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Newspaper Page TextESTAIIMIOBD 1820. ThS Telegraph l»i MACON, GA., 'WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1889 MISADVENTURE, By W. E. NORRIS, Author of “My Friend JiM, r “Major and Minor," ‘Matrimony,” etc., etc. ‘La Belle Americaine,' [All Right* Reservod.l CHAP. XXI.-Coitard’s Conjectures. Bligh, with a half amused, half sad It cannot bo a very common experi- glance at his nephew, only add: to act as chief mourner to n man "Well, I take note of your objection. for tho next one. Now, thinks I, knows from Mr. Chetwode as the hacci- nerhap- dent occurred most probable l>et\vixtll nonora p] and 12 o'clock, and if so bo as then foul play, and that young gentleman was anywhere in tl o neighborhood, why, ho might ha’ seen somebody, or heerd somethin’, thinks I." *'I neither heard nor saw anything," answered Archie, telling his iirst direct lio with a sickening sense of self-con* t rapt: iiiIh 'U • li. to I -■ in.-, i! no worse to tell lies than to act them. “You did not, sir? Well, so much tho better, maybe. Wo can’t bring l>ack tho dead, and 1 shouldn't ha’ named this to lias dipd by your hand, and cer- Thank you for giving in to me about you, Hr—tor I m o it has put you about Archie, however, representing his uncle, : also for helping w ho was unable to attend the funeral, ! days os you havi got through it somehow or other, and ! must dismiss yot it.•> pale face and downcast looks were long without getting confused, noticed only with approval. Everybody new knew (because Mrs. Lowndes had taken care to iuforra everybody) that ho v.,s engaged to be married to his cousin, i;-.d that consequently he would at no ib-tant date be do factodf not de juro owner of tho Bligh estates and tho large iiligh fortune; so that if he could com tnve to be really sorry for the death of ti.edisreputable person whoso removal < [ tiled up such a lino future for him, he must be aq uncommonly kind-hearted Jtllow. Notwithstanding Mr. Bligh’a wish that tho funeral should i e ns quiet and situ- l> u ceremony as possible, it was ren- From that time forth Archie's life be gan to move along tho lines which 1 ,!• I t-. , lit. 1.• :t t ii!.<:i L .. long vista of happy years to its cl03c. Those lines, to ail outward appearance, were fallen to him in pleasant places und were, in truth, such as he would have chosen in preference to any others; for he loved tho country, and the kind of work which his uncle now handed over to him was just that which suited his tastes. But th* heart knoweth its own bitterness. To talk about forgetting was ridiculous; he might as well have at tempted to forget a toothache. lie was a changed man. and he knew that he Jicred imposing by a great assemblage of was changed, and he feared that others neighbours, whose presence must nave must know it too. Sometimes Cicely been duo to some oiuer motive than re- looked at him in a surprised, inquiring spect for the deceased. Out of the corner way which tortured him. Did she i his eye Archie saw them all, and was —- —■* distressed by an altogether mistaken ic.ea that they were looking askance at him. Alter tho last words of the solemn te. vice hud been read, lie had to shake 1 lands with a good many of them, to ILsteu to their conventional expressions of sympathy with his undo, and to hear cacii or them in turn exclaim, “shock ing tiling!” Sir George Dare, whoso countenance was habitually adorned by a broad smile, assumed an air of gravity which was irresistiuly comical wuile ut tering tho prescribed formula, but al lowed his feature* to relax into their normal set when lie whispered in Archie’s ear:— /•Lucky dog! I’ve heard all about it. Y m mustn’t mind my saying that 1 should have preferred somebody else whom I could nemi to be in your shoe*. Wish you r oy all the same, you know!" Well, this was comforting and kindly meant, and Mr. Lowndes, who presently issued from tho vestry door, was even Bioro warm in his felicitations, de- daring that the match was one upon which ho had'long set his heart, and tlv.t he knew it would bring great happiness to others besides the young couple. But in spite of what ho had said to Cicely. ... the night before, about oblivion. Arch o P? rt an< ? w ^° Bto I P 0 ^l t© speak to him. could not free himself from tbo weight Loppard might have drinking rather «.f mre which nnnrmwpd him,god Hp w»« I moro than was good for him. and indeed thankful to get back to the Priory and ! Archie was prettr sure lie had; but that hide himself in the smoking-room aud j did not account for the man's disquieting be alone. • But he had not been alone and suggestive manner, l or ho pulled five minutes when the butler came in to ; J*P the middle of the street, with his say that Mr. Bligh wished to see him, ' h m I-° C J« ,s , a * ul J}b ,0 8» v ^ >r > and of course ho could not disobey the ; apart, as though ho di 1 not into:; i summons. I the other to cm’a; o him, and fixing Mr. Bligh had been moved downctairs j slcu dy. peculiar *tuio—mwIv it w i w i-> in li. • id* o v aw am. lie Iuom : :i l^-'uhar hture—upon Ar h> • h fa- through these dark ; forward 1' shall* keep my mouth shut, lone. Now I think 1 you may depend.” 1 can't talk or listen Archie paused irresolutely. ThitCop- purd had spoken out all that was in his mind he did not believe; yet would it bo prudent to push him farther? The uian could not know anything, could not prove anything. His momentary flash of wrath had expired, and he now once more felt wretched, frightened, de graded, anxious chiefly to close the in terview and get away. Should he tin Coppard, or would that look too much like raying hush-money? Finally ho de cided to say: “Well, my man, I think you can’t do better than keep your mouth shut if you have nothing more than a very doubtful sort of conjecture to bring forward. But of course you can do just as you please about it. Hero’s half-a-crown for you; I wouldn't spend it in drink if 1 were you." There was no harm, surely, In so small a donation as that; one doesn’t buy se crecy with half-a-crown. Coppard, at any rate, did not seem to regard it in tho light of a bribe. He touched his hat. pocketed the coin and said reproachfully:— “Drink, sir? 