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LAVA COOLS AND ASHES FALL. IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS MHMHHHHWaiiHa Tuesday, April 17. Washington, Apill 17. To clear th legtslallv dm ki lor pending money Milt lor tii support ol th government, the house today worked unlnterrupt nlly Irum 1 1 :30 to & o'clock. In that tlm 11 general tiilla were paused under uspeiislon ol tlia rule. The bill to provide lor entry of agri cultural land within forest reserve wai taken up on motion ol Iiiun, Montana. Mondell, Wyoming, thought It the bill passed It would bring vast arras direct. y under the bureau ol Forstry that did not have a tree or bush. Ho far at these area ai concerned, it would repeal the timber and atone section ol the preieut law and the commutation rlauee. The bill wai passed with one amend went, it r Iking oat the paragraph glv Ing the secretary ol agriculture the right to let aelde audi foret reeerve laud ai waa not occupied by a bona fide ettler January 1, lUlM. Washington, April 17. Proceeding the taking up ol the railroad rate bill in the aenate I'May, Tillman called up III leaolutlon directing the aenate com. mlttee on finance to enter upon an In veetlgatton ol the attention ol campaign contribution! by the national bank and the reaolution waa referred to the n nance committee. Tillman said that be would not confine the Inquiry to the Itepubllcan committee, but would ei tend it to the !emorrat!o committee. Foster pok lor almost three houn on the rate bill, contending (or the valid It j ol the proposed legislation. Monday, April 10. Washington, April 10. It took the bouse ol representatives Just on min ute to pass itepresentatlve Jones' bill appropriating 1400,000 to continue work on the Jetty at the mouth ot the Columbia river. In accordance with bis promise, Speaker Cannon this alter noon recognised Mr. Jones to call up the bill reported by the river and bar Lor committee lat Friday. The bill was read, and without a sin si word being said In Itt favor or la opposition, the speaker announced that tht) bill "would be considered as read third time, engroesed and passed." This was all there was to It. It hap- lned so quickly that few members present knew that nearly 1500,000 was being appropriate!. Crumpacker, of Indiana, called up tiouse bill eitendlng until April 11, 1U0. the date for applying the coast wise laws of the United Btatee to the Philippine. Under the present con ditlone, these laws will apply July 1 neit. Opposition to the bill was mad by Humphrey, of Washington, who said there was ample American shipping on th Tacific coast to take car of the commerce Utween the United Btatee and the Philippines, and, if the time was not eitended, these American ships would set the business. The bill was passed by a vote ol 217 to 27. Washington, April 18. A speech on the railroad rate bill by Heyburn, of Idaho, In advocacy of his court review amendment, led to more than two hours' technical debate in the senate today. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up for committee amend tnenls, but waa not completed, and consideration will be resumed tomor row. Tillmsn, of Konth Carolina, at the opening of the session, offered a resolution providing for an inquiry by the committee on finance into contribu tions by national banks to campaign committees and why facts concerning them had not been dlwlosed by the comptroller of the currency. Friday, April 13. Washington, April 13. Owing to the fuel that none of Its memlwre were prepared to speak on the railroad rate hi. that measure was temporarily tarn aside today in the aenate, permitting the devotion of the entire time to the consideration of other bills on the cil endar. Of theso more than 300 were passed, motit of them being private pen t on bills. Among the general bills passed was one Increasing the pensions ol ei aoldiera who lost limbs in the service another retiring and pensioning petty Ulcers and men of the army, navy and marine corps after 30 years of service at three-fourths their regular pay; am: a third bill increasing the pensions of ex-Mexican war soldiers to $20 per tnnntli an d maklna the attainment of 75 years of age evidence of disability. Washington, April 13. After spend Ing much time In useless debst ar d wrangling, the house took up .the tott ofllc appropriation bill. Th bill waa finally perfected at 5:45 o'clock, when Moon, of Tennessee, en tered a motion to recommit to the post- office committe with Instructions to report th bill to th house Immedi ately with th Houlhern railway mall subsidy