is impossible to draw between the Greeks of the -island and those of the mainland a greater distinction than that between -Englishmen and Scotchmen. Who can wonder, therefore, that bound together -as they are by race, history, and common interests, Greece yearns to -rescue her brethren from further pillage and misery, and at the same -time save herself hereafter from the agitation, unrest, and great -expense which each recurring revolt, at her very doors, inflicts upon -her own people?</p> - -<p>These Cretans, among the most patriotic people in the world, have -perhaps atoned in bitterness for the sins of their unpatriotic fathers. -In ancient times it was the reproach of the Cretans that they had no -love for the motherland, and that in the civil wars in Greece their -mercenary troops were sent to support the cause that paid them the most -money. They were themselves divided into petty little states, which made -it all the easier for foreigners to conquer them. The dream of their -sons is to become a part of united and progressive Greece: and if the -shadow of the Orient may be removed from Crete, and she may share -Greece's growing strength, we may expect to hear better things of the -island which nature has so highly favored, and man alone has cursed.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_465" id="Page_465">[Pg 465]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT" id="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT"></a> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" width="600" height="126" alt="INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT" /> -</div> - -<p>St. Paul's School, Concord, probably has as great a variety of winter -sports as any school in the country, and, as at Lawrenceville, every -student is expected to take his part in some athletic exercise. A few -years ago tobogganing was one of the most popular winter sports, but of -late hockey has rather usurped its prominence.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_016.jpg" width="700" height="365" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">LOOKING ACROSS THE LOWER POND TOWARDS THE CHAPEL, ST. -PAUL'S SCHOOL.</span> -</div> - -<p>St. Paul's has a toboggan slide nearly 1000 feet long, with a fall of -250 feet. Four years ago, before the Canadian game came in vogue, every -boy had a toboggan, or a share in one; now not fifty care for it. -Snow-shoeing and winter trapping, on the other hand, are rapidly growing -in popularity. There are many opportunities for the pursuit of both -these sports, and probably one out of every ten boys in the school has -trophies of his traps upon his walls.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_017.jpg" width="700" height="247" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE UPPER POND, ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL.</span> -</div> - -<p>Skating is indulged in by the great majority of the students. There are -two ponds by the school—the Upper and the Lower ponds. These, with the -connecting "strait" and the adjacent "gulfs" (actually large -puddles)—"Mexico" and "Guinea"—offer a skating surface large enough to -accommodate 5000 people.</p> - -<p>Every one plays hockey. Each building has a team, each "form" (<i>i.e.</i>, -class), and often scrub teams representing the various tables play for -the championship of the dining-room. All this is more or less "scrub." -The greater interest centres in the club games. In this sport, as in -every other, except rowing, the school is divided into three clubs—Old -Hundred, Isthmian, and Delphian. <i>Every</i> boy joins some club. In hockey -alone each club has a first, second, and third team.</p> - -<p>There is also a school hockey team. Last Easter they played St. Nicholas -at the latter's rink in this city, and were defeated, 10-2. Last -Christmas a second game was played, and the school was again defeated, -5-1. A third game is to be played at Easter this year. The great fault -has been that the boys have not been able to keep up the faster pace set -by their opponents. The first twenty<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_466" id="Page_466">[Pg 466]</a></span> minutes has seen good play; then -the New-Yorkers have done as they chose. The school has a large rink, -which can be flooded at will. It is much used.</p> - -<p>Golf has been tried on the snow, but has few followers. Coasting is -fairly popular, and the hills are good, but some serious accidents in -the past have forced the school authorities to certain rules which -materially restrict the sport.</p> - -<p>Members of the school hockey team (and one substitute) are allowed to -wear the "S.P.S." sweater, with crossed hockeys behind the letters. -These school sweaters are very highly coveted. They go to the school -football eleven and five substitutes, to the school cricket eleven and -three substitutes, to all who break records on the track, and to the -best eight oarsmen—these last chosen from the first two crews by a jury -composed of two representatives from each rowing club. Football and -cricket and crew sweaters are marked S.P.S. The sweaters given for track -performance bear in addition "A.A."</p> - -<p>There was a number of events at the in-door meeting of the First -Regiment Athletic Club (Chicago) in which high-school athletes entered. -In several events they won places. In the 40-yard dash, Powell of Hyde -Park (4 yards) took his heat in 4-3/5 secs., and McKinnen of Oak Park, -with the same handicap, got first in another heat, 4-4/5 secs., but both -were defeated in the semi-finals. The time made in the finals was 4-2/5 -secs. In the long runs the track was by far too crowded with contestants -for any successful racing, and one or two men were hurt at the turns.</p> - -<p>In the half-mile run, Boyne of Hyde Park, with a handicap of 40 yards, -took second place. Actually he was only third, for the man who took -second was protested for cutting a corner. In the high-school relay race -of one mile, with five starters, there were three schools -entered—English High, Lake View, and Hyde Park. The event was won by -the former with the close margin of six yards only, in the very good -time of 3 min. 19 secs. Their relay team consisted of E. A. Fitch, D. W. -Kelley, W. A. Boley, G. H. Stillman, and L. S. Wells.</p> - -<p>The schools of the Inter-preparatory League held a three-quarter-mile -relay race, four men to the team. There were but two contestants in this -event, the University School and the Princeton-Yale School. The former -won easily in 2 min. 47 secs. Their team was made up of G. Henneberry, -Robert Ross, C. W. Popper, and F. Maysenberg. The half-mile walk was a -scratch event, but in spite of this, Dowd, who is the best man at that -event among the Chicago schools, came in a very close second to the -winner, the time for the event being 3 min. 47-3/5 secs.</p> - -<p>The University of Chicago in-door meet, which was held February 26, drew -a well-filled house, and plenty of interest was shown in all the events. -The most interesting numbers on the programme were the various team -races, the one for high-schools coming next to last on the programme. -Among the many contestants, some were from Northwestern University, Lake -Forest University, Knox College, University of Wisconsin, and all the -big athletic clubs of the city. The high-school boys showed up -remarkably well; many of their best runners won heats in the 50-yard -dash, but only one secured a place in the finals. D. W. Kelly, of -English High, with a handicap of 10 feet, was beaten by the well-known, -C.A.A. man C. A. Klunder (8 feet).</p> - -<p>In the 880-yard run, a scratch event, having many of the University of -Chicago and other university men in it, another English High-School man -brought honor to his school. E. A. Fitch came in second, the time of the -event being 2.14-4/5. Englewood did well in the walking events. In the -half-mile walk, W. O. Dowd (20 yards) won the event in 3.27, A. D. -Brookfield coming in third, having had a 30-yard start. The best amateur -walkers of the city were in the event, including C. O. Berg, who took -second place from scratch.</p> - -<p>In the 440-yard run D. Bell, the fastest man for the distance in the -Inter-preparatory League, took second place. In the 1-mile relay race -for high-schools, eight to enter, six to start, Hyde Park repeated her -performance of a year ago, and took the pennant. Her runners were Frank -Linden, Roland Ford, Burt Powell, Paul Chase, Dan Trude, and Ralph -Pingree, each going 1/6 made the mile in 4.59-1/5. English High showed -up well. Englewood also sent a good team.</p> - -<p>All in all, the evening was satisfactory for the high-schools. It -brought out some new talent, and showed the schools something of what -might be expected of their men in the spring meets.