sort, sad that Mad.lla. waa h.r mis-
tress.
Turning to on. of th. rracu«d sailors,
I qu«»tlon«d him concrnlng th. lost v.r
TO watery grave
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DAYTON
OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
A Shu Francisco man may start a
1300,000 cement factory in Portland.
Russians report success in several
smaU engagements near Mo Ting pass.
It is raid many Coreans are prepar-
J. ing to rise on the appearance of the
Russians,
Russian officials claim that the heavy
rains in Manchuria will do much to­
ward giving them the upper hand.
---- A train wreck on the railroad from
Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek n-
suited in the death of two passengers
, and the injury of 15 others.
Indianapolis, July. 5.—The Prohibi­
tion party in national convention nomi­
nated Silas C. Swallow, of Pennsyl­
vania, for president, and George W.
Carroll, of Texas, for vice president.
The platform was adopted without ar­
gument after a long deadlock in the
resolutions committee.
It was des­
cribed by I. H. Amoe, of Oregon, secre­
tary of the committee, aa the broadest
platform ever placed before tbe’paopl"
by the party.
In addition to the planks on the
liquor question, it declares the party
to be in favor of international arbitra­
tion, a suffrage of law bated on men­
tal and moral qualification, uniform
laws for the country and dependencies,
popular election of,senators, civil serv-
ice extension and the initiative and ref-
LY ALL ON BOARD.
Washington, July 5.—While the
officials bars ars Mtisfled from thair
private advjcM that tba recant visit of
King Edsrard to big naphaw, Emparor
William, waa not brought about by a
purpoae to initiate a movement toward
the restoration of peace between Russia
snd Jspan, thers ie reason to believs
that some very careful and discreet in­
quiries ss to ths opportunitiss of some
such overtures at this time have ema­
nated from Washington. It may be
stated that the result has been to dis­
close the fact that neither of the bellig­
erents wss yet in the humor to sue for
peace, nor even to entertain overtures
from any third power on that subject.
The state department will continue
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to maintain tbs friendly position it has
Williamson
One man was killed, another fatally
injured and a score of others slightly
injured in a collision on the Reading
■railroad at a suburb of Philadelphia.
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There are 627 persona missing from
the Danish steamer Norge, which
foundered off the coast of Scotland.
All hope has been given up for U mm ».
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A Philadelphia millionaire baa bte i
held to the grand jury as responsible
4 28 « £8*3 a
/..r U>. .te.U. of tl.ree person« killed in
—Hayti has severely punished the
guar, s who ston -d the1 German and
French ministers recently. The presi-
- dent, in a foimal audience, also apolo­
gized to botn ministers.
The Japaneee are said to be avancing
in tao divisions on Liao Yang.
Admiral Togo reports the blowing np
of a Russian guardship and torpedo
boat destroyer.
The rainy season will greatly hamper
operations in Manchnria. the whole of
that country seeming to have turned
into a marsh.
The Vladivostok squadron is faster
than the Japanese fleet sent against it
and can continue to raid the coast until
the Japs send fleeter ships after it. _
Veitch
The Vladivostok squadron sank a
steamer and sailing vessel at Gensan,
Corea.
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Mayr Jones, of Toledo, Ohio, is seri­
ously ill and the chances of his recov­
ery are slight.
Harriman has-placed an order for
60,000 tons of steel rails, one-third of
which are for the Southern Pacific.
A Telluride, Colorado," mine has
closed down on account of inability to
secure competent help. Other proper­
ties are expected to follow in a short
time.
A report from. General Oku says that
after the fight at Vafangow the Japan­
eee buried 1,854 Russian dead. t The
trophies taken in this engagement ccn-
siated of 16 guns, 46 wagons and 858
rifle«.
Japanese advice« itete that women
were seen on board the Ruasian war­
ship« dating the la«t engagement, con­
firming the suspicion that the Port
Arthur fleet was trying to escape to K
neutral port.
■ Secretary Shaw has approved a de­
sign for the Lewis and Clark seuvenir
golddollai. a likeness of Lewis ap­
pears on one side and of Clark on the
other. The Philadelphia mint will
coin 25,000 at once.
