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TTTE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MARCn SO, 1910. HPHE Remarkable Cruises of the Confederate Sea Rover Who Dealt a Blow to the American Merchant Marine from Which It Never Has Recovered The Fight Off Cher bourg- with the Kearsarge . BT RICHARD SPTLLANE. IF the damage Raphael Semmes did to the commerce of the United States could be measured by the value of the chips he burned and the cargoes he. de stroyed, five or seven or 10 millions of dollars would cover It. But that only "was a part, a very small part, of the total cost, a cost that grows greater and great er each years, for the damage Semmes did lived after him. He more than, any other one man paralyzed the ocean carrying trade of the Nation. Primarily he hurt the North. Today the South, too, suffers. Before the Civil "War the Stars and Stripes were known in every sea and In very harbor. Next to Great Britain the "United States had the largest share of the commerce of the world, and it eeemed only & question of time, and not a long time, either, when this country would rank first. Today America, the greatest Nation in the world, commands no sea traffic except that between its own ports, and it commands that only because the chips of other countries are excluded from ebaring in the coastwise business. Other cigencies have contributed to the long continued paralysis, but the first great blow, the one that brought the stagna tion that led to ruin, was struck by emmes. Hater of Yankees. An odd man was Raphael Semmes. He fcad a. legal, but not a judicial mind. In International and admiralty law he prob ably was as well versed as any officer in any of the navies of the world. " He was a bit of a scientist, too, and natural phe nomena were a fascinating study for him. The sea, the tides, the winds unfolded wonders to him that other mariners never dreamed of. He could spend hours ab sorbed in contemplating the chemical change in a drop of sea water, and he delighted in writing reports of his me teorological observations. From the calm philosophy of nature he could turn with out batting an eyelash to the pursuit of a gallant clipper ship and after taking off th crew of the doomed vessel and mak ing a bonfire of the ship and cargo he could return to observe the drop of sea water or to watch the work of the queer little creatures that build the coral beds that line so much of the ocean floor. And how he hated a Yankee! "The Yankee." he is on record a? declaring, "is a remarkable specimen of the genus homo. He is at once a duck and a chick en, and takes to the water or the land with equal facility. Providence has cer tainly designed him for some useful pur pose. He is embitious, restless1, schem ing, energetic, and has no Inconvenient moral nature to restrain him from the pursuit of his interests, be the path to those never so crooked. ' In the develop ment of material wealth he is unsur passed, and perhaps this is his mission on this continent of ours. But he is like the beaver, he works from Instinct, and is so avid of gain that he has not time to enjoy the wealth he produces. Some ma licious demon seems to be goading him on In spite of himself to continuous and ex hausting exertion, which consigns him to the tomb before his time, leaving a 'pile of untouched wealth behind him." Not so bad a picture of one type of the New Bnglander. but Semmes, In his con tempt for the whole tribe, could see no virtue in any "Puritan." as he called the Down . 'Rasters, but his seamanship. He did pay tribute to him as a great man with a boat, and he did pay tribute to the beauty and the speed of "PurHan" built vessels. Some Northern Patriots. No wonder he had a contempt for the business morals of New Torkers and New Englanders. He resigned as com mander In the United States Navy on February 15, 1861, and at once pro ceeded to Montgomery, Ala., and offered his services to the Confederacy. A lit tle later he was sent North by Jefferson Davis, and In New Tork, Connecticut and Massachusetts he purchased large quantities of powder, cannon and other munitions of war for the Confederacy. Manufacturers not .only were willing, but anxious to deal with him. No qualms of patriotism troubled them when it came to trading. They had full knowledge of his mission. They had him as a guest In their homes and they fixed up secret ciphers by which he could communicate with them by tele graph. In addition to the large amount of war supplies that he purchased out right he contracted for machinery for rifling cannon, and the contractors agreed to send to tone South the skilled workmen necessary to put the ma chinery in operation. The manufactur ers, eager for the big profits, rushed work on the orders so that the material could be delivered before the outbreak of war. Semmes was commissioned also to purchase In New Tork or elsewhere sea-going steamers designed for the de fense of the Confederate seaboard. The only reason he did not buy several was that he could not find vessels that came up to requirements. Ship owners were willing to sell to him, just as were the makers of war supplies. ' It seems strange