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twtoa" aM Hatty. -On
« »*atda*l *• moOetd. Mkmlu
Htlliij I eat
J* ^g^l*** ■**»*»■ aaft"
** ? yll <hal ha a dd ad. “that yat
•art l*t ott etyatr ova-f
aSiSt httttw
“«"*• “I tatmttetundbymytm
hart and 1 eaat iftrl ta Mag.*
On tha third day of Hatty** Imprl#
atamat *a Flitter b*«aa tu roll hmn
*T At dm ho gloated over the dlaeMa
•rn a* Ha guard* wha atrtanaty did
■at Mho ta atajr batnr. Jtalniy Smith
and ttagrtiw were eg doty aadiaWha*
BTSftM-swys:
Mnatlaa, aad ftttaray ratted oa
***•» aw •bear# man. Jot* Monty
JdthttadhrmMnr mM of
r si
“Aad yea come to tot aw ootr* Ucb
ty had oersr beta so happy.
“*ta Ml 1 don't care what Um otti
«• my. 1 toonght pa wwr* nuffw
tog-— tot at that moaaaat tha boat
■via a larch which throw bar across
th* thoaohald tat* Italy1* arms. Thoy
trotood kgalant too waM, and ho botd
Whoa oho draw away frqta hha oho
■bowad hto* too spaa 'dear aad froo
dont tow canto aot apeak.
“Whorw in too other* 7- ho stood,
toactag bOtoooM la to* doorway.
-Oh. Meaty.- ah* cried, -w* matt
aot go to thorn! They wtll tblak me a
traitor.”
"Wky trot* yoa a traitor. Foggy?* to
domaadod. tazalag toward hoc sadden
Ur.
“Ob—oh. bocaoae It oumid ao anal
to hoy^yoa^lochad ty throagb too
-dad there waa ao other naonar ho
“DoaX please doa'tr aha cried pite
ously. aad bo mtneodoc stood her eao
Ooa. It woo dear that oho waa merely
■orry tor him.
*r mind. Foggy. N*a all right.
Toa stood by ate. aad ril stead by you.
Oaaao oa; writ fact too mob. aad 1*11
do to* ggbtiag.
Thgotbor they mods tholr way Into
too praaaatt of tb* maUaoaea. who
was* crowded Into too mala catoa.
“Watt, hero’s a eoaeplracyr* eriod
Du tMUIt hot there was ae aagor
la hto rotea. -How dkl yoa escape? I
was Jast think tog of unlock lug yocr
door, lloaty, b«t too hoy seomoil to bo
NOT dtoptoyod It trlsmptantly.
"toy lour eriod Don. -Tbt* to rank
Morn toy. Who waa oa guardr*
A stownrd ratoteg throagb too ooWs
at tola momoot In nnswer to IMatle
can* them Bragioa fanUebed an #k>
Hiiwt tT ttrr tiiootlim
“tt wnn atmpto.** sold Mealy. “Ih*
“Ihea * to eg to me to pay yoo
$1,000."
“Bet at aV paotaotod Meaty. takaa
abaek. “I did aot escape mt my own
aaoard. I bod help. Tb* money to
yooaa. Aad now that X am ta," he
aided quiet*. -lot am aay that thto
boat dooa aor go to Beaten.”
wa* Mapped MMMkdiwmtb
aKtocof tto d«0 rear of Hu water ato
the cry af the wM
fl warn a hwrMad crowd that qatcklj
Httorad to the mala (tMv bat R ww
■ towra <*a Thera war* aa crMa aad
(tor tr*n They exported anyth (at
ana wen r**dy tar the want, bat the*
would mat thorn the white realtor, li
war tin. Dae who hreho the twain
-I made aw* of my pearl*.- (to aU
"I Iheaght they wo* 14 ba appreciated
at tbc batten of the aea."
Brawatar earn* to upon ttotr laugh
»W. "I Ilk* poor oarra. people!" to ex
etahaed. “Too are all right, (t wool
ha aa had man. The wlad ha* drop
pad."
(Mg aftarward wtoa they talked
the Butter am DeVtll* rlalmed that
(he ably thiag that bothered him that
BlgM was the aRWt to deckle whathai
the etah of which ho aad Meaty wm
members weald pat la th* aiala haU
way two black bordered card*, eact
haartog a wa, or only «* with bolt
aaiaaa. Mr. Talmtlae regretted the
he bad geae aa (or yam paying lift
toiiimrt prantaaaa wbea bow hh oatj
tolatlrto ware aa tto beat aad weak
die "with Mai.
