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BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF "coY?A77vp. Safe for a Time on the Deck of the Namur. Synopsis Oeoffry Curlylo, ninHter of willing ships nt twenty-sir, Is sentenced to 110 years' sorvltudo In (lies American col onics for participation In the Monmouth rebellion In England. Among the passengers on bonrd tho Hliip on which ho is sent across nro Boger Fairfax, wealthy Maryland planter; his nleco, Dorothy Fairfax, and Lieu tenant Sanchez, a Spaniard, who becamo acquainted with tho Fair faxes In London. Carlyle meets Dorothy, who Informs him her undo has bought his services, Sanchez allows himself an enemy of Carlyle. Tho Fairfax party, now on Its own sloop In tho Chesapcako bay, encounters a mysterious bark, tho Nninur of Rotterdam. Carlylo discovers that Sanchez la "Black Sanchez," planning to ( steal tho Fairfax gold and ab'duct Dorothy. Ho fight Sanchez and leaves him for dead. In a battle with Sanchez' followers, however, ho Is overpowered and thrown Into tho bay. In a despernto effort to save Dorothy, Carlyle decides to owlm to tho Namur. CHAPTER X Continued. "Illm? Oh, Joso nn' me carried him Inter tho for'cnsscl, an' shoved him Inter a berth ter sleep off his liquor. Thet wus Uio last I ever see cr liear o' him fer 'bout six hours, when this yero feller must n woko up In tho for' cassel sum crazy. Ho cum n chargln' out on deck, whoopln' like nn Indian, wavln' a knife In his hand, Intcndln' fer ter raise h 1. Well, It happened thot tho fu'st feller ho run up against wus LeVcre, who wus cumin' forrnrd fer sumthln', nn' for about a mlnuto thar was ono h 1 ov n fight. It was so dark I couldn't tell whut did hap pen, but It wus fists mostly, till tho mate drovo tho poor devil, cussln' llko mad, over agin tho rail, an' then heaved him out Inter tho water 'long side. I heerd tbo fctlcr splash when ho struck, but ho never let out no yell." "What did LoVcro do?" "U!m7 Ho didn't do nuthln'. Just fltnred down over tho rail n bit, nn then cum back, rubhln' his hands. Never even naked who tho feller tfus. Thar nln't nuthln' kin skcer that black brute." "He ain't got no human In hlra. It's h 1 when English sallonncn lies got ter take orders from a d d nigger, an' bo knocked 'round If they don't Jump when ho barks. lie's gain' ter get a knlfo In his ribs' sum day." "Maybe be Is; but yer better hold ycr tongue Tom. Sanchez don't stand fer thet talk, an' he's back o' LoVere. Let's go In; them gaskets will hold all right n6w cum 'long." I could now perceive now clearly tho character I jvns destined to assume when onco safely aboard tho Namur. Such an assumption would lnvolvo but slight dungcr of discovery. It was as though a miracle had opened the way, revealed to me by tho unconscious lips of these two half-drunken, gossiping Bailors. Tho story told fitted my ne cessities exactly. Had I planned tho circumstances myself nothing could have been better prearranged. No ono on board had seen tho missing man by daylight; ho was believed to have sunk without a struggle. Yet no ono knew positively that this was so, be cause no one cared. Tho death of the lad had simply been taken for granted when LeVere had failed to bco his body rise again to tho surface. Yet It was qulto within tho realm of possi bility for tho fellow to come up onco inoro In that darkness, beyond Le. Vero's range of vision, and even to havo remained afloat, buoyed up by clinging to tho anchor hawser, until strong enough to return on bffard. At least there was no one aboard the, Na mur able to deny that this bad been done. Satisfied by this reasoning of being ablo to pass myself off as tho dead man, I began slowly and cautiously to drag myself up the taut hawser. I had chosen a fortunate moment for my effort; no one heeded the llttlo noise I made, and, when I finally topped the rail and was