The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 19, 1901, Image 3

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We Anticipate Yo Then Make the Pi \ Our one thought in selliug i and then meet it as no one Magnetism of Values couple are showing that draws the We not only show the peop their Spring needs, but put i o If you want to buy right, money make this store your Special Values T Negligee Shirts, Underwear of all kinds, -1 Fine Pants, ] Fine Hats, Fine Shoes, Hosiery. Come Our Way m a Your S| 1 W. T. BEAT iiSfil bar Bj WEATHEEBY OHESNEY and ALIOS sai MTJHBO. tr<x 41 (Oaprricht, 1900, by Waatherby Cheaaey and Allck cal llunro.] otlj I - to 1 As the party drew up In the open uie Willie Treliallon saiuteu tnem wuu a uu shrill mocking laugh, which had the doi effect of making the rank and file turn haj round as if preparing to bolt. But the l?'< two officers dealt such hearty buffets j / right and left with the flat of their i lor swords that the fellows had evidently fee thought that the danger of being run tlu through by the fiery Don Miguel was 41 a more pressing one than that of being of devoured by a mere stone serpent, lib They stood their ground, therefore; tne no five rquenusiers unslung their crutch- flu es and blew their matches, the two W bowmen fitted an arrow apiece, and 4 the rest crammed their bonnets well sn flown over their foreheads and waited ^ for they knew not what. in< "Come up, good senores all," croaked ,Qi the serpent's grating voice, when Don Miguel gave the word for ndvnnce. wj "Come up and defile this holy court and commit any iudignlty that pleases UM you. Come and build your signal fires on my wall and make my stones ring j1 with your Impious cursing. Ha, ha, ha! j" ^ Pluck up your faint hearts, caballcros. ' I will not hinder while you work your r wicked wills. Batter down these stones and hurl them into the sea if you wish. rf I will not harass you In the work, but (j afterward?then?ha, ha, 1m!" The serpent said no more, but the . pause and the wild yell of laughter ^ were sufficiently suggest ive. '1( The Spaniards stood for a moment I aghast. He of the bassinet was appar- ^ ently the most scared of the lot, for his ^ bandy legs shook visibly under him t( and bis sword clattered to the ground as be clasped hla hands and begun to call upon the saints to shield him. Had b* been in command every man would 1 ?' * 1" V.nnlu ma iinnn fls Ills nulv lure uku mo uw? m ring muscles gave him strength to do so. Bat Don Miguel was different. lie stormed, be cursed, be ground bis yellow teetb, be all but foamed at the mouth In bis frenzy of rage, and yielding to the greater terror of tbo two each man stood bis ground. "Miserable coward!" yelled Don Miguel at bis lieutenant. "What do you fear?" "The devil." said tbo bandy legged man, taking off bis bassinet and wiping *?.? nannlrntlnn from Ills brOW -With | IUV |?V? Wj#?. tbe sleeve of his doublet. "The devil, you poor fool! Where's your wit? Is not the devil clever be^ yond all human learning?" "Aye, surely. We believe so," replied the other, crossing himself devoutly. "Oeedl Than how do rou account for L" [ ur Wants, rice Irresistible. ' i._ 1* .1 L is to una your wain, t else can. It is tbe id with style that we people to this store. le the very best for it within their reach, if you want to save . trading home. his Week in Ladies' Waists, Ladies' (Top) Skirts, tdies' (Under) Skirts, r /-% a uawns, urganuies, Piques, Dotted Swiss, Lace Curtains. 1 For pring Goods. y &. on. ?pea icing such villainous Spanish as ae from up yonderV Full half of the rds were uot understandable. and ?? so tvipaL ju i/cai v?uiiiu raint rcscinnee to Castillnn there was, or my s deceive me, a strong flavor of the barous English tongue. Bah! Don icho, you're little short of a polon." Hard words, Don Miguel, and I may 1 upon you to prove them," said the ier sullenly. Do It then. My sword is ever ready hack up my tongue. But first follow up this steep, and if I see you here as a man ngainst the English ril whom I will unearth for you pcr[)s I will take back part of what has ;n said. Forward!!' ind up they came with all their folrlng. The serpent sent de?*? pcr t rain of aud curses, but ere not to be stopped again. Well," said I. when front sheer lack breath Willie Trehalion had ceased i outcry, "they've got the better of us w, I fancy. Don Miguel will soon d the entrance to our snail's home, hat are we to do. Willie?" There's two ways o' getting at a ail's body. Master Topp." replied lll!e sententlously. "Cue Is by boll15 the shell, an the other Is by crushS it. I)ou Miguel can do neither." 'A plueh of salt or a whiff < f smoke 111 make him show his horns." "Don Miguel hain't aid" to get ulg'.i i to plant the salt ? least ways I pities e man as tries to come up them airs, an as for the reek they may llld as hig a lire as they like hclov'. it we shall always lie able to gri esh wind at the chimney top here." "And with our store of bananas wo in stand a considerable siege on short itlons? Exactly so. But I was not linking of our own skins. 