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"Likely enough," said I. "You cau't
expert the Spaniards to stick like moles
la their cave all the time."
"Master Topp, that man had a fagot
fxia snouiuera."
"Wftil. Willie r
echoed Willie contemptuous
$f. "Cou't you guess what it mean '
Why, they've seed a ship in the distance,
on hoping to see another they
ready to signal her whenever
She heaves in sight."
' Why." said I, glad that there wn^
A chance of getting rid so easily of our
troublesome neighbors, but for the
present keeping that gladness to myself,
"If they want to go we can't stof
sn."
"We must stop 'em, Master Topp
They know we're here. I've seed 'en
watching us. An If they gets hold o's
*Wp we shall have the whole broot
down about our ears in the twlnkllnj
a' a handspike. Don Miguel bain'1
ithe build to forget men as has got tc
wlnd'ard o' him in a squall. Don't yoi
| (believe it?"
f The boatswain was right. We couh
mot afford to leave the Spaniards ii
?>eace.
"I'll come with you and look nt thii
hill for myself," said I.
"But your wounded leg?" suggeste<
Willie doubtfully.
"Pooh! A mere gnat bite. The stiff
smms is wearing off already."
And off we trudged, though truth t<
tall I found it no easy matter to llraj
Along, and laid ourselves down in tin
.scrub grass above in lull view of th<
flarger Island.
The northern coast was high, green
^ 4/vnn nn<l ti'ulwmi# i'Ai'Ae 1 iai?a nii/1 nil
uuu nuiivui tvivouviv tiuu j/u
me In mind of the piece between Sear
borough nnd Whitby. The harboi
showed tide left yellow benches on el
ther hand, with clear open water In tb<
middle, while right before us, nluios
within stone's throw It seemed, luy tlx
great hill.
The like of It I have never seen be
fore or since.
It was a forbidding pile of stow
tending out boldly In its barren block
ness against the rich greenery of tin
palms beyond and towering nigh 01
2,000 feet above the fallen wave won
rocks that fringed Its base. Nowher
could the eye discover a trace of vegt
tatlon on its steep and frowning cliff;
and from the seaside ut any rate it wn
a Citadel that would battle the nlmbles
scaler. Its black heights were too dec
olate for even the ocean fowl's pcrcl
Its hateful orest could well have sbai
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iuui YYauid,
; Price Irresistible.
ling is to liiul your want,
) one else can. It is the
ou{led with style that we
the people to this store,
people the very best for
put it within their reach.
;ht, if you want to save
your trading home.
s This Week in
Ladies' Waists,
Ladies' (Top) Skirts,
Ladies' (Under) Skirts,
Lawns, Organdies,
Piques,
Dotted Swiss,
Lace Curtains.
ay For
Spring Goods.
iTY x, r.n
i i i vjo \j\ji
| torcd a glioul or vampire.
The very clouds seemed to shudder
aud draw In their gauzy bodies as they
scurried past its hungry flanks.
But after a mere glauce at the mountain's
sullen precipices the eye flxed itself
immovably upon the summit, for
there lay a wonder of the world.
That the tldug had been built by
hands was plain, for even at our distance
we could see the joints and sutures
between the stones. But by what
manner of hands? Surely of giants or
of devils,, for the size of the blocks was
such that no human lu\ud could have
laid them. Each course was as high
again as a tall man, yet there were
eight courses. Each stone's length was
twice Its height, yet there were 20 of
I them in the side that faced us. A flgI
ured coning overhung the wall by an
arm span, and at the corners were
huge carven monoliths representing
rnmpaut serpents, whose outstretched
, necks aud gaping jaws pointed to the
four cardinal points.
Gnome's temple, giant's pleasure
house or magician's eyrie It had stood
, there Jesting the winds through the
_ dim ages of the past, an evcilastlug
( monument to its forgotten founders.
Aud now. as Willie Trelialiou had
said, the Spaniards were laying wood
' for a signal lire upon the uppermost
t pinnacle. I could see two lusty fellows
I doing the work and a third, ii little
, bowlegged man with a bright steel bus[
slnet ou his head, giving directions. I
j recognized that our lives hung on the
j chance of our being able to drive them
away, but I saw no menus of doing It
I and said as much to Willie.
t "Fight the devil wi* brimstone, Ma>
ter Topp. an you'll choke him. The
s dous practices witches' craft, say you?
Then witches' craft shall be the word.
j See that round stout* bo fore 'ee, sir?
Well, lienr it speak. It's got n message
fcr you."