stricken out. On this motion Crmpacker, of Indiana, demanded a rollcall, which waa ordered. Moon's motion was lost, t)8 to 99. This re tained th subsidy in th bill, and without furthor objection th bill was passed. Thursday, April 12. Washington. April 13. Th feature of today's proceedings in the house of representative was th speech mult by Cochran, of New York, who, under an agreement mad on a previous day, was given an hour to elucidate th subject of "general debate" on appropriation bills. In view of the announcement that Cock ran would speak, the galleries wei crowded and a very large propor tion ot th members were in attend ance. Cock ran, after a short discussion of the Action of "general debate" and the failure of members to attend the alt tings of th house while subject cover ing th widest possible latitude were being illuminated, launched Into a de fense ot the Hepburn rat hill and trie iuh position taken by th house, not only in th eiceptional character of the Illation, but In th dlgntDed way in which the bllll passed th lower branch of congress. In this connection he ridiculed th constitutional debaters in th senate. Washington, April 11. After a brief neech by Lattlmer on In support ol th house railroad rat bill, Foraker today took the floor on that measure and consumed practically all ol in re mainder of th day'a session ot th aen ate. II Ipent aom time in th discus sion of some of th amendments he has suggested, and then entersd upon the consideration ot th entire question of railroad rat regulation, arguing against th constitutionality of th pending bill from various points of view. II waa frequently interrupted by other senators. Lodge spoke briefly in support ot the practice of granting ower rate on goods intended for export than on those used in domestic consumption. Wednesday, April II. Washington. April 11. Among the many bills passed by th senate today was on granting land on Morton Is- and, in Bnake river, Oregon, to that state as a fish hatchery. Other bills passed follow i Authorising the allotment ol land to native of Alaska; prohibiting th use of diving apparatus in the taking of sponges; authorising th state of Mon tana to select lieu lands; prohibiting aliens from gathering sponges in Amer ican waters. In reeponse to a request by Tillman to fli a time for taking a vote on the rate bill, Aldrich expreered th opinion that before the end of th week the speeches would be so far disposed of as o enable the senate to foresee the end of general discussion. Washington, April 11. When Speaker Cannon called the houso to order today, a senate bill ratifying an agreement with the Lower Brulo band of the Sioux tribe ot Indians, in South Dakota, was paused. The postolHce ap propriation bill was then taken up. The military record of General Jacob II. Smith was the subject of a speech by Nation, Ohio, who defended the ac tions of Ueneral Smith, in the Philip pines, stating that Ueneral Wood's achievements were a complete vindica tion of the car of General Smith. Hayes, Cal., spoke in favor of aa in creased salary for postal clerks. . Cannon Gives Aid. Washington, April 14. Speaker Cannon today assured Representative Jones, ot Washington, and Chairman Burton, of the river and harbor com mittee, that he will permit them to call up the Columbia river bill on Mon day under suspension of the rules. This is th most satisfactory arrange ment that could be brought about, tor it means that the bill must be consid ered solely on its own merits, and can under no clrcmstances he confused or associated with any other river and harbor or appropriation bill. The merits ot the bill are so apparent that it cannot be assailed. Naples Recover From Panic and I Cheered by King and Queen. Naples, April IS. Frequent deton ations are still beard on Mount Vesu vius, but faintly. Th main crater is gradually enlarging. Th most con soling news ia that th lava is cooling on all sides. Asbes ar falling everywhere, bouse are collapsing and burying their occu pant. Koads near th volcano ar no sooner opened than they ar closed again. The heaviest fall is now over 8omma, Hants. Anaitaaia, Pontlcelli and other village in section epposit and distant from th city. Th people hav recovered from the panic of yesterday, are less aulltn and downhearted. It Is largely due to th presence ot the king and queen. They are mingling freely with the topulace, dolna everything In their power to alle viate the condition ot the injured and mini-ling their tear with those who have lost friends or relative. The inhabitants .ot this city are