1 was llgrlng out how we might manage to ap Don Miguel, and now I think I see way. You noted n small dark cell ist at the tout of the stair leading up ore? Well, ray plan Is this: You stay rhcre you are. and I'll go below and Ide In that cell. Don Miguel will ener?If he doesn't come of his own ac At the head came Don Miguel. cord, I'll venture to send him a ball c invitation?bo will pass me and go u the stair. Than I shall atop out an daal With all who try ta fallow, and a two men cnuuot advance arreast It will be an easy enough task. As f??r the scnor commandant. we have 1.5m between two swonis and ought to be able to take lilm alive." "Master Topp," said the boatswain, saluting with book and forehead, "your brain's sharpening right wonderful. The first jacket o' honest ale that wets my lips shall he drained to your health. Hut," he added eagerly, "let me fill the cell an hold the lower alley." "No. It Is my plan and so my choice. You hnve the post of honor, for it will he yours to tackle Don Miguel, and a tough customer you'll find him. Hut do not kill him, Willie, If you can avoid it." Il'm! I'm thinking I shall thrust guard plate deep. Master Topp. You would vmil'sidf If vou'd Kiiffnrod nnn. half o* t\lmt I have." "Still, spare him. "lie's of more worth to us alive than (lead at present. Afterward"? I stopped." Great heavens. It was of Inez's father that I was speaking thus! "Aye, afterward!" growled Willie. Afterward, Master Topp! There'll l>e a bitter reckoning when Captain Ireland comes. You may lay your lost tester on that. But in the meanwhile I'll thrust as daintily as the don will let me." I picked my way down the windings of the passage in the serpent's body with the intention of (lading out wluit the Spaniards were doing up above and If possible of eutlcing them to come down from the wall and attack me In the narrow path. But when I reached the entrance I heard the voices of Don Sancho and a couple of others just above me, so I crept Into tbe cell to listen. lie first of all suggested to the soldiers that they should go first, but they hung back j^nd seemed inclined to argue the question. Now, the chasm waa far too uncanny for tbe bandy legged don to enter himself, so lie settled uimiers uy sending ou out? or me men for tbo superior officer, wlille ho himself plucklly remained on guard with the other; Presently Don Miguel came and, snapping out a few caustic words about poltroonery, cowardice- and the like, dropped,*" sword In hand, through the opening and strode along the alley. It would have been easy to run him through as he pnssed had 1 been so minded; but. hoping that Willie Trekallon would take bliu nt his leisure and with a reasonably whole skin, I lay quiet and let him pass. Ills followers trailed on leisurely enough, and their leader must have climbed the greater way up the stallbefore I stabbed the tlrst of them. The second played uie a couple of passes, and by the time he rolled over Don Sanclio, who came next, was in full lllght down the passage. I sped after him, but he was too quick for me and sprang up among his fellows. The whole crowd then made threatening demonstrations against me, but uot a hero of them would accept a civil Invitation to mm" "" "* 11 uul man to man. It was just like a bear pit. I was the bear at the bottom, who could not get at the yapping hounds above without being slain, while they did uot dare to descend and bait me. And so, seeing that one of them had unslung his arquebus and was fixing its crutch and blowing his mntcb for a shot, I left them to amuse one another and went to see how Willie Trehallou had fared with Don Miguel. Their struggle must have been a short one, for when 1 came up to the chamber in the snake's head 1 foun*1 the Spaniard lying ? ? * *" """ the snn?* ??urc of the boatswain perched on his stomach. The victor had a bare brown foot on each of bis enemy's arms, while in his .only hand he held, with significant intention, Don Miguel's own jewel hilted misericordo. It was a most refreshing sight. "You bo back soon. Master Topp," said Willie without turning his head. "We have just this very minute decided who should sit uppermost." At this the Spaniard drew back his lips in an evil smile, showing two rows of yellow teeth that protruded outward like a calf's, and I thought his face the most devilish and fearsome my eyes had ever fallen upon. Then, as if suddenly recollecting himself, lie closed his mouth, smiled aud lay before us a pale, perfect Apollo. The suddenness of the change scut a cold shudder through me?it smacked so much of magic. The boatswain, too, w?? plainly not a little disconcerted, for he set to work scratching his bare, shining poll with the hook, a sure sign that he was puzzled, and