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Show THE BEAVER COUNTY WEEKLY TRESS. BEAVER, UTAH It'll be that black devil la mmii porep ejaculated ths trader, S!tH screw-lo- g op his wizened face and pulling' viciously at hla beard. TrouH no play the fool, Wallea. It's not fit you are' to go. Listen to me, raon : It's a matter V twenty miles across the Island as ye know well, and no conveyance,, ye mind. And It's no regular trader that's called, for nooe Is due shell' have put In for water or the Ilka, and will be sailing again at daybreak.". "I can make it. by daybreak. Wallen stated quietly. For a moment MscKnlgbt stared at Wallen, then bis hands dropped from Wsllen's shoulders. "Welt go, and1 ba damned to you. then!" be said gruffly, deep down In his throat to bide bis emotion and, . turning, stepped abruptly outside. There were not many preparations to make very few. Wallen's worldly possessions were his only through the generosity of the fell to a his for ghastside, him, beavy trader. But MacKnlght did not stop ly whiteness spread over his face, he at that now, for, five minutes later. reeled, crutched at the skylight for as Wallen started for the nights the support and s"pped prone upon deck. It was the nausea upon blm tramp across the Island, a Malay . L, -j- iV- guide, well loaded with supplies, start f; again, .: The"Tlrulenceoflbe attack passed ed with blm. while MacKnlght cursed after a while, but for a long time he with earnest profanity as they wrung each other's hand,-- ' : lay 'where he bad fallen, weak and At the edge of the clearing Wallen exhausted. looked back. On the great bearded He wss when ha stood : up again, and hung limply figure that leaned against the door frame of tbe solitary trading station. against the skyllghtMedlclne yes. that was what It meant that stuff Wallen's eyes lingered. The man waved bis ' hand and there spilled all about He put some hottted.:-.i-----Into his mouth. His eyes fastened on Mon. yell no forget MacKnlght o the ship's log open In front of him. What kind of a book was that? What Arrul- - Ye'll no forget MscKnlght was It doing there? Had be been read And then suddenly a mist dimmed Ing? He couldnt read when he was Wallen's eyes, - He tried to shout s)ck. it was very strange. No; be re back and could only wave his owa membered now, he had been writing in band In return. And then ths trees it. Whenever any of the crew died hid the trader from view. Forget MacKnlght) The man who he wrote It down In the book. And now the crew was all dead, and had nursed him back to life as s he would be dead, too, very soon ; mother would nurse her child I For therefore be should also write his get that solitary human outpost of own name down while he could still civilization a man with an Iron fist barbed-wir- e tongue and a heart at write. He remembered it all perfectly now that was what the book wss for. tender as a woman's I No; he would He lurched forward snd picked up not forget MacKnlght I He forced a smile to his Hps. One the fountain pen from where It had rolled Into a broken package of pow made strange friendships In these fat dered quinine. : He . - lurched again parts of the world, and mads them The heavily aa he leaned over the book. 'A under strange circumstances. nervous twitch of bis hand gouged the into ths page and left a blot He shook his bead In a gravely puz zled way. It was queer that the pen wouldn't write as It had written before; It seemed to travel all over the page, and he paused, his band going to his eyes again It was strange that he couldnt think of hla own name I . He was firm mate, be knew that but yes, his name came back to him now. He wrote on laboriously. He finished the entry, dropped the pen. and stared he had written, nodding his head. Died today, & Wallen, first mate, He read the words aloud, and nod' ded his head sgaln. It was true, quite true. When that damnable sun that was tormenting him through ths awn Ing was gone, that would be ths end of today and he would be dead. Bis eyes strayed forward along the deck and widened' with a dawning fear. What were those shapes there I He began to mumble to himself, and suddenly shrieked out aloud. It was av horror ship. He shrieked aloud, rushed to the rail, and In. ths delirium of his mind crouched low to hide himself from this deed throng that raved Ilka