VOL- xxxv BIG SALE Our Stock Must Be Reduced vv^v** before we take invoice, md in order to do ;o we u ! offer rare bargains fiom diamonds down to the smallest article in our line. Space v.i M oily i j-cimit a few of the many bargain. . Ladies' diamond rings S.S and S. 10 on < now $ >; Good watch (guaranteed) o; Fi-iew.' h, jou p. ys7 for now $5; 8 day clotr< 'a $4 fine; now 25: Black iron clock gi't i:imm : ig, wrs $lO now $6; Alarm clock warranted Cc. Come and examine our stock and _y.t what you need in oi.r line cheaper than you ever dreamed of C. F. T. PAPE & BRO. j JEWELERS 122 South Main St.. Butler. P?. O'd s* I v r aid gold t; ken the ..amc rs cash. S: 'c un ' Feb. is. HDSELTON'S Great D l k s , e IN BOOTS and SHOES. 'fht-re will l>e lively >- "> e sell: 1 .ri house for i some time lo come, ffe lnve i .ie balance ; of everal o' <>l r fi •<- es e somewhat o ucen ' if 35 and f2 io. Shoes former price *300; * .50. Men 's Jobber Shoes, gocxl at 50c. Size* 6 too. j, ave aMI ] storm arctics at 75c Boys' Shoes »t 75c and $ .( 1. S:.xs 1 and SI.OO. Rubber Boots, all kinds you to syi. may ask for. Tell us what you want. Ladies' Shoes. We have il One lot fine Don Kola, lace and but- A» Winter goods-warm I-acl Shoes ton, former fnce *3 or, and $4 00 a '" l S,! PP ers at a *" eat deduct 0.1. Butler's Leading °p posite Hotel Lowr >'' Shoe house, 102 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. J. S. YOUNG, I Tailor, jitter and Gents Goods. • • Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy .and keeping eo-.l a hard one But W! '\c solved it; and for once economy, comfort and fashion go hand in baud Otir sun mer suits ate finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut hanjever before, tliey fit jour curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfits. The prices may surprise y.u. J. 8. YOUNG. Tailor. 101 S. iMAIN St., - - . BUTLER, PA J ® They Fit Well, | . T 'vvill wear well, i i /val If new year ideas 1 "d< , your It 1 I /\\ 1/ I il" c '"*' u ' s ?re t'P-todatc they as well Ix ■> 1 % I '1 several years behind the time If v u wan □ / iSI vWm r -v* " le clothing you should x<-'t youi 1 v\ 1 li 1 "*) clothing of men who have the ideas. Vol V\l L w ant them to look vlll and w :ir well. If [ they arc not satisfactory you justly blame tin » tailor. We make the clot his ill correct style. / anf j you art . surc ~f |n fltttnj, f or M ,. K uaran tSJT tee tlieni and make the clothes to suit you. fi P KFCK —MERCHANT TAILOR vj. I . Jjs 3ooti^ A- a r^d Shoes To Suit All Cornc to u> and you il hnd our stock so that you c«n find what you want—All varieties of shoes for sale at lowest prices—Our en''re fall an 1 winter stock is open and ready for your inspection— Our stock was never larger than the present- -Complete stock of Ladies' anil Misses' fine Dongola, Box Calf, winter tans, Knamels in welt sole, in ade for winter wear. In Men's shoes our stock offers many selections of winter tans.fne enamels, coidovans, box calfs and many other. Have you seen our genuine water-proof shoe? It is a dandy—the upper extends .yound the welt to the edge of the sole—this in connection with sheet rub Vr a-id 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 Ho y's heavy boots anil 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 shoes 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 repairing. Do you wear box calf shoes? We have a polish put up for box calf shoes which keeps the leather soft and pliabl< When in need of boots and shoes CALL AND SEE US. JOHN BICKEL. 128 S. MAIN St. BUTLER. PA. i M E BUTLER CITIZEN. No Oripe Alien you '-ake Hood's Tills. Tile big, old-fash ioned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to pieces, are not In it with Hood's. Easy to take Hood's ... leas mm* _ll a ■p to date I j 9 ■■ ■ ■ «!- >■- C. I. Ilood fi Co.. !.o\vett. M iss. | Tie- '.uls l'.lls to iaki -• th Hood's SarsapanD* j are Trying It. In order to prove the gre:.t merit of F -. s Cream Halm the mo«t effective ci're for Citarrh and in ll f «l, wa have pre pnr d a g trial size for 10 rents. Get it of your drnggi-t or send 10 oenU to ELY BUOS., 56 W'arrea St., N. V. City. I snfTered from catarrh of the itind ever since a boy. and 1 ne\er • for ! cure, but Ely's Cream Halm teems to do : even that. Many acquaintances ha-, ascd ; it with excellent results.—Oscar Oatruui, ! 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, HI. Ely's Cream Halm is the acknowledged cur- "f r catarrh and cont-tins no cocaine, mercury nor auy injurious drug, l'ri' e, . 1 &0 ceuts. At druggists or by maiL We Ail Know thsi t.ie s'ovenly dressed man never receives the resnect a:ie pleased to show *c.i a produc: of our shop and r- so give you a pointtr in econ omy. tali patterns now displayed ALAND, MAKER OF MEN'S LOTH ES 3EANOH & MACES Livtry, Feed and Sale Stable RE AR OF WICK HOU.SK, BUTLER, PA. 11, hcftuf h'T"»« Mid fl:ill. cU.i rif* al > :i) on uaiul aiitl for hire. I' st »-'om'dati 'T, in toxn fir perm.