Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 May 1899 — Page 6

DiCK RODINEY;

OY JYE

('KA1TKR XXII.-t Conti need.) ! i-risi was now at Laud wi!L our Cu"The imt la! is dying from lack of a j bano. fioetor."' said old Tom. who knelt be- j The evening of the fourth day after fide Hi lop. handling Iiis wounds with i we had saved Hyslop found the hviK the tenderness of a woman; "and if j still lying on a tsterly eourse; but the whole Hri-ish navy hove in sight, j whether in the latitude of Cape San we haven't a rac of h niing to shake j Koque or of the Rio Grande, we knew uut as a hiKnal. sdnee that ras ally pita- j not: and. I suppose, it was all the same roon, the Cuba no. has rast every color j to Antonio. and signal oerhoard." j wa at the wheel. The sunset was "Well. Tom. he shan't die this bout.'" gorgeously beautiful. The Eugenie was ffaid Ned f'arlton. hopefullv. "Let us running with both taeks aft: and un

tie up his wounds ay best we an, to l-eiay the bleeding, and give him something a a reviver." "Iff a blessing his old mother in t-eoth.ru; don't fe all this." added rough Vom Latnbourne. with a tear in his -ye; "poor Mare Hislop is her only support, and a sifter's, too." I thought dow. with compunction. tow often his theories and pedantry fccd bored me. and I resolved to he unremitting in my rare of him. The united mediral skill of tho-e l.oneM souls, our crew, was very small: however, th wounds wue arefully Hashed In dean vatr: their best shirts were torn into bandages or folritd into pads to stop tl.e bleeding; and in this they were quite successful. A beaker of New Kugland rum was hoisted out of the fotehoid. and its head was instantly started. The liquor was very redolent of treacle, but a glass of it mixed with water the readiest stimulant that oieurred to the minds of the seamen- was poured lie1wen the parched lips of the sufferer, who at last slept, in th pleasant at-u.o.-phne formed by the awning which shaded him from the. fierce sun, i-.nd in the breeze that whistled past the bows as the Euseni still bore on ter new course, close hauled, with all j her fore-and-aft canvas set, and the I wht:. glittering spray flying over her j cat-heads and dolphin striker. i The terrible t'uhano still kept pos- j session of the cabin. His two six-bar- j rHrd revolvers gave him welve shots. ; and we were but nine in all. as the j captain. Roberts, and Will White had i already perished by his hand, and Hyslop. to all appearance;-, was dying; thus Antonio kept all in sublection by his weapons, just as half i dozen well-armed soldiers may con- j rci a mob of thousands. j r-t; passed the night; the crew group- i ed forward, full of scheme for vengeance, and he aft, full of triumph, ferocity and cognac. Next morning I was on