| Show i i t t HATE H A T E Et t t t t CHAPTER Continued X-Continued X Continued 17 17 In the midst of ever everything the CeD Ce turbo stood tood ruthlessly b the ti beart of ot the convoy ber h broadside batteries at itt Intervals to t heighten the The frigates to from the flagship finally gut uv time the they had chase but by the tin covered the whereabouts of ot the pr steer the tog fog blanketed her and Fe 11 to due du t his course coune lower lowe changed chanced d of ot the rya convoy fIn Ue lie saw no DO more be t h warning morning voy although b In the picked Dp up one of Its Us trailers a s II brigantine which bleh was wa as crank a sailor tailor b l he burned herThe her herThe The following week cruising backward ward and nd forward ID to wide loop loops across the track tr he expected Chate Charel to take he hR spoke a Charleston privateer teer te-er schooner driven Into these lat ba bad b the tadeA by a storm avoided avol ed Her ner master masier hid had the brigs brig's course but bul bad seen een I g of the True Bounty sn III s fE turned northward Dortht again Into a 8 region regIn of frequent to toga s where the cold WR wa biting and Ice froze on the he ratline until the men could scarcely sea reel And ond footing when they went aloft Headwinds drove e him back and 11 If more moderate latitudes a pair 01 o tast fast thirty eight gun sun frigates evidently evident evidently ly one of ot the patrols patrol on the e for tor the lie hitting hard Yankee men o war men war of ot the same class chased the Centurion two days dars rail call all to the southward south southward ward t Having Ha dodged his pursuers Fellowes cau caught ht asmari a smart snow the Sprightly Jean Jenn with Jamaica rum a ca cargo car o which Joshua could sell Bell at a ready profit to In the state of or the New Hew fork York market lIe depleted his Ills his crew to man out the prize and agate acain pointed the bow north Certain of the crew grumbled d at thIs departure from the routes trade trade But Fellowes held beld o on his course to tc the Fifties held beld on until he was con con- con Chater had not Dot ventured sc 60 harsh barsh a latitude Driving southeast they struck the outbound track of the West Test indian convoys cOn and anil snatched a six ton six ton hundred ship the Mary Carroll ot of London from under due Ule lie guns ofa of ofa ofa a razee and a two thirty frigate Conflicting airs permitted the Cen Centurion turlon to make ort off with the prize Cuffee's snap shooting with the tong Long Tom diminishing the frigates frigate's ardor for the chase A sweet prize the Nary Carroll her stron strongbox strong boJ held beld ten thousand pounds In gold Jold and her bolds were ere full tull of ot fancy goods and for tor the spoiled wh wl es es ot of planters Fellowes put ten men and anda anda aboard her ber and dis us dispatched a 8 prize-master prize patched her for tor New York after attel shifting the coin to the Centurion There was no more grumbling now that the brig steered east by hy south for the trade-routes trade to southern Europe Eu Europe rope and the tb Mediterranean The rigid blockade of ot American ports seemed to ba have ve released British mer merchantmen from their earlier dread ot of the Yankee privateers and these southerly seas sens almost swarmed with shipping The Centurion captured a Canton trader tender the Pembroke of Bristol and the very next day ran down the Jessie brig of ot Falmouth bound for tor the Gold coast with trade goods Simply as a enterprise the cruise had been successful up to this point but Fellowes was per perturbed by the failure of ot his main ob He had came c come me to sea aea first ot of al all to catch the True Bounty and the True Bounty had bad dl disappeared as completely as the FlyIng Dutchman said was forever trying to round the Cape of ot Good no hope and Hope forever disappointed by headwinds blown against him by an outraged Divinity The course Is la southeast by east be announced to Breed who relieved Lira Well follow tollow It until we strikE one of ot the Gibraltar patro patrol Ill I'll 11 cruise twixt here bere ber and the latitude And nd they zigzagged westward now no now now west by nor nor now west tow DOW west by south now The third day an hour past sunrise a athin athin thin hall ball drifted down from the main maintop top Sail Sall hot hoi bo I Fower rower pints to Spencer of officer leer of the deck sum sum- summoned summoned Fellowes who