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Twas a bright morning in the sum
mer of GO said Capt Handy that Jack
Bolles and I a couple of boys not yet
20 years old were discharged in Val
paraiso from the whaling bark Golcon
da of New Bedford with a hundred
and ten dollars apiece in gold condors
in our pockets All the romance of
whaling in the South Seas and its at
tendant dangers which had tilled our
imaginations when we shipped as green
hands at the 190th lay had been ef
fectually dissipated by the greasy real
ities of blanket and hawse pieces
cutting up in the blubber room
down scraps and trying out sup
plemented by a ten hours pull in the
boats every other day poor food and
rough if not brutal treatment from
the officers
So as we stood that morning on the
jetty clinking the money in our pock
ets and watching our old ship disappear
in the offing we felt indeed monarchs
of all we surveyed
At last she was hull down and turn
ing away with sighs of relief Ave clat
tered once more up the ill paved street
to the Consuls office where we had
been paid off and inquired of him
when we could take passage for home
We learned much to our disappoint
ment that there were no ships in port
bound for the States nor would there
be any except an occasional whaler
Tor six months to come
We must resign ourselves to the in
evitable said Jack and the next
question is Where are we coing to
stop
The Consul assured us that an Ameri
can named Henderson kept the only
decent place in town outside of the
rough sailor boarding houses and rec
ommended ns to go there We found
Henderson a good fellow who gave us
a large room with two beds in it and
after seeing our chests safely stowed
away we strolled out to look at the
town and incidentally to get work
After walking about the city for an
hour or two Ave descended to the first
or commercial sireet to look for work
Being young persistent and fairly Avell
educated Ave Avere lucky enough to find
employment with tAvo English firms
branch houses of London and Liverpool
traders Ncxr morning we Avent to
work and for a couple of months our
lives moved on tranquilly enough In
the evenings after supper Ave smoked
our cigarittos and managed Avith the
aid of an old grammar to learn a little
Spanish Occasionally on moonlight
nights Ave Avalked out through the
toAvn but Ave never went far as Hen
derson Avarned us that it Avas no un
common thing for a stranger to be
found in the outlying parts of the city
Avith his pockets rifled and a dagger
Avound in his breast
One evening my superintendent dis
covered that a mistake had been made
in the outAAard manifest of the ship
Lord ralmerston and noting that she
Avas lying off and on Avith her an
chor atrip ordered me to board her as
soon as possible before she squared
aAvay for old England and rectify the
error So without delay I hurried to
the embarked and in a half hour
climbed up the side of the Palmerston
My business detained me longer than
I had anticipated and it was fully 9
oclock before I stepped to the side As
the tide Avas on the ebb my boatman
had to land me at the nearest point and
I figured that I had about four miles to
Avalk home
It AA as moonlight but here and there
the dark shadoAvs seemed to invite the
assassin and as I hurried on I cast
many an anxious glance behind me I
had reached the outskirts of the city
and Avas congratulating myself when
suddenly from under an overhanging
balcon a woman darted forth and
clutched my arm crying out in piteous
accents
Per el amor de Dios Senor Amer
icano Por el amor deDios Forthe
love of God Senor American
Que quiere coumigo Senorita
What do you AA ant with me lady I
replied as I stepped under the soli
tary lamp on the corner and looked at
her more closely She was dressed ia
somber black and the mantilla she wore
Avas so draAvn oAer her face that but
one eye AA as A isible that single orb
however shone Avith singular limpidity
nud beauty
She Avas evidently greatly excited
and as she Avent on in her voluble Span
ish I gathered from the little I kneAV
of the language that her father AA as ly
ing at the point of death in a house
near by and she wanted me to go with
her to his assistance Why she AA auted
me to accompany her I could not un
derrand therefore I asked her Avhy
she did not appeal to her OAvn people
She replied that she and her father
aa ere strangers AA ho had but recently
come from Santiago and that there
