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mtprnm jCh© J QbCTZTBlZXD ,*V§S gj&rrHorz,^ fEJ^Jm-STAN'SIIAN, *7*m VALLEY of ty> GIANTS*, ~ ^ ETC. COPYRI6MT, BY PTTEB ftKYWt % CHAPTER XIV--Continued. --16-- *«y the tall o' the Great Sacred Boll," chattered Scraggs. "Gib's right" McGnffey was plainly disappointed. "I hadn't thought o' that at all Gib. I been cherishin" the thought o' lammln' the whey oat'n that mate, but if you •ay to m give up the idee. But if bctogin' the Maggie II into home water* fa Invlt'.n" death, what In blue blamc're we goln' to do with her?" Mr. Gibney smiled--an arch, cunning amOe. "Well give her to that mur- Aarlc' mate, free gratis." Captain Scraggs bounded out of his ebair, struck the hot deck with his bare feet, cursed, and hopped back (Bto the chair agftln. McGuffey stared Incredulously. "Gib, my dear boy," quavered Scraggs, "say that agin." "Yes," continued the commodore placidly. "Veil Jost get shet o* her peaceable like by glvln' her to this mat*. Don't forget, 8craggsy, old tarpot, that mate's been passin' him- MB off for you in Honolulu, an' If (term's ever an Investigation, the trail laads to the Maggie n. This mate's admitted being Captain Scraggs, an* If M*a found with the schooner in his posaeeslon it'll take a heap o' evidence far him to prove that he ain't Captain •araggs. Well just keep this here mate la the brig while we're disposing of •or black coral, pearl, shell and copra In Honolulu, an' then, when we've tfeaned up, an* got our passages booked for San Francisco--" "But who say* we're goin' back to flan Francisco?" cut in McGufTey. •*Why, where else would men with money in their pockets head for, you all-soaked piece of ignorance? Ain't you had enough adventure to do you a •pell?" demanded Captain Scraggs. *Ke an* Gib's for goln' back to San Francisco, so shut up. If you got any objection, you're outvoted two to one In the syndicate." McGuffey subsided, growling, and Mr. Gtbney continued: "When we're ready to leave Honofada. veil bring this mate on deck, him a kind Christian talk an' bin the Maggie II with the como' the syndicate. He'll thltak •offerin's on that island has us with religion an' he'll be so (MM hell keep his mouth shut. SMB. with all three of us safe an' out tf the mess,' an' the evidence off our bands, well dear out for Gawd's counter an' look around for some sort of a, ffoOtabl* Investment." The commodore sighed. "8W» a Iowa of a boat an' It breaks my heart t»«»ve up the only command I've ever bad, but the fact Is, Mac, her possesrin by ue Is dangerous, an' we don't Mai bar, an* we can't sell her because bar record's got blurs on It. We can't aonvey a clean an' satisfactory title. Anyhow, she didn't cost us a cent an' ain't no real financial loss If we Mr to this mate. He'd be giad to pat her If she had yellow jack aboard. •b' if he's caught with her he'll have to do the explalnin'. When you're •aught with the goods in your posses- Mac. It make* the explainin' all harder. Besides, we're three to an' If It comes to a show-down we can outswear the mate.1 t Oaptain Scraggs picked his snaggle teeth with the little blade of his jacktmlfe and cogitated a minute. "Well," he announced presently, "far lie ft from me to fly In the face o' a Men's death. I've made a heap o' money, follerin' Gib's advice, an' bust toy bob-«tay If I don't stay put on this, ©lb It's your lead.1 "Well, TO follow suit Gib's got all the trumps," acquiesced the engineer. "We got plenty o' dough an' no board bills comln' doe, so we'll loaf along- .Mbore until GCb digs up somethin' ; good." "How about Nells?" queried Captain Scraggs. "Do we continue to let that sac-deckhand ln> on our fortunes?" "If Nells Halvorsen had asked you that question when he come to rescue you tiie day you lay a-dyln' o* thirst on that desert island,. wouldn't yon have said yea?" "Sure pop." "Then don't ask no questions that's unworthy of you," said Mr. Glbney severely. "I don't want to see none o' them green-pea trade ethics croppin' UP in tou, Scraggsy. If it wasn't for that Swede the sea-gulls'd be plckln' our bones now. Nells Harvorsen Is included In this syndicate for good." "A man." This from the honest McGuffey, "Meetin's