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Show PAGE SIX THE LEW SUN. LEIH. UTAH Thursday, August 11, 1927 K TWO HOMES MADE HAPPY By Women Who Used Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound. 1 have taken Lydla E. Plnkham's cgetabie Compound and I think it is tee most won- A derful medicine I ever tried," is the statement made by Mrs. Goldle Shoup ot St. Joseph, nil-nois. nil-nois. She .declares .de-clares that after tnklmr the Com pound she Is in better health than before. Mrs. J. Storms of 29 Lane Street, Paterson, N. .T.. writes: "I cannot speak too highly of your medicine and I recommend it to all my friends." These statements were taken from two enthusiastic letters which tell of the help that has been received from using the Vegetable Compound. Both Mrs. Shoup and Mrs. Storms were In a run-down condition which caused them much nnhapplness. When women are suffering from lack of strength and from weakness their own life and that of their family fam-ily 13 affected. 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At any rate, as he walked Into the deadened studio and the broadcasting was J tint about to begin, he mopped his brow and exclaimed in an agonized tone: "This is terrible I As related by M. II. Aylesworth, Cerlenbach, who fought young Strlb- ling In the roped arena, suffered an even worse experience. Berlenbacli was to give a nve-ininute talk on "Bravery In the Prize King," but be came so terrihed that he strode out of the studio, never to return. li By ELLERY H. CLAR Copyright m Bobbi-lferrfll C. Levity Resented A man who bad bought a very valuable val-uable building site was surveying his newly acquired property In a mood ef reverie when a stranger, in a similar mood, accosted him. CHAPTER XIII Continued 18 Immediately I groped about me with outstretched hands. On three sides olid earth ; but on the fourth, at about the level of my waist, I' encountered empty space, and for the first time I experienced a gleam of hope. Clearly It was a case of hands and knees, and telling Helen to follow, I dropped on all fours, and without the faintest idea of whether our venture meant life or death, I began crawling along the tunnel. I had often read, In old romances, of Sir," said the man, "I remember the mysterious charm of underground when this property was a farm. Why, passages, but this was not the kind I burled a dog here In those days. I had encountered In books. It was And now I read that it has been sold ankle deep in mud and water, which for half a million." was unpleasant enough In itself, and "Yes." said the new owner, with a ,n addition to this I began to fear that smile, "I bought It.' The stranger was obviously hurt "But what I'm telling you," he said, "Is the truth.' the earth might collapse above us, and shuddered at the thought of such a fate. Yet any port in a storm, as the saying Is, and I felt that whatever we were destined to undergo could be no worse than the seemingly certain death we had left behind. Presently, after what appeared like Firecracker Good Bait Ten-year-old Klvhard Wesson of Tttutnn cnaiwllnrr fha enmmAi. . 1 . hoosic lake. Is one fisherman who re- !n ,ntermlntable time, but which was, mains mlm white nfhr rfi, 1 suppose,' in reality only a few min utes, I suddenly encountered solid earth ahead, and. judging that this must mark the end of the passage, I groped above us. pushed upward on the wood that met my hands, and the nexc instant clear starlight, never more welcome, shone down upon us A second later we were scrambling up the sides of the narrow opening, to find ourselves again above the earth, with the night air blowing fresh and cool upon our faces, I knew at once where we were in the clearing among the mangroves where McAllister had mains calm while others dispute about flies and worms. 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By this time it was pitch dark around us; moonrlse was still far off; and accordingly we crept back a little distance from the clearing, and, making mak-ing ourselves as comfortable as pos sible, proceeded to await developments. And now, for the first time, I had a chance to consider our position, and to wonder whether or not we had bettered bet-tered ourselves by our flight. In one way, of course, I myself had greatly benefited, for I was, at least, still alive. But beyond that the outlook seemed dubious. I had shown McAllister that I was not his nephew; had admitted my deceit by running away. Nor was this the worst of it, for Helen, through her courage and quickness of wit, had joined her fortunes irrevocably with mine. And how we were now to escape from the island and reach the mouth of the river, where Barclay awaited us, was more than I could see. The hours dragged on. From the river, to the westward, we could hear. from time to time, the sound of low voices and the splash of oars. Clearly tne slaves would- attack from that quarter also. From the plantation, on the east, rose the yelling and shouting of the avengers, and presently the light of a huge bonfire flared against the sky, then died away, and darkness again enshrouded the world. Helen," I