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Check by jowl, for'another hour they sat there, and at the end, Tinâ€" ion became vocal again. He had lost his horror, now he was argu- ing with sin. Half an hour later he rose and stood before the other with outctrebched hands. Rebellion danced in the sailor's eyes, his back stiffened defiantly, his lips framed their verdict, but. in that, very moment Strang trail- ed his fingers over the gold. touch- ing its syren song to life. Tinion’s glance wandered to the yellow mass and» wavering, he fell. you’ve filled that cursed chest. Yon wicked ” This was the length of his in; dictment. Being a, weak man, a .smile icily contemptuous, a shrug of the shoulders, 21. steely stare, were enough to hush his protest. “I wouldn't handy hard names just yet,” Strung coldly advised. “You’ll be transferring some of that money to a chest of your own before so long, so you'd better reâ€" serve your pleasantries. Come here and let me finish, and then you may nnburden your righteous soul.” Rebellion danced in the sailor's eyes, his back stiffened defiantly, his lips framed their verdict, but in that very moment Strang trail- ed his fingers over the gold. touch- ing its syren song to life. Tinion’s glance wandered to_ the yellow mass Clipper-stemmed and ever a lively craft, the Habakkuk made light of the bulging burden of her holds, and While she rode low in the water she rose and fell with rhythmic tread, as the curving billows raced mightily from the Atlantic wilds and with hiss and shout surged around the feet of the prophet at the bows and flattened far astern. No wonder that Peter Bewley‘s bronzy checks were dimpled as he rrolled from rail to rail, pausing now to glance aloft at the tugging sails and straining spars, and now to watch the smoke from his pipe torn to shreds in the outer cur- rents; or that his internal rejoicing was reflected on the faces of his crew. Upon one face only was there aught of shadowy gloom; Tom Tinion’s brow loomed dark as yesâ€" ternight. This was the length of his in; dictment. Being a, weak man, a. smile icily contemptuous, a shrug of the shoulders, 21. steely stare, were enoggh to hush his protest. Seating himself on the edge of the chest, Slrang drew the other down to a place by his side, and then lowering his voice so that its strength was but that of a lusty whisper, he revealed a. little of the malignant design which, by brood- ing over, he had made the essen- tial object of his existence. And as he talked the wonder died out of Tom Tinion's face, and loathâ€" ing, horror, fear, settled in its place, his eyes grew purple ringed, his cheeks lost all their color save the tan of the see, he trembled as a man smitten with the palsy. Stricken dumb, too, he played the listener only, until at last the enor- mity of the thing suggested spur- red him to speech and action, and bounding to his feet, he planted} his back against the cellar door and hotly gaspedf “Yofi o'ld devil, so this is how you’ve filled that; cursed chest. You wickedâ€"” syn” '. “‘W W WWuwwmwvvvwvwwé 1 CHAPTER XI.-â€"(Cont’d). [were thus brushed away. and whenl We Kept Its Faith; Or, The Girl With the Nut Brown and yet for you xmdred of these gol- the moment it’s est of the Solway that: He mi Hair and Dreamy Eyes. @@@@@@®@ 19.5. as e's no- and if there's rm zht l “Why is it I wear green sarks?” ]he would say when tackled on the subject; “why, bairnt' thing as surprises me is that ivvery man- jack afloat to say newt of o’t lub- bers on land should ivvei‘ wear owl: else. Green; why hasn’t t’ mais- ter hixrsel’ clothed the bonny fields an’ hills i’ green, an’ isn’t sea watter green three parts on its time, an' What is it but whint to us? What's reet for t' Maister’s lwarld should be reel; for t’ bairns 'He’s given it till; an' it’s nowt bit jbarefaced pmsumption for men to [trick thersel's ooh in nasty black ibreeks 311’ women to cover ther- llSeI'S wid their red an’ blue an’ .orange fal-do-lals.” r.__..--- yallow, I’d have a sark like an orange, butâ€"” As a rule this marked the end of the dispute. Once upon a time one of the critigs, hardier than the ,rest, ventured on a reference to the brownâ€"black earth as another alternative. but he gained nu ad- vantage therefrom. 