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The Convict Ship EDITION. THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL it, 1 SUNDAY 593-SIXTEEN PAGES. PAGES 13 to 16. Captain Barrett bu-st into on* of his locked tip in the 'tweendecks below—im- 1 given. great laugh*, for Which npillogiz'd by should have it much less thought face; he I si -.ed with the rest of them since half- had not Tom been the man the nor willitdo to paint it a s'rong tint saying that was thinking of Story G; s ihrs re- wlu.-h he a he last to emerge from the pestilential at- ferred to. some sailor, would clash with or react' uu Had heard uney ;It repeat, mosplieru da;, That of the .should s coloring. tha of li was not fit to nt break— for what!" . haye '. THE CITY OF artist Itwas very early discov- • found friends among the prisoners QUEBEC. ered however. I thoug'it my that a cold surface, though Ship. While Urns I'd clench hands was quite in keeping with the looks of n its hue is "Then, sir," sternly, yellow, owing peculiar said the doctor, In the agony of my mind till the nails were few of the I thought to its lus'er does Convict trouble for It." driven into crew. had often that possess in a perceptible The not palms not ««£k' "we'll you the decree - of them. were the WRITTEN FOR THE MORNING CALL. the blue 'forecastle hands to shift clothes or yellow. "i\'iii-per,"said the subaltern, sidelong, But everything went alo.ig very quietly ; with the malefactors, they violet reaction of The most del- " to his brother officer. tables were knocked together aud "ickedcr-lookingconvtcls would make icate tints may be laid close beside it; Hit, schools than the bulk of only r \u0084, t* "Have you given the pr ze-fi-liter any sort held on deck in the inclostirc, tlat i-, a the prisoners. Ihero- Is only this one other cily the brought there in a little*cart drawn by a effect is to enhance their proper qual- Af2« apt) on ity. Moreover, gold of 'intment, doctor?" said Captain Suth- proportion of the schools— theio was not continent besides the storied and dog, his barefoot daughter lending the dog. clashes with no color; • .'.;-" foral', To be continued. restful boy. itis distinct from any pigment employed erland. room and the convict classes alter- capital of the Mnntczumas some rise up and leap into the air like a 1 in "Xufyef. nated belwren the Copy right. by that has lingered more than a month, painting, and ought to be distinct from any- Ihave mv eve on him. His 'tweendecks and the 1893. W. Clark EosSBLI. sentiment and dry goods at St. Ann's thing immense strength will make him mnludeck. The doctor speedily found nut tradition hoove and having been sent there to write exactly what employed in the decoration of a wait' may useful. groceries. Mr. George Stewart, 'in which paintings are hung. Alas, that it He end a- my first captain.' Had be that Tom was one of the best educated of cnce the Isaw, and while Isaw many disappointed < stood near the madman, poor the prisoners, and set him help in teach- A VIOLET SPEAKS. rieior of a New York magazine, but out of the who came there for should be necessary to oinineiit on the «-x- the fellow to thousands --ecrable practice introducing would now be alive. Aaron is, perhap», ing tlm many wretches who knew not their now nn editor in ichcc, has explained to help 1 know that this old man, who bad not of ctrcaks and alphabet.. O passer by. draw near! apttearauces, lor splashes of gildinginto the designs the only man In the ship who could havo Put it rarely happened, ns I Ipoll a grave 1 grow; us that Tennyson! bud in contemplation stood on his feet, to all of wail- grasped have said, that Isaw my sort papers. aud held him." sweetheart; eitner That she who died was dear when death his along poem years must have had some of sudden .~--fj:*--'^x-r——••-—-'\u25a0•-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-_. - He 1 nt t'.e cuddy rested work then talked of his schools; his head was work in when he was on 'lliryplained me to dhow. with the and miraculous help. ' ~ was full of the thing. Ilearned, through deck or he was below, or the schools broken scene laid in this romantic old is a very wealthy city. Her peo- ABOUT BALDNESS. up 1 l'.'u- k me as you go by— fortress that, blocks St. I Quebec --S^s^^— listen that ike admiralty instructions when might have found leisure to Iam her messenger: the Laurence.. pie, as well ns those of Canada generally, '"3 know They A fS^ provided for. the establishment of schools watch him. With her sweet Ir.