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Show f A J wasnt any. 7 f youd been In the Indian ocean you'd know the shark Is the biggest coward that swims and any man can scare em off who makes a big splutter In the water, and then I hate the bloody things and Ill balk em of a meal any day.J Not a word had Nicola spoken to any one since he had been brought on hoard, but now he came out of the forecastle and approached Bradd. He held out to him the stiletto with the hilt towards his enemy. I never saw such a grand gesture of utter surrender as that. If the Italian had filled the air with an eloquent speech It could not have been half as Impressive. Hough as was Bradd, old beachcomber of twenty years, he appreciat- child h!ppji undor the rotte bush fair; ed It. "Keep your bloomin knife," he said, and the broad, freckled face broke Into a smile. In that most monotonous and very dirty Brazilian town, Rio Grande do Sul, two very drunken men walked arm and arm down towards the quay. One sang a coster song In a deep bass and the other in a screechy tenor a barcarole. They were Bradd and Nicola, and the sea feud was at an end. SHIPPED THE GENUINE ARTICLE. (Copyright, Let 1906, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) To hades with his bloomin knife. Let the dago loose," and Tom Bradd struggled to free him- self from the grasp of two brawny who held him. Mr. Buck, the lean, sinewy mate, had his arms In-terlaced about Nicolas waist utterly unmindful of the cruel looking stiletto .shaking In the powerful Italian's band It was the setting of a tragedy, an Interrupted one its true, but like flesh violently chafed the blood was so near the surface that another touch and It would begin to flow. Captain Newton advanced to the main hatch, his long, patriarchal beard falling to his waistband. Ills shaven upper lip twisted as he talked very Jlike unto that of a dog when he him go, 1 I South Carolinian Had Got Whisky Intended for Dispensary. When a South Carolinian wants good whisky he does not as a rule buy It from thd South Carolina State Dispensary, but orders It direct from the distillery, the whisky being delivered to him by express In what is termed In the State "four full quarts. A week or two before Christmas a man In the central part of the State ordered four full quarts, and on Its receipt was surprised to find out that it was not as good whisky as he had been getting. Accordingly the man most concerned wrote a letter to the distillery, telling them that a mistake had undoubtedly been made. A few days later he received the following eats, sleeps and works with him day after day and may feel the knife slipping Into his ribs some dark night, But Bradd treated Nicola with tempt and made no efTort to keep out of his way night or day, despite the crew's warnings, There were several days of bright sunshine, calm sea and cloudlegs sky, and on one of these mornings the mate was watching the washing down of the deck from the break of the The holystoning finished, he poop. ordered Nicola to some duty on the yard. yhe Italian looped a line about his neck and gripcon-sailo- well-know- n snarls. Stop It, gall darn ye, stop It, he letter: thundered. "Im short handed now, "Dear Sir: Yours of the sixteenth and I won't have any man killing on instant to hand, and we hasten to this here hooker. Batten down your apologize for an error of one of our feellns, you two fellers, till you get to shipping clerks. The clerk in quesRio Grande, and then you can chop tion expressed to you four full quarts each other Into bits and devil take of the brand you ordered intended for, whata left, but there's to be no the South Carolina Dispensary. By on the Apollo." choppln we send you four full express His words were unheeded and th6 quarts of the genuine article. Again, two bloodthirsty men still struggled craving your pardon for the error and to get at each other. soliciting your further favors, we beg "Now mark you, continued the capto remain, tain, "If youre bound to fight, make "Yours very respectfully. a two-makilling of It, for, by the Lord, Ml throw the man that's left alive ovey wlth th man thats killed." I shall never forget that scene. Artistic Girl. She lives in a big old house on the Strife Incarnate threatened on that little chip of wood on the mighty ocean edge of the city. and all around utter peace. The