The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 10, 1901, Image 3
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In men's fine Negligee
Underwear we are show
values. Last season
enough to supply our cm
. we have doubled our pui
assure our frit-nds that
will be any trouble in c.\
W. T. BEA
iSiiti
Br WEATHERBY OHESHEY and ALIOK
' MUNRO.
(Oapjrifht, 1000, bj WMintroj v>mucj >uU ???
Hunro. ]
CIIAPTER XXI.
! Close contests anil heated arguments
" make men hungry, so when the trial of
our toy ships was over we returned to
the little village under the palm trees
with appetites sharpened for our sup- )
per. j
' We were doomed to be disappointed,
however, for there were no Spanish
slaves waiting cur return with freshly
killed pork as we had hoped. We
.tailed, but got no reply; went to the
nearest rising ground, but saw no sign,
and so, concluding that incessant hunting
was making the swine more shy
and difficult to find, we made shift to ]
fill our stomachs with any odds and
lends which the- larder happened to.
contain. Afterward, throwing ourselves
down on luxurious natural moss
couches, we blew our tobacco smoke
lup into the still night air and chatted
tover the events of the day, fighting the
i\>attlp of the toy ships over agaiu
point by point and not giving the Spanish
foragers so much as a thought.
| Jlut when Job Trehalion yawned and
ppld he'd turn in if his stomach weren't
k ;so empty every one began to wonder
jt What had happened to the pig hunters
*n. fcnon th?m awnv so long, and Alec,
going to the top of the olIfT. hailed the
sentry oil guard nt the cave's mojuth
to ask If they had gone straight to their
Jail without reporting themselves.
The sentry said no and expressed
surprise at seeing his captain there,
"for," he said, "you took boat down
harbor, couie nn hour agoue."
"Wlty didn't you hail the boat
^K>oby ?"
"J dlfl; pnptuin," replied the fellow it
gn aggrieved tone, "an you a us were*
that you was bound for Galley island.'
At this I broke out into a storm o
abuse nt the sentry for bis stupidity
but Alee cut tnc short, bidding m<
- *1 !<"* n ito'/i>l
waste no mure umv, uui i..?? ..
men with me and row to the mouth o
the harbor. lie himself set olf to i
coign of vantage on the outlying spit
running like an untired man nt the hi
ginning of a race, while I. with
crowd at my heels, tore down to th
beach.
One boat had gone, sure enough, an
the other lay high and dry. We rcnel
ed her and found that the Spaniard
had taken a simple method of proven
log pursuit. They had j'emoved all tl
oars, knowing well enough that we hn
none In reserve.
^ We could do nothing, for before v
* could spilt up new oars they would I
far beyond our ken, as there was i
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Always \\
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^ We Are
Seeking Ne^
'I Endeavoring by 'eeitini
to add more t>? < ur nltei
realize the fact that si
upon our ability to serv
tomers acceptably. W?
every one alike, sell as
to sell as good qualitic
The way GUI' customers
our trade lias grown is
efforts are appreciated.
We have never
shape to serve
w wu^Luuicr^ i
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ate and novel methods
(
ndy largo list, and we <
iccess depends entirely \
i
e the wants of out cus- t
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: endeavor first to treat
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cheap as possible, and n
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s as can be obtained. *
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have stood by us and !.
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ing some astonishing V
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we could hardly get of
st
stoinors. hilt thw snnsnn
? oj
chase?', and we wi?h to s("
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we don't think there be
en
:ecuting their wants. ay
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"Didn't I tell pnu that live Spaniards ^
were more dangerous than dead ones'-' y
moon. and in the darkness we stood no n
clianee of tindinj; them. So we hailed r
to Alee to eotue hack, and after tnak n
ins sure that our storehouses were un t
touched returned to the cave. f
At the doer we were met by the old c
! man. c
"Ch. ho. ho!" he cackled. "So Don t
Miguel and his fellow scoundrels have c
taken the lirst chance of breaking their ^
plighted word. Didn't I tell you that 1
live Spaniards were more dangerous '
; than dead ones? And y: u derided tny
words and called me a savage and tuur
derer. Ah. ha. a merry huzr.ht;: he; '
nets' nest they'll I.ri;iyc about you.r ears
presently!. Then t.ir.yhe your s:|Ueam
Isliness will pass avray and the sour (
blue Spanish hlcod wl!l liow ia rivers
Unt If von were wise, t.'aptain In land.
you wot"' 1 give orders at niicr to light
a lire cf greeu wood at the mouth of
tho cave ami smoke out the rest of the
hive Ix'fo i'.* y, too. manage to free
their stints. Vou frowu ut my advice.
