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improyvn? ui insufficiently nourished. Improper, insufficient nourishment is starvation When a man s head aches it is because the tissues of the brain do not receive sufficient nourishment from the blood, or receive impure and unhealthy nourishment When a man gets nervous and sleepless it means that the blooc is not properly nourishing the nerves When his skin breaks out with blotches and pimples and eruptions, it means that the -kin is being fed upon the impurities of the blood. Almost every known disease is primarily due to improper nourishment through the blood, which is the life-stream. Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery :« the greatest of all blood-makers and purifiers It gives edge to the appetite corrects a . disorders of the digestion, makes the assimilation of the life-giving elements of the food perfect. invigorates the liver, promotes secretion and excretion, and vitalizes the whole bodv It makes firm muscular flesh, but does not make corpulent people more corpulent. It cures os per cent of all cases f of lingering coughs, bronchial throat and kindred affections which if neglected, lead up to consumption It is the best of all nerve tonics and restoratives. Kept by all medicine dealers. I was taken in Febmarv with headache and pain in ray -ack writes H Gaddis. Esq of- — Scuta J Street Tacoma Wash I called in a doctor and he came three times. He ' said I was bilious but I kept getting worse I took a cough so that I coclc not sleep, only by being propped up in bed My lungs hurt me . and I got so poor that I was just «kin and Sone. ‘ I thought I was going to die. I used two bottles of Dr Pierce s Golder. Medical Discovery and it made me sound and well It saved my life No remedy relieves constipation so quickly and effectively as Dr. Pierce's Fleasant Pellets. They never gripe. TBEASuat, :f . | v rSrT (CopF ty JB. L a:ott Co.] CHAPTER XI. That the combination against me bad strong odds in its favor seemed obvious: and I began to speculate upon h' w far i* was safe to trust benorita Dorotea. Strolling down to the beach i •with her. before retiring —just to throw Sebastlano off his guard—l iearned with intense satisfaction that j she lx>th feared ar.d detes*ed the man. I She whispered also that her father had reason to suspect the padres Julian I and Sebastiar.o of using their influ- j er.ce against him in Manila. For a mo- ; inent i t two I had a suspicion that she i and the gobernador might be under the padre's influence and trying to work themselves into my confidence j with the intention of betraying me j afterward. But the mere I theught of this the mere improbable it seemed. ' In the first place, relations between , the educated classes and the priest- 1 i cod ir. Spain are rapidly approaching | those which obtain in Italy—neutrality j on the surface, c..trust beneath. Then, it see med r.« the ugh the senorita I must know too much to look upon j Sebastiano in other than his priestly , character; and if the friendship be- I tween us was warming as rapidly as I I the tight, it was reasonably safe to I . . . ... ■ ■ g ■ ■ -.- head. Finally, deciding to risk it. I asked i her if she cared to spend Monday upon ' the water with me: and she accepted i the invitation with such evident pleasure that I shoved al! worry about the padre clear of u.y mind for the t ime. When Monday merging came, we breakfasted in the patio and made an early start before Sebastiar.o appeared. sailing leisurely around Coccs ri i f as if we had the day before us ar.d were disposed to take things easy. When I asked Dorotea if she had ever , Felled into the bays on the east side, she said that, as it was usually.rough ar.d windy there, few of the islanders cared about it. only remaining in the little villages during the wet monsoon or while they were gathering rice and sugar crops. She was willing to go anywhere I chose to take her, however, and had no suspicion of my object until we headed into Paiepouccove for the instruments ar.d diving apparatus. Then, before taking them from the fi-sure. I told her of my intention to search for something under the sea at Fanta Rosa reef, and asked if she would help me. Looking straight into my face for a moment, she said: “Does not Ser.or Enrique know of a reason why I would do anythingin the world for him?’’ “Nothing more than the evidence of your friendliness, senorita mia.” "So! But yon do have the bad memory. It may seem nothing that you try to give great pleasure to la senorita whom you never have seen. I suppose men do think it matters iittle to a woman whether she does appear like other ■women or like ui.a barbara? Yet you must have known. Er.riquito. or you •would not have tried to do me la gran benevolencia on el vapor, when mias primas despreciables did me defraudar ignomiiiiosamente—” “Why, how the dickens did you find cut ? Who told you?’’ “Yourself, sencr.” “I? Hew? Impossible!" "You did just tell me. by your exclamac'or. I but guessed before. True. Senorita Palacios liri say hat you were tin ger.eroso—that you did like my picture all of the time—also that if I did find anything’ which I could, not under* stand, you a.l -about it would know. Then, mias primas in Manila did write the letter about the trimming they did have put upon las vest idas. Y contemlar! they wen as described. But there •were others, not of the style antiguo. And of th ni there is no explanation

