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i«WflW6F«H«iW4<<+«4*H-lCH-«-f«^^ 4> » t 1 r 'â-  y f 4 i I ♦ •0- â-  m . 1 KAI WANG; ©i A TALE OF SOUTHERN CHINA. CHAPTER XVII.â€" (ConUnued). and had Iheir enemies been encouraged by fresh arrivals, the affaii- must of necessity have gone heavily against Ihein. There was considerable saliifoclion in realizing (hat Ihey were alive, and with fair chances of ultimate suci:ess ahead of them, instead of floating upon the bosom of the dark river filled with punc- tures from Chinese knive;-;. Lord Rack- ett seemed to think so, for he moved to- ward the rounded stern of the junk,' in order to grasp the steering gear, with a light step and an air of animation strangely in ronlrnsl with the despon- dency that had grasped him but a short time before. The tiller, bent In the Chinese way. Some luckless Chinamen by chance were in the way, which w;is a sorry thing tor them, ns the big Englisluiian kept his left ami moving with a flail- like, double-jointtid action, and when his fist came in contact with the cranium of a pigtail celestial, the fellow txiwled over very much as do the pins in an alley when a well-directed ball strikes the kingpin in the van. Thus in a measure he was plowing his way through all obstructions, intent only upon accomplishing the duty in hand. When such a man directs his whole endeavors to reaching a certain end he Is apt to cut a pretty wide swath during his advance. Lord Rackett certainly did. Petoskey .saw him coming, and knew he had about reached the end of his ropo for the present. He was a soldier, and had learned the art of deserting his entrenchments. The first duty was to embarrass the enemy as much as possible while cover- ing his own retreat. Thus he suddenly sent hencoop and buckets whirling in a hurricane mess directly in the path of the advancing foe. and in the semi-darkness Lord Rackett had about as much as he could manage to avoid sprawling over the numerous rolling objeois that bumped against his shins. These few seconds were valuable to the diplomatic count, and, in fact, they were just what he depended upon in trder to can-y out his hltle design. The bulwark of the junk was but a few feet away, and on energetic mtm could reach it easily enough with a single bound. Doubtless the spirits of the vasty deep were calling to Petoskey just then; he may have even heard the mermaid voices such as proved so seductive in the ears of ancient mariners. At any rate, the man evinced a most 'decided fancy for immersion that w-as certainly not founded upon any sud- denly contracted religious fever. Lord Rackett might have let fly at his 'disappearing figure as it shot over the Of such material are Anglo-Saxon women of to-day madeâ€" the cries of the wounded foemen appeal to their brave yet tender hearts, and with gentle hands they bind up his wounds. In the late Spanish-American con- flict the dons learned many things that had not previously entered into their philosophy, and among them was the chivalrous spirit in which most English- speaking people treat a fallen foe. Those wretched Chinamen who gasped upon the deck of the junk, writhing in the torture of their wounds, must have been amazed when the lady, whom they had been instrumental in aMueling from her friends bent over them, and with the rare skill of an army nurse bound up their hurts in a cr\ide but effectual manner, considering the paucity of material at her command. .A.S for Plymplon, there was never a minute that he was not in it. He knew it was imperative that they should get ashore with all speed, and while Larry had been about the busi- ness assigned him, the big man had taken hold of a setting pole with which he was vigorously probing the water alongside, in Ib.e hope and expectation of reaching some stable foundation through means of which lie could push ashoic. In this endeavor he seemed to meet with continued disappoint nent. Plympton v.ns. however, a man of fer- tile resources ; when one idea fjiiled to pan out as favorably as he oxpccfcd, it was his way to turn and utilize other methods. The end and not the means, was his motto. Hence he wasted no more time with the pole that was too short, but slam- med it on the dock with a growl of dis- gust. They v.