Woman He Mystery 1 ;j
By HENRY
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CHAPTER XV.
Mr, Bernard Qunylc, alias John Rob
Rite, had BiitTondcrod tho Hotel do Pnria
m Now Orleans for tho moro lucrntlvo
boit of first sutler In tfio Confederate
fcnny, uid thon ns a npy for both sides,
qiially Indifferent which ho nerved bo
g ns ho was well paid by both. In
In double cnpacUy 'ho snw Helono in
chmond. know of Ool. Admits shooting
by Henri Sainton a'nd observed Capt.
Ponon's csrnpe. Ilo nlso found his wuy
Into tho field hoapltal whero both Donon
find Waller Olnydca wero lying wound
pdi Ah .his main purpose In Hfo wno to oe
ruro posofwdnn of Ifcleno hi order to
ut her out of iho way, ho oonccivod the
)lnn of potting a letter from Donon
vhlch would induco Ilolone to triuit hor
elf to him. Ah n Federal spy ho had
po dldlculty In securing au interview
W tho wounded omrcr, nnd by Jlrat
oiling him that Ilclcno hnd Rent him
nd artfully playing on 'his longings to
e tho woman ho lorod, ho Induced 'De-
on to give him tho following letter:
"Dear Miss Lomuro 1 owo my Hfo
to you, nnd next to you to poor Jack,
Jwho Ilea uprcly wounded In tho hospital
nnr mo. Tho doctors doubt that ho will
recovor. I nend thin noto by a friend
npM whono dovotton you may implicitly
triy. What would I not glvo or do to be
a bio to ceo you ngaln? Would that you
could bo hero to ooo poor Jack I A sight
of rour face might savo his life. A. D."
Having received this noto Quayle re
turned to Richmond and gnvo It to Henri
to hnml to Ilelcno. That youpg lady,
nfter having boon Informed by Suo of the
mooting between Wnlter nnd Donon, nat
urally became very anxious ns to what
hn.it bctxmio of them. In ono way or nn
other tho rumor spread nnd camo to iior
pin that they had fought n duol to tho
d"r ' h on hor nccounl.
The rest of tho wool: passed without
( .her nowrt. Adams was recovering
' a s'owJ.v, and required unceasing ntton-
t .
f i.
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tin.'.
U'iri culled twice with letter
uptain Wnrnor for tho colonel,
ono twieo flaw him Btnndlng In
ullwny without recognizing him,
in fact, without bothoriug to look
nt iiini.
During tho previous year II curl had
avoided ih much as possibio Immediate
oontnet wjth either his colonel or with
Hclwuo. Adnms had seen him only once
In Paris, and Honri's nppenrnnco had
icon much changed by his broader nnd
burlier figuro, nnd by tho Vaudyke board
ami tho heavy mustache.
A tow duys more passed, nnd the
Thursday of tho following week Henri
again brought a letter from Cnptnin
Winner 'for Col. Adnms. On this ocea
Io:i Holcno saw the young Fronchmnn
cross tho garden in front of the house,
and went to tho (porch to tako tho lotter
from him.
She know not what it wns, whether
the tone of the voice, when Henri said:
"Good morning, inndomoisclle. Lotter
for Ool. Adams," or a stray thought of
toer past life, or tho seemingly savnge
jrloam in tho soldier's eyes, but she look
ad fit tho young man nuro closely.
An ho did bo n" flash of recognition
ahot tlirough her mind, nnd gripped her
"with n foverinh contagion, That soldier
tad Honrl's florco look, when Henri was
roused to passion I
ho said "Thank you," nnd took the
letter, nnd in doing so looked nt tho man
gain nnd turned pnlo. "Surely," she
Eold, qulto Involuntnrily and unknowing
f, in French this timo, "you nro not
tUnvl Sainton?"
"Surely," replied the young man, also
k French, and quito unmoved, "I nm
Maxi Sainton."
Mtn tripped tlio banister of the
to
Who would hnvo tkoueht of soelnK
tfeerer she cxclnlmod, continuing the
versntlon in French.
You did not expect it, of course," ro-
trted Henri, in tho wuno lnnguago. "It
A long way from tho galleys of Ton-
fen to Virginlni nd now I suppose, ns
ou Jinvo rofoguized mo, you will betray
e to Vol. Adams, ns you botrnyod me
foro nnd sent mo to slavery."
ilolei.o was fiilout. Then who hold out
fcr hand, aud fluid, in tones of tender
ness r.oirly, "Forgive mo, if I can be
torgivea. I wn a clutd merely, nnd know
pot what 1 wuu doing. How you must
tntc mot"
"I did bate you," was Henri's hissed
rrply. "I hated you for yoara with tho
Wtterest halo n mnn can foci for n wom
en, nud now, I duro say, you will give
iio further cnuso."
