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' 014 Enoch -Gray lived 1b Che bow
almost forgotten town of Cutaway,
on the const of Maine, and his son
•"Scat” lived with him.
Old Enoch was a grizzled veteran
of over seventy years, a relic of the
civil war. In which he had done good
service as a pilot In the fleets of Dm
pont and Porter, hut was now badly
crippled by rheumatism, and the re
sults of his fifty years' exposure to
the wind and weather In, all quarters
of the globe.
He had long been a widower, and
the only one left of .his numerous
children, was this son, christened
Samuel Carter,-now twenty-two years
of age, and as long and lank and
homely as could be found on the en
tire coast. Because Samuel' Carter
had a kind of feline expression and
from his earliest babyhood could climb
like a cat; anything from the old lib
erty pole on ahore to the maat of a
vessel at sea when the winds were
blowing great guns, and because he
bad a habit of making a sort of pur
ring Sound, when about to speak,
the children had flint nicknamed him
"Pussy,” and then someone said
"Sent,” and "Scat” it was thenceforth.
Old Enoch was the captain of one
of the many pleasure boats and now
the most sought for, when the sum- 1
mer boarders wanted a man In whose
knowledge of aeamsnsblp they had
the most Implicit confidence, and
wbeoe prophecies of the winds and all
possible stuns were so much more to
be relied open then "Old Improba
bilities.” as they callsd the Weather
Boreau at Washington. If the party
was to be large aad the trip was to be
to one of the many Wends and In
cluded a dam-hake and chowder din
ner. "Scat” generally accompanied hie
father, and many stories were told of
bis great strength and remarkable
agility, and Jokes were made at the
sloe of his Immense feet. It was said
bis shoe* were made on a special
"last;" and be always insisted oh
having tbe sates filled wttb great
brass-headed nails.
Castaway was In those-days, and
may be jet,- the home of many sa
loons and drinking places, and the
meet them.” Captain Enoch's *eyes
flashed—for he himself had been a fa
mous fighter In his day, and no man
had ever doubted Ins courage—but he
answered quietly, "Tut. tut. Captain
Dick, we’re too old friends to quarrel
about nothing, and anyway you know
my fighting days are over.” “Yes,
damn yon, didn't I say you were a
sneaking old hypocrite, and only fit to
sail a lot of dudes and aehool girls?”
“Well, I'm going to slap that griz
zled old face of yours, and then per
haps you'll get up spunk enough to
strike back, so I can have an . excuse
to throw you overboard.” Cries of
"shame, shame,” were heard from the
loungers near, for everyone loved Cap
tain Enoch—and were beginning to
hate Captain Dick—and two of tbe
bright college boys that composed the
late sailing party hastened back to do
what they conld to prevent tbs threat
from being put Into execution.
Suddenly a sort of purring zonnd
was heasd behind then, ks "Scat’s”
long body pushed them aside, and in
his slow, hesitating, almost gtrl-llke
voice, he said; “depute Dick, don’t
"SCAT," AS BE LOOKED.
street bordering on tbe wharves was
lined with them, wnere Jack when
ashore was wont to leave not only all
his hard-earned dollars, bat his manli
ness and happy disposition, and to be
transformed Into a fighting and quar-
rclsomo brute.
Late on an afternoon, as Captain
Gray and "Scat” were nearing their
landing place, with a party of yonng
people, Captain Dick Hardaker, full
of bad gin and worse temper, stag
gered down to the wharf, and with
deep-muttered curses watched them
as they prepared to disembark. Years
before Captain Dick had been one of
the town's best-trusted sailing mas
ters and most-respected represents-
tatlves but on an unfortunate voyage
had rnn his ship on the rocks and
lost crew and cargo. In spite of his
personal bravery and proof that the
accident was unavoidable and
through no fault of his, tbe Scotch
verdict of “not proven” nad been
given, and be had failed to get anoth
er ship. This and the mishap ltsslf
had soared" his disposition and
changed him from a bluff-hearty sail
or, Into a drunken, quarrelsome loafer.
