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Prisoners and Captives
By H. S. MERRIMAN
GHAPTBR 1 1 C o n t i n u e d . )
Lieut. Grace was present and certain
entries were made in the log book. The
two servants of her majesty were prompt
and business-like in their questions. Tyars
had taken the precaution of bringing the
log-book of the Martial, in which the
deatiis of the whole crew excepting him­
self were faithfully recorded. The pro­
ceedings were ship shape and business
like, but ns the story progressed the old
commander became more and more inter­
ested. to the detriment of his official punc­
tilio. When at last Tyars finished his
narrative with the words:
“ And this afternoon Lieut. Grace found
me asleep on the wheel,” the old sailor
leaned forward across the little cabin ta­
ble and extended an unsteady, carved
hand.
“ Your hand, sir: I should like to take
by the hand a man with such a record
as yours. You have done a wonderful
thing in navigating the ship almost sin­
gle-handed as far as this. In nursing the
|HK>r fellows you have acted with the ten­
derness o f a woman; in the management
of your ship you have proved yourself a
good sailor, and in your marvelous pluck
you have shown yourself a gentleman—
for such I think you must be, though you
shipped as second mate of a merchant­
man."
Tvars took the proffered hand, smiling
his slow, unconsciously mournful smile.
“ But,” he said, calmly ignoring the in­
terrogation of the old man's glance, "you
must not give me the whole credit. There
are other records as good as mine, but
they are finished, and so the interest suf­
fers. Some of the men behaved splen­
didly. One poor fellow actually dropped
dead at the wheel, refusing to go below
until it was too late. lie knew it was
hopeless, but he took a peculiar sort of
pride in dying with his fingers around the
spokes.”
Then the young surgeon of the Foam
appeared and took charge of his second
patient— for the terrier Muggins had, by
Tyars' request, been attended to first.
In the quiet days that followed the
rescued man and his dog recovered from
the effects of their hardship with wonder­
ful rapidity. Muggins had a decided dis­
advantage of his master. He was older
ns a dog than Tyars as a man; moreover,
his hardships had been greater, for thirst
is a terrible enemy and leaves his mark
deep sunken. Tyars had passed through
a most trying period, but Providence had
chosen to place within his broad chest a
heart semi-indifferent, semi-stubborn— the
hard heart of a fearless man. In his
place nine out of ten would have lost
their reason; Grace found him as nearly
hysterical as a strong will could well be.
Claud Tyars soon regained his energy,
and with the return of it came that rest­
lessness which characterired his daily way
of life. He wished to be up and doing,
holding idleness as an abomination. A
few men had been put on board the mer­
chantman with instructions to keep near
their own ship under all circumstances,
and in consort the vessels were creeping
•lowly through the placid waters toward
the north.
It happened that Lieut. Grace was soon
to leave the slaver on a long leave of
absence, and he was therefore selected
to go on board the Martial, with Tyars
as joint commander, and a few men—
with a view to sailing for Madeira, where
the crew would be strengthened.
A t last the doctor announced that the
rescued man was perfectly strong again,
and that the fever-stricken ship was puri­
fied and disinfected.
“ But,” he added gravely, looking at
Tyars, “ the dog is in a critical condition.
I do not consider myself justified in al­
lowing him to go out of my hands. He
requires constant medical attendance.”
"Bosh !” replied Tyars, with much sol­
emnity.
“ I will give you five pounds for him,”
said the doctor, innocently.
“ I have not come on board this vessel
to sell my dog.”
The offer was increased, but to no pur­
pose. Tyars was as faithful to his dog
as Muggins to his master. And so the
two returned to their vessel early one
morning, when a fair breeze was blow­
ing. For the third time since her de­
parture from South America the Mar­
tial’s sails were all shaken out, and be­
neath a cloud of snowy canvas she moved
away on her stately progress northward,
while the little slave-catcher returned to
the cursed coast which required so close
a watch.
Tyars held a master’s certificate, and
by right of seniority succeeded to the com­
mand of the Martial, vice captain and
first mate, dead and buried. In Lieut.
