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Sutwriiptiona And Advertisements
Becc4f ed By
Benaett Nowi O©., Whltehorge, Y. T
E. a. Oldeoa Ctrcroee, Y. T.
JC. L. Pttiman Atlli. B. C.
j EDITORIAL |
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PKTERSBlTWi EDITOR TSU.KS
INTO GOSSIP* OF XHJI C*fT
^
^ or»t» thaa tli» «Ttlj of otroag
drink axe th<J evil® of BToe«Ip. Stroag
drink eauat* the downfall of nv»
and womea who are too weaJs to
withataad Its r&rag^a. but go*lP
causes the downfall of (aaooeat
ttea and women, rntiftt aad -jfomta
*ho are the haadj of faaUllon aad
are l'vtng upright Uuaor*bl8 UY«ft<
Goselo cauava l^oaw wti% ti*v«
Deen friends to
Gossip baa blasted *■&# aani^ of |
more hoaeat, upright and Ttr*uou«
wont-n tban all the drtak la th« J
world. Like uatx> th« :
tcoth is the (nwiag wontf ^2<>*»a
behind1 th« back.
Th^rg is an rfd •*.*'!*» that
'•Truth crushed to eartfc (hall rise
again,•' but Truth c»a *er«r cvar
tak6 th« evil a "whfrii liar® «»u(«d
its dowa/all. Th* «rll wopj or
thought exH>k«n. in gossip tra*al| M
tbe lightening whll« iru# :a«tg are
*s the snail.
Goisip has caused uior# t^ard
feelings ia Petersburg t&an all the
saloons that evor eal(t«d hep*. Gos
sip drivaa honorably niaa aa£
*ont(n away -who would har« m»<l«
eood titlzf-iid" but who hare la ft
rather tha<a eadur® tu» ot
malicious toajgues.
Uosdip ia# oiapr-ug>j nu»
neee. If all lie worn^a MO m#n
were Kept bu$y attending to t£a*
own affairs they would b# too bu
sy to eorea^ tails about otfc#ri or
laiud the affair of other®.
a fair namg a,n<j reputation >i for
ever blasts li' game uatirfaJcViik
wjmaa who fcas aotfciaji batUe to
occupy Ler time tha» to talk about
her neighbors.
Petersburg la gaining an unen
viable reputation for thi« evil; uo
le£^a it ia stopped aoon great o'rtlt
will result. Tlirefl women
"lira. So and So left for the aoutb
oa a certain boat,'* a*oni oa.%
"Yea ami *uch aad »ucti a ma*
wen* on the aama boat," ivi a>>
ther.
"Why, they w*at to«e!ii«r *a4 *r«
not coming back," ►a'l Uia third,
ap/ the goaeip atarted. 'With
in a day the reputation q! tlie *b
3e:. t worn is blasted, although
she mar have been a gcvjd wif$ Mt
tier trio may bans beea £rom fatlr*
iy innocent calfc#et.
Gossip nerror lave*tig*t««, aarex
oofcs for facta, aerv#r rptoguinea
th* truth, but la lilc# a rainpire,
»ucking its life blood from th« filth]
thoughts of its «.uttiora, %nd those
*ho listen to it. t' I— fc*
Filth Is tlw life of ecmia ">*4 J
thoughts arg clean guatf-Jj At *ot
ive.—Petergbui^g Report.
Teast—Don't you think your wife
la* got a wonderful voice?
Crlmsonbeak—Yes. It's wonderful
t hasn't given out before this.—
Conkers Statesman. '
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CHAPTER XXIX.
A Struggle In the Dark.
camc back with the lantern in his
a mere tin bor containing a can
dle, the dim flame visible through nu
merous punctures. Neither of us spoke
until my hand was on the companion
4ocr ready to slide it open.
"1HJapt be long below," I said sober
ly. "Better go forward and see that
your lookout meu are awake, and then
eome back here."
The port stateroom I had not pre
viously entered because of a locked
door. I determined on breaking In
here. There was no key in the lock,
and the stout door resisted by efforts.