-ere floating with the current, and unless something was speedily don^ REVOLLTION IN SL'RGEnV. Cleter London Surgeon Originates Hen .Method ol Skiu Divi^on. A revolution in operation has been achieved by a clever surgeon, who has discovered a method of incising the skin wilhout leaving any visible scar. Well known optn-ators at Guy's and other hospitals in London have arranged with tins suj-geon to do what may be described as tlie superficial pai-l of their operations, leaving him to begin the operation and to attend to the conclud- ing part of it, the fact that glands, tumors, and so forth can now be removed without th.ere was knocking back and forth in aimlMS I H*'"'" Uie slightest outward trace after fashion when PIvmnton reached it. 1?^ operation is the most important He had put 6ut his hand to clutch i '"^'" °' Progress which has occurred m this adjunct of the primitive steering : ^"^^y.^o"" "1^.>' >''='»''s. When the op- goar, when he as suddenly sprang back I ^•"'^''^'i "* """f^ "> V'° "'^'"^ ?^ "^ ^^^ as though the deadly hooded head of a °'^ .^.^^. "^"^"^ "^« advantage of Uie new poisonous cobra had appeared alongside the crooked stick. The cause of this action was not far to seek, for a grim, dripping figure had suddenly shot into view from behind the stem, and the gleam of a knife as it sliced the air told how eagerly the yel- low-faced native had aimed to take his life. Ho had been overboard, and had clambered up to his present position method will be at once realized Not a little of the success of lliis me- thod is of course due to the practice and skill of this surgeon, but the fundamen- tal difference between the old method and the new is tlwl the new nietliod of skin division consists of dividing il up- on the slant, in contradistinction to the usual practice of dividing the skin at right angles to the surfaf^e. The rea- son why a cut through tlie skin upon without trouble; this was a sigmficant 1 i'^^^f '«'ii„?."l ^H.''i!?J**iJ V^J!"^^^^^^ *?: fact, since there might be and probably v.ere others. . Well, a miss is as good as a mile, they say, allliough a close shave is apt to send a cold sliiver down one's back ; and Plympton, being a maa of un- bounded nerve, knew just what remedy was needed for the present disease. His revolver had never left hio hand, for he could not tell at what instant such a ready reckonere might be needed, and when a man has use for such a tool lie wants il very badly. .?o that the ambilious Neptune, who I plied pressure heals so perfectly is simple enough. Contact is perfect, and the greater the pressure, within limits, the better is the result. This surgeon made his first experi- ment with an adapted hollow ground razor. He • now uses hollow groimd scalpels made especially for him. After the operation a magnifying glass is used to see that the edge of the skin is in proper position and a rigid dressing of glass and wool is used to prevent the skin contracting. In many ca.ses massage is use<). Old scars and â-  ., .,.11 'he indications of former operations can ad come up as it were out of the s.a, ! ^g removed bv this method, had little time to figure on whether valor i • or discretion were the better after the ♦ ' were the better absolute failure of his vindicti>'C attack when Plympton sent his complimenijj, and the vicinity of the i-udder was again 'Concealed Phono(jraph Disp^ies ol Dy- SntANGE WILL FORGERY. free from foes Porhap.* that particular sailor man would stay where he belonged after thisâ€" at loa-st he had been led to believe that was his place. His coming had given Lord Rackett something of a chill. In imagination he could see all the other natives who had jumped over inij ManN Estate. A peculiar will forgery case has oc- cupied the law courts at .Szegedin, Hun- gary, for the past few days. It should be explained that the Hungarian law recognizes as valid a verbal will utter- t^a by a dying person in the presence of witnesses. It was a knov/ledge of lliis board clinging to the sides of the junk, i P'^'i't of law that enabled a certain - â-  â-  Iheir ! •â- ^'t>'s Szabo to gain the sole control of op- gleaming knives clasped between teeth, only waiting for a favorable porlunity to strike and spare not. The prospect was so filled with grim to counteract this insidious influence suggestions that it alarmed liim. not so they might so continue to pass on down ' much on his own account as for the the stream Then he cast his eye aloft. There were the big, mat-like straw sails, quite useless in their clewed up condition ; could they not be uliUz^d in side, but he saw no reason for wasting I o„,e .^.