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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH sti eke isi.vseif tor 1 lloak ( .uve- f. been able to set a pue th.u vvoua have made him g isp l lore we the sl.,ed ; but as it ''a- - there for n.e to do leu ,11, into n forward seat nd mlui'-- mvst-lto til; leisurely stroke, which sent us skim atiiig, a- - a good rate, ucrosa the placid wuter of the lagoon. CCort to rea-T.e- l CHAPTER IX By ELLERY H. CLARK WC Serrie CHAPTER VII Copyright HI Continued whereabouts of the watch. At which Shively broke forth into a torrent of vain and blasphemous cursing, and wound up by exclaiming: Trice her up, the black liar. Trice tier up till she says she took it. Aud if she wont own up, set her on the picket. 1 11 show these black trash who's master here. I listened, with a sensation of helplessness, to this callous cojnmund. At once Evnns tool: himself off, whfie Shively sat in silence, yet with what seemed to me an expression of sensuous anticipation upon his face, until presently Evans reappeared, followed by a comely colored girl, whose quivcheeks bore ering lip and witness to the treatment she hud undergone. Shively began upon her enoinously. So you took the watch, did you?" The girl fell upon her knees before him. with hands dasj ed in entreaty. 1 So help me, site cried piteously. never see watch. I say I take it cause I no bear pain. God's truth, ' 1 no 12 Here, then, was' fhy opportunity, but, whether it he to my credit or my shame, I confess that I hae never been, by Instinct, what is called a fighting man. Often enough, (!od knows, I have fought, and fought to kill, but never save where there seemed to be no other choice. And so now, with my enemy helpless, my arm was powerless to strike; it was too much like murder; and ns I saw him staring up 'at me with a half dazed glance, I took a sudden resolution. Johnson, cried, I dont want to kill you. Say tliat you cheated; promise you wont again; and leave town tomorrow. 'If 'youll do this, your lifes your own. I shall- never forget the look that cariie over his face at my words; the look jf a man reprieved in the' very Ehadow of death. On the instant, 1 8S . ; WMd 'wM . r c- - ;- - George," I Said Weakly, "Ive Had Enough. Get Me Home." all his.'remain-Inenergy,- and whispered, so faintly a - that hear him, promise. At once I struggled to iny feet, and taking care to 'possess .myself of his weapon. I shouted, with what little strength was left to me, to George and . Kenffew to come ashore.' I started, remember, to walk toward the boats, and the next that I. recall with any .distinctness was tjhat George's arm was nro'iind me, and (hat his voice was I was' hurt. asking me answered, stupidly enough, that I was i.ot hurt in the least, to which lie rejoined impatiently:. "Look at your sleeve!. 'And when I did so I. saw there a spreading stain of glistening ted. George," I said weakly, Tve had enough. Get me home. 1 could scarcely 1 1 how-badl- 1 CHAPTER VIII . I Meet Jack Shively. Georges first act, after- getting me t.r bed, was to find a physician. He and bandaged my wound, and. to my relief, assured me that it was not serious. ..When morning came, I was not only M.u.y, but eager, to leave the Iort behind, me, , I breakfasted, though with-st- t appetite; then made my way .to Gi orges room and tried to persuade him to keep me company. But in vain. The pleasures of the palace .still And so I bade him hcgjiiled him. gu.id-b.engaged a lighfveliicip, and was soon on my way toward ter.s plantation. An hours leisurely .log trot brought us to the estate. No signs of life were xisibe; evidently it was the hour for luncheon and temporary relaxation from toil. Near at hand stood a large v hire house, without doubt the dwelling of Shively. Dismissing my driver, I made my way, through the scorching heat, to the house, to find, on inquiry, that Shively had just finished his luncheon, lie came forth to meet me. a tall, sallow. unsmiling man, with a bald head, a hooked nose, and in his pale eyes un expression of perpetual distrust, which increased, I thought, rather than diminished, when I showed him my m-d-ntials and told him that my name was Bobert McAllister. Altogether, he was a man for whom I experienced, at once, a hearty antipathy, and more and more I felt tiiat Captain Barclay bad told me, in every particular, nothing but the truth. Shively was clearly In an ugly mood. He greeted me with scant civility ; then, apparently dismissing me, for the moment, from his mind, he summoned from an adjoining room one of his subordinates named Evans, a callow, unprepossessing youth for whom 1 conceived no greater liking than I had Look here, Evans, he foi Shively. snarled, that watch was stolen, and (hat sneaking, Sally took thst watch; now you get her here and niuke her say so. in- - mail answered, mildly enough, that Sally had already been questioned, all knowledge of the iud had - ; light-fingere- ' . n you, roared Shively, go down with me." And but it wont to Evans lie commanded, Trice her up again ; we'll see w bo's master here." At tills the poor girl comph tely lost control of herself, for, as I' could plain-l.- v .see, she would say anything rather than endure a second tricing up. No, I lie. I take watch. no, she cried. No trice up again. 1 thought so, said Shively grimly. Where-'havThen added threateningly, you hidden it? No lying, now. Where is it. you black thief? It was pitiful to perceive the girls simple mind thrown into .confusion. Since, as anyone could see, she had never stolen the watch, naturally she could not' confess where she had hidden it. But Shively, Lite a god upon his tlirone, was after her Where? Cant you understand English? Wh.ere is it,-- say. Whereupon the girt, clearly snateh-iyat the first thought that came into her head, ansvered wildly, l" throw, ' watch in river. Shively'.exploded in nnotWr tofreni of ragv. Of course I' do not suppose that .lie was stupid enough to believe for an instant that the girl was guilty; all be wished was an excuse for punishing her. With a cruel smile curling the corners of his mouth lie said not something to Evans which-1-coul"catch; but the woman heard and her frantic pleas for. mercy told me that she must be facing some further ordeal more terrible than anything site laid yet undergone. But Slijveiy bade her be silent in a tone so menacing that her cries subsided into frightened sobs that fairly wrung my heart.. And when the assistant led her away she followed submissively, as If realizing . the 'futility '.of resistance. At once, though knowing tiiat my efforts would be vain, I attempted to intercede in the girl's behalf, but Unlock that Shively gave nie and thq contemptuous manner in which lie heard dan rttaVT our dislike-wanie in thoroughly mutual. Moreover, men knew, only too well, tiiat tlu-swere within their legal rights, and tiiat Shivelys action, would doubtless have, overseers been approved by half-thon the island. Therefore, sorry as 1 felt, for the poor girl, 1 subsided. on inquiring how soon he could provide me with a boat to take me. to the island. To which, doubtless scenting a chfince to make me suffer nsj well as the girl, he replied that he first wished me to see her punished, so' that I might assure my uncle that discipline on t he plantation was being maintained. Then, reaching for his hat, he bade me follow him. I answered, curtly enough, that I would stay where I. was; whereupon, with a scowl and a shrug of his shoul-- ' ders, he departed, leaving me upon the veranda, gazing forth, sick at heart, into the blazing sunshine of the Presently, after the lapse of what might have been ten minutes, I was startled by the heartrending shrieks of a woman in mortal agony. It was enough; spurred to instant action, I had traversed, in a twinkling, the space between the house and the spot, in the woods, whence the cries had come. There, in a little clearing, I beheld poor Sail bound hand and foot to a cottonwool, her face presued close to the trunk of the tree, her brown back bared to the impact of the lash, while Evans twid two other assistants stood by, and Shively, whip In hand, was measuring his distance for another blow. A second more, and I would have been on him; was, indeed, in the very act of leaping for his arm, when suddenly, and without warning, a gigantic negro burst from the shelter of the woods and hurled himself full upon Shively. I saw a knife flash, and hoped, for one exultant moment, that it would find a resting place In the overseer's heart. But luck was against the avenger; Shively managed to parry the thrust, the two men, grappling, rolled over and over on the ground, and then the fortune of war was decisively altered as three assistants rushed to the rescue of their chief. Yet even then the negro, whose strength must have been enormous, succeeded In wrenching himself free, and with one final stab which tropic-afternoon- Co. 1 yet as I stepped ashore and shook it was bard to realize that thi little man. wit ti bowed shoulders am sidelong gla nee, bad ever been a gen tleman of fortune and a ranger of tie sea. There are tlio-however, vh rule by craft alone, leav.ng the actual fighting to their followers, and such a leader, 1 reasoned, McAllister niusi have been. He now inquired anxious ly ns to the disturbance on the shore, and Shively seemed to take malicious delight in recounting the incident and in repeating with emphasis th curse which the obi man had called down on Ills slayer and on all connected vviih him. McAllister was clearly both nil Man, man, Im noyed and alarmed. always telling ye." he complained that youre ton forth pulting by far Fence and quietness thats the bonny way to live. At these words Shively, who did not appear to lie at all In awe of Ids chief, threw back his ugly head and laughed long and heartily, thinking. I dare sa.v, of the old days on the Caribbean, ami of the lonely islet in the Antill-- s where they had shot down their allies from behind. Fence and quietness surely cnnie oddly from the mouth of Andrew McAllister. As .the overseer pulled leisurely away for the shore, McAllister con ducted me toward the house. To my surprise, he scarcely noticed me at all. apparently much disturbed by Shivelys news. Tims I had opportunity, w itli an o' easional sideto examine him tnorwise glam-eclosely. A little unkempt man, with straggling sandy hair and mustache, curiously bent In the shoulders and with eyes for the most part looking at the ground and seldom raised to your face. And nt once I deckled that Captain Barclay again had spoken truth, and tlujt here was a man with an evil conscience who was living In a state of perpetual dread. As we neared (lie house, I examined it vytii interest. Evidently it had been built with an eye to defense, for the whole lower story was of stone, with s in place of winnarrovv dows. Presently, as we drew nearer, e, . MRS. BASSETT Nicholas Murray Butlers attempt to out President Coolidge on a third term did not succeed, but did evive t story told last summer while Mr. Coolidge was at the White Fine camp in the Adiroudacks. According to the gossips the President was out on one of the lakes fishing when the sky became overcast The boatman remarked that the dark clouds Indicated rain. Mr. Coolidge made no comment. After a while the sky grew blacker and the boatman again remarked that he guessed it was going to rain. Still Mr. Coolidge was silent. Then came the distant roar of thunder. A sharp Hash of lightning was followed by another sharp peal of thunder. Bain began to fall. Well, said the Presidents companion, "I guess were going to. get that shower." The President looked nt him and demanded sharply: "What nre you trying to do, pin me down? Los Times. them grouped on the margin of the 'river, pistols in hand. The negro must have been' a remarkable swimmer, for I could see no sign of him, but Shively explained savagely, We saw him die in. lie's swimming under water. bq,t lie's no fish, lies got to come up. The words had hardly left Ids lips when at some distance from the shore the negro's head appeared aimte the surface. Almost instantly three' pistol shots rang out, but the aim of the marksmen was hurried, their hands unsteady from running, and though Hie three bullets splashed close to I he swimmers head, no one of them took effect, and lie disappeared again like a shadow. Shhely alone, hud held hi fire, and running out on a projecting point to lose no foot of his distance, lie cried exultantly, lie. can't stay under so long this time; watch me settle him when he comes up! The- seconds Then,., snd-.-- . passed. denly, still fartjier out i.n the stream, and as though the protracted effort of staying so long submerged had. sapped his energies, the head and shoulders. of the fugitive burst from the water, presenting a mark too good to miss. I saw Shively's right arm extended, and prayed to myself that ..the bullet.might go astray. Then came tiie sharp crack of the pistol, but this time th'ere wasauo splash to mark a miss. I saw the negro's head snap hack sharply, and his arms clutch convulsively at the air. Then, as if retaining his faculties to the end, his blurred eyes sought the shore, some words I could not catch, and then his muscles relaxed and his lifeless body floated . quietly away toward the- sea. calmness, Shively, with perfect turned to his subordinates. What did lie say, Evans? lie queried. You know their lingo better than I do. exactly wishing me luck, was he? '. He spoke in grim pleasantry, hut there wits .nothing of pleasantry In the He was an obi bookkeeper's reply. man, their chief magician, and the husband of the woman you Hogged He curses you and yours through Lie and death. And he Will come linen from- the grave, he says, to haunt you. We'll see about Shively grinned. that," he answered lightly enough. Tve never been bothered with ghosts 'Then added. Get back- - now. yet. boys, and keep those swine vv ell under. At Any sign of an excuse, bear down on 'via ; sweat em till they drop. If that limn was an. obi man, as you say, there may be some grumbling. But by G d,. well show 'em who run's Oils . . . plantation. I iF I sickened at 'him; my one desire was to get away as soon as possible, and' as civilly as I could I asked him when lie could ferry me over to the island." lie answered, with vvliat I. Shively, Vhip in Hand, Was Measur. ing His Distance for Another Blow imagined to be irony, that he woull be delighted to row me across at once, I could perceive three or four swarthy and led the way to a landing stage looking men. lounging under a tree, where a number of bouts were made and noticed at erne that they did not Cun jou pull an oar?" tie fast. at till resemble ordinary slaves, bu asked, witli u disparaging glance, as were much fierier In appearance and if lie felt that such a in their bearing far more youth could do little In the way of Again I recalled the captains descripmanly exercise. tion of the island and its occupants, "I can, I responded with equal and C"rreetly enough surmised that brevity, and be accordingly selected a these men were a portion of McAlliliim-elf on the light skiff and seated sters bodyguard, specially hired to proafter rowing seat. I should, as a mattect his wizened carcass from harm. ter of fact, have enjoyed pulling (TO IE CONTINUED.) I found tide-twe- ri . Calm and Storm. From a jetty on the easterly side o the island, where a dozen boats lu mooreiT. a wizened, untidy-lookinmat peered down at us. knew, of course even lie that Ibis must be MeAlli-te- r. fore Shively greeted him by name plantation. take it. You lie, d ll slushed Shively's arm, lie bounded off like a deer in the dircctiuu et the river, Catch him! roared Shively, and with tlie blood running from his bared arm, he dashed after the fugitive, with t'ae others at Ids heels. Making the most of my opportunity, I cut the thongs which hound the woman. to the tree, laid her unconscious form on the ground, and then, knowing that I would do more hnrni than good by trying to help tier further, I hastened after these chivalrous rulers-- of the tear-staine- d - by Eobba-Merrl- Pin Down President a Failure An-gee- Clock's Good Service ALWAYSTIRED - Now in Good Health b7 Using Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Lansing, Michigan. I have taken Lydia E. 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