pro
CHAPTEK XX. Coatlaaed.
Patterson was now evidently non
plused. Every point he could make
wan being turned against him. and he
wm almost in dispair. Rallying once
again to the encounter with his old
messmate and friend, he formed cour
age to ask:
"Do you remember the remark you
inade. when you took the fifty"
"I do: it is fresh in my mind a though
the o "currence were but yesterday,
and I am not ashamed to repeat it to
you Charles Manning, I said "
"Stop, Captain Bodhsh. cried ratter
son, "stop, I did not ask you what oi'
said."
"ik on young man, T rather like your
style of questioning. Again I sav, I
will listen," responded Capt. Bodtish.
"Was there any other person present
w.10 heard what you said' asked Pat-
u-rsou.
"No. we were in the wildnerness,
Bsveral miles from the village, and we
were all alone that day."
'Could Charles Manning have heard
that remark;"'
Looking confused and seemingly
more interested in the conversation
than Louis himself, he said, "It was
impossible."
-I will tellyou what that remark was.
You aid. -Look out for yourself. Louis,
or that Indian maiden will steal your
heart, and Charles Manning will cut
your thro it and steal your diamonds.' "
Capt. Bodlish stood there immovable
as a statue. His fare grew pale, then
the rush of blood made his cheeks
flush and crimsom. He was in deep
thought, resolving inhismindwhether
there was any possible way that
Charles Manning could have known
what he said at that time by bim to
Louis Patterson. The captain had
himself admitted it was impossible.
Though a lingering doubt perplexed
him and blinded him for a moment, as
to the course he ought to pursue, he
reached tor Louis' hand, slook it cor
dially, and, almost sobbing, remarked:
V ',' Young man, whether you are Louis
Patterson or Charles Manning, by the
. love I bear Louis Patterson.be he dead,
or be you him, I will befriend you now
to the extent of my power."
CItAPTKR XXI.
NOT VET DECIDED.
The captain learned that the grand
r jury was in session, ana that Louis'
case had already been considered in
that peculiar American star chamber,
where men are convicted tirst and trie.1
afterward, and a true bill found against
Louis for stealing, in the night time.
pro;erty valued at $?.1XfO.
A lawyer was employed to defend
Patterson. At the trial, which came
off immediately, the same positive evi
dence was introduced as was given be
fore the magistrate, and the jury re
tired, and in less than ten minutes
brought in a verdict of guilty, and the
judge sentenced the prisoner to a term
of five years in the penitentiary at
Sing Sing.
Louis has caused dispatches to be
ent to his mother and two or three
prominent neighbors at Sandy Lake,
asking them to come' immedJately to
his assistance, and as no answers
were received, both lawyer and
captain had their faith in the
young man's innocence somewhat
weakened. The lawyer, however, pro
posed to unearth what he was lie gin
ning to believe was a conspiracy, let
the cost be what it might. Notwith
standing all the circumstances of guilt,
Capt. Bodfish was sorely perplexed and
troubled. If this young man is really
Louis Patterson he is innocent. There
could be no question in the captain's
mind upon the soundness of this con
clusion. If he were Charles Man
ning, then, no doubt, he was justty con
ricted. The captain, as he reflected upon
the circumstances referred to by bis
questions, became more and more con-
vinced that he was no imj oster, but
was Louis Patterson.
Hunning over in his mind how best
to unravel this mystery, the Captain
was interrupted by a boisterous tap on
his office door. He invited the visitor
to walk in. It proved to be a police
man who solicited an interview upon
the subject that was uppermost in
captain s thoughts. Bidding him
raeeed. the officer without ceremony
begsa at once to impart the following
important information to his host.
"You appeared in urt to day as the
friend of a prisoner charged with
tealing diamonds and other precious
tones.
MI was present at the trial and heard
II the evidence. The faces of the two
witnesses who testified against the
young man seemed familiar to me.
When they retired from the court
room I followed them. One bought a
ticket for a Westuru town. I did not
4an to detain him because in his dis
gvixe I was afraid he was not my man.
