The Sea
CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) I
"Did he tell you thnt?" uttered the
youth, Indignantly, nnd with much sur
prise. "Then he deceived you, Mary,
faiost wickedly deceived you. On that
cciihIoii our vessel lny ut our render.
rous nt Manlln. Six of our men lny at
tho point of donth, nnd when they heard
thnt I men nt to leave them they wept
like children, nnd begged me not to for-
Jakc them to death. What could I doV
Mioso men had been friends to me, and
I know thnt some of them would huvo
laid down their very lives for me lu
caso of need. I nuked Laroon to run
tho brig to Sllvor Bay, but ho would
not. 1 asked him what was to become
of our sick men. Ills answer wns this:
'Let them die if they will. We cun get
now men more cnslly than wo con cure
them.' I told him to come, and to tell
you that I had remained behind to suvo
the lives of some of my suffering fellow
crentures."
"Oh!" murmured tho mnidon, once
more throwing her nrms about the
youth's neck. "I could not believo all
thnt he meant for mo to believe, but
yot I was sad and unhappy. Hut I bless
you now. Ah, Paul, I should have been
linppler hnd I known nil before."
"Then you may bo happy thnt you
know nil now. And If the knowledge of
my truth will mnko you hnppy, be so
rer."
"Yes, Pnul happy now," she exclaim
ed; "but how ahull the future be?"
"I know whnt you mean." -And hold
ing bin companion so that lie could look
Into her face, Paul continued: "It was
upon thla subject that 1 desired most to
trpenk. I know that I am not safe here.
But I have resolved not to remain any
longer than I can help. Many a time
could I hnve fled from tho wicked man,
but I hnd rather die than go alone. Some
time some time when I enn tako you
with mc then I will flee from them. Do
rou understand me. Mary?"
"Yen, Pnul."
"And would you llec with me?"
"Oh, how gladly how quickly!"
"And when we havo fled, would you
bo mhio for life?"
"Everything everything for you,
Pnul, so that I might be frco from the
mlo of our dark mnster."
CHAPTER IX.
For Home moments after this tho twain
at there locked in encii other's arms.
At length tho young man spoko:
"Mary," he said, "wo have a strange
man on bonrd our vessel. He knows
where we used to Itvo in America."
Tho maiden ntartcd up nnd looked her
companion nlmost wildly in the fnce; but
the extreme emotion soon pnsscd nwny,
Hnd she was more calm.
"He told me some things," continued
fajil, "which I remembered. Do you
member tho name of Humphrey?"
Mnry repented the nnme several times,
uul n sort of intelligent gleam rested up
In her countenance.
"Surely, Paul, there Is something fa
olllnr in tho sound of thnt nnme, but I
miinot cnll it to mind."
"1 should not suppose you could, for
ou were not over three years old when
r both came with Laroon. Hut thlh
nan of whom I speak has seen us both,
ti years gono by when we wcro both
ery smnll nt Col. Stephen Humphrey's:
rod I remember of calling some one
Undo Stephen.' I remember It well.
fh, Mnry, wo must escape from here!
know thnt Marl Lnrooa hns no right
p us, nnd I cannot divest myself of the
den that he did a groat sin when he
look us nwny from our home," Bnld Pnul.
"Then he Is not your father?" uttered
lie maiden, with some energy.
"No!" answered Pnul, quickly and en
ergetically. "I know he Is not my fnth
tr. Not only does every feeling of my
Will assure me that such is not tho case,
fcut Mnrl Laroon's own manner proves
t. And then this mnn Buffo Burning
ton, ho calls himself assures mo that
10 is not. Thank heaven, I owe no stmrk
If being to thnt dnrk-soulcd mnn!"
There was another silence of some nio
nents, nt tho end of which Paul re
lumed: "Marl Laroon was hero last night. Of
tourse, you saw him? What did he Hay?"
"1 could not tell you. Ho talked very
rtrangely at times, and you may laugh
It me, and think mo very foolish but
tcrtalnly he did talk more like a lover
fliuu a guardian."
Paul started and turned pnle.
"Marl Laroon does lov.e you all he
h capable of loving. If we remain hero
rou nro lost. Now, I know what bis
Itrnngo words to me have meant, lie
neaus that you shall be his wife!"
Tho fair girl gazed into her compan
ion's face for some moments without
. ipeaklng, and tho fixed, vacant look of
the eyes showed that sho was thinking
f something past.
"Heaven have mercy on me!" she nt
length uttered, clasping her hands to
gether. "It is for thnt porhaps that ho
ins called tho miners four of them to
the cattle, aud bade them remain here.
