VOL- xxxviii tlf F*rice Sole > OF vJftckcts pes We »ow oiler oor entire stock of stylish J ckets Caj ii ore half the former low prices. This is a great oj>pert *jity t 5 , The assortment is still goo<l. ALL GARMENTS NOW HALF PRiCE. FIRST COME, FiRST Served. * jm-, A GENUINE CLEARANCE SALE is being _jl7 carried on v.itb .r and will I>* • >r:ti' 1 unti S^- ; stocks are properly reducd an'! ' ' !ot : and broken assortments are closed out. yJjJKA We goote a few eleatmoce trie prices V fi ?5 and $; no Fancy Silks reduced t 6Sc v *Tti t —Soe 0 t J \.* I-Ot f; o<j ami 75c Dress Goods reduc-1 to S'" - E, .'1 Lot 50c Dress Goods! reduce' to / I M Onelotf3-5o all Wool WI /I IT One lot |4.S<> al> Wool Blankets :.- : .:ced t> :3 2 5 „ WI I I l\ 50 sn«l #1.25 '"'rappers reducel to . .. ft.oo ///J IA Reduced price l - on Table Line . r. hes, , I f jj \ \ Flanne'ettes, Underwear, etc ■) ./ jJ« J All goods are !••;! reduced in tl. v.. pt'vairtion - as those quc-'.ed. Some g'jods are ■ ' l ;i ■ • 1 but we give you enough bargains all tfcrou;,' the stock ,* to make it worth j-our while to come -? L. Stein & Son, .j 108 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER. PA Bickel's January Prices. One lot Ladies' Fine Dongola Shoes ? One lot Lilies' Kangaroo-Calf Shoes One lot Ladies' Bfcst Oil Grain Shoes 1 One lot Ladies' Warm-Lined Shoes '' One lot Ladies' Leather-Sole Felt Slippers One lot Misses' Kangaroo-Calf Shoes >_■' One lot Children's Kaugaroo-Calf Shoes ■> ' One lot Men's Holiday Slippers One lot Men's Fine Satin Calf Shoes Gokey's Hand-Made Kip Box-Toe Boots, long leg, 4 soles •; 'J'' Gokey's Copper-Toe Shoes for Boys, sizes 10 to 2 I jjJ Gokey's Copper-Toe Shoes for Boys, size? Men's Doable-Sole and Top Lace Working Shoes '''J Boys' Double Sole and Top Lace Working Shoes Our Stock of Felt Boots and Rubber Goods to be Closed Out Cheap Men's Bert Felt Boots and Dnck Overs $ W Men's Best Felt Boots and First Qnality Overs p Boys' Best Felt Boots and Fir»t Quality Ov rs " Youths' Best Felt Boots and First Qnality Overs I - Men's Storm King Rubber Boots Men's Short Rubber Boots J' 1 Boys' ftnbber Boots ' Youth's Rubber Boots Child's Rnbber Boots Men's Buckle Arctic- 1 ' Men's Fine Self-Acting Rnbbers High Iron Stands with Four Lasts Sole leather cat to any amount you wi-ih to pure Has.-. Cat half-soles nd shoemakers' supplies of all kinds. Complete stock of Ladies' and Gents', Misses' and Children's Leggings - d Over-Gaiters. It will pay yon to visit this great sale and secure torn- of the bargains b- ng ffered. 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John Yfiunkins. i* I . < le<*land. 1 1.- Abrur/;s ' s . , yd. 1 M'-:/ ■ ;>v; Miller, .lo'in li mipht y. Tim 11; 1 I<« vl M. Wise and I'nmcltt 1 rpliy. Intfre-,t paid "ri tlnn d(. posit- . We reopeet fullv solicit Vour Ijusiie • Eyes Examined Free of t rje R. I. KIRKPATRICK. Jeweler and Graduate Op an. Nkxl 'Joor to Court 1! • > .-e. lb,' in. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANLJARV 24, lyoi |joiNTOPP,piiSll m * * * mmm * * T\. T COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY WUATHKRIIT CHES.'-KV AND AI.ICK ITTSaj. | ri I t- Til ITU,', -i BY H. C. COTJT.TA& J V- I- ~,,,, , . *; *V CHAPTER XXVI. As lon.if as we were withiD sight of M&rgberita we hold on as though mak ing for some of the Windward group, for we ltnew that there would be watchers on the cliffs, to say nothing of the pearl fishers in their canoes, who would at once spread the news of our neighborhood, and so spoil our chance of making a capture, unless we could manage to baffle them. But when the highest peaks of the Islands were just visible as dots on the horizon from our mastheads, we hauled our wind and began making short boards under easy canvas to north and south alter nately tty t.'.i.s uie::us we kept oar po sition as far as p >ssible unchanged, just out of sight of Mareherita, and trusted that the gold hunger of our lookout would let nothing of value es cape us on the road to Spain. For 15 long days did we patrol the ; seas on narrow sentry gr>. without : sighting a sail On one night a mer ! maiden was roper: t! 1 y .lob Trehalion as having rung t,» 1,. ;i a,- I.e hung over i the tiller, en i he us v .\th a shame ; faced ehurhle that it m':: t have been i the liieliiit'ss nf I la featrred which I attitteti 1 her A:t '':t r afternoon we I battle-! a u.;:i-iw '. :!: abi ::d and j ale hi'ti wiC> li e t is ti relish when we r< I t. ; 1 he would doubt- I less ha ■e 1} . the - ••!