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, v s h a n d . ;r ? •• Jfc&I', CHAPTER XXX--Continued. *: --1«-- . t beard her cry oat, and barely Caught the lantern as It fell from her 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 flight fell across the grewsome object. ^^g^Ay. it was a woman, with lower limbs /'•J• doubled back from lack of space, but tj>i *\ otherwise lying as though she slept, so t V , - j perfect in preservation her cheeks apflushed with health, her Hps f <C ; half smiling. It was a face of real .0 beauty--an English face, although her 'W -eyes and hair were dark and her msns tilla and long earrings were unques- %x tionably Spanish. A string of pearls \f l f ' encircled her throat, and there were numerous rings upon her fingers. The P~*t> very contrast added Immeasurably to (4 • the horror. pf'• ^5- " "She Is alive I Surely she Is alive!" •'ft/.'The words were sobbed Into my ear fro™ Dorothy's lips. "Alive 1 No, that Is impossible 1" I ||fe |s§C ? -toadied the figure with my hand. "He flesh is like stone," I said, "thus held lifelike by some magic of the Indies. What can It ail 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 mockery ; 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. MWe will never know. The maa whe could tell Is dead." : "Captain Paradilla?" "Who else could it be? This was Ihls schooner, and here he alone could hide such a secret. There Is nothing tnore we can,learn, and the horror unserves me. Hold the light, dear, while f replace the lid of the chest." It required my utmost effort to accomplish this. I was glad to have the thing hidden, to escape the stare of those fixed eyes, the death smile of those red lips. It was no longer a reality but a dream of delirium; I tlare not think or speculate--my only desire being to get away, to get Dorothy away. In absolute terror I drew Jier with me to the open door--then 'Stopped, paralyzed; the half revealed -figure of a man appeared on the cabin f&alrs. , . "Stop! Who are you?" y "Watklns, sir. I came below to call you. There's sumthln' bloomin' odd takln' place out there in the fog, Captain Carlyle. We want yer on deck, •tr, right away." hiblted no cowardice. One only asked a question. "I'm fer fightin', sir," he said grimly, "but 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 is 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 expected. Unable to withstand the inaction any longer I turned and took a few steps aft, thinking to gauge our progress by the wakfc astern. I was abaft the cabin on the port side when Dorothy called my name--a sudden accent 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 alaTm, a hand was at her throat, and she was struggling desperately in the merciless grip of a half-naked Indian. Yet at that they were too late, the advantage of surprise had failed them. A half dozen had reached the deck, leaping from the rail, the others below clambering after their leaders, when with a rush we met them. It was a fierce, mad fight, fist and club pitted . CHAPTER XXXI. V,0..' , •;*£' • t ' 4 T h e B o a t A t t a c k . - ' '-waited for as, Just without the .companion, but my eyes caught nothing unusual as I emerged into the sdayllght. I could barely see amidships, fiand on either side hung the impenetrable bank of cloud, leaving sea and i oat there i<» fog: Perhape the nigger cud tell you." . I crossed over to where the fellow •at on a grating, his head In his hands, the girl still clinging to my sleeve, as though fearful of being left alone. The 'man was a repulsive brute, his face stained with blood, dripping frorri a cut across his low forehead. He looked «p sullenly at our apprcsch, tut made jfto effort to rise. "Look yere, you black villain," roared Watklns, driving the lesson borne with his foot, "don't be a playin* possum yer. Stand up an' answer Mister Carlyle, or yer'll git a worse clip than I give yer afore. Whar la the bloody bark?"- "Pounding her heart out on the rocks yonder," he said civilly, "unless she's slid off an' gone down. To the west, maybe a mile er so." "What about the crew?" "They got away In the boat*, ffaf likely mostly are ashore. We were In the last boat launched, and headed but so far ter get "round a ledfje o' rocks we got lost in the fog. Then the mist sorter opened an* give us a glimpse o' yer topsails. We didn't expect no fight, once we got aboard." "Expected to find something easy, Of course? Perhaps it would have been If--what ii It you see out there, Simms?" The seaman, who was standing with hollowed hands shading his eyes, staring forth Into the swirling drapery of fog, turned at my call and pointed excitedly. "There's a bark aground yonder, sir} and it looks like the Namur!" Even as I