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"Do you know what I shall do i
jrou?"
"Hang mo." said Willie, with a i
temptuous shrug: of his broad sh
ders.
"You think so?" replied the Spnul
with a cold smile. "Maybe before
you'll hope so too. But a rope w<
not pay one tithe of my debt; It
require a far slower death than a r
dance on nothing. I shall have a
^ let Into the sand yonder at low wi
You will be lashed to It. The flooi
pins to make about sundown, and t
grllj {>e (lve hours for you to regret
loss of my ship In before you <]
your last gurgle. 1 have ofteu h
you boast that the sea and you i
old friends, and that many Is the p
ant tussle you've had together In w
the sea has been beaten. Well,
hall have one more duel together.
It will be curious to see which of
comes out the master this time.
' auu uow, ue eoiiwiuifw, luriin.
the other too prisoners, "can an
you tell me bow far we are from
main?"
"Happen a hundred league; haj
two," replied one fellow gruffly.
"All," said lion Miguel, looking 1
ly at the speaker. "And will yon
dertake to build a small eta ft fron
^rreck of my carrack Jo take son
tyis fhepe |P seek assistance? I pro
you your liberty and a capful of i
pieces each, if you will."
"No. you blasted cur, I wo
growled out the fellow. "May mj
gers be withered to the bone if
ever bale rope for you again and
my eyes drop out of their socke
they ever see to drive a nail for
except into your coflin! That's
answer, and you won't get a diffi
ope from any lad befc." And the
|pa| 'coplpmptupusly and relapsed
silence.
Ills mnfes nudged one another
their bound elbows, and burst it
?eather lunged cheer of npurobati
"Thut's it. lads," sang out V
Trebalion. "Stick to it; never
way. an these unsallorly lubbers
bare to leave their bones on tL
laud. unless the devil, their mi
comet* to fetch them away in a tin
chariot o' brimstone."
But at this point, at a sign from
Miguel, the guards led off our poor
1Mb lads out of sight?Into a cav
supposed?and ns two or three I
Es showed signs of uiantlng to
?119 we retreated to the c
ra w had Mft our two men.
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Ewe lay ciose an tue rest of tne day. c
The time was one of plans and plots, c
of doubts and difficulties; but. though f
we whispered together long and ear- s
t nestly. yet so still did we lie tlmt tho p
parrakeets perched boldly in the ?;
[OK boughs above us and preened their brilJ
linnt plumage in the sifn as thoughj (
their nearest enemy were many miles
^ k away. Great velvet winged butterflies'
as large ns linnets fluttered past our
eyes, and mosquitoes bit our half naked]
bodies, but ucver a thought had we for
ouuerny or mosquito, ror our tmnaS| .
vlth were busy nml anxious. t
"Willie Trcliallon must be rescued' i
con- somehow," said Alec for the fortieth
oui- time, "even though it costs us our lives (
to do it." And the rest of us eagerly f
ard, | assented, for our old boatswain was a j
long | favorite with us all. I
ould The scorching suu above us, arching i
will his brazen course lu fiery splendor, be- l
nere gan at last to verge toward the distaut j
post wavy water lino. The dancing air grew j
iter, cooler and was freshened by a welcome ,
I be- breeze from the sea. Cautiously we i
here drew out from among the plantains j
: the and, looking sharply around to make ^
[raw sure that no one spied its. crept all ,
eard four back to the knoll and once more j
ivero peeped from beneath the graceful fetn
leas- screens. <
liicli The tide had not yet turned, an 1 a .
you couple of Spaniards were fastening r
autl stout stake in a hole, which ?! \v lie t
you scooped beneath the outermost < f t! j
ripples. They laughed ar.d joked ov<
ig to their work as though it wet o some ! .
y of day diversion and every now and t'.a ]
the gave the post a shake to try whether i
was secure,
ppon When they had finished, one of then
must needs lean ids l ack tip aga in--'
teen the wood and pretend in pantomime
I?",'11 Down then brought Willie TrelutUon mid
?lashed him to the stake.
that the tide was rising around him.