Paul Morton has assumed the office
of secretary of the navy.
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The secretary of commerce and labor
has ordered that all passenger carrying
steamboata in the New York harbor be erendum. The trust question was rec­
reinvpected.
ognized by a demanil for a rigid appli­
A Russian submarine boat sank at cation of the principles of justice to all
her moorings at the Baltic shipbuilding organizations of capital and labor. A
yarda through inexperienced handling reform of divorce laws was demanded,
aqd 21 lives were loet.
and polygamy denuonced.
^There is s colony of over 200 deport­
Over |16,000 was raised by subscrip­
ed Cripple Creek miners in Denver.
tion pledges from the floor of the con­
Germany has ordered a gunboat to vention, wbic^, with fill,000 in the
Hayti to ins et upon the punishment of treasury, will be the nncleus of the
ths guards who asMulted the French
campaign fund.
National Chairman
and German miniaters.
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Stewart and National Secretary Tate
The Japaneee eecond army ie report­
,
ed to have effected a juncture with the were re-elected.
first army and that the whole force now
Bxcuraloa Train Wrecked.
aae a fighting front of 120 miles.
San Jose. Jnly 5.—An excursion train
Forty-three firemen, four of whom
will probably die, were overcome by conveying 1,500 member« of the St.
gas and smoke at a fire In New York. Francis de Sales Parish, of Oakland, to
The breaking of a gas main was the Sunset Park, was wrecked near Alma,
in the Santa Crus mountains, this af­
cause.
ternoon. Almost miraculously none
>A tornado In Nebraska wrecked many of the passengers was injured. In
- homes, causing two deaths and injuriee some unaccountable manner two cars
to six others.
jumped the track and the engine want
General Okn is close to the heels of over an embankment. The 12 other
Kuropatkin-, who is withdrawing to­ car«, that were heavly laden with
men and childien, -remained on the
ward the north.
rail«.
The accident occurred just
The Port Arthur fleet ie reported to( above Alma, at the old tupneL
have given battle to the Japanese and
proceeded to sea.
Colorado miners
Knox and Cortelyou have given up
their places in the cabinet. a
It is reported that Edward F. Knight,
the correspondent of the London Morn-
ing Poet, with the Japanese srmy, has
been killed.
There is still no trace of Kent J.
Loomis, brother of A seistant Secretary
of State LOomu, who disappeared over
hope for him.
Chicago, July 5.—The "sane and
rale” Fourth of July in the United
States rivale the Oriental war in ita list
of casualties.
Partial reports show
that 37 persons were killed aa a direct
result of celebrating the nation’« birth.
Of the appalling list of injured, fully
200 or more will succumb, sooner or
later, to their injuries, as tetanus
almost invariably follow« a wound from
fireworks or July 4 explosives.
The
foregoing takes no account of the race
riots or murders of the day, but give«
an incomplete idea of what it costa the
American people to celebrate the glori­
ous Fourth^
Incomplete return« show a loss by
fire, following celebration accidents, of
more than 1150,000.
The toy pistol has been overshadowed
this year by the “dynamite ‘cane,” a
contrivance which deals death and de­
struction in nearly every instance.
Detailed reports of the casualty lists
show that a large number of persona
were the victims of malicious mischief,
ruffianly boys and men in the larger
cities taking pains to maim little chil-
dren and aged people.
In two casee,
aged person« were frightened to death
by revolvers.
Rasmuoen
The acting land commissioner has
decided that a corporation has the same
right to file on desert land as a citizen.
Thiity-six more
have been deported.
London, July 6.—Over
Danish
and Norwegian emigrants bound for
New York were drowned in the North
Atlantic June 26. Out of nearly 800
souls on board the Danish steamer
Norge which left Copenhagen June 2: ft
only 27 are known to be alive, and for
the rest no hope is held out.
When last seen the Norge was sink­
ing where she struck on the Isle, of
Rocka.l, whose isolated peak raises it­
self from a deadly Atlantic reef 290
miles off the west coast of Scotland.