crossed the deck to hia side the wreaths of obscuring mist seemed to divide, as though swept apart by some mighty hand, and there in the full glow of the sun, a picture In a frame, lay the wrecked vessel. Others saw it as I did, and gave vent to recognition. "Damned if it ain't the old hooker I" "She got what was coining to her all right mates." "And she's lousy with treasure P* t "Come here/ Sam I Xfeat'9 tfee lftjrt of the Namur." fit the tremendous! cost of even the smallest pieces of fur, but when the manufacturers tell us that the cost of making is equal practically to the cost of the skins we must bow to the inevitable and pay if we can. Because of the peculiar conditions which exist in the fur world, w* may look for a great vogue in the plush, velvet, astrachan and other materials which may be called "near" fur, as they give the sume degree of warmth without costing anything like so much. Even pony skins are likely to return, K ts hinted, and the so-called caracul also, writes Martha Goode Anderson in the New Bun. It will be recognized at a glance that many of the new garments are really triumphs of the furmakers' art, for the soft and exquisite grace Qf many of the moleskin wraps would arms. Inside the lining is handsomest and most beautiful of flesh-pink brocaded satin, with ample poCkets fitted at the sides. Of course such a sumptuous wrap is intended for only sumptuous wearing, so to speak. 'Its cost is close to (1,000,: while a companion coat of mink as! soft as a baby's skin is well ever $2,- ooo. it is most astonishing 'the way fox' holds on. First we halve a seasoft when the white stoles are in such demand it seems impossible to meet it,, then comes the wonderful cross fot.i with its rich blend of yellow and' brown, and then the no less beautiful! pointed and silver skins. The rage for these beautiful fur pieces is just' as insistent now as it was last fall, and again this spring. The long hair of the fox makes It particularly becoming to all and the many thada* in ror the of the •rl ' • before c a package during the war THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! .'•'.'.i-mkj invisible* ^ i "What is It; Watklns? Where are the 'ffiU| m en?" " •} "Forrard. sir, a-nangin' over the star- ^ Aboard rail. Thar's somethin' cursedly f "trange a-happenin' in that fog. Ole ?•>.*•' was the first ter hear the clatter ov en oar slippln' in a rowlock. Then. ^ ' rtr, while we wus a-llstenln' we botli • *r caught sound ov a Spanish oath, spoke as plain as If the buck was A;.- aboard." "A lost boat, likely--shipwrecked . sailors adrift in the fog; perhaps our ^ : ^ other quarterboat. No one hailed V them?" "No, sir; I told the men ter keep still :|- till I called you." The crew were all gathered at the '•!> raI1, faring out Into the mist, whlsy perlng to each other. I pressed my • , way In among them. We may have r been clinging there a minute of two, E; - - breathlessly listening. Then a voice :r , spoke directly in front of me out from the dense fog. *•' ' Try the port oar. Pedro; we ' have missed the d n ship." K | * straightened up as though struck, h;/- Pip fe: my eyes Reeking those of Watklns, who 5 stared back at me. his mouth wide open: in astonishment. "You heard that?" I whispered. "Do you know who spoke?" "Do I? Dead or alive, tfr, ft i ; Manuel Estevan." "Ay; no other, and alive enough, no doubt. Lads, come close to me and listen--they must not hear us out there. By some devil's jrlck the Namur has followejl our course, or else yonder are a part of his crew cast away. They clearly know of us--perhaps had a glimpse through some rift In the cloud--and are/[ seeking to board with a boat party. *TI8 not likely those devils know who we areprobably take us for a merchant ship becalmed in the fog and liable to become an easy prey, if they can only slip on us unseen. How are vou, bullies? Beady to battle your old mates?" "Those were no mates o' ours, sin* said Watklns indignantly. "They are half-breed mongrels, and no sailors; Estevan is a hell-hound, an' so far as my voice 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 ria| of sincerity, and their faces exit Was a Fierce, Mad Fight. against knife and cutlass, but the defenders struck like demons incarnate. doubt If the struggle lasted two mintes. I heard the blows, the oaths, the cries of pain, the dull thud of wood against bone, the sharp clang of steel contact, the shuffling of feet on the deck, the splash of bodies hurled overboard. Each man fought for himself, in his own way. I thought only of her, and leaped straight for her assailant with bare hands, smashing recklessly through the hasty guard of his cutlass and gripped the copper devil by hair and throat. I knew she fell to the deck beneath our feet, but I had my ork c\it out for me. He was a hellhound, slippery as an eel In his half nakedness, strong as an ox, and fighting like a fiend. Yet I had him foul, my grip unbreakable, as., I forced his neck back against the rail, until It cracked, the swarthy body sliding inert to the deck. Whirling to assist the others I found no need. Except for bodies here and there the deck was clear; men were struggling in the chains; two below In the boat were endeavoring to cast off, and Schmitt, with Estevan helpless In his arms, staggered to the side and flung the shrieking Spanish cur overboard out into dark water. I heard the splash as he fell, the single cry his lips gave, but he never again appeared above the surface. Above the bedlam Watklna roared out an order. That's it, bullies! that's itl Now let her drop! We'll send them to hell where they belong. Good shot; she landed!" It was the hank of a spare anchor, balanced for an instant on the rail, then sent crashing down through the frail bottom of the boat beneath. The wreck drifted away into the fog. the two miserable occupants clinging desperately to the gunwales. I lifted Dorothy to her feet, and she clung to me unsteadily, her face yet white. "Watkins. have you fibred up re* suits?" Two of our men are cut rather badly, and one hasn't come to yet from a smart rap on the head." "None got away?" "Not 'less they swum, thar's six dead ones aboard. Four took ter the wat«r, mostly because they hed to. The only livin' one o' the bunch Is thet nigger 'lougslde the wheel, an' nuthin' but a thick skull saved binj." "Then there were eleven 1b" the party. What do you suppose has become of the others aboard the Na- CHAPTER XXXll. „ j The Last of the Namur. „ The vessel was plainly a total wreck, rapidly pounding to death on a sharp ledge of rock. Both masts were down, and, lifted as the bow was. It was easy to perceive-the deck was In splinters where falling spars and topmasts had crushed their way through. The bows had caught, seemingly jammed in between rocks, the stern sunk deep, with cabin port holes barely above reach of the waves. Not a living thing appeared on board, and, as the fog slowly drifted away, my eyes could discern no sign of any boat, no evidence of the crew, along tbe wide sweep of water. A voice aroused me. "What was it you said, Jack, *bout treasure on the old hooker? Why not get It afore It's too late?" "It's thar, all right, Ole," and I knew the speaker to be Haines. "Ain't it* Mr. Carlyle?" "Yes, lads, there must be money on board, unless those fellows took it with them in the boats. I know of fifty thousand pounds stolen in Virginia, and no doubt there is more than that. The bark Is liable to slide off that rock any minute and go down like a stone. What do you say. bullies? Here is a risky job, but a pocket full of gold pieces, if we can get aboard and safely off again. Who'll go across with ine?" There was a babel at voices, the men crowding about me, all else forgotten as ,greed gripped their imaginations. 'Stand back, lads! I cannot use aH of you. Four will be enough. You'll not lose anything of what we bring back; it'll be share and share alike, so fall, to, hearties." I paused an Instant to speak to Dorothy, seated on the flag locker, explaining to her swiftly my object in exploring the wreck and pledging myself not to be reckless in attempting to board. I read fear in her eyes, yet she said nothing to dissuade me. I slipped down a rope and dropped into the boat, taking my place with a steering oar at the stern, and we shot away through the green water. The Namur proved to be a more complete wreck than our distant view had revealed, and lying in a more precarious position. It was no pleasant job getting aboard, but ordering Haines to accompany me, and the others to He by, I made use of a dangling backstay, and thus hauled myself up to a reasonably secure footing. The fellow joined me breathless, and together we perched on the rail to gain view of the dedc. B HER ONE PRECIOUS MEMORY ft Was Not Dread of Influenza That Led Spinster to Dwell on Kissing Episode. ^ OF ENGLISH BEIGE, BISSUE-FUR COLLAR, MOST ' ATTRACTIVE FOR FALL WEAR. •lone prove this assertion if those of no other pelts were considered. Because of the small size of the soft and velvety mole the makers of wraps of this rodent have achieved a beautiful result by blocking the skins in pquares, which presents a handsomelyshaded surface. This effect is attained by the use of hot irons which mark the skins in squares or rows, running now and then along the bottom of the long dolmans and capes. One of the handsomest of the mole- ! skin wraps is made up in a dolman i effect by outlining a yoke across the back. From underneath