Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1898, Page 19

19, 1898-24 PAGES. |LIFE ABOARD SHIP Daily Routine of Duty on Uncle Sam’s Men-o’-War.~ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH She walked back and forth in the room, in it distress of mind. ie ead am, and if you, pray let me » ma'am. I’m sure Mr. Gaylord would wish me to i my power—or—or his, ma'am.’ ‘Mr. lord,” said the lady, “was—was of mine. He has gone just when I needed him most. I do not know what to do--what to do—what to do!” She wrung her pretty little hands togeth ‘Won't you tell me what I can do for you, ma’am? There is certainly something.” isten!” she said, drawing near the valet and looking at him with dilated eyes. “I haye something so terrible to say that you will hardly believe me! No one knows yet— not a soul. As soon as I found it out I lock- ed the door and came here. I ran all the Way. I knew the number of his room, and I came right here—and he is gone. I had a note saying he was going, but I thought I might get here in time. you know what has happened? My father—” she took hold of the valet’ ea ed for human ‘my Poor‘fath: ‘has killed him- Stubbs instinctively’and “respectfully sup- Ported her swaying body.! Ne By and by she grew caimer and permit- ted him to inform the proper persons and to send for her carflageand see her safe home. He sent out‘telegrams after the departing train on which’ his patron had gone, but no responsé cante. Gaylord him- self had had no ideaof his destination. He did not know when he left whether he would stop in the mountains after he crossed the divide, or go on to the ‘Pacific coast, or still further to Honolulu.! The death of George Lowman attracted but little attention. :Wher the news of his insolvency and his:suicide went abroad people simply concluded that they had over- estimated his wealth and had been mis- taken as to the source from which it cam His daughter's existence was unknown to many of those who had.an acquaintance with her father, for it wasibut a few weeks since she came to the city. The women whc had taken it upon themselves to intro- duce her and to show her courtesies were kind now, and visited her and invited her to their houses and sent flowers. The poor child turned toward them a white face of refusal_and shut her doors on all the world. She dismissed the serv- ants the next morning and bent herself to the task of looking after her father’s af- fairs. She gave the whole thing over final- ly into the hands of his attorneys and quit- ted the place at twilight, when none might see her, with no attendant save the faithful Stubbs. He had sent her trunks to a quiet place in the suburbs, wh2re the mountains look- ed down on a grass-grown iable land ana white streets, irrigating ditches and clumps of wild willows. For several days she did little but Me on the settee and watch the rise and fall of the fir2. The consciousness that she would soon be penniless had prompted her to for- hid Stubbs to let any of her few friends know her whereabouts. A few days more would bring her to penury. Her proud lit- ule spirit would not 2ndure the idea of men- dicancy, even in its most agreeable forms, and she shut herself close in the hous? lv The New Discovery of the Century 3 lish neck, delicate as alabaster. Her = ae face still bore a lock of Intiocent hauteur, and her sweet voice was tuned to a minor LW LSURSUSUSTE GAYLORD OF THE WEST. 4 already dubbed her the fce maiden, but Mr. WRITTEN FOR TEE EVENIEG ‘TAR BY ELLA W. PEATTIE. nen (asco Thaddeus Gaylord was a Chinook wind, as he himself might heave said had he under- taken a simile, and her frigidity did not even arrest his attention. He had denced- till morning many a time in the mining camps, and he knew his steps perfectly well. Miss Lowman hed the feet and the airy motions of a fay, and in the embrace of the strappirg mountaineer, - depending upon his strength and magnificent momet- tim, the pair swept all things before them and had the right of way wherever they went. ~ The next day Gaylord called. The next day after that he sent flowers. When he net her at dinner at Mrs. Drexel’s she was wearing some of them in ker drab hatr. After that he always sént flowers—every. day. Her father might weil have inquired into this devction had it ‘been her father’ nature to inquire into anything. But he was a distrait sort of man, who appeared to speculate absentmindedly, and who eeem- ed vaguely ard largely successful. His in- terests were reported to be very great. It was commonly thought his investments in ‘the east furnished the base of his income. But he was uncommunicative and dour, and confided in none. His business apart- ments were furnished in mahogany: and brenacs—and that was rather