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>««•*>< â- -in I \^ Js^ mm CHAPTER XXII.â€" (Cont'd) A boat that had approached un- yJbfcisliSabaiini ORAPACL .SABATINI ACGCT NUAaSDVtCCjMe I He clapped his hat on his head viiih a certain abrupt fierceness, and strodv- angrily away, before she could answer CORNS Quick reliaffrompainfol coins, t«nd«r toM/tod fiieuare of tight stioM. noticed from the shore came scraping ."reve'n irrasp the full significance of and bumpinfc against tha Kreat red ''"^ "*''" Krnsp i. <. 6 . hull of tlitt Arabella, and a raucous vote* sent up a hailing shout. From th« ship's belfry two silvery notes rang clear and sharp, and a moment or two later the bo'sun's whistle shrttted a lonf; wail. The founds disturbed Captain Blood from his disgruntled musings "A note for you from the Deputy- Governor," raid the' master sliortly, as he proffered a folded sheet. Blood broke the seal, and rend. Pitt, loosely clad in shirt and brwches, leaned against the rail the while and watched him, unmistakable concern 'imprinted on his fair, frank coun- tenance. "It is a very peremptory summons,'' Mid Blood, and passed tha note to 1\U friend. The young n»ai=ter's gray eyes sVim- ir-,':' it. Th? "ghlfully he stroked his g>o!den beard. "You'll not g3?" he said, between question and asfertion. "Why rot? Ilavrn't I been a daily visitor at the fort. . . . ?" what he had said. CHAPTER XXIII. HOSTAGES. Peter BIcod stood in the pillared portico of Government House, with unRceing eyes that were laden with pain and ang-er. Ho was arouEjed by the return of the negro who had gone to announce him, and following now this slave, he made his way through the house to the wide piazza behind it, in whoeo shads Colonel Bishop and my Lord Julian Wade took what little air there was. "So ye've come," the Dep<ity-Gov- emor hailed him, and followed the greeting by a scries of grunts of vague but apparently ill-humored import. With Ecowling brow and in self- sufficient tones, Colonel Bishop de- livered himself. "I have sent for you, Captain Blood, i because of certain news that has just "But it'll to alout the Old Wolf ! reached me. I am informed that yes- thut he wants to .se- you. It (fives â-  t^j^i^y evening a frigate left the har- him a grievance at last.'' I ^^j. having on board your associate "Why <iid yet \U Wolverstone and , Wolverstone and a hundred men of the others go?" cried Jeremy, with a t^e hundred and fifty that were serv- touch of bitterr.es.s. "You should j^g under you. His lordship and I have Esen the danjeer." "How could I in honesty have pre- vented them? It was in the bargain." And a.s Pift did not answer him: "Ye see?" he said, ami shrugged. "I'll be getting my hat and cane and sword, and go ashore in the cocklwat." BlooJ diniljer d:>wn into the wait- ing boat. He knev/ that in going ashore that moniing he carried his life in his hund.s. Because of this, it shall be glad to have your eixplana tion of how you -came to permit that departure." "Permit?" quoth Blood. I ordered it" Bishop's great face seemed to swell and its high color to deepen. He swung to Ix>rd Julian. "You hear that, my lord? Deliber- ately he has let Wolverstone loose upon the seas again â€" Wolverstone, the may have been, that when he stepped worst of all that gang of pirates after on to the narrow mole he gave an ),jf„<;elf. Why, this thing is treason! order than the boat i^hould stay for ; jf^ ^ matter for a court-martial.'' him at th - ', '-pot. i.^jii yo^j (jease your blather of Walking 1-i.suicly, he .skirted theL„utiny j,„(j treason and courls-mar- ombattled wall, uni passed through I ^j^ir' Blood put on his hat, and sat th«> great gates into the courtyard. d^^n unbidden. "I have .sent Wol- (Jn his right flrctched u spacious verst«ne to inform Hagthorpe and the garden, beyond which rose the white bouse that was thj residence of the "" Dcputy-CovcMiior. In that gard.'n's main avenue ho had caught sight of Miss Bi.shop !i!:)IK'. Ho crossed the courtyard with suddenly lengthened etride. "Good morning to ye, ma'am," was his greeting as ho overtook her. "I am pressed,'' she informed him. "So you v^ill forgive me if I do not «tay." "You wore ii< :nc so preosed until I eame," ho protested, and if his thin lips smiled, his blue eyes were oddly harl. ".Since you perceive