•:<» b.v us bad the ta' :es 1 - en f.trt <•>! On tlit* I f «•( :it!i tKght i. i' watehed. with no I tt e I • . a !' Heel ing Game ;.: •; al ng tl e wsier* Id coiling ei-r.. -Ci:;e tw 1 .'gttej oT to ward the norih-noithv i The know ing ortes said it ws.s the Ideaib of the great :i - rp. ul |»:-o-.vl;t:g ie seareb of prey and would have tried to scare It away with a shot from our big gun had not Alee fJ::: 1 v forbidden it. Now. though Ihe iime I thought this veto of his ili judg d and fv.olhardy. as tend Ing to ii!:;' • the m; 11 careless in guard- In agaiust the com ion dangers of the deep, yet, as the Issue sh<fWed, it was the lucltie: t thing for us that the men did not have their way; for had the noise of firing gone abroad just then the re ...ird of our patient search would have slipped away ere we could pluct it. and we should never have known the rich prize we had lost. Scarcely had the last flicker of the sea serpent' trail died into the night when Job Trehalion, who as the keen est sighted man on board was jockey ing the fore cross tree, bailed that an other light was shining out now. "What kind cT light'/" cried Alec. "A clear, steady glow, sir, though it hain't bigger than a pea." "Where away?" "Down to loo'ard. Square abeam." At the welcome news we slacked out our sheets. p.:i the helm up and ran off before the wind to see what manner of company that light promised us. When we had run half a league. Job sang out that there were three lights now and that he could make out that they were ibe poop lanterns of a large 1 ship hove to end on to us. In ru toiaiit all was preparation. Our numbers were small, but the 32 men who assembled without needing a drum to bent them to quarters were tough as whipcord and wiry as game- j cocks There were no 'prentice hands j to tiltidef matters by ovcrwllling scurry 1 and bustle, nor were there any cowards who would duck to (lying bullets. Each man I new Ids place and his work and went to it 'Jims were cast loose and loaded, pikes tin la shed from the booms, | axes and small arms taken from their ! rneks, llutstoek tubs arranged along the decks, the powder room thrown j open and everything cleared for action. | Yet all ibis was done with the greatest quietness, so that if possible we might i creep up within range of the enemy un discovered. i The night was dark and suited our j purpose well. The Scourge's course was down the wake of the few rays of > moonlight that crept through the cran j tiled clouds, but the side of her cloths j which faced the Spaniard was sbroud |ed In heavy shadow. The galleon, on ; the other hard, was plainly visible to j the eager eyes which peered over our bulwarks. She was hove to, as is the 1 rniitlon-< habit of the dons during even ! the finest night, and her heavy bow i now thrashed down into the swell and ' now shot off a cataract of foaming wa ter as the beak rose again into the salt laden air. She was riding very dead, and many were the congratulatory rib nudges when the men saw how low shei lav-In the water. "An Sob ton galleon," rumbled out lVillie Trehalion in a growling whisper. ! "Eight hundred ton, never a one less, if my eye ha'n't lost its trick o' measur ing, 1111 laden that deeply her waist's 'most flush wi' the wave tops. There'll be tidy pickings behind those stout ribs o" hers, very tidy pickings." "tilt, 110, ho!" chuckled (lie old man softly. "Counting the moidores and forgetting the cnballcros that guard them. Smacking your lips over the tidy pickings like my burly Jack here. Whose soul thirsts after pluudcr more than ills belly does after drink. But, Boatswain Willie and Lieutenant Jack, there's going to be a bloody tight first, : ch? "Ah, ha! It's a blissfully grewsome time I see ahead for the galleon yon der. ttcpk sides hacked through and through with shot, carvings splintered and gildings blackened, her pinions i plucked, her fabric dismantled, and her serupperw will bleed till the sea around glows like an autumn sunset. Oh, ho, Captain Ireland' You're like to choke our good friends, the sharks, with very surfeit bcfoH this world is a night and a day older. "Think of it! Scarce a shot will leave your ttuns that does not dull Its speed on human flesh. Thai galleon has not spare housing for a fly. She's cram med with men close as peas In a pod, 1 ildlers and Servants, passengers and cooks, marines and officers. There should be nearly 11(H) pairs of ears aboard her. Saints! What a merry ticelt it would be to shred off those j same ears and carry 'em home like a , siring of dried fir as a present to her I most gracious majesty! What say you, 1 Jack Topp. shall-we do It?" 1 I was about to make a sharp answer, 1 for the old dotard's savagery sickened j me, when Alec sternly called for sl -1 bine for fear that our voices should I give the alarm. And so I held my i tongue, and the old man subsided Into I smother* d gurglings. ] Save firti e creaking of (lie gear and I the gentle splash of the water against j the b ml s we crept as quietly as a craft I full of specters. Cut tlie noises Insep I 1 arable from the working of a vessel or else the smell of danger in tl>e nlr which, they say. a Spaniard is specially quick to scent, at length stirred the drowsy sentinels to their duty, and presently the noise of great confusion came to us over the water. Ou board the Spaniard terror and tremulous preparation were every- A tall armored figure, sprang cn to the poop. where. The portholes opened, and brass cannon grinned through then: aii ! g! .c '.. in the moonlight. A swarm >,f battle lanterns flew aloft aud {torched like H re .Mies In the rigging. An atti i' t was t ::de to get the gal leon way ;o that she might an swi'i I.or helm and thus be easier to light. Cut 1< r people were n mere dis organize d t ?o!