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CHAPTER XVII.
"PIECES OF EIGHT"

PIECES OF EIGHT"
Owing to the cant of the vessel the
masts hung far out over the water, and
from my perch on the cross-trees l
had nothing below me but the sur
face of the bay. Hands, who was not
so far up, was, in consequence, nearer
to the ship, and fell between me and
surface: in lather of foam and blood
and then sunk again for good. AS the
water settled could see him lying
huddled together on the clean, bright
sand in the shadow of the vessels
sides. A fish or two whipped past his
body. Sometimes, by the quivering Of
the water, he appeared to move little,
as if he were trying to rise. But he
was dead enough, for all that, being
both shot and drowned, and was food
for fish in the very place where he had
designed my slaughter.
was no sooner certain of this than
I began to feel sick, faint and terri
fed. The hot blood was running over
my back and chest The dirk, where it
had pinned my shoulder to the mast,
seemed to burn like hot iron; yet
it was not so much these real suffer-
ings that distressed me, for these, it
seemed to me, could bear without a
murmur; it was the horror had upon
my mind of falling from the cross
trees into that still green water, beside
the body of the cockswain.
l chung with both hands till my nails
ached, and shut my eyes as if to
cover up the peril. Gradually my mind
came back again. my pulse quoted
down to a more natural time, and I
was once more in possession of myself.
It was my first thought to pluck
forth the dirk; but either it stuck too
hard or my nerve failed me, and de-
sisted with violent shudder. Oddly
enough that very shudder did the bust
ness. The knife, in fact, had come the
nearest in the world to missing me
altogether; it held me by mere pinch
The blood ran down the faster, to be
sure; but was my own master again
and only tackled to the mast by my
coat and shirt.
These last broke through with a
sudden jerk and then regained the deck
| by the starboard shrouds. For moth
| ing in the world would have again ven
tured, shaken as was, upon the over
hanging port shrouds, from which Is.
rael had SO lately fallen.
l went below and did what could
for my wound; it panied me great
deal and still bled freely; but it was
neither deep nor dangerous, nor did i.
greatly gall me when used my arm
Then I looked around me, and as the
ship was now, in sense, my own,
began to think of clearing it from its
last passenger-the dead man, O'Brien
He had pitched, as have said, against
the bulwarks, where he lay like some
horrible, ungainly sort of puppet; life
size, indeed, but how different from
life's color or life's coneliness! In that
! position I could easily have my way
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TIMELY ORCHARD HINTS.

Let the hogs eat up the fallen fruit
in the orchard.
Keep raspberries and blackberries
pinched back in good season.
Always prune to let light and air
freely to all parts of the top.
The grapevine is long lived. If given
good care it will outlive the planter.
Thin-skinned fruits, as a rule, are
very poor keepers; thick-skinned ones
are much better. =.
Remove dead and widowed twigs at
sight. Besides looking bad they i'm
pede the light.
An assortment of fruit grown prop
erly is usually safer than making one
kind speciality.
Send only fruit of good quality to
market. Work up the poor grades in
some other way.
The surest way of destroying the
curculio is by EARRING or spraying with
poisoned water.
With the grapes potash and phos-
plate manures tend to produce fine
quality of fruit.
Slow growing trees and vines should
be set on richer ground and fast grow
ing trees on poorer ground.
A liberal supply of superphosphate
scattered around the strawberry
plants will in measure prevent grub.
To secure a good crop of gooseber-
ries or currants, the main thing is to
keep them well trimmed and thinned
out.
Dead wood is a deadly burden to
living tree. Letting the dead limbs re-
main robs the live part of needed sap.
st. Louis Republic.
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constable mentioned the disturbance
with the most childlike and innocent
expression on his face and couldn' t
understand what he was driving at.
So the constable told him everything
that had happened, and of course
Welsh was greatly disturbed. He said
he couldn't remember a thing that
had happened from the time he went
on the platform until he found him
self at the hotel packing up.
