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In the door of his tent stands and holds out a hand. dalena is here.” “The Queen l” feet, spellâ€"bound. “No? not the Queenâ€"hintidal(ma!” "It cannot be the Queen 2” He rose to his each somewhat of respect for the he“! , r . other: the l’almettos learned that Fem‘chmg I’m-“UL D‘lmb: and .Vet} the Hispaniolans were not to be not dun1bâ€"-for from him flows that and the'speech of all speeches most unmisâ€" -they takable: the speech of attitude and ‘ look: the speech that is felt, not overcome by wild rushes llispaniolans recognized that were facing no halfâ€"starved Aruban , . I , , home. board. He Is caught in the 'divme All this preliminary 1it..f0]--tat shudderings’ that every man of skirmishing. took place in and across 5what degree soevcr feels once in 1115 the space between the demi-lune of lhfe- _ . low hills that fences Palm City on] The S‘lem'e Seems like 0» Sheet 0f the land side and the demiâ€"lunc of glass: t0 Speak W0U1d be to Shivfill' (mag-g... Siopes that forms the foot of it. For a century "Hector holds 'lllS the Monte- Half a mile wide it is in I breath: ‘ Maddalena takes a forward some places, and as much as two step. and Hector has her hand. . . - I. .' , ' ' . . H ' miles In others; orange groves and 30111 Majesty, he begins. banana plantations, fields of potaâ€" toes and stretches 0f maize score it. crissâ€"cross, and form the best kind of “General, ’ ’ she answers, with a forgiving smile of reproof. cover for desultory fighting. 0n the rim of the seaward demiâ€" lune lie the l-l’ispaniola lines guard- ing Palm City, on the rim of the hillward lie the Palmetto: keeneyed outposts glancing hither and. thither for a sign of movement among the growths of the level. But under the silver of the moon and the pale gold and steel blue of stars nothing stizs save grass and scrub and leaves at the winds will, and here and there dim figures busy at cooking-pots. 1n the centre of the five-mileâ€"long seaâ€" ward sweep looms a great flag. marking Stampa's headquarters; and facing it, a mile and a quarter off, flaps lazily in the slow breeze creepâ€" ing from the sea, Maddalen's white ensign, with the purplecrowned Ii, over Hector’s tent. Hector is alone. Earlier in the evening he has held a council of war and announced to his generals a plan of attack that has commanded admiration, if not enthusiastic apâ€" proval. He is sitting at a table studying a. map, making a red pencil mark here, pricking in a tiny white flag there. In a little while his work is done, and throwing himself back in his chair with a sigh of sat- isfaction he lights a, cigarillo, and under the soft influence of the to- l:acco begins to driam. lie looks out through the open door of the tent and sees the. Hisâ€" {Taniolan lights twinkling across the plain. They dance before his eyes until he is swung to the very top of his dream. liis thoughts are back in London; he sees that summer night of rain when Don Augustin brought. him to the house in llloomsâ€" bury and showed him "the last orâ€" gument”â€"-â€"the Queen. A12, yes, it is over the Queen. At whatever point he may begin the race of thought, always and always he reaches the goal, M:i,<l<ialena, the Queen, the Queen of all these lighting thousands around him, the Queen of him: the new golden note that came into the chant of his life scarce four months ago, and that sominates it now, as a clear soprano rises over a, deep chorus and seems to float upon, and then soar over, the waves of song. A new golden note, with joy and pride of life in it. and :ometimcs a tone of melancholy that makes it better loved, because to it responds in full harmony the Celtic minor of gloom that, his by nature and birth, an inheritance of forlorn hopes and fallen fortunes has shar- pened with sorrow and iemcmbrance of past glories. llere in this tent he sits, the last of his race: four months ago, a, slave. sapped to sluggishness by six or seven years’ drinking at "daily labor’s dull Iielhean spring” to-day. a. king by grace of the light of her eyes on him, a fighter by grace of the smile of her lips on him, a man by grace of the subtle sweet. poi‘on she has breathed into his blood. The end of all his dreaming" is Maddalena, Maddalena in London, Maddalena here in Palmetto. in that little house in the cup of (.