Kto pal, who represented himself to be
Mm steamer's detective, I arrested as
MM as the train started, and, upon re
rt)tij: Ji disguise, I recognized him
, rwocessful confidence man, whom
, 1 J I seen oa the streets nearly every
J. rtsraawath, and hence he could
t i lava been oa tbe steamer City of
I aa its last trip to New York, as
V tUrtrad on Monday of this week.
. I rrveaad him, and found upon bis
VfI ssfMli thiak was the
-e W ika - - 1. 1 .1.
I . " i was eaarfad with tealing.
" f rt fjr report to the Captain
1 a-sttaa.1 laatmaataat
.ar.aul)arlaarwaibr
vour friend that there were three pas
sengers on board the sU-ainer. who
had traveled with him from Glasgow
to Liverpool, that thev had been
found and had visited the prisoner in
his cell; had recognized him as their
traveling companion, and would testify
that while in Glasgow the prisoner had
exhibited to them the identical dia
monds he was charged with stealing,
and had asked their advice as to
whether London or Xew York would
be the best place to dipoe of them."
The captain listened w.th the most
eager attention.
He was now aroused and in earnest.
There was no longer any doubt of
Louis Patterson' identity. Calling a
cab. the captain was driven to the law
yer's office. A has:y conferem was
held. It was resolved to make applica
tion to the Governor for pardon for
younsr Patterson, and to this end the,
confidence man who had signified his
w llinuness to make a clean breast of
the whole transaction so far as he
knew the facts, and the two fellow-
tr velers. both of whom were reputa
ble citizens residing in the city, were
taken before the Executive, who heard
the proof the young man's innocence,
and after carefully examining the rec
ord of the case, and sending for the
District Attorney, who had appeared
in the trial for the State, promised to
decide on the application on the mor-
rev. 1 oe evidence was go Clear inai
, I uis had been made the victim of a
I c is;iracy to rob him, that the Gov
i ernor did not hesitate to grant the
I pardon.
1 Captain Bodfish, overcome with joy,
i rushed to the jail and thrusting the
j iiardon in Henry's face, threw hisarms
I round his neck, and wept like a child.
The jewels found on the conhdence
man were oruered restored to Louis.
These, with the exception of two or
tfiree of the choicest ones, he disposed
of for cash, and firt sending two mes
sages, one to his mother and another
to Mary announcing his intention to
leave New York that night for Sandy
Lake, he purchased a ticket, bade the
Captain a most affectionate good-bye,
and was once again homeward txiund.
CHAPTER XXIL
SHALL THE IMPOSTER SU(X EED. j
On the afternoon of the second day 1
after leaving New York. Louis reached
the junction where he was to change
cars for Sandy Lake. Much to his '
disappointment, he found the train he
should take was four hours late, so he
seated himself in the dejst to jiass
away tlie time as best he might. The
newsboys were crying the morning
papers, published in a neighlioring
city, and he bought one. j
ltunning over its columns to find j
something of interest, his eye was at
tracted to the headlines. "Komantic
Marriage." A glance at the text of '
the article and instantly his mind
grasped the extraordinary intelligence
that at tj o'clock, near the village of
Sandy Lake,, Louis Patterson would ,
wed Mary N'ordrum. I
For a moment the building, the cars, j
the people passed belore his vision in
a circle and like lightning. He may
have swooned. It was but for a moment. :
The bystanders ojened the windows,
unloosed his garments and he immedi- '
ately recovered his consciousness.
L pon reviving it took him but a -e(-ond i
to comprehend the entire sit uation. It
Lm,e.me ,t ha uii K i
characters.
In the foreground was Charles Man
ning, a hideous imposter. who had
made use of the story of Henry's life j
ture and Mary's letters, which he had 1
tl. .--...-. . i ... ; a u 4 :
stolen, encouraged by the trrible sim
ilarity ot likeness of the two men. had
played a game so damnable as to make ;
angels weep, and had won. Creat God '.
had won. Von his Mary.
He cared not to look again to see the
other jiarties of this terrible picture.
