THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. -j,. cnwyRiour jack, t-cvipor-r CHAPTER XXVI Continued. 20 A poop at Wolf Larson showed mo that ho had not movod. A bright thought struck mo. I stolo into hla stato room and possessed myself of his rovolvors. Thoro wcro no other weapons, though I thoroughly ran Backed tho throo remaining state rooms. To mako sure, I returned and wont through tho stoerago and foro oastlo, and In tho galloy gathered up all tho sharp meat and vcgctablo knives. Thon 1 bethought mo of tho groat yachtman's knlfo ho always car ried, and I camo to him and spoko to him, first softly, then loudly. Ho did not movo. 1 bont over and took It from his pockot. I brenthed moro frooly. Ho had no arms with which to attack mo from a dlstanco; whllo I, armed, could always forestall him should ho attempt to grapplo mo with bis torrlblo gorilla arms. Filling a coffoo pot and frying pan with part of my plundor, and taking omo chlnawaro from tho cabin pan try, I loft Wolf Larson lying In tho sun and went ashoro. Maud was still nslcop. I blew up tho ombors (wo had not yet arranged winter kitchen) and qulto feverish ly cooked tho breakfast. Toward tho isnd, I heard her moving about within (ho hut, making her toilet. Just as all was ready and tho coffoo poured, tho dbor opened and Bho camo forth. "It's not fair of you," was her greet ing. "You aro usurping ono of my prerogatives. You know you agreed that tho cooking should bo mlno, and" "But Just this onco," I pleaded. "If you promiso not to da It again," aho smllod. "Unless, of courso, you have grown tired of my poor efforts." To my dollght alio novor onco looked toward tho boacb, find I maintained tho bantor with such guccoss that all unconsciously Bho sipped coffoo from tho china cup, ato fried evaporated potatoos, and sproad martaalado on nor biscuit. Out It could not last. I Baw tho. surprlso that camo over her. Sho had dlscovorod tho china plato from which sho was eating. Sbo looked over tho breakfast, noting do tal! after detail, Thon sho looked at mo, and hor faco turned slowly to ward tho beach. "Humphroyl" sho cried, Tho old unnamablo 'error mounted into hor oyos, "Is ho ?" sho quavorcd. I noddod my head. CHAPTER XXVII. Wo waited nil dny for Wolf Larson to como ashore. It was an lntolorablo porlod ot anxiety. Each moment ono or tho othor of us cast expoctant glances toward tho Ghost. But ho did not como. Ho did not ovon appear on deck. "Perhaps it Is his hcadacho," 1 Bald. "I loft htm lying on tho poop. Ho may .llo thero all night, I think I'll go and. soo." Maud looked entreaty at mo. "It 1b all right," I assured hor. "I shall tako tho rovolvors. You know r colloctod ovory weapon ou board," I "But thero aro his arms, his hands, ha torrlblo, torrlblo hands!" she ob jected. And thon sho cried, "Oh, Hum phroy, I am afraid of him! Don't go I plnnso don't go!" Sho rosted hor hand nppoallngly on mlno, and sout my pulso fluttering. My heart was suroly In my oyos for a moment. Tho dear and lovoly woman I And sho was so much tho woman, clinging and appoallng, sunshine and dow to my manhood, rooting it doopor and sanding through it tho sap ot a aiow strength. I was for putting my -arm around her, na whon In tho door of tho hut; hut I considered, and re trained. I -"I shall not tako any risks," 1 said. Tll merely peep ovor tho bow and soo." Sho prossod my hand earnestly and let mo go. But tho spaco on deck whoro 1 had loft him lying waB va cant. Ho had ovldently gon,o below. That night wo stood aUornato watches, ne ot up sleeping at a time; for thero was no tolling what- Wolf Larsen might do. Ho was certainly capablo f anything. Tho noxt day wo waited, and the next, and ntlll ho mad' no sign. "Throo headaches of his, theso at tacks," Maud said, on tho attornoon ef tho fourth day; "porhaps ho Is 111, Very ill. Ho may bo dead." I waited, Bmlltng Inwardly at tho woman of hor which compollod a boIIC' Itude for Wolf Larson, of all croatures. Whero was her solicltudo for mo, I thought for mo whom sho had been Afraid to have merely poop aboard? Bho was too subtle not to follow tho trend of my sllonco. And sho was aB direct as sho waB subtlo. "You must go aboard, Humphrey, and find out," sho said. "And If you want to laugh at mo, you bavo my consent and forgiveness." I aroso obediently and wont down tl beach. . ''Do bo careful," sho called after mo, ' graved my arm from the forocastlo Head and dropped down to tho deck. 1 tock off my shoos and wont riotoa 5umIJ Aft la my stocking feet. Cau tlously descending, I found tho cabin desortcd. Tho door to his stateroom was closed. At first I thought of knocking, thon t rcmemborod my oi tenslblo