Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 October 1888 — Page 2

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Mr. Meesom's Will

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And so tbeso two fair women talked, yntth-ing plana for ibo future as though all things endured forever, and all plans •were destined to bo realized. But even as they talked, somewhere up' In the high heavens, the Voice that roles the world apoke a word and the Messenger of Fate rushed forth to do its bidding- On board tho great ship was music and laughter and tho sweet voices of singing won:* but above it bang a pall of doom. Zwi tbo most timid heart dreamed of danger. What danger could there bo aboard of that grand ship, which sped across tho T7aves with the lightness and confidenco of tho swallow? There was naught to fear. A prosperous voyage was drawing to its end, and mothers put their babes to sleep with as sure a heart as though they were on solid English ground.

Presently Lady Ilolmhurst got np from her chair and said sho was going to bed, but that, first of all, she must kiss Dick, licr little boy, who slept with bis uurse in another cabin. Augusta roso and went •with her, and they both kissed tbo sleeping child, a bonny boy of 5, and then they ktesod each other and separated for tho night. iJc-.no bourn afterward Augusta woke up, feeling very restless. For an hour or raoro she lay thinking of Mr. Tombey and many other things, and listening to tbo swift "lap, lap," of the water as it slipped past tho vessel's sides and tbo occasional tramp of tbo wstcb as they set fresh sails. At laat her feeling of unrest got too much for bor, rind sbe roso and partially, very pf.rttalJy, dressed herself—for the plocm sho could only find her flannel vest tiiid petticoat—twisted her long hair in a coil round her head, put on a hat and a thi-tc ulster that bung upon tho dopr—for they wcro running into chilly latitudes— r.::l slipped out on deck.

It was getting toward dawn, but the night was still dark. As she stepped on t!cck Augusta found herself face to faco

with tho captain. !iy, Mlsi on ofirt arc you doing hero at this hour? —leaking up romances?" "Yes." aha answered, laughing, and v.it!i perfect truth. "Tho fact of tho mat tor la, I could not sleep, so I caiao on dec! and very pleasant It Isl"

•Why, Miss Smlthers!" be said, "what

Yes," said the captain. "If yon want something to put into your stories yon won't fiud anything better than tnio. Tho Kangaroo la showing ber heels, Isn't

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Miss fcscsitbers? That's the beauty of h'M\ oho can sail as well as steam, and when sho has a strong wind liko tlxia abaft, it would have to bo something very ouiclc that would catch her. I beliove that wo havo boon running over seventeen knots an hour ever since midnight. I hope to make Kerguelen Island by 7 o'clock, to correct my chronometers." "Where is Kerguelen Island?" asked Augusta. "Ob! It Is a desert placo where nobody ~ocb. except now and then a whaler to fill up with water. 1 believe that theRHtronera sent an expedition tliero a fow voars ago to observe tho transit of Venus lut It was a fuilure bocauso tho weather va» so mbty—it la noarly always misty I here. Well, 1 must bo off. Miss Bxnlthcrs. CKkkI night or rather, good morning." Ik'fore tho words were well out of his rcouth there was a wllJ shout forward: "Ship ahead!" Then came an awful yell from a (keen voices: "Starboard! Ilard x-.-HCuvboaid. for God's sako!"

With a wild leap, liko tho leap of a mart Ruddonly Rhot, the captain left her eit!t and rushed on to tho bridge. At tho saino Instant tho onghtio bell rang and tho steering chains began to rattle furiously on the rollers at her feet as the steam steering gear did its work. Then came another yell: "It's a whaler—no lights!" and an answering shriek of terror from some big black object that loomed ahead. Before tho echio* had died away, before tho great ship could even answer to helm, there was a crash, such as Augusta bad never heard, and a clckenlng shock, that threw her on her bands and kuees on to tho deck, shaking the iron masts till they trembled as though they were willow wands, and making the huge saib flap and for an instant fly aback. Tho great vessel, rushing along at her frightful speed of seventeen knots, had olunged Into tho ship ahoad with such hideous energy that she cut her