it, sir, 1 won- der that you tixiuble to be so inois- tent." "Kaith, you explain yourtwlf after a fashion," said he. "But since it was more or le«<s in your service that I donned the King's coat, you should suffer it to cover the thief and pirate. "I'll not be dutainintf you any longer, ma'iim. After all, the cursed "Don't stir from where you are, thing I did for nothing can Ik? un- my lord, or there may be nn accident.' done. Ye'll i-emember that it was your hardness drove me." She moved to <!.'part, then checked, and fiieeil him again. "Y<'U In Up that tone! You dare to tak<' that tone!" she eri«'(l. "Do you dare to upbraiil me Ivccause I will not take your han(l^', when I know you for a murderer and worse?" He stared at her oiH'n-moutlie*!. "A murderer 1?' he said at Inst. "Did you not murder I^evasseur?" i "I^vnxseur? So they've told you alio'it that!" lie smiled n little. | "Do you d<'ny it?" | "1 killed him, it is true. I can re- 1 im.nd)er l:illiiig another man in rir off old scor2s by hanging me, it's little ye care how ye do it!" "Before you go,'' said Bishop, "and to save you from an idle rashness, I'll tell you that the Harbor-Master and the Commandant have their orders. You don't leave Port Royal, my fine gallows "bird." Peter BIcod stifTensd, and his vivid blue eyes stabbed the bloated face of his enemy. Ho passed his long cane into his left hand, and with his right â-  thrust negligently into the breast of his doublet he swung to Lord Julian, wha was thoughtfully f rownin'g. Captain Blood's right hand had re- emerged from the breast of his doub- let, bringing with it a long pistol with silver mountings richly chased, which he leveled within a foot of the Deputy- Governor's head. "Don't stir from where you are, my lord, or there may be an accident,** said he. And my lord, who had been moving to Bishop's assistance, stood instantly arrested. Blood cast his cane from him, thus disengaging his left hand. "Bo good enough to give me your arm. Colonel Bishop. Come, come, man, your arm." Under the compulsion of that sharp tone, those resolute eyes, and that gleaming pistol, Bishop obeyed with- out demur. Captain Blood tucked his left arm through the Deputy-Gover- nor's proffered right. Then he thrust his own right hand with its pistol back into the breast of his doublet. Arm in arm they passed through the house, and down the garden. They passed out of the gates un- challenged, and so eame to the mole where the cockboat from the Arabella was waiting. They took their places side by side in the stern sheets, and were pulled away together to the great red ship where Jeremy Pitt so anx iously awaited new«. You conceive the master's amaze- ment to see the Deputy-Governor come toiling up the entrance ladder, with Blood following very cloee behind him. Colonel Bishop collapsed on the locker under the stcni ports, and spoko now for the first time. "May I ask wha . . . what are your intentions?" he quavered. "Why, nothing sinister. Colonel I'll 1)0 getting back to Tortugn and my buccaneers. .So I've fetched yo aboard as a hostagv." "My God!" groaned the Deputy- Governor. "Ye ... ye never mean that ye'll carry me to Tortuga!" (To be continued.) r«\sit of my lads that they've one clear month in which to follow my example, (|uil piracy and got liack to their bou- cans or their logwood, or elM< sail out of th«» CaribU'an Sea. That'.s what I'v*' done." "Hut tho nion?' ho lordship intO'r- IHiHod in hi.i level, cultur*^! voice. "This hutulrod men lliat Wolverstoiio has tak<'n with him?" "They are tho^o of my crew who have no taste for King .liinio's service, and have proforroo to s<H'k work of ollu-r kimls. It was in our compact, my lord, that there nhoiild 1h> no con- Sea's Mysteries To Be Solved cumstanee.H that were very similar, j "'^''.'"'"K "^ "'V '"«'" That was in lir.clgetown on the night of the .Spaninh raid. Mary Trnill \ would tell you r.f it. She svas pr<>«ont." For a Dtllghtful TrcatI WmOLEYf NIPS DollckMM mtttt (Bioklngâ€" •w««tout thf brcat>*; •OOthoi llio throat and maiiM the neat (moka taitobottt issue No. 44-'£7 "1 will n>mind you thjit the objtvt in view was to ri<l the ("nriivliean of buccaneers. Now, I've taken the most effeetivo way of accomplishing that object The knowledgo that I've ent«'r<sl the King's service should in itself