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The “ind “as westerly. with a little nurthinq in it: and bracing the yards in. we found that the brig would easily .n'ie. her course with a few points to wrare und that, even under such short canvas, when we managed to get. a {cast of the. logâ€"Halon at the wheel, holding the glassâ€"she was sailing no 11% than six knots. This was truly; :wonderful; and I realised that I was on a clipper, and the fastest. one I had Lever Peon Shipmates with. (an it. making u; on a weat-by-south’ course 1509 miles from Cape Agulhas, and «my 12‘! miles east. of Use island of Rodriguez" But. there was nothing to can there for. And! these at least. it my Inc'mm‘y aerves me aright, “era the JeauPts 01' my first. sights taken on board (hf- Hebe. ‘ "Eight iells! Eight bells!" simul- taneously from each of us; and away we went below to wox‘k out our reckon- ing. As luck would have it, and to the Major's extremv delight. there was on?) men? a mile difference betueen ua. Our 'ongitude “as 66 dog. 5 min. east, latitude 29 deg. 10 min. south, by “hilh iI “iii he won that the hrigs progrexs sin -e the Major’s lust observa- tion had been mostly all westing, which “as so much the better for us. Get- ting our a. chart, I found our position "I’m afraid it must 8’0 in 35‘. case," l out, night and day. Helen can do her I replied. “But there’s no particularifihart‘ as well as any of us. We must ° ‘ ' n hurry : and any'minute Something may lkeep going. heave in sight." Ogeninj,r a little signal-locker. I took I was about. to expoleulate, when a iglance from Helen deciided me to re- out from amongst the flags 3 small gmain silent. Besides. was not the Maj- British merchant ensign. and asked the lm' owner and 93-1090? ‘00? And, any- Major if I might. hoist. it as a distress signal. I had done nothing whatever hitherto on the «abutting him. "Do exactly what you think proper. Mr. Vallanve." he replied. setting down a great round of boiled beef that he had brought from the galley. “You’re our practical mun although. as you see. how. what. business had a poor devil of a second mate. whose clothes even did Hebe without. first not belong to him. to interfere in the matter? But it angered me to think of a girl like Helen having to stand at. the wheel until she was ready to drop. However, I thought it wise to lie low and let the Major see how the thing would work, especially you're not going to have the naviga- as he said 11? would take the first tinn mm of the business all to your- watch from eight. o'clock until twelve; aeltz" and he chuckled. and stood and I had an idea. from t look of the watching as I Lent the flag on. union 5k.“ that "e the“ there might be. a dun-.n. and hoisted it half-way up the change. .And presently. “it“ 80‘1th signal~halyarda rove at the end of the a spare line and 1’63de ‘t on t9 the mizzen-gaft. boat's painter in, place oi the -boan- "There." said I. "if any ship sights sheet. 9° as to give 1'” “ fair drift, I that. she'll know we want. something. relievedthe gen if our canvas isn’t enough to tell 1'.” . Major to go and get his ten. below. It was already nearly eight bells, and he was loan on deck "again.' “My father thinks navigation is his "1.311?“ ,1“ her 8% Vflkn‘fi.“ 58141 1‘19. strong point." remarked Helen. with 00109118 to the boat, ‘lf t1! {Wind a, smile. as the Major tramped back to freshman my more. We mn'tzhnve‘hnr the. galley. "This is ad his first trip 2:01.319 nut know I n l__n. .. ane he own: tailing on to us. "It will mean/another tall-k’not‘.‘ Besides. it’ll mate i differ; But it “as all [coul‘i do to take my eyes off that mnst grm'eful figure of a heims'woman. swayin" her lissome shape to the working 0? the. Spokes aw if to the manner horn. glancing at me now and again, with. a sort of shy. smile that seemrd to my sanguine heart already to hold affection in it as well as friendship. ' "She steers beautifully,” said Helen when I offered to relieve her. “and I like i’eing here. Of course the boat bothers her a little; and I suppose, if it comes on to blow. it must go." At. six bells. 