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KOHT PA paqeO 0 CHAPTER XXXII Continued. CO Ilnines was evidently reluct nnt, but allor enough to follow as I lowered mvsoif in tlif deck, cliuirinc hard to keep my footing on the wet Incline. A light spar had lodged here, and by making this a species of bridge, we crept ns far as the companion, the door of which was open, aud gained a view of the scene below. It was a dismal hole In the dim light, but presented no obstacle to our entrance, and 1 led the way down the stairs, gripping the rail to keep from falling. The door of the captain's room gave, but It required our combined efforts to Dress It open against the vokime of water, slushing about within. For a moment my eyes could scarcely recog nize the various objects as I clung to the frame of the door and stared blind ly about in the gloom. Then slowly they assumed shnpe and substance. Screwed to the deck, the furniture re tained its place, but everything else was jammed lu a mass of wreckage, or else floating about in a foot of water, deepening toward the stern. There were two chests in the room, one of which I Instantly recognized as that of Roger Fairfax. The sight of this made me oblivious to all else. "There's the chest we want, Haines I cried, pointing it out. "Have the lads back the boat up to this port ; then come down and help me handle it." "Yes. sir," his voice trembling, "but hut isn't that a man over there in the bunk? Good God. sir; look at him!" The white, ghastly face stared at us, looking like nothing human In that awful twilight. I actually thought .it a ghost, until with desperate effort the man lifted himself, clinging with gaunt fingers to the edge of the bunk. Then I knew. "Sanchez! You! those cowards left you here to die !" "No one came for me," he answered, choking so the words were scarcely in telligible. "Who are you, and what brought you here?" "Ill tell you frankly, Captain Sanchez," and I stepped closer. "We risked coming aboard to save that chest Roger Fairfax's chest before It went down. This vessel has its back broken, and may slide off into deep water at any minute. We must get you out of here first." "Get me out !" he laughed hideously. "To hell with your help. I want none of it. I am a dead man now, and the easiest way to end all will be to go down with the ship 'twill be a fit coffin for Black Sanchez. By God ! I know you now Geoffry Carlyle?" "Yes, but an enemy no longer." "That is for me to say. 1 hate jour race, your breed. The very sound of your name drives me mad. I accept no rescue from you I Damn you, take your gold and go." "But why?" I insisted, shocked at the man's violence. "Is it because I In terfered between you and Dorothy Fairfax?" "That chit; bah, what do I care for her but as a plaything. No, my hate runs deeper than that. How came you here in the boat stolen from the Na mur?" ! "No. Captain Sanchez. The day after we left the ship we boarded a schooner found adrift, the crew stricken with cholera, with not a man left alive on deck, or below. She lies yonder now, the Santa Marie a slaver." I "Merciful God !" and his eyes fairly blazed into mine as he suddenly forced his body upward In the bunk. "The Santa Marie adrift! the crew dead from cholera? And the captain Para dilla, Francis Paradilla what of him?" I "He lay alone on a divan in the cabin dead also." I He tried to speak, but failed, his fingers clawing at his throat When he finally gained utterance once more it was but a whisper. "Tell me," he begged, "there was no woman with him ?" ; "There was no woman," I said gravely, "on deck or in the cabin." "What mean you by saying that? There was one on board I Doa't lie to ine! In an hour I am dead but first tell me the truth. Does the woman live?" i "No, she died before. We found her body In a chest, preserved by some devilish Indian art, richly dressed and decked with Jewels." "English?" "I judged her so, but with dark hair and eyes. You knew her?" "In the name of all the fiends, yes. And I know her end. He killed her raradillu killed her because she was as false to him as she had been to me. Hi;ll ! Imt it is strange you should be the one to find her to bring me this tale. (icofTry Carlyle!" "Why? What is it tome?" "You go back to England and tell the duke of Hucclough how his precious sister died." "His sister! Good God, you cannot mean that woman was Lady Sara Car lyle?" "Who should know better than I?" sneeringly. "Once I was called In Eng land Sir John CoIIInswood." ' He sank back exhausted, struggling for treath, but with eyes glowing YQLV ES OF THE SEA i By RANDALL PARRISH hatred. 