Aud to my honor und amazement the
stoue began In a high cracked voice to
> bid me send the boatswain across to
> the mountain so soou as ever it got
J dark and then to trust him to settle
? with the Spaniards. "lie's my very
good friend, Is Willie Trehulion," said
the stone, "and as such the knave dons
I will tumble over one another In their
* hurry to escape from liim."
r "Now, Master Topp?" asked Willie,
with a grin.
5 But I was all In a sweat with fright.
t "Avaunt!" I said. "Get thoe behind
- me, Snthnnas. Domine In raanus
tuns"? And there I stuck, for my
Latinity had grown rusty with too long
keeping.
t? "Ho, ho! Master Topp, smooth your
balr again. Willie Trchalion doesn't
dabble in the blnck arts. It's naught
u but n trick. See, I keep my mouth
u closed so an speak from the back o' my
p. gullet so. It took me many a day's
' hard practice to learn the trick, but by
keeping It secret It has served my put>r
s pose a-many times already an mebbo(
I will again. Anyway it will keep the/
> Spaniards off that hill as well as would;
>; a regiment of arquebnslers."
t- "Will It?" said X, pretending to dotibt
wneiiu'i' it wouto. ror now .r
that was only a trick I was not a little
ashamed of my alarm.
"Aye. that It will! Sure as it fright
.ened you. Master Topp. So. hy your
Rood leave. I shall swim across under
cover o' the darkness?see. the water i
quite smooth; those reefs to seaward
break the waves?an stow myself away
In some cranny to wait for the fa Rot
carriers In the morning."
"Hut if they catch you?"
"If they catch me." replied Willie
carelessly, "there will be dead men ou
Cave islnnd. I shall take toy sword."
"Four arms are better than two. Willie.
though one of those two does carry
a hook. I'll come too."
"Host not. Master Topp. Your great
carcass wot.! 1 take a power o* lihliu,
an that hole in your leg will got angrj
if it's carried about too uiucli. Besides
If the plot fails it Is better that one
should be gastados, as they dons call
it. than two."
"Nevertheless I shall come. Two
may succeed where one would fall, and
as for my leg It can still deal a kick
that most men would he unwilling to
suuiii against. And if I'm too big to l>o
hidden in tlie building I'll find n covert
In the nearest thicket and be ready to
make a 'diversion from the rear if
you're attacked. So no more objections.
I intend to go."
We waited with some impatience till
nightfall, and then, bidding the other
lads tell Alec when lie came all that
had befallen, slipped down iuto the water.
We had few preparations to make
for our swim, as the ouly clothing of
which we could boast was a pair of
trunks apiece, and those gashed with
realcr slashes than a tailor makes.
The sea was warm, and, striking out
leisurely so as not to tire my wounded
leg too much, we crossed over and
coasted round the foot of the cliff, seeking
a landing place. We found none
till we were well beyond sight of Shelter
Island, and then, coming to a shingly
beach, we landed and lay quiet on
the sand for awhile.
The night was thick ns a quickset
hedge, and so. ns there wnB small dan
ger of the Spaniards spying us, we mm
wandered somewhat from the straight
track ou the chance of finding food, of eu
which we were sorely in need, and in sc!
this we were wonderfully successful, a
for after a little search we caiue across an
a rare grove of bananas. Next to the ho
discovery of a thicket of roust beef j
and October ale no windfall could have lui
been more providential, for the Italian- \Y
as not only served to 1:11 our empty tw
stomachs, but at the same time gave fe<
us food which we could carry away for co
future needs. So, eaeli bearing a brace tal
of the huge yellow clusters, we took a fu
Straight path toward the hill. ]
The ascent steepened as it rose and va
finished In a well defined stair hewn ini
from the living rock. At the top a on
doorway lay immediately before us. ha
We passed its threshold and found our- ha
selves within walls as perfect as the thi
day they were built, though how the ed
courses ha^ been raised to their posi- ch
tion unless by magic puzzled me even j
to ftucfls. There wn.i no roof nor t;;ite wl
of any. The tloor was hare save for wi
wind borne rubbish and a great stone tv<
table in the middle which looked as tei
though It might once liave served as an th(
altar in whatever devil worship wont an
on here in bygone days. Hut no spot do
could we see where a man could hide, ha
Save for a slanting footway that ran
round two walls and gave access to the
summit the whole interior was as austerely
plain as the coldest Imagination
could make it.