11 3.111., a gentle. breeze sprang up and sent us through the water m a three-knot rat»; and presp ently the Major, sending Helen to the wheel to relieve me. brought up the sextanns and, with no little show of Pride l(‘gan to screw the sun down. on her decks; and if I haven‘t, Mr. Vailanaa," he went on, much to my diacwnyosure, "thanked you as I ought to have done. I sinr'erely apologise and in my own and my daugh- ter's name do so now." and risâ€" ing. he made. me a, most genteei bow, whilst ail the ['otato-parings went out a! his apron. greatly to Nan's delight. lie' 1:. ning the Major’s Salutation to the best. of my ability. we shook hands, and I felt. that last, night I had done the. 0M man an injustice in thinking him either saifish or unfeeiing. ”You take the other one. Mr. Val- Mute," said he, "and chvck me I’m not a. profiesional. mu knov..’ he “cm: (In mum ing through the glasses, “ but. I d Wat think I’ll be far out. ” “My father thinks navigation is his strong point," remarked Helen. with a, smile. as this Major trumped hack to the smiley. “This is not his fixjst trip "I’m an old campaigner, Mr.Va1- iame ," said he as I approached, "and I ve seen some ups and douns in the world. But I (an assure \ou air, that I dont think I ever felt so glad as I did “hen \o-u appeared under the He- '2 satern an 1 came (0 the resume. Let me tell you sir, that it. was a plucky min; in \ou to board the brig, as you did with a \soundwd m n-cater at large Miss Fortescue “as at work in the cabin. and the Major sat at the galley: door peeling sweet potatoes, making things look a hit homelike. although the white shirt. solar-tome, yellow boots. and diamonds put a touch of inâ€" congruity into the scene thtt made me nearly laugh outright. to no you must know. Once he own- ed 1 all; are k: a Calcutta steamer. and hubs average in here He teak up, It was very awkward having no door in front of the deckâ€"house, as every- thing had to be brought aft by the narrow alloy-way between it and the bulvmrlrs. So. while the fine weath- er lasted. we decided to take our meals under the awning. Thus we break-n tested with much talk of our position. nut at all uncheerful. I was pleased to find that there were two sextants on hoard; also that the Major, with some foresight. had kept. the chronometer going. After the meal I suggested that we should claw up the toresail. and the Major assenting, we had a. half-hour’s heavy pulling, after which I went aloft and in some cont man- used to stow itâ€"a regular hard-weath- stowâ€"frapping a lump of canvas to the yard wherever I could get a hold. It was a big sail. and took me a long time to handle. even in such a fashion; But I managed it at last. And when I came down although pretty well knocked up, it was. in much better humour with the. brig under a couple of toxr-zails and fore-tepmost staysail; and for after canvas I could set the mizzen. close reefed. xfiWWfiam‘éfiWWQ THE LAST VOYAGE OF MARTIN VALLLANCE :. Author of “ Stove Brown's Bunyip,‘ “ In the Great Deep,” at. .4 SEA STORY or 10.0”. By JOHN ARTHUR BARRY, And so it proved to be; and as it, came washing and bobbling heavily by, we went aft. again and had a good View. It was jus' as I left it, floating face upwards: and it. took very little imag- ination on my part to stretch me on it «bombed and gasping. and to feel once more the comfort of touch that Nen’s warm flesh gave to my chilled “By gad!" exclaimed the Major aft»- er a. lung stare through his glass. lufâ€" fing to his course-. ”fancy a man on that thing, wallowing about in mid- ocean with a goat, for his crew, and a lump of sodden biscuit in the lazar- ette! Why. Vallance, you must have thought our boat the outcome of a {Dinar}?! \thu di'd you dog" “Well. Major,” Ianswered after some hesitation, "I went down on myknees anl thanked Gud for sending her to me, as we]! as I could manage it.” “The very best thing. too, you could nave (Inna? replied the Major heartily, an'l. rather to my relief. “It’s only on some suvh Occasion that, we sailors and soldiers ever think of Him." 1 After dinner, finding that the brig .steered a. bit wild without any canvas aft, I set the mizzen-a mere rag with its close met. but quite enough. Clhen .“hilst the Major took the wheel, I fslung a pair of binoculars across my, shoulders and went on to the main- roval yard in order to get a good look round. “By heavens 1" I exclaimed suddenly, “if that’s not mime and Nan's old pen, «all me a Dutchman! I ought to know it I" Towards evening the breeze freshen- ed a hilt. and we held a council. My opinion was that. through the night we should heave-to, as; the mere lkeeping any sort of watch was. with our num- bers. out of the question. It would. I argued, only entail an amount of fa- tigue. rendering us useless and knockâ€" ed; up in case we should be called upon suddenly to nxalke some supreme effort. But the Major was opposed to this View completely. "\Ve are three,"sa.iad he. “Four hours each. Constant look- out, night and day. Helen can do her share as well as any of us. “'9 must kepp going.” I have said, I think, that the Hebe