errand and resolved to carry it out. Carefully avoiding nolso, I lifted tho trapdoor in tho floor and sot it to ono sldo. Tho slop chost, as woll as tho provisions, was stored In tho lazaretto, and I took advantago of tho opportunity to lay in n stock of under clothing. Ah I omorged from tho lazaretto 1 heard sounds in Wolf Larscn's stato room. I crouched and listened. Tho doorknob rattled. Furtivoly, Instinct Ivoly, I slunk back behind tho tablo and drew and cocked my rovolvcr. Tho door swung open and ho camo forth. Never hod I soon bo profound a despair as that which I saw on his faco tho faco of Wolf Larson tho fighter, tho Btrong man, tho lndoml tablo ono. For all tho world llko a woman wringing hor hands, ho raised hla clenched lists and groaned. Ono (1st unclosed, and tho open palm swept across his oyos as though brushing away cobwobs. "God! God!" ho groaned, and tho clenched fists woro raised again to tho infinite despair with which hla throat vibrated. -It was horrible. I was trembling all over, and I could fool tho shivers running up and down my splno and tho sweat standing out on my foro head. Suroly thero can bo llttlo In this world moro awful than tho spec taclo of a strong man In tho moment when ho Is uttorly weak and brokon. But Wolf Larson rogalned control of himself by nn exertion of his ro- markablo will. And it was exertion. His wholo framo shook with tho strug gle Ho caught his breath once or twlco and sobbod. Then ho was sue cossful. I could have thougtit him thp old Wolf Larson, and yet thoro was In his movomcnts a vaguo sug gcstlon of weakness and Indecision He started for tho companlonway, and stopped forward qulto as I had been accustomed to soo him do; and yet again, In his very walk, thoro seomod that suggestion of weakness and Indo cislon. I roso swiftly to my feet, and, I know, qulto unconsciously assumed a defiant attitudo. Ho took no notlco of mo. Nor did ho notlco tho opon trap. Boforo I could grasp tho altua tion, or act, ho had walked right into tho trap. Ono foot was descending into tho opening, whllo tho other foot was just on tho vorgo of beginning tho up lift. But whon tho descending foot Ho Shoved the Slide Part, Way Back and Rested Hla Arms In It. mls'BOd tho solid flooring nnd folt va enncy bancath, It was tho old Wolf Larson nnd tho tlgor muscles that mado tho falling body spring across tho oponlng, ovon as It foil, bo that ho struck on his chest and stomach, with arms outstretched, on tho floor of tho opposlto sldo. Tho next In stunt ho had drawn up his legs and rollod oloar. But ho rolled into my marmalado and underclothes and against tho trapdoor. Tho expression ou his faco was ono of complete comprehension. But bo foro I could guess what ho had com prohonded, ho had dropped tho trap door Into placo, closing tho lazaretto, Thon I understood. Ho thought ho had mo Insido. Also, ho was blind, blind as a bat. I watched him, breathing carefully bo that ho should not hear mo. Ho stoppod quickly to hla stato room. I saw his hand miss tho door knob by an inch, quickly fumblo for It, and find it. This was my chnnco. I ttptood across tho cabin and to tho top ot tho stairs. Ho camo back, dragging a heavy soa chost, which ho deposited on top of tho trap. Not content with this, ho fotchod a second chest and placed it on top ot tho first. Thon ho gathorod up tho marmalado and undorclothos and put them on tho tablo. Whon ho started up tho com' panionway, I rotrcatod, sllontly roll ing ovor on top ot tho cabin. He shoyed tho slldo part way back and rested Ills firms ou it, kJa body still In tho companlonway. Ills atti tudo was of ono looking forward the length of tho schoouor, or staring, rnthor, for his oyos wcro fixed and unblinking. I was only flvo feet away and directly in what should havo boon his lino of vision. It was uncanny. 1 felt mysolf a ghost, what of my Invis ibility. I wavod my hand back and forth, of courso without effect; but when tho moving Bhadow fell across his faco I saw at onco that no was susceptlblo to tho impression. His face becamo moro expectant and tonso as ho tried to analyzo and Identify tho Impression. Giving over his attempt to deter mine tho shadow, ho stopped on dock and Rtnrtcd forward, walking with a swiftness and confidence which sur prised me. And still thoro was that hint of tho feebleness of tho blind In hln walk. I know It now for what it was. To my amused chagrin, ho discov ered my shoos on tho forccastlo head and brought them back with him Into tho galloy. I watched him build tho flro and Bet about cooking food for himself; thon I Btolo Into tho cabin for my marmalado nnd underclothes. slipped back past tho galloy, and