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X«U aaa to* tacrunw nr and laugned "Imm. t Ilk* to* wound. *L” b* sate ~W> get uiete to it on ftaaver isiend Tta-j')* »ugt about at Tit* plar* a b*r* tier toe# r** - >.ra S T'.r.-ddffT to Id#*** a t- w ae.it knrk Srnr«S4«r trtrd to kH; on# of to* elders lor steal tag kia nu* abler bus ait t*a> on a LgIT ■ t* t.Eg tni K# jd'Stsged to bit. knee* in to# bog “Tbr* cat.Lg.ai sum just tefar* b* renctasd to*- *»«»,' b* Sung bark ••#» kia atkonMcr. T»o ttunuus* ■aura and be »oui4 baa* teem aal* " bistetir'.. aiuv.n* !>• ti» kn*t.-* in tn* e~r* iwrpaa up L—SiOr turn. "Tort:' i> rtrijiwd. as a br--a*u of air brought a sudd- ft burst of Mood eerdfa: g r*e* u> them “If tbeyd i iu««< 1U» an u» sooner—“ H* ahtwared at ih terrible grimac Net! turn'd oft 'him “Had they slipped tb*- leashes when w* —craped tar •Wild has* bn with poor Bcfaredder bo*. Captain Plum. Hy tb* way"—fa* stopped a moment to trip* tb* water and mud from bis far*—* tfar** day* after they eovwrad art-rodder * but*** with murk out there, the older took gearedder'a wife' Kb* was too pretty tor a faeb-rmai* " H* stur’ed an tut baited suddenly * ttt uplifted taftc No U>:.$-r eouid they hear the baying of the dugs "They"'** rtr**ck tfa* cr« *k!“ said Men. Utsssr After an :t.**rral of t> -ve tfaor* can* a lose mournful boat. Twd- trued or ft. th* water, that's ! what th* bowling morn* How Crocbe and hl» desils are howling non !” A ear** was mingled with Neils breath as b* forced his way through the hog Twenty rods farther on they ' • sac to a slime covered bit of water oa which was floating a dugout ca no* Immense relief replaced tb* anxiety .u Nathaniel s face as be ctuabed tnto it At that moment he was willing to figbt a hundred men for Manon • sake, but snakes and bags and bloodhounds were entirely outside his pal* of argument and be exhibited n* r in b 'ravine this fact to • > in pan ion For a quarter of a n. N- ■ rc«-d ti.- dugout through wa'-: viscid * ::h s.imt and rotted •ubrt> before the clearer channel ot "t. reek v as reached. As they -4 the si- am constantly be . • ■ • per and more navigable until it tc gan to show signs of a cur rent at . a .".tie iater. and* r the pow • • • .- Nell's paddle the ca t eh • fr m b- tween the dense r- nto ti • • ;-*o lake. A mile | . Nathaniel d. — m-d the point of * • ' h-">nd which the Typhoon was hidden H« : nted out the location ; <■! tt.-« .-..:t to h;s companion ' Y- arc sure there a small boat ”■ a ' .tic ; you on the point?” asked ' Nell Y- since early morning ” X«-n was absorb* 3 in thought for s'%* titrj- - 1 ■ drove tic canoe I - jii fj. . grass that grew thick aloar -tie edge o. the shore. "iiow would it be if 1 landed you or tit*- j -t and met you tonight at • t.i ' i,e a-ked suddenly. "It • ■ .- • in- at:- r we get Marion • 1 >".r ip I \ ill rot return to . .and again, arid it is quite neces • '.hat 1 run d »c the coast for a • e of tali'—for—” H did not :■ -a [.- reason, but added: “i can • - distance in this rice j •'•re is no dang* r of being seen, i 1 • • •. might lie off the point yonder | at d i would join you early this eve-j Bil* “ Ti at would be a better plan if we :r ■-p..'. ••said Nathaniel, whose j rain betrayed the reluctance with a a - as>. : •< 3 to the project. He !... i g: - sed -ar*wd’y at Neil's mo ' v 1 it possible that we may have ■ i ' r • ;:.g lady passenger?” he a-'k J bantering !y. Tic re v as no answering humor to this in Neil ;- eyes. 1 v. i. mu: he said quietly. "We -on-" <:.i la lined Nathaniel. My ship— licipo- it e ] am speaking of •"*t.t.i Art.nr Croche’s house is a heart • town and guarded by dogs. I doubt if she would go. •n> • a> She has always en like a ter to Marion and m2 and she - t believe—something—as wc do I hate to leave her." i" ..a old me about her mi <t her.” ventured Nathaniel. "He 'i.a- . ... day Winnsome will be a que< n " '! k:.- v h< r mother.” replied Neil, .s • ..... he had rot heard Na s 1 words He looked frank •nti the :i..-r s race. ”1 worshipped ter!” "Ob-fc-fc!“ j r “oni a c itance he hastened. She war as pure as Winnsome is m “ Litt i? W inn looks like her. .