The captain, looking pretty rockj
altar hie twenty boar rt*U rtaamnnst
Ms chief. "We're la a bad hale, llr
liiwita." he aaM whoa they wen
tow*. “aiM a* mat*to. a broke*
shaft aad tbl* weather toahe a prettj
poor comhhiatla*.
-I* tbaro aa cheat* of aaklag a
part far repair* V
"X don’t aao It air. It look* Ilk* *
long pall."
-Tf# an way of oar eoaree, t *ap
pool" Aad Meaty** cootncu woe Cap
ttoo retry'* adnUrmtloo.
"I eaa't tell jtut bow much until I
get the mb. bat tbl* wind I* bad. I
■aspect We re drifted pretty far."
"Cam* and get some coffee, explain
While the elonu louts tbc only iklu|
t» d* k to cheer up the wouioa sail
treat to kick.'*
| "Yea are the Merriest nuts l ern
■hipped with, Mr. Brewster." And I lx
capUlu** baud gripped Monty'* In *
way that laeaat tbluox. It wa* a
tribute ba appreciated.
Oaring tto day Uouty devoted him
self to Ids guest*. and at the Bret sign
at paoulvaaa** bu wm ready with a
Je*t or a atory. Hot to did It all will
a tart that taaplrwd tto eruwd' aa •
that ha himself was uot cheerful I'm
reggy Gray there woe a speeUl ten
ds niisa. aad be made up his mind that
If thing* should sv wrong be'woski
tag hr.- that be loved her.
“It coaid do no harm.’* hr thoigpit tc
himself, “and 1 want her to know.”
Toward night the worst was over
The sea had guue down aad tlu
hatches were opened for awhile to ad
ult air, though tt waa still too rough
to waters oot. The next morning war
bright aud clear. When the company
gathered go deck the havoc creatgtl bj
the storm was apparent Tee of the
boats had beau completely carried
away, and the launch waa nodered
eaetoas by a large bole la the a Urn.
‘Ten don't mean to say that we win
drift about until the repairs can b«
ma4*r~ asked kin. Dan In alsimt
“We are WO ml Ice off the coarse al
ready.” explained Mooty. ”aad tt will
be pretty slow tret sling under aalL”
tt waa decided to make for the
Canary island a, where repairs could bt
made aud the voyage re*timed. Bid
where the wind had raged a few dayi
before It bad new disappeared alto
C*tbar. and for a week the Klltter torn
rd about abablutsly unable to makr
headway. The letter August had ar
rived aad Meaty himself was begin
ning to be nervous, with the fatal
day ant quite two mouth* away thing*
began to took serious. Over (lOOiOttO
would remain after be had settled tbr
expeusee of the cruls* and be was
. helplessly drifting la midocean, ttrrn
if the necessary repairs could be mode
promptly, tt would take tbo ruttsr
fourteen days to sail from tha Caaarlm
‘to New Tort. Figure aa hard as be
could, he euer no way out ef the unfor
tunate situation. Two days more
elapsed uad still an sign of a braes*.
He mad* sum that flept. Z3 would dad
him still drifting and still la tiniiissfiiii
Of 100400 superfluous doMaM.
At tho end of ten days the yacht bad
progressed but 300 miles, and Mouty
waa beginning to plea tbs rant ef hla
existence on a capital of (100400. HO
had given up all hope ef the Sedgwick
toflecy sad was trying to be resigned
to Me fete whan a tramp steamer was
suddenly sighted. Brewster srdersd
»• *■» so watch to fly a flag of dls
Thfa he reported to Mss captain
<M whet he bad (one. with a
a
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•k me
T" want to get a Nne w as
aatvsgr. do year
■What do you manor
"®f they gvt a Mas on us la rsspeoa*
to that flag they wtli claim toe mtlrs
tan to ten da/a." HU ramp tail the cap
tain.
"I caa do Itl 1 era do It!" be cried,
to the cone terms tiou of bis guoets, who
wondwed V his mind was affected.
"If MV. tend a* to ffoatoanptoa by
the amfc ra pay kin up to »ioo.ooo',“
OltAl’TKK XXIX.
