6 THE MISER. He Bald to himself: "I would fain be rich. No squandering spendthrift 1; With might and main the gold I'll gain. To spend in the by and by. I'll grasp and gather and pinch ar.d save. Nor answer the fools who jeer, But my hungry till their coin shall fill, To pay for each mocking sneer." And so, as the years rolled swiftly by, A mountain of gold he piled, Whose shadow fell on his lonely cell. Where never a loved one smiled. He meant to barter his wealth for Joy» To brighten his Journey's end. But it grew a part of his very heart That he Could not bear to spend. He died, ar.d all of his schemes and plana The mould of the churchyard hid, With ne'er a tear on his friendless bier. Nor flower on his coflin lid; He left his gold for a spendthrift fool To scatter to earth and sky. And the grassc s wave on his lonely grave. Neglected and rank and high. There are beautiful lands that he might have seen. There are Joys that he might have known, There are cries to heed, there are mouths to feed. There is seed he should have sown. And grateful blessings from thankful lips, And love of a child and wife. All these he sold for a bag of gold— And his was a wasted life. —Joe Lincoln, In L. A. W. Bulletin. """ r-H Coirict-uo (Copyright. 1996. by D. Appletoo & Co. All rlgbts reserved. J SYNOPSIS. Master Ardlck, Just reached his majority and thrown upon his own resources, after Ktating his case to one Houthwick, a ship master, is shipped as second mate on the "Industry" bound for Havana. Mr. Tym, the supercargo, descries a sail. The strange vessel gives chase, but is disabled by the Industry's guns. The Industry Is little damaged, but HouthwiCk and one of the crew are killed. Selllnger, first mate, takes charge and puts Into Sldmouth to secure a new mate. Several days later, when well out to sea, an Knglish mer chantman Is met, whose captain has a let teraddressed to Jeremiah Hope, at Havana. The crew of the vessel tell strange tales of the buccaneer Morgan, who Is sailing un der the king's eommisslcfci to take Panama. One night a little later, the Knglish vessel having proceeded on her course, Ardlck learns of a plot among the crew, headed by Pradey, the new mate, to take the In dustry and Join Morgan's fleet. Ardlck consults Mr. Tym. They resolve to secure Ih<- mate, but Pradey, eavesdropping in the cabin, makes through the door and arouses the crew. Capt. Selllnger joins Ardickand Tym The crew break through the now barricaded door, but are forced to retire, having lost seven of their number. ♦Sel llnger is for immediately falling upon the mutineers, but Tym argues that they are a light crew but still more than two to their having lost seven of their number. Find ing themselves now too short-handed to manage the boat, Pradey descldes to scut tle and desert the vessel, taking his men off in the only available boat. The captain, supercargo and second mate soon discover their plight, but hastily constructing a raft get away just before their vessel sinks. The next morning a Spaniard draws near them. The man in the rigging shouts: "If you would board us, take to your oars. Bo speedy, or you will fall short." On board they are sent forward with the crew, being told they will be sold as slaves on reaching Panama. The ship's cook they flrvd to bo Mac Irvach, "frae Clagvarloch," so a friend. Four days later the Spaniard Is overhauled by a buccaneer flying the English flag. The three Englishmen and Mac Irvach plan to escape to the buc caneer on a rude raft. Selllnger, the last to attempt to leave the Spaniard, Is dis abled. Just after the other put off they see a figure dangling from the yard arm, whom they suppose Is Capt. Selllnger. Hailing the buccaneer, our three friends find themselves in tfie hands of their old mate, Pradey. He treats them kindly and offers to do them no harm If they will but remain quiet concerning the mutiny he headed. The men consider this proposi tion, and Anally conclude to suggest a compromise, viz.: Agree to cover the vll- Jainy till the end of the expedition. CHAPTER XI. —CONTINUED. The fellow heard it with contracted brows and a lowering look. Instead of answering at once, he took a turn across the deck, stopping a. moment ot the other rail, and bowing his head as in thought, l'resently he returned, his look less harsh and the lines of his sii«ken mouth relaxed. "Now here is a shrewd trick of bar gaining," he began. "How you must have overhauled your brains to com pass it! You would make a compact to lust to a dot as long as your necks are in danger. Well, well, it may be all that T could have expected of you and I will not balk at it. Let us fetch the matter to a head, then. You will swear 1o me to impart nothing what ever of the matters concerning the mutiny, neither to Morgan nor to any person, till such a time as you shall take ship for England. In return, I shall do you no harm, and shall recom mend you for places in Morgan's com pany or some other. IB this as you would have it?" "Why, yes," said Mr. Tym, who looked a little surprised