put there for tome purpose. Would
you mind going forward and askiuy
Mr. Boyle to summon all hands ou
deck? He kuows exactly what to do.
Remember that I regard you and Miss
Max well as noncombatants and expect
you both to reiuaiu in the salon. If |
these painted devils really mean to ?t-|
tack, some of us will get hurt, and then
your services will be of greater value
than in (he lighting Hue. And if I do
not see Miss Maxwell before the trou
ble begins please tell her she need fear
BO alarm. We shall be able to beat off
our assailants with comparative ease."
When the captain of the Kansas
?poke like that, there was no gainsay
ing him. Even t'hristobal, whose jeal
ous suspicions were ever ready to burst
Into dame, was roused to enthusiasm
by his cool gallantry.
But ere the Spaniard turned to go a
disturbing thought forced Its way tc
bis lips.
"We have every confidence In you,"
he said, "and 1 admit that it should be
a simple matter to prevent the savages
from gaining the upi>er hand. Yet ac
cidents hapiien. Suppose they manage
to rush your defense'/"
"They will not do that while I and |
every other man on deck is alive. If
the worst comes to the worst, you
have a revolver"?
"Yes," said Christobal.
"It will suliice for two, but not for a
hundred."
The two men, united by the very
bond which threatened to bring them
Into antagonism, looked into each oth
er's eyes.
"Is that your last word?" asked
Christobal.
"It is."
"I feel sure that you are right. Good
by!"
They shook hands. They were near
er a real friendship then than either of
them thought possible, and the liond
which held them was love for the
same woman.
Courtency. using his glasses again,
caw that a n?*nber of Indians were
launching the canoes simultaneously.
He counted nine small craft, each
holding five or six men or men and
womeu. At the distance, nearly three
miles, he could not !>e certain whether
or not they al! wore the distinguishing
headdress of feathers. Against wind
and current they could not possibly
reach the ship under half au hour, and
the smallness of the tleet surprised
him.
The news that the Indians were ad
vancing ran through the ship like wild
fire. Including Mr. Boyle, Frascuelo
and those among the Chileans whose
wounds were not serious, there were
fourteen men available for the de
fense. Unfortunately the supply of
firearms was inadequate. A shotgun
and live revolvers constituted the ar
mory, and one of the pistols was in
Christol>al's pocket. The supply of
ammunition was so small that the re
volvers could not be reloaded more
than three times, but Courtenay had
200 shot cartridges, and against naked
men an ounce of shot is far more ef
fective than a bullet.
The captain hoped to terrify the In
dians before they attempted to scale
the ship's sides. If various ruses fail
ed ami the attack was pressed, he had
decided not to split up his small force
In the effort to repel boarders. A scat
tered resistance would surely break
down at one point or another: there
would be a rush of savages along the
decks, a panic among the Chileans, and
all would be ended. On the other hand,
when fighting collectively under Euro
pean leadership and well aware that
the Indians would kill and spare not,
the half breeds might be trusted to ac
quit themselves like men.
The canvas awning constituted a
flimsy citadel in the center of the ves
sel. Six men were stationed on the
starboard side of the promenade deck
and six on the port side. Tollemache
and a Chilean who said be could shoot
well were told to frustrate any at
tempt to climb the after part of the
ship, while Courtenay, with bis fowl
ing piece, would have the lion's share
of this work from the spar deck, as he
undertook to keep the rails clear for
ward and help the revolver practice If
necessary. With him was Suarez, who
knew what was expected of him, so
the language difficulty offered uo ai>
parent hindrance once the tight began.
Finally, if the Indians made good their
footing, the defenders were to rally to
ward the salon companion, where
eteara Jets were ready to spurt with
ering Masts along the corridors.
It was a good plan and might have
kept at bay an enemy of higher valor
than the Alaculofs, provided they were
not armed with rifles. Against mod
em weapons of long range nothing
could be done. If Suarez did not exag
gerate, therein lay the real danger.
Courtenay wished to make sure at the
outset of the number of guns carried
by the savages. It was also important
to know whether their marksmen were
distributed or crowded together In one
or two canoes. If the latter, he would
give those warriors his special atten
tion.
His binocular glasses were not strong
enough, so he walked back toward the
chart house to procure a telescope.
