Show T M THu D Y 7 r V DEN G SMITH STORY FROM THE START to America durin during the War of or 1812 after a n success success- ful rul successful voyage Capt Lion Fellowes merchant ship Sachem achem Is sunk ofT na Portugal by a British frigate atc Isis Ills Ills Ills- rev row rew surrenders renders but Fellowes reaches shore exhausted Ills HIs lire life Iq f sated ed by an speaking girl Irl who conceals her Identity He le learns learn from her however w that she ti le about to set out for CHAPTER II IIA 2 A Licensed Trader The diligence from rom eja deposited Fello Felloes cs es at the landing ferry opposite opposite site Lisbon The river was crowded wit with h shipping and his heart leaped I In his Ills throat at sight of ot the legend True Bounty v Ne New York printed I the Hie he broad stern of a ship Ills his lurked harked overseas to the sprawl lug n town torn on the lie tip of Manhattan Is island a B little redbrick red town town bow bowered bowered eyed ered In tulip trees and chestnuts that thaI hed he'd left lerr a year and a halt half ago and to the lie sh sleepy village e he called home borne d h bel between the pine forests of Lon Long Island and the Great Greal South baylie baylie bay baylie lie wondered how v an rilan Hying American the colors colors and Stripes flaunted proudly from I time he mizzen yardarm as os if In to de de fiance tiance of y the I lie he White While Ensign n displayed tJ by the Kings King's ng's ships could ships could lie He here berE In Inthe the he How flow had find she gotten gollen In InAnd s And more Important how would she sheget get A small boat bont lay alongside tier her and a as he watched n D lank stoop Sloop shouldered mIlD man descended Into It it Saul hater Chiller 1 I No wonder hed he'd been thinking of ot Babylon And Chater's presence meant the lie True Bounty was an ship Ben Uen of course e Ben Ilen had a o geese I and very iery naturally specialized In the Ille lie Peninsula trade In that thill as asIn asIn asIn In everything every else differing rom from Joshua chuckled as os he remembered remembered b the whimsical feud bet between e n nr r the lie brol brothers hers They had bad been enemies C trout the I lie he day the firm of Brul Brushers hers was dissolved in 03 93 3 after aCter Joshua had declared General I Ington was plotting to return the country to 10 the British Crown believed In Jefferson Ben Bea en cursed him fur for a 0 rJ demagogue m gogue Joshua had been that libertine lIu puppet Ben lien all nil hut but sale said his prayers pi to 10 the lie Generals General's memory The ferry bumped bU tube Into the quay and n l nudging noticing Craters Chillers boat hunt heading bending for forthe forthe forthe the same siline steps landing steps Fello Fellowes Felloes es de do- decided dried to walt wait and speak to the True s master Chiller Chater was the last iu he tie would have chosen to It weer In III a II foreign land but the tel fel fellow tellow ellow low wa was fin an n American und and what chat was more came from front Babylon r recalled the day the New Englander had appeared In the lie tillage silinge lIn e buyer buer of tile the farmlands across creel from the Manor Fellowes fuller whose ancestors had Isad held the Manor ur since the he conquest from from Crom the Dutrh Insisted the village must mUsI give r hitter fur fair treatment Ms M's knew his hs father had come cometo cometo cometo to detest the lie wan man but bUI he be himself timid seen III little tie of Choler Chiller For he lint had taken rn to the sea seo In the hopE of replenishing the family fortunes un undermined by years of ul paid Ill paid diplo diplomatic mantle mall service and particularly since his fathers father's death was seldom nt at home Now v O he reflected there'd be nothing to lure him him from frolD Babylon unless un unless less he be could obtain n o privateer All his spare Ipure funds had gone In the wreck lie He banished such thoughts however however however er as hater Chaler shambled up the land lond steps landIng Ing It would never oe do to let lei 1 the New Englander sU suspect lect the ex cx extent emit of his Ills misfortunes So proffer proffer- proffering proffering ing his Ills hand band be he mustered a cheery smite smIle How flow fire are you yon Captain Chater Well ell well naoh Chater whinnied whinnied nied nasally If 1 taint Lion Fel Felloes lo es I Insl I 1 heard red sailed for Canton I was wrecked ed a couple of ot weeks ago ogo Fellowes explained