PHANTOM SHIP
-OR
The Flying Dutchman.
■++-BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT,
CHAPTKR VIII—(Continued.)
Philip, hardly knowing why, had fol
lowed Sehrlften as he descended the
poop-ladder, and was forward on the
quarter-deck when the pilot made this
remark to the seamen.
"Ay! ay!” replied an old seaman to
the pilot; "not only the devil, but the
Flying Dutchman to boot."
“Flying Dutchman," thought Philip;
"can that refer to-?” and Philip
walked a step or two forward, so as to
conceal himself behind the mainmast,
hoping to obtain some Information,
should they continue the conversation.
In this he was not disappointed.
“They say that to meet with him is
worse than meeting with the devil,”
observed another of the crew.
“Who ever saw him?” said another.
“He has been seen, that's sartin. and
Just as sartin that ill-luck follows the
vessel that falls in with him "
“And where is he to be fallen in
with?”
“Oh, they say that’s not so sartain
—but ho cruises off the Cape.”
“I should like to know the whole
long and short of the story,” said a
third.
“I can only tell what I've heard. It’s
a doomed vessel; they were pirates,
and cut the captain's throat, I be
lieve.”
“No. no!” cried Sehrlften, “the cap
tain is in her now—and a villain he
was. They say that, like somebody
else on board of us now. he left a very
pretty wife, and that he was very fond
of her.”
“How do they know that, pilot?”
“Because he always wants to send
letters home when he boards vessels
that he falls in with. But, woe to the
vessel that takes charge of them!—
she is sure to be lost, with every soul
on board!”
"I wonder where you heard all this,”
said one of the men. “Did you ever
see the vessel?”
“Yes, I did!” screumed Sehrlften;
but, as if recovering himself, his
scream subsided into his usual giggle,
and he added, “but we need not fear
her, boys; we've a bit of the true cross
on board.” Sehrlften then walked aft
as if to avoid being questioned, when
he perceived Philip by the mainmast.
“So, I’m not the only one curious?—
he! he! Pray„did you bring that on
board, in case we should fall in with
the Flying Dutchman?”
I at no T< lying Dutchman, replied
Philip, confused.
‘‘Now I think of it. you are of the
same name; at least they say his name
was Vanderdecken—-eh?"
"There are many Vanderdeekens in
the world besides me," replied Philip,
who had recovered his composure; and
having made this reply, he walked
uway to the poop of the vessel.
"One would almost Imagine this
malignant one-eyed wretch was aware
of the cause of my embarkation,"
mused Philip; "but no! that cannot
be. Why do 1 feel such a chill when
ever he approaches me? I wonder if
others do; or whether It Is a mere
fancy on the part of Amine and my
self. I dare ask no questions. Strange,
too, that the man should feel such
malice toward me. I never injured
him. What 1 have just overheard
confirms all; but there needed no con
firmation. Oh, Amine! Amine! but
for thee, and 1 would rejoice to solve
this riddle at the expense of life. God
in mercy, check the current of my
brain,” muttered Philip, “or my rea
son cannot hold its seat.”
In three days the Ter Schilling and
her consort* arrived at Table Baj’,
where they found the remainder of
the fleet at anchor waiting for them.
Just at that period the Dutch had
formed a settlement at the Cape of
Good Hope, where the Indian fleets
used to water and obtain cattle from
the Hottentot tribes who lived on the
coait?, and who for a brass button or a
large nail would willingly offer u fat
bullock. A few days were occupied In
completing the water of the squadron,
and then the ships, having received
from the admiral their Instructions as
to rendezvous In case of parting com
pany. aud made every preparation for
the bad weather which they untlcipat
•■•I, aguin weighed their anchors and
proceeded on their voyage
For three day* they heat agalnat
light and tialtltug winds, making hut
little prdgrces. the third the bred*
sprang up strung from the southward,
until It Increased to a gale and the
fleet were Mown down to the north
ward of the bay. On the seventh day
the Ter HehillUig found herself alone,
hut the weather had moderated
' The sun looks red a* he sinks,"
observed llillebrant to th< <Mplau
who with Philip was tiandlug on the
poop "We shall have none wind he
fore itviBoriow. if I mistake not "
"I am of vour opinion," replied Myn
heer Kleots. “It Is strange that we 4o
not fall In with any of the •••vets of
the fleet Tmum alt nave been
driven flow a here *
"Perhaps they have kept a wider of
in"
A Corfu#*'? noise a as heard among
the swamell. Who Were collected to
gether. and. locking In the dire*lion of
the vessel's fttaner, "A ship* No yea
It Is!" wae repeated more than on**
‘'They think the* see a ship said
Schriften, coining on ihe poop. “He!
