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CHAPTER XXV Continued.
17
She turned her head, and I felt her
eyes senrching the dim outline of my
fuce questioutnecly.
"Of course I (lid everything I Knew,"
she replied. "Why should I not? You
are here, Captain Carlyle, for my sake;
I owe you service."
"And must I be content merely with
that thought?" I urged, far from
pleased. "This would mean that your
only Interest in me arises from grati
tude." "And friendship," her voice as confi
dential as my own. "There Is no rea
son why you should doubt that surely."
"It would be easier for me to under
stand, but for the memory of what I
am a bond slave."
"Your meauing is that true friend
Ship has as a basis equality?"
"Does it not? Cau real friendship
vis:r otherwise?"
"o,'' she acknowledged gravely.
"And the fact that such friendship
does exist between us evidences my
faith in you. I have never felt this
social distinction. Captain Carlyle,
have given It no thought. This may
seem strange to you, yet is most nat
ural. You bear an honorable name,
and belong to a family of gentlemen.
You held a position of command, won
your own efforts. You bore the
''.-t of a man In a revolution ; if guilty
v v crime, It was a political one, in
N ullying your honor. I have
son to believe you were false
. ' nd convicted. Consequent-v-tion
does not exist be-
.v.nre not my uncle's serv-
' .. lend you understand
- -v actually have me
-- , s' your own class
v 'v to claim your
C . .. :
T face uplifted,
lerwise? No man
y.f proved him-
V We are in
Is nothing
Vsciiped. I
'-e will
' -ong-
' -ist
s
throw the pallid light of the dawn.
It w:is all a desolate, restless was o
hi the midst of which we tossed, will e
above hung masses of dark clouds ob
scuring the sky. We wore but a hur
tling speck between the gruy above
and the gin.v below.
The first thing needing my attention
was the food and water. I crept for
ward cautiously and soon bad Sam
busily engaged in passing out the vari
ous articles for Inspection. Only es
sentials had been chosen, yet the sup
ply seemed ample for the distance I
believed we would have to cover be
fore attaining land. Hut the nature of
that unknown coast was so doubtful I
determined to deal out the provisions
sparingly, saving every crumb pos
sible. The men grumbled at the small
nesa of the ration, yet munched nwny
contentedly enough, onco con vim tu
that we all shared alike.
"All right, lads." I said cheerfully.
"Vow we understand each other and
can get at work. We'll divide into
watches first of all two men nft here
and one at the bow. Wntklns and I
will take it watch and wntch. but
there is enough right now for nil hands
to turn to and make the craft ship
shape. Two of you ball out that water
till she's dry. ant! the others get out
that extra sail forward and rig up a
jib. She'll ride easier and make better
progress with more canvas showing."
The men gradually knocked off work
and lay down, and finally I yielded to
Dorothy's pleadings and fell Into a
sound sleep. It seemed as though I
scarcely lost consciousness, yet I must
have slept for an hour or more, my
head pillowed on her lap. When I
-i-., s..iwnitt was nsain at the steer-
ins raddle, and both he and Dorothy
were staring across me out over the
port quarter.
"What Is It?" I asked eagerly, but
before the words were entirely uttered
a hoarse voice forward bawled out ex
citedly: "There you see it; straight out agin
that cloud edge. It's a full-rigged
schooner."
"Ay," boomed another, "an' headin'
straight cross our course astern."
I reached my feet, clinging to the
mast to keep erect and, as the boat
was again flung upward, gained clearly
the glimpse I sought.
"Ay, you're right, huls!" I exclaimed.
"It's a schooner, headed to clear us by
a hundred fathoms. Tort your helm,
Schmitt hard down, man. Now, Sam,
off with that red shirt ; tie it on the
hnnt hunk and let fly. They can't
help seeing us if there is any watch on
deck."
We swept about in a wide circle,
headed straight across the bows of the
on-coming vessel. All eyes stared out
watchfully. Sam's shirt flapping above
V (. I"
.....,o..i,itf iiirtv. vet otherwise ship
shape enough. Not bins human greet
ed mo. and conscious of a strange feel
ing of horror, I slipped over onto the
deck. The next moment the negro nnd
Dutchman Joined me. the former star
lug about wildly, the whites of his
eves rerwiling bis terror.
