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CAPTAIN JIM'S
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By A. E. RICE, Portland.
(Continued from last week)
Gradually the "fit" moderated and
ehe became herself again. The sup
nosed fit was quite-involuntary on her
nart When Captain Jim said Mac
Donald took the brandy, a sudden de
1 to burst out laughing overpowered
her, and her efforts to disguise it,
.mused the apparent fit.
"'Twas only a chill. Jim," said she
in explanation, "it comes over me at
times especially when I hear that
MacDonald mentioned." .
"Annie be you a-mindin of how 1
.offered to put up fer them divorce
costs'", said Jim sympathetically.
"Indeed I do, Jim," replied Annie,
-a she wiped a laughing tear from her
. pvp "Your generosity is noble."
maced his arm about her waist caress
ingly, "I'd wade thr0USn ceans of
brimstone fer you."
"Whist," cautioned Annie, "some
-one is in the shed." She sprang to her
feet A moment of silence was fol
lowed by gentle knocks on the kitchen
d"Who can it be?" said she, in an un
dertone. .... , i
Captain Jim immediately replied in
a subdued voice, as he . stood up. 'I
reckon it be thet Red MacDonald.
"Go into the front room. No, bet
ter go in the bedroom. He may go out
the front door, and if it is MacDonald
and he sees you here, he will kill you.
"All right." said Jim, aa he moved
toward the bedroom door, "jest as you
say, Annie." , , .
"Hurry, Jim," she urged, taking up
his hat and following him, "he shall
not stay long."
Captain Jim finally fetched up the
pistol from his pocket, turned around
to Annie, displayed it and said. "I
bought thet fer self protection." Ihen
he passed into the bedroom.
Annie flung his hat after him. and
with the admonition, "keep quiet.
Jim," closed the door.
The knocks again sounded gently on
-the kitchen door.
"Who's there?" Inquired Annie, as
she stood in the center of the room.
"Can I war-rum a bit, if ye plaise?
It's very could." These words were
uttered in a rich Irish accent, by some
one in the woodshed, and it was evi
dent to Annie the voice was mascu
line. After a brief silence, she said, "come
In."
The door slowly opened and a short.
-thick net elderlv man entered ana
carefully closed the door behind him
TI wore a erev mackintosh that had
seen some wear, with the cape collar
turned up about his ears. A dark cloth
cap, pulled well down at the peak, left
but a small part of his face visible.
The identity of the visitor was thus
practically concealed. ,
They stood looking at each other in
silence.
Gradually a thrill of misgiving ran
through Annie, and she half turned to
ward the bedroom, when the stranger
tigain spoke.
"Shure." said he. in a soft appealing
tone, "this do be Christines Ave, and
yees are not the daisy to turn me
awav. befure I war-rum me hands.
do be could with the walk flrninst the
water." He slowly turned down the
collar of his mackintosh, tben oowea
and took off his cap.
"Why Smith," exclaimed Annie in
glad surnrise. "you almost frightened
me, why didn't you come in at the
Tront door?"
"Didn't know me." said Smith
laughing. "Shure, an' it's the fur-st
tolme in twinty years," tnrusung ni
cap in his coat nocket. "Do yees know
me now, my dear? An be the same
token, will yees iver fergit me," he
continued, as he familiarly patted her
under the chin. "I just thot I'd sthnle
In, an' take a look at yees an' the chil-
aer this ave."
"Falin' well, eh." laughed he; as in
great glee, he gently poked her on the
side with his finger.
"Why Smith, you do act queer,'
aid Annie smiling. "I thought you
were chilled with the cold?"
"Not fer yees darjlnt an' the grand
childer of yees father, God rest his
boui, he was the best frlnt I iver nea
Just the tloB ave me fingers Annie
were numb with fhe load an' the walk
lurninBt the water, but me heart was
war-rum rer yees, an' I aian t moina
u ui an, at an."
. "What were you loaded with
Smith," said Annie, as she looked
teaslngly at him.
He leaned forward and said In a half
whluper, "I've sane him."
. "You have," she quickly replied, and
burst into soft laughter.
Smith looked at her a moment In
silence, as if affronted. Then he said
seriously, "shure, didn't he come Into
me atnore an buy things fer yees on
the childers' Christmas stockin's. an'
UaYa ho "ntt CroltV, Mm ara thlm
up and lave thim in the shid. without
her knowing It. It'll be a folne Bur
Prise this night," Bald he, "lndade It
ni." said I. "God bless yees heart, a
"oine Christmas box, an' they made It
toe so, they do, yerself and childers.
