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Show THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE.UTAH rather than risk dlscovel')" through he contented himself with watching the yacht tied up at the dock, until the moon came up. Then with Its rays making everything as clear as day he climbed the rocks and cautiously made his way ln the dl· rectlon of the house. It was a big rambling atrair In the moonlight, low of roof, but spread out over so much ground that it bulked large and formldnble, It blended so well with the rocks and trees that it seemed a part of tbe landscape, growIng naturally like a huge mushroom from the ground Itself. Lights twinkled in dltrerent windows, but a portentous silence seemed to brood over lt. There were no voices to break the sllence; no laughter, no music, nothing of human origin. Dick concluded that the occupants were so tired with their long sea trip COP'I'RIGHT W G.CHAPMAN that rest and sleep were ·demanding their attention. This condusion hlD;l emerge from the dusty compart- seemed corroborated when the I igh ts ment, materlal!zlng out of a blank in the windows began to go out, one ON THE ISLAND wall, as It were, and all the superstl· at a time, until the great building was tion of her nature was aroused. Shriek wrapped In gloom. SYNOPSIS- Fishing, In Idle !ashlo!!, !rom a private dock, after shriek filled the cabin. The last light to be extinguished was Dick van Ness watches a ship, • Dick's first impulse ';\·as to step back on the uppel' floor in the front of the the Pelican, which he recognizes as th eBeacon, his !ather'!! yacht and hide again, but the girl's discovery bulldlng. When It disappeared Dick before his de&th and financial of blm made that course Impracticable. shivered slightly as If left suddenly in reverses forced him to part with lt. A man whom he hears a. girl He closed the panel with a toucl1 of the cold. who al!companles him address as the spring, and sprang back Into the But almost immediately lt flared up Mr. Blake, lands from the yacht. The girl drops her handbag In gloom of the cabin. The door of a again, brighter than before. It seemed the stream, and Dick recovers lt. stateroom stood open, and through It for an Instant that an increase of its Tb nking him, she gives him her visiting card. She Is Allee he plunged without looking around. candlepower bad been miraculously Cutler, niece of Stephen Cutler, At almost the same instant Captain given to Jt. It twinkled brilliantly for auccess!ul business rival of the elder Van Ness. Dick overhears Brent appeared In the cabin, and de- a moment, and then went out again. a conversation between Blake manded of the maid, "What's the matThis did not startle Dick; but when and Captain Brent of the Pelican which tells him the yacht ter? What're you yelllng for?" it appeared again and went out as heIa bound on a voyage of advenMarie was unable for a i'ew seconds fore :1e blinked. He stared at the winture. Dick determines to conceal himself and sail-a stowto recover her wits. She kept on dow, watching for its reappearance. away-with the party. Stephen shrieking and crossing her9f'lf until It came in time, twinkling an instant Cutler, Invalid, comes aboard, with hls niece, and the ship the skipper shook her by the arm. as before and then went out for the salls, In hls retreat Dick over"Quit that!'' he commanded. "Shut last time. hears converl!atlona between Blake and Captain Brent which up, and tell me what's the matter." "Looks like a signal of some kind," appear to denote something "A ghost, captain," she stammered he mused. Then recalling the words slnlolier. between chattering teeth. "It come of Blake to Captain Brent, he swung right out of the wall-come-come-" around and glanced down at the dock. ''Ghost, your grandmother I" growled A peculiarly bright light was shining CHAPTER IV-Continued Brent. "Now-" from the masthead of the yacht, and -4Dick waited to hear no more. The as Dick looked It dipped three Urnes, "Yes,- lf nothing happens. The stateroom he was In opened directly then remained motionless. barometer's falling a little, but I guess upon the deck. He slipped the catch "That's Brent answering," he said. we'll get ahead of any storm. It seems nols.elessly and stepped out. It