Show f 0 9 1 1 1 H fi AT rAa I E 1 1 f f 9 CHAPTER I 1 Wreck of the Sachem There were black looks from the themen men as the they cu cut away the he wreckage of the main topmast and curses on their lips lost nothing In vehemence for being muted by the gale gull remote on the poop missed none of at atthe the discontent all hough he be seemed to have bare eyes only for the he huntress astern and the lie rocky coast const thin that OIled filled tile the horizon to starboard lie He held himself very ery erect erect his slight wiry frame tensed with energy enery his hard bard hard chiseled chIseled young face frowning bleakly Old lenderson his first mate mute stand standing lag beside him nodded toward the frIgates frIgate's close reefed close reefed lifting nearer about the combers cumbers bart bali luck lurk sir Well We'll go ashore It If they hit the other stick sUck They wont won't follow us In tn much closer Fell Fellowes owes answered shortly eres ere's a port called Faro we ought Ito to open any ony moment 1 I know where we are That's AI Algarve In southern Portugal He lie scanned the viscous pall that r draped the be sky behind the frigate An AD onshore gale gule that was the crown crown- crowning ing lag affliction 1 I Everything had bad gone wrong since they spoke the Ule Salem of letter of oft Iff 1 the Cape Verdes and heard Madison hart had declared war baffling baffling winds suspicious cruisers the storm that bad bod driven them east Into the Gulf Gult of Cadiz And now this tall sparred yellow fellow frigate 1 I IA A cold rage possess possessed d Fellowes his blue eyes bluer for lor the tan of ot cheek cheekbones cheekbones cheekbones bones and blOW biow sparkled Icily UP tie reviewed re the long voyage to Canton the patience with which lie he had assem assem- assembled assembled bled a n choice car cargo o certain to pay big proUts Was be he to see ace ce that cargo put pot up at auction by a n British prIze prize court court See Seethe Seethe Seethe the Sachem Sachen that he had groomed and cherished lovingly sold off oCT at Porla mouth for British registry Hed He'd die first he tod told himself And bis his bis jaw set squarely as aa a 8 tongue of ot of flame and a whined overhead In Inthe inthe the rigging Getlin GellIn closer croaked the first mate And were we're purfy nigh them rocks 1 see ee It Mr fr Henderson Fellowes assented crl crisply ply And Anc once for all Ill I'll not strike Tile The frigate follow us ns much farther she farther she draws twice what we do Aye aye aYt sir muttered the first mate but bUI his tone tune was one of dissent Fellowes fists clinched tight Ugh under the skirts of his bis watch coaL Give him hima t a few hours bours of darkness and hed he'd V i contrive e to slip free of ot his trap beat past the blinded frigate perhaps turn and steer east easi again oguIn for he Cadiz Cadiz could d at a n pinch find finel a market markel for his cargo with the Spanish merchants nut But profit trade was a secondary con on consideration The main thing was to outface the arrogance of British pow pow- power power er show that America could keep the seas The fhe frigate undeterred by the tile Im Im- Imminence Imminence of o 11 dangerous coast coat contin contino continued continued on her course a 0 point or iwo two near near- nearer nearer er the wind than Ihan the be Sachems Sachem's Sud Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly denly In her bows glower glowed two little jets of name lame for fur e eyes es The whippy of Lon Tows Toms rumbled down clown the t hp wind And the he deck of the Sachem trembled under Fellowes There was wasa wasa a cracking and rending of timbers Umbers but hUI buthe he looked In vain fur for sign 1 of damage until he saw the helmsman clutching at a the Ule madly spinning wheel She don dont don't answer 11 She dont don't answer bubbler babbled the man Overhead O spars bunged banged and canvas us slatted as a the brig broached to the wen went by the lie hoard with witha n a crash In a welter ot of o tangled rigging ri And In thE midst ot of tile the confusion Fello es heard beard himself saying calmly The rudders rudder's shot away You'd best get Iet my man I 1 know d happen cried the first wale mate Shell he lie on them rocks In a jiffy The TIle sooner we lower the boats the surer well we'll be o 0 savin sa the crew Therell be time snapped Fel lower tier Her beads bead's swinging into the wind Tin The will serve sene as asa asa asa a sea anchor while It hulls M Mr r Henderson well we'll lower the And Anel he culled cullel down Iown to the crew Sma Smartly Smart ly men meni I Im I'm sorry youre you're going Into Inlo Any Army who prefer to 10 stay with willI me Ill I'll do what I can cnn for Aint yon you cumin comin sir exclaimed eJ h enderson on I was wall wa brought In up England Fellowes hanker answered dryly I