'Tis little enough o' that us poor fellows gets! What I shall spend this jiere on is bread—bread for my missus and the young 'uns, as wants it badly." “Well, I hope you’ll be as good as your word," said Archie, turning away. When ho had time to collect his ideas he perceived that he had been far too easily frightened, and also that if he could not control himself better ho would infallibly betray his secret ere long. “It comes to this,” he muttered, “that I must either learn to tell lies without brooded over such thoughts until he almost felt os if discovery would be bet ter than suspick n. In reality Cicely noticed nothing more than that he was depressed nt times, and that did not strike her as surprising. Of course it must bo dull for him to be buried down in the country at that season of the year, with two women and an invalid, and of course a house of mourning cannot veiy well bo made cheerful. She thought him very good and uncomplaining, and when she was not with her father (but of late she had been nervously unwilling to leave her father for long)! she did her best to amuse him. In that way they had some rides and walks togetlier, which raised his spirits for tho timo being and in creased his adoration for his betrothrd. 8he never said anything now about not being in love with him; so that he had moments of jovful hopes which were, perhaps, as l.ttM justified as his fears. The latter, bowevor, predominated, and it did not take much to rouse them into toll ti \it v. i m- aft. 11 o >n, example, ho was terribly scared by cer tain remarks of old Cojpard’p, whom lie encountered in the main street of Abbot- really bo in danger from anybody except mvself.” That he had already fallen into one stupid blunder ho had been reminded by Coppard's observations; he ought cer tainly to have mentioned the circum stance of his having missed his train on the night of Morton's death. Why ho had neglected to do so ho hardly knew, except that he had shrunk from any allu sion to that terriblo evening; but ho now saw that tho omission mu t be repaired as soon os powiblo, and ho took the first opportunity that offered of saying care lessly to Cicely: “By tho way, I never told you that you wore right about my having run | day or two,: thing-, to ■ !iii.‘ u i" n I . ' !i r<* tin \I-1 : r< ; b. !. t. I reached tho * it ion jus <n time “i have be political someth ng-or-other— nihilist, perhaps a paid or lonorarv agent of the Russian govern ment, it did uot much matter which and that, of course, lent an additional intern l to her wavs and manners. Such was the exoteric view of her, and it had the effect of earning for her more invita tions to dinners and balls than ."he could possibly accept. But in the politi cal world there were not wanting individuals who took her with a reriousnev* which would have amused her husband im mensely. Grave statesmen listened with <• in: ■ ;i 1 hi to her persuasive . U qtM n - me «d them 1 really a very pretty woman, almost as pretty as he ent tho length of savin. tbji agreed with her to deplored, as she did, tho ij nacy and obstinato ignora opinion in th s country, accomplished tho complet o. a newspaper editor, w 1 to dinner repeatedly, and who was won over by her fascinations or her gumenta that ho began writing 1<. i articles upon the Eastern qu< i which caused tho constant rc«i to rub his eyes in stupe fa. i Other editors, who perhaps stuffed wax into their ears and had sisted the wiles of the siren, exposed scathing terms tho folly of this in. a: patriotic man; for upwards of afortni it heated controversy raged botw Russophiles and Russophobes, and h of the existence of feminine indue were printed in language plain en »i to bo understood of the people, of which served to enhance Mad: SouravieflTs reputation. In Bhort, she aiuus d herself v< ry t indeed, and was so busy that she J less time than usual for writiu , icl to Mark Chetwode end r*.. in. !..* E lies. Otherwise she might > *•-* : ave noticed a gradual and sfi'p.H change in the tone of his remark < al Miss Bligh. He was very cautious, did not say much, but then In lit good deal unsaid, and though he j wrote as if this project of marrying 1 to the heiress was one for which hi" < respondent alone was responsible, ti were signs that it had ceased to be any way dtsagreeaale to him. Russian lady, however, was alarm© I. She bad formed a me; picture of Cicely, iu which that yoi lady figured asu simple rustic m who must bo moulded an 1 dirtcu-d ni made use of, but who should certain be treated with all kindness and c i.si eration. Mark, no doubt, would bored by her at times; but Mark w chivalrous; he would make on e - •cile husband, os husbands go, and ho won always remember that ho was ini'.et l to his wife's fortune for the prunum* political position which ho would ; suredly acquire sooner or 1 iter. When Madame Souravieff heard t news of Morton's sudden death a realized that the so Iliad b< i«-.. won now become an bains . indeed, »i: • i juiced witli a j *y which, to give I . i li duo, was aim st’cntircly itnsiJflsh. S wrote a letter o. 1. any c-vigtiituluti. to Mark, from \vb I sh. ild doubt whether tho marriage would tako place for somo timo to At! r this he took on early opportu nity > l withdrawing, having attained his obje.-t. it would l.o all very well for a plotting and contri\ing w..man t<» sug gest - 1.ernes to Mark which, though a shn<! i equivocal in themselves, would doubtless be productive of benefit to all cone rned in the long run, but a respect- abb- solicitor bad better not mix himself up with such trat.