The Sea
CHAPTER VI. (Continued.)
As soon as the enemy allowed 11 dls
poMtlon to lay down their nnnH, Mnrl
Lnroon gavo the order for stopping the
conflict. There were but about thirty
Russians left alive, nnd they were hud
dlel together upon the forecastle. They
laid down their nrms upon promise of
their lives bcltiK spared, nnd were quick
ly put in irons. After thin was done,
Captain Lnroon mustered his men, i.i.d
nrty-seven nuHwered to their names, so
thirty-thrco were citlier dead or ho bad
ly wounded as not to bo able to answer.
The next movement was to dear I he
decks, nnd hammocks were brought fxom
tho corvette in which to bcw the dead
bodies, nnd three men were detailed
among the prisoners to help in the work.
They commenced to bury the dend, nnd
by the time thin was accomplished it
was well into the afternoon.
Aa soon na n hasty dinner hud been
propared and eatan, the pirate captulu
took ionic of hit men with him and
went on board the corvette, where ho
in u do n general overhauling of tho cargo
and stores. He found something over
seventy thousand dollars in gold. This
was moved flrRt. Next he took what
provisions he could conveniently ttow
away, considerable ammunition nnd
arnu, somo sails and rigging, nnd nil the
chart, signals, mathematical Instru
ment, etc. The next movement wns to
set the corvetto'n bonts down and put
tho prisoners Into them all snve seven,
who wished to Join tho pirates, and who
were gladly taken. The rest were di
rected to pull for the shore as quickly
as they plcnHcd, and as soon ns they
shoved off the ship was set on flro in
half a dozen places.
It wnH just dark when the pirntcs 1 d
fl.id their mnlnynrd so tlint anil could
be made on it, and by this time tho cor
vette was in flames. Ere long the
Scourge was sweeping awny to the
northward, and Just aa her bontswnin
was calling the first watch, n broad, wild
glare shot up Into tho heavens, nnd on
the next moment n loud ronr burst upon
the nir, and tho dovotod corvette wns
but n ulnck, charred mass of torn i.nd
blasted timbers.
CHAPTER VII.
Paul had not bo much to nttend to as
one might hnvo imagined. There were
but a few cuts, nnd oven those were not
of much moment, no had only bIx men
upon his lint, nnd these hn promised to
rostoro to duty in a few dnys. The old
gunner wns in a precarious situation,
and the surgeon assured him that it was
only by scrupulous care that he could
liopo to recover.
On tho morning of the third day from
tho engagement with the corvette, Innd
'wau reported directly ohoad, and in nn
our more other land was made out upon
-he larboard bow and beam. At 10
'o'clock a number of small islands were
plainly distinguished, and before noon
'the brig had run in among them. After
jthls, her course was laid more to the
Southward, and to ono not used to the
Iplace it appeared as though Uio vessel
'.was to be run on Bhore, But ere lc g
a narrow Inlet was oponed, between
jwhat proved to be tho mainland and n
.large Island, and beyond there appeared
a wldo bay. Tho track through this In
let was a dubious one, for hugo black
Irocka lifted their heads above water on
jcery hand; but the brig was run unfc
ly in, nnd was then within a circular
ibay somo ten miles in diamoter. But
'tho end was not yet. Toward tho east
ern aide of tills bay appeared to bo a
ort of cape extending out some distance
from the mainland, but which proved,
pon approaching It, to be an islnnd
'which stood at the mouth of a smaller
'bay. Around this island the brig made
ker way, and ere long she was anchored
at the mouth of quite a respectable river.
ThiB was Silver Bay, and the river
bora the same name. Its position was
upe the const of Japan, and some fifty
;or sixty miles distant from Nagastka.
jit was a strange place in view of its
.natural defenses, and seemed made for
'the use to which it was now put. Mnrl
'Laroon had received it from nn old free
'Looter who had used it for many years,
and probably the present chieftain told
'the truth when ho said that it had been
a piratical retreat for nearly two cen
to riea.
"How long shall we lay here, cap
itainr asked Buffo Burnington, niter
everything hud been put to rights.