dont don't han ker for fat their prisons Hut Cut theta liem rocks- rocks rocks Ill risk It It IL My Iy luck Is due for a turn Now v then look olive alive all of you I No small gear eJr men mea Just as yon are They rhe obeyed him mechanically and amid men roen alike demoralized by bythe the rapidity with which disaster had overtaken theta them Presently old rolled aft 0 ft nod hailed balled him respectfully Better Belter come along of us she's o a goner oner Id Iri rather chance chane the rocks roe than moor It Fellow s s r rejoined with n 11 smile Make oil an IJ mistake You'd he wiser to In slay silly wit with h me gO nn go for a 8 otter after we reach rench home Y null never ne rear reach li home t through h rc them lIem rocks answered stubbornly I 1 tn in sorry sir till r Ye e been blen bi a good gond skipper r Id I'd I If stay H I seed any chance of geltin ellin ashore Thank you Mr Ir Henderson Dont Don't worry youre youre you're regal to 10 go The mates mate's face was fa unhappy but 0 B By Arthur D 2 Howden Smith Cor Copl 1928 ARTnUR 11 D HOWDEN SMITH S Service semen be saluted clumsily and clambered over o the bulwarks A moment later Inter the small smelt boats cast off and pulled away Fellowes ves was relieved relle when the frigate held on her ber course to them pick op up At least he had the satis saUs satisfaction faction of 01 knowing be he wasn't sible responsible for any deaths And himself he told him him- him self surveying the battered hulk bulk of brIg that hed he'd done all nil that W was pos pos- pos sible possible to save her But she was a n goner as old oid lien Hen derson had bod said Drifting steadily on shore onshore He fie dropped off oCT the poop into the green pool of the waist and sloshed through the companionway of his cabin where he be discarded discarded watch watch- watch coat coat cont and sea boots and ond buckled on a abelt abolt belt containing his scanty funds lie Be bad bod barely regained the deck when a wave demolished the clutter cloTter of o wreck wreck- age wreckage that moored the brigs brig's bow Fellowes was half suffocated half by hy the cn cascades cades of emerald water that breached the bulwarks bur bill he be fought his way foru rd and succeeded In lushing himself to the s tie the thee ther g e r K It Came With a Jarring and RendIng of Timber a Mighty Din of Waters lying had bad his parting view v of the frigate ly ly Iy ing to the Sachems Sachem's boats under her counter Ahead a 8 toothed saw ledge of rocks dripped blackly In u a hollow be be- between between between tween two wn waves es and he pulled the he knot slipknot of his lashings s bracing him himself self for or the shock It came with a 0 jarrIng and rending of timbers n mighty din of waters Th Then n he was snatched off ofT the 11 deck e 1 hurled burled up amid up up and and up He lie must swim he real real- realized realized but a at once he began to sink Down Down-down-down down down 1 I A drumming In his ears cars eyes smarting lungs op op- oppressed oppressed pressed presed Hut But he must muSI on He fie must Show these Englishmen Englishmen- Fellowes was aroused by lingers fingers prodding at his garments A hairy face glared d greedily Into his his a curved cuned knife flashed In the he gusty light lIht of torches playing hazily a ring of hairy faces bestial and anel cruel The man holding the knife wrenched at al his soaking nei Easy to ImagIne what aunt would happen nest next lie braced ed himself foi fo the nick of the steel and and a n womans woman's voice olce belled In Inthe inthe the shadows shallo high bigli and clear The hairy faces faes receded the knife was hidden The woman spike briefly again Tile The torches blazed nearer straw torches tightly braided and ond dipped In resin Across A croSs the u urea area of beach he saw distinctly the three people who approached him to IwO o women one slim and willow willowy despite the cloak that enveloped eloped tIer her the Itle other enormous In girt girth h panting and amid wheezing wheezing ing as ns she waddled along nod them a 0 cassocked priest The slim woman stooped d owe o el r rel lowes Irl-lowes ll lowes owes an and he looked up Into u a pair of velvet el brown eyes dewy and corn passionate set In a 0 lovely ely oval oral fate face Poor Ioor soul she exclaimer exclaimed In Eng Eng- English Eng English lish Ush Innocent of accent We saw your misfortune from the castle lint Bul why did you remain on your ship I 1 don dont don't strike he ht whispered A shadow mantled her olive oli tea fea features tures lures All the world at 01 war and Amer Amer- Amer- Amer America America ica must mUSI thrust her Infant Into the th e melee 1 I But hut well we'll not nol talk politics sir Ill I'll have you carried to Padre Auto Anto- Antonio's nio's Anto-nio's nio's very ery Four of the hairy uneasy and deferential now lifted