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BED CLOUD, NBBBASKA, CHIEF i k 5W WOLVES OF THE SEA sx- I ?. CHAPTER XXII. 15 Tho Crew Decides. Except Mint ninny of Mio men ro nmlnod nrmed Micro wus no sukki'mHoii of violence. Hut for Mio kIciiiiiIiik car rotindi trained on tin; ninln liittcli, anil the smnll trrotip of unnnerM clustered aliout It, the scene was pcnceahlo eiioUKh, reseniblliiK the deck of some merchant .ship. I.oVcre Mood motion less at the poop rati, atnrlnu down and bin nttltudi! and exircs.slon of face aroused within me a doubt of the man, a determination to put him to the test. Evidently he had held aloof and re frained from taltliiK even the sIIkIiUM part In our activities. The men them kcIvch were mostly forward, srouped together and still excitedly discussing the situation. "Stand by to reef topsails," I shout ed. "We're all one watch now. (Jo at It lively, lads, and when the Joli Is over we'll eat, and decide toKcther what's our next move. Two of you will he enough to pinnl the hatch and one of you ro Into the enbln and re lieve the Rlrl there. Keep your eyes open. I'll he down presently. Aloft with you and see how quick a Job you can mnko of It." Wntklns led the wny up the main must ratlines, and Cole was first Into the fore shrouds, the others following eagerly. I watched them lay out on the yards and wan heartened to hear the fellows sing as they worked, the ennvas melting awny as If by magic. I climbed the ladder to where I,eVcre stood on the poop, but curcfully Ignored his presence, my gnze on the scene aloft. Twice I gave orders, changing the steering direction slight ly, and commnndlug the lower Hulls reefed. The mulatto scowling, Joined me nt tho mil. "What's nil this about?" be asked. "Thnt's no storm cloud yonder." "There Is nlwnys dunger In fog," 1 answered coldly, "uml besides there Is no use carrying on until we know where we arc bound. My purpose Is to keep the men busy, and then talk the situation over with them. Have you nny criticism of this plan, Setior LcVcre?" Ho hesitated, but bis eyes were nar rowed, nnd ugly. "You'll do as you plense, but you told me we sailed for Porto Grande. Was that n lie?" "Not necessarily," and I smiled grimly. "Although I should not have hesitated to tell one under the circum stances. I menn to leave that decision to the men themselves. It Is their lives Mint nro In dunger." "That scum! bnlf of them urc Eng lish and French. All they want Is to get nwny; they will never go buck to Porto Grande without you ninke them." "How make them?" "Hy fnlso observntlons; there Is no nuvlgntor forwnrd. It Is a trick eny enough to pluy with a little nerve. I would never have taken part In this mutiny If I bad supposed you meant to play Into the hands of tho men." "It Is very little part you took Senor LcVere, Judging from what I saw. You seemed quite content to stnnd uft here and look on. However you nre In It Just as deeply as I ntn, and are going to piny tho game out with me to the end. Do you understand Mint?" "What you menn, senor piny It out?" "Go on .with the rest of us ; take your chanco with the men and do your duty. I am captain here. The first sign of trenchery on your part will send you below with those others. I don't trust you, and nil I want Is un excuse to put you out of the wny so be enreful whnt you do." I turned nnd walked away from him townrd the forwnrd rail. The men were still nloft but coming In from off the ynrds. Uelow me In the door of the compnnlon, stood Dorothy, her eyes peering curiously about the de serted deck. She glanced up ami snw me. "May I come up there?" she usked. "Certainly; let me help you. Stand hero beside me, nnd you can see all that Is being done. Thnt's nil, Inds; brenkfnst Is rendy; Iny down all ex cept the lookout." We watched while thoy streamed down tho ratlines and gathered for ward of tho galley, squatting In groups on the deck. To all appearances the fellows had not n care In the world, or nny thought of the stirring scenes Just passed through. The girl's hand touched ray sleeve, and I turned and looked into her face. "Have you considered Captain San- cnez7 ' sne usked. "Why no," In surprise, "lie Is help less below, badly wounded." "Not so badly as you suppose," she snld swiftly. "He Is able to he up nnd about his stuteroom, I heard hltn moving, and I believe the steward has told him whnt has occurred on board, nnd endeavored to bear a messnge from hlrn to those men amidships, j held my pistol to his heud and locked him in tho pantry. Ho Is there now, with tho sailor you sent on gunrd. That Is what I came on deck to tell you." "He Is danger, of coarse, but not ucrloiu one." I said confidently, "It By RANDALL PARRISH CupyriKlit, by A, u, ilcClurt; At Co. Is safe