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CHAPTER XIX.
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Laying the Trap.
Our first job was executed much
more eoslly than I had anticipated.
We caught Manuel sound asleep, and
LeVere had sinewy hands at his throat
before the fellow could grasp n
weapon. The narrowness of the state
room prevented my taking much part
In the nftalr, but the mulatto needed
no help, as he dragged the cursing
Spaniard from his bunk to the deck
and throttled him savagely. , Indeed
he would have killed the fellow had
I not Interfered and twisted his hands
loose, leaving Estevan barely con
scious. A blunket ripped into strips
served to blud him securely enough
for the present, but I thought it best
to lock the door, nnd keep the key in
my own pocket. LeVere would have
knifed him even as he lay there help
less, but for my threat and Insistence.
Once back In the cabin my eyes dis
tinguished the frightened face of the
steward peering forth at us from out
the dark of the passage leading for
ward. C
"Come here, Gunsaules," I said
sternly. "Step lively, lad ; there's noth
ing for you to fear. Senor Estada has
been killed during the night, and we
have Just captured his murderer," I
explained. "There Is reason to believe
this act was part of a conspiracy to
seize the ship in connection with those
fellows amidships. Does that passage
lead to their quarters?"
"It did once, senor, but now there is
a closed door of oak, studded with
Iron, not only locked, .but barred on
this side. There are but two keys
one for the captain and the other for
him who commands the buccaneers."
I stood there a moment, considering
this Information. The only way the
mutineers could reach the cabin then
would be from the deck, descending
through the companion. So long as
they remained unaware of the capture
of Manuel there was little danger of
their taking such action.
"Very well, steward," I said. "You
go on about your work as though noth
lug had happened. If uny word of this
affair gets to the crew, or to those fel
lows 1UI WUI U, 1 IX I1UIU JUU C'OllUilSI-
ble. You are not to leave this cabin
without my permission, nor speuk to
unyone. LeVere."
The mulatto faced me respectfully
enough, and I had a feeling he would
obey orders, largely because lie dare
not rebel. "' ,
"They will be wondering why you
are not on deck. It will be better for
you to take charge of the watch at
once, and keep the men busy. Helieve
Wntklus at the wheel and send the
man down to me. lie can choose the
fellows who will stick better than you
could, and then can circulate among
them without urouslng suspicion."
Watklns soon shutlled down the
steps, lie whipped off his cap and
stood waiting.
. I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Tom," I said soberly, "we are in the
same bout, and understand each other.
The chance has come for both of us, If
we piny the cards right. Listen while
I tell you the situation, and what I
plan doing."
I told It briefly, wasting no words,
yet relating every fact, lie listened
eagerly, but without Interruption un
til the end.
"What do you mnke of It?" I asked.
"About what you do, sir. I knew
there was something of the kind going
on some of the men forwnrd are In
on It. You've got the ring-leader."
"Manuel, you mean. Who did he
count on for help In the forecastle?"
"Cochose, and a handful of others,
niggers and Spaniards, mostly. They
. mount to pull the affair off either to
day or tonight. Your plan gives us a
fair chance, sir. A dozen good men on
deck might do the business."
"l!ut are there a dozen aboard to
be trusted?''
"Well, yes sir. I rather think there
nre. I'd say that In both watches
here'niaybB fourteen to be relied
on."
"In my watch there's Jones, liar
wood and Slmms, either English or
Welsh. They're all right. Then there's
n nigger named Sam; Schmilt, a
Dutchman, with his partner, whose
unmo I duu't know, nnd two Fronchlos,
ltavel and Tlerre. That makes eight,
nine counting myself. Then In the
starboard watch I'd pick wit Jim Car
ter nnd Joo Cole, two Swedes, Carl
son and Ole Ilnllin, and another nig
ger. Then there are a couple of Finns
who ought to be with us, but I can't
talk their lingo. That would give us
sixteen out of thirty, und It's quite
likely some of the others would take a
hand with us, If they thought It was
safe. I hnuMi't any use though, sir,
for Francois LeVcro. There ain't a
worse scnmp aboard."
'I know that," I admitted, "but he
had to be used."
"And what Is my part now?"