‘uldera: all else is forgottenâ€"the Orange. King, liravo, Asunta, the past, the present. task. the futuio to be. prov- ed: they are. nothing and the. shudâ€" uw of nothlugâ€"Maddalena, Maddalâ€" nm. illiuldaleua ! involuntarily, his lips frame her name, and into the utterance of it. comes the spirit, and more than the xpirit, of abandonment; that rang like a thousand trumpets you great night when like a thousand trum- pets _von great. night when she came to the cave, and her people rose at sight; of her, rejoicing and acclaim- lug. "Maddalena. 3” More than the spirit of n. people’s abandomnent. for behind it, and through it. and under it. and round it, goes the di\ine piimeval cry of love of one for oneâ€"the cry separatâ€" ed twin stars send across the. hope-l _ . less eicrnities of space, the cry that :OIIILS it"lllb' might ll'aSS by and Share 10,191,. hem-t in Spring, ibis hour. He rose and stood moves the , “when the sap begins to stir." “Maddalena l” and "iii-adiune,” l'e substitutes. “Senor.” Her tone cuts. Dare he? There is no time for thoughtâ€"it is done. “ll'iaddalena l” "Hector l” O l what wall can hold back the warm tide? What flood can put out itliis fire? Whose finger point to {level valleys when young feet tread [topmost peaks? Who so inane as iprose of ieason when youth and love make this drab earth lyric with mere holding of hands, meze gazing into eyes, meie coming and going of com- mon breath? Darkness falls upon them, and in the cloud of it they meetâ€"the man and the womanâ€"as Adam must have ,met Eve in the green dark of the garden. Darkness falls upon them, and f2 om each to each, as from charged thunderâ€"cloud to charged thunder-cloud, leais fluid passion, fusing heal t with heart, so that they are no more twain but one. "Hector 1” "Maddalena l” After every dreamâ€"alas! how short is every longest dream lâ€"comes the Iawake: ing: soon or late, swift or slow. like a tropical dawn. like a winter daybreak, the awaiting comes. How it happens neither can tell, but they are :itting on campâ€"stools, facâ€" ing, l-l'ector and the Queen. “I was mad.” It is Il'ectnr that ispeaks. i That wonderful smile that runs down from lips to throat and up from lips to eyes, makes spring Ian-d then summer of his winter of lcortrition. Was ever lever that was not contiiie after he knew that he [had thrilled maiden into woman ‘2 "I. should have hidden my secret ihetter.” lt is sti'l Doctor. I "And Iâ€"llector‘?” l l "Ah I you are the Queen.” "Queen or no Queen, I am a 'man.” I "A woman worthy of the best.” \V O" “Enough to be worthy of you.” "Illa, dalena l” "lie tor l” "But you are the Queenâ€"the queen of women.” - l “\li-Jmut love, I am. crown.” without a she I .|blackncss of the morni :1 hour when i lnersof the inward eye. thinl: it strange if I sat in the lire-'1‘ sauce of the Queen." Then flashed on her remembrance of her people, and she felt guilty be- cause in their time of travail she snatched happiness for herself She blushed like a. child caught pilfering. She, too, rose. Up and down Walked swiftly once or twice, as if reluctantly Seeking her way out of a delightful maze, back to the straight. path outside the happy hedges. She must thrust all this behind her. Her people, her peopleâ€"~ she belonged to them; she must be- long to them always. She had not "You called for Madd-ilmiq._M1d_ lthought of them beforeâ€"well. she would not think of them now; if this was to be her one hour, she would take it, she would make the most of it, every moment should have its crown of remembrance in the days to come, every second should diamond-pointed. Surely, surely. be." purple would not grudge--~-slie turned to Hector, who, at half obei~ sauce, followed her with furnished eyes. "Nectar l” "Beckie 1” To