Placing the lantern on the deck I suc
ceeded finally In Inserting the blade
qf a hatchet so as to gain a purchase
sufiicient to release the latch. As the
door yielded a sharp cry assailed me
from within. It came forth so sud
denly and with so wild an accent I
stepped blindly backward In fright, my
foot overturning the lantern, which,
with a single flicker of the candle, went
out In that last gleam I saw a dim,
{otesque outline fronting me. Then,
the darkn&§, gleamed two green,
menacing eyes, growing steadily larger,
nearer, as I stared at them in horror.
Wqs it mac or beast? Devil from hell,
or s\une crazed human against whom
I must battle for life? The green eyes
glared info. my face. I lifted my hand
toward hirn iiod touched—hair! My
antagonist was i giant African ape.
Even as the big ape's grip caught
me, ripping through jacket sleeve to
the flesh, I realized my great peril, but
I was no longer paralyzed with
feat, helpless before the unknown. I
drove my Ratchet straight between
those tw gleaming eyes. The brute
•^gggered back, dragging me with him.
His humanlike cry of pain ended in a
snarl, but. brief as the respite proved,
It gave me £np on bis under Jaw and
an opportiiiTlty to drive my weapon
twice more against the hairy face. The
pain served only & madden the beast,
and before I could wrench free he had
me clutched in an iron grip, my jacket
tora into shreds. His Jaws snapped at
W face, but I had such purchase as
lb prevent rneit1 touching me," an
mindless of the claws tearing at ra
flesh I forced the animal's head baci
until the neek cracked aud the lip
gave vent to a wild scream of agonj
I dared not let go; dared not relax fo
I Oared Not Let Go.
an instant the exercise of every ounce
of strength. I felt as though the life
was being squeezed out of me by the
grasp of those hairy arms; yet the
very vise In which I was held yielded
me leverage. The hatchet dropped to
the deck and both my hands found
lodgment under the jaw, the muscles
of my arms strained to the utmost, as
I forced back that horrid head. Little
by little it gave way, the suffering
brtite whining io agony, until, tne pain
becoming uneudurable, the clinging
arms suddenly released their hold 'et
ting me drop heavily to the deck.
By some good fortune I fell upon
the discarded hatchet, and stumbled
to my feet once more, gripping ihe
weapon again in my fingers. I sprang
straight toward him, sending the sharp
blade of the hatchet crashing against
the skull. The aim whs good, the
stroke a death blow, yet the monster
got tne with one paw, and we fell t
the deck together, he savagely claw
ing me in his death agouy. Then the
hairy figure quivered and lay motion
less. I released the stiffening grip,
rising to my knees, only to Immediate
ly pitch forward unconscious.
When I came back once more to Mfe
I was upon the schooner's deck breath
ing the fresh night air, Dorothy and
Watkins bending over me.
CHAPTER XXX.
Opening of the Treasure Chest,
The dawn came slowly, and with but
little increase of light. The breeze bad
almost entirely died away, leaving the
canvas aloft motionless, the schooner
It transpires that President Wil
6on during his first attendance domi
nated the peace conference to such an
extent that few of the members oured
to raise their voices against his. One
of the few, it is said, is William Mor
ris Hughes, premier of Australia, who
took exception to nearly everything
Mr. Wilson had to say on the subject
of the disposition of the former over
seas German dependencies captured
by the self-governing British colonies.
The contrast between the two men
Is great. Hughes is small, weighs less
than 100 pounds and is alarmingly
frail, having been a sufferer from dys
pepsia all his life. The utterances of
Premier Hughes suggested the labor
agitator rather than those of the uni
versity president or the statesman, be
trayed a lack of cultivation and were
delivered in tones that were not only
particularly rasping, but also unneces
* >- sariiy loud, this being due to uie ract
that he stone deaf, and therefore finable to gauge the sound of his own
voice. *
Whenever Premier Hughes takes "part in a congress or-debate he has
by his side wonderfully trained secretaries who write brief summaries of the
proceeding*. In spite of this tremendous handicap he gets off pointed and
witty retorts which have Inspired a wholesome terror of his tongue. He is
a wonderful speaker, with volcanic eloquence.