- hoarding ai.d trau/ietit trade. c p i - al r*ri* guar «r. tend isttMf r«»i.!n li.r -;*ty five tn.i-i A goi.d cla<"« "f horren, Iwith ibiteM »L'i u• < ! t h'.rm* al«"»y» f>n hand am! f'>r Killer * full gnar* ti l-; i i or. •in in rir-itier notification hy S3 A NOR <1 NACK. Telephone. No 219. Counting The Cost. J vL Have you ever calculated how much is sav< <1 in the long run by having your c'othi 'i made by tailors who know th 'r bur You get better good , more care ful workmanship and the fit and style are worth a great deal. It's a satisfaction to wear first class, well made clothes, and tlicn it's economical -is 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. Fail styles on display. mum oijii'S A SPECIALTY. "CI!PER &CO Cor. Uia rr.or.d. But lor. Pa ABRAMS, BROWN & Co Insurance and Real tsfate. STRONG COMI'AN'IKS PROM I'T SKTTLF.MIvNTS. Ilotrif* of Now York, Insur ;mrr <'o, of Nor!h Ann of I'll. I 9 li«*itix liisuriiiiCM of llrfioklyn. .N V and Hartford Insurant? l. and Mm- IMa riiond. Dorth of Court IIOUM-. Huth r I n. M. C. WAGNER, ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER 139 South Main street. Over Shnu! & Nast'n Clothing Store BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY', JAXL'A 13, ISi.VS ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSOH u , SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.—Billy Bones, an old sea flog, much addicted to rum. lodges at Ad miral Benbow lim. 1 CHAPTER ll.—Stranger, called "Black Dog." meets Bones; an Interview ends m fight and disappearance of stranger. 1 Bones suffers a;>oplectlc stroke. \ CHAPTER lll.—Blind beggar comes to . Inn, presses something in Bones hand and leaves. "Ten o'clock:' Bones cries. "Six hours. We'll do them yet; at . which moment he Is struck dead by apo plexy. 1 CHAPTER IV.— Near Bones' body Is found a little round i>aper. blackened on one side, on the other the words: \ou have till ten to-night." Gold Is found to Bone.s' sea chest, and an oilskin packet. Flight taken from Inn. CHAPTER v.—Blind man (Pew) with ; companion® attack the Inn. Chagrined at not finding "Flint's fist." the scoundrels scatter. Blind Pew is run down and killed by a horse. i CHAPTER Vl. roung Hawkins ta«os packet to Dr. Livesey, who with Squire Trelawney opens It and finds minute di rections for finding of vast treasure. CHAPTER Vll.— Trelawney fits up ex pedition to seek treasure. CHAPTER VIII. AT THE SIGN OF THE SPYGLASS. When I had done breakfasting, the squire gave me a note addressed to John Silver, at the sign of the Spyglass, and told me I should easily find the place by following the line of the docks, and keeping a bright outlook for a little ] tavern with a large brass telescope for a sign. I set off, overjoyed at this op- j portunity to see some more of the ships and seamen, and picked my w r ay among a great crowd of people and carts and bales, for the dock was now at its busi est, until I found the tavern in question. It was n bright enough little place of ! entertainment. The sign was newly painted; the windows had neat red curtains; the floor was cleanly sanded. There was a street on either side, and | an open door on both, which made the large, low room pretty clear to see in, in spite of clouds of tobacco smoke. The customers were mostly seafar ing men; and they talked so loudly that I hung ut the door, almost afraid to enter. As I was waiting, a man came out of of a side room, and at a glance, I was sure he must be Long John. His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and un der the left shoulder he carried a crutch, whfch he managed with won derful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird. He was very tall and strong, with a face as big as a ham plain and pale, but Intelligentand smil ing. Indeed, he seemed in the most cheerful spirits, whistling as he moved about among the tables, with a merry word or a slap 011 the sVioulder for the most favored of his guests. Now, to tell you the truth, from the very first mention of Long John in Squire Trelawney's letter, I lia/1 taken a fear in my mind that he might prove to be the very one-legged sailor whom I had watched for so long at, the old Benbow. But one look ut the mnn be fore me was enough. I had seen the captain, and Black Bog and the blind man Pew, and I thought I knew what a buccaneer was like —a very different creature, according to me, from this clean nnd pleasant-tempered landlord. I plucked up courage at once, crossed the threshold, and walked right up to the man where he stood, propped on his crutch, talking to a customer. "Mr. Silver, sir?" I asked, holding out the note. "Yes, my lad," said he; "such is my name, to be sure. And who may you be?" And when he saw the squire's letter, he seemed to me to give some thing almost like a start. "Oh!" said he, quite aloud, and offer ing his hand, "I see. You are our new cabin-boy; pleased I am U> see you." And he took my hand in his large flrrn grasp. Just then one of the customers at the far side rose suddenly and made for the door. It was close by him, and he was out in the street in a moment. But his hurry had attracted my notice, nnd 1 recognized Idm at a glance. It was the tallow-faced man, wanting two fingers, who had come first to the Admiral Ben bow. "Oh," I cried, "stop himl it's Black Bog!" "I don't care two coppers who he is," cried Silver. "But he hasn't paid his score. Harry, run and catch him." One of the others who was nearest the door leaped up and started in pursuit. "If he were Admiral Hawke he shall pay his score," cried Silver; and then, "Obf* I rrl«d; "itop him! It » Black Dof." relinquishing my hand, "who did you say he was?" he asked. "Black what?" "Bog, sir," said I. "Has Mr. Trelaw ney not told you of the buccaneers? He was one of them." "So?" cried Silver. "In my house! Ben, run and help Harry. One of those swabs, was he? Was