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PROFFESSOR CARUTHERS’S
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
It was 4 o'clock of an autumn after
noon. The last classes of the days were
finished, and the big white boarding
school was disgorging its stream of
students. Under a. live oak tree on one
edge of the campus a crowd of youths
of ages ranging from 14 to IS were as
sembled. discussing an interesting mat
ter. The word had passed among them
that something unusual was about to
happen. What the nature of It was
or who would be concerned in it they
could not determine; but indications
pointed to something important.
"Whenever you see Fred and Oran
hangin' to each other like that you
can be sure somp’n Is up." explained
Jefferson Neeley, pointing to a tall
boy and a short fat one who sat apart
from the others on top of the campus
fence, apparently absorbed in each |
"I reckon vou’re l ight, and I wouldn t >
be surprised if 'twas some kind of
Thanksgiving business, replied Hays,
whose praenonmen, Albert Edward,
caused him to be styled Prince.
•'They've been Just like that for two
whole days —hardly speakin' to **>£* 1
body else, an' you can be sure they re j
plannin’ somp'n,” ... _
It was in fact no unusual thing to
see the tall lank Sallow and the short
fat Davis together. Their remarkable
friendship was a standing joke of the
.TffT and the Prince, as tl.e next o.
friends, waited with muon impatience
to be let into the secret. They w-ere j
not disappointed. On Tuesday after
school Oran gave them a sign and they
all sauntered leisurely toward the ,
creek. Once there Sallow took the lead
and conducted them rapidly up the
stream. When they had made a half
mile they came to where a spring bub
bled up from the root of a giant cot
tonwood. They called it Sally's spring
because he had discovered +L a
spot was a sacred retreat, known only
to the four. A fallen tree near by af
forded a convenient seat.
"Well. Shorty, oyt with It. TV hats
up this time?” asked Jeff. "Are we
coin' to put Professor s calf 1" the
chapel, or break into the kitchen.
"Naw! It’s none of your little things
like that.” answered Davis. "I reckon
you knew 'at day after to-morrow is
Thanksgiving?”
■' "Course; but what of It’
"Well, what have we got to be thank
*°"Le's see." began Jeff reflectively,
staring up at the leaves whilehecoun
ed on his fingers. "Accordin to the old
man we are thankful for manifold mer
cies and blessings, for being
ed through the trials and vicissitudes
of another year; for health an clothes
an' food—he calls it food—an” —
**Oh, come on now,” interrupted Oran.
‘‘This is no prayer meetin*. Say, what
have w> got to be thankful for? Noth
in' —not a doggone thing, you know we
haven't. Just fat pork an’ Yankee light
bread an' last year’s sorghum—a man
can't feel much good over that. An
that's just what Sally an' me ve been
workin’ on. We believe 'at when
Thanksgiving comes a man ought to be
thankful, an' if he hasn't got anything
to be thankful for he ought to get out
right quick an’ do sump’n to make him
so. See here then, here's the scheme;
Jeff arose from the ground and drew
near to listen. Oran cast a glance
around, then spoke in a whisper, while
his companions leaned toward him with
eyes and ears open.
"Bully! Nothin’ like It has ever been
done in the school.” said Jeff when he
had heard the details of the plan.
“Yes, but don’t you think he might
catch us?" questioned Albert Edward
doubtfully.
“That's just like you. Prince." said
Sallow' from his place on the ground.
"You're always afraid of somp'n. If
you don't want to go into it, we'll get
Baby Allen; he's not afraid."
“Oh. I'm not afraid, either." Hays
hastened to explain; "only it would be
hard on us if we got caught.”
“Get caught nothin'! We won't go
till after 12 o'clock, an' the old man'll
be snorin' so you can hear him all over
the hill by that time,” said Oran. "You
know where they roost, don't you?
Right on the peak of the hen house.
It's purty high up. but I know where
the ladder Is. so we can get to him all
right. You see, two of us will go up
an' pull him off. an’ the other two'l’
stay down an’ keep guard."
“Who'll go up?” asked Jeff.
“Le’s see. who better go up, Slim."
Oran asked, turning to Sallow.
"Why. I'm the tallest an' can reach
the farthest, so I reckon I better go,"
replied Sallow. "An' Prince is next, so
he can go with me. O. you an' Jeff can
stay down and hold the ladder an’ keep
a lookout for the dog.”
"We’ll cook him right here," Oran
went on to explain. “Couldn’t find a
better place. Sally’s got a bran' new
foot tub, hasn't been used but once.
