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1(5 THE OMAHA "DAILY 31UI5: HITM)AY MARCH I, moo. The iSLE oftheyVlNDS By tftithor of "The Stlckit Minister," "The Raiders." "The Lilnc Sun.Uonnct," COPYRIGHT. U98. UNDER THE NAME OF "LITTLE ANNA MARK." (Copyright, 1893. by S. lt. . rockott ) K)iiiiikIh of I'ri'XliiiiN liinnllnienl. Hlr Jumen Stanslleld of New Mlliid. in company with his grandson, young l'nlllp, meets .11 nn imi-huuso hh son l'hlllp atiil Ma son's paramour, .lHiiet Mark. They imtrre!- Sir Jnmi'S goes homo, taking alone SiIm KraiulHoii. That night he 1h murdered 1y hla dissolute Bon anil Janet Murk. They tako his body outside ami lay It upon n ice-floe. In tin; effort to fasten the crlmo upon other Rhouldcrs. lint the ly. l'nlllp. lias witnessed the c rime ho tellrt hi grand father s ehlcf tenant, t'niphray ftyurw.iy. uml Spnruay suei ccds In having the real murderer brought to Justice. Ho is tentenrnl t he hanged, his woman nc fompllcn lo he transported. M stc rlnisly J'hillp St.inHleld itnpes the gallows, leek; out his wife, ilmls her In the company of Hpurway, and tries t.. murder her. but doen lint ciulle succeed. She Im taken uwny u lAhercalm for mio. leaving her soli, young l'hlllp. In charge of Spurway and In tho company of little Annu Mark, (mm whom lie, leaniH that In some ways girls arc worth qulto ns iniieli as boys, l'or example, in Iho time of the uttlu, droving, when Master Hpurway bought his winter beast In the Mart, ' Anna beats l'hlllp In helping to rut them out. .Still they urooxt client friends, even though she heats him nt in r tudles In tho srhooi to whlcli they (,o together. John Stnnslleld. l'hlllp H lawyer uncle, brines In a new teacher, p'unlnlo Illngrose, a small man with wonderful ey e. . Hhortly nfer his coming tho countryside in shocked and thrilled with n number of Woody and mysterious murders, evidently Tor the sake of robbery. Huslncss cans Umphruy Spurwiiy from home. In His rbsonco a bis packing ense, purporting to 1e full of lino Spanish wool. Is delivered to Will nowman. tlmnhray's clerk. H ljuttt It In the weaving shed. That night l'hlllp. tilaylng ubout It. sees shining through the ruuzo of thn picking enw a pnlr of eyes, aio calls Will Howman, who counts three, then stulw tho packing cose with a email nword. Wood Hows, they open tho case nnd llnd Dnmlnlo Hlncroso Inside, ap parently dead. Shortly after the house Is Attacked by robbers, whom Itlngroso huil meant to let In. They aro beaten off. but uftcrwnrd 1'hlllp's mother refuses to let him spend tho holidays at New Mllns. Re turning from a day s visit to New Mllns, l'hlllp falls In with Saul Mark, Annas pypsy father, who under pretense of show ing him Sir ll'arry Morgan's trcasuro makes lilm ii prisoner. Anna llnds out his plight mid leads Umphray Spurwny on his track, leaving Hpurway Imprisoned, l'hlllp fetuns fleld tlm elder goes out in Spurway'H olo.ik o his wlfo'H houso and by threats Induces licr to go with him nbonrd tho Corru inatee. Anna nnd l'hlllp make friends with 3':borra. Ho shows them whero Sir Harry fdorgaii's treasure is; guarded by fcr-de-ant-o and Ills hosts. 1 CIIAI'TKll XXXII. 1 The .lolly llont. Yellow Jack had indeed cnoro than kopt tils promise. Ho had shown us the thin crust of kindly treatment on which wo wcro klcpondlng. Why Captain Stnnslleld (had not tgono with his ship 1 could not then undor Ktand. I understood afterward that as tho (wretched whlto slaves -wcro disposed of In his majesty's plantations, and tho transaction must ho ono of conbldorahlo publicity, It was not prudont for Captain Stnnslleld to appear, l'or, slnco his escape, descriptions of him had Iboen sunt ncroBs to tho colonial govern ments, and all Scottish Mhlps wero closely l.crutlnlzed for tihu eondemned murderer. (Also in Virginia and tho Camllnns there wun mo Provost Cregory 1'artnii to blind tho oyes Of tho authorities. Hut at that tlmo I put down my father's being secretly on tho island to snmo fell tlcBlgn upon imy mother. I resolved, there fore. Immediately to devise means of escaro from tho Islo of tho Winds, and to tako my uhnnco upon tho mainland, whenover we could reach It. I thought that tho distance could not bo very great, nt least to somo of Iho civilized and larger islands. Hut I had Bo moro exact Idea of tho geography than a Vnguo Temembranco of a map In tho Moll's btlntt whlcO had belonged to my grandfather. However, I resolved Ilrst to question our Ruble, nnd so. after jesting a few days, I Baked him again to accompany Anna and tnyself Into tho woods, on pretext of gather ing tho ripo plums of a tall nnd beautiful trco which grew there. "I21)orra," I said, im soon ns wo vcro with out tho vlllago, and snfo from tho prying cars of tho liberty men, "must wo always ftny hero? Is there no way to escape among Christian peoplo?" Ho smiled his wistful smile. "Already you aro tired of poor Obcah man? Christian you llko 'better. Are not theso Christian?" Ho pointed with bitter irony to tho ibticcnneor vlllago boneath us. "Nny, llhorra," I wild; "wo aro not tired Df you." And Anna chimed In: "Nay, truly! You pro tho only friend wo linvo on this accursed Island!" And our quick speech pleased him no little. 