cllmbod down to tho bench to deliver my barofoot report. CHAPTER XXVIII. "It's too bad tho Gho3t has lost her masts. Why, wo could sail away In hor. Don't you think wo could, Humphrey?" I sprang excitedly to my foot. "I wonder, I wonder," 1 repeated, pacing up and down. Maud's oyes wcro shining with an ticipation as thoy followed me. Sho had such faith In mo! And tho thought of it was so much addod pow er. I romcmborcd Mlcholet's "To mnn, woman Is as tho earth was to her legendary son; ho has but to fall down and kiss her breast and ho Is strong again." For tho first tlmo I know tho wonderful truth of his words. Why, I was living them. Maud was nil this to mo, nn unfailing sourco of strength and courago. I had but to look nt hor, or think of her, and bo strong ngaln.. It can bo dono, It can bo dono," I was thinning ana asserting aloud. "What men havo dono, I can do; and If thoy havo never dono this boforo, still I can do It." "What? for goodness sake," Maud demanded. "Do bo merciful. What Is It you can do?" "Wo can do It," I amended. "Why. nothing olso than put tho masts back into tho Ghost and sail away." "Humphrey!" Bho exclaimed. And I felt aB proud of my conception as It it wero aircauy a tact acconi pllshod. "But how Is it possible to bo dono?" sho asked. "I don't know," was my answor. "I know only that I am capablo of doing anything those days." I smiled proudly at hor too proud ly, for Bho dropped hor eyes and was for tho momont silent. "But thero la Captain Larson,", sho objected. 'Blind and helpless," I answered promptly, waving mm asido as a straw. "But tlioso torrlblo hands of his! You know how ho loapod across tho opening of tho lazarotto." "And you know also how I crept about and avoided him," I contondod gayly. "And lost your shoos." "You'd hardly expect them to avoid Wolf Larson without my feet insido of them." Wo both laughed, and then went seriously to work constructing tho plan whereby we wero to stop the masts of tho Ghost and roturn to tho world. Maud stood sllontly by my Bldo, whllo I evolved in my mind tho contrivance- known among Bailors as "shoarB." But, though known to Bailors, 1 Inyonted it thero on En doavor island. By crossing nnd lash ing tho onds of two spars, and then elevating them In tho air llko an In verted "V," I could got a point above tho deck to which to mako fast my linlnMni' tnrltln. fn lliln hnlntlni? . ........ . " . i .1 i . i i i. ihckiu i cuuiu, u uuuumuiry, UUUCU u second hoisting tacklo. And thon thoro was tho windlass I Maud saw that I had achieved a solution and hor oyos warmed sympa thotlcally, "What are you going to do?" sho askod. "Clear that rnfllo," I answered. pointing to tho tangled wrockago over sldo. Ah, tho doclslvenoss, the very touud of tho words, was good In my oars. "Clear that rafllol" Imaglno so salty a phraso on tho lips ot tho Hum phrey Van Woyden ot a few months gonol Thoro must havo boon a touch of tho molodramatio In my poso and volco, for Maud smllod. Hor Bonso of humor waB roally tho artist's instinct for proportion. "I'm euro 1'vo hoard It boforo; somo whoro. in books," sho murmured gloo- fully. I had an InBtlnct for proportion my self, and I collnpsod forthwith, de scending from tho dominant poso ot a mastor ot matter to a Btato ot hum- bio contusion which was, to oay tho least, vory miserable. Her hand leaped out at onco to mlno. "I'm so sorry," Bho said. "No neod to bo," I gulpod. "It does mo good. Thero's too much ot tho schoolboy in mo. All of which Is neither horo nor thero. What wo'vo got to do is actually and literally to cloar that radio. If you'll como with mo in tho boat, wo'U got to work and straighton things out." "'When tho topmen clear tho radio with their claapknlvos In their tooth,'" sho quoted at mo; und for tho rest of tho afternoon wo mado morry over our labor. Hor task was to hold tho boat In po sition whllo I worked at tho tangle. And such a tnnglo halyards, shoeta, guyB, downhauls, shrouds, stays, all washed about nnd back nnd forth and through, and twined and knotted by tho sea. 1 cut no moro than was noc- essary, nnd what with passing the long ropes under and around tho booms and masts, of unreovlng the halyards and sheets, or coiling down In tho bont nnd uncoiling in order to pass through another knot In tho bight, I was soon wet to tho skin. Tho sails did roqutro somo cutting, and tho canvas, heavy with water, tried my Btrongth severely; but I suc ceeded boforo nightfall In getting it all spread out on the beach to dry. Wo woro both very tired whon wo knocked off for supper, and wo had dono good work, too, though to tho oyq it appeared insignificant. Next morning, with Maud as able assistant, I