January 17, 1904.
T1IK ILLUSTRATED REE.
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template the rolibery of some cigars. TT.1S
would have been excusable, for I'arton
usually left a box of clKars on the cabin
table to be used by both the captain and
the mate If they desired. Py chance, that
day, It was not there, and It wan possible
that Mr. Brown had been looking for It.
Uefore the South African cplnode I'arton
would have thought nothlnn of this. Now
lio thought a great deal about It. lie did
not, however, mention It to the captain.
During the week Farton became con
vinced that the man visited his state room
more than once, while Its proper claimant
was on deck, and his dislike for him be
came so strong that It was mentally pain
ful. Furthermore, it wan hard for him to
conceal it. On a small vessel, like the
Lydia, with only three men with, whom ft
man may talk without what almost amount
to a breach of discipline, the relations with
these men must necessarily he almost in
timate, and the formation of dislikes to
ward them is likely to be more disagreeable
than would be the springing up of personal
aversions In almost any conceivable cir
cumstances ashore.
That very night while they were sitting
at tablo the captain put his hand suddenly
to his head and turned a little white.
"By John Qulncy Adams!" said he, rip
ping out the complete expletives at once
Without his usual gradual approach to It,
"but that was funny," and went quickly
to the deck.
Parton followed him at once and saw that
lie had gone to the weather rail and was
holding his face Into the wind, as If tho
feeling of tho breese was pleasant to his
cheeks and forehead.
"What's the trouble, captain?" asked
Tarton anxiously.
"Oh, nothin' much, 1 guess," said the
Captain. "Once In a while the cabin seems
to get awful stuffy. Time was when I
c'ld sleep in th' hermetic pealed fo'c'sle
of a Grand Banks smack, an' never smell
It nor feel th' need of air. Hut I guess
I'm gettln' old. Anyhow, It's sometimes
awful hard for me to stay below for any
len'th of time "
"Shan't I have your supper brought up
here?" said I'arton with some sullcltudo
In his voice.
The captain turned on him suddenly and
peevishly.
"Now, by John! said tho old man, "what
do you think I am? Do you s'pose I've got
to be 'tended to by any passenger? There
ain't nothin' th' matter with me. I Jest
felt a leetle mean for a minute. t'sed to
feel mean oftener when I was iO than I do
Bow. No. I don't want my supper brought
From Maine to Texas
(Continued from Fage Eight.)
the gold, silver, lead, copper nnd coal mines
In operation for it's the states that we're
looking for today and down here we'll find
our 'New Kentucky Home.' YeB, this big
building, like a fine club house, represents
the Bluegrass state."
"Oh, uncle!" exclaimed one of the girls,
"what is "that old-looking building with a
tall tower-like dome and ells running out
In five directions?"
Here Uncle John turned to the group
with an air of batlsfaction. "That's Texas,"
lie said, "my state, the biggest state in tin
union. This building is Btar-shaped, to
fitly represent the Lone Star State."
"That's a unique structure Just across
the drive from Texas." said one of the
girls. "What Is that?"
"That la South Dakota," the guide an
swered, "and it Is a corn palace. It cer
tainly Is unique, for there's nothing else
like It on the grounds. You will notice that
It is covered entirely with corn; no wood
work ihows on the exterior."
"Dear me!" exclaimed the girl, "but
wouldn't my pet pony like to pay a visit
to South Dakota when nobody was lock
ing!" The tourists passed on, pausing briefly
at Oregon, the next state that hove Into
view. L'ncle John explained that the larg
est fir tree In the world furnished some of
the timber for this building. The tree was
S00 feet high and forty feet In circumfer
ence at the base From the ground to the
first limb was 118 feet. The tree was some
thing of a Methuselah, being more than 0)
years old.
Maryland, North and South Carolina,
North Dakota, Alabama, Georgia nnd New
Mexico each was visited In Its turn, the
girls and, young men being delighted with
the showing made by each.
"Now," said the general pilot, "we must'
take a little longer walk, for the rest
of the states ore west of the Palace of Fine
Arts. We will pass along here between the
Fine Arts and the Terrace of States, oil
which you will observe a gigantic woman's
figure seated on each pedostal. There art
up here. If I want to eat I can go down
an' cat Think I'm a baby?"
And us I'arton turned away a very dis
agreeable thought flashed through bis
mind. If anything should happen to the
captnin how would the mate, In supremo
Command, act about the diamonds?
A day or two after this an Idea occurred
to him. It was while the captain was mak
ing an lnscctlon of the forward ho'.d.
There was a little more water than thero
should be there, and he went down himself
to see what there was to see. He asked
I'arton If he would like to go with him.
He had entirely recovered his old spirits
nnd once or twice I'arton thought he was
on the verge of asking him to pardon the
recent outbreak, but tho request never
came.