w"! and. to Judge from the shouts of laughie
' ter which proceeded from unseen ol>ister,
servers under the oil IT. Ids companions
ining found something Intensely humorous In
this grewsome clowning,
i Don Presently there was a shout that the
ICng- flood was beginning to make, and down
e. we they brought Willie Trelialion and
Span lashed him to the stake. The other ten
scale Englishmen were made fast to the out overt
lying trees of a thicket that ran down
lo if to the edce of the beach, and when
uey wen1 nil secured Don Miguel once
nolo addressed them:
"I asked you Just now to ludl.l too :>
liip that would take iiu> away Trout
his Island, and you refused. Well,
enures, there are conseo.uemes to that
ofusal. and I am going to aei;aait:t
ou with thcin. Vou may think I shall
tunish you today, hut such is not my
la* I am simply going to let you enoy
the sight of a man drowning hy
low inches before your eyes In order
hat you may have the opportunity of
ilisnrvlrir U-lint ? nnniillneU* ?tt*
? ....... i.vAii.iun.1 ""I'"
int exit from tills world sucli a death
s. Tomorrow I shall again ask one of
ou to serve mo. If lu spite of the leson
of today he refuses, the rest of you
iliall see !:!:n slowly choked by the risng
waters. The next day 1 shall try
mother, and so 011. It will be interest*
ng to see how many times 1 shall have
o repeat this pleasing spectacle, but
ira.v do not hurry yourselves to come
o a decision. The island, senores. is a
lleasant one. and 1 slinll not be dls*
ressed If my play should run even for
en nights. It is a thousand pities that
he audience will necessarily be dimiuslied
by one at each performance.
Ydlos. senores!"
And with that he strode nway. Rome
if the other Spaniards lingered awhile
md then followed him. aud the rest, to
he number of perhaps 4b. lit a fire ami
jreparcd to see the tragedy to its close.
When the kindlj* shades of night begin
to steal over the Island, we crept
rom our eyrie. A bush covered slope
ed from the el Iff down to the beach,
ouie hundred yards or so from where
he prisoners stood, and down this we
crumbled, a.voiding carefully every Title
twig that might betray us by its
napping and forcing our very breaths
o come lightly lest they should stir
he leaves and give the alarm.
The breeze had dropped, the air was.
lenvy and still, and the gabble of the
Spaniards' voices came to us softly
lirough the silence. A slight mist had
dotted out the stars above, and the
inly light we had was the fitful glare
f the bonfire. It burned dully for the
nost part, giving out dense clouds of
imoko that rolled slowly upward till
hey were lost In the dark night, but
very now and then some one would
five the logs a. stir, and the darting
lames would for a moment send a lu'Id
radiance over the whole scene.
Til a fn t n 4 Ha orn/.l- 1 -?*
-uv.v IU IUV V1VCU IH" VUUIU Sl'l' IIle
Trehallon. with the waters already
ip to his chest nnd his smooth, bald
lend shining like a mirror In the tlashng
firelight. Round the lire were
grouped the Spaniards, chatting nnd
imoking and. standing out dark against
he uncertain blaze, were the ten forms
?f the bound Englishmen.
To cut the prisoners' bonds without
it the same time drawing from them a
ihout of surprise was work to make
he least nervous fingers tremble. Alec
:ropt up to the first and. whispering to
dm not to move a finger till he was
old, cut the cords thnt bound him to
be tree. 1 went to the second and had
ust drawn my knife across the first
ord when one of the Spaniards, whose
nrs were sharper than those of his
ellows. heard what he thought were
luspiclous sounds nnd strolled up to
ee what was going on. Motionless we
ttood as tree trunks, and, though he
peered curiously Into the thicket, he
ould not see us, for at that moment,
'ortunately. the fire was burning dim.
le was only half satisfied, though, so
le sat him down within a fathom of
he feet of the man I had been engaged
ipon and there remained.
Heavens, how slowly the leaden mlnites
dragged themselves away! Time
md never seemed so long before. Ev>ry
now and again, when the laughing
alk of the Spaniards lulled, I could
lear the monotonous lap-lap of the rlsng
tide, which told that Willie Tre- I
mllon's respite was growing every monent
more fatally less. 1 could see
aim, too, when the dancing firelight
fell upon the waters, and, though his
itolld face showed no sign of fear, still
pis solitary eye roved the shore uuceasIngly,
backward and forward, looking
for the help which. It might be, would
lot come in time. The suspense was
twful.
