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By Will Levington Comfort
CoprriihU 116. br Will LoTlnirton Comfort
Copyright. 1907, by J. a LirpmcoTT
JHIS is a serial
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and will not soon be forgotten by those
who love good literature. "The Whited
Sepulchre" is The Story of Mont
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Pelee, and is a graphic, natural narration
of that great disaster which thrilled and
shocked the civilized world. The word
painting is vivid and inspiring, the inci
dents powerful and exciting, the characters
strongly delineated.
Will Levington Comfort, the author, is well
known 'for his superior literary talent, and in the present
instance he has selected a theme admitting of intense de
lineation. No story of recent
more interesting than that of
The serial has all the coloring and charm of the beautiful
surroundings of Saint Pierre, and there are touches of
perfection in the descriptions
Peter Constable and Hayden
Saint Pierre just before the
and destruction over the ill-fated island. The hero of the
story, Constable, saves the life
bury at the time of the eruption, and the scenes on that
occasion are thrillingly described.
Ail through -the story are incidents of the most fascin
ating character. They include
Hayden and the girl to whom
and fate that reigned at the moment when the island was
engulfed in doom and disaster. This brilliant and mas
terly narrative of the crash at Martinique with a man
and woman standing clear against the sequence of events
rivals "The Last Das of
matic power. The story should have a very cordial recep
tion, it will interest all readers, young and old, and may be
classed among the very best serials of its class that have
been written in recent years.
CHAPTER I.
Peter Constable sat forward on the
main deck of his own yacht, the Madame
d.e Stael, which had just been hitched to
the bottom of Saint Pierre's harbor. His
ingle guest for the cruise, Hayden Breen,
was back in the cabin, with a book and a
Ions, thin glass. Three weeks previously,
arly in April, Constable had met Breen
for the first time. And of that meeting
you must hear.
' It came about some sixty hours before
the Madame cleared from New York har
bor, and a queer night for both men.
Constable had been pacing the deck alone,
when he heard a soft step below on the
Brooklyn pier. He bent over the railing,
and perceived that a stranger was about
o throw himself into the water.
Constable called sharply. The figure
at the pier edge stiffened, and a face
swung upward. The two parleyed for a
moment, and the voice that wns borne
to Constable was that of a gentleman.
The man below hesitated considered
then accepted with a laugh an invitation
to come aboard. Presently in the cabin
the owner of the Madame faced an indi
vidual, tastefully, even freshly attired,
and one whose manner betrayed no flaw.
The face was pale, imposing; a reckless
face, but not devastated though the eyes,
perhaps, had a look of having seen too
much. For two hours the pair talked
about books, pictures, dollars, the tropics,
and suicide. At the end, Constable was
so strongly impressed that he Invited the
tranger to be his guest for the cruise.
Breen glanced at him whimsically. "I
wonder if 1 really did drop off the dock,
''and this Is the astral plane," he mused.
"This is the edge of Brooklyn, and I
am serious," Constable said.
"This is the edge of Brooklyn, and I
am astonished," Breen replied.
"So far as I know, you would be my
only euest."
"Had you better not wait until to-mor-
' tow? Think again."
"I should prefer that you say 'yes'
now."
"Better hear more about me first.
have spoken only in generalities. My past
s at your disposal," Breen warned.
"I should like to henr much about you,
but not in the light of your decision. Will
' you go with me?"
. "Yes."
"Where do you Intend to stay to
night?"
"You altered my only plan, you will
remember, Mr. Constable.
"I'll have a berth made np for you
at once. I'm glad you have found It pos
sible to look up the tropics again," the
wner finished..
Breen appeared content, and accepted
the various offices from his host with I
fine, half-humorous appreciation. Con
table found, in their early Intercourse,
not the slightest causa to regret his Im
pulsive Invitation. That the other did
' not harry him with references to his kind
neas was, to Constable's way of thinking,
ths severest teat of thoroughbred. Breen
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Pelee
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of great power and interest,
years has covered a theme
the eruption of Mont Pelee.
of scenery nnd incidents.
