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j The Captain of f 1 the Kansas. \ 4 By LOUIS TRACY. ? ^ Author of "The Wing* of the MorninJ." 2 "The PilUr ol Light." Etc. 3 Ci^pyrIghtby KJwaril J. Clode. ^ CHAPTER XIX. THE events of the next hour were shadowy as the dawn to Elsie. She knew that her lov er placed men In each of the canoes, thut the lifeboat itself was crowded and that It liegan the seuwaril Journey after the others had started. They sped out of the twilight into the morning glory of the open ltay, and never a savage hoot dlsturlied the ech oes. Some of the Alaculofs had drag ged a couple of canoes from lieneath the trees and raced off toward the vil lage, others had followed a coast path known only to them, while if there were watchers by the side of that mysterious river which flowed both ways with the tide they kept a silent vigil, awed by the force arrayed Against them. As the lifeboat emerged int.' the estu ary under the vigorous sweep of six ash blades Elsie's wondering glance rested on the brown plumpness of a girl who was gazing at Sua re/, with ?wistful, glistening eyes, much as Joey was regarding his master. Courtena.v caught the happy little High, half laugh, half sob, with which Elsie announced her discovery of the Idyl In the canoe. , ''We owe a lot to that young per ?on," he said. "None of us could make out a word she uttered when first we saw her. She loses what small amount of Spanish she can speak when she becomes excited, and it was sheer good fortune that some of the tjgtsw were With her when she swung herself down the side of the cliff to warn ua of our danger; otherwise she might have been shot. I suppose Suarez told you what to expect?" "You might as well lie talking Alacu lof yourself for all I can follow what you are saying," murmured Elsie hap rlly. Whereupon Courtenay took thought and explained that the channel which flowed through that amaziug cut In the cliff led to the crater of an extinct volcano, into which the sea poured twenty feet of water each tide. An almost everlasting maelstrom raged Within, as the water entered by a side long channel and sent a whirlpool spin ning with the hands of the clock until the enormous cistern was full and Against them until it was empty. The Bailors had taken refuge on a wide. Sulphur coated ledge high above the vortex, and the presence of several skeletons showed that many an unfor tunate had sought a last shelter there against pursuit. Every Alaculof knew of this retreat, but few dared approach It, as the roar of the water far below appalled them. There was only one path. When the hunters closed that their prey was safe. The alternative to capture was death by starvation. The Chileans and he himself during the past fourteen hours had subsisted on a bag of dried I jerries stolen by the girl when slie first led the sailors thither. "Didn't you see how eager we all were to search the lockers'!'" lit asked. "But the rascals had cleared every scrap when the boat fell into their hands again with the falling tide." She nestled close to him. "I saw nothing," she whispered. "My mind held but one thought?that you were alive, though indeed I was mourning you as dead. But now I am restored to my senses. I think I can grasp what happened. Did Joey find you?" "Yes. You can guess my bewilder ment when he sprang on top of me. I was lying down. I heard our sen tries shouting, but paid no heed. As a matter of fact, Elsie, I, too, had abandoned hope. I could see no chance of escape. Great heaven?to think of your coming to my rescue! What made you do it?" "Please go on. Tell me all. You shall hear my story afterward." "Well, I jumped up, and Joey nearly fell into the crater with delight. I was just in time to save Suarez from being shot. Luckily he was a long way behind the dog, and I recognized bis makeup." Though Courtenay did not allow ten seconds to pass without a glance at the charming face by his side, he nev ertheless had a sharp eye for events elsewhere. lie saw smoke rising from the funnel of the ship. A line of flags dancing from the foremast told him that Boyle had discovered them as ?oon as they were clear of the deep Shadow of Ouanaco hill. But there were anxious moments yet in store. A fleet of canoes put off from Otter creek. There was every pros|>ect of a fight before they reached their fortress. They had a long two miles to travel, ami the Indians eould attack them ere they covered half the distance. A long blare from the ship's siren thrilled their hearts, but the excite ment became frantic when three short, sharp blasts followed, and every sailor knew that the chief officer had sig naled. "My engines are going full speed astern." That was a pardonable exaggera tion. but the Kansas was tertalnly moving. They eould see the white foam churned up by her propeller. With one accord "hey cheered madly, and the oars, double handed now, tore the llfetioiit onward a' a pace which