"Perhaps a mouth. That last haul
froin the corvetto may give us a longer
resting spell than I had beforu calculat
ed upon." Then turning to Paul, who
etood near him, ho said: "Do you want
jto go up with me this evenlug?"
The youth started, but if he felt any
strong emotion he quickly subdued 't,
for he soon replied, and" without any
heaftaftonT
' "I think If yo go up this evening I
had better wait until you come back,
for I do not think it safo to leavo Ben
Marton alone. Either you or I should
be with him."
"What Is the need of that?"
"He Is very low, now, aud hla recov
ery depends entirely upon his being suit
ed in every respect. If we can keep
him easy, say four days at tho outside,
ho will be over the crisis. So you go up
to-night, and when you come back I'll
MO."
Tho enptnin's first impulse wns to
lenve Ben Mnrton out of the question,
but. he dared not do such n thing ns that
In the presence of his crew. But ho
went down to see tho old man, nnd it
was his request thnt oither Pahl or the
enntalu should stick by him. bo finally
Lareea" agreed to "go ap" alone, and
' let Paul "go up" on the morrow. Ac
cordlugly, just at suudowa, the boat
was Banned and the captala was pulled
away up the river.
It warn Bear Micalgfct, aa4 the ell
Scourge
nor hnd fallen nslcep. Paul wntched
him until he was sure he slept, nnd
then he went upon deck. The night
wns cnlm nnd serene, nnd the heavens
were cloudless. lie wns nlone upon tho
quarter deck, the anchor watch being nil
forwnrd. A deep sigh escaped him as ho
fnt down, and he bowed his head upon
his hands.
"Alns!" he murmured to himself, "how
long must this lust? Why should I thus
be cast upon the world in outlaw's hIiocs,
nnd be only n candidate for tho gallows,
v.'hilu my heart shudders at the black
ness of Its life, and my soul turns in
Inuthing from the things of evil thnt
surround me?"
At thnt moment the youth henrd a
movement near him, and on looking up
he saw the outlines of a human fig
ure. He started to his feet, nnd as he
did so the Intruder spoke:
"I trust I have not offended?"
"Burningtou," cried Paul, extending
his hand. "No, no, you need not fear
to effend me by your presence, for I
have had it when my very life hung up
on it;
As the youth spoke he sat down upon
the carriage of a gun, leaving room for
Buffo to sit by his side.
"I suppose you saved my life as much
for the captain's sake as my own?" the
young man said, after Burnington had
seated himself.
"Why should I have thought of the
captain 7"
"Becaufle you thought him to be my
father. Did I not hear you speak of
my resemblance to him?"
"Yen, for you both stood by the bin
nncle as I spoke, and you looked more
then like Marl Laroon than you did like
n binnacle. I only discovered tlint you
both belonged to the same family of mil
mate beings thnt you were both of
Adam. But let thut pass. When Cnu
cnslan parents give birth to nn Anhuntce
child then I might beliove thnt some few
drops of Marl Lnroon's blood flowed in
your veins, but not till thon. And yet
I I hnvc seen some members of a fnm
lly whom you resemble."
Pnul stnrtcd nnd plncud his hand upon
Buffo's arm.
"Do you mean anything by that?" he
asked, In a low tone.
"Yes. I mean that I have seen those
of whom your face puts me in mind."
"And who are they? Where do they
live? The unmc?"
"Let me BBk you a question first. How
long hnve you been here?"
"Ever since I can remember."
"And you enn remember nothing back
of that?"
"Yes," returned Paul, eagerly, nnd yet
sndly. "I enn remember of playing in
n wide park and riding n little pony.
And I enn remember of tt Uttlo brook
where 1 used to play in the wnter."
"And do you remember the name of
the pcrHon with whom you lived then?"
"No, sir. Lnroon has done everything
in his power to mako me forget those
things; and what with my youth, nnd
with his fnlsehood, I huve forgotten It
nil. 1 cun remember one cold, wet day,
of being tnken Into n carriage with a
strange man. and my little Mnry with
mo nnd of being driven off n long dis
tance, and then Mnrl Lnroon came up,
and during the rest of tho dny we walk
ed. And I enn remember how little
Mnry cried nnd how he told her he
would kill her if she did not stop. And
then we stopped nt n strange house nnd
slept thnt night nnd the next dny we
rencned the place whero I saw tho ships
nnd wharves. That wns Boston, as
Marl has since told me."
