St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 17, 1898
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EE PE Re oe ~~ =e = —* : a $3,827.21 miles of wire at $12 per mile.......... ry *. ; x i Ife Renublican Legislature 44, bill, how can it be depended upon to repeal it? Shean ay f x" a oe ; ‘4 ai. Ye A LY . « - Fo - w “ TY “A tee) : Pee ; i a, oe = =e eT ee ‘ > a: ae “ pw _ = . Ae 30 peters gue toys parmier omen ant dn, uitie ite) al TPA, ey Se a I ory shin as Pe Re Te, oP = ee ; Nei eee. Repke . Bi pie kK pre Pee Oe ge: “eee wit Ser ae. rat Ph a wali Bor e ad ¢ : . * H my ~ « * . | : a ft = : 3 Be AAS > Poe" See ex . en. ar —————————_—____. : -— ie Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER. PUBLISHED BY THE PULITZER PUBLISHING CO. Office 513 Otive Street. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. > LE Corculation for First Four Months of 1898 KHitested! MR. JOSEPH PRANKLIN, Vice-Pres. and Mer. Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co. Hon. A. A. LESUBUR, Secretary of State. tion. J. M. SEIBERT, State Auditor. Mr. ISAAC H. STURGEON, City Como. PCE CSCS CERECECCE — Eee ‘GEeeEelce Average During the Mocth of April, 1898, 128, IOF Sunday. 9, 100 Daily. ECE POEOCCEEEC ECHOES ATONEMENT FOR THE MAINE. FREEDOM FOR CUBA. JUSTICE—LIBERTY-—HUMANITY. TOO MUCH FOR THE ORGANS. It is gratifying to note even in hide-bound Republican organs, Which have denounced independent critics of dilatory war methods, a disposition to condemn the delay of the Shafter ex- pedition. No reasonable excuse can be found for the folly of delaying transports packed with soldiers who are kept on a severe ner- vous strain under conditions of extreme hardship. Heat and close confinercent made the conditions almost unbearable. It was said the delay was occasioned by a scare of the Tresident over rumors of phantom Spanish ships—mere spook Visions. Now it is reported that the Washington authorities Hire to investigate the delay with a view of censuring those Who were responsible for it. This is well, Mut the Washington authorities are not blame- less. Delay and timidity have been the order of warfare. Sampson's fleet has been wasting time at Santiago while the troops were held at Tampa. The marines of Guantanamo have been exposed to needless dangers. The whole Santiago campaign is open to criticism. Why bother with a bottled up fleet and a port 600 miles away from the center of Spanish power? The effort wasted at Santiago should have been expended at Havana and San Juan. They Gre Spain's vital spots in the West Indies. LSS Tf, as the Globe-Democrat misleadingly asserts, the charter Amendment is intended to prevent the sale or lease of the Waterworks, why does it provide the conditions on which they may be sold or leased? >> _ i om 4 A TRICK. As the Waterworks cannot be sold under the present charter, the amendment prescribing a method by which they may be @cquired by a corporation for private profit is a step in the wrong direction It is no answer to say that it will be difficult to alienate them. Impossibility is safer than difficulty. The city of Albany, N. Y., has had an experience with water- works owned hy a private corporation which ought to be a Warning to all other cities. The company has furnished the Citizens with sewage from the city of Troy. Sewage is cheaper than good water, when it is right at hand and saves extensive conduits. As the motive of a private company is private profit there is HO reason to suppose that St. Louis would fare better than Al- Dany. The only safe way is to insure the continued main- tenance of the works under municipal ownership and control. The proposed amendment is a trick. . ee Gpeaker Reed would have voted “No” had he been present When the vote on the Hawalian job was taken. Jobbery has even overcome the Czar himself, o_-— —- - — — = ~e TAX DODGING EXTRAORDINARY. The Western Union Telegraph Co. is one of the most suc- @esstul corporation tax dodgers tn the country. The returns made by this company in Missourt are very _/ SugKestive of evasion 6,063.51 miles of poles at $15 per mile..................8 90,952 65 oseseee+ 801,926 62 2.289 sets of instruments, each $3.65........... 