adjourned," said Captain Scraggs IcUy. Under the direction of the crafty commodore, the valuable cargo of the Maggie II was disposed of In Honolulu. During the period while the achooner lay at the dock discharging, Captain Scraggs and MoGuffey prudently remained in the cabin with the perfidious mate, In order that, should an Investigation be undertaken later by tins Tieuuuiy department, no man f an* McGufldry were McGuffey and Halvorsen on the liner Hilonian, due to sail at noon next day. These details attended to, the Maggie H backed away from the dock under her own power and cast anchor off the quarantine station. The mate was then brought on deck and made to confront the syndicate. "It appears, my man," the commodore began, "that you was too anxious to horn in or. the profits o' this expedition, so In a moment o' human weakness you did your employers an evil deed. We had it all ftggered out to feed you to the sharks on the way home, because dead men tell no tales, but our sufferin's on that island has caused us aU to look with a milder eye on mere human short com In's. The Good Book says: .'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those what trespass agin us,' an' I ain't ashamed to admit that you owe your wicked life to the fact that Scraggsy's got religion an' McGuffey ain't much better. But we got all the money we need an' we're goln* to Europe to enjoy it, so before we go we're goin' to pass sentence upon you. It Is the verdict o' the court that we present you with the power schooner Maggie II free gratis, an' that you accept the same in the same friendly sperrit in which It is tendered. Havln' a schooner o' your own from now on, you won't be tempted to steal one an' commit wholesale murder a-doln' it You're forgiven, man. Take the Maggie II with our blessin', organize a comp'ny, an' go back to Kandavu an' make some money for yourself. Scraggsy, are you a-wlllin' to prove that you've given this errln' mate complete forgiveness by shakln' hands with him?" "I forgive him freely," said Captain Scraggs, "an' here's my fin on it" The unfortunate mate hung his head. He was much moved. You don't mean it, sir, do you?" be faltered. I hope I may never aee the back o' my neck if I don't," replied the skipper. Surest thing you know, brother," shouted Mr. McGuffey and swatted the deluded mate between the shoulders. "Take her with our compliments. You was a good brave mate until you went wrong. I ain't forgot how you sprayed the hillsides with lead the day Gib an' Scraggsy was took by them cannibals. No, slr-ee! I ain't holding no grudge. It's human to commit crime. I've committed one or two myself. Good luck to you, matey. Hope you make a barrel o' money with the old girl." "Thanks," Hie mate mumbled. "I ain't deservni* o* this nohow," and he commenced to snivel a little. Mr. Gibney forgot that he waa playing a hypocrite's part and his generous nature overcame him. "Dog my cats," he blustered, "what's the use glvln' him the vessel If we don't give him some spondulicks to outfit her with grub an' supplies? Poor devil! I bet he ain't got a cent to bless himself with. Scraggsy, old tarpot if we're goln' to turn over a new leaf an' be Christians, let's sail under a full cloud o' canvas." "By Neptune, that's so, Gib. This feller did us an awful dirty trick, but at the same time there ain't a cowardly bone in his hull carcass. I ain't forgot how he stood to the guns that day off the Coronados when we was attacked by the Mexicans." "Stake the feller, Gib," advised McGuffey, and wiped away a vagrant tear. He was quite overcome at his ^he Unfortunate Mate Hung Hla Head. He Was Much Moved. own generosity nnd the manner in might swear that the real Phlneas which It had touched the hard heart Scraggs, filibuster, had been In Honolulu on a certain date. The Kanaka crew of the schooner Mr. Glbney managed to ship with an old shipmaster friend bound for New Guinea, so their testimony was oat of the way for a while, at least When the Maggie II was finally dlsdialged iuid the proceeds of her rich fmrgk ftfestled, in crisp bills of large llim Wilpatlnn in a money belt under Mr. €Mboay'a armpits and next his ras- «ally skin, he of the iniquitous