was First up at the window and then to be breaking behind us instead of dark, and there was no one on that down at the yacht he glanced, watchahead." side of the yacht. In the gloom he Ing for a renewal of the signals, but There was a second or two of sisaw the dark outlines of trees and they were not repeated. The house lence. Then Blake added: rocks, with the iand rising abruptly was wrapped in darkness, and the "You understand just what to do? from the water to a sort of peak, lights on the yacht stationary, When I give the signal you must sail topped off by a low, rambling strucBut the latter dld not remain so away. Don't stop to ask questions, ture, whose chimneys stood silhouetted for long. While Dick looked they beand don't mind what others say. Get a~ainst the sky like gaunt fingers. gan moving seaward, gliding through off at once, and hang around Marsh Lights twinkled here and there In the dat·kness with an almost !mperinlet until you get a wlreless from me." the distance, some stationary, others ceptlble motion. Captnln Brent evi"Suppose your wireless ashore don't moving, arid voices broke the stillness dently had received hls signal from work?" occasionally as one called to another. ~Ir. Blake, and was leaving with the "~• wm work. I'll see to that. I'm At his left the phosphorescence of the yacht for Marsh Inlet, there to walt something of an expert. If anything's ocean gleamed fitfully In the half light. for further orders by wireless. wrong with It, I'll soon repair It. Don't The yacht bad landed at a dock that "I wonder what 1t all means," Dick worry about that." mused. "I suppose I ought to arouse jutted fnr out Into the water. "You think you can keep the old man Dick glanced at the end, measured old man Cutler, and tell him-" quic£1" He was suddenly cut short by two the distance to the lslan<l, and decided "He won't bother me any," was the that his safest way would be to drop shadows moving across the moonlit quiet reply, accompanied, Dick overl.Joard and swim ashore. The com· way In his direction. He had barely Imagined, by a smile of confidence. motion In the cabin, caused by Marie's time to duck behind a clump of bushes "'Yell, good night I We don't want screams,, had extended to the dock, before they were upon hlm. Dick to be seen together alone. I shan't and running feet could be heard ap- caught sight of a man and woman, speak to you again unless the others but their identity was uncertain untll proaching. are around." Climbing over the rail he lowered t11 ey began to talk. Dick heard them move across the "I tell you, Marie," Mr. Blake was himself with a rope until his feet cabin In opposite directions. Captain touched the water. He shivered a lit- saying, a little Irritably, "you must Brent went outside on the deck, and tle at the chill, and then dropped be careful or you'll spoil the whole :Mr. Blake crept back to his statenoiselessly In the cold brine and began plan for us. It you appear too famlllar room. with me, Miss Alice will take notice. swimming quietly toward the shore. Dick forgot his cigarette and perIt was risky for you to call me out. Marie's alarm, after all, helped hlm, mitted the light to go out. He was Suppose she'd caught you at m1 pondering the words of the two men. for It drew the attention or the whole door?" They puzzled him, and awakened in crew to the cabin, and by the time any. "What dlffet·ence does It make If his mind the old suspicion that there one thought of searching the outside she did!" was the quick retort. "You Vl"as something in the cruise not-put of It Dick was pulling himself upon a love me, don't you 7 Then what else down in the Itinerary of Steve Cutler, rock completely sheltered from view. matters? Miss Cutler has her lovers. "I guess I'll sleep over It," he de· He sat there wringing his clothes when I don't see why I can't have mine, ctded, smiling. "Maybe I won't show Marie, accompanied by Brent, crossed too." myself quite yet. Blake's a sllck chap, the gangplank and landed on the dock. "Don't talk thnt way, Marie," in· and Brent looks like a prize fighter," She was still protesting that she had terrupted Blake harshly. "'Ve can't seen a ghost. He slept fitfully until morning, and "He came right through the wall, be ordinat·y lovers-not