"I will not," Helono nnswerod. "I nm
corry to iiavo brought trouble upon you
years avo. -will bring no moro. All I
thoso Avpro liappy days in Paris, when
old FatUer Luuiure was alive, and wo
wore childrou, both of us."
"If I could trust you now," said xxonri,
"I might tell you somothiug you would
Uko to know, nnd give you something
you would like to Jinvo. Rut what assur
ance have 1 that, if I do place tho moans
of betrnylug mo In your hands ng-ain, you
will not immediately tnko ltV"
"You hnvo something to glvo mo I
-would Uko to 'have? Wliat?" was
Helono'fi dcjunnd.
"A letter from Oaptnin Denon."
6ho had been cold nnd hot by turns
before, but now Helono felt hor color
leaving Jier altogether.
"A letter from Captain Donon!" she
cried. "CIvo it to mot You can trust
me with your lifer
Helero road nnd rcrend Dcnon's llnoj
until nhe know every word by heart.
"How came you, a Southern soldier, to
lirhig tne this Icttorr' elio uskel at luc,
ia French.
MZ thouht rou would alf that ;?r
HERMAN
tlon," reiilicd Henri. "But In what way
does it concern you? You have tho let
ter. Surely that is suulciout for you.
Why don't you Inform the colonel nnd
have done with It? That Is Jti3t tho orJ
of grntitudo I should expect from you."
Hclcno opened her eyes nnd locked nt
ncnrl. ncro was n man tho kind of
man she had longed to incut a man who
would openk this mind to hor, and toll her
of her fault. Henri did not lovo her,
that was cortain. Sho, on her side, rc
memborcd her girlish fancy, Uko a remi
niscence of a foolish dream. Vnin wish!
Henri most likely hated her, yot oven the
brusqucrlo of his nddres wns n rolicf.
A thought flashed Into her mind, grim,
humorous, ns sho thought, and cntrnne
lug. Sho would tamo this wild bear; she
would cut his claws nnd draw his teeth,
and niako hnilm dance nt hor npron
strings, ns the others had done. In the
midst of her troubles sho could not help
smiling nt tho ide.1.
"You nro right, Honri," nho said, beam
ing her brightest. "I hnvo no right to
nsk. I nm satisfied, and I will not be
tray you. But, toll mo, nro you the
friend whom Captain Donon mentioned,
upon whoso devotion I might implicitly
rely?" This, with n bewitching glance,
which would havo thrilled many n man,
but loft Henri unmoved.
"No," gruffly nnd stubbornly.
"Where is the man?"
"I Richmond."
"I would much Uko to co that man.
I would like to thank him, and I would
like to ask him n question."
Henri pnused, seemingly totally un
touched by Hclcno's allurements.
"Very well," ho said nt last, in Fronch.
as before "Writo a noto, nnd I will de
liver it."
About nn hour nftcrwnrd Henri deliv
ered to Qunylo tho following note from
Ilelene:
"Sir Mny I seo you to thank you for
tho Hcrvlcu you havo rendered to meV
Tho news you hnvo brought me, though
painful, has groatly relieved my mind.
In his letter, tho writer suggests a possi
bility. I hnvo bfon thinking whether
that possibility might, perhaps, be cur
ried into renuty.
"Gratefully yours,
"IIBLENB LEMUKE."
"Tho charm Is working!" Quayle said
to himself, warmly. "Wo Bhall hnvo
only to keep the bait dangling before her
eyes until sho gets to hungor for It, nud
tiie thing Is done. Wo must not be too
hnsty. Wo must not consont too quickly,
Women hate being kept wnlting. Noth
ing drugs so much nt their nerves ns
suspense. Wlicn they got Jmpa'tieut, they
lose their ready judgment nnd their pow
ers of calculation.
"Tho difficulty is tho identification of
the body. It would not serve my pur
poso to do away with her, nnd to have
tho fact of her death disputed. It will
bo easy enough, If 1 can get her outside
tho lines, to put n bullet through her head
nud to say that sho was killed by a strnj
dint from the pickets, hint who will prove
for mo thnt the dead woman is Hciene
Berinquny? There lies the difficulty."