went into tho hold of tho Ghost to elenr tho stops of the mast The Sound of His Voice Made Maud Quickly Draw Close to Me. butts. Wo had no moro than begun work when tho sound of my knocking and hammering brought Wolf Larson. Hollo below!" ho cried down tho opon hatch. Tho sound of hla volco mado Maud quickly draw closo to mo, as for pro tection, and Bho rested ono band on my arm whllo wo parleyed. "Hollo on deck," I replied. "Good morning to you." "What aro you doing down thero?" ho demanded. "Trying to scuttlo my ship for mo?" "Quito tho opposite; rm repairing hcr," was my answor. "But what In thundor aro" you re pairing?" Thoro was puzzlement in his voice. . "Why, I'm getting ovorythlng ready for rostopping tho masts," I replied easily, as though It wcro tho simplest project Imaginable. "It seoms ns though you ro standing on your own legs at last, Hump," wo heard him say; and thun for some timo ho was silent. "But I say, Hump," ho called down, "you can't do It." Oh, yes I can," I retorted. "I'm do ing It now." "But this Is my vossel, my particu lar property. What if I forbid you?" "You forgot," I replied. "You are no longer the biggest bit of tho fcrment You woro, onco, and ablo to eat mo, as you woro pleased to phrase It; but thoro has been a diminishing, and i am now ablo to oat you. Tho yeast has grown stalo." Ho gave a short, dlsagroeable laugh. "I boo you're working my phi losophy back on mo for all It is worth, But don't mako tho mlstako ot under estimating mo. For your own good 1 warn you." "Slnco when havo you become a i.iinrihrnnlq(-?" T nunrlnd. "ConffiSH " ,n wnrnInc mo for my own cood. ' .' .. i tiio, vnu nrn vorv iiicuiibiuiuiil. i . - - - Ho ignored my Barcasm, saying, "Supposo I clap tho hatch on, now? You won t fool me as you did In tho lazarotto." (TO UB CONTINUED.) Horrors at Home. 'Tho football tournament between tho teams of Harvard and Yalo, re cently held In America, had torrlblo results. It turned Into an awful butch ery. Ot twenty-two participants, seven wero so eovercly Injured that they had to bo carried from tho field In a dying condition. Ono player had his back brokon. another lost an eye, nnd a third lost a leg. Both toams appeared upon tho field with a crowd of ambiv lancca, Burgeons, and nurses, Many ladloa fainted at tho awful cries ot tho tntured nlayers. Tho Indignation ot the spectators was powerful, but they wero so terrorized that thoy wero afrna to leavo tho field." Ono wonders whether tho Munchon er Nachrlchton, which prlntod tho foro going In its columns In tho year 1893 would havo had room for it last rail. Now York Trlbuno. Family Pride. "Our ancestors camo over in tho Mayflowor," proudly announced llttlo MIbb Uppson of Boston. "Pshaw, that b nothing," retorted tho llttlo miss from Indianapolis. "Our ancostors woro tho original settlors in tho Garden of Eden," Varieties of Siamese Rice. Moro than forty varlotios ot rice aro cultivated In Slam, ono ot which ripens In 70 days from planting and others In six months. THREE CLASSES OF HIGHWAYS Classification Is Prime Step In Fed eral Aid to Good Roads, Says Congressman Borland. With various bills boforo congress for fcdornl aid to road building tho classification of highways so that important through routes may bo out lined clearly from tho country's mazo of thoroughfares of ono kind or an other, becomes a question of moro and moro Interest. Congressman W. P. Borland of Missouri, a good-roads ndvocato, has expressed hlmsolt on this subject as follows: "It will bo necessary, In my judg ment, to classify all existing high ways into nt least thrco classifications. Tho first class is that ot tho groat cross-stnto or interstate highways. Tho second consists of tho main feedora or great country roads; and third, tho by-roads, local roads or lanes. Theso various classes of roads should bo built, Improved and maintained with a view to tho amount of traffic that thoy can bear and must bear. Tho first class should bo of tho most permanent and scien tific construction. Tho second class could bo of a less expcnslvo nature and would need Icsb maintenance. Tho third class could ho Improved only to tho extent that tho community required. Tho expense of building and maintaining theso roads should bo distributed upon the same basis. "Tho roads of tho first class should bo supported by tho taxing powor ol a largo area ot country. Tho second class of roads should also havo a wldo taxing power at least co-exten- bIvo with tho county and possibly with a group of counties or with some stato aid. This would leave Improved Road in Missouri. tho small road district or local com munlty only tho burden of tho smaller or