BY MARY DEVEREUX
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DON C. WILSON
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Toulon, on the Meditenaneaa, was
at this time the great military depot
■of France. Its inhabitants numbered
-bout twenty-five thousand; and more
than fifty frigates and ships of the
line rode at anchor in its harbor, while
within its spacious magazines was col
lected an immense quantity of military
and naval stores.
Scarcely a day passed during the
fall and early winter of 1793 that did
not bring to the city families and in
dividuals from all parts of France,
seeking protection from the Revolu
tionists' curelties—outrages which the
Committee were either unable to con
trol, or to which they were indifferent.
At Toulon, the friends of the old
monarchy argued among themselves
that the violence with which their
land had been filled was too terrible
to be longer endured; and they began
to discuss the idea of surrendering
the city, its magazines, forts and
ships, to the combined English and
Spanish fleets lying outside its har
bor, and thus help to bring about a
return of law and reason to insane
Franoe.
Among those in Toulon who heard
of the proposed surrender was Margot,
who, with Jean and Pierre, safe under
the humble roof of their new home,
had for these many months enjoyed a
security she had never before known.
In & measure her own mistress, and
removed from the dread of Etienne,
she found reliance and peace in the
kindly guidance of Pefe Huot, to
whom the boys went each day for in
struction, his abode being some dis
tance from Margot's small house,
which was in a retired part of the
city, near the suburbs.
A surrender suggested to her the
possibility of bringing scenes of blood
shed and violence; and the very
name of “English” was to her—as also
to most of her compatriots—the syc
habitue of I>e Chien Heureux when
on shore from the "Aigle,” a rakish
looking brigantine, of which he was
owner and captain.
Jean listened with an attention
which, for some reason, appeared to
amuse Laro, who, now and then, with
a quizzical smile lighting his black
eyes, glanced askance at the boy’s en
raptured face.
Laro’s story had been listened to by
others seated around the tables, who
occasionally reminded Thiel to hurry
their suppers.
The next minute a soldierly-looking
man came in, the uniform of a petty
officer showing as he unclasped and
threw off the heavy cloak that had en
veloped him. After demanding sup
per as speedily as possible, he seated
himself some distance away from the
group at the fire.
But Pierre had been staring open
mouthed at him; and now the sound
of his voice caused Jean to start, and
turn his head quickly in the direction
of the shadowry corner where the sol
dier was seated.
“Greloire!” be breathed.
“What is that, my cocksparrow?
Toulon harbors many a stranger
tongue, to be sure, but I speak only
my own.”
“Come, gentlemen, all,” said Thiel,
now bustling amongst them with a
huge platter. “Your suppers are
ready.”
Neither I.aro nor the others paid
any further heed to the soldier, who,
seated apart from them, ate his sup
per with an appetite that bore witness
to previous fasting. But at odd mo
ments, when unnoticed, his eyes, with
a smiling warning in them, met those
of the two boys; and once, while Jean
was staring at him, he laid a finger
upon his lips with a swift cautioning
gesture of silence.
His supper finished, Jean strolled
back to the fire, before which Greloire
had seated himself, while the others
“And, be I saint or devil, to the end of my life I am Jean Lafitte!
onym of what was utterly detestable.
Her fears were realized when the
surrender was accomplished, and the
English ships sailed triumphantly
into port, landing five thousand of
their own troops and eight thousand
Spaniards.
This proceeding was regarded with
the greatest alarm and indignation by
the Revolutionists, who, considering
the surrender an act of treachery, re
solved to retake Toulon, and drive the
allies from the soil of France. Two
armies were marched upon Toulon;
and a siege was begun which for three
months made but little apparent prog
ress.
Affairs within the city became un
settled, and were soon almost demor
alized; and Pere Huot having fallen
seriously ill, Margot’s heart grew
heavy, as Jean, seeming to throw off
all restraint, wandered day after day
about the streets, associating with
soldiers and rough characters.
Margot had not dared to communi
cate much of her misgivings from the
day, now several weeks past, when,
after remonstrating warmly as to
some offense he had committed, she
bade him ask himself if his father
would have approved the act. and
started back, as from a man’s threat
ened attack, when the boy turned
fiercely upon her.
