TTPjrateof HOLLAND, Author of "The Count at H&Mrd," etc Ccpyrlcht, 1008. by J. D. Llppincott Company. All rlchts reserved. CHAPTER XIV. rContlnued.1 Duponceau and I lifted the chest be tween us, and as silently as we had en tered the woods our party of four with drew from them. When we came to the edge we halted, and after a few whis perod words turned towards the sheltc of the cliff. We were some quarter down It when from the pines at our back came n loud halloo. Almost simultaneously a man sprang out of the shadows before us, nnd called "Stop!" "Run !" said Rodney, nnd, like a foot ball player, lunged, lantern and nil utralght at the man's knees. The two went down in .1 heap, and the man's re volver went off without harm. "Run, Mr. Felix !" cried Charles, and eaw him jump at the struggling men nnd pull Islip free. Duponceau and I ran. caring nothing for shelter now, but making straight for the Ship. The enemy must have num bered half a dozeu. There were cries be hind us, and a bullet whizzed into the cliff on our left. Another shout, and we knew they were in full pursuit, with Rodney and Charles acting as our rear guard. Luckily the chest was not heavy, and when we came to tLe rocks we could scramble over them without delay. Into the water we plunged, nnd, reaching the side of the Ship, heaved the chest on board. Then we scrambled up, dripping and we pulled our rear-guard over the Bide. Another splash, nnd I fired straight down into the water. At the shot the enemy retreated, and, cursing, took him elf back to the rocks where his friends food, a mark ngainst the sky. "We'll get that pirate !" one of the men called. There was silence on the Ship. More threats nnd curses followed, nnd then the enemy retired, promising to rout as ont next day. Rodney was the first of us to speak. "Up anchor and off for the Spanish Main!" he cried. "I really feel like a pirate. Where's Duponceau?" "Here!" We turned and saw our gen tleman adventurer sitting on the chest. Itodney burst into a laupgh. "To think that not one of them knew what it was you two carried ! They must have thought that we were foraging for food." We had all four come out of the scrim mage unscathed, except for a few bruises. but were were too much excited to sleep. With much ceremony, we took the dhest below and placed it inside of that other brass-bound box that had waited so long tfor a new treasure. I was sure that Rod ney was eager for a look at the inside of "Duponceau's box, and, to tell the truth, JI also was hoping for a peep at It. but Duponceau preferred to keep Its secrets entirely to himself. He was communica tive only to a certain point; beyond that 'he was a very sphinx, and in some way the facts he told us seemed to enwrap him in more mystery. I went up on deck, where Charles was pacing steadily back and forth. "You saved Mr. Islip from a very bad 'position, Charles," I said. "How did you -.manage to quiet that fellow so soon?" f'With an upper-cut I learned in the old country, sir. I left him fast asleep, He'd been prowling round the kitchen, sir. and making himself generally disa ereeable. and I was clad to settle the score." "H'm. so we left one trussed like n pig In the woods, nnd another asleep on the beach. This begins to look serious." "Yes, Mr. Felix; that's what I've been aying to myself for the last half-hour." We spent that night in a state of sup pressed excitement that is, all of us ex cept Duponceau, who seemed to regard a trial by bullets as nothing out of the us ual. CHAPTER XV, I watched the east turn opalescent with the coming sun, and the sea pass through the pale, translucent colors of the shells beneath its surface, delicate reds and blues and the infinitely soft mother-of-pearl. Then the hues deepened, and the sun, not yet too bold for the eye, rose like the center of a gorgeous flower. The sea world was his, and through and over the vast space of it glittered his tiny mes sages of living flame. They cams even to the side of the Ship and shivered them selves radiantly against its old, gray- srreen, sea-worn boards. I bad the world to myself, the sea and Its dancing colors, the Ship and its early- morning memories. That awe and ven eration which steals over the watcher of dawn as though witness to a birth both physical and spiritual stole over me, and I wondered how often in the ages past solitary watchers had marvelled from this deck. Life was new and strange nnd sweet, and as boundless as the ocean be fore me. I came back to reality, and wondered how It was that I, who only a week be fore had been busied with my manuscript In the study of my cottage, should now be facing a life as strange