>. «•!! li trying to be use ful. 11.:r entirely without order or disci pline. and - i crowded as they were they succeeded best In getting Into each other's way Some flew to the sheets ai:d brace :, some merely hurried about bawling orders and directions to \yhoover would listen, and some loaded ordnance ami small arms with frantic haste. These last, as soon as the charges were rammed home, were fir ed Bow chaser, stern chaser and broadside piec. < were fired as fast as the gunners could load tliein. but as they did not trouble themselves to take any special aim the volleys may p T haps have "disturbed the fishes, but from us. the enemy. they drew not groans, but grins. There the great galleon lay helpless, like some wooden island, spittiug in nocuous f're from every poiut. But the Scourge drew on under perfect com mand and in perfect silence. When we v. ore almost aboard of the enemy. Alec put down his helm and, j running across her bows, poured In a heavy raking fire a:; each gun bore and then, getting before the wind again, came back under her stern and repeat ed the dose from the same pieces. While fhc.Vvwere Ft ill Vying helplessly head to wind he went about once more ami, sending his starboard broadside into her poop windows as he shot past, I ran away to northward and engaged at j long range. Hitherto, save for a few shot holes in the sails, a trailing rope or two and here and there a white Jagged splinter, ; we had suffered nothing. But Alec had j noted that the don's fire was steadying [ down as discipline began to assert It ■ self and. knowing that one well aimed broadside must either dismantle or sink us, remembered that in a fight against heavy odds brains and not brute force should be the watchword. So, confi dent in the powers of his long gun. he sheered off to a distance and began pelting the Spaniard with single shots as fast as the piece could be loaded. The don, on Ids part, after a quarter of an hour's furious cannonade, grcvy tired of firing at a mark which was ob viously beyond the ranjro of his guns and, setting his sail trimmers to work, got the galleon on the lanjoard tack. She was headed for Marglierlta, and It was plain to us that she Intended to run for shelter under the batteries of El Pueblo del Norte. Now, such a project by no means suited our ideas, and so we redoubled our efforts with the long gun, hoping to carry away some spar that would disable her. But though Jan Pengony could plump a shot into the hull every time lie clapped his lintstock to the priming there was not ii gunner among us able to dent either mast or rigging. And so, flattening in our sheets once more, wo made after her close hauled and, ranging up to windward, tried an other plan. By one of fate's revenges these Span lards were hoist by their own mine, for on the old man's advice we cram- I med each gun to the muzzle with the very shackles and wrist cuffs that had chained some of us to a galley's bank and. taking the quoins fj'om the gun carriages, I-.' fly a cloud of Inquisitori al engines that brought everything down by the run about their cars. Fet ters were never put to finer use. A cheer went up as we saw the gal leon with foremast gone below the round top, uialuyard cut through In the slings and rigging all In hopeless bights, full head to wind, lying an un manageable hulk on the water. But rejoicing cuuie too soon. In an swer to Alec's-summons to surrender n tall armored figure sprang ou to the poop and. hailing us. swore he'd fight the ship while two planks of her held together. The cheer died on our lips. The ar mored Spaniard was lion Miguel del < 'assamoro. CHAPTER XXVII. "Hello!" cried Alec, somewhat taken back at this unexpected meeting. "By all tiie wickedness in Spain, Hon Mi guel del < assamoro in the flestll" "As you'll soon tind to your cost, sea robber. You've overshot your mark tliis time, Keuor Captain Ireland." "Perhaps so," said Alec unconcerned ly. "But pardon my surprise, senor. 1 hoped you were a {(host long ago. Too wicked to lie drowned, eh?" The Spaniard whipped out a venom ous oath and yelled to his men to lire again. A broadside crashed over our deck, too high fortunately to do much injury to the low lying hull, but our long gun was dismantled and our bow sprit snapped .'IT short Just outside the ga mmouiug. Then Indeed for awhile the battle raged in grim, red earnest. With the forestay carried away we could do nothing but lie bead to wind parallel to our antagonist until a fresh hcadsail was rigged. Had it been blow ing flesh we might have had her round before the wind and so run to u distance to re ' lit. But the tiring had flattened down the light breeze almost to a dead calm, so we had n«rforce to stay where we In a strait like this we had counted upon being able to row the Scourge out of danger, as we had already rowed i her up alongside a prize in a calm, but now, as fortune would have it, an un lucky round shot entering in at an open port had hit the six sweeps as they lay ! lashed ou the deck and had broken ev ! cry one of them into two. And so. with ' the decks becoming more of a shambles ; every minute, we stood our ground and : fought the guns like furies, and though i our pieces were outnumbered by more ' than two to one we hoped by serving ! them twice as quickly to return as good or even better than we got. Besides, every shot of ours found a billet some where iu the Spaniard's hull, while many of his, through the greater eleva tion of his guns, flew harmlessly over the little Scourge. Had it been other wise we could never have hoped to keep her afloat- While we were still a cable's length from the enemy's stern a strange thing happened. A sailor ran on to the poop, leap -d overboard and swam as though for his life toward us. Spanish shot pitted the water round him like thun der drops in a pond, but as he held up his f:aud as if appealing to us for as sistance we engaged his assailants and made them think rather of their own The swimmer meanwhile came up alongside and, getting his lingers into the main chains, scrambled on board. Though vastly changed by the hard ships of warfare and captivity, we rec ognized him as Saul- Dickory. one of the Bristol Merchant's crew, and hot though the fight raged around us we snatched a moment to press the hand i f a comrade of the old days. He had. so he said, beeu serving iu Spanish ships ever since his capture at the mountain ravine, leading a dog's life, while doing two men's work, and until now had never seen a chance of escape. Further, he had an offer to make us (Jive film a light line, and he 1 jump overboard again and make it fast to a ringbolt on the don's stern, and then we might warp ourselves up and board through the cabin window. "But for the love o' heaven," he im plored us, "keep the Spanish sharp shooters busy while 1 swim. I can hear the splash o' their bullets round my ears now." Alec, however, refused to allow him to make this attempt for fear of the sharks, observing that we should be able to do as much for ourselves with the grappling iron in half an hour's time at our present rate of drifting. "But." he added, "1 am afraid that Don Miguel has still too many men for my small handful to tackle." "Aye. captain," replied Dickory, "that he has. There are nigher 300 than 200 aboard yon galleon who can still hit a good heavy blow, though there's near as many besides wi' their toes turned up. But once get inside the big cabin, an you can clear it an hold It ag'in the lot o' 'em." "But I want the whole ship, sirrah." Saul Dickory shook his head. "You can't do it, captain," he declared de cidedly. "An if you try the big waves will be rolling over every mau o' us tomorrow. But you do what's as good —you can lay your hands on the store »' dollars." "Without taking the ship? How?" "The hatch o' the treasury Is In the cabin floor, an you can strike out the enrgo into this queer craft of your'n without a blessed don o' 'em being able to stop you " And this In the end was what we did. The mermen, or Neptune, or the current, or whatever agency had charge of our heels, swept the two ves sels nearer and nearer together till at last a couple of cleverly thrown grap ples caught hold and our bulwark ground against the galleon's square Stern. Her crew had no Intention of letting us set foot in their stronghold without *i tussle and did what they could with fireballs aud greuadoes, cold shot and naked steel to stop us. But with a ladder of boarding axes driven Into their timbers we scrambled up anfl soon had a footing in the cabin. Hemmed iu by the packed masses behind, the front rank had the alter native of fight or fall. They foughl long and desperately, aud then they fell, for they expected no quarter and asked none. M'e on our side fought as furiously as they, stabbing with short ened weapons where there was nc room to swing them and thrusting many a foe through the open portholes into the sea. It was a bloody conflict, for not until two-thirds of the cabin's defenders lay dead and dying did th« Spaniards suffer themselves to be drlv eu out into the waist. We ourselves had lost Jan Pengony, his friend George and three others kill ed outright, and two more were sc sorely wounded that they died there on the cabin floor. Scarce n one of us but had his red gash to show. But it was no time to groan or lick our wounds. The two doors under the poop were closed and barred with fur niture piled up against them, loaded patareroes were thrust through the loopholes to command the waist, and the hatch of the treasure room was cleared of bodies and thrown open. The pieces of eight we found snugly stowed in oak chests, and while half a dozen of us stood ready by the swivel gun the rest made all haste they could to hand up the treasure and lower It through the windows on to the Scourge's deck below. But rapid as were our movements Don Miguel had no tuition of allowing us to spoil Ids ship unmolested. Scarcely had we got into the swing of work than he and a strong party with him mounted the poop again and com menced annoying the little craft whose ; bulwarks were grinding against his | ship far below. They hurled down ev ' cryfhlng weighty and unpleasant that ; came to hand, nnd finally they dropped a barrel of powder, which on bursting scorched several of our lads so severely | that they cried to us In the galleon's cabin 11 hi t the deck was too hot to hold any longer. I At this Alec, leaving me In charge of the cabin, returned to Ids own vessel i aud hailed the poop above. "Don Miguel, ahoy!" The tall Spaniard appeared above, gritting bis yellow teeth with rage. "I»on Miguel, if you do notecase from annoying my people you shall have 1 something else to think about. 