■■■•me day she will he as beautiful.” “She is beautiful now.” ”Hut she ir- a mere child. Why, It se. •: r nly a year ago that I was to • ::n u.t-r ab< at on my shoulders' And ' George, that was a year before • r. other died! She is sixteen now." Nathaniel laughed softly. T -morrow -he will be making love, • il. and before you know it she will ! • marre d and have a family of her v i. 1 tell you she Is a woman—and v u :.r> not a fool you will take her away with Marion." V. :th a ; owerful stroke of his pad .. N* i! hr ght the canoe la to the shore. There!” he whispered. “You have only to cross this point to reach your boat.' He stretched out his long arm •iBd in the silence the two shook hands. "If you should happen to think of a way—that we might get Yv.nnsome—” he added, coloring. The sudden grip of his companion's flng-rg made him flinch. ’ We mustl” said Nathaniel. He climbed ashore and watched Neil -r ”11 be had disappeared in the wild rice Th n he turned into the woods He looked at his watch and saw that if was only 2 o'clock. He was con scious of no fatigue; he was not con scious of hunger. To him the whole world had suddenly opened wfth glo rious promise and In the etili depths of the forest he felt like singing out his rejoicing. He had never stopped to ask himself what might be the end of this passion that had overwhelmed him; he lived only in the present, in the knowledge that Marlon was not a wife, and that It was he whom fate had chosen for her deliverance. He reasoned nothing beyond the sweet eyes that had called upon him, that had burned their gratitude, their hope and their despair upon his soul; noth ing beyond the thought that she would soon be free from the mysterious in fluence of the Mormon king and that for days and nights after that she would be on the same ship with him. He had emptied the pockets of the coat he had given Neil and now he brought forth the old letter which 11 ■ -idiuh had rescued from the sands. He read it over and over again as he s;t: for a few moments in the cool of the forest and there was no trouble ::i his face now. It was from a girl. He had known that girl, years ago. as Neil knew Winnsome; in years of wandering ne had almost forgotten tier—until this letter came. It had brought many memories back to him with shocking clearness. The old folk were still in the little home under the hill; they received his letters; they received the money he sent them each month—but they wanted him. The girl wrote w ith merciless candor. He had been away four years and it was time for him to return. She told him why. She wrote what they, in their loving fear of inflicting pain, wouid never have dared to say. At the end. in a postscript, she had asked for his congratulations on her approaching marriage To Nathaniel this letter had been a torment. He saw the truth as he had never seen it before—that his place was back there in Vermont, with his father and mother; and that there was something unpleasant in thmking of the girl as belonging to another. But now matters had changed. The letter was a hope and inspiration to him and he smoothed it out with tender care. What a refuge that little home among the Vermont hills would make for Marion! He trembled at the thought and his heart sang with the promise of it as he went his way again through the thick growth of the woods. It was half an hour before he came out upon the beach. Eagerly he scanned the sea. The Typhoon was m where in s;ght and for an instarl the gladness that- had been in his heart gave place to a chilling fear But the direction of the wind reassured him. Casey had probably moved be yond the jutting promontory, that swung in the form of a cart wheel from the base of the point, that he might have sea room in case o. some thing worse than a stiff breeze. But where was the small boat* With every step adding to his anxiety Na thaniel hurried along the narrow rim of beach He went to the very tip of the point which reached out like the white forefinger of a lady's hand into the sea; he passed the spot where he Lad lam concealed the preceding day. his breath came faster and fast er. he ran, and called softly, and al last halted in the arch of the eari wheel with the fear full-flaming in his breast. Over all those miles of ses there was no sign of the sloop. Fron? end to < ad of the point there was nc boat. What did it mean? Breathless ly he tor; Lis way through the strip of fores: on the promontory until aii Lake Michigan to the south lay before i::s eves. The Typhoon was gone! Was it possible that Casey had ubr.n coned hope o: Nathaniel's return and was air- udy lying off St. James with slotted gun? The thought sent a shiver of despair through him. He passed to the opposite side of the pioinr and followed it foot by foot, but tli-re was no sign of life, no distant flash of white that might have been the canvas of the sioop Typhoon. There was only one thing for him to do—wait So he went to his hiding place ol the day before and watched the sea with straining eves. An hour passed and his still aching vision saw no sign of sail; two hours—and the sun was falling in a blinding glare over the Wisconsin wilderness. At last he sprang to his feet with a hope less cry and stood for a few moments undecided. Should he wait until night with the hope of attracting the atten tion of Nei; and joining him in his canoe or should he hasten in the di rection of St. James? Ir. the darkness he might miss Neil, unless he kept up a constant shouting, which would probably bring the Mormons down upon him; if he went to St. James there was a possibility of reaching Casey. He still had faith in Obadiah and he was sure that the old man would help him to reach his ship; he might even assist him in his. scheme of getting Marion from the island. (TO KE CONTINUED.) Didn’t Like Course Dinners. A colored woman, native of the south, had been working for a flat dwelling family of moderate means in the East end. but resigned recently to accept a place bringing higher wages with a wealthy family who lived in a large house on Euclid heights and have their dinner served in courses every night just as If there was company. This colored woman had been brought up to put everything on the table at once, with the exception pos sibly of the dessert, and did not take kindly to the course system. A few days ago her former mis tress met her on the street and In quired how she liked her new place. "Oh. not ve'y well,” she replied. “1 don't like this hyah way of su'vtn' things in cou’ses. The’s too much shiftin' o' the dishes fo' the fewness o’ the vittles.” Matter of Pirnciple. “Is he lazy?” “I would hardly say that. You’ve heard the expression: “Unseemly haste?” “Why, certainly.” "Well, all haste looks that way to him.” Stop Her Talking. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—This paper says that a frog cannot breathe with its mouth open. Mr. Crimsonbeak—1 wish to gracious a woman was built that way!—Yon kers Statesman PRINCESS XENIA TO WEAR e< HAPPY CROWN” -—-V OME.—'There will be no alliance between his Impe rial highness the duke of the \bruz2i and M.ss Kath arine Eikins cl Amer ica." Thi- 5s the snri-officlal announcement doubtless in spired from the court of Victor Exnmanu 1 III., king of Italy. Qu<en Helena makes no secret o: her sat is taction at the outcome of this re markable romance between the daugh ter of the late West Virginia miliion aire and Vnited States senator and the man who is first cousin to the king, and who might ascend the throne should death take away his brothers and the tittle sens c.f the rcyal fam ily. And as for the Bourbon Duchess d'Aosta, sister-in-law of the duke, she is unfeignedlv delighted. From the first she utterly opposed the marriage of a prince of the biood royal and a "vulgar American commoner," as she was pleased to dub the beautiful and exceedingly rich young American girl. So once, at least, romance Is dead. Why? Did not the ardent young lovers plight eternal troth* Of course no one but they really knows, yet the report that they did was more than mere rumor. The story has it that the King of Italy was willing to give his consent. If this was true he gave way before the united opposition of the ladies of the royal family. It has been said that the duke ar.d Miss Elk ins vowed that if they could not wed each other, they would never wed any one else. There was at least a sub stantial basis of truth in these reports, but just how far the romance went and Just what killed it the world will preb- j abiy never know. Affections Transferred. And so the duke of the Abruzzi went away to seek solace in the wilds of Af rica. Report has it that the wound in his heart has healed and that formal announcement of his engagement to the dashing, handsome, hot-headed Princess Xenia, daughter of the ruler of little Montenegro, who last Aug ust proclaimed himself king over his 300.000 subjects, may be expected, writes a correspondent of the.New York World. Though the king's in come is not a fifth of that so long en joyed by Senator Elkins, he is of royal blood. His daughter, according to foreign etiquette, is therefore quite the duke's equal and fit to be the wife of the man who might some day be king. Not that the beautiful Xenia is not well bred and of exquisite charm and grace. Her highness had the advan tage of a bringing-up at the Russian court, where they do things differently from the somewhat primitive court at ("ettinje. Her father, who uas ruled since I860, lives little differently