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IA1 III Tnnn r^lrYHTr "lost lagged. tattered and ankeuipt II II lM I I II 11 I I 111 ill I I erew that ever set out to cn[>ture a fit Hila I I IMIr trill M I i totvn. Most of us lacked shoes and hose. Ill Hill I I 11 I K 11 \ 91 I I some of.us even wanted a shirt: but. wWilli 1 V/i * | 1 lillll*-* though a scarecrow would not have taken our clothes as a gift, every man By WEATHERBY OHEStfEY and AMOK was armed to the teeth with Jewel hilt- 1 IfUNRO. ed swords and daggers, and our hopes 1 told us that we were likely soon to (Oop)Tlgfett 1000, by Wr?thert>7 cv*o*y and Hick have other gear to match the quality Munro.] of our side arms. CHAPTER XXrV. The sun was balancing over the west- Silently and slowly the boats crept on ern water line when I came on deck toward the town. We had crowded evagain, and the cliffs of Mnrgherlta orJ* mnn our crow l"*0 them, with .were showing in a low. dark line fine *'ie exception of the old mnu. who was ten the lee bow. left in charge of the Scourge. We were Willie Trebnlion was steering, with not pressed for time, as the dons would his one brawuy hand on the tiller and | hardly he In their first sleep yet. So the tiller rope cast on to his hook with . we paddled easily, keeping a keen looka couple of half hitches. Ills one' eye out and cursing In a whisper the man ok an occasional squint aloft aud who allowed his oar blade to raise the then rove once more along the land slightest splash. I tell you. to some of ahead. The vessel was rising it rapid- us the effort of that strained silence ly, charging the short sons with her was harder work than It would have sharp stem and riding over tlieiu dry | been to raise a hearty cheer and race decked like the beauty she was. Our to the lauding through n hail of Span Foourge was a craft of which every ish bullets. man of her crew might well bo proud. Once Aloe's boot got on a ledge of Thero were none of those dull swishing rocks,-and her crew had to climb over thuds of green wave against round ap- board and lift her Into deep water, and pie bow, which cause a ship to stop once mine had to be eased over a shoal and shudder as though cringing under But no damage was done to either of a blow. The motion was gliding, oily them. nn:l the quietness with which we and pleasant. And the pace was so worked prevented uny telltale sound ~ great that we deemed it advisable to from reaching the shore. stow tho foresail and hoist the main- Foot *by foot we crept on. feeling on. * tack lest If we allowed ourselves to way by Instinct, as it were, through tlit come Into sight In the daytime the dons velvety darkness. Not a light showeo of Margherlfn should suspect our in- from the sleeping tovru. and but for the tent and make ready an uncomfortably loom of the high rocks on the hnrbor's warm reception for us. We could not sides we could hardly tell sea from afford to risk by such a piece of care- land. Sheltered front the wind, the leanness the loss of our dainty racer. water had become as smooth as an tin Night fell, dark, moonless, starless, tarnished mirror, ai d. In spite of all but without rain or haze?just such a the caution with which we dipped and night as 'our purpose asked for. All raised the oars, a splash now and then hands were on deck, eager and expect- eould not he avoided. And over such ant. for word had been passed that El a surface sound travels far In the quiet Pueblo del Norto was close under our ?' night. Presently the voices of two men talkNow, there is and has boon from time 'ng come to us across the water, and Immemorial a custom among fighting after a minute or so one of them cha'nien to put on their host clothes to do lengtfd: battle In. The sen dandy of the queen's "Who goes there?" ships would turn out In all the bravery "Anilgos; Espauoles." replied Willie of puffed and bolstered hose and Trehnlion. trunks and with a starched rulT circle "Mother of God, those accursed Engf . . . t?~%_ M t_ * II an Dig as a puncueon iicno cumbering ??w. excuunieu ino man on snore ami bin chest. But >ve wore our best?and fired bis pistol. We smothered a laugh ( yvorst?clothes every day; In fact, we **t the poorness of our boatswain's f)|jd no piore than one suit apiece, and Spanish and, as further caution was that a skimpy one. We could not. now useless, bent to our oars with a therefore, honor the conflict by much will. change of nppnrel. True, there was "There's a fort of sotne sort here," Spanish body armor In plenty If we shouted Alec, "betweeu me and the had cared to put It on, but body armor Bhore. Follow In quickly before they bns never found much favor with ling- C0D bring their guns to bear." Ush sailors, and, moreover. It was mon- i Hardly had the words left his Ups strous heavy and uncomfortable. So, when there was a flash and a roar, and with the exception of a metal helmet | n doso of lead took the tips from onr apiece, which Aloe Insisted tlmt each BtnrLonru oars, of us should wear, we were prepared "Very prettily aimed!" muttered Jan to go Into battle protected only by our Pengony, who as a gunner must uecds own quick sword play nnd the supple t-'*pre8S his opinion. "The next may be strength of our Iron muscles. closer.^ A demlculverln, too, by the I And when tho Scourge was hove, to r'nf o't. Jump ber along, lads, an and tho boats dipped Into tho water 'ct'8 b? n^er the captain afore he's . there scrambled Into theui surely tbo tanned the place by hlsself. Hooray ^ for Captain Ireland au the Scourgel" > . ' -v i?Dd so mstii.v um our fellows lay their hack* to ilie work thai before another 50 records had passed the boat sprang almost high and dry on the shore, aud the next shot from the deuilculverln whistled safely over our heads. "Now. Ind3." I shouted, "up we go end nt *eni nx end hunger! But tu'nd not to fr.11 foul of our own men. for the night's as dark as the pit. Stay a moment! There's the captain clamoring for admittance on the right yonder. We'll try If we can't scramble In at the sea face." So saying. I turned and cut across the rocks ??* tlu; left, with the men aftet me bclte< skelter. The fools of Spanlards were still blazing away with cannon ntul ar.ptelius overhead, showing us what a state of confusion tl.cy \v? re iu, and till I had actually t?|Ucczed by big carcass In through an embrasure no one offered to stop me." And after that, though many had the will, no one had the power to cut me down. Breech to breech with the very demieulverlu that had first been fired at us I liehl the ground till the others picked their way through the darkness and clambered un. Then, voliiin? to ? n Alec our whereabouts, we charged together, driving the dons before us with^ a tempest of hacks and haws that, dazed and half awake as they were, they bad no stomach to stand against, and finally pinned a big crowd of them against a corner of the palisading. But, in spite of the success of our first charge, we were very uearly overpowered, for others kept flocking out of the barrack as the din waked them from their sleep and. taking us between two tires, were like to have made a small mouthful of us by sheer weight of numbers. Rapidly forming The mail on shore tin <1 his pistol. hto a small bo How square, we fought for awhile for our very lives, with a grinning circle-of yellow Spanish teeth ravening at us.on every side. Then suddenly there was a cry of ilartu from the great gate of the fort, tnd about half of our assailants ran off o defend that point. The hearty IOngish cheer with which they were re reived told us that Alee and his lads tad got in at last. This was the turning point. A few nore Spanish heads were broken be'ore wo succeeded in joining our two tands, but when that was once effected he combat was of short duration, for. shouting, after our usual custom, that ve'd slaughter every soul unless they hrew down their arms at once, we 'ushed them all Into two opposite corners and held thetu so till every weap )ti was out of their hands. "Jack, take a couple of men with you Ind go and examine tlie barrack." cried Vice. I did as ho bade me and returned iresently to report that there was a nrge room in which we could hold the irlsoncrs safe in the meantime. We lulled them all. therefore, with the ex ?eption or tlio commandant. In tliolr )\vn quarters and. after setting guards it tlio door, cast about wbnt was to be lone. next. Alee questioned tlie commandant. "How ninny men have you here?" "Some ISO, senor, and had 1 known iow small your handful was 1 would lever have surrendered to you. How ?ver. In the town"? "I have no time for parleying. Senor ^omniandaut." raid Alee shortly, "and f your townsfolk annoy us I'll hatter lie place down nhout their ears. But jive me what I want, and I promise hat my advantage shall not he pressed 'urther. 1 must have powder and icarls?your whole stock of "each." "Your request is a modest one, Senor Englishman. You ask for all we have tot." "And, nsklug, Intend to have. Itceog il/.e, senor, that might Is right just low, and so save further bloodshed." The Spaniard shrugged hts^dioulders 'The powder 1 caunot prevent you Yom taking," said he. "You will llnd t, or. at any rate, the greater part of t, in the magazine underneath the icnthouse there. But the pearls, foruiiately, ore out of my keeping. They ire stored in the treasury, and that lies n the very heart of the town." "Very well, senor; to lb- heart of the own 1 go for them, and with you as hy guide." "Senor Captain," said the comnianlant Indignantly, "consider ray rank!" "That Is precisely what I am doing," cplied Alec dryly enough. "You enjoy it present the rank of prisoner to Alexinder Ireland, who will hold your body esponsihlo for any ambush your ongue mny icn<i mm into. "Ami now, ln<l8," lie continued, tuning away from tlio Spaniard, "there's lawn beginning to show over the hill, ind so the less tlmo we waste the better. Carry the iiowder down to the loots. and when It's safely stowed tell the bontkeepers to shove off a couplo if onrs' length from the shore. Arnorer, spike all those culverins but )ne, break the pans and stocks from :bo arquebuses and cut the crossbow itrlngs. Willie Treballon, I leave yon lerc with four men to guard tbo bar* ack door. Blew that culyorla round About tw< all the blc by your k ncvs aren poisonous n ess and 1 once nior-j These syn when you you have ache, Net Bladder, < color or S< and you c VI V Vaugh Lithor This is a j uallv cure Liver and condition Tw Lyon Manufacturing I>er>r Sirs:? nov ronijiluiiit which i outriptic and it did and I went to my tlod Vaughn's Lithontript swollen, have come <1?' had dropsy aud used \ Sold by all Drugglt Send us your name and nddr< Address LYOIN Mini inV llMimolmilce into the crnwil .? I them if they restive, and if thai iloos not silenc e tlieni post your men et eillier side of the door and baptize with your axes all those who try to conn out. You understandV" "Aye. aye. sir," replied the boatswain grimly. "The rest of you form fours and follow me as hard as you e.an run Senor Commandant, after you! And. sorter, no attempts at escape. If yon value your life. I'm fleet of foot, and my sword blade will split you In the back at the least sign of treachery." Out we weni at a good smart trot the don. In his shirt, leading, and speeding along a muddy, well usee path, hole toward the town. It wa not a very large place, so far as wi could see, and there wore no defenses as the fort above could, from Its posl tloti. have sunk tiny vessel that at tempted to enter the upper harbor. Bin the inhabitants had been thoroughly aroused by the tiring and now doc ket out of every alley, armed and resolute to defend their homes. A spiltterlnj. fire greeted our approach, but It touch ed 110 oue and only changed the more orderly advance into a mere race foi precedence. Alec was among the first knot, whih 1 was puffing and blowing full 20 fat!, onis astern, and ids rashness very near ly led him into trouble, for one big fel io\v ienp?Mi oil blin from behind and had lit in on the ground before lie could slinke off the embrace. However, Job Trehallon's lean, long legs brought hi in on to the scene in time, and Alec's cap tor rolled over with a head split to tin chin. My the time our captain had got on Ids legs again the rest of us had eonie up, and together we drove the towns folk down their street in a body, shout lug that we'd tire the houses if they made us halt. The Spanish corn in an (Innt had contrived to bolt when Alee'; hands were full during the lirst melee and so we pushed on without a guide trusting that Instinct would lead us t? where the jewels were stored, for ir truth some of us had kooD noses fo: plunder, 1 I ** ooCTtmnro.) SCOlfS of Cod Liver Oil is the means of life, and enjoyment of life to thousands: men women and children. When appetite fails, it restores it. \Yhcn food is a burden, it lifts the burden. When youlosc flesh.it brings the plumpness of health. When work is hard and duty is .heavy, it makes life bright. It is the thin edge of the wedge; the thick end is food. But what is the use of food, when you hate it, and can't digest it? Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the food that makes you forget your stomach. If yon have' not tried it, send for free sample, its agreeable taste will surprise you. Scott & bowne, Chemists. 409 Pearl Street. New Vork. 60c. and Sl.OO i all druggists. ?????? WlUlLV cnty times an >od in your body passes thr idneys. Think what this r ot strong and healthy they <J matter l'rom the blood and nisery that will remain unt ; brought back to healthy a iptoms will te r kidneys need attention Backache, Tired Feeling vousness Fains across tin Sleeplessness, Chills, Crin cabling Urine. They nuai an't get a better remedy tin in's itriptic mrely vegetable preparatio Dropsy and Gravel. It a Kidneys, restoring them t< and eradicating all disease, 0 Neighbors cured of DROP Tvi.kiisvu. C'o. Brooklyn, N. V. 1 am (VI years old ami for some lime have l?o< result'il in.l'r?j?sy. I took two 1 -utiles of yon ino a heap of coin). 1 < >oM not tret any more tor hut lie <liil my ease no good. Then he adv ie again. I have taken six hottles. mi l my le iwii and I am now wi ll. Mr. T. .! Little, of 'augLu's Lithon'riptie ami ho is well now. II J. \\ its, or on receipt of Si It will be sent t< [?t>s ami we will semi you KJIKK a sample hott [ MFG. CO. 45 5outh Fifth It is estimated t hai $!' ,t OJ vort.li >' uionazitu wMs ^liiop-d from mines a North Carillon in HH.HJ. * :cintic Rhe:im ttistn Cnml \flo.r I'ltiirtct n Years >f y iifTeriug "I have born :?fll;c'cd with sciatic rheumatism for fourteen years," says Josh Kdgar, of (iermantown, < "al. "I >vas able to be around hut constantly suffered. I tried everything I could Itcar <>f ami at last was told to try ('liainherlain's Main Malm, which ! did ami vas i)niuc<liatelv relieved end in a short into cured, ami I am happy to say it has not since returned." Why not use "his liniment ami ;;? ? we SI? It is for sale hv K. ( Duke, druggist. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, >n a recent, trip over th? S ?ut hern 'tailway, expressed the opinion that ho 8 ?uth was a mo.-t des.ir.ihle seciou for the breeding of horses.? Southern Field. Whooping Cou?h, A woman who has had experience with this disease tells how to prevent my dangerous con sec pie: ices from it. he says: Our tlnee children took vhooping eongh last summer, our ha by ov being only three months old. and >w ing to our giving them ('hum beldam's 'ough Itemedv they lost none of their Inmpness ami came out in much better icalth ll.au other ci.ihlren whose arents did not use this remedy. Our Iciest little girl would call lustily for ough syrup hot-ween whoops.? .Ictsic i'inkey Hall, Springvillc, Ala. This cinedy is for sale by F. Duke, drug:ist. ... - - The South Carolina phosphate infustry hc.s been established on a solid I'iontifii1 Mti.l fii>u.u.iul l ? ?!" ? 1 ~VI Iiiuiiuni UfiPl-, 1(11(1 ill evidently continue, for many vears, to bo one of the most rnportant industries to the state. No T.uss of Tinit\ T lutve sold fhninherluiu's Colic, Cholera and I?iarrhoea Remedy for years, and would rather he out of coffee a ml sugar than it. Isold live bottles of it yesterday to threshers thet'eouhl go no farther, ami they are at work again this morning.? It. 11. IMiolps. Plymoth, Oklahoma. As will he se >n by the above the threshers were able to keep on with their work without losing a single day's time. Von should keep a bottle ol this remedy in your home. For sale by F. C. Cuke, diuggist. .loncq says Siiv nnah is otdv half u mile from hell and Augusta is tieaiii. g tot* Dell lio ought to know, " - 's raised enottge of it.?Grrenvilje News. 509 / Of best land in ?ale. I offer ni M E N G On ex1 O r? 1\ OnilT 7T T>T T The place lias an excellent tenant houses and all the coi FOUR Pi One of 140 acres with a place is four miles east of town" between the Little and Big Bro For term THE TIMES OFFICE * 9 hour ough and is liltered neans. I t the kid10 not ext ract all the the result is sick11 these organs are ctivity. :11 you and assistance: If , Dizziness, I leadj Loins, or in the e of an unnatural n Kidney Trouble, in n and will eff octets directly oil tlie .) a normal healthy >SY. I.K, S. C., ? >< (, '??, I'XH). n tr<Mihl?><l with :s hiilr VitMStltit'.i lilllton? <>t tii.f l.itli' -urii'tic. Koil n'o t tako your ,rs. ! i*-l? witk li:uily this j?i;i (Tylcr?villi') fi:IIv v<?u<*s. 'AUK EN ill'.AKKLV. > any express office. li?nf Vaughn's I .it t ?-i j ?t ii*. St. Brooklyn, N.Y. | (?^555S555C55SS55SS555?550 11 If a Woman | A wants to put out a fire she doesn't o j jj heap on cii and wood. She throws j S on water.know ng that water quenches J* | m fire. When a woman v.ants to get () j 0 well from diseases peculiar to her sex, t* I J' she should not aad fuel to the fire 4! | ft already burning her life away. She ft | O should not take worthless drugs and jj | \\ potic ns composed of harmful narcot- {) ! O ics and opiates. They do not check i) O the disease they do not cure it?they JJ J? simply add fuel to the fire. X t> X* 1 Bradfield's Female O v AfRegulator should be Jj fj l?kcn by every woman |{ it 2s>. I* or K'1' ^as l^e " i? J I slightest susp cion of JJ ,J J/> an>' of 'he ail- 5? X /G&frx vh in flits which af- 5! A\P*. 'i VCt m? ln e ? it iSoi i'& ^ wla. ,u y w,n 8"".k>v ({ : aVl>e wasting time ? > + until they take it. <! The Regulator is # a?P!a p u r i f v i n r , !! * y s'ren g t h c n f n g JZ ionic, which gets JJ at the roots of the Ktwf disease anil cm es X pv.f q. lhecae.se. It docs not drug [V-.'.'A tile pain, it eradicates it. A E*.^*>ba 111 tups fulling of the won.b, 5v letuori kea, initamniation 52 ret u nr. scanty or' painful a niensti nation; and by doing 52 all this drives away the 52 l&lCTEHBJ'vi hundred and one aches and o rtLjy.-y.i? pains v. iiich drain health 52 kftCTySj nm' be my, happiness and J! good temper from many a ?Z lEr^Tcdh^V1, woman's life. It is the one J( if' remedy Above all others 52 Plpig Uili.4J which everv woman should Jt Bmr "w m know about and use. X ^ 1.00 I or I'i'ttlu A Hl ,,n>' drug store. A Srntl for our frre O : illu-lrn?i-<l lHK.k. jj The <Bna^u k Regulator Co, i| Atlanta. Ga. ? ' ocsescdssssssd Wealth Office Honrs. Will 1-e in my otllee, al the Council ( hs-.inlx-r, fioui 10 a. m. to 12 in. every day, Sundays and hoi (1 iys excepted, tor the convenience oi ?inzt-ns wish it p In.rial pet r.tits or to transact any other business pertaining to the oflice. 20?tf. W. D. IIA??<>!% NOT1CF, I have bought a heavy draft wagon, of 3;>,0U0 pounds capacity, and am now pr< pared to do all kinds of hetvy hauling or will hire out the wagon. 4f)?6m. J. W. Gm.bkbt,. tlie county for PLACE ,r6m.ely ? TERMS. nine room dwelling v? ith eight nveniencos of a country home. \STURES. hull and pig tight fence. Theon the road to Lockhart Shoala wn's creek, s apply to or to T, K. PALMER,. // ^ . 4'