Show if III it III I 1 fill Lz so 0 WOLVES of the sea mil n mi dy by RANDALL PARRISH N 0 0 6 it it lilt III by A C mcclure u CHAPTER continued 17 site 1 I it her er head nril I 1 felt tier her eye eyes s search lag tin tilt fill of in iny v in fine of 0 course 1 I ill I 1 liu hile oto re reviled piled ali wily should I 1 not you vill are herr here caption carisle fur lily my sit alv lk I 1 1 1 owa ou you service Lr lc alit inest I 1 lie content munh wit that hint thought I 1 in iii gd Kiil fin far froal Il leased would nisim that your only in ili me ine arises from graft antl t ude tilde and friendship tier vote 04 lit botill dellal us its lily owa nii there Is ni ili rea nn 1011 ally ali 3 1311 should doillie flint surely 1 11 it II would mould lc be easier for fill tile liu to tn under hut bill for 1110 lie mehlory of hat 1 I fill 11 II a bond slave your tri calling Is that hint true liuo fr frivoll ivall ship tins lina its 11 n basis linola equality does docs it not carl real 4 exist other otherwise no bho gin Avely and the rac fact olat imell does jooa exist between us its evidences till illy folh ahli lit in you ou I 1 have never felt tills lails distinct distinction loll 1011 Colit aln carlyle have given it no thought tills lails cecill strange to you yet set Is 1 most nut alit ural you benr tin nn honorable tini tin tite nii and belong to a fal fantilly tilly of you held a position of conin nind avon oil ly by your own efforts yoi yen bore the part of it man in ft a resolution it if guilt of filly any mine it afis na 1 a politic IvIll nl one in ill no DO way sullying your hiir lionor I 1 have every acason to believe yon on ere re fase ly accused end tanil convicted 0 ly ily tha lint t conviction does docs in it exist cst be ba tween us you nrc are not my im uncles arv alit bot my lily friend you understand tile niu now and you iou would mould lieve tito lii speak with etli van ns as of your hiir un own class it free mail worthy to violin your frIC in ill life eltty yes ll 11 frankly tier filer file uplifted why labe it be otherwise no ninn could limu have dona more c or proved local loc ll talf more stanch find true we vc lire fire lit 1 I anger yet ct but kiick pull peril Is 1 nodi liiK what I 1 tiny escape ciui pd I 1 feel that hint your skill and COUL 1190 will hi us barely to lond I 1 ilia nu ito long vr rr afra lot for foe I 1 have learned to trust you you possess my illy entire coati dence lanc hut do you understand fully I 1 questioned anxiously all I 1 have done for flir you would have been demo dono for tiny liny other vanilla under tinder tho lite nine condl alons of danger hueh to all 1111 other would have been a duty and no to more hut dut to bri 10 with you anti and protecting lina been it 11 dolight it joy I 1 have served doroghy fairfax for lier her jakc not ns as I 1 would auy city other did you yon not suppose I 1 knewl knew tier her glance unshed flashed into anino through tin slnar with a buddell lessage li of you knew t tant tilt t tha cliot t it was you person personally nily I 1 served ser veil of courso course I 1 knew A domun Is never liever unaware of such bilili things lings ti NOW it t over ever I 1 anist toll felt you the lite truth I 1 know you care for tile me nil and have cared since first wu ave met an ali interest no loss lois fateful lins led nio lite to seek your jour nc fie quaint otice anti give you my illy ald surp I 1 ly it Is ili not for tile nc to confess tills wo we face till the chineo of benth to geher 1111 hut lit I 1 1 I 1 call scarcely bellove liello vc you your words I 1 ij j lovo love you dorothy and Is it not lot also possible cop lite to lovo love you you ineal you yen love tile me 1 I lovo love you freyou sorry corryl I 1 wit nind mad with the ji joy y 0 of f it yet stricken dumb dorothy fair fax I 1 have nover even hired dared alit of 0 a message nie sango from your lips dear dear girl do you forget who ito I 1 anil what my illy 1 I forgot forget nothing she bhe sald lilt proudly it ta lit because I 1 know what you uro ure that my lily heart respond 4 nor Is your future so clouded vou lire are today a free man if we these perils for whether lie alive or dead lie will never seik seek you oil again to hold in servitude if tit billu I 1 ve lie he will join tits ills efforts with anine I 1 to d ol ell iola n pardon because of at these berv ites and we have influence lit in ling load yet V t should such effort fall you yol are a ballor s und and tile seas of tile tho world tire lire free it la 19 not necessary that bluit houi our vensee lly fly the ing 11 you give me ine hopta hopt liepe a wonderful hope aul aud courage cour tier her linuci bunly cla clasping mine courage Cou nipo to light on in ili faslli I 1 would have that lint my illy girt to you geoffry we IVO tire ire in ili peril still great brent peril but you will face it 1 eside lite knowing that whether we livo live or dlo die wo we ore are together jbf I 1 am not afraid any tuoro i CHAPTER A floating coffin tho the laboring boat rested so low lit in Meli vItter it was only na As wo wa berv thrown upward on the crest of it wave UIA aj I could uil cl grilii