THE SONNDAY OBEGONIAff, PORTLAND?, AUGUST. 19, 1900.
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapter.
John Curtis, a young American, who chances
to be In Athens at the outbreak of ihe Greco
Turkish war, Joins a fllJbueterlnc expedition
to Crete. The little vessel Is wrecked, but
Curtis, accompanied by Lieutenant Ltndbohm.
a. noldier of fortune, and a native Cretan,
itlrhall. reach the island safely. They arrive
at a vlllare and are cared for by the Inhab
itants. Curtis has Injured his foot on a sea
urchin. He is nursed by Panayota, the priest's
dauchtcr. In a few days word comes of the
advance of the Turks under Kostakes .oward
the town. The Cretans gather In the pass,
the men fighting, and the women and rlrls
keeping up up beacon fires Thirty Turks arc
Idlled, but Wicliall is badly wounded und
Panayota la captured by Koatakes. The Cre
tans retreat to the sea. Kostakes plunder the
town, taklnc the old priest and Panayota
-along; as prisoner. Curtis, representing 1.1m
eelf a a newspaper correspondent, alo accam
panlf6 the Turks. Kostakes has the old priest
murdered and Curtis plans to rescue Panayota
and avenge her father's death. In the absence
of Kostakes. Curtis kills two of the guaids
and grounds another, and escapes with Panay
ota. They meet Lindbohm and friends, and
attack the Bashl Bazouks. who recapture
Panayota, Curtis and IAndhohm each discover
that the other Is In love with the Cretan cap
tive. .Kostakes now Imprisons her In his
.harem in Canea, and tries to persuade, her to
marry him.
CHAPTER XXVI-Contlnued.
Then, an idea came to Ferende. She
threw away her cigarette, crossed the
court and disappeared into the houce.
Soulelma ran after, and, hiding her body
behind the wall, peeped within. She saw
.Ferende step out of her slippers and tip
toe up the stairs. Soulelma waited until
flhe was out of sight, and then followed.
Ayesha, overcome by a woman's curi
ositythat passion which fears neither
death nor shame slapped the fish, now
ready for the pan. into a drawer of the
table and did likewise.
"I must know what's going on," she
muttered, and she stole into the house.
CHAPTER XXVIL
Panayota was lying face down upon tho
bed, but when she heard heavy footsteps
In tho hall and the scratching of the key
upon tho lock, she sprang to her feet
and backed to the wall at the farther
side of tho room. She cast her eyes
about the bare, dim room, as though
there must be some way of escape, moan
ing, meanwhile: .
"little "Virgin, save me! O my God. what
ehall I do?"
When Kostakes entered he found her
thus, her fists clenched, her lips white.
She was looking at him with great eyes
of fear and horror, and she scarcely
eeeraed to breathe. There was In her at
titude the alertness of a hunted cat, that
hopes to moke a sudden dash for .liberty
and get away even at the last mo
ment. "In the name of God, Panayota," he
oaid. tenderly, "why are you so fright
ened? Have I not told you I would not
touch a hair of your head?"
She made no reply, but slid along the
Tvall, with her eyes fixed on the open
door. Ho turned with an exclamation of
Impatience, shut It with a slam, locked it
and put the key in his pocket.
'Na!" he said, "don't think of escaping.
Try to fix your mind on what I am going
to say to you. And now, in the first
place, I swear to you by my hopes of
salvation that I mean you no harm. Now
listen to mo I love you. Panayota."
"Is that why you murdered my fa
ther?" "Why do you say that I murdered
your father?"
"Bring him to mo alive, and then I
6hall know that you did not."
"Tou ask an impossible thing, Pana
yota Ho is probably among the Sypha
klote mountains by this time, and you
know there aren't troops enough in all
Turkey to sot him out."
""Then I'll tell you what you do," cried
Panayota eagerly, advancing a step or
two. "ltTne go and And him. I'll re
turn here to Canea with him. Honestly
I will, honestly and you shall come and
talk to me all you like."
Kostakes gave his mustache an impa
tient twist.
"To let you go, after all tho trouble
I've had getting you? O. no, Panayota.
You're mine, by Allah! and whoever takes
you away from mo must kill me lirst,
Tou don't know how 1 love you. I could
never tell yer Listen?1" Thoro Isn't a
drop of Turkish Sfbbli irTmel My grand
father became a Turk because because
of circumstance, to save his life. I am
the son of & Greek mother and she used
to sing Greek lullabys to me in my cra
dle." He was talking very fast now. "I
have always paid I would turn Christian
eome time, and when I saw you, I made
up my mind to do it right away. I have
heard great news. Everybody says that
the powers have decided to jilve the isl
and to tho King of Greece. Then there
will b no more Turks here. They will
either go away or become Orthodox. Say
you'll have me, Panayota, and I'll get rid
of rny harem, and we'll be married before
the priest"
"Will you murder your wives as you
did my father?" asked the girl. Kos
takes stared at her, deprived for the
moment of the power of speech. In his
enthusiasm, he had talked himself into
the feeling that his dreams were alroaay
realized. Panayota's voice, hard, sneer
ing, cold with hate, shocked him like a
sudden blow In the faco with a whip.
