Show m sy art tw III 56 howden smith ts co ty anthur D HOWDEN SMITH wa ann service APTER IX continued 1 ar 23 I 1 I 1 i kves b 11 rejoined joshua los nua armally ar lally elated Not nothing hint van can an an to meriot me riot not until i efti t ave irit it ben his voice was ludar 1 N as lie he descended the jocobs In cobs I 1 r youre faife 11 hicie gh h ilah in ninie ile A bunia in fi lid ced tits arrival in the wherry li aa d III I 1 ck I 1 A fat a cruise aisel ui sel I 1 anil and hate li ie 1 hate will SOP see us ns thi 44 howes turned from the gaii oat cume crime out of tile WPM west rind and fi ner of clotide blotted I 1 he sly 1 I HIP 1 I or cr afim 11 0 tightened to a meet arif pil and 1111 knigt lilt them phyRl physically eally it IP paster p ster lint alint bellmeda hellow hello med pd arid U 1 44 yam yammered hammered in the elliis ieni bent a the brig against tile ton tinb gue lyattle lV attle WIIl inin that toner pil tin nn n 11 ka above tile governors hlaing voi re rut nin the centurion barp ul hii jj fiill light ns is a 4 ork for ill fill I 1 her aur ur li of 1 men rind and armament falth faithful ful er helm P re 04 it earing like a racehorse on tile the appy zippy combers the edged surely 0 ta alil tile ast blest tip dp of the wand island rind and snared away for tile run dotan flip per hay bay a howl of it empty night f a for or tile ilie true flaunty I 1 and file I 1 he A wind olvind rc ves was cha ned to farid he could no longer dis r rn the true flo I 1 in f if aln 11 tip he 1 cuffee whose vis lri he knew was better than any ite ate mans ind brid curree made short I 1 irk 1 nf if tile 14 no if see him lan an marar if j allowe ll owe liu bill dar him film dialer chater ship shill if h good tl I 1 you take the wheel fol t rw w the true bounty as closely as I 1 van can 11 yali marar bellowe Fel lowe ilig althe the brig bucked an and sidled sway 19 to the conflicting ures pressure siire of yow ros il andl 10 arid wine v atie and arll title tide in I 1 tile ilie gut iut mili ul in 1 cuffee held her to tile the course ourse ga rent I 1 v hater steered by frel fiel kere ere vel fellowes bolves realized rea lied ith th his first all ciril milt the lie centurion was at sea te file block riders there was not a 9 aari larace ll tace race A skir L dibi on do you still see the true bounty Bou aw ae filie asked cultee cuffee again yah tar inar in sr alim 11 ini dar ir ar a r but un an hour or so after midnight tati afi frown distorted the negros scarred features and he exclaimed angrily in to jun jungla to dialect yil wi enst him cried felloes felloe es s lY leali ali him juju sr one tame Idi Cuffee see him ten den lilio film gone gon tharald hes els no fool hater fellowes grimly mir spencer take the if you pie please ase ill turn in for yi a few hours g tei CHAPTER X ih fill s savor savo of vengeance morning brought a dull gray eli eky an n untiring wind and empty horl hori eions zona fellowes knew he must musi have long since outdistanced the cumbrous true bounty and shortened sail as much as he dared but the centurion lie fled before the gale cale tit H a fair twelve R knots f all that day and the next the nor wester stormed after thrill them but bill lur far ing the second night niehl it 11 blew itself out in a snow squall tind find fellowes wore ship to retrace his course charts he decided file die true bounty would steer north of tile usual tra kracl to tile hie hater chater would hug the routes mutes of the rite british convoys lr in canada choosing rather to rik he f ing overhauled hy by an all enem arii than by his own men very possibly trusting to some soine form ol of pro lection from admiral Col colhoun hoin S sn C for four lays days mure more flip Centt irion beat to tile northward on a 8 zigzag g course that cohered many miles of y sea hut bill it ani until flay that the cry of sall sail ho fin from the sent all hands to 10 their sta eions ak the strange sail mide a clumsy at tempt to run rim away hut hilt tile hris jy overhauled film in less les own mi it plass hi ps and a nn islip shut shot arosa I 1 til its Y bo hows s sw soul him flapping into tile