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EDITORIAL i
XI' MU.LS IXlli AUSK.1
Seattle Kail way and Alariue
is publishing a series* of arti
•tting forth "-New Trade Oppoi.
g of the i'aeitic. 'M»t
: in tne series app.aring in
irrent, uumoer of in® uia^a
3 devoted ia the ch.iu.oes oi
japer pulp bus*n*'ss. C\>u
g Al-ustas ottering on the
• coagt, It says;
this connection »a au» vts
that v-»6t coast iiue of Alaska.
) w%>- irojn itixou's entrant o
• k Inlet, two thirds of the dij»
beiug an iugide passage* both
being cv>vered right to the
> edga with a class of Sitka
which i£ almost wholly worth
i marketable timber, out ail
ieh 13 goovi for the iivauafac
f wood pulp^ as it is the
Jeuticai LiuKr front which >h
. Columbia pulp is ground,
t has never U-«u utilized has
ue to th<* almost criminal n-£
i of those resi»onsible for
g the affaiig of the U. S.
y bureau, dating bauk frd$
id G if ford' PiiU-hot suoeeded -U
aeful work of placing a val
on Alaska's growing timber
jpon its worth as marketable
, w h««n aveiy pereou possess
kuowledge of the country
that it has no commerviai
•icHjit a^ wood pulp. Vet
ie vast tonna^t, of I'. S.
>ulp available, and whose
veil protected harU>r<s and iti<
d- unlimited water power of
the graudest opportunity
> successful development of
ad paper mills, we are still
ng millions of dollars' worth
1 pulp."'
u really desire to hasten Pros
i&va faith in your town. The
ing »hat faith caa remove
ircg is true. There is no
hat go reacts upon the Pos
>f faith in one's home town,
.n who 13 willing Co give the
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that ha ig btiug rolitKXl ev
e hi3 merchaA is reluctanu
■it to boost his prices; who
-3 looking on the bright skle
mirror; he Is the man to
■ropperity will first make its
ace. The gr°uch aoconi
nothing ajid is shutting out
light.—Valilez llftier.
some of our tourists return
after their trips to San
V) and tell us of jazz music,
eer and the Juice of grape,
3" feet get to itching. Sec
ught usually quietg tb„ am
inos jjown, liowesrer, and
iliz© that those things are
them auv more and that
.uch thought^ are put j out
minds tlie mWe contented
1 Up in the dry belt.—Doug
vrctic Brotherhood at Mc
,ag elected the following of
if the ensuing term; Arctic
B. Nicholis: vice chief C.
jle; secretary, Louis .\YLd
isur^jr, Fred Qope- £
WOLVES
of the SEA
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RANDALL
PARRISH
Ooprrlfht br A. C. McClarj A Oo.
"No; I am not greatly frightened,
but shall try and bar the door with a
chair. I have no key."
'Then 111 leave you: half of my
watch below must be gone by now. I'll
take the fellow's knife along, as It
must not be found here."
We parted with a clasp of hands, as
I opened the stateroom door and
slipped out Into the cabin. To my sur
prise the light over the table had
been extinguished, rendering the caoln
so black I had to actually feel my way
forward. The lantern must have been
put out since then by some confed
erate. After a moment of hesitation
I found my way across to my own
stateroom and pressed open the door.
The hilt of the knife in my belt at
tracted my attention, and I drew It
forth, curious to learn If It bore any
mark of ownership. My eyes were in
stantly attracted to a dark stain on
both hilt and blade. I held It to the
I _
It Was the Stain of Blood.
light—it was the stain of blood. an3
my bands were also reddened by it: In
that first instant of horror I hurled
the weapon out through the open port
into the sea. Blood I There had been
murder committed on board, and the
fellow I had struck down was seeking
refuge, endeavoring to And conceal
ment following his crime. Ay. but
what about the light in the cabin? It
had been extinguished after the flee
ing fugitive had entered Dorothy's
stateroom. Did this mean that the
sLayer had an accomplice? If so. then
the killing was not the result of a
mere personal quarrel amidships, or
in the forecastle, but the result of
some conspiracy. 1 thought of San
chez. and of Estada's plan to obtiiu
control of the ship. Could this be Its
culmination? Aud was the Spaniard
already lying dead in his cabin?
Nothing came of my thought—only
confusion: nor Uid I dare investigate
I for fear of becoming more deeply in
volved in the tragedy. No, there was
nothing to be done; my safety, an-i
the safety p( the girl depended on on
| apparent ignorance of what had oc
curred. Convincing myself of this I
washed the blood stain* from my
| hands and lay down In t£e bunk fully
dressed to await my call.
wnen called i excnangeu uui it*
words with LeVerc. He went quickly
to Ills room. Nothing of importance
occurred during my watch.
i The dawn came cold and gray hut
I *Ith clearing skies. I climbed into the
main cro.-strees and swept the horizon
with a glass. Not so much as a speck
rewarded my efforts, and I descended
the ratlines, shouting to the boatswain
to call ihe port watch. Watkins caine
aft to the wheel and I sent the fellow
thus relieved do«'n into the cabin to
rout out LeVere. The two returned
to deck together, the negro glancing
about1 curiously without mounting the
ladder.