We can clean It out. an' It’ll be the
very thing. We'll bring everything out
here to-morrow night; then Thursday
we’ll get the cook to put us up a lunch
apiece an' tell the boys we’re goin' up
the creek pecan huntin'."
"Whoopee! what a picnic!” cried
Jeff flinging his hat high among the
limbs of the trees. “Only four of us
to eat him—Golly! I reckon we’ll have
ail we want once.”
"Sabe, then, everybody?" asked
Davis, as they all arose and made
ready to return to the school. "Meet
in the lane by the old man’s side gate
Just at 12 o'clock. No talkin’. Sally
leads, me next, Jeff next, an’, Prince,
you bring up the rear. Go through
the lot into the back yard; put up the
ladder and pull him off; put him in a
sack and scoot out the back gate, over
the fence an’ home. Easy enough."
"Just as easy as easy."
Near the hour of midnight four dark
figures stood by President Caruthers’
side gate. The house behind its screen
of live oaks looked dark and ominous.
Here and there a black splotch against
the sky showed other houses of the
village, and far down the street a light
gleamed starlike in the inky darkness.
The four adventurers stood for a time
motionless, half afraid of the weird
noises that disturbed the wide nignt
silence—the croaking of frogs In the
marsh by the creek, the hoot of an
owl. the midnight crowing of wakeful
cocks.
At length the tall figure In advance
took count of the others, and motion
ing to them, led the way stealthily
along to the barn yard. He project
ed his lank frame through the Interval
of two planks and stood waiting for
the others. His fat companion tried
to go through the same hole, but found
it too small, so with much ado he
clambered over the top. The three at
tendant figures watched him with
silent convulsions of laughter. The
cows and horses In the pen arose In
alarm and moved away from the In
truders.
They moved on to the back yard
gate. The latch clicked noisily. They
stopped, crouched down In the shadow
of the fence and held their breath.
After a time, as no one was aroused by
the noise, they were reaaeured. They
paaaed through the gste Into the yard.
The chicken houae stood forty yards
from the door of the (‘sruthers’ kltch
e They moved qub kty toward It.
It was a morn.lest night, but by the
•11m light of the s*srs they could sec
the dsrk line of turkeys, perched high
on the rtdge of the roof
"Where's tit* taddsr, MhortyT" asked
hollow in a whisper
"Round behind here twins in' help
roe bring It," ettswered Or so
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to stand the ladder almost straight up
to make it reach. Shorty and Jeff
braced themselves to hold it in place,
while the others ascended. Sallow went
first. There was a disturbed, uneasy
movement among the fowls inside, as
if they felt the presence of enemies
but the dark line crowning the root
remained motionless.
When Sallow had disappeared on the
roof above, the Prince began to ascend.
He was awkward and the boys below
had all they could do to keep the lad
der from falling. At the top he paused
to look before going further. Sally was
propelling his long body up the steep
roof, approaching stealthily the sleep
ing turkeys. He was already within a
few feet of the big gobbler, which was
the game they sought.
As the Prince was about to pull him
self off the ladder onto the roof, the
pocket of his coat caught somehow on
a protruding shingle and pulled it loose.
With a noise“whlchTtb the Excited and
fearful listeners, sounded like the boom
of a gun. The chickens inside the house
set up a terrible clatter; and the tur
keys on the roof clucked in alarm, and
the one nearest the crouching Sallow,
discovering him, flew away into the
darkness with a great fluttering of
wings.
The cackling of the fowls aroused
the dog and he came dashing out from
the kitchen, barking furiously. Shorty
and Jeff, letting go the ladder, fled
precipitately inside the chicken house,
where they crouched tremblingly in a
corner. The ladder tumbled to the
ground, adding to the fury of the dog.
The boys on the roof were thus left
with no way to descend. Sallow, un
able to determine what terrible things
were happening below, clambered over
the ridge of the roof, scattering the
turkeys nosily in every direction,
and hung himself down from the other
side, where he lay still and listened.
The unfortunate Prince was left In
the worst predicament of all. He had
climbed only a few feet from the edge
of the roof, and now in his excitement
he felt himself slipping slowly down
ward. The dog discovered him. and
began to hark with a definite purpose.
Slowly but surely he felt himself fall
ing toward what in the darkness
seemed a terrible abyss. He grasped
desperately at the shingles, trying to
check himself, but there was not even
the slightest projection to take hold of.
His feet dangled over the eaves, he
clutched wildly at the roof, checked
himself a moment, then fell downward
into the yawning jaws of the dog.
Fortunately the ground was soft, so he
was unhurt. The dog. almost as much
frightened as the boy, retreated toward
the house, and the discomfited Prince,
gathering himself up. fled for the gate,
through it and over the fence, and
scampered down the road, abandoning
his comrades to their fate.
