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[fin-y. his 1" W'reck and that kind “ith a tight skin, water {11.00 matter how 1°“ .. “nuldu’t bring those “I; the boat, becauso havin’ tin Ismrks." ‘ *Isuppme in your case.” said Mrs. m Mike-mini: me. “dark trousers N do IS Wt-H.” fa which [ .mewrerl that I aincem- horwd they “Mild. ’kn‘thpr ihing I‘m thankful for.” Mrs. Aleshino, "is that I thought .33: an “t flannel skeert.” Mi what’s the 30011 of it,” mid rs. Lh'kil, “xx hen it’s soppin' "tr “t sum-ls flannel,” repl'nd her PM. Whether iL’q wet. or dry; and "‘1!th H1» rheumatism as much Inave, you'd know it." .3?th Mrs. [3-ka replied With a W m .1 1 mm, Mrs. Locks put 110' ‘ dawn into the water. And "1 whom apparently in search of . I mun! not but smile as I 3', Of ’hr‘ «"‘tmdition of {00d When- Enour nt‘ more, it had been'acou" ‘fe-“C uuier the surface 0' a” W mv ideas on the aubfict Tenth-Viv Oh‘nnnnrl -mL-_ I _-... u ._r'»' ready to go {way in the boat 'th put an Mack stockln 3. I've w sharks never bite colored re :llhmwh if they $6 a White a n the m1 er ”WWII snap him it quick as lightnin" . and black his was th- nearest we could [am i'. Ynu w, I thought as like not we’d h'u'e sum» sort, of an upset e'» gun; thy v. rung way, and had .In ‘mnxml Ami go back. it W03“l .n y be vpry provoking. um hm mu happy indeed to 7e M give 1 satisfactory anmr mun-mun. Every time that “'3 upun usual I threw I. rapid “v 'xraumi (km \\ hula circle 0‘ tho m, and at last, not a quarter huur ‘lfYPX‘ Mrs. Leck’s question. 5Y9.K)i.'e.l m me, almost in the hon in “huh I summsod it ought ._thea11rk war which I had be- fiLi‘nver‘ml I shunted the glad And as “9 mac again my 0013’ as strained Hwir eyes in the di‘ .3 to whivh l puimed. They both 1 1M wen- greatly satisfied. "‘. Vben." .md Mrs. Aleshine. "it “ if then- H .15 mmethin’ to work "31 3:1" I'wt'u) to sweep her 081' l,’.| .l b 10‘! Want t .“3' w the {mm bun y-vvvâ€" _ . 'thh was not very hlgh, '1 con- were movmg towards mi {bat “'6 . Mn, and therefore m the right «Ln How {asoft the steamer ”med m judging distances at . I [hev‘eved that if we were W at our strength, and if the rm continued as smnoth as it now 5. we might eventually reach the ré- provided shewere yet afloat. «gm you are {surly in the water," .1 mg, Machine, as she swept along, it"lih without the. velocity, which r phrase usuaHy Implies, “it isn’t ,fSD Fail as I thought. it would be. My thing, it don’t. feel a bit salt, ;5.:.ugh I must say it tasted horribly L. My whm I first. went into it." {,4} didn’t. expect to find piCklO- “ did you?” said Mrs. Locks. “41) if it was, I suppose we could n! {\n it 89”.") . "V” Pm mu?" said Mrs. Locks. 111.: ”ml; nut. But do you sup- L" CW; Hm Mrs. Aleshme and ““1 "n m" . and leave that ship I ”RAH mmrthin' to cat by the ,et‘ 5 L1 m nut here in a bunch. D -‘-L ‘ an: :qy ennugb” mid Mrs. Looks. a me want. do“ n mto 0111' room sure that we 2:300” did. not, allow me to 8.0 ”-3; over the «mm but I remem- we‘ci hue sum» snrt Of an “Wt we gut thrmxgh.” i gruat '4‘m!,'nrt ” remarked ushine 11nd I'm very glad you Inf it Mm lec.ks After this nuke it, z. rule Black stockin'a hkM m»- hmv 36011 I thought :9! sight nf the ship, for if nest 111?. m tire yourself out be- t, thw-o, lhrh'ry Alesh'mo.” J‘L‘ks, ‘3'Hu't! better 80 on V. \«m “but I advise is Up rmin’ altogether and lin‘ a» rut for I’m sure we F299;! '1}: our strength." “a" sum Wantinued.) )l' wrr at a meal we can b, ‘..