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ea1~Asoo Il Romance Of nte Spanish 7zaiS q >A(E,
CAPTAIN BLOOD -;
InS Dir RAFAEL SABATINI -
SYNOPSIS.

Peter Blood, a goang Irish phg-
siciGsl, s0ho had taken up his resi-
demcs IN Bridgea0ater after gears
spent in the a0Grs on the continent.
although he is in has early thirties,
Is summoned By jeremiah Pitt to
treat Lord GiIdoy aVho has been
qOounded IN the battle betWeeB the
Duke Of Monmolttb's FOLLOWERS and
the loyolists at Oglethorpe's Farm.
Bleed tEs,sGs His LcYdship IN the
home of a yeonan, Bagnes. He
treats the l0ound and the Kings
soldiers under brutal Captain Hoo
bart take possession of the house
and threaten Immediate hanging
for the inmates l0hom he designGtes
as rebels. Blood pleads that IN
Christian countries Christian men
do not make qCGr upon the 1vounded
nor those q0ho give them saccors
Hobart declares that there are gall
lo9Us on the road and those present
qVill decorate them. Hobart de-
maands the name of the impairment
medicus and qVhen Peter Blood re-
UeGIs himself the British captain
recognizes him as one iUhona he had
knoUn in Tangiers. Blood sGVes
the Iives Of Pitt and Bagnes for
the time By has cleVer aOit and Lord
Gildoy is carried ont on dGy-bed
to prison. Blood, Pitt and Baynes
are also bound and placed u1ader
arrest as rebels.
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cHAprER III
THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

1t was not until two months later,
on the 18th of September, that
Peter Blood was brought to trial
at Taunton Castle upon a charge
of high treason. The hall, even to
the EalIeries-tAronged with spec
tators, most of whom were ladies'
was hung in scarlet. At the upper
end, on raised dais, sat the Lords
Commissioners the five judges in
their scarlet robes and heavy dark
periwigs, Baron Jeffreys of Wem
enthroned in the middle place.
From Baynes, who pleaded not
guilty, the clerk passed on to Pitt.
who boldly owned his guilt. The
Lord Chief Justice stirred at that.
The only witness called for the
King was Captain Hobart. He testi-
fed briskly to the manner in which
ne had found and taken the three
prisoners, together with Lord Gill
doy. Upon the orders or his colonel
he would have hanged Pitt out of
hand, but was restrained by the
lies of the prisoner Blood, who led
him to believe that Pitt was a peer
OF the realm and person OF con-
sideration. And it was upon this
fiimsy evidence that the three men
were sentenced to death for high
treason.
The tribulations with which
Peter Blood was visited as result
of his errand OF mercy to Ogle-
thorpe's Farm contained two sour
ees Of thankfulness: one that he
was tried at all; the other that his
trial took place on the 18th of
September. Until the 18th, the
sentences passed by sthe court of
the Lords Commissioners had been
carried out literally and expedl-
tiously. But on the morning OF the
18th there arrived at Taunton
courier from Lord Sunderland, the
Secretary OF State, with letter
for Lord Jeffreys wherein he was
informed that His Majesty had
been graciously pleased to COM
mand shat eleven hundred rebels
should be furnished for transporta-
tlon to some of His Majesty's south
ern plantations, Jamaica, Barbados,
or any OF the Leeward Islands.
This command was not dictated
by mercy. Slaves we're urgently
required in the plantations. A thou
sand prisoners were to be distrib-
uted among some eight courtiers-
these prisoners were to be kept
there for the space of ten years
before being restored to liberty.
the parties to whom they were as
signed entering into security to
see that transportation was imme-
dlately effected. Thus it happened
that Peter Blood, and with him
Jeremy Pitt and Andrew Baynes.
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poundsf 1t isn't half VIA. mean,
to ask for him"
1T is double what / had meant
to give" grunted the Colonel They
bargained and Pitt was taken at
twenty pounds.
Peter Blood lost himself in un
profitable specuIations. He was ia
no mood for conversation, nor was
Pitt, who stood dumbly at his side.
To Pitt, this separation was the
poignant climax of all his suffer
ings. Blood noticed that the girl
was speaking to Bishop, and point.
ing up the line with silver-hilted
riding-whip she carried. Then slow
ly, they came until the Colonel wag
abreast Of Blood. He would have
passed on, but that the lady tapped
his arm with her whip.
But this is the man | meant"
she said.
This one? Bah! A bag of bones.
What should | do with him?"
He was turning away when Cap
tain Gardner interposed.
He may be lean. but he's tough;
tough and healthy When half of
them was sick and the other half
sickening, this rogue kept his legs
and doctoved his fellows. Say ff-
teen pounds for him, Colonel,
That's cheap enough"
Confined in our next issue).
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CHAPTER w
THE SLAVE MARKET

