Show BATE na By Arthur Arthur- D Howden Dowden Smith CD 0 Copyright IOU D WN CHAPTER Continued XII XII Continued 21 21 Two more broadsides smote salute the In the Interval r required to tu tack out of ot the dauber tone and shun IHn slie recovered her ber raking position the Pad Padget get ger continued to nail flail tier her with several heavy guns Runs that could be bf aimed for tor ord ard A lucky lulky shot dismounted a 8 twelve and puddle of blood soaked Bonked the tile sand the tile powder lei t hats hart led acrus the deck dech tint Hut onby on one by one the rs s guns gnus 11 tiring os as her ber hull was Vos tact raci ed cd from end to trend end by the Ule broadsides of M the Yanks brig and presently the en turlon hauled out oUI of Jf the smi ke he hunk honk to the the I l Cn OUR ong mom 1 nm alone hammering uy U at the unfortunate The Badger Cadger wao wn s a fI dreadful sight It her ber remaining sills sails brIll I and tattered tat lat tattered her ber a awry ry her upper works largely A And nd she sh looked to be somewhat some hat down by the head But nUl the White While n floated at the jugged peak penk of her nailed there mere at ot Intervals to In Inthe the riven belt of ot her bulwarks bulwark's 1 grinned the les of ot and one of her ber h chase base guns that had bud been hauled aft belched defiance of the We We re not Dot lid ed od yet growled It growled Fellowes Felloes examined his own O ship re re- elved hasty reports report q from ills his olf ers rive men wounded killed Nu No damage worth mentioning aloft except for the The hull sound the well dry ell 1 e a II board he decided d and a 8 murmur of ot assent expressed e pressed his beners bear ers era opinion Mr Ir x i I m turn lurn turnIng Ing over the ship to you I 1 shall be beon beon ton on the foes foe's to cs c's Ie le with the he marines Mr Ir Spencer you 11 ll remain aboard and fight the batteries If It necessary Mr lr Breed III i II e ha you rou take toke the sta h d watch after the lie marines That ThaI will willbe be all gentlemen Fellowes clung lung to a 8 atop of the Centurions Centurion s bulwarks peering Into the furry turry bat swirled and trembled to the throb throb- cadence of cannon and musketry him the toc s c le Ie was fiS crammed with men Tom Grogan hefting an ana ani a In n 0 knotty notty fist crouched at nt s feet teet Can ye see eee her messmate be 6 croaked anxiously barriers of ot rank Not ot ot yet Ail yet An theres there a 8 her ber main wain n truck I 1 A wild cheer announced that others r a had seen It too The Lung Long Tom thundered brazenly the la b d bat battery battery tery boomed by divisions dh Is Ions and the on n blew the smoke upward to expose the Badgers Badger s a hull rolling roiling slug like Ue a wounded whale half a able cables s length distant hard ird over Mr Fellowes balled the sailing master Ready neudy you ou grapnel gra men ruen 1 I The privateer slid easily around the ne sloop of gar or s bo bog poking her ber bon bas sprit Into the tottered tattered boarding boar net logs aft of the Grapnel jangled the narrow belt of ot wn wa water ter 0 and nd slowly very slowly IJ the two vessels ground gf lund together broadside rte guns muzzle lo to muzzle gun crews stabbing at nt each other through the ports rattling ml In n a n sage It sac V Vage age crescendo rom From his perch Fellowes looked down dawn upon the Badgers Badger's rs r's shattered dick Scores of hostile faces scowled up at hIm Ills HIs eyes coolly scrutinized tile the for his ills enemy s a fate fOle And md mIsgIvIng In in nim him rot for shale shae wn was nowhere here vl vt-lb vt lJ e e r the first lieutenant and a midshipman D sere ere the only officers In sl sight ht The Badger Badger was a shambles although hou h her cress s were sill still unbeaten ur surging suri forward to meet w et the Americans when Jumped among them Cuffee had lingered for tor one wore more shot with the Long Tom Torn and leaped from the hot bot breech of ot the pate plue plc ethe w tu the brIg brigs a 8 s s yelling his war cry Crl A second leap carried him r the Pearls beans of ot the tile boarders lighting to Iden their foothold on I the he Badgers foes Ie le and Into the midst t of ot the en enemy n nem em emy who toe for the first time recoiled from the negros negro's cutlass and terrible P scarred face tace Grogin Grogan q s I ere s Cuffee I The old su were aroused aroused- aroused He tie ll II tear ye hIs bis teeth I l A man eater lads I I The resistance commenced to weak weaken weaken wen ak en en Still SUlI as numerous as the boers tw bu ird ers the Badgers Badger's crew suffered multi m ly If from their dearth of ot became an absolute lack Inck after atter Joe Doak had bayoneted Mr urr and Tom had bad disposed of ot the lone lane one Ing midshipman Where was Colli shave es Fellowes Fello es asked himself again Zile be would base ha ha e lend lead leaderless