he!”
“Where?"
"There, in the gloom!” -!d the pi
lot, pointing to the dark'.i quarter of
the horizon, for the sun had set.
The captain, Hillebrant and Philip I
directed their eyes to the quarter
pointed out, and thought they could
perceive something like a vessel. :
Gradually the gloom seemed to clear
away, and a lambent, pale haze to light
up that part of the horizon. Not a j
breath of wind was on the water- the
sea was like a mirror- more and more
distinct did the vessel appear, till her ;
hull, masts and yards were clearly l
visible. They looked and rubbed
their eyes to help their vision, for i
(scarcely could they believe that which
thpy did see. In the center of the '
pale light, which extended some fifteen
degrees above the horizon, there was
indeed a large ship about three miles
distant; but, although It was a perfect
calm, she was to all appearances buf
feting in a violent gale, plunging and
lifting over a surface that was smooth
its glass, now careening to her bearing,
then recovering herself. Her topsails
and mainsail were furled, and the
yards pointed to the wind; she had no
sail set but a dose reefed foresail, a
Btorm staysail and a trysail abaft.
She made little way through the water,
but apparently neared them fast,driven
down by the force of the gale. Each
minute she was plainer to the view.
At last, she was seen to wear, and, in
00 doing, before she was brought to
the wind on the other task, she was so
close to them that they could distin
guish the men on board; they could see
the foaming water as It was hurled
from her bows; hear the shrill whistle
of the boatswain's pipes, the creaking
of the ship's timbers, and the com
plaining of her masts; and then the
gloom gradually rose, and In a few
seconds, she had totally disappeared.
“God in heaven!” exclaimed Myn
heer Kloots.
Philip felt a hand upon his shoulder,
and the cold darted through his whole
frame. He turned round and met the
one eye of Schriften, who screamed in
his ear:
"Philip Vanderdec ken—that's the
Plying Dutchman!”
CHAPTER IX.
The sudden gloom which had suc
ceeded to the pale light had the effect
of rendering every object still more in
distinct to the astonished crew of Ter
Schilling. For a moment or more not
a word was uttered by a soul on hoard.
Some remained with their eyes still
strained toward the point where the
apparition had been seen, others turn
ed away full of gloomy and foreboding
thoughts. Hillebrant was the first
who spoke; turning round to the east
ern Quarter, and observing a light on
the horizon, he started, and seizing
Philip by the arm, cried out; "What’s
that?’’
“That is only the moon rising from
the bauk of clouds," replied Philip,
mournfully.
"Weill” observed Mynheer Kloots,
w iping his forehead, which was damp
ed with perspiration, "I have been told
of this before, but I have mocked at
the narration."
Philip made no reply. Aware of the
reality of the vision, and how deeply
It interested him. he felt as if he were
a guilty person.
The moon bad now risen above the
clouds, and was pouring her mild, pale
light over the slumbering ocean. With
a simultaneous impulse, every one di
rected his eyes to the spot where the
strange vision had last been seen, and
all was a dead, dead calm
Since the apparition, the pilot,
Schriften, had remained on the poop;
he now gradually approached Mynheer
Kloots, and looking round, said:
"Mynheer Kloots, as pilot of this
vessel, I tell you that you must pre
pare for very bad weather.”
”Uad weather!” said Kloots. rousing
himself from a deep reverie.
"Yes, had weather, Mynheer Kloots.