tumbled d out of his bunk half dressed One On look through hIs hl glass and he be sped aped a man to rouse Take the glass Fellowes directed Gun Can you make out that sail is she the True Bounty Coffee don wan no DO glass Dat Oat him Chater Chatel ship The jagged white teeth glistened In the cold sunlight ht Oh my aunt l I Now v we shoot him Long Tom Tom mar maraT Now we shoot him plenty hard Fellowes lips tightened He lie strove to reconcile the rising floods of nUon and sorrow of triumph and foreboding that choked him emotion ally But Dut shoot carefully he h warned We We may require to cripple a 8 mast but Ill I'll have no If killing-if killing If It can an be avoided Yah marar Cuffee Corree know We don him putty pitty till W But him Chater- Chater Chater The Immense black hands tree free of th the swaying ratlines opened and closed crooked and slashed But why should you hate questioned L Cuff a bate hat bat him Chater to fo dat jo yo j rn 6 1 L Arthur Arthur 1 Da 3 Smi C un H 4 ARTHUR THU D HOWDEN serifs ser S r lc bate bote him To Yo Yo- I reel e I Curfew P kill him plenty Quirk quick Not Nor Of vase ave I hid Md you yu Fellowes FlIone eau SU tf ned sternly descending to the th deck n nl l k A force torce this hatred ht hi A reflected A disease lle which seeped from one olle heart hear to another her Rut But s clow glow burned In his hl eyes und and hl his jaw squired squared lf Mal ely I No moment for This was as the day dllY f ot his Is the day IlAf he be had h d awaked for tor Ah but hul why should the 63 savor or of II it b be bitter In his mouth He remembered Joshua's Jushua's parting partin advIce Hate Hotel I Hate nse enough and till all Hale naIf every one ot of w be simple your enemies aye IIII everyone every one with them Hale lIate pro cm riot n ol and a JIll branch And a II mighty wave wa of reo re resentment swamped Ills his spirit Resent ment men against Joshua against Ben against hater dialer lie against 8 against a clawed op open n His Ills so fever feverishly feverIshly that his hie officers busy husy though they were regarded him perplexedly Aye against bell beri e AhO all a against berl her She who nho ted consorted with the Da as DaI I duns dun's enemies who Intrigued with and God Cud knew other r British h statesmen who enter J 4 A r Well He Snarled Murdered Me Aint Yet tamed suit who bad had not lifted a linger finger to save sa him from be being ing mg flogged I 1 Why shouldn't he be hale batE her She merited nothing from him She whose lover was the man who I had whipped him himl I 1 She who had ac accepted a visit from this man mun after their lips Ups had bad met that last night on the True Bounty I 1 Something swelled up In his throat thront hot bot suffocating Hate Aye betel Latel I Run nUD out that Long Tom he be or- or ordered or ordered dered hoarsely A uA shot betwixt his masts Cuffee Chater had bad the weather gauge gnuse and maneuvered expertly to make use of the advantage but the CenturIon could sail aall two knots to the True Bounty's one and a couple of ot round shot between his masts seemed to convince him of ot the hopelessness of his plight Ue lie lay to while the brig overhauled him and rounded his bis stern In position to rake Fellowes dom dOlO domInating Ins mating tins her ber crowded decks his bis slight sligh figure taut with repressed energy Abo Above e on the lofty poop of the True Bounty Chater Clutter glowered sullen sullenly sullenly ly Iy beside him Ben an u ex of well nourished resentment I clouding the merchants merchant's chubby coup coun countenance Cam Cara mum muffled cd In a great greatcoat greatcoat greatcoat coat of fur tur clung to her fathers father's arm There was curiosity In her glance but bulno no fear and as often before FI Fel Fellowes Fellowes lowes was constrained to admit a 8 grudging measure of ot respect for tor herThe her herThe The fhe Centurion came back with a adin adin adin din of napping flapping canvas caD and not walt wait waitIng waitIng Ing to be balled hailed bawled angrily What Is this that you do Cap Caplain Captain lain Fellowes You have ha reason to know this IbIs bis vessel essel not see tb the colors she Bhe pies flies Im cot Cut a assured you have a Justin able claim to that thul lags flags protection i sir clr Id I'd fI short Pan art tame tain Im I'm cumin aboard to examine ci ex amine a o mine your pipers papers ty Forty nigh T Id Ici way a lier riled haler hiller A teller l daunt give gin ye