Catching Joey under his left arm, he
( imbed the short ladder leading tc
tiie spur deck and pulled It up after
t!m, the l>olts having l>ecn already re
moved to iieriuit of that being done
Walker was screwing tight the door
of the engine room in order to safe
guard the fireman In attendance on the
donkey lioiler. Now that the screw
driving was actually in operation It
very unpleasantly reminded Courte;iay
uf the fastening of a coffin lid. Xel
ther Walker nor the man Inside coulC
guess the grewsome notion which held
the raptaiti In its chilly grip for an in
stant Indeed, the engineer looked up
with a grin
"I suppose It's twue. sir. the-aw's
goln to l.<e a Sgbt"' he asked.
"There's a fair chance of one, Wul
ker."
Wulker winked ? u;:i:vi-tlvel. .
"That chup ltudue tliiu...; hc'ii out of
It," lie snid. -so ti.ut's u'l wij;bt.' Au '
energetic turn of tile screwdriver slynl-;
tied that the u':iu from Newcastle In-i 1 '
the opposite view. Much us he loved
his engine*, he preferred to lie on deck ,
when the trouble cauie.
It happened that during this slight
delay Courteuay glanced at the no:t'a
eru headland, w hich Klsle had hvivt
cued Cape Templar ow intc to the some
what remarkable profile o? a knight la!
armor offered by its se.i* ard crass.
Fossibly had he (tone straight to the
chart house he might not have noticed
a visual lire which was In full Matt
on the summit of the cliff. It had not
been many minutes in existence, and
it tui'uck him at once that it w as a ve-1
likle of communication between the
savages in the approaching canoes and I
others, yet invisible, who were expect
ed to share in the attack.
He was quick to perceive how seri
ously this new peril affected his calcu
lations. By the time the nine canoes
he had counted were alongside the ship
there might be dozens of others read}'
to help them, lie leaned over the rail.
"l>id you test those flexible pipes this
morning'.'" he inquired.
"Yes. sir. they aw* in line condition,"
said Walker.
"Try them again, w ill you? 1 want
to make sure. Our lives may depend
on them very soon."
He saw Suurez watching the oncom
ing canoes. By a touch on the shoulder
he called the man's attention to the
smoke signal on Cape Templar. A
voluble and perfervid explanation in
Spanish useless. Here arose the
unforeseen need of an Interpreter.
Without tro ubling to analyze his feel
ings Courteuay was glad of tint excuse
which presented itself of obtaining ?
momentary glimpse of Klsle.
"Bring the senorita," he said, and
Elsie, wondering why she had been
summoned from the salon, ran up the
bridge companion. Her face was
aglow with excitement, her heart going
pitapat. She hoped that Courtenay
meant to keep her near him during th
fight. She almost doubted ChrlstohaPs
statement that the captain had given
specific orders that she was to remain
in the salon. It was one tiling that
she should wish to avoid him, but why
should he wish to avoid her?
The Joy In her eyes died away when
she found that the captain merely vi
quired a translator. The restraint she
I TE- 3 I 1. i
He coiiyht her luintl am/ Untiled intn hi r
eyes.
imposed on herself made her tongue
trip. She had to ask Suarez to repeat
his statement twice l>efore she wa<
able to put it into English.
"lie says that the Indians only kin
dle n tire on that point when they
want the signal to l>e seen from the
sea." she explained at last. "They
used It once to his knowledge when
some of them had gone to the Island
out there to kill seals. He cannot guess
what it portends today, but he is quite
sure that they have many more canoes
at command than those which you now
see up the bay."
Courtenay could not fall to notice
her agitation. His quirk Intent was to
soothe her.
"I am afraid my sending for you in
such a hurry rather alarmed you. Sua
rez strikes me as a person of nerves.
He overrates the enemy, Miss Max
well. I think you know me well
enough to believe that I would not
mislead you, and I am quite in earnest
when I tell you that we shall drive off
these unfortunate wretches with com
parative ease. Why, I had it in my
heart to pity them a moment ago."
She was glad he misunderstood the
cause of her agitation.
"Suarez is certainly rather dramatic,"
she said, smiling wistfully. "1 or.
to have discounted his Spanish nv>lo
of address. But is It really necessary
that I should remain lielow?"
"It is. If shots are fired or stones j
slung at us, the chart house will prob
ably be hit. Ah. yes, I am sure you,
would risk that and more, lmt we n ny ?
sustain casualties, and Chrlstoba! oi:?'it
to have help. You see, I am rsking
yon to act the braver part."
