THE OMAITA DAILV JJI3R : SATUHDAY , JANUARY 8 , 1808 , ® | | 1I11UI1IM By Cutcliffe Hyne , iwinniTiiiiiiiiininiiiiiniinniiiiliiMfi ® ( Copyright. 1597 , the t S Mc-Cluro Co ) I. "You've struck t'.ie wrong man , " soli Cit taln Kettle "I'm most kinds of Mb ! but I'm not the sort to go rammlni ? m ] head uRalnst the Trench goveminent fci the mere snort of thething" , "I was told , " said Cavnesle , vvMrlly. "thai feared nothing 01 tlmt jou were n man earth , or I would not have asked you l < call upon me " "You vv.cro told right. " said Kettle. "Bui tlioio that spoke about me should ha\ < oililod lliat I'm not a man who'll take a ticket to land myself In an ugly mew tmlcff fiome one payg my train fare and Rlvcs me something to spend at the other end 1'n : a pallor , filr , by trade or profession , which' e\er jou like to name It , and on a utoani' ' boat when a row has been started I'll nol &av but I've Been It through more that once out of sheer delight lei wrestling will ; nu ugly scrape Yta , nlr. that's the kind of brute I < im at not But what jou pro lusu Is different ; It's out of my line UV KOil-broakIng , no less , with a spell of se\cn vcars In the Jug If I don't succeed ; and nc Itlnd ot credit to wear , or dolhrs to Jingle If I do carry It through as you vvls'd. And may I ask , sir , vby I should interest mjscll In thlo Mr Clare ? I never heard of him till I earro In this room half on hour ngc In ( inivver to jour advertUonunt. " "He Is unjiistlj condemned , " Corncgle re peated , as though ho were quoting from a Irsson "Ho Is eufferlng Imprisonment In tills ticstllmtltl place or Cajcnne for n fault which some one else bis committed , nixl unless he Is rescued no will illo there horribly. I nm appealing to jour humanity , ca.Mln Would jau sec a fellow countrj- 11 < \ vvieiigcil ? " "I Imo rnlj to look In the glawi for l' ' > a' retorted ICettlc "Most people's klcUa c > me to mo when I am anyvvl'eie wltliln Mil And joti'll klndlj obscne , sir , that 1 VP noth K but jour Lore word to go on for Mr C die's Innocence The Piench com IB ami the Krcnch pi * nlc bj jour own anill ting took acry different \Iew of the ma tn Thoj sal.l with clearness tl.'U ho did EC II those plane of fortresses to the Ger- ir us and Knowing t'.ielr vvaj of looking at bii li a matter. It cnlj sun Tlsw me ho wsnt guillotined out of hand" 1 Is mj daughter who-Is sure of his r liltlctsncBK In the trailer. " said Carnegie with a Hush. "And , ' ho added , "I may saj that she Is tliiT cliluf person who wishes for hlh escape " Captain ICcttli- bowed and fingered the tar- nibliul badge on his < ap lie had a ihlv.il- rutid respect for the other sex. 'And It was she who made me mhertiso vaguely for a Bcafarlng man who had got dar ing and the skill to carry out BO delicate o iiiattiv Wo bad 200 answers In four posta , can von credit such a thing' " ' Easllx , " said Kettle "I'm not the only Pi-cr ilovll of a skipper who's out of a Job I5i" 100 IH not enough , and that's the be ginning and the cud of It There's two wajs 0 doing this business , 1 giitos. and one of thorn s fighting and the otliei's briber } Well , elr , a man can't collect much of an arnij for 2 > pun' note * , , and as for brlbcrj , why It's hardlj enough to buj up a dcputj customs Inspector In the ordinary waj of bielncsi , let alone a whole squad of Cajcnne vvnulcrs , with ai blK Idc.t of their own value nnd importance Then there's getting out to Trench Guianu and getting back , ami sltamei faro for the. pair of us would come to moro than n couple of postage stamps. And thin vvl'ire do I come in' You saj I can pocket the balance But I'm hanged If I see where thi balance Is going to I'j queered from No , sir , 100 IB mere foolishness , and the Kindest thing I can do Is to go away without further talk , By James , sir , I can say that If you'd given me this precious scheme as jour own there's a man In this room who would ba\e had a smashed face for his Im pudence ; but , as jou tell mo there's a ladj In the case , I'll nay no more " Captain Kettle stool up , thrust out bis chin aggressholj , and swung on his cap. Then lie took It oft again , and coughed with polite ness , The door opened and the girl they had been speaking about came .Into the room She stepped quickly across and took his hand. "Captain Kettle , " pho said , "I could not lea\o jou alone with my father any longer. 1 Jiiht had to come In and thank jou for mj- Bclf. I knew jou would be the man to help us Jn our trouble. I knew it from jour let- tc.1. " The little sailor coughed again and red dened slightly under the tan. "I'm afraid , iii'ca , " he bald , "I am titeless. Ae I was ex plaining to jour to Mr Catnesle , before you came In , the Job Is a bit outside mj weight. You sec , when I answered that ailvertlbe- incnt 1 thought It wati something with a "PUT ITTHCIU3 , MISS , " , JIB SAID. Btrumboat that was wanted , and for that sort of thing , with any Kind of crow that signs on , I am lltted , and no man bottci , Iut ! thia " "O , do not say It Is bcjond jou ! Other jirUonern lw\o escaped frum the French pcnil Bi'ttlimuitn It i nlyequ'rtK st MM , ( U'lei mined man to arrange matters from the outside , and tie thing Is done. " Kuttlo fldgittud wltu tliu liadgo on his tap "With rennet , miss , " told he , "writ any other iron lould do I would not shj at , but the thing jou'xo got here's Impossible ; and the gentleman will Jubt have to staj wbeio lieU and serve out the time he's earned " "Hut , sir , " the girl broke out passionately , "ho has not earned It. Ho was as a scapegoat - goat to shlelJ others. They were powerful ho was without