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Text of Covenent of League of Nations as Read at Paris Peace Conference by Wilson Preamble In order to promote Inter national co-ODeration and to secure In ternational peace and security by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by tne prescription of open, just and honorable relations between the nations, the firm establishment of the understand ing of international law, as the actual rule of conduct among governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scru pulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another, the powers signatory to this cov enant adopt this constitution of the league of nations: Article 1. The action of the high con tractlng parties under the terms of this covenant shall be effected through the instrumentality of a meeting of a body of delegates representing the high con tracting parties, of meetings at more frequent Intervals of an executive council and a permanent International secretariat to be established at the seat of the league. Article 2. Meetings of the body of dele gatlons shall be held at stated intervals and from time to time as occasion may require for the purpose of dealing with matters in the sphere of action of the league. Meetings of the bodies ol dele gates shall be held at the seat of the league or at such other place as may be found convenient and shall consist of representatives of the high contracting parties. Jach or the high contracting parties shall have one vote, but may have not more than three representatives. Article 3. The executive council shall consist of representatives of the United Htates of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, together with representatives of four other states, mem bers of the league. The selection of these four states shall be made by the body of delegates on such principles ana in sucn manner as tney tnina m. Pending the appointment of these rep resentatives of the other states, repre sentatives (blank left for names) shall be members of the executive council. Meetings of the council shall be held from time to time as occasion may re quire, and at least once a year, at whatever Dlace may be decided on. or. failing any such decision, at the seat of the league, and any matter within the sphere of action of the league or affecting the peace of the world may be dealt with at such meetings. Invi tations shall be sent to any power to attend a meeting of the council at which sucn matters directly anecting us in terests are to be discussed, and no deci sion taken at any meeting will be bind ing on such powers unless so invited. Article 4. All matters of procedure at meetings of the body of delegates or the executive council, including tne appoint tnent nf committees tn investigate nnrtlc ular matters, shall be regulated by the body of delegates or the executive coun cil and may be decided by a majority of tne Btates represented at tne meeting. The first meeting of the body of dele gates and of the executive council shall be summoned by the President of the United States of America. Article 6. The permanent secretariat of the league shall be established at (blank), which shall constitute the seat of the league. The secretariat shall comprise such secretaries and staff as may be required under the general direction and control of a secretary-general of the league, who shall be chosen by the execu tive council; the secretariat shall be ap pointed by the secretary-general, subject to confirmation by the executive coun cil. The secretary-general shall act In that capacity at all meetings of the body of delegates or of the executive coun cil. The expenses of the secretariat shall be borne by the states members of the league In accordance with the appor tionment of the exoenses of the Inter national bureau of the universal postal union. Article 6. Representatives of the high contracting parties and of those of the league, when engaged in the business of the league shall enjoy diplomatic privi leges and Immunities and the buildings occupied by the league or Its officials or by representatives attending the meet ings shall enjoy the benefits of extra territoriality. Article 7. Admission to the league of Btates not signatories to the covenant and not named in the protocol hereto as stated to be Invited to adhere to the cove nant requires the assent of not less than two-thirds of the stutes represented in the body of delegates and shall be limited fully to self-governing countries, including dominions and colonies. No state shall be admitted to the league tin less It Is able to give effective guarantees of Its sincere Intention to observe its In ternational obligations and unless It shall conform to each principle as may he prescribed by the league In regard to its naval and military forces and arma ments. Article 8. The high contracting parties recognize the principle that the mainten ance of peace will require the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national Btifety and the enforcement by common action of Inter national obligations, having special regard to the geographical situation and circum stances of each state; and the executive council sliall formulate plans for effecting such reduction. The executive council also shall determine for the consideration and action of the several governments what military equipment and armament is fair and reasonable In proportion to the scale of forces laid down In the pro gramme of disarmament and these limits when adopted shall not be exceeded with out the permission of the executive coun cil. The high contracting parties agree that the manufacture by private enter prise of