THE JWD CLOUD CHIEF.
H
tf
IS SURE OIMIIK (JAMK.Icadiz reserve fleet sails,
SCHLEY CERTAIN HE HAS
TRAPPED CERVERA.
TVcilnretliij- ?f nriiluc the t'nltcil Mntr
IMrrt ArrUril Off Simtltigii- ilu llur
lmr Not m MroiiKly l'lirllllrd u Crcr
ally butiiiiti'il.
Kixoptov, Jamaica. May .10, Tho
United States auxllllury cruiser liar
vurd, formerly the American lino
steamer Now Yorl;. urrlvi'il here thin
morning after having loft the Amer
ican fleet at noon yesterday.
Twelve American warships are now
outside the Santiago do Cuba harbor
litul Admiral Cervor.i and tho Spanish
Hoot arc almost oortalnly insido. Noth
ing certain Is known as to the emu
intinlontion whleh Commodore Sohloy
has hud with tho shore, or as to tho
mnnber of Spanish lighting vessels
bottled tip in the harbor.
It is to be presumed that tho Harvard
lias important dlspalehes for tho naval
authorities at Washington.
Ki:v Wi:st, Fin., May HO. It is now
almost oortnin that Cominodoro Sohloy
has the Spanish Hoot bottled up in tho
luirlxir of Santiago. Then is so little
doubt about this that tho naval cam
paign is proceeding1 upon the assump
tion that Admiral Cervora Is incapable
of doing any liarm. Within a short
time tho exact oonditions at Santiago
yvijl l.o known without a shadow of I
doubt.
In spitcof assertions to tho oonlrary.
Commodore Sohloy was not absolutely
Mire of his game when ho last com
municated with Hoar Admiral Samp
i.oii, and the eomuiodore will r.ot take
active stops to block up the entrance
of Santiago harbor until he is perfect
ly certain that Admiral Cervora "s ships
are insido.
However, it may have done this al
ready, as Commodore :-oliloyslast com
munication, forwarded Thursday, only
reached Hear Admiral Sampson yester
day. The commodore stayed three days at
(Vinfuegos. lie signalled to his ships,
"1 believe tho Spanish lloot is in tho
harbor." On this belief a message was
nent to the American admiral. The
details of how Commodore Sohloy
found out that he was mistaken are
not yet known. At any rate, acting
upon the admiral's instructions, the
commodore moved east, arriving out
hide Santiago Wednesday morning,
May a:..
The topography of Cienfuogos and
Santiago is almost identical. Roth
harbors are about .six miles long, with
narrow entrances about 30(1 yards
wide and protected by high land. A
whole fleet could lie in the harbor of
each place and be Invisible from the
outside.
After his experience at Cienfuogos it
is probable that Commodore Schley
was very conservative in deciding
whether or not he had caught Admiral
Cervora. From the tone of his dis
patches it is evident that the commo
dore Boon gained much secondhand
mid external evidence which pointed to
Admiral Cervora 's presence in the inner
harbor. This evidence was apparently
strong enough to make the commodore
foci certain the object of his trip had
been accomplished, but in view of his
previous experience he would not risk
u decisive (statement until after ascer
taining the fact for himself.
ltofore this dispatch Is published, it is
likely thnt Cominodoro Schley has sent
ttomo vessel into the entrance of tho
harbor of Santiago or has obtained
from a reliable source ashore informa
tion as to the exact number aud tho
names of tho Spanish warships shel
tered by tho hills about that place.
Contrary to the generally expressed
opinion, Santiago harbor is poorly pro
tected. Like Havana and San .hum do
Porto Rico it I'-as Its Morro eastlo,
which is even a bettvr target than
iiosc of Havana nnd San .hum. T ke
enly danger to be feared Is from the
mines which have been laid in the
channel of Santiago since war was de
clared. Hut countermining would
probably render these mines harmless
should it prove desirable for Comino
doro Schley's ships to enter the harbor.
Such a step, however, is unlikely.
In this connection It may be noted
that sin co the commencement of the
naval operations the moral effect of
the mines has been great. This con
dition promises to continue and will
probably mark the naval operations to
a greater extent than ever imagined
In the post.
WAR NEWS FROM BLANCO.
liajl Admiral Cerrera't Bqiintlron It Stilt
at Bantlucn.
Madrid, May 30. General lllnnoo
cables from Havana that the torpedo
boat destroyer Terror, from Martin
ique, has arrived at Fajurdo, on tho
cast coast of Porto Kico. She Intended
to go to San .hum, but found four
American warships cruising in front
of the harlwr and changed her course.
(Jcneral Hlunco'n dispatch sayH that
Admiral Cervcru's squadron is still at
Santiago, that the bulk of Admiral
Sampson's squadron is blockading that
port, that Commodore Schley's squad
ron 1b watching tho Yucatan passage,
that tho American vessels have left
Cienfuogos and that tho American licet
of blockadcrs remains in sight of U.i
vauu.
t'lilrUiiimniKa'it IIi'.ty .111111.
WAHtiiNtnos, May 3.0 Six addi
tional postal clerks have been detailed
to tho camp at Chlcknumugn, making
twenty-two in all at that camp. Tho
mall is delivered there three or four
tlmca a day and as many ns "5,000 lot
tern have been delivered ut one time.
A New Ctiniiiuiiy lti'iuly ut Illtuviitliu.
Hiawatha, Kan., May HO, Hiavvu
tha will be a recruiting station In re
wponso to the President's call for 7.1. 000
wore men. A company of 100 men bus
already been organized hci'e.
(Vailcintirtl Holler on I lie l'etuyu-
Crnlsf-M Without Otiin.
Mai hid, May 30. - It Is ofllolally nil
liounood that tho Spanish reserve
squadron, commanded by Admiral
Cnmttrax, has loft Cadiz, lteforo going
to its destination the squadron will
maneuver probably for several days In
the open on, afterwards immediately
sailing for the Philippine islands, Cuba
or tho I'nlted Mates, ns tho govern
ment may judge most opportune, Tho
quadrou is understood to bo composed
of ton or twelve vessels.
PNt:w Yoiik. May 'js. -A dispatch to
the New York World from London
says: The chief oflleor of a steamer
just in from Cad!, said last night:
"When we left Cadi, last Friday tho
only Spanish warships there wore tho
battleship Polayo. the cruiser F.mpcr-
ndor Carlos V., one torpedo boat and
tho converted cruisers Pntrlotn and
Uapldo. The cruisers were at tho ar
senal. "Fvorvihing bore tho appearance of
unreadiness. The Polayo's boilers, re
cently put in at Toulon, had just boon
condemned by tho superintending en
gineer at Cadiz, on tho ground that
they were of Insullloicnt strength. Sho
was. however, coaling. Tho liaplilo
and Patriota had not boon lilted with
guns and neither had a crow.
"There was no belief in the reports
that tho lloot was going to Manila or
nnywhero olsu for some weeks ut
least."
OREGON HOLDS THE RECORD,
No ISrllNIi Ship Miih i:iti:iliil Her Kim
o.OOll Mllv. A It limit ,t Stop.
W.siiiM)to. May :!0. ' think tho
country should know of the groat run
made by tho Oregon." said Captain
Crowliishielil. chief of the bureau of
navigation. "She is tho lirsl battleship
built on tiie Pacific coast. The 1 nlou
lion works of San Franolseo, tho
11 rm that built the Olympla,
constructed her. She is lO.'.'OO tons,
with a main battery of four Ill-inch,
eight H-inch aud four (i-ineh rltles. Mio
has made a run (hat by far occods
any over attempted by a similar vessel
In lint ope or America. The llagshlp
of the F.nglish lloot in Chinese waters,
the Hollorophou. made a run of l'.MlOO
nautical miles, or from Portsmouth,
Kn gland, to Canton, last year, and the
incident was heralded all over tho
world as unoqualod. Hut tho Oregon
has made a run of 17.500 nautical miles
and her captain reports to me that sho
is in absolutely perfect eonditioii. Not
even a grate bar is burnt out.
"Then her spoetl is remarkable. Sho
made a run of '.'.lioo miles averaging
thirteen knots, and the distance from
San Francisco to Callno, nearly 5,000
miles was made without stopping tho
engines once. Not since the invention
of stcam-propclllng machinery hat. thin
ever been equaled or attempted."
DEWEY IN NEED OF SUPPLIES,
Short on I'roilslons mid Ammunition
Another t'uhlu Cut.
Ho.vo Ko.vo. May 30.- There it abso
lutely no truth in the report that the
I'nltetl States cruiser llaltimore, now
at Manila, has been damaged by an in
ternal explosion.
The United States auxilllary cruiser
Z.eaiiro. which arrived here at mid
night yesterday reports that Hear Ad
miral Dewey is short of provisions and
ammunition,
Tho Havilo-Manlla cable, it is bnid,
was out by the Americans May -'.1.
Agulmtldo, the insurgent lender, it
with tho insurgents between the Amer
icans and tho Spaniards. Tho incen
diary tiros continue. The priests and
nuns at Manila have been removed to
Lagunn, All the coast towns are re
ported to be hehl by Spanish troops.
The Americans arc repairing the slip
at Cavlte.
SAYS WE CAN'T TAKE MANILA.
Ui-t'aptaln General of the I'hlllppluci
l'ropbrilci Our Defeat.
Madrid, Mny 30. In the senate yes
terday Marshal Prlmo do Rivera, for
mer captain general of the Philippines,
defended Ills administration of the col
ony. He said he could not believe his
ears when he was toltl of tho disaster
at t'arite, adding: "That rag called
the American Hag bhall never float over
the walls of Manila. The Yankees are
deceiving themselves," Marshal de Ri
vera declared, "us to the situation at
tho Philippines. It is absolutely im
possible that they should become mas
ters of the Islands, for the natives, to
an immense majority, arc determined
to defend the territory to tho last and
to maintain Spanish sovereignty,"
AMERICANS IN PERIL IN CHINA,
In Wot AKalimt Foreigner n Sluli
lliirnetl tho M Union ut Tuni; (.'how.
London, Mny 30, -According to n
i.pooltil dispatch from Shanghai the
American mission at Tung Chow near
Wn Chow, province of Qtinug Seo, on
tho Hong Klang, bus been lootetl ami
burned by a mob In a riot that broke
out ngalnst the foreign clement. It is
believed the Amorican missionaries es
caped. The I'nlted States consul at Canton,
F.dward lledloe, 1ms demanded that tho
viceroy of Quung Tung send troops tc
Tung Cliou to suppress tho disorder.
THE BROOKLYNJN A FIGHT,
Moron nnil Ammunition Iunlccl Nr.ir
C'kiifiitS'o 1'nrtn IMiiniKt'il.
Nr.w Yoltic. May 30. A dispatch from
Key West says there is a report there
that the cruiser ltrooklyn of Commo
dore Schley's llect landed a large quan
tity of arms, ammunition ami stores at
Cienfuogos on Tuesday. This Is said
to have been done after a fight In which
the fort on tho south side of Cienfuo
gos was badly damaged. There is also
alleged to have boon a fight between
700 insurgents and a force of Spauibh
cavalry, the lattir being defeated.
'STRIKE AT CORDELIA.
The mottling wns one of the fnlieal '
(hat over rose user the tocltv head of
Old Mount Hen; hut It was not th"
bounty of the morning which brought
Mark Matthews out so early, striding
over the rough stones us if he it oil ou
el vet.
