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\. One of thejiarrison; Or, A Hysterious Affair. CHAPTER X.-lOonfd) "Gabriel lays that sho haw explained to you that the governor to always a ohMMd man after thin particular date, on whku his team roach a crisis He apparently IIBB more reason than usual thi* year to anticipate that trouble In brewing lor thin unfortunate family, for 1 buve uever known him to tako BO many elaborate precaution! or appear no thoroughly uu- nervtil. Who would ever tbiuk. to tee ll e bent form and ithuking handu, that bu if tha same man who used noruu few hort yeari ago to hoot tlgerw ou foot among the jungles of the Herat, and would laugh at the more timid miort*- tnon who sought the protection <>l their elephants; bowdah? You know that ho has tho Victoria Cross, which he won in the Blrects of Delhi, and yet here ho is shivering with terror and etarUing at every uoise. in the ranst peaceful corner c.f the world. Oh. thu pity of it. Weut! Kemcml/er what 1 have already told you th it It ll no fanoiful or Imaginary peril, but one which we have every rea- on to tiuppoite to be tnont real. It is. however, of luch a nature that it can neither bo averted nor can it profitably be 11; i- --it in word*. If all gof* well, you will see us at HrankMjme OB the 6th. With our fondest lov to both of you. I am ever, my dear friends, your ti.i- !i"l Mondaunt." Thif letter wan a great relief to un an letting u know that the brother and sin- ter are under no physical reHtraitit; but our powerlreuncca and inability even to comprehend what the danger wan which threatened those whom we had come to love better than ournelveu wa little iihort of maddening. Fifty times a day w a V ed ourselves and asked each other from what possible quarter il.i. peril was to be expected: but thu more wo thought of It the more hopeleas did any solution appear. In vain wu combined our expert- n.>- and piecd together every word which had fallen from the lip* of any in- mate of Cloomber which might be sup- posed to bear directly or indiroolly up- on tho subject At taut, weary with fruitless speculation, we were fmin to try nd drive the matter from our thoughts. on*ollng <mrelT#H with th reflection that in a few more dayn all restrictions would be remove^!, and we should bo able to learn from our friendrt' own lips. Thone few Intervening days, however, would, we feared, be dreary long OUCH. And no they would, had it nut Been for a new nd mt uneipccted incident, which di- verted our minds from our own troubles and gave them nomething fn--h with which to occupy themselves. CHAPTER XI. October had broken auapiciously with a bright t.un and a cloudleB nky. There bad in the uinrninv been a slight brecse. and a few lltUe white wreatbn of vapor dr.fu-d here and there llko UK- scattor<sl fi-aihi-m of tome gigantic bird: but an the day wore on. *uch wind an there was fell completely away and the air b<- cam* clove and stagnant. The nun blared down with a degre* of heat which wa* remarkable so lat In the scuboii, and a ihimmerlng hase lav upon the upland moor* and concealed the Irish mountainK on the other Hide of the Channel. The ea ItM-lf rose and fell In a long, heavy, oily roll. sweeping nlowly landward, and breaking ulleoly with a dull, monoton-' oas booming upon the rock-girt Hhorc. To the inexperienced all weoied calm and peaceful, but to those who are accustomed to read nalurn'i warning" thero wag a dark menace in air and ky and ?a. My ulster and I walked <>ut in the after- noon, sauntering nlowly along the mar- gin "f the great Bandy spit which tthoofs out into th* Irinh Hea, tanking upon one ide the magnificent Hay of I.M. -. and on the other the more obiicure inlet of Kirk maiden, on the horci of which the Drankfcome property is situated. It wan too nultry to go far; no wo noon seated oumolvei upon one of tho Handy hillock". overgrown with faded gra><-tufts, whii-h extended along