“Never name him to me again!” he
cried, with heaving breast and flash
ing eyes. "I have no father. Do you
know my name here in Toulon? It is
the same as Pierre s. He is Pierre
Lafltte, and I am his brother, Jean
Lafltte. And, be 1 saint or devil, to
the end of my life I am Jean Lafltte!”
He looked so big and terrible in his
rage that Margot, silent and fright
ened, felt that he was almost a
stranger to her—this boy she had car- j
ried in her arms, and whom she had j
loved and watched over for so many i
years.
It was the last night of November, j
when darkness fell early over the city, j
and Margot was preparing her lonely j
evening meal. Where Jean and j
Pierre were, she knew not, but pre- j
aumed that, as was often their habit, j
they would sup with some of their j
soldier acquaintances.
Although the evening was cold, the
usual number of pedestrians were
abroad, these being mostly soldiers,
who were seeking excitement and gos
sip at the various eating and drinking
places frequented by them.
One of these was called “Le Chien
Heureux,” a two-story house situated
down near one of the quays. Lights
were blinking brightly from its small
windows, and Inside several stoves
were burning, where Thiel, the land
lord, and his one assistant, were pre
paring supper for several civilians and
soldiers who sat about, talking and
drinking, at the various small tables.
Bitting near the lire, two soldiers
and a citisen, together with Jean and
Plena, were listening to a man in
their midst, who, from his talk and
appearance, seemed to have been an
extensive traveler. This was Laro, an
; remained at the tables, some still eat
ing, and all of them discussing mat
, ters pertaining to the siege.
Leaning carelessly against the fire
1 place, after a quick glance about, to
j make sure he was not observed, the
; boy looked at the soldier with a world
1 of inquiry in his dark eyes. Greloire
1 replied with a comprehending smile,
but again laid his finger against his
lips, as if impressing silence, and then
turned to the fire.
He had picked up his long cloak,
| and was putting it on. And no one
j noticed the suggestive motion of the
! head and hand, as, with slightly
arched eyebrows, he looked once more
toward Jean, who was still standing
beside the fireplace. But the boy was
quick to see these, and understood
that he might expect to find Greloire
outside.
Allowing what he felt to be a proper
amount of time to pass after the latter
had closed the door behind him, Jean
put. on his cap, and having motioned
to Pierre, they both followed, regard
less of Laro's declaration that it was
earlier than usual, and not yet time
for them to start for home.
The two boys, with occasional sharp
glances around, passed along the al
most deserted street. Presently
Pierre, after a quick look over his
shoulder, gripped Jean's arm.
“There is a man who looks like
Greloire coming on just behind us.”
He had scarcely spoken when a
swift but cautious footfall came close
behind him, and a hand caught his
shoulder, while Greloire said in a care
fully lowered voice, ‘Tiens! My quick
witted comrade, how are you?”
“As you see, or might, were it not
so dark,” replied Jean, grasping the
soldier’s hand. “And you?”
“Much better for the fine supper I
have been eating,” said Greloire, a
note of laughter in his voice.
Pierre now fell behind, and the
three stepped more briskly.
"What have you to tell me?” in
quired Jean, after they had gone a
few paces, and Greloire remained si
lent.
Did your lieutenant send you—was
he wishing to know of me?” asked
Jean eagerly. But there was no an
swer.
"Well, yes, and no,” replied Gre
loire, speaking slowly, as if considt.
ing his words, and adding, as he
looked down into the boy’s upraised
face, which even the dim light of the
stars showed to be filled with keen
disappointment, “Surely you have
every reason to know his love for you;
and he is one who never forgets. But
his days are now filled with that
which leaves little time for him to
think of anything but this siege. He
is outside the city, with the Revolu
tionary forces."
“He without, and you within, fight
ing against him!” burst from Jean’s
lips, as he drew himself away.
“Sh-h!" whispered the soldier.
“These streets may seem deserted;
but 'tis as wall not to speak loud
words for the winds may carry them
to where the wrong ears may hear
them.”
Jean laughed softly, and came closer
to Greloire.
“Aha—I see how it is.”
“Be all the more careful, then, my
young master,” warned the soldier.
