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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
ClUrTKK VII Cnntim-.e.i.
Mr. Gregson, who had listened to
this address with considerable impa
t:em t iould contain himself no longer.
"Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,"
he said, "we are all ready to acknowl
edge that you are a smart man, and
that you have your own methods of
working. We want something more
than mere theory and preaching now,
though. It is a case of taking the
man. I have made my case our. and
It see.ms I was wrong. Young Char
pentier could not have been engaged in
this second affair. Lestrade went after
his man. Stangerson. and it appears
that he was WTong. too. Yon have
thrown out hints here and hints there,
and sem to know more than w-e do.
but the timp has come when we feel
that we have a right to ask you
straight how much you do know cf
the business. Can you name the man
who did it?"
"I cannot help feeling that Gregsnn
Is right, sir." remarked Lestrade. "We
have both tried, and we have both
failed. Y"ou have remarked more than
once since I have been in the room
that ym: had all the evidence which
you require. Surely you will not with
hold it any longer?"
"Any delay in arresting the assas
sin." I observed, "might give him time
to perpetrate some fresh atrocity."
Thus pressed by us all, Holmes
showed signs of irresolution
He continued to walk up and down
the room with his head sunk on his
chest and his brows drawn down, as
was his habit when lost in thought.
' There will be no more murders." he
said, at last, stopping abruptly and fac
ing us. "You can put that considera
tion out of the question. Y'ou have
asked me if I know the name of the
assassin. I do. The mere knowing of
his name Is a small thing, however,
compared w-ith the power of laying our
hands upon him. This I expect very
shortly to do. I have good hopes of
managing it through my own arrange
ments: but It is a thing which needs
delicate handling, for we have a
shrewd and desperate .man to deal
with, who is supported, as I have had
occasion to prove, by another who Is as
clever as himself. As long as this man
has no idea that any one can have a
clew, there is some chance of securing
him: but If he had the slightest sus
picion, he would change his name, and
vanish in an instant among the four
million Inhabitants of this great city.
Without meaning to hurt either of your
feelings. I am bound to say that I con
sider these men to be more than a
match for the official force, and that is
why I have not asked your assistance.
If I fail I shall, of course. Incur all the
blame due to this omission: but that 1
am prepared for. At present I am
ready to promise that the Instant
I can communicate with you without
endangering my own combinations I
shall do so." ,
Gregson and I.estrado seemed to be
far from satisfied by this assurance, or
by the deprecating allusion to the de
tective police.
The former hal flushed up to the
rents cf his flaxen hair, while the
other's beady eye? glistened with euri
c:iry and resentment.
Xi-itiicr of thm had t1m to speak,
however, before t!Tre was a tap at the
door and the spokesman of the street
arab. voting Wiggi'i.. introduced his
ir-sisn'fn ant and unsavory person.
"P'e.-v-e. sir." he said, tonchine his
forelock. "I have the cab down stair."
"Good boy." said Holmes, blandly.
"Why flon't you introduce this pattern
at Scotland Yard?" he continued, tak
ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a
drawer. "See how beautifully the
erring works. They fasten in an in
stant." "The old pattern is good enough."
remarked I.estrade. "If we can find the
man to put them on."
"Very good, very good." said Holmes,
smiling. "The cabman may as well
help me with my boxes. Just ask him
to step up. Wiggins."
I was surprised to find my compan
ion sneaking as though we were about
to start out on a journey, since he had
not saiil nothing to me about it.
There was a small portmanteau in
the room, and this he pulled out and
beean to strap.
He was busily engaged at it when
the cabman entered the room.
"Just give me a help with this
buckle, cabman." he said, kneeling
over his task, and never turning hU
head.
The fellow came forward with a
somewhat sullen defiant air, and put
down his hands to assist
At that instant there was a sharp
click, the jangling of metal, and Sher
lock Holmes snrang to his feet again.
"Gentlemen." he cried, with flashing
eyes, "let me introduce to you Mr Jef
ferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch
Drebber and Joseph Stangerson.
The whole thing occurred In a mo
ment so quickly that I had no time to
Tealize it.
I have a vivid recollection of that in
stant, of Holmes' triumphant expres
sion and the ring of his voice, of the
cabman's dazed, savage face, as he
glared at the glistening handcuffs,
which had appeared as if by magic
upon his wrists.
For a second or two w-e might have
been a group of statues. Then, with
an inarticulate roar of fury, the pris
oner wrenched himself free from
Holmes' grasp, and hurled himself
through the window.