There would be no velvet In lire for
him unless he found a wax out of that
day's perplexities and wheie tho way
lay perhaps heaven knew. Mark
didn't!
How hard ho had worked to make
his venture In the Cordelia slhor mine
a success noliotlv know but himself,
and now to ho so near siiotoss. and yet
to loose It ilmiup.li t' ulilUiafy of a
few plg-heailod miners'.
It was too bad; i rally It wns!
Mark walked on with lumpioysod lips
and Hashing eyes, us no.ir deflorate as
a cool-headed niaii ever gets to bo.
bound not to give up, yet not knowing
how to help It. Suddenly turning u
eraggv point, he saw. n HUlo ahead of
him, a slight tigute In a blue gingham
drops and n big white lint. He did not
onto to meet oven her Just then; but
she heard his stop. and. looking round,
with a bright color and n pleasant
smile, she waited for him.
"Why, Maik. good morning'." fco
cried, as he came up.
"Good morning, Smile. You are out
eaily."
"Not earlier than you. It seems What
Is the matter. Maik?"
"How do yon know there Is anything
the mutter?"
"It Isn't hard to hoc. Tell me."
"No, child. It would do no aooil to
worry you."
"There! slop. Mark!" her hand on
his arm. her bright eye.- leaning ms
face. "Do you see that little house
down In the valley yonder?"
"Mine? Yob, Susie."
"Do you ever expect me to go there
ns ltti mistress?"
Mark wiped the drops from his brow
ns ho answered In tones of pain:
"(kill knows it lias been my dearest
hope for mouths past, dear girl!"
"Well. Mark, if 1 wore theie. you
would toll me all your troubles. Can't
you do It now?"
She waited an Instant, and as ho did
not speak, she added:
"I know It. anyway. What are the
men doing now, Maik?"
"Nothing. That's It. Sue."
"Have you sold out to the Denver
men?"
"Sold? No! Think they will llsk
It. unless I can show them the silver?
Oh. Sue! Sue! it is hard to bo so near
making a fortune and then lose It.
when you know to a certainty that thirty-six
hours more of hard work would
show you wore light!" and Mark fnlily
ahook with suppressed excitement.
Susie ugaln laid her hand gently on
his arm and drew close to his side as
she paid:
"Make me understand it nil. dear
Mark; I surely have a right, yon
know."
He caught her hand and wrung It
hard, as he groaned:
"Would to God you had never teen
me, child!"
"I am glad I have seen you. Murk,"
very quietly. "Tell me what 1 ask,
please."
"I will tell you. Sue. Hut It will do
no good. Yon know that some of the
ir
-v -
"SHOW YOURSELF MKK A MAN."
experlB say the Cordelia will never
pay."
"Yes, I've heard bo."
"Rut I say It will! I know It will!
There Is a richer vein hidden there
than has ever been struck In this re
gion. We only want to find It. The Den
ver company think as 1 do, nnd If I can
only show them the proof they will
buy at my own price. Then, Susie,
then we might be happy. Oh, Lord!"
"Hush, Mnrk! Wo will be happy If
you can be bruvn and patient."
"Oh, Sue, I have been! I have been!"
"I know It, poor hoy!"
"Rut, Sue, I have hud to pay my men
big wages for digging whcio they hntl
bo Utile faith, and It hns exhausted
my capital. Lately they have believed
In the mine, mid have worked on my
promise to pay when they ptruek ore.
All this Is no news to you. Hut yes
terday they throw down the picks and
refuse to strike a lick more uiiIqhs 1
i-i
pay them their back wages. I eun't get -" a lew minutes rcrve,i tnelr pur
more men. nnd the Denver eonipiiny Miose there, then they turned their steps
will bo here day after
bo here day after to-morrow. I
know, I know If the wretehen would
work we should stilke tho had hefoio
that time. Groat God! I could almost
tear the mine open with my own
hands!" and Mark set his teeth and
ground his heel hard into tliu earth.
"Would they work If oit could pay
them?"