1 swear ; to you that If you do not permit me to finish uiy task unmolested I'll sweep your crowded waist with a hurricane of pntareroe balls, and that the surviv ors may not want employment to keep them out of mischief I'll lire your gal Icon's hold before I leave her. There's a keg of spirits under the table that I will help her to burn." | "And if I permit you to carry oft your robber's booty In pence?" "Measure your words. Don Mlguell If you permit me to carry off my law ful prize" The Spaniard Interrupted him with a harsh laugh of impotent rage. "my lawful p» Ize, I nay. taken from | my country's e'.teuiy," went on Alec calmly, "ami If you offer no further an ! tioyanee to my men. I. on my part, i faithfully pioiu «■ io do you and yours ino I'm tin i Injury for toe present For | tune will. I hope, ut| (nnytber meeting ou some future day, when ac counts may be settled. Meanwhile, senor, your answer Is awaited." Don Miguel, who seemed almost be side himself with suppressed fury, was evidently about to hurl a defiance at us and raised his hand to clinch his refv.sal with a pistol bullet. But his olEcers and underlings had had all the fixating they wanted. Though each i rht have a stake in the golden cargo !a low. each remembered that with an other throw of the dice he would lose not only that, but life as well. And choosing, like wise men, the lesser of the two evils, they laid violent hands on their reckless commaudant and dragged him down. Then one of them jumped up into his place and signified that they agreed to the armistice. They promised, he said, not to molest us fur ther, and they looked to us to keep a like faith with them. With a ringing elu-er our tads set to work again ou the gold chests, but none the less we kept the swivel gun trained «n the crowd in the gajlcon's waist, for be is a besot ted fool who trusts a penny's worth to a Spaniard's word. They dared not break faith with us, however, because of the gun. and so we were able to transship the golden harvest without further loss of life. While the party in the galleon's cab in bustled merrily among the booty au other party refitted our damaged head sails. ami when the Inst chest of gold pieces h:.d been dumped upon our deck we raised an ironical cheer for the wealth of Uolden Spain, and as the ris ing breeze slowly bellied her sails the little Scourge sheered slowly off from her whipped and sullen adversary. Aye, we were victorious, and while the red blood still flowed from our wounds we recked little of the heavy price we had paid. But when the mad frenzy of tigbtiug Is over gaping cuts tingle and grow stiff, and then it Is that men begin to count I lie cost and spare n thought for those who have fallen, comrades who were alive and full of hope a few short hours before. We had a dreary account taking. It was dear that the Scourge could no longer hold her own in these seas of the new world. CIIAPTER XXVIII. The galleon's gold had cost us very dear. Out of our slender ship's com pany 13 had been killed outright, four had hurts that they would die under, and of the rest there was no man who could not show the color of his own blood. When the excitement of the battle had passed away and the grim fever of slaying had become a memory, not one stood on our decks In whose body there was not some deadly throb or sickening ache—not one who was not tt ilt from angry, rainbow colored bruis es or faint from loss of blood. Our captain lay pale and helpless in his bunk, brought to death's very door by i bullet wound under the shoulder, which be had borne undressed through half the long fight. The back of the boatswain's bald pate was burned black with powder, and he had more litis stove In than the pain would let him count. And of the others one ail ed this and another that; one by the blow of au ax had lost the fingers of his hand, another by the crack of a gunstock had lost the sense of his ha nd. The nctive watch ou deck consisted of two persons. There was Job Tre halion. with the old sear on his face crossed by a fresher seam, and John Topp, with a pike thrust through the calf of one leg and a dagger wouud in the foot of the other. We had remained In melancholy si lence for 1 know not how long, when suddenly Job Trehalion got up without a word and went down the companion. Returning presently, lie gave me a handful of biscuit and a lordly dram of cordial, and these, being scut on their errand, revived me wonderfully. So, after adjusting the bloody bandages round my leg and instep, I told Job that be nnd I must lay our heads to gether and consider where to steer