He knew the next to appear would tie
Mary Nordrum. And he knew that
'iij iurui nm, ,wiu ne Knew mat
he was innocent. In his whole soul
there waa not a breath of cenur i
against that pure creature. Though ! 'Z f T" J B, "P nd wlh!n
tfemwkti,l.in in.v... aA, 1itbpe or four feet of a bridge whose
she might keep step in the shadow of j
a demon, she was spotless. Hut ring
down the curtain.
Moments may be ages if not turned '
to theproper account.
His first impulse was to telegraph
telegraph to his mother, to Mary, to
his neighbors, to anyljody. everybody !
he ever knew, and tell all to stop the j
marriage ceremony. But he remera- j
bered that not a dispatch or letter he :
had sent to his home huJ been
answered
The villian was intercept-1
ing leiiers ano messages, and it were
folly to expect to accomplish any thing
by the telegraph.
He asked for assistance,
Half a dozen bystanders responded.
They see he Is in deep trouble.
"One of you go for the Superinten-'
dent of this road and bring him her'!
go quick, quick, quick. I have not ;
the strength at this moment to walk.
I will be strong soon. !
'In a few moments Col. Mason the
Superintendent, came in. Henry feels
that everything now depends upon his ;
ability to compose himself and explain ,
the situation. Railroads don't listen to ;
mad men. With the newspaper in his
hand he cooly commences to read the
article to the astonished Superintend-,
ent. It is full of the strangest romance,
for it relates in detail the kidnapping, i
the voyage to India, the shipwreck, '
the return, the marriage to take place .
on the lawn at the bride's home, that I
Invitations had been given out to sev-!
eral hundred people and that the after- j
noon that afternoon would be a gay
holiday for the farmers for miles
around.
The reading finished, the Superin-1
tendent looked at Henry in bewildered ,
amazement and awaited an explana
tion.
'Mr. Superintendent may God strike
me dead if I don't tell the ruth. I am
Louis Patterson and a villain that
poisoned me, and thought he Had mur
dered me, Is the man that is marrying
my Mary at o'clock: Merciful
h earns! It is now 3 o'clock, and Louis
Patterson is to marry Mary Nordrum at
o'clock and Louis Patterson himself v
tetSSfiarS
moner to aav tar it, Take from that
torn
roll of Mlla,
what erer amaunt you
vntfia ngBt.
Tae
shouted avDroval of I
;L:aii'iii(l. Tue excitement wax at a
lever pitch, that the least, of the ex
cited ont-s was t ol. Mawm himself,
lie quickly determined that he would
eomp y with the young men rejuest.
for a s)iex'ial.and giving an order to one
of hi-. assistants, lie declared he would
pull 1 omit Patterson into Sandy Jjike
s'.-Uion before 6 o'clock, come what
might, and let the conseq uencus be
what they would.
! All hisorders were quickly resjxmded
10. tie woum nave thu lo.-o uotive
ready first and immediatelv. and trust
, to luck to get his orders from head-
: quarters before starting.
J The track was ordered cleared of all
trains: the locomotive came putting up
in excellent trim, with penty of water,
plenty of fuel, and ready for the race.
Louis climbed into the cab and sat
down in the engineer's seat, and the
superintendent who had pi-oose! to
make one of the party took a seat in
front of th"j fireman.
Just then the train-dispatcher came
I forward with the order from the gen
eral office, and the superintendent giv
ing the signal, at 3:.'io, the locomotive
resiionded to the open throttle, and
fairly trembled, and shook its great big
iron sides as it gave a lunge ahead,
and. amid the deafening cheers of the
crowd, it got right down to work, that
made the engineer proud of his noble
steed.
The mile iots were passed as though
they were telegraph polos. Screech
ing like made through the villages,
fairly leaping over switches, shaking,
roaring, puffing, whirlingover bridges,
through tield and forest, faster and
faster, a steady sturdy hand at the
lever, (-tout and sinewy arms at the
furnace, watchful eyes gazing eagerly
oeyo.iu me smoKe-iacK ana scannin,
the track to see if ail were clear, and
fdthful. obedient and trusty locomo
tive bent down to its duty and per-
1 .. . .1. -l - . n .T .
lunuru 11 as wiougn 11 were a living
breathing being and comprehended
fully the reMKinhibility trusted to it.
