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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH IKE FINDS A CAPTAIN 'AZARAC CHAPTER XIV quietly attentive, his calm face unreadable. And suddenly this dull Impasse was cut through with a shout. Gorglo, on the highest dune, was pointing seaward. "She Is coming lnl She Is making the Inlet wl tide and topsll air The Seraphine was moving. Then there was another shout. Above her, In the misty offing, another sail showed, dimly and slowly under way. The Spanish frigate, sir ! cried Bohon. "Standing in close as she dares, to look the schooner over ! Crackley must ha hammered her rudder on the bar last night I see a false rig over her end. Shes fouled, and hes laying her up in the wooded river out o the kings big guns! De Almonaster shrugged; It meant the end of flight or hiding for those marooned on the open reef. "Ah, well ! he glanced about : Mademoiselle, our honorable gentlemen may well look aghast! He laughed, but to the chief he muttered: "Monsieur Sazarac, we might as well build a fort in the sands and sell our lives dearly. If net the Spaniards, It will be the Campeche savages coming out upon us. If not them, starvation and the sun In a few days. There Is no water on this reef, Monsieur! Mademoiselle had listened. De tone was light, as if both the gentlemen were affecting a debonair nonchalance for her sake. Monsieur Sazaracs shrug was of delicate dissent 'to discuss their lives end in her presence. Then he smiled dis- 17 A Flowar for a Ragged Fellow. The longboat made a shallow pass between two curving reefs of dreary d sand, rising to mangrove clumps at the higher points, and was beached In a quiet lagoon. The red sunrise found them there marooned; Silent men wandering over the waters less spaces and then coming back near to a shelter canvas which bad been roped to the bushes for Mademoiselle Lestron. Then the last lieutenants of Lafltte sat apart to discuss the matter. The Seraphine lay plainly visible west and north, her sails Idle and a flat, smooth coastal tide between. Shell be beating off with the morning breeze, growled Bohon. "How much water did Crackley leave to ns? "Two casks; bread and the salt horse for three days no more. We count six muskets and twelve pistols. When the Indians put off from the woods to spy us out we can hold em off a bit A.ve, for whatT Wheres a river mouth to make? There Is none the Spaniards do not hold. There Is no cove either way where you would not find the kings men. The rest is Jungle. . . . What does the captain say to it? Old Dominique puffed his long pipe tranquilly. "What does Captain Jean make of It? repeated Bohon to them. "There is nothing to make of It, returned the alderman. "Eh, blenl A little while of waiting a day or two, old robbers, In the sun and without tantly: You will recall the Instruction I water. At that, something will be tried. Leave It to Jean that some- on;e gave? You were to be my pristhing will be tried for ye all. The oner, Monsieur, in event the Seraphine lady Is at breakfast with the captain, he muttered irrelevantly. "He has toasted the bread he has made the coffee himself for the English lady. Name o G dl I have witnessed wlnd-twlste- 1 that! "Captain Sazarac Is calling to yon, observed the count "Now, go, all there is a message. They went slowly, trudging through the sands with dry muttered Jests and Men, for the hopeless prophecies. most part, past the prime of life; some heavy, Indeed, with years, coming before their captain with an endeavor to assume a sprightly seamans bearing. Faithful, rugged, Implacable faces adventurers who had given their wild youth to him. "It Is in my mind to put the English lady and my friend, Monsieur de Almonaster, In the way of safety, said There Is a chance the chief quietly. for them. The rest I, and you He stopped and smiled at them. There was a shout "I and you I Jean with them? Nee Coupe came closer, tying tight the bloody silken n skull. head scarf about his d His facMtook a ghastly grin. They would fin still be rid of the English womanvby some miracle! Jean would shake free of his burden of the English woman . . . and be with them once again? "It can be established that Monsieur de Almonaster is of Spanish lineage; and that Mademoiselle Lestron is of a mission that was working In the pay went on Capof the Spanish king tain Sazarac evenly. "If, then they could reach a ship It Is probable they would find refuge. The rest And again the shout of grim humor cut him off. The rest I Why, the rest could expect the reef, the tropic sun Still their . , . and their captain! sour, hopeless humor. Certainly there was nothing for the rest of them I ; But now the English woman came out of the hot little shelter. "Now, you will listen to me, also, men of the Seraphine! she cried suddenly. "To me as well as to your captain! Surely there Is a way for us after these treacherous mutineers put off with the schooner! Surely, I know your faithfulness to him and to your ship! What Is there to fear for seamen who serve loyally their master and their ship? They listened curiously. Monsieur the captain pushed back the Iron-gra-y hair from bis temple and listened. It was as If he had heard It all and had no more answer than they. See, you ! The girl went on hotly. "Monsieur Sazarac, playing the part of a patriot to his adopted country! I an English Tory can testify to that! The attack upon the Genaron surely I can swear to the admiralty of my country, that It was done for me Monsieur Sazaracs in all honor. , orable men turned to the captain What Is this Jesting?. He moThey mean no disrespect tioned to the grinning crew with a serious affection: "Now, get you gone, fellows! See that