Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1894, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY. , JULY 7, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. pare tyr Brae = CADET BARRACKS. dated in what the cadet calls the “skin list,” and the “skins” are not only read to the corps by the adjutant, but are posted in the guard house, so that each cadet may secure an exact copy of the report against him. He has until the second morning to submit a written explanation, and if this is satisfactory the report is removed. If it is unsatisfactory or if he lets the matter &0 by default he is awarded one or more demerits, which count against his standing, and in cases of a serious or very carciess nature he ts awarded punishment besides. This punishment usua!ly consists in the | cadet receiving a certain nuinber of “con- j{ which restrict h to his room | when not on duty, for a few days, and de- ve him of privileg h as leaving his m during Saturday ernoon or after church on Sunday. For smoking and other ‘i the cadet waiks “extra! tours;" 2 Saturday after- | nocn with a gun over shoulder and | tramps up and down the yard along with ja score or more of fellow transgressors. | He spes of this exercise as “going snipe shoo For flagrant breaches of discl- | pline the cadet ts locked up in light prison. Hard to Be Good. Because a particular cadet reccives quite | | a number of demerits or is “in con,” as he | calls confinement, it does not follow that any moral turpitude is involved. Bestdes | A CADET’S LIFE] Under a Strict Reign of Law and Lots of It. OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL RECTITUDE The New Academy Building Being Erected and the Gymnasium. NO SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS M@eitten Exclusively for The Evening Star. T iS RELATED OF ( @ sojourner in Paris during the French revolution that he instructed his ser- vant to tell him every morning what the weather was, in order that he might know how to dress Mme, and what the government was, in order that he might know how to conduct himself. The @adet at West Point never has to troubie himself with inquiries as to these purticu- lars. His dress is prescribed in the orders for the particula- season, and his conduct is regulated by an iron discipline that never @xpands with heat nor contracts with cold. No servant calls the cadet in the morning. The sound of the morning gun awakens him from slumber, and the notes of the un- welcome reveille from fife and drum @rouse him to activity. The regulations read: “No cadet shall keep a waiter, a horse or a dog,”’ and, that there may be no misinterpretation, another paragraph says: “The marriage of any cadet shall be con- g@idered equivalent to his resignation.” The sounding of the reveille. the quick- steps and the n.arches consumes about seven minutes. The plebes and a few en- old cadets spring up at the first mote. All make a hesty toilet, and in the three or four minutes remaining the old cadet carefully makes his bed, while the plebes, in their arxiety not to be iate, go down in the area and shiver until roll call. "The average old cadet, however, regards the gun fire as a signal for turning over and sleeping three or four minutes longer. Not until his practiced ear instinctively de- tects a certain note does he jump into his clothes and start on a rapid journey down stairs. Like the tiny little insect, he gets there all the same, and, arriving in time to fall in ranks, he answers to his name as lustily as those who were on hand several minutes before. They Make Their Beds. For purposes of administration and dis- @iplfhe the corps of cadets is organized into fm infantry battalion of four companies, mporary at college is still of the supper until te guard w the ba rem: morning march off, guard spend tending to various little visiting the cad2t stor E cr explanations, daterviewing the ¢ ant, &e. A few iimd ttm> to + morning papers or to indulge in Ti but nearly all put in ast a halt study during this time. They Sindy Math. At 8 o'clock cne-haif the c recitation in “math” and th thelr rooms to “bene mat generic term in which the cadet inc heaviest subject of the day, w pure or applied mathematics, m: engineering. = At 9:20 the sections to study and the other hy their places. The “after-math” Hert “of LIGHT BA plebes is fencing and gymnastics, but the other three classes have another recitation from 11 till 12 or 12 till 1. All have to put in every available minute until 1 o'clock in study in’ thetr rooms. Some time vetween S$ und 10 comes the hardest inspection of the day. Each army officer in command of a cadet company visits and minutely inspects the forty rooms under his charge. He raps en each door, and by the time he has en- | tered the room its occupants have sprang to their feet, and stand at the rigid “atten- tion” of the soldier. The officer has been a cadet himseif, and the knowledge gained at that time assists him in detecting any short- comings. Inspecting officers have been known to take the small mirror before which the cadet shaves himself, fof no cadet is allowed to wear a beard or mustache, and placing it in the fire place detect the ecntraband cake and fruit concealed in the chimney. On rare occasions, too, the floors and base boards are examined for hidden caverns containing candy or tobacco. The worst things that can be found are liquor NEW GYM NASIUM. each company being commanded by an offi- cer of the army, and having its comple- ment of cadet officers and non -com- missioned officers. The usual routine of a battalion in garrison or in camp is observed. ‘The revellle roll call is condue! e4 by companies and as soon as the first sergeants report to their captains ranks are broken, and, while the captains are re- ting to the © of the day, the three andred cadets swarm through the area of barracks, and each seeks the cell i which his bed is located. The sleepy cadet Fubs his eyes and would gially tam in| again, but he must fold |.is bel in the pre- scribed manner. the bedding off t latter onee. Next the To do thi a to the front and ata piumb line ed. The foiled ed= @o accurately pla. Would touch every p At first this is a iaborious task, but prac- | tice soon makes periect and the ve ding seems to acquire a spirit of to fall into correct aii own accord. Each ead two room-maies Week in attending ¢ the room. As soo: ing his bed the ca: the week takes mm up for an hour a hag from 2 till 3 or from 3 till 4. and playing cards. The first means dismis- sal, the second a sentence to confinement in the light prison. Cards, for even so inno- cent a game as “old maid,” are absolutely prohibited to cadets. Fortunately liquor and cards seldom find their way among the cadets, and no body of young men in the country is freer from their influence. The principal duty of the inspecting officer is to see that the rooms are in immaculate con- dition, and his practiced eye is quick to note any defects. at 1 o'clock the eadets march to dinner, returning forty minutes later. Until o'clock there 18 “release from quarters,” but only those who attend drawing, the second and third cluss men, have time to enjoy themselves. The first and fourth class men have to put in every minute in| study for the afternoon recitation, which During the Mess Mall. afternoon the cadet officer of the day in- ets all of tk » rooms in barracks to ‘adets not in recitation are ny cadet te be ie in the morning night. If a cadet im snare the time from his nap between in- suffer punish- fons are over, the drum: cal! all of drill for an ho turns from this wi a $3, but agai he puts on hand, gore This lasts is | cation, | a to half to is the TTERY DRILL. mie ebat to the general regu the army and | the dri! regulat ‘e over a thou- | h apply to | hhousand | een | ars de to cover any ne ‘ offenses which may be brought to light during As now of- fenses come to light spe uiativas are | ed to fit them, so that the number of | | regalations 1s constantly inereasiag. A ave the intentions in the | . Nevertheless, have a any | He may hay-) pes Come Untie. of sei unbuitones is looking; in no demerit. y and original | © but, if the in- which has st only _re- 8 the next Bat- | confinement tn his room, } so that It may sel upon his mni| | to look more tends from with re A caiet him a demertt if happ mene second toa fate, In stort, at West Point a man is not | Jedged by what he has done. or »: Day j iutends to do, put by what he toes, by day there is hammered into him that nt lesson 3a Te whether He who , to must the adjutant’s | feet high. There are two wing: | first fleor, site of the old academy and the latter was torn down. The new building is constructed of gray granite and the design is pleasing. it fronts the plain, its windows overlooking the pa- rade ground and commandéing a view the river and surrounding laadscap: is four stories in height and Is fifty ‘The 5 wing ts 130 feet long and the south has e frontage of 115 feet. A teature cf th central portion is a tower which ris the height of 212 feet. There is the tower which will strike the bell. The halls and recitation roor larger and better equipped in every way than those in the old butlding. Class