-action*. M i l.-fuiM s. ur.i\ irff jii'titied hisBome- wha t uncivil . stiinate oi l».-r In n "be returned home from tho party at which the l ad nu t; for instead of going to talk ; bed -ho "at up for a considerable length ‘ven of ti. e h.itci.iiig |.'«.A and o.nlii .n, ” ’ restedly anxious for i , juul ! Mark b advancement in life; but she w « b-t i- | aFo anxious to obtain control over a part public ; ot the wealth which must shortly be nt i, hbe Miss Bligh's disposal. No cause can gation | muL- headway without funds; and a ke<i altii -mil her husbond made ample pro- v.i, so j vis., for her, ,hor personal expenses ht ur- | wt r.; too heavy to allow of her forward* iing ; ing I .rge or constant rrmittanci s to the patriotic poreons who appealed to her by lor air gh ter \ll ! rot moat every post. It was, therefore, iost desirable that Mar)t should bo en ow: ,^ed and stirred up, and there was it tie hope that that could be done with- nit personal supervision. “l must go to him,” was her conclu- io i. “One would have liked to finish he reason here; but perhaps, after all, it s I e t to retire at u timo when one is ur ? to be missed. That gives one a bet- hanco of being welcomed when ono i li I win o-1 tr. dear isi, mI a Inc tho following morning she was •ted at her writing table by one of the vs, and had already scribbled off opening center ces of a letter which destined to treparo Mark for the t which was in store for him, when espied on the opposito sido of the ct tho well-known form of Count ravMTs confidential servant. (gainf* she exclaimed. “Tho poor ninn must havo lo,t h.s head. What he think that he will gain bv Bend- Sis spies here now? He must be very j informed if he doesn't know that £ left London ages ago!” it the obsequious Victor, who vv tad Into her presence a few minutes •, after he had rung at tho door and tul hu i teen granted the interview which iu I he r. paetfoBy etivad, was able to show n. | that his nr. Bent visit was p:iid in a moro honorahleca; acity than that with which sh<- had credited him. , ‘ Madame la Comtesso is mistaken! sai.l lie, in reply to her fint contemptuous nark; “Monsieur le Comte has not sent m< hero to make any report to him, l ut sir. nly to deliver a message on his behalf,” Htthat is a very regal fashion of com- num ating with me. However, since it ami i him—and what is your message, pra. m'|Madame la Comtesse will perhaps altt* mo to make a littleexnlanation. It Id . ,»pr : • i i .. ! I ;i ■>>- dw*;G of u • • • n Loi.don (ono would ex- •*r pect no !»• th t hiie has been very well *•<> 1 etc- i\. d I y ii;e mini t- rs of the queen, 9D ifcl that i'll" li.ii !; »a - ball I exj r—< IIT= • • hich miy “A thousand pardons, Madame," said he; "but i* it permitted to roe to inquire whether tho master of tbo house would remain in it?" “Certainly not; and if you ever dare to make euch an insolent speech to me again 1 will take measure* to make you regret it. 1 havo already bribed you, and I could at any timo obtain your 'dis missal; you mu.d bo aware of that. Nevertheless, you had better not disturb the count’s mind by mentioning to him th© name of the gentleman whotso hoti «' I propose to take. Here is some money for vou.” Sne" tossed him a bank note (one of tho c- lint'- I M’k n.'t. nri.I •.. - •. with tho remark that he would probably to report the completion of his within a week. Then alio sat down and began a long letter to Mark Chetwode. (To bo continued.) SOME MODI- llN \V AltSIIirS." test Types Of" ? I«n I tor and Bar- betto Armor Clad*. From the New York Herald. The fighting strength of a navy is measured by tho number of ita battle hips, buch vessels must combi no many of the features both of cruisers and coast defenders. They mjist have good sea going qualities, moderately high speed, good coat endurance and heavy guns and armor to enable them to make pas sages at sea and to engage in battle with the powerful coast defense ships and bat teries of an enemy, against which they would Lo pitted in offensive naval war fare. Such a combination of flghtiug and cruising qualities is possible only in a large snip. It has often been prophesied that tho development of the torpc.lo and other subaqueous wrttpons would com pel the abandonment of very large and cofctly armored ships. But at present there is no indication of such a surren der, Powers of defense have kept pace with the improvement in methods of at tack, and the battle ship* most recently designed are quite as large as any that .lia\e preceded them. - As to the type of the battlo ship opin ions are various and conflicting.. Each nation, os a rule, has a type of its own, which certain features are doomed of paramount importance, but tho con structors and officers of each nation differ among themselves in many partic ulars. In too solution of tho problem many variations are possible, depending upon tho distribution and thickness of the armor, tho power and fcrrangeuu ut of tho battery, tho engine power, tho coal capacity desired and many features of hud construction. ENUI.I-II RATTLE f-HlfS. The bat.lo thins most recently co pitted for the British navy are tho N and Trafalgar. Although originally • signed for a displacement of 12,< i Wltafal DSO!ideations have in creased the di-placement of 12,300 tons, i bur length betwcon perpendiculars i 843 feet, greatest team, 7Q feet; me an draught of water with COD tons of gbt, 20 feet. They ntiri Iv or t the miUi steel and tho hulls nstructed onthelongL The double bottom her head and al, Archie thought— pv s I gan nt < >pho, about the recent j i« ■ .. hnppir. look at it what way you will, sir,” said he. “I can't account for it to my satis faction, nohow. Come to consider the evidence and put this and that together, it do seem strange. Intoxicated with liquor I make no doubt he were. mucl a l.ttlo t& ipeisk tbefe was a noticeable change m h.s voice, and every now and then ho turned to luivc a certain difficulty of ar ticulation, lie said: “Well, my dear fellow, this is a tad bouse to havo brought you back to. - - . - . , Au.ong the dead and tho dying it is hard | gentleman; but then, says I to tnysel -... Uvp Bj, oa.’