- were so many Jadrones or robbers
among her oAn people that she dared
not trust them and in a still more urg
ent tone begged me to go with her
Truly he Avho hesitates is lost for
as I thought of Hendersons Avarning
the lateness of the hour and the Avoni
ans singular persistence and faltered
undecided she dropped her mantilla
and in an instant every scruple had
The light from the moon il
lumined a face perfect in its classic
beauty and as innocent as that of the
Madonna and -as I saw the girls tear
stained cheeks she awis only about 1G
and looked into her beautiful implor
ing eyes I threAAT caution to the winds
sailor like and motioned her to lead
and I would follow
A look of joy overspread her face and
she fervently murmured her thanks as
she guided me up the dark and narrow
street Here and there some building
was fantastically silhouetted by the
moon and among its grim shadows I
fancied I could see a dark form mov
ing but at the low sAveet sound of my
fair guides Por aca senor This way
sir all my suspicions would vanish
and I felt heartily ashamed of myself
and hurried forward in her wake
Graceful as a fawn she bounded lightly
up the steps Aiiich led to the street
r now all my senses were on the alerty I
felt rather than saAA her form as she
mounted the steps and reaching for
Avard topkyny hand saying Porque
Why
Porque no me A 6y Because I shall
not go I answered sternly
Asl spoke her fingers clutched mine
and Avith incredible strength she strove
to drag me forward but ignoring her
efforts I cast a final look dowmvard
and this time I saAV distinctly for the
cloud had passed from the moon a
man coming sAviftly and silently to
AAard the foot of the steps
With one glance at the girl whose
face Avas now transformed by fury Into
that of a demon I hurled her aside
rushed doAvn the steps every nerve
strung to its highest tension and ran
at my utmost speed toward the city
I heard a mans hoarse shout behind
me and had reached the steps which
led down Into the city In safety when
suddenly I caught my foot stumbled
and half fell to the ground Just ns I
fell forward something grazed my
cheek searing it like a redhot iron and
fell Avith a ringing sound on the steps
far below me
Terror now lent additional Avings to
my speed and I ne er paused until I
fell exhausted through the portals of
Hendersons home Managing to crawl
up the steps I staggered into the
Avhere Jack and Henderson
sat anxiously aA aitlng me and sank
breathless into a chair
Their looks of astonishment Avere
succeeded by those of horror as Jack
exclaimed
My God Henderson Look at the
blood
Putting my hand up to my- face I
WithdreAV it wet with blood and Hen
derson who busied himself in washing
it away disclosed a cut two inches long
where the knife had just touched me
Explanations followed and as I ate
the meal waiting for me I told the
strange adventure to my Avilling listen
ers As I finished Henderson who
had listened quietly as was his wont
burst out excitedly
This explains it all boys Its no
longer a mystery
Pressing him for his reasons he Avent
on to say that for the last two years
foreigners had frequently been found
stabbed in outlying and solitary parts
of the city The victims were invaria
bly Avell dressed but as no money or
papers Avere 6ver found upon them in
ATestigation had been of no avail
But heres a clew which can be fol
loAved up said Henderson and to-
W1TH INCREDIBLE STRENGTH SHE STROVE TO DRAG ME FORWARD
above revealing as she did so a beau
tiful foot and ankle and I agile though
I AA as could hardly keep up with her
Panting with exertion at last we
reached the top of the plateau which
overlooked the town and my guide
gracefully Avaved her hand toAvard a
light like a star in the distance and
murmured
Ahi esta la casa Yonder is the
house
At that moment the moon sank be
hind a mass of black clouds and every
thing became dark about us but my
guide pressing her little palm into
mine advanced steadily toward the
light Everything Avas as still as the
dead and a damp and chilly mist pene
trated my very marroAV
As the moon shone out in radiant
beauty my blood for a moment seemed
to freeze in my veins for there before
me gleaming brightly In the moonlight
and winding like a serpent among the
doddering crosses and mouldering
graves of the Pantheon was tlie path
that led to our destination
The low lying AAall of the Pantheon
