The Springfield news., January 11, 1907, Image 6

THE IRON PIRATE
A "Plain Tate of Strange
Happenings on -the Sea
By MAX
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CHAPTnit VI.
, We caught the first train to London,
When I cot to a hotel I wrote two letters.
One was to the Admiralty, the other to
the office of the Black Anchor Line of
American Steamships. I told Roderick
what I had done, hut ho laughed at the
Idea. The next day I found myself stand
log In a meagerly furnished nnte-room at
the Admiralty, and there waiting the
pleasure, of one of the clerks, who had
ben deputed to talk with me.
"If there Is any responsible person
here," I said. "I should be glad to Impart
to him some very curious, and, as It seems
to me, very remarkable Information con
ccrnlng a warship which has just left
Spexla, and is supposed to be the property
or the Rrasilian government."
"It's very good of you. don't you know.'
he replied, as he bent down to arrange
his ample trousers: "but I fancy we heard
something about her last week, so we
wont trouble you, don t you know ;" and
be felt to see if his bow were straight.
Within half an hour I sat In the pri
vate room ot the secretary to the Black
Anchor Steamship Company. He was a
sharp man of business, kcen-vlsaged as a
ferret. I told him shortly that I had
reason to doubt tho truth of the statement
that a warship recently built at Speria
was intended tor tho purposes set down
to her: that I believed she was the prop
erty ot an AmerTcnn adventurer whose
motives I scarce dared to realize, and that
it nis company would asree to bear the
expense, and to give me suitable recom
pense I would undertake to bring him the
wnole history of the nameless ship within
twelve months. When I had done, be
rang the bell for his clerk, and I could see
that he felt himself in the company of a
maniac.
Roderick was not at all surprised It
seemed to me rather that he was clad,
"Whatdid I tell you? Who will believe
such a tale as we are hawking in the
market place selling, in fact, to the high
est owner? Hut I believe the whole of
your dead friend's story, and therefore I
have bought a steamer."
"You have done what?"
"At 2 o'clock to-day, in your absence, I
bought the steam yacht Rocket. Before
we go on board her, the yacht will be re
christened by Mary who will stay with
her dear maiden aunt in our absence
and will be named after your vessel Celsis.
Her crew will consist of our silent friend.
Captain York, of his brother as chief
mate, and of your men now at Ports
mouth, with half a dozen more. We shall
need eight firemen, whom the agents will
engage, and three engineers, already
found. Your cook will serve us very well,
and we want now only a second and third
J) dicer. As these men will be mixed np
with us on the quarter-deck I have told
'the agents to send them up to see you
Acre so you'll run your eye over them
.and tell me if they'll do."
"Roderick, my old friend, would you
Blind giving me that yarn from the be
.sinnlng again?"
"I hate palaver," he said, "and didn't
Chick to find you dense. Now, look here ;
Mntil you read me that paper in your cab
In, I don't know that I ever felt anger
against any man, but I'll bring the man
who murdered Martin Hall and many
others to justice or I'll never know an
other hour's rest. Is it money yoa want?
Well, what's mine is yours; and I'm
worth two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds. Is it profit of a dead man's work
you're after? Well then, mark your man,
learn all about him, rnn him to his hole,
nnd don't fear to recompense yourself.
What we're going to do must be done at
our cost, which ts my cost. And what
we're going to do Isn't to be done at this
hotel; it's going to be done on the high
seas, and after that In America on the
Hudson river, where, if Hall be right, Is
the home of Captain Black. It is to the
Hudson river that I mean to go now."
In an hour I was closeted In the room
below with. Francis Paolo, who had come
from the agents to seek the berth of sec
ond officer to the new yacht Celsis. I
found him to be a sprightly, dark-faced
Italian, apparently no more than 25 years
old ; and he greeted me with much smooth
ness of speech. lie had served three years
on a big steam yacht, and as he was un
mistakably a gentleman and bis discharges
were In perfect order, I engaged him there
and there, Had I known him then as I
know him now, I would have paid a thou
sand pounds never to havo seen him !
CHAPTER VII.
