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Show The 3The The Mast Master r of Chaos q q By Irvins Irving BacheIIer Bacheller BacheIIerhX Bachellerd d I hX Coprrl Copyrlcht Copyrlgbt ht HS2 193 1932 : by Irvinc Irving lrvln BachclisrwNU Bachcllcr Do.cheller Docheller Bachclisr . " I & ; * U TVNU WNU Service Servleo Servico Service'S1 2 2c C > c ' 'S1 S1 ! ? CHAPTER VIIIContinuedr VIII-Continued VIII Continued VIIIContinued11 VIZI - Continued Continued1 1 r -11- 11 -11-- - 11"I 111 - - - \1 1 \ "I I ' " 1 think tWnk that the air Is goodt good t * ' ' 1 . h T , * yYou 'You You "You ' " ' are liLe like all men " , \ \ ' \ , z " \ zI .i i . yyTs "ls ls "Is Is " " * that a n compliment compllment7 ? " CtJ-IIiLe CtJ IIiLe "l l " - I hke like men " . , i y "St1ll St1ll "Still Still " " Still , . , I fear that you hive hwe no highGllplnlon hightI high tI tIrplnion Gllplnlon * . rplnion { pinion of or them , " he said . " 1 3iJ ( " 1 oave have been CCD warned warned4 warDe -4 4 - k1 f "And And " no wonder . There is a lot ot of ofalunpowder o ( - yronpowder runpowder alunpowder In men and women and andften and'ften andSften 'ften ften ) ' ften they are near the fire K It If youIlouId you youj 1 1tocld IlouId j tocld wuld see yourself In that black cos cos- cosme cosine - Fume ine me with the waving plume and theden the " Olden ; widen ! den braids brald.s bralds . , . If U you could see the thetJow thes thelow thelow tJow { low In Jour Sour our face iace and eyes c e ) cs es , . I am suredibat sure 11 11'hat s 'hat hat ' bat you ' \ would ould think of ot us withbarity with dibat " , barity hirity- hirity ar1ty . . - " ig ig"But -1 1 - hirity1 "But But " ' ut iOUf-you iOUf you your-you your oUr-you oUr you - - are arc glowproof glow proof proot . . You Youburled Youice Youre eal ; [ ice burled treasure You are In loverlth love loverith % rlth rith ith Pnt Pat . . You could not be InducedtJ Induced tJtp 11 tJ 1 tp tpthink t ' "p p " thInL think of ot other girlsII girls II " i1"I i1I 2 2"I "I I " " I am In loveIth love ' \ with \\Ith Ith Pat but I hive h1.ve h1ve hivejot . 1ot jot ot ceased cC3sed to be human I can stilllft still 1 ' lft lftnjoy ftfnjoy ! njoy beauty " " " "And And " love lo.e loe . it , " she answered with a amlle amile amile mlle mile . . . 'Youere 'You You ' \ were \\ere ere quite frank iranh aboutat about tiat at at the dance Don t worry . I11 Iall I " hall \11 11 all ( \ not tell her her'What . " r t , /'What 'What What / "What What " ' I said I do not remember . . It If ItPy Ifpy Ifiy Py gallantries were excessive excessl\"e excessl "e e \ ' " , , I should shouldfe shoulde fe py e pardoned Your grace and beauty beautyhIed beautytiled beautylied hIed tiled my e3 c e cs es , , and then I was not notcite notuite cite m mi m3 self " "Yes Yes " . , I am not dece1\ dece1 deceived dece1ed deccised \ ed It was wasou wason wason ou on and the old Madeira MadeiraII II"It II " lulte "It It " gave me a head'lche headlche headache headiche"And headicheAnd ' " ( "And And " me a heartacbe-an heartacbe an heartache-an heartache heartache - - an amusing amusingeartache amusingeartache amusingeartache eartache " b'WhY bWhY : J"Whyr JWhyr "Why2 Why2 J"WhyrYou " " ' i " ' " t"You tYou F"You FYou -You You - " spoke like lI1.e lI1e . a knight l.nlght lnlght . of ot old andfy andI and iy I heart beart ached because men are not notIncere notincere notacere Incere You do not care a straw ior for ior'p fore forie fy : 'p p ' e , , and yet , , ' \ when hen we went out for for'look forMook 'look look ' look at the stars , , you kissed hissed my myI myps myps mypa I ps and slid s'lld slld said ' that I was irresIstible Irresistible'ou Irresistibleou . . . rou Iou ' deceiver I ! 