"Did you come here then?"
"No. His rendezvous was then In
Manila. We remained there until I wns
ten years old, and then he took me to
son, and left Mary in enre of nn old wom
an there. When I wns fourteen he mov
ed his headquarters to this place, nnd
Blnco theu Mary has lived here. He and
the Malays have harried the sens ever
since."
"Is this girl of whom you sneak a
sister of yours?"
"Oh, no," quickly replied the youth.
"Did you ask Laroon whom you used
to live with?"
"Yes, and he told me it was with a
man named Delany."
Xheu why did you say you had for
gotten the namo?"
"Because I do not think that is true."
For some moments Burnington was si
lent, but at length he said:
"Did you ever know any one whom
you cnlled 'Uncle Stephen'?"
f nul stnrtcd to his feet nnd laid both
his handB upon his comDanion's shoul
ders, and after gazing a few moments
into his fnco he said:
"Spenk thnt nnme again."
"Undo Stephen."
"Ay, I remember it well. Now do I
know that that namo has often prattled
over my boyhood's tongue. But thero Is
moro. Stephen is but half the name."
"Humphrey." said Buffo, in n low
tono.
Tho youth Rat back upon the gun car
riage and folded his bunds in his Ian.
"Why, or, why," he murmured, "hnve
I never been nblo to cnll these things
to mind? Oh, how clear, uow. Is tho
wholo thing! How well do I remember
thnt name Uncle Stephen Stephen
Humphrey. Hut tell me, air, whnt you
know of this."
Burnington mnde no answer, but snt
with his dnrk fnco hidden lit his great
hnnds. Pnul had moro time to reflect.
aud his nnxlety grew apace.
"You muRt know something of my
people something of my early child
hood. Do ot refuse me."
"I know your countenance puts mo
in mind of those whom I have seen." re
turned Burnington, who, after some hesi
tation, added, "I waa at Col. Stephen's
"Cad. Steaea?" iatarraatea Paul, with
energy. "Then I am honorably connect
ed?" "You onco had most honorablo friends.
But let mo go on. I was once nt Col.
Stephen Humphrey's, and I saw you
there. I nm sure 'twas you. Thnt was
seventeen yenrs ago. You wero a mere
infant then, pcrhnps two yenrs old. I
enn tell you no more, snvo thnt I knew
you from the very lines of your face."
"But tell mo If I huvo friends living?"
"Yes, you hnvo friends nil nbout you.
Ben Marton would die for you, nnd half
the crew "
"I know thnt," Interrupted Paul, with
n grateful emotion manifest In his tone;
"but you know whnt I menn. Have I
nny friends In America?"
"Hark! what sound wns thnt?"
"Poor Ben is nwnke," added Paul,
starting to his feet. "We shall converse
again."
"Perhaps so.
Tho youth henrd Ben's voice calling
to him, nnd ho stopped to say no more.
Buffo Burnington wntched the grncoful
figure of his companion until It had dis
appeared down the compnnlon-wny, nnd
then he arose and wnlkcd forwnrd, mut
tering to himself ns ho went:
"He has a friend he littlo dreams of."
CHAPTER VIII.
On the following duy, toward the mid
dle of the forenoon. Pnul left the brig
to go up the river. He hnd the same
bont which the captain hnd used the
evening previous, and he would hnvo
had the same crew hnd he listened to the
will of Laroon. But ho wan determined
to have men of his own choosing, and
be did so. For the first time in his life
he believed the chieftain wished to play
the spy upon his motions, for thero was
something in Mnrl Lnroon's look and
tone while he wns trying to force a
boat's crew of his own selection upon
the youth, which seemed to indicate thnt
In- had Rome secret reason for wishing
it, but Pnul simply remarked that he
hnd promised four of his best friends
that they should go up with him, and
go they should.
"You will take good enre of Ben,"
said the youth, ns ho stood in the gang
way. "Certainly," returned Marl, gruffly,
tnd with ill humor.