en during the yellow gray atmosphere ot yesteday, which la even more oppres sive than before. The popular costume of -those who can afford it consist of an automobile coat, cap and goggles, which enables the wearer to maintain a ecmb lance of cleanliness, but the people generally have to be contented with paper masks and raised umbrella. Th drivers of. trolley car are wearing masks of some transparent material under the visors of their caps. More shops were opened today and the city Is slowly resuming Ita normal lire. The latest reports say that 243 houses have been damaged at Portiei, 105 at Ran Giovanni and Tednccio, 432 at Kesina and 1,000 at Torre del Ureco. It is impossible to determine the ex act number of buildings demolished at Torre Annnnsiata. It is estimated that about 5.000 house in all have been partlv or entirely destroyed. In villages on the Ottajano aide of the mountain all the house are dam aged. At Nola desolation Teigns, th place having been almost entirely abandoned. A committee has been formed to col lect funds and organise assistance tor sufferers. It ia presided over by the Duke of Aosta. The government heads the subscription list with f 100,000 The amount collected up to the present time ia 1300.000. Firemen have been sent from Paler mo, Sicily, and other place to the vil lages in this vicinity which have suf fered the most from the fall of ashes, to assist in removing the ashes from the roofs and relieve the exhausted soldiers. Camp kitchens have been established and free meals are being served. for The Term ofJKs Natural Life By MARCUS CUARKEJ COAL TRAFFIC IS POOLED. Progress of Reclamation. Washington, April 17. The third annual general inquiry of the house committee on irrigation regarding the operation of the national reclamation net wna begun today. Secretary ot the Interior Hitchcock Htntett that, includ ing the irrigation projects under con struction, tlioBe which are contem plated and those approved but not be gun, there will have been spent on .Tune 30, 1008, 37,000,000, and that the estimated receipts from the opera lion of the law up to that time will be 1500,000 more than that amount. Heyburn Talk to Deaka. Washington, April 17. Twice dur ing hie rate speech yeBterday Senator Heyburn practically emptied the sen ate. When he began, senators gradu ally left, and In the middle of his speech he called tor a quorum, so that he would not talk to empty deBks, but no sooner had the senators answered to their names than they again retired. At the conclusion of his speech there was but a mere handful ot senators present, Quick to Protest. Washington, April 16. Since the debate on the railroad rate bill warmed up, certain senators have grown very sensitive about allusions to "railroad senators"and "friends of the railroads," and have lost no opportunity to deny that they themselves are unduly friend ly to the great transportation corpora tions. Up to the present session, whenever there was talk of "corpora tion senators," these men were not so sensitive; they did not jump, to their feet then to continually disclaim any particular friendliness for corporations. More Talk Coming. Washington, April 16. Speeches on the railroad rate bill will be the feature in the United States senate the present week. Notwithstanding the assurances to the contrary which were given by senators last week, there ia no immedi ate prospects for securing an agreement upon a time for voting upon t) bill. No oue has at any time counted upon getting such an agreement until the general speeches shall have ubeen exhausted. Eastern Roada Admit They Have an Agreement as to Rates. Philadelphia, April 13. That rates are fixed by the Traffic association com posed of varions coal carrying roada was the admission drawn from railroad offi cials at the final hearing o' the Inter state Commerce commission investiga tion into the affairs and abti-es of the coal trade. Through Joseph G. Sear'.es, coal traffic manager of the Pennsylva nia railroad company, who is also chairman of the All-Rail Traffic asso ciation, it was learned that this organi sation not only fixes the percentage ot tonnage alloted to each read, but also establishes the rates. Counsel for the commission produced the minutes ot the meeting ot the Tide water Bituminus Steam Coal Traffic as sociation, held on September 19, 1900 The records showed that a "resolution offered by the Norfolk A Western com pany permitting that company and the Chesapeake A Ohio railroad to carry tidewater coal at the rate of 1 1.25 a ton was voted down and that the rvate was fixed