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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA, UTAH IPoirto by Arthur Mo D. Copyright SYNOPSIS mate-o- by Howden Smith Arthur D. Howdon Smith WNU Servico The story opens In New Tork. about the middle ot the Eighteenth century. Robert Ormerod, who tells the tale. Is talking to Peter Corlaer, chief of fur traders, and man of enormous strength, when Darby McGraw, Irish bonded boy, brings news that a pirate ship Is off the Hook." An old sea captain announces ho has been chased by the notorious pirate, Captain Rip-RaThe older Ormerod tells Robert the pirate Is Andrew Murray, his (Roberts) great-unclcommanding the pirate ship, the Royal James. Mwj y is an ardent Jacobite. p. Rut I see they hulled you?" I pressed him. That?" he answered. Oh, yes; but May I make bold to ask, sir, ha other vessels been chased off New York port, do you know? 1 pointed to wdiere Captain Farra-day- s craft swung at her anchor a scant quarter-milabove (he brig. That Bristol packet ran the notorious Captain Rift-Ratop.sls down hut yester morning, I told him. Ills brows knit together In a frown, apparently of thought. "Captain Rip-Rayou says It was! Blister me, young gentleman, but thats dreadful news. Well, well, well! A fortunate escape ns ever was. And I Is good bearing that others was ekal lucky. Rut I dare say the king's ships will be after him by now?" "No, theres none nearer than Boston, I answexfii...." Twlll be a week at the least before we can hunt the scoundrels hence. lie wagged his bend dolefully. Blister me, but thats 111 news. Fortunate, Indeed, I was to draw clear." One of the wherryrnen wns sculling toward us ulong the shore, and I waved to him to pull under the piling on which we stood. I must be off," I said. "I congratulate you, Muster Silver, on your escape. . He bobbed bis head and pulled at Ills forelock. Thnnkee Kindly, young gentleman. Here, sir, let me catch the painter. Right! Will ye ha Hiebasket on the thwart by ye? And tlds nice lad here, doesnt he go, too? No? Maybe then yed add a mite to your kindnetr and let me borry his or so for to show time for a half-glasme a couple o landmarks I must make In the town. I wouldnt ask It of ye, sir, only as ye see, I'm In a manner o spenkln, and this Is a strange port to me, as piles usual to the West InJIes." Use flie lad by all means," I answered. Darby, take Master Silver wherever be wishes to go. Darbys freckled face gleamed at the prospect of more of the company snilorman who of this talked so easily of pirate fights and flights. Oh, aye, Master Robert, says he. I'll help him all I know. My vvlierryman was on the point of laying to his oars when a sudden thought caused me to check him. "By the way, Muster Silver," I called, It occurs to me that perhaps Darby may be unable to serve you In all that you wish. Do you seek anyone in especial ? lie beslated for just the fraction of a minute, Why, not especially In particular, sir, be answered at last. "I am for the Whales Head tavern, If ye happen to know o such a place." I nodded. " Tis In the East ward cloe by. Darby can show you." He shouted renewed thanks anil slumped off agilely on his crutch, Darby strutting beside him with a (ornlcnl frlde. Aboard the Anne J nypd nil In confusion. Captain Furrndny bud not returned since lie landed the preceding afternoon and undoubtedly wns sleeping off an accumulation of divers The liquors in the George tavern. e e, p CHAPTER II . The One-Legge- 2 the Man-an- d Irish Maid. The next morning I was occupied for several hours In checking over the needs of our trudlng stations with Ie-te- r Corlaer, so that It was the middle of the forenoon before I was able to leave the counting room to go aboard Captain Farrndnys ship and concert with her people the lightering of. that portion of the cargo which was 'destined for our warehouse. Darby McGraw eyed me so wistfully when I took my hat that I sent him to the kitchen to secure a bag. chickens and winter of fresh-killegreens, knowing such food would he welcome to sailors after a long voyage, and bade him carry It to the d dock. We walked down Pearl street to Ilroad street, triwre the landing basin Indents the land ; and I was passing on, with Intent to secure a wherry from the foot of Whitehall street to row me out to the lirlstol packet, when Darby drew my attention to the soar-lng innsts and tangled cordage of a great ship lying at uuchor In the East river anchorage. Tis a frlgute,Master Robert I, lie exclaimed. There was no mistaking the rows of s and the solid bulpainted warks; and for a moment I fancied Commodore Burnyje liad anticipated our needs. Then the flag at her mlz-etruck rippled out, and