go far towani disbanding tlw» fli^'t of which I was until lately n loader." lord Julian forestalled a fresh out- burst on the part of Itlnhop, "It is ix>»i»iblo,'' ho salt^ "that my 1/onl Sunderland will 1k« i»ntiitflo<l, provided that the iiolution is such na you prom Inc." Hut Hishop's fury had by now T««achod n stage in which it WM not to (mi iTStrnined. "This is a matter In which >'oi»r lordnliip m«Mt allow mo to N« the bet- ter Jud((»," ho roarmt. "And, any- how, I'll take th« risk of acting on my own rNmoDitiJvillty." lioru Juiiih aMM)one<l the itrug- glo. H« iimllod woarily, RhrugRod, and waved a hand iiv implie«t resipinlion. Tho I)«»putY-(iov«<mor atorntwl on. "Since my lofd liere has given you a eommlMiion, I can't rorularly iWal with you out of hand for piracy as you droerv*. But you shall nn«wor Wore a co»irt martial for your action Jin tho matter o? Wolverstone, and j take the c«iniie<iuenccii." "I He," said niooil. "Now wt< c«nu» to it. And It's y«urM>lf as Deputy - I'tovorniir will (.rrside ovi r that ratne court uMtrtial. So that yo cnn wipe Electrical Properties of Sea and Air, Ocean Currents and Atmospheric Pheno- mena to Be Studied on Non-Magnetic Ship Carnegie Wnshlnglon JThe non'magnettc ship. ('HrnCKlo. has left New York under tow for Washington, to com- plete preparation for a threo-yoar voyuKo In the course of which na- lurni scientists of the ("arneKlo Insti- tution, which owns tho vessel, hope !() oliiaiii much valuable data on tho oloctrlcal proporlloH of tho sea and ii'r, ocean surrcntH, conditions vary- Inc Willi tho depth of tho water, and aInioRpliorle phenomena. As plnnnnd, subject to authoriza- tion later, tho tour would covor ap- proximately 110,000 nillns and take tho ves.sol Into oneh of the oceans and Into all laaltudos botwoen 60 dogreos north and 60 soulli. Kor motive power, tlie ship doponds primarily on her sails, although Hho carries for enior- Koncy use a 100 horsepower Kasollno euKlne. An Important object of the expedi- tion Is to bo dotermlnatlon of whether file sea contains oloctrlcal currents similar to those passing through tho land, and In turn, tho offoct of these on eompasa variation. Terrestrial mnKnrtlsm and Us Influenco on tho compass also will ho studied, together with ntinoNphorlo electric pressure and tho radio activity of air and walor. Through cooporatlon of tho Nnvor Dopai'lniont, n sonomoter for dete^ minliiK tho depths of tho ocean has been Instnlird With this and a winch olectrlrally operated and capable ot roachlng a depth nt 30,000 feet, tho chemical composition and tnmperaturo ot soKwater nt vnrylnR dfipths are to be •tiidlod. It Is thouxht that data obtained In this way will have an Im- portant effect up«m the study of ocean curronlH. Th<i vessel In termed "nonmnK- nellc" berauio In her construction no monnrtlo niatorUls, with the exoep- tlon of the auxiliary ennlno, were used, sBsurlnR a minimum of error In inaklnR elsclrlcal observations. Th* romlng voyano. which under year, will ho tho Carnegle't tcventh ilnillnr expodltlon, >â-  â€" â€" ~ ♦ -f Ii tho time apprttarhtng, whfn we will wonder what use ran ho madn of old phonor.raph records' Increasing Value of Canada's Fur Crop A Timely Monograph Publish- ed by Director Natural Resources Service, Ottawa There are thousands of trappers In Canada and all of them aro engaged at one time or another during the winter season In taking the pelts of wild fur-bearers. There is hardly a farm, village or a town In Canada that has not got Its trapper or fur trader. Millions of dollars are distri- buted each year amon; these persons as a result of the disposal of Canada's annual raw fur catch. Last year It had a value of $15,072,244. A rery considerable Increase In the yearly value would be made possible were proper methods of pelt handling more widely known. Too many trappers think that once they have taken a skin nothing else remains to be done. Amateur and faroTer trappers which form more than half of the trapping fraternity are the chief losers through this Iacl(^f knowledge In the handling of raw pelts, as poorly^ prepared pelts bring much lower prices than those which have been properly preared. Lead- ing fur authorities have stressed the fact that In many cases u to one-half ot the pelts coming to the raw fur markets fall Into