Woodwork and glass gave way be
fore him: but before he got quite
through Gregson, Lestrade and Holmes
sprang upon him like so many stag
hounds. He was dragged back into the room,
and then commenced a terrific conflict.
So powerful and so fierce was he
that the four of us were shaken off
again and again. He appeared to have
the convulsive strength of a man in
en epileptic -fit.
His face and hands were terribly
mangled by the passage through the
glass, but loss of blood had no effect
In diminishing bis resistance.
It was not until Lestrade succee'deC
in gettuii: his hand inside his neck
cloth and half strangling him that we
maiie him realize tint his struggles
were of no avail: and evpn then we
felt no security until we had pinioned
his feet as well as his hands. That
done, we rose to our feet, breathless
and panting.
"We have his cat)." said Sherlock-
Holmes "It will serve to take him to
Scotland Y'ard. And now. gentlemen."
he continued, with a pleasant smile,
"we have reached the end of nur little
mystery. Y'ou are very welcome to
put any questions that you like to me
fow, and there is no danger that I will
refuse to answer them."
PART II.
The Country of the Saint.
CHAPTER I.
In the central portion of the great
North American Continent there lies
an arid and repulsive desert, which for
many a long year served as a barrier
against the advance of civilization.
From the Sierra Nevada to Ne
braska, and from the Yellowstone riv
er in the north to the Colorado upon
the south, is a region of desolation and
siience.
Nor Is nature always in one mooj
throughout this grim district. It com
prises snow-capped and lofty moun
tains and dark gloomy valleys.
There are swiftly-flowing rivers
which dash through jagged canyons:
and there are enormous plains, which
in winter are white with snow, and in
summer are gray with the saline alkali
dust. They all preserve, however, the
common characteristic of barrenness,
: irhospitality and misery.
' There are no inhabitants of this land
of despair.
, A band of Pawnees or of Black feet
' may occasionally traverse it in order
to reach other hunting-grounds, but the
hardiest of the braves are glad to lose
sight of those awesome plains and to
i find themselves once more upon their
prairies.
! The coyote skulks among the scrub,
the buzzard flaps heavily through the
air, and the clumsy grizzly bear lum
bers through the dark ravines, and
1 picks up such sustenance as it can
among the rocks. These are the sole
dwellers in the wilderness.
I In the whole world there can be no
more dreary view than that from the
' northern slope of the Sierra Blanco.
I As far as the eye can reach stretch
es the great flat plainland, all dusted
; over with patches of alkali, and inter
i sected by clumps of the dwarfish chap
: arral bushes.
I On the extreme verge of the horizon
lie a long chain of mountain peaks,
' with their rugged summits necked with
snow, in this great stretch of coun
try there is no sign of life, nor of any
thing appertaining to life.
Tuere is no bud in the steel-blue
heaven, no movement upon the dull,
!giay earth above all mere is abso
: lute silence. Listen as one may, there
: io no shadow of a sound in all that
: mighty wilderness; nothing but silence
: complete and heari-subuuing silence.
it has been said thuie is nothing ap
pertaining to iiie upon the b"uuu plain.
That is hardly true.
Loo.iing down irom the Sierra Bian
co, onu sets a piu.nvay traced out
au'o.-is the ikeu. whicii winds uv.aj
and i.s u.-:i in tic- xii-eme distance.
U i.s rutted with wiaels and Hodden
down by the feet of many auveiiutifci-:;.
Here and liieie are scattered while
; objects which glisten in the sun and
! stand out against the dull deposit Of
t alkali.
j Approach and examine them: They
i are bones; some large anil coarse,
i others smaller and more delicate. The
former have belonged to oxen, the
i latter to men.
I For fifteen hundred miles one may
: trace this ghastly caravan route by
these scattered remains of those who
had fallen by the wayside.
Looking down on this veny scene,
there stood upon the 4th of May, M,
a solitary traveler.
His appearance was such that he
might have been the very genius or
demon of the region. An observer
would have found it difficult to say
whether he was nearer to forty or to
sixty.
His face was lean and haggard, and
the brown, parchment-like skin was
drawn tightly over the projecting
bones; his long, brown hair and beard
were all flecked and dashed with
white: his eyes were sunken in his
head, and burned with an unnatural
luster, while the hand which grasped
his rifle was hardly more fleshy than
that of a skeleton. .
