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/ I 1 ? i - ft ^ ^IsSl^ED^EH?!-WEEKLiY. ^ ^ ' ? - -? ~ I. m gkist s SONS,PuUuhtn.} & 4amil8 f?ps#ajfr: Jfor the promotion of th< |otitiraC j&ooial. $jri<othnat and (Bommrqtial Jnttr<sts of th* |eojli. i "SSL* cLVi.YA'1"' . established 1888. ' ~ \ yorkville, s. c'., tuesdxytjaxtjary 4, 1910. , isto. lt_ |? Novelized by \ ^HHjH Succes! f \ FrwUrii Thompson. Copyright. ISM, by CHAPTER XL Frances Goes to Sea. Three months bad passed following the casting of the Sommers gun, three months that had brought many changes to those whose lives had been for a whort time tangled in the intricate maze ^ of pride, love and ambition. FThe gun had been taken to the.proving grounds and there had stood the test. The naval board was enthusiastic over it All that remained was for the weapon to prove its efficiency on shipboard at target practice and it would be adopted by the government. Orders on the Rhinestrom gun were still held up pending the result of target practice. Lieutenant Somrrers had been ordered back to sea duty. Apparently he had achieved his ambition. The fuU ture looked bright for him in his chos* en profession. Fellow officers envied ^ him. He was considered a wonderful young man. and a bright future in the IHF service of his country seemed in store. All this on the side of ambition, but on the other side life was not so bright. ^ He knew that no matter how high he' might rise in his profession happiness could not >"? his. He had lost irretrievably the girl he loved, and satisfled ambition meant little to him compared to that. On the morning after the sensational events in the furnace room Sommers had called at the Durant house. Fran* - *-? tees bad reiusea to see mm. nt ?ivh> her a letter, and it was returned to him unopened. Finally he managed to meet her on the street, but she passed him by without speaking. Next morning the young officer re? ported back in Washington for duty. And how about the girl? She had hurried away from the works that night burning with shame and raging with anger. She determined never to see Sommers again. She hated him! She knew she did! And to make it sure she told herself so over and over again. . The next day she was still enraged when he called. It cost no effort to have him turned from the door. When his note arrived she started impul\ slvely to open it, then checked herself. J She would be Arm; she would punish WL \ him. j And so with some slight effort she ' aorvont with ^ | nanufu uic icinr* iv U4v wv. .. % 7 Instructions to return it to Lieutenant J _ Sommers at his hotel , Passing her old lover on the "street had been an effort, but that, too, she managed to do. It took the last of her anger, however. The reaction had come. She began to regret, then to forgive and finally to long once more for the one man who, she felt sure, t could make her happy. ? A little discreet questioning had brought out the cause of his anger. She found out the real reputation of ? Pinckney among the work people. The ^ discovery shocked her. She understood then why Sommers had been so enraged. She saw it was not against her or brought about by any doubt of her, but merely fierce, uncontrollable rage against Pinckney that he had dared?a man of his kind ?to put her In a position that his character at once made questionable. I When she had finally come to a real understanding the girl longed to write, but Sommers by that time was away on sea duty, and she could not reach him. Against her own judgment she I had longed for and expected some word W \ ? from him. But the naval officer's pride ^^waa too great to pursue a further intrusion after so signal a rebuff. Then the girl began to grow pale and to worry. Her parents noticed the change without realizing the cause. No one had any suspicion of the real relation between Frances and the young naval officer. That "good _ night" on the vine covered porch was A a secret?a tender memory locked in her heart and in his, to be brought out by each, regarded fondly and mourned I*" over when alone. Sommers had his work, but Frances k had nothing to distract her mind. No wonder she grew paler and seemed to lose interest in everything! Mr. and Konom/v a 1 u rmod HPheV Ol1S. UUiaill ucvauic ? consulted doctors, but there was nothing wrong physically with their daughter. Finally one big expert proposed a sea voyage, and for the first time Frances showed some sign of interest, y Mr. Durant paid a double size bill ; cheerfully, thinking that doctor a wonderful man. V The Durant yacht, the Irvessa, was got ready as quickly as possible. Mr. f Durant could not go himself, and he ? decided it would be a good plan to send his wife and daughter away for a ? cruise In charge of Pinckney. VNow for a month they cruised, but Frances showed little sign of Interest. Pinckney was the only one who seemed to get real enjoyemnt out of the trip. He now felt that victory must In the end be his. JRr He was not deceived by the result * * of the first test of the Sommers gun. ^ It had stood the first test safely, but E? in his heart the conspirator knew that soon the badly tempered gun must J Tall, perhaps with shocking results. That mattered little to him. The " * * I worse me acciumi uic gn-ain mc u.ograce of Sommers and the surer the result in his favor. The government must then accept the Rhinestrom gun and probably would give a bigger order than ever. He had no fear of an investigation. That had been well attended to. Smith. 