Ah, but you're young. ttiy most chivalrous
captain; young and tender hearted,
for as yet you've suffered only triv|
lal Injuries at Spanish hands! Oh, ho,
ho, my words are wasted uow, but
maybe you'll live to see their wisdom!"
"Old man," said Willie Trehallon
, solemnly, seeing by Alec's face tliut a
I storm was coming, "stop your blood>
thirsty babbling an go an lark with
f Nephew Job, your crazy playmate."
And tlie old man, after glowering
p venomously at his interrupter, did as
3 he was told, and the two of them gamf
ed with knucklebone for a maravedl a
? throw until far Into the night.
Next day we laid the first plank of
,' i our new ship, and thenceforward the
n j flat by the cave resounded with tho
n I bubbing of adzes, the ring of hammers,
the jarring of saws ami tno songs 01
j the workmen, a discordant medley
| enough, but to our ears the sweetest
ls harmony.
( First arose a bristling thicket of ribs,
i(i the bare, unsightly skeleton. Next a
j skin of planking, rising from rabbits
on the keel, spread slowly over the
superstructure till It reached the deck
beams and then continued* upward to
J(> form a strong protective bulwark, gap10
p*d with small rowports and larger
gun embrasures. Then tough trocar',!*
pinned the deck planks mi their heil
and by and by began the music <<f Hie
calker's iron anil mallet. When every
stroke of the ax or hammer was a
stroke nearer to freedom, there was
little chance that the work would become
wearisome.
Our Spanish slaves were useless except
for porter's work, and of the
L-higlisli none had served nil actual apprenticeship
to the carpenter's trade,
k'et such was the energy which our
captain's enthusiasm infused into every
man of us that, incredible though
t may seem, I. John Topp, solemnly
leclare that the schooner Scourge kissed
the waters of the harbor three
lionths an 1 four days after the first
iniber of her keel was laid ou the
stocks.
What a shout we raised as her stern
swooped joyously down to meet the el
nicnt she was destined for! Eagerly,
is though Hinging from her graceful
hies the dishonoring taint of earth,
he embraced (he water. Iler forward
ush was stopped l>y the stout warp of
sparto grass which bound her, and
he swung sharply round to a standtill.
And before the wave she threw
p had spread a dozen fathoms we
l.ade a simultaneous rush upon her.
lever red polled architect and hoisted
im high above our shoulders.
And when we had had enough of
hecring for Captain Alec Ireland some
f us were uncomfortably hoarse, while
s for the old man he could not laugli
hove a whisper.
But the Scourge was a mere hulk so
ir and not a well titled lighting ship,
ud so it was to work again without
rouiature holiday. Masts had to he
ade and stepped, rigging to he degncd
and set up ami sails to he cut
id stitched from the uupiekings of
dor sails. And these labors, with the
Itings below and the shaping of spars
id such like, were not the work of a
iy or a week. All hands took part in
lem except the old man, who was
leply engaged in the construction of
irne infernal engine near the mouth
I the harbor the use of which ho ob
luatcly refused to tell us.
Almost :i!l the powder < u the wrecks
the Spanish ships had lteen spoiled,
id a handful or so from the heart of
ieh barrel was all we were able to
cure, but arms, small and great, and
)dy armor we found in abundance,
lough to have supplied two such ships
i the Scourge.
One would have thought, moreover,
at tlie great Spanish boml ard. which
ie old man kept trained on his prison's
in the caves, was as heavy a piece
i a reasonable man could desire. But
lexauder Ireland was not as other
en. lie argued that with our small
ew, a tight at long howls would he
tr only chance, and so he set to work
devise a weapon w hich would enable
i to do this. lie made drawings and
en a model in wood, from which he
Kliinnoii ? mold of moist sand. Then
tttfctiMcinra Trim .-umi.-, w
rnaco and crammed it with the brau
fragments of those phc-.s mixed
itli ebareoal and from shipwright
rued himself to the trade o! gun
luuder. (
And 1 must own that it was a deadly
eapou which he turned out. ! or, altough
the gun had none of that ornamentation
which one looks tor in a
lece that Is to earn a high repute, still
could not fairly be judged by the
anuaiu 01 utiii-r v. ..