convincing to Denver—for Der ver is still yrung and cred- ulous. It was ra’d everywhere in the city that Heth Lowmon was an heiress, and the daughter of a millionaire—but they speak that word gl‘bly out there. Stubbs saw the photograph of a girl on his patron’s dreesing table, and drew his own conclt ft one ro: lcw. In course of time a delicately painted miviature replaced the photograph. Stubbs was able to observe certain marked changes in his patror also. When he had first en- tered into Mr. Gaylord’s life—if it is cor- rect to speak in terms so emotional ccn- cerning the association of a man and his valet—Gaylord had writhed under his min- istrations. Now he sat Ike a lamb while Stubbs arreyed him. and had even, to his valet’s secret dslight, sharply reprimanded Lim fer lack of attention to some small de- tail. Under this treatment Stubbs began te feel quite at Lome, and if he had enter- tained any secret apprehensions about the gentility of his patron they now disap- peared. One day, however, a cloud appeared on Stubbs’ horizon. It may or may not have been bigger than a man’s hand; Stubbs THERE 18 PLENTY FOR ALL 10 D0 So —_ TPES = me Ht Matters Wherein the Casual Visitor is Liable to Err. bea, (Copyright, i898, by SS. Mc He came out of the west—but that was the only respect in which he resembied Lochinvar. Indeed, the poin:s of dissim- larity were noticeable. He had no fair Ellen; his steed, a knetty littie mountain animal, was far from being the best cn all the wide border, and, naturally, he did not bring it with him to Chicago. What he cid bring was a buiging pocket- book Not knowing exactly what to do with the contents, he bought an astonish- irg amount cf gay summer linen, and scan- @alized a discreet neighborhood by sending quantities of American beauties to Mrs. Haddon Worcester, whom he had met out at Denver, and whose husband had inter- esis identical with his own in certain min ing ventures Mrs. Wo! er was some- what annoyed by these attentions, but un- derstanding that they were only a part of the habitual exuberance by which Thad- deus Gaylord was distinguished, she ac- cepted them with patience. He even insisted that #he should lunch im at his hotel, and she consented, as she was leaving her house to keep this appointment a young woman slighted from a cab, satchel and guitar case in hand, and presented herself at Mra. w Ster’s dcor. Heth Lowman!” eried Mrs. Wor- rv, kissing the quiet little face of the I thought you were not due for a t. Surely you said commencement the Ist of June. was too tired to walt for commence- said the girl. ‘“Besides—well—there anybody to see me, you know—and all the other girls had their people coming to commencement. Father couldn't get away. And it's a long way from Denver to Poughkeepsie, isn't it? I hadn't any grad- nating frock, either, and I didn’t know What to get. And—oh, I don't know! But I just thought I would come and see you.’ You're as wéicome as you can be, my dear, and you look just like your mother— Which makes you even more welcome. ‘But I must tell you why I have my hat en. I'm invited to luncheon with a gen- teman from your own town from Denver, who is a friend of Mr. Worcester’s. My rest easy. You ought to shine in Denver so- ciety, Geylord, I'm dashed if you oughtn’t. But the first thing you rust do, man, is to Set yourself in proper gear.” “You don’t like my clothes? “Clothes? Do you call those clothes? lord, I hate to teil you, but the truth is, you have never dressed in your life. You have merely covered your nakedness. Now, you ought to have a valet.” asked Gaylord, “But we don’t raise valets out They don't grow :n this soil ou might send to England for one. 1 know a man who wili send you just the fellow. Here's his adiress—had a letter from htm today.” “I'll cable him,” exclaimed Gaylord, sud- denly elecirified. “I'll do it this minute.” nd he started for the telegraph room. “By Jove: said Beresford feebly, looking after his friend, and tien sinking ‘helpless- ly into a chair. : Ocean greyhounds af fieet, and so are the overland flyers, and in little more than a fortnight Richard Stubbs, a gentleman's gentleman, knocked at Gaylord’s door at the Brown palace. Gaylord shouted to come in, and Richard Stubbs e=tered. ‘How do you do, sir,” said Gaylord, ris- ing, “I haven’t the pieasure— Richard Stubbs, sir, of London, at, your service—the man you sent for, sir. “Man I sent—Oh, yes, yes! Glad to meet you, sir; glad to meet you! I hope you had a pleasant voyage.” He held out a wel- ecming hand and grected the Englishman as if they were reunited brothers. “Thank you kindly, sir. rough." “How do you like America?” asked Gay- lord, trying to help the man off with his overcoa| : “Thank you, sir, but I've seen