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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1906)
T1" ff?J vuKmsmm" for Tfie Term ofjis Natural Life By MARCUS CLARKE CHA1TKU XIII. (Continued.! Sylvia Hashed burning red at thit In dignity. "Frightened! If there hnI been anylnHly else here but women, you never woukl have taken the brig. Frightened! Let mo pass, prlsnuer!" As Mrs. Vlckers descended the- hatch way, the Irnat with Frere and the sol diers came within tnusket-range, nnd Lesly, according to orders "red hi musket over their heads, shouting to them to lay to. lint Frere, tailing with rage nt the manner In whih the tables bad been turned on him, had determined not to resign hi lost authority without a struggle, nisn-gardlng the mimmoim, he came straight on, with hi eyes fixed on the vessel. It wa now nearly dark, and the figure on the deck were Indis tinguishable. The Indignant lieutenant couM but guess at the condition of af fair. Suddenly, from out of the dark nea. n roice hailed him. "Hold water! back water!" It cried. and was then seemingly choked In It owner's throat. The rolco wa the property of Mr. Bate. -Standing near tho lde, he had observed Hex and Fair bring up a great pig of Iron, ert used a part of the ballast of the brig, Jnd poise It on the rail. Their Intention was but too evl dent; and linnet Bate, like a faithful watehdog, barked to warn his master, ltloodthlrsty Cheshire caught him by the throat, and Frere, unheeding, ran the boat alongside, umler tho rery nose of the revengeful Hex. The mass of Iron fell half in-board upon the now stayed boat, ami gave her stcrnway, with a splintered plank. "VIIlalM:" cried Frere. "would you swamp us? What do they mean to do next" The answer came pat to the question. From the dark hull of the brig broke a flash ami a report, ami a musket ball cut tho water beside thorn with a chirping noise. Iletwcen the black Indistinct mass whlrh rrprcMvated the brig and the glim mering water was visible a white speck, which gradually seared them. "Come alongside with ye," haUed a voice, "or It will lie worse for yet" "They want to murder us," ay Frere. "Give way, men!" Hut the two soldiers, exchanging glances one with the other, pulled the boat's head round and made for the ves sel. "It's no use. Mr. Frere." aald the man nearest him. "We can do no good now, and they won't hurt us, I dare Bay." "You are In league with them!" bursts out Frere, purple with Indignation. "Do you mntlny'r" "Come, come, sir," returned the sol dier, sulkily; "this ain't the time to bully; nnd as for mutiny, why, one man's about aa good at another Just now." When they reached tho brig they found that the Jolly boat had been low ered and laid alongside. In her were eleven persons Hates, with forehead gashed and hands bound; the stunned Grimes, Ilussen and Fair pulling; Lyon, Itlley, Cheshire and Lesly with muskets, and John Hex In the stern sheets, with Dates' pistols In his trousers' belt and n loaded musket across his knees. The white object which bad been seen by the men In the whaleboat was a large white hawl which wrapped Mrs. Vlck en and Sylvia. By the direction of Ilex, the whale boat was brought alongside the jolly boat, and Cheshire and Lesly boarded her. Lesly then gave his musket to Hex, and bound Frere's hands behind him In the same manner as had been done for Hate. Frere attempted to re sist this Indignity; but Cheshire, clap ping hi musket to bis ear, swore he would blow out his brains If he uttered another syllable; and Frere; catching tho malignant eye of John Hex, remem bered how easily a twitch of the finger would pay off old scores, and was silent. "Step In here, air, if you please," said Hex, with polite Irony. "I am sorry to be compelled to tie you, but I must consult my own safoty as well aa your convenience." Frere scowled, and, step ping awkwardly Into the jolly boat, felt, l'inloned as he was, he could not rise without assistance, and Ilussen pulled lilm roughly to his feet, with a coarse laugh. In his present frame of mind, that laugh galled him worse than his bonds. Poor Mrs. Vlckers, with a woman's quick Instinct, saw this, and even amid her own trouble found leisure to console. "The wretches!" she said, under her breath, as Frere was flung down beside her, "to subject you to such Indignity!" Sylvia aald nothing and seemed to shrink from the lieutenant. "Now, my lads," says Hex, who seem ed to have endued the cast-off author ity of Frere, "we give you your choice. Btayjit Hell's Gates or come with us! I can't wait hero all night. The wind la freshening-, and we must make the bar. Which Is it to