Iffered from every gnu Hint had hithrto
been cast. It was fearfully cumersome
in the breech and down to
'here the Hunnious lay. but from that
oiut forward it tapered throughout
ao whole of its enormous length,
rhlch was a full foot and a half beoud
the fathom, until just round the
juzzle it swelled out to form a strong
ing. He made a carriage for it, too,
nd planted it right amidships between
he masts. The piece could be 11 red
rom a large port ou either side, or
>ver the bulwark if need be; so that,
sreept directly ahead or astern, its
icadly pelting commanded every point
>f the compass. With this powerful
veapon and the culverlus and falcolets
mounted on ? it her broadside we
lad as much artillery as we could man
But the powder room was empty.
This was a most set lour, gap in our
defense ami one which for lack of materials
we could not remedy. One
jester Indeed said that we could get
charcoal from the woods ami sulphur
from the Spaniards' oaths, so that we
required only saltpeter to start out
manufactory, hut even 011 this showing
we wore* 110 better off, for we had no;
the saltpeter. There was nothing foj
it, therefore, but to run our first prir..
by the board ami take her hue an
thrust fashion and then to use tin
powder she < :*.ri-lotl to load our woap 1
against her friends.
We had, it Is true, raved a few I.-in 1
fuls of the precious black dvst fr< ::
the carrack's hold stud at one time 1 m<
counted upon using that to fire half
dozen lusty broadsides, but every g;nr
of it was blown away to smoke by t.li
old man,before ever the Scourge droi
ped down the harbor.
lie had, as 1 have said, been ft
some time engaged In constructing
mysterious engiue whose form an
purpose were known to himself aloi:
Its site was among some rocks on tl
spit at the harbor's mouth, but none <
us bad seen It, for since the old ma
had promised to launch his dendlie:
curse at the head of any one who prlc
Into his secret we ull kept widely aloo
Still, we were not a little curlou
and, madman though he was, wo trus
ed him. Consequently when It was r
ported that a largo ship dying tl
Spanish dag was making dead for tl
mouth of the harbor our drst thoug
was that we were trapped and our st
oud that the old man would save us.
He bad boasted that Ills Infernal nt
chine would cope single handed wi
the proudest ship In the Spanish nnv
nod ii he failed us now, after havU
I
About tw
all the blc
by yourk
nevs are n
poison' >u^
ness and i
once mor
These syr
when you
you have
ache, Nei
Bladder,
color or 8
and you c
aug;Ii
Lithor
This is n
ually cure
Liver and
condition
T\v
Lyon Manufacturing
Dear Sirs:
complaint which
out ript ic .m l it ilii)
and I went to my <Io<
Vaughn's Lithontri|il
swollen, have eoine <l<
lind dropsy and used
Sold by all Druggi:
Send us your name and nddr
Address LYO^1
:ct jioTn-sioji t 1 an our small stoic
of p iv.clt r, then tlie Spaniard might
moor in the harbor and batter our new ;
vessel to noggin staves at his leisure,
and we could not hope to prevent him.
We had not a stitch of canvas l ent to 1
the spars, not a sweep fitted to the row j
posts. The boat would hold only 12 i
ttieii. but as a forlorn hope we laid it ,
manned and ready behind the shelter i
oft'arrack rock, near which the fairway j
ran. In it were crammed those of us ;
who could not swim. The rest wore to
take to the water sword in teeth, and
each was to hoard-thc Invader as best
we could.
, A desperate enterprise surely, but it
was the time for desperate enterprises,
for if the newcomers wore to land and
Lgleasc their countrymen from the cave
and. truth to tell, there was not one ui
us who had not rather have died than
trust again to mercy from a Spaniard.
CHAPTER XXII.
On came the majestic Spaniard, bowing
gravely and proudly over the rolling
seas. Site was close hauled on the
starboard tack, and tier bell>ing
courses and topsails strained heavily
on the sheets. Standard, pennant and
banner hung from trucks and poop
staff. and tin* painted taffety as it fluttered
out to leeward was nnav suggestivo
of gala day revels than of lighting.
But today her guns were not loaded
with blank saluting cartridges.