Driven ashore by a British frigate south In Algarve heat was toS pesky luck Ye gotI got I oe oe De careful In to wartime Capa F Fel Fellowes Fellowes I I lowes cull call this careful Fellowes waved toward the British th-at th that surrounded the True Bounty Chanter cackled derisively Ye see see I 1 I sail on license licensee I got gotsie ue ate a 0 all signed and sealed with Admiral Warrens Warren's name nameon f In an It the TI ue County Bounty for fori I a 9 voyage to You iou mean menn the British Admiral Warren Who commands at hall lIall fax I hats hat's him youre you're But lut youre you're trading with the I c enemy IJ I l J Oh no we aint Chater dented denied cackling PortY III's a neu neutral And theres there's a better hetter mJ market for tor flout flour and naval stores right heres here I J s in m lI Lisbon hon than thun any anywhere here else these days Flour for tor army and ond naval nn stores for tile tie lie British fleet es es commented oled grimly haters Chasers nutcracker features took on a 0 bilious thor that to 10 me be lie whinnied Or Or a 8 sight sigh I more folks follis to home This dratted wars war's trade and taint so poplar as the Democrats could wish Ish for There are worse fates than toss loss of trade to befall a nation Fellowes returned I 1 owe the British for the destruction of my ship and 1 I an cant can't forget Im I'm Im I'm at war wll with h them A h t h 1 of ot a tine wor warm warl 1 mocked Chater What can enn we n-e do agn a 0 hundred and twenty sail of the line We can li light hL We did In 70 jG I get hume hume- homo on a passage for Noo Yn k ra hater Chuler Interrupted with to In Crest Im lookin for a mate jest mate lost mine with the river And m my seconds second's too young OUD to take his place Got Cot some SOllie of the he owners owner's family aft Make II I yer er while FelIon Fel Ion 10 es Cs Thank you but bUI Id I'd prefer not declined Can you IOU tell me where the lie American consul has bas his bIs office A sight of good hell he'll do ye jeered Chater And with o a touch of lion me If I can see eE j But I 1 Aint Got Time to Stand Gorman Here With a New Mate to Find and know htow ye e ren reason on things s out If It any feller oughter be he Federalist oughter he be Wasn't ye Ie born In Lon London Jon dun Didn't yer pa send ye Ie to school In England Tha That why Im I'm a Democrat and a believer helle in American trade rights F replied good It hasn't my fault my father fallier happened to be consul In n London or that I was wasal wasat wasat at al Eton Elon Well Veil ntO Id I'd say soy ye aint made madelie the most of It gloomed Chater nut But I aint got gol lime time to stand connin here herewith with a new v mate to Und find and More discouraged than he be liked to admit Fellowes watched the time drab drub fig fig- tI figure figure ure of time True Bounty's County's muster slouch away through the gaudy throng of mariners on time the qua quay Dispiritedly without any conscious purpose he suffered himself to drift In the lie tide of humanity that swirled along time tile q quays tys and presently present emerged In Black muck Horse Hore square cen center center ter of state stute and ond military activities Over Ofer one ol of the time palaces waved wa the Cross of or SL St George Geore A loquacious sergeant Informed him Lord Welling Wellington Wellington ton tou was down dowD from the front In tn Spain anti anel for want of something else to do Fellowes loitered curious to see the Ibe En Englishman who had bested Napole Napole- Napoleon's Napoleon's Napoleon's ons on's bravest brn cst marshals A knot not of linkers emerged from the doorway ll B a thriller of feminine gilt gilt- pir In lu their heir Fellowes stoop paralyzed with astonishment as os he be reco recognized n a hulking black specter of J And behind woman The o n glittering aldes leaning on the two officer In undress un- un of a lean arm herself uniform his rescuer dress lovelier than ever her ber heroal he looked She In the folds or of o time Ule framed oval o-nl face Coce ace gravely to cra her eyes of her escort No meet the haze Jackal of the Staff this man man manSs a master drillmasters drillmaster's S cur car carrying as his voice olce curIoS curt Fellowes stood stood- to where here ryle people lined up maam ma'am ma am amne ct your get gel Ministers are cor cor- cordial cordial saying ne he was n-as they'll require a definite pe pe- petition pe- pe petition petition dial but bul In to title No sense rl dye