sea The other day her mother was showwas barely rippled by the soft trade ing a visitor through the house. wind which distended the sails as If "This is Jeannle's room, said she, as she pushed open the door to a big caressing them and above a sky unSeemed seized with convulsions. blemished by the tiniest cloud. I was apartment, looking out new to the sea and Its ways a d mar- ping a marline spike In his teeth on fine old trees. veled that Captain Newton Jld not climbed the weather rigging. Just The visitor opened her mouth with Iron the men and confine .hem In as he swung himself over the top he little gasp. The floor of Jeannles the peak, but be seemed to feel a lost his hold and fell like a plummet room was carpeted with dead leaves! confidence In his management which Into the sea. "Just one of Jeannies fads," ex. Man was proved of weight by the result, overboard, yelled ONeill, plained her mother. "She the for his declaration had who was at the wheel, and he flung a windows open so the leaves keeps will blow life over the rail. buoy the effect on the two would-bcom in. She won't have them swept up. The skipper was on deck In one batants of a bucket of cold water on She says It makes her feel as If she two fighting dogs. The skipper meant Jump. were out la the woods." "Heave her to," he shouted. what he said and would carry out his And Jeannles mother and the vis"Braces," came sharp and curt from itor rustled meaning to the letter. The law In around Jeannles artlstlo the and men the mate, those days was all In favor of the hurried to obey, room, swishing as noisily through the officers and Jack's statement was as casting glances aft. The brig was making good headway dead leaves as If they were wandering a feather against an anchor. Captain The wind was fair and Captain Newton through a November forest. Philadtd. Newton would not hesitate to carry out bis threat for fear of legal punish- was making all the use he could of it, phla Bulletin. having out studding sails and bringing ment Some French "Bulle. The two sailors released Bradd, who her to the wind with all this canvas Some amusing Instances of French recommenced the work be had stopped flying took time. Two men started to The folto fight Nicola, and the Italian, find- - lower the boat, but it was full of wood "bulls are given by "T. P. me- glanced over lowing sign is said to have been oblng himself free from the mate's' hold I ant tiat ,tK walked dlgnlfledly forward and went I the taffra,1 an(J aaw D0 trace of Nlc- - served on a Paris shop: "Kabrlcant des Meubles Anclens, below. The crisis had been passed, ola, not far from it, on the same "Hes and at least, temporarily street, the sign: What began the feud between the Buck. "No, there he Is, said sharp-eyemen no one knew. It existed when "Reparation des Belies Incassables. The following verbal bull Is cred-Itethey shipped In New York and they O'Neill, pointing over the lee quarto a Frenchman who, whlltprom-enadln-g had spat hate at each other during the ter, and there, sure enough, was with a friend, notlred a pass-lnvoyage, but this was the first time black speck, the bead of Nicola. He an actual collision had been threat- was swimming but slowly and labor! cab drawn by a pair of horses, ened. ously. one black and the other white. The brig had been brought to and "Ite only put off," remarked old said one, you dont often the bont unloaded, when a cry came Ned. oracularly; "bloodll fly yet.' see a pure white horse and a pure from the "If Tom ever gets past the dagos poop. black one harnessed together." "HI, hi! Shark, see him! Italian . said a sailor. knife, good-b"Thats so, was the response. "Do Abeam was the fin "But hea got to get by it," retorted of a triangular shark cutting the water as it made a you know why the black horse is on the near side? straight course for Nicola. "No." Its all up. muttered the mate; "Why. they always put the horso "nothing can save him now." There was a splash, and to our as- that Isnt the snme color as the other tonishment Ilradd had leaped over- on the near side. Harper's Weekly. board and was swimming fiercely. He lay a course which must bring him Cupid Unveiled, The spell of rotminee rt subsides, between the shark and Nicola. tilM-nut ftiun m- - Ilk- 11,1,4 "Gall darn It! snarled the captain; l.enlng th- - judgment luinl n, nr'm "two men Instead of one