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Show , ;; "CALL IT SQUAJtE." ,' J t M Bi " t romirltablo what bIzaIIo ro- H j , raancci tinair Mts of territory rrorn- ti ; "li jmlJo&f j mincing midVr fin urablo con Kt p i j tlIUon, Tbonli coiitninlti but six or J f ftht ncren, Hitttloanaku lihinl form tho FCf no cf qulto an lnti rrKtlnjc t pImmIo W'l'.aK' hf alunftthi line, Tlio hlnml v aUmt W' '" I pk twomilcttothoiiorUifnstufrut In-Haj. Rjt t ' fe Troin 1U iJvculUr ftinnntlun tlio Waiitl RS! H 1 goner ftlljr uppoU to liat o drlrel 1U K', 'U naruv, tlioujh souio nsHtt tlut tlio ni- Hfcl i it dilution wa bmtowoil in comifnco i B, i fi, orthoil11iii1tiUoquaiitItlrNbfthflratt!o- H 1 I 'M tailed Piwcle wlilili ri Jp i uiimhI In mid R I jm Binotig tlio creviced and iarernM-ucL. K P, From theno f utuiMwei they vcro wont t Wr (1? vrriffglo forth luto iiuroMiro proud- Bj Bp a P ncncff, Iilwtng and clitkln their rplto raj 'Br r f and nhtMilni tint nurroumlliiv TPgcta H, Hr x If tlon until ererytl Ink looled blue B.I K l kP An nblo nccrtrory In thoillspcnitonof H ' ' V?i llli8 rrPt110 1CMt wa" nultmldi-Uly mtrd iB"? ' !u tlio brawn and musclo of old Ilxiik Li ' m 'fi Hammond, who, with hl family, I'vat-K I'vat-K , RH ' M on tlio ithnd. Old Hank rnn't B ' l IV V afraid of rattliaiiakn, orl.tcntlj-, nnd El i Wl. j jtrided liliniclf manifestly uxm nwiiint; N 3B j & At) occnprtnic with hli hoiifchold jrotU I " mr $ n whole island, which, If not yrry lx, I ' H j ? not At Icnt far enough rcmoM fr"m I j R i j S adjacent Iil to afford ampin sccltuton . V K iH' tio ut lut ho imagined, and Hi in real! I fll 'kkj tj-lt lalghthuYoj roTtnbutfurthiiHinglo I 1 ftui I wl nhtniUu fact fat tho old codger was ' -1 PB 71 iioMvwM-d of tettrul coinflydntiihtin, LBi Ki j l" l"''0 Wovo lannhs nt locUmUlw H DV K L calfH hilhtj Inaccwible, trav men dlt-vHaBy dlt-vHaBy tauten immraauraulo unl achlooflim BgJlBB; ff rosiibllltUa of all ort a, llili blind but BlBMmi nctholnipwoauot lonj in fmdiu hU LwiiKffa ill wny to Uattloauako island. BimfBtj tl Kxl, tho oldest, wiu an attract! a B?HJaB) vt maiden of twent) yea m, with cjts that Bf JB, B matchdl tho color of h- and hky and W t'TSB ' B hair fluff of Kolden bron. hhowa JjjjfcsB"'' II litlionnl active, fno and fiarlcu, nnd BTf lB ' W rmllng In adventure, tto, on tho water B&- VJ ' Ilka a duck, bhowaa on expert ut (Mi- Kl ,i vj Jug and fowling, could rnaulpulatoniinlr K 'BJ m (f nara wlUi aiimira.1,10 ,k11-n- wit, n W '-FlV f 's'lt ' WM accuitlomed to cruu fro- H)' R5 fj qiiently, eonietlrjv alone, tho two mllo B, B3 lli ,trct 'lof vratcr which ItiUmned bo B Bbi 111 tween Itattlcfnake and Tut in Ri. H. Hp s?1 Attholattcr plaro iho fi-ecdlly b H BX - came the attract loa of u youthful fith H jflE. s'l crinan, who lnaderUutly crownl 1it HI , h ! iath ono Tom lay lor. After th'a dv HltalB' Ttlopincnt thero was no moro peacofor BJKtBJli ' j1 Hattleanakp. 