Arizona republican., 1899-02-10

might be rolling in a coach! If you had
 the pluck of a weevil in biscuit, you
 would catch them still"
 Hang it, Pew. we've got the doub-
 loons!" grumbled one.
 'They might have hid the blessed
 thing" said another. "Take the
 Georges, Pew, and don't stand here
 squalling."
 Squalling was the word for it. Pew's anger rose so high at these objections.
 till at last, his passion completely talk ing the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily or more than one.
 These, in their turn, cursed back at
 the blind miscreant, threatened him in horrid terms, and tried in vain to catch the stick and wrest it from his grasp.
 This quarrel was the saving of us; for while it was still raging, another sound came from the top of the hill on the side of the hamlet-the tramp of horses galloping. Almost at the same time a pistol shot, flash and re port, came from the hedge side. And that was plainly the last signal of danger; for the buccaneers turned at once and ran, separating in every di- rection, one seaward along the cove, one slant across the hill, and so on, so that in half q minute not sign of them remained but Pew. Him they had de serted, whether in sheer panic or out of revenge for his i'll words and blows, l know not; but there he remained be hind, tapping up and down the road in frenzy, and groping and calling for his comrades. Finally he took the wrong turn and ran q few steps past me, toward the hamlet crying:
 Johnny, Rack Dog, Dirk, and other names, you won't leave old Pew. mates-not old pew!"
 Just then the noise of horses topped the rise, and four or five riders came in sight in the moonlight and swept at full gallop down the slope.
 At this Pew saw his error, turned with a scream and 1cn straight for the ditch, into which l>5- rolled. But he was on his feet again in a second, and made another dash, now utterly be- wildered, right under the nearest of the coming horses.
 A14c 1iOCI IIIeC lO save s11lIQ, put vain. Down went Pew with q cry that rang high into the night; and the four hoofs trampled and spurned him and passed by He fell on his side, then gently collapsed upon his face, and moved no more.
 l leaped to my feet and hailed the riders. They were pulling up, at any rate, mortified at the accident; and 1 soon saw what they were One, tail ing out 'behind the rest, was lad that had gone from the hamlet to Dr. Live sey's; the rest were revenue officers, whom he had met by the way. and with whom he had had the intelligence to re- urn at once. Some news of the lugger in 1itt's Hole had found it's way to Su- )eryisor Dance, and sent him forth that light in our direction, and to that cir umstance my mother and 1 owe our preservation from death.
 Pew was dead, stone dead. As for ny mother, when we had carried her ID to the hamlet, little cold water md salts very soon brought her back again, and she was none the worse for Ter terror, though she still continued o deplore the balance of the money.
 In the meantime the supervisor rode )n, as fast as he could, to Kits Hole; put his men had to dismount and grope lown the dingle, leading, and some times supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when we got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still dose in. He hailed her. A voice re- piled, telling him to keep out of the or he would get some lead in him, and at the same time bullet whistled close by his arm. Soon after the luggcr doubled the point and dis appeared. MT. Dance stood there, as he said, Hike fish out of water" and III he could do was to dispatch a man to B. to warn the cutter. And that,'' said he, lis just about as good as nothing. They've got off clean, and there's an end. Only,'' he added, 'Tm for by this time he had heard my story.
 I went back with him to the Admiral Benbov, and you cannot imagine a house in such q state of smash; the rcry clock had been thrown down by hese fellows in their furious hunt after my mother and myself; and though nothing had actually been taken away except the captains money-bag and title silver from the till, I could see It once that we were ruined. NIT. Dance could make nothing of the scene.
 '3They got the money, you say? Well, then, Hawkins. what in fortune were they after? More money, I sup i 2ose?"
 No, sir; rot money, I think" replied [. Tn fact, sir. believe I have the hing in my breast-pocl1et; and, to tell you the truth, I should like to get it putin safety
 ITO be sure, boy; quite right" said 1e, ''FH take #, if you like"
 q thought perhaps Dr, Livesey-" I began.