Interest and all Trance was shrinking for a victim. Mr. Clare was n subordinate In a goM-umumt ollku through which these plans of fortresses had passed. Ho wan by birth 1'alf on Englishman , ami so U was casj to raise suspicion against him They drew off attention from Iho real thlovoa ; they shammed him horribly , and then they sent him off to those awful Isles la * Salut for life. Yes. for life , till age or the illbcaECb of the place should free him by death. Can jou think of anj thing moro frightful ? " "Mr. Clare 1s fortunate In having such a friend. " "A friend ! " she repeated "Has not my father tolJ jou ? I am his promised wife. Kancy the Irony of It , We were to ha\o decii married the very day ha was con- domnul. It was my money anil my fatln-r'u which defended him at the trial , and It nearly beggared us And now I will spend the last penny I can touch to get him free again " Captain Kettle coughed once more. "U vvns upon a question of money that Mr. Carnegie and I split , mUs , 1 bald -to him a hundred pounds would not work It. and thi-ru's the naked truth , " "Hut It must , " she cried , "It must ! You think us mean , niggardly. Uut It Is not Ural ; vvo cau raise no moro.'o are at the tnd of our funds Look Around at this room. Does this look like riches ? " It did not They were In a grimy New castle lodging , au trolAlcinc , and at one side of the room the ( link of i bedstead showed Itself In outline against a curtain The paper was torn , and the- carpet was absent , an < i from the shaft of the stairway came that mingled scent of clothes ami fried onion which Is native to thin tjpe of dwelling. Carnegie hlmpelf whs a faded man of 50. Ills daughter carried the recent traces of beauty , hut anxiety had lined hir face , and the pinch ot ics nnguetao had frajed her gown All went to advertise the truth of what the girl had been saying , and Kettle's heart warmed towards her. Ho knew right well the nip of poverty himself. Uut still he did not sec bis way to perform Impossibili ties , and he lifted up his voice and said GO with glum frankness "I am not remembering for a minute , miss , " he explnlnod , "that I am a fellow with a wife and children dependent on my earnings ; I am looking at the matter as though I might be Mr. Clare's relative ; and I have got nothing new to tell jou. A hundred pounds will not do It , and that Is the cnO of the matter. " The girl wrung her hands and looked pltl- fullj across at her father. "Well , " said Carnigle with a heavy elgh , "I will Rcrapo up a hundred and twenty , though that will force us to go hungry. Anil tint Is final , captiln If my own neck de pended upon It , I could not lay hands on " more Captain Owen Kettle's face wore a look of pain He vvns a man of chhalrous Instincts ; It Irked him to dlsdbtlgc a * woman ; but the means thoj ottered him were so terribly In- fcudlcknt He did not repeat his icfusal aloud , but his face spoke with eloquent sjm- palhy. The girl sank Into one of the slnbby chairs despairingly "If jou fall me , sir , " she bald , "then I imve no hope " Kettlu turned awaj. htlll fingering the tar- nlsheil badge an his cap , and stared drcarilj through the grlmlj window panes. A silence Illled the room Carnegie bioke It. "Other men answered the advertisement , " ho suggested "I Know thcj did , " his daughter said , and I read their letteis ; and 1 read Captain Kettle's ; and if there Is one man who could help us out of all the o that anbwered , he Is hero now In this room.My heart went out to him at OMCO when I saw his application I had never heard of him before , but when I lead the few pages he sent. It tame to me that 1 knew him Intimately from then on wards , and that he and no other In all the world could do the service which we want SI' , " she said , addressing the little sailor directly , "I learned from that letter that 3011 made poctrj , and I felt that the romance of this mallei would carrj jou on where anj other man with merely commercial Instincts would fail , " "Then jou like poetiy , miss ? " "I wilte It , " she said , "for tne maga/liies , and sometimes It gets Into print. " "Would jou mind sinking hands with me' " aiked Captain Kettle. "I want to do so" she answcied , "If jou will lut that mean the signing of our con tract " Captain Krttlo held out his list. "Put 1 theie , miss , " said he " 'The ' Trench govern ment Is j lumping big concern but I've bucked against a government before and como out top side , and bv James I 11 do U ngalu. You stiy at home , mlsa , and write poetry and g t the magazines to print It In htead of there rotte i adventure jurns they're to fond of , and you'll bo doing Greit IJiit aln a huge service What the people In this , countrj need is nice rural poetry to tell them what sunsets are like and how com grows , and all that , and not cut-threat stories th"j- might till out for themselves from the murn Ing newspapers If they only knew the men &nd the ground "If I can only Know when you're at home hero , nil's , doing that , I can set about this other matter with a cheerful heart I don't think the money will bo of much good ; but jou may trust me to get out to Tieiich Guiana somehow , even If I have to worK mj waj there before the mast ; and I'll collar hold of Mr. Glare for you and deliver him on boird a British ship In the best repilr which circumstances will permit. You must not expect me to do Impossibllltle miss , but I'm working now for a lady who ' writes poetrj for the moga7lnes , and'jou'li see me go that near to them jou'll probablj bo abtonlsbed. " II. Turn now to anothot scene. There Is a certain tin tie-backed Isle