He was a imn of powerful frame,
standing six feet two Inches In his
stocking feet, and was given a wide
berth by all his quondam friends and
shipmates, especially when, as wss-
most generally the case, he was under
the Influence of bad. liquor. The two
captains had been old friends, and bad
weathered many a gale together, but
now seldom spoke. That morning
Canute Dick had met the .pleasure
party' and offered his boat and ser
vices, but his habits were well known,
and his blood-shot eyes bore proof,
only too plainly, of the 'last night’s
potations,-which the many morning’
drams had failed to rectify. When
ten minutes later the party engaged
old Enoch, and one of the boys 'flip
pantly remarked, "No Scotch verfljet
or bad whiskey for ns,” Captain Dick
turned awny with an angry oath and
muttered that ho would take bis re
venge later.
After the boat was tied up and
Enoch and his son were leaving tbe
wharf, preceded by his party. Cap
tain Dick strode oter, planted himself
directly in front of the old man. and
calling him a Vila name, added;
“Don’t you know I always want to
kill snakes and sneaks, whenever I
THE APPARITION. .
yon strike my father.” Captain Dick
stared In stupM amassment. “Why,
yon ybung fool, clear out.of nsy way.
I’ve half a mind to doable you up and
drop you overboard, before I do the
old man; get out of my way,” he
thundered.
The pupils of “Scat’s” eyes nar
rowed, as do those or his feline pro
totype when cornered by some . big
ddg, bnt he stood still, seemingly un
cornered and looking as ungainly and
awkward as If at* a school examina
tion. The captain started towards
him, with his arm raised and bis
powerful fist clenched, and old Enoch
hastily grabbed a club that lay on the
wharf. But “Scat” said softly
“Never mind. Pap—Just you watch
me.” Stepping rapidly backward, as
the captain continued to advance, he
deftly calculated the distance, and as
quick as lightning threw a hand
spring. Instead of landing on his
feet, be shot ont those Immense hob
nailed shoes with fearful, force, land
ing them both full In the captain’s
face, cutting It to the bone In
dozen places. Captain Dick dropped
as If bit by a cannon ball, without
even a groan.
A week later, when he slowly
dragged himself from his bed, and
got tbe first view of his swollen eyes,
his broken nose, and his generally
cut np and distorted features, ns mut
tered, "What a whale of a squall
must have struck us.” Then opened
his cabin door, walked ont, and the
good people of the village saw him
no more.
DEATH IS A SAW STORM.
An Interesting Account of a Winter
Spent In the Wilds of Idaho.
They Worked the Fraternity,
The Grand Regent of the ltoyal Ar
canum, of tbe District of Colombia,
tells, a story on himself, how after pa
tiently urging, persuading and nagging,
he managed to get a fellow acquaint
ance to loin bis order. This new mem
ber,—say Mr. Smith-after Joining was
at first delinquent In paying bis dues,
and tbe great mogul of tbe fraternity
had much trouble In getting him to pay
rise,
up. After a time, much to bis snrpi
Ur. Smith sent bis money In promptly
on tbe day It was due; then be sent In
his money two months In advance. A
short time aftez, Mrs. Smith came Into
the Grand Regent’s place of business
and said, “Won’t yon please corns
around to see Mr. 8mlth, he Is very 111.”
Of coarse the kind-hearted Regent
went He found Smith very ill. Indeed,
so sick that tbe physician had' told
Mm his time on earth was limited, and
Smith took occasion to thank tbe Re
gent for getting him to Join the order
to that be might not pass away leav
ing Ms family unprovided for. Smith
died. His widow then beseecbed the
Regent to try to gat her some work to
do so that she might support her
family. The Grand Regent was again
obliging, and by bard work and an nn-„
limited amount of red tape, got her
through the civil service examination
and she obtained a position in one of
the Government Departments. Just be
fore receiving her notice to go to work
(about six months after her husband’s
demise) she 'appeared again at the
Grand Regent’s oflice and said:
“I want to thank yon for wbat you
have, done for me. I have Just re-
cetved my appointment, but I don’t
think I will take the place; I have
something (tetter. I want to ask one
more favor, won’t yon please recom
mend this party’s admission to your
^WeU, now, Mrs. Smith,” said the
Regent, “that is something I can’t do
without knowing the applicant.”
