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The NOws-Record hap not, it regular
golloctQr and, coosequently, there has
b*u g tendency. on the part of.many
of our readors to allow their 4ubscrip-
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COPYRIQHT. 1907. - ,%R.# ,� .-~r.11V , Ift
:1 -NESS,, TAANUOT-r-ol). NOT14S
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'44 label on your paper shows tho
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date to which your ,paper is, paid. We
ThrAck
'16s grillueo, aua 'r= Orattea
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IAINTAIJ-PAT
would gal; �Ciu to read it carefully
to Pay something, but Handy Solomoul
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Arream, kindly let res-
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with R peremptory gesture and a black
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"Now, that's what I callo. right prop.
er and handsome!" he cried adintring-
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Tho pingle, dollar maIr not seem of
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much impoVtanCe. to you, but to the
1Y. "We reely 444 no right to expect
that, boys, from first
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offica.where. several -hundred of dollars
as seiivien our
officerl , You can kiss the book it
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are So. locked up, It is a matter Of
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that very few crows have such Wad
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considerable moment. make, this
To, those in arrears 'we
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we ,signed to It all straight to work us
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NOTARY *PUBLIC CONVEY-
special 'call, and trust to be favorcd
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as lie 1))eases, and Wat does lie doll
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AN.VER, FINANCIjAL, REAL
wi�til your subscription A-6 Alip, earliest
Wily, be up and gives us 4 week shore
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possible moment.
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leave, and then he gives 'us light
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Address all communications to W.
watches, and all the time our pay goes
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J. Mitchell, News -Record Office, Clin-
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on just the same, Now, that's w'at I
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tort, out� 4
calls right ,proper and, handsome con-
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duct, or the devil's a preacher, And 1
t IDIVISI014 COURT OFFICE,
I ventures with ,All respect to propose
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A Woman's .5yMpathy'
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three cheers for Mr. Eagen." .. .
They gave them, grItining broadly.
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Arer 7011 olocouragect'r is your aocTQr,a
bill it, heavy financial Ioad7 is your palr4
.L"" YAJIX%I.0 bWvu JuWULIg. "I- 4.11u, U PLLK�
doutle gleam In the b,ack of big eye,
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a heavy physical burden? I kno, W at
these mean to delicate women -1 h
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Then he gavq 4, little bitch to his
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been dii4coura d, too; but le e
Twa.nt to relle r ur-
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head covering and sauntered u'way
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cure myself, .
dens. Why not end the pain stop the
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humming between Ills teeth. I stood
. NOTARY, I'VBLIC. ETC. 1.
doctor's bill? I can do this . YOU an �
will if you. will assist me. I
watching, him, clicked with rage and
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'� 4FICE!- SlO&A0 BIOO'-k- - C I I 14 T,:,),4%-.
All jou need do is to ,write for a ree
which
a the remedy - has b en Place
Indecision. The humming broke Into
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in Iny hands to be given awa Ferhaps,
W ords. . . . .
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for others If so, s all be hap y and
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11 10h, quarter-.. ob, quarterl! the, jolly
pirates cried. I
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0 will 0 cur cost
1,0 tage startip). our letters hold confl-
Blow high, blow low, what care wel
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But the quarter that ive gave them was
onve- lomM.isSionegS, �
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en XRS. V .. . Windsor. Qnt.
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I to sink them In the aeao
Down on the coast of the high - Bar-
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! Real EaUte and Insurance
bare -e -e.11. '
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0, B. HALE -- JOHN RIDOUT
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joillil'11ji'lli'l
Thrackles, "and you, Pancho, got some
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common,that It would hardly justify 4
wood, lively! And, Pulz, bring us a
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TO ,MANITOBA, SASKAT011li-WAN
pall of water- Doctor, leiVs have duff.
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The attractive route is via -
to celebrate on." - I
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The men fell to. work with. alacrity.
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Qktit'ORN.IX, MEXICO AND. r, LORn
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IIAT evening I smoked"In a
0111ce-OntaAa, street, -OlintoiL. Night
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splendid Isolation - while the
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calls at ,froat door of ofte 462.resl-,�
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Special Round Trip To
men whispered apa ..
rt, -I had
- doom, Rattenbury street. .. � .
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te and to
notbdn� to do but, smoL .
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Dt. T. T. McRae, . .
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. Wint6r� ri.,sorta.; for full hifor-
chow' my cud, whichwas bitter, There
could be no doubt,. however I . mv 17. ilavO
University of Toronto.
ma,tion as to rates, route etc.,
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saved my face, that CoMmAud, had
Ofte hours at hospital:- ,*
I to 8 p. in. ; 7 to 9 P. M1
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apply -to
F. R., Hodgens, Tow -n -Agent.
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been taken from me by that rascal,
. Handy Solomon. I was In two mindi
IkNo need to be,17. he continued.. ' .
A. 0. Pattis6n, Depot'Agent.
as, to ,whether or not I should attempt,
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or Address J. D. .McDonald, .
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AQ 'Warn -Darrow or the
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gr�mbled. as men al 'ays do grumble
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In Idliliess, and � bad perhaps talUed'a
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The only Indisputable fact I could
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And Adequately W.Oxcuse that I shouI4
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- have to confess that I was'n-wrifer
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and no.bandler of' 'men. .1 .. I . . . .
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ,
.0, - Thos." Fraser, Vlace-Presiddilt'
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thou it with a $riprt �
gi of disgust, but it
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13pecial attention gi;in,io *4"Iseas'es,
Brucefield P. O..; T., E. -Hays, Stc-
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had led me -to.. Another. In the jo,.V 4fid
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Treasurer, Se orth-P. 0. .
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uncerttillity. Of living I` had pracilcally
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lost Sight of the rd'ason. for my coming.
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Willlani SHCSILey, , Seaforth; job
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Grieve, Winthrop ; I George. Data, S en
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"venhire than tho stors. Mv wrid ,
�� 9 doors west of the Commerclal .hoteL
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forth; ,Xohn Watt, Harlock;
was a byproduct, a. uttilzu'llon,of wbat
life Offered me. I lia-doet sail pos-,
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Bennowles, . * Brodhagan ;.James Evan
Zessed . . byjhe sole idea.of ferreting
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3chertne-liorn's ffiv � estig -
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RAeit S mith,.: YLatto6k - E. Hill--
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. Specialist in Crown and Bridge
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Chley, Seaforth ,, .James � .Cumuli
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cliltu. e of os, tlib origindl Idea
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Eguloittilville*; J. ,W;. -Yeo. Holmes.
regained its force. I ��as out ot'the.
Graduate of the Royal College. of
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. active goveftiment . of , Affairs, with'
Rental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
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Parties - desiroils to eff act insurafice
leisure on my handsi and my1bought6
graduate of University of Toronto.
.or tiansact 'other business Vill - be
naturally -turned N�lth curiosity. again.
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Dental Department. Graduate of thb
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promptly. . at -tended 'to�on hilplicatio
to.the laboratory in the vall ' ek ' - -,
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
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.to any of the above officers addressed
. Darrow's .,dovil fires" ,were again.
*noticed
C hicago.
to their, re�pective postofflees. L'osse
Pain'ting the Sky, I had them
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inspecttil'i by. '* the director Who live,
rroln tlml� to t1me,-.always with,inA
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nearest the -scene. . .
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once. but I had .not its yet hit on a
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AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH L1.
(:1intoll ' NeWS,_ReCor'd .
hypothesis . that suited ine. . They were
ceii�ed Auctioneer for the County
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not aMed to'the Aurora, They differed
of Huron. All orders entrusted to
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radically from the ordinary volcatile-,
me will receive prompt attention.
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will -sell either by percentage or
Terms ot. subscriptKon-si per year ,- in
Any electrical displays I hhd evef seen.
per sale. Residence on the 3ayfield
. advance $1.50 mgy be charged - if
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The night was cool. The dtars bright.
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1'resolved to Investigate. �
. Rdad, one mile south of Clinton.
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not so paid.. No paper discontinued
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thet opinion .of the-pdblishcx: . The
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Uitited States Subscribers
date to.which every '66scription is
mediately-.pne of the group detached.
from tbe.fire and Joined Me:'
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will please note that we have to'
. paid Is'"denoted on lh6 label.' --
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Advertising rates-Trinsicilt ailver,
.1ilmself
"Golng,for a little walk, Sir!" asked
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pay one cent postage on each pals-
tisements 10 cents per nonparitl
Handy Solomon sweetly.. quite
right -and pro6dr. -Nothin' like a little
er going to the. URited States.
- line for �rgt insertion and 3, c6nts
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walk to get you -fit and right for your
-This means that your subscrip-
per line for each � subsequqVit insert�
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tion must be paid, In advance.
Jon. Small advertisements. not to
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I-10 hel� close to my elbow.. We got
When you see yovr subscription
exceed one inch,' such as , I'Lost-o".
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just as far as the stockade in the bed
expiring please remit, $1.50 for, an-,
44 It . or 44
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of the Arroyo, lights- we Could
other year so tkat you Will not
serted� once-jor 35 cents and- 61110
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make ,out now across the, zenith, 'but
iniss any copies of The News-Rec-
subsequent intertiort 10 .centsi .
owing to the precipltance of the Cliffs
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Communications Intmiled for publiea-
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I and the rise of the larroyo bed Itwas,
vmre shiny, ,with It. The very pores
. tion must, ast A guarantee of good
fa , ith, be accompanied by the natile
Impossible to see more. Handy Solo-
mon feA the. defenses- carefully,
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cannibal Island."'he observed. "All so
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tight and tidylike hero. It would take
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a ship's guns to batter her down, A
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Nothing could be gained bk. stayfug 1
a boa, rd. Every chnnee might be lost
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WIN 1111 till lijklmnagm
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TRADIC MARK$
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From that time on I -was virtually a
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CopyiRtiawrefte � -
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prisoner, yet so carefully was my.sur-
jkn7ono sending a sketeb said descrittloft =alp,
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42nialt) nacortain onr opinion WO W 011,1161, an
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� Traltia will arrive at and dep ar
veillance accomplIghed that I .Could
place my finger. on nothing definite.