In the Caribbean sea sufficiently small and naked to be nimc le s on the charts The admiralty hjdro- grapheis maik It merelj by a tiny black dot the American chart-maker has gone furthei and branded It as "shoil. " which seems tr hint ( and quite Incorrectly ) that there Is water over It as least during spring tides The islet , which Is egg shaped , measures some ISO jards across Its longer diameter and although no green seas lun roll across Us , face It Is sufficiently low In the water for the spindrift to whip every Inch of Its surface during even the wildest of gales On these occasions the wind lifts great layers of nnd from oft the roof of the Isle ; but oven the bea spews up moie sand against the beaches ; and so tlio bulk of the lso ! lemalns a constant quantity , although the material whereof It is built is no two months the s a mo. As a residence the place Is s'ngularly un- dcalrablo and It Is orobable that until Cuptaln Owen Kettle scraped for himself a shelter- tienh In the middle of the turtle back of rand the Isle had been left seveiely alone bj man throughout all the centuries Still human brt-ith w.is hourly drawn in the Immediate neU'.iborhood and wlua the airs blew toward the Isle or the breezes laj stignant iliarp human cries fell dimly on Kettle's ear to tell him that men near at hand were alive and awakn and plying thel- appointed occupations The larger wooded l ! e whlc.li lay a long rifle shot away , war Dart of the French penal settlement of Cajenne. and the cries were the higher notcv of Its tragic opera. Uut they affected Cti nln Keltic net at all He was ficro on busi- niss : ho had been at much naln.i to arrive fit his present situation and had eirne 1 a liiillet scar across the temple during th inoce , and as some time was to ehpso before - fore his next move became duo he was filling up the Intervening hours by the absorbed pursuit ol1 literature. He sqi-atted on the llooof his sandpit , with his teeth set In the butt of a cold cigar , and rapped out the lines ot sonnets and transfeired them to a s'.ieet of Eca-s'alncd KPtr Ho used the stubby bullet of a revolver cartridge from lack of moro refined ypncll and his muse worked with lusty pace as , Indeed , It was always went to do when the world went moio than usually awry with him. To even catalogue the little scamn's ad ventures slnco his parting with Miss Carnegie In tlat Tynesldo lldglng would bo to write a lengthy book and they arc omlttel hero in tote beciuso to detail them would of eieces- slty compromise worthy men. both Trench and HnglUb , who do not whh their trsfllc with Kt-ttle to bo publicly advertised Sulllco It to saj % tlicei , that llo made his v.ay out to Trench Qulcna by ways best known to him self , pervaded Cajunne under an alias which the Ic > al gendarmerie laid txm , exchanged p'ntol shots with those In authority.to ovoid arrest ewd In fact put the entire penal c lcnj , fiom the governor down to the meanest con vict Jnto p.fever pf unrest entirely on lib espeo'al belalf. Ho was put to making tcnpoiary iieadquartern In a mangrove swamp , and , conryletlng his preparations from there , and twwy the-leasrof It , matters went hardly with him. Hut at last ho got his p-ollinlrarlea fettled cod left his bivouac among the nuddcn'dg mosqultois anil the all no and the finakv tree roots and took to the peas again In lupull boat which he an owners nexed by force of arms . ( rom , Us four original cold-minded ptrton might ray that the taking cf that beat was an act of glaring ri"cj ! ; but Ket le , told hlnitelf that so far as the Frenoh of Gienne ) were concerned bo waj u "recognUed belllgfrant , " end so all the mtiieuvcrs of war were candidly open to him , Ho hid no moro quilms In captuilng lut lugcall brat from a superior force than Nclitti once 'Jad ubsut taking largo shlpi fiom Trench In tie bay of Abouklr. Ho had ' depot of tinned meats cached by cno of hla agents up a nangrove creek , aud under cover of night ho tailed up and got these on board , and built them In tightly under t.io thwart ; ot ills boat no that tboj- would not ehlft la I the seaway. And finally , OK-ICI ! clotkcd by friendly darkness , he ran onto the bouch of the turtle-backed Islet , bid hla beat In a gullcy of the rand , scooped out a personal residence vvhero So would be visible only to I Clod and the eea fowl , end sat himself down 1 to wall for an appointed hour Ily day the sun grilled him , by night the ! sea mists dremhod him 'to Mie skin , and at tlmeo gales lifted the ourfaca from the | Caribbean cod Hint It whls ling across the ' roof of 1ho Isle Id volleja ot stinging spendrltt. Moreover , he was constantly pestered by thai local ailment , chills and fever , partly < is a result of two or three trifling wounds bestowed bj the gendarmlc , and partly as payment for residence In "the " miasmatic mangrove swamps. So that , c'.i the wnole , life was net very tolerable to him , and he might have been pardoned hid ho ctirrcd Miss Carnegie for sending nlin on so troublesome an errand. But Jie did not do this Ho remembered that she was oc- cupjlng herself at home In Newcastle with' the creallco cf poetry for the British maga zines according 10 their agreement , > ind ho | forgot his d'dcomforts ' In the glow of a , Maecenas. It was tic first time ho had been a bona fide patron of letters , and the pleas ure of It Intoxicated him. A fortnight passed bj4 ho had given Clare a fortnight In the message he smuggled Into the convict station ton him , to make certain preparations and at 'the end of that space of , tlmo Captain Kettle rolled his MSS Inblde OAI oilskin cover and