Parton had never before been In the hold
of u cargo ship, and the trip Interested
him. To his surprise he found that sbo
wns laden, forward, with square loss
about twenty feet long and two feet wlile
by a foot and a half thick. They were ma
hogany, timbers from llurmah find Siam,
and the captain considered them a very
good cargo. They packed closely and wers
heavy enough to bnllast well. The old
man displayed a curious miscellaneous
knowledge of mahogany and told Parton
many things about the timber which were
entirely unconnected with Its shipment aa
a sea cargo, delivering, Indeed, a little
lecture on tropical and precious woods.
Among other things to which he called
Farton's attention was an auger hole in
tho end of each of the mahogany logs, He
explained that these holes were bored for
the purpose of testing tho Integrity of the
timber, He told about a certain Insect
which often greatly damaged mnhogany
by perforating the very hearts of the trees
and sometimes eating out a tunnel
through the greater part of a tlmler's
length. This, of course, greatly decreased
the value of the timber, and the shrewd up
country dealers sometimes tried to con
ceal the depredations of the pest by filling
in the holes with plugs or sawdust, cover
ing the exposed end over so carefully nnd
making It so closely resemble the end of a
sound tree heart that buyers were deceived
and paid first-class prices for Imperfect
timber.
This practice had become so prevalent,
tho captain went on, that nearly all ma
hogany timber submitted for export was
now tested by these auger holes in each
end of the log. A few turns of the bit
would show whether the heart was sound
and solid or had been filled, und the ag
'fourteen of these pedestals, representing
tho fourteen states and territories that have
been carved out of tho original territory
of Louisiana, These heroic statues"
"Must be pretty cold for those women to
sit up there on those pedestals all winter
witn summer clothes on," interrupted a
young man who has a habit of seeing tho
funny side.
"We will pass on," continued Undo
John, sternly, "and not stop to look inside
the splendid Festival hall, for there arc
several states yet to visit. See, away over
yonder where the driveway forks and forms
a pretty triangle of lawn. Well, that's
Tennessee. The building Is a reproduction
of Andrew Jackson's old home, tho
Hermitage. Everybody will want to see
that. There are people In some parts of
the country, I am told, who are still voting
for Jackson. Alongside Tennessee we llnd
Idaho, new western state very far west.
Idaho's building Is a cosy bungalow, with
a great smoking rooin that has polished
floors, bearskin rugs und other signs of
elegant comfort. Now we pass by the
Temple of Fraternity and the Temple Inn
and come to California. This building Is
a replica of the famous old La Hablda
monastery. See, the walls are stained to
reprtsent the ravuges of time. Just as on
the original structure."
Next to California's building the party
found a large and imposing edifice, 200 feet
long, Its cornices crowned with statuary.
It was the Illinois state building.
"My! why did Illinois get so far away
from Missouri?" a.-ked the Inquisitive girl.
"Not through any lack of neighborllncss."
l'ncle John answered, "hut because her
commissioners were delighted with this
site, which gave them opportunity for
terrances nnd a splendid view of nearly all
the exposition from the dome of tho build
ing. Now we have complrted the circuit."
"But we've not seen New Hampshire and
Delaware yet," Insisted the young man,
who had wanted to visit all the states If
some one would pay his expenses.
"I said at the outset," Uncle John
replied, "that I would show you all the
states and territories, but two. Delaware
and New Hampshire have not jret secure
gregate damage thus done to 1,000 logs
would be much less than the loss from even
a few timbers which were Imperfect
through their entire length.
I'arton glanced at these holes carelessly
nt first, and then examined them with real
Interest, probing Into one of them with a
thin rod and finding that it penetrated a.
distance of more than three feet.
Then, while they were still dlscuwlng
the matter, Farton stepped under the open
hatch to see If any one were near to It
so that their conversation was likely to be
heard. They were quite alone. Parton,
after he had fully satisfied himself on this
point, said to the captain:
"I believe that Hrown means to rob mo
If he can. If he dared he would threaten
me with the police on our arrival, Wnn
trying to force me to give up something
to him. He Is ton much afraid of you to
do that, nnd so he has, I think, hern try
ing to find some way of stealing some or
all of the stones from me outright."
He then gave to the captain in detail his
reasons for being suspicious, and noMetl:
"Now, I don't want to have those dia
monds about me or about my cabin any
more."
"You're right," said the captain. "I was
a fool ever to have shipped him."
"Well," said Purton, "what It has oc
curred to me to do Is to come In here nnd
put the stoties In the end of one of these
logs. Then I can stuff some money Into
my belt Indeed, there Is considerable there
already and leave It where. If he really
wants to, he can secretly Inspect It without
much risk. I have no doubt that he would
take advantage of such an opportunity. If
he is once assured that they are not In
the belt, I believe that he will search In
other parts of the cabin for the stones, nnd,
not finding them, will conclude cither that
I hnve fooled you and have no such stones
or that I have not brought them with me.