As he stood, he leaned upon his
weapon for support, and yet his tall
figure and the massive framework of
his bones suggested a wiry and vigor
ous constitution.
His gaunt face, however, and his
clothes, which hung so baggily over
his shriveled limbs, proclaimed what
It was that gave him that senile and
decrepit appearance.
The man was dying dying from
hunger and from thirst.
He had toiled painfully down the ra
vine, and on to this little elevation,
fn the vain hope of seeing some signs
of water.
Now the great salt plain stretched
before his eyes, and the distant belt
of savage mountains, without a sign
anywhere of plant or tree which might
indicate the presence of moisture.
In all that broad landscape there
was no gleam of hope. North, and
cast, and west he looked with wild,
questioning eyes, and then he realized
that his wanderings had come to an
end, and that there, on that barren
crag, he was about to die.
"Why not here, as well as In a feath
er bed, twenty yeard hence," he mut
tered, as he seated himself in the shel
ter of a bowlder.
Before sitting down, he had depos
ited upon the ground nis useless rifle,
and also a large bundle tied up in a
gray shawl, which he had carried slung
over his right shoulder.
It appeared to be somewhat too
heavy for his strength, for, in lowering
it, It came down on the ground with
some little violence.
' Instantly ther? broke from the gray
parcel a little moaning cry. and f om
it there protruded a small, scared f.'.cc
with very bright, brown eyes, and two
little Speckled, dimpled fits.
"You've hurt me!" said a childish
voice, reproachfully.
1 "Have I. though?" the man an
swered, penilent.lv; "I didn't go for to
do it."
As he spoke, he unwrapped the gray
shawl and extricated a pretty little
girl of about five years of ace. whose
dainty shoes and smart pink frock,
with its little linen apron, all bespoke
a mother's care.
The child was pale and wan. but her
healthy arms and legs showed that she
had suffered less than her companion.
"How is it now?" he answered, anx
iously, for she was still nibbing the
towsy-golden curls which covered the
back of her head.
"Kiss It and make It well." she said,
with perfect gravity, shoving the in
jured part up to him. "That's what
mother used to do. Where's mother?"
"Mother's gone. I guess you'll see
j her before long."
! "Gone, eh?" said the litt'e girl.
("Funny, she di.lnt say good-bye: she
''most always did if she was just goin'
' over to auntie's for tea. and row she's
been away for three days. Say. It's
:pwful dry. ain't It? Ain't there no
water nor nothing to eat?"
"No. there ain't nothing, dearie.
Y'ou'll just nee dto be patient awhile,
and then you'll be all rinht. Put your
head up agin me, like that, nnd then
you'll feel better. It ain't easy to talk
when your lips are like leather, but I
guess I'd best let you know how the
cards lie. What's that you've eot?"
"Pretty things: fine thin?:" cried
the little girl. ethuisasticaUy. holding
ur two glittering fragments of mica.
"When we goes hack to home I'll give
, them to brother Hob."
! "Y'ou'll see prettier thinrs than them
soon," said the man. confidently. "You
just wait a bit. I was going to tell
you. though you remember when we
icft the river?"
"Well, we reckoned we strike an
other river soon, d'ye see. But there
was somethin' wrong: compasses or
uap. or somethin". and it didn't turn
p. Water can out Just except a l"
t drop for the l:kes of you and
and "
"And you couldn't wash yourself." in
terrupted his companion, gravely, star
ing tip at his grimy visage.
"No. nor drink. And Mr. Bender, he
was the first to go, and then Indian
Pete, and then Mrs. McGregor, and
then Johnny Hones, and then, dearie,
your mother."
"Then mother's a deader too." cried
the little girl, drooping her face in her
pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
, "Y'es: they all went except you and
me. Then I t'-ought there was some
chance of water in this direction, so
, I heaved you on my rhoulder and we
tramped it together. It don't seem as
though we've improved matters.
There's an almighty small chance for
' us now!"
! "Do you mean that we tire going to
die, too?" asked the child, checking
her sobs, and raising her tear-stained
: face.
! "I guess that's about thp size of it."
"Why didn't you say so before?" she
jsaid. laughing gleefully. "Y'ou gave me
such a fright. Why. of course, now as
long as we die we'll 1 e with mother
again."
"Yes. you will, dearie."