at $1.40 a ton. Mr. Searlea ad mitted that there had been an agree ment as to the tonnage to be allowed each road, and that, if one road ship p -d more and another lees, a rettlement wai made. He adds that there had been no settlement since 1893. Mr. Searles denied that there was an under standing to maintain rates between all rail and all water associations for the I nrpose of preventing competition. Wild Stampede for Gold. Carson, Nev., April 13. The report ed Btrike of gold in Churchill county has stampeded Carson. Early this morning there was a string of vehicles and automobtles heading tor Churchill county to reach the Cooney Springs strike. The town seems to have been almost deserted today in the pell mell rush. News comes from Virginia City and other towns that the stampede has affected them in the same manner. Tonight there are rumors of another Btrike within 20 or 30 miles of this city. Makes Troops Work Hard. Manila, April 13. Major General Wood has had the troops constantly engaged in maneuvering and practice marching. The officers and men com plained that they are being worked ex censively in this Bevere climate. Gen eral Wood has Bince directed that the company drills in front of the barracks be abandoned. At present, battalion, regimental and brigade .drills cover miles of territory, officers and men car rying heavy field equipment. Castro Quits Temporarily. - -New York, April 13 General Cipri ano Castro haB retired temporarily from the presidency ot Venezuela. General Juan Vicente Gomes, first vice pieai dent ot the republic, is the present ex ecutlve. This information was con tained in an official cable dispatoh re celved today from Caracas by Carlos Benito Figuerdo, vice consul general in this city. , CHAPTER XIL The old dodge," it Id Frert sgsln, "Of conrM, 1 eouldu't let him to: but I took him out of the eh tin gang, and prt him oa th Osprey. Ton nw her In th dock as you came la. II worked for some time very wall, and tbo tried to bolt sgaln." The old trick. lit; ha! dool I know (tr sirs Mr. Frors, Wt!l. w caught htm sad gar hhn fifty. Then he wts sent to th chain ting, rutting timber. Tho w put hhn ito th boats, but h quarreled with th cosswsln, and than we took bhn back to th timber rsfta. About six weeks ago he mad another attempt together with Gabbett th man who Sitarly killed yon bat hi log wt hafed with th Iron, and we took him. Oabbett and thro mora, however, got way. J nit then aom on cam up th gar den pith and saluted. "What la K. Trokor "Prisoner given himself op, str. Oab bett. He cam bk to-night He's down at the shed. Too can eo blm at once, gentlemen. If yoo like." It was not far to the hed. and after few minute walk through the wood m psllisdes they reached a long stone bnlldlng, two stories high, from which ksd a horrible growling pierced with shrilly screamed song. At the sound of the muiket butts clashing on th pin wood flagging, th noise eeased. and silence more sinister than sound fell on the place Passing between two rows of warders. the two officer reached a sort of ante room to th Jatk containing a pine-log treteher, on which a mas of some thing was lying. On a roughly made tool, by th aid of this stretcher sat a man lo th gray dress of "good eon- doct prisoners. Thl man held be tween hi knee a basin containing gruel and wa apparently endeavoring to feed the man on th pin log. "Gabbott!" Th Intelligent Troke, considerably llv to the wishes of hi superior offl rem, dragged tb mw Into a sitting posture, and awoke It. GtliUtt for It was he passed one great hand over his face, and, leaning exactly In th position In which Troke bad placed him, scowled, bewildered, at hi visitors. "Well, (iablxrtt," says Vickers. "you'v come back again, you see. When wH you learn sense, eh J Where art four ma tear "Dead." aays Oabbett "Why don't you eat your gruel P "1 hare eaten It Ain't yer got nnf fin' better nor that to flog a man on? Ugh! yer a mean lot! Wot' it to be thl time, major? Fifty r "A nice specimen r ald Vlcker. with hopelees smile. "What can one do with such a fellow?" "I'd flog his aoul out of hi body." aid Frere, "it b spoke to me like that" The giant raUed hi great head and looked at the speaker, but did not rec ognize him. lie saw only a strange face a vbttor. perhaps, "You may flog, and wflonne, matter," aald he, "If you'll give me a flg o tlbbacky." Frere laughed. The brutal Indifference of the rejoinder (utted his humor, and, with a glance at Vlcker. he took a mall piece of cavendish from the pock et of Ins pea jacket and gave to the recaptured convict Gabbett snatched ss a cur snatches at a bono, and thrust It whole Into his mouth. "How ninny mates had he?" asked Maurice, watching the champing Jaws as one looks at a strange animal, and asking the question as though a "mate" was something a convict waa born with like a mole, for Instance. "Three, sir." "Three, eh? Well, give him thirty lashes, Vickers." 'And If I ha' had three more," growl ed Gabbett mumbling st his tobacco. you wouldn't ha' had the chance."' As he sat there gloomily, chewlne. he was a spectacle to shudder at Not so much on account of his natural hldeous neas, Increased a thousandfold by the tattered and filthy rags which barely covered him. Not so much on account of his unshaven jaws, hi hare-lip, his torn and bleeding feet, his haggard cheeks, and his huge, wasted frame. Not only because, looking at the anluial. as he crouched, with one foot curled round the other, and one hairy arm pendent between his knees, he was so horribly unhuman, that one shuddered to think that tender women and fair chil dren must, of necessity, confess to fel lowship of kind with such a monster. But also because, in hi slavering mouth, his slowly grinding jaws, his restless fingers, and his bloodshot, wandering eyes, there lurked a hint of some terror more awful than the terror of starvation a memory of a tragedy played out In the gloomy depths of that forest which had vomited him forth again and the shadow of this unknown horror, cling ing to him, repelled, as though he bore about with hhn the reek of the shambles. "Come." said Vickers. "let us go back. I shall have to flog him again, I gup pose. Oh, this place! No wonder they call it 'Hell's Gutcs.' " "Halloo! what's that red light there?" "Dawes' fire on Grummet Rock," ays Vickers, going in; "the man I told' you about." Two or three mornings after the ar rival of the Ladybird, the solitary pris oner of the Grummet Rock noticed mys terious movements along the shore of the island settlement. The building of a pier, or breakwater, running from the western point of the settlement, was discontinued; and all hands appeared to be occupied with the newly built Osprey, which was lying on the slips. Parties of soldiers also dally left the Ladybird, and avfljisted tttrthe mysterious work In progress. A fortnight after this, about the 15th of December, he observed another curi ous fact All th boat on th Island put off on morning to th oppoalt aid of th harbor, and in th coura of th day a great smok arose along th aid t th hills. Th next day th same wu rpaud; sod oa th fowrtfc day th boats returned, towing Ublod thm nag rsft This raft mad fast to th slJ of th Ladybird, proved t b composed of plsoks. bam and JoUrU, all of which wr duly hoisted op and towsd lo th bold of th brig. This set Rofoa Daw thinking. Oonld poMlbly b that th timber cutting was to b abaodoasd, and that th gov ernment had bit opoo om other method of otUUIng Ita convict labor? II had hwn timber nd built boat, and taaod bids and mad abo, Waa It psibl that oo new trsd waa to b initiated? Btfor k bad Mttlad thl point U hU satUfaetloo, b wa Urtled by another boat xpedltlon. Thr boatr ri went down th bay. and rtomd. after a dara abatae. with an addition to Chair nnmbr In th hp of four strangers and a quantity of atoros and fanning Implements. Rofoa Daws, eat thing atght of the Ut cam to th conelo- too that th boats bad Uen to Philip M'.ind, wher th "garden" waa Mtab- lUhed, and had taken off th frdnrs ani garden prod a e. Rafus Daw de cided that th Lady-bird bad brought a nw commandment bis sight trained by hla half-savag Ufa, bad already dis tinguished Mr. Mauric Frtr nd that tht mytteriM wtrs "Improvements' under th nw rule. When h arrived st this point of reasoning, another con jecture, auumlng his first to hav bra correct followed aa a natural conse quence. Lieutenant Ftct would b mor vr commandment than Major Vlcker. Now, severity bad alrady reached It height o far aa hs was concerned; so tb unhappy msn took final resolution b wonld kill hlm4f. Ignorant that th sight and sound about him wr symptoms of th final abandonment of th settlement and that ths Lady-bird was sent down to bring away th prisoners, Rufus Dawe de cided upon getting rid of that burden of Uf which prMted npon hhn ao hear lly. For lx years h bad hewed wood and drawn water; for eix years be had hoped against hope; for six years he had lived In th valley of th shadow of death, us dared not recapitulate himself what he bad suffered. Indeed, his senses were deadened and dnlled bv torture. He cared to remember only one thing that ha waa a prisoner