It is for that ho has given directions for
the nightwntch doubled, and for hazing
lo soul pass out from bore save the crow
t tho brig, and the fishermen and hunt
krs."
, "And how hns it been with you since
ke wiiB here last? llnvo you been
ttrictly wntched?"
"I hnvebeen but n prisoner, Paul
but a mere prisoner. I havo not been
allowed to go outside of theso walls with
Hit two attendants, and one of those
aiust lie from Laroon's blind followers.
His negroes have kept an eye upon me
ill the time, aud I do not think thnt
during the past yonr I could have esoap
id, even had 1 b nt my whole Anergics
' , to the purpose ell ftp tiiuo. B it do you
oh, do you think that lie means I
.St A A A' A A i4i i A
Scourge
"I fear ho mentis to mnke you his
wife."
The mniden bowed her bead, nnd her
frame shook with strong emotion. It I
was now growing duik, for tho sun hnd
sot Homo tlmo rfuco, and tho shades
of night were beginning to gather over
tho things of enrth. Mnry turned to the
window and looked out. Paul nroso
and walked several times across tho
room, and when he stopped It was close
by the door which opened to the corri
dor by which ho had entered. Just as
ho stopped he was sure he heard some
ono at tho door. Without wnitlug to
reflect, ho opened it and saw a black
worn an Just hurrying from tho tyot Ills
iirst impulse was to spring out Into tho
corridor nnd catch her, aud ho obeyed It
ou tho Instant.
"What aro you doing here?" wna his
first question, as he seized tho negrcss
by the arm. Sho was ono of Lnroon's
slaves, some fifty or wlxty years of nge,
with a face upon which were marked
cunning nnd cruelty. "Whnt nre you do
ing here?" repented Pnul, In no very
gentle terms.
"Noffen!" wns the short reply.
"Then why are you here?"
" 'Cnuso 1 hnve to be here nil ober
tho house jus' what I'm a mind to."
As tho woman gave this answer she
freed herself by a jerk from the youth's
grasp, and then hnstenod nway. Paul
returned to tho room where he had left
Mary, and found her just coming toward
bin,.
"Paul," she Hnldj "I thought you told
me thnt Marl Lnroon would remain on
board the brig until you rcturnod."
"Ho I did," snid the young man, with
some surprise.
"But he Is here now."
"Impossible!"
"1 am sure I saw him In tho gnrden
but a moment ago, and ho was gating
most closely up at my window."
Pnul started to the window and looked
out, but he could see nothing. Tho win
dow overlooked a small garden which
wan enclosed within tho wall, nnd Mnry
pointed to n clump of orange shrubs,
where she had seen Laroon. But it was
now too dark to see objecta plainly nt
such n distance, aud Paul gave up the
senrch. But he was not easy. First,
ho believed that the old slave hnd been
set to watch him, nnd if Marl Lnroon
had really come up from the brig, then
there was something serious In tho wind.
Mary ordered her attendants to pre
pnro wipper in her own npnrtmcnt, and
candles were brought and the meal was
served. Paul ato almost in silence, for
lie was very uneasy, nnd he wished not
to force doubts upon his fair compan
ion: nnd Mnry, too, wus fnr from being
easy in her mind.
CHAPTER X.
While Paul and Mary were eating
their supper, there wns a sceno transpir
ing In another part of the building thnt
war not wholly unconnected with their
interests. Mnrl Laroon hnd come up
from the brig, though ho hud not come
in a bont. He had administered a pow
erful dose of opium to the old gunner,
and as soon as the invnlid wns asleep,
he hud been set on shoro for the purpose,
as be said, of taking a look at the coun
try. As noon as his boat hnd returned,
and ho had got out of sight of the crew,
ho had started for the castle.
It was nn out-of-the-way apartment
In which the pirate enptnin now was,
and lie had one companion the very
woman whom we hnve seen nt the young
people's door, nnd whom Pnul caught in
the very act.
"Now, whnt hnve you heard?" asked
Mnrl, with much engernens.
"Oh, I henrd lots," returned the old
negress, allowing the whites ot her eyes
prodigiously. "Paul said you wasn't his
futher, nnd Miss Mary say she was
drefful glnd. Den dey tole or rudder
Mas'r Paul tolo 'bout a mnn 'board de
brig as tolo him you for surtin sure
wa'n't his father."
"That is some' of Mr. Buffo Burning-
ton's "
"Dat's um, dat's tun, mns'r," interrupt
ed the sluvo, elating her hands. "Dnt'B
his name, 'cause I beared Mas'r Paul say
so."
