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"NO. I am not an experienced travel- ler. I never was at sea before," sand the other, carelessly. _ "Yes." persisted the man; "It’s a sheer bit of humbug. I've seen fellows sitting up there I shouldn’t care to as- sociate with. There is always such a lot of snobbery about these things. I prefer to come to this end of the table. It’s the most independent. and Ithmk the most respectable. .‘ - ,,__n,. uuo moan Avuyvu ...... At this moment an elderly geqtleâ€" man opened theqdoor whxch led mto .‘_J "4...“ mun vrvuvu .uv to, the saloon from the passage, and step- Ping aside, made way for two ladies, who leisurely sailing in, instantly atâ€" tracted all eyes at both tables. The first to enter was a large, over-dressâ€" ed, haughtyâ€"looking woman, whose fea- tures no longer handsome, were ne- vertheless striking, and expressive of a powerful character. As she stepped through lhe door, she brusquely lifted her gold eye-glass, and with asweep round the saloon, took ln the whole company, deliberately, from the cap- tain’s end round to the purser. and from the purser round again to the captain’s seat. Then she turned to her companion, a young girl, hereafter to be described, and beckoning to her to take theplaoe to the left of the cap: tain, herself secured that at the post of honour on the right. The elderly gentleman, who also carried and used sharply a pair of gold glasses. seated himself next to the younger lady, on an imperative, nod from the other. \Ve have said that several seats were un- occupied. The lady again raised her glasses and read the name on the card placed next to her own. She then reached over for the card beyond, and perused it carefully. By a quick imâ€" patient movement she ordered the gen- tleman to hand her the cards which were in corresponding relation to him on the other side; and when she had studied these, and returned them, she yur-_ ,, “11,”. new“, The card at her own right hand bore the name of Mrs. Carpmae]. the next one that of Mr. Carpmae). On the 0pâ€" posite side, near the elderly gentleman were the names of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Gowkie. _ vv " “.v. u Of Toronto," the gentleman, had said, in answer to an interrogatory raising of the lady's eyebrows. “Dry goods." ‘ - - v 7 -_ n “LA patient movement she ordered the gen- tleman to hand her the cards which were in corresponding relation to him on the other side; and when she had studied these, and returned them, she applied herself to her soup, One card only remained uninspected. It was the, fourth on the captain's right. That one llppral‘ently escaped her. u A L__.x LA...‘ said 6arelessly _ “Yest 'rNcryrd'nrubt. McGowkio is ma}; mg money â€"-he's a good man of bum ness.” .- 1 lav-av. "Humph! “Vell, here he is, I dare say,” said the lady, as the Scotchman, entering first, dressed in his rough tWeed suit, was followed by his pretty wife, who had mounted a bright co- quettish little cap, which the thrifty storeman had selected for her from a wholesale lot at the Wood Street \Varehouse Company's, in London. 1,, .u- “m, VV._,.7-., Mr. McGowkie nodded to the elderly gentlemanmeilher familarly nor rude- ly, but with acertain sedate assur- ance. He allowed his wife to take her seat next to the knightâ€"for the party at the head of the table was in fact that of Sir Benjamin Peakmanâ€"and seeming not to notice the fact that both his wife and himself were being mercilessly ogled by Lady Peakman, McGowkie said: "Sir Benjamin I beg to introduce you to my wife, Mistress McGowkie. She's owei' fresh as yet to matrimony, and to sailing, too; but she‘ll get exâ€" perience in time." ‘ ,L L.__;I.. Sir Benjamin thereupon shook hands with Mrs. McGoowkie, with the air of a nobleman condescending to this housekeeper. -. --n 1-,” --rv-. ."I congratulate you, Mr. IlIcGowkiP,” he said, glancing at Mrs. McGowkin’s fresh bright face. "May I say that you are evidently afortuuate man? It is not every one who is so successful in his investments as you always appear to be." “Really! I think the betier of him, then,” replied the young gentleman, slowly sticking a glass in his eye, and for amnment or two glancing at the knight. The red-faced man was encouraged. It wan his nature to bait his company. He hated men who were impenetrable, and by fair means or foul, by cunning or sheer rudeness, he was wont to force his way over any guard, however practised, strong, or skillful. He was one of. a. dozen thick-skinned commer- .1 STORIES OFTHE SEA___.