VOL.* xxxiv
J ctiraking near to jg
8 QMSTMAS £HIMES! p
jT-* * I hi* Store is asparkle with
H \-C'fi>' I hints for Christmas give- yat
1&L d$ r ables. Not mean, skimpy stocks
]of with narrow assortments and
)B| V . limited styles, br.t a bonntifnl. gg
~ j i*\s generons spread of everything
MR ■ 4v ■p" worthy, and good, and sensible. Igsg
*pl • : Y^- v More richness, more elegance. |§£
/ -—; '• i \ v, ,\ more varied and lower priced than
9B r / iij ~ I Vy \ * ever. Gathered with a fore- fgg
M ' $ r : -~ ij\ thought to your needs arranged
j3|| \'V~' \ V —V with consnmate skill for easy ss^!
rr* 'v-* V. r 'a . , , •
99E IV'Vj'j choosing, priced with rare bnsi- fig;
-—' ness judgment for quick selling. «,—^
Sa A few dollars will buy more solid comfort and real enjoyment
fct now than was ever known since the coming of Kris Krinujle.
The store news to-day is therefore the doubly interesting, emit
JSStf some of it if you choose, but you 1! be letter educated if you
read it all. £3s
We Extend a Cordial Welcome to Young
and Old Citizens or Stranger, Visitor or Purchaser, gS
Ml Parlor Couches, Decorated
S Cabinets, Salad t^s«
$10.0«. SB.OO. Dishes, * |j£
TXXgj Mahogany finish. The Covered with @2^
old price was£ls.oo CORDUKOY 5Q cents.
Parlor Decorated Vase f§s
Suits, Toilet Sets, Lamps,
S§| $25.00. $5.00. $2.50. gj
others at 835 S3O, and Finer ones cost ».30 v —.j
3B| $75. 12 pieces In a set. and {3.00.
jesf Blacking Decorated Extension
Cases, Vases Tables.
S ' $3.50.
Antique finish. Well;
Jet Antique finish. 50 Cents. made. rSfrj
j§{ | Decorated Writing Portieres,
Water Desks,
S2 Pitchers, $3.50. S2 ' so " gg
dcfi Finer ones at and Have finer unes at ?
9SI 25 cents. t,oo ° $3.50 and $r,.00. %gg
ja# Framed Decorated Decorated fesg
»{ Pictures, kC
SSI China Spittoons, 50c*
25 cents. «"i 25 cents.
M — : - M
sgj Hundreds of Other Useful Things jg
Wi to Show You When 6
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sg You Come. gg
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jgj BUTLER, PA p
tThey Fit Well,
jgs- will wear well.
NEW YEAR IDEAS U iless your
J clothes ?re up-to-date they might as well be
I U several years behind the times. If you want
l^e >es ' ideas in clothing you should get your
Ft] clothing of men who have the ideas. Vou
\ I want them to look well and wear well. If
s; r they are not satisfactory you justly blame the
' { tailor. We make the clothes in correct style
/ .■ and you are sure of them fitting for we guaran-
J tee them and make the clothes to suit you.
(1. F KFCK MERCHANT TAILOR
* * 142 North Main Street, Butler, Penn'a
® Boots
ar icl
Shoes
To Suit All
Come to us una you ii hnd our scock so large that you can find
what you want —All varieties of shoes for sale at lowest prices—Our
entire fall and winter stock is open and ready for your inspection—
Our stock was never larger than the present- -Complete stock of
La.lies' and Misses' fine Dongola, Box Calf, winter tans, Enamels in
welt sole, mjde for winter wear.
Ifi Men s shoes our stock offers many selections of winter tans, f lie
enamels, cordovans, box calfs and many other. Have you seen our
genuine water-proof shoe? It is a dandy—the upper extends around
the welt to the edge of the sole—this in connection with sheet rub
ber and cork bottom filling makes a complete join! that cannot be
secured in any other way —A shoe thus made is more nearly water
tight than can be made by any other process. Our stock of Men's
and Hoy's heavy boots and shoes is large, and prices away down
Full stock of Hoy's high cut copper toed shoes.
Large and complete stock of rubber goods of all kind—Felt boots,
Felt shots and warm lined shoes and slippers of all kinds at rock
bottom prices.
Full stock of sole leather and shoe findings—Sole leather cut to
any amount you wish to purchase. High iron stands for rep airing.
Do you wear box calf shoes? We have a polish put up for box
calf shoes which keeps the leather soft and pliable. When in need
of boots and shoes
CALL AND SEE US.
JOHN BICKEL.
128 S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA.
Advertise in the CITIZEN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
State Libr* r T
PROFESSIONAL CARUS.
hK. S. A. JOH NSTON,
DKNTIST
' Gold fillings I'ainless Extraction of
, T. cth and Artificial Truth without plat.-s
a sDeci.ilty,Nitrous Oxide or \ italiztd Air
or Local nxstlietics used.
, Ortice over Mi'lers groceiy, cast of
j y house.
' I kli. \V. I'. McILROY,
: 1 ' DKNTIST.
Formerly I no-vi as the "I'eerlcss
Painless Extractor . f Teeth. Located
I permanently at in Hast Jefferson St.,
| Opposite Hotel Lowry, Butler. Will do
I dential operations of ail kinds by the
i latest devices and up-to-date methods.
\' M. McALI'INh.
; » . DKNTIST.
Main St.
Xaesthetics Administered.
I »R. J. E. FAULK.
: i ' DENTIST,
Painless extraction—No Gas—Crown
ami work a specialty.
Office—Room No. t. new Bickel build
| »"«•
DR. X. M. HOOVER,
137 E. Wayne St., office hours. 10 to
12 a. tit. 1 and to 3 p. tn.
1 I J. DONALDSON,
FL • DENTIST.
Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest
improved plan. Gold Fillings a spec
ialty. Office over Miler's Shoe Store.
DR. CHAS. R. B. HI)NT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Eye, ear, nose and throat a specialty.
132 and 134 S. Main Street, Ralston
building.
I
\Y H. BROWN,
H . HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND
SURGEON.
Office 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O.
Residence 31s N. McKcan St.
OAMVEI, M. IUP PL'S,
PHYSIC:.' N AN D SURGEON
200 West Cunningham St.
I BLACK,
IJ. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
New Troutman Building, Butler Pa.
r A. RUSSELL, M. D.
Li Room 3, Bickel block. Butler Pa
Peoples Phone No. 309. Night call 173
H V. L. MeQUISTION,
V • Civil, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
Office near Court House.
p M. ZIMMERMAN
'I • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office No. 45, S. Main stieet. over City
Pharmacy.
John W. Coulter,
Attorney-at-Law.
Special attention given to collections
and business matters.
Refernce: Butler Savings Bank, or
Butler County National Bank.
I B. BKEDIN,
FJ. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Maiu St. near Court House.
4 T. SCOTT,
/L • ATTORNEY A', LAW.
Office at No S South Diamond St.
C H. PIIIRSOL,
U» ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 104 East Diamond St.
OH. GOUCHER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Mi chell building.
i M. CIIRISTLEY,
A. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office ou North Diamond Street, oppo
site the Court House—Lower Floor.
* LEX RUSSELL,
A ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Officv with Newton Black, Ivs<j. South
Diamond Street.
4 T. BLACK,
A. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
• Room J. —Armory building.
I M. PAINTER,
ft • ArfOßsrv \T LAW.
Office between I'ostoffice and Diamond
V EWTON BLACK,
ii ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on South Diamond Street.
COULTER & BAKbR,
VJ ATTORNEYS A ' W.
Room 8., Armory buiuli:i„.
M. C. WAGNER";
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER
139 South Main street.
Over Shaul & Nast's Clafhini; Store
I Hotel Willari
j Reopened and rea ly
for the accommoda
tion of the traveling
public.
Everything Hrst=class.
MRS MATTIK 3EIHING, Owner
SEANOR & NACE S
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable
RE\R OF WICK HOUSE,
BUTLER, PA.
Tl.e best of horses hud fh*» class rigs
always on hand and for hire.
Best accomodations in town iVr perma
nent hoarding and irausient trade.. Speci
al c*re guarinteed.
Stable room lor rixty-five iimscs.
\ good class of horses, both drivers and
Jirtft hordes always on hand and (or stile
under a foil gnara. tee; iind horses bocght
ip >n proper notification bv-
SKA NOP. 4 X ACE,
Telephone, No 219.
Practical Horse Shoer
WILL ROBINSON,
Foimerly Horse Shoer at the
Wick House has opened busi
ness in a shop in the rear of
the Arlington Hotel, where
he will do Horse-Shoeing in
the most approved style.
TRACK AND ROAD HORSES
j A SPECIALTY.
i J the CITIZEN. 1
BUTLER P-A., THURSDAY, DECKMBKU L-\"5.
Eaiiy to Take
ai»y to Operate
Ar»> features p 'culiar to Hood's Pills. Small in
size, tasteless, efficient, thorough- As one man
Hood's
said: " Youn< rer know you
have t.-ikiTi .t ..:i _I I
over." 25e. C.' Hood iv Co., 111
Proprietors. 1 owell. Mass. a BE * v
Tbe only pills o take v'.th Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Tliouaantln are Tryißß Tf.
In order to prove the groat merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most cffectire cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. V. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
• ever since a boy. and I never hop- 1 for
i cure, bat Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
i even that Many acquaintances have used
it with excellent results.—Oscar Ostriun,
45 \V:irren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cur - f >r catarrh and contains no cocaine,
1 mere .ry nor any injurious dru«. Trice,
tO cents. At druggists or by mail.
?srrrl
i * Everything we have in our /
; C magnificent display for the )
\ Holidays, are works of art. 1
L CALL AND SEE IT. 5
j C We have something for everx- j
I '"Jdy. S
( BOOKS, GAMES, DOLLS, >
j For the little one. Books of S
j X the latest fiction and fancy V
i / editions. I
: p CHINA r.nd BRIC-a-BRACC
/ Leather and C
S Celluloid g>xxls at. Q
/ DOUGLASS' s
P 241 S. Main St., Butler. Pa.
:We All Know
I that the slovenly dressed man
never rt-ceives the respect and
| consideration the well dressed
man gets. One secret in dres
sing well lies in the selection of
the right tailor.
jour garments
arc cut and made in cur own
workshop in this city. We are
particular about the fit, fashion
and all the minute details in
their construction.
Would be pleased to show
you a product of our shop and
also give you a pointer in econ
omy.
fall patterns
liUyV ysa^iawuu
ALAND,
MAKER OF
MEN'S LOTH ES
Counting The Cost.
Have you ever calculated how
much is saved in the run by
having jour c'othing made by
tailors who know their business?
You get better goods, more care
ful workmanship and the fit and
style are worth a great ileal.
It's a satisfaction to wear first
class. well made clothes, and then
it's economical as well. Clothes
that fit, wear longer, look better
and are more satisfactory to the
wearer. Those who wear our
garments appreciate this.
Stop and calculate. Do you
wear tailor-made clothes? In
that case you have garments that
last longer, wear better and suit
you more completely than any
other. Every garment is made in
the best style. No accidental
fits No disgraceful effects. It
is cheaper to wear custom clothes
than any others. Fall styles 011
display.
WEDDING SUITS"A^SPEcIALTY,
liM CO
Cor. rjiamord. Butler. Fa
ABRAMS, BROWN & Co
Insurance and Real Es'ate.
ST RONG COM PA NIKS
PRC)MPT SETTLESIENTS.
HOMII- LN,ni;ll|. < .1. «,f Ww York. Insur
ance Co. or North Ami 11. :., of Philadelphia
I'U l.'licnix Insurance of Krooklvn. V Y
:in«l Il.ii tfonl Insurance Co. of ' Hartford
Couti
* OM-'h'K: Curnerof AbiluSt. and the I)iu»
BIOIIU. uurlh «I Court iluusc. Rutlcr I n.
ROBERT LOUiS STEVEn
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.—Billy Bones, an old sea
dosr. much addicted to rum, lodges at Ad
miral Benbow Inn.
CHAPTER 11. called "Black
Dog." mfets Bones; an Interview ends In
fight and disappearance of stranger.
Bones suffers apoplectic stroke.
CHAPTER lll—Blind beggar comes to
Inn presses something in Bones' hand
and leaves. "Ton o'clock!'' Bones
cries. "Six hours. We'll do th> m yet; ' at
nhlch moment he Is struck dead by apo
plexy.
CHAPTER IV.
THE SEA CHEST.
I lost no time, of course, in telling
my mother all that I knew, and perhaps
should have told her long before, and
we saw ourselves at once in a difficult
and dangerous position. Some of the
man's money —if he had any—was cer
tainly due to us; but it was not likely
that our captain's shipmates, above all
the two specimens seen by me, Black-
Dog and the blind beggar, would be
inclined to give up their booty in pay
ment of the dead man's debts. The
captain's order to mount at once and
ride for Dr. Livesey would have left my
mother alone and unprotected, which
was not to be thought of. Indeed, it
seemed impossible for either of us to
remain much longer in the house; the
fall of coals in the kitchen grate, the
very ticking of the clock, filled us with
alarms.
The neighborhood, to our ears,
seemed haunted by approaching foot
steps; and what between the deadbody
of the captain 011 the parlor floor, and
the thought of that detestable blind
beggar hovering near at hand and
ready to return, there were moments
when, as the saying goes, I jumped in
my skin for terror. Something must
speedily be resolved upon; and it oc
curred to us at last to go forth to
gether and seek help in the neighbor
ing hamlet. No sooner said than done.
Bare-headed as we were, we ran out
at once in the gathering evening and
the frosty fog.
The hamlet lay not many hundred
yards away, though out of view, on the
other side of the next cove; and, what
greatly encouraged me, it was in an
opposite direction from that whence
the blind man had made his appear
ance, and whither he had presumably
returned. We were not many minutes
on the road, though we sometimes
stopped to lay hold of each other and
hearken. But there was no unusual
sound —nothing but the low wash of
the ripple and the croaking of the
crows in the wood.
It was already candle-light when we
reached the hamlet, and I shall never
forget how much 1 was cheered to see
the yellow shine in doors and windows;
but that, as it proved, was the best
of the help we were likely to get in
that quarter. For —you would have
thought men would hare been ashamed
of themselves—no soul would consent
to return with us to the Admiral Ben
bow. The mora we told of* our trou
bles, the more —man, woman and cliild
—they clung to the shelter of their
houses. The name of Capt. Flint,
though it was strange to me, was well
enough known to some there, and car
ried a great weight of terror. Some
of the men who had been to field-work
on the far side of the Admiral Ben
bow remembered, besides, to have seen
several strangers on the road, and. tak
ing them to be smugglers, to have bolt
ed away; and one at least had seen
a little lugger in what we called Kitt's
Hole. For that matter, anyone who
was a comrade of the captain's was
enough to frighten them to death. And
the short and the long of the matter
was, that while we could get several
who were willing enough to ride to
Dr. Livesey's, which lay in another di
rection, not one would help us to de
fend the inn.
They say cowardice is infectious; but
then argument is, on the other hand,
a great emboldener; and so when each
had his say, my mother made them a
speech. She would not, she declared,
lose money that belonged to her father
less boy; "if none of the rest of you
dare," she said, "Jim and 1 dare. Back
we will go, the way we came, and small
thanks to you big, hulking, chicken
hearted men. We'll have that chest
open, if we die for it. And I'll thank
you for that bag, Mrs. Crossley, to bring
back our lawful money in."
Of course, I said I would go with my
mother; and of course they all cried
out at our foolhardiness; but even then
not a man would go along with us. All
they would do was to give me a loaded
pistol, lest we were attacked; and to
promise to have horses ready saddled,
ig case we were pursued on our re
turn; while one lad was to ride for
ward to the doctor's in search of armed
assistance.
My heart was beating fiercely when
we two set forth in the cold night upon
this dangerous venture. A full inoon
was (beginning to rise and peered red
ly through the upper edges of the fog,
and this increased our haste, for it
was plain, before we came forth again,
that all would be bright as day, and
our departure exposed to the eyes of
any watchers. We slipped along the
hedges, noiseless and swift, nor did we
see or hear anything to increase our
terrors, till, to our huge relief, the door
of the Admiral Benbow had closed be
hind us.
I slipped the bolt at once, and we
stood and panted for a moment in the
dark, alone in the house with the dead
captain's body. Then my mother got a
candle in the bar, and, holding each
other's hands, we advanced into the
parlor. He lay as we had left him, on
his back, with his eyes open, and one
arm stretched out.
"Draw down the blind, Jim," whis
pered my mother; "they might come
and watch outside. And now," snid
she, when I had done so, "we have to
get the key off that; and who's to touch
it, I should like to know?" and she gave
a kind of sob as she said the word's.
I went down on iny 1 knees at once.
On the floor close to his hand there was
a little round of paper, blackened on
the one tside. I could not doubt that
this was the black spot; and, taking it
up, I found written on the other side,
in a very good, clear hand, this short
message: "You have till ten to-night."
"He had till ten, mother," said I; and,
just as I said it, our old clock began
striking. This sudden noise startled 11s
shockingly; but the news was good,
for it was only six.
"Now, Jim," she said, "that key."
I felt in his pockets, one after an
other. A few small coins, a tlil«ib!e
and some thread and big needles, a
piece of pigtail tobacco bitten away at
the end, his gully with the crooked
handle, a pocket compass and a tinder
box, were all that they contained, and 1
bepran. to despair.
"Perhaps it's round his neck," sug
gested my mother.
Overcoming a strong repugnance, 1
tore open his shirt at the neck, and
''C""—' I I
|p
l board a sound that brought my heart into mj
zaoutfa.
there, sure enough, hanging to a bit of
tarry string, which I cut with his own
gully, we found the key. At this tri
umph we were filled with hope, and
hurried upstairs, without delay, to the
little room where he had slept so long
and where his box had stood since the
day of his arrival.
It was like any otht>r seaman's chest
on the outside, the initial "B." burned
on the top of it with a hot iron, and
the corners somewhat smashed and
broken as by long, rough usage.
"Give me the key," said my mother;
and though the lock was very stiff she
had turned it and thrown back the lid
in a twinkling.
A strong smell of tobacco and tax
rose from the interior, but nothing
was to be seen on the top except a suit
of very good clothes, carefully brushed
and folded. They had never been worn
my mother said. Under that, the mis
cellany began—a quadrant, a tin eani
kin, several sticks of tobacco, two brace
of very handsome pistols, a piece oj
bar silver, an old Spanish watch and
some other trinkets of little value and
mostly of foreign make, a pair of com
pulses mounted with brass, and five or
six curious West Indian she!!?. It hat
often set me thinking since that ht
should have carried about these shells
with him in his wandering, guilty,
hunted life.
In the meantime, we had found noth
ing of any value but the silver and the
trinkets, and neither of these were in
our way. Underneath there was an old
boat-cloak whitened with sea-salt on
many a harbor-bar. My mother pulled
it up with impatience, and there lay
before us, the last things in the chest,
a bundle tied up in oil-cloth, and look
ing like papers, and a canvas bag, that
gave forth, at a touch, the jingle of
gold.
"I'll show those rogues that I'm an
honest woman," said my mother. "I'll
have my dues, and not a farthing over.
Hold Mrs. Crossley's bag." And she be
gan to count over the amount of the
captain's score from the sailor's bag
into the one that I was holding.
It was a long, difficult business, for
the coins were of all countries and
sizes—doubloons, and and
guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know
not what besides, all shaken together at
random. The guineas, too, were about
the scarcest, anddt was with these only
that my mother knew how to make her
count.
When, we were about half-way
through, I suddenly put my hand upon
her arm, for I had heard in the silent,
frosty air a sound that brought my
heart into my mouth—the tap-tapping
of the blind man's stick upon thefrozen
road. It drew nearer and nearer,
while we sat holding our breath. Then
it struck sharp on the inn door, and
then we could hear the handle being
turned and the bolt rattling as the
wretched being tried to enter; and then
there was a long time of silence both
within and without. At last the tap
ping recommenced, and to our inde
scribable joy and gratitude died slow
ly away again until it ceased to be
heard.