Early on the morning of June 28 the
Norge, which was out of her course in
heavy weather, ran on the Rockall reef,
which :n the distance looks like a ship
under full sail. The Norge was quick­
ly backed off, hut the heavy seas poured
in through a lent in her bows.
The emigrants, who were then await­
ing break fast below , ran On deck. The
hatchways were »carcely built for these
hundreds of shid* end became clogged.
The Norge qufckly began to go down
by the head. Eight boats were lower­
ed, and into these the women and chil­
dren were hurriedly put. Six of these
boatsTmashed agai.mt the sides of the
Norge, and their helpless inmates were
caught up by the heavy seas.
RIVALS TUB WAR.
The Russian Vladivostok squadron
has appeared at Gensan, Corea, and
fired on the town.
H. J. Middleton, an Associated Press
correapoMent with the Russian army,
has died of disentery.
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Lawared Ware Capsized.
Democrat
...Kuropatkin has decided to withdraw
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to Haicbeng.
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The Japaneee have landed another , ।
army of 10.000 men.
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The proceeds of the Butte mines for
the flacaLyear just ended is $7,354,229.
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soatanit
a building in which he failed to pro­
vide fire escapes.
Rochall. Near Coast * fleet lead and
Litchfield, Ill., July 6.—A «core of
peieon« killed end more than 100 in-
jmed is the result of a wreck on the
Wabash railroad that occurred at thia
place late yesterday evening. The Chi­
cago limited due at St. Louie at 7
o’clock çnd running at a «peed of 50
mile« an hour to make up loet time,
was wiecked by an open switch.
The
engine on the passenger struck a freight
train that was standing on the siding,
and the engine and three coaches fol­
lowing were piled in a heap.
The
wreckage took fire and was completely
consumed.
While it was at first thought that
the accident .was due to negligence, it
has since developed, according to infor­
mation that has leaked out from what
is considered an authoritative source,
that the real cause for the disaster waa
a deliberate attempt on the part of
trainwreckers to derail tne train, but
for what reason is not known.
While the railroad officials have giv­
en out no report for publication, they
have said that the occurrence was not
due to any oversight on the part of em­
ployes, but is the result of a scheme on
\he part of unknown persons.
Again the Center of Gravity.
eo far held toward both Russia and Ja­
pan, standing ready to mediate and ex­
tend its good offices to the full when­
ever the belligerents indicate their wil­
lingness to accept them.
Torpedo Warks Destroyed.
St. Petersburg, July 5.—As a result
of the leceipt of news of a fire which
took place at the torpedo works at
Cronstadt last night, this city was to­
night filled with the wildest rumors,
including one to the effect that the
Peterhof Palace had been blown up.
The damage at Cronstadt was con­
fined to the torpedo mechanism shops,
which were almost wholly destroyed,
together with 20 Whitebead torpedoes.
Five of the torpedoes had war heads
attached and they exploded, which
added to the fire and the excitement.
A considerable quantity of coal stored
in the works was also burned.
An
alarm waa given in time to”^Tevent lose
of life and more serious -loss of proper­
The authorities here do not sttach
Fairbanks. Win Not Resign.
serious importance to the accident,
Washington, July 5.—Word was re
and say that the works will soon be
reived in Washington today to the
effect that Senator Fairbanks will not able to resume at full time.
resign his seat in the senate until after
the election in November. He wants
Nin Chwang, July 5.—Officers of ths
to be sore of the vice presidency before
relinquishing the office he now holds. Rusisan torpedoboat destroyer Lien-
As yet, Fairbanks has made no plane tenant Bournkoff, which arrived here
for ths campaign, bnt it is expected yesterday, say that they left Port Ar­
he will go on the stump during Sep thur, after a naval battle, in which
tern be r snd October, particularly in three Japaneee ships Were snnk and the
fleet itself scattered. They also stated
doubtful states.
that they bad been sent with dispatch­
es conveying news of the victory. The
Washington, July 5.—The secretary Russians in the city have . gone wild
of the interior today patented 21,029 with delight and are celebrating their
acres of land in the Vancouver, Seattle supposed triumph. Bands are parad­
and Spokane land districts to the ing ths streets and groups of Bosnians
art everywbers singing.