-u'h’ry Aleshine, if m down there on the mend you to tie it to met‘strings, or it’ll b0 nut you won't get it Up in the air twa Ger- :lud Shaka the brill, 1- "What are S'ou go- .un expect to catch bgih’ cold," said Mrs. part of me that's in is comfortable than that ‘44 h and glitter;- ".113 not at all probable that the po- sition of this island was unknown to our captain‘; and it must, therefore, have been considered by him as an un- suitable place for the landing of his passengers. There might be many rea- sons for this unsuitableness; the is- land might be totally barren and de- solate; it might be the abode of un- pleasant natives; and, more import- ant than anything else, it was. in all probability, 3 Spot where steamers nev- er touched. . But. whatever its disadvantages, l was most wildly desirous to reach it: more so. I believe. th‘an‘ either of my cornpanions. I do not mean that they "(are not sensible of their danger, and desirous to be freed from it; but they were women who had probably had a rough time at it during a great part of their lives, and on emerging from their little circle 0! rural exPBrienc- This question I had already asked of mvself. I had been told that the is- land to which the naptain intended to take his boats lay about thirty miles south of the point where we left the steamer. Now I knew very well that we had not come thirty miles, and had reason to believe, moreover, that the greater part of the progress we had made had been towards the noyth. It “There’s an isiand under them: you may be. sure of that I" I cried. “And isn’t this ever so much better than a. sinking ship?" _ _ _ - us. But then, the ship might sink all of a suddint beds vittles, and all " "Do you suppose that is the island the other boats Went to?" asked Mrs. "As true as I’m staudin’ here,’ said Mrs. Leeks, who. although she could not read without spectacles. had ne- markahly good sizht at long range, “them is trees and bushes that Isee before me, though they do seem to be growin’ right out. of the water.” “I’m not so sure about that," said Mrs. Aleshine. "I‘m used to the ship, nudes longasit didn’t sink I'd prefer it. There’s plenty to eat on board of it, and good beds to sleep on, which is more than can be expected on a little bushy place like tha_t ahead of For ten minutes or more I had been puzzling over the shape of the dark spot which was now nearly all the time in sight. Its peculiar form had filled me with adreadful fear that it was the steamer) bottom upwards, al- though I knew enough about nautical matters to have no good reason to sup- pose that this could he the case. I am not far-sighted. but when Mrs. Lecks suggested bushes, l gazed at the distant object with totally different ideas, and soon began to believe that it was not. a ship, either right side up or wrong side up. but that it might. be an island. This belief I proclaim- ed to my companions, and for some time we all worked with increased en- ergy in the desire to get near enough to make ourselves certain in regard to this point. So saying, she produced from one of her pockets 3. whiskeleask tightly corked, and of its contents we each took a sip, Mrs. Aleshine remarking that, leaving out being chilled or col- icky, we were never likely to need it more than now. Thus refreshed and strengthened, Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine took up their oars, while I swam slightly in ad» vance._ as before. \Vh‘en, with occasion- al intermissions of rest, and a good deal of (lesultory conversation, we had swept and swam for about an hour, Mrs. Leeks suddenly ex- claimed: “I can see that thing ever so much plainer now, and I don’t believe it’s a ship at all. To me it looks like bushes." “You're mighty long sighted with- out vour specs." said Mrs. Aleshine. “and I'm not sure but what you're right.” “There’s no knowin’,’ said Mrs. Leeks “but if it’s matte comfortin’ to think it’s shallerer, we'll make up our minds that way. Now, then,” she continued, “we’ll finish off this meal with alittle somethin' to drink. I’m not givin' to takin’ spirits, but. 1 never travel with- out a little whiskey, ready mixed with water to take if it should he needed.” Leeks proceeded to divide one of the sausages, handing the other to me to hold meanwhile. “Now don’t go eatin' sausages with- out bread. if you don’t want ’em to give you dyspepsy," said Mrs. Aleshine,who was tugging at asubmarine pocket, “I’m verv much afraid you bread is all soaked." said Mrs. Leeks. “Barb’ry Aleshine," said Mrs. Leeks, as her friend. proceeded to cut the sec- ond