4T under another name, was working far away. There was no one else who knew anything except Marsh, and he could be depended on to keep quiet. The ultimate success of all that he had planned now seemed to the general manager certain. He gave himself up to the enjoyments of the cruise, dreaming now and then of the time to come when he and Frances as man and wife should go on long trips together. Bess] ? first sign of real Interest the girl sh<vd after starting was when the yaa cast anchor in the broad harbor of ince, Porto Rico, and she learned quit by accident that the cruiser R^ was expected there in a few 1 nil ?-v mt miciioc aowiiioiiiitviiw vi Mrs.burant and Pinckney, Frances oncekore asserted herself. She declareithat she loved the old Spanish towniEven the dirty plaza, two miles awayyrom the main city, interested her. ke insisted on staying: over, because,! she declared, she was determined|> study the town and the people anLven ride over the famous military md constructed by the Spaniards i a terrible cost of labor and life frol Ponce through the mountains to San inn. Nothnthat her mother or Pinckney couUlo would move her. She was interest? excited, eager all the time, and eacHJay, without the knowledge of the (fters, she managed to slip over to government house to find out whenke cruiser Roanoke was expected. 1 It was J very pretty game of hide and go s? that the girl and Pinckney playe? lthout realizing it. Pinckney also ewy day had inquired about the comlnaf the Roanoke. He knew that Somn? was attached to the cruiser, andhe was determined that the naval Jeer and Frances should not by any lance meet. His ordersvere quietly given, and the captain I the Irvessa was ready the momentlie Roanoke should appear in the arbor to get up steam preparatory tjleaving. Then, with these plans all laid, Pinckney beg* his own plans for departure. Flrj^ie aproached Mrs. Du rtuu tuiu iuuq uci uiiij iuu giuu tv go. At his ajgestion she spoke to Frances, only t meet a flat refusal. "I don't wat to go yet, mother," protested the'girl. Tm having a splendid time ere in my own way, and I can't setany reason for leaving. I'd like toiide up to Coamo and try the Spanishiaths and then go on through to San Juan. It's an easy ride, and I can ;ieet the ship there. "Suppose you ^d Edward go around by ship and let ]e come through the other way. I thlk that would be a splendid plan." Mrs. Durant Idjbd at her daughter, startled. "Frances, i muff /6U must be out or your head!" sh exclaimed. "How could you come tlbugh alone? Probably you are plating to have Lieutenant Summers fcte charge of you?" Frances' expredon showed only amazement, but h heart was beating hard. "Lieutenant Somiers?" she asked, ? UU n.A11 oimiilots v* iui ? cit oiiuuiu*.% auipijot. Mrs. Durant mfe an impatient gesture. "Now, don't prethd, Frances, that you are ignorant oUhe fact that the Roanoke is expects here in the harbor, and he is on bt|rd. "Is he?" said Fraces, still seeming surprised. "Why, hv nice that would be!" \ "Nonsense!" snapfcd her mother. "Frances, I don't cat for that young naval officer, and I dn't see why you can't get him out of >ur head." The girl's face flush] hotly. "He isn't in my heat" she exclaimed. Her mother was notfc be put off so easily. "Hump! Maybe 1*Isn't in your head, but sometimes Ike feared he's in your heart, whlchls worse. Now, Frances, don't be focsh. You know Edward cares for yoi and you know that your father andl would like to see you two married.' The girl shook heibead decisively, and her tone was ver firm when she answered. "I'm very sorry, mffier, to disappoint you and dad, bull must tell you once and for all I womn't marry Edward Pinckney if hevere the only man on earth." The mother looked ( her daughter, amazed. "Frances Durant, m ashamed of you!" she cried. "Heryou've had me enduring that horrid ytht for a month past merely because I lought it would help to bring this mtch about, and now you tell me youl never marry him! I've never been o treated in my life!" Frances could not hej laughing. She slipped her arm abot her mother's neck affectionately. "I'm awfully sorry, rother, dear, but I don't see how I can ielp you. You wouldn't have me marr a man I don't love, would you?" "No." agreed her moher uncertainly; "I don't want to fcce you." "Then I expect it's sttled," decided the girl, with a long teath of satisfanilim "\V?. vvnn't about It." Mrs. Durant knew ^Frances well enough not to try to ai^ue the matter. She still had some ..oj>, for she had dwelt on the prospect 3 long that she could not at once glvejit up entirely. One change of scene harfailed to work. She would try another. "Well, then, for Kodness' sake. Frances, let's go home, she said eagerly. "I want to get settled in my own room and feel the fcor stay still." The girl sighed. "Very well, mother; ve'U go home whenever you wish," sfy agreed. Down in the courtyfrd 01 the old fashioned Spanish hotel Plnckney was talking to the captain <f the Irvessa anxiously. "Y<>u say the Roanofe |s jn?" he asked. The captain nodded. :| "Yes. sir. She cast inchor in the harbor an hour ago," hi declared. "Then get up steam jit once, captain." ordered Pinckni*. "We will leave tonight." The officer from the yicht hesitated. ! " * i? i i "Of course^4f_you say so, sir," he agreed, "but I would strongly suggest waiting over a bit. There Is a bad storm brewing, and storms in this latitude are apt to be awkward. Don't you think you'd better lay over until the weather clears up?" Plnckney whirled on him angrily. "I'm giving the orders," he snapped. Still the seaman could not quite agree. He knew his business, and he felt a grave responsibility at the thought of taking the wife and daughter of the owner into danger. "Certainly, sir, I'm under your orders," he said, "but we have the ladles on board, and they might not like a storm." "Nonsense," snapped .fincKney. "You're too cautious. We leave tonight und dine on board. Get up steam at once." The captain saluted. "Certainly, sir," he said. "The responsibility is up