enough to leave hlrn undis turbed at present. The (lrst thing I need to do Is to satisfy those men. I'll attend to that now, and then see to the proper securing of Sanchez. He inn I rt here with I.eVere while I go for ward, and watch that be does not at tempt to go below." The fellows had not finished mess, but I felt the danger of further delay, and talked to them as they sat on deck, explaining brlelly the entire situ ation, and the causes leading up to the mutiny. I dealt with the matter In plain terms,' making no apparent effort to Inlliience them, yet forcibly com pelling each Individual to realize what would be the result of our recapture. They listened earnestly, asking an oc casional question, and passing com ments back and forth freely among themselves. I sent Wntklns to the cabin for n roll of charts, and spreading these out, endeavored us well us I could, to mnko clear our probable position and the nearest point of land. When I had completed the explanation, nnd stood before them awaiting decision, It was 1 tallies who acted as their spokesman. "This yen Is Cape Ilownrth?" he asked, a grimy thumb on the point In dicated. "An' yer say It's 'bout u hun dred and llfty miles west?" "Yes, about that?" "An' thar's no settlement?" "Some colonists ilfty miles north Is all." "That's 'bout right." He turned to the others. "Sny mates, this Is how I llgure. We can't go on no long cruise with all those bloody rats In the hold. They're bound ter llnd some wny out If we give 'em time 'nough. e'er as I'm concerned, I'm fer dlvldln' up whut we've got, und ter bell with plrutln'. Whnt 'er yer say, mntes? Shall we run the oP hooker nshore, nn' leave her thar, while we tramp the const? We're Just u shipwrecked crew. Whut say yer?" There was a chorus of approval suf ficient in volume to sntlsfy me, nnd I accepted this as n decision. "All right, Inds," I snld briefly. "In my Judgment your choice Is n wise The Stricken Sailor Told the Whole Story. one. I'll have nn observntlon as soon us the fog cleurs nnd we'll bend In for the Cape?" "When do we divide the swag?" "Fifty miles off the const. That's fair enough, Isn't It? And my slum goes to you." There was a strnggllng cheer, but I broke It up with a sharp order. "Now stand by for work, all of you. Wntklns und Cnrter, I wnnt you nft." CHAPTER XXIII. The Prisoners Escape. The two men followed me silently as fnr us the companion, where we paused a moment staring blindly about us into the fog. Even the guard nt the main hatch wus invisible. "Carter, guard this after deck until Wntklns and I come back. Under no circumstances permit I.eVere to enter the cabin." With tin door closed, we were plunged Into a darkness which ren dered the Interior Invisible. 1 won- dered dimly why the man on gunrd hud not lighted the swinging lantern. I stumbled over something on the deck, as I groped forward, but (ltd not pause until I hud lighted the lnntern. It hinged up brightly enough, Its yel low llame Illuminating the cabin and the first thing I saw was tho out stretched llguro of the sailor almost between my feet. Wo needed to nsk no questions, Imnglne nothing the overturned chulr, the stricken snllor told the whole story. Ilo bnd been treacherously stuck from behind, tho hinilo driven home oy a strong hand, and was dead before ho fell to tho dcel;. It hud been silent, vengeful murder, nnd the assassin hnd loft no trace. Who could It have been? Not Gunsaules. surely tho stewnrd lacked both nerve nnd strength for sucu a m M deed. Then there wns but one to su pect Snnchez I I Hung open the pnntry door, bu' one glance Inside told me that Gun sanies had vanished. On the deck laj the strands of rope with which he had hem secured they had been severed by a sharp knife, the ends discolored with blood stains. I held these out to Wntklns. "Cut since the murder," I said, "und by the same knife. What do you muk of It. Tom?" "Well, sir, the thing he'd most likely try fer wud be ter release them Inds amidships.- My Idea Is, sir, he thought he'd have time ter git the bulkhead door open, before anybody cum in low he an' the steward, who'd know wluir the tools wus. That wus the scheme, only we busted In too quick. That's whur they both urc skulkln back In them .shadows." He tltted the smoking lantern back onto the shelf to have his bunds freo for action, and drew n cutlass out of the arm rack, running one leatherly thumb along the blade to test Its sharpness. His eyes sought mine ques tloulngly. "Probably your guess Is the right one," I said soberly. "We'll give It a trial." Murder hud been committed for a purpose It wns the tlrst step in nn ef fort to retnke the ship. If we were to retnln our udvnntage there wns no time to he lost; we were pitted now against Sllvn