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THE PEOPLE. BAENWBLL, 8 C r> WOLVES OF THE SEA bli By RANDALL PARRISH CHAPTER XVI|i—Continued. -12- , _ . : j , 'The hilt of the knife in my belt at tracted my attention, and I drew it forth, curious to learn if it bore any mark of ownership. My eyes were in stantly attracted to a dark stain on both hilj/and blade. I held it to the light—it was the stain of blood, and my hand.ywere also.reddened by it. In that instant of horror I hurled the ^nfion out through the .open port Into the sea. Blond! There had beeti murder committed on board, and the fellow I had struck down was seeking refuge, endeavoring to find conceal ment following his crime. Ay, but what alkout the light in the cabin? It bad been extinguished after the flee ing fugitive had entered Dorothy’* stateroom. Did this mean that the slayer had an accomplice? If so. then the killing was not the result of u mere personal quarrel amidships, or In the forecastle, but the result of Some conspiracy. I thought of San ches. and of Kstada’a plan to ohtiln control of the ship. Could this he Its culmination? And was the Spaniard | already lying dead In Uls cuhln? Nothing came of my thought only CPt»fu»l«»n : iM*r did* I dare Investigate for f* >»r of becoming m^re «l»-«'t*.y to Id the tragedy. N ^^iPdng to be my 9Lh Copyright, by A. C. McClurg & Co. • ,, - * j . 1 Ihing. Estada lay in his bunk, with one leg dangling outside, and his head crooked against the side wall. His very posture was that of sudden death, even had it not been pictured by the ghastly face, and the dark pool of blood underneath. I heard an excla mation from Le Vere and stood for an instant utterly unable to move,. I knew already what I should find, yet finally forced myself forward—he was stone dead, pierced with three knife thrusts. I stood up and faced the mulatto, whose countenance was fairly green with horror. “What do you know about this, Se- nor LeVere?” I asked sternly. “The man bus been murdered, knifed. Who did It—and whyT”. He could scarcely answer, gripping at the table for supi>ort. and never re- iii*>\ iug his gaze from the face of the dead man. Yet-I believed his word*; was convinced this was not the terror of guilt. “My <o»d! I cannot tell; I have never dreamed of tbU.** “Had the man enemlca. Anyone you would *ua|»ectT“ “Kocmles? Ay, plenty of them; we all have. We expert that In our trade. Thla ahlp la full of devils ready dozen men we can trust. The others have nothingf'-but their sheath knives. The buccaneers can be.secured below, before these other lads ever realize p < what is happening. As soon as . we have control of the ship we’ll round them up forward. They won’t dare face the guns. I’ll give them their choice.” ’ “And what will you tell them, se- nor?” I caught my breath, conscious of his meaning. My secret hope could not be revealed to this fellow. The answer came quickly to my. lips. “The whole truth, Senor LeVere— that Manuel conspired to seize the bark through a mutiny of the bucca neers; that these were to be turned loose with license to kill anyone on board who opposed Them; that ,0 PARKING ON (MIN STREET Merchant* Protest Parking Ordinanca r Recently Patted by City Coun cil of Lancatter. has the Lftncaster.T-The city council passed an ordinance forbidding parking of automobiles on the pav'ed x>rtion of Main street from the court : aouse to the depot and the stopping >f cars on any part of that section for more than five minutes. A protest igainst the enforcement of the ordi nance was made by merchants who abject to the inconvenience to their ; mstomers who are in the habit of driv ing up to the front of the stores to do their shopping. A petition signed, it was said, by 90 per cent of the Main street merchants was presented the council, but no action has been taken to date looKing to a modification of the law. It is quite likely that it will re main in fqrce for a sufficient time to give it a thorough tryout. Just Once! Try Dodson’s Liver Tone!. Take No Calomel! Listen To Me! If bilious, constipated, headachy or sick, I guarantee relief without taking ^dangerous calomel * which sickens ahd salivates. Another Big Cotton Mill. | York.—Definite steps toward the or ganization of a new 10.000 spindle cot- I ton mill were taken at a meeting of business men in the courthouse re cently. York people will be expected to furnish half the capital stock of their ISOO.OOO. assurance being given that real purpooe wiim to divide among themselves all the balance can be readily obtained the treasure „ Ih*1o\t. I from outside sources. Committees | were appointed to secure the neces tary pledges and arrange other de tails incident to the organisation Much enthusiasm was manifested at he meeting. Stop using calomel! It makes you sick. Don't lose a day’s work. If you feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti pated; listen to me! Calomel is mercury or quicksilver, which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, break ing It up. Tills is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are “nil knocked out.” if your liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated ton gue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, Just try a spoonful of harmless Dod- Boit'b Elver Tone. Here’s my guarantee—Go ^ any drug store and get a bottle of Dodson’s Liver TVme for a few cents. Take a spoonful tonight, and if it doesn't Comparing Notes. “Truly, am 1 the first girl yon ever kissed ?” straighten J’ou iMght up and make yon feel fine and vigorous by morning, I want you to go back to the store and get your money.* Dodson’s Liver Toon is destroying the sale of calomel be cause It is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore *t can not salivate or make you sick. - I guarantee that one spoonful #f Dodson’s Liver Tone will put yoor sluggish liver t£ work and clean yoor bow’els of that sour bile and consti pated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. I guarantee that a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep the entire family feeling fine for months. Give It to your children. It Is harmless; doesn't gripe and they like Its pleasant —Adv. NOT HIS UNLUCKY NUMBER Although Unpopular, "Thirteen** Has You are. darling; and It makes me Bten Dec | dedly Mixed With Thla »«*v* -ty of the girl «! ifb t< of ft t! “I teiieve JT< n 1 Cftaaxrai r*> -4*«rap4noteg ray Ill iflk-4ra ■Wfiut sra*h«-« 1 tfi# hi«»»t ota tfi# tn «ra ra? 1 lior a ltd lay duo n 1* 9 * i 1 K ik fail? I We ruas dr« *».’* 1 to await ray ci J| f Ip f f* * to h. n railed 1 etrfia aged I fro IS Ha* J stoeda ottfi LeVere H« *1M • - Ik i ? : 1 afisrt i |*> fits voute N**«tiii>c of tau|i d| f^4 ftp I tfie key err urn r* 1 *lar t<g i—) •«*t( rfi. rade. eve TW daon rurae raid sod f pra t Hvf I fu*4 ftW* *ttfi t* '•oni«g afileph. | rt tuio *! iftti* • tH» j ft o fi urb a M» t»n# v Ho t to*. I hav< •u, LeVere. hut I eu 14 do It. beard a« 1 said. vwwerdrd my Site rat liaMr* i <4 eut*y4 tike k»«#te»oi mo OMwh be S *f* * a *84 eb4 t deeraabheu > ng Ion tbe temlewetfB the yeft wet* like w hswt wm ■♦i*rV *-«t 4vw a tw rail eft tw Ibwo rr< reel we le derb twgv'thef. I Oho I if mrtenaty tall te44r» TT*n mil ***** ^*eetlw*e4. -Nw; | bed be w “He twf *»# rml * ethlwe cease I “TV* reyae seel the fetteta I drwd, the a Im the eshas tw I ee teke ew 9 tww ratsmrd I ee sfcse oed *rgrw gtserteg it aw*eeti*4 iW happy to leer you ray I am the first rimn who ever klswd you.” “If I am the first, how does It hup pen you do It «o *-\|*ert ly ?*' Englishman’s Life. *U|ierstlMou« renders will be later- ested In th«* following eftrsordleery r I MB the ftrat. Im*w do yon Mefy. ef which the hero la Mr. W. O. know wh«*ther I «k» It expertly or n*»tT ('ordwetl. the well know* and Insect Damages Cotton flalem. Blark River —W reins every day or two aed r tf the best fields the c Ex* h Kleet street journalist. msi let f ds-v Ot At 0 tWi year see t the retl ss It did edlt'oe Is aeserst wet toe though ti >4toe where thla The screage | tees tw tRr tear fe p pee peat e* fosse loom is that su acre las lire tbs 1 sa weft This It «• C«m| • • »s< eo< Ilk heavy Hard Task. dogged by [tot lieu ta Tom- -Hulbw. In* rk. «4d tray 1 Writ was ow tfi ottoa out tag Iwra le for Mi—Rr; i f Ifint fie ne 1 FWIda iHrk- — No ottoa per T*rai- -tofiuf are ] tou taking an raurw i into n«*i low, | turned to | •4 by root ff f % * ti! r* for? Yom'w > heeu furaing afinuf 1 nna 1* tfie afiour up MU ay I*!#** HMftfl |4*MirP 41 wee Ifint owe letter, i , ramp 19 t ara*iig ay t» • w Fra tffteg tw ortte fiftrara oltfi raewv In l‘i tfie Black mmi lag f«e waut ray 1 19 raen I *t ht* first leave aed re- p up hU coweiiaaiaw. If • « tefijei te Cbeafs Mrs fiasttb J«wwni Is s derided edd. !