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: ' * ^; r .. ?? II ii II^ i Mynhe BY ST. QEORQ % CorYKIGHT 1893, p.O] CHAPTER V. "if TOtr mrst fight, take a man of tocr size!" The fair Molly is taken aback by this intelligence?her face shows it: but she is not the one to remain long in such a condition of ruind, and her clear laugh serves to brush away the mist that seems to be gathering over the little company. "This is indeed a pleasure?a peculiar coincidence ? you saved me, and one in our employ rescues you from the water," she says. "Kismet! It is fate," groans Sandy, but they pretend not to understand him, though his meaning is as plain /lorUtrlit" do uaju^ui* "You will forgive me for speaking of you as the poor German castaway ?the peculiar name led me astray?" she goes on, just as if she and Joe were alone in the bijou parlor. "It is natural?I am used to it. Behold the effect of having a nickname Baddled on to one in boyhood. It has followed me everywhere. A waggish companion corrupted the name of \ 'Miner' into 'Mynheer' and tacked Joe' to it. Long ago I gave up in despair the attempt to live the name down. 'Mynheer Joe' it will be to the end of the chapter." There is an oodity about it that strikes her as singularly pleasant. All her gentleman friends are "Mr." or "Colonel" or the "Hon." This or That Mynheer Joe stands out alone. It has an Individuality that marks it above all others. "And you are the messenger from Khartoom. You come with news of General Gordon?" she continues. "Yes," he replies simply. i "When did you last see him?" : "On the 26th day of January." "As long ago as that? But I forget "What a tremendous distance Kharloom is away. How glad the whole civilized world will be to hear from him!" Mynheer Joe bites his lips, but aays nothing yet. "The people love him so! I have alwcys hoped to meet him, of all men, if ever I visited Egypt, and just to think he has talked with you, eaf?n with you, even fought at your side!" "And died as close to me as you are standing at this moment, Miss Tanner." "Dead! Gordon dead?" she whispers, aghast. "It is even so," he replies sadly. "Can it be possible? Oh, how terrible it is to believe that grand man is no more! What a shock it will cause wherever the telegraph can carry it!" Bhe murmurs. "That reminds me," exclaims Sandy, with a hasty glance at his watch, "that I have business before me. You will excuse my haste." And, with a parting salute, he vanishes. Mr. Grimes is the only one who notices his departure, for the others are too interested in what is passing. "And you saw him fall? You won't mind telling me the sad story?" Miss Tanner pleads. "If you will be seated, I will relate It just as I have to Sandy. In the morning all the world will know the facts. Surely, there have been rumors concerning this thing?" "Yes, but people refused to believe them. They came from untrustworthy sources, and were hardly in before contradictions came after. We have nil been waiting for positive truth. It comes at last with you. Now tell me, you who wei'e with Gordon, how he reii." Mr. Grimes finds himself a nonentity, and, with a smile, betakes himself from the bijou parlor back of the portiere. True, he has no cablegram to send just yet, but he fnueies he may make use of the wires later on in connection with private business. At present he can amuse himself watching the bright scene in and before Shepherd's, and speculating upon the trange vicissitudes of fortune that one day have a man in rags and the next elevate him to a princely income. Mr. Grimes is nothing if not a philosopher. The two left in the cozy little parlor not miss the silver king at all, so wrapped up is Mynheer Joe in his companion, and so deeply interested floes Molly become in his narrative. He tells it ruodestlv. for this man can never boast of liis own exploits. A.t the same time Le is by force of circumstances compelled to give facts, *nd Molly is at liberty to draw her awn conclusions. As she already has t high opinion of Mynheer Joe, she is ipt to make a liberal judge. How her eyes kindle as she sits there, spellbound, listening to the rtory of Gordon's death! It is a tale to thrill the pulses of all who admire It brave, generous heart, devoted to Ihe good of his fellowmen. Molly hardly seems to breathe as she drinks In nis words. This man, in her eyes, is also a hero ten times over. Even had it not been his arm