"witness our arrival. Red Heart a« 'Black Arrow -- A Tale of the Rolling Wave s CHAPTER XIX, I 'A hasty inspection of the ee room showed that the Miranda h not more an hour to float The explosion, as no coat bt Vi: had nded, had to a t gr rent on her side, iktouat yg the slo ie be Sai were quite useless in ergency, though it is doubtful fr cavihite: could have been done had they kept cool--so great was damage. The e boat was gone, and there was no time to build raft. Finding our cate: ee pe any. first as to Dicey -|had clearly as to get himself believed, and my | Pe tly acting under orders, and Mc- ntyre, ignoring my. proffered hand, instructed the ntly. troubics were not over yet. Gus is.a nice sort of welcome to He cast his eyes down shamefaced- ly, as though he didn't jike the = then spoke up boldly : 'Don't it harder for me, sir, beer it is al ready. I have take c cabled abthority from ae And I have the doctor's instructions that you--that you are to be taken was are off.' might bring him eck and 50 ee " give him a better chance. Ruffian as How can that be ?"" I excinimed. On entering the cuddy I found him in ture against the cabin Saree naeliennye o ia a hoist- c vive hima little. ough to see that the stcamer fast going down by the head, he allowed me to make him fast t m on the chance of keeping as and pitched again, bows under, and went down like a stone, leaving me hang- ing on to the spar. We must_ have gone down about twenty feet with the suction, but soon rose, mysclf none the orse for the' dip, but Dicey more dead n alive The *th: two sailors must have sunk at once, for they were never seen again, small joss either. My only hope the chance that some vessel might come our way before .hunger and thirst prevailed, and I scanned the horizon anxiously for a sail or smoke. had been daylight for some ey but da "Doctor Zav ertai's last move was to ave me wrongly esylum at Geno know that you were going to pick me up at sea from a craft which his as- Sociate and fellow-villain Vizard sank not an hour ago ?"" McIntyre turned and pointed to 4 ittle group tha was standing watching us from the door of the surgery, and said = simply, " «He saw you through his field-glass. A very probable explanation, but I was too amaze t i be up with nt ex- friendly cohen but Vizard, looking compassionate!y dig- nified ; and, yuise of "Gen- eral Waldo," Kennard, whom I be lieved to have been murdered by, and while pursuing, the man with \whom he now stqod in amicable con- Xerse. The sight 'so staggered me that I nearly called out to upbrai the American for going over to the enemy, or for having been hand an glove with them all along, but luck- aaa ily I stopped in time I recollected Ken nard's expressed intention of preserving the Waldo disguise undiscovered, so that e might use it again if occasion arose and it was possible that he wa still fooling them successfully in his the dawn had come ov wit aze|old character. But, then, what of that up to the peice of the. yesse)| the man whom Vizard, by his own had limited the range of vision to a] boasting confcssion--made when he mile or so, and it was therefore with|thought he was on the point of a thankful heart that 1 saw o great] quitting me for ever--had slain on steamer heading for us not more/the beach at n ? Was that than half a mile away. A second;only a gratuitous lie, fa bricated for glance caused me to rub my eyes the purpose of harrowing the last end stare harder still. There no mistaking and tapering, Was | gilded bows. It was course that steadily on at those creamy funnels | him Night, steering to the Aart undecided would | sha'r fifteen | prepared j}moments of one who had crossed " said McIntyre, as I what to do, "'we t better matters standing here. I have had a comfortable deck-cabin for you next the surgery, "Come, sir, knots, and it soon became apparent | and vite i receive gvery considere that the spar and its-occupants had been seen from the bridge, for at a distanc®" of two hundred yards 1 heard he engine-bell ring "stop." an jiately afterwards a boat Shot out from the steamer's side. Though strong arms sent her speed- ing across t water, to me she scemed to crawl, so cayer was I for the-news she would bring. As she dashed up to the spar I saw that 'sun was in charge. When 1 out to him by name he looked b and then I remembered that he Probably been told that I was mad Dicey had relapsed into uncon- sciousness, and at my request was first taken into the boat, bo'sun addressing me directly during the operation beyond remark- ing that "it was a rum go.' Wur- ther, after 1 had got into the boat, and all the way to the ship, he pre berved a reticence which scemed = a little singular even if he did imagine me to be a lunatic. But I managed to extract from him the one piece of | we information for which my heart wus hungering--that there had been oO) more deaths on board, und that so far os he knew al the passengers | Were well. After that he was wel- come, for all cared, to content himself with remarking that 'it was | the rumuniest cruise he ever heard | on." 1our was still so carly there were but few people about As soun as t + panel hgeay alongside the ladder was | thro us, and among the ie over the rails in oes turiosity I recognized that Intyre, who had, superseded the command. to - | honest fellow, and had no thought but that when he heard my story! and explanation he would allow me! to reinstate myself without demur. rf Imagine then my surpri he moment I was over the s doven seamen closed round me, evi- t| | Was one stipulation, | to ill you can lay your case be- fore the Caceal at Alexandria or the authoritics at home--whichever you "Very well,"' I said, raising my voice ; ' before to the cabin, tT should like to ow that inan"'--pointing to Vizard--"ex- plains bis being in: the boat fror which, I suppose, you rescued him ?** "Better wet rake that up now," said MeIntyre. "Wait till you "are calmer am rested, it with you myself.' I cou daar: he was only trying to rarene-tie: me a madman, but i was determined rr know what sion that arch-devil had given of the then I'll go into eoccurrences of the night. insist upon being told--as condition of giving you no trouble,' I rep ri ed, 'Well,' said McIntyre, ill at case, "he says he escaped from a small steam-yacht that he had hired at s to try and catch us at Cag- liari. Says ou concenled yourself aboard her, ond he quit' because you d ve protesting, Hpi this that I should couldy collect rebutling testimony, and difficult enough that would be 'if Kennard There though, jana i. make. even if I had to fight oe Very well,' I said, "I.shall have deol with Mr. Vizard later : but if you wish for raty and quietness on shoul this ship, McIntyre, I | strongly advise you not to allow aad Zaverta me ne m perfectly welt © in ind and | body, and if he to my cabin under the pieans. of 'attending' me, 1 won't engage to control myself.' overheard, here he nding with "W aldo" and Vizard, aod said a few words in an under- and Lumbago fhirty Years of Backache and Rheumatism-- Winter Season's Es- pecially severe--A 'This senson of the year is gig, trying on the older ser andi aches grow id einen coM and changeatie weather, order, meum- there are aching backs and Imbs, stomach derangeinents, urin- ary and bowe 1 disorders ~_ serious, painful and fatal maladies icvlarly suited t of reg- te and invigorate the liver, kid- els and «prove effectual ' bert ves 80: gome idea of what this treat nt is accomplishing every Dr. Chase's Sikiesdawer i ere. ttributes oura to Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pilis. phys ically. I used all sorts of mredi- h. ve been treated hy Pg ma 'real profession to no purpo "In the sprimg of 1902 I nel using Uhase's ey-Liver Pills, _ jrou: the ved t.- I continved tho tre tment watil I fully recovered good health and vigor, my old trouble being a hing of the past. I am seventy-five years old, ard if, at my Radueptaver Pills after years of un- necessary suffering there can be no doubt. of their efficacy in the treat- ment of youn persons. I recone memi them one. I have tried to thiak of words to expruss my gratitude, but it is beyond . ve done more Dr. 'hase's ey-Liver Pills, one pill a' dose, 25 cents a box, At all dealers, or on, Bates & Co., _ Toronto, you | uld tain, McIntyre,' I said | Zavertal's cabin ; and there wo espe pecially. alter has, been twice |have no fault to find with it had nearly mur it not been for the tw n who soak up a position as "the door as Waslo an that pois This was a seal good turn, and' ee d McIntyre warmly. that Zave real eat object in view, but at any rate was ter prospect than yer nana isolation. 2 Promptly named = 'al Wa I a arg aa progress' of thi Sama du-tieticire Highlands Founded by Scotch Missionaries. hh among the hills of the Shire Highlands, a little Lake | all, is the lack ot kro local news ; Nyassa, stands the town vot Blan-|for though there is a weekly news- tyre, founded over twenty years ago |paper, it seems very slow to those by Scottish missio Was|who are accusto aily named after Livingstone's newspaper. The result is that Blan- in Scotland, and, though it has had/tyre igs always a hotbed gossip its ups and downs, B and rumors from all-parts of the i d its naturally beautiful into a very charming t visitingrlist. Been feeling bad in your head, the doctor was telling me. What bye Ido to perk your irits up ? a yarn of the Wild West is vowerful soothing to the jaded cer 'brum. take the floo wita my little skirmish with the Navajo hoss-thieves ? Ss if a) 7 ° 2] 2 e 3 « a all that had passed between on that eventful sreldoutinny, and intended, in his assumed character, to trent me as a lunatic to be humored that I could that he must have been b Zavertal and Vizard to side them, and swear say of my adventures in pany was tho creation = a » aclutied brain, Too sick at heart and weary to search for further mmbantoge: this, the only explanation of, his conduct that presented itself, upset me alto- gether. "If that is the way you aro going to talk, for God's sake clear ou uo oan ee I cried. you were a true man ed to -- iio but I want no damned traitor In real or sated terror he rushed from the cabin, leaving me in whirl of mingled rage and despair. A rew somewhat calmer mind turned to Aline, and to trying to devise some over ny jailers or communicating with her. pas- sengers, the sounds on deck outside, up and about by this time, s maddening to think that sho might be passing and el pos within a few feet of be ignorant that I were eral maey hop paseongers from hearing that Iw which I recognized as that of the chief stowardess, said, "Is the doctor in ?" "What is it ?" came the reply, in Zavertal"s tones "I came to tell you, sir, that one of the ladies has b - 2 am ad = len h Yo. 17 state-room She has fainted, and is quite un- conscious." Ah, indeed," was the glibly- spoken answer that fro: heart. '"'Tell & directly--and will prescribo."' (To Be Continued.) ae ee INVISIBLE | WARRERE, Various Expe edlente to Make Troops Less Visible. Military experts have been devot- ing much attention of late to the problem of devising means of mak- The familiar khaki uniform is a fair- ly successful attempt a solution of invigibility, so S. next is a re- cently to dye horses a khak tint with a solution the chief ingredients pe { which as rmanganate pot ash ; but, so far, the results oUtain- ed have satisfactory The ne idea hol good on the sea, where thi of first import- ance is ncealment. Sithmarine boats--the very latest type of war- ships--are primarily contrivances for hiding under water. Battleships and cruisers in time of war are painted to render them as inconspic- ssible ; and torpedo-boats their effectiveness, not fighting power--for they S--eut upon the under cover of In Germany they have been trying various colors for balloons, to find out which is least conspicuous--for a balloon fs a good get at low elevations--and the judgment seems to be in favor of neutral grey, which harmonizes with the sky. ----_+--_---- SUDDENLY CHANGED She--"People say you @re marry- ing me. for horsewhip 'em '! I'll----'"* She--"But, my dear, all that will make talk, and it will get into the newspapers besides.'* He--"Um--er--never mind | Wh cares what-people say ? don't." my |t troops and equipment less vis- |W ible in the field, and considerable success sS attended their efforts He--"I don't care ! I won't be lied par Re in that way.' | needn't be, my dar- ling' | Yl p make over my money 'to ey are ---- reasonable prices, lantyre is to-day great tre ot tinting influences in inner ical Africa, Nothing approach- which the explorer, Joseph Thom- son, said was th architecture and crowned with = rice It would be re; ament in nt a 'oahu - the foes cities o the world and is an Ww irtevdiuarity fine orga n o buildings near at han proportion, it makes a fine im- ression. A while ago a coffee planter arriv- ing at Blantyre went to the church rning service. He first view of the Eitacton of this am- bitlous edifice. architecture of the pi well-appointed seats scarlet hions, the sunlight streaming through the diamond pancs of the tinted windows, all combined never ond clergy took their places. The visitor wrote that he had t@ fix his eyes on the black choir in their = an white hae at maga to realize he wag in Africa -- not in » Edinbirgh or egents tion "was" 'composed | eating Pe Euroucans, and the = ser- vico was in English. At a Iater hour there was a service attended b: I was still debating = best to/hundreds of the natives, when wor- effect my purpose, when the sound ip was conducted in their own fa cadiacoy seecueliog at the sur- langua: gery door, next o mine, attracted THE WONDER OF IT ALL is that this building, from founda- tion to dome, was built by natives who, before Livingstone yee -- them, had never seen nan. The structure is the palin pity training in the building arts under the guidance of the Missionary Scot of Blantyre! who seems to have a genius for evoking the very ae of Harry Jolinson, of the Britis Central Afvica, that region the attire which they wear on soci occasions in Europe. He said they would be very uncomfortable if they Were to appear at a dinner or evening reception in Blantyre in their ordinary travelling dress or every- day costume. They would possibly feel themselves a little out too, What anted khaki-!as they would wear on o Sunday in colored "warke, which may yet' be | Scotland. bred. Attempts have been made Some of the men turned out in black coats, light trousers, top hats, patent-leather boots, white spats and brown gloves ; and the women wore silk blouses and cloth skirts, with all the furbelow months tyre settlers have an almost pathetic desire to keep in touch with civiliza- tion n oa lst of hints as to the outfit that should be provided for British Central Africa, a recent writer says at ENENING DRESS which is| usually worn by t Ployces \\of the Governnient consists an ordinary dress coat, white shirt, white tic, dress waist- Gayeth has its aus in the life of the settlers. The town has far out- rown the strait-laced regime even if the missionaries who fou the place ever sought to impose upon --~ comm rosperous officials and chants, the agents Lakes are not a few hee discuss methods of improving and leopards which are still found in argh ong ape SIGHT. 'the long grass and thick bush not had rica, Many later |far from the town. But the best travellers have indorsed his opinion. |sport is a little further afield, and a large and very handsome sportsmen often start for a two or cas brick building with a mixture of }three days' hunt with tents, cooking the Norman and Byzantine styles of |kit and provisions. The Nimrods célent music is provided at the oc- concerts, which are among coming into Blan er think of going to the hotels, for they are the club, bedrooms for them in that commodious build- pers a n 'the club library, but one of onch rawbacks of the newspa with a well organized system of collecting facts. - Government. has a meng excellent collection of books a circulating free lib- a Among the organizations is a CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, whose members frequently meet 5 a to the facilities of the Protec- the Planters' Associa- , which ig doing a great deal to promote tho interests of coffee gar growing'. It is one of the great advantages is now almost from On diversions | of the set- tlers is shooting. Game near Blan- tyre is getting scarce, though excit- ing sport is provided by the lions THE KING AT HOLYROOD TO BE AGAIN THE SCENES OF GATETY AND FESTIVITY. Powerful Appeal to the Historical Sense of the Scottish People, A Royal Court at Holyrood! ter all these years ce Its antique tow- a yisdo and beauty Edinburgh will enley's a brief glimpse of its former splen now gort, will again clatter with the carriages of the great, while in the early morning, when the sun, rising from the mouth of the age lights up its dark corners, } gen- dresses 'a8 brillant tlemen in uniforms will tread its silent flag- stones, returning from a royal mrasque or ball. A SCOTCH VERSAILLES, The visit of the King and Queen to Holyrood bon dynasty to Versailles. It is powerful appeal to the historical seldom return to town without at least two or three bucks and a good variety of the other animals that make a game paradise of this re- gion, The great drawbacks of Blantyre are whiskey and black water fever. This disease is the worst African Some white een have lived at' Blantyre for a quarter of a century and are still in a health. But men who are careless or reckless their habits are shining marks f ry Sientava would be almost an earth: ly paradise, for it is so high ean the hls that it enjoys wi the most urerate climate | year is The Protectorate, the business and social though not the capital, Zomba further some nieuns are happily discovered for effective battling with the dread fever, this part of Africa bids oo to have a development which few other euhois in Sone Africa will be likely to rival SUMMER HYGIENE. Hints to People Who Spend the Season in Cities. Our faces vei le gene turned jmerward. Among the many pleas- on thoughts thas the season brings this one: that summer is, for all wis will avail themselves of its op- portunities, the season