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Show ft THE SALINA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH FOR BELLO "as he rolled Into the opening. IPs head and shoulders made It easily, SYNOPSIS but I saw with dismay that his was an insurmountable Tha story opens In New York, obstacle. He heaved and shoved and bout the middle of the Eighttwisted. Twu uo manner of use. eenth century. Kobert Ormerod, who tells the tale, Is talking to Peter bucked out of bis predicatradOf the Peter Corlaer, chief ment to an accompaniment ofkqueak-in- g enormous of man ers, and grunts, ami I followed him, too strength, when Darby McGraw, Irish bonded boy, brings news bitterly disappointed for words. Esthat a pirate ship Is off the cape bad seemed so easy and now Hook." An old sea captain anwe were condemned to two months nounces he has been chased by aboard the Walrus, very likely to exthe 'notorious pirate, CaptAiyi The older OrmAfid ceedingly uncomfortable deaths, for tells Robert the pirate is Andrew I fancied that Flint tbe sort of great-unclMurray, his (Robert's) man to lose bis queer mixture of fear commanding the pirate and respect for my great-unclas ship, the Royal James. Murray Kobert Is an ardent Jacobite. soon us touch. were out of they a meets a young woman from . Hold der light here, Bob, said Spanish frigate- who Is seeking her father, Colonel O'Donnell. Peter, squatting on the litter on the Murray with a force of sailors deck, and lie proceeded to extract a visits the (jrmerod house. He splinter from ids foot. announces his Intention of carJa. dots goodt, lie went on, standrying off Rohert, by force. If necessary, promising him a great up. Well, we. dont get oudt ing future. The Royal Jamfs hnd dot way." the Walrus, the latter commandHe felt Ills way toward tbe ladder ed by Flint, Murray's p.artner In to the cabin-batch- . piracy, appear. Murray, Rohert and Peter board the James. Mur"Always there Is another way, Bob. ray offers Flint a share In the If one wuy Is not goodt, der other loot of a Spanish treasure ship with him. If ha will maybe Is belter. Ja! Ycyi see." Flint Insists Robert be left with He climbed the ladder sflently In him as a hostage, while Murray, his bare feet until Ills great shoulders In the Royal James, takes the were directly beneath the square of treasure ship The pirate vesthe hatch, and I heard a faint grindsels arrive at their rendezvous. A fort and stockade are erected. ing of straining metal, the crackling of tortured wood. Ja," he panted, desisting. "We do CHAPTER IX Continued dot. Now you he ready, Bob. Jump 10 oop, quick. Maybe we got to kill some Tls true ns gospel, Ieter, I fellers, nndt If we do we dont let I hoped to the last this them holler. groaned. I could fee! Ills ridiculous plan of Murrays would fall legs quivering above through In some manner, hut the man me; Hie ladder Itself vibrated under lias a damnable determination. us. There was a whine, a sudden pop I t'lnk he Mu, and the hatch flew up In the air. agreed Peter. takes der treasure ship, ISnb. Pots Peter caught It on the fiats of his hands before It could settle again and easy. lifted It hack. He wns out In a flash, Easy? I see not how! Ja, It Is easy ,to take her. Put and I whs. hard on his heels. after comes tils troubles. Much treasWe crouched on the main-cabifloor, ure Is had for' pirates. We hafe staring about us .for a sign of the troubles after. Suppose we get omit pirates. The lights had all burned tonight. Suppose. .we get oudt and out, nml It wots several minutes before back to der James. Ja? our eyes became adjusted to the star-shin- e I looked around me skeptically at that sifted through the stern the heavy plunking and stout timbers window'. of the sides and forurd bulkhead. At the exit to the deck we tarried It cant be done. Twould take a to reconnoiter our situation, and twas week to break out of this and tbe lucky we did so. Eight bells rang out Janies will be sailing In five or six from the Royal James, and a voice hours. most astonishingly close muttered a We get oudt curse. "Neen, said Peter. -Ye might think they nd a blnrsted nny time, we get omit. How? I demanded, admiral 'aboard," answered a second lie picked up tbe lanlliorn and led voice. me forard to the bulkhead. Tbe light A whistle shrilled, and the gruff showed that one of the oaken plunks voice of Saunders reached us quite , was slightly sprung, leaving an Infindistinctly ordering the topmen aloftitesimal crack between its edge and the "There they go. Jemmy, returned the second man. "Well lie free o the uppermost of Its fellows. Are you planning to pry Unit off swabs in another glass. I taunted' Trim.' "And good riddance, says I," de;wlth your finger-nailsNeen," be answered, and conducted clared Jemmy, spitting Into the scupme to a corner whence the rats scud- pers. ded as we approached. I saw where they were then, leanr He stirred his foot amongst some ing against the starboard rubbish and turned up several long, and peering overside at the vague hull wrougbt-lrospikes, such aS are used of the James. Peters little eyes had to bolt together the heavier Rip-Ra- e, ARTHUR D. HOffDEN SMITH VNU Serna Cdmb If Altai B. HAa