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CHAPTER, XIV.
f -D% THE CONCLUSION OF MY ADVEN-
TURE AND THE FALL OF THE CITY.
LIKEWISE "O.Ie TIMI STRANGE THING
THAT HAPPENED THEREAFTER.
I made a kind of dreamlike effort to
...come back to myself, and for an in-
stant half succeeded,: The advancing
.gure came out plainer. I saw the face,
andat wasindeed Pradey's. Isrtrnggled
to keep it eadily in view, but it insist -
ad on swimming in with the puffs of
amoke, and as my giddiness increased it
3ost all shape and outline. I must Lave
slipped from my position against the
!rut at this point, for things gave a
1cind of upward hash, in particular, one
object danced out like'a bright piece of
:steel, and then I was conscious of a
bard jolt and all was blackened out.
"`The next that I am able to recall Is a
great swaying noel swinging sensation,
i'c:lowed by an abrupt pause and then
a little cola -shock. I opened nay eyes
end foural a wet c'1ath on my forehead;
-the ends, hanging down on my cheeks.
I put up my hand and drew the cloth
.sway. As 1 cleared my eyes a figure
.,elose by stepped forward and I per
aeived with joy that it was Mr. Tyni.
Ile was in his flea l; ng gear, <wanting
•only the herdpiece;-uad seemed to be
quite unhurt. He'smiled as:I stared
up at him.
"You are safe, then?" I said.':
"To be sure, and you, also. It was
but a little furrow turned along the
,skull, but might easily have been seri-
ems. Nay, but you had best remain
'where you are," he pursued, as I would
have risen. ' "There is some heat in your
-wound, and in this weather it were easy
to provoke fever."
I perceived the wisdom of this advice,
and settled back in my place. 1 glancedd
about, however, and saw- that I was
rin a shelter made of the rails of one
id the : neighboring .paddockseovened
with palma thatch. the brightness
of the sun 41 At camei- .,4, t7-"
e
vorge of falling asleep. Uf a sudden.
there was afar -off noise of shouting.,followed by a long -drawn, agonized
scream.
"What," I cried, starting up, "has the
fiends' work begun already?"
"It would seem so," ire said, with a
sigh. "I conceive they are putting
sortie poor'ereature to the. torture.
Doubtless Morgan will have an early
word concerning, treasure, and also
seek .to'learn of traps and snares."
"Would that G od might blast him and
all, his foul crew:" T cried, in fiery in-
(lige
n
digitation -
Mr. Tym
on,Mr.;Tym composedlris lips, as though
to assent, but did not answer.
"I smell smoke," I said, after a little.
"Will they be burning the town?"
He stepped to the door of the hut and
looked out.
"Nay, I think not, yet a building here
aria there is burning. Aye, one of the
cathedrals is ablae. I will try to'
learn what it means."
Here I heard some people hurrying
past, and Mr. Tym, going a little far-
ther out, hailed them.
I could not disl;;inguish what they
said, bat in a moment he returned.
"There' are no orders for burning,
so it is claimed, yet four or five consid-
erable buildings, including o,e-cat].ie-
dral, are in flames. Morgan has or-
dered the people of the town to fight
the ,,fire, and some of ilea buecaneers
have been detailed to lend' aid."
"Thc smoke smells `wondrous
strong," I observed,:
"I think that comes from the bum-
f -rig of a few outlying huts," he a.n-'
severed. "They are Tut a short space
from here. Nay, they are nigh where
I found you."
"I might have been roasted, as well
had you not searened me ont," I said,
with a long breath. "Yet tell me -how
near adjacent to the city are we?"