that plucked her out of the cruel Mediterranean at Malta, still would she accord him this waited position. For has he not been with Gordon, and does not the reflected light of the great Chieftain fall npon him? The man whose sword tvenged the death of Chinese Gordon can aever be aught else but a hero in her eyes. It takes some time to tell all, for Mynheer Joe rather enjoys this tete-a tete with tlie girl wno lias upeome xne belle of European Cairo. Even when he rapidly sketches his late trip upon the Nile, ami brings the story to a ronelusion she has many questions to ask that are right to the point, and which, upon being answered, bring the situation out in a clearer light. Then Mr. Grimes ?considerate Mr. Grimes? who believes lie has left them iJone long enough, makes his nppear?nce. There does not seem to be any particular necessity for his coming, but he evinces an interest in the explorer that no person has ever seen : 2ft. KS Sttfifei* - ' .'Si-ki'X' <- , ? er Tor 1 ^ , E J^ATHBORNE. WW??? ! 3ET.T BONNER'E SoXg. him shov: for any one else. Sandy finds then still together when he returns after sending his wonderful dispatch?the great dispatch that will be the sensation of the day in London and America. Flushed with success he appears before them and mechanically glances at his watch?a villainous habit he has upon every occasion. The action catches Molly's eye, and with a little feminine scream she snatches out her own timepiece, studded with diamonds, and looks at the tell-tale face in consternation. "Eleven o'clock! An hour and a half away from the ballroom* What will Lord Quinsy and the baron think? And I had engaged a dance each with them! They will never forgive me!" "I am sorry to be the cause of your trouble," begins the explorer, numojy. "Flease"don't mention it! I wouldn't have missed this hour and what I have heard of brave Gordon for ten lords or fifty barons. It was only the governor I was thinking of. They must have asked for me. and the dear good man will be fairly wild looking for me." Mynheer Joe imagines an insignificant bald-headed, good-natured little man tearing around the hotel pleading with every one to help him find his daughter. If he comes across such an individual he will recognize him at once. "You will excuse me, Mynheer," she 1 says, holding out her hand again?the hand upon which flash diamonds that, 1 with those in her ears, at her throat and in her bonny brown hair, are surely worth a king's ransom. He murmurs that he will be glad to ' meet her again, perhaps in the morning. if circumstances are favorable, 1 with a sidelong glance toward Mr. ( Grimes, that has no apparent mean- 1 ing, and yet which causes a grim smile 1 to appear upon the face of the silver 1 king. 1 Then she glides from the bijou par- I lnr* Snniiv hnlrtintr the Dortiere aside, ' though he has to stand on his tiptoes 1 in order to make it clear her head. 1 The three gentlemen are left alone. Sandy takes out a cigar and looks at ( the others. The mute invitation is ( immediately accepted, for a couple of 1 hands are extended, and the weeds \ exchange owners. i "Let's go outside. The house is no 1 place for smoking, in my opinion," re- 1 marks Joe. So the trio adjourn to the piazza. 1 More than one curious glance is cast < toward them; for, in spite of the se- ?' crecy that has been exercised, rumors i have gotten around concerning the 1 truth. It is strange how these things i leak out?a word is sometimes enough to start the ball rolling, and people, t once interested, add a little here and a trifle there until a story has been man- i ufactured out of whole cloth. i Hardly have they reached the piazza i and Joe stops to light his weed when c a dapper little fellow, Sandy's counterpart in nervous ways, steps up and i taps him on the arm. l "Beg pardon?do I understand you t have arrived from up the river, sir? from Khartoom?" asks this sprightly ^ chap, apparently not noticing Sandy t in the background. i Mynheer Joe puffs away, and be- 1 tween each puff he nods his head up < and down in an affirmative way that sets the little man fairly wild with i dicniinco Tin will cnont sr>nn?when t lie gets ready?but not until that time < comes. It is plainly evident Mynheer i Joe knows how to manage the crea- i ture known as a press agent. I Sandy is chuckling near by, dread- < fully tickled at the thought of having 1 for once obtained an advantage