AGAIN HE TURNED HIS EYES SHOREWARD AND ANOTHER TEAR APPEARED—_“Ah,” he mused, “I have been so happy here. If my weekly paper had not come so irregularly of late I should be perfectly happy here. Heigh ho, I must not yield to sentiment in this manner.”_ A THOUGHT THEN STRUCK HIM AND HE TURNED TO GIVE AN ORDER TO A HANDSOME BYSTANDER WEARING SPURS—_“I’ll pipe all hands below and give my men a night’s rest.”_ _In the twinkling of an eye the wireless telegraph was sending forth the glad news, and a moment later 10,000 Russians tars were peacefully sleeping in their hammocks. A great silence lay over the mighty battleships._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE FRENCH IDEA OF NEUTRALITY [Illustration: “_We must surely do something to preserve our neutrality._” ] [Illustration: “_There is no doubt about it. We must surely do something to preserve neutrality._” ] [Illustration: “_As we were saying, we must beyond doubt do something to preserve neutrality._” ] [Illustration: “_Yes, sir! We will notify the Russians that they must leave French waters._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ “I BEG TO REPORT, YOUR MAJESTY, THAT THE BALTIC FLEET HAS ARRIVED AT VLADIVOSTOK” [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TAKING HIS PLACE [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A GIRL IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: HER FIRST PAIR OF JUMPERS—“_Am I a little boy now, mama?_” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A GIRL IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: HER FIRST FISHING TRIP—“_I wonder if the fish know I am here._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A GIRL IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_Oh, mamma! Look at the watermelon tree!_” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A GIRL IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_Did you really think I was a strange little boy, papa?_” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A GIRL IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: BETWEEN TWO DEADLY PERILS ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE DAY AFTER RED SUNDAY IN ST. PETERSBURG [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUT HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE IROQUOIS FIRE [CARTOON PRINTED JAN. 1, 1904] [Illustration]