here!" with the dawn or a new day came a Cap'n Brent," she moaned. "I nearly "Why not? We were, in the citr. new resolution. He would see the ad- fainted when I saw him." Why is it different down here? Isn't venture through as planned, and not "You'd better not tell Mr. Cutler you the moonlight beautiful?" expose his hand until they landed. In "Yes,'' replied Blake moodily. "It's saw a ghost on his yacht, If you don't the hope that he would overhear more a good night for sailing. Captain Brent want to be fired,'' repl!ed Brent. "Now conversation to enlighten him he kept wlll be out of sight long before mornget up to the house or Miss Cutler his ears open every time anyone ening." will-" tered the cabin; but as It was a beau"Where Is he going?-not ·oack "Captain," interrupted a vof<oe out of tiful day most of the passengers re· the darkness, "what's all this noise home?" malned on the deck, and nothing or "No, he'll hang around until I want about? Mr. Cutler sent me down to consequence happened. him-out o! sight, of course. I'll InInquire." It was late in the afternoon when a struct him by wireless." He stopped Dick recognized the voice of Mr. commotion on deck aroused him. From suddenly, and asked: "How does :\iiss Blake. the tramp of many feet he concluded "Nothing but a hysterical woman," Allee take It? She doesn't suspect that something unusual had happened ; growled .Brent. ''She thought she saw anything, of course, does she?" bnt he was a little disappointed when "No. Why should she? But In the something-a ghost-and she let out a Allee Cu tier passed through the cabin mornlng"-shrugging her shouldersshriek like a fog whletle. Hustle her and said to her maid : "lt may be dift'erent. She was furious up to her mistress. I got enough to do "Get my things ready, Marie. We'll when she round the servants weren't without looking after her.'' land before dark." here." "Oh, Mr. Blake,'' walled Marie, "on Once again the desire to step out or bts biding place surged up In Dick, but my word and honor I saw something he supprel!sed it. Now that relief from -a man-" Now the scene Is transferred "Thought you said it was a ghost," his Intolerable position was to sight he to the mysterious island. What's didn't want to make a bad break, If jeered Brent. the plot? "Well, sir, It was a man ghost-a tile ,..family landed befor" dark the yacht wo11ld be partly deserted, and tall young man, with dark hair and (TO BE CONTINUED.) the opportunity of steallng forth un- black eyes, with-with a white face.'' Brent laughed hoarsely. "We got 11 observed would come to him. Glacien Half an hour later the screw of the lot of dark men In the crew, Mariegood-lookers, too." yacht slowed its revolutions. Dick You llked the music Instruments "But I never saw him before; he that glaciers made, but no sougs werG judged they were approaching land or passing through some crooked chan- was not in the crew. He was differ· ever so grand as those of the glaciers nel tllat required caution. The en- ent-a gentlemnn." themselves. no falls so lofty as those Blake and the captain exchanged whlch poured from brows and chasme·J gine-room bell clanged repeatedly, and the y.~<cht varied its speed accordingly. glance~. and the latter finally said: mountains of pure darl' Ice. Glaciers "Well, If he's aboard, Marie, I'll find made the !DOlmtuins and ground corn The<~ came a slight jar and vibration. Sharp orders from Brent, an- him, and when I do I'll bring him up for all the flowers, and the forests ot other J<tr, an<l then the propeller for you to Identify. If be's a gentle· sliver fir; mude l'mooth paths for hu· ceased its activity. They were at Val- man he woH't try to frighten you man feet until the sacred Sierras have again; but between you and me and become the most approachable of halla, and the voyagers were landing. Dick listened Impatiently to the bu~t the fishes, I don't belleve there was mountains. . . . The primary mounanybody. If there was It was one of tain waves, tmvltal granite, ::ere socn tllnif cl\mmotlon • outside until It subthe crew." curved to beauty. They bared the sided. He waited a full bali' hour after Brent turned and walked away. lordly domeR ancl fashioned the clusthat to make sure they were ashore. Marie shuddered, and