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k WARRIOR BOLD. Mr'• ST. OEOROE RATHBORm, *ma*r*r "IAUU JfUt Million*," "T%* Wirt," "Dr. JtcJtt Widow,'" "Mitt Ctpriet," sto QjfcjiWH ttM. Street art Smith. N*w TW» enemy bursting out from the window* near the buement Some other plan, then* vu needed. . . <rw* W?$ , jwfc;.' ; £&&&-• V ,'JbJ *.?:'•$£ ' , W- W&y'§ 'i . • ̂ •-•?, mA" CHATTER XV.--(Continued.) The idea which he had conceived to the effect that the chances might be better in the rear of the hotel as com­ pared with the sides facing upon the thoroughfares was at least reason­ able. He believed some unseen hand guid­ ed him, and there was a certain bold confidence in. his intrepid heart that all would yet be well--all must be well, since Arline loved him. Heaven eould not be so cruel as to give him this fleeting glimpse into paradise, Just as Moses was allowed to look over into the Promised Land, and then snatch him away forever. It - was this positive belief In ulti­ mate escape that bore him up so well, that kept his brain as clear'as a bell, and prevented a confusion of ideas such as must have proven fatal to his chances. The two fugitives ran the gauntlet In safety, although there was a time When Charlie began to fear their prog­ ress would be cut off, so fiercely did the savage flames roll along. Luckily an opening occurred, through which he rushed, • half bearing Arline. To retreat meant destruction, a3 he well knew, and their only hope pow was to pu%h grimly on. One thing favored them--close to the fire the smoke was not so suffo­ cating--In some of the corridors it was so dense that many poor, bewil­ dered, wandering souls must have been asphyxiated long before the fire reached them. Charlie's first hope was to find some etairway designed for the help, if such existed, through which the flery streamers had not been drawn. He saw many roofs here and there, some towering buildings, and a thou­ sand heads in places of vantage, where the whole dread spectacle could be ob­ served. He saw where a chance offered, if one could but reach the next lower floor, bat it was not open to them here. Quick as a flash he darted into an adjoining room; it had two beds in it, and from these he whipped the sheets. The sheets, torn lengthwise and knotted together, would serve the .pur­ pose he had in view. Even while he was ripping them in broad strips and knotting them to­ gether, Stuart kept watch and ward over the flames. Again he looked down; everything appeared favorable--at least, there was •a yet no sign of flames bursting out below him. How furiouslyneworked!--how with clinched teeth he tested each knot! That rude rope was to bear a burden that was very precious to him, and he did not mean it should betray him. It was all done in an incredibly short time, though doubtless under such a fearful strain it seemed hours to those whose lives and future happi­ ness hung by a thread, as it were. Charlie knotted one end around Ar­ line, while her eyes looked into his with a bravery he would never, never forget > She knew this desperate move of his was the only hope they had. So she shut her teeth hard together and crushed down the wail that flut­ tered in her throat--the womanly fear of facing peril, such as men can hard­ ly appreciate. While he worked in this way Charlie was busy explaining to Arline, as sim­ ply as words could do, what her part was to be. Never to his dying day would Char­ lie forget how she looked into his eyes as she crouched there on the broad sill of the window, and gave him even a piteous smile meant to be encour­ aging. Then she was gone! He thought his heart had broken, such was the wrench it received when she passed from his sight, and he re­ alized t*hat she hung there in midair with only a frail sheeted rope between herself and eternity. r Then elapsed a few seconds that seemed years. Never had he experienced a more radical sensation of extreme Joy than when there came three quick tugs at the rope, the signal she was to give when she had secured a lodgment on the window sill below, and desired more line in order to enter. Quickly he allowed it to slip through his fingers so that she might release herself from the noose ere he made the attempt to descend. The flames were now driving along the corridor, and it seemed as though they would reach the open window ere ~ toother minute had elapsed. To a man of Stuart's build and ath­ letic qualities it was a mere bagatelle to accomplish this feat; his only dan­ ger seemed to lie in a fracture of the rope. Like magic he dropped down and arrived opposite the window. A pair of arms shot out and seized him; Arline was on the watch and much distressed lest something should happen to him. And Charlie was thankful enough to crawl in through that blessed