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The Institute makes no restrictions, Any man who writes will be sent a free sam ple, carefully sealed in a plain package, so that Its reclptont need have no fear of em barrassment or publicity Headers art re aucjtcd t rrrlte without delay, I SltCUPCKETT lu,rl)or In miniature, cunpletoly sheltered from nil sight of tho sen and defenced on the land side from tho buccaneer's village. Anna clapped her hands nt tho sight, and cried out with pleasure nt tho lovely Hind nnd nhells on tho shore. Tho shells were not broken to pieces, uh on tho beach In front of tho village, by tho forco of the waves, hut every tiny, turrct-llko form perfect to its last whorl. Somo wero marked llko stair cases, with BtepH of alternate yellow and rod. Anna bent and gathered handfuls nnd flnnlly lapfuls of these, murmuring all tho while with ti kind of tenderness, "Ah, that 1 had you homo with mo nt tho Mllns house, how happy I should be!" And this waw tho solo complaint I heard her muko all tho tlmo she was on the island. In ono comer of this fuiry paradise, and sheltered from tho wnb of any seas by the great jutting noso of tho North Horn, a ship's Jolly boat rodo nt anchor closo to a llttlo natural pier, ns taut nnd trim as if tho Indlamnn's crew had Juwt left her. I ran to her nnd found that nho wns both well-kept and well-found, having oars com niodlously packed under a protecting awn ing, a short-Hockcted spar for hoisting a sail, nnd all tho neccosary conveniences for milking a voyago of nomo length. A chain of stout links of Iron connected her stem with tho anchor at tho bottom of the llttlo harbor. "Wo must set sail nt once, heforo tho 6hlp cornea back!" I cried eagerly. "Whero did you got tho boat nnd why have you not es caped long ago?" I'or tho marvel of possessing such n treas uro nnd yet remaining In a position of slav ery troubled me. Hut Yollow Jack held up his hnndless arm and said reproachfully, without answering my first question, "This is tho reason, sir. also whom would Ehorra trust except hlo weak old mother? And whither would he go, when there thero and thero (pointing south, north nnd east) aro slaves, slaves only slaves?" Then ho guldod us to a small hut built of driftwood and thatched with broad palmetto leaves, which stood unseen in a charming recess of tho rocks. "Kborra's house!" ho explained, with a proud nnd satisfied look. And here, upon blocks of wood rudely shaped ns stools, we sat nnd nto bananas and strange fruits which our guldo had brought with him. whllo al most nt our feet tho wavelets hissed crisply along the bench of bright shells and golden sand. Tho half-casto stood silent heforo ua a long tlmo beforo ho apoko. "You Kborni'B friends," ho said. "Vou not llko tho others. Supposo Eborra shows you how to escape, you never sell him into slavery. Never let cruel whlto man whip his mother because she is a witch'" I could not tell him that still In my own country poor old women liko his mother wero eondomncd for witchcraft, nnd that, not so long ago, ono had .been burned with all circumstances of olvll and ecclesiastical pomp upon tho borough moor of Abercalrn itself. On the contrary, Anna promised that If wo woro dollverol nnd restored to our own country ho sihould bo rewarded and enrtd for. and his mother, also. Ho turned on her a look of dog-like gratitude, and, taking tho girl's hand, ho set It on his head. "Eborra your slave!" ho said, gratefully. Thon. In fragmentary, but easily under stood, sontonces, ho told us that, if wo did ondcavor to escape, wo must go northward, that n chain of islands connected us with the larger settlements of I'orlo nico and Jamaica, where wo would find governments and Hihlpa In which to return to our native land. Hut ho warned us that tho voyage -would provo a long and dangerous one. Moreover, tho Jollyboat would go so slow Hint If tho Corromantco chanced to return nbout tho tlmo