There was silence for a time, while
the three walked slowly along until
they reached a street where the
houses were far apart; .and the last
one of all, from whose windows came
a faint gleam of light, Jean point “d
out to Greloire as his present abode.
“And so that is where you are liv
ing,” said the soldier, as they stood
looking toward it. “I tell you, lad,
that had I the chance to possess so
quiet a home, I tfiould step within it,
and not be wandering into such sham
bles of carnage and blood as is the
city now. Take my advice, and keep
away from Be Chien Heureux. I can
now come to your house; and that will
be the best place for me to see you.
But, if you are to undertake the mis
sion of which I spoke, the less you
see of that scoundrel Laro, the better
will it be.”
“Laro is my friend,” declared Jean,
his quick temper rising like a flash
of fire. “He is my friend, and even
you must not name him in such fash
ion to me.”
“So?” said Greloir# calmly, taking
his hand from the boy’s arm. “Then
I doubt if jou are to be trusted, and
regret telling you as much as I have.
I^aro is not to be trusted. He is al
most old enough to be your father;
and, his suspicions once aroused, he
has sufficient craftiness to surprise
your secret, and use it for our harm.”
Jean was silent, and Greloire went
on in a milder tone. “Now tell me,
were you in my place would you not
think twice before risking secrets with
such a keeper—one who cares so
much for Laro as to have temper with
an older friend, who, knowing the
man’3 reputation, warns you against
him?”
“I am not angry, Greloire,” declared
Jean penitently, “and regret that I
was so. Pardon me.”
"All right—all right, mon ami,” was
Greloire’s hearty reply. Then, again
lowering his voice, he asked in a half
quizzical tone, “And do you wish to
see our little colonel?”
“Yes—indeed yes! You know that
I would not give one of his fingers in
exchange for a dozen Laros.”
“Bien,” said Greloire. “Now I must
be going. So adieu, and my compli
ments to the good dame Margot.”
With this he turned about, and
whistling softly, went back the way
they had come, while the two boys,
after watching him a few moments,
bent their steps toward the cottage.
(To be continued.)
ILLS OF TELEPHONE GIRLS.
Customary Salutation Constantly
Rings In Their Ear3.
"When a central operator hears
somebody crying 'Hello’ to her on the
street, nine times out of ten she ig
nores the greeting,” said a telephone
expert. “Why? Because she takes the
salute to be a delusion.
“A girl who, day after day, hears
‘Hello, hello,’ dinned into her ears
and who is constantly responding
with ‘Hello, helio, hello,’ in time
grows to hear and repeat the word
mechanically; and when she leaves
her work that word is still ringing
in her ears. She can hear people say
ing ‘Hello’ to her on all sides, bul
the greeting of the real thing is st
confused with the ghosts of dead la
bor that she seldom notices the firsi
salutation of a friend.
"And did you ever know, by the
way, that nine out of ten persons
who habitually use the telephone have
what we call*‘telephone ear ? In its
first stage the telephone ear becomes
acute and sensitive; but after long
use the hearing becomes more or less
blunted, and half the complaints
against poor telephone service ma>
be attributed rightly to the ‘tele
phone ear.’ Try it some time. If you
habitually use the right ear, next
time use the left and see if it isn't
twice as satisfactory. It is a good
plan for those who use the telephone
much to frequently switch ears. This
keeps' the hearing equally balanced,
and might ward off a permanent deaf
ness.”
Herr Conried Is Worried.
Herr Conried looks as fatigued al
ready as if he had been through two
opera seasons. He is never seen
without a paper volume in his hand
He rides in his automobile with such
a book before him. He walks in tc
lunch holding the same kind of a
book so close to his nose that he has
to be steered to his table by the wait
ers. He places the paper volume be
fore him and guides his food to his
mouth as accurately as possible with
out looking at it.
The opera director is reading plays
enough for the whole season at his
German theater, where many are
needed.
“And it’s the hardest part of the
business,” he says. “I would rathei
stage, manage and produce twenty
plays than have to read five. Once I
have selected my repertoire for the
season, the rest is easy.”—New York
Sun.
Suggestion for Liquor Drinkers.
