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as he rolled into the opening, nis ARTHUR D. HOWDEN SMITH line, coiled and hung to a hook, which 'ere—when so be he has any," he i»'ELM O SCOTTWATSON head and .shoulders mude it easily, I appropriated. whispered throatily. .t - SYNOPSIS Cvrrick h Aitto D. Hta&i SailA §nu Stnia but I saw with dismay that his im­ Altogether these movements con­ "Doth he never come here?" (©, 1926, W eitern New« paper Union.) The story opens in New York, mense paunch wns an insurmountable sumed less time than is required to “Not he. Nor the naygurs, neither. obstacle. He heaved and shoved and Buried With Honors of War ■bout the middle of the Eight­ "Dot’s better, ja," remarked Peter describe them; but when I returned Only Ben Gunn.” 1 eenth century. Robert Ormerod, twisted. ’Twas no manner of use. complacently. "A little tight; but I to the stern windows Peter was gone. “What shall we do for food?” who tells the tale, is talking to Peter backed out of his predicn Ben wiggled with embarrassment. rp H E career of Capt. John Halsey 1» Peter Corlaer, chief of the trad­ don’t like to be naked, Bob. Neen !’’ I leaned out and stared back at the ers, and man of enormous ment to an accompaniment'of-squeak­ James’ creaming wake—and a white "Jest you leave that to Ben Gunn. A unique in that he not only died In ing grunts, and I followed him, too lie rose to his feet, buckling the bed—not „ “with his boots on,” as so strength, when Darby McGraw, dead man’s belt »round him. arm flashed In a gesture of appeal He’ll feed ye well, my master. Aye, Irish bonded boy, brings news bitterly disappointed for words. Es­ many pirates did, but that he was giv­ ' “Tbey’ll splash !” I warned ..him ns twenty feet astern. I cast the lead that he will. And fetch;jye clothes that a pirate ship Is “off the cape had seemed so easy—and now en honors of war when burled. Hook.” An old sea captain an ­ he picked up the big one. behind him, and he caught the line from the cabin: »But don’t ’ee forget we were condemned to two months Halsey began as a off the- nounces he has been chased by “Nobody hears," he answ.ered. as it settled* Into the water, cut the the promise, sir. Oh, say ye won’t!" the notorious pirate, Captain aboard the Walrus, very likely to ex Newfoundland banks under a commis­ He lowered the body over the rail, lead free with the dead man’s knife “I won’t," I assured him. “But you Rip-Rap. The older Ormerod ceedingly; .uncomfortable deaths, for sion from the governor of Massachu­ feet first, and the splash was less at his belt, looped the slack under his must get back to the cabin and tldt tells Robert the pirate is Andrew I fancied that Flint'was'the sort of setts, but no sooner was he out of sight Murray, his (Robert’s) great- than I hud expected. The secon<| shoulders, and with my feverish help up the mess we made. Haste, manf" man to lose his queer mixture 'of fear of. land than he turned pirate. After uncle, commanding the pirate body followed with equal expedition, hiluled hiniBAf back to the shelf above He scampered up the ladder as If ship, the Royal James. Murray and respect for, my great-uncle as capturing q few fishing, vessels he- and Peter laid hold ofione of several tlie water line. the devil were after him—or Para is an ardent Jacobite. Robert soon as they were -out of touch. . dise within view. sailed for the , where meets a young woman from a ropes thut trailed untidily over the I lacked the strength to draw him “Hold der light here, Bob,” said pirating promised to be more lucra­ Spanish frjgate who is seeking Walrus’ side. - , up; but 1 fastened my end of the And during the two days of our stay her father, - Colonel O'Donnell. Peter, squatting on the litter on tiie in the wine-cellar of the Royal James tive. After capturing a Spanish ves­ "Now we go, Bob," lie said. line to the cabin table, which was Murray with a force of sailors deck, and lie proceeded to extract a bolted to the floor, and then, foot by he was as good as his word. He fed sel near the Canaries he sailed around visits the Ormerod house. He We entered tlie water almost to­ the Cupe of Good Hope for a visit with announces his intention of car­ splinter from bis foot. foot, Peter tolled upward. He was us well. He-brought me a sufficiency rying off Robert, by force, If "Ja, dot’s goodt," he went on, stand­ gether, and swam side by side clown so weary at the last that I must pull of clothing. And