lay directly in front of me and my
guide quickly tripped up the steps
which led over it beckoning for me to
folloAV Though loath to go further
yet the Avondrous beauty of the girl
held me as in a spell and step by step
I adATanced until I stood upon the top
of the AA all
As I looked downward I though I
saw the gleam of steel beneath the
steps and the shadow of a mans form
crouching there
I halted and called out to the girl
Espera Wait
At that moment the moon Avas again
obscured and in the semi darkness for
there was no street lamp there and
morrow morning Avell consult the chief
of police
Bright and early next morning for
we got but little sleep that night we
repaired to the chief of police and to
him I told my tale Henderson acting
as interpreter
The chief AA as very much surprised
and pleased by my information and
after cautioning us to keep silent dis
missed us by saying wed hear from
him in a few days
Two days later the foreign element
of the city was thrilled by another atro
cious murder This time it was a rich
young Englishman named Burton Avho
had come down from Lima to visit
some friends and who after spending
the evening with them left about 11
oclock for his hotel Avhich Avas only
tAvo blocks aAA ay Next morning his
body robbed of all his valuables and
papers A as found floating in the bay
with a gaping dagger wound in the
back
Burtons friends who Avere rich and
influential backed by the British Con
sul made a vigorous attack upon the
supine methods of the police and at
last aroused the authorities to some
thing like activity FolloAving up the
clew received from me the Jefe took
a personal interest in the matter and
Avithiu a few days succeeded in cap
turing the gang which consisted of five
persons the girl who was used as a
decoy and four men It was estimated
that more than two score foreigners
had been murdered by this gang during
the eighteen months of their sinister
operations At the trial Burtons wal
let and passport found in the robbers
rendezvoits convicted the men and my
identification of the girl completed the
case The men were sentenced and
gw PBmjmlwwaiii
according to the methods of that coun
try were shot three days after the
trial Tho girl owing to her youth and
beauty Avas sent to finish her days in
the penal colony at San Carlos
The years have rolled aAA ay since
then years of danger and adventure
Many a time during the war of the re
bellion haA e I looked death in the face
and yet my blood thrills when I think
of that nights adventure In Chili
Philadelphia Times
SHAMED THE BURGLAR
An Old Womans Appeal Induces a
Midnight Slarnuder to Depart
At the outskirts of Mount Vernon N
Y lives Mrs Pardon Hazleton an
elderly woman She has an income
sufficient for her wants and lives alone
save for a woman Avho Avorks In the
house during the day Her neighbors
knoAv her only as a Avhite haired
old lady vrho never speaks
of her antecedents From her
however It Is evident that she
has traveled much The house is mod
est and not the sort of a place to catch
tho eye of a burglar Mrs HazleUjr
has in her possession certain wiluable
papers in an important estate and she
believes that the capture of these docu
ments Avas the object of a straugei
whom sho found In her room somj
time after midnight She badlj
frightened of course but raised hersell
in bed and asked Avhat the man A ant
ed He said he Avanted money and
threatened to shoot her if she made ar
outcry
You AA ouldnt shoot me said Mrs
Hazleton Why Im old enough to be
your mother Is your mother alive
No said the burglar- curtly
Well Ill be honest Avith you con
tinued Mrs Hazleton Theres only
myself a helpless old lady in the
house Surely youre too much of a
man to take advantage of a woman
an old Avoman
The burglar stared at her complete
ly unnerved He Avas a good looking
young felloAv Mrs Hazleton says with
a dark complexion and large eyes He
hung his head in a shamefaced waj
when she looked him squarely in the
eyes He Avalked half Avay down the
stairs and stopped
Youd better come down after me
and close the parlor Avindow Thats
the AA ay I got in he called back Mrs
Hazleton followed closely
Good night she said as the man
climbed out of the Avindow
Good night said the burglar I
wont trouble you any more old lady1
MEAT NOT NECESSARY
Its Too Generous Use Break Down
Americans in Middle Life
Mrs S T Rorer Avrites on Do We
Eat Too Much Meat in the Ladies