from the fierce and uncouth men who are his subjects. To begin with. Princess Xenia is best known in Europe as' one of the few living women who have jilted a king. It was King Alexander of Servia whom she jilted, away back in 1S99. when he came a-courting to the minia . ture court of the then Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, now self-proctairned king, “Impossible!" Cried Princess. As it always is With royalty, the marriage had been arranged by the families in question. Whether or not I the Princess Xenia would like Alexan der. whom she had never seen, did not concern them; the piquant and self willed daughter of the ruler, she was not even consulted. Alexander had already scoured the courts of Europe for a mate. Russia and Austria had told him that no Ser vians need apply. Finally he got down as far as Montenegro, and Nicho las. eager for more influence in the Balkans, gladly gave his consent for his daughter Xenia. The poor princess, barely IS then, was told to make ready to meet her future lord and master. In he shambled, grinning, blinking through his h-=-avy glasses, knock kneed. and most unarractive. The princess gave him one glance and shuddered. “Mon Dieu!" she cried in French, “mais vous etes impossible!” or in po lite English, she frankly toid Alexan ; der that he was impossible. It was •he cry of an innocent, unspoiled young girl. The prince was not at all re buffed. and attempted to mumble some protest that perhaps fatigue and ner vousness had overcome her royal high ness. * Xenia gasped once more. And then she fied from the room. The royal romance had died before it was born. Alexander married Mine Dr&ga Mas chin, and a few years later both were assassinated by the king's officers in the royal palace at Belgrade. Put the fame of the Princess Xenia's spirit and wondrous classic beauty had gone abroad in Europe, and many a peer and nobleman came a-eourting. Prince George of Greece was eager to marry Eeaia. but she w-ould hare none o? him. The Grand Duke Mi chael, brother of the czar of Russia, was another aspirant for her hand, but he got the mitten, too. At 29 today she would have Abruzzi. Proud of Daughters' Stations. There are five living daughters of King Nicholas, and three of them hare made matches far in advance of anything their own Montenegro might afford, as tne king himself bosted not ior.g ago to a questioning Britisher at Cettinje. "It's too bad." remarked the English man. who was a man of great impor tance, "that Montenegro offers such a poor field for exporttion." “On the contrary," answered the king with spirit, "we have here the most beautiful articles for exporta tion !" "And what are they, your majesty?” queried his guest. “Why, my own daughters." answered Nicholas with a hearty laugh. "Prin cess Helena is queen of Italy. Princess Militxa married the Grand Duke Peter of Russia. Princess Zorga, had she IhTd. would have been queen of Ser via. Princess Annastasia is now Grand Duchess Nicholas, and Princess Anna is Princess Francis Joseph of Ratten b- rg. Now you must admit'that I have placed my articles of exportation very favorably on the foreign mark ts." It is only too true, and it is chief ly due to Princess Helena, now the wife of Italy's King, that this newest royal match is about to be made. And also to the promise of an aged sooth sayer in whom Xenia believes implicit ly. It is a weird story. Soothsayer's Warning. No people of all Europe are so super stitious as those of Montenegro. And Princess Xenia feels the same as her father’s uneducated peasantry, she is said to believe in signs and talis mans and fortune telling, which, after all. is not astonishing when one con siders that she was brought up in the court of the czar, who is much addict ed to consultation with priestly sooth sayers. if the report is true. Super- ti tion has been In the "avic blood too long to be eradicaKu in one genera tion. “The Crown of Happiness"—such is the gift she has reason to believe the duke of the Abruzzi is holding out to her. She heard the w ords even be fore she was called to meet Alexander and ever since then she has been ex pecting their fruition. There was an aged soothsayer who toiled about the Montenegrin mountains with his wife and daughter, telling their futures to I the simple folk who dwell on the rocky slopes of the tiny kingdom. I Nicholas heard of this wonderful man years ago and bade him come to the palace. "I shall not come!" was his curt an swer to Nicholas' messenger. "Shall we fetch him by force, your royal highness?” asked