As soon ns tho boat had fnirly entered
the river, the scene beenme delightful
in the extreme. The bed of the strenm
seemed to be composed of white snnd,
nnd it gave to the wnter that brilliant,
silvery appearnnco which hnd suggested
the nnme of tho Btronm nnd tho hay.
The bunks were covered with aromatic
shrubs, nnd flowers of every sizo and
hue were abundant. It wns amid such
n scene thnt the boat wns pulled for n
distance of five miles ere anything liko
n human habitation was seen. But nt
length, ns they rounded an nbrupt angle
in the river, they came in sight of n
clump of buildings, most of which were
small, thatched cots; but upon one side,
where n rivulet flowed down to tho river,
stood n large building of stone, seeming
to have been originally erected for a
place of refuge, for it was surrounded
by n high wnll with circular towers nt
tho angles, in which wero numerous em
brasures for guns, though no guns were
at present to be seen.
Towards tills cnstle-like building the
boat was pulled, entering the small trib
utary stream which flowed beneath the
wnll. When they reached tho point
where tho wnter camo from beneath the
wall Puul gave a loud cry, Hnd cro long
a htimun head appeared on tho other
side, and soon afterwards a heavy port
cullis wus raised, and the boat glided be
neath tho heavy arch which wus thus
guarded.
This building was constructed somo
whut after the Moorish style of archi
tecture, and wns quite spneious. There
were two stories ubove ground, and how
much there was below this even Paul
himself did not know.
In one of tho chambers of this place
a chamber sumptuously furnished sat
a female. She was not more than seven
teen years of age, and as beautiful as
the fublod houri. In form she was light
and graceful. Her hair was a light au
burn, having a golden hue where the
light rested upon it. Her eyes were a
deep, spurkllng blue, and her features
were as regular and finely chiseled as the
most ambitious sculptor could wish to
imitate. She was called by those who
know her now, Mary Delaney.
She was sitting by a window which
overlooked tho hills nnd pluins bnck of
the building, ami thero hud surely been
tears upon her checks. The expression
of her face was ouu of eager, anxious
earnestness, and at the slightest noise
she started up, while the rich blood
mounted to her face. Soon thero nnme
tho sound of footsteps upon the stnirs,
and some ono approached her room. She
started to her feet her door was opened
she Bnw tho form of a mnn and on
the next momeut she was clasped to the
bosom of Paul Laroon.
"Oh, Paul, Paul!" she murmured, aa
ahe wound her arms more tightly ubout
his neck, and gazed up through her hap
py tears, "thanks bo to henven thnt I
see you once more. Oh, Paul, my owu
dear "
She did not finish the sentence, for the
word she would havo uttered seemed to
stick In her throat.
"I am back once more, Mary," tho
young man said, us he led her to u sofa
and sat down by hor side, "and what a
joy is mlno to find you so well and in
safety. Oh, this has been a long, long
year."
"Aud why did you not come and seo
mo Inst spring, when tho captain camo?
Oh, I watched for you then. Ho said
that you did not care to come."
And as the girl spoko sho burst into
tears.
(To bo continued.)
Teacher In Ilnil Humor.
Father What arc you crying nbout,
Bobby?
Bobby (betweou sobs) I aoa't want
to go to school to-day.
Father Why not?
Hobby Sis Jilted the teacher last
night. Modern Society.
Two men aro attempting to cross
Lustralia on bicycles.
In tho museum at Turin are some
var cartoons 3,000 yearn old.
Thero arc words in the Chinese Inn
tuago whldh havo as many as forty
liffcrent meanings.
1 The only school for women garden
rs In London la at the Royal botanic
(ardens, Regent's Park.
The moat expensive chair In the
urorld belong to tho Pope. It Is of
wild sliver, and coat $90,000.
It takes three nations to make tho
est gloves Spain to produce tho kid,
franco to cut It out, nnd England to
ow It together.
A new Idea Is to hnve the numbers
n tho front doors of houses painted
a luminous paint, so tSiat they will bo
risible In tho dark.
Large expenditure are being made
ly the Canadian Pacific at Banff, ac
jordlng to report, to develop tho an
fhraclto coal fields discovered at that
point
At a recent conference the Gorman,
Belgium and English manufacturers of
rteel rails arrived at an uudcrstand-
ng regarding the general export trade.