. .jiUia. AW.S.U* WuuU »b»b««sH keep, bis si! that Im> more tolerable, wouldn't it?" “I’d rstlnr be hero," Archie answcie!. “For some reasons I suppose you worn.». Aie those reasons powerful enough to keep you here, do you think?" lie l«x>kod aimi s: pleadingly at tho young man, who replied to some sur- the 12:15. “Of course, I should like to stay as lung as they’ll lot me.” “that would hardly be more than a week*would it? 1 am going to ’ ”e: I want favor of you, Archie: you to 1 wish to return to your regiment for a few days and say good-bye to your eld friends and so forth, but if you uml tl e authorities could bo satisfied with that much I should be glad. You ten yt u arc rather badly wanted here and may at any timo be still more wanted. Alter all, it would be only hastening vour retirement by a month or two." Archie oignitied his entire willingness to d • as he was requested. Any renewal ••fin old, thoughtless, heppy-go-lucky life which ho had been useu to lead in the :o,:iraent would, ho felt, be impossi- 11*, ai.d assuredly no home which con tained C-iely could evor be dull or sad ter him. This latter consideration he mentioned to h • nude, who Mailed and said: " i bat’* as may te. At your ago na ture demands hoiiio outlet for latent en- ‘ G y, und philandering, though pleasant, doesn't quite meet tho want. However, n :i: t::= s;; ;na{ dfs- tunco, what could ever ha' made him lose 'em in tho one spot where ho wa< sartin sure for to kill hisaelf if ho fell? ‘Misadwentur* says the crowner's jury; and no fools they, if thoy'd ha'stopped at that! Misadwentur is a word as covers a power o’ mcanin’s." “What m *aning do you wnnttogive to it?" asked Archie, turning pale. “Are you suggesting that my cousin com mitted suicide?" “I don't suggest nothin' at all sir," an swerer! Coppard: ,‘l wouldn't make free. I only merely sayB I can’t account for it—not to my own satisfaction. Dr n’t know whether it strikes you as it does me. sir, but by my way o’ thinkin’ intoMication don't explain if.” “The coroner's jurv aupear to have thought that a sufficient explanation," observed Archie. “So they do, sir, and nobody can’t blame 'em, with ths littlo evidence they had to go upon. Iiut it's like this, do you see, sir? A man is foi n I dead at the bottom of a cliff. How did he come there? Well, you has to tako your choice of three ways’’—and Co(8«rd solemnly checked them off on the tips of his big. blunt fingers—“there's accident, there* to dcide and there's foul play. Now I’ve been over tho ground up top o' tho cliff very careful, and I’ve seen traces o’ what look to mo uncommon like a struggle." “Why didn’t you say so before, then T asked Archie, who now felt almostjure that Coppard suspected him. duties that I can’t perform any longer. Managing another man's estate i* a ehiide less interesting than manag ing your own, but it is, and will be, no 'cry nearly your own that I should think yt u might nee to things with al- i»u*t all the zest of proprietorship." Mr. bligh was hilent for a moment or two h 'orc lie added: “I cannot quite make up my mind yot whether I will executo will or r.ot. As matters now Kan.j, Cicely will inherit everything, ex- ct-; t the i-uiu which I always intended y* a to Lave. Poosihly it would bo wiser t»:rnke jouiuy helr;becaubo authority ht to belong to the husband, not to v. ifo, ■ e.ufally speaking." . "It would cotne to exactly tho same tning," Haid Archie. dear, no: it wouldn’t come the affair ?" “Never heerd tell on it, sir," answered Coppard. “My dooty, as I was given to understand, was to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothin' but the truth. Now, I couldn't ha' swore as a struggle had took place. Not by no means. Lit alone as I’d sooner perjure myself than I’d distress Miss Cicely. With yoa 'tis different, sir. Tna young squire,he wom’t your brother,nor yet j ou andhowom't particular good friends, I b’iieve. Whether he come by his death this way or that don’t make no grea odd* to you." Archie's throat felt dry and parched. He could not speak, but stood, with knitted brows, grazing at the old fisher- . Islt true and Miss Cicely is to be man and wife?" Yee," answered Archie shortly, “it is U y„ you'.' ftho cxcliiitneil. "V/nat do with yourself all that time?" “I walked about. It was a fine night, you know.” Hho gave a little shiver. “Oh, yes; it was that night, of course.” And then after a pause, during which jlnihi«'a honrt twxmn to thumn: “If nntv you had walked as far as the Unton Chetwode path! But wo won’t think about that. She was in truth quite as desirous of avoiding the subject as he could be, and neither then nor at any Hubsequent timo did it occur to her to put thbt and that together after the manner of Coppard. Her oue great anxiety in thoso days was to devise some means of raising her father’s spirits, which were painfully de pressed. and next to that nho wanted to cheer up Archie, who also seemed to bo in noed of some one to cheer him up. If she was successful in neither case she was scarcely conscious of her failure; for both men loved her so much that the mere fact of seeing her was their greatest pleasure in life, and guvo them a ficti tious air of light-heartodness while she was near. Archie, as has been said, was really light-hearted by fits and starts; and as tho days grew longer and warmer, and summer ret in in earnest, he began— without know ing it} e haps—to derive