demons for medicine, ran screaming forward to where ths ship's boat bumped moCrsuchsd Low to Hiss Himself. notonously In Its rise and fan against , Like ihj Umtee WW JL U Mae-Knigh- t," "OIEO TODAY, 8. WALLEN." nrst Wanes, oy 8yaopi-8u- mate of th bark Upoto, la ths Java as, is ths sol survivor of ths all victims of ytllow fever. TinrWsh, Chines sailor, last man to die, tolls Walton h aas flv other China mea were sent aboard by "Drink-Hous- e Bain," notorious Character of Binsapor. to kill faint. This recalls to W alien an incident f his childhood which ems cos, nee led with tbe confession. - ew, CHAPTER I ' semi-delirio- Continued. . - 2 And Gunga had shaken his bead aa he had answered. -- .. -- i nave is whole." looked, sanin. and tne band Spellbound he bad stood there Tm the stairs, a lad of fourteen, and Gunga had lifted the Thing In his arms and gone away with it; and the great figure of his father, dressed In pajamas, bad stood motionless, for a long time, then turning bad faced the .stairs and caught sight of him and suddenly had sent a wild, unnatural laugh ringing through the house. "Ton there, eh, Staceyf he had laughed out, as though unmanned. " wuf.. RAZEL H f special Interest to Hie people of the United States these days. It is In ttie air that America and BrasU ore to become better acquainted before reconstruction days are over. And If for no other reason Brazil Is Interesting to as because it is, like the United States, a melting pot of tbe nations. When Presldent-Eler- t Epltaclo Pes-ao- a was bere recently he said. Id a public address: . "BaTing In mind the close relations which have always eslsted between our two countries it Is not surprising that tae entrance of the United States In the great European conflict should hare had a decisive Influence on Brazil's procedure. To the precious title of friend, uniting our destinies and claiming our share. of effort, and sacrifice,' we added that of ally allied to the nation which has Just furnished to history the most brilliant examples of ability and force, "Now that the monstrous scourre has disappeared from the face of the dTllixed world, and nations. Impelled by accumulated energy In the making up of lost time, are to rename their old life of peace and toll, Brazil win rejoice In continuing to develop more and more the 'relations of every kind which bind her to the United States. and to strive for this end will be one of the fondest endeavors of my gov- -' - -- eminent." It Is thus of particular Importance that the United States endeavor to understand the conditions of life in this vast melting pot of the nations. .The melting pot of Brazil Is not Just like ours. . It seems, however, to be quite , nl as complicated a boiling. The racial diversity In Brazilian society Is as pronounced aa Is the verlety of Its geographical groups. A study of the home life Is a study In ethnology. - The original Portuguese stock Is found In all phases of transition from unadulter ated purity through partial and com-- ' plete mixtures with native Indian and negro and fusion with foreign nations Italian, German. English,, Span-:1kand American." The Brazil' of today Is a melting pt of races and as heterogeneous as It is disthe chance traveler, says to tracting Clayton JL. Cooper In New. York 8un. On beginning to ask Quertlon one finds himself entangled In an Intricate maze of fuHlons between Portuiruese forelicner and Brazilian-Portuguesand Brazilian . foreigners, Brazilians who are Brazilians and Brazilians who are ethnologlcally cabocloaor metlzos, or scrtnos; or Brazilians who locally or historically are, Paullsras, ' " 1i -- tr German-Brazilian- Dutch-Brazilian- pure-blood- ed Indians, or sons and daughters nf a halt a dozen foreign races or nation, who are Brszlllans because they were lom In Brazil. '.The vlnl tor freshly landed and d rlre-lron- e attt-ntlo- , bv In a hurry. f confining l'beip trM to Jle new quarters tf Wairaw Is not Crsf of, . of but off the benten truck she jkss 'many curious ctiur !ic many old city. !ure, ..',vfMi 1 or Brazilian cowboy, living his daring an picturesque existence apart on the southern inferior plains; then there Is the Important section of Brazilian socl ety best seen In Its original home in the state of Mlnas the fazendeiro, or calp'.ra. as he is sometimes called, the eonntry magnate whose wealth