thatyou drinking with him, Morgan? Step up here." The man whom ho called Morgan—an old, gray-haired mahogany-faced sailor —came forward pretty sheepishly, roll ing his quid. "Now, Morgan," said bong John, very sternly; "you never clapped your eyes on that Black—Black Bog before, did you, now?" "Not I, sir," said Morgan, with ft salute. "You didn't know his name, did you?" "No, sir." "By the powers, Tom Morgan, it's as good for you!" exclaimed the landlord. "If you had been mixed up with the like of that, you would never have put another foot In my house, you may lay to that. And what was he saying to you 7' "I don't rightly know, sir," answered Morgan. "Bo you call that a head on your shoulders, or a blessed dead-eye?" cried Long John. "Bon't rightly know, don't you? Perhaps you don't happen to rightly know who you was speaking to, perhaps? Come now, what was he jow- ..,g —v yages, cap'ns. ship 9? Pipe up? What was it?" "We was a-talkin' of keel-h:.tiling.' answered Morgan. "Keel-hauling. wasyou?anda mighty suitable thing, too, and you may lay to that. Get back to your place for a lubber, Tom." And then, as Morgan rolled back to his seat. Silver added to me in n confi dential whisper, that was very Matter ing, as 1 thought: "He's quite an honest man, Tom Mor gan, only stupid. And now," he ran on again, aloud, "let's see—P.laek Bog? No, I don't know the name, not I. Yet I kind of think I've—yes. I've seen the swab. He used to come here with a blind beggar, he used." "That he did, you may be sure." said I. "I knew that blind man. too. His name was Pew." "It was!" cried Silver, now quite ex cited. "Pew! That were his name for certain. Ah. he looked a shark, he did! If we run down this Black Bog, now, there'll be news for Cap'n Trelawney! Ben's a good runner; few seamen run better than Ben. Be should run him down, hand over hand, by the powei*. He talked o' keel-hauling, did he? I'll keel haul him!" All the time he was jerking out these phrases he was stumping up and down the tavern on his crutch, slapping tables with his hand, nnd giving such a show of excitement ns would have con vinced an Old Bailey judge or a Bow street runner. My suspicions had been thoroughly reawakened on finding Black Bog at the Spyglass, and 1 watched the cook narrowly. But he was too deep, and too ready, and too clever for me, and by the time the two inen had come back out of breath, and confessed that they had lost the track in a crowd, nnd been scolded like thieves, I would have gone bail for the innocence of Long John Silver. "See here, now, Hawkins," said he "here's a blessed hard thing on a mac like me now, ain't it? There s Cap 11 Trelawney —what's he to think ? Here I have this confounded son of a Butch man sitting in my own house, drinking of my own rum! Here you comes und tells me of It plain; and here I let him give us all tiie alip before my blessed dead-llghts! Now, Hawkins, you do me justice with the cap n. You're a lad, you are, but you're a* smart as paint. 1 see that when you first came in. Now, here it Is: What could I do, with this okl timber I hobble on? When I was an A B master mar iner I'd have come up alongside of him hand over hand, and broached him tc in a brace of old shakes, I would; and now —" And then, all of a sudden, he stopped and his jaw dropped as though he had remembered somethiug. "The score!" he burst out. "Three goes o' rum! Why, shiver my tim bers, if I hadn't forgotten my score!' And, falling on u bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. I could not help joining; anil we laughed, together, peal after peal, until the tavern rung again. "Why, what u precious old sea-calf I am!" he said, at last, wiping hit cheeks. "You and me should get on well, Hawkins, for I'll take my davy I should be ruted ship's boy. But, come, now, stand by to go about. This won't do. Booty is dooty, messmates I'll put on my old cocked hut, und stej ulong of you to Cap'n Trelawney, and report this here uffulr. For, mind you, it's serious, young Hawkins; and neither you nor me's come out of it with what I should make so bold ns tc call credit. Nor you, neither, says you; not smart—none of the pair of us smart. But dash my buttons! that was 11 good 'un about my score/' And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join biin In his mirth. On our little walk along the quays, he made himself the most interesting companion, telling me about the dif ferent ships that we passed by, their rig. tonnage, and nationality, explain ing the work that was going forward •—how one was discharging, another taking in cargo, and a third making ready for sea; and every now und then telling me some little anecdote of ships or seamen, or repeating a nautical phrase till I had learned it perfectly. I began to see that here was one of the best of possible shipmates. When we got to the inn, the squire and Br. Livesey were seated together, finishing a quart of ule with a toast in it, before tliey should go aboard the schooner on a visit of Inspection. Long John told the story from first to last, with a great ileal of spirit and the most perfect truth. "That was how it were, now, weren't It, Hawkins?" he would sny, now and again, and 1 could always bear him entirely out. The two gentlemen regretted that Black Dog bad got away; but we all agreed there was nothing to be done, and after he hail been complimented, l,ong John took up his crutch and de parted. "All