Then rage surged up in his veins and
knocked at his temples. His hands, that
he had extended pleadingly, trembled, and
be gnashed his teeth. Kostakes was not
"beautiful at that moment. Panayota
laughed.
"O, you Turk." she cried, "you coward
ly Turk. Ybh needn't grind your 'teeth
rat me. Vm not afraid of death. It's
only your vile love that I fear."
Kostakes raised his doubled fists above
his head and brought them down with
cuch violence that an Involuntary "Ah!"
escaped htm.
By God, girl, you would drive a saint
crasy," he cried. "Here I am offering
to change my religion and put away my
harem, and all for you, and I get noth
ing out of you but an insult. Don't you
know that you are in my power, and 1
cAn do with you what I please? -No
cursed foreigner will rescue you this time.
He did not know enough to keep you
when he had you. and I'll see that he
doesn't get another chance. I want you
to love me as I love you, Panayota. I've
made you an honorable proposition. J
leavo you to think it over. But make up
your mind to this you're mine, and I'll
never give you up wlc I live."
When Kost akea gapped into the court
again, Soulelma wj3lawinc tip the coals
In a little eharcow tftovc. horn made
tram an American pftreleum can. Ayesha,
8-anding by the table, called out m stage
whisper, plainly audible through tne en
closure: The effendi comes." and pulled the
flab from the drawer.
"Isn't dinner ready yctr he snarled;
"what have you lazy "women been
Ins?"
"All ready, effendi," replied Ayesha.
"We couldn't fry the barbounla till you
came. They are better hot. Soulelma,
bring the olive oil and the salt, in two
minutes, effendi.'
"Got any wine?" asked Kostakes, as
the platter of steamlnjj flfih was set be
fore him.
"Wine, effendi. In a Turkish house7"
"Tea, wine: if you've got any, bring: It
on. Tor I am tired and thirsty."
"I think Ferende has some," suggested
Soulelma. "She drinks like a fish "
"Urnph! And I don't suppose you help
her 7"
Effendi, I swear" cummenced Eou
leima "1 don't even know the taste of it,"
protested Ayesha.
""Silence, silence! and bring me some.
And look here," as the dacanter was set
before him, "if I ever hear n lisp about
my wine drinking I'll wring the necks of
you both cackling old hens that you are.
And now send Ferende to wait on me,
and get out of my sight, the two of you.
Tou tako my appetite away. She at
least is not a greasy old sloven "
After the effendi had eaten he betook
himself to' his chamber in search of much
needed rest. Ferende followed him, and,
sitting down upon the side of the bed,
attempted to lay her cheek against his.
But he pushed her from him, saying In a
querulous and disgusted tone:
"Get off from me and let me breathe,
can't you? Darken the room and go
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'IF SHE SHOULD TAKE SICK. AND DIE!"
away. Shut the door, and if any
or you women make a' noise eh, thre,
listen!"
"Tes, effendi." Ferende had nearly
closed the door, but she opened It a lit
tle ways and thrust her fuce back Into
the room. .
"Don't take Panayota up those cold
fish. Fry her some hot ones, and give
her some wine."
The ex-favorltc found the two elder
wlfes whispering together in the gar
den.
"Why didn't you stay with the ef
fendi?" asked Ayesha, spitefully.
She walked straight up to them.
'Lot's be friends." she said. "We'roJ
all in the same boat, and mut work to-I
u-pthflr. In f.ict. voti nr In n wnrs.. li ;
than I am, for I am younger and better
looking than either of you, and a young,
handsome woman can always live some
how." This was not conciliatory language,
but It accorded so well with what the
two women had been saying to each other
that they could make no reply. Eacn
looked inquiringly at tho other for a mo
ment, and then Soulelma asked:
"Do you think he is in earnest?"
"Absolutely. He would have no reason
lo parley with the girl, else. She is in
his power."
"We shall all be turned Into the street."
said Aye?ha.
"He would never dare," cried Soulelma
"He has nothing against us. We ar
faithful, honest wives. It would make
too great a scand.il."
"He will find a way." replied Ferende.
coolly. "When a Mussulman really wishes
to get rid of a wife, he always manages
it sooner or later."
"What shall we do, O what shall we
do?" sobbed the two elder wives. Poor
things! They had no Virgin to take
refuge with.
"If she should take sick and die!" sug
gested Soulelma.
Ferende started violently and turned
pale. "Xo!" she cried so loudly that all
three of them glanced apprehensively at
the windows. Then lowering her voice:
"Don't ever think of such a thing again.
Ifs too dangerous. She must escape."
"But the Effendi would kill us even for
that."
"It must be done in such a way that
he will never suspect us. We must put
our heads together."