InventTon to lnobnbly i
tionsairlot , %of 00n.�Imunlclv
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Monilde Patents
from Clinton Station as follows :
Some oho always accompanied we on
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sont free. idest atency for sccurin%pmtents.
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patents tikeu t rougli Munn & 0. receive
BUIFF ALO AND GODEII011 DIV.,
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.my walks, and In the evening I was
sveyanou% without obargO, in the
sdeniffle ANWAR# % I -
Going East 7.35 &, In.
. $1 49 11 1 8.07 P.M.
horded As closely its. any cattle. '
IIandy Solomon took � the d1rodtlon,of
ornely illuatrated weeldr
L11 Largent air-
Alb.41111106.8 of Any sciontiflo Journa. Terms lot
cc . 41 5,15 Fr. m.
affairs, off my hands, You may be sora
L -:da, '�..115 a year* postage priphtd; Sold by
Going, West 11-07 a. tn.
lie- set no very lionvy to sks. The - men
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AMN � evalorsait,fty. Newy r
4.1 49 . 1.25. p. m.
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Cut a little wood. carried up a few
palls of water. That was all,
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fr;wch moo. ixv st-washinkton.1
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1-nelting Incentive to Stir About, the
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LONDON, ',HURON, & BRUCE DIV
Going South � . 7,60 a. m:
came to sp6d most of their time lying
on their ba6ks, watching the sky, 1�� This
49 49 'I I 4.23 P. in. in turn bred a lanksuor which 411AU
Going North I 11.00 A. M. sickest, most soul and temper destroy -
(I It , Ing affaIr invented by the devil. They
0.35 p. Tn. could not Muster lip energy enough to
I V -1. - - . .., r - . Valk down the bettell And back, find
� yet they wore, wearied to death of thd
. CRESOLENE AIMSEPTIC TABLETS InactlOn. After a little they became
A himple and eftectiva rained), for Irritfibler toward one anotlier. Each
SO'Rg. THROATS AND COU(ItIS suspected the other of doing less than
be should. You who khow web will
roglIze Wbatthig MARfit
I gmi����� The Atmosphere of out camp became
siirly� I recognized the preotirsQr of Its
. ... I'll I I - becoming dangerous. One day on it
I VbV%r %0%,1,v151VWft� �§%P"'�"'w s Wilson died at Windsor walk in the bll)A I ,-an* on Thrackles
,� ."i:kvkumiith't;dmoLltTlk�kl"itLo no I % .j
"...'', ... � �_ I I Rev. Jar I And Pulz Iring on tholf stomachs 604
I 9111s, Que. Ing dQWXl fixo0v at Dr. Rehormer.
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IhorWs camp. Tills was nothing ex.
tr4ordluary, . but they started guiltily
to their feet when they saw me ,and
made oft, growlifig under their breath$.
.4.11 this that I have told you go brief-
ly took time. It was, the eatlug
through. of MOWS, spirits by that worst
of corrosives, Idleness. I Conceive It
unnecessary to weary y,oU with the de,
tells. I ,
The situation was as yet uneasy,
but not Alarmlj,ig,-� One evening I
overheard the beginning of an absurd
plot to gain entrance to the valley,
That wits as far� as detail went. 1, be.
came convinced at last that I should
JA some way warri'Veray Darrow,
That seems q simple enough propo.
sitlon, does It not?. But It you will
stop to think one moment of the 4!f-
ficultles of my position you will see
that It was not as easy as at first It
appears, Darrow still visited us in,
,.the Ovening. The men never allowed
I we even thp chance of private c0m�
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munteation while he was with us. one
or two took pains to. Stretch out be.
tween us. Twice I arose when the as.
'sikaut did, resolved to accompany him
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part .Way back. Both times men reso-
lately escorted us and as resolutely
separated us from the opportunity of
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a Single word apart. The Crew never
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threatened we by Word or look. But
we understood each other.
. I was not permitted to row, out, to
the - L . Aughing Lass without escort.
Therefore - I never attempted to visit
her again. The men w6re not anxious
to do so. Their awe of the captain
made them only too glad to escape,hii
� hotlee.. That empty. s,bell of a past
n a y hope. . it
I shielded the arms dud ainmunition. .
, As I lo4k. back on it. now the period.
! seems to me to bo,one oi mcrel� po.
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I tential trouble, . The'men bad not talt.
I a . n the p(dris to Crystallize their Ideas.
.1 really think their compolling,emo,
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tion was that of.cu . flosity. They,want.
ad to see. It needed' a definite fin
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pulse. to change that desire to bile. ot
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The Impulse Came from Per'&y. Dap
row -and Ills Idle. tg1k of voodoos, Ag
Usual he was. illrecting his remarks -td
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I'Voodoes?", he Sal.d. I - - "'Of cour'S4
there. tire. � Don't fool,yourself for a
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.. minute o-,) 'that. .There are good ones
and bad ones. 'You Can Aame them
� I � f you* know how, and they will do
Anything'. , you ' want them to." Pulz
I chuckled whis. throat. "You don't,be-
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that heavy box' -,we n:re -so earietul .of?
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Well, thaiVs got a tame voodoo In It."
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The others laughed. . .. � � . ,
11VIiat. he, llke?'..'� asked .the - filgger
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. 4 , frie's a,fine vood6o.-With"waverv.
APens, and gre'e'p eypaand yed. ulows.1'
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W, atcbln.- narrowly Its effect -he bwnn-
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oil into one of the genuine old crooll-
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Ing voodoo songs, once go couYlbon
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,down south, now so rarely heakil. :No
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ope knows wbat the words mean -they
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are'generntly held to be charm words
. qnly�,a illogic gi,1�6erlsb. � 'But the'n''Ig-.
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ger Sprang across the flre'llke.11�ht
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irlhg, h1s ta'co altered . by terto', to
I sdlze� Darrow by tbo shojilders.
"Doan you! Doan:you!" lie gasped,
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Shaking. �ho .assistant violently back
-dud forth, I'Dat lie 1,3ng Voodoo s' ngl
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I D.if 0ill-him all do voodoo -R111" .
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Ile ,qtared wildly About in the dark�
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.ness as'Abough expecting to see 'the
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night- throjiged. Therp *gs a moment
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of c ' onfuslon, Eager for.any-chanoe I
. bissed under my breath: "Dangerl
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.Look out"' - � . . � I I I
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I I could not tell whether or not Dar-
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row heard me. He left soon after.
The 'mention of the chest. bad focused
� the men's interest. i . . . '
,� "Well," Pulz began, !'.we've -.been
�here oil this spot for a long time." .'.
-"A yea � r,and Ave months," reckoned.
Thrackles. � . . .
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I "A man, can do a lot In that time,"
. .,"If he's busy." . .. I .
"They've Peen busy.,' . . �
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"'Wonder what they've done?" .. . . .
There wag no*'answer to this, and
the sea lawypr took a new tack. ... .
"I suppose we're -all getting double
wages?" .. i
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. "That!s so." . .
� "And that's say four hunderl for'us
grid Air. Eagan here. 1 suppose the old
man don't let the schooner go for noth-
Ing.to i . .
� "Two, hundred nnd fifty a month,"
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ISaid 1 and then Would. have had the
,Words back. � . . . .
1 ThOy cried out'in prolouged aston-
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ishment. � . I
"Seventeen montIm" pursued the lo,
gician titter a few momentS. He scratch-
. ed with a stub of lead. ,"Thnt Makes
over %1,000since we've been out, Tjow
much do ,van suppose his -outfit stands
him?" he tipp6hied 1.0 me,
. "I'm sure I can't tell you," I replied
. Shortly. I
"Well, It's it pile of money anyway '.#)
1. Nobody said anything for some time*.
"Wouder what they've done?" PON
asked again. . .
. "Somothing. that pays big." Three.
kles supplied the desired Answer.
"Dot clifs' I'- onggested Verdosa.
"Voodoo"- muttered the nigger.
. "That's to scaro us Out." Said I-Iftnay
Solomon, with vast contempt, "That's
what irtakes me sure it Is the chest."
I Pulz Muttered some of the jargon of
alchemy.
I'ThaVs It," Approved Handy Solo.
man. -it ive eonia gpi,,-
44Wo wouldn't know how to use It,"
Interrupted Ilutz,
"The book"- said Thrackles.
"Well, the book"- asserted PUlz
pugnaelously. ,'now do you know
what It will be? It may be the libilos.
opher's stone and It may be one of
these other things. And then Wh6te'd
we be?, .
it Ivas Astounding to hoar this non.
s6nte bandied about so seriously. And
yet tboy more thati half belloved, for
they were deep sea men of the old
!ethool, tied this WAff in, Dr(nt. Th,ru
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I. Ries votce,4'approxfmately t'bo,ganerAl
attitude,
06VU1104OPIler's 'Stone or not, Rowe.
t4lug's up. The old boy. took too, god,
care Of that box, and bo�v opeuding too
much Moucy to, be d9lug It for his
boalth",
"You I;uow veat I Vink?" atalled Per.
dosil. ,'He w44� dilm,an's. lie Ray
,
dat."
. The ulgger had entered one of his
black., brooding woods from. which
those men expected articles.
"Get him ches',11 he muttore4. "I peo
him full-fullof dr,moll*6.11
They listened to him w1iii vast re� I
spect aud Arere visibly Impressed. So
deep was the Sense, Of awe that Handy
Solomon unbent enough to whisper to
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: me:
. "I don't take any steel; In the nig-
I ger's talk ordinarily. 1408 4 tool: 419,
Ver. Bnt when. his eye looks Ilke that
"T'Jey are,"'salil 1. i
"The Only Way to 4Q 15 to $boot
them." J0414 he. �
"Quite Ime", I agreed. I
A pauve castleil.