over his rival. j "You are quite right, sir. I have ar- < rived this very night from Khar- i toom," finally admits the object of i all this attention, having reduced his 1 weed to a point of subjection, where ] it would burn without much care. I Out come the pencil and note-book, i "Would you mind giving me a little i information regarding the state of af- 1 fairs at Khartoom when you left? I s | represent the New York Herald, the < [ London Times and the Paris Figaro. I shall be pleased to take your views, sir, and give you every courtesy in my power," rattles on the little correj spondeut; then catchiug sight of 1 Sandy his face blazes up, he waves I his hand as though in warning, and cries: "Too late, Barlow?you're left! Fall to the rear! I may let you pick up some crumbs presently, but don't 1 bother now. As you were saying, my 1 dear sir, at the time you quitted Khar- 1 tooin matters were assuming a serious 1 aspect?" "Very," replies Mynheer Joe, grave- ' ly. "And Gordon?you left him well, hoping for the coming of the British line even now on its way there. Ills views and yours would be very acceptable reading for the world. A vast audience, indeed, sir. Would you kindly relate your story in detail, or at least that portion of it concerning Gordon." His manner is persuasive, his voice honeyed, and butter would fail to melt in his mouth. Unfortunately he has laid hold of the wrong man. Mynheer Joe lays a hand on his shoulder and almost crushes him. "For particulars I must refer you to my press agent. Just now I am engaged. Your arm, Mr. Grimes, if you please." "But where can I find him? I beg that you will inform me. This is a matter that concerns the whole civilized world. Think of it, sir! Tell nie the name of this gentleman," and the av/iUa/1 /?A??fnonAn/l?nf /ivnn In vc lm1<1 VAV. 1ILU \,VliV.O^VUUVUl r? VU HIJO liV/iVi of the explorer's coat in his eagerness to sain his attention. "You will find him .vender. Sandy, will you attend to this gentleman?" "Great Scott! Barlow knows it all! I see it now! A grand conspiracy to beat me off! Well. I've picked up all * v t <-.\T: \ : y.-li i -i* - rumors, and I'll consolidate them Into a sensation thnt will equal the truth. Catch a weasel asleep, eh?" < He is Just about to rush off when J Sandy laughs. ^ | "Left again, old fel. The wires are entirely at my service from now until 5 seven o'clock in the morniLg. You couldn't get a line out now cn your individual responsibility if the Khedive committed hara-kiri." "Barlow, let me into it a little, rj'll be entirely disgraced if I'm left entirely on this deal. Is Gordon dead?" "Yes." -v "And Khartoom truly fallen?" t( "Without a dovrt)t." ? "What will you take to let me send five lines merely announcing the fact "What will you give in promises for the future for a few crumbs, my boy?" So the rival correspondents walk down the piazza haggling. Sandy has inn? waited for this hour; his cup is full and running over, pressed down with good measure. Meanwhile, the other couple move along the piazza in an opposite direction. enjoying the delicious atmosphere, their cigars and the bright scene. By this time the great crowds have in a measure ceased to jostle elbows Iu the square called Esbehiyeh, for the hour grows late. Still there are enough present to keep up a lively appearance?to please the eye of the observer with the change of colors as they pass to and fro. Something is on the mind of Mr. Grimes, but he perhaps thinks the present moment is hardly a propitious ~ one in which to speak. Several times a he opens his mouth, as though the c) spirit moves him, but on each occasion 11 he shakes his head and remains silent. u As they cross the light thrown from the windows more than one curious a glance Is cast upou them, for already a has word been whispered around that fl Mynheer Joe has come from the scene n of action, and there is an air of mystery thrown about him, which his per- s' sonaiity increases rather than dimin- 0 ishes; for, as has been said before. hl9 face and figure are such as would at- 81 tract attention even on Pall Mall or the Champs Elysees. u Looking into the dance-room they see Molly Tanner gliding about in a fj 3reamy waltz with a foreign-looking man wearing an immense mustache ^ that curls up to his ears?no doubt the baron. She nods her head to them ind smiles as she glances toward her partner in the dance; there is some- ^ thing