munitions and Implements of war lends Itself to grave objections and direct the executive council to advise how the evil effects attendant upon such manu facture can be prevented, due regard be lug Dald to the necessities of those coun tries which are not able to manufacture for themselves the munitions and Imple ments of war necessary for their safety. The high contracting parties undertake In no way to conceal from each other the conditions of such of their industries as lire capable of being adapted to war pur poses or the scale of their armaments. and agree that there shall be full and frank Interchange of Information as to their military and naval programmes. Article 9. A permanent commission shall be constituted to advise the league on the execution of the provisions of article s nna on military ana naval ques tions generally. Article 10. The high contracting par ties shall undertake to respect and pre serve, as ngnlnst external aggression, the territorial integrity and existing political Independence of all states members of the league. In case of any such aggression or In case of any threat of danger of such aggression, the executive council shall ad vise upon means by which the obligation shall be fulfilled. Article H. Any war or threat of war, whether Immediately affecting any of the high contracting parties or not, hereby is declared a matter of concern to the league, and the high contracting parties reserve thi! right to take any action that mny be deemed wise and effective to safeguard the peace of nations, it Is hereby also declared and agreed to be the friendly right of each of the high contracting parties to draw the attention of the body of delegates or of the execu tive council to any circumstances affect ing international Intercourse which threatens to disturb International peace or the good understanding between na tions unon which ueace denends. Article 12. The high contracting par ties agree that should disputes arise be tween them which cannot be adjusted by the ordinary processes of diplomacy, they In no case will resort to war without previously submitting the questions and matters Involved either to arbitration or to inquiry by the executive council and until three months after the award by the arbitrators or recommendations by the executive council and that they will not even then resort to war as against a member of the league which compiles with the award of the arbitrators or the recommendation of the executive council. In any case, under this article, the award of the arbitrators shall be made within a reasonable time and the recommendation of the executive council shall be made within six months after the submission of the disputes. tl t , Article 13. The high contracting par ties agree that whenever .any dispute or differences shall arise between them which they recognize to be suitable for suonussion to arbitration and which can not be satisfactorily settled by diplomacy they will submit the whole matter to ar bitration. For this purpose the court of arbitration to which the case is referred shall be the court agreed on by the par ties or stipulated In any convention exist ing between them. The high contracting parties agree that they will carry out In full good faith any award that may be rendered. In the event of any failure to carry out the award, the executive coun cil shall propose what steps best can be taken to give effect thereto. Article 14. The executive council shall formulate plans for the establishment of a permanent court of International jus tice and this Dart shall, when established be competent to hear and determine any matter which the parties recognize as suojeci ior suomission to It lor arbitra tion under the foregoing article. Article 15. If there should arise be tween Btates members of the league any dispute likely to lead to rupture which is not submitted to arbitration as above, the high contracting parties agree that tney win reier tne matter to the execu tive council; either party to the dlsnute may give notice of the existence of the dispute to the secretary-general, who will make all necessary arrangements for a run investigation and consideration thereof. For this purpose the parties agree to communicate to tne secretary general as promptly as possible state merits of their cases with all the relevant papers and the executive council may forthwith direct the publication thereof. Where the efforts of the council lead to the settlement of the dispute a statement shall be published indicating the nature of the dispute and the terras of settle ment, together with such explanations as may be appropriate. If the dispute has not been settled a report by the council shall be published setting forth with all necessary iacts and explanations tne rec ommendations which the council think Just and proper for the settlement of the dispute. If the report Is unanimously agreed to by the members of the council other than the parties to the dispute the high contracting parties agree that they will not go to war with any party which complies with the recommendations and mat lr any party shall retuse so to com ply the council shall propose measures necessary to give effect to the recommen dations. If no such report can be made it shall be the duty of the majority and the privilege of the minority to issue statements Indicating what they believe to be the facts and containing the reason which they consider to be just and prop er. The executive council may In any case under this article refer the dispute to the body of delegates. The dispute shall be so referred at the request of either party to the dispute, provided that such request must be made within 14 days