Henry spoke not a word.
His whole being kept jiace with the
engine, in it nervous tremor and ap
parent agitation. In fact no one ut
tered a syllab.e, except ths superin-
tendent, who, with his watch in h
hand, at intervals called out the time,
tne speed, ana the a istance run.
Fifteen miles, twenty minutos!
Twenty-live mrles, tfiirty minutes:
Korty-live miles, forty-eight minutes!
Mxty miles, sixty-one minutes:
i ne sujerinienjeni was now as ex
cited as the engine itself. Ixuis sart
thereas though hewed out of stone.
ine engineer and nrcman were as
happy as though they owned the road
b ifty-five miles more and eighty-nine
minutes to make It in.
The track iassed the Nordrum farm
within sixty rods of the house. So
there would be no delay in getting
from the station to the lawn, where
the marriage ceremony was to take
place.
Seventy miles in seventy-two min
utes. lowing a little. Mr. Fireman, can't
you throw in an extra lumn or two of
those choice pieces there at your feet?
Saving them for the last? Save
nothing. Crowd on all the fuel she
will take. Open the throttle a little
if possib'e. Mr. Kngineer. Can't do it?
No matter, she is behaving beautifully,
j What a splendid ervature !
j Now she just flies. The last five
: miles was made in four minutes.
I Ninety miles in a few seconds
i less than ninety minutes. Twenty
five miles more and a full hour
to do it in. That is a splendid margin
j to go on. Will make it in time with
haif an hour to spam.
Ion't move a finger there to reduce
her speed, Mr. Kngineer. Let her do
he can. Take no risk. Better
have the time to spair at the end of
the run than on the road.
A mile a minute is now the pace.
A i 1 j .L . 1
I", """'lnK tnaispeea
tbh "ve handsomely."'
Tbe engineer sees somethiuir ahead
I that alarms him. Isit a puff of smoke?
I He stretches his neck out of the cab
window as far as possible, strains his
eves, hastily draws havk. clnt-ha the
j lever with both hands, ready to close
tbe throttle on a moment's warning.
Another second and the steam is shut
off. the engine reversed, the brakes
j . , ... ,
15!! Ioth,ull7
-tw) Dv?aa auu, iiui u.llhj; sail auruifV
j vnui-in ni r eujvKi.u)i irum an explosion
i of gunpowder, which some miscreant
1 had applied, no doubt, in order to pre
j vent the engine from reaching Sandy
Lake. '
to bk continued.
Btnall fortune Between the Cracks
A cigar dealer was recently com
pelled to move from his down-town
stand, which he had occupied lor
thirty-five years, because of the derao-
lltloo of the old build tig.
I He packed his belongings with
i many a sigh of regret When he
1 ha 1 got his things all out he turned
i to tbe workmen, who were waiting to
i begin tearing down tbe building, and
remarked in a rather sarcastic ty.ee:
"Well, boys, you may have ail you
find Id this old trap"
The. workmen began on tbe old
floor, which bad been worn Into 1 ol
lows by age. It had not been re
1 placd since it was originally laid
j One of tbe men ripped up a board
with hu crowbar, raising a cloud of
dust . When be got it out of bis eyes
. he saw something , shiny In the
' crack.
j lie picked It up and It proved to lie
a dime. Further Investigation re
I vealed tbe fact that the crack was
, Hoed with ailver.
j This was an Incentive to tbe work.
' men. They plied tbeir crowbars
with remarkable energy for men
poorly paid. In this Instance they
were amply rewa deo.
Ia efery crack of tbe floor silver
dime were fouoo. .Some of them
bore dates of nearly half a century
ago. The men fathered the coin In
handful.
Tbe cigar dealer In speak log of the
occurrence, said that be hadn't the
1 If h test Idea that so much motier
could be loet through caraleeeoMe
and poor floor, even In thirty-Ore
year
W. ."Whaollmrdf ill ...
to bate my
new et re refiuored with barr wood
ad jkJ erarks. at aT einetiee.''