Then there arose a faint murmuring Bound, that grew first into a hum. then Into a roar, and then into a ehuser that rent the skies, and up from ever)' hatchway and cabin la the great ship, human beings—men, women and children, came rushing and tumbling with faces white with terror—white as their night gear. Some were absolutely nakeJ, having slipped off their night dress and had no time to put on anything else sotwa had nut on »i!st«r» and great coats, others h^d blanket* thrown round them or carried their clothes In their hands. Cn they came, hundreds and hundreds of them (for there were a thousand souls on board the Kangaroo*, pouring aft liko terrified spirits dying from tho mouth of hell, and frern them aresa such a hideous clamor as few have lived to hoar. let 'scatprevent itermi frem catching the dreadful contagion of the panic, Being brave and coot be woman, she presently succeeded, and «iik her returning clearness of vtskm aba re aJix«d that urn and all oo board wore in great peril. TV-1 mddr~*-» she beg*think of the i. n» was 1» Holmhurst? anil where were tbe boy and the nurse? Actir ipoo an Unpr^abe did not stay to res she ran to toon hatchway. It was fairly eJear now. for most of toe people .~r she found he* way to fc with but little dlOenlty. There was a light In lt« and tbo gVea —4 'ber that the naree 8* f*

Wt«d the child—for there be lay. Vp, with a le *lttl 4 Tho ahc-1 in, —:~y A xly, and, fcoowto* jwthixurof abjflfc

H. RIDER HAGGARD.

passed over

in two and

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as tho sho were a

pleasw boat! Shriek upon shriek of despair came piercing tbo gloomy night, and then, as Augusta struggled to her feet, sho felt a horrible succession of bumps, accompanied bv a crushing, grinding noise. It was the Kangaroo driving right over the remains of the whaler.

In a very few seconds It was done, and looking as torn. Augusta could just mako out something black that seemed to float for a second or two opoa tho water, and then disappear into Us depths. It was the shattered hull of the whaler.

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wrcc-a, be hod just 'shut his eyes and gone to si- .i.'.. "Dick, Lock!" i'. 3 said, shaking him.

He yawned and sat np. and then threw himself down again, saying, "Dick sloe it j. bet Dick must wake up, and auntlo" (hecalledher "auntie") "will take him np on deck to look for mummy. Won't it bo nico to go on deck in the dark?" "Yos," Eald Dick, wit1: coi .'.''c: and Augusta took him on L^r k_c- i-itd hurried him into such of his clothes as camo l«mdy, cs quickly as sho co At tho head of tho companion way met Lord Holmhurst himself, rushing down to look after tho child. "I havo got him, Lord Ilolrnhnrst," eho cried "the nurse has run away. Where is your wife?" "Bless you!" bo said, fervently "yon ere a good girl. Bessie is aft somewhere I would not let her coma. They are trying to keep tbo people off the boats—they are all mad!" "Are we sinking?" she asked, faintly. "God knows—ah! here Is tho captain," pointing to a man who was walking, or rather pushing his way. rapidly toward them through tbo maddened, screeching nob. Lord Holmhurst caught him by the arm. "Let mo go," ho said, roughly, trying to shako himself loose. "OhI it is you, Lord Holmhurst." "Yes, stop in hero for one second anfl tell us tbo worst speak up, man, and let us know all!" "Very well, Lord Holmhurst, I will. We havo run down a whaler of about five hundred tons, which was cruising along under reduced canvas and showing no lights. Our fore compartment is stove right in, bulging out tho plates on either sido of tho cut water and loosening the fore bulkhead. Tho carpenter and his mates are doing their best to shore it up from tho inside with balks of timbor, but tho water is coming in like a mill race, and I fear there ore other injuries. All the pumps are at work, but there's a deal of water, and if tho bulkhead goes" "Wo shall go too," said Lord Ilolmhurst, calmly. "Woll, we must tako to tho boats. Is that all?" "In heaven's name, is not that enough!" said tho captain, looking up, so that tho

