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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH IPOET T3fte L IBSaULtO) AMERICAN OLE6I0NO Du ARTHUR D. HOIDDEK SMITH (Copy for Thl Dim COPqKlQHT Bq ARTHUR D. HOUJDEU SMITH CHAPTER XIII you save a number required to handle Continued 17 "Hiback treat-uncl- shouted Is broken, my e. The James had begun to gather headway; but as the wheel was released from the dead helmsman's grip her head fell off, and she dropped sluggishly Into the trough of the seas which surged over the shattered waist, and one green hill of water burst squarely on the poop, hurling us to the deck. Peter recovered his footing before either Murray or I. shoved the Easterlings body aside and gripped the wheel in his own hands. Slowly, the buoyancy all out of her, the Royal James swung around In response to the rudders thrust and lumbered off before the wind. The headland Moira bad sighted faded Into the mist; but my great-unclshook his head sudly. YVe are making water, he shouted to me; and the Island Is to leeward. We can scarce weuther It, and If we do A faint hall reached us from the e focsle. "Land" And a rent In the storm-cloud- s showed a second and lower headland fair over our larboard bow. Peter started to put the helm down to enable us to bear off. ns much as possible and have whatever 'chance there was of clearing It; but Murray caught Ids arm. cried my great-unclNo, no, Peter! TIs Head up! Head up! the North Inlet I If we can pass In to stabd of that spit we are safe. Ja, squeaked Peter, and bis Iron muscles forced the rudder over until It neutralized the drive of the wind and sea; and foot by foot the Royal James made her southing, passed the east spit with half a cables length to spore and opened a narrow, roadstead, with tree-rlashaped shores that offered protection from any storm that blew. The rain was still pelting down. The surf was foaming on the outer beaches; the wdnd whistled shrilly In the rigging. Rut to us that prospect was the fairest ever seen. Moira sank to her knees In prayer beside the dead stepped to the pirate. My great-unclrail and bade the survivors of the crew get sufficient ssfll on the ship to give us steerngeway. And I I tried to shake Peter. lie blinked at me solemnly. I tink Gott spoke out loudt to der tdeill today, Rob, he said. Ja e. d e 1 CHAPTER XIV Disaster the ship. Get to work. Refore you rest I expect the malndeck to be cleared and staging rigged overside for resheath-In- g and calking. . He drove them until midnight, then sent them reeling to their hammocks. In the morning a systematic plan s of occupation was arranged. Ry advice a handful of the more amenable of the crew mostly negroes, Italians and Frenchmen Rortugue.se, of the south were organized as an afterguard, and the remainder were divided Into squads headed by men selected for skill at some special trade. One squad were to overhaul the sails and cut and sew from spare canvas a suit for the new mlzzen, which a second squad were to hew on the slopes of Sypglass mountain and transport to the ship. A third squad were to repair all exterior damage to the hull ; a fourth were to recalk the started seams; a fifth were to attend to whatever Internal repairs were necessary. Coupeau was placed In charge of the work abourdfchlp, and the rest of us carried Colonel O'Donnells body to the top of a small hill east of the head of the Inlet. There, In the midst of a grove of pines, we laid him to rest. Twos a noble situation for a wanderer who hud never reached his ' goal, with the clashing boughs and the distant thunder of the surf to sound a requiem until the end of time and a view over green meadows and dwarf woodlands to the white rim of the beach and the blue sea, shining in the sun. Yesterday seemed years past. I blinked my eyes, looking from the peaceful garb of nature to Moiras slim body huddled In prayer beside the mound of raw earth amongst the pine needles. On the edge of the grove the men who had dug the grave were playing a gambling game with the Peter leaned on a musket, My great-unclgravely compassionate. his eyes puckered In thought, was staring out to sea. As I watched, lie twitched my coat sleeve and drew me to one side. I shall leave you to amuse yourself as you choose for the remainder Tls for you of the day, he said. and Peter to safeguard the maid. 1 must ascertain, If possible, what huth become of Flint. And then? I asked. Then? Ills eyebrows arched In Why, then, Robert, we surprise. shall continue as we have done hitherto. this Insane "You must pursue fchenie? He was as patient with me as If I a fractious child. 