GHOST OF THE "PENGUIN."
BI WHJ, U8ENBBB.
For more than a week tins Penguin
had laid at anchor in the little harbor
at Basils. She was a small schooner, a
, weather-beaten, lubberly craft, with
her yards splintered nnd ene of her
masts broken, yet she looked strongly
picturesque, standing with bare poles
agamst toe naming sunset sky, as I
allowed my little boat to drift before
the gentle brecie.
Aboard the craft there were no signs
of life visible, and I knew that Mug
gins must be ashore, tilling himself
with rum, as was his custom when
Capt. Darke was absent.
My old friend, the captain, had been
beatii!" about the Mediterranean with
his lubberly schooner for half a score
of years, and so he might still have been
engaged, but for the arrival of a letter
at Bastia telling him of a newly-inherited
fortune left hhn by as uncle
who had been living in Florence.
Hut upon receipt of the goods new he
was off at once, leaving his disabled
schooner in charge of Muggins, an old
sailor who was more honest than sober.
. As my boat drifted alongside the
Penguin I perceived a rope trailing
over the port side, and, making my lit
tle craft fast, I drew myself upon deck.
I looked about me, but no one was
visible. It waa evident that I was the
only soul aboard the Penguin.
I threw myself on a camp-stool in the
shadow of the sail and fell to regard
ing the range of dark hills that rose
back of the romantic little citv. Pres
ently I was interrpted by the sound of
oars, and a few moments later Mug-
gins' tawny head appeared over the rail.
He started when he saw me, and was
about to beat a hasty retreat when my
voice stopped nun.
"Bless me, I thought you were
ghost, I did, by the powers!" he said,
seeming well pleased that his fears had
not been realized.
"Well, now, what the deuce is there
about me, Muggins, to make you think
me a ghost ?" 1 asked.
in, it isn t that you look like a
ghost, .Mr. Eaymond," he returned,
apologetically. "But, you see, when a
cove is looking to see a ghost, he's pret
ty certain to take t he first live thing his
eyes tall on for what he s looking for."
inen you were expecting to see
something of the supernatural kind?"
"That's a fact, Mr. Raymond, though
'tain't often a cove is believed when he
tells such a atory. There's a ghost on
this old hulk, or else I'm losing my eye
sight." -
, "And you really believe in such non
i sense?"
"I believe what I sees, that's all."
- "What did yon Bee?"
"Well, since you ask, I don't mind
telling you. You see, since Capt.
itorke went away and the crew was dis
charged, the Penguin has been under
my care, and I have been sleeping
aboard the vessel nnd spending most
of my time here. Iast night about two
o'clock I woke, thinking I heard some
thing moving near me. I was peeping
in. my cot on the deck, and as I looks
about me I sees a woman, all in white,
moving like a specter right by the
hatchway. While I was watching, it
seemed to sink into the deck and disap
pear. I'm not the man to run from a
single night-prowler, but I felt queer
dike at this, and can't see how a woman
could be on the Penguin. Thinking she
might have descended the comimuion-
ladder, I goes down with a lantern, but
Suds nothing. Then I looks all over
the ship with the same result. I slept
no more that night, and though I look
niter the ship during the day, I shan't
sleep here again if I know myself, call
it ghost or what you will."
With this he picked up a lantern and
descended to his boat that lay along
side. "Then I shall spend the night here
, nnd lay your ghost for you," 1 said.
"You'll greatly oblige me if you will,"
he returned, "though I'll be blowed if
I think you succeed. Good evening,
Mr. Raymond. I'll drop alongside early
in the morning and see how you have
fared. There's the key to my cabin,"
he added, tossing the key upon the
deck. "You'll find pipes and plenty of
tobacco, and a. sip of rum in a decanter,
if you look close. 'Now again good
night to you.". -
His oars dipped into the water, and
he was gone.
Dusk was already settling over the
water.- itookascutoatliedeckandlit
n cigar, and began running over in my
mind some of the events that had be
fallen me since my arrival in Corsica.