the qtiartercik. and when day broke I became Kuaie. by a splashing sound astern, that we were towing something in the dead water of the brig's wake. On "rooking over the tan'ryil. what were rv.y emotions on beho'ding the body of iuy kind frieze - our good and hospitable captain -towed by the r.eck at the end of a lint ! Around the poor corps, whieh was it. its nightdress, the green waves danced merrily in the golden light of the morning sun that was now beaming over the vea. "refreshing the distant .-bores and reviving all leu him." Antonio in the night had east it from tie of the cabin windows on the port tide of the rudder-case, and through that aperture the line to which it was attai bed was now run. Hy the smoke of a cigar, which ascended to the taffrail at times. I discovered that the atrocious Cuban was sitting at the open cabin window below nie. watching and waiting to see the body devoured by the sharks; and 1 knew that he would shoot all who attempted to cross his purpose or who came within reach of his nisfol. This i prevented any man from lowering j Ii m f 1 1 v r t h vtrn n t htv t . nl 1 in the line or cut it adrift. nemonio!" we heard him exclaim, when by a sudden lurch of the ship the line parted and the poor corpse vent rolling and surging to leeward. '"Thete he goes, and (Jod bless him. although he's cut adrift without a X-rajer or a sailor'.- winding-sheet." aid Tom l.ainbourne, taking off his hat. as the body bobbed like a fisherman's tloat on the waves for a little pace and then disappeared in the long, white track made by the Eugenie through the dark apple-green of the morning sea. All the stories 1 had heard or read ,n, e.upseu oj the atr.H ,tles of this hendisb Cuban,,. CHAI'TEll XXIII. The Requital. Three days ami nights parsed without finding us able to surprise or dislodge the demon who was in possession of the cabin; without our knowing where the ship was driving or drifting to, and wilhwut sail appearing. A man-of-war belonging to any conntry we snouiu nave naiied as a p ro ter tor; but on the wide waters of the j H. ithern Atlantic ships are few and : far between. II... .1. 1 I : . . . I is. .1. i . iiiop laiu'-M a nine anu was re- , unit' m who oue im in, jorecasne nenns. He could tell us only that he had been surprised when a b-p. and had l-n ( tabbed g:iin and agaii- that he becm1'' inensibie. and r"ii.f mhered noth ing more. Hi- di.-l v s we r hit d the sto; v i v. as t re.it when o"' i lie captain's fa:'. fh death cf Will Whit i) r'.r oe:n.rr still ia r f th' s'iip Mlid !l.e .il l !'r ! aid Ihit po.--i'.-jiun of '.!! .tu In f -. He -Nriii:rd on hi- i, , ,f pain and fight d bitterly ui Hndirg ia.w tiff :rtt s-cr . !n v ne-iu c.d ,.::i:o.-.: i-!i:.i! '. !;;-! 1 . ' v.. !;-:; of blo'-i!; but rt