CHAPTER XXVIII.
"Wo must yust take our chances," said
Undbohm. "How far is it from here to
the blockhouse?"
"Curtis was lying on his stomach behind
a rock, with his rifle beside him.
"About 09 or TO rods," he replied.
"Rods? What is a rod?" asked Lind
bohm. The Tankee laughed.
"The fort is let me see between 300 and
400 yards from here."
There was a puff of smoke from a win
dow of the square, gray building, fol
lowed a moment later by a distant report,
and the humming of a guitar siring in tho
air above their heads. Curtis lay down
again.
"Damn bad shot," observed his com
panion. "Make me sick after being in
South Africa. If that had been a Boer
now. he would have hit you. But those
Turks cannot shoot. So we will make a
rush. We will have our best shots crawl
in close and fire on the doors and win
dows. Then I take a detachment aud
run in. When the Turks appear we drop
down, and our men Are another volley.
Then we yump up and make another dosti.
So we take it."
The blockhouse was a little above them.
on a rocky eminence that commanded the
gleaming sheet of Suda Bay. in shape
like a written capital V. Four warships,
two Englishmen, a Frenchman and a Ger
man, lay resting at anchor, thin columns
of smoke bending from their funnels and
drifting away amicably together. Some
thing over a mile and a half away, those j
great floating engines of death and ter- t
ror looked as innocent as n tiny fleet on
a duck pond. Entrenched In the rocks all
about Lindbohm was an armed band. loO
in number, consisting of Cretan insur
gents, youthful Italian enthusiasts and
Greek Turcophobes. Behind them rostj
the tremendous piles of Ida and the White j
Mountains, an.d below them lay the
bright, smiling valleys of the coast, and
the lower slopes, where an occasional
white village gleamed among it3 olive or
chards. "How many are there of "em?" asked'
Curtis. Undbohm smiled, and raising his
big pink hand to his "blonde mustache,
gave it a playful pull.
"That's yust what we're going to find
out," he replied. Calling an Insurgent
to him who spoke French, he explained
in that language the plan for the as
sault. He himself selected the men who
were to accompany him, 25 in number,
and such as possessed bayonets proceeded
to fix them to their rifles. Tho places
from which the shooting was to be done
was selected, and the men began to get
to them as rapidly as possible. Lind
bohm and Curtis, at the head of their lit
tle band, worked down toward the open
spot across which the rush must be made.
These movements caused more or less of
exposure, and drew repeated fusillades
from the blockhouse. Most of the bul
lets passed over the head of the attack
ers, but occasionally one slapped against
the soft face of a rock, or scurried
through the gravel. One glanced near
Curtis" head and hummed like a musical
top. He turned and looked curiously in
the direction of the sound.
"It takes yust one good big battle to
break a man of that," observed the lieu
tenant. '
"Of what?"
"Looking after the bullets. They sing
all sorts of tunes, and sometimes they
only whisper but they always "say tho
same thing death, death."
The attacking party 3pread out into iv
line with distances of 10 feet and over
between the men. Lindbohm held out
his hand to Curtis.
"Au revolr, my friend," he said, fix
ing his innocent blue eyes upon the
American. ''You better stay here. This
Is a little dangerous, and you got a
mother, you know."
The men were lying upon their stom
achs; Lindbohm's left elbow rested upon
the ground, his chin suported by the
left hand. As ho spoke, he pushed out
hls r'eht arm toward Curtis and the
two men clasped hands. The American
was thrilled by a great revelation of af
fection for the Swede his eyes were so
child-like, his voice so tender, and his
smile so sad and sweet, like a woman's;
he had lost the handkerchief that had
been tied about his head, and his pom
padour had fallen down in spots, like a
wheat field upon which fragments of wind
have dropped here and there; he was
very much in earnest now, as nervously
he swept one end of his great blondo
mustache between his teeth, with the tip
of his tongue, and inquired:
"Eh? Is it not so? We must remem
ber the little mother."
"Do you think I'd go back on a friend
in a time like this?" asked Curtis, in
dignantly. "But, see here, Lindbohm,
since you're uneasy about me, you'll find
my address in my pocket. If anything
"WITEX KOSTAKES ENTERED
happens to me, 'trrlte to my folks. And
and, about Panayota "
Lindbohm dropped the hand that he -was
holding, and the color faded out from
beneath the dust and grime upon his
face.
"About Panayota?"
"Tell her I meant what I said to her
that day, every word of it. I I, she'll
understand. And, say, Lindbohm, If Kos
takes has Insulted her, let daylight
through him, will you? Give him one for
me, will you?"
Lindbohm made no reply, but still rest
ing his lefts elbow, he slid his face
down into his great soft hand, and re
mained silent for so long a time that an
TtHri7i culled Imrsatlpntlv from n little
distance.
"Paratl, slgnor!"
Then he looked up suddenly and again
seised Curtis by the hand.
"You are not going," he said .sternly.
"I am in command here, and I order you
to stay back."
