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Copyrlrtit. 1897, by P. F. Collier.
CHAPTER VI Continued.
Popo Instantly saw how it -wasa
common-plnco troublesomo collision;
and ho delivered these orders In a
voice that rang llko the notes of a
bugle through the brig!
"Orlndal, tako some hands and se
cure that follow by his glbboom.
Leavo play in the seizing for the heave
of the swell. Let go the t'gallant hal
yards. Man foro and main clow gar
nets. Starboard foro and malnbraces.
Sweat the yards foro and aft, some
hands, out of the road. Whero's Mr.
Crystal?"
"Here, sir," Bhouted the mate, who
liad followed Uio captain on deck with
in a few moments.
"Mr. Crystal, get an arms-chest up
tind Berve out cutlasses and firearms.
I mean to board that fellow. He's
l)een sent to provision us."
The arms-chests had been stowed
away very conveniently to hand, as
may be supposed, In a little division
In tho afterhold called the lazarette,
gained by a small hatch in the cabin
deck. Thither Crystal and somo men
rushed; the cabin lamp gave them
light They came up' with armfuls of
cutlasses and a number of pistols, and
the two captains heading about ten
armed men of their crew, sprang from
the rail Into the stranger's bow, and
ran with terrifying shouts along her
lecks.
"Drive tho crew into the fok'sle,"
bellowed Pope. "Cut down all who re
sist" . ' '
The man who hold the lantern on
tho quarter deck, who had shouted
unintelligibly, who was incased in
clothes which swelled him to the di
mensions of a bull, was undoubtedly
the master of tho littlo ship. Another
man stood beside him, probably the
mate. ThVjy remained stock-still,
transfixed, motionless as dead men,
"Drive the crew
while the piratic crew camo .storming
to' the quarterdeck.
"Forward with ye." yelled Pope,
flourishing his sword about the ears
of the fat captain.
"Away with ye," bawled Crystal,
striking the mate a thump between
the shoulders which set him running.
And amid cries and execrations, and
the stamp of feet,, and tho laughter of
men along tho rail of tho" Gypsy, tho
whole of the crow, with the immense
swelled captain among them, wero
swept forward and tumbled Into the
forecastle through the little scuttle
and battened down.
A few of tho men were left on deck.
Tho others followed Captain Pope and
Captain Crystal down tho companion
hatch into tho stranger's living room.
A lamp of several tints of glass
burned under the little skylight. Un
der the lamp, at a square table, per
fectly visible in tho white luster that
streamed downward, sat a Btout wom
an In a hat with a largo feather
trembling round It, and two Immense
ly thick lengths of hair pale as hay
lying In braids like sennit upon her
back. She held her fat hands clasped
upon her lap, and somo fine rlngB
flashed upon them. Popo took heed
of this. He made her one of his lofty
bows and exclaimed, "Good evening,
madame, do you speak English?"
Sho stared at him motionless. He
knew a few words of French and tried
her with that tongue. She continued
to staro at him. Pope, though a pi
rate, was not a pickpocket, and find
ing the lady mute, stlrless and sense
less with terror, ho cast his eyes at
tho rings upon her fingers, and at a
bright gold chain round her neck. He
put his hand upon tho rings. Instant
ly tho poor woman sent up an ear
splitting shriek, yet she remained
seated, though sho fell back In her
chair.
"I don't mean to hurt you," said the
captain. "But " and grasping her
wrist he dexterously drew the rings
oft her fingers, pockoted them, and
with great agility whipped tho gold
chain over her hat. Those things tho
captain put Into his pocket.
Crystal camo out of the aftorhold
of tho main and reported tho contents.
So far as It was posslblo to gather by
the light of tho candlo and tho bull's
eye, ho had discovered cheesos, hams,
some casks of what he thought might
prove Hollands, casks of moist sugar
'and many cases of tobacco.
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RUSSELL.
Copyrlf ht, 1897, by Dodd, Med & Co.
The other cabins contained little
that was useful or valuable. ' Popo
went on deck. Tho weather remnined
very dark and quiet. Tha locked ves
sel rolled BOflly on tho long breathing
of tho sea, with an occasional thump
or jerK that was made soft arid harm
less by fenders.
Tho ten armed seamen' who had fol
lowed tho two captains into the ves
sel, camo lurching in twos and threes
on to tho quarterdeck, and hung about
the commander and his mate listen
ing. Pope did not order them for
ward. "Tho crow of this ship," Bald ho to
Crystal, "likewise tho woman, must
bo kept locked up till the. horizon's
betwixt us. They'll be boarded and
released. ' I'm for having hor Btuff
aboard. us and herself well astern be
fore tho horizon opens to the sun, and
makes a picture of us two vessels for
half a score of craft close by to won
der at."
"You'ro right, cap'cn" shouted ono
of tho seamen.
"Get these yards braced forward,
Mr. Crystal," said Pope, "I leavo you
in charge here."
Ho went quickly" forward into the
bows, listened attentively, but no
sound proceeded from the imprisoned
men below.. Then in a leap or two ho
gained tho deck of his own brig.
CHAPTER VII.
The Black Flag.
The pirates worked with a will. By
daybreak all the cargo was trans
shipped. It had been a hard night's
task, but the men had toiled with des
perate will, so eager wero they to got
clear of tho plundered craft before
the light ot heaven shono upon tho
sea.
The fog rolled away before the
Into the fok'sle!"
breaking splendor. In the east, and tho
sea opened fair and blue. Tho Prus
sian brig lay lashed alongside, but
with fenders between. When tho ves
sels were released the dypsy sllded
off to the impulse of tho faint air that
stirred her jibs and topsails. And
when she had floated a distance of ten
times her own length they brought
her to a stand, a boat was lowered,
and Captain Crystal and five pirates
went on board the plundered ship to
leave her lu such trim as would not
excito tho suspicion of tho passing
mariner, unless he camo very close
and hailed her.
Then the five rogues and their mate,
Crystal, entered their boat and rowed
toward the Gypsy, which lay athwart
with her head at south.
There was a single cabin window, in
the stern of the snow, and when they
had got It In view they saw It was
open a heavy glazed frame and the
woman stood In the middle of it like
a picture.
Popo was looking through his glass
at tho woman in the window.
"I did not notice that window in her
cabin," said he to Crystal while tho
men were hoisting the boat. "What
does sho say?"
"If I was a Prussian I could tell yer,
Popo," answered Crystal.
"Our leaving that ship afloat and
tho people In her to be rescued and
to tell their story proves, Jonathan,
that we aro now to our trade," says
Popo grimly. "The old red-pawed
wolf, after sacking her, would havo
sunk her and all sho contained, living
and dead. But I am determined to
carry out my scheme," says he, with
one of his arch looks, "as politely as
posslblo. And you know I'vo been
praying while you've been away that
wo may have tho luck to fall In with
one of Duncan's or Peterson's ships."
These had been among thoso whom
ho and Crystal had served, and Poter
son was tho man who had made prom
ises of command to Crystal which he
did not keep. Crystal ground his
teeth. '
All tho morning was passed In stow
ing away the plunder and repairing
the trifling damages aloft. Shortly
after eight bells (noon) tho Prussian
brig was on the horizon and a largo
ship was apparently heading for her.
Popo watched them with curiosity;
tho large ship passed the brig and
sailed on, and by two o'clock tho plun
dered vessel was out of sight. The
Gypsy was hold to hor course ot weat
by south and no nollco was takon ot
tho ships In sight. Not likely that
Popo would plunder n tho Bight of
help. Ho wanted darkness or a lonely
soa girdle.
In tho afternoon Popo and-the other
captain wnlked tho deck together and
talked over their plans and hopes.
Tho sonmen In varlouspartB of Iho
brig loafed and lounged, and Bomo at
tended to such trifling jobs a thf)
boatswain put them to and all of
them smoked to a man.
t "I should llko to know," said Crys
tal, taking Pope's cigar from his hand
to light his plpo afresh with It, "If
you've got any more fixed and clear
Ideas as to the division and tho se
curing, every man, to ttio plunder-'
his whack; for," ho stuttered, "sup
pose I am to tako up a thousand
pdund."
"A plague on your modesty," Inter
rupted Popo.
"Five thousand pound then," cried
Crystal, shouting tho words with some
momentary emotion of excitement.
"How do you proposo that I'm to deal
with that lump of metal so ns to bring
It oft without being challenged, tried
and hanged?"
Popo sat down on the skylight and
his square companion seated himself
besldo him.