but little EVENING’S RECREATIONS Written for The Evening Star. WV treet you GO aboard an American man-o’-war on a vis- iting day, and spend an hour or so prowl- ing about the decks, guided ‘by a taciturn petty officer, you see all the best of it. The hearse, _ ever-piping bo'sun’s mate has prepared the way for you with his deev- chested bawi (issued in the gray of the morning for the ears of all hands, “Clear ship for visitors.” That is a very differeat word from “Clear ship for action”—which means set blue- Jacket countenances and strained blue- jacket muscles in any service and in all climes—but it is just as productive of re- sults. (A bo'sun’s mate gets action for every howl he emits.) You, the man-o'- war visitor, perceive the results—the glassy, chalky decks, the glittering bright work, the potished gun gear, the fantasti- cally arranged running gear, the general look of almosi impossible cleanliness that causes you tc farcy that here, at any rate, dirt has been regarded as a living, dan- gerous enemy, and, as an enemy, throttled and cast over the side. You observe the bluejackets sitting around decks, _ pic- turesque in their best mustering clothes, the “spick-and-rpan marines playing at Chinese checkers on mystifying checker boards of of! cloth, the officers aft, posing on the poop, perhaps, in their full dress uniforms, or flocking’ in and out of the ward room officers’ mess room—and you conclude that, after all, the stage man- o’-war is not ‘so totally wrong, and that, on the whole, a naval life on’ the ocean doubtfaily. het wy com | The voyage was AG a Who Has Discovered How to Tell If We Have Kidriey, Bladder or Uric Acid Trouble HOW TO FINDRELIEF AND CURE QUICKLY. The Eminent Physician and Specialist a 4 Yon May Have.a Sample Bottle Sent’ Free by Mail. pe ee ceste ang, Mept her heartache as her only guest. | wave can't be quite such a bad job en'h — ae 1 ks ceteuees to bess ee As time went on, her little purse suffered has been pictured. depot ee eee a Ee ae ee Tn Gp prea bo tg ye ee “{ call this kind of Mrs. Worcester,” on the piano, only no one in Denver was Sr se ee areal ‘I count myself complimented! resting on an even Mrs. Worcester, madam, you have honored when sickness and poor beclth bring anxiety and trouble hard to bear; diseppointment seems to keel, guns all mounted heart acts ba and ready for business, everything all paying fcr luxuries of that sort just then. Denversns izi Z ‘There ts no more serious menace to bhalth and aes CFAe keds ies oar tos te eee Peas in as 2ccnomizing—dramatically. It | properly stowed away, ‘and nothing for | follow every effort in our behalf; we get dis-| strength than any derangement of the kidneys, talking all the way, and the ladies were spe eee omadel ection coe the crew to do tomorrow. How will the | couraged and skeptical. In most cases serloas | Swamp-Root ix the great discovers. of De Kile seated where they could overlook the lake, Heth Lowman, however, had no call to be | being ‘betes $2 2ut in tomorrow without | mistakes are mede in our treatment, and tm not | ner, the eminent physician and epectalist, and the at a table half-hidden in violets and pink being bored? How’'ll they find enough to do to earn their pay, row that the vessel is as cle:n as wax, and plenty evil looking for any sort of work?” The Day’s Routine. The crew will be busy enough tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that. histrionic, because she had no audience. She kept a diary and made notes of hor emotions, and she watched the mails, and was forever expecting a letter from Gay- lord, who had gone, as he explaineé to her in his farewell note, to retrieve himself, ,and would return to her only when he was once more a rich man. knowing what the disease is or what makes us wen sick. If a peculiar pain attacks you, try to locate its crigin “and discover which organ of the body is sick and in need of attention. If the kidneys are at fault--and in almost every case in the failing of our health they are—look mild and extraordin: effect is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing ca All up-to-date American and European Hospitals are indorsing it, because of its remarkable success in the treatwent of kidney and biadder disorders and Uric Acid trou- lord was of uncertain age. He ap- peared to be a man who would never grow old. His dark red hair was wiry and in- able. His eyes were blue and full of His mustache volumi- | tes due to weak kidneys, such as enterrh of the a's Reliedk< PS es Ae F You have been over he she is d | Veil to their restoration to health and strength. | bladder, gravel, rheumatism and Bright's Discase, it seemed lik> the cari- |e She was convinced that he was keepin; ras Iresse | cature cf a :nustache. His white hands had watchful care over her ‘when, about a|¥P In her best, unimpeachable as a royal | Tbe are the great flters of our body, and con: y casey iy the worst fort at Ritaay Seen, certain protuberances on ti which In- Bar Tostene Her misfortunes, and just when | marine. There is always work, slathers | @entls, the purity of the blood ts entirely de] tt cures inability to hold water, and promptly dicated that he knew the shovsi and pick— her fortune looked the blackesi, an en-| of it for all hands fore and att. a seeped ee nimi nah iasvern energie in pela but that’s no shame to a miner, as he velope caine, containing a number of bills | gwar tr he 2, > On @ man- | ‘If the kidneys are not in a perfectly clean and | petted to go often during the day, wnd get up would have explained—and his skin, natur- zdiuite enough to keep her in comfort for | Starry jack ant coon ine ets, UP. her | neaithy condition, the Jlood becomes impregnated nany times during the night. te Just the ally tender and sensitive, bore marks of sieray coms fo come: She told’ Stubbs.) tat thar inevitebio Gee ee Lt | arith enpurition ‘epa'al Actay “ox ths Radaays woos | coaasay web toon, GOA Se Siapeaned tg GR caahine exposure. about the money—she was confidential with | Gut. other Incvitak ne edema towed ints | takes place. If you desire to relieve yourself of | in fifty-cent and one-dollar bottles. After luncheon Gaylord called for the Stubbs—and asked ‘him if he didn’t suppose | 691% 0) boneyard to rot. Except for the | Water increases, and you find it necessary to arise | ‘To prove the merits of this remarkable lscovery best i “In, ‘the ‘establishment, ut sn Mx. Gaylord had caused his banker to send |b ooram ‘of dchic, (or er such occasional | many times during sleeping hours. your kidoeys | Swamp tect, you amy have a sample bottle avd RS eget aageeren on Joep Arse Denver stamp mark on the envelope and alw: ‘gireaded incidents as coaling | ere sick. As they reach a more unhealthy stage, | hook of valuable information, both sent absolutely formation. 3 Stubbs said that was @ reasonable supposi- | Shp. every day on a man-o'-war at anchor | a scalding and Srritation takes place es the water | free by mail, upon reecipt. of three two-tent * said he to the attendant, tion, and little MissLowman was pertectly | }8 the same. At sea, the incidents are as | ficws, and pain or dull ache in the back makes | stamps to cover cost of postage on the bottle. ptended for me, is it?” happy. eager As siles, seas, and log-books. This | you miserable. If the water, when allowed to re-| The value and success of SwainpRovt are 0 well ‘es, It is quite the most correct Though she kad entertained such violent pre aoe of eecuune) day on an Ameri- | ngin undisturbed for twenty-four hours, forms “4 rown that our readers are advised to write for a re ate against accepting help froia any | f2n-o—war as she bvistgeaced oe eens settling or sediment, yo are in the grasp of most | ssmple bottle and to kindly mention the Evening - ,Fleynolds.” sald Gaylord to the She Had os nipunchon ial elle’ | yi anta cee eekes wk | serious kidney or bladder disorder. Star when sending thelr address to Dr. Kilmer & iltin. X Gti aa” you tec a < Xe had told her, with frensied tterdtions yay | difference. If neglected now the disease advances antil the | Co., Binghamton, N.Y. Copyright, 1895 —D.K.€ Co, sir. I'm not one of the mourners! Zs The first thing a man-o’-war recruit learns emeeracol 1s to jump to the scream of the to'’sun’s mate's pipe and the bray of the marine he loved her, that he must marry her, (Lat he had never loved any one else and that she was the loveliest- woman in the world. SHE HEARD AN IMPETUOUS KNOCK AT THE DOOR. face looks pale or sallo nor the corpse, d—d if I am! Get puffy agon, sir—a road cart—something or dark circles + D cre « ana? is ely c) i e vi les the go- eo ve : he fact | “Wind-Jammar's” bugle. The bugler gets in | Black In. the face—orly on the main deck, | line, and give the swinging tab! 7 7 : a aie 5 " fo! i s ep-water blueja °: i “2 a : - 4 Seg DEM chestnuts up the lake shore |of it yet.” The man stood respectfully. | was al lia; Wositionstoy aay, q bets uaeator | par un eatin ore er cc Ue eet Ree ata eee | ao sates ae Pee Eee ee ie ee ie _ the chestnuts lifted their dainty legs | “Put down your things,” commanded | ever. The first thing he noterd was trac| AS the months ‘went by the mysterious | Hates. Werst, and he will begin. to say | in& by the master-at-arms explains why he | the men forward put in the heavy work Gaylord. “Sit down, man, sit down. I'm glad to see you. “Have, sir?” “To drink, I mean. A brandy and sod: Just name the stuff—whatever you please. “Since you are so kind, sir, I think