Is his proud plantations, and .who lives also more or less Isolated witb his family, constituting his own kingdom Independent and free and hospitable as was any of our old southland planters, or any medieval baronial lord. It Is this land holders class that makes strong appeal to young and old Brazil alike. . "7 This king of the land and horses and wide distances fascinates and calls forth something Inherent in 'the Bra zlllan character. This country 4s first of all an agricultural domain of colossal area, and the fazendeiro still holds In his band the nation's key. Of him one has said: "Such authority as he knows has vanished perhaps from the greater part of the world, but in Bra all It rules unquestioned, forming i powerful bond between the soil and ' Its owner. v. "In his powerful solitude the land owner Indulges In his love of Intellectual culture, he Inclines toward philosophy; be possesses a certain natural eloquence. This Brazilian aristocracy enjoys political as well as social power. They form the structure, the frame work of all party politics; they are Its strength. Ita very' life; It is they who govern and administer Brazil."" One Is confronted hers with the remnants of a feudal oligarchy, with the culture and refinement belonging to it In the middle ages of Europe, but with tbe striking difference that this older and Influential Brazilian social order la being voluntarily changed and mixed with a complex variety of mass population, slowly, hut. surety forming a democrstlo.aoclety. In which the spirit of republicanism and equality Is stronger even .than the spirit of tbe national .'' - . reMgl.oiu.J cj)alaanrojr.,Piilan4,..Wanuisr.vJ bel means of show-InIter art treasures to advantage. It Is probable that the large modem mu fu'imi. with plenty of ilcht but with little' or no charm, will be adopted hy tbe,.rlvlc.nuthrltlea, .There are many rim plead the advsu'Sges of the old ur ss much more effective frames to old pictures and mhos than the uncompromising aspect of white walls and the glare of skylights. Karh type considering ihc stantly!" "Yes," said Wallen aloud to himself. TThat's what he. said: Never go to the East never go to tbe East' " But he had come to the East and six Chinamen had shipped aboard the Upolo to kill htm. His father had been quite right In telling him not to go to tbe East Bow was It that lie had come there? ' He had run away from that gray house after that sight, and he bad never heard of his lather .: :., slaee. That was In California Bs had gone to Frisco, and gone to sea. Bs bad been at sea ever since In aQ kinds of ships, and he had done pretty well He bad his master's cer : . . pen-poi- at-wh- tificate already. But that old not account for his being here In the Java sea, and for those six' Chinamen." He bad been fourth officer of ths Tokamaro wben they bad touched at Shanghai a few weeks ago. She was a fins ship, ths Toka maru, the biggest passenger Uner In ths fleet only a fourth officer's pay was very small. Bs bad met Captain, Mitchell of the Upolo ashore there, and Captain M chell had persuaded him to ship as first mats on the Upolo for double tbe V pay be had been getting. The Upolo, the vesels bun. He hurled himself over the side. of coarse, traded through ths Java and Bands seas that was what his cast the boat loose, and snatching a father had meant by the East touch the oars began to pun like g madman ing at Shanghai as a port bf call in a away from the ship. Two hundred yards off he stood up and shook both liner wasnt the sams thing. JIow that tun burned through the fists snd yelled tauntingly they could awning J It seemed to stab and drill not reach him now. But why not? Into his skull with little shafts of ex Suppose they should swim after him! qulslte pain. He could get away from He flung himself to tbe seat again snd It, of course, by going below Into tbe plied the am furiously. And then slowly ths strokes lescabin, by putting the deck between him and that torturing ball of fire, but sened, snd presently an oar feU from his grasp, and after that with a moan, in the cabin ons couldn't breathe. ., One couldnt live In the cabin Cap- he pitched forward. Into the bottom tain Mitchell was there and Captain of the boat and all was blackness. MItcbeU was dead. CHAPTER U- .Bad Captain Mitchell anything:: to do with those six Chinamen? Or