^y m order to bring about the ammunition in this reckless way. ' Since the bold Russian had accommo- dated himself to the conditions, and ac- complished just what was most earnest- ly desired of him, what was the neccssily for putting a bullet somewhere within the limits of his anatomy or crippling his wing? He would need both arms to gain a landing. So Plympton brought up at the rail. He had plainly heard the great spla.sh that betokened the arrival of the man- frog in the water, and could even tell about where he might be at the time, from the series of wavelets that marked his course. This was fine progress. Now to scatter the remainder of the Chinese crew like chaff before the wind, and sweep them over the side. Larry was already engaged in this laudable task, and had succeeded in rounding up several of the toUowei's of Confucius, just as ho would have done a flock of sheep. , . The wretched Mongolians bore no little j '""^â- '' resemblance to sheen, and evidently ] placed the utmost dependence on their : hell-wether, for when Petoski^y vanished from the scene, with him went the last vesllge of their valor. Panic-stricken, they chased hither and thither about the deck, and the advance of either Larry or his big comrade in any direction sent one or more over- boaal in hot haste. A little more of this hustling and the coast seemed clear; no living, moving objects other than themselves and a couple of wounded wi-etches occupied the deck. Larry surveyed the scene with some little complacencyâ€" indeed, truth to tell, ho puffed out his small che.st very much as might a pouter pigeon, for such a splendid victory meant considerable in his estimation. Loi-d Rackett was more sensible, knowing their victory wc.s not yet won. "See how .\vis is geltini„' iilongâ€" Uieii look to the wounded wrolchos. I have - other work cut out tm- me here," he called in a voice of authority. his deceai-ed father's estate. When the I old man lay on his death-bed. the son ; called all tlie servants to the sick room ' whore they heard, as they thought, the â- dying mai dispose of ail his worUlly i poods in favor of Alois. This will was iaft<?rwards contested by other relatives. \ccordingly ho called I.an-y'and tadei)_^»i'- had reason to doubt its genuineness â-  ^ ?/ J _ . ,,.,.,.. land it <!fiine to the ears of the authori- ti'\s that it was not the father who had others, who. chancing near the rail might fall victims to a waiting blade. desired result? It was a bright thought. Rut even broad sails need wind of the right sort tn order to carry the cratt on. Was there such a disturbance of the air? Plympton plainly remembered that some time before he had felt a night zephyr blowing, but had not noticed it particularly of late, which was not strange, considering the serits of amaz- ing adventures through v hich he and his little companion had : :s.sed. As he faced around. • believed he caught a faint puff of coo! jir ; it was not much, to be sure, but possibly all that would be required once the big mating sail had been dropped. .Next he sprang to the mast to dis- cover where the ropes lay end how they j were to be manipulated. I Plympton was something of a sailorâ€" 1 that ts, he had at various limes owned yachts and sloops, and knew about ns as the average amateur nautical man. What was better and more to the point in the present case, however, he had bci'ii on junks before, and the little slock of knowlcdtie thus obtained was likely to prove valuable to him now. Wholher he imrastcnod the ropes cr used his knife upon them, the sail came down with a rush and a roar. The vast area caught the zephyr at once, as was evident in the turning of the boat. All that was required now lay in the line of a steady hiind at the lillor, by niean.s of which the junk could be turned to the shore line. It may seem slmnKc that all this rack- et and riotous proooeiling could he car- ried on wlllioul iilli'acting a fleet of other boals around them ; but the Chi- nese are a peculiar people, apt to mind their own business to an extent that may lake I hem past serenely on the other side of the highway while a fellow is him bring his cousin to the stern, givuig '°/;it'fa?rcaiv'bToUilu';^eS-hardi-^Poken, but that the sounds had issued alee' and surh was the influence of the | f'^'!!..* . P'Tograph cunningly conceal air that l!i'' boat drifted in toward the 1 ^" low shore, evidently a rice field, lyid dtscenrned about the bed. .