window; his first act was to take her to his heart and exclaim: "God bless you for a brave girl! Keep up your spirits and we will cheat the old monster yet!" She answered him with a rare look of confidence and trust that made him stronger than ever in the resolution to dare all for her sake. ; . • What advantage had been gained? '» ^tThey were one flight nearer the tikrth, but the danger still menaced; this floor, like all others, was given over to the riotous flames, and to halt here meant the same inevitable end. .Charlie did not mean to stay. Given time, he might have found or constructed ft rope by means of which fee would have lowered Arline to the 1 ground. That would have been glorious, but the seconds were too few; and, be* . , ffctoa, «a looking 4m fee aaw the eld CHAPTER m At Last, .p; 4_: Charlie had conceived a plan which, while it offered certain chances of suc­ cess, at the same time entailed con­ tinued risk. There was a wing where the lire did not as yet appear to have secured a foothold. If they could but reach that section, swhich would be the last to feed the (flames, apparently, their escape was almost a certainty. Accordingly Charlie's first action, after taking Arline in his arms, was to ascertain whether his surmise were correct, or if he had deceived himself. There was great relief when he found that a passage led off directly toward the quarter where relief seemed to hold out hope. The smoke filled it almost to suffo­ cation, and his heart misgavo him as he caught a fleeting glimpse of a lurid glow through the haze, that warned him the fire demon was working even in this quarter, sparing nothing. The smoke grew more dense--it seemed to almost paralyze his very brain; his eyes smarted and burned as though seared with red-hot irons; his senses reeled, yet, with the indom­ itable pluck of a true soldier, he pressed grimly on, sheltering Arline as well as he could with the cloak she wore, and which proved a blessing in more ways than had entered into his reasoning at the time he first clasped it about her. Every yard which they covered brought them closer to their goal, where doubtless friendly hands waited to bear them down to safety. This was the hope that sustained Charlie in the midst of all this des­ perate ordeal--that an oasis lay be­ yond, the pure air of heaven awaited them, once they passed the barrier. He was weak and tottering himself, from the effect of his exertions and the pungent smoke, that many times overcomes daring fire laddies as they venture a trifle too far--and yet he thought only of Arline, thought she must be in a condition of collapse. Nothing else could have possessed him to suddenly snatch her up in his arms and stagger on through the blinding, choking smoke. At first she struggled, but when he pressed her more fiercely to his heart she lay passive. Staggering alone like a drunken man, Charlie endeavored to pass the Rubicon--that spot where the sullen glow was now continuous, and in wheh he was presently to be engulfed. Just at the critical spot, where the flames were bearing down along an­ other passage, he sank heavily to the floor. Was this the end? Had his brave fight come to naught? In that dread moment, when defeat stared him in the face, his heart al­ most broke. Arline had meapwhile struggled out of his arms, for she had gone down with him. "Oh, Charlie, what shall I do?" she cried, in her wild alarm and distress, for the sea of flame appeared so very close that it seemed as though the dread crisis were upon them. "Fly! fly! Yonder lies safety!" he cried, trying to get upon his knees, only to fall back. He had sheltered her at the expense of his own strength, and now must pay the penalty. "But you--I can't leave you here!" she sobbed, bending down to put her arms about his neck. "You must! There is no hope for me! If I can I will crawl on; but you --must--go! God forbid we should both perish here! Kiss me, Arline, and go!", 0 "No, no--I could not! Do not ask me!" "It is my desire; make baste or Oh, Heaven! it is even now too late!" as a tongue of flame shot across the passage beyond. Arline gave a shriek. She tightened her bold upon him; desperation gave her strength, for she dragged the almost senseless man along toward safety. Guardian angels must have held back those cruel fangs until they had passed the fatal place, for hardly were they beyond than, with a rush and a roar, the abyss of fire swallowed up the spot where Charlie bad been over­ come. Still she dragged him along. Love when thtey seemed sure of their prey; Ah, my dear girl, the honors are pret­ ty nearly even, it seems to me! We belong to each other, and Heaven give me the power to make jour lite hap­ py!" "Oh, Charlie! doubt" can never enter into my soul. After what has occurred I could not