any iby V view about J through tile ho pallid light ot of the dawn it was nil fill a desolate restless wasti waste it 11 tile midst of which we tossed while trove hung maws of dark clouds clouda oh ob searing file sky we vc were but a hur illig speck specie between ho gi ebay ay abo chov ve tin und the gray below the first thing needing lily attention was tile ho food and water I 1 crept for word find soon lift lind sun sain bully engaged lit in passing out the anil art at for foi only e i 4 half been el chosen logen yet lie P ply scorned ample for foi the dIx distance tance I 1 believed bolli cd MC ave would mould wo to a cover be fore fine attaining land kill flat tile nature of that olat ali its 0 so o doubtful I 1 deft 1 to lo deal out ill provisions solving every crumb poti poli sallile the llie nien liter grulli bled tit nt the tonnell IICHI tr ir ili tin rollon illon ri yet ut away nuu contentedly tf oll CIKI that 0 0 nil fill FI lared alike all right binds I 1 solo iv we each ather alm find eat pet got nt lit work ail well ivell divide into itans watches first of if nh two diett aft it here alid olle lit lio lie liou bow 8 und and I 1 hlll jahp it watch and much but bill billere Is right now no rolv nii heind 0 in o turn to lilt and make till craft ship sli tillo two r or of sou hall bull oni oal that lint antor till on 0 tanh avs dry dr and ill alif others 9 get et out that extrie mill pail aill forward nirl fi wid i ilg 19 up lip it 11 jah still rill ilac basler and better progress lilt inisi conva binns the 1 I in inell gi knopLe doff worl nil allot illy in down don antl finally limply I 1 to ill 1 I rol fill into it a sound sleep it na I 1 I 1 lost 3 apt pt I 1 must have slept for fin un till hour or 01 more lily iii head on oil tier lip hill whon when I 1 im itoku oku litt was vim again nt lit ilic lio feeling paddle lf fill annl i both lie mul and dorothy were ft ic staring across me over the port quarter i mut or chrit Is it I 1 asked eagerly but before tile words apro oro entirely uttered I 1 it 11 conme voice olce forward billed out ea t etel lIv 11 1 ere van ion see it straight out agin that loud load edge its ita it 11 full ay boomed another ilia nn henden straight cross our oui course astern I 1 reached my lily feet clinging to the liast to keep erect fill and its as tile hie boat was again lung filing upward gained clearl y I 1 tile lio gilill phe I 1 sought ay uuro right falls I 1 I 1 exclaimed its I 1 n schooner headed to clear us its by it hundred bundled port your lican schmitt hard down inan now no sum baill on it vieb W that red od shirt tic alo it on the boat hook and let ly fly they cant holp help seeing us if there la Is tiny any watch on oil doek deck wo V swept about in it wide circle hendon straight across tile bows of the on coining vessel all ryes eyes stored out sinns sains shirt flatI napping pIng above obo we swept by in a large circle Us jig and both mid and schmitt straining their inu muscles seles to to hold lle plunging quarter bont boat against tic lie force if the wind whid A mail forward on bit tits lila knees growled out alit a curse wanta the matter aboard there tl uro lie ho dellla did yer ever see at boat yaw like that adoro dainia nn lite it if I 1 believe they got 0 hand ut lit tile tho wheel vi leel tito the saine thought hall leapt A into my lily mind tin tilt schooner wag na headed to pass jig un oil the port quarter yet ining yawing so crazily nt at tl iii as to ake lite gnp fearful of being run down I 1 could perceive e no of life aboard no ito that lint we lind had been seen scan tile tho sight angered tile inc liy fly nh all hands I 1 cried ties pera tely well board whether lit lliter they want ua its or not slip neros fairfox out of the wity now watkins Wiit klus run un its lit in wider those fore chains easy ilion dont loll 1011 let liet strike us luy lux hold quick illicit liels ands and tiling lung 0 on 11 for your our lives give tile nio that end of rope ready now nil of you yon vil ill make tilt alto iap aap now thru then hold hard I 1 it was live feet and up till tut pur C amso last tilt tossing boat lionti but I 1 tilcide it one hand desperate ly gripping a shrol blu oud id until I 1 gained balance and was lung inboard by it sharp plunge of the lie vessel axy ly licud wa ut rt n R level IMI with tile the rail yet I 1 saw my illy whole cifford being to inako fust fast before tile tho grip or of tile the men should bo be torn lorn loose till this iloilo I 1 gilin glince gln nce 4 buck brick luto into tile the upturned faces below belony in slowly liula yes let go lie ho rope will hold field anti the bont boat ride fide safety safely through lot ft A couple of tell iuen como till we seo see wrong with etli tile tho bookser the rest of you trull trall on let iet Selli alti and sant come with alth tile inc I 1 helped them cl aniber up and then lion lifted iny illy body onto tho the rail mil from willell position I 1 I 1 hill haan hadn clear view of lite forward deck aeck it was toor inex pres sibly dirty yet other otherwise ship shape enough nothing human greet erect ed cd me ine and conscious of a strange feel