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[Stowaway By LOUIS TRACY. Author of the TiiUr el Light," 'The ?sags of the Mornlaf" end The Captain of the Kansas." C*tfM|M. I9t9. kr tdwesd J. Cleee CHArrER XIV. THE 1IW ICK4 ABWAOOERINO officer and a men habited like a beggar leaded unobserved at a coal wharf, moored a ? hip's boat to a bolt and paaeed swiftly through g silent town til) they reached the closed gatee of an Infantry barrack pen* bed oo a bill that rose steeply sTbove The clustering roofs of alacelo. The officer knocked loudi*7 on a small door Inset in the big gate*. After some delay It wss opened. A sentry chal? lenged. MCapltano San Kenn rides." announced the officer, sod the msn stood to atten? tion "Enter, my friend." said San Ben a skies to his ragged companion. The latter stepped within The colonel s bouse was in darkness, yet Sen Be oar idee rapped imperative? ly. An upper window was raised. A voice was heard, using profane Ian gusge. A need sppesred. Its owner cried, "Who is itr with additions. "flan Bensridss." ?< nrtslo And L*ie other 7* "One whom you expect" The bead popped in. Soon there was a light oo the ground floor. Ths door opened. A very stout man. ham footed, who had struggled into s pair of sbnormslly tight riding breeches, faced them. "Oea it be poeeiblsr he exclaimed. Striking an attitude Dom Corrls spoke not s word. The throe passed Into a lighted apartment Do Sylrs placed himself nnder s chan? delier and took off a frayed straw hat which be bsd borrowed from som* one on board the Unser Frits. The colo? nel, s grotesque figure In his present deshsbllle. bowed low before him. "afy president. 1 salute you." hs murmured. *Tbank you. general," said Dom Cor ria. smiling graciously. MI knew I UDXJCT. I SALUTS TOf," Rl MTJR srnaaD. eoold depend on you. How soon can yon muster the regiment?" **ln half sn hour, excellency." "See that there is plenty of ammuni? tion for tbe machine guns. Wbst of the srtlllery?" 'The three batteries stationed here are with as heart and son).** "Colonol San Rensvldes, as chief of tbe staff. Is scquslnted with every de? tail Toe. general, will assume com sasnd of the army of liberation. Some trunks were seM to you from Paris. 1 believe" ?They sre In tbe room preps red foi year excellency " "Isrt me go there st once sod change sty doting I must appear before ths troop* ns their president, not as s jail bird For tbe moment I leers every? thing to you end Ssn Bensvldes. Let Sen ho r pondlllo be summoned. He will attend to the civil side of affairs. Too bare my unqualified approval of unitary scheme drawn up by you my other friends. There is one thing- a gunboat lies in the harbor. Is ehr? the Andorlnha '?" Tbe newly promoted general smote Ms huge stomich with both hands, and tbe rat-tat signified Instant resdt oeas for set ton. The guns will moou scare thst bird,** bo racial med An the dawn was about to |>eep up over the sea twelve gans luml>ered through tbe narrow Streets, waking many startled eitl sons. A few daring souls who guessed what had happened rushed off on horseback or bicycle to remote tele? graph offices. These sdrenturers were too late Every railway station and pootoffice within twenty miles was al? ready held by troops. General Rosso drew up his three bnt tsrteo on the wharf opposite the un? suspecting Andorlnha and endeavored to plant twelve shells in the locality of her engine rvotn without the least hes Ration. There wss uo thought of de mending her surrender or any quixotic gSMsssnse of that sort As It wss, every gun scored, though the deration was rather high. Tns shells made a sad mess of the super Stmeture, but left the engines lntn<t. Though winged, she still could fly The second salvo of prnjeetiies wai taps damaging Again (ho sjsjgdstffl failed to reach the warship's fttSls Her commander got his own arma? ment Into actioo and managed to de? molish a warehouse and a grain ale* Tator. Then he made off down the coast toward Hlo de Janeiro. The suddi u uproar stirred Macelo from roof to basement. Its Inhabit? ants poured Into the plaza. Every man vied with his neighbor In yelling: "The revolution Is here! Viva Dom Oorrlar The one incident of a political na? ture In which the victors of the tusslo on Fernando Noronha were publicly concerned was the outcome of a mes? sage cabled by Dom Corrla while the smoke of Russo's cannon still clung about the quay. It was writteu In German, addressed to a