Northern Pacific railroad.
St. Petersburg, July 6.—Military ex­
perts believe that the center of gravity
has again shifted to Port Arthur, where
siege operations are expected to engage
most of the attention of the Japanese
until the conclusion of the rainy season
permits the resumption of the campaign
in ’Southern Manchuria. The war office
believes that a farther advance on Ta
Tche Kiao is impossible, in view of the
powerful resistance which can be made
by the Russians, combined with the
great difficulties of transportation over
rain sodden roads.
J «pane«« Are Rapidly Advancing.
Cbefoo, July 6.—Chinese just arrived
here who left Port Arthur on July 2,
say that only nine ol the larger Rus­
sian warships were there then.
On
June.23, when the fleet engaged the
Japanese squadron outside Port Arthur
harbor, it consisted of 11 of the larger
ships. On July 3, the Russian and
Japanese armies outside of Port Arthur,
according to report, were only separat­
ed one from the other by a mile, the
Japanese advancing steadily from hill
to bill, on all of which they are plac­
ing big guns.
Japan Orders cavalry Horses.
CHAPTER XI.
It was now late in th. year, and th«
winter atorma were beginning.
Ther«
were intervals of c Im, cool weather,
when th. wind came from th« east, and
still frosty days, when a breath as cold
aa steel crept from the red sunrise of
th. north; but .ver snd sgain the trum­
pet of th. tempest sounded westward and
aouthward, and the ocean rose up before
it in mountalua of furioua storm.
One night as we lay in our beds we
heard the gathering of such a tempest as
has seldom been seen, before or since, on
those shores. It came with fearful light­
ning and close-following thunder, follow­
ed by drops of black and hideous hail;
and then,.with a crash and a scream and
cry, th. wind rushed from Jhe sea. I
lay thinking every moment that the
house would come down, shaking as it
did to Its foundations, or the roof be
blown away; and every minute the blasts
grew more terrific. Presently. 1 saw my
uncle, partially dressed and bolding a
light, enter my chamber.
"Hugh, my lad, be you asleep?”
“Aa if anyone could aieep on auch a
night!”
"Mother be frightened badly,” Jra re­
turned. “She be praying, lad, dawn I'
the kitchen. Hark to that!” he added,
aa a flaah of fiery lightning filled the
room, and wind and thunder mingled to­
gether In awful reverberation.
I allpped on my clothea and went
down with my uncle to the kitchen,
where I found my aunt full of superati-
tloua terror. She had got out the old
Bibi«, and, having opened at random,
waa reading in a. low voice from one of
th. Psalm«. I did my beat to allay her
feare, but aucceeded very badly.
For th« greater part of the night we
remained aitting up. With th« first peep
of daylight I seised my hat and moved
to the door.
No sooner hsd I left the cottage than
th. wind caught me, and almost dashed
m. from my feet. Abort as the distance
waa to th. seasltbre, I thought I should
never reacb.it, so terribl« was th« fury
of the blast? More than once I had ac­
tually to 11« down on the ground and let
it trample over me! And with the blast
came hall and heavy rain, blinding me,
smiting my cheek like whipcord, and
drawing blood, so that I could scarcely
see a yard before my. face.
At last I gained the cliff, and here I
had much ado to prevent myself from be­
ing lifted up bodily and blown away. But
I threw jpyeelf on my face, and looked
seaward.' Nothing was visible, only driv­
ing mists and vapors. Gaining courage
presently, I crawled down the path lead­
ing to the shore.
As I went I w«,«
Sometimes 'flattened Ilk« a rag against
the rocka, by the sheer force of the wind;
but I persevered, and. at last reached the
bottom-
1 perceived, to my consternation, that
the gale had struck th« boat house with
such force as to sweep th« wooden roof
away and dash It Into fragments against
th« cliffs. I crept on to the door, which
was on the ie« and sheltered, side, drew
forth from my pocket the key of the pad­
lock, opened It, and went In. The great
boat lay there unharmed, but was half
full of water. One of the oars had been
lifted out and auapped like a rotten
twig, but that was all.