the he rl right ln ht to 10 I arch 1 I vIs vI's vessels NImrod Sopher nudged Fellowes elbow TiEl ri 1 Is as he says Siva the lewyer Lou LouL ru u year y sum cum my uy friend The war o war is I dl tl tl oln the Hie regu tar naval al vessel ve el el hy by hv u rf ut her r legal exercise e of o hostility and super supervision vision I 1 didn't ask your SOUl advice ud i j Fellowes It If cowls 8 lute lad ladin in the Ille lie day d ay Mr Ir Spencer er you'll lake inKe the ship Tour cull ill away the he lIS lI'S ii crew rew you'll go K n as coxswain Yes Cuffee you too In I the Ibe be bustle ot of tin tilt boud baad tog party ou no Ull ww one vu un the rite lie C i noticed Ile I In- In disappearance e of o the Die Ingie pIns and t bitter 1 fool the Hie True un BI tys ty's poop Indeed ed the lie t pulled under tinder her lee flue lie outs moue U h hers rs nt tit the he lU crew few lu li sight weri- weri young and the helms helmsman ht man mun hut but a H rUI rips IlI ladder e had hud heen erl eyed from the waist and l Its Jerking rUD rungs fo without a thought ol tit danger er tile his nuu DIU oit y hini tie ine at III a 8 lillie lie rt reached ilie the Ille bulwarks level leI le I und vaulted care carer les ly lo to tile the deck tu deck be pounced uhro by a dozen spa seamen whose hairy brown paws U effectually sealed his lips In Inthe Inthe lithe the background hater hovered nIng n In orders ers right men Dlen meni l I Grub Grab tile the I pirate I 1 hell he'll do for tor tora fora fora a hostage Here nere one o 0 ye cut loose that ladder I But nut the last word was still wet on 00 I his tongue longue when Ien n J roar resounded d from the he bulwarks Fellowes glimpsed ed tI a gigantic bluck shape tailing sailing through the and air air and crushed down on the deckwith deck cleek deckwith with the rest resl of ot the lie dozen ns as Coffee bounced into their midst light and left lert the negro kicked and struck Ip legs i and arms hitting with ferocious ac aC- aCcuracy accuracy curacy Half blinded blinded dazed battered sore Fellowes staggered to his feet feet think thinking ing log to tu support Puttees Cuffee's charge But nut a pistol cracked behind him and he spun around In time to see sec hater Chater dru drawing a second weapon And Instinctively without conscious effort the Long slander Islander snatched for tor his own pistol and pressed presser the trigger dialers dialer's green eyes widened be- be be wll the pistol slipped from his hand hund his fingers clawing at nt his chest I Well nauw he snarled Mur dered me aint ye And he flopped lopped on the deck a heap beup of garments leaking I I Will you have my surgeon Fel Fellowes lowes offered perfunctorily No use But nut ye wont won't what dad Und ye want She's agin ye Work In tor for British British But ye yell never not for tor sartain The grotesque chin dropped and Fellowes understood the man was was dead was surprised too that he be should experience neither satisfaction nor DOl compunction But here bere was notime no notime time tor for reflection The longboats longboat's party pouring over the lee bulwarks were driving the True Bounty's BounlY's crew y Into Irto the no difficult enterprise for tor the spirit had gone out ot of the ships ship's defenders and thEY flinched under the flats of cutlasses and Tom Grogans Grogan's hearty abuse Nun Nun- NIm NImrod rod Sopher tailing the boarders hoarders ot course ourse was wringing his hands aghast at the sight sl ht of haters Chillers body My Iy dear LIon I What a 8 misfortune I And a delicate question In admiralty law In Manslaughter Manslaughter in tact fact It If may be 00 murder on the high seas sens- seas Fellowes killed Captain sir Cara In In Chater ter In self defense voice was pitched low and st steady ady and there was color In her sun sun- sun wormed warmed cheeks as she stepped from the cabin companionway Ben Ingle pin who toll followed owed her was much le lees master of himself ills His hands shook and hl his mouth wobbled nervously The duenna billowing after them funereal In black her ber fat tat hands click clicking ing log a n rosary her heady beady eyes roving and oud probing was as aF a phlegmatic ns as ever she had been bern In You saw It ii with me Fattier Father Cura Cara ap- ap appealed ap appealed pealed to Ben Captain hater Choler fired Bred first firt A dastardly shot I I A most lamentable Incident quay quavered quavered ered Bea B II TO BE DE CONTiNUED CONTINUE |