</p> - -<h3>LAST YEAR'S RECORDS AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN GAMES.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">Event.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">50-yard dash (Senior)</td><td align="right"></td><td align="left"></td><td align="right">6</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">R. W. Moore, Barnard, N.Y.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">50-yard dash (Junior)</td><td align="right"></td><td align="left"></td><td align="right">5-4/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">W. A. Robinson, St. Paul's, L.I.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">220-yard dash</td><td align="right"></td><td align="left"></td><td align="right">26-1/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">W. M. Robinson, Worcester Academy, Mass.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Quarter-mile run</td><td align="right"></td><td align="left"></td><td align="right">57-4/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">C. R. Irwin-Martin, Berkeley, N.Y.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Half-mile run</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="left">m.</td><td align="right">12-1/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">W. S. Hipple, Barnard, N.Y.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">One-mile run</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="left">m.</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">E. W. Mills, Berkeley, Boston.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">50-yard hurdle (3 ft.)</td><td align="right"></td><td align="left"></td><td align="right">7-2/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">A. F. Beers, De La Salle, N.Y.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">One-mile walk</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="left">ft.</td><td align="right">59-2/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">A. L. O'Toole, English High-School, Boston.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Running high jump</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="left">ft.</td><td align="right">7½</td><td align="left">in.</td><td align="left">F. R. Sturtevant, Hartford High-School.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Running broad jump</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="left">ft.</td><td align="right">2½</td><td align="left">in.</td><td align="left">A. F. Beers, De La Salle, N.Y.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pole vault</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="left">ft.</td><td align="right"></td><td align="left"></td><td align="left">R. G. Paulding, Black Hall, Conn.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Putting 12-lb. shot</td><td align="right">42</td><td align="left">ft.</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="left">in.</td><td align="left">F. C. Ingalls, Hartford High-School.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Relay race</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="left">m.</td><td align="right">2-1/5</td><td align="left">sec.</td><td align="left">St. Paul's School, L.I.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>The table at the top of the page gives the figures made at the -Knickerbocker A.C. in-door interscholastic games last year. As there was -never before an interscholastic in-door meet under the auspices of the -New York I.S.A.A., these figures stand therefore as the N.Y.I.S.A.A. -in-door records. If space allows, the New York scholastic in-door -records will be printed in an early issue, for the sake of comparison.</p> - -<p>The handball championship of the Long Island Interscholastic League has -been won by Poly. Prep., the record of games being as follows:</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">School.</td><td align="center">Won.</td><td align="center">Lost.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Poly. Prep.</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">3</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Adelphi</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Brooklyn High</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Pratt</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">14</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>The man who developed the best playing qualities during the season was -undoubtedly Clark of Poly. Prep., and ranking next to him, I think, are -Frothingham and Robinson.</p> - -<p>The feature of the Newton High-School's in-door meeting, held on -Washington's birthday, was the breaking of the record in the 300-yard -run. This was done by H. B. Owens in 40 secs. He also ran from scratch -in the 30-yard dash in 3-4/5 sec. If he comes to the Knickerbocker A.C. -games he will be a hard man to beat.</p> - -<p>It is reported from Philadelphia that an interscholastic association of -oarsmen is to be formed, and I believe that active steps toward the -organization have already<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_467" id="Page_467">[Pg 467]</a></span> been made. Rowing is rapidly becoming more -and more popular as an interscholastic sport, and this is the second -rowing association formed by schools this year, the first one being that -of the Milwaukee High-Schools.</p> - -<p>The new spirit which is invigorating interscholastic sport in the middle -West has taken the form of a very good set of regulations that have been -adopted by the high-schools of Wisconsin. As I am frequently asked for -similar texts, I print these in full:</p> - -<h3>ADMINISTRATION.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>1. A committee of three shall be elected annually at the annual -meeting of the State Teachers' Association by the principals -subscribing to these rules, whose duty it shall be to have general -charge of all interscholastic contests under these rules.</p> - -<p>2. The chairman of the Athletic Committee of the University of -Wisconsin shall be an arbitrator, whose duty it shall be to decide -upon alleged violations of these rules.</p> - -<p>3. The principal of the school, or persons authorized by him, shall -be the manager or managers of the teams representing the school.</p> - -<p>4. No game shall be played with any team without the sanction of -the principal.</p> - -<p>5. No contests shall be arranged with other than school teams -acting under these rules.</p> - -<p>6. Non-playing captains and managers shall conform to the same -rules as players, unless they be members of school faculty.</p> - -<p>7. The principal, or his authorized representatives, shall -accompany his team to all contests.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTESTANTS.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>1. To represent a high-school in any athletic contest a person must -be a <i>bona fide</i> student in regular attendance, taking three full -studies, and obtaining at least a passing standing in each. He must -also have obtained a passing standing in two full studies during -the previous term, or must have obtained credits in three full -studies during his last term of attendance.</p> - -<p>Exception.—It is agreed, however, that if during the -above-mentioned term any pupil shall obtain ten per cent. above the -passing mark in two full studies, and not lower than ten per cent. -below passing mark in the third, he shall not be excluded because -of failure to obtain the third passing standing.</p> - -<p>By full study is meant a regular study in the curriculum of the -school requiring daily class-room work. It is stipulated, however, -that not less than two periods daily in freehand drawing shall be -called a full study.</p> - -<p>Standing in each study must be based upon the entire ground covered -by the class, and must be a record complete from the beginning of a -term to the time required in Section 6. Any athletic contest is -understood to mean a contest with any secondary school.</p> - -<p>2. Pupils enrolled for the first time shall not be excluded from -any contest because of absence during the previous term. But a -student entering from another secondary school shall not be allowed -to compete unless he has done the work required in Section 1 as a -resident student for at least one term. Or he must show as -satisfactory a record as that required in Section 1 for at least -two terms' work or their equivalent at some similar school in the -preceding year. It is stipulated, however, that all candidates -under Section 2 must have been members of the school as regular -students, conforming otherwise to Section 1 from the first fifteen -days of the term in which said contest takes place.</p> - -<p>3. A Senior considered by his faculty as a regular candidate for -graduation shall not be excluded from any contest because of -absence or failure during his first Senior year, provided he is -taking three full studies which he has not before completed. It is -understood, however, that a Senior who has completed a part of the -Senior work in previous years shall not be excluded from contests, -provided he is doing the unfinished work of his course.</p> - -<p>4. No person shall be eligible as a contestant for more than the -minimum number of years required to complete a four-year course.</p> - -<p>5. Before taking part in any contest a pupil must file with his -principal the written statement of a parent or guardian that said -pupil has permission to engage in athletics.</p> - -<p>6. No less than five days before a contest there shall be exchanged -between the principals of the contesting schools the following -data: Name of each candidate, the date of his first enrolment, time -in years he has been a member of a secondary school, his age, and -studies, with percentage in each for the preceding term, and to the -first of the month in which these certificates are exchanged. It -must also be stated over the signature of the principal that the -candidates are eligible under these rules.</p> - -<p>7. No person shall enter a contest under an assumed name.</p> - -<p>8. The principal shall have power and is advised to exclude any -contestant who, because of bad habits or improper conduct, would -not represent the schools in a becoming manner.</p> - -<p>9. Each contestant shall sign a statement that he is an amateur, -and that he is eligible under these rules. The definitions of -amateur and professional shall be those of the Western -Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association.</p> - -<p>10. These rules may be amended by a vote of a majority of the -principals subscribing hereto voting on the subject.</p> - -<p>11. These rules shall go into effect on and after January 1, 1897.</p></blockquote> - -<p>These rules have been adopted by twenty-eight high-schools in Wisconsin. -Madison H.-S. has adopted all the rules with the exception of No. 5 -under the administration heading. They obtained permission to do this in -order that they might not be restricted from playing with schools -outside the State.</p> - -<h4>"TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL."—<span class="smcap">Illustrated.—8vo, Cloth, Ornamental</span>, -$1.25.</h4> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">The Graduate</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>NANSEN'S ENDURANCE.</h3> - -<p>Dr. Nansen seems to have been born and bred for arctic exploration. The -strength and hardihood which were his by birth were developed and -confirmed by the robust austerity of his early training. One reads of -his habit of swimming in the evening in the coldest pools of the Frogner -River that ran by the door of his father's house, and is no less -astonished at the story of his plunge in the sea in pursuit of his -kayaks in the extreme north, and of his endurance of the various cold -baths he got in fights with bears and walruses. The man who put his wet -and frozen foot-coverings in his bosom to thaw out and dry at night -while he slept with his companion in a bag was an extraordinarily tough -person, with an astonishing physique hardened by Spartan exercises. In -his teens, he says, he used to go off on lonely expeditions in the great -Frogner woods, and be gone alone for weeks at a time. "I disliked," he -says, "to have any equipment for my expeditions. I managed with a crust -of bread, and broiled my fish on the embers. I loved to live like -Robinson Crusoe there in the wilderness."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>THE WAY HE TOOK IT.</h3> - -<p>There is a neat bit of property in a town near New York that is owned by -an Irishman whose nature embraces most of the characteristics of that -nationality. He has for a neighbor a very penurious old gentleman who, -for a long time, had cast covetous eyes upon the land, and daily devised -schemes and propositions for obtaining it. Knowing that the owner, -although reputed to be extravagantly good-natured, was nevertheless not -to be fooled by any ill-concocted proposal, he desisted until he -succeeded in preparing one which he thought would surely be -unobjectionable. Carefully writing it out he delivered it to the owner -of the property, requesting him to look it over. In a few days he -called, and after being jovially greeted, he asked whether his -proposition had been entertained. Much to his astonishment the Irishman -broke into hearty laughter, crying out:</p> - -<p>"Entertained! Ha! ha! Why, my dear sir, I haven't entertained the absurd -thing; it's done nothing but entertain me ever since I read it."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>AN OBSERVATION.</h3> - -<p>"I don't think pop is very strong," said Tommie. "He can't stand loss -of sleep at night half as well as the baby does."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 305px;"> -<img src="images/ill_018.jpg" width="305" height="400" alt="ROYAL BAKING POWDER" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h3>MR. JOHN HABBERTON</h3> - -<p class="center">contributes a short story,</p> - -<h2>A BOAT</h2> - -<h2>AND A BOY</h2> - -<p class="center">to the next number of</p> - -<h3><span class="smcap">Harper's Round Table</span></h3> - -<h4>Five Cents a Copy. Two Dollars a Year.</h4> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, N. 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As a landsman he did his work up to the top notch. He -suffered a good deal of ridicule uncomplainingly. His messmates joked -him because when he shipped his hair was chopped off in the back after -the Russian muzhik fashion, and because he was generally a funny sight -in the bluejacket "government-straight" uniform. Through it all the Pole -was bland and smiling. He kept his bright-work well polished, and it was -not found necessary to hale him to the mast when he returned from shore -liberty.</p> - -<p>One Sunday afternoon at Villefranche, when the Pole had been a landsman -for about a month, an Irish marine, lolling below in one of the -berth-deck alcoves, took it into his head to "break out" a really fine -old violin which he possessed, upon which, to the intense misery of the -whole ship's company fore and aft, he was accustomed at long intervals -to saw "The Rose of Kildare," "The Rakes o' Mallow," "Bonnie Lakes o' -Killarney," "Wind that shakes the Bailey," "The Meeting of the Waters," -etc. These tunes the marine butchered outrageously; but being a mellow, -complaisant Hibernian, he could not see anything wrong with his own -music, and enjoyed it greatly. When he made the first scrape of his bow -on this Sunday afternoon the Pole, who was on the spar-deck, was -observed to cock up his ears and to betray some degree of excitement. He -went below, and for a few minutes he nervously watched the big marine -saw on the fine instrument. Then he impulsively reached out for the -violin. The Irishman was so overcome with astonishment that he gave up -the violin to the Pole without a word. Then followed an hour of music -such as probably had never been heard on a man-of-war in the United -States navy. To the writer it sounded every whit as beautiful as the -performances of Sarasate, Ysaye, Remenyi, Joachim, Wilhelmj, and the -rest of the masters of the bow who have inspired millions. This awkward, -simple-looking Polish landsman was a violin virtuoso. He had not played -two minutes before the officer of the deck had his head poked through a -deck-light listening. There was a general exodus of officers from ward -and mess rooms within five minutes. They all came forward with -astonished expressions, and stood in the alcove taking in the Pole's -music. All of the men who could get anywhere near the alcove crowded -down the ladders. Pretty soon, unheralded even by an "Attention!" so -enwrapped were officers and men, the commanding officer, who had heard -the music from his cabin, tiptoed into the alcove. He remained until the -musician was through. Absolute silence prevailed. There seemed -positively nothing in the way of formidable violin technique that the -Pole could not do. His bowing was dazzling. His chords were wonderful. -His tones were perfect; his pathos so heart-rending that it made tough -old tars gasp. He made it appear that playing triple chords up around -the bridge of a violin was the simplest thing in life. At the conclusion -of a Chopin Nocturne an officer weakly asked him to play the "Rhapsodie -Hongroise." The Pole attacked the composition as Liszt used to attack it -on the piano—with the pure fire and fury of inspiration. When he -finally handed the violin back to the marine, who was in a stupefied -condition, the man went forward and the officers aft without a word.</p> - -<p>The Pole polished no more bright-work. A new place, unofficial, but not -the less dignified and important, was created for him aboard the ship. -He became musician to the commanding officer. It was a soft berth, such -as even a haughty admiral's cox'un might have desired. The Pole's sole -duty was to take the marine's violin into the cabin and play for the -solace of the ship's commander. The commanding officer flouted some of -his officers who suggested that so fine a musician as the Pole should be -transferred to the flag-ship's band. He wouldn't hear of such a thing. -He went ashore at Genoa and bought for the Pole a fine violin. When he -had guests of distinction aboard the ship he would send for the Pole to -entertain them, and the visitors went away marvelling. Once in a while, -as a particular favor, the skipper would lend the Pole to his officers -for a ward-room musical. The musician never got a higher rate officially -than that of landsman, for there was nothing aboard the ship that the -commanding officer would let him do, for fear he would injure his hands, -but as a landsman he had absolutely no duties to perform such as fell to -the lot of the other men of his rating. When his time was up, last -August, the ship's Captain tried hard to induce the Pole to ship over, -but he obdurately, and quite sensibly, declined. He was paid off in New -York, and he came straight to Washington, where he has some well-to-do -relatives, and hung out his sign as a violin-teacher. He has more pupils -than he can teach, and more money than he ever dreamed of possessing. He -resolutely refuses to say anything about his record, or to state how and -where he got his musical education.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A FAST TRANSPORT-SHIP.</h3> - -<p>One of the proudest achievements of the American clipper-ships that we -have to look back on is that of the famous <i>Lightning</i>, built by Donald -McKay for the English firm of James Bain & Co. The McKay clippers were -known all over the world, and England recognizing their merit, many -orders were sent from that country. The <i>Lightning</i> was employed during -the Sepoy uprising in India to carry troops and stores to Calcutta, and -when she spread her snowy sails in the Downs and fairly had the bone in -her teeth, she showed as neat a pair of heels to the steamer transports -as any captain could wish for. It is on record that she beat the -steamers every passage, and that not a sailing vessel under the British -flag could keep way with her sailing side by side.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>WORDS THAT TROUBLE THE TONGUE.</h3> - -<p>Drimtaidhvickhillichattan is the name of a small hamlet in the Isle of -Mull containing not more than a dozen inhabitants. How they pronounce it -is a mystery only to be solved by some one acquainted with Gaelic, but -the fact that the Scots are a nation of few words seems easy to explain, -if they have many such words as the above in their language.</p> - -<p>A sample of Welsh nomenclature is Mynyddywllyn, which is the name of a -parish close to Cardiff, whilst another of the same kind is -Llanfairpwllgwngyll.</p> - -<p>Perhaps, however, the Germans may be fairly said to carry off the -palm in word-coining. How is this for a specimen— -Constaninopelischerdudlelsackpfeifer? or this one, -Jungfrauenzimmerdurchschwindersuchtoedungs?</p> - -<p>The first means a Constantinopolitan bagpipe-player, and the last is the -name of a young ladies' club which adorns the brass plate of the door of -a house in Cologne to this day.</p> - -<p>Rabelais gives the following name to a particular book which was -supposed to be in the library of Pantagruel's medical student friend -Victor—"Antipericatametanaparbeugedanptecribrationes Toordicantium"; -whilst Anantachaturdasivratakatha is an actual Sanscrit word to be found -in any Sanscrit dictionary, and the word Cluninstaridysarchedes occurs -in the works of Plautus, the Latin comedy writer.</p> - -<p>Now, most of the above words can be pronounced by ordinary persons with -a week's training or so; so could this one, Kagwadawwacomergishearg, -which was the Christian name of one of the Indian chiefs who died at -Wisconsin a little while ago; but, studying long and hard as they will, -not one person in a million will ever succeed in correctly pronouncing -the name of Tschlsi, King of Wahuma. The best way to set about it is to -sneeze violently, and to try to work in the <i>l</i> sound towards the end.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_469" id="Page_469">[Pg 469]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="STAMPS" id="STAMPS"></a> -<img src="images/ill_019.jpg" width="600" height="207" alt="STAMPS" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin -collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question -on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address -Editor Stamp Department.</p></blockquote> - -<p>Two things fix the prices of all but the rarest or commonest stamps. -First, the desire of the dealers, who make the catalogues, to obtain as -high a price as possible for scarce stamps of which they have a supply -on hand; and secondly, auction sales, which reflect the actual prices -paid in open competition. During the last four months the new catalogues -have appeared with increased prices for the majority of "medium" stamps, -and during the same period the prices paid in the auction-room have in -many instances been smaller than during the previous year. The result -has been a comparative cessation of business in stamps, which will -continue until the two factors have adjusted themselves. Speculators -will not buy on a falling market, and it has been the speculative -purchases in the past which have advanced the prices of so many stamps. -Of course the real scarcity of unused stamps of most of the early issues -has been demonstrated of late years, and an increase of value was -inevitable, but, pushed too far, it frightens new collectors, and -discourages many of the older ones whose purses are not large.</p> - -<p>Each of the Portuguese colonies, Funchal, Horta, Angra, and Punta -Delgado has a complete set of new stamps. The designs of all values and -for all the colonies are the same, with the exception that the stamps -bear the name of the colony in the label under the portrait.</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">2½ reis, gray and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">5 reis, orange-buff and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">10 reis, light green and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">15 reis, brown and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">20 reis, violet and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">25 reis, dark green and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">50 reis, blue and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">75 reis, rose and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">80 reis, lilac and black.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">100 reis, blue and black on blue.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">150 reis, brown and black on buff.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">200 reis, mauve and black on lilac.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">300 reis, blue and black on pink.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">500 reis, black and red on blue.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">George Hall</span>.—It is a Hungarian revenue stamp.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">L. N. Dodd</span>, 2607 Thirty-ninth Street, Chicago, Ill., wishes to -exchange stamps.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">W. R. Wheeler</span>.—The 3c. "outer line," perforated, is the same stamp -as the 1851. The common perforated lacks the line at top and -bottom, as these were cut out of the plate to allow room for the -perforations. The Department stamps have been advancing in price -for years. How long they will continue to advance no one knows. -Some of the "specimen" stamps are rarer than the regular issues.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">D. McPherson, Jun</span>., Cor. Church and Chestnut streets, Santa Cruz, -Cal., wants to exchange a kodak for stamps.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">E. L. Smith</span>.—Your Spanish stamp is a revenue. The word "Cave" is -that of a large mercantile house in the East. It is not a -governmental surcharge.</p> - -<p>F. O. S.