to. Job was nil chuckles and grins In a moment. It was not often that be was called Into council by any one save the old man, and liim he affected to de spise, and so he considered his confi dence uo compliment. "One thing Is sure," said I, looking at the battle havoc round me, "we can't keep the seas In this plight." "No, Master Topp," chuckled Job, "that we cau't. Let alone having no crew to reef or haul the sails, the hull an spars has sich a many wounds iu 'em that the first good squall'U send us all to Davy Jones' locker double quick. No, no; we'se winged. Master Topp, nn winged birds has to lie quiet for awhile afore they tries to fly again." "There should be abler heads than ours. Job, to settle matters In a plight like this, but the abler heads nre ull sadly battered just now, so you aud 1 must do our best to decide a course without thein." A look of solemn Importance strug gled hard to drive the grin from Job's face. But habit was strong, and tho grin conquered. "We might go back to Jhe old harbor on Cave Island, Master Topp. It were snug enough, nn them huts on the hill above be a rare place for sick men to lie In." "But the Spaniards. Job! You forget the Spaniards." "Asking pardon." replied Job, screw ing up his face with such a grin that the wound across It began to trickle afresh, "but one o' them Spaniards that we left behind lias got off. And If one, maybe nil." "What!" I cried. "One got off? Where did you hear of hlu:?" "Seed him nn felt him. Master Topp, which Is better than hearing o' him. It was bis Iron as wrote this fresh mark across my face. That comes o' disregarding the old man's words an sparing Spaniards," be added sagely. "Captain Ireland's whim. Job," said 1, shrugging my shoulders. "But aro you sure of your man?" "Sure as I am o' you, Master Topp. or o' uncle, or o' Captain Ireland, or o' any one cls« noticeable. This tin wns a short, cheery kind o" little chap, wi' bandy legs an a bright steel bas sinet tin's head Now, sea armor Is al ways blacked, so a man as wears his bright is unt'rally a man you notice." "Why, I remember hlin!" said I. "A merry, cowardly little wretch named Sniicbo something or other. Your un cle gave him a pretty scare In the Ser pent's temple." "That's him; Don Sanclio! An If this blow he gave me had been driven home 'stead o" falling half hearted through the frightened trembling o' the don's arm I should have gone down sure enough As It was. I stood an top pled him Into the sea for cumbering my way Saul IMekory maybe could tell us bow bandy legs came to be on the galleon." "Fetch him," said I And Job went. If Job was right and (he Spaniards lind really succeeded in leaving Cavo Island, nothing could be more fortu nate for us In our present crippled state. There we could recruit our n;ir weary bodies and relit our wouud ,il ship at our leisure, and when our pulses beat full and strong again wo would be ready for another throw with Don Miguel. for I. for one, felt sure that we had by no menus seen the last of that yellow fringed grin of rase. But if our late slaves were still ou ♦lit* island It would be madness to at tempt Jin- landing Heaven cram tliey had escaped! "Aye." said Saul hickory w#en 1 ea gerly questioned him. "they've got off, sure enoi:trh I've seed a-nmny o' them, nn. what's more, through them I'va beerd all about your doings on the !»- laud." ■ v " You and I must do our beat." did they pet away?" "Sighted a trading snow the day aft er you left, signaled her wi' a smoke from that 'ere Sarpint hill I've heard tell of, an got took off. The snow set them ashore at Barcelona. From there some o' 'em took ship to Cartagena, where, as we was short handed, they joined our galleon. "Then," said I cheerily, "our course Is clear. We'll run to the old harbor to recruit and relit." And with the deci sion 1 felt more hopeful and light heart ed than I had since first my wounded leg began to tingle. When we rounded the bluffs at the harbor's mouth and the foreshore in front of the cave opened out to view, It was with anxious gaze that those of us who were hale enough to stand ou dl-ck or to lean against mast or bulwark scanned the beach aud the heights above the cave Tor sign of human hab itation. The Island was a pleasant enough spot to dwell in. and some of the Spaniards might have elected to stay and plant a colony there. But no' a trace of man did we see. Our old fortifications lay ruined and decayed, and in places (lie quick grow ing tropical vegetation had almost hid den them from sight. The heavy door with which we had closed the cave's mouth lay half covered with sand, and the doorposts from which it had once bung had fallen shantwise across the opening. No, there was nothing to fear. The island hail returned to the possession nf the pigs and the gulls and the parrakeets. Its original owners. To reach the huts on the hlgj) ground above was for the most seriously wounded nu impossibility, and so we had to turn the cave itself Into our hos pital. We regretted this, because we hail hoped much from the healing vir tues of the flower scented breeze of the uplands, but there was no