1'roui tlmo to tlmo i BitkWlffe A Yicinltywa haunUdby npprctral mil Hi P Bftffl ' which clrtled about the iOand, otlgiils ptftfHfP P nearer and nenror at ncU crnUei until BlftBISt 0DU tlay ll lay benched cloto ly tho HSWaVlu' 5 "firout" liouso of Hank Hammond. At BtilfBl ff lS-j bt-ck of tho Jitllo winKi'l ko1 Tom Tay- Hgj&jHB iiS lorandhUloathadfolloedthocharm BtMaB ! '5 rr toher rocky rutrcat, ThU iK-ing hU HHJhB 1 wi tirst vxperienco in courtship, honour, DlltBHI ' lal um I,roe' u frenh, and hh bnshful HiyH i' ffi lfM ysM cxcruclating. Iilifibh nd- BnS tm ranees were regarded w 1th npjarcnt din HHwMBft riiSs favor, tho cov maiden turn Inn u duf LBkmH f il rnr to 11P0,tunltIefl, until in blank RrliH' JlS'i despair ho ehook tho dust of llattlv MjitWl ;w. auaVo from hli feet. i!m?Bw if I " ar'y Irlny da, omn month') ml' K Ifti follow Ing tho collapso of Tom'a o o nf- wT U1 m ''ri n crrl i'tuall, such ns lometlrei 1 Tfth JR; ra awoopi donu iion the iilaiuU miau- 'Wl UV iV noitmod, tfutk Put hi Hay with nforco KB f jw ' i mt WKnrbcd Umba from trw and m nt Tf M ' t. tht troubled Kean rporlinfruptliortxks . fitraK' -t In blinding slum era. Ionkin from lie r I sB i window nu oil uomanwho occtiphiln fKj I ; cottagoounattrotntthouxht fthoifploil (ft Hp 11 nsmallboat far out on tho lako driving A W& rantward 1m fere tho gab. l'rom n nht If Pr B' l L through which h tooU ntiromlobniT ''' B1 R Tatlon. Yen, tLo luut wn silently 1 ' B " u drifting at tho mercy of tho win I mid I Hr j n current. Not im oar was in motion. IT B 1 Only n Iuj1i occupant could l dlj. it uf ' tt ccnied, nnd that n f cmilo. Wltlibmitli- atrftt y B ltMhakto tho old woman nicluil nUmg jfl'lVi I M A tho bhoro ton litllo (ue, whero anions ' II V i thetrn stootl h lUli ihant). Within If J j,i ijl annnglo of tho I, tdia)ctl dork pecrn1 EJ !li tl Iwats lay inooriHl, mid two Imhonntn nRti j 5" drejscd in) allow oilers an 1 fwu'ttwt era 'rl fV i ' t weroco.il tanlnjf twluooer u Mitoklni? Hi , Uttlo on tho fchon. Oiioof thotm iudl- j, is t 3 viluiU proved to 1m our friend, Tutu I, Jl f I Ta)lor. TuuitiMikihemMgUwntror. ' Vf Jj fiVwlhytlioseiirdoUhil),nnUhrough i i i. "Ulast ii butlonaK it aiu'tnwoin 3- t anl'ho exclaimed. With twnor thrco f i ! ,' 't longBtrllwihorcacheinhodoclcnndbc li t J tMnunfutmlnxn Ixmt. Vv Ml t? " lmt )ou dohi to ilo'" demaudcil hl mf In ! Comianloii, si!l H ' ?! "(bUoxlckuplhrtsUff. Comoon, fij ' Ifl - I? Jlm murml, urgfm; that no boit Wr II Hi toUl Ho long iu inch uwunnd that it ffj J II vasjukt foolhardy to tfhturo, P H 'i cm, hnw c er, w ould tnko no denliU, I CI , d with sorioni ml 'ivliifm Jim m 3 Midlyj nu tiled to taU i hind ut Urn f tars. Under tho doublo pnll tho b it ( ?inia outwurl into tho IwlllngMurf . I04 bir ydahcd over Umtwu rowers I V " ft Uta HhwWj und wnuy tUuu tho boat Imrfly McaiTd nwumptru in tl.o heavy km thai truckhr but at last the cutaway wiu overhauled As they approached the worn in strctchad ftpcftllng hands toward them nnd Tuiu turned In hit teat to get n iwjuaro look ut her ' Orrit Uccttr Tho bonded jK-rrptntlon on hfelrow liogati streaming down hl cheeks it waa Hadle, tho w ho had o cruelly jilted him. Utit all differeiiceti were forgotten when llfo nnd diath hun h nicely I-lined In tho bnlamc. Tho drifting bout was nearly filled with water and it rceincdtislf every ncawuuld lubmergo Iti but tho