mate. Mr. Glbney laid five one-hundreddollar bills In the mate's palm. "Good-by," he said gently, "an' see if you can't be as much of a man an' as good a sport hereafter as them you've wronged an' who's forgive you fully and freely." •* One by one the'three freebooters of the green-pea trade pumped the stricken mate's hand, tossed him a scrap of advice, and went overside inpurchased tickets under i to the small boat which was to take and Mr. Gl snuffling ai.. The next way, as the Hilonian steamed out of the harbor, bearing the syndicate back to San Francisco, they looked across at the little Maggie II for the last time, and observed that the mate was on deck, superintending three Kanaka sailors who were hoisting supplies aboard from a bumboat. Commodore Glbney bade his first command a misty farewell. "Good-by, little ship," he yelled and waved his hand. "Gawd! You waa a witch in a light wind." Seven days after leaving Honolulu, the Hilonian steamed Into San Francisco bay. The syndicate could not wait until she had tied up at her dock, and the minute the Bteamer had passed quarantine Mr. Gibney hailed a passing launch. Bag and baggage the happy quartette descended to the launch and landed at Melggs wharf. Mr. Glbney stepped Into the wharfinger's office and requested permission to use the telephone. "What's up, Gib?" demanded Captain Scraggs. "I want to *phone for a automobile to come down an' snake us up town In style. Tliis syndicate ain't a-goln' to come rampln' home to Gawd's country lookln' like a lot o' Eyetalian peddlers. We're goin' to the best hotel an' we're goin' in style." With the assistance of the wharfinger an automobile was summoned, and In due course the memberu of the syndicate found themselves ensconced in a fashionable suite in San Francisco's most fashionable hotel. Mr. Glbney stored the syndicate's pearls In t^ie hotel safe, deposited an emergency roll with the hotel clerk, and banked the balance of the company funds in the names of all four; after which the syndicate gave ltiwlf up to a period of joy unconfined. At the end of a week of riot and revelry Mr. Glbney revived sufficiently to muster all hands and lead them to a Turkish bath. Two days in the bath restored them wonderfully, and when the worthy cdtamodore eventually got them back to the hotel he announced that henceforth the lid waa on--and on tight Captain Scraggs, who was hard to manage in his cups and the most prodigal of prodigals with steam up to a certain pressure, demurred at this. No mofe gky-larkln', Scraggsy, you old cut-up," Mr. Glbney ordered. "We had our good time comln' after all that we've been through, but It's time to get down to business agin. Riches has wings, Scraggsy, old salamander, an' even If we are ashore, I'm still the commodore. Now, set around an' we'll hold a meetln'." * He banged the chiffonier with his great fist "Meetln' o' the Maggie syndicate," he announced. "Meetln'U come to order. The first business before the meetln* la a call for volunteers to furnish a money-makin' idee for the syndicate." Nells Halvorsen shook his sorrel head. He had no ideas. B. McGuffey, Esquire, shook his head also. Captain Scraggs wanted to sing. "I, see it's up to me to suggest somethin'." Mr. Glbney smiled benignly, as if a money-making idea was the easiest thing on earth to produce. "The last thing I remember before we went to that Turkish bath was us four vlsltin* a fortune teller an' havln' our fortunes told, past present an' future, for a dollar a throw. Anybody here remember what his fortune was?' It appeared that no one remembered, not even Mr. Gibney. He therefore continued: "The chair will app'lnt Mr. McGuffey an' himself a committee o' two to wait on one o' these here clairvoyants and have their fortunes told agin." McGuffey, who was as superstitious as a negro, seconded the motion heart 11 y and the committee forthwith sal lied forth to consult the clairvoyant Within the hour they returned. "Members o' the syndicate," the commodore announced, "we got an idea. Not a heluva good one, but fair to middlln'. Me an' Mac calls on this Madame de What-you-may-call-her an the minute she gets a lamp at my mlt (It is worthy of remark here