'sou black tune. in 1 (nu. thm A stranger, eager in defence of established form. would, of course, pounce upon Nature’s variety in her color schemes, and citg the redness of the rose, the yellow of the buttercup, and the harebell’s blue, as examples equally worthy of imitation; but Jack. reliant on the universatlity of his favored hue, was not to he thus lightly The hour was that of the second dogâ€"watch, and the «leek presented a picture of unfettered freedom. to be seen on shipboard at no other part of the day’s round. Jack Currie, reputed for his philosophic outlook no less than for his odd preference in the matter of attire, was busily engaged in applying a patch to a~ wellâ€"worn shirt of gorgeous green. Green was Jack’s weaknesspit’s pigment colored every shirt in his wardâ€" robe. CHA PTrIR XII. Her dusky “ings high lifted and far outsprr‘ad, that not a wisp of the humming wind might be lost, the good ship Habakkuk forged gracefully impetuous on her home- ward voyage. Norway's fragrant forests, where the timber trunks, stowed away under the hatches, had bowed their gretings to the sun that shines by night, lay a cou- ple of days at the back of the whit- ened, widening wake, and with the dawn the mariners “ould sight the surf-washed jags ard the spumeâ€" fixienched cliffs of Caledonia’s outer ls es. were thus brushed away. and when at. last Strang turned the key upon his tr'easure and extinguished his cellar lanterns, his face was wroathed in a smile of unholy joy. But on the face of Thumas Tinion. mate of the Habakkuk, there was the seal of shame. 13' tick If appm Rt RC CUUDU‘ scorn, "ay, an' i I'd wear red, ees were painted a sark like an bellowed He lost 0V9! ust neah wid His it’ll nut reel; 1rd a cracking on music ‘an’ his own psalms, think hoo disappointed he’d be if he found that I kenned nowt aboot his grand bit 0’ sangs an’ hoo he’d gang back till his mansion thinkin’ he'd spent his time doon here in vain. Bit on t’other hand, if I could oanly brast oot wid. ‘Bless the Lord’ an’ ‘Green Pas- tures,’ an’ run t’ rig on ’em both, why, man, he’d haul away under full sail as leetsome as a lass wid her first sweetheart, because he’d ‘see that he’d made an impression. “As for Job, it’ll be 12’ same wid him, neah doot. I may as weel confess that noo an’ again I feel a bit bothered an’ oot of my reck- oning wid him, bit what, it mak’s neah matter; he’ll be as prood as Lucifer if I can reel off yan or two crushers that he flummoxed that Bildad crew wid. “Moses? Ayâ€"wenl, I’d like a crack wid him, bit he oalus strikes ‘mc as a. fearsome sort, an’ nut ‘much given to talk; but, eh, man, I do hope as Noah an’ Jonah'll show ther’sel's sociable, for‘their conversation should be most enterâ€" tainin’. “St. Paul? I’se have nowt to say to any 0’ t’ saints. I can niv- greater variety of organisms than the cow. The only proper attire for a. milkcr is a white suit and cap to be worn only at milking time. A white suite shows dirt very readily and when made of white duck will last a long time and can be sterilized almost inde- finitely. The milker may not only be the source of a very large number of harmless bacteria, but the largest source of disease germs that can get into milk. The milker may be the immediate source of disease germs or may transmit them to another person. The disease germs that get into milk are largely from human origin, infectious diseases that pass from individual to indi- vidual. A grave mistake has been made in the past by allowing per- sons ill with conta1ious diseases to enter a cow stable or dairy where milk is handled. Many an epidemic of diphtheria. scarlet fe- ver and typhoid has been traced to a case of illness on a dairy farm, which was not properly quarantined and cared for. One high grade milk handling concern requires that if a case of contagig ous disease arises in the dairy of? ver git rid of a feelin' that they’relone 0f its pal-Tons» that the milk: a cut above me; they’re for ivver supply be withheld till__the patient “Ay, its true I'd like a crack n00 an’ again up yon, bit I'd be quite content to be dumb through aw eternityâ€"ifâ€"Iâ€"couldâ€"oanly have a glimpseâ€"0’ t’ _ Maistcr ’ himsel’. Eh, man; (1’ ye mink it’s possible I may! Neah. 1'56 not be able t‘o I’d lik “St. Paul? I’se have nowt to say to any 0’ t’ saints. I can niv- ver git rid of a feelin' that they’re a cut above me; they’re for i\'\'er up in t’ clouds where they canna be got at, while T.’ prophets have a lot mair 0’ t’ ordinary comeâ€"day and goâ€"day style aboot them.” And then Bill would straighten out his old bent back, a. look of wistful yearning would creep into his eyes and he vmuld end his dis- cmn‘se thusâ€" lu “Moses? Ayâ€"Weel, I’d like a crack wid him, bit he oalus strikes me as a fearsome sort, an’ nut much given to talk; but, eh, man, I do hope 8/.3 Noah an’ Jonah'll show ther’sel’s sociable, for‘their conversation should be most enterâ€" tainin’. “St Paul? I’se have nowt to say to any 0’ t’ saints. I can niv- ver git rid of a feelin' that they’re a cut above me; they’re for i\'\'er up in t’ clouds where they canna be got at, while t’ prophets have a lot mair o’ t’ ordinary comeâ€"day and 30-day style ahoot them.” And then Bill would straighten out his old bent back, a look of wistful yearning would creep into his eyes and he “ould end his dis- CUurse thus~ ‘ “Ay, its true I'd like a crack noo to enter a cow stable ( where milk is handled. It epidemic of diphtheria. sc: ver and typhoid has been to a case of illness on farm, which was not quarantined and cared for high grade milk handling requires that if a case of ou-s disease arises in the 1 tone of its patrons, that t supply be withheld till the has passed the danger limit veying the disease germ milk prodiued, however, for during the quarantine very diflicult to make aver dividuals understand, or e lieve, that our worst disea caused by special kinds teria, and that these bacte be transmitted to a healtl an, again up You bit I’d be quite vidual, who is likely to cont hn rln In l1 flu rnn .rln r-nnfpnt tn om same disear e. them, an' just had to sit still an' say ay an’ nay to aw t-her’ talk an’ cross-questions. What I’se stick to is this, that as far as possible we ought to give ’em a. laal bit of encouragement. “Tak’ David, n00, for example. Suppose he come, alang some day an’ 585, ‘Guid evenin’, Maister Ritson,’ an’ I reply, ‘It’s a bonny neet, Maister David,’ an’ then he drops his ground tackle. an’ starts vealing to those in the secret that, as usual. he was endeavoring to commit some part of the Book to memory. For more years than he was able to ~name, this had been the chief occupation of his leisure moments, and upon all the far ex- tending waters there was probably not another seafaring man with a mind so solidly charged with Bib‘ lical lore. Whether his mum had bit Hack in t’ dogâ€"watch noo an’ again. An’ wadu’t I look a. lubâ€" berin’ swab if I kenned nowt aboot Among his mates there was a strong suspicion that Bill’s devo- tion to the prophets was a source of pleasure to him, but he himself insisted on regarding it as a matâ€" ter of duty and himself as the dis- ciple of a, deeply altruistic faith. “I dui it mair for their sakes than my own. You see, when I’ve done cruisi‘ig doon here an’ drop my anchor on’t t’other side 0’ Jor- dana, I’se expecting to git a sect of aw’t lot of ’em, Noah an’ Moses an’ Aaron an’ Jeremiah an’ Job an’ aw of ’em, an’ I’cse be gey disappointed if we divvent have a Bit,” with a. twink “if ivver she’s daft me a. widow I’se aboot a green suit. flayt'. she’d git her foot: that, as wee] as t’ other g Bit.” with a. twinkle ir till fid th seate‘ ah, drum those he w mng ( in the aistcr ' himsel’. 1k it’s possible not be able t'o only want to luikâ€"»-an’ if presumptious. orward hatchc thumb-begrim( ork 16 In enoug tlnmz II kkuk 1me w he himself as a mat- : as the dis- uistic faith. their sakes L .1 L h .8 had been F his leisure the far ex. as probably man with a, d with Bib- 1t of eccen lot to git explain. : said an’ : unless I L’ chart; I II wall to mak eriously own on .‘n duds. IlpS re 3e Bill the s [the Storrs ; 'rricultural Experiâ€" ment Station of Connecticut, the authors discuss the milkcr as a source of bacteria in milk and base their discussion on practical ob- servation and experiments conduc- ted at the station. The kinds of bacteria, they say, that the milker is likely to intro- duce into the milk include nearly the whole list of those found in milk. It seldom occurs to the av- erage milkcr that it is as neces- sary to wash the hands before milking as before eating' a meal of victualvs. The number that come from soiled clothes and dirty hands which get into the milk are large. The hands of a milker work- ing around the farm during the afternoon were tested, just before milking time, for the numbers of bacteria that could be washed ofi in a quart of sterile water. The number was found to be 45,000,000. This washing did not remove all jthe bacteria, but it did remove all ‘those that would have dropped off during the milking. Another ex- periment was tried to determine how many bacteria were left on the hands after thorough washing with soap and water. The number that could be washed off them in sterile water was found to be 900,- 000. These two experiments show that 98 per cent. of bacteria. can be washed from the hands. tlme. A white suite shows dirt very readily and when made of white duck will last a long time and can be sterilized almost inde- finitely. The clothes of the ordinary dairyma‘n carry immense numbers of organisms with dust from all sorts of contamination. The milk- er has a much wider range for the collection of a larger number and greater variety of organisms than the cow. The only proper attirei for a milker is a. white suit and cap to be worn only at milking time. A white suite shows dirtl MAKE CHICKENS SCRATCH a++9+++4.0¢“asoooo¢++ THE MILKER. In a recent bulletin issued by the Storrs i‘vi-icultural Experiâ€" ment Station of Connecticut, the authors discuss the milker as a source of bacteria in milk and base glowcr at him i1 (wanna, bide bein tried it, an’ it feelings.” iޢ+9+§+¢4+++++§¢+vvv+ playing no inconsiderable part in his cogitations. By-and-by he rose, passed a, beckoning nod to Jack Currie, and thn two joined Dick Glnister in the bows. “Noticed owt particler aboot the mate 'I” Bill asked. 5t Bill mend fiautihe Fann (To be continqu 00k sickening for summat.’ k his head portentiously it’s for nowt that phy . An’ you’d better no him in that fashion. HI me SEC mxs I: mseases are kinds of bac- : bacteria can healthy indi- :0 contract the 1‘s, pn are w are 01‘ even 2 that phy- bctter not ‘ashion. He :l at; I’ve :0 hurt his responded \V I] ‘ the'th as 21 Wt base 11 . obâ€" tic xduc- i0! and llantic. The ‘ on the middle full width of fewer than 5 [library on t .deck and sm( corn “'111 be exquls1tely decorated~ in white. The first-class smoke room is also on the upper promenade deck. It will be decorated with embossed leather and handsomely carved framework will surround the windows. The furniture will be of mahogany and the floor in this in« stance will be of India rubber tiles. The sleeping accommodation will be quite in keeping with the excel- lence of the public apartments. The state-rooms will be situated on the lower promenade deck and also on the shelter deck and will include a number of cabins en suite, l.e., with private lavatory and bath room adjoining each suite. An electric elevator serving four (leeks will prove acceptable to the Com- pany‘s patrons and show that the tic" in the ion Line 36 next year Liverpool 1 as perfect as possible in all parti- culars. They are designed on the cellular doubleâ€"bottom plan. the double bottom extending the en- tiie length of the ship and being specially strengthened under the engines to give still greater rigid- ity in the vicinity of the machinery. The passenger accommodation has been specially arranged and will vie with anything afloat. both as regards beauty and comfort. It is, therefore, anticipated that these steamers will move great favorites with the travelling public. A fea- ture of the entrances en‘- public rooms will be their height and gen‘ eral roominess, and the state-rooms will have the same characteristic. The decorations throughout will be of a. truly attractive nature, rea- lizing the ideal of the artistâ€"rich- ness and simplicity combined. The first class dining saloon on the mid« dle deck will he a very handsome room decorated and panelled in elaborately carved oak. It extends the full width of the ship an' will have the popular "well" arrange- ment over head. with verandah for the band stand, for the steamers will carry their own orchestras of sk'lled musicians. The spacious first-class lounge on the upper promenade deck is sure to be a. fa- vorite resort for passengers. It will be Louis XV. style artistically panelled in oak With a parquetry floor, the latter characteristic also applying to the reading room which is situated on the same deck and will be exquisitely decoratedin white. The first-class smoke room b'tar Llne are I) throughout on the principles, nothing ence and practica 10x1 Lme serum to be maugurated next year between Montreal and Liverpool and thus strengthen the connection between Canada and the Mother Country. These two steamers will be the largest 111 t like all 0th 1mg 91lqk\ luau a Liner, ‘Megantic." 13 launched from tl‘ srs Harland (l: Wolff 10th inst. This is 21' than usual interest world. for the “Men absurd. M for their li' accumulate clean, fres other litter Launch of tho Whiln “Moguutio” at H tor IacLs 18 not less I tween the word uggest be r dust over it, so as to make the irds use their legs. It may seem ke a waste of energy, but it in ct. Exercise and eggs are two ords that begin with the same lctv 21', and the relation between the Lots is not less close than that. be- A M 01) ICRN STEA M SHIP. advices doubly-bottom plan. the :ttom extending the en- 11 of the ship and being strengthened under the ) give still greater rigid- vicinity of i'he maflhinery. enger accommodation has ming saloon on the mid« ill be a very handsome rated and panelled in carved oak. It extends lth of the ship 311' will opular "well" arrange- mad. with verandah for tand, for the steamers their own orchestras of sicians. The spacious lounge on the upper deck is sure to be a. fa.- ijt f01j passenger‘s.‘ “It This is an event ( interest in the s] 1H dir he “nub uuwv cfical kno wanting til possible i are defig ale-bottom} n' extendi F that shin Canadi vessels mg )I 0d and the too, call for class quarte; ‘Megantlc" nmer the White Stm I l are also fully dem -class smoke room upper promenade ac decorated with and handsomely { will surround the :rniture will be of le floor in this in- India rubber tiles. :commodation will mg with the excel- .c apartments. The Meg is passengers will IS made for their ‘ none on the At- 3 saloon which is k and extends the ship Will seat no assengers. The lower promenada com on the uppel and me spam ), call for men 55 quarters wil with similar _ac any steamm at Bvlfast. um Liverpool an- 3q1 at:th eouuou was successful- hc yard of Mes- f, Belfast, on tho ng constructed most approved 1atlong experi- knowledge can 2 to make them ‘3 will be the an Trade, and of the White 00H beautifu )rated in 11 l' ot more shipping will join Lauren- -l)omin- gurated liner