so spicy and roguish about it 8 that Mynheer Joe feels drawn toward r the girl more than ever. "She's. a dandy," the effervescent ?orrespondent had said to him, while m the way to the hotel, and the more oe sees of her the better chis peculiar ?omparison applies, though, upon tryng to analyze it he is bound to conress the meaning ambiguous and a rifle dim. From the window they walk down :o the end of the piazza. Here an acjuaintance seizes hold of Mr. Grimes ind begs a few minutes' private conversation with him, which. o? course, le gives, asking Joe's pardon for leavng him. The latter steps down to the square :o walk a little upon the cool flags. The events of the night have been nore than singular, when his fortunes ire concerned, and he has plenty to eflect upon as he strolls there in front >f the hotel. Around him are scenes also that nust make some impression on his nind, although they are far from new :o him. While thus strolling aimlessly about, vith the intention of killing a little imp, so that be may rejoin Mr. Grimes .vlien the latter is disengaged, Mynleer Joe chances to pass that portion )f the hotel known as the bar. In common with all other hotels, Shepherd's has a retreat where the :hirsty traveler can wash the dust out )f his throat, and judging from the Banner in which it is being patronzed on this night the dust must be on :he move in Egypt. A sandstorm ?ould not cause the guests to call more frequently. " Mynheer Joe arrives upon the scene t lust in time to witness a rather comi- e ?al spectacle. Of rows in the grand j square there is always plenty, but as g l general thing these are not among s the guests of the hotel, but rather dis- f ? mvolnrc nnil their V [lilies utri >v cm ua*v?\.?? ?aily-dressed dragomans, or, as is g more frequently the case, with these h individuals and the owners of don<eys, while the donkey-drivers them- n selves are about as quarrelsome as n 3ur boys upon the canals. tl [To be Continued.] ii f< Proponed Celebration. q A national celebration of the 200tb r< anniversary of the starting of a news- ti paper in America will take place in f( 11)04, owing to the suggestion of Mayor Nichols :n an address before the State Editorial Association at Wilkesbarre, Penn. The association appointed t a committee to confer with the associations of other States, and if tr possible bring it about. In the course ;] of his address Mayor Nichols said: n John Campbell is the real founder ir of journalism in the United States, si "The Boston Mews Letter" was born c April 124, 1704, and existed until 177G. if During the first sixteen years of this u period it was the only newspaper fi printed in the colonies. Fourteen E years prior to Campbell's venture Ben- a iamin Harris issued one copy of "Pub- a lick Occurrences," which was iminedi- a ately suppressed by members of the v King's official family because of a distasteful paragraph. The beginning f of American journalism is truly an s event that ought to be commemorated a and its author deserves a conspicuous d place in American history. p ? - s Specie* or tlie American skuuh. There are distinct species of the American skunk?the jet blade and the black and white striped. The latter jj is regarded as one of the most beautiful creatures of the animal kingdom. . Its pelt is highly prized, #as it makes g the prettiest of muffs, wraps and neck ^ boas. The jet black pelt is also highly prized, but is not so valuable as the J black and white striped. The pelt of j, the latter can always be sold for one dollar. The oil from the skunk Is ^ worth fifty cents an ounce, and is j( used in severe cases of croup, colds p and kindred diseases. The oil does not have the uupleasant aroma of the n skunk. 0 i fi ? TN)E E?I?Ti> New York City?The comfortable, et tasteful morning jacket is essential 3 every complete wardrobe and amly repays both the trouble of making MOUSING JACKET. nil the cost of material. The really harming May Manton model illus ated combines many desirable featres, and is well suited to washable ibrics as well as to challie. cashmere, Ibatross, French and Scotch flannel nd the like. The original is made rom linen Batiste with trimming of eedle work insertion and edging, the ronts being cut away to form the :juare neck and the standing collar mitted. The fronts can be finished ) the neck, as shown in small fetches, and either gathered or tucked 3 yoke depth, the sailor