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RED CLOUD, NIBlillA, CHIEF CHAPTER XXX Continued. 19 I licnril licr cry out. mid barely caught the lantern ns It fell from her huiul. At ilrht I dotilited Hie oldenc of my own eyes, snntchlng the lilt of flaring candle from Its tin socket mid holding It where the full gluro of light fell across the grew.somo ohject. Ay, It was a woman, with lower limbs, douhled hack from lack of space, hut otherwise lying as though she slept, so perfect In preservation her cheeks ap peared Hushed with health, her lips liulf Mulling, It was n face of real beauty an English face, although her eyes and hair were dark and her man tllla and long earrings were unques tionably Spanish. A string of pearls encircled her throat, and there were numerous rings upon her lingers. The very contrast added Immeasurably to the horror. "Sho Is alive I Surely she Is alive!" The words were nobbed Into my car from Dorothy's lips. "Alive No, that Is Impossible!" I touched tho figure with my hand. "The flesh Is like stone," I said, "thus held lifelike by somo magic of tho Indies. What enn It all mean? Who could the woman bo? It Is lovo or hate?" "Not lore, Gcoffry. Lovo would never do this thing. It Is hate, tho gloating of revenge; thero can bo no other answer this Is tho end of a tragedy." There was nothing, not a scrap of paper, not even tho scmblanco of n wound exposed. The smile on those parted lips had becomo one of mock ery; I could bear tho sight no louger, and rose to my feet, clasping Dorothy close to me, as sho still gazed down In fascination at the ghastly sight. "Wo will navcr know Tho mnn who could tell Is dead." 'Oaptaln Paradllla?" "Who else could It be? This was his ficbooccr, and hero ho alono could hide such a secret There Is nothing more we can learn, and the horror un nerves are. Hold the light, dear, while ,1 replace tho lid of the chest." It required my utmost effort to no complish this. I was glad to have tho thing hidden, to escapo the staro of those fixed eyes, tho death emtio of thoso red lips. It was no longer n reality but n dream of delirium; I dare not think or speculate my only desire being to get away, to get Dor othy away. In absolute terror I drew her with me to tho open door then stopped, paralyzed; tho half revealed figure of a man appeared on the cubln stairs. "Stop! Who arc you?" "Watklns, sir. I camo below to call fou. There's sumtliln' bloomln' odd takln' place out thero In tho fog, Gap tain Carlyle. We want ycr on deck, sir, right away." K CHAPTER XXXI. The Boat Attack. He waited for us Just without the companion, but my eyes caught noth ing unusual as I emerged Into tho daylight. I could barely sec amidships, and on either Bide hung tho Impene trable bank of cloud, leaving sea and sky Invisible. "What Is It, Watklns? Whero nro the mon?" "Forrnrd, sir, n-hangin over tho star board rail. Thar's somcthln' cursedly strange a-happenln' in that fog. Ole was tho first ter hear tho clatter ov en oar sllppln' In a rowlock. Then, sir, whllo wo wus a-llstenln' we both caught sound ov n Spanish oath, spoko as plain aa If tho buck was aboard." "A lost boat, likely shipwrecked sailors adrift In tho fog; perhaps our other qunrterbont. No one hailed them?" "No, sir; I told the men ter keep still till I called you." Tho crew wero nil gathered nt the rail, staring out Into tho mist, whis pering to each other. I pressed my way in among them. Wo may have been clinging thero a mlnuto of two, breathlessly listening. Then a voice spoko directly In front of mo out from the dense fog. Try tho port oar, Pedro; wo must hay missed the d n ship." I straightened np as though 6truck, my eyes seeking thoso of Watklns, who stared back at me, his mouth wide opea in astonishment. To heard that?" I whispered. "Do yon know who spoke?" "Do I? Dead or alive, sir, it was lianas! Estevan." "Ay; no other, and alive enough, no doubt. Lads, corao close to mo and listen they must not hear us out there. By somo dovll's trick tho Na mor has followed our course, or cleo yonder are a part of his crow cast away. They clearly know of us per haps had n glimpse through some rift in the cloud and are seeking to board with a boat party. TU not like ly those devils know who we aro; probably take us for a merchant ship been! mod In the fog and liable to he come an easy prey, If they can only slip on us unseen. How are you, bul lies? Heady to battle jour old mates?" "Those were no mates o ours, sir," said Watklns Indignantly. "They are half-breed mongrels, and no sailors; Hstovan Is a hell-hound, an' so far as my voice goes, I'd rather die on this deck than ever agin lie a bloody pirate. It that the right words, lads?" The others grumbled assent, but their muttered words had In them a ring of sincerity, and their faces ex hibited no cowardice. One only asked a question. "I'm fer llghtln', sir," he snld grim ly, "but what'Il we use? Them lads ain't comln' aboard bare-handed, but damn If I've seed n weapou on this hooker." "Dar's