Show X roo cic c 14 M 7 sa safe fe for a time on tile the dock deck of the namur IL synopsis carlyle toaster muster of ships tit nt awen ty six sir Is sentenced sentence 0 to o 20 years servitude in the american colonies for lit in the tit rebellion in ili Vai giand anions adiong ilia on board tho ilia still on which lie ho Is sint sent across tire nie fairfax wealthy maryland ph ghinter inter ills kiil sanchez a spaniard lio became acquainted arith v etli the alio fair faxes lit in london Io nilon carlyle meets Doroll ty lio lilt informs him her uncle luis has holig liou glit tit its hla services sor twi chows himself nil enemy ot of tho the fairfax party now on oil its own sloop in the bay iii counters it mysterious bark baric tit alio namur of rotterdam carlyle alint 14 anchez IN nek planning to ilia fairfax gold and dorothy lie ho tights sanchez and lonus leaves hlin him for dojic in a little with sanchez followers however ln cor lie Is overpowered and thrown into tit ho liy illy aln ili a i desperate effort to save dorothy decides to swim to botio tile namur CHAPTER X continued 6 him oh jose jos nil me ilia carried illin hlin inter lio ilia foren 9 w aft afi shoved shaved win lm inter a berth ter steel sleep off life liquor that hiis the last I 1 ever see tr cr hear a 0 hlin him bout six tx hours when this fills yere feller must ti awoke anko up ill tit in tile for cassel suin binn crazy lie ile cum a clindon char clin gln ron out on deck whooping whoop who ln like on an indian wavan a unito knife lit in ills his hand Intend in for te r h ha 1 well it i thet the bupt teller lio lie tun run up against leveres levere who wui cumin 1 for fer nn an for far about a minute was one h ha I 1 ov a fight it ans so dark I 1 coul dult tell what dill happen but it fists mostly till the lie mate drove the poor devil cussin like 0 und over agin the rail mil nn an then lien leaved heaved him out inter the water anter longside side I 1 heerd the teller feller splash when ill ho str struck uck hut but lio lie never let out no Y acl 01 11 want ehni did levere do allm ile iio do just stored stared down over the rail mil a hit bit on then cum camj back rubben ills hla hands never even asked who the file feller aint within inith lii kin kill that black brute ile ho nent got iv ito human in him its h I 1 when Fallor lonnen pal nien ties got ter take orders front from it dl d l j nn an he be knocked round it 1 the aliey y dont jump when he barks yea kles gain ter ler get H n knife in his elbs sum day adny maybo nybo lie Is hut but yer better hold dolfl yer tongue lons iio tom dont stand ancl arr thet anik allies an hes lies buck a 0 levere lets go in them gaskets will told hold all right now cuin long I 1 could now perceive now clearly the character I 1 was destined to assume when on once iii adely aboard the matuu fannir such an assumption would involve but slight danger of discovery it was as though a miracle lind had opened the any healed rev paled to mo me by the unconscious lips of these two hulf drunken gossiping pal lors the story told fitted filled my necessities ces silles exactly had I 1 planned flip lie circumstances myself nothing could have hav ebeLin been better prearranged no one on board lind hall seen been the lie missing man by daylight ho won believed to love sunk without a struggle yet no one knew positively that flint this his was so go because no ono one cured cared the dennhof dea den the tad ind had simply been taken for granted when levere had failed to see his body rise again to the surface yet it was quite within the realm of possibility for the fellow to come up ill once more in that darkness beyond le range of vision and even to lo leave remained afloat buoyed up tip by clinging to the he anchor hawser until strong enough to fit return on board at least there ans no one aboard the nr na mur able to deny deity that this had been lone done by tills this reasoning of being aeple to pasa myself off us as tile the jellel man I 1 began slowly and cautiously J jo drag myself up tip the taut hawser I 1 hod had ch chosen osena a fortunate moment for tay rny effort no one heeded the little noise I 1 made and when I 1 finally topped the rail and was able to lo look inboard it ft was to discover a deserted fore deck ty with os the watch all engaged at some doroe task a P amidships a m I 1 d a it I 1 ils I 1 crept down the fore castle ladder and worked my way oft aft beneath the black shadow of the port rail until able thus ihus to drift unnoticed into a group talling