the unprofitable class and that every ,year there Is a tremendous loss in pelt values that could be prevented. The loss, how- ever. Is not confined to the careless trappers, but effects the whole fur industry and lowers the value of bot^ the raw and finished product. With a Tiew to Improving this con- dition and making possible a wider knowledge of the essentials necessary to the proper skinning, stretching and drying of raw pelts, a monograph en- titled "The Preparation of Pelts for the Market" has been prepared by the Department of the Interior. This monograph will be sent free ot charge on request to the Director, Natural Resources Intelligence Service, De- partment of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada. Test it Yourself! "SALAOr GREEN 11A .. VITrite Salada, Toronto, for free aasnplo. \ ompsBK Canadian Capital in Fiji Islands Natives are Happy But are E!asy Prey to Tuber- culosis That Canadian capital will be be- hind a new meat-packing industry In the FIJI Islands is an opinion voiced by Capt. F. A. Williams, shipping .agent, customs official and acting harbor commissioner in Suva, In the FIJI Islands, who with Mrs. Williams recently passed through Montreal on their way home after returning from I a trip to Europe. ThiS'*Come8 as a j result of the success of a Canadian I Investment In conjunction with the British Government for the canning of pineapples on the scene of their growth. "There Is not the least semblance of disloyalty: the entire proup of is- lands is whole-heartedly British al- though there are only 5,000 Kngllsh- men in tho FIJI Islands as compared with 84,000 Fijian natives and 73,000 natives of tho East Indies." reclared Cnpl. Williams. He states that the Islanders aro the happiest people on earth and that progress Is rapid thereâ€" perhaps too rapid for tho well- being ot tho race as the law compell- ing natives to clothe themselves when they como to town Is rapidly brpe<llng among them a high percent- age of tuberculosis. This disease, ac- cording to Capt. Williams, who has boon a resident of the FIJI Islands for 65 years, thronteus to destroy the race. Oni» regulation of tho Islands Is that all ontorprlsos must havo a cer- tain percontago of British capital, tho port of Suva is an important centre. Tho harbor, though small, can accommodate five Inrf^e linc^rs and the port is also an Important cable station. According to t^apt. Williams, there Is no prlratt« owner- ship of land un the Islands hut the community system cf ownership Is used. As yet there aro no railways In tho FIJts but there aro over 300 taxicabs and privately owned cars. These cars are 80 per cent. British or Canadian manufacture. Radio Helping to Create More Piano Players It seems that "listening-in" Is grad- ually developing a desire on the part of many young people to play. For instance, under the caption, "Radio Attracts Boys to Piano," a well- known newspaper recently ran (In part) the following news Item: "Radio Is Inducing the boys to learn piano playing. The art once consid- ered the forte of girls and only men of foreign birth. Is now, through the incentive of hearing music over the radio, the property of farm boys as well." The writer of the newspaper Item In question in confirming the above Item then-.^ent on to give his per- sona] experience with radio. He said: "I Botlce that every time I tuned In I would hear a piano. If some- one sang, the piano accompanied the voice. If I heard a violin or other ln«trumental solo, there was almost Invariably a piano accompaniment. "Ensembles and small orchestras nearly all have pianos. Every dance orchestra has one. Itano solos come out ot the air with great frequency, often rendered by some noted artist. I began to realize the enormous us- age to which the piano was put. In- quiry disclosed the Interesting fact that nearly all music Is first com- posed on the piano and then trans- posed for other instruments or for orchestras. "The conviction was driven home that the piano is assuredly the most serviceable of all musical instruments. .