When she drew nearer, she hauled
up her courses in their brails, stowed
her mlzzen and sprit sails and came
running In under her two topsails only,
and we could see for ourselves how
heavy was tlie metal and how numerous
was the crew oho carried. The
ports were triced up. and through them
gaped ugly, yawning gnu r: males.
The gunners we;e at their p Is; the
blue smoke from tin Ir Hue : . I.a rose
lazily from the waist until the ! ivi
caught it and hurried It to leeward,
and ever and anon the sun would glint
from a shining pike head or sword
blade. Few men were visible, and
those, as their hoar.-o sea hauling erics
indicated, were merely sailors, hut,
though we could not see thein. \\ i
could guess that a mass ol' armed men
scotrs
i Enii^sltn
of Cocl Liver Oil is the mean
of life, and enjoy: tof life t<
iJ thousands: men women ani
;i children.
When appetite en is, it re
I stores it. When hood is
burden, it lifts tiv burden.
,!' When vc ul.)s ' fie:-h.it brine
ti the plumpness o> health,
p. When work is hard an
"f' duty is .heavy, ii makes lil
.11 bright.
st It is the thin cds/e of ll
wedge; the thick end is too
k But what is the v.-o H' foo
it- when vou hate it, and c an't ci
" # J
t" gest it?
j,? Scott's Emulsion of C(
i?t Liver Oil is thcfood that niak
!c" you forget your stomach.
If you have' not tried it, send I
i?- free sample, Its agreeable taste v
?li surprise you.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists,
3'. 409 Pearl Street. New Yo:
tnf 50c. end 9I.OO i all druggists.
emty times an a
)od in your body passes thro
idnevs. Think what this m
ot strong and healthy they d >
i matter from the blood and t
misery that will remain until
j brought hack to healthy aet
nptoms will te'i
r kidneys need attention a
: Backache. Tired IV ding,
rvousness Bains across the
Sleeplessness, Chills. I'rino
cabling t rine. They mean
:an't gel a better remedy thai
in's
ltriptic
purely vegetable preparation
i Dropsy and Gravel. 11 nc
Kidneys, restoring them lo
and eradicating all disease.
0 Neighbors cured of DROPi
Tyi.khs-. it.ur
Co. Brooklyn, X. Y.
1 ant tU years old nn-1 f< :i t!:i: 11 ?\ 1 < i
result* cl fa Dropsy. I i?Nik two bottles of 3
tile a llOltp of ;;oih|. |( I'.ll l not P't. Illl> ' i '
tor lint, lie did in % on.--.* no i -!. Ylu n In-.. i : in
:i^::i:i. I have talon . ix bottles uu-l in" 1
iwii end I am jio'.v well. Air. T. .). I.ittlo, t i' t-i
Vaughn's I.itlo>ntnpti<- ami ho is woll now. lb--.
J. AV A
sts, or on receipt of $i It will be sent to a
ess and wo v.'il! send v?-u I-'IU'.K a snnr, lr ;> :t'o
i MFG. CO. 45 South Fifth S
SBODT Jiw v.Tamr. w?ctstx Ltrrivj-n c
seethed . the lofty wall.; of thai !
llo.itin;; i' : i ;.
To attempt. tl. - < i;it< i 's a
stronghold by simple escalade. \. 11. . in.
lad tiers, without honked polos, itli
uotliim. lut our -wit : l. li , a\ '
the stimuli; of a d*. p-:ate > a; <-. 1
SCtHUl" 1 tl I '.'lei! I hop" i" 1-. ; !. tltid III' I
our lit;! ? 1 t::d ; a svl. . j
had fti'iuuc>1 death in the fate a . ore !
of limes believed that : >v> a i. t ' , 1
more tluin to tloal n i'^. , m ,Vi' j
two before 1110 swiiiri'i:- so".;;
od his life with a sword thrust. Hm
11 't a man litaul; from the i
Most of us discarded helmet and :.ii '
oh " except sword or nx mid nt Alec's ' I
word strode dowu the rock; und it.: |
I he water.
Stl'UCtioll kh ll ' e \ t-> ?.?: I " ? ;
just such it toe as t:;i V 11;; 1 !:e I . i - ?1
us? All. well, a cra/.y man isa craohtd ;
reed t lean upon. ::n?l ?utIi::j>s we we e
fools la hope that the < 11 m. : < . ' !.!
save us.