that sort of enjoyment from existence which sunshine and the voices of nature bring to those whose minds are ill at ease. When a man of his *gi longs above all things for peace it nray be as sumed that .ho is in a bad way; but at any rate no place could be better adapted tin n AbboUport for the satisfaction of such longings. After a time ha went for a day or two to Aldershot, as his uucle had suggested that he should do, took leave of his old comrades, made the usual valedictory addition to the regi mental plate anJ took a final part in the borsc-pwv which he lmd found so de lightful in days gone by. The change did him good, but he was glad to get back to the Priory again, and he told Cicely that he didn’t think he should ever care to leave home for long after they were married. “That is fortunate she answered; “for I sm quite sure that I shall not. But Mbs Skipwith, who chanced to overhear this expression of community of tastes, shook her head, for she had never contrived to banish the idea that Archie was more in love with the Priory than with his cousin. “It will end badly. When people love one another they don’t care where they live," was the old lady's muttered com ment upon the fragment of dialogue which had reached her ears. *1T.. t 1 degree. Irre i ublons l am, > has managed to reslat me. Si gaged to be married to her a young officer of caxalcy, and I self condemned to celibacy, and to per- iribmo to her poiiti-1 •1 dbplnue her. | Wale coutiimed Victor, i.guv ivijhiSlUiwiiwi battery of light gun*. I they represent a supt ri- Tho prograt British navy, in tho next f< for seventy ni $104,629,750. the English navy prise a tleet twi© whole “new navy thus far provided this “new navy" for eight years to land will Jiavoscv The United State* all those a complete. Of the seventy n< o to bo battlo bhif two eccond-clas.-. that tho followin complied with in t vessels. 1. That therre slia placed in two protected stahon a considerable distan* -o apart, i of guns having an arc of train 200 degrees, equally divided on of tho lino of keel, all four of t to bo available on each broadsi 2. That tho greater portion o iliary (or secondary) armament ilaced in a long central battery letween tho two heavy gunsta $odisi>oiod that there shall be I no interference with tho fi gun by that of any other. 3. That in view of tho c high explosives, it is doMr; widest possible diitri gum in tho auxiliary ai that it is preferable to ino nry armament on two them being tho tnar deck, carry tl.e guns chiefly bet OTHER QUESTIONS I After deciding that tliei battle ships should bo t t.Oou tons placement tho amotion wlu-ther ret or barbott' sysh m "houM bo .id'll ' d v, .i . i nisi lei cd. I l i.i :• i 'In were designed, and it was < o i- I to build oneturrotnnd Seven lmrl mto ships. Tho barbette design* were thought to present ad vantages over tho ttaret 'l*- signs in that tho freeboard of tin* former, both forward and nft, was seven feet greater, ami tho gun carried at a bight of t above tho water ii aa in tho turret d as in the Nilo and Trafalgar. In conHidcring tho quettion of the speed of these v« -k-Is it was the unani- mens opinion that natural draught a forced draught u view of tho incre: yoked in obtainii ’surrender of exw whoso displocem speed of at least* \ point of some » poses to reduco lint tlo ships surely sect modern wi struck—certainly tho larger caliber i so the turrent atfo; ent of these I protection than th I tliUfc tho Russians, heavy guns [ have shortened tin thus sacrificing sc r ler to use tho < md get tho guns betto dui Ing tho 1 will largely dim! ; shall bo \ situated tions, and radically of any ono vclopmcnt of do to secure ution of the lament, nnd it the auxili- Q rat-da tur- ■threo feet id of mvc Uld 1>( r higlu i mteen with mfiicient in ml cost in- Tlie in win largely dim.; ■*. '•! their being disanled. It is by no means improbnl- • ti at tho four barbette guns . : thoso ships carry, mi flit L* • . • - l bv tbo storm of shot from quick fit ... ; nuns. In such a case tho battle .-dp would bo left with a battery of light guiism u<> way superior to tho battery of a < ru^i. r, except for the protection of a few indies of armor which the guns of tho latter could penetrate. WHAT UNAIIMORED SHIPS MIGHT DO. . Two unarmored cruisers could t la t battle ship in such a condition with good 1 chances of success by comi . < i, » quarters and aiming at tlio upper works with the view of disabling Uu* remain ing guns and killing off the mew. How ever remote sucli a contingency may bo it would Eivin that the four heavy gun*, which constitute the only bv y m off' i.sive jiowur of the 1: t hip as com pared with other vessels that c< st much lew, should be protected by shield or some other device. This qu< i i d many others may not he settled until tho next naval war. The rapid firing gun may yet Compel tho << , b ■ p. 1 . u • f heavy guns, as in :i • oi i;:ii ..l m nitor, if their power is to be re di. d with any certainty in battle. Alltho dimen \< ns of tho new 11,000- ton turret ship will 1* tin* • nc a* iho-o of the seven barbette - ships. The bat- ’• •••:! • 'I ; ' '."M 'A • - HIM'. Tho only change will bo th*' substitu tion of turrets seventeen f f abovo wa ter for the barbette.-*, containing the four : . \.ird and aft of lli feet instead of 18 feet,, aa In. tho barbette dqsigns. The two secona class battlo '•top* aro to be of the same gen* ral design ax tl.« eight large vessels, their diq'lacement being 9,000 tons. When the ten ve«flcls ore completed' . ! -a !! ■ \- ■!i: . ..i n . ;niti- ■ ril ball! "'.ip*, will .!-• Uu * iic mIh be- : v m 9,W» and 1 ?.< dm ions the eigh teen already complet' d b-'ing tho Aga- : 11. i.pio l.t ct Tl. “ImpoMible, my good Victor." re turned Madame Souravieff, “that you can regret that more titan I do. Convey netuat poverty, which is perhaps w oi "<*. the assurance of my sympathy to your F<*r MMCM I nc* •pec*fy, ! master, and at the rstr.C time beg !::m to have lately been cutting down a good bellore that any chango which f may be many of my trees; but 1 dare sav there able to bring about in the foreign jxflicy sti.l remains ono with a bough solid of this country will not bo to thodisad- enough for me to bang myself upon." Madame8ouratieff was much.vex d. Jo accept a defeat was never sgreeabln toher, and Mark’s supinenccs in tbo presenco of adverse ciroamstaaces bad olten before this caused her irritation. Ho is insupportable," tdiQ. muttered impatiently. “Ha gives in without a fitrugglc; and how is one to help him, if he will not help himself? An engage ment—bah! What are engagements iu England? They have no force, no fam ily sanction; they are made and broken everyday. This ono must be broken?' ■tnie thing at all. But there are ranhiges and disadvantages in both ‘•curses. I must weigh them a little true> n -T r . L 1 t W*k, Tbe future, you see," -Then I haln’t got no more to say, sir. ct utinued Mr. Bligh, musingly, “« ol- j wouldn’t hare Mi« Cicely worrited, not *uncertain and is very seldom what lf * twiu ever ^ if it had b«en only you oat* expects it to be. . ~~ -j——*J J don’t kf!*?"* b*.!t 1 erluipt it was some vogue apprelien- I might ha’ spoke my mind more fret*; [ of one year have enjoyed the unstinted suggested by these words, or per-• but worritin’ you will mean worritin' ' • ' it was the extreme repugnance the now, I reckon." ' iel» he felt to the idea of becoming “You’ll btf good enough to speak your * i bed by Morion's death, that made ! mind here and now," returned Archie, hie answer hastily ; ! with a sudden rush of anger. “You are "1 l ope you won’t dream of disinherit-! making insinuations which I don't un- i Cicely in my favor. I don’t thtak deratand and won’t submit to. Do you vvould liko it, and I know I should secure me of having caused my cousin’s t«*. it. A* for authority, I hope there death?" ' l never be any question of that lie- “Lord save us. sir!" exclaimed Cop- inventi*. Whatever she wishes I am paid, with uplifted bands. “What an * re to wish; and even if I didn’t, I awful thing to say! No, sir; wlut I was ►h.,uld try to make her think that I . thinkin’ of- -=ince you border mo to speak did." j cut—was this. It come to my bearin' Against such useful and Arcadian as you mU-ed your train that there notions of matrimonial existence^ wos night, and was walkin' about the conn- hardly worth while to contend. Mr, | try for a matter of two hours., waitin’ CHAPTER XXIL—Victor Reappears. During most London seasons there fa] one pirticulor person who is a noveil and a sucaeo. The sucoere, no doubt, usually dependent and consequent.upon |»Lrt nnwllr and ihns who tn th« hm J lof one year have enjoyed the um H ho-pitaiitv, kindness and flattery of the British OipitaiwiU do well to betake themselves elsewhere the next, led they be painfully reminded of the in stability of men ana things. While it lasts, how- M^rereBularit^r U probably j ever, thst kind of pleasant to everybody, and it was cer tainly very pleasant to Madame Soura vieff, who prided herself upon her social gifts. These, it must lie admitted, were con siderably above tbe average, and as she appeared to have plenty of money and had been taken up at tbo outset V cer tain <1 udinguished people, she had little difficulty ation llty in securing a general appred- of them. Then, too, it wa^ shown country vantage of mr own." Victor said that the patriotism of Madame was above suspicion ; n l must ho i ateut re overybodv. Unfortunately, however, Monsieur fe Comte was ex- trnasly sensitive upon this subject of unauthorized dip’oinacy, and for somj time past he bad feared’ that Madame's activity—doubtlcw praiseworthy in itself—might not bo receiving tho countenance or support of tho Kuv ian embassador at the Court of St Janie*. Tliere fears had recently been onfirmed in an unpleasant manner by a Aud straightway she despatched to communication from 8t. Petersburg, in Upton Chetwode peremptory instructions which Monsieur had been sharply re- to that e-.ect. baked and had been invited to exercise These apparently remained without his domestic authority without delay. It r several weeks she had not wan not considered d< “ ’ result For several weeks she had not so much as a lino from Mark, and she was growing seriously uneasy about him when, one evouing, sho encountered for tbe second time the littlo lawyer who had asked to be introduced to her at Iiord (Jueemsferry's soon after her ar rival in London. Mr. Wingfl *ld lowed over his folded hands and recalled him self to tiie lady's recollect smiled and extenaed he hand to him amiably; for it was her rule to ho amia ble to everybody, added to which she thought that this man of law might havo had some recent news of hiv client. Her surmise proved to be correct. Mr. Wingfield liad heard that very morning from Mark, who was desperately eager to quit the neighborhood of AbboUport, ana was willing to lit his bouse at a nominal rent U> anybody who c >uld be him of tho expense of not considered desirable, Monsieur had been informed, that private individ uals should claim the orlviiege of speak ing, however indirectly, in the name of liU majesty the czar. Such presumption could not be tolerated and must cease. “Madame la Corutrese will perceive," obtorved Victor in conclusion, “that the lira- language used was very peremptory." She This was not welcome hearing to g Madame No j rawed, who had many irons in the fire, and was well aware that home of her schemes must of necessity ie disavowed and ignored by the accredited representatives of her coun try, vet whose influence in bigii c.redes bad been largely due totbecircumstanco that those accredited representatives had :-i fined to lake a benevolent interest in her. “Well," she said sharply, “and after wards?" The valet ra f s*l his shoulders and dU- induced to relieve I keeping think he should *?I told him that I myself might very played tho palm* of his hundc likely take hla house at tho end of the “With uli submission,” answered 1 a feason," remarked Mndamo Souravieff. “my orders are to seo that Madame Vis it inhabitable, his house?’ 