to you." Mrs. Durant and Frances came down into the courtyard a few minutes later, just as Pinckney was reading a cable that a messenger boy had handed to him. "Bad news?" asked Mrs. Durant anxiously. Pinckney looked up. "Only that I must return at once," he said. "What's wrong?" asked the other two together. The man smiled at their alarm. "Vnthlno- vorv wrnnor." he said. "In fact, this cable brings good news. The government has notified us to go ahead on the Rhinestrom gun order." "Then the Sommers gun, of which you were afraid?" suggested Mrs. Durant. Pinckney looked at her in his most superior manner. "We were never afraid of the Sommers gun," he said. "It was only his influence in Washington." It was Frances turn to flushed angrily. "There was no reason to be afraid of that," she declared, as haughtily as though her own father's honor had been impugned. "Lieutenant Sommers would scarcely do anything dishonorable." The man shrugged his shoulders. He could not, even though it were policy, suppress his hatred of Sommers. "I'm glad you think so," he sneered. "I don't think; I know," retorted the girl haughtily. Pinckney smiled with triumph. ?4TX7~v11 U /HfTArnnno nnu ncu, u manco uu uiucieuw **v?t| anyway," he said. "We get the order for the Rhinestrom gun because the Sommers gun has proved a failure." Frances' face grew suddenly white as she turned away quickly. The Sommers gun a failure! What a blow It must be to him! Probably he didn't ki\ow It yet. How she would like to comfort him, and she could not! He would not listen to her. If she only could see him now! She was still so engrossed with her own thoughts that " kflo Dtnnlrnov'o niioa. BII6 flVJIXI LXIJ' licaiu * 1IIVIVIIVJ o Vfuvu "Can you leave tonight?" "I think so, easily," agreed Mrs. Durant. "What do you say, Frances?" The girl turned wearily. After all, what difference did it make? She would not get a chance to see Sommers. His 3hip might not arrive for a week more. And, If she did see him, what could she say?" It was all no Use. She might as well agree to what they wanted. Why struggle longer? So she nodded Indifferently. "All right; I'll go whenever you wish." Pinckney smiled his triumph, and Mrs. Durant beamed. "I'll hurry right upstairs and pack," she said. "We can leave In an hour." When Pinckney and her mother had gone Frances sat down at a table by herself to think. She was so lonely, and everything was so hopeless! There was no chance of seeing Sommers, no chance of their ever coming together again. And she loved him. She knew that now. The clutch at her heart when she heard of his misfortune made it very clear to her. It was no use to try to deceive herself any longer. She loved him. She wanted him, for he was the one man in all the world who V?o r?r?\r Nnw WAS i;uuiu atone ??V4 uuj'iv ?? .. ? miserable, and he was a failure. "Pardon me, Miss Durant." At the cool, penetrating voice Frances looked up. A big man with a shrewd face and clear, cold gray eyes that had the particular faculty of compelling and riveting attention stood beside the table with his hat in his hand. "Can you tell me where I can find Mr. Pinckney?" he asked. The man was so obviously not merely seeking to scrape an acquaintance that the girl had no hesitancy in replying. "In the hotel, I think," she said coolly. "You intend sailing almost immedi ately, do you not?" persisted tne man. The girl was surprised, but the questioner's manner was thoroughly re[ spectful and yet seemed to demand a reply. "I believe so?yes," she said and half turned away. The questioner bowed. "Thank you." He half turned to go, then stopped and, turning back, said I coolly: "By the way, it may Interest you, Miss Durant, to know that the Roanoke anchored in the harbor an hour ago and that Lieutenant Summers is expected at this hotel any minute." Then, bowing coolly, he turned and walked off, leaving Frances staring I after him in astonishment. a nuisp hack of her brought the girl to her senses. She looked up j curiously. | To be Continued. 'l-i; Kaiser William of Germany, is the owner of several shops in Berlin. Queen Wllhelmina of Holland, has a most successful and pa.viiiK dairy farm not far from her place at Het Lo?. ;?i? The London Mendicity society possesses nearly forty thousand begging letters, of which eighty-seven per cent are absolutely undeserving. In Italy no ancient monument can be restored, or old building altered, without first obtaining special permission from the government. tc; AsDestos was nui ujcu iu a.,, siderable extent for commercial purposes until the middle of the nineteenth century. iHisrctlannms itcading. REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA. Sidelights on Land of Turbulence and Misrule. What do you know about Nicaragua? This is an intimate query, because the United States government recently seat some war vessels and marines down to that Central American hornets' nest to show the present head hornet, President Zelaya, that he cannot murder American citizens without being called to answer in a court of law. Intelllgeat observers express the belief that the United States will place an army of neoiinnMen .in Mien rn cunn null until "" ?"7" such time ad there can be established in that volcanic bailiwick a government guaranteed not to erupt every six months. Our course in Cuba seems about to be repeated in Nicaragua. ' That is why some real facts abont i Nicaragua are pertinent. Once upon a time a young American, William Walker of Nashville, Tenn., was president of Nicaragua. Fifty-three years ago Walker ^conquered the country with only flft>*six men at his back. Of course it didn't stay conquered. Walker was stood up and shot down. For half a century his bones have bleached in Nicaragua sands. As Joaquin Miller, who in youth wa3 one of Walker's fiery filibusters, has sung: He lies low in the leveled sand, Unsheltered from the tropic sun, And now of all he knew not one Will speak him fair in that far land. The bones of Leroy Cannon and Leonard Groce, the two Americans recently executed by order of Zelaya, do not even bleach. Their bodies were burned, also by Zelaya's orders. In a smaller way they were like Walker, the foremost of the filibusters. They fought against the prevailing govern ment because it was a thing of shred* and tatters, so far as stability wal concerned, and yet it was a thing o| wrath and tyranny^ Most of the tim\ before Walker's day and since, Nic&tf ragua has been similarly misgoverned. Zelaya, against whom Secretary Knog has thundered and American warship* seem likely to thunder presently, ha* misruled the country for sixteen yean until he has come to imagine himself a czar. What the United States ln? tends to do apparently is to teach Zelaya that a mlsruler is non person* grata to civilization. Nicaragua is not so much as to size, though it is bigger than Holland, Belgium and Denmark combined. Those are monarchies in Europe, and Nicaragua and her ilk are practiAlly monarchies in America, though called republics by courtesy. But Nicaragua is so much bigger than Panama that the latter "nation" looks like CattnrnnciiH pnuntv in relation to the state oI New York. In fact, Nicaragua Is almost exactly the size of New York, being: 49,200 square miles In area. The country Is rldher than Russia proper in coast lines, having: 225 miles on the Pacific and nearly 301 miles on the .Caribbean sea the Atlanil tic side. Nicaragua's greatest width is 275 miles, the distance from St. Louis to Chicago or from New York to Washington. In one place it is only 126 miles wide, the distance from Chicago across Illinois to the Mississipi river. Let us call Nicaragua It Instead of she, as that might offend the ladies. According to Information supplied by the international bureau of American republics, Nicaragua has the smallest population of any Central American republic except Panama. There are about 600,000 people In the country. This Is less than the population of St. Louis. Many of the Nlcaraguans are aborigines, living in the interior fastnesses and as uncivilized as the savages of darkest Africa. The chief cities on the Faclflc side are Leon and Managua. Leon, the largest city in the republic, has 60,000 people. It used to be the capital. It is a picturesque old place and historic?H" Infnrootlncr \fnnacri1fl thh nrM CXIIJ IIUWIWI.1.5. ...V J ent capital, has a population of 40,000 ?the size of Springfield, Mo. Then there are Matagalpa, 16,000: Granada, 12,000', and several other towns of from 5,000 to 10,000. How to Reach Nicaragua. There Is only one railroad In Nicaragua, and that doesn't cut much space. It runs from Corinto, on the Pacific coast, to Managua, located on a lake near that coast, and from there to Granada, on Lake Nicaragua, the largest inland body of water In Latin America. The railroad is about 160 miles long?or short, as it looks to us. It is said to be almost impossible for an American, unless he possesses the intrepidity of Peary or Cook, to cross Nicaragua from coast to coast. The roads in some places are mere trails. The interior is mountainous and wild. Corinto is the principal port on the ^ -?J_ mUA V?.? O AAA facinc Slut*. l lie UJHI1 lias uui -,uvv inhabitants. To get to Nicaragua perhaps the quickest route is through Mexico by rail to Salina Cruz and thence by steamship to Corinto. One may go by ship from San Francisco all the way. Steamers from New Orleans run direct to Blueflelds, on the Atlantic side, a place of 5,000 people. Steamers from New York also touch Bluefit ids. Many persons from the eastern section of the United States get to Nicaragua by crossing Panama and takine shin to Corinto. Like all Central and South American countries, Nicaragua in an undeveloped nation. The natural resources of the country seem to require only a stable government for development into wonderful wealth. On the eastern slopes four crops of corn are grown annually, though vast areas are unplanted. Cotton planted In October Is picked in February. Coffee, rice and indigo are grown for export, while in late years the rubber industry has been systematized by outsiders and has become one of the most lucrative lines of endeavor in the whole country. Bananas are the principal article of export. About a million dollars' worth are sent out every year from the eastern section. Most of those grown in the west are eaten at home. Mahogany, ebony, light rosewood and other valuable trees abound. Vanilla, sarsaparilla and cacao (chocolate) are shipped to America for consumption. Where Monkeys Grow. It Is interesting to know that humming birds abound in this turbulent land, though monkeys, wild hogs and buzzards are more in evidence. Zelaya's effort to make a monkey of the United States is the cause of the present trouble. Nicaragua is misgoverned by a president, five cabinet ministers and forty representatives who comprise a national legislative assembly of one house. There Is no check upon this one house congress except that supplied by the president, who possesses such power under the constitution and his own inclination that he can overrule the lawmakers and overrule them almost if not quite at will. Thus Zelaya has become a dictator, a despot, a czar, in his own bailiwick. " Universal suffrage Is said to prevail. Universal suffering also appears to be the rule under the prevailing misrule. There are few schools in Nicaragua. A few years ago it was reported authoritatively that Nicaragua's neighbor, Costa Rica, had more school teachers than soldiers and th&t Zelaya's country