that Mr Gibney had a starfish tattooed on the back of his left hand, a full-rlgged ship across his breast, and a gorgeous pic ture of a lady climbing a ladder adorned the inner side of his brawny right forearm. The feet of the lady in question hung down below the fringe of Mr. Glbney'8 short sleeve) she got up an' says: 'My friend, you're mak in* a grave mistake remainin' ashore. Your fortune lies at sea.' Then she threw a fit an' mumbled something about a light-haired man that was goin' to cross my path. 1 guess she must have meant Scraggsy or Neils, both bein' blondes--an' she come out of her trance shiverin' an* shakln*. " 'Your fortune lies at sea, my friend,' she kept on sayln*. *Go forth an' seek It' "'Gimme the longitude an' latitude, maam,' I says, 'an' I'll go out.' '"Look in the shlppln' news in the papers romorrower,' she pipes up. 'Five dollars, please.'" "You didn't give her five dollars, did you?" gasped Captain Scraggs. Why, Gib, my dear boy, I tfeought you was sober,' "So I was." "Then, Gib, all I got to say Is that you're a sucker. You want to consult the rest of us before you go throwln' away the funds o' the syndicate on such tom-fool ldees a: McGuffey saw a storm gathering on Mr. Gibney's brows, and hastened to intervene. "Meetin's adjourned," he announced, "pendln* the issue o' the papers tomorrow mornln'. Scraggsy, you oughter J'lne the Band o' Hope. You're ugly when you got a drink in you." Neils Halvorsen interfered to beg a cigar of Mr. Glbney and the affair passed over. At six o'clock the following morning the numbers of the syndicate were awakened by a prodigious pounding at their respective doors. Answering the summons, they found Mr. Gibney in undress uniform and the morning paper clutched in his hand. "Meetln' o' the Maggie syndicate in my room," he bawled. "I've found our fortune. commodore, his knee, Mad the paper on li "FOB SALE CHEAP *v? : ' - •Tine stern-wheel steamer Victor, well found, staunch and newly painted. Boilers and engines in excellent shape. Vessel must be sold to close out an estate. Address John Coakley, Jackson Street wharf." * "How d'ye know she's a fortune, Gib?" McGuffey demanded. "Lemme look at her engines before you get excited." "I ain't saying she la," „ Mr. Glbney retorted testily. "Lemme finish readin'i" He continued: "REPORTS PASSING DERELICT "The steam schooner Arethusa, Grays Harbor to Oakland Long wharf, reports passing a derelict schooner twenty miles off Point Reyes at six o'clock last night. The derelict was down by the head, and her rail Just showed above the water. It was impossible to learn her identity. "The presence of this derelict In the steamer lanes to North Pacific ports is a distinct menace to navigation, and it is probable that a revenue cutter will be dispatched today to search for the derelict and either tow her into port or destroy her." "Gentlemen o' the syndicate, them's the only two items in the shlppln' page that looks likely. The question is, in which lies our fortune?" Nells Halvorsen spdke up, giving It as his opinion that the fortune-telling lady probably knew her business and "Meetln' o» the Maggie Syndicate In My Room," He Qawled. "I've Found Oar Fortune." that their fortune really lay at se*. The derelict was at sea. How. else, then, could the prophecy be Interpreted? "Well, this steamer Victor isnt exactly traveling overland," McGuffey suggested. He h&d a secret hankering on t^ the """* •They, weirb within half a mil* heading right Into the'Sjaof the WlB^ when Captain Scraggs and McGnffay stood erect In the latttidi tfnmltaneoaaly and sniffed like a pair of--well, sea dogs. "Dead whale," suggested MeQuffey. "I hope it ain't Gib's fortune," replied Scraggs drily. \ "Shut up," bellowed Mr. Glbney. Hr was sniffing himself by this time, foras the launch swiftly approached the derelict the unpleasant odor became more pronounced. "Betcher that schooner was in collision with a steamer," Captain Scraggs announced. "She was cut down right through the fo'castle with the watch below sound asleep, an* this here fragrance appeals to me asa sure 6ign of a Job for the coroner." Mr. Gibney's eyes flashed, but he made no reply. They had rounded the schooner's