my infant son to my younger
so many years. He never once looked 'given
back. For a few seconds Alaric King- brother JameB, who .will brlug up
son as his own.
scote stood looking after him, then, my "Thus
it may come to pass that the
with a strangely fierce gesture, the descendants
of Nigel, my son, may be
young fellow flung of! his rough tweed passed over in
the right of succession
Vivid Description of Great Erup
coat, removed the Cardigan waistcoat by the descendants
of Richard, the
that covered the breadth of his chest, eldest Bon of my younger
tion Which Rivals Pom
brother
and
turned
up
the
sleeves
of
his
peii’s Destruction.
James, who stands well in the eye of
coarse flannel shirt.
the regicide and renegade.
At the foot of the oak lay the wood Cromwell
"And that this be true, and that A Wonderful Prep
The Famous Italian Novelist, Marion
man's huge axe that was to be the In Nigel,
Turn* Back th. h
supposed younger son of James
strument of death, that was to cut Kingscote,
Crawford, Tells of the Terrors of
Time-Make*
’
of
Kingscote
Manor,
be
short the growth of centuries.
the Big Volcano—History of For
really the eldest sou of Nigel Kings
Yeung and they,,.
Alaric Kingscote swung the great cote,
son of Alaric Kingscote,
mer Eruptions.
weapon aloft, and the cold starlight father eldest
Beautiful.
of Nigel and James and there
ran along the shining steel. Like fore heir
to
the
Manor
of
Kingscote,
The whole world looked on, awe
some Viking warrior of old—like the its hereditaments, messuages, and all
struck, at the recent fierce outbreak of
re-embodiment of one of his Saxon that do thereto appertain, and his Free 8am plea of the
stupendous and devastating force in
forebears, Alaric brought down the seed hereafter him, if so be there
the Bay of Naples. The eruption ol’
Tonic on Earth DUtribew
tool
of destruction with a blow that
Mount Vesuvius is believed to be the
should be any, I do most solemnly
Well-Kuowu Medical In,«,
gashed
deep
into
the
corrugated
skin
most destructive since the days of Pom
and protest in the presence of
of the oak. The doom of the Kingscote swear
BOOM left yqu
witnesses.
T_
•■
-
-
’
‘
“
7
peii, A. D., 79.
To
which
I
do
set
my
Oak had been proclaimed.
The whole story of the eruption of
hand and seal this sixteenth day of
As
he
stood
braced
up
for
the
second
1906 is a sorrowful tale of stricken vic
stroke, the bulging sinews of his fore March, one thousand six hundred anl
tims, devastated vineyards, ruined
arm
responding to the generous rise forty-seven.
homes and terror-stricken, flying peo
Signed: Nigel Kingscote, in the
chest
and thigh muscles, a curious
of
ple, and it is hard to realize that the
presence of Rupert Malnwaring,
sound
from
behind
him
caused
him
same Beenes have been enacted there so
Banneret of Mainwaring Hall,
to swing round with a faint cry. Then Knight
many times before.
in the County of Berkshire, and
he
lowered
the
axe
with
amazing
gen
Pliny, the noted ancient historian
Anselm Wolf, Priest.”
tleness.
described the eruption of Vesuvius in
The parchment fluttered crisply
Another figure had appeared upon
the year '79, in a series of letters to
the scene—the figure of a woman, clad from the girl's nerveless hands.
Tacitus. This letter described a dark
“Damaris,” cried Alaric hoarsely—
in a cloak of fur that hid the contour “Damaris!
cloud rising in a single pillar from the
” Coherent speech he could
of her form.
crater of the mountain and from this
"Damaris.” The word fell from the not find.
a column spread, and upon it rested
The girl raised her head.
young man’s lips like a caress.
a great root, built by invisible carpen
“It is true—It is true!” she said
\
'
ters. Resting ever on Its Bingle pillar,
brokenly. “We, father and I, are the
like a great mushroom, this roof shut
II.
usurpers! Kingscote Manor is yours,
out the sky from all those wide acres
“So’you’ve come,” he said softly. and we are—paupers!”
extending sixteen miles away. The
“Not paupers, dearest, but partners,"
“You see I am as good as my word.
light ashes of the fire from Vesuvius
The Kingscote Oak must go. It is the answered Alaric, and in his eyes there
descended like snow upon Pompeii,
was
that which told her how Kingscote
last link between me and the work-
burying It to great depths. Hercu
house—for it almost comes to that.” love stood wind and weather as
laneum was drowned in a sea of vol
It was evident that the relationship steadily as Kingscote Oak.
canic mud.
* • • • •
THE OLD WELL IN THE COURTYARD.
between these two was something
Those who have read the letters of
Squire Kingscote now sleeps with
more binding that the ordinary ties
Pliny find similarity in the description
written by the noted novelist, Marion
for twenty-two years longer, no at existent between casual acquaintances his fathers in the little Berkshire
Wecnn cure
Crawford. There is probably no other
tempt seems to have been made by the of opposite sex. Each seemed to ac churchyard. But ere he died his de scanty
partings,
American living who is so well ac
padres to restore the church edifice, cept the situation as inevitable. Then clining years were brightened by the hair falling and r
generous
forgiveness
of
“
the
undesir
the
girl
went
on,
hurriedly:
its
original
color.
quainted with conditions as they exist
and it and its adjoining buildings and
We don’t want you to take our word
M
in Italy. He has taken up his per-
“You’ll catch cold, Alaric, dear, if able poor relation.”
cloisters have remained to this day an
We
will
proveit
to you AT OUR OWN ky M
manent abode in the Italian hills. The
imposing and beautiful ruin. Touched you stand still without your coat in A young and sturdy sapling oak now pense .
gently by Time’s hand, dignified in out this bitter cold. Let me hold the fourishes on the spot where stood
A FREE PACKAGE of our wonderfultmi
will get your case under controlSH
the ancient tree- a true symbol of the inent
line and rich in color, it is replete with lantern for you while you work."
make you happy.
She snatched up the light. He, lasting power of Kingscote luck and
subjects for the artist and is the ad-
Our remedy is NOT A DYE nor a hair eta ■
miration of every traveler. With the obedient to her injunction, applied Kingscote love.—Answers.
mg, but a marvellous nd natural Hair 1W ■
You cannot make a mistake in trying it for». ■
restoration of the buildings the in- his weapon with renewed vigor. The]
ship
it to you prepaid at our own expense, ■
tention is to create here a college for lamplight threw a warm glow over
do not ask you for a cent of money unless»« ■
TO RENOVATE WICKER
the priesthood as at Santa Barbara, his weather-tanned face and muscular
feel justified by results.
7 ■
CHAIRS.
It makes not the slightest differencetoush» ■
and to make of San Juan Capistrano arms.
long
you
have
had
vour
trouble.
We
will
I
an important factor in the work of the
For a time he labored on, his whole
To renovate a shabby wicker chair to the roots of’it and cure it.
p ■
Roman Catholic Church in Southern being concentrated on the performance first cleanse the wicker thoroughly, us Think just for a moment what this met*| I
what it promises for those who have log. I
California.
of his herculean task. After a space ing a scrubbing brush and plenty of Think
who are loosing, the glorious tresses of youthl I
he paused to rest. A great wound on soap and water. When dry, the chair or We
will restore your hair, make it long sad I
the mighty bole of the oak showed can be varnished, or it can be greatly strong, make it as you wish it to be. ana pw I
you more satisfaction than you have ever I
THE LOVE OF ALARIC.
how sure had been his strenuous improved with a coating or two of before
experienced. Do not be disheartened 1
endeavors.
green
stain.
because
you have used other hair remedies I
Beneath the outflung branches of a
When he ceased she broke into
without
results. Pe just to yourself and tou
For the seat make a cushion of green
mighty oak tree, a giant who had quick speech.