9d bless yees for it." aaid I. "And
"0 yeeg moind," said he, "do it quiet
y, smith. Lave It in the shid an
come awav without npplnar her." "1
"ill. be me faith, I will do thot same
aia I, an' here I am. an' a merry
nriBtmas to yeeg an the childer; God
bless ye "
WJien he concluded, she laughed
and said, "just like you. you dear old
duck. You promised him not to see
e or let me know, yet here you are,
Jnd telling me everything but," she
turned and flew to the a'tchen door
and opened It wide
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COURTSHIP I
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"Be the Rock of Cashel von nnw
undo me. May it nlaise ve riarlinr
truth dear"
"nr in i. , , , . ,
U0 let me. said she coj.YinP'lv
"just one little squint, now Smith do."
She laid her hand on his arm' and
looked bewitchingly into his eyes.
"God loves yees, I'm always con-
quered by women. Don't sphake wan
wur-rud to any wan." He went into
the shed and brought a larglpa tce
and laid it on the table. Annie closed
the door and stood beside him, her
eyes fairly dancing with pleasure.
Smith commenced to untie the par-
eel, at the same time saying, "not wan
bit mane, the best of the kind." said
he. "Shure," said I. "an' it'll be fittin'
a quane."
At that moment distinct raps were
heard on the front door.
Good Father." exclaimed the star
tled Annie.
Be the power av light. It is he.
otherwise It's an off night for callers."
More rapping on the door.
I can t lave yees yet, darling, I
must see the maatin'. I'll go into the
snict an' wait." Smith hastily picked
up the parcel and disappeared with it
through the kitchen door,
Annie stood with a puzzled look on
her face. At length she said, in an
abstracted manner, "Old Captain Jim
is not so miserly after all." She was
stopped from further utterance, by
more Impatient raps on the door, and
then it opened and in walked Captain
Tom Webb.. After slamming the door
&hut, he said, "Hello, Annie! It's a
devilish cold night. Thought you
were never goin tew let a feller in.
"You did not give me time. Is this
your first Christmas call?"
"Oh, Nan wud come over, but Kitty
stepped in an' they talked an'
laughed, them wlmen air always talk
In an laughln . Alnt they come
yet?"
Annie smiled and replied; not yet.
I just sauntered on ahead, tew see
Ole Cheesebro 'bout thet grocer bill,
afore I come on," said Captain Tom.
"He jest biled over 'bout it, but I
squelched him with a promise tew
'nnna nn' rirht omnrt nnw On mv
way up here I thought of thet Ole Jim
Smooto' n11 n-IHlin- itdnlf In thft First
National " .
"No doubt, Borne of us could use a
little of it to advantage." said she.
"Annie," he exclaimed in a half
whlsner. "you jest hit him fer some,
You kin git It easy.
She stood a nace or two from him.
and looked at him in a puzzled, half
angry, half amused manner. He did
not give her time to think much about
it either, for he grasped her left arm,
drew her close to him, and in a sub-
dued voice, almost a whisper, said,
it wud tickle him all over, tew be able
tew say he was your benefactor
Shore. Annie! He tole me so. You
kin eit anv amount from him to
once't."
a 'm inBtonr rnntain .Tim sllentlv
fho hpHrnnm Unnv and looked
i rwtoin Tnm AnnlP amiled and
said. "well. If I had a hundred just now
T cTinlllri fPPl rlcn I
- . I
nnW a hundred Oh nshaw An-
"'J ' .. . .
I1 ovflnmPd Tom. QlSerilBteO.
..droH AnnlP Rhnre. Nuthin
t flvo hundred An' then vou
kin help me a leetle, eh." And under shed and both on the alert, fear
the impulse of his prospective good ing some unforseen attack, especially
iwk hp ne zed her aoout tne waisi anu
pave her a whirl.
Cnntaln Jim sllOOK nis nsi ai mm
"Why Captain Tom, what aila you?"
asked Annie astonished. At the same
moment Annie's brother Joe entered
the front door and quietly tip-toed
through the front room.
n.n.nin rim rnnpht ft ellmnsp of
Joe as he passed the kitchen thresh-
old' and promptly withdrew his head
and sllentlv closed the bedroom door,
Cantain T Tom's back was turned to
Joe and he was so interested with his
subject and being a little "thick" also,
was aulte oblivious of the presence of
nn
"Shore Annie." said he. whlsperlne
in her ear "you kin git it an you'll
,, o hard fl tew."