Suddenly, aa. I stood here sheltering
from the gale, I' heard a sound from sea
ward, Ilk« th« sound of a gun. I start­
ed, listening. In a moment the sound
was repeated—-a vessel In distress!
Quitting the boat house, I Stood on
the shore, and strained my eyes ^gainst
the drifting vapors and blinding\wlnd.
Thera wm another faint report of a,gun.
an(j finally the red light of a rocket.
which «hot up through the black vapora
like a «booting «tar, and disappeared!^
Greatly agitated, I made toy way up
th« cliff, and reached the aummit, where
I found that an excited group, composed
of fishermen and miner«, had already
gathered. Among them wan my uncle,
who addressed m« eagerly the moment I
appeared.
“Did you «ay th« lights, lad? Sure aa
death, ther« be a ship on the rocka out
tbar!”
“On the South Stack,” said an old fish­
erman, naming an ugly reef which lay
right across th« mouth of the bay, three-
quarters of a mile from shore.
Suddenly the storm-smok« blew up­
ward her« and there, leaving vistbla
wild patches of tosaing water. Straining
my eye«, I saw something like a white
wall of vapor riaing right out to aea in
the direction of the South Stack, and
right ln1t« center the black outline of a
large vessel, wedged firmly on the Jagged
’rocka. I could discern a black funnel
and two masts, a mainmast intact, a fore­
mast broken off Just above th« deck«.
Sh«,was a large screw steamer, with her
back broken right across, and only aaved
from sinking by the very rocka which
had deatroyed her.
How she had got into that fatal posl-
tlon it waa difficult to tell. Possibly her
propeller had snapped, or the water had
swamped her engtn«« and put them out.
More than ones I fancied that I discerned
shapes like human forms clinging to or
lashed to the rigging of the mainmast,
but it was impossible to distinguish them
with any certainty.
WbHs we atood hesitating .the mists
rose all round the ship; and w« aaw, to
our amassment, that a atlr waa taking
place upon her decks. A boat was pre­
paring to leave her sides, and,* freighted
with human beings, push away for the
shore.
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Never shall I forget that siiht! Just
In the lee of the crippled veghel, under
the cloud of white smoke which rose for
a moment high above her remaining mast,
there wee a heaving patch where the
boat could float In safety; but beyond It
the waves roes again In awful created
billowe, whirling and swirling toward the
ahore. Seen from our point of vantage,
the boat seemed a mere cockleehell. The
under-swell eaught her anjd rushed her
along at lightning speed, and In a few
momenta ahe reached the broken water.
There the wind seemed to smite her side­
long, and ahe waa buried instantaneous­
ly in the trough of the sea. But ahe re­
appeared, half amothered In surf and
flying foam. Then we aaw, rapidly ap­
proaching her, a mountainous and awful
New York, July 6.—The Japanese
government is stated to have practical­
ly placed an order for 10,000 selected
The little boat, as if it were a living
cavalry horses with a New York firm
which supplied many cavalry horses to thing, seemed to eee It, too. and to strug-
Great Britain during the Boer war. It «1» to escape. Sick with horror, I cov­
is understood that the order calls for ered my eyes; I could not look. Then
a deep groan from the men
the smallest type °
of cavalry borse,., of I I beard m«,
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and looked again. Th« boat
Which a
bad gon., n«v«r to reappear. Th. mighty
tamable.
It is — insisted
by
Japan
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and waa roaring ahore-
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snd died.
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Tokio, July 6. A detachment of
General Kuroki’s army baa occupied
North Fen Bhui Ling without meeting
with resistance. The main army ad-
vanced westward and occupied a Itaa
from Mao Tien Paas to Shao
“Man th« lifeboat!” I cried. “Qalck.
lads! Follow m«! Look yonder! Ther«
«re living m«n on th« dack «till, and 1«
th« rigging. Com.!”
