A BEAUTIFUL «PIRATE By Guy Boothby. 3) “Tm teeing Cee strong again, ns wered, completely thankful that you came ont of safely aa you did. Ido not like the hen 4 littl shuddes #weep over her arn he subject evidently pleased her, for her eyes sparkled with a light. “There is no boat like her in ihe swine, wide world!” she cried enthusi cally. “Thad her au for me 2 mab id fea all sail set, he oar sinpiog Hn ha ae the jurned, and, leaning against ae pail, qin aloft at the rie of ganvas whic! Lage to Ege al- most rs, then back tity at bi wake and the sah y exhibition of phosphorized water below the coun- Suddenly I became aware of some one as none other in the Beautiful ae Devil pert sie was still dressed in blaol mantilla of soft lace Mionied supreme fascination there ea at night, isn i there?” he said softly, “ooking down at. the sparkling water. eed, tie beauty of the little a end upon the rail as I replied in Cae terms, “Thi ,? she continued, who says that ‘the not belongs to-eter- ty, and not time, and of that it sings “That is a iid ‘beautifal idea,?” I ered, ‘‘but don’t you think there answi ‘are others that ane equal it? ea do complains “Or your English Ag hi ere “The sea that bares wind?’ eg me meet you with an American, sea tosses and Paagdbiet ‘That caps all.” bali conds my com: 1d t, Asie across the deep. Then she 80! able to speak bout ite dengore than ru whose home it is? Dr. De Normanville, I think a4 z were to toll you some of the dan through yaks i hard passed you saa thardly bi ee sie t "could, beliove anything told biti pie ‘doubt it. You see, you hi is, Why, le with despair. 2 ve oe kid before “tat helinownd, | 0" nent Do ¥ bang cnnght paostyaeetaas eels ae d see if it will pve any ‘my nerves to say that I raised it to m tips before answering him without spill ‘tng one drop.’ ely did he never suspect?”” “No, indeed. To tell the trath, I doubt if he ease day how a the Liga wei) White Devil really joment’s Desitation he life. Another time I Leap ‘ winery ball in Colombo in ry of an heiress from England. bay the Petdale of the evening the partner swith whom I was dancing, 8 ears, in- ‘gpeotor of police, apologized for having He said he had received Beautiful telling mo about his girl who was une out fro id to marry him when he got his wan “Ie will be a good bing for you if youcatch is woman, won't it? I inquired. ‘It will get me one and that will mean ra ie -ates —my mi ret you wish 3 me tok? “Taia wish him luck ‘nd then wen! dance the Jans ers mith his scan the /governor.”* ink it wise to run suck eta iat 1 paar) amazed at her city. great not, but in that ile coe I poppet not foak ere stood ii dpa aid could aa gaye to obtain it but myself.’ “I¢ must have been a terrible five minutes for you.”” “I ex: you Prat been told some very curious about me, Dr. De Normanville?” my ycompanion said after ae Mienee “r ae, ish I could induce e Sanne you to know the truth about phat i is easily bs a piss answered. ‘I have heard a great praaanaee o me story, Prat ene iriayhie out here I eve "plead very ite le credence in any of Mr a hay wae Moard se about tho sultan of S yar’? I inate thee Tha “At you must ‘ve beige veel rather a ea action yel knew all Gane ee oie probably turn to admiration, You do not know fiat at a character that wn state, the ae ns constan' ie toe of this earth. Thad heard again of him, and whe Pah aisoveed # that his people conld ob- 0 redress for their grievances I Ty, abdvoted: isa, 10 lage » gum of money, inal of wi to snonymcnly distributed ses aie oe itches he had rob! Reade ec maine te ba him bis obar- 'd catch hi -axialy more fitly trick I played him. Well, that man sertion about me in a public th nee eater Weal hada! ¢9ew E weal do revenge on him for it sooner or later. I was re- only way he could what else have ardon my alluding to Baa I pease “nthe Vectis Queen—t ave heard of those-affairs? welt iy ny Noe deny them. I must have money. Look at the expenses I have to to you some day. I Ir society catches me, in all probability my life will. pay the forf know tha a dapseally: cbr enone thing is certain—I prey only on those who can afford to Beadle the freebooters of romance, I make it my boast that I have ave ee kicrainetly robbed a poor man, while, patel sssisted man’ hand, I have materially There are those, of course, who judge mi barably. Heaven forbid that they ever find themselves in the position in which Tam ! Think of it! Iam b by all men; every man’s hand is against ry 0 ink of Farlins ‘the kn otiedee aedialty be- fore