"We'lle got uOvartridges," he Jnaluu.
Atea.
"Anill you've taken charge of my rl-
fle," I pointed out ,
"Oh, Dot 4 bit sir." be cried, *,Tbr4c,
kies, he just took It to clean It Yo%j
,
(an have It whenever you want I� �
Fir." , �
is, s rou barq I
observed," said 1.
"There's plenty aboarii.11 he Suggest. I
ed, , i
"And tbey're In very good ban4o, 1
there," said 1. I
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� lie ruininatea� 4 moment, polishing I
(110 1;topt of'l,fa book ajopfnst tba othn,r !
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tben you want to listen,close. fle sees
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things thou. I�ots of times he's seen
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things, Eveo last year-tbe Oyataa�
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he told about her 'three tlays ahead.
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Tbat's why we were So ready for her,"
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lie chuckled, I .
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. Nothing more developed for a long
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time except a Savage fight between
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Pulz And Per4osa. 1 hunted. sheep,
..... : fo.
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fished. wandered ,about, always wlt4
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I all escort tired to death . before he
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started , The thought came to me to
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hill this Man and so to escape and
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make cause with the scientists. My
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common s .use forbade wo. I begin
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to think that common sense to a very .
foolish faculty . indeed. ,
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It, tAugbt me the ObvIous-71but all
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this Idle, vaporing 1alk was common
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enough among indil of tills clitss, so,
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common,that It would hardly justify 4
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murder, would hardly explain an un.
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warranted Intrusion on those who em,
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played me. now would it look for
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me to go.to them with these words In
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my mouth;
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,"The c4ptain has taken to drinking
to dull the monotony. The crew think
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you are an alchemist and are making
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diamonds. Their Interest In this f et
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seemed � to me excessive, So I L-111 a.
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We hillcd scale hV clubbing them on the
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one of them, and here I am."
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. . foreheads.
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"And who -are they Could ask,
nrm of Ills Shirt. Suddenly be looked'
.van?"
"I am a reporter," would be my only
ill) [it MO With a humorous twinkle,
truthful reply. � .
� 41you're afraia-o as.'." be accused.
You -can sed.the false difficulties of.
I ,was silent, not knowing just flow
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my Position. I do not defend- my at-
to meet so direct till attack. . I I
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titilill. 'Undoubtedly it bord leader of
IkNo need to be,17. he continued.. ' .
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men, like Captain Sol -over I - at his best"
I said nothing, *
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would have known how to Act with
.He lookQd gi�t.� we shrowdlv, tben
the propei-,declsibA. both now and 'in
Stood off on another tncl;.,,'
. the Inception of tile first`mUthly, .At
IIIV01, Sir ' . I didn't ,mean just that,
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heart .1 never do . Ubt6d . the reality Of
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A didn't mean ,you was retilly scared
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I the crisis, - , � . � i � . .
.of us, But we're gettitif to know each
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, Even, Percy Darrow saw the sur-
Other,. liviti'-'her.e. on this old Island.
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:11ness . of th . e men's attitudes and with
bi.,otbers-114e. There ain't no officers
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his usual good sense divined thecause,
and * Men ashore -As there, -now, Sjr?
"You chaps are lazy,,,,- salcl
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When we gets back to the old, Laugh -
I .getting
he, "Why don!t you do something?
Ing Lftss, then, we dropi; back Into our
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W.berols VIP epritain?" . .
dooty again till right and proper. YOU
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They. growled. s6metlilug about there
can, kiss the book on that.. Old Scrubs, -
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'being nothing to do and explained -that
.he knows - that. I He douT Want no
the captain preferred to live "aboard, ,
,shore tn -his, 116 knows enough to
"'Don't - blame hita," sald Daitow,
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stay . .aboard, wbere we'd all rather
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"but be.might give, us, aJittlo,of his.
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'beill. � . . � . 1. .
k ma ccasionally., 136jiv.*,
lie stopped aibruptl.v . . spnt and "look- '
I'll tell you .something about seals.
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ed.. at me. I wondered. whither this
The old .bull,.seals have long. .stiff
devIous.diplomacy led us. I . . 1.
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I wlilskers-a ,fobt long , .. Do.yqu know
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"Stil . 1, In. one. Ivar, Ail officer's an
.there's a market. for.-tbose whiskers?
oftleer.- And ,u'seamhtV9 a seamah,
Well, there Is. The -Chinese mount
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thfillis' you,. And, .illselr)llne must be '
them Ili gel ' d And bso .them -foe clean-
held tip. among matps usliore'or.,afloat. *
ers for their long pipei. E aeb iyh-l§k4r
thinks. -you. Quite propiqr, Ste.. -,And I
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Is 'Worth from six bits to'a dollar and
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. call - see. Tall .think - tbat the arms- Is
a. quarter. 'Why don't'
- you 1,111 a COW'
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for the hfterg,kiard In ense:
bull'seals for the 'trimmlngs'91' * .
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.except
trouble. Quite prop6r, You can do 1
"Nothin' to do with. a voodoo?"..