Ere the American had a chance to re-
ply half a dozen guns roared from a co
vert near by, a dozen more .followed as
rapidly as the sound of a boy trailing a
stick along a picket fence, and then for
a full moment the firing continued as
capriciously as the explosions of a bunch
of firecrackers. It ceased, and Undbohm,
bent low, was running toward the block
house. He had not gofc more than 10
yards away before the others were dart
ing after him.
"Oh, damn his orders," mutter Curtis
and, scrambling to his feet, he ran so
rapidly forward that he passed two or
three of the Italians, and had nearly
reached Lindbohm's side. He heard a
sound as though the man behind him had
stepped on a bundle of dry twigs. Turn
ing, he saw the poor fellow lying upon
his side, bent like a bow. He was clutch
ing the calf of his left feg with both
hands and grinning. His shin had been
shattered by a ball. Somebody fell upon
Curtis and bore him to earth, and imme
diately there was -a crash and rattle of
rifles behind and all around him. The man
at his side took deliberate aim at some
body and fired. Curtis followed his exam
ple and shot at one of the windows of
the blockhouse. There was a lull and
they dashed forward again. Curtis kept
his eye on Lindbohm this time, and
pitched forward upon his face when he
saw the Swede do likewise. They ran but
a short distance each time, but the third
spurt brought them half way to the desti
nation. Lindbohm now kept straight on,
stopping every moment to aim and fire.
The others followed his example and they
were able thus to keep advancing and
none the less to maintain quite a fusil
lade against the doors and windows of
the Turkish stronghold. They were still
10 or 12 rods away, when a white flag
appeared on the roof. Lindbohm turned
and motioned to his companions, who
gathered about ihlm. They walked fear
lessly through the open door. Into the
front room of a square stone building;
A thin-faced., gray-headed officer In a fad
ed fez, came forward to meet themr
Twenty Turks In ragged uniforms were
huddled together In a corner. The place
was dim and sulphurous with smoke.
"To whom have I the honor of sur
rendering?" asked the Turkish officer in
French, unbuckling his sword.
"To me, monsieur," replied "Lindbohm,
bringing his heels together with a "click,"
and saluting with great dignity.
"I surrender to save bloodshed," said
the Turk. "I see that you are not a Cre--tan
and I, therefore, with perfect con
fidence turn these men over to you as
prisoners of war."
"They shall give1 up tljelr arms and
suffer no harm. Monsieur Will do me the
honoi of retaining his sword."
The remaining Cretans were now come
up and 'many of them had crowded into
the room. Lindbohm ordered, them out
and put two stout fellows at the door.
"Now, monsieur, if you will kindly tell
your men to give up their guns."
The officer said a few words to his lit
tle band, and one by one, as a sergeant
called their names, they stepped forward
I and handed their weapons to Curtis, who
passed them to a man outside the door.
The. last gun had scarcely been given up
ere a sudden commotion broke out among
the Cretans and half a dozen burly In
surgents, forcing their way past the
guard, burst into the room. -The com
motion now swelled to a hoarse uproar,
and Curtis caught the words "Kill! Kill!"
and "No! No!'1 Lindbohm did not realize
the gravity of the situation. He was rag
ing because his orders had been dis
obeyed, and thought that the whole band,
actuated by curiosity, were about to
swarm In. He therefore leaped to the
door with leveled bayonet, and threatened
the crowd so fiercely that they all shrank
back. Meanwhile a thing happened that
fairly froze Curtis with horror. The half
dozen insurgents raised their guns to
their shoulders and deliberately pointed
them at the body of unarmed Turks,
who, seized with panic, assumed all the
attitudes of fear. Some crouched against
the wall, as though, they would shrink
through It; some fell upon the earthen
'floor; others squatted and doubled their
arms in front of their faces and chests.
Several tried to seize their companions
and hold them beforetheir own bodies.
A dreadful laugh, mingled with foul and
Insulting words, broke from the insur
gents' throats. The Turkish officer stepp-d
quietly in front of his mon, and, cross
ing his arms over his chest, regarded the
Cretans with a' look of high scorn. His
thin face and gray beard added sublimity
to the dauntless soul that spoke in his
attitude. Ho had tho beak and eyes of an
eagle.
Curtis was completely carried away
with revulsion and horror. The words,
"In the name of God! In the name of
God!" beat in his brain with the regular
strokes of a trip-hammer, and he fan
cied that he heard some one shouting
them. An Insurgent threatened him with
the, bayonet and another, with an out
burst of expostulation, seized tho threat
ener's gun. Then a third Cretan leaped
upon him, and attempted to push him to
one side of the room. Curtis, now com
pletely crazed with rage, dropped the gun
i which he was unable to use at such close
quarters, and snarling, "Damn you, I'll
choke the life out of you!" danced with
hooked hands at his adversary's throat.
