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The Yankee Rajah. ‘Then he has her in his power again. Come ever, and at once started a great commercial | with me; there is but one way in which he can | firm in the city of New York, which soon took escape. Marco, he is making for the boat in | a leading place. A little boy soon came to bless the east cove.? | the union of Arthur and Edith, and Harry and BEADLE & ADAMS’ STANDARD DIME PUBLICATIONS. ‘The party took weapons and ran, headed by | Nellie were equally proud of a pretty little girl; Marco, and the result we know. | As the Malays were made to understand that they would not be harmed, they began to re- turn, and all looked in wonder at the Mystery as she lay idly on the water by the side of the Wave Witch. A few words will explain the part she had taken in the action of this tale. Arthur Carrington was a lieutenant in the United States Navy, attached to the depart- ment of Submarine Arts. He bad made this branch astudy, and before the taking of the Cairncross had dreamed of such a craft as this, After being picked up by the Yankee Rajah, a al i man well known in those seas, he had devoted | his time and ability to the construction of the Mystery, and had so perfected ber that he could run her for alon destruction of pirateshipping. = —s_| i *T believed that Edith was dead,” he said, “or I should have saved her long ago. I ha just got my craft in working order when the Black Bhereef attacked the Tokio, and was more than satisfied with the result,” ** There is one thing I'd like to ask,” said Tom Reid, ‘“‘and that is how you managed to blow up the proas the other day, when. you were not near them with the Torpedo?” ‘i ean at **But [iad been under them all, and attached a clockwork torpedo, calculated to explode in twenty minutes,” replied Arthur laughing. © “Just so, It was nothing but science after all. Then I suppose that when the Wave Witch | moved off without a wind you were towing | ber?’ ‘“‘Exactly. The mission of the Mystery is accomplished here, and [ mean to give her to my friend, the Rajah, if he only has a man with knowledge enough to run her, Ib was an ex- periment, and [had to takearisk, The motive power is electricity, of course.” a **Tt'll be three months afore any of you will be allowed to leave Gadong Beg, I tell you,” | ¢cried Saul Belton, ‘and while you're a-waitin’ you kin teach a man I know how to run the Mystery. He's got the nerve all right.” “And who is the man?’ asked Arthur, smil- ‘Here he is,” replied Saul Belton, laying his hand upon the shoulder of Tom Heid. ‘ Here's a boy that’s gone a little astray, but he’s goin’ to bea man now an’ l'm a-goin’ to help him. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go an’ look arter Marco, He's badly hurt, but he’s a tough coon, that Malay, and you'll see him pull through.” Es. kes ; Two days after this the fleet sailed from the harbor, bound for Gadong Beg. They had scarcely landed when the Yankee Rajah sent away the Wave Witch on a secret mission, un- der command of Jim Slocum, In the course of two weeks she returned and brought a clerical- looking young man Wwe i sionary who had been laboring among the Javan heathen, and had been enticed away by the Rajah, : “You eritters don’t seem to understand jest what's wanted to make a complete thing of this,” he said, ‘and now I’ve fixed it fur you. Thar’s a minister, an’ if we can’t git up a wed- din‘’in all this crowd, then I'd like to know the reason.” Ti did not need much persuasion on the part in of Arthur Carrington to conyince Edith that | she could be happy as his wife, and both of | Sunnyside Library them were alone in the world. From the arri- val of the minister and the announcement that Arthur and Edith would be married in a week, Harry had seemed quite unhappy, but before the time arrived he had succeeded in convincing both Mr. Darrel and Nellie that it was as well to make a double wedding of it, and when Ar- thur and Edith bad been married the other | young couple took their places and were made man and wife. Sani Belton was perfectly re- splendent, and the village was given up to | feasting for several days. Tt was decided that Tom Reid should remain | at Gadong Beg, for the Rajah bad been absent | from his country too long to care to return to it, but he promised that some time he would come to America and pay his friends a visit. Before they sailed he presented the fair brides with jewels such as never had been seen in the United States before. Itwasa sad parting, but the lar a distance just below the sur- | face ‘and bad made her a powerful aid in the | , who turned out to be a mis- | but three years passed and they heard nothing from Gadong Beg. But one evening as they had all met at Harry’s villa and were sitting on awn, an individual came rolling up the walk with agait which was purely nautical, and gave them a jolly hail. * All you Tokios, ahoy! shipmates, how goes _ Nellie sprung up and hugged him on the spot for she recognized the Yankes Rajah, “The | rest were not slow to follow suit. ‘* Seems to me this ar’ climate is trying to the = eyes,” whimpered Saul,_brushing away suspi- | Age SS his ey Glad 6 see the | Waal, I rather kalkilated to | ih clous moisture from his eyes. old man, hey? , ul surprise you, and I reckon I hev.” “Did you come alone?” e “T kalkilate not. Tom Reid and Marco ar’ down to the tavern, but I didn’t reckon—” ‘Where's that coachman?’ cried Harry. ‘* Here, Mike, drive down to Haster’s and get a gentleman named Reid, who isstopping there. There is another man with him, a dark-colored | man—" i “ A naygur?’ demanded Mike, ‘See here, you critter,” shouted the Rajah, “don't you call Marco names or ['ll mount you like a typhoon.” , | ; : Don’t stop to ask questions, Mike,” said Harry. ‘Bring them up here, and tell Haster to send their luggage and that of Captain Belton up here at once,” es Syn Be _ The coachman drove off and was soon back, bringing Tom Reid and Marco, who were cor- dially received by all, Reid had changed little, except that the desperate air he had once worn was fone, and in its place a look of manly self- reliance. Butthey knew from Saul Belton that he was completely changed, and was now his right-hand man, and captain of the felucca, which had been taken from Richard Manton, There had been little use for the Mystery, as the Malay pirates had been completely cowed, and would run at the sight of tke Rajah’s flag. ‘* We've only come for six months, mates,” said Belton, ‘‘ and then we'll go back to kinder civilize the Malays some more. Mout be the world will hear of” the Yankee Rajah yit.” The party were lions while they remained, and either Saul or Tom might have taken a wife home with them, had fhey cared to do so, but they went back alone, Saul only too glad to escape trom certain fair ladies, who were daz- gled by the splendor of his jewels. And they sailed away again into the far Bast, where their lives were spent. 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