boats will hold something over threo bun dred people. There are about one thousand souls aboard the Kangaroo, of whom more than three hundred are women and children." "Therefore the men must drown," said Lord Holmhurst, quietly. "God's will bo done!" "Your lordship will, of course, tako a place In the boats?" said the captain, hurriedly. "I have ordered them to bo propared, and, fortunately, day Is breaking. I rely upon you to explain matters to tho owners If yon escape, and clear my character. Tho boats must make for Kerguolcn Land. It is about seventy miles to tho eastward." "You must give your message to some ono olso,, captain," was the answer "I qhiQI stay ana share tho fate of the other men."

There was no pomposity about Lord Holmhurst now—all that had gone—and nothing but tho simple, gallant nature of the English gentleman remained. "No, no," said tho captain, as they harried fear your revolver?' "Yes." "Woll, thon, keep it handy von havo to uso It presently they will try rush the boats."

aft, pushing their way through the distracted crowd. "Have you got

may and

By this timo tho gray dawn wa3 slowly breaking, throwing a cold and ghastly light upon the hideous scene of terror. Round about tho boats were gathered tho officers and somo of tho crew, doing thoir best to prepare them for lowering. Indeed, ono had already been got away. In it was Lady Holmhurst, who had been thrown tliero against her will, shrieking for her child and husband, and about a score of women and children, together with half a dozen sailors and an officer.

Augusta caught sight of her friend's faeo in tho faint light. "Bessie! Bessio! Lady Holmhurst!" sho eriod, "I havo got the boy. It Is all right—I have got the boy!"

Sho Beard her, and waved her hand wildly toward her and then the men In the boat gave way, and In a second it was out of

cat

shot. Just thon a tall form

seised Augusta by tho arm. Sho looked np It was Mr. Tomboy, and she saw that in his other hand ho held a revolver. "Thank God!" ho shouted in her car, "1 havo found you! This way—this wayquick And he dragged her aft to where two sailors, stauding by tho davits that supported a small boat, were lowering her to the level of the bulwarks. •'Now then, women!" shouted an officer who was in charge of the operation. Some tnea made a rush. "Women first! Women first!" "I am in no harry," said Augusta, stepping forward with the trembling el

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her arms and her action for a few wowH

produced a calming effect, for tho

on!" said Mr. Tombey, stooping

to lift her over the side, only to be nearly knocked down by a man who made a desate effort to get Into t^-

w~rt,t.

It was

Xz, Mecsoa, and, recogi him. Mr. Tombey dealt him a blow that sent him

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roared. "Ten thousand pounds for a peat In a boat!" An *. scrv-" up at the lwJuar^. v-.ia child as ho did so. and was once more thrown back.

Mr- Tombey tr*^ Arrnurt* tho child into his air ar. and: ther bote the boak As he did so he kissed her forehead and murmured: "God bless you. good-byf that

At that instant there was aloud re ft*~'.rt nid «rr-Ti «f '*•.? Bit-: per vptiT* i". 6".:k". -.|4 given way. and tcere arose such a veil aa wr'Tt m- TeW-n Vr-1 1* A* .'a .--it '. ~tita •Stoking!" 'he vv'i **:•-, pqt tLu w' -ie faces, ll"' 4 with white .'tea, ef 'jJt Aft aecompantod by erewd of •ad tt sung oat a voiee

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rffiHRE HATTTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

moment the women and children who were waiting to take the boat, in which Augusta and the two seamen were already, were swept aside and a determined effort iocdo to rush it, headed by a great Irishman, tho saxio who had called out.