tailing onto a mainsail wa insall halyard the fellow next neit to me with 4 out I 1 at rs leasing hla him grip turned lila ills head atad but without discerning ray ay whir flit yer vinn cum fruin it lie growled broiled all binl I 1 ab nb recognized z ed haines illeen Bojer ln hil have yer well now lay to tin nn pull defore before I 1 could nn answer n tall figure loomed up ill before mcf the same high pitched voice volar I 1 tall had noticed previously calling out sharply there lints enough men I 1 now binka fast wo con liend liand ilia ho old girl out from lien here lit in it jiffy it if it really foully ile be ulna gills to ilon lose jose you stand ayat by it the wheel lit in raso caso youre needed some of ho rest ship tile the capstan bars and remain near for it call en II 11 what aro yo swing lill tin tilt lur fur anyhow any liow levero Lc Verol asked unities insolently aly just fer lecause Il I 1 inn am ft a sailor baloes haloes lio ho replied angrily anyhow Any liow it Is ili nono none or ic your business I 1 was left lit in cola coin wand annil here those clouds dont look rood good to tile ino there Is going to ile ho ft a now before morning growled something and lc ivere wheeled heated sharply about to KO go forward this movement placed lihn him face to face with me want are you loafing hero here fer who are you joe gates or I 1 quickly the lie first anino which climo to lily iny lips ali gotes joo joe oates peering sav into my lily face but unable to ills als tile ho feature it 1 I never heard of anybody on oil board by that name who Is 18 the fellow Ha haloes baloes loes cht gripped tile 1110 by ilia to i whirl nin about but na an ills his agers touched the soaked cloth of 0 iny illy jacket lo lie 10 burst forth with nn nil anth hes wet enough to bo be tile ind you chucked aver hourd tin in hour ago anro I 1 believe lie Is SAY bay tire you ilia ho kny gay buck we hauled drunk ond dumped into ilia for cassel 11 1 1 I 1 dunno sar I 1 ed dumbly duin lly blY bel believing leving it best riot not to remember too much 1 I oven even tell yer 11 1 I 1 I 1 R 51 whit what are you loafing H here ere for ship tills this la Is ner how i I 1 signed on last I 1 seem heern ter remember I 1 was ashore frum the schooner caroline but this yere Is a leark 11 laughed already convinced of my lily to identity entity and considering it it rood good joke then lie ho proceeded to tell me ino nil about it ft lovere broke lit in a savage snarl nil all that flint do you mean haines that this Is the same d d scamp who tried to stick mo aniol no doubt of it hut dut lie never know knew what lie ile was doln doin lie crazy na as it a loon theres inu thin ter fer yer ter fuss over now tell us about it oates gates the bath mist have sobered yer up tip I 1 watched levere but ho he remained poti motionless onless a mere shadow 1 I suppose it must have been that mr I 1 confessed respectfully if things happened as you say they did I 1 avent li uny tiny memory 0 bryin ter t mah nobody leastwise I 1 ter ivr know chut I 1 was about when I 1 rum up I 1 dont remember how I 1 got ther her furst I 1 knew I 1 wua was shill round in the walor a tryan ter keep keel afloat lont it wu v us 1 s so blame dark I 1 cullet fee euthin nut liln but bit I 1 got grip on oil it li libuser sin an hung on till I 1 got gi back bough nough noi igli Irei nih ih ter clime on board I 1 know knew this wiant my ship so 0 1 I just lay illy quiet awhile out whar I 1 wu yer englith horn in Il ristol sir fir but I 1 wua was W orkin on the caroline ashes a colony sch schooner bonert in the fish rade at sea since I 1 wits twelve lhota this yere inck dutch aint shet she once upon a time just now we are flying whatever flog comes handy wo iva got no prejudice in flags Is in that a nin nil cover covered edwith with yes ayes ahrer on might ond another att aft if yer looked for ati it aborn diet wo we know how low ter uso use cm am now see sec here oates gates i thors no ronson wiy wu we should boat beat about the bush inca Is IB were sea rovers sen sea rovers pirai pirates cs sirl idahl a wo we take what we WB want lla its our trade till nil no oro than ninny many another tim tile cuistion qui stion la Is are yer coln tt ter take a chance linico long lone with us iii its the only lin life ind plenty of fun full tho ilia best or of liquor bild pretty girly it lii ili nil all llo ills swag what Is in tile name of this barky barkl tim the out a 0 rotterdam till wo iva tool took lier her chos tile sylvn bonwill bunchez not not binck SAIl