4£»ÀJ 1 ± L d, li U •••••■............................................................... . « « ■ - « « « « , F THE I ! SEVENTH F MAN ? t Suddenly the sick mail's voice qua­ vered out: “It’s not him they want. It's Hill. They're after Hill out there. That was Bill tryin’ to get In. Why didn't you open? it was Hill, I tell you." At the first word the Snipe had wheel­ ed right aliout face and stood now pointing and slinking like a man with ague. “Matey, for the love of God”— “I won’t bush! There’s somethin’ wrong here tonight. I can't sleep, it's Bill, 1 tell you. See Ills poor hammock up there »bakin’.” Cooney tumbled out with au oath and a thud. “Hush It, ye white llv- ered swine. Hush it, or by”— His hand weut behind him to his knife sheath. “Dan Cooney” (lie Gaffer closed his book and leaned out "go back to your bed!" "1 won't, sir, not unless"— "Go back!” “Flesh a ml blood”— “Go back!" And for the third time that night Cooney went back. The Gaffer leaned a little farther over the ledge and addressed the sick man. "George, I went to Bill's grave-not six hours ugolie. The snow on It wasn’t even disturbed. Neither beast nor man. but only God. can break up the hard earth he lies under. I tell you that, an’ you may lay to it. Now go to deep.” Ing mid fell again to bis long tiislc. Within the but the sick man cried softly to himself. Filed, the Snipe null Cooney slept uneasily mid muttered In tlielr dreams. The Gaffer lay awake, thinking. After Bill. George Irishman, mid after George, who next? And who would be the last, the unburled one? The Ulen were weakening fast, their wits and courage coming down at the last with n rush. Filed mid Long Ede were the only two to be depended on for n day. The Gaffer liked Long Ede, who was a religious man Indeed he had a growing suspicion that Long Ede, In spite of some amiable laxities of belief. wwas numbered among the elect, or might be if interceded for. The Gaffer began to intercede for him i silently, but experience hud taught Him that such wrestlings to be effective must be noisy, and he dropped off to I sleep with a sense of failure. I lie Snipe stretched himself, yawned mid awoke. It was 7 in tin1 morning, time Io prepare n cup of tea. He toss­ ed mi armful of logs on the tire, and the noise awoke the Gaffer, who at once Inquired for Long Ede. He hail n it returned. “Go up to the roof. The lad must lie frozen," The Snipe cliinb- d the ladder, pushed open the trap and came back, reporting that Long Ede was nowhere to be seen. The old n in slipped a Juniper over Ids suits of e'o liilig. already throe deep, reached for a gun mid moved to the door. "Take it cup of somethin' warm to fortify,” the Snipe advised. "The kettle won't be live minutes boilin’.” Hut the Gaf­ fer pushed up the heavy holts and dragged the door open. “Here, hem-a hand, lads!" Long Ede lay prolie before the Hires, old. Ids outstretched hands al­ most touching It. his moccasins al­ ready covered out of sight by the pow- “Tell me. you’ve seeu what?” "Seen?" Long Ede echoed. "Aye, seen what? Speak low. Was It the suu?" "The »”— But this time the echo died on his lips, aud his face grew full i f awe uncomprehending. It frighten­ ed the Guffer. "You’ll he the better for a snatch of sleep." said he and was turning to go when Long Ede stirred a hand under the edge of his rugs. “Seven count." he whispered. "laird have mercy upon us.” the Gaf­ fer muttered through Ills beard as he moved away. "Long Elie gone crazed!" And yet. though an hour or two ago this was the worst that could have be­ fallen. the Gaffer felt unusually cheer fill. As for'the others, they were like different men all that day anil through the three days Hint followed. Even Lashman cimhci ! to complain and, un­ less their eyes played them a trick, had taken a lurn for the better. "I declare if I don't feel like pltcldii' to slug!" the Snipe announced on the second even­ ing. as much to his own wonder as tn theirs. "Then why In thunder don’t ye strike up?" answered Dan Cooney and fetched Ids concertina. The Snipe »truck up then and there "Vllllklns and Ills Dinah.” What Is more, the Gaffer looked up from his “Paradise Lost" and Joined ill the chorus. By the end of the second day Long Ede was iqi and around again He went about with a dazed look In Ills eyes. He was counting, counting to ldmself. always counting. The Gaffer watched him furtively. Since his recovery, though Ills lips moved frequently. Long Ede had scarcely uttered a word, but toward noun on the fourth day he said an ex­ traordinary thing: ' I’here's that sleepin’ bag I took with me the other night. I wonder If 'tis on the roof still. It will be froze pretty stiff by this. You might nip up an' see, Snipe, an’” lie paused -"if you find It slow it up yonder on Bill's hummock." The Goffer opened his mouth, hilt shut It again without speaking. The Snipe went up the ladder. A minute passed, and then they heard a cry from the roof, a er.v that fetched »them all. trembling, choking, weeping, cheering, to the foot of the ladder. "Boys, boys, the Him!" *••***• Months later—It was June, and even George Lashman had recovered his strength the Snipe came running with news of the whaling fleet, and on the beach, as they watched the vessels come to anchor, Long Ede told the Gaf­ fer Ills story: "It was a hull a hallu— what d’you call it. 1 reckon. I was crazed, eh?" The Gaffer's eyes wan­ dered from a brambling hopping about the liehen covered bowlders and away to the sen fowl wheeling above the ships, and then came Into Ills mind a tale lie had read once In "The Turkish Spy.” "I wouldn’t say Just that,” he an­ swered slowly. "Anyway," said Long Ede. "I believe the Lord sent n miracle to us to save us all.” "1 wouldn't say Just that either,” the Gutter objected. "I doubt It was meant Just for you all’ me an' the rest were presalrved, as you say, Inceedently.” I.ong Ede crouched on the frozen ridge of the lint, with his feet In the sleeping bag, his knees drawn up and the two guns laid across them. The creature, whatever its name, that had tried the door was nowhere to be seen, but he determined to wait a few min­ utes on the chance of a shot—that is, until the cold should drive him below. For the moment the clear tingling air was doing him good. The truth was Long Ede had begun to be afraid of himself and the way bls mind had been running for the last forty-eight hours upon green fields ami visions of spring. As lie put It to himself, something in­ side Ids head was melting. Biblical texts chattered within him like run­ ning brooks, and as they tleeted he Could almost smell the brown meadow scent, “lake us the foxes, the little foxes, for our vines have teuder grapes. * * * A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. ♦ • » Awake, 0 north wind, and come, thou south; ♦ * • blow upon my garden, that the spice j thereof may flow out.” He was light ! headed, and he knew It. He must hold out. They were all going mad were, in fact, three parts crazed already, all A JUGGLER’S TRICK. except the Gaffer, and the Gaffer re­ lied oq him as his right hand man. Clever Fe«l of Illusion Performed liy Gue glimpse of the returning sun. a an E hs I Indian. glimpse only, might save them yet. The wonderful feats of East Indian He gazed out over the frozen hills Jugglers have formed the theme of and northward across tin1 lee pink. A many n letter from travelers in the few streaks of pale violet, the ghost of orient, but none is more surprising than the aurora, fronted the moon. He that for which an old selldog vouches. could see for miles. Bear of fox, no While hi- was an officer on board a living creature was in sight. But who 1’. mid o. steamship two natives came could tell what might be billing behind aboard nt Madras. Iiesnjs. They were any one of a thousand hummocks? He n Juggler mid his assistant. After they "Jfcre, /«or n hand, lad»!" listened. He hoard the slow grinding had