"Veil?" said Honri, "vat you any to
or?"
"I aay to hor nothing for the present,"
was the reply. "1 have to uiake inquiries.
You say that eho rocognlzed you tihis
timo?"
"Oh, yos," answered Henri, "an' Bhc
make sheep's eyes Uko zis."
Hero Henri gnvo n clownish imitntlo;:J
oi Holono's porsuaslvo glances, with the
result that Qunylo threw himself upon
IUh bod nnd roared.
"Acting is not in. your lino," said
Qunylc, still laughing.- "The only part
you could piny to Hfo would bo thnt of
n drunken man. You know all nbout
him. But 1 have aio doubt, when the
timo comes, you will allow this wench
to do what sho likes with you."
"Do vat sho llko?" exclaimed Henri,
with n sneer of disgust. "I know vat
due to me. I not forget. 1 ollvays ro-
menfbor Toulon."
"Wo will seo," nnsworod Quayle. "If
I wero to tako you at your word" 'this
with a cruel glitter in tho oblong oyiw.
nnd the words hissed between tho sol
teeth "do you think you would hav
tho nerve?"
"Nervo for vnt?" exclaimed Henri.
"Nerve to pay hor for tho injury she
did to us. Nervo to return to her with
Interost payment for our years in chains.
Nerve to fitrike, if necessary, a blow thai
will nvenge all we Hufferod through her."
Henri had turned pale benonth the
ollvo of his skin, and ho sat on his
chair, gripping tho arms with his hands.
Ills dark eyes flashed and his brow dark
ened. At last 'ho roso with kls face dis
torted by the evil passions which his
companion's Hpeech had nrousod.
"1 pay out zat 'ound Adams," ho said;
"nn' I vlll pay out eo 'voinnn wJio be
tray us."
"Very well. I will Bond for you when
I am ready."
Qunylo's next stp wns to again pene
trate the Union lines and hnvo nnother
talk with Captnhr Denon. Tho ovouing
found him at Savngo Station. Walter
was under strict surgical surveillance,
and nobody was nllowod to speak to
him, but the surgeons gavo Qunylo per
mission to, see Denon. Donon wns over
joyed when ho lionrd that Ills lotter had
been delivered to Ilelene.
"Do you think sho will come?" eh ask
ed. "I can't say," was Qunylo's reply.
"Sho has your letter. Sho has asked to
seo me, but hitherto I havo not boon
nblo to meet hor. I can only eny I will
try my best."
"MiM i.iiraurn will be doubly jt'nd to
come whon dm Utwj that Mnjnr A.rijin.
um indued eoajciouwicua arJ that tuere
N gront hope of his recovery," said Do
noit. "Tho strnngo thing In connection
with hh Improvement Is the fact that
he thinks he in not Major Adntns, of tho
Lonii:inn battalion, but somebody clso
altogether. '
Quayle stnred.
"Somebody else altogether?" he esked.
"Who does ho think ho Is?"
"Ho says chat Ills nanio U Wnlter
Glnydes, and that he Is the won of an
English nobleman, Ird Yorley."
If n bullet hnd xtruck Qunylo nt thnt
moment, he could not hnve started up
more excitedly. His fnce was ashen.
"Docs the doctor think he ia likely to
recover soon?" ho nsked.
"Tho doctor hns every hopo that a
week or ten days will seo him fairly on
the road to recovery.
Thnt night Qunylc crosied the Chicka
hominy, and took a northeasterly direc
tion to search for a opit whoro tho vil
lainous deed ho wns planning might bo
safoly and effectually committed.
"It will have to bo done near enough
to tho Yankee pickets to got her Into tho
Yankee lines," tho aid, "and It will havo
to be done when Mr. Walter Gtaydcs
will havo thoroughly recovered his mem
ory. When ho knows nil about himself,
he will bo nblo to reeognlzo his fnlr
cousin, Luok is in my way. I havo been
bothering my head to get tho body identi
fied. Mr. Wnlter Glnydes uiself shall
identify hor when sho is dead."
CHAPTER XVI.
nclcno decided, if facilities wero af
forded her for so doing, to rink tho Jour
ney to the Northern camp. Sho wns not
prompted by love or pity, by affection oe
charity, but tho idea had the charm of
d.mger nnd of romanco nbout It. Shu
was not n romantic woman, but her llfo
hnd been ono of very even tenor lately,'
nnd the oxcitemcut of tho vcuturo thrill
ed her nlready.