live without your love! I am only contented with you." They spent a happy half hour. Then Charlie remembered that fee bore a message. "Aleck and your father are below. They met in the strangest way during the fire; it certainly looks as though the hand of fate was in It At any rate, they are both anxious to see you." he said. Capt. Brand claimed his daughter, and this time there could be no mis­ taking the genuine thrill that awoke in Arline's heart when she saw his ge­ nial face and heard his voice, which at once aroused memories of long ago. While the great metropolis was wrapped in mourning on that sad St Patrick's evening, a happy group dined in the other hotel. Capt. Brand related many of his ad­ ventures in a modest way. entirely dif­ ferent from tbe braggadocio of the im­ postor. Again and again his eyes rested tenderly and proudly on his lovely daughter ; she had been in his thoughts for years while he scoured the deserts with the wild Arab tribe with whom he had been associated; and he had hard work Indeed to believe it was not a dream.. Aleck, too, seemed to grow more manly, and Charlie felt sure he had a grand future before him. The follies of the past would serve as guideposts, directing hjm to the straight and nar­ row road that leads to happiness. As for Charlie, a peace had come upon him such as only the mariner knows when at last his storm-tossed barque slips into a safe harbor, where love and home await bis coming. He looked into her beautiful face, where the l<a»elight and glow of happi­ ness dwelt forever more, and thanked Heaven for the bountiful mercies that had carried them through the perils of fire to such peace and hope. No cloud dimmed their joy on this night of thanksgiving, save the pity they felt for those who had lost loved ones in the awful calamity. The shock must for a long time hang upon them--it could hardly be other­ wise; but young hearts recover from such things by and by, and at length it would only be a sad memory, to arouse a sigh or a pitying tear. Through Arline's ready hand a num­ ber of those who suffered in the fire found temporary relief; her purse was open to any reasonable demand; and when, some months later, she sailed for England with her husband, many a grateful heart breathed prayers for her safety upon the deep. THE END. MILITARY AND NAVAL MANEUVERS OF GREAT INTEREST TO AMERICANS. '•'.-SI*' •wT-T* METAPHORS FROM THE 8EA. Much Nautical Language Used in Ordinary Conversation. "Let me put in my oar," said a gen­ tleman as he joined three of his ac­ quaintances in the Waldorf-Astoria cafe the other night and took a seat at a table with them. * "That is about the twentieth metar phor of that sort that I have heard to-night," answered one of the others, "and it seems very strange that we should borrow so many of our figures from the sea. I never thought of it before, but It is curious. "I have never been closely associ­ ated with the water, and I don't be­ lieve that any of you have, and yet we are using sea terms all of the time. They are wonderfully expres­ sive, too, and I don't know what we would do without them. "You wanted to put in 'your oar,' a moment ago some one talked about being 'all adrift,' and I admitted that 1 was 'at sea.' We talk about our 'wcaiuef eye," being 'spliced,' our 'mainstay' and all that sort of stuff. We know what it is to 'cast an anchor to windward,' to 'back and fill,' to 'steer' through, to be 'taken aback' and to have 'the wind taken out of our sails.' "We 'spin a yarn,' try 'the other tack,' 'launch' enterprises, get them 'under full sail' and often 'wreck' them. We cry for 'any port in a storm,' 'take in a reef,' get to our 'rope's end,' 'run before the wind,' and sometimes 'keel over.' So it goes gave her a power she had never known j on until I believe we can talk about before; under its magical influence 1 almost everything in the language of weaklings become strong as lions and ! 'h® sea."--New York Herald. perform prodigies of valor. Through the smoke, almost over­ powered by its awful tumes, she went Ah! were those shouts just ahead? She shrieked aloud, and heard answer­ ing cries, cheery cries that gave her new hope, new ambition. Then gigantic figures loomed up be­ yond, and Arline swooned at the feet of the firemen, who picked both of them up in kindly arms and bore tb$m into the fresh air. Two hours later Charlie, sadly de­ moralized so far as looks went, with bloodshot eyes, singed mustache, sans a portion of his eyebrows, and with sundry burns upon face and hands, yet bearing a grim look of happiness upon hU countenance, knocked at tbe door of a room in a neighboring hotel, and was admitted by Arline's compan­ ion, whose temporary absence from the Windsor hotel at the time of the fire had possibly saved her life. Arline