lie procured for the pirates in . necessary, promising him a great ing up. "Well, we don’t get ’ oudt tlie anchorage toward the Janies. him through the window, and he fell Peter a quantity of linen and cotton In tlie Red Sea' he overhauled a fine , future. The Royal James and dot way." Peter, despite ills discomfort at sea, in a heap across the table, puddling cloth, with thread and needles, with Dutch' ship armed with CO guns, then the Walrus, the latter command­ was a remarkably powerful swimmer, ed by Flint, Murray's partner In He felt ids way toward the ladder the polished surface with the sea­ which tlie Dutchman fashioned him by some-strange quirk of conscience , appear. Murray, Robert to the cabin-hatch. thanks to bis lifetime In the wilder­ water that streamed off him and the self garments to cover his Incom decided that thereafter he would leave and Peter board the James. Mur­ “Always there Is another way, Pob. ness country of tlie frontier. blood from his scarred hands. venlently large body. the shipping of Christian nations alone ray offers Flint a share In the and prey upon Moorish shipping only. loot of a Spanish ship If one way Is not goodt, der other “The tide will take care of the dead A bottle of the aqun vitae my great- On tlie evening of the second day, if lie will co-operate with him. maybe Is better. J a ! Yrou see." men,’’ I panted, stroking for all I wns uncle favored stood by his place, and having learned from Ren that the His crew became angry at hiS^'an- Flint insists Robert be left with nouncement to this effect, mutinied, He climbed the ladder silently In worth to keep apace with the Dutch­ I took this and poured a liberal tot James had logged several hundred him as a hostage, while Murray, man. and threw him into irons. Then they his bare feet until ills great shoulders between Peter’s Ups. He staggered knots since leaving the Rendezvous, in the Royal James, takes the attacked the Hollander, but were being treasure ship. The pirate ves­ were directly beneath the squarj>_of A whistle shrilled again aboard the to Ids feet, blinking his eyes und red we decided ’twould be safe to appear roundly thrashed when they released sels arrive at their rendezvous. the hatch, and I heard a faint grind­ James. as a school miss. A fort and stockade are erected. Halsey, who got the ship away safely. ing of straining metal, the crackling "Ja,” said Peter. "Der anchor goes “All right, Bob,” he squeaked. “I of tortured wood. opp, Bob. We hurry!" For several weeks thereafter Halsey be all right, ja," scoured the seas in search of Moslem "Ja," he panted, desisting. "We do He was a dozen strokes ahead of Ili.s eyes chanced upon the lead-line, CHAPTER IX—Continued dot. Now you he ready, Pob. Jump vessels, but luck was against him. So- me at the end. I found him hanging still fast to the table’s leg, and he —10— oop, quick. Maybe we got to kill some on to the heel of the rudder and he gave up his resolve and attacked “ ’Tis true ns gospel, Peter,” I stopped and unknotted It and dropped the British ships, the Essex and the- fellers, nndt if we do we don’t let calmly treading water. For’ard tlie- it out of tlie window. groaned. “I hoped to the lust this them holler." Rlsing Engle. From the Essex the pi­ capstmi was clanking to a steady yn- “We better not stay here,” he mut­ ridiculous plan of Murray's would full I could feel Ids legs quivering nbove rates took more than 50,000 pounds In holng and trampling of feet. Yards tered. “Neen! If Murray sees us—” through in .some manner, hut the man me; tlie ladder Itself vibrated under English gold, and from the other, more were banging, sails were slatting, men "(Hi, my Gawd!” has it damnable determination." us. There was a whine, a sudden pop were shouting and calling. than 10 , 000. Upon discovering Unit Pen Gunn goggled at us from the the captain of the Essex was an old “Jtt,” agreed Peter. "I t'lnlt he —and the hatch flew up in (lie air. I looked up at the stern windows, takes der treasure ship, lloh. Dot’s Peter caught It on the flats of his roiilplUlionWujt’. friend of Ills quartermaster, Halsey re­ so high above us. From our precari­ "Drowned, they tie!" be gasped to turned all of the captain’s personal be­ easy.” hands before it could settle again and ous perch on the rudder the James liltii.self. “He done for 'em, Flint longings, hut kept the 50,000 pounds! “Easy? I see not how !” lifted it back. He was out In a flash, towered like