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Show TREJORDANJOURNAL.JUDVALE.UTAH B, .JI.RTHUR D. HOWD EN SMITH W'IIU SE'RUICB COP1It1CiKT 811ARTKU1t D. HOWDEn SMITH Howden Smltb Ia addicted In his quieter moods to costume novels, when one appears It Ia a literary event of no mean Importance; but he gets excited and leta himself go, the result Ia sure to be aomeng extraordinar y, as when he writes a pirate story or one of those yarn• about the early settlement of New York and Canada. And a pirate story as "Porto B~lo Gold I" It takes up a number of toiiMirt Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" characters at points in their iireerrs before Stevenson be¢ame acquainted with them. It was inspired constantly reiterated expressions of friends, wondering "why ~tn,ecme doesn't write a pirate story that will tell us how the treasure to be buried on the Island." With the exception of this use of a of the characters made famous by "R. L. S." and ;pfew incidents Stevenson noted merely Incidentally as episodes of the past, the i'>'.,lllti'Y Is entirely Howden Smith's own. in a truly remarkable manner he cocceeded in recreating the color of the Eighteenth century and the iJr.~m~•spncra of Stevenson's masterpiece." The consensus of critical opin. Ia that "Porto Bello Gold" is a fit companion to "Treasure Island." ' wean the far savages from us! You To Ignore the Early Warnings of Kidney Trouble have told me of him yourself., as hath Is Serious and Often Fatal :\faster Colden. 'Twas he whom you NE'S health depends upon one's kidneys. The kidneys and Cl•rhter nod the Iroquois fought barriers the down broke when you must filter every drop of blood. If they fail to properly of the Doom trail and won back the do this work, there's a poisoning of the whole system. Then fur trade to our people. Why, 'twas comes backache, di~ spells, bladder irregularities and loss of then you-you-" I knew the deep feeling my father vitality. Why wait? Why not use Doan's Pills? Doan's have still had for my long-dead mother, and helped thousands. Asbour neighbor! I scrupled to stir his memories. He himself took the words from my lips. "Y !'s, 'twus then I came to love your T. J. Robertson, carpenter, 354 S. First St., W., mother. She-she was not such as Utah, says: ''For about two weeks I did little Logan, you would expect to find allied by any account of the pain and weakness in my on work ties with so great a scoundrel. But back. I had a sore, lame back and my kidness she was his niece-past doubt, Robert. weakened so that I had to get up at night. Donn's She was a Kerr of Fernieslde; her Pllls put an end to the backache and strengthened mother had been Murruy's ~lster. my kidneys." Kerr and l\Iurray were out together in the 'Hi; I.-err fell at Sheriffmuir. His wirlow died not long afterward, and Murray took poor waif Marjory. "He did well by her-there's no denying that. nut he always intended to use her to turther his own designs. Stimulan t Diuretic to the Kidneys He had a cold eye for the future, with udvan· own his of except no thought 60c all dealers. Foster-Milbu rn Co .• Mfg. Chemists, Buffalo, N. Y, tage, and if 1- But there's no need to go into that. You know, Hobert, how Cortner and the Seneca chief, -~----M Tawannears -he who is now the Effectiven ess in Grace ore Turcoman Girls Cost Guardian of the Western Door of the If you have a thrust to make at 'l'here is an acute scm·c!t~· of wom· Loug House-and I were able to t•n in the new 'l'uremnnn Soviet Social- your ·friend's e").:pense, do it gr e~mush the nn•t power Murray had ist repuhlic. 'l'he men outnumber the fully, it is all the more effective. Some built up on the fnmtier. the rcpronch that Is de"\Ve !'mashed him so utterly, dis· women n(.'arly two to one, and In con· one says livered with h;tt in hand is the most <'l'Prliting: him too, withal, that he was sequence the maniage price of women telling.