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Show COUNT LUCKNER THE SEA DEVIL 3y Lotvett Thomas . shipwrecked sailors sod therefore sot Interning them. Tbey lived as guests of German colonists in Chile from thee on until the end of the war. CHAPTER XVII The Escape From New Zea-land The thought of every prisoner Is escape I That was what we thought about, by Joe, and what we dreamed about Occasionally, I'd wake np with a start, dreaming we were still In our small boat and about to be dashed against that coral reef. Usually my sleep was not troubled with such nlgbfr mares. But I often dreamed of get-ting away, capturing another ship, and continuing our cruise. This did finally come about, but not for many months. No opportunity of escape presented Itself during our stay at Suva, wblcb was not long. Klrchelss and I were shipped from the FIJIs to a little Isle off the coast of the north Island of New Zealand, right near the entrance to Auckland harbor. The other tour went to the Island of Somes, wbere tbey had a hard time under a bad camp commander, a Major Matthls. No chance to escape came their way, but with Klrchelss and me It was different We bad s highly exciting tlmu, and thus were spared tbe mental and phys-ical stagnation that Is tbe lot of the average prisoner of war.. The public of New Zealand was In-flamed against us. When we arrived there was a great outcry and demand that we be shot This amazed us. but we discovered the reason s few days later. Ion see tbe Inhabitants of these Islands thought that we bad sunk tbe big New Zealand passenger steam-er Walruna, with all on board. As s matter of fact, we knew nothing of the Walruna snd badn't even beard of ber. Later, It developed that she bad been captured by our fast auxiliary cruiser Wolf, sister ship of tbe Moewe, and ber crew taken aboard as prison-ers. The rage of the public was sued that the authorities bad to bide us sway In their naval barracks at tbe Devonport torpedo yard, and then transfer as secretly to s prison camp on tbe Island of Motuilii, nearby. Meanwhile, tbe populace clamored for us to be turned over to them so they could lynch os. Tbe little Island of Motutbl, a beau-tiful strip of land, bad long been the Internment place of many Germans who bad been captured when tbe Brit-ish seized our possessions in Samoa and In other parts of tbe South Seas. They were all civilians, from ten to seventy years of age, traders, planta-tion owners, end officials They greet-ed us with pride and affection, but more particularly with anxiety. Tbey said we were sure to be shot 1 laughed at this "By Joe, who wants to kill us? On what grounds could mere prisoners of war be shot down In captivity T" 1 asked. But things looked a little less rosy when, forty-eigh- t hours later, we were taken by boat to Auckland and then whisked by automobile, under cover of night, through valley and forest to a freight train polled up in s wild, re-mote place. They locked us up In s freight car, where there were two beds. They told us It was to protect 01 against the public. The train pulled out and, after an journey, stopped near tbe outskirts of the city oi Wellington, tbe capital of the Is-lands that comprise New Zealand. Here they put us Into another auto-mobile and rushed us to the Danish barrucks In Wellington, an old jail, a relic of the terrible days when New Zealand was s convict settlement A native keeper who led us along a cor-ridor tugged at my coat and pointed Into a cell. There were my boys, l.eudemsnn. Krnusa, I'arinlen, and Erdmann. They were tn chains. We were all to stand trial together. We spoke to one another for a minute, and then Klrchelss and 1 were led to our cells. On the following dny Klrchelss and' I were taken aboard an old cruiser In the harbor and ushered Into the sa-loon, where there were about a dozen men who wore black coats and four cornered caps with tassels. Our four boys were standing In s corner. 