ArSB what aeomecl an an* to
Monty, the b'ttttar. la tow ot
Ute freighter fllmeee, arrirmd
at Southampton. The cap
tain at tha freight boat waa a thrifty
Scotchman, whose atrip wa* trareUsm
with a light cargo, and lie waa not
thwatbre arers* to takteg on a tew.
BM the thought of aalraga had caused
Urn to ask a high price for the service,
sod Monty, after a futile attempt ut
bargaining. had agreed. The price waa
•9n.00n, and toe yonag uaa hollered
more than ever that everything was
ruled by a wise rrvjvWcocv. a bo tm.l
not deserted hhu. til* gueata were
baartaick whan they beard toe figure,
but were aa happy aa Monty at too
prospect of reaching feud ugalu.
the Olenco* mado several ttopa bo
foeo ffoathnaipleo was flnalty reached
on tha S9Ui of August, but wbeu toe
Kngttoa coast waa sighted every one
was too eager to go stooro to bo
grodge the extra day. Don DcMJlte
asked the entire party to Ley out* hl«
gusou far a week's diooUag trip lu
Scotland, but Monty vetoed too plan
to the moat decided manner.
“We aau for New Tort on too fast
est boat.'' add Monty and harried off
to learn the Milton and book his par
ty. the first boot waa to aaU on toe
KMh. and ha CO*Id only secure acuom
modi Hens for twelve of U* gueate.
The rest were obliged to follow s week
later. This waa rundlly agreed to. aud
Bragdoa woe ten to boo to to* cenm
»sfy repairs ou the KUttcr and ar
range tor her homeward voyage. Mon
ty gave Bragdoa *13,000 for tfcla pur
poo* aad extracted a solemn promise
that too entire amount weald In need.
“Bat U won't cast half of tola." pro
tested Bragdoa.
“Ton will have ter'give town people a
goad time Soring tbo week, aud-wcll.
yon hare promised that I shall never
sea another iwnuy of it loan day
yon*ll know why I do,this." And M«i»
ty felt easier when hfe Mend agreed to
abide by hfe wishes.
~ I U»W W U Ufl ■ CT¥W,
wMt Hr* month*' pay ud tbe reward
promised ou tb* night of Peggy * re*.
Wk which wa* prodoctlr* of toothing
siooiloam Captain Perry and hia oC
«**• aorsr forgot tbe farewell of tbe
prodigal, nor cento they bid* tb* re
am that marked their weather beaten
face*.
Pleas to dispose of hi* hotmebotd
mwde and tb* balance or hi* cash la
the ebort time that weald be left after
he arrlred in N'cw Tork occtqiled Unu
ly"» attention, and moat men would
bare given up tbe scheme as hopeless.
Bat he did not despair. He was still
game, and he prepared for tbe Baal
Plant* with grim determination.
That* should have been a claim* In
Jotma' conditions (boat ‘weather per
Bitting.’ - he sold to himself. “JL sblp
wreetMd mariner should not be expect
ed to spend a million dollars.’'
Th* division of tbs party for the two
sailings was tactfully arranged hy
Urn. DeUUIs. Tbe Valentine* chap
eroned the ”eecond table,“ aa Subway
Bmhb called those who wot* to take
tbe later boat, and stae herself looked
after the first lot. Peggy Gray and
Monty Brewster were In tbe DoUltle
party. Tbe three days la England were
marked by anparalleied extravagance
“» Mraty** part. One of the local ho
tels was subsidised for a week, at
tkeagfa tbe party only stayed for touch
eon. and tb* Cecil la London wae a
gainer by several thousand (toilers for
the brief atop there. It was a care
worn little band that took Months apo
dal brain for Southampton aad em
barked two days later. Tbe “rest care"
that followed was welcome to alt of
and Brewster was especially
glad that his race was almost run.
Swiftly and steadily Ike liner cat
down Ike leagues that separated her
from Kew Tork. Pair woatbhr aad
Ihlr <be* marked bar course, aad the
soft, balmy nights wen Ilk* seasons of
fairyland. Monty waa cherishing la
his heart the hope Inspired by Peggy's
action on tbe night ef the storm. Borne
how It brought a small ray of Hgbt to
his clouded understanding, fad be
found joy In keeping the Hama elite to
Ugtonsly if eomewbsl doubtfully. HU
«ym fallowed her constantly, search
tag for tbo irumiiogoiiitii| that tb*
very blindness of lor* had hidden from
Jeltrecsd reproof* woraiatU air. But
Gardner seemed much the mere melan
choly of the two.
rtlca of newspapers lay ectUered
•boot tbe door of the room in which
they eat ilrory one of them continued
sensational stories of the prodigal'*
trip, with picture* Incidents eud pro
dictions. Monty wae pnliwit, hiuaiU
atcd and raoaattui. but l>e wee lionrat
•aough to admit IU juabOiutlon of
much that wao eakl of las. Uo nnu
Wta of It here and lUn> eud then threw
tU paper* aside hopelessly. la a few
wtmto they would toll souther story
sad quite aa emphatically.