Sash Dots bPtter, Ja," remarked Peter A little tight; but I complacently. don't like to be naked. Bob. Neen!" He rose to his feet, buckling the dead mans belt arouncf him. Theyll splasb I I warned him as he picked up the big one., Nobody hears, he answered. He lowered the body over the rail feet first, and the splash was less than I hud expected. The second body followed with equal expedition, and Peter laid hold of one of several ropes that trailed untidily over the Wulrus side. Now we go, Bob, he said. TVe entered the water almost together, and swam side by side down the anchorage toward the James. Peter, despite his discomfort at sea, w'as a remarkably poyverful swimmer, thanks to his lifetime Ih the wilderness country of the frontier. The tide will take care of the dead men, I panted, stroking for all I was worth to keep apace with the Dutchman. A 'whistle shrilled again aboard the James. "Ja, said Peter. "Der anchor goes opp, Bob. We burry!" He was a dozen strokes ahead of me at the end. I found him hanging on to the heel of the rudder and calmly tread tag A'ater. Forard the capstan .was clanking jo a steady and trampling of feet. Yards were banging, sails were slatting, men were shout tag and calling. I looked up at the stern windows, so high above us. From our precarious perch on the rudder the James towered like Spyglass mountain, touchable but unattainable. Almost I could have cried out to my great-uncl- e and hailed him to have us hauled- - aboard. But common sense warned me he would .certainly seize upon the opportunity to send us back to the Walrus as clinching evidence of his good faith And I had no desire to face Flint with those two dead men to account for. Whats to do?" I whispered to Peter, whose eyes w'ere roving over the lofty stern. We cannot bide here. Once she has way on her, well he tossed off." You see dot Ja, agreed Peter. shiny picture oop there? He Indicated a golden sunburst, carved across the stern beneath the cnldn windows. I answered, puzzled. Yes, I climb oop"dn der rudder, andt I holdt me on to der roundness In dor middle. Andt you climb oop on my shoulders andt Into der cabin windows, Ja. But you? How will you You trow me a rope." He scrambled on to the rudder and himself upward slowly spread-eagleagainst the scrollwork which covered tbe stern. Ills hands, feeling blindly above bis head, sought for and found a deep Indentation In the rays below tbe center of the sunburst, and with this to cling to, he climbed a foot or two higher on to a shallow ridge which ran across the stern, a shelf senree wide enough to give him toehold. Now you climb, Bob," he grunted. The rudder I surmounted with ease, standing erect with a hand on one of Peter's legs to steady me. I stepped up to the ridge upon which the Dutchman stood with no more difficulty, holding to his leather belt. Then 1 changed my hand hold to a ridge in the carving, and by his direction braced tbe toes of one foot in the slack of his belt as I heaved myself Peter grunted. .That was upward. all. I found a new hand-holand brought my other foot up on to Peter's shoulder and stood erect there. Reaching upward now, better than two tall mens' height above the waterline, my groping fingertips were still below Ay the level of the stern windows. Peter Are You Planning to Pry That Off sensed my difficulty. "On my headt," he grunted. With Your Finger Nails? I Taunted. carefully lifted one foot, selected identified them, too, and his fingers another hand-griand mounted sank Into the flesh of my arm, sig- Peter's tow locks. Again I explored naling me to stay where I was. He upward with one arm stretched to glided pjist me on to the deck, his the limit of safety, but I fulled by body ghostly In the gloom. Inches to clutch the sill of the stern if I ean see ns why we windows. Im has to keep our peepers open, "Jump." sobbed Peter. But you !" growled the second man. " Taint long now till morning," re"Jump!" Wlmt dye sy to a The rudder clacked ns It was put plied Jemmy. dash o rum, matey?" over, and the Janies heeled slightly to . and saw Peters the breeze. He enormous white bulk hovering over I jumped. Peter sagged beneath him, and his teeth gleamed ns he me, but the fingers of my right hand opened his mouth Involuntarily to fastened upon the ledge of the win1 scream. heard a splash, and caught dow. I dont care If the second man hold with my left hand. said. 'oop!" spluttered Peter, from the The Dutchman leaped, and his two wifter. arms whipped out Jemmys scream The rest was child's play compared died In a guttural cough. He held to what had preceded It. The carvs in plenty, end pled the throat of each. He held ing afforded them poised for a moment, then soon I had a leg over the windowsill brought their heads together with an and looked down at Peter trailing In odd hollow smack like the cracking the James wake as he citing to the of They collapsed Inert ou shelf which crossed the stern perhaps a foot above the water. He dared the deck. 1 darted for the rail, but Peter ' no longer hold to the rudder. His big face was so white that It. stayed me. N'een, neen," he objected. First frightened me, and I tumbled Inhoard 1 get me some pants, Bob. Andt