'"My Gawd, sah," he ejaculated. "Ah
done know uU boat-It's shore do
Suula Marie. Ah's cooked In dat gal
lev. She was a slaver, suh." '
sniffed the air. "A kin smell tlein nig
gers right now, rati. Ah suah reckon
dars a bunch o' ded ones under dem
hutches right dls mtmile."
Sehmltfs hand fell heavily on my
sleeve aud I glanced Into his stolid
face. , , ,
"1 Just bet I know vat wus dor tum
ble." "What, man?"
"Cholera," he whispered; "ve har
boarded a death ship."
CHAPTER XXVII.
On Board the Slaver.
The terror of the two men ns this
thought dawned upon them In all Its
horror was apparent enough. Nothing,
not even fire, was more to be dreaded
than a vlsltatiou of this awful nature
on shipboard. Charnel ship though
this might be. It was safer by far than
the cockleshell towing alongside.
"Let's find out the truth tlrst. men,"
I said quietly. "Hold your tongues.
There Is no use giving up until we
know what the danger Is. Will you
come with nie?"
The terror In Sam's eyes caused me
to laugh and my own courage came
back with a rush.
"Afraid of dead men, are you? Then
we'll face them together, my lads, and
have It over with. Come on. now, both
of you. Buckle up ; there Is nothing
to fear, If you do what I tell you
this isn't the first cholera ship I've
been aboard."
It wns no pleasant Job confronting
us, although we had less dead men to
handle than I anticipated. Indeed, we
found only five bodies on board. There
were only two on deck, a giant, coal
black negro, and a gray-bearded white
man, his face pitted with smallpox.
Determined on what was to he done, I
wasted no time with either body. The
two sailors hung back, terrorized at
the mere thought of touching these
victims of plague. I steeled myself to
the Job and handled them alone, drag
ging the bodies across the deck and
launching them over the low. rail Into
the sea. I ordered Schmitt to cut the
lashings and take charge of the wheel.
"See here, Sam, and you too,
Srhmltr. I am In love with that girl
in the boat. Do you suppose I would
ever have her come on this deck If I
believed she might contract cholera?
You do as I say and you are perfectly
safe. Now. Schmitt. remain at the
I wheel, and you, Sam, come with me.
' There will be a dead nigger aboard
unless you Jump when I speak.
He trotted close at my heels as I
flung open the door leading into the
cabin. The air seemed fresh enough
and I noted two of the ports wide
open. A tall, smooth-shnveu man, with
an ugly scar down one cheek, lay out
stretched on a divan at the foot of the
after mast, his very posture proclaim
ing him dead. His face was the color
of parchment, wrinkled with age.
The negro crept up behind me and
stared at the upturned face.
"My Gaud, suh, he wus de ol cap
tain. I'aradilla, snh ; damn his soul!"
In what was evidently the captain'a
room I discovered a pricked chart and
log-book, with no entry in it for three
days. Without waiting to examine
these I stowed them away in my pock
et. Between us we forced the stiffened
form of the captain through the open
after port and heard it splash Into
the sea astern. There were two dead
seamen in the forecastle, both swarthy
Xdlows, with long Indian hair. I never
.v a dirtier hole, the filth overpow
g, and once satisfied that both
'were beyond help, I was content
(r the scuttle and leave them
. 'jod! it was a relief to return
i to the open deck and breathe
hair. I hailed the bout tow-
t
." Watklns," I called
lady up first, and
., .
' . ' ""lands Jail aided
- - Abandoned?"
ened? Do
twl ns-
and
" N'on
ATTENTION GIVEN TO
FEEDING FALL PIGS
Improvement in Their Care Is
Urged by Professor tvvara.
System of Fedln3 "Cafeteria" Style
and Type of Houses kutc
Comment-Pigs Aro Puihed
Along From Start to Finish.
At the lowu agricultural experiment
station lit Ames, u great deal ur inten
tion has been given to full pigs. Prof.
