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higi for an evening Ball-Buyyvs .. -_ I Governor-General. It had always been‘ a. mystery who she was and where she had come from. It was known that that she was “the real cheese.” What- ever might have been her early history, forts. She led society in the ancient city of Quebec over the heads of ladies who were great-grand-daughters of earls and third cousms of the wives Anglican Church of the colony. and was, in the estimation of the Bishop, its ,real defender of the faith. She was omnipotent. Success always stirs up hatred. She was widely and thorough- ly hated. There was a good deal in her that laid her open to attack. Her manners were a trifle vulgar, her pro- nunciation and grammar were not unexceptionable. Her face and figure were( neither handsome nor elegant. But nothing could stand against the combination of a millionaire with a conciliatory manner and the spouse of .. mmmnmm with the ambition to rule. This lady had been the mother of several children, as we have already said but of these only one survived in- fancyâ€"the daughter, Miss Arminta. A retty girl, with a nice fresh complex- on, a straight nose, beautiful blue eyes, brown hair, sweet lips, rather too full for perfect form, and a dimpled chin. “ ‘*-“-- nnfl hor Now the Lady k’eaKma daughter had the best c2 ship. except the captain's, large cabin which was imu bind the captgin’s chair i] L 4-- ° :1 the ca tain’s chair m the saloop 3:21: the endpof the port passage. Therr maids occupied the next roorh, w1th. a narrow gangway between; er Begga- rnin' preferred the Inner lxne of ca ms ‘1 LI... “nonuno and It :was in the afternoon of the second A-.. -..+ Mohhnr the knizht nor his It :was in the afternoon of the second day out. Neither the knight nor his ladieslhad thought it discreet to at- tempt to leave their cabins. {Lady Peakman in the lower berth, and Ara- minta in the upper, lay panting and screaming and dozing and trembling, in turns, all through the dismal hours, as the great vessel for its part rolled “Oh! Oh! shrieked Lady Peakman. “Maria, Maria! Theâ€"---Therel G this instant and .tell Sir Benjamin I’m dying. Tell him to come to me imme- diately. I have something to say to him befiore I go." “Yes, my lady," said the unhappy maid, rushing out of the room with suspicious alacrity and throwug her-; self into the opposite cabin, where for a few minutes she mingled her tears andâ€"well, we won't go into particulars ---with those of Miss Fanny Ringdove, the young lady’s maid. By-and-by she returned to Lady Peakman, who had begun. again to shout for her. “ Sir Benjamin's compliments, my lady. and he is very ill himself, or he would come to you immediately, but he d? re not leave his berth. He would like to say a few words to you, my lady, if you could go to «him, in case‘the “Yes, my lady," maid, rushing out suspicious alacrity self into the oppos 311 Mid hapben." “U D slurryâ€"v " Oh, the“;'r.etchl" sighed my lady. " Araxnintal Ar-amin-ta! Do you hear?" “ Yes, mammal" very feebly. ) “ I’m dying, do you hear? and your flather won't come to me! Oh, I know it? I have a presentiment that we're g; o; to the botton. Maria! Maria! be ..ick!" ln rushed the unhappy maid again, and produced that basin which is at once our horror and our relief when we yield to the antic tricks of the bounding sea. But alas! alas! the .girl herself was uncontrolably ill. At times like these nature's longings can- not be repressed degress of rank. are not to he maintained, and mistress and maid mingle their sorrows in the flow- ing, bowl ! “Mammal" shouted Araminta, when this disagreeable duet had ceased, and Lady Petkaan sank back exhausted, are you better i” " Oh no: what is it?’ " Where do you think Lord Pendle- bury_ can have-been last night?” -L'JJD n..- ”at \'wu â€"‘- “How should I know, child? Pro- bably in his berth." ' Have; you ever seen him?’ " Never. And now I never shall. I'm dying !-â€"-M:aria â€"” “ My lady.” "Sal, volatile, brandy. choloform; nick. or you'll be too late! Ah! antral. . . . . . Odearl I cannot go any farther. my heart will camoupnext. . . . ,Why, where’s thp girl gone ‘to L Maria? "uUJvâ€"r ' But Maria had rushed off in parox- yams of a grief of her own, which was by no means a silent one, to the cabin :on the other side, and my lady might «but any, for there was no answer. is Lord- Poncho- several county properties Are you' not ill, Araminta? A little, but I try to think Sir Benja-t conquer it. Do you " d Pendleburys ac-. min “I quaintance, Mammal? g Momma Oh, certainly If ever we' . at 61'. Mind. get a chanc " . . ' your first op-‘.