"And' you. too. I'll tell her ho
awful good you've been. I'll let she
meets us at the (oor of heaven with
a big pitcher of water, aid a lot of
buel:vhcat cakes, hot. and toasfe-' m
both sides, line P.oh nml me was fond
of How long will it 1 e first?"
"I don't know not very Ion::."
Tile man's eyes were fixed on the
northern horizon. In th- blue vult of
the heaven there appeared three little
specks which i-tcrea-ed in size every
Moment, so rapidlv did they approach.
! They spee'ilv ro-olvf, themselves
into three large brown birds, which cir
j cled over the heads of the two wan-
derer. and then settled upon 'some
! rocks which overlooked them.
They were buzzards, the vultures of
i the West, whose coming is the fore
runner of death.
' 111 there hna heen nn ..: , ' W,
incic iaB urcu uu practical ttlst
(Yj large scale, until since the closofV
Spanish war. and our sequesters
the
and
rvl
m iwi nm' Puo-et Sound
Cf , r 1 SPnrred battleships of the first ,.1
ft . Navy Yard and Dry Docks r rVI
ffl . . W VTln and latterly the
chase around the continent itk .
r-- vciESWI ha 1 no need to der (.instruction. ships running r miesi comer. i't
RE formidable fortitlca- through that body of water directly up ;aJJ th, .
ions and euens.ve naval and to the eoai bunkers ; near he mines ; Sffi tSlSt!?
military works, in omer to ana in uig " h 0,ii mlairivin. a... j a'"yo
make sure of protection for the waters bottoms of barnacles, saving the scrap-, small mlsglvln Arrived at the Su
and commercial Interests of the Pacific ing process in dry dock. The - rolls of on each and all ha ve now
Northwest, but when our Uncle Sam employes at present exceed 800 men, , ft' the pa ces of test of the hrit
located the Puget Sound Naval Station with the certainty 01 ronsumi iarje .u-1 naming,
he assured such protection for all time creases as the works are extended. . the Bt comP tWwtlon to $
.. ., . The nresent works comnr se the fol-. eoncemed. In maneuver ne
lu ,umtr 1"""" !,"- lor whilt not onrh nnH " "
mestic or foreign. At the same time ic nig. ... . ,, "-, Ieaf
he located these works in a position DryuocK. tne iargeHl " , - i me orepu,
absolutely Impregnable, a very Gibtal- 'dock In the Uited States. her J brokj en pi ates wrenched
ter of security against attack or inter j Wharf and docks largest and most w hen thiWpwu on the rook, b
i.. - .....i.,.i wa. in i commodious on the Pacific Coast. Asia, have been replaced with the-..
and surroundings will show.
In the first place, the location of Port
Orchard bay, on which the station is
built, i.s 100 miles interior from the P'i
rifie. reached only through the strait
n San Juan de Fuca. that wonderf':!
body of water through which pours tlv
present enormous streams of North
western commerce. This water is stf
ceptible of fortifications and of dcfer.se
beyond the ability of the combined wn
tleets of all earth to force an entrance.
Forts at Port Townsend ami other
points eastward from the en
trance of the straits already protect
the passage, while beyond, as the
course lies further in toward the naval
iation. the channel narrows Into abut
ting natural defenses.
Shonld'the naval powers of ea-th
ever force these, there would remain
'orne.'o. bomb, dynamite mines, chain.
T.d like means of destruction of the
tdvancins encines of war. strung nn 1
hung In the narrower channels rearer
'b stat'on. bevond any conceivable
ability of present or future naval pow
ers to pass. On such situation Is basel
the claim that the location, for safetv
and strength, is the fi-'est that the
world knows todav. Other feature:
-e nnife as favorable, including denth
of water, character of anchorage
grounds, shore for docks and wharfs,
surrounding lands r-nd conditions in
c'uding climatic conditions and protec
tion from all winds by an nbsolnte'v
land-locked harbor, set within densely
timbered hills.
Views of the Station. Its works and
-urrou"di""s herewith given, disclose
but a small inrt of the interesting nnd
instntcti'-e features to be learned bv n
-itt to Hrportnn. ns the little r'tv
surrounding the Station, has been nam-e-'.
Cp'ved out of the virgin forest.
the works ocennv nn enclosure of some
Brick and steel fire-proof construe-j thpt a skiff would tie handled t,T ,h.
tion and repair buildings. i ships carpenter. The dry dock thai
r ""j ' '. . ' " -.- - -vr.
&lMWrmi :&Zx& figs: c
. ...
BIG FIGHTING MACHINE IN DRYD3CK.