"Yes. Hut I cannot."
"How much ready cash would tide
you over this, Murk?"
"The miserable mini of one thousand
dollnrt, una I haven't b'ot It. I'm bony
now tb it 1 dldn t take n turtiKr when
Co! n wanted to go In , llh me last
fall "
"You are lucky not to l-o In with
Coirs," nab! sho. doildedly; "whoever
goes nut for wind with that ni.in will
come homo shorn, or I miss my gint-fl.
Hut I don't want to talk or Hint. Mark,
dear Mark, you do love me. don't yon?"
with the coaxing hand on his arm
again, tho bright o.vim fixed on his face.
Ho took both her hands nnd, hold
ing them tightly, looked Into her sweet
face as he ntiswored with then feel
lug: "Hotter than my own life, Susie!''
"I know It, Mark. Then will you
do me n gient. gre.it fnwir?"
"If I onti. tt-stircdly. darling."
"Then, Mink, dearest. 1 linve some
money n few tlioiiinnds lot mo lend
you "
Mark dropped the luiuiht he hehl, ntid
Interrupted her with Hot icsMilvo In his
Hushed countenance.
"Stop. Sue! no! I speak reveienily
when 1 decline In God's name that I
will sink my all before 1 will risk one
dollar or the little your father left to
his orphan girl!"
"Hilt. Mark, vnu can tetiirn It!"
"No. 1 say! Theie. do not let It dis
tress you. 1 cannot do this."
inn listen, .msii'K. I note may Mr
I hac heard It hinted that theie Is
danger to you fioni these men."
"Well, wlmt of It?"
"Do you think I can
Murk?"
"Don't fear for me, Sue.
bear that.
1 can take
care of myself heie. We must end this
It oulv tumbles you. Go homo, Stale,
and lie content. Good by."
lie sprung over a ledge leading to
another quailor of the trail and was
gone.
"Content?" sobbed she. "Content
while ho Is so - "
"Miss Redmond, didn't I ;eo the e-ip
tain with ye jest now?" middonlv n'kod
a lough hut kindly voice close to her.
Sue turned, and saw old Dayton, M.uk's
foreman, coining totiiid the ,'.onit
beside her.
"Yen. ho was hero," she replied. "Hut
lie has gone, you s-eo."
"Which way. miss?"
"Over the ledge, toward the eh.ift-
house, I think."
"Good Lonly! He mustn't go there!"
"Why not, Dayton?" uskod See,
quickly.
"Miss, the men are like rngl'ig
wolves! They have lost all sense, nil'
of Mark Matthews has gone down
there. I'm going along to help him of
he needs It."
He strode away before she could lsk
another question. Shct-'tood a moment
with pale face ami tightly compressed
lips, then said:
"And so am I going to help him,
whether he will or not."
She left the mountain-path, anil with
licet feet ran down to the level of the
settlement and into the wooden cabin,
where she lived with her old uncle,
Major Redmond, whose fortunes sho
had followed Into this wild region, and
who was her guardian and the trustee
of the small propotty left her at her
father's death.
She found the old man writing at
his desk. He looked up as she hurried
in, and to her question: '
"I'nele Joe, have you seen Mark to
day?" he answered:
"No, child; but I am going to the
fhaft-house in ten minutes. I am afraid
tho boy hi in trouble."
"I'nele, I know he Is! Don't wait
ten minutes! Go now, aud take some
thing for me."
"Why, how now?" asked the major,
locking ktenlv Into her fac. "Any
telng new?"
"Yes, uncle. The men are angry he
(.iiiKC Mark has no moncc for thim,
and Dayton says they threaten vio
lence. Uncle, you don't think they
would really hurt him, do you?"
"I don't know, child. A gang of
unpaid miners Is an ugly thing to
handle. They have got no sense."
"Neither has Mark Matthews!"
"I'll tell him you said so."