The dog, thinking that he had fright
ened off the marauder, returned growl
ing to the house. But his barking had
awakened a more formidable enemy.
From his precarious position on the
roof Sallow saw a tall figure, half
dressed, come out of the back door
of the house, bearing a lighted lantern.
It was Prof. Caruthers. He came to
ward the chicken house, peering
through the darkness to see what the
matter was. the dog following and
whining an explanation.
“What is it, Colonel, old man?" asked
Prof. Caruthers of the dog. “Somebody
after the chickens?”
He stopped and bent thoughtfully
over the prostrate ladder, then looked
up at the roof where the turkeys were
accustomed to roost.
“Well, well! that’s strange, very
strange." he said. “I wonder how that
ladder got there.”
He passed several times around the
house, then opened the door and looked
Inside. Shorty and Jeff, frightened al
most out of thetr wits, drew themselves
Into as small a compass as possible
behind a box In the corner. Seeming
at length to be satisfied, Prof. Caruth
ers closed the door and fastened it on
the outside; then with a final look at
the ladder and another up at the roof
he turned slowly to the house.
Sallow lay stretched out on the roof,
holding on with both hands, less he
slip off. With his ear pressed close
against the roof he listened to the boys
whispering Inside. He felt round till
he found a loose shingle, which he
pulled away, making a small aperture
through which he called down to the
boys below;
“Shorty! Shorty! Can't you get
out?"
"No, darn it all! He's fastened us
in,” answered Oran. “Can’t you get
down. Slim, and open the door?"
“No, I can't turn loose; I’ll fall off
If I do.” came the answer from above.
“Try to work the latch; maybe you
can undo it."
For half an hour they applied them
selves diligently to the door, trying In
every way to open it, but It resisted
all their efforts.
“Please, Slim, Jump down an' let us
out,” pleaded Oran. “You don't want
us to stay shut up here all night with
a lot o’ hens an' get caught sure soon
as it comes day.”
But no kind of argument or adjura
tion could Induce Sallow to turn loose
his hold. He lay stretched out on the
slanting roof, holding now with one
hand, now with the other, till both his
arms ached.
After an Interminable time a thin
gray light appeared In the east. Just
under the shivering Sallow a lusty
cock, with a noisy flapping of wings,
sent up a piercing crow that aroused
the boys to anew sense of their dan
ger.
• Slim! O, Slim! Ar? you there yet?"
called Shorty anxiously.
"Y’es, of course I'm here.” came the
answer thickly from the roof.
"Well, please do try to get down an'
let ua out. It'll be broad daylight In
half an hour, an’ we'll be caught like
mice In a trap.”
"Can't help It. I'm too near froze
now to move.”
His hands and arms were ao stiff with
the long strain that he could hardly
hold on. Suddenly hla numb fingers
ioat thetr grip, and before he could re
cover hlmaelf, with a great clatter he
sprawled downward across the shin
gles, dangled an Inatant in the air, then
fell heavily to the earth.
"Illiifi' oh. Hl)in! What you doin’?
What's the matter,” cried the boys In
side; but they had no answer For sev
eral minutes hallow lay still on the
ground where he had fallen; then ris
ing, he felt hie bruised limbs to Ms if
any of them were broken, after which
b limped painfully round to the from
end opened the door Whorly and Jeff
almost fell on hie neck for Joy
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froze to death." said Shorty. "Did you
fall?” he asked, looking at the rueful
figure of Sallow.
"Fall!" cried that worthy, reproach
fully. "Didn't you hear me? It’s twen
ty feet, I know, an' I’ve got a bone
broke in both legs. Don't believe I can
ever walk home.”
At that moment there was a noise
of someone moving in the Caruthers
kitchen. The three culprits looked at
each other with renewed terror.
"Scoot!” cried Sallow, and forgetting
his lameness, he led the way.
They did not stop to shut the gate,
but ran past the l?arn, startling the
cattle again, clambered over the fence,
and fled at their best speed,Sallow first.
Jeff next, and Shorty waddling des
perately in the rear. A tall man stand
ing on the south veranda of the Caru
thers house smiled knowingly as he
saw three animated figures disappear
ing down the road in the dim tight.
The three discomfited night prowlers
were much surprised the • following
day to receive notice to call at the
principal's office after school. With
many misgivings they obeyed. Prof.
Caruthers began in his usual abrupt
manner;
“Young men. you were out of your
rooms last night."
“No, sir, no, we wasn’t. Professor,”
Oran began, but stopped at a nudge
from his tall monitor.
