U MORNING 2% E AIDY FOUNDED WEEKLY RURAL DAlLYlsl%B'I} CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 19`I0. {,,“f’,;’,,';,§’,’5,;,’§‘,§,Y¥°fQ{Ij,,‘{{`*_’Q,¥\-}_§'l‘§,’§§ ____ ' _ _ _ ‘-1 __,__ -----f----»~ - »------Y - ---- »»~ -- _ , .Wm »,_;.»~ ~ [~ _J- f at .7-_. -I I I 4_- I. in Y. .. . ,.,-,!_‘:~ -L11 ,_ .. , ;._{_._»-, .--_ , -F. ts . .1 //' 2 7/ U l - \\ s, / it \ f _\ ‘TS 'rim sunmaaimi wamcican /' / , exclaimed Dick, in disgust. J ,"Hcre we ure, laid up for three ,W00kB. with not n blessed thing to ' do"' tl l ‘ 1 1 ,t Pedro shrugrzcd his shoulders`_,iind Settled himself more comfortably on ‘tho wharf. Inrictl\'lt_v did not worry tthls caSy~going native of a soutliern ‘land as much as it did his strcnuous chum from the north. The merchant ship Luisa, plying j ‘between Buenos Ayres and Vigo, had 'encountered heavy gales during hor/ lust passage. And the "old tub," ar. 'Dick called her. was in great need of I rcptiir by the tlinc sho ranic to pnrt in :Vitro lizirliotw So. after ilisultargliig; l licr cargo, over t\vo weeks in the dry dock would be necessary licfore :i fi cargo of wines could lie shipped for the return \‘n.\'ai§e. Meanwhile, thc 'two lads, Dick \Voodworth and Pedro Gonzales, were denied emplnymonl ng ‘ineliiliers of the crew; and work in cliocullite, soup or lnatliei' factory, or idrudgery in relln»~i'_v_ t'o\indry. disill- lery or mill, did not apps-al tn theiii. “\‘\'isli you to gn upon the hnais for flliillb' t‘»i` Sn'-"nc fishing?" iisped Pedro. in soft accents. E PLAN TO HUNT TREASURE 1' "Naw." rejoined the other, scorn» ' fully: "y0u've 501 to work too lun-ti for too little pay over hero." Botti relapsed into slit-nt-e. Then Pedro stopped abruptly in thc tum- ht- wiis liuminiiig. and jumped excitedly to his feet. i "1 know which to do! We will de. ,part the treasure for tu hunt!" he Cried. . I His cnniradc'.- questioning led him ; to explain that :tn t-ypvilition un.\¢,~ 2 Iiir, ti. Ii. tin-ri. -=l im-,l ,;,-,mil-.1 coiicessinn by th- -' '-wish govt-i~n_ tint~nt to r.ti.\‘o tht '».h ti'|=a.<\ii'<» ships .sttnit in tht- . of Rumi;-, ll}`=i\‘ \li;’o lia.\'. iii t. rombinad Janglisli and l»uti~li tl \dt~r _-\d- miral Sir (lf»o|';:¢- |:oo\< _ \-_-as |,@_ lit-\'<-d that lv"i\\'cvii Slip 'till “ml $150,000,000, in all, rnultl l»- -.tt-o\'t‘red from the .<|ink1-n ixalioin|,-_ ol' which suni tiio g'n\'t'riiiiii~lit was to intro 20 pci' or-nt, UNI" fllillrltiii- htm uw i\o\».< in ni- ‘f1"l\ll\t5 tliciiiselvos to the vtllwtlitioii. Pt-tlrn was ciig'ul.:r-tl to lion, on m.- Huhmurlne boat. which, driven hy it- ncrlew, could he maintained at rest Iii I ‘M DEAD tired of this ldlenessl” H1-` reosure. f- qv _ 'Qin `1N\\`H ` Q' -`.__ ».-»,-.¢.----Z' -» ~_` _l '_-<1 ,-at il, hi » ,/J »-_;¢.. 1 DICK GRAPPLES any dr.-nth of water, or even run along sea. bottom by inenns of its wheels. I-lis companion \\‘:iii rtssi.i!i\i‘f\ 10 thi! wrecking liont from which the divers dssrendcrl. On thu day of his arrival, Dirk chnnccd to hear the foreman of the diving crew complain to an associate: “l'n\ in a had fix. My hest diver is sick and t-an't go nn with his work. We need him badly; nor can we, at short notice, get any one to fill nis place." .