“TU worst of II. Monty, U that you
aro tbo aaxt thing to being * pour
man." groaned Gardner, “fro doue
my best to ccuoomta* Tar you hero ut
bmnu, as you'll ace by them Hguroe,
but nothing could possibly balance IU
extravagance* of this voyage. They
sis simply appalling."
tflth tU condemnation of hla'fricada
ringing In bis iroatdod brain, with tbo
wrnora of acquaintance* to distress U*
Pride, with tb* glbee of tbo coiulc po
pors to tort are him remorselessly,
Browstar was fast becoming the most
mlaerabl* maa In Now York, friend*
of former days gave him the cot dl
ruct, clubmen Ignored blm or scorued
him openly, women cblllod blm with
IU lclueea of uuepoUru 'reproof, sod
all the world was bung with abad
UW«. TU dogged nee* of despetr kept
him up, but tb* atrala that pulled
down on him was *o relentless that
tU etrugyle was toeing tu equality.
He had oot expected such a bom* com
ta«.
Compared with Ue former self Moo
ty was now almost a physical wrack,
haggard, thin and deftaut. a shadow
of tu ones debonair young Now York
er, an object of pity sad scorn, Aeham
*d and despairing. U bad almost took
" ommn n net nrv Urey. Tat
coMoUUoa bt out gatnsd through bsr
to now dented hltnaslf, and his suffvr
ing, peculiar aa It waa, waa very rail.
In absolute recktssknias be Bare din
ner after dinner, party after party, alt
an a moat tavtah scat*. many of Ida |
gnaeta Unghtng at him openly white I
they enjoyed ble hospitality. The real
friende remonstrated. pleaded, did
ererythln* wNtda tbrlr power to ebook
hta awful rmk to poverty, but without
■nrroaa. He was not to be stopped.
At last ttw furniture began to go, then
the plate, thaw all the prkalaaa bric
a-brac. Piece by piece U diaappaaipd
until the apaitmeuta were empty and
ha bad squandered almost all of the ]
*<0,800 a ruing from the notes. The !
earvaata were paid off, the apartments
rrbeqrrUhed. and he wma beginning to
know what It manat to be -an hte
toP«re.“ A* the banks be escorts tood
that the interest on his teener*
amounted to *KU40Ad A week be
fore the SM ef September the whole
million was. gone, including the
amounts wan In Lumbre and Steel and
other tncklaao enterprises. He etOl
had about 817,000 of hie Interest
money hi the banka, but he had a ba
llon pangs In nu baart—the thtsrest an
hie bnprorjdenoa,
ns feond some dollght to the.dtecev
ery that the servants had robbed him
of not teas than 8U00 worth of tea
belongings Inclortlng the Christmas
predoatn toot he In honor 'could not
have aoW. Hte only encouragement
cans from Grant A Ripley. the law
yen. They Inspired conOdcnce to his
lagging brain by urging him on to the
end. promts tag brightness thereafter.
Bwearengan Jonas was aa mote as the
meunutea In which ha lived. There
was no word from him. There waa no
assurance that he would approve ef
what had been done to obliterate Rd
win rotor Brewster's legacy.
Dan DeMlite and his wife Implored
Monty to coma with them to the moun
tains before hie substance was gone
completely. Tbs former offered him
money, employment, rest and eecsuliy
If be would abandon the courm.be waa
pursuing. Up in fortieth street Peggy
Gray wee grievlag her heart out. and
he knew It Two or three Of these
whom he had considered friends re
fused to reeogakm him la the street in
thte last trying week, and It did not
seen Interest him to tears that Utae
Barbara Drew was to become a duch
ess before the winter was gone. Tot
he (bund some aatlsfaction to the re
port that one Hampton of Chicago had
tang store been dropped eat of the reen.