•* t she ea. hwt she s decteed test eeeh ntret j He ees gflvee | taraieg tw rtvtl , he foewd thwt t raeiMwbwved I IS Xmm rwwet sM WIN Red IJ wf The tewt rests l IS days te 11 pUle Aed rw- •*e% a* Jtsesry Id *d4J rwasn hed base the rvated bets — Aeew Tw* A Reset Owed Thee « • ■ eeldlef less cl pieeeed the hw*sw wet ef ery ew heed * "iRk I dfidet hews M tree weeds* he*aw the tewi he ft- A i ?i*l lh r It. LeV ir r tVr I emdafi*pe * Aed she lee da these? Whw t be cepaehat^ “Me wwvt Kef ess*.” he whfepev *1 theeghf ew wNarh The* Meeert Ketesew ee wewst awr*rs —brf»*ew they hew* Wheteser ssee easy h*ew wf ehel hee wre they eftt twake ew wwese ew*ll the his wcvh-ra e sewat stwp the i Witty «»f hie tswwtfkg aey thDfihi te*'l«r the adv*etege i* w*re “Ta*W sores te hlil hissT* “t awl y eg a last fewest. TVr re t*mmi fretleg hrtere* those fiSMK a wiilshlpe a*4 the rree ?“ “No. Srsew; It fte hate fHo«gh they are e*«t el reel sell**rs ere ew*ptty t they perse *o a.ive thi only f«»r tt»ewe others #•< »»..t be h* Id Ion t« to sef tbe «*t Whs D«d It w*d * 4 • » ■ *■« • * » * pet M fres 3 ” r pride thi -* at -•*> >t gistr* *s ef li ftbeWaed wwd i# tw ae Tbsrtdev t wvirafi R fblaed thetg he* <wwde tbe raw cwwwt r r lives tbe tlty tbrw - *>t par of five base rets ns eg t lb tAe f gbtv drpt rted ers a TVa pen hoht grateful te aed w e be reore pasted THIN PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PHOSPHATE • • a tdf f*| 4K f |M yedpww WNm the ( f tNhl gRhRdbALi R? «k tew pdvprtued far it .* pp^pw fippby SPd bwM pod •PWlps i / t fte •* 11 rawotMa I P *rp«Wi5S5SfW* jpg pMfpSWi mt ■■RNOg er««.^n«a ecspe-oose »«wg uwtp batkwwp pwt «wrvpd eoep p f bse HI hee«*wg Vsyept Rwpw Lime The Wef«**dM*d seal haf twin chased fweewtty with the ••'•t • * •> *-4»i f*aes tie •hipe the aaeeUawl Reef sbecw ye arrwtsd the lefeetfy the retch ewmweftwg to fit 3R peft* ef fTTs,IW TVs gives p 4pt esHehev ef IlcldR eed I* vets# ad Wdf rsuepervd with the IHR The pwwf firbieg Wdsi two cl ante I seal yw«wg • - |m •• epv weed at Ml pwr he*4vdweight ee pgatest 111 fwr K*t^ wed fififin tw 9? fwr ether age test I* tw |W fifl oeraiiy, kr lured * Uvea. e § - f at Caw«e etm f •tv. I rw kick** rould \ dd 'Lrto>IW'ftMNi"t tir ptetrrf 111? hear tbe ruti'i’U* Ama«la I i Hi* f\**n mrnfn ?»ttt t«» nan j sleep through that rackeL” CHAPTER XVIII. A New Conspiracy. ’The lnt« rii*r of the ffitda gppffiffd desolate In the gray light of dawn. 1 l^d the way directly to F.stada's KM3 It Was the Stain of Blood. statR'riHirn. My heart pounded like a Y**ur plan. ore««f, again*! the i*ther?” It These jfitlf WT^ ore of all races, fan they he treated?** ’Some luigiit he, air; It Is bard tw tell howr many. It la not the race which count* so much, ***0*^. There are those among them wh*» would Dot cure to refuia to honesty.” “Ami you. LeVere?“ He spread his hands nnd shrugged hlj> shoulders. ’*Th«‘re Is no hope of me; I was born .to the free life.” “Whnt th^n Is It with you?” “Hate, shnor—revenge.” and his t«'«*ih ghmimnl savagely. “I would spit on this Manuel uho seeks to tie chief. I can never Im*—no; I am of black skin, with negro blood In my veins, nnd white men would never have it so. But I can hate, senor. That Is why I am with you now, if the devil so will. Your plan might work—tell me more of it.” “Whnt are the odds, say you—thirty to a hundred? Ay, but surprise will overcome that. My plan is this: First to secure Manuel as quietly as pos sible but at whatever cost. With him in our hands, or dead, the buccaneers have no leader. What then? There are men in the crew on deck and in the forecastle to be Trusted—^Vafkins Is one, and he will know others, a dozen no doubt. They will b§ enough. We will whisper the truth to those, and have them ready for a signal. The forward door from amidshjps is closed by iron bars—is it not?” “SI, senor," his eyes again sparkling with interest. “The men quarreled, and there was fighting.” “Then there is no escape in that di rection and It can be.no great tasie to close any passage leading aft. Lower the deck hutch nnd we have those devils below caged like so many rats. There nc**d be no fighting; star- I his f ”Y whaf r Gr af! • We rail fuf TgW?' T 1*n of my ru* [ bait like of rotfrai to l»ir.*w bn nee —he had ful a hungry ID ! am n«*t away this < l#rVere. If i • O be *iirh a ■ha nee. we put ■ Mth aura t) f n a L 1 ft tw io*P •|p r“T h. r umpu ms—*Rp»a ' I laugh* *1. tiii D» r u*frvra tftn|4ln “Why fiMi| ;) <4 This is our the Namur Into Forto Graml Sanch«-z <m Inuird nnd alive, and thora hellhoun«ls bH-kts) below, tve’ll get any thing we ask for. Wo’ll be tin* cocks of the walk. If he shouldn’t live through, why then we’ll have u ship, ami can run the game alone. Either way, if we win. tin* prize is ours—and if we stirk together We w in.’’ My apparent enthusiasm cnughMhe fellow. I could read the working of his mind in his face. This new view of the. situation promised wealth, pow er, the total defeat of Estevan; everything he most desired. “You think Senor Sanchez live?" “\YJiat difference? If he lives he owes his life to us. If he dies the bark is in our hands,, and the treasure. Once, w’e have won we cure nothing if he live or die. Are we together in this?” He thrust out a lean yellow’ hand, and I gripped it. “Si, senor; Darn with you.” “Yqu pledge your w’ord, Francois?” “I pledge It, senor.” “Good,!; And you have mine. 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It should not, owing to Its tendency to tn- Crawfish Dtoda to Mi( FafUM-ngera arriving In New Ortee** bitro-phosphatp ' “n a r.-* ent Sunday evening by tR* l^ftiilxvllle A Nashville railroad tbe tracks were swarming with rraw- Road Work in Chester. rhester.—Within the next few days work will he inaugurated on the high way from Chester to the York county lino, which is *n he an important link In the highway from Columbia to Char lotte. The work must he completed hy December 1. according to the terms of the contract R W. Parks, the federal govern ment’s highway engineer, has already arrived in Chester and expects to re main until the highway is finished. J : The First “White Way." , .When William Nib-o-openetl his new theater nt Broadvay and Print’d street, bnK< on Independence day 1S*J8, he celebrated the double occu- ftiiatn ) I V n T\»i t t*i / at 4 I jllasrvlnp* /*pa ra Chester Phys’cian- Honored. Chester.—Dr. Ra^ph H. McFadden, one of Chester’s most prominent phys icians and surgeons, who was the first of the local doctors to enlist in the late war. and who saw much service in France has been highly honored by the French government in being awarded a certificate of authorization to wear the arms of the city of Lan- 1 rrres. France, in recognition of-the great work he did as "a member of base hosp : tal No. 53. Dr. McFadden was a fir-!t I’eutenant. He is a *ur- 1 geon at Pryor’s hospital ’ f Suoposed to Have Scalded Husband. Chester.—Joseph ’ Love., a weR cr*a*e melght. bp us*d by anvonp who fl*), practically the whole distance be- dopa not deftlrp to put on fleph. 1 . # ,, . ; tw**en .Mlch«‘ud nnd <T»ef Menteur. -, | Hundreds were walking along gath ering the seafood. Basket* heavy You Do More Work, w,th «R«lnnlng. wrigg'ing, pinching You are more ambitious and you get more "♦’ re brough* in by scorea of mjoyment out of everything when your |arsons. Exp«*rl fishermen wild the blood is in good condition. Impurities in fish were crawling back to calm we- ' the blood have a very depressing effect on t» rs to escape the squalls outside . the system, causing weakness, laziness, nervousness and sickness. , \ . A _. ii„u. a i*hw GRUVL’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC ... ° d y * restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying ... ^ n ®V and"Enriching the Blood. When you feel j t>uslm,ss u cent< ‘ nHr,an ls very un its strengthening, invigorating effect, see healthy. \\e rarely hear of them un- how it brings color to the cheeks and how | less they are dying, it .improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. - ! GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC is not a patent medicine, it is simply IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup So pleasant even children like it The blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON t to Enrich it These reliable tonic prop- D** £ e * r y ,, *■ ??**?** 1 Cities never fail to drive out impurities in Tapeworm No ca.tor oil neceopary. A4v. the blood. Superfluous. Victim—“But have you drilled any wells yet?” Promoter—“We don’t need ’em; on our claim it rains oil.” Gladness is appreciated only by those The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it w j 10 ^now what sadness la. the favorite tonic in thousands of homes. More than thirty-five years ago, folks would ride a long distance to get GROVE’S TASTELESS* Chill TONIC when a member of their family had Malaria or . needed a body-building, strength-giving tonic. The formula is just the same to- day. and you can get it from any drug store. 60c per bottle. It’s, easier to acquire a poor wife than a good servant girl. Patience is the right bower of so*- ENERGETS