any On ths Road to Pobl. Sara In thing to do with Drink-Hous- e "Mon," ths Scotch expostulated Singapore? And where was it those Xotfre six Chinamen bad Joined at Shanghai I trmder, Tut. you're fair daft but out of tbe Jaws of death, snd I'd like himself? If remember that he would no saryotfY an the way our at thai know whether Captain Mitchell had Bids a bit therell be aalther In bad a hand In the cursed game. Iladnt month or In two, anyhow. wallen, standing In the center of jonnson saia something about new store-bousbands? But. then native crews were the little galvanlzed-lron-roofc- d his on ths who native eyes bad waa a It everlastingly shifting about long; way from Singapore to Shanghai. entered a moment before, shook his Who was this Drlnk-nous- e Bam?!no"(1- I've got to get away. MacKnlcht." What was It Ting Wah had said? "Dlink-Hons- e be said earnestly. "There's no use Sam blm know." "Him know, him know, htm know" talking about It What kind of a ship . the words began to run through bis ohs tie say it MacKnlght flung out a question In mind In a singsong, crazy fashion nnd then a passionate, merciless anger the native tongue. "He says It 1 a big smoke-boot- " seized upon him, and the splendid six-fobulk of Ihe msn heaved up from translated the trader, "which will be lh chnlr, and, clenched fist raised, he by way of saying It's some measly stenm coaster thnt's so small It's no swayed upon his feet. : They had got him I Not tUe way utile to occomiiHMlate Its own cock they had thought to get him but they roaches, d'ye mind 1 Mon. pay to at had got him. And he could not fight-t- here tention to It What's anlther month was no one to flsht he could or so and youll be strong then, and iinlj. rile like a trapped ,iat while Jhl Ah., num. iut J hAte t has vain Dtink-IIousSam laughed a thousand Wullen, gaunt and thin from bis miles away I Illness, shook hla hesd decisively . "Hlra know, him know, blm know" again, though ths other's words had the words coursed like firs through bis brought s quick responsive smile to . bra hi. Us shouted aloud, and the hla lips. nails of . his fingers . In bis clencbod IBlx weeks ago a proa from ths vilflft bit Into the palm of bis hand. lit lage here had picked him up at sea could not choke ths life, aa hla own and broncht htm, as It were, to this went out from this devtl In Singapore man's door, He owed his thst be hod never seen he could only life to MacKnlght. die. it s no use, aiacrvnignt bs an The uplifted arm, as tboujh too swered. "I've got to go." . ;:xf.:. f- "Any concrete description of a home of the- - better clam is a Mocraphy of the life and characteristics of the Brazilian woman the wife and mother. Domestic existence' Is peculiarly her spher" of acllon and Influence, and s throne of home life she rules, from and also shines. Brazilian wnmen arc not only nlre to look at and Intelligent conversationalists ; they are furthermore "the mothers of me'n." II Is a Innd of lurpe families, elht and ten children being no exceptional thing In a Brazilian home. Tbe npbrlnirlng of children is not attended with auy'snperflHous mcdern fnds. and eu&Mnlat twilight Mecp. birth control, together nlth other refornwof our northern "efflrincy" clv'.liiutbn, are as yet unknown, and many quaint streets to of museum has Its own advsntaxes, offer for InsTvectlon. In this period of and Warvaw will have to make her vlfltor to Waranw who has the advantage of a I'ollnh points to the mistnke, made s , Iioukcs. Old Witfsa W vIsltiM-- Jt . Attractions of A plunged suddenly Into this diverting congeries of trams n, national and racial amalgamation. Is Inclined with the probable enlightenment of Colonel Roosevelt,- - who Is reported to have Inquired of a sea can-tai- n concerning the population of a certain West Indian Island, when the old sea dog replied; "Well, there are some Spanish, a few French, some Por tuguese, a few Dutchmen and a dozen other race the Lord didn't Intend." The amazing wonder of ail (especially to a North American less familiar with European races, and holding decided views concerning color lines, etc.), Is tbe manner In which this country la slowly, and apparently with harmony and democratic social and racial relations, evolving a distinct Brazilian type. .The salient characteristics of what Is becoming to be known as the true Brazilian