after the submission of the dispute. In a case referred to the body of dele gates the provisions of this article and of article 12, relating to the action and powers of the executive council, shall ap ply to the action and powers of the body of delegates. Article 16. Should any of the high con tracting parties break or disregard its covenants under article 12 It shall thereby Ipso facto be declared to have committed an act of war as against all the other members of the league, which hereby undertakes Immediately to subject It to severance of all trade or financial rela tions, the prohibition of all Intercourse between their nationals and nations of the covenant-breaking state and the pre vention of all financial, commercial or personal Intercourse between the nation als of the covenant-breaking state and the nationals of any other state, whether a member of the league or not. It shall be the duty of the executive council In such cases to recommend what effective military or naval force the members of the league shall severally contribute to the armed forces to be used to Drotect the covenants of the league. The high contracting parties agree further that tney win mutually support one another In the financial and economic measures which may be taken under this article, in order to minimize the loss and incon venience resulting from the above meas ures, and that they will mutually support one another in resisting any special measures aimed at one of their number by the covenant-breaking state, and they win unora passage mrougn tneir terri tory to the forces of anv of the hlerh contracting parties who are co-operating to protect the covenants of the league. Article 17. In the event of disputes be tween one state member of the liimm and another state which is not a member of the league or between states not mem bers of the league, the high contracting parties agree that the state or Btates not members of the league shall be Invited tn accept the obligations of the membership in me league ior me purposes or such dispute upon such conditions as the exec utive council may deem just, and upon acceptance of any such Invitation the above provisions shall be applied with such modifications as may be deemed necessary by the league. Upon such in dication being given the executive coun cil shall Institute an inquiry into the cir cumstances and merits of the dispute and recommend steps to be taken as seem to be best and effectual. In the event of a power so Invited refusing to nccept the obligations of membership in the league ior me purpose oi a uispuie wrucn In the case of a state member of the league would constitute a breach of article 12, the provisions of article 14 shall be ap plicable as against the state takincr such action. If both pnrties to the dispute wneii bu iiivueu reiuse to accept tne O0 llgatlons of membership In the league for the purpose of such dispute, the execu tive council may take such action and matce sucn recommendations as will pre vent hostilities and will result in the set tlement of the dispute. Article 18. The high contracting par ties agree that the league shall he In. trusted with general supervision of the trade in arms and ammunition with the countries In which the control of this traffic Is necessary In the common In terest. Article 19. To those colonies and ter ritories which, as a consequence of the lnte war, have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the Btates which formerly owned them and which are Inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by them selves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be ap plied the principle that the wellbelng and development of such peoples form a sa cred trust of civilization aud that securi ties for the permanence of this trust should be embodied In the constitution of the league. The best method of giving practicable effect to this principle is that the tutelage of such peoples should be Intrusted to advanced nations who, by reason of their resources, by experience and their geographical position, can beBt undertake the responsibility and that this tutelage should be accepted by them as mandatories on behalf of the league. The character of the mandate must differ ac cording to the state of the development of the people, the geographical situation of the territory, its economlo conditions and other similar circumstances. Certain communities formerly belonging to the Turkish empire have reached a stage of development that their existence as In dependent nations can be provisionally recognised Bubject to the rendering of advice toward development and assist ance by a mandatory power until' such nine as tney are auie to stand alone. The wishes of these communities must be a principal condition in the selection of the mandatory power. Other peoples, espe cially those of central Africa, are at such a stage that the mandatory powers must be responsible for the administration of tne territory subject to conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience or religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibi tion of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic and the liquor traffic, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military or naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defense of territory, and also will secure equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other members of the league. There are territories, such na southwest Africa and certain of the South Pacific Islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population and their Btnall size or their remoteness from the center of civilization, or their geographical con tiguity