you that if you are not constantly on the wateli you may be caught! And fer: “And then?’ aie sop her grind her little white teeth bared will a Be Be ve De Nor- manville, so it talk of it. While I live thea <n ae catch me, and when I am cae it cannot matter headin has possession of my body. Good night paaitd Tconld answer she had left me « e oO hier the cots the iSphe elas |, “*All’s and gi yy tl ming e breeze iieote and the tinkling of the water alongside. I leaned against the rail and considered the life of the Beautiful ae Devil as I had heard it from her own lips. CHAPTER IY. THE HOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL DEVIL. ‘The sun next morning had scarcely made his appearance when I awoke to knowledge of the fact that the yacht was Lae h a circumstance g—we hai WHITE peas! But, oh, how difficult! i Iwere @ literary craftsman of more ordi- nary ability, Imight possibly ee able to sake of my suppose I must try. {ro BE ae! ined In North Greenlan ai ce ieee though ca a lite gone yards e say a cecaran wittle black ae white a are these snow and hardly serpin brilliant yellow fiend, the arctic pop; eary’s “Northward Over the Great Ice.” ald Not S: Would you is padcy it Iiet you. have just one kis He (courageously)—No. She Then you may have one.—New Zork World. e¢ Quaint Answers. eistydonncacion a36 widely noted ‘for their ‘simplicity and their quaint re- marks. A lady, desiring to m of her choice tap thing to do in or much as possible’ rontiea the Milen ve don’t think you could do better than to placea barrel of London i: oe answer to an sdrertioment ral servant. e you & Thi I mete cialehd, but I Josht it the night I crassed over to Holyhead in the steam- ered oa being accused Rie his mas- ter ting ‘was not the truth, he fale himself by saying, “Please, sur, I lost my prisence of mind, ”»—Lon- o Standar bast like | an i ted | passed that one or m: | from cing a Felon. Lan Dr. Stivers of New York had a phe @ispensary clinic, and rarely did not appear. patient if the latter made any outer 7: Lig your finger down there,” indicat- the ed; stall!” he comm: arule, made little fuss, Dr. Stivers ouce left forefinger. He eek, had felon on his poulticed it for Retinal teen t burt,’ was always his comforting assurance to the PROPER CARE FOR COWS. Features ofa fon Dairy Farm Near ~w York. In reecien a model dairy farm ork, the Brooklyn Citizen walked the floor with baat sini at aa that at night the cows are housed last he went to his who said gravely, ‘ been lanced before.” Bras bly- and then, with a reath—‘‘per- aps you’ aoe pe eh it now."? “Certainly,”’ said the assistant sur goon. “Pat your finger on the table.’” assistant si peeves complied, and with a face whi te per watched the nit as paj "Be gentle,’” he cauti awful sore finger! “It won't burt,”” sistant surgeon, and scended. There was a h Dr. Stivers, and wit! in his other hand he room crying, “Ob, oh, oh!’ “‘Why,’’ remarked the assistant sur- geon, ‘‘I have heard you ioned. “*That lance a “No it, don! groaned Nelivae. he that fet on which ene of the knife a man isat.’’ —Exchang Stonewall Jackson at Chapultepec. The infantry suffered Teas a was jeentorail: we ‘the xample of tole lieutenant, atkins ane eS the shot swept | wy r and etal calmly: ‘Ther “That ought ga tee —but’?— pa Dr. Stivers, remarked the as- the sharp steel de- D: flanced about the tell patients patsy pee that it didn’t hurt to as not as wax. g barn there 0 rows of 80 or more stalls peng each rari with a a Tn a single cow s" ee heart out oy ad lay, and irt and dust as bard wood fae ina aa kept house. Each cow, lage by placard stating that visitors are not he lle or to feed the supreme, cleanliness aaah -vades the entire farm is manifested not it failed ns wi entering upon ae regular morning eidierninn O0e i the sone of Pana lacgent barn Js Ue indisposed members of that men prey ee. , for- ma |aippers, in| whieh E.— derson’s “Stonewall Jackson adth aati 1 | Civil War. graph Blu Tel inde: myatunny telegraph stories are print- ed by the Pittsburg Dispatch on the anthority of a former employee of the pany. I Albany, in which th overcarefu in the matter of spa letters. Taton re the nie as fol- ent, k with the which the addres “drawing room car agent, Central de- epared. Never on any Seed, said the guide, is the food maiz hand. er uae with two or three playful heifers and nets calves, each room, wa? pointed out mery is a separate buildin and 0 pies ne ‘ling the pill; ming, ee ans rau evening the mille is eae in shining tin pails into the eat ore iA still mare abseil miataka waa once yeiet: 2 ee arr Giles, a a oleae * BRoelyH nasty yard.’”’ This is was afterward amended to read, “di en james W. Gillespie, olerk, Brooklyn |f navy yard. Spurgeon’s Blunt Critic. ‘Mr. Spurgeon first began his onunciation. s at first resented these mm learned "After soe telling the eae = Tuoked pelea them. to profit |forth the wrath of the city consumer, id in jattthn ae sis Es has LF right to rich milk. jousekeepers call h much ages er I oa in Mis city y market is that which is of table beer, the | re erybody else, mrgeon, like had hie pet quotation, eyeieand this line, ‘Nothing rather frequently. d to bring,’’ formed of the vacuity of your band.” * ‘ving and sustain peemears So his commentator wrote him, ‘‘We are sufficiently in- ie Lon- don Ladies’ Kennel Journal, a eeey roller o1 it attracted considerab if the other exhibitors, steadied to the dog’s 1 may know a sy Shakespeare, but he iaiee ieee about bull te-ricrs ”” heel at the botto1 which he had Psi milk of a few especii e year around in the city for 50 cents. Poetic Retribution. e Sacre! with some of the guests are at my house yet.—New York World. ha smal SHUT IN BY DISASTER. Rev. Dr. Talmage Sermonizes on the Com- pensations of Sickness. The Case of Noah and the Ark--Disasters Are God’s Designs for Our Betterment--Men Saved by Being Shut In--A Sermon to Invalids. pweatintan, Dec. 11.—This discourse e one wh ry the uges, the ae zoological and ornithological and reptilian wished been shut out of the wned. jese flood stories represent the to others, ke mere especially intended for tue) 6 in, “The Lora ‘The Closed Door. oe first of all who closed the di hi 5 ane Bee, shut him in. And 1 kind and sympathetic has ere i you in, my reader ve ise in a item He turned the lattice the blinds of the sick- est not now, but thou shalt know here: after!” ‘Tho world has no statistics as to the ay: “I guess th: man mistakes buoyancy of natural spirits standstill through your absence from store fice or shop, and that you sent your love to all your old friends and told them them again in man, standin; ephat is splendid! Now, that is, what I cal religion”? is a good thing to preach on a Sun- people assembled in mighty re-onforoe- ments of religion. You oy that to such a sermon there are only one or two or three hearers. Aye, but the via calling at for a style of usefulness and men of 200 healthy avolrdupois can- not affect. It was mot an y that fastened you in one you on crutches, the Borkiee Journey you ig from pounded the root of he sight gers on that eraft aires; forges. th og geet ti the cape Sof lily od pee uckle an ‘wood clap their Shut Of From Temptation. Again, notice that during that 40 days of storm which rocked that sh universal oovan of Noah's how much of the outside style of wom tion you escape? Do you, the merc incarcerated in the sickroom, reali: ruptcies suffered? Is it is, very Toneomfortable for Noah inside Peonla in the Dig boat like a small etern- ‘Ral rain!"? aaid the wife of folded up into clouds, ‘Ween only o1 rode eae you will have # ane aoe will foal the Cele d of ill ‘The last ‘of th came, the last day, the st hour aka last rain on th roo! bee ah ‘te te that ap- Loreto} ‘the say hea Sor }ea feat Hume tn at go to q record of all the the nights of weary the your ‘exile from the world. O weary man! | mounta Or was the Lord who soner, John Bunyan a human hate se! to with them, really the ‘The Women in the Ark. joubt, while ie that v Ben dia at co wie of this convulsion out d seen 600 age barat 600 when 2u saw as clea! see, anc let the Pageant oA all the radiant Jandscapes and lta Kies w! ed upon a kindle your raptur- get Ww! in nee you ya_clim| and Bastien’ your alpanstock high up on which few others ever dared and 2. 1c Out From th eArk. Notice also bore on the cosa’ deluge the shut ins came out, real their howe and cultured their sar. ‘on the talking about abad vorage, N jotures and many other into yot their cimtarEaion was not more im dis bars sil! anguish across America o cis Ie any ship malght ne fae Siank upon the rock than the other apart- , and such breast, and mocking bird, wing into the ea sky, while the to low and the i © ‘he 7 act tl than the fact that the which shut the captain of the ship inside | bape Sem -tsrery ve pus your trust in God, you mong orchards bending with 12 bape bh. get and puneetion without yourself add- ee ‘all Ae bn ins because they wil he come out ee ¢ do not think that heaven of pu ot Som ‘and all