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Show ,r- Im 11 IIV ISJMU dUIAIVU GREAT FLEET SAILS St i Admiral Evans Leads' Atlantic Squadron from Its Anchorage at Hampton Roads Will Meet the Vessels THE HOUSE OF THOUSAND A CANDLES By MEREDITH Aath.r ot "THE $ of the Pacific Coast at San Francisco. NICHOLSON MAI1 HMEIOV CHANCE. Eic. ZELDA F t 4ilIIil lnuu b) lioOt. nd tamo hhan'-- r. that a h ...lit lilt id euloi ill the wood nic a 1,1 made message to liekerlng. pi v to my 1 It They i ad Continued. Yours annoum mg ai rival received a not than mote doen winyards i and tuin-- .l t wild growth if young and tiled '' ,i Mv gtamlfath-- r had awjv, It was certainlv a queer business, in- - a -- h dill of distrust maples la tn tween na Their profiles j I tow, id me. and the tones of ihe my erian l to Clonaim. lay for I annum I i ni'i h ' s : piob id importing tm-iabl labor in till s oiie unified me ileaily as she couple of hours droaming. and counted d fier coiui anion u! d t He wore a the audios in the gnat crystal chan-delie-i '! Mtiiv Moigati wink dm diii hou.--until mv ives ai hed. Then I man s clei gi high walstioat, and had miinialid as nitnh. Imt it did nut took he was the whom that my cap and was soon tramping I haplain t comg:-- ul tn ttt- -r had nut I am not hv low iru the lake s hoi nieiitionoil i lin'd "f tu rultli.it- - hf lUsttcs, lint I.a'-There wete several small boats and lit me an t a ostlt oppt r. hut the girl tu tnitill i'Cai:i oldi. it mils laid down a ,i naphtha lautu h in the boat house. of some i lea am plea making in ni g- in tat Im; was. so tn will kind and the i haplaln's stalwart fig mopped a anoe into the water and t td H'ld I nun h pr-f- -i un il ut Idled off tow .ml the summer colony, ire awake in im an antagonism that thime slnnil alone that h't ill' is i In se gables arid led loofs were plain-Cottif )! 'mg !ils-- lt with tin se reilee held III ' i tj,,. wall I If he minis liete visible from the hnathoti.se. shall go aw. tv turns I reached the wliaif where saw I am! landed and m.tm-- d Idly over leaf-it m well tv von o si't-lMnritan w.h Ins feet dangling II lorn wn walks (.i t neai ly a hundred r him nnd see aw shan't oer the watei, smoking a pipe I m to (iitt.i-te- s to whose windows and not I nodded in his dlreeiion, hut he dicunistaiues and o! -the or das anvvvfiiie or California winter blinds gave Florida not to see me A nnunent later an mho liable air Thers a pillule i u. iio maUi r who ch.l. ill he jumped into his boat and rowed out it rimes upon the lal.e "i V tuiniy not. unless vou want to vetanda hung over the edge of When I returned to the house Hates he chaplain n t." s tie! the lakt while beneath, on the wateroiitam'y was at work tn the kitchen This was You undei stand that I'm onlv giving side. was a b is- he a large siptare room with heavy tlm vou his He thought It walked hark to the wharf, where I message bers showing in the walls and low had left mv canoe, and was about to best cefling. There was a gieat fireplace Not to write to me or to Sister step Into It when I saw, rocking at a In an enormous chimney, fitted with broke In the girl contemp- - similar landing place near-by- , another Theresa!" a crane and hobs, but for practical pur a was small range poses provided. Hates received me placidly. "Yes; It's an unusual room, sir. Mr 1 .'O-V? Glenarm copied It from an old kitchen A In England. He took quite a pride in a it. It's pleasant place to sit in the evening, sir" He showed me the way below, where I found that the cellar extended under , every part of the house, and was dl vlded Into large chambers. The door t of pne of them was of heavy oak i bound in Iron, with a barred opening vl at the top. A great iron hasp with a heavy padldck and grilled area win ' dows gave further the impression of t a cell, and I fear that at this, as at ' jv " , A j many other things In the curious 'w f house. I swore If I did not laugh tit Inking of the money ray grandfather V. ' ' V ' 'V ' had expended In realizing his whims. , The room was used, I noted with pleasure, as a depository for potatoes In another of these rooms I found a v ' curious collection of lanterns of every ' , i 'V, 7 conceivable description, grouped on $ s shelves; and next door to this apart ment was another store-roofilled r ? of many odd with brass candle-6tick- s " designs. f ' V ' ' I returned to the main floor and ', " sought the comforts of the llbiary, '' 'V VeA. where I smoked a pipe over a very tedious chapter In an exceedingly dull book on Norman Revivals and Influ Then I went out. assuring ences. is 4 A ' myself that I should get steadily to Vr ' 'v- J , work In a day or two. x : f 4 if J Bates was soberly chopping wood at sf'M ' Va a rough pile of timber at the rear of J. " ' the house. His industry bad already Impressed me. He had the quiet ways v A a f of an Ideal serving man. u ?; Well, Bates, you don't Intend to let me freeze to death, do you There must be enough wood In the pile there v4. v at. . a sc to last all winter.' T W," ffr v 'IE Yes, sir; I am Just cutting a little more of the hickory, sir. Mr. Glenarm 8h Wore a Red always preferred It to beech or maple " I turned toward the unfinished tower a What clever person he is! slight craft of the same type as my In the meadow, from which a windmill tuously. "And how unclever I am'" said the own, but painted dark maroon. I wa pumped water to the house. The Iron Well, at any sure the canoe had not been there laughing frame was not wholly covered with clergyman, I thank you for giving me the when 1 landed. rate, Possibly it belonged stone, but material for the remainder to Morgan, the caretaker! I walked of the work lay scattered at the base opportunity to present his message She smiled, nodded and turned swift- over and examined It I even lifted it I went on through the wood to the toward the school The chaplain slightly to test Its weight The padly lake and Inspected the boat house; looked after her for a few moments, dle lay on the dock beside me and It, then- I followed the pebbly shore to walked soberly away toward the too, I weighed critically, deciding that the stone wall where It marked the then He was a young fellow, clean- It was a trifle light for my own taste. lake. line of the school grounds. The wall. and dark, and with a pair of Please If you dont mind " I observed, was of the same solid shaven me a of TO BE CONTINUED.) shoulders that gave twinge character here as along the road. I envy. 1 could not guess how great a beside that It, my reflecting tramped factor that vigorous figure was to be WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN. grandfather's estate. In the heart of In my own affairs. As I swung down the Republic, would some day give the from the wall and walked' toward Mrs. Gun busts Found One of Few lie to foreign complaints that we have were not Glenanr Spots In New York. my House, thoughts no ruins (n America. but with the with athletic chaplain, The buildings of tit. Agathas were I reflected, Mrs. Guc busts left her pretty Cot well hidden by the Intervening wood, the girl, whose youth was, short the uncon- tags In Bemhurst and took the earliest marked her skirt, by and I climbed upon the wall at the cern with which her hands were thrust train to the city, says the New York Iron gate for an ampler view. The Into the pockets of her coat, and the Press. She was going there to find s pillars at either side of the gate were Irresponsible tilt of the modern flat for herself, her husband of huge dimensions and were higher There is something Jaunty, a sugges- and their four little children. They The I reach. Gothto could little than of spirit and Independence, In a had tired of the suburba and decided church near at hand was built of stone tion particularly a red one. to move to the city. similar to that used In Glenarm house. If the red Arriving In the metropolis. Mrs. expressed, so As I surveyed the scene a number of e of SL Agatha's, Gunbusta popped Into the first real to the speak, young women appeared, and, forming the proximity of the school was not so estate office that confronted her, and in twoa and fours, walked back and a thing after all. bad going up to a ruddy-faced- , chsbbj forth before the chapel. A sister clad r a a man seated at a polished desk, sh and In with high In a brawn habit lingered near or gaspea : harp appetite I went in to luncheon. walked first with one and then anExcuse me, sir Im Mrs. Gunbusts other group of students. It was all of Bumhurst wera tired of the sub VI. CHAPTER , very pretty and Interesting and not urbs we want to come to the city at all the ugly school for paupers I that's why Ive called I'm looking fot The Girl and the Canoe. had expected to find. The students s place where take children I to did his not Batee children not the had were refer encounter do you know of they'll charity rich any place?" carelessly pictured; they were not so with the caretaker, and I resolved to Oh, yes, there era t few places left to It of I one and seemed for my young, keep knowledge thing, they myself. In the city where they take children," to be appareled decently enough. always prefer to let a rascal hang him- replied the man, wheeling about in bis I smiled to find myself adjusting my self, and here was a case, I reasoned, chair; there la a fine place two scarf and straightening my collar as I where, if Batee was disloyal to' the blocks down, right eo the corner; taks beheld my neighbors for the first time. dutlea Pickering had Imposed upon s look at It; you cant miss seeing It" As I sat thus on the wall I heard the him, the fact of his perfidy was hound Til go to nee It Immediately," and sound of angry voices back of me on td disclose Itself eventually. Glancing as Mrs. Gunbusta hurried out of tbs around at him when he was off guard place and walked In the direction Indithe Glenarm side, and a crash of marked a flight and pursuit I surprised a look of utter dejection cated the ruddy-faced- , chubby fellow's I crouched down on the wall and wait- upon his face as he stood with folded eyes twinkled merrily. Walking down ed. In a moment a man plunged arms behind my chair. two blocks, wbat waa Mrs. Gunbusts's He flushed and started, then put his surprise to see on tbe corner an Imthrough the wood and stumbled ever s ldw banging vine and fell; not 20 feet hand to his forehead, where a aristp of mense granite building,, on tbe Croat of which was n large gilt sign, awty from me. To my great surprise plaster covered his wound, 1 1 met with a slight accident this It was Morgan, my acquaintance of the yarning. He rose, cursed his 111 luck morning, Mr. Glenarm. The hickory's CHAPTER slmiaa-- d mj toward IMniirm I V I m 1 V i ? -tt a- -i- i gn 1 ' I 1 v i 1 nnd-i.-la- mt -- i cn-n- &iy4Dn32d EQBmr I)JTVW I - -- i - z.1 - ' I r-rr-0 w'. - ' l'i9. v, ,,i i k s if. V 'V "A r Tt A Z -- - - tr r, - key-not- good-humo- j.-- Hampton Roads, Vs., Dec. 18. The of the great Atlantic squadron for the Pacific is only another of the many great proofs of the nation's marvelous growth and development The iron clad warship Is only 45 years old, yet passing through a process of swift evolution to its present perfection, this American discovery has revolutionized the science of ntV&I warfare throughout the whole World. There are now 270 vessels In commission in the United States navy where at one time. In Washington's administration, there was not one. Of these there are 13 battleships of the first and second class, carrying guns into whose mouth this country's first and only commander-ln-chle- f of the navy," Esek Hopkins, might easily have hidden his disgraced head when an outraged continental congress summarily dismissed him. It was In Hampton Roads that the first chapter in the worlds history of Iron clads waa written. It was In Hampton Roads that tbe nation gathered 18 of- her finest sea fighters ready for a trip of nearly 20,000 miles. Where the Merrimac swung clumsily across tbe channel long ago and drove terror to the hearts of seamen who had never yet seen such a monster, Iron clads as graceful and as swift as greyhounds have come and gone all summer until they have become a fa mUar sight these Is the Minnesota, the largest of Uncle Sam's big battleships, and next only in size to .the Dreadnaught, which King Edward of England launched with such ceremony a year or so ago, and to the Batsuma, Japan's new monster of the deep. History of American Navy. Tbo first appropriation made for a navy for this country was that of the continental congress In 1775, and the um of fl00,000 was expected to purchase, equip and generally outfit 13 blpe. For the present year, ending July, 108, the navy will have needed H25 MT t99, an Increase of 15,000,008 evsf Inst year. Nine million alone go for ordnance stores. The last appropriation of congress for the building of hips, was (20,000.000 to be expended on two Mg ships, each of which Is to measure 810 feet in length, 85 feet beam, and make 21 knots an hour Three million dollars was appropriated for submarines of the Hotland type, and in September five torpedo boat destroyers were contracted. for. Think of thla In comparison with the (100,000 that cost the continental congress so much thought, and which was furnished by the people of the eolo-ule- a after so much privation. If we are to have a commerce we much have a navy to defend It" wrote CoL Humphreys from the Berbery Bute la 17S3 after he bad been sent fo eee U there were means of stopping the piracy of Algiers and Tripoli n Americas trading vessels For pears the nation had endured the humiliation of paying tribute to these countries, and after Washington had incorporated this sentiment In his message of 1794 the United States still paid tribute, because there was no hvy to prove her independence. How departure to-da- y - ever, that congress appropriated (700,-00- 0 with which to build six frigates. Among these were the Constitution, now the oldest ship afloat under any. flag, and a training ship for apprentices at Portsmouth. With this fleet Decatur and Its later auxiliaries taught the rulers of Algiers and Tripoli a stern lesson, and America soon took her place among the naval powers of the world, a place which none disputed after her victorias over Great . Britain In Quick Work of Preparation. The president Issued the orders for the sailing of this fleet on August 23, and since then coal mines, railways, provision dealers, and manufacturers of heavy ordnance and ammunition have known the busiest season they have bad since the Spanlsh-Amerlcawar. Altogether 36 vessels go to 8an Francisco, and when all have assembled In the waters off the coast of California, Fighting Bob" Evans will have under his command the largest, most Invincible, the most perfectly equipped