lag of horror honor I 1 slipped over onto deck tile the next moment the negro find dutchman joined me the former coriner of staring it r about wildly the whites of lilt its eyes re ht his terror my soft lie he ejaculate ali ah lono aono know dis bout its viliore de dc santa banta marle ahir cooked in alit gal ley ta wit a slaver will sall 1 lie shifted the llie air A kin mull dell dein nag gers right now fall all ah juab reckon loii airs it banch ol 01 dell olle 4 under dani eat hatches right light dis minute hand fell heavily hiell on iny illy micele lind I 1 gill lii iced into III lili s stolid 1 I just bet I 1 know vat mit willder WIls ts der ier tiou blo ant iiii in 1 Chol crit lie im wred YeA vo ulf at MUd it a jell tit CHAP CHAPTER ran on goard board the slayer slaver the terror of the lie two ti men inen us its it this is thought dawned atwon thein lit in nil gill its iti borror ans as apparent dougli enough nou gli olli fiig not oun even orr avas AMIS more to ho be dratler than rt it visitation or of tills awful culture on oil charnel aill tills tillight lie be it was surer kiffor by fur far thau UK the cockleshell towing lets find out tile lie truth fir lant sellien men I 1 frold hold your sour ton hongly gly billere Il lere Is if no U af se giving up we know iut the danger Is will you ou come with mo ine tile llo terror tenor in sains eyes chused tile im to liuigi and my I 1 11 y owl on courage Louri ige value buck back with a rush afraid of lead dond men are anro oua nil then it face thein together mi lily lads ands find have it over with como cattle on now both of you ou ilucile up there here ili nothing to fear if yen ion to do what I 1 tell yon ion this tho ilia list first cholera help ive been lit en aboard it MIS no pleasant job confronting confront liiK its although we tte and all less i und didd men tu to landl than linn I 1 anthel paled indeed ave e found 0 only illy anve 0 o bodies at on board there were eie only two ho on oil deck it giant coal black till and it gray white dinall lila ills face pitted with smallpox Dater witted on what amt was ns to bo be done I 1 wasted listed no that alth either body tile the two ho sailors hung hack back terrorized at the inere cincio thought of 0 touching these victims lct lins of plague I 1 steeled racla to tile joh job inid brindled them alone drag ding gin king tile the bodies across the deck loci and launching them thein oui tile low rall into tile sen ben I 1 ordered to cut tile the lush bushings ings and tako charge of the heel see se liere here anin und and you ou too no c I 1 nm nin in love loe with etli that lint girl lu lit the boat do you sou suppose I 1 would it aei v er have hermoine her como coine on oil tills this blecic it 1 I 1 believed she might contract cont inet chalern chu lern you do ns As I 1 say ny and you yet I 1 arc lie Perle ct 1 safe now NOM Sc hinitt reni aln at t tile alie wheel and you sum sain como come with tile mo there will be it lend deal aboard unless miless jou jump when hen I 1 ito ho trotted close nt at iny in heels As n I 1 tiling open the door loading lending into cabin tha tl air fresh and I 1 noted two of the ports polls wide lile open A tall tail shirven man with alth an 1111 ugly scar down one cheek iny out stretched on n divan nt at thu the toot foot of the after must most ills big very posture proclaiming lead ills fuce face was ns tile color of nt parchment wrinkled irIn kled irth ago tito TI negro crept tit up behind nm lite alit and stared tit at the upturned up tinned face il fifth ln lie will lc 10 01 0 coll maln still daunn ills soul 1 lit in what lint was ua evidently tile room I 1 discovered it 11 pricked chart mid and lok log bool it no entry atry lit in it lin for three days without waiting to these I 1 sloped mowed away nn in ill my lily pock et ct I 1 between us we vc forcell tilt llo folin of 0 the captain through the hie open utter after purt port and heard it epla ji into tho sm sea astern there wore wom two lend lead bennien in the forecastle both swarthy sMi tny follows fol loi with kli long ion indolini anilli in hair I 1 never saw A hitler holo hole the hu alth overpowering anti satisfied flat both men were beyond help hell I 1 wim us content to lower tho scuttle lo will leave thein there I 1 it was ns it bellef to return once inora inozu to the open dick deek bild oreath in the lie bresh air I 1 balled the bout boat tow ing below 1 come coine aboard I 1 called cul leili tl nuli pass tile batly till list and turn the bout boat adrift y I 1 caught dorothys Ini otlis and aldo her over tile the I mil nil f why was ns tho the vesel ve sel she licked what lias tits do you yon know kilow T quietly I 1 told tier tile truth nad mul ns As suied tier flint it if we ave scold on oil ink deck und used our own OMI and we MI ercle were lil no danger illow how eat I 1 help you on tell rell ilia men lilen just what hait I 1 have told you ion I 1 sold gravely they will bo be whinnied to sw show less courage than you wo IYO turned tinned and faced together ns As they formed for imil it little group the rull rail luallin ans MI list first to speak TO HE CONTINUED |