TTilnklng the partv whispering to igatlon company expires. Now, It be
his sister was Captain Jim Smeets. all a-restin' with you. Be you answer
Top at once proceeded to execute his in' yes or no?"
L aJU. thrpn or four months "What shall I say to put him off."
oast Captain Jim had him put ashore she thought, when, as if by some spJr
w X v i v. nrao chnrt itiinl nho. was relieved from Immp-
near uswegu, uetouno o v
his fare and in anger and disgust he
had to walk to nis nome iu ruiiwuu.
ili. .nn..t..nitv to ppt. even had
ti- ..t rfptprmined to Dut a
fiton to any fooling around his sister
Z " v. a rffror He did not see
hon hn pntered the
ayiaiu Btrone and
I." .. ..., noti.rp would not ner-
mit him to wait long enough to dlacov-
. i.i a prror
..V.it t.tm m,f from that clover In
no time " said he in an undertone. He
no "me. Bam ub "i .
than RTPDU6U IlUIBClCDrt J viwpw --
rantoin Tom. seized him
flrrnlv bv the ear turned him about
on wished bim at rm's length to-
th front door. "I've got you at
int " said Joe "right where i want
Ba '
Pnntoin Tom was greatly Burbrlsed erfly fell over Smith, that he was be
ond ie vent to his feelings, with the ing waylaid and he at once shouted,
anr-rJivp exclamation, "Sufferln' "robbers! help."
lazarus'"
V.- pnoil the door with hl left
hand still holding the suffering cap-
tain's ear with his right, "you put foot
innirte. this house again and I'll Smash
pverv bone In your body, and here'a
faafo of It. Go!" Joe spplied his
hoot and Contain Tom clearer the
thrPHhold with a yell. It was a simple
rasa if mistaken Identity, comijon to
J vaiaiu x will KBU
.cijr guuu menus, auu UHU
been for some vears nast. Their n.
rS's
rp v. j , " ,
iio-u u eaiiiice io recognize joe,
and Joe did not recognize Captain
Tom.
Slamming the door shut. Joe return
ed to his sister, who was convulsed
with laughter. "Annie, vou're quit of
him now, that's certain," said he.
I don't think so," replied she.
"Very
hands
him."
Tnn. 1 1 A. H . 1 .
ru&ueu out. ima punea tne, iront
uoor snui aner mm.
.
.Fx? of Joe's mistake, . Annie
woulu aZe Be? matters riKht were it
, 1 luaiaPra111 J'm was tnen in ner
" She knew right well the cause
?'Jj',5antfliPatih? him nd thJ?rf"
fo,e dlscreetly Jet events shape their
?wn, ?UrS " was e Toe
J"!. Captain Tom
a"'uo,3U :
Captain Jim again cautiously opened
the bedroom door, and seeing Annie
alone went over to ner- He did not for-
Ret to take h,s hat which he gripped
ln hls left hand-
"I was not afeered Annie," said he,
on'y of bein' ketched in' thet bed-
room.
"I know Jim, but I don't want to see
you In. trouble," which was literally
true, for her opinion of Contain .Tim
had undergone quite a change, since
she believed that he ha'd made the
purchase of Christmas presents which
Smith was then guarding in the wood-
shed.
Cantain Jim took a chair and sat be
side her.
Smith felt the cold in the woodshed
and having become impatient, peeped
through the keyhole and partially saw
a tall man holding Annie s head in a
suspicious position. He saw Captain
Tom.
'Oh, the villian." exclaimed Smith
under his breath. The circumstances
was so interesting that Smith kept Ms
eye at the keyhole, oblivious of com
fort or temperature.
Captain Tom being of a combative
disposition, on ejectment from the
house, at once soueht a club. "No man
can fire me outn't a friend's house,"
he inwardly exclaimed, "without a set
tlement." He proceeded around to the
woodshed and found a billet of wood
near the door. With a chuckle of sat-
isfaction he grasned it. and the door
being ajar he would "jest ouietly slip
ln an' S11 a Rlimnse of his enemy
through the keyhole." So he entered
the woodshed and noiselessly closed
the door. He groped his way slowlv
along step bV Step. Holdlnef h's clllb
,n 'ront ' him. 88 a sort of feeler, he
bituck u against me woonpne.