"Mother," said I, "take the whole
and let's be going;" for I was sure the
bolted door must have seemed sus
picious, and would bring the whole hor
net's nest about our ears, though how
thankful I was that I had bolted it none
could tell who had never met this ter
rible blind man.
But my mother, frightened as she
was, would not consent to take a frac
tion more than was due to her, and
was obstinately unwilling to be content
with less. It was not yet seven, she
said, by a long way; she knew hei
rights and she would have them; and
she was still arguing with me, when a
little low whistle sounded a good waj
off among the hills. That was enough
and more than enough, for both of us
"I'll take what I have," she said
jumping- to her feet.
"And I'll take tais to square the
count," said I, picking up the oilskin
packet.
Next moment we were both grop
ing downstairs, leaving the candle by
the empty chest; and the next we had
opened the door and were in full re
treat. We had not started u moment
too soon. The fog was rapidly dis
persing; already the moon shone quite
clear on tho high ground on either side;
and it was only in the exact bottom of
the dell and round the cabin door that
a thin veil still hung unbroken to con
ceal the first steps of our escape. Fai
less than half-way to tho hamlet, very
little beyond the bottom of the hill, we
must come forth into the moonlight.
Nor was this all; for the sound of sev
eral footsteps running came already
to our e.ars, and as we looked back in
their direction, a light tossing to and
fro, and still rapidly advancing, showed
that one of the newcomers carried a
lantern.
"My dear," said my mother, sudden
ly, "take the money and run on. lam
going to frlnt."
This was certainly the end of both
of us, I thought. How I cursed the
cowardice of the neighbors; how 1
blamed my poor mother for her honesty
and her greed, for her past foolhardi
ness and present weakness! We were
just at the little bridge, by good for
tune; and I helped her, tottering as she
was, to the edge of the bank, where,
sure enough, she gave a sigh and fell
on my shoulder. Ido not know how
I found the strength to do it .it all, and
I am afraid it was roughly done, but I
managed to drag her down the bank
and a little way under the arch. Fur
ther 1 could not move her, for the
the bridge was too low to let me do
more than crawl below it. So there
we. had to stay—my mother almost en
tirely exposed, and both of us within
earshot of the inn.
CHAPTER V.
THE LAST OF TIIK BLIND MAN.
My curiosity, in asi nse. \\as strong
er than my fear; for I could not remain
where I was, but crept back I o the
bank again, whence, sheltering my
head behind a bush of broom, 1 might
command the road before the door.
I was scarcely in position ere my en
emies began to arrive, seven or eight
of them, runningliard, their feet beating
out of time along the road, and the
man with the lantern some puc-es in
front. Three men ran together, hand
in har.d, and I made out, even through
the mist, that the middle man of this
trio was the blind beggar. The next
moment his voice showed me that 1
was right.
"Down with the door!" he cried.
"Ay, ay, sir," answered two or three;
and a rush was made upon the Ad
miral Benbow, the lantern bearer fol
lowing; and then I could see them
pause, and hear speeches [massed in a
lower key, as if they were surprised tc
find the door open. "Hut the pause was
brief, and the bliud man again issued
his commands. His voice sounded
louder and higher, as if he were ufire
with eagerness and rage.
"In, in, in!" he shouted, and eursed
them for their delay.
Four or Jive of them obeyed at once,
two remaining on the road with the
formidable beggar. There was a paute
tfr-'u a cry of surprise, and then a voice
shouting from the house:
"Hill's dead."
But the blind mau swore at them
again for their delay.
"Search him, some of you shirking
lubbers, and the rest of you aloft and
get the chest," he cri^d.
I could hear their feet rattling up our
old stairs, so that the house must have
shaken with it. Promptly afterward,
fresh sounds of astonishment arose;
the window of the captain's room was
thrown open with a slam and a jingle
of broken glass; and a man leaned out
into the moonlight, head and shoul
ders, and addressed the bliud beggar on
the road below him.
"Pew," he cried, "they've been be
fore us. Some one's turned the chest
out alow and aloft."
"Is it there?" roared Tew.
"The money's there."
The blind man cursed the money.
"Flint's fist, I mean," he cried.
"We don't see it here nohow," re
turned the man.
"Here, you below here, is it on Bill?"
cried the blind man again.
At that another fellow, probably he
who had remained below to search the
captain's body, came to the door of
the inn. "Bill's been overhauled
a'ready," said he, "nothin' left."
"It's these people of the inn—it's
that boy. I wish I had put his eyes
out!" cried the blind man, Pew. "They
were here no time ago—they had the
door bolted when I tried it. Scatter,
lads, and find'em."
"Sure enough, they left their glim
here," said the fellow from the window.
"Scatter and find 'em! Rout the
house out!" reiterated Pew, striking
with his stick upon the road.