—Your coin with inscription LUD. XV. D. G. FR. ET. N. REX. -(Louis XV. By the Grace of God King of France and Navarre), and the -other coin (from Bolivia), are no longer current, and hence are -worth bullion only.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">D. McPherson</span>.—Your 12c. 1869 U.S. stamp is very badly centred, and -hence is not worth more than one-half as much as a perfectly -centred copy. This is true of all scarce stamps.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">A. Gregory</span>.—An "Albino" envelope is one with the impression of the -die, but without ink, having been used on the same. It is found in -U.S. envelopes sometimes.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Philatus</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_020.jpg" width="600" height="285" alt="IVORY SOAP" /> -</div> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">The stores which keep the best that's made</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Secure the highest class of trade;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">The shoppers who are shrewd and wise</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Select such stores to patronize;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And stores and shoppers all attest</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Pure Ivory Soap is far the best.</span><br /> -</p> - -<h4>Copyright 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h4><i>NOW READY:</i></h4> - -<h2>The Voyage of the Rattletrap</h2> - -<p class="center">By <span class="smcap">Hayden Carruth</span>, Author of "The Adventures of Jones." Illustrated by -<span class="smcap">H. M. Wilder</span>. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>The story of three boy chums and of their cruise across the Dakotas -in a "prairie-schooner." The log makes amusing reading, even though -there are no very exciting adventures to chronicle. Mr. Carruth has -a genial humor in the telling of ordinary happenings that is -irresistible, and he even manages to impart a great deal of useful -information as he goes along. The new Northwest is a great country, -and the author tells us very pleasantly some things about this big -slice of Uncle Sam's territory.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h2>By KIRK MUNROE</h2> - -<blockquote> - -<p><i>The kind of stories that healthy, hearty boys are apt to -like.</i>—Independent, N. Y.</p> - -<p><i>Master of the art which keeps the young reader's interest at a -tension.</i>—N. Y. Sun.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>Rick Dale</h3> - -<p class="center">A Story of the Northwest Coast. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">W. A. Rogers</span>. Post 8vo, -Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>A capital story, brimful of adventures.... It is a good, clean, -captivating tale.—<i>Observer</i>, N. Y.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>Snow-Shoes and Sledges</h3> - -<p class="center">A Sequel to "The Fur-Seal's Tooth."</p> - -<h3>The Fur-Seal's Tooth</h3> - -<h3>Canoemates</h3> - -<h3>Raftmates</h3> - -<h3>Campmates</h3> - -<h3>Dorymates</h3> - -<p class="center">Each one volume. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.25.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>The "Mates" Series, Four Volumes in a Box, $5.00.</i></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Wakulla</h3> - -<p class="center">A Story of Adventure in Florida.</p> - -<h3>Derrick Sterling</h3> - -<p class="center">A Story of the Mines.</p> - -<h3>The Flamingo Feather</h3> - -<h3>Chrystal, Jack & Co.</h3> - -<p class="center">And Delta Bixby. Two Stories.</p> - -<p class="center">Each one volume. Illustrated. Square 16mo, Cloth, $1.00.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_470" id="Page_470">[Pg 470]</a></span></p> - -<h3>A Cuban War Story.</h3> - -<p>The Rev. Dr. Conwell, a well-known Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia, -recently went to Cuba. On his return he related the following incident -to his Sunday-evening congregation:</p> - -<p>"A planter, with whom I talked several times, told me that some months -ago, on a very dark and rainy night, a light-house on the south coast of -the island was captured by insurgents, and as the keeper was, of course, -a government official brought from Spain, the insurgents took him -prisoner. Some of his captors urged that the keeper be shot forthwith. -The keeper bravely accepted his fate, and as he was being led out he -requested as his dying petition that his captors would keep the light -burning on that stormy night.</p> - -<p>"The insurgent colonel, who since has himself been killed under Maceo, -was so captivated by the brave keeper's thoughtfulness for the unknown -sailors beaten toward shore in the terrible hurricane, that he ordered -the release of the keeper, and presented him with some silver plate, -which the insurgents had confiscated from some wealthy planter. One -touch of nature," added Dr. Conwell, feelingly, "makes all the world -kin."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>More Signs and Omens.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I live in the "Sunny South" too, and here are some of the signs -most often heard here:</p> - -<p>Peacocks' feathers bring bad luck.</p> - -<p>A black cat brings good luck.</p> - -<p>Watch a person out of sight, and you will never see him again.</p> - -<p>If you point at a grave, a member of your family will die.</p> - -<p>Bring a hoe or other garden tool into the house, and it will bring -bad luck.</p> - -<p>A good fire-maker will always have a smart husband.</p> - -<p>A hard storm is often a sign of the death of some rather unpopular -man.</p> - -<p>I don't know as these are strictly local, but all of them are very -common here.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Carolyn Sherman</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Ash Grove, Va</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Queer New Orleans Customs.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>New Orleans has some customs peculiarly its own. One of them, the -decorating of the cemeteries on All-Saints day, is not done in any -other place in the United States. On that day the cemeteries are -beautifully decorated with all kinds of flowers. The fronts of the -great white tombs (for there are few underground graves in New -Orleans) are often so covered with flowers that you can hardly read -the inscription. This is lovely while it lasts; but when the -flowers are faded and dead, it is rather pathetic than otherwise to -wander through the streets of the silent cities of the dead. -Metaire and Greenwood are the most beautiful cemeteries, and the -old St. Louis the most interesting. Here are buried the old French -people who died over a hundred years ago.</p> - -<p>Another queer custom, but which is dying out, is the giving of -"lagniappe" (pronounced lan-yap) in the stores and markets. That -is, they give you an apple, an orange, or a few pieces of candy in -the grocery stores, in addition to what you have bought. They used -to do it in the old French Quarter more than anywhere else, and -often gave lagniappe of coffee, tea, sugar, or rice. But now they -give hardly any, except to children, and sometimes even they have -to ask for it.</p> - -<p>Then the street-criers, too, are amusing. A familiar sight is a -dilapidated wagon and horse loaded with sacks of charcoal, while an -extremely dirty-looking individual screams, "Charcoal, two bits a -sack—charcoal!" "two bits" being used invariably, instead of -twenty-five cents, among this class of people, and even among the -better classes.</p> - -<p>New Orleans has a most excellent system of street railway, although -it is but lately that it has had it. Before, there were only small -cars with one mule attached; so you can imagine the electric cars -are a great improvement on the old style of transportation, which -was both slow and uncertain. But it has taken away a good deal of -the quaintness from the city. There are only two mule lines left, -and these will soon be replaced by electric ones.</p> - -<p>The city lost one of its old buildings by fire two years ago, which -has been replaced by a handsome modern structure seven stories -high. I refer to the St. Charles Hotel. There are very few handsome -public buildings here; about the finest are those of the Tulane -University. The soil of New Orleans does not admit of very heavy -buildings being built, although they now drive piles of sixty feet -for foundation.</p> - -<p>New Orleans is fast coming to the front as a grain-exporting point, -the Illinois Central having recently finished an immense elevator -and dock. It has been for many years the largest cotton-exporting -port in the world.