of our cscapo wo should bo in stantly captured. Still, hero was a hope, n possibility, nnd, according to my fashion, I began instantly to build upon it. in flvo minutes I had us all back In Imagination at New Mllns, my Undo John dothroncd, tho prlnco come to his own. And tho princess Hut Yellow Jack broke in remorselessly upon the beauty of my vision. "Tonight or tomorrow nt Intuit tho Corromantce will return. Wo must wait till they lay It nshoro to careen it. Wo need many things for tho voyago. Wo must And casks for water and bring them hither; we must tako dried tongues, smoked beef" "How can we get these," Interrupted Anna, "unless wo stoal? Wo cannot buy them." Yellow Jack looked nt her In astonish ment. "It is no sin to steal from tho thief," ho said. "They cut off Eborra's hand. Eborra tako his boat to "help him to got back his llesh and bones. Will ho over get that lack?" Ho held up the stump of his arm as ho apoko, smiling strangely as he did so. nnd nolther of us made any further objection, so easily Is morality sometimes satisfied. I asked Eborra how ho knew that tho ship would return speedily. "My mother told in Kho saw It palling hither. It fought and took a ship. Many people killed. Two ships conin with much plunder, tonight tomorrow, perhaps!" I said to myself that if this proved to bo truohls imother would bo n witch Indeed, und "in my own country might bo In even greater danger than in any plrato Isle. I thought of Mr. John Hell. Wo went back, not by tho way we had come, but through tho sllont woods Eborra, like the guardian demon of tho place, hum ming liU curious song, and tho dendly snakes wnvlng their heads nt us from the houghR. Hrlght-colored birds flashed across us. Strange Mowers gleamed amid tho dull green of tha foliage. I'ar off wo could hear a sound like a hell struck In somo church tower, a solemn note, reverberant and sonorous then sllenco yet mnro complete, nnd again nfler a spneo tho solemn toll, us if In tho deeps of tho unknown wood tho ill ad were burying the dead. Then nut of this Intenser silence from thn fertwt edges, whero tho high woods stood up llko n black rampart wall, thero would come a uddeu, terrlhlu scream, or laughter equally hideous some bird seized by a rr rpent, or perchance only howling monkey playing bo-peep with his kind, Au hour oftorward, ns we entered the vit iligo with our hastily seized bunches of grapes and wtchels of wild plums, we at tracted no attention; something absorbing In IntcrrKt had happened, Tho whole popu lation stood at gaze, nnd even my mother was on tho balcony of her house, looking out to sea ns eagerly ns nny. Two shlnn had been blgbtcd, ono with three and the "Cleg Kelly," "The Red Axe," Etc, DY It. a CROCKETT. other with two masts. They were? heading directly for tho Island. And I know not whether Yellow Jack's mother was n witch, or whether our guldo owed his pro-vision to somo superior trick of eyesight. fit AI'TIIlt WMII. ,11 in I'einlniry Milken a MUlnUo, Hut nt any rato wo had now something Cm YET ALL WAS DONE IN SO MATTER-OP- I'ACT AM CHEERI'l'L A WAY, I COULD NOT RELIEVE THAT RED SLAUGHTER HAD HE EN DONE ON THE IIIOH SEAS. doflnlto to do. Tho Jollyboat must bo pro visioned. Will Howman must bo enlisted, a watch kept upon tho bcuch for such readily convoynblo articles as would bo uaeful to us in our adventure, and, most dlfllcult of all, my mother humored nnd kept In Igno rnnco till tho last moment. It was too lato for tho ships to pass the Intrlcato and dangerous passagei of tlu' reefs beforo the morning. Hut I do not think that in tho buccaneer vlllago there wcro many shut eyes that night. A continual hum of voices camo to our ears, und as wo went cautiously nlong the shore, the acrid Bmell of tobacco or tho red glow from a lopsided ptpo bowl told whero tho liberty men wero discussing the chances of a new capture. Anna and I stolo near a group of them that wo might listen to their tnlk. That also might provo useful, or so wo told each other. I'or with tho throwing overboard of one convention many others go. Hut wo wero bound to escape and must not stand upon a scruple. Wo had resolved to suspend tho commandment wo hnd loarned, "Thou shalt not steal." And so tho unwrit ten ndditlon, "Thou shalt not eavesdrop," could bo of no moro binding interpretation for us. "Tell yo what," said ono man, whom recognized by his accent ns Rodnoy l'ax, a rod-bearded, burly man, nnd a great favor lto on account of hln good humor, "it yonJer boat's a three-master, I'm glad I was not aboard o' the Corromanteo when sho was