There never was a vessel which fell In
with what we have Just seen, hut met
with disaster toon afterward. The
very name of Vnnderdeekeu is unlucky
- he! he"‘
Philip would have replied to this
sarcasm hut he could not; his longue
w» tied
"What ha* the name of Vander
decheit to do with It “ observed
K loot s.
Have you not heard then? The
captain of that vc «l we have jm.t
*<*en Is a Mynheer Vanderdet k**n It*
la the Plying hut. liman •' ”
‘ llt.w kuow you that pilot* imtulr
| ed Itillehvnnt
”( know that and notch more if |
chose to tell ” replied dchriftt-n, ‘ hut
never mind t have wanted you of had
weather as U my duly .** and. with
these word* dchrtften w«nt down the
pao# ladder
'Hod in h*a«en' I neyer was an pus
sled and so frightened In tuy life oh
served Kloot* ”1 don’t know what to
think w say What think you Philip*
hitk not supernatural?**
* Y*n,“ replied Philip mournfully I
have no ik*«N of It
*'| inought the days of miracle* had
named.'* said the captain “and that
I
we were now left to oar own exertions,
and had no other warnings but those
the appearance of the heavens gave
us.”
“And they warn us now.” observed
Hillebrant. “See how that bank of
clouds has risen within these five min
utes—the moon has escaped from it,
but It will goon catch her again—and
see, there is a flash of lightning in the
northwest."
‘‘Weil, my sons, I can brave the ele
ments as well as any man. and do my
best. I have cared little for gales or ,
stress of weather; but I like not such
a warning as we have lmd tonight. My ]
heart is heavy as lead, and that's the |
truth. Philip, send down for the hot- |
tie of schnapps, If it is only to clear ,
my brain a little.”
Philip v/ns glut! of an opportunity to I
quit the poop; be wished to have u few
minutes to recover himself u«‘l collect
bis own thoughts.
Philip remained belov.- not more titan
half an hour. On his return to the
deck, what a change had taken place!
lie bud left the vessel floating motion
less on the still waters, with her lofty
sails hanging down listlessly from the
yards. The moon then soared aloft in
her beauty, reflecting the masts ami
sails of th - ship in extended lines upon
the smooth sea. Now all was dark
the water rippled short ami broke Iv.
foam; the smaller aid lofty sails hart
been taken In, and the vessel was
cleaving through the water: and the
wind, in fitful gusts and angry mean
ings. proclaimed too surely that It had
been awakened up to wrath, and was
gathering in strength for destruction.
The men were still busy reducing the
sails, but they worked gloomily and
discontentedly. What Schriften, the
pilot, had said to them. Philip knew
not; hut that they avoided him and
appeared to look upon him with feel
ings of ill-will was evident. Ami curb
minute the gale Increased.
It was an Interminably long nnd ter
rible night—they thought the day
would never come. At last the dark
ness gradually changed to a settled
sullen, gray gloom—which was day
They looked at each other, hut found
no comfort in meeting each other's
eyes. There was no one countenance
in which a beanj of hope could he
found lurking. They were all doom
ed—they remained crouched where
they had sheltered themselves during
the night, and said nothing.
1 he sea ha<l now risen mountains
high, and more than one had struck
the ship abaft. Kloots was at the bin
nacle. Hillebrant and Philip at the
helm, when a wave curled high over
the quarter and poured itself in a re
sistless force upon the deck. The
captain and his two mates were swept
away and dashed almost senseless
against the bulwarks—the binnacle
and compass were broken into frag
ments—no one ran to the helm—the
vessel broached to—the seas broke
clear over her and the mainmast went
by the board.
All was confusion. Capt. Kloots
was stunned, and it was with difficulty
that Philip could persuade two of the
men to assist him down below. Hilio
brant had been more unfortunate—his
right arm was broken and he was oth
erwise severely bruised. Philip assist
ed him to his berth, and then went
on deck again to try and restore or
der.
Philip Vanderdecken was not much
of a seaman, but, at all events, he ex
ercised that moral influence over the
men which is ever possessed by reso
lution and courage. Obey willingly
they did not, but they did obey, and in
half an hour the vessel was clear of
the wreck. Kased by the loss of her
heavy mast, and steered by two of her
best seamen, she again flew before the
gale.