Augusta saw Mr. Tombey, Lord Holmhurst. who had como up. and the oQcer lift their pistols, which exploded almost simultaneously, and the Irishman and cuother man pitched forward to their hands and knoes. "Never mind the pistols. lads," shouted a voice "as well bo shot cs drown. There isn't room for half of us in tho boats. Come on!" And a second fearful rush was mado, which bore the threo gentlolr. n, firing zz they went, right up against I netting:... "Dill." hr.'!cocd tho man who was holdon f!. reciost tackle, "lower away \-i- ahail n:shed and swamped."

Bill obeyed with heart and soul, and «ov... fc,::.* tbo boat below tbo level of the uc:is. just as tho nob was getting tho mastery. In five seconds more they were I:: ::ginj close'over tho water, ana wh'Jo tLu/ were in this position a man leaped at tho boat from tho bulwarks. IIo struck on the thwarts, rolled off into t'ao water and was no more seen. A lady, tho wife of a colonial judgo. threw her child Augusta tried to catch it, but missiid, and tho boy sunk and was lest. In txother moment tho two sailors had shoved off from the ship's sido. As they did so tho stern of tho Kangaroo lifted right out of" tho water so that they could seo under her rudder post. Just then, too, with a yell of terror, Mr. Mceson, in whom tho elementary principle of self preservation at all costs was strongly developed, cast himself from tho side and fell with a splash within a fow feet of tho boat. Rising to tho surface, he clutched hold of the gunwale and implored to be taken in. "Knock tho old varmint over the knuckles, Bill," shouted tho other man "hell upeet us!"

No, no!" cried Augusta, her woman's heart moved at seeing her old enemy in such a case. "There plenty of room in tho boat." "Hold on, then," said tho man addressed, whoso namowas Johnnie "when we get clear woll haul you in."

And, the reader may bo sure, Mr. Mooson did hold on pretty tight till, after rowing about fifty yards, tho two men halted and proceeded, not without some risk and trouble—for there was a considerable sea running—to hoist Mr. Mecson's largo form over tne gunwale of tho boat.

Meanwhile tho horrors on board tho doomea skip were redoubling as sho slowly settled to hor watery gravo. Forward the steam foghorn was going unceasingly, bellowing liko a thousand furious bulls, while now and again a rocket still shot up through tho misty morning air. Eoun^ tho beats a hideous war wai being waged. Augusta saw ono of the men jump into oue of tho largest lifo boats, which was still hanging to the davits, having evidently got the better of those who were attempting^ to fill it with tho women and children. The next second they lowered the after tacklo. but, by soma hitch or misunderstanding, not t&o foremost ono, with the result that the stern of tho boat fell while tbo bow remained fixed, and every soul in it, somo forty or fifty people, was shot out into tho water. Another boat was overturned by a sea as it settled on the wator. Another ono, full of women and children,

jot to tho water all right, but remained •ship couplo of

fastened to tho When, a tho Kangaroo Vent down, nobody" knife at hand wherewith to cut tho rope, and the boat was dragged down with hor, and alljts occupants drowned. Tho remaining boats, with the exception of tho ono In which Lady Holmhurst was, and which had got away before tho rush bogau, were never lowered at all. or sunk as soon as lowered. It was Impossible to lower them owing to tho mad behavior of tho panic stricken crowds, who fought liko wild beasts for a place in thom. A few gentlemen and sober beaded sailors coula do nothing against a mob of frantic creatures, each bent on saving his own lifo if it cost tho existence of everybody on board.

And thus It was exactly twenty cilnutes from the timo that tho Kangaroo sunk the whaler, for, although, these ovents have taken some time to describe, they did not fjt-kn long to enact, that her own hour came, aim, with tho fcxeeption of some eight-and-twenty souls, all told, the hour also of overy living creature who had token passage in her.