Rev. Madison C. Peters of New
York suggests this as an improvement
on Bishop Potter’s subway saloon: “A
gallon of whisky costs $3, and con
tains sixty-five 15-cent drinks. Now,
if men must drink, let them buy it by
the gallon and make their wives, sis
ters or mothers the barkeepers. Pay
them for the drink, and when the gal
lon is gone they will have a net profit
of $6.75 on every gallon. Let that
money be put away and when the
drinkers have become drunkards their
wives, mothers and sisters will have
money to keep them from want.”
Echo From the Far East.
Little Willie—Say, pa, what is this
Tie pass so frequently mentioned in
the papers?
Pa—It is a pass usesd by many al*
leged actors when they travel, my
son.
Two Recommendations Needed.
Slowpay—Doctor, I suppose you car
recommend your tailor to me?
Doctor—Certainly, but you will hav<
to get some one else to recommend
you to my tailor.
*
%
The Village Street,
frhere swaying- branches lace and meet
In canopies of green
Above an old-time village street.
Quiet and cool and clean.
The mellow sunbeams filter slow
And, lnterwrought with shade,
rraee on the velvet sward below
A shimmering brocade.
No sound disturbs the holy hush
That wraps the silent street
Save when at times some trill of thrush
Drifts tremulously sweet:
Or else when purple twilight flings
A gauzy veil and thin.
Wake echoes from the tinkling strings
Of mellow mandolin.
This is the street, serene and sweet,
Down which in days agone
I tripped with bare and buoyant feet
Through dews of dusk and dawn:
Or romped at play with comrades gay
While some long afternoon
Droned slowly, drowsily away
Like bees in fields of June.
Old quiet street, the steps that learn
The city's crowded ways
Once more and eagerly will turn
To scenes of other days;
And sick of ceaseless fray and fret.
Cacophonous and rude.
Will seek, while eyes grow dim and wet.
Thy restful quietude!
—National Magazine.
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
Los Angeles, Cal., is to build a $75,
000 labor temple.
The eight-hour tew of the state of
Washington has beefc declared con
stitutional by the courts of that state.
The Boston Central Labor Union is
actively engaged in trying to stamp
out the padrone system in “the Hub.”
The headquarters of the Federated
Metal Trades Association have been
removed from Washington to Pitts
burg.
Stationary engineers are said to
have declared their intention to with
draw from the American Federation
of Labor if the Brewery W’orkers'
union is given jurisdiction over engi
neers in breweries.
At New Haven, Conn., eight union
teamsters who were convicted last
spring on the charge of conspiracy in
bringing about a teamsters’ strike
there, were sentenced to three months
each in the county jail.
Judge Halsey in the Circuit Court
of Milwaukee declared the eight-hour
law as applied to city contracts is ille
gal. Judge Halsey decrees that the
city charter provides for contracts be
ing let to the lowest bidder.
Pacific coast labor unions are plan
ning to make a fight in Congress for
j legislation to protect American sea
1 men from the unimpeded importation
j of Chinese crews for service on ves
sels flying the American flag.
Rumors are afloat in the East that
Theodore Shaffer, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, is slated for
the position of head ol the Bureau of
Labor, to succeed Carroll D. WTright.
Levi Smith was elected agent of
the Painters’ union local No. 104, of
Lake Geneva, Wris. The trade unions
of Geneva are increasing and the non
union workers disappearing. Wages
have been steadily increased during
the year.
The Scranton, Pa.. Central Labor
Union has taken the initiative in that
state sn a movement to place union
made goods more prominently on the
market and make this class of wares
appear more favorably before organ
ized workers and their friends.
The labor organizations of Wiscon
sin will this winter attempt to change
the cliild labor law of that state, rais
ing the age limit under which chil
dren may be employed from 1 to 16
years and providing for the issuing
of permits for child workers between
the ages of 16 and 18 years.
Arthur E. Ireland, general organizer
for the Federation of Labor, and W.
F. Devine and L. C. Meyer, prominent
members of the International Machin
ists’ union, were indicted by the grand
jury at Fort Madison. Iowa, on the
charge of assault with intent to kill
A. Matheson. a non-union machinist
judge Anderson, of the Federal
court, made the injunction against the
strikers at the McBeth-Adams glass
factory, at Elwood, Ind., permanent.