addicsscd It to Mlts Carj j ncgle In case of accident ? Ho put beckets j on t.io top of bis cap , slipped his revolver. Into these , and put Iho cap on his bead ; ! . .nil then , stripping to the buff , he left his form and got up onto the sand , and walked I down I'B milk-warm surface to the water's edge. | The ripples rang like a million of the , tiniest bells upon the fine shingle , and the stars In the velvet night above were re fleeted In the water. It was far too still al night for his purpose , far too dangerously | clear Ho would have preferred rain , or even half a gile of wind. Hut he hull fixed his appointment , and was not the man to lot any detail of added danger maKe him break a trjst. So he wided down Into the loiiDly sea and struck out at n steadj breast stroke for the ! > lc do Silut , which t loomed In low black outline acrora the waters before him , A moro hazardous business than this pnrt of the man's expedition It would bo hard ' to conceive There vvuro no prisoners In. [ the world moro Jealously ginrded th'in tho-o ' In the pMtllentlal Isle abend of him. They' ' were forgets , murderers , or , what the Trench hate still more , traitors and foreign bplcs : and once tbev steppe 1 csho-o upon the beach thcj were there for alvvajs They * i ovtr-cstlnMte of < h p rcentsR" of bul.cts whKh goes ft.itrajv At any rste the thrill of brisk fighting wax n pleasure he well knew , and he hover welt -far out of b's waj to avoid It. But , as It vvftn , he sped along his path urnotlce-l. The blunders of clunce threatened him through the shadows ami the chain of sentries o that no living soul picked up the al-irm. till at last he pulled up panting at the edge of the open space which hedged In the grim convict barrack Itself And now began a hateful tedium of wait ing. The day he had fixed with Clire was the right one ; the hour of the rendezvous \MIS vague. He bad paid "as noir midnight as majbe , " In his mes-MRo ; but he was omy able to guess at the time- himself , nnJ he expected that Clare vvao In a similar plight. Anyway the man was not there , and Kettle gnawed his fingers with Impatience as ho awaited him The night under Ihowinking stars was full of noise. In the forest trees the Jarflles and the tree crickets , and the katjdlls , kept up their maddening chorus The drumming mosquitoes scented the naked man from afar , and put every Inch of his body to the torment , The moist , damp heat of the place made htm pant to get his breath. The prison Itself was full of the uneasy rustling of men sleeping In discomfort , and at regular Intervals some crazy wretch within the walls cried out "Dlcu , Dlou , Dlcil , " as though he were n human cuckoo clock condcmmol to chime after state * lapses of minutes An hour passed and still the uneasy night dczcd on without notice that a prisoner was trjlng to escape. Another hour went by and Captain Kettle began to contemplate the possibilities of attacking the grim build ing with his own Itching fingers , and drag ging Clare forth in the teeth of whatever opposition might befall. "Uleti , dieu , dlcu , " rang out the tormented man within the walls , and then from round the fuither anglo of the place a figure came running , who stared wildly about him as though in search of some one. Kettle stepped out from his nook of con- ceilment , .1 clear , pale mark In the starlight The i miner swerved , stopped and licsltate.1. Kettle beckoned htm and the man threw away his doubt and raced up. The little sailor thrust out n moist hand. "You'll bo Mr. Clare , sir , I presume ? " "Yes. " "Tin pleased to have the honor of meetIng - Ing jou. Tin Captain Kettle , that was asked as a favor by iMIss Carnegie " "Let us get away , quick Tncjvvlll be after mo directly , and If they catch me I shall bo hot. Mr. Kettle , quick , where Is jour boat ? " But the llttlo naked man did not budge " 1 am accustomed , sir , " he said sillily , "to hav Ing my title " "DO YOU DAIin T O THREATEN MB ? " wore all llfe-cejitencc men. Until ferocious labor , or the letterings of the climate snntl them to rest below the soil , tbev were doomed to pain with every breath they drew. Desperate gaoling like tills makes des- pe ate men , and did any of the prlsoneis oven the most cow anil v of them see the glimmer of a chance to cccano ho would leap to take It , even though he knew that i certain hailstorm of lead would pelt along his trail. And as a consequence , the rim. of the Isle bristled with armed warders , all ot them marksmen , who ahot at anything that moved , and who had as llttlo com punction In dropping a prisoner as ai other cportuman would have In knocking over a partridge. To add to Captain Kettle's tally of dan gers , the phosphorescence that night was peculljily vivid ; the sea glowed vvhero ho breasted it ; h's ' wake was lit with streams of silver fire ; h'i ' whole body stool out Hko a smouldering ot llamo on a cloth of blick velvet Ills presence moved upon the facei of the waters as un open advertisement He was an Illuminated target foevoy rllo tint chose to sight him , and fir worse , he was a flory ball bright enough to draw evcrj < rhark in the Cirlbbean And sharks swam there. His limbs crept as ho swam wltH' them. To move fast was to Increase the phospho-- ? scence , to move slow was to linger In that liorrlbla suspense and I think It Is one ai the highest testimonials to Kettle's Indomit able coirago when I can sav that not once during that ghastly vojage did ho cither : iuiry or scurry or siilai h Ho was a prey : o the inert abamlnab e dread : he expended ono and one-half liouriv' swim , and It seemed to him a space of jears ; and when \v \ > grounded on the beach of the Isle do Salut he was almost fainting from the strain of his emotions , and for a while lay on the sand , sobbing Hko an hjatortcal cchoolglrl. Hut a sound revived him and sent full en- crgj Into his limbs again without a prelude Trom the distance thcro came to him thr no'se ofhod feet crunching with regulation road along the shingle. Ho was Ijlng In the track of a scntrj's beat. Bj Instinct his hand dragged the revolver from its beckets on his cap , and then ha rrwe to his feet and darted away like some a'lm ' ; ) | j'.K' ghcat acrcas the beach Into the shelter if the thickets Ho lay thcro holding hl/i li'cath , and watched-thu suatry pice up on its patrol It was evident that the man had not seen him ; the fellow rvclther glanced to- wsrd the cover nor seartl'cd tbe beach for 'octtracKti ; and jit ho carried "his rifle In the c'ook of his arm ready for a snapshot , and llckered his cyca to thla sldo and to that like a man habitually trained to sudden alarm- and a quick trigger finger. His every move ment Viaa eloquent of the care with which : he Islo' do Salut vvaa warded Keltic waited till the man had gone oft Into the dark again and the eoundless dls tance , and then atepped out from b'a ambuai , and ran at speed laong the dim starlit beact The sandpits sprang backward from his II ) ing toes , and the birds In thn forestj rlr. noved uneasily as ho pasaed The little man was Erabrcd first and lust , and bo had tie knowledge of woodcraft ; a silent ttalk wco a light far beyond him , and he raceJ along his way , revolver In hand , confident that ho could thcot any Intruding sentry bcforp a rifle could be brought to bear , Of course the dUcbarge of weapons would bi\e waked the Ule , and brought the vvholo vvaup'a nest about hla cars. But this was a stute of thlngu he could have faced out brazenly. Throughout all his1 stormy life he liad never jet shirked A melee aud perhaps Immunity from , sirlous harm had glveu him "I don't understand. O , afterward. Cut let us getaway no.v at onco. " "Captain Kettle , sir " "Captain Kettle , certalnlj- . But this wait ing may cost us our lives " "I am not anxious to take root hero , sir , but as for the boat , j'ou'vc a good swim jaread of you bc'oro jou reach that" And ho told of the way he bad como. "Thoic was no other plan for It , Mr Claro. It would have bien sheer foolishness to have brought my boat to this Island with all thisc busy people with guns prowling about. I bad Jubt got to leave her at mj headquarters , and jou must make up jour mind to swim and risk the shaiks If you wish to Join hir. " "I am open to risking anj thing , " said Clare. "It's neck or nothing with me after what I did five minutes back In that boll over jonder. Ono of the warders " he broke off an-1 dragged a hand across his ejes "Look here , captain , we are bound to bo seen If wo go back round by the beach Come with mo and Til show jou a track through the woods " Ho stalled off Into the cover without waiting for a reply , and Krttlo with a frown turned and follo.vcd at his heels. Captain Kettle preferred to do the ordering hinuolf , and this joung n.an seemed apt to assert command However , the moment was one for huiij' . The night was beginning to thin So he got up speed again , and the trees an' the undergrowth closed behind him. "Dleu , dlcu , dleu , " cried out the tormented prisoner within the wall as a parting bendle- tlon. III. Some men like the historical Dr. Poll have the knack , unknown to themselves , of Inspiring dislike In othrrx , and Clare had this effect upon Captain Kettle The little sailor's dislike was born at the first moment him"I meeting ; It grew as bo ran through the forest of the Isle do Salut ; and even when Clare fell uptn a sentry and beat the SI'.TBO out of him as neatly as ho could have done It himself. Kittle failed to admire or sjmpathlze with him On Iho return swim to the turtle-backed Island ho camu very near to wishing that a shark would get the man , although such a calamity would have meant his ovn almost certain destruction , and , when they lay together , packed like a pair : of sardines In the shelter pit. under the Intolerable sunshine of the succeeding day. It was with difficulty he could keep his hands off this fellow whom ho had gone through so much to bclp Claio put In what of talking was dona ; the sailor preserved a sour glum silence , ho felt that If he gave hs ) vinegary tongue the freojom U wished for , nothing could prevent a collision. Ho argued cut with himself the causa for this dlsllko during the succeeding night. They bad got the boat In the water , bad meat-headed the lug , and wore running northwest before a snor- tl t' breive toward the British West Indian stands Ho himself , with malnb'.icct In cue hand and tlllt ? In the other , was In solitary comnand , Clare was ocui led In balling back tin * jscas to their oppalnted p'ace. Tor a long tlmo the utmost ho could dis cover against the man VYJUJthat on o--a- slona he "vas too bos/jy" and with bitter &atlro he ridiculed himself for 'a childish wcskcuss. llu : tlici ) anotner thouf'jt drifted Into hla mind and be picked It up and weighed It , and balincrd It , and valued It , till , under the fostwlng iflre , It grew , and the llttlo Bailer felt with a glow and a tight ening of the lips that he lad now Indeed a real and legitimate cause for hate. What mcntUa had this fellow Clare irado ot Mlu Carnegie ? Practically none. Ho ( Keltic ) bad stated by whom Uo was neat to 'tho rescue and Clare hid receive 1 the npna with a coaunl " 0" on ! a jawn , Ho had offered