“Oh, he is «11 right I can assure
you,” she replied, "he’s toy husband.”
There Is one pawnshop In Paris op
erated by tbe government, where the
avenge number of watches pawned a
day Is one thousand, and where on an
average one thousand wedding rings
are pawned each week.
Eastern people, said* the old rateer,
i he deftly caught a live coal from
the wood fire, around which we had
gathered after our day’s hunt la the
Maine woods, and thrust It iu the
bowl of his pipe, have hut little Idea
of the heavy • snow falls of the
Rockies and tho Sierras, or what
damage Is often caused from the ac
cumulated weight.
I remember welt, he added, bearing
my father toll how in York State
back to the thirties, that the full was
once so great that tho men were com
pelled to organize relief parties to dig
away the big drifts from many of
tho houses, and that when driving
along the streets one could almost
look, fronts tho level. Into tho second
story window. But ns I passed the
first twenty yean of my life iu that
town and witnessed nothing more
remarkable than drifts over tho top
rails of fences and the temporary
blocking of the scarcely-traveled
back roads, I conclude those stories
must have gained somewhat from tbe
lapse of years.
He smoked rapidly and quietly for
a moment, perhaps to gather his
thoughts u little and resumed, ‘Why
tho' fall was so excessive and contin
uous once In Idaho Territory upon tho
steep roof of our mill, that the large
timber of 12x14 below which the en
gine had been built, was bsnt almost
to breaking. We feared our ex|ra
weight would surely break It, but
fortunately tho weather changed, the
warm south wind blew np tbo puny on
and the snow below tho eaves of the
building settled so that we could dig
ander tho huge mass and by night
had caused a mlnatnre snow slide and
relieved the strain. I believe, how
ever, the timber neTer regained Its
normal position. But In tbe mining
tom in tho Sierras where I wintered
In tUe early sixties, our first snow fell
during October and In the morning lay
four feet on the level. The storm
lasted about forty-eight hours and wc
then had beautiful weather far
eral weeks. When toe snow had par
tially melted, the frame of a ten-
horse wagon, from wMch the wagon
box had been removed, wab found to
be crashed to splinters, even the
spokes of the wheels being tom find
twisted out of aR recognition. From
the.last Of November until May; se
vere storms were at very frequept oc
currence until, by actual measure
ment the snow lay nearly tMrty feet
on the level. To travel any distance
whatever was of course Impossible,
without snow shoes, and every man,
woman and child became more or leas
of an expert. We used tbe Norwegian
shoe exclusively, for with them the
sport hi fast and fnrlous. Eleven feet
long and about four Inches broad,
with a leather band about ohe-thlrd
from the toe by which the foot
firmly held by Its forward pressure,
the toe of the shoe gracefully turned
upward, we learned to brag of them
and -cherish them, as the rider does
his horse, as well we might, for with
out' them we were helpless. The bot
tom of tbe shoe Is made ns smooth
as glass and covered after each trip
with a mixture of tallow and bees
wax. A stout Mckory pole, cboses
with great rare, about six feet long
and with a knob, on the and, Ik the
guiding rudder, and thw-expert boon
learns to pass near, and often be
tween. object* where tho slightest
miscalculation would menu death.
As the speed, down any steep moun
tain side, often exceeds a mllo n min
ute, the modem cyclist or auto Is not
to It
Of course In theso deep snows the
one story cabin of tho miner would
soon M buried, bat cars ,1s always
taken to shovel awny as far as pos
sible tho accumulations that come
with tbe earlier storms. When there
are pile* everywhere and shovelling
becomes nseless, the snow Is per
mitted to He where It falls and - In-
gross and egress to the cabin is made
by way of tho cMmney. No fires for
warmth arc needed, as not a breath
of air can enter the cabin and none
are made except such ns ran be kept
In the large camp kettles, bang In
the fire place on a crane. The chim
ney Is kept free from snow by means
of a wooden roof fitting over Its top.
and above It, and It Is absolutely es
sential that between it and the roof
the snow must bo kept cleared away.
Steps aro arranged in the chimney
for easy'climbing nnd when the miner
enters his cabin he stands bis shoes
In tho snow bank a short way from
the chimney, a* otherwise bis home
could not.readily lie found.
