Listowel Standard, 29 May 1903, p. 6

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é Red Hcart « Black ATTOW A Tale® ¥of the Rolling Wave Cin XVII. know if I shall De glint of those murderous eyes behind the pistol barrel brought me posi- tive-relief. There had been too much ole-and-corner mystery in my life during the last few days to: suit is temperament, welco. t 'ohange that gave me: an Pg an foe at last, even though he ha at disadvantage that Guuntacad esta death "I do not profess to pit cunning 8 as good to yin you, on--that your friend apie I do no lieved, put it is shane fact that ho ¥ thad come. --long after the victims of the pre- done with it, when Dicey blurted out a foc'sle oath at his peiticn. on't you plump the lead mister, and ive us a rest ne add ed. "I'm getting i iter ibs rad ogainst | cursed w: whee out 6 di into him, o" him anywhere o} ; then, and go on deck!j' "It is t ime the course to d I want to tease Captain Forrester a little more before I finish him. He must hear ow his sweetheart is to fare first." The subordinate scoundrel slouched o the companion-ladder, to which ho ought to have had a per- fectly clear path without snteesering with his some clumsiness right instead ©f mast alongside of which Vizard had stationed himéetf, and thus-aroment- arily came betwee us. My. chance Vizard shouted at him, with a curse, to stand aside, but ho was too late. I sprang forward, and clutching Dicey by the back used him 9 |8ome fresh slipped d cuddy, or into the person, it was more below. been it was vacant, d nor cow eck. It will be readily seen that his dis- appearance did not add to my com- 0. probable he had only taken advant- y preoccupation to conceal of "ie might have stokchole, t that own the companion to the and I bad now to be prepared for a sud- den attack from any dark corner. had removed the weapons from his true, ; no reason why there should not I was be with the satisfaction of thinking|as a shield, while with my right han 4 he U « at.' hand I. drew my pistol. Simultan: |™Y eyes ae round my fae hoes "I don't think it ; 1 am certain of /eously Vizard fired, hoping, I sup- alkane i moons Ng vq it. Kennard has as broken |pose, to hit some part of me teat ecome fitful, being -- eat up your combination already," I was not hidden by Dicey's bo : aguin by passing hapten uy " Plied defiantly. aguely that |but in the fluste wlecaloutnted. it was nearly -- br eee oa if I could prolong the wrangle byjand the shot fect in my hu- j ough to distinguish wai o ~ : - enticing him to gloat over his armor-plate of on deck, had there been such e prospective victory, the enormous odds at present in his only chance lay in creating a diver- sion or in seizing some unexpected advantage before he tired of letting his jaw-tacklo run. He ideper ~ --_ wiser to have shot ine as~ but his mali- cious pa a that, 1 should die miscr-| me able got the bette - ot his prudence. "IT can see, -pated sailor, shall havo ry convince net , playing with hissed. "Know then hours since 4 c babies,"' I might reduce |' { pata for over an hour me, but still holding him I fired over gence on board. e ri of ackle I saw nothing and heard nothing to prove Vizard's pre- At th that on his shoulder and hit Vizard in the right The battle was over, |time the rattling of the His revolver fell harmlessly to the re davit that ne our r only boat oor me wh s Allowing Dicey to sink down In a|me huddled heap I aimed straight for; Vizard's head. He glared at me liko| a Seige nde tiger, the blood pouring om his wrist, and for ono second steamer, I waited effort rippling over his even forced his ° features | with is rT r are "What = "1 right-about = tand with your back to ime, your -- fan the cabin wail." "Is our pose pee down and joined behind confirmed by my gi | respon: anxiously should appear astern to sec if llower the boat, and was leaving the but his wounded arm sug- gested that he must have help, and till the boat > o were inananily vin f& a signal a. | the engine-room which pte with no to i . ie nine It as clear enough now what had section hence. We 'do ; ll leave Somewhat to my surprise ho inerilinns I oak occupied traces, my cakes . ' por ;obeyed, and walking up to him I yy verting collision with he brigan- lent gd here ne whe Teall We | felt him all over in case he should 'ting, Viza had boited into t ail ab, and as for t : ta tous avo a second weapon. Sure enough! stokehole n eatel. nd d enlisted well, they are all wanted for