hands aboard by four this ufter noon," shouted the squire after him. "Ay, ay, sir," cried the cook. In the passage. "Well, squire," said Br. Livesey, "1 don't put much faith In your discover ies, ns a general thing; but I will say this —John Silver suits inc." "That man's a perfect trump," de clared the squire. "And, now," added the doctor, "Jim may come on bonrd with us, may lie not?" "To be sure, he may," says the squire. "Take your-ha t. nawklns, and we'll see the ship." CHATTER IX. POWDER AND AliMB. The Hispnnlola lay some way out, anil we went under the figureheads and round the sterns of many other ships, and their cables sometimes grated be neath our keel and sometimes swung above us. At last, however, we swung alongside and were met and saluted as we stepped aboard by Hie mate, Mr. Arrow, a brown old sailor, with ear rings in his ears and a squint, lie and the squire were very thick and friendly, but I soon observed -that things were not the same between Mr. Trelawney and the captain. The last was a sharp-looking man who seemed angry with everything on board, and was soon to tell us why, for we had hardly got down into the cabin when a sailor followed us. "('apt. Smollett, sir. axing to speak with you," said lie. "I nni always at the captain's or ders. Show him in." said the squire. The caplain, who was close behind his messenger, entered at once and shut the door behind him. "Well, sir." said the captain, "better speak plain. I believe, at the risk of offense. I don't like this cruise; I don't like the men, and 1 don't like my ofl.ier. That's short and sweet." "Perhaps, sir, you don't like the ship?" inquired the squire, very angry, as I could see. "I can't speuk as to that, sir, not hav ing seen her tried," said the captain. "She seems a clever craft; more 1 can't say." "Possibly, sir, you may not like your employer, either?" says the squire. But here Br. Livesey cut in. "Stay a bit," said he. "stay a bit. No use of such questious as that but to pro duce ill feeling. The captain has said too much or he has said too little, und I'm bound to say that I require an ex planation of his words. You don't, you say, like the cruise. Now, why ?" "I was engaged, sir, on what ye call sealed orders, fo sail this ship for that gentleman where he should bid me,' said the captain. "So far so good. But now I find that every man before the mast knows more than I do. I don't cull that fair, now, do you?" "No," said Br. Livesey, "I don't." "Next," said the captiiin, "I learn we are going after treasure —hear it from my own hands, mind you. Now, treas ure is ticklish work; I don't like treas ure voyages on any account; and I don't like them, above all, -when they are secret, and when (begging your par don, Mr. Trelawney) the secret has been told to the parrot." "Silver's parrot?" asked the squire. "It's a way of speaking," said the captain. "Blabbed, I mean. It's my belief that neither of you gentlemen know what you are about; but I'll tell you my way of it—life or death, and a close run." "That is all clear, and, I dare sny, true enough," replied Br. Livesey. "We take the risk; but we are not so ignorant ns you believe ns. Next, you say you don't like the crew. Are they not good sea men?" "I don't like them, sir," returned Capt. Smollett. "And I think I should have had the choosing of my own hands, if you go to that." "Perhaps you should," replied the doctor. "My friend should, perhaps, have taken you along with him; but the slight, if there lie one, was uninten tional. And you don'tlikeMr. Arrow?" "I don't, sir. I believe he's a good seaman; but lie's too free with the crew to be a good officer. A mate should keep himself to himself —shouldn't drink with the men before the mast!" "Bo you mean he drinks?" cried the squire. "No, sir," replied the captain; "only that he Is too familiar." "Well, now, and the short and long of it, captain ?" asked the doctor. "Tell us what you want." "Well, gentlemen, ureyou determined to go on this cruise?" "Like Iron," answered the squire. "Very good," said the captain. "Then, ns you've heard me very patiently, say ing things that I could not prove, hear me a few words more. They are put ting the powder and the arms in the fore hold. Now, you have a good place under the cabin; why not put them there?—first point, Then you arcbring | ing four of your own people with you, and they tell me some of them are to be berthed forward. W 7 hy not give them the berths here beside the cabin —sec- | ond point." "Any more?" asked Mr. Trelawney. "One more," said the captain. "There's been too much blabbing al ready." "Far too much," agreed the doctor. "I'll tell you what I've heard my self," continued Cupt. Smollett: "That you have a map of an island; that there's crosses on the map to show where the treasure is; and that the Island lies—" And then he named the latitude and longitude exactly. "I never told that," cried the squire, "to a soul!" "The hands know It, sir," returned the captain. "Livesey, that must have been you or Hawkins," cried the squire. "It doesn't much matter who it was," replied the doctor. And I could Bee that licit hr lie nor the captain paid much regard to Mr. Trelawney's pro testations. Neither did I, to be sure, he was so loose a talker; yet in thU case I believe he was really right, and that nobody had told the situation of the Island. "Well, gentlemen," continued the cap tain, "I don't know who