this yoke the back of the wrap falls in rather flaring lines quite to the edge of the skirt. An enormous collar of the shawl type folds over the yoke In the back and extends quite to the waistline In front, where It fastens with a huge fur button. T$|£f£uare no sleeves, but long which it can be bought have much to do with the demand. Black lynx, too, is a fur which never seems to lose its popularity. It, too, has the long and very soft and silky hair of the fox. Mink, with its shorter hair, has always seemed to be particularly suited to elderly women, but when It is combined, as it is this year, with deep rolling collars of seal or ermine or dyed skunk or some fur with a softer texture and a deeper color, nothing makes a more exquisite wrap. There seems to be a determined effort to produce a demand for monkey fur. It goes well as a trimming for other garments, as I have recently observed it used ft Ingelike on a voluminous and gorgeous evening cape of black satin, faced inside with orchid satin veiled in the same colored chiffon. It is said that monkey skins have almost vanished from the market. 'Sports Coats in Fur *h. tiftflt year muskrat came to bfe' Is o much in demand as a winter sports coat that the price was pushed almost as high as seal. The muskrat coats are again In high favor for general utility wear, such as motoring, traveling, skating and such allied uses. The skins are blocked and matched with great perfection and made up Into whole garments as nearly tailored as a fur coat can be. These are particui larly esteemed by younger women, as It was a distressing, hopeless sight, I are the short jackets- of gray squirrel. the vessel rising before us like the roof of a house, the deck planks stove In, a horrible jumble of running rigging, booms and spars, blocking the way forward. There were three bodies tangled In th$ wreckage within our sight, crushed out of all human resemblance, and the face of a negro, caught beneath the ruins of the galley, seemed to grin back at me in death. Every timber groaned as the waves struck and rocked the sodden mass, and I had no doubt but that the vessel had already broken In two, (TO BE CONTINUED^ ,t. digger and Heavier Hen Fruit. 'It Is thought by naturalists that the eggs of domestic hens of the present day are larger and heavier by neatly a third than those of the hens of the ancients. Eggs differ a good deal in weight, the average weight being about two oudces. A good egg is made up of ten parts shell, 60 parts white ahd 30 parts yolk. The white of an egg contains 86 per cent water. The shell contains about 2 per cent anltnai matter and 1 per cent of the phosphates. of lime and magnesia, the rest consisting of carbonate of lime. Half the various specimens of snakes lay eggs. Instead of shell the covering of tbe egg Is a tough, white, leathern substance. The Inwst egg of any bird today Is the ostrich egg, The latter are very smart indeed when made up into the hip length styles and untrimmed by any other fur. Children's coats are especially In demand In this fur and some are also liiade up in the brown squirrel. As to the smaller wraps, the little coatees which were brought out last season are again to be much used, for the fashion makers are kind enough to permit the use of a last year's model this year, thus doing away with the necessity of paying enormous prices for the making over. The Eton jacket is the newest In the coatee models. Wit «ape coatees are of the same belted models used last year, fitted In at the back and flaring and full In cape effect in front. They, too, have the high, rolling shawl collars seen on all the new fall models. The demand seems to be greatest for the darker furs such as skunk, seal, sable, dyed muskrat and dyed squirrel, but as I said above these are just as often seen In a ctftnblnation with one of the domestic furs in natural colors. In selecting the short jackets It must be remembered that nearly all are fitted with the high choker collars and whereas one sees the shawl and rolling collars on the longer coats, and dolmans and capes, the stralghtaround and high, yght collar seems to be preferred on the shorter coat. This of course permits the use of the extra stole if desired and is therefore advantageous. , , As to the demand for the smaller pieces, the one, two and three skins are made up in mink, sable and skunk. Garments for Colder Days mur?' "1 dunuo, fir; they ynlghtt** w«iua' i Thinking of Strenuous Days, Barber (carried away by his remlniscences)--" And when he'd looped tin loop he did a nose .dive that fairly took your breath away."--Boston Evening Transcript. Wit ts the salt of our •at the tood.