be?" "We'll go with you!" says the man who had pulled stroke In the whaleboat. Upon which utterance the convicts burst Into Joyous cries, and the pair were re ceived with much hand shaking. Then Hex, with Lyon and Ililey as a guard, got Into tho whaleboat, and hav- lug loosed the two prisoners from their bonds, ordered them to take the places of Ilussen and Fair. The whaleboat was manned by the seven mutineers, Ilex steering, Fair, Ilussen and tho two recruits pulling, the other four standlua up, with their muskets leveled at the Jolly boat. Their long alorery had be- gotten such a dread Of authority In these nen that they feared It even when It was bound and menaced by four jraus- kU. "Keep your distance!" shouted Cheshire, a Frere and Hates, In obe dience to orders, began to pull tho Jolly boat toward the shore; and In this fash Ion was tho dismal ilttlo party conveyed to tho mainland. It waa night when they reached It, but tho clear sky began to thrill with n late moon as yet unarlsen, and the waves, breaking gently upon the beach, glimmered with a radiance bom of their own motion. Frere and Hates Jumping ashore, helped out Mr. Vlckers, Syl via and the wounded Grimes. This be ing done under the niuules of tho mus ket. Hex commanded that Bates and Frere should push the Jolly boat aa far as they could from the shore, and HIley catching her by a boat hook as aha came toward them, she was taken In tow. "Now, boys," nays Cheshire, with a savage delight, "three cheers for old England and liberty!" Upon which a great shout went up, echoed by the grim hills which had wit nessed so many miseries. CHAPTER XIV. There Is no need to dwell upon the mental agonies of that miserable night. Frere had a tinder box In his pocket, and made a fire with some dry leave and stick. Grimes fell asleep, aud the two men sitting at their fire, discussed the chance of escape. A discussion had arlen among the mutineers a to the propriety of at once making nail; but Barker, who had been one of the pilot boat crew, and knew the dangers of the bar, vowed that he would not undertake to steer the briir through the Gate until morning; and so the boats being secured astern, a strict watch was et. lest the helnless Bates should attempt to rescue the vessel. During the evening a feeling of pity for the unfortunate party on the mainland took possession of them. It was quite possible that tho Osprey might be. -re-raptured. In which case five useless mur ders would have been committed. John Hex, seeing how matter were going, made haste to take to himself the credit of mercy. He ruled, and had always ruled, his ruffians. "I propose," said he, "that we divide the provisions. There are five of them and ten of us. Then nobody can blame na." This reasoning was admitted and act ed upon. There were In the harness cask about fifty pounds of salt meat, and a third of this quantity, together with half a small sack of flour, some tea and sugar mixed together In a bag, and an iron kettle and pannikin, were placed in the whaleboat. Cheshire, stumbling over a goat that had been taken on board from Philip Island, caught the creaturo by the leg and threw It Into the sea, bidding Hex take that with him also. Rex dragged the poor beast Into the boat, and with this miscellaneous cargo pushed off to the shore. The poor goat, shivering, began to bleat plteously, and the men laughed. To a stranger It would have appeared that the boat con tained a happy party of fishermen, ot coast settlers, returning with the pro ceeds of a day's marketing. Laying off as the water shallowed, Rex called to Bates to come for the cargo, and three men with muskets standing up as before, ready to resist any attempt at capture, the provis ions, go st and all, were carried ashore. "There!" says Hex, "you can't say we've used you badly, for we've divided the provisions.". The sight of this almost unexpected succor revived the courage of the five, and thoy folt grateful. Af ter the horrible anxiety they had endur ed all that night, they were prepared to look with kindly eyes upon the men "who had come to their assistance. "Men," said Bates, with something like a sob In hi voice. "I didn't expect this. You are good fellows, for there ain't much tucker aboard, I know." "Yes," affirmed Frere, "you're good fellows." Hex burst Into a savage laugh. "Shut your mouth, you tyrant," said he, forget ting his dandyism In the recollection of his former suffering. "It ain't for your benefit. You may thank the lady and child for It." Julia Vlckers hastened to propitiate the arbiter of her daughter's fate. "We are obliged toyou," she said, with a touch of quiet dignity