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Show THE SOUTH CACHE CITIZEN. HYRUM. UTAH man Porto Bello .Gold r That would be an offer most stout youths By ARTHUR D. HOWDEN SMITH SYNOPSIS The story opens In New York, shout the middle of the Eighteenth century. Robert Ormerod, who tells the tale, rs 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 he has been chased by the notorious pirate, Captain Rip-RaThe older Ormerod tells Robert the pirate Is Andrew Murray, his (Robert's) great-ancl- e, commanding the pirate ship, the Royal James. Murray Is an ardent Jacobite. Next day Robert and Darby encounter a sailor, .John Sliver whom Darby conducts to a tav- ern. Robert meets a young woman from a Spanish frigate Is who seeking her father. Colonel O'Donnell. He takes her to the place she designates. p. one-legge- d- CHAPTER II , ' Continued not to hear the pirates are outside our harbor. It bath the look of daring beyond the ordinary. If Murray " The door behind me opened, and I saw my fathers jaw drop. Peter, at my right hand, let bis eyelids blink, then went on quietly cracking nuts between his huge fingers. Did I bear you call me, Ormerod? The voice from the doorway had a chill, level quality that was as resonant as the tolling of a bell. If Murray I thought I heard my name?" I screwed around In my chair. There In the doorway stood the most remarkable figure I had ever seen. A large man, straight as an arrow despite the years that had planted crows feet so thickly about his eyes, his square shoulders showed to ad' vantage the exquisite tailoring of the black velvet coat he wore. His small clothes were of a fine yellow damasked silk, and his stockings of silk to match. Diamonds flashed from the buckles of his shoes, his fob, , his fingers and the hilt of his dress-sworA great ruby glowed In the Mechln Jabot that cascaded from his throat Over his arm hung a cloak, and under his elbow was tucked a hat cocked In the latest mode. But It was the memory of his face that abided with you. The features were all big and strongly carved; the nose was a jutting beak above a tight-lippe- d mouth and a Jaw that was brutally square; the eyes were a vivid black, flecked with tawny lights. His hair was of a pure, silvery whiteness and drawn back, clubbed and tied with a black ribbon. His cheeks and brows were furrowed by a maze of wrinkles, yet the flesh seemed as firm as mine. In every way he suggested breeding, gentility, wealth; but there was a combined effect of sinister power and predatory will, a hint of ruthless egotism which took no account of any interests save his own. He acknowledged my prolonged stare with a slight bow, mildly derisive. Your son, Ormerod? he continued. Robert, I think, My grandnephew? you named him, for the redoubtable Master Juggins of London, who aided you to start life anew after you had contrived to wreck yourself, upon the rocks of a foresworn Jacobite career. My father rose slowly to his feet. Yes, he is my son, Murray. It is neither his fault nor mine that he is As to his also your grandnephew. name, Robert Juggins was a better man than you or I, and you cannot inspire my son against me by hinting at hidden chapters of my early life. He knows that I was deluded into serving the Stuarts, and lived to learn that country comes before king. The man In the doorway nodded his head. I would not seem discourteous, I note another he remarked suavely. old friend, Ormerod or perhaps I should say an old enemy. Permit me to observe, Corlaer, that you wear well with the years as well as myself, Indeed." bePeter squeezed a hickory-nu- t tween his forefinger and thumb and looked up vacantly into Murrays face. Ja, he said. Lest you should be tempted by some misapprehension, pursued Murray, I may inform you that I have every reason to suppose myself safe from any measures you might take against me. I hope to do what I have come here for tonight without injuring anybody, and If you gentlemen will listen to me quietly for a few moments I am confident that the issue will be harmless for all of us." He cast his cloak and hat upon a chair by the fire, and put his hand upon the vacant one betwixt my father and me. v May, I? he asked. My father, still standing, said nothing; and Murray, with a shrug, accepted the silence for consent, sank gracefully into the seat and drew a studded with brilgolden snuff-boliants, from a pocket. With your permission," he said, springing the cover. A fragrant o whiff of tickled my senses as he offered It generally. TIs excellent stuff, he remarked. What? None of you? Ripe Rip-Rad. He brushed by me with a click of Impatience, and Darby and I followed him to the street. As we all three emerged, Mistress ODonnell darted up to her father and caught at the lapels of his coat. Ah, padre," she cried In a brogue that clotted and slurred her words, you'll not be holding It against me because I wearied of the ship and would feel the earth crumbling underfoot, and me so lonely for lack of you I was near to weeping the while I sat In my cabin with naught to do but read my Hours I" He wilted, as must any man have done, flinging his arm around her with a gesture that verged on the theatrical. Tush, tush, Moira, he rebuked her twas unbecoming In you. gently; and In Spanish lands such conduct would lead to trouble. See that you do It not a second time. I will give you In charge of Juan; and, having had your taste of freedom, you must return aboard, for I have matters yet requiring my attention. Ah, yes, and you must thank this gentleman properly for his gallantry. Master Ormerod, my dearl His father Is a great merchant of this town." Mistress O'Donnell swept me a willowy curtsey, and as I bowed acknowledgment I wondered where he had secured such exact Information about ' me. Sure, Ill not be after trying to thank you, says my lady to me with a twinkle In her eye. For I couldnt find the words would express my gratitude. But for you, tis an awful fool Id havg made of myself ' this quarter-hou- r past. Colonel ODonnell hemmed reprov, ingly. Let It be a lesson to you, my girl. My thanks to you again, Master Ormerod. My compliments to your father, if it please you. Good night, sir. I understood that he wished to be rid of me, and accepted the cue. Good night, sir, I replied. And a fair voyage to you, mistress. If I can be of further service, pray command me. No, Master Ormerod, here our paths diverge," she answered softly, and placed her hand upon her fathers arm. A moment later I was hurrying north and west, Darby McGraw chattering beside me. CHAPTER Ili A Caller in the Night We sat late at dinner that night, for my father must needs have me repeat at length the tale of my experiences during the day, revealing a perturbation unusual in him, although leter Corlaer ate on with placid solemnity. I have heard of this Colonel O'Donnell, said my father when I had made an end. He was In Scotland with Prince Charles one of the Irish crew who bogged a promising venture, if what men say be true. I marvel at his temerity In landing here, for there must be a price upon his head In EngDoubtless he was consorting land. with some of our Jacobite sympathizers at the Whales Head a fitting place for such an Intrigue! The captain of the frigate called upon the governor this morning, so Master Colden told me, with a story of a mistake In his reckoning that took him north of his course. I smell the taint of a Jacobite plot!" "Mistress O'Dofinell , said they were for the Florldas," I protested. Sure, they are not far out of their course." My father smiled for the first time. The little maid would have no knowledge of her fathers purpose. And if she did No, no, lad, I had my share of plotting in my youth. Our Jacobites are a pernicious lot. But there ! In such a devious business we might not hope to reach the truth, nor nra I greatly concerned thereat. Most Jacobite plots are sallies vf desperate, misguided men. No, 'ey, what Irks me most Is the tidings u had of the sailor. called blm? Yes, I Uk It cock-and-bu- ll one-legge- d Sil-yo- snuff-tobacc- Ah, then" He dusted a pinch under his nostrils, inhaled and daintily used his d morsel a handkerchief, such as women carry. My father leaned forward across the table, a blaze of hatred in his face. Tis true, then!" Murray regarded him In some surprise. "True? My dear sir, I assured you twas Rip-RaMy father turned to Peter and me. After I told you about this man, Robert I hoped that I was wrong that I had done him an Injustice. But now he has convicted himself out of his own lips." Murray gently deposited the snuffbox upon the table In front of him. Ah, he murmured. "I seel You were referring to my nickname, or, shnll we say, nomme de guerre?" My fathey laughed bitterly. Noaame de guerre Name f a "returned to draw my great-uncl- e. Bah, what Is piracy, that you Ormeand your kind prate against it, rod? Is It any worse In character s of the business practhan ticed In this world? What are you and those like you but men who seek to deprive others of their lawful stores gains that you may add to your a hat the others possessed? I take from the wealthy, who can afford to lose, what they have dishonestly got, more often than not, and much of what I win I contribute to the Cause to which you gave your first loyalty. An admirable code of ethics," obBut come te the served my father. I point. What will you have? That should apprentice Robert to yon to be indentured a good, honest, trusty and skillful pirate? four-fifth- Cepyrif ht by Arthur B. Hewden Smith WNU Service stand at my these Inducements: Firstly, we sell upon a venture which hath a celer of atate business, although a strict young quire elbow and assist me In curbing unruly future for gplrits. I promise a great