--HaaUtt, Coats and Suits Already oft Display Show That Materials Will Be /•f Wide Variety. Cold Weather coats and suits! It Is hard to g^t away from their, allure hi these days, for they are displayed in all the shops. They are, for the most part, simple enough In line and detail. We liavq not yet had the elaborate afternoon and evenipg coats on view, but the so-called "utility coats" are at their best vastly handsome in their own way and their simplicity Is of the knowing sort that Is the despair of the mediocre tailor. Materials vary from hard service tweed aDd homespuns to zlbellne cloths ard wool velours; but the smartest things for general wear are in these handsome stuffs--wool materials of suede or velvet finish and others as light as thistledown and as silky, yet of fleecy wool being first choice. , •COM of OMM beautiful woolen :il:; stuffs, It should be noted, come froa American looms and do their rrianufactuers great credit. Never have woolens of like quality been achieved hero and. Indeed, the whole range of fine woolen and silk stuffs turned out by our domestic looms is of unusually high grade. Scarcity in foreign stuffs has undoubtedly put our home manufacturers upon their mettle, and while one deplores the cause of the European scarcity one can but applaud the success of our home factories. The colors appearing in the Imported and domestic woolens of the class under discussion are beautiful, too Much lovely green, soft and becoming, rather deep yet warm In tone. Is used as are the exquisite gray and brownish gray shades and various shades, of brown ranging from the grayish to a deep brown which is almost black. The feeling for color, a tendency' tc warmer, richer and more satlsfyini coloration in clothes, la la the air. ! The spinster waited two or three hours to be admitted to the presence of the man who vlstfed their town once a month to'retail good advice and his own proprietary medicine to the come-on s. At last she was admitted. "Yes, yes," said the brusque doctpr. "I want to know if influenza can be transmitted by kissing?" "Beyond a doubt, madam." "Well a man with a pronounced case of Influenza kissed me." "So! How long ago was this?" "Well--let's see. I think it was about two months ago." "Why, madam! No harm can come to you from the exposure, it is quite too late." "I knew it," she sighed, "but '1 Just, love to talk about it."--Philadelphia ledger. . Not What She Wanted. v There were next door neighbor!. She was sprinkling the lawn and he was sitting out in his yard taking the cool of the air. He's a bit slow jf comprehension. "Give me lief?" she called to him, meaning that she dared Un to >4et her turn the hose on him, "What's that?" he asked.' <, "I said do you give me lief?" she repeated. "Sure, you . can have the whole paper." he replied, reaching for a newspaper on which he was sitting. He thought'she wanted a page from tils paper.--Indianapolis News. His Way. Miss Stake--Is your husband coming to the church sociable? Mrs. Snippy--He Isn't sociable any irhere. DIDN'T HELP TO GET CLOSf Excellent Reason Why Old Gentleimu >** ' Could Not Decipher the ilt " ters on the Card. * The old man was applying at the eye hospital for some spectacles and th< doctor was making a test of his eye* A card was fixed on the wall twenly feet away from where the old mar was sitting, and the doctor asked hlM» "Can you read that, my man?" "4 "No, sir," said the old man. can't." i The doctor told him to go nearer. * t "Well, can yoo read It now?" Again the old man replied. . "9Mk sir." ;".iv The doctor angrily pulled him tm ward until hia nose almost touched 1ij|ir placard. f "Well, can you read It now?" ^ "No, sir," said the old man sad^| shaking his bead. "You see, sir, |. never learnt to read." Expensive Pet. "There's an atmosphere of wealth about this home." "Do you judge from the size of the house, tbe ample garage- In the rear, the maid sweeping dowa tbe front steps end a gardener busy on the lawn?" "No, I judge by tbe size of the dog on the veranda. Anybody who can afford to feed a Grqat Dane these days must have plenty jg| money."--Birmingham Age Herald. After Thirty-Four Yeara. ' y A Bath man has just received divft dend checks from some shares of.J^ silver mine which he bought 34 year* ago and had forgotten all about. A friend who remembered the purchase told him of a notice in some papc£ that the mine was about to pay Its first dividend and he began to cql coupons.--Grit. * Some people do odd thing* f# purpose of getting even. Too Usually in Money-- I j FiequenllyinHeallh Instant Postum • ^ to « cleiicioiis drink, of -Coffee-like flavor, made instantly in the cup* I P0S7UM Mconomicttt--Healthfal No Raise in Price 50<up tins 30c 100-cup tine 5Qe ater> ' • M I r m.-. |: tm * .:' I POSTUM CEREAL" COMPANY Battle Creek, Mich.