~\t-ting nn thc impulse ni the mo- n\r~|\t.'l1lr~l( stopped t`oi'\\'arfl. “l lf~a|'n» cd thc trlvlt of diving for spongvs in the livrmudas. sir," Siild lie. "and, whilc l'\'P,no\'or had any experience in a diving suit, 1`ti be glad to he ot' help," The rttmnnn looked ei-ltmtii_v.1t om i6-yt-ar-old boy. observing his _splen- did i>uild and apparent strength. ilu slowly rcplietiz "i‘\'e a fznod uiind to try you, Silt-porin you report tri me toinorrnn' ui'ii‘nliig." "\'0s, tilt* story has :\li'¢-ally come to nit-,"”i-:ilti l’:-dro_ \\'ll<=ii li1~ joint-ti liivk on the ivrvoklng hunt that twenliipr. Pedro told, iuort-o\'er_ of ti <‘Hti\'r~rsa- tion iw had lieiird among tho di\‘t=r.~¢. lt appeart-tl that n rl'\:ft‘ friend of the ill nian had applied for tlie`work shortly -‘ter Dick luul-e‘pokvn`to"‘tlis foreman. Upon learning that the fei- liiw had had tibsollitely no f-xpcriciir-o in diving, however, that official had rr-fu.~'.ed him. \\'hr-reupnn the inan was iiiucii tlisstilisllvtl. "lie is a had .\'paulard." cautioned `l"Pdro; "so if lie find you win \\'lierc iw fail. innybe ht- or his frictitls du you mean." lilck' iautthcd lightly. 'i`iic young Aincricail. who had ltiifwkoti _about iiuiiiy parts of the world sint-tv ills parents had died four yt-ara before, was not to lit- frigiiteiu-tl hy ilu- dis- gruntled Spaniard. But he proiiiisf-d the anxious Pedro lic- would lit- care- ful-and thent quickly forgot the warning, _ Bright and early the next`morning llick watt given a diving suit. Shortly nt'tt»~r\vard he was lowered ov:-r thu sith- of the wrecking hoat to thc inahi poop of it Spnnisli man-nf-\vnr, from tim unpvr portion of which tho sand had hr-r~n i'eiiinvoit~k \\':\s huuietl out‘ ut’ tho \\'att'i' none ton soon. His long stay on the svn iiottuni had al- i'eady matic him lost: t-oiisrrlousiiesex That was the end of i.iick`s troiihle, however. lie told tin- foreman frankly about the iiliatlt niadc hy the diior, who. iiv the \\'u_\‘, wan: nicrf-ly svrait-lit-tl _hy Dir-k's v\'oa|:-iii. The f`<~liuw wus lui- nlctilutviy t||s||il.~a.~:t'ii, and the till".-:its inada l»\- the It-rrintin vatisetl thc P\'i| Slianlni-d's f'rivin|.=' to give the lad u wide berth in the fixture. So well did the lioys work that wash the time came for thc Luisa to sail t ey were asked to rcinain with the wreck- er.=. But lioih had p;ro\\'n restless and ltllll-it-'ti lo luuyo thc const of Spain fur hr-hind. 'I`ht‘i'cfo|-t-_ they pot-kt‘l|~tl ;\ tidy Bum of nioneyinnvaizcs and i'f~,ioinv-ti the mci't-htint ship, in spilt: of l1ick`:= L!|oon|_\' prediction at the lmgiiiiiiiig of their three weeks' vacation, they had lieen far from idle. f. , _. 