boat and Kadto wcro both rescued nnd lat ded iion tho loo ldo of n projecting headland Hallo wa drenched through an I through Hr hair hung In idritigi, her clothing clung cloned about her, ant altogether (dm loukiil a. ictnreiun un n dm k lit n. Vouinny thank our luno for our nalvutfon," remarked Jim. turning to the f ilr but Ullnpid ited Sadie. "1 never n-o a woman lt that I thought more of than 1 do of my iudl-vldual iudl-vldual idf, and If Tomhadut hnmed me out and made mo go I oipfct hid Vwent nloue, nnd onM'n'lioth goiu to Dav) JontV,H an 1 the rough old lith-(trmau lith-(trmau luvirte! n rubber loot that ho had removed for tho purpmo of drain Ins off tho water which was tlojplng obmt In it. Tlio girl made ro reply, but from under un-der dripping locla ho UatnM ujwn Turn n smile, tho inot henrtvoino nnd nj proving which ho had pv i r recti ed In answer to Inquiries K idle t xphtlned liovv that when mi I way ttw een the two Minds a rowlock had 1xcomo d tached nnd had fallen oferUmrd, rendtrlng tho iwrs hwlem, and 1ring overtaken by tlin iqtull, she liad drifted until dlacovcreil nnd rewuwL KadU found fchf Iter with fumo friends who lived in 1'uMn liny until tho next morning, when, the gnlo hiving dM, t-ho waa restored to her anxious jttrcuts by Tom Taylor in irwin. Bho .a uut mm h worm) fur thw wetting nndn(.arn received, but v a up roprUtely kuUlm-d in minucr, meeting Tom with tmlf rm llndntH and evidently regardJng Mm aiiileru. Old Hank receivM Mm with cfTutvo demonstration and lnnited npon hia n iiulning fur tho d ty na nn honorvd gnett, 1 j hctng lieforv him in thownyof inter- taintnent tho best thathil larder Afforded Afford-ed Hvllo behaved lautlfully, mid it will loirdly 1 neccaMr to tell of all the llttlo flirtation tmcefully irufoutcl by tho young couj le daring that brkf dav lu tho evening, a Tom w ns nl'ont taking tak-ing his departure, hi host clapped him on tho phouldrr and va'di "Young uiuu. If ft hadn t n for rmi my girl wuln bitn drifting down Lake Trie a dtil mrp lnHt ll"f n "'ttin hen Yoti'vo au-d herllfe, nnd now I don't Lnovv how to pay mi for the trouble trou-ble uidona on nt w lllln to tako 1 1 r." A wave of vcatlet undJenl) oveniwept Tom's faci, oxteuding clear to tlio to t of Mi red h iir, r. hllo tho girl lotted tho I picture f confusion. 'V hy, dud' i After n mighty effort Tom KUcieediHt 1 in aitlally ng lining his If jxjsniou, an I after clearing ht throat aal I If tho old man was ,villiii"anl tho girl waa "vvillin,' hogncMwl 1ioMca11 itaquaru and the girl noldcd and tho oil man raid, "All ilghtrand promiMl tothruw In tho loat ua a part of tho bargain. Ho Uforo tho Ico helds blocked tho lnhnd pauages thcro w ai a wold!ng on Itattlo-anaUanl Itattlo-anaUanl lu triamh loin boioawcy hl.t brldt). Ono by ouo Hank Hammond was robUslof hUdiUKhttni, nnd ho eventually eventu-ally Uft tho Mand hit naif. Another '.Swiss 1'amlly ItoMnsoii' who Bticcoodcd hlui now occupies! hU jilaco. Tom Ta lor multiplied and increased ns tho) earn swept on and nowicjulce lu not only an umilo haroof worldly emolu.nentN, but nlo n 1U and blooming bloom-ing fuii.Uy of chil Iron. Kxchaugc, |