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Jud @Q‘QQQE Eéié(GQQifiéfi(€(QéQQQ'éiCQQQQGQQGQQQQQEGQGQGQ lN’S till w 0R,A.BROTH W9§93%BDB§§BDP§BBD§>§9§ QGQGGQEGEGQ‘E CHAPTE t XVI. Even at that late season of the yearâ€"it was December, though not advanced beyond a few garden at Caldera was rich in color and profuse in greenery. weather was so fair and warm, there \vere such balmy breaths from the sea and soft airs from the hills, such sweet mornings of sunshine and such mellow afternoons, that the short indoors. loved the open after as Todman says, ‘bur‘y' than ‘bloom’ "); she loved to gaze at the rugged outline of hills, to watch shadow that flowed over them as the sun swung freedom that lives in a wide pect, and to feel the cool, breath of her own land. Near the foot of the garden was an arbour of Glorie dc Dijon roses, pure and there Maddalena passed most cula'tc (1 ay sâ€"t h C And the ' littlel household of the Queen spent but:nttflCk by twelve ,, The Queen helsengunboats and torpedo destroyers. the tedious years of mephitic Bloomsbury (where “there is more the tides of tinted up and then dowu; she loved to drink in the more sense oflmy 1312111 before your Majesty. prosâ€" ‘E ER’S PROMISE assaeaésees)ssssssbenoeogs .or 1 Don Augustin’s face clouded. He saw the fair island slip from Mad- dalena’s hands into those of task- masters as .harsh as 'Hispaniola. Some such thought flashed into the Queen’s mind, too, but her eyes {were on the Orange King’s face, and Ishe saw nothing there but uncon- lcern and amusement. l 3 “Palm City,” went on Mr. Smith, "will surrender. It cannot resist battleships and “D’»» «€€€ I l ' “But if we could take it first,” lcried Bravo. “lt- would be at too great expense my friend,” said Mr. Smith drily. the, "There is a much cheaper way than ' that.” . "And that is ’2” “I am here this morning to lay May I explain it in my own way?” ' “Surely, sir, surely.” “The moment my agent at Rio cabled to me that the fleet had set- out, I started for Palmetto. I cal- that the ships will be off of her waking hours, the fairest rose Palm City 0” the morning or the -of her pleasaunce. At a tiny table she transacted much State business with Don Augustin; received mes- sengers with lists of dead and wounded, or of the siege of Palm City; gave a ready ear to this or that petitioner who believed that the Queen could set all things right; or signed documents signifying to Don A. that her Majesty desired to lo such and such, to Senor B. that ner Majesty commanded him to do as he had been bid on pain of her displeasure. To every one that saw thus thronâ€" ed among the roses the same thought cameâ€"~that the Queen was very beautiful; that she was young. that she was indeed a Queen, but alas ! that she locked so sad. Not that she did not smile on her people, for she was happy in seeing them; but over the smile flitted a. shadow of sorrow indefinable that made the smile stranger sweeter, and in her voice was a subtle tone that found in everr heart a responsive chord, and made the bearer wonder if it was in such wise the angels sang when Paradise was lost. “All!” said they, "she will be no longer sad when the Hispaniolun is driven out of Palmettoâ€"she will sing and dance with the best of us then.” Only Don Augustin knew that whatever geod hap came to the Isle of Palms this silver thread of sorrow would string ll'i’addalena’s jewels for ever. The change in her did not escape the observant eye of the Orange King as he came dowu the path es- corted by Don Augustin, radiant with delight. 'T'o Bravo the return of Thomas Smith seemed an augury ' that the happy end was near. Maddalena rose with outstretched hands. "Mr. Smith! You by surprise l” “Better I than S-tan'ipa, your Ellaâ€" jesty,” he laughed. “The fact is I couldn’t stay away any longer. I want to see for myself if my orange monopoly is to hold good.” “Ah I you put it in that way. Well have. taken us Fâ€"you shall see, you shall see. ‘llutl come: I am just going to breakfast under the roses. "You must join me.” “I have already breakfastcd, dame.” “At eight o’clock '2" I‘E'CS.5’ V “Off bacon and eggs ‘2” IIX'CS'JI _ "What a Briton l” she laughed. "But if you have come from lispole- toâ€"have you '2” “From Espoleto, madanze.” “Then you are ready for luncheon. Come, sit down, sir. You will join us, Don Angustin.” “You are cut off from the World here, madame, so I daresay I am the first to bring you a certain piece of newsâ€"good news._ The Free State have thrashed Iâ€"Iispaniola.” “That is indeed good news. When? How ?” Ill ll" "When ? Twelve days ago. 