ye e see sec war var Weve We've got sot enough without it It Sure therell there'll nothing else we can do for tM youl you lord Ts fur for or us to todo todo Oh Oh yes CS my I fear twill take e a 8 avear though do now at 01 tile the least year rear he returned Cant Can't be De helped brusquely Worth waiting halting for tor U it you lie tie saluted mechanical mechanically pull It off Remember me ly Iy Servant to your fol father fallier her sl sight hl ot of lost In the lie crowd Fello Fellowes Felloes es the two women and nOlI several mInutes passed before be he could elude the sen sea sentries tries unit and pursue them He tie had hod for forgotten gotten his Immediate troubles File one concern was to speak to this mys- mys mysterious mys mysterious girl Despite his efforts Torts he failed to his hS quarry until they were entering hotel In n the Ingo da San Sno 10 Paulo 1110 I oh ohm maam ma'am be he panted des desperately May I 1 speak with you of ot his And he be flushed al at the Inanity address conscious of the travel acquired In the long Journey by diligence dili dili- diligence diligence gence and time the abominable fil fit of the clothes be he had bad bought In 10 CejA Beja to re- re replace re- re replace re replace which lu la place the lie shrunken garments he be had been washed ashore The girl Kirl Irl In the yellow olden cloak stared at him blankly blackly then as his Identity dawned upon her a slow smile spread across the smooth olive ot of her features 4 our American sailor I But sir you lIa have te no right to be here I 1 hade bade Padre Antonio keep you all of a 8 eo week I left against his Fel Fel lowes answered the friendly reproof putting him hm at his ease enso But there was no need Iced for fur me to linger my linger carcass Is s a 0 tough one That ThaI we may allow sir Yet still you W here I e rash to curie come to Lisbon U Ft Uthe the British Secret Service tall fall to ar- ar arrest ar at arrest rest you there are the s We must take lake thought to this tier ler brow bro puckered It If you'd oud tell me who sou ou ur A f familiar nasal voice Interrupted her 1 Well well I 1 didn't on ye to 10 git It we me a new lIew mate Miss CUI Cain Caia n But Cut taint tant no use least use ways least wars lie turned we me n dao Fellowes eyed eed Chater with a des dis distaste taste as pronounced as his bis bewilder bewilderment ment went at the discovery ery of or a connection connection tion ion between his rescuer and the was mas waster master ter of tie Ule True Bounty but the girl cried crell eagerly Do you ou know v this gentleman Capp lain Cap tan Lain Chater 1 do drawled Chater Chafer Make ye Ie acquainted with Lion Fellowes Neighbor of ot mine mine home to Babylon lon How flow fortunate she exclaimed This is the first time Ive I've s seen n Cap Cap- Captain Captain tain Chater since we came north so he hasn't heard of our meeting at Captain Fellowes And J I didn't know now then that Mr Penner his mat mate had died dell But ut If It 1 I had had- had she she hesitated hesitated l couldn't offer a strange American passage In the True Bounty What base e ha e you to do with the True Bounty asked Fellowes res I thought you English She laughed Im Cara You must know my father If It you Jou are from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York but 1 J have been little In Amer America lea especially ica especially since my mother died for my grandfather the old Marques was falling failing and he be would have me meby meby meby by him wherever he be went And now that he Is dead dead- dead her ber voice sobered there there are reasons I must fly Oy borne bome as fast tast as 1 I may Do you sail on the True Bounty By tomorrows tomorrow's tide nor may we walt wait So If It you'd pocket your pride and nd step down a rank for tor or the tile voyage servo sene me beyond measure measure sr sir The frankness of ot her appeal flat flattered him but be he looked uncomfortably uncomfortably ably at Clutter Chater who vho snickered lIeh Hehl I 1 Heh Hehl I He ne bold hold with on license Miss Cara A rab cab rabId rabid id Democrat and him brou brought bt up to In England I 1 I 1 Miss bIt bIther bither bither her lip tip I ml might ht have remembered red you yielding preferred shipwreck ck to yield yield- ing ng to un an English frigate nut But this Is foolishness sir You are not like to 10 reach home save It be In a 8 licensed ship No privateer or letter marque of of will touch at a port TO OE DE CONTINUED |