__ I CHAPTER Iâ€"(Continued.) aptain's_ friends, I suppose," She Author of “ Little Hodge By EDWARD JENKINS, shook hands cials such as you may find any voy: travelling from Liverpool to Quebe Portland. “That swellishâ€"lonking old wom: he added, "with the great pile 0’ bone on her head, and the gold Ion etts, is Lady Peakman. She's aslra woman, she is. They call her in ( bec the leader of Society. No knoWs who she is or where she ca from, but, folks tell some queer s ies about her. Sir Benjamin Peak picked her up, they say, somewherl the continent, long ago, when he travelling there on business as sir Mr. Peakman. He's her second I hand, I believe. At least, so they That girl's the only child they 11 and amighty pretty one, too, only looks too stuck up. Coming aboar rd Bantam illf’tr Vher d}ess, and 'she had on fine silk stockings, all pink colour, like a ballet girl’s." "Humphl" Said the young man, ing no notice whatever of the gin whom his attention had been dire “You see sharply berdasher, sir," I tormentor. Then, chalance, he proc stewed kidneys, w the table. The red-faced man g an instant, for the you by some extraordinary ly and accurately. He penny, hosier and huber Notre-Dame street, Mm lapsed for awhile up!” Notre-Dame street, M< lapsed for awhile upu waited for another op a hasty struggle with kidneys and potatoes, the table again. "La‘! there’s the Car nobility. I believe Lady Blogden. wh governor." The youmz man of thé garru’ityuof with astudled draw] to know everybody "Well. I do know ed the other, with I “but not all of ’eII leaning his arm on stretching forward the table again. "La! there’s the Carpn he said. "That man, sir gest law business in M ain’t a lawyer in 111.0 touch him. That's his V thin nose and nutâ€"crack em stretching forward confidentially, "there's an elderly man I saw go into fhe captain’s cabin upstairs. I guess he has taken it for (he vuyzlge. H9 has a man-servant wiLh him. He ain’t here to-night, and I fancy his seat is the empty one near Mr. Carpmael. I don’t know him, and nobody on Lourd seems f0 know him. His name is Fex. I saw it on the boxes. A- queer name, ain’t It? No one I've spoken to ever heard th/e name before. Did you 7” ‘N0," said the other. "I never heard "there’s an elaerly man I 53 fhe».captai11's cabin upstairs He yawned ostentatiously. and tum‘ ed to address a questiun L0 the mild- 10uking gemlemnn beside him. Wh0 was dressed in a dark tweed suit, and W01“? the name He yaw ed to am looking g a. black neth been an ul‘Len talk of ihei? responses of 1 uttered a wax He might ha Pedagogue, or minister. Hie ed the young termined effo ler opposite fa versation, wh tone that scu reach him. S4 ed to his nei reach him. So ihé red-faced man turnâ€" ed to his neighbor, who happened. to be the little governess, Miss Beckthh. While the saloon passengers were spending their hour and a half at dinner. and in that gossip and generâ€" al canvas of each other's names. ap- pearances, and characters, which al- ways takes place at the first sympos- ium on board an outgoing steamer. the three or four hundred persons in the steemge were trying to settle down in their more humble quarters. A strange mediey is the soâ€"culled “steerage” of a greit ocean packet. \Valk a hundred feet forward from the saloon cabins. by the port or stur- bourd ways. past the thin wooden partitions which screen in the throb- bing. quivering movements of the Titanic machinery; past the soullery and the galley, where whiteâ€"turbuned boys and cooks through all weathers carry on their skilful labour in con- cocting dishes that are not eaten. or many a time, if swallowed, never di- gested. the visitor from the utter PM“ tion of the ship reaches, just ubaft dec tre SW‘ she's distant k neCkLie. This gentleman had n m‘tomive listener to the loud E 1hei? visâ€"a-vis, and to the mild ses of his neighbor, Int had not I] a word except to the waiters. ght have been an actor, or