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e-:GOLDEN DAYS:-e
May 20. 1582.
Peter, dalightedly, as poor Jerry choked
and sputtered and sneezed in the dense
atinospliere; and then there was ii great
laugh. for the most of the sailors ii-ad
loaded guano before.
for a day or two, Jerry thought
that he should certainly die, as, with
lungs full of the siitlbi-atiiig dust,
crawled on deck, bleeding at the nose
and ears, yet for some unexplainable
reason no one ilues die l'roni its cffetets.
Not only do you breathe the tine powder,
but it ilies ov ' iere. You taste it in
food, and find it in tiie bottoui of your
leacliest, in your hair and clothing. It
covers the niastsand sails, froni the royal
track down to the deck, where dew and
moisture turn it into a yellowish paste,
which is tracked everyu lierci.
I time, Jerry, who, between
rsl treatiiiont and ioiiie-
sickiiess, h.id become a much lllllIllIlCLl
boy, got a little used to his siirroiiii(liiigs.
“ It serves me right,” he said to liiiii-
self, and worked with a sort of dogged
energy through the weary months which
followed, until thelast boat-load oi" guano
was put under hatches, and the Doris
was liomewaril bound.
Singularly enough, it was one vear to
E
a day i'rom the time of his lcaviiiir'hoiiie, ,
when Jeri‘ Bruce. with a i'ast3ie;itiiig
heart, again stood by the old tool-liouse
in the home-iield, within sight of his
i‘atIier’s house.
There wasaliig lump in his throat,
and I think tears stood in his eyes, as he
looked about him at the l‘aniiliarland-
ing sun. .
“The patent i'erl.ilizer didn‘t help the
grass much, alter all," mid Jerry, with a
rather watery smile, as he looked about i
him at the scanty growth of the iield.
“No wonder, tliongh," he added, as he
lanoed through the open tool-lion-ae
goon For there stood the nezirly-l'ull
sack of guano, and the empty bucket lie-
sidc it, exactly :is Jerry had left it. Mr.
Bruce would never allow it to be touch-
ed alter his son had left him.
“The sine I is too much for me," he
said, grimly, for he blamed himself witli-
out stint for the liarsliiiess which had
helped drive his boy in ay from home.
“ Ive must do .mm12tIn'7i,r1 to the honie-
fleld to-day, boys," Mr. Bruce said, as he
left the Iireaki'ast-tiiI)le on the morning
of Jerry's return. “Mebbe I'd better
plow it under and let it lay a spell."
And with atroubled look, which the
sight of the desolate piece of grass-land
always brought to his we-atlicr-beaten
face, Mr. Bruce left the kitchen and
sauntoreil acro s the nii-adow.
But what i this? A tall. suiilirown-
ed boy in sailor r ,7, with Jerry's ayes
iind look, was sowing the long-unused
fertilizer over the lioniI:-tield.
” You said Iwasii’t to do a 1iand’s turn
oi‘ work on the fa ni till I scattered the ‘
1, ,, . .
rest of it, s i, . erry, in a very iiii-
steady voice. as In. father walked toward ‘
him, “and I’ve made up my mind to do-
us you wanted me to.
“You’ve been a long time about it,
Jeremiah," returned Mr. Brace, with an
unnioved face.
But as he spoke he laid his hard hand
on his son's shoulder, with a ten or
touch. And then silently they crossed
the iield and ciitizred the lioiisn. Ilut I
never heard that they qu.irii:lc<l again.
,
SOME POINTS ABOUT CANDY.
Twenty years ago, the i-aiiily consuincd
in this country was mainly brought i'roiii
Europe, but now c.nid -making is [I
great branch of Aiiim . iiidnstry.
Some young folks, reininiiberiiig their
vervjuvcuile days. may think that more
stick-oaiitly is used than any other kind;
but awriter, who has iiivestigated the
subject, ili-,ol:ii-es that (lll’Il!')lill(‘>-(!I‘l'5:llll.‘4
tiiku the lead. Three yc.n-s ago, there
was 2: grout llelllzillll i'or caraini-ls, bin.
now the (lt"lHiil)ll i'or chocol:ite- reaiiis is
heavier. ’I'lio inside oi‘ a “i.-i'oaiii" is
iinido. bv slowly b->iIiii<,' lllli‘-“lIgflI' lo a
certain tlI'.‘.(l'8(>i and llltlll pouring It on a
inarhlo, where it is woi-ki-,il until the dew
’ ' The Slllilll ‘
!lI'(!1l Nllll‘4Iilll< nli iinn-l.
cones aria iiiaile Ul[lI(3I' by rolling with
the llllIl(l‘l or by again iiielliiig them and
running tlioiii in tho i‘oriii in stariili.
cones are then coals-d H ith the ('ll'iI'i)lilI. .
