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•SBfBMSv SfeySgW 3 CuAserce Hrasrsr res* [Copyr gbt, ißgr, by j B. L pp ncottCo.] TVith that ominous fracture before us. the wisdom of his decision seemed undeniabie, and the whole affair had been managed in so realistic a manner that I thought the engineer had done his work a little too well. Having seen all there was to see, we made our ■way back to the engine-room, where Halstead seared Gracia nearly out of her wits by placing her hand upon the throttle-lever and telling her to push it down, slowly, the answering plunge of the great connecting rods making her think that something was about to explode. Then we climbed to the deck, the senorita insisting' that Sebastiano should go first w ith me, and accepting Halstead’s support in order to keep him on a level with herself. During the remainder of the afternoon, Sebastiano appeared to be in a brown study, planking a secluded corner of the deck with Cura Juan. At dinner he started a discussion concerning the change of route by joking the cura upon the unexpected length of his voyage, and hoping that it would not inconvenience the other passengers; adding that as far as he personally was concerned the accident had been a fortunate one, inasmuch as it would enable him to reach his destination at least two weeks sooner than he expected. I noticed that he was questioning Diaz during the meal, so was not surprised at their coming on deck together, or when they approached Halstead and myself as we were enjoying our after-dinner cigars on the bridge. Diaz merely touched his cap and retired to port, but the padre, remaining upon the ladder until he should receive permission to invade the official precincts, said that he'd like to have a little chat about the voyage. Halstead sent one of the quartermasters below for another stool, and . ■ l .. U - “Nine or ten of the hours t Santisimat " courteously offered him a cigar. When we were settled comfortably, the padre said: "Senor Capitan, this my first voyage to the Ladrones; but much of the 1 teres I have for them, and the in- | ncion have to un gran descripcion ’ -ite while among las Islas Ido relin. You the knowledge have that go to Saipan, 1 believe. Yes? And ipan is how far from Agana?” •yr—well, let me see. J presume u'll stop at Garapang, that's Tanag harbor. About a hundred and

twenty-five miles, padre.” “And the transportacion, capitan? I am told that nothing they have but the —the proas, the native boats; and that very wet they sometimes are—muy descomodo.” “Well, they are rather cramped for room, and, I guess, when there’s much of a wind, rather sloppy. Still, they are very fast; if you have a good wind you can make the run in nine or ten hours, I should say.” “ ‘Nine or ten of the hours'! Santisima! In the one posicion! What does one not do por la servicio pio! He is not the voyage dangerous, is he, cnpitano ?” "Dangerous? Oh, I don't think so, at this time of year. You might strike a hurricane in July or August, but you could put in at one of the islands if the weather looked threatening; they’re none of them very far apart. You’re familiar with the general position of the archipelago, are you not, padre?” “Si, senor; I have seen them upon the atlas. Like the string of little pin-points.” “Shucks! You can’t tell anything about them from an atlas; the scale’s too small, and they’re miles out of the true position. Haven’t you ever seen a chart of the T.adrones? Would you like to look at one?” “No —si—he mucho interes por las islas. I fear it will you incomcdar.” “Not at all, padre; not at all. If you and Mr. Stevens will come below, I’d be pleased to show it to you. I’m obliged to refer to the charts constantly, you know.” The Imray chart of the western Pacific was still upon the table in our quarters, and Halstead took from the locker another, on a larger scale, of the archipelago itself, showing the exact shape and bearing of each island. From the absorbed way in which the padre bent over them and listened to lhe captain’s remarks, it was easy to see that his education had been a broad one, comprehending readily, as he did, marks and measurements that would have puzzled most landsmen. Halstead had carefully erased our pencilings from the larger chart, leaving only the course as actually sailed up to noon of that day ; and at Sebastiano’s request he drew a line to indicate the direction in which we were then sailing—east, half north—in order to make Point Grote. on Guajan. When he removed the ruler, Sebastiano said: “I was told, capitan, that el Guajan the most southerly island was; but here I do one more see—la Isla Santa Rosa, with five little crosses marked in its circle. Ai! entiendo; he is una isla de eoral—una laguna. Is it not so?” “Well, it may have been a good while ago, padre, but it’s all under water now. and lias been for several hundred years. We call it a reef in English — ’una roc?, sumergida.’ I guess you’d say. There’s no doubt but. that it was there once —several of the old navigators mention it —but. you see, these islands are volcanic, and it has probably sunk, because no captain has found, it since 1740.” "Ah! entiendo. Each of the eapitanos who do sail near it do make the sounding, and when find they do not. behold, it no longer must there be. I suppose many the examinacion must have made, that losgeografos so sure are that it is now gone?” "Well, not very many. The Challenger didn't get as far east as the Ladrones. and the American cruiser Alert is the only one that really made much of a search. You see, the supply boat only comes out here four times a year, and the place is not in the track of any other ships.” “And the capitanos de losvaporesde la Compania —yourself also — have been unsuccessful?” “Why, personally. I've never looked for it. You see. there’s plenty of sea room to keep clear of the place, and 1 don't see the use of risking my ship by fooling around' where a shoal certainly existed at some time or other. As for the other captains who run out here. I doubt if they would bother about it, either.” "But would not you much honra gain, and una gran recompense from la sociedad geografiea, if the correct report of su posicion you did send them?" "Oh. the Royal society is always glad to get anything of the kind, and they like to have every captain s end in what information