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Thelirlg Surrey Hills wns engaged In
the Vonotlnn trade anil tlUI the double
voyage twice a year Iler owner was
Master SlnimondM of the Cheap and n
good servant Khe liad been to liliu
linvlng fought her way backward and
forward between London and Venice
ngalnst the united forces of wind
waves and picaroons for nearly Ave
and forty years as tho evidence of
many a scar on the timbers of her hull
and on the faces of her crew could
prove
Our first voyage out was a thorough
ly prosperous one Even the dreaded
bay of Illseay was for once as quiet as
the most timorous landsman could
have wished Arrived at Venice we
bartered our homely English goods for
a enrgo of line glass and Iron work
from the workshops of the Water City
and for ctrlnus stuffs and perfumes
which Its traders had brought from
the far lauds of I ml Araby and
Cathay
During the voyage home too our
luck stuck to us We had a fair wind
the whole way and the words Trim
sails the wutehl hardly once fell on
our ears Wonderful good fortune
this but It cost our captain the greater
part of his crew who declared that
the ship was bewitched and I was
more than half inclined to agree with
them
This was the reason for their fears
When we were lying at Venice our
captain went to a Finn who dealt In
charms and for the sum of 10 ducats
bought from him that which would
raise a favoring gale It was wrapped
In a skin case marked all over with
cabalistic designs whose meaning none
of us understood What it contained I
cannot say for no man on the brig
dared to risk his eyesight by gazing at
the wizards charm after its maker
had warned him to keep aloof But
this I know that while that bag was
nailed to the masthead we never want
ed for a fair wind to waft us home
Yet there were signs that the Eye
above saw with anger the magical
device that eased us of the Just labors
of sea working Almost every night
while we were In the more southern
latitudes pale blue lights would fly
down to us out of the darkness and
perch on yardarm or masthead They
were Corpos Santos holy bodies and
we knew that they had come to threat
en and not to protect for when we
greeted them with a psalm they held
their places as though they did not
hear a word of our singing
We younger ones gazed at the omens
with wonder and little more but the
older seamen were strangely disquiet
ed and as soon as we dropped anchor
In the Thames and the wages had been
paid more than 50 of them left the ship
for good I would have followed then
for I trusted to their older experience
in such things but Alec as usual ridi
culed my superstition nud said he
meant to stay so I had to stifle my
qualms and stay too
We were rewarded for our boldness
for the captain not only appointed us
to ofllcershlps and housed us- In the
after house but undertook to teach us
all the mysteries of navigation and
seamanship so that at the end of the
voyage we were either of us competent
to take the command of a vessel our
selves And thus In the event It proved
that our captains deal with the devil
was the beginning of our rapid rise in
the calling we had chosen
We stuck to the Surrey Hills for sev
eral voyages after this until at last we
suffered so much In a brush with a
couple of piratical rascals from Sallee
that though we beat them off after a
tough battle the ship was so much
knocked about that on our return home
she was pronounced unlit for another
voyage And so we were out of a
berth Alec would have shipped from
the Thames again for foreign parts at
once but I suggested that we should
have a little fun on shore ilrst We
staid a few days therefore In London
and then finding that our money was
melting much too fast we started to
walk around tho south coast of Eng
land
After a few unimportant adventures
we arrived In time at Bristol and there
the emptiness of our purses compelled
us to take ship once more We got
berths on board the Severn at Bristol
but our vessel had not got clear of the
red waves of the Bristol channel when
opposite Bideford If my memory
does not fall me an accident happened
to her which gave us another step up
the ladder of fortune Our captain
died of a stroke and Alec who had
been a deep sea pilot stepped into his
shoes and 1 became the second In com
mand So far at least we could not
grumble at tho way fate had treated
us
Our cargo was a mixed one for Vigo
Bay and after a good voyage out wo
landed it there and took in Spanish
wines in return While the lading was
going on we had plenty of tlmo to
spend on shore and In one of our ex
cursions we had an adventure
A sailor Is always fond of a rido on
horseback a id as Alec and I wero no
exceptions to the rule we had hired a
couple of very fair mounts and weut
for a ride Into tho country We had
left the town about half a league bo
hind us when we met a carriage con
taining two men and a girl One of the
men had his arm round the girl and
was holding her fast as though to pre
vent her from jumping out and as we
paed she gave a cry and waved her
luuul to us whereupon the man who
was holding her swore nt her and call
ed to the other to whip up his horse
Something wrong here Aloe I ex
claimed br Alec had already turned
and was riding hnrd after him 1 fol
lowed and after a chase of about a
mile we came up with them We whip
ped out our pistols and nhouted to them
to stop or we would lire
Now said Alee when Ihey had
pulled tip out you get both of you
Yielding to the eloquence of the two
cocked pistols they obeyed
You with the reins hold the horses
head If you move a yard farther on
I shoot And you other scoundrel
hand the lady out Quickly now
