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HALL CAINS. ITNOPWII Rachel Jorgenaoa iu um only daugh ter ot the governor or Iceland. She fell ia leeo wtth and enrrted an id lor. Ste phen Orrjr. Her father had other hopes NMruthMi anger ha disowned bar. Then orry deserted her and ran away to sea. Of tats union, however, a child was jora, a ad Rachel called him Jason, Bte hM.Orrr was neara trom In the Isle of Man. where ho wea again married and another son was born. Rachel died a fcrokea-nearted woman, but told Jason of his father's acta. Jason swore to kill aim and If not him, then nle son. in the meantime Orry had deserted Ms ship and ought refute In the Isle of Man, and was sheltered by the governor of the Mand, Adam Falrbrother. Orry went I from bad to worse, an marled a (llxso ue. and their child, called Michael Bun eka. war born. The woman died end Orry gave their child to Adam Falr rolner who adopted him, and he be came the playmate of the governor' only daughter, Urerha. Time parsed and the fovernor and his wife became estranged, nelr Ave sons staying with their mother on account of their Jealousy of Sunlocks, who had become a ftivorile with the guv Sfnor'. '"lly Stephen Orry confesses Ills misdeeds to Sunlocks, who promised to go to Iceland to And Rachel If possi ble and care for her, and If she was dead to) find her son and treat him as S bt"Jr- He bid rood-bye to his sweet relw4 nd started on hla Journey. Meantime Jason had started on his journey of vengeance nnd his ship was wrecked on the Isle of Man. He saved he lire of his father unknowingly. Orry Z.U V4 .on hl d"h bed was recog nised by Jason. , CHAPTER III. At that she paused for breath, and to press her lean hand over the place of tfta fire Ja her chest. "Te gay true, ma'am, aw, true, true,' wald the man. In a lamentable voire. "And In the house of death It must be great consolation to do right. Let's sing; wl" ye, ma'am. I'm going In the wtratgbt way now, myself, and plaze the Lord I'll backslide no more." And while he counted out the money in his ftTlmy palm, the old hypocrite was for striking; up a Kanter hymn, beginning;: . "Oh, thfa ta the God we adore, Oejr faithful, unchangeable friend." But Hro. Palrbrother cried on him to silent, and then gathering strength woe went on with the others until nil were done. And passing to each his money, as the grasp of Death's own hand relaxed the hard gtlp of her tight fingers, she trembled visibly, held It out and drew It back again, as though she yet And when all was over she swept the were reluctant to part with It even people out of the room with a wave of her hand, snd fell back on the bolster. Then Oreeba, thinking It a favorable moment to plead for her father, men tioned his name, and eyed her mother nuilouely. Mrs. Falrbrother seemed not to hear at first, and, being pressed, itde answered wrathfully, saying she hsd no pity for her husband, and that not a penny of her money should go to Itim. B'tt late the same day. after the doc tor, who had been Kent for from Doug had wagged his head and made a r;eful face over her, she called for her tens, and they came and stood about W, and Oreeba, who had nursed her Trim the beginning, was also by her sil. "Boys." ahe said, between fits of pain, ' keep the land together, and don't sep arate and mind you bring no women here or you'll fal to quarreling, and If any of you must marry let him have his bare and go. Don't forget the heifer JuU la near to calving, and see that yaa fodder her every night. Ketch the r0 down from narrule at Martin teas, and count the sheep on the moun tains once a week, for tho people of Maaghold are the worst thieves la the island." They gave her their holy promise duly to do and not to do what she had named, and. being little used to such flaaea they grew uneasy and began to samele out. 