é I portunity. _ , ' ' I don't believe I shallé Araminta. ' if this horrible ' i ever see the deck again, there! did you istorm continues. Oh. hear thzit crash? Oh, deiiver usli Something had happened. a. point or already created in t 20f these mighty forces I itroublesome state of even for a huge steam Triton three hundred and sixty feet 1 . “‘ ' r---L «Jainh a point or two SOIlLu w “a--. __ t ‘ already created in the cross purposes of these might troublesome even for a huge steam Tr hundred and sixty ‘feet long. wind was charged with icy wet, Wthh was disseminated not so 111 captain and the mate, . indiaâ€"rubber from head to foot, anXi- ously moved about ;bridge, peered over the dripping man- 'sails were served for a poor protoc- ltiorr from the terrific blast against which the ship was driven with all the lpowel‘ of the enginery below. i “ What does she say, Dick ?" shouts .rthe captain in the mate’s ear; for, in the horrible rent and roar, ' ' blown away into eternal space tefore .it can pass an inch £rom a man’s ' mouth. ‘ “Twenty-eight all but a tenth, ‘ ‘â€" ---I~n hoe Impn power 01 we ensure“, “ What. does she say, Dick ?" shouts the captain in the mate’s ear; for, in the horrible rant and roar, ° ' blown away into eternal space before it can pass an inch trom a man's mouth. “Twenty-eight all but a tenth, sir,” Shouts the mate, who has been down to the chart-room to examine the barometer. “ Ve’re near the worst I of it.” - .-_ Lin-In “n m Ul. 1L. the bridge like grim death, and knowâ€" ing that something is coming, cast an eye through the drift up the long In- cline of deck before them, up to the farthest end, where for a moment ‘ they catch a glimpse of two men, like themselves, hanging on there with desâ€" perate vigour to lee and weather braces. Then there is a moment’s ypoise; the whole of the mighty hulk ’of the steamer seems to be balanced somewhere about the middle of the keel, on the top of a shivering moun- tain; then there is a sudden twist of the mountain beneath them, as it throws the vessel contemptuously off I its shoulder sidewise with an 8381‘)” shudder! Down a terrific yawning pit into a sea-green hell rushes the great ship, rolling, as she runs, over on her lee beam, till the boiling waves hiss up the scuppers and into the water- ways, and now suddenly recovering herself with a mighty trembling and straining, in the midst of which the huge flukes of the screw are released from the water, and fly round with a roaring noise and a prodigious vi- bration that can be heard and felt by every soul on board, she slowly rolls back again on the weather beam; and then, with a mighty roar, a huge green curl of seething waters raise afright- ful crest for twenty feet above the bulwarks on the weather bow, and looking and moving like a thing of life. menacing with annihilation the two awestruck men beneath, dashes some thirty tons of water over on the up- per deck. See, where it sweeps along, hissing, boiling, prancing, swirling; four feet deep from bow to’ stern, and then finding no ready outlet, thrashes away some ten or fifteen feet of bul- wark, and pours back in a torrent to the sea from whence it had leaped. The noble vessel, shaking herself free from the tormenting wave, rises again proudly to her work, and bids defiance once more to the giant powers of storm and sea. This was what the two officers saw, and they breathed more freely when out of the seething waters the two look-outs emerged, still hanging on manfully, and shaking the water out of their eyes and hats, as half fright- ened and half laughing they tried to look at each other across the deck, and to shout; congratulations which could not be heard. But in hurtling along the space of‘ deck confined by the bulwarks, the wa- 3 ter, foiled in its deadlier purpose, re- solved to make malicious use of its assumed right of way. As it rushed round the stern deck-houses, gather- ing momentum from the upward in- cline of the triumphant bow and the starboard roll of the vessel, a mass of water was thrown with great force against the closed door or the little gangway at the top of the compan- ion on the starboard side, and of the ldoor next to it, which was that of the purser‘s cabin. The impact of a ton or two of fluid was too much for the strong brass fastenings of these de- fences, and in an instant bursting them in, the uproarious water rushed on, and tumbling down the stairs in a green cascade, seethed and gambolled tumultuously along the passages, over- topping the combings of the nearer cabins, and flooding the floors with briny foam. Shrieks went up on every side. Forgetting nausea and decency together, men and women jumped out of, their berths, splashing into the cold water, and. dashing out of their cab- water, and. ' ins into the .. u Ginx's Baby; W. Infinity. Down through the 0983 (1001'? V ' finding entrance, .Peakman, having in which her large . cased, Presented herself in .a good long appeared her 8 . .long white woollen stockings, ,' which she plas of the surround lminta, poor Child. ‘ decency, had seized and thrown around lher neck the first thing that came to l ' et jacketâ€" and screammg at Once for her father, iher maid, and the captain, darted up gthe companion hatchway into the 'arms of a gentleman who, in very im- ' Perfect costume, ifâ€"O foot, seemed to Ll_!