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$ el‘s H t k a c ft is D Cwn % Th ‘ent an o1 about a y oapital. 3 delicate at leved this led British, e are watch. ibula nce, he Unio® Hospital elle : soldiers the muate guard of lonal colâ€" men â€" of inder the rlll ball. rned solâ€" ho muabe »rineipal !t of Mary nowr oged, medi from® M & K clever asking 1ded gy ed to which \‘ghtly Dture,. M ril, it De surâ€" T100 H ing EThas ta he 4 ty W th m# ‘re 14 44 1t all at Accorci; noon, Ne affable w "I saAy, N~CNoIAS, . MR down and chat with a few minutes, can‘t yO it is no fun being shut aiter day with no on friemlly word to you." th {r W "Thank you," courteously . return: w1 the young man, who was apparâ€" ently engaged in writing by the gide of his berth, " just set the tray down, please, and I‘ll be ready for it presently," and he motioned tfowarl a stool which stood near It was a comparatively . easy matter then to bind and gag him. which the{ did most effectually, and then liftei him into the berth and govered him with u.blnnket. Then the two confederates, . pa}z Nicholas," he began, "sit proacit new early when the man came at roached him in a genial, not long +to wait, for e clatter of dishes were wproaching Ned‘s doorâ€"â€" were always served first. s turned, the door opened ; Mr. Hunting, and _ a appeared in view. ir supper, #Sir," gruffly veomer, a great â€" burly y as large as two of door, ready for action. verfully built man, and rked his attitude, and »lute lines about . his eured that he would his part in the coming 1 8i W Det ne e of the pper ho i th Ir Â¥ , SA W away boats r. and TDwe n m m re and somewbat unnerved from eXcite: ment. sat down and quietly waited furtRer developments, and an OP« portunity to go on with their work. "They expected as the moments went by, to hear inquirie® made for the missing man; but as no one apâ€" peared to notice his absence, they finally _ concluded that _he Was off duty fo r a time, _ and congratulated â€" themselves upon the rare good luck of the cirecumstance. When it grew quite dark Mr. Huntâ€" ing, who, as we know, had made aA long voyage in the yacht, and knew every inch of the ground thoroughly, ventured out into the cabin, to reâ€" connoiter and ascertain if further agâ€" gressive movements would be pracâ€" ticable, while Ned kept guard in the ptateâ€"room. When it grew ing, who, as we long voyage in every inch of t ventured out in connoiter and as gressive moveme mtc lh cA c3 ic o006 d i t atn ie tan ut BB Nothing was stirring; not a sound was to be heard, but the regular pacâ€" ing of the man on duty overhead. Moving with great caution, he venâ€" tured to penetrate to the steward‘s quarters, where he found the man fast asleep in his bunk leading from the pantry, while opposite him slept another sailorâ€"the engineer, who was also off duty, and judging from the fumes which arose from _ their breath, one or both of the men had imbibed very freely of some potent was also off duty, and ;udg the fumes which arose fro breath, one or both of the imbibed very freely of some beverage. KR "We must creep softly up the comâ€" panionway, where you must pick your man and 1 mine," Hunting continued. "At the muzzle of these revolvers we will drive them down here and lock them up, then go for the mate, after which we shall have full swing. Does the plan suit you ?" "Yes ; it is well thought out," said Ned, briefly. "Are you ready ?" "All ready." Stealthily, with the tread of a cat, they crept up the hatchway, pausing on every stair to listen. Ned, with the sagerness and enthusâ€" iasm of youth, went first, but stopped the moment his head was above deck to reconnoltre. - *"‘The captain is sitting by a ventiâ€" lator, smokingâ€"the watch is pacing the quartprdeck," he whispered to his companion. ‘"You go for the mateâ€"I will take the captain." . logrD "All right," Mr. Hunting responded, then added, cautiously : ‘"Be sure you do not flinch, Heatherton ; the least mistake on our part will spoil everyâ€" thing." s ‘"Don‘t you fear. I‘ve something dearer than life at stake," Ned breathed, but with a suppressed flerceness which betrayed that he was indeed a desperate man. _ _ H Fortunately the watch was at the farther end of his beat, his back toâ€" ward them, as the two men stepped on deck, and covered him with his revolver, Hunting waited where he wase, while Ned glided around toâ€" ward the ventilator, which half conâ€" cealed the captain from his view. Then, as he saw the young man raise his right arm and point his weapon in that direction, he called out in a stern, authoritative tone to the watch : "Halt I" At that startling word the watch wheeled around to find h‘mself, to his great astonishinent, looking straight into the muzzle of the dangerous place ery man on board, except the 1i, second mate and the watch, er lock and key. The