had three tiihes as many soldiers aa schoolteachers. The prepon uenuice ui suiuiers uus iimreaaeu immensely since then, and it would be hardly possible for the intrepid William Walker to win the presidency now with only fifty-six Americans at his back. However, the Nicaraguan soldiery is- not to be feared by any military person who can shoot straight, conform to discipline and eat enough quinine to fend off malarial fever.' Officers In Command. Secretary Knox has "told it to the marines," who are expected to be able to teach Zelaya his nroper place without the aid of soldiers proper. Rear Admiral William Wirt Kimball is in command of the naval expedition against Nicaragua. Lieutenant Colonel James E. Mahoney of the United States marine corps commands the dbmbined marine force. In the event of the landing of the marines, Mahoney, whose full colonelcy Is likely to be bestowed upon him by the time he goes ashore, will direct operations on land. It is not anticipated that any general will be required, except gen erai eraciency, which v^uiunei ratuiimcy is known to possess. Admiral Kimball, of course, is in full command of the expedition. He will reach the age limit of 62 years on January 9 and be retired, but it is hoped * by his department that the incident will be closed before that date. The admiral was selected for his experience and efficient service recomLatin Americans. He commanded the gunboat Vixen in 1899 when she was sent to Blueflelds to protect the interests of American merchants who had been ordered to pay customs duties to two Nicaraguans. That was during the Reyes revolution. Kimball went ashore and settled matters in about half an hour's straight talk. Admiral Kimball is a Maine native, with forty-four years' navy service. He has spent twenty years at sea. During the war against Spain he commanded, the Caesar. Colonel Mahoney has been twentysix years in the marine corps. He was brevetted captain for distinguished conduct and public service in the preside* of the enemy at Guantana, Cuba, in 1898. For eleven years Colonel Mahoney has been in command of the marine barracks in Washington. His long experience and efficiency service recommended him for his , present assign ment. One of the Bravest. With Colonel Mahoney in the marine expedition is Major Smedley D. Butler, whose father is a Pennsylvania congressman. He was an officer in the volunteer army during the Spanish war. After he was appointed to the marine corps he served in the Boxer uprising in China. He was shot while carrying a wounded private to safety at the battle of Tientsin, but went to Pekin before his wound was healed and took part in all the fighting there. He was wounded again at Pekin, but refused to quit. For his bravery and pluck he was chosen to carry a message to Minister Conger within the beleaguered walls. He delivered this "messaee to (rftreia." then collaDSed and was sent to a hospital, where he fought a winning battle with the soldier's worst enemy, typhoid fever. Later he served in the Philippines. Lieutenant Colonel Frank J. Moses and Major Philip M. Bannon of the marines are other distinguished officers detailed for Nicaraguan duty. Moses was in command of the first provisional regiment of marines In Cuba for several years. Bannon was brevetted for gallantry at Guantanamo in 1898. Uncle Sam is confident that these officers and the men under them can hold down Zelaya and his entire outfit. ?Robertus Love. Watson Wants Cotton Statistics.?In his annual report Commissioner Wat son win advocate tne passage 01 an aci requiring cotton statistics to be furnished his office just as is now done in the case of tobacco. The reports would be required of cotton ginners and buyers. In the case of the ginners the number of pounds and bales ginned would be sent in and from the buyers, the number of pounds, the number of bales and the grades and prices would be furnished. "The tobacco law has worked well," said Mr. Watson. "It has been valuable not only to the people of this state but has been of much benefit outside of South Carolina." Texas has a cotton act such as the commissioner wishes passed in this state. The information is given by markets and is of use all along the line. The tobacco act has made it possible to give full reports every month on tobacco. Not only has publicity been given In South Carolina to the tobacco growing Industry but in tobacco Journals throughout the country have been carried reports of the tobacco crop in this state. None were published heretofore and it is now hard to keep up with cotton statistics. ? The Columbia State: The destruction by fire of the village of Red Top, In St. Andrew's Parish, six miles from Charleston, recalls that at one time it had a certain celebrity. Judge R. W. Memminger, long before he was raised to the bench, contributed an article to an illustrated magazine in which Red Top was described as tne wicKeaest town in the United States. Undoubtedly the element of undesirable citizensnip In Red Top was unduly large. It was made up for the most part of negro phosp.iate hands, and white men, unless they were armed and on the alert, gave the place a wide berth. In late years Red Top has lost its notoriety and the few white shopkeepers have lived In peace and crimes have not been especially frequent in the village. t' I , / THREE S0LDIER8 OF FORTUNE, i I Who Won Out In Latin American Re- f publics. 