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A duper“. enterprise surely. but It VII the an; (or desperate enterprises. mummwmenwmtoundud [lo had boasted that Ml infernal mn- clmm would cow mingle handed wlth the pmudeut. ship In the Spanish navy. and l! he tolled ua now. after having eaten poneaslon 0! all our Imall non of powder. then the Spnnlnrd mlcht moor In the harbor and butter our new ml to noggin stave- nt hll leisure. and we could not have to prevent him. We had not 3 stitch of canvas bent to {he luau. not a sweep fitted to the row M The boat would hold only 12 men. but u I. (orlorn hope we had It mined and ready behind the shelter dean-act rock. near whlch the ulrwny an. In lt menmmed thou of no vheonld utowlm. The rent were to a» to the water award In teeth. Ind dawn-tom the [Model-abut ”will. am. we m not I mm out-loan. and. mdmnn mount. he want. we trau- d Mm. Ooanwnny when I! no ro- Mod that a large nhlp flying the Insulin on: was making mm (or tho mm: o! (In: harbor our um thought ”I that we won: truflped and out too- oud am the old man would nave us. no Ind. u 'l have “Id. been for come um: caused In conntrnctlu n mysteriou- cngino who” form Ind purpose were known to hlmaelt alone. le- site was nmonz some rock- on the a“ u the barber's month. but none or II had non It. for since the old mnn no promised to launch hln dendllent an» at the bond or any one who pried hen Mn loom we all kept widely Iloot. We had. It In true. saved a few hand- m of the precious black dust from the cnmck'l hold and at one than had counted upon using that to are half a Galen lusty broadsides. but every grain of ft was blown Away to smoke by tho old man before ever the Scourge drop- ped down the harbor. 'tlll‘ered from every gun that had hith- «erto been cast. it was fearfnlly cum- ~‘hersome in the breech and down to where the trunnions lay, but from that molnt forward it tapered throughout the whole of its enormous length. which was a full foot and a. half be- yond the fathom. until just round the muzzle it swelled out to form a strong ring. He made a carriage for it, too. ad planted it right amidshipe between the masts. The piece could be fired 1mm 9. large port on either side. or over the bulwark if need he; so. tint. except directly ahead or aetern. its deadly peitinx commanded every point of the compass. With this powerful weapon and the culverins and falco- neta mounted on either broadside we had as much artillery as we could man. But the powder room was empty. ann was a most senons gap In our defense and one which for lack of ma- terials we could not remedy. One jester indeed said that we could get charcoal from the woods and sulphur mm the Spanisrds’ oaths, so that we enquired only ssltpeter to start our nannisctory. but even on this showing to were no better on. for we had not the saltpeter. There was nothing for it. therefore. but to run our first prize by the board and take her hue and thrust fashion and then to use the powder she carried to load our weapons ”inst her friends. our only chance. and no he set to work “devise a weapon which would enable U to do this. He made drawings nnd then a model in wood. from which he Mloned a mold of moist and. Then. hooking up a falconet and some mull Oeuiculverlns and sakera. he built I. fiance and crammed it with the bra- ” fragments of these pieces mixed '16: charcoal and from shipwright turned himself to the trade of gun founder. And i must own that it was n deadly weapon which he turned out. 