</p> - -<p>The two public parks, Audubon and the City Park, could be made very -beautiful if they were improved. Their natural beauty is so great -that one does not mind their somewhat wild state. Little by little -they are being improved, but, both being large tracts, it takes a -long time. The trees in both are immense live-oaks, and under those -at the City Park many of the duels of the earlier Louisiana days -were fought.</p> - -<p>West End, the one nice resort of New Orleans, is situated on Lake -Pontchartrain, about six miles from the centre of town. Here, in -summer, there is music every evening by a fine band, and trains run -at intervals of fifteen minutes. It is a most delightful way to -spend an evening, as there are no mosquitoes, and the breeze off -the water is always cool. The mosquitoes are a great pest here, and -even in winter they are quite bad, we being compelled to sleep -under bars a good share of the time.</p> - -<p>This is a very easy place for visitors to find their way alone, as -the streets are all plainly marked and numbered. All the cars start -from Canal Street, and it is almost impossible to lose one's way.</p> - -<p>As Canal Street is the starting-point for all the cars, it is quite -a feat to cross without risking your life. Policemen are stationed -on every corner, and it is very rarely that an accident occurs.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Sophie Eleanor Clark</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>What do You Think They Weighed?</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Don't you think the following pretty good? I got it from an old man -who says he won $5 for answering it years ago.</p> - -<p>A man had an article weighing exactly forty pounds. He let it fall, -and it broke into four pieces. But it was such a fortunate fall -that the pieces were afterwards available for sale weights, and -with them he could weigh any number of pounds from one to forty. -How much did each piece weigh?</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">J. Lurie</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">New York</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>We do think it good. You ought to be able yourself to tell a good -puzzle, for you have won some of our puzzle-prizes. The <span class="smcap">Table</span> will -publish the answer in a week or two.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Laid and Wove Paper.</h3> - -<p>Edward C. Wood, of Philadelphia, asked the difference between laid and -wove papers of fine grade. The question was referred to a manufacturer -of this kind of writing-paper, and he answers in the following -interesting way:</p> - -<p>"You have seen your mother roll out pie-dough with a rolling-pin. She -rolls it out on a board into a thin even sheet with a smooth surface, -which is like the surface of 'wove paper.'</p> - -<p>"Now after doing this, if she were to take another rolling-pin, and -place around it wires laid close together and parallel with each other -and with the length of the pin, and bind them in place with other wires -wrapped around the pin and about an inch apart, and then if, with the -rolling-pin thus prepared, she were to roll the even surface of the thin -sheet of dough, the impression of the wires would be left in the dough, -producing a surface like 'laid paper.'</p> - -<p>"In making paper a flat surface of wire-cloth corresponds to the board. -The paper pulp or 'stuff' (made by grinding up rags very fine, and -mixing them with water until the composition looks like cream), which is -spread in a flat sheet over the surface of the wire-cloth, corresponds -to the dough. And a roll (covered with wire-cloth for wove paper, and -with wires laid parallel with each other and with the length of the roll -for laid paper) corresponds to the rolling-pin.</p> - -<p>"This roll, called the 'dandy,' covered with wire-cloth, rolling over -the surface of the thin wet sheet of paper-stuff, smooths it down into -an even regular surface, and produces wove paper.</p> - -<p>"The dandy-roll, with parallel wires, rolling over the wet sheet of -stuff, leaves its impression in the thin sheet, and produces laid paper.</p> - -<p>"The lines at right angles to the parallel lines are called the -'chains,' and are produced by the impression of those wires which are -wrapped around the parallel wires to hold the latter in place around the -dandy-roll."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>The Name "Indian Summer."</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Henry Osborn asks why Indian summer is so called. I have always -heard that it is the time of the year when the Indians laid in -their provisions for winter. During the summer they only hunted for -pleasure. Cold weather came before they realized it. Just at this -state of affairs the Indian summer came in and gave the Indian one -more chance to provide for winter.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Harry Richardson</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>This reason is a new one to some, we think. Can anybody else give a -reason popularly said to be the origin of the name? And will some one -write out the scientific cause for the hazy atmosphere of this season? -Is the cause well known?</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Advice to Boys of Fifteen.</h3> - -<p>"Mercer" asks the probable expense of two boys of fifteen going round -the world on a bicycle; whether it is prudent to go; and if any -publisher or publishers would perhaps accept and pay for an account of -the journey a sufficient sum to reimburse the boys for their necessary -outlay.</p> - -<p>The expense of such a trip would not be less than $4 per day for each -boy for the entire time absent from home. It might be less than this in -the far East, but in other parts of the world it would be more. If this -estimate errs, it does so in being too small. Is it prudent? We should -say, with perhaps not as much emphasis as would the parents of the boys -in question, no. There are many dangers, but if there were not, what -substantial thing is to be gained? Prudence in a boy of fifteen demands -that he shall be in training, save during the few summer months, which -are not long enough for a world bicycle tour, for the future. There may -be publishers who would pay a big price for such a manuscript, but they -are not advertising that they will do so.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Questions and Answers.</h3> - -<p>A member of the Camera Club sends the <span class="smcap">Table</span> $1, and asks if there are -other members who have old negatives, in perfect condition, of scenes of -places of interest anywhere, size four by five inches. If any member has -such will he write to the <span class="smcap">Table</span>, describing the subjects of the pictures -and the number willing to be given for $1? Do not forward negatives -until requested.—W. Randall Spurlock, 3108 Highland Ave., Mt. Auburn, -Cincinnati, O., asks if any one can give him the address of Capt. J. D. -Randall, who is, or used to be, a Mississippi River boatman, whose boat -ran, at one end of its route, to Memphis.—Chas. Henshaw, 432 North -State Street, Chicago, wants to join a Chapter or some club somewhere -that is interested in photography.—Chas. K. Russell, a Brooklyn member, -asks us why coins are put into corner-stones when laid. We always -supposed it was merely to preserve them for a future generation, the -same object in view when records, newspapers, and memorials are -enclosed. We can find no other reason. Is there any other reason?</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_471" id="Page_471">[Pg 471]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="THE_CAMERA_CLUB" id="THE_CAMERA_CLUB"></a> -<img src="images/ill_021.jpg" width="600" height="195" alt="THE CAMERA CLUB" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly -answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to -hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>HOW TO MAKE ENLARGED NEGATIVES FROM SMALL PRINTS.</h3> - -<p>Though the rules for the photographic contest stated that no picture -less than 4 by 5 in size would be admitted, yet the editor constantly -received letters asking if pictures taken by the small pocket-cameras -would be admitted. These tiny pictures, though often good in detail and -well chosen as to subject, are on too small a scale to be admitted to -any contest; but if one has a small picture which, aside from size, -seems worthy of being entered in a competition, a large negative may be -made from it, from which prints may be made and sent to the contest.</p> - -<p>The first thing to do is to make as good a print from the negative as -possible. Squeegee this print to a glass plate—a spoiled sensitive -plate is the best for this purpose, as the glass is usually free from -defects. If the picture is larger than the glass, squeegee the picture -in the centre of the glass, and either block out the clear glass with -Gihon's opaque, or cover it with black needle paper. From this paper -positive is to be made the negative in the same manner in which one -enlarges from a negative to make an enlarged print.</p> - -<p>Choose a room which has but one window. It is better to take a room on -the second floor where an unobstructed view of the sky can be obtained. -If the room has two windows one must be completely darkened and the -other covered, except a small space large enough to admit the glass -plate on which the picture is squeegeed. On the outside of the window -arrange a large piece of white card-board at an angle of about 45° so as -to reflect the light through the picture.</p> - -<p>The camera used for enlarging may be a 4 by 5 or larger, and a little -practice will enable one to make excellent negatives. Take the -focussing-glass out of the frame, and place the glass containing the -picture in its place. The focussing-glass is easily removed by loosening -the screw in the side of the frame and slipping out the piece of wood -which holds it in place. Put the focussing-frame in the camera, and -place the camera close to the window, so that all the light that enters -the space left in the window passes through the camera. The lens is of -course turned inside the room.</p> - -<p>The camera should be supported on a table, and fixed so that it cannot -jar. Directly opposite the camera, on the same plane, must be placed -something to serve as a support for the sensitive paper, and a wooden -box with the bottom covered with white paper will be found to answer -every purpose. A convenient way of arranging the camera and box is to -take a board, place the camera at one end, and the box at whatever point -the clearest focus is obtained.</p> - -<p>Having everything in place, shut out all the light except that which -enters through the camera, and focus the picture on the plain white -paper. Mark where the image falls, close the shutter, and by a red light -place a sheet of bromide-paper on the space covered by the image, -holding it in position by means of small thumb-tacks.</p> - -<p>Open the shutter of the camera and expose for ten or fifteen minutes, -according to the density of the negative. If the light is poor, a much -longer exposure must be made. One can time the exposure by making one or -two experiments with small strips of paper and developing.</p> - -<p>For developing this enlarged negative use hydroquinone. Do not -over-develop, clear with acetic acid, fix, and wash thoroughly. When dry -the paper may be rendered more transparent by waxing, or it may be -printed from without further manipulation. If the negative is inclined -to curl, straighten it by drawing it over the sharp edge of a drawer.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">S. W. Hines, Jun</span>., asks if it spoils plates to cut them with a -glass-cutter; whether dark or light objects take quicker in -snap-shots; how to print lantern slides, and where an outfit for -lantern-slide-making can be obtained. Sensitive plates may be cut -into smaller sizes and used if great care is taken not to scratch -the sensitive film, though if one has plates too large for the -camera it is a better plan to change them for a size that will fit -the camera. See Nos. 798 and 799 for directions for making lantern -slides. All the outfit required is a box of lantern-slide plates, -some good negatives, a printing-frame, and a lantern. The -finishing, cover glasses, binding strips, and name-markers will be -required. We will publish soon another article on -lantern-slide-making for the benefit of the new members of our -Camera Club. Light objects always <i>take</i> quicker than dark ones.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">D. Saylor Wilson</span>, 120 McDonough St., Brooklyn, N.Y.; <span class="smcap">William -Seymour</span>, Marshall, Mich.; <span class="smcap">Arthur S. Dudley</span>, West Salem, Wis.; <span class="smcap">Ralph -Bulkey, Jun</span>., 345 Miller Ave., Columbus, O.; <span class="smcap">S. W. Hines, Jun</span>., -Cumberland, Wis.; <span class="smcap">Charles Boyden, Jun</span>., 4053 Washington Ave., St. -Louis, Mo.; <span class="smcap">E. L. Dedham</span>, Orysa, Tenn.; <span class="smcap">John D. Duff</span>, 922 Duquesne -Way, Pittsburg, Pa.; <span class="smcap">Arthur Nilsen</span>, 69 West Fiftieth St., New York -city; <span class="smcap">Horace A. Williams</span>, Parkesburg, Pa.; <span class="smcap">Donald C. Vaughn</span>, 1 West -Eighty-second St., New York city; <span class="smcap">Arthur Ehrhart</span>, Maywood, Ill.; -<span class="smcap">Evarts A. Graham</span>, 672 West Monroe St., Chicago, Ill.—wish to -become members of the Camera Club.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Postage Stamps, &c.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 200px;"> -<img src="images/ill_022.jpg" width="200" height="126" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>60 dif. U.S. $1, 100 dif. Foreign 8c., 125 dif. Canadian, Natal, etc. -25c., 150 dif. Cape Verde, O. F. States, etc. 50c. Agents wanted. 50 -p.c. com. List free. <b>F. W. Miller, 904 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.</b></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> -<img src="images/ill_023.jpg" width="141" height="146" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><b>STAMPS!</b> 300 genuine mixed Victoria, Cape, India, Japan, Etc., with Stamp -Album, only 10c. New 96-page price-list FREE. Approval Sheets, 50% com. -Agents Wanted. We buy old U.S. & Conf. Stamps & Collections. <b>STANDARD -STAMP CO., St. Louis, Mo., Established 1885.</b></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"> -<img src="images/ill_024.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><b>ALBUM AND LIST FREE!</b> Also 100 all diff. Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., only -10c. Agts. wanted at 50& Com. <b>C. A. Stegmann</b>, 5941 Cote Brilliant Ave., -St. Louis, Mo.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>500</h2> - -<p>Mixed, Australian, etc., 10c.; <b>105 var.</b> Zululand, etc., and album, 10c.; -12 Africa, 10c.; 15 Asia, 10c. Bargain list free. F. P. VINCENT, -Chatham, N.Y.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>FREE</h2> - -<p class="center">25 var. stamps. Send stamp for postage. Agents wanted, 50% com. 50 -varieties, 5c.; 100, 10c.</p> - -<h4>F. A. RAYMOND, 6 Harriet St., Norwalk, Conn.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p class="center"><b>FREE!</b> Sample P'k (250) Stamp Hinges with New Stamp List. <span class="smcap">Dover & Co</span>., -St. Louis, Mo.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>10</h2> - -<p class="center"><b>RARE STAMPS FREE.</b> Send 2c. stamp.</p> - -<h4>F. E. THORP, Norwich, N. Y.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>11</h2> - -<p class="center">dif. unused Foreign stamps, 10c. Fine approval sheets at 50% off. <span class="smcap">G. M. -Frame</span>, Haverhill, Mass.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_025.jpg" width="400" height="136" alt="PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Arnold</h2> - -<h2>Constable & Co.</h2> - -<h2>Infants' Wear.</h2> - -<h3>SPRING STYLES.</h3> - -<p class="center"><i>Piqué Walking Coats, Reefers,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>French Mull Caps,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Hand-Made Long Dresses,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Gingham Frocks.</i></p> - -<h2>Children's Wear.</h2> - -<p class="center"><i>Serge Suits,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Hand-Made Guimpes,</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>School Frocks.</i></p> - -<h4>Broadway & 19th st.</h4> - -<h4>NEW YORK.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_026.jpg" width="400" height="223" alt="Crawford Bicycles" /> -</div> - -<h3>Tandems, $100</h3> - -<h3>Boys' and Girls' Bicycles</h3> - -<h3>$45, $40, $35</h3> - -<p class="center">Simple, durable machines of fine workmanship and handsome finish.</p> - -<p class="center">Guaranteed for one year.</p> - -<h3>CRAWFORD MFG. CO.</h3> - -<h3><i>Send for Catalogue.</i> Hagerstown, Md.</h3> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>EARN A BICYCLE!</h2> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_027.jpg" width="300" height="162" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>We wish to introduce our Teas, Spices, and Baking Powder. Sell 75 lbs. -to earn a <span class="smcap">Bicycle</span>; 50 lbs. for a <span class="smcap">Waltham Gold Watch and Chain</span>; 25 lbs. -for a <span class="smcap">Solid Silver Watch and Chain</span>; 10 lbs. for a beautiful <span class="smcap">Gold Ring</span>; -50 lbs. for a <span class="smcap">Decorated Dinner Set</span>. Express prepaid if cash is sent with -order. Send your full address on postal for Catalogue and Order Blank to -Dept. I</p> - -<h4>W. G. BAKER, Springfield, Mass.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>BICYCLING IN GREAT BRITAIN</h2> - -<p>A physician of experience in the care of boys will take a small party -through England and Scotland during July and August.</p> - -<p>Refers by permission to Dr. David W. Cheever, Boston; Dr. C. Shattuck, -Boston; Edward E. Hale, D.D., Boston. Address</p> - -<h4>E. C. STOWELL, M.D., 502 Beacon St., Boston.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>BOYS & GIRLS</h2> - -<p>money selling my Household Article. Needed in every house. Send <b>4 cents</b> -in stamps for sample, and start to work. <b>C. D. BABCOCK, 71 Nassau St., -N. Y.</b></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>CARDS</h2> - -<p class="center"><b>FOR 1897. 50 Sample Styles</b> AND LIST OF 400 PREMIUM ARTICLES FREE. -HAVERFIELD PUB Co., CADIZ, OHIO</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>PUNCH</h2> - -<p><b>& JUDY WHISTLE</b>, great fun for the boys. <b>WIZARD</b> Skeleton 13 inches high, -with directions. The great Egyptian Smoke Trick, all for 10c. (others -ask 30 to 50c.) Bert M. Slade, Akron, O. B. 5.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>HARPER & BROTHERS'</h2> - -<p class="center">Descriptive list of their publications, with <i>portraits of authors</i>, -will be sent by mail to any address on receipt of ten cents.</p> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_472" id="Page_472">[Pg 472]</a></span></p> - -<h2>FUNNY HOW-DO-YOU-DO'S.</h2> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 142px;"> -<img src="images/ill_028.jpg" width="142" height="400" alt="Drop Cap M" /> -</div> - -<p>ost amusing are the styles of salutation in different countries, and -also very interesting. The following are a few that have been recently -brought to notice:</p> - -<p>The Chinese gentleman, meeting a friend, shakes his <i>own</i> hand, and -inquires in the most complimentary terms about his friend's health. The -friend shakes his own hand also, and answers that he is well, but calls -himself the most abusive names he can think of, and they pass on.</p> - -<p>The French and Italian gentlemen kiss and embrace their men friends when -they feel great delight at meeting.</p> - -<p>The American fool grasps his friend's hand at the level with his hat, -and gently jiggles it.</p> - -<p>The politician, just before election, meeting a voter, slaps him -vigorously on the back, and shakes his hand at the same time.</p> - -<p>The Gambier Islanders rub noses, and if their welcome is very hearty, -they each hold their breath for a few seconds, and then give a most -alarming sniff, thereby showing great pleasure at meeting you.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>HE HAD FALLEN OFF.</h3> - -<p>Patrick was a new man in the light-horse regiment, but his cheerfulness -and witty replies had already established him as a favorite. He had one -drawback, however, and that was his awkwardness when on a horse's back. -Naturally his position required the opposite of this, and Patrick worked -hard and faithfully to acquire the ease and naturalness of his comrades -when riding. He congratulated himself that this was at last -accomplished; but one day when on parade his horse shied and threw him -with considerable force. When he regained consciousness he found that -his arm had broken with the fall. With his usual characteristic good -humor the poor fellow smiled in his pain as he said:</p> - -<p>"Well, well, it's too bad. I thought I had improved in my riding a great -deal, but instead I have <i>fallen off</i>."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>COULDN'T HEAR THE MUSIC.</h3> - -<p>Colonel Brown was a mighty fox-hunter, and loved the sport beyond words. -He owned a fine pack of hounds, and, during the season, thought of -nothing but his hunters, his dogs, and the weather. He was once -entertaining a friend from America, whose ideas of hunting any animal -involved the use of fire-arms, and who had never seen a fox-hound. He -had been with difficulty persuaded to go forth one morning with the -Colonel and some friends to a meet, and they were waiting impatiently -for the hounds to take the scent. Presently there burst upon their -listening ears the din of thirty canine voices in full cry. The -Colonel's eyes gleamed, and as he settled his feet in the stirrups and -stretched his arm towards the yelping pack, he cried,</p> - -<p>"Major, listen to that heavenly music!"</p> - -<p>The Major pricked up his ears for a second or two, and then replied,</p> - -<p>"I can't hear a thing, those dogs are making such a noise."</p> - -<p>The Colonel put his spur savagely into his horse's side, and dashed -away, leaving his guest to his own devices.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>HE WANTED PAREGORIC.</h3> - -<p>It is a good thing to remember the right word at the right time, but it -is not every one who does it by such a curious succession of ideas as -the man who dashed into a Western drug store, and accosted the clerk -with:</p> - -<p>"Say—I want some medicine, and I want it quick, too! But for the life -of me I can't tell what the name is!"</p> - -<p>"Well, how on earth do you expect to get it, then?" demanded the -disgusted clerk. "I can't help you!"</p> - -<p>"Yes, you can, too!" said the would-be customer, promptly. "What's the -name of that bay on the lower part of this lake—eh?"</p> - -<p>"Do you mean Put-in-Bay?"</p> - -<p>"That's it! That's it! And what's the name of the old fellow that put in -there once, you know? Celebrated character, you know?"</p> - -<p>"Are you talking about Commodore Perry?"</p> - -<p>"Good! I've got it! I've got it!" shouted the customer. "That's what I -want! Gimme ten cents' worth of paregoric!"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>FRANKLIN'S LOAN.</h3> - -<p>We often learn by sad experience that it is a very unwise plan to <i>give</i> -money to the poor. It is much wiser either to loan or to require some -slight return in work. This plan tends to raise the respect of the -recipient, rather than to form the easily acquired habit of begging. In -an old English magazine we find the following letter from Dr. Franklin -to some unknown beggar; it is amusing as well as instructive:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;">"<i>April</i> 22, 1784.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>"I send you herewith a bill for ten Louis-d'or. I do not pretend to -<i>give</i> such a sum; I only lend it to you. When you shall return to -your country you cannot fail of getting into some business that -will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when -you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must <i>pay -me</i> by lending this sum to him, enjoining him to discharge the debt -by like operation when he shall be able, and shall meet with such -another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands -before it meets with a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick -of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich -enough to afford much in good work, and so am obliged to be earning -and make the most of a little."</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 243px;"> -<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" width="243" height="400" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">If your Majesty will kindly</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Stop your funning for a while,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">I will make a portrait of you</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">In the very best of style.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">But if you keep on jesting,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">I am very much afraid</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Instead of as the king, you'll as</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">The joker be portrayed.</span><br /> -</p> - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Begun in <span class="smcap">Harper's Round Table</span> No. 888.</p></div></div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, March 9, 1897, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE *** - -***** This file should be named 60887-h.htm or 60887-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/0/8/8/60887/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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