The noise attracted Smith's ntten
tion. Removing his eye from the key-
hole, he looked straight back, into the
oarnness or tne snea ana exciaimea
under his breath, "phwat the dlvil la
thet?" Captain Tom, seeing the light
suddenly flash tnrough tne keyhole
halted in a listening attitude.
Smith, however, became nervous
nud muttered, "thaves," and grasped
me iincnen noor Knon.
Captain Tom. in his turn, became
alarmed. He had seen the sudden
gleam of light on pome moving obiect
nid then heard a clicking sound. (The
click of the door lock.) He sten-
ned back to the shed door and took
hold of Its edge with his left hand and
stood in a defensive attitude. "Blow
my whistle' said he in a whisper, "if
d'l liuuau oiub a-taj iu i-Cl uic ill
,L . 1 .1
' Biinu.
t.,i Cv,ut, nr A ntt., m...
i-.cu.vnia oumu uuu vayLain 1 urn
straining their eyes at each other
through the darkness of the wood
"f.'" v .t
his club, we must return to Captain
Jim and Annie.
When he sat beside her, it was with
n termination to know hla fate forth
with. He did not like these lnterrup
clous and he was beginning to think
they were a little too many for a lone
widder. However, it being Chrlstmaa
Eve, may have accounted for so many
callers, though he remembered Bar-
bara's words at Nan s surprise party.
"Annie, darlin'." he bogan, "it's Jest
as you be a-sayin' now, you promise
tew be my wife as soon ar you kin git
a divorce from Walker an' you kin
have all the money you want. You kin
go tew Sel-um, or anywhar you haf a
mind tew an' stay thar, an I H jme you
las soon as my contract with thet nav-
,
dlately anawering by several smart
iuim uu wo
She snrang to her feet and ex
claimed, "who can it be, now!"
Captain Jim also arose, evidently a
bit frightened, for he again began to
fumble in his pocket, at the same time
nervously saying. "It be thet damned
MacDonald. I'm sartln."
Annie turned her back to smother a
laugh.
At that moment Captain Jim passed
her, saying, "I'll Jest wait in the Bhed
,..'. ha . .. IIn hurr edlv onen-
i w. " o -
ed the kitchen door and as a conse.
quence fell sprawling over Smith, who
was at that moment directing his
most earnest attention toward . the
shed door.
It occurred to Jim, as he unexpect
Captain Tom was not prepared for
anything so lmlooked for either, and
when Jim suddenly tumbled out over
Smith It seemed that two .men were
after him. so he also set up a shout of
"help! murder!" and Instantly bolted
through th shed door, out Into the
strv-t.
I (To bt Continued.)
The yellow stain caused by removing the plate from the hypo too soon
can be removed by placing the negative in the following solution: Alum,
50. parts; water, 1,000 parts; bichromate of potassium, 10 parts; hydro
chloric acid, 10 parts. After several minutes the negative turns yellow.
It is washed thoroughly, exposed to sunlight for several minutes and de
veloped with the ordinary oxalate-and-lron developer. Am. Photog.
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New York photographer, said: "There is no paper made on earth that will
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true, that no negatives can be made that will print on all kinds of paper
with satisfactory results. This Is a preliminary statement of the fact that
all developing papers require especially made negatives or negatives of a
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experiments with developing papers, the results of which lead me to say:
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developed with the utmost caution as not to ln the slightest degree 'block'
the high lights; ln fact, a very thin but snappy negative Is Just the thing
required full of detail, but clear in shadows. There Is no danger of carry
ing this caution to an extreme, for this particular paper will almost print
from an ambrotype. It will be noticed that the very best results obtained
from amateur films or negatives are produced on, the various developing
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BULLS WITH BOXING GLOVES.
Bullfights in Portugal Not Danger-
pns, but Require Delicate Skill.
"Bulls ln boxing gloves, toreadors
with toy spears and lady-like little
dandies in patent leather dancing
shoes gracefully waving silken scarfs."
This is the way an Englishman once
described a Portuguese bull light.
And the sketch is fairly correct. The
hull flchts in thp realms, nf Klncr Carlos
arp hi.mnnUi.Hpn onnto.t. nnf mnrp
..v, uuuuu.u..uu -
BULL WITH 1)0X1. NO GLOVES.
dangerous than a Rugby football match,
but requiring almost as much delicate
skill- as a game of billiards.