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PAGE Sunlight Soap M'. “W0 LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO of adultcration whatsoever, good mama; thud for tho “alight mm Armored men It the top of u high. deep n11 usual: “de m In due But noon 1: deadly lrrow ohowor commenced tram behind tho bulwun nnd from tho round topo. by which tho wnter hero and thero wu reddenod ond tho strength of more than one stout fellow tapped. Tho doorl of tho for word cutie opened. an! I dotachmont or mall clod ooldloro troopod out to guard tho beak. Presently e aeutry spied us end gave the word. The big eliip woke up with a acuity and bustle. Tito trumpeter made Ml noise. and lame erquebue- lore. clapping matches to the priming of their pieces. sent a few mmvedll' worth or lead screaming over the heed. ol' the unaoidierlike heretics who were adopting thin unrecognised mean- 0! attack. They en'ected little. however. beyond satisfying them-elven tint they had obeyed orders. » 7 0n she drove with study. cruel pov- or. gushing the Mule unm- with her bank Ind crushing "mu contemptuou- ly beneath Im- 3pm how. “not: no I rock that II unwed In the can“ con- tvr. In: of tho bobbta: bonds In the water and a! mu bout camping out through the rock: also Ind no! u ’0! taken the mallow! notice. The no- pomlo was tearful. And so into the water we slipped ud. going straight out from the then. unit ed with quick boating hum (of a» sum vemi to come down to an. “OK with the boat there." cried Alec cheerily. “and. Jan Pengony. lead your lads to board at the waist. We others will swim till our claws touch the beak. and it we once get it hold 1 war- rant we will not leave :0 till we’ve made this big sea fowl as harmless and succulent a morsel as a well hung hen pheasant. Our heads in the water will be small marks for their cannon. so they won't waste powder by firing their large pieces. All the better for us! Thero’ll he the more to stow in the Scourge's powder room. Have st 'etnl 'England torcvcrl’ Is the cry. snd mark how that herd of hlnds will quail when they hear it.” But where were the old man and the marvelous engine of which he had boasted? Where was the nunted do stmction which he was to den out to just such a toe as this? Had he failed is? Ah. well. a crazy man la I cracked reed to lean upon. and perbnpo we wen tools to hope that the old man could save ‘18. seemed a. forlorn hope indeed. and of our little hand many a sea warrior who hnd grinned death in the face a score of times believed that now at Inst his time had come and hoped for nothing more than to deal a berserk blow or two before the swarming soldier: 3pm- ed his life with a sword thrust. But not a man shrank from the blttle. Most of us discarded helmet and all else except sword or u. and nt A'lec'l word strode down the rocks nnd into the water. ‘ To attempt the capture of such a. stronghold by simple escalade. without ladders. without hooked poles, with nothing but our own strong figures and the stimulus of a. desperate cause. heavy. was the metal and how name» on: was the crew she carried. The ports were triced up. and through them gaped ugly. yawning gun muzzles. The gunners were at their posts: the blue smoke from their line stocks rooe lazily from the waist until the breeze caught It and hurried it to leeward. and ever and anon the sun would glint from a shining pike head or sword blade. Few men were visible. and those,” their hoarse sea hauling cries indicated, were merely sailors. But. though we could not see them. we could guess that a mass of armed men seethed within the lofty walls of that floating fortress. n n-â€" vâ€"â€"â€" w-..â€" Ip her course. In their bulls. stowed her mluen and sprit all: and cam. running In under her two topsoil; only. nod we could so: for ourselves how CHAPTER XXII. On came the maieatic Spaniard. bow- ing gravel, and proudly over the roll- Ing was. She was cloaa hauled on tho Ital-board tack. and her hellying courses and topsaila strained heavily on tho ahecta. Standard. pennant and banner hung from trucks and poop- atafl. and the painted tatety aa it Int- tered out to leeward wna more anaest- lvo of gala day revel. than of fighting. But today her guna were not loadod with blank saluting cant-Mug- NRC“ mu- countrymen from my an nolthur strategy nor tom could an un. It must be a fight to an death. and. truth to tell. them wu no‘ on at us who had not rather h". dlod than trust again to money from t annual. ', or contains any in- Lever noon Shiloh’s Qonsumption "Whit. my Iohlo cnptnln. you look black at me? Come. tot no son: noon greet the