left and then to right he gave an answering look. To left was Maddalena, to right was Alasdair. "l-Ieckie l” The word was bitter gall. "Alasdair ! The Queen 2” The burley redâ€"beard sank on one knee and uncovered, as Maddalena made him happy with her hand to kiss _“It is important, matamâ€"you will allow a word \Vith-â€"-?” a. nod in- dicated Hector, and he took the anâ€" swer as given in his favor. “Iâ€"fccT‘ie ! O ! man, lleckie 2” It was He tor now who was the chi (I taught pilfering. “Well?” Resentment swelled the ! she- long ADDIIRAL TOGO, COMMANDER, OF THE FLEET. He Was Prominent in Chinese Wat" and Knows What Fleet Can Do. More perhaps is heard and known in this country of the army of Ja- pan than of her sister service, but‘ without her navy she would not, and could not, be the centre ot‘ the world’s interest as she is toâ€"day. i Admiral Togo, the man in Chief command at sea of her splendid fleet, is likely to be one the foreâ€" most figures of our time, for on him will devolve, in all probability, as prodigious a. responsibility as fell to the lot of Nelson in our own nationâ€" al history. It is his destiny to wield one of the finest, one of the most formid- able instruments ever forged. In her nasy Japan has created, in less than ten years, as perfect and as tremenâ€" dons a fighting machine as any on the globe. At this perilous crisis in I lzer fortunes she has chosen to place the workingof this machine in the hands of Admiral Togoâ€"~a choice, we may be sure, that has been made With the utmost deliberation and after a complete survey of all the possibilities of the Situation. Japan feels this'is a matter in which there must be no mistake, and the unani~ mous approval of the nation expressâ€" ed on his appointment to the chief command shows that he is regarded as the right man in the right place. A SIMPLE GEN’J‘LEMAN. Admial Togo is now about no years of age 1-19 is not of princely l "l l ...m a u «m. â€"â€"-â€"uâ€"-â€"_ o..â€" iHli Nil-Liar .nr JAPAN and. men? which soon afterwards filled sun-k. . As Galsworthy and his leaped over the bulwarks of th(" transport into the sea” they were; fired on by the Chinese. Togo ant once sent out boats, and rescued asmany as he could. _ ' In this way Togo began the Chino<' Japanese War. His countrymen has! never forgotten the part lie played in this episode. "Togo l" they say, “it was Togo whosank the Row-v shing.” And they draw a confident 'uugury from it. In the course of the war Tog‘o saw; a great 'deal of actual fighting, Sit he is a naval man of no little cxv; perience. He Was present at the; first; bottle of Phungdo lust-115‘ Battle of Haiyang, took part in‘\t‘l'i'e bomâ€" bardment of Tangchow, and saw the. final overthrow and destruction at? \l’ei-I-laiâ€"lllei of all that was left of the Chinese fleet. Nor did his ship, the Naniwa, pass entirely scatheiess‘ tlrroIIgh these ordeals, though she re< ceive’d no vital damage. But the» fame of Togo Hcihachiro grew; he was known as a man of resolution andresource, most of all as a hard and determined fighter. HIS POSITION ’l‘O-DAY. After the war he was raised to the rank of rear-admiral, and,promote‘d to the third command in the .l'aizanu ese fleet. Prior to his present ap~ pointment he was conunandcrâ€"i11< chief at Maizuru, a doekyar'd on the Sea of Japan. Mai-zuru is not one of the largest yards in the Island Em~ pile, but it may become of great im« portance as a suitable port from which troops can be 'despa'tche'd to Corea. owing to its compai‘atin’ nearness to that peninsula. His present rank is that of viceâ€"admiral. All information with respect to the Japanese fleet has been so abso< or noble birth, but is a. simple gen- tleman, a Samurai of the great Sawuma clan, as so many of his fedow-oiiicers are. His senior rank, Admiral Count Ito (not to be Con- fused with his namesake Marquis Ito), who was in chief command of the navy during the Chino-Japanese War, and is new chief of the Naval Headquarters Staff in ’l‘oliio, is also word the more as it was in Gaelic. And in Gaelic Alas Tair replied. "O l son of my mother’s breast ! black is the day that 1 should take the cup from your lips. It is sweet, lmy brother, it. is sweet. But. I have {looked into the depths of it, and I ‘have seenâ€"not with my one eye, lieekie boyâ€"and O l the blackness of Imisery there. That it should not . i » 0. n . - - .v Hieâ€"I would go from here to llothâ€" 3h batfiulnm] kamu‘l‘flh and 1.0111191” ,_ _ . C ‘ r ' ‘â€" iemurchas on my knees and think a W .0 e am“le 801’ “as 0mm} the mud Short. Ied and maimed by the Satsuma, m . the some way tint the J'l'l‘lllOSD ll . ' I> . _ _ (t I V‘ ‘ l ' L3. 