Tt was our last day In London. Eoder
Icfc and I sat down to dinner in the hotel,
thi touch of depression upon us both.
M-iry had left us early in the morning to
go to Salisbury, where her kinsfolk lived.
We were going down to Plymouth by
the 0 o'clock mail. So soon as we had
dined, I went up to my room to put the
email things of need away; but, to my
amazement, the whole ot the plate bad
been turned utterly Inside out by one who
had been there before me. My trunx lay
upside down ; my writing case was unlock
ed and stripped, my diary was torn and
rent, my clothes were scattered. I thought
at first that a common cheat of a hotel
thief had been busy snapping up trifles,
but I got a shock greater than any I bad
known since Martin Hall's death when
I (elt for his writing, which lay secure
In Its case, and found that, while the
main narrative was Intact, his letters to
the police at New York, his plana, and
his sketches had been taken. For the mo
ment the discovery made me reel. I rang
for a servant, who sent the manager to
me. His perplexity and dismay were, no
less than mine.
"No one has any right to enter your
looms," he said; "and I will guarantee
the honesay of my servants unhesitating
ly. No one has been here after you since
yesterday, when the Italian gentleman
came. To-day he sent a man for a parcel
he left here, but I know of no one else
who has even mentioned your name."
Was I watched from the very begin
ning? Had I to cope, at the very outset,
PEMBERTON
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with a man worth a million, the captain
or a band of cut-throats, who stood at
no tout wort, no crime, as .Martin nan a
death clearly proved? My heart ached
at the thought ; I felt the sweat dropping
oft me; I stood without thought of nny
man; me one worn "waicneu singing in mo port watch. Suddenly . the far hor
my ears like the surging of a great sea, Izon over the starboard 1 , I saw tho
And I had forgotten Roderick until he flare of a blue light, I it over the
burst Into my room, a great laugh on hts j water; and showing as It ed, tho dark
Hps. and a telegram In his hand. hull of a great shin. PaoK mself struck
"What do you think?" he said; "Mary's
rltAi! all !,.),
arrived all right.
"Oh, that's good;
Salisbury."
I hope she'll like
"Yes. but she Isn't at Salisbury at all;
she's at Plymouth, on board tho Celsis.
She went straight down there, and never
as much as sent her aunt a telegram.
Yon don't seem pleased."
"I'm not pleased," I said, going on
with my packing. "I don't think she
ought to be there."
"I know that: we've talked It all over,
but when I think of it, I don't see where
the harm comes in; we can't meet mis
chief crossing the Atlantic, and when the
danger does begin in New York I'll see
she's well on the lee-side of it."
It was full day when we reached tho
yacht, and I did not fail to cast a quick
glance of admiration on her beautiful
lines ami perfect shape as I clambered up
the ladder, at the top ot which stood Cap
tain iork.
"Welcome aboard," he said, giving ns
henrty hand shakes: and without further
inspection at that hour wo followed him
to the cabin, where steaming coffe6
brought the blood to our hands and feet,
and put ns In better mood.
So my sister s here," said Roderick
"Yes, last night, no orders," jerked the
skipper with his usual brevity,
Ah. we must see to that and the sec
ond office!
Still ashore; ho left a bit of writing;
hell be aboard midday!'
He had the writing In his hand, and
was about to crumple It, but I caught
sight of it, and snatched It from him. It
was in the same handwriting as tho letter
which Captain Black had sent to me at
the Hotel Scribe in Paris.
"What's the matter?" said Roderick,
as he heard me exclaim; but the skipper
looked bard at me, and was much mys
tified. Do you know anything ot the man?"
he asked very slowly, as he leaned back in
his chair, but I had already seen the
folly of my ejaculation, and I replied :
Nothing at all, although I have seen
that handwriting before somewhere: I
could tell yoa where, perhaps. If I
thought."
Roderick followed me to my berth and
had the matter of the handwriting out.
I told him at once of the robbery of some
of the papers, and the coincidence of the
letter which the second mate had left
with the skipper, ne was quick-witted
enough to sec the danger; but he was
quite reckless in the methods he proposed
to meet it.