For more than three months I had
l)-cn staying in the romantic little
island, finding a restful charm in its
quiet seclusion t hat was a pleasing con
trast to the life I had been spending
for the past two year, in the gay capital
of the restless and pleavure-loving
French.
One is not likely to expect to meet
with adventures of the thrilling kind
in tiie peacef ul precincts of Bastia, yet
something bordering upon this had
- come to my lot less than a month be
fore. For the amateur artist the quaint lit
tle city will furu'tfh many subjects for
the pencil and brush, and I had made
good my opportunities since my ar
rival. The most prized among my collec
tion was the portrait of Veda, the little
Coisican fruit-seller. There was some
thing fascinating in her very pose, and
the dark hetiuty of her face had drawn
me to her as if by some subtle witchery.
One evening, as I was strolling
thiouh the streets, I heard a cry of
mcrli.i fcircr come from.tlHMSourt of a
ni'r.cd l:u!ldinrf wli3ro several poor
:t.:rX'.'.at h:il taken their abode, and en
lei v." htr.tiljr I perceived an aired
v. c-.m, v ithcrei hag, with uplifted
!.r.!f.?, fa t'.y? fqj,tff striking a girl who
. . ,3 c-eu-fl.fjj the corner of the wall.
I stiuci4ic knife aside, and the
trttolil-M inurusnst fUa, Uatiiif m
face to face with Veda, the Intended
victim.
She only paused a moment to press a
kiss upon my hand; then she slipped
through a gap in the wall and was g'oiie,
That was the lust 1 had st-en of her.
To my inquiries regnrdicg her where
abouts I received n information, ex
cepting a bit of her past, history which
told me that she had belonged to a
wealthy and infiueutial family, and
that she had received a finished educa
tion. But reverses had conic; her fa
ther had fallen a victim to a dreadful
vendetta, nnd she had finally been left
a penniless orphan.
I waa deeply interested In her, but
no oue could give me the slightest clew
as to whither she hathfted.
Still I had lingered about the places
I used to see her. Was I in love with
the little Corsican beauty?
Her face would come before my men
tal vision asleep or wnking, bringing
a sweet sensation I had never before
experienced; nnd yet I tried to dismiss
her from my mind.
I sat' smoking for some hours upon
the deck of thu Penguin, watching the
yellow lights dancing in the romantic
little city, and drinking- iu the fresh,
sweet air of the night that stole up
from the Mediterranean.
It was about 11 o'clock when 1
stretched myself upon the cot which
Muggim had placed upon the deck. I
fell asleep soon after, and dreamed of
Muggins' ghost.
It seemed that some strange pres
ence came to me a woman, beautiful
beyond any dream; and just as I
reached out to touch her she vanished,
leaving only a faint odor of some
strange, sweet perfume. I awoke sud
denly with that inexplicable sensation
that sometimes tells us of the unseen
presence of another. :
I sat up and looked about me in
vague bewilderment. The moon had
risen out of the sea and was flooding
the deck with its mellow radiance.
As my mind grew more composed I
detected a subtle perfume on the night
air, the same that had come to me in
my dream.
Was it only theeffect of my imagina
tion? No; there could be no mistake
as to Its reality. Something white lay
at my feet; 1 picked It up: it was a del
icate piece of lace embroidered linen,
and exhaled the breath of perfume that
had before greeted my senses.
While I stood bewildered at 1 lie amaz
ing circumstance, I perc. ived a white
form emerge from the hatchway nnd
move forward, with a slow, gliding
movement.
I stood immovable, watching the fig
ure as it came toward me. As it drew
near, I perceived that it was a girl, and
as the moonbeams fell on the pale face
I recognized it as belonging to Vedi
Dorloe, the litue fruit seller.
Her eyes were wide open, and staring
vacantly ahead in a way peculiar to
the somnambulist. She was o sleep
walker! The thought came to mc like
a flash. Yet, what could account for her
presence aboard the Penguin ?
