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By W." CLARK
Copyright. 1877. by P. F. Collier.
CHAPTER IX.
The Bellona.
The pleasure craft Pope had board
ed was by no means a rich one. Her
namo was tho Bellona; sho was from
Tercelra; the countess and two nieces
had been left to wintor among the
oranges and Bweot winds of an Is
land. The Earl had several occasions to
go home; ono was a parliamentary
need, and lo! behold his lordship's
stately -figure in tho thick of his das
tardly crew, being rowed away by pi
rates to a little armed brig, while
tho two captains sacked his vessel.
But they found very little. Tho
hairy scoundrels grew wanton in dis
appointment and roared out blasphe
mies as they smashed the mirrors and
dpped through the cushions with their
nutlasses. It was almost dark when
they had secured tho available plunder,
imong which was a considerable store
of provisions, fine wine, brandies, and
thampagne, and a small quantity of
live stock, chiefly poultry. The booty
was taken on board tho brig by Crys
tal. Pope remained with a few men to
.provide for the extermination of the
pleasure craft. In a small carpenter's
chest in tho forecastle they found an
auger. With this tool one of the sail
ors who understood carpentry, was
ilspatched by Pope into tho hold, there
'to drill to starboard and larboard, four
holes under water in tho vessel's side.
Whilo tho wretch was thus employed,
the others lighted a lantern and hoist
Ed it by the signal halyards to tho
-main topmast head.
After tho holes had been bored, they
. all stood a minute at tho coamings
ofthe hatch to listen to tho noise of
the water running In. Then Popo
sings out:
"In with us, men."
And dropping into tho boat, they
towed aboard the brig.
The crew of tho Bellona were
"You shall be sent
massed in the forepart. It went swift
ly about that the schooner had been
scuttled; and the pirates overhung
the bulwarks waiting for her to go
down. At last sho sank. She . had
filled rapidly, and the melting out of
her shadowy shape, and tho downward
flight of her lantern and its sudden
extinction in the smoky gloom which
overlay tho sea, mado an ocean vision
that had enough of awe, mystery and
terror in it to subdue into brief si
lence even tho swarm of rough black
guards who watched.
Tho brig was rounded away for tho
sourso which John Spaniard was to
traverse, and Captain Pope, stopping
up to tho Earl, made him a polite
bow, and begged the honor of his com
pany at 'supper in tho cabin.
Tho nobleman followed the captain
ind they sat down to a meal of cold
food which' had been plundered from
the snow. Champagne and wine were
put upon the table by the cabin man;
the Earl knew to whom those bottles
aad belonged.
"I would thank you, Captain Pope,
is I gather your name is," bo said,
to tell me how you propose I am to
return home, and when?"
"We must wait upon tho chances of
Ihe sea, my lord," replied Pope in his
pleasantost manner. "Your person is
afe"."
The Earl made a stiff motion with
his head.
"We're ill-used gentlemen," Bays
Crystal, breaking In with a hiccough.
"Would have us Btarve ashore when
thero are plenty of rich pearly oys
ters washing along at sea waiting for
our cutlasses to open them?"
"You do not spare your fellow-countrymen?"
says tho Earl.
"Wo havo none," answered Popo,
grimly. "Poverty has no country.
This is excellent champagne; let mo
All your lordship's glass."
..v "Whero aro you bound to. gentle-
'J-frfSoaen?" said the Earl.
"To the devil, I fear!" answered
Tope, "Clear that stuff up," continued
ho, addressing tho cabin man, "and
put fiddles upon tho table."
The supper was ended. Crystal,
with a. bottle of champagne in his
head, withdrew to bis narrow couch.
Pope said:
"I little thought this humble cabin
Captains
RUSSELL.
Copyright. 1877. by Dodd. Med & Co.
would havo been honored by tho pres
ence of bo great a nobleman. You
are doubtless fatigued after the events
of tho day; would your lordship Jiko
to withdraw?"
"Where am I to sleep?" says the
Earl, with a start, revolving his great
noso slowly in a suryoy of tho plain
interior.
"There," answered Popo, pointing,
"is a comfortable little berth your
lordship Is an old soldier a bolster
and a blanket "
Lord Fltzglbbon waved his hand,
upon which Popo, strangoly enough
for tho first time, took notico of a
very handsome ring.
"My lord," says the captain with a
change of face, "I must troublo you to
give mo that ring."
It seemed for a moment as though
tho Earl would expostulate, then with
such a countenance as ono might con
ceive on a judge who by some scurvy
transition of fortune is convicted by
tho felpn ho should havo sentenced,
ho drew off the splendid ruby, and
Captain Popo with a bow put it in his
pocket.
"See to his lordship's wants," said
Popo to tho cabin servant; "that's
his berth," and ho went on deck.
"Where aro the schooner's peoplo?"
ho asked.
"Some aro below in tho 'tween
decks," was the answer.
Some, Including the lord's valet,
were forward. Tho captain of tho
schooner had been knocked about.
"On an empty stomach, as I reckon,
tho bloomed cuss had takon in half a
pint of gin, forced to it by tho good
nature of our men. This set him abus
in' of our callin' and I hopo his left
eyo ain't been quenched."
"Did ho make a good stand?"
"As good as a man can make agin
flvo too many, himself mucked up with
liquor."
"Ho ohall join us if ho Is a fighter,"
said Popo, "and we'll send John
adrift. I want more men."
home," said Pope.
Crystal had been In charge from
midnight till four. He ' was now
turned in again, bravely snoring to
tho melody of the tiller ropes, and
tho ugly 'devil Grlndal walked 'the
deck. When tho dawn broke he turned
his gazo astern, and tho first sight he
beheld was a large ship full-robed to
tho very height of her main-royal.
"Good thunder! A Yankee," says
the boatswain; he had the most in
terpreting eyo for a ship that ever
villain winked. Sho was coming up
hand over list, a noble sight as her
stirless sails, sweetly shadowed, soft
as penciling at tholr leeches, by the
growing light in the east, swelled
like yearning breasts one above an
other, bowing stately to each whito
leap of water which blew in mist from
the thrust of the stem, blackening the
canvas forward. Many besldos tho
boatswain were now watching her
meteoric passage; among them was
the Earl, who looked as if he had not
slept, and Captain Pope.
"Captain Pope!" exclaimed the Earl,
with majestic fervor, "would It not be
possible for you to transfer mo and
my people to yonder vessel? Sho
would receive me for the considera
tion I would offer."
"Wo will keep you for that consid
eration," answered Popo. "We aro
now your friends, and you know wo
are gentlemen In need of what yonder
fellow has doubtless plenty of. Dol
lars, my lord, dollars! It shall not bo
long before you are sent home, and
you are a man of great honor."
Lord Fltzglbbon stared at him llko
an eagle. Ho read some further Intent
in the tall and handsome pirate's faco
and his brows gathered Into a bush
over his great nose.
They could not walk that stagger
ing, bounding dock, and a little beforo
breakfast Captain Popo, grasping tho
Earl by tho arm to steady him, con
ducted hlra into tho cabin. Hero
they woro Joined by Crystal.
"You took a ring from me yostor
day," said tho Earl, at which saying
Crystal glared. "It is an heirloom,
and I treasuro It. Will you suffor me
to purchase It from you? I will wrlto
an order upon my bankers for a hun
dred guinens."
"For two hundred it shall be yours,"
said Captain Pope.
Tho Earl tvwcd. Piracy we on
titllts this windy morning.
"What ring aro yo talking of?" rays
Crystal Jealously.
Popo pulled It out of his waistcoat
pocket, and said: "Glvo It to his lord
ship when you havo examined It."
"This la worth three hundred
gulneaB,A says Crystal, with greed in
his eyes, while his strong Jaws chewed
llko a bull's. Popo Bald nothing, and
my lord, receiving the ring from Crys
tal, pocketed It.
"Who aro your bankers, my lord?"
said Pope, after a short silence.
Tho Earl, faintly smiling, answered,
"Child's."