'And. boys, another thing," she said, faintly, stretching her wrinkled band acroa the counterpane, "give the girl her rights, and let her marry whom be will." This, also, they promised her; and (hen ahe, thinking her duty done as an honest woman towards man and the world, but recking nothing of higher ob ligations, 17 backwards with a groan. Now It did not need that the men should marry in order that they might 'luarrel, for hardly was the breath out of their mother's body, when they set to squabbling, without any woman to help them. Asher grumbled that Thurs lan waa drunken, Thurston grumbled that Asher was Issy, Asher retorted l hat, being the eldeat son. If he hsd his rights, he would have every foot ot i he land, and Ross and fltean rose In fury at the bare thought of either being hinda . Ml, their brother's form or else Isklrur" the go-by at his hand. Ho they quarreled, until Jacob said that there was plainly but one way of peace be tween them, and that was to apportion the land Into equal part and let every man take his share, and then the Idle ness of Asher and the drunkenness of Thurstan would be to each man his own affair. At that they remembered that the lands of Lague, then the largest es tsle on the north of the Island, had owe been made up of sis separate farms, with a house to each of them, though Ave ot the si houses had long stood empty. And seeing that tbor were just six of themselves It seemed, as Jacob Mid. as If Providence had so appointed thing to see them out of their difficulty. But the farms, though of pretty equal acreage, were of varl mm quality of land, and therein the 4W3lttmlOrW "I'll take Ballacralne," said Thurstan. "No, but I'll take It." said Jacob, "for I've always worked the meadows." In the end they cast lots, and then, each man having hla farm assigned tc him, all seemed to be settled when Asher cried: "But what about the glrir At that they looked stupidly Into each other's faces, for never once In all their bickering had they given a thought to Oreeba. But Jacob's resource was not yet at an end, for he suggested that Asher should keep her at Lague, and at harvest the other five should give her something, and that her keep and their gifts together should be her share; and If ahe had all she needed what more could she wish? They did not consult Oreeba on this head, and before she had time to pro test they were In the thick of a fresh dispute among themselves. The meadow lands of Ballacralne had fallen to Jacob after all, while Thurstan got the high and stony lands of Ballafayle, at the foot of Barrule. Thurstan was less than satisfied, and remembering that Jacob had drawn out the papers for the lot tery, he suspected cheating. So he mad" himself well and thoroughly drunk at the "Hibernian," and set off for lialla- cralne to argue the question out. lie found Jacob in no mood for words of recrimination and so he proceeded to lliitinii l.irn, euiu l' J lui II HUH jti iiiv lands and settle himself upon them. Then there waa great commotion among the Falrbrothers, and each of the four took a side in the dispute. The end of it all was a trial for ejectment at Deemster's Court at Ramsey, and an other for assault and battery. The eject ment suit came first and Thurstan was ousted, and then six men of Maughold got up In the Juror's box to try the charge of assault. There was little proof but a multitude of witnesses, and before all were heard the Deemster ad journed the court for lunch and venti lation, for the old courthouse had be come poisonous with the reeking brenth of the people that crowded It. And the Jury being free to lunch where they pleased, each of the parties to the dispute laid hold of his man urn) walked him off by himself, to persuudc him, also to treat him, and perhaps to biihe him. Thus Thurstan wan at the Saddle Inn with a Juryman on either side, and Jacob was at the Plough with as many by his side, and Boss and Htean had one each at tho tavern by the Cross, "you're rifrht," aid the Juryman to Thurstan. "Drink up," aula Thurstan to the Jurymen. "I'm your man," said the Jurymen to Jacob. "Klip this in your fob," nald Jacob to the Jurymen. Then they reeled back to the court house nrm-ln-nrm, and whin the six good men of Maughold had clam bered up to their places again, the Ju ror's box contained several quart more ale than before. The Jury did not agree on a verdict, and the Deemster dismissed them with hot reproaches. But some Justine to Oreeba seemed likely to come of this wild farce of law, for an advocate, who had learned what her brothers were doing for her, get up a case against them, for lack of a better brief, and st far prevailed on her behalf that the Deemster ordered tint each of the six should pay her eight pounds yearly, as. an equivalent of the shnre of land they had unlawfully withheld. Now Bed Jason had spent that day among the crowd at the court house, and hla hot b'.ood had shown hb red at hut hair through his tanned cheeks, whllfl be looked on at the doings of Thurstan of the swollen eye, and Jacob of the foiiy face. He stood up for a time