CHAPTER VIIL KSROCELKX LASIX

AS soon as Mr. Mceson, saved from drowning by her intervention, lay gasping at the bottom of the boat, Augusta, overcome by a momentary faintnesa, let her head fall forward on to the bundle of blankets in which sho had wrapped up the child sho had rescued, and who, too terrified to speak or cry, stared about him with wide opened and frightened eyes. When sho lilted It a few seconds later, a ray from the rising sun bad pierced tho mist, and striking full on the sinking ship* as, her stern woll out of tho water ana hor

bow well under it, she rolled sullenly to and fro in the trough of tho heavy sea, seemed to wrap her from hull to truck in wild and stormy light. "She's going!—by heaven, sho's coing!" indri the seaman Johnnie and as ae sold it tho mL-!it,y ship slowly reared her If np -n "--rid. SI v. tr—•r-ry sStrlr, ar..U the Li-iv'jUS and de.j--!..ru*g sl-vi.* :-. of doomed wretches on board of her, she lifted her stern higher and highn- and plunged her bows deeper and per. They shrieked, they cried to heaven for ?p but heaven needed them r.nt. for n'A agony cannot avert ma:, jom Now, for space, sbe was standing alst right open the water, out of iiixmt a hundred feet of her vast len towered like •me ra^astiv.us while fi-V ,1 fr..:,,ber in i-^e flies bu^EiUa frost,

TO Into tho churning foam beneath. Then nly, with a swift and awful vr**1' rori"**»g aotmd of trreakins sionof herb .'-a*, and a'smotbered boom of .rsting U.k':. «ds, she "ouofin: rrmwaurelesa dee^i, aa. u- forever.

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thongut—ana cs tnoV cna soThey heSra a But' feeble cry or two. But by the timo that they had reached the spot where the Kangaroo went down there was no It?ing creature to be seen nothing but tho wash of the great waves, over which the mist once more closed thick and heavy as a p&lL They shonted. and once they heard a faint answer, and rowed toward it but when they got to the spot whence the sound seemed to proceed, they could see nothing cxcept some wreckago. They were all dead, their agony was done, their cries no more ascended to tbo pitiless heavens and wind, and sky, and sea were just cs they bad been. "Oh, my God! my God!" wept Augusta, clinging to the thwarts of tho tossing boat. "One boat got awav—where is it?" asked Mr. Meeson, who, a wet and wretched Ggurc. was huddled up in tho stern sheets, as ho rolled his wild eve round striving to pierce tho curtain of tho mist. "There's something," said Johnnie, pointing through a fog dog in the mist, that seemed to grow denser rat Ik than otherwiso as tho light increased, at a round boat liko object that had suddenly appeared to tho starboard of them.

They rowed up to it: it was a boat, but empty and floating bottom upward. Closer examination snowed that it was tho cutter, which, when full of women and children, had been fastened to the vessel and dragged down with her as sho sunk. At a certain depth tho pressure of tho water had been too great and had torn tho ring in tho bow bodily out of her, so that sho returned to tbo surface. But tboso in her did not return—at least, not yet. Once more, two or three days hence, they would arise from the watery depths sad" look upon tho skies with eyes that (ould not see, ana tiieu vanish forever.

Turning from this awful and most moving sight, they rowed slowly through quantities of floating wreckage—barrels, hen coons (in ono of these they found two drowned fowls, which they secured), and many other articles, such as oars and wicker deck chairs—and began to shont vigorously in tho hopo of attractuig tho attention of tho survivors in the other boat, which they imagined would not be far off. Their efforts, however, proved fruitless, owing to tho thickness of tho fog and in tho considerable sea which was running it was impossible to seo more than twenty yards or so. Also, what botween the wind and the wash and turmoil of the water, tho sound of their voices did not travel far. Tho ocean is a largo placo, and a rowboat is easily lost sight of upon its furrowed surface therefore It is not wonderful that, although the two boats were at that moment within half a mile of each other, tbey never met, and each took its separate course in the hopo of escaping tho fato of tho vessel. Tho boat in winch were Lady Holmhurst and some twenty other passengers, together with tho second officer and a crew of six men, after seeing tho Kangaroo sink and

