Pittston Gazette

              Established 1850. I VUL. XLIXNo. lO. [ Oldest Newspaper in the Wvominc Vallev PITTSTON LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, .898T A Weekly Local and Family Journal. jSl.OO a tur in Adme* CHAPTER V. JEiverytning tne paures ao mow, ana in Madrid much influence has el Sebastino. You will remember, will you not, Enrique? And you must let him see not that of him you are suspicious, as last night yo'i did; do not you see how quickly did he notice, and did you make to him like in spite of yourself? Now take below me, and to el Capitan 'Dik* explain." Suppose us to be due there next Friday night, something under 16 days late. As a matter of actual fact, the regular steamer used often to leave Manila several days over time; and, as the colonies are run on the 'a manana' principle, the mere being a couple of weeks behind wouldn't make much difference. But If any of the gobernador's party should happen to be waiting for a comfortable trip on the steamer, with good meals and baths, between Yap and Pouynipete or Guajan, they'd kick a good deal on having to wait until after the wet monsoon had set in." par la honra de la fanilila.' Do you not see, Enriquito mio?" the passage, was the wreck of an iron tank which had been lashed on brackets to hold lubricating oil, and which evidently, fetching loose as the steamer rolled, had fallen upon the shaft with sufficient- force to start the crack that we could see distinctly as Halstead swung a torch over it. There was quite a perceptible dent where the tank had struck, and, leading from it, the finer line of a fracture in the steel which exlended two-thirds of the distance around the shaft, slanting spirally toward the stern. To our inexperienced eyes it seemed that anything over the normal resistance upon the screw might easily twist it apart, but the captain said it was not quite as bad as it looked1, tapping the steel with a hammer and calling our attention to the sound as he did «o. He said that in ordinarily smooth weather he might get back to Manila without an actual break, but that, as the risk would be great in squalls or heavy «eas, it would be foofhardy to proceed without the strengthening rings and tlamps which he expected to find at luajan. I pored over the charts until the dinner-gong sounded'; then the photograph, which lay directly under one has probably sunk, because do captain has found it since 1740." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. "I'm beginning to, dimly. You know I'm not as familiar with your Andalusian customs as I should be. But see, the sun must be at the zenith. Here, let me adjust the sextant for you. Now look. Isn't the lower edge Just touching the water?" "AhI entiendo. Each of the capitanos who do sail near it do make the sounding, and when find they do not, behold, it no 1 jnger must there be. I suppose many the examinacion must have made, that los geografos so sure are that it is nowj^one?" "Well, not very many. The Challenger didn't get as far east as the Ladrones, and the American cruiser Alert is the only one that really made much of a search. You see, the supply boat only comes out here four times a year, and the place Is not In the track of nny other ships." LESSON V, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, OCT. 30. of the incandescent globes, caught my eye, and I examined it again. In the solitude of our cabin I had a better opportunity to study the Seuorita Dorotea's face, and it attracted me •trangely. If she bad any of that charm of manner possessed by the Senorita Palacios, I thought, my stay upon the island of Quajan might be anything but unpleasant; so, between the anxiety to be accomplishing something and my speculations concerning the people at Agana, I was rather preoccupied at the dinner-table. tax* of the Lwon, In. xl, 1.10—Memory v«r»e«, S-i—Golden Text, lu. xi, f. Commentary Prepared by the Kev. D. The more I thought over what she had told me, the more I felt that my oleagiuous clerical friend was likely to make trouble for us sooner or later; and when we were alone I repeated the conversation for Halstead's benefit. He and McPherson, counting upon the padre's good offices, had been inclined to doubt his mischief-making ability, though their experience in the east had taught them better; but after digesting the senorit-a's warning and recalling several remarks of Sebastiano'*, he began to look thoughtful. As she peeped through the glass, Halstead, on the bridge, took the sextant from his eye and said: "Strike eight bells, quartermaster." Then he and the mates went into the wheel-house to figure up the reckoning. M. Stearns. [Copyright. 1898. by D. li. Stearns.] 1. "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branoh shall grow out of his roots." The title of oar lesson Is "Messiah's Kingdom,"and If we can only get a somewhat olear idea of what the Scriptures teach concerning this kingdom It will prove a great blessing to us. It dearly has to do with the Son of Jeese, and, according to the golden text, will fill the whole earth. The throne will be the throne of David at Jerusalem, according to Isa. ix, 7, and Jer. Hi, 17, and the King will be none other than the Son of David, the Son of Abraham, of Math. I, 1, of whom Gabriel Mid that He would from David's throne reign over the house of Jeoofe f-./evec and of HU kingdom there should be no end (Lake I, 88, 88). 2. "And the Spirltof the Lord shall real upon Him." Counting this expression with the other six In thla verse, there la here a sevenfold fullness of the Splrlt'a power to be manifest In the King, the Messiah. The six are suggestive of Hla power to discern the nature and difference of things, Hla power to form right conclusions and to cany out right purposes, His thorough aoqualntance with God and sinoere adoration of Him. It pleased the Father that In Him all fullness should dwell, all the fullness of the Godhead (CoL 1,19; 11, 9). Fall of grace and truth (John 1. 14). For perhaps half an hour longer we stood talking in the shadow of the forward life-boat. Then, just as the steward came along with the lunch-gong, there was the muffled sound of a crash from the engine-room gratings, and the machinery stopped. In an instant heads appeared1 at various windows and doors; the passengers, with pale faces and questioning looks,crowded out upon the decks. Echoes of voices shouting excited orders came from somewhere below, and the good old ship, having lost her headway, rolled uneasily upon the long, glassy swell. Halstead stepped quickly down the starboard ladder and aft to the engine-room gangway. The senorita clung tightly to my arm with one hand, while with the other she fished her beads from their warm concealment and held them ready for instant use. Her bosom was pressed so closely against my side that I could feel her heart beating about a hundred and forty to the minute. She looked aft with dilated eyes toward where the captain had disappeared, then beseechingly into my face, as she whispered: "Well, but wait a bit'. How many hours is it from Yap to Guajan?" CUREnce Herbert new. [Copyright. C(97, by J. B. Llpplncott Co.] "Let'B see. Four hundred and fiftytw1 miles; call it 30 hours' easy steaming.""And the capitanos de los vaporesde la Compania—yourself also — have been unsuccessful?" Padre Sebastian began presently to chaff me a little as being poor company. I noticed that he waa watching Dick and the senorita very closely, as If trying to detect a triangular understanding between us three, or at least some indication of rivalry between the captain and myself. The padre had kept track of my movements during the day, but I was positive he could not have overheard anything, so began to ply him with questions concern?