at the back like a statue of wrath with a dirty mist of blood dancing be fore It. Then his loathing and scorn getting tue better of him he cursed be neath his breath In Icelandic and Eng lish, and his restless hands scraped In and, out of his pockets as If they Itched to fasten on somebody's throat, or pick up something as a dog picks up 3 tat. All he could do was to curl hla lip in s terrible grin, like the grin of a mas. tiff, until he caught a sidelong gllmpse of Oreeba 's face with the traces of tears upon It, and then, being unable to con trol any longer the unsatisfied yearning of his soul to throttle Jacob, snd smash the libs of Thurstan, and give dandified John a garkhanded facer, lie turned tail and slunk out of the place, as If asham ed of himself that he was so useless. When all was over he stalked oft lo Port-y-Vullin, but, too nervous to settle to bis work thut day, he went away In the evening In the direction ot Lague. not thinking to call there, yet powerless to keep away. Greeha had returned from Ramsey alone, being little wishful for company, to heavy was her heart. Bhe had seen how her brothers had tried to rob her, and how beggarly was the help the law could give her, for though the one might order the others might not obey. Ho she hud sat herself down In her lone liness, thinking that she was Indeed alone In all the world, with no on to look up to any more, snd no strong hand to rest on. It was Just then thai Jason pushed open the door of the porch, and stood on the threshold, In all the qul-t strength of tSs untainted young mart hood, ami the calm breadth of his sim ple manner. "Oreeba, may 1 come Inf be ea'.d. In a low tone. "Yea," she answered, only )'tt audi. She did not raise her rye, and be bly. aM tfcen tie entered. did not offer his hand, but aa he stood beside her she grew stronger, and as shs sat before him be felt Unit a hard lunif that had gathered at his heart was melting away. "Lit ten to me, Oreeba," he aald. "1 know all your troubles, and I'm very sorry for them. No, that' not what 1 meant to say, but I'm ai a loss for words. Oreeba!" "Yesr "Doesn't It seem as if Fste meant ui to come together you and I? The world has dealt very ill with both of us thus fsr. But you are a woman and 1 am a man; and only give me the right to fight for you " t As he spoke he saw the tears spring to her eyes, and he paused and his wan dering fingers found the hand that hung by her side. "Greeba!" he cried again, but she stopped the hot flow of words that she saw were coming. "Leave me now," she said. "Don't speak to me today; no, not today, Ja son. Go go!" He obeyed her without a word, and picking up his cap from where it had fallen at his feet, he left her sitting there with her face covered by her hands . She had suddenly bethought herself of Michael Sunlocks; that she had pledged her word to wait for him, thfft she had written to him and that Ills answer might come at any time, Next day she went down to the postolllce at Ramsey to inquire for a letter. None had yet come for her, but a boat from tho Snetlands that might ft ten malls from Iceland would arrive within three clays. Prompt to that time she went dawn to Ramsey again, but though the boat had put Into harbor and dis charged Its mails there was still no let ter for her. The ordinary Irish trader between Dublin and Reykjavik was ex pected on Its homeward trip in a week or nine days more, and Greeba's heart lay low and waited. In due course the trader came, but no letter for her came with it. Then her hope broke down. Sunlocks had forgotten her; perhaps he eared for her no longer; it might even be that he loved someone else. And so with the fall of her hope her womanly pride arose, and she asked herself very haughtily, but with great tears in her big eyes, what It mattered to her after all? Only she was very lonely, and so weary and heartsick, and with no one to look to for the cheer of life. She was still at Lague, where her eld est brother was now sole master, and he waa very cold with her, for he had taken it with mighty high dudgeon thHt a sister of his should have used th law against him. 80. feeling how bit ter It fas to eat the bread of another, she had even begun to pinch herself of food, and to sit at meals but rarely. Hut Jason came again about a fort night after the trial, and he found Oreeba alone as before. She was slttlns by the porch, in the c-iol of the suin mer evening, combing out the plaits ot