Spyglass mountain, “Jit, It Is easy to take her. Put and I was hard on his heels. did !" Halsey was something of a business touchable but unattainable. Almost I was afraid he would run out on after comes his troubles. Much treas­ We crouched on the main-cabin floor, man as well as a pirate. After tlie cap­ I could have cried out to my great- deck and cry an alarm, and I started ture of these two vessels lie made out ure Is had for pirates. We Imfc staling about us for a sign of the uncle and hulled Him to have us troubles after. .Suppose we get «»mil pirates. The lights bud all burned for him to prevent tills. Invoices and sold the two ships back hauled abonni. Put common sense “Be still, Pen." I said. "We don’t to their owners for cash! Then he re­ tonight. Suppose we get oudt and out, and It was several minutes before warned me lie would certainly seize back to der James. Ja?” (Mir eyes became adjusted to the star- mean to hurt you.” turned to Madagascar where he was upon the opportunity to send us back He plucked up a little courage visited by the captain of the Scotch I looked around me skeptically at shine that sifted through the stern to the Walrus as clinching evidence the heavy planking and stout timbers window. when I spoke. ship, Neptune, which had come to of bis good failli. And I bad no de­ “ ’Tnin’t right for ye to talk,” he of the sides and for’ard bulkhead. At tli(> exit to the deck we tarried trade in rum with the pirates. This sire to face Flint with those two dead objected. “I never beard tell as how "It can’t he done. ’Twould take a to reconnoitor our situation, and 'twas visit was providential for the pirate men to account for. sperets—” week to break out of this—and tin* lucky we did so. Eight hells rang out leader. A hurricane destroyed Ills "Wlmt's to do?" I whispered to “We’re not spirits,” I answered. James will be sailing In live or six from the Koval James, and a voice ships, and lie Immediately seized the Peter, whose eyes wore roving over “We are as alive as you are. Here, hours.” most astonishingly close muttered a Scotch vessel. Then lie attacked and the lofty stern. "We cannot tilde feel tills." seized another ship filled with mer­ "Neon," said Peter. "We get oudt curse. here. Once she has way on tier, wc’l! —any time, we get oudt.” “Ye might think they 'ad n blarsted He shrank back as I placed my chandise which the pirates had just he tossed off." clammy, wet band upon his neck, but “How?" I demanded. admiral aboard,” answered n second sold to Its captain and for which “Ja,” agreed Peter. "You see dot Hie touch icasMired him. TCuottV He picked up Hie lanthorn and led voice, they had received their pay. shiny picture oop there?" "Ye ain't sperets, says you,” he re­ me for’ard to the bulkhead. The light A whistle shrilled, and the gruff “Yes, He’ll Hold It Against You, Ben. Captain Halsey died of a tropical peated ninuzedly. "Nor ye ain’t showed Unit one of the oaken planks \oice of Saunders reached us quite He indicated a golden sunburst, 'Tis a Shame." fever In 171 (L From a contemporary was slightly sprung, leaving an infini­ distinctly ordering tlie toptnen aloft. carved across tlie stern beneath tlie dead. And seein' as you’re here. why. the following account of Ills funeral Is­ it do stand to reason as how ye ain’t before Murray, and we took an oppor­ tesimal crack between its edge and the "There they go, Jemmy,” returned ralvin windows. fahan : “With great solemnity, tlie aboard tlie Walrus, which is where tunity whilst Pen wns serving his din­ uppermost of its fellows. tlie second man. "We’ll be free o’ tlie "Yes," I answered, puzzled. prayers of the Church of England be­ ye was and where ye ougliter be.” ner to aseend through tlie galley and "Are you planning to pry that off swabs In another glass.” "I climb oop on (1er rudder, nndt ing read over him, and ills sword and He shook his tieud. present ourselves in tlie main cabin. with your finger-nails?" 