purely local roads. However much politicians may twiBt and turn and argue about tho question wo must eventually como to somo scientific Bolution of tho problem. I realize that when wo begin to talk about real road improvement political difficulties ot all kinds aro encountpred; what tho people will demand in tho noxt fow onra In this country Is good roads and not politics." BETTER ROADS ARE FAVORED Stato of Iowa la Lauded by Depart ment of Agriculture as Model In Construction of Roads. Iowa is lauded by tho department ot agriculture as a modol road builder. In Iowa a measuro ot control over high way construction has been given to tho stato, and a comparison with tho results obtalnod when tho supervision rested entirely with tho counties shows that Btato control Is tho best Indiana neods some form of central ized power over highway construction and maintenance In isolated cases it la oxcollont. "Wayne county, for in stance, has a capablo superintendent of roads, and its highways aro models, But this does not obtain ovor tho wholo stato. Richmond Palladium. Dirt Roads In United States. Two million miles of dirt roads havo been built in tho United States Tho total length of public roads of all kinds in this country Is estimated at 2,260,000 rjlles. Roads Indicate Prosperity. In regions whoro tho roads havo been Improved tho farmers aro tho most prosperous and community llfo has boon developed. In regions whoro tho roads have not been improved, tho schools, tho churches and all other civilizing agencies havo run down. Roads as Indicators. If a country Is stagnant, tho condi tion ot tho roads will indicate tho fact; it a people havo no roads, thoy aro savages. Look and Feel Clean, Sweet and Fresh Every Day Drink a glass of real hot water before breakfast to wash out poisons. Llfo In not merely to llvo, but to llvo well, eat well, dlgost woll, work woll, oloop well, look woll. What a glorious condition to attain, and yet how very easy it la If ono will only adopt tho morning insido bath. Folko who aro accustomed to fool dull and heavy whon thoy arlso, split ting headacho, stuffy from a cold, foul tonguo, nasty breath, acid stomach, can, Instead, fool as frosh as a daisy by opening tho slulcos of tho system each morning and flushing out the wholo of tho lntornal poisonous stag nant matter. Everyone, whothor ailing, sick or well, should, oach morning, boforo breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a toaspoonful of limestone phosphato in It to wash from the stomach, liver, kldnoys and bowols tho provious day's Indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans lng, sweotonlng and purifying tho on tiro alimentary tract before putting moro food into tho stomach. Tho ac tion of hot water and limestone phos phato on au empty stomach is wonder fully invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fcrmontatlons, gases, wasto and acidity and gives ono a splendid ap petite for breakfast. While you aro enjoying your breakfast tho wotor and phosphato iff quietly extracting a largo volume of water from tho blood and gottlug ready for n thorough flushing of all tho insido organs. Tho millions of people who aro both ered with constipation, bilious spoils, stomach trouble, rheumatism; others who havo sallow skins, blood disor ders and sickly complexions aro urged to get a quarter pound of limestono phosphato from any store that handles drugs which will cost vory llttlo, but 1b sufficient to make anyone a pro nounced crank on the subjoct of In ternal sanitation. Adv. A Largo Measure of Success. "Doctor, how many times havo you operated for appendicitis?" "Oh, at least fifty times. I should say. "And how many cases have you' lost?" "Only two. Ono of them went Into bankruptcy and the other died with out leaving n dollar." Accent on the Box. "John," said his wife, "wasn't that a good box of cigars I gave you for a birthday present?" 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Boforo submitting to a surgical opera tion it is wiso to try to build up the female system and cure its derange ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound; it has saved many women from surgical operations. "Write to the Lydia JS. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for edvice It will bo confidential. The Army of Constipation I Growing Smaller Every Dy. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are responsible- they not only give rene: they perma- nentlycureCoa-j ituution. Mil- Hons use, them for Biliousness. Ingestion, Sick Htadtcle, Sallow Sldo. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature iH ADTbUV liHrHiHiivi w rF WliBi W. N. U OMAHA, NO. 18-1916. i