Grace he found a coadjutor of sympathet­
ic mettle. Energetic, alert and toold, he
ruled the deck with cheery despotism,
and went below for rest with the comfort­
ing conviction that Grace would never
shorten sail from nervousness.
The question before this little band of
men was the safe conduct of a valuable
ship and precious cargo home to Eng­
land, and this they one and all capie to
look upon In time with that breadth of
view which the circumstances required.
Man-of-war trimness was out o f the ques­
tion— carpenter there was none, so paints
could not be mixed, nor deck« caulked,
nor woodwork repaired. There was no
saiimaker, so things must perforce be al­
lowed to go a little ragged.
A fter a long consultation with Grace,
Tyars had called together his little crew
round the wheal, and there delivered to
them a short harangue in
his
best
"U nion" style. The result of this and a
few words from the lieutenant was that
the island of Madeira was enthusiastical­
ly shelved. There were to bs no half
measuraa on board the Martial. They
would take the ship home If there waa no
watch below for any of them.
This program was ultimately carried
>ut to the letter. With the aid of good
fortune, a safe and rapid passage was per­
formed. though, indeed, there was not too
much sleep for any on (ward. No mean
energy was displayed by Muggins among
others. He gravely superintended every
alteration of tall, every bit of work re­
quiring ail hands, and was never missing
from his |xwt by night or day. When at
last the t ’hannei p^Jot came on txtard,
gating curiously up aloft, where things
were anything but taut. Muggins waa
among the first to greet him with tbtt
self-possessed gentlemaniiness which he
wielded so unconsciously.
And during the voyage home Lieut.
Grace had studied his companion with a
slow, comprehensive scruff»/. The twu
commanders had not been thrown much
together, by reason of their duties being
separate, but it was not to this fact alone
that the naval officer attributed his fail­
ure to make anything of Claud Tyars.
He had found this ex-wrangler calmly In­
stalled in the humble post of second mate
to a merchant sailing ship.
Moreover,
there was no attempt to conceal an Iden­
tity which was, to say the least of it,
strange. Tyars apiieared in no way con­
scious of an unanswered question existing
in his intercourse with the naval officer,
and there was no suspicion of embarrass­
ment such as might arise from anomaly.
C H A P T E R IV.
Things were in this state between the
two young men when, one morning in
June, the Martial dropped anchor at
Gravesend to await the tide. The news
of her tardy arrival hnd lieen telegraphed
from the coast, and the Channel pilot had
thought fit to communicate to a friend in
the journalistic interest a somewhat sen­
sational account of the wonderful voyage.
It thus happened that before the an­
chor was well home in its native mud a
stout gentleman came alongside in a
wherry and climbed on deck with some
alacrity.
His lips were a trifle white
and unsteady as he recognised Tyars. and
came toward him with a fat gloved hand
outstretched.
“ Mr. Tyars,” he said, breathlessly, “ you
don’t remember me, perhaps.
I am
George Lowell, the owner. I have ten
riggers coming on board to start unbend­
ing sail at once. I hare to thank you
in the name o f the merchants and of my­
self for your plucky conduct, and you,
too. «ir, as well as these men.”
So the voyage was accomplished, snd
Grace recognized the fact that the time
had arrived for him to withdraw his eight
bluejackets. Their strange duties were
at an end, and one more little tale of
bravery had been added to the great roll.
He gave the word to his men and went
below to get together his few belongings.
As first officer he had navigated the ship,
and for some minutes he leaned over the
plain deal table in his diminutive state­
room, with bis elbows upon the out­
stretched chart.
Across the great spread of ocean was a
dotted line, but In the marks there was
a difference, for three navigators had
worked out the one voyage. As his eyes
followed the line, day by day, hour by
hour, In vivid retrospection back to the
still, hot regions near the equator, the
young fellow realized that the voyage had
been something more than a mere inci­
dent In his life. The restless days and
sleepless nights had been very pleasant in
their sense of satisfactory t o il; the very
contrast of having too much to do In­
stead of too little was pleasurable. But
above all, there was the companionship
and friendship o f a man who interested
him more than any he had yet come in
contact with.