Rooms and Laboratories. On the first floor of the south wing there is a hall 58 by 6% feet, which will be used as a chemical laboratory. The same ficor contains a lecture room, in which instruc- tions will be given in electricity and c! try. Tho hall on the second foer is ect, and it will be used for an e borat ‘bere are on this floor three icoms for chemical lectures. ¢ third floor | qontains a hall 115 feet b: feet, which | Will be appropriated to ¢ A room for chemical rec and a room for the sto specimens are of natural philosephy Three lecture rooms for also on this floor. he s al exht’ tions, a libra ge of geologic: The hail rth flour. engineering are 0: r of the main b: g con- tains tation rooms, 2s fect long. r number ef reoitation rooms | f the next floor, The fourth r contains fourth floor of for the st gu reom, t oy 1 the f ses will be large leet e north wi ly of draw “Mans of the country’s tuceted in work: The first, wing will be The old acade large cnough Who wished to attom "The new buiic The now just com- plete}, forms another hendsome adition to the lates Wert Polat improver also built of sran’te. Provision for erection wa! ein 189, when Con O09, | on the seco | in the basement, reom, which is cepiion parler, friene nd rel where they ves. _ eck Mountain. Down the Side of Three miners from Angels’ camp were in Stoek-on, Cal, recent They stayel at the Commercial Hotel, and ducing the dey met several old-time acquaintances. afternoon ore cf the trio s ted a trip through the state irsane asylum. “Excuse | me. I prefgr to stay outside the walls of that institution,” said the smallest man of | snoulder as he rattles off the delinqueacies | we should see from twenty to a hundred re- | | Perts for every day and Sunday, too. Op-| | bosite the names are reports like these: — | | “Wash bowl not inverted at police tn- | Spection.”” ; “ate at breakfast roll call.” |_ “Slow taking seat at command at break- fast. “Wearing cap on one side abont 5, mission during recitation in mathematics. “plouching while at blackbuard in engin- | eering section room.” “Shoes not blacked at french.” “Not properly prepared on Spanish lesson for the day.” | “Swinging arms unnecessarily marching { to gymnasium.” | “Visiting room of ancther cadet at after- noon inspection.” “Not wheeling properly by fours at drill.” “xecuting ‘order arms’ recitation in| at morning inspection by tactical officer.” “Odor of tobacco smoke in quarters ¥ a.m. “Smoking about 3 p.m.” “Odor of fruit in quarters at evening in- spettion.” “Out of bed at taps.” ‘The principle of the common ‘aw that ignorance excuseth no man has lost nore of its pristine vigor at West Point. A cadet can not plead that he does not Know the regulations. 1t is his business to know. ‘That 1s one of the things for which the government pays him. During plebe year cffenses count one-third less. ‘The demerits | of each year count against class standing | in the year itself, but only those of the} last two years count in making up the nnal tanding for graduation. oa. Time of Recreation. ] We left the cadet at publication of de. linquencies, but his day’s work is by no means over. As soon as ranks are broken he nas five minutes in which to take off his equipments, put away his gun and get ready to march to supper. After supper comes the happiest half-hour of the day. All cadets not in confinement have “re- leese from quarters.” They read, wulk, sing, visit other rooms, gather in groups, and, far from their own beloved ones, form ties of ie ding Geer as strong as love of home itself. m the bugle sounds “call to quarters,” and then follow nearly three hours of hard study, during which the tired cadet frequently takes his mind from his book only long enough to answer “all right” at the four inspections by cadet | sentinels, or to stand at “attention” when the tactical officer makes his evening | rounds. Tattoo tells the cadet to make “down his bed and get ready for the night. At 10 o'clock “taps” sounds, out goes his light and he jumps into bed in time to an- | swer “all in, sir,” as the subdivision tn- | spector appears at the door and flashes a |dark lantern on each bed. This is the rinth, but not necessarily the last, inspec- tion of the twenty-four hours, for during | any night the tactical officer and his dark lantern are Hable to appear. The cadet | has worked too hard and his sleep is too ‘sweet for him to hear the heavy tread on the stairs or to see the flash of light in his room. To cover their expenses cadets are paid the three, a man who would probably weigh 120 pounds, and then he explained to a re- porter for the Stockton Mail his reason for declining to accompany his friends on a trip to the asylum “Six or séven years ago I was working a placer claim up in Placer county, on the American river. I formed a partnership with a powerful Italian called ‘Macaroni Mike.’ He was a big fellow, weighed at least 240 pounds, and was as strong as an ox team. Macaroni was known to have lift- | dd 750 pounds dead weight from the ground (and placed it in a wagon. He was a g-eat partner, as cheerful as a school girl about to graduate. But Macaroni fell in love, and the object of his big, manly heart was a little French girl, the daughter of a miner. Macaroni thought all was right when one morning in early summer he learned that his little sweethea>t had skipped to Sacra- mento with a young grocer from Michigan Bluff and got married. From that time on | he was queer, but was not violent until about a month later, when, one evening, while we were eating our bacon, beans and trout, Maceroni sprang from his chair, and yelling, ‘I'll killa the mon!’ dashed wild! the trail from the river in the direction of Forest Hill. We found Macaroni about 10 o'clock that night seated on a fallen log, his huge body swaying from side to side, and he moaning lke a wounded bear. Being my Partner, it was thought best that I should first approach him and see if I could man- age him. I did so, and to my happy sur- prise I found that he had become very quiet and talked quite rational. “I felt sure Macaroni was himself again. I knew if we endeavored to tle his hands and feet he'd get his Dago up and clean us all out. So I suggested that when he fell asleep they slip a noose of a lariat around one of his ankles and fasten the other end of the rope around my ankle; and then, should Macaron! awake and attempt to leave us, I'd feel the tug and try to quiet him. They acted on the suggestion, and half an hour later we were all snoring ‘away on the bosom of mother earth. ‘Abovt 5 o'clock in the morning I dream- ed I had roped a wild steer and that my broncho began bucking, and just as I was about to be yanked from the saddle I awoke, to find Macaroni tearing down the hillside and I flying after him. One mo- ment I'd be on my feet; the next on my head; then on my back; then rolling side- Ways; then over again I'd go, expecting every bump to be my last. When I got my scnses again I was in my cabin, a mass of bruises and cuts from vad foot. ‘« "Where's Macaroni? I asked. ‘Guess he's in Stockton, George,’ re- plied my miner attendant. ‘He cut loose fom you after dragging you 200 yards down the hill and thrpugh the brush.’ A week later he was captured iy the moun- tains, and finally went to th® asylum at Stockton. “No, I don’t think I'll go to see the in- mates of the asylum. I've had enough of lunatics.” ———_ -+e+ About Soda Water. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “The good, old-fashioned drink, soda water, is sald to have first been made by a man named Austin Thwoites of Dublin, in 1906," said Dr. L. E. Venire of Philadel- phia at the Laclede last night, “but it has been vastly improved upon during the last thirty or forty years. In few other depart- ments of inventive taste and skill have greater strides been made toward perfec- tion. American ingenuity seems to lead the van in this march of improvement, for even the French, with all their skill in matters bibulous, learned something new when an enterprising kee set up an American “soda fountain” at the great exposition in 1867, which was a decided novelty to the Parisians and their guests, and met with a hearty welcome from all. As‘many as 4,000 glasses were sold in one day, and the crowd forty-five dollars per month. They do not recelve this directly, but it is placed to their credit with the treasurer of the acad. emy, who keeps an account with each det. Excellent meals are provided at an average cost price of about fifteen dollar: per month. All articles are issued at cos price. If a cadet needs a new uniform, or a pair of shoe strings, he has to submit a requisition. The text books being mainly technical, have a limited edition, and are very expensive. Uniforms are also quite an item. It requires, therefore, wise ad- ministration and close scrutiny on the part of those in authority to prevent the cadet from exceeding his allowance and running into debt. Cadets aze forbidden to receive money or supplies from home. All rooims are required to be furnished alike, in order that the rich man's son may enjoy no ad- vantage over his poorer classmate. In spite of impressions to the contrary, West Point is