to the mandatory state, and other circumstances, can be administered best under the laws of the mandatory state as Integral portions thereof, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interest of the Indigenous population. In every case of mandate the mandatory state shall render to the league an annual report in rererenoe to the territory com mitted to its charge. The degree of au thority, control or administration to be exercised Dy tne mandatory state shall, if not previously agreed upon by the high contracting parties, in each case be ex plicitly defined by the executive council In a special act or charter. The high contracting parties rurtner agree to es tablish at the seat of the league a man datory commission to receive and exam ine the annual reports of the mandatory powers, and to assist the league In in suring the observance of the terms of all mandates. Article 20. The high contracting par ties will endeavor to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labor for men, women and children, both In their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and Industrial relations extend; and to that end agree to establish as part of the organization of the league a permanent bureau of labor. Article 21. The high contracting parties agree mat provision snail he made through the instrumentality of the league to secure and maintain freedom of transit and equitable treatment for the com merce of all states members of the league, having In mind, among other things, special arrangements with regard to the necessities of the regions devas tated during the war of 1914-1919. Article 22. The high contracting parties agree to place under the control of the league all international bureaus already estaousnea Dy general treaties if the par ties to such treaties consent. Funda mentally they agree that all such Inter national bureaus to be constituted in future shall be placed under control of the league. Article 23. The high contracting parties agree that every treaty or international engagement entered into hereafter by any state-member of the league shall be forth with registered with the secretary-general and as soon as possible published by him, and that no such treaties or international engagement shall be binding until so registered. Article 24. It shall be the right of the body of delegates from -time to time to advise the reconsideration by state mem bers of the league of treaties which have become inapplicable, and other Interna tional conditions of which the continuance may endanger the peace of the world. Article 2B. The high contracting parties severally agree tnat tne present cove nant is accepted as abrogating all obli gations inter se which are Inconsistent with the terms thereof and solemnly en gage that they will not hereafter en ter Into any engagement inconsistent with the terms thereof. In case any of the powers signatory hereto are admitted subsequently to the league shall, before becoming a party to this covenant, have undertaken any obligations which are in consistent with the terms of Dhis cove nant, It shall be the duty of such power to take immediate steps to procure Its release from Buch obligations. Article 26. Amendments to this cove nant will take effect when ratified by the states whose representatives compose the executive council and by three-fourths oi tne states wnose representatives com pose the body of delegates. OF Brief Resume Most important Daily News Items. - COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. The Germane have accepted the new armistice terms, which, it is under stood, provide for the continuation of the blockade during the armistice. The German revolution last Novem ber was an artificial one and a real revolution "is still to come," Hugo Haase, independent socialist leader, declared in the German assembly Sat urday. The strike of stationary englners which has tied up a number of Denver public schools for the last week has been settled. The strikers and the school board agreed to arbitrate their differences. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, former premier of Canada, died of paralysis at Otto wa, Ontario, Monday afternoon. He was stricken Sunday and became un conscious. His physicians announced that Sir Wilfrid sank slowly. He had been in poor health for several years. The transport Utua is due at New York February 27 with about 1000 men of the 317th supply train, the 317th trench mortar battery and the 325th field Bignal battalion of the 92d (ne gro) division. The troops are to be scattered to various camps for demobil ization. The 91st, or "Wild West division," has been designated for return with the latest date for embarkation set as March 1, according to word conveyed in a letter to Governor Wlthycombe just received from Major-General Wil liam H. Johnston, in command of the division. Eighteen of the 66 members of the crew of the United States gunboat Scorpion, interned at Constantinople from April 11, 1917, until last Novem ber, married Turkish -women and have been left behind there, according to Lieutenant - Commander Herbert S. Babbitt of Houghton, N. Y., former commander of the Scorpion. Senate and house conferees reached an agreement Monday on the $400,000, 000 postoftlce appropriation by elim inating the senate amendment provid ing for pneumatic tube mall service In New York City and Brooklyn and re taining the senate amendment appro priating $200,000,000 for road construc tion during the next three years. 1 l CURRENT WEEK CHAPTER IX Continued. 