1. aves London forthwith." J ••Well—it U Inhabited," answered the “And if I refuro:” lawyer, with d smile. “in that case, there w ill remain the “At all evenU It could soon lie made means of persuasion that Madame knows inhabitable, I have no doubt. And so he of." is anxious to run away? That is very Nothing could be more cogent It is foolish of him in my opinion. What do useless to'dispute the commands of you think?’ thore who have control over the supplies, Mr. Wingfield was at first not very and although Madaino Souravieff was filing to say what ho thought; but at- uot devoid of j*ower (because it was open Br he nad been talked to with engaging t<> her to return to her huaband and candor for some minute*, he confessed I make herself no abominably di«agre»*a- that the news of Miss Bligh's ehgape-1 ble to him tlmt he would offer her any mint to her cousin had been a dump- money to go away again), he was evi- pointment to him, and that be, too, hail ' deafly able to enforce her departure from doubts as to whether it was nece-.- irilv London. As she had already almost ity irrevocable. made up her mind to depart, this did is “It is to bo remembered, however," he not distress her much; but of course she added, that if the young lady should made a great grievance of it. It was n,nr«l h»r MiraramMit during H*r fa. I intnneftibU*. she said, to take otuwalf i >l> I of spending the summer very quietly in tubes for launchii ing | some remote country district. Would complement will tlier's lifetime,'au alteration to her f i- I like that from one moment to another; ther’s will would lio tho probable conse- she must at least have a week in which quence. At present, if I am correctly to find some shelter. She had thought informed, t>he has be* n constituted sfl-i j of spending the tummi heiress; but that is because tho to going i * >me remote country to marry a Bligh." that arrangement be considered satisfac- M me. Souravieff was not slow to seir* J tory? It was not, she {resumed, the point of this warning. intended to banish her from England "i see," she replied nmsinsly. “And i altogether, how much longer will Mr. Bligh live, do [ Victor, trying to conceal his surprise you suppose?" The lawyer tea lea deprecating g . ^ .■ and laughed. - e ir. four hours' trial, the contract calling for | seen. Tl re are “We must not allow our attachment 1 It is not impossible," continued only 7,8 <0. The Nile was launched in vantage, pcrh:i;in t!.»? ?•»i ur tri. i .1, to l.-ad ire into wiahu.g lor I Mud.ir-** •. m t i n.u> tu*.* a *5 •*. .u. i w ill >-«#•> i 1 • i . I. i r tour h-a\y d.-»tb." Mil li<*. "bui I am (Linn. 1. — Mr. • :.* ' t •:». h • U>.- t .it th- t .u .iJi'.u.i f.H.r Mr. Ifli^li in in a very preiM- wo*!.*. i »* • ‘ • • •• “b.pi h.. «• * i.ti j i"t.--;t..-l rtoui state, Undcrall the circuuvUb'.es, I Tl.e va!< t ra .• d his eyebrows. I cited somewhat on account Cf the small^ the large breach i*oi tt ai :y]in.h rsnre !•: 90 inches, and tho length of tho . is 4 feet 3 inches. There nro six cylin drical t.teel boilers. Tho estimated spot d Is 101 knots, with 12.000 horse power iivuier forend draught: tlin linriui uoucr under natural draught will bo 7,600. At full speed ths steaming radium is 1,050 miles, and at 10 knots 6,5U0 miles. The armor protection con»i»t<» of three structures of compound armor built ono above the other, protecting the control parts of the ship, os shown in tho cut. The lowest structure is a water lino belt 23) feet long, with athwarUhip bulk- heads forwaid and aft. Tho bulkheads have a maximum thickness of 14 to 16 inches at the ton, tapering to 7 inches at the bottom. The belt ha* a maximum THE ARMORED CITADEL. The middle (>art of the belt for a dis tance of 141 feet is carried up to form the second structure, which is 16 to 18 inches track thioughouL Tho parabolic end* of this struo.ure incloso tue Laws of tbe turrets, and the wholo to covered by a 3-inch steel deck. The exposed ends of tbe lower structure also havo a 8-inch deck over them, and tho un* armored ends of the whip, each 57 feet in length, and protected by an underwater deck 8 inches thick, curving down to th© ram und stem. The third or upper structure is oc tagonal, 110 feet long, and contains the broadside battery of six 4.72-inch rapid firing guns. Originally only the end* of tins structure were protected with five inches of stoel, but the development of high explosive shell has necessitated the addition of four iuches of steel to the aides also for the protection of the broad- •Ido battenr against ouch projectiles. An unarinorcd superstructure above the broadside battery 'will mount tbo sec ondary battery of eight 6-|K>undor and eleven 3-pounder rapid firing guns. The main conning tower, built above tbe forward end of the upper armored structure, to plated with fourteen inches of stetl. -There are two other couning towers protected against machine guns . Speaking tubes, gun and ton edo cators, electrical connections and the stoeilug wheel place everything under the control of the captain. arrangerRRr or the turrets. The turrets placed inside and at the ends of tbe second armored structure, or citadel, are covtred with compound armor eighteen inches thick. All the armor has teak backing and an inside skin two inches thick. Each turret will contain two 13.5-inch breech-loading rifles about thirty-fonr feet long, weighing sixty-seven tons each, mounted on a hydraulic