"But tell me, Hagar, whnt else did
Pnul say about tills fellow?"
"Oh, ho snid lots. Fust, dis man tolo
him whar he was born, and who he lib
wid when he waB, a little picauninuy.
Den he tole him 'bout 'bout de man
w,hnt ho call uncle, it was Humphrey.'
Dat's um forsnrtin sure."
Tho pirate's black eyes now emitted
sparks of fire. Ho walked up and down
tho narrow apartment several times liko
a chafed tiger. At length ho stopped,
being somewhat cooled down.
"Now, tell nte what else tho boy and
girl talked about."
"Ho lubB her and she lubs him, an'
dey talk 'bout runnlu' nway."
"Did they make any plans for so do
ing?" "No, not as I knows on. But dey was
botT of um drefful 'frald you wnr goln'
to marry wld Mnry."
Marl Lnroon walked up and down the
room, nnd when he stopped thero wns n
dark snillo upon his face.
"Hagar," ho snid, "yon havo done
well, nnd you shnll be rewarded for it.
You must watch them carefully, and be
sure that they move not into the garden
without you nre close upo;i them. 'Fol
low thorn everywhere thoy go and hear
every word they sny. And, mind, not
one lisp thnt I have been hero to-night
not n word to n living soul, I shall be
bore to-morrow night, nnd then you .ihull
tell mo what more you havo seen and
henrd."
Hagar promised to obey, nnd shortly
afterward tho pirate enptain left the
place. Ho passed out through tho gar
den, and thence ho made his exit by way
of n postern, ami then hurried off by
the upland pnth to the bny, which he
renched about D o'clock. At a given sig
nal n bont came off for him, and his
patient wn not awake, so ho fnncled
thero would be no trouble on account of
poor Ben.
After Pnul nnd Mnry hnd finished
their supper nnd the things hnd been
removed, they snt down nnd commenced
to converse once more. Tho young man
had thought much during tho meal, and
ho was now ready to go ahead with his
investigations.
"Mary," ho said, "ara yon aure thnt
was Marl Laroon whom you saw In the
garden?"
"Just as sure an I nm thnt I see you
now," replied tho maiden.
"Then of course he has come to wntch
us. 1 know htm woll. Is thero nny one
In tho castle whom you hnve occasion
to think he would select in preference
to another for n spy?"
"Oh, yes; he would tnkc old Hngar
for thnt business."
"And she is the one whom I found
at the door. Does she answer your sum
mons?" "Yes, always; but you will got noth
ing from her, for she is as crnfty ns n
fox, and as cunning as mortal enn be."
"Never mind. I may not get any
words from her to that effect, but I
enn read much from her looks. Will you
call her?"
Mary nroc and pulled a cord thnt
hung near her, and ere long a young
Indian girl appeared, aud Mary request
ed her to send Hagnr up. The girl dis
appeared, and iu n short time afterwards
Hagar made Iter appearance.
"Hagar," said Paul, speaking kindly
aud with a smile, "I forgot to tell you
before, but the enptain wants you to
have everything rendy for him to-morrow
night ns he will be hero nt thut
time."
"Snrtiu," replied the old woman, with
n twinkling of tho brown eyes thnt Paul
at once uuderutood.
"That was tho order he sont by me,
nnd for the sako of doing my duty I
give it, but you needn't muko the prop
nrutlous, for he will not come. This
afternoon he fell and broke his leg."
"HI, hi, hi yah!" Inughed the old
slave. "Guess Ms'r Paul don't know
noffen 'bout it."
"But I do know. The poor mnn is
suffering tho most excruciating agony,
and he cannot bear to be brought up
here." '
The old woman smiled, but spoke not a
word.
"Whnt do you think about it?" naked
Paul.
"I think I'll do same as you do. I
get 'um till ready so to olfey orders."
Hngar went out, und as soon ns Paul
was sure she was out of hearing, he
said:
"So sho has seen hitri. How did she
know his leg was not broken, if she had
not seen him. But do not fear, for Marl
Laroon will havo his hands nnd head
both full when he attempts to come di
rectly to the antagonistic with me. Very
fortunately, I know as much as he does,
and more, too; for I know just how much
bo knows, while he will not dream that
I mistrust him."
"But how much do you think ho does
know?" asked Mary.
"Why, I feel confident he knows near
ly all we said before you saw him in
the garden. I am confident Hagar henrd
it nil, nnd if sho did, then the captain
knows it nil now. I um more sorry for
Burnlugtou than for myself; but I will
put him on his guard as soon as I go on
board. I wish I knew more of that
man."