democratic. The majority of the cadets come from the middle class in life. A large 2 Corgressmen award their hips to the buys in their respective ets who pass highest in competitive examinations held for the purpose. In this way a boy of the humblest origin often reackes West Point. The only test that his feliow cadets require of him is that h | have principle, t y loving the trut hating a lie he shall help to maintain t! dard of honor for which the corps 13 famous. Academy Building. Visitors to West Point this summer were much interested in noting the progress de in the erection of a handsome bulld- ing which will add materially to the ac- commodations ‘for the cadets, as well es the. facilities for their training. It tands on the site of the old academy and wn as the new academy building. south wing of the building will be |‘mished by next autumn, and the entire it is expected, will be completed of next year. In 18% Congress 4 $100,000 for the crection of a my building. The academic board tructed a committee to select a plan for he proposed structure. Designs were se- urcd from a number of architects aud a@ selection ¥ ede from the plans sub- mitted. lt was 1ound that the inost suit- able place for the new edifice was cn the that collected around the fountain was so great that they had to be formed into line by the police, and after first receiving went up and took their drinks by see Even. @/ ante y Pat O'Rouke—“Ol don't believe ye!” ‘The | The new | ne} tow ant the In the | WINNING HIS STAR OR THE ADVENTURES OF Written for The Evening Star by Sam Clover. (Copyrighted, 1894. All rights reserved.) | | | Another wretched hour passed, during | | Which scarcely a word was spoken by the | |few miserable beings that remained elive. The wreck, meantime, had been gradually settling until the deck was entirely under | water and the waves repeatedly ed | | over the heipless creatures in the denly the boat gave a frightful tun | which lowered her fully five fect and told | the half dozen forlorn souls hanging on for their lives end was very near. | Paul knew it was now only a question of minutes when the entire ship would be subme| ping his lashings and tightening the cors belt which was fasten- ed under his armpits he began to prepare | |for the final strusgie. He realized there | Was ttle hope in such and among | those death-dealing rocks, but he vias not | |gotng to give up without a determined tight for his life. . | Just as he was about to climb still higher to avoid the drenching seas en immer wave struck him with terrific force, I ing his srip and knocking him Jlean off his perch ante the foar: billows. Down a he went, meantime holding bis br ath | striving hard to retain, nis to the out vigorousiy, but had uot taken | a dozen strokes when his head bumped | ta hard substance and for a momeat y thought he was on the dreaded t instead cf that it was a fe saver witn which ke had come in contact, in the ol a cumbrour but apparenily water- which was tossing idly on now rising to the crest of a bil- ( M.nute .ost to sight in the ugh of the sea, A rope was knotted about its center, which the half-drowned [lad gripped with the strength cf despair; [and, although the waves carried him up ani down, aown and up, as if he were so much driftwood, they did not .0csen his y the spray, nearly checked by mived wy the cold and ex- ‘rivle day and night, Paul }eC refuscd to be shaken of, and the first sureak of dawn di ered him very weak aud almost exhausted, but still linging to nis strange hfe preserver. As svon as it light enough to dis- Unguish objects he peered eagerly around | {ora glimpse of the Koturah. But the wreck was nowhere to be seen and even the coast Lae was only a thin, hazy streak in the distance. When Paul was knocked off the rigging he fell on that side of the ship facing seaward, so instead of being present- ly Gashed on the rocks he was curried out to sea. he farther he drifted the calmer became the waves, which were now 80 quiet that he had no difiiculty In retaining his perch on the empty chest. but his strength was aimost gone, and unless help arrived very soon the plucky lad jelt he could never survive the exposure of another night. Again and again his weary eyes anxious- ly scanned the ocean for the welcome sight of a sail. Drifting into a comparatively smooth stretch of water Paul cautiously stood erect on the chest and from the high- er elevation renewed his eager search. Afar off on the horizon a white speck caught his eye. Kneeling on his queer craft for better security he watched the speck for fifteen minutes and saw it