the coast line, and which from nature'! dykes aguitiHt the en- croachment of the ^:tn Our i< : w:tH oon interrupted by tbe (crunching of heavy boots upon the h ingle; and Jamie- ton, the old man-o'-wur n-maii whom I hv< already had - .1 <,.,n to mention, made IIIM appearance, with tho flat cir- inl.ir net UIHill 111- li.uk which hf II.OM! for Bhrimp catching. He came toward IM upon neelng in, and * ml In bin rough, kindly way that he Imped w would not take it amihs if h went UH up a dish of shrimps for our tea at It' mi, m, "I aye make a good catch before u utorm," he remarked. "You think there ii going to be u storm, tb. n- I aiked. "Why, even a marlnr> could ee that." he uiif wiT'i-d. flicking a great wedge of i..li i. .1 jut,, I,,, . h.-.-k "The mnr.i over in jr < li>. .lulu i are jn I white wi' gull* and klttlewakcs. What dye think they come ahre for except to rwape having all the ii.iiiii-r . blown .ut o them? I mind a day like thin when I wax wi' Charlie Napier off Croiwtadt It wellnifrh blew u* under DIM guiiH o' the forta, for all our engine! and propellent" "Have you ever known u wns-k in the.no pariH?' I Bkc(l "Ix>rd love ye. sir. It'll a famoiit pine* for wreekii. Why, in that very bay down there two o' King Pliilip'i flrat-raleH loun. deri'd wi' all handa In the dayn o' the Hpanluh war. If that nlieel o' wuler and the Hay o' Luce round thn corner could tell their aim tnln they'd have a gey lot to wpeak of. When the Jerlgment Day c"iu..- round that water will Iw Jn i bubbling wl' the number o' folkx that will b<' i-'iining up frau the bottom." "I truil that there will be no wrecki while we ara here." laid Ksihur earneit- ly. The old man uliook hli grltiled head and looked dimruntfnlly at the h.ny horlion. "If It blown from the went," ho naid. "home o' throe ailing hij> may And It no joke 1o b caught without MM room In the North Chinnel. Thvere'ii that b-irk out 1), r< I dareriny li r mnfeter would be gUd enough to find hinigel' iafe in the Clyde." "She -.-. ir . to be nlwnlutly motion- li',' I remarked, looking at the veHKPl In linen! Ion, whotM* black hull and gleam- Ing cull* r- e and fell iilowly with th* OmiMiing of the gla-ut puliii- beneath her. "PerhapM, .lamlMton. wn nrn wrong, and there will be no Ntorm after all." The old Bailor chuckled to himnelf with n air of tuporlor knowledge, and Rhuf fd away with hlii ohrlmp net, while my llgUtr anil I ,ilk..l glnwly hf>niewr>nl tbrougli the hot nnd nlagnant air. I went up to my fatliiTM ctudy to urn If the old gentleman had any incl ruction* an to the gtule. for he hud become engrowd In a new work upon Orlontal literature, and tho practical management of the pro- perty had In conge<junce devolved entire- ly upon me. I found him Heated at hln ! . .- lib- Outing Shoes For Everybody THE PERFECT SHOE FOR SUMMER SPORTS ASK YOUR DEALER. rary table, whic.li was so heaped with books and papers that nothing of htm won visible trom tho door except a tufti of while hair. "My dear son," he nald to! mo as 1 entered, "it in a great grief to | me that you are not more conversant with I Sanscrit. When I wan your ago 1 could converse not only In that noble language, but also lu the Tamulic, Lohitic, Gang'-'- liu. Tale, und Mulaio diulecia. which are all offshoots from tho Turanlau branch." "I regret extremely, sir." I answered, "that 1 have uot inherited your wonder- ful talents as a polyglot." "I have act myself a task," he explained, "which if it could only be continued from generation to generation in our own f:im- j ily until it wa completed, would make I the name of Went immortal. Thin is no- , thing less than to publish an English 'translation of the Buddhist DjarmoB with a preface giving an idea of tho position of Hriihiiiinuni before the coming of Ha- 1 kyamunt. With diligence it is possible. that I might bo able myeolf to complete part of the preface before I die." "And pray, eir," I asked, "how long would the