gone, and I. Ik- - xuml nml shingle, for a A ml tti-- n with vision I ere whod have thought of Bradd going That Cupid In I'rnpimiulty! over the rail for the dago There no nfltnltv will dtnw I never saw a man swim ns did A mil- - two folk-wlut Bradd. He aeemed to grnsp the water Kin-- other! Suhll- - itillu-n- -e uv That work., M.inoril hk, Intense and pull himself along, but when our Throuith woiulioiiN spit x, them between eyes fell on that ominous fleeting fin Say, tell that tnlu to a muilm-we felt it was merely the sacrifice of Of nil the ever known one man's life to save another's. Hav- I Inn (Uplil I xx of nk lit hnx xhi n! -- an not ro. ing laid a right angled course Bradd Atim '.I'll- - arrows xotn- nrdx nr not ll-'x on l lx no the gained at t hr! which was shark, 1, - a but III- - (ami rropliKjuity' swimming In a straight line for the Italian and was a cables length Rut take a malil-- n, amt pin 'em xi,l- - by aide, ahead of the fish when be reached a Aral man. a imxin. a a. lirlna on a line with the slowly swimming Nicola or nothliiR ttioir than a and then he seemed seized with con- (We muxl -- on, tde th- will do "M!" vulsions. He splashed the water with Propinquity New orh-Ni- i his hands and legs, reminding one of "Let the dago loose I Not Mistaken. the actions of a duck which has Ned, "and It's ten to one he'll have a reached a pond after a long, dry land The story la told of a college pro hole In hltn before be does. Journey. Ills motions were so violent feasor who was noted for his concenBradd was a stoektly built man and that the sea frothed about him, and tration of mind. a good, sailor. While he Impressed the shark was evidently as The professor was returning homo surprised one aa a man, one could at these evolutions as was the crew of one night from u scientific meeting, see that would make an ugly foe the Apollo. Obviously they were not still pondering over the subject. Ha', when aroused. O'Neill very graphicaltq his taste, for he darted off In an had reached his room In safely, when ly expressed the crews sentiment as opposite direction. By this time the he heard a noise. to Bradd. "Toms a good fellow to boat had been lowered and In a half I some one there? he asked. have on the yard arm wld ye In a hour both men were aboard the "No, professor, answered the inbrig, gale and a bad one to have agin ye In "I didn't think you were that big a truder under the lied, who knew of a fight. fool to risk your life for a whos the professor' peculiarities. It's an nucomfortable thing to have hungry to put a knife in dago re"That's strange! I was positive you, an enemy on shipboard. On land one marked Ned, some one was under my bed, comreproachfully. can avoid him. but aboard ship "Risk! exclaimed Bradd; "there mented the learned nisn. to-da- y many-windowe- d d e Tkvkf TKc Hkllk Rules Chinas Coyntless Millions cS The hand that has for two generations ruled the vast empire of China is that of a woman, and a wonderful hand It Is, with its nails like nothing else in the world, so long and slender that to prevent them from breaking they must be always protected with cases specially designed for the purpose, for the Empress Dowager of China is not one who sits In Idleness, she uses her hands for writing letters, verses and imperial decrees, painting, picking flowers and modeling these in wax, holding her Ivory chop sticks and designing costumes or headdresses for herself, the present empress and the ladles of their court. MWh Katharine A. Carl, a New York artist, who has spent the greater part of her life abroad, has just published through the Century Co., New York, a book entitled With the Empress Dowager," In which she tells in a charming way her experience during the several months she spent in the imperial palace at Peking as the guest of the Empress Dowager, while she was painting the portrait of the famous old autocrat. This portrait was the central feature of the Chinese exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis and is now in the National Museum at Washington, the property of the United States government. The accompanying picture shows one of the empress' hands, with its strange nails and delicately formed The following paragraphs guards. about the empress and her hands are taken from Miss Carls book, With the Dowager Empress." One day, Just after an official audience, and before she began her sitting, she came over and looked over the picture. After studying it for some time she concluded that the nail protectors on both hands were not artistic, and that she would have the gold ones (set with pearls and rubles) taken off, and show the uncovered nails on the right hand. I was delighted at this decision, for the nail protectors destroyed the symmetry of the hand and hid the beautiful tips of her fingers. When I saw her first she wore bracelets and rings, and on each hand had two nail protectors, for she wore her nails so long the protectors were necessary adjuncts. These nail protectors were worn on the third and fourth fingers of either hand; those on the left being of brilliant green Jade, while those on the right were of gold set with rubles and pearls. Her Majesty, like all Oriental ladies, smokes, and during the sitting the eunuchs or some of the princesses brought her either the graceful water-pipof which she would take a few e, A Pertinent Question. President Frank J. Hearne of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company of Denver tells this story of the late Joshua Gentry, at one time president of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railway, which Is now a part of the Burlington system: Gentry was fond of going over the lines of his railroad In old and rather shabby clothes. At a junction station one day he climbed Into the cab of one of his locomotives while the engineer was busy oiling. When the engineer returned to the cab President Gentry pointed to the steam gauge, which stood "Is that all at 160, and asked: the steam you carry?" Why," said the engineer, thats the second time around." The man In shabby clothes asked H bis position, indulged In it, the est punishments she ever ordered administered. These stringent ttr' ures did not prevent some of th however, from Indulging surreptiu!' ly in the narcotic, but they took J most extreme precautions to previr being found out. Her Majesty ' tinusually acute olfactories, for opium. But it seems the euD, have special clothes which they", on for smoking, and these are to be washed immediately the fa paling pipe Is finished. "The fineness of her Majestys ton, is very apparent In her painting t she Is. very artistic and paints flow,.. in a charming way; In fact, she remarkably clever with her finger "She is always Immaculately ne.. She designs her own dresses and h her Jewels set according to her o directions. "She Is a great epicure and of. designs new and dainty dishes, g, has perfumes and soaps for her m use made in the palace. The ma; would make these under her supe vision. "As for the Empress Dowager's p sonal extravagance, aside from pre ent giving, I saw no evidence of it. ft wardrobe, in point of actual cost, asij, from her jewels, would not be superb-iprice to that of the wives of of our American millionaires; forth styles do not change in China, a furs and embroideries are hande down from generation to generatlot Her jewels, even, are not more gp geous or more numerous, though the; are more unique than those of any o: 1 She has i: 1 r European sovereigns. immense number of pearls for Is her favorite precious stow besides being the Jewel of the dynasty but she has no diamonds nor emer aids, and very few European preciow stones. The first day the kites were to b flown her Majesty sent for me to the garden, where the was to take place. The kites were ot paper, wonderfully fashioned, repre senting birds, fishes, bats and even The strings were wound personages. The third and fourth fingers have on curiously shaped reels and the wonderful long nails, protected by cleverness with which her Majesty le; out the string and manipulated the carved and painted shields. kites was wonderful. After she let one go, she graciously handed me whiffs, or European cigarettes. She her own reel and told me she would The never allowed the latter to touch her teach me to fly a kite. lips, but used a long cibarette-holder- . young empress and princesses were She was extremely graceful In her use also very proficient in flying them, of both cigarette and water-pipe- . Her and her Majesty flew hers as she did Majesty has a great horror of opium everything else, with unusual grace Montreal Herald. smoking. If a eunuch, however high cs-e- ( com-Int- o kite-flyin- ... several other questions which aeemed Gloomy Wedding Proposal. foolish to the man behind the throttle, Martin J. Littleton of Brooklyn, whs and finally the engineer turned on won national fame as an orator In the him. Who are you, anyway?" "I am Joshua Gentry, president of this railroad, said that official, with dignity. "Then why in thunder dont you wear good clothes, so one would know you? Hold Motor Owners Liable. bill is expected to pass In Germany, the most Important provision of which Is that the law will hold the owner of a motor car prims facie liable for all accidents until he may have proved that the accident was not due to his or his chauffeurs neglect. A Democratic National Convention of considered as t fusion candidate for mayor of Net York this autumn, but he refused to allow his name to go before the co1902, was seriously nvention. "The situation reminds me of the manner in which a Scotch beadle proposed marriage," explained Mr. Littleton to a friend, "he led the maiden of his choice to a churchyard and. pointing to the various linjvllla 8 jsmaga rtethods of jjst Mond If there h Gookins pet on hi ng as he t slipped ice wbih Ranso Hil h fell, st .des. He ich be h years ant h n from rried anc izi also th, being i fell witl ice witl . goon as ( and hi up and nt to ert ; v P. O. at was 1 pt out fr nt into t wn hard nts with of drove ough tb mt on to mall foi e more i bapper and t iced tha mally or nt for A sal light, lie, who, been d Ama ged inse and mages ti pllngs. a good t ad and lllyer thi mages t on hb ttmen t mage si nazlah reet and $5,00( the c fore hit his oifl It nesses News c wildf art opt town om was Justice had It ttal Red down mid go 11 swore ah was i? vs h( renlng Hid in se v;n headstones, My folks are all burled there, Jennie. Wad ye like to be buried there, too?" "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree, Everybody's Mags sine of January. id It v es ONCE ROYAL YACHT, NOW A TRADER al gh. I ille had im ot coverii .e towi g hand onkl b alf of much d to y furl I $:..( lidnt I wtllli h Ama msldci leplmri q ret stilled hl80 (mined, mncei enco -Jllg ind If sould I'hen ci JllStll rltlclm ;ausp i ause alt an ! ar-h-- rx 1 1 nu-xi- . T . . 1 good-nature- nsequently said: d louu-ill-ta- n II OCKKD Hlldegarde. The famous schooner ynrht Hilde- - garde, which was l.ullt In 1874. for the prince of Wales, now King VII., was toned last neck up the Hackensack river In New Jersey to Little Kerry, where she will he dismantled and lurneil Into a trailer, probably to carry brick. The Hlldegarde was built by Camper ft Nicholson at Gosport for the prlnre of Wales, who raeed the yacht successfully and made many cruises on her. H was on ihls bont that the prince won many of his prizes and enjoyed many Informal gatherings of friends. She Is suld to have cost about $80,00(1. In 1887 George J. Gould purchased the bout for $30,uoo and had her brought to this country. He became Ed-sar- d , much attached to her, cruised In her for several seasons, and then sold her to Gen. I). M. Whitlock for $20,000. The Interior fittings are very handsome. The tapestry upholstering with which she was originally dec' Grn. Whitlock, who has been exrated are still on board, and th room perimenting with auxiliaries, sent her used by the prlnre has not hern to Bristol and had compound engines changed alnco the boat was built. fitted, nnd the boat was quite a sucIn some of the other rooms, accordcess as an auxiliary. ing to gossip, some of the smartest Blakeley Hall wns the next owner women of the princes set were quarof the craft and he had her on his tered when Albert Edward entertainhnnds for some years, and only had ed yachting parties, among them Iady her In commtslun for a short time. Brooke who, after the baccarat afThe Hlldegarde Is 127 .feet over all, fair waa known In London "Bab102 feet on the waterline and 18 feet beam. She la built of Chinese teak bling Brooke." The Hlldegarde will make n gcd and her deck fittings are mahogany trailer. She Is itanch aa the da? and hrasa. She draws IS feet of she was launched and has lots of water nnd that made her rather objec- room, which will ho used for cargo tionable for a cruiser to be used along splice. She Is following the way of this coast. hinny successful, yacht. f con arcful Ilssolf '"ntcm omc ( ivc danse isnse rage o Mil be as to dm.' m po Pros A V Milch a he pi nd gi Ms ( rod a nin |