The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 03, 1919, Image 3
WOLVES OFTHE SEA
By RANDALL PARRISH
CHAPTER XIX.
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Laying the Trap.
Our -first Job was executed much
more easily than I had anticipated.
We caught Manuel sound asleep, and
LeVere had sinewy hands at his throat
before the fellow could grasp a
weapon. The narrowness of the state
room prevented my taking much part
in the affair, but the mulatto needed
no help, as he dragged the cursing
Spaniard from his bunk to the deck
and throttled him savagely. Indeed
he would have killed the fellow had
I not interfered and twisted his hands
loose, leaving Estevan barely con
scious. A blanket ripped Into strips
served to bind him securely enough
for the present, but I thought It best
to lock the door, and keep the key In
my own pocket. LeVere would have
knifed him even as he lay there help
less, but for my threat and Insistence.
Once back In the cabin my eyes dis
tinguished the frightened face of the
steward peering forth at us from out
the dark of the passage leading for
ward.
“Come here. Onnsaoles.** I said
sternly. “Step lively, lad; there’s noth
ing for yon to fear. Reoor Eatada has
been killed daring the night, and we
have joat captured his murderer,** 1
explained. “There Is reason to believe
this act was part of a conspiracy to
setae the ship la connection with those
fellows amidships, ttoes that passage
lead to their qesrtffiV*
“It did once, eeanr, hut now there ka
a rtoaed door of ooh. studded with
Iren, not only locked, hot barred on
thle side There are hot two heyo "
one for the captain and the other fee
him who manna ode the boreanceea.“
I stood there a moment, rnmdderlwg
thle imferamtish. The only way the
mottneora roe Id reoeh the cahtn then
wontd he from the deck, deoeewdiag
through the eampnnbns. So long ao
they remained onoware of the cepinre
of ftlonnel there was ttffto daagw sf
th*nr taking snch artlsn.
"Vary welt. siowoeA* I said. Toe
go on ahont yenr work as though noth*
tog had happsaed If any weed sf this
adhlr gets to the crew or to those fet
tows forward. I w hold yen mopsnsi-
hie Ton are not to ftanvo this enhin
wit hoot my peemmaiea. nor speak In
anyone LeVere
The mnlntto faced me respect tatty
enough, and I had a feettng ho wuotd
obey orders^ largely hocanso ho dare
not raheL
They will ho wondering why pnn
are not an dork. It will ho hotter for
you to take charge of the wairh at
once, and keep the men hnap« gottaeo
W a thins at the wheel and oeud the
man down to mo. Me ran cheoao the
fetiowe who will attrh better than you
conld and then can circulate among
them without arousing suspicion."
Watkins sown shotted down the
steps. Me shipped off bis cap and
stood waiting
1 put my hand an bis shoulder.
Tom.** 1 sptd soberly, “we sfe la the
same boat, and understand curb other.
The chance has come for both of qs. If
e*' ptsv the cards right. TEden while
1 ton you the uttuatlon. and what T
plan doing.**
1 told It briefly, wasting no words,
yat relating every fact. He listened
eagerly, but without Interruption un
til the end.
“What do you mske of 117“ I asked.
“About what you do. sir. I knew
there was something of the kind going
on—some of the men forward are in
on 1L You’ve got the i1ng-leader“
“Manuel, you mean. Who did he
count on for help in the forecastle7’’
“Cocbose. and a handful of others,
niggers and Spaniards, mostly. They
meant to pull the'affalr off either to
day or tonight. Your plan gives us a
fair chance, sir. A dozen good men on
deck might do the business.”
“But are there a dozen aboard to
be trusted?*
“Well, yes sir. I rather think there
are. I’d say that in both watches
there’s maybe fourteen to be relied
on. »
“In my watch there’s Jones, Har-
wood and Simms, either English or
Welsh. They’re all right. Then there’s
n nigger named Sam; Schmitt, a
Dutchman, with his partner, whose
name I don’t know, and two Frenchies,
Ravel and Pierre. That makes eight,
nine counting myself. Then in the
starboard watch I’d pick out Jim Car
ter and Joe Cole, two Swedes, Carl
son and Ole Hallln, and another nig
ger. Then there are a couple of Finns
w!k> ought to be with us, but I can’t
talk-their lingo,
sixteen out of thirty, and It’s quite
likely some of the others would take a
hand with us, if they thought It was
safe. I haven’t any use though, sir,
for Francois LeVere. There ain’t a
-worse scamp aboard.”