-H a! ibur·ton. obliged to flee the province; and even 1md girls has incrensE'd ft·om $300 to his friPIHls, the French, would have $1,000. \\'hen real currency is not avail· none of him-at least, abov<:>board. I the parents of a girl of marable, served still he fancied ways have ni age accept camels. Girls riageable at is he for large; at their interests "Ju." ten to sixteen ye>nrs old from ran~ing and Jacobite, I could restrain my impatien<'e no bottom a most fanatical to fifty camels, depend· five from cost wny. twisted el;e sincere in a queer, longer. of th~ prospective means the upon "What is this mystery?" I demand· Aye, there Is that about him which iug family. hif< and ed. "I th01;ght I knew all the secrets is ditllcnlt to un!lE!rstand, Robert. bridegroom In this primitive country <'amels of the business; but sure, father, I Iltmself, he hath no hesitation In be· neYer thou:;ht to hear that we were lieving he sen·es high purposes o/. forlll ti le JrrinciiJRl medium of curr(.'n· cy. A Turcomun with 1,000 camels state in all he (loes.'' concemed as a firm with pirates!" "Only a madman could Jny claim to is considered wealthy, while one with ""'e are not,'' my father an~wered the state as a pil·ate,'' I ob· 5,000 Is looked upon as a millionaire. Rerving curtly. "This is a mntter of which II you know nothing, Robert, because jectert. "'l.'ou speak with overconfiden ce," DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN until now there has been no occasion ' rebul•ed my father "There are men ) for yon to know of it.'' alive today• who can remomher whpn I Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross" lie hesitated. "Peter," he went on, "must we tell llforgan and Da•·Is and Dampier and'· Has Been Proved Safe by Millions. many anotlter brave fellow of the the boy?" kidney lived by pil'acy nnd sume said man," a is he boy; a not is "He Warning l Unless you see the name the king at one ann the same Rerved Peter. on pa<'kage or on tablets you "Bayer" I flashed my gratitude to the fat time. Some of 'em were hung In the are not getting the genuine Bayer Dutchman In a. smile, but he paid no end, and :\!organ died a knight. It Aspirin proved safe by millions and nttention. My father, too, seemed to can he done." prescribed by phy;;icians for 2:> years. ''lion·?,, l forget me. lie stro<le up and town Say ''Bnyrr" when you buy Aspirin. Consider, my boy l 1\Iurray-you r Imitations may prove dangerous.- Adv. the counting room, hands under t11e :;:1\lrt;: of his coat, head bowed in grent-uncle, mind you !-is a .Tncobite. Doesn't hurt one hit! Drup n little thought. Tags of phrases escaped his l·'or our present government he hath "Freezone" on an aching corn, instantBoozsop's Fables only h:t!re!l nntl contempt. Any mean~ lips: that corn stops hurting, then short· ly maiden beautiful a There wus once "I had thoug-ht him deud-strang e by. wlneh tlrat g-overnment was ~~deryou lift it right off with fingers. Iy ' the in curt who tended an apple seem to him ju,t11rnble is a prob· mmed 1vould 1"• 11e 110b s up ng·t·n-here f n t ·t d t0 b · . 1. '1 1 druggist sells a tiny bottle of Your t·wg a ~ou 1 s own n · stt·eets of Xew Yorl,, Tt so happene•l lem I had never thought to face- i,m; aH mg humor of the that one dny, in pa,.;~ing-. a tinl' ;:wntle· "Freezone'' for a few cents, sufficient to ''"ernte it cannot h•tYe Look ·to the · fantastiC It •a! 1 i tl 11 ' ' ' may I111P I exu.,, o~ man. ;;eeiug the lwaut~· of mnitl and remove every hard corn, soft corn, or s·t gm'fi cnn<'e f or us-Certes, is must lJe Jman m1, nnnung 1 s s t P le corn between the toes, and the foot "I Made Her Out for a Frigate." apples, stopped to Inquire the pr·ice. ames. · 1(.'n t - " I !lCCif nk "If he be, indeert, the man you thwell .. . "You may spnrl n basket to m~· calluses. without soreness or irritation. . ,, . one too ,, l'i een, he comi'S for a pm pose, In· 1re .ts, , 1 re t 111.neu, 'em loose in the longboat. And there's n he said, "pro1·ided, of apartment." , none left 'on the Account' that sail terruvted 1 etet". pleased with the thoug-ht of having a coun;e, tlrat you know thPy ar(.' good, . Obedient in a great ship fit to be a king's frlg· lily father stayed hts walk In front pirate for 8 great-uncle. My father and that you d!'liYI'r them ~·ourself.'' ?\Irs. IIPnpeck--.l ust put this parcel ate, save It be Hip-Rap-Fl int's Wal· of Peter l.Jy the fit·eplare, wherein laughed kindly and tapped me on the basket? undPr your n rru, .J amP~." Did hP get the knPe with liis free hand. rus Is a tall ship and heavy armed, blazed a heap of elm logs. ton l\Ir. Henpeck-Ye s, my dear-right No. Slw knew Iter upples.