Show by arthur eonden copyright 1121 ARTHUR D HOWDE SMITH STORY FROM THE START of to america during the war 0 1812 after a success fill voyage capt lion fellowes Fell owea merchant ship bachara la eunk on portugal by n british frigate ht pi crew surrenders but bellowe Fel lowe reaches shore exhausted his 11 Is saved by an english who concelli conce ali her identity lie learns from her however that she la about to set out or ulsoon fellowes kots to lisbon to fand a vessel america bound he meets capt claier of the american ship true bounty n acquaintance chater offer alm a berth as mate fellowes Fell owea refuses knowing chater Is dl loyal in trading with the enemy ha meets the parl who saved bis life cara daughter ol 01 the owner of the true bounty cara induces him to sal as mate CHAPTER ill continued everyone out the duenna hastened on deck to watch the badger come foaming down from windward oh brave cried cara clapping tier handa delightedly she received fellowes eager greet ing with a hint of embarrassment almost as U she regretted last nights kiss be thought and continued ual kly we are fortunate ala the badger the blockading captolo anre very severe but captain col Is a gentleman and my fa abera friend yes many americans have called him friend I 1 why lloil there was asperity in her tone ala vulgar I 1 yowl yoo most not speak so ton II 11 III commend yourself to captain col ll shawe have no concern with captain he returned and walked away heedless of her protest the badger rounded to under the true bounty s quarter huns in the sta b d mizzen raging a tall lean man of about fellowes age h uniformed his half hoot polished coat fitting trimly iilo manner was haughty as he hailed thoyl what ships that true bounty caan chater from lisbon borew york with wine and lemons answered chater send a boat aboard yon snapped have your pa pera ready he turned to give some order and alsa ran to the true boun aya side waving her mantilla T oh james she cried haven t you a word for me als unmannerly sir he shuns around the sternness stern nes melted from his features cara I 1 what rare good fortune m come aboard myself the badgers boat swung and rowed smartly across the eap ot choppy water separating the vessels leaped from its gunwale to the rope ladder hater had ordered rigged for him ascending its rungs as lightly as a monkey and vaulted to the merchantman s deck with bands outstretched to cara their voices friendly excited clamoring together exasperated fallowes Fol lowes unreasonably ue tried not to listen to them but he very well help himself dispatches on the eve of our sail ing she was saving report ed the grand army evacuated moscow in october and was torn to pieces in alie retreat napoleon barely escaped great news applauded col and the peninsula lord carries all before him soult Is on the defensive your A people are certain they will drive alm over the pyrenees Pyre nees before autumn 1 I sc ellent 1 an uphill h ad but the french are nigh finished with the russians on thel backs but hae you news for us she interrupted eagerly hare you heard of my aither fi ther he laughed on a keen boyish note ali it l bellowes found ingratiating we hear from our friends your father does well but Is roundly your uncle diverts oin privateers against us hla tape clouded the yankees have tricked us once mor with those razies of theirs our reava struck to the constitution in a fight oa the brazils als said the constitution re fused to close and hammered he java with her long guns I 1 hold we are hut discovering captains grown goft from lighting the french chater fawned assent but cara replied spiritedly no jalex you are wrong and you do your own country no honor thereby since we americana are but englishmen transplanted to another land and toying with another govern ment ue laughed once more at that loyl tit with you have a trick of januce la fura ila so are for re this idiot president of theirs of your athera 8 opinion labor to aup ply our wants and the sores that run at boma gut tbell eyes will be opened anon admiral cockburn Cock buro has proclaimed a blockade of their whole coast and with napoleon tot terling we snail soon gave sufficient troops in canada to brush aside their levies sweep down the aud son and take new bork aye aye capo that now ft shall be chater cried ser vilely and it yell suffer me to at tend ye to the cabin we II 11 tell ye of interest along that line cara seconded the invitation yea yes james do tet me give you a asb of tea we ve so much to discuss I 1 had vast success in Us bon there were friends bade me fetch messages to you and my father will wish to know how the admiral esteems our purposes bo come below james and meanwhile captain shall give orders to break out a barrel ot port for you yea captain hater and a tierce of lemons to ward against the scurvy bowed his appreciation always carat ah ill be grateful nhen this cursed nar Is ended and I 1 may call on you again in broadway and smoke my pipe in the garden andar the tulip trees her answering smile as he ushered her into the cabin was a dagger ol 01 jealousy in fellowes heart raging the long slander hear chabera Cha tera hall antu it had been w pea led Fello wesl ahoy mr Fello wesl tc heard miss caras orders well see to em the port ye can take from the cabin stores send the key for the next quarter hoar fellowes was busy slinging