"It is the space where the pad:'
^tenet " ,ie nnswered. "The in
>opulg along a bard street, and once,a i UNCLE ELVS FABLES.
bell rang and yvc heard the faint, sweet Thar i'aens Minxct� s11yd ICtdi�yin cola at
sounds of a chant,: as it might be the tiaa g aaxty, rile E1Mirheanf,
priests were tunefully asking mercy of (cepyrigi,t, 1UU1by . 13. i est , f
Uod, but there were few other sounds 1 Oneo inion a tl:fie, theCIlag SvctIt to
through the night than these- Lthe Lion and iuiligna>ztty culnpla Wed
A t daybreak the trumpets werethat the Elephant had been slandering
blown, a.nd the companies assembled biro.
under iheir res1ectiveleaders' Break.,
fast was hastily eaten, nodelays being i Iu what particular thing?' asked
the Lion.
made for cookery, but all taken cold,"Why, he told the Wild Ass that 1
and shortly the word was givexi to could not riot" ten miles !rl a day to
rnareh. A little before this we had safe my life, and that he was a him-
learned
uu-
ieaiticd that l�lorgan s plan was to pro -
died bines bigger'n me."
Deed first to the governor's castle, At that moment the Elephant arriv+
making a stern show of warlike force '
e havinglay d also determined to his
on the way, and there Morgan himself
would remain, keeping with liim ` 50 case before f' Lion, and he exclaim+
1
ail(' the rest were to scatter and ed''
men;,
Plunder
f . r olid ravage at will. Cortaro "I am 'glad to meet the Bl
Brig here!
s nO
rules, however, wore to be observed, IIe Lion,and
one being that all must de, posit their Wyant hajusticslae.dered me
"
spoil in the hall of the castle, where 1 "What Is the slander?" queried the
it should remain till the final decision; "LionW,h he told the Ostrich that I was
another was that prisoners—that is, �>
slaves—were to remain the property so big and clumsy that'I could not
of those who seized them. Lf, never- crawl into a ratholei'
theless, it was added, any: desired to T see," mused the Lion with halt
brine. their slaves to the castle, having closed eyes. "There have been things
a mind to sell them there, they could said here which should have been left
doso, and such slaves'shozid be guard-
ed and cared for till their disposal.
The sun was creeping up and the
breeze had fallen when at last we
caught step and set forward down the
phief street of the city. The drums,
were beating spiritedly and the trum-
pets sounded thrilling blasts, and with
our soldierly array, the headpieces,
cuirasses ancl musket barrels flashing
in the sun, thought we presented- a
fine and altogether awing spectacle.
The place was deathly quiet. Every
house was closed, and as far as we
could seedown the street not a person
was in sight. Still we traveled along,
aucl at last, just as I was wondering at
the extent of this part of the city, the
street ended, and we broke out into a
considerable square, or plaza. Here
the buildings were large and of a more
pretentious sort than any we hadyet
seen. All were of stone, 'some 'of a
brown or reddish color, and some of
^-vY�
TRH JUDGE'S ADVICE.
unsaid, but I -think things can be man-
aged that no one will suffer in'reputa
tion. Let us agree that the Bug can't
run over five miles in a day, which is
PEAR BLIGHT,
1N Unnsu811g Abundant This Teats.,
Cutting It Ont.
!'ear blight has been unusually abun-
dant the present season, and it has
done great damage to orchard fruits.
Gutting out theblightmay be .clone at
any time in the winter or spring up to
the period when growth begins. The
best time, however, is undoubtedly in
the fall, when the foliage is still on the
treos and the contrast between that on
the bltghtod and that ou the healtbY
llnabs is so great that it i$ au easy mat-
ter to find all the blight. It 15 impor-
tant to cut out blight whenever it is
found, even in .the growing season. At
that time of year, however, it cannot
be hoped to make much headway
against the disease; as new eases con-
stantly occur which are sufficiently de-
veloped to be seen when the cutting is
done. In orchards: where there are
only a few trees and the owner has
sta icient time to go over them daily he
will be able to save some which would
otherwise be lost. However, when the
trees stop terming new wood the cam-
paign should begin in earnest.
Of course the greater part of the
blight can be taken out the first time
the trees are gone over. If this be in
midsummer, • the trees should all be.
again carefully Inspected in the au-
tumn, ` just before' the leaves shed, so
as to get every case that can be seen
at that time. After this a careful watch
should be kept on the trees, and at
least one more careful, inspection giv-
en in spring before the blossoms open.