outstripped even the shallow canoes. J hen the Indians did a wise thing. inev spared uiau.v ot their own lives and perchance others of greater value to the world by ceasing to paddle. The unlaokcd for interference of the great vessel was too much for them They merely stared auil cackled In amaze, while the small tlotillu dualled toward the towering Hack hull, and Boyle lowered the gangway in readiness to receive the captain. Ills l>ride elect and a good half of the passengers and crew. Courtenay lost not an Instant of fa voring tide and tine weather. When Boyle told him that Walker could work the engines under easy steam, he dashed up to the lirldge three steps at u time. With his band on the tele graph he superintended the hoisting on board of the lifeboat and two of the canoes, which he meant to carry away as trophies?be sure that Elsie's own special craft was one of them. Mean I while Boyle saw to the safe stowing In the remaining canoes of the wounded j Indians in the fore cabin, and n few | furnace bars attached to a rope an chored them in mldchaunel, whence their friends could bring them to shore I later. At last the captain of the Kansas had the supreme satisfaction of hear | lng the clang of the electric bell in the I engine room as he put the telegraph lever successively to "Stand by" and I "Slow ahead." Gradually the ship ! crept north, gaining way as the en gines increased their stroke and the full body of the ebb tide made its vol ume felt. Bound swung the Kansas to the west Just as the sun cleared the highest peuk of the unknown moun tains. How good it was to feel the steady thrust of the pistons, the long roll of the ship over the swell! But best of all was It to hear Elsie tell how Dr. Christobal had handed her a bulky packet, in which she found Courtenay's words of farewell, together with those wonderful letters which fate had held back from her twice already. They were only glowing epistles from the hundreds of passen gers on the Florida, but six of them were proposals from enthusiastic la dies, all well dowered and eager to give their charms and their cash to the safe keeping of the man who had saved their lives. It was with refer ence to some joking comment by Cour tenay on these missives that his sister wrote to congratulate him on having escaped matrimony under such condi tions. Long l>efore noon the Kansas clear ed White Horse island. Thenceforth the run was due south until eight bells, when for the second time within a fortnight the captain set the course south-40-east. Elsie noted that Count Edotiard de Toincllit dined with the rest, sitting beside Isobel. Courtenay put in an ap "M]i engines are going full ?peed astern." pearance later to partake of a hasty meal. He gave monsieur a black look, but of course, catching Elsie's eye in stantly, he meekly sat down and said nothing?nothing, that is, of an un pleasant nature. Crawling quietly into the strait of Magellan at daybreak, the ship put forth her best efforts in the run through the narrows. Passing Cape San Isidro, she signaled her name, and it was easy to see the commotion created by her appearance. A real furore began ?when she approached Sandy point. A steam launch puffed off hastily from the side of a Chilean warship, and the commander brought the news that he had been sent specially from Coronei to search the western coast line thor oughly for the Kansas. lie was about to return that day to report his failure to discover any trace of the missing vessel, and he I!.'toned in amaze while Christobal gave him a succinct history of the ship's doings. At the end Courtenay presented him with a photograph of Elsie's chart, to which many additions had l>een made by her under her lover's directions. The position of the shoal and of IMllar rock, together with the set of the tidal current, was clearly shown, and It is probable that Cood Ho|>e inlet, not withstanding its dangerous approach, will be thoroughly surveyed one of these days. Then perhaps more may be heard of those lumps of silver and CopjHT ore which the savages burled at the Kansas. The cruiser nurried away under forced draft to report from Coronei. the nearest cable station. Theuce she would go to Valparaiso, so she carried a sheaf of letters and one passenger, Frascuelo. Finding that he could uot execute the needed repairs at Sandy l>olnt. Courtenay decided to make for Montevideo, where he would lie iu tele graphic communication with Mr. Bar lug. tie wan fortunate in nuking a ; shipwrecked crew ou shore awaiting | transport to Kugluud. He secured n , full complement of officers ami engi neers, ami the Kansas reached the chief jmrt of Uruguay without any illf Uculty. A sack load of telegrams awaited the ship. The 1'hlleau man-of-war put Into Valparmiso, after calliug at Coronel, nearly three days liefore the Kausas dropped anchor ou the east coat; hence there was time for things to happen. | uud they seised the opportunity. The ; copper market had turned Itself luslde j out. The firm of Baring. Thompson, Miguel & Co. had rebounded Worn com ; punitive ruin to a stronger financial state than ever, and Seuor I'edro Yen tana, after shooting a man named Jose Auacleto. hail considerately shot himself. Evidently Frascuelo lost no time when he weut ashore. Mr. Bar ing, too. reported that the dyuamite j wrapper had lieen traced to Ventana's possession. When Isohel Baring heard this dual item site fainted so badly that !