Cnl. Admits hnd recovered so far that
the doctors hnd given permission to have
him removed to tho residence of a friend
in the country sonio forty or fifty miles
from Richmond, where the greater quiet,
nnd the nir undofiled by tho vicinity of
Uhicknhominy swamps, would hasten his
restoration to comploto health and activ
ity. The colonel wns to be pent thero on
the following dny, nnd Ilcleno was to nc
company him. Whero nn excuso is to bo
found for nnythiug, a woman is euro to
be able to fashion one. Hciene nrrnnged
with Col. Adnms to go with him to his
friend's resldonce, nnd then to return to
Richmond for tho purpose of superin
tending certain household nffalrs. Theso,
she snld, would occupy nbout a week.
Adnms readily consented. Ilelene had
bocome dearer to him every day, and
from regarding 'her as a daughtor, his
feeling had changed to nn affection of a
different kind, nnd he hoped nnd longed
fur the day when ho would dare to ask
her to become his wife.
Ills attentions hnd become moro mark
ed, nnd Ilcleno was glad of the oppor
tunity to escnpo them. Tho excuse oj
the journey to Richmond gnvo her time
tit go to tho federal en in p. and return it
her mysterious guide nnd protector could
so nrrnnge. She, thoreforo, wrote a note
ns follows:
"1 go with tho colonel to Columbin tho
day nftcr -to-morrow, nud shnll be free to
meet you on Mondny or Tuesday next nt
any place you may appoint. Kindly send
ine your Instructions, nnd I will implicit
ly follow tli em."
She inclosed this Uttlo none in nn en
velope, nnd sent Suo with it to the camp
to give It to Henri. The next morulnu
she received the following reply, brought
to her by Henri:
"if you enn nrrango to be at Ashland
on Tuesday evening next, the 24th in
Htnnt, nbout fieven o clock, I will meet
you nt Crockett's tnvern, and I will then
comply worn your wish. Will you nlsa
do me tho fnvor to nsk the colonel foe
vn week's loavo for tho bearer of this
note?"
Helone had no difficulty in obtaining
the requisite permit for Honri. She did
not even mention who tho soldier was,
Adanw was only too hnppy that slia
should nsk him for anything, no matter
what, and ho granted her request with
out a question of why or who.
When tho young Frenchman camo to
Qunyle's rooms nnd brought him Ilel one's
reply, agreeing to moot him nt tho np
pointed placo, Qnaylo for tho first tima
felt n shiver creep through him, nnd a.
repugnance which lio had not known be
fore chilled his blood.
"Bah!" he aid to himself. "It is io
a nice job, but It hns to be done. Be'
ddes who knows? I may be nble te
?et that swoop t do it for mo. Ah! Mr.
Uodbcrt Berinquay," ho said, "you don'
know how much nearer you nro to-day
to those millions of Mademoiselle Helen?
than you were yesterday. When thl
job Is over Dixieland will know me no
more, nor Ynnkeodom cither. It'll b
'Ho, for old England 1 And I hal! ba
slnd to pet back to London. I'll have a
hotter ohnneo this time with ono huudrct,
thousand pounds in my pocket."
Qunylo's plan wns fiendishly simple.
After meeting Helone on Tuesday oven
Ing nt Ashland, n village nbout eighteen
nwlos to tho northwest of Richmond, ha
would tako hpr southeast, outsido of tin
pickets of both armies, to a ruiued hu
in a field not far from tho Union linos at
Beaver Dam creek.
Ho had provided himself with n coup!
of short, but very heavy, revolvers, car
rying bullets of tho Southern army pat
tern. Ho had also securod a 6inall vial
filled with a powerful narcotic, which h
'intended to mix with the water Helena
would bo given to drink.
To bo continued.)
Couldn't Anawcr.
"Sny, Bill," Biild tho first burglar,
"how many rooms wuz dey in dut las(
house you cracked?"
"I diinno," replied tho other. "
wuz on'y interested In Uio haul."--I'hlludelphla
Tress.
A woman might bo happy without
j a sew lior.net If no otiiev womuu had
rorics of tiie times.
CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
fotnmcnta and Criticisms llnflcd Upon
the linppeiiitiua ot tho Day Uin
torlcul nud News Note.
No man enjoys tho farm when he
ilows it with his fncc.
Never Judge by nppenruncos tho
tomcllcst girl usually hixa the most
uoney.