•In the letter." “Oh. well, don't say any u ore about it. You caught me ulce’y . I must say. | It Tvas the senorita s cmerosity. cot mine. She wls very- k.nd. and it was ail her ccir.c. New n.ake yourself comforta' le. ar.d we ll try to find Sant* Rosa." The dress business w— dangerous I ground, and I dicn t want todiscussii; i •. ; . - ' ■ - * ’ 1 ‘ * i ing an implicit icn ’L:.t her appearance . lin the picture wasn't perfect. Then, j again. I couldn’t te.l how the other girl's having made such a present. , n ■ rely from the desire to please Ha.stead and myself, would strike her. A return to Point Orote. to get my bearings, would have cc.-t a good hour and a sis: so I determined to trust the * scale of ■Lite sixtv-fourths of an inch to the mile, and make a straight run from Tarofofo. Knowing as I new did the . exact p *dion of tne reef, it w.is a Simple matter to figure the distance ext —-j? nii.es. south-southwest (juar- , ter west —and steer accordingly. My calcu'.a’ions pr ved correct, the ead touchingbottomat about half-past e ever With my •ormer dangerous experience in mind, I determined to locate the wreck,if possible.before going down, and steered c.rectly along the precipitous face of the shoal with a firm grip on the sounding-line, which told the instant that we edged off over deep water. Proceeding in this way. : the lead was pretty sure to strike the I wreck and drag when we came to it; but. as an extra precaution. I lowered away the rock anchor and let it hang six feet under water. This experiment I was ar. entire success, for in a few moment: it .- tight so sharply against the i perpendicular side of the hulk as al--1 most to snap its line; had there been mere than : rag of the sail up, it would . ' have done so. As we needed al! the time there was. I told Dorotea to turn around and gaze upon the wonders of the vasty deep while I got into ’hat diving suit. It i was just as well, however, that curies- I ity got the better of her before I put i on the helmet, or my appearance might have scared her into a fit. The rig cer- i •air.lv made an uncouth monster of me. I but it didn't frighten her half so much | as did the idea of n.y remaining under water ir it. She clung tome for several moments, letting me kiss her as much r- I pleased, before I could bottle my- i self up. Her nervousness was con- • tagious; but I impressed upon her I mind the necessity of keeping & sharp lookout for other proas, and showed ■ her how to signal with the line if it . should be necessary. The descent was accompanied by the | same ur.c' r.for’ablesensation that had : been a feature of my former experience; | but. regaining confidence a little more quickly I carefully examined the 1 wreck with the electric lantern. I i i dreaded to use dynamite, lest it might | dislodge the stern and send it crashing I down to unfathomable depths; but I there was no choice in the matter. It would have taken all the afternoon to ; cut through the coral and timbers. So. ! i fixing one of the cartridges in a hole . drilled by the steel Lar. I arranged the j line so as to detach a heavy sledge hammer. which we had brought, and drop it , ; upon the mercury capsule. There was considerable doubt in my j i -mind whether the thing would ex- ■ ; piece: but when I ascended to the proa ; and. after paddling a hundred feet I away, pulled the line, the doubt was j 1 removed. Two or three square rods cf , i water rose in a gigantic bublde. as if I from a boiling spring, ac- mpanied by ! a rumbling which sourced very like ' “un terremoto." as Dorotea said. I lost no time in descending again when the commotion subsided, and found a gaping’ eight-foot hole in the hull. For a moment or two I hesitated about entering. All the stories about divers who had been caught and suffocated in old w recks flashed through my mind. But. finally, mustering courage enough to crawl inside, I began to investigate. The space evidently had been an afterhold in the galleon, for it was filled with packages done up in hides; they and their contents were now hard as coral ro< k. but had once been indigo bales, without doubt. A number of them must have been stove through the planking when the galleon struck, for I could almost stand upright without touching the deckbeams overhead. Cautiously making my way aft, I came to a bulkhead separating the hold from a lazaretto directly beneath the captain's cabin. This I feared would be solid, in order to prevent communication from the forward part of the ship; and so it proved. As it presumably fenced in the strong room, or treasure chamber, there was nothing to do but force an optening through it without delay. (It must be understood that even a diver who has spent years at the business, and has an attendant pumping fresh air down to him, cannot