ellez thao linta I alilin so berve lacerd hoenl of of illik k sanchez well were long with film nil right unite nn an yer ought tor ter know what thet means for it a good illan I 1 hesitated lic yet only long enough to leave alio lie impression I 1 sought to make on them both likely Ilk ily nent no sailor hut but what want lina ills beerd 0 him I 1 said slowly it dont look lako thor choice does docs it i levere appeared red amu sed in lil its way which was not it a pleasant one oil oh yes friend there Is chilco enough here luid lad exactly tile ho same sama choice when tic ho first cagne licy hey remember liow how you on oil after wo look you pt the lie this thin la in how it gates cailler alli cr go BO quietly yer gelf er cr ilia both of us will kick you there ln rc that will bu be enough talk go on now it was at n curt dismissal coli coupled ploll with it plain threat tin cut enay easy to tn understand I 1 obeyed the lie order kindly enough slink ing nay into tin tile mack black shadows forward realizing my lily good cooil fortune and seeking some homo spot pot f where I 1 could bo be v ilone alone the crew had lying down no doubt tit in corners out of tho wind and this thin wind was certainly rising I 1 wondern won derril derm that lovere hung on so loog long in ills his perilous position nl ill though in spite of the increased tle the anchor still filing clung firmly it cd to lo we lint no hawser ever mode could long ions withstand tho the ter rifle spruill ot if our tugging ns as the struggling bark roso lilt and fell in the gelp of the ran ben to T him must have collie alic same saino conviction vic vict tion lon for suddenly lila ills high pitched voice acu snag out front from tilo tho liy by for rord to lower tile tho star bon ti d anchor move lively men man N everything very brently lI nInes all clear sir come on the jump bullies 11 1 then let go smartly watch that you dont ret get the line fouled aloft there I 1 anything in sight Ca caverelo verel prom front high up tip on tho ilia foretop fore toro top yard tho the answer blown by the wind came down in broken ienglish t nw insh ansh ur I 1 moo cottings not tIngs j J Z Jol johneil neil the 6 MT 0 number of wall on decle becic was evidence of a large inigo crew there being ninny many more lhnn were necessary for ilia lin work vork to bo be done most of them nil ni to lo 10 a able seamen and drove them cursing thelin for lubbers lint antl telco hicking viciously ct at ft stooping form forin then the lie great rant ropo rope begun began to slip blip swiftly through liroi iRli ilia hawse bole ani wo we hrnry the sharp splash an tile the iron flukes struck tile the anter and sank bank almost nt at that same banio instant tho the voice of acovera rang out front from tile the masthead A sail ball ni Bleur a d salt halll I 1 k where away oft ze ac port quarter I 1 make act to be 10 ze lechle boat sho alio just round zo ze point chapar R XI the return of the tha boat the crew hurried over to I 1 tho ji port rail beyond doubt most of phoso aboard realized zed that this lind hild been nn an of some ilia he culmination minn mi nation tion of their long wolf on tho coast part of some scheme of ther ler chief in tile spoils of which they licy expected to share allure moreover this bout through the hie darkness won bringing bock back their lender anil and liow low ever else they night might feet feel toward the reckless daring and auda audacious clous resourcefulness of sanchez meant success I 1 was made to comprehend nit iu this thin by tho low muttered atte rances of those crowding near me spoken in nearly every languit langu uga ge ot of the world I 1 could riot not translate yet enough reached my cars to convince nio ilia of tile temper of the hie crew their feverish eagerness to be again at spa sen under command of a captain whom they both bitted and feared a cruel cold blood ed monster yet a genius in crime and a natural leader of such buch men as these black I 1 listened to their comments their expectations with swiftly booting beating heart I 1 alono alon knew what that boat wis bringing what would ile be the ilia when ike ali daff hn body y of their lealar came up over tile lie rail enli 7 with dangers threatening from every hand carlyle faces a problem shall ho he save him belf while there Is yet time or hall he face the danger kill and perhaps be killed shall he take the one desperate chance of alding aiding the th girl who fills fill lid ills thoughts or hall he play the craven coward TO ITO DU BU CONTINUED |