6 H£R SEVENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY. Down the vale of well spent years, .Hallowed now with smiles and tears. Glides a lite toward westering sun. Counting mile stones seventy-one. Turning back time's well-worn scroll, Watch we now the years unroll; Glimpses bright of d'ays bygone. Glimpses, too, of burdens borne. Joyous years, when youth's own charm Brightly tinged the future's harm; Whispering hope and love and truth. Beckoning years of golden youth! Wedded years, so briefly told. Yet their gleam like thread of gold Shines along the lonely day. Comforting the widow's way. Unks unbroken, songs unsung; Memory's harp Is ever young. Weary years fly back apace. Cherished love has won the race. Faith and Hope and Trust remain. Time nor age can blight or stain; Howe'er rough the way, or steep, God doth constant vigil keep. —Christian Work. r-H COVTCLU) ICopyright, IS.IG, by D. Appletou & Co. All rights reserved.) SYNOPSIS. Master Ardick, just reached his majority and thrown upon his own resources, after stating bis case to one Ilouthwick, a ship eaaster, is shipped as second mate on the Industry, bound for Havana. Mr. Tym, the supercargo, descries a sail. The strange Tesscl gives chase, but Is disabled by the Industry's guns. In the fray one of the trew is killed anrl Ilouthwick is seen to fall. The captain is found to be dead, but the Industry is litttle damaged. Bellinger, ifrst mate takes charge and puts into Si'i aiouth to secure a new mate. Several days iater. when well out to sea, an English merchantman Is met, w hose captain has letter addressed to Jer -mlah Hope, at Havana. The crew of the vessel tell ■trange tales of the buccaneer Morgan, »ho ij sailing under the king's commis sion to take l'anama. One night a little later, the English vessel having proceeded jvn her course, a bit of paper is slipped Into Ardick's hand by one of the sailors. This 43 found to be a warning of a mutiny plot fceaded by Pradey, the new mate. Ardick car.sults Mr. Tym. They resolve to secure sSe mate, but l'rad< y, eavesdropping in tfte cabin, makes through the door and arouses the crew. Capt. Sellinger joins Ardick and Tym. The crew break through t!i« now barricaded doer, but are forced to ■retire, having lost seven of their number. >tti(iing themselves now too short-handed t» manage the boat, Pradey decides to scut tle and desert the vessel, taking his men in the only available boat. The captain, -supercargo and second mate soon discover liueir plight, but hastily constructing a raft ffM away just before their vessel sinks. The next morning a Spaniard draws near ;&cm. The mar in the riggir.g shouts: "If J.3U would board us, take to your oars. Be fpeedy, or you will fall short." On hoard ifcey are sent forward with the crew, be es told they will be sold as slaves on reach kss Panama. The ship's cook they find to tic Mac Ivrach, "frae Clagvarloch," so a .Wend, Four days later the Spaniard Is werhauied by a buccaneer ilying the Kng t.nh flag. The three Englishmen and Mac Crrach plan to escape to the buccaneer on a code raft. Sellinger. the last to attempt to itavc the Spaniard, is disabled. Just after i.'-.e others put off they see a ilgure dangling lT»m the yard arm, whom they suppose is Sellinger. Hailing the buccaneer, our t-arce friends find themselves in the hands ut their old mate, Pradey. He treats them kindly and offers to do them no harm if liiey will but remain quiet concerning the lsatiny he headed. The Black Eagle, Pra siey's ship, comes to Chagre, Cuba, which iown they And Morgan has taken under the English flag. From her the Black Eagle a-tt.ii Morgan's fleet proceeds to Panama. The command consists of about 1,200 men. Having landed, they march on the city. Tfce- assault on the city is begun. Many of -.he buccaneers fall, and ardick is wouneed. •Through the smoke he sees- Pradey ap jtr-jiaching. Theeity at last falls. Ardieli, ■awaiing to, finds Tym had rescued- him !rt;in the murderous hand of Pradey by kill ii!R the villain. The Spanish llag has been Smiled down from the castle and the men allowed to plunder the city at will. Mac spies a figure coming toward them. a«uS exclaims: "The gaist o' the captain." it is indeed Sellinger. He recounts his late? #(!