Breen, young Americans, visit
Pelee volcano scattered death
of the beautiful Lara Stans
a touching love romance of
he is devoted, and the horror
Pompeii" in pictorial and dra
did not leave the ship, and seldom the
cabin, during the entire period of prepara
tion. He sat in a reclining chair and
read the essayists, mildly spirited. What
ever had been his attitude before, he ac
cepted what life offered him now in calm
ness. He still had the jaded human's
last resource, when this unexpected but
pleasant portion of life- was at an end.
Such seemed to be the philosophy of this
creature who had passed the death sen
tence upon himself." ,
Constable slept aboard the last night
before sailing, and was at breakfast with
his guest about eight in the morning,
when a servant entered the saloon to an
nounce that a gentleman on the pier
wanted to speak with "Mr. Constable's
friend." Breen set his coffee cup down
slowly, and his eyes met his host's.
"Mr. Constable," he said, "you have
noted, no doubt, that I have remained
under cover rather, closely since our in
teresting meeting. There is no one in
New York whom I care to see, but the
person out yonder feels differently to
ward me. In fact, he is very much ab
sorbed in my movements. I happened to
step to the railing a few minutes before
breakfast, and caught his eye. The truth
is, if I see him now, he will persuade
me to go with him, and I would much
rather accompany you."
"What would you advise?" Constable
asked quickly.
"With your interests at heart, I can
only advise you to bid me good-by and
allow me to thank you for many genuine
courtesies. Perhaps you remember that
I offered to outline my past, and you de
terred me for the time being.
"I want you to go, of course. What is
the simplest way to manage this?"
"How soon do you sail?"
Constable went to the speaking tube
and called Captain Negley. A moment
later he turned to Breen with the in
formation that the Madame was just
ready to clear, and would be put off as
quietly and quickly as possible. The ser
vant entered with the word that the vis
itor insisted upon seeing "Mr. Constable'!
friend."
There was a passage of bells from th
bridge to the engine room, and the Mad
anie came to life. Constable climbed to
the bridge. The stranger below on the
pier was in a furious state of mind, and
was trying to force his way aboard. It
was plain that Breen was badly wanted,
and equally plain to Constable that he
was running into the danger of entang
ling himself In the meshes of the law
but he was stoutly disinclined to give up
an admirable companion for the voyage,
The progress of clearing went on quick
ly. The Madame's prow was turned out
into the harbor, and the signal given to
tree tne an cnuie.
At this point the insistent stranger
raised his voice and struggled with the
dockman to prevent him from slipping the
rope. Constable stepped to the railing of
the bridge and Invoked the assistance of
two men on th pier bead. -
"Take that fellow In hand," he ordered
lie seems to be laboring under a delu
sion, mats good, men!
The stranger was overpowered, and th
cable cast off. Harsh fragments of speed i
were carried upward, but no sentence!
that cohered sufficiently for Constable'!
intelligence, until the very last, when, a!
the ship swung free, he heard plainly :
I'll get you both, if I have to follow
you around the world !"
I don't know but what you will," th
man on the bridge muttered to himself
You seem moved by a rather emphati
disposition."
That night, in his oil skins, ConstabU
paced the hurricane deck. His mind wai
serene, and he was inclined to regard tin
affair of the morning as a' far-off thin;
which didn t signify. What had placed
Breen in the fugitive lists he did not
care to know. He was just enough not
to forget that there are regrettable trans
actions in every man's past a black bun
die of perversities which some men desig
nate their chamber of horrors, and oth
ers call their "pet frailties." Constabli
felt that he was called upon to judge nc
man. He liked Breen, and did not wanl
his liking altered, save for the better
He could not imagine Breen doing
cowardly thing ; and anything else did no)
greatly matter.
The spray swept in gusts over thi
Madame's dipping prow. The bare masts
tipped with ligMs, swung with a gianl
sweep from port to starboard and back
to port again, fingering the black heavent
for the blown-out stars. Constabli
couldn't- be half-miserable out there or
the tossing floor of the Atlantic.