“Yes. sir, we was out a little while,”
said Sallow.
“A little while? I thought so. Well,
I take it you had a pleasant time.”
To this the boys returned no answer.
President Caruthers looked at them a
moment as if he waited for them to
say something, then arose and went to
a corner of the room, where he select
ed from a pile of keen sticks three that
looked serviceable. The boys under
stood what was coming, and with
faces quickly adjusting themselves to
the occasion began to take off their
coats. The ordeal was soon over, and
the victims stood In sullen awkward
ness, awaiting the final admonition.
"By the way, young men,” said Pres
ident Caruthers, in a manner much
less brusque. "taTmnrrow -Is—Thanks
giving. Possibly you had thought of
it. Mrs. Caruthers told me this morn
ing that she is going to have a turkey
for dinner, a fine gobbler—no doubt
vou’c'e seen him around the yard—a
monstrous fellow, and fat as a 'pos
sum. She said she would like to have
some of the boys eat with us. Sallow,
Neely, Davis, we will expect you. All
right, is it? Very well, don't disap
point us. Ah. good-bye.” and with a
wave of his hand he dismissed them.
Jeff was sniffling in the comfortable
after-phase of grief. Sallow was still
pale. Shorty alone had come out none
the worse.
"Didn't hurt me a bit," he confided
to his companions. ‘T've got on six
undershirts, two vests and three pair
o' pants, .an' couldn’t feel it at all.”
"What did you go on so for, then?”
asked Sallow disgustedly. “You yelled
like he was killin' you.”
“O, it’s always better to go on some.
The louder you holler, the worse he
thinks he's hurtin’ an’ the sooner he
lets up.”
“All I care for,” whimpered Jeff, “Is
’at Prince didn’t get his share. He was
in it as much as any of-us, the dog
gone coward.”
"But if he didn't get any lickin',
neither will he get any turkey,” said
Oran.
“Turkey! Who wants any turkey?"
cried Sallow. "It was bad enough to
get caught, an' to ask us to eat dinner
with him —I call that rubbin’ it in. I
know I can’t eat a mouthful."
A chorus of laughs and jeers greeted
them when they came again on to the
campus, but they paid no attention.
They walked quickly away, with heads
bowed, toward the creek, nor did they
pause or speak till they came 10 their
favorite retreat by the spring. After an
hour of silent communion in this com
forting solitude their grief and shame
became less keen. The world began to
assume its normal appearance. They
could even look forward with a degree
of pleasure to the morrow.
“It will be a whole lot better, any
how. an’ we could ha’ cooked,” said
Jeff, philosophically.
“Yes—in a foot tub,” Shorty replied.
“An’ besides there'U be dressin’ an’
gravy, an' cake an’ pies, an’ tnaybe
cranberry sauce.”
WOO WANG, THE FAIRY.
A Rescue and a Ride.
By Harry Baxter Nason.
CHAPTER VI.
In a sort of vague manner Willie
Green had hoped he might be able to
save Woo Wang from being swallowed
by the big-mouthed angler, but when
he struggled through the water and
reached the scene of the disaster there
was not a sign of the boy from Woozy
vine.
The big fish wore a look of joy and
kept his mouth very tightly closed, as
though he were afraid of saying some
thing for which he might be punished
sooner or later.
Willie Green rushed around and
around like a crazy man. He was so
excited he didn't know what to do. In
his frenzy he took out his little pocket
knife and tried to cut a hole in the side
of the fish, but his knife made no im
pression on the thick skin, which was
protected by very small scales. The
harder Willie dug into this skin the
more pleased the fish seemed to be.
probably thinking all the time that this
strange boy was tickling him for the
fun of it.
But Willie was in deadly earnest. He
felt pretty sure he had seen the last
of the fairy and almost cried at the
thought.
As he raced about his foot struck
something hard, and picking it up he
found that he had an old harpoon
which had been lost or thrown over
board from some whaling vessel. With
this held like a Kaffir holds his spear
the youngster rushed blindly at the
fish, and with all his might hit the
angler in the side. But the instrument
was rusty and the point dull, so it
simply slipped along the skin and did
no damage.
Time and again he attacked the
strange creature, which held his com
rade a prisoner; but time and again
his weapon failed to harm the fish
which had been turned Into a fatrv
Jail.
Then a happy idea struck the boy.
With a mighty effort he Jabbed the
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point of the old harpoon between a
small opening in the jaws of the ang
ler. Taking hold of the other end he
tried to pry the mouth open.
For a time the fish held his jaws
tightly clenched, but Willie bore all
his weight on the other end of the har
poon and the mouth had to open or
he hadlv torn. So the huge laws open
ed. As they parted out sprang Woo
Wang, while with a saucy wag of his
tail and his imitation flag poles the
fish moved away.
Willie was trembling very much and
Woo wore an anxious look, but it was
only for a short time.
"My.” sdid Woo, at the same time
stretching himself and feeling to see
that he was not half eaten, “that was
a mighty close shave. If you hadn't
been here the fish would have gotten
the best of me. Even as it is I feel
pretty sore after being almost crushed
in that mouth.”
"Were you frightened?” asked Wil
lie.
"I didn't have time to get frighten
ed,” replied the other, “I was busy all
the time kicking the fish inside his
mouth. He tried to swallow me sev
eral times, but I caught his red gills
and hung on so he couldn't make me
slip, down into his stomach.”
"My, but it was a funny experience,
wasn't it?” said Willie.
"I don’t call it funny,” replied Woo
Wang. "It was a very serious matter
for me. I can tell you. But all's well
that ends well.”
And, chatting thus, the youngsters
wandered along, gradually reaching
deeper water, and all the time meet
ing with prettier and bigger fishes.
Willie noticed that the deeper the
water became the less light they had
and Woo explained that it was because
light can only penetrate so deep into
the water, and that away out in mid
ocean, where the water is sometimes
five miles deep, there are fishes which
carry electric lights to enable them to
see while they are prowling around on
the bottom of the ocean.
‘‘You are all right. Woo," said Wil
lie, in a kind of a doubting tone. "Do
you really expect me to believe a thing
like that? The idea of a fish carrying
around an electric light!”
"But they do,” said Woo. who then
explained as best he could how- these
fish are naturally electric the same as
are fireflies, electric when used in this
sense meaning phosphorescent. The
fish are able at will to make this phos
phorescent glow.
It took Willie some time to convince
his companion that he was telling the
truth, and Woo finally had to promise
to show one of the fishes some time to
prove his words.
All this time Willie was looking in
every direction, for he did not want to
miss anything. Gazing upward he
could see the rays of the sun shining
down through the water and appearing
like a shower of gold. As he stood
watching the beautiful sight it sud
denly became quite dark, and he im
agined he could see something moving
ever his head. Woo also glanced up
ward and then asked:
"Say, Willie, how would you like to
take a long ride?”
His friend from Treetown was puz
zled. "I wouldn't object,” he replied,
"but I don’t see any trolley car or lo
comotive, neither do I see a boat."
“No? But you do see something big
over our heads?"
“Of course I do, and I also know it
is making this part of the sea rather
dark. What is it?”
"It is a whale: a real sperm whale,
and a big one at that. I've a good no
tion to take you on him for a long
ride.” •
Willie was so pleased that he actually
began to dance' around on the sand.
"Gee, whizz,” said he; "let's do it
quick.’^
No sooner had he made this remark
than he lost the heaviness which had
all this time kept him down in the
water, and as he grew lighter he be
gan to rise to the surface of the ocean.
Reaching there he popped out of the
water and into the air much as does
a loose cork in a soda water bottle.
He came back to the water and found
himself swimming by the side of what
looked ljke a great black wall of leath
er. Woo Wang was also there, and
they began at once to climb up the
wall, which Willie then knew was the
side of a big whale.
Half a dozen times Willie slipped
down into the water, and Woo laugh
ed.
"Keep It up,” said he, “and you will
get there after a while.”
The boy did keep It up, and soon
was standing on the back of the big
gest animal to be found in the whole
world. He Sat down and gazed upon
the scene. As far as. he could see
there was nothing except water. He
could not even see the head nor tail
of the whale, for both were under the
waves. Woo said the big creature was
taking a little nap. and they could
In the meantime Imagine they were
wrecked sailors on a desert island, with
nothing to eat and not a sail in sight.
Willie at once began to look around
for a sail, and discovered a thin and
hazy line In tlje distance. Woo told
him’this was the land they had left.
It was evidently many miles away,
but as Woo only smiled when Willie
asked how they had traveled so far
In such a short time, he made no fur
ther Inquiries on the subject.
Growing tired of waltlnr for the
whale to awake the boys danced a lit
tle jig and stomped their feet on his
back, but this did not interfere with
the creature’s nap. fin Wiitie again
pulled out his knife and began cutting
his Initials In the thick skin.
“Whet. Ho. Khe blows!” yelled Woo.
"What, Ho, What blows?” asked
the boy, who had never read much
about aatlor* and their ways end so
didn’t know what Woo meant.
"The whale.” called Woo egcltedly,
"Whew, watch him blow.'' and he
pointed fO or 10 feet ahead, where two
• olumna of water were streaming into
the air
"Hold hard ” again ceiled Woo
Willi* didn't see a thing on which
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he could. He threw himself down on
the back of the whale, flattened him
self out as much as possible and wait
ed to see what would happen next.
Then came two more columns of wa
ter rising in the air and looking very
much like streams of water being forc
ed up by a fire engine.
As the streams died away the body
on which the boys clung began to move
slowly. Hearing a noise in the rear
Willie looked that way and there was
the great tail of the monster lashing
about at a terrible rate and churning
the water until it looked very much
like one big mass of soap suds.
Then Willie slipped down towards
the tail and looking the other way, he
was just in time to see the mighty
head of the whale come out into sight
and up went the two columns of water
to a very great hight.
The immense tail continued to churn
and away went the whale with the
two young adventurers clinging to his
back.
At first the big creature swam slow
ly, but in a short time his speed had
increased so that it was M’ith difficulty
the little chaps could keep their place.
Willie flattened himself all he could,
but all the time he felt himself slip
ping slowly, but surely down towards
the whale's tail.
"Woo!” he shouted, “I am falling off.
Help me, quick!”
“Catch the rope,” yelled Woo Wang,
who had in some manner managed to
get hold of a rope which seemed to be
fastened to the head of the whale.
Willie threw out his arms in one last
despairing effort to save himself, when
he heard Woo’s exclamation, and be
was delighted to find that he grasped
something which he soon saw was a
real rope. He hung to this and in
stantly stopped slipping.
Finding that the rope did not give
way the boys arose to their feet and
held on like a couple of men playing'
the tug-of-war. The whale was swim
ming quite close to the surface of the
water, so close-, indeed, that fully one
half his entire body was out of the
wet. The boys saw that the rope to
which they clung was attached to a
harpoon which was sticking deep in
the neck of the creature.
Whaling men had evidently harpoon
ed the beast, which had succeeded in
not only getting away, but in taking
n-ith him a large section of the rope.
This was a most unfortunate accident
for the whaling men. but on the other
hand it was a very nice thing for the
boys. Without it they would have had
little or no ride and by this time would
have been back at the bottom of the
sea.
All this time the whale had been go
ing so fast the boys could not get
breath enough to do very much talk
ing; in fact, they were traveling at
such a high rate of speed Willie began
to grow dizzy. Every now- and then
the Whale would spout, and all the
time his tail continued to lash the wa
ters. leaving behind a foam like the
wake of a steamer, and on they went.
It was a glorious ride, but it was
not to be for long. The whale kept
on a straight course for the open sea.
Everything was going along merrily,
when suddenly the head of the creat
ure went up into the air and at the
same instant it began to spout at a
terrific, rate, reminding Willie of a
couple of locomotives letting off
steam.
“Here we go,” cried Woo Wang.
"This monster intends to dive straight
down. Get ready. Hang on tight!"
Hardly had the words passed his
lips ere the head came down with a
smack on the smooth water, the wrig
gling tail went up into the air and
down plunged the whale, which had
apparently decided it was time to go
to the bottom to get something to
eat.
(To be Continued.)
KI'BELIK PARTIES.
A Young and Good Looking Genlm
Who Rivals Paderewski.
New York, Nov. 22.—1n London last
spring a Kubelik party was the very
smartest entertainment even a Duchess
could offer her friends. Indeed, since
Paderewski's advent there has been no
such lion as this same pale-faced, long
haired. spiritual-looking. Hungarian
Gypsy virtuoso of the violin.
Kubelik is only 21 years of age, and
his is not the musical genius that
starves in a garret. By a sudden bound
he has lept into the forefront of Ills
profession. It is said that he is about
to undertake a tournee, as It is call
ed, for which he will receive SIOO,OOO.
This fortune is sometimes the reward
of a lifetime of struggle and hard work;
but Kubelik has scarcely emerged
from his teens, and he is going to make
this sum in the course of a few months
In the United States while waiting for
the next London season to commence.
He plays, too. with an abandon wtiich
shows the artist. As one watches him
one feels that he has forgotten his au
dience; that his mind is far away, and
his soul wrapped In music. It is pa
thetic to see how the prodigy Is guard
ed and protected from the vulgar mun
dane crowd. At the parties that he
goes to he never touches uuy refresh
ment*. Nobody Is allowed to carry nis
violin; he haa his own accompanist and
his own piano. A monarch could not
show a higher or more loyal sense of
dignity. Yet he Is a chirm In*, unso
phisticated boy. absolutely unspoilt by
the homage that I* paid him. ’r.rere la
a touch of pathos aiiout hi* career,
too. Born In a little village near
Prague, he had for father a humble
peasant, who waa also a fiddler, juat in
ordinary village fiddler, who uaed to
play at ruatlc feast*. This father
taught his boy to play, but the pupil
soon outstripped bis master The par
ent saw that the fate* had sent him
s genius To provide a fitting musical
education for that genius, to send to
the Prague < onset veto! turn whei* he
uould have Retelk (the fitnuui trainer
of goal, fm ba Hgiig, tjg pvyj
er pinched, and. maybe, starved him
self. But he wap not destined to see
the fruits of his unselfishness; he died
Just before the boy he hfa scrapcd and
slaved for made his first
BURSTING A CASkISfWATER.
That a small quantity of water, say
half a pint, may be made to burst a
strong cask, seems a startling state
ment to make, and yet it is true. It is
a well-known law of physics that the
pressure exerted by liquids increases
in proportion to their depth. Suppose
therefore, that we have a strong cask,
filled with water, and standing on end.
The staves of this cask may be made
to burst apart by adding a very small
quantity of water to vyhat da already
in the cask. .
As the cask is already: fall, some
way of adding the water must be de
vised. To do this, a hole is bored In the
end, or head of- the cask, and a long
tube of small diameter is inserted up
right. At the upper end of the tube is
a small funnel, into which water is
poured until the tube becomes full,
and when that point Is reached the
cask will burst.
This seems almost incredible, but it
Is only a demonstration of the law that
has been cited. When the water is
poured into the tube It unites with the
w ater in the cask, and the depth of
the water is several times as great as
it was in the cask alone. The fact that
there is only a small quantity of water
in the tube makes no difference, for
it is now all one body, and Us depth is
gauged from the top of the tube to
the bottom of the cask.
Asa matter of fact, this experiment
is only an artificial reproduction of
what we know takes place in nature.
Some of her greatest convulsions are
caused by this very process. Suppose,
for example, that there is a great
mass of rock, under which there is a
cavity filled with water that has no
outlet. Suppose, moreover, that there
is a orsck extending from the surface
of the ground through this mass of
rock to the water-filled cavity under
neath.
A rock in this condition is a. common
thing in nature, the crack being caus
ed by some disturbance of the earth,
or by its splitting in the natural order
of things. Now. when it rains enough
to fill that crack, thus increasing the
depth of water in the cavity, the pres
sure will become so great that the
rock will be torn into A hundred frag
ments.
S„ T. & I. of H. R’y
and C. & S. R’y.
SUNDAYSCHEDULE.
For Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt, Mont
gomery, Cattle Park and West End.
Subject to Change Without Notice.
ISLE OF HOPE AN'D 4CTH BTREETI
Lv City for I. of H. | Lv Isle of Hope
9 45 am from 40th 9 15 am for 40th
10 15 am from 40th 10 15 am for 40th
11 00 am from 40th 11 00 am for 40th
1 00 pm from 40th 1 00 pm for 40th
2 00 pm from 40th 2 00 pm for 40th
2 30 pm from 40th 2 30 pm for 40th
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7 30 pm from 40th 8 00 pm for 40th
8 30 pm from 40th 9~DO pm for 40th
930 pm from 40th 10 60 pm for 40th
10 30 pm from 40th 11 ,lo pm for 40th
ISLE OF HOPE AND BOLTON 8T„
VIA THUNDERBOLT.
Lv City for I. of H. Lv I of H for B. st.
via Thun.A C.Park vla Thun.& C.Park.
8 00 am from Bolton! 8 00 am for r ßo!ton
2 30 pm from Bolton' 3 30 pm for Bolton
8 30 pm from Bolton! 4 30 pm for Bolton
4 30 pm from Bolton! 5 30 pm for Bolton
5 30 pm from Bolton 6 30 pm for Bolton
3O pm from Bolton 7 30 pm for Bolton
7 30 pm from Boltonl 8 30 pm for Bolton
Montgomery!
Lv City for Mont’ry Lv Montgomery.
10 15 am from 40th 9 35 am for 40th
100 pm from 40th 12 15 pm for 40th
3 00 pm from 40th 2 30 pm for 40th
_6_3o Pm from 40th 6 45 pm for 40th
THUNDERBOLT AND ISLE OF
HOPE.
Commencing at 3 p. m., car leavee
Thunderbolt every hour for Isle of
Hope until 8 p. m.
