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"‘There, my toy,""‘ said Captain Benny, when Walter was safe on land again, "you see now what I meant when I told you to lool out for the bight of a line. You stepped The next he knew his head was just above the water, while someâ€" thing sharp and cold was gripping him through his clothes, between the shoulders. It was the captain‘s boatâ€"hook, and by the long pole which made the handle of it the eaptain was holding him up. Ned and Thorntonâ€"ran down the steps and pushed out i1 a boat, and in a few minutes had him on board, a good deal frightened. "It‘s a dogfish !‘‘ shouted the capâ€" tain. ‘‘Hold hard, now! _ There ‘vust be a school of them." Walter had been lying flat on the wharf, but in his eagerness to land his big fish, he stood up and stepâ€" paed nearer the edge, giving a hard fiull. This pull must have sunk the ook deeper in the fish‘s mouth, for he, too, gave a great pull to get away. Walter stepped ahead one step more, without seeing where he put his foot. The next moment he felt himself falling. Something bad pulled his right leg out from under him, and in another instant he went with a great splash into the water. | They ~were fishing for flounders with Ned Pierce, who lives all the year in Bayhead. The captain had %elped them bait their hooks, and was watching them, when Walter suddenly had a great tug on his linsâ€"so hard that he nearly lost his hold on it. When he pulled, the head of a big fish came to the top of the water. ‘"Oh, what is it 1 What is it?‘ cried the boys. He was carried down, down, down, and might never haveâ€"come up if Captain Benny, who was in the same boat, had not grabbed a hatchet quic«ly and cut the rope. Captain Billy rose to the top of the water at last, and the men got him Into the boat; but his leg was so »»a,dly cut that it had to be taken Ofi. Sm l / â€"â€"Both Walter and _ Thornton thought they would remember the captain‘s story, but a week later, when they were fishing from the end of the old wharf, something happened that made them forget. | That was what had happened to Captain Billy. _ A careless sailor had let the rope get kinked, and a loop had caughtâ€" round Captain Billy‘s leg and pulled him over. And then the captain took a rops and showed them what he meant. He told them about the hunting of whales; how the small boats leave the ship, and the men row quietly up to the whale until they are nsar enough for the man in the bow to throw the harpoon into the whars He showed them a harpoon, which is a short iron spear with a loug, fine rope fastened to it; and he told them how careful the men must be to see that the rope is coiled just right in the tub at the bow of the boat, because when the whale feels the harpocn, he usually dives and goes down so fast that the rope sometimes makes the edge of the tub smoke. If the rope is not coiled just right, it may catch when it runs out, and the whole boat be dragged under the water.' And if a man happens to get his foot or his leg caught in a loop of the rope, he may be pulled overâ€" hoard, or his leg cut off. ‘‘How did Captain Billy lose his leg?‘ _ the captain repeated after Walter. ‘"‘Why, the bight of a rope ok it off." r“The bite of a rope!‘‘ cried Waiâ€" ter. ‘"How could a rope bite a man‘s leg off! I guess you ar> making fun of me, captain.‘"‘ ‘‘No, no, my boy. It was the bight of a rope, but not the kiad you are thinking of." "But what is it‘ asked the boys. ‘"A bight is a loop, and it is a thing a sailor is always afraid of, and a whaler, especially." Walter had wondered a good many times how Captain Billy nad lost his leg, but of course he did not like to ask him. But knowing that he and Captain Benny were brothers, he felt that he might ask Captain Benny. So one rainy day, when he and Thoraton Hadley were in the boatâ€"shop, he put the quesâ€" tion. $ To Walter Manky the rainy day»s were almost as happy as the pleaâ€" sant ones, for he liked both Capâ€" iva.in Billy and Captain Benuy, ana as always glad to be with them Whe two old men were brothers. Both had been sailors all their lives, and for many years had hunted whales in the south seas. Captain Billy had only one leg, and had to use & crutch when he walked. For a boy who lives most of the year away from the sea, the little town of Bayhead is a fine place to epend the summer. There is always something to do there. When it is pleasant, you can dig clams or go crabbing, or fish off the end of the old wharf. When it rains, yoi can go up into Captain Billy‘s sa 1 loft and watch him sew with a funâ€" ny big thimble held in the palm of his hand; or you can sit in Cap tain Benny‘s boatâ€"shop and see him build dories while ho tells stories. & wor OOE L >iprGLrrcripcredrt _ NC m ON THE OLD WHARF. p The cireus attendants, though armed with red hot irons, had the greatest difficulty in preventing the other tigers attacking the tamer. The animal which had sprung upon Capt. Andrickson seized one of his legs, and the bones could be heard cracking. At last the tamer manâ€" aged to draw his revolver, and with the utmost coolness he placed the barrel in the corner of the animal‘s mouth and fired. Theâ€" wounded beast rolled over, and Andrickson was dragged out in a terribly mangâ€" led condition. This is the fourth time that the same tiger has attackâ€" e him. on the part of the tamer, one of the tigers made a tremendous spring upon the captain and brought him to the ground. There was at once a scene of great conâ€" fusion among the audience, severâ€" al