performed a number of minor of the Ice pack off the bench -only dery snow which ran and trickled In- , feats mid gathered quite a crowd that. “Take us the foxes, the little cessailtly. trickled between Ills long, ! around them they called for ii suck disheveled locks and over the back of foxes.” mid a piece of sailcloth. This would never do. He must climb Ills gloves and ran in a thin stream These having been provided, the down and walk briskly or return to the past the Gaffer’s feet. They carried him !u and laid him on chief Juggler made a small tentllke hut. Maybe there was a bear, after structure with the i - iiuviih mid some all. behind one of the hummocks, and a a heap of skins by the fire. They stools. He then placed Ids assistant shot, or the chance of one, would scat­ forced rum between Ids clinched teeth ill the sack and allowed n sailor to tie ter his head clear of these tomfooling mid bent his handsand feet and knead­ the knot which bound Idm a fust prls notions. He would have a search ed mid rubbed him. A sigh fluttered , oner. This done, the chief carried the on Ids lips, something between a sigh round. »ack Into mi open space, warning the What was that moving on a hum­ ami n smile, half seen, half heard. His people to stand back some distance, mock not 5 the Red Signal Quickly TU mu m W uuimu . Mora It l.vd m « Ituleric « lirul I* m (I im of r«-M«-r. lulu I be It setuus always tu have lain within If there I* any one thing that makes the |>«»wei uf the distinguished lawyei lite want i«» get up ami talk right out and hiinmrist. Hutu* Choate, to lead If ihr Men Who Have Achieved in meeting it is lu hear it said of a a «•holri ic client tr«nu ways «»f anger Great Prunai neuve In Public XOfaira man that ’he blushes like a woman, hit«» th«* isillis of peace. J 11M before said the social philosopher to a repre I hr Hural !!<»»■ Are al l.euat Twen­ th«* war a s«>uth**in gentleman w as si illative of the New York Times. ty I«» One Over the « il> lati». "How women ever gained the repu­ «Hniug with a frieud in one of the I m * m I A country boy's lack of opportunity tation of having run up a corner in hotels of Boston. He was «»f I remh Is his liest equipment for the serious blushes is beyond my comprehension. cr«*ol«‘ extraction, and his naiih* was struggle of life. This sounds paradox The report does her a grave Injustice, I >ela«*«»ur. says a writer in Lippincott's leal, but it is true. It is Just as true for as.I matter of fart she not only has Magazine, I'he waiter was a cidored man. and the southerner gave his or as the opposite proposition, that the no m<»nop«»l\ in blushes, but does not greatest liiiidranees a city boy lias to ma ke use oi the share that properly dels in a \erj domineering fashion. eoiitetid with are the opportunities belong: s to her. There are some \i o liiiililig fault lr«*«‘h with what was put which la-set him when young and pur men. of « «mi s«*, who blush if you even brlotr him and the w .1 \ in w hich it sue him till lie begins (lie real business blink •in c\eli«l in their direction. Imt w.ix s«*rved. Filially th«* wai(«*r l»ecame id life, a business which eaeli indie blu- ns a general thing men blush much Jic«*nsv Hie upbuilding of char­ down prove that in nine eases out of put up with such iiistileiicc and not acters and careers. He believes in us ten the average man will th the red l»<* r«*\eiigetl .saitl the enragt*d mail. "< 'ci la iiilx not. But d«» it by proc«*ss Ing large marker» in Hie game of life; signal of distress mu«*h nmr<* «piickls fur pennies and small units of value lie than the average woman. This Imhis of law.” I'll«* II*milord was tlrst iniervlew«*«l lias little taste and scant regard. good in all sorts of sitnati«»ns. l he eondilions siiiTonnding the couu "<’rack a Joke at a mail s expense, and llu* waiter «list harged. That was try boy are as different ns possible. lie blushes; ply him xx itti awkward not siitticienl to satisfy th«* w«»nnd<*d