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ten could “oanly tak’ t' captain’s or- ders.” He threatened the sternest penalties of the law. but. again they sheltered behind Goliath’s author-l ity. Finally, he sought, the mate and offered him the command, butI Reuben Tickle declared that he'd% given his word to stand by Goliâ€" ath. Thereafter David struggled no more. At a, sign from the skipper, Jack Currie touched him on the arm, and with broken utterance ofiered him the hospitality of the fo’c's'le.’ Dazed, wesried to the verge of col-4 18135.8, exhausted too by hunger. l Duvxd offered no further resistance and scrambled down the ladder. This. too. was part of the Fact}: an hull“ thn "allns. _L. ‘r u l “oanly‘ tak’ t' captain's '0 He offered them rewards could “oanly tak’ t' capta “You must take mine. Casson’s dismissed and I’m captain now.” Still they stood their ground. One after another he appealed to them by name, and in each case the response was flung at him with chilling sameness. They could :‘oanly tak’ t: captain's orders." been led into mischief by those who Ought to have known better, and there shall be no punishment for you nor suffering for those who are dear to you. Now thenâ€"at once.” “We (5 orders." “D’ye hear me ’3" David cried again, and stamped furiously upon the deck. “You, Blair, and you, Atkinsonâ€"and all the rest. This is my ship, it is my money that pays you; get about your work and wear round for port, any port you like so long as this monstrous farce is ended. Is it the thing you've done that makes you afraid? Then let your fears go; I’ll say no more {about it. I’ll believe that you’ve lids, a tumult of longing in .their hearts, they crowded before him, and listened, but: not; a, hand was lifted, not; a foot; stirred. “D’ye hear me ’3" David cried Hel Stinging, bruising, the words beat one by one upon his intellb gence. Rage again swept into his heart. Suddenly his arm shot for- ward, and Goliath, giant though he was, fell beneath the blow. Be~ fore the skipper could regain his feat, David was speeding aft. Head rigidly erect, hands tightrâ€" ly clasped behind him, vision rivet- ed straight ahead, David paced umid the tangle of the bows, and in the darkneSS sought with agony of soul for light. To his dying father he had made I). promise of fidelityâ€"and he was here on the high sons, a prisoner on his own ship! To Margery Manesty he had plighbed his trotrhâ€"and now he was treated as a. moral renegade and the sea flung itself around him on every hand! Uneasin he looked about him, uncertain of his ground. and Go- liath, who had shared his watch, left the poop to meet him with an offer of food and sleep. Indiffer- ently he consented, and staggered aft towards the captain’s cabin. but halted when the skipper hastily stepped in front of him. “I mayn’t let you go there, sir.” “There,” he repeatedâ€"-“where?" “To my cabin. I‘m sorry, butâ€" but I’ll have to ask you to put up with t’ fo’c's’leâ€"«else how’ll you get your bearings andâ€"and see things as they are?” I ll W l r- W...â€" . Tm» WWWMWV’VVWMWWVWW CHAPTER XXIV. Ikin: the stuff was the color of mu 1t sign from the skipper, Jack touched him on the arm, th broken utterance offered a hospitality of the fo’c’s'le. wearied to the verge of col- Qflxausted too by hunger. Love Kept its Faith; oanly tak’ t’ captain's Or, The Girl With the Nut Brown Hair and Dreamy Eyes. am nnikin of 1' of bread and David the panni‘ tin to his @@@@@@@@ they pen your stuff, bit there isn' than your made your mana tween, or you'd h lang sin. Mapp thinkiu’ We fared pen your moneys ‘ “What is that stuff ‘2” he demandâ€" ed, pointing to the tub of meat. “Tha,t'l”â€"Jack Currie could alâ€" ways he depended on for a word in an emergencyâ€"“why, that’s salt junk.” “Salt junk l” he repeated, in ac- cents full of doubtâ€"~“salt junk, and the voyage only begun ‘I Where's Casson, send him here ~â€" tell him you must have fresh meat, that I order it. How far is all this fooling to be carried 'i” “If we get fresh meat, it’ll have to be cut off a sea. cow,” Barney Rigg broke in. "Theer’s neah freshness about, anything on t’ Graham boats n00. We start, 001' trips on salt horse an’ we end 'em on salt horse. An' even the junk's gone bad afore it was shown the brine tub.” : “What Barney says is gosi)cl,"‘ Wide awake now, he slung him- self over the ledge and became one of the group. His garmentshhe had slept just as he boarded the brigâ€"were creased and frowsy, his hair tossed in rank disorder, his mien still wild. He turned his attention to the men, noted that Barney Rigg af- fected a. vegetarian diet, was surâ€" prised to find Sandy Litt dining off a mixture of which ship’s biscuit formed the basis, saw a