at the ease of the vic tory. "You ratify this, friends?" Mac Ivrach and I promptly assented. "And you swear accordingly ?" went on Pradey. "We do," the three of us replied. "As do I, for my part," he said, with a satisfied nod. "You are now safe, and I am free of my complications. Thus all ends well." He smiled blandly, and I supposed the interview was over, but Mr. Tym, it seemed, would have a question. "What is our present destination?" he inquired. "Chagre," replied Pradey, promptly; "but first I will run a bit to the cast ward," he added, "hoping to fall in with a homeward-bound Spaniard. Such a one might deem it a favorable time to slip out of some Cuban port." Mr. Tym thanked hit for the infor mation, and we returned to our own parts of the ship. "It is clear," said I, as soon as we had withdrawn a little and could exehatige a word in private, "that Pradey has fetched around, as we guessed. He h.as tied our tongues for the present, and before they shall be loosed again means to stop them forever." "Aye, 'tis so, indeed," replied Mr. Tym, "and we must henceforth be on our guard. lie is dangerous to the limit of his ability." It was now well into the evening, and as we had settled our plans and were weary we gave over further dis cussion and went below. We awoke the next morning much refreshed, and likewise in improved spirils. Our mates of the steerage were all on deck, and we had an op portunity for a little comforting talk. Taking everything into account, our prospects were not, after all, so very bad. The main question was how to outwit the treacherous and dangerous Pradey. When we reached the deck we found the ship making but a small headway, the wind having much declined. In deed, it soon fell to a calm. We looked vainly for the Pilanca. for she had clean dropped us, nor was any other bit of canvas in sight. Well to the south the seaboard was broken, for there we made out what must be land, and on inquiry were told it was one of the northernmost of tfye Windward islands. Our course was now due west, and Lieut. Pliibbert told us we were to continue till we raised Cuba. If we fell in with no prize by that time, he said, we should stajjd directly for Chagre. We had an easy voyage across the Caribbean, and finally made the land fall of the isthmus. All was now stir and excitement, for we could not say how matters had gone, nor whether Morgan and his fleet were here before us. It was approaching nightfall as we drew in, and it would be a hard mat ter to determine much without stand ing dangerously near, but Pradey did not flinch. The wind was almost from the north, but he coolly held his course, taking a desperado's chance of getting out again, and so the Black Eagle drove down till we were within range of the glass. My companions and I (now all armed, and each furnished with a serviceable cuirass) stood the break of the quarter deck, and watched with eagerness the motions of the lookouts. One fellow was as high as the fore-topgallant yard, and another a little below. The first had a glass. Presently this fellow hailed the deck. "What do you see?" bawled Pradey. "There are seven or eight ships," was the answer, "and all lying well in by the castle." "Are they big?" "It might be that half are of the size of this, and the rest less." "Do you make out much of the castle and the surroundings?" inquired Pra dey. "It looks like a strong place," an swered the sailor. "It tops the hill, and there is some other work at the foot." Pradey talked a little with Phibbert. Presently he went up to see for him self. At the masthead he stopped and leveled his glass. "There springs up a light," I said, pointing to the now fast-rising crest of the hill. As I spoke two or three more glim mers appeared, but lower down. The short tropic sunset was now over, and comparative darkness was at hand. We stirred not tack nor sheet, but held sturdily on, and at last the out lines cf the castle were clear to the un assisted eye. First Pradey and then the lookouts came down, and Phibbert went aft, and he and the captain talked briefly together. The wind now abated a lit tle as the light failed, and our speed proportionally slackened. "I fear he stands fair to fall into a trap," said I, uneasily, to my compan ions. "Will he still hold on?" "I thiuk not much farther," said Mr. Tym, but he spoke with no great tone of confidence. A half mile, it might be more, and then Pradey called Phibbert and gave an order. The lieutenant leaped upon a gun. "Ready at the braces!" he roared. The men rushed to obey. The cap tain then signed to the helmsman, and as soon as he had shouted "Helm's a-lee!" the lieutenant followed with the other orders and the ship rode gracefully round. At the right mo ment the yards were ordered, and speedily we w r ere sawing up and down, very comfortably hove to. "Ah, look yonner!" exclaimed Mac Ivrach, suddenly. He pointed to a spot a little to the east of the hill. There, in a kind of clear space brought out by a glinting streak of the failing night, I saw a small