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m the rent made m but. they could com-dupthotreuurosndlowlt through the windows on to the Scout-3d- deck below. But it wss no time to groan or lick our wounds. The two doors under the poop were closed snd barred wlth tur- nlturo piled up against them. losded pstareroes were thrust through the loopholes to commsnd the waist. snd ths hstch of the treasure room was clonrod of bodies and thrown open. '1‘!» places of fight we found snugly otowodlnoskchests. nod whllohslts dose- ot us stood ready by the swivel W9 ourselves had lost Jan Pengouy. his friend George and three other: km- cd outright. and two more were no sorely wounded that they died than on the cabin floor. Scarce I one at us amt hit! his red nah to show. Hemmed in by the packed masses behind. the front rank had the alter- native of fight or fall. They fought long end desperately. end then they fell. for they expected no quarter and naked none. We on our eide fought ss furiously as they. stabbing with short- ened weapons where there wss no room to swing them and thrusting men: a toe through the open portholes into the see. it was s bloody conflict. for not until two-thirds ot the csbln's defenders in: deed and dying did the Spaniards sufler themselves to be driv- en out into the waist. u may besides wl’ their toes turned up. But once get Inside the big cabin, .32) you can elect It an hold It ag’ln the dot o‘ 'em." 9 “But I want the whole ship. sin-1h." But mud n were our move-mm And thla in the end was what we did. The memen. or Neptune. or the current. or whatever agency had charge of our heels. swept the two vea~ eels nearer and nearer together till at last a couple of cleverly thrown grapr plea caught hold and our bulwark ground against the galleon‘s square stem. Her crew had no intention of letting on net foot in their stronghold without : tussle and did what they could with fireballs and grenadoes. cold shot and naked steel to stop us. But with a ladder of boarding axes driven into their timbers we scrambled up end soon had a footing In the cabin. San! Dietary shook his head. “You un't do It. captain." he deem-ed do- cidedly. “An It you try the bl; um will be rolling over every man 0’ us tomorrow. But you do what's on good -â€"you can lay your hands on the star. (f dollars." “Without taking the ship?) How?" “The batch o' the treasury Is in the cabin floor. an you can strike out the cargo into this queer craft of your’n without a. blessed don o’ 'em being able to stop you." “But for the love 0’ heaven." he 1m- plored us. “keep the Spanish sharp- shooters busy while I swim. I can hear the splash 0' their bullets round my ears now.” Alec. however. refused to allow hlm 'to make this attempt for fear of the sharks. observing that we should be able to do as much for ourselves with the grappling Iron ln halt an hour's tlme at our present rate of drifting “But." he added. “I am afraid that Don Miguel has stlll too many men for my luau mm to meme: “Aye. captain.” replled Dickory. “that hehas. TherearenlgherSOOthanzoo aboardyonnneonwhoeanetnlhlta good heavy blow. though there's near pHe had.sohenid.heennervin¢in "Spanish ships ever nince his capture at \the mountain ravine. lending a dog‘- Jite. while doing two men'l work. and until now had never seen a chance or escape. Further. he had an otter to make us. Give him a light line. and he'd jump overboard again and make it fast to n ringhoit on the don‘a stern. and then we might warp ourselves up and board through the cabin window. l Coyngh' t 1900 b Weather!) ' I; ( ’Chuno,’ 9nd. ,Ahcyk Munro. y g \Wom Imps or wax-rare um capavlty. we rec- ognized him as Saul Dickory. one of the Bristol Merchant: crew. and hot though the fight raged around u we tnatchfied a moment to pres. tho haul of n comrade of the old dnys. ‘ WOWWOOOQOONONOM By WEATHERBY CHESNEY and ALICK MUNBO. JOHN TOPP, should be used to clean your house as well as wash your clothes. It does twice the w0rk of a common soap in half the time and with less labor. Don't take our word for it, but try it for yourself- ASK FOR THE OCTAGON BAR W Soap Was/1e: Me ant/u;- White and am? Hm the Hands. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO 5s PIRATE. Sunlight Soap snake. homo. lat-fight. When the excitement of the bottle had passed away and the grim fever of slaying had become 3 memory. not one stood on our dock: in whose body there was not some deadly throh or' sickening echoâ€"not one who m not It!!! from our]. rainbow colored bruis- es or taint from loss or blood. Our captain lay pole and helpleu in his bank. blow to death'- van door b! CHAPTER XXVIII. The calleon'l gold had coat on very dear. Out of our slender “319'. com- pany 13 had been kllled outrlght. four had hurts that they would dle under. and ot the rest there wu no man who could not Ihow the color 0! MI own blood. Aye. we were victorious, end while the red blood etiii flowed from on: wounde we recited little of the henvy price we had paid. But when the and frenzy of fighting in over gaping cut! tingle end grow ma. end then it ie rhnt men begin to count the coat and were e thought for those, who have fallen. comradee who were alive and full of hope a few short hour: before. We had e drcnry eccount teklng. it me clear that the Scourge could no longer hold her own in than none or the new world. no rum a: women: cneer tor the wealth of Golden Spain. and u the r13- lng breeze slowly bellied her all: the little Scourge sheered slowly o! tron: her whipped and sullen ndvemry. Whlle the party In the zalleon's cab- ln hustled merrily among the booty 1n- other party refitted our damaged head- salls, and when the last chest of gold- oleces had been dumped upon our deck They dared not break faith with us, however, because of the gun. and so we were able to transshlp the golden harvest without further loss of life. Don Miguel. who seemed almost be- side himself with suppressed fury. was evidently about to hurl a defiance at us and raised his hand to clinch his refusal with a pistol bullet. But his oflicers and underlings had had all the fighting they wanted. Though esch might have a stake in the golden cargo below. each remembered that with an. other throw of the dice he would lose not only that. but lite as well. And choosing. like wise men. the lesser or the two evils, they laid violent hands on their reckless commandant and dragged him down. Then one of them jumped up into his place and signified that they agreed to the armistice. They promised. he said, not to molest us fur- ther, and they looked to us to keep a like faith with them. With a ringing cheer our lads set to work again on the gold chests. but none the less we kept the swivel gun trained on the crowd in the gaileon’s waist, for he is a besot- ted fool who trusts a penny’s worth to‘ a Spaniard's word. â€"’-’~'my mwinl prize. 1 say. mxen from my country’s enemy." went on Alec calmly. “and it you offer no further an- noyance to my men. l, on my part. faithfully promise to do you and your: no further injury for the present. For. tune will. I hope. grant us another meeting on some future day. when no counts may be settled. Meanwhile. oenor. your answer in awaited." “Measure your hot-Gs. Don Miguel! It you permit me to carry at my law- ful prize”- The Spaniard Interrupted him I harsh laugh of impotent run Scarcely had we got into the swing of work than he and a strong party with him mounted the poop again and com- menced annoying the little craft whose bulwarks were grinding against his ship far below. They hurled down ev- erything weighty and unpleasant that came to hand. and finally they dropped a barrel of powder. which on bunting scorched several of our lads so severely that they cried to us in the galleon'a cabin that the deck was too hot to hold any longer. At this Alec. leaving me in charge at th cabin. returned to his own vessel an hailed the poop above. “Don Miguel. ahoy!” The tall Spaniard appeared above. gritting his yellow teeth with rage. “Don Miguel. it you do not cease from annoying my people