8,637 33 9,750 cells of batteries at 40 cents -— 9 SS in. Illinois cannot be depended to prevent the paseage of so infamous a measure as the he «. A WORD TO THE IMPERIALISTS. announcement, apparently with good authority, that has come down off her high horse and will not med- T war at Manila or elsewhere is’ strict ge the drift of feeling in Burope. 7 . ‘ , + , aroused tity nr ons of the old wor 7; country, "> al > : ST. LOUIS: POST-DISPATCH. seo Bnei Sonore. ---° EE eas gress? finds it necesaary to oppose an ordinance throwing o®en residence flict but the energy and intelligence essential to its manage- ment. Our moral influence is greater than ever because it fs now known that whatever policy we may adopt will be backed up by Irresistible force directed by the soundest intelligence and most cultivated skill. American jingoes, however, should remember that if we are to retain the friendship as well as the respect and fear of the world, we must employ our moral influence for moral pur- poses. National banditry is un-American, reactionary, "n- Democratic and unsafe. Missourtans will be gratified to learn of the assured success of the Post-Dispatch's effort to have a battleship named Mis- sourl. It is reported from Washington that the name has been decided upon for one of the three new battleships of the Ala- bama type. ~~ Se oe oe FREE BOOKS AGAIN. It is to be hoped that the Board of Education will promptly defeat Director Robert Moore's resolution providing for the revival of the old discriminating and obnoxious method of com- pelling echool children to prove pauperism in order to secure free books. That contest was fought out when the present system of dis- tributing free books in the four lower grades was adopted. The result ought to have been a finish to the question. It is nedless to rehash the objections to the pauper-branding system. It places a badge of humiliation on the free education offered the poor. It bars free education to all of the very poor who are not willing to make public confession of pauperism. It turns the public policy of free education into a public char- ity. The question of expense was settled. With the economical management of the public schools, money for free books for the four lower grades at least can be found. It ought to be found. If it is not at hand, it ought to be saved by cutting off educational luxuries for the well-to-do, Giving free books to all in the four lower grades Is a step in the right direction—in the direction of free books for all public school pupils. , —_———————_oo—____—_——- Ac -ording to City Auditor Mason’s report for the year ending April 11, 1898, the 400 miles of St, Louis street railways paid rental to the city amounting to $57,308.50 for the fiscal year. The city of London gets an annual rental of $225,000 for 50 miles of street railway leased to one company, and 12% per cent of the gross increase in receipts. Besides this, the street rail- way companies there are compelled to provide enough cars to seat all passengers. 7s There is no doubt as to the sentiments of most of the Euro- peans and other foreigners who have come to the United States. The 2d Illinois volunteers is made up of 792 American- born men, 71 natives of Germany, 28 of Canaga, 27 of Norway, °4 each of Sweden and England, 15 of Irelund, eight each of Scotland and Denmark, and one or more each of Russia, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, Bohemia, India, Palestine, Poland, South Africa, Belgium, Servia and Cuba. >> "we When a private citizen devotes property by will to public uses, he thereby abrogates to a great extent hig authority or that of his legal heirs over such property. Common sense would dictate that the Missouri Botanical Gardens, having been made practically public property by their donor, should be governed by such regulations as the public find most de- sirable. i. er. — a ae It does not help the charter amendment to have the office holders organize as campaign workers to push them through. The people are not predisposed in favor of important changes in the organic law enlarging the power of taxation which are eagerly advocated by office holders, political bosses and their hangers-on. — a ae I=x-Senator Ingalls does well to call attention to our solemn declarations at the opening of the war, disavowing any pur- pose of territorial acquisition. Are we to dishonestly repuill- ate what we have so publicly and emphatically declared? The denial of the story that the Spaniards had mutilated the bodies