Once more lie paused, refilled and
lighted his pipe nnd said ns If to him
self. And It all happened over forty
years ago.
Tho two Carlton brothers, veterans
of the Civil War from Maine, where
they claimed to have Bomo snow
storms of their own, lived In a -cabin
some Uttle tlistnu.,- n„m the main
street. The huge hanks of snow had
long since covered It nnd, like many
others, for several weeks they had
arawled In and out of it through tbelr
chimneys. This was their first win
ter In these mountains nnd .they had
been often warned to keep the place
below the chimney clear from snow,
lest tho top be covered some night
nnd they lie smothered. But they
Bad laughed good nnturcdly and said
they were old backwoodsmen and
were not afraid. After n storm of
unusual severity which had lasted
several days the question was asked
In the loafing room of tho hotel (a
lilg three story building where a half
hundred miners made their homo).
If any one had seen or henn) of Alf.
Carlton, his broilior Jim having
snow-slioed to an adjoining town the
week before. No one had. nnd the
former spokesman added. “Well, you
know he's a tenderfoot mid isn't liny
too careful about keeping the chim
ney open, ns he should lie.”
few minutes Inter the speaker
rose and moving to the window (we
entered and departed from the sec-
Aboirt ten minutes later tho boy
gilded up to the wiudow, opened It
and called out, “Pap says all of you
come over quick, bring lots of snow
shovels anil a couple of blankets.
Let some of the women get one of the
bed rooms warm and make some hot
soup and coffee.” It don’t take
much time for us old fellows whoso
lives are full of tragedies and start-
llug episodes, to get ready for almost
any kind of contingency; and before
the boy had stopped talking, more
than two dozen strong and willing
men nnd several of the otUer sex, not
always tho weaker sex In a mining
camp,, wore gliding over tho Interven
ing half mile. It was a beautiful
morning after the storm and la tho
light, crisp air of that great altitude
every object stood out as clear and
distinct ad If nil nature rejoiced, and
no thought of death was possible. The
green branches of the- many pines
were heavily weighted with, the late
ly fallen snow, and tho level expanse
of Meadow Lake with 11s white cov
ering glistened In the bright sunlight
like an Immense mlrroh
Not n word was spoken nor a sound
heard In the still ah; except the-
swish of our snow shoes, as wo
glided rapidly toward Carlton’s cabin.
This was built, ns I have said, a lit
tle distance from the more thickly
settled part of the town (although
now very many of the smaller cabins
were burled out of sight and upon
our arrival, nothing could he seen to
distinguish its position, except a huge
ipound ofe'Bnow nud the ends of two
snow shoes; presumably where the
chimney wne. Two dozen willing
hands were soon hard at work, clear
ing away the huge drifts, and as soon
as the cMmney was uncovered we
found, ns we feared and expected,
that the space around it bad been
jicrmlttcd to lie nud harden. It was
but too plain that what had fallen
during this previous storm had rapid
ly filled the small spaco below tho
chimney cap, and tlio cabin been her
metically sealed. As soon ns the
opening was made, a couplo of us
climbed down. Poor Carlton stood,
leaning against tlie bricks of the
chimney; fully clothed, even to his
blue.army overcoat, and the air was
thick with • dose, foul' odor. There
were no matches In the cabin or up
on bis person, He had evidently slept
taffr toad soundly gad realised from
his aensatlons when he awoke and be-
oame partially en—clous that he waa
being smothered. That he had become
bewildered and bad wandered aimless
ly around the cabin was evident by
the articles strewn upon the floor, and
when he finally found the chimney,
had been too weak to make the
ascent and had gradually fallen into
his last sleep.
Wc Judged he had been dead for
forty-eight hours or more, and as the
storm waa raging so fiercely at that
time, It is by no means certain that
be could have been rescued, bad his
condition been known.
The body was wrapped In blankets
nnd tenderly carried to the hotel,
nnd prepared at once for burial. Tbe
grave was dug near an old pine tree
through twenty-four feet of snow,
and steps had to bo cut to lead down
to the ground. There was no minister
In the comp, bnt ono of the women
brought out a prayer book and the
burial service was read nnd probably
each one of us sent up some sort of
a prayer, that, he might make a hap
py landing on the other shore.