collar being sed or not as preferred. The backs are simply but correctly tted with curved centre and side ack seams, the wide underarm gore6 onnecting it smoothly with the shaper fronts. Each side of the opening i centre the fronts are laid in small ucks. which run to yoke depth and I rovide graceful fulness below. The ailor collar i6 joined to the back and oiled over its edge, meeting the outide tuck, and the trimming is exI A FANCY ended to the lower edge, giving a vest ffect to the full fronts. When the aeket is made high the neck may be ;athered, simply finished with the tanding collar and buttoned down the ronts. The sleeves may be finished rith the trimming in bell shape or athered into the straight cuff bands i bishop style. To cut this jacket for a woman of ledium size three and a half yards of laxenai iweniy-sevcu lucura wiuv, tiree and a quarter yards thirty-two iches wide or two and a half yards orty-four inches wide will be reuired. To trim as represented will jquire two and a half yards of lnseron one and a half inches wide and )ur yards of edging two inches wide. Woman's Fancy Waist. The waist with a shawl collar makes marked feature of the season's styles while tucking in some form is allost universally used. The very aarming May Manton waist shown in le large drawing combines the two i a most attractive manner, and is ngularly well adapted both to entire ostumes and odd waists. The model 3 of white Liberty satin with triinaing of lace, and is made over the t^d lining, but white and colored latiste, organdy mull, Swiss muslin nd all the similar materials offered s well as soft silks and wool fabrics re admirably adapted to the style lion tho iinin?r mnv be omitted. The lining is simply shaped with ronts and backs, only over it the eamless back of the -waist proper is J rrauged with the fulness drawn own in gathers at the waist line. The lastron made of inserted tucking is J ewed to the right front lining and 1 ooked onto the left, under the edge | f the fronts, which are plain at the boulders and gathered at the waist ine. The shawl collar is tucked in roups, as indicated, finished and atached to the rieek and fronts. The leeves are in bishop style with the ulness arranged in tucks that fall ree to form puffs at tlie waists. When tie waist is made unlined the plastorn 3 stitched to the right front and ooked or buttoned over onto the left, eneath the collar. The standing col *r is joined to the neck of back and lastron and closes at the left side. To cut this waist for a woman of ledium size five and a quarter yards f material twenty-one inches wide, ve vards twenty-seven inches wide. Of fA^H'QNthree yards thirty-two inches wide or two and a half yards forty-four inches wide will be required with three-quarter yard in any width for plastron and stock collar. Fancy Bolero of Kroaritail. A beautiful example of a gray bolero in broadtail?the very darkest grayis worn over a severely plain skirt of panne of the same shade. The front shows a waistband of the latter material decorated with tiny gold braided buttons and a chemisette of black and white chiffon crossed with gold and silver braid. The inner sleeves, which appear from under the bell shaped fur ones, are of the goffered chiffon in a tiny band of black panne at the wrists, adorned with the gold buttons. To give a ridiculous touch of summer to this cozy cold-weather costume there is a large toque composed of four or live shades of blue tulle and some wonderful lace, with a gold wrought dagger stuck in at the side. New Style Barrette*. The barrettes worn at the back ot the coiffure to keep tidy the short loose hair are growing more valuable intrinsically. The preferred metal is sterling gold. The new model is a handsome ovoid shape, with a substitute for the little round pin which formerly fastened the barrette. Our new beauty hr.s a broad oar-blade plate of gold, almost as wide as "the outside frame of the barrette. This diminishes to a tongue narrow enough , to fit into the fastening clasp. The new model is far more conspicuous I than the first t.