"There's no two thoughts about this
matter at all," he said; "we've evidently
run right into a trap, but luckily there's
time to get out again-pof course we shall
sail without a second mate?"
After a six hours' sleep I went aft to
the quarter-deck to take stock of the
yacht. I had scarce made my inspection
of our new ship when Mary burst up
from below and began her explanation,
standing with flushed cheeks, while- the
wind played in her hair, and her eyes
danced with the merriment of it.
"The question Is," said I, "when are
you going ashore again?"
I don t know, but I guess I'll get
ashore at New York, .because I mean to
go, to Niagara."
She laughed saucily, throwing back her
head so that ber hair fell well about her
shoulders. I turned round, hearing astep.
and there stood our new second mate,
Francis I'aolo. Our eyes met at oneo
with a long, searching gaze, but be did
not flinch. If he were a spy, ho was no
poor actor, and he stood his ground with
out the movement of a muscle.
I watched him walk forward, and fol
lowed him, listening as he directed the
men; and a more seaman-like fellow I
have never seen. If he were an Italian,
he bad left all accent of speech in his
own country, and he gave his orders
smartly and in a tone which demanded
obedience.
As I watched him from the hurricane
deck, I heard a collier who had not yet
left the ship glvo him some Impudence.
The new mate hit him such a terrific
blow on the head with a spyglass that the
fellow reeled through the open bulwarks
right Into his barge, which lay alongside.
The men were bushed before a display of
temper like this ; tho skipper on the bridgo
flushed red with disapproval, but said
nothing.
The order "Hands heave anchor I" was
sung out a moment after, and as Roderick
joined me aft, the new Celsis steamed
away from Plymouth and the episode was
forgotten. And In that hour the great
pursuit began.
CHAPTER VIII.
It was Paolo's watch. A nieht (or
dreamy thoughts of home, of kinsfolk, of
the more tender things of life ; but for us
a night for the talk of that great "might
be" which was then so powerful a sourco
of speculation for both of us. And wo
were eager to talk, eager to know when
we should next bear of Captain Black or
of the nameless ship.
"I shouldn't wonder," said Roderick
after twenty surmises of the sort, "it we
heard something of her as wo cross. I
have given York orders to keep well In
the track of steamers; nnd If your friend
Hall bo right, that Is Just where tho un
known ship will keep, I would give a
thousand pounds to know tho story of tho
man Black. Is It possible that a man
could commit piracy, to-day, In the At
lantic, where Is the traffic of tho world;
where, If the powers once learned of it,
l, I, aa,.! I. .... l.t .1 - f . J 1 1-1
that If the
tnk your friend toll."
"It U: I hivo never
ted that from
the (Int. Captain 111
Is either the
moot original villain llv
or tho whole
story In a silly dream-l
ile. we havo
yet to learn If he tho
Ainmler of the
nameless nhtp : we have
L to learn It
tho nameless ship la not
I remained a bo re for
th."
an hour, gat.
Ing over the treat aweei
the Atlantic.
Paolo was on the br dee'
took all op
1 made pre-
portunlty o( watching hi
tense to go to my cabl
good-night to tho mate
ml bawled a
t went; but
It was only to put on fel
ppcr and to
got a warm coat, and
lade my way
stealthily amldhln. I
a stand aft
I could pry,
aolo address
nd It seemed
ot tho skipper's cabin, w
yet not be seen. I hear
several of the men forwa
to me that his mode of
cch was not
quite that which should
and seaman.
tweon officer
, It chanced that In thtsltch the new
meu were on deck, my olfew being In
light to a flare which he hlwlth him on
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the bridge, and answered ilslenal.
This action completely liggered me.