-atii Isljh; the story well. Itis of the one-eyed are exceedingly well hied. are Maze of Doubt About Its Cause and *•"•*** - and religious teaching. 1 often speculated upon the histories of Inme her pulses stir. sailor hero of Copenhagen and the Nile. not nt all provincial. Imean provin- Cure. _. >^, _ many convicts, sense Boston is. After the doctor had made all his ar- the chose a face ana Through these my quivering Lord Nelson was only a lad when his war- cial in. the Hint You Philadelphia Record. rangements nothing mused .upon it; my conviction, nay leaves can meet a from in London, on this Monday, - She lain would nra. t yo:i— ship lay under the battlements of Quebec; man Quebec A correspondent writing from Alteon*, happened of any consequence that I my knowledge that Tom was as in- Sue whom the crave here aye, Paris or Koine who does not have Quebec \u25a0 but it seems the great was Pa., CHAPT,En XXVI-rCoxTixri:n]. "What will they do to the soldier who can recall for some time. We carried nocent as Iof the crime for wb'ch he was Of the dear life -ho knew. admiral a lover written nil over and upand down and across finds himself in a maze of doubt as to • being transported might long before his entanglements Lady gentleman; that the and The man had fallen overboard on the killed the man?" a strong northeast trade wind, nnd made me think there ••How glad Iwas np there!" with him. He Is simply a quiet cause cure for baldness-. He says "Do to him? Give him a strino to ne drove along by day by night be others as guiltless as' he; and this She whispers underground. Hamilton, and here in he fell des- is all; a Christian man who Is very willing that one authority has pre- weather side of the ship. The sailors as- wear nnd " Quebec very declared that on his arm when they net ashore." with foam^omi times liftingto tbecatbead ; sort of fancy or sympathy often raised a Have th y who lound mo fair perately inlove with the daughter of "mine to bo quiet end listen and learn some- mature baldness results from too close and sembled en the poop, rushed to the rail "Itwas a murder," passion of pity in me as I'd staring Some other fair one found;; thing as he goes about the world. Hodon't brutal Iexclaimed. there was scarcely need to handle a rope, so stand at " bos'," the master of the Golden Dog. How frequent hair-cropping. According to this when the man reeled, and stopped ; they '"You say that because yonr sympathies fresh steady a convict, striving to fetch his life--tory Has seem to think himself of any particular im- and was the trade wind with Its he who loved me best the name reminds us of "Pug" or authority the to death, as as they looking; the captain nre below. Duty's no murder. The man wool-w liitf clouds ing sheep out of his face, though for nil Iknew the deep our own portance to you or the world In general, hair bleeds just shouted stood scattei like down Learned love's lore r.-a'a "Poodlo Dog." and Yet you many do sugar maples, ; sped grating Iho wheel and obeyed orders ami very right orders they are. the sky, and the horizon blight and hard and man Iwatched mighthave been one of the tsfiico Iwas laid lo rest soou. the Golden and may meet him times and be sago am and grapevines to the abaft veiy Far Irom the world of uicu? Dog can there, calling Let me tell you, mv daisy, there's a very con- blue in the windy Cistaiice. a 1 caught worst scoundrels in the ship. of Quebec must have kept watch in his company for days before yon when exhaustively lapped. This theory is gazed astern to know if any At " possibly part Twenty siderable slice of hell stowed away under sight of Tom; the intervals were wide What affected me most was the guessing Nay !Surely he willcome above tho door of the inu where Lord find out What of the world he refilled by the fact that frequent shaving one saw anything of the man. descending to 1111- li, hatches in this ship, and ifit.wasn't for the nni I iever found an opportunity to that lots ifthem must have left wives and Todwell here at in-last; Nelson loved, generations before our comes from without the does t conduce to barrenness. After lost throats were bawling; some saw him; some gi'liies there'd be such a blaz i'nd make so as a mothers, children and dear ones behind.
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