Our
rem
edy
will make you happy. Whatithsi I
linen or a pretty greenish cretonne.
for otners it will do for you.
stood sentinel in that lonely dip on
seems incredible,” she murmur Another cushion for the back may be done
We ask you in all kindness to write tons sad
the wolds for twice three hundred ed. "It
"that you, a Kingscote, of the same liked, and is easily made. Make it of we will send you by return mail, at our own
years, two men were standing, their race,
a full trial treatment oftheGreatet
same blood as ourselves, the same material as the seat cushion expense,
Hair Grower on earth. We will also send yoa
figures made more or less distinct by should the
be forced to toil like this—like and of bag shape, longer than wide. our
interesting booklet of advice and hundrtdi
the rays of a big, conical lantern of a common
laborer,” The man came It may be fastened to the chair by of testimonials from delighted patients, giving
antique pattern that the elder of the quickly forward,
experiences for the benefit of others who
flung his arm means of tapes sewed at the top and their
have become discouraged. You will nev«
two carried in his gnarled and blood around her waist. and
Their
Ups
met
in
regret
answering this announcement, for it
bottom.
less fingers, a figure strangely akin a kiss that could not be mistaken for
much to you, more than you can imagine.
If a loose cushion be preferred, a means
to the giant tree beneath which he a mere cousinly salution.
If you want beautiful hair, if your F ir is
pretty yellow linen would look nic* getting so that you look aged or your personal
stood.
“Damaris Kingscote,” he
and contrast well with the green. appearance is disparaged, write to vs tor help.
An aged man was Zachary Doy, his steadily
“let us be frank one Make the case slip fashion, so that it We are an Incorporated Company, not a private
back bent by years of hard labor such with the enough,
We want you and your friends to
What are the facts? can be easily washed. An unbleached concern.
know what we can do, and how we do it. Send
as few of the modern generation of la I am the other.
poor
relation
—
the
blot
on
to-day,
and
do not put it off. You will be de
calico
bag
will
be
good
enough
for
the
borers know; a man who had been an
family ’scutcheon of the squire, down with which the cushions are lighted with what we send you, and it coats yon
experienced farmhand, while the man the
nothing. AAddress in full, enclosing 2c stamp
vour
father.
He
resents
my
proximity;
VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION.
for reply. LORRIMER MEDICAL INSTITUTt
beside him, his master, was still a loathes the very idea of our love; filled.
Incorporated, Dept. 2.32a 118-1» North PacaSt,
puling infant.
life, customs and mannerisms of the
*
therefore
he
has
brought
his
batteries
A search light is being erected at Baltimore. Md.
The old fellow set down his lantern to bear upon me and mine. All that
TO RENEW 01,1) MISSION.
Italian have been pictured by him in
Montreux,
France,
which
will
have
a
on
the
iron-bound
earth.
His
quaver-
r
|
TQPermanently
Cured.
No
fit«
Or
nervousness
aft«
stories which have made him famous.
he could do to ruin me he has done,
I I OflrRt day’s use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Re
in his cabled description to the New San Juan Capistrano Will Live Again ing voice stabbed the silence, “Now, and heaven knows that he had been brilliancy of 30.000,000 candle power storer.
Send for FREE. 93.00 trial bottle and treattM,
Da. B. H. ¡turn, Ltd., nil ArchBL, PblUul.li^U, Pv
do 'ee harken unto me, Master Alaric.” successful enough.
and will project its rays fifty miles.
York Times Crawford stated that the
After Long Years of Silence.
he said slowly. "I’ve served ’ee faith The girl’s eyes brimmed
r»cent eruption of Vesuvius had been
over
with
grumbling tor many weeks before the All who have heard of the picturesque ful, you and your feyther afore ’ee, tears. Alaric was quick to note her
outbreak which did the incalculable old Franciscan Missions of California for nigh on fifty year, and I tell ’ee ready sympathy and, he gripped his
■■M ■■ ■■ A copyrighted Folder (approved by theCommis8ionerof Pen-
master, that what ’ee do purpose for
damage.
L U L L sions) “Aids in Determining Title to Pension.” A “Red Rope
will be interested to learn that San to do is again all right and reason. axe anew, the silence vibrating once
J O I | Manilla” Wallet for Pension Certificate. Reliable, Expert and
more
with
the
ringing
cadence
of
his
Smoke Two-Miles High.
Juan Capistrano, the most poetic of all This yere oak tree—the Kingscote rhythmic blows.