Looking back over the days and nights
they had passed through together, he re­
alized how little leisure there had been
for mere conversation. In the working
of the ship. In the attempt to enable ten
men to do the work of twenty, there had
been sufficient to keep them fully engag­
ed without leaving time for personal mat­
ters. But it is in such a life as this,
lived together, that men really learn to
know each other, and not in mere inter­
change of thought, or give and take of
question and answer.
Lieut. Grace was in his small way a
student of human nature. Men who watch
the sea and sky, to gather from their
changes the deeper secrets of wind and
weather, acquire a habit of watching lips
and eyes, gathering therefrom little hints,
small revelations, tiny evidences which,
when pieced together, make that strange
incongruous muddle called Man. O f the
human being Claud Tyars he knew a good
deal— of the gentleman, the university
athlete, the traveled sportsman, he knew
absolutely nothing. Beyond the bare fact
that Trinity College hnd left its Inefface­
able mark upon him, the past history of
this sailor was a blank to Grace.
When he went on deck a little later,
leaving his baggage to he brought up by
one of the bluejackets, this thought was
still uppermost In his mind. He found
Tyars and Mr. Lowell walking together
on the after deck; the former talking
earnestly, while the owner of the ship
listened with pained eyes. They came to­
ward Grace together, and he told them of
his intention to take his men up to Lon­
don by train at once in order to report
themselves at the Admiralty.
There were boats alongside— the riggers
were on board, Indeed, they were already
at work aloft, and there was no cause for
further delay. He turned away with vis­
ible reluctance, and went forward to call
his men together. Mr. Lowell followed
and shook hands gratefully, after which
be went g it to speak to the pilot. Thus
Grace snd Tyars were left s I oim «mid­
ships, for ths men were busy throwing
their effects Into the attendant boats.
“ I hope,” aald Tynra, “ that you will
not get into u row for coming straight
horn« without calling at Madeira on the
chance of picking up more men.”
" I don’t anticipate any difficulty," waa
the reply; "my uncle has the pulling of
• few of the strings, you know."
Tyara nodded his head.
There waa
nothing more to be said. The two men
were already clamls-rlng down the ahlp’a
side, eager to get ashore.
"Good by,” said Grace, holding out hla
hand. " I — eh— I ’m glad we got her
home.”
"Good by.”
They ahook hands, and Tyara atoo<| ntill
upon the deck he had trodden an bravely,
while the little officer moved away to­
ward the gangway. Somehow there waa a
aenae o f inaufficlency on ls*th «idea. There
was something left tinnnid. and yet neith­
er could think of anything to aay. Grace
had not gone many yards when he stop­
ped, hesitated, and finally returned.
" I aay, Tyara,” he said. Hurriedly, "le
thie going to he the end of It allT I
mean, are we going to lone sight of each
other now? We have been israwn togeth­
er in rather a singular way, and, under
peculiar circumstamvs, we have got on
very well together haven't we7"
Tyara changed color beneath hla sun­
burn.
“ Yes,” he replied, with the awkward
geniality of a man accustomed to the
exercise of an Iron reserve over any emo­
tion. "Yea. we have got on very well."
" I don’ t think we ought to lose sight
of each other," suggested Grace.
“ N o; I don’t think we ought."
“ Then will you come up and see us In
town? The guv’nor would like to make
your acquaintance. Come and dine to­
morrow evening. No. llkl Brook street,
Oroavenor Square. You won’t forget ths
address?”
“ Thanks: I shall be most happy. What
time do you dine?"
"W ell, I don’t know. I have been away
from horns four years; but come at
•even.”
‘‘ Seven o'clock; No. Ilk’) Brook strest.
Thanks.”
They had reached the gangway, and
Grace*now turned with a little nod of
acknowledgment, and began making his
way down the unsteady step« into the
boat awaiting him. Tyars stood on the
grating, with one hand resting on the rail
of the ship, the other in his jacket pocket.
“ By the way," called out Grace, as the
boatman shoved off, “ bring Muggins.”
That sage dog. standing between his
master’s legs, wagged the white stump
that served him for a tail and dropped
bis pointed ears in quirk acknowledgment
o f the mention of his name in a way
which he knew to 1st friendly.
“ He is not accustomed to the habits
of polite society," remarked Tyars In a
shout, because the stream had carried ths
boat astern already. "H e has got out of
the way of it."