It would doubtless be well to look the
trees over several times during the
winter: to be certain that the blight is
completely exterminated. In order to
do the inspecting thoroughly it is nee
really something to boast of, and that
common stone well set in red cement, the Elephant is only 50': times his size,
but few were above three stories in which is a great many. On the other
height. The roofs if allwere flat, and li?nd, Nye will agree that if the Ele-
most had low parapets, on which stood : phant could squeeze into a rathole he
pots of bright flowers or handsome prefers to keep out. Will this he satls
shrubs, and the walls of some were :factory to both of you?"
nearly covered with climbing green- «Itwill" was the replyin chorus.
ery. Like the street we had left, the -„ s
Then shake handbe friends.”
d
plaza was completely deserted, the Moral.=Logic and reason can almost
shutters of every building around be -
always make things right.
g g
ing up.
"Hoots!" said Mac Ivraeh, in a low
tone, " tbuttheY hae secreted ilka dog erhey Piled It On,
and cat as well as theirsels. I wad be "They do things their own way up in
vishing for bit, stir o' some 'sort. Sio New England,"- said the tramp on the
'peens; canny." , park bench as tie gazed at a big toe
, Tl'expressed peeping through h is shoe, "For instance,
kind up iu New Hampshire I was crossing a
` 'd when a bull took after me. ' As he
c, me up on his horns I
ta
QUAD.
WHITE CHINA GEESE,
Are Wonderfully Goold '1,nyea?
or Eg li aaX Fztir Size.
There Is conclusive evidence that the
"Chinese goose," 115 described by many
of the Fiuropean writers upon poultry,^
included within ifs ranks 50 years ago
the types of three breeds, in all proba-
bility approximating the breeds we in.
America now pull African, Brown Chi.
un and White China.
The Brown and White Chinas are
early and prolific layers of fair sized
eggs. It well feci, they net infrequent,
ly lay in the autumn months, but gen-
erally those which do so lay later and
fewer eggs the following spring. At
the experiment station in 1890 and
1897 the White Chinas laid in every
month from January to June, :ineluelye,
while the Brown Chinas did not begin
laying Datil February, but continued'
essary'to go from tree to tree' down the
row or in the case of large trees to
walk up on one side of the row and
down the other, as in simply walking
through the orchard it is impossible to
be certain that every case of blight
has been cut out.
A careful inspection of all pomaceous
trees should be made two or three
times during the summer and a sharp
lookout kept for the first appearance
of the blight. It usually takes two or
three years for the disease: in an or-
chard to develop into a serious epidem-
ic, but the early removal of the first
cases will prevent this and save :a
gerat deal of -labor later and many val-
uable trees. -B. T. Galloway.
A Good Geranium For the Rouse.
What are known in gardening as the
family` of geraniums: really belong to
ighboring genus pelargonium,
h that is popular in gar-
Pelareonium
WHITE CHINA O00s$..
laying` freely into June.. The African
and Embden breeds laid about half as
many eggs, in proportion to females,
kept in'Ii'ebruary, as the Chinas and"
nearly finished laying by June 1. In
1597 one African egg was laid in Janu-
ary. : The Toulouse breed laid about all
their eggs in three months, ;Mar to
AraYh two years til
inclusive, as 4n t oy
Y.
laid in February and t it -
one egg was a. Y
in June by the eight females kept.
China geese are not favorites with
those who raise goslings for sale to
oultrynien who''fatten thein and put
p;.
them on the market as green geese
They are too small to be profitable fol
such 'a market. When a small 'boned;
moderate sized goose is required fog
the fall or Christmas trade, these
breeds prove valuable, as they lay`
well, and, with proper care in selecting
breeding stock, large flocks should be
raised. The Brown Chinas especially
seem' very vigorous, hardy .anti active;
but ;pick bard and require care" -in
dressing to look well. The White Chi -
P -11 bas with us been the poorer breed-
er, but is usually not co difficult to pick
and handsomer to 'appearance ~viler
dressed. -Report of Rhode Island Ex
periment Station,
Some I3en Pecke For >,mnienrn.
Raw meat, chopped fine and fed mod..
erately, say, about three times a al ek,
will greatly stimulate egg production.
Feed about a pound to. 14 hens.
Do not allow any water to acct. -tuna