old nun on hln triumph any. It um powder you lutod otter. was It? And my brown: Inch hero land no oyo to the other plohlnn. You. not you. too. my hook hndod hoot-nun. who. I now your unooth poll and pulling mouth hohhln; our the wnvolotl llho lam. old do: ml'n than was stood tor gntn II tnnt oolltnry on of your-I. ohtnlnn out I. clearly on though you onrrlod n plnonrd on your not wlth the word. wrltton ln block and whlts Not a "undo. not I oouln o! powdor. unruly a rope yam II thm left for you to polio. uut for [noâ€"l had nthoo have done thll day's work than be It thtl prmnt monont holding tho ont- poror at the mom to "mat Oh. ho. ho! There's no ointment tlh annals! blood. Tho tht’obblny pun In tho old mon'u Jolnu will be mm tonight." “Ah. ha. he? he cried. “See what the old man can do when you heavy dolts leave him for a time in peace. See how he repays in part the wrong. that Spanish torment: have worked upon his body. 0h. ho. ho! ”I‘ll meet and drink to me to have a day like this. Aye. gape at the englnoâ€"a sweet. rue- tic engine. my masters. in it not? You may and its fellow in the narrow strait of Dardnnelles. which the grand Turk holds. that neither Venetian gnlleau nor Genoele alley may follow the booty laden eoraair to his pagan lair in the maxim. We English. aecin: that our work was already done, awam aahere direct- ly the shot was tired and now stood in admiring wonder opposite the month or the great rock cannon which had worked thia awful havoc. The air atill bore the choking taint or powder smoke. and the gnarled. nude figure of the old man crouching there. atill hold- in;' hia lighted snatch in urban” of demonlac Joy. beside the touchhole 0! his internal machine aeemed rather thatoraflendthanetonehoraot mortal mother. It was in over In few seconds, and before the minute had elapsed. are for here and there ; morloned head beside a fragment of wreckage, the harbor ripples were Inflected by Anything stouter then their own flowery toun. The grim sen wolves. carrion hunters of the ocean. darting up from the env- erns or the sea. axed their tnlons on the swirling eddies to the dark jungles below. and :3 each hesviij' armored Spaniard fell ofl into the waves he was seized by the soft arms of s foe more relentless than even the Englishman and strangled by 1 liquid caress that knew no refusal. Thus did the sea Henge the dishonors with which Span- ish slave alleys ind tainted her. “in; inm trembled with u» chock. and the proud ship reeled to her inr- board beam ends and then righted again with such a Itraln that the wounded backbone crunched in two with the effort. The malnmut and lta gear lay floating on the water. Guns alld from the lower deck like so many pebbles. The tore round top leaned art till it touled the golden flag of Spain flying from the mlzzen truck. and the bowsprit stood once more as it had done when. icaved and branched. it apronted heavenward from some Cas- tilian sierra tn the old world. ammo. oirosdstruoh the Spanish ship. ing spit. sad in the midst of it rods 5 huge howider bigger than n soldier‘s sentry box. it hurtied through tbs sit with s din like the humming of all lions o! ricochetting bullets snd struch the Spsnish ship just shsft of said ships. close to the hresh of the poop. Smith sud csrpenter never put together gesr that would hsve withstood the shock of thst bolt. The solid timbers splintered snd broke ss though they had been mite busts. sad the mighty bowlder sts its wsy through tshric sud cargo snd tell with s sullen splash into the ses st the other side. rim: 3 sudden roar like the hunting of A thunderbolt : spout of are darted mmdumorrocuonmuur mammothâ€"there eouldhdanll doubt whet the issue of such 3 eouist would be. But. little though we liked Inltwesstrisltrom whichwedsned not shrink. sud so. with grim deter minutiou to do or perish in the trying. we swum with slow. steady strokes to meetthespeuisxd.eschmsuotus looking out eagerly for the best point to hand. In another hslt minute we should be facing the climb sud muting vicious sword thrusts at the uxmen who lapped st our limbs from shove. Ah. well; it would be a speedy death! â€"§ui;'; ii happened. tiers m to be a tuning of steel gain“ steel 1m “On Pflcu: tC.Wlu.I.OO. ”I .uav Toalé ’ ‘ It cum the most stubborn kind 3! cogs!