"Why?" uttered the maiden. "Is
there anything peculiar about him?"
"Of course, there must be; nnd since
I havo been hero I hnve thought more
of him fhnn I ever did before. His face
Is before me, and I aee it plainly I see
it ns anmothing that I have already seen
beforo; and yet. so strange Is that face
that even au infant should not seem to
forget it. And then his voice, too. But
I cunnot think I cannot call up clenrly,
or even dimly, anything of him in the
pnst."
"But whnt is he, Pnul?" nked Mary,
much interested. "What sort of looking
man?"
"At first sight he is one of the most
homely, repulsive men 1 ever saw. He
has but one eye, and the yellow socket Ib
very much disfigured. His faco is very
much disfigured and is very dark, his
hair red and short, and crisp, his brow
very low and overhanging, his(nco nil
distorted nnd grim; nnd beside nil this,
one of his legs is much shorter than
the other."
"Surely," returned Mnry, with n smile,
"you have painted not a very inviting
figure."
"So ho appeared to mo; but sinco I
havo talked with him ho seems differ
out. When three fctout men had set
upon me, lie came up and overcame
them. When not another of my ship
mates noticed me. he sought mn nut in
my need and saved me. He stuck brove-
ly, too."
"Oh, how I shall love him now," mur
mured the fair girl, while her zeal
brought, a bright teardrop to her eye,
Paul understood her moaning, and his
grateful look was reward enough.
(To lie continued.
"Where "Woman Suffrao ltolgns.
"Mesdnmcs," declared the polltlcn
orator vehemently, "you cannot logl
cally, reasonably or consistently vote
for Timothy J. Dunn for tho olllce to
which he aspires."
Which was all thnt wns necessary to
Insure Mr. Dunji's receiving an over
whelming majority of the f entitle vote
nt the regular election.
Which also proves thut a politician
will resort to any means to secure
votes for his candidate. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
These good managers who can make
one cherry plo go around for a laree
family, we don't like them.
doings orwonc
A Until? lo Urnve Women.
They wore married in the autumn when
the leaven were turning gold,
And the mornings Imre a menuce of the
winter's coming cold;
Side by side they stood and promised
hand In hand to walk through life,
And tho parson said, "God bloss you!"
as be named tliem man ami wne.
They had little wealth to aid them; little
of -Mm wnrlri flinv ttlloWI
But lie whisiwred, "Oil, my darling, I
have riches I havo you."
Then they vowed that, walking ever side
ir iilrt nnil Imiwl (it tin 11(1
They would gain the distant summits of
their far-off, happy laud.
Side by side they walked together, lin
gering Moinetinies for a kiss,
Dreaming of those far-off summits, of
tlu fntiini'ti tinrfM't bliss:
But the battle-stress was on them, and
the foomuil hade them yield,
And their onward steps were hidden by
lllf amnlrf. lltuill illo ilplil!
And hi heart grew faint within him, ns
he murmured, "I must fall,
For the foeumn presses ever, and his
wtlinHft pmimiiM' nil."
But the woman, loyal over, only whis
pered, "You shall win!
You shall .snatch the victor's laurel from
the battle-strife und din."
Then again he struggled onward, though
his wounds were gaping wide.
Listening ever for n whisper "I am bat
tling by your side."
Struggling onward, struggling evor,
though the mists were dark nbout;
Beaten downward by the focmen, lost in
mists of gloom und doubt.
Still ho heard that gentle whisper that
his spirit must obuy,
Till he readied the golden summits past
the borderland of gray.
Then the world, as wise as ever, said,
"Behold a consuering knight!"
For it never heard tho whisper that hnd
urged him to the height.
Call it fable, fable only; lo, the world is
full of these,
Men who struggle onward, upward, till
the splendid prize they seize;
Men who stumble, stumble often, dazed
and stricken in the din,
But to rise and falter forward at the
whisper, "You shall win!"
And we name them knights and heroes of
the battle nnd the fray,
Knowing not that there behind each is
the one who showed the way;
Just some little loyal woman, forcing
back tho tears that blur
You may honor your bravo hero; I will
sing a song to her.
Alfred J. Wuterhouse, iu Success.
Dainty Lawn Sliirt Waist.
Tho Influence at If nine.
A delegation of young men lately
waited on their employer's wife with
the oddest request on record. "You
see," said the spokesman, "wo wnnt to
have a half holiday every Saturday.