11 "Is it? Well, no, they didn't tell me that," admitted the visitor, "or I'd not started so late. You see, I come up on a schooner. This here lake boatin' ain't in my line. I'm deep-water, I am." "So I should s'pose," said Mr. Par low. "How'd you git up here, any- "The war," said the visitor. "The war done it. Couldn't git good berth in any deep-water bottom. So I thought I'd try fresh-water sailln', I tell you, matey, I been workin' as quartermas ter's mate on the old Cross and Cres cent line, a-scootln' 'cross to Nuples from N'York there and back goln' on ten year." "What did you leave your boat for?" asked the carpenter curiously. Vhe was sunk. There's things hap penln' over to the other side of the ocean, mate," said the injured man earnestly, ''that you wouldn't believe no, sir I The Cross and Crescent line's give up business till after the war's over, I reckon." "You'd better not encourage him to talk any more, father," interposed Miss Amanda, coming into the room again. "The best thing he can do for himself Is to sleep for a while." "Thank ye, ma'am," said the sailor humbly. "I'll try." Darkness came on apace. The sky had become overcast, and there was promise of a stormy night more snow, perhaps. But Miss Amanda would not allow Carolyn May and Prince to start for home at once. "Watch for your uncle, Carolyn May, out of the front-room window, and be all ready to go with him when he comes along," said Miss Parlow. When Uncle Joe came along, Carolyn May ran out and hailed him from the porch. "Wait for me, Uncle Joe I Wait for me and Princey, please ! Just let me get my mittens and Prince's harness and kiss Miss Handy." That last she did most soundly, and in full view of the man waiting in the white road. "Oh, Uncle Joe, I've got Just the won derfulest story to tell youl Shall we harness Prince up again, or will you " "I can't wait for the dog, Car'lyn May. I'm in a hurry. You oughtn't to be out in this wind, either. Get aboard your sled, now, and I'll drag you my self," Mr. Stagg interrupted. CHAPTER X. v A Salt-Sea Flavor. Swiftly Joseph Stagg trudged to ward home, drugging Carolyn May be hind him. "Oh, dear mel" exclaimed the little girl with exultation, "we're all so ex cited, Uncle Joel" "I can see you're all of a-twltter," he returned absent-mindedly. "What's the matter?" "Oh, you never could guess!" was Carolyn May's introduction, and forth with, in breathless sentences, went on Swiftly Joseph Stagg Trudged Toward Home, Dragging Carolyn May Be hind Him. to tell of her discovery in the snow and about the old sailor now lying asleep on the Parlow couch. Of course, when Carolyn May ar rived at home, the story had to be told all over again to Aunty Rose Ken nedy. "A mighty plucky youngster, this Car'lyn May of ours," Uncle Joe re marked. "What do you say, Aunty Rose?" "She Is, Indeed, Joseph Stagg," greed the woman. Carolyn May Insisted on going to the Parlow house herself after school the next afternoon to Inquire about her "sailor man." When she had been kissed by Miss Amanda, and Prince had lain down by the kitchen range, the little girl de manded : BELM0EE ENDIG0TT V JQdp.meadamp company. "And do tell me how my sailor man is, Miss Mandy. He got such a bump on his head I" "Yes ; the man's wound Is really seri ous. I'm keeping him in bed. But you can go up to see him. He's talked a lot about you, Carolyn May." . The sailor lay in the warm bedroom over the kitchen. Carolyn May prattled on gayly and soon had her "sailor man" telling all about the sea and ships, and "they that go down therein." "For, you see," explained Carolyn May, "I'm dreadful cur'ous about the sea. My papa and mamma were lost at sea." "You don't say so, little miss!" ex claimed the old fellow. "Aye, aye, that's too bad." Miss Amanda had disappeared, busy about some household matter, and the little girl and the sailor were alone to gether. "Yes," Carolyn May proceeded, "It is dreadful hard to feel that It is so." "Feel that what's so, little miss?" asked the man in bed. "That my papa and mamma are real ly drownd-ed," said the little girl with quivering Hps. "Some of the folks on their boot were saved. The papers said so." "Aye, aye !" exclaimed the sailor, his brows puckered Into a frown. "Aye, aye, matey ! that's alius the way. Why, I was saved myself from a wreck. I was in the first officer's boat, and we in that boat was saved. There was an other boat the purser's, it was was driftln' about all night with us. We come one time near smashln' Into each other and wreckin' both boats. There was a heavy swell on. "Yet," pursued the sailor, "come day light, and the fog splittin', we never could find the. purser's boat. She had jest as good a chance as us after the steamship sunk. But there it was 1 We got separated from her, and we was saved, whilst the purser's boat wasn't never heard on again." "That was dreadful!" sighed the lit tle girl. "Yes, little miss. And the poor pas sengers! Purser had twenty or more In his boat. Women mostly. But there was a sick man, too. Why, I helped lower his wife and him into the boat 'fore I was called to go with the first officer In his boat. We was the last to cast off. The purser had Jest as good a chance as we did. "I guess I won't never forglt that time, little miss," went on the seaman, seeing the blue eyes fixed on his face, round with interest. "No! And I've seen some tough times, too. "The ship was riddled. She bad to sink and It was night. "There was a sick man I told you about, little miss. He was a wonder, that feller I Cheerful brave Don't often see a feller like lilra. Jokln' to the last, he was. He didn't want to go In the purser's boat, if there was more women or children to go. "We told him all the women folk had left the ship. So, then, he let me lower him down into the purser's boat after his wife. . And that boat