Mr. P:igh, the new third officer, secur
ed at the last moment to take tl) place
of Mr. Hatt, who was ill, was on tin
bridge naw. Occasionally In the glow ol
Pugh's cigar Constable could see the fac
of the seaman. It seemed small, color
less and rubbed out not the face of s
man who could bring a ship up to port
through a raving gale. It was nearly
midnight when Constable went below
Breen was still reading.
"How does it happen, Peter, thai
man of your substance happens to be out
here in a sumptuous yacht with only on
guest and that an accidental one?" Breer
questioned.
"I have few friends, and little aptnese
for entertaining," Constable said. "1
wouldn't know what to do with a shif
load of guests. I took out a pnrty once.
The members of this party played poker.
I would rush down to the cabin door
calling, 'Come on deck quickly, uiy friends.
An old socker of a whale is snoring oil
our port bow !' 'All right, Peter,' some
body would say ; 'bring it right in. It's
your deal, Dickie. One man got nil the
money finally, and then there were testj
tempers."
"Men men," said Breen ; "but womer
go down to sea in other men's boats."
"I don't know any women un there,"
Constable declared. "By 'up there' 1
refer in general to the States and Can
ada. I shouldn't know what to do with
women here. They'd be sick. J'heyM
talk about things they didn't know about,
put on rakish caps, look frowsy when
the wind was on, and when they hnil
sprung all their changes of raiment,
they'd want to go home."
"Peter, you are on the wrong tack.
There are rich men's sons who can ac
to sea without poker or bridgs ; and funi
nine aristocrats who know no seasick
ness, and who look adorable in rakish
yachting caps and blowing hair. Komi
.time you'll find one "
Breen halted. The other was staring
hard into the prism of glass oa thf
buffet staring and smiling.
"I believe you are jockeying me Into
delivering platitudes, Peter," Brecii fin
ished. "I have an uncle in Martinique, Breer
a fine old chap whom you'll be gla l tt
know. This uncle has a partner in the
fruit and sugar business. They are keen,
kindly men, both partners in the higher
sense of the word. My uncle is a bach
elor, held sweet by a past, the sood old
story. Ills partner; however, has a wif
and daughter."
"Ah !"
"They all live together In a grand o!o
plantation house on the bluffs south of
the Morne d'Orange, Saint rierre. Mrs.
Stansbury, the wife of my uncle's part
ner It is important that you get this
is a very remarkable woman, tempered
like a Damascus blade, ornamental as the
vase of Alhambra. This description ia
not extempore. I have spent years think
ing it out. I am proud of it. A splendid
Frenchwoman, this mother, with inystio
eyes, and some strange i; night which
leads her to dislike me soul fully, and the
stuff of Jeanne d'Arc in her brain and
hand. She's not quite adjustable to
words. You are fascinated, yet afraid of
her. At least, I am. She fires me with
a childish zeal to show the best wares' I
have. The result is, I play circus before
her."
"Most entrancing lady," said Breen.
"Tho daughter 1b more like the beloved
Josephine," Constable resumed lightly
"brave and true and tender. At least,
from my pilgrimages and meditations, I
should say that Miss Stansbury resem
bled the empress more than the Sword
Handed Jeanne. And to think that once
she graced these very decks ! That was
a marvelous day, old man, a Caribbean
day of blue and gold. The maiden im
proved It by pointing out to me how ut
terly worthless I am In the world 'jusl
sailing 'round.'
(To be continued.)
Mow to Handle a Hoar.
Scratch his back and tickle him un
der the belly. You can lead him any
where. This applies figuratively
speaking as well to the human swln
as to the members of the drove that
had the seven -devils. Hogs have sense,
and don't you forget it An old razzer
back sow has more brains than all thf
cattls and horse on the plantation.
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Those who think that invention is
approaching its limits would do well
to consider tho fact stated by M. Abra-1
bam, an authority on this subject, that
the best telephone does not transmit
to the ear more than one one-thousandth
of the energy that It receives
from the line. Although there may be
cases hi which one could wish thai, the
telephone would transmit less rather
than more, yet, seriously, it is a chal
lenge to inventors, as well ns an In
dictment of human Inefficiency, when
an Instrument of such universal utili
ty is allowed to remain so prodigal.