stern now, and her uame was visible. "Schooner Kadiak, Seattle," road Scraggs. "Little old three sticker a thousand years old an' cut clear through Just abaft the foremast McGuffey, you don't s'pose this here's a pirate craft an' Just bulgln' with gold." "Sure," retorted the engineer witb a slow wink, "tainted wealth." Mr. Glbney could stand their hackling no longer. "Looky here, you two," he bawled out angrily. "I got a hunch I picked up a lemon, but I'm a-willln4 to tackle the -deal with Nells If you two think I didn't do right by tht syndicate a-runnln' up a bill of expense towin' this craft into port 1 ain't goin' to stand for no kiddin* even if we are in a flve-hundred-dollai towage bill. Man Is human an' bound to make mistakes." V "Don't kid the commodore, Scraggsy This aromer o' roses Is more'n » strong man can stand, so cut out th* Josh." * (TO BH CONTINUED.) WIG T<WSMALL FOR FRAHKUI Representative From the New Amor * 11% Had to Appear Before Frenoh ^ p King In Bald Pate. Benjamin Franklin was about to b« presented to the French king on th» occasion of his first visit to France it the capacity of representative from the new America. The court custon of the time demanded that one goinj to an audience with the king musi wear a wig of the proper fashion. A count, who had Franklin in tow.^seni a wlgmaker the day before to takl Franklin's measure and fit him oui for the audience. The wlgmaker ar rived at Franklin's lodgings, measure* the poll of the great American fori and aft and around and about and took his departure. An hour befon the audience the wlgmaker returned with the wig. But when Franklin at tempted to put it on it would noi fit; he couldn't begin to get It on hii head. "Sir," said Franklin to th« wlgmaker, "yotjr wig Is unfortunate!] too small for my head." ' "Pardonnez mol, monsieur," replM the wlgmaker, "your bead la vastly Cm large and quite beyond the fashion "d the court" Franklin appeared, therefore, a: court with his bald pate and whngyi AI S Mail Who Says He Isnarzaftof the Apes" Is Picked Up by . Milwaukee Deputisp^ >,; LEAVES CALL TO Answers by Climbing Up Into Branehaa as Old Fiction Character --• lyjlsputlea Trace Him 1$, , Tracks in Snow. - ' Milwaukee.--Alois Krvszak, twentyfive years old, 604 Grant street, was taken to Emergency hospital recently suffering from exposure, his feet and parts of his body severely frostbitten. He had been brought from St. Adalbert's cemetery by deputy sheriffs, who said the man had been wandering nude among the tombstones In the snow, with the temperature at JLO degrees above zero. "He said he was Tarzan of the Ap£s," leads the report of Deputy Sheriff Huns Breest "But he was later Identified as AIolo Kryszak." The deputies sped to the cemetery when they received a telephone call from L. Kraenc, the caretaker. "The dead are walking again," Mr. Kraenc is reported to have shouted into the telephone. His apprehensions Were aroused when glancing from the window he saw the figure of a man, dressed In the all-together, emerging from the graves. Trace Tracks in 8now. The deputies found the man's clothes, a mile from the caretaker's house. They traced the tracks of his bare feet through the snow, through the fields, over fences, across the railroad tracks and the embankments, into the cemetery and to the grave of his mother. Kryszak was kneeling at the grave, telling the beads of a rosary, according to the deputies. Then, apparently suffering from the cold, he had made his way toward the lighted window of the caretaker's home. In the heap of clothing were found his penciled on note P|peiV Compaii Ro- :*v „ t V • •WredMrHed* • ,y ^ tht nutter with im« I was tired oat aft - •vsrandit-waiaaof* '.'V* fort for me to mo***/-". i I waa irritable rag - , toqMnatriwjmlght. U.V ww ufta trouble witxt. nqr boweb aadatm£ around ma iaew of ^ A*- jour medicine aad . wanted ma to try ttpf?--•? Vv;jibs »o at laat I toofe* < • „ Lydia El Ptakhanrt Vegetable Con>» > " jwrnadTabletsadLytBtjt Piakham'jf 4Vr' ^ I do all my own wotSc^otw*exrapt^tS# V washing and do it with ease. Icaaac* \ V rv complish as much in a day now as if " Would'have taken me a week to do la *: i winter and I try to get every one I to take your medicine to build them up*? You are welcome to use this letter as m testimonial if jow like."