has this map; but I make It a point, it shall be kept secret even from me and Mr. Arrow. Otherwise I would ask you to let me re slgn." "I sec," said the doctor. "You wish to keep this matter dark, and to make u gurrison of the stern part of the ship, manned with my friend's own people, and provided with all the arms and pow der 011 board. In other words, you fear a mutiny." "Sir," said Capt. Smollett, "with no Intention to take offcn.se. I deny your right to put words into my mouth. No captain, sir, would be justified in going to sea at nil if he had ground enough for that. As for Mr. Arrow, I believe him thoroughly honest; some of the men are Ihe same; all may be for what 1 know. But I am responsible for the ship's safety and the life of every man Jack aboard of her. I see things going, as I think, not quite right. And I ask you to take certain precautions, or let me resign my berth. And that's all." "Capt. Smollett," began the doctor, with a smile, "did ever you hear the fable of the mountain and the mouse? You'll excuse me, I dare say, but you remind me of that fable. When you came In here I'll stake my wig you meant more than thin." "Doctor," said the captain, "you nre smart. When I came in here 1 meant to get discharged. I had 110 thought that Mr. Trelawney would hear a word." "No more 1 would," cried the squire. "Had Livesey not been here I should have seen you to the deuce. As It is, 1 have heard you. I will do as you desire; but I think the worse of you." "That's as you please, sir," said the captain. "You'll find Ido my duty." And with that he took his leave. "Trelawney," said the doctor, "con trary to all my notions, I believe you "So ho, mkt««,' aald be; "what's thla/" 4 - --9 nave managed to pet two hone— t men on board with you—thnt man and John Silver." "Silver, if you like," cried the squire; "but as for that intolerable humbug. 1 declare I think Ins conduct unmanly, unsailorly, and dowuright un-English." "Well." sa \ s the doctor. "we shall lee." When he came on deck, the men had begun already to take out the arms and powder, yo-ho-ing at their work, while the captain n\d Mr. Arrow stood by superintending'. The new arrangement was quite to ; mv liking. The whole schooner had oeen overhauled; six berths had b#en 1 Tiade astern, out of what had bien the | ifterpart of the main hold; and this ' -et of cabins was only joined to tl.e jalley and forecastle by a sparred pas sage on the port side. It had been iriginally meant that the captain. Mr. \rrow. Hunter, Joyce, the doctor, anil '.he squire were to occupy these six berths. .Now Redruth and I were to get wo of them, and Mr. Arrow and the raptain were to sleep on deck in the companion, which had been enlarged >n each side till you might almost have .-ailed it a roundhouse. Very low it .vas still, of course; but there was -ooin to swing two hammocks, and even he mate seemed pleased with the ar rangement. Even he, perhaps, had >een doubtful ns to the crew, but that s only guess; for, as you shall hear, we r.nil not long the benefit of his opinion. We were all hard at work, changing ihe powder and the berths, when the !a.st man or two, and Long John along with them, came oil in a shore-boat. The cook came up the side like -a monkey for c leverness, and. as soon as he saw what was doing, "So ho, jiates!" said he. "what's this?" 'We're a-changiug the powder, Jack," answers one. "Why, by the powers." cried Long John, "if we do. we'll miss the morning :ide!" "My orders!" said the captain, short ly. "You may go below, my man. Hands will want supper." "Ay, ay. sir," answered the cook; iml, touching his forelock, he disap peared at once in the direction of his galley. "That's a good man, captain." said -.he doctor. "Very likely, sir," replied Capt. Smollett. "Easy with that, man— f-asy," lie ran 011. to the fellows who . were shifting the powder: and then suddenly observing me examining the swivel we carried amidships, a long brass nine—"Here, you ship's boy," he cried, "out o' that! Oil with you to the cook and get some work." And then, as 1 was hurrying ofT, 1 heard him say. quite loudly, to the doc tor; "I'll have no favorites on my ship." lassureyou I was quite of the squire's way of thinking, and hated the captain deeply. CHAPTEU X. THE VOYAGE. All that night we were in a great bustle getting things stowed in their place, and boatfuls of the squire's friends, Mr. Blandly and the like, com ing off to wish him a good voyage and a safe return. We never had a night at the Admiral Benbow when 1 had half the work; und I was dog-tired when, a little before dawn, the boat swain sounded his pipe, and the crew began to man the capstnn-lmrs. I might have been twice as weary, yet I wrjld not haxe left the deck; all was so new anil interesting to me—the brief com mands, the shrill notes of the whistle, the men bustling to their places in the glimmer of the ship's lanterns. "Now, Barbecue, tip us a stave.' cried one voice. '"Hie old one," cried another. "Ay, ay, mates," said Long John, who was standing by, with his crutch under his arm, and at once broke out in the air and words 1 knew so well; "Fifteen men un the dead man's chest—" And then the whole crew bore chor us: "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ruml" And at the third "ho!" drove the bars before them with a will. Even at that exciting moment it car ried mo back to the old Admiral Ben bow in 11 second; and 1 seemed