By the articles of this injunction the
strikers will be prohibited from pick
eting the company's plant or using
threats to prevent new men taking the
places of strikers.
The strikes of dock workers at Mar
seilles, France, which practically end
ed some days ago, have now been offi
cially closed by the decision of the
dockers’ union to resume work, though
a few coal heavers are still standing
out. It is estimated that the forty
days of idleness consequent upon this
strike cost the city $16,000,000.
Organizer Emmett Flood of the
American Federation of Labor reports
a strong trade union growth and sen
timent in Rockford, 111. There are
many trades to be organized, but the
street railway employes and the prod
uce peddlers have formed unions. The
organized workers have good working
conditions and fair wages, but the non
union men are paid as low as $1.35
per day of ten hours.
Unskilled union laborers of Logans
port, Ind., are paid from $1.75 to $2.25
per day of nine hours, while non union
men get from $1 to $1.35 per day of
ten to twelve hours. New unions of
teamsters, bakers, quarry men and port
ters have been formed and the union
label receives an increased demand. In
spite of the efforts of a local branch
of the Citizens' Alliance no wages of
union men have been reduced.
A constantly increasing desire to
make their surroundings more agree
able to the workers is shown by the
government and public of Germany.
Some credit for the state of affairs
must be due to the progressive spirit
shown by the German organizations
of labor, including their political ac
tivity. These thoughths are inspired
by a letter from its Berlin correspon
dent, recently printed in the London
Times.
The steel workers employed in the
rail and sheet departments of the Illi
nois Steel Company’s plant at South
Chicago have been notified that when
the present agreement expires, Jan. 1,
1905, it will not be renewed. This
means that the same reduction in
wages and lengthening of the hours
will prevail in South Chicago as in
Joliet. Officials of the steel company
aay they believe the men will accept
whatever terms are offer** them, as
they have had no organization or
union since 1901.
Resenting the action of certain cor
porations in establishing a rule pro
hibiting the employment of men
after they have reached the age of 35
years, the Chicago Federation of La
bor adopted resolutions favoring the
withdrawal of police and legal protec
tion from any employer following this
practice. The resolutions further pro
vide that the American Federation o»
Labor should be urged to work for
an amendment to the federal Consti
tution making such retaliatory action
legal.
In order to stimulate the interest
of the members of the Brotherhood ol
Painters and Decorators in the col
umns of their journal, and thereby se
cure matter for publication that is
both interesting and instructive, the
editor of that journal will offer a prize
each month for a short essay on the
best method of performing some stat
ed kind of work connected with th€
various branches of painting and deco
rating. The best of such stories sen
in will be printed in the journal, asid6
from being awarded a prize.
After a conference with a score of
contractors regarding the adoption of
a plan of compulsory arbitration to
settle labor disputes in the building
trades, the board of governors of the
Structural Building Trades Alliance
of America decided to submit the
proposition to the National Building
Contractors’ Council for its approval.
Well-known independent building con
tractors also will be asked to approve
of the plan, and should sufficient en
I couragement be given, it is proposed
to have arbitration agreements be
tween international unions in the
building trades and similar organiza*
tions among the employers. The In*
ternational Association of Gravel, Tile
and Composition Roofers, comprising
15,000 members, made application for
membership in the alliance.
The American Federation of Labor
has joined the movement for the ex
termination of tuberculosis, Presidenl
Gompers realizing that thousands ol
workingmen ir the large industrial
centers suffer from that dread dis
ease, caused largely by the unsanitary
condition of factories, workshops, mills
and mines. The Illinois State Federa
tion of Labor, in convention in Aurora
: lasL week, also took steps to prevent
the spread of the disease in this state
and planned efforts to secure remedial
legislation at the coming session of
the legislature. The Central Federat
ed Union of New' York city has also
earned a committee for the prevention
of tuberculosis, which committee, like
the other twTo larger organizations,
will place before local unions all in
formation that may be gained in re
gard to the dangers and the safe
guards that should be taken and will
i aim generally to diffuse such informa
i tion.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion has planned to compensate its em
ployes for suggestions that will in
crease the consumption or reduce the
cost of manufacturing its products. A
notice has been posted in its various j
mills throughout the country, as fol
, lows: “For the purpose of stimulating i
j the use of our various products of
[ both the sheet and tirs mills, by de- \
' veloping new purposes to which they !
may be advantageously put, we desire I
that the co-operation and assistance of j
yourself and all subordinates, includ- :
ing the workmen in your miils. We j
would like to have it understood that j
anyone offering suggestions which are I
developed so as to increase the con- j
sumption of our products will be prop- ;
erly compensated. It will also be an j
opportune time to have our workmen |
understand that we stand willing and
ready to properly compensate them j
for any method or device they may j
suggest or design that will reduce our j
I cost of manufacture.