carriage and having a train of 270 degrees '(here to one military mast with two ton* for machine lQus. Four u in h lights will be carrieu, and the interior of the ship will bd lighted with 460 incan descent lamps. Ths.e will be elzht does. The officers and men. Tbe Trafalgar was launched in 1687 and completed in the spring of 1860. In eight hours’ run over the measured mile, with ‘ - - - *; length, «)•*) foot; ;.r.l against 16.2 kn the tyle, tbe mean at this sudd* n surrenucr, replied that he ; j l* i \ cd tlii* {Uu would satisfy mon- under natural draught was 8,590 on a lion of the Buddhist high priest, ossi by « lev- 1 yellow-rob'd UM*:; k Hie contort knelt before tho a mbled pri-•>;» and, intimated his desire to be admitted a member of ths BuddMsIL • ■■ high prisst then caterhtosrl j him and tbe sssrimnlrd monks satisfied) themselves that he was fitted to be a fob* lower of Buddha. The gentleman, whose name was Powell, then begged of, the high prieet ’to give him the ranafl. 1 - which tho latter did, the candidate re- . ! | .ill, - of i'.* hand* brought togef'-r ••jJiitcd. Having explained to tho « -overt tire* ro- eponsible duties of a Boddhtot. HaMUi priest gavi- 1,1m hi* hi ing. A u.ot.*tiug was aft u * 'i i held, nt which Ur. PbweU explained his reason* t > having embraced Buddhism, and fi** • r;l e«l the knots at f iieod of 10 knots, an<l 1,'JU'J at peed of 10 knot a Tho wat. r line armor belt, 250 feet ong, will bo from I t to IS Inches thick, tnd abovo tho belt i» a fiat steel deck 8 inches thick. IteMingcn this dock, at the forward and after ends of the belt, art* two pear-shaped barbettes, 17 inches thick, divided Into two stories. In tho upper btory stand tho turn-tables carry ing tho ln*avy guns; in tho lower story will bo placed tho turning engines anil other important portions of tbo equip ment. From tho top of tho armor belt up to tho main deck and between tho t*ar- bettre Ls an armored enclosure five inches thick. This is dcemeJ sufficient to pre vent tho penetration of high explosive shells ana the.r explosion below tho guns carried on tho main and spar decks. THE BATTERY. Four nix-inch quick firing guns will bo mounted in broadside on tho covered { •t.n dock imnjpdlately abovo tho 11 ve- nch armored enclosure. On tho anar i e;k above will bo six six-inch quick filing guns, the forward and after pairs firing in lino with tho keel as well as through a considerable arc n broadside. It bus been decided * liJ protect these ten six-inch guns and ther crews against machine guns and high explo sive shells, and a certain weight hi reserved for tho necessary armoi before deciding upon tho best mode of protection, whether by means of heavy shield* for each gun or by continuing tho five-inch endoraro higher up, it was agreed to study tho mult of tho trials against the resistance with high explo sive shells, which trials have not yet been complcted.i Tho unarmored ends of tho vessels, ,, . „ will be protected by heavy undor-water *5 h® srid, naturally steel decks curving dowu from tho ends mind, and being of th. belt to tho bow and .torn. 1 ' "l| The main conning tower at tho for ward end of the sf>ar de* k is protected by fourteen indies of armor. A thinner conning tower is placed at tho after end I Co !Otl, baUs i ure-ii. inutuierer, -eight » pow- ii.lt A TO UM>miIS.7X, of llrcofrlnsr *n Snirrl- n I rep* rk.ibl.* its of UwL {Jam* tawiiy i as the reception of n America, who lately i, into the Buddhist • tho dir Tlu throug he arrived at tlu. ign if its truth. “It appears that nearly forty when he was n child, h<* cairn book in bis father* library, wa.i:: pk ture. It was the | l.n-l.ll.a • •••!'''I m tl " < i tudo on a lotus. Inq r« s • 1 1- i of peace and love on mi ; it Mr. l'o nearly evening to a rco . ' ItoaMh lion as nearly like itssbeposaRdr could.« •On asking who or what picture It was,* Mr. Few el said, *1 was told that it w.u the picture of a heatbsn god, toti its memory clung to me. ana whmj 1 heard its name I never forgot .it,- bat learned later' what tho tTm- bol was and its n Bo| naturally a religi- u-. turn with military tops for machine guns, and a secondary battery of eight three- pounder and sixteen faix-i>oun<l©r rapid tiring guns will bo mounted at advan tageous points. THE MAIN BATTERY. It has been decided that in three of tbe eight first-chi .* battle di'j - the four heavy guns shall be 181-inch sixty-seven- ton rifle*, like those of the Trafalgar. It was thought tuat a 12-inch fifty father to bo a clergymai was well educated in the trine. “But I recognised work out myself, and th* my thoughts my life mar M gun would be sufficiently powerful tor moot nurnooM. and it U nm... than probable that such guns will bu provided for tho remaining ships. Such are the principal features of these battlo ships as published by the office of naval intelligence at Washington. Fur ther details nrve not yet been mode pub- These vessels present some advantages over the Nile and Trafalgar. Their aux iliary battery to much more powerful, but whether it will beta well protected as that of the Nile clai-.* ri m tin* to l*e i long t»*> •tli*.* law fore 1 recognized th of right thought.’ pears to have tough cistn, but soon rarc mental attitude, an Light of Asia* arou- to take refuge in Buddha." Mr-. l!arn- ii *:• hign*-« pronriate llorul center-pic value at the reception to v! <MS 44—wB Tn Imm> I. Am *mmM* • .i^iiiaimg the unique au l happv iiiou;'ht of ihe globe of flower*, with tho i - .i and Somli Aitn rirau untrieodo* tin* «1 in flow.-r* uf various bu.-. 1.." water wa* rcpiv-.*nt-l by tho smooth, *1*« p gr«*en lea\ .* lunch gU I ** . | r»*jm Lite Ho Tlw ie pc -- • f the all the delegate ’ 1 HOUSFOKDre Mr-. 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Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, October 16, 1889, Image 1