was loftyâ€"over-sparred, indeed, in my opinionâ€"and from the elevation I had attained she seemed a mere toy of a. vessel underneath me. To set the miz- zen I had been obliged to remove the awning, and thus had a clear view of her decks, looking solitary enough; for Helen had gone below, and the only person visible w as the old Major, mak- ing a wry different picture to his daughter as he stood bolt upright like a. sentry on duty one eye on the com- [53:8, the other on the weather-leach of the main-tOpsail. As, presently, I swept the sear-line, some low, black ob- ject jumped into the field of the glass. For a time I worked away at it, but without avail. It might be a capsized boat, or a buoy, or a lump of wreck- ageâ€"more likely the lastâ€"for anything I could make of it. It was broad on the weather bow; and hailing the deck, I motioned the Ma- jor to keep the brig off a few points unl iii she pointed straight for the thing. Then. making sure there ,\\ as nothing else in sight. I descended and told the Major, who became quite excited and called his daughter. But we had not risen it from the desk yet. indeed, from the smallness of the object, Idid not expect. we should until close upon it. Helen andI went «on to the fore- castle head. there to get a better View; and all at on re she cried: “I see it; Lt’ s a bit of a ship!" But. using the glass. the thing looked strangely fa- mbliar to me. Galle." "No, poor dear, he was not." ansâ€" wered she, smiling. “Old enough to be my grandfather, and quite gray4 But," she added, perhaps on seeing how my face lightened. "I was very fond (VI him, and of the captain tooâ€"who leaves a wife and child at. Point de P “Was he a young man 8" I asked. with a. sort of empty feeling some- \\ here inside me. “It was indeed a terribly anxious time." replied Helen. “The captain died quietly one night. without any one knowing it at the moment. But Mr. Skinner was delirious for some days. and kept constantly calling for me. never seeming easy unless I was with him." i _ _. .“Yoq must have had a very anxious tune wzth so much sickness on board.” I said. the. science then; and when poor Cap- tain Davis and Mr. Skinner, the mate. were alive. he. always used to help them with their observations." i “I thought as much.” said she, "and 133W you were going to protest. But ’when my father has set his mind on a. thing. it is better to let him try ut. \\ hen he sees that it “ill not act; When he will he the first to acknow- 1 ledge it." _ ,wâ€"v’ f‘It. Wis an 634»; that .61. those rtscqllx Mtg“! rimfirhbdkittcr a pines. ;“Yoh would mu done well. “enough mtthflwhih m. - Think of m "I loved the sea,” said Helen. ”and I lovoit still. But I do not think, if we get safely to any port, that, ,, after this experience, I 5110qu can about trust- ing myselfto its tender mercies again. It has not used me too well; ’And, as you knoW, the voyage“ was plangod'u- apecially for my“ benefit... Doubtlem my hepuh is “good as over now; but at “My father," said she, after we had talked awhile. “thinks it possible, ap- parently. that we three can carry the Helm to Capetown; and although Idid nut like to tell him so, I hardly think it likely. ADO you ll" "If you will stamp on the deck." she replied; “my berth is there, you see, ex- actly under the... wheel. I am a sound sleeper. but I think I shall be able to hear you. If I do notâ€"w e11 you can't leave the. brig to steer herself. or you might run down and ‘kno k at the dear. It really does seem rather absurd! All of us ought to sleep on deck within easy call. But father does not care what .9. terrible costl”. and she shud- tea for me. For the size of the brig it was really a. large apartment. run- ning her full width. but. for two state- rooms aft. two forward for the offlo- ers and arhox of a pantry. Handsome- ly panelled and ('arpeted. well lit. with plenty of glass and silver-ware on a. broad sideboard, it looked especially snug and cozy; fairly cool. too. with the bull'sâ€"eye windows along the upâ€" per part of the house mil open. But the priinoipal attravtion to me although no- ting these details with acareless glance was the girl. her hair gathered into a mass of dark. shiining coils around the small and shapely headâ€"the first time I had had a good View of it without. a hat (zenâ€"who 9111th a welcome to me across the well-spread teaâ€"table. "Not unless we get a fair wind. and one of about the strength of this. all the way there," I replied. laughing; “and even then. keeping regular watch and watch night. and day, only our skeletons would be left by the time we sighted