afford to waste an instant of time or undertake anything requiring violent exertion while he is inside of a wreck, under water. The slightest miscalculation, the displacement of some heavy object, may cause him either to lose his head or to become entangled beyond the possibility of escape.) I hated to use another cartridge; the chances were even that it might blow the treasure into Father Neptune’s subcellar. But the effects of the first explosion appeared to be merely local, there being no indication of radial splits in the coral incrustation; and that decided the question. The sledge had disappeared, so the shorter steel bar had to take its place as an explosive agent. Calculating that the force would be mostly inside. I descended as soon as the rumbling ' had ceased; but the water in the hull I was still violently agitated, and the current forced me back when I at- : tempted to enter. After this had subi sided,l crawled into a place so ehanged l in appearance that it made me feel I queer. The great lumps which had once been indigo were hurled in all di-

The wolf of starvation howls at the doers of thou- > sands of men 1 k who are we'.! F •. dr ar.d surrr ur.ded ; y plenty. 111- * health, in the maj ori t y of . cases, is starvation. pure and • simple. It, means that bo d y. brain, nerve, bone and sinew are imnroDerl v or

f rections. mostly forward. In some places they were piled ever, with the ■ leek timbers: toward the after bu.khead thev were scooped away to a ; depth of six feet, and the planking beyond was completely crushes through. I leaving a large hole into the .azaretto. I was exceedingly careful where I stepped, but lost to time in craw ng , in. The moment had come at last when i our hopes were destined to be realized ■ cr finallv de.-troyed. I cast the . ght slowly about the place. A.ong the ' after -ide there were several tiers of small boxes, piled ore above -he other, ■ and there seemed to have been an even ■ larger number against the b'l.shead. but -he explosion had thrown them a:, about the place. Wondering wsy rone ► f them had smashed open. I presently i noticed t hat several had gone to pieces a little beyond where I w*a star-'..ng. scattering ‘heir contents :n drifts over the floor. With a sense of unreality numbing mv brain. I stooped and tot k some of the objects in my hand. They were round and flat, smaller than a surer dollar. They were covered with a thin film of corrosion, through which I had no difficulty in making out the castles and rampant lionsof the Spanish royai arms. I scratched with my knife at the corrosive film; the bright yellow beneath proved conclusively that the - c r doubloon onza, worth SIS.S’ 1 , troy weight, and probably something more on account of its antiquity, for it was dated 1761( reign of Charles 111. > and bore the mint mark of Mexico City M. It was impossible to es" mate the number of these doubloons in sight: there were tiers upon * ers of the boxes, and they were all full. Stepping toward the side wall, to see how deep they were piled against it. I ‘tumbled over the combing of a i hatchway in the floor. The cover was ! unfastened, ar.d. after raising it, the light revealed a short ladder, which I — — I _ z~ , L t- -- A. / "“SI ® is? The moment had come at last. ■ cautiously descended. -At the bottom | I found myself in a lower held which i ! had been used as a second and larger I treasure chamber. The forward end was piled solid with bars, three inches 1 square by fourteen ir.ches.long. which I i proved to be ingots of pure silver: and ; . in boxes, all around, were globe dollars i I of Charles lll.’s time i bearing date of i I 1768 and fresh from the Seville mint i . when the galleon was lost). eight-real i pieces of Philip A'., dollars from the ■ Mexican mint, bearing simply the Spanish arms, and even four-real ; pieces. I remember wishing that all ! the treasure had beer. gold, on account , of its bulk; but. after ascending to the I upper chamber. I knew pretty well how Edmund Dantes must have felt. I had provided myself with a stout ! bag of cocoa matting, and was raking handfuls of the doubloons into it. w hen there came a sharp tug at the line fastened around my waist. This was the danger signal agreed upon wi:h Dorotea: so. dragging the heavy sack, I scrambled cut through the hulk and nulled myself up to the proa. It took our united efforis to get my burden over the gunwale; then Dorotea pointed off to the west-ard. where a gigantic sail was moving swiftly along. To unscrew the helmet clamps and take it off was but the work of a few seconds; then I grabbed the glass and focused it upon the other craft. It 1 was the padre's big proa, as 1 Lad> suspected—his corpulent figure near the helmsman was unmistakable —but so far away as to be all but hull down; and, making to the s'uth'ard as she was, it was highly improbable that he I : had seen our mast. For a good half : | hour 1 watched the proa, not daring to : raise our own sail lest it should be I seen; then Sebastiano put about to : ■ the west'ard and almost disappeared. ;' This was our opportunity, so we were ! quickly off in the opposite direction. ' ! I calculated that by making 40 miles ; I due east we should have the wind : about right for a straight reach into • Tarofofo. and could probably get there : by six o'clock. It was actually a little ■ before that when I concealed the gold > and other articles in the fissure, so that, catching enough sea bass on the ■ way to account for our long sail, we “ arrived at Agana by eight. In all my t experience with sailing craft, extend- ! ing over many years and gathered upi on every sea of the globe. 