1 knew it all now, the dimly remembered story coining vividly hack to memory. Here then was the ending of the one black stain on the family honor of our race. On this strange coast, three thousand miles from Its beginning, the final curtain was being rung down, the drama finished. The story had come to me in whispers from others, never even spoken nhout by those of our race a wild, headstrong girl, a secret marriage, a duel In the park, her brother desperately wounded, and then the disappearance of the pair. Ten days later it was known that Sir John Collinswood had de faulted In a large sum but from that hour England knew hint no more. As though the sea had swallowed them both, man and woman disappeared, leaving no trace behind. The face I gazed dumbly Into was drawn and white with pain, yet the thin lips grinned back at me In savage derision. "You remember, I see," he snarled. "Then out of here, Geoffry Carlyle. Leave me to die in peace. The gold Is there; take it, and my curse upon It. Hurry now do you hear the bark grate on the rocks; It's near the end." CHAPTER XXXIII. Before the Governor. The sound startled me; I Imagined I heard the keel slipping, yet before we had reached the door opening on deck the slight movement ceased. My hand gripped the frightened Haines. "Tell them In the boat to do as I said; then come back here." "My God, sir, she's a goin' down." "Not for some minutes yet. There are thousands of pounds in that chest; you've risked life for less many a time. Jump, my man !" The boat lay In close, bobbing up and. down dangerously, yet held firmly beneath the opened port. The box was heavy enough to tax the strength of two men to handle It, but of a size and shape permitting its passage. Sanchez had raised himself again, and clung there to the" edge of the bunk watching us. "Now let down easy, lads," I called. "No, place it amidships ; get It even, or you go over, i lx it to ride steady, and stand by we'll pass a wounded man out to you !" I stepped across to Sanchez. He saw me coming, and drew back,' his ghastly face like a mask. "No you don't, Carlyle !" he snapped angrily. "Keep your hands off me. So you want me to die with my nck in a noose, do you? I was born a gen tleman, and, by God! I'll die like one and go down with my ship. Get out of here now! You won't? You will, or else die here with me! I'll give you n minute to make your choice." He left no doubt as to his meaning. From beneath the blanket, the black muzzle of a pistol looked straight Into my eyes. The hand holding-it was firm, the face fronting me savagely sardonic. "I'd like to kill you, Carlyle," he hissed hatefully. "By God, I don't know why I shouldn't. Every time I look at you I see her face. If you take a step nearer I pull the trigger go!" It was a hard pull back to the Santa Marie. Dorothy greeted me first, and we stood close together at the rail as the men hoisted the chest on deck. She said nothing, asked nothing, but her hands clung to my arm, and when ever I turned toward her our eyes met. There was a sudden cry forward, and a voice shouted: "There she goes, buckles! That's the last o' the Namur!" I turned swiftly, my hand grasping her fingers as they clung to the rail. The battered hulk slid downward, the deck breaking amidships as the stern splashed Into the depths; then that also toppled over, leaving nothing above water except the blunt end of a broken bowsprit, and a tangle of wreckage tossed about on the crest of the waves. I watched breathlessly, unable to utter a sound ; I could only think of that stricken man in the cabin, those wild eyes which had threatened me. He was gone now gone I I yet held Dorothy's hand tightly clasped In my own, and the depths of her uplifted eyes questioned me. "We will go aft, dear, and I will tell you the whole story," I said gently, for now we are homeward bound." , I write these few closing lines a year later In the cabin of the Ocean Spray, three master, full to the hatches with