1 taunted him, "And goad riddance, says I,” de­ I holdt me on to der roundness in pistols laid on ills coffin, which was " 'Tis perfectly natural,” I retorted. My great-uncle glanced up as lie covered with a ship’s Jack. As many “ Net'll,' lie answered, and conductedclared Jemmy, spitting into the scup­ (1er middle. Andt you climb oop on "Master Corlaer and I have escaped heard tlie shuffling of our feet on tlie minute guns were fired as lie was me to ¡t corner whence the rats scud­pers. m,v shoulders andt into (1er cabin win­ dows, ja." from tlie Walrus." carpet. A furrow of perplexity was old, viz: 4G. and three English vol­ ded as we approached. I saw where they were then, lean­ "Put you? Ilnw will you—” Pen came a step or two Into the dug betwixt Ills eyes. Otherwise lie re­ leys and one French volley of small Ho stirred his foot amongst some ing against tlie starboard poop-ladder "You t'row me a rope." cabin and stared hard nt I’eter. Then vealed no astonishment. arms. Ills grave was made in a gar­ rubbish and turned up several long, and peering overside at the vague hull He scrambled on to the rudder and tie turned a disapproving eye upon tlie “ ’Ods-blood! Here Is a pretty den of watermelons and fenced In to wrought-iron spikes, such as are usml of the James. Peter’s little eyes had slowly spread-eagled himself upward pools of water we had sprinkled on coil! I’eter, I’ll wager I have you to prevent his being 'rooted up by wild *.o bolt together the heavier ship- against the scrollwork which covered tlie Itible and the rich carpet. thank for it." pigs.” Great honor, Indeed, for a timbers. Hie stern. His hands, feeling blindly “Well, )t do look to lie 'ee two,” "Ja," said Peter, and sat himself In ruthless sea rover! And wlmt a touch­ "Dot’s plenty,” he said. above his head, sought for and found lie conceded grudgingly. “But ye Ini’ his accustomed place nt the table. ing thought that last sentence! I could hardly control the gush of a deep Indentation in the rays he mucked up the cabin awful, und the "Ilow did you compass it?” relief that welled up in me. low (lie center of tlie sunhursf. and captain will like to lin’ me triced to I told him, and he stared curiously ‘Piracy Without Tears” "I believe it is," I whispered. "Put with tills to cling to, lie climbed a the main for a dozen wi’ tlie on* at Peter, placidly eating across tlie oh, Peter, there is such little time!" Maybe so," lie agreed. “Put lie won’t table from him. foot or two higher on to a shallow N ALL history of piracy there is no "Enough," lie grunted. "Come! We ridge which ran across the stern, a ikb It that ye come aboard tills way." “I might have known It, Peter. No begin." more amazing figure than thut of' shelf scarce wide enough to give him I seized upon ids opening without man ever held you in constraint against r We listened nt the bulkhead for scruple. your will. I might have known it Captain Misson, the founder of "piracy toehold. without tears." Instead of a black signs of life on the opposite side, lmt “Now you climb, Pob," lie grunted. “Yes, lie’ll hold It against you, Pen. What a mess! My plans and combi­ not n sound came through to us, al­ "Pis a shame.” nations all askew! I’eter, y’ have flag, lie sailed under n white (lag; lie- The rudder I surmounted with ease, pillaged wltli an apology; lie founded though the clamor on the upper deck He shivered, and I appreciated wliat played nt howls with destiny! A half- standing erect with a hand on one of a piratical Utopia which failed through and in the poop cabin seeped into Peter's legs to steady nie. I stepped my great-uncle's wrath must lie. hour since I saw my way clear. Now our dungeon from overhead. ‘Twas I must plot it fresh. Stap me, what no fault of ills and finally lie died as- up to the ridge upon which tlie Dutch­ “Ye wouldn’t let him now! Master had many an honest sailornian, lost at stitlinglv hot, and Peter's first care man stood with no more dillieuliy, Ormerod I Oh, say ye wouldn’t! Ye a coil! What moved you to such a was to strip off his buckskin shirt and desperate course, Robert? Was It to sea in a storm. holding to his leather Delt. Then I don’t want poor Pen Gunn to be Misson came of an ancient French leggings. screamin’ on the triangle.” he with me? Or was it O’Donnell’s changed my hand-hold to a ridge in fnmily In Provence and was well edu­ “We got to swim,” he said, eyeing lass?" the carving, and by his direction "That I don’t,” I assented warmly. cated. Reading books of travel gave them regretfully. "You don’t need I hesitated, frankly loath to hurt braced the toes of one foot in tlie “You must tilde us. Pen. Nobody will him a desire to see tlie far corners clothes tonight, Pob.” him. slack of his licit ns I heaved myself know that you bad aught to do with of the earth and during a visit In So I followed his example, and we upward. Peter grunted. That was our coining nliofird; and Indeed Cap­ “I was concerned for her,” I ad