you shall have something else to think about. I swear to you that if you do not permit me to finish my task unmolested I'll sweep your crowded waist with a hurricane of patnreroe balls. and that the surviv- ors may not want employment to keep them out of mischief I'll tire your gal. leon’s hold before I leave her. There's a keg of spirits under the table that will help her to burn." "Andâ€"It 1 permit you to carry of! your robbers booty in peace?” ‘Doaâ€"Miguei hail no notion of allowing us to spoil his ship unmolested. Shiloh’s ‘ Qonsumption wfim ‘ 7 A‘ “You and I muet do our bat.” bed reeily succeeded in leaving Cove inland. nothing could be more fortu- ante for us in our preeent crippled state. There we could recruit our war weer: bodiee end rent our wound- ed ehip et our leisure. end when our pulses bent full and strong min we would be ready for another throw with Don Miguel. for l. for one. felt lure that we had by no meeue eeen the int 0: the: yellow fused grin ot rue. But it our late eleven were still on the inland it would be madneee to et- tempt the landing. Haven mat the! “That's him; Don Snncho! An It thin blow he gave me had been driven home 'stead o’ talllng half batted through the frightened trembling o' the don't arm I should have gone down nu enough. A. It was. l stood on top- pled hlm Into the m for cumberlng my way. Saul Dlekory maybe could tell us how handy lea come to b on the galleon." “Fetch him." said I. And Job went. It Job was right and the Spnnlnrdl 1 “Sure u qun 0’ you. Master Topp, or o' uncle. or o’ Cnntnin lrelnnd. or 0' any one else noticeable. This nn was a short. cheery kind 0' little chap. wi' handy legs en a bright steel bar- einet on'a heed. Now. see. emor in el- weye blacked. lo 1 men as wears his bright in net’rnlly e nun you notice." “Why. I remember him!" sold I. “A merry. cowardly little wretch Mined Sancho eomethinx or other. Your un- cle gave him a pretty euro in the Ber pent’e temple.” '“cap'talf: Ireland's whim. Job." said I, shrugging my shoulders. “But no you sure of your man?" _ £3 was his iron as wrote thia fresh mark across my face. That comes 0' disregarding the old man’s words an sparing Spaniards.” be added aageiy. “What!” I cried. “One :0: on? Where did you hear of him?" “Seed him an felt hlm. Mute:- Topp. which I: better than hearing 0' him. ‘Aikinz pardon." replied Job. screw- inz: up his race with such n grin thnt tho wound across it began to trickle ntrenh. “but one 0' them Spaniards that we left behind has'goi oir. And if one. mybe 11L" _‘ '7“Wo might go back to the old mrbor on Catt-and. lute: T099. 1; well can; enough. an them but: on the mu shove be 3 rare pine. for tick men to no In." “But the Spnnlnrds. Job! You forget um Suntan-at." A look of uolemn Importance strut- clod turd to drive the grill from Job's face. But habit no strong. and the grin conquered. “There ohouid be :bier heads than ours. Job. to uttle nutter: in 1 plight like this. but the abier had: or. an ndiy battered Just now. no you and i must do our best to decide 3 course without them." “One thing is sure." said 1. looking It the battle havoc round me. “we cnn't keep the seas in this plight." “No, Master Topp." chuckled Job. “that we can't. Let alone hnving no crew to reef or haul the still. the hull en spars hu sich aâ€"mny wounds In 'em thnt the first good nqunli'll send II :11 to Davy Jones' locker double quick. No. no: we'se winged. Master Topp. an winged bird: has to lie quiet for awhile stem they tries to fly ealn- A___A_7 Job“ nll chuckle. and grins ln s moment. It was not often tlnt he was called Into councll by my one an the old nun. 1nd him he uflectod to de- spise. sad so he consldered bu confi- dence no compllment. We had remained in melancholy Ii- ience for I know not how long. when suddenly Job Trehalion got up without a word and went down the companion. Returning presently, he an me n handful of biscuit and a lordly drum of cordial, and then. being sent on their errand. revived mo wonderfully. Bo. utter adjusting the