“ .114 com. I! it 0311' can 111' none will be mfi' ’0 y Do you and: cold sully? Does the cold lung on P Try J lud'l cum. but the lubbfl'l M whoa dawn the m: In“ what. Tho III-II In m tog mkyonmoulmthoull. nhofldbomtcmm" 5:? “Wfll try.” Ind Aloe. ”I. will 'bom ship now. boat-mu. w my. 3 com ter an Island at murmur And an. n a low: tom; “and. 1m. ”a. l M'tflntnnunnm Icon- “Could'you pilot us than?” “You. «pain. with s couple 0' careful lauds u the land. 1 good the pine. whdonmdthemrubbuh!’ Bun- “Which of then would In“ our pu- pa. but?” “Pueblo do! None." “Bocnuur' “Baum It'- m Cam In “Tw- Pump-m u a» cum-‘- cul.” nplbd Wlma Tubal!» may. “no Won't m Nome do I: am a loan» to Inward 0' am. an tbon‘l ll Pueblo dol Norto on tho nor": “do.” “And their “numb?” “I don't know, nor their III. either. But they’re no! as My on London In: 3mm: nor Whitby mm. noun.” The big. dark ecar which loomed Job'e face dulled out and grew purple. and he stepped forward with hnnde clinched nnd iipe trembling. And no wonder. for. In every one knew. there wee not n braver mu on board. Willie did not move n mnecle. "Stopi" cried Alec sharply. "l ollow no querrelln; on boerd the Scourge. Job‘e objection to e rouoneble one end doeervee e reoeoneble nnewer. Thero‘e noun». on too cowero ebout lain. end. Willie Trebelion. every men on the Scourge will tell you no. no hoe raced deetb at your eide end at mine nanny n time. u I ought not to bnvo to remind you, But enough of thie. Whet to the elee oi’ theee lpenieh town you open: et end how do they lie?” “Always I fool. Job." replied III I.- cle nourly, “u: but one peg removed Rom a natural. But I never thought to call nephew of mine lily “Herod." Wlllle took no notlce of hlm. “Ku- gberltn'e the name 0' It." he went on. “Some 0' you may have heard 0' It. but all 0' you may not know tbnt the Spen- lardl nan got three towns planted than to look after tho penrl fisheries. Now. parl- bnln't could. But pearl- ln what tn. queen's own majesty ween sewed about her gown. on no It beln't for the llke o’ n: to turn up our none: I! 'em. Besides. there's Splnhl‘dl there. to col- lect'elnmntbopnnnnubflnanp the pearl enter: from the non floor. on where there'n Spaniard: you an In, your teeth on’t there’s powdee a well.” “And you Inuent. Willie?" “the! we hen-y a town on Hugh» It...” Job chuckled. “A whole to“ would make I blg mouthful." said he. “Eup- pen It might squirm about what '0 was trying to "allow It an choke Ill." “An Island with pickings!“ laid Job Tnhallon. “Then there's Spaniards on It. too. uncle?” 1 There was no lack of suggestions. One proposed that we should cruise along the main straight away: another thought that we had better run into harbor again and. lying snug there. plant a lookout on the mountain who should give us word when a suitable quarry hove in sight. One man added this hit of advice and another that. But when each man who had anything to say said it. and there were almost as many plans afloat as there were men. Willie 'l‘rehalion. who had been standing straddle legged by the him cle and rubbing his gkin esp tore and aft across his bald pate. as he always did when his thinking machinery was at work. took a step forward and put in his word. 'There's an island hereabouts.’ he said. “lying some 15 leagues s'ath'ard an west'ard. that should yield some good plcklnzt to them 1.: goes adven- Karin on it." donut. We were returning from this cruise. wen nuded‘wlth what we Md seen and learned. end were within eight of the Temple of the Serpent on Cevd b- lend when Alec celled e guard conn- en. CHAPTER XXIII. An wo hnd nbnndnnco of vlctmll and water nnd mm In nowtno M (or flununoonuthoficonmmmd’ for m we took her for n week'- crnlno throw]: the donut not to tho north- wnndotmlnlnnd. 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