Suddenly r. voice from beside the fire
called out, "Pope, you rascal, come aud
loin In a madrigal."
Pope rose, stretched himself, heaved
i pebble playfully at one of the bound
men and went.
As the first words of the watchers'
madrigal rose round the fire 1 drew my
knife across the second man's thongs.
Alec loosened the third man and I the
fourth, and then a blaze of summer
lightning flashed through the sky and
for a moment lit up the smooth, shining
head of our boatswain, whose chin
was now being lapped by the hungry
ripples.
There was a shout. Some prying
Spaniard had spied us in the brief glare
of the lightning flash. The madrigal
ceased In the middle of n bar and then
?confusion!
CHAPTER XVI.
Thnt telltale lightning flash came
just a moment too eoou and put an end
to auy hop? of surprising the Spaniards
by a rush from the darkness. The
other six Englishmen were released as
fast as our swords could cut their lashings.
and the band of us made for the
Interrupted songsters round the lire.
Fortunately for us, few of the Spanlards
were armed, and before our fierce
onset they gave way at first like a
flock of frightened sheep. The ten
prisoners had seized whatever weapons
they could lay their hands on?
swords, daggers, logs of wood even?
and were lincklng and buffeting right
an^ left like maniacs. But the Spanlards
began to rally, and as the alarm
spread reinforcements came flocking
from the cave. And those, of course,
were fully armed.
We were In a tight place.
"Jack, Jack!" I heard Alec shout.
"Loose Willie Trehallon and then run
Dm boat down! The mi of at .Witt
About twe
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Hitting out right and left. 1 got clear
and waded Into the water, but it was
a full minute before I managed to set
our old boatswain adrift. lie was sobbing
like n hysterical schoolgirl in his
excitement, and tears of sheer joy were
chasing one another down the furrows
of Ills cheek.
"I can't stand. Master Topp!" l:e
cried as the last thong which held liim
up was severed. "The water lias made
my legs as limp as pack thread. I.cave
me an save your own skin. It's no
use my trying. 1 must just drown in
my own depth o' water. But thankee
klndlv all the same "
"Not yet, Willie. You're heavy, but
not too heavy for Jack Topp to carry;
so we'll just ride you out of It. Besides,
the water will help to keep you
up."
With that I hoisted him on my back,
holding him with my left hand and
keeulng ray sword arm free.
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A I.cniion.
At a lesson in a medical college the
other day one of the students, who was
by no means a dullard, was asked by
the professor, "How much is a dose
of ?" (giving the technical name of
a strong poison).
"A teaspoonfui," was the reply.
The professor made uo comment, but
the student, a quarter of an hour later,
realized that he had made a mistake,
and straightway said:
"Professor, I want to change ray
answer to that question."
"It's too late, sir," responded the
professor curtly, looking at his watch.
"Your patient lias been dead 14
minutes."?London Telegraph.
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the year 1812, the year or the groat \v
York. She came to Michigan in 1810,
too." All her faculties are excellently
tentlve memory, her mind is full of in
life, of the early days of the State of
mmrk&ble people she has met, and the
neas. But nothing in her varied nnd
velous and worthy of attention than
JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Mi
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Speaking of her case, Mrs. Flurd $
with a bad skin disease. My arms an
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unsightly in appearance. My body \v
My eyes were also greatly Inflamed ar
much. My blood was In a very Lad
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began to grow better. You can be sui
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Ivco Her Kx|tcrlnire.
i the beautiful village of Brigfc'.on,
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's. llurd Inherited a tendency and presstructive
blood taint which baa cursed
tud marking thousands more ms vlc>
from generation to generation. It la
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unsightly swellings In the neck or
Attacking the mucous membrane, It
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imption.
ays: "I was troubled Tor many yean
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r neck Ix'gau to swell and became very
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>petite. I had sores also In my ears. I
led every remedy that had been recomfailed.
One of the best physicians In
ilous consumption, as interna) abcesses
'as told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and
ttle, more as an experiment than anyUl
greatly to my agreeable surprise, I
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General News Notes.
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? ?? trtken (lnwn with a revere attack
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Mr. Charles II. Duell, Commissioners
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on business before the Supremo
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smav report. The whole truth
of the matter lies in this: That a
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prominence unless he discovers
a plague or an epidemic of some kind,
to stir up a distrubance with.
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