Without attempting to answer the
puzzling question, I started toward the
figure, but as I did so, the sound of
something lUvedhe. dropping of an oar
in a boat came from over the port. Then
moment later the dark figure of a
woman tlm same Iliad seen makingt he
assault on thelittlefruit-seller slipped
noiselessly over the rail. She paused for
a moment to glance about the ship,
then, with a cry of rage that might
have proceeded fom some wild ani
mal in deadly combat, she leaped upon
the unconscious girl, the blade of a
long knife glinting in the rays of the
moon. Housed to action by the sight of
the? murderous intruder, I leaped
quickly forward, and, before the knife
descended to do its deadly work, I
caught the hand that held it.
But If I reckoned on an easy victory
in subduing my adversary, I soon dis
covered my mistake, for the woman,
though aged to all appearances, seemed
to possess the strength of theBtrongesit
man, and, finding herself foiled in her
murderous attempt, she turned upon
me witii the fierceness of a panther.
Coming unexpectedly as the attack did,
it caught me off my guard, and before
I realized my peril, the hand that held
the kn if e was wrenched from my grasp '.
then there was a swift blow, a keen
pain in my shoulder as the blade en
tered; then a mist gathered before my
eyes, and I sank unconscious upon the
deck.
When my senses returned it was
broad daylight; and I was lying on a
cert in Muggins' cabin, the beautiful but
troubled face of Veda bending over mc.
It was about a week before 1 wai
able to get ashore, and, though I had a
trained nurse from Bastia, Veda re
fused to leave me entirely in the hands
of another,
Well, in that week I had learned to
love the little Corsican beauty with
such an intense devotion that I could
not bear the thought of separation.
Her life had been one of tails and
misfortunes, The old hag who had twice
sought the life of Veda, was prevented
from taking my life by the timely ar
rival of Muggins, who lutd come over
to the vessel in his boat just before day
break 'to see how I was faring. Find
ing herself thwarted, 'she, leaped into
the bay, and was drowned before she
could be rescued by Muggins.
She was the. lastof the Baralodo fam
ily, between whom and the Dorloa a
dreadful vendetta hod existed, and H
was to escape the vengeance of the old
woman that Veda had stowed herself
aboard the Penguin, hoping to be car
ried to some foreign land, and thus es
cape the violence and death that con
stantly threatened her,
Veda and I were married, and a
month later sailed for America in the
Penguin with my old friend Capt.
Darke, who had returned and had the
vessel repaired.
Muggins was much elated ewer the
happy ending of my attempt to "lay"
his ghost, though he always declared
I hod made a most lucky failure, and
instead of laying the tfhost, I had try
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Uenerully speaking, wc say that the
eurvut lire of the earth amounts to actuil
soven inches to the statute mile; It h
exactly tl.'."J Inches, or 7.SW3 inches for n
geographical mile.
Scientists say that no negro has ever
tamed an elephant or any wild animal,
though negroes frequently perforin
with wild animals after they have been
cowed into subjection by white men.
Lightning is zigzag because, as It
condenses the air in the immediate ad
vance of its path it flies from side to
side in order to pass where there is the
least resistance to Its progress,
A gray, gteen or yellowish green
sunset indicates rain. A red sunset
meuns rain. A deep blue slty means
fair weather. A growing whiteness,
storm. Unusually bright or twinkling
stars mean rain.
Prof. Barnard's photograph of the
milky way shows the existence of 500,-
000,000 suns, each supposed to be the
center of a system of planets, where
hitherto It wns thought to contain only
about 80,000,000 such suns.
A female codfish will lay 45,000.000
eggs during a single season. Piscato
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tile work of the nnturnl enemies offish,
they would till nil the available space
in the seas, rivers and oceans.
Snow appears white because It is an
aggregation of an infinite number of
minute crystals, each reflecting all tin'
colors of the rainbow; these colors,
uniting before they reach the eye, enmv
It to appear white to every normal eye.