(To be continued.)
tnrranoiiable (iooie.
The man in the street car affirmed
that it was a true story, but the Cleve
land Leader does not vouch for it, al
though giving it in the narrator's own
words: I was up at the market house
night before last, buying stuff for over
Sunday, and I saw an Irishman up
I here with a live goose under his arm.
Pretty soon the goose looked up at the
Irishman kind of pitiful, and says:
Quawk, quawk, quawk," in that coax
in’ way a goose has sometimes. The
Irishman didn't say anything at first,
but after a bit the goose looked up
and suys, Quawk, quawk. quawk,"
again Then the Irishman rocked his
head over on one side, looked the goose
j in the eye, and says: ’That's the mat
: ter wld ye*, ony way? Phwy do ye*
want to walk whin Ol'm willin' to car
| ry yei?"
Itc«l. Whll# anti III Hit.
It I* a carious fact aa well aa a
pleasing one to Americana that thesa
three colors are in Hags of all pro
gressiva nations, with the single ex
ception ..f (lermany In lliilaln'g Hag
the re<| predominates, hut the colors
In the union In the upper left hand *or
iter of the Hag are blue and white.
Kratv three uprtaht trip* i art red.
white and blue, and the JojiKiese the
• Hu... of the 11 :nt adopted a
white standard wrtth spiral red lines
converging toward a blue sphere, im
mediately after conquering the Chi
. nese
fu NsssUll lk« I •••«■ el« «i.oi
for lh« min pic x ion and general
health, drink »lowI) half an hour lit*
Pile breakfast one large tutniiier of wa
ter aa hot aa you can swallow, and
a week Instead a tumbler of cold
water ftt which a taupHwhil of com*
mow salt haa been dissolved This is
l»« tier for tin rompu i, hi th.ui toy
fits ms tie, Another recipe to I He Imp*
of half a lemon pint of warm waitrr
and mm <if r««<# tAitr
PHANTOM SHIP
-OR~
Thc Flying Dutchman.
++-BY CAPTAIN MAJWYAT.
CHAPTER IX.—(Continued.)
Where was Mynheer von Stroom
during all this work of destruction?
In his bed-place, covered up with the
clothes, trembling in every limb, and
vowing If ever again he put his foot on
shore not all th» companies In the
world should Induce him to trust to
salt water again. It certainly was the
best plan for the poor man.
The vessel, after running to the
southward till past Table Bay, had, by
the alteration made In her course, en
tered Into False Bay, where, to a cer
tain degree, she was sheltered from the
violence of the winds and waves. But
although the water was smoother, the
waves were Htlll more than sufficient
to beat to pieces any vessel that
might be driven on shore at the bot
tom of the bay, to which point the Ter
Schilling was now running. The bay
so far offered a fair chance of escape,
as, instead of the rocky coast outside,
against which had the vessel run, a
few seconds would have insured her
destruction, there was a shelving beach
of loose sand. But of this Philip could,
of course, have no knowledge, for the
land at the entrance o! the bay had
been passed unpercelved In the dark
ness of the night. About twenty min
utes more had elapsed when Philip ob
served that the whole sea around them
waB one continued foam. Hp had
hardly time for conjecture before the
ship struck heavily on the sands, and
the remaining masts fell by the board.
The crash of the falling masts, the
heavy beating of the ship on the sands,
which caused many of her timbers to
pari, wun a wnoie sea wnien swept
clean over the fated vessel, checked the
gongs and drunken revelry of the crew.
Another minute, and the vessel was
swung round on her broadside to the
sea, and lay on her beam ends. Philip,
who was to windward, clung to the
bulwark, while the intoxicated sea
men floundered in the water to leeward
and attempted to gain the other Hide
of the ship. Much to Philip's horror,
he perceived the body of Mynheer
Kloots sink down In the water (which
now was several feet deep on the lee
side of the deck), without any appar
ent effort on the part of the captain
to save himself. He was then gone,
and there was no hopes for him.
Philip thought of Hlllebrant, anil has
tened dowm below; he found him still
in his bed-place, lying against the side.