They were unarmed or at least had
no tlrearms so they had to do as they
were bid As soon as she was out of
the carriage the lady turned and faced
the two rulllans with a defiant sneer
hovering round her mouth and they
cowered under her glance like whipped
curs Alec made them get In again
and drive off at once daring them to
turn their heads as long as they were
in pistol shot
When they were gone we turned to
the lady for an explanation
How can I thank you gentlemen
she exclaimed
Speaks English I muttered And
a pretty girl too Wonder what those
two scoundrels were up to
Madam said Alec with a courtly
bow we are only too glad to have the
good fortune to serve you Where may
we hnve the pleasure of escorting
you
Madam Bhe laughed You need
not to be so ceremonious Captain Ire
land
Alec stared with astonishment but I
had recognized the voice
Inez I cried in delight
Ah you havent forgotten me
though Alec Ireland has she said and
I saw that she was glad
Forgotten you I cried No now
could IV But I thought you were in
Whitby
Apparently It has not been worth
your wliile to inquire 1 left Whitby
more than a year ago
I never heard it
Did you ask
I was thrown Into confusion by her
question and was at a loss for a reply
when Alec spoke for me We have
been nt sea ever since we last saw
you he said
Ah then I forgive you she re
plied graciously But you must come
with me now to my fathers house I
dont promise that he will be pleased
to see you but as you are my gallant
rescuers he Is bound to be polite
Don Miguel here too I asked
Yes replied Inez You dont sup
pose I lived alone
No but I thought perhaps there
was some one else I said sadly
Inez blushed Who else sho
asked
Your husband I ventured
I havent found one yet
Then a Whitby lad has a chance
Who knows V
And again she blushed and I was
just going to say something more when
Alec broke In
Where were those two men taking
you lie asked
I dont know she answered with
a shudder Perhaps to murder me
Do you know them
I refused to marry ono of them
the other day
The scoundrel I cried savagely
I wish Id thrashed him
Why Jack she laughed Hes
not the only one who has asked mo to
bo ills wife
Confound their Impudence I mut
tered
What she cried mischievously I
seem to have recollections of some one
elses Impudence too at Whitby for
Instance But I suppose you have for
gotten
Inez I replied solemnly you
didnt refuse me at Whitby
Didnt 1 Perhaps It Is I who have
forgotten then But come a truce to
this banter Arent you going to see
me home
Of course we are said Alec and
we shall be delighted to renew our ac
quaintance with Don Miguel though
our last meeting was rnther a stormy
one if I remember rightly How Is tho
alchemy progressing
Oh lie has given that up
In favor of what
Fighting Hes a soldier now
Hm I said without thinking
Thats an honest trade enough
Inez laughed guyly
And the other Is not she asked
I should not have said that
She looked at me for a minute with a
tensing smile pluylug round her mouth
Then she held out her hand to me
Yes Jack she suld sweetly I do
forgive you You see 1 am not quite
sure that you were wrong
And then sho begau to speak hurried
ly of other things
Our reception by Don Miguel was not
a cordial one but In view of our rela
tions with him In the past It was per
haps hardly to be expected that he
would bo overjoyed to see us again
Our rescue of Inez from the band of
the rulllans who weie carrying her off
gave us howeter a claim on liN grati
tude and mi excuse for calling very
frequently to seo how she was and as
Inez encouraged our visits we took
every advantage of the opportunity
which chance had given us
Inez and I had ninny long walks to
gcther through the beautiful country
round Vigo Bay and on those occasions
Alec always Insisted on marching some
10 or I J fathoms behind us for my
sweethearts beauty had won her many
admirers who were naturally not In
clined to submit quietly to tho success
of a heretical Englishman 1 had found
favor where they had failed ami but
for Alecs precaution a vengeful dagger
between my ribs would In all probabll
lty have been the toward of my woo
lug
Wo saw very little of Don Miguel
but 1 dont think either Alec or 1 felt
Inclined to quarrel with him on that
score 1 pressed my suit with his
daughter however and by the time
our ship was ready for sea 1 hail won
her consent to many me 1 wanted to
do so at once but the Spanish padres
refused to peril their souls by celebrat
ing so unholy a union as that of a
Spaniard with a heretical Englishman
ami neither bribes nor threats would
move them
1 had to set olT to sea therefore
without my bride But we arranged
that I was to come back at once to
Vigo Bay when Inez promised to be
ready to sail back to England with
me Then we hoped the parsous would
not be so particular
Tit lni oiitlmmil Nuxl Vol
WANTEU HIS FARE RUNG UP
An ttiitliiti Who Drmnnilril Mnnlc of
the Mrti I Cur Conductor
The conductor of a Brooklyn trolley
car had a peculiar cxpeileuce with an
Italian one night last week The
Italian wanted to ride with music
thrown In for his fi cents A passenger
described the Incident
I boarded the car with six other pas
sengers Including an Italian at the
suburban end of the road on oue of the
late trips The car had gone a short
distance when the conductor began to
collect the fares The Italian was on
the rear seat and his money was col
lected last Everything went well for
about half a mile when the Italian
Jumped to his feet and waved his
hands at the conductor The conductor
went to the excited ninu and asked him
what the trouble was The Italian
suld
Me wanta my llvn centa back
The conductor told him that he
