| Show r ra a D hOWLEN t S MTh tf t a ay at y COPYRIGHT 1918 W tv ARTHUR 0 CHAPTER Continued XI-Continued XI Continued 19 19 TIed Red heeded 0 assuming Joint re with Ben nen Ins Blood me for tor a fool tool Captain but thin t In the uv chure of lit a to toBee Z I see Bee ee a 8 lady ludy the like o 0 her tier put IU up In Inthe Inthe Inthe the dock with a n parcel o 0 and coin clippers I So If Is ull oil the same MOle to ye Just throw me In Irons and lInd III out a d declaration Inns I was was or for every ery dirty In Washington Or put It how ye will we cnn nn t ne me Wrote rote v the letter lettu n oil nil oilA A Au u overpowering com of of 01 unc t tort ton fit at Fellowes he irL A voice within him cried tint hue hire was a stet Sill sti n i r I force than hate hite but a 8 se second ond voice olce li I sued from his hl mouth h I 1 I tear for you are ure th the of nt you YUl emotions doctor clOt tor Tria on lo le not a 0 crime to be She kno knots knos 3 s no DO wore more o 0 tn treason ason nor norI I 1 do of ot Boneys Boney's zard gi o 0 Si 3 The The pour poor li It S ds nn be be m 01 ide de a 8 mistake but Ill I'll take me theres there s no not a morsel of In ber i h s she che he must niu t PlY pay for It It And as the lie Irishman opined ned his mouth to 10 reply Fellowes PS fell hick bilk k upon t the lip same argument he hid hul offered Sopher Th The lads lad being whit she he Is will not nol suffer another her to assume n unie her n spon It Itis was is us probably from tram 0 whose tongue wagged waged freest freed th tint It t uro of I LS eIlO to tight the Badger ThUr h vi s to ext eXI linne lian e the briefest of 11 s hll hot the day the wind sun un us astern ern and the sun SUII clime carne out b h she UI to n se s edlie the deck to where he staid 8 me ule with ills his glass Do you look for fOI the lie Badger L tain I l she asked lot hot ot set jil lt marm ma jm am he answered an choking his surprise tier Her hands hund clipped together ly Iy there ms lS aching In tile the tilee thee eyes e cs ee that met mt his Oh Oh sir sir-lc sir 1 It not th iii it 11 TH we wenly e DIV father and should I-should 1 he pun ichu hul i Capt l Is no not nui re spon for n nhat ho t we e did IJ lie e as an nn enemy to serve sere hl Lint Uri And he had his orders from orders from hardy from Co Cod nil l burn hurn And Ane my i lord ord w wis IS behind them all for he lie support supported d us with Ith the i ministry I ellowe forced himself to speak harshly Captain Is o as ac you say sayan sayan an enemy nr nn ml am ata As an nn em en mv mv tic tk lily DIY duty to destroy him But But to seek ell him out 1 I fo ro hunt him u a as one beast hunt another 1 I dust Iu t you and James you yon two t of ol all the world b de Idl idly enemies for or-for- for for her her take ok sank sJuk to a 0 whisper whisper m he She tr trembled so 80 that he put lUI out his I arm to steady her bir O of o the curio curious glances of the hL on the tar side ol of the poop his hl wind w i to 10 toa lon o a hate hute whirl hute pity resentment and ond an on he would not name e es e pD en to 10 himself In one olle nall nauseous brew Louth II lug iris her lier he had a 0 mad macJ III dt Ir sire to em embrace embrace brace her ber to cm cover er her tier mOil mouth h wll with h kisses If tint was hl III price shed she'd pay he had h id no doubt She he w 10 is no But he hUI rd himself Ul f av gently Lou ou ou mat male e a too much of ot this flits II Ms c e e are all nil ou on tIle the lie rack ruel o of fate fu te I late I ul ate she repented n ow nw Is 1 iron him Lou ou should sty s 1 Imle lute lice IIan an ill III thing sir lr rind ru oils upon will who sponsors IL It I- I I ellow 1111 l cc hi loo hii 1 r f d his he held id Tint Is a 0 print palm you fOll need neul not nr with inc tue he I 1 hasp I bet el m m o a task o and rill I am hound Ip III I honor to complete It lo 10 sli Il Jurn James Ue cola rok rUn run scornfully scornful lot Oll u ure are o U Lr r nt III It It m he be He Ue paused for words word to phrase hk hie hi thou hL It II I might I l d er serve cerve e you I shall On nast OnDO no DO h s 0 ot of what I 1 do Al Anil yet yeth I II iI I h Ite lie him I hate hale him aa a U I t hired 1 loiter and and h hive rte I r I rhad had from Inter q dl donth Rut Bin I III II not rest r fl until he hes s a or punished or I urn um tier Her tote fate was us tr gl there no f scorn In her voice when h n she fl replied Les es you iou ou are ore n a proud Jroud n And I Iam Iam am a 0 proud Jroud woman oman If my back tHilL ha hai n 1 hemp beaten raw ru ruI I d too inn Oh you do well to hate I 1 Ion I But BUI tJ Isme tae rile you OU should hl trite Inte ou Lou should tie tieme tieme tieme me to the till must mast there and Ilot m me us James flogged sou flu Hog flog me while your sailors look Ionic on and lick their lip Iles and I glo It as os men do o at of sight of 01 tether s 8 spain pain Wouldn t I th hit it satisfy t s you For deserve dc nc e It I who ho hn have e brought brough you to two men men- men Her lIer voice voce broke In a 0 wall and ond Fel loses 10 beckoned 0 to him Conduct Misa 1118 below doc doe tor She I too IOU hose hj e e every ery ery attention ou Lou ou r t lOll ind The II hi lEhm III e e him a saturnine glare e A ll more than ye do Captain God Gud forgive e ye I now nowa a conic come n along long with It h Aloysius S e a e a a e ei c dUIe druse dUI e the Centurion top topmasts topmasts masts whipping froin frum mill the he till tid Is lee rl rig rigging sad clack hll lint but so 10 keenly did Fel eC 10 w her hu Hi th n a olie bhe ne ne er carried n u spit spir cp If the hp press of soli saillie h he kept pt hI her h i r under unil r There 1 here was has as no nomore nomore more grumbling aC as they ne ired their fu oll it flit sra en P 11 I tw of ot tile the lie to fo foe r s le hud hind dl dl o Hint the sinking of 01 an enemy 8 s slat p of nl n war fir must he r re- re rewarded re rewarded warded h by n a handsome ome grant from lOIl l I the lie s crew Lit thou thou-nn dollars for the k re Gr tile the lie S comp came to understand the rest rell cons for h hf hI r I nt All Alls AllS SI s i l faring mon ern knew n the lIlt Pr Pre f re header lc r built hp ler t z I Her Face Was Tragic There Was No Scorn In Her Voice When She Re Replied Replied plied piled armed They could their en ene and their b could out outrange range any craft below a line u o butte ship And so the in ID could outcall all and lind the Badger text r to the Long Tom which he heh hill h of named the BI Big Big Cuffee Cu flee ed Cara Caro Him pith III ee was the one person aboard exempt Fellowes who was tolerated about when the negro was seas sw S und and wiping his pet l Ma ot the least lens of Fellowes worrIes durin duria this latter stage of th the was urn ara f After Afler Ills his to abandon the lie quest of the lie she remained secluded In ID her calm for three days and ond he hl knew from lien Ben s q looks look's as well U us 0 s resentful reports that thul she slie was Wc w s a 8 silk sick on un on the har hare edt l ed i ol of grain er f apt api tin tin nod no null fault o 0 yours sours S 11 U 1 l sine sale hit hll rum that hut same sume sumet At t 0 i s I ur or ory Il y net L bile he was II fet fetched hed on nu deck clerk us as bOon bOonas boonas boonas as the I he fp fe feIt It r and nd the lie air and sunshine put pul new strength In her but hUI litre was OS a 8 on tier her fate fj th it II wain i S heart hean and the circles I th tier her eyes e e es were ere Jo iii d I deeper Stith lIh er e cry e week the Ule Centurion bore on Into Ino the westlie w west st He lie JH w is tJ to grow moods pla moud hj by a dread lest tile lute lie B tiLer nl hUI hail sun to the Hie w winters Inter s c storms air Ir ir hf beta ln to 0 another station and u as us tin III liny the Aria co tat he be consulted fr frequently with Ith Tom anti rt his of nt s c heat beat from theIr matter of fact fOll assurance of success The Initial problem ID to trapping tapping tM th Badger fladger as Fellowes I ell 0 lS saw It It was to toll her out of the squad squadron ron without exposing himself to one of the pinching maneuver erl at which the sere re adepts But nut soon sooner sooner er or Inter he be was sure the Badger B would beat heat the waters south of the that look that Is It If she ehe was till still on the station And south of the look Hook be d cn cast t hl his lure Inre Fellowes so 60 Od It the brIg sighted the highlands of ot r n I sink Nave e- e sink an nn hour after un sunrise rise of a clear warm morning but there thue were no