second s in the smoking room. The n, I imagine, is on deck with vatch, and wo shall have to them â€" band to hbhand, after we will pounce upon the second ifi all goes well. Are your strong and steady?" simply nodded, but the look in e plainly told that he meant was C CHAPTER XUII ut 11 put one ¢ and, and : r whispere men mpty me of the revo ind with bhis liy shot over Mr. looked _ upon was armed eapons ; hbe ix unarmed , which sor afâ€" in wC the 1pS weapon in the hands of William Huntâ€" ‘The captain a®o sprang to his feet, tossing hbis cigar overboard in the act, to find confronting him, with resolute mien and a cocked revolver in his hand, the young man whom he belisved to be safely locked within his state room below. "If you make the slightest disturbâ€" ance or resistance, I will shoot, as sure as I stand here," Ned said, in a low, stern tone, and with a look on his white, set face which told that he meant every word that he uttered. â€"**Thunder and lightning !" he ejacuâ€" lated, and for once startled out of his habitral composure. c . .s..00scc00 0. "This beats the deuce !" growled the disconcerted captain. ‘*You‘ve stolen a fine march on us, for sure, young maAn; what does it mean ?" § â€"‘"It means that we two men have mmlr'-. m bold stroke for our freedom "You two men!" repeated the capâ€" tain, amazed. h ts ‘Then as he glanced over toward the qunrterdeck and saw Mr. Hunting driving the watch toward the comâ€" panionway, before the muzzle of his weapon, he comprehended that they had indeed gained the upper hand ; but how they had accomplished it was more than he could understand. "I have no wish to do you any vioâ€" lence, sir," Ned continued, in a rcâ€" ppectful tone ; "and I will not if you do not resist me ; but, I assure you, I am in no trifling mood, and I shall be obliged to invite you to go below at once." â€""What for?" quastioned the man, sharply. hk xt " We must fasten down the com panion hatch," Ned remarked, after a few moments, " then we need have no fear of _ any of the men below even though they should succeed in getting out of their rooms," and toâ€" gether they closed and secured it. "Now you will remain here to guard everything while I take a boat and go ashore to report what we have done to some officer and telegraph to Boston," remarked Ned, referring to the plan which they had previousâ€" ly discussed. "Yes, but in case the other _ men PE en ds "Yes, but in case the other _ men should returnâ€"â€"*" Mr. Hunting began in a doubtful tone, for now that he was about to be left alone in such a responsible position, he feared unforeâ€" seen difficulties against | which he might not be able to cope singleâ€" handed. f "They will notâ€"they are sure to | remain away until long . after midâ€" night, and before that time I will be back with officers, who will take the vessel into their custody and relieve us of all responsibility. You may be very sure, Mr. Hunting, that I will let no grass grow under imy feet," Ned replied, all his native energy reâ€" turning to him in view of the duties before him. Then he added, as he sprang to the davits, "Now, help me to lower this boat and I will be off." This was quickly done, and Ned, hastily descending the steps which had been left down for the return of the absent sailors, sprang nimbly into the boat, seized the oars and began to pull vigorously toward the shore, while Mr. Hunting went back to his lonely vigil on deck. An hour later Ned entered the headâ€" quarters of the police in Halifax and asked to see the Chief, privately, on important business. ts E. C2l ttngs Abcivcriactciiiheth vinciniaictntadit His request was granted, and he was immediately conducted to the private office of that dignitary. " Mr. Officer," Ned began, in his frank, straightforward . way, e ‘ysou will doubtless be greatly surpr ed by the communication which I am about to make to you, and, to come to the point at once, you have probably heard of the recent robâ€" bery of the Third National Bank in Boston." The man merely nodded, but his keen eyes instantly began to glow with the fire of a sleuth hound after his prey. Es y0 _ sn ul2 00 K 0 e evede Pce B4 mm PCCV * " Well, I am Edaward Heatherton," Ned continued; "of course my name has been blazoned througlout the land in connection with it." "Zounds!" interrupted the amaz ed officer, and springing to his fees he took his stand by the door, as it he feared that Ned would vanish by magic through it, while he regarded the young man with undileguiged astonishment, for he, with hosts of tial 1 dejected air, bout and walkâ€" to his _ own entered, while znd locked the sure to th "All right ; we will be on board the Bald Eagle inside of an hour," the chief remarked, in a businessâ€"like tone, as he arose and touched an electric butâ€" ton, whereupon another officer immc diately entered