for physical regeneration. . Some may be inclined to exclaim, "Oh, yes, that is all ve well for ie rich, with their country places, their yachts, their sports and their leisure; but w us, w two ron work i A great city is such, ani not to the idle rich, that theso words are address A great many people who have to work in towns thro that each day necessarily means phy- sical loss the mer boarding houses all over the land are thereby literally coin- ing health. Now this is an unfortunate state of mi which, in the first place, tends directly to induce ill- alth, and in second place is ue to yr popes Summer in the city has advantage in common with summer in the co ; life, if one wil, be lived practically in the --_ air. All windows can be opened and, except during driving thunder storms, may be k open the twenty-fgur hours round for months atime. City de- fresh air, but it is infinitely better than anything that can be found in clos- ed rooms, night, during the very ot beds can be 'ed so the winkous that to all intents the occupant sleeps out-of-doors. Tables for the light, cool summer al tect {from the hottest glare of the sun, most life can go into the open air, There is another great advantage for the city dweller that seldom re- ceives fair mention, It is the -- city markets, not the country mountain resorts, that are cupped t t roducts. mans expensive hotels, it is certain' that, while those who spend the summer in town are enjeying cheap- ly. the best of vegetables and t finest of fruit, many of their brothers in country boarding housvs | are eating canned = stuff and secinb no fresh fruit but risetion. st stay ~ in If you S wast envy a euth's s Com ------- Fergu falling of Sig did touch | on a sermon this morning Mr. guson' What @o you ask me that £ quention for 2?" Ferguson--"Because you have as cross as a bear ever since came home from church.'* cle rance 3} & m tetrad death geo Some eight town, live on your; She son--'**'George, what par-| memory of the | unfortunate Arthur's eat, carries much tho same si ce to the Scot as the Temple of Jerusalem bore to the an- cient Jews » Holyrood was at » ti place of sanctuary, to i which anyaus in peril could fice and be safe. Later it became a place of codiaget for debtors, to which i the trusty Scot, in whom sentiment occasion demanded, » who passe few months at the High ~School, whic ind overlooks | Holyrood Palace, will be but revisit- 'ing one of the haunts of his boy- hood, At that time Hwelyrood = en- | joyed a brief renaissance, as the | Prince Consort spent some time ther superintending the -education lof his son, which was in the bands aa IN QUEEN MARY'S DAYS. The two great periods in the \tory of Molyrood belong to the beau- tiful Queen Mary and that hero of |romance, the Young Chevalier, Mary |brought with her all the wit and and extravagance of all the useless idlers that ornan a \co had no adviser to tell her that such appurtenances were upon pleasu John Knox, whose house still stands only a few yards from the palace, hat Was raised against her ae tices, and poor Ma she a ere e the murder of Rizzio, the-mys- of Darnley, the mid- pg ae a of the gloomy fortress ven, and, finally, Cas -ARTHUR UNFORTUNATE. The Young Chevalier was unfortunate. For 5 od blazed with rank and fashion. Night after ight it was crowd rith gay revellers, pi his pos- on and possible _ captured the paige of the Bdinb' belles, then, Ww, renowned tor their beauty, ant made the heart of many a rich bailie sink within him thought of his wife's frivolity. Holy- turned from Culloden. the bed that had been occup: the Prince, who, now a fugitive, was skulking in the fastnesses of the re- mote Highlands. The last State visit of a British sovereign to Holyroo s that o ssed t so gorgeous as the cercmonials that marked the visit of that monarch. Meny of the Scottish nobles wore the splendid - garments donned by oe in ts { filled his Scot jects exultation by auiigaly appearing in the Highland costume, in which he cut "n braw figure," to quote contemporary testimony. ; A FUNNY INCIDENT. A great _ was given, at which, according a historian of scence, "the ne daughters of Scotia appeared in a constellation of un- wonted numbers and brilliance, their feet already beating and bounding for the dance, and their eyes ever a anon turn in a wistful tation of the King." One the funniest bag eres in connection with this visit, knowing the Royal Geo 3 we do burgh clergy rine «afl reform which had brought morals, i equaliy quaint. It that t talk of the ladies my bes Aras i s » mote, rs for the various-toyal functions. years after the palaco jwas lent to the exiled King Charles X. Queen Victoria's first visit was in 1842, when, a young bride, for a young and Ahrroughout cherished and life, tion Pe, ~ anon) ee aay 'What docs this author the hero tiad bb! Pochape he shaved himself."