look of disâ€" gust; sweep into the face of Jack Currie, as he struggled with his portion of meat, saw Jack cast it all away into the refuse bucket. Sense reviving, be cast a. curi~ ous glance into the smoking tubs, wondered why the potatoes should be so deeply colored, and remarked that in the process of cooking the meat had acquired a, mahogany hue like that of salt junk when kept too long. But this must be fresh meat, for the Daniel was not yet two days out. 0111‘ “I guess you’ll like a bunk bet- ter’n a hammock,” Jack remark- ed, as he spread a, rough blanket over him; “a, bunk’s easier to man- age an’ a. lot warmer. It's wun- nerful hoo much heat these wooden walls manage to store up. None 0’ your new-fangled iron ships for me. Wooden walls are like green shirtsâ€"God almighty med ’em both. Bit theer, whist thy yad- derin’, the poor bit baii‘n’s asleep awriddy.” patches of silver and gold did he awaken. The men were at dinner, and for a. while, through sleepâ€" dimmed eyes, he lay still and watched them. A couple of wood- en kids were placed on the floor, one containing meat, the other a. boiling of potatoes, and round these the sailors were gathered, and into their capacious deptns eagh one dipped for himself. \‘ver That, morning the crew of the Daniel were granted a minor holi- day. But for the sake of David’s slumber, all discordant, echoâ€"raisâ€" ing occupations wego suspended, the ship became far more silent; than the irrepressible sea. Not un- til the noontide sun was warming the waters and splashing them with I "Funny looking -\'ery dark, isn’t it 7” i "Ay, it’s nut cg}. bread, an’ as for 1 second cousin to his. kin; the stuff was the color of mud He put the pannikin down and tooi .up the bread. He was terribly sleepyâ€"what had happened to the shipâ€"the fo’c’s'le was spinning roundâ€"he would see about that bread by-and-byâ€"men who worked for wages deserved better fare than thatâ€"What did Jack sayâ€"lie downâ€"yes, certain- “How?” “Best we’ve got aboard.” Tasting it, he found it dong with an insipid, musty flavor; hunger helped him to a few mor just sufficient to take the cdg his appetite. liL abo mea- 1U Ur! 5 ti i, expectant fac him in the slan cousm tea.” star David, bit oalxuqlt} manager 'our go-beâ€" ! T ru'd have kenned it. aw‘d Mappen you’ve been!B w ad u cow," fiarney “Theer’s neah anything on t’ W9 start oor an’ we end 'em (even the junk's t eat like a bunk bet- :,” Jacx remark- a, rough blanket k’s easier to man- eggsactly flannel ' it’s color, it’s black, but â€" it’s nd gold did he were at dinner, through sleep- lay still and :ptxple of wood- bread, 111 scut- 'tha a 113‘ RI hish, but sels, consa: ter D2 he’ll ashore “IXH, To A)- . mormn messe( say till 12: tell me an then, you You offera tack you’d an’ muddei‘s nivver enjy owt un- less their childer have t’ lion’s share. An’ after them you come till t’ bairns who mun have their hit dollies to cuddle! an’ (landle, an’ their rabbits an’ guinea-pigs to fend for. Why, ah tell you we’re aw much interested in other fwolk that in aw t’ warld theer's not eneuf on ’em for us, 'au’ we’ve ac- shully to manifacter mair. Tnat’s why we’ve aw furgitten oor 0am consarns an’ are watchin’ Mais~ ter David, an’ wonderin’ whether he’ll weather 12’ point 01' run W ( leaning on the tiller wi hands the old man peered 1y into the skipper’s face-â€"~ you mind what happened w laddie found oot that in: honest meat we were gitti wash. He sat for a. while up in t’ fo’c’s’le an’ then for you 311’ made you show t2” ship’s stores; an’ after t- had to tell him hoo lang t gone on, an’ what was ha on aw t’ other Graham my questlonsâ€"he's sparrow picked L13 his junk an’ his duff an’ his mouse, an' Iast- meet I heerd him radde-rin’ till himself away yonder, ln’ sayin’, ‘They wantit to tell me Ln' 1 wadn't listen,’ an’ after that, I wonderâ€"I wonderâ€"J wonder, rh.‘ if I only kne-w.’ ” Abruptly the helmsman ceased. mpa-tiently the skipper waited the esumption of his story, and when ldJ “An’ which is it going to be Jack; whgt d'ye think; how is the cruxse gomg 3 id l‘eW'S There you come doon an’ mudde less their salem 1 t’ poor men an mams VaI‘I‘BI than on Jack responded, “ I see owb surprisi oanly human natu) men chunner aboo1 bit wid most fwolk nivver. contentit wi self aun was a nd and his men, it the tasks face and wit them, Golia fact, the ut1 terest in e-ve and By his side a, wooden abomination. The ma] mark! tle light. Then the fork from his fingers and clatte the boards. Up the ladder of jerseyed tars swiftly scra and David was alone. ct, the l rest 1n e-V What do )1” ‘Weel, royals Slanting athwart Ends on farâ€"strel 3131111021 1 asked you’ll say that think, Uap’n th mair wind an’ says he‘ ‘1’se tak’ what the s gittin’.’ An’ seah he's 3d forrad wid usâ€"he’s made poop hwly ground widoot axin 33.0] linz )ffered him some if that; you’d laid in ’specially an’ hp wadn’t have it. a1 .1, uuuauu was SLl'lch by thls , the utter absence of self in- st, in every man. Pluming him- on a. discovery, he forthwith )unced it to Jack Currie, who taking his trick at the tiller, instantly his atom of vain 5! was brushed away. Zeggin’ your pardon, Cap'n," 81‘?» th n the and with m , Goliath v the utter : ill ‘ till hen he lnmse met a on farâ€"stretched tac made disappointin, and when she touc} ay out she was still } the narrows of the ho men )u’re 111’ your :pond‘ed, do ‘I think? Cap’n,” l the tiller with both ol‘d. manr peered earnest;~ CHAPTER XXV ontcnt I waxdn’t mind wh him some inyho surprisin’ in it. It's an natur’. Bless you, er aboot Number Yan, st fwolk Number Yan's :entit; wid itself.” 3 you make that out, hath had learned more 55011 from the queer old till [112111‘ a poop as night ling his attentim nvigation of his zy yonder in the I: who busied thems of the hour, gra' 'racked, heavy laden n doon here ud have sharin it wid Him. on t’ royals. Now 1 t’ tops’ls; fadders 6 were glttln’ ba‘ for a. while huddk le an’ then he sex 1 exp] way u ‘ Ur ft you ‘The enc stin The man and S'Oll what at xx watt but he? f9 rk slipped rava ang this had in as happenin’ bi} 'aham boats. gr 1, Iheerd him fir 3y wantit to de listen at f0 struc the sure doon till 15’ himself were attention beâ€" of his ship, r in the bows, ,1] ed themselves our, grave of . word among muck by this pr 00 of self in- th Pluming him- in LII 1110111 )l‘ can’t e W "Cap’ 11, hen the 1g old about ats grave ( Eil‘ 1!) E r a file ambled ack [or but 1111 nd W215 mg and at 1y Introduced in English House of Commons. Some highly important changes in British criminal law are pro- posed in the bill to classify mur- der, and amend the law concern- ing suicide and infanticide. The bill classifies murder into two de- grees, andr makes crimes of the first degree alone subject to the death penalty. In murder trials,‘ in case of conviction, juries will1 be required to classify the crime. A verdict of “murder of the first" 1degre-e” is not to be returned un« ‘less the jury finds that the homi- cide was deliberately committed with express malice aforethought. A provision of great importance is that which says the mother who kills her child at birth or within the first month after cannot be in- dicted for murder. If the child dies through injury maliciously in- licted by the mother within the same period, the mother shall be chargeable with an indictable of- fence, and, if convicted, be liable to not more than ten years’ penal servitude, or imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or, at the discre- tion of the court. to detention dur- ing his Majesty’s pleasure. “What use would it be to me?” she said. “With two or three boys always hanging on my skirts, it would be torn in a. jiffy.” Bower,” gives an instance of her prudence. In 1896, at the Berlin Municipal Exposition, a very costly dress was exhibited, having an exceedingly long train. The Kaiser took a fancy to this garment, and wanted the Kaiserin to buy it. She smil- ingly refused. The royal mother had due regard to the practical economy of her own attire Wolf von Schierbrand, in “Germany; the Welding of a, World Powpr,” gives an instance of her Sometimes the Kaiser's royal trousers were cut down to fit princely little legs, now grown much too long and too important to be encased in second-hand hab- iliments. For these princelings were brought, up on principles well adapted to any careful household. No “slashed suit and doublet” for their active days! Their mother was far too good a housewife for such extravagances. Not; only were the boys’ clothes of strong and practical manufacture, but so long as there was anything left of them, they were handed down from one brother to another, made over in the Kaiserin’s own workroom. l ’lhe German Empress is a Very Economical Lady. The really, truly, flesh-and~blood princess of to-day are not, like their prototype of romance, clad in vclvets and satins and feathers; and they do, occasionally, lay off their jeweled coronets to assume quite matterâ€"of-fact and upâ€"to-date headgear. The recent marriage of another of the Kaiser’s sons brings tc mind the fact that those princes are no longer sturdy lads subject to the domestic economy of the BILL TO CLASSIFY MURDER. it from DISHES OF THE GREAT rederick the Great made a. satis- tory» meal on salt beef or pork eyes BE I’RINCELY RAINIEXT. ill up ht 1113011 his in his name f the world, \1 But beyond tha clearness of 3. to sky (To be Great (1 wit! 1 v illuminat light, the out him. tad of De asked no better pork-pie, with an principally as figs and with bread. 