resembling her husband's; "and If I ever get back safe ly I will take care that your kindness shall bo known." So, with cheers and waving of hand kerchiefs, the boat departed. A council of war was held, with Mr. Frere at the head of It, and the posses sions of the little party were thrown Into common stock. It was found, upon a review of their possessions that they had among them three pocket-knives, a ball of string, three pipes and a fig of tobacco, a por tion of fishing line, with hooks, and a big jackknlfe. But they saw with dis may that there was nothing which could be used axwlse among thn party. Mrs. Vlckers had her shawl, and Bates a pea jacket, but Frere and Grime were without extra clothing. Having made these arrangements, the kettle, filled with water from the spring, was slung from three green sticks over the Ore, and a pannikin of weak tea, together with a biscuit, served out to each of tho party, save Grimes, who declared himself usable to eat Break fast over, Bates made a damper, which was cooked Id tho ashes, and then an other council was held as to future habi tation. It was clearly evident that they could not sleep In the open air. It was the middle of summer, and though no annoy- an co from rain was apprehended, the hout lu tho mlddlo of the duy mum most oppressive. At u Ilttlo distance from the bench was n sandy rite, Hint led up to the face of the cliff, and on the eastern sldo of this rise grow a forest of young tree. Frere proposed to cut down these tree and make n sort of hut with them. It was soon discovered, however, that the pocket knlve were lusutllclent for this purpose, but by dint ot notching the young saplings, nnd then breaking them down, they succeeded, In a couple of hour, In collecting wood enough to roof over a spac between tho hollow rock which contained the provisions aud another rock, In shape like a hammer, which Jutted out within Ave yards of It. Mrs, Vlckers and Srlvla were to hvo this hu as a sleeping place, and Frere. and Hate, lying at thi mouth of the larder, would at once act as a guard to It ami them. Grime was to make for him self another hut where the fire had been lighted on the previous night. When they got back to dinner, Inspir ited by this resolution, they found poor Mrs. Vlckers In great alarm. Grimes, who, by ressotfof the dent In his skull, had been left behind, was walking about the sea beach, talking mysteriously, and shaking his fist at an Imaginary foe. Oil going up to him they discovered that the blow had affected his brain, for he was dsllrlous. Frere endeavored to soothe him, without effect, and. at last, by Bates' advice, the poor fellow was rolled In the ea. The cold bath quelled hU violence, and being laid beneath th shad of a rock hard by, he fell Into a condition of great muscular exhaustion, and slept. The condition of the unfortunate Grimes soon gve cause for the greatest uneasiness. From maundering foolishly, he had taken to absolute vloleuce, and had to be watched by Frere. After much muttering and groaning, the poor feltow at last dropped off to sleep, aud Frere, having assisted Bate to his sleep ing place In front of the ruck, and laid him down on a heap of green brushwood, prepared to snatch a few hours' slumber, Wearied by excitement nnd the laltor of the day, he slept heavily, but toward morning wa awakened by n strange noise. Grimes, whose delirium had apparent ly Increased, had succeeded In forcing his way through the rude fence of brush wood, and had thrown himself upon 'Bates with the ferocity of insanity. Growling to himself, he had seized the unfortunate pilot by the throat, and the pair were struggling together. Bate, weakened by the sickness that had fol lowed upon his wound In the head, was quite unable to cope with hi desperate assailant, but, calling feebly upon Frere for help, he made shift to lay hold upon the jackknlfe of which we have before spoken. rrere, starting to his feet, rushed to the assistance of the pilot, but was too late. Grimes, enraged by the sight of the knife, tore It from Bates gTssp, and, before Frere could catch his arm, plunged It twice Into the unfortu nate man's breast. "I'm a dead man!" cried Bates, faint ly. The sight of the blood, together with the exclamation of his victim, recalled Grimes to consciousness. He looked In bewilderment at the bloody weapon, and then flinging it from him, rushed away toward the sea, Into which he plunged headlong. Frere hurried to the side of Bates, and, lifting him up, strove to stanch tho blood that flowed from his chest. It would seem that he had been resting himself on his left elbow, and that Grimes, snatching the knife from his right hand, had stabbed him twice In the right breast. He was palo and sensele, and Frero feared that tho wound was mortal. Tearing off bis neck haudker chlof, he endeavored to bandage tho wound, but found that the strip of silk was InsuUlclcnt for tho purposo. The noise had roused Mr. Vlckers, who, stifling her terror, made haste to tear off a portion of her dress, and with this a bandage of aufllclent width was made. Sylvia brought some water from the spring, and Mr. Vlckers bathing Hates' head with this, he revived a little. "Don't die, Mr, Hate oh, don't die!" said Sylvia, standing, plteously, near, but afraid to touch him. "Don't leave mamma and mo alone lu this dreadful place!" Poor Bates, of course, said nothing, but Frere frowned heavily, aud Mrs. Vlckers said reprovingly, "Sylvia!" Just as If they had been In the old houso on distant Sarah Island. In the afternoon Frere went away to drag together some wood for the fire, aud when lie returned he found tho pilot near hi end. A the sun sank Bates rallied, but tho two watchers knew that It was but the final fllcksr of the expir ing candle. "He's going'" said Frere, at length, nnder his breath, as though fearful of awaking his half-slumbering soul. Mrs. Vlckers, her eye streaming with silent tears, lifted the honest head and moistened the parched lips with her soaked handkerchief. A tremor shook the once stalwart limbs, and the dying man opened his eyes. For an Instant be seemed bewildered, and then, looking from one to the other, Intelligence re turned to his glance, and It was evident that he remembered all. Ills gaze rested upon the pale face of the affrighted Syl via, and then turned to Frere. There could be no mistaking tho mute appeal of those eloqueut eye. "Yes, I'll take care of her," said Frere. Bates smiled, and then observing that the blood from his wound had stained the white shawl of Mrs. Vlckors, he mado an effort to move hi head. It was not fitting that a lady's shawl should bo stained with the blood of a poor fellow like himself, Tho fashion able fribble, with quick Instinct, under stood the gesture, and gently drew the head back upon her bosom. In the pres ence of death the woman was womanly. For a moment all was sllont, and they thought he had gone) but all at once be opened his eyes, and looked round lot the lit, (To continue!) TJlfeVfttfc" AVSA L& -rto&UW raftWVMRF RSM IV VZciV ivviiiiiu iiir cult i:iir. Tim eulf Is n stubborn Ilttlo ttiliut mid I unite memo to Ik'Iiiu tHkeii from Its mother, so Unit, otteutluict, tint problem of feeding It Is not the easiest one In the world to solus Any nrningcnieut which vlll ilo the work readily Is warranted nnd one of tho beat plans we know of run ln evuhed from the following: Keep the en If lu n pen of some kind with it solid front. Then cut n sqimre opciilng In the front run n.rjiiNu the cam. Just big enough to nvelve the feed pull. Hinge the piece Unit Is cut out to swing In. Then put chain. nHit nnd straps to tlm side of the opeiituir nnd nttncli to tho cut out xrtlou by mentis of staple. Tho etmlii must 1st Just long enough to allow the cut-out sec tion (B) to drop down level us shown In the lower part of the cut. ulthuugli the chains do not show lu this part of the Illustration. A (-lent Is unllcd on tlm outer edge of tho cut-out Jiortloii (It) nnd another on the outside of top edge of opening. The pall Is set lu Kltlou front tin? outride nnd tho dent ut tho top of opilng; nnd outer edge of cut-out ortl(ii pre cuts tho pull from being overturned or tho contents from spilling out. This plan doc nway with the nnnoyniice of tryl'nc to set n pull full (f milk over Into the (ten of n hungry calf who. In Ids hnste, tisunlly" knocks It out of tlm hands of the feeder. Cotit nme fur Vectnlilcs. No market gardener could do with out cold frames nud conduct tils bust liens profitnbly. For oxtm enrly vegv tables nud extra-late ones they nro cqunlly iicceKsiiry. Then, too, they nru such a iH'lp lit tho way of giving ninny kind of lKitlsil plants n good growth. Hut, useful ns thoy nre, cold frame nru seldom used lu prhutc gardens, ex cept of tho rich. Yet they uro not ex; pensive nud are very easy to make. Tliu best place for n cold frame Is on tho south sldo of u hill. Then, pro tected from the cold north winds, the pin nts get tho full bent of tho sun mid nmko great growth long lMforo It In nt nil pofcslblo to grow them In tho open. To miiko n cheap odd frame nil Hint In needed nro n few Ismrds, nnd, .In tlm absence of snsh, n fnfino covered with well-oiled: cotton cloth. This pro tect from ruin nnd from tuodornto iuuai, I'lju-K run coiji nunr.H. Kxtremo cold would liuva to Ihi shut out by covering with cnriKit, nil old blanket or hay, straw or nny other light material that makes good rover. The sun docs not shlno with full force through tho cloth, but gives heat enough for most plants. In the Illus tration, tho cold friimo of Professor It. L. Watts Is an Ideal place to force n rapid growth. tiood Chicken Food Mixture. A good chicken food mlxturu Is com posed of tho following; Six iKuiudH of cracked wheat, two pounds of crack ed corn (duo), one pound of rolled outs or pln-liend oatiiioal, one. pound of millet (scud, oiio-hnlf pound of broken rlco, two iMjuuda of Duo granulated beef scrap, ono-lmlf pound of granulated bono and nix pounds of pearl grit Sheep will eat brush aud wceda when Uiey can got no better rough age, and when thoy acquire this; habit the persist la 1 And do well. ti ; y s e '-v- ill llimn (In Acii-iim1. I'limi labor I grow Inn sniner wirh Ji'itr, It Is iilniiMt luipiHbln to keep tho Ihis on the farm nnd equally lin nsllilo to obtain labor from tint i-itlei that Is of any use on the farm. Soiun of tho KMir ineii lu the great ellliM would ho Infinitely better off III tho country wheio they anil their children might km In henltli nnd vigor, but It Is next to liuiHisslble to keep thetii on tint farm eeu If one get them there, for they prefer the rrowded tenements to the little eottngo lu tint country. Hiery employing farmer will testify Hint this Is the truth. The nlterunllvo then mvin to U a reduction of neieiiKO nnd inure euro and fertiliser given to the portion rtilthnted: lu other words, hkh,'ImI crops mill Intensive culture. Poultry raising offer nun nvenuo of esenM from the nolalxir question, up to n certain limit. Sumll fruit culture mint her In section where women nnd children may tm had to pick the fruit. After these one must get down to the growing of cnw which ho cnii handle by himself, ntiulug to get quality nnd quantity from a small urea, lu nonm sections funncr nro combining nnd, under an ngrwiuciil, nre turning cer tain portions of their farm into croM lst milted to them, bay when nm ble, nnd each help the other during lutrtcst, the NrliNl when the luck of help Is most felt, lsik Into the qtles tloli of reducing the nron seriously: It Is worth considering tuiforo giving up farming as uuiiiy nre doing early. I'rlBff Vrnrlhitf Mrrllut llm. This yenrlng .Merino rum, owned by I'rlnli Cook of Union County, Ohio, won first prUo nt the Indiana Htiite Fair, nnd ulwi nt tho ttktt Illinois Ktnto Fair. Ills dam wits first prUo nnd champion winner nt Home of the lend ing fairs In the country, nud Ills ln produced ninny noted ranis, a tiumUr of which vvero sold In Koutli Afrit At the time tilts picture was taken the rum wns a little titer 'JO mouth old nud his weight wns l.V) pounds. He wns fed n mixed ration of cum. onts nnd bran once or twltv n day nnd run tkaiiu.no uriu.fo HAM, on bluegrnss pasture In tlm summer nnd plenty of good cloier buy lit tho winter, and wns housed from storms. I'UMipUliia In Ilia Corn. Tliosu who liuo stock on the farm, cows, sheep, swine or )ultry, will find tho old-tluiu plan of planting pumpkin seeds among tlm corn n good out) to hold on to, provided they will ban est tho pumpkins carefully, stnto them ns carefully nud feed them to tho stock during the winter. Pumpkins nro read ily kept through tho winter, nnd by watching them carefully nnd using tho lceked oiiun first, they will go through tho, winter mid supply tho slock with n much needed variety. They win Is fed to advantage to nil of the stock named, only being careful In feeding to poul try to chop tho pieces finely after re moving tho skin. Thn pieces seem to Ih particularly enjoyed by tho fowls when mixed with meat wraps, nud the whole mixed with bran mid moistened with skimmed milk fed qultu wiirai. HtilMllnilrr linn on NUIita, A Minnesota farmer writes; Farm ers on tho Minnesota shin In the I ted River Vnlloy tried n new sehemo lu harvesting grain Inst sensou. llxces slvo rains Just Ix'foro nud during the harvest season so flooded tho grain fields that it wns luisNslhlo to gut Into them with tho binder on wheels. Tho grain stood up all right, ns It does lit ttmt country, but thu ground was too soft to enable tho binder to do Its work, Somo genius conceived tho Idea of putting tho binder on skids, putting on horses enough to pull It through sled fashion, meanwhile, running thu binding machinery with n sumll gaso line engine A largo ncrcago of grain wnH cut In this wuy and wived which would otlicrwlHo huvo been a total loss. 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