Hamburg shipping firm and ran as follows: "Have sold Unser Fritz to Senhor Pondillo of this port as from Sept. 1 for 175,000 marks. If approved cable confirmation and draw on Paris branch Deutsche bank at sight. Franz Schmidt, care German consul, Maceio." This harmless commercial Item was read by many officials hostile to De Sylvs. yet it evoked no comment. Its first real effect was observable in the counting house of the Hamburg own? ers. There it was believed that Cap? tain Schmidt had either become a lu? natic himself or was In touch with a rich one. Schmidt was so well known to them that they acted on the latter hypothesis. They cabled him their hearty commendation, "drew" on the Paris bank by the next poat and await? ed developments. To their profound amazement the money was paid. As tbey had obtained ?8.750 for a vessel worth about one-quarter of the sum they had good reason to be satisfied. It mattered not a Jot to them that the aale was made "as from Sept. 1" or any other date. They signed the de? sired quittance, cabled Schmidt again to ask If Senhor Pondillo was In need of other ships of the Unser Fritz class, and the members of the firm indulged that evening in the best dinner that the tiptop restaurant of Hamburg con) I supply. ?iney were puzzled next day by cer? tain statements In the newspapers and were called on to explain to a num? ber of journalists that the ship had left their ownership. Hosier, of course, bad forgiven Iris for her aloofness, and Iris, with that ;i Ightful inconsistency which ranks high among the many charms of her sex, found that "Philip, dear." though she might not marry him. was her only possible companion. He, having ac? quired an experience previously lack? ing, took care to fall In with her mood. She, weary of s painful self repression, chested the frowning gods of "just this one night." 8o they looked at the twinkling lights, spoke in whispers lest they should miss any tokens of disturbance on shore, elbowed esch other comfortably on the rails of the bridge and uttered no word of love or future purpose. Suddenly a lightning blaze leaped from the somber shadows of some buildings on the quay lower down the river. Again, and many times again, the sudden jetu of flame started out across the black water. Iris, or Ho? sier, for that matter, had never seen a fleldplece fired by night, but before the girl could do other than grip Philip's arm in a spasm of fear the thunder of the artillery rolled across the harbor, and the worn plates of the Unsor Fritz quivered under the mere concussion. "By Jove, they're at HT cried Philip "OhT* she gasped and clung to him more tightly. Under such circumstances it was only to be expected that his arm would clasp her round the waist. Hozier strained his eyes through the gloom to try to discover the affect of the cannonade on the gunboat. He was quickly alive to the significance of the answering broadside. Then the black hull grew dim and vanished. Hh sailor's sympathies went with the es , raping ship. "She has got away! I am Jolly glad of it." he cried. "It was a dirty trick i to open Are on her in that fashion. Just how they served the Andromeda. the hounds, orily we had never a gun to tickle them up in return." About 0 o'clock a grand review was held In the plaza, or chief square. Dom Corrla, a resplendent personage on horseback, made a fine speech. He i was vociferously applauded by both froops and populace. General Busso. also mounted, assured him that Rrn; I was pining for him. In effect when li ? was firmly established In the pre-. dency the people would be allowed to ?ote for him. "We have borne two years of ml - rule." vociferated the commander In chief, "but It has vanished before thv fiery breath of our guns. We hail got! excellency as our liberator. I^ong live Dom Corrla! Down with"? The fierce "Vivas!" of the mob. eoi blned with the geuerol's weight prov ed too much for his <?'. r p, \\ hi plunged violently. Hosso bold v:< accidentally by his spur?. There v a lively Interlude until an orderly se. ed the bridle, and the general was ;. to disengage the rowels from the Al moTs rTHs. When tranquillity was re stored the soldiers marched off to tbc gm*quarters, Slid xV^?\ 1 Colonel Ban Hen J a v Ides boarded f"^ ^\^jZ the Unser Frit/ ^ i.o Invited iris. QCj AjtW s' 'hnddt, Coke " vJ/t nml Hozier to I H breakfast with 1 I dns ',"' 1 r,'l,,,,,'nt 1 IV ii W Ihe principal ho ?V Jn I I ?n ,m? wfty to l \\ 1 bottl Iris a II \ saw n large build A \ lug labeled "('asa Lui*ff la. to%mmmL\ ' "nvl" '' 1 M/|f']]| fuLjnsHHB egrapbia." It nvmh iTJhN i. 1W I "'f v,"'l" ? i Hing ^^i'J/T' l '" )lrl ''"'f '!l "", t\t\t ii fV thought earlier of ? " the necessity of "out" siiFOAsi xn. cnh]UlK to Llvor. pool. She blushed and looked Invol? untarily at Hozler. "I must send a message to qjv uu cJe." she said. San Benavldes, of course, was anx? ious to oblige Iris in this as in every other respect. lie procured the requi? site form, told her the cost, which led to a condensed version of the original draft; smoothed away the slight hin? drance of foreign money tendered in payment and arranged the due deliv? ery of a reply. Perhaps he smiled when he lead what the had written. The words were comprehensible even to one who did not understand Eng > Uah: "Andromeda lost. Arrived here safe? ly. Address. Yorke. Maceio." Among the four people, therefore, who entered the Hotel Grande in the Rua do Sul there were two whose feelings were the reverse of cheerful. But convention is stronger thau the primal impulses?sometimes it tri? umphs over death itself?and conven? tion was all powerful now. It led Iris away captive in the train of the smiling and voluble Senhora Pondillo, and it Immersed Hozier in a tangle of fearsome words which turned out to be the stock in trade of a clothier. The mere male of Maceio deckR him? self with gay plumage. Philip was hard put to it before he secured some garments which did not irresistibly re? call the heroes of certain musical com? edies popular In England. The appearance of iris caused some? thing akin to a sensation. The Dona Pondillo could not create English clothes nor bad copies of French, but thk FIICSIDKNT WAS oorokouh in blue AND cm i,D. her own daughters dressed in the height of local fashion, and Dom Cor ria's earnest request had made them generous. The dark eyed, olive com plexloned women of Alagoas are often exceedingly beautiful, but few of those present had ever seen a brown haired, brown eyed, fair faced Englishwoman. Iris was remarkably good looking, even among the pretty girls of her own county of Lancashire. Her large, lim? pid eyes, well molded nose and per? fectly formed mouth were the domi? nant features of a face that had all the charm of youth and health. Her smooth skin, brown with exposure to sun and air. glowed into a rich crim? son when she found herself in the midst of so many strangers. The slightly delicate semblance induced by the hardships and loss of rest which fell to her lot since the Andromeda went to pieces on the (irand-pcre rock in nowise detracted from her appear? ance. She wore the eloprant costume of a Maceio belle with ease and distinc? tion. If she was flurried by the undis? guised murmur of admiration that greeted her she did not show it beyond the first rush of color. Dom Corria. dragging Schmidt with him. hurried to meet her. Surprise at his gala atlire helped to conquer her natural timidity, for the president was gorgeous in blue and gold. "My good wishes are soon changed into congratulations, seuhor," she said. "Ah. my dear young lady, I am over Joyed that yea should be here to wit? less my stlCt eat.*1 he cried. Then, as if he had waited for this moment, he turned to the assembled company and delivered an eloquent panegyric of the Andromeda's crew and their deusa de liclosa-for that is what he called Iris ?a delightful goddess. Hozier, though by no means iudhTer ent to the good fare provided, was wondering how many hours would elapse before Iris' cablegram reached Verity's ottice, when soutf words caught his ear that drove all other considerations from his mind. "I am sorry to say that, In my opin? ion, there is not the slightest chance of your message reuching England to? day, Miss Yorke." the president was saying. "But why not?" she asked, with an astonishment that was not wholly the outcome of regret. "The cable does not land here, and the transmitting statlous will be close? ly watched, now that my arrival lu Brazil Is known. Even the simplest form of words will be twisted Into a political significance. No, I think It best to be quite candid. Until I con? trol PsrnsmbUCO, which should be within a week or teu days, you may I rest assured that no private cable? grams will be forwarded." "Oh, dear. I fully expected a reply today!" she said, and now that she realized the affect of a further period of anxiety on the Bootle partnership she was genuinely dismayed. (To Be Continued.) Talking about nerve, how is this: We saw a man go into a barber shop. In which tin ruh- Is rash, gel a ShaVS and ii shim- and stand tin" prop ri. tor off for the price of both, and then borrow n quarter fron him.? a iderson Mall. A ROAD ACROSS IOWA. How 389 Mile* of Highway Were Put in Good Condition In an Hour. (Council Rluffs Correspondence of the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.) A great piece of road building was completed in Iowa last week, when in the short space of one single hour a line of road 3S0 miles in length and stretching entirely across the State of Iowa was put in the most perfect con? dition of any road west of the Mis? sissippi River. Weeks and months were spent in preparation for the work, but not a pick or shovel was used until the designated second was ticked off. Then as If by magic 10,000 workmen swarmed out onto the roadway and when they ceased work sixty minutes later Iowa had one of the best long distance roads ir. the entire West. And not the least interesting thing in connection with the tremendous piece of work is the fact that not a man of the entire 10,000 engaged on the work received one cent of wages. Good will and patriotism alone is re? sponsible for the splendid showing. Last winttr the Iowa roads became so fearf.tlly bad that traffic wan prac? tically killed and farmers were com peled in remain in their homes. Final? ly the matter became a political ques? tion and both parties got behind the movement. Governor Carroll called a good roads meeting at Des Moines early last March and out o*' this meet? ing war. evolved the plan of a river to river road stretching from Coun? cil Bluffs on the Missouri River to Davenport on the Mississippi, a dis? tance of 380 miles straight across the State from east to west. "Make the river to river road as near perfect as it is possible to make just common dirt," was the sense of the good roads convention. Instead of appointing new commit? tees to handle the work che regular Republican and Democratic commit? tees in each county^hrough which the road would pass were appealed to. The chairman of the committees of each party were asked to get in the j game and work for the road. Every? body agreed to do so, and soon a rivalry was created between Republi eans and Democrats, each to see which party would have the most workmen on the Job when the time for work arrived. Left Saturday was selected as the day and from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock the hour work. Every farmer along the way wa3 personally seen "by the committees, and practically every man agreed to give the one hour that was asked for. Farmers were asked to bring their ploughs, scrapers and road drags, and an organization equal to ':hose employ? ed in professional railroading was worked out. In the week preceding the work all bridges and culverts along; the road were repaired and put in first class order that no delay might come to the road builders when once the latter started working. The result of the organization was shown last Saturday. Shortly before 9 o'clock in the morning farmers be? gan getting out In the road. Hundreds and thousands of ploughs, picks, shov? els, road drags, grading machine j and other implements were brought along. Every farmer brought his team with him. Superintendents and overseers had be* n nopointed in readiness when promptly at 9 o'clock the order was Is? sued to "fall to.'" And 10,000 determined men fell to. For an hour they continued working with might and main. At 10 o clock the job was finished and the farmers went back to their fields, leaving Iowa the possessor of the finest piece of long distance roadway in the West. Small Change. At a recent dinner given by An? drew Carnegie an eminent lawyer, seated half-way aown the table, was deeply in conversation with his neigh? bor when the host opened up the sub? ject of Rrltish coinage system and showed signs of wishing undivided at? tention. "Every other civilized nation," he declaimed "has the decimal system, while Dngland adherer to the absurd and cumbrous table of pounds, shil? lings and pence." Rap-rap-rap. The raps were for the lawyer, who remained absorbed in his own con? versation. "And even farthings," con? tinued the Iron-master. "Is there any? thing else in finance so ridiculous as the farthing?" Rap-rap. The lawyer glanced around some? what