for

by the bow tacklo. minutes afterwi

licking up one survivor, shaped a course Kerguelen Land, believing that they, and they alone, remained to tell tho talo of that awful shipwreck. And hero it may bo convenient to state that before nightfall they were picked up by a'aeallng whaler that sailed with them'to Albany, on the coast of Australia. Thence an account of tho disaster, which, as tho reador will remember, created a deep impression,

wiuj

telegraphed home, and

thence, in duo course, tlio widowed Lady Holmhurst and most of tho other women who escaped were taken back to England.

To return to our heroine and Mr. Meeson. Tho occupants of tho llttlo boat sat looking at each other with white, scared faces, till at last the man called Johnnio, who, by tho way, was not a tar of a very amiablo cast of countenanco, possibly owing to tho fact that his nose was knocked almost fiat against tho side of his face, swore violently and said, "It was no good stopping there all the etcetcrced day." Inereupon Bill, who was a more jovial looking remarked vthat bo, Johnnie, was etcetoracd well right, so they had better hoist tho foresail."

At tills point Augusta interposed, and told them that tho captain, just as tho vessel camo into collision, had informed hor that ho was making Kerguelen Land, which was not more than sixty or seventy miles awav. They had a compass in tho boat, and tncy knew tho course tho Kangaroo was steering when she sunk, Accordingly. without wasting further time, they got as much sail up as tho little boat could carry in the stiff breeze, and ran nearly duo east before tho steady westerly wind. All day long they ran across tho misty ocean, tho llttlo boat behaving splendidly, without sighting any living thing, till, at last, tho night closed in

There was, fortunately, a bag of

again.

biscuits in tho boat, and a breaker of

water also there was, unfortunately, a breaker of rum. from which the two sailors, BUI and Johnnie, were already taking qui to as much cs was good for them. Consequently, though they were cold and wot with spray, they had not to face the added horrors of starvation and thirst. At sundown they shortened sail considerably, only leaving enough canvas up to keep the boat ahead of the sea.

Somehow tho long night wore away. Augusta scarcely closed tor eyes but little Dick slept like atop upon her hoeom, sheltered by her arms and tbe ik.:iket from the cold and penetrat ay. In tb iiom the boat ky M-. to tvLuii Au£u*ta. pitying Li* *d1: «p--jlon

condition—for ho was silvering fully—i I given tt ther blanket, ing notfor b«arLcU' except the shawl.

lair

faint

At last, h» .)ver, there a glow in th« prod the da -ht bngan totoeak ti.- stormy at- Atu:^sta turned ber bead and stared through tbe mist. "What la thatf* the Fai-.t'fa a voice trembling with excitement, to Ilor Bill, whm taking bis torn at »iiJer and s'ijf ated to a dark that 1, r... .1 up alr.jost over them.

The man 1( sd, and tb-:: and then HnV: sd joy :-l "Land- ahen-i a a lrw---i.i- wereeostiff that h- ... I not s-and began to star •*».. about & ••Thank God!" ft? cried It It New ZeaJiv If HIs C. ra. 111 »V(T

ked again.

"Where la ttf I get there get on a ship

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"New Zeabso'i gro«: "Are yoo a fool? It's tbat'a what where Hoda^bodyl: octevi HkoeWKU: yo'.'ii sir -. t!. re.*' for I dcfii re a that as --jay ww «v*ue to tales yon In a hurry

