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[Copyright, 1000, by Weatherby Cbeaney and A
Munro.)
The double gates were opened, t
out we trooped on to a narrow, v
kept road that the frowning culver
could have swept with Iron ball fo
core of perches. We passed throi
other gates and other drawbrld
throws across natural cliffs and e
other heavily gunned batteries bet
them, making the position one of si
enormous strength that 20 good n
could have held It against an army.
During the two hours' tramp the i
prang up from behind the east
hills, and by the time we entered
Quayra It was broad daylight.
The old man, whom I bod set do
from my shoulders, cried loudly to
breakfast He wasn't going to row
n empty belly. Oh, ho, ho! Not
Indeed! They might thumbscrew
hands to the oar, but he wouldn't
an ounce of weight on It, no. not e
If they twisted a knotted cord roi
his temples and hove him backw,
and forward with that.
Little notice, however, was taken
his vnporings save to bestow a curs<
^ a blow when his importunities gi
ft too noisy. We were hustled roughly
^ to boats and ferried across to the i
ley which lay straining at her ane
In the road.
"She's pierced for 30 sweeps ash
said Alec, who hod been counting
row holes.. "A hundred and fifty or
rowers that moans unless we are tc
singularly undermanned."
"There be three more boat loads ci
. Ing off." observed Job Trchnllon.
fwo for us and one for the srna
galley abend there." said I. "J
)ppk> there ore n host of slaves and
(Iters on the shore ready to enil.J
But Where's the carraek, I wonder?
"Hull down to nor'nrd, master," ?
one of the other Englishmen.
"Way enough!" sang out the office
charge of the bont. "In oars, and hi
you slaves don't topple overboard,
don't want to lose you till you've d
. some work."
"Aye," cried the old man. "Spat
lubbers that you are. Let the Eng
seamen go first and show you
way!" And he got n scabbard b
. ' across the face to quiet him.
*' ... .. > ... n .
one wnB a gaiiey or me rirsr ci
and from ber keen steel beak to
To Care a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
All druggist* refund the money
fnits to onM. B W. drove's sigrm
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a Rise
>mpetition
ing method of doing business. We
out our claims to the attention of
2, and trust to their sagacity to dise
glittering statements of competitors
fact. We are armed with the steel
f Reason
our gun of its seven solid argulcing
our hearers that for
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Cheapness, Polite
. a _ ? ]
lerosity ana ueneraifood-nature.
in the right place. We may as
ght from the start that
i Business.
mt it and keep it, and when we get
t. We go slow but we get there,
npacity yet to please and satisfy?
Come once and you'll come back,
A m f A /N
AIY & UU.,
get> " Crack!" came the driver's whip.
law gilded coneli she wn3 for a galley as
tide due a craft as ever ran to windward
uch against a uor'easter. But from our
nen coign cf disadvantage we did not look
upon lier with uiucli appreciation. She
sun had liecu lug h.le for a full twelveern
month and yet had scarcely had time
La to sweeten. I never sat on anything
harder or rougher than her row bench
iwn es.
?r a Each of us English was stationed at
on the end of an oar. a pest of honor if
he, there can he such a distinction for
slaves who are chained to their work
* ami the live other places were man
v.en ued by rapscallion landsmen, of whom
ind ^ore seemed to lie a very liberal sup
ard P1*A
soldier comiuaudaut and live sol
; Qf dier otilcer.4. mighty Hue armor clod
(ninf hxtwdi n!l i.fil: n/w .ncei/iti <>f t It .
; or " "
,ow coach aud caliln on the spar deck. A i
n handful of dirty, lubberly sailors and a
1_ company of soldiers were stationed far- i
h'or war(l. ant^ when a few handfuls of
mntze burgoo had been distributed i
, ? among us slaves the drivers ou the
tlie ROBgwny cracked their whips, aud we !
swung out our oars and got under way 1
( ^ The galley had been pretty lively as i
she plunged at her anchor, and the
Qa) Spanish* cut purses au<l cutthroats beside
us were begiuning to feci uncom- i
Uer fortable. but when she got some way
on mid the motion became easier they
s thought their qualms would pass away,
. and so they broke out into a monotouous
chant which marked time for
inl(1 the rowing.
But their song did not last long. By
r (n rapid degrees the "cheep-cheep" of
I j the tholes drowned It as the long roll"j
lng swell of the Caribbean sen rocked
us up and down, and the swarthy faces
"m of the rogues became sallow as olil
Ivory.
"s 1 And then began a scene of misery
s 1 that sickens me even now to think of.
' The poor wretches In the agony of
v their sickness would fain have dropped
the oars, but the merciless drivers
?83, lashed them, lashed us, lashed all withhcr
In reach. The helm was put up to run
? along the const, and the beam roll
made the sufferers sicker. They qould
not do a dolt's worth of work and In
lets their loathing bade the drlvera fling
If it them overboard. '
tun Wa English could not each do tha
ty teak at els and oareed the driver* far
our unearned stripes. The oCleers in
the stern swore haphazard nt all they
could clap eyes on. And above all the
hellish tumult nud discord rose the
weird unearthly "Oh. ho. ho!"* and
"Ah. ha. ha!" of the old man.
"Crack!" came the driver's whip
across the old man's bare shoulders.
"Best keep your wind to yourself,
old prophet." growled a stout i'ellow
who sat uear him. "seeing that we're
chained up here like dogs nu can't stir
a fist to right ourselves with."
"I tell you. good fellow." replied the
old man earnestly, "before another day
Is spent you shall drive a steel ax
through these Spanish headpieces."
"I'd do it blithely, old man," said the
other. "Aye. or through six or through
CO If It came to that! But there, you're
babbling. They've driven your old
brain crazy, poor master, with tlielr
tort uriiigs."
"Babblings?" cried the old man
fiercely. "I tell you. Jnn Pengony. that
ns surely as your back Is a mass of
sores today so surely shall you pay
back a sword thrust for every whip
cut they have given you."
"In the fiend's name how did you
learn mine? 1 uever set eyes on you
before. Is It magic, master?"
"Ah, ha! Magic! Oh, ho. ho! Aye,
magic's the word, Jan! I've lived long
among these very good friends the
Spaniards, and the devil, who Is their
patron saint, has taught me many
things. You needn't cross yourself,
Ian. They say he doesn't like It."
"The Lord be between me and
iarin!" exclaimed the man devoutly.
"Ah, ha. lia, ha!"
I could bear the scared sailor mumjling
a strange mixture of bard words
ind scraps of prayer to keep off tlio
>vll spirit, and I more than half shar
?d his alarm. But, though I had no
svlsh to be beholden to any one who
worked magic, still I could not help
the feeling of elation which the un:anny
old prophet's words roused In
ne. By virtue of his powers the old
nan appeared to guess the thoughts
which were simmering in my mind, for
presently he sang out, "Well. .lack, my
brawny giant, are you ready for a cut
it your oppressors?"
"Peace, old man." said 1. "If the soldiers
hear you, they'll smell mutiny
ind fire mumchance Into the lot of us."
"Oh, ho, ho! No fear. Jack. A i
Spanish hidalgo doesn't know our i
leathen ti f|ue." 1
"Mavbe liot." said I. "lint there's no I
tarrn In being prudent. And another <
:hlng, old man, I warn you not to prnc- i
:lse your devilish nrts on me. for I I
enow Latin, and if you're a warlock I
rou'll be flnding yourself in uucomfort- <
lble quarters." <
"Oh, ho. ho! It's well for j'ou, .Jack. J
that the Spaniard Is too One a gentle- '
nan to cumber himself with barbarous i
English. Had my worthy friends on 1
the poop heard your Insolence?setting
pourself up as an exorcist, ha. ha!?you <
wouldn't have escaped a boating. Verl- 1
ly It was great presumption on your '
part. Know. Jack, that none but a no- 1
L?le Spaniard with three crafty torturers
tralliug ou- his heels can quiet the
ievil of which I am possessed uow. If .
that excellent devil wishes to speak. ,
But at present he is dumb. Jack, so got ,
an with your toil, for though we are ,
heading for the place of deliverance ,
there are many weary leagues left to
row before we reach It."
Then, with bis teeth close set and a J
constant stream of muttering aud sub
lued laughter forcing its way be
tween them, lie swung to his oar with
a.n energy that his wasted muscles ,
seemed to be incapable of supplying. |
The old man's words tilled uie with |
hope and the powers that Inspired
them with fear; so, unwilling to be ,
further beholden to his art, 1 kept my
tongue quiet and looked out to seaward.
Keeping even pace with us was a
large carrack of about 500 tons, pierced
for a great quantity of ordnance and ,
crammed to the bulwarks with soldiers.
Hanging ou her windward quarter
was another galley, rowing four (
oars fewer llinn ourselves, nud she, too,
carried a heavy fighting crew. With a
sinking heart 1 recognized that the
three of us would be too strong for the
Englishman, for. though 1 knew that
one of his lads was a match for eight
or maybe ten of these glittering Span
lards auy day. still against odds of fid
to 1 his chance was hopeless. lie might
beat us oft or perhaps even sink us.
but capture us?never.
And so tlie old man's words seemed
to me to be but foolishness after all.
And with that thought 1 once more tore
at my oar in sullen gloom.
Toward nightfall we bad a rest. The
galley's sails were hoisted to catch the
rising breeze, and so. drawing the oars
n trllle inboard, we slipped the handles
under the gangway, leaving the shin
lug blades cocking up In the air on ei
ther side of her. All round us were
sickness and misery. The sun sank
behind a reef of purple cloud, and the
freshening wind began to hiss and
shriek more keenly through the oar
blades.
Th_ got up, the tain poured
against us iu cutting sheets, uud squall
after squull tore from the inky bluckness
above. The galley was allowed to
run under foresail alone, and & course
was shaped for El Pueblo del Norte, ou
the north side of Margherita. But the
lubberly soldier Spaniards bad not
known enough to keep a good reckoning
while daylight lasted and so, holding
too much to the northward, did n< t
make out the island till we had almo. t
passed it. And then as she would n< t
turn to windward under sal! and tu
the sea was too heavy for the sweeps
they let the galley drift where elie
would and took themselves to their
prayers, hoping by the help of the
saints to And themselves under the Ice
of one of the Windward Islands by
daybreak.
But while our masters busied themselves
in calling out to the saints and
with their own hands did nothing for
the safety of tbstr vessel we la the
waist were merrily occupied.
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Backache ? ^
Msl Pains Across 1
Sp of an Unnatu
1 They M
The mo;
Complaint, or
iVauql
This is a
in use that \v)
triptic acts dir
normal hcaltfc
READ W
Gestlkmkn
I have b?<?!
cnURed from thr 11 v<
to lip down except h
fluid. Throe ?juartc
I was coiupleiel
legs terribly Inllnm
Influence of nn opla
able nn<l able to at I
nearly two years.
You may publish
mnv be benefltcU by
Since then this go
: W " VnuKhn'fi
wB no far, anil uoi ui
If you have an
? LYON MANUFACT
and he wil
Kg?; Of all druggists or se
a driver in liis passage along i
gangway swervod to a roil will
threatened to Jerk liitn from bis f
ind grasped at a certain carroty lit
for support. There was a clank
tdiains, und tlie man drew his ha
rway as though the head had hurt
lllm. Too late, for Alee had gt'pi
Ids leg and pulled hint dowu. 'i
lrlver yelled. The shrieks of the sto
irowued his first cry. aud a blow fr
i cliuched li^t silenced the second. '1
shackle key was ripped froiu his L
ind passed down the outside Hue
slaves.
Darkuess lild every movement, a
the voice of the storm hushed all otl
esser sounds. In half an hour we Ei
llsh were every man of us uiifettei
ind ready for a bid for freedom.
CHAPTER Xllt.
Hardly was the last of us freed fr
the oar shackles' when, with a sh<
which rose high above .the din of I
winds and waves, we rushed from
low and crowded, a naked mob. on
the poop. There was a brief turm
)f blows and blasphemy, weapons w<
snatched by the weaponless, some
the Spanish officers went overboa
ind the rest were Jailed in the eoa
Now for tlie common soldiers!
In a body we rushed forward ii
the thick of them, and one or two wi
knocked iuto another world before (
lads could stop their rush.
"Surrender!" shouted Alec, k
Ibovc the tumult.
[TO BX cosnwcBO-1
Shakespeare, among his many a
sions to the sweetness, the ianoeei
and the helplessness of the lamb, o
once cites It as an article of food.
The Lombards Introduced the cust
of charging Interest for the use
money.
SCROFULA AND I
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Johnston's
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a. most wo;
A Grand Old Lat
Mrs. Thankful Orilln Hurd llv<
Livingston Co., Mich. This veneni
the year 1812, the year of the gre;
York. She came to Michigan in l:
too." An her faculties are excellt
tentlve memory, tier mind is rull <
life, of the early days of the Stab
markable people she has met, and
ness. But nothing in her varied J
eelous and worthy of attention
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA.
disposition to scrofula, that terribl
nH les nnre \ rt rr thn 11 tt/?o of tbAneor
tlms of the death angel. Transm
found In neary every family in o
pearance In dreadful running so
goitre, or In eruptions of varied fo
may be known as catarrh in the li
and often Is, the prime cause of e
Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hi
with a bad skin disease. My arm
ores, discharging yellow matter,
unsightly in appearance. My bod
My eyes were also greatly in (la me
much. My blood was In a very I
at frequent intervals, and I bad n
was in a miserable condition, I ha
mended, and doctor after doctor 1
the state told me I must die of sc
were beginning to form. I at leng
his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried r
tiling else, as I had no faith in I
began to grow better. You can bt
many bottles. But I steadily imp
sores healed up, all the bad symptc
and I have never been troubled w
of 83 years Is not a young woman,
since then, and I firmly believe th
greatest blood purifier and the bes
scrofula and as a spring medicine.'
not lok to be more than sixty, and
Ufe was saved by JOUNSTON'8 I
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4TOM BA3J8 JSY Dli J
?www ?n ii h ?wmsr* iiwin?w?? iiaoa/
i Any of Those Sy
!"ired Feeling ? Dizziness ? Nervousness
the Loins, or in the Bladder?Sleeplessncssiral
Color or Scalding Urine.
lean "ICirlnAv 1
>t successful remedy for all forms of Live
le that has effected some remarkable cures,
in s Lithonl
purely vegetable preparation and the onl^
11 effectually cure Dropsy and Gravel. Va
cctlycnthj Liver and Kidneys, restoring
iy condition and eradicating all disease.
'HAT IS SAID AE
Cross Key
i stiffi-i In* (Vrthron yrt.rn from Anasarcaorconcrol f>roi??y
tr and K?ln?-> <. My |<h> siclsiiiHsnld that 1 could last hut tv 01
liortlyftftor holtii:t?|i|KKl. l.tcry tissue wns completely 111 1c
r* of a nation was drawn from scrotum several times,
y filled r.t tl>e time 1 bee.tin u-lm: Vaughn'* 1.11liontripli
ed and exuding lluid. 1 w no tillable to Ret any rest or sleep e
te. 1 hat e lined elitht bottles of Viiuirhu'* l.it liontript In
tend to my bttslnt .!. 1 can now ride my horse, a thing 1 bad
i ns much of my statement as you desire. X am clad to five It,
it. Yours truly.
K. J. I3ETSILL. MaJ. 18th It
ntleman writes under date of Aug". 11, 10t)0r
l.it limit ript ic Iiiim (-fleeted it iierinnnent cure. 1 It
>W enjoying good health."
y of the above symptoms write to the Met
URING CO., 45 So. Fiftli Strec
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nt on receipt of price to any express c
l lie
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TS AWFUL HORRORS
RED BY *
Sarsaparilla
' BOTTLES.
NTDERPUL CURE. (
ly Gives Her Rxprrienre*
es in tlio beautiful village of Brighton,.
ible and highly respected lady was born l.i
it war, in Hebron, Washington Co., Nev/
S10, the year of "Tippecanoe and Tyler
;ntly preserved, and possessing a very re3f
interesting reminiscences of her early
of Michigan and the interesting and retbe
stirring events of which she was a wltund
manifold recollections are more mnrthan
are her experiences In the use of
Mrs. llurd inherited a tendency and prey
destructive blood taint which bus cursed
ids and marking thousands more as vlcItted
from generation to generation, It Is
ne form or another. It may make its apres,
in unsightly swellings In the neck or
mis. Attacking the mucous membrane, it
lead, or developing in the lungs It may be,
onsumptlcn.
ird says: "I was troubled for many years
s .111(1 limbs would break out In a mass of ,
My nook began to swell and became very
ly was covered with scrofulous eruptions.,
d and weakened, and they pained me very *
L>ad condition and my head ached severely <
0 appetite. I bad sores also in my ears. I (
d tried every remedy that had been reeomhad
failed. One of the bast physicians in ?
'rofulous consumption, as internal abcesses 1
til Was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and 1
1 bottle, more as on experiment than anyt,
uml greatly to my agreeable surprise, I
; sure I kept on taking it. I took a great
roved until I beeame entirely well. All the 1
>ina disappeared. I pained perfect health. ! j
rltli scrofula since. Of course an old lady
, but I have lind remarkably pood health , ^
at JOHNSTON'S SARSAI'ARILLA is the ! 1
t medicine In the wide world, both for ]
" This remarkably interesting old lady did
she repeated several times, "I believe my '
SARSAPARILLA." j t
sacpAitY, uHTHorr, inoflL
P. C. DDK K, UNION, 3. C.
mpfoms? ?
? Headache? 3*,
?Chills?Urine
rrouble" %
r and Kidney rWR
triplic |
/ medicine now
tughn's Lithonthem
to their R|S^
WUT IT I^
8. S. C., July 21. 1899.
of the cellular tissue, *\&>V
rt time. 1 wns unaldo ^5#
<1 nn<l saturated tvitlr
e, perfeet'y helpless, mIwM
xoept wlilli- tit.iter tint ^Swf
nn<l ant now comfortbcca
unable to do for 'Mgr
as socio poor sufferer eg.
S.C. Vols., 13C0.
:ivo ha;', na rctsra
iical Director of
it, BrooklynnN. Y.
pecial ease.
>ff ice, SI -OO a bottle. Hp
General News Notes.
ha Grippe Quickly Cured.
' In the vi.ittr of 1898 and 1899 I
iH3 t..ken diiWU with a n\ere attack
f what is CHlled Ln Giippe" enys F,
j. HewcC. a prt miLCut drupgi*t of
>Y it: field, 111. "The only n<tditine I
ised whh two hotthe cf CI stub* rlain'a v.v?
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Wllt.ll ikVII cut, 11 UK &U i; |) I lie m ia
:11<1 fttrpi (rii the coughirg like magic,
ind I have never einre been troubled
wmh Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough
b-r.cdy c?n always be dependi d upon
break up a severe cold ?Ld ward
I!'any threatened attack of pneumoiia.
It is pleasant to take, lot, which
nakes it the most desirable at d one
f the most popular preparations in
isp for these ai'mcuts. For sale by
C Duke.
One Government bureau reports
h?t the United States now produces
hip building steel plates cheaper than
ny o'licr nation in the world, while
tn thcr bureau contends that the
naterial for building steel ships
:osts the American builders far more
mm it does the foreign ones. The
mly explanation is that the steel
uakers sell their plates cheaper
broad than they do at home, which,
>y the way, happens to be a fact.
How to Cure the Grin.
II main quietly at home and take
Dhaiuberlaiu's Cough Remedy as
l?>eoud and 11 quirk recovery is eure
,o follow. That remedy counteracts
u.y tendency of the grip to result in
^ni'iiDiopta, which is really the only
lerious danger. Among the tens of
.honsands who have used it for the
jrip not one ca*e has ever been relortfd
that did not recove . For sale
w F. C. Dube.
Welcome, Mr. Babcock. The
Jemocratic p^rty is glad to receive
uck a distinguished an accession as
ouistlf to its party ranks on the
anflf and trust question?provided
ou are in earmst and are not merely
duffing in tlu* hope of straightening
our party's disgraceful record on
ru?ts.
Pneumonia Can be Pi evented.
This disease always results from a
old <.r an attack of the grip and may
is prevtntt<1 liy the timely use of
hi.ir.lieiIain's Cough Remedy. That
< ri.eey win extensively used duiiug
he epideuiicp cf lift (irippe of the past
i-w )tat8, ai.d not ft single case has
\<r been reported that did not re;<neror
that nsu'ted in pneumonia,
? h ch shows it to be a ceitain pieei
live of that dangerous disease,
")l amherlain's Cough Rtmcdy haa
ruined a world wide repuUtiou for
8 cures < f Colds and grip. For sale
ry F. C. Duke.
Secretary Root bas informed the
?e"nte, in answer t<? a question, that
ie haa no authority over the men
ivho are looting Porte Rico, the isand
now being under civil authority. '
But who is responsible for the ap?
v.intment of these men? Can any
>ne tell.
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