we without stopping to make sure the cablu was empty. But my luck was drop these fellers overboardt. lie was divesting the larger of the with me, and I scurried around to find two of the single garment each one a rope. This was a hopeless quest wore while he talked, and, conquering In that luxurious apartment, so I ran an Instinctive sensation of repug- up the cotnpanlpnway and just inside nancy. I did likewise. the door o the deck came upon & lend e g n ? poop-ladde- n ship-timber- Hots plenty, he said. could hardly control the gush of relief that welled up In me. I believe It Is. I whispered. I5ut oh, Peter, there Is such little time! Cornel We Enough, he grunted. begin. We listened at the bulkhead for signs of life- on the opposite side, but not a sound came through to us, although the clamor on the upper deck and In the poop cabin seeped Into our dungeon from overhead.. Twns stiflingly hot, and Peters first care was to strip off his buckskin shirt and leggings. We got to swim, he said, eyeing You don't need them regretfully. clothes tonight, Boh." So I followed his example, and we fell to work with our spikes upon the sprung plunk, the sweat pouring In rills of moisture from our bodies, our crude tools slipping In our greasy fingers as we pried and pushed and fought for every Inch of space betwixt the plank and the upright It wns nailed to. Peter did all the work. As the last nail yielded to Peters shoulder the thiii clangor of the bell of the Royal James stole down to us out of the night. Pour times it rang two o'clock Get omit. Bob, whispered Peter. 1 wriggled through the gap In and he passed the lanthorn after me. Its flame was burning low, but 1 had sufficient light to determine that I stood In a stores-hol- d crammed with casks of rum, salt meat and ship's biscuit. A door in Its for'ard bulkhead led to another hold of the orlop deck, where were a hatch and ladder leading up to the gundeek. I crept as far as the foot of the ladder and listened to the snores of the scores of men who slept In hammocks slung between the great guns of the tiattery. That way lay our only path of escape. I returned to Peter In a mood that was none too cheerful ; but he was already at work with his spike, hissing like a kettle on the boil ns lie away with Its blunted point. proofed I ' w as able to be of more assistance to him this time, since from the farther side 'twas possible to exert a greater leverage, once the plank wns sprung loose. Yet the James sounded seven bells before we .vere successful- Peter grunted his satisfaction. "We got time, he said. ' Wlinof! No mm h I sweat I slide me trough I half-nake- d ! dot ;t,- r Ii'i'h." w s tripped to the Imlt, and his body vv-- ai d 1 half-turned- toe-hold- egg-shell- BAYER ASPIRIN PROVED line, colied and hung to a heok, which I appropriated. Altogether, these movements con sumed less time than Is rtquired to describe them ; but when I returned to the stern windows Peter was gone. I leaned out and stared back at the James creaming wake and a white arm flashed In a gesture of appeal twenty feet astern. I-- cast the lead behind him, and he caught the line as it settled Into the water, cut the lead free with the dead mans knife at his belt, looped the slack under his shoulders, and with my feverish help hauled himself back to the shelf above -- the water line. I lacked the strength to draw him fastened my end of the line to the cabin table, which was bolted to the floor, and then, foot by foot, Peter tolled upward. He was so weary at the last that I must pull him through the window, and he fell In a heap across the table, puddling the polished surface with the sea water that streamed off him and the blood from his scarred hands. A bottle of the aqua vitae my great-uncl- e favored stood by his place, and I took this and poured a liberal tot between Peters lips. He staggered to- - his feet, blinking his eyes, and red as a school miss.. . All right, Ilob, he squeaked. I be all right, ja. IBs eyes chanced upon the lead-line- , still fast to the tables leg, .and he stopped and unknotted It and dropped It out of the window. We better not 'stay here, he muttered. N'een! If Murray sees us up; but I ere when so be he has any," hi whispered throatily. Doth he never come here? Not he. Nor the naygurs, neither. Only Ben Gunn." What shull we do for food? Ben wiggled with embarrassment. Jest you leave that to Ben Gunn. Hell feed ye well, my master. Aye, that, he will. And fetch ye clothes from the cabin. But don't ee forget the prolnise, sir. Oh, say ye wont!! I wont, I assured him, But you must get hack to the cabin and tidy made. Ilaste, man ! up the mess lie scampered up the ladder as if the devil were after him or Pra-di- se within view. And during the two days of our stay in the wine-cella-r of the Royal James he was as good as his word. He fed us well. He brought me a sufficiency And he procured for of clothing. Peter a quantity of linen and cotton cloth, with thread and needles, with which the Dutchman fashioned himself garments to cover his inconveniently large body. On the evening of the second day, having learned from Ben that the James had logged several hundred knots since leaving the