three knives, an' n meat cleaver In der galley, sah," chimed In Sam. "We'll do well enough ; somo of you hnve your sheath knives yet, and tho rest can use belaying pins and capstan bnrs. The point Is to not let them get aboard, and, If there Is only one boat, wo will be pretty even-handed. Pick up what you can, and man this rail quietly now, hearties, and keep your eyes open." It proved n longer wait than I ex pected. Unable to withstand tho In action any longer I turned and took a few steps aft, thinking to gauge our progress by tho wako astern. I was abaft the cabin on the port side when Dorothy called my name a sudden ac cent of terror In her voice. The alarm was sounded nono too soon. Either fortune, or skill, had served those demons well. They had succeeded In circling the stern of tho Santa Marie, unseen and unheard by anyone aboard. Even as sho shrieked the alarm, a hand was at her throat, and sho wns struggling desperately In the merciless grip of a half-naked In dian. Yet at that they were too late, tho advantage of surprise had failed them. A half dozen had reached the deck, leaping from tho rail, tho others below clambering after their leaders, when with a rush we met them. It was a fierce, mad fight, fist and club pitted against knife and cutlass, but tho de fenders struck like demons lucarnnte. I doubt if the strugglo lasted two mln tcs. I heard the blows, tho oaths, tho cries of pain, tho dull thud of wood ngalnst bone, the sharp clnug of steel In contnet, the shuffling of feet on the deck, tho splnsh of bodies hurled over board. Each man fought for himself, In his own way. I thought only of her, and leaped straight for her assailant with bare hands, smashing recklessly through tho hasty guard of his cutlass and gripped the copper devil by hair and throat I knew sho fell to the deck beneath our feet, but I had my work cut out for me. Ho was a hell hound, slippery ns an eel In his half nakedness, strong ns an ox. and fight ing llko a fiend. Yet I had him foul, my grip unbreakable, as I forced his neck back ngalnst tho rail, until It cracked, the swarthy body sliding Inert to the decje. Whirling to nssist tho others I found no need. Except for bodies hero and there tho deck was cloar; men wero struggling In tho chains; two below In the boat were endeavoring to enst off, and Schmltt, with Estevnn helpless In his arms, staggered to tho side and flung the shrieking Spanish cur overboard out Into dark water. I heard the splash as ho fell, the slnglo cry his lips gave, hut ho never again uppeared above tho sur face. Above tho bedlam Watklns roared out an order. "That's it, bullies! Hint's It! Now let her drop 1 We'll send them to hell where they belong. Good shot; sho landed 1" It was the hank of n spnre anchor, bnlnnced for an Instant on the rnll, then sent crashing down through the frail bottom of tho boat beneath. Tho wreck drifted away Into tho fog, the two miserable occupants clinging des porately to the gunwales. I lifted Dorothy to her feet, and she clung to mo unsteadily, her face yet white. "Watklns, have you figured lip re sults?" "Two of our men aro cut rather badly, and ono hasn't come to yet from a smart rap on the head." "Nono got uwny?" "Not 'less they swum, thar's six dead ones aboard. Four took ter the water, mostly becauso they hed to. Tho only llvln' ono o' tho bunch Is thet nigger 'longsldo tho wheel, an' nuthln' but a thick skull saved him." "Then thero wero eleven In tho party. What do you suppose has be como of the others aboard tho Na inur?" "I dunno, sir; thoy might be n waltln out thoro In fog. Perhaps the nigger cud tell you." I crbBscd over to where the fellow sat on a grating, his head In his bands, the girl still clinging to my sleeve, as though foarful of being left alono. The man was a repnlslve brute, his face stained with blood, dripping from cut ncross his low forehead. lie looked up sullenly at our approach, but mado no effort to rise. "Look yere, you black villain," roared Watklns, driving the lesson home with his foot, "don't be n plnyln' possum ycr. Stnnd up an' answer Mis ter Carlyle, or ycr'll git a worse clip than I give yer ufore. Whar Is the bloody hark?" "Pounding her henrt out on tho rocks yonder," he snld civilly, "unless she's slid off an' gone down. To tho west, maybe a mllo er so." "What about tho crow?" "They got away In tho boats, an likely mostly nro ashore. We wero In the last boat launched, and headed out so far ter get 'round a ledge o' rocks we- got lost In the fog, Then tho mist sorter opened an' give us n glimpse o' yer topsails. We didn't ex pect no light, once wo got aboard." "Expected to find something easy, of course? Perhaps It would have been If what Is It you see out there, Slintns?" The seaman, who was standing with hollowed hands shading his eyes, stnr Ing forth Into the swirling drapery of fog. tinned at my call and pointed ex citedly. "There's a bark aground yonder, sir; and It looks like the Namur!" Even as I crossed the deck to his