character Include, the aristocratic culture, and high Intelligence 'of the old family Portuguese stock; at once Latin and Moorish by Inheritance, the exaltation, daring and passion of a vigorous aborigine's blood, softened by the affectionate, emotional strain of the African, especially In north Brazil the whole shot through with typical modernity and enterprise that marriage and general contact with European races have afforded. With such elements, the national home Ufe of Brazil la being compounded. The Latin races are said to be lacking In homelike qualities aa compared with English or Teutonic peoples. Moreover, the Portuguese, who gave Brazil formative prlndplee,. were more truly' the copyists of Roman civiliza tion than any other European stock, and the Romans were feroons for their slight attention to the home.. Yet Por-tughas been ever a land of homes and her new world Brazilian daughter has Inherited her Instinct. It is a land placing greet emphasis on family life. There is always danger. In writing of a subject like Brazilian home life, for tbe Barrator to overgenernllze. Home and family life Is. like the civilization generally diverse, arid It Is necessary to decline the stratum of life one is talkattempt Is tnude to ing about If an " find universal characteristics.- - - There Is the, home of the seringuero pr rubber gatherer In the lonely fastness of the Amazon wilderness, and the tepee f tbe still savage Indian. of the forest Jungle. The fisher folk, a considerable dan - acattered - along cViast from the extreme north to the Argentine boundary, have a life distinctive, bringing their hauls of fih nshore in frail looking boats and, in light hearted talk anil song sit about their rude huts at twilight to rop on a bit of farina, a drop of native whtnky nnd some of the Brazilian dried beef to tbe acconijxinlinent of the vlolna . Kltulti one - be in t he many i sided home and soclnl life of this pl- gnntlc eonntry. he must need write a I no of the occupations nf the gnucho. "Well, Pll tell yon something now. Never go to the East. Remember that never go to the East" And then he had pulled himself together, and his face had set sternly as he had pointed up the stairs. "Go back to your bed I" he had command ed sharply. "Go back to your bed In- ' Australian Pearls, The pearls that come from the coasi of Australia are of many shapes snd colors, and In the trade bsve nnniit to distinguish them- .- Pearls tinder ten grains are sold by the ounce, Rbove that by the grain. Color has s deal to do with tbe value. The white pearls go mostly to Europe and the yellow ones to India. - he-cou- ld e, lir e it -- d " . chances were a thousand to ons that he and MacKnlght would never meet gain but for an that U was a friendship that would last Twenty miles across ths Island be fore daybreak! Wallen fell to wondering what sort of s ship snd. mors pertinent still. what sort of a skipper was on ths ship that had put Into Pobl. Bo had re fused MacKnlght's offer of an advance of money, and he hadnt a penny but he was satisfied that hs would not be refused passage In any case. Hs could won ms way. r A white man who knew his business was worth his weight In gold on a ship any time In these psrts. It wss true he wasn't any too fit yet; but he waa fit enough for that fit enough a dull flush come into his face, and hla eyes hardened fit enough to get to Singa- pore eomchowl He had not forgotten that abastly afternoon In the reek of tbe pest shin, nor the Chinaman who had died In his srms whispering of JWnk-Ilous- e Roia of Singapore 1 Forget! He had thought or nothing else all these weeks, raved of It In his delirium, so UarKnlrht ooa told blm. There was one thing dominant in hts life now Drink-Hous- e Sam of Singapore, the man who had tried so mysteriously to take his life, to sd.h at blm trenrherously, without wurBlt.K, put of tbe dark, Singapore! It w:ih Singapore! never out of his mind now. To get there, to force the truth, the motive, Ihe reason, tbe storj behind all thin frum tbe human spider that lurked lu bis web, and then his fists clenched fiercely and then settle with the nu hlmwlff And that was why he must get M before daybreak, before this stcunier sailed. Tobl .. Twenty miles across the Island before daybreak! (TO DB LVNTIN UKD.) Men should he tcmperato la as well as la drlaklrf. :''.:."! |