had as good a chance as we had, I tell you," repeated the seaman in quite an excited manner. "Oh, dear mel" exclaimed Carolyn May. "My papa and mamma might have been Just like that," she added. "Of course, we don't know whether they got off the steamship at all." "Aye, aye !" the sailor said. "Pretty tough on you, little miss." Miss Amanda had come back into the room, and she stood listening to the old man's talk. She said : "Carolyn May, I think you had better go downstairs now. We mustn't let our patient talk too much, it won't be good for him." So Carolyn May shook hands with the old sailor and started downstairs ahead of Miss Amanda. The latter lingered a moment to ask a question. "What was the name of the steam ship you were wrecked on?" she asked. "The one you were Just telling about" "She was the Dunraven the Dun raven, of the Cross and Crescent line," replied the mariner. "Didn't I tell you that before, ma'am?" CHAPTER XI. Will Wonders Never Cease? Again It snowed all night. It was on the next day, and at noon time, when Mr. Stagg was returning to the store, that a most astounding thing happened. Mr. Stagg was walking briskly to ward Sunrise Cove in his big felt snow boots, such as all men wore In that lo cality, and was abreast of the Parlow shop and cottage which he always sought to avoid looking at when he heard a door open and close. He tried not to look that way. But his ear told him instantly that the per son who had come out was Miss Aman da, rather than her father. Knowing this, how could he help darting a glance at her? Miss Amanda stood on the porch, looking directly at him. "Mr. Stagg," she called earnestly, "I must speak to you." Save on the Sunday when Prince had killed the blacksnake, Miss Amanda had not spoken directly to the hard ware merchant in all these hungry years. It rather shocked Joseph Stagg now that she should do so. "Will you come In?" she urged him, her voice rather tremulous. There was a moment of absolute si lence. "Bless me! Yes!" ejaculated the hardware man finally. "I assure you, Mr. Stagg," Miss Amanda said hurriedly, "it Is no per sonal matter that causes me to stop you In this fashion." "No, ma'am?" responded the man stiffly. "I want you to come in and speak with this sailor who was hurt," she finally said. "There Is something he can tell you, Mr. Stagg, that I think you should know." The big rocking-chair by the window, in which Miss Amanda's mother had for several years before her death spent her waking hours, was now oc cupied by the sailor. "This is the little girl's uncle, Ben jamin," Miss Amanda said quietly. "He will be interested in what you have al ready told me about the loss of the Dunraven. Will you please repeat it all?" "The Dunraven?" gasped Mr. Stagg, sitting down without being asked. "Hannah" "There Is no hope, of course," Aman-. da Parlow spoke up quickly, "that your sister, Mr. Stagg, and her husband were not lost. But having found out "We Nigh Bumped Into Each Other After the Dunraven Sunk." that Benjamin was on the steamer with them, I thought you should know. I have warned him to be careful how he speaks before Carolyn May. You may wish to hear the story at first hand." "Thank you," choked Joseph Stagg. He wanted to say more, but could not. Benjamin Hardy's watery eyes blinked, and he blew his nose. "Aye, aye, mate 1" he rumbled, "hard lines for a fact. I give my testi mony 'fore the consul when we was landed so did all that was left of us from the Dunraven. Me bein' an un lettered man, they didn't run me very clos't. I can't add much more to It. "As I soy, that purser's boat your sister and her sickly husband was in had Jest as good a chance as we had. We nigh bumped into each other soon after the Dunraven sunk. So, then, we pulled off aways from each other. Then the fog rolled up from the Afri can shore a heap o' fog, mate. It sponged out the lamp In the purser's boat. We never seen no more of 'em nor heard no more." "And were Hannah were my sister and her husband in that boat?" queried Mr. Stagg thoughtfully. "I am sure, by the details Benjamin has given me," said Miss Amanda soft ly, "that your sister and Mr. Cameron were two of Us passengers." "Well, It's a long time ago, now," said the hardware dealer. "Surely, if they had been picked up or had reached the coast of Africa, we would have heard about it" "ft would seem so," the woman agreed gently. "You never know what may happen at sea, mister, till It happens," Benja min Hardy declared. "What became of that boat" He seemed to stick to that idea. But the possibility of the small boat's hav ing escaped seemed utterly preposter ous to Mr. Stagg. He arose to depart. Miss Amanda followed the hardware dealer to the outer door. "I'm sorry," she said simply. "Thank thank you," murmured Jo seph Stagg before she closed the door. He went on to town, his mind strangely disturbed. It was not his sister's fate that filled his heart and brain, but thoughts of Miss Amanda. She had deliberately broken the silence of years I Of course, it might be attributed to her Interest in Carolyn May only, yet the hardware dealer wondered. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Relieved. At Camp Dodge one night a Swede was on guard duty. Being new to the business, time dragged slowly, but finally the officer with relief came along. The Swede said : "Halt." They halted, and next he said : "Who was dat?" The officer replied: "Officer with relief." The sentry, after wait ing several minutes in a vain attempt to recall to mind what he should eay, brought forth this startling command : "Dismiss yourselfs and be reconciled." Needless to say the stillness of the night was broken by a roar of laughter.