"You call Senor E«ada yet?" he
questioned.
"No; I had no orders to do so."
"He tol' lie call him at daylight.
Here you, Amada; go wake up the
senor."
The seaman disappeared, while Le
Vere crossed the poop deck and stood
beside me looking out across the ex
pause of sea.
Amada emerged from the companion
and stared up at us, shading his mouth
with one hand as he spoke.
"He answer nothing. Senor LeVere."
"Was the door locked?"
"I know not, senor; I not try to open
It"
"The Die-headed swine," said Le«
care to return to honesty."
"And you. LeVere?"
He spread his hands and shrugged
his shoulders. "There is no hope of
me; i was born to the free life."
"WHat tfigg is It with £0\j|"
"He answer iiothihg, senor."
"The aw I he," said LeVere, "I sup
pose I'll have to go myself."
"We'll go down together, senor," 1
said quietly. "Estada must be sick:
I could hear the rumpus Amada
kicked up even ou deck here. No man
I could slwep through that racket."
CHAPTER XVIII.
A New Conspiracy.
j The Interior of the cabin appeared
I desolate In the gray light of dawn.
j I led the way directly to Estada's
: stateroom. M.v heart pounded like u
j hammer as I rapped on the wooden
1 panels and waited some response from
within. There was no answer, no
sound of movement, and I rapped
again more loudly, my questioning eyes
seeking LeVere's fa*e. He was listen
ing as Intently as myself.
"There is something wrong, senor,"
he whispered, "for he was ever a light
sleeper."
The door was unlocked, the latch
yielding instautly to the hand, and I
stepped within. A glance told every
thing. Estada lay In his bunk, with
one leg duugling outside, and his head
crooked against the side wall. His
very posture was that of sudden death,
even had it not been pictured by the
ghastly face, and the dark pool of
blood underneath. I heard an excla
mation from Le Vere and stood for an
Instant utterly unable to move. I
knew already what I should find, yet
finally forced myself forward—he was
. stone dead, pierced with three knife
thrusts. I stood up and faced the
mulatto, whose countenance was fairly
green with horror.
"What do you knowtabout this, Se
nor LeVere?" I asked sternly. "The
"Who Did it—and Why?"
raun has been murdered, knifed. Who
did It—ami whyV
He could scarcely answer, gripping
at the table for support, and never re
j moving his gaze from the face of the
dead man. Yet I believed his words;
was convinced this was not the terror
of guilt.
"My God i 1 cannot tell; I have
never dreamed of this."
"Had the man enemies. Anyone
you would suspect?"
"Enemies? Ay. plenty of them; we
all have. We expect that iu our
trade, fills ship is full of devils ready
enough to do such a job; but I could
not name the one who did do it. I
know of no cause. 1 have heard noth
ing."
"I believe you. LeVere," I said.
"What can we do. senor?''
"Do: We must talk that over first.
We cannot meet this thing until we
are prepared. There is more danger
In hLsty action than anything else."
I shut the door behind us and turned
the key. It was a relief to get out
side, even Into that dismal cabin, be
yond view of Estada's dead face. Le
Vere, who had evidently lost his nerve,
sank into a chair.
"l"ou rear au uprising, a mutiny:
I questioned, "when this is reported?"
"What will prevent?" he asked.
"The captain cannot stir; the mate Is
dead; the men already crazed because
we take no prizes. They will murder
us also and take control. Those devils
amidships."
"And who leads them? Who would
be captain?"
"Manuel Kstevan." he whispered.
"I thought as much. Then It Is
Manuel Estevan we must secure first
—-before they know. Whatever his
men may know of what has occurred
they will make no move uuiil they'get
his orders. We must stop the possi
bility of his issuing any. Without a
leader the advantage is ours."
"You mean to kill him?"
"Only qk a last resort. There Is no
good feeling between those quartered
amidships and the crew?"
"No. senor; it is hate generally, al
though they are not all alike. The
real sailors are mostly captured men;
they serve to save their lives, and
only for these others on board could
not be held long. Your plan, senor,
is to set the one against the other?"
"Yes, if possible. These sailor men
are of all races. Can they be trusted?"
"Some might be, sir; It Is hard to
tell how many. It is not the race
which counts so much, senor. There
are those among them who would not
hellhounds locked below,"we'll get any
thing we ask for. We'll be the cocks
of the walk. If he shouldn't live
through, why then we'll have a ship,
and can run the game alone. Either
way, if we win, the prize is ours—and
if we stick together we win."
"Hate, senor—revenge," and his
teeth gleamed savagely. "I would spit
on this Manuel who seeks to be chief.
I can never be—no; I am .of black
skin, with negro blood in my veins,
and white men would never have It so.
