"Don't speak!" she said. "I'm going back to the house! He fell in battle!" Around she turned, catching her breath in a great sob, and Rachel and Vine turned to go with her, putting their arms around her. Guert and his mother lingered as if it were needful for them to stand still and look into each other's faces. She glanced down, too, at his crutches, and he answered her silent question smilingly with:-- "That's getting well, mother." "O Guert!" "Ugh!" exclaimed a deep voice close behind them. "Up-na-tan say ole woman go home. Take boy. Ole chief mighty glad to bring boy back.--Whoo-oop!" It was, after all, the triumphant warwhoop of the old red man that closed the record of the long cruise of the _Noank_. _Selections from_ LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY'S _List of Books_ Books By WILLIAM O. STODDARD. The Despatch Boat of the Whistle. A story of Santiago. Illustrated by F. T. Merrill, 1 vol. 12mo. $1.25. The incidents of our war with Spain in 1898 supply the theme for this story. It is a sea story and a land story. It tells the adventures of a breezy newspaper correspondent and of the sacrifices and revenges of a Cuban patriot. It is spirited, vigorous, and absorbing, and is, incidentally, a story of the war from the news of the destruction of the _Maine_ to the fall of Santiago. And it is told by Mr. Stoddard! What more could any boy or girl desire? Chuck Purdy. The Story of a New York Boy. 12mo. $1.25. A capital story of life in New York City; strong, honest, breezy, practical, and absorbing. Told by one of the favorite writers for young people. Gid Granger. The Story of a Country Boy. 12mo. $1.25. A capital story of American country life; the sturdy, hard-working, energetic boy, the stern but well-intentioned father, the bright ambitious sister, together with the village folks, all strongly individualized and made delightfully real. Guert Ten Eyck. A Hero Story. Illustrated by F. T. Merrill. $1.25. A stirring story of real American boys and girls, and how they helped on the Revolution. The background is the dramatic story of Nathan Hale, the hero. Washington, Hamilton, and Aaron Burr also appear in the story. The Partners. Illustrated by Albert Scott Cox. 12mo. $1.25. This is a capital story of a bright, go-ahead country girl, whom all the girl admirers of Stoddard's stories--and all the boys, too--will vote to be delightful. Winning Out. A Book of Success. By ORISON SWETT MARDEN. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated. $1.00. Dr. Marden, the editor of _Success_, has never prepared a more invigorating or inspiring book than this. It is really the first book he has designed for young people. To young men whose ambition is honorable success, this book with its practical suggestions and its wealth of example has a value that is almost inestimable. If any young fellow of spirit does not, after reading this book, act up to the advice to Sempronious, he is lacking somewhere: