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kw, uaabll] £1360. his black eyes-.011 Eleanor, and then passed them to lean his folded arms on the buhV',arks where he sunk into a. deep reverie. All the passengers were puzzled, while the young lady’s “Agood goodludin breeze this captain?” stranger. turning m. M 11033 Lue ume of her 'oiu'neyimy fourth 5 J pleasantly enough ‘ . ue had been at: “You ha sea too often to.h * " ' sea-sickqess, whlqh. usually occu ' ’ week thh senextlve people, and the can be_ see well's had been denounced as inilinfgl .1 land, and about to escape, and the vig- ‘ and bade the captal ilance of the officials of every port was great. The list was gone over, the§came motionless. Ii vessel searched in every imaginableil‘eady. An old joll; quarter, and then the anchor wasmasts W38 IOWEI'BGJ weighed, the sails loosened 'to the,W38 fastened to the breeze, and the Royal Charley start-:the thing let loose ed on her way. It was a lovely may fpresented all the ap morning and Eleanor sat on the raised {anchored outside ti quarter-deck watching the evolutions of to move in the dare! the crew and the physiognomies of the’ passengers. The crew was motley{successfulâ€"carried enough in character, but her eye atgargain filled, the h! once singled out one among them who 'away went the goo certainly formed a marked contrast toiCOUI‘SB. free from ; all his companions. He was a tall, iWith regard to her handsome man of about thirty, with .. expansive forehead, 8133 that pierced C ‘ .- to the very heart, and a look of com- HAP mand which could not be mistaken. The. . . ' young lady could not keep her eyes off : deck. Where She f0! him. From the time of the looseningllumtl.v ' of the sails, he had been busy every-1the 031 where, below and aloft. He hauled‘safe- the ropes and ha; 'ards as if they hadfblue 5 never been out 0 his hands, and yetidfl.“ ' his gait was to all appearance far more ”19d tofhe breeze, th that of a soldier than a sailor. . 1the S}! f . ., . . . her though captam, who bowed, She thought, with 58h? had scarcely sl unusual respectfulness, and go down zthznklng of . . . . him wt into the cabin. Our romantic young 411913 his arms folded. lady’s ideas were at once excited. There ibis EYES fixed on t‘ was a mystery to unravel it was quite ‘Stl‘a clear, and sne could not h ' ' at a circumstance which take away from the tedio of a sea voyage. Something to think 3V ° about is almost as ' her mysterious? “Pretty good!” sa . , - . an to fancy she ‘start of‘ unfeigned 5 might pass the ume V of her journeyle fourth 1008 V033 pleasantly enough . he had been at; "You have been a sea too often to h . . ave the diversion of»pose you know the V sea-Sickness, which usuallv nnnnnina a J‘ ' OCT 57--.... M , â€" â€"â€"â€":v' Before starting, royal officers came on board and carefully examined every passenger. A leading officer of Crom- S‘GHSI‘OSity had made him independent enough; and now that a marriage be- tween him and Eleanor was projected, brilliant indeed was the prospect; be- fore him. The sole inconvenience was. that his cousin had flatly rejected him; but this the young man regarded only! as coquetry, which time would get over. As he really lover her, he lived in hope. I h_B H‘e her cousin by the mother’s side, who accompanied them on their journey, was plain and positive enough, and he was the only serious suitor she had yet had. Henry was Mr. Bowen’s only male re- lative. The child of a. young and fav- orite sister, he had been educated as should win her maiden affections. But Eleanor Bowen was a romantic girl. given to melancholy moods and reverie; having formed in her own mindamodell of a man, she had as yet found no one to come up to her ideasâ€"a very commoni thing unreasonable. Fond of romance and poetry, well-read in Chaucer, Spens- er. ShapeSpeare, and even Milton, El- eanor dearly loved mystery and ideality. A plain, positive man would never have done for her, and yet Henry Postans. ter, a nephew, and several workmen whom he had selected for their intelli- E‘Bnoe and honesty. This gentleman was one of those straightforward, frank Englishmen who please at a glance, and whose lives of utility and perseverance prove as useful to those around them as they are profitable unto themselves. His wife had been an excellent and worthy woman; but after being his partner for nearly thirty years, she had . recently died, leaving him an only daughter, who was now a very beauti- ful girl of about two or three and twen- ty. .We‘ll-informed, accomplished, and extremely fascinating, she seemed form- our narrative, and to these alone can we now refer. Mr. James Bowen was a wealthy pro- prietor going out to reside permanently in Jamaica, accompanied by his daugh- tol, bound for Jamaica, with a cargo of considerable value, and numerous Passengers, em prants, supercargo, and others. The Royal Charley was asound brig of 400 tons, a good sailor, well- knew almost every sea where the Engâ€" lish flag had yet waved, and his pas- sengers felt a proportionable amount of confidence from their knowledge of his experience. There were on board sev- eral personages of very ordinary char-4 acter, but only a few connected with Many years ago, not long after the death of Cromwell, and while the ‘Vest Indies were still infested by a lawless crew of outlaws from all nations. a. tall grig took her departure from Bris- THE LONE STAR ycuyiv, uuu [ne’caq De godsend. tatlon hts were in her The 1 up on deck, butgby her :d. He wore {Hand he with slouched ; islands 3rd and brace of 3huccane I a most remark- é Ssh lfni - ‘ , . vw-Auvu uub [1118 83118 but her eye amagam filled . . among them who iaway W arked contrast to I course, 011E thirfv Irifh ' . free He was a tall, ‘Wlth regard to fr 0m all fieriods an her pursuer. xiety u'vu'l. UUDLUJ. Luau the merchantmâ€"aifi. w“I‘iut it was dark, and th re was no moon unti! midnighfz. “Before night perhaps," continued the stranger, after a steady and careful examination of‘ the heavens. “There’s a south-easterly look about the sky I don't at all like. Perhaps it may keep off until toâ€"morrow, but crack on every- thing, Captain Montrose, if you would get off the land. Shove out the stud- ding-sail booms, and loosen royals." :‘Ay, ay, sir!" replied the sklppel‘, With whom the stranger's word seem- ed law. . “\Vait a whilel"cried the other quick- ily, looking down to leeward, and lower- ing his voice; “there's a sizeable craft yonder trying to get to windward of US, and maybe she's no good. Haul aft the starboard braces; helm a-weather.” .The'captain immediately followed his directions, which immediately brought: out. round; “and one that, if it would but last, might run us to port in forty daw.fli . “True, sir, true; but winds are vari- able,” replied the worthy skipper with a smile and a bow; “and we’ll be very apt to find it contrary before the week’s nrn‘ '3 _ . -,-_.. “A.Lull\.’4l \VILU a. ' unfelgned surprise. “This is th long voyage.” : have been a‘trayejler? I sun- . In.--“ 1.1- ' ' old folk-boat, with a short I to the top of the mast, and {letikloozsa At a distance it CHAPTER II an lsai_d Eleanor with masts bent finale-r [(1 all seemed to :ed out’ upon the were not: there. pt all night for . now walked by ‘0. ‘â€"â€"- ‘ hour betféi' {ha}: He upâ€" -__,._- vvwv UV ‘1‘ u of the greatest service ple far out at sea. In, it was shown that, even filled with water to the lifting power of he ball ,tbe‘craft from either a ' settmg. - of w. .L ut: Inasn, wmcn 13 iron: tubing, is adjustable, and, when turned for- ward, the big balloon: acts as a sail oars proving quite .u-nneccessary. Th6 GombLnation boat W111 doubting: mm»- The big ocean greyhounds will soon, it is thought, be equipped with lifeboats harnessed to balloons, so as to be preoâ€" tically unsinkable. Cylinders filled with. compressed gas will be placed in compartments of the lifeboats, and from these the balloon, which Will 'be harnessed with. cords to a hollow mast connected with the cylinder, is inflat- ed. The meat, WhiCh is 11'in tn'hinn- 1 L. -J “Hold on a minute; don’t break the lock. I’ll go in and get the key,” call- 'ed Mrs. Arundle. ; In a minute Mrs. Arundle appeared ’in- the door and said: ‘Here’s the key; come and get it.” The man turned and approached care- lessly. not looking up until he reached the step leading to the back door. Then he raised his eyes and saw that instead of a key Mrs. Arundle had in her hand a bright bulldog revolver ready cocked. He stopped and his jaw fell. Then ers. Arundle said: “Now you get right out of here in a hurry. No chicken thief is going to} rob me in broad daylight if I have, my eyes open." The thief grabbed up his bag, made for the fence“ jumped over, and ran down »-'Woodbr1d-ge avenue. out a Revolver. Mrs. John Arundle, of Ansonia, Conn., has pluck. A man came to her home on Prospect street, on Monday and said he had come for “those chick- ens.” Mr. Arundle has a fancy for choice poultry, and has a fine flock of high-bred fowls. The Thief Asked for "[ never heard that he was bloody- ; minded," replied the Roundhead, qmet- - LV ; “I always was told.that.he never 5 took life except in fair fight; but there are many rumours afloat, and no man can say which. are true and which are false." .. . The conversation continued some tlme [ in the same tone, and by breakfast- time a considerable amount of mti- macy had sprung up between the parties. There is no place like a ship for breaking down the barriers that society raises between man and man. Some days passed over, and theOCom- monwealth- officer became unceasing 1n his attentions to Miss Bowen. He was! ever at her side, and as his talents, education, conversational powers, and experience, were vastly superior to those of Henry Postans, Eleanor could not but pay him almost exclusive at- tention. At the end of a fortnight it was evident that the young men were declared rivals, and a coolness ensued. u; qursrA ueq; sem eBuveqo 11,129.13 V both men. The Roundhead became gay. lih-gt-hearted, merry; a smile was ever on his lip. and his eye beamed with in- expressible delight. The merchant be~ came moody, sullen, and silent, and vals. The father seemed scarcely aware of what was going on. He had habitu- ated himself to look on Henry Postans as his future son-in-law; and like many other parents in a similar position. he hardly thought it possible thatoanother M : “Him of the Lone Star,” continued the Ironside with a smile. “Pray who is he i" “No man knows," answered the other “He is said to own the loveliest craft. f in all the gulf, to lie about in unknown Places, coming down like a thunde.r~ cloud on unsuspecting merchantmen 1n the very places Where they count them~ selves safe. Many a good ship has been picked up by his swift brigantine just off a port." ‘ :‘God preserve us from the bloody- mmded knave!" said Henry Postans. “\Ve have heard enough of him in" Bristol. He wages a war of extermin- ation against the Spaniards, though he never touches English merchantmen;; but. strangely enough. he has captured ‘ many English menâ€"ofâ€"war of tw1ce hlS force by sheer cunning A magm- ficenfl: reward is offered for his appre- hension." ! MRS. ARUNDLE SHOWED GRIT. BALLOON LIFEBOATS. “Good morning, father dear,” Bflid Eleanor advancing to meet him; “here am I up to my ears in histories of buccaneers and pirates. Pray Heaven we meet none of them I” “Art so fearful of them, lady ?" re- marked the stranger. “And surely no wonder. They are terrible men. I would not like to fall into the hands of Henry Morgan, or Mogtbar, OI‘"-- ‘ and religimis feeling, felt muchfisvm-L pathy with the animated speaker. _Sud_de1_11y, however, he _turned his talk) back to‘ the gum'as Mr. Bowen and Mr. Postans came on deck. A rapid glance made Eleanor aware that his confidential avomals were for herself alone. ‘ entered into picturesque details of his advengures Which smgularly interested 1118‘ llsgener, whq,_ from education ll (Tb be continued.) Key and She Held __ __- vv uwuo at I d_id not care to be notWIt-hstan ding that f: turned the gentleman; thing of a favorite at h little dog .like that! '1‘ ture. 811‘, IS a pet, an: by Professor Duerden of tables were turned agains \Vhat its la‘rge‘r foes soul }:AL â€"A‘*‘_ A gentleman walking 38 beset at the hen] V VI. UUU JUL“. Both eyes to the ordinary observer appear clear without a blemish on their outer surface. N o inflammation of the lids, either without or within, can be seen, and, to all appearances, the eyes are full and round and free from dis- ease. Only upon a closer View the pu- pi-l and cornea present a blurred inner curtain, as if they had been seared with a red-hot iron. - fortune finally consulted a well-known Specialist. To the practiced eye of. the Physmian the disease, while rare and atrophy of the optic nerve was clearly noticeable, although only a slight in- flammation of the nerve itself was ap- parent. The visual test showed one: tenth per cent of the right eye normal; tWTQ ‘S‘eventhsper cent of the left. diminished as the ooject upon which his gaze rested was in proportion. When looking at a man, house, tree or any other object, that particular point up- on which the Sight was focused grew hazy or vague... Looking into the man's face his features would disap- pear; Looking at the trunk of the tree, he on‘l sees the branches, and at the door 0 a house, only its walls and win- dows. . _ - .-._ -â€"v rvuI-Luvuu vvavu UUbu 01-10" it is only by abstaining entirely from both. and with the aid of cepious and frequent doses of strychnia and other Powerful tonics that ‘the physicians hope to save his sight. APPROACHIN G BLINDNESS. It was about two months ago that the strangely afflicted man had the first premonition of his impending fate. Its encroachment was so stewlthy that he Paid no heed to it, and went about his duties as usual, ascribing a dull pain in his head (and eyes to overwork and sleepless nights. Then came a time when objects became blurred to his Visuon and assumed shapes grotesque to the mental eye, which retained the re--E collection of the shape as it ought to1 be. For Instance, if he looked at a‘ pm. concentrating his vision on the LAAJ -1 '1 The Remarkable Efl‘ect of Smoking on the Eyes of George Llppertâ€"to Save Ills Sight He Must Abstalu Entirely From Liquor and Tobacco. Temperance lecturers would find in George Lippert, a bookkeeper, of Cin- cinnatti, a most striking example not only of the evils wrought by liquor, but those that follow in the wake of the af- fection for the weed. Not that Lip- ' pert is addicted to either to an inordi- nate degree, nor alllowed his love for Ethe brimming glass or the fumes that Gent'lemanly in appearance, rather good-docking, of splendid physique, and Without a sign that would indicate a toper, still Lippert is suffering from a disease which is the direct result of hguor and nicotine poisoning, In fact, ,ffisystcm ‘is so_ polluted with both that CAUSES BLINDNESS IN ONE WHO USED IT IN MOUERATION. AFFECTIUN FOR THE WEED .TWO FAVORITES ANIMAL \VARS. we animal, the gentle- pon his persecutor and, hearty kick which made oil With his tail be- and a loud ki-yi. the Wom , to kick a ‘1‘";1 n“ . uPOI! thé street him, A GIGAN TIC PEAR-TREE. [ Always tired. Always faced by some lever-recurring duty, no wonder the worm}. body and starved brain found re- lief Ln a. madhouse. ' For this was, after all, what it meant for farmers' wivesoyears ago; this is what It means for some women today; an absence of relation between the men- . .' .' a forcesâ€"a want of ethbrium iin both: the gathering and , ' . An overworked body and starved brain. An eager thirst for knowledge; for all that . “ . living, and feet} or chamed to a rotary machine, like -a Gouznit that day saved Whose Low descending sun Views from thy Dollars on the run purse no d0 Uighlnu'tsâ€"“mother’s nuts.” true, and there is no it, it should be imte The Dull, Monotonons Life Is the Cause 0! Insanity in Farmers’ Wives. 6 For severalimonths, or until the ver- tebrae are firmly in their places, the child is kept in a plaster of Paris mould but he is allowed to go abroad after a time with only the support of a tight- fitting corset. About ten months are required for complete cure. Dr. Cal- tioris of this kind, ail of them without Dr. Calot's process, in broad general terms, consists simply in pressing down the curved hump of the backbone until the vertebrae resume their normal place with reference to each other. It takes great force to do this and assist- ants puil vigorously at the shoulders and feet of the subject while the doc- tor with his hands bears down heavily upon the hump. The sound of the bones tinctly audible, but the patient is under the influence of chloroform and is not conscious of pain. New Treatment “'hicll a French Doctor "as Successfully 'l‘rled Many Times. Hereafter there are to be no more hunchbacks. At least there none in the future if children afflicted with that terrible spinal curvature'are submitted to the treatment which the French doctor, Calot, has so successfully applied in the course of his practice in the Rothschild Hospital at Berk-sur- Mer. THE _' ‘ “.‘v .‘s' wivesoyears ago; this is Bans for some women toâ€"day; of relation between the menâ€" physica‘l forcesâ€"a want of El im both the gathering and on A: -.___- â€" ~- COUNTRY AND INSANITY CURE FOR HUNCHBACKS. it} a week. ' (mg, making pies and ‘mother’s famous -dough- .sm, While the princiâ€" lacy among women were fection or the “dread- “hard. monotonous, sol- wom an. Lh’ next stage we we: an' chariiy peeped o’er. Edepth it looked! won, 0‘ use askin' how it. hapj could tell. Things ha minuteâ€"because they’v pen. I supposeâ€"an’ it’s 2 explain how. Perhaps I afi'was used for -hois' rfoopin' stones an’ other t men needed. It, was there, I can ted yo', au' numb; bpt‘ we enjoyed ['7“! ‘I ’ the Town HLL’ looke p. perâ€"caster with awii.‘ wqus, ’at 100k :50 ‘n'g‘ (1' 'ed like a good-sized Um cept for th' bi; 0' nuie our chaps below, all t! fast asleep. I felt a bit 1 erâ€"not wi’ coldâ€"pass ‘I says: ‘Let’s go down enough.’ 60 Jim lays Where he’d found it, a. descend. ”\Ve'd got about a t, w-n, when Jim says; ‘ next platform a minute Straight down. .\V e co th’ top. We can stick our last chance !' 80 w "Thé fights" thoqsands dow of {he to 11 below. : "3111} picked Up a g: was‘lymg on th’ top, Ic th’ rope in as was dewé 0' puflexsfl at th’ and z \Vefl, We kep’ on, Jim form after plml'orm.‘ stronger every minute, th’ cornice as runs to looks narrow enough it’s plenty Wide enough fortable like; 2111’ _then, :3 "It's five ye' 0 FE-b'uary. chimney, 33' n in fact; they \ 0' heb'uary. 'J‘Imy “ chimney, 331' rcpuirm' 1 in fact; they were pu' «ms on. The “hum rounded fro’ [up to hot: in’, an’ there were i: £0111; ‘to pdatfornL fro’ a TWIXT EARTH A “Why, tinned the knowled ge, , 11"? . George, you chm; no) spoke :â€" V “lhis is the w tefitlin yo’ abuut’ . 11"-- ry chi the doors, lanes of light the alley and made I while, every now and So in and out among; 113.068 of BICSSI‘S. M faces, or guiding the 01 hot like a river of qu from the hem: of. 111 moulds prepared for iL “\Veil, George, yuu' to deny me. the story. by all means. I can nerves." “It’s a thing I ne'er less I'm like, (naliged offen, but I’ll u-ll 30’ 3.: You’ve come specidlly forge by night, 4111' it: miss it." ‘ "It was summat than any g} 1051 1 9 that gave 111V nur “Then what in the we about tweflve. midnight harden-ed man like yo “Oh, aye, sir. a man his time on night shit shut 0’ that sort 0’ m “Aye, sure enougl What. sir. I never he: clock strike twelve med 3 queer, creepy feelm“ 0' my back." "Not ghosts, surely, ( who works among (11 and is accustomed to :1 ing lights and shadow: earthlyâ€"looking using. 8110qu be past that." “\Vell, yes, either early. There's the. twelve.” “Good evening. 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