further Information ( when the first scurrjof the escape was over ) ut > on Miss Carnegie's movements and her condition as llnst viewed In Newcastle , and Clare had pleaded tiredness and suggested another hour for the recital , Was thla the provcr attitude for a lover ? U WAS not. Was thla meet behavior for the future husband ot such a woman as Miss Carnegie , who was not only herself , but who also wrote poetry for the magazlnct7 Ten thousand times over , It was i not. | Ho sheeted home the lug a couple of Inchea In response to a shift of the brecrc and opened bin lips In speech. "Miss Carnegie , sir , " he begin , J'ls a ladj 1 esteem \erj highly. " "She Is n nice girl , " assented the man with Hie bailer "She Is willing to beggar herself to do jou service , sir. " "Yes , I know she Is v y fond of me " "And t should like to know It jou arc equally fond of her ? " "Steady , captain , steady. I don't qtilto see what jou have got to do with It" Ho paused nnd lookel at the sailor curlouslj' . "Look here , I saj' , you seem to talk a deuce of a deal about Miss Carnegie. Arc jou sweet on her joursclf ? " Captain Kettle glared , and It Is probable that If such an action would not have swamped the boat , ho would have dropped the tiller and left the marks of his dlsplcas- uro upon Clare's person without further bar- tci of words But as It was , he deigned to apeak "You dog. ' he said , "If you make a suggestion like that again Til kill jou Yon'vo no right to say such a thing. I Just honor Miss Cirncglo as though she were the queen , or even moro , because she writes verso for the magazines , and the queen only writes diaries. And , besides , there could bo nothing more between us ; I'm a married man , sir , with n family. "But about this other matter ; It seems tome mo I'm the party that kind of holds your fate Just at present , joung man. If 1 sbovo this tiller across , the bcat'll broach-to and swamp , and whatever happens to me and I don't vastlj care It's n sure thing jou will go to the place where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth llow'd jou like that ? " "Not a bit. I want to live. Tvo gene thiough the worst time n human man can cr-duro on that ghastly Island astern there , nnd I'm duo for a gicat lot of the sv eets of llfo to maKe up for It. And If It Interests jou to Know It , captain 1 do owe jou something personalj' ! , I suppose , nnd jou have some light to be In my confidence If It Interests jcu to hoar such a thing , I maj tell jou I flhall probibly nnrry Miss Carnegie as soon PB I get back to her. " "Then jou do love her ? " " 1 don't quite Know what love Is. But I like her well enough , If that will do for jou. Hadn't wo better take down n reef In the lug ? I can hardly keep the water under " "By James , jou leave mo * i > sail this boat , " said Kettle , "and alien , to join blcsbpd balling , or I'll knock jou out of her " The conversation languished for some hours after this , and Kettle with every nerve on the stiain humored the boat as she raced before the heavy following seas , vvhl'st the ex-convict scooped bacK the water which eternally slopped In green streams over her gunwale. It was Clare who set up the talk again. "Did she know anj thing about those plans of the Trench fortress ? " "Mi's Carneglo had tf.e most definite Ideas on the subject. " "I iiippososhe'd found out by that time that I really did get hold of them out of the cfUro mjsclt , aud sell them to the Ger mans ? " Tor one of the few times In bis llfo Cap- 'aln Kettle lied "Sho knew the whole jam fiom start to finish " "Well. I was a fool to muddle It With any decent IticU 1 ought to have brought off the coup without anj body being the wiser I could have laid quiet a vear or two till the fuss blew over , and then been able to marrj' whom I pleased , or not miirj' at all El' well skipper , that bubble's cracked , and I suppose the best thing j can do now Is to marrj old Carnegie's girl after oil " "I don't see vhy jou should , " "Man must look aftei himself , " captain. I-comoback to the world stone broke , and I don't want to lack biscuits" "Hut/-saltl Kettle , "I don't see vvhero jou will got them from. "The Carncgles are not ilch. " , 'iOld. man Carccglo will exude sovereigns when I start to squeeze him. You wait and see. " | - - "Then jou've quite nnde up jour mind to marrv this woman ? " "Quite. " „ "That's what jou sav , " retorted Kettle. "Now , you bear meMiss Carnegie thinks vo u are In love with her nnJ jou aie not II at by maiij- long fathom , so thcro goes tern first. In the second place , die thought jou weio sent to Cajenne unjustly , who eas bv your own showing vou'ro a cll'ty thief and deseivcd all jou got. And , thirdly , I lon't approve of squeezing fathcrs-ln-law as an Industry for young men newly out o'J jail. " "You truculent llttlo ruffian , do jou dare to threaten mo ? " "I'd threaten the emperor ot Germany If I was clo = o to him , and didn't like what ho was doing. Fere , jou' Don't jou lift that bailer at mo , or Til slip some lead through jour mangy bide befo-e yon can , wink. Now jtm'li just understand , for the ics of this cruise , till wo maKe our port , jou stay forward , and I'm cii the quarter deck. If jou move aft Tl shoot jou doadj and thank jou for giving mo the chance. But If you get ashore all ln one piece , I'll i-pIKo jour guns In another waj- . " "How' " asked the man , sullenly. "You'll find out when jou get there" said Kotc'lc , grimlj"And now don't jou speak to meagain. . You aren't wholesome Get on with jour balling D'j-o hear me , there ? Get on with tl.it balling I don't want my t'at to be