1 Look Looh Into my eves eres and andl1 andtil IJ l1 me how may m'lY mlY ' one know hnow wb when n a alian afan aian fan lian Is speal.l speall speaking . g the truth ? Uave 11a\"e 11a "e e Have ' \ " Ianged Ilbanged I II Ihanged I lbanged hanged anged or have hae , your you ? ' ' I ' She drew close to him blm and her ber eyes eyesere eyesere eyesere ere filled fi11ed tilled with that power ' \ which hlch has hasten hasften hasften ten ften ! checked cbecked and turned the currentst currentsf currents currentshistory'He t f history history'He historyHe . ' He laughed sa sa3 saving Ing ' "Coquette Coquette " 1 I Youre Youre You re e the most charming charmmg prn privateer priiateer ateer In the theorld theorld thewid "f f "f"Is " orld I / -"Is "Is Is - "Is Is " such amusement only for tor gentleen gentleen7 gentle- gentle gentle'n - - en7 en 'n n ' ? ' ' she asked with a red glow In Iner iner Iner er smilef smiler smile"You smile smile"You f r , . "You You 'You " ' are better armed , , " he said saidis saidLet's saidLets t'S tS is ' ' have ha\"e ha "e e ' \ " a truce and a parley parley.There parleyThere . " . . There \ was as an unexpected une\pected une pected " ' \ : note in hisolce hisoice his - oice olce nis Ills gentle words had some- some someow someow some-ow some ow - - ow suggested tint th'lt thlt that ' he thought tbought this thislaying thisaying laying ayIng had gone far enough Hert Herk Her Hertanner tanner k . lanner anner changed IIcr ller Her face had bad turned turnedab turnedall turnedall ab all ertou louc touq " : j 3 ! ; III II ' 1 want you to be worthy worth v of Pat Pat Pat"Tl PatTl , . , " 11 's s ' ' ie e a said ' 'Pat Pat ' Pat Is my dearest friendI friende friend > e you quite sure that you loveera love lovef love'As .ItJ ItJ . .ItJeri . f eri era ' , II gi * ; ' /'As 'As As / "As As " ' sure as yon bluebird tint th'lt thlt that ' thelY thering the lY lYring , ring Is hereII here II " "i i " "Thcres Thcres 'Theres Theres " 'Tbere Tbere ' ' s only one way to keep surebJ surea sure c c'Theres -P P sureP . - bJIt f It n . " . a bJ ! - A rib- rib - rib"And . "And And " what whlIt whdt is the wayi way ? ' e .i i ed ' . . "Give Give " 'Gh Gh ' Gtte e up the good things of ot lifexi life3d life lifeaA aA xi 3d : top op drinking drinhmg ' \ wine nine ine and kissing hissing girlsd girls girlsnd nd d go to meeting and to piacrsci players.A pl players a ; ers ersme .A A . ? ) me day I want to see you mared mar.t mar- mar marsed - sed .t t . .ted ed , : " ' Having heard he.ard . galloping hoofs hoots behindem behind i iHaving 1 1em icm em , Colin Cohn turned his mare and saw sawttamllIar sawfamlllar saw'j sawj ttamllIar ' ! familiar famlllar horse borse and rider rapidly rapidlyproachlng rapidlypreaching rapidlyiproaching proachlng preaching ' Uhe 'the the he rider was Amos Amosrns Amosrnsnorth Amosirnsworth rns\\ rns rnsorth rnsnorth \ \ orth He IIe lie slowed sloed sloped slo\\ slo \ ed his pace andew andew and ew up beside them asl.mg aslmg asking asking"Ce askingCe . ' . ' = " 'ne ne 'Be Be ' this Miss Woodbridge ? ' 'fit fit ' "It It " is , , " she ans\ ans ansered answered answered"I answeredI , \ ered eredIII III "I I " hive h'1e h1e lase ' , a mcssige mess'1ge mess1ge message ' from Lady Wasb- Wasb Wash- Wash Wasbgton Washgton Wash-gton Wash gton - gton which whIcb it's its ' , very fiery ery partie particlar partlclar"aos partlclaraos lar , . , " nos os began "She She " wants to see ye yesoon yesoon ye\ ye yesoon \ soon as horse-foot horse foot hors-foot hors - - can take ye to toneral toneral toncral neral hcidquartcrs he'1dquarters he1dquarters headqunrters ' . , which ' I'm Im ' to esrt esrt es esrt > rt ye She CShe savs says sa s there's theres ' a robber on onIs ont onAi is ils ! Is s road " . t i 1 1'Oh ; Oh 'Oh ' , d-n d n d - n the robber " ' " Nancy ex exImed exlimed exaimed Imed limed in a whisper \ whisper.She whisperShe hlsper . She drew on her glove glo\"e glo "e e ' \ " and smiledsh smiledshe smiled ! sh she < . turnfd turned turned to tlie the young man say104 say- say sayg say-OS say OS - 104 s g , , "We We " 1Ve must delay dela our parley , . I \ will sill ill illnd - nd rid sou ou a little token tohell There s magic magicIt magicit magicIt It it . . Perhaps It will brln bring Pat to us " She he helthdrew \ withdrew \\lthdrew lthdrew her glo\c glo c glo\e e glove \ and took tookm tookm ) m her breast a small sma11 arrow of per per- permed permed permed - med hory h hor or ) . Breaking nre.1hlng nre1hlng . the silh.en silhen silken silh.enrd silkenrd silkenrd . S silkenS rd that tbat held It she give gne gave him the theen theen theken en en . . Ther Thereupon .upon upon < . &he he she & he \ wheeled heeled herrse herrse her herrse rse and rode away at a swift swIrt ga110p gallop ga110pth gallopth gallopth [ th Captain r'1rns r1rns rirnsvvorth rarusworth ' " orth Colin Cohn sur suryed suryed suryed ; yed the shlnIn shining trlnl trinket et still as warmthe warmthe warm the blood of ot isancy I\ancy I ancy \ : mcy : . , On Its surface surfacetound surfacefound surfacei found tound the legend : ill 1s talisman tal1smm : worn on y 3 our breast breast111 ] ill breastill 11 lead to the th one that you love best . . . III " "Oh Oh " Oh , , the super superstitions < ; Utlons of or women , womeni"i womenii \ omen I ! " .J J . .JexctnLmed aexclalmed , exclaimed exctnLmed as he resumed his jour jour- jourHe jour-T jour T - . ( . He laughed as he put the curltroph curltrophy curl trophy troph in his pocket pochet Pat would wouldye \ wouldire ould ouldve follylle ve ye been above aboe abotie abo\ abo \ e th-it th it th'lt thlt that ' - kind hind of or to11y folly . | Ie le was wac ; now In tn a thrilling thr11llng part or of orpretty ofpretty offt I pretty comedy corned } ) of a young gentlen's gentlen's gentic- gentic gentle- gentle genticn's - - - n's ns ' life Ute . . The Indirect methods and andtIe andtie andbtle tIe moth motives mothes es of ot women were now a atot at art t tot of the play . Those of at Nancy wereBy werefly were ily By fly discovered Her black bladt plumen plume s a n pirate's pirates ' flag Her DcI ' beauty lentI lent lentpower I power to her purpose purpoce : and excited excitedInterest excitedinterest excited\ excited excitedInterest \ Interest . . . &tlll tlll Still & tllI , . he felt te1t secure and andIte , . - Ite Innocent He lie knew all the 1m im 1mcations imcations 1mcations cations In the Ule coming of ot Amos AmosII Amosrnsnorth AmosTOsvvorth II : IIrnc rnsnorth rnc ; " orth Nanc Nance's Nances Nancy's Nancys ) 's s ' cinractcr ch'lractcr chlractcr character ' wasthe wasthe was wasthe the Lady Washington as tnlDblHlr transpar transparIt tnlDblHlrfit transpart fit t as water behind glass With a atherly atherly ni nithcrly > thcrly therly Interest In Pat and Colin , . , she shet shopt t an eie ce eye ) on this beautiful beuutiful Intcr- Intcr Inter- Inter Interer Interer Intcrer - . - . . - > er Somehow ; she che must has have hac , e learnedt learned Sd learnedSd t Nancy had bad bone gone one out on the west westd westq westId q d The gl girls rl s purpose purpoce ; " was 1 ' ' ! ap- ap apent apI5eft ap-rent ap rent - I5eft ent to the dear \ woman orn'1n orn1n ' She he re- re reel1 reed rc-fed rc fed - el1 ed to strategy . Amo Amos went to her herry herry her'ry herry ' ry morning with news of or those thoseok > ok k thosek poorly " " ue n rr , knew of all aU that thatvened thatpencd thatPDencd vened pencd in tin thl the . . in.ar inar tit.ar titar war . , . part of ot "Army Army " Town " Naturally , he bad had been her herbelpcr herhelper herhelper belpcr helper In this matter All AU the bother botherseemed botherseemed botherseemed seemed quite unnecessary . He 10 losed losedI'at lovedPat ' ed edPat Pat I'at Iat ' as deeply dceply as any man could love lovea a woman wom'ln womln ' She was his : sacred cacred , , incom Incom- Incomparable Incomparable incomparable - - parable Ideal These thoughts were werepassing werepassing werepassing passing In the Ule mind of ot Colin as he herode herode herode rode on . . The ne next nett t night he put up at the fa famous famous famous mous Red fled C < > Cock ck tavern taern , In the New NewProvidence NewIrovidence NewProvidence Providence Irovidence plantations , a few mlles miles mlleswest mileswest mileawest west of ot the Important port of or Provi Providence Provideuce Provldcnce dence deuce There after supper suppcr he tound found toundSim foundSim foundSim Sim Botts by the tilC flreslde fireside dehverlng deltvering dehverlngmeditations deltveringmeditations deliveringmeditations meditations to a n group of ot men who whosurrounded whosurrounded whosurrounded surrounded him Botts , having ha.lng halng . left leftthe leftthe leftthe the army , had lately latey ] been elected electcd to tocongress tocongress tocongress congress Colin CoUn Colln shook shooh his hand It Itwas Itwas Itwas was evident that Colonel Botts had hadbcen hadbeen hadbeen bcen been declaiming against General Wash Wash- WashIngton Washington Washington - ington , , for a citizen cltlzen asked ashed : "Who Who " is the best man m'1n m1n m'in min ' ' to take tahe Washington's Wash Wash- WashJngton's Washington's - ' ' ' ' ington's ingtons Jngton's Jngtons place place7 ? Botts Dotts began : : "The The 'The ' " muse of ot history historycommands historycommands historycommands commands us to n a survey of all aIt pos pos- possible pos- pos possible possible - - sible candidates c'1ndld'ltes c1ndldltes c'tndtd'ites ctndtdites ' ' ' ' with great circum circum- circumspection circumspection circumspection - spection for , as Shake Shakespeare Shakecpe'lre Shakecpelre : pe'ire peire ' ' sa savs says vs , he hemust hemust hemust must be a man of 'untlrable untlrable 'untirable untirable ' and con- con contlnuate continuate con.tinuate continuate . - tlnuate tinuate ' excellence exceJ1ence , capable of the theeagle's theeagle's theeagle's theeagles eagle's eagles ' flight filght , our extremity e\tremlty e tremlty ettremlty " ' \ : being beinggre'lt beinggreat beinggreat gre'lt grelt great ' and the fire In the flint fimt shows showsnot showsnot showsnot not till tlIt it be struck and the bod bodv both , ot of otour ofour ofour our people has been sickened slcl.ened slclened . by futll futil futllfly futility futllIty fly ity and dt delay > lay and their pocl pockets pocketsdrained pocketsdrained ets etsdrained drained Who can name the man ? ' ' ' There was W'lS WlS ' a look looh . of honest longingIn longmgIn longmg longing In tlie the expansive countenance of Col Colonel Colonel Colonel onel Botts framed fr1.med fr1med . In hair hall ' , , and Its Itsblhteral itsbilateral Itsbilateral blhteral bilateral adornment'Gates adornment Gates 'Gates * ' , " a voice answeredBotts answeredBotts answered answeredBotts Botts arose and shook shooh hands bands with withthe withthe withthe the owner of ot that voice saying qaying , 'My My 'Myl * ' My Myknowledge Myknowledge l nowledge knowledge of the great and noble qual qualiUes qualitics qualitics iUes itics of ot Geneial Genetal Gates-the Gates the Gates-me me Gates - ! ftie gre'lt grelt great gre'ltchampion greatchampion greatchampion ' champion of liberty hberty and human hum1.n hum1n . rIghtsof rightsof rights rightsof -of of - - of his ; skill cldIt as a soldier , of his devo de\"o- de "o o de"otlon devo- devo devotion devotion ' \ " - - tion tlon to our common cause Jnclines Inclines Inclinesme , me , , sir , . In spite of ot mv my respect for forWasll1ngton forWashington forWashington Wasll1ngton Washington as a man , , to Indorse your youropmon youropinion youropinion opmon opinion [ and to put my humble talents talentsbehind talentsbehind talentsbehind behind it In the face of stern necessity necessityand necessityand necessityand and with the fond hope of ot seeIng"Ie seeing vic vic- \"Ie- "Ie Ie "Ietory victory ' \ " victory - - tory perch upon our banners " Colin was Indignant With the theknowledge theknowledge theknowledge knowledge In his possession he was wasable wasable wasable able : to 1:0 10 comprehend the tbe recent historyof historyot history ot of Colonel Botts"Who Botts"Who Botts Botts"Who "Who Who " Is the tbe gentleman who men men- |
