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Show sr '- - ,t L i r I y A': CHAPTER X Continued . 12 The alienee was oppressive as we ascended the poop ladder. A last babble of Latin ended on an hysterical note. The Spanish captain stalked to the far side of the deck, rumbling curses, and fixed his gaze upon the Rehind purple hills of Hispaniola.' the steering-whee- l the black flock of religious gathered closer under the great, gilded hint horn which crowned the high, pulplt-likrpcess Intended to protect the helmsman; and amongst those cowled shaved heads and shapeless swathed forms the slim grace and sunny blue eyes of Moira ODonnell were as patent as the growing fear 1th which her father met us. , JDon Ascanio has placed the conduct of matters In my hands. Whut Is next? Must you " he began. lie gestured expressively toward the vessel beneath us. , I I find myself It seems TIs s nauseating prospect Several hundred men and priests and nuns, Murray Aye, a cardinal sin, one I'll never have absolution for, whatever betide r You concern yourself without cause," said Murray soothingly. 'Yp have arranged It differently, and to that end I shall act a part with your daughter which you must support ; aye, to the offering of violence. And now, tell me, where Is the treasure? In the lazaret. Master Sounders! ended my great-uncle- , Take fifty men and break out a quantity of treasure from the lazaret of the prize." Aye, aye, sir," returned Saunders, and the pirates fell over themsehes In their alacrity to have a hand in his business. concluded the cleanMy great-uncling of his 4,wonl, crossed to the larboard railing and tossed the bloodied handkerchief overboard. Oh, Master Martin," he hulled the mate on the poop of the Itoynl James, Re so good as to have a whip rigged to sling aboard from the foreyard-arthe treasure which Saunders Is breaking out." Aye, aye, sir, I'll attend to It ull myself," Martin assured him. and nil my eyes for a the Twelve Apostles, blast em for a e e A pungent fellow, Martin ! commented my great-unclreerosslng the But we must play our little deck. comedy here. You, chevalier, are cast for the Anguished 1urent. I am the Ieter Is the Mute Aged Libertine. with the bowstring he gentle, Peter. Robert humph I I scarce know how to describe your role, Robert. You, shall we say, are to he Youth? You shall be Youth ful Wantonness, and did we adopt all the exigencies of the plot twould he necessary for you finally to strive with me for the possession of the maid. Rut we will wave thut anon. Play up to me, You, too, Peter! nephew! He left us and walked with a mincing gait, entirely different from his rent catlike prowl, up to the black-garbecluster surrounding - Mistress ODonnell, Stap me, a fair piece, this!" he drawled. "Too fair to bloom unseen. Come hither, mistress!" But the maid answered him so dauntlessly that It made the blood prickle In my neck. A blnck shame on yon, old enough to be the father f nie and these others here! I know you for what you are. Captain and If you will be thinking I am ono to fenr you It Is a sorry wakening you will have. Oh, you might better be down 'on your knees, asking pardon for the wickedness you have, wrought, than' plotting fresh evil, and threatening holy folk with your dreadful torments "So you recognize . me? said my great-uncl"TIs an honor, mistress. Rut I fear you have heard much to my prejudice, and I must press you to visit iny ship and learn the contrary. Step forward, colonel, and defend her," I muttered under my breath to " her father. k He hud the grace to blush, but be acted upon ray suggestion w Ith a semblance of sincerity.. "Sir, sir, what, l this you do? he cried. Certes. there Is some limit t to your The inuid Is d Rlp-Rnj- v 1 e, 1 my daughter."' My great-uncl- ' - , went through his snuff ritual with an nrtful exaggeration which was comical to one who knew 1dm. Cnfortiinute!" lie drawled. I wish I could sympathize with you, sir." And to me Robert, you will conduct the lady ; to the James." For the first time Mistress O'Donnells glance lighted fair upon my " , face. ! "Master Ormerod she gasped. Youd best come quietly, mistress," I snapped. j She flung her hands to fen me off, and the fat monk and the two nuns cat themselves upon us, the monk striking at my head with his heavy crucifix and the nuus scratching and clawing so that I was put to It to protect my eyes. They were surely three of the bravest people who evea-liye- il. and but for Peter they would e . ' have-worste- ue. The big Dutchman waded stolidly Into the confusion, shoved ODonnell from bis path, upset the monk and pushed the two nuns out of the way. "You take d little gal, Bob," he squeaked. She struggled with all the strength