nblo to look Inbourd It was to discover a deserted foro deck, with the watch all engaged at Homo task amldihlps. I crept down tho fore castle ladder and worked my way aft beneath tho black shadow of tho port rail, until able thus to drift unnoticed .Into a group tailing onto a mainsail halyard. Tho fellow next to me, with out releasing his grip, turned his head and stared, hut without discerning my feature Kv.cy?r.!A7vco.;pr -r--- r -gr- "Whar did yer cum frum?" he growled, nnd I as Instantly recognized Hill Haines. "Heen sojcrln', have ycr? Well, now, lay to nn' pull." Hefore I could attempt nn answer n tall figure loomed up before us, tho same high-pitched voice I had noticed previously calling out sharply: "There, that's enough, men I Now make fast. We can head tho old girl out from here In a Jiffy, If It really be gins to blow. Jose, you stand by nt the wheel, In case you're needed; somo of the rest ship the capstan bars, and rcmnln near for a call." "Whnt arc yo swlngln' the yards fur, anyhow. LeVere?" asked Haines Insolently. "Just fer exercise?" "Because I am a sailor, Haines," ho replied angrily. "Anyhow It Is nono of your business; I wns left in com mad here. Thoso clouds don't look good to me; thcro Is going to be a blow before morning." Haines growled something and Le Vero wheeled sharply about to go for ward. This movement placed him face to face with me. "Whnt aro you loafing here fer? Who are you?" "Joe Gates, elr," I answered quickly, mouthing the first namo which camo to my lips. "Gates--Joo Gates?" peering sav agely into my face but unablo to dis tinguish the features. "I never heard of anybody on board by that name. Who Is the fellow, Haines?" Tho Englishman gripped me by tho slccvo to whirl mo about, but as his fingers touched the eonked cloth of my Jacket he burst forth with an oath. "He's wet enough to be tho sarao lad you chucked overbourd an hour ago. I bellevo he Is. Say, mote, are you tho gay buck we hauled aboard drunk, and dumped Into the for'cussel?" "I dunno, sir," I answered dumbly, believing It best not to remember too much. "I couldn't oven tell yer whut I'Qb HIiiiB(ib 1 II 'tlilK Mm iwM fll II Is H HI ggj t "What Are You Loafing Hero For?" ship this Is, nor how I signed on. Last I seem ter remember I wus nshoro frum tho schooner Caroline; but this yero Is a bnrk." Unlncs Inughed, already convinced of my Identity, and considering It a good Joke. Then ho proceeded to Jell mo all about it. LoVcro broke in with a savage snarl. "What's all that? Do you mean, Haines, that this Is the samo d d scamp who tried to stick me?" "No doubt of It. But ho never knew what ho was doln' ho wus crazy as a loon. There's nuthln' fer yer ter fuss over now. Tell ns about It, Gates tho bath must luivo sobered yer up." 1 watched LeVere, but ho remained motionless, a mere shadow. "I suppose It must havo been that, sir," I confessed respectfully, '4f things happened ns you say they did. il haven't any memory o' tryln' ter slash nobody. Leastwise I seemed ter know whut I wus nbout when 1 cum up. I don't remember how I got ther; furst I knew I wus slushln' 'round In the wnter, n tryln' tor keep afloat. It wus so blame dark I cudn't seo nuthln', but sumhow I got grip on a hawser, an' hung on till I got back nough strength ter clime on board. I knew this wn'n't my ship, so I just lay quiet awhile, flgurln' out whar I wus." "Yer English?" "Born In Bristol, sir, but I wus workln' on tho Caroline sho's a Col ony schooner, In tho fish trade. At sen slnco I wus twelve. What's this yero bark Dutch, ain't she?" "Onco upon n time; Just now we are Hying whatever flag comes handy. Wo nln't got no prejudlco In flags." "Is thet n mm forrard, covered with tainti'1' -xes, an yer mignt nnd another nrt, If ycr looked fer It. Mor'n thet, wo know how ter uso 'em. Now see here, Gates; thar's no reason why wo should beat nbout tho bush fact la wo'ro sea rovers." "Sea rovers pirates, sir?" "Bah I what's a nnnlel Wo take what wo wont; lt'a -our trade, thnt's all. No worse than many nnother. Tho question Is, aro ycr goln' ter tnko a ch.'inco 'long with us? It's tho only life, lad plenty of fun, the best of liquor and pretty girls, with a ahnre In all the swag." "Whnt Is the name of this bark?" "Tho Namur out o' Rotterdam till wo took her." "Who's the captain r' "Sllva Sanchez." "Gawd 1 Sanchez not not "Black Sanchez?' "That's him; so yer'vo heerd of 'Black Sanchez?' Well, wo'ro sallln' long with him, all right, mate, an' yer ought ter know whut thet means fer u good mnn." I hesitated, yet only long enough to leave tho Impression I sought to make on them both. "Likely thnr nln't no snllor but whnt has heerd o' him," I said slowly. "It don't look llko thnr wus much choice, does It?" LoVere appeared amused in his way, which was not a pleasant one. "Oh, yes, fxlend, there Is cholco enough. Bill, here, had exactly the samo cholco when he first enme hey, Bill? Remember how you signed on, nfter we took you off the Albatross? ThlB is how it stands, Gates cither go forrard quietly ycrself, er the both of us will kick you thcro. That will bo enough talk. Go on, now." It was a curt dismissal, coupled with a plain threat, easy to understand. I obeyed tho order gladly enough, slink ing away into tho black shadows for ward, realizing my good fortune, and seeking somo spot whero I could be alone. The crew had disappeared, lying down no doubt in corners out of tho wind. And this wind was certainly rising. I wondered that LeVere hung on so long in his perilous position, al though, In spite of the Increased strain, the anchor still clung firmly. It seemed to me that no hawser ever made could long withstand tho terrific strain ot our tugging, as the struggling bark roso and fell In the grip of the sea. To him must have come the same con viction, for suddenly his high-pitched voice sang out from the poop : "Stand by, forrard, to lower the star board anchor; move lively, men. Every thing ready, Haines?" "All clear, sir. Come on tho Jump, bullies I" "Then let go smartly. Watch that you don't get the line fouled. Aloft there I Anything In sight, Cavere?" From high up on tho fore-top yard, the answer, blown by tho wind, came down In broken English : "Non, m'sleur; I see nottlngs." I Joined tho watch forward. The number of men on deck was evidence of a large crew, there being many more than wero necessary for the work to be done. Most of them ap peared to bo able seamen, and Haines drove them mercilessly, cursing them for lubbers, nnd twice kicking vicious ly at a stooping form. Then the great rope began to slip, swiftly through tho hawso hole, nnd we heard tho shnrp splash as the iron flukes struck the wntcr, nnd sank". Almost nt thnt same Instant the volco of Cavere rang out from the masthead : "A sail, m'sleur a Brill I" "Whero away?" "Off zo port quarter. I make eet to be zo leetlo boat 'She Just round ze point" CHAPTER XI. The Return of the Boat. The crew hurried over to the port rail. Beyond doubt most of those aboard realized that this had been an expedition of some Importance, the cul mination of their long wait on the coast, part of some scheme of their chief, In the spoils of which they ex pected to fchare. Moreover this boat approaching through the darkness was bringing back their leader, and how ever else they might feel toward him, the reckless daring, nnd audacious re sourcefulness of Sanchez meant suc cess. I wns made to comprehend nil this by tho low, muttered utterances of thoso crowding near me, spoken In nearly every language of tho world. Much I could not trnnslnte, yet enough reached my ears to convince me of tho temper of tho crew their feverish eagerness to be again at sea, under commnnd of a captain whom they both hated and feared n cruel, cold-blooded