I think It would be wise to give him every
opportunity to search. I'm a little wor
ried about him as It Is. What do you
think of tho plan?"
"It's an all right scheme," said the cap
tain. "I'm glad you're showln' some sense
at last. It's a John good notion. Them
logs wasn't intended nor designed to be
no safety deposit vaults, but I guess
they'll make good ones. Then, If you
should fall overboard, I could auction "cm
off like prize packages. I might re'llzo
quite a lot by It. I hate to know anythln'
about so much money, though, by Qulncy.
My nerves uin't strong.
sites, but New Hampshire's4 peoplo are
busy raising u World'B fair funds and
Delaware is bound to coino in, fur sho
cannot afford to be the only stato not
represented at the greatest of universal
expositions."
"Say, uncle, this trip Is worth a good
deal more than 30 cents," remarked tiro
youngest girl."
"I'm glad you have enjoyed It, may
dear," replied the pilot. "Some other
other day I may bring you out to visit
Undo Sam's Island possessions the Philip
pines, Porto Itlco, Guam and Hawaii
also Alaska. They are all here at tho '
World's fair."
Judc Van Dcvantcr
(Continued from Page Nine.)
and Jurisprudence, In the law school of
Columbian university at Washington.
City Attorney Carl C. Wright tiled his
first law case alnno before Judge Van
Devanter nt Kawlins, when the latter was
a territorial Judge. Wright had been com
missioned to defend a man who was con
victed of murder and stood no show to es
cape. "Judge VanDevanter always hud tho
same charming manners, the same extra
ordinary penetration and tho ability to
make conclso presentations that ho lias
now," ho says. "He was always n marked
and gifted man nnd his ability In dealing
with tho law never was questioned. Ho
never was friendly with circumlocution.
Ho was a Judgo extremely young, but in
those days very few lawyers In Wyoming
were not young men."
DR. J. S. LOUCKS
It tbo I J est Atil moft uccttwrui ftplrttual Phyiiciaa
now In preUc If is cure are
Tltli MOST MARVELOUS
of thla age. Ilia examlnatlona are correctly male.
nd tree to all who end iitm uaina, age, acx and lo. k
of Ualr. and tli runt) In lUnn lie d.u't aak tor
any leading fymtom. A cUirroyant dnran't ueed
any. it poaillnly cure weak oieu. Addruaa,
J. S. LOUCKS. M. O.,
STONtCHAal. MASS.
"If you're specially Interested In studyla'
the Innards o' mahogany logs, why I ain't
a-goln' to stop you from pursuin' your
Inclination In th' hold o' the lyddy. I'll
try to arrange it so that you can do It
without nttractln' th' attention of th' mate,
'though that ain't th' easiest thing In th'
world. Try In' to do things on th' sly on a
ship like th' I.yddy Is some like trvln' to
conceal your presence from th' girl that's
a-slttln' on your lap."
It was later In the same day. when the
captain, making certain that Mr. Brown,
was forward with tho nun attending to
some alterations to be ma.le In the tHtliiKS
of the forecastle, seated himself attain near
Parton, and quickly passed to him a small
package tied up In n newspaper. This
belli a piece of wood, carefully whittled
round, and about an Inch and a half ill
diameter.
"That's n plnr:." said the captain. "It'll
Just fit Into one of them muter boles. After
I'd stowed ii way the sturT, if I was you, I'd
put that plug in, nil' then. John! how I'd
mark that log! You wouldn't gain much
If, after we got Into port, you wasn't ablo
ti identify your stick o' timber. There's
4HX of 'cm down there, an' It'll sure at tract
attention, If you was to go an' sound the
innards of all of 'em alter we got Into
dock.
"Now," he went on nfter a pause, "I'm
goln' to keep Mr. Brown so John busy In
th' cabin llggerln' on some accounts this
afternoon, mi' I'm goln' to keep every man
Jack ' the hull crew so Adams hard at
work In one place or another, that If you
wnnt to sneak down there a few minutes
to say your prayers or anythln', why I
guess you can do It without heln' disturbed
nt your devotions. If you're a-goin' to wor
ship with a hammer, tin ugh, 1 wouldn't
make my prayers too John Qulncy Adams
loud, that's all."
Parton rose to get the diamonds from the
cabin and the captain rose also; but sank
back with an exclamation, putting his hand
to his head.
Parton approached him quickly and anx
iously. "What is It, captain?" he asked, with
real solicitude and not a' little anxiety in
his voice.
"That's Jest it," said the captain. "That's
Jest It. By John Qulncy Adams, I don't
know wh it It Is! That's why I'm so John
anxious to have you gil the (Julney things
took care of in some Adams way. 1 don't
know but tho tnate'll be in command of
th' Lytltly 'fore I can git her Into tho John
Qulncy Adams port!"
(To lie Continued.)
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