He caught her hand and looked Into
her eyes. There are so many uiessares
that can be given iu that silent lan
guage. For a blissful moment El I"
forgot the other woman. Not until s'.ie.
had U'ft the bridge did she realise fiat
Courtenay, too. ciust have been e.,'.fil
ly forgetful. And tint was very <i.s
tre*i>i;ig botb for her auj the un .
1
?
known Hut here she vu face to face
with hliu and lu such cloee proximity
that she was unaccountably timid. 1
While her heart leaped Jn tumult, she
forced her lips to answer:
"Ton ure right. You are always
right. I was selfish In thinking that? |
that I?might"?
There w s a pitiful quivering iu the
corners of her mouth. Courtenay felt
her !\*r.l UvtnbV.
"P# a liruve girl, Elite," he murmur
ed. "Vou t.'Mst g.? now. II:> no fear.
We are in God's care. May his angels
watch over you!"
"But you-yon will not risk your life?
What shall we do if anything happens
to you'r"
She was strung to ihat tense pitch
when unguarded sjieech bubbles forth 1
the soul's secrets. All she knew was
that Courtenay was looking at her as a
man looks at the woman he loves. Nei
ther of them paid heed to the presence
of Suarei. For an Instant they had a
glimpse of heaven, but the curiously
harsh voice of the Spanish miner fell
on their ears, and they came back to
earth with a sudden drop.
"The Feathered People are singing
their war chant." he said, aud his ges
ture seemed to ask tlieiu to listen.
They started apart, and It was not El- j
sle alone who blushed. Courtenay
crimsoned beneath the tan on his face '
and pretended a mighty Interest Iu the
doings <if the savages. The girl re
covered her self control more rapidly j
She half whispered the meaning of tlie
miner's cry, whereon Courtenay tried
to laugh.
"They w ill be singing a dirge :oxt,"
said he. with a jaunty con '.nee.
"Now, Elsie, off with you! Be re I
shall come and tell you when y> may
apiiear on deck."
She hurried away. She re: !(ed
naught of the Alaculof chr. 'ige.
Though the raucous notes of the i le
less lay could lie heard plainly e rli,
they did not reach her ears. WIicm be
raced down the salon compaulo 'ie
found Christobal bending ovc ie
small ca*e of Instruments he a s
carried. He straightened himself ; His
neculiarlv stiff why
"What did the captain war' he
asked, with a suspicious peev ess
which for (nice detracted fr i Ills
habitual courtesy. The note ( f dis
trust jurred Klsie back into her ? crises.
"lie wished uie to translate Senor
Suaroz's explanation of another suioke
signal," she answered.
"lie told you himself, I suppose, that
he wished you to stay here."
"He did more. He drove me away."
"Against your will?"
"No. Am I not one of the ship's com
pany? Is he not the centurion? He
says to this woman, 'Go,' and she go
eth. nor does she stand upon the order
of her going. Oh, please don't look at
me as if I were cracked! Surely one
may mingle the Bible and Shakespeare
in an emergency."
"One may nlso tear linen sheets Into
strips." said Christobal gravely. El
sie's quip had saved the situation. He
attributed her flushed cheeks and spar
kling eyes to the fever of the threat
ened fight. She applied herself eager
ly to the task. Already the fume and
agony of vain regret were striving to
conquer the ecstasy which had flooded
her whole belnsr
(To Be Continued.)
RED HAIR A DISTINCTION.
Possessors of Such Hirsute Adorn
ment Always to Be Trusted.
Red hair is no disgrace?no, in
deed; it's a distinction. Anybody can
have black hair, and some people |
manage to get along with a little
sprinkling of flaxen mane. But it
takes a boy or girl out of the ordi
nary to wear a deep red shade and
live up to it. There is not a great
variety of shades in red hair. It does
not run from pink to crimson, and
contains no greens nor mauves. Red
is red, unless the girl has a lot of
money, and then, of course, it is
auburn.
But red hair has come into its '
own. Henner has made it famous 1
in his pictures. Titian appreciated
it hundreds of years ago, and today
the world takes notice of the red- 1
headed people, from Mrs. Leslie Car- 1
ter to the new Sultan of Turkey. 1
Judge Kyle, of Kansas City, dismiss- 1
ed a red-headed prisoner, telling him '
"Your red hair is your salvation."
In three years he has had only six '
redheaded men before him, and not '
one was found guilty.