of United States marines is very acceptable. We do not wish to believe that even Spaniards are capable of warfare so atrocious and senseless. >>> i id The stupid sophistry of the Hawaiian annexationists would not have availed in a Congress chosen for intelligence and in- territy. The present CongTfess is sadly in need of reconstruc- tion. _ &a wr The Republicans who voted against the Hawalian iniquity should be honored. Neither party is wholly devoid of true patriotism. —_—_———- oo —_—_—___—_—_- What is it that makes Washington more tmmoral than !m- moral Hawali? Is it the presence of the men we send to Con- +o When the railroads shall abolish free passes and abandon the lobby they will begin to be more profitable and more pop- ular. -—~ od? o—__————___._... The spoils system has not left the city enough to even bury her wires, yet it is asking for $20,000,000 more. . —_-©&@ee- Will the people of Illinois straddle the Tanner street railway grab as the Republican convention did? ~ coe indorse any A political club will iniquity suggested by bosses. = = * i a ee ee POST.DISPATCH SNAP SHOTS. What is an Astor battery without Missour! mules? The ox that treads out the grain haa stepped on Joseph Leiter. President Dole’'s whiskers grew at least an inch longer on Wedneeday. Uncle Samuel sat down very hard upon Gov. Stephens’ useless appointments, The United States will get a big bargain in any exchange for prisoner Hobson. Twenty million dollars is much too much to pay for oll for any political machine. The two new comets have evidently come as an accompaniment to our new naval glories. Smart young men who know more than their papas should con- sider young Joseph Leiter. It does not help tho charter amendments to have holders a unit in their favor. Castelar compares the United States to a gigantic shark, Con- sidering the Maine Incident, the comparison is unfortunate. If the Government !* to keep Gen. Miles bobbing around in all directions, how is he to Keep his elegant bathtub with him? “Sitormado”™ is the new Missourl word for a storm that seems to want to be a tornado and yet cannot come up to the mark. Ex-Secretary Sherman expresses his Intention to re-enter poll- ties. but he will not get back his old place. Boss Hanna is glued to that. The Chicago thirst is something awful. the office Mayor Harrison now blocks to gin mills. papa officers shows him to be the same capable commander he ‘ pe Ls yh > ee ; The Spaniards will presently begin to think that ten thousand volcanoes and an equal number of earthquakes are working io- gether against them. Gen. Lee's scheme of making potato inapectors of the youns | was in Confederate days. If it is true that there is more tmmorality in one section of Washington than in al] Honolulu, ft is no reason why we should add to it the Honolulu immorality. ! The Cairo Bulletin calls Senator Tillman's brother a crank be- cause be does not wear an overcoat or an undershirt. Vice- wa oo : “Ape : * Sat st oe at ae» Fe Cay SS in Ee ~. : J sed ae 3 ie i 33 ¢ + “Ss atts 40 % 8 * a4 Pres Ak rgaen at egg i ef fe Ee. oe ee eS Pee alia oi Bien ae Spey te ~"¢ ooh . aa ‘ Heh gate addy gee RT ee Se : ASertuee ae Ce ee : - bx & 2 on : ery > > ae : aie a eit 3 a - Y s 7 a he. a * e ‘ . i 4 ”» /- : . 4 : ‘ ty os ‘— ae ae eee i Ae Oa as ae PF me ~ dee A are © : oe 3 at a x: =. wy ~ = - A " ow 2 is - aaa . * ; 7 ? , “Sy ~ j - 7 tee ’ i PPR — ——— . > SF — c ) ts 4 a ae 4 6 é ie \ ! that we ha not only the material resources for ® great con-| — _ - ef —— e =. ee — THE FIRST PENSIONER OF THE SPANISH WAR. Mrs. Elsie R. Montfort, the widowed mother of Wililam Frankl'n Montfort, who lost his life in the Maine explosion, is the first pensioner of the present war. The pen- 6.0n was paid on June 1 by Col. Jonathan Merriam, United States Pension Agent at Chicago, who mailed Mrs. Montfort a check for $14.40, that being the sum due her for her pension since Feb. 15, when the Maine was sunk. Mrs. Montfort’s home is Council Bluffe, Io. CURIOUS INFORMATION. The heat of comets is sald to be 2000 times greater than red-hot ifn. According to a German authority the hu- man brain is composed of 300,000,000 nerve cells, According to Prof. Galton, a few persons see mentally in print every word they hear uttered. The parchment on the best banjos is made of wolfskin. A silk factory in which only weenen are employed has been opened in a suburb of London, As eurly as the year 47 B. C. the great Alexandrian Library contained over 40,000 valuable bheoks. According to Nileson, the zoologist, the weight of the Greenland whale is 100 tons, or 224.0 pounds, or equal to 8&8 elephants or 440 bears. THE BLOOMER GIRL AGAIN. “Surprised at my i get-up, are auntie? What! go and take them off? fear! I'm not a tinted Venus!” - SS — esi GETTING UNDER WAY. “It's useless,” said the young man who works for Senator Sorghum while he 1s learning the politician business, ‘‘to under- take large operations now unless you pos- sess some capital.’’ you, No “Exactly so, my boy,’ answered the Senator; “exactly so. I didn't begin to get started in the affairs of my State until I got possession of its Capitol.” REPARTEE. ]) If they get tired of the life and the com- DUTCH 00-OPERATIVE COLONY. The Dutch have a co-operative colony In Iowa, which tis a striking business success, and ite members are all prosperous and hap- py in the customary, modest, and, unhilari- ous Dutch manner. Those’ who come in deposit all they have in the common fund, FRAU GEHEIMRATIN VON LEY- 7 DEN. i ee munity they can withdraw their deposits and go elsewhere. Few, however, show a disposition to do this, finding repose, con- tentment, and abundance within the order in an ampler degree than they can find it outside, he coiony was started 51 years ago, having at the outset 3000 acres of pral- rie land, which it has expanded to 67,00t acres, on which, besides Homestead, the cen- iral town and seat of government, so to speak, there are seven little villages of brick and stone dwellings. The co-operative idea is strictly carried out; all are treated alike, no one having any advantage what- ever over any other. The men are allowed $3) a year for clothing and the women $2 This does not allow the latter to make themselves so attractive as to impair in an way the domeetic peace of the order. Until recently only Dutch was taught in the schools, but now many of the young people of which numberse* German women are slow to adopt inno- are learning English, of the community born bere know nothing. vations, but have at last erected and occupy —Kansas City Journal. a clubhouse of their own, which ts called ——_—_—__ —- — the Deutsche Frauen Club. * the first A SEA IN MIDAIR. women’s clubhouse in the empire, and was opened a few weeks ago. The Frau von Ley- den, wife of Prof. von Leyden, with the Frauden von Havsemann and Von Witt are the courageous founders. GUNS ON A CHURCHYARD WALL. The little town of Youghal, situated on tbe estuary of the Blackwater River, in the south of Ireland, is noteworthy on account of the house known as Myr- tle Grove, in which Sir Walter Raleigh : - a resided, and i{t sald that here the first o> RBRR RE *= : potatoes were raised. Hard by Myrtle ———- te Ss Gf Grove ts the old parish church and bury- wai [are >)! ing ground, on the moss-grown walis of ra EC i which five old culverins are mounted, ye" with this explanation on a slab: This Tower was erected, And these guns were placed here, - By the Rev'd W. P. Drew. They defended the Town in ancient times—Just bear what the old fellows say: “When Frenchmen landed at Monatray, One of us @ade them scamper away." HE WAS JEALOUS. ois This is a picture of one of the most pow- erful turbines in this country, which has lately been completed at Niagara Fails. The wheel has been placed in the power- house extension of the Niagara Falls Hy- draulic Power and Manufacturing Co. at the water’s edge, below the high bank, and is expected to ees - 2500 horse-power. The head under which this wheel will be operat- ed is 210 feet. “Look here, Cough > WHY THEY QUARRELED. ing at my eee eee , a didn't; I was blinking because of the d > “Well, that’s worse. That's winking with both eyes.”’ LAW TO PREVENT OVERWORK. The Harvard Graduate: Forgive me, MI- nerva! IT admit that I was wrong. The Vassar Graduate: Oh, Emerson, I am so happy! The Harvard Graduate: Yes, darling; I realize that I was very hasty in sayin what I did concerning the manners ‘an customs of the early Assyrians. KEEPING CABLES IN REPAIR. Tt takes 37 spectally constructed and equipped steamers to keep the submarine telegraph cables of the world tn repair. THE FLAG SHE MADE. In Holland women and persons of either sex under the age of 16 are now forbidden to begin work earlier than 5 a. m., or to continue at work after 7 p. m., nor may their work exceed eleven hours in all. BARNACLES ON SHIPS. A six month crulse will decrease the opeed ofa ship per cent. This is owing to the barnacles tNat form on a ship's hull Ripple her out, my darlin’, where the winds blow wild and free, For the flag you made for the regiment is the dearest flag to me! For I know the tears from your eyes of blue fell fast where the stars I see, An’ the flag you made, my darlin’, is the dearest flag to met. A GREAT CATCH. Ripple her out, my darlin’, where the winds blow glad an’ frée; For the flag is dear—but the flag you made is dearer than all could be! For you kissed the stars an’ the crimson ars, an’ your tears fell fast an’ free, An’ the flag you made, my darlin’, is the dearest flag to me! Ripple her out, my darlin’, to the welcomin’ winds afar; A woman's love and a woman's tears hal- low each stripe an’ star! tr most glorious banner atripes of deathiess glory. ound thy folds will stand together, foul or “ ~ weather, In the And te Ged will leave Lebanon, 1). tare and "R —-e——- LET US HAVE PEACE. BY LOUISE H. HUFF, AGED 12. (Tune—"‘America for Freedom."*) “We will Tha Get your pa’s old musket, boys, we'll have anothe@: Start it with @ Dlaze that will give the world « site we While we go marching through Cube, Hurrah! hurrah! we'll bring pere>: ~ iy we'll make the Cubans we ng chorus from Havana a, While we go marching through Cube. How the bee While ws gp merching thesegh Gebel Spain's little seldier boys So their eay n, vata A miles tn latitude—four hundred to the Treason will flee before us for resistance is is vain While we go marchi through Cuba. ARTHU A ; High School, Mount Vernon, me — ——e—— THE NATION'S ENTHUSIASM, ; Come, sound the bold anthems, the war dogs are wling; Already thcy sagerly sniff their prey; While the red deote’ »- forests are of war o'er our away. The Infante are frightened, cling close to thelr mo bers; The youth grasp the eword for the combat While beauty w fathers and lovers brothers All rush to display the American star. St. Louls. ' A $100,000 FIRE AT ARMOUR’S. Two Shops at the Chicago Packing House Are Conipletely Destroyed. CHICAGO, June 17.—Fire that started at midnight in the Armour packing houses at the stock yards did $100,000 damage. The tin shop and Iithographing rooms were completely destroyed, and the tankroom and paint department badly damaged. The ccenpany had a force of 250 working overtime in the part dest in getting out pogerpment canned the troops. J. Ogden Armour says will not cause the work to stop . | goods will be delivered on time, ANTI-SEMITIC FEUD GROWS. ° Bands Travel From District to District in Austria and Plunder and Burn. CRACOW. Austrian Galacia, June I7.— The situation in the district of Gorlice in connection with the anti-Semitic excesses is of the most serious character. Bands of A woman's love an’ tears an’ prayers shal] shine through the strife to be “Do you keep a graveyard, then?” “No; but I gets commission orf the hun- dertaker for all corpses I sends ‘im.” An’ the flag you made, my darlin’, is the dearest flag to me! “Golly, Sam, ‘ow much a pound do you —Frank L. Stanton. want for that there sea serpant?” — Gorlice and are attacking, pence burning ‘The tacked Biecz and Gorl which had defended by troops. Je ey Asti pe CHAPTER XI. A strange, jarring, explosive sound came through the waters of the ocean to the hearing of the avengers and the Cubans with them as they were steaming quietly westward. “What's that?’ asked Boyd and O'Reilly in chorus. “It's a mine the torpedo boat has let down into the sea and exploded at no great distance from us,"’ explained Dan Donovan, ‘It appears from this that the Spaniards are making an effort to destroy us—a ge- rious, weil-defined effort. They'll wipe us out if they can. Ah, another!” A second sound had indeed followed the first, resembling it in every particular, but it came from the opposite direction. ‘That tells the story,”’ pursued Dan, smi)- 4! eon Lew. ing. “‘Those five torpedo boats have sur- rounded the spot where we vanished from | their sight and are endeavoring to blow | Us out of existence.” Grouped in picturesque attitudes on the | flooring of their submarine boat, the three | gallant bluejackets and their friends were | soon partaking of a nice