Towards the middle of December
the Jamaica Merchant dropped
anchor in Carlisle Bay. and put
ashore the forty-two surviving re-
bels-convict. They beheld a town
of sufficiently imposing proportions,
A fort guarded the entrance OF
the wide harbour, with guns thrust
ing their muzzles between the
crenels, and the wide facade OF
Government House revealed itself
dominantly placed on a gentle hill
above the town. On a wide cobbled
space on the sea front they found
a guard OF relocated militia drawn
up to receive them.
To inspect them came Governor
Steed. After him, in the uniform
Of a colonel of the Barbados Militia,
rolled tall, corpulent man who
lowered head and shoulders above
the Governor, with malevolence
plainly written on his enormous
yellowish countenance. At his side,
and contrasting oddly with his
grossness, moving with an easy
stripping grace, came a slight young
lady in a modish riding gown. The
broad brim Of grey hat with q
scarlet sweep Of ostrich plume
shaded an oval face upon which the
climate Of the Tropio of Cancer
had made no impression, so del,
icately fair was its complexion.
Ringlets Of redbrown hair hung
to her shoulders.
Peter Blood caught himself star
ting in a sort Of amazement at thai
piquant s1ace, which seemed here
so out of place, and finding his
stare returned, he shifted uncom
fortably. He was in no case for
inspection by such dainty eyes as
these. Nevertheless, they continued
to inspect him with ropnd-eyed, al
most childlike wonder ana pity.
Their owner touched the scarlet
sleeve Of her companion. The
Colonel plainly gave her no more
than the half Of his attention, His
little beady eyes were fixed upon
fair-haired, sturdy young Pitt, who
was standing beside Blood. The
Governor had also come to a halt.
MY dear Colonel Bishop, it is
for you to take first choice and at
your own price, After that wen
send the rest to auction"
Colonel Bishop nodded his &C,
Acknowledgement and advanced alone
towards the rebels-conyict. Before
the young Somersetshire ship.
master he came to a halt, and stood
an instant bordering him.
Fifteen pounds for this one"
The master Of the convict ship
made. a face of dismay. Fifteen
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Study and Problems Of W. M Il
Work. by Mrs. G. f. Carter.
Hymn, "come Women Wide Pro-
claim"
1900. ADDRESS, Miss Laura Lee
Patrick. 0
1885. Special music, Miss Ion.
Use Thayer; Appointment of com.
mittees; Announcements.
12:45. Closing prayer.
NOON HOUR.
200. Hymn, "How Firm =
Foundation; Fulfillment promises
(memory verses; Sentence" nrav
ers; Reading of message from NJ
W. J. Neel, by Mrs. Parker; Read.
ing of Message from DR.. Scarbor
ough, by Mrs. T. A. Tarrier. Re-
port of Home Mission, Mrs. Alton
Carter; Report Of Foreign Missions
Mrs. H. S. Speer.
800. Young Peoples leader
presiding. Report of Encampment
by Mrs. H. ]. Johnston; "a Message
from Foreign Missionary" BY Miss
Gladys Goodman; Report of Blpa
Ridge Assembly, Mrs. F. Jennings.
Demonstration by Sunbeams, Ella.
vile; Announcements.
400. Closing.
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More sad words of tongue and pen
"Darned old schools started again. y
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Thursday in Americas on business
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Ga;{QA19