1. .. And thin“ the load Show“ D110 13 army was drawn from the Choshu #1 (1119011 (“floutâ€"Y Women: and a queen clan.‘ Nowadays neither navv nor among queens, and she is‘worthy of . the man that nuzzletl my mother’s hiea t. But I have looked into the cup you are drinking, and I have seen a cloud rising from the bottom of itâ€"a cloud like a woman’s handâ€" IO hance hain lâ€"a woman’s hand, a. woman dark as the hour before the dawn.” instinctively Hector turned his eyes to Maddalena. army is entirely given over to these, the two most powerful of the clans [of Japan; but many men from all over the empire are to be found in both services. When Togo entered the naVy, however, its whole personâ€" nel was Saisunla Adu'niral Togo received a great part of ,his education at the Naval Col- lege, Greenwich, where he went ‘ v _ , through the regular courses of inâ€" ‘ 30’ “0’ my WWUWW She ‘9 .the struction current some thiity odd “1311‘”er 0f 3 50ft summer mght years ago. He thus understands a lwhen the scent of the heather loads {goo-d deal of the history, training, the an, and t e .5! nine] tats make land traditions of the British Navy, iwarm the purple of heaven : the wo- and he has brought the knowledge imam I Speak 9f hows “1 her “Cart thus acqui ed to bear on his own «and “01‘ hall‘ and 1391' hand: the with excellent effect, Returning to lthe blood runs cold, and éllie‘estarsf “Aslfimpllgngl 1311-611‘11232: I-‘ it' 1‘ O enliltllle! (my may be :broke out between China and Japan, ‘ .‘ .i C . ". .. .1 , | - ' . T ” ,good, but the hour before it-â€"0 l the 1&8 axial]?ogoglzggdtoogs “1001]: {alight hour before it. And it comes, Iiecâ€" Vessels compos’i g. whaf; “mg 110., . . . ‘ ; - ~ ' ‘ me boy' 11‘ mums" lknown as the First Flying Squadron Lme made Hector blind itself. or “:0 Japanese navy; During the "-‘Hils‘lilll'i Alfls'dilil'» 51“ Wis Of :war he greatly distinguished himself, visiors and. the. bottom of the cup lam] cal-“031 the reputation of being a is old wives' fables and the i'oolishâ€" first-clags fighting man, .. T1“) “Hr-V "Us SlNKlNG- THE KOWS'f-l‘ING-. dawned on me and 1 am a man." “No, no, liector, to day has not dawnml~the time is not ,vet-â€"â€"nor has the dark hour before the dawn come-but it does come, it does come. Put this f2 om you, Beckie, buy, put it from youâ€"there is death and the coldness of a lonely grave behind it.” “Elly grave I It was in connection with the epi- sode of the sinking of the Kowshing that his name first came into world,â€" wide prominence. a'dveise criticisms of his action on that Occasion were heard, but these died away on a fuller knowledge of the veals something of the character of circumstances. The sto: y rc- cannot be cold Alas-â€" - - - . - ' . 'h . s it is w rth tellm Idanz for the Queen’s eye shall light Elam mq’ 0 0 3 it, and the Queen’s love shall warm ‘gl‘t 'Was wearing. on in “1,, 3.0,“. it, and the great joy of one hour At the time somel 'the tent, and for the first time realâ€" in answer she stands before hand t'0 1110 . . .. , _ , . , . 1.894;. Though there had been no i "And I ? “hat am 1? And 11137181131}: make Chum” a flying mom' actual declaration of war, it was i‘ ‘ _ -, r . - g » y ‘ . 1- . . > “me ’{1°“°“31 Sletllw 110“ little {0‘ 0”“ '1_ .‘ I h H ‘. _ evulent enough that Japan and i370“ ! Alas“ ‘1“ ma” '10 Slgn Of the China were about to fight over M '. - ~ . x I ~ - - - v I ’ ' S. . LA ' Ho‘m‘el 511mm 1"?“ , 810,91“ f‘” 0.0%? p, ,-u . 