Show in A a TP A IV STORY PROM FROM THE capt lion fellowes american merchant ship is to sunk by a british frigate off Por portugal in the war of 1812 bellowes Iello wea life la in saved by an english speaking girl who conceals her identity b ellawes goes to lisbon wh where ere he meets ao an acquaintance capt chater of the american ship true bounty who offers him a berth an a a mate but knowing chaler is disloyal in trading with the enemy be he refuses he lie meet meets the girl who saved bis big life cara Ing lepin daughter of the owner of true bounty she ts Is bound for home and induces fellowes to call sail as mate lie ile ie to in love with cara the vessel Is stopped by cne british frigate badger captain fel lowes Is taken aboard the badger a pressed man maddened at what be believes Is in caras cara a and chafers treachery he strikes CollI shawe who orders him a hundred lashes with the cat fellowes follower hatred of the three becomes an obsession off new york fellowes Pel lowes escapes from the badger he lie scents a plot in a meeting to be held at itt Ch chafers aters home and gathers a company of militia to circumvent the plotters in a debt fight between the militia and brit sh sailors coill bhawe shawe escapes at chafers home fellowes finds cara her father and chater rel fellowes lowes scoffs cot at the girl girls s denial dental of conniving at his no incriminating papers are found the Ing lepIn party leaves for new york CHAPTER VII continued 13 and carry on the maintenance ol 01 the estate I 1 rear fear not lion lloa I 1 tear fear not business Is slothful humph I 1 then hive you look over our titles face bee a him lands could be disposed ot of most readily sell the manor fields sopher was overwhelmed why my dear lloil diot an acre has gone since hut this Is absurd do listen to reason I 1 there isn t any reason in the situ atlon fellon Fel lones es replied between strokes of the razor I 1 must have a belp nimrod and that means I 1 must have money unless I 1 ran ead come to some terms with joshua his tits lean bronzed features were con ported in a scowl ue he hates his brother as I 1 do I 1 should think two men who hate the same person would make excellent partners 1 I must deplore the bitterness ol 01 your protected the lawyer fl hatred atred Is the cause of infinite suffering and misery you have the cart before the bora horse rapped fellow es misery and buffering inspire hate no you t argue I 1 appreciate your motive but my mind Is fast sopher looked uncomfortable comfortable an at abc bt least he be said hesitantly allow me to offer my services as counselor and advisor I 1 should be delighted to accompany you to the city and ah examine any measures suggested in to the light of practical and consistent lawfulness no it wont won t do denied fellowes and smiled at the lawyers chagrin this isn t an occasion for lawful ness dear me lion you are most obstinate r sti sighed sopher and do I 1 understand its your purpose to put to sea as a V yes 1 I shall go with you I 1 I 1 shall accod pany you as as marine officer my military services will hare have equipped me for the duties and I 1 am sure a number of my corps will enlist wit it their captain fellowes smile became a laugh al at most carefree and hearty you shall come nimrod be prom ased and all the you can raise how now shall we sample mrs airs rhodes cooking twin twill taste more wore than good to me after two years of gait bait horae the widow received them at the foot of the stairs perked up a mite aln aint t ye squire she remarked athars noth 4 in can master sleep for it 0 ed roan man J I 1 say and after sleep ye se want fond food 1 she led the way into the dining room where ton tom and cuffee tm distinctly sheepish were nere cleaning the floor and polishing furniture kaow then tom she site admon dished well yell do with the a while cuffee ye can come outside with roe me and fetch in the plates III make a bood waiter of ye yet after we git the squire settled ye two can help hell out at the file general armstrong I 1 elliis wanted wonted a pair 0 husky men folks place not that I 1 need cm ern hut but it mali malis s ye feel pert jest to have ramound rao und and tom ties cut ut out for the heavy work A honest well man tom Is slit gie him a pat under which he niggled m estat featly a jette atte it t be sure but hell he II 11 ame on A couple 0 01 months and nell earn his keep would rit wonder im sorry mrs airs rhodes fello fellone felloes es answered when ha he A word in hut but we are sti sterling for toy new york ns soon as leff jeff flagle can come for as she site halted in the kitchen door t arms akimbo no noo 0 Yaw khey bey after that alsi 0 I 1 II 11 bg r after her and hl her e r father anil chater rel lones co retted stiffly the widla med him threw ill v aint I 1 cm roi for her I 1 booke it OK ni i iLi y arthur 2 7 howden amith copyright Copy richt 1928 ARTHUR D DEN SMITH service oh ob well ye nin t the fust man cale calculated I 1 debbe I 1 better keep ray my mouth shut shul I 1 m all here I 1 fl erad ye d want the manur manor open and 1 I 1 ben en aai ant swep swell and cleaned and brushed and polished til tit my body a cracken and ye tell me ye yell 11 shet the place in nu an hour I 1 I 1 kel I lowes crossed the room and took one of her red calloused hands in bis his thank you he be said it was like you to think of me and 11 II come back alth ton tom and cuffea some day mrs alm rhodes blinked her eyes sharply there was a suspicion of a trickle in ea each h corner some dayl that a ft hat lint men al at lus say any they come and ye git yer yet self sell used to thur dirty wa n ais s and aud they up and leave ye ke he erless as a cat huntin a new hearth but they 11 II come bach back some nome day says they humph 1 well all till I 1 can tell ye squire fellowes Is ye yell 11 be happier when ye stop ramound killin folks and gettan herself beat and I 1 daon datin I 1 kennow what else aftel gals ye hate too that a the queerest tune I 1 ever hopped to if it ye d made yer mind up to in settle darwn all nice nhe and proper and farm yer land and raise a fa faro in ly her voice receded through the kitchen and sopher said hastily 1 I think I 1 II 11 drive on lion I 1 ve had my t and III send up to you miranda Is nh ln a bel li gerent mood I 1 judg torn tom grogan wagged his tits head as the lawyer left the room the sailor was sitting rather uncomfortably