took. Fightin' I nm with you In, but walkin' tho plank blindfold! . That's what gets me, Jim! I can hear them scream as they hit the water!" It was Jim l'embury who replied, n lean snaky, glpsy-llkc fellow with a nouo broken in combat. "l'or me," ho said, hctween quick puffs of his pipe, "I see no two wayn. Either die old In tho ditch or run your chanco of dying young on tbo scaffold. I do not hold with this cant of mercy. If we are Hretbrcn of tha Coast, brethren let Us be. I don't hold with bringing whlto women here with n palaco for them to llvo In aud that boy and girl running peering everywhere. No good comes o' that, as 1 see!" "Ono's captain's son 'other's supercargo's daughter! That's why!" tuid another out of tho durkness. "P'raps they'll make it up and start a now crew!" chuckled another. "first wo know." continued Jim l'embury. "this Island will get blowed on and we'll hear tho blessed magistrate u-tellln us that we had better get ready to bo hanged by tho neck till wo be dead. 'And the Lord have' " "Stow that, Jim," said Rodney l'ax quickly; "no good ever cornea o' tukln' them words In vain!" "Rodney'n turning soft, I guess, llko cap tain nnd old Saul!" Bald Jim l'embury. "Dare you say as much to cither n' thpni you've named, Jim?" retorted Rodney. "Tony Drake nn' moil come along nnd bring home tho pieces in a fo'e'sle sack. If you do!" "If you think I'm afrared n' either captain or any gipsy tinker that breathes you're mistnken." said l'embury. "I'm as good ns the)- is. and bettor. I didn't kill my father when he was asleep!" Something pa.sped us quickly, n tall figure, dark against tho sky. as Anna and I cowered lower behind the hedge of prlckly-pcar. "Stand up, Jim rembury," I heard the voice of Captain StnnsHcld, very rlcar and yet not loud, "You never killed your f.ither did you not? Well, you have a chance to kill a better man now. Stand up and fight for your life! I might have you tied up and shot llko i dog for tho words you have spoken. If I gavo tho order, Is thero n man would say mo nny? Hut I glo you n chanoc, which Is moro than ho desencs. Has he his knife, men? (let over tho hedge, tho rest of you. I will fight him In the dark who slanders In tho dark. Aro you ready, Jim l'embury? Step out!" ""hut tho man did not reply. Already ho had dropped to tho ground nnd from whero wo crouched we could sec him creeping around tho shelter of tho hedge wKh the intent fo strlko tho llrst blow. It wan a terrible moment. We wcro on tho same side of tho hedge, nnd ho u ruwilng so closely that ho could scarcely avoid touching either of us. Yet tho prlckly-pear hedge was full of keen spines and It was Impossible either to overleap It or to push through. So, though 1 suffered Intense pain from the pricking, I pressed my back against tho llMhy leaves und drew Anna down upon my knca, Just ns Jim l'embury canio creeping softly around. Ho was so clco lu that I thought he could noi pojslbly cscapo seeing us. Jlut ho had eyes only for my father, who had never moved slnco ho had ppoken. I could sco him still, black against the sky, making u blank among tho stnrs. Every moment I expected to feel tho kntfo and I wondered If It could hurt much moro than the needles which wero piercing my back nnd side. Hut, Just ns l'embury crouched for tho rush, I felt somcthlm; strlko my foot. The crotujhlng m.in stumbled nnd fell forward upon the stones and shinglo with nn oath and a ring of Iron as his knlfo went clattering out of his ihnnds. Tho dark llguro of Captain Stansfield vanished too quickly for our eyes to seo whnt happened next. Wo alj heard tho sound of two lieuvy blows stricken In quick succession, a dull groan llko that of a polo-nxcd ix and then between us nnd tho sky wo saw tho dark, tall figure of tho captain. Ho was wiping a knlfo delicately, even ns I had eren him do onco beforo In the blue room nt New Mllns, Then a hand fell on tho collar of my shirt anil 1 was lifted to my feet, Anna still In my nrms. "What Is this?" said my father's voice. "Moro traitorous knaves? Whnt! my son l'hlllp night-lurking hero anions the hedge-!" "Ho fell over my foot, sir!" I stammered, without thinking what I had said. "Aha, Mm l'hlllp! then I owo you that which I shall not forgot; Hut. now escort this young lady lo your mother's house, nnd go you to bod. This Is neither time nor place for either of you to bo abroad. So Anna and I walked back to my mother's house, nnd found her sitting at her stock ing with nn open bible before. Sho knitted stmdlly and ns If hor fingers could not stop. Hut though she looked at the