- itg social conditions in the islands. He seemed to have accepted my reasons for making the voyage, but my sharing the captain's quarters, also the fact of our being the only Americanos on board, evidently led' him to favor us with a closer observation than if we had been his own countrymen. Your Spanish priest is the most companionable and Interesting man in the world when he wishes to be, and Padre Sebastiano was no exception to the rule. Having overcome my repugnance to him for obvious reasons, I found myself rather liking the man. He spoke so frankly upon even church matters thsDt I began to consider him harmless, and fancied my first impression a mistake. course, ana, aB x was tne nearest victim. my reputation suffered. Just wait till I have my innings with the young lady; if I don't serve you outt By gravy. 111—I'll marry you, to keep you out of further mischief." "That isn't so very much, and Mac has coal enough to make up a heap of lost time over the regular nine-knot rate. Suppose you find that any of these Caroline people do want to run up to the Ladrones; what's the matter with taking them Yap? It would make but little more than two days' difference on the round voyage, and Mac could reduce that materially. Then they'd be under obligations to you, as well as the padre." "Why, personally, I've never looked for It. You see, there's plenty of sea room to keep clear of the plaoe, and I don't see the use of risking my ship by fooling around where a shoal certainly existed at some time or other. Aa for the other captains who ran on+nfcerer I doubt if they would bother about it, either." CHAPTER IV. Senorita Palacios asked me at breskfast if I could play accompaniments on the piano, explaining that she had brought a number of songs •nd wished to try them. This seemed a favorable opportunity for putting my plan into execution, so we two made a forenoon of it, much to Halatead's disgust, for he was more than a little Interested in the senorita hlmself."There's going to be enough difficulty as matters are." he said, "without baring a suspicious priest to contend with. It begins to look as U there might be some connection between Parde Julian's absence and 6ebastiano's trip out here. If w'hat the senorita told you is true, about his being iniluential at Madrid, it seems mighty queer that so big a gun should waste his time in the Ladrones. You see, there aren't enough of the heathen to convert, nor are there any opportunities to wield influence in the Philippines from such a base of operations. The cura, now, might easily be coming out to practice on the natives; but neither the pickings nor the political pull are big enough to Interest a mau of any standing." "Marry me!" "Exactly; tell her you're a benedict. But If she's waiting you'd better grab that top gown and get below with it as fast as you can. Don't let any of these East Indians of mine see you with it, either; there'* no telling where they might let it out." With that ominous fracture beferr us, the wisdom of his decision seemed undeniable, and the whole affair had been managed in so realistic a manner that I thought the engineer had done his work a little too well. Having seen all there was to see, we made our way back to the engine-room, where Halstead scared Gracia nearly out of her wits by placing her hand upon the, throttle-lever and telling her to push it down, slowly, the answering plunge of the great connecting rods making her think that something was about to explode. Then we climbed to the deck, the senorita insisting that Sebastiano should go first with me, and accepting Halstead's support in order to keep him on a level with herself. "But would not you much honra gain, and una gran recompensn from la sociedad geografica. if the correct report of su posicion you did send them?" "That's a pretty good suggestion, Harry; I hadn't thought of It. You would have nearly three weeks to work in, and could return with me if you were unsuccessful. But you'd have to take your chances on there being no one who wanted to reach Guajan; in that case I wouldn't have an excuse for coming back, you know." After lunch we had our chairs taken to a secluded corner of the after deck, under the awning, and when our acquaintance had reaohed a sufficiently confidential point—friendships ripen very rapidly in the tropics, particularly at sea—I told her of the costume affair, showing her the photograph as I did so. She was immediately interested and sympathetic. But presently her manner changed a little. She asked ms, curiously, if I were very fond of Senorita Dorotea. Hastily wrapping the garment In a newspaper, I descended to the saloon and hurried along the passage to the door of her stateroom. In answer to my muffled knock, it was opened slighter and a pair of laughing ey«s peeped around the edge. Then a lovely bars arm reached around for my bundle, and, after whispered instructions that I should wait for her on the after deck, the door closed. "Oh, the Royal society is always glad to get anything of the kind, and they like to have every captuin wnd in what, information he can; still, a merchant skipper wouldn't bo expected to go out of his course for such a srarch. The warships an? supposed to do most of the surveying, you know, padre." "Oh, I understand that, of course. I'm prepared to stay on that islandfor six months, if necessary; it might take all of that time to really accomplish anything. When are you going to offer the padre his passage to Saipan? after Mac's little arrangement?" "It would be an odd coincidence, wouldn't it, if old Julian and this chap had figured the thing out and were actually upon the same errand as our- "Ah. si, that I cfo know, of coursc. But, as you 'feay, they come not often to the Ladrones. Well, perhaps while I la gran narracion de las Islas am writing, I may be able to make un examinacion with those native proas you did speak of. If so, the true posicion of every roca y isla in the archipelago I will send to you. Then los capitanos the name of cl Padre Sebastiano will bless; is it not so?" 8. "And shall make Him of qulok understanding in the fear of the Lord." Other readings of this sentence are: "His delight shall be ia the fear of the Lord" (R. V.); "The fear of the Lord is fragranoe to Him" (Del.); "To refresh Him in the fear of Jehovah" (Young). Heoouldsay: "Idelight to do thy will, O my Godl 1 do always those things that please Him" (Ps. xl, 8; John viil, 99). His conclusions ate not formed from what He see* or hears. He knows what ia in man. "Madre de Dios, Enrique! what is it? Shall el vapor in the water sink? Is it la muerte? Ricardito—why goes he below into the danger? tell me! Por Dios, tell me!" In a few moment* the joined me, dressed in a ravishing costume of soft India silk, with puffed sleeves and all the latest London trimmings. Unfurling a dainty lace parasol that went with the outfit, she slowly revolved before me, and then, with a saucy glance over her shoulder, said: "Fond of herl" I exclaimed, in surprise; "why, I*re never even seen the lady. This picture was given to Capt. Halstead by the colonel, lost voyage. 