"I will at once," continuod Popo, In
his most affable manner, "explain
Captain Crystal's and my intentions
toward your lordship and your pw
plo. Such of your crew as will i.ot
join ub will be transferred to tho first
vossol that will take them; but it is
our intention to keep you with us for
tho present, and to part with you only
on condition that you givo ub a draft
for two thousand guineas for your
liberty."
"You shall havo my draft," cried
tho poor old gentleman, suddenly los
ing his self-control; "but I imploro
you, for God's soke, not to detain me
long in this miserable and torrlfytng
situation."
"You Bhall be sent homo," said Popo,
"and we two captains will trust tho
eloquent Earl Fltzglbbon up to tho
very hilt as a man of the strictest
honor."
Tho old nobleman bowed his white
head with a gesture of dignity mingled
with indignation and grief. This ex
traordinary conversation then termi
nated. '
When Captain Pope wont on deck
he found the breeze moderating, and,
after searching the sea with his eye,
ho ordered the boatswain to niuko
sail.
Then, standing at tho main rigging,
and looking at tho people in the fore
part, Pope spied the Bklppor of tho
schooner. The man's loft eye was
black, his faco showed signs of his
having been savagely knuckled, and
one arm was slung in a piece of ropo
round his neck. Pope roared out:
"Send tho captain and crew of tho
schooner aft."
They arrived presently, and mado a
group close abaft the mainmast After
a cool and critical survey, during
which he molded a cigar with both
hands, Pope sung out:
"You look a likely lot; do you
know our character?"
Tho schooner's men mado no an
swer, save that ono broke Into a low
Batiric grunt of laughter.
"Ours is a Jolly roving life," con
tinued Pope, while at this moment tho
Earl came out of tho cabin and stood,
holding on by the companion, looking
and listening. "You were lato cap
tain of tho schooner," he continued,
taking no notico of tho injuries tho
man had received; "will you Join us
you Bhall hear tho terms "
"No, by h !" roarod tho skipper.
Pope looked In silence with a red
face at tho livid-eyed master, turned
his head with a gesture of withering
contempt, and, catching sight of the
Earl, called out, "Ho runs too fast to
make a pirate, my lord."
"Ho has a wife and children," an
swered tho Eari, swaying to his clutch
of the companion.
"There's a man that should join
us," said Pope, pointing with an Iron
ical forefinger to tho valet, who stood
among the little crowd, limp, yellow
and shuddering.
"I am not used to flght, sir," cried
the poor wretch. "I am his lord
ship's servant, and cannot deaort
him."
Pope gave a short laugh, which was
echoed among his men, and turning to
the Earl exclaimed, "He'll not desert
you, my lord." The contempt in his
tone was perhaps reflected in his lord
ship's silence and gaze. But not a
man of the schooner's crow would
join the pirates, and when this was
made clear, Pope swung on his heel
and walked aft to Lord Fltzglbbon.
(To be continued.)
THE AGE OF DRAGONS.
Their Existence Believed In by Many
Scientists. '
Dragons were important animals in
ancient and mediaeval natural history.
Until comparatively recent tlmo no
scientist, over thought of questioning
the existence of this most formidable
of beasts. The annals of Winchester
for 1177 gravely state that "in this
year dragons were seen of many la
England." Gesner, professor of natur
al history at Zurich, gives a detailed
description of the dragon, while Al
drovandus, in hlB "History of Serpents
and DragonB," published in 1040, de
votes fifty pages to the monster. A
good specimen of a dragon would seem
to have been a beast about tho slzo
of a sheep, incased in a coat of scales
which Bhono like silver. Ub back was
serrated like a saw. It possessed a
long tall, a pair of batllko wings, four
heavily clawed feet, a wolvine head,
the Jaws of which were armed with
very formidable teeth. The tonguo
was barbed and fire and fury Issued
from the montser's mouth and the
head boro a crest. Dragons were the
most wicked and vindictive of crea
tures. They seem always to havo
been In a towering rage and spent
the greater portion of their timo in
rushing up and down tho earth de
stroying everything that came in their
path. The origin of dragons was a
disputed point among modiaerol natur
alists. Somo maintained that these
animals were generated by tljo heat of
India; others were of opinion that tho
volcanoes of Ethiopia used to belch
forth tho monsters. Ono fcr.lcntlBt,
John Leo by name, declared the drag
on to be a hybrid, a cross between aa
eagle and a wolf.