lay upon a lounge. She, too, had suffered somewhat from the terrible experience, although not so severely as her lover, but to Charlie's ravished eyes she had never looked so charming as when she held out both hands to him, while blushes chased each other over face and neck. "God was indeed good to us, Charlie,' she said, after he had bent down and deliberately kissed her with the air of one who holds a proprietary right. "I echo your words, my darling; and I venture to say I am the only man in New York to whom that fear­ ful fire brought good luck." "Ah! but you richly earned all that and more--you who fought so des­ perately to save me. Where would I be now only for you? Oh, Charlie!" bursting into a flood of tears, as she remembered how he had swept Into her room and taken possession of her, leading her through devious ways at last to safety and life. "And who was it dragged me away from the hungry maw of the flames RARE COLLECTION OF BIBLES. Dean Hoffman's Costly Gift to the General Theological 8eminary. One of the many gifts of the late Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman to the Gen­ eral Theological Seminary, of which institution he was head, was the spe­ cial collcction of rare old Latin Bi­ bles. This collection is said to be tbe rarest in the world, surpassing in number of editions even that of the British museum in London and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. The collection was started by Cornelius Vanderbllt about eight years ago, when he donated the splendid Copin- gcr library. Bince then Dean Hoff­ man has added from time to time | many rare and valuable additions, spending many thousands of dollars i in his efforts to make the library the most complete in existence. By all odds tbe most Important book in the great library of th6 seminary Is the Gutenberg Bible. It was sold in 1884 for 119,500 in London to Quaritch, who sold it in turn to the Rev. Wil­ liam Mackellar of Edinburgh. In 1898 it again fell into the possession of Quaritch, who paid for it at that time $14,750. Later he sold it to Dean Hoffman for $15,000, who presented it to the General Theological Sem­ inary. Should a great and powerful nation declare war against the United States the objective point of Its fleets and armies would undoubtedly be New York city, the approaches to which would, in all probability, be attacked and defended in the manner demon­ strated in these army and navy maneuvers. The possibilities for loot and tribute offered by the seizure of the metropolis of the western conti­ nent are so vast and alluring that they have often formed the fabric of irides­ cent dreams in the minds of European statesmen. The military and naval establish­ ments of every great European nation have made a study of the best means to capture New York. German officers have especially considered the prob­ lem and pamphlets have been written by them on the subject. ^ The maneuvers follow as closely as possible the conditions of actual war and stimulate as nearly as may be the plan of operations which would un­ doubtedly be adopted by a hostile ex­ pedition, while at the same time giv­ ing practical demonstration of what the defense would be under such cir­ cumstances. The maneuvers will de­ velop as thoroughly as can be done except by actual war our strength and weakness of defense. They will be an object lesson not only to the Amer­ ican government, but to foreign gov­ ernments--provided foreign govern­ ments can find out just what takes place, a thing that is carefully guard­ ed against In the event of a foreign war with a great power the fate of New York would b< ecided, in all probability, by a second battle of Long Island, just as the first battle of Long Island decided it in the war of the revolu- landing in Gardiner's Bay, or some other convenient place, oould capture Newport, they would still be able to threaten New York by an army mov­ ing through Connecticut, and would be ab^e to ravage the wealthy and populous New England cities. Also Newport would afford an excellent vantage point from* which to put a stop to all the commerce of the New England coast Lying, as it does, half way between the entrances to Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound on the east and the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound * SCENE OP THE MANEUVERS. Gen. MacArthur, as commander of the Department of the East which em­ braces all the states of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Maine to Louis­ iana inclusive, is in charge of the ar­ my part of the maneuvers. The advo­ cates of disappearing and non-disap­ pearing gun systems of coast defense, into which two camps the army is di­ vided, each rely upon the coming oper­ ations to prove their theories. The disappearing