murmured, "Oh, Then b.e quietly touched the spring no, sir, he wasn't one of the crew. I tering spires; smoothed godlike mountain brows and shaped lake cups tor that tontrolled the secret panel, and know all of them." crystal wt.ters; wove myriads of mazr AS the latter fle\'f' open he craned h!a "Go up to the house, Marie," Blake bead forward. The cabin was empty. Interrupted sharply, "Your mistress Is canyons' and spread them out like lall" -John Muir. V~jth a .smlle of relief he stepped out. waiting for you." •"One foot had scarcely touched the Those Deal Girls carpeted floor when a shriek that filled CHAPTERV Madge-Beal]ty Is but skin d,. the cabin with echoes startled him. you know. Around the way from him, with her In the darkness Dick had little opMarie-Then don't despair, dear, back to the opposite wall, crossing herportunity to explore his surroundlnM;s yours may como to the surface 1D ~~elf with both hands, itood Marte, her eourse ot tlrn~S. wtth lli1J deit'ee ot satlafact!on, lll1d uea bul~l, with feu.. She had aeeD /nValhalla [G;LffiT/ blunderln~ 1111d Out QY ElMO SCOTT WATSON \(j), 1'2i, Wedtern Ncwapa.per Union.) Geone Ethelbert Walsh ... . "Walk the Plank!, the profession of piracy A ROUND there have grown up many a leg- OVERDID IT Parson Johnslng-Look heah, Mose, what am yo' doln' behln' dem bars'/ Mose-Pahson, hit all cum erbout In dis way; Ah didn't hab no trubble wid de constable ner anybody. Hit would hub bin all right ef hit handn't bin fo' de women's lub ob dress. 1\Iy wlmmen folks, dey wuzzent satisfied jes' to eat mos' all dem chickens; but dey had to put de feathers in delr hats, an' parade 'em as circumstantial everdence.-Arkansas Thomas Cat. The Brute Theatrical Manager-Your last act was magnificent, Miss De Fleur I Your suffering was almost real. Leading Lady-It was. I've got a large nail In my shoe. Theatrical Manager - Well, for heaven's sake leave It In until the end of the run I The Question Country Bookseller (to custome1 who is searching through a dlctlonary)-Oh, you must look through the S's for "scissors," not the Z's, Customer-Well, how's Oi to know? Wot's the good of a dictionary with· out a hindex? The Antique Shop "I can read your mind like a book," the professor was droning. "I can tell just what each one of you is thinking." "'Veil, why don't you · go there, then?" drawled a cynic In the rear seat. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Wlfie-Oh, how sweet it was of you to remember my birthday with those beautiful roses. But there were only twenty-five of them when there should have been thirty. Hubby-My, my, did I make a mis· take? There's a mirror just opposite you-can you blame me, dear? Mary'• Little Curl Mary had a little curl 'rhat hung beside her ear, But when she went to bed it hung Upon the chl!'lonler, end, many a tradition which have more foundation In fiction than In fact. One of these 1s the belief that the plratt! leader lnvnrlnbly made his victims "walk the plank.'' As a matter of fact, this practice was comparatively rare among the pirates of wlwm we ha \'e any authentic record and so far as is known the only one who actually did lt was Capt. John Derdruke or "Jack of the Baltic," a Danish pirate of Copenhagen. Derdrake began as a carpE>nter In the king's dockyard In Copenhagen from whlrh he was dismissed for drunkenness. Ile made a few voyages to London as a ship's carpenter and then, upon falling heir to 10.000 rlx· dollars, he built a fast brig sheathed 'I'Jlth copper In which he carried lum· her between Norway and England. But the profits were small ond Baltic Jack offered his services and ship to Peter the Great of Russia. They were accepted and he became master shipwright In the royal dockyard at Neva. One day in a fit of anger he killed one of his superlorii! with an ax and Immediately fied aboard hls ship and sailed for London to escape the wrath ot Peter the Great. In London he armed his ,·esse! with 12 guns and sailed for Norway. On the way he was attacked by a Russian ruan-of·war but defeated It and took poEstsslon. By this time he had definitely decided upon a career of piracy so he gave his new vessel the awelnspirlnll:' name of Sudden Death and l!et out to plunder the Russian and British shipping. His prizes