monster, yet n genius In crime, nnd n natural lender of such men ns thctie. Black Sanchez I I listened to their comments, their expectations, with swiftly beating heart. I alone knew whnt that boat was bringing. What would be the result when the dead body of their leader camo up over tho rail? With dangers threatening I irom every nana, uanyie faces a problem. Shall he save him self whlfe there la yet time, or shall he face tho danger, kill and perhaps be killed? Shall he take the one desperate chance of aiding the girl who fills his thoughts or shall he play tho craven coward? (TO HE CONTINUED.) Can, but Don't German experimenters have found that explosions can bo cnused In gas works by sparks from telepnn'ir though nothing of tV ' LITTLE WOMAN TRAPS BURGLARS Tiptoeing Into Dark Home She Produces Two Intruders for Police. VOICE SCARES THEM Had Loot Crammed In Gunny Sack, but Drop Guns When Woman Speaks One Long Wanted by Police. Chicago. She's not knee-high to the proverbial duck. In fact, the pistol she held probnhly would have kicked her over backward had she pulled Its trigger. Yet Mrs. Oliver T. Martin, wife of a wealthy tobacconist living at 304 East Fifty-eighth street, had the nerve. And that enabled her to capture two burglars, one of whom the entire po lice force has been trying and falllug to capture for several months. It happened thus: Mrs. Martin was In her husbnnd's store at 310 East FIfty-clghth street A neighbor telephoned that two bur glars were ransacking her npartmenu Gejts Out Big Pistol. Sho notllled the Wabash nvenue po lice and directed them to meet her In the vestibule of tho building. Seizing n big automatic pistol, she rushed to tho rendezvous. Policemen Edwnrd McGulre. Pat rick Mclnerney and Thomas Cussldy were thero ringing the doorbell when sho arrived. "Don't do thnt. You'lf alarm them," cried Mrs. Martin. "Let's catch 'era, dead or ullve." Sho held tho big gun steadily and led tho way to the sec ond floor. The Martin apartment was dark and silent when tho plucky woman unlock ed tho door softly. She crept In ahead of the policemen and stopped to listen. A slight noise came from the library. "Aro any burglnrs In there?" Mrs. Martin demanded to know. Sho switched on the reception hall light. "Yes, I'm one," answered n volco In tho library, before the horrified po licemen could protest at Mrs. Oliver's method of criminal procedure. Tho The Voice Materialized In the Shapo of a Youth. voice materialized In tho shape of a youth. "There nro two here. Where Is the other?" tho little woman persisted. "Here I mil," answered nnother voice from the dining room. Another youth stepped forward. ' Burglars Drop Guns. Investigation showed both burglars had dropped their revolvers on the floor at the sound of Mrs. Martin's I voice. In tho dining room was their j loot sack crammed with Jewelry nnd sllverwaro vnlucd nt several thousand dollars. Ono of tho burglars," Charles Bray ton, has a long pojlce record and has been sought repeatedly for numerous bttrglarlos nnd holdups Jlicoughout tho city. Ho gave .his address at 213 Etfst Forty-eighth street, but thnt wns found to ho fictitious. The other, Edward Sandler, who al so gavo a fictitious uddnss, declared ho was nn "amateur burglar." DOGS FIND STILL AND DRINK Police Wonder When Canines Stagger Along Streets In an Oregon Town. Baker, Ore. With dogs blear-eyed and wobbly In their underpinnings, staggering nlong suburban streets and In other ways acting queer, police officers nre beginning to take notice of n serious condition of tho canine .popu lation of Baker. In recent days mnny of tho unfor tunnte brutes havo been sent to tho pound nnd the last ono captured had to bo killed. Every symptom points to their being drunk, nnd tho belief Is that the keen scent of these four legged tlplcrs has "nosed" out a moon shine plant. And now tho officers nro taking pre cautions to prevent two-legged nnlmnls of another species acting In a similar manner. 1,4 III! lit HtlliiJife WOULD SAVE CAT; WOMAN DROWNED Love for Family Pet Costs Life of Boston Red Cross Worker. Dedham, Mass. In an effort to res cue the family cat that had Jumped In Hodman's pond, Miss Alice Howl ing, 23 years old, secretary at the Bos ton Bed Cross headquarters, wus drowned. It was shortly after 7 o'clock In the evening that Miss Alice and her sister, Blanche, IS, discovered that tho cat was missing. They left the house -JiH -i'S-W ,-"--- " . .- " cn.ij J r?S mMV dM pT' J:- She Disappeared Beneath the Surface. nnd followed along n rond leading to the pond nbout 2.r0 yards away. They saw the cat on the shore, and when they went to catch the animal It Jumped Into the water. Blanche, who is an expert swimmer, plunged in after tho cat and succeeded In reaching It WJille Blanch1 was swimming back to the shore, Alice became hysterical, and waded In to help her sister. Sho could not swim, and before Blanche could reach her she disappeared be neath tho surface. She. made for tho shore nnd ran to the house for help. Dennis Sulllvnn and Archldelle Woodard responded. Getting the Incntlon of where Miss Dowllng went down, Woodard plunged Into tho wnter. After several attempts In 'diving he found the body. Dr. Finn was called and sent for the police pul motor, but was unable to revive the young woman. . -VT.-aVaT--VT -a-A.-.T?iT.fcvA'-4T.rA-'A-'aT vwirim'nrjrJ'ir.v!'!'wr.irrr.-r V Judge's Nap Leads to Bomb Scare in Court C" v v v V V V V V V V V V San Francisco. The sun showered Judge Graham's court room with a warm and mellow light, and no ono could blame tho Judge, Hoy Gallagher. Ills re porter, nor William II. McNulty, his clerk, If they all dosed n llttlo while ouposlng counsel nrgued over the domestic trou v v V V V" V V w V V V V V V V V V V bles of V. do Arrillaga. But when tho Judge's feet slipped and the wooden, rest where $ they also had "heen dozing jjij struck a rousing lUow ngalnst ,J tho hollow front of his desk ev- J erybody awakened with n snap and with blanched lips wills- JJ pered tho sinister words: "Bombs." There wns no more dozing. v 5IOXOIOIOXOIOIOIOil iwfi WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK Yank Captures Alleged Soldier After Latter Has Attempted to Rob Bank. White Bear, Minn. Henry Clewctt, White Bear, who returned to Minne sota on Thursday with the famous Ono Hundred nnd Fifty-first Minnesota Hold artillery of the Halnliow division and rnme here to visit his parents, "stormed" a bandit, who had lied Into nn alley, after robbing tho First Stato bnnk of White Bear of more than $4,000. C. II. White, who snys he Is n re turned soldier, Is In the county Jail. Shortly after noon, White entered the bank. W. J. Kidder, cashier, wns nlone. While collected nil available currency nnd forced Kidder Into tho vault The cashier touched off tho burglnr alarm, whereupon a gong above the bnnk door, started clanging when White, cnrrylng his booty, stepped outside. White stnrted nwny In his automo bile, but when a shot whizzed by hlra he threw away his haul and fled from the machine, OlewetC was visiting his uncle, Ncls Nelson, who Is White Bear's pollco force, when ho lenrncd of tho robbery. Ho Joined tho posse, which cornered Whlto In un alley. Into the nlley went Olcwett. "Give up your gats," ho ordered. White produced his two weapons nnd a revolver ho had taken from Cashier Kidder. "I've been over the top too many times to be worried by a bird llko thnt" Mid Olewott Vmz Srpilf COULDN'T SLEEP Was Miserable and Loosing WeighF Suffering From Kidney Complaint Doan's Removed the Trouble. "I was nbout down nnd out from kidney trouble," fays Hnrry Griffith, of 228 N. Darlington St., Westchester, Pa. "The kidney rccictions burned liko scalding water. Sometimes there would be a complete stoppage, nnd, oh! what Qiiain i suiicrctti My feet became swollen nnd I had n time of it getting ! on my rIioch. "My Imck hurt right over my kidneys. Nights I did nothing but toss nbout. It was just a though a knife were thrust into my back. I couldn't bend over with out, tpnililn nnln nnil I Mr. Grimth would fall to my knees nnd crawl nlons to get hold of something to help myself up. Blinding dizzy spells camo on and terrible headaches added to my misery. "I was rapidly loing weight and knew something would have to bo done. I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and was more than surprised. The troubles wore soon leaving mo and six boxes o Doan's Kidney Pills cured me entirely. To this day I have been free from kidney complaint." Sworn to before vie. A. J. TOWXSHXD, Notary Public. Gtt Doan'a at Any Store, COe Box DOAN'S "p'KLV FOSTER-M1LBURN CO., BUFFALO. N.Y. THEN SHE GOT A MOVE ON Tcok Warning of Dire Danger Impend ing to Get Angelina to Leave That Car. With sundry rattles, clnrlklngs nnd strange noises, the motorcar of obsc lete mnke seemed to have taken Into Its head to behave In a most uncompll' mentary manner. After running along In n quick succession of Impatient Jerks, It came to n dead stop. Out Jumped a young nnd handsome driver nnd endeavored to coax the car Into a better temper by pulling vnrloua levers. Alas I the car remained Im movable. "Angelina," said the young man, la tones of trembling emotion, "I'm afraid you will havo to get out" "Oh, George, why?" queried tho dainty one. "Get out," ho repented more anx iously. "But, George, dear, I want to stay In I" replied the girl, almost tearfully. "Get out at once!" cried Gcorgo. "Tho boiler Is going to bust." Then Angelina obeyed. London TId Bits. "FAKE" ASPIRIN WAS TALCUM Always Ask for Genuino "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" If you seo the "Bayer Cross" on the package you aro sure you are not get ting talcum powder. Millions of fraud- j ulent Aspirin Tublcts were recently sold throughout the country. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mononcetlcacldesfer of Sallcyllcacld, The Adjutant's Warning. With the demobilization of the army some new stories are being demobilized here. Ono Is tho story of tho bright thought of nn adjutant The command' Ing ofllcer of a force behind the lines had acquired or "won" (as they sny In the army) a cow, and ho was much envied in nil the messes. Tho adjutant had a cottage with n garden, In which he bnd somo good strawberries. Ono day the C. O. without a word went Into this garden and helped himself to tho adjutant's strawberries. The adjutant could not, of course, rebuke his chief, but he put up this notice: "Trespassers In this strawberry gar den will have their cow shot." London Morning Host. No ugly, grimy streaks on the clothes when Bed Cross Ball Blue Is used. Good bluing gets good results. All grocers curry It Gc. The Difference. She was a very society bred spin ster of fifty odd years nnd she wns reproving her nlnetecn-yenr-old niece for not showing nny more Interest In Roclety than alio did. In ending her nrgument she said, "Why, my dear, when I W8H your ago I wus the bell of seven counties." Tho nleco was provoked. "That may be so, auntie," she admitted dryly, "but T see that no young mnn took tho trouble to ring tbo belle." Taking Heed. "You do not seem to tnke any great pride In your oratorical' ability." "I have seen burrowing Instances," replied Senator Sorghum, "or a mnn'B taking so much Interest In his oratory that ho forgot to watch tho people who wero uttendlng to plain, prac tical politics." Much compliance, much craft When Your Eves Need Cart ) K Try Marine Eye Remedy . Brffcun BXK MXUXDX COCUICAOtt fc"iEP & A V . f i. 1 vCTAHowBW,ir'r)i,VT rrj - ww .? , w r 411 t " i A r-v t v aMvuiv- f - Wvtjr Wl,ii..fcB-- - -lJ .w Bammm&mm&mem rr.,. Mn) '"HWWUWHk i