-pe of round barrette. Straw and Gold. Tan straw braided with gold forms an extremely pretty spring hat. The crown is flat and the brim raised from the hair at the front and one side to admit a facing of velvet leaves in lovely soft shades of brown, cream and green. Traveling Cape*. Traveling and country capes are ot three-quarter length, the shoulders I* WAIST. covered with triple capes, shaped bertlia arrangements or a species of broad hood, which is, however, purely of the ornamental type. The storm collar was at its best, but an ugly and awkward accessory, and the now collars. although still high, are half turned over to form a frame ior the neck, instead of holding it like a vise. The Simple Wedding Gown. There lias been a noticeable r?turn to such fabrics as fine Swiss. French nainsook, Paris musliu. anil the new wash chiffon for wedding gowns. Girl's Jacket. No wise mother permits her children to be without general utility jackets that can be worn over any gown. The attractive little garment shown is entirely practical, at the same time that it is essentially smart, yet is not difficult to make. The original, designed by May Mauton. is made of castor colored smooth fared cloth, but mixtures are admirable and tan is always in style, while dark blue is always good. and cheviots as well as cloths are worn. The backs are made with a curved seam that renders the fit excellent, and is found in all the latest models. The fronts are loose fitting. lap slightly in double-breasted style to close with buttons and buttonholes worked in a fly, or through the fronts if so preferred. The neck is finished with the regulation coat collar and lapels that are formed by facing and | rolling back trie fronts, and pockets arc inserted will) tailor-stitched laps. The sleeves are bell-shaped at the wrists and can be slipped on and oil | I with ease. To cut this jacket for a girl of eight <-TT-T.'? .TAfJvF.T. years of ajre one and three-eighth yards of material forty-four indies wide or one and a quarter yards iifty inches wide will Uo required. ' ' ' * ' | -vv-.S,^ mw YORK'S LimTraAii^ J How the City Tries to Re- ft 5 form Them. <5 "1?\ OYS and girls In the upper 1?^ walks of life rarely come Into | J close contact with the at6 tendance officer of the truant school, but among the poor, where every non-earning mouth is a drag upon the other, the attendance officer Is a person of Importance. The work of looking after truants Is under the general supervision of Mr. Valentine M. Collins. His corps of assistants embraces twenty-one attendance officers. Mr. Collins is very earnest and thorough in his work. He contends that in a country where citizenship means so much every young man is under the obligation of becoming a good citizen. I L v ha KINDERGARTEN? "The yoyng men of the city of New York," says Mr. Collins, "are its glorj and hope. Any work or influence thai 4An^o fn aIavo+a Q n rl ctronortViDn tlinm in character and Intellect deserves the support and encouragement of all good citizens. Tnis is what the truancj department seeks to do." The Compulsory Education law ap plies to private schools and parochial schools, as well as public schools, and all come under the care of the department of truancy. A boy or girl of fourteen whose parents are in such a position that the money he or she would earn is vitally necessary maj apply to the Board of Health, obtaic an employment certificate and go tc work. Any factory, mercantile house or business firm of any description em ploying child en under sixteen without such a certificate is amenable to the Truant law. The New York Truant School is established at No. 215 East Twenty-firsl street. Complaints are lodged here with Mr. Collins. A child committed to the truant school can only be held until the expiration of the school year. n rthlM conf trt tho Pnthnlir XlV/n Ct Ci } a VUUU OVUV IV vuv V/M*MW*?N Protectory or the Juvenile Asylum If confined until tlie end of bis school instruction. Mr. Collins by committing a boy tc the truant school reserves to himsell the right of parolling him in the coursf of the scholastic year. Mr. Collins never holds out hope of such a pardon but it always comes without previous announcement. For the sake of good discipline the parole 4s never glvec without the consent of the principal to take his former pupil back and the knowledge of the attendance- officer and the whole school is made to feel that the pupil has won the prize by his own efforts. A probation card is given TRUANT OFFICER ARRESTING A ROY OJ THE STREET. with which the discharged prisohei has to present himself at the truani school for inspection, first weekly, afterward semi-monthly, until finally he is wholly released. Mr. Collins is looking