he can; still, a merchant skipper wouldn't be expected to go out of his course for such a search. The warships are supposed to do most of the surveying, you know, padre.” “Ah, si, that I do know, of course. Bui as you say. they come not often to the Ladrones. Well, perhaps while 1 la gran narracion de las Islas am writing. I may be able to make un examinacion with those native proasyou did speak of. If so. the true posicion of every'roea y isla in the archipelago I will send to you. Then los capitanos the name of el Padre Sebastiano will bless: is it not so?” “Why, padre, if you’re really going to write a book on the group. I've no objection to helping you out all I can. Bound aS we are for Guajan, it wouldn’t take us more than a fewhours out of our way to pass the position of that reef and take a sounding or two, if you think it would be worth while. But you d have to make it right with my primero. Mr. Diaz. He feels pretty sore about having to overhaul his cargo on account of our shifting about; you see. Guajan has always been our last stop, and all the Agana stuff is in the lower hold. But if you can persuade him that there is a chance of glory and thanks in it. hl rnav feel in better humor. You go talk to Diaz and Moreno: say that it’ll give 1 hem five or six hours more to get their stuff up. and work it in as a favor to the church. Then if they come to me and say they’d like to take a whack at Santa Rosa, I’ll head her a quarter

further east in the morning." “Ah, capitan, 1 have the fear you are un hereje; you do make the joke upon the padres. But you are un benevolo, so I youforgive. El primero 1 will see and him absolve. Buenas noches." When Padre Sebastiano was out of hear! .g Halstead ar.d I looked at each other. Mis expression must have been i a reflection of my. own, for it said, as; plainly as words: “Well, what do you think of that?”; I shook my head. It was a little too much for me. We smoked in silence for several minutes. Then the captain sauntered out on deck, to be sure t here was no one near, and carefully closed the door when he returned. "What I am trying to figure out,” he said, “is whether that oily.old duck is convinced that we are interested in the reef, or whether his suspicions have been so completely lulled by the accident that he thinks it safe to meddle with it on his own account.” “Your impression is. then, that his ; book on the islands is nothing but a fake?” “M’—blessed if I know what my impression is. if he were really plan-, ning such a work, nothing would be more natural than the questions he, asked, or his anxiety to obtain all possible information. These islands have | never been written up: there isn t j even a cyclopedia that devotes more j than a thousand words to them, mostly relating to their discovery and noth-' ing else; and it would be a natural ex- ! planation cf such a trip undertaken by a man of his position and learning, j On the other hand, every word and ac- ' tion might easilv be construed as in-! dications of a secret purpose connect- | ed. with that reef. I guess the only I safe thing is to accept the last suppo-1 sition and keep him from making any- I thing out of it. We fooltd him on the . accident, anyhow.” “H’m —fooled ourselves a little, too. ' didn’t we? You didn’t count upon an j actual crack in that shaft, did you?” “What! Do you mean to say that.] knowing all about it. you— Well, i I'm —! That's a compliment to Afac. Why-, man alive, he made that scratch with a Cape chisel while she was making 90 turns, then filled it with lampblack and. oil. Hi took the screws out of the tank brackets and fixed them with wooden plugs, so’s it would fall ■ straight when she roiled to leeward, J and the hammer he used —that made it sound so hollow —had a wooden head | blackened with plumbago. The shaft ; is as sound as a new dollar, but we'll | have to put a few of those clamps on it to carry out the deception.” "Well, you fooled me completely. For an impromptu accident, it was a howling success. Old Palacios won’t move six feet from a life-preserver for ' the rest of the voyage. But how about the: e soundings? Are you really go-j ing to take them?” “Well. I rather guess I am, as a par- ; ticular favor to my friend el Padre Sebastiano. And, being quite interested in his forthcoming book, I shall use every endeavor, within the time that I can spare, to make a thorough search for it. But I’m very much afraid —very —that he'll be no wiser than he was before. Why. Harry, I’d have steered straight for the place myself, if I’d dared. But further irregularities so soon after the accident wouldn’t do. Now I’m obliging the padre; and. by thunder. I’ve got him just where I want him.” Ito be continued.] Wales’ Decorations. The Prince of Wales has the right to i decorate himself with no fewer than 50 ; foreign “orders,” while besides the Garter, the Thistle and the St. Patrick ! ■he prince possesses five other British orders of lesser note. The queen is not , half so well off in this respect as her I son, for besides the British orders which | were in existence when she began to ' reign and those—such as the Crown of j India and Royal Red Cross—which she herself has established she has but ten others, these including St. Catherine of Russia, St. Isabella of Portugal. Maria Louisa of Spain, Louisa of Prussia, the Lion and Sun (Persia), Pedro I of Brazil and the White Elephant of Siam. One on Mr. Blackmore. In “Mainly About People” T. P. . O’Connor has this anecdote about Rich-1 ard Doddridge Blackmore, whose many novels have long been known in the United States: Talking about Teddington railway station an amusing story is told about a well meaning bookstall clerk there, who on the occasion of the , appearance of a new novel from Mr. Blackmore’s pen took it into his head I BuyE i ■ i» , h i ‘(I a L, «l/|uU.r . ’ Njtt DIDN’T LIKE THE PLACARD. that he would do his best to boom the circulation of it. So he stenciled a big poster to this effect, “New Novel, By a Local Author,” and hung it out ini front of the bookstall counter. Within the space of half an hour he was accosted by a quiet, grave, elderly man and requested to take the placard down. I “I am Mr. Blackmore,” observed his interlocutor, “and I am not a particu-, larly proud man, but, do you know, I don’t altogether like being referred to ; as a local author.”