He was born In North Wales, emigrated to Australia at twenty-two and
began life there as an itinerant schoolmaster in the interior. In Sydney he
opeped a small general store. Then he became Identified with trades unionism
In lis beginning and climbed to power with it
I California Burglars' Original Methods.
Burglars attempted to open the safe
of the Western Mechanical company.
Falling to dislodge the safe doors
j after burning off the hinges, they
trroke Into the company's garage, took
out a truck, hoist* J the safe through
a skylight with th* company's tackle,
J hauled it to a canyon rifled it of
i O500 cash and fiberty bonds.—Los
j Angeles Times.
___________
The Rlfcht Man.
1 "They say Miss Highstrung is going
| to aarry an army officer."
"Well, I should think that a man
who makes a business of war might
be able to get al5*g with her."—Bos
ton Efenln* Transcript. -* -•»"
WHAT TO USE TO
prevent appexdioito
J skagway people should kno^
: simple buckthorn bark, glycerine
etc., as mixed In Ad4er"i"ka, Qusbe;
; the ENTIRE bowel tract so complet
ly that appendicitis ia preventsd
! ONE SPOONFUL Adler-i'ka relieve!
' ANY CASE sour stomach, gaa 01
| constipation because It removes ALI
! foul matter which clogged and pois
on#d your system. The INSTANT ac
I tlon surprises both doctors and pa*
1 tienta Keller Bros Drug Company
j bnfely moving througB n slightly h?8v
f | ing sea, In the midst of a dull-gray
£ I mist When Watklns emerged from
^ the mist I proposed to him that we go
below and continue the search for
* gold. He was not anxious to go and
Dorothy persuaded me to let her go
with me. In the room wherfe the ape
had been hidden we found a big chest
and I set to work to open it.
It proved harder than I had be
lieved, the staple of the lock clinging
to the hard teak wood of which the
chest was made. The lid was heavy,
but as I finally forced it buckward a
hinge snapped and permitted it to
drop crashing to the deck. For an In
stant I could see nothing within.
"Lift up the lantern, Dorothy,
please. No, higher than that. What
' in God's name? Why, It is the corpse
j of a woman!" .
I I heard her cry out, and barely
I caught the lantern as It fell from her
| hand. At first I doubted the evidence
of my own eyes, snatching the bit of
flaring candle from Its tin socket and
holding it where the full glare of
light fell across the grewsome object.
Ay, it was a woman, with lower limbs
doubled back from lack of space, but
otherwise lying as though she slept, so
perfect In preservation her cheeks ap
peared flushed with health, her lips
half smiling. It was a face of real
beauty—an English face, although her
eyes nnd hair were dark and her man
tilla and long earrings were unques
tionably Spanish. A string of pearls
encircled her throat, and there were ;
numerous rings upon her fingers. The
very contrast added immeasurably to
the horror.
"She Is alive! Surely she Is alive!"
The words were sobbed Into my ear
from Dorothy's Hps. |
"Alive! No, that la itnpossioie!" x
touched the figure with my band. "The
flesh Is like stone," I said, "thus held
lifelike by some magic of the Indies.
What can it all mean? Who could the
woman be? It Is love or hate?"
"Not love, Geoffry. Love would
never do this thing. It Is hate, the
gloating of revenge; there can be no
other answer—this Is the end of a
tragedy."
There was nothing, not a scrap of
paper, not even the semblance of a
wound exposed. The smile on those
parted lips had become one of mock
ery; I could bear the sight no longer,
and rose to my feet, clasping Dorothy
close to me, as she still gazed down In
fascination at the ghastly sight.
"We will never know. The man who
could tell is dead."
"Captain Paradilla?"
j "Who else could it be? This was
j his schooner, and here he alone could
| hide such a secret. There is nothing
j more we can learn, and the horror un
, nerves me. Hold the light, dear.whlle
11 replace the lid of the chest."
It required my utmost effort to ac
complish this. I was glad to have the
thing hidden, to escape the stare of
those fixed eyes, the death smile of
those red Hps. It was no longer a
reality but a dream of delirium; I
dare not think or speculate—my only
desire being to get away, to get Dor
othy away. In absolute terror I drew
her with me to the open door—then
stopped, paralyzed; the half revealed
figure of a man appeared on the cabin
stairs.
