Dayton tribune., December 12, 1919, Image 4

CHAPTER
X X — Continued.
We emerged through the companion,
and I stepped aside as the others
rushed by. There was no shout, no
cheer, the fellow s seeming to realize
the desperate nature of their work,
and the importunée o f surprise. They
were outnumbered five to one, and
their only hope of <ucc«>.«s lay In ren-
dering their opponents helpless before
they could rally to a defense. All the
pent-up hate of years was In their
hearts, blazed madly In their eyes;
they were tigers leaping at the throat
of tlielr prey, yet sane enough to com­
prehend even hi their blood-rage that
they must act together. It was over
so quickly I scarcely saw It all. My
eyes swept from group to group—the
four toiling at the cover of the main
h a tch ; the fellow s racing toward the
forecastle; and W atkins’ squad driv­
ing straight Into the grouped watch
beyond the foremast. It was smartly
done; W atkins had taken no cutlass,
but went in with both fists, asking no
questions, but battering right and left,
his men surging after, with steel
blades flaming in the sunlight. The
astounded watch, cursing and lighting
grimly, held for a moment, and then
went staggering back against the port
rail, unable to stem the rush, and roar­
ing for mercy. I had view of Carlson
dropping recklessly down the forecas­
tle scuttle, and then sprang forward
m yself to give a hand to the four
wrestling with (lie main hatch. To­
gether we dragged it into position,
forcing relentlessly back as we did so,
a dozen struggling figures frantically
endeavoring to reach the deck. Shots
were fired, the bullets whistling
through the opening, the flare lighting
up the black depths below, revealing
vaguely a mass of frantic men staring
up, and cursing us fiercely in a dozen
languages: but. In spite of them, we
damped the hatch down tight, and
locked it securely into place with an
iron bar.
Watkins needed no help'; he had nis
party rounded up. To ray orders they
were driven into the cook’s galley and
a guard stationed at the door. Then I
turned to the more serious work con­
fronting me in the forecastle. We
must have men enough to sail the
bark, and if I was to command them,
I must first of ail prove my courage
and enforce authority. The whole suc­
cess of our effort depended on this.
“What's going on below?" I asked.
“Cursin’ mostly," answered Carter,
peering down through a slight uptllt-
ing of the scuttle. “They don't Just
son’s cu tlass.. and fronted them. Tow­
ering above them all. Ills black ape­
like face, distorted with rage, 1 dis­
tinguished the giant Coehose. Ids Im­
mense hands grasping a wooden bar
ripped from a hunk. Plainly enough
he was the leader. If I was to rule,
this black brute must be conquered
at the very start, conquered by my
' ««n hands. und In the presence of his
mutes.
“Stand hack there lods.” I said stern­
ly. “I’ll explain all that has happened
presently, hut first I am going to lick
that black within on Inch of his life.
Step out of there. Cochose." ;
He came grinning widely, balancing
the heavy club.
“You mean me. sub? You all think
yer kin lick me?"
“Yes, I think so; I’ll try it anyway.
Here Carlson, ‘ take this pistol and
sheath knife. If anyone interferes
shoot him. All I ask is fair play.
Drop that club. Cochose, and throw
away your knife. You and I will fight
this out with bare hands.”
His dull brain worked slowly, and
he stared at me, his eyes ugly. His
_»,
.. and
...i i lack ■ o . f response, awoke
. a
silence
men im
» i T S t ' h , r T ? .' i ,
cInh
♦
club out of his hand contemptuously.
and another plucked the knife from
his belt.
"You big skulker." the latter said,
with an oath of derision, "go on, and
fight I”
“What for Ah fight this white man?
Ah don't even know who he is.”
“Then I'll tell you. Estndn Is dead;
Manuel is a prisoner. I’m In com­
mand of this bark. You are a big,
boasting cur! I heard what you said
when I came dou'n. and now I'll muke
you prove It."
I took two steps forward, my ad­
vance so sw ift and unexpected the big
negro had not even time to throw up
an arm in defense. With open hand I
struck him squarely across the face. ’
. Jhe deck with a thud. I fall with hliu,
“What are you men trying to do.
' drugged down by hl* desperate grip, frighten me? You might ns well atop
but waa first upon my feet, saluted by that. Thia opening la lined with guns,
a roar of delight from the tips of those and If one of you tire a abut we'll pour
crowding about Us. As he staggered lead Into you. More than th u t; If you
up also, I struck him again, a blow attempt to clhgl* out there la in bra as
which would have ended the gnme, enrronnde trained on the hatch. So
had not my foot «dipped on the rinding listen I We are In control of the ship
deck. As It w u s.lt drove him to Ills and menu to keep It. Tt)a old ulllcera
knees, groggy, and with one eye half are either dead or prisoner*, What we
closed, yet with strength enough left do with you will depend on your ac­
to regain his find as soon as 1. This tions. hut we're n-ady Io kill if neces­
time he charged me like a wild hull, sary. If you keep quiet ilown there,
froih whitening his lips, scarcely ap­ anil obey orders, you'll be fed, and
pearing humaii In the yellow light. In treated decently enough. Puss up your
mad rage he forgot nil caution, his urins.”
one thought to r, ach me with h is ,
There was no movement, only
hands, and throttle me into lifeless 1 Kiare of hostile eyes, uu IndlMtlngulsh-
pulp. I fought him hack, driving blow I ab,p gr(iw| of vo|(.,
on blow through Ids guard, side-step- i “Kneel down, Inds and cover those
ping his mad rushes. Ian,ling again fe, |owa>“ , o n |eied sternly drawing my
and again on Ida body. Twice I got own pistol. “Now you below there,
in over his heart, and at last, found this is my last word. I'll count ten.
the chance I sought, and sent a right and you'll either pass up those weapons
Jab
, straight
.
, to , the . chin.
. . . . All the . force I or we'll pour our fire Into you Tuke
of one hundred and eighty pounds was alln ,|( „ ..
behind the clenched fist, and the negro 1
There was a moment of deathly »1
went down ns though floored by n
poleax. Once weukly ho endeavored lence, except for my counting. One
man uttered a curse, anil the Jam of
to rise, but this time I used my left,
figures nt the foot of the ladder rn
and he never stirred again, lying
deavored
to work hack out of range,
there with no sign of life except the
yet, before I had spoken the word
quivering of the huge body. Assured
that ho was down and out. I stood eight, guns were held aloft, mid poked
above him, guzlng Into the ring of ex­ up within reach, and at this sign of
surrender even the most desperate loat
cited faces,
"That's one attended to." I snld
shortly, “Now Is there any more of
you who would like to tight this out?"
There was no answer although the !
ring widened under the threat of my 1
eyes, and 1 met sullen faces hero and I
there. I was In no mood to take ’
chances.
"Carlson,-’ 1 said, “you know all ‘
these men. Pick out those you can
trust, and have them stand over there
to the right. Cull them out by name;
he lively now.”
They stepped forth eagerly enough,
and ranged them selves before the
hunks, the faces mostly those of north­
ern Europe, although a negro or two
'vns
c,.uspU nulonK
ca,„ them.
s ,x or As the Swede | I
'’»lined ,Ot
clustered
o f ' me. n
1 mot,ey
one Of in front
"" ,n‘,lan-
, other8 ,nostlv half
, K,nnecd
from face
fnce ltl(JI)lrlnB,v
,
Sure! High Heels
Cause Corns But
Who Cares Now
You reckless men and woman who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once a week Invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood p o is o n
are uow told by a Clucluuatl authority
to use a drug called freexone, which
the moment a few drops are applied
to any corn or callous the soreness la
relieved and aoou the entire corn or
callous, root aud all, lifts off with the
fingers.
Ereesoue dries the moment It la ap­
plied. and sim ply shrivels the com er
callous without Inflaming or evaa Ir ­
ritating the surrounding tlaaue or skin.
A email bottle of freexone will cost
very little at any of the drug stores,
but will positively rid one's feet of
every bard or soft corn or hardened
callous. If your druggist hasn't any
freexoue be can get It at auy whole­
sale drug house for you.— Adv.
Cutlcura Soap foi the Complex*««.
Nothing better than Cutlcura Soap
daily and Ointment now nnd then as
needed to make the complexion Hear,
scalp clean and hand« soft und white.
Add to this the fuscinatlng, fragrant
Cutlcura Tulcum and you have the
Cutlcura Toilet Trio.—Adv.
S H A K I IN T O YOIJH SHOCK.
AUaw'a ybot-kssa. thssnllaspU c iw w d w . Maksa
tl« h , or nrw «ho.-* tasi easy.
«..haves Doraa.
Hunlooa, Hot, Swollen. Tender. A chine Fast. Hold
everywhare. tie .
Don’t accept any oohaUtuts
Semple F ltK K .
Addreea. Allen 8. OUneted. I—-
Hoy. N . Y .
Get the Genuine
and Avoid
Waste
Economy
in Every Cake
One day when our Insurance man
cam e In he asked how old the dog
was, and when he was told he turned
around to ask how old my little stater
was,- and before my brother had a
chance to answer him my sister said.
The dog Is as old as me. Me and
him Is twins.."— Exchange.
“How about it. you?" I asked. “Are
there any more of you fellows who
take a chance with us? This is my
last offer."
“What's the gam er' naked n sullen
voice In English, and a bearded fellow,
burned black, pushed his way to the
front. “I used ter he Scotch; now I
don’t know what I um. One Mag is
as good ns another ter me— only I
S w Y o y r Hsi;
want to know what sorter game I’m
“Cover Those Fellows.”
pinyin' In. Who are yer? An' whnr’d
With Cuticura
heart and joined the more cowardly.
yer cum fruro?”
(MnL, Tai own
oath.
It
w
as
a
strange
collection
of
weapons
"I am nn English senmnn." T an­
ç -'.h
• T hv I cufm ,
fcepi. X.
swered shortly, “and how I came stacked on the deck—guns, cutlasses,
aboard makes no difference.
Hight knives and pistols of every descrip­
now I am the only navigator on the tion. Probably all had not been deliv­
Namur. Estndn Is dead— knifed last ered, yet I felt no further fear of the
C H A P T E R X X I.
¿Jght by one of the buccaneers. Man- few pieces remaining hidden.
Baw-ltt, Sold. Rented and R se sb sS
WALKKH EI.W.TRIC WORKS
“T hat’s all. Is It? Very w ell—now
(Tel Estevnn had a hand in the busl
Burnside. SOT. 10th. Portland. Ore.
In Full Possession.
A roar of delight went up. I knew Hess, and he’s safely locked In n stnte- take care of this big nigger we're send­
'IN R B a ft. Refreshes, Seefhen,
sailors and felt they would welcome a pwm aft. Captain Sanchez is wound­ ing down ; no. lie Is not dead, only
Heals— Keep your Eye«
fight like this and their Immediate ed and helpless, and those cut-throats stunned. Now stand aside white a few
Strong and Healthy. U
sympathy would be with me for start­ amidships are battened down below of your friends Join you; they’ll tell
they Tire, Smart, 1 ten, or
ing it. More than that, this black hutches. I.eVere and I are the officers you what's up. Make room there."
Burn, if Sore, Irritated,
We
passed
the
forecastle
scum
down
Ijjff.
and
we
control
the
deck.”
bully, ruling over them by brute force,
____
Inflamed or Granulated,
one
by
one.
Ignoring
the
Indignunt
“Yer mean those fellers wer«| dim in’
could be no favorite. They might fear
Murine often. Safe for Infant or Adult
roar of voices which greeted my or­ At all
»*•
Dniggista. Write for Free Eye Book.
him, hut with timl^.-fear would he tdr take the ship?”
der.
I
watch,-il
the
men
shift
the
heavy
I CytMMdy Ceapaey. CMcaee. U. S. fi.
mingled hntF, .jtnd y delight in his ’ ‘“Exactly that; now where nre you
downfall.
• «
/ '
, lads? With Manuel and his hunch of hatch cover Into place, and then par
•C H N K t-W A L K K *
rnltted my eyes to survey the deck, as Are Y m Salished? T
“ business
collecb
u r ---------
In that instant, altgtough I, cannot pirates? Or with ns?"
la the biggest, moat perfectly equipped
I hastily considered our next action.
recall removing hviitdbful eyes from , “What er yer going ter do with us.
Buetaeee
Training
School
fn
the
North-
(TO BE C O N T IN U E D )
nngro’s s faccj,
fuçt^ I r^feived
Impres- , Mils .ship.'
tin ts the fu'st&ques
w eet F it youreeif for • higher poeltloa
the negro
received un impres-
with more money. Permanent poeiUotu
slorr of. my sdj-rouiidlngf never to be 1 ’ *on
aasurml our Oraduatee
W rite for eatalog—Fourth aag TaeuhlU
erased fiT>ra - memory4— the gloomy In-
1 had not decided that even In iny CITY OF GREAT FINANCIERS
, 1 . . . . foul»
r ....1 H.1__
terior, th » deck,
IRtored t ...i.u
with sea • own
°'vn
l,ut ,be answer came
Frankfort-on-M ain Celebrated for Re­
boots, and discarded clothing, and the promptly enough.
m arkable Men of Genius I t
“I
am
going
to
ton
vc
that
to
the
crew.
great beam» nv^rhdhfi blackened by
Has Given to W orld.
smoke. The rays «of, the swinging As soon as we have all secure, I'll I
have
every
man
on
deck,
and
then
I
slush lantern bnrtdy Illuminated the
central space, the rows of hunks be­ we’ll talk It over. That's fair enough j Frankfort, »lie fam ous Herman town
on tjie River Malo, is the birth­
yond remaining mere shadows, yet this Isn't it?”
“It looks fair. Come on, m ates; I’m place of the world's greatest million­
dim, yellowish light, fell full upon the
aires. It is a wealthy commercial city,
excited half circle of men who were fer the Englishman.”
roaring about the negro. They were
Only one followed him. however, a and quite disproportionately famous In
a rough, wild lot, ranging in color sheep-faced boy; the others remained comparison with Its actual size.
The Rothschilds, whose ancestral
from the intense black of Central sullen and defiant. I had no further
Africa to the blond of Scundinnvin, time to waste In explanations. I home Is now the solitary relic of the
H o w Lydia E. Pinkham ’s
half naked some, tlielr voices mingling glanced up at Carter's face framed In once famous Jewish quarter of the
Vegetable Compound
city;
the
Sterns
and
the
Speyers
In
in a dozen tongues, their eyes gleam­ the scuttle hole.
England,
and
tile
Kalins,
the
Kuhn,
I* Prepared For
ing with savagery.
“Carter, pass these men up and take
Loeb A Co., In tills country, would
I know not whether Cochose lunged them forward with the others. Turn
W om an’s Use.
alone sutliee to make It reninrkublc as
forward o f his own volition, or was them over to Watkins. Then come
the
birthplace
of
International
finan­
pressed on from behind, y e t suddenly back here, nnd report to me."
ciers.
A visit to the laboratory where thia
he was within reach “or me, and the
They went up the ladder one by
Even more extraordinary Is the num­ successful remedy is made impresses
battle was on. Ids object evidently be­ one, and disappeared onto the deck
ber of successful financial firms which even the casual looker-on with the reli­
ing to crush me In his giuut grip, above. Carlson aud I watched the
hnd their birth or whose founders ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
mine to oppose science to strength, others unfil Carter stuck his head
which attends tne making of this great
were horn on the I,auks of the Main.
medicine for woman’s ills.
and avoid his bear-hug. We swayed once again through the opening.
The reason which is usually given
Over 350,000 pounds of various herbs
“All safe. Sir—they was like lambs."
bnck and forth, to the sharp pitching
for this seemingly strange coincidence are used anugfly and all have to be
“Very w ell; stand by to help. Now
of the ship. Then he sprang straight
Is that the geographical position of
athered at the season of the year when
at me determined to smash me to t hq you lads, lift this binpk nnd shove him
leir natural juices and medicinal sub­
Frankfort Is such that a mixture of
deck by tbe very power of his on­ up to where they cun get hold above.”
races 1.« fostered, and that has been stances are at their best
slaught. But I side-stepped him, get­
They hoisted the unconscious form proved to be specially favorable to
The most successful solvents are used
ting in two sw ift Mows, which rocked up the ludder and forced It through financial genius.
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
p
his head, and tore open one cheek, Hie hole onto the deck. At my stern
Every utensil and tank that comes in
from which Mood trickled. Yet be command they crawled forth Into the
Fine Compliment.
contact with the medicine Is sterilized
kept his feet, blindly gripping for me. sunlight. There they picked up Co­
A great bishop not long ago pnid a and as a final precaution in cleanliness
I evaded his clutch by leaping aside, chose nnd carried him aft.
ldgli tribute to the work of the fra­ the medicine in pasteurized and scaled
but the space was far too small to per­
1 went to the main hntch, nnd hnd ternal society. In fact, he paid frn- in sterile bottles.
mit these tactics to carry long, and the cover slipped to one side, the ternnls n compliment that we ought
It is the wonderful combination of
finully he hnd me. Yet, even ns he armed sailors gathering close about to Appreciate:
roots and herbs, together with ths
skill and care used in its preparation
seemingly crushed the very breath out the edge, as I peered down. It wns a
“I plead for the time when the tie
of me, his giant strength met with a scene of pandemonium^ revealed In the of the Christian church shall lie ns which has made this famous medicins
resistance which Increased Ids fury. yellow flume of slush lanterns, a group binding on men as the tie of the lodge. so successful in the treatment of
female ills.
Already the fellow hnd lost his head, of white faces showing clearly, us the All honor to the fraternity thut grips
The letters from women who have
but I fought coolly, putting my skill prisoners below struggled, forwnrd, Its men nnd makes them potent In been restored to health by the use of
against brute force, every wrestler’s gesticulating and shouting. Ignoring good works for humanity’s uplift. The Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com­
trick I knew flashing Into my brain. their mad roaring, nnd the threat of fraternities nre putting shame to our pound which we are continually pub­
Breathlessly, my flesh scraped nnd leveled guns, I stnred down at the In­ cheeks ns chureh men, when we think lis h in g s t t e s t t o its virtue.
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braised, I wriggled partly free, nnd furiated faces, until the clnfnor ceased of their widely diverging lines of so­ — i
P.
N.
U.
No. BO, 1911
tripped him, Ids great body striking sufficiently to le t my voice be heard.
cial service.”—Modern Brotherhood.
ClearYcarSkin
ELECTRIC MOTORS
THE MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
g
Battering Right and Left.
know what’s happening yet, but (he
big nigger seem s ter be raisin’ hell.
Carlson is a holdln’ him back with his
cutlass.”
« “Open up and let me down.”
I fell, rather than clambered nldng
the rungs of the ladder, coming to
my feet on deck in the midst of a
group of angry men. The light was so
poor I could scarcely see their faces;
a babel of voices greeted me, and more
than one hand gripped me fiercely at*
the excited owner }*, Iped a demand to
know what in hell we were up to. I
roughly cleared a space, aided by Cari-
I