John M. Kvvnrd. chief or twine p
.i..(i,4ii )ia linen a leader In ndvocat-
..in, .v.., - ii
i,,.. incrxnsn lii the number or fail
pigs and In the Improvement of their
care. Ills system of feeding them
"cafeteria style" and his types of hog
houses have attracted muen iitteuuou.
Pntfessnr lOvvard says :
"For n number of years the animal
i.niin.irv section of the experiment
uintin tins been feeding pigs that
come in the last days of August or
during September. N o push Uiem
from start to finish, until In April, and
if ii nf unusual for them to weigh
around 250 pounds, not so bud for pl
of eight months of age. fed right
thwuifrh tho cold winter Our fall plus
gain practically ns well as our spring
pigs. We have had fall pig" return us
1
.V,
3!
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Pigs Getting Their Dinner at Self.
Feeder.
within five cents a bushel as much for
m,o food ihev nte as the spring pigs.
These full nlc "pointers" nre offered
out of the experience of the experi
ment station:
1 Konii the nlirs warm nnd dry.
2 Keen tho ntcs sanitary, killing oft
tho llee. worms and other parasites.
3. Feed them exceptionally well; In
truth, feed them "free-choice style;
Kive them a chance at corn and tank-
rnreln Kennrate feeders.
a fiivn them nlentv of water. It Is
not essential thnt you warm it, but
little warm water once or twice a day
U nil rltrht.
5. Believe In the fall pigs and have
faith In them and they will make good.
If you do your part, they win.
VICIOUS BULLS ARE SAFEST
Gentle Anlrnal Is Cause of Most Trou
ble, Because Little or No Pre
caution Is Taken.
The gentle bull has as many victims
as the gun that isn't loaded, or the
hunter who "thoinrht It wns a doer
It's the gentle bull that causes tho
trouble in most cases. "The hull bad
never before shown nn ugly disposi
tion." sa.vs one clipping. "The bull
had alwavs been considered gentle.
says another; and so on through the
list. Because the victims thought the
hulls gentle, they took no precautions,
which leads us to say: Never trust a
sentle bull! Letter look flown the
barrel of a riile! "Bulls, like cold
ptornce ecus, should always be consid
ered bad," a friend wisely said the
other day. Warning about vicious
bulls Is seldom necessary, for nobody
trusts thorn.
CONCRETE FLOORS ARE BEST
Conservation of Soluble Manure
Makes Big Returns In Shape of
Various Farm Crops.
Tiv inerpiislntr the value of manure
produced, concrete floors for feeding
stables will return their cost in ubout
one year, as shown by tests at the
Ohio experiment station. The extra
crop returns from manure kept on
concrete floors Is due to theoV
plant food In the manure ; tK
awny where earthen floor''
The coat of concr.e'1''
orally anown'"
kjA w-.'
Coyote Killing Resumed
C,&t U. S. tVrtm.nt ol Agriculture
ASyot. Photooraph.d
. .....
Tho biological H'Tvey o 1 u V'";"
co-oreratlon with the Nort l k Awr
ments to begin worn
North Dakota, that the Mn H u m
vantngo conferences mive .
out. ..)! certain sections of ' l..
aeslgna.cd The '
destructive of live Mock urw In VW
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CHILD LABOR
IS REDUCED
Dacnua of More Ttn 40 ?m Cl
Undtf New baw
Child labor tins decreased more than
40 per .cent Klnce tho child labor tax
provision of the revenue net weiu mm
effect April 25 last. 'his net levied I
tax of 10 per cent on the net earnings
nf tilflnts employing children under 14
yearn or between 41 and It! f'r more
thnn elL-ht hours In the prouuetion m
iodine entering Into Interstate
pfirnnierce.
Itenorts of Internal revenue burviui
ngents, It Is announced. Indicate that
tho Kr(n,,'st decrease bus occurred in
tho cotton mill Industry or the notitn
urn mtntes w here. It Is Mild more than
85 nor cent of the mills now nre oper
ntlnff on a basis that exempt" thui
from the tax. Marked reductirv la
child labor also was reported. It wax
said. In the coal mining nnd canning
Industries. Many plants, rmrtloulnrly
cotton mills, have discharged all eMI.
dren under 10 years of age, 1 he report
said, rather thnn adjust the operation
to un eight-hour day.