mltted finally. "This ship is no At Rome he made an acquaintance which fell to work with our spikes upon the all. tain Murray will not care, T think. place for a maid, as I have said changed his whole career. This was sprung plank, the sweat pouring in I found a new hand-hold and ’Twas not of his own will be gave us Signor Caraceioli, a Dominican, wlu> rills of moisture from our half-naked brought my other foot up on to Peter’s to Flint.” before." " ’Tis better than some,” he nn- had given up tlie priesthood for a gos­ bodies, our crude tools slipping in shoulder and stood erect there. Reach­ “If 'tis so, why don’t 'ee go up on pel of atheism and communism. Mis­ our greasy fingers as we pried and ing upward now, better than two tall the poop and tell the captain now?" swered. But my reply did not seem to an­ son became a convert to CnraccioH’s pushed and fought for every inch of mens' height above the waterline, my “He’d have to send us back to Cap­ views and they became comrades on a space betwixt the plank and the up­ groping finger-tips were still behnv tain Flint. You wouldn't like to be noy him. His gaze dwelt upon my face for several moments longer. French privateer. When the cnptnln right it was nailed to. Peter did all tlie lefet of the stern windows. Peter sent aboard the Walrus to stay, Pen.” of this vessel was killed in a battle the work. sensed my difficulty. Ben Gunn cocked his head on one “Well, well,” he said as he began "Are You Planning to Pry That Off with an English ship, the Italian, who As the Inst nail yielded to Peter’s “On my headt,” lie grunted. side. to pace the carpet. "We must make With Your Finger Nails?" I Taunted. was something of a soap box orator, shoulder the thin clangor of the bell 1 carefully lifted one foot, selected “I ain’t so sure,” lie answered. the best of it, lad." stepped forward with an eloquent ad­ of the Royal James stole down to us Identified them, too, and his fingers another hand-grip and m ount ed “Maybe Flint would let me wear dress and a proposal that Misson out of tlie night. Four times it rang sank into the flesh of my arm, sig­ Peter’s tow locks. Again I explored seaman's gear and tar my hair.” should become captain. Misson replied —two o'clock ! naling me to stay where I was. He upward .with one arm stretched to “If I ever command n ship you shall The treasure ship is met- in with a speech that was even more “Get oudt, Pob,” whispered Peter. glided past me on to the deck, his the limit of safety, hut I failed by be a tarry sallorman aboard her, next Installment. florid and under this flood of oratory, I wriggled through the gap in the body ghostly in the gloom. inches to clutch the sill of the stern Ben,” I promised. "But If- you don’t tlie volatile French sailors broke forth bulkhead, and lie passed the lanthorn “Tm — - if I can see ns why we windows. hide its quickly, Ben, I’ll never be able (TO BE CONTINUED.) into cries of “Vive le Capitaine Mis­ after me. Its (lame was burning low, has to keep our peepers open,” "Jump,” sobbed Peter. to make good on it.” son et son Lieutenant le Scnvnnt Car- but 1 had sufficient light to determine growled the second man. "But you !" He caught m.\ hand In'his. Passed Qccioli !” and endorsed the election. "You jes come along o’ me. Bon that I stood in a stores-hold crammed “ Taint long now till morning," re­ "Jump!" A Scottish lad wanted to go over­ Tlie first question thnt the new offi­ with casks of rum, salt meat and plied Jemmy. “Wlmt d'ye s’y to a The rudder clacked as it was put Gunn knows a thing or two, he does. cers were called upon to decide was a I’ll show ’ee, my master. You jest seas. ship’s biscuit. A door in its for’ard dash o’ rum, matey?" over, and the Janies heeled slightly to “What is your occupation?” in­ choice of the flag under which they bulkhead ied to another hold of the He half-turned, and saw Peter’s the breeze. come along o’ me.” quired tha Australian commonwealth were to sail. One sailor was so foolish Peter and I sopped after him up ns to propose the dread emblem of orlop deck, -where were a hatch and enormous white bulk hovering over I jumped,' Peter sagged beneath inspector. [adder leading up to the gundeck. I him, and his teeth gleamed ns he rué, but Hie fingers of my right hand the companionway to a door for’ard The boy looked dense, and mut­ piracy, the black flag. This brought crept as far as the foot of the ladder opened his mouth involuntarily to fastened