Steam engineerin
equipment.
; Uriel; warehouse and store house.
Administrative building and naval of
fices. I Marine barracks with modern appli
ances and conveniences,
i Officers' quarters, five fine resi
' t'e.nces for naval officials
Buildings in process: Equipment,
eighty acres of level land, tht come ordnance and other shops,
f-own to the water o-i just the le-o Considering the magnitude of tho
needed for works and docks, while far- Station as it exists today, it seems al-
fTo he continue-l.)
WENT HIM SOME BETTER.
Cirl Improved on Excuse Offered bv Her
Little Brother.
Annie was late, and like a sensible
child, she recognized the fact and stop
ped running. Not so Johnnie. He
belonged to the class that never knows
when it has enouph of either joy or
trouble, so lie kept up his laborious
trot until the school door was reached.
There he leaned dejectedly and breath
ed heavily. Annie eyed liiin with a
scorn that grew as she looked. Later
on they stood in the office looking like
a set of illustrations for a new version
of the "Lives of the Hunted," ami
Johnnv was talking. "I couldn't
mean it," he sobbed. "It wnz me big
sister Katie's fault. She made me eat
three eggs, an' me niudder tays I can't
bold tiiat much till I'm nine years old,
and " He would have babbled on
indefinitely, the tears -rolling off his
fat, foolish liitln face, but the principal
handed him his admission slip and
turned to Annie. That, young lady
had a passion for acquisition, so with
out further ado she acquired Johnnie's
excuse.
"I ate too many eggs, too, ami it
made me late," she explained.
"Indeed," said the principal, "and
how many did you eat?"
Annie's lips curled scornfully as she
remembered Johnny and his miserable
little three eggs.
"I ate seventy-four," she replied,
blandly. New Y'ork Kveuing Sun.
fi . T.., - v. - i- "vV5fe!S
building, with first tested by these greatest of battle
I ships, proved adequate for even much
larger vessels. All macninery and ip
paratus worked to a charm, so that this
evidence, if needed, closes the chaptet
o! approval for the Paget Sound Su-
t.on. Besides the mechanical test, re
sults have been equally satisfactory
with respect to health of men, and it-
tractive surroundings, in fact as toil:
other elements entering into the case.
Bremerton, the city of the Station.
to-be, has Its foundation of course to
the labor employed, and the traffic o!
the Station and of its officers tad
nu-.nasers. Suddenly rising to setm!
thousand of population, the little city
u struggling to keep pace with Its own
unexpected importance and growtl,
i.nd fortunately is in the hands of ea-
terprising, men of high character, wlc
ure seized with the spirit and cliarac-
iter of the enterprise that has come to
! them, and who evince a disposition to
! co-operate with the government pur
i rose and to make their city a credit
I This is shown in the character of In
pvovenients. in street construction jm
; all the municipal improvements as tot
as undertaken. There is a water
tcm already installed, by utilization o!
, fine streams of pure water, with sm
ticient head for fire protection, and
a scale for all future rquiremeW
, The young city government Wps pan
with the federal requirements ana n
.t.-ieats. In short there Is that narrccn;
find co-operntion so desirable undent'
.circumstances. Among ether steps i'
'this direction, the town is. at prwr-
organizing n Sailor's and limine Ciro.
- i-fter the manner of those- clubs H
Mare Island and Brooklyn, in the it
terest of improvement, and a'lra-.t.?
.for the sea-fa'-ing employes when
ii in fitnt mi Si-hnn c rhurones.
'. I snrtetv nf the ricini? order are featnt?
ther back the ground rises bv ridtre ! most imiiriiuiii tv,,.t u n v 1 m tha vmmo- nit v nf Port Orchard Bsr
1 iiiiu il imr till Uftfll ' ....... .n
id terrace, givin? attractive natural i accomnlisned in ten slmrt v Th which also has that modern -nece".
location was made in 1SH1. the first the newspaper, the Weekly V c"'
INTERIOR VIS w- OF DRYDOCK UNOCCUPIED.
What Alligators Eat.
I More tlian once curious things have
been found in the stomach of a shark,
but never hag such an extraordinary
collection been found as was discovered
recently in the stomach of an alligator.
This alligator was killed in the Soudan,
and was more than 12 feet in length.