lunch; with a | little choice wine they had saved for a special occasion. A'l were jubilant and happ As a reeult of | their many successee, including the bother | they were just now giving the pursuers above them. The Terror was barely tn motion—moving | just fast enough, in fact, to keep steering | w upon her—apd an occasional motion of his hand wae all the force Boyd had to exert to keep the boat immersed at the distance | it had taken—that of three or four yards he- neuth the surface. “Tt's easy to ste why these hoais are | here,” resumed Dan, a8 he neared the end of his hurried repast. “They couldn't go on to Key Weet after losing their convoy, and they couldn't etart upon their return to pain or for some hew destination until supplied with coal and In receipt of new ers e ther explosion took placé at this President Hamlin, who lived tn a much colder climate than that Goreltnn, never’ were ap. qvernens a8 lp wep forms ALS et ee ee ; er, ee ‘ i oe , 80 uncomfortably near as error, auite ised s soia emit — This mine looked like a long bag, or pil- low, tied in the middie, and it was pressed against the Spaniard’s bow sufficiently by the ship’s headway to remain in place, neith- er ascending nor descending. * Continuing to direct his chums by Kea- tures, Dan took the Terror out of harm's way, placing her a hundred yards in ad- vance of the torpedo boat, and then touched a button to explode the charge he had de- posited at the bow of the doomed vessel. The dull, muffled sound that succeeded, accompanied by a sligfit concussion of the waters, instantly told the etory! The tor o boat of ving Doblado was a thing of the past, with its fragments on their way to the depths of the ocean, which was strewn ven Seen and the bodies of men dead an ying. “It's not to be supposed that the Dons will be satisfied with the loss of one of their fine boats!" muttered Dan, after an aw pause. “We'll take another look at them and select a second victim!” The avengers blew up a second torpedo boat after an hour spent in preparations and maneuverings, and the other three lost no time in picking up the few survivors and in leaving at full speed the ecene of these startling disastera. “And now to go quietly on to our destina- tion,” proposed Han. after bringing the Ter- ror definitely to the surface and turning a look shoreward just as the first shadows of evening began falling. ‘“‘We have been a ood deal delayed in getting back to Capt. A of our friends, but we “Things are getting into the right shape for action,’ resum Dan. “Give her full speed for a couple of minutes and hold her nose to the east.’’ The order was obeyed on the Instant and little more was said until the submarine de- stroyer had taken up the desired position. “There! We'll take a look at our assail- arnts,”’ said Dan, “and see if any of th londo and the rest are within striking distance." SS a ie etting there just the same and the His chvms both gave their best efforts to | Spaniards are in full retreat, so we aball the business in hand, and at the end of q| have no further troubie!"’ few moments the conning tower of the de. stroyer was above the surface. A @ingle swift glance from Dan was enough, ° “There she is—the craft that sen: those shots after us!" he ejaculated, his eyes kindling as he made a rapid gesture which sent the Terror back Into the abyss. “Give her full speed again, and let me handle the steering!" The boat had scarcely disappeared be- neath the surface when a heavy, crashing sound reverberated through the depths of the sea, which was easily made out to be the report of a cannon, In the silence that succeeded the machin- ery of the torpedo boat became audible within a few rods of them. A moment later the ship of the Spantards at of Doblado—became stationary upon the surface. To the eyes in the conning tower below her she presented a dark. clearly outlined shadow or spot between them and the at- mosphere. “There she goes! Good-by to good rid- dance!” The man uttering these words was Capt. y Blondo. ga in front of his cottage on a alo overlooking the ocean to the westward he was giving all his attention to the retreat of the torpedo boat of Capt. Doblado from the island and to its vain war upon the Ter- a hia side stood his mother, a beautiful, gray-haired woman of middle age, whose matronly face was a mirror of go ness. “Will they not