--Mrs. CHAfy; - ^ ^ Baker. 21 Spencer Ave., Home's!, ^ In almost every neighborhood them', x"'t, are women who know of the value o<| »„ r Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable pound. They know because they hav# ' v taken it and have been helped. don't you give it a trial? All Played Out at Quitting Time? You Need TANLAC The World's Greatest Tonic W i ^ v.->. to mess around some real engines again, and gave It as his opinion that | gray hair.--Detroit Free Press. fortune was more likely to lurk In a solid stern-wheel steamer with good I Her Lesson. engines and boilers than In a battered I She boarded a street car and offered hulk at sea. Captain Scraggs agreed | the conductor a ten-dollar bilL with him most heartily and a tie vote I "I can't change that," said tha o» resulted, Mr. Glbney Inclining toward I ductor. the derelict | "It Is all I have," she said. What're we goln' to do about it, 1 "Well," he responded, "take a, Gib?" Captain Scraggs demanded. I and I will try to get change." When in doubt, Scraggsy, old tar- He stopped the car at the corner pot, always play trumps. In order to I and went Into a drug store' for the | make no mistake, right after break- necessary change. 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"How £an I keep my toes Item goii|§."' to, aleep?" •Don't let them turn la." A a .• An Equation. OHourke--The man phwat has ao wolfe is nawthin'. McToole--Sb la trfe man phwat has wan, b'gobi--Life. Was Kneeling at the Grave* remonstrated. "It is all I have," came the quick repl* "Wont yon count it foi" me!* aho asked. "I have counted it; now you can," was the heartless reply. At the downtown stdp she was still under the date of Monday, February 18. The biography briefly sketched his life, and through it all ran the theme of his reverence for God, poetry, music, literature and art Heard Call of Leavee. ^ • message was also left in an unsealed and unad(lressed envelope. It read as follows: "When wandering through the lanes and meadows, observing nature, who would dream that God made this world so beautiful and so wonderful. The wind, whispering to one, the „ -1 _ . . - leaves be'-'-oning to one as V to say, after snatching a hasty breakfast de- lady on the street who endeavored to I lcoIne up ld play wIth u8.« i beard parted for the waterfront, where they question the child as to her fathers caning and I answered, clamberchartered a tug for three days and first name. ing Up into the branches as did Tarput to sea. At about ten o'clock Cap- J "What, does your m6ther call your Kan 0j. tj,e ^pes. Up closer to the tain Scraggs and McGuffey strolled I father?" was the question first put I heavens i found the world yet more leisurely down to Jackson street wharf j "She calls him my daddy. | wonderful. I Inhaled deep Into my "Yes, yes, I know; but when **• |ungs and I felt uplifted, more pure, wants to speak to him, what does she Everything seemed so different mora iayt" ,m I wonderful. 'Oh, she says, *587, please, waf I "Then I took a walk through the the child's reply. cemetery looking for my mother's "I don't mean when she calls him at jrave j looked everywhere but I Victor. You been goin' to sen long enough to know a good hull when yon see It an* if we can't trust Mac to know a good set of inner works we'd better dissolve the syndicate. As for me an' Nells, we'll go down to the Front an' charter a tug an' chase out after that there derelict before the revenue cutter gets her an' blows her | counting nickels.