8 \ They had been discussing the situation in Nicaragua. The ex-consul had grown eloquent over the misdeeds t of Central American dictators. His t friend had mourned the shooting of Cannon and Groce. "I never knew thoBe boys," said the ex-consul. "They seem to have been on the right Side, but they must ^ have known the game they were up k against. Central America is full of soldiers of fortune, and the natives f have no sort of use for them. Walker, tVia Klercrnat flllhnnfor of oil la fno ro titu VIBBVD* iiiivusvvi v *. ? vwv v j, cent a memory. s "I've come In contact with scores of v them. They'd beg me to save their 1( skins when they'd made the country too hot to hold them. Shiftless and 0 uninteresting vagabonds they were t with the exception of three, who were p geniuses." a "That so?" queried his friend, who a had never been south of Sandy Hook. a "I thought all adventurers were picturesque.' j, "Distance throws a false glamour around them. But, as I said before,. n I have met three who were out of the 0 ordinary run. Did you e*er hear of u Lee Christmas, or Bill Moore, or e Kosterlltzky the Pole?" v The other silently filled the ex-consul's glass and handed him a fresh n cigar. He knew that the story would o i>o told, whatever answer he might ^ make. "I'll begin with Lee Christmas. He c and I were raised in the same village z in Tennessee. He'd had very little e schooling and was glad to get a job ^ on the railroad as a fireman. In time j he became an engineer. & "But Lee wanted to see the world, a He .grew tired of his Job and quit in li the most sensational way ever heard of on a Tennessee railroad. He threw 8 the throttle of his engine wide open t< one fine day and let her go full speed t! ahead. He tore past stations and g through towns for fifty miles before e he decided to stop. Then he jumped m out of his cab and disappeared. I'll e be jiggered If I can tell you how he didn't wreck the train on some open a switch. fl "The next place I heard of Lee b Christmas was In Honduras. He drift- C ed into my office one day, the same b reckless, laughing devil he had always a bee'n. But he wasn't a railroad engl- 1 neer then, not by a long shot He was the power behind the throne In the little republic. "I can see him now as he sat on a V corner of my desk and told me the story. He'd a cigarette hanging out of one corner of his mouth like a b Central American and his face ^ras 1? tanned brown, but there was the old p Tennessee drawl In his voice. t{ "He'd had a rough time of it at first, fought on the losing side of six o revolutions and been wounded more a than once. But he'd attached him- t? self to a winning candidate-at-Iast ti and had come out at the top of the c< heap as Gen. Lee Christfnas, chief a military adviser to the president and p real ruler of the country. s< "The second adventurer I have in mind is Admiral Bill Moore of Salva- bi dor. During the Boer war he was in g the British navy and carries a royal p medal for life saving and two others w for distinguished service. h "Promotion under his own flag g seemed to be a long distance ahead, f< and at the close of the war Bill quit 1c and went to Salvador. There he pulled off the biggest bluff I have ever s< heard of. Dressed in a natty suit of tl white duck, with gold braid on the shoulders, he made^ an early afternoon s] call on the president. ai " 'Bein* as *ow you 'ave a revolu- b; tion on your 'ands,' said Bill, 'Hi've ai come to hoflfer my services. Hl'm rl Hadmiral Moore of the British navy.' V "He showed the life saving medal, a ana explained in an ofihand way that lr It was the star of the Garter. He had b; written the word 'Admiral' across his a discharge papers, and stated that It h was his commission from the king. r< "There wasn't a soul in the presi- it dent's establishment who coulcl read dl English sufficiently Well to dispute tf him. Bill was placed in charge of the navy of Salvador, which compris- ft ed three converted tramp steamers k of 1,500 tons each. He sailed down tl the coast to attack the rebels. b' "He bombarded several small vil- ci lages. Later he landed a party of h marines and sailors, and placing him- tl self at their head he attacked the te main body of revolutionists. He de- gi feated them easily, and the grateful a] president confirmed him in his position as commander in chief of the 01 navy at a salary of $450 a month. gi "Bill held down the Job success- fS fully for several years. But he grew C] tired of Central America and return- <n ed to England a year or so ago. gj "The third fellow, Kosterlitzky, Is V( the most remarkable man of the cj three In my opinion. I was In the Mexican state of Sonora when he ^ turned up there about fifteen years ago. He might have dropped from the sky for all that any one knew about him. C( "He spoke very little Spanish and ge when asked his name gave a barbar- w ous combination of sounds that no RJ Mexican could be expected to pro- fo nounce. The gossip of the cantlnas ra decided that he was a Russian. For p some reason every foreigner In Mexl- y( co who is not American nor yet a el Spaniard nor a Frenchman is put fo down as a Russian. Kosterlitzky is qt sore about the mistake to this very day. for I don't need to tell yoy that Cf a Pole would much rather be called m a thief or a murderer than a Russian. B, "He lost no time in enlisting In the local rurales, a force not unlike the PI French foreign legion. It numbers In Its ranks men from the four cor- j ners of the earth. A recruit is asked . 8.1 no questions. His past is his own affalr. p "But Kosterlitzky was not an ordl- . nary swashbuckler. He showed such ^ courage and resourcefulness In the ^ first campaign against the YaquI In- A dlans that he was at once jumped to se the rank of captain. Five years later he was chief of the rurales of Sonora. .. 