a zgue, or aparson, or adissenting er. His quiet. answers attract- * young man, and the most de- led effort of the rougher travel- ?osite failed to break up the con- lon, which was carried on in a hat. sqzxrcely allowed a word to snmet hi oung man and no do " Ginx's Baby," &c. CHAPTER II are 7, yuu might looking keen may find any voyagev ‘iverpool to Quebec or hibh h business as s her secon‘ V least, so th( 1y child they King keenly with great berdasher, of \Vest Montreal. He re- lpnn his food, and opportunity. After ‘th alarge plate of raving finish t feeling cal mae A h to ‘discuss (he 1d now reaChed ew redder f0] h had hit him hance, square was Mr. Two- old woman.” ‘t pile o’ rib- gold lorneyâ€" ne's aslrange her in Queâ€" 5ly. No one me she comes a queer stor- nin Peakman ife, with th 31‘ face. The: Antony nvhere on n he was as simple :ond hus- come in the big a]. Ther with and wore man had the loud the mild t had not alled on figment is. said‘ 1Pp‘ h? his hatchway into the quarters on the main deck. You drop among a mas: of humanity. occupying a great spacz between decks, about sevan feet high and extending from the fore part 01 space between decks self depends for fire sails passed down the port-lights are above the water-1i] The cabins about tw side of t runs ath bunkers, c vided by roug case where “ sleep togethel: (‘I‘OW sons with sixty called nir hatches a] gosp righ dled ixito th mattrasses a best they cm (ho darkness fh lanthnrn is al‘ who! livin tnkertha place thn single war of poverty-stri‘ indescrihahle 1 Hint ling in 1!: ing. meur theI 5 open To maintain order i1 semblage. to preser' from the vilesf om watch a society so rudely must together. ‘ admit, is an impossil however attempted. a: as if can be by some ownersâ€"by the owners srhqtknn and her ssisier happily for human mill rarely wanting among: crowds: persona. who. 31" something of 111° temptation evils of life. and also of blessed dates. {rivn ihpmselves up to 11! 0f mifigaling the horrors. the inatinnw, 1h», perils. of these i] inatinnw, 1h»? peri ale circumstances volvnf work Thf‘ confusion in the gangway. and' on the middle and lower deck, uponl thi- first night out of the Kamschntâ€": ken was indescribable. A gang 0f: men under the direction of the fourthf Officer and the steerage steward were trying to clear away and stow in the luggage-room n quantity of boxes” baskets. bags. and bundles whi.h stillt lay about, and which the owners Cher-l ished the imposstble hope of retuin'ng In or near their sleepingâ€"places during the voyage. Loud quarrels. objul‘gtl“ tions in half-a-dozon different tan; Ell-1868. the commanding voice of the officer, the chaff of the disinterested onlookers, the movement to and ire of bodies of people. groups of friends, large families. fathers and mothers seeking lost children, and squalling younglings looking for vent-had par- ents. altogether psodured an eff?“ such as might be imagined from a combination of B‘Ibel and ltedlam. in the middle of it here and there might be seen :1 few groups of persons who. regardlessof the noise and commotion. Sat at the rough tables which were fixed across the deck at its widest part. Some of these groups Were finishing the tea, and bread which had lately been served to them upstairs on the main deck. in their tin cups and on their platters of the some metal. Others were drinking off their small stores of tile or spirits. brought on board in defiance of the rules. and which they desired to get rid of at one bout. before the offiriuls had had time to observe them. Towards one of these groupsâ€"which was particu- stores of ale or spirits. brought on board in defiance of the rules. and which they desired to get rid of at one bout. before the offit-iuls had had time to observe them. Towards .one of these groupsâ€"which was particu- larly noisy and uproarious, and in the middle of which there was going on, with the aid of the lanthorn that swung from the beam above them, some game of cardsâ€"the man with the wide-awake hat and Jewish face was pushing his way through the stir- ring crowd. A buxom young girl of about sixteen or eighteen years of fig?” turning hurriedly out of the cab- In in which she had been aiding her mother to arrange the