such. Command of bis own pirate craTt, no doubt pressed my father. pirate 1 But let us have It, fair and openly, Andrew Murray. Are you Cap? tain I suppose most people would agree with your description, replied Murray; although personally I prefer the word buccaneer. It is susceptible to so much wider use, and there is about it a suggestion of However, we are not Interested here tonight In the more abstruse branches of etymology. I am the person popularly known on the high seas as Captain Rip-Raand I fancy I might have logical grounds for arguing that If any disgrace adheres to me by that admission, twas you, Ormerod, who drove me to the practice of what you call piracy. "Tis like you to take that tone, I drove you from said my father. the practice of what amounted to piracy on the land. There Is no difference in the way you earn your livelihood today, Murray. You were an outlaw, and you are an outlaw. I fear you are Incapable of doing me Justice," sighed Murray. You should know that I have always labored to serve higher ends than the mere sordid pursuit of money, such as has possessed you and those like Rip-Rap- you. He swung around suddenly upon me. But I am forgetting my purpose! Stand up, grandnephew, cried. and let me have a look at you. I would not have heeded him, but my father said quickly: Do as he asks you, Robert Td not have him think you are crooked In the legs. So I stood. A likely build, he remarked warmYou favor your father, I see ly. save In the face, it may be. There you are your mother, my maid Marjory. Ah, sweet chit would she were A sad loss ; a sad loss, with us now lad The expression which came to my fathers face was terrible in Its intensity of passion. He leaned closer to Murray, white to the cheekbones, his nostrils pinched in. Murray, he said, make an end of such talk! As you value your life, mention her not again. I know not what cards you hold up your sleeve here, but if we all die In the next moment I will slay you as you sit If you profane her memory with your foul tongue. Murray stared up at him coolly and took a pinch of snuff. Ah, well, you were always prejuc-diced,- " he answered. I But It serves no purpose to reopen old wounds. I am of one mind with you there." He leaned abruptly across the table. I will be frank with you, Ormerod and with Nephew Robert here. I am somewhat in difficulties If tis money began my father. My great-uncle- s gesture was sufficient check to this. I am not in difficulties for money, although I am like to be in difficulties shortly in connection with an embarrassing quantity of It. In fine, sir, I am upon the point of launching the coup of my career, one which will entail consequences of a stupendous character, and In the end, I venture to predict, echo in throne-room- s and chancelleries. Aye, .kingdoms shall He broke off. It is not necessary that I should go into that. Suffice it for the present if I say that I am In the position of a man who has partially tamed an unwieldy band of wild animals. My own ship I can rely upon up to a certain point, but I have associated with he Even so. My father , sat back In his chalrj Til not, be said. Murray treated himself to a pinch of snuff. What does our young man bimself he asked. I say that yon offer me no Inducement,. I answered a shortly as I say? could. No inducehe swore Odsilfe, ment? My dear nephew, I offer you an open, bracing life for a brief space; a share in a brave venture; an opportunity to rehabilitate your family, to rise to place, title and honor. "On a pirates deck? I Jeered. he "From a pirates quarterdeck, I am on my corrected me gravely.' last cruise. The Royal James s to vindicate her name. Aye, in years to come she will be regarded as a shrine of loyalty and devotion, and to have sailed with Andrew Murray in her Why, sir, who remembers today of Robin Hood aught but that he was true to King Richard in adversity? The mans surety was amazing. This passes all reason, said my father wearily. You must be insane. Not at all, retorted my great-uncl- e. "I am the leading practitioner of my profession. Winter, Davis, 1 1 me That would be Flint? my father. Interjected I am flattered by the knowledge of my affairs which you display, rewith one of his plied my great-uncl- e Yes; I had occourtly inclinations. casion, when I first went to sea, for a competent navigator. Flint served me in that capacity until I became independent, and I then fitted him out with his own ship. We have cruised in company since. I am not betraying a professional secret when I add that he is a man whose undoubted force of personality is offset by a certain turbulence and crvdeness of wit which make him difficult to handle Increasingly difficult to handle, I may say. I foresee trouble with him In the future in connection with the coup to which I have already referred. I re What Does Our Young Man Himself Say? He