swamped through jour cursed Now to which port It was of the British West India Islands that the lugsall boat and Its occupants arrived I never quite made out , and Indeed the method In which Captain Kettle "spiked" Mr Clare's "guns" was hidden from mo until qulto recently , A v.eek ago , however , A litter ot his drifted I - > to my hands , and as It scams to explain all that Is noccRsarjI give it hero exactly as It loft his pen. West India Islands. "To Miss Carneglo , Jcsmond ut. , Newcastle England' "Hoi ored Madam Am please to report lave carried out p-ut of jr csteemeJ com mands Wont to Cajenno as per Instructions and took Mr Clare away from Trenib gov ernment , they not consenting Landed him In gcod condition at this place Having learnt that ho did bteal those plans , and more over ho Bajlng ho did not cnro for jou Uio waj ho ought , have toKcn liberty to guard lest ho srould trouble jou In future To do this found o3 ! colored wasborwcman hero ( vlilov. ) who was proud to have vvhlto husband Him objecting , I swore to toll Punch consul If ho did not marrj and get him sent , back to Cajenne So ho married She weighs " 50 ll/s I enclose copj of their marriage lines eo von can sco all Is "correct. " "Trust jou will excuse liberty. Ho has made ono escape , jou have made another "Tho weather Is very i-ultry here , but thej say there Is line scenery up-countrj "Shall got English magazine some day , when things blow over n bit nnd I can come that way again , to look fur ytntr toitrj" . "Hoping this finds jou In good health as It leaves mo at present Yrs obedient , " 0. KinTLO ( Master ) " CONTHUTJi I'tlll HHiatiP SI I'l'l.ini. I'orltntirt ltitliit > Vim Sroitrc Most of 'llM-lll. VANCOXJVnil , Wash. . 'Jan. 7 All the awards made thus far by Captain Bralnard , In charge of the government Yukon relief expedition , for supplies and provisions to bo delivered by the successful bidder at the Ljnn canal Alaska , 1m o been secured by Tortland merchants A Seattle company was awarded the contract to furnish sleds and woolen stockings to equip flftj men from companj H , Tourtecnth Infantry , who arc to go In advance of the icllef expedition. J. A McHae of thla city Ins received a letter from his brother , Atthur Mcllac , at D.twson Cltv , In which ho states tint ho refused $1,500 for 200 pounds of supplies. I Flour will probably bo scarce before spring , but ficsh meat Is plentiful at $ t per pound i Ho icports that claims worth working arc ' selling for $5,000 for twuiitj square fuel. In 0110 day three men shovqlcd Into sluice boxes of a claim on Donanra creek $ .20,000. I'OHTLAND , Ore. , Jan. 7. The United Stalls government has made a contract with I the Snow and Ice Transportation company of Chicago to transiKirt 150 tons of supplies ' from Talya to Daw son City by means of ste-im locomotive , snow sleds , such as arc In use In the woods of Mlchlgin. Cjrus , Robinson , consulting engineer of the com panv , Is In this city for the purpose of sec- Ing to having the box cars and sledges made here. iti nma MIi , MIMM ; sioriv. House Pull of 1'iMipli- lun Until V.VIIN Miulf. CHICAGO , Jan. 7 Burglars entered the residence of W. W. Jacobs at 12 Waverly place- last even tig and canled awaj mining stoik valued a about $20,000 , bcsldcu a col lection of wre coins , musical Initruments , rare books sllverwaio nnd clothing The burglarj- took place while , iete were bt-vcn or eight persons In the house , a pirtj ot thtco being In the adjoining room. Iho m'ulng stock represents companies In the Mereur , Tantlc and American Kork districts lu I' ah and Gllpln coun'y districts 'n Coloiado , moi'tlj ' gold stock. All of the mining htock Is negotiable Mr Jacobs Is seciotury cf t o Utah State Bureau of 1'romotlou nud Pub- lliity. run WISTIHvirnits. . Survivors of I , at * VAnr Ili-iiu'iiilici ci IM Hit' < i 'iifiiil < ! o iTiiiumt. WASHINGTON , Jan -Sopclul ( ) Pen thloiiH huye been Hsuid as follow ! ls ue of December IS , 1S97 NebnisKii' Original Lewis llolprtson Keainiy , $ f Additional Hem v .1 Lovvi HMiig Cltj , $ ' 5 to $10 HisloiitlJii relssu and liu'icise llenij W App't R nth , di teas d , Orlando , $12 to ? 1" Incrcime Mor rls C Stull , Oeeolu , Jfi to $12 ; Huiij C Uuvvelllngi'stprn , $ G to $10 OtlMni widow , etc Mlnois of H ° niy W Apple garth , Orlando $10 Iowa OilKlmil Solomon A. Terrell Love Inml. ? G : William 13 Muvln , Ovford , $ s In cii'.ise 1 liomas M. Wllcoxson , As > iicj , $1 to $ ! 0 , Sinker Wjntt , Deibj , $ . ' 1 to $ Helssue and Incicise iWllll.ini II. Hoten kiss , Jamestown $ R to $ S Original widows Dtp Mnrj L Hoilgbton , Oskiil&osn , $ * > South Uakoti : Oilf-inal Heniy 13. Aim tin , Hildgvwalci , ? G. Noitli Dikoti , Original Loreiuo D Hobirts , At thin , ? 8. TltioUli'ii'n Arutt'ii ? iilx - , The beat salve In the world for Cuts Bruises , Soies , Ulters , Salt Rheum. Feve Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Chilblains Corns and all Skin Eruptions , and positive ) cures Piles ir no pay required It Is suai antecd to K'VO perfect satisfaction or monej refunded Price 25 cents \icr boTor ealo by Kuhn & Co Mi ! | > 1,0111 ; O SAN FRANCISCO , Jnn 7. Th'ic li mud speculation nmongr local shipping men as to the fate of the stemnshlp Pelican , now out eight j--Ilvo dujs from Port Townsend foi TaKu , Jiipnn , Nothing1 has been he ml of It since It passed tniough the sti ills out- vvaid bound. Slipping msn generally ate of the opinion that the Mssel lias broken a propelki shaft and that It Is to be piiked up bj' some othei steamei and towed to "Dine otli ° rport. The btcamer can led fortj- flve olllcers and men und when It s illeil