that nothing was done to check Semmes in these trans actions but he was not molested and returned to Alabama. He was not the only Naval officer to resign from the United States service and' enter the Confederacy, and the Confederate chief tains were embarrassed somewhat when war began to have plenty of naval of ficers ready for commissions, but no vesselB to send them to. Not one vessel of the United States Navy was taken over to the Confederacy, and the rebel lion opened with the North able to blockade all the ports of the South and leave enough warships to patrol the sea. The merchants of the North were In little danger of having their vessels Interfered with, and the great fleets of clipper ships, whalers and general car go carriers went on their way Just as if war had not begun. The Sampter. Semmes was the first man to com mand a Confederate ship of war. It was a poor apology for a warship a little 437-ton merchant steamer named the Habana, which was lying at New Orleans when the war opened. The name was changed to the Sumpter and a small battery was rigged up aboard her. It took Semmes several months to get the Sumter equipped, and then he had great difficulty in running the blockade at the mouth of the Missis sippi. But once free of the blockading squadron he became the terror of the sea, and blazed his trail, with fire. It was on June 80, 1861, that he got away. He made for the West Indies, and on July 3 captured and burned the bark Golden Rocket off the Isle of Pines. Within the next few days he captured seven more merchant vessels of the United States. Some of them he burned, some of them he put prize crews on. Then he put Into Clenfuegos. He had to get coal. The Sumter carried only enough fuel to supply him for 10 days. The vessel was slow, and when he had to depend on sail he was unable to lift the propeller. That impeded the speed of the craft. He did not dare to remain in any one port long, for once a United States warship caught him the Sumter would be sunk. Wherever he went he was sure to have trouble with the au thorities. He was classed by the Gov ernment as a pirate. He endeavored to obtain recognition of the Sumter as a ship of war of the Confederacy. He carried a commission from the Pres ident of the Confederate States, but foreign governments were loath to har bor him or his craft. The Sumter was a sort of Ishmaelite of the sea. He got 100 tons of coal at Cienfueos and then went winging to Curacoa. Here he had more trouble get ting coal. From Curacoa he ranged along the north coast of South Ameri ca, captured two New England vessels, went as far south as Maranham. Brazil, and from there proceded to Martinique. While he was coaling at St. Pierre the United States steamship Iroquois ar rived and blockaded him, but he slipped out of the harbor at night and went across the Atlantic toward Spain. On the way he captured three more prizes. At Cadiz he had to lay up for repairs. Before these were completed he was ordered to leave port. He started for Gibraltar, burned two American ves sels that he captured en route, and while In Gibraltar he was blockaded by the Kearsarge, the Tuscarora and the Ino. With no chance of escape he laid the Sumter up, paid off the crew and proceeded to London to consult with the agents of the Confederacy in that city. The Sumter had been at sea less than seven months and had captured the Golden Rocket, Cuba, Machias, Ben Dunning, Albert Adams, Naida. Louisa Kilham, West Wind, Ahby Bradford, Joseph Maxwell, Joseph Parke, D.' Trowbridge, Montmorency, Arcade, Vig ilant, . Eben Dodge, Neapolitan and In vestigator. Most of these vessels Semmes had burned. It was not the direct loss of these vessels that amounted to. so much, but the alarm he spread was so great that hundreds, if not thousands, of merchant vessels were laid up or transferred to foreign own ers. A fleet of warships searched the seas for the Sumter, but failed to cap ture her. In England, when Semmes got there, the Messrs. Laird of Birkenhead were building for the Confederate Govern ment a vessel designed especially for commerce destroying. The utmost ef forts were made by the representatives of the United States to get the British Government to prevent this ship from being turned over to the Confederates. The vessel was named the 290. There was a story that this name was given to the craft because 290 Englishmen shared In the building of-the boat, but this Is not correct. The name came from the fact that the vessel was the 290th built by the firm. It was intended that Captain Bullock should command the 290, and Semmes, after conferring with him, sailed on a passenger steamer for Nassau. There he received orders to return to Eng land and assume command of the 2!0, his success with the Bumter lead ing the Confederate leaders to believe he could do more execution with the vessel than any other man. It was by a ruse that the 290 got to sea. It was pretended that she was go ing on a trial trip, and a lot of women were invited aboard. When the 290 was well off land the women were put on a tug and sent back. The 290 pro ceeded to the Azores, where a supply ship was awaiting her with armament and stores. There Semmes unfurled the Confederate flag on her, christened the boat the Alabama and put her in com mission. The officers were Southern ers, but the crew was made up almost entirely of. sailors picked up In the streets of Liverpool. Never did the Ala bama have more than half a dozen Americans aboard of her, exclusive of the officers. Torcli of the Sea. The Alabama was as trim as a yacht. She was of wood and could carry enough fuel to supply her engines for thirty days. Her propeller could be hoisted when steam was not employed and she was as fast under sails as a clipper ship. She had enough of a battery to make her formidable against anything except a regular warship, and her coal-carrying capacity gave her power to cover a wide range of sea without putting into port. It was in August, 1862, that she began her rav ages. Within a few weeks she had burned twelve whalers and the whaling industry in the Azores was destroyed. Then hurrying across the Atlantic to the neighborhood of New York, cap turing and burning every American merchantman he encountered. Be tween October 3 and 21 he burned a large number of grain laden ships. He came .within 100 miles of New Tork In order to send one of the' captured ves sels Into New Tork Bay with a threat ening message to the Chamber of Com merce. Before he left the neighborhood of New Tork he had destroyed sixteen American vessels. Up to the Newfoundland banks he went next to break up the fishing In dustry there so far as American craft were concerned, and before the war ships sent after him could get on his track he was bound south. At Fort de France, Martinique. the United States frigate San Jacinto blockaded him, but the captain of the San Ja cinto, through the rankest piece of stupidity, allowed him to escape. A tender had been sent from Enfeland with a coal supply for the Alabama, and, after coaling at Blanquilla, Semmes took up a position between Hayti and Santo Domingo to pounce on treasure laden clipper ships. He captured the big steamship Ariel, but as she had 500 passengers he permitted her to pro ceed under bond. Sinking the Hatteras. He had heard of an expedition under command of General Banks destined for Galveston; and he conceived the daring project of swooping down sud denly on the fleet of transports in the night, setting the vessels on fire and escaping before the warships could catch him. Luckily for the Northern cause, the plans of Banks were changed, and when Semrruts arrived off Galveston' five United States vessels of a blockading squadron were on duty. When the Alabama was sighted Com--modore Bell sent the Hatteras out to Investigate. Semmes lured the Hatter- 20 miles off shore and then engaged and sank her. When the rest of Com modore Bell's fleet searched for the Hatteras next morning they found only her spars to mark her grave. Semmes had taken Captain Blake and the other survivors off. A few days later he landed the prisoners at Port Royal, Ja maica. Late In January, 1863, Semmes sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, for the Bra zilian coast. On this cruise he de stroyed 23 vessels. One clipper ship he converted Into a Confederate cruiser and turned loose to prey upon Ameri can commerce. This vessel, the name of which had been the Conrad, he re christened the Tuscaloosa. When his depredations in the Bra zilian field had started another squad ron of warships after him he turned east and off Africa burned two Ameri can ships. Then he went up Into the China Sea and burned two American vessels in the Straits of Sunda. His appearance in the Far East forced nearly all the American vessels in Chinese waters to lay up. It is remarkable that the Alabama escaped capture in the Straits of Sun da. The United States warship Wyo ming was not far distant when Semmes burned the ships there, but somehow the Wyoming missed him. Cherbourg. The game in the Far East was not worth the candle, Semmes thought, and after capturing a few more vessels he turned back and" made for the Cape of Good Hope. From there he turned north toward Europe, and after burn ing two vessels, the Tycoon and Rock Ingham, he anchored on June 11, 1864, at Cherbourg, France. In his cruise thus far he had destroyed 63 ships. The Alabama was in bad condition. Her engines needed overhauling, her bottom was foul and the copper was dropping from her hull in sheets. The arrival of the famous commerce de stroyer created a great sensation that was not good for Semmes. In the har bor of Flushing was the United States steamship Kearsarge, Captain Winslow. Trie day after the Alabama arrived at Cherbourg the Kearsarge was hurrying from Flushing, Captain Winslow hav ing received advices of the arrival of the privateer. On the 14th the Kear sarge appeared off Cherbourg, Captain Winslow being careful not to go Inside, as that would permit the Alabama, when she departed, to have 24 hours' start. The Alabama was a trifle smaller than the Kearsarge. but the two boats were near enough in tonnage and armament to make them practically equal, and Semmes was perfectly willing to fight. Promptly on the arrival of the Kear sarge he announced his Intention of en gaging