Down
the path we rushed. Each man
L
They urged the boat.
bew forward, ln
into the surge. and waded
wading breast d««p in th« wav««. Thric«
w« were beaten back, but at la»t «he
floated—th« men leaped in and took tb«lr
place«—the oan emote th« boiling surge,
and out w< crept to a«a.
One« fairly afloat, w« realized for the
first time th« strength and fury of th«
storm. Clouds of flying foam cov«r«d q»,
th« strong s«a« caught th« oars and al­
most tor« them from the grasp, 'and for
a moment w« scarcely seemed to gain a
foot of way,
. .
More than once the seas mad« a clkan
breach over us, but the air-tight com­
partments and cushions 'of cork kept us
from actusily foundering. On w« went,
with the light of the kindling east, turn­
ing from red to reddish-gold behind us,
and th« mists, struck by th« new radi­
ance, thinning to seaward; and so, after
a fierce tusal« with wind and water, we
came in full sight of the doomed vessel.
Stuck faet on the cruel reef, her back
broken, sbh waa struggling like a crip­
pled bird. At first I coultf discern no
sign of Ilf«, but as w« drew nearer and
nearer, I saw on« or two figures clinging
in the rigging, from which many of their
comrades bad doubtless been washed
away. They saw us coming, for one of
them waved something white.
“Pull for your lives!” I cried. “There
are men aboard!”
The lads answered me with a cheer,
and the boat ahot forward within a hun­
dred yarda of the steamer. Then 1 saw
a sight which filled all my soul with fear
and pity. Lashed to, or clinging to, the
mainmast, was the solitary figure of a
woman. I knew her sex by the wild
hair falling ov«^ her shoulders, and -th«
curious fsminlne gracs of her form, vis­
ible through a dark cloak that had been
thrown hastily upon her shoulders; but
her head Was drooping and her face hid­
den, and she did not seem conscious ol
what was taking place.
I told the men that a woman
there, and though they needed no new
Incentive to give them strength, their
faces grew more animated,, and F knew
they would have faced fire as well as
water in such a cause. In a few minutes
more we were close at hand, rising and
falling on the white surge in the vessel's
Bh. was a large trading st.am.r,
h. said, bound from D.m.rara to th«
port of London; h.r name, th. Valpa­
raiso.
H. .xplaln.d that two of th.
boats had been smaabed Into fragments
when th. ship first struck. Th. long­
boat remained, and at daybreak th. first
officer d.termln.d to mak. for shore. All
th* crew followed him but my informant
and two oth.rs, who preferred sticking
by the steamer to facing certain death.
Th. m.n, in fact, were mad with fright,
«nd for thia reason, perhaps, altogether
forgot to wait for Madelin., who had
gon« below.
So th« last boat left the ship.
It
had not gone far when Madeline reap­
peared.
She would have beeu swept
away but for the assistance of the aall-
ors, who strapped her to the mast as
th« only chance of safety; and as she
stood there terror-stricken, she saw th«
boat engulfed with all its crew—the sam«
sad sight which we bad seen from land.
It turned out, on further questioning,
that Miss Graham was the only passen­
ger, snd occupied, with her colored msid,
the exptain's own cabin. Her father, a
rich Demerara planter, had died aome
months before she took psssage, leaving
her a great inheritance. I looked at her
again, and thought how different ahe
waa from all the other women I had
known, in her queenly grace and warmth
of beauty. Beside her, even my coufin
Annie would have looked coarse and com­
mon.
“You must not stay here.” 1 said, ap­
proaching her. “or you will catch your
death. Do you think you can ascend the
cliffs? My aunt's cottage is close by,
and I ahould like to take you there at
once."
She rose at once, shivering, and took
my arm. Half leading, half, supporting
her, I guided h--r out of the boat house
and up the steep ascent leading to th«
summit of the crag, my uncle helping her
upon th« other side. Some of the others
followed, leading the colored girl. I con­
ducted her to our cottage and handed her
over to the ear. of my kind aunt.