The call for the ninth annual con- j
vention of the International Seamen’s |
union, to meet m San Francisco Dec. j
j 5, has been issued. The various unions j
of lake seamen will instruct their dele- j
gates to that meeting and also to that i
of the American Federation of Labor |
to make a demand that jurisdiction be [
given the seamen’s union over every
person employed on boats. The long
shoremen’s union has organized the
firemen, engineers, tugmen, fishermen
and several other crafts working on
the lakes, and this attempt of the Lake
Seamen’s union to take jurisdiction
will be the culmination of a fight
that has been threatening for several
years. The seamen are willing to con
cede to the longshoremen Jurisdiction
over all workers along the oocks, but
claim that the dividing line must be
drawn when It comes to vessels. The
longshoremen, on the other hand, have
been laboring for almost a decade to
bring under their jurisdiction every
employe on and along the lakes to
form one organization, to embrace
every person who is earning his bread
in any manner through lake traffic.
“Once an agreement is entered Into
by and between a local union and a
corporation, contractor or an employ
ers’ association, it should be adhered
to during its existence, unless broken
by the other party thereto.” Such is
the advice given the members of the
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths by the in
ternational officers through the me
dium of the magazine issued by the
parent body. Editor Kerr tells the
membership good judgment should be
used at all times when the question of
agreements with employers is up for
consideration. The article ends with
this advice: “Good judgment should
be used at all times when the ques
tion of agreements with employers is
up for consideration. A reliable busi
ness man never violates an agree
ment, once he enters Into it. He puts
up with it during its existence and is
very careful that he does not get the
worst of it if it is necessary to renew
it. A reliable union does likewise;
lives up to all agreements with em
ployers to the letter. As a result of
this business policy both sides have
confidence in each other, and strikes
or lockouts are never heard of be
tween them.”
Theological acrobats can’t balance
the. universe on fheir pin-bead creeds.
A SALT SEA HIAWATHA
The Case of Jake Russell of Brooklyn
"Of course." said the Interviewer,
wisely, “the life of a seafaring man
aowadays is not all so romantic as it
is said to be—as it is described, for
instance, in Clark Russell’s novels?"
The old sea-dog on the water front
turned his quid in bis mouth—which
is a salt sea way of delil crating—and
finally answered by nodding his head
in the direction of a small schooner
which had just arrived in the East
River from Corn Island, off the Nic
aragua coast, with a cargo of cocoa
nuts and logwood.
“Never heerd o’ Clark Russell,”
said he, “but Jake Russell, the mate
o’ that ere wind-jammer, kin tell ye
that there’s a darned sight more ro
mance an’ sich like in the sea-goin’
than is altogether good 1 r a man as
hez a wife an’ three kids over in
Will-by av’noo, Brooklyn.
“That’s Jake’s predicament, by the
way, for last trip he went ashore at
Corn island an’ fell in love wi’ the
purtiest Injun girl you ever laid yer
dead-lights on. Ye never saw a man
so hard hit.
“Jake had one o’ his headlights
screwed up aloft’ tryin’ to get insp’ra
tion, as the sayin’ is, when all o’ a
suddint he jumps an’ begins to swear
somethin’ awful. His headlights had
run afoul o’ his missus's pitcher which
was a-hangin’ up against the bulkhead,
havin’ bin took on Fulton street,
Brooklyn, trip afore last.
“That seemed the finger o’ Provi
dence, didn’t it? But it cut no ice
with Jake. He took an' ripped the
pitcher in bits, sayin’ as how the
missus had two husbands, anyway,
one at sea an’ one on land, an’ ttat
he had weighed his anchor f’r good
at Will-by av’noo an’ was agoin’ i?
drop it f’r good on Corn island.