gradually but surely en- large m his vision, Then he knew it was a ship, and by the progress she was making he felt certain her course lay directly to- vard him. For two hours he kept his eyes tixed on that white spot, which grew larger and larger as the vessel bowled along under a favorable breeze. And yet how slowly she seemed to travel to the anxious watcher! At times he could barely restrain himself from quitting his faithful chest and plung- ing headlong to meet her. Supposing she should miss him after all! Oh, how his heart sank at the thought. Then his old spirit revived. Tearing off his singlet he waved it aloft and shouted again and again until his worn-out vocal chords rebelled and ut- terly refused to do further duty. But what matter! The lookout on_ the ship had spied him and in a delirium of joy Paul realized he was saved. With wild, staring eyes he watched the schooner set back her sails, and in a few minutes a boat was lowered manned by four stout sailors. How they pulled! The boy shrieked with delight as they flew across the water to where he knelt awaiting their Then everything became blurred. He felt a strong hand grasp him and lift him into the boat and rough but kindly voices ply him with questions. But he was past all answers. His physical powers, so long taxed beyond endurance, suddenly collapsed, and it was a dead weight which the tailors raised to the deck of the Southern Cross, a small trading schooner bound for Melbourne with a cargo of sundries. . For over a week Paul lay in the bunk where they had tenderly carried him, his brain on fire, his mind dwelling constan‘! on the horrors of the shipwreck. Mean- time Capt. Wilson, the kind-hearted skip- per, gave the lad the very best attention in his power, a rude knowledge of melicine proving of no slight advantage in effecting a double rescue, for there were times when it seemed to be just a toss up for his life. The day Port Phjlip Heads were sighted Paul regained consciousness and learned for the first time the name of the vessel that had picked him up and her destination, He had just strength enough to thank the captain for his kindness, and then he fell into a sound sleep, which lasted twenty- four hours, When he awoke the Southern Cross was fast to the wharf in Sandridge harbor. All that Paul had on when he was res- cued was a pair of blue serge trousers and a gray undershirt, but the thoughtful kind- ness of the skipper had forestalied the lad’s necessities, so that, when he felt strong enough to go ashore, a neat suit of clothes brought down from Melbourne lay on a chair awaiting his occupation. Beyond tell- ing the captain his name and that he was a survivor of the Koturah, Paul had not been very communicative, his weak condi- tion being ample reason for withholding details. He had neither the ambition nor the heart in his enfeebled state to dilate upon the sad particulars, yet he feit it his duty to tell Capt. Wilson all he knew, and this he promised to do in the presence of the company’s agents at Melbourne, Before quitting the ship, however, he outlined the story of the wreck to his new friend, dwelling particularly on Capt. Rar- | rett'’s message to the owners, which he was | so anxious should be delivered. “Poor Bar- rett! Poor Barrett!” sighed the skipper when he heard of the dead man’s last re- quest. “He meant well and he stuck to his ship like a true sailor, even if he did make a big blunder. Oh, what a pity he fooled away those precious hours in trying to make the shore.” Paul was too weak to go up town that day, but on the following morning he thought he was weil enough to try it. A small sum of money had been raised for him by the generous sailors ani as he was anxious to make a few purchases he parted from the captain near the steamship office after promising to be back inside of an hour. There were queer paias in his head and back and 2s he passed slowly along Bourke street he began to wish he had asked the captain to accompany him on his shopping expediti Whether he had over- taxed his strength or the fever, only par- tially checked, suddenly reappeared, Paul never knew, but presently his head grew lizzy, buildings began to assume sirange and startling es and he be- came possessed of the notion that they were just awaiting a chance to topple over and crush him To escape from this impending danger chief and out toward the highway he ed, stagzering along t as his weak limbs would carry him. Joor jet into a stone stricken lad finally dropped and there he lay unobserved 1% hour, with a_semi-tropical At the cad time a smart trap rojied up and