"I quite agree wltb, you," says Pope,
"that burying schemes ought not to bo
entertained. I'll not lightly hazard
what It will have kept my nock In
jeopardy to got. But -should not tho
egg hrst bo laid beforo wo talk of
sitting upon It?"
'Ay, but consider this," exclaimed
Crystal, glancing at tho fellow at tho
helm, who was trying to overhear
them: "you'ro going to cruise In such
degrees for a certain hlp. She ap
pears on a sudden." P6po rolled up
his eyes with a devotional look. "We
board her: wo find ns much treasure
as. will satisfy us." Again Popo looked
up to heaven, and the man at tho
wheel, catching tho word troasure,
Btralned his nock. "And so you'vo
got your egg," continued Crystal, "In
a manner of speaking all In a minute.
Should not the hatching ot It havo
been settled? As Boon ns wo've got
what wo want you and me'll wish to
go clear."
"As fast as wo can storm through
It," answered Popo.
"Then, Blr, wo ought to havo our
plans cut and dried now that wo aro
heading for Uio Spaniard's course."
Crystal said, burying a dark-ended
stump of forefinger in tho bowl of hlB
pipe and going to the sido to spit Into
the sea.
Pope smiled at his square vigorous
figure, and on his returning said,
"Tho scheme I'm disposed to fix upon
Is this: Wo shall doubtless fall In
with a small vessel of handy size, aft
er wo have looted tho Spaniard. You
will tako charge and I will man her
with a fow of tho best of our people.
Wo will sail In company till wo come
to tho place that's agreed upon by all
hands; wo will then transfer our share
of the booty to your vessel, and I shall
surrender tho brig and the men's
sharo of plunder remaining In her, to
them. What d'ye say?" asked Pope,
with a twinkle in his eye that was like
a raindrop trembling in a breeze.
Crystal's faco worked with tho
chewing of tho cud ot thought. He
said, "When I take charge of tho other
vessel all the plunder's to bo left
aboard here?"
"Till wo como to an agreed place,"
answered Pope. "It Is a scheme,"
said he with a shrug, seeing disaffec
tion In the squaro man's countonance.
"I'm ior sailing rjght away for the
coast of Cumberland and smuggling
my money ashore. Wo may mako an
other Oak job ot it, and the risk's
that," ho added, tossing his hand to
snap his finger.
"And whero will tills brig go?"
"The crew must settle that."
-Will those you give mo for a com
pany like to be separated from their
money 1 '
"Thoy may take It," says Pope.
(To be continued.)
Col. Ingersoll Outdone.
Tho Franklin Inn Club of Philadel
phia is an organization composed ex
clusively of literary men. At the
quaint clubhouso thero aroso, ono day
a discussion about drunkenness, and
about various happy and well-known
'descriptions of tho state of inebriety
Somo ono cited Col. Ingersoll's epi
gram about a man so drunk that he
lay on his back In a field and felt up
In the air for tho grass. John Luther
Long, novelist, said:
"But I have heard of a man drunker
oven than Ingersoll's. This chap, attei
trying vainly for a long time ono night
ito open his door with a latch key, mut
tered to himself with a hiccough!
" 'Some ono must have stolon the
key hole.' "'
Napoleon and Victoria.
Tho visit of President Loubct to
London was tho first act of tho kind
by a chief of the state In Franco since
Napoleon III. went to Windsor in
April, 1885, during tho Crimean war,
at tho invitation of Qucon Victoria,
whoso nominal object in seeing her
imperial ally was to confer with hlra
on his project, distasteful to her and
her ministers, of going out to Sobasto
pol himself to assume command of tho
allied armies. Tho French omporor
was received with every mark ol
honor at WIndeor and lnvosted with
the Qrder of tho Garter. But the
queen gained her point and the om
peror abandoned his intontlons of go
ing to tho Crimea.
One Each Year.
La Montt I havo a poom on tho
Shamrock III. Going to send It to tho
Elite Sot.
La Moyne Oh, they keop manu
script two years. Botter call It Sham
rock V.
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A BIOGRAPHY OF ADAM.
Some Facts In the JJfe of Our Unl
i versal Father.
Celebrated an the original father of
his country. Also noted as tho dis
coverer of eln. In his day tho gen
uine "only thing that ever happened."
Only mnn thnt over told tho truth
when ho told his best girl sho was
tho "only girl ho over ovon thought
of." Owing to Irregularities, which
ho was mean enough to blamo on his
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wife, Adam was relieved of his Job as
head gardner In Eden. Ho married
well, his wife being tho "first lady
of tho land." At ono time he hold
tho record for old age being 9C0.
ThiB record was afterward Bmasbod
by Methuselah and Noah. Is repudi
ated as an ancestor by most of our
first famllleB, as that would entail
tho acknowledgement of too many
poor relations. Was tho first father
who over had trouble with his sons,
but not tho last. Boston Globe.
Machine to Sew Up Wounds.
A wound-stltchlug machine Is the In
vention of a doctor named Michel. It
works very much moro rapidly than
tho old method of stitching by hand,
1b painless and effective.
It consists of a case, or sneaui,
holding a number ot nickel hooks, or
bands, llko thoso wsod for the cornors
of card-board boxes. Thqy aro put In
position with a pair ot forceps and
can bo adjusted at the rate of 25 a
minute.
Their rounded points do not pene
trate tho lower layor of tho skin, but
only tho epidermis and therefore tho
pain caused by them 1b very Blight
Thoy havo tho additional advantago
of being very easily disinfected.
Stray Stories.
Coiffures a Century' Ago.
Thcso were tho Btyles In 1803.
Joke That Caused Death.
A young man, riding on a street
car in tho Boulevard Haussmann,
Paris, noticed a friend passing nlong
in a cab a few feet beneath him. As
tho cab came alongside the car his
friend yawned, and tho young man, for
a Joke, tossed down a good-sized wal
nut, which fell squarely Into his
friends throat. Immediately tho lat
ter's body writhed In pain, his face
grew purple and his hands wildly
clutched tho air. Ho was choking to
death, tho nut having lodged far down
his throat. Cab and car wero stopped,
and the nearest doctor summoned.
But it was too late, and the victim
died in a few minutes. The perpe
trator ot tho grim "Joke" has boyn
asked to hold himself at the disposal
of justice.
Deer Pastures With Cows.
Lorenzo A. Manning has a large pas
ture in Templeton, Mass., In which he
has a number of cattle. A few days
ago he sent John A. Braithwalte up to
got ono of the cows, telling him how
many were in tho pasture. Mr, Braith
walte began to count the cows, but
count as often as he might, there was
one more than tho specified number.
Ho wont up nearer and discovered
that tho extra cow was a largo deer,
which stood around with the cattle
while lie caught tho cow, without tho
slightest symptoms of fear.
Drinks No Water.
John L. Rosso, of Now Brunswick,
U. J., has not had a drink of water
since 18C2. For tho past forty years
he has drank nothing but whiskey,
wino and beer, always In moderation.
Mr. Rosso is now 78 years old, is
strong and robust, and says that he
has novor boon ill a day in his life.
Ho has forgotten tho taste of water.
Relic of Pioneer Days.
Thero is on oxhlbltlon in a Havor
hill, Mass., window a hatchet which it
is said was usod by the Indians In the
famous massacre at Dover. N. H., dur
ing the early days, when twelve white
eeoplo wero murdered.
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LIE IN OLD-TIME CEMETERY.
All In Montana Graveyard Died "With
Their Boots On."
Near Billings, Mont, is nn old-tlmo
cemetery which contains but fifty-two
bodies, yet the comotory Is a remark
ablo ono, In tfiat evory -person burled
there died with "hla boots on." '
Tho graveyard is an old one, and tho
memory of It almost passed Crom
tho memory ot tho rising generation.
It Is ono of tho pioneer InBtltutionB ot
tho state, and to tho minds of tho old
tlmors brings many rccollectlonB.
Thero 1b not a hoadstono In tho com
otory; If thore were any thoy wero
wood and havo gone tho way of all
tho world. It Is doubtful oven wheth
er any of tho bodies burled thero woro
encased lu coflliiB
Montana was a territory when this
cemetery was started; tho originator
ot tlio placo was a gambler known
throughout tho West as "One-Arm
Bill," who conducted sovoral games In.
tho little town that nt tho tlmo oc
cupied tho site near horc.
"One-Arm Bill" Is believed to havo
beon tho originator of tho expression
"prlvato graveyard," and It Ib cortnln
that he did his best to increase tho
population of his. Ot tho fifty-two
men burled thero old-tlmors claim that
moro than half woro slain by Bill, who
was noted as a dead shot.