'And how ? By blowing them out of the water. But there is better news to come.” '_A merry twinkle lurked in the corner of the Orange King's eye, as he. paused and helped himself to olives. “What do you think, mad- ame, of the Free States’ combined navies crossing the ocean to bom- bard the principal ports of Hispan- iola 2‘" “Is it possible ‘9” cried Maddalena, while Don Augustin, startled afresh out of his precisian calm, stared at Mr. Smith with a hundred eyes and a gaping mouth. “Does it not make your prospects brighter, madame ‘P” "It will certainly lower I-Iispanio- la’s prestige.” “More than that, madame, .more than that.” 'And again Mr. Smith paused with that twinkle. “Tell me, tell me,” cried Maddal- ena. * . ' ' .. “Well, as far as their knowledge goes, the commanders of the Free States fleet regard Palmetto as His- paniolan territory. On their way to blockade. bombard, pulveriz Sarralona, "erez, Almeduna, Pam- parivos, they will naturally call at Palm City der.” and demand its surren- _doy after to-morrow, or perhaps in the evening. Perhaps they will :come in at night with lights -out.. and make my friend Stampa rub his eyes when he wakes in the morning. Anyway, and whatever the intenâ€" tions of tlle'Frce States admiral, I lwant you to allow me to intercept 'him before he sights Palmetto.” l “Yes, yes,” cricdhfaddalena, all impatience. ‘ "I want you, madame, to entrust. ,me With a letter for him, in which you explain your position. Ask for Ihis co-operalion, and promise payâ€" iment for his assistonceâ€"rather the lassistance of his governments. Good. He will accept or he will reject. If lhe rejects, he will win-~temporarily: ,‘ior Europe will not allow the Free lStates of South America. to depart gfrom their adherence to the Monroe ldoctrine, and if the Worst comes to the worst Palmetto is still Hispanâ€" l iola’s, and the struggle goes on from lwhere. it now stands. If he accepts, you will have to pay a million, per- }haps two. And you can leave that 51.0 me.” I Maddalena rose to her feet, carried 'out of herself by the suggested lspeedy end of the. fight, her face lfiushed and her hands pressed toâ€" gether. “Oi if it might only be! if it might only be l” "It maywvell be, madame, if you write the \letler 1 spoke of-â€"~andâ€"â€"-” ihe papsed and laughed-«“make it .a inice one." She turned svil‘tly and looked at him, Bravo aghast and a. little more than half inclined to pose mightily on dignity. But the good humor and good faith so clearly marked on the Orange "King’s face disarnlcd her and made her forget the cool auda- zcity of the proposal. “Sir,” she said, “I will do You are a deus ex machine." g “lily Latin is rusty, madame,” he llaughed, "bubâ€"den. in flares seems to lmect the case." . . “You are n courtier as well as a genius, sir.” “If the admiral agrees to your proposal, madame. in four days there won’t be a. lilispaniolan sold- ier on the island.” "There are eight thousand grumbled 1"; ‘flVO. “How do you propose to get rid. of them 2’ Dump them in the sea. ‘3” , here 3 “Send. them back to Ilinpanioln.” 