and tws pleasent featured mer unconscio: for ne: sun beating down on his head. that of dector?” cried the older gentie- this?” thus addressed stooped own and attentively examined the prone gure before the gate. “A bad case of typhoid, I shonld say,” h a grave ie “Bet- din't we retorted the cther, a it isn’t exactly in our . but common humanity suggests that 1 should think, they rang the bell sharply and a servitor in livery answering he way brusquely ordered to convey Paul's limp © into the hospital ward and have the nurses take charge of the case at once. | Steps had carried h The doctor was quite right in his diag- nosis. It was a very dangerous attack of typhoid that had seived Paul end only by the very best of treatment was he able to pull throug. But it was a long, tedious filness that he experienced and when jength he was able to craw sunny grounds few would in hi Six wearisome weeks had elapsed since the good doctor had found Paul un scious at the hospital gate. At iecast Paul | Supposed it was a hospital vo long a: remained in the sick ward, but when he convalescent and able to be out doors he learned the real nature of the place in which he had found shelter. The good Samaritan who had tended him so assidu- ously was the house surgeon in a large pri- vate hospital for the insane, and it was to | El the gate of this asylum chat Paul's errati m. The doctor ex- plained all this to the boy the day before he gave him permission to stroll about the “You will probably meet some queer remarked as he stroked his long, brown ard, while a quizzical smile Nt up his “but don’t mind them; they are . ¥ h teatures, insane peg! you supposed. wever, In two weeks you will be weil md then I shall lose my ne patient.” doctor, and he'll be sorry enough to part from cne who has been 8q g00d to nim,’" returned Paul fervently. “And, to think, you barely know my name,” he added, ‘Oh, yes I do, enluci You are namber thirtcen, thirteen,” laughed the surgeon. As to your real name, what matter? You y it is Paul Travers, that you are a ranger in the colonies and an American y birth, All right, when I go over to your uniry I'll look you up and then you can w me how ungrateful you can be, eh?” * you'll only give me the chance,” ex- claimed his patient, and as the doctor smiled good-naturedly and held out his hand Paul took the strong, white fingers in his own weak clasp. The pressure, gentle though it was, told the doctor that the lad was by no means insensible of the great debt he owed to his preserver. One week in the beautiful garden worked wonders in Paul's color and in oye flesh on his bones. It also brought in- to close relation with the poor demented creatures who roamed in that earthly para- dise with scarcely any appreciation of the gros of their surroun: a 8 and princes, dukes, I judges, generals and other iced, poreaee ages innumerable met daily in the vine- covered arbors or strolled aimlessly along the graveled walks, which were bordered with richly-hued flowers and luxuriant tropical plants. All were full of absurd conceits and whimsical notions that would have been extremely ludicrous had they not been so pitiable. Paul’s earliest ac- quaintance was a benignant, white-haired old genueman whose peculiarity lay in fancying himself to be the Almighty. He was ever searching for his dear and, only, son, and his bland features were the to greet the lad when he entered . den. Stepping up to Paul, in a soi Ycice he inquired, with the greatest earn nese if his dearly beloved had "Sees to ig by wes i “Don’t enter into any it with them,” had been the doctor's final caution; Sherpa ll pean the poor wretches. Just smile and accede to any’ and re thing.” So Paul bowed as heen in es. kKnowledgment of the imposed honor, and was passin; y 1 arrange matters for the entire ual now.” Then he went over to a rustic and wrote industriously on a paper meantime keeping faithful watch movements. The lad le his way back to the as he rang the bell the old fellow up, and with an air of great mystery, a folded note into Paul's coat tiring quickly with his finger to as an attendant appeared. While resting on a lounge in geon's office the lad brought to light of paper. On the outside was scra’ “God is love. Staff Sergeant William ping, God Almighty, Melbourne.” I Was inscribed the following queer jumble: “God is love and motheriess. Staff Ser- geant William Topping, God Almighty. Two is company, three is Dear kind, be kind to and all wate! on 7 fe ini mn babe. J am God Almigh my home. There is no place where the birds are singing gayly. is no place like home. Do not