1 was boiling mnd. "What's this?" I said. "Is justice becoming ridiculous? Why are we put In Jail like this and some of my boys In chains? Is that for prisoners of war? And what man of you Is able to Judge of our warfare? Too are ci-vilians. Are we to he Judged by ci-vilians! I will answer only to naval men." Just then Sir Hall Thompson, Brit-ish naval commander In New Zealand waters, came down the stairway. I turned to him. (TO BE CONTINUED) or so out, be would send s wireless that would bring ships to their rescue. So, the wbole of 8eeadlertown was given over to the prisoners, and the schooner sailed sway. She was named the Lutece, but my men discovered that she bad been the German ship, tbe Fortona. She bad been seized by the French during the war. So she got her old name back. She was Ger-man again a German auxiliary cruis-er. For Kllng fully Intended to go right on buccaneering. Three days after tbe Fortune sailed, our former prisoners saw a cloud of smoke on the horizon. Steaming at full speed, ber funnels belching smoke, tbe Japanese cruiser, Dsnma, steered to the islnnd. On ber bridge the ad-miral swore In Japanese. "By Joe, the count fooled me all right He told me the truth. There Is the wreck, snd there are bis men. Everything except the Manila. He tricked me wltb the tale about the Manila." The Japanese found only men of tbe allied nations. . "Where are the Germans?" "rm sorry," replied the French cap-tain, "but tbey sailed away three days ago In any ship, tbe Lutece." The Japanese admiral was thorough-ly disgusted at that but of course be took the wbole crowd aboard and took tbem back to the FIJIs. It was of no use to go racing about the Immense spaces of tbe Pacific looking for s sol-itary sailing square-rigge- d schooner. Kling's plan was to sail around the Horn Into the Atlantic, sink s few ships there, and then try to steal through the blockade and get back borne. Bis course took blm to Easter Island, a small, remote possession of Chile, wbere there was no wireless station. There be Intended to over-haul tbe ship, wblcb was In bad con-dition, snd take aboard supplies snd fresh water. On October 4, tbey sight-ed tbe Island, but while sailing Into the harbor struck an uncharted, sunk-en rock. Tbe Fortuna was old and worm-eate- Tbe rock crashed right through ber planks. The ship pound-ed and quickly broke up. Tbe men bad to swim for It Tbe lives of some of tbem, at least, were saved in a curious way by two pigs. These animals we bad brought from Germany aboard the Seeadler to serve as fresh pork. Tbey soon be-came pets, however, and we kept tbem. Tbey were quite companion-able and romped around the decks with the men. Kllng bad them aboard tbe Fortuna. Wben tbe ship sank, the swimmers. Including the two pigs, found themselves among sharks. These seemed to prefer pork to human flesh. They seized the two pigs and began to fight over them among themselves Tou bet the men in the water swam as bard as they could. They were quickly picked up by native canoes that bad put out as soon as the wreck-ing of the ship bad been seen from shore. The cargo of the Fortuna consisted of Parisian fineries, silk stockings and underclothing, handkerchiefs, parasols tennis shoes, brllllnntlne, scented soaps, perfumes, and such. It bad been destined for the natives of tbe South Seas, to whom the Frencb bring a truly Parisian elegance. In the breaking up of the ship, many cases filled with these swanky trappings ot civilization remained afloat The na tlves salvaged tbem, and pretty soon It seemed as It the whole Island had been on a shopping tour through Paris and had visited the women's shops chiefly, or the Gnleries Men and women alike arrayed their dusky selves In all manner of silk snd lingerie I The population was de lighted. Kllng snd bis men were the hrlngers of this treasure. They gra clously told the natives they could have anything they found, BDd in re turn they were granted all the bospt tullty the island could muster. The Chilean governor, sn excellent fellow, placed s house at the disposal of the otllcers, wlille the sailors were sought after by tbe natives as guetits tn tboii huts. They remained on the Island for nearly two months enjoying life and surveying the strange monuments there, huge monoliths that tell of an ancient forgotten civilization of peo-ple who long since have passed Into oblivion. On November 2K. a Chilean steamer that made regular trips to the island hove In sight When It raised steam for Its return voyage, our men were aboard Tbe Chilean authorities on the mainland received them with friendly hospitality, regarding them as Copyright by Doubled?. Doran a