I beheld the banner of Spain. D'ye suppose he hath come after the pirate?" whispered Darby, all " gun-port- n 'BgOg. "Not he," I answered, ' laughing. Tis a Spaniard, and he and his kidney are not hungry for pirate gore. Rut look, Darby I Theres another .vessel beyond- the frigate." I pointed to a battered little brig with patched and dirty sails and. a spatter of white showing tn her -- Iti-ang- black-painte- d bull where a round shot had sent the splinters flying. And he bath seen the pirates, or I am amiss," I added. "Ills escape must have been exceeding narrow. Darbys eyes waxed ns large as a cats In the dark. Whurrn, wliurra, do hut look at the shot hole In the side of him! Tis he will have made a noble prayer. And now will ye mock me for saying there are pirates abroad, Master Rob- ert?" Not I, Darby Yon fellow 1ms been Closer to death than I like to think of, I answered. Now there was ns true a word as ever was hoard spoke, proclaimed n And pleasant voice behind me. shows most unaccountable understanding and hunmnitee, so It do, seeing as theres precious few landsmen ns stop to Agger out the chances a poor sailor must take and never a thankee from Ids owneis nor aught but curses from his skipper, like as not. True ns true, young gentleman. 1 makes you my duty, and says as how, seeing I was one of them vouch-tafea miraculous salvation, 1 hopes youll permit me to offer my most humble thanks. I swung around to scrutinize the owner of the voice ami saw a liand-somman in the prime of open-facelife, big and strong of bis body, but with only one leg. The other, the left, bad been lopped off high up near the hip, and be supported himself upon a long crutch of very hardwood mahogany, I afterward discovered. This crutch he employed with all the dexterity of his missing s half-cripple- d ono-legge- d d - d tine-carve- d limit. While I looked at him and he wns t speaking he hopped up beside me with a confidential air that was very flattering to a young man and im- pies.-e- d Darby even more. Are you from the brig yonder?" I tioked curiously. Aye, aye, young gentleman, I am; and one of the miserable sinners as was saved by an inscrootahle Providing as takes no account o mens rrts. Just or unjust, ns the preacher.',' sayin' Is. Out of Bn rim tiers, I Name o r.i, in the f.l'. cr, sir John, says my sponsors In apl ism. But niy mates most generally rails me T.arhecue count o' my being held a monstrous fine rook. And there's r tale to that, young sir. Ah. yes! This wv'ent the first time I suffered at the hands o them pirates that scourge and ravage the seas to the despite of poor, honest snilormen, Was It off Sandy hook they attacked you?" I Inquired. "Off Sandy hook? lie repeated. twas so, gentleman. We "Maybe took small reckoning o where we were. Our one thought vw to make sort w hole and safe." fir.-- 1 I Sent Him to the Kitchen to Secure a Bag of Fresh-Kille- d Chickens. 'around the hull of the Spaniard and pulled after U8, a dozen brawny fellows tugging at the oars. A single cloaked figure sat in the stern sheets beside the officer In command. The two boats made the Broad street slip almost together, and I leaped ashore, tossed several coins to the sailors who had rowed me and started to walk off, bent upon reporting to my father, who, I knew, would be provoked by the length of time my errand had consumed. But I had not walked far when a man called after me from the wharf head. ! Sennr! Slrr-rr-raI turned to face the coxswain of the frigates barge and a farrago of Spanish gibberish of which I understood not a word. And upon my saying as much a second person stepped forward Into the yellow. glow of an oil lnnthorn which hung from a bracket upon a warehouse wall hard by. Twas the cloaked figure of the barge, and Instead of a midshipman or under-ofllce- r the scanty light revealed a young woman whose lissome grace was vibrant through the cumbersome folds of her wrap. A single ejaculation of sibilant Spanish, and the coxswain was hushed. "Sir," said she In English as good as my own, can you direct me to the Whales Head tavern?" I could bring forth no better than a stammer in answer. She was the second stranger that day to ask for the Whales Hea.d, which my father had remarked the previous evening for a noted resort of bad characters; and certes, she appeared to be the last sort of woman who might lie expected to have anything to do with the kind of roistering wickedness which went on there. Also, I could not forbear asking myself how came so fair a maid aboard a Spanish frigate. In the soft lantliorn light she was anything but Spanish in her looks. Dark, yes, with hair that 'shone, a misty black, but her eyes were as blue as Darby McGraws, and