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The pirate of k lastair RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND Author of Th Count at Harvard," etc. Copyright, 1003, br J. 0. Llpplncott Company. All rlihts reserved. a o o m o m o, CHAPTER XIV (Continuum Duponeeau and I lifted the chest be tween ti, and as silently a we had en tered the woods our party of four with drew from them. When we rata to the edge we halted, and after a few whls leml word turned toward the shelter of the ctlff. We were oaie quarter down It when from the pines at our hack came a loud halloo. Almost elmnltineously a man sprang out of the shadows before us, and allied "StopI" -Itunr ulil Rodney, and. Hie a foot ball player, tanged, lantern and all, straight at the man's knee. The two went down In a heap, and the man' re volver went off without harm. "Rnn, Mr. Kelt I" cried Chatlr. and I aw him Jump at the etruggllng men and pull Isllp free. Duponeeau and I ran. raring nothing for shelter now, but nuking straight for the Khlp. The enemy mast hav num bered half a doxen. There were cries be hind us and a bullet whlsxed Into the cliff on our left. Another shout, and we knew they were In full pursuit, with Itodney and Charles acting as our rear guard. hucklly the chest wax not bear?, and when we came to ih rocks we could scramble over them without delay. Into the water we plungod, and, reaching the side of the Ship, beared the chest on ' board. Then we 'scrambled np, dripping and we pulled our rear-guard orer the aide. Another splash, and I fired straight down Into the water. At the shot the enemy retreated, and. cursing, took him self back to the rocks where his friends stood, a mark against the sky. "Well get that pirate V one of the men called. There was sllmce on the Ship. More threats and curse followed, and then the enemy retired, promising to rout as out next day. Itodney 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 DopouceauT" "Here!" We turned and saw our gen tleman adrenturer sitting on the chest. Ilodnej burst Into a taupeb. To think that not one of tbem knew what It was yon two carried ! They must bare thought that we were foraging for food." W bad 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 chest below and placed It Inside of that other brass-bound box that had waited so long for a new treasure, I was sure that Rod saey was eager for a look at the Inside of Duponeeau' box, and, to tell the troth, 1 also was hoping for a peep at It, but Duponeeau preferred to keep Its secret entirely to himself. lie was communlca tire only to a certain point; beyond that lie was a Tery sphinx, and la some way the facts be told us seemed to enwrap him In more mystery. I went up on deck, where Charles was pacing steadfty bark and forth. "You sated Mr. Isllp from a rery bad position. Charles," I said. "How did you manage to quiet that fellow so soonf "With an upper-cut I learned In the old country, sir. I left him fast asleep. He'd been prowling round the kitchen, lr, and making hlmelf generally disa greeable, and I was glad to settle the core." "I I'm. so we left one trussed like a pig In the woods, and another asleep on the beach. This begins to look serious." "Tea. Mr. Felix,: that'a what I've been saying to myself for the last balf-hour." - We spent tbat night in a state or. sup pressed excitement that Is, all of us ex cept Duponeeau, who seemed to regard a trial by bullets ai nothing out of the us ual. CHAITKR XV. I watched the east turn opalescent with the coming sun, and the sea pass through the pale, translucent colors of Jhe shells beneath its surface, delicate reds and blue and the Infinitely soft mother-of-pearl. Then the burs deepened, and the sun, not yet too bold for the eye, rose like the center of a gorgeous flower. The sea world was bis, and through and over the vast spare of It glittered his tiny mes sages of Hiring flame. They came even to the side of the Bhip and shivered them aelres radiantly against Its old, gray green, sea-worn boards. I bad the world to myself, the sen and Its dancing colors, the Hhlp and It early morning memories. That owe and ven eration which steals orer the watriier of dawn as though witness to a birth both Dhvslcnl and spiritual stole over me, and I wondered bow often In the ages pat solitary watchers bad marvelled irora this deck. IJfe was new and strange and sweet, and aa boundless as the ocean be fore me. I uisae back to reality, and wondered iiow It waa that I, who only a week be fore had been busied with taf manuscript In the study of my cottage, should now be facing a life as strange an It was dar ing. Man cannot live a life to himself alone, occurred to me, and I thought that he would, not even If ha could. The or dinary, normal course no longer