■
■■ ■■ Candid Advice on your title to Pension, or increase of same.
as all the country-side do know
"An enormous volume of black smoke these ruined structures, which contrib Oak,
Presently he rested once again.
her
for
to
be
—
ha
’
bln
here
as
a
land
n
FBI
ft I ft BI
Where entitled we promptly obtain for our
rises to a height of two miles above ute so much to the foreign look of "our mark and a pride for longer than us
“Damaris,” he said, “did you ever
ULNvIllnlV clients AGE Pensions, DISABILITY Pen-
the crater,” be wrote. “Incandescent Italy,” is soon again to be made the poor souls can reckon. To cut her hear the legend that runs in our
| |
11 I 111 ft sions, WIDOW’S Pensions, MINOR’S and
masses of stone are thrown up 3,000
branch of the family, that but for
■ ■■■lVIWllW DEPENDENT PARENT’S Pensions and
down do mean, as I be right well as some
feet. A continuous southeasterly wind centre of religious activity, and that sured,
strange
whim
of
chance
I
should
that Kingscote luck will fail have been in the squire's place today,
INCREASE Pensions for Survivors where
carries the ashes over Naples, which after nearly a century of neglect its
entitled thereto. Over 25 years experience at vour service. Over One Mil
Is so completely enveloped in darkness buildings are to be restored to their wi' ’un. If so be----- ”
the
ruler
of
the
destiny
of
Kingscote
lion Dollars allowed our clients during the last six years. Over TWO
Alaric Kingscote broke in upon his Glebe Farm? From father to son the
that for three days our communications original estate.
THOUSAND allowances obtained through us during the year last past.
This mission is on the railway line garrulity with a forced laugh.
by sea have been cut of!.
tradition
has
been
handed
down
that
Highest references furnished. For Folder or Wallet send six cents to pay
"If Kingscote luck could fall lower Nigel Kingscote, the cavalier, juggled
"Fissures have opened far below the between lx>s Angeles and San Diego,
postage: for information or advice enclose postage for reply.
cone, emltlng many streams of lava, and by reason of being visible from than it has, Zachary,” he said bitterly, in some unknown way with the laws
Taber & WhitmanCo.,Attorneys,38-40 Warder Bldg., Washington,0.C-
one of which has completely destroyed the railroad is to Eastern travelers per “you need have little fear that I of succession—that it was not the son
the town of Boscotrecase, which had haps the best known of all California would touch bark with axe. Now, hear of the eldest son who was your own fa
10,000 Inhabitants. Another has reached missions, except Santa Barbara and me, old friend. This tree represents ther’s ancestor, but mine; that could
the outskirts of Torre del Greco. Others San Gabriel, which are among the the last thing upon the farm that can the truth only be known aright I should
have destroyed thousands of acres of regulation sights for visitors to South bring in the money I must have to be reigning at Kingscote Manor in
HOW TO
fertile cultivated land, with farmhouses ern California. With the restoration tide over the bad times in store. The stead of being what I am-a pauper,,
of San Juan Capistrano and the re merchants have offered me two hun fated to cut down the family tree to
•nd stock.
’)FOR SELLING OUR FAST-SELLINGT^
"The great cone of Vesuvius col sumption of residence there by the dred pounds for the tree. There’s only raise a pitiful sum of money that must
Croquet Set. ¿ARTICLES AT 10 CENTS EACH. REPEATING RIFLE.
They’ll
lapsed with awful thundering and Franciscan Brotherhood, it, too, will one rotten limb upon it.
tains V ba H s * , You can earn them
be
procured.
”
th»*m in <»ne Hnv
day.
flames, and the cable railway, the ob no doubt soon become a tourist resort come tomorrow with their carts and
»“Mallet •’ No money required; we trust yoii.’
Damaris stood speechless and Alaric
The first year of the American In take it away.” He laid his hand upon
Send your name ana
and address, we
we. (
servatory and the large hotel near it
____
Heavy
,______
Arches Senu
more resumed his heavy task.