her nose had the least suspicion of a tilt to It. Her mouth wns wide, with a kind of twist at the ends that quirked up oddly when she laughed and drooped with a sorrow fit to crack open your heart If she wept. And she was little more than a child In years, with a manifest Innocence which went oddly with the question she had asked tne. A slim foot tapped lmpatJ.an.My upon the cobbles as I stared. Well, sir," she said coldly, "does It happen you do not know English better tlinn Spanish? I managed to get out. But the truth Is, The Whales Head Is no place for such as you, mistress. Her eyes narrowed. I do not catch your meaning, perhaps," she answered. "It Is my father I go to meet there. But he would never favor your I procoming there at this hour, tested. Indeed, you should never think of It." I will he the judge of that, she And If retorted, Instantly haughty. my father Is there I can come to no h liam." rlhaldry : Fifteen men on Chest the Dead If lie is." I said. "I doubt you have mistaken Ids ordinary." I "No, no." she said decidedly. beard him speaking with them of It. But it may be .von are right, sir, and I will not be so ungrateful ns to flout a kindly stranger's advice. Juan ean go into the tavern when we come to it, and I will bide outside. But somewhere I must walk, for my feet are all daneey with the way of the sea, and we shall be away again with the tide In the morning. This Is the last dry land I shall tread-imany a week.. If jou will allow me, Ill put you on jour way for the Whales Head, I must walk In that direcI offered. tion. Sure, sir, It Is n great favor you "I cannot but offer," she answered. thank you." And .lie gave an odder in Spanish which fetched the underolficer she railed Juan and one of his men out from the shadows.. They fell In behind us as we walked off along the line of the warehouses, You are upon a long voyage?" I ventured. "You may well say so, she cried. "From here to the Florldas, and after that on to Havana nnd the cities of the Main." But jou are never Spanish! I said. "I ask not In Idle curiosity, though Her laughter was like a chime of hells. Sure, they say I am Irish as the pigs in the Wicklow hills where I was horn. And all of a sudden she was grave again. Im not knowing your politics, sir, hut theres may he no Harm In Just telling you my father was of those who opposed the Hanoverian nnd fought for King James and Bonnie Charlie. And because his own king cannot employ him, he serves Spain." It is not pleasant for an Englishman to think of ull the brave gentlemen wbo must serve foreign I acknowledged. But I hope you will be happy In the Indies, miswell-mea- mon-archs- mlne-a- s gave-m- e o the-ru- n TOO IIOtlES ME HOT Women Who Used Lydi Dy he came swinging In again on his Pinkh&ms Vegetable crutch, ahead of a tall, lantern-jawe- d man in a rich dress of Compound whose gold-hllte- d sword pro"I have taken Lydia E. PInkhami claimed the gentleman. This man Silver ushered to me with a crudely vegetable Compound and I think It is the most wonderful hearty courtesy. ever" medicinal stateHeres luck, Master Ormerod," he tried, is the called when he was within earshot. ment made by Mrs. My friend had heard tell the colonel Goldie Shoup of was above-stairThis heres the May View, Illinois, She declares that young gentleman I spoke of, your after taking the honor. My duty to ye both, sirs, and Compound she Is la always pleased to serve." better health than And off he swung on his crutch before. Mrs. J. Storms of again to be received with acclamations 29 Lane Street, Pat- by his cronies in the corner. erstnn N. J., writes: man gave me a The lantern-jaweI can not speak too highly of your keen glance, almost a suspicious medicine and I recommend It to all my glance, I should have said. friends. I understand Well, sir?" he said. These statements were taken from two enthusiastic letters which tell of you desired speech with me? the help that ha3 been received from "If you are Colonel ODonnell using the Vegetable Compound. Both He nodded curtly. I am to tell you that your Mrs. Shoup and Mrs. Storms were In n a condition which caused daughter awaits you outside, I con- them much unhappiness.