1 never saw that until last night. Bat selves?" "Hnxpf! It would seem a heap queerer to them if. after the time they must have spent in studying the matter, two casual travelers like ourselves should happen to bit on the same Idea, yet, and by sheer fool luck to reach the Islands better equipped for such a job than they can possibly be. But, by the great green turtle! I'm with you on getting that cash. I didn't take much stock in the idea at first, and when I agreed to go in I was thinking more of you than of myself; but I've been seeing a good deal of Don Silvertre's daughter during the last 43 hours, and that makes a heap of dif- During the remainder of the afternoon, Sebastiano appeared to be in a brown study, planking a secluded corner of the deck with Cura Juan. At dinner he started a discussion concerning the change of route by joking the cura upon the unexpected length of his voyage, and hoping that it would not Inconvenience the other passengers; adding that as far as he personally was concerned the accident had been a fortunate one, inasmuch as it would enable him to reach his destination at least two weeks sooner than he expected. I noticed that he was questioning Diaz during the meal, so was not surprised at their coming on deck together, or when they approached Halstead and myself as we were enjoying our after-dinner cigarB on the bridge. Diaz merely touched his cap and retired to port, but the padre, remaining upon the ladder until he should receive permission to invade the official precincts, said that he'd like to have a little chat about the voyage. "No. I don't propose making any advances at ali to him; he's too slippery. I'm captain of this steamer, and if anything occurs which aeems to necessitate a change in the navigation, I am supposed to use my, own judgment. Any owner or any chartering company would be obliged to accept my decision in such a case, unless they could prove that the necessity did not exist. That is really where I lay myself open, if there should be a hitch in Mac's bluff. But he generally knows what he's about, and has set the thing up pretty well; though until the engine actually stops it is impossible to 6ay whether his scratch will look serious enough to warrant the change of course. The only way to handle the padre is to keep still, listen closely to what he sava, and work the bluff for all it's worth. Unless I am very much mistaken, he'll make some kind of suggestion to me himself, especially if we mind our own business and are not seen much together. You'd better hang around the lower deck and smoking-room all day to-morrow. Cultivate Don Silvestre as if you were trying to get solid with him on his daughter's account, and spend the rest of the time with the senorita. If she notices anything suspicious about the padre, she'll certainly tell you." I was beginning tothink, myself,that for a bluff it was pretty realistic. Perhaps I may have caught some of the senorita's nervousness. The crash below was what puzzled me; that hadn't been on the programme. I comforted the girl as well as I could by saying I didn't think the steamer was likely to sink right away, though there was certainly something wrong with the machinery, and then suggested our going along to the engine-room, where *-e might look down and km what the trouble was. I was considerably more ihak«n up than I rnred to admit, especi&jiy as me qnannruiamcib una stewards, in obedience to the discipline which Halstead always enforced at sea, had taken their stations for the signal: "All hands stand by to abandon ship." Halstead was too reasonable a man to claim more than a fair share of the aenorita's society, much as he liked her; so, as Don Silvestre retired to the smoking-room after dinner for tobacco and cafds, I took her aft, where we could* watch the phosphorescent foam from the screw and taJk without being overheard; for I saw she had something to say. Just put yourself in her place,Senorita Gracla; wouldn't you think it rather mean, when you had sent your money to buy nice new gowns, if relative* jDalmed off a lot of dowdy old things on you, four years out of style?" Neither my Spanish nor her English was perfect, but we managed to get along very well indeed. "How think you this would please la senorita? I do know from the photograph that we the same complexion are, and her dress like a glove does fit me." 4. "But with righteousness shall He judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth." What a glorious administration of earth's affairs there will be when such a King shall sit on David's throne I Consider Jer. Ill, 17, 18; xxlil, 6, 6, and compare Ps. lxxii and let your heart ory verses 18 and 19. But before this kingdom can come or in connection with its ooming there must be an overthrow of the wioked one and his associates and followers. This smiting is referred to to Ps. it, 9; Rev. il, 26, 87; II These, il, 8; Rev. xvll. 14; xlx, 90. It Is seen to be at the ooming of our Lord in power and glory, and at that time all the saints shall oome back with Him (I These, ill, 18; Iv, 14; Zech. xiv, 6, L a). 5. "And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins and faithfulness the girdle of His reins." A King shall reign in righteousness, and the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect (service) of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever (Isa. xxxli, 1, 17). All His doings are bound up In righteousness and faithfulness, and the fruit is peace. When Jeremiah would reason with Ood oonoerning the prosperity of the wicked, he begins by ■aying, "Righteous art thou, O Lord, yw" (Jer. xll, 1). When Nehemlah bewails the sins of his people and the consequent judgments of Jehovah, be says, "Howbelt thou art just In all that Is brought upon usf" (Neh. ix, 88), and In connection with the pouring out of the vials of Qod's wrath In the great day of the Lord the testimony la, "Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of nations" (Rev. xv, 8). We may always be sure that "As for Ood, His way la perfect" (Ps. xvlil, 80). "Why, padre, if you're really going to write a book on the group, I've no objection to helping you out all I can. Bound as we are for Ouajan, it wouldn't take us more than a few hours out of our way to pass the position of that reef and take a sounding or two, if you think it would be worth while. But you'd have to make it right with my primero, Mr. Diaz. He feels pretty sore about having to overhaul his cargo on account of our shifting about; you see, Guajan has always been our last stop, and all the Agana stuff is in the lower hold. But if you can persuade him that there is a chance of glory and thanks