Impatiently. "Judge G-," Mr. Carnegie called out, "why do the British continue their Coinage of farthings?" "To enable the Scotch t> practise benevolence, Mr. Carnegie," returned the lawyer.?Su(.Magaslne. Owing t<> the high cost of bricks In New South Wales due, It is alleged to a combination among manufactur? ers, the minister of public works pro poses t.? Parliament a State brick works to make all tin brick needed for public works and to s?'ll any sur? plus to private contractors. FINGER NAIL ON NOSE. Victim of Operation Now Ha? His Face Manicured. There Is a man somewhere In this part of the country who has a finger? nail growing on his nose, and he has to manicure it often to avoid l einaj conspicuous. This peculiar dilemma w:as told by a Johns Hopkins professor at a clinic This man, some years ago, had a flesh-snd-tissue - destroying trouble that made necessary an operation which is now more or less common. The nose was cut away down to the face, and the entire little finger on one of the man's hands was laid open and bound to the spot, the finger bone Lcting as an artificial bridge. When the finger had grown into a very presentable nose it was cut away from the hand. Not long afterward the man dis? covered something hard on the side of his now nose and found that it was a fingernail, progressing nicely, thank you. Tbe surgeon to whom he took his trouble, by an oversight the matrix of the fingernail was not cut away. He offered to perform another operation, but tho man couldn't see it, and now his fingernail on his nose demands at? tention just as regularly as those on his hand.?Baltimore Sun. Just One More Proposed Combine. In line with other recent proposed enterprises the following prospectus of a New York corporation to be form? ed to operate a goose farm may be of interest: "It is proposed to start this enter? prise with one thousand geese and to continue in business for two years only. The original Investment would be one thousand geese at $1 each, or $1,000. "Each goose will lay three eggs per week, or 156 eggs per year, so that the first year we will have 156,000 eggs. No eggs will be sold, all will be incubated and hatched which will produce 156,000 geese the first year, v*hich added to the original 1,000 geese, will give us 157,000 geese at the end of the first year. "The natural percentage (based up? on actual exper.ence) of ganders would be 82,000 out the first year's hatch, of which we will sell 77,000, leaving 80,000 geese on hand at the end of the first year. "The second year's crop of eggs will be the same as the first year's, therefore, we will average 156 eggs for the year from each one of the 80, 000 geese, or 12,4 80,000 eggs, which, incubated and hatched and added to the original 80,000 geese would make 12,560,000 geese, less ganders sold, 77,000, leaving 12,637,000 geese on hand at end of second year. Financial Rotsult. Dressed geese sold, 12, 637,000 at $150 each .. $18,955,500 Feathers sold, 2 each goose, 25,274,000 pounds at $15 a pound. 379,110,000 Goose livers, 12,637,000 pair at 60 cents. 7,582,200 Quills sold for tooth picks, 10,531,000 doz. at 10 cents. 1,053,100 Proceeds from the sale of bills to button fac? tories. Upper bills are worth $.0120 each on account of button peo? ple saving the punch? ing of holes In one but? ton. Lower bills are worth $.01 each, or an average of $.0110 each for 25,274,(00 bills at $.0110. 278,014 Total receipts.$406,978,814 Less expenditures: Original invest? ment .$1,000 Cost of handling, feeding, etc ..74,000 75,000 Net profit at end of two years.$406,903,814 Heredity. Richard Harding Davis at a foot? ball game in Philadelphia praised the voices of the young undergrad? uates shouting their weird college yells. "It makes me think of a Lo? cust street bride," said Mr. Davis, smiling. "She turned to her husband one night at dinner and remarked: 'My dear, the first time I saw you was at Franklin Field. Your lo ad was thrown back, your mouth was wide open, and your face was very red? you were yelling your college yell!' ?Yes, I reme nber,' said the young man. 'And 1 noticed,' sin continued, what a remarkable voice you had.' 'Yes, you spoke of it at the time,1 said he. "But wh it n .'k? s you think ot it now?' 'Oh, nothing.' said the bride, ?only I wish the baby hadn't Inherit . d it. That's all."?Argonaut a bill providing for the construction of the Panama-David Railway a IS mlle narrow-gauge line, has been passed by the Congress of Panama. The President of the Republic Is su thorlsed to devote two months of etudy to the luestlon before advertis? ing for bids. The cost of the rail? road is limited to $10,000,000. Dogs and Cldldrcn. We have had another mad dog scare, md this time a rather serious ^ one. A dog went mad in the city the other day and bit four children, be? sides biting a number of other dogs. The parents of some of these chil? dren will have to stand the expense of sending them to Columbia to take the Pastuer treatment as a precau? tion against rabies. The parents of y some of the other children were not able to send them, but some tender? hearted citizens have offered to stand this expense, which is much to their credit. The expense, though, amounts to nothing compared to the distress and gl suffering, and the children them? selves. And it could have been avoided if we had simply had a little moral courage. It could have been avoided if we had had the courage to stop dogs from running on the streets _ without muzzles on. ? We have a law of this nature on the city statute books, but we haven't got the courage to enforce it. The police cannot be blamed, for they know that if they were to start out to enforce the law the ownepsja^ of the dogs would arise in wTath and would be able to exert sufficient influence to have the policemen who would dare shoot a dog removed from office. As the matter now stands, it looks as if we care more for our dogs^p than we do for our children. And it is not at all to our credit. ?Anderson Mail. Mark Twain's Saying. t Simple rules for saving money: To' save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to chari? ty, wait and count forty. To save three-quarters, count sixty. To save it all, count sixty-five. When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know hav gone to a better world, I am n?ove< to lead a different life. She was not quite what you call refined. She was not quite what you eall unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. Let me make the superstition of nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs, either. It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the o:her to get the news to^ you. aF One of the most striking differen? ces between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races. None of us can have as many virjjg tues as the fountain pen or half of its cussedness; but we can try. The autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man on the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze. Let us not be too particular. It ls^*l better to have old second-hand dia? monds than none at all. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. There is just now much agitation of the question of fortifying the Pan- ^ ama Canal. Philanthropists, peace? makers, or perhaps sentimentalists are opposed to any step looking to? ward military protection. Statesmen and militarists, on the other hand, are unable to see safety except in fortresses and big guns. Congress has \ been memorialized by distinguished men and women who made much of the argument that the Suez Canal was without fortification and that inas? much as England had left this Canal open and undefended, there was no reason why the Panama Canal should J be fortified. This statement, however, appears to have been presented with? out complete geographical or political knowledge. A sum equal to the cost of the Panama Canal would not be sufficient to fortify it as strongly as the Suez Canal is fortified. The forti-^ ticatlon of the Canal begins on the west of Gibraltar, is continued at Malta, at Cairo and Alexandria, and on the east at Aden. In other words. England has full and tight control of the Mediterranean at Gibraltar and ofr^ the Red Sea at Aden. No enemy can J| approach within hundreds of miles of Seuz without accounting to Great Rritain. It is true that there are French and Spanish and Turkish and Aus? trian ports on the Mediterranean or connecting waters, but their naval forces are insignificant as compared to the lb et that England constantly maintains in what is substantially a British lake. Another reason Hon. Champ Clark feels so sure the world Is growing bet? ter i* that such a good man Is going to be Speaker.?Columbus (Ohio) Journal. Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more! Men were deceivers ever; One foot In sea and one on shore. To one thing constant never. ?Thomas Percy.