- - When women cluded. are suffering from lack of strength and He was genuinely startled. from weakness, their own life and that My daughter? But who are you, of their family Is affected. When they feel well and strong and are able to do sir, who act as her guardian? I was nettled, and did not hesitate their housework easily, happy homes are the result. to show it. Thousands of testimonial letters have She asked me the way hither when been received from women In different she came ashore, I retorted, "and; walks of life, stating that the Comdeeming It scarce probable that you pound has helped them. b black-and-sllve- r, s. d run-dow- Muffler Changes Gas One of the most serious perils of e he automobile, gas. s reported to have been eliminated In i special muffler devised by a Paris ingineer, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. It not only does away with ill traces of smoke but destroys the jolsonous gas by transforming it into larmless carbon dioxide. This Is done )y a heating element In the muffler vhieh completes the combustion of .he vapor. carbon-monoxid- Man's and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the o, rest o, Backache Wearing You Out? and a bottle of rum!" I looked to the corner whence It d came, and discovered the sailor, John Silver, thumping the time with a pewter mug on the table-tons he led the group around hhn, foremost among whom, after himself, was Darby McGraw, flaming red mop standing out like a buccaneer ensign, shrill voice carrying above the thundering basses of his companions as villainous a crew, to outward seeming, as I had ever looked upon. I noted especially a pasty, tallowy-face- d man, whose shifty eyeSTwere masked by a skrim 'of greasy black hair, and a big, fellow with a lusty, mahogany-browtarry pigtail, who evidently found as much satisfaction in the song as poor, fuddled Darby. Silver saw me almost' as soon as I spotted him, and with a quick word to the others, got to his feet and stumped across the room, dragging Darby after him by the arm. So you come after him, Master Ormerod, did you?" lie shouted to make himself heard In the confusion. And ashamed o myself I oughter be, says you, and with reason, too. But Im not one to lead a likely lad astray, and all Darbys had was good, ripe ale and two earsful o osll give him things to dream o for nights to come." I did not come after him, I answered ; but ns I am here he had best return home with me. Where did you get my name, Silver? lie pulled his forelock knowingly. Why, from Darby, o course, sir not that anybody n the water-fron- t couldnt ha told me, seein what a ' friendly young gentleman you are. .But asking your pardon for the liberty, sir, cun I serve you in any way?" I don't .thipk so," I told' him. "1 am seeking a Colonel O'Donnell. I fancied a flicker of surprise stirred the bluff friendliness mirrored In his face. He stared around the room. Neier heard o the gentleman, sir, which aint, surprizin, seein I was never here before this morning, myself; but I ran into some old ship Every day finds you miserable with backache? Saffer sharp,'stabbing pains? Feel lame and stiff always tired, nervous and dispirited? Then look to your kidneysf Your kidnej-- s are the blood filters. Perhaps they have failed to properly rid the blood of body poisons. Naturally, then, you suffer the injurious effects of this slow poisoning. Dont risk neglect! If your kidneys need help, use Doan's Pills. No other kidney diuretic is so well recommended nor so successful. Ask your neighbor one-legge- p n p mate had gone ashore that morning to search for him, and would probably take advantage of the opportunity to emulate his skippers example. Master Jenkins, who bad missed drowning at the red hands of the redoubtable Rip-Raand Flint, was in charge of the ship, lie was a melancholy, East-coun- t ryniun, who moved with a deliberation as pronounced as Icter Corlaer's, and inspecting the manifests with him was a tedious business. The afternoon was gone when we concluded our work, agreed upon the time of arrival of the lighters on tress." the morrow and returned to the deck. "Oh, we shall not he staying there My wherry had been dismissed long long, she answered blithely. My faago, and lie bade the bosun muster a ther is an engineer officer, and he crew to row me ashore. must Inspect the fortifications on the As my boat straightened away from Main and elsewhere. We shall return the Bristol packets side a barge shot to Spain within the yea'. But look, sour-vlsng- sir I Is not that sign Intended to be a whale's head? Yes," I said. This la the tavern." One look at Its flaring windows and the cutthroat gentry who swaggered in and out of the low door convinced my companion that I had not misrepresented the character of the place. She drew back to the curb, and the corners of her mouth drooped sadly. Glory, what an 111 hole! she murmured. Now for why would the padre come hither? Business, says he; buf And she shook her head with a vague and doubting emphasis. I would not seem to be thrusting I said, myself upon you, mistress, yet I am fearful your Spaniards cannot make themselves understood. Will It please jou that I Inquire within for your father? She