Without a thought I rushclp tho ladder
to the hurricane deck anltood beside
him. He started as he si me, and I
could see him biting hU U, while an
ugly look came Into his ejv
"Good evening. Mister Me," I said;'
"will you kindly tell mo v4 you burnt
mat blue light? '
"I burnt It to answer tllstgnal yon
uer. '
"But that was no affair lours l"
Ha shrugged his shouldel and mtit
tcrcd something nbout ctisti. Yet In
another moment he made et-t to recall
himself, and met mo with alopen, smll'
ing tace which covered angc
When I turned In at last, tl little wind
there was had fallen away. I must have
j slept very heavily for an hr, when a
great sense of unrest and w Ing weari
ness took me, and I lay, now $z!ng, now
dreaming, so that In ail my t! ams I saw
the face of Paolo. I seemed walk the
decks of the Oelsis, yet was aolo there
more strong and masterful tl i I.
Then the man Paolo sto orer me,
looking straight Into my eyes sad when
I would have risen up to q stlon him
I was powerless. I opened l eyes and
saw, during the veriest real ' of rime
that others looked down int nine. I
saw them for some small pat of a sec
ond, yet in the faint light thatiame from
the port I recognized the fa tnd tho
form, and was certain of thc3; for tho
man who had been watching mtjai I slept
was Paolo. 1
A quick sense of danger waktd ne thor
oughly then. I put my bandlo tho tap
ot the electric light and the ihle rays
flooded the cabin. But the Witin was
empty and Roderick's dog su by my
trunk, and had, I could see, bejn licking
my hand as I lay. '
I knew not how to make ont tht mean
ing of it; but I was trembllnglfrom the
horror of the dream, ir. wennabove in
my flannels. I loxel into Paoto'i bunk,
and he slept there, in so heavy, a sleep
that I began to doubt altogether the truth
of what I had believed. How cjnld this
man have left my cabin as be had done,
nnd yet now be berthed in his own? The
dream had cheated' me, as dreams often
do.
But more sleep was not to be thonxht
of. I fell to talk with Dan, and paced
the deck with him, asking what was his
opinion of our new second mate.
"Its not for me to be spoutin' about
them as is above me," he said, '"but you
ask me a fair question. In course, I
ain't the party to be thinking ill ft any
man, but what I do know I know, He's
no more'n a ship with a voice uader the
forebatcb
I laughed at him as I asked, "And
what's the matter with a ship Ilka that?
Why shouldn't there be a voice under the
fore-hatch, Dan"
Well, you see, sir, as there am t no
body a-llvin' In that pertlcler place, you
don't go for to look to hcarin' of voices,
or, in plain lingo, there's something queer
about it."
The sound of a gunshot to Reward
awoke mo from my thoughts. Fearing
that some vessel lay in distress, we put
the helm up and went half-speed for a
time. We bad cruised thus for fire min
utes or more when a terrific report burst
upon our ears. The thunderous echoing
of a great weapon which a man-of-war
only could carry.
The sound died away slowly ; but In the
same minute the fog lifted; and I saw.
away a mile on the starboard bow, a spec
tacle which brought a great flush upon my
face, and let me hear the sound of my
own heart beating.
(To be continued,!
Great Mixture.
Banker You havo a lady stenogra
pher?
Broker Yes. ,
Bnnker And she rends novels while
she works?
Broker Well, sometimes sho glances
at the ono sho leaves open on the desk.
But why do you nsk?
Banker Oh, Just because bclwecn
every quotation of stock there wna
something about the villain with white
teeth, the ever-pursued heroine and the
hero with the manly chest.
I'lillomnliy of the 'Milieu.
Blow Prlnclpnl How aro your his
tory recitations.
Smart Teacher Don't hnvo nny.
8. P. (aghast) Don't havo any?
S. T. No. Isn't it Impressed on us
that history repeats Itself? Bultlmoro
American.
Qualified.
Hltts Wlndlg ought to mako n suc
cessful campaign orntor.
Pitts Why do you think so?
Hltts Becnuso ho talks so much nnd
says so little.
Valuable,
Wife Wnke up, John I I'm sure I
bear a burglar downstairs.
Husband Great Scott I I hopo ho
doesn't discover that chunk of Ice In
tho refrigerator.
Ural It I ii ir,
Angry Patron (to waiter) noreJ
Tuko nwny this lobster. Why, It's as
' yet, put Into plain En,
old as I am.