'Tls no Insane scheme, but a coup of high politics of fascinating Import, my hoy. I own to It doth not appeal to you more readily. What? Shall we cry quits, simply because of shipwreck? And after every move hath turned as we plotted It should! I shook my head hopelessly, but decided to try again. Rethink you, I argued, the lqng-boa- t cun speedily be made weather tight. In her we might reach Put It from your mind, be Interrupted with a bint of iron In his voice. You little know me, Robert, If you reckon me one to turn back from what I have begun in especial, this matter which consummates the ambition of my life. Rut we This time the Iron wns uppermost. to my Roy, you are essential Rut plans. Much ns I love you, I well not talk on that plane. I am none for threats. Let It suffice that you are not to mention the subject again. He wheeled around and left me, and with his escort of turry-breekstrung out behind him was soon hurled In the undergrowth on the lower Hanks of the hill. The sun was past meridian when Peter and I Induced Moira to abandon the unmarked mound, and to divert tier mind we led her on a tramp to the shoulders of the Spyglass, where a score of the James' men already had felled a giant tir and were lopping the brandies from t lie trunk preparatory to removing the bark. In the forest ar by we killed a mess of birds, and Peter skillfully broiled them over an open fire, and after that, since she professed to enjoy the silence of the mountain side, we pressed on, beyond bearing of the ringing and finally came to the foot of the steep pinnacle of rock which was the lens of the Spyglass. Here we would have halted, but Moira had heard the story of the watch the pirates maintained from the summit, and she Insisted on completing the ascent, despite the lateness of the hour. And we, because we were for doing anything that would please her that day and relieve her grief, consented. It was more difficult than It looked, and the sun was low in the west when we reached the platform at the top, stained and blackened by the beacon fires that had burned there. Rut the view was glorious. The Island was spread out beneath us like a map on a table, from tha Foremast hill on Cou-peau- s. pine-cone- e Another less than Andrew Murray must have been dismayed by the series of misfortunes which had beset him. We were safe, hut no more. The Royal Janies was Taking In water so rapidly twos necessary to beach her on the mud flats at the south end of the Inlet. She leaked like a sieve where the mizzenmast had thumped her side, and her upper works were In splinters. In the fight with the Walrus and the storm we had lost eight-odmen, but more serious than this were the deaths of the two mates. Martin's body was found near the stump of the mlzzen ; he had been struck down by the must be so distrusted. Nothing was ever seen of Saunders, and we could only suppose that he had been swept overboard. The crew were apathetic and sullen, Inclined to he mutinous and resentful of my great-uncle- s authority. For the first time they had reason to question his omnipotence, and It required a full display of his ruthless temper to reduce them to subjection an accomplishment to which he was aided considerably by Coupeau, and I am free to admit, by Peter and me, who could not afford to risk the brutal license which would certainly follow a successful revolt of the gundeeks The former galley polyglot horde. slave was a redoubtable ally with the d eat, and a bruiser whose fists were as deadly sure ns the long eigliteens he handled so deftly. The rain and wind ceased with the approach of darkness, and my great-unclhad the men mustered under the poop, many of them still bleeding from the punishment they bad received. And of all bis feats I deem that the most remarkable: To face, practically unaided, upward of a hundred and fifty men, who bad just been curbed In the act of mutiny, without even sufficient light to enable him to exploit the compelling gleam of his lawny eyes. He beat them down and held them down by sheer power of will and utter fearlessness. You stand upon the deck of a Tn-de- r wrecked ship, he sold bleakly. hatches lies sufficient treasure to make every one of you comfortable for life, to buy you dissipation or place or fortune, whichever you prefer. One man can lead you to repair the ship and conduct you where the treasure will be of use to you. I am that man. Without me you are doomed to spend your days phasing the goats or those hills; ant If there Is any repetition of the disorder exhibited today I shall maroon au of self-assure- d uine-tnlle- e , dissup-pointme- our left all the way southward along the rocky spine of the west coast to Mizzenmast bill and a cape to the west of that which old Martin had called Ifaulbowllrie head. Eastward the Irregular shore ran north and south to the Indentation of Captain Kidds anchorage, the tree growth matted n.!Hlthb'k except for several savannas midway of the Island and the silvery loops of two or three small rivers. We Identified the masts of the James, rising above the headwaters of the North Inlet, and the opening in the trees north and east of Captain Kidd's anchorage that was the site of the fort Flint had built. And then Moira cried out : Oh, blessed saints, will that be a ship? Do but see, Rob! Peter! She pointed eastward; and jhere, sure enough, was a ship, or rather, the topsls of a ship barely, lifting over rim. If It had not been for the fact that the suns rays were striking level across the ocean floor, and so were reflected from the sheen of the canvas, we should never have seen It, not even with a glass. Aye, 'tls a ship, I said. It is Flint. Ja, nodded Peter. Moira shivered. Troth, and who would It be else? Therell be no friends she demanded. Im thinking. of ns come I beIt might be a kings ship gan. she denied, if this No, then, island Is gone all these years without the king's ships finding track of It, tls not like they will come upon It sudden In this moment. 'Tls a ship Indeed, I agreed und Aye, a willingly. ship. Ja, a ship like Flints, said Peter. We were Bllent for ni Instant, the three of us, dazed by the suddenness with which our whole outlook on the future had been chnnged by this unexpected loom of topsls leagues away. the "He must have weathered storm, I suld foolishly. And now the red fighting will begin all over again, cried Moira. My soul, will there not have been deaths enough for this treasure? Every piece of it must be speckled with mens s full-rigge- blood. We better tell Murray," said Peter, moving toward the lip of the rock platform. Rut how could Flint be back so 'Tls Impossible, I protested. Peter. He could not He could, Ja, returned the DutchDer storm was man Inperturbably. by In two glasses a'ndt der ship Is yet maybe ten leagues off, neen? We descended the Spyglass In silence. Twilight overtook us In the forest at Its base, and we were obliged to retrace our course with extreme caution, so that eight bells rang from the Royal James so exact was the restored discipline on that stranded hulk as we stepped from the trees on to the shore of the North Inlet aid N hailed for a boat. met us at the ganggreat-unclMy in satin coat Immaculate plum way, and blue plush breeches, white silk stockings and black pumps, his hair neatly tied with a black silk ribbon. "Well,' well," he greeted us, you have made a long day of It I trust you are not overtired, sweet? This to Moira. I hove delayed sitting to dinner In hopes that you would be here. You lie waved an can see hand that we have not been idle aboard the James. We begin to look like a ship again, eh? Did you by clmnce see the new mizzen? e silver-buckle- You 'better come to der cabin, said Peter abruptly. I beg your pardon? answered Murray. We hnve something to tell you, I said. ... It cannot wait, Ills eyes plumbed mine, and I think tie knew In that Instant what our' news wns. He clicked open his snuff-boand dusted a pinch delicately into his nostrils. So? he murmnred. Sets the wind x that quarter!" , And be offered Moira hls arm with the fine, stately dignity he achieved In to perfection, and led the way aft to the main cabin. You may place the viands upon the table, Gunn," he said to the steward when we were seated. We will serve ourselves. He turned to Moira. t, I recommend this fish. 'Tls and Scipio the remaining Is a master at such blackamoor dishes ; lie hath stuffed It, you see, with greens he procured from the fresh-caugh- woods. We have scant time to eat, let alone to admire our food," I InterFrom the peak of posed roughly. the Spyglass at sunset we sighted the topsls of a ship in the east." "I presume that you believe her to be the Walrus? he returned. It Is Flint. "Ja," said Peter. My faith, and who else would It be? asked Moira. Doubtless you are right, he assented. Indeed, I do not question It. Our examination of the northern and eastern beaches today failed to disclose a trace of evidence to Indicate what had become of the Walrus, and had she sunk some wreckage must have washed ashore. Yes, yes, my is still with us. friends, our Flint rode out the storm. But that, Robert, is no reason why we should not secure the maximum of satisfaction from this tasty meal all the more particularly so when we consider tls like to be the last for some days we shall eat in such comfortable surroundings. You take It coolly!" I exciaimed. And why not? 'Tls a disaster, I grunt you, yet Irritation will not aid me to redress It. You dont stay here, neen? said Teter. The Quite right, friend Feter. Royal James In her present plight would be a death-traI shall abandon her tonight and shift to the fort Flint was so obliging as to construct for us by the anchorage. And the treasure? I asked. He held up his wineglass to the light and studied It reflectively. Obviously, we must be where the treasure Is, he returned at length. Or, If you please, put It the other way round: The treasure must be where we are. I foresee a busy night for our people." Moira thrust out appealing hands toward him. Oh, sir, why wont ye just be after calling out to this ship when she comes and hid them take what they Will and go? Sure, that would be k better than A Tut, tut, he rebuked her. part of this treasure Is to supplement the eight hundred thousand pounds Intended for your fathers friends and they, my lass, are King Janies friends. You are a good Jacobite, I trust, and would not see our Cause deprived of a single doubloon that might buy muskets In Lyons or sword-blade- s in Breda? Ah, 'tls little enough I feel for King James or any of them that will have sent the padre to his doom Idea of Submarine Warfare Is Ancient s n-- s, Experimentally, of course, the Idea which was to have rescued Napoleon of the submarine goes back Into a from St. Helena came to nothing. very remote past. Aristotle speaks of Rauer, who was taken up by the some kind of submarine vessel used prince consort, drowned, the crew .of Manchester Guardian In the siege of Tyre more than 2,000 his submarine. years ngo, and there are occasional Genius Poorly Rewarded Uientions of the Idea through history. In the Sixteenth century one comes to The discovery of the correct posithe bishop of Upsalas claim to have tion and physiological function of the Invented a boat for scuttling ships heart, when announced by Andreas from below, and in 1020 Charles I Vesalius. the Belgian master of atl gave a Dutch Inventor an order for atomy, was received on the one hand boats to go under water," though with cold skepticism, ami on the oththey do not neen to have been used er with hot opposition. Slowly, against the French. There were the grudgingly, the worth of it was recturrudimentary and unsuccessful ognized. Reward, in proper measure, tles of Rushneil In the Eighteenth was not given. Rut It provided the century. Rut an 111 fate pursued the stepping-stonenabling William HarFultons submarine vey to discover the circulation of the early Inventors. wns rejected by France, England and blood. America In turn, and be set himself Vesalius wns a native of Antwerp, to the more usual work of designing his period being 1514-156At fourboat engines. Johnsons submersible teen he wns a student of medicine In Louvnin; at twenty he was In Venice, and the year following became public demonstrator at Padua. In Bologna Early Postage Stamps he gained a professorship and In Pisa Prior to the use of postage stamps, a similar chair. At twenty-eigh- t his which were first Issued In 1847, postmasters used what were known as Incomparable treatise on human anprovisional stamps. These were In atomy appeared. London Graphic. the nature of a rubber stamp which It served the purpose of postage. Decidedly Risky showed the prepayment of postage "Our family doctor Is going to marand was similar to the postmark on ry the woman physician In the next letters today, and usually bore the block." word Paid, name of the office and Thata too bad. Doctors so often the amount of the postage remitted. disagree" e , Department 8upplled by American Legion News Service.) SERU1CB she cried. And what is a Jacobite or a Hanoverian, or what worth King George or King James, that you must be murdering and slaying and he that was a good man and kind when he .wasnt In liquor should lie In heathen ground?" She leaped up, quivering with pas-sto- n lashed aflame. The toe of my boot to Jacobite! the word and them that use it! Little enough hath It meant to me but poverty and exile and the death of her that bore me and now and now the padre and now She fled from the cabin in tears, and her stateroom door slammed after her. Poor lass! Poor lass! sighed my great-unclIt hath been a trying day for her. We must be lenient. Y7ou should be down on your knees, beseeching her forgiveness, you who wantonly dragged her into this danger! I snarled at him, he objected Wantonly, Robert? mildly. Certes, you should know better by now. My reasons were of the best, my motives of the highest. He rang the silver bell In front of him, and when Gunn appeared said Send Coupeau to me." Then .he turned to me again You, of all persons, Robert, have least cause to censure me for Mistress ODonnells presence. I I have most! I retorted hotly. am so unfortunate as to be related to you, and therefore must be in some measure a sharer of the obloquy attached to your deeds." He wagged his head sadly. Words! What rash, unreasoning words will not youth sponsor In its blind prejudices! Peter, I appeal to you: Doth not my grandnephew lie In ray debt for my conduct In arranging for him the opportunity to squire our little Irish maid? Peter drained a glass of brandy. You better not say any more, MurNeen! Maybe ray," he grunted. you say too much." I had supposed myself the model of diplomacy, protested my great-uncl- Ut PROMISES BIG TIME FOR LEGIONNAIRES Heading the list of hosts who will welcome the thousands of American Legionnaires to the eighth annual national convention in Philadelphia October 11 to 15 will be the Legions leader In Pennsylvania, Department Commander L. McK. Crumrine of Washington, Pa. Commander Crumrine as host will be faced with the inevitable problem of hosts, What shall we do with our guests and where shall we take them? Philadelphia, the site of more historical spots and relics than any city In America, solves the problem of what to do with the visiting Legionnaires. There are enough places of interest In Philadelphia and vicinity to more than occupy the time the Legionnaires will have to see them. Further, since Philadelphia Is the scene this year of the Sesqulcentennial exhibition, which celebrates 15Q years of American Independence, the Quaker Citys hospitality will be at Its height when the Legionnaires visit there. Chief among the places of interest to be viewed by Legionnaires is Independence hall, the most historic spot In America, where the Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776. Here Is housed the Liberty Bell, which first proclaimed the na-- . tlons freedom. From 9 a. m. to 4 p. . e. Peters little their protective Ja, you been But der smart oudt or he gets when he gets eyes twinkled behind rolls of fat pretty smart, Murray. feller, he has to look too smart. Ja! Andt too smart he Is In trouble. Coupeaus hideous mask of a face showed in the companionvvay entrance. he growjed. Oul, insieu? An, Coupeau, " answered Murray. A strange sail approaches the island, perhaps Fiint, perhaps another. To us it matters not. We must entrench The treasure and ourselves ashore. sufficient stores for two weeks sojourn will be shifted to the stockaded fort on the hill north of Captain Kidds anchorage. The men must work all night again if necessary. Do you understand? Oui, msieu. replied the gunner. .And Coupeau clumped off down the A moment later his companionway. hoarse voice split the quiet of the ship as he commenced to bark orders. A stout fellow, Coupeau," comhave never mented my great-unclregretted the salvaging of him. But perhaps it would be as well if we went on deck and lent him moral support. As a mater of fact, there was less disposition than we anticipated on the part of the crew to object to this new labor. And the reason was not far to seek. The transfer of the treasure to the fort by the Anchorage furnished them an opportunity to an Intimacy of contact with it they had not known previously, an Intimacy alluring, stimulating, discomposing. True, they already had transferred the entire cargo of the Santissima Trinidad once, had removed the half of it from the Royal James to the Dead Mans Chest, and only two days since had broken out the remainder for division with the Walrus. Peter and 1, with Moira and Ben Gunn and Scipio, followed the main column of the evacuation about midCoupeau had led the first night. contingent, some of whom we met returning to the shfo, to fetch a second was load of stores. My great-uncl- e lo come after us with these and the remainder of the crew, leaving behind on the Royal James only some men who had not yet retwenty-odcovered sufficiently from wounds received in the two actions with the Santissima Trinidad and the Walrus to permit of their removal, and who were made as comfortable as possible on the gundeck. I noted uneasily that the groups who passed us were talking eagerly amongst themselves, with no appearance of the surliness to be expected normally from any sailors put to extra work, although they fell silent as soon as they saw who we were. They have never been drinking, I muttered to Peter. But they "Neen, he answered. on der treasure. drunk get Do but see hoy R Is a fell curse upon all who touch It. said Moira. Ah, blessed Virgin, thai it were all in the depths of the ground where God first planted it! . 'I d (TO BK CONTINUED. J L. McK. Crumrine. . Legionnaires will be permitted to examine the famous bell where it rests In the main corridor. Christ church, one of the oldest in America, founded in 1G95 and where Franklin, Washington, worshiped Robert Morris, Betsy Ross and other patriots of Revolutionary days, will be seen. Seven of the signers of the Declaration of Independence lie buried there. The chime of eight bells is the oldest in the colony and in tuneVith the Liberty Bell rang out on July 4, m. each day 177(j. Betsy Ross house, the birthplace of Old Glory," where Mrs. Elizabeth Ross is said to have made the first American flag in 1777, will be of great In- terest to the veterans. In this house can be seen relics of William Penn and other early Philadelphia souvenirs. Carpenters hall, where the first Continental congress met in 1774, and Congress hall, where Washington and Adams were inaugurated and where Washington made his farewell address, are among the spots of Interest. Other places of interest are the Benedict Arnold mansion, purchased by Arnold for his wife and now used for a restaurant ; Chew mansion, scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the Battle of Germantown In 1777 ; Ftnnk-lin- s house, where memorials and relics of the' great American can be seen; William Penn house, the first brick house In Philadelphia, Grants cabin, which Grant occupied as his headquarters during the winter of 18C4-Gand Old Swedes church, one of the oldest buildings In America. In the vicinity of Philadelphia can be visited Valley Forge Memorial park; Gettysburg battlefield, scene of Washingtons crossing of the Delaware, Fort Washington, Bryn Atliyn cathedral, a notable architectural achieve-'- - . ment built at a cost of $10,000,000, and Penn Treaty park and monument. Prexy Sweeps Streets From president of the University of Arizona to street sweeping was the unusual role played by Dr. C. II. Mar vin of Tueson, Ariz., recently. The job of street sweeping was taken on by President .Marvin for one vfternoon as the result of the failure of Tucson to win from Phoenix In an American Legion membership contest. The doctor, who Is an ardent Legionnaire, declared that If Phoenix won the contest he would personally sweep Tucsons main thoroughfare, ne did and made a good Job of it. Makes Legion Known Is making the American Legion a household word throughout the land, declared National Adjutant James F. Barton recently. In compliance with the Legions national radio program this year 27 Legion departments have conducted highly successful radio programs and others are being planned. The radio |