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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1922

TAGE THREE

A PIRATE'S TROUBLES

: . CHAPTER I. ,

5 Captain Scott Wranxlle paced

back aim forth on the deck of the

Black Caard, a ship used only to

roam over tho high seas and rob other vessels. : Captain Scot had a long drawn faco, a long nose, atso. A short board hid his chin, But, worst of all, were the sharp, evil, glaring eyes. lie was thinking of the horrible thing ho had just done. '. Then, Jerking his head up, he said aloud, "What am I, to think of such foolish things? That ia over with now, and I have tho plunder jn my own 'grasp." He gavo a low chuckle. "One hundred thousand dollars, all in gold, and all mine! Think of it all mine!" Then the smile died from hl9

lips, as a sudden thought struck him, "No, not all mine, either, but most of it, the other goes to my men who helped mo get it." I suppose you want to know the particulars of just what Captain Scott Wrandle had idone. It was this way:

An English vessel was seen by one of the pirates of the Black Guard, who at once let the captain lu0w of it. The captain had the Black Guard turned toward the vessel. What happened was most terrible. Everybody was killed that had anything to do with the English ship. I will not take time to tell everything that happened, but you may assure yourself that there was nothing pleasant in it. It took but a short time for the

pirates to come out of the scrap as victors, as they had the advantage over the English ship, taking them unawares. After capturing the vessel, Captain Scott ordered what men that

were left to search the vessel for

valuables, and there was found one

hundred thousand dollars in gold. It was just after thi3 that we found the captain in the first part

of this story.

Just then, a big, husky fellow

walked by the captain. "Hey, Sharp," called the captain, "come here, just a minute." "All right, Cap, I'll be there," said the big fellow, walking over to the captain. "How soon will we reach land, Sharp?" " 'Bout a day 'n ' a half," said Sharp. "The reason I want to know, is now, mind you, don't say nothin' about it I'm goin to bury the gold." Jack Sharp looked surprised and said, "You never did do that before, Captain."

"I know it, but It won't do to keep it on the ship long. We might be found out."

Jack Sharp wag a man to be

trusted by a friend, even though he wa3 pretty rough at times. From the time he left Captain Scott, up to the time when the vessel reached land, he did not say anything of the gold, and then a very little. But, It finally leaked out that Cdptain Scott meant to bury the treasure, and a few did not seem pleased with the plan.

The captain little cared now

whether the news was learned or

not, for, he knew it would have to be let out sometime. So, standing on a largo boulder, he called all of

his men about him, and, going on just as if no person in his tittle party knew anything of it, he said, "My brave fellows, I was just thinkin' of buryin' the gold we got from that English vessel. What say ye to It?" , All but five of the fifteen of the party said, "Aye, aye, Cap.; Aye, aye, sir!" "What's the matter with ye, Sandy, your face look3 purty dark. Don't ye like it?"

"I say all-fired no! I repeat it,

no!" thundered Sandy. "An why not?" "Humph!' 'sneered Sandy, "you c'n never tell how long it'll stay there; somebody'll git it." "Well, I'm purty nigh sorry fer ye, but if ye don't want to bury the gold, ye'll have to leave us. Ye know no person glta everything he wants," said Captain Scott with a smile. "Here's some more what don't agree with you," said Sandy, pointing to the other four, beside him. "I say the same to them as I do to ye, an' mind, ye can't scare me out! I've got ten men to your five an' if ye don't act sorta peaceable "round here, there'll be some mighty stlrrin' times to be had. Do y understand" i

The five men said nothing, but, to look at Sandy's face, you could

ten ho meant trouble. It was close to dark when a roaring fire was built and the cook put on some supper. Everybody was talking friendly, even Sandy, and his men were in the best of spirits. After supper was over and everyone had lay down to sleep, the captain whispered something to one of his trusted men.

"All right, but it'll be purty risky

business," and the man walked away.

The captain looked after him un

til the darkness hid him from sight and then he said. to himself "That's a fine man; I wish all my men wras like him. Hang that Sandy, any

how! I'm lookin' for trouble from him!"

Indeed, that very night, while Captain Scott slept, a dark, shadowy figure crept up to where he lay, with a gleaming object in hia right hand. He laughed to himself, quickly

raising me gleaming Diane or a

A Near Disaster When Juniors Act as Housekeepers Dear Auut Polly: I want to write you a letter and tell you about our house-keeping experiences. Our father and mother and our grandmother, who lives with us, had to go to Greenville, O., during the holidays, to attend a trial,

which lasted three days. We had

to stay all alone from" 7: SO till 5 o'clock in the evening. With our older brother, who is 15, and our baby brother Charles and our twin brothers, Willi3 and Milton, aged 6, and our little sister Olive, age 8, Mother had to leave most of tho work for us to do, as they had to start early. "We had the milkfng to do, and the dishes to wash, and

sweeping to do; and we had to get our own dinners and had supper ready and the work all done when father and mother came home. Brother was in a hurry for his

dinner one day and he built up a

A MISCHIEVOUS GOAT

dagger over the heart of the sleep- hot fire and left the damper open,

ing captain. I mo lie continued.! and the rhimnpv ranirhr tira fmrt

Lloyd Slifer.

