Show 11 s sr r CHAPTER XIV Continued XIV Continued 23 23 1 I Entirely l right agreed Joshua taking the petition at Ins There ought to be he a watchman out outside side It If there Is IB tell fell him I wish the I go governor to wait olt upon us lie He may mn nm I assure his hiB excellency of supreme Fellowes was S heartsick over O tilt the lie alt nation Manifestly Jo Joshua was In no disposition to fo o Show nervy end and so sosoon noon BS as the governor go came caine the wheels of justice would continence to grind deposition Indictment f testimony nt at summation charge chorge oil nil lending up to th the Inevitable Ine nod verdict and sea tence And h he could rio do nothing mere merely merely ly Iy sit eit and ond view clew the fhe tragedy which was WOI the consequence ne of PI f his own on deeds Himself as he had sold said to Cora Cara the thereal thereal real executioner e Joshua had just finished reading the petition to Lord Liverpool The paper trembled In the merchants merchant's hand he be glared triumphantly at his bit brother and find niece but he quickly looked away OY from Cara Not Nut easy eusy even for so stout a 8 hater as Joshua Jushua to enjoy e gloating over the fraIl gallantry of ot that slim figure In Inthe Inthe Inthe the yellow saffron yellow gown Damme Domme the lie brains of the tile fed fed- federalist federalist fed party Fellowes Joshua greet greet- greeted greeted ed the Long Islander and there was wasI wasa wasa wasa a noticeable quaver er In his vole voice I Weve got em cm nil tn all In one noose Well We'll wipe em out wipe themselves eltes out out If 11 you but let them be Any party stu stu- stupid stu- stu stupid stupid pid enough to father a paper like that cnn can never last Stupid Is right Joshua agreed Devilish stupid Just what Id I'd d ex ex- expect expect expect of Bens Ben's friends tie He leered contemptuously at his brother M AJ Always ways reaching overreaching yourself Ben Cara exclaimed with a n cutting con contempt tempt that brought a blush to Josh Joshua's Joshua's ua's nas cheeks Neither my father nor Dor 1 l would seek seck to evade responsibility for what Vhal we e have bate done sir but we are one In regretting we e e launched a plan whIch might have harmed our noun country oun try although that Is perhaps to be questioned Joshua regarded her ber sourly Perhaps to be Que questioned I To have seceded with Now New England and factions In York fork and Jersey And under protection of the Crown Egad young woman youre you're an on optimist mist I At the least least have lost us os the war have ended the war she corrected hI him m keeping her temper One part of our plan was to Insist the British must not take advantage of our efforts Ve We desired no DO more than their support against aggression son sion slon from the federal government And we were persuaded that ties would cpas cease Instantly and a peace be negotiated ye ye an and the British would have gobbled you and up-and up and the rest of us later Inter fumed Joshua A divided re re- republic re- re republic republic public Is a helpless republic Carn Caro sighed lowe However honest was our purpose sir she said we came to see unfair In that It struck from behInd at other Americans who were ere expos expo exposing ing tag their lives for what hat they believed rIght A sneer twisted Joshua's lips So he answered And how chanced this wondrous metamorphosis For the first time she slie wits was embar embarrassed And It was her who answered the question We are Indebted to Captain Fel Fellowes el lowes and ond his ers und and men mell for tOI Jos He lie smiled slightly After nil we are ore Americans ns Cara ora and I We couldn't see Americans tI lighting fighting as they fought and escape a 0 sense ot of obligation to them Some died fur tor forthe the lag flag and as much my lag flag as yours You Democrats have e no more claim to It than we Federalists Joshua appealed to Fellowes A likely yarn captain I A bid hid for sympathy damme dammel I We want avant none of ol your our sympathy pathy s Corn Cara flared at ot him blin before ls could speak We are ore not ashamed ot of what we have hare done doue We are sorry it f t you ou can understand understood that But we W- Ware weare weare are not ashamed or unwilling to stand our punishment We were wrong that Is oIL nIL And you rou will III do a o wicked thing If It you yon vl visit upon nil all those men men- men men- she pointed to the petition the vengeance of ot party porty feeling The are not to bl for It Nor Is IB my father my plan In the begin beginning ning and I 1 who obtained the Support of ministers In London for tor forIt forIt It It No no Father I You cant can't deay den me the truth Aye and ami Cap Captain tamn talo Fellowes knows It for the truth In lIe saw me with Lord Wellington Lisbon Now r now Cara I 1 I 1 will be beard Ben was so 80 dismayed that he be stammered stam stammered s see here Jog Jos shep she's ly wrong The child was my mya a agent ent throughout Shea Innocent v TIa I l whom to niane Hot Rut me Ole tie the lie truth 1 I you y Ami you y-y-you know you fUU ho haven't herTIs