THE HOUSEHOLD. H w the Egyptian Cushions Are Made. A Dreseing Table - The Care cf Brooms. If you want the very newest couch cushion that has appeared for parlor or living room or study, buy or make an Egyptian affair, says the Philadelphia Press. These Egyptian patterns are the great chic in upholstery or embroidery. They are clever and artistic and distinctive without being overpowering. Them are a variety of designs of colors and of materials. Eccentric geometrical figures, or Cleopatras in silhouette with lotus and lily or fantastic scrolls. Dull browns, brick reds, ultramarine blues, greens and blacks often appear, all of them in one cushion. Few ruffles are seen so far among the new pillows, except in those for a bedroom divan. None of them is fringed, but a number of the largest are corded—finished off at edges with a heavy black cord. Some of the prettiest are of that puffy, indescribable oriental build, flattened at sides and corners and without trimming of any kind. Women who keep a lookout for changes of price and quality say that pretty cushions grow cheaper with each season—that $1 or J 1.50 at present will buy a pillow artistic enough to please the most exacting. These clever Egyptian designs will be seen utilized in a number of other ways in smart house furnishings. Women who keep abreast of fashions in fancy werk have already begun to work upon reading table covers, piano draperies, etc., in them. Another article which is thoroughly delightful done in this way is the photograph frame for bureau, desk or mantelshelf. All manner of dainty gifts, against Christmas, may be got out in Egyptian build, either by embroidery or by brush and color, if one is clever in that line; boxes for cuffs and collars, magazine and book covers, and so on. A Dressing Table. A pretty and commodious dressing table may be made by sawing a few inches from the legs of a common kitchen table and covering the top with chintz to match the upholstery of the rooms. Lace draperies over china silk O - SB : l|L' THIS IS HOMEMADE. of a solid color—for instance, a rose design over pink silk—are extremely pretty. The edging is in openwork swiss embroidery. The mirror frame is covered with damask of the same shade as the silk and has the drapery tied up with bows of pink ribbon and looped back so as to show the lining, which is of pink silk.—New York Tribune. The Care of Brooms. Broome that are choked with dust, hair and threads cannot do effective service: they should be kept clean if you wish them to sweep clean. Keep a pailful of warm suds in the sink every sweeping day, and as often as the broom becomes dusty take it to the sink, dip it up and down in the pail, shake well and continue the sweeping; then when all is swept wash it once more before putting it away. Not only will the broom wear longer, the suds toughening the splinters, but the carpet will look brighter. Many use a sprinkling of salt before sweeping; while it brings out the color it gathers dampness. Do not sweep from one side of the broom alone; it will wear uneven and shorten its life. Carpet sweepers should be freed from dust and threads befoie being pnt away, and as the brush wears off it should be lowered a trifle. A very little oil will stop the squeaking of the wheels. The Ancient Dee of Vegetables. Asparagus was in use 200 years before the birth of Christ. According to Herodotus, lettuce was in use even earlier than asparagus, for it was cultivated as early as 550 B. C. Not only was it grown, but it was so grown as to be had at all times of the year, and even blanched to make it white and tender. The cucumber is one of the vegetables named in early Bible history, though some claim that melons were really meant. As to the melon, the date of its first cultivation is lost in antiquity, but Pliny records it use, and as be died in A. D. 79 it probably is as old as the cucumber. Carrots and turnips were in use as garden vegetables before the Christian era. The ancient Greeks used to offer turnips, beets and radishes in their oblations to Apollo. Parsnips we find mentioned by Pliny as being brought to Rome from the banks of the Rhine at the command of Emperor Tiberius for use on his table.— Dinners and Diners. How to Remove Plant Mildew. Finely powdered sulphur sprinkled over the leaves and wood of the vine effectually destroys mildew and that without fire in the greenhouse. The same means has cured the hop mildew.

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