our wine and little water Is stored from the sun. Work the longboat closer In on the tide. Sazarac! they shouted In hoarse laughter and went to obey him. He saw the hurt pride In her eyes, and the old wondsr at his evasion. She turned to D Almonaster with a pathetic little gesture of despair at the moods of Monsieur Sazarac. She could not understand. She sat drawing figures In the sand, and when she raised her dark eyes, to watch the tall h on the figure out by the shoals, the young man saw the great tears In them Which she presently Mademoiselle hotly: sun-was- wiped away. She dried her tyes with a final, resolute little sob "Monsieur, do yon know well, once, he came for me . . . It teas on the staircase of a court the Hotel Ofleant, and very late. He was going from me, and he had been all chivalry. He turned away, allowing Colonel Carr to boast that Sazarac would not fight, because he wished to spare my name. He said ah, It was a silly thing for me to do I but I dropped a flower to him as he left . . , and another man stumbled from the shadows and picked It up. v "Another man? echoed De Almonaster. "That was before you had come to As to me, Raoul, on the Seraphine. the other man, that was no matter. I suppose a beggtr In the courtyard caught my camellia. I dont know it was silly to throw a flower to Sazarac, I was hot the river gamester with shame afterward at doing so. But if he had caught It . . . Ah, well ! I thank Heaven he never knew It ! after I found myself In his hands upon the Seraphine! The ragged fellow who caught It stared up once and then hurried after Monsieur Sazarac. At the area-arche turned. It appeared he tried to pose as a lover, and then he fell over his own foot, or something, very absurdly! "A ragged ftllow, muttered De ' " Almonaster. Like one of these old tattered followers. A ghost of a man fading Into ... moonlight ! A shout arose from the exiles who were dragging the longboat nearer in Monsieur Sazarac had the shoals. to them. He saw paused half-wa- y what had hitherto been hidden by low spit of sand. In- shore, coming from the distant Spanish frigate, without doubt They had crept unnoticed by the refugees on the reef until they were fair In the break of forest wall where there had been the last glimpse of the Seraphlne's snowy sail. Do you see, Monsieur de Almonas- seal-brow- There was a stir among them then (he silence again. Old Dominique sighed. The honor of Sazarac . . . the word of Captain Sazarac to the admiralties that his men were good and true ! "For me In all honor. By you Company Five armed boats had drawn For Mo In All Honor. By You Mon orable was taken on the seas? You were to be as one held to an unlawful affair against your will De Almonaster flushed to Jils eyes : "Monsieur ! Do you Jblnk that I he stopped. Sazarac could not offer him life lightly In her presence! Undoubtedly the Spaniard will accept you and Mademoiselle Lestron. Monsieur Dominique, also a municipal officer of New Orleans . . . there Is no reason why the Spaniards should not receive and protect you. And you? The younger man could not help the whispered question. "I take it that the Spaniards will attack the Seraphine in those woods and leave no soul living on her. I assume that the mouth of every scoundrel on her will be closed by death. Then you with Mademoiselle Lestron to the frigate and say that you were marooned by the buccaneers, and claiming protection.' Why, the Spanish governor at Merida, or Vera Cruz, must know of Carrs plot! Surely he would welcome Mademoiselle Lestron and her friends! "Why, are you not. Monsieur, also my friend, and protected with die? It Is, the girl cried wonderlngly. Indeed, a fair story an intrigue to save us all ! Why did I not think the Spaniards would protect us when they will suppose that I am still In the plot of Carrs purpose to aid their schemes? Messieurs, I can safeguard you all to Vera Cruz with that plea! They all heard her. But a silence The girl looked eagerly from fell. one weathered face to another of Monsieur Sazaraes few followers. Suddenly Monsieur Sazarac laughed again. Aloud and clearly. He arose and adjusted his neckerchief. There was a gasp, a grumbling bewilderment, and then laughter from all the old buccaneers. They slapped each other on the shoulders, grinning knowingly at their chief. to the lady! My compliments shouted Johanness, "but the climate o Vera Cruz my lungs are delicate! And I mind that I might have a humor o the blood were I there! ' ter? said the chief of the exiles qui- It was as I reasoned. The etly. schooner will be taken this night It Is what one would greatly desire. 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The rest of us, I fear, must do without the minsands. istrations of the Spanish viceroys physician as long al we can possibly a day or so more, ere the doctor calls for us. His smile still lingered when De Almonaster came closer, tom by a wild bitterness which he, himself, could not fathom. Jean, he whispered : I have not spoken. The choice Is hers between you and me and she might save you from Murillos men! She might plead with the viceroy that she loved you even Lafltte of the black flag! That Is a Jest murmured Sazarac absently, worthy of John Jarvis, who played the clown to betray me a plea for Lafittes life fo Murillo! (TO BE CONTINUED.) Proud Owner. An Augusta (Maine) man has a shiny new car. One day the radiator overflowed and left rust all over the front of the car. Whereupon the proud own-ie- r drew a $5 bill from his pocket anS wiped off the statns. Needless to say, he returned It to his pocket after the job was finished and he had shaken the dust from the bill. 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