After a brief examination of the interior
of this puzzle in stoue we weut Ki
nloft by the slauting footway to throw ac<
the Spaniards' pile of fagots over the <ju
cllU and then set about exploring the vit
exterior. eu
At first the dull light showed us noth- fki
Ing but a smooth, almost polished pave- P*1
ment, but ou close scrutiny we found
an iuemialltv In the surface near the fE
9<M
tail of the great cnrvoc serpent wkleli ^
reared lt3elf at that corner of the lmlld- ^
log which most effectually commanded
the approach from below. A little bur- ?
rowing discovered a hollow, which
turned out to be a narrow alley just
wide enough to admit one at a time. I
We cleared away the rubbish with J
which it was choked and then entered, m
It led tip n dark winding stair in the ^
body of the reptile and brought us after
a hard climb to a tiny chamber inside
the head. The gaping Jaws formed
a sentry box, from which we could
command the whole of the path from
the lower ground, so, eontident in the
strength of our eyrie, I lay down to
rest for a space while Willie watched."
We had not long to wait. Scarcely
had I relieved the boatswain and begun
thy turn of watching when a couple of
men broke out of the bush below and 1
liooran in Miitilk thn otniw nil I ho llllkiflo 9
I motioned to Willie, niul together we
watched their advance. Now we should
c,e* what Willie's witchcraft could tio.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Willie allowed the two Spaniards to
get half way up the hillside unmolest- |
ed, and then he broke out. With a
shrill laugh which echoed to and fro in
the gullet of the serpent and out
through the fanged jaws in a very cataract
of discordant sound, he raised a
din which startled oven me, though I t(
now knew the secret of it.
The Spaniards stopped, gazed at one
another with Reared faces and looked
as though the movement of a leaf
would make them turn tall and fly.
Their ears told them that the din came
from the stone serpent; but, than, who
ever heard of a serpent laughing? Not
since the days of Mother Eve had sacli
a thing been, and so, plucking up the'r
courage again, they continued on their
way. But at the first step tho serpent J
spoke afresh. L)
In the best Spanish which Willie
Trehalion could muster it called them
scurrile knave* ana cowards ana a variety
of other choice names, In which I n
the boatswain had a true sailor's fty- 1 J
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ur.
\.ml that these two doughty Spanrds
promptly did. thereby making
lllio rub his hook gleefully and I my
o hands, for we thought we had cfJtually
fiighteueil them and all their
uirades to whom they would tell the
le into leucine the hill alone for the
turc.
But there Is a saying, "Never put
lue on a ship until you have broken
to her treasure rooui." We had reeked
without Don Miguel, for scarcely
d another two hours passed when a
nd of 20 armed men emerged from
n hnch hnlntt* Tlin onminii 1?rwl
two. Would It rout 20, with the aleniist
captaiu to lead them?
it the head came Don Migudl, and
tii liitii thf bnttriy Ir-prur*.'*) Jittlo oJiJip
tli the bright steel bassinet whom
? had seen the day before from Sliel:
Island, and a couple of paces behind
ese two were the rest of the band,
long whom we recognized the two
ughty champions whose flying backs
d given us a little while before so
uch satisfaction.
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MeKlnley to tie Invited.
Atlanta, April J.?President Mcaley,
with the entire party that will
company him on a trip to California
xiug the month of May, will b? luted
to spend one day in Atlanta wh|JLc
rente. A resolntion was passed Sy
a oounoil instructing the city clerk to
spare a proper invitation and send it
tne president. The olerk was also in uoted
to writ^j the representatives of
Is state at Washington asking that
ey call on Mr. Mnlf inloy and urge hu
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General News Notes.
There will be no negroes in the
next Cong' ess, and the north is weeping
profusely over the fact. Why
doesn't the north elect a few darkies
itseif and see how it likes it.
ha Grippe Quickly Cured.
"Ii J'the winter of 1898 ai d 1899 I
was taken down with a severe attack
of what is called La Grippe" says F.
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Win field, 111. "The only uirdicine I
used was two bctth s of CLarube rlain's
Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold
and a'opjed the coughirg like tragic,
and I have never since been troubled
with Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough
R^nedy run always be depend* d upon
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It is pleasant to take, too, which
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Even the Republicans are getting
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iw\ _.i? - - * ' >
iuu^viuiui a imperial expulsions ot
editors who dare to criticise military
men, and it is probable that the President
v ill call him down. In any
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course will only give wider publicity
to the scandals which he tried to suppress
by this means.
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Remain quietly at nome ana taxe
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How much have we learned aato the
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since Dewey sailed into Manila
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the official Government reports are
unworthy of credence.
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This disease always results from a
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The impression prevails inWashington
that the Supreme Court will decide
the colony case on February 11.
It is hard to say on what this belietis
bated but it is certain that there arc
very often important leakages in the
secrets of the Supreme Court. Thi&
may be one of them.
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