DO signs of the Ule he Ranger Badger Fretting and stewing he ran southeast a 8 day duy e 8 esail sail then lay Inv to and the next nett morn mornIng III log heat hent back bock st a contrary wind Inri plotting his cour course e farther off olT shore on the dinnee chance that he be might intercept the B Bidger returning from iron one of In innumerable numerable errands entrusted to ol 01 lIehn we But she slie WIt was no nowhere her to tose se e iw ird and In the night he score ship and south to repent repeat his hi approach ch This Tills time rime he succeeded d At noon the hall came from the perched precariously astride the tore fore royal Sail Sall ho hoi I a It p pint Int to sta b d sir It caught a glass In s from the binnacle rack and r nn ri beckon beckonIng beckonIng In Ing Cuff Cuffee e to follow him up the rut rul Ihl Imes to the top foretop Coffee e st staring heroes the edh In- In Inh h inks matte A n lit littie littie tie the clucking with his tongue I tawny rny eyes q agleam m Pat Dat flat him Badger Bidger er mars r relIo es al almost almost Sure of It queried most f 1 v S pose yo fO take him glass gla s yo see Slowly 13 very cry flo slowly Iy Fellowes C s swept sept ept the sea sen to sta sin h hd d cI cs es thel there e could he be beDO beoo DO e a abou ahou that tops I rei r et lo e had rolp r d to set Itile It ItHe He ile trembled retailed so co that ste him on the confined Ii it form ot of the lie top Don vo vu fuss mar r crooned the negro We 1010 lust but him Col Yah foh him Big Rig S gout golu I i to o blom biam I Oat flat de bes Lon lion Tom CulTee Cuffee ever e see Half ashamed Fellowes smiled crook erool I Iel el I 1 I was afraid something had hop hap happened to him Does he see eee us Oh Oh my lay aunt dir dr him r r yal drop I Him come quick k c Ih the deck cleck li elt eit ship I 1 R Well We'll ell stand oT ore across his bows s on the sta Sla b d tack taek Beat to quarters Mr Sir Spencer t you yon might tike take n a shot with pith Ith the long Iong I ong Tom rellow lingered In his lofty aerie while the drum thumped h and the ct of yen sea knots hoots heat nn an f nr and arrI almost At Athie athis his hie feet he could se see the bulk of I the he Big s sIngIng swinging Ing-Ing Ing to toto to In h b bd d In response ponce to 10 the pressure of ples n fI figure ur of ol cJ de moral teal energy Issuing instructions adjusting the wad shoring shoeing home the round stint shot t with Ith the last laC thrust of Ih the rammer hn hn ha him match Gib him ulee fah Bit Bib nI hiss yo song I The brass hrasc throat thront of the gun clanged resonantly and n fI Jet o of flame and ond amol mol e a spit out nut In the Badgers Badger s tinn A rumble of cannon fire re re- respond pond spond muffled by hy the mist the B n id er s chase guns And AntI Fellowes listened erred enerI for the w whir lilt of splash of shot sho but the range was too greet gmt lt ably too great for the lie twenty four let e et eIt It If was wac to give IE the sloop of or war a mirk to head for tor Fellowes hilled the siding silling on the poop air Mr Ir t I We must reduce speed 1 See ee If you and hips Chips c ein in manage a adrig drig to tow astern In ID h histel I iste te I Aye ace o sir assented NO Nog ble le L Leaping from ruin the fore to the Ule Fleck f stumbled a against fro hit h on OD an nn to peer over the bulwarks ou on hll hasp hn f no nn business es here ma ant tie he We may mry he In action any on moment I it Is Is II e-II It J James u roes she a asked led hesi Ue lie nodded And you sail from him I 1 can ant t I the lie lie Bild ei under the guns uns of Ih the San and ond a 8 razee and peril perli ills 1 n a couple of thirty sixes bises TI Tic a lure then she said U t I know you are stronger trun f I tie Ie II rome rime inn inn-co oi bo hr arid l you you YU you will h himmel him to pieces II If It I enn um keep kep away from him to gel II lO ec nn answered grimly At AI 1 close uee ron e hp he n a different Surely sir foci tints haH enough h bs this tills cruise she slie persisted And Anel I Is it Ii honorable to sacrifice other oth men s q Hies In a private quarrel flushed angrily By its your tense lenie Il e Miss I This IS war I tight fight my country's equally with my own Col e Is Iq more than thun my ruy personal en enemy eniy TO ll UE uc |