Mrs. Sam 'Clegg has returned
from Asheyille, n c., where she
spent several week delightfully."-.
Mrs. Cliff Williams has returned
from Hampton where she was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. James L.
Henderson.
Mrs. India P. Fulton, of Shellman
lis the guest of her daughter, Mrs
S. I. Saunders, at her home on East
Church street.
DIR. and Mrs. J. R. Jordan, OF
Ellaville were among the out-of-
town guests from Ellaville attend.
ing the Crisp Convention Wednes-
day.
Judge and Mrs. r. c. Bell, Of
Cairo, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Burke, Wednesday at their
home on South Lee street.
o. G. Goodwin, of Valdosta, spent
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0. G. Goodwin, of Valdosta, spent
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AN ExHILARATING EFFECT

A bottle of Herbfne on the shelf at
home is like having a doctor in the house
all the time. 1t gives instant relief when
the digestion gets out Of order or the
bowels fail to act. One or two doses il
all that is necessary to start things NOV
ing and restore that fine feeling Of exbil.
aration and buoyancy of spirits which be.
longs only to perfect health, PRICE Coz.
Sold by
Americas Drug Co.
Carswell Drug Co.
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HARRIET BURKE CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY WITH PARTY

/ BIRTHDAY With FANt
Lovely in every detail was the
birthday party at which little Miss
Harriet Burke was dainty hostess
Wednesday afternoon, at the home
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Burke, on Lee street.
celebrating her fifth birthday ami
versary.
Throughout the reception rooms
and spacious front porch where the
guests were received quantities 81
beautiful asters in shades of laven-
der ana pink, effectively combined
with digitalis and coral vine, filled
wicker baskets and wall vases. In
the dining room an attractive yell
low note was carried out with hand
some marigolds, golden glow and
zinnias. In the center of the table
was a beautifully embossed birth
day cake, holding five tiny yellow
candles held in yellow rosebuds
/ Encircling this were silver candle
sticks holding yellow unsbsded tap
ers.
During the afternoon many inter
esting childhood games were PLAYED
on the lawn and front porch, and ar
| attractively decorated basket hello
favors for each little boy and girl
for which they drew for and eacE
guest was given a gayiy colore@
| paper cap. Late in the Afternoon
| delicious ice cream and cake anc
candy were served.
The young hostess received hel
guests wearing dainty frock o.
| flesh organdie trimmed with mar
row cream lace and French rose
buds.
The Invitation list included
Martha Virginia Eldridge, Margaret
| Moore, Katherine Moore, Corrinnc
Heys, Billy Heys, Henrietta Glover
I Webster Wagonon, Rosemary Fay
Mary Eliza Hoist, Josephine Easter
J lin, Carolyn Crockett, Stuart Crock
! EFT, Earl Bell, Elizabeth Mathis
Cleve Tillman, Walter Brown, jane
Luthey, Jane Ship, John Head
Elizabeth Worthy, Ruth Eldridge
Callie Bell Webb, Billy Caye, Wal
ter Rylander, Johnny Ansley, jim
ME Ferguson, Ida Mae Tyson, Wylic
Claire Lee, Dudley Gatewood, Bet
| ty Brinson, DaRcey Walters, FREQ
! Turpin, Quimby Melton, Billy Cobb
Preston Cobb, Lovelace Eve
! Lochlin Eve, Elizabeth Williams
| Georgia Lane, Dick Simpson, Wal
ter Dixon, Mary Helen Johnson
Mary Lee Smith, Charles Ernest
Ora Ernest, Walter Blair Mayes
| Flora Christian, Sara Frances
Ahern, Riley McMath, Taylor Lewis
Eula FELTON, Council, Emmett Sher
lock, Suszanne Sherlock, and Char
line Burke.
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LEE STREET CHURCH
CIRCLE MEETS FRIDAY

A meeting of the Lee Strees
Church Circle will be held Friday
afternoon with Mrs. j. B. Ansley,
at four o'clock at her home on South
Lee street.
All ladies of the Lee Street
Church are urgently requested 70
attend.
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,1B i'rf u S

Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Hender-
son, of Hampton, announced the
birth of a son, September 18th, who
will be called James Lamar Hen
derson. Mrs. Henderson is pleasant
ly remembered by her many friends
in Americas as Miss Elmer Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. I. Saunders an
nounced the birth of a son, Sep.
TENDER 18th, at their home SOB East
Church street, has been given the
name of Fred Bradley Saunders.
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were conveyed to Bristol and there
shipped with some fifty others
aboard the Jamaica Merchant
Eleven died, and amongst these
was the yeoman from Oglethorpe's
Farm.
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Jimmie Ford, of Cincinnati, spent
Thursday in Americas, looking af-
ter business matters.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
BESSEMER LEGION TEAM TRIMS
IRON MOUNTAIN
Psss and Forty-yard Run in the
Second Quarter Gives Bessemer
Lone Touchdown.

The Bessemer Legion football
team defeated Iron Mountain in the
game at Bessemer Sunday Z to 0.
Bessemer found Iron Mountain a
stronger proposition than expected
The visitors threatened to score a
number of times but lacked the
punch to deliver the final blow
The teams played on even terms
in the first quarter, the hall see
saving back and forth on the wet
field.
Toward the latter part of the
second quarter Besscmer scored the
lone touchdown and kicked goal.
Gotta threw pass to Peter
Contratto who carried the ball for a
distance of about 40 yards for a
touchdown
In the third and last quarters
Bessemer seemed content to play
safe, not taking any chances on
account of the slippery condition Of
the bah and the field.
Despite the threatening weather a
crowd of more than thousand
persons witnessed the contest. The
grass covered field was slippery as
a result of rain in the forenoon and
during the game a slight rain fell.
BesSemer and Stambaugh will
play at Stamhaugh tomorrow
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
HURLEY HIGH ELEVEN PLAYS
AT BESSEMER
Coach Melvin's Warriors VIII &c
Into Action For the Second
Game of the Season.

The Hurley High school football
team will lock horns with the
Bessemer Highs Saturday afternoon,
the game to be played at the Gogebic
county seat.
1t will be the second game Of the
season for both teams. The Bess-
emer eleven opened the season last
Saturday and suffered defeat at
the hands Of Iron River 13 to 0. Two
weeks ago Hurley and St. Ambrose
played to a scorelcss tie, The
Hurley eleven was idle last Saturday.
Since the St. Ambrose game the
Hurley team has had two weeks of
practice under Coach Melvin and
may be expected to furnish stiff
opposition against Bessemer. The
rivalry between the teams is keen.
Last year the teams played to a
scoreless tie
The Hurley Highs viii wear the
new suits furnished them by the
board this week for the first time in
the game with Bessemer.
On Saturday, October 4, the
Wakefield High school team will
! play at Hurley.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
UNION LEADER SAYS BUSINESS
ON UPGRADE
President of Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Engineers Has
His Own Reasons.

Business is on the upgrade after
a depression Of three months, ac-
cording to D. B. Robertson, president
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen. Robert
sons barometer of bus ness condi-
tions is the shifting number of
members in the brotherhood.
when production falls off and in
dustry slackens, our membership de-
creases, because there is less ship
ping and fewer train hauls and fewer
firemen are needed" he said.
During the last three months
there has been a steady slackening
of industry. In July our member
ship went down to 10000 Business
now is on the upgrade and in the
last few weeks our membership has
gone up to $4,000.
81 predict a further increase in
the volume of business, especially
in the agricultural regions" he said.
And while on the subject of agri-
culture, Robertson took a crack at
the present administration and drltt-
ed into a discussion Of politics.
Commenting on the recent price
increase in farm products, Robert
son said big business put the pri
ces up 1t was purely politica
expediency to win farmer votes foi
the present administration" h'
declared.
"The methods whereby the prices
were boosted prove the farmer coulC
have been relieved months ago il
big business had so desired. Thu
increase was a last resort to VIII
votes"
Robertson said the brotherhood b!
convention action was affiliated will
the Conference for Progressive Pc
itical Action and was actively sup
porting Robert M. La Toilette 10
president. NJ
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
Ironwood and Duluth Battle to a.
Scoreless Tie.

The irouwood Legion football
eleven and the Kelley-Duuths
battled in a sea of mud at Duluth
Sunday to a scoreless tie
Despite the fact that the Duluth
aggregation was bolstered for the
occasion they were unable 70 over
come the stiff front put up by
Ironwooi and many fans contend
that lronwood outplayed Duluth.
but on account Of the condition Of
the field and the ball were unable to
score.
Hundreds of fans made the trip to
Duluth on the special train that was
run from North Ironwood, while
hundreds more motored to the scene
of the fray Those who motored
found it hard going in the clay sec
tions made slippery by the rain and
a number Of ears came to grief in the
ditch
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
Mourned As Dead.

The parents of Richard Loeb, SEN
fenced with Nathan Leopold in Chi
cago to life imprisonment FOR the
murder of little Robert Franks. are
reported in news dispatches to mourn
their son as dead.
He has gone from them forever.
Though he does not have to suffer
the physical pain or the horror of
knowing that he must die on the
gallows, this young intellectual
faces a bleak life ahead.
But was not he-and Leopold too,
practically dead so far as his parents
were concerned before being arrest
ed for the brutal Staying of an
innocent boy?
Everyone sympathizes with these
parents, and yet wonders if they
really knew anything about thor
boys, who their associates were or
how they spent their time
But were the Loebs and Leopolds
vastly different from the average
modern parents? How much time
do they give their children?
It's a dangerous system-raising
children by proxy, and so many par
ents discover it too late, to their
sorrow
There are some things that money
won't buy There are some things
that you can't employ other people
TO do
There are some relationships in life
that can't be evaded: they must be
assumed or allowed to so by default.
All Of the genius and wealth on
earth can not provide a substitute
for the responsibility Of parents for
their children.
If the press Of social engagements
or business crowds ort the time to
which children are entitled, the price
can't be paid with money or position
in life.
It's too big.-Ex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
POLITICAL REFLECTIONS

am sitting, worn and weary, in
my cottage by the sea; and my
eyes are wan and bleary hard il
is for me to see; not a thing that's
bright and cheerful brings a pang
of JOY to me. Party platforms I've
been reading, full of words that
mean just nix; | have heard the
earnest pleading of spellbinders
twelve or six to the voting public
feeding campaign dope that fails
to mix. Words are empty things,
I'm thinking. and they bring no
sweet relief to the mortals who are
sinking meath a load of hard-time
grief. who for years of toll and
swinking know no rest however
brief. Time there was when people
listed to the campaign spieler's
bunk. swallowed all his logic twisted
and each promise raw and punk; but
today they have him listed with the
other useless junk. As | sit. my
either stunning. | can hear from
near and far rumbles of q day that's
coming echoes Of a mighty jar, that
will send the grafters cumming
whore the down-and-outers are.
Those whove double crossed the
voters will be knocked from off their
perch and with other lame-duck
floaters will be sadly in the lurch,
forced to live on kiln-dried bloasters
or the garbage cans To Searrh For
4 time the grafters flourish, like a
bay tree green and fair aud the
pleasant thought they nourish that
they'll live forever there-then the
voters with a flourish soak EN- just
beneath the hair.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-27
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1924
On Being Thrifty.

It is often said Of a person that he
or she is thrifty. Immediately we
think Of that person who makes good
use Of money and material possess
ions.
But that does not by any means
constitute all there is to thrift.
Conservation of our physical fore
es-health thrift-is just as essen
tial.
Forty-tw0 million gainfully en-
ployed men and women of the United
States lose the labor of one million
workers each year from sickness, a
loss equal to 30O,0OO,0OO working
days. annually.
1t has been computed that the
time lost every year to the nation
through sickness of its workers is
three times greater than all of the
working days gained annually
through immigration.
These million of days lost through
illness are in addition to 227 900
working days the United States de-
partment of agriculture estimates
are lost annually through industrial
accidents.
Statisticians have not been able to
check the dollars lost in wages an
nually because Of sickness, but mas
much as the wage loss from in
dustrial accidents exceeds $1,000
100000, the financial loss from sick
ness must be far in excess of that
sum.
Even health thrift is related to
financial thrift, because sickness
causes loss of time, which is worth
money.
Much i'll health is the result of
carelessncss. Guard the reservoir
of your physical strength as you
would your home or your life's
savings.
Men of strong vitality are tempted
to overdue because they are by ma
ture energetic An outstanding
American recently boosted that he
works almost continually, with this
exception of about four hours each
night when he sleeps.
There can be nothing but admira
ton for a man Of this sort, but soon
er or later nature will refuse to be
abused Collapse is inevitable anC
the mans usefulness will be over
years before it would have been, haC
he observed temperate habits.
When you think of thrift, think il
terms Of health as we'll as wealth
because there can be no real thrift
that does not include care of tn,
health-Ex.