her long brown hair, and looking up at Barrule, that was heaving out large and black in the sundown, with a nightcap of Milver vapor over Us head In the clouds. "I can stay away no longer," he said, with his eyes down. "I've tried to stay away ami can't, and the days creep along. So think no ill of jine if I come tint soon." Oreeba marie him jut answer. but thought within herself that if he had stayed a day longer he must have stayed a day loo long. "It's a weary heart I've borne." he said, "since I saw you last, and you bade me leave you. and I obeyed, though it cost me dear. But let that go." Still she did not speak, and looking up into her face he saw how pule she was, and weak and ill as he thought. "Greeba," cr'1' "what hag hap pened?" . But Hhe only smiled and gave him a look of kindness, and said that nothing aws amiss with her. "Yes, by the Lord, but something is amis." he said, with Mr blood in his face In an Instant. "What la It?" he cried. "What l it?" "Only that .1 hnvij not eaten much today," she :ild, "that" s all." "All!" he cried. "All!" lie seemed to understand everything at a glance, as if the great power ot his love had taught him. "Now, by Ood " he said, and shook til fist at the house In front of him. "Bush!" Oreebe. whispered. "It Is my own doing. I am loath to be beholden to any one, least of all to such as forget me." The sweet tenderness of her look soft ened him, and he cast down his eyes aaein. and said: "Oroebs; there is one who csn never forget you; morning and night you are with him, for he loves you desrly; al, Oreeba, as never maiden was loved by any one since the world began. No, there Isn't the man born. Oreeba. who ioves a woman 01 he loves you, for he has nothing else to love In all the wide world." Hhe looked up at him as he poke and law the courage In his eyes, and that he who loved her stood as a insn beside her. At that her heart swelled snd het yes began to fill, and he saw her tear and knew that he had won her, and he tducked her to his breast with a wild cry ot Joy, and sho lay there and wept. while he whimpered to ner tnrougn mr hair. "My love! my loce! love of my life'." he whlxpered. "X was so lonely," she mtltmuird. "Vou shall be lonely no more," he whispered; "no more, my love, no more, and his soft words stole over her droop ing head. lie stayed an hour longer by her side; laughing much and talking greatly, and when he went off she heard him break Into a song as he tased out st thf gJ'. Then, being once more alone, she sal and tried to compose herself, wonder ing If she would ever repent of whai 4hc bad done so hastily, and If she could love this man as he will deserved anu would surely wish. Her meditation were broken by the sound ot Jon' voice. He was coming back with hi happy step, and singing as merrily as he went. "What a blockhead I am." lie said cheerily, popping his head In at th donr. "I forgot to deliver you a lettei that the postmaster gave me when I ton m Ramsey this morning. You ee It's from Iceland. Oo'd news from your father. I trust. Ood blea him!" Ho saying he pushed the letter Intt Oreeba s bard and went hl way Jiun tliy, sinrlnfl ns before n gay gong 01 his native country, The letter was from Michael Hunloe'.: (To be coallfH'd.) GIRL CAPTIVE IN Ban Francisco, Cal. The other day the wires flashed a story ot a Mezlcar. tragedy that eclipse all other tales of lawlessness that have come out of that Muntry- The first news of the affair Mime from George C. Beverldge, one ol Jie owners of the famous Dolores mine n Mexico. Mr. Beverldge Is a San franclsco nan, and was in El Paso, awaiting the arrival of his wife, when he gave a xieager account to the press correspond snts. A letter written by a Callfornlan who lives near the Dolorta has just ar rived here, giving a full account of the iffalr. It Is a story that reads like a highly :olored romance. It Is a tale of the rescue of Lola Garcia, who has suf fered the strangest Imprisonment In the history of girl captives. For nearly four weeks Lola Garcia was held captive In a lonelymountain :ave. One she almost gained her free iom, only to be snatched back again into the cave with a different Jailer. At last Bhe was rescued and returned ;o her home. And from the Dolores nine to Durango men are marveling at :he strange adventures that have be lallen this hapless girl. The trouble began on September 16 ast, at the grand fandango in honor of Mexico's birthday. From near and far :he miners