family bunker, ran against him. He. instantly threw his arms around her. crying out, "Now, my dear, not .50 quick. You're pretty fast at woo- mg. you are." ' her Ieng zin bulkh voted to |d to a s‘ Thé girl's face grew crimson_as struggled to get free. and fiudlng man’s arms were powerful 219d ,se where whole families wish to 80p togetherâ€"inlo berths about two at and a half wide and six feet long very like coffins with the lid off. [to this chamber, where air can nev- ' enter during the whole passage. exâ€" pt through the dour and from the use between decks outside, which it- ‘lf depends for fresh air upon wind- .ils passed down the hatchway. for :e port-lights are onty n few feet 0W a the waterâ€"line and ed during the voyagl ied twenty persons. ’ in a cabin twelve fe hip nec of physi {rifle wo main! :lin 1f freight twelve feet deep. On either ' the narrow passage, which ,thwart the ship, are great a, one below and one above, di- y rough boardsâ€"except in a mere whole families wish to fou nmplexion quarte berths guin receive is from which you have e round ports in :h line the sides three to e: ordin firth to In .1] Ii 1 by [way ulI 1m haslily but I) rough den! i by the own for that vr m voyage. there are persons. Twenty per- twelve feet long fifâ€" and seven feet high, cubic feet of what is -h person. when the med down during a the in mpt dead 'our vny. )f 1he sin ‘on aihle task. It is and as well don", t: of the steamship ners of ihe Kam- isier ships. And 15 Fathers nd infant lghs. wit Hun tho saloon. in the motley as- rve young: pPople )ntnminmivn. tc various and sc you mvy as well a head. The air Ihn early mnrn- occasions by no on the safety of the closing of all that 1119, steemge d weig curious m; the deck, idships, wher ocessarv to with the'r , manage a: a {he exigen h the decen not or gom H1 in hone- expnrienr-e xtionz and OF HOW“ var. that out. am I not un f be be: there are SP reeking very best nprs that voyage to ht. For e men firm mixtur abom- ini olerâ€" ;on’s 1the 1w ““‘" marvellous 1 hat , ml serve Queen For greater offic lire to render 11 “nd‘ lesser one 01 two , , she the his slouchin stretche‘ my oat aloanf’ bending brough Looking up and down the rough- clad dimensions of the fresh-looking Norfolk giant. who owned to a friend- ship wilh the girl, the Jew-faced man Seemed inclined to avoid trying con- clusionx‘, and wished to laugh it off. “Oh! my friend,” he said, with an affectalion of good humour. “it's all right. I was only chaffing." And he passed rapidly on. At the same time he said to himself. "I'll remember you young man, and take it out of you. "Chaffen, weer ee 2" said the tall youth, looking after him suspiciously. “Then oi ‘zay doant ee chaff no muore that way. 01 my, Meary. he hnn’t a hurt ee, have he? Oi'll crack the skull ov ’im n‘aouw ef he have." "0 no, Zacky,” said the girl, "I’m all right." “011! m affectaliu right. I passed ra he said b young :11 too." "Y0 (um and tell me, Meary, ef ee goes on to try any muore of his tricks wi ee: do 9e zee? Yo just cum to me. an‘ oile pitch im into the zay; oi wull, zure as my name’s Zachary Plum- tree." "Then oi my muore that way hnn’t a hurt ee, the skull 0v ’im the An inp; his then of. dressed minutes the eSC‘ ‘ff violéntly his before v sense the mistre mediately anyt mediately anything amiss, and per- ceives also the remedy. She is a kind but also an exacting mistress. and as she pays well, and nev- er fails to consider a reasonable excuse quite properly demands good service and tolerates no shirking. A recent little volume upon her private life reâ€" lates set eral entertaining household anecdotes of the royal lady's ways. She has, it seems, a dislike of cold meat. which she never eats. but etiâ€" quette demands that at luncheon a side table shall stand ready, provided wiih cold fowl and a cold joint, no mat« ter what daintier hot food the dinin table may offer. . try liahmen away Like every good housekeeper, says Tit-Bits, the Queen knows and re- members her valuable household posâ€" sessions, and is fully aware of their individual merit and the places where they ought to be kept. She does not know them all. for they number thousands, but hundreds of them she does know. and elaborate