, 1875-11-21
With cotton wool and brant!t
CHAPTER v1IL.-AvENGED!
never yet wns human power
lat could elude, If unforgiTen,

There never yet wrH human power
That could elude, II unforgiTen,
The patient wrath and vigil long
OF him that treasures up wrong ike. Forrest
For moment the hardened Pirate stood in
amazement and so1ow. $50 young and yet so
beautiful" he exclaimed, With emotion, draw
ing his hand across his eyes. But must not
unman myself" be added; ''nos that these
tears are unman1y, for Bravery ever should shed
the pearly drop Of sorrow at the grave Of
Beauty. To the present its duties, to the future
regrets that, alas are unarailing. And now,
Johnny" he cried, ringing the bell vigorously
and repeatedly, 'shake 'em up lively, unless
YOU want to be aniped at Halsted, and 113'll be
iemming her bowsprit into our stern-sheets. u
And with every horse spread IS left far behind
her that scene OF carnage.
At the corner Of sAngamon street the Pirate
Horse-Car was hailed by q woman of portly ap-
pearauco and distinguished manners. Her thin,
aquiline nose flashing eye, and compressed lip.
showed her to be prominent leader IN the Fe-
male Suffrage movement and Trustee Of tho
Woman's Home. Little thought ontasue de
Smith as he took her fare and gazed ardently
upon her expressive couusenance. that when he
placed his hand On tho small OF her back he
hoisted his Fate into the car!
Sweep On proudly. Montague de Smith, the
hour OF vengeance draws near!
Slowly che Pirate Horse-Car 1abored
over the crest OF 1adieon-street bridge, but
hardly had it begun to descend the grade than
the Pirate cried e1citedly to hia assistant bucca-
neer On the front platform:
"Ho! Jones! eeest thou yon 'Cross-Town Car
On our lee-bow? Who is it that leaneth over
the taffrail? By my ha1idome. It's an Alderman
Of the Opposition party, who has been round to
see man who wants to buy charter for
street-railway company, and has sl7O,0 in his
pocket to divide among the Aldermen who put
the JOB through! II We can only capture him.
We can retire from active piracy into the real
estate business"
Meanwhile the passengers on the Cross-ToWn
car perceived and fully recognized their danger.
Hpreading every inch Of his horses to the breeze,
tbs driver stood at the brake with knitted brows.
~ uiu carry on" he muttered hoarsely, till
the last" IAN once he boards u.s." c1'ea a. . BE-
roic school-:eacher, vino was reading the Atlantic
Mont],ip, II will apply match to this magazine:
Daath befo1e distonor!" The Alderman tried
to pray but could only fall on bus knees and
swear fervently, and VOW to do everything e1-
cept make restitution.
On. on Bped the car. despite the waying UNI
hre1laa uplifted fingers, and shouts Of :" Hi.
carl" from passengers anxious to embark On,
m. hraye driver; ii you can but reach the switch
at Clark street, all will be well! ....
Rnt tha Pirate Horse Car steadily ranges up to
246, 4 Shrek Of horror burst from the passen-
gers as the Pirate suddenly appeared on the
e]oucbed somb1ero, whence depended = sweep
;nr sable plume His g1ittering yataghan WAS
stuck in the costly scarlet silk sash that en-"
circled his waist in one hand ne held nl5 oeaa-
IL boo,iack, in the other bottle OF SODA water
Leaping lightly upon the jibcpole Thlcn alf1ost
touched the stern OF the Cross-1o"o Iar, ho
bounded along 1t.
!. y;eld. ding. he cried in thuno o4r.tones to the
HNot much" replied The intrepid conductor.
as he aimed his punch at the Pirate. The faith
less weapon snapped.
az he leyelel his deadly bootjack at the car:
Two explosions followed, and the conductor and
a passenger fell dead He ahook his soda-bot-
tie and aimed it ut tho rear Of the car, 81 almost
point-blank range. 4 fearful crash fol1o"eds
and the cork demolished the stern platform. car
ried away ali the atarboard seat abafs the DOW
wheel, and killed seven passengers.
"Ha! ha!" laughed the Pirate, grlmig
*'twas we'll popped! lily masters, va are meat
tor me-" and, unsheathing his glittering yata-
CHAN, he prepared to board the now defenseless
car.
1t that supreme moment the Noman's Elghts
woman on board OF the Pirate HoEse-Car rose
euddenly. with indignation in her countenauce.
She had wanted to get OF at Lasalie st1eet' on1
the Pirate. in the excitement OF the moment,
had omitted to stop the car.
As soon a. be saw her, q small, subdned-look-
ing rnan on the defeuse!ess car burst into par.
oxysn OF historical laughter lis TINS ttme
for laughter p said the driver indignantly
:. shut 10 your mouth, will re? I'm good
mind to bust ye in the suoot-"
.savod Faved! cried tbe sns1l, snodned-
looking mln ..mr wlte's On board aad she'll h1
en-"
Tremendous explosion folioEed. Whom the
.wa-atT;ckan nasseueers recovered their self
noas session. the Pirstee the P,rate Horae~Caz,
he horrea, ali h.d vanished into air, into THO
ali. and ike an unsubstantiA pageant faded,
ieit not wreck behind! Eight horse shoes,