6 _ By Rabcr Mundorf ` AVING seen the last dog fold its H forepaws upon its breast and sink snorinfrly into eternal sleep, Photo Humpto took a snapshot, of tha many horses, oxen and d0Sa that were prone and helpless on the ground. "Bo this." murmured the lad, "is the 'sleeping sickness) which. my good lllther. Bwana Humpto,_ informs me, causes animals to snooze and snooze until they get into the habit of slum- berinx and forget how to wake. Now, I know that 1 must have had a touch of. the 'sleeping sickness' when at home 1 was called to breakfast in the mura- ivaauisc. on Mimosa LEAVES. ins and found it so difhcult to answer the call." "You are wron|z,.my boy; the fever is acquired only in Africa and through the lilte of the tsetse fly," Trappn cx- Ulolnad. "Yrs, you are wrong." rebuked Dr. l’illo; "lit-caiise .your tardincss at home was due to mere laziness. Hera is a good llttlr vs-rse whicli 1 should like to have you memorize: "t=l1~“p not, as tho sunny sun I,t|:ht:~ns up the nity; Blaine your laziness not on The lltlie tsntse HY. "Lazyhnnes, like funny bones, fnme nn: from the flies; Nor in rhoumnilsm reaped From eating rhulmrh pies." “l thank you. Doctor." said Photo, fcryr-ntl_\': "again I thank you. The tseiso ily is my friend from this time on. ' But the little insect did not find favor with Bwnna Humpto_ also. Throuizh its lille. .=ald_tli0 great huntnr. many of the iictists of lnlrllcn had hoen strirken unto tit-nth. "is it noe _f3r~1ihio tn make uso of some animal tinaffecteri by the dis- t-as:e‘."' asked Photo. "l can think ol' none, exrcpt tim giraffe," Bwana llumpto jokingly ro- plied. The lad, liowevr-r, took his fathrrnt his word. "i shallratch you some im- niciilntt-i_v_ father," he promised. ln vain llwana. Humpto protested thai: the ,giraffe-was~ax-tremely difficult of cnliitirc, (lnly one animal had in-en killed in the _Athi district for ri very long time, he explained, Photo was nut to he deterred. "\\’ith trusty kodak and insso I shall rltle forth upon my pony," he stoutly insisted, “and there will lie no giraffe who can Staiid against nic." Doctor Pillo encouraged the lad hy ob:-ier\'ln|;: "Your courage is utlinl- rablc. ni_\' boy. I myself think that thc giraffe will suit our purpose. Iicro i,= al pri-tty little som: about the _ l;ii‘:\t’fn whivli I should like to have you incm- orize: "ills head, though llpzht and hollow, Giraffe doth i~arr\ hizh; ins tongue, though`1`_ tl‘hnto;;ranhs posed by fiizuros of ilunipig; liuinpty f'ir»-u- i fcndinn on len\'f~:= and twist-<. ' At first Photo could inako out only tho rntldlsli-lirowri spots of hair upon the animals' liodlos. ily the tln‘ie'ihe \\'liil»i int:-rlining spares licsrun to show the war_v giraffes Worn moving nway. 'rho hoy, following a liiut from Doc- tor i’llln_ forced his puny to best spncfi. (Wnly liy “blo\vlnlz" the .swift-f'oniP.d giraffes could lic hope to o\'t‘-rtalu- tin-m. 5¥lr.trlil_\' rl|`n\\'i;1t.: lii~.'\|`v‘l‘, tit-~ lztfl hailiml in on tip- fluri.-tl lulntl l-\'~~r li.ind. \\'in-ii ihf- poiiy .'irri\'~tl ultliiu two yar~l;< of tip- tgl;-nf,fi~ ilit» liiq tolli-\'.' lt'-kt'.l lui .~:ultiv-ul\' \\'ilii his hinil fwi. '|`li" l"'tl.