1 now, ’ ’ said Smith shortly. "1n balloons? ships, ’ ’ Th ere are no “There will be ships when they are wanted,” came the more shortly. _ “I see you have your plan, Mr. .Smith,” said Il‘laddalenu, \Vltll‘ a gfrown at Don Augustin. “You will Hell me ?” ' Smith waved a hand tion to the inevitable. "A. plan? A Very little one. Like the. Free States, I also have u gflcet. Twelve steamers of mine are =now three days north of Palmetto. ‘They are ostensibly bound for the lWest Coast of Africa for cargo. They ‘gwere underâ€"couled at Liverpool. ’l‘hcy gput into Palm City for supplies. gl'm no man of busines if they reach gthe West Coast this trip. I rather lthink they will touch at li'ispaniolan fports and land more valuable cargo ithan rubber. Hispaniola will payâ€" lund I’ll see that I get my money, Itoo. And now, madame, you will :want a little time to write your letâ€" ;ter. Do you permit me to leave iyou ‘? I should like to see Grant, lif Don Augustin will direct me where .to find him.” l l As he uttered Hector‘s name, Mr. ;Thomas Smith gave one swift side 'glance at. Maddalena, and his suspicion._. , “I should like to help you, Mr. Smith. I do not knmv what to Isny." _ ' "Madame, 1 cannot help you in flhis, Write as your heart dictates. i]. should make it too businesslike, {and the admiral would seentâ€"«liplom- lacy. Write as your heart dictates. linadame: sincerity and candor will gwin. gno heart.” i (0, Mr. Smith! 0. Mr. answer, still of resigna- satisfied ’l‘h sinus No, no, 'I’ cannot helpâ€"J have ; u... a tatious lying.) and I am going to take care of you "I will try my best, sir,” until you are. quite well again. It Maddalena Simply. and She will be time enough then to speak of his leave to the Orange King. ' going. Come now, take'my arm.” He turned away. and then he tUI‘nâ€" “But, madanieâ€"â€"â€"-” ' ed back. ‘ “My word is “A moment, madame. I must beg arm y” your pardon, as I must beg 1101‘5- In a. little while Maddalena. rc- Just before I left Liverpool. 8 friend turned to her arbor, and sat down of yours called at my office and de- with pen and paper to write her let- mandedâ€"there is no other word forlter to the Admiral of the Free said bowed smith 1 Rank» flat. inelleCtiVe. 0511811" unless you prefer to be my prisoner, law hereâ€"take my itâ€"â€"deman(led a passage to Palmetto. States fleet. For an hour 0,. more she labored, tearing up draft after draft, and stopping every now and She would not be denied. She would see you. She is waiting now in . 1) your reception room. then to lean her chin on her __~_â€"._____‘h________fi INTELLlGlillllii u runs" * WISDOM OF THE LOWER SEA ANIMALS. ~â€" Interesting Examples â€"' Feeding Captive Fishâ€"Migrate Like Birds. In the New Yark‘ Aquarium tlic other day, L. B. Spencer, one of the best known of the attendants, was discussing the remarkable intelligence hand exhibited by fish. “She! I know no .5110. Who is , and gather her thoughts afresh. She “The more I know about fi51109,”' it 7” had promised Mr. Smith that she said Mr- Spencer. “and. the longer I "Miss Judith Frereéâ€" Adios, maâ€" would try, and she was trying: but study them, the more respect I have dame,” somehow the words would not come for them. They know a. great deal "Don Augustin l Accompany Mr. right. 'And although she knew the more than you’d have any idea they Smith. she do. - . ' is sent to me at once.’.' could not bind her thoughts down; "1 madethis remark to a. friend of Judith Frel‘c! Poor Judith Frere! in spite of And see. that. Miss Frere importance of getting it. done, her Willthey wondered What madcap freak is this that has from the garden, from her people, entered your head ‘2 What hasgl‘rom this task, to a tent in the driven you Hector. her Majesty’s receptionâ€"room twining your fingers and going over and over again sad little set speeches, while your heart beats in. your shrunken breast such a piteous rhythm, and your breath comes and goes with and all the to-morrows was thrust such a painful, dry crackle, and with away, and the almost insupportablc, such accusing iteration there sounds’thronging And as thought gave place to vision sorrow lifted from her face, and in every feature her soul lived and moved in sunshine. The fear and to Palmetto, to sit in lines before Palm City, to dread of toâ€"morrow and to-morrow joys of toâ€"day remained to whisper the impossible, and make it true for one moment into which eternities were crushed. There is something -of motherâ€"love in womâ€" an’s purest passion. Perhaps it was this side that was uppermost in Maddalena as she saw Hector with in your ears the cry you have heard nothing else beside these many days -â€"the cry of “You sold her, you sold her ?" What has driven you hereâ€" nay, what has (11' ..Wn