appealed ta aia, 1 cared not f, sir onnonents war e J 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 so bad when It gave one the mm and the sky and the fellowship of men. Duponeeau stood beside me, his face se rene, delight In the frvwh day mirrored In his ejta. "Why will men fight and prey on each otherr" he aked wonderlngly. "Yoa should know." I answered. "Yes." said be; "I should, and I do. I'topU has not come, and meanwhile wa each covet what others have and we have not. Those men yonder merely represent powers that want to do what I hare done." Oniric and Rodney came on deck, and we breakfted on what was still left of our provisions a scanty More., thst stood In Immediate need of replenishing. Then we held n council of war. "If they are wise." said Rodney. "they'll settle down to besiege us They could starve ui out of here la forty-eight hour. I've an Idea, however, that they're afraid to do thit for fear of legal conse quences. I lake It this Is a purely per sonal fight" I had the same thoughts; some French enemies of Duponcrau's were trying to kidnap him, had been my conclusion. "look !" Duponeeau was standing, and we followed bis gaie and saw sail-boat my sailboat round tbe cliff to the west and lie to In the open sea. "Not that way," he said : "there'll be no more swim ming done. They're going to guanl us from the ocean." Then Rodney spoke up. "Perhaps 1 can get arrets the beach to the cottage and bring some of the tinned meats back." "Unless they have confiscated my house as well as my !oat." I suggested. "How ever, It's worth a try. Charles stays on guard, and I go with you." Ho. a little later, the two of lit, 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 ami the house. Carefully we stole over the rocks and. separating slightly, so that each might be unhampered by the other, advanced west ward. I bad an Impression of what It roust be to march across a desert In the face of an unseen foe. Only, we did not hare the protection of the desert, for tbem were dune above us on the right. We had gone perhaps half-way when the silence rang with a shot. A little furrow blew up In the sand before me.' and I saw a light rtoud of smoge steal away from the dunes. An Instant's si lence, another report, and a furrow was ploughed in the sand ten yards to the rear. We were hemmed In by an unseen ring. We fared to the dime, 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 tbem sing. Rodney could stand It no longer. "Come out and show yourselves like men I" be cried, his voice high-pitched and straining. An Instant'a pause, and then two men leaped forward. I slip's pistol cracked, then another roan Joined the two, and as by Instinct we separated. Then began a running fire while we heat a retreat. J kept close as I could to tbe water, emptying my revolver' In such a way as to retard tbe enemy with out wounding thems 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 tbey advanced, and It waa only by taking full speed to my heels and making for the rocks that I won a temporary respite. Tbe enemy stopped, and now we could pepper tbem, shooting to right and left aa fast as we loaded. I glanced backward, and saw the sail loat rnr close mueh closer than I liked. "They're going to board the Ship!" I cried, and splashed Into tbe water. I tumbled up the side and made for the farther bulwark, railing to Duponeeau and Charles to stir themselves, As I did so two men 'came scrambling over the outer rocks 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 ft moment unprotected, and tbat Instant a bullet took him In the arm and I heard him give a cry of pain. "It'a nothing a scratch on the flesh," be muttered a he croucned. The two men were climbing the sea ward side, I waited, and aa the first reared above me I waa on him and with all the force In iny body hurled htm back, so tbat be lost his hold and fell splashing. The other was balancing, had one foot over, had sprung, when Duponeeau and Charles seltrd him, and ha went, leg swinging In a circle, beside his fellow In the sea. We crouched, for tbe man In the boat was firing, Tb two below scrambled out of the waves and scurried bock to the sl!-Nrt, Then Rodney an I Dupon-1 trail srpi in.ii sue oi urn amp, mine Charles nnd I watched lite other. There were n few more scattering shots, then the enemy made oX. In time we left Charles on guard and went down to the cabin, while Dupon cmu examined and haudigcd Rodney's arm. Rodney waa right : It was merely a flesh-wound lu his fore-arm, but, slight as It was it seemed to turn him Into our hero. It waa the first blood of the war. When the wound was attended to wa went on ilivk. alt of us auuhrr with ex citement, and there we four sat, each with a pistol In his hand, and warm blood tailing In his reins. Noon came, and we lunched on scraps ami tried to make out nit smoking many pipeful of tobacco. The sun slowly rrowd the western heavens and com menced to drop, Suddenly I discovered that I was parched with thirst. "'Water, water everywhere, and not ft drop tu drink.' There's no use disguis ing It any longer; we'll b caught here like nits In a trns" I atld. "We'd better get away before we fall to eating home leather." "I have plenty of water and food In my house. It'll stain) a good long siege. If any of those ratmls are living In It, I'd like to turn them out. What do you Mjrr "It sounds pretty good to me," assented Rodney. Duixmreau nodded, and m It was ar ranged that we should leave the Ship. There were no two wnys about It, to go or stay and be starns) Into surrender. CHAITKR XVI. Our change of base was to be made after sunset, between those hours when the darkness should flrst steal across the beach, and those when our enemy might expect that we would venture forth under the shad of night. We decided to leave Duponcrau's chest where It was for the present. In the belief that the enemy' would Instantly turn their attention to my cottage, and that the box would be safest In some such pbiee as that desert rd cabin. With night-fall we prepared, glad to N about something after eight hours of patient watching. We were to go In single file. I first. Rodney next, his wounded arm In a sling, then Duponreau, nnd finally Charles, with some little space between us. We cleaned and loaded our revolvers, and a tout 8 o'clock, when we could no longer ere tbe sail-boat standing out against us I bade good-by to the Ship, slid over the side luto the water, crossed through It. ami crept over Ih rocks I turned tnd signalled to Rodney that the coast was dear, and saw him lower himself by one arm ami find a foot ing. Then, with a silent pra)er that no stray bullet might lodge In one of us lie fore we rwched cover. I stepped gingerly on to the beach. You have seen pictures of African warriors stealing tlp-tn through the jungle, their whole bodies alert for any noise. So I went, my sens of hearing abnormally acute, my eyes straining Into the twilight for peril. I could neither run nor stop, but stepped on with tbe precision of an automaton, hott ing that In time the stretch of sand would have slipped past beneath ray feet and I come to the refuge of the dunes. I did not look bark, but knew that three other men were tlp-toelng as silently be- ninu roe. seen as w.s i m oiras lu. ukl: tla:::l'l. ;: ob of the ebb and flow of the tide and the soft, slurring rattle of the wster as It slipped back over a stretch of stones. I neared the cottage, had gone one-uair. two-thirds, three-fourths, of tbe way, and then of a sudden a screaming gull whlr - led above mr head, and. without thought save that I must tirraa inn tension, i iui forth full running for tbe house. I rared over th hard 'sand, over the soft eind, and when I rame to my cottage fell pant ing In the wide arms o( the dunes quiv ering, breathless A moment later th three others had fallen near me. and we all lay there like so many bags of meal, "That's panic!" said Rodney. "I know now how It come without any cause." After a time Charles rose nnd stole to the kitchen-window. He looked In and shook his head. Then he disappeared around the other side. "Nobody therr," be presently reported. I looked at my p!tol and led the woy. Tbe front door was njar, and without any more ado I entered my house on tip-toe, keen-eyed a a rat. The other followed, and Charles closed the door and bolted It. I went Into the kitchen, found It also tmpty, and secured lluit entrance! then, with the same care, we four filed up the stairs and Into my study. A man sat In my Morris-chair, smoking my meerschaum ....1 l.lsr aseltti trSat ri ViiVsvP (111 be looked up "Hello I" said he. "Never mind the gun. I'm alone In the house, and my gun's not In shooting order." "Huppose I see. sir." said Charles, and a moment later he found a revolver la the man's hln-pocket and appropriated It. "Well." I demanded, "what have you to say to breaking Into a man's house In his absence' The otheryou could see he had a sense of humor from the wry smile he made leaned back and corked his eye at me. "I heard you'd gone to sea," he an swered, "and wouldn't be coming back soon." "Ah, that's where I have tbe advantag of you, and a very considerable advan tage. What I want Is the Frenchman over there." He looked pat m at Du poneeau. "I com In for gold when I cap ture him." signaled to Charles, and In a trice he bad bent the man's arm tight around the back of the chair, I found a rope and tied him there fast. We bound tils mouth securely, so that even hi wry smile dis appeared, and then left him. (To be continued.) If you can not