He had with him in his grip some adj
vertising cards with half-tone pictures
of children on them. He showed these
pictures to the constable and said they
were his children, and it would break
their hearts to hear that papa had
been arrested. Then he gave up a
couple Of cigars and the constable car
ried his grip down to. the train for him
The constable wanted him to stay over
and appear against the professor, but
Welsh said he had been made a junior
member of the firm that day and he
had to hurry back to Chicago.
Well, after Welsh got out of town
the mesmerist found that the only way
he could square himself was to blame
Welsh. He said that while they were
on the stage Welsh whispered to him
that he would "bust" up the show un.
less he received ten dollars. The pro.
fessor Indignantly refused to lend
himself to any such game, and imme.
diately Welsh began his maniacal per-
Torrance.
The merchant who had vouched fol-
Welsh wrote to the house that il
Welsh ever appeared in that towr
again he would be tarred and feath
cred. So the house transferred him
to Wisconsin.-"The Drummer" il
Chicago Record.
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Welsh, and therefore he had no rea-
son to believe that Welsh would be
subject to the mysterious influence.
He began to think that he was mes
merist and hadn't known it, or else
he concluded that Welsh had decided
to help him out with the show just
to be good fellow.
Whatever he may have thought, he
kept his nerve with him and put Welsh
through the whole list of specialties,
had him cutting watermelons and
marching with cane for gun, and
a lot of ridiculous stuff. Welsh was
SO earnest and conscientious in his act
ing that he simply laid the other fell
lows in the shade. That was the
trouble. He was too good. The spec
tators began to murmur. They de-
cided that he was confederate, after
all.
One of the "tests'' was that Of FISH
| ing with a cane. The subject stood
on the edge of the rostrum and held
| the walking-stick as pole, and when
up with an overland sweep. This al
ways tlckled the mouse.
! Welsh decided to vary the usual per-
Torrance little. When he pulled in
with his pole he pretended that he had
landed a fish, SO he made a grab for
it, and then there began a most ter-
rife struggle. He knocked over the
of it, and upset three or four of the
yokels who.were sitting'around in the
semi-circle, and then all at once he
shouted: "There it is! There it isl"
and grabbed "Prof. De Cardo" from
behind and swung him around the
stage. Women began to scream and
children cried. Men stood up all over
the house and yelled: "Stop him!"
Welsh decided that it was about
time for him to get out of the place,
so he suddenly let go of the eminent
mesmerist and shouted: I'm Ii dog.
III bite anyone that touches me! Bow
wow!"
With that he made dash for the
door, and they say that every man,
woman and child in the house shrieked
and tried to crawl under a chair when
he was seen to jump over the foot
lights. He got out and ran ill the
way to the hotel.
Of course, that ended TIE show.
''Prof De Cardo" was too agitated to
offer any explanation, and most of
the women were in Mysteries.
The town constable was the only
man who knew what to do. He arrest
ed the eminent mesmerist," who
claimed that nothing of the kind had
ever happened to him during his pre-
vious career, and that he had every rea-
son to believe that Welsh had DELHI
erately attempted to break up the
show. Thereupon the constable de-
cided that he would arrest Welsh also.
Welsh was making arrangements
to get out on the night train when the
constable came up to his room. He
was greatly surprised when the con-
stable mentioned arrest" and want
ed to know what he had done. The
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NEED CONSTANT CARE.
Stone Roads Require Attention Mt All
Seasons of the Year to Pre-.
vent DiAintegratiOn.

A subject of Importance which has
not yet received the attention it re-
| quires is brought to the fore by a state
ment recently made to the effect that
| "the smooth surface of the New Jer-
| sey stone roads. so much admired by
bicycle riders, is rapidly disappearing
owing to the infrequency of rains in
summer, the prevalence of sweeping
winds, and the absence of trees and
hedges from the roadside. The disin-
tegration of the New Jersey stone
roads, especially of those over which
constant stream of heavy wagons
roll into the city markets, must sooner
or later raise the question of the eX-
pediency of giving part of the annual
state appropriation to the repair of
the roads on the same plan of division
Of cost upon which new roads are
built
Up to the present time so much at
tention has been given to efforts to
secure hard roads, and considerations
of how they should be laid, that their
maintenance when put down has large
ly been lost sight of. Many, indeed,
have supposed, and some have asserted,
that when once laid it should not be
necessary to touch them for years.
Such ideas are radically wrong, and,
if acted upon, lead to disastrous re-
suits.
AS matter of fact, macadam roads
require constant attention and care
if they are to be kept in good condi-
ton, the greatest efficiency secured
from them, and economy of mainte-
nance maintained. All these things
will vary largely with the character
and quality of the roads, some reqrir-
ing attention much more quickly and
far more constantly than others, but
the principle of maintenance is the
same for all.
All stone roads are liable to "disin-
tegration" under certain conditions,
and will speedily be ruined if the ten
dency is not checked at the outset or,
better still, warded off, SO to speak, by
constant care and attention. The
smooth surface disappears, ruts form,
water settles in them, and the road
gradually breaks up.
The trouble with many of the New
Jersey roads is not due particularly
to the winds or "absence of trees and
hedges from the roadside" but it is
due to four principal causes, one of
which is the 'infrequency of rains in
summer" and the others are the ex-
cessive use of clay for "binding'' pur-
poses in constructing the roads. insult
ficient rolling, and failure to adopt an
adequate system of care and mainte-
nance after they are constructed.
We have repeatedly pointed out the
features necessary to obtain and main
tain good macadam roads, and no COM
munity which builds them can afford
to overlook them. viz: thorough drain
age; abundant rolling of each layer of
stone as laid; little or no clay for
"binding' purposes; and a complete
system OF care and repair, which in
wolves the constant employment of a
suitable force of men to keep roads
clean, fill up the smallest ruts as they
appear, and regular sprinkling in dry
weather.-Good Roads.
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with him, and as the habit of tragical
adventures had worn off almost all my
terror for the dead, took him by the
waist as if he had been sack of bran
and, with one good heave, tumbled him
overheard. He went in with sounding
plunge, the red cap came off and re-
manned floating on the surface, and as
soon as the splash subsidized could see
him and Israel lying side by side, both
wavering with the tremulous movement
of the water. O'Brien, though still
quite a young man. was very bald.
There he lay, with that bald head
across the knees of the man who had
killed him and the quick fishes steering
to and fro over both.
was now alone upon the ship; the
tide had just turned. The sun was
within so few degrees of setting that
| already the shadow of the pines upon
the western shore began to reach right
across the anchorage and fall in pat
terms on the deck. The evening breeze
had sprung up, and though it was we'll
warded off by the hill with the two
peaks upon the east, the cordage had be-
gun to sing little softly to itself and
the idle sails to rattle to and fro.
I began to see danger to the ship.
The jibs speedily doused and brought
tumbling to the deck; but the mainsail
was harder matter. Of course, when
the schooner canted over the boom had
swung cupboard and the cap of it and
foot or two ofgSail hung even under
water. Ithdughs s6is ma de it still more
dangerous; yet the strain was so heavy
that 1 half feared to NEEDLE. At last
I got my knife and cut the halyardy.
The peak dropped instantly, a great
belly of loose canvas f1oated broad upon
the water, and since, pull as I liked, I
could not bulge the downhaul, that
was the extent of what could accom-
plish. For the rest, the "Hispaniola"
must trust to luck, like myself.
By this time the whole anchorage had
fallen into shadow-the last rays, re-
member, falling through a glade of the
wood and shining, bright as jewels, on
the flowery mantle of the wreck. 1t
began to be chill, the tide was rapidly
HSCI1uS oSdNal u, LAlC SCuOOucI ScUC1luS
more and more on her beam-ends.
scrambled forward and looked over.
1t seemed shallow enough and, holding
the cut Aawser in both hands for last
security, let myself drop softly over
board. The water scarcely reached my
waist, the sand was firm and covered
with ripple marks, and waded ashore
in great spirits, leaving the "Hispani-
ing wide upon the surface of the bay.
About the same time the sun went fair
ly down and the breeze whistled low in
the dusk among the tossing pines.
AT least, and at last, I was off the
sea, nor had returned thence empty
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PART v.
CHAPTER XXvI.-CoNT1NurD.

We were both of us capsized in Sec
ond. and both of us rolled, almost to-
gether, into the scuppers, the dead red
cap, with his arms still spread out,
tumbling stiffly after us. So near were
we, indeed, that my head came against
the cockswain's foot with crack that
made my teeth rattle. Blow and all,
l was the first afoot again, for Hands
had got involved with the dead body.
The sudden canting of the ship had
made the deck no place for running
on; had to find some new way of es-
cape, and that upon the instant, for
my foe was almost touching me.
Quick as thought I sprang into the
mizzen shrouds, ratified up hand over
hand, and did not draw breath till
l was seated on the cross-trees.
had been saved by being prompt;
the dirk had struck not half foot be-
low me. as pursued my upward flight;
and there stood Israel Hands with his
mouth open and face upturned to mine,
a perfect statue of surprise and Gisap-
pointment.
Now that I had a moment to my.
self. lost no time in changing the
printing of my pistol, and then, having
one ready for service, and to make as
surance doubly sure, 1 proceeded to
draw the load of the other and re-
charge it afresh from the beginning.
My new employment struck Hands
all of heap;. he began to see the dice
going against him; and after an OBJ
vious hesitation, he again hauled him.
self heavily into the shrouds, and, with
dirk in his teeth, began slowly and pain.
fully to mount. It cost him no end
of time and groans to haul his wounded
leg behind him, and had quietly fin
ished my arrangements before he was
much more than third of the way up.
Then, with a pistol in either hand,
addressed him.
Zone more step, Mr.. Hands," said I,
land I'll blow your brains out! Dead
men don't bite, you know" I added,
with chuckle.
He stopped instantly. could see by
the workings of his face that he was
trying to think, and the process was
so slow and laborious that, in my new
found security, l laughed aloud. At
last, with a swallow or two, he spoke,
his face still wearing the same express
sion of extreme perplexity. In order
to speak he had to take the dagger
from his mouth, but in all else he re-
manned unmoved.
"Jim," says he, II reckon we're
fouled, you and me, and We'll have to
sign articles. I'd have had you but for
that there lurch; but don't have no
luck, not L; and reckon I'll have to
strike, which comes hard, you see, for
master mariner to u ships younker
like you, jim"
Twas drinking in his words and smil-
ing away, as conceited as q cock upon
a walk, when, all in breath, back went
his right hand over his shoulder. Some
thing sung like an arrow through the
air, I felt a blow and then a sharp
pang, and there was pinned by the
shoulder to the mast. In the horrid
pain and surprise of the moment-I
scarce can say it was by my own Volt
ton, and am sure it was without q
conscious aim-both my pistols went
off. and both escaped out of my hands.
They did not fall alone; with choked
cry the coclswain loosed his grasp upon
the shrouds and plunged head first into
the water.
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Dying Thoughts of the Man Whom
Europe Feared.

Dying Thoughts Of the Man Whom
Europe Feared.
On his death bed Napoleon expressed
his conviction that England would end
like the proud republic of Venice.
With perfect composure, he gave his
last directions: II desire that you will
take my heart, put it in spirits of wine
and carry it to Parma to my dear Maria
Louise; you will tell her that l never
ceased to love her, and relate to her
every particular respecting my death
upon this miserable and dreary rock.
You will tell my mother and family that
the great Napoleon expired in the most
deplorable state, deprived of everything,
abandoned to himself and to his glory,
and that he bequeathed with his dying
breath to ull the reigning families Of
Europe, the horror and opprobrium Of
his DEATH"
The second codicil of his will con-
tanned the direction, which was after
ward complied with: 1T is my wish
that my ashes may repose on the banks
OF the Seine, in the midst Of the French
people whom love so WE'LL"
On the 5th of May, 1921, he who had
for years kept all Europe in a state Of
feverish excitement, terminated his
earthly career.
After lying in state two days, the
body was deposited in coffin composed
first of tin lined with white satin, which
having been soldered, was enclosed in
another of mahogany, a third of lead,
and the whole in a fourth Of
mahogany, secured with iron screws.
After the ceremony, an enormous
stone was lowered over the body,
resting on o stone wall so as to escape
the coffin.
On the 18th of May Louis-Philippe
commanded that the ashes of Napoleon
be conveyed to France. In his COM
munication he said: "Henceforth
France, alone, will possess all that re-
mains of Napoleon; his tomb, like his
fame, will belong to none but his coun-
try"
At II o'clock December IS, the first
cannon was heard announcing that the
remains of the emperor had reached
French ground. Amid the vast as
semblage the body was borne by "a sea-
men to it's last resting place in the Hotel
DIES Invalides.
So closed the eventful career of the
great Napoleon, whose memory can
| only perish with the records of the
| world.-DetrOit Free Press.
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handed. There lay the schooner, clear
at last from buccaneers and ready for
our own men to board and get to sea
again. had nothing nearer my fancy
than to get home to the stockade and
boast of my achievements. Possibly l
might be blamed a bit for my truantry,
but the recapture of the "Hispaniola"
was clinching answer, and hoped
that even Capt. Smollett would con-
fess had not lost my time.
So thinking, and in famous spirits, I
began to set my face homeward for the
block-house and my companions. Ire
membercd that the most easterly of the
rivers which drain into Capt. Kidd s
anchorage ran from the two-peaked hill
upon my left, and I bent my course
in that direction that might pass the
stream while it was small. The wood
was pretty open, and, keeping along
the lower spurs, soon turned the cor
ner of that hill, and not long after
waded to the mid-calf across the water
course.
This brought me near to where I en-
countered Ben Gum, the maroon, and !
walked more circumspectly, keeping
an eye on every side. The dusk had
come nigh hand completely, and, as l
| opened out the cleft between the two
peaks, became aware of waver-
ing glow against the sky, where, as 1
judged, the man of the island was cook
ing his supper before a roaring fire.
And yet wondered, in my heart, that
he should show himself so careless.
For if could see this radiance, might
it not reach the eye of Silver himself
where he camped upon the shore
among the marshes ?43E~ So
Gradually the night fell blacker; it
was all I could do to guide my.
self even roughly toward my des-
tination; the double hill behind me
and the Spy-glass on my RICH:
hand doomed faint and fainter;
the stars were few and pale; and in
the low ground where wandered
kept tripping among the bushes and
rolling into sandy pits.
Suddenly kind Of brightness fell
about me. I looked up; a pale glim-
mer of moonbeams had alighted on the
summit of the Spy-glass, and soon aft
er I saw something broad and silvery
moving low down behind the trees
and knew the moon had risen.
With this to help me I passed rapid
ly over what remained to me of my
journey; and, sometimes walking
sometimes running, impatiently drew
near to the stockade. Yet, as I began
to thread the grove that lies before it
I was not so thoughtless but that
Stacked my pace and went trifle war
lily. It would have been poor end tc
my adventures to get shot down by
my own party in mistake.
The moon was climbing higher and
higher; its light began to fall here and
there in masses through the more
open districts of the wood, and right in
front of me glow of a different color
appeared among the trees. 1t was rec
and hot, and now and again it was &
little darkened-as it were the embers
OF bonfire smoldering.
For the life of me could net think
what it might be-
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The Wood Pulp Industry,

It is estimated that 5000 to 1000 cords
of pulp wood day enter into the manu-.
facture of paper in the United States.
At the minimum, 5000 cords, the total
for q year would be the enormous
amount of 100000 cords. It is safe to
call it 100000. If this wood were piled
in one continuous string it would make
wall four feet wide and four feet high
little over 1915 miles III length. 1t
can be seen what prodigious thing the
wood pulp industry is, and at what a
tremendous rate it is devouring trees,
mainly spruce. Yet all this wood il
converted into paper, which, after BE-
ing used, vanishes from sight in few
days and goes back to dust, out OF which
element the trees grow.