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A BEAUTIFUL | <^P1RATE * By Guy Boothby. t^^Si As t:iu bead of tboflrst man appeared my (Muipuuiou raised Ihk pistol au>i palled thu IriKsiT. The bnlltit 8truul< the pnor wrotrli exactly ou the bridn« of tbo nuiit;, iuukiiii< a clear roand bol« from wbicb au iubtaut later a jot oi blood spurlcd forth. A second bullet earrieo aiiuttiur man to bis account, aud by this time the reuuiuiug four were upon n^. Of what followed iu that tarmoil I kave but a v.-i_v iinpiTlfct reooUectmu I reuieuilier tcuitix three men ruNh to- ward nio. cue of whom I kne-.v fcr Kwong Fnng, the little pockmarkt d rascal before ineutioncd, and I ncoilect that with the iu.Ktiiict of despair I olutcbed my bar of iron in both k..::d« and bronxht it down ou tbe head of the nearoHt of the trio with all my force. It caught him ou the ri^ht teinplo niid oruribed the Rknll in liki* a broliun ^kk- •bell. Uut the pirutii ul tcouiidrels had forgotten the man lying ou the deck. In their haste to advance they omitted to â- tepovcr bis body, canght their feet and fell to the ground. At leaKt I am wrong in saying tbcy fell to the gronnd, for only tbe pock- marked ratical fell; the other tripped «od would have recovered himself aud A leeond bulUt carried another man to his account. keen apon me had I not sprung upon him, thrown away my bar, caught up bia companion's knife, which had fallen from bis hand, and tried my lerel best to drive it in above his sbonldcr blade. Bnt it was easier said than done. He olotohed niu fiercely and locked hard and fast we swayed this way and that, Cgbting like wildcats for our lives. He irai a smaller man than I, bnt active M an acrobat and in tbe most perfect te«ining. Up and down, round and lonud, WQ went, eyes glaring, breath ooming in great gasps, oar hands upon •aoh otbcr'H throats and every moment drawing closer aud closer to the Teasel's aide. Thongb tbe whole fight could not have lasted a minute it seemed an •temity. I was beginning to weaken, and X saw by the look iu his hateful alm- ond eyes that my antagonist knew it. Bat he had Ijargained without bis host. â-² heavy roll Heut the little vessel heel- ing over to the port side, and an instant later we were both prone upon the deck, rolling, tumbling, fighting again to be nppermoKt. From tbe manner in which I had falli>n, however, the advantage BOW lay with mo, and yon may be snro I was not hIdw to make the most of it. Throwing myself over and seating my- â- elf astride of him, I clutched my ad- versary by the throat and, drawing back my arm, struck bim with my clinched flat between bis eyes. Tbe blow was given with all my strength, and it cer- tainly told. Ho luy beneath me a bleed- ing and insonsililo mass. Then stagger- ing to my feet I looked about me. On the dock were four dead bodies â€" two on the break of the poop lying faces down, Jast whero they bad fallen; one at my feet, bia skull dashed in and his brains protruding, a horrible sight; another under thu bulwarks, bis limbs twitch- ing in his dentil agony and bis moutb â-¼omitiug blood with automatic regular- ity. My coni|innion I discovered seated astride of another individual admonish- ing him with what I knew waA an emp- ty revolver to abstain from any further attempt to e)>cupn. "1 think v.o have got tbo upper baud of them now," ho siiid us calmly us if he were uccustomcd to going through this sort of thing every day of his life. "Would yoo bo so good as to baud me that piece of rope? I must make this â- lippery gentleman fast while I have him." "Surely it's the leader ol the gang," I cried, at the same time doing as be had asked nie. "The man yoa pointed •at to me, Kwong Fnng?" "Yon're quite right. It is." "And now that yoo have him what will his fate be?" "A short shrift and a long rope, if I have anythiug to do with the matter. 1!her«! That's right, Idon'tthinkyon'll Bt Into maoh miaohief now, my "My Koouiiijw', iiiuii, you're wound- ed," lio cried, >i.iiiiiiiii; nia round to find out rvbciice tl-a blnod wasdripping. And CO I \' u^, (b(i<ij{h in icy ez'iitemeut I had quite forf;ottb'j the fact. A bull bad paoi^rd clcun through the fleshy part of ii:y Icit arm, and the blood flowing from it had stiQ'ened all my •leevH. With a (iCDtloness one would hardly have expected to And in him my friend drew off my coat and cnt open my shirt â- leeve. Then bidding me stay where I Was while he procured some water with Iphich to batbe the wound he left me and went for'ard. I did not, however, •ee him return, for now that the excite- ment had departed a great faintness was stealing over me. The sea seemed to be turning black and the deck of tbe jnuk to be slipping away from nnder me. Finally my legs tottered, my senses left me and I fell heavily to the ground. When I came to myself again, I was lying on a pile of fiber sails nnder the â- belter of an improvised awning. My companion, whose name I diiicovered later was W.