Co. Laebner aai4 hie aaaapaalona take at ea a nud at Wafcaya with tba Idea at Ciphering M arbeo It But to aee. They are arrested by the Brftiah before the we-es! aaila aad feUed at Sun, FIJI lelaada. . A Japanese aderal bis to get Uansa-Ms- a (rose Lecbnar, CHAPTER XVI Continued 22 "Tell me, count wbere your Seead-ler Is," I wss la a tight bole. I must strike a blow for my comrades eut there on Mopella. Tbe elements 1 bad to work npon lay In the fact that the diary which bad been found mentioned mere-ly that we bad put stores aboard at Mopella snd told of the capture ot the Manila and said nothing of tbe fact that we bad aunk that ship. Then, also, the truth la rarely believed. I proceeded to skate very near the truth. "The Seeadler," I replied, "was lost" "Dow was it lostr "We got on tbe coral reef at We tried our best to get off, pat our stores sshore to lighten tbe ship. But It was no use." "What did yoo do thenr "We went sboard tbe Manila," "The four-maste-d schooner Manila f "Yes, we captured ber and took ber along with ns" "Where Is tbe Manila oowr "She Is waiting for me oft Mopella. My men are having a good vacation on the Island nntll I come back." "I say, Count we Japanese are not such fools Ton bad tbe four-mast- Manila, and you sailed from Mopella to the FIJIs In s small boat" "Tes," I replied. "There was not room enougb for all of us aboard tbe Manila." , The admiral looked at me wltb s sly Oriental smile. Fine, I thought 1 bad figured out their minds correctly. Tbey bad not set straight out for Mopella, in spite of their knowing that we bad landed stores there, because it seemed wildly impossible that I wltb my five men had sailed from Mopella to the FIJIs la an open boat "Count," exclaimed the admiral, "1 will tell you wbere your crew la Tou did not leave s four-maste-d schooner and sail twenty-thre- e hundred miles In a lifeboat Too sailed here In the Manila, and, having got here, you put out In your lifeboat to capture an-other ship in a nearby harbor. Too tell me your crew Is at Mopella, hop-ing I will get up steam Immediately, go hurrying away for a few thousand miles on a wild-goos- e chase, and leave them In peace. The Manila Is In these waters. In four days your crew will be my prisoners." lie respected me too much to think that 1 would ever give my crew away. Be knew I would try to throw him off the scent Ills object was to outwit me, to get my story and read between tbe Hues Very good, admiral," I thought "let nse see bow It will work out" We parted tbe best of friends He was an excellent fellow. Our meet-ing bad been one of mutual deceit with lies that no gentleman would tell in ordinary times Now they were quite respectable, as ruses of war. Tbe Ironlcnl thing was that my men. who under the command of Lieutenant Kllng were still living like lords at Mopella, were destined to have much better luck In getting a ship than my little party had had through all our terrible hardships . They caught a wireless message one day telling of our capture. So, fear lng that their owo whereabouts might aoon be discovered, they hastily began to build s boat to sail away In. but, with the materials at their disposal, they were unable to construct any-thing like a seaworthy craft capuble of carrying thnt whole crowd. Then Dame Fortune smiled on them. A Frencb square-rigge- d schooner sighted the Island snd tbe wreck ot the Seeadler. "By Joe," exclaimed the captain, "we passed bere six months ago and tbere was no wreck here! 'We may find castaways on the Island. It looks os though we may find s good profit, too." Tou see. a captain gets a third ot tbe value of any wreck, ship, or cargo, that he saves. The schooner quickly veered toward tbe Island. It was a Sunday morning. On the Island the men were sitting around, washing clothes, writing diaries, and so on. The chef was shooting snipe for dinner. Then tbe cry: "Ship ahoy." Kllug took out a lifeboat with a boarding party, the strongest men be bad. some of them the champion wrestlers As they approached the schooner, the captain leaned over the rail and shouted down to them: "Don't row so bard, boys. We will come for you." Our sailors swarmed aboard. Pis-tols out. "Unnds up I" The Frenchmen recognized the Ger-man uniform. "Mon DIeu des Ailemanda I turn off my course to save castaways and I am captured by tbe Bochesl Mon Dleul" The schooner was not big enough, nor had aboard provisions enough, for botb the Germans and the prisoners. KUng decided to leave the prisoners, lncluiIlL the crew of the schooner on the Island, where they would be com-fortable enough. When be was a week We Want Yon to keep in mind the fact that in addition to printing this news-paper we do job work of any land. 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The story comes out of an ancient and vol-ume which I found recently In a col-lection of Americana. This book, "Indian Captivities or Life In the Wigwam," was complied by Samuel 0. Drake sad published In 185L Drake Includes In bis book tbe memoirs of James Smith, a colonel In the Revolutionary war. Smith, while still a boy, was captured by tbe In-dians, adtpted by them-- and lived the life of an Indian for six years. Be entered captivity In 1759. Be learned the Indian methods of warfare, their customs and their lan-guage. When he finally escaped and rejoined bis people be organized a company of Indian fighters probably without equal In tbe history of the nation. Every man among them was skilled In tbe Indian method of warfare. The most of them bad been captives of the Indiana They went upon tbe war-path like Indians, stripped for battle as tbe Indians did, painted their bodies and took scalps. Because they daubed their bodies with black paint, they were soon known as the "Black Boys." Late in the 1700's the settlers sought to place an embargo on the sale of gunpowder, bullets, fire arms end other weapons to the Indians. As a result of this the Indians were soon short of gunpowder and other war ma-terials. Prices went up and white traders began to bootleg the goods the red-skins wanted. So James Smith, who bad organized bis Black Boys for warfare against the Indians, turned to the traders. They went out, paint-ed like Indians on tbe warpath, and waylaid the traders. After ambushing them they would burn their entire stocks of goods, threaten tbem with deatb If they per-sisted In their business, and mnn-bandl- e them In any way that they thought fitted the case and occasion. It was summary law with a vengeance. Finally some of the Black Boys were arrested and placed In Irons In the Jull at Fort Bedford. It was then that James Smith and the rest of his Black Boys swung Into action. Gath-ering from various points along the frontier, eighteen of thorn marched on the fort. They made no secret of their plan. They advanced boldly down the gov-ernment road toward Bedford. When ever they met anyone on the road they told them they were going to take Fort Bedford. The military com-mander beard of the threat and laughed. Eighteen men take Fort Bedford! Bah I One night the eighteen Black Boys camped five miles from the fort Ham Thompson, friend and associate of Smith, who lived In Bedford, had been spying out the situation. After pitching camp that night and appar-ently going to sleep the Black Boys got up and marched. Shortly before dawn they then stole up on moccaslned feet and concealed themselves Just outside the tort. Thompson bad Informed them that thirty men would be on guard and that tbe gates of the fort would be thrown open at daybreak. Daybreak came and with a rush they entered. Tbe soldiers had stacked their guns and were stand-ing around, little suspecting an at-tack. Thompson led the way to tbe guns and the fort was captured In a moment without resistance. All of the Black Boys In Irons were set free and then the entire party took to the woods. James Smith, In his memoirs, written probably years or more ago, points out that Fort Bed-ford was the first British fort cap-tured by American colonists. & 1J. Lester B. Colby .. ..ff-- fr ifr i. fr T NEARBY AND f f YONDER I I 1 ByT.T. MAXEY , , - Lafayette National Park LAFAYETTE National park U the those broadly-varyin- g and matchless areas of outstanding scenic attractiveness, wblcb Uncle Sam bas selected, set sslde snd main tarns as national grounds for the benefit and enjoyment of bis people, that lies east of the Mississippi It Is unique among these national domains, in that It Is the first having ' contact wltb the sea. It Is, In fact surrounded by the sea snd Its arms, on territory near which s daring Frencb explorer planted