Sanchez, and ho was a leader not to ho despised or tempor ized with; no cowardly, brainless fool. Tho pussnge lending forward was wide enough to permit of our advanc ing together nnd for a few steps the light dribbled In past us, quite suffi cient for guidance. I had been down this tunnel once before, und knewthe bulkhend was not far away, but the few steps necessary plunged us Into profound blnckness, through which we advanced cautiously with outstretched hands. No slightest sound wnrued of dnuger nnd I wns nlrendy convinced la my own mind Mint the refugees were not hiding there, when It happened. Within an instant we were fighting for our lives, fronted not hy two men, but by a score, who Hung themselves curs ing upon us. Their very numbers and the nnrrowness of the passage wns our only salvation. At first our reslst nnce was blind enough, guided only by the senses of touch and sound. We could see nothing of our antagonists, although their fierce rush hurled ua backward. I fired Into the mnss, an Wntklns slnshed mudly with his cut lass, both managing In some way to keep our feet. Hands gripped for us, n bedlum of oaths splitting the air; yet, oven In that moment of pande monium, I was quick to realize the fel lows were weaponless, seeking only to reach and crush us with bare hands. The Fame discovery must have como to the mind of the sailor, for he yelled It out detlnntly, every stroke of his blnde drnwing blood. I Joined him, striking with the butt or the pistol. We killed und wounded, the curses of hate chnnged Into shnrp cries of agony, but those behind pressed the ndvnnce for ward, nnd we were Inevitably swept hack Into the light of the cabin lamp. Then I snw fnces, hideous In the glare, demoniacal In their expression of hntred a mnss of them, unrecogniz nble, Inrgely of u wild, half-Indian type, with here and there a bearded white. Nor were they nil bare-handed ; In many a grip Hashed a knife, und directly fronting me, with a meut cleaver uplifted to strike, Snnchez yelled his orders. Ignoring all others I leaped straight at him, crying to Watkins hh I sprang. "Hack lad; dash wit that light; I'll bold these devils here n minute!" I did God knows how! It was llko no lighting ever I had done before, a mud, furious melee, umld which I lost nil consciousness of action, all guid ance of thought, struggling as a wild brute, with all the reckless strength of Insanity. It Is a dim, vague recollec tion; I am sure I felled Sanchez with one blow of my pistol butt; in sotuo wny Mint deadly cleaver came Into my hands and I trod on his body, swing ing the shnrp blnde with nil my might Into those scowling faces. They gnve sullenly buckwurd; they hnd to, yelp ing and snarling like a pack of wolves, hacking at me with their short knives. I was cut again and again. I stood on quivering flesh, crazed with blood, and seeking only to kill. I snw faces crushed In, arms severed, the sudden spurting of blood from ghastly wounds. Oaths mingled with cries of agony and shouts of hate. Then In nn Instant the light was dashed out and all was dark ness, (TO nn CONTINUED.) Mends Granite Ware. The government suggests wo econo mize on kitchen utensils. To mend a hole In granite ware work n piece of putty until perfectly soft, then take a piece of the putty largo enough to cover the hole and put ono piece on either side of the metal, pressing to gether Inside and out, smoothing down Mio edges. Place the vessel In a slow oven and bnko until tho putty Is n deep brown. For containing wuter U vessel will be ua good an tie. Lift off Corns! Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezono costs only a few cents. ffttl With your fingers t You can lift off nny hard corn, soft corn, or corn be tween the toes, nnd the hard skin cal luses from bottom or feet. A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs little at nny drug store; upply n few drops upon the corn or callus. In stantly I- stops hurting, then shortly you lift Mint bothersome corn or cullus right off, root nnd nil, without one bit of pain or soreness. Truly I No hum bug I Lonely Job. "You wnnt to get away from peo ple," said tlie doctor wisely. "Your nerves are In u badly shattered con dition. You must get somewhere you will be entirely alone." t "Alone!" exclaimed the patient. '"You have mo wrong doctor. I'm a night watchman." Warned Her. "Where aru you going?" asked the I butcher's wife. I "I'm going out to get homo butter." j "Well, sny don't buy It at that store across from my place. The man over I there borrowed my scales this morn- lug." Hoston Evening Transcript. I Nothing But Trouble. I "Ever have any trouble with your automobile?" i "Yes. Ever since I got It, all my wife's relatives expect me to be their ehnuffeur." I If