Strong as a gorilla, and notable among
tho best athletes in the world the football
players of Harvard, he had nothing to
fear. He dodged between the sinewy
arms of his opponent, and. arching his
back .against the python embrace which
now tightened upon him, felt for the Cre
tan's throat, when there was a great
crunching and trembling sound, and in
HE FOUND HER THUS.
the air, that had suddenly turned milky
and pungent, and yellow with a light
ning burst of sun, Cretans and "Turks
were leaping like imps. Curtis stood for a
moment in stupid wonder, his mouth
open, his hands still convulsively twitch
ing. He was gazing at a great heap of
debris and a triangle of wall with one
ragged side. Men were scrambling over
the rubbish, working their arms as though
they were trying to fly. Something like
an electric shock It was fear smote the
American, and his stomach swooped aa
when one. goes down in a swing. He
leaped among the fleers and gained the
open. "Without looking to see where he
was going, he struck out Instinctively
for the hills. Once or twice he fell down,
but was on his feet again in an instant.
As he ran his fear grew. Some one
shouted to him, a familiar voice, but he
did not stop. Lindbohm seized him firmly
by the arm and held him. Curtis strug
gled for a moment, and then ho felt
weak. He could run no further. He tried
to speak several times.-but was entirely
out of breath. At last he managed to
gasp:
"What? What? What?"
The Swede was standing on a little
eminence, with one hand In his pocket,
hair, face and clothing were dusted miller
white with powderirue lime. He was gaz
ing toward the sea. and there was the
ghost of a smile in his childish blue eyes.
"Six-inch shell." he replied. Curtis
looked. There was a- snurt of flame from
one of the toy shies in the duck pond,
followed by a muffled detonation, and a
sound like the wind sometimes makes at
sea. An explosion threw up a great cloud
of dust about 30 yards beyond the block
house or what remained of it.
"French!" said Lindbohm.
Another flash, ae&in the sound of the
wind, again the explosion this time about
20 yards short.
"German, I think. They lowered too
much, because the others fired high."
The third shell from yet another ship
clipped away the -white flag that was
still standing on tho corner of the build
ing. "English! That's creat work!" Lind
bohm's interest was entirely professional
and disinterested.
(To be continued.)
GIBRALTAR IN CASE OF WAR
Much. In England "Will Depend Tip
on Spain's Neutrality.
If war breaks out Gibraltar is the elec
tric bell of Europe, and the button will
bo pressed in Downing street. Gibraltar
Is a ganglion of imperial nerves. At the
western confines of the inland sea its pos
session has long been held to be equiva
lent to the command of the straits. Since
gunriery improved so as to diminish the
value of the rocks as a fortress its im
portance as protection to the new harbor
and the British fleet has been immensely
enhanced.
Not long ago. after the Spanish-American
War, tho Spaniards, at the instiga
tion and cost of the French Government,
commenced the preparation of earthworks
and the mounting of heavy guns near
the town of Algeciras and the hill known
as the Queen of Soaln's Chair. Our For
eign Office was Induced to protest against
th'ese works and to accompany its pro
test with a declaration that their con
tinuance would be regarded by Her Ma
jesty's Government as "an unfriendly
act," a form of' words found to be quti
efficacious in the Fashoda difficulty. Their
use was found to be equally efficacious in
the present instance.
Work Abandoned.
The Spanish earthworks, were aban
doned for the time, but when Armagged
don Is announced by the big guns above
Europa Point, there is no doubt that the
Spaniards and the French, if allied, will
make things uncommonly hot for the gar
rison of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean
fleet. With only CO00 men quartered here,
the British could not seize the salient
points of the attack except by dispatch
ing men from Englnnd. In the meantime
France, occupying interior lines, could
dispatch 100.000 men for the purpose of
holding the right positions from which
to bombard the British fleet.
This contingency renders the neutrality
of Spain a most important consideration.
Wooed by two suitors and exhausted by
her recent struggle with America. Spain
wants rest and peace, but, unhappily for
England, she is inclined rather to favor
France than to maintain a benevolent
neutrality.
In the first place, all Spaniards resent
most keenly Lord Salisbury's recent quip
about "dying nations." Then, again,
Spain Is tho ancestral home of a pecu
liarly Intense form of ultraromanlsm and
Roman Catholic antipathy to the chief
Protestant power in Europe. On the
other hand, France is munching at the
desert side of Morocco, for the reversion
of which Spain has long nourished ambi
tions. With France at the gates of Ceu
ta and Tangiers, Spain would be even
less considerable than she now is.
Cnnne for Hesitation.
Hence the hesitation of the Madrid au
thorities to throw themselves into the
arms of France, for they are reminded
that of old, when England was hostile to
Spain, she did 111 when the two were al
lied, or friendly prosperity hovered over
Arragon and Castile.