The nautical term "trade winds"
applies to constant winds which blow
at sea to the distance of about 30 de
grees on both sides of the equator. On
the north of the equator they blow
from the northeast and on the south
from the southeast.
GATHERS SKULLS.
A Medical Student Who llbUM Ills Lite lo
Get Them.
About 46 miles below Portland, ou the
Oregon side of the Columbia, the broad
expanse of water flows without a
ripple, and Is deep and as still as death.
The bank rises high above the water's
iovel ami stretci.i-s away back to the
timber line. Just above this point is
"Coffin rock," which was the starting
place to "the happy hunting grounds'
of the various Oregon tribes of Indian.'
but the very hijru water of 1862 swepi
toinn rocK ot mi or Its deposits to tin
point below. It is a lonely place, with
out sound, save the call of the crickc;
in the grass, or the hoot of the screech
owl nestled in the adjacent timber.
Here the overflowing waters of nenriy
a half-century ugo lodged the remain!
of many trllxis high anil dry, litcnili;
moving the last resting-place of the!,
dead, for no Pacific coast tribe en-,
buried their dead below the surface ol
the earth. Some hedged tlieni nbou:
with rocks, above the ground, leaving
the face upward and exposed. Olhr.;
put a bark covering over tiient, v !;:
others were suspended from limbs :,,
left in the forks of trees. -Tims- hai
robbed every form of Its substarree.nnd
left only the whitened bones and
bleached skulls.
Students, dentists and physicians lire
eager to secure these trophies fur articu
lation. So great is the demand that at
least one man has for years folhnvcd
the hazardous business of gathering
these skulls for the market. It is risky,
for the few remaining Indiansstlll keep
vigil over the remains of their dead, and
to be caught in the act would mean a
prison in the recesses of the neighbor
ing mountains, followed by a death of
slow tenure, for no quarter or mercy
would Le shown to the victim. Still
knowing this, Howard Clause, a re
cluse, nightly risks his life to gather
these grinimig, wnitened skulls, anil
every nov,-
nd tiien a box of large and
small slMills are shipped from Portland. ' Appreciated mid enjoyed by any Intel
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WOMAN'S
IMPULSIVENESS.
It Often
Proves to He IIr Wors,
JCnemy.
If a thoughtful woman were asked;
"What is the gresitext cib-bc of your
sex.' she m;g;u svi.l nnawer: "im
pulse." It is responsible f r almost all
the mistakes made by tiic ,rj-ood-licarted
among us. ilny it not be wifely saiil
that a few minutcK' though! before
speech' or aetion would prevent, most
fatal blunders? Many of are !:; pos
itive bondage to our bird-likequlrhnmii
to feel, to show our feeling, to retort
or to respond. If v.v arc hurt we must
immediately "give ourj-clves uivay," as
the phrase runs, if not by hitter speech
at least by loolc and manner; yet re
flection frequently brings the keenest
regret for the lost dignity, the betrayed
secret. Many a one has wrecked her
own happiness for tijc want of the pa
tient stoicism which would have led her
to stand aside for awhile watching
events until they brought with theni
her opportunities. F.vcn when we ar"
happy it is not always well to let the
bright Btream bear us away rudderless.
The impulsive manifestation it affec
tion, the hasty proposal of marriage, the
hastier acceptancehave they never
proved the beginnings of misery? Or
has a rash word never sundered tirue
lovers, true friends? If these things
are true It is likewise true that the
fault in the commencement has been
that of feminine impulsiveness. The de
fect Is a generous one, and, therefore,
commoner with us than it Is with men.
o that it handicaps us unfairly in the
struggle of life. And truly it is a weary
task to be always "with a hor.t of petty
maxims preaching down" one's heart.
But we must do It; either we must, rule
feeling or feeling will rule us. It Is n
"oou servant, but a bad master. Our
loving women's hearts are like the (Ire
of the domestic hearth the light nf the
!.nn:f when duly controlled 'warming
whole house, but if the fire be not
kept in itssubordinateplacewhatacon
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All our woolen underuare sold nt
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