Giiin-ilrops, water liizcn: ' I
in
work (or “li‘i-oiiiili nii'<turL:"). HI"! “I1 ‘
run in starcli. The stiii-cli is hu:iti=ii into
)W(l(Il', and scattei'ed in a “'lil)llUll tr: '
niall “'0‘I(Iell, or plzistor-paris, [):Il.Kl',lll“‘
are then pi ssed into the starcli, making
moulds. Tho inatcriul is then poured,
touched with the ruddy beams ‘
in, and, when read the starch is siitcd,
and the candy rem.iins in the sieve.
Barley toys are made froin pure sugar.
They are either nionliled froni lead
moulds or cut by iiiacliincry. Baskets
and canes are made by liaiiil. Pure
> cost the coiifeetioiicr
about 13 cents per pound; but an imita-
tion, chnap vainly costs only 9% cents
perponnil,as glucose is used in equal
parts with granulateil sugar in iiiakiiig
the latter. Purc chocolate caraiiiels are
made at a cost iii‘ 17% cents per pound,
but by the Lise ofg-luii4 cliocolato cara-
iiinls cost some confectioiicrs only 11
cents per pound.
PHILIP BERKELEY
lit The Masters Gun.
BY FBANIETOCKTON.
ClIAP’I‘ER XXI.
ox Sl:1PAI1A’1‘E ROADS.
About four o'clock in the afternoon,
son went up to the door of the loft
and unlocked it.
Emile was sittinir at the to of the
a P
(light of steps that led to the roof, and
, iiniuediati-,ly ran down toward lier. Be-
‘ fore he could say a word she called out
i to him :
l “You can come down now. Phtenix
Poole, the boy who tlirashcd you the
other day, is coining, and he will be in
‘ he house in a minute. You can talk to
l ‘ . . .
him till Mr. Philip comes back."
Emile rnslied past her without a word.
He daslieil down stairs, along the hall,
and out of the froiit door. His liorsc,
which had bneii red and watercil by
Susaii aiiil Jeiiiiy, was still standing by
l the post win-‘-re he hail llll2I1llO1l him.
l Quickly nntyiiig him, Emile jumped
, into the blI)".;)' and drove away. The
horse, who ii’)I'.’I long time hail been im-
patient to go, trotti-.d gaily, aiiil Eniile,
who had been much iiioi-c iin ‘llltlllt
G.
than the liorsi,-, whipped him up to make
him go still iiistor.
When Phil anil Chap left the cabin oi‘
the negro woiniin, who had seen a man
walking iinrtliward a l on the road =
i‘ which passer! her liouso, they roilti furl
l soine time before they liearil oi’ the man l
l again. li‘ll they met a boy in a wagon, l
who :4 id l]L' had semi surli man, but i
he was walkiiu: in the iielil, and he hail l
not taken much iiotioo oi‘ him.
There were few llI)llSl’.‘l iiear the road, )
but beiore very long thev caiiio to one
, where n winiian was wasliing I‘lOllH‘S in
,a side-yaril. She said she hail seen [I
3 man pass by, but slie wasn't certain
l whether he had a buiiille or not, anil
could not just then remember whctlier
l it was this iiiornin-.: or y(‘S[L’l'iiiI)' Iiiorii-,
ing that slie saw him. She had Iii,-mi l
lwashiiig both iiiornings, and it might‘
have been the day before that he passed. 1
There was little ciiciiiii-iigciiioiit in ,‘
this, but still the lioys pushed on, fully l
convinced that ii’ tlii,-y i'ouiid Mr. Burke-
ley at all, it would be by lNlll‘,,Y theirl
l own eyes. anil not tliosc of other piiiipli-,.