Tes, It Is highly important for England
to keep friends with Spain. When the
inevitable war with France breaks out,
benevolent neutrality by Spain would
make all the difference whether the fight
ing at sea was made easy for the British,
or Intolerably difficult. Our Ambassador
at Madrid, Sir Drummond Woolf, Is an
able man. but an Invalid. He Is of Jew
ish extraction, and neither his energies
nor his diplomatic achievements are such
as to render retention of his present
post desirable In any Interest but those
of the French. It Is of the utmost mo
ment that the British and American rep
resentatives at Madrid should be efficient
and capital diplomats, if not distinguished
men.
Tho stable government of Gibraltar
proves inconveniently attractive to Span
ish subjects, as does the multiplication
of Anglo-Spaniards under the shelter ot
the guns of the rock. In time of war the
feeding of the 25.0C0 civilian inhabitants
of the rock is likely to present a prob
lem bristling with difficulties. Gibraltar
Letter to Philadelphia Ledger.
CHINA'S ROYAL FAMILY.
Facts Concerning Twiner Dynasty
and Boxer Movement.
Tho Chinese royal family consisted orig
inally! in the present generation of seven
princes. Two of these are dead. Of these
princes one only succeeded to the throne.
At his death his son reigned for a short
time, when he died, and the throne was
given to the son of the seventh prince,
who Is now supposed to be in possession.
The present Chinese dynasty came into
power In 1544, writes the "Washington cor
respondent of the New York "World. It is
called the Tsing dynasty the word
"Tslng" meaning purity. The royal fam
ily Is not of Chinese blood, but Manchu.
The preceding dynasty was tho Ming
dynasty "Ming" meaning bright. The
royal family in this dynasty was of pure
Chinese blood.
For a short time previous to the Ming
dynasty the empire was ruled by a Mon
golian royal family known as the Yuan
dynasty. The Yuan dynasty and the
present Tsing dynasty are the only two
dynasties in the history of China In which
tho royal families have not been Chinese.
Emperor Tao Kwang, who was the fa
ther of the seven Princes of the present
generation of royalty, was the sixth Em
peror in the Tslng dynasty. He was suc
ceeded on the throne by his fourth son.
Prince HIefung, who was known as the
seventh Emperor. This Prince married a
wife and she had one son, Tungchl.
The Empress Dowager.
"While his first wife was still living he
took a second wife, Tsu Hsi, the present
Empress Dowager.
Tungchl became tho eighth Emperor.
He is said to have been very wild and
dissolpated. His reign lasted but a short
time, and he died in 1ST5.
Tho Imperial family were divided as to
who should succeed to the throne, and
some time elapsed before the question
was settled. The Empress Dowager made
the selection choosing Beleh Kwang
Hsu, son of the seventh prince, Chung.
To do this she declared that Puolan, son
of the second prince, was disqualified be
cause he had accepted the estate of the
third prince, who had died. The claims
of all- others available were simply sup
pressed. The Empress Dowager showed a great
deal of tact in making this arrangement.
Before she had been taken as a wife she
was a slave. After her elevation she con
trived that her sister should marry Prince
Chung. Kwang Hsu was tho issue of that
marriage, and by making him Emeror
she was elevatong her nephew both by
blood and by marriage. "With an eyo to
the future also, the Empress Dowager
arranged a marriage between her- exalted
nephew and the daughter ot her brother,
General Kwan, Slang. The Emperor -and
the Empress are therefore cousins. There
are no children.
Chinese Princes are not regarded with
any degree of awe. by the populace until
they are placed In power. Very little at
tention Is paid to the royal family, and
very little is known of its members by
the populaco until a change Is made In
the ruler.
Lender of the Boxers.
For this reason Prince Tuan. the sixth
Prince that is, the sixth son of the pres
ent Emperor's grandfather has never be
fore been heard of. He is a man about
40 years old, has devoted his life to ath
letics, and has always been a great favor
ite with the young men ot the nation
with whom he came In contact.
Tuan has a son' 9 years old, who has
been proclaimed crown prince or heir
presumptive to tho throne. The young
men, rallying around Tuaa's banner for
the purpose of avenging themselves on
the foreigners were first known as ath
letes or boxers. Their ranks rapidly grew.
The recruits accepted the name, and all
who were In sympathy with the cause
designated themselves Boxers.
Chances lor Xew Authors.
Every man, woman and child who had
received a common-school education be
lieves in his or her secret heart that he
or she could write a story worth printing;
la which belief 999 out of every 1000 are
grievously mistaken. When these mis
taken ones do really write something and
send it to a newspaper or magazine for
publication, with the result that the con
tribution is refused, they at once attri
bute their failure to the fact that they
are "not in tho ring." Regarding this the
Century says:
"It Is less and less said of late that
there Is no chance for young or unknown
writers. In every decade since 1S50 the
lists of successful English-writing novel
ists have contained the names of many
whose dawn of promise was unclouded,
and the number of admirable first
stories of late years would Indicate no
lack of a warm welcome for newcomers
In literature. And yet there are cavllers
who, with the tables of contents of tho
magazines before them, half full of names
if not wholly unknown certainly unfa
miliar, who still assert that these publi
cations are run by cliques probably the
stupidest form of commercial suicide
known to tradition.