boat. It was moving sea ward, and was already nearly abreast of the ship. "We should tell the captain," I said. ( "Maybe that will be what he seeks." "Vera weel," answered the cook. He stepped toward the poop accord ingly, but at that moment Pradey him self made the discovery. "Boat 1" he sang out, wheeling sharp ly round. "Master Phibbert, get way on the ship!" "A fisher," said an old buccaneer near me. "It is the very chance the captain was tarrying for.'' It seemed so, indeed, and again I be gan to think I had underrated Pra dey's sagacity. In a moment the ship was ready to come about. The head sheets were let go, the braces were handled in their turn and the forward yards came round. The other orders were quickly com pleted. The ship's head rode gallant ly round, and she was laid fairly for the chase. The wind was too light for raach speed, and as the boat had a good start and her haven was near the re sult must at first be doubtful. "I'll have her if I ground the ship," growled Pradey. He hung over the rail as he spoke and pulled a pistol from his belt. "Boat ahoy!" shouted Pradey. He spoke in Spanish. "Board the ship!" bawled back one of the men. "I am going to luff. « etch up by me." CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1899. "Yes, senor," answered the same voice. As the ship came into the wind the boat approached the quarter. "What news ashore?" asked Pradey, hurriedly. "Why, senor, the English have taken the castle," answered the man. At this we all broke into a great shout. "The governor and many soldiers were killed," went on the man,"and all of us poor people terribly frightened." "Enough!" cried Pradey, impatient ly. "To the braces, men! Master l'hib bert, lay our course for the castle." At last Pradey gave the word and once more the Black Eagle was fetched into the wind. A cable had been pre pared to slip, and one of the anchors was immediately let go. Sail was clewed up but not furled, and when am munition l.ad been served out to the men and all the cannon prepared for instant use we were in case either to fight or to fly. We were near enough to the castle by this time, so that a shot from one of its heavy guns might reach us, but otherwise there was no present risk. Everything had been managed as quietfy as possible, and there was no hint, from any sign on shore, that we had been perceived. Pradey spoke to the first lieutenant, and one of the quarter boats was low ered. "Take her, lieutenant, pick two men for a crew, and see what you can learn,*' said Pradey, brieflj\ "Aye, aye, sir," answered Phibbert. "If all is well fire two successive pis tol shots; if we have been cheated, one," pursued Pradey. Phibbert again assented, and hastily picked out his men and got away. We watched them anxiously as long as wc cAuld see them, which was only a few moments, as they speedily entered the shadows of the river's mouth and un der the dark foot of the mountain. It was again a time of trained waiting, but not for long, as, much before I was expecting anything, a sharp report, and then another came out of the ob scurity. The men broke into a tremendous cheer, and instantly the decks awoke to life. The question was settled. The castle was ours. CHAPTER XII. OF THINGS ASHORE. Every one was speedily in the shrouds or hanging over the bulwarks, so eager were all to get the first word of the news. A light came lifting and sinking toward us, and we perceived that Phib bert had set off a lanthorn. I'radey thereupon hung two answering lights over the stern. In a moment we made out the dusky shape of the boat and the indistinct, swaying figures of the men at the oars. Then the light shot up, and we saw Phibbert on his feet holding it. "A—l1 —s well!" he cried as the boat broke out into our light "The castle is ours." Then the men thundered out into an other cheer, and several excitable ones cut two or three steps of a dance. Phibbert andhisboatmencame gayly up the side, and were immediately beset with a multitude of questions. "Now, sir," said Phibbert, turning to Pradey and touching his headpiece, "I Ha took another turn across the deck. have the honor to report. Capt. Brodely, with 300 men, holds the castle. The governor and most of his coin i :and are dead, and we have captured above 50 cannon, six or eight pipes of muskets, the value of £4,000 or £5,000 in treasure, and a goodly store of pro visions." "Excellent!" cried Pradey in high good humor. "And St. Catherine's? Since Brodely is here, I trow the chief remained there—which is to say, he took it?" "He did, indeed, sir," answered Phib bert, "but he is not in a way to remain there long. Brodely had dispatched the news to him, and he must soon come." This happy conclusion of the matter relieved Mr. Tym, Mac Ivrach and me quite as much as it did the rest of the ship's company. The fact is our per sonal aims were not only thereby furthered, but *.ve felt some little pa triotic pride as well. Lnrtly, we could not forget that it was cowardly Span ish hands that had run poor Capt. Sel linger