Asked. Roberts, Bellamy, all the more iioted ah pirates of recent years, were small fry compared to me. I tell you, Ormerod, you stand in the boys way. He is not a boy, but a man, "And able to snapped my father. Judge his own course. So be it. turned to me once My great-uncl- e more. It appears this decision Is left betwixt us two, Nephew Robert, he So I must inform you that I said. am determined to have your aid in any event by force, if you will not accompany me reasonably. There was a snap as a Brazil nut split apart in Peters grip. Murray waved an airy hand in his direction. "Tis true that you are the most powerful man I ever met, Corlaer, he remarked; "yet I urge you not to I have sufficient attempt violence. men in the house to overpower you, and I should not hesitate to slay Ormerod or you at need. The boy is the only one of you three whose life hath value to me. ' He means it, Peter, said my father. Keep your hands down. Ja, squeaffed Peter. Yon were ever a wise man, OrmeI rod, resumed my great-unclventure to congratulate you upon the soundness of your judgment. Now for you, Nephew Robert. Come with me you shall, but I prefer that you come willingly. Therefore I lay before you e. 1 Purple Royal Emblem From Earliest Days Purple became associated with kings Purple robes were used at an early date by the Greeks as a mark of dignity. Tyrian purple was introduced Into Rome In the middle of the First century, B. 0., and from that time $217.60. m legalist would denounce It piratical yon see, I endeavor to deal honestly by you after my fashion ; secondly, ne harm is Intended to yon; thirdly, the rewards of our project will be singuHappy Woman Praises Lydia E. exlarly rich; fourthly, I design to Pinkhams acwhich shall Vegetable Compound ploit the advantages crue to me sely for your benefit In a sunny pasture In Oklahoma, a you, Robert, are my heir, and If I herd of sleek cows was grazing-- Th of execution In the made a pretty nil have need of you ture. But the thin my coup, nonetheless I shall be able woman In the blue to repay you for whatever you do in checked apron my behalf a hundredfold, both matesighed as she looked rially and otherwise. I am, after all, at them. She was your nearest kin after your father, tired of cows, tired and I say in all humility my assistof her tedious work In to be ance is not the dairy. She despised. was tired of cook-In- g I wont go willingly, I answered. for a houseful Even did your arguments tempt me, of boarders, bn. I should resent your threat of compulsides caring for her sion. own family. The he applauded. burdens of life seemed too heavy for Admirably spoken, Egad, I perceive you have the proper her failing health. She had lost con. spirit. You are exactly the lad I re- fidence in herself. One day she began taking Lydia E. quire. Vegetable Compound and I am the lad youll not get," I Pinkhams health began to improve her Call in your bravos, and She general shouted. took it faithfully. Now she can da Ill tear their throats out for you. her work without any trouble, sleeps Gently, gently, he remonstrated. well and ia no longer blue and timid This woman, Mrs. Cora Short R. r! My bravos, as you term them, are not lambs, Nephew Robert, and I 9, Box 396, Oklahoma City, okla must warn you that the killings would writes: Everybody now says: Mrs what are you doing to yourself? not be all on the one side. If you IShort, 135 and my weight before I weigh value your father, stand fast took it was 115. I have taken seven And he drew from a waistcoat bottles of the Vegetable Compound. Other women who have to work hard pocket a silver whistle, which he placed to his lips. A thin blast piped and keep things going may find the Mrs. Short did, through the room, and a dozen hairy road to better health asuse the faithful of Lydia E, seadogs surged in from hall and through Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. kitchen. Raps on the two windows Ask your neighbor. indicated that others mounted guard outside. My fathers face was a mask of mingled rage and fear not fear for himself, but for me. He stared at the savage figures, the bared cutlasses, the ready pistols, almost with unbelief In the reality of his vision. And certes twas a weird spectacle in that & & & orderly house In the town we of the admost province looked upon as the vanced In the colonies and became to me the more weird as I glimpsed next the hall door a grim mahogany face and a hangman look beneatn a skrlm of black bair, and behind the two a familiar carroty head. I called out. Ho, there, Darby! What are you doing in such company? Did you know those men for pirates when you drank with them PROTECTS BRUISES at the Whales Head?" Cover bumps, bruises and Sure, they ha taken me Into their other broken skin with crew, he answered brazenly. Vaseline Jelly. Quickly And 'twas you let them into the soothes and heals. Takes