"It would be easier to sustain the con
tention that there is nowadays too much
chance for young and unknown writers
to the deadening of their ambition and
the dulling of their artistic conscientious
ness." TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
POSSIBLY
YOU ARE NOT AWARE
THE FAST TIME
AND
SUPERB SERVICE
Now offered by th
OF
If you cannot take the mornlns train,
travel via the evening train. Both are
nnely equipped.
"Our Specialties"
Fast Time Through Service
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERS,
PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPERS.
PULLMAN DINERS,
LIBRART (CAFE) CAR AND PR.EE
RECLINING CHAIR CARS.
Hour in Time Saved to
Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City,
St. Loniii, Neiv York, Uoston.
And Other Eastern Points.
Tickets good via Salt Lake City and
Denver.
It Is to your Interest to use THE OVER
LAND ROUTE. Tickets and sleeping-car
berths can bo secured from
GEO. LANG.
City Pass, and Ticket Agent.
J. H. LOTHROP. Oeneral Agent.
125 Third St.. Portland. Or.
mpire Line
FOR
And Yukon River Points
S. S. "OHIO," 3500 Tons
Sails from Seattle
on or about Aug. 25
Reservations can now be made upon applica
tion to any railroad or sub-agent ot the Inter
national Navigation Company, or to
EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO..
SEATTLE. "WASH.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
FOR ALASKA.
THE COMPANY'S elesant
steamers Queen, Cottage Ctt, l
tjity oi xopcKa ana ai - Ki
leave TACOMA 11 A. 31.. SE
ATTLE ff P 31.. Aus. 3. S.
13. 15. IS. 23. 23; Sept. 2. 7.
12. 17, 22, 27; Oct. 2. and
every fifth day thereafter. Tor
further Information obtain
company s folder.
The company reserves me right to change
steamers, sailing dates and hours ot saillngf
without previous notice.
AGENTS N. POSTON,, 249 "Washlncton St.,
Portland, Or.; F. V, CARLHTON. N. P. R. H.
Dock. Tacoma. TICKET OFFICE CIS First
ave.: Seattle, E. V,'. MELSE. Ticket agt.; II.
H. LLOYD. Pusret Sound Supt.: C W. MIL
LER, Asst. Supt., Ocean Dock. Seattle.
GOODALD. PERKINS & Co.. Gen. Acts.. S,. F.
Tlcktt Office, 268 Morrisoa Street. Tftonj 53)
LEAVE.
No. 4
Tn I"lyr, dally to ant
from St. Paul. Minne
apolis, Duluth, C&lcagi'
and all points East.
ARRIVE.
No. a.
7t00 A M.
0:00 P. M. i
Through Palace and TourUt. Sleepers, Dlclnj
and Buffet Emoklnc-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP IDZUMI MARU
For Japan, China and all Asiatic points trW
leavo SeattI
About Sept. 12th
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
UNION
DEPOT.
For Maygara. Ralnlar.
Clatskanle, Wcstpor:.
Clifton. Astoria. War
reaton. Flavel. Ham
mond. Fort Stevens.
Gearnart Park. Seaslds.
Astoria and dtashont
Express,
Dally.
Astoria Express.
Dally.
Seashore Express.
Saturday only.
ARRIVES
UNION
DEPOT.
11 110 A. M
8:to p. M.
0:40 P. M.
0:55 P. M.
Except Saturday.
Xlekct office. 233 Morrison at. and Union dtpot.
J. C. MAYO. Oea. Pass. At.. Astoria, Or.
'8 PicTOBV
WE HAVE
DAILY FAST TRAINS
TO THE EAST
I.
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
Miwn
Union Depot, Sixth and J Stxcate.
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
"CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL
Leaves for the East. tU HuntlnijWn, t 9:13
A. it; arrlrea. 4 P. M.
SPOK.VJIE FLYER.
For Spokane, Eastern Washington, and Great
Northorn potato, leaves at 6 P. it.; arrive
i a. a.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS.
Leaves far tho East, via Uuatlnstoa. at 0
P. M., srrtvaa at fl.40 A. it.
THHOUQK PULLMAN AND IOUK13T
Water llcta acnUaX subject to chant's- -wtti-ut
jjottce:
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULi:.
OCEAX DlVtSIOX Steamships sail frora
Ainsworta Dock at 8 P. SI. Leava Portland
btate of California. Sunday. Auff. 3; Wednes
day, Ausr. 15. Saturday. AUff. 25. Tuesday.
Sept. 4. Friday, sept. 14. Columbia. Friday.
Aug. lo; Monday. Auff. 20, Thursday. Auy. ao;
Sunday, Sept. 1).
From Son Francisco Leaving Spear-Streot
Pier No. 24. San Francisco, at 11 A. M., a
follows; State o California. Wednesday. AU.