th the American upon open their shoulders an and wind wind- windIng winding windIng tramped off ofT at n a fast gait up IlP a n But of the cliffs cliffs- Ing path In a 0 vent Fellowes knew little of ot that climb for forthe tortured his bis bat battered the tho rough handling of the way be frame and most was unconscious In Ina ina Ina he be was lying When be came to a huge canopied bed warm and ond drow draw drowsy sy Ills we wet clothes had bad been removed remo and liniment applied to his cuts and ond bruises Moving tentatively ely under onder his rushes the covers feet rustled among and aoel the girl of the mantilla appeared beside him no longer cloaked her figure showing to 10 advantage od In a 8 gown of woolen stuff as os brown as ns her eyes ees At her elbow was the enormous woo wnm nn an who had attended her on the bench beach a creature so stout stoul as to seem seema o a caricature The girl dropped a 0 hand band on Fel Fel- Fellowes Fellowes lowes forehead Ah your fever fe Is going she said approvingly do e well II sir Thanks to you be he murmured No no not I Thanks Thanks to 0 yourself nod yourself such aid as os we could render Id have hn knife had bad knife In but throat throat buttor for you be Insisted We wont won't speak of that Our peas pens peasants peasants ants alas DIns are little better than than saY sac savages ages But Out there Is something 1 1 I must say to you sir I 1 am aID obliged to leave this place In the morning There Is no one here who speaks En So o If you yon will tell me your wIshes I I will TIll explain them to Padre Antonio He Ile has the money belt you yoo wore and will return It at your yom pleasure Where do you yon go asked Fel FelI loves I owes To Lisbon Lisboa She caught her lip II in her teeth as os If It regretful ot of the state statement ment meat If you will be advised sir she hastened on y you u will journey journe Into Spain The British control all northern Portugal and their ties In Lisbon will not be he partial toa to too toa o a shipwrecked American He fie hesitated I think Ill I'll try Lisbon As you yoo choose She Slie was almost haughty But you will require rest resl and refreshment In the meantime The Padre adre understands Now Now yoo you must sleep sir But ut I 1 I haven't bavent thanked you yon youl I And AndI I wont want want late Inte and 1 I rise with the sun night Goodnight ht sIr God sir God fetch you safe gaff home She was gone And fretful as he hewus hewus hen us a power stronger than his will pushed shut his Ws leaden eyelids He tie awoke to a n stamping and ond shout shouting In In the street below Mindful of hh rescuers rescuer's departure be he mann managed ed to hI stumble out of ol bed bert and anel hobble to a 8 window His Ills curiosity was rewarded A stately coach conch six su stalwart Anda mules hitched to the pole stool stood at the Ibe priests priest's door that In the DC act of ushering the two vo women Into Inlo It The girl leaned from the lie coach win window window window dow to give gl some parting message and called to the be coachman perched hIgh on his bis box The ponderous ve ve- vehicle vehicle hicle hide swayed oil off the mules hoofs hoof clacking daintily Fellowes Fellows more weary than he be had reckoned was con on content tent run tent to crawl hack to bed He tie must discover who she was he told him himself himself self yielding to sleep again a In He Ile was awakened by the priest till 1111 tapping ping his bIs hi shoulder proffering a 0 cup of 01 chocolate t e The chocolate put new Dew strength th In tibia him spurred him to inquire the girls girl's Identity hut But he could make nothing of the be mires Portuguese the looked blank n at his English nr I ii II most es could rould gather way wn that thaia tl certain Ponna nonna 11 rn was a 8 i I lady a amid lady If II somewhat anus ual In her conduct tie He SUI supposed tine girl nn-girl girl to 10 be bt Diana Dounn Cam bui but he lie wasn't hy by on any sure ure ot of It It All 11 he tie could I Ibe be assured ut was flint she sim hurl har 11 to Lisbon Very tty well hed he'd go 0 there And the third day rJay of his big stay he an I nil nis intention Tile rue seemed but bul consider considerable able debate he lie i l hIs shout lets dels ed cd Fellow money hel and a hairy Tare Hojas who like liJe n U bandit nm arms passed foi tot n 0 muleteer The fourth day Fellowes Felloes rode forth forthof forthof of the village At thin lip top of the narrow street he be halted hailed to look back hOlk for the last Insl time ills His eyes ees were Vere up upon upon on the rocks where the Sachem had gone to 10 ber her doom a 0 doom donna so cum corn complete that Ihal the only vestiges remaining of the tie brig were scattered lIerd hits or nt wreckage IE-i IE lKC d In Inaccessible cyan cran crannies wes tiles of 01 the he cliffs dIlTs TO DE Um CONTINUED i |