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~ soon the wor passed ulong the
a,
Re eeeeememneny”
tore them, and, seizing a lantern, entered the
hole,
endeavoring to find the door, the sailors had
withdrawn a line of heavy bules of silk, leaving @
sort of tunnel round two sides of the st ong roon.
ew ay was ‘a most dangerous
one, 0s the surrot
iu ‘aces there nas HE sely roo
had cone their best to shore up the orzo;
fan’
come that they "bad 10 b e ea ried from the place
and taken upon dees be! ore they Fe
Fortunately for ithe im: prisvied One, the ship
was runnin fa gale, and there ‘was come
paratively ie relia Bo ‘oti
Tt was @ dark, horrible ho ole; iat et the young lady
never “for a moment hesitates t immediately
proceeded to examine the tater wall of ber lover's
prison. Ler presence stimulated the sailors to
periorm greater feats of strength than they bad
Fore atiempted, and bale alter bale was passed
sailor fashion,
en dreatnin ng?”
again "
door must be.
$oNier example, the men male faster progress
red sufficien
than ove Te fore be could get al
It was past noon when word was sent along the] It appeal ared” thi
tunnel | to the watchers on ‘teck that (hy y could see treasure was an
the corer of the r, and Captain Wells crawled
all over ove ert the ship ii i his anxicty to find the key of
the
The « sal lors were of steal that when the pirate
be bad tried bim below
ong-room, ha
piled the cargo own the ta chway, secured the
scuttle, and left his unfortunate victim to cie of
starvation,
But the imysters was, how had he contrived to
exist, even as long as he see! emed to bave
without air? That he could be alive when they
‘ot the first glimpse of the do or, no one but Miss
men
5
2e
ae
Be
BE
“Now, then, my lads,” she eried, unconsciously |4ad
imitating toe captain’s "words, ae ‘ew ww more bales
ve have
og
the back of the strong. room,” groanes ea ‘the eld
salt who figures in the openivg of this story.
“nN 1d idiot”? quickly re-
teted siiss tone Tho area d the effect of this
lanket” upon ber toiling assistants, “No
good? Why, it has to be done, my inant”
‘The old sailor, who had bravely done bis share
and more than once been squeezed nearly flat by
the « cargo looked at the lady for a moment, then
slow’
t's myself, as ap
Refreshed by the ‘pause aud Jaugh which followed
this speech, we me meu redoubled their ctorte, and
“The door is clear?
Gor axes and sledge-hammers were
down, and Captain Wells athe watches abov
could hear the gull thuds sas the blows rained hard
and fast upon the door
‘Suddenly came acry from the passages, £0 od
it was found t e pitching of tI had
caused t the cal uo to ae upon one ot ny oe orsy
who was stationed tere 10, pass along water and
send messages to t nh
Seizing a light, Mee bean narred to the spot, | prepared for s meh
and found that the man ba ht between Memianee, an
was quite safe, so long as the ‘pales did not shift
any further. "He was quickly rescued, but they
rep.
‘As she was turolng io the door, she happened
to cast her eyes above, when she noticed that
there was a hatchway right over tbe entrance to
Pili fe pon bale, the crew” srt in| Brower sat
forcing off the ‘atchway, which they
i foot of the cor eaeaeet and
favor.
down the hole, and exclai
“What a foot Ta exe mot fo tear wp the sato
‘here Do’ key lying about the hip
or
[saw a key on deck the day we boarded
#2? replied the otd salt, who had so
Tey g long pause, “T guess it was dked
he second ‘Dipperhale wes ttthe mainmast, star-
board si
Peeanila ‘Wells, who was so terribly bruised and
Jpaken by the accident of the previ 3 night—
sts looking have been heard all over 4
ot cree ing bia brol vie and other tet in-| I heard them 1” r
juries, V Well Mbbled teow, shout sbudder; eae at
miss! eke $1? And be| gularly enough, never
wae about t0 gescend dere s ierooin bateb, and | on board. Bul, thenk hea
Tory if the key would Gt, when the young lady
0
inj
Give it me! I mast b ibe the one to save him”
With trembling hands she approached the doer,
gon!
The Flag of
wi
crying:
TePon't touch me nowt Stand back, forthe
love of heaven, and give bim air !"” when the lock
suddenly yielded to ber frantic eho and tl
door, as tiowgh pressed from inward, flew open.
a lamp, the young lady was about. to
onich when her eyes encountered a terrible nt fo fee
At her tect, stark, bloody, and f fearful even in
death, s the bod: dy of a .
ther of m ere all go mad!” she cried.
“Tie Dipiti, the pira
~ As she said this, 2 “ecint moan came from the
notcbmne interior of the living tomb, and in an.
d a her
¢!
the room. ‘
SO waken, waken, oy darling | Tam here!”
she passionately exclaimed. ‘Lewis, dear love,
you are DI t dying —s0u, must not die, for you are
with your eMeltie now .
“Bring some randy auyicktey and remove this
carrion ea deck,” dizected Wel
They broug! cwrine 8 ons; ven wbe on Miss Deane
Lad diluted ond tasted ft, a8 though it were for ap
THE CHIMNEY ¢ CORN HER.
infant, she poured a few drops
her unconscious lover.
mee
fram’ ber; but no preiho
quired, tor when he ask
a
0, dear Lew
with you ‘now, dunn, Sand w
are Deane!” be murmured.
Hod
‘Gader her gentle care Captai
fernibly wounded, an
fe Catoutts, ‘ier ralinping
to take her out to-morrow evening, if pl
was unfortunate for him that be had not
that feeling, as it led to bi
Tn a and was a
HOW THREE KEPT A SECRET:
By tae Actuog or “Tae Horse witt AN L”
Captle ‘Brower, an
ceeded to plunder the
able to seize ©
y
3° Bro} ower genera wa} re
before the Aes ic *,! ite. str
hip.
oe red Up ater
i pron an
ares facts, Captain AW hie esked’ him to
“ What do you require
power for you, shi; ipinate,”
>
« Pipiti used to shout and sw
tbe sounds, passing tli
es! J detest Sour suns wo. misiead bim
to bulk the pirate’s rev Hosi
of giving the Virginia eld
being a haunted India trader
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mes <i
the widow" 5 Hee tkerehit when I went
“ TrEsDaY, Joly oat Je i thought it would be and begce:
0
he Pandkerebief, Teus. | tes, they "ete, 8o very wi
blu
“Res cally, it Mao | er her to consider hens elf a
was
the teatime a Fort McHlet es
ba
lonip road be has traveled, he de:
by the neck and hurled te the bottom again.