that vessel, and a little after 10 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, June 19, he sailed out to battle. Never, perhaps, was there a sea light more remarkable than that between the Alabama and the Kearsarge. Special trains brought thousands of sightseers from Paris and the country around, while practically all the population of Cherbourg gathered on the heights above the town or in the upper stories of houses commanding a view of the sea. Dozens of vessels were crowded with persons who wanted a closer view of the contest. The French warship Couronne followed the Alabama out. There was an English yachfc the Deer hound, just behind the Couronne. The Great Fight. The Kearsarge was lying about seven mrles off shore, and when, at 10:50, the two rivals were within a mile of each other the Alabama opened the" battle with a broadside. The two ships cir cled, gradually drawing nearer and nearer. Seven times they made the cir cle. The fire of the Kearsarge was slower but more effective than that oi the Alabama. Early in the action a shell from the Alabama struck the Kearsarge in a vulnerable spot, but failed to explode. The shells of the Kearsarge did heavy execution. One entered the port of the Alabama's eight Inch gun and killed a portion of th crew. Another entered the wardroom, where the surgeon was operating on a wounded man. exploded and blew a hole through the ship. For one hour and 10 minutes the two vessels fought. Then, when the Alabama was sinking, Semmes struck his colors. The Alabama went down by the stern, A few minutes before she sank Semmes hurled his sword into the sea and jumped in himself. He was picked up by the people on the Deerhound. Of the officers and crew of the Alabama, 19 were killed in action or drowned and 21 wounded. In addition to Captain Semmes, the Deer hound picked up 41 men. The rest were picked up hy the Kearsarge and a French pilot boat. That was the last of the famous com merce destroyer. Semmes was taken to England and got a welcome as if be was a conquering hero. After a short stay in London he proceeded to Mexico, made his way to the Southern States and was ap pointed Rear-Admlral of the James River squadron, He guarded the approaches to Richmond until the evacuation and then went south, surrendering with General Johnston's army. When the war closed he practiced law in Mobile. He was ar rested on December 15, 1S65, as a traitor, but owing to the complications President Johnson had with Congress he was not tried. In May, 1866. he was elected Pro bate Judge df Mobile, but the President nullified his election. Next he edited a newspaper in Mobile, but f?ave this up tv become a professor In the Military Insti tute of Louisiana. Later he resumed his law practice in Mobile and in 1877 h-s died. Joined on the Ocean Floor. In all the strange story of Semmne and his two ships nothing is stranger than this: Not so long after the Alabama sank in the ocean off Cherbourg a modest freighter that once had been the Confed erate commerce destroyer Sumter came steaming along tho coast off France. She had been sold in, Gibraltar, turned back once more to the line of trade and now was known an the Gibraltar. As she steamed along up the coast a storm arose. The further she went the heavier were the seas. Off !herbourg, not far from where the wreck of the Alabama was lying, the waves engulfed her 'and she went to the bottom to join her fam ous sister, the most noted privateer the world ever has known. The bone of ihe Sumter and the Alabama rest together on the bed of the' sea off France. (Copyright. 1910, by Richard Spillane.) REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF MARY ZEAL ART ZEAL selected the letter bear ing a foreign stamp from the drift of mail on the breakfast table. Mrs. Whezelton Pembroke, its writer, opened "with her usual abruptness: "Don't, my dear, ever go abroad with more than one companion! The third per son is inevitably a fuss. In another week Mrs. Larson and myself will be throwing cathedrals at each other. It seems that ehe left a string of pearls on the dresser of the blue room, which, you may remem ber. Bhe occupied during her one nighf s stay at our house before sailing, and would you, like a good girl, run up and get them? She lias turned away from every jeweler's window from Bond street to the Rue de la Palx to assure me how badly she will feel if anything happens to them; they have "associations,' like all mislaid or lost pieces of jewelry. (Was ever & trinket lost yet that had been bought and paid for by the owner with no sad. sweet memories attached?) Un less you can send them on before we get within sight of the crown jewels of Rus sia tho sight of so much carefully guarded treasure will unhinge the wo man's mind. Should the caretaker not be about, you have a key I left In case of emergency. And while you are there. Just glance around and see if things are all right." The rest of the letter was all "yesterday we went" and "tomorrow we axe going " It was not until afternoon that Mary found an opportunity to go up to the closed Pembroke residence for the pearls. Receiving no response to her ring she let herself in softlj-. Somehow it seemed such an intrusion. "Unoccupied houses always act so silly," thought Mary. "They Just stand bristling : with rwaotmant. Nothing xoake m sloe. hospitable house so mad as to see the trunks of all the live contents go bump ing out and the last look from the occu pants that says: We want a change from you. Stay there until we get ready to come back. And behave yourself in our absence.' And the house answers back: "I'll sulk the whole blessed time! I'll get musty and dusty and just as un livable looking as possible! Let any one enter, even on worthy pretext, and I squeak In every board.' "But no empty house Is going to say "Boo" to me!" resolved Mary to steady her nerves up the darkened staircase. Twice on the way she stood listening. "My imagination," she thought impa tiently. But she took extra care to make no sound in reaching the blue room. Tes, there on the dressing-table were the pink ish pearls shining softly in the dim light. "No one has been in the house or they would have taken the pearls," thought Mary, gaining courage as she picked up the Jewels. Then suddenly her eye fell upon a small, white wicker table near the window, where a silk shade, only half drawn, let in a shaft of light. She stopped In utter amazement and the pearls slid from her relaxed lingers. A magnificent bunch of American Beauties, fresh, crisp, fragrant, stood on the table. They sup plied a spot of gorgeous color, but the Pembroke house had been closed a month! When Mary had recovered from the shock of this incongruity she palled the shade wide and allowed the light to en ter In a brilliant flood. She looked around for the answer to the riddle. Certainly it was not a case of everyday housebreak ers. "Well!" gasped Mary as she looked around the room and saw lingerie piled on several chairs. "Mrs. Larson may have left the necklace, but It's many a day since she wot any of theso girjy- "A BORROWED HOUSE" BY HELNA SMITH DAYTON girl fluffs." From a chair she picked up a little gown that might have done serv ice at graduating exercises. "This cer tainly has the limit looking like the starting point." Had Mary found a nice, modern kit of burglar tools she would have fled the house like any sensible young woman, but here was a mystery that looked harmless enough and she loved an experience. She tiptoed down the stairs again, and moved noiselessly along the long, dusky hall. A ripple of laughter rang out that could have Issued from only a young and fem inine throat. Mary cautiously traced It in the direction of the library and peered In. A pretty girl was Just extending a cup of tea "to a good-looking young man. It made a very cozy picture of a conven tional tea table scene, but scarcely one to be expected In a closed house, whose occupants were in Europe! "But I tell you it doesn't seem safe for you to be living here in this big house with only one servant!" the man was saying. "Do you know, you've never told me anything about yourself. Is It your parents' house for surely you don't live here alone all the timer' "It's perfectly safe," said the girl, ig noring the last of his remark. "Maria is a splendid watchdog. I assure you. Oh, did I forget the sugar? How stupid of me. Oh and those wonderful roses you sent You really shouldn't have I forgot to thank you " "But why did you not want me to call T' went on the man. "Was it because you questioned the propriety of my doing so or because you didn't care to continue the acquaintance which began informally with a train wreck?" "Saving my life at the risk of your own should constitute an introduction," said the girl. At that moment an elderly woman came through the doorway, entering from the dining-room beyond, with a plate of hot tea muffins. "How nice!" cried the girl. "But haven't we any of the little fancy cakes we usually have?" " "Usually have' is good," thought Mary, charmed with the audacity of the whole performance. She had quietly drawn up . a chair in a dark drapery shrouded nook that commanded an ex cellent vantage point. It developed taht there were no little cakes such as they "usually had." When Maria had retreated the young man put down his teacup and looked In tently at the girl. "Nellie," ho said earnestly, "I "am obliged to go away tomorrow, as I've completed my business in the city. Dur ing the three days' journey after the wreck you must have seen that my Inter est in you was more than friendly. I hoped for a lot of impossible tihngs. You see, I had imagined ' you a girl In about my own moderate circumstances. When I Dime up here day before yesterday and saw this palace of a house I simply was overwhelmed! Now, I know that you are an heiress and beyond my humble reach. Tou saw my surprise and tried to make it easier for me by not telling me the details of your family. Accustomed as you are to such luxury, what I have to offer is paltry. I do not offer it, but I Just wanted to tell you before I go that I care for you! Nellie " Nellie began to cry. "Don't please don't say any more." "Tou do care a little, then, or you wouldn't feel badly about it." he .said. "Nellie, do you think you "could give up all this and marry me?" "I