book, I do not think sho read much. "You aro too Into out, Philip and Anna!" pno said as ir wo hnd hecn playing nbout ; so mat ny tno timo I could run to Anna and tbo Yett house at hl-spy or marblos, "It : throw up pebbles of tho beach at her win Is not altogether seemly!" dow the fiery sheets were already licking So for once In their lives my father and I my mother wero agreed upon a question of morals, CIIAl'TlllI XA.MV, The ('irritniiuilee'N rlrr. In tho morning tho ships wcro in tho hay. They proved to bo tho Corramnnteo Hnd an other tail 'vecstJ of threo masts, full rigged and cipablo of containing twice tho num ber of men which manned tho hermaphro dite schooner. Hut, though thoro wero blanks In tbo muster roll, and tho second mato would nevrir moro bid a man wash his socks on board nny earthly ship, there wcro no new faces; and It was obvious that tho task of bringing tho ship Into port had hern n difficult one. Hut now tho liber' y men swarmed on board, nnd In a trlco tho boats wero going morrlly to and fro between tho ships and tho beach, conveying pro visions and plunder of all sorts. Saul Marl: stood at the landing place nnd examined every boatload, to nil appearance occupied In separating what was kept for future illa posal from thorn articles which were to bo dlvlde'd Immediately. All provisions nnd nnunltlnns of war wero sent to a common store. Hut, on tho other hand, the men wero ulloweil to keep small articles of private loot, such as watches and Jewelery. (Whero were the poor touls who had worn these?) Several wounded buc caneers snt nbout the shore, talking In low tcnes to their women, nnd saying a word occasslonully to their companions, ns they went Jovially by. Yet all was done In t,o matter-of-fact and cheerful a way that I could not bring mjselt to bellcvo that red slaugbtor had been done on the high heas, or that thee men, who bo cheerfully would glvo a neighbor a helping rfiouldcr beneath his burden or rust sporttvo nrms aliout the wals s of two giggling yellow girls, could be the bloody pirates nnd murderers tho dead l'em bury hnd represented thorn to be. As usual. Captain Stanslleld stood npart. neither as?o"lntlng with ofllcrrs nor with men, but wafhlng with keen eyes that every one did tils duty The tatk of discharging the captured ship occupied a full week of wondrously hot weather. Tho men worked stripped meet of thorn to their trousers, whllo others went about with nothing moro upon thttn than a uteechrlout. Tho sea was smooth ua i. milt pond (Ah! that I could have bccu Umphray Spurwny's!) all tho time, nnd tho boats went regularly out, ami came ns regularly In. I desired greatly to visit tho captured ship, nnd I think that I might havo succeeded In hiding In aoruo of tho boats, for tho men were cheerful nnd good-humorel beyond their wont, partly with tho rum that had been freely served, nnd partly with tho prospect of tho large dividend which each expected nt tho closo of tho discharge. Hut. Just ns tho boat In which I was hidden started, Anna Mark etimo running down to tho shore, crying: "Tako mo, too!" l'or sho had been delayed nt somo task for my mother, which liked her little, becaiiso It kept her within doors. As won as her father heard Anna call, ho bado tho men ceaso from rowing. "Who is that in tho bow of tho boat?" ho said. And when they told htm. "Send the lad ashore!" ho cried; "tho ship Is no place for him." Whereupon 1 told him that I had not wished to go aboard, but only went for tho pleasure of tho salt. Hut ho looked ns If ho hail hard work to bellcvo me, and mado mo disembark. Then catno my father by, nnd t saluted him, as I saw others do, making bold to ask him If I could not go out with one of tho boats to thu ship. Ho shook his head and passed on without speaking. Yet Captain Stnnslleld hnd not gono far beforo he. turned nnd said, "You can go to my quarters nnd get my telescope. You may visit tho ship through 'that." I was overjoyed; and Anna and I started to get the gloss nt once. Now, I had never been In tho houso whero my father abode, and I would not at this tlmo havo been ablo to mnko my way within had not lazy Jacob been out lounging upon tho wall bennath keeping all tho whllo his eyes upon his muster, ;o that upon his return ho might bo found busily engaged at tils own proper work. At last I found tho perspective glass In a cupboard, whero woro many old suits of clothes and cutlasses, both naked and hung up in their sheaths. I took It under my arm nnd camo nut. My father still stood on the beach all nlono anil looked out to sea. Anna and 1 