Mr. Me ciUa: -i ith a groan, and a few minutes afterward the

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white gleam of snow. BlQ slightly altered tho boat's course to tho southward, and, sailing round a point, she como into comparatively *1™ water. Then, due north of them, running into the land, they saw the mouth of a great fjord, bounded on each side by towering mountain banks, so steep as to be almost precipitous, around whose lofty sides tliousand&of sea fowl wheeled, awaking the echoes with their clamor. Bight into this beautiful fjord they sailed, past a lino of flat rocks on which sat huge fantastic monsters that the sailors said were sea lions, along the line of beetling cliff, till they camo to a spot where the shore, on which grew a rank, sodden looking grass, shelved gently up from the water's edge to tbo frowning and precipitous background! And here, to their huge delight, they discovered two huts, roughly built of old ship's timbers, placed within a score of yards of each other, and at a distance of come fifty paces from tho water's edgo. "Well, trrro's a houso, tho fiat no: i'.' Johnnie, look aa though it had paid rates and taxes lately." "Lot us land and get out of this horrible boat," said Mr. Meeson, feebly. a propcr'tion that Augusta seconded heartily Ci ugh. Accordingly, tho sail was lowered, and, getting out tho oars, tho two sailors rowed tho boat into a little natural harbor that opened out of the main croek, and in ten minutes her occupants were once more stretching their legs upon dry land that is, if any land in Kerguelen Island, that region of perpetual wet, could bo said to be dry.

Thoir first care was to go up to the huts and examino them, with a result that could scarcely bo callod encouraging. Tho huts had been built somo years—whether by the expedition which, in 1874, camo thither to observe tho transit of Venus, or by former parties of shipwrecked mariners, they never discovered—and were now In a state of ruin. Mosses and lichens grew plentifully upon tho beams, and even on the floor, whiio groat boles in tho roof let In tho wet, which lay In little slimy puddles benoath. Still, with all drawbacks, they were decidedly hotter than tho open beach a very short experience of which, in that inclement climate, would certainly havo lulled them and they thankfully decided to make tho host of them. Accordingly, tho smaller of the two lints was given up to Augusta and the boy Dick, while Mr. Meeson and tho sailors took possession of tho largo ono. Their next task was to move up their scanty belongings (tho boat having first been carefully beached), and to clean out tho huts and mako them as habitable r.s possible by stretching the sails of tho boat ovei tho damp floors and covering up tho holes in tho roof as best they could with stonco and bits of board from tho bottom of tho boat. Tho wcatbor was, fortunately, dry, and as they all (with tho exception of Mr. Meeson. who seemed to bo quito prostrated) worked with a will, not excepting Master Dick—who toddled backward and forward after Augusta in high glee at finding himself on terra firma —and by midday ovcrythbig that could bo done wa3 done. Then they mado a firo of somo driftwood—for, fortunately, they had a few matches—and Augusta cooked tho two fowls they had got out of tho floating henccop as well as circumstances would allow—which, cs a matter of fact, wes cot very well—end they had dinner, of which thoy all stood sadly in need.

After dinner they reckoned up their resources. Of water there was an ample supply, for nctkfar from tho huts a stream ran down into tho fjord. For food they had tho beat part cf a bag of biscuits weighing about a hundred pounds'. Also there was tho cask of rum, which tbo men had moved Into their own hut. But that was not all. for there were plonty of shell Gsh about If they could find means to cook them, wbilo tho rocks around were covered with hundreds of penguins, Including specimens of tho great "king penguin, which only required to bo knocked on the hood. There was, therefore, littlo fear of their perishing of starvation, as sometimes happens to shipwrecked peoplo. Indeed, immediately after dinner, tho two sailors went out and returned with as many birds' eggs mostly penguin—as they could carry in their hats. Scarcely haa they got In, however, when tho rain, which is tho prevailing characteristic of theso latitudes, set in, in tho most pitiless fashion and soon tho great mountains with which thoy were surrounded, and those before them, were wrapped in dense veils of fleecy vapor. Hour after hour the rain fell without ceasing, penetrating through their miserable roof, and falling—drop, drip, drop—upon the sodden floor. Augusta sat by herself In the smaller hut, doing what she could to amuse littlo Dick by telling him stories.