Agulhas. It sounds feasilile‘en- ough- theoretically, but practically, ev- en with the small canvas we carry now, there would be constant callings for all hands. The brig is heavily sparred. and even to trim the yards in any sort of a. breeze would take the three of us all we 'could do. In fact, watch, and watch. as we are now, means night and day work for all of us." "I have the next. watchâ€"the middle up," I said presently. ‘ T hat leaves me to gall you. How shall I manage ”' “Yes, even were we three tough and seasoned minors." I said, “it would he as much or more than we could man- age to work the Hebe to Capetown. But now!" about the open air at nights; nor. to tell the truth, do I. \Vhat a crew !" and__she laughed merrily. Many people doubtless know that up- on the accession of a new monarch to the throne of England a new Seal is struck, and the old one is cut into four pieces and deposited in the Tower of London. In former times the frag- ments of these great Seals were dis- tributed among certain poor peOple of religious houses. When Her'Majesty Queen Victoria ascended the throne of England, the late Benjamin Wyon. R. A... the chief engraver of her Majesty’s Mint. designed the beautiful work of the present Great Seal of England. The details of the design are: obverse. an equestrian figure of: the Queen attend- ed by a page, her Majesty wearing over a habit a flowing and sumptuous robe. and a colour of the Order of the Gar- ter. In her right hand she hears the sceptre. and on her head is placed a regal tiara. The attendant page, with his bonnet in his hmd. looks up to the Queen. who is gracefully restrain- ing the impatient charger. which is richly decorated with plumes and trap- pings. The legend, “ Victoria. Dei Gra- tia Britanniarum Regina. Fidel Defen- sor,’ is engraved in Gothic letters, the Spaces between the. words being filled with heraldic roses. The reverse side of the Seal, shows the Queen. royally robed and crowned, holding in her right hand the Sceptre and in her left the THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND. that ind abarly gnd a In]! gale of Yelling aloft, Finding presently that there was: ra- ther too much wind for comfort rush- ing out of the foretopm' qt staysuil. I shifted my quarters on to ‘he maindeck and' took shelter under the lee of the forecastle. Here I spread my mat- tress afresh. and pulling a rug over my head to keep off the moonbeams. I doz- ed off to sleep. my last waking thoughts being that the wind had taken a shriller .note up there in the rigging, causing the Hebe. hitherto as upright as a factory chimney. to have nearly asleep to go to the trouble of another shift. 'And I dreamtâ€"natural- ly enough perhapsâ€"that I was once egmn on the Apen_wlt‘h Nan. only this 6:..- LI.-. _ ”A prophecy pretty well fulfilled in their case. anyhow.” said I. “And now I. think I will go on deck and turn in. air my watch will be out." For a few minutes I stood talking to the Major at the wheel. The wind was steady. the brig lying her course and going through the water in good style. although. as I judged bothered by the swing of the boat behind her. Getting the side-lights out. I retrimmed them and put fresh oil in; then going on to the forecastle. I “It my pipe. and after a long look round. carried my mattrass from the quarter-deck and sat doun and smoked. Nan as usual. lying at my feet. The night seemed fine. enough for anything. and the barometer. as I had glaneed at it before leaving the cabin was. if moving at all. on the rise. Still, instinct at times, if rarely, is more to he depended upon than any mere instrument. and I felt somehow that a change was pendingâ€"of what nature I could not be sure. However pretty certain that not much harm could come to us aloft, although a reef in each topsail would have added to my sense of security, I lay down. “Doubtless they would have donv so." said Helen; "but. as I heard ihem say over and over again they imagined that a curse lay upon the Hebe, that a fear- ful plague was mowed away amongst the coffee. and that we were doomed to wander about the .ma until all “Yes. it. was cruel," she answered. "Still. Mr. Vallanr'e, my father, though generally the soul of gentleness with his own colour, like many old Indians has no patience: with the native: and when the captain and the mate died"â€" “Yes." I said quickly, for I had thor- oughly 'nmagimd. long are this. the The Last voyage of Martin Vallance sight of the Major bossing his “nig- gersv’ “But why. Iwomler. did they not put. yourself and the Major into the lmat. and themselves stick to the brig 3” en