The Immense advances recently made
In the power and speed of transatlantic
steamships have not yet. In the opin
ion of J. J. O'Neill, a Scotch engineer,
been carried to the limit. Addressing
the Institution of Engineers and Ship
builders in Scotland, Mr. O'Neill Bald
that the lengths of the present liners
warruut the belief that greater power
can be obtained with the same dimen
sions, the present speeds with shorter
lengths. Investigation shows that the
variations of form Involve relatively
small gains, and Mr. O'Neill thinks that
If the sume attention had been devoted
to the development of the screw pro
peller that has been given to the form
of vesssels greater ndvnutnges would
have been secured.
Prof. Joel Stobbins and Trof. F. C.
lirown nave recently constructed a
small selenium cell, which, when placed
in the focus of a twelve-inch refracting
tcleseoiie, causes measurable deflections
of the needle of n galvanometer in re
sponse to the impact of light waves
from Individual stars. The planet Mars
pave a deflection of nine millimeters,
the star Aldebaran a deflection of 3.4
millimeters, and even a fourth magni
tude star, Gamma Arletis, caused a vis
ible deflection. It Is hoped thnt by the
use of u siei'Ially sensitive galvano
meter this method may bo greatly Im
proved, and that if certain disturbing
Influences, particularly temperature
chnnges, can be eliminated, accurate
measurements of starlight by means
of selenium cells will become possible.
C. S. Gnger presents In the Journal
of the New York Botanical Garden
some Interesting facts about the self
pruning of trees, as observed In the gar
den. In October the sapling poplars
litter the ground about them with
branches, most of which are two years
old and bear winter buds. The cotnlpa,
the allantus, (he horse chestnut, the
elm, the lilac, the mulberry, the maple,
and seventeen or eighteen other varieties
of trees have this habit of self-pruning,
With some, ns the maples, It occurs In
spring or early summer; with others,
in the autumn. The puriose appears to
he to get rid of stiiierfluous branches,
The branches thus eliminated are not
dead to begin with, but die as a result
of the pruning process, which begins
by the formation of an "abscission lay
er," or a brittle zone, at the base of
the branch.
Pluming of African Game,
For two centuries there has been
little let or hindrance to the slaughter
of animal life' In Southern Africa. But
now game laws exist, and with their
enforcement It Is expected that the sup
ply of game can be kept uq and that
some of the old hunting grounds may bo
restocked.
Lions are still plentiful over lorge
areas, and even In the mining districts
of Rhodesia. Elephants are becoming
scarce, being particularly extinct south
of the Zambesi, except on the east coast
and In a few parts of Rhodesia. They
are now strictly protected, to save them
'rom extinction.
' The rhinoceros Is rare, except In the
Portuguese country south of the Zam
besi. The hippopotamus Is to be found
only In Orange river, the streams of
Zululand, and In the Portuguese rivers.
One of the remarkable natives Is
King Khama. The headquarters of his
tribe Is Serowe. a town of 20,000. Here
and In all his dominions he has abol
ished European liquors, and their Intro-
ductlon or use Is followed by severe
punishment. Ho has suppressed witch
craft, and so encouraged education that
most of his people can read.
Tho Miishonaland plateau Is begin
ning to fill up with European farmers.
With Its perfect climate and fertllo
land, It grows every kind of crops of
the temperate one, and the fanners
are already looking forward to raising
enough to supply the whole of Khodesla,
Thus throughout tho "Dark Continent"
In whatever direction there are evi
dences of a rapidly-growing civilization.
Indianapolis News.
Paper Making In Norway.
About 35.000 tons t paper are annu
ally turned out at sV, Norwayq. Tho
laborers, 1,000 In number, receive only
40 cents to $1.10 per day.
Takes 'Km Eaar.
"Does she run after the men?"
"No, she doesn't have to. She win
in a walk." Cleveland Leader-
Rhubarb Marmalade,
Four pounds rhubarb, 4 oranges.
