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1 3 , ; i 1 i !i h i-u 4 wiffiifi'!!jyiTB ttM?AjSrtrSsycsfcc.t?o cryz? 1JCir"v'r. JZzz Carlyle Realizes Hig Life Is Hanging in Balance. Synopsis (leoffry Cnrlylo, maHtcr of ending ships nt twen- ty-slr, Is sentenced to UO years' scrvltudo In tho American col onies for participation In tho Monmouth rebellion In Englnnd. Anions the passengers on board tho fillip on which he Is sent across nro Roger Fairfax, wealthy Marylnnd planter; his niece, Dorothy Fairfax, and Lieu tenant Sanchez, u Spaniard, who became acquainted with tho Fair faxes In London. Carlyle meets Dorothy, who Informs hint her undo has bought his services. Sanchez snows himself an "enemy of Carlyle. Tho Fairfax party, now on Its own sloop In tho Chesapeake bay, encounters a mysterious bark, tho Namur of Rotterdam. Carlylo dlscorcni that Sanchez Is "Dluck Sanchez," planning to steal tho Fairfax gold and abduct Dorothy. He lights Sanchez and leaves hlin for dead. In a battle with Sanchez' followers, howorer, he Is overpowered and thrown Into tho bay. In a desperato effort to save Dorothy, Carlylo decides to swim to the Namur. By a ruso ho gets aboard and min gles with the crew. CHAPTER XI Continued. LoVero shouted on order, and a sud den flaro was lighted amidships, the clrclo of flnmo Illuminating a part of the deck, and spreading out over the wild erpanso of wntcr. Scarcely had a mlnuto elapsed before It came sweep ing Into the radius of light at first a dim. spectral shadow, scarcely to be ' recognized ; then, almost as suddenly, revealed In nil Us details a boat of lie, flying toward us under a lug sail, keeling well over, and topping the sea kwells llko a bird on wing. LeVcre called for men to stand by, tho fellows rushing past mo to their stations, but, In tho fascination of tho moment, I failed to move. I could do nothing but Btnro out across tho Intervening wn tcr, with eyes fastened on Uiat swiftly approaching boat. I must see, I must know the message It brought; what Btory It held of the tragedy. Manuel ticld tho tiller, with Estada seated bc feldo him, leaning forward, and ges ticulating with one hand, as he direct ed tho course. I had never seen these two, vet I knew them beyond n doubt. Mendez and Anderson (at least I sup posed theso to be tho two) wero poised nt the sail halyards, ready to let tho straining sheet down nt n run, while Oochoso crouched low In the bow, his black hand uplifted, gripping n coll of rope. Ttifclr faces wero all turned for ward, lighted by the flare from our deck, and I felt a shudder of fear run over me no expression on any coun tenance spoke of defeat; oven tho ugly features of the negro beamed with do light. But was that all? Was that all? Surely not Forward of the slnglo innst waB stowed tho chest, while In the open space between the helmsman and the two Bailors wero stretched two motionless bodies. LeVcre, gripping a stay-rope, nhd leaning well out, hailed In Spanish. "Ahoy, the boatl You can make It?" ' "Ayl" camo back Eatnda's voice. "Stand by to fend ub off. Call all hands, and break anchor as soon as we are aboard." "Very well, air. Where is Captain Sanchez?" Estada pointed downward la swift, expressive gesture. "Here at my feet badly hurt, but will recover. Send two men down to help when wo make fast Now, Co chose let go of your rope; watch out above l" I stood, gripping hard at the roll, and staring down at tho sceno below, ns the men In the boat made fast. I felt paralyzed, and helpless, unable to move. I had no business to remalnH thero; every prospect of security de pended on my joining the crow. Yet ionly one thought gripped mo Sanchez was not dead I Aud Hint other body? That of Dorothy Fairfax, without 'doubt, yet certainly not lifeless. If !thelr prisoner was the girl and who elso could it bo? she remained alive, helplessly bound to prevent cither struggle, or outcry, und destined to a fate far worso thun death. ) My own life hung la tho balance (nay, rather, my doom was already sealed. There seemingly was bnt ono uiuu,u tut vauiuu i;,b uub nan w drop silently overboard. God, no I that would bo the craven act of a coward. Better for to stay, and kill, or even be killed, than to be forever cursed by ,my wn conscience. 7f m.!.. The fellows sent down from tho mnln chains to tho boat brought tho Injured captain up first. This required the services of three men, his body hanging limp betwecnsthcm, his up turned faco showing ghastly In tho flaming of tho torch thrust out over the rail. To every nppenrance It wos apparently a corpso they handled, ex cept for their tenderness, and a slnglo groan to which tho whlto lips gave ut terance, when ono of Jtho benrers slipped, wrenching tho wounded body with a sharp pang of pain. Onco safe ly on deck, tho thrco boro him across to tho after cabin and disappeared down tho steps. Estnda had already swung himself up Into tho chains, while Anderson and Mender wero lifting tho girl, to her feet, and rather roughly urging her forward. Her eyes reflocted nil tho unutterable horror which for tho moment dominated her mind, whllo her loosened hair, disarranged by struggle, only served to Intensify tho pallor of her face. "Hustle her along lively, boys," shouted back Estada coarsely. "If she won't move, glvo her a shove. Then tie her up again, and tako the turn of a rope 'round her. What do you think this la a queen's reception? Move lively, senorlta," In mock sarcasm. Her gaze settled on him, where ho hung far out, grasping a backstay, watching tho movements below, and her Blender form straightened as by tho acquisition of new strength. "If these creature will take their hands off me," she said, using their tongue without a tremor In the clear voice. "I can easily go up alone. What is It you are so afraid of a woman?" Tho expression of Estada's face promised an. outburst of profanity, but, Instead of giving it utterance, he lifted his cap la a sudden pretense, at gal lantry. "Your pardon, senorlta," he said In a tone of mockery. "It you have come to your senses at last, it Is well. Leave Chose to Continue Playing the Fool. her alone, men. Now, my beauty, I am taking yqu at your own ord a Btep, and then tho protection of my hand. Wo welcamo you, as a guest aboard." A moment and she had attained the deck. Estada choso to continue, play ing tho fool. "Thanks, senorlta thanks," he be gan softly, and again bowing beforo her, cap In hand. "We greet you with due honor aboard tho Namur " "Enough of that you coward, you murderer," she broke In coldly. "Do not touch nor speak to me." She turned her back ou htm, thus coming faco to face with LeVere, who stood enjoying tho scene, a wide grin on his dark face, revealing a row of white teeth uudcr a Jot-black mus tache. "You, sir you are on officer?" "I havo charge of the deck." "Then where am I to go?" Tho mulatto, surprised by tho sud den question, gllthccd Inquiringly towurd Estada, who had already com pletely lost his sense of humor. "Gol" tho latter growled. "Why send tho wench below. Til sco to her later, and teach her who Is thu master here. Off with her now, but bo back quickly." Ho leaned out over the rail, sending his gruff volco below. "Send up that chest, you men. Hook on tho boat, Munucl, and let her drag; wo must get out of hero in a hurry. All ready, aloft?" "Ay, ay, sir." "Then sheet homo; how is It for rard?" "Both anchors apeak, sir." v i m wmrw RED OtOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIF. F ',iJ" ,'J,'.'L "Smartly done hard down wit your helm there! That's it; now let her play off slowly." Ho caught sight of me. All tho Bar ago brutality of his nature had bcci brought to tho surface by Dorothy'! stinging words, and he sought now somo fit opportunity to glvo It vent Before I could move, he had gripped mo by tho collar, and swung mo about so that tho light streaming out from tho cabin fell directly on my face. "What tho devil are you doing, loaf ing nft here? I've seen you hanging about for ten minutes, nover lifting a hand. Who nro you anyhow?" "Joo Clutcs, sir." antes another damned English man 1 How did you ever get aboard hero?" It was tho returning LeVcre who made explanation beforo I could reply. "Manuel brought him on board last night Picked him up drunk ashore." "I see. XPnll nnw 1a vnn hnnnon f ! ...... ..v..., -.,.,-.. -l- 1 have any Idea who I am, Clutcs?" "No, sir-only that you are ono of I the ofllcers." "I am tho first officer, and In com- mnnd at present Pedro Estada Is my I name. Now, you damned English . whelp, remember that 1" I Before I even suspected what was coming, his unexpected action as swift as the leap of a poised tiger, he Btruck i mo fairly between (ho eyes with tho butt of a pistol, and I went down sprawling onto tho deck. For a mo- , ment I seemed, In spite of tho vicious- ncss of tho blow, to retain a spark of consciousness, for I know ho kicked mo savagely with his heavy sea ljoots ; l I felt the pain, and even heard tho words, and curses, accompanying each I brutul stroke, I "You drunken dog! You whelp of a ' sea wolf! You English curl Talw that damn you I And that I You'll not forget me for awhile That's it I squirm. I llko to sto it When you wake up again, yon'll