as It was dar ing. Man cannot live a life to himself alone, occurred to me, and I thought that he would not even if he could. The or dinary, normal course no longer appealed to me. I cared not if our opponents were servants of the law or of a private power struggling to overwhelm my friend. I looked down at the pistol in my belt and smiled ; the life of an adventurer was not o bad when it gave one the sea and the sky and the fellowship of men. Duponceau stood beside me, bis face se rene, delight In the fresh day mirrored in his eyes. "Why will men fight and prey on each other?" he asked wonderlngly. "Yon should know," I answered. "Yea," said ho; "I should, and I do. Utopia has not coma, and meanwhile we eh covet what others havo and we have mat. ThoM men yonder merely represent powers that want to do what I have done." Charles and Rodney came on deck, and we breakfasted on whnt was still left of our provisions a scanty store, that stood In Immediate need of replenishing. Then we held a council of wnr. "If they are wise," said Rodney, "they'll settle down to besiege us. They could starve us out of here In forty-eight hours. I've an idea, however, that they're afrrfid to do thnt for fear of legnl conse quences. I tnke it this is n purely per sonal fiuht." I had the same thoughts; some French enemies of Duponconu's were trying to kldnnp him, had been my conclusion. "Ixxk !" Duponcenu was standing, and we followed his gaze and saw a sail-boat my sallbont round the cliff to the west nnd He to in the open sen. "Not that way," he'said; "there'll be no more swim ming done. They're going to guard us from the ocean." Then Rodney spoke up. "Perhaps I can get ncross the bench to the cottngo and bring some of the tinned meats bnck." "Unless they hnve confiscated ray house ns well as my boat," I suggested. "How ever, it's wortli a try. Charles stays on guard, and I go with you." So, a little later, the two of us, having an eye that the men In the sail-boat should not see us, lowered ourselves over the side, and waded waist-deep through the water. We crawled up the rocks and, lying low, peered through breaks at the beach. There was nothing but shining sand between our position and the house. Carefully wo stole over the rocks and, separating slightly, so that each might be unhampered by the other, advanced west ward. I had nn impression of what It must 'be to march across a desert in the face of an unspen foe. Only, we did not have the protection of the desert, for there were dunce above us on the right. We had gone perhaps half-wny when' the silence rang with a shot. A little furrow blew up in the sand before me. and I saw a light cloud of smoge steal nwny from the dunes. An instant's si lence, another report, nnd a furrow was ploughed in the sand ten yards to the rear. We were hemmed in by an unseen ring. We faced to the dunes, standing stock- still. Two more guns cracked, and the bullets sped In the air, above our heads, but not so far that we could not hear them sing. Rodney could stand it no longer. "Come out and show yourselves like men !" he cried, his voice high-pitched and straining. An instant's pause, and then two men leaped forward. Islip's pistol cracked, then another man I joinea tne two, ana as oy insunci we ... . i 1 ( A, . separated. Then began a running fire while we beat a retreat. I kept close ns I could to the water, emptying my revolver in such a way as to retard the enemy with out wounding them; for we suspected that tbey were seeking to intimidate us, without actually resorting to bloodshed, and we. for our part, had no desire to have any deaths on our hands. They gained on us, for we retreated while they advanced, and it was only by taking full speed to my heels and making for the rocks that I won a temporary respite. The enemy stopped, and now we could pepper them, shooting to right and left as fast as we loaded. I glanced backward, and saw the sail boat very close much closer than I liked. They're going to board the Ship!" I cried, and splashed into the water. I tumbled up the side and made for the farther bulwark, calling to Duponceau and Charles to stir themselves. As I did so two men came scrambling over the outer ro"ks and made for the Ship, while a third held the sail-boat to the shore. I heard shouts, and saw Rodney cross be side me. He stood a moment unprotected, and that instant a bullet took him in the arm and I heard him give a cry of pain. "It's nothing a scratch on the flesh," he muttered as he crouched. The two men were climbing the sea ward side. I waited, and as the first reared above me I was on him and with nil the force in my body hurled him back, so that he lost bis hold nnd fell splashing. The other was balancing, had one foot over, had sprung, when Duponceau and Charles seized him, and he went, legs swinging in a circle, beside his fellow in the sea. We crouched, for the man in the boat was nrlng. me two below scrambled out of the waves and scurried back to the sail-boat. Then Rodney and Dupon ceau kept that side of the Ship, while Charles and I watched the other. There were a few more scattering shots, then the enemy made off. In time we left Charles on guard and went down to the cabin, while Dupon ceau examined and bandaged Rodney 'a arm. llodney was right; It was merely a flesh-wound in his fore-arm, but, slight as it was, it seemed to turn him into our hero. It was the first blood of the war. When the wound was attended to we went on deck, all of us anuiver with ex citement, and there we four sat, each with a pistol In his hand, and warm blood beating In his veins. Noon came, and we lunched on scraps, and tried to make out on smoking many plpefuls of tobacco. The sun slowly crossed the western heavens and com menced to drop, Suddenly I discovered that I was parched with thirst. " 'Water, waUr everywhere, and not a drop to drink,' There's no use disguis ing it any longer; we'll be caught here like rata in a trap," I said. "We'd better get away before we fall to eating horse leather." "I have plenty of water and food In my house. It'll stand a good long alege. If any of thow rascal tre living b it. I'd like to turn them out. What do v.iw "It pounds pretty pood to me," assented Hodney. Ditponronu nodded, nnd po It was Ar ranged tlmt we should lenvo. the Stlp. Tliere were no two ways nbdut fli to go or stay nnd bo starved Into surrender. CHAPTER XVI. Our chnnge of base wits to be made after sunset, between those hours wheu the darktiws should first stenl ncross the bench, nnd thOe when our enemy might expect thnt we would venture forth under the shade of night. We decided to lenv Duponcenu's chest where it was for tho present. In the belief thnt the enemy would instantly turn their attention to my cottnge. nnd thnt the box would bo snfest In some Mich place ns that desert cd cabin. With nlght-f.il! we prepared, glad to bo about something nfter eight hours o pntlent watching. We were to go single file, I first, Rodney . next, hi wounded nrm In n sling, then Duponcenu nnd finally Charles, with some little space between us. Wc denned nnd loaded our revolvers, nnd about 8 o'clock, when wo could no longer see the sail-boat standing out ncnlnst us. I bade good -by to the Ship, slid over the side into the wntcr, crossed through It. nnd crept over tho rocks. I turned tnd signalled to Rodney thnt the coast was clear, nnd saw him lower himself by one nrm and find a foot' Ing. Then, with n silent prayer that no stray bullet might lodge in one of us be fore we reached cover, I stepped gingerly on to tho beach. You hnve seen pictures of Africnn wnrrlors stenllng tip-toe through the jungle, their whole bodies nlert for nny noise. So I went, my sense of henrlng nbnorninlly ncuto. my eyes straining Into the twilight for peril. could neither run nor stop, but stepped on with the precision of nn Automaton, hop ing that in time the stretch of snni! would hnve slipped past beneath my feet nnd I come to the refuge of the dunes. did not look back, but knew thnt three other men were tlp-toclng ns ilently be hind me. keen ns was I to break Into a dash. So on nnd on I went, for endless time it seemed then hearing only the sob of the ebb nnd flow of the tide nnd the soft, slurring rattle of the water ns It slipped bnck over a stretch of stones, I neared the cottage, had gone one-half, two-thirds, three-fourths, of the way, and then of n sudden' n screaming gull whir red above ray head, and. without thought snve that I must brenk this tension, I shot forth full running for the house. I raced over the hard sand, over the soft snnd, nnd when I enme to my cottage fell pant- Ing In the wide nrms of the dunes, quiv ering, nrentliless. A moment inicr wis three others hnd fallen near me, and we nil lay there like o many bngs of meal, "That's nanic!" nid Rodney. "I know now how It comes without nny cause. After n time Charles rose and stoic to the kitchen-window. He looked in nnd hook his bend. Then he- disappeared around the other side. "Nobody there, he presently reported. I lookrd at my pistol and led the way. The front door was njar, and without any more ado I entered my house on tip-toe. keen-eved ns n cat. The others followed. and Charles closed the door and bolted It I went into the kitchen, found It also empty, nnd secured thnt entrance; then, with the same care, we four filed up the stairs nnd Into my study. A man sat In my Morris-chnir. smoking my meerschaum pipe. I covered him with the revolver as he looked up. "Hello!" said he. "Never mind the gun. I'm alone In the house, and my enn's not in shooting order." "Suppose I see. sir." snld Charles, and a moment later he found a revolver In the man's hip-pocket nnd appropriated It. "Well." I demanded, "what have you to say to breaking into a mat's house in his absence?' The other you could sen he lyul a sense of humor from the wry smile he made leaned bnck nnd cocked bis eye nt me. "I heard you'd gone to sea." he nn swered. "and wouldn't be coming back soon." "Ah. that's where I have the advantage of you, and a very considerable advan tage. What I want is the Frenchman over there." He looked pat tne at Du ponceau. "I come In for gold when I cap ture him." I signaled to Charles, and in a trice ho hnd bent the tnnnts arms tight nround tho bnck of the chair. I found a rope and tied him there fast. Wo bound his mouth securely, so that even his wry smilo dh appeared, and then left him. (To be continued.) , A Wt;II-K immvii A'miic. AmoiiR the many namesakes of Thomas Jefferson Is n eoloml man who for more than ten years has spent his time In humble hut useful employment. He wheels nshes and rubbish of nil sorte from, the back doors of the houses In one of the districts of n New Eng land town. He has learned through the servants In these houses many Items of interest concerning his employers and their fnmllles, nnd Iins 11 decided liellef In Ills awn Importance to their welfare. One day the head of one family went out Into his back yard, nnd seeing tho colored man nt work over the ash bar rel, said, affably,: "Let's see, what's your nnme?" "Thomas Jeff'son, sah," was tho re ply. "Ah !" said the gentlemnn. "I think I am quite sure I hnve heard thnt name before." "Yas, sah, mos' likely you is heard It," snld the negro, showing his white teeth. "I's done shovel ashes an' wheel har'ls out 0 dis yer alley fo' do las' ten yealis.' Dud' idea. "Pa," Bald Mrs. Hardnpple, enthus iastically, "Mnndy is getting to he one of these hero sure-enough artist folks. Would yeou llko to sec her wash draw ings?" "No," growled the old man, In crab bed tones. "Blamed lot of foolishness, I'd rather see her wash dishes." A Lit Mode. Party Caller Is 'Mrs. X. at home? "Yes, sir." "Will you-er-plense leave my card oa the tablo?" Harvard Lampoon. Meat Ilofrlnrerntor. Tho accompanying Illustration shows tho plan of rofrlgorator with moat chamber attached, tho accompanying Illustration Is given. Provision must BEFRIOEltATOn WITH MKAT CltAMDEB. bo made for tho circulation of air so that It will not become stagnant at any point and by coming In froquent touch with tho ice will bo kept cool. The relative sizes and positions of tho ico chamber nnd refrigerator aro shown and thoso can bo made larger or. smaller In proportion to meet, tho requirements. Keeping1, (lie Wheat Pure. One of the most Important factors in growing Improved wheat for seed is to keep the wboat pure. Many farmers aro careless on this point, often plnntlng now seed on old wheat rOBMS Pig. 1. Tho form of a horse's foot deter mines the peculiarities of tho shoo that is best adapted to it. Viewing tho foot from the side tho regular posi tion Is that shown In flguro 4, In which the weight will bo borne to best advantage. Looking from tho front the regular form Is that shown in flguro I, tho wide too being indicated by figure 2, and tho narrow too by figure 3- With the regular or normal shape the weight falls near the cen ter of the hoof, and Is evenly dis tributed over the whole bottom of tho hoof. The too points straight for ward and when the horso Is moving forward In a straight lino tho hoofs aro picked up and carried forward In a line parallel to tho middle lino of tho body. A pair of hoofs of tho form shown In flguro 2 allows tho Fig. i. Regular ground, thus allowing it to becomo mixed with volunteer wheat tho first year. This mixing of varieties causes wheat to detrlorate In yield and qual ity. When wheat is grown for seed it should be on clean land, which is free from volunteer wheat and from other volunteer grain, ryo being espe cially objectionable. Caro must bo taken In harvesting and threshing the seed wheat to keop It from becoming mixed with other varieties of wheat. AgalD, In order to maintain tho qual ity and yield of wheat It Is necessary to maintain the fertility of the soil nd to give tho land good culture. 'arm era' Mall and Breeze, A Good Onie Tightener. This can be put on any wire gato. Nearly everybody knows how to mako wire gate as shown In the cut, b OATE TIOHTKNElt. all that neods an explanation Is that wlro No, 3 Is common wrapping wire. Put around post A and mako long enough to reach post B, Run a stout stick or Iron rod through wlro No. 3, drawing It toward poBt A. In this ay the gate can be made aa tight as possible. fT ' i ' f ELJ I w ? It! t . 3 fin 1 1 1 Th Comicn n n Fertiliser. Tho cow , poa Is n largo boanllko plant thnt producos n largo amount of forngo. It Is valunblo as a groon food or for plowing undor for groon nm nuro. It has beon unod successfully for Improving wornout boIIs, especially thoso that aro light and sandy In tox ture. Its groatoBt advantajjo for thl purposo Is its ability to gathor nltro gen from tho nlr and tnlnoral olomonts from subsoil. Whon tho crop Is plow od undor, thoso aro loft near tho sur faco, whoro thoy will ho avallahlo to shallow-rootod crops and thoso which cannot got nltrogon from tho air. It has boon llttlo usod for hay In tho North, becauso It cannot bo readily drlod In this climate. It makes a good groon feed for milch cows hetweon August 1G and Soptombor 10, or It may bo prosorvod In tho silo by mixing with corn fodtlor, For groon manur ing, tho sood should bo sown broad cast in lato Juno or oarly July, at tho rato of ono and a half bushols per aero. It is especially valuablo for growing In young orchards. Whon wantod for foddor It should bo aown In oarly June, In drills 2Vj foot apart, at tho rato of ono bushel seed por acre. Vly Itopcller. Tho Kansas Agricultural Collogo has oxnorlmonted with tho various chom leal formulas to repel fllos from llvo stock and recommends tho following as fairly satisfactory: Rosin, 1 pounds; laundry soap, two cakes; fish oil, one-half pint; onough wator to mako throo gallons. DIbsoIvo resin In a solution of Boap and water by heating, add tho fish oil and tho rest of tho wator. Apply with a brush. If to bo used as a spray, add ono-half nlnt of korosorio. This mlxturo will cost 7 to 8 cenfs a gallon and ono-half pint Is considered onough for ono ap plication for a cow. At first It will bo necossary to uso two or throo appll cations por week until tho outor ends of tho hair becomo coatod with tho resin. After that retouch thoso parts whero tho resin Is rubbod off. To Dcntroy Wooilefiuckii. A Pennsylvania farmer gives hi oxpcrlenco with woodchucks (ground hogs): He had sot Bovoral hundred early cabbages, and In going through his patch early ono morning ho found Boveral plants missing. Ho found tho OF HOOFS. Fig. 2. weight to fall largely Into tho Inner half of tho hoof. In motion tho hoof Is moved In n circle Horses that are "toe-wido" aro likely to lnterfcro when 1 in motion. In tho third form (figure 3) the wolght of tho body Is directed on tho outer half of tho hoof. Tho Irregularity of form causes a paddling motion nnd frequently Interfering, to e . it Form Is Shown In B. woodchucks' holo under tho wall In fact, several holes near his cabbago field. Ho armed himself with several steel traps and used all his cunning in setting them In tho burrows of the woodchucks, but nftor several morn ings of patlont waiting, capture by trap proved unsuccessful, But, having heard that thoy woro very fond of salt, ho mixed n liberal quantity or pads green in about a quart of salt nnd placed a handful near each bur row. Ho was not troubled again that season, and this has boon hlB romody over slnco. The Dutch Mulch. Shallow cultivation cojiBorvcs tho moisture and prevents it from escap ing from tho Burfaco. Every time rnln falls tho looso ground absorbs moro than does tho hard soil, as tho letter permits tho water to flow off. Whon tho rain goes down Into tho soli, and tho soil Is then loosened, tho capillary tubes aro sealed and tho flow of wator upward Is arrested. A looso top soil, therefore, not only permits of securing n large share of wator from' each rnln, but ulao rotalns it. IleNirunilvo Itat, According to a rocent roport of tho biological survey of tho Dopartmont of Agrlculturo, rats destroy annually $100000,000 worth of American grain. It Ib estimated that ono rat will eat 00 cents' worth of grain In a year, while of oatmeaj it will consume 1,80 worth; Rat-proof construction, obpo claly tho uso of concreto foundations, Is urged, as woll as some rational method of disposing of garbage and storing food. Pig. 3.J vr-rim -..-. ru WEEKLY 1"T;rir"t..?omm.onco'"nt exercise. , .VMVnUl ... l ,tulU0" "ndor Blr win.., Phlpps sailed from UonL I "fLm conquest of Canada. ' ln9 179 Cornuratono of King's Phi Boston, laid. 88 ChaPl. 1705-aov. Ilutohlnson's house In Uo. ton wns mobbod. 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