But I can hate, senor. That Is why
I am with you now, if the devil so
will. Your plan might work—tell me
more of it."
"What are the odds, say yon—thirty
to a hundred? Ay, but surprise will
overcome tnat. My plan Is this: First
to secure Manuel as quietly as pos
sible but at whatever cost. With him
In our hands, or dead, the buccaneers
have no leader. What then? There
are men In the crew on deck and In
the forecastle to be trusted—Watklns
< is one. and he will know others, a
I dozen no doubt. They will be enough.
We will whisper the truth to these,
and have them ready for a signal. The
forward door from amidships is closed
by iron bars—Is It not?"
"Si, senor," his eyes again sparkling
with Interest. "The men quarreled,
and there was fighting."
"Then there Is no escape In that di
rection and It can be no great task
to close any passage leading aft
Lower the deck hatch and we have
those devils below caged like so many
rats. There need be no fighting; star
vation will bring them to terms."
"But, senor, your dozen men cannot
guard the buccaneers below and also
manage the bark. The crew are not
all lambs—many will sympathize with
those thus locked beneath deck. Co
chose Is bad, and a friend of Manuel.
He will tight, nnd there are others
to back bim."
"1 know that, LeVere. The whole
plan Is desperate, but there Is no other
possible. Here Is my scheme. There
Is a gun rack In the cabin to arm the
dozen men we can trust. The others
have nothing but their sheath knives.
The buccaneers can be secured below,
before these other lads ever realize
what is happening. As soon as we
have control of the ship we'll round
them up forward. They won't dare
face the guns. Til give them their
choice."
"And what will you tell them, se
uor?"
I caught my breath, conscious of
his meaning. My secret hope could
not be revealed to this fellow. The
answer came quickly to my lips.
"The whole truth, Senor LeVere—
that Manuel conspired to seize the
bark through a mutiny of the bucca
neers; that these were to be turned
loose with license to kill anyone on
board who opposed them; that their
real purpose was to divide among
themselves all the treasure below,
then wreck the vessel and escape with
It. That to this end Estada had al
ready been murdered. I shall explain
that we discovered this conspiracy
Just In time to save them from but
chery, and they must stand by us or
else submit to those hell-hounds."
"And after that, senor?"
"Why, Porto Grande, of course," I J
admitted heartily. The men will un
derstand what that means—a handful
of gold for each of them and a run
ashore. Why, LeVei%, they will make
more apiece than by looting a half
dozen ships, and with no lighting. It
will be a fortune for you and me."
Ills somber eyes lighted up, startled
by this new idea, and he sprang to
his feet
"You mean that, senor! We divide
i what Is below and sail for Porto
Grande? I hear you right? You not
nieaij surrender? You stay pirate?"
I laughed, my nerves tingling to the
success of my ruse—he had taken the
i tempting bait like a hungry fish.
I "Why, of course. I am not such a
fool as to throw away this chance.
This is our chance, LeVere. If we put
the Namur Into Porto Grande, with
Sanchez on board and alive, and those
MJr apparent" enthusiasm caught the
fellow. I could read the working of
his mind !n his face. This new view
of the situation promised wealth,
power, the total defeat of Estevan;
everything he most desired.
"You think Senor Sanchez live?"
"What difference? If he lives he
owes his life to us. If he dies the bark
Is in our hands, and the treasure.
Once we have won we care nothing
if he live or die. • Are we together In
this?"
He thrust out a lean yellow hand,
and I gripped it. •
"SI, senor; I am with you.:*
"You pledge your word, Francois?"
"I pledge It, senor."
"Good! And you have mine. Now
to work—first Manuel Estevan, and
then the men on deck."
CHAPTER XIX.
»~
Laying the Trap.
Our first Job was «ecuted much
more easily than I had anticipated.
We caught Manuel sound asleep, and
LeVere had sinewy bands at his throat
before the fellow could grasp a
weapon. The narrowness of fche state
room prevented my taking much part
In the affair, but the mulatto needed
no help, as he dragged the cursing
Spaniard from his bunk to the deck
and throttled him savagely. Indeed
he would have killed the fellow had
I not interfered and twisted his hands
loose, leaving Estevan barely con
scious. A blanket ripped into strips
served to bind him securely enough I
for the present, but I thought it best
to lock the door, and keep the key in i
my own pocket. LeVere would have
knited him even as he lay there help
less; but for my threat and insistence,
of a struggle out here, nnd voices con
versing. Why are you alone?"
I leaned over to speak in as low a
tone as possible. And I told her the
situation In detail and my plans.
She sat silently gazing at me across
the table, her parted lips trembling to
'Tell Me What Hars Happened."
an unasked.tiuestlon. Before she could
frame this In words, the door to the
companion opened, and Warklns de
scended the stairs. At sight of her he
whipped off his cap.
"You may speak freely," I sulci.
"This Is the young lady I told you
about, and of course she Is with us.
Only talk low."
"Yes, sir," using a hoarse whisper,
and fastening his gaze on me. "It's all
right, sir."
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