`-' lv.'ili~tl ¢-niltl»-»\l_\' no so !-it-oiy tliiii l‘iu»|fi \\':i.~-. _;~ ritoil front his sofit to tho ::ir.'iff|~'f= iinwk, \\l.ii~ tin- on-i oi' the l:\s_riiu: also 8Illl0P@d nioiiif l\f:~i-ic iiiin. lu this fashion thi! tour ;:lr:ti‘l'~:= -Hitt,-i'f:tl tho camp of Bwariti liuii~.p1o, v.'l:»»rc tlit»_\~ stood moekly as l’li»»t » t|:»nio:ti~,ti il. Any ont- of the unl- mrtl- \\'~.iil iifitf' :i‘-"li lil* llfl l'f"‘ I" ex' (i.u..,,, (Hr ,|,.. h,.p.|» of carrying the t.tm~»||.~-. ln-o you _ know what n mummy l,<',"' sisltetrthn nnct "' "\,)'h_\', n muniniy is fi \ici‘.-on who i3 dead," was the eriluzliioiiliur reply. “ls it possible! I should never have thou ht it. But. Jenn. \\"linl liieans the iiii»:t~r'l|»tlon. ‘M. G. lilt¢,' iiitlrkpd upon tho pi.‘|r~:|l‘t| :||l:iv:h»=t|';"' poi'Sl.xci:|iin~‘d Jr-:in. "lt lb the nuniln-r of the :\titt\m'iliih‘, whit-h while the' poor inuxniny was dririiig ll fell over and v|'tt.~:i|wi him." .\nd .lr»uii',= t-.inipaiilon was ~4titi.» tid nt tl t- vlhi of tho sitiry that wlioi-\»r tint-.~> not i.». ll@\',\~ ll must pay you a silil1:i|p_ l .lout lit-lio\'0 ii, bitt i li:i\'o only :i p. iin_\. “'l|l .Will l‘lP1l-“l‘ luke thai in.it‘li'.' :iii=l wlic.-ti l 5:01 more l will bring it to _vo.i." K fi he ° een’ all i\\o1\ U -ttf' iv- A ‘t , .> t . I 7-U " .,¥.@_ `\ I _/1. I -vm* " ;jl_ , The Discovery IG. round and rod; the nun peepefi B Ovlr the rllli of the -eastern hori- tnh ll Thnnce, the lwagonerm Fd bri lfl ' toward the Qrove of mrhmk only yntorday he \; ' 5 , ,"?;l_i§_ 742 ff rl'-6 i _._ "A l¥EAU'l'lFUL QUEEN, IURROIJNDED BY ELVES." '_ ..-_ had caught his squirrel in the wood and imprisoned the furry little creature in I. wire cage made with special care. There fora. the wild cliurky could not lin per- mitted to hunt food by himself :ind tho master must needs journey lo the grove for hoechnuls and acorns. rlmrt,-lg were yet to he Hone at his fathor'a cottage, so Terence gathered nuts as quickly an he could. Ho eagcr~ ly pounced upon three acorns lying clnso together. Turning over the leaves on which they rested, he espisd_threo more nuts. Terence pried deeper and found other ones. Thus encouralefl. the boy dug among the fallen leaves and ioono earth. always adding to his store qf nuts. Quite n deep hollow was scfioll' ad out., when he felt in his hal' ° piece of metal int-rusted with dirt. Cu- rlosli_\- made liliii hrush away the cling- li\;: still, "It is a ring!" exclaimed the lad, as there lay revealed in his palm a. dainty rlrclet of gold, ornamt-nted with pre. rlous stones set in the form nf 11 hell", A rub of tha ring upon his sleeve ,,_,m,,.,] the gnid tn shine and the stones to sparkle. Anotlirr ruh and so dazzllngly did the ring gif-nm that 'ret-pm-9 grim: "Neyer have I seen a more beautiful ring, not even tn the window of tha jeweler] shop!" 