There Is a deal of regular work Hint «ph'stions. lie blushes; subject Idm to f«*e|lllus ot Mr. D**,"«»iir. II«* asked every country Imy must do, mid this soim* humiliation or let some ludicrous who was th«* best lawy«*r in the city regularity of employment, mostly out accident liefall Idm in public, mid he and was told it was Itiifus t'hoal«*. of doors, inculcates industrious habits, straightway rivals the boiled lobster Making his way to his ottl«‘e. he said: "Mr. Choate. I want to eiigagt* yon while II eonliibihes to a physical de in hue. A woman may redden slightly in a case. What will ymn* i'«*tiiining velopment wlileli in after years Is just I umler I lie sa me cireuim f«*e I»«*?" as valuable as any athletic training I • Olli “About that can be had. lie cannot run as p.ire«l with Th«* ch«*«-k was mad«* out ami fast perhaps as those trained by a sys that soft us« limn. tern, He may not be able to Jump so I don't attempt to explain tin* phe over. "Now,” said iln* law’.ver, “w Ii.-it nre high or hi far or excel in any of the nomeimn physiologists and moralists sports upon which we bestow so much may d«> I hill if they can but merely tin* facts of lhe case?’’ Ho was t«»ld. Said Mr. « ’lion te time mid I'l'oni which we get so mm-li give th«* facts for w hat they ar«* worth of pleasure, but his development en in the Imp«* that tin* next time a story thoughtfully. "I know tin* l ulled States allies llilll to bllekle down lo Hie hard writer has a «Top «»f blushes t<» dispose work in which hours are consumed of In* will ring a few «*hang«*s on the the subject w«*ll. and I kn«»w and from which very little or no Im­ ol«l plir.'is«* that has «lone duty for gen­ of th«* «‘oinnioiiwealth of Ma betts, and I can assure y p«»w«*r « hi earth strength may be something like Hint she 'bhislmd like enough to force you t«» g<» of Hie carl horse. Imt (lie eart horse place if y«»u «lon't want to go. Is to tie preferred where a long and FIRE ALARM BOXES. I were yon I wouhln’L*' steady pull is required. The thorough­ “Well,” said tin* soulheruer. at’frpl bred race horse lias a line flight of 'I’ll •• mi rm in %ew York it nd How It Illg (he situation. "I think I'll take your speed mid canters with delightful I m Opera led. advice.” Ami th«*y panic«I g tion lias taken him to town conies shut th«* -. In’ for them.” Youth's Companion. “You ha\<* just as inmli light amt She met another and asked the same theoretically just as good a chance as question. “Na. but there nih lit 'a' been Fame. anybody els«* to be president.’’ says th«* ten pass'! for onytiling ’at I ken or “Wli«*n I gr«»w up.” remarked Bobby patriotic citizen to his iieigldioi*. care.” Tough muscle*. “I am going to be the “I caiin«»t agr«*«* with you." sighs th«* At last she met a hoy ami asked the people’s choice.” neighbor. "We have no children, ami same question. He replied. “Na. I “Pugilist or president?” asked Tom­ didna see ony ladies, but I saw twa my Sluirpboy. ('inciniiatl <'<»uimen*lal that fact a Ion«* would lose me th«* pho­ tographers’ vote.’’ .lodge. sill’ wives.“—Scottish Amerlenn. Tribune. HI« Boy'« Future. “Are you educating you son for any ¡Mrtlculiir calling?” “Yes.” “What?” “Well, he made Ills own selection, and as near as I can find out he Is edu eating himself to be the husband of an heiress.“—Chicago Post His llevenite. M. Colomliies. a ineriliaiit of I’arln, had Ills revenge on a former sweet­ heart. a lady of Rouen, whin lie left her by will n legacy of «(i.lMJO for hav­ ing some twenty years Iwfore refused to tnarry him. "through « hicli.” ntntes Hie will, "I was enabled to live hide pendently and happily m a bachelor." Act! In action there is wisdom ami glory and happiness. Action ruu>es hope, and Impr rousea action. Free doni. I A < ornrr In E khn * Every one should occasionally sa v “That old hen just seems to I m » burst­ “Whoa!” to himself. Bemuse hla friends do not say it does not indicate ing with pride " remark«*«! the farmer's that lie doesn't need It.