could not have the mouey The Italian
Insisted
Every boda getta music for a 11 va
centa me no got
The conductor grasped the situation
at once and seeing that he was ac
cused of nickeling started to clear
himself He showed the Italian that
there were seven passengers on the
car and that that number of fares were
registered He also explained why the
Italian did not get any music for his
nickel lie said
While collecting the fares In the
front part of the car I rang up one
fare too much and If I raug up yours I
would be out 5 cents
While this explanation was going on
the man from Italy was still shouting
for his 11 va centa and did not stop
until he got off the car farther 4own
till Jabbering at the conductor Nev
fork Sun
A TRIUMPH OF SURGERY
The Case of a Mnn Who Swallowed
Ilia Saapendera
A case recorded in the Boston Med
ical and Surgical Journal by Dr M
H Itlchardson Is a remarkable exam
ple of the extraordinary feats In swal
lowing foreign bodies sometimes per
formed by men
A man aged 29 years was admitted
to the hospital Ho said that two
weeks previously while ho was In a
despondent Btate he had endeavored to
swallow Ills suspenders and had suc
ceeded in getting down certain por
tions but how much he had swallowed
he could not tell He did not complain
of pain but rather of discomfort un
der the breast while eating The food
at times passed easily Into tho stom
ach At other times It was regurgitat
ed Immediately Nothing could be seen
in the tlirout With a probe some ob
struction was felt
A skiagram showed a suspender
buckle at the middle of the chest and
possibly another higher up As the
chief danger in esophageal Impaction
Is from ulceration Into the great ves
sels especially when the foreign body
has sharp edges and as fatal erosion
usually takes place in two weeks or
less it was concluded that If there
was any erosion it was sulllclently ad
vanced to make oven the most careful
manipulation dangerous The problem
was how to perform extraction with
out producing fatnl hemorrhage
The throat was opened and with a
pair of forceps a string attached to a
brass ring and then half a suspender
with two buckles ami finally a third
buckle were removed A probang was
passed Into the stomach without meet
ing with further obstruction
Tho wouud wns closed with silk
sutures and recovery ensued
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Charles S Francis of Troy N Y
was nominated Tuesday by President
MeKinley to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to
Greece
Sixty American Socialist Democrats
have landed here says a dispatch
from Wellington attracted by the
settlement conditions under Now Zea
lands advanced legislation
The annual report of the commission
to the five civilized tribes says that
with tho improving conditions it is
hoped by a uniformity of political In
stitutions to lay the foundation for an
ultimate common government
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Vor the walrta arc wIM il the Mlltm roll
Ami loir ami truit liatc drilled away
Llkr ho illttaitt Mil iui tlio tiicanl nl the toy
In moment niori twill liatp ilrlltrit from aljht
And tie Million In tlin wmto of nlftlitl
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With your dtlttty ulnaontr Imlng wiyi
And rrtpt Ilk a ilrar dream Into my lirart
t could not hoar to wild thro apatt
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hrrath
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COULDNT FOOL HIM
Thin Sinn ICnciv n Htenmltont When
Hi Hmr Our
The agent of one of tho ocean steam
ship lines says the Chicago Tribune
told tho following story of a St LoiiIh
man who got Into New York the day
after the maiden arrival of a great
liner
After gazing at the vessel from the
pier the St Lotilstin said to the man nt
the gangplank
Putty good sized steambont
Shes a liner ocean liner was tho
lofty reply
Shes party high up aint she
Ocean liners have to be But when
she Is under way she doesnt look no
high
Her chimneys aint very high
though
Yon mean her funnels No they
never make them high for liners
Hinges on em
Never heard of hinges on a funnel
How does she get under tho
bridge
What bridge
Why any bridge Stenmbonts out
our way have hlngen on their chim
neys and when they coino to the
bridges over the river they lower tho
chimneys and she scoots under like
she was greased
The man at the gangplank observed
the St Louis man with lofty Indiffer
ence
She aint got any whoolhouscs on
her sides nor none at her stern re
marked the St Louis man after he hud
made further inspection
Liners have propellers said the
man at the gangplank mid his nose
turned up visibly
Well Ill bet she cant run It takes
two wheels and a bow like an arrow
head and n scant hold to give a steam
boat speed sonny and dont you forget
It If this steamboat was to gel Into
the Mississippi shed go bard aground
first clip
I hnve told you this Is not a steam
boat
Shucks You cant gimme that I
saw a plcter of her in one of our news
papers before I left home and tho
prlntln under It said steamboat Do
you think n St Louis editor dont know
a steamboat when be sees oue Youre
not on to your Job yet
Got a Six Sflllion Contract
Cheyenne Dec 10 The contract for
a stupendous piece of railroad work
was toduy awarded by tho Union Pa
cific to Kllpatrlck Bros Collins of
Lincoln Neb The price to bo paid Is
0000000 and the contract calls for
the building of the proposed Echo can
yon cutoff a piece of road -10 miles
long extending from Evanston Wy
to Snlt Lake City The contractors
nre given four years in which to com
plete theii task
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