or cast, the! parts are closed: to re- ceive the melted wax, which is poured through an opening at the top of the Seal. As each impression is attached to a document by a ribbon or slip of parchment, its ends are put into the Seal before. the wax is poured in. so that when the hard; impression is tak- en from the. dies the ribbon or parch- ment is neatly fixed to it. The imo pression of the Seal is six inches in diameter and three-fourths of an inch in thickness. The great Seals of Eng- land are, interesting from their hear. ing portraits of the sovereigns. as in the Seals of Offa and. Ethelwolf, and that of Edgar with a bust in profile. After William I. all the kings are on one. side. on horseback. the face turned to the right, except thit of Charles 1.. which is turned to the left. Edward IV. first carries the close crown; Ed- ward the Confessor and Henry I. and Henry 1]. are seated with the sword and dove. \Vax was not uniformly used for Seals, as impressions occur in gold. silver and lead. also in various oth- er substances. The colours have var- ied at different periods, but red seems to have. been the most ancient. brutes leaving you to roast alive. The Seal itself is a silver mould in two parts, technically called a. pair of dies. \Vhen an impression is to he tak- orb. seated upon a throne beneath a niched Gothic canopy; and on each side is a figure of Justice and Religion: and' in the exergue the royal arms and crown, the whole encircled by awreath or border of oak and roses. 0’ (To B. Continued.) - roux-mg Q N I. “no Win ptuucu' ‘ " lucky hour for startin i‘c WU" id 10 4““ journey to Russm» i9 '“ C'mbotu's superstition. I’rvsi‘t'n‘ m was less creduluus. ‘ looted an unlucky hour {or 51'1”)?" on the Journey to LYON“ “he" ‘ mutated by Caaerio. W “W! in Pklfi?‘ ”.3 am: on the Eurui‘eun Continual the East. Carnlnqta “as so “”13 WVinPed that attain hmxr~ H' ” no 'u k\ ”1 day are lucky and Nb?” he would never mmmvnt a-nt undertaking (-r 5131" U“ ax; - mung ”Mt Journey without CONS famous reader of cards a~ 1" 1min}! vicious hour. and Fraud: 11! “hr Who WI! prudent enough m 591”" [Why hour for starting «m h" "5:: to Russia is Slid 10 ’1‘” . Fresh"! 00111111011 6% is the. su‘prrrém Friday is the must. untuck." and ibirteen of numhors. 1h” unlucky hours is equally “i â€"v- Lulu. «ml, is certainly um." replied the qnl“-puSM)-, "and HOOanWI lm; her return for an interview but it 3: sometime before it luok place, mm. m the limited tlfllt‘ at (lurdigml lib tween trains, and, partly owing to. desire to wait and see ”the impugn. meat. waslikely to prove lwrmanem, However. after many put-om, w finally called at the hum» of MA Doolittle, a sister of Miss Rudd's, m has carefully cared fm‘hvr duringm long illness. At the request oft}. editor Miss Rodd made the following statementâ€""I am fifty years of an and have lived in Brooklln ten years. Five years ago I “as Izlken ill with acute rheumatism uml lmxenot done a. day's work siuee. 'l'be lrnuhle began withmyfeet amlthe uxwlllnp exteml ed to my armswvrisw .md shoulders. and finally settled inw) nwk. [had such pain that 1 “(Us or iigml 1:» us” walking stick to eusw [Le in moving about. and two and a huff _\HU‘S agmln stick had to make way for a much. At [his time. I used to (a up a. little Each flay. H]? il “a: ml lung hefore Ixx'as «lo-Dial even It! privilege. and the. nu: 53.x monthsl Wu"! perfectly helplvs~ all-l l-ed-riduw. I could not even lurn m} heal own: a cup of Va lo my muuth, {301mm- pletely disc-nuraged “fin ineffectual- ly being treated by we physll‘lal and trying the different Int-divine“!- commended for my 'dlfnll‘nt. While! was in this helpless: wntliliw ll niece came in (me day and prevailed W on me to try Dr. \\ Halalw’ Pink PM After taking two 1mm I fell aghshl change for the better so Momma“ to take them. “llh llxk rl'ff'Vl ”l"! continued 'toimprove sumly eve-”mm. I [10“ sleep “ell. Lth- agm'll_fil'l* and mv finish!) my ~T il u~ crutch is on account of my kn mg “euk and a desirr In no tax my strength. Jubilee went on and it bemme asettled t“ that Miss Rodd \ms «confirmed 1.. valid and that such she would con“.- until akind Prm idenoe took Mercy“ bet by allowing death to end her an. ferings. None of the Villagers timid. pated any other vndlng. Our auto. ish-ment can better be imagined 1h“ described, therefore, Whom 51115.3.“ Wells hailed us um' mnruing Wit} u \Veu. eth, “e hme some new. to: on May.” "\tht is it!" "Mr Eggs Rodd has gune on a US“ to co]: umhus friends." ”\VhyJ thought 9‘, was a confirmed ill\'11id?" "-50 she. 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