found n commodious placo of rofugo on tho cliff edge, nnd, after examin ing tho crovlces of the rock for green scorpions nnd red nnts, wo laid us down and took turn and turn nbout nt watching tho ships with groat dollght. As the tide began to run lnw;ard tho prlzo swung to her anchor und I hoped at least to mnko out her namo and destination. Hut In this I wns disappointed, for tno lettering had been carofully effaced, and I was not sailor enough to guess from hor rigging and equip ment anything oven of her nationality, Tho ; men of tho Corramnnteo wcro now taking oui oi nor sucn largo articles ns spam spars, colls of ropo and bales of sailcloth. Tho former they pltchod overboard, to bo diawn ashore; tho latter they lowered Into boats, all working with a will and as mer rily as Innocent harvest fojk singing among tho corn stooku on tho brnru of Morebani. All that day Anna and I watched tho work on shipboard, nud marveled at the r celerity with which everything was cleared away. A littlo heforo dusk I took back tho tolcscopo nnd gavo it into tho hands of Jacob, who wns now running about , lircpnrlng his master's dinner with immenso buwtlo and show of ulacrlty It was about 10 o'clock that I saw the beginnings of a wondrous sight. Tho ship, which had been dismantled, was towed to tho entrance of thn channel and set on firo outsldo tho bay. It seemed to havo been drenched with Bomo Inflammable material. for tho flames mounted with great rapidity, tho crosstrcca and tho spidery tracery of lis tackling stood out against tho lurid background of smoko aud flame. I havo never set foot on any vestel slnco without thinking of tbo terrible peril of flro at tea. In ten mlnutcH tho flro burned through tho thick planking of its sides. Tho ribs etlll showed black and solid, llko thoso of somo skeleton In hell flro yot un consumed. Sho took ground on a reef nnd canted over soon after. A secret storo of powder concealed somowhoro In her hold blew up with a tremendous explosion, heav ing tho masts high Into tho nlr. I looked nt Anna ns sho stood In her win dow, nnd saw her fuco crimsoned with tho fiery glow. ."What think you now?" I said. "Does a plcturo oer a bed mako up for theso things?" Sho had her unswer re.idy. ' Your blblo &nys, If I read It right, 'Honor thy father and thy mother!' " That was nil sho mild. Sho did not even reach down hor hand to bid me good night, but shut the window and went back to bed. CII.WTKIt A XXV. Dour Kill II ok. Nevertheless. I did not forget Yellow Jack's ndvlce, that If wo wished to leavo tho Island wo must well provision the Jolly boat and preparo for a crulso of somo length. On tho beach t hut night 1 managed to find n firkin of butter, which nil unseen I rolled to a snug place beyond tho village Tho half-casto also was on the lookout, and between us we secured somo Miiokcd hams, sufficient to servo for several weeks. o tbnt tho question of food did not nny more trouble us. All wo wanted was BUflUlcui water casks to nscnpn tho greatest dangnrs of nil voyages In open boats death by thirst It whs three nights be'nrn wo could find, nnd qulto a week ere wo could npproprlalo without suspicion, a small but beautifully coopered barrel which had contained somo rare liquor. I dn not know whether or not it had been empllPd before coming Into tlm hands of our buccaneers, but I do know that all tho time c kept water In It the taito which It communicated to the vapid, luke- f ; warm brew vns exceedingly heartsome and pleasant. I It was a long whllo beforo wo got any 1 opportunity of carrying out our plans of escape, nnd Indeed It was chance, nnd not nny deep laid plan, which ultimately gavo us ' HUP llhnftv nr n tnnnl ,,a our forced detention on tho Islo of tho Winds. Hut. curiously enough. It was Will How- 1 man who set all my mother's scruples nt rest. sho had always a great regard for Will. Sho never really liked Anna Mark, for reasons which havo been Indicated. Hut Will Howman sho looked up to as In somo way the representntlvo of Umphray Spur way, whoso will she had (savo In ono case) nlwnys submitted to without a murmur. Me. Indeed, sho loved entirely, but thought of mo ns no better than u boy and Itillrm of purpose-wherein sho wns completely wrong. Yet sho "gaed her nln gait," so far as 1 was concerned, nnd would havo neither doc trine nor reproof from me. Hut Will she trusted, aud after a whllo consulted ns to ninny things. Now Will, being a friendly, active fellow and excellent with tools, worked with great acceptance In the carpenter's shop. I to had a natural eye for a boat, and