Home Journal answering her own
query affirmatively Meat she as
serts is not at all necessary to a per
fect existence Most people however
look upon it as though it formed the
only food upon Avhich they could work
and yet many great athletes have never
touched it Meat after it enters the
stoma oh and is digested may be in
jurious but for all this the ordinary
American has made up his mind that
lean meat gi os him less trouble than
any other foot so he takes it in large
quantities invariably breaking down
at middle life with just such diseases
as come from the over use of concen
trated nitrogenous foods Children fed
oil WLf jui e and bcel soups av tli Avhite
ore id lose the A arious salts necessary
to the bujjding of bones teeth and mus
cle and the soda for the blood The
outer part of the Avheat Avhich is so
rich in these earthy salt is cast aside
so that the child in growing gets Aveak
bone structure as a frame for its lean
flesh The stalwart men of Scotland
find that porridge and milk contain all
the muscle bone and nerve food nec
essary for an active existence
An excess of carbonaceous food on
the other hand forms an accumulation
of fat preventing tho complete nour
ishment of the muscles The over fat
person has bulk Avithout strength his
vital power is always deficient Avhile
the excess of nitrogenous food which
he consumes increases the tendency to
disease of a plethoric character show
ing at once that the surplus is burned
and stored the same as fuel foods
Hard on the Irishman
Gentleman to an Irishman Well
Pat I see you have a small garden
Pat Yes sir
What are you going to set in it for
next season
Nothing sir I set it with potatoes
last year and not one of them came
up
Thats strange how do you explain
it
Well sir the man next door to me
set his garden full of onions
Well had that anything to do with
your potatoes not growing
Yes sir Bedad them onions was
that strong that my potatoes couldnt
see to grow for their ej es watering
Answers
He Wanted to Go Back
J H Hairston a colored convict avIio
recently escaped from the Virginia peni
tentiary has just sent a pathetic ap
peal to the superintendent of that insti
tution to get him back That official on
Tuesday received n telegram from
Hairston dated at Farnmlle in which
he said Please send up here after me
at once This is the first time in the
history of the institution in which one
of its escaped inmates indicated so
much anxiety to return His wish was
complied with promptly
A neAV curtain pole bracket has an at
tachment to hold a shade roller in posi
tion two extension shafts being pro
vided with sleeA es into which the ends
of the roller fit
No man is as good as a good bond
signed by several good men
WHAT MOLES MEAN
This Writer Claims that They Influ
ence Ones Life
It is an open question Avhether moles
on the human body -are to be consid
ered as blemishes but an English Avri
ter claims that there is no doubt Avhat
ever as to their significance As physi
ognomy is a knowledge arrived at by a
careful consideration of the body in
general more particularly the face so
from the moles Avhich are scattered
oA er the person do we glean an insight
into the qualifications and attributes
of the mind You will find that moles
on the face ansAver relatively to the
parts of the body the neck correspond
ing with the thighs and arms and the
ears Avith the ribs
If there be a mole on the forehead an
other will be found on the breast if on
the brow near the right ear there will
be one on the right side of the body if
on the left ear then on the same shoul
der if on the nostril there Avill be one
on the shoulder blade or betAveen tho
shoulder and elbow If one is found on
the extremity of the face there Avill be
another on the hair of the neck A
mole in the IioIIoav of the ear poiuts to
one in the palm of the hand but if on
the back of the ear it Avill be also on
the back of the hand and one on rhe
bone of the arm below the elbow aviII
have a corresponding one on the ankle
bone the chin being the loAvest part of
the face the feet answer to it Every
one can test the truth of this them
selves but it must be borne in mind
that natural causes Avhich are the fun
damentals of the science are not inva
riably certain
I assure you I have no moles I
have been told but this is impossible
every human creature Avhen it is born
bears on some part of Its body the mark
of the sign or planet which governed
at the hour of its conception and nativ
ity and moles are contingent on these
Impressed by the influence of the celes
tial signs and answering thereto not
only in their formation and position
but A arying according to the dominion
of the several planets
Moles are of three colors red honey
color and black flat or raised like a
wart those on the right side of the
face or person being usually symboli
cal of good Avhile those on the left
mostly denote ills and misfortunes
After a long and exhaustive study of
the science I am convinced that not
only the character tastes and disposi
tion of an individual but the future it
self to a great extent may be deter
mined by the local position relation
and general appearance of these nat
ural marks and by them I can draAV a
truer signification than a study of
palmistry or phrenology Avould ever
yield
The reason is very simple for the
moles which we bring into the Avorld
Avith us we carry to the grave the toil
of years is powerless to obliterate them
Avhereas as you Avill readily see the
lines on the hand deepen and change
materially being largely dependent on
the life age and occupation of the in
dividual Avhile bumps on the head are
quite as often due to accident as tq nat
ural causes
If the sun at a nativity be in Aries
and ascendant the mark of that sign
Avill be found on the head probably on
the left ear When Venus is lady a
flat Aiolet mark Avill be found on the
thighs When born under Gemini the
mark is on the arms If born under
the first part of the sign of Cancer the
mark is above the breast and has no
feeling if pierced by a needle
Those avIio are born under Capricorn
haA e the sign on the knees When Leo
is ascendant the marks are on the left
breast If Mercury be lord the marks
are on the left side or upon the legs
The nativity being under Virgo there
are black or reddish spots on the stom
ach The last of the signs Pisces
goA erns the feet and those born under
this dominion are of pleasant counte
nance brave and ingenious
A man having a mole on the right
side of the forehead Avill be exceedingly
lucky to a woman it denotes gifts from
the dead One on the left side of the
forehead foretells to a man long im
prisonment to a AA oman that she aa HI
have two husbands and probably live
out of her own country If it be in the
midst of the forehead it denotes in a
man a cruel mind and it shows a wom
an to be foolish simple and idle
A mole on the hinder part of the neck
predicts a life but threatens un
timely death by drowning A mole on
both sides of the neekppposite to each
other foretells dangers and perils with
ill fortune A man having a mole on
the left side of the upper lip rarely mar
ries and in a woman it denotes trouble
and suffering If on the under lip it
shows her to be improvident and a
man had best beAvare of her
A mole in the hollow of the chin de
notes a woman to be contentious and
quarrelsome On the edge of the chin
It shows good fortune happy marriage
and a long life of whatever color it
may be excepting black To possess a
mole upon the throat is very unlucky
indicating that the individual aa HI die
by the hand of justice or should it ap
pear as a wart he perishes by water
On the right side of the upper lip a
fingers breadth above the mouth a
mole signifies to either sex great good
fortune A woman haA ing it will be
comely graceful healthy in body and
careful for things of this Avorld she
will marry well and live happily her
best time for marriage being between
19 and 24 and she will make a true
Avife and an exceptionally happy
mother
COLOSSAL TREE IN MAINE
Twenty three FcetEound Its Branch
es Contain Band stand
Jay Me claims one of the biggest
trees in Maine It stands on the banks
of the Androscoggin on the lawn of
a space of ground 270 feet in
ence four feet from the ground is 23 i
feet diameter 7 feet About six feet
from the ground there arc seven
branches radiating from its trunk
which are from IS inches to 2 1 Inches
in diameter The branches spread oVer
a space of ground 270 feet In circum
ference or 10 feet hi diameter Where
the branches leaA e the trunk of the
tree about seven feet from the ground
there has been erected a band stand
Avhich seats twenty five persons A
cooler place on hot days cannot be
found A Boston gentleman was riding
by recently and the tree attracted his
attention He examined and measured
it and was astonished at its dimensions