sausage, “don’t you lay that knife down when you’ve done with it, as if’t was an oar; for if you do it’ll sink as like as not, about. six miles. I’ve read that the ocean is as deep as that in some places.” I had trouble enough gettin’ this jar into my pocket, and gettin’ it out, too, for that matter.” Floating thus, with our hands and shoulders above the water, we made a. very good meal from the sausages and soft biscuit. To which her friend replied that that remained to be seen, and forthwith produced with asplash a glass pre- serve-jar with ametal top. “I saw this, nearly empty, as 1100]:- ed into the ship’s pantry, and Istuff- ed into it all the soft biscuits it; would hold. There was some sort of jam left at the bottom, so that the one who gets the last. biscuit will have somethin’ of alittle spread on it. And “Goodn'ess gracious me!" exclaimed Mrs. Aleshme, "I how: we are not over one of t_hem _de.€p3pntzs." A ‘.'“I now, Mrs. Locks," she continued tri- umphantly, as she unscrewed the top, "that rubber ring has kept ’em as dry as chips. I’m mighty glad of it, for Vlll\l ”w“ 'Iv‘ â€" Uâ€"' in; my companions not to strike their feet against this submerged bar, we paddled and pushed ourselves around the turn in the rocky passagn. and emerged into the open lagoon. This smooth stretch of water, which separated the island from its encircling reef, was here about a hundred feet wide; and the first thing that arms;- ed our attention as we gazed across So saying, Mrs. Leeks returned to the other side of the bar, and having made Mrs. Aleshine bow down her head and close her eyes and. mouth. she plac- ed both hands upon her companion’s broad shoulders and threw as much weight as possible upon them. Mrs Aleshine almost disappeared heâ€" neath the water, but she came up spluttering and blinking on the other side of the bar, where she was quickiy joined by Mrs. Leeks. ____.A_I Al’_._ Al. vuâ€"‘-â€" __.__-_ “Merciful me!" exclaimed Mrs. Ale- shiue, wiping her wet face with ,her still wetter slwve, “I never suppos- ed the heathens would be up to such tricks as makin‘ us do than: g. I had waited to give any$tssisténoe that. might be required, 3.114.“ wh‘ilj'e do- ing’ so, had discovered an r liar under the water, whirh pro that entrance at. almost anysmge of the tide had been guarded. egaipsfi‘. Warp- “Now, Barb’ry Aleshine," said Mrs. Leeks, who had been watching her, “if you ever want. to get out of this salt water, you‘ve got to make up your mind to take some of it into your mouth and into your eyes; that is, if you don’t keep 'em shut. Get .your- self as close to that bar as you can. and I’ll come and put you und‘er."‘ Adoptinq Mrs. Leck's suggestion, I “ducked" my beTld under the bar, and [passed to the other side of it. Mrs. Leeks, with but little trouble, follow- ed my example, but Mrs. Aleshine,who by reason of her stoutness. floated so much higher out of the water than her friend and I, found it. impossible to get herself under the bar. In whatever manner she made the attempt her head or her shoulders were sure to bump and arrest herprogress: _ "They wun’t keep us out," said Mrs. Leeks, “for we can duck under. I sappose whoever put, "am here didn’t eXpect anybudy to arrive on life-pre- servers." “These bars were put there." I ex- claimed, "‘to keep out boats, whiether at high or low water. You see they can only be thrown out. of the way by taking off {he padlocks.” I swam into this smooth water, fol- lowed close in Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, who, however, soon became unable to use their oars, owing to the proximity of the rocks. Dropping ”193° useful implements, they managed t“ paddle after me with their hands: and they were. as much astonished as I was when, just after making: -the slight turn, we found stretched across the narrow passage a great iron bar. about eight or ten inches above the water. A little farther on, and two or three feet above the water. another iron bar extended from one rocky wall to the other. Without uttering a word, [ex- amined the lower bar, and found one end of it fastened by means of ahuge padlock to a great staple driven in- to the rock. The look was securely wrapped in what appeared to he tarred canvas. A staple through an eye-hole in the bar secure-1 the other end of it to the rocks. .’ was smooth water flowing through a wide opening in the neef. The rocks were piled up quite high. and the reef, at this point. at. leusi, was a wide one; for as we neared the opening we found that it narrowed very soon and made a turn to the left, so that from the outside we could not see into the la- goon. we could approach with safety, and I determined to circumnavigate it, if necessary, before I would attempt,witb‘ these two women, to land upon that jagged reef. At last we perceived, at We swam and paddled. however, for a long time, and still the surf rolled menacingly on the rocks before 118. “'e were now: as clase to the island as no great distance hefme us, a. spot “here there seemed to be no break- ers; and when we [60th it we found, to our unutterahle deiiq ht that here outside world. “I do not believe,” to Mrs. Leeks, “that ' to which the captain ‘18; but, Whatever it sleep when we get there, it's no more than can be said of where we are now." “You’re too particular, Barh’ry Ale- shine,” said Mrs. Leeks. “about your comforts. If you find the ground too hard to sleep on when you get there you can put on your life-preserver, and go to bed in the water." ”Very good." said Mrs. Aleshine;‘ as full of small p’ints as some coral I’ve got at home, you'll be glad to talne a berth by me, Mrs. Leeks." . l counseled my companions to follow me as rapidly as pOSsible, and we all pushed vigorously forward. When we had approached far enough to the island to see what sort of place it{real- ly was, we perceived that it was alow- lying spot, apparently covered with verdui'e, and surrounded, as far as we could see as we rose on the swells, by a rocky reet‘, against which atol- erably high serf was running. I knew enough of the formation of these cor- al islands to suppose that within this reef was a lagoon of smooth water, into which there were openings through the rocky barrier. It was ne- cessary to try to .find one of these, for it would be difficult and perhaps dangerous to attempt to land through the surf. Before us we could see a. continuous line of white-capped breakers; and so I led my little party to the right. hop- ing that we would soon see siqns of; an opening in the reef. ' PART II. A despatch from Washington, says nSecretary Day at one o’clock on Wednesday made the followiing state- ment to the Associated Press: “We have agreed upon a protocol em- bodying the proposed terms for the negot‘ation ofatreaty of peace, in- cluding the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico, an) it is expected thidrproo SECRETARY DAY'S STATEMENT. ['0be L\IW9 “5" “’ "-1 tocol will be executed." machines are dashing along. Fourni- er alone on a level, smooth road. with no one to kill but himself, and no ma- chine to smash but his own, is a sight sufficiently thrilling. Multiply the sight by 10, and imagine that number of Fourniers mounted on flying auto- mobile tricyclesand the spectator can- not help thinking that thig would malie His performance s'uggests the grave danger that would accompany trips such as his on a road_ where similar Should any untoward accident cause a spill. Il'ournier seems to know no fear when going like the wind on these risky trips. 