the room, 4 The two consulted together for a few minutes, then the late comer deâ€" parted to attend to the orders he lhad received, while the superior officer sat down at his desk and wrote rapâ€" idly for a while. id apaatis § When he had finished, folded and addressed his epistle, he called a messenger and sent it off, then aroso and began his preparations to acâ€" company Ned back to the yacht. "If you please, I should like to send a message to my late employers be fore we jleave the city," Ned observed, after watching the man‘s moverents for a while. "Hum!" said the man, reflectively, as he glanced keenly at him. "‘I think we‘ll wait a littie; your friends could not get your message until toâ€"morrow morning even if you should send it. There will be time enough after my duties: have been attended to, and a few hours won‘t make much differencee to you." vacr ie Ned saw that he was regarded with some suspicion, in spite of the reâ€" velation ha had made, therefore he resolved to wait until the chief should give him permission to send a teleâ€" gram to Mr. Cranston, although he was very anxious to promptly report himself and clear his name from susâ€" picion. _ _ & A little later the messenger wWwho had been despatched with the letter returned, whereupon the chief eigâ€" nified his readiness to start for the yacht. Ned sprang to his feet with alacrity, and the three men left the room toâ€" gether. In the outer room they were joined by two others, and then Ned ied the way to the wharf whore his boat was moored. How One Man Escaped a Wifely Dressing Down. When a wife is just starting down He muttered (things to himsell while â€" carrying . the hose, spoke louder when a streaim from a break banged him in the eye, lit on the back of his head, when he missed an intruding dog at which he kickâ€" ed and then was dead ripe for . a stratagem or crime. . Of course he forgot to close the “lindows, the result being that he gathc upâ€" per floor, with the subs ent reâ€" sult of spoiling the ceiling beneath und injuring a good deal of the parâ€" lor furniture. _ _ 3 His first conclusion on discovering this ruin and devastation was that his wife would make the fur fly, compel things to jingle, and raise the roof. But he is a man of _ reâ€" sources. â€" He gathered . newspapers right and left as he ran, piled them in the upper room, made a honfire, drowned it out in time and then ran like mad to the fire alarm. ‘The department responded gallantly. He met the boys with a smile, tolid them that he had conquered the flames, gave A written order for cigars and sent them away happy. T wife never removed her hat, bu“vent to the insurance office, gecur a, compromise adjustment for 3%; and then went about boastâ€" ing about her husband‘s wonderfu} presence of mind. Next day the comâ€" pany got an anonymous communiâ€" cation enclosing $50 in conscience money.â€"throlt Free Press. General Thibaudin, a former French Minister of War, lives now, at Montâ€" fermeil, near Raincy, and he there finds a novel way of entertaining his numerous visitors. _ According to the Gaulois, he takes them into an adjaâ€" cent wood, where stands the house of a master mason, Delavier by name. Here they are shown the singular sight of swallows nesting in the chimâ€" ney clock that ornaments the dining room, and inhabiting it to such an exâ€" tent tqi:t the owner does not wind it up during that period for fear of disâ€" turbing the process of hatching. The presence of the family at meals is in 10 way disconcerting to the swallows. At 4 o‘clock each morning they strike pgaingt the windows as & signal to thcmnterotthohomsto«a;e.the casements and allow them to forth amwd seek mpwrishment for their young. A Clock Full of Swallows. PRESENCE OF MIND. AduN i(‘To be Continued.) later the messenger who lespatched with the letter whereupon the chief sigâ€" readiness to start for the «i 1d to himself l and h« the up re‘ 89""?mvvvvvvvvmvvv--vxx----.,,, AAAAAAAA What will add particular horror t0 | tuf qies before he has euffered all a war with China, as it already has | the eFeing that has been decreed, added borro to the story of the fate | would blacken'tbe executioner‘s name of the envoys and their guards, is the ;‘:’xe“e:ugfltmgg“ fi::ifi::u him the fact that of all nations and trib@s | ppa executioner is received with % and races on the face of the earth | little murmur of approbation, for his today the Chineso are the most cruel, N’(‘Ol‘g is rfll Weumaiflmm‘l‘ld M‘il the rote record of an a America or t"(”um"“i de;\"f“’ to fearful COTVOTY | England. He bows to the high digniâ€" 0 1080 in t glr power, and the mOSt | gtaples and then takes one of his adoept in devising ever new forms of | swords from the sword carrier who martyrdom for the objects of, their | has followed h‘m. They are wonderiul in tred. __| swords that