Commencing at 3:30 p. m.. car leaves
isle of Hope every hour for Thunder-,
bolt until 8:30 p. m.
_ THUNDER BOLT” SCHEDULE.
Commencing at 7:00 a. m.. car leavee
Bolton street junction every 30 min
utes until 2 p. m. t after which time car
leaves every 10 minutes.
Commencing at 7:30 a. m.. car leave*,
Thunderbolt for Bolton street Junction i
every 80 minutes until 2:25 p. m„ after
which time car leaves eve/y 10 min
utes. The 10-mlnute schedule Is maln-j
talned as long as travel warrants It.
WEHT END.
The first car leaves for West End at
7:.0 a. m., and every 40 minutes there
after until H a. m., after which a car
runs In aach direction every SO minute*
until midnight. '
LUCIAN MdNTTRB,
General Manager, V
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The Chatham Bank
SAVANNAH.
LEOPOLD ADLER. President.
C. S. ELLIS, Vice President.
JOHN 11. DILLON, Cashier. u
ItARItON CARTER, Asst. Cashier.
Solicits the accounts of indivldn
als, firm*, banks, associations and
corporations.
Liberal iavors extended to cor
responding banks, as our nnsar
linhsed facilities for collecting in
sure prompt returns.
BUYS AND SELLS FOREIGN EX
CHANGE, WHITES LETTERS OF
CREDIT AND ISSUES BANK MONEY
ORDERS PAYABLE IN ALL PARTS
OF EUROPE.
Interest compounded quarterly on
deposits in the SAVINGS DEPART
MENT.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Vaults
for rent.
SOUTHERN BANK
of the State of Georgia.
Capital $500,000
Surplus and undivided profits.. .$427 000
DEPOSITORY OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.
Superior facilities for transacting a
General Banking Business.
Collections made on all points
accessible through banks and bankers.
Accounts of Banks, Bankers. Mer
chants and others solicited. Sale De
posit Boxes for rent.
Department of Savings, Interest pay
able quarterly.
Sells Sterling Exchange on London
£1 and upwards.
JOHN FLANNERY. President.
HORACE A. CRANE .Vice President
JAMES SULLIVAN, Cashier,
DIRECTORS:
JNO. FLANNERY WM. W. GORDON
E. A. WEIL. W.W.GORDON, Jr
H. A. CRANE. JOHN M. EGAN.
LEE ROY MYERS JOSEPH FERST.
H. P. SMART. CHARLES ELLIS.
EUGENE KELLY. JOHN J. KIRBY.
The Citizens Bank
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL $500,000.
Transacts u General Banking
Business.
Solicits Acconnts of Indiridaals
Merchants, Hanks and Other Corpo
tlong.
Collections handled with safety,
economy and diupntch.
Interest, compounded quarterly,
allowed on deposits in onr Savings
Department.
Safe Drposit Boxes and Storage
Vaults.
MILLS B. LANE, President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN. Cashier.
GORDON L. GROOVER, Asst. Cashier.
No. 1640. Chartered 1866.
—THE—
Mils Rial HI
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL. $500,000. SURPLUS. SIOO,OOO.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
J. A. G. CARSON, President.
BEIRNE GORDON, Vice President
W. M. DAVANT, Cashier.
Accounts of tanks and bankers, mer
chants and corporations received upon
the most favorable terms consistent
with safe and conservative banking
THE GERMANIA BANK
SAVANNAH, GA.
Capital $200,000
Undivided profits $ 84.000
This bank offers its services to cor
porations, merchants and individuals.
Has authority to act as executor, ad
ministrator, guardian, etc.
Issues drafts on the principal cities
In Great Britain and Ireland and on
the Continent.
Interest paid or compounded quarter
ly on deposits in the Savangs Depart
ment.
Safety boxes for rent.
HENRY BLITN. President.
GEO. W. TIEDEMAN. Vice President
JOHN M HOGAN. Cashier.
WALTER F. HOGAN. Asst. Cashier.
THE GEORGIA STATE
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
16 YORK STREET, WEST.
T PER CENT, per annum allowed oB
O deposits, withdrawable on demand.
Interest credited quarterly.
6" PER CENT, per annum allowed on
depoaits of even hundreds, with
drawable st annual period*.
GEO W TIEDEMAN. President.
B. H LEVY. Vice President.
E. W. HELL. Secretary.
C. O. ANDERSON. JR., Treasurer.
SEED OATS AND SEED RYE.
Our Own Cow Feed.
The Milk Pf©4u*f K !**•
Jiy, QnUu aud Feed A ii Klod**
Poultry Supplies
Hone MuJ end Hltuu of flhede>
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