s2

Or. The Adventures of An Eton Boy...

GRANT. der the arched leech of her eoirses I could see the blood-red disk of the sun right ahead settling in the waves, which shone in all the colors tf the dying dolphin; while against the flaming orb the black outline of the masts, the figure-head and the taper end of the jibboom, with Its cap. guys and gear, were clearly and distinctly defined. The waves ahead rose and fell between me and the sun, as slowly and imperceptibly he sank at the Raming horizon, from a quarter circle to a segment: then the last vestige of that also disappeared, but the lingering rays of his glory played upward on the light clouds that floated above. Kven they paled away and died out. and twilight stole over the sea. which changed from gold to a transparent l.biu win'.. j With the increasing twilight came a i change of wind, and before it a great j bank of cloud rolled from the horizon i on our starboard bow. lnder its shad- j ow the sea was darkened and its brok- j en water fleckeü with white. The new j breeze came, first upon our quarter, j then rapidly it was ab am and three' ! great albatrosses were --een to whin I the sea with their wings, while a whole ' shoal of brown porpoises s irged past ; our bows, plunging joxousiy from wave ! to wave. Tucks and braces were instantly manned and the sails were trimmed anew for our desultory course. "Sail ho to windward!" said one of the crew, in a low but excited voire, lest the sound might reach the cabin: and as the. dense bank of purple 'londs opened a large bark . ante out of it and her form became more and more defined as she left the apor astern. She was going free that is. with her head further off the wind tnan closehauled and had a pres of snow-white canvas, which .-hone in the last light of the west. "She is four miles off." said Carlton. "We must signal Ler." added I-irn-bourne. "With what?" asked C'ariton. in the same sharp but low voice; "every color is overboard." "Anything will do--a blue shirt at the foremast head: quick the sky will be qe.ite dar'r. in ten minutes. Run it up in a ball with a slipping loop, maii-u'-war fashion." said Lam bourne. in a loud whisper; "get ready a lantern some of you. for the hip's night darkens so fast that we shall scarcely be visible when she i. abeam of us. Ned. get into the fore-channel and wave the light as a signal that we want a boat." These orders were -apidly obeyed and prepaiations made to throw tire brig in the wind. While one man hastily got the lantern from a little round house, in which ceitain stores and tools were kept on deck; Ned Carlton pulled off his shirt, and was in the act of binding it to the signal halyards, when the Spaniard, whose quick ears detected some commotion, sprang ou deck, armed as usual. On seeing Carlton busy with the halyards he looked round, caught sight of the ship, which was running with the white foam ,oillug ndJ' her fore lOOt . and thus in a moment divined what we were about. Muttering a terrible imprecation in Spanish he lired at Carlton, but missed j him as before, and shot dead a poor j apprentice who was close by. " Tarnal thunder, tlesh and blood can't bear this!" shouted Tom Immbourne. whose fury was boundless, and who snatched tip a raps tan-bat. "Hear down on him all hands; there is neither sea law no land law can help us here'." Snatching whatever came nearest, to hand, we all rushed upon the Cuban, who stood boldly at bay, and keeping the binnacle between us and him. fired t over it five or six shots from his reyoIver with tm.ible rapidity; but so steady had his hand become in conj sequence of his free potations below, j that every bullet missed, though one j cut the knuckles of Tom i&imhoiirne's ! light hand, and another tore away the rim of my straw hat. j He drew a second revolver from his j sash, but l.ambourne. by one lucky biow with the capstan-bar, knocked it out of his hand. It went twenty feet I into I lie air and fell overboard. Quick as lightning Antonio placed the other in his breast, drew his knife. i stooped his head, and darting through US like an cel. ?av ('nrlioii nwh in n" - thigh as he passed. -j e then made for the main risreinir. md sprang on the bulwark, no dor.bt j with th intention of lunning up aloft j to some secure p"rch, where he might ; reload hi.s remaining pi.-tol. and shoo' , us all down at leisure; but he missed : his hold of ho rattliiis, and te!I over- ' board! j There war, n hout of !u,o:ti., joy. "The a will rob the ga'lows of its ; due!" said (.'a i lion; "but he'll h: shark's meat, anyway." I'ut .:.tii,io was md guie y t. for iti f.'iii-ig l:c caui'ht on- of the kv.i r . vtt:di.!::.:-';:i! t.f.oms, and ( lut 1. d i:

w!!h drr.d'y -n; -jty. for he kner that if once he wa laiiiy launched into the ocean his fate would be sealed. His fare was pale wiih ombimd tear and fury: his black ees blazed with the tire of hatred: the Perspiration oozed in drops from his temples. Tom La in bourne sprang forward to beat off his fingers; but at that moment the boom, a slender spar, broke from its lashings alongside, and swung out at a right angle from the brig, with the wrtch at the extreme end of it. dangling over the waves, like a herring at the point of a ramrod. Again and again he writhed his body upward in wild struggles to get astride the boom, or to reach it with his knees, but in vain! Instead of exciting pity his terrible situation drew forth a shout of derision, mingled with expressions of hatred and satisfaction, from the line of avenging faces that surveyed him over the bulwark. He hung thus for fully five minutes, for he was a powerful man. of great tr ngth. muscle aud bulk. I have no doubt this man was as brave as it is possible for a ruffian to be; but the prospect of an immediate death-a death, too, from which there was no escape--terrified him. His glance of hate toward us turned to one of wild and earnest entreaty. "Mercy! pardon! in the name and for the love of the Almighty!" he exclaimed in Spanish, in a tone of intense earnestness; but he was heard by us with fierce derision in that moment of just triumph and too long delayed vengeance. Twice the Eugenie ge.ve a lee lurch, and each time the feet and knee? of the wretched Cubano were immersed in the waves. Heneath him was the abyss of -sra-ter that rushed pa-rt the side of the brig. He panted rather than breathed, and through the dusk we could see Low his aching hands turned white as his face, and that the points of his ringers were blood-red. Hi.-, eyes grew wiiii and haggard as teroi chilled his cowan! heart and agonized his soul; and yet through the surge the fleet trail flew on! Every moment increased the weight of his body and the weaklier of his hand.- and wrists. At last it was evident that hi- powers of end i;ra nee could be no longer taxed; he tittered a half-smothered shriek, and closed his ecs as lie clung to thai slender spar, and h swayed to and fro while the close-hauled br.'g flew on! The iron hook in the bulwark on whieh the studding-sail boom was hung gave way under the double weight of the spar and of his body. There was a shrill cry of despair, like the parting shriek of an evil spirit, or the skirl of the gusty blast, as the boom, and the wretch who clung to it in blind desperation, vanished into the black trough of the sa. and. like a cork or a reed, were swept amd the salt foarn to leeward. The Eugenie rose like a dhei. upon the water, and. as il ireed at tha: moment from a load of crime, seemed to fiy forward with in Tea-ed speed. 'Twas night now. and the ship which we bad fust seen upon our weather bow was a mile astern am.' to !eward of us. I To be eotit itiUed. ) THE MANCH US. ) tileirllle of tlir Kai-c Tlstt II l.ung -. er-n ti C'liin:. The Manch us., as a body. ral!y do not rare two straws about Confucius, though it is part of their policy to make a great fu.-s. just as Napoleon found it paid best to humor the popes. Of course. I am speaking of the genuine typical Manchus. who are fast dying out. and become pettboated prigs of Chinamen, but without a Chinaman's suppleness and brains. The true Maiichu has an honest contempt for "writing fellows;" he has long .since forgotten his own language, and now speaks a rough, energetic, bastard Chinese, called Pekingese, with a good, honest country burr. It bears much the same relation to "literary Chinese" that Hindustani does to Sanskrit; or, beMer still, that the Viennese dialeet does to Herman. The emperor of China on formal occasions, descanting on funerals. Confucius, filial piety, and so on. is like K. J. Hillou's French president, descanting on "right civilization and justice." The real human Manchu emperor nuking broad jokes in the coarse Peking brogue, cracking melon seeds aud putting e.t his water pipe withal, may be compared with his majesty, the Kmperor Kran eis Joseph with a feather in his billycoei and a pot of Pilsener beer before him, smoking a long, coarse, Italian Avana da quindici with a straw tun through it, and exchanging repartees with his private ironies In pitpiant Viennese. The Main bus like sport, good living and fresh air; they neither care nor profe-s to care one little bit about the Chinese empire, e:cept in so far as it is a big elastic sponge out of which can be squeezed at suitable intervals a rich nutriment. Th- one exception is. or was, the emperor, who during the first four reigns took a keen pleasure, as w.dl as a pride, in running the vast machine as economically and as uprightly as possible, and even now there is a considerable ipiintitv of goo. I nianlj leaven in Manciiu mankind, just as Ihere is in any other mankind, and i-. is thiminority of good men whi h. keep; thing., going no' to sp;tk of the leaven of good in the Chili's; o! (Ynfiiciail e;e-K'.t, Wh'ell c ' 1 1 ! ! ; ; 1 1 e with th. eeeiiei; ou ti e .Man hu s'de. ever. ,:s in the I'm'; .i Sta'es the un.li si rat am of : 1 i I v.;: tii :n party lito kr-ep.i ihit:gs .-u'lii ieiuly afloat in thu Sertoiii-.ti! beg" of populism and Tainirianv hall. tlentlr'TMMi's Magazine.

