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in vain. Looking about saw a Ktum-
kee boy in bathing. By giving him a
half dollar , I got ouo of the coal passers
to tell him what I wanted. Down he
went like a duck , but soon came up de
claring it was not there. The water was
very dark. Giving him a match , I told
him to try again. His little black face
assumed a puzzled half-frightened look ,
then he slowly began to smile ; but grin-
lied all over when I put another fifty
cents into his chubby fist. Putting the
money in his mouth , he tumbled over
the ship's side and disappeared. Fully a
minute passed and I began to wonder if
he was coming up at all , when a black ,
woolly head broke the surface , next
came coffee strainer ; then the boy. He
was prouder than a king. I shall always
love him ; he saved me a world of
trouble.
At Sea Again.
The sun rose next morning over roll
ing hills of green. The vessel was
pitching heavily. Wo were at sea once
more and the days went swiftly by. On
Oct. 19 , one of the boys died from
typhoid fever. It makes a fellow feel
strange , when some one you know dies
on such a voyage , and to watch them
put the poor body into a steel coffin and
solder down the lid , took away my
spirits and made inn down hearted for a
week. The next day , after he died I
saw King , his berth mate , under one of
the forward boats , crying as if his heart
would break. Some of the boys laughed
at him , but they were given such a look
that they went below.
In the morning we sighted a steamer.
She passed us half a mile to windward.
The signals were run up and she proved
to be the Tartar , with General Funston
and his famous 20th Kansas volunteers ,
returning home from the Philippines.
It was getting warmer. The sea like
an endless mirror , glstened in the white
sunlight. I saw a long bamboo pole
floating upon the water. Half an hour
later land appeared. It was a lone
mountain , rising steep from the ocean ,
and upon the highest point floe ted the
stars and stripes. I don't know how
they got there , but I felt very much like
crying. I wanted to go over there and
die , it looked so lonely in that vast wil
derness of water.
At eight bells , midnight , I went on
deck. The vessel was slowing down.
All at once a great flash swept across
the heavens and the sky shone as if it
were on fire. I confess I was somewhat
frightened. I could not understand
this strange phenomenon. Then I heard
one of the sailors remark that it was a
search light from some man-of-war. I
afterwards learned it came from the
Baltimore , thirty miles away.
Manila.
By three o'clock the engines ceased to
throb. Then two , five thousand pound
anchors struck the water with a mighty
splash. On every hand , lights shone
from various battle ships and transports ,
while from Manila they sparkled like a
phosphorescent sea. The day dawned.
As far as the eye could reach , were long
dark lines of forest. They told me the
sand was still wet with American blood.
( TO 1JE CONTINUED. )
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"Both ticket and platform will prove
less pleasing to a country filled with
well-paid labor than they did four years
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"The party will go into the campaign
with but one definite , affirmative issue ,
and that the moth-eaten chestnut of 1G
to 1 , which the country repudiated in
1896. " Memphis.
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