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shooting, And .ran can keep the
grunted Handy Solomon. ' .' , ' . . . �
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,the
cartrIdAes, :nlwoys by. you. Just for
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Darrow laughed amusedly. "No,'. this
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,dlsc!pllne, Sir." . I . I . .
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Is the truth," lie. tissured. "I . 11 tell .You .
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The man's boldness All so fully.'arm-
what: I'll give �rou. boys six- bits Apiece,
Ing me- wits astonisAillig, and his c' Are�
for'tho.whisker hairs aud four bits for
le,ssuess All ,atlowlug tile aboard'with
tile galls. i expeef to sell them at a
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CalAnIn $dlovor nstonlshed me still-
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profit..!" ., ..: - . I . . . � .. I... 1 .
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more. Nei s1s -
-orthele '.1 proftilseti to go,
. I -Next . morning .they Shock � off tbtAir
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for the deqJred * 04irtridges, fully ie.
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lethargy.and went -seal hunting. - -
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solN-6d t6 Make ,tn appeal. I . . *1 . .11
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: I was prqctJe4lly commanded to at-
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� A Mrflier considerild6i) 'of the OIL- '
tend, This-4ittitude had, beeii growing.
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� ments of t - lie.gain . e . . con . 'vince � d -tile, bow -
of. I ate. Now:it began to take a'detl-
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ever,, of the felloWs "slirewdii6ss. -It'
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nito form.' . � . . . &��
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was�'.uo .more dangernus to allow itle a
11NJr_ Eagen. don't, you- '%�rnnt to'got
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rjjje�tiude� direct stir'
voillance-for the
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hunting?" or""Mr. 8agqn-, 1, guess I'll
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- puppQges ()i -hunting. than. to. leare'lue
just go along with yon to stretch.'m
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1way
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my Sawed off revolver, .wlileb 1, Still
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legs." had given - to;- "We're ,going
retained. Tile argumea I ts 110 had used
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fishing. You'd bettpr'tome along. " �...
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�-� last I - rdo-
4 .1 ., my shooting Ile sa were
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I had known for a. long time that .1
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gulte as cogent Dow. As to the see -
had lost� any real control of them,
end - point, 1. finding -the Sun.. unex-
and th4t perhaps. humiliated we a' lit-
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pectedly Strong, returned, from .tile
tlei However. my. ItLex6erlellee at
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cove for my hat and so overtleard. the "
hiindling such men and the nuo'llai011s
followlng between Thrackles and his
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character of thy V;ositiou..to some ex-
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leader, .1. . � . �. . �
tent consoled Me. Ili. the filaments
"What's. to keep him from Staying
',brushed across tile faco.of my under-
kboar(ir, cried Tbrackles; protesting. .
stnndltg - I could discover none so
"Well lie ' mfi,ht," . acknowledded
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.strong.as to support tin overt act on
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Handy Solomon. "'and then are we the
.. my part ,I cannot doubi that had the
. worse off? You ain't going to make
affair c�me to .a focus I should have
a boat.attock against Old St-rulis, are.
. warned the scientists evenat the risk
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you?" . I .
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of My life. . -In fact, as I slitill have cc-
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Thrackles hesitated. - ., . .
easion to show you, I did, my beit.
'moment
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' "You; call kiss the book on It 'on
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But'at the tn all polkey I could
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Ain't," went on.Handy Solomon easily..
. see my,way .to: little . besides, acquies-
"Nor me nor Putz. nor. the greaser nor -
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the nigger tior none of us all together.
We killed seals liv sequestrating the
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We're had our dose of.that. Well, If
bulls,. surrou riding thiir� Und clubbing
be goes ab'oard t . ind stays where are
them tit it Certain point of the forck-
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we the worse 6�ff? I asks you thaL
bedd. It was surprising to see bow
out he won't, ThN Is o"at's gain, to -
bard they fought and how quickly
happen, Snjys be to Old Scrubs, 'Sir. '
. they. succumbed to a blow pr6pekly 41-
the men needs'You. to bash lw'tbetr
Weted.. Then . we stripped ,the mask
heads.' 'Bash lem In yourself,' says
� ,with Its brIs.tle oflong whiskers, took
be; ,that's w*at yotlOre for�l And It he
the 9411 and dragged the carcass Ifito
should svotne ashore w1at could be db?
the surf, whore it was devoured by
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I asks -you -that. We ain:'t disobeyed
� Ash. .At first tile men, pleased by the
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no orders dooly delivered, We're ready
novelty, strIpped tbe * skins. The blub-
to pull hallhirds at the word. No. let
ber, often two or three inches In thick,
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'hita go aboned, and he peachiis to
lless. had then to be cut away froin
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,if ,
the old mun. why, all the better, for
the pelt., cube by cube. It was it long,
It just gets the old man dowil on him.
I all olly and odoriferous Job, We stunk
.
o -flow. about Old Scrubs"- I
mlgbtilY of Seal oil. Our )garments
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. *,Don't y � q1l in luck?"