8)1 "He was then able to give his talents full play. Before his day the ^ rurales were brave but Inefficient, a ^ lax body of adventurers who did not ca know what the word discipline meant. J*1 He drilled them and licked them into cc shape, until they became the most d( k A valuable fighting force in Mexico. If s alleged that he made a special bid or the bad men of Texas and Arisona is recruits. He wanted gun flghten vho would be afraid of neither God lor man. Whatever they might hav< lone across the line, he promised hem protection if they would enlisl inder him. "Whether true or not, this storj rave his name a sinister meanins ilong the frontier. It became a proverb among the worst element, 'Do vhat you please, then Join Kosterlltz;y. He won't give you away. "Kosterlltzky sprang Into promltence at the time of the riots at Cannee several years ago. The Mexican a borers at the big copper camp truck for higher wages. Froperty tras destroyed and the lives of Americans were menaced. "The rurales were at the other end >f Sonora. and the urgent needs of he case caused the authorities to appeal to the Governor of Arlsona for ssistance. He responded by sending , detachment of the rangers to Cannea. They were Instructed not to re on the strikers, but to wait for kosterlltxky. "The latter arrived after a forced larch that had tested the endurance f his men. The rurales were drawn p on one side of the plaza, the rang? rs on the other. The Arizona boyi rere spoiling* for a light. They bought they recognised some bad len who had slipped through (heir ngers, and It began to look as if they rould attack their Mexican allies. "Kosterlltzky alone prevented a lash. He rode up and down the plaa. He Jollied both sides. He remindd them of the friendly relations exiting between the United States and fexico and warned them of the reults of a scrap. I saw him myself, nd his courage and coolness In a tryig situation were superb. "Later he marched against the trikers. He gave them thirty minute* o disperse. When the end of that Ime found them still holding their round he ordered a volley to be fir* d that killed nearly forty men. There raa no Cananea strike after the last choes had died away. "Oh, yes, Kosterlltzky, the Polish dventurer from nowhere, is quite a gure in Mexico. His' career hasn't een quite as meteoric as those of hristmas and Bill Moore, but it has een built up on a rounder basis. He's man to be reckoned with."?New 'ork Sun. THE IMPRACTICAL. Vhy Business Failure Is Inevitable to Some Individuals. So many Individuals with limited usiness aspirations fall so hope>ssly short of a practical business olnt of view that failure is inevitble. I' listened long and patiently the ther day to the hard luck story of small farmer practicing the in-* snsive system with. fruits and vegeibieir. Hd lived on the- edge of?? onsiderable village, and fifty miles a/017 nrna n srnwlnsr citv Of 200.000 opulatlon. But the farmer was >re and discouraged. "Nobody In the whole section eglns to touch the stuff that I'm rowing," he said hotly. "I'm a ast master In the business. But hat Is the result? Every year I ave stuff rotting here on the round. I wouldn't haul It into town >r the prices they pay. It's rldlcu>us!" To me, however, that farmer hlm;lf was the most ridiculous single ling In the whole story. In an age of specialising he had jeciallzed the growing of fine fruits nd vegetables. They were his hoby. But he overlooked the fact that fter his fruits were grown and pened his work was only half done, without connecting with a profltble market he might as well have put i his time making mud pies in his ELck yard. Fifty miles away was city which would have grabbed for Is produce. A main line of rall)ad ran eight passenger trains Into every twenty-four hours. Why Idn't he complete the work by esibllshlng market connections? But this was a sore spot with the irmer. A few years before he had ept three or four Jersey cowg, and le farmer's wife was an expert uttermaker. In some way an offlal of an express company operatig over the line of road through le village heard of this famous but>r product and arranged to take the lrplus without transportation cost nd paying a sharp premium for It. But the farmer had made only ne shipment and had quit In dlsust. Why? Simply because the irmer's wife always had used glazed rockery In which to handle milk Kuttor nnH in maklne the first x or eight pound shipment in a ?ssel that had cost her 50 cents the ty purchaser had failed to return le empty crock! Why had she used te crock for shipment? Oh, well, le had never used anything else in le handling of butter! Yet not a few of the big business >ncerns of the country that are eking foreign outlet for trade are no Iser than this farmer's wife. They e producers of goods that are in irelgn demand. Transportation ites are reasonable and direct, rices are satisfactory. But, would >u believe it, these bidders for forgn trade will not pack their goods r shipment as the market rellres? A few years ago a manufacturing >ncern in Chicago sold a consignent of neckties to a retail firm in rltlsh India. Instructions ror pacx- | g were that tin boxes should be epared, with covers, the ties placed iside and the covers soldered on osely. The Chicago house balked : this. It packed the ties as It ould have done were they to go to altlmore or Denver and made the ilpment. Several weeks later nose came that the whole shipment id arrived In a ruined condition, small grub, recognized In those as, nan penerraieu?rrre cuiuuuaru id wooden coverings and eaten the k Into rags!?Chicago Tribune. 