you ? You remember that day in Aber- deen when Hector lrant told you of the hapless young Queen. You re- member that evening when he took you into her presence, and you feastâ€" ed your starved eyes on her young beauty, and you drank the new wine of her hopeful heart, and you saw in her the selfyour dreams of long ago had made of you. You remember his arm in a sling, and that prompt; ed her, in her ecstasy of vision, to stretch out her hand and open her lips in inaudible speech. She let; her head fall table. on the The- vision was, gone : realâ€" ity remainedâ€"reality, great and powerful and hard, but not too hard how first you loved her, and then for the spirit that moved Maddalena how you envied her. And then, She seized her pen and wrote furâ€" alas! you rememberâ€"and it brings iously mid‘with a full heart. Words :1 hot flush to your wasted checksâ€" she did not‘consider or choose: it how poverty pinched and the. devil was her very thought she set down. drove, and you atllelnlltfld ’50 8011 And with something higher than her secretâ€"4110. secret of her who in Inere pride, something stronger than all innocence, and a little perhaps more powor, she signed her nameâ€" out of her unconsciously growing “Maddalena, the Queen," , love for I-l'ector, received you and When the Orange King returned, confided her door hopes to .VOlI-_ and‘ the missive was put into his Yes» you trio-d l0 530“ her. filld you hand, he made no excuSe for reading failed. You tried to betray, and you it, He did not smile as he finished, \verc betrayed. ‘If .V’OUY bargain had but, with something of reverence in been successfully carried out, would his air, he fouled the paper ere be you be in Palmetto this sunny De- placed it in his letterâ€"case, and turn~ cember morning, desirous of one ed to her with a, loop; which told thingâ€"CONCSSiQni COlllefiSiOTl With- Don Augustin that the Orange King Out a Single Uloufil‘lt 0f r01'.‘J.i"ell0SSâ€"' had found a teacher in Maddalena. to see her and tell her allâ€"yes, that But he laughed when he spoke. in \Vlll be forgiVeuess enough, "11y Inlonop0}y is as sure, mad- punishment enough; for to gaze in- mm), as that, Palmetto is yours.” to her truthful eyes and see re- “Thenâ€"4' proach look out at youâ€"that will “This”.__he be forgiveness. Only you shall nevâ€" “carries the day. All the rest is 01‘ sec reproach in Il'ladzlalcnn’s'eyes. detail. I fix my trust in instinct." You think you shall, but you shall That evening Mr. Thomas not. know “earl-caller“ m“! the ram womallIYICI‘n end of Palmetto struck south to understanding of the Queen. Sheiinterccpt the admiral 01‘ um Free Will 1101. even OU‘GI‘ .YOll forgiveness ; I States. Elaborate calculations had for to offer forgiveness imples thatqbeon made to settle the flect’s there has 1300-” a munâ€"“dud linOWillS’j course, and Mr. Smith reckoned on by instinct how you have stil‘i'ei'ezl,§mmng in with the vanguard cruiser she \t’lll not SUCK ‘LO bl'L‘fll‘: the bruisâ€" about fluidâ€"afternoon of the next C(l reed. 3’01) be strong, day. :[jutl’u'hQn nirrht fell there rose Fl'm'e- {01‘ 1101‘ very killdnws Will cut I out of the southerr? waters, inst on deeper than a. thousand reproaches. the horizon. {our new “firs and "Her Majesty (lOFill'CS AElSS {hen [our nlore. and four njore: and l’I‘O-l‘e'S l71'09'3l1003" four more, until from the bridge of Like a ghost m a dream she fol- the Governor of Lagos the Orange lm‘h‘? “10 “‘11 50"V‘mt- Like ‘1' 127110513 King counted close on seventy white in a dream she walks down the garâ€" masthead lights, big and little den path and seesfhe Queen stand with one great solitaiv red light; “1160" “1“- “f'Ch 0’ “05°5- A mlSt about the middle of the column. For clouds her Sight: she stumbles and {his red Star. with all] his own humps falls. The servant stoops to assist carefully darkened the Orange King her, but llfaddalena. runs lightlylsteered. To avoid the vanguard be along the path, and has the. poor3nmdG first, a sweep outgmfl and woman in her arms. and is lifting westward and than my Sun in the her gently, before the man is Well trouwh of the Atlantic until “)0 red into {helmiddlc of his amaze. .Jightc’was judged to he distant; but a "340“ may 550' I Wm “mend toimile or so. Then it was full speed this lady myself.” - . ‘ .