\ domiciliary visit r^/aid to Alois' residence brought to light the fateful recoi-d. which was seized, and is to be produced as the incrimin- ating object at the forthcoming trial. which could bo laiully through the gloom. Once alongside the bank, a landing could be made, and then the boat sent adrift in such a way that it would take time and patience on the part of any who climbed aboard to make the shore a second time. Plymi'ton believed he was abte to ac- complish this re;'.dily enough if given half a chance. They drifted on, gra- dually closing the gap existing be;wcen Si^^ ir seS'as "hoS ^^^^ <""-"'" "-" ^ --^- -'^ '^y minutes were being wasled while this went on, minutes that were frmighl with momentous consi?<iuencos to tliein. Beside'!, they were all the while in- creasing the distance between them- selves and the walls of the city, and Iheir iask of returning wouid be made the more diflicult : indeed, even Lord Rackett was a lillle appalled at the trials and tribulations likely to fall to their lot while endeavoring to make ig- norant and tigoted natives undorsland what tl'.ey wanted ; and, as for !.arry, he would likely pray for the friendly comfort and guidance of the astute Kai Wang, if only for a short half hour. Ml of them breathed ,n sigh of reli.-f as the boat approachiMl land, and pre- paratian> were nindc for quilting the junk with as much expedition ns possi- ble, no one being in the least soriy that tho tragical voyage had reached il§ con- clusion. (To be continued). WATER THING TO DRINK. Mrs. Wagg i\\i[h paper) : "Oh, John, here's something good to know. It says a few drops of lemon juice in a glass of i water will kill all the living tilings in it. We'll try it.' Mr. Wagg : "Pardon me. my dear, not fi)r mine. I'd sooner swallow an QL1T1-: PROPER. Oucst (suspiciou.-.ly eyeing the flattijied pillows and the crumpled sheeis): '"Look here, landlord, this bed has been slept in!" Landlord dj-iuiaphantly) : "That's what it's for 1" CHAPTER XVlll. Larry was only loo glad to have .-omo one along with him capable of handling the tiller, of assuming command and giving orders; for being himself mo- dest liy nature he did not feci capable of undertaking such a part unless abso- lutely compelled to do .so. Acconlingly he paddled awny on his short legs to' the cabin, where he found Avis on guanl, watcliint; the window eagerlv, ready to cairy out her insliuc- tions "to the "letter should the occasion have arisen. She received her cousin gladly, and was apparently well satisfled to know there would be no present necessity tor heroism on her partâ€" not that she would have shrunk from the perfor- mance had it come to thai point. When she heard what work Larry had upon a>e deck she insisted on nssis- .liag hira, nor could ho dissuade her. being despoiled by thieves, doubtless acting upon the principle that it is none of Iheir funeral after all. Resides, the junk had been carried be- low the city itself, with its floating popu- kition. This wa.s n feature of the case that never disturbed Plympton a particle, so accustomed was he to depending upon his own powers. Ind'- d. mc \ •)•.<« likely, if the truth v.ere told, he was grateful at heart Ihat Iheir little circus on board the drifting junk had been without witnesses, for all the chances .seemed to indicate that ha^l n Heel of ollicioiis sampans fluttered around thorn, the occupants must, through the liea of race and religion, have sympatliized with the coolies who were being worsted on board, and as a result our gallant rescuers would have found their self-iniposeil task made doulilv dimciilt. Everything considered, then, Plymp- ton saw no reason to regret the fact of their strange isolation. It had liiken all of their resources, bni'kcd by the ever-welcome auxiliary of luck to inanage the business ia hand^ CAREl'UL. Friend : "Haven't you named the baby yet?" Proud Mother : "No ; we must be very careful to give him a nice one. because there will be so many named after liim when he is Premier." LOOlvS DID.NT COUNT. ".\rc these strawberries the best you eoiild get, Jane?" "They were the best looking straw- berries on the market." "Buy the worst looking ones ne.\t time, Jane." » RETORT COURTEOUS. Mrs. Dolan (boastfully): "Mrs. Carney, iho woife of the rich grocer, called on me to-day." Mrs. Nolan : "Well, well, d'ye moind thot, now 1 'Tis a shame for Carney t' be makin' his woifo collect his bad hUls." 