Red hair usually goes with a bright '
mind and a vivacious temperament. '
They used to tell us that it also in
dicated a fiery temper, but we will (
leave that for the men with, red-head
ed wives to determine. Wasn't Hel- (
en of Troy red-headed? Well, she ^
held the palm for beauty until the
Baltimore girl was invented and the (
first crop of beach beauties was rais
ed on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. ^
If Theodore Roosevelt did not have (
red hair, It will be admitted that he '
made hundreds of the malefactors of
great wealth red-headed while he was ,
engaged in swatting the undesirable j j
citizen. ' j
You can trust a red-headed person 1 (
?you can trust them to do as they j |
please. They are rather warm to i
have around in summer, and there' (
are those who do not appreciate their j
peculiar style of beauty. But the red
headed girl is a winner?and the man '
who gets one will not be lonesome. (
He will soon find out whether he has 1
drawn a Titian-haired angel or a com-'
blnation of i cyclone and a sunset.? j
Baltimore Sun. j ]
beacon Dies in Church.
"And It doth not yet appear what
we shall bo, but we do know that we
shall be like Him, for we shall nee
Him as He Is."
Uttering these words, Cornelius It.
Moans, one of the best known color
ed men In the city, enued a talk
which he had been making in the
Sunday school of Seventh Street
Presbyterian church, colored, yester
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, and sat
down. A moment later he fell over
and was dead. Heart failure was
the cause. Considerable excitement
was caused by his speedy demise.
Cornelius was a deacon in the j
church and was about 60 years old.
?Charlotte Observer, July 5th. j
Five of Family Drowned.
Fort Collins, July 3.?Five of the j
seven members of the family of Geo.
Fuller, a farmer, were drowned in
reservoir No. 5, throe miles north
west of Wellington, Colo., while fish
ing late this afternoon.
Hypocrite in the Hereafter.
Dr. Madison C. Peters was discuss
ing the question, "Will the coming
man marry?" He instanced a certain
type of bachelor.
"This man," he said, "is a hypo
crite. He uses his religion as a
cloak."
"And what will he do in tho next
world, eh?' said the reporter.
"Oh," said Dr. Peters to a New
York Tribune man, "he won't need
any cloak there."
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East Carolina Teachers' Training
School. Official Announcement
Opens Oct. 5, 1909.
The Board of Trustees of the East
Carolina Teachers' Training School
takes great pleasure in announcing
to the public that Prof. Robt. H.
Wright has been chosen president of
the school, and that a complete corps
of first-class teachers has been asso
ciated with him.
The school will be opened on Tues
day, Oct. 5, 1909, for the reception
of students, and the president will
be inaugurated on Thursday, the
7th day of October, 1909, with ap
propriate ceremonies.
The buildings, six in number, are
new and beautiful. They are fully
equipped with steam heat, water,
electric lights, and all modern con
veniences, including complete laun
dry and refrigerator plants. The
sleeping rooms are furnished with i
single iron bedsteads, first-class mat- j
tresses, and other needful furniture. '
By order of the Hoard of Trustees j
East Carolina Teachers' Training ]
School, .1. Y. JOYNER, |
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For prospectus containing itemiz- |
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C. W. Wilson, Greenville, N. C.
RECEIVERS SALE OF REAL ES
TATE.
By virtue of authority contained
in an order of the Superior Court of
Johnston Cuonty, signed by his hon
or, Judge C. C. Lyon at May term,
1909, I, A. M. Noble, receiver of
The Holt Cotton Company will sell
it public auction for cash at me
court house door in Smithfleld on
Saturday, July 10, at 12 o'clock, the
following real estate of The Holt
Cotton Company.
One lot of land lying in the town
of Smithfleld, N. C., described as
follows: Beginning at the North
East corner of Broadway and Church
streets, and runs westwardly with the
line of Church street 300 feet to Rob
inson street; thence Southwardly
with the line of Robinson street 300
feet to Spring branch street; thence
?astwardly with Spring Branch St.
to the right of way of the A. C. L.
R. R. Co.; thence with the said
right of way of the A. C. L. R. R.
Co. and Broadway street to the be
ginning, containing 2 acres less that
[>art of the said block included in
the right of way being about M :
icre.
Also the following town lots to ]
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t>lock "M" In the town of Smith- j
field in the subdivision of the land j
of the East Carolina Land and Im
provement Co. and lots numbers 4,
>. 6, 7, and 8 in block "O" in the
subdivision of the land of the East
Carolina Land and Improvement Co.
June 7th, 1909.
A. M. NOBLE, Recelv
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