whispered, "this tunnel Is McAllister's last resort his refuge In emergency. That is plain as day. It's a means of escape from the Island. and where there's a burrow there must be a boat. I'll go to the north, you to the south ; If you find anything call to me, but softly, on your life." Without another word we separated, and I began groping my way through the tangle, but had not gone, I think more than fifty feet when I heard Hel en's low call, and, retracing my steps with all possible speed, found her standing by a little Inlet In the swamp, while before us. In the darkness, we could discern the dim outlines of two boats, one a small canoe, the other perhaps thirty feet long, built on the lines of a whaleboat, and capable of holding a dozen men. To handle this latter craft was, of course, beyond our powers, and accordingly I lost no time InJaunching the canoe through mud and slime, until she lay ready at the very entrance to the river. And then, despite the danger, a sudden reckless thought flashed through my mind. The treasure chest! Who could foretell fore-tell the future? The slaves might permanently possess and guard the island. This might be the last chance to secure the gold and gems. And thus, with a hurried whisper to Helen, I sped back to the big boat, found the grapple in the bow, and, making my way to the familiar spot where I hail saved the life of McAllister, I used my novel spade to such advantage that within nve minutes I had returned to the canoe, and had placed the small but heavy chest saffly aboard. And now I prayed for darkness. But while the whole eastern sky was barred with clouds, the moon had so for managed to evade them, and continued con-tinued to shed her light upon island and river. And presently, as we waited. wait-ed. In a fever of Impatience, It became evident that the attack upon the fortress for-tress had at last begun. From the eastward came a tumult of frenzied shouting, the beating of drums, the crack ' crack ! crack ! of rifles and pis- tots; while from the mangroves, close at band, fire-tipped arrows soared on ward, curved and descended upon the roof of the house. To me the course of events seemed plain. The garrison, hopelessly outnumbered, would either be massacred at their posts, or, tak Ing to the tunnel and emerging among the mangroves, would add to the dan gers of our predicament. "We must risk It," I cried, and even as the words left my lips, the moon as if In eclipse was suddenly engulfed in cloud. Our chance had come! In an Instant we were aboard, had shoved the canoe clear of the mangroves and the next moment had begun our Journey toward the sea. Whether our adventures were ended, or were only just beginning, It was hard to say. Behind us the tumult seemed to have slackened, but whether this meant victory or defeat for McAllister McAl-lister we could not tell. A boat in our path was our greatest dread, and I was so busy peering forward through the blackness that I had no thoughts for anything else until, after twenty minutes of steady progress, and with the mouth of the river near at hand. Helen suddenly stopped paddling, and turned her head. "Hark !" she whispered. whis-pered. I sat motionless, paddle suspended in midair. Instantly I became aware of the unmistakable sound of oars, and again my beart sank like lead. Up, and then down, had flowed and ebbed the tide of our hopes and fears, and now to be caught with safety almost in our grasp it was too much to be borne. nitnout a word, we Dent to our paddles again with a will, and no longer keeping a lookout for Imaginary dangers, we mads the canoe fairly boil through the water. And then, all at once, the moon shone forth through a rift In the clouds, and to my horror I heard, behind us, a wild yell from our pursuers. One hurried glance told me all I wished to know; it was the whaleboat, with half a dozen maroons at the oars, and In the bow, rifle in hand, the wizened figure of McAllister. McAllis-ter. Whole-heartedly I cursed myself for not leaving the treasure. only one bope remained. I had agreed to meet Barclay in the evening, and it was now close to daylight, yet if Ills patience had lasted, and he was still lying off the mouth of the river, all might yet be well. Once more the moon was engulfed In clouds, suddenly effacing our pursuers in the gloom, and a minute later the long, slow heave from the ocean told us that we had passed the limits of the river, and were fairly on the sea. Presently, not far ahead of us, something some-thing loomed faintly through the haze, and for an Instant my heart leaped with the belief that it was the longboat, long-boat, but a moment later, as we drew swiftly nearer, I perceived that It was but one of the many sandy Islets that fringed the shore, barren, save for a clump of reeds in the center. Had our pursuers been fewer In number, we might have beached the canoe and taken refuge, for a last stand, in the reeds; but, with a half-dozen assailants, assail-ants, doubtless fully armed, our rifle and our two pistols would scarcely have sufficed. And so, like hares harried har-ried by a falcon, we swept out to sea. Nearer and nearer drew the whale-boat. whale-boat. I could hear McAllister shrieking shriek-ing Imprecations, and could Imagine that the loss of the treasure must have driven him nearly mad. I felt sure that he was within range of us, and wondered why he did not shoot, until I reflected that if he shot and wounded me, I might, in my struggles, upset the canoe and lose the treasure. Doubtless it was this thought that stayed his hand. Wild plans darted through my brain. I might stop paddling, poise the chest over the side, and demand our lives in payment for its safety. But how make McAllister keep his word? Plainly a crisis of some sort was close at hand, and In desperation I had laid down my paddle and reached for my rifle, when all at once I heard a hail, and as the moon once more emerged from Its dark barrier I saw a sight that I shall never rorget tne longboat of the Black Panther shooting out from the cove where it had Iain concealed, four men bending their sturdy backs at the oars, and in the stern the familiar figures of Burford and of Captain Bar clay. In an Instant the whole aspect of affairs had changed. I imagined, at first, that McAllister would stand and fight, but I think that to his guilty con science there must have been some thing terrifying as well as supernatu ral in Barclay's sudden appearance upon the scene, for almost immediately immediate-ly the bow of the whaleboat swung toward the islet, the maroons putting forth all their strength in an effort to gain the protection of the reeds. Was the stranger among them, I wondered. could see no sign of him, and sus pected (what I found, long afterward to be the truth) that he,with Bill and Quaniino, and three more maroons, had fallen In the attack upon the fortress, thus meeting, by the whim of fate, a tragic death in a quarrel not his own. A second later the longboat swept Richard? I think we majfave need of you." I did not hesitate did fit answer, even but sprang at on into the longboat's bow. Even HfH and I blush to say it was for t instant a secondary thought. This a man's fight, and in it I meant ft play my part. A wave of farewell, an w were speeding toward the isla Looking aft, I could see that the cafaln's gaze never left his quarry, an that his dark face gleamed with exultation. "The Black Panther" ev in these tense and thrilling momeini I realized the aptness of the phrasef Nearer and nearer we coie until at length our bow found Itsfisting place in the smooth sand. Besl us lay the whaleboat, careened uponits side, as the fugitives had left it No trace of them was to be seen; biy the level sweep of the sand, and a hundred yards away the dark anjtlsinister out line of the reeds, among jpraich our foe- men lay concealed. Then was no dal lying, no delay. So well if d Barclay's followers know their safase game that he had no need of wsting words. "Take him alive !" was Ms. one command. com-mand. Then, out of fiidness to an unskilled hand, he assjLed me to a Instantly a Bent but Wiry Figure Leaped Forward. place on the left of the line, and told me briefly: "Keep your distance from the man next yon; when I give the word to charge, run crouched and leap from side to side. And above all, hold your fire. The light Is bad. Cold steel will tell the tale." An instant later we were advancing toward the ambush, traversing per haps half the distance in perfect silence. si-lence. Then I heard Barclay's trumpet trum-pet voice, "Charge!" and mindful of his counsel, I bent double, and went leaping, zigzag fashion, up the beach. No sound came from the reeds, and I began to feel a hot resentment, as though they were not giving us a chance for our lives, when suddenly two flashes of flame seared the darkness, dark-ness, ' and the man to right of me pitched forward, gave a twist or two, and then lay still. On we swept, and had nearly reached; the edge of the ambuscade before we got the rest of their volley, almost, as it seemed, In our faces. Sometimes, as I look back upon it, it appears strange that they did not annihilate us ; but, on the other hand, fate was against them. For one thing, the light cowld not have been worse, and they ere drawing bead on moving objects, almost as black as the night its?f. Moreover, they had already undergone one desperate des-perate fight, and had, on top of that, rowed themselves almost to the point of exhaustion, so that their fingers must have been unsteady on the trigger. trig-ger. Again, something, I think, of their leader's panic must have communicated commu-nicated Itself to the superstitious blacks. And, last of all, your mercenary, merce-nary, no matter how brave, can never hope to fight like the man who battles for his own hand. In any event, their volley did us little damage, and the next Instant they had leaped up from their hiding places and had received our fire In return. And then we closed. All that followed was blurred and distorted, like an ugly dream. The flash of pistols, the gleam of steel, dark forms meeting hand to hand it was all bewildering and unreal. I was conscious that Barclay was raging like a lion among the foe; I heard oaths and cries of pain; but, unskilled as I was In such warfare, It seemed as though I should be of small assistance, assist-ance, until finally, more through accident acci-dent than design, I was drawn Into the very center of the fray. Barclay, with his enemy almost -within his reach, had struck down the man who guarded him, but the maroon, in his death agony, gripped the captain's foot, and nearly brought Rim to the ground. Instantly a bent but wiry figure leaped forward, a knife flashed high, and I saw, to my horror, that it was McAllister. I still grasped my empty rifle in my hand, and more quickly than I have ever acted before or since, I clubbed it and dealt McAllister McAl-lister such a blow that It crashed through his guard and sent his knife spinning through the air, my gun stock fairly splintering his skull. In a fraction of a second Barclay had wrenched himself free, and was bending over his enemy. I was aware of sudden silence about us. The conflict con-flict was nded ; not one of our adver saries was-left ailve. Barclay, rising, replaced his knife In his belt and turned to me with a half-rueful shake of his head. "Richard," he said, "I would that your strength were less. Yotf have both given and taken away. You hav saved my life, but you have robbed me of my revenge." I did not answer him, for now that the fight was over, my thoughts sped swiftly back to Helen. Every moment the light was growing clearer, and I could see that she was paddling swiftly swift-ly toward the island. Presently Barclay Bar-clay came nearer and laid his hand on my shoulder, and I saw that he too was gazing eastward. A great change had come over his face ; he looked like a man awakening from a dream. "Richard," he said, "I'm glad It's over. For all this time, night and day, I've thought only of revenge. Now we must look ahead. You and your lass are safe; you'll marry, and then bear away to the north'ard. When this trouble with the blacks Is over, I'll take charge of the plantation, and treat them as I'd like to be treated In their place. Then there's the treas-ure-we must get that." I pointed to the approaching canoe. "It's there," I answered, "and at your service." His clasp on my shoulder tightened. "I thank you, Richard," he said. "This treasure, then, for me, and for Bur-ford Bur-ford and my men. But I will give you the bearings, and when you come to Straitsmouth. the other chest will be for you and your bride." Later I was to appreciate the munificence mu-nificence of his gift, but at the moment mo-ment I think I hardly understood. For the canoe had almost reached the shore, and I started swiftly down the beach. The night was paling, and to the eastward, far beyond the hills, clouds, tinged with rose, foretold the coming of the dawn. (THE END) Pike Long Noted for Hunger and Voracity The pike Is the hungriest and the fiercest of rislies. Fish, flesh and fowl seem alike acceptable to Its palate, pal-ate, and It does not disdain mineral products ; rings, spoons and other similar sim-ilar articles have been frequently taken tak-en from its maw. Four English boys went to bathe in Ingiemere pond, near Ascot, England; One of them, who shall be called Henry, walked into the water to about the depth of four feet, when he spread out his hands and tried to swim. At that instant a large fish came up and took the whole hand in its mouthl but finding Itself unable to swallow It relinquished re-linquished its bold, and the boy, turning turn-ing round, prepared for a hasty retreat re-treat His companions, who saw the fish, scrambled out of the pond as fast as possible. Henry had scarcely turned round before the fish came up behindhand, seizing his other hand crosswise. Inflicted In-flicted some very deep wounds on the back of it. The lad raised his free hand, which was still bleeding, and stuck the srrpnt flsh a hard blow on alongside of us, and I shall never for-1 the head, when it disappeared. The i-uuru j wiw to ueien. i tber boys took him to a surgeon. Yet this was no time for ceremony, j who dressed seven wounds in one and he said quietly, "Are you with us, I hand, and so great was the pain the next day that the lad fainted twice. The little finger was bitten through the nail and It was more than six weeks before it was well. Blindness No Handicap I In spite of total blindness caused by a gun accident, Henry Fawcett ? rose to high positions In British public life. He was born In Salisbury in 1S33. At the age of thirty-two he entered en-tered the house of commons where his ability and devotion to worthy causes ; soon made him a prominent and in- J fluential member. In 1880 he became ; postmaster general in the government of Mr. Gladstone, and during his term j of office he brought about many im- ; provements In the postal service. He : died In 1884a i Algonquin Indians The Sauk and Fox Indians are both I of the Algonquin tribe. Sauk Is trans- f lated "people of the yellow earth," in J contradistinction from "red earth pee- pie," a name of the Foxes. Their own name for themselvese is "red eartH people," because of the kind of earti from which they c?e supposed to halt ' bean created. ,'f if |