Tiiua God, in.a mysterious fashion, had
restored to me. the being who had been
to me for so many yeara a sweet memory
and a delightful vision. I felt strangely
happy, yet troubled. When my aunt had
led Madeline to a chamber upstairs,
where she tended her with motherly
sympathy and tenderness. I sat in the
kitchen, waiting and wondering, like on«
in a dream.
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(To b« continued.!
MECHANISM OF THE 8TAQE.
Then th« woman raised her head, and
looked In our direction.
The men «aw
her. and gave another eheer; but I—I
could hav« swooned away in consterna­
tion. My head want round. 'T looked
again and again.
Either I was mad, or dreaming, or th«
face I gazed upon was that of the lova
of my boyhood—Madeline Graham!
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Yes;*l knew her in a moment
The lurid light of the tempestuous
morning shone full upon her face, and
on the clinging dress and oloak, which
more expressed than hid her lovely form.
Her eyes were wildly fixed, her face pal«
aa death; but In bar features there was a
splendid self-possession far removed from
common fear.
She was fastened to the mast by a
rope. Her feet were bare, and I saw, to
my horror, that all sb« wore save th«
great fur cloak wip a night dress of
whit« cotton, reaching to her feet. Peer­
ing more closely, I perceived that her
lips were blue, and her form shivering
with cold; Indeed, It was ■ miracle that
she had not perished In the chill of that
cruel night. With, an eager cry I leapt
upon the deck, and staggered up toward
Madeline Graham.
Twice I slipped to my knees, and was
driven back and bruiacd against the bul­
warks; but the third time 1 succeeded,
and, reaching her side, clung to the mast,
and gased into her face.
“Madeline!” I cried.
Her eyes met mine, but she gave no
sign of recognition. It wai clear that
what I remembered so vividly ah« had
utterly forgotten.
Drawing my clasp knife, I cut her
free, and put my arms around her to
bear her back to the 'boat. The decks
rocked and split beneath us; she clung
to me, as if in terror. Then I watched
my chance, and. raialng her bodily in my
arms, carried her to the vessel's side
and handed her to the men.
I was about to follow her, when I
was attracted by a wild scream, and,
turning, I perceived the figure of another
woman crawling on 'the' deck. She was
dark-complexioned, like a mulatto, and
almost naked. Without « moment's hes­
itation, I ran to her, and half lifted, half
dragged her, to the vessel’s side.
_I now perceived that we had saved,
in addition to the two women, two white
■eamen and a black man, who afterward
turned out to b« th« ship’s cook. I clung
to th« bulwarks, and
looked
round,
searching for any other signs of life.
r
“Com«, lad, com«!” cried my uncle.
“Quick! th« ship's breaking up!”
I looked at th« strange sailor«, who
■at shivering in th« bottom of the life­
boat.
“Ar« ther« no mote soul« aboard T’ I
cried.
"Not one,” they answered. All the
rest had perished in the long boat, in the
fatal attempt to reach the ehore.
“Give way, lads,” I cried. “Pull for
your Ilves!”
Away wo went through the surging
a. Not a minute too soon did we leave
away tba decks ware rent asunder, and
th« hug« funnel toppled over and fell like
a battring ram upon the bulwarks, which
broke like tinder beneath the blow.
As the keel struck the aands, a dosen
men rushed In waist deep to «else the
boat; our men joined them, and then,
with a long pull, a strong pull, and a
great ringing cheer, the boat was hauled
high and dry, and we were aafe.
*
My first thought was of Msdeline. ,1
carried her into the shelter of the boat
house. Her face and hands were cold as
ice, snd she wss still swooning. Sup­
porting her head on my ehoulder, I
breathed her name. She looked upon me;
■till there was no sign whatever of rec­
ognition.
Gradually I saw the color come back
to her cheeks, but very faintly.
v
"Anita!” she murmured, and looked
round as if seeking eomeons.