Methods of Education Too
Much a Cramming Process
fivorvone admits that tho method
of modern education art far from per
fect : that the whole nystcm Is too
much a cramming procesu, too little
that "lending forth of tho Individual
mind which Is Implied In tho etymol
ogy of the word, declares ii writer.
Too often the creative rrnnglnat Ion of
the child Is not only not developed It
14 deliberately nnuMol and stifled,
And oven his critical faculty Is dis
couraged by the nverngt teacher's tin
thorltutlve attitude, which repents iiy
after day: "Your opinion Is or no in
nortnncc: So-nnd-So (Addison, for tx
nmplo) has been admired by two cen
turies of competent judges, and It !
hooves young people like you to ik.t'
their opinion." jfi
Woman Physician a
mil I
o the Wettern Pl.ln
Molten ileimrtment of ik'rlculturo, In
-mi
,;illiru, ),. .mulo arrange
hu r , ,
mf ...pemled to tho l.Mt ad-
y ,.,,,, wrp wwke4
MKiHi.r mont urg-ntly wer
' .i f ,,- ttmJ trapping
iAtnl ,uwy wl.l he employed ,B
m 1
Communism Was Tried Out
Centuries Ago by Little
Republic in Central Asia
In tho .Kiirt of AhIii rcnturlCH ngo
f sun- hu iiit-rilmiit (lHcovere-l three
nirgo iiurlferoiin rcKlotm which the l'e-
klu government Ininiedmtnly rlultiicii
l,v forclnc thoiiHundii of laborer to
work tho iiilni ii. Most of thexe men,
when inixilble, lied nml MJ in tn
tnoiinlnltis nnd forcHi mtrroimdinc
them. As the government kept refill
ing the detierhd rnnk th colony In
the hill bIho grew nnd formed It
K. lf Into n federntloa, hnu lender
wi re to protect tho live nnd mippry
'he men a of livelihood for the rent.
This U'tlo republic wn founded
ntwxi the whore of tho River Ontungn,
nnd I the unrllent coimnunlit eiperi-im-nt
known. All 1h fruit of lnhr
and production wero- for mmninn ue.
It won absolutely prohibited that any
one wtthhobl from the commune nny
part of the gold which all were occu
pied In mining : M wn placed to tho
cri-dlt of the whole colony nml dio
lied with fhe ntwM'Intlim. ti he uhih!
for anyone In wed. Everyone hnd to
work to his utiimt cn purity, and chnr
Ity orTicrginx wn unknnwn.
.tiy disobedience to the law va
punishable by denth. This nentence
w oKproiKHiiiced by n cominiuee pi
tw-flw. eleeted by unlvertd mif-i
frage.'n well n two Judge nnd the
two president of the commune.
ART THOU THE SAME?
Art thou tJift mimp, ttion lobbing wlni"r
wlntlT
Tho tiiinn that rocked tho cnidlo of the
Mux. ,
That whlprred through the leave ot
HiiiniiK-r noon.
(Vri'l iiwcUeil tbo nnthem of thd fult
Brown yinr?
rt thou tha mime, thou plteou, monn
i Injsr thinir,
I catlnit oKrilnxt the fani with Rhoirtly
I linmtn,
TMiltlrnr In nironv nrrrinH iho wnfltft '
tliou tliB Hiiinn tbo mime?
thou ihfi nimr, thy poor hrnrt
limine.' end frtlnt,
rolhor ttiy way o.oiik tbrouh twl-
HKl.t Kloom?
. thou ttui Kiimo ttint unnnr to p:reni
tho Ouwn,
oIIhk tn the nunllKht llk a bird.
Kind for Kpciich, loo glad for uKt
but uoriif?
thou tdo mono that prayest but for
IilKllt,
tilKht to come and ease theo of thy
pain
thou tho sumo the (umeT
u winter wind that wallcat through
tho nlstit.
a broken heart too crushed to moan
or cry,
o win b rest even for ye, poor
thin nr.
more thnn rest a Joy now washed
Ik tearH;
throiiKh tho portal of the fadln(t
yar
runny hill and flolds fresh-olad In
Krfti-n,
r rilsht who knows what day
' -In ,rt