whole work be when it via* nnwhedr" "The abrldi^>d edition In the Imperial Library of Pekin." sold iny father, rub- bing his hands together, "consists of 325 volumes of au average weight of the, pounds. Then the preface, which mutt ; em-brace some account of the Kig-veda, the Hama-veda, the Yagur-veda nnd the Atharva-veda, with the Brahmnnas. could 1 hardly be completed in lesn than ten vol- 1 times. Now if we apportion one v*>luro* j to each year there ie every pnwpcct of ' tho family coming to nn end of its tuck about the date 2200. tho twelfth genera- tion completing the work, while th thir- 1 teenth might occupy Itnelf upon the In- dex." "And how arc our descendants to live, sir." 1 asked with a unille. "during the progress of this great undertaking?" "That's the worot of you. .lack," my fa- ther cried petulantly. "There la nothing practical about you. Instead of confining i your attention to the working out of my j noble echem, you begin raining all norta i of absurd objections. It is a mere mntter! of detail how our descendants live, so long as they stick to the Djarmas. Now I want ! you to go up to the bothy of Fergua Me- j Donald and pee about the thatch, and Wtlllo Fullcrton has written to any that his milk-cow In bad. You might look in u i- m your way and ak after it." I Marled off upon my errands, but be- fore doing so I took a look at the baro- meter upon the wall. The mercury had Bunk to the phenomenal point of twenty- eight in. in- Clearly the old sailor had not been wrong In his Interpretation of nature's signs. As I returned over the moors 111 the evening the wind was blow- ing in short angry puffs, and the western horizon wu heaped with sombre aloud* I which stretched their long ragged ten- 1 tn'-les right up to the zenith. Afrnlimtl their dark background one or two livid sulphur colored splotches showed ap ma- j llgnant and raen.icing. while the surface <.f the sea had changed from the appear- 1 .in-.- of burnirhed <iuiokhilver to that of; ground irlnm. A low moaning sound [ up from the ocean as if it knew that trouble wu In store for it. Far out in tb Channel I saw a single panting, eager i steam vewnel making Its way to ll.'If'M Lough, and the large bark which 1 had j observed in the morning still beating , about in the offing, endeavoring to par to the northward. At nine o'clock a sharp ! breeze wan blowing; at ten it had IMV.II- enod Into a gale: and before, midnight the most furious tuorm was raging which I frail remember upon the weather bcuteil coast. I sat for some time in our small oak- paneled ellting-room listening to tho screeching and howling of the blast und to the rattle of tho gravel and pebble* as they pattered against tho window. Na- lur.-i- grim orchestra was playing it* world-" 1 i piece with a cnmpnas which I ranged from tho dep diapnxou of tho thundering surge to the thin shriek of the scattered shingle and the keen pip- 1 in* of Ii ik-iii. ':..! i,i-:i birds, nine for mil instant 1 openod the lattice window, but! a> gust of wind and rain ounio blu*tcr- ! Ing through, bearing with it a great sheet I of noa-wecd, which flapped down upon the; table. It was all I could do to close It again in the face of tho blaxt. My sinter and my father hud retired to their rooms, but my thoughts were too active for i sleep, so I continued to sit und smoko by | the nuiolderlng lire. What was goinK on! in the hull now, I wondered? What did { (labriel think of the torm. and how did - affect tho old man who w.