. believe none
vmre shiny, ,with It. The very pores
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asked Handy Solomon. . .
of our shins soetned to Ooze It And
" . Aye."
even titter- the pelt wa% fairly well
"Well, so do 1. with W -at that law
cleared It had still. to be tanood, Percy
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crimp used tq call JoodieioUs assist -
Darrow au.-gested the method. but the
ant.16.11 . . � . I
process.was long And generally unsat-
I I-ONved out to the Laughing Lags
I 10 -factory. With the Acquisition of the
very thoughtful and a little shakou by
fifth groasy, heay.�� and Ill smelling
ple6ce of fur the men's Interest In pelt-
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the plausible argument., Captaln Sol-
vies Waned. They confln6d. themselves
ol,er was lying dead drunk across the
Ili all strictness to Vic "trim tulngs,"
Cabin table, A did My best to Wdketl
'of
'Percy ]Darrow showed us how to
Al Ain, but failed.. ,took a score Car -
Clean the whiskers. The process was
tridges-no more -and doparted sadly.
evil. The majkg were quite simply to
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Nothing could be gained bk. stayfug 1
a boa, rd. Every chnnee might be lost
be advanced so tar In the wily or pit-
tretaction that the bristles would part
Besides. at, opening to okupo In.the
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reaffilv from, their sockets. The flyst -
� dirtietion of ill(' lAbOratOrY might of -
batch the wen hung ou� on a Illie. A
fer. t its well: a.,4 they believed In luck
.
few moments later wo heard a mlghty
judlefously assisted. I
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squawlAng and rushed out to find the,
In tile engiling (lays I learned much
Island ravens Making oft with the On-
Of 010 habits of Seals. We sneaked
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tire Catch. Protection of netting had
410119 file cliff t0lis� ullt" Over the rook.
to be rigged. We cAught ienis for a
eries; thou lay 94t On Our StOfflaellit
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inotith or sa. There was novelty in it.
tind peered' cautiously down on our
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and It satisfied the lust for killing. AN'
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quarry. The Seals bad become ,Very
time ,went on the bulls grew warlon
warv. A slight jar. the fall of A peb-
.
Then we made expeditions to outlying
I)IO. sometimes even sounds Unnotleed
rocks, I .
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by ourselves, Were enough to Send
lAter Handy Solftaft Ap . prd,&ohed
them Into the water. There they 11110d
me on another diplomAtIo. orrand.
up just 6uftldo the gutf. their sleek
41The seals Is getting shy, *It#,' mid
boads 916MY with tho Wot. theit calm,
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soft OVIA Atod uAbllnk%9jV OA! Us. ...
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it W110 Usele" to $11" == .12 =0
water. They sook, at once.
When. however, we sucieceiled in -
saininw- .44 Advantageous POSMOXI It
was rie"luvary to shoot with extreme
,iccuracy. A bullet Wrectly through
the back of the head .would kill, clean-
ly. Alllt anywhere else, was pracdcal- �
IY iorwletts. for even In ftitb the ani-
mals seemed to retain -enough D110, I
Instinctive vitality to flop them Into the
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water. There they wore lost. . .
Rach rookery consisted of one tre- .
mendous bull who *f4catea apparent-
ly as the standing Army, a number of
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smaller bulls, his direct dosceudantq;
the cows and prps. The big. bull held
bt% position by force of arms. Oceft-
Islonally Other unattached bulls Would
Conte swimming by. On arriving op-
posite, the rookory the stranger woula
utter a peculiar challenge. . It was I
never ref0ed by the resident ebaw-
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pion. wbo promptly. slid Into trbe sea I
and e=aged battle. If be Conquered,
tbe� stranger went oil Ilia way. If, ' � .
however, the stranger won, the big
bull Immediately struck out to sea,
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abandoning his rookery, iXhile, the, I
newcomer swum tn and Attempted to I
make his title good with itil the young- '
er bulls, I have eeensome fierce com-
bats out there In tb6 blue water. They
gashed each other deep, . .
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Yon call see by �hls how our bunt -
Ing was never tit an end. On Tuesday
WP .Well!(] kill the boss bull of a cer,
tain establIshment, By Thursday At.
latest another would be Installed.'
I learned curious facts about seals In . .
those dr,.7s. The houting did not ap- - . .
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peal to we particularly, because It
seemed to me Useless, to kill so, large . I .
an animal for so small a $poll. $till - �
AL Was a means to my all absorbing I .
end. and A confess that the stalking, I
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the lying belly down on the sun warm- .
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ed grass over the surge and under the
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clear sky . was extremely pleasant. L
While awaiting the return of the big .0
bull often we bad . opportunity to .
watch the others at their daily affairs. I .
and even 'the unrespopsIve Thrackleg
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was struck with their almost human .
intetilgence. Did you. know that Seals- , . I
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kiss. each other and weep tears when
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grleyeo?, ' . . . I 11 . �
The men .often discusseil among . . . � L�
themselves tbenarrow.dry cave, There
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the Animals were practically penned . � . 11
in. They agrecid.th4t. a great Wiling I L
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could be made there, but the Impossi- -
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bility of . distingu I Ishing between the - � I I
bulls and the COWS deterred them. The . . .