WHERE ALL IS PLAY
PARI8 THE RECREATION 8POT OP
LL NATION8.
Hull Care Has No Place In the
Thoughts of the Inhabitant! of the
Gay Capital Many Forms of Amuse
ment La Bello Tnrls Is the cry o? tho truo
born Frenchman and echoed b tho
civilized world of to-day, for is not tho
French capital tho gay city par ex
cellence? Generations have labored to
drive away dull caro, and only tho
Frenchman has solved tho problem.
Thoro Is caro and labor and striving
in France, as is the lot of human kind
everywhere. But the Gaul, with hlB
&"-
Mlml.
gonluB for precision, has resolved to
have one placo whoro ono may nt all
times exercise the dull specter of
llvos that must at somo stago knit Its
brows; whore llfo may bo gay and
joyous in any measure, from the bo
ber, sedate plcasuros of the steady
going, to tho wildest fantasies of tho
foolish spendthrift All are served at
Paris, whether bright or dull, rich or
poor, sordid or Bplrltual, banal or not.
Tho Fronch havo always said bo,
and tho world to-day makes tho fair
city on the Selno Its play-yard. Amuse
ment has there becomo a flno nrt.
How It Is dono becomes thoroforo
nowadays worthy of a serious study.
F. Berkeley Smith haB ventured, not
perhaps a very serious attempt, but a
light-hearted commentary by one evi
dently having a full knowledge at
first hand of his subject. His "How
ParlB Amuses Itsolf," published by
Funk & Wagnalls, bears on its faco tho
Impress of the real observer, who tells
not how It may bo dono elsewhere,
for that would need a Parisian tradi
tion to make possible, but how Paris
meets the task of amusing.
"What shall we do next?" says the
weary new arrival In Paris, and Smith
shows what he may do. Thoro aro tho
cafes, open as tho air, whero the pass
ing throng may, if it will, appralso
your menu, or envy your appetite.
Thero is everything to see, often too
much for sensitive souls, but art Is not
all staid and prim, and why tho art of
amusing? The restaurants tempt for
the evening, glittering or not, as tho
purse may prompt tho choice. Hero
good taste and refinement rule; there,
they do not, and, having dined,, thero
aro tho smart circuses, permanent and
complete llko the Cirque Medrano, tho
Nouveau Clrquo. tho Clrquo d'Hlver
not the draughty temporary world of
canvas the rest of the world delights
in. Thoro 1b a choice of "pops" from
the small Bouls-Bouls, through tho
open-air concerts of tho Champs
Elysecs, tho Concert des Ambassa
deurs and the Alcazar d'Ete; tho
music halls, like the Folles Marlgny,
tho Jardln do Paris, the Folles Ber-
A Popular Chanteuao.
gero, tho Casino and the Olympla;
then tho Opera, the Opera Comlquo
and tho Bouffes Parlsiennes; smaller
nut more serious, musical affairs like
tho Concert Rouge; tho shows and ca
oarets of Montmartro and those in tho
'eft shore, llko tho Noctambules and
:he Grlllon; the cheap and decent efi
Durban theaters, as well as the expen
sive and not so decent Palais Royal
ind Rabelais in tho heart of the city;
:ho daring, independent Theator Libre,
the original Theater Antolne, tho
scenic displays of the Chatolet, light
comedy at the Vaudovllle Interpreted
by Rejane, tho divine Sarah in her new
.heater, and tho historic Francais
the Mst Is well nigh ondless.