1 .- n Corca. Warships had been assemâ€" meâ€"my Ci own, my kingdom. if“ “1 “m not mme‘ he bled and large bodies of troops were "' " ‘--- - ~‘ v ll..(:l"(. ‘ ' , I, , , 1' Fh‘ufl “'1‘” Dion“ “1 “‘5 .name' mum-“:10,” either on the field or were on the my descent, my llllC of ancestorsâ€" w ) . way to the scene of confliqt. The ‘0 ! what a pinâ€"point it all i: l” “And Iâ€"daughter of kings, iqueenwam I not to be the equal of “Mfl‘lflfllem‘b l” Vone of my own gills of the Monte ‘2" “\llliLlJ (109$ "Maddalenaâ€"you love me ‘2" {Pall-U l l She spoke in the soft tongue of her a, land. ‘ he say ? He is very "I 10“, you," has been looking into the fuâ€" “Since \vrzen?” (What lover ever 1.ul‘c~â€"lml; what is U10 future ? I canâ€" Iforbore to ask this, the second inâ€" mm “link 01‘ ill I 1001‘ 011 .Yillb and levitable question in the. catechism?) Ii!“ my ll“! lil‘C'v-‘rfifld in“) this "1 cannot tellâ€"1 cannot think. 1' 5111011301113, am here with ,vo'u, and 1' love you”! And so these two made their “Mmgdalelm in Elicaicn while they might. “Her-tor !~â€"-â€"â€" 'And you love. me ‘2” was night down when Hector i I “More than life or death! 1' love an“ Alasdair returned to the lines won.“ il'l‘om surging Miuldl‘llenn. back to the aging“ when I?” (hm-0,3 “wllpditte house in i}-'.C cup of Cultiéitt; selves langb at the tideâ€"like :egular~ "lill‘ii UN“ ("lid ll» “'03. 111111 in _IlCC‘ ity of question and answer.) it rs ca 5 still sounded the onunous I I-Icftcr Jung-:13 ,echo of Asunta's laughter that 1 “God know,,-, 1,, seems L0 mm. mm. 5grceted the, Queen's returnâ€"an echo since I can remember. I cannot. con~ ll-ll'fll- W‘Ulded 0“ mid 0“ “Ill-ll the (eh-0, the time when you (1,"; not 1m Ebourden of the drums rose to drown {my heart], when you am not, make lit. and roure l’ahnetto to the fight. ?l’icavcn of all my waking tlmughts, (TO DO COHUHUG’J-l iand a. seventh heaven of my dreams. 1 have loved you alwi‘iys.” “Even before you saw me ?” “You grew real that night." “0 ! that night.” “Realâ€"11nd farther off than ever." "Why farther off 3'” “Because. you were real." "Are you sorry I am real ?” “So-.ry ? I shall never -l\'now sor- row more; 1 have my hour now~” lie glanced towards the door of ........._.....4._... _. -~_...~.~ COST Oil“ MA RCONIGRAM. The charge of transmitting wire~ less messages from ship to ship at sea is Sixpence a word, with the adâ€" dress and signature free. From ship to shore the rate on the American side is 82 for ten words and 12 cents for each additional word, with no charge for address and signature. On the English side. the charge for .a marconigram from a liner is 6 shil- lings for twelve. words and Sixpence for each additional word, the signaâ€" ture and address being charged for. irezl that all the world of Maddal- erect hefore her. “1 must stni.d--~â€"-” lie door. “'nred a “They would WWW..." .____..__. Kou’s'liing', a transport vessel flying lihe British flag, with a British capâ€" tain and crew, and carrying some 1,100 Chineso soldiers for Asan, was met by 'l‘ogo in the Naniwa, wlfo signaled to her by firing two blank cartridges to stop, whirh she did. i’l‘hererd'ter a. Japanese lieutenant ,went on board the Kou'shing with a :pe:eniptoiy order from Togo that ltho transport must proceed no furthâ€" ler towards her destination, but at. once accompany"’the Naniva. to the, plain Japanese flcet. Captain lalsâ€" 'worthy, of the liowsiiing, was willâ€" ;ing to obey these ordel's, but not so imindCd wore the oflice s of the Chin- ese forces on the vessel; they imâ€" mediately raised a great. clamor, and threatened Galswortliy. STA RT] NG- A WA R . Seeing what was occurring, sent a boat to bring l Togo 1 oil Captain Galsworthy and his crew; but, mean- while, the disturbances and confusion on the Kowshing had increased, and the Chinese prevented them from leaving 'her. Some time then passed and at length Togo signaled Gals~ worthy to take one of his} own boats and come over to the Naniwa; but the British captain was not allowed by the Chinese to do so. For four hours