from Pott Townsend was piovlsioned for n fortj'-cluv vojiige. I3ven assuming that the pitw were put upon onc-thlid rations from tha day of the mlsbap , still the available btipplj of provl = olns would have bien ex hausted bj- New Year's daj Prosperity comes quickest to the man whoso liver Is in good condition. DoWltt's Llttlo Parly Risers are famous llttlo pills for constipation , biliousness , Indigestion and all stomach and liver troubles. I > II > K IViiultj for 11 n ill IT. GRRI3NTII3LD , Mnss , , Jn.n. -John O'Neill , jr. , was hanged In the Tranlilin county j ill todaj- for the minder of JIis Hattle E. MiCloud In Bucklund , January S of la.st jear O'Nell tirotestid bis in nocence to the last. Mis. McCIoud was found dead on the lilRhvvaj' upon vvblcli Eh * liiul been walking fiom the village to I bei father's bouse , where she teslded. There were Indications that she had been . stranRl"d to death. O'Neill was nrrestid 1 foi the crime. He hud In bis pooki ( H some of the monej' corresponding in amount to I the sum Mrs McCloml was known to ln\e bad when ' -lie was killed and this proved u I strong link In the ohaln of circumstantial evidence that led to O'NcIU's conviction by the Jury. Vour > IT\CH. Ai'heuscr-Uusch's Malt-Nutrlne will quickly calm them and glvo jou new health acid strength To be .vad at all druggists. CIllNH VVorkt'lN Will > lt Itl'MIIIIK1. 1'ITTSHima , Jan. 7. Instead of a gen eral resumption of work at the window glass factories of tbe eonntrj' tomorrow i there tnnj be a general lockout on account of the difficulty ut tbe Phillips Glass com panj 'H fuitoij on tlu .South Side President Hums IH obdurate and ho will obey the Instructions of the board anil Insist upon the reinstatement of Oatlun'r Almlnl If It results In wiping the Window fiu"H ! Worker - er ' association off the fine of thu oiirtb. Tnn statement wan made ut noon , but uftir that tlmo spverul meinbcrB of the Amoilcun ( Jlahs company refused to make n positive stall ment , prietlcullj admitting Unit It bad been decided to stand by tbe I'hllllpH ' company and ipike no glass until the trouble Is settled. J. A. Perkins of Antiquity. O. , vvaa for thirty jears oecdlcbsly tortured Dy phye- ! clans foi Iho euro of erzema He was quickly cured by using DoWltt's Witch Ha/el alvu , 1J10 famous boiling t > ulvo for piles and skin diseases Oll > onril to SI , I.oulK Vli DIjNVnit , Jan. 7. The Htuto i > x ciltlv , committed of the populist pirty of Colorado rado at a special meeting adopted u leHOlu tl"n to the effect that after advising with the Inidln ? populists of thin state they uro of the opinion that a rail foi u meeting of the no-called reor anl < ! itlon committed to meet In St I.ouln , January 12 , ISUS , and the objects thereof , are Illegal and ubso- lutolj unnecumirj , und they icfUHt to icc- ognUe the HO-C. ilh.il reoiganl/atlon com mit ! c The ii'tn'.utloii declares the Inten tion of the cxcc-utlvu committed to urn i-viry < ffort to retuln thr party Intact IH un in dependent organization , Absolutely the best preparation of Us kind Unapproachable for purity und fine flavor. It never bpoils nor wastes. Genuine bears signature of Justus von Liebig : Bend iddrnf for frcfl Cook Hook to Lleblg Co . I',0. Box 2718 , Nov York ( CPDENLT kM ricl th th > ion rtqilr * tni Uk otto-euro IlliihtOrlg * ln l Oo t nu Rtmtij ( cioBer r fnn4 If u f l i tocirti BACO CURD totlflfl Writ * f you tt rnrfi too. when to itop bj rt * th dfllr tr tl botfi , I tt lorei boif > thuiji- Ifn < rt froa cart ) $1 eo. Ttry tr > c > of Icolln. Currkn Chemical nnd Manulao turlnE Co. , La Crcxte. U U. Moritrrnlt VlutliiTNtlt Mrs. VVInlnv\'ii Scothlnc Hjrup tins t > cen used for ovtr to Sf" bj million" ! of mothers for tliclr children \\M\c \ Uolliliik' Mltlt perfict cue * cct" It foothi's Die child , toricn * the minis , alln nil mln cures ulnd colic , nnd I * thv lirst remedy for Plnrrhopn "old b > dnipKl l i in tverj pnrt of the vv rl 1 llo > uro ami n k fir "Mrs VVIn < lo ' Er-ottilng hjiup" nnJ tnke no other kind S3 cent * n hot I IP rou IM'IIC\U. > i\rnu\vt , i sis. ci HIS VM punt ivi : Colilv CniiuliM , Son'I lit out , Itillui-nr.il , III iiiu-liKN , I'mn-iiiiiiilit , SMI-IIIIIK of tin * . 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SYPHILIS Cured for life nnd tlio polnon thorouuhly oloimei rom the Hy atom. . , , . , , , , , M/in- Spirmntorrhin Bomliml Woaknenii , Lost / - teed , Nlphl UiilHSlaiiB Dicuycd F/iotiltlni I'o- mule Witness , und all dellcntu dliiordcra nec\i- Jlar to cllhcr Hex , iioHllltcly curwl I'lrKS FISTULA nnrt UKCTAt , UI.CI3HS , IIVDHOCIUJI AND VAHICO'Jin.i : p criuaninlly und iicco sfully cured , Method nuw an d unfttllnr by uiivr method without p iln cr cuttlnr. C ll o > or addrcHs wltli at nu P SIP s. must. . m. mm . HUB. rlilrbrtlcr' * I'nklUli Dlamuuil llrnnd. tNNYROVAL PILLS Orlclnul nnd Onljr Ornuln Pnililil r , r f'Htkitlir'i ftualiiH'Ta" , iJtlrait I la Hcd U'l tM u ulllo\ > r IM vim tluo rILUu 'I uko \ _ Jnouturr. HIJHM Janytrvut U IIKU. v fltimiai I ttl ilium At UmciUli , ur Koi 4 ' la ittmr * r r rtttleaUra Intlmftiiltll ftBi * ' Itclli r fur I adli . ' * fn titttr , Lr rrluru -VIull. Ill.UUOT lliu > i > Uli * * * > iltnr , v Cnlcbf ttrrl ucui ( < ulCa.MHf1UMiHuBftr * . Utll tjr til ( xicil lliuilliu. l-IIII.AIIA. , i'A. on. * McGREVV IB THE ONI.T SPECIALIST WHO TUXAT AI.I , Private Disoascs HtakuM nt Ulivrdtr f MEN OMLV 'JO YonraKxitorlcnce. 10 VouiBiuUinaliu \\-At\i \ \ \ Krio. ( . 'oiiiultn' tluil'roo. Uonw.ol Mtb tnd Ftroam Bti , OMA.IM. tor uuuaturtl luOammutluDL or ulcertllou i ucoibriDM , , ur | not MlrlD. rolionuu > , , tat | i D.