to hear the voice of the captain piping In the chorus. But soon the anchor was short up; soon it was hanging dripping at the bows; soon the sails began to draw, and the land and shipping to flit by on either side; and before I could lie down to snatch an hour of slumber the "iUs paniola" had begun licr voyage to the Isle of Treasure. I am not going to relate the voy age in detail. It was fairly prosperous. The ship proved to be u good ship, the crew were capable seamen, anil the captain thoroughly understood his business. But before we came the length of Treasure Island, two or three things had happened which require to be known. - Mr. Arrow, first of all, turned out even worse than the captain had feared, lie had no command among the men, and people did what they pleased with him. But that was by 110 means the worst of it; for after a day or two at sea he began to appear on deck with hazy eye, red cheekH, stuttering tongue, and other marks of drunkenness. 'Time after time he was ordered below in dis grace. Sometimes he fell nnd cut him self; sometimes ho lay all day long in his Utile bunk at one side of the companion; sometimes for a day or two he would be almost sober and at tend to his work at least passably. In the meantime, we could never make out where he got the drink. That was the ship's mystery. Watch him an we pleased, we could do nothing to solve it; and when we asked him to ids face, he would only laugh, if he were drunk, and If he wore sober, deny solemnly that ho ever tasted anything but water. He was not only useless us an officer, and a bail influence amongst the men, but it was plain that at this rate he must soon kill himself outright; so nobody was much surprised, nor very sorry, when one dark night, with a head sea, ho disappeared entirely and wait seen no more. "Overboardl"ssiid The captain. "Well, gentlemen, that saves the trouble of putting him in irons." But there we were, -without a mate, und it was necessary, of eouw, to ad vance one of the men. The boatswain. Job Anderson, was tlie Jik<-IH-nt jiuiii aboard, and, though lie kept his old title, he served In a way as mate. Mr. Trelawney hud followed the m.-o, und liis knowledge made him very useful, for he often took a watch himself in easy weather. And the cockswain, Is rael Hands, was 11 eurcful, wily, old, ex perienced seaman, wliocouldb© trustied at a pinch with almost any thing. He was a great confidant of Long John Silver, und so the mention of his name.lends me 011 to speak of our Ship » took. Barbecue, us the men culled him. Aboard «hlp h« carried his crutch by a lanyard round his neck, to have both hands ua free us possible, it was some thing to see 'hiim wedge the foot of the crutch against a bulkhead,and,propped against it, yielding to t\evy movement ,of tluo •hip, get on withhis cooking like i fjjiiic one tmio tishoro. JjUii lituro strange was it to sec him ia the heat iesS of weather cross the deck. He had a line or two rigged up to help him across the widest spaces —Long' John's ear rings, thej* were called; and he would hand himself from one place to another, now using the crutch, now trailing i» alongside by the lanyard, as quickly as another man could walk. Yet some of the men who had sailedwith him before expressed their pity to see hitn so re- J iluce "He's no common man, Barbecue," j said the cockswain to me. "He hud good schooling in his young days, and < can speak like a book when so minded; and brave—-lion's nothing alongside of \ Long John! I see him grapple four and ! ; knock their heads together—him un- j armed." All of the crew respected and' even obeyed him. He had a way of talking j j to each and doing everybody Bome par ticular service. To me he was tin ! weariedly kind, and always glad to see I me in the galley, which he kept as clean ! as a r.ew pin; the dishes hanging up ! burnished and his parrot in a cage in the corner. "Come away, Hawkins," he would say; "come and have a yarn with John. Nobody more welcome than yourself, my son. Sit you down and hear the news. Here's Cap'n Flint—l call# my parrot Cap'n Flint, after the famous buc caneer—here's Cap'n Flint predicting success to our T'yage. Wasn't you, cap'n ?" And the parrot would say, with great rapidity: "Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight!" till you won dered that it was not out of breath, or till John threw his handkerchief over the cage. "Now, that bird," he would say, "is, maybe, SOO years old, Hawkins — they live forever mostly; and if any body's seen more wickedness, it must be the devil himself. She's sailed with England—the great Capt. England, the pirate. She's been at Madagascar, and at Malabar and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello. She was at the fishing up of the wrecked plate ships. It's there she learned 'Pieces of eight,' and little wonder; 350,000 of 'cm, Hawkins! She was at the board ing of the 'Viceroy of the Indies' out of Goa, she **ias; and to look at her you would think she was a babby. But you studied powder didn't you, cap'n?" "Stand by to go about," the parrot j would scream. "Ah, she's a handsome craft, she is,' th* cook would say, and give her sugai from his pocket, and then the bird would peck at the bars and sweat straight on, passing belief for wicked ness. "There," John would add, "yot can't touch pitch and not be mucked lad. Here's this poor old innocenl bird of mine swearing blue fire, and none