to the yardarm! We did aot wait for light the next morning, but a little past three hastily dressed and came on deck. The wind had hauled round, blowing very gently now from the shore, and we caught the faint land scents, sweet after the long voyage, and were well pleased to part for a little with the salt, briny tang. Presently the cast yellowed and the sea began to glitter, and as we turned landward a light fog or vapor split away and the embattled top of the mountain broke through. The morning watch began to wash down the decks, as usual, but with many delays and long looks at the shore,jind while they were still at work first one and then another of the watih below appeared. Pradey and i Phibbert soon come out, and by the time the sun had his rim fairly above the water three-fourths of th« whole company were on deck. Not to dwell needlessly on details, we brought safely in, towing with a barge, after one tack, and soon .an chored in a little rearward cove. While we were fetching by the castle men ran out to look at us, and, the news soon spreading, the ramparts were presently shining with armored fig ures, who gave us a hearty cheer of welcome. We found other ships in tb* berth, lying just in the river edge of it. and their decks were also speedily manned and a volley of questions and congratulations poured out. Pradey answered all briefly but good naturedly, but meanwhile gave hip chief attention to one Capt. De Bou vard, from whom he was learning the chief facts of the siege and taking of the castle. It seemed that the place was defended by above 300 Spaniards, not counting servants and slaves, and that a most stubborn fight was made. Capt. Brodely began the attack with a force of 400, but at noon on the third day, when the corps du gard was final ly carried, his available command numbered only ?30. The Spaniards were nearly all killed, the resolute old governor with the rest, and the unhurt remnant managed to descend on the steep landward side and escape. The wounded and the greater part of the women were left behind. This was all concluded about noon, two days since, and word had forthwith been sent to Morgan. As soon as we were at our berth and all putin order Pradey called for the gig and was set ashore. He was gone somewhat less than an hour, and when he returned rejoiced us all with the news that we could have shore leave. Secure as the ship was, it was deemed unnecessary to re serve a guard, so that Pradey himself, with the steward, were the only ones finally left behind. It was a gladsome sensation when I finally stepped out upon the solid quay, and I think that Mr. Tyin and Mac Iv raeh were in accord with me. The morning was not yet far advanced, and it was but moderately warm,'the air was pure and the sky nearly cloudless, and before us was the dark, strong mountain, almost fetching the eye to a little giddiness and yet pleasantly steadfast, while breaking away to the right was the refreshing green of the forest. We made no talk for a bit,, the others of the crew pushing speedily on and leaving us, and it was only when the last of them were disappearing in the gateway of the lower forts that we finally started on. tTO HE CONTINUED.} BURIED PIRATE TREASURE. Storlea of Hidden lllclirt Alimik the Coant* of .Vow Jeraey and LonK Inland. In almost any rural settlement along the coast of New Jersey or Long Island, some old resident would prob ably point out to us the blackened and weather-beaten ribs of a great ship which had been wrecked on the sand bar off the coast during a terrible storm long ago; he would show us where the bathing was pleasant and safe; he would tell us of the best place for fishing, and perhaps show us the high bluff a little back from the beach, from which the Indian maiden leaped to escape the tomahawk of her enemy, and then he would be almost sure to tell us of the secluded spot where it was said Capt. Kidd and his pirates once buried a lot of treasure. If we should ask why this treasure had not been dug up, he would prob ably say that if anybody did find it, they never said anything about it; and it was his opinion that if Capt. Kidd ever put any gold or silver or precious stones under the ground on that part of the coast that these treasures were all there yet. Many extensive excava tions have been made along the coasts of our northern states; and even in quiet woods lying miles from the sea, to which it would have been necessary for the pirates to carry their goods in wagons, people have dug and hoped and have gone away sadly to attend to more sensible business. Far up some of our rivers—where a pirate vessel never floated—people have dug with the same hopeful anxiety, and have stopped digging in the same condition of disappointment. Sometimes com panies were organized, stock was is sued and subscribed for, and the ex cavations were conducted under the direction of skillful treasure-seeking engineers.—Frank It. Stockton, in St. Nicholas. Very find Form. Daughter (after the theater) —That play was so interesting 1 couldn't do a thing but just sit ami listen to it. Fashionable Mother—lt was abomi nable, the way you watched that play. People must have thought we were from the country.—X. Y. Weekly. Properly Defined. "What is firmness, father?" "Firmness, my boy, is obstinacy in ourselves." "And what is obstinacy ?" "Obstinacy is firmness in somebody else." —Chicago Post. Wlndom of Experience. William (reading)—Pa, what's a pro longed conflict? Pa —It's something you'll never be able to understand, my boy, until you grow up and get married. —Chicago Daily News. Ijonic-Hcadeil. Mickey the. Mouse—When are we go in' ter work do summer resorts? Burgling Bill —Not till late in de sea son. Give der goils a chance ter git all die engagement rit'gs tlieyican.—N. V. World. I.arfreat Known Moth. The largest known moth is the giant atlas, a native of China, the wings of which measure nine inches across. JOUBERT AN AMERICAN. Connunnder In Chief of the lifter Army la n Native of I nluntonn, i'n., und a threat lighter. Gen. P. J. Joubert is one of the few men who ever "broke a British square" in South Africa, and he is confident that he can do it again in event of war be tween England and the Transvaal. As commander in chief of the Boers he is the man who may have the task of try ing to whip the English forces in battle. Sen. Joubert is an American, having been born in Uniontown, Pa., in IS4I, and few men have had a more pictur esque career or know as much about the relation of the Transvaal to the Svkaizea- GEN. P. J. JOUBERT. (Boer Chieftain Wno Has Defeated th€ British Twice.) When 14 years of age he left this coun try and went to Holland. His taste for war was always keen, and when the re bellion broke out he came to this coun try and served in the navy under Ad miral Dupont. Later he was captain of a colored company under Gen. Weitzel. After the war he returned to Holland, and later went to South Africa. When the rule of the English became intol erant to the Dutch at Cape Colony and Cape of Good Hope, and many of them went north to the Transvaal, Gen. Jou bert went with them. After he had as sisted materially in driving out the wild beasts, conquering the savages, settling the country, discovering and developing the diamond fields, the Eng lish suddenly discovered that they had a claim ».o this faraway country. He was only a plain Boer, or farmer, when his fellow-subjects determined to resist the British. In 1881, at the head of a handful of Dutch farmers, he met th« British army at Majuba hill and put i< to flight after great slaughter. This se cured liberty for the Boers, and they a*s - look upon Gen. Joubert, noM vice president of the South African Re public, as the Washington of their coun try. Gen. Joubert visited this country in the latter part of 1890 for the purpose of arranging an exhibit at the world's fair for South African products. Whilt In New York the Holland society ar ranged many receptions and dinners if his honor. FIRST TYPEWRITER. It Was Patented by a Kentncky Ma* Away Rack: In lHTii, and tt os Made of Wood. Hidden away i« a dark corner of tin model room in the patent office at Wash ington is an apparently worthless bloch of wood cut in the shape of a stair case, with small blocks of wood on eacl of the stairs. It was discovered to b« the first "typewriter" ever made in th« United States —perhaps in the world. If placed by the side of one of our IS9I model typewriters, the first typewritei could not fail to provoke a smile from the spectator. Instead of dainty blacl and nickel letter keys, with an open framework showing the easy working of the intricate machinery of the inside, as is usual in the typewriters of to- THE FIRST TYPEWRITER. (Cut Out of a Block of Wood in the Shapt of a Staircase.) day, this first typewriter consists of a closed wooden box with blocks of wood half an inch square for its letter keys. The paper carriage of the first type writer is also of wood, find instead of the operator turning the paper carriage l.y a mere touch on an extension rod when one line was finished on the first typewriter the operator had to use both hands to turn the paper carriage. However, much as the first type writer differs from its grandchildren, close examination shows that it has all the essentials of typewriters as wo know them to-day. The inventor of the typewriter was 15. T. P. Allen, of Farm dale, ICy., who secured his patent in 1876. This is the machine which may be looked upon as the parent of the 5,000,000 or more typewriters in use in the United States to-day. Dcmoriillr.ntlon of Muiln and alnb« oo the truck of tus & Rich Valley R. R., now hfne of Franklin Howler's f-um, i'ning of Nov. 21st, 1891. IIENUT AUCHU, 8 J'mvimt. FI-LIQUOFTSTORE IN IMPORTUM, PA. hu opened a flrsV diuor store, and invites the tr# Hotels, Restaurants, ma. We aVry none but tLe best Awe* 1 lean aborted wekies, &NDIES 3-INS AND WINKS, BOTTUUE, CHAMPAGNE, Eta. Choloe line of Bled Goods. radrtltlo. i»rt« line «>' llquois I oon«ta»f toc k „ full ltoe of CIGiAND TOBACCO. •Tool »n4r