remember Pedro Estada. How did that feel, you grunt- l lng pig? Here, LcVere, Manuel, throw this sot into the forecastle. Curse you, hero is one more to Jog your memory." , The Heavy, iron-snoa iooc lanuea full in my face, and every sensation left mo as I sank limply, back, bloody , and unconscious. CHAPTER XII. ' A Friend In tho Forecast! I slowly opened my eyes to And my self lying In an upper bunk of the fore-j castle. Memory soon returned, stimuJ latcd no doubt by the aching of myj body where Estada had so brutally! kicked mo with his heavy boot The, heavy rolling of the bark clearly evl-J donced that wo were already at sea, and bucking against a high wind. It was a dark, dismal, smelly interior, amply large enough, but ill ventilated,! and inexpressibly dirty. I must have been lying unconscious for several hours. I rested back, feeling of the! numerous bruises on my body, and! touching gingerly tho dried blood; caked on my face. No very serious damage seemed to. have been done, nl-j though every muscle and tendon ap-j pcared to be strained and lacerated: Clinching my teeth to keep back aj groan, I succeeded In sitting upright my head touching tho upper deck, ns I undertook to Burvcy" my surround ings. About half tho bunks seemed to; bo occupied, the figures of the sleeping! men barely discernible. As I sat there, staring about at this sceno thero was a sUf within the up per berth on my own level, and an up lifted face appeared suddenly in tho yellow flare of light. It was niaal-1 festly an English face at first glance,! rosy of cheek, with chestnut beard. A' pair of humorous, gray eyes surveyed! mo silently, and then, apparently satlff-J fled by tho scrutiny, the owner sat upj In the bunk, revealing powerful shour dors, and a round, bull neck. "Ahoy, mate" ho Bald pleasantly,1 endeavoring to speak low, the effort resembling tho growl of a bear. "How do you fAl pretty sore?" "Ache from head to foot," I an-, swered, Immediately feeling Ms friend liness. "But no harm done." ' "I saw part of it The damn black brute kicked savagely enough, but at' that you'ro lucky; It's Uie Spanish style to use a knife. I've seen that cock slash a man into ribbons for nothing at all 'Just to show he wa& una. names tens me your name i Gutes, nnd thnt you are English." "That's right; I shipped first out of. Bristol." i "So did I, mat twenty years ga though, and I never went back since.! My name is Tom Watklns. Let's shake ;t there Is quite a sprinkling of us Btit-j lshcrs aboard, and we ought to hangt together." " I He put out a big, hairy fist and I! gripped Jt heartily, decidedly liking-' tho man as his eyes frankly met mine.; no appeared honest and square, a fine type of the English seaman. "Tom Watklns, you said. May I ask If you were out on tho bow-eprlt along with nulncs last night?" ' "Just aforo tho longboat come In?. Yes, wo wero there." "Well, I wu3 down below, hanging to the cuble, nnd overheard you two' talking together. Somehow, Watklns,) you do not seem to me to fit In exactly with this gang of pirates; you don't! look to bo that sort How long have you been with them?" Carlyle gets further attention from the brutal Estada, but In a different form. What may It portend? Does It offer hope of final escape or further danger to Carlyle and Dorothy? (TO BK CONTINUED.) LAND OF KOSSUTH Mixed Races Make Up Population of Hungary. Country Long Under German and Austrian Domination Until Magyars Secured Political Emancipation Has Immense Mineral Riches. Hungary lias a population of 20.000, 000. The area of Hungary Is about equal to that of the state of New Mexico. Hungary Is unusually rich In Its mineral deposits. Its mines contain almost Inexhaustible quantities of gold, silver, lead, copper, Iron, coal ami rock salt. Hungary, like Austria. Is Inhabited ''J' SOVCrul distinct HICOS, but SlllCO J the ninth century, when the Magyars .,. ....... Sl. "'? "?'" ''"I" '" ,"" coiuiuerod It. tlii'V Imvc rnntrnllpil tho ' government. Self-government through parliament In Hungary Is of ancient origin, being j founded upon a charter called tho Golden Hull, which dates back to 12UU, and is thus almost contemporary with the Magna Charta of England. Budapest, tho cnpltal city of Hun gary, consists of the sister towns of Hilda and Pest. Lying on either sldo of the Danube, Just nt that point where It definitely sets south, Pest sprunds Itself out over the lint sandy plain on the left bank, while Hudn occupies n series of small und steep hills on the right bank. Empress Marie Theresa Germanized Hungary ns completely ns she Ger manized all her alienated Austrlun