_1 from taking a bath in the open. 'nn‘led with his mnrn m 1 'her néck the firm In: handâ€"a short flanne and screaming at one: that maid, and the cta 1the companion hat *arms of a gentlemand }perfect costume, an J+n I15 WLLUVI. VW ______ d to have freshly Dunn: â€" to foot, seeme in from taking a bath in the open. P Her screams were .mi groans and entreaties, tied young lady clung he were a life-buoy. . “ Let me go, miss. if you please, for heaven’s sake! She's coming, she’s com- ing!” . Shrieks were heard from the upper ough the open . . deck, and suddenly thr door there rushed into the gangway a = middle-aged female, with a turban of flannel on her head and a red petti- 1 icoat of the same m . . . iher long robe, which, clinging in wet tfolds to her knees and legs, very odd- . I|1y impeded her freeness of motion. t “ Tis she ! ’Tis she l” shouted the man; the first win that appeared, locking; the door behind him, and jumping: without ceremony into the lower berth, ] which was unoccupied. It was the cab- .in of Lady Peakman’s maids, one oft t whom, Miss Ringdove, still lay in mor- t ‘tal terror and sickness in the upperi berth. No sooner did she witness this ; hold intrusion, than she added her part i to the universal chorus. But people 9 outside were far too alarmed on their } own accountâ€"thinking that they were 3 all going straightway to the bottom, â€"to be stirred by Miss Ringdove’s ex- clamations. "My dear young lady," said the gen- tleman from below, sticking out his , nightâ€"capped head, and shouting as loud as he could, in a vain effort to , rise superior to the horrible racket, “pray, pray be quiet! I’ll do you no , harm whatever.", “O dear, Odear! Oâ€"oâ€"oâ€"o-o-o!" shriek- ' ed Ringdove. «pm m onrnpflfl On my honor I ’0’ " Ti§ she! ’Tis she 1" s and breaking free frm bolted down the com! the first cabin that a] the door behind him without ceremony into WhICh was unoccupied. from below, envaloped in an ulster. Notwithstanding his excitement, which was however not that abject terror from the outbreak of which he was .es- caping, he could not help appreciating in an instant, in all its absurdity, the scene before him. Poor little Ara- minta. pale as a sheet, and with utter- 1y inefficient scarlet jacket and white fluttering muslin, as she clung to the side of the companion, was gazing awe- struck at the apparition of the lady above her, dressed as we have describ- ed, who no sooner saw the gentleman than.she whipped out of the gangway and mto the storm again. ‘ “"fiafi'l} Elie to éfipb‘fess his laughter, the new-comer addressed the tremb- ling damsel. ‘0‘: 1 â€"â€".-° w “Pray, miss, don’t be frightened. There can be nothing the matter. A little water has burst in; but, don't you see, we should all have been at the bottom long ago if anything really serious had occurred. Take my arm. Here. put on my coat ;" and throwing off his ulster, the youth, who was dressed, wrapped it around shivering little Araminta, and buttoned her in 831613}. and then asked where she would be taken to. "Oh, to Captain Windlass, to the captain’ s cabin, please. I’m so fright- enedl” The young man made no reply. He did as he was told, carrying the young lady in his warm ulster up to the deck and mm the cabin of which we have BDOken. the door of which was open. There was a foot of water within, the combing retaining it, but he splashed thrgggh this and laid her on the sofa. “WEere is Captain Windlass ?" said little Araminta. “Oh, please had him, sir; ask him to get me a place m his boat." The young man saw that she was wandering, and with great delicacy he said, “Do believe me. that. there is no danger. May I go and fetch your father 3” “Yes, do, please. Sir Benjamin Peakman, No. 35. God bless you! thank you; thank you. ever so much I” The young gentleman forthwith de- parted in search of the knight. As he descended the companion he heard a tremendous row below. The reader must remember that all this time the eteamer had been pitching and roll- ing as madly as ever. The water! downstairs was running out of the‘ passage and into the water-ways at the gangway on either side of the main- hatch. The excited passengers had been calmed down by the stewards. and were returning to their berths. The cabins were being swabbed out by boys, who, laughed as they listened to the groans of the shivering victims. But at Lady Peakman’s cabin things had not settled down as quietly as elsewhere. There were collectedâ€"Sir Benjamin, in a neat al fresco costume of which he was evidently unconscious â€"-for he was a man of very particular dignity; Lady Peakman. as we have before depicted her. wringing her hands and weeping; Lady Peakman'a rnaid_Maria. also weeping; and a coup Me of stewvira; "Baas mm!" done witâ€"h mu mag", m. havinc ° ”P“ of . 