He lifted him out, and with difficulty
climbed with him on deck, and laid
him in the long boat on the booms, as
the best chance of saving his life. To
this boat, the only one which could he
made available, the crew had also re
paired; but they repulsed Philip, who
would have got into her; and, as the
sea made clean breakers over them,
they cast loose the lashings which con
fined her. With the assistance of an
other heavy sea, which lifted her from
the chocks, she was borne clear of the
booms and dashed over the gunwale
into the water to leeward, which was
comparatively smooth—not, however,
without being filled nearly up to the
thwarts. But this was little cared for
by the intoxicated seamen, who, as
soon as they were afloat, again raised
their shouts and songs of revelry as
they were borne away by the wind and
sea toward the beach. Philip, who
held on by the stump of the mainmast,
watched them with an anxious eye,now
perceiving them borne aloft on the
foaming surf, now disappearing in the
trough. More and more distant were
the sounds of their mad voices, till at
last he could hear them no more—he
beheld the boat balanced on an enor
mous rolling sea, and then he saw it
not again.
CHAPTER X.
Philip knew that now his only
cbaucc was to remain with the vessel,
and attempt to save himself upon some
fragment of the wreck. That the ship
would long hold together he felt was
Impossible; already she had parted her
upper decks, and each shock of the
waves divided her more and more.
At last, as he clung to the mast, he
heard a noise abaft, anil he then rec
ollected that Mynheer von Stroom was
still In his cabin. Philip crawled aft,
and found that tile poop ludder hud
been thrown against the cuhbln door,
so as to prevent its being opened. He
removed It, and entered the cabin,
where he found Mynheer von Stroom
dinging to windward with the grasp
of death tint it was not death, but the
paralysis rtf fear. He spoke to him,
but could obtain no reply; he attempt
ed to mot* him, hut it was Impowd*
hie to make him Id go the part of
the bulkhead that he gra'ped A loud
noise and the ru-h of a mass of wa
ter tol.j 1 tulip that the Vessel had
parted amidships, and he unwillingly
abandoned the poor supercargo to his
fate and went out of the cabin door
At the after hatchway he observed
• motbins sti isgl ng It a.'- Johannes
the bear, who was swimming, but still
ft>lrMnl by a cord which prevented hla
escape I'hlllp t««>k out his knife and
released the poor animal, and hardly
had he done thl* a> t of kindnr** when
a heavy sea turned over the after part
of (tie vessel, which separated In many
places, and Philip found him-ell
struggling in the waves, lie seised
upon a part of the deck which *up
t totted hint and was borne a wav by
the surf toward the beach. In a few
minutes he was near to the land, and
shortly afterward the piece of plank
ing to which he was clinging struck
on the Hand, and then, being turned
over by the force of the running wave,
Philip lost his hold, and was left to
his own exertions. He struggled long,
but although so near to the shore,
could not gain a footing; the return
ing wave dragged him hack, and thus
was he hurled to and fro until his
strength was gone. He was sinking
under the wave to rise no more when
he felt something touch his hand. He
seized it with the grasp of death. It
was the shaggy hide of the bear Jo
hannes, who was making for the
shore, Hnd who soon dragged hint
fleet of t/ie Hurt, so that he could gain
a footing. Philip crawled up the beach
above the reach of the waves, and, ex
hausted with fatigue, sank down In
a swoon.
When Philip was recalled from his
state of lethargy, his first feeling was
Intense pain In Ills still closed eyes,
arising from having been many hours
exposed to the rays of an ardent sun.
He opened them, but was obliged to
close them immediately, for the light
entered into them like the point of a
knife. He turned over on his side,
and, covering them with his hand, re
mained some time in that position, un
til, by degrees, he found that his eye
sight was restored. He then rose, and
after a few seconds could distinguish
the scene around him. The sea was
still rough, and tossed about In the
surf fragments of the vessel; the whole
sand was strewn with her cargo and
content. Near him was the body of
Hillebrant. and the other bodies which
were scattered on the beach told him
that those who had taken to the boat
had all perished.
It was, by the height of the sun,
about o'clock in the afternoon, as
near as he could estimate; but Philip
suffered such an oppression of mind,
he felt so wearied and in such pain,
that he took but a slight survey. His
brain was whirling, and all he de
manded was repose. He walked away
from the scene of destruction, and,
having found a sandhill, behind which
he was defended from the burning rays
of the sun, he again lay down, and
sank into a deep sleep, from whl«h he
did not wake until the ensuing morn
ing.
Philip was roused a second time by
the sensation of something pricking
him on the chest. He started up, and
beheld a figure standing over him. His
eyes were still feeble and his vision
indistinct; lie rubbed them for a time,
for he first thought it was the bear
Johannes, and, again, that It was the
supercargo, Von Strooin, who had ap
peared before him. He looked again,
and found that he was mistaken, al
though he had warrant for supposing
it to be either or bolh. A Hottentot,
with an assegai in his hand, stood by
his side; over his shoulder he had
thrown the fresh-severed skin of the
poor bear, and on his head, with the
curls descending to his waist, was one
of the wigs of the supercargo. Von
Stroom. Such was the gravity of the
black’s appearance in this strange
costume (for in every other respect he
was naked) that at any other time
Philip would have been induced to
laugh heartily; but his feelings were
now too acute. He rose upon his feet
and stood by the side of the Hottentot,
who still continued immovable, but
certainly without the slightest appear
ance of hostile Intentions.
A sensation of overpowering thirst
now seised upon Philip, and he made
signs thut he wished to drink. The
Hottentot motioned him to follow, and
led over the sandhills to the beach,
where Philip discovered upward of fif
ty men, who were busy selecting va
rious articles from the scattered stores
of the vessel. It was evident by the
respect paid to Philip's conductor that
he was the chief of the kraal A few
words, uttered with the greutest sol
emnity, were sufficient to produce—
though not exactly what Philip re
quired a small quantity of dirty water
from a calabass, which, however, was
to him delicious. His conductor then
waved to him to take a seat on the
Hand
After a time the Hottentot* began
to roll* ! all the wood which appeared
to have Iron In It. made It up Into
several pile*, uud »ei them on Mrs.
The rhlef then made a tgn to Philip
to a»h him if «'»* hungry Philip
replied In the adlrmnttve when ht
new at qu Mtitalo * pot PI baud Into a
bag made ot goatskin and pulled out a
hand)till of ti ty largi beetle*, and
presentsd theta to him Philip rufttaud
them with mark* •>{ disgust, upon
whbjh the thief very sedately narked
and ate them and. having ttniehed the
whole handful. ••■*• and made a slgu
to Pl.tlip to follow hlio l« Philip
run b« pert ei ted float I ng In the surf
hi* own t best He ha tent'd to It and
made sign* that II was ht*. look the key
out of ht* i*h ket ggd opened it. gad
then mad* up a bundle of arth te ■ m<«t
use (til not forgetting a bag of guild
era III* mo Ito tor mad* go uhjsrtiu*
but, railing to one o| the meg n,,„r
pointed out the he h and hinges in atm
and then sal og followed by Philip
across the sandhills. In about an hour
they arrived at the kraal, consisting of
low huts covered with skins, and were
met by the women and children, who
appeared to be in high admiration at
their chief's new attire. They showed
every kindness to Philip, bringing hhn
milk, which he drank eagerly. Philip
surveyed these daughters of Eve, and,
as he turned from their offensive,
greasy attire, their strange forms and
hideous features, he sighed and
thought of his charming Amine,
The sun was now setting, and Philip
still felt fatigued. He made signs that
he wished to repose. They led him into
a hut, and, though surrounded as he
was with filth, and his nose assailed
by every variety of bad smell, attacked
moreover by insects, he laid his head
on his bundle, and, ntterlng a short
prayer of thanksgiving, was soon in
a sound sleep.
The next morning he was awakened
by the chief of the kraal, accompanied
by another man who spoke a little
Dutch, He stated his wish to be tak
en to the settlement where the ships
came and anchored, and was fully un
derstood. But the man said that there
were no ships In the bay at the time.
