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.
JOHN BICKEL,
1 ?* SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - VsUTLER, i'A
C.E.MILLER, s st„ t tho h E e k n
To Make Things Lively
For Thirty Da}
GREATEST SALE EVER HELD IN BUTLL *
Our holiday trade was large—unusually large—but we find v ■
have too many Shoes and Rubbers. In order to reduce our stock ve
are going to cut the prices on all winter goods, such as Sh s,
Slippers and Rubbers. If you've not bought your winter shoe- >r
rubbers yet, come to us—we are in better shape to nerve you t in
ever before. We mean just what we say.
Butler's Progressive Shoe Hou e
Will sell shoes cheaper during the month of January than ever be! re.
We haven't space nor time to quote prices, but come in and see 1
see how wc have grown in seven years—and get a share of iic
bargains we are oflering this month.
We hope to make many new friends this year,
TRY AN UP TO DATE SHOE HOUSE.
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my life, and it seems! almost as e.
miracle had been wrought in my cu .—Jen
nie O. Reicbard, Springtown, Fa.
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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."