Ihe wiser, you may lay to that. She would swear the same, in a manner of speaking, before the chaplain." And John would touch his forelock with a solemn way he had, that made me think he was the best of men. In -the meantime, the squire and Capt. Smollett were still on pretty distant terms with one another. The squire made no bones about the matter; he despised the cHptain. The captain, on his part, never spoke but when he was spoken to, and then sharp and short and dry, and not a word wasted. He owned, when driven into a corner, that he seemed to have been wrong about the crew, that some of them were as brisk as he wanted to see, and all had behaved fairly well. As for the ship, he had taken a downright fancy to her. "She'll lie a point nearer the wind than a man has a right to expect of his own married- wife, sir. But," he would add, "all I say is, we're not home «gain, and I don't like the cruise." The squire, at this, would turn away and march up and down the deck, chin in air. "A trifle more of that man," he would say, "and I should explode." We had some heavy weather which only proved the qualities of the "Hispaniola." Every man on board seemed well content, and they must have been hard to please if tlrey had been otherwise; for it is my belief there was never a ship's company so spoiled since Noah put to s« a. Double grog was going on ths least excuse; there was duff on odd days, as for instance, If the squire heard it was any man's birthday; and always a barrel of apples standing broached In the waist, for anyone to help himself that had a fancy. "Never knew good to come of it y*t," the captain said to Dr. Llresey. "Spoil fok's'le hands, make devils. Thst'sroy belief." But good did come of the apple bar rel, as you shall hear; for If it had not lx/en for that, we should have had* no note of wurning and might all have perished by the hand, of treachery. This is how It came about: We had run up the trades to get the wind of the Island we were after—l am not allowed to be more plain—and now we were running down for It with a bright lookout day and night. It was about, the last day of our outward voy age, by the lurgestcomputation; some time that night, or, at latest, before noon of the morrow, we should sight the Treasure (island. We were heading S. S. W., and 1 had a steady breeze nbeurn and n quiet, sea. The "Illspan loln" rolled steadily, dipping her bow sprit now and then with a whiff of sprny. All was drawing alow and aloft; every one was in the bravest spirits, because we were now so near an end of the first-part of our adventure. Now, just after sundown, when all my work was over, and I was on my way to my berth. It occurred to me that I should like an apple. I ran on deck. Tlie. watch was all forward look ing out for the island. The man at the helm was watching the luff of the Mill, and whistling away gently to him self; and that was the only sound' ex cepting the. swish of the seaagalnstthe bows and around the sides of the ship. In I got bodily into the apple barrel, and found there was scarce am apple left; but., sitting down there In the dark, what with the sound of the wa ters and the rocking movement, of the ship, 1 had either fullen asleep, or wns on the poiiit of doing so, whem a heavy man sat. down with rather a clash l>v. The barrel shook as he leaned his ■iltoulders nguinst it, and I was Just about to jump up when the mßn began to speak. It was Silver's voice, and before I had heard a dozen words, I would not have shown myself for nil the world, but lay there, tremblingand listening, in the extreme of fear and curiosity; for from these dozen words I understood that the lives of all the honest men aboard depended upon me alone. fro SI COHTIKCID.] Her tleaaoalas. "Willie Wlslilngton is very original In his remarks." I "Ho must l>e," replied Miss Cayenna. ' "I don't know of anybody else who ! could be so tiresome." —Washington | SthT. Mnkluc Iltnu'lf IJUrd. The New Boarder—What make* till* table wobble SO? It doesn't seem to b« very strong. The landlady's Favorite—No; you i sec, it'a only intended to hold the dell i tacit# oMbo season r-Tap-ftStPßlw. i No. L> DEtflrOOT'S RECORD BEATEN. An K.iikll>li Itunni-r Tiikn the Plae* 111-11 l l>> nn Indian. Fully 25,'**> spectator* attended the Rochdale Athletic grounds to witness F. 1 E. Bacon's attm-k upon Dcerfoot's long standing record of 11 miles 970 yards in the hour, made in The proprietors 1 of the Sportin-r < hrotvele offered tho amateur ex-champion f 250 and half the (rate should h«* l>c successful, mid ill case of failure he nil to receive £ 100 and half the gate receipts for hav ing made the attempt. It was nearly 5:45 o'clock when he set out. on his jour ney, paced by Mullen and McFem, the I latter on his bicycle. The first mile oc i cupied 4 minutes 42 2-5 seconds; two miles were reeled off in 9 minutes 52 seconds, equaling Deerfoot's time. Just before tins Ansted joiiu-d in,and Mullen letired. Three miles were covered in 14 minutes 5S seconds, four miles In 20 minutes 4 3-5 seconds, and at miles Mullen gave way to Watklns as pacer. Five miles were done In 25 minutes 14 seconds, *.iv miles in 30 minutes 2S 2-5 seconds, and at seven miles Bacon just got inside W. G. George's time, doing it in 35 minutes 36 2-5 seconds. From this point the champion began to improve, covering eight miles in 40 minutes 45 seconds; nine, 45 minutes 50 seconds; ten. 51 minutes 11 