a cargo of tobacco, bound for London, and a market. Dorothv is on deck, eagerly watching for the first glimpse of the chalk cliffs of old England. I must Join her presently, yet linger below to add these final sen tences. There Is, after all, little which needs to be said. The voyage of the Santa Marie north proved -uneventful, and, after that first night of storm, the weather held pleasant and, the sea fairly smooth. I had some trouble with the men, but nothing serious, as Wat kins and Haines held as I did, and the pledge of Dorothy's Influence brought courage. I refused to open the chest, believing our safety, and chance of pardon, would depend largely on our THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. T4 handing this over In good faith to the authorities. Wntklns and I guarded It night and day until the sehoone rounded the cape and eatne Into the Chesapeake. No attempt was made to find quarters below, the entire crew sleeping on deck, Porothy comfortable on the Hag locker. It was scarcely sunrise, on the fiftl, day, when we dropped anchor against the current of the James, our sails furled and the red English colors tly lug from the peak. Two hours later the entire company were In the pres once of the governor, where I told my story, gravely listened to, supplement ed by the earnest plea of the young woman. I shall never forget that scene, or how breathlessly we 8 waited the decision of the great man, who so closely watched our faces. They were surely a strange, rough group as they stood thus, hats In hand, waiting to learn their fate, shaggy haired, un shaven, largely scum of the sea, never before In such presence, shuttling un easily before his glance, feeling to the full the peril of their position. Their eyes turned to me questioning!?. Opposite us, behind a long table, sat the governor, dignified, austere, his hair powdered and face smoothly shaven; while on either side of him were those of his council, innny of the faces stern and unforgiving. Kut for their gracious reception of Dorothy and their careful attention to her words I should have lost heart. They questioned me shrewdly, although the governor spoke but seldom, and then in a kindly tone of sympathy nnd un uerstandinir. One by one the men were called forward, each In turn com pelled to tell briefly the story of his life; and when nil was done the eyes of the governor sought those of the council. "You have all alike heard the tale gentlemen," he said. "Nothing like It hath ever before been brought before this colony. Would you leave decision to me?" There was a murmur of assent, as though they were thus gladly relieved of responsibility in so serious a mat ter. The governor smiled, his kindly eyes surveying us once more; then, with extended hand he bade Dorothy be seated. "The story Is seemingly an honest one," he said slowly, "aud these sea men have done a great service to the colony. They deserve reward rather than punishment. The fair lady who pleads for them Is known to us all, and to even question her word Is hn possible. Unfortunately I have not the power of pardon in cases of piracy, nor authority to free bond slaves, with out the approval of the home govern ment; yet will exercise in this case whatsoever of power I possess. For gallant services rendered to the col ony, and unselfish devotion to Mistress Dorothy Fairfax, I release Geoffry Carlyle from servitude pendipg ad vices from England; I also grant pa role to these seamen, on condition they remain within our Jurisdiction until this judgment can be confirmed and full pardons Issued. Is this judg ment satisfactory, gentlemen?" The members of the council bowed gravely, without speaking. "The chest of treasure recovered from the sunken pirate ship," he went on soberly, "will remain unopened un til final decision is made. As I under stand. Master Carlyle, no one among you has yet seen its contents, or est! mated Its value?" "No, your excellency. Beyond doubt it contains the gold stolen from Roger Fairfax; and possibly the result of other robberies at sea. "The law of England Is that a certain percentage of such recovered treasure belongs to the crown, the remainder, Its true ownership undetermined, to be fairly divided among those recovering It." "Yet," spoke up Dorothy quickly, "it must surely be possible to waive all claim In such cases?" "Certainly; as private property it can be disposed of In any way desired. Was that your thought?" "A Fairfax always pays his debt," she said proudly, "and this Is mine." There was a moment's silence as though each one present hesitated to speak. She had risen, and yet stood, but with eyes lowered to the floor. Then they were lifted and met mine In all frank honesty. "There is another debt J owe," she said clearly, "and would pay, your ex cellency." "What is that, fair mistress?" She crossed to me, her hand upon my arm. "To become the wife of Geoffry Car lyle." TIIE END. Orioles. As for myself I am turned contrac tor of hammock netting for the orioles, taking my pay in notes. I throw strings out of the window nnd they snap them up at once. They sit in the cherry trees hard by and war ble, "Hurry up I hurry up!" I never found out before Just what they said. But If you will listen you will find that this is what they first say. A vul garism. I admit, but native. Lowell. $4,473,696,358 U. S. Expenses for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1921 The total estimates of appropriation for the expenses of the government r.ir I he fiscal year ending J' M un. are $l.-l7:i.01HI.:ir.S.tW lis sub mitted to congress. Total estimates, exclusive of Mak ing fund requirements for !!-, r' M,StK,-llO,();U.t!-. Moneys payable from the postal service to the et.nt of f:t!U.7i:U5"3 are deducted, leaving 0 total, exclusive of sinking fund re quirement for uw, of $ i.47;i.c.iHi.;i.vs on. The estimates for lll by depart ments are as follows-: Legislative establishment, flMCV W7.'.-; executive. $lll,.Vs:t,:itll.77 ; Ju ilclal. fl.tUM.llK; agriculture. S'M,-5-JS.102 : foreign. $1 l.U WZMM ; mili tary $liSl).ri78.;7.'.'t ; naval. $ol'2.o:U, 801.80; Indian affairs. $I2.WM.-I1 I.2T; pensions, JJlo.lKIO.OOO; Panama canal, 1 1S.245.31 I ; public works. $,U".07t), 419.17; postal service, $:HU ,7 13.07:1; miscellaneous. ?SXl.717.037.tHl ; perma nent annual appropriations, $1,-123,-407,732.21). Delay Return of U. S. Dead Bodies of Americans May Not Be Sent Home Until 1922. The 03,000 American dead In France must be left In the graves they now occupy until the French are ready to exhume their own dead, which may not be before January 1, 1122. The foreign olll.e bad promised to consider the formal ropiest of I lie American Roveriimeiit for the ret m il of Its fallen soldiers, hut later the fol- owlns; oillcial announcement was made : "It has been definitely decided that the allies who fell together for the same cause snouiu remain iokohht until circumstances penult of tin re turning of the bodies to the fiiuiillci for whom they sacrificed theinselvr.s." The proposed law forbidding tin? ex- humatlon of the soldier dead for three years did not pass at the last session of the chamber of deputies, but the foreign office expects that It will he adopted soon. French families nlso want their dead, but there are so many thousand unidentified among the dead and trans portation Is Inadequate to move the 1,500,000 bodies In the various ceme teries. The British and Kelglan gov- nunents are urging the return of their dead, but France considers It only fair to treat all countries alike. HINTS FOR POULTRY GROWERS At this season of the year fowls are likely to have colds. It Is true that the weather Is pleasant as a general rule, but that does not keep fowls from disorders more or lei annoying to them. The most common head nnd throat troubles of fowls are colds and ca tarrh. The symptoms of colds are running, dirty and stopped-up nostrils. The symptoms of catarrh are dliilcult and rapid breathing, with mouth open, and whistling or bubbling In throat due to phlegm. These troubles are most common In fall and winter, and are easily overcome. Simple colds and catarrh can be prevented by removing the above caus es and breeding constantly for health and vigor. To treat, search out and Isolate in separate quarters nil Infe-'-f-ed fowls and give stimulating food seasoned with cayenne pepper, or the following tonic: Pulverized gentian, one pound; pul verized ginger, quarter pound ; pulver ized saltpeter, quarter pound ; pulver ized Iron sulphate, quarter pound. Use two to three tablespoonfuls of the tonic to ten quarts of dry mash. Custom of Wig Wearing Was Started in France The custom of wearing a wig as a recognized part of the costume dates from the early days of the seventeenth century. It started In France when Louis XIII, being grently struck with the "long, fair locks" of the Abbe la Rlvere, attained by the simple means of a periwig, adopted the style for himself, and so set the fashion. P,v the time of Charles II the wearing of the periwig, or peruke, or perriiouo, had become general. I'opys records the fact that he paid 3 for one; hut It was not until the time of Queen Anne that periwigs, or wigs for short. .ally came Into their own. Then di.l they appear In the full j;Iory of mi ever-changing though fiist-stabillzin fashion, Source of Cryolite Cryolite a source of aluminum, used also In making soda nnd glass la nearly wholly imported from Ivlgtut, an Eskimo hamlet on the southern coast of Greenland. of (ho I'slinmloi mo " lows : , !.'.. nro.mUeS tO Ctlfoive ho mi tloiial prohibition hiw. $ HMh i of foreign li trade ,l,r,...Kh i n .Mun. department ,,f commerce, $i',:,(X. Indication t ""Hlh ...her contagious a- '!' ' ,, r ..KHcnliur... J; Mr H.-rvlce ,( the army. fua,iKm. National (hu.nl. I.V l-W1. Aviation, navy. $3- ..(. ' Im-renm.s of the nnvjr. nml ruction d miichlue.y. $IO.'.,iM"X. Increase of navy, torpedo bmit. 7.S,000, , Im-rense f Hi nnvy, riiMT "' ttrinnmeiit. $ ll. .". f, Increase, of navy, ammunition. 'j y iioiV Army and navy pension, I'.' I .'..Ootl.- Pay of letter carrier,.. 5 lrt,UM. Total for postal service, $'tl1.7l3 Total for shlpplnit board, $1 17,773,- OOl. Basel Samp'e Fair Will Have Permanent Building; America May Have Exhibit Ilasel, .Switzerland, grow toward being coiuluen lolly one of tin mod cosmopolitan cities lu th. world. Into Millions come the railway Hues from London. Purls. Uolter.luiii. IhnnbtirR. Chrlstlimla, ,Veiil.WII. Stockholm, and l'.erlln to tl oilh nod e-t ; and to the south nnd cn-t from tlnly. Po land, Austria, and the I'.nlkiin Mate. Thus linel sits eonveiiii-iitly at the c.-nter of the newly nrrsinKed commer cial map of Kiiro(n ami be IH natural market place, in may .lain this state of aft'ulrs from Ihe ht-hi-nlng of the annual sample fair at P.asvl two years ut'o. nnd the lfi ren Uig number of linos that sec I ho ad vantage of hrliiglni! ihelr nnmples hhow that the cililiatlofi liux tt more and more Important place In the husl-n.-ss life of the con'rllititlnu tuition. The state government f the ('union, thinks so well of ti e simple fair Unit some U'ikmi.iioo flams have been ex pended to erect a permanent building for It; and miirnif :i-ttir-r In Fnglnml have gone farther nnd are proJ--tlni a permanent exhibition In Hat-I of English-made Roods. Although no mention Is yet nuMf- of tlm I'ntpM States. It Is hardly likely, in (lie awak ening of Amerlinn expoiteri nt nillll-ufni-ttirers to tin- m !hi!ltle tf Eu ropium trad", that the fmitpl' fair will go on Indefinitely without an American section, j Who May Become Members of the American Legion The constitution of the American I-glon reads; All persons i-iiall bo 1-llKlblo to mi-mliershlp In thin nrnanlallnu who were In the army, navy or marine corps of the United Slates during the period between April (i, 1!M7, nnd No vember 11, lillS, both datoH Inclusive, and nil persons who were In the mili tary or navul service of any of the governments nsxociat.sl with the United States during the world war, provided that they wi re citizen of the United Slates at the time of their en listment In fiieh forelcn service, nnd nre again citizens at the time of mak ing application to become a member of tills organization, nnd providing that nny person or persons making appli cation for membership Miall prove their eligibility; that no person or persons shall be eligible to member ship who were separated from the service under terms amounting to a dishonorable discharge or who refused to perform their military duties on the ground of rnnMmflous objections or were discharged on account of being an alien, whether friendly or enemy, or ptullty of self-Inflicted wounds, and thai either or any of such cnuses Khali bar the person from the right to be come a member of this organization. Rabbit Skins Used to Imitate Almost Any Fur Rabbits, though a great agricultural misfortune to Austrnlla and New Zea land, fetch to those eoinmnnwcHlths a very considerable annual revenue from the sale of their pells. The latter furnish the bulk of (he com mercial material for felt hats and are hirgely used for fashionable rUMi There Is hardly any fur In tin; mnr ket that Is not Imitated by the nklll ful preparation of rabbit skins, the art having altnlned so high a perfection that they are mado to counterfeit even seal, otler and ermine. Winter of Starvation Now Facing People of Germany fh-riuauy faces a winter of slnrvii Hon even worse than the black winter of lim; 17. according lo government slatMIe. The decreased percenlngo of foods' nil's Is tint;! rated; Potatoes p cabbnge 11; beet fodder, 17; beets. .,1. I he prewar nog ,,ipply ws 27.000,000 and has been reduced to 7.000,000. (itllcials are pessimistic that the decreased food production has weakened German workers. Jiolllt! DORMANT SPRAYi FOR SCALE PES Insect at Ono Time Threaten' Fruit Industry of the Whole United States. LIME ANDSULPnUH CGhl Practically All of Compound Art fectlv If Applied According to of rectlon Two Spraylngi Often Ncemary, I (fly If. I HTUCKKV, llit.,r ,)f c, Kl Ktmrlmnt Mutton.) m A largo percentage of nil u,0 h orchard nnd commercial (,i-, mrij more or less Infected by m Hnn jf Willi. At ono llaui this H.tilt, orfi cued thw fruit Industry of th,. t country, put Hprnys were muni f hy which It could bo controlled. The UeorgU experiment irtntloo testis! it largo number of tlm pro; tary brand of nilitures recommn for Ibis purposo, an well tut a hijj,, of boinemnde formula. Tho wont common of the proprlc:, articles ore tho vurlouw compound llmo an1 sulphur, nnd the nnV" 4 - . - , . ' v I a.' "V. V-n w i,J v J Peach Traa Injured by San Jom I oils, frnctlrully all of tlmxe, cut by resMnsibl companies tire effe If applied according to direction out by tho manufacturer. Homcmada Mixture. One of tho common homemade 1 sulphur mixtures may ho mado bj following formula : Flowrt of sulphur t ptr. ton (un!hfd) llm. M tc- Wlf Hp Ttitf sulphur la run throtich a ; of fly ucrccii no to rid It of lum; Is then mado Into a thin soupy I by adding water alowly and Url Tho lltn la neit put In and mor t-r added, and tho mixture at:: y (.lowly, aa tho lime slakes. Foth" this, about ten gallon of watrl added and the mixture boiled fros minutes to one hour. It Is (hen c up to M gallons, with warm I and Htu-ved onto the trees warm. Spray In Dormant Seawn. Tho Sim Jose scale Is resbrtailj pprays that any pray atmns en to kill It will dostroy the folUf the trees If applied during the nam We therefore have to Kprny ar the Kan Jose scale during the don season. Where the tree arc badly laf two sprayings ahouhl bo glveD-l first, oon after the trees nre dormant by frost In the fall, and second Just before growth begin oil I i ft Um the spring. Much time and mater; saved In the spraying If tho thx pruned before tho aprnylng Is d HIGH COST OF POULTRY H Cauaa f Much VVorry to Comaa'P" Poultryman and Fancier stuo: Market Condition!. The high price of poultry fe causing uuch worry to the core' clal pouitrynjan, ami powilMy t: fancier aa well. Yet the man sells only eggs1 and birds for bre and showing purposes can nffon pay the high prices for grain t better than the one who sells tot kets only. Although eggn and po1 meat are bringing high price price of feed advances; therefo" Is necessary for one to buy fee as largo Iota aa possible tberebj ting better prices. Moreover, the' ketlng end of the business muit studied from every angle now, 1 a day or two oft and go to your t 't city. Take a aample of yourp uct along. Talk tho markets t with the best grocera in the city to the best hotels and make a cont with the man who will offer yoo best prices, everything cousin With feeds Belling nt prices lis (; are today, the poultry and ' ducer must look well Into his m"' lug In order to make ends meet. : MANURE IS FARMING FACT Thoea Who Have Thin Soils Will Good Reason for Saving AH1 Valuable Fertilizer. i In mnklng arrangements l" sl" cattle, hordes, sheep, hog E do not overlook tho fact that the nure will be a factor In farming1 year. Those who have thin l"'10 see tho reason for this sufe'es Ilnrnyard manure Is worth more; than ever before because ciops. worth more, he ea foi tic ha