upon the ledge of the win­ of the staterooms we occupied, which tered a questioning "Eh?” forth another flood of oratory from the and listened to the snores of the scream. j dow. I heard a splash, and caught led by way. of a steep flight of ladder- A repetition of the query brought new lieutenant, filled with references scores of men who slept in hammocks “I don’t care if—’’ tlie second man hold with my left hand. stairs to the galley and service quar­ no light to the youth’s face. to “Peoples’ Rights and Liberties," thé slung between the great guns of the said. “Ooop !” spluttered Peter from the ters, a space partitioned off from the "What I mean is," said the Inspec­ ’’Yoke of Tyranny” and “Oppression battery. Thut way lay our only path The Dutchman leaped, and his two water. vast sweep qf, ,tjie;,,gundeck. Ben un­ tor, “wlmt are you doing just now?" and Poverty.” Their lives, he declared, of escape. arms whipped out. Jemmy’s scream The rest was child’s play compared hooked a lanthorn from the wall, - And the answer came at once: "I’m unlike the life of a pirate were to be I returned to Peter in a mood that died in a • guttural cough. He held to what had preceded it. The carv­ opened a trap in the deck and signed Jist ea*tin’ a sweetie.”—Tit-Bits. brave und just and innocent and their was none too cheerful; but lie was pled the throat of each. He held ing afforded toe-holds in plenty, and us to follow him. At the bottom of cause of the Liberty. He suggested a already at work with his spike, hiss­ them poised for a moment, then soon I had a leg over the windowsill a second ladder we found ourselves Macaroni Made in Americawhite ensign with the motto “For God ing like a kettle on the bail as lie brought their heads together with an and looked down at Peter trailing in in a lazaret such as had been our and Liberty" on it. the James’ wake as. lie clung to the prison aboard the Walrus. But there Practically all of (he macaroni Again the sailors were swept away prodded away with its blunted point. odd hollow snmek like tlie cracking used In the United States is manufac­ I was able to be of more assistance of egg-shells. . They collapsed inert on shelf which crossed the stern perhaps was this difference in our surround­ by the eloquence and with cries of a foot above the water. He dared, ings: That they were clean. The tured here. Prior to the World war, “Liberty! Liberty! We are free men!" to him this time, since from the far­ the deck. we imported on an average 110,000,- ther side ’twas possible to exert a I darted for the rail, but Peter no longer hold to the rudder. walls were whitewashed, and around and a plentiful supply of “vives" for them were ranged kegs and pipes of 000 pounds a year from Italy, but both men, they ratified the decision. greater leverage, once the plank was stayed me. His big face was so white that ft our Importations from that country sprung loose. Yet the James sounded “Neen; rieen,” he objected. First frightened me, and I tumbled inboard wines, ale and ruin.'ahd racks laden In fact speechmaking and “viveing" with bottles of various liquors. are now less than 4,000.000 pounds seem to have been the principal occu­ Seven bells before we were success­ I get me some pants, Bob. Andt we without stopping to make sure tlie and we are exporting more than onr ful. Peter grunted his satisfaction. drop these fellers overboardt." , 6abin was empty. But my luck was " ’Tis Murray’s wine-cellar,” I com­ pation on this strange pirate craft at aggregate imports of that commodity. first and they* kept It up as they set “We got time,” he said. “Wlioof! He was divesting the larger of the with me, and I scurried around to find mented aloud. out to spread their gospel of sweetness Bo much I sweat I slide me t’rough two of the single garment each one a rope. This was a hopeless quest Ben Gunn deposited the lanthorn The Necessary Number Hnd light and extend their doctrines dot hole.” wore while he talked, and, conquering in that luxurious apartment, so I ran In the middle of the floor and ap­ of freedom to making free with other He was stripped to the buff, and his an instinctive sensation of repug­ up the companion way and just inside* proached Ills , mouth to my ear. It takes two to make a quarrel and three to make It Interesting. people’s property. . pink iMjJriefls body was all a-glisten nance. I did likewise. tbp door to the deck came unon » lend ; *‘Ava and hi kecDS his treasure