various he had a ton clasp dagger ot like aid et the aneine OS tect crimes already and are too highly = fa a | a e engineer in lowering id Ik at { j | Which T relieved him, and then, after the poat, which they must have paid to a about rr ke WOrk | nicking up his dropped pistol, I reached unseen by me while the moon , ee ae on mo oF ye vy | bade him precede me up the was under a cloud. On the whole I ; illascing ho a) SOF Ste |e ' | pani Arrive on deck a hasty!) was rather relieved than otherwise - among the slums of Naples on ac glance showed that one of the ' count of their moral rectitude, you ' }to be quit of the strain of watching . e D1 3 |Italians was at the wheel on the go, k nd wh Vizard om will understand. So you see, Forres- | ac » a en 7ar that Zavertal and I shall soon' assengers of the wying eyes and to Shall take ony Inquiries from you Miss Challen the state of her health? P* Th ws of Kennard's murder, and the thought that Aline would soon be at the mercy of these Staggered me for 2 that my dear control inyself, and stili to fight for delay. All this time Dicey remained flattened out against the wall, leav- 1 shall be traced on which it will be proved was hired or bought Db: you."" "Don't make retorted Vizard. any --_ ciel "The was P| were ; --. : Ane if you did, it is all one, ho u but an escaped, josatic froin the Convent of Santa cla frenzy will be so circumstantial that | your disappearance will be uccounted | for in the po natural manner, I can promise yo t was true canal. and I have gnash my teeth with rage at my folly in belioving Mayfleld's kpe- cious lies. With Kennard and myself out of the way, every source of ne- ay inion B- y could and their tem might be carried on indefinit ~~ diabolical . vi mom-! 7 | H | though | Weak Stomach in the Spring. 'small provocation. | or sev the other sailor was lounging in the bows Was presumably duties below "Now,"' t shouted der The cngineer Pihagienlen hi - attending to his|j terest. the made information I said, pointing to a coil under the bulwarks "go and 'The first snove- or the first at- "tempt to speak to the Italians, and dead w T he moon is he might iand. ment you The o his shoulders, and non the coil began' to bind up his wound with a handker chief. Without relaxing my watch on him I then went up on to the bridge, and taking the fellow at the wheel did as all would 1 soon come of which = alternat ; that h \ risks. to sit still on the opposite sido tO arg roking Vizard. Tho man in the bows seemed | his departure, had to have caeaeea the situation discreetly remained where he was, while the engineer was attending to) of what Was going on on deck. Then, with a glance at the binnacle | to see that the course was right for by . Pistol in it on ery looked the 1 ars h to learn. jaatad for an hour h the Miranda | | ht modded on witho me ance aaa | an occasion spokes of the wheel. Vizard sat {quiet on the coil of rope, and from 'his attitude seemed t slumber, to a stan al twist to "She myself. would be speedily traced and in any light seemed to be a confession that his power of evil was at g bei a full head of arewell from fast receding boat I returned it with I no doubt that h ould the on y he wherever case his to look after the engines and furnace. . in the open sea long want replenish- steam right, but tho when or ives had not. put me but I e to get dstill, The engine-room hatc wes time should either have to lash the helm and go and stoke the fire myself, one of the sailors do it for me, both make thetr I rather wondered that Viz- out the fires before sup- way a his duties below, in happy ignorance lawn his -- * iapenuity had over- no. ims sore Injustice, 'as T was The sailors wero still sieening, he wed | oc I stoered onwards, lterally keeping ead, oO @ inconvenience of having to vistt | te color or style. i phets. At « yearly festival Latino held which is rather Pak 'and of which little is Jat the ampoIntee time to Jerusalem, whence the pilgrimage 8 ip <0 gta is sacred -- site or what * slecee is to Arabia, the rg h olding Moses in ven mee as one of the old at ar t Arab pilgrims otha are gathering and preparing ror the -- day of Baster week, in -- it of are grecn w erbs and shrubs, hade - of a tree very Walls of the town ar grown with bright blossoms and on the terraced roofs of many of the houses little clusters of sen and wild fowers make their earance. the oriental = sprv " propitious for A outdoor festival --for festival it seems, rather than