He went away with the remark that if
the tree was on his lawn J 0000 would
nt buy it It was set out 42 years ago
by Lafayette Bean on the day of his
departure for California whence ho
never returned Boston Record
A book of stories for children by cne
late Prof Drummoud is in preparation
It Avill be illustrated by Mr Louis
Wain
Outlines in Color a companion vol
ume to Vignettes of Manhattan will
bo Prof Brander Matthews only book
for the year The new volume like the
earlier one Avill contain exactly a dozen
sketches one for each month
The Bookman states that Lord
Charles Beresford and his eollabora
teur Mr Wilson have discovered ovei
a hundred hitherto unpublished let
ters of Nelsons Avith which they will
enrich the Avork upon the great seaman
on Avhich arc engaged
The Bowen Merrill Co of Indianap
olis will bring out Mrs Elizabeth Cady
Stantons new volume of recollections
Eighty Years and More The same
firm is to publish Miss Susan B An
thonys reminiscences speeches etc
which Avill form two volumes of 50C
pages each
W y Jacobs Avhose first long story
The Skippers Wooing Avas recently
published is engaged in writing one
more novel Avith the flavor of the sea
When that is finished he proposed in
succeeding Avork to make a determined
effort to get aAvay from boats and salt
Avater
Says the African Critic Unlike the
old time grubs grubbing in Grub street
for their grub modem men of letters
thanks to the ubiquitous authors agent
can afford to winter abroad Whilst
Itudyard Kipling in search of sun
shine sails for the Cape Robert Hi ali
ens of Green Carnation celebrity
Guy Boothy and Gilbert Parker have
already left for Northern Africa
Miss Braddon the novelist is an
author whose plan of life might Avell be
copied by younger and more aspiring
Avriters She neA er alloAvs her pen
Avork to interfere with her home life
and her home a beautiful old Geor
gian mansion dating from 1720 testifies
to her own good taste and to her skill
as a housekeeper Her oavu den i
lined Avith books on the Avails and lota
of fine china as fine as that Avhich sh
frequently describes Avith gusto in hei
books An odd piece of furniture is a
sofa dedicated to the dogs of the estab
lishment Of these there are two a
black poodle and a fox terrier Bott
of these accompany the authoress oc
her long Avalks
NOTES FROM THE KLONDIKE
Some Choice NuSTets of News Gleaned
by a Veracious Correspondent
The Gold Mine Bank has moved all
the gold dust and nuggets from its
A aults to the Avoodshed and isuoAA stor
ing such valuable articles as beans
doughnuts canned goods etc therein
Some miscreant with the roaring red
hot furnaces of hell staring him in the
face broke into the mission building
Sunday night and robbed the contribu
tion box of a paltry 275000 Avorth of
gold dust which had been contributed
that day to the fund for founding an
asylum for delirium tremens sufferers
If discovered the measly skulking co-
yote will be hung in front of the Limbo r
saloon in accordance with a promise
made Aurora Bill the proprietor
that the next necktie party should be
held in front of his place
Yesterday was a magnificent day
The thermometer rose to 150 below zero
and everybody took advantage of the
pleasant weather to lay in a neAV supply
of firewood
There has been a great and much
needed improvement made at the post
office Dawson Dan our hustling
postmaster has put in a number of
boxes and the mail will now be regu
larly distributed and handed out when
called for -This is a great deal more
convenient than the old method of
dumping it into a cracker barrel and
letting everybody hunt out his own
Potash Salts for Manure Heaps
Some of the potash salts which con
tain potash that is not caustic are ex
cellent to apply to fermenting manure
heaps They will absorb the ammonia
and as they attract moisture from the
air they will help preAent the manure
from being wasted by fire fanging The
combination of ammonia from ferment
ing manure Avith potash makes a ni
trate of potash which is one of the
most stimulating fertilizers known for
all kinds of vegetation
It seems odd that a woman can be a
cracker jack cook for the heathen at
church festivals yet always need a
hired girl to cook for her husband
TtTivn l lv l
txi uvu LfiuLutris marry girls in
the same family it is a sign that if
there are any more girls in the family
uwy are wortn going after
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