"Do It; I don't rare! Uncle, how
much of my money can you lay hold
of right now?"
"Well, It wouldn't break mo to find
about fifteen hundred In the bunk."
"Good. Uncle, go as fast as you
c.in to the hank, draw It, and hurry
to the Cordelia shaft house with It.
Thou muku Murk take It, us a loan
from you, not from me. Do you under
stand?" Tho old man smiled knowingly, as
he answcied:
"Rather think I do, child. Hn re
fused to take It from you, did he?"
"Yes."
"Well. I don't blame the hoy. Rut
the ease looks hud Just now for him.
I haven't got much faith In the Cor
delia myself. Still, If Mark hud asked
me to loan him the money I would
have done. It."
"Ho Is too proud to nBk anybody,
Uncle Joe, but he Khali not ruin hlm-,-olf
whllo I can help It. Oh, hurry!
hurry! or who knows what may hap
pen? Heie, I'll go with you. 1 can't
stay here In Idleness."
"You aro excited, my dear. Hotter
wait for me to report."
"No, no! I am going, untie; I don't
enre what anybody thinks while Marl:
Is In danger! Come!"
She hurried him from the homo, nnd
to tho low halhllugs dignified by tho
name of hank lit the town of Blight
toward tho Cordelia,
Sue had Judged rightly in thinking
that Mnrk lint go,ie to the shaft liouue
when he left hi r. Dayton had found
him there, at hi desk in tho corner
or tiio rudo building, buoy over soino
figures.
As Dayton enteied he turned n white
face toward hlni and fuIiI:
"Old fellow, you have dono your
boat, and ko have I, but the Jig In up
now."
"Mr. Matthews, have you got your
Winchester with you?" was Dayton'a
response, ns tie shut nnd barrtd the
door.
"Yon. What's up now. Hate'"'
"A pnek ol Infernal fools that's
what!"
"Ilcio, help me fasten this window,
nnd get onr Iron leady," nnd Dayton
fastened both windows its securely as
could ho done with the rusty hinges
Then he drew his rllle from the pile
or plunk behind whhh ho hud ulreudy
hlddcn It. nnd snld. grimly: "Now let
'em come! 1 nekoii we enii hold the
fort!"
"We'll try," leiurned Mark, coolly.
"Date, you weio none too soon. They
are coining."
"I know that, the Idiots!" snapped
Dayton.
An ttptoar outride became inoie dis
tinctly audible every moment. Hoart-e
voices, tramping feet. gro.niH and
curses the angry mob of minors, eager
and thirsting for blood.
A thundering knocking on the thirk
door was followed by shouts and cries. '
"Heie. come out. you Inside! We
want our money. Show yourself like
a man! Stand up aud face tho music,
or we'll string you up to a limb!"
"Dayton." said Mark, with gloaming
eyes mid low, deep tones. "I tun't
linntl this! Open the window!-'
"I svvenr I won't! nor shall you!"
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declared Dayton throwing hlmvelf be
tween .Murk and the frail shutter.
"Stand aside, Dayton!" commanded
Mark. "Stand back, while I speak to
them."
"No, I say!" shouted Dnyton. Hut
Mnrk thrust him aside and flung open
the shutter, boldly facing the infuriat
ed crowd. Perhaps it was the midden
iiokh or bin action, perhaps the leveled
revolver he hold in bin hand, but some
thing iiuide them pniiM tin instant in
their nmli, ami Mark seized the In
stant. "Come, bo fnir to yourselves!" he
said, sternly. "What do you wnnt?"
"You know what we want!" came
fioni the crowd. "H uncut wages, that's
what!"
"Well, boys, didn't I pay you ns long
as I had a dollar?"
"Yes; but we can't live on that now!"
"I know you can't. See here; I hate
this thing us bad as you do. Why
don't you give me a chance?"
"You hud nil the chance you want!"
growled a surly follow dose to the
window.