ladies fainting and others screamâ€" ing, while all gazed on a fierce fight for life. Capt. Andrickson, a wellâ€"known animal tamer, was performing with his 10 magnificent Bengal tigers. Profiting by a moment‘s inattention Tamer Savagely Attacked and Badly Mauled by a Tiger. A circus performance at Soriano, Portugal, was brought to an abrupt termination amid a seene of terror. Baby‘s Own Tablets cost 25 cents a box. A box bought now may save baby‘s life. _ Summer complaints come suddenly, and carry away thousands of little ones every year. If the stomach and bowels are kept in order there is little danger of these troubles coming on. Baby‘s Own Tablets is the best medicine in the world for preventing and euring stomach and bowel trouâ€" bles. They can be given with perâ€" fect safety to the new born baby or to the well grown child. 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Political influences were, howâ€" ever, brought into play, and the Crown Princess finally decided to resign her position as patroness. The Queen succeeded her, and imâ€" mediately dismissed the English nurses and matron. It is said that they will bring an action for breach of contract, as the term of their engagement has not expired. Queen Olga, for somewhat narâ€" row patriotic motives, desired the Crown Princess, who was patroness of the instution, to employ only Greek nurses. But the Princess, who is half English, being the daughter of the late Empress Fredâ€" erick, declined to agree, as it was generally recognized that the Engâ€" lish nurses were better trained than the Greek nurses, and also that the matron was doing much to improve the training of nurses in the counâ€" try. f The Greek newspapers report that Queen Olga has dismissed the English matron and three nurses at the military hospital in Athens. English Nurses Forced to Leave Greek Hospital. At the present day, in Europe, the Montenegrins and their hereâ€" ditary foes of Albania include the ‘Women among their fighting forceâ€" or did at any rate a very few years agoâ€" before Prince Nicholas had orâ€" j ganized his army. All departments of supply were left to the wives and daughters; also the recovery and transport of the wounded. But when the nghting line was seriously pressed the women reenforced it. Assuredly they would have followed the old custom, in spite of the Prince‘s reforms, had Austria adâ€" vanced into the Black Mountain the other day. The old Ti1sh "Book of Lecan" says casually ‘"for men and women went alike to battle in those days" ; and the record of tribal obligations called ‘"‘Hosting‘‘ reckoned women among the fighting _ strength. Moreover, the life of Abbot Adamâ€" nan of Iona tells how he, hearing of this dreadful practice, went to Ireland, called an assembly of chiefs and bishops and persuaded them to pass a lew, still extant, entitled ‘"Lex innocentium,"‘ which forgade the summoning of women to war. It seems likely, however, that they still turned out of their own free willâ€"indeed the practice is not yet extinct, by all accounts. The cireumstantial account of the battle of Bravoll botween Sigurd of Denmark and Harold Hilditoun of Norway mentions several shield maidens who commanded troops. One even bore Harald‘s standard. All fought like heroes, or demons, and I think all died on the field ; but it seems that they were only women who rose to command by daring and military genius. Is there any auâ€" thority for the legends of Viking bands wholly feminine ? } Much more interesting are the shield maidens of the Vikings. Would that we knew more about them personally. The historical sagas allude to them, but always, so far as I remember, in a matter of fact way, as to male personages. One of the very grandest poetic sagas is that of the Shield Maiden Hervor, but even this takes for granted nearly everything we partiâ€" cularly want to know. She dressed as a man and joined the. Vikings. Presently she gained the command of her partyâ€"and the story opens, true in the main probably. _ The mythical Amazons claim a word, since Prof. Sayce adduced such striking evidence to suggest that they were the warrior priestâ€" esses of Hittite invaders. Of the American Amazons it may be recallâ€" ed that Humboldt thought the legâ€" end not impossible; and he had studied the original records. Very few who have written on the subâ€" ject are thus qualified probably, but Mr. Alfred Wallace has shown us lately that Spruce, the great botanist, looked into the evidence carefully and formed a strong opinâ€" iox3 that it was trustworthy. Were Once Reckoned Among Fight» ing Strength. From the nature of things women soldiers can only be found as a class among barbariansâ€"up to this time at any rate. The Dahomey Amazons made a poor show against the French, but Barton had been muck impressed with them forty years earlierâ€"and he was a judge. The discipline was terribly severe in his time; he did not doubt they were very formidable troops. Relaxation of discipline ruined them, says the Pall Mall Gazette. DISMISSED BY A QUEEN. WOMEN AS SOLDIERS. It‘s a pity a man can put a plasâ€" ter on his conscience when it hurts him. THREEE. â€" Customer â€" _ ‘‘Please, mister, I can‘t remember what Ma sent me for, but you can give me 2 cents‘ worth of peppermiat candy, ‘cause she said I could keep the change."‘ The most widely circulated book «n the whole world, according to a Paris authority, is a_ Chineso alâ€" manac, printed in Peking, at the Imperial Press. 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