erless If It hadn't been for Bob flab Clinch neb The was wac Indefatigable le wielding a 11 gory hoarding boarding pike shouting hoarse e to his followers ers But one mun s B If II itne IS couldn IO I l O overt WI rt the Hie Ii dilvin hili 1 in p I el mer rt of a to w who this tb i acre Lre rious plus Y the superstitions fear tear engendered by Cuffee Clinch himself elt realised d latter factor and ond bravely bravell sought the negro In to personal vastly combat combat to s 8 delight Yan Yaa aa on Bob sub I gain cut yo 00 nO nosy l f to fo eato eat x o o o DIgger can COD stand up op to me me growled Bob ob thrusting des de lire Ire e a daylight In ye fe But Cuffee curree parried the pike with a single blow of ot hIs bla left arm and raked his cutlass point down the uns unscarred sIde of the a 8 face tare Poor hash blinded by the flaw of blood staggered and would have Pullen If U Tom Grogan hadn t caught him The capture of ot Clinch disheartened the 1 1 hey had kept er tor of the mainmast close rana 8 a fairly Impenetrable ble but bul now as Cuffee whirled Into them and strokes I b bl bin titre hind hand tiled lied teeth Ileth learning gleaming to te- I roc rw In the shiny black binck mask of 01 ohi his hIe face a 0 core ot of Americans wed wedgIng In Ing after him they developed elored a fI tend tendency tendency ency to scatter Into Inlo Isolated groups red as rapidly ru as tin ere here ere surrounded Fellow e cc wa lead tog Ing an nn attack upon one of ot these groups when a 8 pistol trucked cru ked behind It on and the lie of a quarter deck nice olce pealed languidly above the thc click clack of o steel III II Rile 01 every en rs man who tries to touch that fi digl ig I the fhe st started H II hi dodged right and left lr weapons Crom rain thun than arid there propped a the he Irea break of tile the lie poop lay loy hIs ere cye eyes Maying In to a 8 face drained o of 01 fl I I Ir Irb r rb Done the Same In Your Place He Repeated all nil color his body horly from the waist wal down O Ou u a bundle of soy es i e ear ear car by sprawled n led one of ot his sailors dead the smoking pistol In his hand telling Its onn on story i the Americans wat bed he be dropped tl the weapon and s selected another H a arow row v cnn convenient to to his It R and andt shaking the t priming In the p in ID IDa a ci ca l ell ly as though not oot an enc enemy was J In n sight was emt sed ancer taro tain how to act ait Ul t disliking the idea Iden at 01 violente against 1 a n wounded toe foe But BUI I was not so lIous The negro stole stale aft oft along the port porI but larks nark and threw an empty wate water water- bucket huckel which brushed the pistol tram frow tr we s hand and ond then betor before the Cn could replace It kli kl Lid the lie remaining weapons out OUI of reach had been around by tie he blow and a trickle of blood blond bi ilu to tu seep froni his bandages but nol a muscle le twitched t In til- til IsI hI fIre f ice and anil his one of feeling was wasa j a Jq curious glance at s O Th The Thel 1 l ont un on blander slander ms gas is more mare at a 8 to- to lo than ever eser Ue lie had hl sn e lucre Here he before fore blur lay the lie wan man who had tinged lIob lo cd etl h bum wounded defeated at his 1 the h BILu B fl niter ILu Vue his big hl lie ire had hud II e I hn e ns S much as he had of ol doing dOID And the wo words word that came to his lips were ere consola consolatory tory I Sorry youre you're wounded What can we do for or you rou thanks answered Col we I m 1 m done ilone for Oh nol no I My surgeon sur On- On Have him spend his ills spare time cline wIth my men who need IL It The iu In lishman stone s tone was sag but bUI el loses began to detect detert a slightly ties tant ant In It It H ft hidden n Our n was howled ho ld out ut But Bul Von an on t I you let leI me we bu have e a 8 look loc o o use n e e My Iy I legs s are pulp One On of ot your d d- d u du u twenty tn enty four si shot Fellowes Fello looked away uncomfortably He Ill e hUlln t t envisaged this thi ending to toCo his quest Suddenly he heard Col e speaking again 1 say y youre you're a n sUcker sticker That was wasa an a well fought nUlon notion Used your head Il DId you by y any al an chance plan that Ulal bat batterr battery tery terr for met me Fellowes nodded nyc we frowned fron ned plucking at the bandages around his thIghs I lame Ione tone one the same myself In your our place Humph I 1 But I 1 couldn t I very well help florin ln you y know and all tint that sort of thing You t have preyed pressed me as Fellowes recO rIng a sen sense e c Of ot injustice ned frowned froc ned again again- There sere lre tiny beads of ot sweat on his tore fore forehead I head and his bla gaunt cheeks gaunter I Ain Aln t sure be he answered vered Couldn t th h Help lp myself m though 1 that hat hul swine Chater Swore you sere nere ere a British Br subject MId an