In her lissome body, but I pinned her bands and tossed her over my shoul- - By 1. ' 1 Arthur D. Howden Smith Copyright by Arthur D. Howden Bmith WNU Service der and then her father attacked me, with the Spanish captain, whose patience had been exhausted by this latt outrage. , Hurray drew Ids sword and forced the Spaniard buck and Peter slung ODonnell over his shoulder as easily as I hud th ts maid. I got him, Ja, he announced to Murray. My great-uncl- e sheathed his sword. "Carry him along, he said. Since he Is so much concerned as to his (laughter's fate, we will permit him to watch It. Afterward, It may be, he can afford us some additional amusement. Stap me, a most persistent fellow !" A line of pirates staggered across the decks, backs stooped beneath s of portly casks and and pndlocked, chests, each with leaden seals Impressed with the, anus of the Spanish king. They leered at my writhing captive, but they all looked quickly descended to away as my great-uncl- e most have affected my relative, for he patted the limp hand on big arm with a truly paternal kindness. Come, come, did I not say the comedy was ended? he chldpd her. "You are as safe here as In your Spanish convent But the deck Is too public for our revelations. We will seek the seclusion of the cabin, and there the complete tale shall be unfolded for your reassurance, with your father'a witness to support It She shook her head. "I I know not what yon mean." To be sure," heagreed. Rut you soon shall. Peter, good friend, prithee take three steps within the companion-wa- y and there deposit Colonel ODon-ne- l with decent propriety upon the two limbs Nature Intended for 'hlg locomotion. Ah Excellent ! Allow me, 1 mistress 1" Ben Gunn and the two negro lackeys ushered the party to their seats. Mistress ODonnell sank Into hers jjlth a weariness that was pathetic. She was quite regardless of her surroundings. Peter took hlg accustomed place at the opposite end, and I sat beside her. "Let me give you a glass of this aqua vitae, my lass." snld by groat-uncl"1'ls efficacious for fatigue us. and the migraine. See, I taste It myCan you manage her alone? he self. "TIs quite all right. Yon, too. nsked me curtly. chevalier? Perhaps jou Ill manage her or go overboard will pass theExcellent! flask to Master Corkier with her, Ibarked. yonder. And Master Ormerod yonder . lie smiled. my nephew. Rut I believe you and "The right spirit, lad! Tut, tut, mistress." ns she wrenched n hand free your daughter have had previous acwith him, and dug at my eyes. You concern quaintance ODonnell muttered something none f for your-elnothing, too clylLJuit the maid bestirred herplayed at a game, self, and her eyes examined me again fathers attitude. with the mingling of horror and stuT The greater his which governed her mood. hissed. That he should have suffered pefacthm How come you here? she asked. you to take me alive! You you are you also a plrat'e7" We are friends, urged my rela"I am a eaptUe as surely as yourtive, lowering Ids voice. TIs but self, I returned. "Aye, more so. a pretense we ninke A Friends! Ah, you are friends to terest captive! she exclaimed, her Infanned alight. "Rut surely the Powers of Evil. you Re patient a little longer, Moira, My great-uncl- e interrupted her. pleaded her father from his pereh on "Please, Mistress ODonnell ! Our I'll explain " Peters shoulder. Is sufficiently complicated. Let She went of a sudden entirely limp tale us not make It more difficult to comand hurst Into a passion of weeping. by confusing It at the beginOh, pndre, padre, to think of you prehend with ning First, that there 'TIs worst of ull I a coward! may he no misunderstanding, tls true ODonnell swore helplessly. that I am he who Is known as Captain I climbed by wny of a enrronade on " to the larboard bulwarks, bolding MisShe shrank away from him In a tress O'Donnell with one nrm while I took a strand of rigging with the renewed access of terror. I have already told you that you oilier; and even as I collected myself to jump the gap that separated the two have no cause to fear me," he went vessels she twisted free of me and on gently, "and to prove that to you would have slid overside to be I will add that I am an outlaw what crushed to death, most likely, for the Is called a pirate, although I detest two hulls were continually grinding the word myself because I am a JaI believe, too, I may claim I caught her In the nick cobite. together. of time, letting go my clutch upon the your father as my friend." lie looked inquiringly at O'Donnell. rigging, and was near to being dragged down with her, teetering back and The Irishman drained his glass. Tis true, he assented. "This genforth ns aimless as a feather blown by the wind. So that, what with her tleman Is one Andrew Murray, who struggles nnd my own loss of balance, was out In the 15 and was afterward I gritted my teeth and Jumped most in trouble In New York province on precariously, hit or miss, and, I am the score of Intrigues with our friends hound to admit, landed upon the and the French, Moira. He hath been James bulwarks rather by good for- a good servant to King James." "Rut for why will you have been tune than skill. I dropped to the deck In no very the death of ull the poor folk on the An 111 recompense Suntissima Trinidad? she cried. pleasant mood. 