solemn pltghiens WOMEN ENJOY THE DAY. Early in the morning the women begin to prepare> to: spend the stay out, for they make a picnic of the he > ° servants accompany their mistresses and bring such utensils as are need- ed for heating coffee and for serving a nice meal. Hammocks are slung within the tent for the children to sleep in. The women, closely veiled, sit at the open tent feces The procession, aSssing through the town, comes out ot St. Stephen's gate and winds along outside the city walls. As these walls are very broad, large numbers of spectators gather on the top of them and over t sorts and conditions are her of them turbaned g fozes. AWAITING THE PROCESSION, For two or three hours a tinuous stream of people of every description and of varied national,- ties pour through this gate to sta- tion themselves in groups along the hillsides and await the arrival of the procession, The vast slope outBide St. Ste phen's gate lead to the Kid- ec} separating Jerusalem from the beautiful Mount of Olives, which rises grandly toward the east. The slopes oe down from the city walls into Ae a well as the sides of ain, and the rocks and oD gee alone ihe roadside as the reach, au become "gradually covered with dens of expectant human bene "at a" ty a tonguo. These, with the crowds on the walls opposite the mountain, form one immense ircle of specta- tors within the circuit of half a mile At this hour, of so much interest to all Jerusalem, the streets within the walls are deserted r sists the attraction outside and the merry-making at the departure of the procession on tho pilgrimage of feasting. an artis€ the hills on this morn, with their masses of bril- liant colors, are an in zag a | large variety of garments, too trikin two are alike, siener The men's cos- Man atched and soiled, and yet their bright and beautiful colors help to make the dazzling picture, to which the adds a brilliancy a gorgeousness that is beyond tion. 'his scene receives an artintis backgroun® bove satins rustle and Jewels glitter on gowns. a I knew better |The man's subtle brain doubt, was ait ready hari j devising schemes for bes jat least for escape Selene him over to the law. The two Italian sailors trouble, 'et Pile me, or I handed gave no but stretched themselves in that as like as not was you cure for it prove to that Da Ba 2 Oise ee Ointment is acertain | sed rer, Te ganrantoed isis Scrat 3 Dr. Chase's Ointment each of iehine, peta oon bor, at 'Toren while of the stricken Dicey habe sign, and 4 id not er ho w all' as dead. w ii made himself "acquaint" mere manhole, The en der running down below. had bottom of this moro or less indigestion 'ost people suffer vitality, a of the blood, roe | exhausted n Tho digestive organs, the perform their func- this sS¥yinptoms, * Digestive cantata, Beate, and such trpatments more than | and aseimiln 1 intigeation and Dyspepsia the Natura! Result of Exhausted Nerves and Weak, Watery Blood--Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. | ae 'with ive | noticed tha up with other light ~~ close to the Mrs. strect, "Fo Sharp, 246 amg Peterborough, Ont., r some years Indigestion, into nervous dyspepsia, and besides suffering from norvousness, strange dizzy spells would come over me Hearing of the good results obtain- Dr. Ohuse's Nerve Food, I! pay After o -- ty' | scarcely put the Ie ™ | thorough test of this medicine I can jporween me say that I never used a= poor gbet | when the pow did me so much good. to oar, be the very treatment that T n rom ace upheaved =o as bee result of its use I air, and the sou which the fame as I looked. fo r I had seen near at well that I am t sed you shattered--that "Wanted reliable Bascom from the the tem is being restored and built onsiderable Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents)! p.fore it gets 'em."