One day ha topterad the faithful
Brtfdon to it—I tfi# Bovum tvrrfora.
Ha eoeM not tad weald net sell them,
and ha dared net gtve them oway.
Bragdon dejectedly appropriated the
doge, sad Brewster announced tost
same day be woald offer n reward fur
their return end “no qurettaaa asked"
Ha took a eelt of rooms In n small
hotel and wea feverishly planning the
overthrew of the Mat torturing toon
sends. Bragdon Bred with him. end
the Little Bans of the Rich stood tay
alty ready to help him when be ot
tered the tret cry of want Bat even
this gstshgghmwit had to ha abandon
ed at Mot Tto eld reams to Fortieth
street were still span to tto, and.
making than a refuge. be fared the
erdrel In the spirit of a.martyr.
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THt WORD “CHia»
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HAM LET 8 MALADY.
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A r*Hr M Ik* NHurkalf Daal Ml
Ml* MweiU.
Tho tragedy if Hamlet la that • aat
•f • peculiar lutroetHK-tlr# tempera
Moat la cafM open ta eottlo it practical
■MM Hamlet know OU* rcry wall
hliaaelf. and Am tonkas tha trend/
«o«*r. Brotaa aarar doubted whaa
once bio daeMoa waa takas that ho
waa tha right Bit to can tba erlla of
Kona; Hamlet doubted fro* the racy
beginning.
The ua« an eat at fatal, o tuna! aana
That rrer 1 «M bora ta aat than right
Bo waa too flae. too d lounge lahed.
too iawOoetoal, a character to bo tha
rough luilruacut which f ile Ittiial
od. Ho baa lha fmUl rnnhuly of anal
gala* hla own motlroa. which la gauor
HI/ daotructlre of action. If you ouco
hogla aaklag /oarsclf wkat wUI ba tha
•ooulta and cooaeqanKca of a dednlta
aot. you will flbd that at tho moment
of actiou year will la paralysed by am
caaa of acrupuioalty. ao llaaaitfa woo
whaa with bla draw a award ba aaw bio
ancle pray lug. ft woo a lUaeoae of will
from which Hamlet area Buffering. la
any otbor tlaca it vmU not her* boon
ao fhtnl. lu tlila toutteniar Urn*, whan
ha wa* calli . ijun to do a apartfle act
— to aroutfi ii>u father und kMI tba
•Miyor—u i« tut be. but n mao rather
of the Kart lu true bnlld. who will he
tho ear I or of aock-ly. Obeerre, too.
Aat, Ilka many lutrticctnn] man, ha
enonot ba aura af bla own mood*. Ha
oaaa the gboat of bla uordered fathar.
hot la it so boo aat gfcoat, la U really
hie father*! apltitT Harslet babaraa la
h an tha battlements of Malaon. but
ho anti rely dlnhallrraa u ta another
mood, whan despite tho avidanew of
hie aanoaa ba Ulka of “the boon from
which ao triralar returns.” The trar
who uaa mum n aisniiasaa ap
parently aa * fantaay of hla brain. AM
tbaaa snparaatnral rleittaga la racb an
analytic aad Introspective MM do not.
aa a matter of foot, supply Ma with
(be motive for bis ePbeeqaeat action.
Iba ghost can make him put oa aa aa*
Me disposition, play with sueb etna
tarts aa It naan emu ta and Onlldeastcm,
dartda tbs aanlla bamortaga of'PoIe
•las aad leasts tbs (arrested Ms wards
••Blast hla aaetiiar. Bat what *a
■boat cannot do la ta maka blm fefll hla
ancle. murders blm at last, amra
ar lest accidentally, bncaaan Ma moth
er waa poisoned aad Inartea had play
ed fnal la Mm feAdug heat. Be earl,
saaly daetmUie ad Maag, practical
volition la aa tataOactaal malady wbaa
It baa growm morbid—tbs tamilaaai y In
ward Introspection, self analysis, mat
•physical mmcnlattoo.—W. U Oearta
aay in MaMonal Bariev.
A ma flu FtnsnA
la a little pamphlet railed *MU|
■ay- Mr. J. a Feruald recalls tbs «a
pota of two friends as to wbatbar tha
ward '•newV waa singular ar plnrnl
They telegraphed to Horace Qnalay
tha question. “Are there any newsT*
Mr. Greeley promptly ratemad tha
aaewer. “Mot a new."
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