help for it. Ah, it was a time to make the greedi est plunder hunter sicken of his trade! The angel of death wns hovering round us and claiming now one good sailor nnd true comrade and now another as part payment of the price of plrnder. Not that we were cheerless company, for the old man's caustic wit and Wil lie Trehalirtn's cumbersome attempts to reply to him raised many a smile from the weaker ones and many a loud guf faw from the stronger. And Job Tre haliou's grin we had always with us. But the summons of death came all too often, and the tale of sandy rounds on the yellow harbor grew sadly long In spite of all that the old man's skill ful surgeoiiing and Joliu Topp's tireless nursing could do to shorten It. All that man could do we did, but our enemy was too strong for us. The end of our uurslng catne nt last- Some conquered their wounds, and some their wounds conquered, aud when the last grave had been dug am" tilled there were but 12 men left out of the two and thirty who had been hale and strong when thb fight for the galleon's gold began. [to be continued.] Clay"* Flrnt Speech. Henry Clay as a young man wns ex tremely bashful, although he possessed uu com moil brightness of Intellect and fascinating address, without effort making the little he knew pass for much more, lu the early part of Ills career ho settled In Lexington, Va., where he found the society most con genial. though the clients seemed some what recalcitrant to the young lawyer. He Joined a debating society ut length, but for several meetings he remained a silent listener. One evening, after a lengthy debate, the subject was being put to a vote, when Clay was heard to observe softly to a friend that the matter In question was by no means exhausted. lie was ut once asked to speak and after some hesitation rose to his feet. Finding himself thus unexpectedly confronted by an audience, he was covered with confusion and began, as he had fre quently done in Imaginary appeals to the court. "Oentlcnien of the Jury." A titter that ran through the au dience only served to heighten his em barrassment, and the obnoxious phrase fell from ills lips again. Then he gath ered himself together and launched In to a peroration so brilliantly lucid aud Impassioned thai it carried the house by storm and laid the cornerstone to his future greatness, his first case com ing to him as 11 result of tills speech, which some consider Ihi Illicit he ever made.—Collier's Weekly. Ihlil Idea* of Providence. The temperance lecturer, John B. Cough. had occasion in one of his ad dresses to refer to the Indiscriminate nml arbitrary yet consoling doctrine of Providence, lie said: "Some people have strange ideas 011 tills matter. Once when a ship was in danger a lady went to the captain In great distress. 'We must trust lu Providence, madam,' said he. 'Uoodncss gracious. Is It as bad as that?" she cried. "A washerwoman had her little shan ty burned down. She stood before the wreck and, lifting her eyes to heaven and shaking her list, exclaimed. 'You see if 1 don't work on Sundays to pay for that!' "In the firth of Forth a vessel struck on a rock, and a tug was drawing nigh to the rescue. A boy, much alarmed, was clinging to his mother. She said, •Ye must pit yer trust In Providence, Jamie.' "I will, mlther, as soon as I get Into that Ither boat.' "In New York a Dutchman with a companion went into to get lunch. They were charged SO. One of the men began to swear, as he thought the charges excessive. 'Don't you swear,' said the other. 'Providence has punished that man Delinotiieo very bad already ' Ilow Is that? How has he punished hlinV' Why. I've got my pockets full or his forks and spoon*.' " —ivunsus City Independent. N0.4 IN THE ISLE OF JERSEY. Me.rvelomly Succcjifal Farm Imp: "by I s en*nn»* on n Few Acre* Each, To say that the peasant farmers on the isle of Jersey (many of whom can neither read nor write i are the best and most scientific fan;: ■- in the world sounds Uke a contradii tory statement — a very l>, astful one. to say the least I make the statement on my own ac count. for I have never Iteard it said of them, nor d > the themselves set up any mi. ",i claim, 'i are quite uni useiou ; of the fact, us only a very small portion of them have ever been nway from home to the extent of cross ing the channel that separates the is land from France or England. I call them the best farmers in the world for the simple reason that they make their farms produce more per acre than any otlu r farmers 1 ever saw or heard of. The little island of Jersey Is only 14 miles long ami four to seven miles wide. There is. however, a resident population of .'3.000, and that this Is land Is able to support its own inhabit ants and feed 40,000 to 50.000 visitors annually Is something wonderful. But when I tell you that in addition to this there is exported from the island year ly between $3,000,000 aud $4.