Why Sn a .sM: a - it of tky-li-ht?

INAUGURATING A BIRD DAY.

Movement to .Make Ornithology Popular Among Children. The Conservative, a Nebraska Cityweekly paper, edited Dy J. Sterling Morton, contains in a recent issue a long plea for the addition of Bird day to the school calendar, says the Albany Argus. C. A. Habcock. superintendent of schools of Oil City, Pa., ia credited with being the originator of the idea of Bird day. He wrote to Mr. Morton in 1SP4 urging the establishment of such a day on the same general plan as Arbor day, aDd his evrsgestion met with the hearty approval of the then -ecretary of agriculture, who was himself the founder of Arbor day. May 4 of the same year Oil City gratified the wishes of its school superintendent by giving effect to his idea. This was the first Bird day, ard according to the testimony of the Journal of Education it was observed In the Oil City schools with a degree of enib.us.iasm which was good to see "The amount of Information about birds that was collected by the children was simply amazing. Original compositions were read, informal discussions were held, talks by teachers were given, and the birds in literature were not forgotten or overlooked." Subsequent observances were equally ruccessful. A similar movement was started in Iowa and In other states there wau an awakening of interest on the subject. It engaged the sympathies of the crusader? who deplore the sacrifice of birds to millinery and of those who would check the murderous and predatory instincts of small boys, but there has as yet been no such general support of Bird day as has been accorded to Arbor day. Timo. however, might well be spared to it. both because of the instruction and the pleasure It would bring. Here we note a stimulus that is a real inspiration to study. Tireless routine makes way for a series of object lessons, in the preparation for whin the youthful demonstrators have had their faculties of observation exercised to the utmost. In larger cities the study of bird life might be mane in the parks and in those delightful book.- of which the publishers aie so lavish nowadays. Never was there a time before when children could get t-.t so many charming and attractive volume- on any branch of natural histor, never a time when so rnvd: was done in literature to correct the ignorance that has attacked the feathered allies of men in field and fores? as if they were enemies. It is a good work that deseres the general establishment of Bird day to further its object. PLUCKY SUNFISH. How It Preteeled Its Home from a "I saw an amusing thing the other day while out fishing in Fish Lake." said .lames Wrston. "I was catching fish about as fa.-t as anyone who was not fishing for the market would care to. and many of them were s.unfish. In a sheltered spot I noticed one of these little fellows standing motionless, except its fins, which occasionally moved very slowly. I dropped my hook, with a small minnow on, ciose to the fish's nose, when it moved up, took hold of the bait very gingerly, carried it away about three feet, dropped iL aud glided back to its place iy the stone, once more settling it--e!f as it was before I disturbed it. Looking closely, I discovered a fungus beneath the fish that looked like a bit of discolored laxe. I then knew that the little goggle-eyö was on its spawning bed. Again, in the spirit of fun, 1 dropped the minnow near the sunfish. She snapped it by the tail and lugged it off fully two yards and let it drop, scudding back to its nest again like a shot. I concluded not to disturb it again, and was about to leave, when a lubberly carp came moving alon. The ugly fish let itself rise gradually as if to take a survey of its surroundings. Its shadow fell across the sunfish nest. and. like a weathercock in a gale, the little sunfish swung around and faced the carp, that was ten times its size and fifteen times its weight. Mr. Carp moved toward the carefully prepared nest. when, like a cyclone, the little sunfish, with dorsal fin erect, rade a charge on the big disturber of its peace. The sunfish did not attack the carp's head, but with bristling spines shot under the big fish's belly and prodded him with its needle points. The old carp humped up his back and began wobbling away, but the sunfish circled and gave it another rake with its dorsal fin, when I noticed about six inches of intestine protruding from the carp's abdomen. That seemed to satisfy the pugnacious sun perch, and it returned to its sentinel duty above its nest. I have often heard of the little sunfish's game qualities, but I neer before saw one in action. From that demonstration I don't think the carp will destroy much of the spawn of the little sunny, and I am sure they won't get near a ba&j bed." ' -AC. Wugner ami tlir ioldllili. At the suggestion of Kaiser Wilhelm, (lermany's gigantic monument to Richard Wagner is to be erected beside the romantic gold fish pond in the Berlin Thiergarten, the principal park of the German capital. The spot selected is to be made a musicians' corner by subsequent additions of statues of Moart and other famous authors. Seven iciiov. ncd artists have been inited to p'eparc ai d submit mo. Ids for the Wa:-;tj! r monument. A pri'.'.e court of the highe.-J calibre will make the avaril vhen all i!; models are pret en !'-.!. The fund- for the purpose bavs been fullv .subscribed. Mol and poor physki.ui:; are easily traced hy the holi s they leave in the sround.

Do Your It-r Ache and Harn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's FootEase, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. No Kick Coniin.;. Patient You idiot! You have pulled the wrong tooth. Dentist That's all right. I shall not charge yn anything for it. New York Journal.