'Tis regrettable that Spaniards one for that hath been at pains to bad to die, lass, answered my great-uncllowering his voice to a proper Rut I call to your depth of emotion. mind that Spain has not helped the Good Cause as she might when there was a bonny chance of fetching the Stuarts home." That Is Gods truth," she admitted with quick passion, "but I am thinking tis not overhonest. You talk nonsense, Moira, blustered her father. "Is It not better that this treasure should be employed to recover England and all' the lands to the English crown for their rightful rulers who will assist In the restoration of the True Faith than it should he poured into the pockets of the king's favorites at Madrid? Why, lass, there are great lords, ave, a prince of the Church, no less, that set the seal of their approval to what we do. The people of Spain will he thanking ns for the use to which we turned their treasure nnd then well pay It buck, he added with a happy Inspiration. "Odds, that we will! Indorsed my great-uncl"What's a million nnd a half pounds to royal Spain? Aye, or to an England that waxes grandly prosperous under wise Stuart rule? I Caught Her in th Nick of Time. She was sMent. bur-denl- Iron-boun- d wire-wrappe- d side-issue- Rip-Rap.- ' e, g spare your father's reputation, mistress, I growled, as surly as any pirate of the crew. You might ha been my death." She looked at me, too surprised to answer at once, and before she had recovered herself, my great-uncl- e and Peter Joined us, Peter still placidly carrying Colonel O'Donnell like a flour sack. Murray cast a swift glance of appraisal around his ship. Ye have come through very creditably," he remarked. Martin, let me know as soon as the prizes treasure is all aboard." lie turued to us. The curtain Is ready to fall upon our comedy. Will you accept my arm. Mistress O'Donnell? A glass of wine and a bite of sailor's fare will taste better than Robert's ear, which your hunger promoted vou to nibble. Fie, fle, my ' .j THE SALINA SUN, SALINA, UTAH drtb Bello Gold! - I K lass!" She stared at him with utter horror, yet suffered him to place her hand upon his arm. The spirit was gone out of her, exhausted by the - strain she had been subjected to. She was like a butterfly spiked on a thorn. Something of the same sensation Ills suave manner conveyed suhtly an Implication of the Importance he attached to her approval. "I would not Inflict a dose of the material philosophy of age upon one jo young and charming, my dear, he went on; but possibly you will forgive me If I Indicate to you the regrettable circumstance that the Ideal Is seldom attainable? In order to secure the means for King James and what your father so quaintly terms the True Faith in the British Isles, It hath been necessary for a gentleman of questionable legal status myself associated with others of yet more dubious antecedents and repute, to procure the death of divers Spanish persons, who, of themselves, had never wrought any harm against us or the cause we served. Tis by precisely such contraventions of precedent and lettered laws that epochal events are brought about. I trust my reasoning Is clear? ODonnell emptied a glass with an Impntlent growl that masked an oath. "You are wasting time, Murray. Moira Is a good lass, and my daughter; but what she thinks of this venture " " Is of considerable importance to my great-uncl- e protested. In the beginning of "There te a certain matter of "I was our portance to be discussed, colonel," to give her a wrong of my character, and I am extremely desirous to have her good opinion." But why Is Master Ormerod a captive? Why does he say I am a captive, You are not a captive," returned At least I say that my great-uncle- . under the Impression that, as your fathers daughter and a devout Jacobite, yon would not, whatever your personal feelings might be, undertake to Interfere with our plans. I am wondering are you all mad," she said blankly. Ton may well say so!" I exclaimed. The truth Is this, mistress: Master Murray hath besides his own ships company a second hand of pirates the which are restless beneath his