-llos but hath not the sail spread o' the "1 know how you feel, dear lad,'' he Herald. "Who do )·ou fan<'y this Cuptain or left arm? Hoy a! James. Jenkins say~ she was Hip-Rap to l!e, Peter? Speak up l You fl:ti<l. "'Twas so Identically your a Frenchman, and 'tis to be admitted were right when you said Hobert Is mother talked. Bless her heart l We she hath the fine-run lines the French· no longer a boy. If there Is danger were ft·esh married. when the precious Thousands of teotll ies build.'' ruscal sent us by one of his tarry· ~ who are .ru.fftrtrJ ]rom here, he deserves to know of it." ~ con.rtipation do not btnow lies which necklace that breeks his Corlaer, 1\Iy father was . hurd put to It to replied "He Is Murray," come awart of 1t until '1/uy .utk ovt the cauu make head against this flow of talk, squeaking voice on incongruous con· in my strong box-the loot of some , 1 -' lluir fuq1Unl luaJhe way his In mayhap. queen Indian but at last he succeeded. «Ius. trnst with his immnse bulle "It was my understandin g," he said, "Andr·ew Murray l'' mused my fa· cared for Iter, and he took much in· "that Captain Rip-Hap disappeared ther. ''Aye, 'twould be he. I have terest in ail she did. By hook or from the West Indies during the late su~pected it all these years-held It croolr he had word of us, however far war. I gh•e you thanks, cuptaln. Pray for certainty. But I mnde sure when he wandered. He knew when you call upon me at your leisure, and if he failed to show himself after the last were born. He knew when she died. I can be of any service to you I am war that Pror!dence had attended to And now that you have reached man· hood he shows his sails outside Sandy at your command." him. It seems I was wrong.'' I do not know what it means, hook. do can pirate this Is, he to· ofT "\Vhoeve1· stumped Captain Farraday but I like it not I I like It Rohert, made I York," New In us to harm wur·d the George, a tall of the curious no not!" say. to bold at at his heels, and I grinnell to myself "But we are not at sea,'' I proteste<l "Be not too sure, Robert," adjured. thou~ht of the strong drink thE!y would offer him In return for his tale. There my father. "He happens to be your "We are in New York. There are soldiers in !<'ott George. Commodore was no chance of his being sober In- great-uncle.'' side of twenty-four hours. He reached up to the rack ovl'r the Burmge will be down from Boston tt My father nodded absently to Peter, firepluce and selected a long clay anon. What can a pirate ship, what against effect ships, pirate two can tobacco with stu!!Rd entire ·,he the which pipe, throughout stood who had conversation , his fiat face sleepily im· the while I was recovering from my us·l Why, tire city train bands-" "'Tis not for·<'e I dread,'' l\ly father perturbable. astonlshnwn t. me off. "'Tis the infernal clever· cut If us then. muttered, "Your unc1e?" I gasped "I like It not," he "I know how agonizing they are. For years I was a chronic of a warped mind." ni'H; ":'-io; your mothet·'s.'' to himself. sufferer. ".Ja,'' ngre(.'d Peter. "But he wa~ tlw great trader who Peter ga,·e him a quirk look but "And the headaches were not the worst part of it. The strong l\Iy father thrust the stem of his conducted the contraband trade with suid nothing. him. towat·d pipe of I used to take to relieve the pain upset my stomach heard drugs have "Is there anything wrong, father?" Canada!" I cried .. "I he friend?" old too, it, "You feel and slowly but surely undermined my ~eneral health. him. 'Twas he established the Doom I asked. then. cried He frowned at me, then stnred ofT trail to enable him to supply the "Finally I found out that my headaches were due to conat the housetops In a way he had, al· Frenl'h fur traders with goods to · "If l\Iurray Is here he means no stipation. My doctor advised Nujol. After taking it regularly goodt," the Dutchman answered '[)on· a few weeks the trouble disappeared. in ~~~!."~~.;:.