--Indianapolis Star, out o' the path o' commerce with a stick o' dynamite." I Hopeiesa, Forthwith Mr. Gibney and Nells,] Little Grace was met by a strange to Inspect the Victor. By noon they had completed a most satisfactory In spectlon of the steamer's hull and boilers, and bought her In for seven thousand dollars. . Captain Scraggs was delighted. He said she was worth elded that heavy and profitable up In the morning, wllat doea she freights awaited the syndicate along call him 7 the Sacramento river, where the farm-1 "Oh, she says to be ready for breakers and orchardists had been for fast in about five minutes." Philayears the victims of a monopoly and | delijWa Publlc Ledger. ^ a gentlemen's agreement between the two steamboat lines that plied between Sacramento, Stockton and San Francisco. On the afternoon of the third day Rude Comparieon, i A fashionable woman who Vrt Save expense collected her own rents, found one of her tenants In bad humcrr. She Mr. Glbney and Nells Halvorsen re-1 thought It wise to forestall his comturned from sea. They were unutter- j plaints by making one or two herself, ably weary and hollow-eyed for lack I "And the kitchen, Mr. Holt, she of sleep. said, "Is In a terrible condition "Well, I suppose you two suckers I "Yes, ma'am, It Is," agreed Mr. Holt found that derelict" challenged Mc- "and you'd look the same way If you Guffey. hadn't had any paint on you ft* an "Yep. Found her an' got a ltae | years."--Boston Transcript aboard an' towed her in, an' it was for hlmaelf. 8crafp, | them aabeia. It wa* a sslama parting \ tha foroality «C drissiag, and the I launch, and after m aarl* ten thousand. Already he had de-1 the office. When she tells him to get | could not flnd her> i turned to leave, and as I did so, I heard the rattling of bones. Twice I heard them rattle | as If a corpse lived In the grave. But I was not frightened. I am going I back to look again, to .look, UAtii I find her." ' -- , Say Retired Pastor Hired Murderer. Mount Ida, Ark.--Rev. Harding Hughes, sixty-four years old/a retired minister, has been sentenced to life Imprisonment for hiring a man to kill Mrs. McKennon, a recluse, In order that he might obtain her property, believed to contain valuable mineral deposits. t Cat and Deo in Mall Bo* for *atan. Toledo, O.--Officers armed with rifles and machine guns responded to frantic calls of citizens in u residential section. The officers found a dog and cat tied to each other in a mall box. "To Satan, by parcel post, C. O. D.," fM a tag *on each of the animals. Pastor Strikes Because of Empty Pewe Blackpool, Eng.--Rev. Adam Hamlt ton, pastor of a church here, has an nounced his intention of going on a strike for two weeks. Empty pews In his church show that there is something wrong M^lth his sermons, be saya. Kicks 8on to Death; Gets 20 Years. Hornby, N. Y.--Richard Davis, under indictment for kicking his two-yearold son to death, has been sentenced to twenty ytears In prison. Davis pleaded guilty at manslaughter In the a tough Job. She's layln' over on the Berkeley tide fiats, an' at lowtlde tomorrow we'll go over an' find out what we've got. Don't even know her name yet She's practically submerged." "I think you was awful foolish, Qlb, buyln' a pig in a poke that way. I don't believe in goln' in blind. Me an"Mac's bought a real ship. We own the Victor." "I'm dead on my feet," growled the commodore, and Jumping into bed he refused to discuss the matter further and was sound asleep In a Jiffy. Mr. Glbney was up bright and early and' aroused the syndicate to action. The tide would be at its lowest ebb at nine thirty-one and the commodore figured that his fortune would be ly- Ilng well exposed on the Berkeley tide flats. He engaged a diver and a small What Followed. Vr "How }r 1( with you and Mr. Windy, Anna? Did you explain everything to l»lm? You told him about your rich aunt, of course; and after that what followed?" £ v- "He eloped with her/*, • . .' : f r . f i . . :. Two Chicks In One tflfl* Two chicks v.'^rs hstch^d out Hwig shell; they were Joined together by their toes, says a New Brunswick reader. The both died in a short tUBfc ' Keep at Home. "T c&b read my husband like a book." «Then be careful to stick to yW own library, my dear." It Is her winning ways that often enable a woman to get the better of la tfea matrimonial fima, - Miserable With Backache ? Why put up with that nugging backache? You can't be he-ppy when every day brings morning lameness, sharp, shooting pains and that all-worn-out feeling. The best way to get well it to find the cause of your trouble and correct it. Likely, a cold or a chill has slowed up your kidneys and that la why you have backaches, stabbing paina, headaches and dizziness. 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