The bull is never killed and rarely
wounded. The bull fighter Is mounted
on a good horse, which he is careful
to keep out of the way of attacking
norns. uonsequenuy mere is notuing
offensive in the sport, but plenty of
excitement and amusement, and if he
lias tne true sporting spun me uuu
must enjoy the game as heartily as any
one.
CONVERTS MILK INTO POWDER.
j 4t..4tr..nAi.awut. r.u
invcuiit'u wits j1 " ws....
of Product In Llonid Form.
Soon rou mav have milk delivered to
vour home in a paper or cloth sack
nr In a rmckaee with a string around
it. The grocer will scoop It up from
4 barrel as he does flour, meal or
sugar. A new invention canea me
exsiccator transforms skimmed milk
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MILK POWDEB MACHINE.
into a highly soluble powder of flour,
which can be transported for a long
time without spoiling. The powder
will readily dissolve ln warm water,
60 to 70 degrees C, pnd the solution
tastes, fcmells and looks Just like fresh
milk. The invention comes from Swe-
den and Is the product of the brain of
one Martin Eckenberg. A large ex
slccator will evaporate 521 gallons of
skimmed milk in ten hours and costs
about $1,200. .
A man who can't keep his clothes
clean has no business wearing a heavy
mustache.
maieur
hofjjraphtj
WASTED NO WORDS.
Made Hia Communications with Small
Kxprndlture of Breath.
"Speech with him," says a recent
clever writer, "was a convenience, like
a sPon; he dld not use it oftener than
was necessary." She was speaking of
a taciturn Englishman. Yankees are
usually readier with their tongues, yet
once in a while there is a man among
them of this same silent kind. Such a
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oue w118 "CUUen JBDK8 OI Xiemiey.
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farmhouse of a neighbor, he saw
smoke and sparks rolling upward in
considerable volume. He knocked, and
walking unhurriedly into the living-
room, where the family were gathered.
remarked, in his usual tranquil tone:
"Fire."
They were rather flutter-brained peo
ple, aud as soon as they realized that
the alarm was genuine began to rush
nbout, collecting both valuable and
worthless objects with impartial haste.
Only one of them thought to ask where
the fire was.
"Chimney," said Reuben. "Roof."
Just then the eldest son, a lanky lad,
rushed by, carrying an armful of use
less things. Reuben's hand shot out
and seized the boy's collar. The trash
was thrown on the sofa. "Bucket,"
said Reuben. Then he vanished.
The boy got a bucket and went up
to the scuttle, where he found Reuben
already on the ridge-pole with an ax.
The girls passed up water, the mother
continued to gather her treasures, and
the father ran down the road to get
help.
In a quarter of an hour he returned
t , mnion farm-hands, henr-
.,. n..Ils. nHt thpv ,.., thft
,... fllir(, hu, from thft
,ow eaves to the porch and thence to
thc ,j.round. noaded. wined the nersnl-
rutlon froin hls eye8 wlth a scorcUed
sleeve and remarked, hrleflv:
. "Out."
I A k B i -wrt
I -
wwciiuuiuni(f view.
. .
unsaie io juuge oy appearanceB,
even the most agreeable ones. The
bachelor who is interested in the ex-
penences or nis marnea irienas was in
a car with a couple with whom he waa
acquainted, it was a rainy morning,
The young wife had her umbrella
well out or the way or those who
passed up and down the car, but a
lumbering, overgrown boy, on his pas
sage to the door, managed to hit it
with one foot, fall over it, and break it
before he regained his balance.
Oh, I'm sorry I broke It!" stam
mered the unfortunate, with a scarlet
face. "I I'd like to pay-
Never mind. I'm sure It wasn't
your fault," and the lady smiled up at
him without a trace of anger or even
irritation on her face.
Well, I must say your wife is an
angel!" exclaimed the bachelor, warm
ly. "Most women would have with
ered that clumsy boy with a look, if
they hadn't scorched him with words.'
"ghe is an angel," said the married,
man, as he picked up the pieces of the
umbrella and smllod quizzically at his
wife, "but she's wanted a new urn
brella for a month, and now she knows
I'll get it for her. It's a sad world.
isn't it? full of disappointments and
dlscnchantments."
Somebody Would Benefit.
"Yes," "remarked the loud-voiced
man with thc diamond stud, "I am out
of politics for good."
"Ah," murmured the sedate little fel
low in the corner. "May I ask for
whose good?" Philadelphia Record,
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