thumb, lie desired me to be his lieutenant to help him hold them In restraint, and "You restrained them bravely aboard the Santlsslma Trlnldnd! she said. That was to save you!" I declared. Troth, and Im saved, she echoed sarcastically. Yes, you and your father," said Colonel ODonnell Murray gravely. risked everything on this coup of ours. To protect him twas essential It should never he known he was privy to It. We had the choice of two means to that end. One was to sink the Snntlt-simTrinidad with all hands except yourselves. The other was to arrange to remove the two of jrou In such fashion ns to establish your Innocence. I am free to say the first was the easiest course. The dictates of humanity, however, prevailed. IIow he rolled that last sentence. "And what do you know of humana ity that soaked the decks of the Trinidad with blood? she answered. "You that the Spaniards cite as a hyword for cruelty and wickedness! I will not believe a word that you say. I will not believe any man here. You are all smirched with the same badness. Peter leaned his great bulk forward upon the table. Dont talk no more, you, he commanded the Irishman. Keen, I talk ! Little gal, Bob andt I we dont come wit Murray because we like to. He makes us. Ja! He uses us. lie uses your fater. lie uses you. But when we are wit him we do what we can to take care of you. It Is not goodt for little gals to be on pirate ships. Neen ! lie leaned back. Dots all." Her blue eyes dwelt seriously upon his vast, flat face, with its Insignificant features blobbed here and there. she said. I believe you, Our Stap me, jeered Murray. Peter Is discovered a squire o dames a preux chevalier. Peter, you ha We must disguised your talents. know more of them. Ja, said Peter vacantly. Mistress ODonnell rose. she addressed my great-uncl- e Sir you will be excusing me if I do not linger- for more conversation. What you do- hath no concern with me. I am very distraught, and my heart Is sick with the black sorrow, she swayed a little and I I I would lie me down mid I slipped from my seat and steadied Im- he announced. T most have your attention. O'Donnell nodded sulkily. A yon know, the crew of my Captain Flint, some of whom you saw la New York, are not under the same discipline as my own men: I must have the security of the Rendezvous, and for that I must needs pay Flint. Also, I may have need of him In other ways. This venture Is not yet consummated. Tls contrary to my instinct to break with, Flint If It can be avoided. 'Tls similarly contrary to my instinct to trust him farther than I must, and In this Immediate case I am loath to trust him." Whats to do? rasped ODonnell. "Raise his price?" No, no. My suggestion Is- that we should stow away our friends portion of the treasure before we return to the Rendezvous." Where? "I have been turning that In my mind for several weeks. There Is an Island south of Porto Rleo In the Vir- - If" a her. Take her to your srateroom, Robsaid my great-uncl"You must lodge with Peter., He rose, himself, bowing with the fine courtesy which became him nobly. I guided her as far as the stateroom door. She' thanked me faintly as I opened It for her, and I was abruptly Impelled to recover her friendship. What I tried to tell you was the truth, I murmured, the words spilling fast from my tongue. Indeed It was so ! Peter Corlaer had the right of it. We two are no pirates, and all that we ha done has been Intended to make smooth your way." There was a wistful light In her eyes as she lifted them under long, blnck lashes. God send you be honest, sir" she said. I I must wait to judge. The world Is gone all twirly-rounEven the padre She choked back a sob. 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Tis less likely to slip from our hands on the Dead Mans Chest than aboard the Royal Janies, answered Bethink Murray. you, chevalier! Twill give us time to let the hue and cry of the Spaniards die down and to arrange with your friends for Its reception. Whatever you say, tls a miserable alternative, protested O'D o n n.e 1 1. Let us rather hold north and set the treasure ashore In France. To run the gauntlet of French and deEnglish cruisers? my great-uncl- e manded scornfully. Odsblood, man, you are out of your mind! And when you had landed it, what would you do? How much of It would go to your friends and how much to grease the pockets of French officials? took snuff, tapping My great-uncl- e the box thoughtfully after he had dusted the powder In his nostrils. To he strictly honest with you gentlemen, he remarked at last, I am disposed to return to Flint because I foresee a possibility of my desiring to. sacrifice him to cover our tracks. 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