-iiiilcrn.l about In the nightP I>ld ho wolcomo these dread t.'i. r of nature oti being of the *ame or- der of things as hln own tumultuous! thoughts? It wits only four dayii now from the date, which I had been assured ' j was to mark n crtsM In Ii fortunce. | Would ha regard thw midden tempest u ] ! being In any way connected with the mysterious fate which threatened himP . Over all these things and many moro I | pondered as I sat by lh glowing embers . until they died gradually out, and th chill night air warned mo thtit it was tlmo to retire. I may have slept a couple of houiv when I won awoke by some one tugging furious- ly at my ohoulder. Hitting up in bed, I saw by tho dim light that ray father WIIM ntunding half clad by my hcduide, 'and that It was his gruiip which I folt on my nightshirt. "Gut up. Jack, get up!" he wns crying excitedly. "There's a groat ship aehore in thn buy, and tho poor folk will all be drowned. <'<iim> down, my boy, and let t us see what we can do." Tho good old man seemed to be nearly biwldti hinit*'lf j with excitement and Impatience. I sprang from my bed, und was huddling! 'on a few clothe*), when a dull booming sound made Itself heard above the howl- 1 Ing of the wind mid the thunder of the breakora "Thero It Is again!" cried my father, i "It Is their signal gun, P'T cro.-itiiriv ! Jamieson and the fishermen are bcl< w. Put your oilskin coat on and the (lleiigarry hut. Come, como, every M*oond may ine:in a human life!" Wo hurried down to- gether and made our way to t.hc bem-h, Bi-<><nnpanied by a dozen or o of the. In- habitant* of Ilranksomo. Tho gale had Incrensnd rather than mod- erated, and th* wind screamed all round , IM with on infi-rnul clamor. Hi grv.tt was ! Ita force that wo. had to put our hhouldors ngnliMt It, and bore our way through It, while thn sand and gravo.1 tingled up against, our faces. There WI*R just light enough to make out the sciiddiiiK* cloud* 'and the while gleam of the breakers, but hoyond that all WIIH nhHolutc darkness. We ntood ankle deep In thn shingle nnd n.'iwpcd, shading our oye wlttt our Immtn 'and peering out into the Ink/ obscurity It .. Mini to 1110 as I listened that I could hear human \.M. .. loud In o'ltrenly itnd terror, but amid thn wild turmoil of nn tnre II WHS .1 ill. nil to dlstlngnl:<h one sound frdiu an<-lhi>r. Hnddonly. however, 'i light uliitiiiii il In the he.irt of the I tempett, and novt Itixtivnt thn he icli and I sea nnd wide tmi-iiur bay were, hrllll-int- ly (Humiliated by tho wild glare of a r '-i.-ll light. flho lav on her lwiun end* right In tho centre of the lerribln llui-pol reef, h'irlori over to such an nnglo I'nt I could see nil the planklni of her iliv k I i -r. <tnlrl her at nine us linlnir t>ie snmi t1irei>-mnt- ' I ii-rk \vlil. p h I li.nl oliHi-rved In tho CliHiiiiel In the morning, and the Union Jni'k which w:'.' milled nnslde down to t*'" jnirff''il titiimp of hnr mUze-n pro- clnlini'd her nationality. Kverv npnr and rope and writhing pleon of eordi showed mi hard ami dear under the livid light which irinttered mid flickered from t1i highest portion of the. foroesMlft. Tlfvonrl fli doomed "hln out of the irre.it dr1- nms camn ttlo lonir rolling lines of h'-ck waves, never ending, nsver tiring, wlt.h a The TEA of Surpassing Excellence. Last year Its Sales Incroasad over those of the previous year by almost a Million and a Quarter Pounds. Appreciation Is the final test of merit. on Black. Mixed and Green. petulant tuft of foam here and there upon their creels. Each as it reached the broad circle of unnatural light appeared to ga- ther strength and volume and to hurry on more impetuously until with a roar and a jarring crash it sprang upon iui vic- tim. Clinging to the weather shrouds On the Farmi: The Adulteration of Seeds. As a rule, successful seed adul- teration is made possible by the similarity existing between the in- ferior seed and that of the crop seed with which it is used, says Mr. F. H. Hillmann. It often happens, therefore, that the adulterant used is the seed of some plantrvery close- j ly related to the adulterated crop: seed. The dealer who adulterates, his seed bases his faith in the suc- cess of the deception upon the very careless examination made or the absence of any examination of the seed by the average purchaser, in- cluding the majority of retail deal- ers. If, before purchasing, a care- ful examination of the seed offered for sale was made by all buyers guided by a knowledge of the vari- couid distinctly to- u-n or u dozen fright- j ous adulterants used, seed adulter- Why doesn't she taka NA-DRU-CO Headache Wai They stop a headiche promptly, yet do net oor.Uta ny of the dangeroiu drugs ccrr.mon In headache tablets. Ask your Druggist about them. 25c. i. box. NATIONAL DmM AM* CHIIIICAL Co. or CANADA, Uturcit. 