'Versace snatched from the qi-mind hll hill! oi nuts and rnn hnnmwnril with all atrend. Soni. he nas prnnffiy dm pIa\"',"! the treasure td his fnthcr and ioctl.” Aiiii "You have. indeed. made a rich find!" cried the mothcr examining the won- drous _if-wol. "Yes," said the father, "and l`vc no doulit 'twill brim: n prctty sum. l'li take it to the jeweiei' to have li priced and youiinuy onine with inc, my son. ilistcnd of going to school this morn- ing." 'i`hf‘ value oi' th»» rim: proved to lin gi'vnt<-r in:-in the w:,\go|i»'r and lilfl \‘~'lfU had ieupposeti. _-\iid thc dcairr in Wt" clous stories liiirclizisotl li for tnany thou.=:\iu|s of dollars. 'i‘hi‘f\\l};l1 lil# l\ll`|iY find 'l`t~rent~l- had liroukht to the family riclivs i\v_\-oinl ihvlr wlitlrst flrealiis. No lonf;t‘r did the fiitlior pursue his rounds with tho liitlt- cart. 'i'hn tiny 1-ott:\.-:te i::t\'e place to a i\an1l.~lorn0 rvslriviii-ti. ills prrciiis wore eww-li<‘rl ii, .iliirkrt iinit botintlctl thc manor part; on the iw-st, Il. fox .°pi'nn|.: from t-ovr-rt. cinlil 1-d :tl thi- ring uint tlerl l\\:t`oi`f- =lp- limi ro,-f.\-_ ered from her n.-<|oiii,~‘hiiit-nt. i<`:|lllni: ='~“i~l'|i ln om mn-.iii-».»s. our ;|i:i~ril.\-to. ti t‘ro\v .-\\~iiop\-rl ||t>\\'|i .lull tri--tl to l~'ii.tl.'|i tlu- jour-I from ht-r lin: ~r. iir-r |';\-_-t-ritv li:i|'rtit_ :i pct liunny. lin- fox ti-rriiir .~-li» ioycfi. and oven a <|i;;nifi\~:i I.-ti-i y iiuuli- tfforts to trikc it from li.r. .\ lull flew in in-r piiulow :it night, will-t,,\'..|-l-ii: to llfl ill" .l"\\'¢-l frlun its t-:ish i .\i.-l so th¢~|-re wt-rc niuny ;liif»inpt.~: I-_\ nnltllgll, and |»ir|l>l to steal iliu little gurls tit-.ir- vst ii'-\:i.~'iirf-. lt \\.t.< on tho e.~i»:uio: -it' l-:'~~i~f if ~h|li liirtli.l:i_\' limi. for tin; iii'-'t |.:-‘_ .~.iv l-»!‘;;~‘i io ln* t‘:ii'~lu| l-ln' l::|\l -mixt- irom :i ~pi-it-il-I i»1r|l\~l;~_\' p:.rl'.. .intl thi\i'oi1.:,Iil_\‘ li'-wi, limi in lil.;-nl. -o|» rt-..¢‘L. I You o~lu`i!l'\4i.i ' r_'\ii`.~.`ih" ` ti;~ fi’ ' i.',rurulnia':= llov.-.‘rf=. if Iii. ruff :, \'..»n:.l th- \\ll.l vin., iw: r -V-ft" l' > » , ;' iiwli if' "it , , i it rl I , l - .iii \..~ in turiiioil~" ;~»»-:|\<l' A t gli".-~f‘. l._. ~_.;.,| 1 _». tr l--~= f‘.'.i~~~`\ l.~ 'i t-it--.'ii~::s ai.-:.. '_ ' ~ ‘ ' vi ;:-ii: lilo;-tio \-~ il. .-\ll tl|i< no-~ ~ » -:i it rilillfllyl l i tr:i\'~'lt>dl - - \~ t-li ilislo hall' 1 - » \\"'= no jolt- . t -i::-- ii!-'y untl\\. i . | ii .~» 'l`h|- itille \ . -t -l rooin, whero~\ glr 1 ~ t t nr"-i. ~ i- hor tnnclc ring) . to itii:'_\‘:iud wal 'o - -,.» ll sulfur. tin- iionutlful, . ~.».'\~.-~tl wits tli~ gift of A t .i. and that was 'niost ll ‘ np.: a tallelnnn. _ .i'Io Kiiur. ~ " lzvinw 1-, - 'ii enm- ¢~ l~/~-.-t t ti. ».~l< - l it |l»~\ ‘ : :~t.w"'~ ' ' \.y-\t...~~-v- \t<>n ; avt.i\ irtn .\ ri-vw" l. wi ~~.'-li-l " N" FGREIGN NEWS ‘WORLD WIDE INTEREST T0 7`1 it li. ~:iz .i;‘j' \\'ili.§.<. ` . ' it i";it_‘ will.-»:|i tit-tutziii for t:i~- .-out -""l 1:4 5 ll "ll 1"*-1" "ml "ir'l""’ , l; ~‘-t fir tho ring, tl, .:; ‘\- ;ul\';\i\r"-f| gl 1 ‘” Plow livlcpv 1' .| it -~: f~nm¢J rm-n`|\. and shot MIT .t ..- ~..\ »-A li-\|\<1n.r, m\'nm& ._ ll:,| -ian: 'tl' 'Hr |.i.i~:|. it "’