the beg of port and breaking out the lemons from beneath the ferard hatch when the task bad been concluded be walked aft entering the cabin companionway without knocking as was his castora at the end of the passage was the main cabin a spacious apartment with a long table of the ship about which sat miss and chater their heads bent over a small heap of papers fellowes Feli owes could distinguish several documents which bore official seals the admiral should be off the delaware capes say ing but well pass on the word to him we must have time to consult our new england friends interposed mis aye als no matter to be basted agreed and raising his bead perceived fellowes in the companion way wall kaow what will it be mr Felt the cabin stores key ohl chater cracked his anger knuckles abstractedly peering rom his mate to the badgers captain well jest hang it on the hook abere that 11 he all mr fellowes rt looked away as fel lowes strode across the narrow floor hut eyed him alertly 1 I ve seen you in new york haven t IT asked fellowes who replied with a shrug very clely captain 1 remember haylna seen you ah I 1 pe so good as to shut the door after you bellowes lel lowes tramped out what were they ap to in the cabin ue recalled cara s conversation with wellington was the true bounty a medium for confine intelligence of treasonable plots to the enemy against the evidence accusatory be balanced his conviction of lara 8 es honesty and not least her fen id plea alie night before and be austn t let jealousy of another man dye his opinions he realized half an hour passed when the cabin dor banged open and col ll stepped out chater at bis beels very good captain the english man ald t in response to a remark rel lottes missed please tell miss cara 1 m sorry she was obliged to leine us and t shall thuve to ask you to muster bour crew very strict or ders y know admiral instructs me to every british subject in bessels tes sels well kaow sir lest ye cast houi eye oer the men whinnied chatea good honest federalists every man nek ot cm ew except a couff of lads out of ng island lint about houi cul spun on his heel and looked straight at fellowes Fell owea you 1 1 told you to the cabin 1 bad seen yon before your name Is fellowes aint ur yes captain answered quietly born in london youl sly father was born in london I 1 my parents were in london because went to eton eh yea dut 1 don t see strode over to the gang way A couple of yon men up here be ailed down to his boats crew and then over his shoulder to chater have to press this man british born and not of the type we can en courage in disloyalty but I 1 am an american citizen fellowes protested sly father wai consul ignored him bundle this teller he dl reeled the two blue jackets who had swarmed the gangway we blue jackets had seized pel lowes by elthea arm and he tried to wrench out of their grip captain he appealed to chater you 11 never submit to lt barefaced hater cracked his knuckles loudly his sly twinkle belying the mournful droop assumed by his ant cracker tea turea coant tor marcas sake go and tight fellowes be begged do ye no good he addressed col direct 1 calculate cal clate ye kind of misunderstand captain ive fellowes for years ells ta ther was in london immaterial to me what fetched his father to london snapped he s british born get on with him men fellowes began to struggle but the two husky blue jackets pinioned his hands behind bis back one of them snatched a loose coll or rope from the deck and slipped a loop around his waist over with ye me earty he said cheerfully and gave fellowes a shove the long islander tumbled out the gangway and skillfully checked by hla captors above was lowered like a meal sack into the waiting quarter boat heaving on the swell under the true bounty a lee A little stunned by bis bumping descent fellowes lay where he had fallen while dropped alm bly into the sterns beets the true bounty bad way on her and was already through the water but fellowes had a brief glimpse of the duenna s face very white and worn chat Is he thought it was the duenna be saw for the first time since putting out over tagus bar but he decided he must have lost his senses for the face at the port said distinctly with a thick tongue arrah holy saints stole the poor lad clane away I 1 fellowes was dumfounded dum founded dazed by the suddenness ol 01 the injustice which had overtaken him A whip was lowered from the yardarm of the badger and he was slung through the air is casually as so much alse who followed him by way of the jacobs ladder was equally casual in manner slack off man s bonds ur curry to an officer who held a spyglass under hi arm have that aboard and male sail for our station I 1 where s clinch aye aye sir I 1 A stalwart bat acred sailor with a lagged scar across one cheek rolled up tagging at his forelock have this ann mustered in able eaman donw clothing for him but turned desperately to look here captain he exclaimed youve made a mistake I 1 m not a british subject nom in london youl yes but my father and mother both were american citizens my father was our consul humph 1 pon t think that lets voa itt humph 1 got your press protect I 1 on 1 press protection fellowes re thickly fol athy should 1 carry one I 1 m an american citizen 1 tell you and no common sailor into the t hold masters papers him coldly TO BE CONTINUED I 1 |