provinces, and German flourished ns the ofllclal, burcnucrntlc, scientific ntul society medium In Hungary until the Magyars broke lo(se from Aus trian thrulldom and secured their po litical emancipation. Then Germnn went to the wall, nnd today there nrc millions In Hungnry wholly Ignorant of (0 Gerninn inKUng0, The great national hero of Hungary wns Louis Kossuth, whoso memory Is revcrcd by umsilrlnna ns tnnt of Washington Is revered by the poople of the United States. Kossuth visited America In 1851, nnd it Is a matter of history that no foreigner save Lafny etto ever received nt the hnnds of the Amcrlcnn people such marks of es teem ns were bestowed on the Hun garian exile. After the fnlluro of the Hungarian revolution, of which he wns tho lender, In 1840, Kossuth 'sought refuge In Turkey. Austrln and Russia demanded his extradition, but the Porte, resisting all thrents, declined to give him up, In which attitude Turkey was supported by England nnd France. At length tho Intervention of Englnnd and tho United States secured his liberation and nt the beginning of September, 1851, ho wns permitted to avail himself of the Invitation of the United States to come to America ns the guest of the nation. In New York, wliere he landed, he was en thusiastically received. Ho attended meetings and received deputations In Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Boston and numerous other places. At the national cnpltal a great banquet wns given In his honor by the members of congress. Champion for the Whale. Under the new law the only gnme that can bo shot from an airplane Is n whnle. Also It Is still permissible to bombard whnlcs from buzz wngons or motor launches. The whnle has few champions among the gnmo lnwmnk ers, says the Los Angeles Times. Any ono stumbling on the fresh spoor of o whale Is permitted to plug the animal on sight with whatever artillery he may linve on hnnd. Why the whnlo should be thus marked for slaughter Is not explained Left to Itself the whnle Is n perfectly -harmless benst, having no grudge ngnlnst nny man. They will not even bito n loan shark unless provoked. Thero Is no renson why they should be left nt the mercy of every pen shooting nvlntor. Thnt was no wny for the legislators to cele brate tho week set aside for being kind to dumb animals. Germany's Big Mistake. The distinguished Dnnlsh vegeta rian, Dr. M. Hlndhede, has made the Interesting discovery that Germany owes her downfall to tho pig. In 1014 she had over 25.00000 pigs to feed. For the first five months of the war slaughtering was discouraged, nt the cost of enormous reserves of foodstuffs. Enrly In 1015 this policy wns reversed, nnd by April the num ber of pigs had been reduced by SO per cent. Then n renctlon In fnvor of pigs 'set in. and their numbers were kept nt nbout 70 per cent of the pre-war figure. Not till Into In 1017 nnd enrly In 1018 wns tho futnllty of i I this mistake realized, and then It was too late. Doctor Hlndhede argues thnt Donmnrk n voided starvation by 'killing her pigs enrly. Tip From Little Brother. A youngster who henrd an older sis ter "say she would like to "shako" a boy who was rather attentive decided that ho had solved tho problem for her. Ho had a little girl playmate, who, when sho tires of him, runs homo. Aftor receiving such trentment the other day, he entered the houso and said : "Mother, I know how sister can shake John. Mnry knows how to do It nnd she'll tell hor." "How does Mnry do It?" mother asked. "Oh, sho Just runs nwny. Thnt's how you can ehnke anybody." Wor :!r.r (Mass.) 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Dick I'm trying to write home with out asking for money. Old Friendship Sweet. The years have taught some swoet, somo bitter lessons none wiser than this: To spend In all things else, but of old friends to be most miserly. Lowell. Everything Spread Out Mistress Is the table all set Maid Yessum, I think so. I don't see anything that Isn't here. Natural Request. "What did the blonde say to you?" "She asked me to glvo her a fair deal." Superfluous. Victim "But havo you drilled any wells yet?" Promoter "We don't need 'em; on our claim It rains oil." Smart. "T nl n n n nil tlir ImtiRO nut nf tnv mvn , heud." "Oh, I didn't know It was a wooden house." Would Trouble Anyone. "Poor Jones Is troubled with dyspep lo." "Well, who wouldn't bo?" It Is never safe to Judge a woman's courage by the way sho manages to avoid an Interview with n mouse. It sometimes comes to pass that n newly married mnn is nlmost ns fond of his wife ns he Is of himself. 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