in it, he may feel in better humor. You go talk to Diaz and Moreno; say that it'll give them five or six hours more to get their stuff up, and work it in as a favor to the church. Then if they come to me and say they'd like to take a whack at Santa Rosa, 111 head her a quarter further east in the morning." "Please her! She'd be as happy as the best-dressed woman in a New York church on Easter morning, if she had a gown like that. And if she looks a& sweet as you do in it, the caballeros will have a hard time." She had been listening attentively to my conversation with the padre, and had been trying to recall sundry scraps of talk which she had overheard between him and his Jesuit companion; but before mentioning them she questioned me in regard to my proposed movements after leaving the steamer. "Indeed yes, Senor Stetans; but I did think that men never understood how women feel about such matters. I— I've almost an idea—" "You—you think it becoming to me is, Senor Enrique?" "Yes; go on. I was quite sure you would have—" "I think that were it not for Capt. Dick, I couldn't resist the temptation of kissing you, just as you are." "Ah, you were quite sure?**—suspiciously."Yes; that you er—would be able to suggest something. Now, if I had only known about the matter before we left Manila—" "Nombre de Dios! los Americanos are bold! But pray you tell me, Senor Enrique, why say you of 'el Capitan Dik?' Que nombre, *Dik?*" "I heard you the padre tell, Senor Enrique," she said, "that you were this ▼oyage merely taking as a siesta from your affairs, and I too many of los Americanos have seen to believe they do rest very long. They do work, work, work like slaves, all of the time. And when they get rich—oh, so very richstill they do work, and no sieata take. Yet the Senor Enrique does one take which will last u month, surely, with his very good friend el capitan; and when he on land goes at el Guajan, it will three months be—such long, long months—before he will again see el vapor in which he may return. Now, nn Americano, the senor will not rest for all these long months; not sot What, then, will he do in el Guajan, where one never works? Make love perhaps to la senorita whom he never haa seen ? But even that work is not. How—" When it came to actually approaching the vioinity of danger, the senorita's curiosity, with possibly an unconfessed. anxiety for the captain, got the better of her fears, and she followed me as far as the gratings over the cylinders. No one else had the temerity to accompany us, if, indeed, they knew where the gangway led to. "Yes—?" "Ricardito in Spanish; it was Capt. Halstead I meant. I told him how "I'd have purchased a couple of the finest gowns I could find, and—er—" Halstead sent one of the quartermasters below for another stool, an£ "Given to the senorita them, yourself? Santisma! Senor Stefans, that *most too kind of you would be, would It not?" From the depths under our feet we oonld hear McPherson and the captain in earnest conversation, broken now and then by a dull tapping, as of a hammer on hollow or fractured steel. Occasionally cne of the Spanish assistants would shout some order to the oilers, at work upon the high-pressure Presently we heard Halstead say: "Turn her over once or twice. Mac, while I keep my hand on the shaft;" and in a moment one of the great oily pistons stretched itself up to within a foot of Oarcia's pretty nose, as she leaned over the steel rail, startling a subdued squeal of surprise from the girl, who had no idea the thing moved. Up and down, greasily, insinuatingly, they slid, while we could hear a little sharper tapping from the shaft-alley; then, with a slippery sough of content, they rested again. Another period of consultation below, while the steamer rolled in the trough of the sea; after which we heard the captain say: "Well, keep her at about 60 turns for half an hour and see how she feels. Then report to me." In another moment we saw him coming up. "Good Lord, no! I've got more sense than that, I hope. I meant that I'd Lave substituted the new gowns for the old ones in the box; and then, dont ydu see. she'd probably never discover how It happened." "Ah, capitan, I have the fear you are un hereje; you do make the joke upon the padres. But you are un benevolo, so I you forgive. El primero I will see and him absolve. Buenas noches." 1 After going over the prospective runs on the chart again, we both turned it; but I found It difficult to sleep. The next day seemed likely to be an eventful one, and I was worried by the conviction that my friend was taking big chances of losing his command through the crazy speculation into which I had drawn him. Once I even got out of my bunk with the intention of waking him to advise the relinquishment of the whole affair, but lie was muttering about red lips, and Spain, and millions, in his sleep; so When Padre Sebastiano was out of hearing Halstead and I looked at each other. His expression must have been a reflection of myC own, for It said, as plainly as words: "And you would money spend like that for a girl you did never seel A woman's vestida cost much, senor. I did alway hear that los Americanos were of money made, but I did never know that they were generoso." (Here, for the first time, I thought of my 9300, and began to wonder how far they would go.) "Are all los Americanos likethat? Senor Capitan —-would he such a thing do? Well, you shall see thst the Spanish people are as yourselves! Could you one of the Presses get from the box and to me bring without being observed?" "V»u will nwaktr, will yu Ml. T " "Well, what do you think of that?" 6-8. "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard ahall lie down with the kid." This pioture of wild and domestic animals and little children living in peaoe together will sorely be literally fulfilled. As it was in the Harden of Eden, and as it was in the ark of Noah, so shall It be In all the earth. There shall be no more doath, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, for all things on earth shall be made new (Rev. xxi, 4, 6). The creation itself shall be delivered from its bondage, and be made to enjoy the liberty of the glory of the children of God (Isa. Izv, 26; Rom. Till, 91). It is undoubtedly true that some people aot like wild beasts, oft roaring like lions or growling like bears or devouring like wolves; that such people both in I shook my head. It was a little too much for me. We smoked in silence for several minutes. Then the capt&in sauntered out on deck, to be sure there was no one near, and carefully closed the door when he returned. "One moment, senorita; why should you think I have any intention of staying in Guajsn?" ference. The old man owns too many vineyards and plantations to reliab sailor men in bis family; so I wouldn't mind bavin# money enough to cruise through Spain tike a gentleman when I go ashore." "Oh, but it so simple is! Amlgo mlo" (here she laid her pretty finger* on my arm), "Iob Americanos generosos are; it so ldnd was of you to think of la pobreclta'e dresses. I doubt not that it your goodness of heart was, yet eren such un horabre could not resist at the least seeing la senorita