>r. Christolial thought It advisable she i should l>e taken to a hotel while the , ship remained in port, but she vetoed this proposal determinedly when she recovered her senses uiul straightway | confessed to Elsie that Ventana was j her husband. She had foolishly agreed j to marry him privately, and Aiiadeto had witnessed the ceremony. Within | a month she regretted her choice. There , were quarrel* and threats, t'ltlniately ! an agreement was made that they should separate. Her father knew and upproved of the arrangement. He could not afford to break openly wltl1 Ventana. and it must have been a dreadful shock to him when he learned that the scoundrel had plotted not only to destroy the ship, but to murder ills wife at the same time. "So. you see," she added, with a wan smile. "I did not give serious thought to your troubles, Elsie. Ventana could never have married you while 1 was alive." Elsie s cheeks reddened. "I never told you he asked me to marry him," she said. "It would have been Just the same had he done so. As it was, I feared the man. Now you know why I ran away from Chile. If I permitted another impression to ; prevail, I acted for the best. But the unhappy man is dead. Let us endeav or to forget him." "Ills memory haunts me with an en during curse!" cried Isobel bitterly. "Among my papers I had some letters of his, the marriage certilicate and his written promise not to molest me. On that awful night when the ship was : disabled I went to my cabin and se cured them, or thought 1 did. At any rate, I could not find them when we landed on White Horse island, and , from hints dropped by that wretched little adventurer De Poincilit 1 feel sure they have fallen into his hands. Believe me, Elsie, I was half mad when I helped him to steal the boat." 1 "Steal the boat! What boa{?" "Has not Captain Courtenay told you ?" "Not a word." "Ah, he is a true gentleman. But you forget. You heard what he said to De Poincilit before he went to the Uuan aco canyon?" "Yes: I did not understand. Oh, my poor Isobel, how you must have suf fered, while 1 have been so happy!" "If only I could recover my papers"? i "May I ask Arthur to help?" "He knows the worst of me already. One more shameful disclosure cannot add to my degradation." "Isobel, how little you know him!" Thus snoke Elsie after fourteen days. Tr there is much enlightenment in a hug! m. ie i omte Kaouara oe roinciiit, to his intense chagrin, found that a ship's captain has far reaching pow ers when he chooses to exert them. Ilather than enter a Montevidean jail, where people have died suddenly of nasty fevers, he not only restored the missing documents, but submitted to a close scrutiny of his own belongings, which resulted in the pleasing discov ery that he was not a French count, but a denizen of Martinique?most probably a defaulting valet or clerk. Xo one troubled to Inquire further about him. His passage money was refunded, and he was bundled ashore. Courtenay's view was that he had heard by some means of Isobel's In tended departure from Valparaiso and deemed It a good chance of winning her approval of his countship, seeing that such titles are not subjected to serious investigation in South America. Sua rez took his Fuegian bride up country, where Mr. Baring and Dr. Christobal established them on a small ranch. Isobel renewed her voyage some what chastened In spirit, but her vola tile nature soon survived the shocks It had received. By the time the Kansas put her ashore at Tilbury, to be clasped In the arms of a timid and tearful aunt, she was ready as ever for the campaign of irlory she had mapped out In London and Paris. Captain Courtenay, R. N., and his wife are not such distinguished j?er sonages, but their romance had a se quel worthy of Its unusual beginning. They were married quietly a week aft er the Kansas reached London. There was some war scare in full blast at the moment, and a lord of the admiralty who deigned to read the newspa|?ers thought It was a pity that a smart sailor should not risk his life for his country rather than In behalf of base commerce. So he looked up Courte nay's record and found that It was ex cellent. the young lieutenant's reason for resigning his commission l>elng the necessity of supporting his mother when her estate was swept away by a bank fal'uie. The seu lords made him a first rate offer of reinstatement In the service at a higher rank without any loss of seniority, and