- .0 He hears. but lingers. into the callinesu of the “You may go." Tier look is sullicient order. Judith .li‘rere is set down in a. low chair, and a of wine is held to her lips. She is slow of recov- ery, but at last she opens her eyes. And then the sad little set speeches are cast to the wmds, all forgotten, An interesting? instance of the rapid and from the heart or her remorse-extension of the use of electricity is there wells up an\ unpremeditatedJumished by its use in warfare_ A babble. of confession, contrition, fife“, years ago electric light was in_ abascnient, that Maddalena. is powâ€"l,crodnced to add to the comfort of the 1‘ .sst .) n h ' ‘ ' . ‘ ’ . . Uh) 0 8101’ a d t at IS ten tunes,garrisons and to prov1de better 11- inorc eloquent because of its vervi . . . . . * um '1 'h w '1' . E x ‘ lllCOllCronCC, its utter abandonment. fiangmlflvinbegi inlet melt: mqliwzll: . g g. \ . From a word here and a \Vol‘d there (To be Continued). M... ELECTRIC WARFARE. ~â€" The Many Uses to Which Electriâ€" city is New Put. Illaddulena pieces together the pitiâ€"‘ilivlng quarters more “meortable in If,“ “.1101”, and sees how this worm ,hot weather, and electric motors have {guys independence, “a Dem. posses_:bllt’ll adopted for trannng the guns, a [slum but her all," w.r.t down bO‘ECIfl'SE or Work for ‘VhiCh they Ol‘ehllar- fore Um combilwd forces of poverty ticulairly well adapted. Searclilights and temptatmm There is one omoâ€" have been installed. enabling a fortiâ€" lion only stirring in her breast~notficati0n to sweep the sea at night. !anger or reproach or contempt, buti The various posts Ipity, the pity that understands are connected together by telephone, lweakness and gives strength and so that the. commandant is in touch leomfort. It shines from her and her face and her whole and saying nothing (for words are any point, poor things after all) she thousand speeches could. But the silence One cannot always hold fevered‘ hands and pat them and smooth them consolingly. “Poor Miss Frere l” "O ! madame. "You are very weak after your long long journey.” “But you forgive me? Say Submarine-mines are gelectrically; and even the guns may 'be fired by this means by an officer at . ,, :some distant point. By means of O 1 your Mmes’ty' iwireless telegraphy o. fortification can libe kept in touch with the scouting that ,vessels, and would be informed of the zyou forgive ma... [approach' of the enemy long before “NOW, now, them is nothing to [he is fusible from the coast. Electriâ€" forg-ch' And I don’t understand almtv lights the I'llllgtl-flfldlfl‘ station°z lword you say. Long ago in Lon- iand electric-clock eircmts furnish ac- rdon 1 made you promise to visit me lcurate time in all parts of the fortiâ€" ‘in Palmetto. You have come; youlficatiOll-‘L iare my very welc‘ome guest." .‘ “O, I cannot stayâ€"[cannot stay.” "0, but you shall stay. Remain-:shaken éhcr that I am the Queen here, and him." 'niy word is law. .._â€".._â€"_+~._..-â€"~- “I don‘t know whether she has him or promised to marrv “Why?” tapped .his pocketâ€" example- - Smith once dart after them. ' Tth ls because you do “Qt Put Out from ESDOIeto in the Gover- the killie makes for safetv is to swnn an the fineness and tender“ 1101‘ Of Lagos. and Circling the westâ€" up to the. top of the tank, where he [hope and cheerl‘ulness. i I eyes at all times with the entire garrison, [the sunshine of hope. being“. and can instantly transmit orders to girom the The fortifications along who infest says the coast are linked by telephone and Your pessimist is mom to the tortured “701112111 than a.telegraph, so that, on the appearance your ragpicker. ’ lof the enemy at any point, all the |sary evil, but must “‘3 bmken' iforfifications would be informed of it. fatal. controlled :smile. l l “llc has stonpud ,ncz-‘s. You are my guest buying extravagant presents for her," mime. Keep out of the back alleys. mine not long ago and he said: "Oh, no! You mean, don’t you, that the more you know about human nature the more respect you have for. fishes?”