. 2 large,Fancy will send you the articles by mail,1 i
were all totally destroyed. The lava dependence saw work begun upon this the old man’s shoulder. "Get you once
Finally,
after
long
and
weary
toil,
r
cl1
them
at
10c.
and
return
us
the
. a genuine
carried vast masses of burnt stone and ! aucient edifice In what was then a vast home to bed. Zachary,” he added gent the end came. With a cry to the girl,
Roles, L dove- Jnionev. Tlion wo will ««ml vnn
r>ox, hinged cover, an elegant money. Thon wo will send you the*
eulphur on Its surface like dross on wilderness, inhabited only by Indians. ly. "You can do nothing here. Pts Alaric flung down his axe and leaped set. Given
Free for selling 25 .Premium you choose. We take
back goods not sold. Send your REPEATING Rl
melted lead, and nothing was visible The site is in a lovely, sequestered val-1 9 o'clock now. By midnight, with backward. His hand sought hers. articles at 10 cents each.
order now, a postal card will do.
toward Boscotrecase but endless acre*
BASE
BALL
OUTFIT?
TRUE BLUE CO., Dept. 834, Boston, Mass. Shoots 85® times
Side by side drawn apart from the
without reloadinc.
of dark scoriae, broken here and there
Each Outfit
Made of best steel,
tottering
giant,
they
stood
as
though
contains 23
by the greenish curling smoke Of sul
polished walnut
pieces:
spellbound,
the
only
spectators
of
the
strong, accu
phur.
9 B Ball Caps
Complete Base Ball Sult. stock,
rate and sale. We
end
of
so
many
hundred
years
of
»
B.
B
Belts
"At one point we found a great pine
give you Free this
1
Base
Ball
silent, strenuous majesty.
fine hunting rifle for
tree, torn up by its roots and turned
1 Fid’s Glove
selling 25 articles at
And even as the mighty tree went
1 Catch Mitt
10 cents each.
to black charcoal: the air was almost
ICatchMask
shuddering to its tremendous fall, a
1 B B Rules
unbreathable; the heat intense. The
crack as of a pistol shot, foreshadow
Cold Watch & Chain.
faces of the people who crowded upon
boys
A perfect
ed its overthrow. The noise came complete outfit Free for
sei ling 25
the edge of the arrested stream ex
be.nO «olid
articles at 10 cents. Every boy
from the one rotten bough that the wants his club in uniform. M <»w
Gold Laid
pressed terror of exhaustion from re
Eagrav«*
is the chance. Good goixis.
tree
had
possessed
a
huge
limb
some
cent panic.
0s*^ Ameri
half-way up its stem, which now de SNAPSHOT CAMERA
can Move-
■MBt, war
taching
first
from
it
parent
crashed
Feeble Attempt« of Man Useless.
with com
ranted cor-
ne; equal in
plete De
down at the very feet of the wonder
veloping*
appearance to
“When the stream of fire threatened
ing couple.
Printing
Solid Gold Watch. Guaranteed 2f
Out tit for
Boaeotreeaae soldiers dug a wide ditch
Nor was that all. A metallic tinkle
Shirt made of years. Given absolutely Free to
both In
boyu
or
girls
or
anyone selling 2ft
Handsome
across its patch in the hope of divert
accompanied the crash. Damaris was
stantane
Flannel, League articles at 10 cents.
ous A time
ing iti course, but the molten stream
Pattern,
yoke
the first to recognize the solution of
exposures.
back, <t sTeeves GENUINE INDIAN WIGWAM.
advanced like a colowutl serpent of fire
the puzzle.
Moroeeo-
inserted: 2 inch Every
You will have more
ette Case.
turning its head to the right and left
buttoned cuff, Boy
It was a metal canister—a long,
fun with it than yoj
You can
reinforced col should
have any idea. Use it
as a snake does, but keeping Its general
take pic
time-stained box of rusted tin. closed tures of landscapm. buildings,
lar,
double
neck
on your lawn and
por
band and slionl- have
direction toward the fated town. It
enjoy the ont door
at both ends—a thing of mystery, of traits of fatheranrt mother, friends,
one.
ders finely fin
air, going csunp-
and lovers, in fa<-t any
was not till It reached the first house
ished, and all
untold possibilities. She picked it up, sweethearts
ing, cruising or
thing the eye ran see. Given Free
seems
double
sending up great showers of sparks,
tramping. It’s
for
se
1
11
ng
25
articles
at
10
cts.
each.
and as she did so one end fell away.
stitched.