you use Red Cross Ball Blue In your laundry, you will not be troubled I by thoso tiny rust spots, often cnused by Inferior bluing. Try It and see. Only a wise girl selects for n bus bnnd ii limn whose mother didn't know how to cook. Why Is It we nlwnys need a hand kerchief most on the day we forget It? A N OHIO druggist writes to "Tho Practical Druggist," a prominent New York Drug Journal, as follows: "Please furnish formula for Castoria, All the formulas I have worked with are either ineffective or disagreeable to administer." To this "The Practical Druggist" replies: "We do not supply formulas for proprietary articles. We couldn't if we wanted to. Your experience with imitative formulas is not surprisiug, but just what is to be expected. When Castoria is wanted, why not supply the genuine? If you make a substitute, it is not fair or right to label it Castoria. We can give you all sorts of laxative preparations for children, but not Castoria, and we think a mother who asks for Castoria would not feel kindly toward you if you gave her your own product under such a name." No mother with a spark of affection for her child will overlook the signa ture of Chas. H. Fletcher when buying Castoria. BIJNct Contents 15luitiDfaohmj V.'.i I3 . 7 ' Vt rtnimr.-.l PER OENT. J Aicfab!crfCparotionBrAs WthcStotnadgMuCmretsofJ cimi iiuiuti i-iuuuui w grcrcssaa TfirrvlivPrtmoUniDteCStol .... -j .-. ,.:' Cheerfulness ana iKSLwiiau-, i ncithc?xOptam,MTnincn 1 MbAcrnUTWAncoiw JtyarOUDCUBV""" Jl'antSmt JtfitojTKwArfrr 1 f,Mnf..inerncdvfof. - Aw-tehness and VowStEEP1 siiilh'f' UicSInulc Sifnatf" OMffi fjBBCEWrABRCOWa gill NKW XMiii: raup"! " M. Exact Copy of Wrappw. ALLIGATOR HAS GOOD POINTS South Carolina Newspaper Gives Some Reasons Why Indiscriminate Kill ing Should Be Stopped. Tho nlllgnlor Is another good citi zen whose usefulness Is overlooked, for killing nlllgntors has been fiom Mine Iminemorlnl a popular pastime. In Louisiana It was found that when the nlllgntors were killed off tho muskrnts multiplied and destroyed the levees; also the cotton-mouth moc cnsln, the garfish and the carp In crensed wonderfully. Wheieupon pro tection wns given to the nlllgntors. This lncertlllan, to give him his cor rect family name, has probably kept tho musk-rat away from tho South Car olina const, for the tnuskrnt Is un known on the const. If allowed to uiltitlply the alligator will mnke In roads on the carp, the garlNh and the eotton-inoiith. all undesirable mem bers of our fauna. The sum total of the alligator's evil doing amounts to this: Ho catches n dog now and then; once In n long while pulls a hog or bites the tall off a cow, for sundry stunip-tnlled cows along the Atlantic Coast Line rlglrf of way I rave met misfortune in Mils way. The cow. the dog and the hog are out of place when the alligator can get ut them; but nt best very little of this happens. Charleston News and Courier. Getting Madder All the Time. Hobby noticed that his friend Johnny was sitting on little Willie's neck, while the latter wns faced to the ground in a helpless position. "What lire you sitting on Willie for?" deinamled Hobby. "Oh. I'm Just going to sit on hltn till I count a hundred, 'cause my mamma told me to always count a hundred when you are angry before striking anyone, and I don't want him to get away." His Idea of Bigness. During the examinations nt the close of school, the fourth-gnide teacher nsked her history class to name the live most Important men of the recent war. One boy, In nil seri ousness, answered the question thus: "General Pershing, President Wilson, General Koch, my big brother Tom and Andy Sullivan's brother Pat." Rather Neat. I "I object to admitting the plaintiff's tinkles as evidence." I "On whnt grounds?" "Ahem ! Your honor, this Is a brench ' of promise suit and I don't want my client's Judgment to lippenr nt fault In passing up a pair like that." Deduction. "What's n polyclinic. Jim?" "I don't know exactly, but I gues It's n hoxpltul for parrots." Imitations Are Dangerous. Children fHHHMH 5r k .bV Mothers Must Use Care. Why do we so often call your attention to imitations of Fletcher' Castoria? Because it is a baby's medicine and imitations are alwAys dangerous, particularly imitations of a remedy for infants. Your druggist may not keep an Imitation but they are to be found on drug-store shelves. Reliable druggists think only of the welfare of their customers. The other kind only of the greater profit to be made on imitations. Your own judgment tells you that Fletcher's Castoria having for over thirty years at great expense held up its reputation, must jeal ously guard It. Then, it follows that this company must use the very best of material. 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