3 The cuckoo may be said to have >ne much for musical science; beuse from that bird has been derived e minor scale, the origin of which is puzzled so inanv^fikMMMft^tf t A LOVER OF MEN. i What a Trua Christian Accomplished i For Mia Fellows. %-k. > 1 The French prleets, Father Vincent, i later canonised aa Saint Vincent da I Paul, has found a biographer in Man* : algnor Boug&ud, who writes interesting- ; ly and lnformingly of hla beautiful llfet and particularly of bis organise Hon of : the famous epclety, the Sifters of Char? ? ity. Great was the service rendered by ' ' . > these women and their revered leader to the France of the seventeenth century, which was suffering from thd evils of the civil war of the Fronde. Foe; % fifteen years the country people had ' jJH been persecuted by the hired mercen- JHH i ariea who lived on the enemy they wer^pw Invading. Harvests wen destroyed an^Eatffi villages burned, until a great faming ;? ST V followed by plague, swept over thf ' land. i To meet this extraordinary distress. Father Vincent, at the age of sixty-six, set himself to work. It has been computed that he dlstrlho^l ln charity nearly five million dollarjjdSat be gives the praise to the givers. ' O ladies, does not the recMhl <o? these things move yout Providencn-' > has designed to make use of some ladles in Paris to succor the dssolaCr^^^^^^H incea. No country possesses a . deut/*>r^it. No; It was a heroism rev ns and princesses had sent thellfrJ Jen 4$ his fund, and a. paper wgiJl* foui. I^led the If ages! ne of Char** Ity. ather Vincent resitted boja l^^ strangeWpeople Imitate one another', and publicity won more recruits to htl He sent his Sisters of Charity by > \ j twos and threes to batlefields and #an-*i?fr$|| geroua places, praising those who dial ** "sword in hand." He Insisted on four cardinal pointfr ??'*? as practical and as full- of oommon m sense as if they had been formulated last year instead of nearly three bun-. dred years sgo: . .. _ : s First, to rescue toe starving. For this he started cheap soup dinners. As usual, be worked his plans out to the *./ . most minute details. * One must rs? ' member that these were the first soup kitchens known to history. A The second point was to bury the jfl dead; foe the towns, villages, hIgbway*|jj^^H and fields were strewn with decaylnjf.^^^H bodies, dangerous to health. The third point was to buy up collect seed for the land, which he thought was one of the best fonns^^^N^H charity. ' . The fourth point was to atten^^^H^H the welfare of souls, git was no nary ministration that was needel^^^JH^H during the wars all worship bad Interrupted, churches had been dered, and the young had been to great dangers. Neither age nor neither beauty nor holiness had respected by the ruffian meroena^^^DHHj Even the Sisters of always secure In the midst of these cial disorders. But Vincent enoour*g^^^^^H| them, saying nothing was more wortHJ^^^H than their work. - ' rr^rjy.. tv ' r--*"0 Sisters," he said, "how yow Should " humble yourselves, seeing that God deigns to make use of you for such great ends! Men go to war to kill one another, and you. Sisters, go to repair the evils which they have done; to visit the wounded, not only in Prance, but even in Poland. Ah, where can we And a parallel?" This good priest died in I860, at four in the morning, the hour at which for forty years he had risen to pray. In practical matters he bad no equal. He had a genius for organisation. His penetration was marvelous. Nothing escaped him. When a new scheme was proposed to him, he saw at a glance its advantages and disadvantages, its helps and its hindrances. To penetra- a tlon was joined a great courage. He 5 confronted the long delays of Rome and the prejudices of society, and compelled the great ones of the earth to recognise his divine mission. CRADLE OF THE RACE. Raid Plan ta Restore the Garden of Eden. To restore the Garden of Eden sounds like a bold enterprise, yet a plan suggested by Sir William Willcocks, the English engineer who built the Assuan Dam, makes the project sound entirely feasible. It Is Mesopotamia, "the land between the rivers" Tigris and Euphrates, with which he is dealing, and he purposes to turn the surplus waters of the Euphrates Into the river Pishon and to carry dov/n the delta a great canal which would not only bring back the productiveness of several million acres of land but would guard the region from the overflows of the Tigris. Had Noah been a hydraulic engineer, Sir William adds, he might have saved his country as well as his family by constructing: the Pisnon river reservoir. But that would have involved historic losses as well as gains. It marks a definite step in the world's pro?>ss that the work of reconstruction should now be undertaken by the Turkish government, which thereby demonstrates its real reform to broader views and-uv*^, Intelligent ambitions. To build this canal, which will douL the cultivable area along the Ei ^ phrates, will take three years and cosi {2,000,000 or less. Supplementing it, . cin Txrilllam nrnnnaas a rollrnoH fpnm k Bagdad to Damascus, costing; $11,000,000, which would open the way to the y Mediterranean, the natural commercial outlet of Mesopotamia. Such a road \ seems to be demanded because the lr- Vs rigatlon scheme will impair the navlga- " bllity cf the river. And even before the Increased wheat harvests are ready for transport there will be freight to carry and passengers to convey?Mohammedan pilgrims visiting holy places and tourists who will feel, probably, more Interest in the "Arabian Nights country" than in the "cradle of the race." There may be some question that the railroad Is indispensable, though Asiatic enterprises of this kind have generally met with astonishing success and have been profitable to tne projectors as well as valuable to the territory through which they pass. Of the economic Importance of the canal there can scarcely be a doubt. The transformation wrought In the valley of the Nile can probaoiy Deduplicated along the Euphrates. Great cities may never again arise in that region where the archaeologists have long been busy among the ruins of historic capitals, butthy|^MMinM|ecome'a