harm the Americans" she inquired, as a hye! shot waa fired at the ve ers, as related, # owes possible, of course, replied Ruy, passing his arm around her waist, “but no at all likely. Sit down here, mother, and well see the game Piayed toa finish. They sat down and watched accordingly. taking note of the ceparture of the eee for Havana and witnessing, 80 far aa it showed above the ocean, the duel unto tween the three bluejackets and the | ) oo age Be ae y= boats of the secret squadron, which were mableg one) 8 at- | ; . ass e#ir ¢ > 2 . ee see. mother—the three of atill afloat! at length ex. y and relief he made! ‘The three Yankee | his men have . Mee “Now is our time!" whispered Dan, whose ace had suddenly become as rigid as a rock. “We have eri We can plant our purse-floater under her cutwater!”’ His comrades comprehended him and took their places in silence—one in charge of the engine and the other steering. owering above them, his eye In the cos. | no Ring tower, his arms ex‘ended at full length, taps his hands rising and falling alternate! “And now that eon ; netrument of fate. he slowly ‘reen ot from : rror into the desired pagition | ay. F-Bie a - “® ‘They fly, at vw 4 s ore ont .s yor Re . . Bs Cope a> ' _ . -_— ae *. rt lay at ne . ‘ * » Mrs. Blondo, gaining her fect and walking away with him. “Yes: bars of eiiver, if I am not mistaken,” declared Ruy. “It was w I discovered the couple in time to —_ ay — that yen Lemme - without discovering my ; In ® lone, core piace fn the nile, where a sort of gap eas e ie ward from one side of the leland’e cen depression, the mother and son ca a patch of ground which had e been searched for dDuried treasu It was here, tin fact, that Do . sought and found the millions of his ane cestors in accordance with the we've heard him giving his Lieutenant "You think they found what they secking, do you ask Mrs. Biondo, the couple halted. “Yes; beyond question.” ) my) wos Greet ey carry the treage- ure off to their ship’ “For several reasons, the first of which is that it was far too bulky for them te take any such measure—the two of them. in connection with it.” “Then what did they do? Cover it up where they found it?” “No; they carried it to that hole — of rods below and hid it beneath a layer Z issue of the . oe OWEN whiGmre, pe > Ba We'll Dicad and le as they ased to 4o, for we're ip the ota How the Cubans will be shouting when they bear he ful nolse, x a M, Spaniards a trembling whea they How Sagnete and bis Dabtnet will be lostag al | Tes, end there'll be children who will raise a joy~ — i. When they see the fag that will put the Doms te Trou 2 \ eae When they see the forces that'll Bianco out, / While we go marching Ee Cuba. Rak. So we'll make a t for freedom and her | u horoughfare | scowling And Peace spreads her wings and files weeping tae Fs : yb b t ar a : i a + ml h 2 a3 7 ™ - ae ‘ar ¥, 4. a wet ¥ } * Ay ay baits ae PE ae ge og Tt - tag“ a , h + fe “s Age Ot ! ’ oe % . mA 7 ¢ ae ne ‘ 2 "7 \ Pe . >: a a > bie ot Sx, ee “i ast] Ms a5 “ , ate gS aa is > ee So Th +. Ve gh a a a a 5 oe eae 4 3. ‘ s ~ WA ade ey Ax stone and another of brushwood se pile of treetops some of our men nad Ter wba ¢: within easy distace. The fact is, ther’ ae couldn’t have taken this treasure abosr@ « — of eo torpedo boat without proaucing s hae mutiny.” “Then what was their acheme?” Mrs. Blondo. “Why, they Intended to come at an early day in a private yy my igh kind and remove the treasure t vane safle 3 te 9 “And now that they are uy “The treasure falla Into the Iittle community, of sae o Cu Captain. “As @ matter fact, I use it for the cause of Roth mother and son while exchanging these remarks, attempt to uncover the bara of had seen the treasure-seekers there during the early hours of the ing, and already the gleame of t precious metal at thelr disposal thelr attention, “Here it is!’ was the sim but anncuncement with which mother that they had become the buccaneer’s miliiona. . . . . . . . As Dan and hie chume igndes from boat a little sicop came dash aay ond a couple of ladies la hey were who had made old monastery at Casa Blanca. Needless to say how welcomed by Ruy and ~ were at the beach to . . . . . 7 ine on A gh my aven salled for Key w ust tn time ww ae =! . ane r* F + - og Sua askeG ; » a s ita Gentil and Oe
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