"Gumerlldgo Isn't n mnn I'vo n
Rtvnt deal of uso (or," rcmnrkod tho
citizen with tho protruding waistband.
"I'vo only met him n few timet, Just
when you've brought him In to lunch,
but I'm free to confess I don't llko
1) I in. You know I never bent about
the bush. If I llko a man I llko lilin
nntl If I don't I'm ns llnblo to toll htm
so as I nm to tell anybody else. I
know he'a n friend of yours, or you
think ho la; but ho makes mo tlrvd,
and that's nil there la to It."
"Why, what'a tho mntter with him?"
nsked tho thin man with tho hushy
black board. "I never heard of any
body who had any particular fault to
find with Gumerlldgo. I think lio's
one of the llnest (el Iowa that ever
stepped. I'vo known him for twenty
years nnd I've novor seen anything
wrong with him."
"No, I don't suppose you hnve," satd
the citizen of circumference. "Still, I
should think you'd havo got sick of
It In that time."
"Sick of what?"
"TnfTy, soft soap, flattery; that'a
what I menn. That'a what I don't like
about him. Ho puts It nil over you
with n spndo. That sort of thing sick
ens me."
"I didn't notlco him putting It nil
over you. Ho scorned to bo pleasant,
na he generally la with everybody, but
I don't think ho flattered you."
"No, ho didn't Hatter me. Ho was
flattering you."
"Oumerlldge?"
"Yes, Oumerlldge. Take It nt lunch
the last time. 'Let Billy order.' he
says, 'I think Billy can order a lunch
a little better thnn anybody I know
of. If Billy wasn't n corking good
business man he'd have made the
bulllest kind of n head wnlter. When
I want something extra good. Just the
right kind of combination of eatables.
NEW LEASE OF LIFE
A JAP KNUINEERINU TRIUMPH : THE RAISING OF THE M1KA8A.
Tho Japanese never consider a vessel lost. All tho battered hulk.s of tho
Russlun uavy have been recovered from the mud of Port Arthur, nnd aru
now elllclent members of the Mlkudo's navy, Togo's flagship, tho Mikasu,
which took flro and sank In tho harbor of SaselK), has now, after months of
patient engineering effort, been refloated. The hull was bonrded up, all lenks
stopiied, nnd the water pumped out. Tho vessel rase to view mud-covered
and rusty, but still capable of refitment, and very soon tho admiral will bo
on his old bridge again. The flro Is now known to havo been duo to sponta
neous combustion caused by tho decomposition of chemlcnls.
A I'lcUed-Uii tilvlnir.
A convict's complacent acceptanco
of life's possibilities Is shown In a
dialogue between the criminal nnd
Captain Spencer, senior missionary of
tho English Churcn Army, ion ques
tion of tho captain's ns to what ho did
when out of prison, ho replied:
"Well, In spring I does n uit or pea
nicictne. and In tho summer-tlmo I
does a hit of frult-plcking, nnd In tho
autumn I does a bit of hop-plcklng."
"Oh!" said tho captain, "wnnt imp
pens after that?"
"Well, now, mister," replied tho con
vict, "I may as well bo honest, nnd
tell you that In tho winter time I docs
a bit of pocket-plcklngl"
Tho mlssloner furrowed his brow In
nmazemcnt, asking finally, "And what
happens then?"
Tho convict answered Inconlcnlly,
"Why, hero I am doing a bit ot oakum
picking."
Ilulh Suspicious,
Baron Hubncr went ono evening to
cnll upon President Thiers, who wna
then at tho head of tho French repub
lic. Tho baron found tho door of the
house opon and walked upstairs. In
tho dim light a man crept stealthily
I tell you 1 put mr trust In Billy or
ery time.'" t
"Well," snld Billy, "I guess I do
know n thing or two In that lino."
"There nro others," said the largo
man. "I'vo got n snoaklng sort of no
tlon that I'm pretty good In that linn
myself. But you wero n 'corking good
business man' na well."
"Well, I'm not generally regarded na
n slouch," said the thin mnn with tho
bushy blaek beard.