TiCbow that/* I admitted, “but he
had fcTbe used.”
And what la^y part now?”
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these atrms in the rack here, and he
ready for business—-the rest will be
done In a hurry. I’ll wait hei^e for
your report”,
At the very best Watkins could
scarcely perform the task assigned
him in less than an hour. The success
or failure of our effort depended en
tirely upon taking these fellows by
complete surprise. If It came to an
open fight our cause was hopeless, for
that would mean fourteen or fifteen
men unarmed, pitted against over a
hundred thoroughly equipped and
trained fighters. Only by confining
them below, with hatches battened
down, and a carronade trained upon
them, would we be safe.
I sat where I could watch the stairs,
and the entire forward part of the
cabln u Gunsaulesf lowered the table,
and began preparing the morning
meal. Finally he announced break
fast.
“Suppose you rap on the lady's door
yonder, and ask if she will Join me.
Say your message Is from Senor
Cites.”
She came at once and seated herself
opposite me. snd we spoke of the
weather while Ganaanles served. He
was still hovering shout, but my anx
iety to have a word with her alone
caused me to send him to attend Cap
tain Sanrhet. We waited nntll he dis
appeared within the after stateroom,
bearing a tray; then her ayea sadden-
If lifted 4o mine, filled with qaeoUon-
tag.
Tall mo what has happened?** She
breathed eagerly. “I heard the note*
of a straggle oat here, and voices con
versing Why are yoa alone 7“
I leaned over tn speak In an low a
tone as pusMhls. And I told her the
sitesttno la detail and my plana
She sat Mtenlly gaslng ai am errww
the taMe. her ported llpa trembling to
PACT AND LEAGUE
THE PRESIDENT STRONGLY IN
FAVOR OF FAVORABLE AND
PROMPT ACTION.
MONUMENT, BUILT BY NATURE,
TO COMMEMORATE DEEDS OF
SUMTER’S SOLDIERY.
HOW
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Told by Herself. Her So*
eerily Should Coo>
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an unasked question. Before she could
frame this tn words, the door to the
companion opened, and Watkins de
scended the stall*. At sight of her he
whipped off his cap.
“You may speak freely,** I said.
“This Is the young lady I told you
about, and of course she is with us.
Only talk loW.“ '
“Yes. sir,” using a hoarse whisper,
and fastening his gaze on me. “It’s all
right, sir.”
CHAPTER XX.
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The Deck la Ours.
I had the next step carefully out
lined in my own mind, and yet I hesi
tated a moment, glancing Into the two
faces before me; with a sudden reali
zation of what the contemplated ac
tion would mean to all of us, if by any
chance It should fail of success. I
managed to speak cheerfully, putting
a ring of confidence Into my voice. -
“Then the sooner we act the better.
Watkins, have LeVere order these men
aft. 'Let him say that Senor Estada
wishes them to break out some stores-
in the lazaret. They need be here only
long enough for us to distribute these
arms among them, and for me to speak
a word of instruction to them.”
“But have I no part? Is there no
way In which I can help?” asked the
girl.
“You have your pistol? Then re-
That-would-give uRf^nata-herer I shall have to go on d£ck
with the men, and will not. dare leave
them a moment until the ship is ab
solutely secure. Manuel is locked in
that stateroom, hut must not he com
municated with by anyone. It will he
your part to see that Gunsaules
neither enters that passage leading
amidships, nor approaches this door.
Keep him In sight. You will save os
a man. Wait here now nntll I see how
securely this passage forward Is
i i-
» a h—vy
faintest possibility of any entrance
aft, except through r assistance from
this side. As f returned to the cabin,
Gunsaules came out of the captain’s
room and crossed the deck. At sight
of me he stopped instantly.
“Gunsaules,” I said, “you are to rd*
main in this cabin until I give the
word. The lady here has a pistol, and
orders to shoot if you attempt to
either enter this passage, or approach
the door of Manuel’s stateroom. How
did you find Sanchez?”
“Sitting up in his bunk, senor, and
able to eat.”
“Does he know what Is occurring on
board?”
“No, senor. He questioned me, but
I only told him everything was all
right, so far.”
In my heart I believed the fellow
deliberately lied, but there was no op
portunity to question him further, for
at that moment the door of the com
panion opened and a miscellaneous
group of men thronged down the
atalra. They were a rough hairy lot,
here and there a sturdy English coun
tenance meeting my gas*, but the
faces were largely foreign, with those
of two negroes conspicuous.
Twelve here, air; I couldn’t get
Harwood down from the foretop.” said
Watkins.
“And there art others below who
will Join ns?**
Ten, sir; six more I count on."
“Which mean* lads, that with Har
wood. lienor LeVero, and myartf. well
t*»ra1 rwvwty-afcb fa this sfttody Tfow
1*11 tell yon what la vp. Wat kina gave
*on aame of It no doubt, but a ward
from me will make It Men rev. t*m an
Ideate; Tm an Nag! Ish sailor, ahnag-
LledL BttBdfi named am firai attest
beeanse I andemtand navigation."
I Nipped •fM’aktan staring at ana
•d the (area bMare am; all at anre It
appeared familiar. "What M year
aaam. my man
"Jim Carter. Mr.*
Ten wore an the ttahaC three
years apoT"
"1 wan that. M later Chrtytn" ha am
ewevsd gnawing "1 knew d yon the
mfeeote | mm down yere."
Then that la all I need any an (hat
Ban Here’s ana nf year amten ledn
•he wtn eeorh Per mn Now. an I've
hern taML yon are all of you In the
•am# boat—yea are prtaaners an
hoard. Lech hea given ns a chance la
amhe a break, and get away, fhptala
Baarhsa Is wounded and helptoaa.
Fvdra Ohonda la dead, and I've pat
Maanel larked In that statecaam. Mia
mt throats are all hetew. and now all
we've pet ta da la Map an the hatch
and keep them there. Now. what I
want ta knew la are yea fellows with
amf^
Walk me answered ap promptly;
then Oerter; the ethers Ji dalag la with
leas heartineea. the different accents
rev rating their net Iona lit lea. I knew
at Hors well euoagh tn feel aaaorsd
they won Id fallow their loaders once
the game storied.
That’s good rmfugh; now we’ve got
to hit hard sad qalck. lads. There era
‘Wm wffl Uk* rare a* thm> with
those fellows 1 dan*t assign to other 1
work. Jnoea. yoa sod t erter make
straight for the forecastle sod don’t
let anyone come op the scuttle. One
of you bad better drop down below,
and prevent any of those lads from
unbarring the door leading amidships.
Who Is the best for that Job?*’
“Let Carlson do It”
“All right—Carlson It Is then. You
Frenchmen, and the two negroes, your
part will he to ship the main hatch.
Do a quick' Job, and clamp It down
tight.”
“I’ll come down to you Carlson, as
soon as we have the deck. It ought
not to take more than five minutes to
handle those lads, and slew around a
carronade. Watkins, you and Carter
hand out the cutlasses from the rack;
you boys will handle those better than
firearms. Good; now are you all
ready?”
NEW WORLD ORDER ASSURED ME PROUD OF DIET SCHOOLS
suffered
Great Peoples Willi Be Liberated Who
Have Never Before Been Able to
Find Path tty Liberty.
Washington.—President Wilson in
an address to the American people on
the occasion of the signing of the
peace treaty, made a plea for the ac
ceptance of the treaty and the cove
nant of the league of nations without
change or reservation.
His message, given out here by Sec
retary Tumulty, said;
‘My fellow countrymeu:
“The treaty of peace has been sign
ed. If It is ratified and acted upon in
full and sincere execution of its terms,
it will furnish the charter for a new
order of affairs In the woild. It is a
severe treaty In the duties snd pen
alties It imposes upon Germany, but It
la severe only because great wrongs
done by Germany are to be righted
and repaired; It Imposes nothing that
Germany ennnot do; and she can re
gain her rightful standing In the world
by the prompt end honorable fulfill
meat of tu terms.
"And It In much more than • treaty
of pence with Germany It liberates
great people# who have never before
been able to find the way to liberty.
It ends, once for all. no old and tn
Without Solicitation by Them Repre*'
tentative Body of Citizens Recom
mend Better Pa^r for Teachers.