Skin-tight trousers nre coming; into
itylo ngnln. Bow-legged men will find
t harder thnn ever to bo cheerful.
The .United Stntcs has granted 3,500
Intents to women, but ua yet there la
lo devico for keeping a lint ou siralght
Money mnkes tho mure go. and In
tentor Baldwin hns demonstrated thnt
he luck of it prevents the airship from
olug.
Tho enso of tho mnn who cut out a
arse's tongtio because the animal Is u
ticker Justifies a regret thnt tho day of
ho rack mid thumbscrew is past.
It is now reported that tho Baltic
icet Bailors suw war balloons off the
Dogger bunk. The only blessed things
Jiey didn't see were fishing vessels.
A Missouri paper advises Its readers
lo Invest their money In mules, not au
tomobiles. On tho ground Unit suicide
Ih less a moral sin than murder, proba
bly. Mnybo it Is merely the combination
jf collegu yell nnd football Unit Is ie
ipoiisiblu for the alleged bol'tun.ng of
the brain lu the ensu of the gridiron
tthlotcs.
Now Yorkers nro complaining be
cnuse there Is ouly 12 per cent of oxy
tcn In tho subway atmosphere. What
lid they think tho contractors would
glvo thorn hummlngblids?
A Chicago pastor advised his congre
gation to "hang on to their pocket
books while thoy prayed." The only
(.trange thing about this udrlco Is that
It should have been given In Chicago.
As tho SentUe News wittily re
marks, "Uio servant girl occupies a
distinctive place in the domesUc life
of America. But whoro the rub comoj
In in the fact that sho never occupies
Iho placo long."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes to the
promoters of a cat show that sho is
loading an exlstenco which she de
scribes as her "rushed, jammed, triple
life." Why, Ella! These double lives
we hear of aro bad enough, but a
triple life why, Ella!
Tho proprietor of a hotel in Now
York claims people uro being scared
nway from ills place by false stories
or high prices. A nice room mny Ijj
hnd for $S a dny, he says, whllo roast
chicken is only $3 n portion In his res
taurant Now, who could ever have
started such false stories?
An Indinna teacher whipped a pupil
with a Bwltch until blood rnu down
his back, and the pupil's father neurly
kllied Uio teacher with n poker. Of
courso, if the switching hod occurred
in tho ordinary process of hazing, by
the young man's , schoolmates, that
would havo boon different and pa
would havo been silly to get mud.
The country as a whole is experienc
ing a wholosomo roactiou against the
free and easy divorce system which
lias brought so much reproach on
Amorica. States are modifying tho
laws which In so many instances have
practically Invited tho filing of peti
tions. Courts, responding to the gen
eral Impulse, are belnc more careful
against abusing the discretion lodged
In thorn are more vigilant against col
luslon moro insistent that proof shall
bo complote. In social life thore Is a
toudency to go back to the old opinion
which regarded divorce as a disgrace
and visited obloquy on the divorced
Tho pendulum which so long swung
ono way is now swinging tho other.
The result of the tipping system is,
quite naturally and Inevitably, that
thoso who pay fea get excellent sorv-
Ice, whllo others nro uoglocted. It is,
indeed, hard to find any good defouse
for the custom, however it is viewed
It is undemocratic because ... draw-B n
lino between tho classes that can be
tipped and thoso to whom a tip would
be an Insult. It enables tho rich, who
do not mind tho chungo out of n bill, to
outbid tho poor, who cau not afford
moro than an extra dime. It forces
the public to pay the employes of rail
roads, hotels, steumshlps, etc., as wel
as servants In prlvnto families the
wages which Bhould como from the
employer. It Is a well-known fact tha
wages are cut down In consideration
of fees and tho thrifty innkeeper mere
ly lets his guests pay his servants.
Of tho threo weeks recently given
up to special services in a Brooklyn
church, ono was devotad '
hortcd to get married, nnd not to 1t
up hopo on account of age. In ex
nhilninc the program ono of tho cler-
uvmcu Interested said, "Tho reason wo
dovoto n whole week to unmarried
women Is becnuso wo feel thnt much
of tho prellmlnnry work of the mar
ried stato rests with the womnn. Suo
should bo taught to realize this, nnd
we nro going to do our beat to show
icr the necessary responsibilities, ana
liow to shoulder them with the pleas.
uro and bliss attendant upon n happy
nnd God-blessed mnrrlngc." An "inhtl-
tutlonnl" church in Boston 1ms In Ita
imrlsh houso what has flippantly been
called a "courting parlor." but it la
only a pleasant room whero tho young
iieoplo of tho neighborhood mny gath
er for amusement in wholcsomo up
roundlngs. Their homes nro so small
that there Is little room for n gather-
ncr of young people in them, and If
the church docs not provide such n
place tho young people will go ta
dunco halls and other resorts whertl
they wil bo nndcr domoralizing Influ
ences. Tho "courUng pat lor" is a aoJ
cesslty in Uio crowded district of all
large cities. What better thing could
there bo Uinn that the preliminary ar
rangements for n Christian hotna
should begin under Uio overflight of a
ChrisUnn church?