1 never found 1 anything to equal the island proas of -: the western Pacific in either speed or - safety. On account of their strength t and lightness they are practically inr destructible, and their enormous sail s area makes them the fastest things s upon salt water. That my statement i of having made 26 statute miles an - hour with one, before the wind, is no exaggeration, anyone who has vver ; sailed in one will admit. - | Sebastiano returned about nine r o'clock, having left the big proa at • Apra, and, while satisfying his vora- .’ cious appetite, told us quite frankly 1 i that he had spent the day looking for ? the Santa Rosa shoal. Recalling, for ■ i Col. de Garma’s benefit, the conversa- - tions which had induced Capt. HalI I stead to sound for the shoal, the padre 1 ; asked if I could remember the posi--1 tion given upon the Imray chart. - When I repeated it he said that an

Ha located the ret f at 1 , n -l e> further west; that he had sup ■ - ■ ■ water, and t ! he had asked on the steamer - ress - s fait pcnthislas it would keep him at least 30 mi.e« from m< whenever he pursued • ' T-c J - - I shoa’ complicated matters a good deal. He ilkelv to overhaul me sooner it I was moving the treasure. He might have nJ .. some day my visits Tarofofo might be reported to him. Then, again, if I succeeded in getting ail the money as far as my rocky fissure. it was sure to be spirited away bv Sebastiano or the natives if they were successful in tracking me; and, i ,r . seemed no' way in which I could secrete , it until the steamer returned without exciting suspicion—suspicion which might cause it to disappear at any mo- - -.••■• mperal ' I should consult Halstead before get- | I ting any more of the stuff above water; y et in case there were no passer.- j gers for Guaian. as we had talked, there wasn't a chance of seeing him < fcr nearly four months, and there was - ' seme doubt- of his returning even then. ( There was a possibility of my reach- , ing Yap in the proa before he left that island, but it was a pretty formidable undertaking. After spending ccr.siderable thought- over the situation, however, it seemedunsafe to attemp, ( ary o’her move, ar.d I determined to | risk it. There was practically little danger ■ . that Sebastiano wcuid succeed in ac- < : comp'.ishing anything; not being a nav- ,1 igator. his investigations were pure. .'■■■' l I was positive that he had r.o diving I apparatus, and he couldn't do much • j without—that I knew frem my own' experience. The principal thing that worried me was the chance cf his run- j I ning across my equipment in the sis- j sure, and taking it with me was out of! the que>" ion. Whi'.e.thinking the mat-; ' ter over I wondered if the padre had i i investigated Fray Ignacio's box. A | i scrap of conversation with Bartolo-j I meo which I had overheard implied that he had: it indicated considerable I I displeasure with the resident padre I for some reason cr other. If such were . ! really the case it might be months! • before anyone connected with the I , i church would have occasion to visit 11 ! either the crypt or the room contain- ! ing the votive offerings again, and this gave me an idea. [TO BE CONTINEED.] — I HERE is a medical lecture in a nutshell. The Kidneys drain water and impurities from the blood. The , Liver makes bile and helps to drive off other waste. If these organs work badly the body becomes a cesspool and disease sets in. You must get them into healthy action or die. DrlKMcLean’s LiveriKiineyMm is an old and unsurpassed remedy for Backache, Debility, ] Sleeplessness, Lost Appetite, Foul Tongue, Palpitations and all other symptoms of disease in those organs. It cures as well as prevents every serious trouble in Kidney, Liver or Bladder. At druggists, Jt.oo per bottle. THE DR.J.H.MCLEAN MEDICINE CO. •T. LOUI*. MO. For sale bv llohbouse. Callow A Co Frazer Axle Grease mm f IS J jmculD use \ \ A /whati«hau iZrk .f p AXES \ / t® AFTW THIS • \ .AS ANY OTHER} a 7 e A Cted^ y Heat Os Cold. Highest Awards at Centennial, Wor 'd’s Fair. ’ or* Frazer Lubricator Co., Factonei: Cbciaoa, St Louii, New Yo’k. ! Fails to Restore Grav o its Yo-.thfu Co? r y I IHndrutf and hair and (11» nt Drugnsts, g ' « I B I fQDr. WilHams' Indian Pile I" M H’ment will cure Blind - LI I I a 'ri Itching ■ I I’ a bsorbh the tumors ■ ■ Lallays the itching at on,-,.. aeu : - ■ ■ xww UCe -? ives instant re- ■ B Inman Pile Oint- ■ "ment is prepared for Piles and Iteh«ArUf O Jc¥oß l flr , Co- t P^ #^ laSl® 1 aS l ® Nachtrieb k Fuelling.

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