ANCHORED HUTS ON ISLAND

England is making important

wireless experiments on the tiny good, but she spilled part of a new

brother climbed up on the house and poured water in the chimney.

Wasn t that funny? We made some candy, and Flossie baked a cake, which was real

Island of Willis, off the eastern

coast of Queensland. As the little island is often swept by terrific storms, the huts of the experi

menters are "anchored" with bi

bottle of cake coloring which mo

ther had just bought.

Our grandma stayed with us the last day and we were pretty glad,

as it was very lonesome. From

John bought a goat and named it Billy because most goats' names are Billy. He bought Billy from a neighbor. John did not know that Billy was mischievous, but he soon

found it out. Billy waa a very beautiful goat. He was a3 white as the snow and had long, sharp horns. One day, after John and Billy were acquainted, John wa3 teasing Billy with a branch from a fir tree which, of course, Billy did not like. So, he started after 'John, but John ran in tho house with

Billy after him. He crawled under j

the stand that the gold fish were on and upset them, and broke the fish globe. John's mother did not like this. Then John's father chased Billy out of the house. John did not want to tease Billy any more. Billy went out and was not quite over his mad spell and ran to jump over the fence and caught his foot. Then Johns' father had to ruin his fence to get Billy out. That was the last time Billy tried to jump the fence.

John's father wa3 painting thd barn red. Just as soon as Billy saw this he thought it wa3 some one trying to tease him and wave a red cloth before him, and he ran and hit his horns against the barn

and Oh! but it did hurt. Billy said to himself, "I will examine things after this before I go ahead and hit them." John's father got some harness for John and John thought it would be fun to drive Billy, so John hitched Bily tip. This was the first time Billy was ever hitched up, and he did not know what to do, so he ran around the

barn lot and upset John, but it did not hurt him. Soon after, Billy was delighted to pull John and his wagon. John's folks lived near a railroad. Billy was in the clover field, but he crawled through the fence and saw the first train that came. Billy did not know what it was and stood in the track, and the train ran into him and killed bim. John cried and cried, but it did no good. Dorothy Kenworthy.

chains, so that they will float even ; Flossie and Corinne Lowdens if the island should be for a time lager, age 13 and 11 years, IIol

lansburg, O.

A LOST SHEPHERDESS

Frances was a shepherdess. She i she was a common shepherdess,

wniie ne was a prince. But all this time, the prince was haunted by her face and kept thinking about her until he decided to go and take her a3 his wife! After they were married he took her home with him to his palace and they reigned happily and wisely for many, many vears.

Dollie Paxton, age 12 years, grade

7A, Garfield school.

was very beautiful. She lived all

alone. One day she was out herding her sheep and a bear came out of the forest. Frances began running and ran on into the other forest. When she was about in the forest's midst the prince came riding up, and he went back and killed the bear.

Then Frances fainted and the!

prince took her home. After the prince went home, Frances kept thinking about him. Then, one day, she realized that she couldn't marry him because

The world's daily consumption of coal has been reckoned at 1,200,000 tons.

Jack, the Tease One day, Jack went ft a party that was being given by one of his playmates. He liked very well to tease. When he got there he began teasing Henry, the boy who was giving the party, and Henry told him hia father would send him

back home if he didn't quit. So, when they were eating their re

freshments, Jack began teasing Henry again. This time Henry sent him home. When he got home he looked behind him, and saw a big black thing running towards him. He was very frightened and rail back to the house. Henry felt sorry for him and he said he would go with him. So, when they got half way they saw the black thing again, so they ran back. Henry told Jack his father would take

him in the machine if he didn't tease him any more, so Henry's father took Jack home and Jack never teased Henry again. Dorothy Stanley, age 11, grade 6, Mid-

dleboro school.

A Destructive Insect The coton boll weevil destroys 400,000 bales of cotton anually in the United States.

The Three Babes There was once a mother and her three children. They lived in Holland. The children's father was in the World war, and so the mother had to work. They got just barely enough food and clothing for her and the children. She came home for dinner. She fed herself and her children out of one bowl and spoon. Then she did not have to do many dishes. She left her children with

a kind neighbor. One day she went home and found a letter telling her that the

children's father was seriously ill. She told no one. She was very sad. The doctor did not think he would recover. One day when she came home there was someone on the porch. It was a man with her three babes. The mother was frightened.. Then the mother saw that it waa the babes' father. How glad she was! The father had been fighting and earning money. The. decided to go on a ship to America. Here they spent the rest of their lives in happiness. Marjorio Darland, age 11 years, grade 6, Middleboro school.

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