bloody bundngeo round my leg and instep. l told Job that he and I must iny our heads to- gether nnd consider when to Iteer to. me scat-e watch on éeck conuuea of two persons. There was Job Tre- hanon. with the old scar on his face crossed by a fiesher seam. and John Topp. with a plke thrust through the cult of one leg and n time: wound in the root of the other. a cum: wound unuer we'mwer. which he had borne undressed throth halt the long fight. The back of the bostswain‘s bald pate wu burned black with powder. and he had more ribs stove in than the pain would let him count. And of the others one ail. ed this and another that: one by the blow of an ax had lost the ting-rs or his hand, another by the crack of a gunstock had lost the sense of his When the little folks aka colds 3nd coughs. don’t :1 loot than and let them stain bade: membranes of their 1m. Give than hand. Thom" lire Tonic ‘ It'fllcunthmqukflymd WWW Ithploutnttonh. “Juana-CCI“ ” cried. “One got all? “But you can‘t.” replied the boat- mln may. “Might as well try to mmflmmIIAndonunx-nu monumocunvoymumwb lyhulodmhwflcnhruabhtolt. Dark m0. Captain Inland. It tho ”mammalian-ovulation“: unnboudhauho’numworkup Brutal-1m." “Bntmmthomlnnlmckoryhlh ot.”nfldl.“woeonlddott." mummmmnmmm mammal.-- - “Credit where credit in due. Hater Topp.“ replied the hootnwnin. “Ail preioo to your ournoning. But tor you on the old mun on new: Job. which. though little better thun nutnnl in general. has Ian-towed 3 row grains 0' sense for thin time 0’ need. I don’t say but wo ohouid hon loot 3 hand or two more. But no it in we got 12. on whutiuyiulameuhuiu‘tubhto at. tho Scouts. to England." “It could b0 done." mtorpoood Aloe hahmmuluMfltmmld hoop oflthoncnm.“ CHAPTER XXIX. “Twelve men on their lea." aid tho manna. “Vin; nil nook tom the huts. “n that count: in the old In“ In Tinker Tom. which in both crippled." “Twelve men.” said I. . “are non than "or: one would hue :0: ol! tho leuhoro on which (on of them won lying.” The end of our nursing came at inst. Some conquered their wounds. snd some their wounds conquered. end when the Inst grave had been dug snd filled there were but 12 men left out of the two and thirty who had been Illa nnd strong when the fight for the gnlleon's gold hegsn. But the aummona of death came all too often. and the tale of sandy round! at the yellow harbor grew aadly Ion. ln spite of all that the old man's akin. tul surgeonlnz and John Topp’a Ureleaa nursing could do to ahorten It. All that man could do we did. but our enemy was too strong for us. Ahttwuutlmetomakethegnedl- eat plunder hunter elcken of hla trade! The angel 0! death was hovering round III and clalmlnx now one good allot and true comrade and now another an pare payment or the price of plundee. Not that we were cheerleee company. to: the old man's caustic wit and WH- llo Trehallon'e cumbersome attempts a reply to him raleed many a smile from the weaker once and many a loud w. few from the stronger. And Job Tro- hallon'e grin we had nlwayu wlth us. To reach the huts on the hlgh pound above we: (or the moat nerloueu wounded u: Impossibility. and no '4 had to turn the care Itself Into our hoo- pla]. We Wed this. because we had hoped much from the healing 113 men or the flower Ice-med hreue of the Uplands. buttherewunohelp for". No. there was nothing to tent. The blend land returned to the nonunion «mankind mun-mun meets. It: original owners. tho Cool-post: from which It had one. hung had muen smarts. urea the opening. , But not a trace of man did we no. Our old fortification lay mined and decayed. and in placea the quick'now- In; tropical vegetation had almost hid- den them trom'aizht. The heavy door with which we had closed the can’- month lay halt covered with and. and When wo rounded the bluff: at tho WI month and the foreshoro In ”It 0! tho an opened out to View. it “Madman thntthooeotnn who won halo ononfl to stand on deck C to loon min-t most or bnlmk and! tho bench nnd the height. nhovo tho on" for olzn of hum Mb- ltntlon. Tho lolnnd wu a plenum