'By constant practice he has become an exnert in the. manipula- tion of the petroleum tricycle, and will turn a curve while going at the dizzy speed of 45 miles an hour with all the recklessness of a boy. "VU c-vâ€"r -â€""__- a. novel and sure method of commit- ting suicide. Fournier is in deadly earnest in his determination to attain a speed of 45 miles an hour. He has made a series of tests with his automobile that show that. given a straight, smooth track and the machine working at forced draught. the express train will find the petroleum tricycleadungerous rival in the matter of speed. To see 1*‘our_ni_er on one of these test trips is a sight never to be forgotten. He flies along with bulging eyesfixedpnthe ground over which he is flying, heir stream- ing‘ in the wind and'the- puffing motor working at such a. speed as to make one tremble to think of the FATE OF THE RIDER. At present Fournier, who uses the Petroleum tricycle of the Doin Bouton kind. with a one and a half horse-pow- er machine, averages 40 kilometers an hour. The machine he uses is com- paratively light, easy of manipulation and powerful. It is fitted with a moâ€" tor of from one to three horse-power. its hill climbing and speed capabilities being gauged thereby. The big and heavy automobile carriages have trouâ€" ble in mounting bills, but the lowly and Dutch barn style of tricycle goes puffing right up to the top and‘ its rid- er is in no wise affected with fatigue in the task of making the ascent. as on a railroad train, is one of the things that seems bound to be attain- ed. It is surely a coming achievement that awaits us in the future. as it is the perfecting of the machinery of the ocean greyhound so that the present Speed of the marine flyers can be doubled. In the days when bicycles run at a speed of 45 miles an hour, a clear track will be absolutely necessary. so that with locomotive engine pace will have to come a special track for the wheelmen. a desirable improvement that will be welcomed by all lovers of the wheel. The attainment of the speed named by the bicycle seems to be in the hands of Henri Fourniernof Paris, France, who has become known as the KING OF AUTOMOBILISTS. What Fournier does not know about the petroleum tricycle may as well be omitted from the wheelman's educa- tion. A Petroleum Motorcycle That Mlalns the Speed of an Express Train. Like the question of reducing to three days the time it takes to cross the Atlantic. the increase of the bicy- cle’s speed to a point where the rider can travel as speedily and as safely “Now, don’t jerk my skeert off on account of the fishes," said Mrs. Leeks. “I expect there was 'just as many out- side, though we couldn’t see 'em, But As'aure as I stand 110:5,” exclaimed get hpr upright. position, "somebody no, __... evv vv vunv ‘10 ‘5! whether they film it or not; and the sooner we get over there, the better." Mrs. Aleshine now regmtted the loss of her oar, and suggested that some one of us who could get under bars easily should go back after it. But Mrs. Leeks would listen to no such prOposit.ion. (PT .1. LI - w“ ‘1“; . I told the two women that I could easily tow them across this narrow piece of' water; and instructing Mrs. Leeks to take hold of the tail of {my coat, while Mrs. Aleshine grasped her companion’s dress, I began to swim slowly toward the beach, towing my mmpaniona behind me. â€"â€"v-.- r- vrvusv-vu. "Let the oatâ€"'sfiéo," she said. “Wis won’t want ’em again, for I'll never leave this place if I have to scoop my- I must say that this water looks ins if it had been boiled and filtered." (1‘0 be Continued.) DIZZY SPEED ON A TRICYCLE. “Don't ygu read the papers? 83 calme rehped. My father has just i horitod a cool million. , Ah! he cried, yesterday you we!- comed me warmly. To-day you re- ceive me coldly. What is the cause of, this sudden change? Don't you read_ the_papers? she" 'w'i‘ilaâ€"ti'étzéhat ‘1 call 'good luck. It I had dropped mine I should have stepâ€" ped on them myself. w1161:;2â€"1 'Clerkw Yes, sir. gettin' mighty close to the root. Front! Show the gentleman to No. 999. I have dreadful luck. This morn- ing I dropped my spectacles and my wife steppqd on_ the_1_n. New arrival, at fashionable resort-q Thisis about the height of the season. isn’t it? “'C’ “a“ is of course, intense. I have noticed two peculiar instances: When the United States of America Consul left Cadiz the landlord turned his furni- tune into the street. and the Engliah (.