(100,000 worth of farm and garden products no one will question that these Island farmers deserve the distinction that I have given them. Early potatoes and cattle are the principal farm products. The potato crop alone that was shipped from the Island this year brought $2,175,855. There nre on the island all told about 25,000 acres and of course a great deal of waste land along the coast, so that there are only about lO.OOOacres of land worked or tilled by farmers. There are 1,200 farmers, and the average sized farm, therefore, is altout 8% acres. On an eight acre farm there will be, say four and a half to five acres of po tatoes (followed by a crop of roots same season), an acre or acre aud a half of grass, and on the balance of the farm oats or meadow, garden and buildings. The farmers pay from S4O to $75 per acre annual rent. A crop of 300 bushels of early grown potatoes is considered a good one, while a crop of 400 bushels and even more is not un common. I am afraid to tell the num- , ber of tons of mangels that are pro duced per acre, after the potato crop, without additional fertilizers. llow Is it possible to grow such crops on such a small piece of land, support such a large population and export over $3,000,000 worth of produce year ly and at the same time increase the fertility of the soil? I reply by keep ing a large number of cows for the manufacture of fancy butter for the pocket, horses for the work and barn yard manure for the land. Incredible 1 as it may seem, on these 10,000 acres there are owned, according to the last census, 11.801 head of Jerseys, 2,343 head of horses, to say nothing of pigs and poultry. The farmers try some commercial fertilizers and draw tons of seaweed that Is gathered on the sand when the tide is out, which they spread ou their meadow and grass land, but their prin cipal reliance Is barnyard and liquid manure. I doubt if there Is a farm ou the island without a liquid manure ciotern, the contents of which are pumped into a hogshead on a two wheeled cart and distributed on the grass and meadow. But how can they feed such a num ber of cattle from so small au acreage of grass land when potatoes and other crops occupy about two-thirds or three fourths of the farm? With 14,234 head of live stock there Is nearly an animal and a half per acre for every acre farmed. They do It by adopting a strict soiling system. Only the milk cows are allowed to go to pasture, and these are tethered. Beginning at one end of a field, each cow mows her own swath across It. She is moved on once or twice a day, according to the size of the meadow, anil makes a clean sweep of everything within reach of her tether rope, which Is about 12 feet long. The growth of grass Is some thing wonderful. The cattle feed across these fields six or eight times during* a season, and even then portions of the field will be cut for hay. All the young things are kept In the stable and fed ou roots. Mangels, etc., are also fed night and morning to the milk cows that are usually housed dur ing the night. Methods while very primitive In some respects have been banded down front generation to generation and are said originally to have been the teachings of pious monks, who were learned men and particularly fond of agriculture, which they taught the young men brought under their influence. While these pupils were kept Ignorant of all book learning, they profited by the les sons and experience of their learned teachers. Necessity has also been a great teacher fV these farmers. Ilow to feed their increasing numbers aud Wants has been a problem solved by keeping the greatest number of cattle, liberal use of both barnyard and liquid manure anil by adopting a strict sys tem of soiling, concludes the writer of the foregoing in Ohio Farmer. Rnrly PloTrln*. Briefly stated, the advantages claim ed for early plowing, followed at inter vals by harrowing, are that It prevents the growth of weeds, conserves tho moisture of the soil, keeps the soil In good tilth and results In the formation of a seed bed best suited for the prompt germination and growth of the seed. The cost of preparing the ground Is lessened, the yield of grain Is Increased, and the practice Is financially profita ble. lt» 1(1214. Here Is a curious extract from tho tourt regulations of the Hofburg lor the year llFii on the etiquette to be ob served by officers when Invited to tho royal table. The regulation begins by stating that officers usually behave un der sueli circumstances "with great po liteness and good breeding, like true mid worthy cavaliers." but that the emperor thinks It necessary to Issue the following directions for the use of Inexperienced cadets: "1. < >fileers should come to tho palace handsomely dressed and not enter tho room In h half drunken state. "2 When they are at table, they should not rock nbout on their chairs nor sit back and stretch out their legs. "3. They should not drink after each mouthful, as by so doing they will very soon get drunk, nor drink more than half a glass nt a time, and before drinking they should wipe their lips anil moustnehloß. "4. They should not put their bands In the dishes nor throw bones under the table. "5 They should not lick their lin gers nor drink so brutally as to fall off their chairs."
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