"Off with the I -at there." e.h i Aha* '
cheerily, "and, .Jan IYngony. lea.'! y
lads to ! ".i<l at the waist. We tie s
will swi.a '.!!! < (laws t- e !i tiie
i ak. I !i' v.e e j. t a 1. ! ! t .. arrant
*. e will not lea . e .i 1 \ ve
made this big si-a fowl e.s ! :;:mh - ' atld
siiocw.lif t a tin rsel as a well hung lion
plica. a:;t. : r he.- he water will
he small marks t r t' ir earn. n. so
they won't wast p \vder hy firing
tlielr largo piece:.. AH the better for
us! Tin :> '!' he the more to stow lu the
Scourge's powder re"tst. Have at 'em!
'En;. ! f?>. . ei!' Is the cry, nml mark
how tiiat herd of hinds will (puni! when
they hear it."
.'.ml so i::i t!:e ..nuor we : lipped and,
going straight out from the shoie. waited
w I;!? quick heating hearts for the
great vessel to come down to us.
Ou she drove with steady, cruel aver,
gashing the little wavelets with her
beak and crushing them eoutemptt isly
beneath her ay;.! I ? . slat- 'y : a
rock that is si ; in the i a h's nter.
I * : t of :!. ! ! liea-' . a
water ami of t: '. n < : <. ; at
through lite reeks she had a i as at
' taken tlie ? a si'- : : The
pense war. fearful.
fro nr ccx rewn 1
Ten mill!'n dollars aa.ni n-i.
ponded :,i !. a ' n ! r u !
people tIn-:*?* a.re a.- -n-n a
them v lietIk r i: is rait hag ?r : ; .. i ;
in all sorts of went'.n r.
i 509 >
i- (>1' betsl land i i
a ?ale. I offer n
IV) E N G
ci On ex
REASONABL
The place has :i 11 cxcelleu
j' tenant houses and all the c
four p
e'vl One of 140 acres with
place is four miles east of towi
ior between the Little and Biyr Bi
For ter
rk .THE TIMES OFJETCI
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a normal honllhy
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v\ I i .. .-i ) i i!v
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i?i<-tf-"l!\* Mitt:-.
phi::: i;i',ak pi.y.
ny c\pr ~: v. office,
f :?:r I.it'.i.?:?liipU?\
>t. Brooklyn, N.Y.
I After tie Comes f
* 2
he has a hard enough time. Every- 2
r tiling th.at the expectant mother S
* can d<> to help her chiltl she should g
^ do. One of the greatest blessings 2
< the can give him is health, but to $
"t. llo this, sh > lllr.sl linnlfl' hrr_ vll
sell. She should use every means
4; to improve her physical condition. ^
She should, by all means, supply r*
herself with
1 Mother's |
Friend. f
?i1i I,t wilj take her ?
kVj ~ > ViiX01^^1 the crisis v*
\\ J an(* vkKor t? the j?
gj V^mon sense will 2
jS&. .KfcSj muscles are, ^
A which bear the ?
f \j-^) J strain, the less tj
K ' pain there will be.
A woman living in Fort Wayne,
1 ml., says: " Moti er's Friend did ^
wonders for me. J'raise God for fe
4( your liniment." ?
2 Read this from Hunel, Cal. m
2 " Mother's Friend is a blessing to J
*i> all women who undergo nature's jJ
2 ordeal of childbirth." ?
Get Mother's Friend at the
J; druq store. SI per bottle. j|
X TUF BRAD1IELD REGULATOR CO., J
J Atlanta, Ga. 2
I V.'rite (or our lire illustrated book, " Before ^
7. Ital>y Is Horn." A
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Health Office Hours.
ill le in my office, at the Council
i Cbamlier, from 10 a. m. to 12 m. every
day, Sunday s and holidays excepted, for
the convenience of citizens wishing burial
perm sis or to tutus-act any other business
pertaining to the office.
20?tf. W. I). Harris.
?
NOTICE.
1 have bought a heavy draft wagon
of ;}5,000 pounds capacity, and am
now prepared to do all kinds of heavy
hauling or will hire out the wagon.
45?6m. J, W. Gilbert.
\ iP DCTQ
WRL-W
i tlie county for
PLACE
:tremeiy
E -> TERMS.
t nine room dwelling with eight
onveniences of a country home.
ASTURES.
a hull and pig tight tence. The
11 on the road to Lookhart Shoals
rown's creek,
ms apply to
3 or to T. K. PALMAR)