"Perhnpa not. Mind yon, I don't nny
you nre. I don't think I'm nny alouch
na fnr na thnt goes, hut I don't wnnt
n mnn going around In front of mo
with n trumpet proclnlmlng It. 'Billy's
n good fellow,' 'Billy always wna n
good deal of n Indies' mnn, 'Yon enn't
fowl Billy on n diamond,' You couldn't
get Billy to go Into nny crooked denl of
thnt kind.' "Hint's one thing I can any
nbout Billy: I nlwnya know Just whero
to find him. He'll stnnd by his friends.
Billy will.' 'When I'm In doubt I nt
ways nsk Billy's opinion,' nnd so on."
"I don't Bfo nnythtng pnrtlculnr for
you to tnke exception to In thnt," nld
tho henrded mnn,
"You don't?"
"I certainly do not."
"You llko a mnn who flnttors you,
do you, then?"
"I don't seo why you would cnll It
flattery. I may have n few good qual
ities and Oumerlldgo may havo dis
crimination enough to recognize them,
hut I hope that Isn't nny hanging of
fense. For the matter of thnt, he wna
n good deal tnken with you nnd I
heard htm cracking you up no end
tho other day to some of tho people
at tho club."
"Well," said tho stout citizen with n
slightly mollified nlr, "of courao I mny
bo mlatnken In him. I wouldn't wnnt
to Judge a man too hastily, and In oth
er respects ho struck me ns n nice fel
low. Whnt did he ay nbout me, BUI?"
Chicago Dally News.
FOR TOGO'S FLAG-SHIP.
toward him. Knowing that the nri-sl
dent went In fear of his life nnd. un
willing to die a martyr In a cause not
ins own, tho baron hurriedly explained,
"I nm not M. Thiers." "I knnw Hint
you nro not M. Thiers," answered tho
mysterious strnnger, "but I wnnt to
know who you nro." Before answering
tho bnron insisted upon knowing tho
Identity of his companion. "Oh, I nm
ai. Tiuers- miner," wns tho nnswor.
iiunner (lecinrca ninisolf, "Ah I" snld
tho butler, with n sigh of rcllof, "l
hnvo your nnmo first on tho list nt vi
Itors." Each had. tnken tho other for
. i
II U UHBUBH1II,
It Seem thnt Way,
"Say, pa," asked Willie, "whnt Is n
nonngenarinn, anyway?"
A nonngenarinn, my son," ronlled
Willie's pa, "Is usually n mnn who 1ms
or has not used tobacco all his life."
Philadelphia Press.
Ifrom tho present prospect, tho wo
mnn with a now fur cont Is going to
got moro enjoyment out of llfo this
winter than sho did last.
To err Is human to lio about It Is
moro human.
. "VIA 6BCUHA."
Th Simple Ufo All Hint Is ! tnt
tlm Comiiiiiiiprs,
"Whnt'n up?" Inquired Undo Oyrtm,
looking up from his newspaper ns
Aunt Miirtlm burst Into tho kitchen.
"W'y. Mnry Cooinlm ny thnt ono o
these hero nutom'ohllos knocked n mnn
down ywitordny llko to killed him
right In (rout o' the Jttdson houwl"
'Tho JuiUon housR nlu't mnro'n tlvo
tnllM from tlio orchard," rciunrknl Un
do Oyru-, reflectively, n(ter tho detnlls
of tho accident hnd boon discussed
duly. .
"Yes," snld Aunt Mnrthn, cntclilntt
his thought, "suthln'll ho happening
right hero tit the Corners fut wo
kuow."
"It does seem," sho continued, wuitti
lively, If (oiks enn't Ikj unfo nny.
whores nnwmlnys. Tlioro wns ono com
fort nbout the trolleys when thoy be
gun to como Into the villages thoy kej'
on thulr tracks, nn' didn't kill rigid V
left. But with tho nutomobllei riding
over everything nlong tho country
muds w'y, war times wn'n't much
worse."