1 that the m and all an continued.) 3E wme. umed baked es, and con- Their mother housewife for Not; only were )f strong and 3, but so long m. an gloom the ai 2d him gazes 11k 1t fold, When you whitewash the interior of the poultry-house mix a liberal amount of disinfectant, or crude carbolic acid, with the Whitewash just before applying it. This will insure that the wnitewash will de- stroy all the lice and mites with which it comes in contact. If the cellar has not been cleaned out this spring, attend to it the first rainy half day, and give a good coat of whitewash. If this is not done, and some member of the family is stricken down with typhoid fever, don’t complain of it as a bitter dispensation of Pro- vidence; but rather charge it to your own carelessness and neglect. A good cellar well kept is a most useful thing; but a poor one negâ€" lected is a nuisance and a death trap. Generally speaking, the feed value of foodstuffs is not well un- derstood by the average poultry raiser and farmer. We have found that low-priced foodstuffs, as a rule, are the most costly feed in the end; Foodstuffs to have a practical value must be sweet and clean, and However the manure is handled, there will be some waste. When left in an open yard to ferment and leach, the waste: of fertilizer is considerable, and the waste 0! time much greater, though in a water~tight manure cellar, where it is kept damped and worked over by hogs, the loss will not be so great. The problem is how to handle the manure economically and secure guick returns, while con- serving, so far as possible, the total content of fertilizing elements. To this end winter hauling at least and in many cases winter spreading ‘as well, will be found the best plan to adopt.â€"Farmer’s Advocate. Deep pits for storing manure work well in theory, but poorly in practice, for it is m such ma- nure pits that the manure heats most, seriously and the most valu- able parts are lost. Upon one point there is almost unanimity of opinion. Whatever is done with the manure, it should not at any rate be gotten out of the yard in winter, and either spread on the field, left in small heaps, or stacked conveniently for distribution with the spreader in spring. On level land it is doubt- less best to spread at once, thereby completing the whole operation at ‘one stroke in the slack season, and havingr the manure in good condi- tion to incorporate readily with the soil. If spread on sod that is to be spring-plowed for com, the waste will be minimized. On hilly land we incline to favor piling and distributing with the spread- er, where a, spreader is available, otherwise dumping in small heaps, which after becoming frozen through will be proof against seri< ous fermentation and leaching un- til they thaw out, which in most sectgions will seldom occur uinrtiii sprmg. laying the spreading, but someâ€" times retarding the plowing of other cultivation of the land. Thnn. too, the spot directly under the heap is liable to be unduly favor- ed, as Compared with the remain- ing area. although thiq mum“ ed, as compared with the ~reumixvl- ing area, although this, perhaps, is better than to have, the dissolv- ed fertilized carried away to the river. among farmers as to waste of fertility occurs nure is spread on the fie her. On hilly land, andi winter, no doubt a. rati erable proportion of soluble portions is was lTo minimize this loss, 5 ers deposit the manure ( in small piles, conve spreading in the spri haul out and stack in 1 LC be distributed with t spreader after the snov Where time permits, excellent way to apply . corn and root land; but not always permit, and t of leaving in small hea; to the objection that the frost long in Spring. no ue must be sw of a, variety 1;} lltry just thex develop wh H++¢+++++++‘o++§+++++£ GET OUT THE MANURE. H§~O++§++++++§f§§ff§§+t + 13mm 1519 Farm Ill you 3. H13. FARM NOTES vuruous IS washed away. lize this loss, some farm- it the manure on the field piles, convenient for ‘in the spring, others and stack in deep piles, :ributed with the manure after the snow goes OE. time permits, this is an way to apply manure on root land; but time does s permit, and the method ; in small heaps is open wha a. difference of o ners as to how rtility occurs whe :ad on the. fields i 1y land, and in at doubt a. rather c portion of the 'tions is washed e this loss. some ;ion that they hold 11w 1 spring, not only de- _spreading, but, someâ€" 11 ret; and clean, and 1t will furnish the utriment required Lever particular‘ desired, Without :s1red, to digs: ;hat the 1b of opmlon how much when man ds in winâ€" 1 a. broken elr consid- the more make 1t