Over a hundred men and women on
snow shoca accompanied the body
from the hotel to the grave, the wind
singing a soft requiem as wo laid the
body away in that great while sepul
cher and commented upon tho singu
lar fatality that had carred him Bafe-
ly through years of bloody strife, to
at last meet his death In that strange
manner 8.000 feet above bis homo of
eariy days on the rock-bound shores
of the Atlantlc.-
At RaJputna, India, Is one of the
largest artificial lakes or reservoirs In
the world. This reservoir, covering an
area of 21 square miles, known as oucl story) said, “I reckon-my hoy and
the Great Tank of Dhebar, is used for I will go over to Ids cabin. If we
Irrigating purposes. need any help I’ll semi the boy hack.”
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From London conies startling re
ports of a new figure and n now pose
which’have been called Into existence
by the winter fashions. Women who
hare for tbe last year been lightly
tripping In the short “trottolr” skirt
have found that they must adapt
tbelr style of walking to the now or
der of thhlogs, A slow, languorous
movement of the limbs Is therefore
cultivated, as being wore conductive
to grace when wearing the long “red-
Jngoto” coat and the newly Intro
duced princess styles.
The new walk Is Just a little sug
gestive of the "Gibson girl," but In a
modified form. The figure Is held up
right at the shoulders, with the
slightest forward bend-at the waist,
the head Is eHect, the chin In and the
legs swing from the hips. The cor
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according to the London Express—nnd
at the physical etflture schools, where
society Is now graduating In the art
of how to walk In n “redingoto," some
very drastic orders aro given. The
practice of sleeping on the back or
one side Is fatal to the new poise.
If the woman of fashion would look
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Climate in the Philippines,
Major General Leonard Wood In a
report to the War Department says
that In his opinion there la no subject
upon which mors nonsense has been
written than that of the bad effects of
the Philippine climate on the health of
officers and soldlera.
Returns from California show that
the value of the orange crop shipped
out of that State last season was $23,-
925,000. Of this sum the'growers re
ceived $14,500,000 and tlie railroad and
refrigerator lines $9,425,000.
(* Briefs from Everywhere,
No Intoxicant! were allowed Hus-
aian prisoners in Japan.
A carved war god supposed to bo
over a thousand years old has been
found In a cave In Colorado,
Ono ounce of rndinin contains pow
er enough.' If It could .be utilised,
lift ten thousand tons one mile high.
The Arabs claim that Eve’s grave
to In a cemetery at Jeddah wmch was
closed for Interments over a thou
sand years ago. -' -
The Denver nnd Rio Grande Rail
road to employing Navajo Indinns ns
section bands, finding them . letter
workmen than South Europe laborers.
The herring Is one Of tho most mig
ratory of fish. They are only caught
as a rale during the spawning Reason.
Where they go to after that is not
known. .
Tho now postage stamps which Ja-
pan is printing for Korea show a chry
santhemum. emblem of Japan, n plum
blossom, emblem of Korea, and two
pigeons, symbolic of the postal ser
vice. -
In 1718 a French scholar named
Henzoln published a work about giants,
beginning with Adam, who ho asserted
was 123 feet 9 Inches tall. Eve being
only five feet shorter.
The railway scrap heap of tho
country last year reached tho value
of Sl.fi.TO.obO. Tills was the value of
piel;ed-up coupling pins, waste paper,
old nails, bolts nnd tlio like.
The dress of Persian women on the
street Is so uniform that a man can
not recognize his own wife, mother
or daughter and to lift the veil of a
woman on the street In Persia Is a
capital offense.
The English cottagers are the most
(lower-loving people In the world. Many
of their flowers are descended from
the gardens of the monasteries dis
established by Henry VIII. The cot
tages themselves, whether they are
owned or rented, descend from genera
tion to generation and are In the true
sence homes.
The average number of hairs which
grow on tbe head of a red-haired
man is a mile over 20,000 hairs. Dark
hair-Is three Aimes as fine nnd the av
erage crop it about 103,000, while a
falr-baircd man or woman - averages
from 160 to ITS thousand hairs.
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