were many and he found a ready market ln Sweden whE\re the rule was no qnes· tlons asked and cash on delivery. To make sure that his trail would be hard to follow Derdrake adopted the practice of drowning all prisoners by making them walk the plank nnd for 11. long time he was successful ln makIng his captures without mucl~ trouble afterwarda. Then one day he attacked a Swed· Ish Yessel whose captain and crew es· caped In a long boat and hnstened to 11pread the news. The governor of St. Petersburg otrered a reward or 4,000 rlx-dollars for Baltic Jnck's head. Soon afterwards Derdrake captured a Ru~sian ship upon which the gov· ernor's sister was a passenger. After reprraching her for her brother's doIngs, the pirate leader cruelly staubed het· to death In the back. But this ';\'as teo much for one of his sailors. This pirate shnmmed sickness and was put ashore by the captain. Hs Immediately went to St. Petersburg and betrayed the hiding place of the pirates. Two ships were dispatched to capture them and, although Der· drake himself escaped at the time, his whole crew was captured and hung up on hooks al!ve to die miserably. Fourteen years later Derdrake was seen in Stockholm by the captain of the Swedish ship who bad once escaped from him. The pirate was ar· rested, tried and hanged. Doctor Dover'a Buay Life Headwork 1\lrs. Hlll-I always encourage my husband to loll In an easy chair, and park his feet on top of the radiator. Mrs. Nash-Why so thoughtful? Mrs. Hill-When he goes to bed, there Is usually about $4 in small <:hange In the choir. Prudent Scotty "Aha Sandy! Did I no see ye last night wi' bo' arms aboot a lassie?" "Na, Jamie, it couldna been me. I always keep ane hand i' rna pocket." -Prairie Farmer. QUITE TRUE PIRATE'S life was, of necessity, one filled with action, but lt ie doubtful If any of the brethren of the coast ever had a more varied career than Dr. Thomas Dover. Ile was educated at Caius co11ege, Cambridge, England, where he took the degree of bachelor of medicine, after which he practiced his profession at Bristol. Then in 1708 some adventur ous streak In his character asserted itself and he sailed from Bristol wit!. Capt. Woodes Rogers In two ships the Duke and the Duchess. on a pl'!vll tet>rlng cruise in the South Seas. Although Doctor Dover knew notn lng of navi~atiou he Insisted upon being placed in command .of one of ths ships and apparently made good at the ne ,.. job from the start. Soon after I hey had rounded Cape Horn they observed a light on the Islnnd ot Juan Ft>rnandez and Dover went a8hore the next morning, There he discovered the lone Inhabitant of the Island, Alt>xander Selkirk, the orig· lnal of Robinson CruH>e. Soon afterwards Roger·s and Dover overhauled a Spanish ship, took possession of her and rechristened her the Bn< helor. Dover was put in command £•nd ln April, 1700, he snckPd the city of Guayaquil. Some of his crew fell victims to the plague f>·om slee11in~t in a rhurch where some 1 bodies had recently heen buried. 'l'h11 1 doctor commander took heroic meas· ures. He bled each ~iek man. drawlng off 100 ounres of blood! Dover's next prize was the rich ~hlp, Aeapulco, from whlrh he obtained loot valued at more than a milliou pounds sterling. Then he sailed on around the world and returned to Brlsto1 in Octoller, 1711, where h~ de· cided to giYe up ph·a<'J' and retm'JJ to !Jis old profession. He hecnme one of the mo~t noted physicians in London and wrote a book which ran into many editions. Incidentally in this IJook he recommended large doses of quick!lllver for every conceival.Jle malady, This book won him the nickname ot the "Qulcksllvi'r Doctor." It Is doubtful If any other plrute leader has so many claims to fame aa this "Quicksilver Doctor" who le remembered beeause he was a success IR two professions, ll]vented Dover's powders, rescued Alexander Selkirk and wrote an extraordinary boot.. "The Ancient Physician's Legac~· te :fils Country." A I The Patrolman-! caught Skinny Burns, the pickpocket, with the goods on hut he got away from me. The Desk Sergeant-Oil, well, there's many a slip twixt the cop and ;he dip. - Playing Golf When playing golf, in•.pect your t's, And have a care which stroke you u's. 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