According to the agreement English
mills ero to furnish 50 per cent of the
foreign orders received, while thooo
f Belgium and Germany will supply
together the rest.
At the annual meeting of the Asso
ciation of German Chemists, held at
Vlanhelra recently, the Llebig gold
medal for distinguished services in ap
plied chemistry was presented to Dr.
Rudolf Knletsch, of the Badische
anllin und Soda-Fabiik, the discoverer
)f tho so-called contact process of sul
phuric acid manufacture.
Secretary Hay never could get on
tvlth the Russian language. He has
ipent much time and effort striving to
master its Intricacies, but hnd to give
It up as a bad job and time wasted.
The Secretary of State says ho has a
most profound respect for anyone who
las ever succeeded In acquainting hlm
icdf with this lingual abnormity.
In order to ascertain whether the
flood waters behind the Tonto dam, of
the Salt river project, will have an Im
portant eucct In reducing the amount
tf saline constituents In the water,
periodica salt determinations will bo
made In tho river waters at that point
Uecent experiments show that the salt
in the waters Is not derived from local
tourcos.
Harry Payne Whitney, son of the
late William 0. Whitney, has a speciul
iverslon to speculation and keeps as
far away from the Wall street pit us
he possibly can. Ho takes more after
tho Vanaerbllts In his business charac
teristics, believing In husbanding his
Investments with care and uvolding
wild plunges for phenomenal and
quick profits.
Ono of tho Czar's first acts after his
return from his recent tour In the
country was to have a cricket-pitch
laid out In the park at Tsakkoo Selo.
At first most of those who were priv
ileged to play cricket with the Em
peror wore-extremely nervous at the
Idea of his being hit by the ball, and
Intentionally bowJed wide to avoid.
striking his majesty.
The man who was largely responsi
ble for tho Introduction of gob! In this
country, Robert Look hart died a few
days ago in Edinburgh, Scotland. He
was for years a linen Importer In New
York, and organized tho first golf club
In the United State In Yonkors, N. Y.,
In 1888. It was known as the "Apple
rroe Gang." Subsequently he founded
the St Andrew's Golf Club.
The exportation of prunes from the
United States has grown very rapidly
In recent years, the total number of
pounds exported In 1808, tho first year
In which a record wns made by the
Bureau of Statistics, being, In round
torma, 10,000,000 pounds; In 1002, 23,
900,000; In 1003, uo.vwO.000, and In 1901
It will amount to about 74,000,000
pounds, valued at about $3,C3OO,000.
An appropriate memorial to the
great geologist and scientist Joseph
Lo Oonte, has been erected In Yoso
ralte valley by tho Sierra Club of Cali
fornia. It is a lodge, built strongly
and simply, containing ono large room,
twenty-flvo by thirty-six feet, with a
large stono fireplace at one end, and a
tmall room on either side the entrance
on tho oppoaite end. It is at the upper
end of the valley.
Many English queens have chosen
tmk trees In Windsor forest whereon
their names, with tho dates of their
choice, have been commemorated by
meanB of brass plates. In different
purts of the forest wltlh seats around
thorn, arc oaks benrlng the names of
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Caroline,
Queen Charlotte and Queen Victoria.
'Heme's Oak," mentioned In the "Mer
ry Wives of Windsor" as being In
Windsor Pnrlc, was destroyed by a gale
on August 31, 1803.
Walter Kittredge, author ani com
poser of the famous war-time song,
"Teattn ou the Old Camp Ground,"
lives In Rccda Ferry, N. H a few
mlloa below Manchester. Ha stiU
writes songs. His royalties from.
"Tenting" still come In to him, and,'
while not large, help to make the old,
man's Inst yearn comfortable, ne of-;
fered to sell the song at first to a Bos-'
ton publisher for $15, but It was re
fused. Afterward this samo publisher!
took It up, and alone has sold moro
than 100,000 copies of It
NEW YORK COFFEE BAR.
One Founded by the Seninnn'n Society
Is a Great Huccmn.
9
Two-thirds of the shipping that dj
ters the port of New York Is Britltf
Therefore the British consul's office Is
the seaman's headquarters in this port.