* a box, 6 botes for "Dates '6 0., a Little Boy "thi which the machinery played, ond ladder leading to the stokehole | nearly reached second descent when! t the stokehole was lit! t came | ace door, and looking ou it side of the that was nol the worst Was stuck in a keg was t went off e umns of the paper. hei _ vWell, ith an iron to the than wh. just reac t the explo. and I of the did so ngth lad- well in a sec the | hing Instinctively I rushed up on deck, tha hand for me to at-, comnpt to move the candle, w sion deck-planks and flew in sinking. men," read Mrs advert ertising with | over the und of rushing water old me that the steamer's side was e Was 'co Be Continued.) vol- Then she raised that' 8 the Mo- had ship number of centuries ,et : ong the curious varieties of peo- though less attractive to the eye, are the country Arabs, with their hans brown kes and arms and sun-tanned wearing long white shirts open "a the neck. As the procession of Turkish offi- cials, sheiks, soldiers, pilgrims and mi ishes leaves the city cannons are red from St. roe echo rolis across the valley to Mount of Olives, whero it sradualy Until n ctators have been amusing ng and eating delitacics bought and fro, universal wave expectation spreads from valley hill, All faces eagerly turned toward the gate, sho ate of welcome burst on the air above the hubbub of cries of infants proaches, grows | freater and the babble of voices and | the ws louder and 'louder, so that one might almost | think they expected in reality ~ SEE MAHOMET. ming to the Koran will ar is this valley und guther 'his a officials most of them bearing the and crescent, Among the crowd ot p paaress following the officials are n wearing a green band in thick folds around their turbans. These considered holy --_ pilgrimage to ries aloft, tT "the * a-laughin' just | thermost 8 quite a u exhibiting their hi & mon Tr or 0 the are this goal it rexidat of the 'sed ia ball blessing of tcc to the' tomb of His servant M. MOUNTEBANK PERFORMANOE:: z Then in and the sitging and the weird wail- ing recommen: "8 pavillion ng i circle and again holding each Salt f] shoulders, swinging their gp to and fro "a chanting a low, disco ant ing -- to the clapping and singing the men who had inclosed them in a circle, the long bright spears flashing dangerously in the sunlight. Dervishes alsa honored the gover- arms. Their pete ve them re rather than one of holiness, followers fe the prophet It was a seene. This gh stly performance 'at the bewildering noise of the weird songs and the inharmonious accompanied by the clanging sound of the tambourines, have a pilgrims, who of course mostly walk to the sucred barefoot, came bearing on their lofty backs of women and children Thay accompany the pitertink part of the way and then go hom await their return--three pte tata when they joyfully go out to wel- come them. Dfrectly the procession proper passed around the hill and disappeared frem sight gq number of straggling followers roturned to their daily duties within the city. THM TOMB IS') A SHAM. The tombd of Moves, which is the goal of this M jan pilgrimag is a rndo mosque, standing alone on the desolate reverted of the Dead Sea. = groups to fenctlng and ship, None but Mohaianedans, men alone, may en the to reason for -- their po th Ss week for this time of rejoicing is because so great a nunrber of Chris- tians from all parts of the earth visit Jerusulem for the season's fes- tivities that the Turks think it wiser large a crowd of their sas possible so as to im- press the Christians with their num- bers, and also lest there should arise any trouble with the "gentiles" they would have a large company of Mo- hammedans at their command within easy rea And after all the is bound for a false arm a provided sanctu Ore} ac ture narrative tells us that died i the land of Moab, beyond Jordan, and that "no cee _ th of his sepulchre unto this = t placed his sepuickre as far as Mount Nebo, beyond Jordan, but they s sequently chose convenient site for the pilgrimage on account of the weari- sono journey across the river. They Moses go, but whero In reality his feet na@v- er tro o ° ----_4--__----- EGYPT FRCGREAGES, Great Britain Has Worked Won- ders in That Country. Lord Cromer's recent annual = re- Anglo- French control in 1883, when Lord Cromer was appointed by England fimancial adviser, the country improvement. was trade was, and vas tion works, industrial cqutltbrkiven of th have been constructed, Round World,"' aire the of New ry, "Great But have valuable the strong teades ut of Great Bri- young Khedive, not yet svems to deserve credit for a share the progress of his coun- try. Abbas Hilmi II. is more of a: Huropean in his ideas than an Egyp- tian and 8 the most progressive Mussulman ruler living onded Lord Cromer's financial forms and has peendap grrtlell muuch to | modernize his ancient king Thore is a great field rg the efforts of an Not only will its delightful winter climate, and hoary antiquities tinue to draw wealth from the valid, the tourist and the rich loung- | er, but, it is said, that Egypt's un- oped resources are enormous. It wi)l only take proper development in 'ts mineral wealth, for example, to make it a great factor in the future rpg w yea It is thought that few lNgyvpt ish mene most of ee old and silver for Pu Trop as been us 1 tain, thirty, Reypt or The Khodive seems to be thoreugh- ly awake to the possibilities of Ss realin, and has not only shown the bh intelligent tn ---- in the great souan, and a what fs. be has weaseea. ed in raising his people csc their let hargy to a spirit of prog ane ane put, -- "Tell me candidly, Ohar you begin to fee of . 