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. Immersed In our'own affairs thus. . .
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ill * e days, weeks and months went by.' . , L �
Events. lind slipped beyond my con- � � . i
trol. - I bad embarked on a journalls.. . � ... i
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lie. enterprise. and no* that purpose. ,. . ,
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wits elitirely outof -my .reach.' I 1. . I
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. Up the valley Dr. Schermerhor'n and , L . .
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his assistant wer& engaged In some ex. . . � . . .
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Iieriment of Whose vory nature I. -Was I .
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still Ignorant; also I was likely to re- - .
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main . so., - �, The precautions . taken * . .. 1. . .
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against. Interference by the men were, . . . . . �
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dqually 6ffe L atIve against me, As - If - - .1 . � I .
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that were not enough, ,any I move Of- ' * . �L . .
InvbstigatIon on' my part. .would, 'be , . . . . I . . ..
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radleal!7 misinterpreted and to my - � . . . I . I
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own (longer - by'tbe men. - I - might: as , : , . .
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this adventure I bad evolvetAL'Anothor . I .. I
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plan "and therefore wag oontOnt.. L I ' . .
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made up my mind that,on the voyagw . . . .
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home, if nothing prevented, I worild . . .
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tell illy. story Lto Percy �Darvow* and .. ..., . . .
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throw myself oil his. mercy. ' The rew . . I . I
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suits- of, the experiment would probti- . I . .
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.bly -by. then ' L be Yendy for the public, ' : � . . .
and there was. no-reasbu,lls,Iar as I , I I . L . I �.
could see,- why I should' not get the I .
-4SCOOP" . at first. hand., , I . .�, .. I . �
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� Certainly. ,my sincerity wonld:' b6 . L
without question, and I hoped that - . � ..
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two .years or,more of servj�e..'sucfi as . L . . . .
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merborii's sense of his own, Imilor- - - . L
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�anco. .So adequate did thl - s plan . I .� . .
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igecm-thAt I gave:�up thought on the . .- - L 1. .
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.My wbole life now Any on the sbor0s. 1. . ,*. . . I
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,the - Laugftfn�g Lass. Captaln Selover , . I... . a
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I saw twice tit al distance. - Both times I . .
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be seemed to be rather uncertain. Tile. - . - .
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men - - did not remark A. The days . .. .. L
went by6 - I ielapsed Into that stitie so L . . I
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well known to you All when one seems , - , .
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caught In the meshes.of a dream ex- ,- I � .1
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4sience-whicli has -.'bad no beginning* . . � �
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And ,-which is deStined fiever to have -.' . L.
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W'b were to'bunt seals. and fish and . . . I I
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pry -biValves from, the .rocks at low - L .
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tide and build fires and talk and al... L I I .
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tornate between suslite-lon -and securi. , '
ty, between- the danger of sedidoii and L - . . .
the Insanity of men without defined. . ' .
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purpose, world. without end forever., .. .. I
CHAPTE& XIX
HI43 ln,drltabl6 happened. one
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W,noon Pulz Iooke6 tip rrom big I .
l,t.1)6r of pulilng the whiskers I I .. ::
fro . al the evil smAling masks. I
"IT -08v Many Of. these things we gotl?.11� . ,
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be Inquired. I I .1
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Thrackles replied. . . . I
. . ,,Woft ' , wolve got enough * for tap. I .
I'm WCL of this job. it Stinks," . ' . I
. They looked. At each other. I could .
see the disgust rising In* their eyes. the
reek of rotten blubber expanding theit .
nostrils. With one ' Accord they Cast . . I
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osidethe musLa. �. .
"It idn't such a fbrtun6," growled .
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Pulz. Ills evil little white face thrust . � I
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forw&d. "There's other- things worth .
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all the seat trimmit's of the Islands."
"Diatnon'9.11 gloomed the tit& e . r.
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"Tou've hit "it, doctor," cut In Solo- � .
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mail. . .
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There we wero again, ba6k to tho I .
old difficulty, only Worse. idleness de- I . . .
scended on us again. WTe grow touchy . .
oil little thin,-$, as a.mIsplaced plate. I ;
a shortage of f1rewood, too deep a
draft at this nearly onipty bucket. The
nolse, of bickering became as constant
as the nolso of the'surf. If we valued
pence, we kept our motiths shut, The. .
way A man spot or nte or slept or eveu.
brOnthed became it cause of Irritation, . I
to every other member of the company,
We Stood the outrage as long no We- .
Could; then we objected tn A. wild and .
ridlenlous, explosion which communi-
cated Its heat to -the object of our .
wrath. Then there was a fight. It .
needed only liquor to Complete the do- I �
plorable state of attairs,
Gradually the sinaller thln;s came to
Worry no more And more. A Certain .
harmless singer Of the Cricket of, per*
haps of the troo to4d vatioty Used ta, .
ehirplils Innocent .note a short distance
froin our cabla, F or All I know bit
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