'No wonder she looks most all night v.'ith a A LABOR .MAN Mi-s. Jones : tired ; she's up sick baby." Mr. Jones : "What's the matter with her husband?" Mrs. Jones: "He's busy all the time trying to gel an eight-hour day foi workmen." IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOLT JOILN BlU. XSD Ills PEOPLB. Occurrences fh the Land That Relgni Supreme In the ConunerGial WoriJ. The population of Greater London il 6,;)»il,000, or 01 per acre. I'lieie are now four septuagenarian judges on the Ejiglish Bench. Uunsden House, Harts, which was co* veried into a royal palace by Henry VIII., is being offered for sale. A small motor-car has recently been adopted for the purpose of business by a firm of chimney sweepers in Essex. A judge in the Qerkenwell County Court has decided that a bicycle for a domestic servant is not a necessity. The Dorset County Council has passed a by-law to prevent the deslruction (J ferns and wild flowers by the wholesala taking of roots in the rural districts. After being lost for some time, Ci cheque for £208, sent by a London stock» broker to a firm in .Vlerthyr Tydvil, wa». recently discovered in a rubbish heap. .\ thrush's nest built under a railway carriage has Ix^en discovered at Toning- Ion Devon) Station. The carriage had b>>en in daily use between Torrington and Exeter for a fortnight. One egg was found in the nesL Eor stealing an egg, value 2d., nln« years ago, a man has just been sunv- moned at Wycombe County Police Court. He had to pay 5s. costs. Defendani went through the South African cam- paign. At a wedding presentation at Norwkih^ the head of the firm was presented with a gift from the manager and staff ol tweniy-eight employees. The staff rep- resented TOO years of ser^â- ice. an averags of over twenty-six years each. General Lord .Methuen, in the course of an address at the .\rmy Temperance Association, said he had tried total ab- stinence himself lately for three monthSi and he found at the end of that time in playing racquets his eye was better and bis wind also. The London Metropolitan Water Board sued a numtier of customers for payment of water rates in the Westmin- ster County Court, among the defend- ants being a Fish. Gudgeon. Haddock, Hallpike. Ponder, Eddie, Wells, Leakey, and Pipe. A travelUng crane, twenty-eight feet higliâ€" used by the Great West*.>rn Rail- way in constructing a new bridge near Nealh, Glamorgan â€" ran away down a j sleep Incline on a recent Sunday, and I was wi-ecked. It attained a speed of 50 miles an hour, and tore down telegraph and telephone poles. Tlie Dowag.'r Duchess of Beaufort has died at .'^toko House, near BristoL aged eighty-one. Before her marriage in ISto she was Lady Georgina t:harlotto Curzon. being the eldest daughter of the flrst Earl Howe. Iler eldest son is the present Duke, and the present Earl Howe i:: her nephew. Damage estimated at over £10.000 was done by an extraordinary cloudburst a' Hyde, Cheshire, recently, tramway and railway traflic was interrupted, houses were flooded, and the nmf of a local hat factory fell in. while part of the machine-room of another factory was washed away. The Duchess of Teck opened an .Ani- mals' HospiUil in High street, Belgravo road, London, which is in connection with Our Dumb Friends' Leagi:o. The hispital conla/ns a horses' ward, don- keys' ward, cats' ward and dogs' ward. Horses and donkeys will be lent to cox. termongersi and other poor men whila their own animals are laid up in the hospital. A temporary clergyman having failÂ¥^ to put in an appearance at Ellington Parish Church, on a recent Sunday, it was decided to proceed with a jportion J, the service. The organist gave out I he hymns, the clerk read the lessons and his daughter published the banns, of her own marriage, it bfliu; th.^ "Ihii'd time of asking." It having liten subse- quently learned that the procl.-iniation of the banns by the bride-elect hoi-sclt '\as illegal, a neighboring clergyman â- illendcd the evening service and repub- lished the banns. Human remains, believed by Mr. C. H. Read, keeper of the British and medf- aeval antiquities in the British Museum, to be those of Sa.xons, have been dis- covered at Hawk's Hill, Surrey. The most perfect specimens of the skeletons are to bo placed in the museum of the Surrey Ai-chaeologicol Society at Guild- tord. Vtiaaa ^ lUckiB^ because ba only (SOcax aaf&ta." Wte tta ana at' Om hairsr' "ttoâ€" He was one of the lawyers.' fot ten thousand doU.u-s old. of 9m k •% -â- ^