side thu wreaths of obscuring mist seemed to divide, as though swept apart by .some mighty hand, and thero In the full glow of the sun, u picture In a frame, lay the wrecked vessel. Others saw It as I did, and gavo vent to recognition. "Damned If It ain't tho old hooker l" "She got what was coming to her nil right mutes." "And she's lousy with treasure!" "Como here, Sam I Thut's the lasl of the Namur." CHAPTER XXXII. I, The Last of the Namur. Tho vessel was plainly n total wreck, rapidly pounding to death on a sharp ledge of rock. lioth masts wero down, and, lifted as the bow was, It was easy to perceive the deck was In splinters where falling spars and topmasts had crushed their way through. Tho bows had caught, seemingly Jammed In be tween rocks, tho stern sunk deep, with cabin port holes barely above reach of tho wuves. Not a living thing appeared on board, and, as the fog slowly drifted away, my eyes could discern no sign of any boat, no evidence of tho crew, along tho wide sweep of water. A voice aroused me. "What wus It you said, Jack, 'bout treasure on tho old hooker? Why not get It aforo it's too late?" "It's thar. alliright, Ole," and I knew the speaker to be Haines. "Ain't It, Mr. Carlyle?" "Yes, lads, there must be money on board, unless thoso fellows took It with them In the boats. I know of fifty thousand pounds stolen In Vir ginia, und no doubt thero Is more than that Tho bark Is liable to slldo off that rock any minute and go down like a stone. What do you say. bullies? Here Is a risky Job, but a pocket full of gold pieces, If wo can get aboard and safely off again. Who'll go across with me?" Thero was a bnbel of voices, the men crowding about me, all else forgotten as greed gripped their Imaginations. "Stnnd back, lads l I cannot uso all of you. Four will bo enough. You'll not lose anything of what we bring back; it'll be share and share alike, so fall, to, hearties." I paused an Instant to speak to Dorothy, seated on tho flag locker, ex plaining to her swiftly my object In exploring the wreck und pledging my self not to bo reckless In attempting to board. I read fear in her eyes, yet she said nothing to dissuade me. I slipped down a rope and dropped Into the boat, taking my place with a steering onr nt the stern, and wo shot away through tho green water. Tho Namur proved to be a more complete wreck than our distant view hud re vealed, mid lying In a moro precarious position. It was no pleasant Job get ting abonrd, but ordering Haines to nc compnny me, und the others to He by, I made use of a dangling backstay, and thus hauled myself up to n reasonably secure footing. Tho fellow Joined mo breathless, and together wo perched on the rnll to gain view of tho deck. It was a distressing, hopeless sight tho vessel rising before us like tho roof of u house, the deck planks stovo In, n horrible Jumble of running rig ging, booms and spars, blocking tho way forward. There were three bodies tangled In the wreckage within our sight, crushed out of all human re semblance, and tho fnco of a negro, cnuglit beneath tho ruins of the galley, seemed to grlu back nt me In duath. Every timber groaned ns tho waves struck and rocked tho sodden mass, and I had no doubt but tliut tho vessel hud already broken In two. (TO DE CONTINUED.) Bigger and Heavier Hen Fruit It Is thought by nuturallsts that tho eggs of domestic hens of tho present day aro larger and heavier by nearly a third than thoso of the hens of the ancients. Eggs differ a good deal In weight, the average weight being about two ounces. A good egg Is mndo up of ten parts shell, 00 parts white and SO parts yolk. Tho whlto of an egg contains 80 per cent water. Tho shell contains about 2 per cent animal matter and 1 per cent of tho phos phates of lime and magnesia, tho rest consisting of carbonate of lime. Half the various specimens of snakes lay eggs. Instead of shell the covering of the egg Is a tough, white, leathern Mb stance. Tho largest egg of any bird t day is tho ostrich egg. jfflfOROlW 1& J HI fXJr fl Urn r fetst '-'-'-xr-'i Bfls HBfllSuaAKWVjljlJsnBlBltaaaBfaaaa Heauty doctoring has become a rec ognized profess. on, and the use of lo tions, cleansing creams, and many other toilet preparations, Is an estab lished habit with thousands of wom en. There Is no getting nwny from the fact that complexion and hair re spond to the care and treatment that .counteract the ravages of Mia, wind, work and, to a great ostein, time. Those who have most successfully combated these enemies of beauty say that It Is the little time (say a quarter of an hour) that Is given EVEUY DAY to the complexion or the hair, the reg ular blyeaiiy visit to the dentist, whether there Is an apparent trouble with the teeth or not, und the ability to avoid worry, that barf kept them looking young and fair for many more years than their negligent sisters. Care of the Hands. Hands get considerable rough .treatment, but some women manage to ,keep them sightly notwithstanding the housework they must