In its stcniach were discovered eighty
five stones, several birds' claws, two
human finger nails and three hoofs of a
donkey, to one of which a piece of rope
was attached.
locations for the- administrative build
it;gs. offices and quarters. Central to
all lies the great dry dock, now the
lcrgest possessed by the government
with dockage and wharfs in front, and
shops and repair and equipment bulb!
ings adjoining. Notwithstanding th
completeness of the works all is still
bustle and animation in extensions
constantly on foot, the largest of the
present works under construction be
ing an Immense equipment building o'
brick, that win be completed this sea
son. Brick and steel structure is main
tained throughout, and every specie;
of construction, brick, steel, stone and
timber. Is of the superior quality fot
which Uncle Samuel is noted. A point
of great significance as bearing on the
local adaptability and economy of the
site, is that nearly a totality of all ma
tcrials comes from the Puget Sonne
and Pacific region, excepting barelv
structural steel and iron. Stone.
l"-ick. timber and coal, are all at Uncle
Sam's finger tips.
Details of these great works, are to
be found in the reports, but a few
items will suffice, emphasizing in the
main, as they do, the local importance
of the Station, and comparison with
the sister stations of Mare Island and
Brooklyn. Puget Sound is alreadv
l arger than either of the other two. an'1
with contemplated Improvements si
ready under the protecting aegis nf
government appropriation, will shorf'v
be among the largest in the world, its
present dry dock has such- rank, hav
ing a rapacity of containing the la-sr-t
st battle ship in the world, and yet the
extensions now contemplated, "to be
covered in the next appronnation call
ing for $4,000,000. already approved hv
the department, call for another drv
dock double the size 0f the present one
deemed necessarv by our navai exten
sion on the Pacific side of our domain,
and our interests in the far east.
Other extensions covered in the re
cent appropriations of $1,200,000 Ure
coal bunkers of 25.000 tons capacity.
Bremerton being one of five such coal
ing stations ordered, the other four be
ing San Diego, San Francisco. SitVa
and Dutch Harbor for the Pacific and
Behring Sea. This coaling provision
is now a necessity, but the future svr.
tern for the Station is said by govern
mont officials to be (o utllizze the Lake
Washington fresh water canal now un-
work commoncMwi tho vo ducted bv the Gale Brothers, ims "
The very land enclosed in the station : established one year ago. (
yards, was part of an original home-! Kitsap is the inexpressive name e.
sieau entry made in October 1875. al-1 the interior, sound-encircien w
though the land, which had been "lum-' that has received this great inipro
beied," had been enteieu upon lor that i ment and development." A rep.
purpose as early ns ISaS. This home- densely timbered, sparsely sew". -Stead
was n:itfntu,i t k-iiiub .iu j.- -ut i...ninnca ahnre ana
" win- n iiikiiiib w III! IIS I'lllKI Uliai'i"" " - utnipi
Who SOld to William Bremer frnm Uraffln Mthnrtn fimlR itS SOl "f
whom the government nnrehnaoH iim ' i,.i,.rnra,n.i !,,' nnl.se and DBft'
station tract of 8; acres, which was up- I with hints of the mighty world w
on recommendation of two eommis-1 side, by comnarisons of the hitM
a..,,,,,, u,r u. iiaiui omcers ami one oi , machinery of the worms n
i
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OFFICERS' QUARTERS AT PUGET SOUND STATlCN-
w)'rtofnH.Congre',s.acU,,! "I1Hn tne -'them unknown fighting Kon
"it of those comnussions. Bi-emertnn !... : .... cn long their
i-'nd ,"Rv'r il 'ts V''lUnd miration
o me lann wnere
ciiiun is
was cleared until tho
sVr,'lmC!lt ",,n,n,,"''l it in the year
dnT r Mr; Bmor had built a small
i'" bay boats,' which still
paied with the extensive docks of
modern equipment and construction
"here now float the mightiest fighting
machines of modern times. "snung
tu,v?!I?otheJ eovernment authorities
have proceeded with Increasing confi-
tlio niumv lnttfnis SO
The w ''1'"-. i
tinning to blossom as cn3p'!
it ..,i-tii are M' ..i
iiuiiiei mis uiuii i'" ce eP
up, testifying to the '"""":,, t0tw
K.. nnvornmellt. 811" ,
"'"V "e siare.
bcctions are getmiK rora"'
i-oiinty seat Is across m - ' aI) it
.t,,'."rB7emertor.r
pie. that some time in tne i o(!ii
Bremerton will be the capi" 4
county as It has alreanj
commercial center.