\nd It was the radio that first brought to my attention the various uses of the piano. It led me to find out Wikon Publishing Compa MANY NEW FROCKS HAVE ' FLARED SKIRTS. .,^ This modish frock is an exertmely| shiart and becomnig style, and will be found suitable for many occasions., something about the place piano has ! The flared skirt is joined to the bo<fie«i In music, and what I learned was \ opening to the waiet in front and hay-l truly surprising. Vast numbers of • ing a vestee, shaped collar, gathers ori people are hearing piano music every ^ darts at the shoulders, lonp dart-fitted evening the year round. I believe or loose sleeves and a belt. No. 1666/ the radio is a strongly ally of the ; is in sires 40. 42, 44. 46, 48 and piano, and that serious consideration | inches bust, should be given to its possibilities." Gabby Gertie Minard'a LInlmcnl for Toothaeha. Europe and America Bornunl Fay In tho I'arls Klgaro: (Kuropp does not know how to treat tho Ihtltod StatosK She might bo proud of them, tho greatest contem- porary creation ot tho white raceR,.4id- mlro them, be fond ot Uiem, and 1st them know ti. . . . Or she might hold horiolt utterly aloof. . . . Bat she does not seem to follow either ot these methods to Its proper. end: she has, In a general way, no love tor the American nation, and she lets them know II, but on every orttical oroailon she appoals to the Americana and asks th«m to act aa medlalora. No attitude could be more 'flangertnis nor memory ot the (Ireeks, who In their discords called In the Romans Is no rhtmern, thoiinh rondltlons may be very difforent and the dangefs ot a totally ditltrent character. Who'd 'a Thought Itt ' Q. -2. Who was tho fsther of 'John tho Baptist r A. ton another page)-:. MIks He- bocca M. Church of Tort»nt«.~Ton>n- to Uall>- Star, Siie 42 re<]uires S\i\ \ yarSs S9-inch, or 2% yards 54-inclii ; material for dress, and H yard 39-' inch material for vestee, collar andf cuffs. Price 20 cents the pattern. i HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS I Write your name and address plaint ; ly, giving number and sixe of such I patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in' I stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap' I it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept, Wilson PuhlishinR Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patfi|fns sent b/ return mail. "A stopper occasionally beats time and breaks a rocoinl." Facts of Interest The national debt of Canada de- creased by $70.tS!>.!il4 In tho first halt of tho current tUcal year. Uiat Is from April Ist to September 30. 1927. There are U\3T0 post oflloes In C.-in- ada, aS4,000 miles of telegraph linos and over 1,000,000 telephouea with a three million wire mileage. Higher education in Canada Is car- ried ou In 33 uulvorslttea aud S.) col- leges with a total student registration ot over 60,000. . Minard's Liniment for Asthma. The Intdleccual Cynic New York HoraUl-Tribune: It has become tho. minini.i1 business of sop- histication to turn up tho seamy side of nobility, to discredit not merely the mythical great of the past but any symptoms of nobility in the present. A smile greets any flight of eloquence or inspiration and tho term "noble" has become almost a term of abase. Jn the "intellectual best society"' these d»vs one believes In Truth, tu'odness and Beauty at one's peril. Much of tho current mockery of life has been attributed to the pi>st war dlf- tllusiou. and one may supix^se that that Is as ginnl nn explanation a;: any. But tfcere are symptoms that even the so-called "sophisticated" public la growiuK Weary of listening to tl.e •nickering littlo enemies of the splr'l. "Sitting In n strong wind makes one drowsy." says a doctor. A sleep-, lug draught. A Monetary Punle Mysterious coins have put In an ai>- pearanco In Albania, acctirdlng to re- ports from Budapest. Tho coins are oateuslbly of tho same value as the French Napoleon and bear the plcturt> of Skunder Bey on one side, the Lion of Venice on the other. It Is not known who mln(ed or distributed them. ^- Well, that's another way ot KH>k- tng at U, remartied the telesoopi> gaser at the rooon.X ?%v " It depends lar^dy on the flour yon use. We bdleva foa'W welcome this suogestion â€" try INirity, the rich, vi<;.orous Flour â€" mstie from the finest Western wheat. Thoussmls of cooks ssy Purity Flour is best for cakes pics huns ami bread. PURITy FOniR * SnJ J(X- in itamfis fer txr Jfy^rt.-iJ^ Panty r/.i»r CW4 Bxi m WMa-n Cmutt rtow MriU C*. L4nms4 TseMM^ M ^Mrw^, Umov Sti* »aa.