- “But what I mean was that there is a remarkable .amount of intelligence in fishes, oven in the lowest orders of sea life, in séa~anemones and corals, for exampleâ€"you see specimens of them in the balanced aquaria over there. It is the same intelligence only dill‘ering in degree, as we find in higher animals, each order of life having that degree adapted to its special needs. » "Now look at those seaâ€"anemones.- They are taken from the ocean, no matter where, paced in the aquarium and fed by handâ€"-in other words, artificially. In a state of captivi ity they must rely for their food up on man, who passes dowu to them a bit of clam or oyster on the point of a stick. When the food is first offer" ed to them in this unusual way the anemones show fear, for in their nat~ ural habitat they are not accustomed to dead objects; to them this combi< nation of stick and dead clam is truly alarming. But they soon get used to it. After a little the touch of the stick upon the tenaclcs does not make them withdraw and close up the flower-like mouth. That touch now means food and the anemone reaches out eagerly toward it." . FEEDING OF FlSl-TES. "The movements and actions of the lower orders of life are mainly a matter of food Animals take great risks at the promptings of hunger. So will men, for that matter. as I know from my experience in the civil war. In regard to their feeding, we obâ€" serve manv interesting things about fishes Tnlzn 11w oalmou family, for They generally are fed. with live killies. When some of those are thrown into the tank'the salmon at The first move hugs the back wall as close as he can. Presently Mr. Salmon spies him there and makes rendv for a drive. But beâ€" fore he. reaches the wall he stops, and you can imagine him saying to himâ€"- self: '1’ve run into that wall before and hurt my snout, and you can bet your life 'l’m not going to do it again.’ “On the side the l-tillies Elbow a good deal of sense. They will jump out of harm's wav on top of the wire strainer at the back of the tank and stav there, had? a dozen of them, tail to snout, as close as their can get. with never a flop for perhaps half an hour. MTG ll ATORY FISE'» .. Mr. lle. N,'SU, who looks: after the salt water fish in the. nouerium, says there is astrlliinr: analogy between the movements of fish in the ocean and those of birds on land. “illigratory fish," he miss, "come north in the spring in great shoals. After arrivini' here they pair of? and scatter about in boys, creeks and bstuaries, where they stav during the breeding season. When the fall ap- proaches th'cv assemble again and move southward in large. shoals, just as thev came. l‘i'hen migrating, birds usuol1v=flv high. coming lower when it blows hard. In calm Weather mi- grating fish swim near the surface, but when it is rough and stormy they swim deeper." +.- an... .3 BE CH EERFUL. the broad highways of Exoect to Think success, and you will Keep out of the buck alleys .loln Keep to succeed. succeed. of gloom and lies-smilsm. of the fortress'p'ocession of the cheerful, the wil- ling, and the hopeful. Be sanguine. Know the pleasures of living. Enjoy Keep away scavengers and ragpiclrerl the back alleys of life. your scavenger lo may be a ncees tooniuch of him J'I He never gave. the world 1 He never contributed to thz good cheer of any human being. II: never lifted the gloom from any dis tresscd soul. He is the worm which in the evolution of life, is continual 1y dragging backward towards th- past. resisting the progress of .(M velnpment which must go on with or without him. Beware of the. enâ€" croachments of the carping, pessimisâ€" tic spirit. It is a hardy plant. It takes root easily in the mind, and, like the thistle, when once it gains a foothold it is wellmigh impossible to uproot it; but it cannot live in an atmosphere of sunshine and cheerful- ’l'herefm’e, keep to the high~ ¢ .f'. ,A , . ,. . ,\..o<W‘â€"-Wfifimc¢flm MNWI'V " V ' V A».-(NW“‘ ‘1 7 . ' ' . .....-... -45...."- ‘WJ-d NV‘R‘ ax, JV. .r- ' .. - one. -xâ€" V" fin _,\_ . 4 ..' - 5.1-4." it’ll .. vx' '-.;- \I‘w-’»< ~. .