—Atchison dog. “Pride? Nothing of the sort. It’s Globe. eggs,” replied the Leghorn rooster. An orange tn-e In full bearing Ims “Sin* thinks •'lie’s a tinanrler. ami she's been known to produce I.’ i . imhi oranges; trying to stop laying until there’s a rise in price. ’ Exchange. n lemon tree. tl.iMMi lemon* StrniiMerm Xow. “You ought to set* the lovely letters Iny husband writes.” said the bride of ii month to one of her girl friends. “Oh. I’ve seen a fewr,” rejoined the ilcnr girl friend. “In fact. I’ve got near­ ly a trunkful of them in the attic." Exchange. W hut More? Ho You might nt least have given me some warning that you were going to throw me over. She Well, haven’t 1 been idee to you for ut er a weak * A Her l.lnr. The directness of tlie bee’s flight Is proverbial Tlie shortest distance be­ tween any two given points is called a beeline. Main observers think that the Immense etes with which the insis t is furnished greatly assist. if they do not entirely account for. the arrowy straightness of its passage through the j-. A tomb oi lapis lactin tins ueen ms covered among several others south of the great pyramid of Glxeli. There were many sarcophagi and lns< riptluns found likvw Ise BLAKE, MOFFITT &10MNE lM»O«tl»» ANO OfALCM» IN HOOK, XEW», WHl tiNG unit VVItAPPIXl. ... PAPERS CAMO STOCK .oStruw and Bintlcrn’ Bound... »YA-A7-.M>-(li H i - n I Mrw*t Tri. Mum IWH. SAN FRANCIS« •<> i; ANOTHER PIONEER. Bright ’ m DI mcumc and Diabete« Arc Positively Curable. Wheu tbrSuu Francisco busluess un*n w«ri luv tsi igut nig tne 1’ultun « '« jui |< uih I s ihe\ beard ibat Ur. bone luaterlul Sweetm.ins Teething b'ood sup piles It. It has saved the lives of thousand?« of babies. They begin to Improve within forty-eight hmirs. Here is what physicians think of It. 2934 Washington St . San Franeisco, June 2. IWJ. (lentlenien I am prescribing your food in the multitude of baby troubles due to Illi peded dentition A large percentage oi In­ fantile Ills and fatalities ate the result of slow teething Your food supplies what tlu* detiiient system denwHudv. and 1 have hud surprising suecesf with It. In scores of cases this diet, given with their regular food, has i.ot failed t<> cheek th« Infuntlle distresses Scveial of the more serious Clises would, I feel sure, huve been fatal without it It can mt be too quickly imnt to the attention of the mothers of the country. It Is an uh solute necessity i. «’. mi : n ’ ih : i », m 1». I’etaluma, Cal., September 1, 1'.io2. bear Sirs 1 h.»»e Just tried the teething food in two cases and In both it was a six o cent (enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re eelpt of price. Pacific «’oast Agents, lull ml brug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco. Cliur«*h hih I Workmen. it would l><* an exaggeration to say that all worklug | m * o |>)<* f.-.-l antago uiatle toward the eliun-li. Their general attitude I h rather that of indifference The thinking | hh > i - are well enough aware that there I m nothing unnatural III lhe »ItURtloli and that If the table» were ho turned that world advantage Hhifted to tlielr side it would probably remain unchanged. At t'.-ue» their feel iug. especially toward the clergy, I h cu rlotlbly Hympathetie. “Say." remarked a lalHir lender of vivid mind to the writer “Hay, I'm awfiill.v sorry for mlnlHter». Most of them are leal good ■Dell.* They know well enough what Christ meant, and they <1 like tintt rate to preach If they dared. But, Lord, how can they? They've got to draw their HulnrlcH; they’ve got families to Hupport.” All this quite without a touch of Irony Vida D. Scmlder In Atlantic. A llrllr.o Compliment. To be able to compliment without seeming to flatter I h a rare gift, uud probably no race of men 1» endowed with that gift more extensively than the French. An example of tile Frenchman's rare tact in matters of this sort Is showu in that sweet little story of a man who hu .