do. The homely nnd Inexpensive oils, acids and pow ders that uuyouo has will answer ns well ns uny others In the care of the hands. First of nil the hands must be thor oughly cleaned before treatment for uny defect Js applied to them. A scouring brush should be used with a mild soap and lukewarm water Frocks for ?0r. By twos and threes, with arms en-i .twined, schoolgirls nru sauntering 'through tho streets anil gladdening our worldworn hearts. It seems that their slender, supple bodies wero never so fittingly and becomingly chid jus they are this fall.. Since mothers jhnve grown discriminating, and spe cialists havo devoted their energies to providing clothes for tho young (perHon who goes to school and other wise occupies her time, we havo ap parel for the young miss that Is a 'thing of beauty and a Joy till bho 'outgrows It. Any of tho plain and substantial dress materials of wool nro suited to tho very pretty frock for n girl of wlxteen (or somowhere neir that nge) which Is bo adequately shown In tho photograph nbove. Trlcotlne or sorgo nnd gabardine rank together In point of serviceability. The frock pictured Is of serge, In dark blue, and Is brightened up with h vest of trlcoletto In Amcrlcnn Beau ty 6hude that has three groups of tbreo tucks each to embolllsh It. Thero Is n grent vogue for this color combination In schoolgirls' dresses this fall, tho red usually showing In pipings and In small Insets. In this frock the1 bodice turns back nt each sldo of tho vest In straight rovers bound with silk braid, llko tho frock In color, and thero aro tbreo snappy Httlo brass buttons set on each rover, Tho uso of braid and buttons In ad dition to tho Introduction of n colored vest makes an unusual amount of trimming for n dress of this kind, but It Is well-planned nnd not overdone, very youthful In character, and It Is K saal aaaaB taS 'aaaaaaaaaaV saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatt mt jUV every night, and apply It vigorously drying the hands thoroughly; use t teaspoonful of borax to u basin ol water. Any simple soap may be used, but strong kinds should he avoided. A nail brush Is necesKiry, und an Inexpensive one will bo as cleansing as u costly one. As soon as the hands are wet they J must be lathered, and then the brush rubbed over the soap and the palms and hacks scrubbed, brushing so tho skin will not be Irritated, yet suin clontly brisk to take out the dirt. To Whiten Hands. A very good bleaching paste can be used nt night, avoiding the nails, with a pair of kid gloves worn over It. Snowy hands ure produced by dip ping them In almond oil; let them ab sorb all the oil, ami then dip them In French chalk and wear a pair of loose old gloves that night. Another plan Is to wash the hands In peroxide of hydrogen, letting It dry on them, nnd then rub on cold cream and wear old kid gloves. In thu morning wash off with lemon Juice, vinegar or elder, hot water, and then a disappearing cream Stained Hands. Cream of tartar will remove dyi stains from the hnnds. Hub with soap I and apply the powder thoroughly. Schoolgirls more than likely to please Its wearer. Tho length of the skirt In n dress like this varies a little according to the age and figure of tho girl It Is made for. If she Is under sixteen It will ho about that of tho frock pic tured. A neat-looking box plait nt tho front, with wide plnlts at each sldo and In the bnck, take care of tho full ness about the waist, and a brnhl binding nnd three buttons finish olT tho opening nt the side. Tho bodlca nnd skirt nro sot together under a wide, plain belt of tho goods that but tons nt tho left sldo. Narrow hill; braid Is considerably used for finishing frocks for girls ns well ns suits for them nnd for grown ups. It appears in neat rows and as a binding with better effects than over, but It must bo faultlessly placed and sewed. The Linen Fiock. Shown sldo by sldo with frocks of1 batiste, organdie, dotted swlss ad chnmbruy, thero uro tho loveliest frocks of linen In whlto' nnd dellcato colors. Both tho lino soft linen, almost like tho French handkerchief linen,, nnd tho heavy coarse weavo nro liked.; Tho heavier quality makes up beauti fully Into tailored dresses, suits or smocks. Hats nro also mado of this coarse linen. Ono lovely model was in a dellcnto shiido of pink and was trimmed with a heavy cotton fringe. NOW RAISES 600 CHICKENS After Being Relieved of Or ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Oregon, HI." I took Lydln E. Pink oam'b Vegetable Compound for nn or- -game trouble which pulled me down un til I could not put my foot to tho floor and could scarcely do my work, and ns I livo on n small farm nnd rnisc six hundred chickens every year it mado it very hard for me. "I saw the Com pound advertised in our paper, nnd tried it. .It has restored my health so I can do all my work and I am so grateful that I am recommend ing it to my friends." Mm. D. M. Alters, R. H. 4, Orepon. 111. 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