Inst the thing, i
that the people finally fled for their
The canister contained nothing but TH ISS6LAWN SWINC
Pants same
It fits into all
the games and
matertai, made
lives.
a stained yellow piece of parchment,
in stron gest
sports the boys |
Pleasure for chil
‘T saw men, women and children, and
dren.
c
o
m
f
o
r
t
manner,
last
for
so
dearly love. I
ipon which something was written
years; 4 heavy
P!ayin|Mndian
for Family.
infants whose mothers carried them at
in a close and crabbed caligraphy,
belt straps,
ft. high,
the breast or in their aprons. Dogs,
large
hip
always dear to
THE QUADRANULE OF 1HE MISSION
4 ft. Wide,
archaic, hard to decipher.
pocket, silk a boy’s heart, and the additional
Spread 10
too. and cats were on the carts, uud
Alaric swung the lantern up from
elastic garter at fun derived from the possession of
ft. Weight
knee, fly front.
a real Wigwam can hardly be cal-
Sometimes even chickens, tied togeth
U«' II*.
the ground.
Made of
Cap to match < ulated. Is 4 feet high, i ft di
er by the legs, and piles of mattresses i ley, which, beginning back in the can-' luck, the Kingscote Oak will be down."
hard
“What is it. Damaris?” he asked
suit; Pittsburg ameter. made of Heavy Sheeting,
vood,
and pillows, all white with dust under j you» of the coast range, winds among
National style. Colored Cap and Flag. Hide Deco
The old fellow looked wistfully in breathleesly.
bolted
hnade. with 8 gores, fully lined' rated— Genuine Indian Design,
the lurid glare. We ourselves could i grassy knolls and great treeless hills to the handsome face of his young
Supported by a Tripod. No Centre |
palnt- and double width sun vizor.
Slowly,
laboriously,
the
girl
read
out
edand
hardly breathe.”
made of very strong web- Pole. All Clear Space Instde.
out to the Pacific, u;x>u which it opens, master.
braced, and after they are started,
the following amazing declaration:
|
bing,
patented
buckle
and
adiust-
swinging
is
continued
by
pressing
This dispatch corresponds exactly in I three miles west of the mission. With
HERE IS A BARGAINS
"Master Alaric,” he said hoarsely.
"Mayhap a day will come when that the feet on the footboard. Great i able slide.
J
most retnarkable ever offered in
detail to Pliny's letters. The same ths aid of the Indians, over whom the "I've flfty-flve 'pun. three shillin' and which
W n «IL’S? '’büdrwi, »nJ Mult,
tents. These Wigwams are the
I,
Nigel
Kingscote,
do
set
down
Base
Ball
Rules
.
-ill fln.1 them quite comfortable
latest novelties. Do not compare
flaming mountain and shaking earth, | padres exerted both temporal and spir- | fl'pence apenny laid away in a hole here in writing. In the year of Grace. •nrt
ornamento!. m,<•■> Free tor I , This complete suit Free for gell them with ordinary tents sold fbr
the same stifling smoke and ashes, the I itual dominion, the Franciscans estab- | in the floor o’my cottage If so be as 1647, and do hide in the hole of the •Ulla«
«u article. al Io cento each!
>4.00 and gS.OOc Given Free for
ing 25 Articles at h) cents.
selling so articles at io rents each.
same terrifying darkness and the same I lished here the most pretentious of all that'll save the Kiugscote Oak. Kingscote Oak. may be sete out in
UNEXCELLED MAMMOCK.
i
helpless, distracted crowd stretching the California mission churches. In why-----
Large Mae. Tory bandaome. Keep
L aroe , P owerful A chromatic T elescore .
the
cl
care
light
of
day.