Then there followed a great to-do
through all our old inn, heavy feet
pounding to and fro, furniture all
thrown over, doors kicked in, until the
very rocks reechoed, and the men came
out again, one after another, on the
road, and declared that we were no
where to be found. And just then ♦he
same whistle that had alarmed my
mother and myself over the dead cap
tain's money was once more clearly
audible through the night, but this
time twice repeated. I had thought it
to be the blind man's trumpet, so to
speak, summoning his crew to the as
sault; but I now found that it was a
signal from the hill-side toward the
hamlet, and, from its effect upon the
buccaneers, a signal >") warn them of
approaching danger.
"There's Dirk again," said one.
"Twice! We'll have to budge, mates."
"Budge, you skulk!" cried Pew.
"Dirk was a fool and a coward from the
first—you wouldn't mind him. They
must be close by; they can't be far; you
have your hands on it. Scatter and look
for them, dogrs. Oh, shiver my soul,"
he cried, "If I had eyes!"
This appeal seemed totproduce some
effect, for two of the fellows began to
look here and there among the lumber,
but half heartedly, I thought, and with
half an eye to their own danger all the
time, while the rest stood irresolute on
the road.
"You have your hands on thousands,
you fools, and you hang a leg! You'd
be as rich as kings if you could find it,
and you know it's here, and you stand
there malingering. There wasn't one
of you dared face Bill, and I did It—a
blind man! And I'm to lose my chance
for you! I'm to be a poor, crawling
beggar, sponging for rum, when I
might be rolling in a coach! Tf you had
the pluck of a weevil in a biscuit, you
would catch them still."
"Hang it. Pew, we've got the doub
loons!" grumbled one.
"They might have hid the blessed
thing," said another. "Take the
Oeorges, Pew, and don't stand here
squalling."
Squalling was the word for it. Pew's
anger rose so high at these objections,
till at last, his passion completely tak
ing the upper hand, he struck at them
right and left in his blindness, and his
stick sounded heavily 011 more than
one.
These, In their turn, cursed back at
the blind miscreant, threatened him in
horrid terms, and tried in vaan to catch
the stick and wrest it from his grasp.
This quarrel was the saving of us;
for while it was still raging, another
sound came from the top of the hill
on the side of the hamlet —the tramp
of horses galloping. Almost at the
same time a pistol shot, flash and re
port, came from the hedge side. And
that was .plainly the last signal of
danger; for the buccaneers turned at
once and ran, separating in every di
rection, one seaward along the cove,
one slant across the hill, and so on, so
that in half a minute not a sign of them
remained but Pew. Him they had de
serted, whether in sheer panic or out
of revenge for his ill words and blows,
I know not; but there he remained be
hind, tapping up and down the road
in a frenzy, and groping and calling
for his comrades. Finally he took the
wrong turn and ran a few steps past
me, toward the hamlet, crying:
"Johnny, Black Dog, Dirk," and other
names, "you won't leave old Pew,
mates—not old Pew!"
Just then the noise of horses topped
the rise, and four or live riders came
in sight in the moonlight and swept
at full gallop down the slope.
At this Pew saw his error, turned
with a scream and ran straight for the
ditch, into which he rolled. But he
was on his feet again in u second, and
made another dash, now utterly be
wildered, rijflit under the nearest of
the coming horses.
The rider tried to save him, but in
vain. Down went Pew with a cry that
rang high into the night; and the four
hoofs trampled and spurned him and
passed bv. He fell on ltisjhidc. then
—— -
gently collapsed upon his face, and '
moved no motr.
1 leaped to my feet and bailed the
riders. They were pulling up, at any
rate, horrified at the accident: and 1
soon saw what they were. One, tail
ing out behind the rest, was 11 lad that
had gone from the hamlet I<* l.ive
sey's; the reM were revenue « ficera,
whom he had met by the way, and with
whom he had had the intelligence to re
turn at once. Some news of the lugger in
Kitt's Hole had found its way to Su
pervisor I>ance, and sent him forth that
night in our direction, and to that cir
cumstance my mother and 1 owe our
preservation from death.
Pew was dead, atone dead. As for
my mother, when we had carried her
up to the hamlet, u little cold water
and suits very soon brought her back
again, and she was none the worse for
her terror, though she still continued
to deplore the balance of the money.
In the meantime the supervisor rode
on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole;
but his men had to dismount and grope
down the dingle, leading, and some
times supporting, their horses, and in
continual fear of ambushes; so it was
no great matter for surprise that when
we got down to the Hole the lugger
was already under way. though still
close in. lie hailed her. A voice re
plied, telling him to keep out of the
moonlight or he would get some lead
in him, and at the same time a bullet
whistled close by his arm. Soon after
the lugger doubled the point and dis
appeared. Mr. Dance stood there, as
he said, "like a tish out of water," and
all he could do wua to dispatch a man
to B to warn the cutter. "And
that," said he, "is just about as good as
nothing. They've got off clean, and
there's au end. Only," he added, "I'm
glad I trod on Master Few's corns;"
for by this time he hod heard my story.
I went back with him to the Admiral
Benbow, and you cannot imagine a
house in such a state of smash; the
very clock had been thrown down by
these fellows in their furious hunt after
my mother and myself; and though
nothing had actually been taken away
except the captain's money-bag and a
little silver from the till, I could see
at once that we were ruined. Mr. Dance
could make nothing of the scene.
"They got the money, you say?
Well, then, nawkins, what in fortune
were they after? More money, I sup
pose?"
"Xo, sir; not money, I think," replied
I. "In fact, sir, I believe I have the
thing in my breast-pocket; and, to tell
you the truth, I should like to get it
put in safety."
"To be sure, boy; quite right," said
he. "I'll take It, if you like."
"I thought perhaps Dr. Livesey—" 1
began.
"Perfectly right.** he interrupted,
very cheerily, "perfectly right—a gen
tleman and a magistrate. And, now I
come to think of It, I might as well ride
round there myself and report to him
or squire. Master Pew's dead, when
all's done; not that I regret it, but he's
dead, you see, and people will make It
out against an officer of his majesty's
revenue, if make It out they can. Now,
I'll tell you, Hawkins, if j-ou like, I'll
take you along."
I thanked him heartily for the of
fer, and we walked back to the hamlet
where the horses were. By the time 1
had told mother of my purpose they
were all in the saddle. ,
"Dogger," said Mr. Dance, "you have
a good horse; take up this lad behind
you."
As soon us I was mounted, holding on
to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave
the word, and the party struck out at
a bouncing trot on the road to Dr.
Livesey's house.
pro BE ooirmmnj.l
Whiff ere —At! How de do? Well,
out with It, old man. What success?
You said you were going beck to your
native town to hunt up your first love,
from whom you parted years ago —the
"airy, fairy Lillian" you raved about,
you know. Did you find her?
Bliffers (sadly)—Y-e-s. She's draw
ing S2O a week as the champion fat wom
an of a dime museum.—N. Y. Weekly.
A Dear Girl.
My love to me Is sweet and kind—
The harsher winds but closer bind;
For these ar« theater-times, you know—
And she's a girl that likes to go.
—Detroit Free Press.
ACCOMMODATING.
Old Lady—My little boy, do you smoke
cigarettes?
Kid—>*o, mum, but I enn give you a
chew.—X. Y. Journal.
A Vail Poem.
Oh, now the festive moth doth win*
Through closet and through hall.
To ask his merry comrades If
They're going to the camphor ball.
—N. T. Journal.
Ib Doubt.
Ethel—Oh, dear me! I ilon't know
what to think! Algy asked me last
night if I wouldn't like to have some
thing arourwd the house that I could
love, and that would love me.
Edith—Well?
Ethel—Well, I don't know whether he
means himself, or whether he la think
ing of buying me a dog!—Tit-Bits.
Nut Hard to Do.
"Do you think I can see through you,
sir?" indignantly usked the small man
of the tall fellow who had crowded In
front of him ns the procession came
along.
"Certainly," responded the tall man.
"Don't you observe that I'm bow
legged ?"—Chicago Tribune.
A Tart Item.
IHimbieton—l notice that Stirrup, the
popular jockey, has gone insane.
Flasher—Yes; but he finds congenial
employment right along.
Dumbleton —Don't say! In what
way ?
Flasher—Thinking up names for rac
ing horses.- —Richmond Dispatch.
Thej Will 11* WtlfSBC.
Kpykes—J see by the papers that elec
tricity lias been applied successfully to
the forcing of early mall fruits.
Spokes—Then I suppose that succeed
ing years will see ohm-grown straw
berries on the market earlier than
usual. —Judge.
Short dnffrrlng.
"She never complains of her hus
band's ill-treatment of her," remarked
Squildig. "She suffers in silence."
"If she suffers only when she is si
lent," replied Mrs. McSwllligan, "she
doesn't suffer long at a time." —Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
No ol
FISHING RODS.
Thr tarlrd Assortment That the Aa«-
Ivr No) Accumulate.
A man devoted to angling might have
from 20 to 50 fishiug rods. There are
many tuen that own as many as 40, for_
fresh-water fishing only, which is here
alone considered. At the outset of his
fishing career, a man accumulates rod*
with experience. Here is what might
happen in the case of a beginner, to
whom the co6t of rods w as not a matter
of importance:
He would start, say. with black bass,
and buy a split bamboo rod weighing
seven ounces, and ten feet In length.
Out fishing he would meet a man using
a six-our.ee rod, which seemed to
answer the purpose just as well, and
very soon he buys a six-ounce rod him
self. After awhile he buys a bass min
now-casting rod, with light tackle, a
rod weighing four or five ounces, and
measuring seven feet in length. He
looks forward to the day when he can
attach a live minnow to his hook and
cast it 100 or 125 feet and not kill the
minnow in the cast. Before he has
reached this degree of proficiency, how
ever, he is likely to begin on trout fly
rods. And of these, before very long, he
will accumulate eight- or ten, ranging
in weight from three to eight ounces.
He. will have rods for different kinds
of Ashing—for fishing from the bank
and for fishing while wading; and rode
adapted to the. character of the water*
fished, as to width of stream and
strength of current, and BO on; and
rods adapted to special regions and the
fishes found in them. Then the angler
begins buying salmon rods. lie is like
ly to buy first a rod 17 feet in length
and weighing 30 to 32 ounces. He flndft
that too heavy and buys a rod 13% feet
long and weighing 24 ounces. Lat«r
he buys a salmon rod 14% feetin length
and weighing 19 ounces.
All the rods the angler has bought so
far are a split bamboo. Xowhegoeein
for a collection. He had begun to be
especially interested in rods when he
vas buying trout rods, and now he is
more interested than ever. He goes In
for novelties. lie buys, for instance,*
greenheart salmon rod. Before the In
troduction of the split, bamboo rod,
which is now for fresh-water fishing
displacing all the rods of wood.lncluddng
bethabarra and lancewood, the green
heart was the ideal salmon rod, and It
is still used. Greeuheart rods were
originally turned out. as they are still,
' by local makers in Scotland end Ireland.
The most celebrated of greenheart rode,
one of Scotch and the other of Irish
make, are known to all salmon fisher
men. The nrf>r buys. It may be, two
greenheart rous of different lengths,
one of 16", feet and one of 17 feet. H«
may prefer to use his more modern •put
bamboo rods, but he loves the green*
heart.
Then the angler provide# himself
with grilse rods of two lengths, 18 feet
and 13% feet, weighing 15 and 16%
ounces. By this time he (has, perhaps,
15 or 20 rods, maybe more, and gradual
ly he adds to his collection. Most
anglers buy-new rods every two or three
seasons; some buy two or three red® In
a season. The constant tendency ol
anglers as they become more expert is
toward lighter rods.
There are men who are lovers of fine
fishing rods, and buy them though
they may never use them. They may be
noted anglers, who are prevented by
circumstances from fishing, but, on
seeing fine rods, buy them just because
they like them. They may be men who
never fish. There is, for instance, a
man in this city who never fishes,
though he belongs to a fishing club and
has 30 fishing rods of the finest descrip
tion, a perfect outfit. He never shoots,
but he lias a fine collection of (runs. He
buys these things because they are
beautiful and perfect, and becausethey
are of interest to friends who come to
see him.
Of rods used in fresh water angling,
bas», and trout fly rods of split bam
boo cost $1 to $75 each. The rod for $75
would owe its cost not to expenaiv*
mountings, but to the material and
workmanship, which would be of the
best. There are rods with costly mount
ings, that are sold at far higher prices,
but these are made usually for presen
tations, Salmon rods of split bamboc
sell at S3O to $55, and grilse rods for $5
less than salmon rods.—X. Y. Sun.
ltapld Extinction of the Seal.
During the past two years, under the
efficient direction of Dr. Jordan, elab
orate Investigations, Including some
thing like an actual count, have been
made to ascertain the number of seals
frequenting the Pribj-lof Islands; Othei
studies have strengthened the conclu
sion that the number has greatly di
minished within the past decade and
is now greatly and rapidly diminishing.
In spite of the regulations of the Paris
tribunal pelagic sealing has increased
enormously, while legitimate killing
upon the islands has been largely dis
continued. That was a charming
thrust of Lord Salisbury's when he eaid
that the Knglish interest in the fur
seal industry had for some years ex
ceeded the American, for it is begin
ning to be apparent that while the
Americans have busied themselves ar
ranging for arbitrations, seeking In
ternationa 1 ■ ■pprr.'ion and organizing
scientific commissions to prove again
what had been prcvid before, their
sleepless adver- v ere quietly gath
ering in tLc profit-. a.lzing that the
business must soon be closed up any
how. In the report of 1892 the Brit'
lsh oommi- ' no intention of
indulging in Uuiuor v. he" they sug
gested as one of the most 'esiroble
measures the setting' • r nrt of at least
one of the two seal Islands entirely for
the purpose of bri seals for
pelngic struieis, no lanu killing to be
allowed there. —I'rof. T. C. MencienLall,
in Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
How She Get* Along.
Dorothy—l wonder how Mrs. Walkei
:annges to get on with her husbands
lie is such a slippery fellow.
Mildred—My dear, she just walks over
him rough-shod. —Detroit Free Pre*.
A Harrowing Qoenflon.
Murray Ilill—So your rich uucle Ne<J
has signified a desire to soe you —he is
probably about to ineike his will —what
tire you going to say to him?
Central Parke—Oh! I'm nil at sea
about it —I'm afraid that if I tell him
I'm doing well, he will leave his money
to more needy relatives; and I <1 as n't
tell him I'm doing ill lor fear he will
leave it to more worthy relatives.—
Puck.
Help Wanted.
Mr. Borrowit—l wish you would help
me out a little to-day.
Mr. Busy—With pleasure. I'll hold
open the door.—X. Y. Weekly.
Couldn't Scare Him.
Dunn—You rr.ust know, sir, that onr
terms are quarterly settlements.
Dett—All right; here's a quarter on
account. —Up-to-Date.
The Question! !*ot Pressed.
Woman Lawyer—How old are yon?
Woman Witness —I think I must be
about your age.—N. Y. Truth.
Aaaeta Not Available.
Geraldine —My face is n.y fortune.
GeralA—Yes, and I can see the color
of your money.' —Town Topics.