"Muggins is a gentleman," shouted
Grace, "who knows how to behave him­
self in all societies and all circumstances.
You must bring him !"
“ A ll righ t!" laughed T y a rs ; and he
smiled down at the upturned eager fare,
the quivering ears and twitching tall of
ths dog— for Muggins knew well enough
that hs was under discussion, and wait­
ed the verdict from his master’s lips.
C n A I T E U V.
in n
IllitcU
I t M « |»iM<rrt«**.
Th e amateur who wlsht-s to try berry
growing w ill find the lilnck rnsplu-rry
a gissi plant to lu-g!n with. The rasp-
Is-rry Is In all probability
the most
honest o f ls-rry growing plants. Th ere
Is no waste, tin* ls-rrl«-s are uniform tu
V e n t i l a n o ! » o l K a r l» llu ll< ltn «a .
si/«-, anil us sisin as gathertnl tlu*y aro
The re are no simili Imi Militi* mi thè
r«snly for the talliti, or for pre-serving.
furui timi onniiot la* amply ventilatisi
A plantation o f this fruit, om-e estate
by Ih# slmple piali
bere dneTlbeil
llvlnsl, should last six or eight years.
Generali) sudi Imlldlugs are nf thè
It w ill grow In utmost any soil except
single or sloptug roof »<*rt so tlmt thè
a very stiff clay, or one Unit Is so
pian ouu lai carristi out at amali ex
l-'o rly <1rnlm>«l that the w ater atamls
IMMiae. lu thè reur o f thè house, near
un the soil for solilo time tsifore Is-lng
me contar, bulbi su alr sbaft, mudo
drain«-«! away.
It Is a heavy f«»-ti«-r,
by Jotnlng at Ilio etiges four Unirti«
so Its soil must l>e fortlll/.i-ti ev««ry year
rtbout elglit lui-li«'* wltie. Set tllls luto
or tw o to keep up Its utilllltiuiu pro-
thè ground or fueteii to thè Ibsir If o f
duct I venea«.
bonrds so tinti ti w ill la* limi. Ila v e It
A northern «-X|sisiir«- Is licet for the
<>|>eii at ti te top, o f «x>urs«\ unti lliuko
plant, for It siiff«-rs from extrem e li«*«t.
lt thres or finir feet high. Ili thè siti»-
ami the dlres-t rays o f the sun, more
o f ti, next to thè Wall o f thè building
than fremi extrem e colti wt-nthor. A
¡imi about a fo»>* up frolli thè Hoor «ut
»loping ground Is preferred to either
out n piece so ns to bave an openlng
tin- »ninniti or ties«- o f a hill. Th e hlnck
thè whlth o f th<* Inumi sm! ah«mt slx
ruapberry Is propagate«! by burying the
Inchea thè other way, miti In thè siti«- tips o f tin* enne» ulMMit August. Sim ­
ply <llg n little Indo with a spade, and
Is-ud the cane so that tho tip w ill lay
In tlie hole, then «-ovi-r It with soil and
pr«»s It down. The weight o f the soil
w ill usually hobt the cane: If not a
»m all i»-g may ls> usisi.
Ill the fall
a young plant with a mass o f r<»it» w ill
have been forme«!. Th«* old cane may
Is- cut away and the young plunts w ill
t»» remi)' for setting out.
In most
• •as«-» It Is well to l«»t tin- young plants
re-inaln until spring before transplant­
ing. I ’ ri>i»-r attention shmihl Is- given
to pruning ra»pt»-rrli-«. Cam e o f the
first seaaon pretine,. fruit tin* fo llow ­
f the bulldlug opjssilte tills hole III tlu- ing s«-a««in, hut a fter Is-nrlng they may
lm ft cut a hole «if corresponding si*«-, Is, «-ut uwuy.
’over those two hoh-s as well us tIn-
ole In the top <>f the shaft with w In ­
..........C r o s s » « tit » « «
to K ile.
citin g so that no hlrti or small unlinal
Tuk«* two pt«-<-«-s o f one Inch bnnnl
au get In.
du in i wood Is ls-st), wide as saw In
This Is the shaft by which the air wlih-st pliu-«*. and as long ns tin* saw
liters the biilbllng. Then bulbi an Is-tween the liniidl«». HI iii | h > tin- l»inrds
ther shaft long enough to reach Ma­ with II “ billy” like tin) cutting edge o f
nor up through the r«»if so that It »uw.
Lny your saw on «me o f tin»«*
•III come out through the r«»>f u foot iMtartls wltli the tia-tli at»ive the l»iarel
r fift«*«*ii Inch«-». The top o f tills shaft cmmgli to 111«- nicely, and strailitl«- tlm
lust tie capissi so that tin* «qienlng •nw with ii pair o f
alx-lnch strap
III Is- protected from rain. Th e lower hinge», near the etuis o f the t»mr«ls.
ml is t«> be covered with w ire netting Now o|«m the hinge» und remove the
listen this firmly nt the n»>f end and *nw, nnd mark nround the hing«-» to
rltli «-orner supports to the floor at show where to l«*t them In th«- Isiarel
be bottom. T lie plan Is simple, «sisy the thickness o f the hingt-.
Fasten
j «*on«truct nnd.work» splendidly. It binge* to this bonrd, nnd then to the
i particularly good for
ventilating other tMiunt In the same manner. Now
oultry houses. In the plain Illustra
you have n pair o f Jaws In which your
Ion A representa the shaft through »nw w ill rest on Its buck, ¡»-rmtitlng
rhlch the foul air posses and B the the tis-tli to come ubove the i-dgc o f tin-
baft through which the fresh air en- Jaw to file. Bevel edge o f l»iar<ls. Now
A
B arrel
« '»e o m b e r
«
U a n lrB .
An Interesting form
of
buckynrd
gardening is raising cucumliers In bar
rein.
An old sugar burrel
without
heads w ill anawer. Get m-vernl o f them
and saw them
In
two, setting tlie
halves ure-ortllng to the spine available,
about tw elve feet apart. D rive n stake
through the renter o f the barrel to hold
firm during storms and fill the h a lf
barrel with manure, l ’ lnnt four hills
of cucumbers around the Inside o f each
barrel and make a kind o f trellis in
tin* sha|ie o f the letter II out o f laths,
one trellis for each hill, one «-ml to rest
oti the top o f the barrel. Th e vine«
may Is* readily ninile to run over the
barrels and trellis, making a very at­
tractive nnd luxuriant np|»*nrnn«-e, nnd
prealm-lng Immense quantltli-s o f rmmm-
ls*rs.
Th e crop w ill Is- greatly In
creased If the vlm*s are
thoroughly
soaked «luring the dry weather.
At T o’clock that night the Martial
found rest at last, moored safely along­
side the quay In the East India dork.
There was a little crowd of Idlers upon
the pier and on the gates of the tldsl
basin, for the fame of the ship had
spread. But more eyes were dlrerted to­
ward the man who hnd done this deed
of prowess, for the hmy in Interest Is,
after all, paramount In things in whlrh
we busy our minds. For one who look
ed at the ship there were ten of those
mariners, dork laborers and pilots who
•ought Tyars.
"H e ain’t one of us at all," muttered
a sturdy llghtermsn to his mate. “ A gen­
tleman, if yer please."
But gpntlemsn or no gentleman, these
toilers of the sea welcomed the plucky
sailor with a hoarse cheer. The stately
ship glided smoothly forward in all the
deep-seated glory of
her
moss-grown
decks, her tarnished brass, her slack
ropes. There seemed to be a living spirit
of calm, silent pride in the tn|«-ring spars
« '» m h l n e r t B o l t e r m ill W o r k e r .
and weather-beaten hull, as if the vessel
A neat attachment to a garden ro l­
held high her head amid her sprucer «sun-
peers. She seemed to t>c conscious that ler Is the fo llow in g: B«ir<- holes eight
In
her name was far above mere question* Inches npnrt lengthwise and put
of paint and holystone. Her pride lny tu
her deeds and not in her npjtcaranc«.
Her sphere was not in moorings, but
upon the great seas. She came like a
soldier Into camp, disdaining to wipe ths
blood from off his fa«».