can't!" "crlde Nellie miserably. "Oh, Bust go away and never try to see me again. I've been so foolish such, an idiot f "I think I understand," he said finally. "It was just a little episode for you. No doubt you are engaged to some one suitable." "'It's nothing like that," protested Nel lie. "But it is Just as Impossible." Mary Zeal, among the draperies, swift ly drew a few conclusions. This girl Nellie had practiced a deception. A be lated conscience was at work and no way out of her tangled web. Rather than confess, she would send' him away forever. And suddenly Mary remembered her first call at this very house, when Mrs. Pembroke, too, had practiced a harmless deception to cover up her lack of social prestige. Mary, who had come to answer a notice of "House to let" had been in troduced as a social acquaintance to a woman from Mrs. Pembroke's home town. Surely this was a house of pretense! And Alice Pembroke would be the last person to blame this unhappy girl, who calmly had .appropriated the house to her own use. She must mix In some way. Going hur riedly out the front door, she rang the bell and almost immediately let herself in again. She tripped once more up the hall, saying distinctly: "All right, Maria. I'll go right in!" And rushing into the room, she threw her arms around Nel lie's neck, saying: "Don't .be surprised, Nellie, though I know the last person you expected to eeo was Mary Zeal! I only heard you were back today, and, oh, you must tell me all about that dreadful wreck!" Then she whispered into the girl's ears: "Keep your nerve, I'm going to help you!" Nellie sank into a chair, nearly fainting with surprise and nervousness. "Nerves all unstrung after your expe rience, poor girl!" chirped Mary. "But Mary Zeal v will help yoo string 'em again JT "Miss Zeal," began Nellie weakly, "this is my rescuer from the wreck, Mr. Mlddleton." Mary thanked Mr. Middleton for rescu ing her "dear Nellie." Mary looked over the tea table. "Where are all the little fancy cakes you usually have?" she asked reproachfully. At this cue Nellie stopped pinching herself to make sure ehe was not drain ing. So this wonderful girl had been listening and knew! "There aren't any," she said, with re turning confidence. "Oh, Nellie. I had a letter from Mrs. Pembroke today," rattled on Mary, "and you know Mrs. Larson is spoiling her trip worrying about a string of pearls she left. She wants wou to send them on. Oh, Mr. MIddJeton, don't you think it's dreadful for Nellie to stay here alone? When Nellie's in town she makes her home with the Pembrokes, and they In sisted that she come here now Just the same but it doesn't seem safe." Middleton beamed. It showed a fine disregard for a few million dollars which Mary's casual remark seemed to lift off of Nellie's young shoulders. "And," she continued boldly, "it was quite too absurd for them to. make her promise before they went abroad that she wouldn't engage herself to anybody dur ing their absence!" "Nellie!" cried Middleton. "was that the reason T' At least, Nellie had the intelligence to blush prettily. Soon afterward, when Mr. Middleton arose to go, he said: "May I call tomor row afternoon? I find I haven't got to go for several days yet." "Oh. no," said Nellie, "you really mustn't " "I'll come over and chaperon If you are as much of a Mrs. Grundy as ever, Nel lie," interrupted Mary. Nellie gave Mary a. grateful lock that, had-one meaning for Middleton and another for Mary. And so it was arranged. The door had no sooner closed upon Nellie's caller, than she sank in a heap. "C3ome, come," said Mary, "tell me all about it." While Nellie recovered her composure Mary sketched briefly her own appearance on the scene. "Maria, the caretaker, is my aunt." ex plained Nellie. "Sho's the only relative I have in the world. I came on to live with her and find some kind of work to do here In the city, where I hoped to have my voke trained. You know about the wreck. Mr. Middletonaved my life, and during the rest of the Journey we became splendid friends. I may as well admit. I fell in love with him. but never dreamed he would care for me seriously. Then when he insisted upon having my address I couldn't refuse it in fact, I did want to see him again. I knew the Pembrokes were away and thought it no harm for him to call without my explain. Ing the circumstances of our living here. I thought he'd call then go away and I'd never see him again." "And after the first call and the sec ond you didn't have the courage to tell him the truth," nodded Mary. "I would rather have him go away for ever than tell him," sobbed Nellie. ""I could think of no way out of it. But you. explained it so naturally! You're awfully good. But what must you think of me?" "That you mustn't ever get into any more complications to save your pride, because you haven't got the originality to get out of them!" laughed Mary. Mary also thought it best to have the wedding between Nellie and her rescuer take place at the Zeal apartment. When Mary, in due season, received word from the Pembrokes that the pearls had arrived safely, she said: "Well, they've got 'associations' now If thr nore had, -before, r . , , , , '