"Stop! Who are you?"
"Watklns, sir. I came below to call
you. There's suinthin' bloomin' odd
takin' place out there in the fog, Cap
tain Carlyle. We vyrant yer on deck,
| sir, right away,"
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Boat Attack.
He waited for us just without the
companion, but my eyes caught noth
ing unusual as I emerged into the
daylight. I could barely see amidships,
and on either side hung the impene
treble Dahfe ot cloud, leaving sea ana
sky Invisible.
"What is it, Watkins? Where are the
men?"
"Forrard, sir, a-hangin' over the star
board rail. Thar's somethin" cursedly
strange a-happenin' in that fog. Ole
was the first ter hear the clattor ov
en oar sllppin' in a rowlock. Then,
sir, while we wus a-llstenin' we both
caught sound ov a Spanish oath,
spoke as plain as if the buck was
aboard."
"A lost boat, likely—shipwrecked
*ailotfl adrift In the fog; perhaps our
other quarterboat. No one hailed
them?" •
"No, sir; I told the men ter keep still
till I called you.;'
The crew were all gathered at the
rail, staring out into the mist, whis
pering to each other. I pressed my
way x among them. We may have
ween clinging there a minute of two,
breathlessly listening. Then a voice
spoke directly In front of me out from
the dense fog.
"Try fie port oar, Pedro; we must
have missed the d n ship."
I straightened 'up as though struck,
my ayes seeking those of Watkins, who
stared iiack at me, his mouth wide
open In astonishment.
"You heard that?" I whispered. "Do
you know who spoke?"
"Do I? Dead or alive, sir, it was
Manuel Bstevan."
"Ay; no other, and alive enough, no
doubt. Lads, come close to me and
listen—they must not hear us cut
there. By some devil's trick the Na
mur has followed our course, or els?
yonder are a part of his crew cast
away. They clearly know of us—per
haps had a glimpse through some rift
In the cloud—and are seeking to
board with a boat party. 'Tis not like
ly muse ueviib laow wuo we are;
probably take us for a merchant ship
becalmed In the fog and liable to be
come an easy prey. If they can only
slip on us unseen. How are you, bul
lies? Ready to battle your old mates?"
"Those were no mates o' ours, sir,"
said Watkins indignantly. "They are
half-breed mongrels, and no sailors;
Estevan Is a hell-hound, an' so far as
my yoice goes, I'd rather die on this
deck than ever agin be a bloody pirate.
It that the right words, lads?"
The others grumbled assent, but
their muttered words had in them a
ring of sincerity, and their faces ex
hibited no cowardice. One only asked
a question.
"I'm fer flghtin', sir," he said grim
ly, "btit what'll we use? Them lads
ain't comin' aboard bare-handed, but
damn If I've seed a weapon on this
hooker."
"Dar's three knives, an' a meat
cleaver In der galley, sah," chimed in
Sam.
"We'll do well enough; some of you
have your sheath knives yet, and the
rest can use belaying pins and capstan
bars. The point Is to not let them get
aboard, and, If there la only one boat,
we will be pretty even-handed. Pick
up what you can, and man this rail
quietly now, hearties, and keep your
eyes open."
It proved a longer wait than I ex
pected. Unable to withstand the in
action any longer I turned and took a
few staps aft, thinking to gauge our
progress by the wake astern. I was
abaft the cabin on the port side when
Dorothy called my name—a sudden ac
cent of terror in her voice.
• The alarm was sounded none too
soon. Either fortune, or skill, had
served those demons well. They had
succeeded in circling the stern of the
Santa Marie, unseen and unheard by
anyone aboard. Even as she shrieked
the alarm, a hand was at her throat,
and she was struggling desperately in
the merciless grip of a half-naked In
dian.
(Continued on Saturday)
Unceasing Misery
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backache. You suffer twinges and
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You can't be comfortable at work
wi'h darting pains and blindtog diz
zy soells.. ifJeglect these ailments
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