"This Is my watch below, and It will
be best for me to keep off the deck
until nil Is prepared. You sound these
men and get them together; wake up
the oneg In tho starboard wnloh yon
feel ure are all right, and have them
allp quietly ou deck. Then we'll get
By RANDALL PARRISH
CuLyyiitiiil, by A. C. AiuClui't; & Cu.
(liese arms in the rack here, and be
ready for business the rest will be
done in a hurry. I'll wait here for
your report."
At the very best Watklns could
scarcely perform the task assigned
him In less than an hour. The success
or' failure of our effort depended en
tirely upon taking these fellows by
complete surprise. If it came to an
open fight our cause was hopeless, for
thiit would mean fourteen or fifteen
men unarmed, pitted against over a
hundred thoroughly equipped and
trained fighters. Only by confining
them below, with hatches battened
clown, and a carronade trained upon
them, would we be safe.
I sat where I-conld watch the stairs,
nlid the entire forward part of the
cabin. Gunsaules lowered the table,
and begun preparing the morning
meal. Finally he announced break
fust. "Suppose you rap on the lady's door
yonder, and ask If she will join me.
Say your message is from Senor
Gates."
She came at once and seated herself
opposite me, and we spoke of the
weather while Gunsaules served. He
was still hovering about, but my nnx
lety to have a word with her alone
caused me to send him to attend Cap
tain Sanchez. We waited until he dis
appeared within the after stateroom,
bearing a tray ; then her eyea sudden
ly lifted to mine, filled with question
ing. "Tell me what has happened?" She
breathed eagerly. "I heard the noise
of a struggle out here, and voices con
versing. Why are you alone?" .
I leaned over to speak in as low a
tone as possible. And I told her the
situation in detail and my plans.
She sat silently gazing at me across
the table, her parted lips trembling to
"Tell Me What Has Happened."
an unasked question. Before she could
frame this In words, the door to the
companion opened, and Watklns (to
seeuded the stairs. At sight of her he
whipped off his cap.
"You may speak freely," I said,
"This Is the young lady I told you
about, nnd of course she Is with us.
Only talk low."
"Yes, sir," using a hoarse whisper,
and fastening his guze on me. "It's all
right, sir."
CHAPTER XX.
The Deck U Ours.
I had the next step carefully out
lined In my own mind, and yet I hesl
tated n moment, glancing Into the two
faces before me, with a sudden reali
zation of what the contemplated ac
tion would mean to all of us, If by any
chance it should fail of success. I
managed to speak cheerfully, putting
a ring of conQdence Into my voice.
"Then the sooner we act the better,
Wutkins, have LeVere order these men
aft Let him say that Senor Estada
wishes them to break out some stores
In the lazaret. They need be here only
long enough for us to distribute these
arms among them, and for me to speak
a word of Instruction to them."
"But have I no part? Is there no
way In which I can help?" asked the
girl.
"You have your pistol? Then re
main here. I shall have to go ou deck
with the men, and will not dare leave
them a moment until the ship Is ab
solutely secure, Manuel Is locked in
that stateroom, but must not be com
municated with by anyone. It will be
your part to gee that Gunsaules
neither enters that passage lending
amidships, nor approaches this door,
Keep him In sight. You will save us
a man. Wait here now until I see how
securely this passage forward Is
closed." Q
It was as described to me-a heavy
oaken door, nail gtudded, not only
locked, but held firmly hi place by a
stout Iron bar. There wus not the
Jut
faintest possibility of any entrance
aft, except through assistance from
this side. As I returned to the cabin,
Gunsaules came out of the captain's
room and crossed the deck. At sight
ofjne he stopped Instantly.
"Gunsaules," I said, "you are to re
main In this cabin until I give the
word. The lady here has a pistol, and
orders to shoot If you attempt to
either enter tills passage, or approach
the door of Manuel's stateroom, How
did you find Sanchez?"
'Sitting up in his bunk, senor, and
able, to eat."
"Does he know what Is occurring on
board?"
"No, senor. He questioned me, but
I only told him evetything was all
right, so far."
In my heart I believed the fellow
deliberately lied, but there was no op
portunity to question him further, for
at that moment the door of the com
panion opened and a miscellaneous
group of men thronged down the
stairs. They were a rough hairy lot,
here and there a sturdy English coun
tenance meeting my gaze, but the
faces were largely foreign, with those
of two negroes. conspicuous.-
'Twelve here, sir; I couldn't, get
Hnrwood down from the foretop," said
Watklns.
"And there are others below who
will join us?"
"Yes, sir; six more I count on."
"Which means lads, that with Har-
wood, Senor LeVere, and myself, we'll
total twenty-one in tills shindy. Now
I'll tell you what is up. Watklns gave
you some of it no doubt, but a word
from me will make it clearer. I'm no
pirate; I'm an English sailor, shang
hled. Estada named me first ofilcer
because I understand navigation."
I stopped speaking, staring at one
of the faces before me ; all at once it
appeored familiar. "What is your
name, my man?" V
"Jim Carter, sir."
"You were on the Slnbad, three
years a?o?" ,
"I was that, Mister Carlyle," he an
swered grinning. "I know'd you the
minute I cum down yere."
"Then that Is all I need say on that
line. Here's one of your mates, lads,
who will vouch for me. Now, as I've
been told, you are all of you in the
same boat you are prisoners on
board. Luck has given us a chance to
make a break, and get away. Captain
Sanchez Is wounded and helpless.
Pedro Estada is dead, and I've got
Manuel locked In that stateroom. His
cut-throats are all below, and now all
we've got to do is clap on the hatch
and keep them there. Now, what I
want to know Is are you fellows with
me?"
Watklns answered up promptly;
then Curterthe others joining In with
less heartiness, the different accents
revealing their nationalities. I knew
sailors well enough to feel assured
they would follow their leaders once
the game started.
"That's good enough ; now we've got
to hit hard and quick, lads. There nre
six men on deck who are not with us.
Watklns will take care of them with
those fellows I don't assign to other
work. Jones, you find Carter make
straight for the forecastle aud don't
let anyone come up the scuttle. One
of you had better drop down below,
and prevent any of those lads from
unbarring the door leading amidships.
Who is the best for that job?"
"Let Carlson do it."
"All right Carlson it is then. You
Frenchmen, and the two negroes, your
part will be to ship the main hatch.
Do a quick Job, and clamp it down
tight."
"I'll come down to you Carlson, as
soon as we have the deck. It ought
not to take more than five minutes to
handle those lads, and slew around a
carronade. Watklns, you and Carter
hand out the cutlasses from the rack ;
you boys will handle those better than
firearms. Good; now are you all
ready?"
There was a low murmur of voices,
the faces watching me showing their
increasing excitement and eagerness.
Our little talk had served to urouse
their confidence In my leadership, and
with gleaming weapons In their hands
they became self-reliant volunteers.
Once turned loose my greatest diffi
culty might be to restrain them, rather
than urge them ou. Revenge for past
w rongs was iu each heart, and they
welcomed a chance to strike.
I whispered a parting word of ad
monition Into the ear of Dorothy, re
ceiving In return a glance from her
eyes, which gave a new throb to my
heart; then straightened up, and pis
tol In hand, pushed my way through
the throng of sailors to the foot of the
stairs.
"Follow me, lads," I said quietly.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Celtic Isle.
The smallest dependency of France
is the lie d'lloedle, situated at the east
of Belle isle. Its population Is 238.
The people do not speak French, but
Celtic. Fishing is the principal Indus
try, and all the Inhabitants are pro
vided with food at an Inn managed by
the women. Tbe town has no street.
The houses are mostly of mud. O
Government Attempts to Avert
Coal Famine.
PRIORITY LIST MADE
Control of Distribution by Retail Deal
ers May Be Awarded to State
Officials Crisis Near.
Washington, D. , C. War-time re
strictions on the nation's use of coal,
more stringent than those applied dur
ing the war, were ordered into effect
Monday to stave off a fuel famine.
Moved by reports of diminishing coal
stocks and growing danger of distress
In numerous sections, the government
sought no compromise with striking
mineworkers, whose walkout forced
the emergency, but asked for national
determination to endure privation and
discomfort until coal mining was re
sumed on its terms.
Fuel Administrator Garfield, acting
in conjunction with the railroad admin
istration, gave notice that hereafter
only the essential consumers included
in the first five classes of the war
priorities list would be supplied with
coal, and asked the help of all state
and municipal authorities to make ra
tioning effective. 1
The order, which made national
those restrictions already put into local
effect by regional coal committees,
where the pinch of fuel shortage has
been felt, cut off supplies from all but
transportation agencies, which In
cludes inland and coastwise shipping
as well as railroads; federal and local
governmental institutions, including
concerns working on government con
tracts; public utilities, including news
papers and retail dealers. Railroad
administration officials conceded that
it meant widespread cessation of in
dustrial operations, only justified by
the gravity of the situation.