Juliet's question, "What's in a
name?" might bo answered in vnrioui
ways. One could say, "SomeUilng ana
nothing." and boUi with equal truth,
Tho name is not the thing nnd yej
comes to be closely Identified with b
Although merely a niuno, it carrici
with It history, geography, genealogy
and ecclcslastlclsm. How nrlstocraU
the names of localities are now comt
pined with Uioso of a century or twq
ago. Where once tho term field wa
applied the demand to-day Is for parlo
Our ancestors lived in Brookfleid, Sufr
field, Springfield, Enfield and Bylleld,
Wo: live in Highland Park, Hyde Park
Morgan Tark or Norwood Park. Nfl
plebeian "field" for us. A sign of thi
times Is tli at biblical names nro n
longer given to towns, or If tiiey art
It Is In honor of some older town and
not In commemoration of a placo men
tioned In the Bible. Salem, Lebanon
Sharon and the others wero seicrod
names to our ancestors and full of ro
ligious meaning. The era of tho clnst
sics is noted in Uio settlement of No
York State -when Troy, Syracuse, Itlia
ca, Rome and other towns were houos
ed with illustrious names, as if U
foreshadow their own eventual great
uess. Then the American s-pirlt be
gan to prevnil and the names of pros!
dents, senators and members of tin
cabinet wero transferred to Statca
counties and towns. The Ue wiUi th(
old world vfils severed, or rathei
America was asserting hersolf and ha
Individuality as worthy of rccogni
tlon.
Doubtless without being conscloui
of It names are given to localities to
day which lndlcnto the spirit of thi
times. There Is too freqpent repett
tlon of names In different States
which causes great Inconvenience
aside from the wearisomo monotony
There Is tho disposition for olegantj
high-sounding names regardless oi
their fitness, and in some cases Uier
Is the tendency to return to more nntl
qua ted forms. "Bond" now Is nrlsto
cratlc where formerly "street" an
then "avenue" -wero tno dlsUng-ulshe
terms. "Terrace" Is affected eve
where the word has not tho slightest
application. It carries evidence of Ig
norunco and pretension and la wel
adapted to the kind of insincerity no
ln vogue. Names tell fearful trxvthi
which they wero not intended to con
vcy, nnd, easy as it -would scom U
chnnge thorn when found Ul-fltUng ol
docolvlng, they refuse to go. Thej
still romnln to reveal tho former pro
tension, tastes and characteristics oi
tho people who gave Uiean. The clrj
or town or street honored with a real
ly good wuno, appropriate In all ro
spects, reflects great credit on tho hon
est persons who gavo It Good name
are about as hard to find as they an
ltard to earn.
Jnck'H Pimnrcsqiio Slang.
Although, with cluo-garneta an'
stu'u'-salls, much of Uio picturosqu
language of the sea has passed aw
.Inch's conversaUon Is still tamlsha
wlUi expressions nnd terms born q
tho condlUons of his life on tho ocean
His laugunge with his mates i a curl
ous comblnaUon of Bowery slang an
sea-phrases "Youse guys como In on
er tlj.it boat and bonr a hand!" ns I
hoard one young cockswain order am
I believe that if Shnksponro could hav
known onr modern Yankee raan-of.
wnr's-man, ho never would hare pu.
strange oaths In the mouth of a sol
dler. Yot In Gplte of tho pecullariUo;
of his speech, and his nlmost unlvoi'sq
neglect of tho rule that two nogatlvq
make nn affirmative, he can send oj
rend Uio most complicated message l
cither tho International or naval eodi
with signal-flags In tho daytime, q
by the Ardols system of red and whio
electric lights nt night, through whlcj
our warships hold conversations win
ono nnother. Centurj.
When you attend a circus, turning
some-ault looks easy, and when yo
.I .-i ioijture tal'clnflf In public looi