Tho Paris restaurants "restore";
they aro not merely places where ono
gets something to cat. Tho choice Is
endless. Hero is tho place where the
chef resigned a year ago because tho
proprietor put prices on the menu. As
If, forsooth, one could tell beforehand
whether a "filet d'ours a la Francois
Joseph" weuld bo worth f.10 or f.20
when served. Yet even In these ex
quisite restaurants there is to be had
Jan edition of the menu with prices
mat ib ainJiUKUlll-aiiy UHUUeu 10 0U
fhen tho mattro d'hotel discovers you
ro not a mllllonalrn or a fool,
Tho story that Mr, Smith tolls bo
charmingly might better bo ontitlod
"How Paris Amuses," not "Itsolf," but
"Others." Paris amuses Itself, bb Bos
ton amuses itself, soberly, doceutly,
cheaply in tho main, or, at least, eco
nomically, sacrificing nothing to oston
tntious spending of money, unless n
good profit Is within reach. For tho
foolish visitor painting the Fronch
man'B bolovcd town "red," tho Parisian
will spread delectable trnps. for his
money, traps that work with uniform
success from every point of vlow,
whether in lmmedlato cash box results
or in training unconscious advertising
agents, who will spread tho famo
abroad to othor gudgeons of the
charms of tho city by tho Seine.
It is thus that tho banalities of tho
numerous cafes, concert halls and
small theaters earn a rich harvest.
Thus nt, say, tho rtubolals, whero tho
curtain falls discreetly upon situations
so rlsquo that oven tho Rabelais inUBt
draw tho lino. Yot thoro aro many
places llko the Bodinioro, for example,
that a Sunday school convention might
safely Include In Its program. All,
tastes aro sorved. The sober and do-'
cont. enjoy tholr Intellectual treats, the
others enjoy tho othor kind, and are
to bo noisiest in comment nt homo,
olthor in frank approval or In tho fa
cllo criticism of tho lapsod and recon
verted. It is posslblo at tho "Quat-Z'Arts"
for n modest sum to hear Bonnnud
sing. Ho has boon secretary of Prince
Bonaparte, boon around tho world sev
eral tlmoB, and la an accomplished
man In many ways; or to hear, in tho
old aongs of Franco, Batalllo, who has
been a successful lawyor and was onco
secretary to tho minister of tho In
terior; or to hear Georges Tlorcy, of
tho samo typo of man, or Paul Delmet,
or Henri Fursy, or Mile. Odetto Dulac,
or Mmo. Lawrcnco Deschamps. Ono
may applaud and enjoy their talent
and not bo ashamed to tell of It
These aro tho bal masques, the sldo
shows, the fetes des foralncs, and thon
In the Bar Du Helder.
the programs, for it appears that three
fourths of vaudeville artlats aro Amer
icans, English or Austrlnns, and in
Paris tho lady billed as "Miss Daisy
Smith, Quoen of the High Wire," will
appear In London as "Mile. Dalste
Smyjtho, Rclno du Fllle do Fer," JuBt
as in London or Now York what 1b on
tho bill of faro as "Chateaubriand aux
pommoB soufflees" becomes In Paris
"Steak and fried potatoes." Thus
does "Paris 'Amuso Itself." Boston
Herald.
Links Past" and Present.
A man who sa,ng In tho Rev. Patrick
Bronte's choir In Haworth has Just
died, and tho circumstance has direct
ed attention anew to the fact (hat
Charlotte Bronte's husband, the Rev.
A. U. Nicholle, Is still alive. He lives
near Banaghor, In Kings county, Ire
land, and Is described as a hale and
hearty octogenarian. Tho author of
"Jono Eyre" died forty-eight years ago.
Though Mr, NIcholls married again, he
reverently observes tho anniversary of
tho birth and death of the famous
woman who was his wife for a brief
and pathetic period.
Last Stage Coach Driver.
J. P. Hilton of Watcrtown, Mass.,
enjoys tho distinction of being tho last
man to handle tho ribbons over tho
last stage coach on the lino at tho
tlmo the Knox & Lincoln railroad was
completed. Tho stages discontinued
their route as fast as the railroad ad
vanced, and the last drive was between
Waldoboro and Rockland. Mr, Hilton
landed the coach at tho stables in
Rockland and returned home to Wis
casset the next morning by rail. Mr.