are used by the lingâ€"cheg The mildest punishment that is known to tho simple and kindly officâ€" iai Chinese soul is the cage or cangue, says th> New York Press. Its prinâ€" cip‘e is that of all Chinese punishments â€"slow torture. A Chinaman would take no artistic pleasure in anything that killec quickly or that reached its culmination of pain quickly. His victim must suffer a little more and thim a little more each hour, In that way bo raakes his delight last long and can keep a whole string of wretches to charm him by their slow dying for months. If he killed them at onuce, his fun wou‘ld be over too soon, The cangue, then, is formed to keep the agony of the penitent up for months, till madness or death end his eufferings. lt is a delightfully simple thingâ€"so simple that there is nothing at all territying about it at first sight, â€"It merely is a large [rame of wood, witih a collar in the middle, It weighs about 50 pounds, and is so made that it can be locked around a nran‘s neck. When it is so locked, it rests directly on the muscles of the neck and on the bones of the shoulâ€" der, and it is so constructed that it cannot be shifted even a tenth of an inch, nor can th> weight be relieved and fall around blindly, weeping and yelling with anguish. Remember, in addition that the cangu> is +o made that the man in it cannot feed himself or drink, but must depend on others, which give; is jailers the chance to add the torture of hunger and thirst to his other :u‘ferings, and the exâ€" tent of this "easy" punishment may be est‘mate1. semmmpinememense mm se e en n mm in C CC C000 00000000 mA AAAAAAAAAAAAMAIAAAMAAAAAAAAAAALLL LAna® +4 ““0“0““0“000“““0“’““““0“’0“’ 4444 se rerecrec se 44e es e se 484 46444 4444 24224444 2248 2 2 22 10 2 2 0 N\ Impalement is a popular amuse ment. A sharpesel bambo> stake is used for this peasing diversion. The ufferer is pinorel and laid on the ground. Then the executioner either drives the stake througzh him, as an ‘nsect wou‘ld be impaile! 01 a pin, careâ€" ully avoising any immedi«t=ely mortal ‘njury, or the stake is forced along the whole length o( the tody, provid ‘ng a ceath somewhat more ewift, tut .Dg a ceit) somewnit more Ewilb, LAÂ¥ even more hideous to contemulate. In one ujspeakable form of impalement the yelow wretches do not carry it far encuch to kiA the victim at once, lut sto» just so that he will live in ‘ncredible agouy for days and days and sometimes even weeks, Curing which time he is paced on public exâ€" hibition. Cruc‘fixion is a common form of punishment, but usually it is only a mere accompanying detail of other tortures. Thus a man may be cruciâ€" led and lefi in the sun to die from thirst, or he may be nailed to a cross with his head shaven and covered with sweet sirup to attract insects that will bite him to death after days of suffer‘ng. Of all pun‘shments that â€" involve crucifixion, however, the one that deâ€" lights the official Chinese heart the most is lingâ€"chee. Lingâ€"chee is such a brilliant result of ingenious thought that the executioners rarely nail the man who is to suffer this form _ of pun‘shment to the cross. They fear that the pain from that might interâ€" fere with his enjoyment of the real performance, which is nothing less than «slicing him to death with diaâ€" bolical skill. Therefore the man who ‘s to suffer lingâ€"chee generally is bound to the cross .Then there arâ€" rives the executioner. An executioner skillful at lingâ€"chee is viewed . with high respect in the empire, much as a successful ballfighter is viewed _ in Spain. To bungle in lingâ€"chee and to sFece so much from the victim early ‘n the game that he faints or, worse By Plain, Everyday People who Believe in Doctor Chase‘s Remedies Because They Have Been Actually Cured by Using Them. ing read of Dr. Chase‘s Ointment, I decided to try it, and am happy to say that she was competely cured before the first box was all used." cONSTIPATION. Mrs. W. H. Fisher, Preston, Ont., states: "IL can recommend _ Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills for conâ€" stipation. 1 was troubled for about nine years, and have spent hundreds of dollars with doctors and for remâ€" edies I hbeard of, but they falled to SOME EARNEST LETTERS ERS ; arouad in fair comâ€" ally, as the sharp eige ts deeply into the fiesh dA all his muscles are «1 more tense, pain beâ€" r him, and in a week have the felicity of eaed â€" wretch stumble 1 blindly, weeping and 2454 M 12420 btuaboW i nc ie > ncA The executioner is received with a little murmur of approbation, for his record is as well kept in mind as is the record of an athlete in Ape_rla_a or England. He bows to the high digniâ€" taries and then takes one of his swords from the sword carrier who has followed h‘m. They are wonderiul swords that are used by the lingâ€"cheo executioners. Sometimes