Philip, nevertheless, requested ho
might be taken there, as he felt that
his best chance of getting on board
of any vessel would be by remaining
at the settlement, and, at all events,
he would be in the company of Eu
ropeans until a vessel arrived. The,
distance, he discovered, was but one
day’s march, or less. After some little
conversation with the chief, the man f
who spoke Dutch desired Philip to fol
low him, and thnt be would take him
there. Philip drank plentifully from u
bowl of milk brought him by one of
the women, and, again refusing a
handful of beetles offered by the chief
he took up his bundle and followed his
new acquaintance.
Toward evening they arrived at the
hills, from which Philip had a view of
Table Bay and the few houses erected
by the Dutch. To his delight, he per
ceived that there was a vessel under
sail in the offing. On his arrival at
the beach, to which be hastened, he
found that she had sent a boat on
shore for freRh provisions. He accost
ed the people, told them who he was,
told them also of the fatal wreck of
the Ter Schilling, and of his wish to
embark.
The officer In charge of the boat wil
lingly consented to take him on board,
and informed Philip that they were
homeward bound. Philip’s heart leaped
at the Intelligence. Had she been out
ward bound, he would have Joined her;
but now he had a prospect of again
seeing his dear Amine before he re
embarked to follow out his peculiar
destiny. He felt that there was still
some happiness In store for him; that
his life was to be checkered with alter
nate privation and repose, and that his;
future prospect was not to be one con
tinued chain of suffering and death.
He was kindly received by the cap
tain of the vessel, who freely gave him
a passage home; and In three months,
without, any events worth narrating,
Philip Vanderdecken found himself
once more at anchor before the town of
Amsterdam.
Amine was both surprised and glad
to welcome her husband home so much
sooner than she expected. Philip re
mained at home for several months,
during which his father-in-law, Myn
heer Poofs, died, leaving Amine a great
fortune in gold and Jewels, which he
had accumulated.
Leaving his wife comfortably estab
lished, with two servants to wait on
her, Philip again departed on his mis
sion, this time as second mate on the
Batavia, a fine vessel of 400 tons bur
den.
(To be continued.)
THE SULTAN'S MANNERS.
HU Quiet Dignity, Pleasing Smile and
Unusually Sympathetic Voice.
As to the sultan’s working habits, I
have known him to be at work at five
in the morning and keep a whole staff
of secretaries going at that hour who
had slept overnight on couches in the
rooms In the palace they habitually
work in, says Harper's Magazine.
Munir I’asha, the Imperial grand mas
ter of ceremonies, and one of the most
kindly, distinguished men it is possi
ble to meet, once said to me: “There
Is one characteristic of his majesty
which conveys a constant lesson to us
all: it is his extraordinary self-control
his impassive cairn it Is almost
sublime. No contrariety, no trial,
seem- able to ruffle his perfect aelf
possession. It Is truly marvelous.'’ «
The pre| oH-e-sliiu impression which
the sultan is universally admitted to
produce on those who are privileged
to come Into contact with him Is
doubtless tn pail due to that ■ harm of
manner, that quiet dignity, so free
from angular self assertion, which ts
more or b -> characteristic of all well
bred Turks Itiit In his ia»e it Is sup
piemen ted by a plea-lug mile and au
unusually sympathetic voice, the notes
of which always seem to convey a
pli-asaut impression. even to the
stranger who Is unaole to understand
what hu majstty has -aid until It Is
translated •*) the interpreter The
soltau usually gives audience* on Prt
day afitr tie tvreiiony of the Helani
Ilk, when he wears s Turkish gen
eral <• uniform with (he star of the
Imttas order in brilliants hong from
hU in i k Aa b* sits tn front of you.
with hi* hand* icMtua on the hilt of
kU sword before him and you watrk
him speak to Mmit 1‘wsha In bh> quiet
dignified ws> you rsnnot resist u,a
inipre*-n<n of kW picturesque dignity
|Vn« t tog's* i to keep your skuas pol
Istved You can alwsv* shine at <>aa
end If you ran t Hi Ike wilier,
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