H. T. Herald,
FATH6R S VOICE.
Orly drvamioc so b ox ia.tr
1 w t Inm Jl. mo U4au er.
brllb( be,-p a- etwti tt war
I liltxj Um lmod nil Maud UlU tr
Jut ..ttl boy aaln,
( buing hef eiL brother Julio
(Botii A u arc grows up iun
Ad J Wi ) mti creep ua and on.f
But 1 dreamt with etrance aigM
Of Ihm avenea 1 lot. miu.
Tl'ere tbe vifllaiul t our rit;ht.
'1 ber tba cherry git,.e bai-j a .
lber tba erboulfyiua br tbe lane,
W bar 1 Warned ui j A H Ca .
Tb re t ha t'lftnug where tba K'run
.Sodded to lite euuiluer breeze;
Thre tba happy chlluboud houte.
1 here tba ab-ef-htl I'rttg nbJ wl la.
Tbere tb creek tbal la t it foam
'Galbat tbe rotea 4u altber ai'le.
n my draara I eew it all.
UvmI my cbiMJutMNl hour m one.
Heard tb voire ol father call.
"It ia daylighte tu. tujr aon r
O'ar hli frava tb rain aud toow
Many jrrara bat fallen dorp,
and tonly aee biui now
Only bear btut m uiy alt-p.
And tba old bow dor not eeem
a it did in ot bar ere.
Only wliea 1 sleep and dream
1 Taenia of joy and waka m tear.
Wh-n upon thj ba-l of dratb
I. at iaat. aia rail! f li
and my alowly ebblnl brth
Coiuea wli h labored aob and aih.
I can In my pain reoic
'lbat my laat day work ! dona
If 1 bear my father a voice
It n datiiaiit oouje, my aon '."
C'hl. aao Tnhuna.
TREASURE TROVE.
I dreamed about that burled
treasure a wain last night, Jack," said
old skipper .Maxwell, resting his oar.
a bit to draw his sleeve across his
wetther-beaten face, which was
moist with tcrsplration.
Don't doubt U a bit, I'ncle Sol."
laughed Jack Helchers. who sat In
the stern sheets of the Whitehall
lioat, sandpapering some mackerel
Jig to a proper degree of bright
ness. "Oh, you can laugh," reminded
the old fisherman locally known in
barninuth as Code Sol: "but there's
more In dreams than folks think for,
and everybody in Kinnouth knows
that i ai'tain K idd hid more than one
chi-t full of gold along on this here
shore "
"I know some people say so," re
turned Jack, lightly.
Hut I'ncle .""ol, unheeding
words, resumed his rowing and
the
rent
on,
' "If you and I, now, could only be
so lucky as to find It. Jack, think of
the good the money would do us! I
wouldn't have to fish for a living.
and you could go ahead and finish
your schooling jest tbe same as
though 'Squire Itclchem had left you
bis projerty. as folks always calcu
lated he would da"
Jack's face clouded a little.
"1 never shall understand why my
adopted father did not make a will
before he died; forhesp jke of doing
so very freely the last time 1 was j
home on my vacation," he said.
"Vou don't supiKise, Jack," said
the old skipper, Involuntarily lower
ing his voice, "that 'Squire Helchers
might have made one after all, and
that scaiy brother of his Lawyer
Helchers got hold of it and hid H
ay"
Nonsense:" interrupted Jack,
rather sharply. "Lawyer Helchers Is
too shrewd to commit a crime that
would send him to State Prison, no,
that soat of thing is done in stories a
great deal oftcner than in real life "
'I'd belle e anything bad of Thurs
ton ISelchera, or of his son cither,"
the ski: per returned persistently.
Kenieiiibtr how mad folks said he
was when the Squire took you home
after your pa and ma was lost at sea.
and made no bones of telling here In
Barmouth how he calculated to adopt
you, which he dually did?"
i es. 1 remember hear.ng some
thing about It," was the carcle re
ply. The boat having reached its desti
nation Ju-tout-ide the harbor mout 1,
Skipper Maxwell drew In his oars and
dropped the klllock. A bucketful of
chopped clams was used as 1 alt, and
very soon they were fingering a line Id
either band, one at the bow and the
other at the stern, awaiting a bite.