‘onsul had great difficulty in finding it a shelter. And at the pat1iotia bull fight in Sewille last \\ ednesduy each hull bore the name of some Amer- the slaughter. E1en when the l1ig~ gest got 1115 horns entangle] in a. horse's inside and th1e11 him over his head, the people did not applaud as usual. ’l‘hey voulrl not cheer even a fourâ€"footed McKinley. t cab see fivé tents of engine0 en- gaged upon a grand new fortiwuion of which mangle sp_ea.k with prim.” v “TH; pmble‘hardly seem {c3 realize the meaning of war. though the feel- ing (against. Agne‘rica, and .ltlngland. too, On land, meantime, almost the only signs of life are the continuous efforts of gangs of men to construct or patch up a fort near the end of the penin- sula, close beside the strip of public garden. now full of roses in bloom. I can see the nose of one very large new gun. wrapped in swaddling cloth- es. and I think there is another. It is possible that those are the only two guns of importance in Cadiz, and that is why all this cement and stone is being lavished on their defence. The whole town, it is true, is surrounded with forts, and there must be 200 guns in position, but they appear to be small and oldâ€"fashioned for the most part. and the fortifications, though magni- ficent to look at, are almost as obso- lete as the lunettes of lincle Toby and Corporal Trim. Across the bay. how- ever. at the point of tp‘onta Catalina, The Forts out and the Guns obsolete- llow Seville Allfllfifs Ilse". In the brilliant sunshine of spring no happier looking town could be seen, writes acorrespondent. And yet it is not in the least happy. No place in Spain has suffered more from the drain and drag of the last three years. From its harbor it has seen the best youth of the country drafted away to almost certain misery, sickness or death. The numbers which people tell me have left its port for (‘uba vary from 120,000 up to infinity. Many thou- sands at all events have gone. and few return. Ship after ship has started amidst the shouting and tears, and. after all. Spaniards have bowels very much the same as other people. Things have been going from bad to worse, and nowâ€"well, the worst is not as long as we can say this is the worst. Others ”toned. Dr. Willa-f flat fills.“ m Great laces-o. Dr. Williams' Medicine 00.:â€" Gentlemen.-A few years I” my sintern became thoroughly run down. My blood was in a frightful condition: medical treatment did no good. I sur- feited myself with advertised medi- cines. but with equally poor results. I was finally incapacitated from work. became thoroughly despondent. and gave up hope of living much longer. While in this condition I visited my father’s home near Tara. A sister. then and now living at Toronto. was also visiting at the parental home. Her husband had been made healthy through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and she urged me to try them. Tired of trying medicines. I laughed at the preposition. However. later on she provided me with some of the pills and begged me to take them. I did so. and before I had used two boxes I was on the road to restored health. I am commending their good qualities almost every day I live because [feel so grateful for my restoration, and I much to satisfy those who cannot be have concluded to write you this let- ter wholly in the interest of suffering humanity. I am carrying on business in Owen Sound as a carriage maker. This town has been my home for 28 years and anyone enclosing a reply three cent stamp can receive personal indorsation of the foregoing. This blamed for doubting after taking so many other preparations without be- ing benefitted. You may do just as you like with this letter. I am satis- fied that but for Dr. \Villiams' Pink Pills I would not. be able to attend to In In"! In. ruled Q“ load-cl BROUGHT RENEWED HEALTH TO A DESPONDENT BROTHER my business toâ€"day. Perhaps I would not have been alive. HER CHILLY MANNER. HAD A \VOMAN TO BLAME. A SISTEB’S HELP. CADIZ IN WAR TIMES. PRFII‘TY \‘VELL UP. Yours very sincerely. Frederick Glover. m‘