gun batteries will be worked for all they are worth, and if they work without a hitch those who believe in them will rejoice and be ex­ ceeding glad. Electrical connections, fire control, and various other details of coast de­ fense will have a thorough test The operations will also test the ability of the men of the coast batteries to. han­ dle effectively the somewhat compli­ cated mechanism of modern heavy sea coast artillery and the efficiency of of­ ficers and men in range finding. On the part of the army, the Infor­ mation to be gained relates to the gen­ eral efficiency, down to the smallest detail, of all that appertains to the construction and armament of the land defenses and the training of thfe on the west with Narragansett Bay extending thirty-five miles into the country back of it, Newport Is the key of the New England coast Newport is defended by Forts Ad­ ams and Greble, while Fort Wetherill, on Dutch. Island, guards the western entrance to Narragansett Bay. This section of coast, then, from Gay Head at the western entrance of Vineyard Sound to the forts at the eastern en­ trance of Long IAand Sound, form the theater of war for the army and navy maneuvers of this year. DISAPPEARING COAST DEFENSE GUN. I For Quarrelsome Women. The mayor of Steubenville, Ohio, has hit upon a novel plan to settle petty "clothesline" quarrels between women. He, it is said, has establish­ ed a "fighting room," in which he locks the women who quarrel over back yard fences. After an hour's abuse of each other they run down like clocks. Then they become recon­ ciled. If a man gets too fresh he deserves to And himself in a vfckle. tion. The enemy would undoubtedly attempt to seize Newport as a strate­ gic point, just as the British seized it in the revolution. The 126 years' which have elapsed since the fleets and armies of Britain descended upon these shores in 1776 have changed the strategic conditions attaching to the attack and defense of New York only in this--that the increase In the range of fire of coast artillery has pushed the outer line of the city's defenses from Throgg's Neck to Fish­ er's Island on the east and from the Narrows to Sandy Hook on the south, while the inner line of defense now occupies the position once held by the 6uter one. Up to the time of the Spanish war the outer line of defense of the back door of New York was absolutely un­ guarded. Now It Is defended by Fort Michie on Gull Island, Fort H. G. Wright on Fisher's Island, Fort Mans­ field on. the Rhode Island shore at Watch Hill, and Fort Terry on Plum Island. The inner line of defense for the eastern abroach consists of Fort Schuyler atrhrogg's Neck, Fort Tot- ten at Willets Point opposite, and Fort Slocum on David's Island. If the enemy, unable to run by or to carry the forts at the eastern en­ trance of the Sound and so effect a The !?on Crown of the Lombards* The oldest of European crowns Is the famous Iron Crown of the Lom­ bards. It consists, apparently, of a broad hoop of gold, but this is merely the shell of the more precious circlet which may be seen within It. Accord­ ing to tradition the iron hoop was forged from the naila used at the Cru­ cifixion. Dislike Slanting Eyelids. Many Japanese women are undei^ going the slight surgical operation necessary to straighten the slant of the eyelid, which distinguishes them so unmistakably from Caucasian worn- Therefore our troops are to demon­ strate how New York can or cannot be captured, a matter of vital importance to the United States and of Intense interest to the maritime nations of the world, each one of which, in spite of the inhibition of their military and naval attaches, will strain every re­ source of craft to find out exactly what takes place. In this mimic war newspapers are treated as spies of the enemy, and not only will no information concern­ ing the maneuvers be given out, but every possible effort is made to pre­ vent the representatives of newspa­ pers from getting information. Sec­ retaries Root and Moody are anxious to test, by practical experiment, just how secret fleet and army movements can be kept in time of actual war. What each commanding of­ ficer of fleet, ship or forts accomplishes in these maneuvers will be charged up to his record, and any bit of prohibi­ tive " information concerning such of­ f i c e r ' s c o m m a n d which gets into the papers will be a mark against him. Aids to the Eye. When a cinder or a speck of duet or dirt has found its way into the eye a drop of castor oil will generally effect its removal, says the Designer, though it is well to apply it before the in­ jured member has become badly in­ flamed by the local irritation or per­ sistent rubbing. A particle of steel such as a point of a broken needle, which may very easily fly Into the eye, may generally be removed by the application of a magnet, though this simple remedy hardly ever presents itself to the mind of the average per­ son when he or she is confronted with such an emergency. : forces manning them. The navy will concern itself with the best means of obtaining ranges, the effect of mines and obstructions, formations of attack, efficiency of signals, the use of search­ lights and the general control of ar­ tillery flre. Umpires of both services are to be detailed to all ships and forts, and will report to a board of arbitration of five officers, whose judg­ ment will be final. In addition, a num­ ber of observers will act with each of the forces as the representatives of the other. The defense consists of Forts Rod­ man, Adams, Wetherill, Greble, Mans­ field, Wright, Michie, Terry and the fort on Gardner's Point There are no floating defenses. The attack consists of about fifteen ships, of which five will rank as bat­ tleships and the rest as cruisers and gunboatB. At the close of the maneuvers the attacking fleet will pass In review be­ fore the forts. New Use for Marconi's Plan. Tbe French submarine boat Triton has just been fitted with a complete wireless telegraphy outfit, which has been specially devised by Lieut Tadie of the submarine Algerien. During some recent tests before Admiral Fournier, the Inspector-general of the French mobile defense, the Triton plunged beneath the waves and both received messages from and sent mes­ sages to the vessels on the surface. As the submarine when beneath the waves Is blind, the importance of wireless communication between the diving boat and surface craft cannot wpIT he overestimated. It Is believed that the members of the staff of the Vernon--the torpedo school of the British navy--are hard at work devis­ ing a special wireless telegraphy out­ fit for the new British submarine flo­ tilla. For Thorough Study of .Earthquakes. Count A. Quadt, charge d'affaires of the German embassy, acting on in­ structions from Berlin, has invited the United States to a conference next spring which shall take steps for a thorough study of earthquakes. Firm Remembers Employee. To celebrate the centenary of their ownership of the Kolnische Zeltung, the proprietors recently distributed $25,000 among their employes. The latter also had a "week's vacation. Effects of Violent Emotion. The physical effects of violent emo­ tion are shown by hysteria and vari­ ous forms of insanity in animals as well m in ma Fisheries of Norway. Tfep fisheries represent one of Nor­ way's chief industries, and quantities of fish are sold at very low rates, par­ ticularly during summer. One way in which these are utilized is by means of an invention which quickly dries and pulverizes the flesh of fresh flsh, The resulting product called flsh flour. Is easy to transport from one place to another, and has great autri- tive value. ' v 6 Egyptian Huts. e The peasants of Egypt, when the country was in its greatest glory, lived In such hut*. Fear a Cause of Disease. ttoar is said to be responsible for 90 r cent of disease contracted* •he wae Persuaded to Try St Jaeobo Oil, and All Pain Disappeared Immediately. It is undoubtedly a fact beyond dis­ pute that the strongest advertising medium the proprietors have is that of people who recommend others to use St Jacobs Oil. People who have them­ selves experienced a happy result which Invariably follows the use of this great remedy, show their grati­ tude by recommending it to those whom they know are similarly affect­ ed. This is the case of Margaret Lee, of 71 Brightfield road, Lee Green, Wis. "Having suffered from muscular j; rheumatism for years, and not receiv- * ing any benedt from various remedies,^ I used St. Jacobs Oil; pain and sore- ness removed at once; no return of jp rheumatism." St Jacobs Oil is sold {t In 25 ct3. and 50 cts. sizes by all drug- 1 _V_ •u.-y* . t ' > Prtae Dog 8tory. Heffe fs a dog story which deserves t:••• to be embalmed in type: jf Mre Dowine, widow of Capt WB* | liam L. Dowine, owns a large bulldog named judge. She Uvea on one of the high hills, with a sheer descent of over 100 feet directly in front of her ^ premises. " Lately neighbor dogs have been an­ noying Mrs. Dowine by overrunning the premises. Judge stood this as long as he could. Then he picked np one of the offending curs by the scruff of the neck and carried it out to the street It came back yesterday, when Judge deliberately picked it up in his powerful jaws, walked to the edge of the cliff and dropped it over. It will < not return. / 1 Judge then went back home and lay in the yard, with his nead on his paws, as if pondering on his act-- Pomeroy (O.) dispatch Cincinnati En- , quirer. CURE FOR ASTHMA. 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