when she doea wear them. And she will not them wear before the steamer shall go away, do you not we? El Capitan'Dik* did for her feel, also, but it was not he who to thick tried how he la senorita might help at once—ai. but he to see her was not, long enough!" " Nine or ten of the hours t Santislma!" I thought better of it, and turned in again. "What I am trying to figure out," he said, "is whether that oily, old duck is convinced that we are interested in the reef, or whether his suspicions have been so completely lulled by the accident that he thinks it safe to meddle with it on his own account." She nmM «rt *sr the Nate. "Well, I guess we're both Interested enough now. We're getting right along, too. Mac told me he was making 11 knots today. When are you going to change the course?" courteously offered him a cigar. When we were settled comfortably, the padre said: beautiful I thought you were this afternoon—beautiful enough to kiss— and he said that if I attempted such a thing he'd punch my head." CHAPTER VI. "Senor Capitan, this my first voyage is to the Ladrones; but much of the interes I have for them, and the intencion have to un gran descripcion write while among las Islas I do remain. You the knowledge have that I go to Saipan, 1 believe. Yes? And Saipan is how far from Agana?" "What! I—I beg your pardon. I suppose I might; but—but what do you—sr—r Ilalstead spent the morning purposely in giving Diaz orders about breaking out the Yap cargo, going over the bills of lading with him as if he confidently expected to reach Tomil bay on Friday. As for myself, I followed his suggestions to the extent of winning over 40 of Don Silvestre's dollars at Sancho l'edro, in the smokingroom, and then losing nearly all back to him. This put the old gentleman in high good humor. We were getting quite chummy, when the senoritacame along forward and aeked me to tell her how observations were taken; she had noticed Moreno on the bridge with his sextant, and made that an excuse to get me out for a chat. "That'* what I've been figuring on all day, but the padre complicates matters. Draw up your chair and let's have another go at the chart. HI shut the windows, too; we'd better suffocate for an hour or two than have Diaz aud his mates guessing too much. Now let's see. To-night'a the 31st; here's where we were at noon. Twelve degrees utid thirty minutes no'th latitude; hundred and twenty»even, thirty-two, eas'. Now, say Mac keeps shoving her ten or eleven knots through the night and lets up a little in the morning to cool down his bearings—one of 'em heated considerably to-day—we'll be somewhere eas' of hundred and thirty-one by noon, nnd about a degree further south. Had to lay her on the regular course for Yap. you know—eas' by sou", quartersou'—or Diaz and Moreno would have caught on. Well, suppose we stick to that for another day— noon of the 2d; that'll bring us within sixteen hours' steaming of Yap ond a good forty-five from Guajan, won't !»' H»r« I'll Iot of? the nuis in Tiencll marks. Now even a fool landsman would think it mighty queer to tackle a forty-five hour run with disabled machinery, no matter how much refitting he might do at the end of it, when there happens to be a safe harbor within a hundred and sixty mile^' "I wish to put It on, of course, estupido! How may I the sixe know unless I do see it? Cuantos said you there were In el caja?" "Ai! said he that, the violent man I Kicardito—I like better that than j'our Ingles'Dik.' But why not should be like to have you me kiss?" "Your impression is, then, that his book on the islands is nothing but a faker heathendom and beoome by the graoe of Ood like lambs, and that often it is through a little ohlld that Ood leads them to Himself; bnt we mast not suppose that the salvation of souls is all that we are taught in these words, for It is only by a figure that we find that here. This earth Is to be wholly subdued by our Lord Jesus Christ and made like heaven not by the preaching of the gospel as a present, but by the personal reign of our Lord Jesus after He shall return In glory (Bey. xi. 15-19) 0. "The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." This statement is found for the first time in Num. xiv, 81, then here, and afterward In Hab. 11, 14. In the first plaoe. It is la conneotion with the forgiveness of Israel as a nation, and so It is here (see verses 11 to 10). for it is God's plan thst through Israel all nations shall be blessed. The gospel now being preached in all nations will gather out of all nations a people for His name, the church, His body; then, having taken His ohuroh out of the world to be with Him, Ha will return with them for Israel's conversion and through them the blessing for all the world. This is the simple programme olearly set forth In Aots xv, 14-18. 10. "And in that day there shall be m root of Jease which shall stand for an ensign of the people. To it shall the gentiles seek, and His rest shall be glorious." His first name In the New Testament la Jesus Christ, the Son of David, and His last the Root and the Offspring of David (Math. 1, 1; Rev. nil, 10). When He shall be King in Jerusalem, to Him shall all nations seek (Jer. ill, 17), and like the queen of Shaba and the wise men from the east, tbey will bring their wealth to Him (Isa. Ix, 6, 6, 81). Now the glad tidings of redemption by His blood la oarrled to all uatlons, and but few believe It, but then all nations shall ilock to Him or to Israel because of Him, and there shall be peaoe on earth, and the nations shall learn war no more. See Isa. li, 8, 4; Zeob. vlli, 88, 83. While we wait and work and watch for the oomlng of the glory of His kingdom we may have In heart and life a foretaste of that rest and glory if we will let Christ in us, the hope of glory, have full control of the property which He baa bought with "Oh, I don't know; he's a peculiar man. Possibly he'd rather do It himaelf.""M'—blessed if I know what my impression is. If he wore really planning such a work, nothing would be more natural than the questions he asked, or bis anxiety to obtain all possible information. These islands have never been written up; there isn't even a cyclopedia that devotes more than a thousand words to them, mostly relating to their discovery and nothing else; and it would be a natural explanation of such a trip undertaken by a man of his position and learning. On the other band, every word and action might easily be construed as indications of a secret purpose connected with that reef. 1 guess the only safe thing is to accept the last supposition and keep him from making anything out of it. We fooled him on the accident, anyhow." • "Three—of the—er—*m—well—er— outside clothes. You see, there were quite a lot of—" My face must have been as red as a beet; tt certainly felt so. He smiled reassuringly as he reached the grating where we stood, but looked thoughtful. As soon as he stepped out on deck the passengers crowded about with anxious questions; and he told them, briefly, that there had been an accident to the shaft, how serious a one it was impossible to say at present, but that the ship was in no Immediate danger, and that they had better go below for lunch. Then he calledDto the mate, on the bridge: "Pipe your men down, Mr. Diaz, andicome to my room as soon as you are relieved." 