"No, 1 have not. I swear to you nil
that, If you will stand by me only
twenty-four hours more you shall be
nioie than paid! Come, I'll go down
and work by the side of the strongest
of you with my own hands. What do
you say?"
There seemed slgnH of relenting
among some of the men, nnd they drew
Into knots to talk.
"That seems fair enough, boys. Shall
wo try him one moro hitch?" asked one
of the older men,
"Yes! yes!" came from two or three
more, but they were drowned out by
the rest.
"No, no! It'fi n blnek He!" He known
there's no ore in the dunged old hole!
He wnntK time to run away! No wore
fooling! Money! money! or out with
the scoundrel! Come on, boyn! Now's
the chance!"
They made n desperate rush toward
the window. Mark wu hurled with all
the strength of Dayton's arm over
against the silent engine, nnd the win
dow was slammed In their faces.
"Aro you mad, boy?" demanded Day
ton. "Don't you know you haven't the
ghost of a chance out there?"
"I have not a chance anyhow," paid
Mark, recovering his breath. "How
long will It take them to tear this shed
down, think you?"
"They shall pay with some of their
worthlesB lives, at least!" hlBsed the
faithful foreman.
He sat down on an empty keg, nnd
with cocked weapons they waited the
onset.
It did not come.
They heard a r.hout, then a cry,
which had the sound of a woman's
voice, and then n calm fell on the angry
crowd. Only the tones of enrnent
speech reached the utralned cara In the
house.
"Whnt deviltry nrc they planning
now?" breathed Mark, listening more
Intently.
"Can't tell. Fire, maybe. Kep
ready for anything," answered Dayton,
In the same low, Intensn tone.
Hut they vvero not icaily for what
happened.
A cheer went ringing up from tho
men, a hearty "Hurrah!" nnd then the
door of the shaft-houso was violently
rattled, and some duo outside, cried :
"Mark! Mark! open tho door! It Is
nil right now! Open, quick!"
"Good Lord!" ejaculated Davtmi.
"Gient heaven! Sue!" gasped Mnrk.
Ho darted to the door aud rapidly
threw orr tho barn. Dayton flung tho
door wide, and Major Redmond nnd
Sue crime In, while the miners stood
quietly hack, without offering to pre
vent their entrance, or to follow In
themselves.
"In God's nime. what does this
mean?" ciled Murk, as she chine to
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him. laughing, trembling and crying1,
at once.
"It means help, you foolish follow!"
rnld the good old major, coining for
ward fo grnsp Murk's linntl. "Did you
think we would leave you to the mercy
of those dogs out there? You wouldn't
take my girl's money, but mnybo you
will tnke mine! Here, pay those devlln
nnd set 'em to work. You can pay mo
when you sell the mine." nnd ho pushed
a loll of bills into Mnrk'n bund.
"Mnjor. 1 enn't thnnk you!" gnsped
Maik. Ht 111 hohWng Suo fast. "Suet
dear girl. HiIh Ik your doing."
Sue only looked up, but did not need
to speak.
"God bless you both!" tremulously
faltered Mark. "God hlesn you!"
He folded Sue to bin breast an In
stant, wrung the old ninti's hand, and
was the cool man ol hiialnesii In n mo
ment more.
As the men were called In to receive
"fir wngcH. roultl he have helped it.
not one of them nhoiild havo utriick
one more lick for him. Hut too much
wns ut stake Just now.
He ordeied them to work, In tones
of colli contempt, whleh they did not
dure resent. They know his blood wok
up, nnd the Winchester nt 111 lay under
his hnntl.
Thirty hours of toll nntl Mark won'
Under tho ore-benrlng strata they
strurk n vien of nlmost pure silver, nntl
the Denver men closed the contract In
stantly. Mark nnd Susie did not occupy tho
cabin in the valley after all. They
wen? bat It to the Kiuit, mid Untie .loo
went wlih them. Hut It wns a long
time befoie Mark knew whose money
raved him.