1; Saturday. Aujr. II. Tuesday. Au. 21; Frt
?" Aujr. Jl; Monday. Sept. 10. Columbia.
Monday. Aug. 6; Thursday. Aus. 1C; Sunday.
Aug-. 20; Wednesday, Sept. 0.
COLUMBIA KIVEU DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steamer llnasalo Ikivm Pnrttnnrt ttallir- ctMS!
Sunday, at 8.00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10:00 P.
j. .i.ciursiao:. leaves -AJiona daily, axcepi auo
day. at 7:U A. M.
Steamer T. J. Potter leaves Portland Tues
days and Thursdays at 0 A. M. ; Saturdays, i
P. M., for Astoria and Long Beach. Leaves;
Uwaco Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sundays from
5 to 8 P M . according to t!do
WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND SALEM. OR.
Steamer Ruth, for Salem and way points.
leaves Portland Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days at d;00 A. M. Returning-, leaves Salma
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 8.0U
A. JO.
YAMHILL RIVER. ROUTE.
PORTLAND AAD DATTON. OR.
Steamer Elmore, for Dayton ami -way points,
leaves Portland Tuesday. Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 7 A. M. P.eturnlnar, leans Dayton tot
Portland and way points Mondays. Wtdaesday
and .irtrldios at e; a. M.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
niPARIA. WASH. AND LEW1STON. IDAHO
Steamer Lewlston leaves Rlpnrio, Aug. 1ft, 18,
20. 22. 21. 20. 2J. 30. at 3.40 A. M. Return
ing, the Lewlston leaves Lewiston Auff. 10. 21.
23, 25. 27, 20. 31. at t A. M.
W. H. HURLHURT.
Geserst Paweng;er Aseat.
V. A. ftCHILLTXG. City Ticket Affent.
Telephone Mntn 712. 80 Third street, cor. OaS.
KewSteamship Lineto tbe Orient
CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND.
In connection with. THE OREGON RAILROAD
Si NAVIGATION CO. schedule. 1U0O (subject to
cbanra) :
Steamer. Due to Leave Portland.
"MONMOl'THSHIRE" Sept S
"BRAEMAR" Sept. SO
t'or rates, accommodations', etc. apply tu
DODWELL 4 COMPANY. Limited,
General Agents. Portland. Or.
To principal points In Japan and China.
I.MMS I Drpat Flltri aail Stmb ArrWo
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAIN3
for Salem. Rose
fcurK. Aihland. Sac
ramento. O j J m,
Son Francisco-. Mo
Isve, Ix3 Ansrlca.
EI Paso, Serf Or
jeana and tba Ea:
At Woodbura
(daily except fiun
day). raorcliiK traia
connects with train
for Mi. Angst. SU
V e r t on. Brovrnn
vllle. Sprlncneld
and Natron, and
evenlnjr train for
Ml. Ansel and aii
verton. Albany passenpor
Corvallla rassenyes
Sheridan paasrnjt-r
8:20 p. 31.
8:30 A. 3t
7:43 A.M.
0:30 P. M.
.90P.1I.
J7:3o A. M.
:4:50 P.M.
10:10A.M.
J3:B0 P. 11.
ta:25 A. M.
Dahy. JDally except Sunday.
Rabats ticket? on sate between Portland. Sac
ramento and San franclco. Net rate JIT Brit
class and fll caad class, including sleeper.
Rates and llcVem to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. BL
KIRKLAND. Ticket Acent. HO Third at.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passencer Depot, foot of JeGerson Street.
Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20, 'DMO A. M.;
12:30. 1:55. 3:23. 4:4l. i:23. 8:30. 11:30 P. M.r
and 0:00 A. M. .n Sundays amy. 4rrlvs at
Portland daily at 6..J3. !:3tf. '10:60 A. If.;
1:33, S:10, 4:30. 0:15. 40. 10.00 P. M., 12:40
A. M. dally, except Monday, s:2(r and 10:03 A.
M. on Sundays only.
Leave for Dallas dally, except Sinday. at
3:05 P. M. Arrive at Poland at 0:30 A. 34.
Passengt r train leaver Dallas for Alrlio Mon
da) s, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:43 P. M.
Returns Tuesdays. Tnursdaya and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
R. KOCHLKR
Manaxcr.
C. II MARK11AM.
Cen. I'Tt. & Pass. Azt.
!G
And Return
Low Rates to All Points
East.
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Choice of routes.
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CSO. H. TAYLOR.
City Paeaenxflr Artnt.
WASHINGTON & ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
The fast mail steamship "CITY OF SEAT
TLE." saillnir from Sittle every 10 days for
Skagway, calling at Port Towasend. Ketehikaa
and. Juneau.
Steamers "ABERDEEN- and "RUTH" Se
attle to Skajrway. and intermediate points,
every seven days.
Through t."kets to Dawson, $75. flrst-claas;
and ISO second-rlass.
DODWELL & CO. Ltd..
232 Oak st. Telephone Main 00.
EAST
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