"There they be," muttered L'ncle
Sol dropping one line ana pulling the
other with the swift hand over hand
motion peculiar to tbe mackerel
catcher.
"Me too," exclaimed Jack, and for
a few moments the fishermen wer
busy enough pulling la mackerel as
fast as their hands could fly.
Struck off agin," ooscned the
skipiicr, as once more the lines
trended downward through the In
tense grcenl-h-black water. '-There's
the Spray bearing down on us," he
added.
Jack frowned involuntarily.
The Spray was the staunchest and
handsomest boat In Barmouth harbor.
Squire Helchers bud her built for his
adopted son only three yeare before.
But after his death no will wa found;
so his brother Thurston, the next of
kin, took letters of administration,
and coolly hinted to Jack that bis
room in the great old-fashioned bouse,
so long his home, was b ttcr than bis
company.
Jack had spoken his mind very
freely both to Mr. Belchers and his
son t radford a young fellow about
.lack's age. Then, gather ng up his
clothing, books, and rsonal belong
ings, Ja k shook tbe dust otf his feet,
left the old house and took rtcfuge
'or a few days with L'ncle Sol Max
well, who lived alon in a one-story
house on the very edge of the shore.
Bather than lie Idle wh le he was
laying plana for his future actions,
Jack, dressed according to his work,
accompanied Uncle .Sol down to tbe
harbor In bis trips to procure the
fredi fish with which Uncle Sol sup
piled the hotels, just then full of
visitors.
Bradford, or Brad, Belchers had at
oae takes poasesslnn of the Spray,
and It n the UgliT "of the young
man In a flannel boallrifc-auU eteer-
iproarhi g boat. In
paly, that failed
die quick frown to Jack's f to
"He's tryin; to h .w off his tout
mailing," said the gkipir, con'empt- '
uousiy, v at the sight of the small '
lioat, lira I ban ed his wind and :
beaded d.rcct y for them. )
.-ay. you two fellow, got any flh
ti ily"' shouted Urad, in his most 1
patriitiHiig tone and manner ai fn
a the spray came with n hail of
theitt '
Jack bit his lip without replying.
Sud denly o d Maxwell sprang to his
feet
"Luff luff, vou thundering fool !
do V"U want to run us dow i?" he
roar d. ;
H..I tin warning came too late. !
The catboat's sharp stem cra-hed
through the side of tbe smaller skid, i
whose occupants managed to scram
ble aboard the Spray, amid a chorus 1
of sere. i ins from the young ladies of
the parly. i
"I'll tie even with you yet for sink
ing my Ixiat, Miung fellow," wrath
fully exclaimed I nele Sol, turning to
israd, who looked rather ashamed for
a uvmient.
Why didn't you keep your old .
boat out of the way" growled Itrad.
Jack's ees "ashed w tb ind gna- j
tion. but nothing more was said or
dne t II the Spiay a. rived at tbe
wharf.
Tne loss of his boat was a serious
matter for I'ncle SoL And it was a
vain that he applied to Brad's father
for redress Mr. Helchers would not
even lisien t him.
"N'ow's tbe time some of Cap'o
K dd's butied gold would come In
handy, eh. Jack?" remarked the old
man. ruefully, on tbe following
evening, as the two sat n the
little porch In front of the house,
looking out over the harbor and the
sea. which were bathed In
the sheen
of moonlight
"Some of the old s uire's would,
too," remarked Jack, who was feel
ing very heavy hearted.
It was not alone tbe loss of the
fortune which should hare been his.
He had felt a deep affection for eccen
tric Squire Helchers, and t hurt Jack
more than he cared to own that hU
adopted father had left no word or !
message even to show that he re
turned his regard. j
L'ncle Sol made no answer. Like
! many of his kind he was Inclined to
; superstition. It was the full of the I
' moon, and according to an old legend
l. was at such a time that the marks
on Kidd's Ledge, locat ng the place
where a pot of gold was buried, was
visible.
The skipper was thinking of this '
as, making some careless excuse, he
rose, and strolling down to the shore
took his way among the shadows of
the beetling ledges, leaving Jack
plunged In gloomy meditations. ,
Just ltnre reaching Kidd's Ledge. ;
which was said to 1 marked by three
crosses cut lo the stone a murmur of
j voices reached his ear. r-topplng and
J crouching low In the shadow of a
great bowlder, Cn -le Sol peered cau
I llously out Two persons, whose
i backs were toward turn, were bend
I ing over the sand at the foot of
j Kidd's Ledge apparently digging
I with all their might at the base of
1 the lock,
i ' By the big horn spoon: sonie
i body's found the place where tbe
treasure's buriel and Is digging for
j It " muttered the old skipper, ex
j cltedly.
The evening Wis calm and still,
I withonly the gentle swash of the
tea,ves on the teach to break the
sllctaoe. Hesitating a moment,
I Uncle Sol stole along u the further
side of Ktld's Le .g; and softly
climlicd upward till he reached the
I Uip. Then worming himself along to
the edge he peeped over.
What p Miscssed yo i to run such a
: tremendous risk, Bradford?" were
the first Intelligible words that
reached the skipper's ear.
i "No great risk about It," coolly re
turned the other. "No one knew
that l'ncle Josh had made a will, and
as 1 happened to find it In the tin
trunk with some other papers, I
j slipped It away and buried it here."
! "Why here?" asked Mr. Helchers.
.' who did not seem so much shocked as
' might have been expected.
i "1 knew the house would he ran- !
sacked, and 1 didn't want to carry It
home," was the sur ly leply.
j Tbe skipper, wh j had listened with
an artia ement too deep for words t
j felt his heart almost stop beating as
the whole truth of the matter flashed .
j across his mind. j
J Dragging himself still further for- i
I ward, Uncle Sol cranned his neck un-
.III I. .
in nei ouiu ee wnat was going on
below. Brad had disinterred a small ;
square trunk of Japanned tl i, which
stood open on the sands. His father
bad taken out one of the papers, and,
lighting a match was reading the i
heading. ,
"Last will and testament of Joshua '
Belchers, Ksquire," he read aloud.
"Hum, well i hardly know what to
do a Unit this."
It occurred to L'ncle Sol that an
hone a man would know without
studying such a question for a mo
ment "Bubo It of course," ters y re
sponded Brad. ;
"If I do it will only be to save you
from tbe consequences of what you
have done," said his father, solemnly.
"Gammon:" sneered Brad. -Vou '
know you arc as anxious to hold on
to the property as I am. Burn It, I
say'" j
r Belchers pretended to hesitate. '
Then, drawing another match from
his pocket, he struck It on a rock, as
tbe two stood olrwe together, l'ncle
Sol opened hla mouth to jell, when1
suddenly he overbalanced himself, i
and down he went, the yell escaping
as he pitched forward. Boiling down
the steep and slippery ledge, he
struck heavily on Mr. Belchers' head
and Brad's sbouH- s. throwing them
both to the Haoa. Neither 6f them
in the swiftly a
winch wa- a g iv
' stopped there. Two ni'iie frightened
j uidivicuilt never rambled Irom a
fecumbcnl position and took to their
be ds wr.li'i .t so much as a glance le
hiod. "Ye couldn't see 'eiu for the sand
they kicked up behind 'eui."-huckled
I'ncle Sol. as ten minutes later he
displa ed to Jack's asVnishea eyes
the tin trunk containing the missing
will and told bis story with great
gusto.
It I almost needless to say that
the recovered will was entnely in
Jack's favor. Kverytbing was left to
him without reservation. Lawyer
Tltcomh being appointed a trustee to
hold the proiierty till Ja' k came of
age.
"I knew I'd set even with them
two critters, only I didn't think it
would be so soon," said old Uncle
Sol; 'and now, Jack, Jon't lose a
minute, but hurry up to Lawyer Tit
comb's and enter a complaint against
them for lacenlln a man's will with
Irjtent to defraud, or whatever you
call it"
"What for" asked Jack,
"bo a to have them both but In
State prison, of course," returned
I'ncle Sol, with a bewildered stare.