1 find married life so dellghttul | that bd -- were to happen you I 'got ma marriod again 'instde of th.' Bva -- "I thought you were never ig ape as aa 3 said 0, but 'it at. my fault, Fry I broke the rtsolution."' eva -- "How did it -- Ciss --"He (galled me up over the present location | enlightened ruler. | to! Tit-Bits of Inform crmation Almost Signatures nee sith tend. 'peniil year The be better 'lane of gorree sake a re nee every an ordinary white return to. wax if left ges. ei eke million a year out 4 foreign visitors. A horse 8 been known to Jump The income of the Po: tin vTast year reached of respectable total as 146 parishes with- out hi ai poor rates, or public house Trial by jury from the reign of Dthedred I1., Dd. in Britain dates 866 --871 A Consumptives are not admitted as sts to some of the hotels tn Am- chance of two finger-prints being alike, is not one in sixty-four billions. The King is the first British mon- arch to play golf since the days of James II re are sixty not es to seots in the House of Seidiers in the Italia paar cigars as part of their daily | ratio A revi physiologist has distov- ered that nearly all criminals have large ears. Ww hen a storm is approaching. glow-worms are far more brilliant than at other times. Over one-third of the land Great Britain is rag by members | of the House of Lord In Great Britain fifteon per cen of the street oo al are fitted wlth incan#escent mar an Marino pores only for cers and me mn out "ol array elght loaves of} in ndon are made wheat. f the proportion of blind people to the population is one t every twenty residents Sloths, Namas, and certain birds-- some species of parrots -- rarely, if over, dri Inited States "received from Germany during the nineteenth cen-- tury 5,079,362 comigrants It is estimated that the consump fon of meat in Pngland emnrogates 113 pounds ao head per yea hard situation, »u at once charge him with new energy Tell men frankly what you like in them as well as what you dislike,--don't flatter, but recommend what they do well, and you will not only make warm friends, but add greatly to tho mental and moral of your environment r n the Brookiyn Eagle makes these homely but very helpful and suggestive ne mar "A Hétlo genie npiogers is so casy nd may be dloased to re- sndiseriminase disgusting. I mean Le foot encouragement of that which seems good. Most of us are enough with our adverse olga especially of persons who occu by Places in the public eye, or scldom take the trouble to pat 'iene persons on the back even for those things of -- wo most heartily ap- prove. n or an editor gi even by. 'the "amaileat slip ot n "we ie pie , hin may us till the cows come home without ex- citing us to tell him that we == are pl "T on asked Prof. William Farl Brown, of whom Pamperti says there is no better vocal instructor, how he mana, nake so many good voices from apparently impossible grea atn ness, | themselves. merely stand by and tell them they do a thing well. That .. | corns them to do other --_ , Well, and by and by their (crowded out by multiplied artic tions.' "' a RAINING ELECTRICITY. plants wh en watered so wel 'artificially os shen the -- sens 'anxt wets their roots amd the oe ai about them? In the dry wonkteat, | the plants may be wateret copiously | from the taj, but Mee effect of " irvigaticn is as not with the effect produre! by a gentle al shower. The ger iden is that the rain couteins chesdeals which are absent from the water rove by the supply companies, sele tific men are the question. latest the cifferen in re- tie ae that the rnin it ie the elece Maid mate in ° ~ naw yo experiment ectr current he | the mould in a flower pot, ers will thrive more lupus tantly eirigie owe like es hag sae that pie out much firm belief that th ev will grow more quickly than when rain. falls on them. "J gsuppore you saw some hard the pag? ing nical About Irish peers who are e ntle: The army of the Hittle ap ae of