drive an ox, drive donkey. SpanUb, eeewsevw St est Ilrtrlaerstnr. The accompanying Illustration .how the plan of refrigerator with meal chamber attached, tho accompanying Illustration Is given. Provision must urmaciuTok with mkat ciumrm. be made for the circulation of air o that It will not become stagnant at any point and by coming In frequent touch with the Ice will be kept cool. The relative sixes and position of the Ice chamber and refrigerator are shown and these can be made larger or smaller In proportion to meet the requirements. Keeplnsr (he Wheat Pure, One of the most Important factors m growing Improved wheit for seed Is to keep the wheat pure. Many farmer are careless on this point, often planting new seed on old wheat FORMS --!iL'JX Fig. I, The form of a horse' foot deter mines the peculiarities of tbe (hoe ,,., . ,,,., ,,,,,, , ,, vt.aln the r.t from th, . the nKau tlon I that shown In figure 4, In which the weight will be borne to best advantage. looking from the front the regular form I that shown In figure 1, the wide toe being Indicated t,r figure J. nnd the narrow toe by , !-, s with the. reamlar or normal shape the weight fall near the con' ter of the hoof, and Is evenly dis tributed over the whole bottom of tbe hoof. The toe point straight for ward and when the horse I moving; forward In a straight line .the hoof are picked up and carried forward In a lino parallel to the middle line of the body. A pair of hoof of the form shown In figure 2 allow tbe Fig. . Regular ground, thu allowing It to become mixed with volunteer wjioat the flrt year. Thl mixing of varieties cause wheat to detrlorato In ylold and qual- jy. When wheat I grown for seed . it ghould lie on clean land, which I free from volunteer wheat nnd from other volunteer grain, rye bring opo dully objectionable. Cnro mut bo taken In harvostlng and throttling the seed wheat to keep It from becoming mixed with other varieties of whoat Again, In order to maintain tho qual ity nnd yield of wheat It I necessary to maintain the fertility of tho anil end tn glvo tho Innd good culture Farm era' Mnll and Ilrctxo. To Destroy Wonileliueha. A I'cnnsylvnnln former glvo thl experience with woodohuok (ground hogs): He had sat several hundred early cabbages, and In going through his patch early one morning he found several plant mlsulng, Ho found the woodchuck' hole under the wnll In fact, eoYoral holes near his cahbago field. He armed hltmelf with several steel trani and used all hi cunning I In setting them In the burrows of the irmn n CRT ! -swry:; i .BSEi' ' - a--- 3'ir --. woodchuck. but after mrral morn. Ing of patient waiting, capture by Imp proved unsuccessful Hl having Iienrd Hint they were very fond ' salt, ho mixed ft liberal quantity of parla green In about n mtart of salt nnd placed a handful near ch bur row. Mo wn. not troubled aitaln that season, nnd this has bten hi remedy eier since. The Cimiien n n fertiliser. The cow pen I a larg baMillk. plant that produce a larg amount of forgs. It I valuable as a green food or for plowing, under for green ma nure. It has Wn n"l ucceMfullr for Improving wornout soil, especially those that are light and sandy In tex lure. Its greatest advantage for thl purpose I It ability to gather nitro gen from the air and mineral element ftom aubsoll. When the crop I plow ed under, these are left near the sur face, where thry will be available to ahallow.rooted crop and those which esntmt ( nllrneen front the air. It ha been Utile tued for hay In the North, became It cannot be readily dried In thl cllnnte, It mahes a good green feed for mlloh cowa between August IB ami Beplemher IS, or It may be preserved In the tlo by mixing with corn fodder For green manur ing, the seed should be sown broad cast In late June or early July, at the rate of one and a half bushel per acre. It I especially valuable for growing In young orchard. When wanted for fodder It should be sown In early June. In drill 1V feet apart, at the rato of one bushel seed per acre. Vr llepellee. The Kansas Agricultural College ha experimented with the various chem ical formula to repel file from live stock and recommend the following ai fairly satisfactory: Hesln. 