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' - 90 9 -0 0 - 0CHAPTER CBAPTJR CHAPTER : IV IVe e lIIade made no press ng rig Inquiry for forexPJanat forefplanat exPJanat efplanat on but her eyes were weretcbng wered weretoting d tcbng toting totinginn . ! g ( him bJ1n inn Inquisitively 'It It 'Itlike 'Iti 'Itlike ' ' It'js Itjs ' like a stage farce he heed h hffayou , i ed finally but It was the best bestuld ( uld d do at tile the tlme time That Cap CapTucu CapTutu Tucu Tutu sv-allowed sv allowed swallowed - the story was wassurprise wasbh to me meWill meggi bh bhsurprise surprise please tell me what v.hat vhat . theIs the Will ggi ffayou yOU ! 7 Is Is'ntflT IsntflT ' ' he could Dick sketchedthat sketchedI sketched sketchedthit e edy y as es s I thit that had happened to him since sinceroundenng sinceoundenng sincefoundering roundenng oundenng ( of the C ty ol of Bahia'Now Bahiapw Bahia . Now 'Now ' pw he concluded you can canerstand canentand canierstand erstand entand why Tueu Tucu will persist Ing ing in ine g e Ihe the schooner So long s I m mhe mbell mnird bell be he 11 II keep kcep at it I m not sureI sureoI sure I can do you the greatest greatestror greatestor greatestr I or oI r by leav loav ng Perhaps I will willere willere will'ffbere willffbere ' ere will vnll you go ? she 'islccd islccd 'islccdt ' nskcdalln sked skedg t g ( with vnth oath her eyes and lipsok lipdlack lips lipd lipsBack Back lack ok to the luggerouldn luggerouldn lugger lugger'ffoiildnt 'ffoiildnt ffoiildnt ' ouldn t they kill you if 11 they theybands theyhands theyi hinds bands hands on you again agam ' ' tfo o not right a away aw v . ay he rephed replied repliedmy 1 1J ' J . ( lIlY my tupposed supposed knowledge ol of the thece thece theitence ce of o ( those jewels that would wouldeet wouldeel wouldlltct eet eel me After they were can con cona conted a . ed I 1 had been deceiving decelvmg deceivmg themthen them- them themthen them themT - T then I don t t imagine Imagme rmagme Tucu Tucube Tucube Tucuuldbe be restra ned by any scruples scrupleswreaking scrupleswreakmg scruplesa wreaking wreakmg vengeance vengeancet vengeanceHut t you didn dldn t intend mtend to wait walt uncal unen un then cal en ' she addedII added addedVtia Vtia II , . 0.1 01 . I was planning plannmg to lea\e lea e lease \ at atBrst atd ati d drst Brst first opportunity opporturuty I was on the theout thecut thetot out cut for ( or shipsADd shipsAnd ships shipslABd lABd ADd And th lb s 5 schooner being bemg the first firsttook > ' [ took It to get away from them them7If ' ( o that isn t quite qUJte true he re- re reed retd re renal - - nal ed , td , , his eyes tvol'nkling tvolnkling tvfnkhng tv ' nkhng I real realt reali realaidat i t think hunk of myself m mi ) self sell when I IJ Is Ided IIdei J s : ded to change sh ps I saw sawttey sawit , I ttey they intended mtended to do and heard heardde heards 1 1dedance de defiance dedance ance of them It was- was wasI'ell wash was wastirell - h t-irell t irell - I\'ell I 'ell ell well \ ' a hab t t of o1 mine mme we U II B call callJump callJump calllot jump ng in m an mhenever \ whenever \\henever henever there s sce sce shaace [ ce of an adventure I want wanttsfeethe wantto | to tsfeethe lee ee the fun and Tucu had reto reto re red d to let me come aboard aboarde aboardT aboardIheippeared T e appeared a little amused bymaent byI by I enaent maent tviaent attempt to avo d the thereason thereason the1 itason reason . . She suddenly grew grewer grewefrendly grewntrendly er efrendly ! endly Turning to him she sherankly shefrankly sheI ! trinkly rankly frankly I m glad you came cameIhope cameI I Ihope hope you 11 II Li stay Since Smce father fatherhis fathersus fatherhi his sus reason I ve ye had everythmgIt everythingIt everything everythmg 10 It was the storm and the thethey thethey ther-they ther they -they they - - abandoned us right nght InII1ldst mt in m midst II1ldst t of it Father was downa down 11 a high fever and I-I-the I the I - I - the men ment menIt t trust me to manage thmgs things thmgsthey thingsthey thingsInk they were superstitious superstltlous about abouter aboutr ( r be he talked and ind rind acted in a way wayfrightened wayfrightened wayk frightened them His mlnd- mlnd mind- mind mlndhe mindhe mind - he comes now she broke off offwhisper offJ J i whiiper whisper ' 'Never Never ' mmdhat mind mmd \\hat hat what whatd \ whatW hatlayS d layS says He s not responsible for fort fora7 torIt a7 t the he tells tellsGets k Gets Acquamted Acquainted AcquaintedA h Captain Captam Bedford BedfordPlain BedfordJa Ja Plain ptalD ptain Bedford with a vacantIn vacantii vacant ii tumblinglit ! In his eyes came tumbling tumblinge e companion Comparnon mumbling andg and andtoe toe g to himself . . . He was a man manMty manHly manMy Mty Hly stout and thick set grlzof grizof griz grlz grizt of t beard and hard of muscles musclesmmd musclesmmd musclesthe mind mmd had been thro ' vn 'in in out outear outear out'W outW ' ear by a knock on the head headed headed headri ed by a falling faillng spar in m an the theof thed thert sIghtIck sightIrk ol of d the storm Catching Catchmg ' ' sIght sightuK11 . Ick Irk * he stopped and blinked blinkedat blinkedyif blinkedyifhm , . at hm him Then uth v.Jth vJth with . < an Idioticon Idiotica idiotic a ' j approachedboth approachedbath on his face ( ace he approached both bath handi hands extendedIt extended ' it ye Mr 1I1r iew Chew ! : Ctew - ' he callednly called callednly nly 7 7e ' e takes take you tor for the mate matepered mateIWttd r mater pered Dared the girl gJrI Humor himeij him bun e11 eij , its It i s most time we pulledDr pulledor pulled " * Dr or r am amt t If It ' There ain amn t to tto " > be he any storm after alL I I1e Ie IWt 1e ! e to-.I to.I to .I I s-I s so-1 so 1 ( ) - - - . told I ye so Mr CrewlIUsn Crewl Crew CrewlMsn ! Msn IUsn wasn t tor for that pig headed ac acwasn Rllinn suRllinn RllinnJ Uon Bon suUon -J J - - . - . - . . . suf su - f easterlymeans at of yours that an easterly easterlyeb eb ebmeans means a big blow ye d be beme beme me afore aforellopped aforeI I gazede llopped slopped SUddenly and gazed gazede e e a thatler thatkr lugger ligger What ship s that ler kr wt ' I don t t seem to remem er t rememer rememBail Hail Bail Hail her her an n ask l , the n- n ntogether . - cap - - capaboard capsf sf sfaboard aboard We Well 11 have a dram / bey dramtogether together Cap ns have to be beIIIhen bewhen "hen hen IIIhen when " In harbor No start startr startthe the e side Ill I u 11 hail bail her RoseDill RoseI "her her " Interrupted Rose I Dill Ow . andr " You must go below and r ' t-rew t rew Crew - and I will follow fol1ow fol1ownodded / noddedand nodded and smiledwhich smiled which whichI whichCd 14ed Cd ed to toplease please the captain for 14 forsceRded 1 1lcended 4I 4Iand sceRded lcended the stairs rubbing h s s4I and sand andmumblmg andmumbling mumblmg mumbling . I he heWas h 1 , , - - .0 0 gleeflllly gleefully gleefullygat 6 * IAutlJf IAutlJfanL ; gat gathe anL atI atPeNon Was eone gone Dlck Dick glanced g nced ata at at"ion 8nion PeNon I > "ion ion " Her a face ( ace was more more-"d more "d d fl fland - and moreand andset ' " ns ' thanhifl set than than when - - Capta " --hifl hifl - - n s bad had het her L - ther ? t , - cornered WI with th the the1 In r front ' ? and back of of her hor horsection at br tl et mstant instant she had aged tlyears years , ears a tIred exsport In exIn weary ex sport tacee the eyes and tace face faceee ee e a Bedford Bedfordwas was a child of the thesi thern simin min rn In a si but small seapollt seapoft vii vtl bred and brought up on ea psI U wider der the her herher tutela tutelage ge of her hery y mother having died at 'Cif Cif 'Cifv ' v when , daughters bave have only f onlyf fired test conceptJon conception section of their need DPed of maternal care Captain Bedford BedfordW'1S Bedfordwas Bedfordwis W'1S W1S was ' lonely jealous Jealolls of relatIves relatIveswho relativeswho relativeswho who gave his child a home when he hewas hewas hewas was away a\\ay a ay \ and absolutely hungry hungryfor hungryfor hungrytor for her companionship and when whenhe whenhe whenhe he reached a point pomt where he could couldno couldno couldno no longer endure the separation he heliterally heliterally heliterally literally kidnapped her and car carrled carrled carried rled her away to sea with himAfter himAfter him himAlter Alter After that Rose had lived on the theschooner theschooner theschooner schooner visiting vJsltIng more coast tons tonsand to vns vnsand vnsand and cities than few girls of her age ageexpect ageexpect ageexpect expect to see In a life hie time She Shegrew Shegrew Shegrew grew into mto a strong robust Inde rode rodependent Independent independent pendent g rl skilllul slulUul skillful In handhng handhnganythmg handhnganything handlinganything anythmg anything that floated or had salls sails sallslearned sailslearned sailslearned learned at first hand all the mys rays mystenes raysteries mystones tenes teries of the sea and the lore of ofsaIlors ofsailors ofsailors saIlors and during her brief bnef so sojourn sojourn sojourn journ on shore in various vanous ports of ofthe ofthe ofthe I ofI the \ world orld p poked paked cked up miscellaneous miscellaneousmformat miscellaneousrnformat miscellaneousinformat mformat rnformat on that was more practI practl practIcal practlcal practical cal than theoretical thcoreticaL . . But the sea seav seawas seaw was v . as her 1 I ife fe and the old schooner schoonerher schoonerher schoonerher her homeWhen homeWhen home homeWhen When D ck Jordan met her she sheas shewas shewas \\as as was \ as competent a navigator of a asa asa asa sa ling hng craft as any man afloat and andher andher andher ' her knowledge knov.ledge knovledge . of seamanship seamanshJp had hadenabled hadenabled enabled her in the crisis cnSJS to save savethe savethe savethe hadI I the schooner schooncr atter after the crew had hadabandoned hadabandoned hadabandoned abandoned her Captain Captam Bedford Bedfordhad Bedfordhad Bedfordhad had been Injured by a fill hll f-i11 f i11 - ng spar sparand sparand sparand and forenty tor for tientyfour \ twenty \\enty enty \ tour four hours had hov hovered hovered hovered ered between life and death When Whenhe Whenhe Whenhe he recovered the use of his hJS mus musdes muscles ' cles des but not of his ills mind he was wasworse wasworse wasworse worse than useless H s wid w tv Id bab babblmg babbhng babbbng blmg bhng frightened fnghtened the s superstitiousJ superstitious superstitiousKosc erstItIous J - erstItIousI I I ; ' r rv rrt v . -4 4 - _ rt4 B Bj Bf rt f : 1i 1if 1iy j f y 1 ' h ht t F 4 4F \ I , IRose I IRose Kosc Rose suddenly found round that tbat her ber sea seamanshlp seamanship seamanslnp manshlp manship was of little htlIe avail WIthout WIthoutthe withoutthe withoutthe the power po\\er po er \ to command obediencecrew obedience obediencecrew crew and reduced them to a surly surlyd d sorgamzed sorganized mutinous mutmous mob The Thecrew Thecrew Thecrew crew disregarded Rose s orders and andtook andtook andtook took matters In their 0 ovn vn hands handsThey handsThey handsThey They abandoned the schooner in m the themiddle themeddle themiddle middle meddle of the stormThey storm stormThey They Make Mahe Plans for forA forA A Desperate Defense DefenseFor For three days and nights mghts the theschooner theschooner theschooner schooner had been buffeted about aboutby aboutby aboutby by waves and w nd a plaything of ofthe ofthe ofthe the sea drifting drlftmg without gu dance danceor danceor danceor or direction duectIon The chance of brmg bring brmglTIg bringing bringing lTIg ing order out of chaos seemed an anInsurmountable aninsurmountable aninsurmountable Insurmountable task tor for a woman womanand womanand womanand and almost in m despair Rose was wasabout wasabout wasabout about ready to yield to the mevJta inevita mevJtable inevitable inevitable ble when the lugger appearedBut appearedBut appeared appearedBut But her fighting spirit In spJte spite spJteof spiteof spiteof of its low ebb had not entirely de deserted desorted desorted serted sorted her The lugger screw s s crew an and andsuspicious andsuspicious , suspicious character had awakened awakeneda ' a worse tear fear In her mind A fate fatemore fatemore ' more to be dreaded than dr driltlng driltlnghelplessly driftinghelplessly tlng tlngi tlnghelplessly i helplessly around on a derelict derelictaroused derelictaroused I aroused her In desperation she de determmed determaned determined termmed termaned to defend the schooner schooneragainst schooneragainst schooneragainst against the Canbs Caribs sell ng her own ownhfe ownlife ownlife hfe life as dearly as possibleDick possibleDick possible possibleDick Dick Jordan s appearance as an anally anally I Ially ally immediately Jmmedlately stiffened her eour tour tourage courage ' , age They discussed the sItuatIOn sItuatIOncalmly situationcalmly situationcalmly calmly and practically on deck aft after after after er a refreshing cup of coffee In the thecabm thecabin thecabin cabm cabin with Captain Captam Bedford We Wehave Wehave : I Ihave have plenty of firearms aboard aboardshe aboardshe I Ishe she told D ck Father always car carned carreed carned ned reed a regular arsenalThree arsenalThree arsenal arsenalThree Three of us then well armed armedhe armedhe , he replied replled can put up a pretty prettyI prettystta prettystiff I ' stiff stta fight'Two fight'Two fight fightTwo ' ' Two 'Two she sbe said slJd : shaking her herhead herhead- herhead herheadWe ' head . - . We must leave father out outof outof outof of it Jt I don t dare trust him WIth witha a weapon He might turn it upon uponus uponus uponus us in one of his hJS wild moodsDJck moodsDick moods moodsDick Dick DJck nodded noddeq , , , recalling recallmg the friend friendiy friendly friendly iy ly overtures the captain had made madeto madeto madeto to the board ng party against his hisdaughter hisdaughter hisdaughter daughter s wishes WJshes tt Li \ ouldn t t it be besafer besafer besafer safer to confine him to the cabin cabinbe ? he asked atter after a pause He would |