for life. In vain had been hla first dream of free dom. 1$ had don his best, by good vuuuvi, iv iu icnrns: dui ids tuibiuj ot Vetch sad Ilex had deprived him of the fruit of his labor. Instead of gain ing credit by his exposure of th plot on board th Malabar, ho wa himself deemed guilty and condemned, in spite of his asservatlona of Innocence. Th knowledge of hi "treachery," while It gained for him no credit with the au thorities, procured for him th detesta tion and Ill-will of the monsters among whom h found himself. On hla arrival at Hell' Gates he -was a marked msn, a pariah among those beings who were pariahs to all the world besides. In the meantime, the settlement waa In a fever of excitement ' In less than three weeks from the announcement made by Vickers, all had been got ready. The commandant had finally arranged with Frere as to his course of action. He himself would accompany the Lady bird with the main body. His wife and daughter were to remain until the sail ing of the Osprey, which Mr. Frere was to bring up as soon as possible. "I will leave you a corporal's guard, and ten prisoners as a crew," Vickers said. "You can work her easily with that number." To which Frere had replied that he could do with fire prisoners If necessary, for he knew how to get double work out of the lazy dogs. Near Philip's Island, on the north side of the harbor, Is situated Coal Head, here a party had been lately at work. This party, hastily withdrawn by Vick ers to assist in the business of devasta tion, had left behind it some tools and timber, and at the eleventh hour a boat's crew was sent to bring away the debris. The tools were duly collected, and the pine logs worth twenty-five shillings apiece in llobart Town duly rafted and chained. The timber, was secured, and the convicts, towing it after them, pulled for the ship just as the sun sunk. In the general relaxation of discipline and haste the raft had not been made with as much care as usual, and the strong current against which the boat was la boring assisted the negligence of the con victs. The logs began to loosen, and though the onward motion of the boat kept tne cnain taut, wnen tne rowers slackened their exertions the mass part ed, and Mr. Troke. hooking himself on to the side of the Lady-bird, saw a huge log slip out irotn its reiiows, and dis appear into the darkness. Gazing after it with an indignant and disgusted stare. as though It had been a refractory pris oner who merited two-days "solitary," he thought he heard a cry from the di rectlon in which It had been borne. He would have paused to listen, but all his attention was needed to save the timber, and to prevent the boat from being swamped by the struggling mass at her stern. The cry had proceeded from Rufus Dawes. "From his solitary rock he had watched the boat pass him and make for the Lady-bird in-channel, and heiiad decided that the moment when the gath ering gloom swallowed her up should be the moment wheu he would plunge Into the surge below him. The heavily la boring boat grew dimmer and dimmer, aa each tug of the oars took her further from him. Presently, only the figure of Mr. Troke In the stern sheets was vis- lble; than that also disappeared, and as the nose of the timber raft roB on the swell of the next wave, Rufua Dawes flung himself into the sea. He was heavily ironed, and he sunk like a stone. He had resolved not to attempt to swim, and for th first mo ment kept his arms raised abov his head In order to alnk th quicker. But as the short, sharp agony of suffocation caught him, and the shock of th icy water dispelled th mental intoxication under which he waa laboring, he desper ately struck out, and despite th weight of hla Irons, gained the surface for an Ins'tant As h did so, ail bewildered, .and with th on savage instinct of self- rriMMstTon predominant over an ether thoughts, be bcsm conscious of a hue black GQtM surging opoo him out of th darkneoa. Aa Instant' buffet with th cxrot aa ineffectual attempt to dlro beset th it a horrible ndh that th weight at hi feet wa dragging him down nd th hut log, looeoned from tb raft, wa pon blm, crashing him b- eth Its rough and ragged side. Tb log paoeed completely over him, thrust- ' log him beneath th water, but hla band. cfiplng along th splintered ld. cam contaet with th loop of bid rop that yet bong round th ma, and h clutched U with th tenacity of a death grip, Za another instant be got bla head abort water, and, making good bis bold. twisted klmaelf, by violent effort, aeroe th log. For a moment be saw th light front th sUra