presently, still without taking his eye from the prisoner, he rap ped out: "Best kill him at once. Master Topp for fear of accidents." A dicker of fear passed quickly ove the Spaniard's face at the words, bu It was only a flicker, and in an lnstan It waa gone. "You hear, Don Miguel?" said 1 "Have you any plea to urge why w should not kill you?" "No," he said shortly; "no plea tba you would consider adequate." I knew of one which he might hav urged with success, but as he evidem ly did not at present recognise me i was not the time to remind him c Whitby and Vigo. "Then, senor, you do not shrink froi death r* "Qulen sabe?" "Would you promise us tmmnnll from hurt If we set vou ftee?" "No, I will not, for you would asoc me If | did. And," he added fteroel; "my word shall not be held up he tl scorn of any one." This reading of my thoughts and 1 tentlons took me back somewhat, b after a moment's pause I asked If 1 t would give his word not to attempt ' . Ir 11 a nr tn Mesne. SUDDOSlng th 5 I ordered the boatswain to release M ? from his preset uncomfortable 4i * '?aaa About tw< all the blc by your ki neys are n< poisonous ness and n once more These syn when you you have ache, Ner Bladder, v color or S( and you c; Vaugh Lithor This is a \ ually cure Liver and condition Tw Lyon Manufacturing Dear Sirs:ney complaint which eiitriptlc and it did and I went to my doc Vaughn's Lithontripl swollen, have come ?I< had dropsy and used Sold by all Druggi Send us your name and addt Address LYOI> "Yes. senor. I pledge my honor so fnr." he answered carelessly, so I hade Willie rise. lie did so nftor some demur and very unwillingly. The Spnnlard gazed nt me sullenly and persistently, and as I began to feel eerie and uncomfortable under his stare?for I feared the evil eye. and those black orbs were baneful?I told Willie that I had something for hia private ear. With a bow to the prisoner which, considering that I was long unused to movements of courtesy, was passable enough I led the way down stairs, and Willie followed, carrying Don Miguel's sword and dagger tucked underneath his right armpit. Some 20 steps below ho halted, but I bade him go farther still, for I wished to be sure ^hat we were out of earshot of our captive. saJA-AY.Wx-vrc had mvui jj 1 vav-iicu iuc uuuuui, U ling gloom? Our fortune could not have been better." "No," replied the boatswain slowly, "but we might have made a better uae o? It." "Prove that." "I had my steel at yon rascal's throat, an you made me stay it," was the reply. "Understand me," I said sternly; "I won't have Don Miguel Injured while he Is In my hands, if for uo other reason because he cau he made to serve ua." ? --aye," answcreu "that he can. We've left him up there aloae. au he can scud a hall to Don Sancho to tell him how matters ore. Who's to hinder him. since we don't seem to want to? I'lio, Master Topp! D'you think our bird won't chirp to his mates when he's got tho chance?" "I hope so." "You hope so! Why, Master Topp, you must be bewitched. That handy legged little don will have another score o' men up from the cave before you can wink." "Let him. We can hold our snail's house against them." "But not against starvation. The bananas is about done already, an I'd liefer tackle a leather scabbard than the skins." "How is the wind, Willie? Or lias your sudor's eye deserted vou_ alone Blood. We live by our blood, and or it. We thrive or starve, a! our blood is rich or poor. There is nothing else to liv< l* 1 1 t on or oy. t When strength is full an< spirits high, we are being rc c freshed, bone muscle and braii in body and mind, with cor lt tinual how of lich blood. e This is health. i in lnw amrit I* VI liVil ?! .. ? r.. .. no cheer, no spring, when rci * is not rest and sleep is nc sleep, we arc starved ; our bloc is poor; there is little nutr y ment in it. Back of the blood, is foot * to keep the blood rich. Whe 10 it fails, take Scott's Emulsio of Cod Liver Oil. It sets tf whole body going again?ma ne woman and child. to If you have not tried it, send for free samp its agreeable taste will surprise you. m SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists j? 409-413 Pearl Street, New Vorl ^ |oc. aud fi ,oo; all druggist# enty times an t od in your body passes throi idneys. Think what this nn ot strong and healthy they do matter from the blood and t nisery that will remain until brought back to healthy act nptoms will tel r kidneys need attention ai Backache, Tired Feeling, vousness Fains across the Sleeplessness, Chills, t rine raiding Urine. They mean ant get a better remedy tliar in's itriptic purely vegetable preparation Dropsy and Gravel. It ac Kidneys, restoring them to and eradicating all disease. o Neighbors cured of DROPS Tyi.ersvili.iCo. Brooklyn, N. Y. -I am 63 years old ami for some time ha*.a l>een resulted in. Dropsy. 