catalogues are kept of the restâ€"furniture, brie-a- brao, china, glass, silver, draperies and other furnishingsâ€"by her order, and in large leather bound books provided in accordance with her ideas. Only a. small proportion of her many hundred articles for table service are actually in ordinary use, and she is in the habit of using but three of her many services of plate and china at Windsor Castle. But once, after a, talk with the Gerâ€" man Ambassador. who was visiting her, the members of the Queen’s household were surprised on coming to the table to behold strange china. set before them, each plate adorned with land- scape paintings. It soon appeared that, the Ambassaâ€" dor having mentioned in the morning that his )l'irthplaoe was Furstenberg, the Queen had recalled to mind a serâ€" vice of China, never used, and for nine years put away and forgotten by ev- ery one but herself. which had been manufactured there. and was decorat- ed with painted scenes of the town and its vicinity. She knew exactly where it was and ‘p‘ She knew exactly where it was and how it looked, and by order it had been produced and used at dinnerâ€"surely a very pretty attention from a roan hostess, as well as something of afeat of memory in a. royal housekeeper. 01d Doctorâ€"Hus: any one been in? Studentâ€"One gentleman called. Said he wanted to know what to do for a cold. He hadn’t time to wait, so Itold him everything I knew. Old Doctorâ€"Humph! That couldn't have bee much. Studen â€"-Oh, I know more than you think. I told- him ‘tcu bathe his feet in not water, take a pint of lemonade, sponge with salt water, remain in :1 warm room, bathe the face in hot water every five minutes, snuff up hot salt water, inhale ammonia or menthol, take a ten-grain dose of quinine, and lots of outdoor exercise. Mennw mth h ith (hp The assault you have commiued on your poor wife is a. brutal one. Do you know of any reason why I should not send you to prison? PrisonerLâ€"If you (in. your 11 will break up our honeymoon Id judged 1m ing going on 11 people of c' ail cti ;er 0! hin you I" said ONE STRONG RE ad reached the place where. 9 scent of a sleuth-hound. he {ed that there was some gam- ing on. A circle of eight or )le of different nations. were 9; four men who were playing arimn game of euvhre. Shad- face carefully with the broad his felt hit. the new romer ook stack of the company -â€" the players â€" and lastly adâ€" himself to the play. In two he picked out the pigeon and cos. Satisfied with his in~ _ or disgusted with the small- the stakes, he soon went . broad-chested fellow, who, out. would have been six to an inch, but whom the influence of labour had Iowa a few inches. “Yo take 1561. wull ee. and leave she hile the object of Zachary's we get eh. m: l‘o Be Continued ALL HE KNEW bested fe asho throwing said a long‘ fellow, Who ASON If for honor WHEN THE BLOOD IS PURE AND RICH IT WILL HEAL RAPIDLY. This Fact Demonstrated In the Case of Chester (inwlcy, who llnd Been Troubl- ed Will: a Running Sore For More Thai 3 Year. From the Times, Owen Sound. In the township of Sarawak, Grey county, there is probably no better known or respected farmer than Thos. Gawley, of East Linton, P.O. Learning that his nephew :1 young lad now about ten years of age had been cured of a disease of his leg which threatened not only the less of the limb, but also of the life of the little fellow, a re- porter of the Times made enquiry, and we are convinced that the wonder working powers of Dr. \‘LiJJiams‘ Pink Pills for Bale People htve not ex- hausted themselves. Meeting Mr. Gawley in one of the drug stores of the town, he was asked if the reported cure was a fact. His face lighted up with a smile as he said, "Indeed it is, sir. I was afraid we were going to lose the lad, but he is now as well as ever, hearty and strong.” Asked for particulars, Mr. Gawley did the most inttural thing in the world, referred the reporter to his wife, who in telling the case saidzâ€"“ln the month of Sep- tember, 1897, my nephew, C’hester Gawley, who lives with us, became afflicted with a severe pain in his left leg. In a few days the limb became badly swollen and painful. and the family physician was called in. 