A 4u.-iraiiteei Care. yui milieu. i i eure hrontc Conlp u! n. Ye: ! e aca.-es catuly Citli.)r"'i- are cuaraut;-;.! M cum i.rv .... ....... .... i . . , It is easy to see through people who make spectacles of themselves. Mr doctor snid I would dia, bat Pi-so's Cure for Consumption cured me. Arno Keiner, Cherry Valley, 111., Nov. Si, yi. The sea air is delightful, b'l". seashore heire?? jc more so. the IfitU'n Catarrh Care Is a constitutior-ül eure. Pri:e 73c A warning paragraph often aves 3 chapter of explanation. Mrc. Winnlow'i Sooth In (j jto p. For children tetLinp. x;freD tue Rums, ri l J.e Ttr ; CuOiUiw-JoE. ft'lajK paia.tore wuulooli- iic abuttl Y isn't a blackmailing letter, yet it makes pa pay. Coe' CoQjjb. Balaam I the tvl!t an! Lett, it ill break up -oil ni lce? tb&n uMliliiy -Im-, it i always reliable. Irr c. Fancy penmanship never mads a man wealthy. Write for free -ample of Cow H;?idjca . Capsules: cure n Lcac-m he in 15 nunite- nothm J -v--.w. tiid.iutivill, & l4 .

I

London has $00 laundries.

I mm I I f g Ä' J A

s-fc?

wonder it has fifty happy years back of it.

Get a bottle today of

Amts

Sarsaparilla which made Sarsaparilla famous

I. A

WK . A CI

v r ! If Doerin. Mal Harvesting Machines arc not VsN the bot in the world, whv is it that the Peering i - . i..i . :., .i... .. ..i.i

9 H there is not a greater tlcmnn-l ior I'oeru. niacnmrs man for any other make v. hv is it that the Deorinsi; works employ over six thousand live hundred skillcJ nn chanics more than twice as q many as any other reaper plant in the world? If IV -rintr machine-; have not earned ti e rilit to universal ap ioa! whv' is it that the Pecntn: works arc im rca.-iin: th? output JF i, r lS(l v "o,oxi mai hiin s as at;aü:tt tin product of lSS?

- . . f 0

If Prerini; ball and roller l:carii;js arc not applied t bitulers and mo vets in the only correct way whv is it that competitors are nt their w its' ends to m.ike their machines as lijht draft as the peerm: Ideal-?

DEER1NG KÄHVESTER CO., m m ' If r 0 0 8

A Ic larsitioii of War. The public will watch with keen interest the fight now on in dead earn:-t. One of the largest and most influential firms in the east having arrayed it.-elf against all unscrupulous patent medicine advertising, agrees to back up with its entire capital the following guarantee : We hereby guarantee to alleviate all stomach and bowel troubles by the use of Dr. Kay's Renovator if our instructions are followed. Sold by druggists at 2.V and $1.00. or sent prepaid on receipt of price by Dr. li. J. Kay Medical Co., Saratoga. Springs. X. Y. rite their phjsicians for free advice about your case. 1'lif.iptT to Let It Go. Client "This bill of yours is exorbitant. There are several items la It that I don't understand at all." Lawyer "I am perfectly willing to explain it, but the explanation will cost you $10." New York Journal.

Laoe'a Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Act3 gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Not Necessarily. "A man has to die to make anything out of his life insurance," said the citizen. Oh, no." replied the insurance agent, blandly. "I never died yet!" Yonkers Statesman. S15.0O l'er Week. V will pay a salary of flä per wek aai xponses for man with Kifj; to introduce Perfoction Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer in the country. Address with stamp. Perfection Mf'. Co., Parsons, Kansas. A dozen authenticated personal relics of Lord Byroa were recently soli ia New York for $2,7S0. When All Kle Kails. Try Yl-Kl. If positively i'jrecorar!teiy reni'vesyns an-icn-rdi. Try Yi-K! and tiud comfort. 13c. all Jrui btore. Don't get too swift; you can walk farther in a day than you can run. 1 Gold en Wedding of Miss Popular Esteem and Mr. Aver's Sarsaparilla. 8 Fifty years of happiness, fifty years of doing good. The only Sarsaparilla in the world that ever celebrated its fiftieth anniversary and is doing it today with no signs of decay. Its mission is to cure and to help. No

9 9 9 -? 9 9

VAI1DCPI P 9 0 9 0 i r ; i - i 9 0 9 0 Chicago. 0 &