133 cned (wauieu. who when the light revealed our presence turned their white faws to- ward ue and warod their h.iudg implor- inttly. The poor wretcheu had evidently ml. n fresh hope from our presence, thoug.h it was clear that their own boats had uituer been washed away or go dam- iiged as to render them ation would soon cease. The combination <{ seeds of stan- dard farm crops commanding uni- i formly different prices in the seed 1 market constitutes adulteration The sailor* who clung to the rigging v] } eu the mixture is sold at the wr not, however, the only unfortunateg price of the more expensive seed. threc^menVho a^eared to^bV bmh "oT'a I ? ni8 is illustrated by the combina- diffcrent race and nature from the cow- ! tion of redtop and timothy offered eriug wretches who Implored our anfiiat- ixiice. Ix'iiulug uiton thu shattered tafT- rail thy wwncd to be converging together ait Quietly and unconcernedly ae though as redtop. Another form of adulteration is -, the use of dead seed of the kind of- . U As d the Ygn"! lered for sale. Such dead seed may light flickered over thun we could see j have lost its vitality from advanced: er'r w K ore re red"?e^"rd &S2? ** ** fro1 . unfavorable conditions! faces were all of a swarthy, large featured of harvesting or of storage, or II ^^iffi^&iS^^W**** j H ht -"eening. in! take noto of uch details. The ship wa j which the seed germs never devel-, breaking rapidly, and some effort must l o j, e< J Old seed having very low' be made to save tho poor K>ddcn group of i n j i ii humanity who Implored our aSBistance. ] Vitality, or none at all, doubtless The m-:ir<r t lifeboat was in the Bay of ' IB often offered for sale. Consid- worthless .hriveled red clo- and plenty of brave Huher lad to form a crew. Hix of iw sprung to the oars, the others pushed UH off, and wo fought our way through the swirling, raging waters, staggering and rocoiling before tho great sweeping li.ll.n-, . but still steadily de- creasing the distance between the bark und ourselves. ver and alfalfa screenings are im- ported each year for use in adul- terating these seeds. One of the commonest and most; objectionable forms of adulterations I , is the use of low grade screenings, tjtt$^\EttS!&fZZ consisting chiefly of mis C ellaneo8 a surge- I saw a giant wnv. topping all weed seeds. In many instances the others, and coming after them like a ,,.u _ J.,H_ ,_- I .,, .. l,,,..i, nnr driver following a flock, sweep down up- 811ch Adulterants ha\e been pin- on the vessel, curling her grort green arch chased in foreign countries. The the terrible crrated buck of the Ilara?! j grade weedy screenings are im- roef was sawing Into her keel. The after- ( ported for the purpose of reclean- i nt with the broker, mizicn and the f , , . i thrw Oriental* suiik backward Into deep ing belore boing marketed IS Wltll water and vanished, while the forehalf I ou t foundation because the quan- o:<cillatcul helplessly about, retaining Its A -. j j - u ...... I preci,mB balanre upon the rork. A wail j tlty of good Seed to be secured of fenr went up from the wreck and was | would Cost the dealer more, usual- echoed from the beach, but by the bless- , -., mn^li morn than th name Ing of Providence she kept afloat until '>' ver y mucn more t f lan s ' ln ? e we made fiur way under her boweprlt and ' quantity of good seed produced in <-vory man of the crew. We had j n j s coun trv. Such low grade seed, not got iiaii way upon our return, how- ' " , 11 ever, when another great wave swept the i therefore, IB unquestionably im- shBttorl forecastle off tho reef, and ex- ported exclusively for use either in tinguiHhiiig the signal light, hid the wild ' - denouement from our view. Our friends upon thn ahorn orere loud In congratulation and praise, nor were they backward In welcoming and comfort- ing tho caotaways. They were thirteen In all, as cold and cowed a set of mortaln an ever nllpped through death's fingers. uvo Indeed their captain, who was a hardy, robust roan, who made light of the affair. Homo were taken off to this cottage and some to that, hut the greater part came back to Hr.inkwime with us, where we gave them such dry clothes an wn could lay our hands on. nnd served them with beef and beer by the kitchen fire. Thf> captain, whose name was Mea- dows, compressed hl bulky form Into a suit of my own, and came down to tho parlor, whero ho mixed himself some prog nnd irnvo my father and myself an ac- count of thn disaster. "If it hadn't been for you. nir. nnd your brave fellow*," he said, -milling acr<*s at me, "wn nhould be. ten fathom deep by thi time. A to the Belinda.' ehe was a leuky old tub and well Insiired, so neither the ownorn nor T uro likely to break our 'ii ii", over her." "I am afraid." said my father sadly, "that wo shall never see your three pas- sensors nR-iin. T have left men upon tile bench in cafl they should be washed lip, hut T four It is hopeless I saw them go down when thn vrrnel split, nnd no man cnuld have lived for a moment among that terrible surge." (To b continued.) Turkey. Not long apo, in a western mar- ket town, an Irishman was olmrrv- ed with u live turkey under his arm. Tht- turkey wan squawking ami gobbling in a distressed way, a racket to which the Irishman did nut at firnt pay any particular no- tice. Finally, however, the disturb- ance got on tho nerves. Giving the liird a poke in the side ho exclaim- ed : "Hf quiot, you! What's the mat- ter wid ye, anyhow) Why should yez want to walk whin I'm willin' to carry ye t" Shorter engagements, if followed by longer some. marriages, would help The Order of Merit, designated liy the letters O.M., wan instituted hv King Kdw.ird VII. in 191W; ami the man on whom it is conferred may doom it one of the highest com pliiiicnts tho .Sovereign CUM bestow. I ..- .- .r thfy act so gently (no purging or griping) /! thoroughly NA-DRU-CO 1 LAXATIVES I f are best 'or the children 01 wc'l the grown-uns, 2So. a box your drugglM's. Killtsil On>( mil i- himicil Cs. tl Ciiuitl, II* competition with or as an adulter- ant of higher grade seed. CAW Drag* Boy to Death. Don't tie the rope around your waist or wrwt when leading an ani- mal. Should it become frightened and unmanageable, serious injuries might result, unless the hold could be released at once. An instance of this has been re- cently reported. With one end of the rope tied to his wrist and the other end to a runaway cow, a fourteen-year-old boy was dragged over sharp rocks for one-fourth of a mile and so badly injured that he died within a half hour. Becoming frightened at a pass- ing automobile, the cow started suddenly on a dash down A rocky lane. Tho boy'H attention was at- tracted to the auto, and he was not prepared for the sudden jerk given by the cow. A loop in the rope was around his wrist, and he could not get loose. He fell on his face, and as the cow tore down the lane his face, hcnd and body were dashed against the sharp rocks. His cloth- ing was stripped from his body, and even his shoes were torn off. Mi Mil Stork Farming. As a rule, on the average farm at least, it will be better to have a few cattle, some horses, a score of swine and small flock of sheep, than to have the same amount of money invested in cither cattle or hogs alone. There is greater safety in such distribution of capital, inas- much as the different kinds of stock subsist somewhat on different kiil of ftmd, and if