anyway any Vb woy be dams dab la to let you yon get Into New hew York York- York you'd talk tolk about the True Bounty Us us rocked on his hie heels eyES eyE'S shut an awful nausea nausen possessing him There wasn't anyone wasn't anyone elsel be b asked dully y Eh Eb Anyone Anyone Anyone- A shrewd light flickered In ID 8 fever bright eyes Oh Miss AIlsa No she knew of It IL Mutter Matter of ot tact fact I ve ye thought since Chater booked hooked me while she ebe was away a KInd find of ot thing hinx the cursed curbed swine would do y Tm rm sorry Fellowes said snIt vc s 8 Jaws contracted gome- gome ome hot his first real sign of ot emotion Done none the same sime In your place Pe be repented repeated I Ive 1 ye rt thought a 8 lot about It it Funny how a 8 teller feller gets things q twisted oh ne He caught hlo breath Pahl Pain exclaimed quickly loses 1 es s es Think you could get gel me we- we tilt oil of rum ruru A sailor t brought a on the therun therun run and awl huwe lapped hipped It II Fellowes ellowe eq su supported ported his head bead 1 bat s-hertel s he be said lo In the th crisp Impersonal tunes tone habitual un I wit with h him Y t now know i e se often though about that thai time- time noggIn you and all me But nUl flu I C can n 1 t see ace how bow I could have hn ve let you oft off There was a 8 new nets humbleness In Feu Fel loses lones heart I 1 C you couldn t t base e ba e he ad adin in of ot you to say sa so o rut Put I d nave nafe fell just as ns you did 11 it you d cd me the Some things a 8 teller feller can t I forgive e 1 hS by can cant I Ive we ve forgive t cried Fel 10 loses es l by lIy should we go through h lire life hating people Isol x ol a cnn can r-can can t say But ut any ony hate a U feller flowed him blur If it he felt fell there was sas a play ploy behind It IL It A trunk of p warmers 8 s tone ls hat I iran ran lIn t go Is ha In ha In a 0 rat like ho hat hater ler start all nil this n O-n D n bh soul I U 11 I 1 find Ond him turn In hell hell hell- He Hes s dead owes reI blurted out 01 Dead nead You Yoo mean the True Bounty Bount- Bount A tremor remor con coo and ii once more the ht ominous trici le Ie of red seeped through his bandages Miss In She you She you mean they ey went down o i o 1 the frue Prue Bounty Is 3 sunk but bAliss Miss ln- ln Im Im I'm I het heip P P Cara s vol voice voie e panted Oh where Is he here 1 here Is tames Fames I The solid ste lid rib of nt sailors gas burst burSI gl asunder r as ac a If 11 s m Rig Big had hod h been discharged Into their midst and Cara fluttered down beside Col Colli II ha e James 1 I hit Shat hive have they done to ou oo Oil Oh Oh rather please fetch i Doctor Dottor 0 y x o o o use ase sail said With an i in effort that wai 0 1 pitiful he raised a hand band In Caru amu s q direction tint and ho both hoth her hers s closed around It Goner I r Cut nUl B Bno no DO bird bard s ell eh Fellowes eq bowed hi his head Fend heartsick he for C ara ra he saw aw t he didn t I e But there must he something to do doshe d she ghe S In In n icing Iring a strained r l tol rake e tears tear her Do 00 we me see seel I tightened his grasp of net lIer hId h id td and ond In response to the of et tort fort the trickle I that hat flowed flossed ed from hl hia bandages became berame a 8 stream o 1 o no he denied faintly nOD Don DonAnd t I 1 And saw as Fellowes dl dill the gray roy show shadow that hit mantled ht tui Iq fate e fiShe She he mu t have ha e seen se-en tea tuo In the fading eye that thai not nor see for she bent benl swiftly and her tips touched his Ills Worth everything be he murmured smiling For t 1 breath uth the shadow shidow lifted tram from Isis hIe face fice The light In his eye all Nail up tint that nig If ig g JI I he creed f nu flU u not 1101 strike hll bust t im 11 I in- in Fellows ello s stooped find and C till the poor Joor mauled Illy cl d ly IY a n It II slipped side sideways ways Wll His Ills shoulder to 10 south n ala 13 S 1 and 1111 she slie d drew hIll hulk k II h I an n In slim the a erslon that self elf le i expect e This Thins Is tin tilt fruit ol ut hats bile she said in I a hard still voice Put Pul de deith ls Iq better tit th in 10 some s J yes things things es better hellN hoi than 11 Ii lug Ing In hate bite Oh lb sir If It you might know bow how I how 1 how I I despise pi e 1111 all iii I She tumbled fumbled In her boi tO bosom om lm and pro dud a cipan she ahe over o s who flue fUle l j y Come once Father she ehe said said and oh how now wearily tie Ve e should hould to try to 10 help James lanies u men Ulen Fellowes Fell 0 es wanted d desperately to Q to her to comfort her to ex cu cure cuse f himself hut but the words surds woul jn I come O lOllie-O a sense within himself In Informed Informed Q formed him her mind was clo closed ert l to him Her mind and ond her bu henrt heartt So gg much tor for victory 1 I ITO I ITO TO DE BE |