seconds (only five sec onds outside Cummitig's world's rec ord.) Eleven mileg were recorded In sfl minutes 2» seconds, atul, amid loud and euthusastie cheering. Bacon finished the hour with 11 miles 1,243 yards to his credit, breaking the record by 273 yards. Watklnsran from 4V t miles to the finish, all tho pacemakers being on the track in the last 300 yards. Bacon was naturally done up at the finish, and fell on the track, but he was soon up again. The timekeepers were J. Catton, J. Q. Hard wick, G. Sugden, J. Gorton, and 3. Haggertv. The record of 11 miles 070 yards in the hour, which Dcerfoot set up, oud which Bacon shattered at Bochdale, was mad* by tho Seneca Indian at the old Weft London grounds, in 1<563. Many at tempts have since been made to pass those figures, but until Bacon's, noneof them had been successful. W. 0. George, when he was an amateur, had a grent ambition to break it, and In 18fc4 made a grand attempt. He was then considered to be the fastest ten-miler living 1 , and a special 12-mlle handicap was framed, to give him a chance of low ering Deerfoot's record. The race took place on tho London Athletic club grounds, and George, who ran exceed ingly well, just failed, his distance be ing 11 miles 032 vnrds 0 inches. Bacon, who holds the amateur inile record of 4 minutes 17 seconds, has long been a runner of note. In 1894 he won the one mile and four-mile championships, tho only two In which he competed and he also secured 3G first nnd 11 second prizes. In 1895 the mile championship at Stam ford Bridge fell to his lot, and previous ly he t.led George's four-mile record in 19 minutes 39 seconds. Among others, he lias defeated Sid Thomas, Watkljos, Pearce, and Crosslnnd. Last year, with other prominent runners, he Joined the ranks of the professionals, and his per formances since then have further en 7 hanccd his reputation.—London Tele* graph. MOST FAMOUS PRISONER. Drc j fan, the Trench Spy, Is Kver I nilcr Onard. Since Napoleon died ou St. Hqleoa there has been no prisoner so carefully guurded as cx-Capt. Dreyfus is now la the lie Du Diablo, off the coast of French Guiana. He is the most famous political prls; oner on earth to-day, the most carefully guarded, the most closely watched, the subject of the keenest anxiety. A possible parallel in point of impor? tr.nee might be drawn between Dreyfus i\nd Arabi Pasha, who ave the English so much trouble when they bombarded Alexandria and fought the battle of Tel-el-Keblr. But Arabi, for all his once importance, is not dangerous now. He is hardly a prisoner at all except in name, but lives tho life of a pros perous tea planter in Ceylon, with all the freedom of motion and l every com fort of life. Not so with Dreyfus. He was not a patriot and a reformer overborne by su perior force, like Arabi, but a traitor— so they said—and nobody cares much what becomes of him; nobody, thnt is, except the high authorities who trem ble at the ideo of his escaping. If he is really an innocent scapegoat for official sinners In high place the Isle of the Devil holds one of the most deeply injured of men. Probably a ma jority of the people of France really be lieve he is a victim, not n criminal, and the feeling is likely to make trouble yet for men in high places. It will be a thrilling day for France when thsihap pens. There is a great crusade in France which hns for its object the rescue of this unhnppj" man. The conviction grows that lie is a scapegoat. M. Scheu rer-Kestner, one of the vice presidents of the senate, declares that he has in his possession documents which prove Dreyfus Innocent of the charge against him.—N. Y. World. 9«Tla» Waterfall* Move Car*. The waterfalls of Switzerland arc be ing rapidly utilized for the driving of electric dynamo*. Nearly every town in that land of mountains and water falls is being supplied with power from the "white coal," as tho melting snow 011 the mountain sides -has well been called. When there aro no large streams, many small ones aro im pounded and colleoted In reservoirs on the hlllsldles, and) it is rare to find s place of any size which is ncrt well light ed by the ppwer of some mountain stream. At Montrcmux the electric cars get power in this way, and from the old lloman town of Vercy to the medieval cnstle of Cliillon one may ride in a trolley car propelled by flie power of nn insignificant little stream which may or may not 1» noticed when climbing up the hillsides just abuife Cl-icngo Inter Ocean. Koullah tn Own I'p to It. 110 shook his head thoughtfully. "After a little experience with some of these self-made men," ho said, "J think they aro foolish to accept the re sponsibility of manufacture." —Chicago Post. A llrltllnnt KuoeeSS. MissCollcgebred—Well, w an your first cako a succims? Mrs. Newmarry—Yes, In a sense. ) covered it with gold paint and blue rll> bons, and nindu 11 lovely ornament foi tho center table.—-Tow-11 Topics. i:n«llr Accounted For. Diggs—Glumly spends nearly all hit time In solitary meditation. IJlggs—That mny account for thi poor opinion ho hns of mankind*—Chi cago Itecord. tlrfore the Kn(i|»B*H. "Do you think there Is any such thin* as perfection in this world 7" she cooed "Oh, yes," he replied, drawing b« closer; "I'm very near to perfcctlor now." —Yonkers Statesman. Iln Frit Fnnrreal. The Bride (to gr*>oin)—There's th« organ. Are you ready, Jack? The Groom (nervously)— Yes, bui ' wbe's are my pall-beaters?—lT. X