gathered to celebrate the jreat fete day. No one had made live ier preparations for It than Lola Gar cia. At the fandango in the Plaza Diez she and Pedro Sanchez would nake public their betrothal, and Lola wished to look her loveliest. She had Miosen Pedro of the three suitors who dad begged her hand, not because he as wealthy for her other two admlr rg had mucho dinero but because he lad really won her heart. PEDKO WAS TRIUMPHANT. The day of the fiesta the sparkling ienorltas and handsome cavaliers made the plaza ring with their merriment. Triumphant among them all was Pedro Sanchez, who, breathless and exulting, led Lola through the graceful move ments of "el son," a favorite Mexican lance. Gay, laughing couples watched them, clapping approval. As Sanchez whirled through the crowd with his fair partner an arm reached forward with a knife and caught him in the back. He hardly touched the ground when Oanzales, a rival suitor, seised the screaming girl and dragged her through the terror-Btrlcken crowd. As the crowd surged forward to save her from Gonzales, Diablo, a third; ANITA BALDWIN'S San Francisco, Cat. Anita Baldwin is narried again. Anita Baldwin Is cer. alnly an enterprising young person. She Is In the earliest twenties yet, md already she's a woman with a hbi ory. She can't help it. She's the daughter if Lucky Baldwin, the California mil lonalre, and her history began in jradlc. it was a gold cradle. Solid gold, with two or three hunds- !ul of turquoise and other precloufc Hones set In at the head of the cradle n the form of a star. Just for luck, ucky Baldwin Mid, when he had the She was brought up in rough mining Jumps, where her chief occupation was ;o put a rough board in the water and O whooping down the flume, to the itandailzed horror of the village past nlstrees, who was tho only really re ihcrche lady In the mining ca.rap. Then she went away to boarding tchool. She took nine trunks and no n has counted how many bandboxes 0 boarding school with her. When she was 14 years old she had 1 necklace of diamonds. In which each done ws! as big as the end of a good jlzed thumb. She learned to paint and a sing snd to play "The Malden'b Stayer" uti the piano. Then she went back home and pro ;edei to make things pleasant fur her at lie r, Lucky Baldwin, fine wat a in.tty girl, wllh a lot of shining hair hat never would slay combed, a com lexlon like a red rose dipped In cream md a pair of large and laughing cyet. the hadn't been home from boarding ichool a week before you could trait icr progress anywhere by the number if disconsolate youths she left on the ildlngs. Old and young, college students and vldowcrs, they oil fell victims lo the harms of mischievous little Anlia Juldwin Her father wanted her to go into so. doty. He engaged a chnperone. and Vnlta look the chnperone out to the Ift house one duy, and lost her on the )each. The shsperon had no carfare, and Vnlta hsd taken a carriage, so the tbaperone walked home six long, weary niles. That was only tha beginning. At the end of a tew months the chap trone Idea was given up and Anita dUi lot go into society. Hhe went dwn to tbe hotel her father wned and ate chocolate, Ice cream and lasorted cakes all tho livelong after loon, and In bit ween times she went ut In the hall and looked down thr levator shaft and tried to catch a fllmpse of her cousin, young Ocotgi flaldwln. Anita fell In love with him, and lit Cell In love with Anita. Lucky Baldwlt wouldn't hear of the marriage. He wouldn't even discuss It. He lm ly ttew purp'e In Ihe face whenevet myette even hinted at the possibility o' loch a thing, and people stopped hinting. suitor, ran swiftly from one side and plunged a knife into Gonzales' side, wounding him. Diablo seised the fainting girl, swung her Into his saddle, mounted bis horse and was oft before tbe crowd guessed his purpose. As soon aa the people recovered their wits a rescuing party of three started In hot pursuit. At their head rode Juan Garcia, a brother of the girl. For almost three weeks they trailed up hill and (down ravines, finding never a trace of the abductor and Lola. On tbe 2th day of their search they saw a thin, blue thread of smoke curling up from what looked like a cave in the mountain side. At last they had run down the abductor and the missing girl. FIGHT LASTED TWO DAYS. The fight to liberate her lasted two days. The three rescuers found Diablo ready for them. He had skillfully built Beveral loopholes of rocks covering the ground before the cave, and fired at every chance offered. The rescuers scattered, Indian fashion, and from be hind any defense that gave them a good shot they sniped away. Diablo shot two of the men before the end of the second day. But an he was moving near the cave's entrance Juan Garcia saw his shadow on a rock and made a guess at hlH poRlticn and fired. The bullet struck the rock to the left of Dlablo's head, and a flying uplin ter badly cut his left temple. The wound bled so profusely that the half-crazed girl saw in it her first gleam of hope. With dilating eyes she watched her captor gasp for breath. Then she carefully crawled to the en trance of the cave. Her brother was close to H, and at a cull from her he made a dash for the entrancev purpos ing to catch Diablo off his guard and thinking to best him in his weakened condition. But Diablo was on the alert and as Garcia Jumped over the barriers a bullet whizzed by his head. There was an answering quick, sharp report, another and another, and when the smoke cleared Diablo Blanco was dead. GIRL AGAIN ABDUCTED. Juan Garcia tenderly lifted his sister and carried her to the spot where the 1 horses were tethered. It was a slow, tedious Journey home, in her weakened condition. The second night Juan left Lola at the camp fire and went to the spring for water. A man watching him from the brush stole stealthily down, SECOND WEDDING -e- There Is a tradition in California that it is a good sign to heed the danger signal when Lucky Baldwin's cheeks grow purple. One fine night Anita and her Oiorge got a Utile tug down on the water front sent up town and caught a minister, and went steaming out beyond the heads. As soon as they gol into the open sea Anita and George stood up and were married. It is said that the bride and the groom and them inister were horribly sea sick, but the wedding was legal Just the same. Mr. and Br. George Bald win hurried back to the hotel for a blessing. They found Lucky Baldwin, but he 'wan not in the blessing humor. Young George lost bis position as clerk, and for a while things were rather gloomy for the bride. But George Baldwin found a position In the county clerk's office. He worked faithfully and well. One day Lucky Baldwin went to the county clerk's office and asked the clerk If George wa of any earthly ue. "One cf the best men In tho office," said the cleric. "Well, then," said Lucky Baldwin, "discharge htm." "George, get your bat and coat; we need a clerk at the hotel." 80 George went back to the hotel. Things ran smoothly for a while, but only for a while. There were bicker ings and quarrels and crimtnstlont and recriminations, anil Mr. Baldwin said, "I told you so," snd was coinpsrstlvely appeased. This fall when the state campaign began both he and his son-in-law no ticed that Mrs. Baldwin took a great Interest In politics. She went to every democratic meeting in town. One day she began to talk politics with her father. "Father," she said, "why don't you use your Influence to help Hull McClaughry lie's an awfully nice man, and he wsnts lo be Justice of the peace." . "Hull McClaughry!" said Baldwin, "why, you must be crazy; he's a demo cral!" "Well, I know he Is," said Mrs. Bald win, "but then " "But then, but then," said Lucky Baldwin; "don't you know me well enough to know that I wouldn't vote for Ocorge Washington If he was to come back to earth and go on the dem ocratic ticket T' Before Mr. Baldwin could expostu 'nte, her father reached over, took a 'Ittle campaign picture of Hull Mc Claughry out of her hand and tore It to mlthereen. "That's how I'll use my Influence," he said. ' Mr. Baldwin soon announced to bet friend that she had secured a divorce from her husband. Just two weeks Inter she skipped out if town to a llttl" Nevada mining town ind wa quietly married to Hugh Mc Claughry, lawyer and aspirant to the high honor of Justice of tbe pw. A CAVi and, as Garcia stooped for water, he struck him over the head with a gdaiof butt. Lola waa once mora iwntg lnte a saddle. The bold abductor Uia flsaa was Oonzaies. He had disappeared Im mediately after the affair on Um day of the fiesta. Dlablo's knife thrast had not been a deep one. and aa soon as) ho was able to move Gonsates started in pursuit of Diablo. Oonzaies carried (ha girl back to the same cava, and thai fact is considered proof that ko and Diablo had originally planned tho ab duction together, but that Diablo, ao