form s offi- i 0 \fromt of the oft-banned animal this! Liege compared ' en- | exercised in looking for ar souher an-; a nee mn THE KING AT P ABULL FEY His MAJESTY WI oxy IN PORTUGAL, 2 Quite a Distinction Between the Portuguese and'Spanish tint of the King of Engtand to Port was ce su whose virtues consid- known and Be distinction from the pas srg --- apparent i criticisms ie Cains Banta on was built early a is a circular building, and will seat several thou- sand ators. @ seate are ra- ther curiously divided into "lugares y brsing box occupies 'a centra t For a bull fight the circus {fs pro- fusely decorated with flags, banners, flowers and ever » Supolemented by hse gay attire of the assembled 'thousands, with whom there is nothing of the frantic excitement of moro bloodthirsty Spanish cro THE FIGHT IS ON. to, in a romantic *ortugul, with doub- let and hose, cloak, || appears before owed a ie capinhos -- slight, wi short pees jackots rel Hehly embroidered, velvet breeches whito eager Sisk a red pone aie the n | Hetving made en "obelsance to the | supreme authority present, the cav- falleiros display their equestrian j kit Fight ind their stecds through a ; tre s being , the de farcada," muscular fellows carry- ing long oles tipped with blunt iron prongs, range themselves below }the royal box. The capinhas gprtng over the barriers, and the chosen cavaleiro takes his station alone oposite the gate from which bull is to appem There is moment of simspenss when the gates fall back, amd into the sunlight, with a vicioum tossing of his big head, rushes -- th bull. the gallops to tho charge. With a dex- A woma without arms -- been eels: : merried at Christchurch, New Zea- bus ous ie han the aoe ne Ra land The ring was placed upon bres 8 horse. thrusts into ti bull's neck oO ge -- the fourth too of her left foot, which, ornamented: "with. colored a long tails of the Shah of Per-| pers, hangs dangling from 'ne bull's 8 horses a dyed crimson for siX | nock, and still further irritates him. * oh at their tip a jealously! Again and again he rushes to gale erivitnas rf the ruler attack. Each timo he is foilod, and " his son epehy tine an addition is made to --_--- --~4------ rt neni. al- SPIRITUAL DYNAMICS. though irritating the aninval, are -- to cause him mo pain. The Encourage Good Deeds, But} barbed points aro as fine as a trout- - Don't Flatter. rd ptt the whet at the Give a man a word of encourage-| neck, where ° skin little less ment when he is" in a particularly|than two inches thick When tho bull has evidently had enough of he is allowed to retire to a well earned rest and refreshment. DEXTERITY AND COURAGE, A ed to be attacked with banderillos, his bead to iow omens de fare come into action, These men, ere nt old gala costume of the Alemtejo plains, where the bulls are red, car with a blunt fork at its extremity, a Pine staniling in a body, they off the bull's cha Their poe end daring are wonderful, A common = trick of -- is rush to the bull's side, seiz with one hand, aid the tail 'with the other, holding him, as it were, "in chancery," and escaping with a qtick bovnd as sven as he prepares to gore, An even bolder feat is to stand in and tense jt. into another char when, just as the stroke is upon him, the dian leaps u is body lie hetweon the bull lowers: Last] to ing them the animal vainly attempts to 1958, His companions seizing to their adverturous con ' *Dexterit y cauroge the highest degree are the distinguish- of th Portumese ert. It is_an exporition of hu- an skitl and daring pitted against t txception tomes off very well, tle experience seems fun out of the encounter as his nim- ble assailants. = A FRONTIER OF BELLS Ever since Customs dutics were Imposed, ¢ ch sep te country has thad to ve with smugglers. Italy is one of the nations which suffer 1% For many years she has been mind to discover a nre- nod of preventing dishonest persons -- carry ings from Swiss to = territory, bet Dacasu of Nuceess attending her efforts, i § fevived what is being calied and 0: hi | that i | wire ever so lightly without making the bells inkle with a clear ring ithat can be heard easily, by the pa- 'trols. It s usel for wou ' : gael to attentpt to, cut the al an attempt would cane a ww 4 innumernbe bells ringing, and w a ge down upon ie lity ia iteattl time. Father -- "Mow, Maud, in select- EE * hush: ' look, paises all for intelligence and integ- your moune, am sorry r="

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