Xnd
even
as
vain hands to their gods for succor.
k ,,ort- Kamabani-
stead of being instructed of the cus
"Go home with you Zachary" Broke Esau of old did sell his birthright, so
behappy. <il»en g„,
Originally Vesuvius was in the form tomary adobe brick of the country, it
Ior_J* Mng 9.» articles at 10c
the young man roughly, though his do I. Nigel Kingscote. head of the I
The Greater Value
of a single cone. latter eruptions have ! was built of stone, laid out in the form In
roughness hid an emotion almost too house of Kingscote. renounce my right
broken down the southern side of the , of a laktiu cross, with a great, cloistered deep
for any words—"Go home, and and the right of those who come after
original crater, leaving the northern quadrangle adjoining Here, besides God
bless you. old friend.”
me to be the true and lawful possess
semi-circle, which is called Monte | administering to the spiritual welfare
Zachary thnist his roughened hand ors of the faire lands of Kingscote
Somma. A smaller central cone had | of the Indians and gathering them into across
his
eyes.
Without
another
Manor.
grown up within the ancient ruin. It ! the fold of the church, the fathers set
a strangely pathetic, bowed old
“Yet not voluntarily doe I this, but
Is thia inner cone that had its top j them to the care and the cultivation word,
figure,
he
turned
and
shambled
off
blown off. Before the recent eruption i of the land, which yielded great wealth across the field toward the stile Into for the life of him. my son. Know,
It I« eaev't« eefl wVr ew*rk «’ r ZTÌ h ÌÌ* •baMwtrly firr. Re
the height of the mouutaln was about Of cattle, sheep, grain, grapes and the lane that led to the little thatched then, that I must flee the country.
\<>W. usd wT will erni i
the regicide, hath dcreed L Addreee
»II ordw TnuiTLÚFcjT.
4,flOO feet
I olives.
I cottage that had been his home for Cromwell,
that I shall die. Therefore, have 11
THE VESSIMI TERROR.
In prehistoric days Vesuvius was
probably twice as high, the top having
been blown off centuries before the
eruption that destroyed Pompeii. Since
the year 1631 Vesuvius has never been
wholly at rest. In that year 18,000 lives
were lost. The clouds of steam that
came from the rush of water into the
hot mass oelow the surface condensed
and fell in a boiling rain that scorched
everything with which it came in con
tact. The very sea drew back the skirts
of its dark blue robe and then swept
forward again far beyond its old limits.
The last of the great convulsions be
fore the recent one occurred in 1872.
Then, like this oue, there was a great
lava flow, together with throwing up of
burning rock and the fall of ashes upon
the surrounding country.
Vesuvius is one of a group of similar
mountains in the Mediterranean Sea.
Its comrades being /Etna, Stromboll
and Vultano, which last gave the name
to all mountains of this kind. That, in
turn, was called after Vulcan, the god
who made the armor for the fighting
deities of the ancient world and forged
the very thunderbolts of Jove himself.
His workshop was under Mount zEtna.
There the Inhabitants of the hillsides
heard him shaping great masses of
iron with his terrible hammer stroke
while the nameless slaves of the forge,
dimly imagined creatures of that old
day, blew the gigantic bellows and held
great bars in place, while the master
worked. The Greeks with even their
learning, did not inquire into the scien
tific reasons for the mighty utterings
of the mountain; they knew what the
awful roar of those volcanic mountains
meant. And our wise men, with their
figures and books, know little of what
is going on in the fiery caverns under
the earth’s thin crust.
Nature Boon heals her scars. Al
ready, we are told in dispatches, spots
of green have appeared on the black
ened sides of Mount Pelee, and it will
not be very long before the olive and
the vine and the clustering villages
will find their way back again to the
slopes of Vesuvius.
Destroyed by an Earthquake
On the morning of December 8, 1812,
all without warning, came a great catas
trophe. While the church was crowded
with kneeling worshipers a shock of
earthquake visited the valley and top
pled the great stone tower over upon
the roof, crashing through which it
buried the congregation beneath the
wreckage of beams, tiles and stones,
and upward of forty human beings
lost their lives in the twinkling of an
eye. This earthquake ranks in sever
ity with that of Charleston, in 1886.
So great was the disaster that, although
the mission contitued to be conducted
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