was his habit, had played false. , Next morning another rescuing party, following the tracks of the Garcia par ty, came upon Juan Garcia lying weak and helpless by tbe spring. One Of the men remained with him, while the oth ers, following Gonzales' tracks, came In sight of the cave. There were five of them against one man, but that one had a great advan tage, and, moreover, had hastily pre pared himself against attack. He hd run a low, brushwood tunnel from the cave to a bunch of logs some BO yards away. From these lops he had planned to steal to the rear of any besieging force and so pick them off with his rifle. But hie plan miscarried. At his first shot one of the rescuing party happened to be looking behind and saw the emoke of Gonzales' rifle. He guessed the truth, and two minltes later the abductor was caught in his own trap and the trailers were standing over his dead body. There was weeping and walling and Te Deums of joy in the neighborhood of the Dolores mine when the weary lit tie baud of rem:ut;lb iuue iit At sight - fall. Juan Garcia had almost recovered from the blow, but his sister Lola was still grief-dazed by the tragedies thai had come so thick and fast. They carired her to the little flowei covtoreJ hacienda where but a ifew weeks before Hhe had looked down from the rose-twined grating of the window at Pedro Sanchez standing In the gar den below. Loq. Garcia says she has done with the pleasures and gayeties of life. Her three weeks' Imprisonment in the cave will never be blotted from her mind. There are no convents in Mexico, 01 she would take the veil. Instead, she will don th egray garb of a nurse, and, late and early, awtch by the bedside of the stricken poor. In assuaging tlw sufferings of others, Tola Garcia hopes to forget her own grief. FEROCITY OF A DOG. Jacob Westerman ,a farmer Hvini near Oakville, St. Louis county, Mo., had an exciting fight with a large New foundland dog and finally had to kill the animal to prevent it from injurini his cattle. The dog first appeared near Wester, man's house early in the morning. Wes terman himself keeps a number ol dogs. These the big Newfoundland at tacked immediately with considerable fury. Westerman had always consid ered his pack good tighten, but the were not "in it" with the stranger. Hi whipped them singly and collectively and drove them to their kennels tora and bleeding. Westerman appeared just in time ti see the Newfoundland trotting compla cently off across the fields. He tsrsrt his attention to h(s own dogs and be gan dressing their wounds. He had accomplished only a little, however, when he heard the cattle Is a pasture, a short distance from bit house, bellowing madly. He ran to a point from which he could get a view of the pasture, and the sight made Mm think of the days when wolves war plentiful. The ferocious Newfoundland has plunged Into the midst of the herd, bit ing right and left, and the cattle, aanle stricken, were racing madly about tta pasture. The dog followed cteee aftai them, attacking flrat one animal aad then another. Westerman hurried to the bona fea his shotgun and then ran to pro! 001 his cattle. The gun waa loaded wtth blrdshot and, although Westerman MM at the dog from close range, tbe effect was nothing, e then reloaded wtta buckshot and these put an end to tbe dog's career. The animal was a line specimen ot Newfoundland. He wore a brass collar with a Webster Groves license tat to sued in ISM. He had tho appearance ot having been well kept and did not seem to be mad. THE LOG OF A SHIP. A ship's log Is an instrument foi measuring the rate at which (be veatel Is going and consist of ttrre parts, via., the log-chip, the long-line, aad the log-glass. The principle Is atmpry thhs A light substance thrown from tho versel ceases to partake ot the mot lew of the vessel as soon as it strikes the water and will be left behind on tho surface after a certain Interval. If tho distance of the ship from this stationary object be measured, tho approximate rate of sailing will be given. The log-chip Is the float, the log-line Is the measure of the distance, and Um log-glass defines the Interval of time.. In the old day the heaving of tho lef required skill and watchfulness, bat since the patent log ha eotne Into ago, no skill Is required In finding the stoe4 ot vessel, it is regulated by elooa work and tho number of knots tbe too. el sail per hour to reoartod oa taw dial without any haad tOMklaf It, :, vv