Hilton was employed on the stage
route for twenty-six years.
The New Jersey Skeetamoblle.
Aerial navigation will probably bo
solved by the evolution of tho mos
quito. Unhurt After Sixty-Foot Fall.
Fred Worrell fell Hixty feot from tho
belfry of St. Luke's church at Ches
ter, Vt, to the ground the othor day
while at work painting. No .bones
were found broken and not a scratch
was to be seen on him after he was
taken home, and trouble from lame
ueaa was all that he suffered,
HANDY RULE AND SQUARE.
New Invention of Great Valve f Gar
pen tors.
The foot rule and try-squaro aro
usod so much together that It has been
tho custom for somo time for manufac
turers of tools to put a graduated
scalo of Inches on tho metal log of tho
Bquare. Not infrequently it is found
In thcoo tools that all of tho fiat sur
faces are mado use of for tho pur
poso, scales of various kinds being
engraved upon them. For instance, tho
inches on ono scalo will bo found to
bo divided into elghthB, while in the
others they will bo cut up Into six
teenths ,nnd thlrty-secondB for tho con
venience of tho workman and some
times tho scales of tho metric system
will bo furnished as woll. This make?
tho squaro Into a rulo, but a recontly.
Foot Rule and Try-Square Combined,
exploited Invention makes tho rulo into
a square This Is shown herewith. Tho
feature of tho dovico comprises an at
tachment to tho regular jointed rule
now In common use. Tho olomen
Is plvotally connected to one of thi
center sections whore tho rulo Is of
the two-foot characternnd 1b provided
at ono sldo with a recess in which is
adapted to fit an abutmont or stop
rigidly secured to an adjacent rulo leg,
tho function of the stop being to hold
tho try-Bquare elomont exactly at
right anglcB to tho length of tho rule
when openod and exactly parallel to
the edges thoreof when closed.
On tho opposite Bldo of tho try
squaro clemont thoro la arranged a
scaTo of lines of various anglos and
each suitably designated, tho pur
poso of which 1b to cnablo tho work
man to lay off miter Joints at any do
aired anglo. On tho upper Bldo of the
try-squaro featuro thero is also pro
vision mado for tho accommodation
of somo tool associated with tho UB8
of tho rulo and square. 'In this casa
a pair of dividers Is shown, but a
scribor, pencil or other instrument
may bo attached instead.
EMBLEM OF CHICAGO'S PU8H.
Three Million Club Formed to Advance
the City's Interest ,. .v
Tho Threo Million Club of ChtcagG
Is in deadly earnest. Not only has 11
decided to push tho city up to fb.6
mark of three million population, bul
It has adopted an emblem significant
of Us purpose.
It haB been decided that every citi
zen of Chicago 1b entitled to wear the
club button, provided that he conforms
to the constitution of the club. ,
"The constitution provides that a
momber must claim at all times In pub-
lie and private that 'Chicago has at
least threo million people," explained
Robert C. Givlns, president of the club,
at a recent meeting, "and, if neces
sary, he must flght to maintain his
position."
Old-Time Slave Deed.
A slavo deed dated May 19, 1774,
haB been found In an old hair-covered
trunk in the attic of Chester Park's
home In Saugus, Mass. His farm was
once owned by William Taller and the
deed belonged to Taller. Tho slave
Was a mulatto named Parthenia, and
Tailor bought her from Elizabeth Wal
dron of Boston for $400. In accord
ance with the law two witnesses af
fixed their signatures. The document
Is perfectly legible.
Had Heavy Luncheon,
An Innocont looking man rectutly
wandered into a restaurant In Kieff
and ordered a light luncheon. He had
nino orders of cutlers, six bottles of
beor, flvo bottles of wine, two of
seltzer, and four glasses of benedlc
tine. Rooster Mothers Chickens.
A rooster with a brood of chickens
is attracting much attention in a stortf
window at Wakebury, Conju
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