<lworth, was kneeling be- «<de nie with a oreternaturallv irrava expression upon his usually stolid face. "How do vou feel now?" be inquired, holding a ci^p of water to my lips. I drank eugerly, and then replied that I felt better, bnt terribly weak. "Oh, that's only to be expected," ho answered ruuteuringly. "We ought to be glad, cousideriug the amount of blood yon must have lost, that it's no worse. Keep up your heart. Yoa'U soon be all right now." "Has anything happened?" "Nothing at all! We're the victors without doubt As soon as you can spare me I'm going for'ard to rouse out tbe rest of the "nng and get tbe jnuk on hrr oourtie again. We've no time to waste pottering abont here." "I'm wi ll enough now. Only give me something to protect myself with in ease of accident." "Here's yonr own revolver, of which I relieved our pockmarked friend yon- der. I've relilled it, so if yoo want to you can do damage to tbe extent of six ahots â€" two for each of tbe three re- maining men." After glancing at his own weapon to â- ee that it was fully charged he picked bis way for'ard and called iu Chinese to those iu hiding to come forth if they wished to Hitve their lives. In respouxo to his Bumuuns tbreo men crawled out add stood iu a row. After he had harangued them I noticed that he ques- tioned tbcTu eagerly in turn and was evidently much perturbed at tbe an- swers he received. V\ hen he had said all that he had to say, be searched for •ometbing end, not finding it, left them and came back to me. Before making any remark he turned over the bodies on tbe deck and when be had done so teemed still more pnt out. "What's the matter?" I inquired. "Are we in for any more trouble?" "I'm afraid so. 'That rascally captain, â- eeing how the fighting was going and dreading my vengeance, mnst have jumped overboard, leaving no man save myself capable of navigating the junk, added to which tbe food and water sup- ply â€" which, had this trouble not oo- oorred and we had got farther npon our way, would have been ample for our re- quirements â€" will only last us at most two more meals. However, it's no good crying over spilled milk. We must do onr best with what we've got, and hav- ing done that we can't do more. Let us hope we'll soon pick np tbe boat of which we're in search." "And what boat may that be?" "Why, thu vessel that is to take ns to the island, to be sure. What other oould It be?" "I bad no idea that we were in search of one." "Well, we are, and it looks as if we â- hall be iu searoh of hor for some time to come. Confound those treacherous beggars!" As he said this he assumed possession of the tillor, the vessel's head was brought ronud to her course, and pres- ently we were wabbling along in a new and more westerly direction. It was not a cheerful outlook by any manner of means, and for the hundredth time or so I reproached myself for my folly in ever having undertaken the voyage. To add to my regret, my arm was still vory painful, and though to a certain extent I was protected from the â- nn by the uwning my friend had con- structed for me, yet I began to snfftr agonies of thirst. The afternoon wore on, the sun declined npon the western horizon, and still no wind came. It looked as if we were destined to spend yet another night npon this horrible junk, tbe very sight of which had be come beyond measure loathsome to me. As darkness fell it seemed peopled with ghosts, for though the bodies of those killed iu tho late affray no longer do- faced the deck with their ghastly pres- ence I could not drive the picture they bad presented from my brain. I was asleep next morning when tbe â- nn rose, bnt his beat soon woke me to tbe grim reality of onr position. My companion was still at the tiller, and from where I lay I could see that we were still sailing in tbe same direction. He called to me to know how I felt, and to show him that I was better I en- deavored to rise, only to fall back again in what mnst have been a dead faint. I have no reoolleotioB of what follow- ed immediately npon my recovering myself except a oonfnsed remembrance of craving for water â€" water, water. Mt in MiaA.' water ! But there was none to be bad even if I had offered £100 for a drop. Toward evening onr plight was in- deed pitiable. We were all too weak to work tbe boat. Friends and foes min- gled together nnmolested. Unable to bear his agony, one of tbe men jumped overboard, and so ended bis safferings. Others wou'd have followed bis exam- ple, but m; companion promised that be would shoot the next man who at- tempted it, and so make bis end still more certain. About half past 7 tbe snii sank be- neath tbe horizon, and with his depar- ture a welocmo breeze came down to us. Within au hour this had freshened into a moderate gale. Then, just before dark- ness obscured everything, a cry from one of the Chinamen for'ard brought my companion to his feet. Rushing to tbe side, he stared toward the west. "Yes! Yes, it is! We're saved, De Mormanville â€" we're saved I As he says, It is the schooner." Then for the fonrtb time dnring that eventful voyage my senses deserted me. CHAPTER III. THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DBVTU Wbcn I opened my eyes again, I fonud myself, to my intense astonish- ment, lying, fully dressed, in a com- fortable hummock beneath a well con- Btrncted awniug. The canvas walls of my resting place prevented nje from seeing anything more of my earronud- ings than my toes, bnt when I lifted myself up and peered over tbe side it Was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, bat the deck of a hand- some, well appointed yaoht. My ham- mock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from tbe side npon which I looked â€" save the man at the wheel and a couple of hauds polishing brasswork for'ard â€" I appeared to have tbe entire deck to myself. Whose boat was she? How bad I come to be aboard her, and bow long had I been there? Bat though I puzzled my brains for au answer to these questlnns I could find none. My memory refused to serve me, and so, feeling tired, I laid myself back again npim my pillow acd occ« more cloned my eyes. 1 had scarcely done ao before I heard a noise on tbe other side which caused me to look over again. How shall I de- scribe what I saw there? Three years have passed since then, bnt I have the recollection of even the minutest detail connocieu with tbe picture that was tie- fore me at that moment just as plainly tograved upon my memory as if it bad occurred but yostorday. Seated iu a long cane chair, one elbow balanced on the arm rest and one tiny hand snpporting her dimpled chin, was the moNt bcaatiful woman â€" and I say it advisedly, knowing it to be trae â€" that I bad ever nr have ever beheld or shall ever behold in my life. Though she was seated, and for that reason I could not determine her exact height, I was convinced it was considerably above tbe average ; ber figure, as much as I could â- ee of it, was beautifully molded ; her bee was exquisitely shaped; ber eyes were large and of a deep sea blue ; while the wealth of rippling hair that crown- ed ber head was of a natural golden hue and enhanced rather than detracted from the softness of her delicate complexion. As if still farther to add to hor general fairness she was dressed entirely in white, even to her deck shoes and the broad pananiu hat apon ber head. Only one thing marred tbe picture. By her lide, preseuling a fitting contrast to so much loveliiiesH, crouched, his bead rest- ing between his fore paws, a ferocious white bulldog, who ever and anon look- ed np with lug bloodshot eyes into her face as if to uiuke quite sure that there was no one within reach whom she might wish him to destroy. She was evidently absorbed in her own thoughts, aud presently the hand that was hanging down beside tbe chuir found the dcig'H head aud began softly to stroke his tulip ears. Then ber eyes looked up, canght mine, and seeing that I was no Idiigor asleep she rose aud oame toward me. "So you are awake at last. Dr. De Normanville?" she said, with a smile, and as I heard her it struck uie that her voice was even more beautiful than all ber other attributes put together. "You have had a long sleepâ€" i;) hoursl" "Twelve hoursl" I cried in amaze- ment, at the same time guzing at her with admiration only too plainly writ- ten on my fiice. "You dou't mean to say that I've been 13 hours asleep? I can hardly believe it. Why, it seems only a few minutes since we were aboard that raKcally juuk. And what has huppemd since then? Is this the vessel we left Ilougkong to meet?" "Yes, this is tho