“We tried ter coax him out o’ Ms
Jaffness, but there wus nothin’ doin’.
Jake had bin bit harder’n any man I
ever seed a-weepin’ by the bulwarks.
Well, we let ’im have his own way *t
fust, thinkin’ as how he might com«j
around on the right tack after a while.
He got inter the bumboat wi’ his sack
o’ togs an’ his best derby hat on an’
rowed ashore while we boys give him
a send-off a-whistling’ that durned ole
Hi’watha, for ‘Jake wujb a-goin’ f’r
his Injun bride.’
“We got the balance of our cargo
aboard that night an’ wus to sail at
daybreak. When the time come to
weigh anchor Jake hadn’t come back,
an’ we began to get scaret, for his
wife comes aboard to get his money
every time we comes into the East
river, an’ what wus we to say to her,
seein’ ez how she’s a woman wi’ a
vi’lent temper, anyway? (Tell ’e what,
mate, there wus extenuatin’ carcum
stances in Jake's case.)
“We talked some more an’ finally
we goes an’ asks the skipper f’r the
loan o’ the long boat. ‘Go ahead,’ ses
the skipper, who knowd darned well
what we wus arter; ‘go ahead,' ses
he. So we lowered the boat an’ about
seven o’ us gets in an’ rows away
to the rescue o’ Jake Ruseell. There
wus a darned funny side to the busi
ness, f’r Jake didn’t want to be res
cued. But on the other hand it wus
like a labor a’ love, us agoin’ out to
bring in a wounded comrade, like.
Then there wus the serious side, f’r
we didn’t know what kind o’ fight
them Injun lubbers wus agoin’ to
put up, f’r they wus tickled to death
at the idee o’ a white man, an’ a chief
otT’cer at that, a-faliin’ in love with
cne o’ their women.
“Anyhows, we wus all ready Tr any
kind o’ scrap that might take place.
Bully Tim had a Malay knife that
he picked up In the Philippines, an’
all the other boys had a knife or a
gully o’ some sort. As fr me, I was
the best armed o’ the bunch, seein’ as
Make Was AcoU’ f'r His Injun Bride’
how I wus the leader o’ the rescue
expedition. I had a revolver which I'd
picked up over on the Bowery cheap,
’cause the lock was on the bum. But
it was a good thing to have, anyway,
even if it couldn’t fire if ye hit it with
a belayin* pin.
“Well, we gets ashore an’ starts for
the Injun village on Corn island. As
we got near the place we heard a
great hullabaloo. There wus some
thin' doin’ in that ere village which
had somethin’ to do wi’ Jake, we ail
o’ us felt. We tacks up close an' hugs
the village until we gets a view o' the
coast, an’ there was about a hundre
o’ them greasy Hi’wathas dancin' a
yellin’ an’ in the middle wus Jake Ru'
sell.
“It looked to us mighty like some
thin’ serious f’r Jake. Either he we
about to be executed or about to b;
spliced to the Injun bride. Anyhows.
it wus time to be up an’ doin’ if w%
didn’t want to have Jake euner a
corpse or a bigamist. So we sails witn
a whoopee right into that bunch c'
i " .
M Mighty Like Somethin’ Serlsaa f*r
Jake.”
greasy niggers an’ knocks down a fer\
Presently we comes face to face wi’
Jake, who wus a-lookin’ up at the sky
\ wi’ the weirdest look in his eyes. Daru
i it, but he looked as if he wus seein’
all kind* o’ angels an’ he wus grinnic
all over, while in his right paw he wus
holdin’ 'he cause o’ all the trouble.
Keelhaul me f’r a longshoreman
that Injun bride wusn’t somethin’
worth being a corpse or a bigamist for.
She wus the—the—but, any hows, thio
is Jake’s affair, not mine. I’m a re
spectable narried man myself.
“ ‘Jake/ ses I, ‘you’re cornin’ aboard
wi’ us,’ ce si.
‘“The h— I am!’ roars Jake, usin’
language that made the Injun bride
look kinder repentant like.
‘He cussed us all over the earth, just
as we had expected, an’ ended by
tellin’ us that he wus still our s’perioi
officer an’ that he would put the whole
bunch o’ us in irons if he did not
come aboard—which he wusn’t an.'
way.
“We argued f’r no end o' time, an'
Jake's langwidge got wuss an’ wuss.
Finally we saw there wus nothin’ to
do but get a hold o’ the fool an’ carry
him aboard. Which we did. Four o’
us managed the job, while the other
three follered up in the rear, keepin’
the Injuns an’ the Injun bride from
interferin’. The girl blubbered to
beat a cyclone, but I ses to her. ses I:
“ ‘Madame,’ ses I, ‘I’m darned sorry,’
I ses, ‘but there’s a lady in Wili’by
av’noo, Brooklyn, as has a prior claim
on this ’ere gen’leman.’
“But she didn’t seem to understand
why Jake wasn’t big enough fr a
dozen prior claims. In the meantime
Jake wus makin’ no end of a row.
He wus kickin’ an’ hollerin’, but we
eventually got him aboard, although
wus compelled to use me busted re
volver on the old chief's head. When
we got Jake aboard an’ locked up it
his cabin we weighed anchor, an’ the
last time I s<>ed Corn island all the
pop'lation was on the beach weepin'
I an’ wailin’ a V gnashin’ their teeth,
as the savin’ »Y Jake didn't do a
stroke o’ work all the way up to the
East river, where we arrived yester
day. He didn’t speak a word, either,
except to say that as soon as he got
ashore he’d take another vessel an'
get back to Corn island as fast as the
wind-jammer’d go.”
“And has he gone y*t?” asked the
interviewer.
The old seadog on the water front
turned the quid in his mouth, s: at,
and grinned.
“No, he hain’t,” said he. “That’s the
funny part of the whole business.
What Jake said about his wife havin
a husband on land while the other wus
at sea seems to be no dream after all.
She didn’t come aboard fr Jake’s
money this time, an’ when one o' us
went to Will'by av’noo to tell hei
Jake wus sick an’ that she’d better
come an’ look after him. there wu'
nothin’ doin’. She’d bolted, kids a
all, wi’ the landlubber.”
‘ And?” ventured the interviewer.
“And/* said the seadog. nodding at
a man in a w’ideuwake hat, who was
sitting on the bulwarks of the schoon
er scribbling on a piece of paper:
“that’s Jake Rusiell, an’ we’ve apolo
gized, as the sayin’ is, an’ we’re sailin
for Corn island fr cocoanuts to-mor
rcw, an Bill s oily doin’ the outward
trip.”—Stephen Chalmers in Nev
York Times.
Murdering Time.
Francis Wilson, the comedian, was
rehearsing a musical piece one hot
day last summer. Every one in the
company was tired from their work
and the heat and things were not
running smoothly. As is generally
known, Mr. Wilson's voice compels
him to almost speak his songs. The
chief musical number of the piece had
been sung four times, when the musi
cal director called for a repetition.
The company started it again and
had sung only a bar or two when
the director stopped them, and, tap
ping his baton angrily, said:
“Come, come, Mr. Wilson! You are
just murdering the time.”
‘‘Well,” replied the actor, Mit’s bet
ter to murder it at once than to be
continually beating it as you da”
William to Visit England.
Emperor William’s sojourn in Eng
land in November will last about ten
days. After visiting the kt|g and
qaeen he will be the guest of Lord
Lonsdale at Lowther castle, where
great shooting parties will he organ
A Warning in Boston.
“I have heard and read a good man?
things about Boston which I did nol
believe," said a man of travel. "Bui
a sign which I saw over the side en
trance of a home on one of the prin
cipal thoroughfares caused me tc
think hard things about the tow*
The sign read:
ft
Observe the Dog. j
"I submit, notwithstanding my pro
found respect for the academic at
mosphere of the old town, that this
is too Bostc&esq-je t«r me. When !
tried to express aiy tag 'ctling at
this affectation my friend who hiber
nates in Cambridge said that the sign
originally read ‘Ecce canem.’ I be
lievcd it, without prejudice.”
Over the Wire.
Stubb "It is nice to propose to a
telephone girl. You can give her such
a cheap ring.”
Penn—“Yea, bat she generally r»
tarns It**