wns of great use to tho men there, who worked well vnougli by rule of thumb, hut hnd had no heads for drawing a plan or laying out a Job, It was Will, therefore, who brought tin tho llrst true word nbout tho lato prize, and It lightened my heart greatly lo know that tho ship was no quiet merchantman, hut :m armed vcasel llko our own. Tho Corramati tcc, Indeed, had at llrst only defended her self, but nfter romlng to closo quarters tho larger and stronger ship had been carried by thn resolution of our men, led by tho falr-halred Scot from Tillicoultry, Hut Will brought other nown ns well. It was not often that tho men talked be fore him nbout nny of their communal or privateering subjects. Hut one day whllo he was In tho ship fitting up somo shelves) ho heard a couple of them talking together through it thin partition. They raised their olcos to make themselves heard, and tho subject of thnlr converse reached Will Howman with equal ease through nnother bulkhead. I'rom them wo learned that the raptured ship was ono of three or four which had been sent out to raid tho Central American towns and that her consorts wero expected to try for rovengo upon tho Islo of tho Winds. "Sail ho," cried the lookout from tho erosstrces of tho Corramnnteo with start ling suddenness. Will Howman heard tho men bound up the deck with quick, lnipulslvo leaps. Ho could hear tho clung of their tools as they dropped them on tho planking. Ho roso nnd followed them with great quietness, shouldering hU straw sack of tools as If ho had finished his Job. Ho found everything in confusion on board. Men wero iamberlng up tho shrouds und getting to tho highest points of the masts which could bo reached, In order to obtuln a view. "How many may thero be o' them?" cried Dick Okell to Job Hono, who had ob tained a higher post of observation. "There's three o' them big Jioats and pllln' up fast wl' tho trado wind! cried Job. "I'alth!" returned Okell, "yo' might 'a been wrong, owld bird, but I wur noati In alcu a hungmenl o' a hurry to huvo It proved!" Signals wcro being freely exchanged with tho shore, and In a few minutes Cuptulu Stanslleld and Saul Mark camo on loard with tho full crow of tho Corramautec. Saul nt I noticed Will Howman, and ordered him ' nshore, but my father said, "Let tho lad 1 stay till wo havo brought tho ship us near i tho entrance of tho reef ns is safe. Then ho can go nshore In tho last boat." And us nobody questioned his will, so It was arranged. Whereupon who moro help- I fill than Will? nt tho getting up of tho I nnchor, at tho towing of the Cormantee by her boats. Will was ono of themselves, while all tho tlmo he had his ears open to the free nud excited talk that went on about them. I lo heard that their chief enemy was a certain Captain Keys, who had been wounded on ono occasion in a duol nt tho Dry Tor tugas by Captain Stnnslleld, and had sworn revenge. Captain Keys, as they phrased It, had "played booty," und In somo way ar ranged matters with the rolnnlal govern ments, that ho wns under protection of au thority, though as rank n plrato as over stirred a keel through tho Spanish main. Ills position gave him a great ascendancy over tho other buccaneers, and so when tho Corrnmanteo captured ono of tho ships of his "tail" he had sworn revenge. There was not tho slightest doubt that the throo veiscls In tho oiling were those commanded by Captain Keys, and that ho hud como to uvengc tho taking of our lato prize. Nothing was now heard savo anathemas upon ono who, having been a brother of tho coast, had been guilty of discovering n refugo Islo to tho enemy, and even of taking sorvlco under a government. If tho ves sels had been his majesty's ships of tho line, it would huvo been qulto fulr. That was their business, but to bo attacked by Captain Keys was quite a different mutter. Will Howman camo ushoro about four In tho afternoon. Hy this tlmo tho Corramnn teo was stripped for lighting, and tho guns wero trained on tho narrows of tho pas sage which wero within easy range. Captain Stanslleld had resolved to let tho shins como on without opposition till they wero well I within tho grahp of the reefs, knowing tbnt thero was no turning about among these ACCEPT no NO OTHER TREATMENT For COLDS, COUGHS, CATARRH, Thn nbuvo l:i ii f nr Imili nf tin pa' k ngx rontiilnlng the eomolrlo IIYO.MKf Inhaler outfit I'o nut oivi r iy Mr cum tuner ulli w your druggist to bill you a substitute. Intricate channels and dangerous knife edge!) of sunken reef. Hut tho enemy, who were now close In to the I 'eland, had evidently no