the thous- bounded on the pink and joods, by The of vindication land o1 den of the King, vee y a ge of heavenly association rest. to the interview. I be He Strack Lack. a: offer you anything,” said Rear kind-hearted ‘ad, “put corned end. cabbage. “Madame,” replied Meandering Mike, “it ‘ed b iy jon. I've ited four miles tryin’ to find a honse where they'd offer me somethin’ besides wish-bones. Giad Christmas Time. “Shall I have your apnea present charged, eat asked a business mante- pon him. ered the B. M.; and. it 1 Christ: mas present ¥ it charged oh ea is unhappily an age ere is one point upon eal sores any infxned portion of the body to which ic is applic: ‘Yusinuating Credulity. on say this is a canvas-back auch madam? ia. De'you ished my a tare we dou vied. Head (sympathetically)—Yoo ‘have @ bad She e. (iuskly) 1 have I em #0 choarse you attempted to kiss me, I couldn't aan scream. Bienen 1 ha ave ‘‘Ietters ‘of credit” that. wilt nything from the ban! Pirate arate up that feos those bys will 6 | and not among the shut each ad tied of cata presence, this — its) out of out? en Ba only vinced. ating y you. Tell would ever ae a mao | aecosariy head aa Sneaphne? bare our think oa It ped che one thing that m1 and the offscourings ay ly enter ly Braze or Omro, Orry or ToLEpo, ‘yoeas Gounr, fhe sum of ON) sured by the the OF Fa 18 CATAREE CU Sime Sworn, $6. ilove ant ga ste Bene all Catarsh Oure iirectly on fhe system. Send aa Sold by Druggists, 7 pare EE ERS, ‘This Seems Correct. Se there eyes e soul. ON viewag—Then whose eyes have been blacked es stained glass windows. Minard’s Lintment is used by Physiclams, ‘He Was Disappointed. Sorry Sawyer—Did yer Dusty Dion—Naw, but der lady eaid we could have a few chops in der wood- a stir sat Gri ordi, and gives rest to ocak id be Her Prompt Reply. esi tn aw tol aspen — tin Peek about? e— About If it wasn’t for enthus mt you can’t say snybing 6 ee of you in girl tells you sho can’t sing, give being truthful and Keep) . so generous in Shel y would let everybody reference bere lon or char- think ti Cisse ses and if God a k of heaven will not be permitted to go jor. If there are in belong ‘0 the “shut outs.” 3 13 gates, and while those 12 and they would de- cEY makes oat] = he fs thi 3 FJ Chie & Co. County veh, tose eat ENEY. in 6th day of December, A. D., AW. cumdonns) ‘Notary Public, ¢ ip taken internally and acts je blood and mucous surfaces of for testimonials free. F. J, CHENEY & C0., Toledo, 0. are the windows of the soul of the man git « hand- whole system. Exterminator de- costs 25 cents to try it anc psi asstinas aint wie you it the pins in my weist. onieal Ifa. sm but little fi accomplished. ses his situation it’s apt to jen. | te corns, root and follow that she is light- We Enid MINARD’S LINIMEN?T he eases: reler: Oil City, Ont. Rev. R..O. A Pierre Landry, ‘Thomas Wasson, Sheffield, N. B. Bsullion’s Pride. Bobl Fae Bulllom, She alleen, irees' go! ababblly? bhing—Pride of peste “How's that?” “He's afraid of being mistakem for = clerk. oes Be a Monoxriable. “He gave me a dict ele aed syllable.” “ow funny.” “Oh, 1 don't know. He wanted me to learn to say ‘A Hilarious Time, eraster Christmas trees were so undi; ified ted worthy only of bn lower classes? i. thera! this is a new vind tree for the children to etudy sin all day. e great lung healer is found in that id as Bickle’s Anti- es bronchitis, besig’ He has cured ae, when tobe far advanced in consumip= Sent to Jail for G ‘A Sicilian tribunal has just to his fraudulent documents. TO CURB LD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative ‘Brose Quinine Tablets. Ap ee First nd Greatest “I wish to ada oa man who found that hi ee watered Bisel “nt “yeah i ved ese times. He’ mu opecalators look Say onrBosh!” 4. bom Be thing! ‘There’s the man that floated the bigg the world has ever kno Keep Minard’s Liniment in the House, Manifesting Ttnelfe _akane What's all the noise tm tha of the store’ NGanwell—Ob, that’s the crash depart te of Time. Miss Rattle don’t mind bathing, *| but I detest diving! ‘iss Newcome—Why 80? Miss Rattler—Oh, you can’t talk um der water, you know. A lady writes : “I wasenabled toremove branch, by the use of Holloway’s Corn Cure.” Others who have tried it have the same experience. He Wanted to Know. mber, Ate en ‘that noth- neighbors would do things as we should it would be much it pleases a another, 181s to have the ‘second piece of her nia The Canadian Government ies in the ih drial gaia’ out 1. 80,000 bounds of of butter last