•> entures, then he leads them to the y«-«cue of Don Enrique de Cavodilla, who bad been kindi to him on the l'ilanca, the Ifeanlsh vessel on which he had been a prisoner. Flight is the only course open to itie cton, liis wife and daughter (Dona Car met.; They just manage to leave the ■fcuidiL-g when Capt. Towiand comes to irlatm the d«na as his prize, under the buc caneers' rule. Mr. Tym parleys to gain for the flight of his parley, then al , seemed the extent of his hurts. As soon as might be I meant to ask him how he had managed his de liverance, and in what fashion he had turned the tables on Craddie, but just now a still more pressing question re mained to be answered. This was, of course, what had become of the rest of the buccaneers, and how far it was cer tain we were done with them. It will be understood that the determination of my companion's injuries required but a moment, and, in fact, took no longer than while 1 was getting the steadiness of my head after tumbling into the boat. 1 now found some strength in my legs, and with a lurch managed to gain my feet, looking eagerly over the rail as 1 did so. and was at once satisfied, yet almost con founded with what 1 saw. The buc caneers' boat had iloated some way off, and not a soul was in it, though in the water were three swimmers making languidly toward it. Some fathoms out, in t lie direction of the becalmed ship, was a dark object—probably a conpse—and nn oar and a man's hat floated near, but otherwise the neigh borhood was vacant. It was so sharp and absolute a change that for a moment 1 could scarce make it clear in my mind, and stood staring over the rail. I!ut pres ently my companions began to spegk. and this brought me back to my bal ance, and 1 turned again to them. The senorita was coming out of the cuddy, and.' 1 clambered over t he bodies-t o her and drew her to a little open sipaee where she could stand. She was woefully pale, yet seemed in a brave way to control herself, though she broke down for a bit as 1 steady ingly pressed her hand. "Praise God, all is over, dear lady." I said. "Yonder are the miserable relics of the foe. It is a time such as 1 never thought to see and live, but is in the most blessed manner ended. Very quickly we shall ship the oars and be on our way." "Your words seem like an ungel's, senor," she said, trying to command her voice. "After all that has happened, T ran scarce think or reason. Ah, but it was horrible'. The cries and the blows, the scraping of dying men's feet, and the jarring of the falling bodies! And above all was the suspense! Oh, that suspense, senor, and in especial at the last! Hut I must not think of it, only to thank you—you and your brave companions. You are such he roes as 1 believe are not elsewhere in the world!" "Nay, senorita, you praise us beyond our merits," I answered, d'e-precatingly. (In truth, I felt a thrill of pleasure at her words.) "We did, 1 grant, make a pretty sturdy fight, but beyond that there is no call for praise. Having un dertaken your defense at first, wc could not afterward, save as very poltroons, abandon you. and in our own behalf we did not prefer the sword or bullets to torture." But she would not have it so, and in sisted that we had first risked all in delivering her from the castle, and that this was a piece of heroism to match it, adding (to my surprise) that she knew we had refused to deliver her to Tow land. "I peeped from the cuddy and saw," she explained. "Y'es, senor, it was easy to understand, even though I did not know a word that was said." "Well, then, you may make a hero of Mr. Tym," I answered more light ly, "and, indeed, I am free to say he deserves it. The rest of us did but obey his commands." 1 think our dialogue might have gone on a moment or two longer, for I was quite satisfied to fare so poorly in the argument, when I saw that my companions had begun to take steps toward clearing the boat, beginning with drawing aside the bodies, and I hastily broke off and joined them. By this time the three swimmers l ad reached their boat, and were now pulling sluggishly toward the ship, she hanging calm-bound as before. I first gave a glance about the hori zon, looking both for a sail and any coming of wind, but perceived neither, and without further delay fell to work. I should remark here that we might be supposed to have some fears lest the buccaneer should send another boat, and this was at first true, but now we had pretty well decided that she had dispatched the sole one she i.ad, a thing the more credible as she must have sailed at exceeding short notice. We stood on n ceremony iri dis posing of the bod the captain mere ly stopping to • one of a helmet to take the place of his own broken one, which done, we tumbled the re mains hastily over the rail. A few buckets of water were then drawn and dashed over the deck, and the disagreeable business was ended. We had already determined to run the sloop for the coast, for the wind did not .spring Bp, favoring the ship, or if it did and she did not choose to pur sue, we could then fetch out; but if she should follow we could hope to beat her to the coast. Mr. Tym and the captain had al ready tied up their wounds, Mac Ivraeli's needing no attention, and when the boat was ready the Scotch CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1899. man and I sat down to the oars. We were in no case for hard work, but de sired to be making a start, it being uncertain, indeed, how long this fa voring calm would hold. Though we were so near the surface of the water, and therefore com manded no great range of distance, it seemed a long time that we were drop ping the buccaneer. But at last we sank his hull and then his lower sails, atid finally the topgallants dwarfed to an insignificant speck on the sea line. The day was by this time nearly spent, and the even reds of the tropic sun sit began to llus-li the west. A fair weather paleness of blue appeared above these colors, and the sky com ing down to it darkened without clouds, presaging stars and calm as on the previous nights. We were near enough now, as 1 thought, to make out the coast, and I asked Mac Ivrach to give over rowing while 1 took an observation. I proved to be right, for distinct on the eastern boundary was a dark, well-marked line. Ry this time the Scotchman and I were pretty weary—he, indeed, hardly able to wag the heavy oar —and I pro posed a short rest. Mr. Tym and the captain offered to spell us, but I ob jected—l was specially mindful of Mr. Tvni's infirmity and of his present state, which must make the task too great—and in the end the sloop was suffered to drift. My companions now had an oppor tunity to see to their wounds, and it was found that Mr. Tym's long cut and the gash over the captain's ear needed a few stitches. Luckily Mac Ivrach had a housewife, and though it was now nearly dark I got out thread and needle and managed to do a rough job of surgery. This ended, we concluded to have supper, there being no immediate dan ger and we standing in need of refresh ment after what we had been through. Mac Ivrach accordingly got out the provisions and opened a bottle of wine, and we fell to. our appetites not seem ingly much affected by our trying ex perience. While we were eating I de sired Mr. Tym to tell me how he had escaped from Cradde; likewise what had given the buccaneers their final fright, causing them to quit the boat. "A very short story," he answered. "It might almost be summed up by say ing that our friend Cradde. was care less. You see, lie Hung me to the deck and drew his knife, having dropped his sword as he closed, and bent over me to end my troubles. I, as it chanced, had cleared my arm dagger, and when Locked his lingers about my wrist. he thoughtlessly stooped over I reached up and did that for him he had intended to do for me. Then one of the other fellows made toward me, and just at the moment the captain rose and charged them in the rear. The man about to fall upon me pulled up, and I fetched a scramble and gained my feet. With that the three fellows lost heart and jumped over board. That is the whole bigness of the matter, except that I have forgot ten to say that Paul Cradde showed further his inconsiderateness by fetch ing such a jump, as I prodded him, that lie fell overboard. I cannot be certain, therefore, whether I killed him or he drowned." "Well, and cartainly it was a great escape," I said, with a long breath. "Aye, and very like for us all, for had you not dispatched Cradde there is no saying what Would have happened. 1 fear Mac Ivrach and I would have ap peared too late on the scene, and the captain was dangerously over matched." "True and I was," admitted Sel linger, "though I showed as bold and fierce a front as I could." * CHAPTER XXI. OF THE STRANGE AND EXCELLENT MENDING OP OUlt FORTUNES. We discussed the matter a little fur ther, and all were of a mind that we came almost miraculously off. In deed, but for such wonderfully favor ing circumstances as the buccaneers' weakness in firearms and the too great crowding of their boat —causing them to hamper one another at the last and making them good targets—we should almost certainly have come by the worse. I then persuaded the senorita togo to her cabin, promising to call her if there were an alarm, which done, we arranged the watches, and all but Mr. Tym, who had the first, turned in. The night passed quietly. About sunrise a little breeze brought a wrinkle on the water, and we ran up our sail. By six of the clock we had way enough on the boat to exceed our speed with the oars, and with this we were very well satisfied. We drove along lightly that day, getting a little more wind in the afternoon, still from the right quarter, and by nightfall reckoned that we had made some five and-thirty miles. We continued to keep the coast in sight, though now at a greater distance, »s the danger from the buccaneer decreased. Matters be ing thus so quiet, I thought it a favor able time to have a little talk with tho senorita, some things in which she was concerned standing to be settled, es peciai!v her fuJtire plans. I went for ward. therefore, to where ste sat. "Well, senorita," I began, "we are so far out of our strait, and all goes very blithely. I opine that we shall have no more cause for worriment. and it might be well to take a little thought upon future matters. Have you yet any plans made, as where j'ou mean eventually togo or whom you wish to communicate with? In especial, have you friends in this part of the coun try?" "Alas!" she said, sadly, "now that my poor uncle and aunt are gone, but otic person remains that can have any interest in me. lie is another uncle — my mother's brother —who lives in Ha vana, in t lie West Indies. Ido not know, indeed, if he lie still alive, for he had planned to come this season to visit us, yet for a considerable time wc have not heard from him." "That," said I, "is a matter we can compass. You shall presently write him a letter, and I will see that he re ceives it. Aye, and I may lie going to Havana myself. I was bound there when the mutiny occurred and our ship was lost, and it is as like a port for me now as any." "You keep me always in your debt," she said, with a grateful look. "Well, I will write it.and we will see in what manner it may be sent." "Then one thing more," said I, "and I trust you will pardon me for speak ing of it. You have no money, and it is an ill thing to be left among strang ers with an empty purse. Have you those at Buenaventura or elsewhere who will supply your present needs?" She smilingly shook her head. "Xay, senor, I know no one at those places. Yet let not that give you con cern, for all will go safely and well with me. Xo home will lie closed against me when I shall have told my story." "But I would not have you reduced to that strait," I said, rather hastily. "That is. it is a pity that one in your station should come to it. We throe friends have a little money, and out cf it you shall take enough to answer your present wants. So much we shall insist upon." "Certainly we shall not quarrel about that." she said, with a smile, the water nevertheless starting to her eyes. "I perceive there is no way but that you must do the utmost for me." [TO nE CONTINUED.] PALERMO THE BEAUTIFUL. Ilomniitlc Talc Iteeariline the Tak ing «' the City by I lie Saracens. The origin of the beautiful city of Palermo is lost in antiquity, but as re gards the Saracens takingit. a romantic tale is told. There was a woman at fhe bottom of it. A Byzantine general was one day passing through the streets of Palermo when lie saw a beautiful nun looking down at him freim her balcony window, whereupon he immediately fell in love with her. Love laughs at lock smiths. so the nun stepped out of her window that night on an impromptu ladder and had just reached her lover's arms when a friar, returning late, dis covered her. The power of the church was not to be trifled with, and the gen eral was sentenced to be (logged through the streets, the nun beingcom pelled to stand at her grating and watch the degradation. By the aid of his fellow oflieers, the.general ventured a most hazardous escape. The keeper of the prison was poisoned before mid night, and thekeysobtained. Tiie"{)ris oner then swam out into the bay and floated until a fishing boat took him up and for a heavy bribe put him on board a vessel bound for Africa. Once there, he instigated the Mohammedans to an easy conquest of Sicily; and they ruled the island with rigor for 200 years, en riching its cities with beautiful pal aces. Tradition does not saj- that he found his sweetheart, but it is to be hoped that he did, after all he had gone through for her sake.—Detroit Free Press. Health 111 I.nrKe t'llle*. The physical health of many modern cities has been immensely improved by careful, systematic attention to sanitation. During the greater part of the last century the death rate in London was about 50 per 1,000 each year. It had decreased to 24.0 in 1850 and fell to 1i.7 per 1,000 last year, though the population of theeity has doubled during that time. The death rate in London is now only a little larger than in rural districts of Eng land.—Chicago Chronicle. MaklaK Ilnslneim. Influenza Patient—What, doctor, do you mean to say that you charge me five shillings a visit? Doctor—Certainly, just the same as I charge anyone else. "Oh. but you ought to make a reduc tion for me. Why, I introduced the in fluenza into the neighborhood."—Tit- Bits. IJoiv to l'eranntle Tlilnji*. "It would be impossible for a man to make a greater mistake," said Mr. Staybolt, "than to sit down and Wait, under the delusion- that tilings will come his way some time. They never will, not even to his funeral. The only way to make things come our way is with a club."—X. Y. Sun. A Mcun Allusion. She—Do you know that kitten there reminds me of you? He—l'd like to know where the con nection is? "It seeins to have just about as much success in catching its tail as you do in finding your mustache."—Chicago Evening News. / A.*V/ II vIX Vi bellious Yaquis of Mexico. The above be paid for i* *vroation that will lead to tho arrest a>4 AcernliteU with SlranKr P»ufr« n nil conviction of tbe party OT partie* whf Maintains Her Intliipnoe pl/ictid iroo sod nlabfl on the track O i tii# Credenilain Prencntei! i>y Emporium & Rich Valley R. R., DOM Archmißel Cinlirlel. he east line of Frantlin Hosier's farw, »u the evening of NOT. 21st, 1801. A conflict of reports would seem to be Hkn'RT ACOUO, the given causes for the Yaqui uprising 88-tf. J'renJmt. in Mexico. -. l-'roin the fastnesses of the mountains pT\TU T IOTIOT? POT? P of Mexico