Togo stood off. and on trying [to save him and the ship, but finding there was“no‘ chance of this, he at llast ordered the red flag, which an- nounced that he was about to fire, to lie hoisted. A. few moments later a. wellâ€"directed shot from the Naniwa, struck the engine-room, and peneâ€" ltrated the hull ulutely withheld for the past 'few weeks by the censor that it is not quite certain on which ship Admiral Togo has hoisted his flag, but it is understood that the Ilil'a'csuse is the lvessel. The I-l-atsuse is a sister ship Ito the Mikasa; that is to say, she is one of the largest and most pouch ful battles-hips afloat, having oven 15,000 tons disiilacemcnih In person Admiral Togo is: a. short; ls-oinewhat stout. man, with full black beard and moustache, and a distinc- tively Japanese appearance. He is not a greatltalker; indeed, in manner he is somewhat reserved, Above all. uhe is a cool, resolute, determined 'vory courageous sailor, quick ~ and alert. of precetion, but calm and 11n-« presipitate in action. He knows his fleet wellâ€"knows what it can do to a nicety. He knows the spirit. and temper of his men, freshly and pasâ€" sion-ately moved at. this time by a consuming fever of patriotism. Ja- pan confidently expects much from him and them, and has no fear that. they will disappoint her fervent an- ticipations. - __._-._.+â€"â€"_...â€"..â€"- ANOTHER BRITISH EMBLEM. Football is Coâ€"extensive with the Lion’s Influence. Wherever the British. have goneâ€" an-d they have gone everywhere. white men can goâ€"t’hey have carried. foot: ball with them. The negrocs among (whom they have dwelt, in all parts of the tropics, have picked up the game from them, and become just as {enthusiastic over it as any British lboy. The Maories of New Zealand prefer football to ,any of their own national games, and many of thorn have be- come firstâ€"class players. They euSily defeat all the white clubs in New ian’aird. . The negro boys of the British West ilndian Islands play football with 'enot'gy when the thermometer stands at 90â€"118 hot as the hottest (lays in this country. The grounds on which they play, being baked day after day ,by the tropical sun, are as hard as lrock. When a. boy is knocked over he is very likely to break his arm or his leg; but no such those can spoil the West. Indian’s .pleasure in the king of games. accidcn ts: as The Chinese residents of George- town, Demerara, got up a team about three years ago to play a egro club at football, The game did not last long”. '.[‘he Chinese obâ€" jected to being kicked- abont, and wanted to stop playing every few ‘minutes '10 argue with the referee in “flight Snglish.” The game ended iin a free fight, and half of the playâ€" ‘ers were arrested by the Delhi} for iass'ualt‘.. 'lnlndia, in West‘ and South Africa land in the South Sea islands. footâ€" 1ball is‘ a favorite pastime of the nuâ€" tive as well as of the white resident. 'and very often “color” matches take pin/.0. [ m~â€"+ l VERY CONVENlEN’l‘. l In Germany and in other parts the continent cherry trees are C0111- monly planted by the roadside. The road from Brunn' to ()lmutx, (-30 mile in length, is bordered with cherry trees. This useful kind of hedgeâ€"row has many paralTCIs in Austria. 'Any passenger may eat of the fruit of these trees, except. those few about which the owner has bound a wisp of straw in token of reservation. The sign is universally respected. ...-...____a____..._._. COULDNzT STOP IT. The recent effort of Mr. Fred '.l'ay- 101', a director of a loading woollen firm of Batley, Eng, to discourage smoking has not been very success- ful. The sum of $5 was offered to each 1,000 employes of the firm who should abstain from the use of to- bacco in any form for six months. It was ascertained the. other day that 800 of the male operatives have at p'eady disoualified LllelllSOlVCS. 'l‘hr of the Kowshing. iofi'er extends to women and girls. 4 . .w «A» a” t vs'nvst' ‘LvfiwmutJt" v 4 i i K. i .iznzwg'u‘jo -‘ V - i, i y $5 $1 . r: f ’. new: ~3T~ JUI’MAI,‘ "a: "c 1,, a, urrvsw.‘