windows of th anchored Tee- eels low la tho dlsUuc; Grummet Rock disappeared on hi left; than, exhausted. brathls. and b raited, be closed hi eye, and th drifting log bore him swift ly and lleotly away Into th darkneoa. At daylight tb next morning, Mr. Troke, Wading on th prison rock, found dosortod. Tb prisoner cap wa tying on th dg of tho little cliff, hot th prisoner himself had disappeared. Polling back to th Ldy-blrd, th Intel ligent Trok pondered on th circum stance, and in delivering his report to Vlcker mentioned th strange cry bo bad heard th night before. "If my belief, air, that he waa trying to awlm th bay," be said. "He must ha' gono. to th bottom anyhow, for he cooldnl who flv yarda with them lrona." Vlcker. busily engaged In getting un der way, accepted this very natural sup position without qoestlon. Th prisoner had mot hla death either by bis own act or by accident It waa either a sulcid or attempt to escape, and th former conduct of Rufua Dawes rendered th latter explanation a mor probable on. In any east, he waa dead. Aa Mr. Trok rightly aurmlMd, no man could swim the) bay In iron; and when th Lady-bird, an hour later, pateed th Grummet Rock, all on board her believed that th corn of it lata occupant waa lying beneath th wares that aeethed at ita has. Th drifting log that had ao strangely served a a meana of saving Rufn Dawe swam with th current that waa running ont of th bay. For aom tlm th harden that it bor waa an inaen sibl on. Exhausted with hia desper ate struggle for Ufa, th convict lay along th rough hark of thl heaven sent raft without motion, almost without brsath. At length a voient ahock a wok him to consciousness, and he perceived that th log had become stranded on a sandy point th extremity of which wa lost in darkness. Painfully raising him self from hi uncomfortable posture, h taggerd to hi feet and. crawling a few pace up th beach, flung him!1 upon th ground and aept When hs wok up It waa past mid day, and the sun poured its full ray upon him. Hi clothe were dry in all places, aav the side on which h had been lying, and he rose to hla feet re freshed by hi long sleep. He scarcely comprehended, as yet his true position.' He had escaped, it waa true, but not for long. He wa veysed in the history of escapee, and knew that a man alone on that barren coast was face to fsc, with starvation or recapture. Glancing up at the sun, he wondered. Indeed, how It was that he had been free so long. Then th coal sheds caught hia eye, and b understood that they were untenant ed. This astonished him, and he began to tremble with vague apprehension. En tering, he looked around, expecting ev ery moment to see some lurking consta ble or armed soldier. Suddenly hla glance fell upon the loaves which lay in the corner where the departing con vict had flung them the night before. At auch a moment thla discovery seem ed like a direct revelation from heaven. He would not have been surprised had ther disappeared. Had be lived In an other age, he would hare looked round for the angel who bad brought them. (To be continued.) Rattled. Miss Deery's mother came Into the room rather suddenly, and Mr. Spoon elgh endeavored to cover hla embar rassment "As I was Just saying," he began In a formally conversational tone. "Why, no you weren't, George!" In terrupted Miss Deery, hastily. "You were speaking of football don't you remember?" Cleveland Leader. Uawelcome Contents. "I see you carry a heavy stock of eggs," remarked the caller. "Is there anything in eggs." "Well" replied the truthful grocer, "there was something in the consign ment that came in last week." "Indeed! What?" "Chickens." At Bacon Brldare. Drummer Why are all the natives of this village out this morning? Uncle Silas Why, by heck, they heard an automobile with one of those new callihope whistles coming down the road and thought a circus parade was on the way. One Woman' W'lidom. "But," queried the visitor, "what was your object in putting a stove in this room when It Is steam-heated?" "Oh," replied the hostess. "I did that so the baby wouldn't catch cold if it accidentally touches the steam pipes." After the Breakdown. Prudent Fa Yes, my son, every lad should let the word "push" be hla watchword. Modern Son I agree with you, pa. He may some day grow up and own an automobile. In a Nutshell. Tess Count Brokelelgh seems to be paying Miss Mona Toburn marked at tentlon. Jess Yes, dollar-marked attention Philadelphia Press. "Seelnar Gotaan." Gunner So you went to New York on pleasure bent eh? Did yon get bent? Guyer Worse than bent I got broke.