on account of drouth or for some other reason one kind of food fails, others may be made available to carry through in good condition at least ono or more of the clauses of animals kept. They 0\vn IirUniu'N Lnnd. llritn.in'8 landed dukes anf o-n-rls w<*rc in tho limelight in the Hoiiso of (Vhininons recently when Mr. Outliwiiitp, during tho dliato on tho im't.ion fur tho eoond reading of tho Rural (JotUgi^ Hill, gavo an interesting table of tho little im.trli vs of land hold l>y momhors of tho FI<>uo of Lords. Hor is is: 23 ho.ld 4,000,000 m-ros; 31 Mar- quos*p.s hold l.ftOO.OOO aorc.s; 104 Knrls hi'kl 0,802,000 acre* ; X70 Vis- oonmU n-n<l Barons hold 3,781,000 025 Nobles hold 15,00(1,000 A soft answer niflv not turn away wrath, but it 8a\ud u lot of UB>'lcss talk. THE CAPL1N FISII. It la Very Prolific and IH Food for Larger I Hi. Tfhat great things may d-epend upon MI i ail is strikingly proved hy tho caplin, the little fish that, so to speak, underwrites the great cod- fisheries. Tlie caplin or capelin is a small, slender, edlvery sea fish, akin to tilie smlt. It inhabits the- arctic seas, especiaUy on the Atlantic side of the globe. It spends the winters in quiet depths, where it feeds on minute marine creatures, and forms tho staple food of larger deep-sea fishes. In late spring the caplin rise in hordes to the surface, and, guided by incomprehensible in&tincts, has- ten toward the land to fulfil the duty of propagation. The schools are preyed upon a they go by every creature beneath and above the tumbling rollers, and are awaited with cruel impatience by foes on shore. Thus only the strongest reach the strand but in countless numbers ! Nearing the shallows, they rush in reckle&s haste toward the sand where their yellow eggs must be de- posited ; and their coming to the sihoree of Newfoundland, Labrador, Greenland, and all along the Scan- dinavian coast, is await-cd with eager anxiety. It means the pros- perity of the fishing sea-son, upon which the life of tiie people de- pends. Some halt on suitable bot- tom fifteen or twenty fathoms deep ; but most press on to the strand, and fleeing be'ore their pursuers, crowd, up into tho surf to its highest verge. The hosts that scramble to high-water mark are amazing ; each falJing tide leaves thousands stranded. "You can take up with a ehove- net as plentiful as you do wheate in a shoyell," wrote Parkhur&t in 1578, "sufficient in three or four hours for a whcJe oitie." Soon the dropped eggs appear in incredible numbers; "the beach becomes a quivering mass of eggs and sand." People collect at favorable places to gather the harvest. They go out in boats and scoop up capliii by the barrelful, to be eaten, to bo used as bait, to be dried for winter dog food, and in Newfoundland to be salted and dried for the English market. Formerly they were gath- ered by the wagon-load in that col- ony for manuring the land, but this waste is now prohibited. Even the ocean is not inexhaustible in its treasures. Who that has read Kipling's "Captains Courageous" does not recall the vivid scene when tho Banks fleet, clustered about the Virgin Islets, seethes with excite- ment as the caplin arrive., and the men, in a mob of jostling dories, dip them up in feverish haste to bait their trawla, knowing that now the big fish will throng tiho waters'! With tho first arrival of the cap- lin, the bays are filled with pur- suing fish of every ort. And this is only the beginning, for cod and halibut and other food fusiies stay to devour the fry as they hatch, and linger at the feast, exposing them- selves to hook and net, until cold weather drives their prey to th' depths, and the fishermem to their firesides. STRANGERS BRING SICKNESS. Natives of St. Hilda Call It the "Strangers' Cold." ' The inhabitants of St. Kilda (Scotland) regard the landing ol strangers as fraught with danger to their health. 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