Juice of all, peel of 2, 4 pounds sugar, 1
lemon, 2 pounds raisins. Peel and cut
the rhubarb into half-inch pieces. Pre
pare the oranges by squeezing out Juice
and cooking the peel in water till
tender. Drain and scrape out whlto
Bkln. Extract the Juice of the lemon.
Put the rhubarb Into a granite preserv
ing kettle, heat it slowly to boiling,
cook fifteen minutes, then add the
sugar, orange Juice and peel, lemon
Juice and raisins, and cook slowly until
thick. This Is delicious fresh, and a
portion may be sealed for future use.
Apple Pudding.
Four cups flour, 1 level teaspoon salt,
6 level teaspoons baking powder, 4 level
tablespoons butter, 2 cups milk, 2 cups
finely chopped apple, one-half cup but
ter, 2 cups sugar, IVi quarts water.
Sift together the flour, salt and bak-
Ing powder. Work In the butter with
the Angers and add the milk. Mix well,
turn onto floured board, roll out one-
luuf Inch thick, cuVc-r with the applo
and roll up like a jelly roll. Press the
ends together and press down the sides
to keep the apple In. Place in a but
tered pan and add the butter, sugarand
water. Bake in a moderate oven for
one and one-half hours.
Fried Chicken.
Clean and Joint two small "fryers."
Put two tablespoons each of butter and
lard In a baking pan and melt ltoll
the chicken In flour that has been well
seasoned with salt and pepper and lay
In the pan, making only one layer.
Place the pan lu the oven and when
the chicken Is brown on one side turn
It over. When done remove to a plat
ter, garnish with parsley and servo
with gravy made in the pan. This
saves the discomfort of frying In a
skillet and also Insures a well cooked
chlckem
Cream and Spinach Soup.
Wash and look over thoroughly two
quarts of spinach, then cook In a little
boiling salted water until soft enough
to rub through a colander. Heat to
the scalding point lu a double boiler
a quart of uillk and thicken with a
tnblespoonful of flour, rubbed smooth
with a tablespoonful butter. Add the
spinach, season to taste, and send to
the table with a spoonful of whipped
cream on each plate. Serve with crony
tor.
natter Cake,
To make It one creams one table
spoonful of butter. Then add a cup of
Bugar, two eggs, separately, BtlrrltiB
between each addition; two-thirds of
a cup of milk, one and a half cups of
flour mixed with one tcaspoofi baking
powder. "When nearly done pour
plenty of melted butter over," sprinkle
with powdered sugar and bake until a
good brown.
This sounds well worth trying, and
one la willing to believe It delicious.
Cider Cap.
One quart of cider, two bottles of
soda water, one bottle lemonade, one
heaping tnblespoonful of granulated
sugar, a sprig of mint and 2 Inches of
cucumber.
Cut the cucumber Into slices without
jieellng it Place It in a pitcher with
the sugar, cider and mint. Allow It to
stand, on lee If possible, for two hours.
Then add the lemonade and soda
water and a few pieces of Ice, remov
ing the mint
Spiced Cherrlea.
This makes a nice sauce to serve
with roast duck or game. Stone and
stew the cherries down to a pulp and
then add sugar, vinegar, ground cinna
mon, cloves and allspice to taste and
also a little lemon Juice; cook until
liilte thick, and when cold put in Jars
md tie up with waxed paper.
Palled Bread.
Tear away tho crust from a loaf and
pull the crumb opart In long strips
from top to bottom. Tear the loaf first
Into halves, then Into quurters and then
Into eighths, to Insure uniform size In
tbe'strips. Put in an open oven for an
hour, then close the door and let' the
bread color slowly to a light brown.
Dyapeptlo Pie Crust."
One quart flour. One teaspoon sodtt.
Two teaspoons cream of tartar. Two
larga spoons lard or butter. Roll thin,
as It rises.
' Short SuKareetlona.
In choosing a grape fruit see that It
Is heavy In proportion to th,e size. A
dry fruit Is very light
To polish a looking glass first rub
It with a duster wrung out of cold
water and dipped In whiting and ihe
onUsh with a dry cloth.