Intention of coming further nt predent, but contented himself U firing n shot from his flagship at the Cor rnniantee. which fell far short, skipping among the outer reef bars like & flat stone sent edgewise from tho hand. Of this direct challengo Captain Stansfield. took no notice, but grimly nwalted any development of tho attack upon his etrong hold. When Will came on shoro he found Yel low Jack nnd his mother waiting for him In great excitement. "The tlmo hnd come." Eborra declared. Never would thero be a hotter chance. All the buccaneers woro busy, and the attack upon the Island would keep them on tho alert for several days, l'or It was certain that t-o largo a forco would not abandon Its purposo without making an attempt In some quarter. Anna and I were, of course, ready for any thing. Hut my mother was moro difficult. Will Howman went to break tho news to bcr, nnd before ho went ho nsked nm if I thom-ht , he might say that Umphray Spurway would nssurecuy uo lilting out n ship to seek for us In the plantations, nnd that wo would bo 8iiro to meet him there. As the matter was urgent, and a lie In a good cnuso has. nfler nil, something to say for Itself, I thought that ho might. Be sides. It was not exactly a lie, for there wns tin doubt that Umphray Spurway, l( ho hnd escaped, would most certainly do what he could to find us. So Will departed, nnd nfler nn absence of moro than nn hour returned with tho Joy ful Intelligence that my mother would conn with us gladly If sho was not required to sit besldo tho witch-woman, who reminded her so of (loody Grlshy, tho wltch-womnn oi (Ireat Marlow. This Will hnd promised readily enough, for wo thought wo could stow away tho light weight of tho old negro woman In tho bows without nltorlng the trim too much. Hut ns n moro Imminent peril Will re ported that tho guards woro still set over my mother's house, being two liberty men who had not gono aboard with tho crow ot tho Corrnmanteo, having been slightly wounded In tho last encounter. This was n difficulty. Indeed, for my mother, being deli cate of body and timid of spirit, could not mnko a dart for It, ns any of tho rest of us might havo done. Resides, sho was llablo nt nny moment to stop short for the purposo of explaining to uh why she could not go nny faster, and In hor English fashion to ask our pardon for It which, though protty enough to hear, would provo exceedingly fatal to our project. Hut a plan camo into my bead which I mentioned to Will nnd Anna, who thought that It might bo worked. This was to keep Anna out In the woods where sho wus, my mother to dress In Anna's hooded mnutle, tn which sho had often descended from tho win dow nl night to wnnder tho beach with me. Tbo sentinels wcro qulto nocuBtomed to this. Indeed, It had become a Jest among them, and they had enough of good humor to keep tho matter carefully from our re spective fathers, who, (though hardly straight-laced In their own conduct, might not havo shown tho samo leniency toward tho escapades of their children. My mother was of about tho samo height aa Anna, and If sho could be kept from speech might very well puss for hor. So with this plan to rehearse, Will went back Into tho pleasant aud quiet room whero my mother sat calmly at her knitting. At first sho would not listen to a word. What! would sho put on a child's cap nnd c'onk? Sho might bo In danger, but, thank (5od, sho had garments of her own which sho could wear without being be holden to nny. HcHlden, whnt would sho wear afterwards? If they should meet any one who know her In the plantations, It was not Anna Mark's enp nnd cloak that sho would euro to appear In. Tho shame would euuse her to sink Into tho ground. Hut Will reassured her by offering to pmugglo anything she wished out for her. Sho went Joyfully to wake tho bundle ready. It proved to be almost a boat load ot Itself, and tshn was with dilMculty ndvlscd to restrict herself to a cloak with a hood, a warm underklrtle, nnd a night muslin gown, which she selected from tho vast storo ot women's clothes which Captain Stanslleld had put nt her disposal. Anna's only bag gage wan a store of whlto kerchiefs. It was curious how little thought my mother gave herself about somo matters. Hut then she hnd always expected to be pro vided for, and took nil gifts as hor due, having been an only child nnd (save lu tho matter of marriage) allowed her own way nil her life. As for Anna Mark, sho would not havo touched a bonnet string In all the pirate's hoard with n .pair of tongs. 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