the retainers. "Oh. no. let him alone in his tent!” laughed the prince, dismissing the mat ter. Foretold the Future. But Princess Xenia had heard of this strange old man and she resolved to set k him out. She found him in his tent on a mountainside, where his wife and daughter, his tent bearers always, had pitched it. A fire burned in front to shut out the chili airs of the moun | tain. "Will you tell my fortune, sir?" asked the princess, laying a goodly piece of sliver on his outstretched palm. "Certainly my lady." said the old | man. taking her pink and white hand in his. "I Fee a crown, a royal crown,” he said, "no, two crowns!” "I see two royal crowns.” he went on. "One is fatal and bloodstained, the other leads to happiness and pow er. I am hesitating for I do not know i w-hieh of the two you should accept— j the first or the second.” On the following day the strolling soothsayer made bold to visit the pal ! ace at Cettinje and demanded that he ! see the Princess Xenia. The aston ished flunkey at the gate would have barred the old man. but he was so in sistent that the news of his visit was conveyed to the princess. "Admit him at once,” ordered Xenia. “I have come,” said the soothsayer, slowly and solemnly, “to warn you to refuse the first crown offered to you, no matter what it may be, because that crown will fall with blood.” Prophecy Proved True. The warning was not forgotten Soon afterward Xenia refused King Alexan der and his crown lid fall in the blood iest royal slaughter of modem times. I !ragging his queen down to death with , him and setting up another dynasty. "He was right, as I knew he would he,” declared the princess when word of Alexander's assassination came to i Cettinje. And her father, who had been angered at her refusal of a hrone. perforce had to agree with ter. Xenia, of course, had more abiding faith than ever in the soothsayer's strange words. i "I will take the second royal crown when it is offered me," she said, calm j !y enough. “It w ill be thb crown of happiness, as the old man said, and that is what I most desire in this world!" But the years sp <1 on and no crown was offered. The Icvely Xenia passed twenty-five years and twenty-six and twenty-seven. Her next birthday, April 10, will be her thirtieth. The people of Montenegro think that it is high time their princess should find herself a husband. So does Queen Helena of Italy, her elder sister, who has already tried several matches for her, only to be met with the curt "Not until I can convince myself that the crown offered to me is the 'Happy Crown!’” KNOWN AS “SAILOR'S BIBLE" Nautical Almanac Well Named. Con sidering Its Importance in the Marine Worid. If one asks the ordinary man in the ! street, "What is the 'Nautical Al ; manac?’ ” or "Where is the 'Nautical i Almanac' office?" in all likelihood no reply will be forthcoming. Little knowledge exists in his mind regard ing the one or the other, and yet it is not too much to say that the "Nau tical Almanac” is one of the most im portant publications of the day, and one of the very essentials of astronomy and navigation alike. This all-important British govern ment Blue Book—of close on seven hundred pages—Is known the world over as the Sailor’s Bible and Ocean Guide. Although it is not a book to be seen on railway bookstalls or in lending libraries, and is rarely met with in the collection of the average household, yet it is so essential a part of a nautical outfit that a ship, whether stately liner, majestic battleship or ocean tramp, would as soon think of ! sailing to sea without her compass as without the precious volume. The ex- • plorer, too, over the desert sands or ■ trackless ice, must have his “X. A.” j with him. and would rather part with food and stores than with its sacred pages. Many well-known travelers ; hare publicly declared their indebted- j ness to it. Dr. Xansen, before setTing j out on his adventurous journey north ; wards, paid a visit to the “Xautical ; j Almanac” office tnd was supplied j • with advance proofs to aid him in his calculations, and after his polar expe dition he stated that for some consid erable time during his lengthy stay In the far north the only book to which he had access was a volume of the work in question. The great African traveler. Dr. Liv ingstone. was once obliged to reduce his library to the Bible and the '‘Xau tical Almanac,” and M. du Challlu and the late Captain Speke were placed in a similar position upon various occa sions. 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