Rendezvous, we decided twould be safe to appeal Take without Fear as Told in Bayer" Package .1 i w-- e Does not affect the Heart Unless yon see the Bayer Cross" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty-fiv- e years for Colds Try Ike New Cuticura Shaving Stick Fjeeeljj Lathering Medicinal and Emollient Ben Gunn goggled at us from the companionway. Drowned, they be! he gasped to himself. He done for em, Flint did ! I was afraid he would run out on deck and cry an alarm, and I started for him to prevent this. Be still, Ben, I said. We dont mean to hurt you. He plucked up a little courage when I spoke. Talnt right for ye .to talk," he Objected. "I never heard tell as how Mexico Has Few Phones Although Mexico is 40 times larger than the state of Vermont, that state has more telephones than all of Mexico. In the state of Virginia there are more phones than In 'all of the continent of Africa. In proportion to population, Detroit has twice as many phones as Paris, France. Qualified Acceptance Fred Darling, do you think could live on $30 a week? Maud Yes, but no longer. sperets "We're not spirits, I answered. We are as alive as you are. Here, wine-cellar,- Headache Neuritis Lumbago Toothache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Each unbroken Bayer package contains proven directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Oh, my Oirwd! feel kills. He shrank bnck as I placed my clammy, wet hand upon his neck, but the touch reassured him. Ye aint sperets, says you, he reNor ye aint peated amazedly. dead. And seein as youre here, why. it do stand to reason as how ye ain't aboard the Walrus, which is where ye was and where ye oughter be." lie shook his head. "Tls perfectly natural, I retorted. Master Corlaer and I have escaped from the Walrus. Ben came a step or two Into the cabin and stared hard at Peter. Then he turned a disapproving eye upon the pools of water we lmd sprinkled on the table and the rich carpet. Well, it do look to be ee two, he conceded grudgingly. But ye ha mucked up the cabin awful, and the captain will like to ha me triced to the main for a dozen wi the cal But he wont Maybe so,' he agreed. Ike It that ye come aboard this way. I seized upon his opening without scruple. Yes, hell hold It against you, Ben. 'Tls a shame. lie shivered, and I appreciated what wrath must be. my great-uncle- s Ye wouldn't let him now! Master Ormerod! Oh, say ye wouldn't! Ye dont want poor Ben Gunn to be screamin' on the triangle. That I dont, I assented warmly. You must hide us, Ben. Nobody will know that you had aught to do with our coming aboard; and indeed Captain Murray will not care, I think. 'Twas not of his own will be gave us to Flint. If 'tls so, why dont ee go up on the poop and tell the captain now? "Hed have to send us hack to Captain' Flint. You wouldn't like to be sent aboard the Walrus to stay, Ben." Ben Gunn cocked his head on one side. I aint so sure," he answered. Maybe Flint would let me wear seamans gear and tar my hair." If I ever command a ship you shall be a tarry suilorman aboard her, Ben," I promised. "But if you don't hide us quickly, Ben, Ill never be able to make good on it. He caught my hand In his. You jes come along o me. Ben Gunn knows a thing or two, he does. Ill show ee. my master. You jest come along o me." Peter and I sopped after him up the companionway to a door for'ard of the staterooms we occupied, which led by way of a steep flight of ladder-stair- s to the galley and service quarters, a space partitioned off from the vast sweep of the gundeek. Ben unhooked a lanthorn from the wall, opened a trap in he deck and signed us to follow him. At the bottom of a second ladder we found ourselves in a lazaret such as had been our prison aboard the Walrus. But there was this difference In our surroundings; That they were clean. The walls were whitewashed, and around them were ranged kegs aud pipes of wines, ale and rum, and racks laden with bottles of various liquors. 1 com" 'Tis Murrays mented aloud. Ben Gunn deposited the lanthorn in the middle of the floor and ap proached his month to my ear. Aye, and h keeps hia treasure SAFE you Sure Relief Yes, He'll Hold It Against You, Ben. Tis a Shame." before Murray, and we took an opportunity whilst Ben was serving his dinner to ascend through the galley and present ourselves in the main cabin. M.v great-unclglanced up as he bearef the shuffling of our feet on the carpet. A furrow of perplexity was dug betwixt his eyes. Otherwise he revealed no astonishment. ! Here is a pretty Ill wager I have you to coiJFeter, thank for it. Ja, said Peter, and sat himself in his accustomed place at the table. How did you compass it?" ' I told him, and he stared clirlously at Peter, placidly eating across the table from him, I might have known it, Peter. No man ever held you in constraint against your will. I might have known it. What a mess! My plans and combinations all askew ! Peter, y have A half-hou- r played at bowls with destiny since I saw my way clear. Now I. must plot it fresh. Stap me, what a coil! What moved you to such a desperate course, Robert? Was it to be with me? 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