considered, catching a corner of her lip betwixt white teeth. "Troth, sir, she' answered finally, I see not how I can avoid going the deeper In debt to you." There was a moments pause. And how shall I ."Ay de ml! she exclaimed with a bubble of laughter. "How stupid of me to be forgetting I am Just a maid off the sea to you. Ask for Colonel ODonnell, sir, and tell him his daughter waits without." I shouldered a drunken sailor, from my path, lowered my head to pass under the lintel of the taverns entrance and so gained the hazy blue atmosphere of the taproom, cluttered with tables, foul with smoke and stale ale lees, abuzz with rough voices bawling oaths nnd sea songs. It was the chorus of one of these which first distracted my songs thoughts from the Irish girl outside a wild, roaring lilt of blood and f the place, and It nay be I can find ent for you from one o them. Just yon wait here a shake. Master Ormerod, and Ill see what I can do." Silver disappeared through a door at the rear In company with one of the drawers, and In a few minutes kind-hearte- A Utah Case I Did Not Come After Him," swered. I e Third would care to have her enter the I even offered my services to fetch you forth to her. I saw now Ills resemblance to her, for the corners of his mouth twitched down' In the same way hers had. And he muttered something like a curse in Spanish. It seems I am beholden to you, She is a sir, he answered stiffly. child, and vastly Ignorant of the world, and I must be both father and mother to her. I bowed and stood oslde to make room for him to pass out. . Master Ormerod, the seaman called you, did he not? continued ODonnell. Perhaps, sir, you will permit an older man to compliment you upon an honorable deportment. A slightly pompous tone Invaded his speech. I am not unfamiliar with the chief centers of our Old world society. Master Ormerod, and I have the honor to hold the office of chamberlain to a monarch, who, though he may not he named upon English soil, will some day recover the estate a usurper has deprived him of. I need say no more, I nra sure. And I understand, sir, I replied. may I suggest that Mistress ODonnell Is awaiting you?" East St., Richfield, Utah, says: There was a constant dull ache ' tap-roo- throughfendmyI kid- felt neys weak and tired while about my housework. I had severe headaches. Colds settled in my kidneys, causing them to act irregularly. I used a box of Doan's Pills and they relieved me of the tropble. DOANS X5 STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS Foster-MilbuCo., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo, N. V Then They Parted A little bird told me vvliat kind of a lawyer jour father was. What did she say? Cheep, cheep. Well, a duck told me what kind of a doctor your father was. Cornell Widow. Naturally Wbat are you doing for a liaing? Breathing. Sure Relief 1 6 LVLKAS - for , Bell-an- s Hot water Sure Relief (TO BE CONTINUED.) Just Why One Editor Has Turned Pessimist No one Is more annoyed than the one who tries to beautify the town In which he lives. No matter how earnestly lie works, criticisms and annoyances must .aris.e. As an example of this we have to say that the Beacon office needed a new sign and hired Jack Sigler of Red Wing to paint It Its a peach. Then the sign had to be properly Installed and we employed Fritz Miller as chief consulting engineer and master of ceremonies Some thought a 4 by 0 post was the thing, while others thought a 4 by" 4 would do. Then a windy observer mentioned gas pipe. We decided on gas pipe as more suitable for a printing office. The sign was therefore firmly bolted on a gas pipe. And there she shines In all her pristine glory. After installation eeremoniei were over we sought the solitude of our sanctum to ponder over the comple; lion of this dream of years, well pleased with the plaudits of oil progressive citizens. While there we beard a plaintive note emanating from that gas-pipstandard or post and we wondered If it bad been transformed into an Aeolian harp. Finally It sounded like woodpeckers pecking for worms. We picked up the shotgun Mrs. C. M. HanNorth son, First - An- which we kept for the benefit of del went out a quent subscribers, watched. To our amazement we saw niembt of the proletariat as they passed deliberately their ply knocking against the standard to cle their pipes of ashes so that they cot load up again. When men will do t likes of that, there. Is no use .to ti about improving the town. Best Globe. gas-pip- ELkANS FOR INDIGESTION 25$ and 75$ Pkg's.Sold Everywhere iy--zr 9 19 js Cuticura Talcum Unadulterated Exquisitely Scented e Funny Ambitions CASH PAID for Dental. 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