Sumter.—There is a plan under way
here for a park to be opened in the"
city as a memorial to the splendid
men of Sumter, who gave their lives
In the world war. A group of citizens
has purchased the. W. A. Bowman
property at the intersection of Hamp
ton avenue and Haskill street and ex
pects to present it to the city to be
used for this purpose.
There has been substantial evidence
recently of a fact often asaerted nere
that Snmter is proud of her city schools
and stands willing to back them in
every way. Without any action on
the pert of the superintendent or
teachem, SO men of the town, hastily
called together by Mayor L. D. Jen
nings, a pea red before the school board
at Its lest meeting and requested that
the superintendent's salary be Increas
ed to $4,000 a yaar and that $1S0 a
year be added to the salary of every
teacher white aad negro la the
schools.
Christopher, III—“For four yean 1
trad from irregularities, wsaknaMu
nervousness, a pa
wit in a run dosra
condition. Two of
our best doctors
failed to do me say
good. I heard se
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Con^
pound bad done lor
others, I tried it
and was cured. I
am no longer ner
vous, am regular,
and in excellent
f*a
tulerubi*
eader which amall
of selfish mas coeld ass the |
groeae
peopfee of greet empires to serve their
ambitioe for power aad domtaloe. It
see or teles the free govemmests of i
the world la a pocwaieai iMges la
which they are pivdgod te see thotr
salted power te stale lata peace by
amlMeialag right aad Jaattre It
makee Wlomatlasal law a reality tap
posted by Imps relive •aartteaa It
dees ewey with the right of eeaqweet
aad rwjscts the peltry ef eaaeaattea
aad eabetttaiee a aew ardor eader
which backward aatmae pnpolaiiase
which have eel pel same ta petti teal
eaeartsaseeae aad peaptea who are
ready for isdopcadesro had ael pel
pa We prepared ta dtopeaee with pew
teriioa aad guide are ehsH aa asare
he eebjortod te the daasiaettsa ead
rs pbn si tea ef e eiroager aettaa. hat
•ban he pal eader the fneedty dirwe
ties ead afforded (he helpful eeiel
aero ef gwoSraateata whtah saderiahs
la he reepeaeibte fur the epfteme ef
mesh tad la the eaecaiieh ef thaw
task by a* rapt teg the direr Mas ef the
teegwe ef eel lee*
Signed! ~WOODftOW W1LNON"
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Weehlagtoa l’poo eompUlet ef B.
B Oeaaet of Aadoreoa. who maee
tiros sous object km to the motor
carps of the army depleting rot toe
mill help la Booth Caroitaa. the mpl
ter was takes ap as coral days ago by
fleas tor Dial aad as a ree«M It was
from each epeaty would he se taaea.
Bee st on Dial aad Bmtlh are la re- sroUarw
retpi ef ea orgeat telegram from
femes D Hammett, rhetrmea of the *a« >o»m
eserutive comm>u»+ at ta# d «*er JJJJ,
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Amtserdem —The allied aad asso
ciated powers will not ask for I ha es
tmdiUoe ef the former Oermaa em
peror. the Perm coercepoadoat of The
Tslogmaf soys ho lee res bet will ask
the Detck government la the aame of
the leegae of sat lose to so# that Herr
Hohentollara dree mot escape the
AH Day
Bam well —That Barnwell wtn eaoa
eajoy the advastages ef all day elec
trtr cervoai to the eutemeat made by
W J. Lemoa. oae ef the cammleeioa
era of pabtlr works of this city Tale
move has boom eader advlaemcat by
the commissioners (or come Uam. as
There was a low murmur of voices,
the faces watching me ^howing thelr -
Increasing excitement and eagernes*.
Our little talk had served to arouse
their confidence in my leadership, and
with gleaming weapons in their hands
they became self-reliant volunteers.
Once turned loose my greatest diffi
culty might he to restrain them, rather
than urge them on. Revenge for past
wrongs was in each heart, and they
welcomed a chance to strike.
I whispered a parting word of ad
monition into the ecr of Dorothy, re
ceiving In return a glance from her
heart; then straightened up, and pis
tol in hand, pushed my way through
the throng of sailors to the foot of the
stairs.