* ngte. Th oe ago, ouiy those who had lived only the solitary but "rowactat wanes of | ders that, cold, vdark morning' at Fotheringay "3 tle. o at tho | With alar a, ' 0 fee." BOER WAR ADDED WORDS INCORPORATED IN INTO THE ENG. Lise LANGUAGE, Some Terms That | Will Eventually, ~ Take a gee in the Dic- °. re Several worms are being" incorpore ated into our a result "mar! eated as belonging to. or four years for. some in South Africa would have understood what the word mean sg ut now it is common pro pert; a a country where there | mountains gen and 'mall, hills ae eminences, word was used for a special ki and ae eminence, our soldiers will probably speak kopjes whenever they see anything ke it, whether in India, or in F other part of the world. e word "'commando" will be & useful addition. It is not exactly the same as the English "command'! a commando is a unit force fighting on its own account and so, just as circumstances dictate. Next to this comes "commandeer". uite na Ny. Oyr own ord "requisition"? could be used in" its stead, bu ter word would to make it express the meaning of commandeer, so that the magiens gers term is more compac tain supplies by requisitioning preci and paying for the as we per hn order to our grocer, but om- mandeering is not requisitioning. things in that way "Veld'"' (pronounced "felt") will take its place in our dictionaries in course of time to denote the vast stretches of grass land or UNCULTIVATED LAND So, too, will "taal' ; this word simply means "language" and is an ordinary Dutch word, but the taal st for the lenguage as it is spoken in South Africa. Whenever our soldiers see a shady place under which they can rest and esca) from the sun's rays, ey, will call it a "stoep," and this de- spite the fact that our own "stoop'*? h the same meaning, for they. will think of the pleasant verandah round the houses in the Transvaal having e stoep. s * will commend it- rd, although it is somewhat unfortunate that we have another with the saine spelling, but different in meaning. In the "slim"? means sly, cunning, shrewd, **foy After all, it is ewer gol a our where another could not pass, thus get out of difficulties, which i what the "slim" Boers do figurative- @ "Sniping" will most certainly take root among' us hig will always remember Picked off ed shots from hare e, ther ev- is rn paagits that the niping" snap- s one of i group re- EMEGTS OF TROOPS, marches and et an tac doubtless be denoted by ' the future vocabulary PP ae of British troops Ashantee were discussing the affair. '*Mafeking," said one of the officers, as he read the name of the place, the would-be deliverers | of Johannesburg started, "where is that ? Never heard of the place {'" eaker was Baden Powell, as tho unwi term hig Gace such wild scenes as Mafpking had been relieved. Nothing like it had ever occurred, so we had ¢}no one word to describe it ; dich 1 body was "mafeking,"' and this to the coining of "ma ing" an re natural companions "'mafficky'* to "maftick.' word "boycott™' was added go some twenty years ago greed eculiar circumst: . At me a Gaptain Boycott- found that he could not-z borers to work fomeeiin on his Irish eSitte; that tree en refused to serve him, and that most people shunned him. To enable him to gather In-. his pee he had to get his aristocratic riends to help him, and this inet dont caused his named to take our language. ~Pedrnon's a TR our latgua, DR. A. W. CHASE'S CATARRH CURE ... THE DOCTOR'S FEE, A very eminent physician had cured a little. Qhild of a dangrrous illness. The grateful mother turned her steps toward the house of her son's saviour, Z "Doctor," she said, "there are some services which cannot be re- paid. I really oe know how to express gratitude. I Spouent m you would, perhaps, be s to acer' this purse, embroidered cy my own ha sadam," . replied t the doétor, and ly, '"'medicine is no trivial affair, our visits ate only to rewa ar in money, Small presents serve to sus- in friendships ; bu ey da not sustain our families." 4 "But, doctor,"" said the lady. ana wounded, Soares 2 arity dollars, madam." The lady o the embroidered purse, took out eight bank-notes of $10 each, gave five to put the remaining three back in the purses bo coldly, and departed. - the doctor, -- ow the Afrikan- with "fsclat="~