1nd wrapped her : e, and was inet- ‘ _- from that quarter filled his ear.. 1 There was a female in the cabin! ! l 1 “Great heavens!" said the distracted 1 f Fex. “What does this mean? Am If - mad? One woman after another! And! r in my cabin too! Pray, madamâ€"â€"(Oh, t Oh!" screamed Araminta.) I beseech - you, miss (he went down on his knees :in the water,) for any sake, miss, calm ;; yourself. How did you come into my e cabin? Where on earth am I to goi o to? Every cabin is full of women." g; “Your cabin, sir!" cried Araminta, g ;who was a good deal cooler than she 1, pretended. “Is not this the captain's )- cabin?" I 7)_ _ ‘ _.‘ I Peak- there?” there!" “No, no!" cried the steward. “There's no Mrs. Corcoran here." “Well, ladies and gentlemen, make. and pitching him and the stewards; over like ninepins, narrowly escaped doing the same trick for -Araminta's benefactor, who was turning into the passage, and then he sped up the companion way and out upon the deck like a maniac. In another mom- ent Mr. Fex. for it was he, had darted breathless into the captain's cabin. __ LL- AAA-O kn man lhere! Mur-d-e-e-r !" ‘ The unfortunate Mr. Fex wrm more. . than at his wits' end. He was ready to {jump overboard. At this' moment a :knocking was heard without. There. i no doubt, was the young man, who had . come back with r1 steward and Sir Benâ€" I jamin. i I Mr. Fex in desperation leaped into| 5 his berth and wrapped the clothesl 'nrnnnfl him Araminta. “'ho had nOt‘ have engaged it.’ “Oh. murder! Papa! Mamma! Help ”ID was 1.45 around him. Araminta. who had not, lost her presence of mind. jumped up and unlocked the door. The young. man was the first to enter. followedl by the knight. ‘ “\Vhere is that. rascal?" cried the knight. in a towering passion. All his principles had given way under this severe strain. “\Vhat on earth do you meah. sir i" he shouted, as Ara- minta pointed to the berth. and catch-‘1 ing the young man's glance. they both collapsed in hysterics of laughter. To be Continued. THE KAISER AND THE APOTHECARY llow Frau tilt-k obtaIm-d “’Illlam ll.‘ i Slned Photograph. Apothecary Siek of Bergkirchen inl Westphalia entertained the Kaiser against his will at the time of the. army manoeuvres in September. The! apothecary owns a house in the out- skirts with a piazza running along the first story. He had been obliged to quarter a number of officers and men ‘ ‘during their stay in the town. and had turned over to them every spare room and bed. He kept the room open- ing on the piazza for himself and his wife, and one night went to bed leav- ing the house door on the latch for the convenience of his guests. At 4! o'clock in the morning Kaiser Wit? helm. with his staff, entered the town. The Kaiser noticed the piazza and thought it a good place from which to observe the country. An officer was sent ahead to clear the way. the Kaiser following immediately behind. The officer. who was the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. came to the door of Herr Siek's bedroom. knocked, and, getting no answer. pushed it open, and walked into the room. where he found the wor- thy apothecary in bed with Frau Siek. The clatter of his sword woke up the . apothecary. who was naturally indig- nant: and cried out. “This is too much. Are you crazy i" “Excuse me." answered the Duke. ‘I‘ knocked. but no one answered, May we not. go out on your balcony? At any rate. here is his Majesty already coming up the stairs." “Woman, get out," cried the apothe- cary. jumping for his clothes, while Fran Siek rolled out of bed into a closet just in time. The Kaiser enter- ed before Herr Siek had fully covered his nakedness. nodded, and said: “C'est. la guerre. doctor; don't be an- gry. That was a friendly greeting you gave the Duke Regent of Mecklenburg. I didn't know that he was crazylfl _ He then passed on to the piazza. fol- lowed by his whole staff. and stayed there for an hour. On leaving the Em- peror said to Herr Siek. ‘J‘who tried to excuse himself: "Your good wife is probably very much frightened. I hope in some way to show you my thanks.” After the officers had left Frau Siek came out of her closet. Some days lat- er she received from Berlin. the Kaisâ€" er's photograph. with the inscription: “In friendly memory of the attack on the night of Sept. 9-10. 1898, 4 o'clock. William 1. R. " Herr Siek's night adâ€" venture has been published with em- bellishments throughout Germany. so that he has been obliged to issue an authoritative statement of the facts as they occurred. dear young lady and out upon the ac. In another mom- it was he. had darted the capta_in's _cabin. Lilli ggeeeeeeeeeeeeeec UNDR IN 806 the ‘u wen “ur AT THE BRICK 1’0 -Show Room. -- WE MAKE? GIVING MACHINES. . ' ‘ ‘n- The New York Singer Ami bet-s Hot All‘ Furnaces. J“ - Full stock almu's Uh Laud - ' ml?!“ \\'i“lm\r~ I‘ld'wz“ ‘, . . F. C. I’HH‘I {Al-1h 1 Machinm, hand 0" PM" ' C you will be pleased. 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