The rcBt of tho occupants of the lit
tlo city of tho dead wero mon who
woro killed In brawls and by accidents
men who died literal!;: with their
bootB on.
The oxlstenco of this old burial
ground had almost been forgotten
until yesterday, when human bones
Going There With His Boots On.
woro unearthed by- a man who was
putting In tho foundation for a house
ho intended building. 'A pioneer was
In tho offlco when tho coroner mado
an examination of tho relics, and ho
explained how all tho bodlcB camo to
bo burled thoro.
KILLING ANTS WITH CANNON.
Artillery Used to Crush Minute Ene
mies of Mankind.
Artillery charged with grapeshot
has been employed to destroy great
fortresses which tho termites, or war
rior ants, havo mnde in many tropical
countries.
In South Africa tho termites -work
enormous havoc. They live In a re
public of their own, and some of them
havo wings. The workmen, tho sol
diers and tho queen, however, havo
none.
The workmen construct their build
ings, tho soldiers defend tho colony
and keep order, and tho females, or
queens, aro cared for by all tho others.
These become In point of fact, mere
egg laying machines which have to re
main tied to one spot.
Their nesting homes aro often
twenty feet high and pyramidlal In
shape. Cattle clmb upon them with
out crushing them. A dozen mon
can find shelter In somo of their
chambers and native hunters often
Ho In wait inside of them when out
after wild animals. .
Tho ants construct" galleries which
are as wide as tho bore of a largo
cannon and which runs three or four
feet underground.
The nests are said to bo five
hundred times as high as the ant's
body, and it has been estimated that
if we built our houses on the samo
scale they would be four times as
high as tho pyramids of Egypt.
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Charles Edgar Trowt, of this city,
has In his possession a number of
curious documents connected with tho
Christianizing of Java, In which work
his great grandfather, the Rev. Mr.
Thowt, a missionary of the Baptist So
MAKES 8CRUBBING A PLEASURE-
Practical Device of Great Value
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Hard Workers.
With tho great number ot offiC6
buildings which aro going up con
stantly thero arises a demand for
aomo monns of scrubbing their enor
mous floor areas Bttporlor to tho old
tlmo scrubbing brush. With this In
Tlow there has been rccontly devised
tho scrubbing brush Bhown In tho cut,
which has not only tho advantago of
covering a great deal of floor apace
as It moves along, but tho notion of
lta bristles on tho floor is incroasod
as a rotary motion is Imparted to it
as well as tho back and forth motion.
This foaturo Is said to decrease tho
labor of scrubbing by half. Another
advantago Is thnt it does its work
without tho necessity ot bring tho
operator onto his or hor hands and
knees.
Tho Bcrublbng bruBh 1ms two long
handles, ono of which Is held in each
ot tho operator's hands. Tho handles
aro pivoted to a post on top ot the
brush head, and by means of a rack
and pMnlon arrangement carried on tho
upper part of tho bruBh head the
brush is given a rotary motion as tho
handles aro moved toward and away
from each other, At tho same time
tho brush Is given tho usual forward
and backward motion. This dovlco
has been Invented by a resident of
tho Far Northwest, and ha8 been
tried on somo of tho offlco buildings
of Tacoma and Vancouver, and, It is
said, performs its functions with ease.
Cable.
This shows a section of tho new
Anglo-Belgian cable.
Frenchman In Hard Position.
A Frenchman named Lllller Is in an
awkward position. Tho PariB author
ities havo forbidden him to llvo in
tlTat city, while tho military author
tics havo ordered him to remain In
Paris. He was arrested, tho othor
day, on a chargo of theft and sen
tenced to ono month's imprisonment.
If that sentence is served out in a
Paris gaol tho civil court may further
Imprison him for residing In tho city.
If ho is sent to a country prison the
military will prosecuto him.
Good Stock to Own.
A Bath (Me.) savings institution,
which has just declared a semi-annual
dividend of 2 per cent, has never
skipped a dividend since Its organiza
tion flfty-ono years ago, and has paid
as high as 9 per cent.
IN JAVANE8E.
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ciety, was most prominent. One of
tho most Interesting of tho curios is
a translation of tho Lord's Prayer luto
Javanese, made by the missionary, a
reproduction ot which Is hero shown.
New York Herald.
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