I'd did then and there smoke later on to the commanding officer. But the man-o'war's man bolts his breakfast for the sake of his first morning smoke—for he has to crowd his breakfast, the smoke and his some- things about the marine bugl:r—for this musician trumpets all hands forward awake at 5 o'clock in the morning. A hammock is a comfortable, cozy affair to sleep in {when you get used to it—especially cozy of the day. The chief bo'sun’s mate, like a provost sergeant in the army, al- ways knows where to find ork for the bivejackets. There is always a paymas- ter's store room to be “broken out” and re- every morning Mr. Gaylord was avid for his papes, and that he turned to the Wash- ington news and read it feverishly. Later on the valet observed that a strange anx- jety lay upon the whole city. Excited stipend continued to come’ unfailingly, and Heth kept up her spirits, and made herself uscful. She loved the spot where she lived. The eagles flew over it sémetimes, and the mountains were seldom hidden. One day lord, fairly unfurl- id mustache to the wind in of his enjoyment, Now, I feel at home!” ier, who was meeting her What will you have mounts and comforiable at 5 o'clock on a black, | WEat elaborate “policing” of himself and | stowed; always a magazine that necds groups talked and gesti m ° that which Heth expected happened. ning. vi ; within the space | overhauling (which the men forward de- & Arifle pale. Her western | like to try one, of your.American drinks. | Sn’ the strest comers” Barling enete ions Stubbs had not called in the morning, as | CMill morning. But when the wind-jam- | dressing up for quarters a , Hielgteneed gem e 2ovenintanwee was even more startling w to become accustomed to your = e3 28 awa; L tast “Now, that's nice of you, Mr. Stubbs,” cried Gaylord, striking him cordially on the back. “I see you are going to make a good American. I've always said that Englishmen made the best Americans. I hope to see you taking out your naturali- of an hour. “Quarters,” which is the first roll call of the day on a war vessel, is sounded in the United States navy at 8:30 o'clock (occasionally at 9 o'clock) in the morning. The men forward, bluejackets and mariges, don’t put on their best uni- | forms for ordinary quarters, but they must and the already up and sory bo’sun’s mate lets out a couple of shrill blasts on his pipe, followed by the roar, “All hands on deck,” a hammock is no place for a bluejacket who does not pine for the trouble of facing the skipper at th> Mast a few hours later. From the time “all hands” is soundeG, the men are allowed six spise, for the reason that ro sméking is allowed aboard ship while a magazine is open); always ashes to be hauled up on elevators from the fire rooms, anchors to be chipped and repainted, ‘ammunition boxes to be red-leaded, ship's sides to be Soaped aad scrubbed to a dazzling white- usual, and Miss Lowman, who had come to depend upon him for hef morning paper, and any small service she might wish per- formed, wondered if he were ill. She sat at the window, sewing lace in the neck of her little gray Sunday frock, when she sa: him coming down the street. And, giad- in the barber shops, haranguing. The hote] rotundas were thronged at night, and, apparently, not for purposes of pleasure. Miners thronged the city by the thoysand, fresh from the camps. Bulletins were eagerly read in the clubs and the new: paper windows. The rooms of the mining than s Tittle had apprehended. But the grave Miss Lowman was glowing like a As the excitable animals flew along » sir.” hi hi ness, gladness! He was not alone! Beside lock thoroughly neat and ae to stand pees ee the bo'sun's mate ofa mod- exchange hummed like a hive with men. g . ident at-| ™inutes to scramble out of their hamr | their division officers’ inspection, or—once | ern man-of-war could find some work to zation papers soon.” | = eir ham- i rs ui e : ; The drink came, Stubbs quaffed it with | One morning the papers printed. the Trea gentiertan’ witnta paar aeeTt St | mocks, dress themsslves, and lash taeir | acain—travel up to “the stick” for sloven- |do_on the highly polished surface ot ‘a evident relish, and asked for its name. news that India had suspended the coinage of silver. That day there were three sui- cides at Rico and two at Ouray—and per- haps some others, elsewhere, of which no one took note. The air was electric with presage of disaster. Gaylord ate noth- ing all day, and that evening he stayed in his room—a thing he had not done since he returned from Chicago. About this time Colorado began to make new fashions for itself. Beresford invited his friends to dine with him under the auspices of the sheriff. So they came—all the merry old rounders, and drank