There was a probability that he had
passed along this road, and on this they
, must act. ‘
A little before noon, they stoppi-d in :1
shady plaoo ani atc their lllll(‘llt‘lil], 1
while their liorses made 11 iucal i'roin the 1
g ss at tho siiloof the rnail. ‘ii-4‘
, iii, iiftei‘ tho aninial:-i had had a .'ulli-
ceiit rest. they soon i ilUll(.‘ll a place,
, whi.-re tho roail forked. l
1 Phil knew this part of the i".oiintry
pretty well, having ridden ovo ' it with
his uncle, and he uxplaiiu-ll to (limp that
the roads, which separated hero to go
i'0‘lI)(i an extviis ve piece oi woorllaiid, 1
(‘Anna tiigetlieragaiu ii iew niilc:-i aliovr-,. i
On each Iirancli-rozid there wei-ii so
‘ liouses, where inquiry should he iii.iii
Ilo tlierei'ore [ll‘0p’!.Sv‘4 that (‘liap should
take the lol't-liand mad, while he took:
the one to the right, niiil wliocvor roacli- ,
nil iirsit the poiiit wlivrc tho. i-oailsjoiiii-il,,
should wait for the othiir. ’l'his was,‘
iigroi-il to, and each boy took up his si:p.i-
rale way.
(limp inadr several iiiqiiirics, “Ill)i)llLl
rosiili, and aI'tiir a tiniii he caiiiii to a
barn and f.iriii-yard by the roziilsiili-.
Iii: stoppizil, and was just about to will
out to a boy in the barn, when hi- sud-
di.-iily opi-ncil his eyes and moutli in
lIllIilll5lll('lll..
On a log at the other end of the barn- ,
yard sat the man with the blacl‘ straw I
hat. He was talking to a man who was i
inending a liorse- ike. l
Chap juiiipcil l'roiii Ki‘.'s hack, tied
him to the feiii.-ii, and ran into the barn-l
ard.
“lIello!“ he cried. “Who on mrtli
would have expected to see you he 1:?“
Mr. Alo:<:iiiilei' Muller, or 3- .
Avenue, . ork, turnoil round q k-
ly on lunn Iiig Cliap‘s voice 1
“Well 1'' he exclaimed, r in froin the
log, “I certaiiilyilid not export to see
you, eitlier. Did you conic tiiiiicct me.
“I ii’ n't know you new on the
il (‘ha ).
to see you to-iiiorrow,"
I
road,"
‘-I e. pccteii
said the otlinr, " lint i
attend to sonic liusiiioss. liy-tlio-ix v,
why did you write iiii such an astiiunt -
ing iioto-aiid on a po. il-card, too ?"
‘‘ Why, you gave me the end," Chap
said.
“ Yes; but I did not expect aiiytliiiig
so exceediiigly coiiliiluiiiiiil aiiil siai-tliii;,r
to be writtt.-ii on it. It eaiiie to my bii:u'il-
iiig-lioiise, while was away
put upon the iliiiing-rooiii inantlc-piece.
inn sure eve-,i'y l)():lI'ilUl' in the house
read it, and I feel that I have since been
looked upon as iii-':ILl einispir tor in
terrible plot. What on earth did vou
nean by ‘
anythii r iiiiportimt, but I rea
curiosity, as I was coniiiig to th part
the country anyway, to go to you, and
see what it was."
The man who had been ineuding the
horse-raku liaving gone into the barn,
Chap aiiil Mr. Alexander Muller eate
tlieiiisclvcs on the log, and thc l'ornier
told the whole story oithc trouble about
me hero iii-
the inortgage, and Mr. Bi-rkcli:y’s
note, a o' the present searidi after
ll).
“These things are no secret," said‘
Chap: iil, I kn v you uaiit to
iinil Mi cy, perliaps you will help
us. And ii'you can't do tl it you may he
of good in sonic other way ‘or inonoy
must be raised, it‘ Mr. Borkcli>,y isn't
i'ound soon, and it you tell what you i]
know about the treasure on the sunken l
ship, perhaps some one will advaiici-,
l'uiid>:."
H
soiiio
, and tlioii he .'
i very inuch to see Mr. R
ley, but, froiii what you tell IIIU, tlii.-c
iiuist be other people who wish to sue
liixii even niore than I do. I iiiiagiiic it ‘
wili ho oi‘ no use for me to go over to his
pla 'ust now.” i
“ it mi be of a great deal oi‘ use,"
said (“hap, “especial it‘ you would s .c
the lawyers and . . II eli'iii'il, and t'll
tht-.iii a part, at lo: t, oi‘ what you kiiiiw.“ l
Mr. Muller laughed and shook lIlNl
head.
“I sh:ni't open my bll-s'll)l“l‘l l>c('orcl
any oi‘ tliosc poopli-,." he said. “You
will iinilcrstanil whi-n al '
llut I exp-wt to he in this
country for iii- tiiiio, and I get on
Mr. Bcrkclvy’s trai-k I'll help hunt him
ii
“’I‘liat would be itapitiil," c-riod Chap.