Now, If you will be particularly nice
to Mr. Jones for a few days, we'll go
to lilm and ask " "Gentlemen," the
lady haughtily Interrupted, "do you
imply that I do not understand what
is due to my husband?" "Oh, I know
all about it," the spokesman went on.
"I'm married myself. Things go wrong
in the house, and you're tired and cross
at breakfast. Then wo suffer at the
olllce. You stay up Into to chaperono
your daughter at a ball, aud we have
more trouble at the otllce. You're a bit
cross three mornings in succession, for
one reason or another, and we have a
a terrlblo time at the ofllce. You
see how the matter stands, and bow
greatly you will oblige us by being
more than usually agreeable to Mr.
Jones for thrco or four days? The
fourth day give him the best, breakfast
you en n every thing tint t lie likes best
,1
I
und we'll got what we wnnt In tlirofl
minutes. Talk about a woman bavin,
no Influence in the business! Why, the)
humor she's In lias more effect than a
bank failure or a boom in trade." She
thought site ought to be angry, but,
instead, she laughed, and agreed to the
proposition, anil four days later, when
they waited on the head of the firm, he
made the closing hour VI o'clock, and
said that never In the history of the
firm had things run us satisfactorily as
they had tho last four days. All bail
to the power behind the throne! Ex
change. Mrs. Daniel McCall of Cat island
lighthouse, on the Mississippi coast
turned the light for wo nights by
bund because the mech&nlstn was out
of order and her husband was lying
dead.
The richest spinster in New York
City is Mary G. Pinkney. fchc Is said
to have more money than Hetty Green,
and certainly more thnn Helen Gould.
Tho reason her name has never been
connected with matrimonial gossip Is
that she Is 87 years old.
To paint portraits of American so
ciety women, says a writer, is an
achievement seldom attained by nn
American artist, as the grande dames
of the "n.r0" aristocracy of the land of
the free usually insist upon a foreign
signature to their pictures.
The custom of marrying girls when
they are mere children of 9 or 10 years
is increasing rather than decreasing in
Bengal and other parts of India. Tho
resulting racial degeneration Is becom
ing so obvious that laws have been
passed in several regions forbidding
the marriage of girls under 14.
English women, according to Miss
Anthony, are well Informed on politics,
and talk of it, and indeed of most sub
jects of general interest, much more
than do American women. The same
llolilt, ,..11,. .....1 T-I..I.
iiuiua Li in: ui lii iiinn I iiiiii iiinii wiiiiiw
en. Miss Anthony also reports that
"we found the German woman very
responsive."
Women In War-Time.
Terrible as are the miseries of tht
battlefield and the hospital, they do not
equal the heart-sickening suspense
which is the lot of women in time of
war.
The pain which must be borne In In
action Is of itself paralyzing to the will
and to high resolve. A man overboard
in mid-ocean, for example, suffers a,
fear beside which that of the battle
field is a trifle. The bravest of men,
alone in tho waves, will turn coward,
although he may have a life-buoy and
practical certainty of rescue. But tho
heart which fainted at its own pow
erlessness before the great forces of
nature moving remorselessly on may
rise to splendid feats of bravery on
the field of battle.
To women war must be always liko
tho untamable sea a succession of bil
lows, rising each above the other, and
eacli capable of engulfing the world of
love and hope in its bitter depth. No
woman's hand can stay them. No
woman's voice can calm them. And
so, on the steppes of Russia and in
tho villages of Japan' to-day. women
are praying, in strange tongues and
with fantastic rites, but with a world-
old mingling of cowardlco and cour
age, of love of country and hatred of
war, that the angel of peace oiay again
fold his wings over the earth. Youth's
Companion.
Watering Plants.
It is a good rule to give all woody
plants plenty of water. The Abutil
ons, Jasmines, Hibiscus, Aspndlstra,
Strobllanthes, Chrysanthemums, Bou
vardlas, Oranges, Oleu frngrans, Mag
nolias and Guavas all belong to tills
class. The Calla loves hot water in
tho saucer, aud a tuber never falls i0
bloom when treated. The Umbrella
plant docs twice as well in a jardlnlert
half filled with water as it does In
earth. Water Hyacinth enjoys tJia
same treatment.
Wns It You?
Somebody did a golden deed;
Somebody proved a friend iu need;
Somebody sang a beautiful song;
SomelKxly smiled the whole day long;
Somebody thought, " 'TJs .sweet to live;'"
Somebody aid, "I'm glad to giTp;"
Somebody fought a valiant fight;
Somebody lived to shield the rilit:
Was that somebody you?
E. Yinto'i KrifM'is.
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