they are hunâ€" dreds of years old, and have records so long and blocdy that a person with nerves might well shudder to touch them. The executioner does not shudâ€" der. He knows what depends on his delicacy of toach. Swiftly he swings the great weapon round his head till it whistles. Satisfied that it is ready for business, he approaches the vicâ€" tim slowly. Remember that all this time the poor wretch has been starâ€" ing at the assemblage, at the execuâ€" tiover, at the array of aswords. He is to be kept in suâ€"pense still longer, for when the executioner approaches him he does not begin at once to slice him. First he feint; at him and withdraws. Then he makes believe again. Fuddenâ€" ly the sword shoots in wickedily, and one of the viectim‘s eyebrows is sliced off so neatly that it searcely draws blood. Now begins â€"wonderful workâ€"wonâ€" derful and devilish It may be that th> condemned man has been the sub» ject of great Imperial mercy. In that case he may have been blessed beyond compare by having his sentence comâ€" muted «0o that he is to be killed in oaly twonty slicings, whereas hard« oned offenders might have been sen« tenced to die only after seventyâ€"five cuts or even more. I( the victim is very lucky, th» eword will be at hin o +wiftly that the eye scarcely can follow it. At each stroke some part of th> poor bound body will fall to the g ourd. Now it may b> a shoulder, now a piece of the breast, now an arm. Suddeniy th» last cut is made. It is straight at the hoart, and the weapou cuts it out and ends the sufâ€" ferings of th» wretched man. But the spectacle is not ended. ‘The execuâ€" tormer now his to dismember the corpse, and this he does with passes ol the sword, each carefully studied and clone according to regularly laid out rules, untl thore is absolutely noih‘ng left on the cross and only & p‘le of terrible fragments lies at its base. When lingâ€"chse is to be a long opâ€" eration, and the victim is to die only after long torture, the slicing som» tim>s is done so s‘owly that half a day elapses bofore the condemned man dies. â€" The executioner knows _ just what to cut without killing, and he goos to work as carefully as would a surgcon. . Muscles and tendons and fNlesh are stripped from the body with the razor blade of the sword antil only a dreadful framework remains that still has awful life in it And at this torrible spxtacle the Chinese gaze sto‘idly, without an expression either of pleasure or loathing. Anothor ingenious torture that is much used is to suspand the condemnâ€" ed man with his head down in a pit. At the bottom are snakes, toads and all kinds of loathsome reptiles, which ‘ writh> within a few inches of the vieâ€" tim‘s face. Hore he is left until the torture of the position, hunger, thirst iand reptile bites kill him. Farm hands in the west must be in great demand, juiging by the folâ€" lowing anecdote which the . New York Tribune attributes to a wellâ€" krown clergyman of Pontiac, Mich.: ‘A large wonan, accompanied by a comparatively small and meekâ€"4ookâ€" ing man, had come in and asked to be married, After the ceremony was all over the bride explained her position, ‘You see, Mr. Sher‘dan, she said, ‘farm hands are mighty Ward to get in this part of the country, and they are even harder to keep. . You get a good hirei man and get h‘m well broke in to work around the farm, and the first thing you know he quits the job and goes off to town or somewhere else. Last spring I had a firstâ€"class hand, but just when the season got right busy he up and qu‘t m{a. I just made up my mind that 1 wasan‘t going to be left in the same fix this summer, so here we are.‘ The bridegroom in the case simply stood and smiled meekly. He had nothing at all to say." even give relie!l. Hearing of DPr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver PliUs, I proâ€" cured & box, and thay have cured me of this longâ€"standing complaint. I don‘t have to use them any more at all, which goes to show that the cure is compeote and permanent." WEAKNESS. Mr. W. H. La Blanc, Bon‘ield, Ont., writes : "I was once a sufferer from catarrh, and while using Dr. Chase‘s Catarrh Cure i was recommended to use also Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food to build up the system. I_ have foundâ€" it the best preparation for strengthâ€" ening the body that I ever used. My nerves were exhausted, and I wasg too weak to do a day‘s work when I began using it, and now am etrong and hea;jthy, and feel real welil. 1| anm filfiect-:;v sure that anyone “:'h usese . Chase‘s Nerve 29d believe as I do; that it is best strengthâ€" ener and restorative Obtainable." _ Imitators of Pr. Chase‘s Remedie® do not dare to reproduce his portrait and signa . which are to be found on every o‘ his genuine ren,edies. 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