her an r right to hole hate I 1 you hate And what's the use nse of making party parly part ft feeling more bitter than It t Is Publish that Hint list of ot sl natures arrest orrest all nil the fhe poor devils lIs I tempted Into the and affair what will It If tiring bring you A s scandal ancial that may wreck the tie countr country more surel surely than rhan I planned to do tics It It Hes lies right cried Fellowes Fell OWlS OWl'S Yon Ton must mot believe them them Mr In There was bewilderment In 10 Joshua's ruddy face Taking their side he Queried Why queried Why I thought you you-don't you dont don't you hat hate em too I dont don't hate hale anyone Fellowes ves an answered answered slowly Im through with hate Ah but hul youve you've satisfied your hate protested hate protested Joshua dead And And And- And I 1 have hu ve no DO regrets for Chater Cho ter Fel Fellowes loves lowes Interrupted Im not going to he a hypocrite about that But kill killIn killIng killIng In Ing him didn't make me any ouy happier And for Id I'd Id I'd cheerfully give my own life If It that would bring him back I did a brave honorable man an on Injustice and then procured hIs just death death just as you will do If It you send your brother to the gallows Or your niece Or anyone whose name Is 18 on that paper all traitors fussed Joshua Dont deserve consideration tion lion 01 Ot course a womans woman's a differ ent matter But a 0 traitor Is n fI trod tor and all the talk In the tle world wont won't alter that Fellow Fell 0 e n was struck by the stub stub- stubborn stubborn stubborn born tone of his employer a 8 faintly pU pugnacious n attitude of sel self defense Are you honest with yourself the Long Islander challenged him swiftly How flow much of ot your Inell Indig Indignation notion nation springs from patriotism and how v much from rom personal hatred Why Why why Joshua was balked palpably dismayed but bUI he floundered on The facts are evl evident evident- dent And If I 1 do bate hate a 0 man Is that thata thata a 8 reason to fo excuse euse his treason No but ample reason to ex- ex examine ex et examine amine your own feelings rejoined Fellowes You have endeavored to ruin your brother haven't brother haven't you I 1 have ruined him scowled Joshua Yes you hold his Ills life and reputation tion In your hand band there Will It make you JOU happier to use your YOUl power ver over him Think Mr I 1 Are you happier now Have In you felt more at rest In tn your mind since I gave you that paper Why not cot Joshua answered slow slowly ly Iy Ive I hated bated him for years A thinking looSE thinking sort of fellow always opposed to me And youve you've always been opposed to him birD hit Cant Can't you be In opposition without killing him just that I 1 want to see him swing denied Joshua ruddier than ever the note Dote of ot defense heavily stressed Damme that's thaIs a vulgar lelea lea Fell Fellowes owes You are trying to satisfy your own hatred snapped Fellowes And you cant cont do It You know yon you cant can't du do duIt doIL doIt It IL The closer you hug bug your hate bate the spinier It grows grans If you yon yield to It you'll cull be he miserable for the rest of your four life If It you hold bold It oT off you you'll place your brother under onder an obliga obligation tion- tion tionA A glint of ot humor lashed flashed hed In Joshua's blue china blue ue eyes his bis wide mouth quirked up nt at the corners By G-d G G d youre you're oure right I 1 he ex- ex exclaimed ex exclaimed claimed Why hang him when I can male make him him owe me what money cant can't huy eli elf 1 loots rattled In Front street the governor go wn warned Fel Fellowes lower I owes n D D n 1 n the governor Joshua blus blustered blustered blustered cavalierly ca Wheres my flint flint- steel Hint steel and And that candle canelle I can never find inn anything ir r r this till place Fellowes watched him with un an amazement shared In 10 hill full by b J Ben en and ond urn fart Only the fhe duenna un unInterested unInterested unInterested Interested the beads clicking through Il her fingers lingers while Jo Joshua hull struck spark to Under tinder and lit the candle andle he extracted from frow a cubbyhole of f his desk There be tie announced cd triumphant triumphantly ly Iy What dye erye think of tills this neo Ben Heres Here's a 0 debt you wont won't soon pay oft my lodi lodl lad I And Arid he stabbed a corner curner ot of o the tte pe pa- p petition talon Into Inlo the candle flume lame which blazed up magnificently A thin trIckle of ot smoke drifted acro across s the room and Fellowes heard beard Ben cuu cough coughIng coughIng h hIng Ing saw tears In Caras Cara's eyes but bUI the smoke moke hadn't drifted In their dIrection direction direction tion Joshua chuckled to himself Ah you 00 thought you yon could get et on OD without me but bUI all 1111 you did was to tomake tomake tomake make a fool tool of yourself And I caught you fOU Ben I caught yon you fairly I 1 And l I Fairly Jos Ben fien agreed cant can't pay off nIT the except debt debt except to say suy Im I'm sorry for sorry for what before I