they went alK>ut the business with Sfich dignllicd ! leisure that I>r. Christobal had time toj niia out, tnroutfh meu whom ho could trust, that Kltle's small estate in Chile contained one of the richest mines in the country, lie secured u bid of many thousands of pouuds for it and advised Mrs. (,'ourteuay to accept half in cash and half in shares of the exploiting company. It was not unreasonable that <!ray should go back to Ohiie to take charge of Klsie's miu> aor that Mr. lloyle should tis-ome cnplaiu ami Walker chief engineer of tie Kansas, while Tollemache settled down in Kuglaud. THE Oil. The bamboo tree does not bloom until its thirtieth year. ? ? ? The area of Lake Superior is a bout equal to that of Ireland. WILL YOU need a new mower? Buy the Johnston. It is best. Cotter Stevens Co. COMMISSIONERS' SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. Bernioe Wood, Admr. of Junius Wood vs. S. W. McLamb. I5y virtue of authority contained : in a decree of the Superior Court of Johnston county entered at the May term. 1909, in the above entitled ac tion then and there pending and tried the undersigned commissioners there in and thereby appointed, will, on Monday the 6th day of September, 1909, at twelve o'clock M. at the Court-house door in the town of Siuithficld, North Carolina, expose to sale at public auction the follow ing described real estate and person al property to-wit: First Tract. All of Lot No. 1 In Block "E" in the C. C. Ryals' addi tion to the plat of the town of Ben son, and begins at a stake, T. B. Wilkins' corner, and runs nearly East 50 feet to an allgy; thence with said alley nearly South 140 feet to an alley; thence with said alley near ly Wes 50 feet to Wilkins' corner; thence with said Wilkins' line 140 feet to the beginning?said lot be ing on South side of Mill Street. Second Tract. Being in town of Benson, beginning at the corner of R. B. Brady's lot and runs with Mill street nearly West 87'^ feet to S. W. McLamb's line, and runs with said McLamb's line nearly North 150 reet to a stake; thence nearly East 87V6 feet to the Northwest corner of R. B. Brady's lot; thence with said Brady's line 150 feet to the beginning containing a fractional part of an acre, and is on North side of Mill street. Third Tract. Being that tract sit uated in Harnett couuty, conveyed by Nathan McLamb to S. W. McLamb by deed, containing fifty (50) acres, more or less, adjoining the lands i>f Fannie Stewart, J. H. McLamb, Reaves, and others. One H. B. Smith ten-inch moulder, planing machine, with all fixtures, one turning lathe (.1. T. Towsley's make) and fixtures. This 4th day of August, 1909. F. H. BROOKS, J. A. WELLONS, ED. S. ABELL, Commissioners NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. By virtue of the authority contain ed in a judgment of Johnston's Supe rior Court at the May term 1909 in the action entitled James A. Wellons vs. Joseph E. Parker, the undersign ed commissioner will, on the 13th day of September, 1909, at 12 o'clock M. (the same being Monday) sell for cash to the highest bidder at the Court house door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., the hereinafter de scribed lot of land: "One lot in the town of Four Oaks, N. C., known as lot No. 1 In block "N" of said town and comprises th?? hotel buildings built by R. E. Baker." Sixteen feet on the south side of the above lot is excepted. Terms of sale cash. This August 13th, 1909. JOHN M. MORGAN Commissioner. NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. By virtue of the authority obtained at the Ma"(h Term, 1909, of John ston's Superior court in the cause en titled J. T. Hudson to the use of F. E. Wellons vs, Richard Ennis. Mary Fort and others, the undersigned com missioner will, on Monday, September 13th, 1909, at the Court house door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., sell for cash to the highest bidder the hereinafter described tract of land. "One fourth of an acre situated In the town of Smithfield and located on Fourth street in said town and be gins at the intersection of Quanqua Ditch on tlje east side of said Fourth street and runs E. with the line of said ditch to the town line ditch; thence up said ditch 17',4 yards to a stake; thcnce W. parallel with' first line to Fourth street; thence S. with said Fourth street 17 H yards to the beginning and containing one fourth (%) of an acre." Terms of sale cash. This August 13th, IPO#. JAMES A. WELLONS, Commissioner. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County. In the Superior Court, September Term, 1909. Selma Iron Works, a Corporation, vs. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Boston & Maine Railroad, et. al. Boston & Maine Railroad will takf notice that an action entitled as above has been instituted aud is now pending in the Superior Court of Johnston county for damages by reason of damage and delay in ship ment of certain machinery from Hat- i field, Mass., to Selma, Norlh Caro lina, July 25, 1907, shipped from Por ter Iron Works to the plaintiff in this action. Boston & Maine Railroad will fur ther take notice that an alias sum mons in this cause was issued March 18th, 1909, and returned by the Sher iff of Johnston county endorsed, "Boston & Maine Railroad not to be found in Johnston county." Sim ultaneously with the issuance of said summons proceedings in attachmei t were issued out of the Superior court of Johnston county returnable to the September Term, 1909, of said court, and the Sheriff of said county, under and by virtue of said attachment, seized and levied on Boston & Maine Railroad box car No. 46,446 at that time situate on a side track of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. near the town of Selma, North Caro lina. Boston & Maine Railroad will furth er take notice that it is required to appear at the September Term, 1909, of the Superior Court of Johnston county held on the 13th day of Sept ember, 1909, at the Court house in the town of Smithfield, said coun ty, and answer or demur to the com plaint of the plaintiff, or the relief therein demanded will be granted. This 10th day of August, 1909. W. S. STEVENS. C. S. C. Pou & Brooks, Att'ys. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County. In the Superior Court, September Term, 1909. Ella Hinnant, Plaintiff, Against Gillis Hinnant, Defendant. The defendant, Gillis Hinnant, in this action entitled as herein, will take notice that an action has been commenced in the Superior Court of Johnston County, on the part of the plaintiff, Ella Hinnant, for abso lute divorce, by virtue of Section 1561 of the Revisal of 1905, and the defendant, will further take notice that he will be required to appear at the next term of the Superior Court of Johnston County, to be held the first Monday after the 1st Monday in September, 1909, it being the 13th day of September, 1909, at the Court House in said county, and answer or demur to the complaint In said action, or the plaintiff will ap ply to the Court for the relief de manded in the said complaint. This July 14th, 1909. W. S. STEVENS, C. S. C. JOHN A. NARRON, Atty. for Plaintiff. WILL YOU need a new n..>? r? Bvi the Johnston. It U l> ? Gotter *"??'""4- - NOTICE OF SALE OF THE JAMES BAREFOOT LANDS. North Carolina, Johnston County. In the Superior Court before the Clerk. Miles R. Barefoot and others vs. J. B. Barefoot and others. By virtue of the authority contain ed in a judgment in the special pro ceedings, entitled as above, the un dersigned commissioners will on Mon day, September 13th, 1909, at 12 o'clock M, sell for cash to the highest bidder at the Court house door In the town of Smithfield, N. C., the following described tract of land: "Beginning at a stake and runs S. 3 W. 51 poles to a stake; thence S. 89Vi, E. 36 poles to a stake; thence S. 6 W. 45 poles to a stake; thence S. 85^ E. 22 poles; thence N. 3 E 89 poles to a stake; thence N. 85V4 E. 55 poles to the beginning and con taining twenty-two and three quar ter (22%) acres more or less." The same is being sold for a divi sion. This August 13th, 1909. JAMES A. WELLONS, ED. S. ABELL, Commissioners. NOTICE. By virtue of the authority contain ed in a mortgage deed, executed to me on the 14th day of January, 1907, by Archie Artis and Virginia Artis, and duly registered in the Register's office of Johnston county in Book P. No. 9, page 186, I shall sell at public auction for cash, at the Court house door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on the 28th day of August, 12 o'clock M., 1909, the following de scribed land to-wit: That tract of land lying and being in Johnston county, in Ingrams town ship, state of North Carolina, and bounded on the north by the lands of W. H. Upchurch and VV. H. Gra ham; on the east by the Ransom Lee lands, on the South by the T. D. Snead lands, on the West by the lands of W. H. Graham and Archie Artis. The same being the lands conveyed by Archie Artis, Sr., (now deceased) to Archie Artis, Jr., con taining 65 acres more or less, and fully described in said mortgage. This 26 day of July, 1909. J. H. Stanley, Mortgagee. Ed. S. Abell, Attorney. The undersigned having qualified as NOTICE. Administrator on the estate of C. M. Kirkman, deceased hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 18 day of December, 1910 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. Thi^' 15th day of December, 1908. JAS. H. KIRKMAN, Admr. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executrix on the estate of D. A. Bizzell deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me du ly verified on or before the 6th day of August, 1910 or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said es tate will make immediate payment. This 5 day of August, 1909. MRS. SARAH C. BIZZELL. Smithfield. N. C., R. F. D. No. 2. 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