1 was very anxious to question him, but, by an almost imperceptible motion, he signaled me to go below with tbe senorita. "M'—well, let me see. I presume you'll stop at Garapang, that's Tanapag harbor. About a hundred and twenty-five miles, padre." "AI, but never would the man dare. He so quieet is—such a— But we must talk of him not. I shall be afraid. We have the dresses about to decide. I will another one wear aDt the dinner, tnd to-morrow another; then ahall we aee if for la senorita they will do." "Well, that'* a pretty clever line of reasoning, mia senorita. But don't you think you are giving that photograph the credit of being a pretty ■trong attraction, to make me think of leaving you to Capt. Dick, and btrrying myself among those out-of-the way islands for a whole three months, just to get acquainted with the original r "And the transportacion, capitan? I am told that nothing they have but the—the proas, tbe native boats; and that very wet they sometimes are— muy descomodo." "Santtsima Maria! And you—you looked! Not at all of them?" "I—I believe so. Yon see—er—the rest of the—er—things weren't quite so bad as the gowna. In fact, the lae«—" By this time the senorita'a face and neck were a delicate pink, but, to my relief, she laughed until tfie tsars came in "aer eyes. Your Spanish girl, of any class, is possessed of considerable sense; she doesn't believe, for instance, that modesty consists in thinking evil and blushing at her thoughts. "If they will do! You mean if othera like them will do?" "Well, they are rather cramped for room, and, I guess, when there's much of a wind, rather sloppy. Still, they are very fast; if you have a good wind you can make the run in nine or ten hours, I should say." "Not so, senor; why should1 la pobre senorita a whole three months wait for her dresses? She shall three of mine have. We directly home do go, on el vapor Isla dePanay from Manila, and I not shall need them; I plenty of others have—" It still lacked ten minutes of noon, so I fetched a spare instrument from Halstead'a locker and held it so that Bhe could see the sun, like a red ball, through the smoked glass. She couldn't seem to keep it from wobbling out of sight, but persistently squinted through the lens while she scolded me for leaving her alone the whole morning."That not la so, Enrique mlo" (blushing warmly at this audacious familiarity). "I—I am alive, and1—you shall to be with me have for two of the weeks yet. I think not you would me leave for but a photograph if I said you should not; have I la gran conceit?" (She looked so bewitching in the moonlight that to save my neck I couldn't avoid g'ving her waist a gentle squeeze). "No! you some affair In el Guajan have—though never could I guess what it may be. It something which of more worth is to you than your affairs in Manila, or you neglect them wouW cot for so lonir. It something is which you do undertake for el Ricardito as well as yourself, and in which he does you trust as few men do trust each other, or your friendship I could make like a broken thread with jealousy of me. Un gran presuncion. is it Sot, araigo mio? But true, not the lesB. Else you embrace me would not, and el capitan would look at me not with the eyes that talk, oh. so much—so mnch that the little shivers he does make come to me sometimes, and I am afraid. Well, then, if this something stronger is than love of woman, what it can be but the love of gold—such heaps of glittering, shining gold I Yet gold there is not in el Guajan, else el gobernsdor would in Madrid be with much olit. What then It can be?" " 'Nine or ten of the hours'! Santisima! In the one posicionl What does one not do por la servicio piol He is not the voyage dangerous, is he, capitano?" "And you will aell me your own dresses for her, senorita! You are even more generous than I hoped." When we reached the saloon every one was talking excitedly about the accident and speculating as to whether the steamer would be obliged to lay up for repairs at Yap. The pulsation of the screw was noticeably slower; and the second mate, after hastily finishing his meal, hurried on deck to relieve Diaz, so that he might consult with the captain. The engineer's chair was empty; he did not put in an appearance until dinner-time. About the time we reached the dessert, the screw stopped again. The stewards continued to wait upon us as if nothing had happened, and this alone kept several from rushing on deck again. When we did finally leave the table, McPherson came down from the captain.'* quarters and assured Padre Sebastiano that the danger was not serious. But as bell after bell struck without the engines being started, a vague uneasiness spread through the ship, and every one talked, in subdued tones. Three of the passengers went below to make up small bundles of their valuables in case it should be necessary to take to the boats. "And el Senor Capitan, also, no doubt? What of wretches a pair you ars, to be sure! Let me you both give ft little warning. Never the senorita let know what you have just told me; If those things mine had been, I you would never forgive. Now do yon attempt one of those dresses to bring down to my door. I will there wait for you." "H'm—fooled ourselves a little, too, didin't we? You didn't count upon an actual crack In that shaft, did you?" "I nothing said of selling them, senor. Can you not me allow the pleasure of giving, as yourself?" "Ai," she said, "I did my new shoes put on before el desayuno because 1 the promenade did expect with el capitan or el Senor Enrique. See, are they not pretty ?" She placed the little toe of one in a mesh of the netting, drawing up her skirt a trifle so that 1 could see the whole of the dainty tie, and, above it, a few inches of beautifully rounded ankle In open-work silk stocking, which disappeared in a cloud of lace edging. "And then, when 1 did with that stupid cura have to walk, what saw 1 but el capitan the tiresome occupation talking with el primero. El Senor Enrique was in sight nowhere; but presently I am told he does mi padre's doubloons win at the Pedro, en la cainara de fumar. So I did think that it was bad for my father that his doubloons be should lose to a young man like el Senor Enrique, and' thatl should know if offended him I have, or el capitan, that neglect me the; should." "Dangerous? Oh, I don't think so, at this time of year. You might strike a hurricane in July or August, but you could put in at one of tbe islands if the weather looked threatening; they're none of them very far apart. You're familiar with the general position of the archipelago, are you not, padre?" "What! Do you mean to say that, knowing all about it, you— Well. I'm—1 That's a compliment to Mac. Why, man alive, he made that scratch with a Cape chisel while she was making 90 turns, then filled it with lampblack and oil. He took the screws out of the tank brackets and fixed them with wooden plugs, so's it would fall straight when she rolled to leeWard, and the hammer he used—thatmade it sound so hollow—had a wooden head blackened with plumbago. The shaft Is as sound as a new dollar, but we'll have to put a few of those clamps on it to carry out the deception." "But, senorita! where do the captain and I come in? We can't allow you to make such an expensive present, just to please us!" "The expense nothing is; many plantations papa has. You and el capitan have yourselves shown los generosos. It will a pleasure be for me to do what you would have done; if your friendship I may count upon, I am the gainer. Every girl it Is not with friends that so kind would be to an entire stranger." I hurried up to our quarters, where Halstead was deep in the North Pacific Directory again, and somewhat out of humor. This was a facer for me. The penciled course on the chart showed the absurdity of the proposition; but while I was puzzling over it the captain drew another line which gave the problem a more favorable aspect. "Si, senor; I have seen them upon the atlas. Like the string of little pin-points." "Shucks! You can't tell anything about them from an atlas; the scale's too small, and they're miles out of Ihe true position. Haven't you ever seen a chart of the Ladrones? Would you like to look at one?" "You're a nice sort of a partner to have, I must say," he growled; "leave me lo dig out dry facts for your benefit while you calmly appropriate the only available girl on the ship. But 111 have the cinch after you go ashore—provided you're not engaged to her before you leave. You wouldn't p!«y a mean trick like that on me, would you?" "8tippose we should change about to-morrow," he said. "Call it a hundred and thirty-one, twenty, eas', by 'leven, fifty, no'tb. On straight runs from there, we'd have forty-two hours to Yap and seventy-five or eighty to tiuajan; that is, on a twelve-knot basis. But the mates are calculating upon the regular easy runs—Diaz thinks Mac raced her to-day in order to get the stiffness out of that fresh Babbitt metal—and they figure on at least sixty hours from the noon position, to-morrow, into Tomil bay. could cut the eighty hours to Guajan down to sixty-eight if he shoved her-" She looked so cool and pretty, in the ■hade under the awning, that I took her little hand in mine and bent over it for a moment. Then I hurried to the upper deck with my bundle, and told Dick he had better take my place before ahe went below. He relished the suggestion so much that I had considerable difficulty in first getting him into a white duck auit; being a powerfully built fellow, white and gold were exceedingly becoming to Halatead. "No—si—he mucho interes por las islas. I fear it will you incomodar." "Well, you fooled ine completely. For an impromptu accident, it was a bowling success. Old Palacios won't move six feet from a for the rest of the voyage. But how about those soundings? Are you really go Ing to take them?" "Not at all, padre; not at all. If you and Mr. Stevens will come below, I'd be pleased to show it to you. I'm obliged to refer to the charts constantly, you know." "Ho, I wouldn't, Dick; honest Injun. You shall have her all to yourself for the rest of the voyage, and 111 make her believe you're the finest man on aalt water. I've been cultivating tha aenorita with an object. I told her all about the box of clothes, and 1 think she'll help us; she wants me to bring one of the dresses below, so that ahe can tell something about the alse." "Capt. Dick Is responsible for the safety of the ship and all our lives, senorlta mia, and I—well, do you not think it Is well that 1 should be good friends with your father?" The Imray chart of the western Pacific was still upon the table in our quarters, and Ilalstead took from the locker nnother, on a larger scale, of the archipelago itself, showing the exact shape and bearing of each island. From the absorbed way in which the padre bent over them and listened to the captain's remarks, it was easy to see that his education had been a broad one, comprehending readily, as he did, marks and measurements that would have puzzled most landsmen. Halstead had carefully erased our pencllings from the larger chart, leaving only the course as actually sailed up to noon of that day; and at Sebastiano'a request he drew a line to indicate the direction in which we were then sailing—east, half north—in order to make Point Orote, on Guajan. When he removed the ruler, Sebastiano said: ''Well. I rather grew I am. m » par- Meiiir favor to my tnena ei raure bastiano. And, being quite intexe* in his forthcoming book, I shall every endeavor, within the time thai can spare, to make a thorough aear for It. But I'm very much afraid—v —that he'll be no wiser than he was foie. Why, Harry, I'd have atee straight for the place myself I'd dared. But further Irregular so soon after the accident wouldDn'\ Now I'm obliging the padre; and, thund-er, I've got him just, where want him Hia precious blood. Whole hearted aubted mi Ml on to Hlin, ready (or any manner of , aarvloa, with luipUclt confidence In Hla M Rianimeiuent. will aurely bring this reat Cr* BSrev *uL NAT*o!vc*^ffB be- of the Globe far ; | rheumatism!) * ,efi I HHSOnAmA And rinHlfci* IWnnUlnta I '° and prepared under the KrUiteat M Dyi ILfiERlIN MEDICAL LAVS,^| ' priori bed by eminent physicians \^Kk 10) DR. RICHTER'S (wA „ W" 5 [PAIN EXPELLER1 is I 'Worldrenowned! Remarkably»ucce»ful! ■ ■Only gennlne with Trade Mark " Anchor,'1! nn BfC id. liehtei M)fc, S16 Pearl St., New Tart. I 1 34 HIGHEST AWARDS. j( ■ M Branoh Honaea. Own Glainrork*. ■ M UiNia*. biwii mm* n«i« Dr M Fiaata a rata, m u»r» imm, but aDc.eura. ia»ar«a *»i« wm, var J. M. HOCl'E. 4 lartk Bate Bt.  ihe FiTTttTos, r». P^^^^DR*SlCHT«R*« * B I "ANCHOR" STOMACH*I. W for I mis, I fltMPaPy—wte^gf—adiO—nltfaia.1 "Quien aabe? Perhaps the elixir of life. But if I go aabore there as you Imagine, and if I find anything' beyond health and resit, I'll come and see you some day—or. rnther, IH come and aee you and Dick. Then I'll tell yo« both all about it." Late in the afternoon, llalctead came down from his room, followed by the mate, and told those on deck that, owing to the accident, he had decided to head for the island of Guajan in the Ladrones, where he hoped to ob tain spare machinery which would enable the steamer to make the remainder of 'the voyage in safety. Then he asked the senoriita, Iladre Sebastiano and me if we would like to go down into the engine-room and see the damaged shaft. I fancy the padre would have preferred remaining on deck, but, as it was against his principles to miss anything, we went, holding bunches of cotton waste as a protection against grease on the hand-rails and machinery. The captain naturally went first, and the senorita followed, blushing like a peony at the revelations for which the steepness of the Iron ladder, was responsible. Down, down, grating after grating, until we were 12 feet below the waterline and the cylinders towered above us like grotesque monsters; then through a tiny door into the long tunnel, or shaft-alley, lighted at intervals by hanging incandescents nnd extending clear to the inboard bearing at the stern of the ship. Four of the assistants and oilers were leaning against the wall-plates, like