boat. We were just beginning lo grow anxious about you when the juuk wna sighted. I am afraid, from your coiniiunion's account, yon must have had a desperate time on board hor." "I should not care to go throngh it â- gain certainly," I answered truthful- ly. "One Hiu'h experience is ouough to last a man a lifetime. By the way, bow is my corapuuiou? I hope he is none the worse for his adventures," "You need have no fear on that score He is accustomed to that sort of thing and thrives ou it, as you may have no tioed. He is below at present, bat as loon as he ooiubs on deok I will send him to yon. Now yon had better lie down again and try to get some more sleep- Yon must remember that yonr strength is of the ntmoit valae t« at." "I don't think I quite understand. But before we go any further will y('a tell me what yacht this is and to whom I am indebted for my rescue?" "This yacljt is called the Lone Star, " â- he answered, "and I am tbe owner." As she said this she looked at me in rather a queer sort of a way, I thought, but I let it pass and asked another ques- tion. "I am very much afraid yon will think me pertinacious, but is it pemis- â- ible for me to know yonr name?" "You may certainly know it if yon wish to, "she answered with a short and, I could not help thinking, rather •^- 8h« via$ evidently ahtnrbed in her own thoughts. bitter laugh. "But I don't think yon will be any too pleased when you hear It My real name is Alie, bnt by tbo benighted inhabitants of this part of tbe globe I am called by another and nore pictnresqne cognomen." She stopped, and I almost canght my breqlb with excitement. A light was bresJng upon me. [to bb contojued.] A CLEVER RUSSIAN. H* Poand n Mrthod of neatlns ITI* Prrslaa Creditor. In Persia, when a creditor fails to got bis money in any other way, be appears in tbe debtor's house and sits down. Then be does not move away till the delinquent pays np. He enters tbe debt- or's sleeping apartiiiento, if possible, aud has his meals brought in. A few years ago a Persian held an unsatisfied claim against tbe British government, and be presented himself before the British minister one day aud camped out in his private oSlce. i?he minister did not see tbe joke, aud sent foi a policeman. That made a lot of noise and trouble, and the Russian repiCHentative iu Teheran evi- dently learned u lesson from it, for he feianaged a case of tbe same kind much differently. Tbe Persian who demanded money from the Russian (Count Kolomeisow) was a holy man, a dervish, and when be â- at down in the Russian's anteionni to wait till the latter paid bis disputed claim Count Kolomeisow knew that be oonld not get rid of him without much fnss and explanation. It is against the laws, or at least tbe custom, which in just as firm, to touch a creditor who takes this means of collecting money. â- o tbe count could not throw him oat He thought over the matter, aud one morning he sent for a lot of masouH. Then be ordered them to build a wall â- round the dervisb, who was sitting ir. tbe middle of tbe room. The derviob watched them placidly at first, but when the wall grew and it became ap parent that it would be completed soou be jumped over it, ran away and hits not been seen »ince. They say that the count is the first man in Teheran wlm has beaten a creditor of this kind with- out recourse to the police. â€" New York Frees. "Taate Orcheatratlon.** "This so called new theory of color bearing isn't new at all," said a chap who takes an interest in cnrions things. "and the whole idea is very neatly em- bodied in tbe old story of the blind man who, after much reflection, told his wife that he bad discovered what scarlet was like. 'It resembles the sound of a trumpet, ' he said. The same theme was worked out years ago in an nncauny French novel that described a wealthy roue who exhausted every form of pleasure and finally retired to a se- cluded chateau, whore be experimented npon the interrelation of the senses. "Different liqueurs and cordials sug- gested certain musical instruments to his overwrought brain, and he con- structed what he called a 'taste orches- trion. ' It WHS a cabinet containing in numerable strange foreign drinks, aud by passing with u wineglass from one tap to another he produced tbe effect of a symphony. How was that for a fan tastio conception? I mention this book, which was written by a very distin- guished French novelist, merely to show that the theory of making one sense do duty for another Ih by no means a mod- ern Bcientillo fad. but is something that has excited speculation for many, many years. "â€"New Orleans Times-Demo- orat A One Sided Affair. "Yon and llogby are dear friends, aren't you?" "Well, he has been dear to me, bnt I have never cost him anything." â€" Chi- cago Record. In China the detection of false coins is a skilled, prosperous profession known as "shrofHng, " and is taught in special schools. PROPER CARE FOR COWS Featnrea of a Model Dairy Farm Net New York. In describing a model dairy fa near New York, the Brooklyn CitiJ lays that at night the cows are boas in barns as neat as wax. In a sic long barn there are two rows of 8(\< more stalls facing each other, withj^a^^. >â-  pathway between aud at the back *^- '' attendants. Just at 6 :30 every aften' the cows come through the bars t^' stables, each going to her respedii^ stall, which is indicated to the vi^MCt-' if not to the cow herself, by tbe BfPM, card above it. At tbe rear of the ^ajl*^ is a trough with trails opening itr^tti ' earth pit below to receive all raAae from the cow barns. These are svh^ '% M^. n ,«n ,k» *-!' cow 8TALI.8. and fiashed oat every day, and are as free from dirt and dust as bard wood floors in a well kept house. Each cow, too, is groomed as sleek as a oarriag* borse. A hint at the preoantion in tbe oare of the cattle is suggested by a placard stating that visitors are not al- lowed to handle or to feed tbe cattle, while the supreme cleanliness which pervades the entire farm is manifested by a toilet room, with mirrors, set washbowls and clothes lockers, where men who milk tbe cows are required to wash and don a white linen suit before entering npou their regular morning and evening duty. At tbe rear of tbe largest bam is the hospital, with several box stalls, and comfortable looking straw beds for the indisposed members of that cow family. To the right is the cows' kitchen, fur- nished with bins of grain and pans and dippers, in which food is prepared. Never on any occasion, said the guide, is the food mixed by band. Another apartment, with two ox three playful heifers and little calves, each in her separate room, wai pointed oat as the nursery. The creamery is a separate building from tbe barns, equipped with a smaH iteam engine and the necessary a^ paratns for chilling the milk, skim- ming, packing, eta Every morning and evening tbe milk is brought iu shining tin pails into tbe receiving room, which is on the second story of tbe building. The floor of this room is covered with zinc to insure easy and perfect cleanliness. At one end there appear the tops of two immense tanks, which extend to the room tie- low, having a capacity of 1,100 quarts each. These are surrounded by ice and have a central cylinder filled with ioe and in appearance resemble a huge ioo cream freezer. Tbe outlet from these tanks is in the room below, where by means of a double line of spigots, at- tached to tbe flow pipe of each tank, as many as 20 quart bottles are filled per minute. In one tank cream is al- lowed to rise on top, and is then taken off by means of a skimmer and flow pipe inserted near the surface of the milk. Tbe milk that is filling tbe bot- tles for tbe city market is kept in mo- tion, so that tbe cream will not settle and partially skimmed milk fill some of the bottles and then 24 hours later call forth tbe wrath of the city consumer, who thinks he has a right to rich milk. Heavy cream that housekeepers oaU for in tbe city market is that which is feparated by a machine removing by centrifugal force all the cream that ia in the milk. Another zinc floored room ap stain contains a tank in which cream is soared at regulated temperature, for the batter making processes which go on in tbe room below. Pipes from tbe tank above connect with a box churn of 1,200 quarts capacity. Steam is applied by a belt from tbe engine, and the motion which makes tbe butter is rotary. The batter is worked by a steam cone shaped roller on a circular tray and is wrapped for shipping in finished equates of snow white muslin. Print butter from this tnodel dairy is always made from the tnilk of a few especial cows and retails the year around id the city for 60 oenta Poetic Retribution. Wheeler â€" What's the matter with yon? Hart a fall from your wheel? Scorcher â€" Naw. Got run down on the sidewalk by a woman with a baby carriage. â€" Ciuoiunati £nquirer. Unable to Leave. Browne â€" Was yonr Thanksgivlag dinner party a success? Towne â€" Tremeudonst Why, some of the guests are at my bouse yek^Mew York World. t I