And meanwhile it grew darker, and colder, and damper hour by hour, till at last tho light went out and left her with nothing to keep her company but the mooning wind, the falling rain, and tbe wild cries of tho sea birds when something disturbed them from their rest. The child was asleep at last, wrapped up in a blanket and one of the ftn^ller sails and August, feeling quite woi a out with solitudo pressure of heavy thocirhts, laid her head vlnst tho biscuit bag, and at last sunk blissful oblivion for to the young si"p is a constant friend. O or twice she woke, but r.r!r in tr-p off nflain and when rk* final iv i.- .1 1." e*' It was li.!.t and tlio rain had ceased,

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Mr. W. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake City, Fla., was taken with a severe Cold, attended with a distressing Cough and running into consumption in its first stages. He tried .many so called popular cough remedies and steadily grew worse. Was reduced in flosh, had difficulty in breathing and was unable to sleep. Finally tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and ho found immediate relief, and after using about a half dozeu bottle found himself well and has had no return of the disease. No other remedy can show so grand a record of cures as Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Guaranteed to do just what is claimed for it. —Trial bottle free at Carl Krietenstein's Drug Store, cor. 4th and Ohio. (4)

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73 vears old, have been troubled with kidney complaint»nd lameness for many years* could not dress myself for without help. Now I aui free from all pain and sorenesS, and able to do my own housework. I owo

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Not a Pimple oil Him Now. llailuillt )-a« inn. Hair all K*ne. .Scalp siv*jel with eruptioiiH. 'IhoitKlit his hair would never gi'»w, Cured li.v

Cutieura ltt'inrdim, Hair Bplemllt! anil not a pimpl» on htm. 1 enniiot say enough in nil so of the Cutlenra Itemeilies. My boy, when ,ne year of age, was so bml with ee»s» ma Mint he lost all hair. HiSM'ulp was covered wilh eruption?, which the doctors said was scald liead, ami that iiis hair would never grow aKain. Despairing of a cure from physicians, I begun tho use of the Cntleiira Remedies, and, 1 am happy to say, with the most perfect sneeess. His hair is now spleudM, and there is not a pimple on him. 1 recommend the Cutlcum Heniedlos to mothers as the most speedy, economical, and 8ure cure for ail skin diseases of infants and children, and feel that every mother who has an afflicted child will will thank ine for so doing.

Miw. M. K. WOOD.SU.M, Norway, Mo.

A Fever Sore Klght Years Cured. 1 must extend to yon tho thauknof oue of my customers, who has been cured, by using the Cutlcum Remedies, of an old sore,caused by a long spell of sicklies of fever eight years ago. He was so bad ho was fearful lie would have to have to have his ,eg amputated, but is happy to say l.i

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Severe Scalp IHhomso Cured. A few weeks ago my wife suitered vcr much from a cutaneous disease of the scalp, and received uo relief from tho various remedies she ufced until she tried Cutieura. Tlio dlseivse promptly yielded to this treatment, aud in a short while siie was entirely well. There has been no return of tho disease, aud Cutieura ranks No. 1 in our estimation for diseases of the skin. itev. J. Presulcy Barrett, 1). I).,

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.From Plniplm Ui fti- rofnla Cured. Cutieura, the great skin cure, uiul Cutieura Soup prepared from It, externally, and Cutieura lUMolvcut the new Wood purlJJer, Intor-i-ally, are a posltivb cure for every forth of skin and blood dlnonae from pimples to scrofula*

Cuticura Iteinedlea are Hold everywhere. Price, Cutieura, 50 cents Itesolvent, 81.00 Monp, '& cents. Prepared by the Potter Drug and chemical Co., Boston, Mass. bend for "How to Cure Kkln Diseases." fW pages, 50 illustrations, and 100 testimonials.

pIDV'Q Skin and Bealji preserved and beauDflD 1 tlfled by utlcura Metlicated Hoap.

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