fleet that has ever mobilized In one place since the history of the world began. The aggregate displacement of the vessels sailing Is nearly 42,000 tons, and the aggregate power Is 664 guns of four Inch calibre and over. The four divisions of this fleet will carry 681 officers and 11,600 enlisted men, as fine an array of Jackies as any navy has ever known, and an earnest and eager set, too. for as soon as the news of the cruise wag noised abroad enlistments Increased rapidly throughout the navy and desertions became practically unknown The mooern wife who pussies for days over the packing of her husband's grips and lunch basket when be la off for s weeks hunting trip, can never begin to appreciate the enormity of Columbia's task In fitting out her 11,600 sons for an outing of 116 days, in which they are not expected to set foot on land at alL Besides all the stores that each ship can carry when her capacity la taxed to its fullest there will be two ships that carry supplies alone, the Glacier and Culgoa, and they will carry many novel foodstuffs that have never yet been carried by any navy of the world. Immense Supply of Coal, The item of coal alone Is not inconsiderable. On October 12, contracts were let for. 133,000 tons to be delivered at the six seaport towns where Rio the fleet will stop, Trinidad, Janerio, Pnnta Arenas, Callao, Magdalena bay and Skn Francisco. It Is mined In West Virginia, shipped by rail to four tide water cities of the Atlantic, and whom there is handled by five American companies in 30 foreign steamers to the ports named, where It Is piled on the piers ready for the battleships. Fifteen of, these steamers go all tbs way to San Francisco with their cargoes. The cost of the coal will be about (3 a ton, and the cost of transportation will come to over (765,000. "J Eight colliers accompany the fleet The Marcellos, Hannibal, Leonidas and possibly tbe Sterling accompany the fleet to" Trinidad, and then re 1812-1815- n ' turn for more coal. Others will go as far as Rio and return to Join the fleet again at Magdalena bay, and all that have free space tween decks will carry general supplies for the Mare Island navy yard. Tbs Connecticut carries 150 tons of briquettes made of slack coal and pitch to test them as a suitable fuel for use In the nary. The cost of. coaling, escluslve of tbe amount of coal carried by tbe ablpe from Norfolk to Trinidad, will be (1,229,280, a sum more than equal to tbe bonded debt of the state of Idaho or the state of Washington. Provisions In Plenty, As to provisions, Columbia must pack enough In the giant hampers to feed her sons for tbe long 115 days, and have enough extra goodies for Christmas, New Year's and Washing ton birthday dinners, and ths lisl shows she has not been niggardly id her selection. Five million pounds ot provisions are carried on board tbs 18 battleships and the supply ships, the supplies from the attending vessels being transferred to ths battleships when they stop at the ports for cost. There are 10,000 to 15,000 pounds of fresh meat in the refrigerators o4 each ship, and for tbe first time there will be s widely varied bill of 'fare where the meats are concerned. There are s variety of foodstuffs, In cludLnkr.tons of cereals, salt meats, dried fruits and canned goods, and 693,300 pounds of flour for making fresh bread In lieu of long anathematized hard tack. There are tons of dessleated foodstuffs that have already beeirtosted and found good, and the more recent additions dried eggs and dehydrated vegetables. There are 9,000 pounds of dried eggs, an equivalent of 36,000 dozen fresh eggs, and when tbe Christmas baking Is on and tbe 30,000 fresh eggs also carried are not available, the mixer of cakes will when find that the dried product mixed with water will froth as a sally V , as tbe fresh. New methods of communication be tween the ships have been Installed, and new methods of controlling ths flrd from the guns. So new Is this systenf of Are control that s retired naval officer was beard to remark when the news came to him: That is a good . Idea, a good Idea. I am (lad to bear It Indeed, for Are Is a most dangtrauf thing aboard a ship!" The Colorado was first tn this experiment Wireless telegraphy has been a part of a bat tleshlps equipment for so maay years now that It Is quite an old story, but the fleet decided It must have wireless telephony, too, so ths past taw , weeks have witnessed a busy scene ta Hampton Roads, and in Nsw York and Brooklyn harbors, where experts have been busy putting In tbe appliances. v F Connecticut Is' Flagship. Admiral Evans chose- ths Connecticut as his flagship. Cspt Ingersoll lei her commander and chief of staff of, the Atlantic fleet Upon the shoulders: of Brownlow at Washington, much of the work of prepare-- ! tion fell. The splendid condition of that fleet when It left Its anchorage shows bow well be has done It.! - , Rear-Admir- here-to-da- |