"It Is necessary that coal shall be
used only for essential purposes," Dr.
Garfield said in giving public notifica
tion of the step. "Public utilities con
suming coal should discontinue to fur
nish power, heat and light to non-es
sential industries and should consume
only sufficient coal to produce enough
light, power and heat to meet the ac
tual urgent needs of the people. Ad
vertising Bigns and displays of vari
ous kinds necessitating the use of coal
should be curtailed and no coal should
be distributed for such purposes."
Officials said that the terms of the
order as given were framed to allow
the greatest possible variation in local
arrangements, so that emergencies
could be met by action best suited to
that result. Industrial establishments
operating their own power plants will
be forced to shut down when present
supplies are exhausted, while the op
erations of those whose power is sup
plied from public utility plants will be
curtailed or continued in the discre
tion of local agencies and officials.
Dr. Garfield noted further that the
government would be glad to leave
supervision and control of distribu
tion by retail dealers entirely "to any
state, county or municipality which
may make provision therefor."
Congress Opens Session,
But Little Is Accomplished
Washington, D. C. Washington
looked on Monday at one of the quiet
est and most uneventful opening days
of congress in history. Perhaps fa
tigued by the long strain over the
peace treaty, which was laid aside only
ten days ago, but 55 senators appeared
to answer to rollcall.
This was in distinct contrast to the
last week of the old session, when the
complete vote of the senate was cast
on several of the peace treaty votes
for the first time in almost a quarter
of a century.
There was an absence of all of that
hurry and bustle .which usually marks
an opening day, because another prec
edent was broken in the failure of the
executive departments, through the
secretary of the treasury, to have their
estimates of expenses for the fiscal
year ready to submit when congress
met These came out later in the af
ternoon, however.
Data on Siberia Asked.
Washington, D. C. Information as
to how long American soldiers are to
be kept In Siberia was sought of tho
state department Monday in a resolu
tion by Representative Rhodes, repub
lican, Missouri.
It asked also if Japan had defined
its Siberian policy and for the strength
of British, French, Italian and Japan
ese forcea in Siberia and whether any
draftees are among the American
troops there.
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THE FLAVOR LASTS
SO DOES THE PRICE!
Hurrah! How's This
Cincinnati authority says corns
dry up and lift out
with fingers.
Ouch ! ? I T ! ! This kind of rough
talk will be heard less here in town if
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that a few drops
of a drug called freezone when applied
to a tender, aching corn or hardened
callous stops soreness at once, and
soon the corn or callous dries up and
lifts right off without pain.
He says freezone dries Immediately
and never Inflames or even Irritates
the surrounding skin. A small bottle
of freezono will cost very little at any
drug store, but will positively remove
every hard or soft corn or callous
from one's feet. Millions of America's
women will welcome this announce
ment since the inauguration of the
high heels. If your druggist doesn't
have freezone tell him to order a small
bottle Tor you. Adv.
Sensible.
Japanese girl babies have their
heads shaved until they are three
years old.
Not Right Kind of Laughter.
One is tempted sometimes to laugh
at another's mishap or disappointment,
but the laughter that leaves a sting in
someone's heart is not the sort of
laughter that helps anyone.
Preventive for Cold Feet.
A recent patent covers a shoe to cure
cold feet, a heated plate being insert
ed and the heat being retained by the
close-fitting construction of the shoe
ankle.
Largest Custom House.
New York has the largest custom
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they Tire, Smart, ltch,or
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At all Druggists, Write for Free Eye Book.
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We took our 3-year-old son to a
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The Delaware Indians made salt
from brine Bprings in New York state
and sold it to settlers as early as 1670,
making probably the first commercial
production of salt in this country. The
manufacture of salt by white people
iu the United States was begun near
Syracuse, N. Y., about 1783. Salt is
the most commonly used mineral in
the world, and no useful mineral ex
cept coal, perhaps, occurs In greater
abundance or is more widely distrib
uted In the United States.
Wesleyan college at Macon, Ga., was
founded in 1836, and is therefore older
than Elmyra college, chartered In 1852.
It is the oldest woman's college in the
United States.
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