away house and betrayed your master! rethe hurt. Get some today. turned my father sadly. I had not Chesebrough Mfg. Company expected this of you, Darby. Have State St. co.Ktid.f New York we not been kind to you? Darby wiggled uncomfortably. Oh, aye; main kind, Master OrmeBut they would rod, he admitted. MO. U. I. PAT. Off ha had ye, whether or no. Sure, theyre PETROLEUM JELL a grand crew, tricksy crew. And anyway, ye see, I was born to be a pirate. My troth, I was 1 Murray laughed pleasantly. Tis a valiant youth, and should listen to KOTL the Mona Motor go far, he observed. Moreover, he Oil Radio Station speaks the truth when he says we should have won our way In to you without his aid. The accommodation was convenient, but by no means essential. ' Where is Silver, Blaster Bones? he added. The man with fhe mahogany face touched his hat ' John was seeing to it the sarvants was all secure, sir, he answered. Here he is now. A gap appeared in the ranks by the d man kitchen door, and the I had met on the water-fron- t that morning stumped in on his long crutch, as cheerfully serene as any honest householder. Was you askin for me, captain? We just finished up behind he said. there all gagged and roped, Bristol-fashiosafe for 'a day, sir. And to me . My duty, .Master Ormerod, arid I hopes well know each other better soon. I find we shall need a cart, John, said my great-unclBly father turned very pale. You you My G d, Murray, Homemade Fire Engines you cant kidnap the boy this way! The Wakefield (Mass.) fire deparThink ! There are troops in Fort tment has put in commission an Once the hue and cry is George. fire motor truck which, with the raised youll be exception of the chassis and motor, But it will not be raised, replied was built by the firemen during their I regret it, but we spare time. Blurray calmly. shall be obliged to tie up you and Peter so that you will be IncapacitatGreat Boy Scout Meeting ed until some kind friend happens to More than 200 delegates from 49 call on the morrow. By that time we countries are expected to attend the shall be at sea." Scout Boy congress in Switzerland I snatched up the chair upon which I had been sitting and brandished It over his head. Call off these scoundrels of yours or Ill batter out your brains, I Are you dragging around with a consnarled. stant backache? Feel weak, worn and achy; so miserable you cant enjoy John, he said, ignoring me, "you moments comfort? How about your will be so kind as to pistol the elder kidneys? Well kidneys filter off body Master Ormerod if his son launches poisons. But when the kidneys s.ow a blow at me. up, poisons accumulate and upset the system. Backache is apt to follow, Aye, aye, sir, answered Silver. with sharp 'pains, dizziness and annoyAnd he leveled a weapon at my faDont delay-I- f ing kidney irregularities. use ther. I knew, without looking behind you suspect faulty kidney action, Doans Pills. Doans have helped me, that Peter and I were covered by thousands are recommended the world other men. It was Peter who spoke over. Ask your neighbor! first. I A Utah Case Put down der chair, Bob, he ordered quietly. Mrs. Orson Poul-so- n, The man called .Black Dog cast the Center St., nurse, practical noose of a rope over' his head and 3rd St., E., Eph-rlaUtah, says: jerked his arms close to his side. "My kidneys were Neen, neen," objected Peter, and diso r d e red and didnt act normalwith no visible effort ha snapped the ly. I had pains in hempen strands. my back, which were sharp and A gasp went up from the room, and shooting:. I had a there was a hasty retreat from his dull, heavy ache In my back and was tired and neighborhood. Doans Pills gave me wonderful results. III MOM . Use Ciiticura Soap And Ointment To Heal Sore Hands -f Vaseline lace-edge- In the early days because it was the finest and moat costly dye of the ancients. It was obtained from two kinds of shells found In the Mediterranean sea. The ancients attribute Its discovery to the Phoenicians and the story is that it was first discovered by a dog biting a pusple fish. It is stated that in Caesars time a pound of Tyrian purple wool cost above 1,000 denarii, which Is. roughly speaking, equal to LIVES Oil it became a luxury. Hts use was checked by imperial decree. A com plete robe of blatta," the finest kind of purple, was reserved as an imperial privilege, and any private person wearing it was punished as being guilty of high treason. Leading to Success We are told that constant dropping of water will wear away stones. So will continuous endeavor overcome obstacles to any worth-whil- e undertakadherence to right ing. Persistent purpose creates a successful life in the best meaning of that term. GrU. n, Tired, Lame, Achy? , An Inkling of the Plot next weeke installment in DOANS STIMULANT DIURETIC TO THE KIDNEYS FotterMiIbum Co., Mff. Cbem., Buffalo N. (TO BM CONTINVStU.) |