Tyars stood near tho wh*'el, hardly
noticing the crowd upon the <|uay. Ths
pilot and the dwkmaster hnd to some ex­
tent relieved him of tils command, bat
KOI.I.KK A M ) M AUK Mt ( «IM Ill .S KII.
he still hnd certain duties to perform, and
he was still captain of the Martial, the pins. T o mark the garden make thexe
only man who aalled from Loudon In her pins each hold a small rope, encircling
to return again.
the roller by driving them Into the
When at last she was moored and his i
command had ceased, he went below and holes beside the emls o f the roi»*. More
changed hla clothes. When he came on than one row o f holes can lie used to
deck a little later Claud Tyars was trans­ change distances. Tnck strips length­
formed. The keen, resourceful sailor was wise o f the roller to mark places In
merely a gentlemnn of the world. Self- row fo r setting plants.
possessed and aomewhat «told in manner,
he was th* sort of man one would expect
H e ed T e a t l n i f .
to meet on the ahady aide of Plcondilly,
Th e bureau o f plant Industry Is do­
while his brown fa «» would be accounted ing a good deal o f s«-ed testing this
for by military aervice In a tropical cli­
spring owing to the ro|»>rts published
mate.
In regard to widespread adulteration.
( T o hs c o n tin u e d .>
Special attention Is given to testing
I l l s Itennnn.
samples o f a lfa lfa seed for
foilder.
"B o w ly calls his w ife ’s «log ’ Sim­
Many other s«*eds come In for careful
ple L ife .’ "
examination ns to purity hut testing
"G raciou s! W h y ?"
fo r germination does not ref-elvo so
"Because she lends It."— Cleveland
much attention. This is a branch o f
Plain Dealer.
seed testing that can he better attend
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O f all Am ericans those o f French ed to by the farm er himself and It Is
extraction apend the smallest propor­ something that every farm er should be
Intensely Interested In.
tion o f thalr Income on food.
get two l«-gs for each hoard, o f 2x1,
or Ntb-ks from tin- woo«ls, as I did, and
ls-vi-1 to stand like l«-gs iff a sawhorse,
anil long enough to stand up to file
easily.
Fasten your Jaw l»iiirds
to
these legs, from Inside o f Jaws, with
screws «ir wire nails. Fasten a strip
aerosa two o f the leg* nt til«- b ottom
to put your fiMit on w hile filing to help
to k«»-p tin- horse steady. But In your
saw ami pull out on the l«*gs ¡0 tlgliti-n
the Jaws on tin- saw. Farm Progress.
N oti*«»
fo r
th t* t i r o
K e e p e r«.
B«s-s, like men, are good-natured
when tln-y are- making headway In pro­
viding for the future-. Tills nceolints
for the different n-ceptlous given to
an Intruder at different tlim-s.
Ita-htve* are now so consirm-ti-d that
they may Is- opened and their contents
removed or change«! alsiiit and exam ­
ined without iiinterlaUy inti-rfering
with the action o f the bees. Th ey fr e ­
quently continue their lalsirs even when
the <*«imh Is held til the liaiid o f the
b«-«-k<»‘per.
Honey Is always a ready sell«-r and
th«- price |s-r pound nverng«-s anywhere
from 12 to 20 cents, dc|M-ndlng ii|s>n
the locality and quality. A gixul hive
o f lss*s In the average locality w ill pro­
duce about seventy-five |s>tinds o f honey
l>er year ami pay BO |»-r cent on the
Investment o f the first season.
Got
posted on Ix-ekoeplng If you s«-«-k n
pleasant and profitable occupation.
It Is claimed tlint a strong «-olony
o f ’ ices Is the liest preventive against
moths.
Any one who doubts that there Is
money In lioekeeplng n«s-«l only look
up statistics « hi the honey crop o f the
United States to find out what a great
marketable article honey Is.
In the
year 1900 the total amount o f capital
Investeil In lx*eH In the United States
was $10,18(1,000. The returns from the
national honey crop that aame year were
$0,005,000, a dividend o f 05 per cent
on the amount Invested. What other
crop pay* this rate o f Intereat?
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