“Follow roe, lads,” I said quietly.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
“This U my watch below, and It will
be beat for me to keep off the deck
until all la prepared. You Mound these
Celtic Isle.
The smallest dependency of France
la the Be d'Hoedle, situated at the ecaf
of Belle Ule. Its population la 238
The people do not speak French, bv
starboard
% ;
ir Wi
you I oaken door, nail studded, net
hem ■ larked, hut bald firmly In place
get i scout ftfuu bar. That* was BN
naff air the tkhafilUaU
tided with feud at aa Im
the woman* The iwwu h
are
It le expected that as a member rtf
the league he adds. Holland will ta
form the former emperor that he must
appear before an International court
or leave the country. A highly placed
French authority on international law
told the correspondent that tha pro
ceedings against the former emperor
would he on moral grounds and the
sentence would be of a moral charac
ter entirely. There Is no question of
a death sentence or imprisonment, the
correspondent was told.
that coeld and
would use tha power would make ta%
proposition self surtatnlag from tke
outset.* Betides providing current for
business houses, the new move will be
a boon to housekeepers.
DEMONSTRATION AGAINST
GOVERNMENT IN ROME.
Rome.—Serious disorders marked
anti-government demonstration in
Rome. The demonstrators attempted
to reach the residence of Prem'er
Nitti, but were driven back by large
forces of military police. Order flnal-
Uy was restored after midnight.
COST OF WORLD WAR TO
ALL NATIONS INVOLVED
. ...Washington.—The world war cost
the lives o< 7,582,300 soldiers of all
countries; the money cost was be*
tween $185,000,000,000 and $195,000,-
0000.00; In shipping, the toll was 23,-
005.383 tons of merchant vessels and
1,882,125 tons of war vessels.
These figures were compiled at re
quest of Senator McCumber. of North
Dakota, and were made public as rea-
eyes, which gave a new throb ta.iny there_8h°uld .be. i Lfilgtifl of
Nations.
THE PRESIDENT COMES BACK
EXTREMELY WELL SATISFIED
Washington.—-President Wilson Is
returning to the United States more
than satisfied, his friends say. with
the nej results of the conefrence end
all thngs considered
that the gjpIttBBdfi
derful
it Is his opinion
has been a won
thAl
Fsatheratone a Candidate.
Greenwood.—C. C. Featheretooe. of
Greenwood, one of the best known
lawyers In upper South Carolina, with
Kenneth L. Baker and 8. H. McGhee
also of Greenwood, were in Washing
ton recently, and called at the depart-
nent of Justice to lay claims to the
Judgship of the western district before
Attorney General Palmer.
While Mr. Palmer made no state
ment as to what would be done in
this matter, it Is understood that the
recommendation which he will make
may not be further delayed after the
two South Carolina senators have told
him whom they wish named for this
place. ■ ■
Additional Tax Levied.
Greenville.—In order to meet the
increased expenses of the city schools
resulting from the enforcement of the
compulsory school attendance law, the
trustees and a formal mass meeting
of citizens levied an additional tax of
eight mills, for the city schools. This
makes the total tax levy now 16
mills, and will yield an additional $50,-
000 incoroe. which, however is hardly
expected to be sufficient to meet tne
needs in which event an additional tai
will probably be levied to meef any
deficit.
Outing for Boy Scouts.
Gaffney.—The Boy Scouts of Gaff
ney and Blacksburg are planning for
a ten days* outing at Drive on Broad
River, The boya have secured foul
large army lesta, nod will spend the
entire ten days at » s ls pleasant spot
Scoot Master Witherspoon snd assist
ant l O
-veft while an the trip
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BAKER. Macoa, Qe.
Acts Up to His Name, Also.
“Mennlelgh is qul*t enough ordina
rily, hut somehow collectors for chari
table purposes dread U> go near him.”
“I guess he nets like a bear then be
cause he’s foxy.”
The Otveog Withstand the Heat of
Better Then the Week
014 people who ere fooblo eed
people who ere week, will be etreeol
end enabled to eo throneh the depv
heat of earn me r by taking Greee'e
chIU teoir. It purines and enriches the
end hullde up the whole eyetewL Tee
eoon feel Its Str«n« t r.* • ■
Laxity of
tkwi nf time eervtog
le tl
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