The rough fellows, clustering In th«
boat house, murmured sympathisingly;
whispered encomium« on her beauty
passed from mouth to month. And In­
deed she looked strangely lovely, even
in her desolation—her eyes brightening,
her color coming and going, her hair
streaming over her shouldera, her neck
and arms and feet as white as driven
snow. At that moment some of the life­
boat’s men appeared, leading with them
the colored woman, who, the instant she
saw Madeline, eprang toward her and
knelt by her side, hysterically sobbing
and klsaing her hands.
Msdeline bent over her and addressed
her in some foreign tongue—Portuguese,
I afterward discovered. She answered
volubly in the same speech. I suspect­
ed th« truth, that this black girl was
Multitnd« of Thing« Which Make a
Big Production a Buccwi.
The stage when a big production is
on 1« a prison for secrets. No one not
actually engaged in, the work of the
production is admitted beyond the ’ •
stage door. All who are entitled to
admittance must present their tickets
of admission. Just as the auditors pre­
sent tickets at the wicket in front of
the house.
One of the most interesting features
of Mansfield's new play has to do with
the remarkable executive mechanism
which contributes unseen to the ef-
fectiveness of his production of “Julius
Caesar.!’ What the audience sees Is
an Increased orchestra of some twen­
ty musicians, a east of thirty-five prin­
cipal players, and a great number of
supernumeraries. But, unseen, there
is another little army of busy workers
behind the «cenes.
At the door is the “board” on which
the arrivals are registered as each
comes In. The earliest~man to the
theater, is Mr. Mansfield's dresser; In-,
deed, he spends a large portion of the
day In the dressing room, attending
to Mr. Mansfield's costumes, wigs,
boots aud linen. He is back again l»e-
fore 6 to make ready for Mansfield,
who is apt to appear at nny time after
6 o'clock. There are others who have
anticipated the arrival of the »ctors,
because the hundred* of costumes are
in their-charge. Th* wardrobe ‘ mis-'
tress has three sewing girls, and this
quartet sew, stitch, cleafl. renovate and
press costumes with a diligence that
defies time and packing. Nearby Is the
armorer, with mallet and driver to
“close the rivets up.” In the last act of
“Caesar,” on the “wooded plains of
Philllpl,” there Is a gorgeous pageant
of Roman soldiery. This means work
td keep conditioned the mptat leggings,
armplei-e«. ' breastplates,
gauntlets,
shields, swords and helmets. There'
are 157 suits of Romau armor for the
play.
His wig man leads a more quiet life.
By day he is on the stage with his
wigs and blocks, combs and tongs; but
at night he goee about to see that »11
is right. When the make-up man has
arranged his pots and brushes, tbo-
crowds may come, for every one 1»
ready for their transformation Into Ro­
man citizens.
The principals, of
course, have their own trunks aud
rooms, and make themselves up. The
"supers” are divided off into several
big rooms, about fifty or sixty dressing _
In each room. Tljey give up their own
coat, waistcoat aiRTliat in exchange for
their Roman vestments, which are kept
in a great room lined with numbered
boxes. When The play is over they
make another trade. Once In costume,
the supers pass along to the make-up
table. Here Is another of those work­
men, who, unseen by the audience, con-
tributes his share to things. He ap­
plies the make-up to the supers, so
that from a colorless mask of sameness
they become individualized and charac­
terized.
These are only a few of Mr. Mans­
field's numerous unseen staff. They
are all under the stage manager, who
is tbs star's adjutant general. He has.
two assistants. Every department has
a head. There are gas calciums, safer
and truer than electric calciums, so
Mansfield will have them. In control
of them la ths head gas man, and be
has an assistant at each “pair of
tanks,” who follows cum for the
changing of the color and strength of
the light. Just as the actors do for
their entrances and exit».
“No.” Mid th« woman In the case; “I
cannot marry you; the disparity in our
age« 1« an Inaunnountable barrier.”
“But." answered the man who would
a hubby be, “you admit to having cele­
brated twenty-two birthday annlver-
Mries. and I am only tea yeara your
senior.”
“True, ’ asld the fair one; "but think
of the difference twenty yeara hence;
you will be 52 and I will be 27.”
er a word, but let it go at that.