this Burned dammel Sorry eh Ouch done dilDO Well the my hesitated fingers as the charred Ue He to fhe tile the deadly pe of at fact eo 0 Matter latter ot of 01 floor loor Sorry eh eta d nn-d-d nn no no ah It-ah d am L Hanged nan oil all what It WJ was an If I l can remember t Ii bout Uncle Jos a asked ked care lare Need ed d you and weeping Carn Cara between laughter niece DOt cot Spose not nut Joshua admitted admitted- Still ehnke h hands nd T wont won't two Oh you YU family she he begged begged ell Cant we e be a ot of o enemies prompt pro tier Her father futher stepped Joshua wet met iy ty and one after afler a moment him arm outstretched l God bless biess you Josl some flome- something something Eh foh Eh Ebl 1 Seem to have thing in my eye Mind those fingers Ben nen office was The door to the outer ter landing flung open Nimrod Sopher at attention be beside It It Ills His excellency the governor Governor Doomed the lawyer and Into the room bowIng bop TompkIns bustled bust led lug Ing to Cara ara plainly puzzled by hy the spectacle of the o brothers brother flapping clasping hands said MId Jis ble es maam ma'am Your jour servant Benant Am I 1 to witness ness a recon heard beard the 1 I gentlemen Centurion was In In Ia and oDd thought from your fOur message message- message age Governor Go I burned the d n d n po pa poper paper the per I Joshua confessed Hang Bang Ben Ben- Ben hang Ben whole Federalist hang party party hang Couldn't go It here bere bang my niece Bens Ben's learned his hie lesson sos so's the girl The rest of ot Well em they'll eat out of any ony feed teed bag we hitch on em cm anon eoon anonas ns as they bear we c know their WeIr little scheme 1 smile warmed the governors governor Homely features You did the right thing Joshua he pronounced Party hatred Is la as a evil a thing as uS personal hatred old frIend You Youve You've e found that out I 1 see Good God I So lets let's nil all sit down and find talk It over reasonably But sort and But wheres where's Captain Fellowes gone Fellowes bud hud done all he could do done tie ne felt Ills Bis one desire was to avoId Corn Cara If 11 he didn't see her ber perhaps he could forget torget bello her In time At least leas It would he better than try tryIng lag Ing not oot to look at her struggling against the pricks of ot what might have been been cursing himself for tor useless jeal seal jealousy of ot a dead man CHAPTER XV Mary McCarthy Intervenes Fellowes s had scarcely reached the waterfront when his name was culled called behind him In a bro brogue thicker than Fellowes I sorri I Oh Mother Mather av nv God will willye willye willye ye- ye And be he turned to face fate the thew w waddling hulk of ot the duenna her tal- tal tal lowy features s crimson Cri for tor once onre us as u sire she panted an Incoherent stream of If It t pray prayers ray ray- ers ers denunciations denunciation and saints names Aint ye got gOI the rhe rinse ye wo was horn wid Oh holy the winds wind's wind cane clane gone out nv av me mel I Shore Share me end Im I'm ut lit this 1 I In one nish flash of memory re I reviewed wed the of his I Leaving the True Bounty In the lie Und Bud Bud gers gers ger's It II hadn't been heen lm Imagination a after ff er a all II that I glimpse of If the strange creature at al the cabin win window window dow OW one and the lie fragment of brogue ue he be had thought he heard But what whal on onearth onearth earth could be the reason for tor her pre pre- pre pre- pretending pretending tending Ignorance of ot English 1 By ny your leave maam ma'am I 1 he rasped sharply Youve deceived decel d me many months now How excuse It Her der face ace tell fell and the glibness left lefther lefther her speech Ah now yer yet honor bonor I 1 Dont Don't be ring In Into a 8 murther murther-In murther la 10 rage and rage and me o no more wore nor tearful for a full and stomach stomach sorra the chance av ov that more often orten nor oat Dot what wid the worry was wall on 00 me and the fret av the say no ans answer r he told tier her with what hat he knew was Se severity mock Ah but them sorri I she sIghed For ever er me I tuk H It bite and ond u II sup meals nu-alsand nu and out nod loud If It I 1 had more nor nora nora a hunk o 0 salt fish Ish to me dinner To sa save e himself Fellowes couldn't resIst a smile You mean you lOU were In a u convent be asked Were you expelled lIed Ill thank ye not nol to asperse mE she retorted all angrily Expelled I 1 Dl H a hit l I All the tartar would oe Otc sa sayin ln a vents wis Mary Iary dont don't ye think yeti do better In u privet service er me loves ye like me own flesh anti i but turns never ne I a I convent ye waborn was wasI horn born for And when the worrel come roe me teddy wa was for young youns youn s settin a 8 duenna In tn the Pori Portuguese style she says to me tae Mother her she says And Ane heres here's Gods God's ou ov 0 n i blessed chance chame for tor ye hut hilt U Portuguese ye mUSI must he and see yet ye never oe let on theres there's s n o nv n Irish blond Into ye or a 0 worrel av nv English l on yer tongue fa TO DE Br CONTINUED CO |