1H pound; laundry soap, two rake; fish oil. one-half pint; enough water to make three gallon. Dissolve reiln In a solution of soap and water by heating, add the flsh oil and the rest of the water Apply with a brush. If to be used a a spray, add one-hslf pint of kerosene. Thl mixture will cost 7 to ft rent a gallon and one-half pint l conldrred enough for one ap-' plication for a cow At first It will lm necessary to use two or three appll- OF HOOFS. --. ng :. weight to fall largely Into the Inner half of the hoof In motion the hoof Is moved In a circle, Horses that are "toe-wide" are likely to Interfere when Fig 3. In motion. In the third form (figure 3) the weight of the body I directed on the 'outer half of the hoof. Th Irregularity of form cause a paddling motion nnd frequently Interfering. Form Is Shown In II. cation per week until the outer ends of the hair beeomo coated with the resin. After that retouch those part where tho roiln I rubbed off. I'reteiitliiw Disease, It Is more easy to prevent ill sen so In animal than It In to cure. Hog cholera provnlls more or loss In all sections of the country, hut In tho ma jority of case It I duo to tho con dition of tho herd nnd mismanage ment In feeding than to nny other cause. Hog mtixt havo green or bulky food, nUo salt nnd charcoal. These tubatancc nro not In a direct way preventive of cholera, hut they keep tho animal In n mora thrifty con. dlllon. nnd render them less liable to dlsoaae. IlHrtrstliiK llorse-llnillsh, Horse-radUh may ho harvested In the fall, heforo tho ground freeze, or In tho spring, heforo rank top growth begin, Hun plow deeply along sldo of row to remove earth, lift out nnd trim mnln root; thoroughly wash and brush nnd rlnso In clean water. Feel off outer kln and grate. Abe !lniiPiIPK 4'r'. Yw V I. a& inn m'rfsW-smi rn I fih r II May on th I. tne, An Improv'iiieiit ha Ikk-ii rrontly (undo In th ixinstmotlon of Hollies prop wliloh all women who lake an active part In tha housoliold routine will pprelat It would serin (hut the oldityle prjp had done erv' so long that llieto rould b no tin provement tug. gftcl, but a well known sliurtwin. Ing of the old wooden pole I ruutiM nor. that In a wind It I soan dlslodg and fall over tu drag bask and forth over the dirty (tirfare. The new pot I supplied with a doubts hook which prevents the xle from leaving It triace under' the rope. It lichen ItMllns, The question of proportion of In gradients used In rrukltlK I often punllng An experienced rook give the following suggestion: One cup of liquid tu three cup of flour for ttrvftd. One cup of liquid to two cupi of (lour for muflln. One (tip of liquid to one cup ef flour for batters, One trvtspoonful of soda to one pint of sour milk. One teMpoonful of soil to one cup if molasses, I'herry Tie. l.lne a deep plate with tate ana rim and wet the edge. Mix one table spoon ef flour with half a cupful et sugar and sprinkle It over th crust, dotting It with one tstispoonful of but ter, nil the pUte with sherries that have Wen washed and stoned If the eherrled are sour mora sugar will i required. Cut a silt In the upper trust. lay It over the fruit and pis the tdges firmly together. lUVe about half an hour and serve a soon a xesled I'eaeb Jam. Wash and- wipe the fruit, take out the atone and put the peaches through the chopper, akin and all Measure and add threejuartera at mueh iugar as you have peach pulp, and the kernels all of them. A few minutes' boll will bring the Jam to the requisite consistency, since there la no water to boll away. Have no fear of the skins. They rook up and an not be found. Os-Tsll suati, Cut a amaJI ox Ull Into pierce and fry In butter. Moisten with a quart of consomme and a dash of mush room catsup. Cook for one hour, sea son with pepper, add A little wrll mashed barley, a little Worcettemblre sauce and a bouquet of herbs Doll thoroughly for forty-five minute. klm and serve. Lemon and hard-boiled fgg llc may be added If detlred. I'eMwul Duller, flhell and remove the skin fron. freshly roasted peanuts and grind them fine through a meat grimier. Measure the powder thus prodiiicd. add to It half a much butter nnd rub with a sliver spoon to a soft patte. Hpread on thin bread sandwiches or oa heated cracker. I'epuermlnts, Take two and one-half cup sugai, one-half cup water. Hot) five min utes, turn Into a bowl, ndd ona table spoon confectioner' iugar and one fourth t(KiKonful peppermint or cheekerburry extract. Htlr until near ly stiff and drop quickly on buttered lapcr. Vermont Itusb. One and' ono-hulf cup sweet milk, half oup sugar, half cup btittor, two eggs, two-third yeast cuke. Make a thing hatter and let rise until light; aild (lour to mold and let rlto again. Mold nnd mako Into biscuit mid let rUo two hour. Thrso nre fino, l.'urn CsiWr. Thrco-qttarter cup oorn meal, on and one-quarter cup Hour, two heap ing toaspoon bilking powder, m quartor cup augnr, ono tablespoon molted lard, ono egg. ono cup milk, one-quarter twupoon a.tlt. Hako 29 minutes. I'nu-User, Two cup of Hour, two cup ot went milk, two eggs, one teaipoonful of butter .one of Halt, Cream nil to gothor nnd bnkn In muffin ring I" a quick ovon (or ubaut 15 minute, l'rll Urveu Toinnlors, flllco the green tomatoes, sprinkle with a few drona of olive oil, dip In I crumbtt to which anlt htm been added. Bauta tn, butter UU tender. mm ,ji.