<~~~~~~~S~~ det·ously. ".:\"o pirates come nort' rter <'oldt weather for ju5t fun. "Since then I have never had another headache. There is no Here is too much danger; no Neen l reason why I should, for the cause has been corrected." places to run andt hitle.'' "At Ute least we are on the alert,'' Nujol Corrects Constipation in Nature's Way "You can take your choice-go back thought he did and was terribly un- I said. to Cheshire tomorrow or go to work happ3:. Yet, rnther than go back to l\Iy father laughed, and Corlaet·'s Constipatio n is dangerous for fects. To insure internal Cheshire, he clung to the fnctory work ridit.:ulous, simpering giggle eehoed in the clock factory.'' anybody. Nujol is safe for cleanlines s, it should be These were the alternatives ofl'ered for n€'arly two years. Eis mother, his grim mirth. everybody. Nujol simply soft- taken regularly. Unlike laxato young Bronson Alcott by his father. watching him start off each morning "An intelligent foe discounts so ens the waste matter and thus tives, it does not form a habit Alcott, who was to become the father along the lonely and precipitous path· much upon launching his venture,'' my permits regular and thorough and can be discontinued a'-. of Louisa May Alcott, had returned way that led the two miles from the father answered. "Let us hope we from the home of his uncle, where he !arm to the factory, yearned over him, have a modicum of luck to aid us. elimination without overtax- any time. had been sent to go to school. Honore wondered at his gentle, obstinacy, wor· Whatever plan Murray hath in trend ing the intestinal muscles. Wlllsle Morrow, writing In .McCall's, ried over him but never, evidently, 'twill come to us unexpected and authorities approve Ask your druggist for Nujol Medical has told of the early life of this neg- lost her faith or understandin g.'' adroit In execution. But tush! '!'here's Nujol because it is gentle, today and begin to enjoy the lected man of letters. He relates: the dinner bell. A truce to fot·ebod· perfect he~lth that ~ safe and natural in ·"I'll go to the clock factory,'' said lng l" action. its London is possible on~y Old Legend Bronson quickly. And so It was de.London was founded, according to when elimination cided. You can takeNujol of grandson Brutas, by legend, old an norm a I a ·n d hlm of is trcANT required "The sort of work Meet John Silver in the next for ahy length of THE rNTIEIONALLUIII band a England to Jed who Aeneas, and brain, made no demands on his Installment. time wtthout ill ef- For Constiptllion regular. by carrying one of his precious bor· of refugees from Troy after its cap· rowed books always with him, he dld ture by the Greeks and called the set(TO BBI CONTlNVJilD.} not stagnate, though at the time he tlement New Tro7. modore Burrage lies, and bid him to most as if he sought to peer beyond get to sea without loss of time. Doubt the future. "No-yes-1 do not know." not, our good commodore will make He broke ofT abruptly. them rue the day.'' I lUll glad YQU are here," he "Peter, Col· Governor Lieutenant And with added. of!'. move to made he rest the and den "Ja," said Peter vacantly. Only my father lingered. "You ha,·e not looked at your let· Captain me, for "You have letters yet," I reminded him. ters Farrnday?" he asked. have no occasion to,'' he retorted. "I "Aye, Indeed, sir-from l\laster AI· len, your agent In London. I was on "There Is that which-hut the stt·eet my way to deliver 'em. And a gooflly Is no place for such conversation . store of strouds, axes, knives, bentls, Come home, my hoy; come home.'' Darby McGraw met us at the door, tools, flints and other trade goods to and from his wild gaze I knew him your account." .. "I will accept the letters at your to be half expecting to see the pirates hnnds, and even save you the trip to hot-foot at our heels. ''Ha,·e you perfonned your tasks, Pearl street, captain,'' replied my fa· questioned my father. Darby?" will here, Robert, son, "My ther. master." "Yes, morning the in ship aboard visit you "Be off with you, then. I wish not und toke measures to arrange for be disturbed.'' to cargo." transshippin g your can you find us late news of "See terml'l," such "I hn' no quarrel with Darby,'' I added as he pirates,. the u fishing day, Farra rejoined Captain by. silken-wrapp ed packet from his cont· slipped lie am·wered me with a merry tail pocket. "Here you are, 1\[aster And I'll be ofT to the s<'owl, but my father spun on his heel. Ormerod. "What mean you by that, Robert?" George tavern for a bite of shore food says he. and a mug of mulled ale.'' I was nonplussed. My father fidgPted the packet In his "\Yhy, naught, sir. Darby Is daft hanrls for n moment. "You are certain 'twas Ca]ltaln Rip· on pirates. He--" Hap who .chased you?" he usked then.j Peter Co~laer shut th~ room-~o~r "I'd swenr to his for(.'top~'ls," an· upon the Insh hoy and <'ame to'>' ur d swered Farraday contidently. "As I us, moving with the swift stealth that said afore, he chase!! me once in '43, wa.o one of his most astonishing cl1ar· • nnd .Jenldns he took off Jamaica in ucteristif:s. he said. know," not does Ire "Ja, the ship Cynthia out o'. Southampfuther. my <'halienged "Whutl" ton when Flint was for drowning the "What you andt I know, .. re t urneu.. lot ' o' them; but Hip·Hnp, In his cold way says there was no point to stny- the Dutclnnan <'Uimly. "So you know, too, p eter ?" ing •without purpose, and they turnetl Captain Farrudny discarded the liswho had attended him so fur teners -1nnd stumped across the square, bel· My Father's Secret. lowing nil> answer in tones which was in the counting room, talking l!rought shopkeepers to their doors Peter Corlaer, the chief of our and women's heads from upper win· trad~-he was that very day dows. down river from the Iroquois "Chased? That I wns, Master Or· the boy, Darby, ran In merod, by as --,scoundre lly a pirate the street. as flouts the klng's majesty I' the--" Bristol packet Is In, Master Here he perceived who accompanied he cried. "And, oh, sir, the my father. Off came his hut, and he do say there be a pirate made an ·awkwat·d bow. otr the Hook !" "Y~Jur sarvent, your excellency l lily I laughed at the com- duty, Master Colden! But I Ira ve no of awe and delight In his words to withdraw, for all I did not He was a raw, bog-trotting bit see who was near by to henr me. Aye, gossoon we had bought at the there is more to be said, much more; landing of bonded folk, and he nnd matters have come to a pretty with a brogue that thickened pass when the rascals come north to rilnr~v~·r he grew excl ted. these ports." the packet, I do not doubt yon, Peter Corlaer and I joined the little ," I answered. "But you must group of merchants who were with the me the pirate." governor, and the other curious per: Corlaer chuckled In his quiet, sons hovered as close us they dared. illll•lillrg way, his huge belly wng~ling "But I find this hard to give crehim beneath his buekskin hunt· dence to, captain," said Governor Clinshirt, for all the world like a mon· ton pleasantly enough. "Pirates? In mold of jelly. these latitudes? We have not b<'l'n ja, show us der pirates," he botherea by such of lute. Did you have sight of the ship which pursued flared up In a burst of Irish you?" that matched his tangled red • "Sight? Marry, that I did; nn<l uncomforta!Jie close, your excellen('y. would I were a pirate and had She came up with a so'euster two at my mercy, you butter tub," he duys past, and at the first I made hPr "I'll warrant you'd tread the out for a frigate by the top hamper she curried.'' 'tfr\at•h"," said I. "have you done the "A frigate?" protested ll.lnster Col· my father set you?" den. "So big as thnt ?" one," answered he. "Aye, sir, my master! And If I well. Then get yon into the hove any eye for· n sltip's lines and and sort over the pelts Pe· cnnvns she was none other than the ln." Royal James thnt chused me. three flung ofT with a scowl as I days together when I was home bound to Peter. from the West Indies In· '43." father will wish to know the "That would be the vessel of the arrived," I salrt. "Will you fellow known usually as Captnin Rip· with me to the governor's? The Rap," spoke up my father, anrl thet·e must be on the point of brenk· was a quality In his voi<'e which led up. for they have been sitting me to regard him closely. noon.'' It was manifest that he labored In heaved his enormous body tire gl'!p of some strong emotion; but And .I marveled, as always the on!y Indication of this in his face a period of absence, nt