good wine under the nose of the sheriff—who drank as much as anybody. In fact, Mrs. Beresford, ip her corn-colored satin, held aloft an irf- descent goblet of twisted glass in her hand and cried: _ “To the sheriff,” and the company drain- ed the amber liquid to him, while he came in from an ante-room to bow his acknowl- edgments. Up in the camps hard-luck dinners be- came the rage. One dinner was given at Rico to which ten penniless-men sat down, who had been millionaires, or well on the way to be such, the week before. The food they ate was obtained on credit, and they sent out a telegram asking for pasyes to Denver—which they got=for it had been only a month before that they had had the president of the road and twenty other good fellows up to drink champagne and eat venison with them. ‘The days passed feverishly. Men waited for the final blow. It came. The Sherman act was repealed. The government no longer guaranteed the purchase of silver. Gaylord came to Stubbs with the old whimsical smile about fils face. “I’m done for,” he said, “I’m cleaned out, Stubbs. But there's a lot of others travel- ing my road, and I’m not going to feel Icnesome. I’m simply going to pack my grip and get out. I’ve got a little money that I can honestly use, though most of what I have in the bank will have to gO, to paying off the men at the mines and settling up matters, And I've this to say, Stubbs, to you. If you want to go with me, you may. I brought you over here, ard you may share my fortunes to the end if you wish. But I give you fair warn- ing they'll be misfortunes from this time on for a while. Of course, I’ get on my feet again somehpw, but I don’t know when nor where nor how. I’m used to bammocks and stow them away in the haramock nettings. The man who lags and is ten seconds behind schedule time for this performance is spotted by the chief macter- at-arms—and h> does not go ashore on lib- erty with his shipmates for a while. “Wash Down.” The hammocks stowed, the officer of the deck (in his bare feet, generally, like the men forward, and therfore not quite so allant and dignified-looking as he appears when you go aboard on your visit) makes his nod to the watchful bo’sun’s mate, and the word “Wash down” is passed. Then the pumps below begin to thump, and for a solid hour “green seas” pour ov2r the decks—inore than enough water to float her. The scrubbing, mauling of gear, rub- bing of anything and everything Tubable, are prodigious. Every man has a cleaning Station, whether h2 belongs to the deck force or the “black gang” of the engineef’s department below, and it is his business to get that station as clear as washed wool before thre2-fourths of the, civilian world bas awakened. If he does not get it clean, he “goes to the mast” when his slouchiness is discovered by the inspecting officar. Every corner and cranny of a man-o’-w. is numbered for cleaning purposes, from the to'gallant fo'c’sle to the after engine room, and every man-o'-war’s man has a number to correspond to his cleaning sta- tion. They don’t holystone man-o'-war decks ‘any more. They use sand instead. While the men on deck are whitening the decks and scouring the guns and unravel- ing and restowing loose gear, the bl gang down below are polishing up their in- tricate machinery stations, cleaning fire end boiler rooms, washing out bilges and generally laying up peace for themsclves against the aft2r-breakfast inspection of the lynx-eyed chief engineer. " ‘The Welcome “Mess-Gear.” This-early morning washing down and polishing seance lasts for two hours—for it liness, which means an involuntary slough- ing off of shore liberty and other priv- iteges. The chief petty officers attached to divi- sicns, above and below, call the roll and report to the division officers, who in turn report to the executive officer. Finally, the executive officer reports to the comman officer, who stands at the cabin door. pert there are always men reported “absent small boy's taw agate. He is never at a lors, and one of the requirements of his rate is that he must always be able to find labor for four times the number of a ship's company. Evening Recreations. When the men finally knock off at 4 or 5 iNE | o'ciock, the only remaining duty staring them in the face is the standing of even- hore without leave,”"—‘liberty breakers” | {ng Quarters about sundown. They have to these men (who suffer for it upon their re- | clean™up spick-and-span for this, which ts turn) are called. The man who is aboard | about tie same sort of a reli call, with the the ship and misses quarters is haled to] aaaition of ten minutes’ preliminary calis- the stick by the chief master-at-arms and thenics, as the roll call in the morning. the derelict is in luck if he does not get a dcse of the “brig” (ship's place of confine- | Then mess-gear for supper is piped, and rent) in double irons for his remissness. when the meal is over all hands shift into the slouchiest clothes they possess in their The Round of Drills. ditty bags—those of the crew, that is, who Immediately upon the dismissal of men | have not cartier | in the day put down their names for v! more or less tempestuous, tae anuees Meera SS ake hora Rak ashore—and settle down for an evening of comfort and enjoyment aboard.’ The stu- marine and ship's buglers in unison sound | gious men lay aft to the library, but the drill call. There is a round of drills to fit/ Mbrary is never overcrowded with men in all the ship's departments, for | forward seeking books. There is always every day in the week. Often several dit-| too much going on on deck to make read- ferent drills are in progress on the same | ing, letter vb a All of the men join in the setting up | Suits possible, except for the most serious exercises—calisthenics of a sort by no} men. uesa who means adapted to kindergartens. Most of the men come in for single-stick drill—a rather antiquated drill, this, when it is considered how remote the probability is of modern men-of-war sufficiently tache—a gentleman who looked us if he were in the habit of having men and cb- stacles, and even U. S. mail wagons get out of his way! In his arms Stubbs carried a basket of roses and sundry little packages, and as they walked the man with the mus- tache talked all the time. Heth could hear his ringing voice come up to her through the closed window. She flew back to her own room, and sat down and sewed some more of the lace in the neck of her frock with an air of deadly indifference. She heard some one bounding up the stairs three steps at a time—and she still sewed in the lace. She heard an impetuous knock at the door, and it burst cpen—Heth was just knotting a thread— and the next thing she knew she was not in her chair at all, or on the floor at ail, bat—well, well, never mind. “Well,” said he, “Heth, I’m baci: No one smiled. Every cne seemed to think the remark was needed. ‘I’m on my feet again. I knew I would be—with -you waitirg. Alaska salmon did it. I canned the tails, The fools were throwing away as much es they canned—I swear they were, I’ve got a cannery in the shadow of a volcano and under the lid of a glacier, and I want you to see it.” “It didn’t seem surprising to anybody that Gaylord should wish to take his bride to a salmon cannery. “I didn’t know your plight, dear child, till Stubbs told me—heavens! if I had known it, I'd have been home quick enoug! “Didn’t know it?” gasped Heth, wiping her eyes on a diminutive pocket handker- chief; “how, then—’ But she was interrupted by Stubbs, who came in with the roses, and the little box- es, which the traveler made her open, and which contained trinkets of various kinds— silver bracelets from the Thinglets, and a silk shawl from Chinatown at Portland, and carved bone spoons from the Aleuts and a necklace of Alaska garnets. “If it hadn't been for that fellow’s waist- coats,’ said Gaylord, pointing to his valet, “and all the rest of the truck with which he furnished me, I might have fared bad- ly. Heth. The rascal packed up my whole outfit, and whére I've been clothes wear out fast. not to mention the fact that it’ often comfortable to wear three suits at a time. I wore my swullow tail with a blue flannel shirt and a puir of checked trous- rcughing it, and I don’t mind>at least, I| ers, and it seeméd t take with the natives whis wouldn't mind but for one thing—but that’s | first rate.”” nt Pig apt by nl nitiiem of er —- neither here nor there. Now, what will before that his t' ‘clock. you do? I'm with you, Stubs! ‘Sey’ your Stubbs had never known oy page oe Rae a i , nos brea} f say.’ “Why, sir,” said the man, touched by his employer’s misfortunes, “‘there’s a very respectable place in a barber’s shop that will be open to me, and I'll be better. there. | ¢, T’d'be a burden to you, sir, but here I'll be well provided for, and in’ condition—1, beg your pardon, sir, but you'll understand how I mean it—to be of some assistance to you, should you neéfi it at any time.” The tears were im lord’s eyes in a “That's a local compound,” explained Gaylord. ‘The barkeep down stairs invent- ed it. Great, isn’t it, Mr. Stubbs? “Stubbs, sir, if you please.” a “Thank you, Stubbs. I like to be “in- formal myself.” here was a pause. Stubbs finally said: I'm ready to begin my duties, sir. If you will kindly tell me my room, I'll have my boxes taken up. And as you may be going out presently, sir, perhaps you will be kind enough to show me where I will find your wardrobe. Or you may wish me to attire