SUICIDES NOT OVltntiSTIMATCD
More CnM't. ( sfir-iiolriirtloii at .Mini
to I'ii'Io Than Aro ltoior:oil.
From the New York Sun: "I had al
ways believed.'' nnltl n man who bus
Jusi returned from his (list trip abroad,
"that the number of nulelden credited
to .Monie Curio evoiy your wits exag
gerated for Hf'nsatlon'n sake, but I havo
bteii there recently and I am Inclined
to believe the worst. I urn convinced
from whnt 1 suw thnt boeuiino of tho
precautions of the ntithorltloa there and
the unlvomil system of bribery whleli
prevails only a small percentage of tho
suicides duo to the gaming table Ih
made known. Just let me tell you of
one that I fiiw mvself. I vvaH In Monte
Carlo on Tuesday. March UJ. when In
broad daylight a well-dressed man
walked out of tho Casino, sat down on
the steps and. with a revolver, blow
his brains out. Such Incidents vvero
nppmently too common to attract ex
triiordlnnry attention, nnd the author
ities of the place nre nlways prepared
for them. Almost hefoio the Binoko
of the revolver had cleared away a lot.
of nttondun'.H rutiliPtl out, and, after
covering Hie body with backing, which
was Kept on iiunii lor tho purpose, re
moved It. All traces of the tragedy
wete washed away aud In less than
five minutes there was nothing on tho
steps lo excite suspicion. I havo no
doubt thnt the authorities hurled tho
body at their own expense and thai
nothing further will bo heard of tho
case. Very few of these Monte Carlo
mi lei ties are ever Identilled. As a rule
thiy aro either broken-down gamblers
or men who have gono there with tho
Intention of recouping by a slnglo
Mroke or losing nil and dying. Sllenco
In many rases Is gained by granting
to t datives a Hum from the secret serv
ice money, whleh is set aside every
year from the vast revenue of the So
deto ties Halns tie Mer tie Monaco' for
the purpose of hushing up scandals.
Too much publicity, you know, might
bring tho hand of Justice on this estab
lishment, which ruins thousands of
men and women. 1 met a few Ameri
cans there, but they wero either sight
seers or a very cheap class of gamblers
nnd bunko men. You don't And your
thoroughbred American gambler wast
ing his time at Monte Carlo. It Is the
hunting-ground for the low-down bun
ko man nnd he cun make more by tell.
Ing Amerlcnns hard-luck stories than
by playing the tables. It waH that
suicide, however, which impressed me
more strongly than anything else. I
couldn't help speculating as to who thn
poor chap was, and how his friends or
family would account for his disap
pearance. Thnt lctl me to wonder how
many such unfortunntes were swallow
ed every year by Monte Carlo, leaving
behind no record of their end. r
don't believe that any one but the au
thorities of the place knows the num
ber of sulcldts there, nnd It would not
be discreet for them to tell."
Ill llnlf.
The communism which obtains In
the Friendly Isles Is a little embarras
sing to white men who employ native
servants, for It Is Impossible to make
tho pcrvnntH understand that all tho
food In the larder Is not their prop
erty and that of their friends. Rut
the king's chaplain got over this diffi
culty by making a definite arrange
ment with Ills housekeeper. "Under
stand," said he. "that half of every pig
belongs to me ami my friends. Tho
other half Is yours." He turned the ar
rangement to very good account in an
other direction. Ills garden, of which
ho Is very fond, Is fenced, but tho
pigs, allowed to go whore they will,
aro apt to gain ndmlbslon. "Now,"
said ho to his housekeeper, "this Is
really too bad! You known you llko
the front half of tho pig, because it
contains tho tongue and heart. Well,
I arrnnged that the front half of every
pig should be ycuus; and Just look at
the harm your halves aro doing! My
lmlvi's can do no harm. All tho mls
chlet If done by yours. If you can't
keep the pIfs out of the garden I shall
change end keep the front halves myself."