navvies waiting for the ore car in a coal mine; VtoU« dowit ftt vAte »4d*, eifctiucUMg After he left, I atretched myself in one of the hammocks we had slung 'thwartahlps, and felt rather jealoua for a few momenta. There is a charm about the Spanish temperament which exerta a strong fascination over men pi colder nationalities; and theBenorita Palacloa, without necessarily being over-fond of either Halatead or myself, had a frank and coualnly friendliness of manner that banished all suggestion of ceremoniouAess at the outset and led ua into saying thlnga which one uaually saya to acquaintances of many years' standing only. There is also a peculiarity of tropic life at sea which has often impressed me. Wether it ia the reault of forced inaction, or the relaxing influence of the climate. Is Immaterial; but under such conditions the formality which custom baa made Inviolate tu temperate countries ia aimply out of the question—as much so as tight or cumbersome clothing. "And that cura, Juan, it not only a chap who »eeins to take things about as he linds them, but a pretty good sailor into the bargain. So that If any row comet of this It is moat likely to b# from people at Yap who are expecting mail and tupplies, or who are waiting to leave for Manila. How long before you will get back there?" "Oh, yet, good friends, Enriqulto mio; but not so noticeable you should it make. The Spanish etiquette you do not understand. When particular attention the gentleman has paid to the young girl, as but yesterday and the days before you have done,he so boldly should not go to her father. On the land, the liberty to see you so much alone of the time as on el vapor we have done I never should have; It is not the custom. That is why las senoritas the gentlemen like to be to friendly when the.—the opportunity they do have; It so seldom It. But when to the senorita's father the gentleman to boldly does go, people do think that for his wife he does w ish her." "The devil she does! Between you, Cu'll get me into a deuce of a scrape fore you're through. You'll tear tha blamed thinga, or smut 'em with finger-marks, or get 'em mixed so's they won't go on regular, or some fool thing; aee If you don't." "You will come to aee me and el Rlcardito? But 1 shall in Seville be." "Exactly; so will Dick as soon as he can get there." "Dloa! qui temerario! But suppose —suppose I do permit him not—7" "Well, let'a see." (We figured out the approximate runt, penciling them on the chart, until the whole voyage lay diagrammed before ut.) "We would anchor off the landing wharf at Apra about noon on Saturday; that't the 4th of April. We ought to get away from there Sunday and drop the padre at Salpan Monday morning. Then, running ttralght for Kusaie, with the no'theas' trades helping us on our port beam, the'd make Chabrol Harbor tome time Saturday forenoon. It's a short run from Kusaie to Fouynlpete; we'd ttrike Kittle harbor about noon on Monday and leave there next day; that's the 14th. The navigation among these atolls in the Carolines Is too dangerous to risk— the group has never been surveyed, you see—so we go to the no'th'ard of them; but we ought to fetch into Yap by the following Sunday, easy enough. That would he the 19th, wouldn't Jt? To be Continued "Nonsense I She'a a woman, ain't aha? Don't you a'pose she's ever handled 'em before? I'm trying to figure tha matter out so's that pretty De Garma girl '11 get something nice next trip, if she don't this one. Besides, tha aanorita only wanta to look at ona of the dresaca; she didn't ask for the rest of the things." "You didn't tell her we'd been going through them, did you? Oh, the good Lord! And she didn't go below? What did ahe aay ?" "He'll come all the same; 1 think 1 know Dick." (Here she placed the palm of her band over my mouth, as if to keep me from saying more, but her bright eyes were swimming with delight.) Cmrr of Floor*. A varnished floor is the frequent source of those w ho cannot afford to V waxed floors polished. It Is satisfac unless it is stepped on. No varnish made that will not in time crack off der the impress of the nails In the average shoe or boot of the day. If varnished floors are oovcred where the footfalls the household come, they will presen fairly good appearance for some time, it is usually necessary to renew thf nlsh once a year. An oiled floor U best floor for a kitchen. Such a 1 should not be scrubbed, but swept cleaned with kerosene at least once week. Once every two or three luon* according to the wear, the oiled flo should be cleaned and rubbed with a pol lsh made of two parts oil. raw, one part of turpentine and one part of alcohol. Hometimes, for economy, the aloohol la omitted —New York Tribune. " 'Shi El padre may you hear. It was to speak of him I did wish when we on deck did come He has been of you spealdng to el tura, Enrique, asking the queations all about you—whether you really un comerciante were in Manila and Hong-Kong—why this voyage you were making. In some way he seema you to doubt, and he remarks upon the long talks in su camara you do have with el capitan. He nothing knows of la senorita's vestida, or your destination he would have suspected much sooner t-han did I and, surely, your object. You mu&t so very careful ha whak jou do taj, no. matter where. "Well, suppose they do. I guest 1 can stand It if you can." "I was told, enpitan, that el Guajan the most southerly Island was; but here I do one more see—la Isla Santa Rosa, with five little crosses marked in its circle. Ai! entiendo; he is una i«la dc coral—una laguna. Ia It not "Ah, but Enrique inlo, you Cfo not me wish. Not now, I am quite sure. But if the people you do make to think so, you would me have to take or else the duello to fight with mi padre. They would say; 'Behold, el tenor the gran admlracion has for la senorlta. But un honorable he Is; the respects he does not pay to su padre; much alone It is permitido that he does her see. Then he does find that she is not as he did think; remain he will not with her; and su gadre must the cntr then kill My day with the aenorita bad been such a pleasant one that It was difficult to fix my mind upon other matters, but I finally settled down to a careful examination of the charta which Halatead had left upon the table. Those dollars and doubloona beneath the heaving bosom of the Pacific were, after all, chief miatreaaea "She laughed until I thought she'd choke. Then I believe she said something about your being a wretch; yea, that was the word she used, a 'wretch.' You'll have to be mighty cartful what you aay to her, but it'll pvohaUy come out all right. I had ta get out of U somehow, you aee." ; 1ikMfcnal«CtaptQ#lC)ljt,al so?" "Well, It may have been a good while ago, padre; but it's all under water now, and has been for sevefal hundred years. We call it a reef in EtivIU'S — '««ia rrvoa KUMer«4da ' T /nt*Ds yon'd say. Thare s uo dount but 'hot, it was there once—several of the navt(f»for« mention it—bnt, yon 'see, these islands are volcanlo, and it MINERS' SAVINGS BANK, of Pitts tok. Interest paid on Deposits twice a year. General hanking business done. LJ M Bunux. OwfciM. Eterybodj invited, No. 71 S. Ma o St.