his pro· was a slight rigidity of feature, and To one who did not know none of the others marked ft. I was he seemed a butter tub of.a man, the more amazed because my father Darby had culled him-a mass l f was a man of-Iron nerves, and also, fat limbs, a IXJrk barrel Of a though his earlier yenrs bud been a fat ~;lab of a face upon whlrh starred with a series of extraordinar y tiny, Insignificant features gro- adventures, so far as I knew he had at variance with the rest of had nothing to do with the sea. bulk. His little eyes peered lnno· "True for you, Master Ormerod," between rolls of fat which all answered Captain Farraday; "and masked them. His nose was a sin<'e Henry Morgnn died there hath lllllllL""-" dab, above a mouth a <'hlld not lived a more complete rogue. One have owned. of my mates was taken by him of!' under bil!\; layers of blubber Jamalcn ten year~ gone and clteg him concealed muscles of forged for a man of exquisite dress and manand he was capable of the agll- ners that would befit a London macaof a catamount. The man had not roni, God save us! And, moreover, on the frontier who could face Is as arrant a Jacobite as ever was. barehanded and escape. Witness the name of his ship.'' " be said simply. "We go.'' "I have heard he sails usually In stood his musket In a corner company," remarked my father. slipped ofT powder horn and shot "He works with John Flint, who is the while I donned hat and no less of a rascal, albeit rougher, ~ ... ,.ut, for the air was stlll chilly according to those unfortunates who tbere wa.s a scum of snow on the have fallen in his path Flint sails .In We passed out Into Pearl the Walrus, a tall ship out of Plymand walked westward to Hano· outh that was on the Smyrna run besquare, and there on the fnrther fore she fell into his hands. Betwixt of the square I spied my father, them they arc_a prett~· pair.'' Governor Clinton and Lieutenant Captain .lfurraday stopped perforce Colden. for breath, and Governor Clinton It made my heart warm to see seized the opportunity to ask with a these and several other gentle· smile: bung upon his words. There "Captain Rip-Rap, did you call your been those who slandered him pursuer? What manner of nume Is the uproar over the '·:15, for this?'' was known to have been a Jacobite The merchantma n shrugged his his youth ; but his friends were shoulders. powerful than his enemies, and "Nobody knows, sir. But 'tis the to think that he was not the only name he goes by. I ha' heard Influential of those of our lead· that years past-oh, it may be twenty who held New York loyal to King or more-he stopped a home-bound when many were for casting Chesapeake packet, and when the our fortunes with the Pretender. master was haled aboard the first saw Peter and me as we ap- question he asked was 'did he have and waved up to him, but any rip-rap In his cargo?' For It the same moment there was a seems he is singularly partial to that disturbance on the eastward mixture of stuff. And now, I ha' been of the square, and another little told, his own men give hlm this namlll of men came Into view sur· for even they do not know for certain a grizzled, -ruddy-cheek ed that to which he was born. fellow, whose salt-stained blue "'Tis said he was a gentleman who sea the of spoke as eloquently sufl'ered for his political convictions, hear could I hls rolling gait. but that Is as like to be a lie as the across clear hoarse, roaring voice truth. All I know Is that he chased me In past the Hook, though the Anne squaremy showed him a clean pair o' heels and him tops·ts down ; I did; and when I get to port had run him tops'Is down wl' sunrise do I ftnd, but not a klng's ship this morning. And when I made the harbor, 'twas to find there was not a klng's ship to send after him.'' : him father Interrupted Farraday? "Yes," nodded the governor; "the Captain tliJ1!, ~lllrttait'a frigate sailed for home with Thetis had I ·~~It at being chased? a week ago. But I will dispatches W were at peace with the send expreaa to Boston, where Com· CHAPTER I Don' t Risk Neglect! O .~ . ~ A Utah Case Do an' s Pills Lift Off-No Pain! 1 1 j X Those bilious headaches can be prevented" Genius Not Overcom e by Distaste ful Toil ol - • |