bis feet long before tbe Mayflower pulled up at Plymouth, It as bas been said, the coast ot Maine Is "An eloquent chap-ter In the continent's ancient history," then, Lafayette National park is "One of tbe most dramatic paragraphs In the chapter." The park Is located on Mount Des-ert Island, wblcb Is celebrated for Its picturesque beauty, tbe largest Island In the archipelago east of Penobscot! bay and tbe largest rock built Island on our Atlantic seaboard. It Is Indeed a superb grouping of natural topo graphic elements and features moun tains, cradling half-hidde- lakes, bills snd plains, cliffs and crags, bold and rocky coast line, majestic woodlands made op of various members of tbe - tree tribe, underbrush of strange va-rieties, beautifully carpeted wltb a confusion of many-bue- d wild Bowers, mottled by sunshine snd shadow, all encompassed by blue-gree- salt water and overhung by a sky of shifting col-ors, "Of Its own snd In Its own way," sayi the guide book, Lafayette Na-tional park Is "an American master piece." Tbe American Parthenon THB Parthenon was "The crown of glory that was Greece." This temple which bordered on tbe Acropo-lis at Athens, was dedicated to Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom, more than 400 years B. CL, and was osed throughout the centuries of Its exist-ence si a temple of worship. The pagans occupied It for about one thou-sand years and tbe Christians for about another ten centuries The Christians were routed by the Turks and tbe ancient structure became mosque. In 1687 the Turks were over, thrown by tbe Venetians and tbe build-ing was ruined. In Centennial park at Nashville, TeDn., on tbe banks of the Cumber land, stands s faithful reproduction, botb a i to form as well ss to size, of that masterpiece of Greek architec-ture. First constructed as an attrac-tion ot the Tennessee centennial ex-position In 1897, It was later rebuilt as an unusual and permanent attrac-tion ot tbe Tennessee capital. The charm of this beautiful building springs from tbe refinement ot Its out-line and tbe d effect of Its proportions, these chsracteristics blend-ing In a dignity snd grace, wblcb have made It famous as the most perfectly proportioned structure tbe Greeks ever built It Is 101 feet wide, 228 feet long, OA feet high and is encircled by s row of GO giant fluted columns, each 84 feet high snd 6V4 feet through at tbe base, wblcb are easily the most attention-attractin- g feature of the en-- ' , tire ensemble. A frieze containing 92 panels In sculptured relief depicts some of the leading mythological tales which are connected with ancient Greek history. The Mount of the Holy Cross Mount of the Boly Cross Is THE of tbe g peaks which constitute the Rocky mountain range..' It Is located In Eagle county. Colorado, near the town ot Minturn. Its boary bead rises to an elevation of 13,978 feet or considerably more than two and one-hal- f miles above the waters ot tbe Atlantic and tbe Pacific. On this mountain nature carved a deep ravine some 2,000 feet long run-ning op and down its side, fashioned a transverse ridge some 800 feet long across and above the center of this ravine and thus produced a mighty and boly cross from which the moun tain takes its name. By virtue of Its altitude this ridge Is almost slwsys covered with snow, blgb winds cause the snow to drift Into the ravine and thus a great white cross appears on thet mountain side and looks out and down upon the world. This inspiring marvel has been referred to as "A Nation's Guiding Emblem of Faith," Uncle Sam, through bis forest serv-ice, now has set aside a tract ot land of some 860 acres which Includes this mountain and Is known as Boly Cross National forest as s shrine for tbe use of his people for devotional, edu-cational and recreational purposes, and It bas come to pass that an annual, pilgrimage can be made to the top of Notch mountain, directly opposite this great nature-mad- e cross, by all who desire to "lift up mine eyes" in this unusual and glorious spot , IMS. Wasters Newspaper Cnlon.) Dyers Making Use of Tree Once Condemned It to make wagon spokes and felloes. A new day, however, Is dawning for the hedge apple tree. It Is being turned Into tbe hoppers of some ot the country's large dye factories. This Is developing Into a real Indus-try tn Texas and Oklahoma. The hedge apple tree Is also excel-lent material for telephone cross-arm-s and Insulator pins. What Is left of the tree Is utilized In the making of fertilizer. Long ago the Indlao made bows of this wood. Every country or section of a coun-try as It grows casts about for more and more resources that cun be con-verted Into marketable finished prod-ucts. Tbe American Southwest bas taken tbe common hedge apple tree otherwise known as the Osage orange, the bow wood or the bols d are tree. A row ot these trees compose what farmers call a hedge fence. in the old days Its roots were smoked by boys to whom tobacco was forbidden. Otherwise, tbe hedge tree, with its manifold fruit of large green balls, was unpopular. Farmers con-demned It because, wben used as a hedge. It would not bold their cows and bogs. Motorists cursed It be-cause It shut off their view at cross-posts- , (he hedge tree appeared to be ot little use. A few factories bought Many Old World Customs Center Around the Kits Innumerable d customs center around the kiss. A version of an early Lenten ceremony survives In England today: "On Maundy Thursday the kings and queens of England personally washed and kissed the feet of as many poor people as tbey themselves numbered In years and bestowed a gift, or maundy, upon eacb. Queen Elizabeth performed this royal duty at Greenwich when she was thirty-nin- e years old. Tbe feet of 89 poor persons were first washed by the yeoman ot the laundry with wano water and sweet herbs, afterward" by the and lastly by the queen herself, tbe person who washed making eacb time a cross upon the pauper's foot, above the toes, and kissing It This ceremony was per-formed by the queen kneeling, being attended by 30 ladies and gentlemen. Clothes, victuals and money were then distributed among the poor." Stock Exchange Term ' The term "preference shares" Is osed In England as the equivalent ot the American preferred stock. These rack ahead of tbe ordinary shares, besides very often being entitled to a cumulative dividend. Don't Worry Fear and worry are as unnecessary as they are debilitating. They are our race's heritage from the dim dawn of time, and only clear-thinkin- auda-cious souls have risen above tbem, says American Magazine. Beyond Prau . ' Doth perfect beauty stand In need of pntlse at all? Nay; no more than raw, no more than trutb, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-1S0-- D.), "Meditations." Juatic We can drive a stone upward for a moment Into the air, yet It Is yet true that all stones will forever fall: and whatever Instances csd be quot-ed of unpunished theft or a He which somebody credited. Justice must pre-vull- , and it Is the privilege of truth to make Itself believed. Emerson. cleat on the floor and fell headlong on the stage, his slide ending with his hands in the footlights. Not a ripple of laughter came from the au-dience. The play continued. After-ward, the friend, in the throes of a 1 bitter mortification, sat back stage be-moaning bis blunder. A member of the audience came up to blm and said: "Great work, Jim. Thnt fall was perfect I'll bet you practiced It a long time." Detroit News. Perfect Accident Judge John V. Brennan tells of an incident In his college days when he was a member of the campus dra-matic organization at tie University of Wisconsin. Judge Brennan was cost as s Confederate colonel In a Civil war play. A friend was play-ing tbe role of a Union spy. During a tense moment in the play, the friend burst Into the room from a door at rear of tbe stage, tripped over a Good Idea A critic recently suggested that, since thTre Is no money in novel-writin-novelists ought to bootleg as a'sjde line. t Novelist Cpton Sinclair pondered this sugfestlSn the other day. Then Ben6d(led and said: R."A food idea, for the novelist is lljfg the hen. Bothi scratch for their living, but the hen gets hers." Halt Evil Progr No man can be stark naught at once,' Let us stop the progress of sin in our soul at tbe Bret stage, for the farther It goes the faster it will In-crease. Fuller. It Make a Difference When a man bas It himself, a con. mon cold becomes very extraordinary. Philadelphia Inquirer. A lot ot time is wasted expecting everybody to be logical. . J Not good In the long run bills. |