devil, he is my worst enemy.” Paul could not help laughing over strange hodge-podge, and yet he felt a sympathy for the noble-looking old who, the doctor said, had been at a well-known Melbourne merc! " years before his wife and only son-had wrecked almost in sight of Port Heads, while on a voyage back from ing- land, and the blow had been too severe for his brain, already overburdened by troubles. He went hopelessly crazy and had been confined in the asylum ever It was a strange world in which tu gle back to life and health, and but f cheery talks with his good friend, the surgeon, the lad might have had a an HE F % i 7 E € zn u : FF FF H i fj He E 5 § his experience to recount to the dogtor a their next meeting. Paul had made such progress in :tbe quod |,” graces of the resident surgeon that, the.iavo became quite confidential, or as = ye as a lad of eighteen could expect to be. 2 man of forty. Up to this time the bey had avoided all mention of the wreck; but evening, shortly before the day set for discharge, Paul told his friend the story of the loss of the Koturah and the part he had minutes he went up to his private room and presently returned with a bundle of news- Papers. Suspecting from the doctor's man- ner they trey ila yp ce to the wreck and possibly to eagerly took the proffered package and in a very short ume had lighted upon a graphic story ef “ne Lees of the Koturah” ax described #.ep- resentative of the Melbourne Ai by Carey, who, it wiil be Tememberyde owas through the surf to shore after leaps the boat sent out in charge of Mr. Fe the second officer. var Carey spoke of his efforts to obtain relict on the desolate coast and his long tramp to the nearest settlement, where he succeeded im inducing half a dozen men to return wath him to the beach, where they were utter), powerless to render aid. He told of tueir mnding a half-drowned wretch who had es- caped from the first officer's boat when the blind roller tossed the crew into the treacherous surf and who was the only man that managed to get ashore alive. Their long vigil on the beach while momentarily expecting the vessel to go to pleces was thrillingly portrayed; also the starting of the bonnres and the flash lights thrown upon the survivors on the wreck. it was almost 3 o'clock in the morning, he judged, when the Koturah made her last plunge and slipped backward from the reef under the turbulent waves, which at daylight covered every vestige of the wreck except one of the topmost spars. Although they patrolled the shore constantly, keeping a sharp lookout for possible survivors, no one managed to struggle through alive, and it was not until the day following that the bruised and swollen bodies of the vic- tims were washed ashore. In another column Paul read with a feel- ing of deep thankfulness that the second officer, with his crew, had pulled out to sea in safety, and was picked up by the ves- sel whose futile efforts to reach the wreck | had dest-oyed the hopes of those left on | board the Koturah. ‘The captain's body | was recovered, that of the second engineer, | the old minister, Vcul's little golden-haired charge and a number of others whose de- scription@h¢ recognized, including that of his poor thum, Davy. All had been re- moved to the settlement, twenty miles in- land, and given decent bari Out of a total of nearly two hundred passengers and crew, Carey and the survivor from the first officer's boat, together with Riley and his crew, were all that escaped—nine out of two hundred. Paul let the papers drop to the floor and buried his face between his hands, too cvercome to read further. Meantime the lector sat stolidly puffing his Urlarwood, but never tsking his eyes off his young end, wi«te connection with the wreck had shrewdly suspected long before Paul ve him his confidence. Dr. Tolman had veloped a great liking for the lad, whom had snatched from the very jaws of death, and since his discovery of the shock- ing experience through which his protege had passed this feeling was greatly inten- sified. Waiting until Paul's fit of weeping had worn itself out, the doctor broke the rather painful silence by exclaiming: “Come, come, my boy, you must chirk up a bit or i shall have all my work to do over again. We knew there was yet another saved, and now I want you to read what your friend, Capt. Wilson, sa: whom your ab- sence has so greatly mystified.” (To be continued.) characters out in the garden, my lad,” be | Don’t le: that disturb you, | ——— na RAILROADS. LALAWAY July 3, Thos. © at Peousyivants Pas D. 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