ilie t an hour later the ceorge arid anne f of laverpool loaded aih wool vils erm cro ii atoll hardware was diverted fron p if to tn new york alth a pylyp I 1 crew in charge ol of hoi her will mid the cen b turlon bore olt oil on her nils pits slon sion northeast lelles steered on nn a slanting course unit would art aart bilm ci far to seaward of the con coasting stIng routes i where the enemy cruisers dept it ii arid and ward fill far to seaward too of the grand banks hut hilt a 8 week after afler the george arid anne hid dwindled over the skyline a 8 cold cla clammy illIF fog wrapped the centurion ten turlon arid and the lateer crawled along with double lookouts Kio houts at each anil and on pool aop and the magazine open rind tile the gun crews mustered that thai lay they sailed as remote as though ibey had bad entered another world onee once a whale almost collided with them and sounded indignantly beneath their keel the night was so silent r that tile swish of the brigs cul water f could be heard aft on the poop pool and t the morning was as still but noon saw a streak of sunshine overhead and suddenly the tog fog curtain was rent lo in ta t it fers tiers and stoppers seemed to come out of their ears cars for they heard all about them a muffled claim fl or horns borns tin pans clanking t bells bella tolling men shouting A bristle of masts projected from the lingering shreds of mist hulls took shape scores of at hulls bulls a stately seventy four thins fling an n admirals pennant a brace u of frigates A canada convoy exclaimed silencer VP ive be got good na as stewed caan 11 not tv by a d n sight snapped aie not if admiral himself III elf will wheres e res that 8 alg iw balman nul muli signalman lil lilt therl lier I 1 break out hie he inacy ensign ns ln haste man hastel now the stars and ae A ir you fool on oil the lie ii hole hii biml lain eni ein eipl up run lun em ein ii up ile he on file bren of u gun as hie file w il nearest of the 1 binn 1 1 1 o nr ar came down la 11 r 1 1 11 I 1 d alida what st ilits that hailed un 1111 omet tion I 1 boup crowd ed fali fannes Imi its in lilun blue tind gold lace face fatma tiiu iou men inon bellowes Kel lowes snarled tit lit ilk lil curioni crew flut flat on tile the jerk arid aai arting speaking trumpet 14 1 lilia lip the lie fiill duill ane aie aye sirl this Is the Ameil can privateer Ce murion guns captain ol 01 uon llon fellows out of new york tori prize to to tin spincle filsaime fil saie gaie Capt captain md illo nil all american privateers men fellow ea fool iwen been primed printed with the as to the cruls cruis ing in s lations of the meno men o ar and lie happened to recall that thai the semple a thirty mirty two was a unit of I 1 lie jamaica Inin alca squadron the watch miller UK pr of hie file seventy four knew ns na much anil and retorted promptly where did you lenie your ship seii sir OH off the miina passage there wils was it of 0 con consults quIta a 1 1 I 1 ll 11 if re the centurion fled before the gale at a fair twelve knots tion on the poop then the tha same officer hailed 11 again maln and your name lieutenant broderick Broder lck sir fel owes lowes answered desperately casting a wary eie ee about him for or an opening to slip clear 1 I broderick ell eh you aint rated to tile the semele sir not by my annual 1 I 1 am newly transferred to her sir mr rel el lowes improvised from the cape alln sir I 1 find no broderick list pd ed as a lieuten lieutenant ili A lincir of tyne tylle traders heavy load loa ld ed blundered 00 out I 1 0 of f a s swath w a thing lne cli 01 mist and staggered aboard the ii cen turlon rellies swift to seize the opportunity pretended to great anai ety lull luff up there d n yet ye he hailed file i lie first of the merchantman merchantmen merchant men with all the typical arnwine of a navy allicer ol ot licer whal dye mean my man lurf up 1 I bayl dupre you at the beef to tits own heltion helmsman 1 iwar lea r away irian from the rascals cy by tho lend run us down skillfully tie he tile the ti aples between the brig and the sev v enar flur find urged his hopmeir ell iloff TO BE CONTINUED |