'Socnm llko we're drifting bnek to
them old dark nges, don't It?" Undo
Cyru regnrdod his anxious wl(o with
twinkling eyes.
"An If you ocnio whnt goes snort
ing round tho roatls. mebby you'll ent
suthln out of n can V die before your
dny. Mercy me, senco you rend out
nbout nil them scandals nbout packing
sometimes I can't stomach to eat meat
t nlll"
"Well, It nlu't so hnd'rt It might bo,"
remarked Uuolu Cyrus, comfortably.
"It's ten to one you 'n me'll llvo out
our appointed time. Them's no n.ort
gngo on this hero old hoinestend in' It
looked putty pop'lous out In the chicken
yard this morning. Marthy. we kin
Jest stay homo V eat alggsl" Youth's
Companion.
I ll trail ma I ludltfratlon.
It was formerly thought that tha
stomach wns tho main organ ot diges
tion, and dyspewiln was uposed al
ways to hnvu Its sent there. But this
question has been much studied o( late.
with the result thnt tho stnmnch tins
been found to bo of little account, com
paratively, In tho prepnrntlon of tho
fowl for nbsorptlon. Tho most luuorl
nut part of digestion occurs In the ui
IKr part of tho Intestine, whero tho
food, after leaving tho stomach, la
churned and mixed thoroughly with tho
bllo nod pnncrentlc secretion.
Sluue, then, the Intestine takes such
nn lmiiortnut part In digestion, It ts
natural to supihixo that n failure to per
form this function proerly would glvo
Hsu to serious dliUiirtmuci's of health,
and such. In fact. Is tho cum1.
Intestlnnl ludlgestlim Is n not un
common affection ut nil periods of life,
and Is especially provident In children.
Tho chief symptoms nro flatulence, or
wind, more or less colic, dlrtrrlien, or
more often constipation, or nn nltcnin-
tlon of tho two; and practical starva
tion, us shown In weakness and emacia
tion.
Tho treatment Is mnlnly through diet.
hut this will vary, of course, necordlng
to nge. In nn Infnnt tho problem Is n
dllllcult one. If tho child Is fed urtl-
flclnlly, all prepared foods containing
March should bo tnken nwny, nnd cows'
milk, modified ns to tho nmotuit of (nt,
i.ugnr or cnsoln It contnlns, according
to tho physician's directions, should bo
substituted.
If tho Infnnt Is nursing, tho life of
tho mother should ho studied, for tho
stnto of her health mny affect tho mill:
Injuriously.
In older children nnd ndults tho
amount of fats and of starchy foods
must be carefully regulated. Cereals,
pastry, rice, potntoes mid bread must
bo cut out of tho dietary for n time,
or taken In very small quantity. When
eaten nt nil they should Ikj most thor
oughly, even excessively, chewed, for
In this wny they mny bo In great meas
ure digested by tho saliva boforo reach
ing tho Intestine.
Tho diet should consist mainly of
milk, whlto of eggs, nnd tho moro easi
ly dlgestlblo meats nnd fish. Tho dlnr
rhccn or constlpntlon should bo regu
lated, nnd sometimes tho administra
tion of Intestinal nntlscptlcs Is bonu
flclnl. Regular exorcise In tho open
nlr Is of great value In the treatment.
Tho cold bath or shower-bath Is often
of service, when It Is followed by n
healthy reaction. Youth's Companion.
Lloyd's llluekeat liny,
Blr Henry Hozlcr, who hns Just re
tired nftcr thirty-two yenrs' servlco nt
secretary of Lloyd's, said not long ago
thnt tho blackest dny ho could remem
ber was In October, 1881, whon 108
vessols wero posted ns lost In twolvo
hours. When a vessel Is lost It Is nn
nounccd by tho tolling of tho boll which
hangs bcsldo tho crier's box. It h
tolled onco whon a vossel Is lost, twlco
when a missing vessel comes to port
Kansas City Journal.
Amended,
"Your headllno says," romarkod tho
critical visitor, 'that tho candldato
'talked to many.' "
"Well?"
"It should hnvo said 'tnlkod to
much." Philadelphia Ledger. ,