you for luncheon, sir?” Gaylord, who had been glancing over the paper for the last few seconds, looked up in something akin to consternation. “Attire me for luncheon! Why, damme, man, I've got the only clothes I have on my back—except that old diagonal suit for Sundays. Wardrobe! Merciful powers! Wardrobe! My wardrobe, Stubbs, is in the closet. It consists of pajamas and a bath- robe.” “May I ask you, sir, under those cir- cumstances, what my duties are to be, and —begying your pardon—why you sent for me, sir?” Gaylord stared a moment at the valet, and then went over to him and good hu- moredly pushed him into a chair. “See here, Stubbs,” said he, “I’m go- ing to be frank with you. I'm a miner. I've made my pile. I've traveled a hun- dred miles to every one of yours. I've known cold and hunger and rough living of all sorts. But now that’s over. I’ve two of the richest silver mines in the state. I'm at a place where I can enjoy life, and I've earned my right to do it. I've got to stand on my own merits as a man, but I think I'd look better to the world in general if I had a tallor. Now, I want you to rub me down, so to speak, and send me out well groomed. In short, array me like Solomon. I'll place a bank account at your disposal, and I want you to do the thing right. In the meantime, ring that bell, please. When the boy comes go with him and pick out a room to suit you. Make yourself comfortable. You've come half around the world to oblige me, and I want you to feel at home. If you serve me well, Stubbs, you will never re- gret it—and here's my hand,on it! And don’t mind my American ways.” Stubbs regarded him with a pair of hon- est bovine eyes for a moment. Then the man in him rose to meet, the man in Gay- lord, and they shook hands vigorously. in sign of compact. This’ ceremony over, Stubbs became instantly the valet, and was never for an instant afterward any- thing else. A week after this Vernon Harcourt Ber- esford gave a dinner, and the guest of hcnor was Theddeus Gaylord, who, in the most conventional attire, told vociferous stories with a gusto all hia own. There were any number of people present, who were glad to make the acquaintance of a good story teller, because they gawe dit ners themselves, ard when the evening was over the new aspirant for social favors It Made a Hit. turned in their direction, she felt like a Roman empress in a triumphal car, and said to herself that she was really seeing iife. After that. Gaylord called every day at the Worcesiers and saw the ladies. Two bunches of roses came daily to the house row, and the roses for Miss Lowman were invariably white—and sometimes the flow- ers were not roses at all, but lilies. Mrs. Worcester did not want to shirk Fesponsibility, but she rather hastened the departure of her guest, and explained afterward to Gaylord that she had been mmoned by her father, who wanted her home. : “Why didn’t you telegraph me, madam? Td have gov.e with her—indeed I would. I would have seen her safe to her journey’s end. Who krows what annoyances she may encounter? You ought to have told me, and I can't understand why you didn* It is necessary to record the fact that Thaddeus was not known to the fashion- able set of Denver. But on hfs return, and upon finding thet Miss Heth Lowman had been introduced to society at Mrs. Dexter's afternoon, he grew socially ambitious, He went to Vernon Harcourt Beresford with his difficulty. Mr. Beresford was a peculiar man. The atmosphere cf London hung about him. He wore clothes which were fashionable in the English metropolis, ard he gave dinners which would have been popular anywhere. He could play the host like 2 Sardancpalus, and when any ‘hammocks’ 1s sounded, at half-past 7—when the sleepy men may turn in if they so elect—there : i a f i ff FFF veniences the. man-of-war’s man-must per- force get used to is that of working like a mule on an empty stomach. At 7 o'clock i i i the-w! “But if you don’t know anout «ty mistor- said she suddenly, second. ‘ remarkable personage came to town it was found himself in the possession of a num- taken a3 a2 matter of course that he or she should be invited to dine at the Beresfords. His dashing American wife, whom he had met at Paris and ma at Chamouni, ‘Was in perfect keeping with the rest of his Qccessories. “Artists, actors, divines, scien tists, foreign nobility, musicians, dancers, Juggiers. faratics, poets and inventors were ‘elcomed at Beresford’s exquisite drawing m, and such extraordinary folks as he ‘uld not with propriety invite to meet his ber of pleasing invitations. He went home exultant. It was now only a metter of a few days before he could meet Miss Low- “No, no, Stubbs, tance, I I shan't need your as- Buteif I do I'll ask there’: