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Show flj tinj frajmtnU of Mb ito,n utttcmt, th Vtyi, in 'tht t,, H Though for tho most part this Interesting journal Is a discreet trnnr- H latlon from tho original hieroglyphic, the last two entries were found to f he written In English on pink noto paper, presumably with a fountain pen, and from this and other evidence are believed to be spurious. HHJ Anno Mundl 1C5G; Feb. 15. Tho Houseboat Is now completed, nnd this HJ ynornlng tho laborers struck a bit of pine tree on the flagstaff and I had to HHJ stand them a keg. Thla afternoon wo loaded up with provisions, Including HJ n case of Scotch and two of rye, which I have Btowed In a private locker In HHJ my own stateroon against the damp season. The craft Is a trlflo glrthy In HI tho beam, It la true, and In that risprct bears a certain comparative resem- HHJ j blance to Mrs. Noah; but, all In all, HH I rSfifr er "nes nrc L'xcc,,ent- Not'. the Bon HHj iT??' vfit of arom'n wllh whom went to school HH CW-VbV w wllcn a boy' ,loeB notnlnB ul,t ridicule HH Vvk YV tllB craft' Ho tc"B cverv ono thnt J HH V3witV- lA nm ln my l,0,asc. else why should 1 H 7l",," Vm" b,llltl s,lch a m,lk l,lls Vcry word!) HH 0-& UjV A.lfr" two miles 'mm the nearest body of tMJwfmyj I water. Dotage, Indeed! I have only l fWA, J"8' Passed my six hundredth birth HH I Kl f d&st'ifl&Zz day' aml am B001 'or n thousand H VI jPf' jffiRi years. Old Grandfather Methuselah, Jjtn Jr 'jfstffiv who l"e(1 ,ast y''ar Dni1 "vctl B0 lonB auk V(P dKP tIlat ho eevcu "o antedated history. H - JM( WmBF Wln(1 t0'day E- Ni E- Spent tho BB 0V. j&jm$r morning reading Hakluyt's Vojagea. I BB nu ilflli-'Js bxl,cct the animals to-morrow. B rffSSfS mMF "eU- IB The beasts have been ar- J 'St living all day. Am having trouble M ryJ t' wlln ne latl't8' rB- Noah declared B tjjfrJ that Bho positively could not go on a Hi Ahf Bea voyage because of the Inadequacy BB l it&3y& ' ncr ',rcsellt wardrobe. Mrs. Japhct BB -f VJSf-Siil Jf '- advanced tho same objections. Our flflj Of v'sMflftxfjy Jj, t.t cook, too, refuses to leavo tho town HP J ' nnd her steady company, a certain pro- K "Just Passed My 600th Birthday," tcctor of the public peace by the name of a jToc Inquired this evening If I was forming an animal trust or merely S contemplating starting a circus. I said the latter, and asked If ho wanted E to come ln as clown. Hather neat persiflage that. 1 think. Told Noc that S to-morrow would see the start of tho biggest storm In history, and he had BJ better hire a boat while he could, as the land was to be submerged. " BJ replied that when a man began to in- Bl dulgo ln weather prophecies It was a JL ,, B sure slgu of senility, and said he iUcV. B wouldn't worry about the weather "Pa1 M while his mackintosh and goloshes $ 'J-tN' BE were sound. K iW"' H Feb. 17. Much to my surprise, this "" Vj& M morning dawned warm and fair. Noc StrlP H asked saraBtlcally if I thought rjj tft BJ the the big storm would ruin Q yj, I k crops and did I Intend to float tho V , I BE Houseboat to-day. I refused to re- V l BJ tort, and waited. Along toward 11 I f.J BJ o'clock In tho forenoon a little cloud JKJ' BJ appeared on tho western horizon. At tJSl I BJ first It was a mero black patch, seem- if 1 Hj ingly no bigger than a man's hand (a A BJ charmingly original simile, to which HJ 1 shall direct tho attention of Mrs. A HJ Noah). It spread out with astonish- JT i fc S ing rapidity, however, and by noon j i ''I I .Wi HJ there hnd begun a most extraordinary vwl' ft A , HJ downpour of rain, which still con- )c2LiM',-,,!''vl& H tlnues. The newspapers to-night all -7w"'4' HJ run double-column headB on "Tho SkvlaVSiHVW( HJ Wettest Feb. 17 In the History of tho r HJ Weather Bureau." "A Cherubic Little Blonde." 'Hj As soon as I saw the storm approaching I lost no time In gathering our H family Into tho Houseboat. Our cook absolutely refused to embark without HJ her policeman, and as the latter had no stomach for relinquishing In favor K of a sea voyaK" his lucratlCe employment on the constabulary, It was with HE .X difficulty that wo persuaded him to come aboard. In fact, It was only by a HJ "plan of spiritual suasion, wherein I expended almost a whole quart of my HJ precious rye, that I was able to convince tho sturdy guardian of the laws that B a life on the ocean wave was tho best. HJ No sooner was this matter settled than Mrs. Japhct appeared, again ln a K great flurry about the sartorial scarcity. She finally disclosed that she HJ would only consent to go aboard on condition that sho be allowed to take her H dressmaker along. HJ Gently but firmly I Insisted that wo had no room for any extra passengers. B Mrs. J. refused to listen to reason, however, and produced tho dressmaker, H who, to my surprise, proved to be a cherubic llttlo blonde. After all, I thought, Hj I might as well humor my daughter-ln- I WK3MS)iM7iX '"w amI a"ow the young woman to H m07yMtVn II lB a gray world to-day, and the hills 9 BHSjSMivflgJBBfll afternoon the water had risen so high j9 fkfMAttJnTYMtv crouched up against tho leo sldo of a J 9?''vi5ISfa3ISfcEPS chimney, holding nn umbrella over 9 '''-Trt- '1'B neaJ w'tn n'8 'aco oowel upon lMUi!DiS' his knees. I hailed him and Inquired H politely If his raincoat and goloshes 9 I ' were working. Ho replied evasively, 1 Slowly We Drifted Down Main Street. and Mrs. Noah declared that she had M ' never before heard such language. H Feb. 10. This damp weather does not appear to agreo with any of us. Hj Mrs. Noah remained in her berth all day and was In a most irritable and Hj uncharitable framo of mind. Ham spent all the morning leaning over the H taffrall and gazing down mournfully v HI Into the rolling deep. My stomach EiIjHjSEi jB shows an inexpllcablo aversion to W mt Feb. 21. Feeling better. Tho cook's II (j HJ policeman discovered my liquors to- i Wra B lday, for I had carelessly neglected to wi)prt-'Sx H bolt tho locker, and as a result he be- Tlw' X came Intoxicated, and, tumbling off U''7V 9 tho starboard bow, broke Into Davy fy '"$w Jono's locker for good and all. Tho W V'o'Ty (M gatloy Is Inconsolablo and threatens i k gj to leave. JJtt 5 Feb. 24. Mrs. Japhet came to me ssiT $J& thla morning in hysterica I gleaned Qj4a0r from botween her Bobs that she had fMf caught Japh kissing the pretty dress- NfffilJ7 maker, who was returning his ffl1 'A caresses in kind. Mrs. J. vowed that l!!l she would go right back to her dear WfSijjY mamma, so sho would. It occurred to IT 'VV mo that my daughter-in-law would II Vj. have to dive rather deep to reach tho 55 ILe- la tv estimable old lady now, but I did not T2 pEjci'. JYa 'AO tell her so, and merely promised to TJi see that Japhet made no such breaks kgtj ln the future It was a very careless " thing for Japh to do, any way. "Spiritual Suasion." Feb. 27, 1CB7. We have been stuck on somo high point of land for soma time, and to-day I made bold to dlsombark. Finding some persons gathered about, who to my astonishment had apparently survived tho Hood, I asked them tho name of the mountain on which wo wero stranded. "Mountain, Indeed!" said one. "This Is tho Coliseum." Another, a young man, who Iappioached with a notebook, said: "I perceive that you aro a stranger. Kindly glvo mo your impiosslons of Chicago." I think I shall scttlo hore and open a wineshop, as from tho Inquiries I nwle to ('ny that appears to be a lucrntlvo business. Japhet, who Is ambitious, has decided to study to become a Janitor. Ham is negotiating with a syndl-tu syndl-tu 10 open tho Greatest Show on Uarth. Japhet who has a tasto for urban llffa. lino decided to seek hla fortune ln a place called Now York. Harold ,q JTlCelloclt, In Now York Times. f |