forward tc the erection of a truant school in the country, with grounds and buildings ample enough for a well appointed training school for manual aud industrial instruction. The present building will be used as the receiving house for the new school. The plans for this new truant school have been submitted by C. B. J. Syuder, Superintendent of School Buildings. Although the institution will be distinctly reformatory in its object, every effort will be made to avoid the appearance of a reformatory or a place of confinement. TEACHING TRU.l The course of study in the truant school is the public school curriculum. The ages of the iumatcs run l'rom eight to fourteen years, but there are a few at fifteen years. The sleeping arrangements are on the dormitory . / I ; i * ^ s system. A man sleeps In each room occupied by the boys, and a watchman patrols the whole night. The discipline Is firm, but mild. Under the law no corporal punishment may be administered. The narents can visit the boys 1 once a month. One officer, a woman, has bjeen bo efficient In her gathering in of truants that the boys all over the city hold her in terror. For a long time she wore a gray felt Alpine, with a long white 1 wing at one Bide. Like the password I of a secret society this peculiar head- 1 gear was described, and became so ' well known that she was forced to bay a new hat. The boys she was after would spy this white wing at a great distance and would then take to their heels. As the attendance officer, ow- ' ing to her skirts, was not very fleet of, i foot, her truants generally got away, from her. t ^ 1,^1 ' iL J.lit? uu^a iu lur uuaui oiuwi atv happier than one would suppose they; -TRUANT SCHOOL ' 1 , ' would be, and the majority give little r ^?*AiiKla a a fKnw ot*a nn nmhotinn anil i uvuuiv.t uo vucj U4v vu ?? ? : if the rules and regulations are ob1 served their time is shortened. So ' each boy has an object in view, for I ' which he works hard, and the boy, whose time is shortened is rather a "big bug" wirh the rest of the school, and the boys who remain behind are 1 spurred on to greater efforts to be as ' big as he was.?New York Herald. STONE SAILS. ?? H 1 A Cartons Monument at the Village of Guadalupe. About two miles to the east of the 1 City of Mexico is the village of Gu&i > dalupe. writes a contributor to the > Strand Magazine, where, at the fool , i [ THE STONE 8AILS OF OUABAIiCTPB. ! of the hill of Tepeyacac, Is a hand? some church in bonor of the Virgin of Guadalupe. On the summit of the hill, to which a series of stone steps leads, is a chapel named "The Chapel of the Little Hill./' Half way up to the J chapel is a most remarkable monu- ment in stone and mortar, represent- . ing the foremast of a full-rigged ship. The monument was erected by a sailor, who, being caught in a storm at sea, vowed that, if he reached land safely, he would build a stone ship to the glory of the Virgin. Either biff funds ran short or his gratitude for $ his escape grew less, for he got no [* further in the construction of the ship j than the foremast, the sails ahd reef- \ points, all of which are realistically re- .. produced. This is probably the only effigy in stone of part of a ship in natural size. A Prehistoric Elopement.1 Faster and faster sweeps the gllsfeTP ing cave-man to and fro; lower and tenser grows tbe crooniug-song. Dazed ],,? mntinii nf lmr lipnd from side I H i Hi IUC AAJVUVm v? ?- ? ? to side to watch the ever-changing 1 : love-play, she docs not heed the play- j er's gradual approach, when with a I i sudden spring he dashes in upon her/ seizes her with his strong arms, and i drags her screaming, struggling down i the sloping path. i But the glamour is dispelled, and, I alive to the instinct of self-defence, . . the woman bites and struggles, and in her young strength proves no easy conquest. Driven to desperate meas; ures, the. cave-man seizes from the ground a stone, stuns her with a sudden stroke, and as she throws up her arms to fall, seizes her about the wnist, and, casting her lightly across his shoulder, hastens down the path. Down through the leafy, sunlit glades he strides, bearing the warm NTS TO BE NEAT. 1 " " | ~ ~ and yielding burden or senseless nesi^ the nerveless arms adown his back and the yellow hair streaming to th? ground; and the forest, with its green depths, closes about tliein.?Dr. Men ' ivck WhitcoiuU. iu "New" Lippincott j A