1 took two bottles of your nio a heaj) of good. I ebuld not get any more < tor but he did my easts no good. Then he advis< :ie again. I have taken six bottles, and iny legs own and 1 am now well. Mr. T. J. Little, of tli Vaughn's Lithontriptic and ho is well now. Ko> J. XV A sts, or on receipt of $i it will be sent to : ess and we will send you FREE a sample bottle 4 MFG. CO. 45 South Fifth ? - I J v;i.. Uliicr facilities? COtllO. tell me what you read in the sky up aloft there wlieu you were sitting ou the don's stomncli." The boatswain shot a look of perplexity at me. and then his eye brightened. lie began to see my drift. "Chopped round gently to the east'ard." lie answered promptly. "Swell going down an big clouds floating high an unbroken. A murky night coming on." "A murky night coming on! Yes, and what about Captain Alexander Ireland and the lads with him? Will he sleep through that murky night, think you? Or will the boat leave (lalley island on the instant that darkness falls? I tell you, Willie Trelialion. my sworn shipmate will be at the cave's mouth before the midnight glass has turned. "?e. that he'll, tlnd his ihsk uu easier one ii nan uio roc is silting round the snail shell. Why. man. I schemed for it!" "An you were right. Master Topp." said the hoatswn'n, half vexed at tlnding himself In the wrong. "I vow you be right after all." And with that we went aloft again, he to resume his Interrunted sleep beRlde Don Miguel, whom we found lying down in the shelter of the snake's teeth, and I to take the watch. CHAPTER XIX. The day passed and after It most of \lef which Y'tfct/rpt e dawn the reUnder cover of the darkness Alec luut landed Ids heavy load of men from Galley Island on the west shore of the harbor, near to its entrpnce. but out of sight of the Spanish sentinels at the cave's mouth. Then he returned to Shelter island and took off Jan I'engony ami the others whom we had left there. The two parties joined and, hauling their boat up high and dry, marched with silent haste round the harbor till they came to the Hat before the cave. Here, leaving the others ambushed In the thicket. Job Trehallen and Alec crawled through the grass and stalked the sentinels, who. as th !r fancied security !: .:! made them eg e'"m ? v Kurnrised and slletic* | od. Thou tlio rest of Mio p:r.*ty cario i:;> at a nm ninl i'ornusl a < i: ?-!? ioi::i<l t!:o inoutli cf i lie cr.vo. f*t (V 1 No rv." M' Siav.* t. mI sor.fa man I.*. If t!'c poas'ps disc, vor I. !< 1 golivr* i razy. t'.io world raar'.s t..a. Sr.* a n lil net l..:vv f.'.i* ta % > A..li!. o~! fJlolJC. ;509 / i, Of'be?t land in i- sale. I offer m M E N G 1 ?t On ?x I REAS0NABL1 The place has an excellent cj tenant houses and all the c( four p. lii One of 140 acres with c place is four miles east of town between the Little and Big Br< For teri k THE TIMES OFFICII ? lour igh and is filtered ?ans. If tlie kidnot extract all the he result is sick- these organs are ivity. . S you id assistance: If Dizziness, HeadLoins, or in the of an unnatural Kidney Trouble, 1 and will eltectts directly on the a normal healthy >Y. e., (h< hkk>. t: 1 ?li i willi a ki?IVjiMt lion f tlpi l.ithojitriptie il me t ? take your which were hatlly lis place (Tvlersville) iiHH'l fullv yours. lIIHEN IiLAKKIA . iny express office. of \ an^ini's LithoniripUe. >t. Brooklyn, N.Y. /Cp A Baby*a i| r~^\ Birth ; If is very inuch like the blossom#' ing of a flower. Its beauty and ( perfection depends entirely upon the care bestowed upon its parent. Expectant mothers , should have the tenderest care. ? , ? 1 . ' 1 v *11 mArnr xind anxiety. They should eat ( plenty of good nourishing food 1 and take gentle exercises. This i will go a long way toward preserv- 1, ing their health and their beauty i , as well as that of the little one to i come. But to be absolutely sure 1 , of a short and painless labor they ' 1 ( should use 1 Mother's Friend regularlv during the months of gesta- ' , , fiWU^This is a simple liniment, which prevents all of the nliwtUa?It saves ' , nancy, which women used to tnlnK were absolutely necessary. When Mother's Friend is used there is no , i danger whatever. , Get Mother's Friend at the drug , store, 91 per bottle. THE BRADFIFLD REGULATOR CO. 1 ATLANTA. QA. , Writ* for omr fr** book," B?for* B*by It B*r*." , Health Office Hours. Will lie in my office, at the Council Chamber, from 10 a. m. to 12 m. every day, Sundays and holidays excepted, for the convenience of cit izens wishing burial permits or to transact any other business pertaining to the office. 20?tf. W. D. Harris. NOTICE. I have bought a heavy draft wagon of 85,000 pounds capacity, and am now prepared to do all kinds of heavy hauling or will hire out the wagon. 45?6m. J. W. Gilbert* \ORES l tlie county for PLACE tremely E -> TERMS. ; nine room dwelling with eight niveniences of a country home. &STURES. i bull and pig tight tence. The on the road to Lockhart Shoala awn's creek, ns apply to I or to T, K. FALMSRf !