“You iiiusd no good at that sort oli
thing."
“ h, siilieiidid !“ said Mr. Zllnlli-r.
“Am i yiill Sliiilllillliill iiiiii." Hilld
Chap, "doii‘t i'oi'jvi-t to tell him all aiiout l
the ll1()rl‘.til:(3:IllIlll‘; and let him know l
i't liiirry home he iniglit
way ziliogiatlicr, for ever .
thing he h.is will be sold. And now I;
must get on. I've been here over so
loiig."
Bidding Mr. Muller a hastv good-liv,
way A short ilisiani-e aliovii this barn-
yard the road tnrni-il to Illi‘ right [i)““'u'(l
' Wli which it .l4>llli’ifl about
iway: but it also iii-aiiolieil
liltlo to the lull, and Chap,
riiliiig very fast. and whose
lull ol'thc iiitervicw with tho
lllill-I with ilic bl.ii:l;-six w it, did not ‘
notice the rii.;lit liaiiil turn, but kept on l
the brain-li road tiithe left, which lei]
i own into a wide v.ill0y and j.,imi(1H,e
innin l‘iI;IIlilllJISl.Illi'U12lIIllUS l:lll'IlI(.‘l' on
(‘hap iiiadie no ops l'iu'iiil'ornn-
i.li)H. and wlii:ii,:il1<:i .i hard gallop lie:
r(9:I(:lltIll IlII' iiii-tion with the llllllll iwiail ‘
ho tlioiighi it was the point at WlllI‘ll lid
iail ant-L-il to int-ct Phil, ;.m,,i,,..i, it
was iii i-miliiv scvi al niili-s l)i‘I'(il)IlT l
Phil, on his road, heard iiotliiiiir otany l
solitary ll‘: oli-r, iii ho l>t‘i‘.llTl(5 coi'- l
viimoil that iiiili-ss Chap had i‘iiui.i[ g.,,.,'0
isiuu, Ill(! S’ll>lll‘l' they I'0lT1II)i‘ll u,,.,,. we ,8
and trii-il sonic oihi,-r track tho lH‘,ll(‘.Il’ I
lie kupl, on, liownvcr, to ilii-, point of"
lllW‘lllI!.:iiiil was not Hlll'])l'l:-l(’,ll at not
.‘!i‘('lll‘.,' (Jliiip, for he oxpiwti-,il to ]i;in,- 1.,
wall for him, for his iriciid wasa grout
l
Chap iiiountcil Kit, and rode riipidlv l ti
' l
l
l
follow for having long discourses with
people.
The road here was l)0l‘(I(‘r(‘(l on both
‘idcs by thick woods, aiiil tlmro was not
; iiisc in sight. Phil liziil l&'2ll‘llL‘il i'i-oiii
his uiiclii how to holililc :i lioi-so, so with
l)l‘llllL‘ he ilistviiuil two oi’ Jiiiiiiizi-i"w
- igi- ind lct him graze
on the pleiitiliil gran by the I'():ltl>'lll1‘.
'l'li0u lic tlioiiglit he would try and ;:i‘t
in shot at soiiiolliiiig with Old liriiilvii.
lie “'1L i was llmiltlil,:lll.liiillL1l.l
,,ottou that ct when hi- si:ii1i-il
with it in the iiiorning. aiiil it would he
a good thing to get thc loiidsoiitiii‘ it,
which niiglit as “'4‘ll be done by sliooiiiig
soiiictliiiig as in any oilivr “Md
l’ei'li ps he could get a ('l'i‘lt'lx' at sonic
big ll ‘ii iii llll‘S(3 u'i)iiiI:<. III‘ tried both
'Il‘l4‘l% with thi- raiiii-oil, aiiil louiiil tliny
t!:ll’ll coiitziiiiiiil a vorylii-:ivy load. llc
had ioigiiitvii who last loziiloil the gun,
but Sll[>[iI)Sull it was sonieoi’ (‘li:ip‘s iiiirk,
who bclicvod in plciityof powder and
' iot.
, lI(.‘ll put on acoupln of caps aiiil
strolled about for sonic llHlU(Illi4‘,, but
roiiiid iiotliiiig to shoot ai.
tliojiiiiciioii, liL'I
INN! and gazvil
hoping to see Chap ooiiiiiig.
. ling, his iiiiuiitioii
was zitmicieil by an apple liaiigiiig ironi
a tree near the road.
Years ht-i'oro, there had been :1 lion:
in the little clc: 'ing horn, mid
were a l'ew old apple-trees still grouiiig
about the spot.
Phil could not iind ai 'lliIllgl1illli‘(>W
at this apple, which loiikoil asil‘ it was
ripe mioiii,-li for a boy, but it was not iar
above him, anil might be liookeil down.
IIO tliouglit oi'thr.- raiiirod oftlir‘, gun,
and getting it, soon jerkoil the apple iroiii
its twi .
It was not a
,. ioi -5-
down the lIllII‘l' road,
' ’l'lioii, as his
very good applc, but Phil
ate it with io sh, and tliouglit hc would
very much i ii: to l)IlVi31llli>lli(’i'. 'l‘Iii=i-ii
was no more fruit on that Il'l‘t‘, and so,
raiiirotl in hand, he wont raiiibliiig about
looking for another tree and anothi-r ap-
e.
“'hen Eiiiilo ’l‘ouroii lol't Ilyson Ilall,
there was a good dual nriiiziiiiiiig oi Llic
long sniiiiiier al‘toriiooii, and as ll(‘ l(lll‘“'
he would have to pay for tho liorsia for
the whole day, iii? (li,'t(‘l'lllllll‘il in got all
the good out of him that lit‘, could. Iii‘-
‘Ill UN, he ielt too aiigry to go bark to his
lodg ig, lii- would rather he aloni-zinil
have a horse to shout at aiiil out n itli a
Whip. As lor eating, he had i'orguttnii
all about it.
Instead, tlierefoi-e, or‘ turning in to
toun, he drove dong IllUl'1):Iil xi liicli loil
totlic iiortli, and uhicli Phil :iiiil .liap
had taken that iiioriiiiig. llc iii'ov0
rapidly, and did not iiitoiul to l'l’l.lll‘ll to
town until he had hail a good il:iv’s use
of the horse. ‘
(‘ll.II"l'I<2R XXII.
is wiiicii ' i-;iii-; is A noon ui;.xL or
i-'.xs'i' 'J‘l!AVl‘lLIN().
In our last chapter we left Philip
Bmlmley lll‘:Il' tlic juiiciioii oi‘ the two
mails, u nderiiig about the oilgcol the
woiiils, with :i i'aiiiroil in his liantl, look-
ing i'oi' an il])[)l('.-[I‘(‘0.
s there imulil I in suiili trees in thi-
woods, cxoopt tliost that hail l>(ft‘ll plant-
(‘ll aroiiiid tlic lionsc-wliii'li hai 4llS.I[i-
pcarcd so loiig:i;;o that I'V(‘ll ilio I'lA‘.‘ll'-
iiigiii which it liailstiiiiil hail ;,'l‘4r“ ii up-
it is not to be supposed ihat l’liil'.s 54' Ii
could
be crowiiied with iiiui-li SlH't‘L’. l
but still lie koptoii, prcriiig about ilio
L-cs .i id biislios, until lie hail waiiilvroil
sonic distant-c i'roiii the jniii-Lion oi‘ tho
0:“ '.
It-“J8 at this time that Iiiiiilc ’I'ouriin.
rlrn‘ing iiortliward in the PUUL’ r's
biiggv had nearly l‘C:lf'llt‘il the point
which Phil had appoiiited for the nicot-
ingot’ (Ihap and Iiiliisielil
Seviiig a liorso grazing bytlic roailsiile,
Eiiiilia drew up, and t hen stopped.
Iiooliiiig at the horse inti.-iitlv, he
recogiiiziwl him as Jouncor, oi‘ whoiii he
‘I( 0 sin‘ a] i .-inl studii-,9 during
in Hall.
:h]i[)l'I‘:l)(‘llH III or danger iuinicdiiitely
seized liiiii. 1i‘thathorso weru hi-ria, the
boys could not be far oi .
lie turiiuil , his liilgzy in the road, the
wheels niakiugbut littlii lliilxir in
Stilt-(lllrit. and u'as ahoiit tiiilrive away
again, “'llI‘ll, lookin li; , he czuiulii
’”‘>Zl” ‘fr l’liil'N gun leaning iigaiiist H
tree. I'llI'i.ll!‘i' up the roiiil Ii iw Phil;
some two or tliroii liiiiiilri-d l1‘i‘l. iiuay,
with his I) iow.iriI liini.
Dm,“""'rI "ii the liorsi-,, liiiiilc tlirow
the reins around the daslihoaril, stepped
lightly from the buggy, and stealtliily
-1
w-w >3.