enough spot to dwell 1n. and oomo of the Spnnhrdo might hue elected to on: and plant 1 colony there. Then." aid 1 cheerlly. “our count I. dun We'll m to the old harbor a Mad rent." And wlth the ded- oal felt more hopeful 1nd light heat ”than I had ulna first my hound“! bountotlnxlo. _ [3% QE'B}ETnioI-é. thfougb them 1'” hen-d an about your doing on the la- land." “How did they get away? “Sighted a trading wow the day alt- ar you left. al‘naled her wi’ a amok. from that 'ene Sax-pint hm I've bean! tell of. an got took on'. The anow at then aahote at Barcelona. From there acme o' 'em took ship to Campna. whmuwawuahonhandedthey jolnadonrnfleon. “Aye.“hld Saul Dickory when l or (ex-1y questioned bun. “they've got 0!. sure enough. I‘ve seed n-mny 0' then. and exapea ABSGlUTE SEBURITY. Van-lulu" “an-“ 003: 3ch «uncut. last I." wmd Genuine €LIPPIN¢0TI7§ - I...-\|~‘I‘ IIâ€" "II no" l‘ml’ "I the thlrdofn centurytbnn my other due (of women. All other compounds Intended for women only ere nude with nlcohol. or eloohol in n lure commentâ€"(hie nleohol injure: the net-yen. little red eorgnnclee of the blood eve ebmnken by doc ol. All ench couponndn. theeefon. do hum. DI’. Heme! Pleasant Pellet- law ‘he mi. liver and bowels. One then with lb "M - . gnu-m 0mm“... Dr. fiem'e We: Prescription eon. uln- no ucohoi. it entirely van-able and m the (in: exclusive! won-3': male on the cachet-4t In. (I now tardy in the mirdotncen “an other Very ohen e mauled woman or von girl does not know who to turn to {or - vice in dmnmum where she dis-liken to talk with the bully hyfldm about deli- cate Mn. Al we dupe. write to Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief mum. phyddu to the Innlldl‘ Hotel and Suwlcel lnutitute of Bnhlo. N. Y., for flee consolation advice. end the none will be held a le- ctedly confldenthl. It ls foolinh to consult women friend: or perms without medical Inlnlnl. ~ Backed u by om a third of: < d tench e and uniform curen. : such a: no other remedy for we d 3nd mkneuea pee-min to tome etnined. the proprietor: and mnl Dr. Pieree'o Pevome Preheripliun m fully wanted in olen’ng to y legal money to: an cue of gum Penule Wattle“. Input“. or F1] Womb. which they cannot care. A ukisuhirud Wettiala mundane. I was in my bank. but came up when the alarm was given and van noon panning bucket: with the rest. But the dainty Scourge was doomed. and our puny afl'orta were without avail. The water aeemed only :6 Irmate the blue to further fury. and when at first was pale. lax-bent name. blue and trans- namtaoontherebenntomutmh an avalanche of Inky anion. riven by Thu. however. In oolther here not there. But the net "mun: that s a!" GM hm: out. tad that. too. on the second day out tron: Cave bland dots to: the nut watch of the gin: whllo Alec held the deck. ltmnmm.ufim “manta-annulment»! Ill Ind some tonknowhdn of alum come. and yet I cannot think that to hmwthntthonnmldbmkocc In the Scour-xi- uplrlt mom or surely he would ban warned us. But per- hanl. n Wink 'rrcanSon an. the on» can one. on: cannot Change. the decree. of fate. It my be no. “fix M.Nw_mmw mum.“ mm 12 Conan: Mafia.“ umv nuom- mam Ana Pat-tn. on 11::ch Tones ”-30 Puma: 26m: con , NO com-1mm malts “I" will" coal-um m "nu But It the lat moment an :1me- ed amenity "one. The old man re- nted nboolutely to quit the island. He had been tiling of late. end It seemed M be had never quite recovered from mmumbmumommm m m- m were queen-r than “I. and be continually compmned dthoMWthehm-ummetlun mm oruweet from the tutor )uwu. “See. Alec.” aid 1. unroliing a chart and spreading it on the mood. “Gm mamwotugand i'liiaketbe Scourge round. leaving you other! here. By keeping plant: of oortbiag we shall been! ottbeneual tracaaodean be back here In ten day- withom sighting nwentatanitabouidbewithafl hands aboard. and him-elf In con- nand. And finally. after much duru- don. this waa what wedecided modo. Further. it wu reaolved to leave the more on Care ialaod for the present. 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