'l‘he case was a perplexing one, but it was decided after a few days to lance the leg. This was done. but the wound inflicted would not heal up, but be"- oame a running sore. The little fel- low soon was reduced to almostaskel- eton. This continued through the. winter months, unll we thought he would never get off his bed again. In April :two of the best physicians of Owen Sound operated on the leg for disease of the bone, resorting to scraping the bone. In spite of this treatment the wound continued to run. end we were in despair. In August a friend residing in Manitou,Manitoba, advised [us to try Dr. Williams’ Pink ‘Pills. We commenced to use them at once,enr1 in a short time several pieces ’of the bone come out of the sore, and before the boy had taken four boxes the leg was completely cured. This was over a year ago. and Chester is now well and as strong in the left leg, which caused the trouble, as in the other. Of course I recommend highly the use of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills.” Such is the story of the fourth cure which it has been our pleasure to re- port from Owen Sound. Chester Gawâ€" ley is growing up into a. strong heal- thy lad, and it is but adding another tribute to Dr. W'illiams’ Pink Pills to say that they were the instrument in his restoration to bodily vigor. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills create new blood, and in this way drive disease from the system. A fair trial Will convince the most skeptical. Sold only in boxes the wrapper around which bears the full trade mark "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. If your dealer does not have them they will be sent post paid at 50 cents abox -.-m ,JJ---~:..~ Pills fox hausted Gawley i town, in cure wa with a s sir. I v lose the Such is the story of the fourth cure which it has been our pleasure to re- port from Owen Sound. Chester Gawâ€" ley is growing up into a. strong heal- thy lad, and it is but adding another tribute to Dr. W'illiams’ Pink Pills to say that they were the instrument in his restoration to bodily vigor. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills create new blood, and in this way drive disease from the system. A fair trial Will convince the most skeptical. Sold only in boxes the wrapper around which bears the full trade mark "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. If your dealer does not have them they will be sent post paid at 50 cents abox or six boxes for $22.51), by addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. :mlrht Into the I’rlvale Life of tho Empvror. The imperial family have been lead- ing a delightfully quiet, unconstrain- ed life at VVilhelmshohe, rare enough event, and just wlnt the kaiser and his wife enjoy. His majesty has even been wearing civilian’s dress, athing he hardly ever does. He wore alterâ€" nately a black serge suit and a knock- about pepper-and-salt jacket suit of rough tweed, xx ith acollar a. .12. Prince of Wales, and a large navy plastron lie. The kaiser sported aplain straw but with black band generally, but 00- casionally chase a small soft black cloth hat, and in this everyâ€"day attire he was frequently passed in (Tassel, un- recognized, to his intense amusement. Almost. at break of day the German ruler and his family were up and about. The kaiser only allowed him- self twenty minutes ‘for his toilet, and punctunlly at ’7, all met for morning coffee in the dining-room, the kaiserin pouring out for hen husband and sons like any other huusfrau, After break- fast the kaiser rode with his sons, or took along walk till luncheon; than his majesty superintended the swimmingr or riding lessons of the HUW A SURE HEALS. yuunger buys, frequently standing in the center of the riding school with a. long whip, a 1:). circus manager, to as- sist in taking (ha jumps. In the after- noon the, k':ise1' and his wife went arm- in-arm around the. farm, where her ma- jpsty fed the chickens and pigeons wii‘h the assistance of princesschen, in- specting the dairies and tasting the butter. 'l'h) young plinces looked for eggs. helped to gather fruit and en- ioved {hair holidays like any farmer's 11 o uish this mi. THE KAISER OFF DUTY. hing ied 1191‘ e an excel the eldest ck all th I not ml for an W i lh mshoh