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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH By ELLERY H. CLARK WHO 8errie STORY FROM Copyright his wounds, or they could not have talked with such unconcern of leaving him and coming back later to release him. Apparently, also, the first and more bloodthirsty of the pair was now willing to yield to his companion's reasoning, for as if the matter were finally settled he suddenly exclaimed, But I say, what a hoax on the old colonel. And he thinks all the time that he's fooling the major. Why, Its as good as a play." The other, and clearly the more d of the two, burst out Into a roar of laughter. Then the pair became serious again. "Well," said the first voice, "we must get back to the Port and tell the major. Good-by- , Quashy; about an hour after sunrise youll see us agiriti, and- with our pockets full of gold. I heard their footsteps retreating through the bushes, and then, after an interval, the sound of hoofs, gradually growing fainter in the distance. I left my hiding place, and with mingled feelings of curiosity and trepidation, made my way cautiously toward the spot where I imagined the abandoned negro to be lying. My sense of direction led me true, but even if it had not, I could hardly have missed, in the moonlight, the brilliant splash of crimson which had previously caught my eye. In amazement, I fell on my knees beside it, and all at once, with a great revulsion of feeling, I solved the mystery of my delusion. The figure was that of an Inky-blacnegro, his protruding eyes staring up into mine with an expression of abject terror; but the crimson was nothing more terrible than the racing silks of a jockey cap, jacket, breeches all of the same color, a startling and vivid red. And with my mind thu- - relieved. It was with a light heart that I drew my knife from rny belt, slashed the thongs that hound him and then, though not without some difficulty, managed to remove the gag from his distended jaws. Immediately he gave a great sigh of relief, and struggling up into a sitting posture, he began rubbing his legs to bring back the deadened circulation. After which lie peered intently into my face, and not recognizing me, inquired in a deep and guttural voice, START THE In the small New Jersey village of Straitsmouth, in the year 1749, Richard Lindsay, who tells the story, gives an exhibition of his marksmanship before some villagers and a stranger, with whom they afterward dine at the tavern. The conversation turns on a notorious pirate, whose ship, the Black Panther, is thought to be in the vicinity. Next morning Lindsay, after wild ducks, is sitting in a blind" when three strangers land on the beach near him. They bury a chest and then one of them. Bur-forrecognized by Lindsay as the man he talked with the day before, kills one of his companions. Lindsay's presence is discovered. The third man is Captain Barclay of the Black Panther. The three go aboard. Lindsay meets there a youth to whom he bears a remarkable resemblance, Robert McAllister, whom Barclay captured on his way to his uncles plantation In Jamaica. Barclay has sworn to kill the elder McAllister. Bob is asked to act as a spy in his uncle's household. He refuses and is killed. Lindsay is asked to take his place. Realizing his helplessness and under threat of a lingering death. Lindsay agrees to assume young McAllister's name and take his place in Andrew's household. The Black Panther comes upon a plundered ship, with all on board murdered. Barclay declares it the work of McAllisters The Black pirate ship, Shark. Panther overtakes and destroys it with all on board. good-nature- d, CHAPTER VI Continued 9 Almost at once, however, I discov-re- d that for at least a portion of my Journey I could not depend on a road ; If there was a path, It evuded me; and presently, confronted by a thick belt of trees, there seemed nothing for me to do but to plunge boldly In.' I took my time, picked my wsy with care, and had just begun to see light ahead, when I suddenly heard, some distance away, the sound of galloping hoofs. At once I remembered what the captain had told, me of the residents of the Port and making up my mind to hide myself, 1 thrust apart as hastily and noiselessly ns I could the branches of a large bush In front of me, and was soon efAnd none too fectually concealed. soon, for I could hear, much nearer than before, the same unmistakable beat of hoofs; then silence, followed by the breaking of twigs beneath approaching footsteps, and presently, to my left, there appeared in view the (igures of two men, carrying what teemed to be the body of a third in And- for an instant 1 their arms. with that I had come horror, thought, from the barbarities of the sea to even worse barbarities on the land, for in moonlight the object in their arnfe appeared to me to be of a brilliant crimson, as if literally bathed in blood. Without much ceremony, the bearers of this sinister burden half threw, half laid it down upon the ground, where it remained motionless, without sound and apparently without life. Yet aliye It must have been, for I now heard the voice of one of the two figures saying, "Why don't we slit his throat for him? Then it will be a sure thing." Now, in spite of all that I had seen of death and violence, I had by no means become reconciled to them ; and whoever or whatever this helpless creature might be, I mnde up my mind that if I could help it 1 was not going to stand by and see murder done. And therefore, though I knew it was not the course of prudence, 1 had already felt to see that my pistols were clear in my belt, and wan just about to step to the edge of the brush, Nvith raised rille, to call a halt in the proceedings, when to my relief a second voice answered, "Oh, nonsense, theres no need of that. Quashys a good nigger ; what do we want to kill him for? lie's a clever nigger, too; he couldn't manage Satan if he wasnt. Look here, Quashy, if we come back, after its all over, and let you go, you'll never tell who kidnaped you. What do you say. And an instant later the same now? voice added, There, look at that. He's nearly shaking his black head off. Of course he wont tell. So what's the use of having blood on our hands?" Somewhat grudgingly, as it seemed, his companion assented. You're too chicken-heartecursed he complained. but have it your own way. Only if we get into trouble, don't say I didnt warn you. Suppose somebody comes along and lets Quashy loose. You know what we would get from the major." There followed silence, during which I saw one of the figures stoop over the dark mass on the ground. Then, to my relie'. I heard the second voice again, "No fear. He couldnt start those lashings In a month. And as for anybody finding him and turning him loose, why you know yourself no one is coming to this Gooforsaben spot. There isnt a chance in a million. Let the old boy lie. eh, Quashy? See, hes nodding his head ; lie doesn't want to go to the hot place just- yet ; do you boy? The reference t tn. gsg, and the tsilure of the recumbent figure to npeaK. mnde part of the mystery clear. This third man. evidently a negro, was chiiici and gaggedi and evidently, also, uv ees must have deceived me as to by Bobbs-Merrl- ll Ca. bad nag, but I got way with him; I ascertain him and he ascertain me. Major Mostyn got bay mare Flyaway very fast. Two week ago big sweepstakes; Colonel very wise; he no put me up on Satan put 'nother boy. Satan so mad he rar up and throw boy and break his d n leg; then run away himself and bump into fence and Flyaway win. Major Mostyn Joke colonel; say, Why you no get ahorse? Not a raging black devil? Colonel pretend get mad ; say to major, Satan best horse but he no like vercular sun ; race you again two weeks, two hundred guineas, play or pay. All make great night at palace; have race at sunrise; Satan feel better then; nice and cool ; beat Flyaway hollow.' ltace one mile Major say, AH right. and quarter. Three days ago I ride Satan trial, very early in morning; he go so fast he fly. We think no one know, but major must hear. Tonight two friends of major grab me, ride nie off, tie me, gag me, leave me here. They plan tonight colonel bet all his money on Satan. Morning come. No If other boy ride Satan, Quashy. so mad he break boys neck. If no boy ride him, race play or pay, so Flyaway win by canter round alone. Either way, colonel lose, major win." lie had made the situation clear to me, and indeed it needed a lucid explanation to make me understand, for I was as yet quite unused to the strange ways of horse racing. The k well-trodde- n ' lli "Yt'bo you?'. I did not. at once, reply. Indeed, I was so busy gazing at this strange creature that I only half comprehended his question. In stature about the size of a boy of thirteen, he was clearly no longer young, for when he removed his racing cap to straighten its visor,' I could see that his black wool was shot and sprinkled with gray. Ilis face was narrow and wizened,, and he had the flat nose and thick lips of his race. None the less, however, I took an instinctive liking to him, for there Tell Him," Quashy Said, Now I Show was something open and cheerful In Way." his glance, and in spite of the harrowlie be one of diamond case to had appeared ing experience just undergone, there was still a quizzical twinkle in cut diamond and I felt that it would his eye. And. having thus taken stock be a pleasure to see the biters bit. e T.ut suppose, I said to Quashy, that of this acquaintance, I answered briefly that I was a stranger they catch you again. It's a long-timto the Island, come to visit friends, before sunrise. lie shook his head. No fear for and had been set ashore only a few I miuutes ago. At once he proceeded Quashy, lie answered confidently. to bear out my good opinion of him by go around by way of beach ; nobody thanking me profusely and with a see me. I stay iir woods near track He thoughtfulness which men of better till daylight; then come fast. birth and education do not always paused for a moment, then added. You do me big favor- - tonight. You manage to display. Then, in much the same fashion as his captors had do one more for colonel? I felt no great hesitation, for this done, he suddenly smote his hand upon his thigh, and cried with hilarity, Oh is a world where, in spite of ourselves, Lordy, what joke on major! This it is hard to remain neutral; and already I felt that I was on the side of funny thing! This d n funny thing! It did me good to see him, but to Quashy and his master, for while the tell the truth it appeared to me that colonels plan of deceiving his adit was about time that I became a versaries wiis none too praiseworthy, sharer In the secret of this excellent still the course of action of Mostyn jest ; and I therefore suggested that nnd liis friends in kidniiplng was inhe might explain to me just where the finitely worse. So I asked him what the favor might be. joke came in. "I jockey, he explained. "I ride Quashy pointed with one skinny arm You go town. Colonel Singleton's black devil Satan toward the northeast. You find colonel in big when nobody else can. This Satan he said. new-mad- house, all lights. Bttckra can hia Palace Delight. You find colonel eat He big lng, drinking, maybe both. man, red face, big belly; all time eat, pretty soon die. You tell him what you see, what you do; you say Quashy ail right; keep mouth shut; bet money like devil.' You do It? m do it But "Yes, I answered, the colonel never saw me before. Lie may not believe me. He believe you," Quashy grinned. he answered. He know that sound like major. Then, tearing a bit of ribbon from his cap, lie added, If no believe, show this. Tell him Quashy send. Now I show you way. Thus, a few moments later, I found myself walking along a very tolerable road toward the notorious Port of the Devil. It was lonely enough, and 1 kept a sharp lookout, but saw no one, and. Indeed, few dwellings of any kind, until I reached the outskirts of the town. Here there were houses in plenty, but all of them paled before the magnificence of the Palace of Debuildlight, a pretentious, three-storing, glittering with lights, and from which the sound of music Issued invitingly. Presently I found myself The manager, a within its doors. plump and genial gentleman of color, made me welcome, and after coming to terms, he escorted me by means of an outside staircase to a room aloft airy enough, though none too clean. Here I deposited my rifle nnd the bundle containing my few belongings, and again descended. At the entrance to the main hall on the lower floor, I stood for a moment, surveying with interest the scene before me. The color, the lights, the noise, the laughter, all bewildered., and at the same time intoxicated and delighted me. The greater part of the crowd was gathered about a table across the room ; at smaller tables, men and women were drinking. I crossed the room, and peering through the crowd, caught a glimpse of a green table, marked with squares and cumbers, and behind it an impassive mulatto, presiding over a boxlike structure, surmounted by a wooden wheel, while he chanted mechanically: Make your bets, gentlemen ; make your bets." I did not know then that this was the famous game of roulette, but the sight of the table covered with gold pieces, and the eager faces of the gamblers, thrilled nnd excited me. As the game progressed, I found that the crowd about the table was constantly changing, and as I drew nearer and nearer to the table, I saw thnt the center of attraction was a young man but little older than myself, fashionably dressed, and In front of him a glittering heap of guineas, doubloons and moidores. Evidently he was a heavy winner, and the crowd wns applauding his luck. Presently I stood almost at his side, and ns he glanced up and his eyes happened to meet mine, he threw me a most engaging smile. At once I was impressed by his good looks and by 'his generally prepossessing air, his light curly hair somewhat in disorder, his blue eyes looking out upon the world ns though he were a- friend to every one and expected to be treated as a friend in return. And now, ns the mulatto once more chanted his stereotyped request for bets, the young man, who was fingering a pile of doubloons stacked before him, suddenly leaned toward me and asked abruptly: IIow old are you? Somewhat surprised, I answered Nineteen. And with a quick gesture he moved the pile of gold out onto one of the spaces on the board. A moment later the mulatto announced thnt bets were closed, nnd wheel nnd ball started upon their Journey; while I. understanding nothing of the piny, was content to watch the young mans face until the wheel lessened its speed, and the ball, after a preliminary hump or two. came to rest with a sharp click. Then, to my ns tonishment. 1 heard the mulatto reninepeat the very same nimber teen and at once thfre followed exclamations of confusion, huge amazement and delight, arid a babel of tongues that swelled almost to a roar. The reason for all this was soon apparent when the mulatto began hand lng fiver from the hank gold and gold and still more gold, until It seemed to me that I had never seen so much money in my life before. As I learned later, a wonderful thing had hap pencil ; nineteen had actually Jieen the winning nunilmr, and the hank was paying to the fortunate, youth thirty-fivtimes the sum he had deposited iiis total winning amounting to several thousands of dollars. .Handful h.v handful, as the money crossed the green table, he swept it toward him with the utmost nonehaiance. until his pockets must have been filled to bursting; then, with another smile at me, lie said gayly : You have brought me good fortune. D't us pledge our hotter acquaintance in a glass of wine. Slipping his arm through mine, he led the way toward one of the small corner of the hull, tables in a and we were soon seated together in privacy over a bottle of excellent wine Here we proceeded, with the Ingenuousness of youth, to exchange confidences. Ills name, lie told me, was George Lewis; his father and grandfather before him had owned a large plantation in the Westmoreland district of the island ; and he had come out from England to learn how the estate was run. Journeying from Kingston a fortnight since, he had reached the Fort of the Devil. Intending to remain there for a night only, but the horse-racinthe gambling, the whole atmosphere of the place had, as he er and pressed It, got Into his blood since his father did not know of hi arrival, here he had been content to remain. (TO BB CONTINUED.! in 1743 a meridian column was set up in the old Church of St. Sulpice. IuGs. for determining the date on which Easter and other church fetes would fail. The column bears a long vertical mark extending down its center; this mark Is prolonged on the floor. Together these two lines determine a vertical plane in space, which if sufficiently produced would include the earths axis and through which the sun would pass at noontime as the earth rotated. In order to make this event visible a small slit was cut through the roof of the church in the same meridian plane. Through It the sunlight penetrated. slanting downward toward the line below, and swept across it at noontime. As Easter approached, the i ' Specific Gravity The weight of any volume of substance compared with the weight of ihe same volume of pure water gives the specific gravity of that substance. Alcohol has a specific gravity of only .73, whereas lead has a specific gravity of 11155 and mercury 13.00. Cedar I wood has a specific gravity of only ,6L suns altitude in the heavens increa1 fina poi until tiie spot of sunlight crossed the line at the marked Since the other fetes iollowed Eas by an arbitrary lapse of time, the i meridian column. Installed by Matir de Sully, determined them ail. Sch tific American. Wifes Faith If It be in Columbus true that there Is a woman lit the background of every notable achievement, there seems to be Justification in calling Dona Fellpa, the wife of Christoph r Columbus, that influence In the life of the man who was later to discover the Weslcn world. When Columbus talked to her about his exploration enfhusiasms, she was sympathetic and his ambitions appear to have found grateful nurture at their fireside. There is a tale of how Dona Isabella, Columbus mother-in-laproduced an old box containing relics of maps and logs piously-kep- t her husband's. 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