The men go thero to get their pny, to
receive their discharges and to re-en-gngo
for service, and, In many cases.j
they havo to remain for whole days In
the nolghlorhoo(l. During this time
they naturally have to have something
to cat nnd, In that condition, they,
hnvo fallen an easy prey to tho "free
lunch" of the saloons in tho neighbor-,
hood. To meet tills need the chaplnlm
of tho Protestant Episcopal Churclw
Missionary Society for Seamen, Rev.'
A. R. Mansfield, has long wished to.
opon a "coffee bar," and within tho
last few weeks ho has succeeded In do-'
lug so. The funds have been provld-i
od by the Salmon's Benefit Society, nj
fomlnlno auxiliary to tho mlsslonnryj
society, which has already rendered,
great service to the parent organlzn-j
tlon by practically maintaining tho
mission boat Sentinel. Miss Cather
ine S. Leverich is tho President, Miss
Augusta M. Do Pcystcr Secretary and
Miss Helen Van G. Do Peyster Treas
urer. The coffco bar is a common featuro
of British sailors' institutes, but has
not been tried before In this country,
except in San Francisco, whero tho
work among the sailors Is in the hands
of the British Society.
The sailors seem to like the coffee
bar quite as well as, if not better than,
the ordinary variety, and when a ship
is paying off It docs a rushing busi
ness, The bill of fare Is tho one used
In the luncheon wagons of tho Church
Temperance Society, and Includes fruit
nnd meat pics, frankfurters, sandwich- '
es, eggs, baked beans, fish cakes, rolls,
crullers, cakes, tea, coffee, milk, but
termilk, soda and lemonade. Cigars,
cigarettes and tobacco are also sold.
The foods are all of the best quality,
and the prices are just sufficient to
cover the expense of running tho coun
ter. Tho usual price is 5 cents, with
most of the beverages at 3 cents, and
two eggs for 5 cents.
The "bar" has been erected in a cor
ner of the reading-room maintained by
the mission opposite the British con
sul's ollice, at No. 1 State street, and .l
Is associated with a good many other1
activities for the benefit of the sail
ors. As a sailor with money is, as n
rule, a man void of understanding, tho
Seamen's mission discovered several
years ago that the British consul's of
fice was a strategic point in tho work
It was trying to do. A banking ofllco
was accordingly established where tho
men could deposit their money or send
It home immediately after being paid
off, and it is not such u common thing
now as formerly for men to bo robbed '
of three years pay a few hours after
receiving It As the men gain confi
dence In this office they deposit more
and more of tlielr money there, ani
from $4,000 during the flrs,t year its rei
celpts rose to $90,000 last year. The
mission has also established at tho
same nlnoe n freo nhlnnlnc hnrai i.
, - i ' n
and last year it was instrumental In
shipping 700 men. New York Trib
une. Bifc Lake or Ice in Colorado.
While the people of Denver aro
sweltering In the first hot weather of
tho summer a little mountain lako
only forty-five miles away lies calmly
enjoying its perpetual free2e the lako
Is solid Ice. This is what was found
by C. A. Parker, In chorgo of the tele
graph construction of the Moffat rail
road, In the ahndow of tho James peak,'
on the continental divide.
Perpetual snows blanket the moun
tain on the sides not reached by the
sun, and amid the wintry scene of
glacial whiteness lies the little lake,
ono big lump of Ice. How long tho
lako has been frozen no oni knows.
Sometimes It melts, but this year It
has not shown any signs of succumb
ing to tho higher temperature.
Mr. Parker enjoyed tho cooling,
proximity of the lake when Denver
was receiving tho first renl share of
hot weather, ne also Inspected tha
enormous banks of glacial snow, some
or tnera extending hundreds of feet on
tho mountain side and scores of feot
deep.
Officers of the Moffat road aro much
Interested In tho finds. They know
that tho glaciers wero there, but tin
lako was something they did not ex
pect Now overyono from Genera
Mannger Rldgway to the otlico boy Is
trying to determine bow long that lulu
may huve been frozen s.lU,
Some what ICuoint icul.
Downing Are you n believer in tin
survival of the fittest?
Uppuon Certainly; and I shall eon
, tlnue to be aa long as I live.
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