Til think about It, I'ncle i-ol,"
replied Jack, quietly.
Taking with him the tiq trunk, he
made h s way up to town. Hut In
stead of stopping at Lawyer Tit
comb's he kept on until he reached
the old homestead, where Mr. Helch
ers and Brad bad taken up their
abode.
The lawyer and his son, having re
covered from their fright, were about
to return to the shore, when Jack
appeared. At the sight of the truok
the two turned pale as ashes.
"I'll trouble you both to leave my
premises," coolly obser.ed Jack. ' i
happen to have bere the will which
I you, Hrad, stole and h d awav, and
I you, Mr. Helchers, Intended to burn."
turning to the lawyer.
hat could tie said to such an ac
cusation? Mr. Belchers stammered
something about a mistake, and hur
riedly departed.
"I suppose now you've got the
whip hand you will pay us off In In
our own coin." doggedly remarked
Bradford, who had lingered behind
his father.
What do ynu mean?" asked Jack.
'Why shove us Into State's
pr son."
"1 shall do nothing of the kind."
firmly returned Jack, "though you
both richly deserve It No one but
L'ncle rol Maxwell and I know what
you have done, and 1 don't Intend
any one shall."
You ought to have your revenge
on them, Jack," grumbled L'ncle Sol.
who no longer goes fishing for a liv
ing. "You ought to for a fact It's
a poor rule that won't work both
ways. "
1 know one that don't," answered
Jack.
"What one is that?"
"Tbe golden rule, said Jack
quietly, " whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them.' " Waverly Maga
zine, J The Fascination of I'rcclplcea.
Chcvrcul'g well-known experiments
with the exploratory pendulum and
the divining rod show that, If we
re ptcse tit to ourselves a motion In any
direction, the hand will unc msclously
; realle it and comniuolcale It to the
; pendulum. The tipping table re
' all.es a movement we are anticipat
ing, through the Intervention ot a
real movement of the hands, of which
we are not cons lous. Mind reading,
by those who divine by taking your
hand where you have hidden any
thing, is a reading of uiperceptible
motions by which , your thought Is
translated without your being con
scious of them, explains Alfred Fou
' lllee In the Popular Science Monthly.
' In cases of fascination and vertigo,
, which are more visible among chil
dren than adults, a movement Is be
gun the suspension of which is pre
vented by a paralysis of the will and
It carries us on tosufferlng anddeath.
The mere thought of vertigo pro
pokes It The board lying oa the
, ground suggests no thought of a fall
when you walk over It; but when It
! s o.er a precipice, and the eye takes
! the measure of the distance to the
bottom, the representation of a fall
, In motion becomes intense, and the
Impulse to fall correspondingly so.
. Even If you arc safe there may still
' lie what Is called the attraction of
the abyss. The vision of the gulf as
'a fixed Idea, having produced an
! "exhibition" on all your Ideas and
' forces, nothing is left but the figure
of the great bole, with the iatoxica
tion of tho rapid movement that be
gins In your brain and tends to turn
the scales of the mental balance.
Temptation Is nothing else than the
force of an Idea and tbe motive im
pulse that accompanies It
Vexatious Itegulatlons.
Since the new police regulation
against strangers in France has come
Into operation, all residents of foreign
nat duality now in tlu republic must
forthwith register their names and
pay a poll lai ot from 50 to 80 cents
per head of family. Some few mil
lions of francs will thus be scraped
together In tbe next three months
for the benefit of the national ex
chequer. This will affect every one
who has the Intention of ros.dlng In
a hired house or apartment not of
course In hotels whether In the
towns or In the country. Another
variety of tho new law is directed
agalpst misdemeanors. Suppose you
disagree with your cabman over the
time you have occupied his Jehuistic
attentions and refuse to pay him
more than his legal fare, or what you
think to be this, he can bring you be
fore the commlMaire de police and,
should you lose tbe case, you will be
compelled, unleae extenuating cir
cumstances are found In four favor,
to leave U country, forthwith with
ou option of return.