upon one of the pendly lebed magog any fellowes mother had bad fetched home from england 1 I 1 dunno what belly grunt Is he lie said its it a klo kin to gabby but whatever its messmate did ye se ever see the woman could talk as fast and do as much abes a flue fine woman tom smiled fellowes and she seems to be fond of you I 1 ond of me hey shea fond 0 me well you won I 1 see her after today 99 and if it I 1 don I 1 feel sorry for it growled loni 1 like the way she swings a ropes rope a end over me ho lumped jumped up quickly as the bitch kitch en door in and mrs rhodes instructions floated through but if 11 ye aln aint I 1 got time for no more cuffee the two 0 ye can wash up them dishes and fold up all the furril leby covers and lay the druggis on the carpet ag agin in in that bedroom and sink me what a she d make tom whispered awesomely CHAPTER VIII vill joshua Ing lepin jeff riggle pulled his team to a halt with a mild whoa oo a tharl brandishing his whip in either direction along the crest of the low hills bills overlooking brooklyn Is s fas as could be seen the countryside was dotted with work gangs gongs laboring at the fortifications which made ugly scars upon tha th green of fields and orchards that air airs a a sight eight folks come lome miles to see he observed all the way from govanus creek to walkabout Wal labout bay U e aint aln t agoan to be fetched like we wore in TO 76 squire look to them stills I 1 the whip indicated the close packed anchorages in the east cast river and off governors beddoes Bed loes and ellis Is lands hundreds of sail of all dl tit mens lons most of them with their topmasts top masts housed and tar barrels capping their mastheads mast heads madison a nightcaps folks call them baals bar Is said jen jeff s dead tain raint t even safe to sail the sound east 0 new london and ships been picked up this side 0 tew new haven coaston 7 thor aln I 1 a coast er put to sea in months since the blockade was tightened if twain t fur for and them d dd d it 11 censed ceased traders wouldn t be no clearances atoll I 1 aint with ith harter none but ye can I 1 past post the point the country wasn t fixed to lithe on the Britis BrIll hers no siree squire not by a lu full 1 PH ateer ln the auction markets are full 0 capture cargoes and ye could rit throw a stone in the river and not bit hit a prize but athars a many ninny privateers it took selves and our ships that flint put to sea to trade stand seven seen chances into ten 0 losin so whar does it ut as us eh abt that a what I 1 crave cruse to knatow b ellawes haan I 1 devised a solution of jelts jeffs problem by the time the coach dropped them at the terry land ing it was a sorry fix for the coun try to be in only half interested in the st struggle and that half ns as he knew mainly concentrated in the southern and frontier states which had no conception of the govern a need of a navy and were in dined to be jealous of the still ping had brought to the sea board cities of the north but per haps if men like himself who had either a sense of conviction or of wrong fought desperately det enrin edly for long enough the sullen apathy of the shipping interests could he be neutralized ond anti the sout southerners berners and backwoodsman backwoodsmen men might learn the the sea held for amer len they d all comp to hate the same object hate sufficiently and you could conquer anyone any dim culty A lesson bed he d leifried leir ried by bit ter experience and must teach others he ile landed at the foot of whitehall street as grim ol 01 countenance as its though he went to meet tom torn and cuffee trod close at his heels bewildered by the thrones throngs of people and the racket of voices and cartwheels grinding on the cobbles in front of the washington hotel at the corner of broad and pearl streets felloney fel I 1 lones halted his ch charges arjes 1 I am coln on to see sir air joshua in lepin be he do you two await me in the taproom here and cuffee see to it that tom doesn doean t get drunk 11 uh harar fellone pel low e on a ign rant fumed tom tain lain t fair messmate howd ie know I 1 was my sails to at three sheets in the wind 1 I rello reijo weg wes turned into pearl street crossed hanover square and so came lame to front street which he traversed as far as its a large double brick ware houat once upon a time its facade had been pierced by a double door exactly in the center but this had been bricked up so many year q ago that the new bricks bad had faded almost to the hue of the surrounding wall in place of the file large door two single ones had been pierced under either gable over the nearer one hung bung the sign 4 BENJ MIN exporter and importer sailings to all ports over the farther biln read JOSHUA NOT EPIN exporter and importer sailings to the baltic the e british isles southern europe and the indies fellowes entered the farther door A gray haired clerk slid off a high stool and advanced to meet him hl in timorously 1 I am looking tor for mr Ing lepin said fellowes mr Ing lepin Is out sir at the tontine when will he return ah sir not until after three v ft hen the board suspends but if it you rent A ent around to wall street now you liht find him at leisure the hour of high bange sir and all the gen demen should be taking their acion las ing is fellowes thanked the old man and went out into front street turning the corner into wall where the ion tine coffee house rose above aboe the curb ing this side of water threading the chroup fero ups still arguing and discussing the trading projects of the morning he be had as little difficulty identifying ing joshua Ing lepin as the Ing lepin bare house the hostile brothers had dairld ed in half halt when they broke up their partnership joshua 9 stout body was clad as neatly as benjamins but after the democratic fashion his long tailed tolled blue coat was short dalsted and his nether garments were skin tight gray pantaloons terminating in polished half boots ills his rray gray hair was cut short and brushed straight back and his ruddy face was set off by a plain fiock and neckerchief where ben jamin was sedate quiet circuitous with an elusive eye joshua was post the tle outspoken forthright fellowes rel lowes tapped him on the arm 1 I be your pardon said the luiis lung islander mv my name Is lion pel ret lowes air mr Ingle pIrL I 1 was pressed off your brothers ship true bounty TO BE CONTINUED Dl |