Show T TIK ag yr ira e naff aff v 1 evl 11 V ten S E H SA W vl r LA A JL A A ed EA 0 by RANDALL PARRISH CHAPTER continued IS vot vils vas acet you say saybolt bout ills dis sheep lt flat lia cli olera hey dorothy dobothy took n step forward anti and confronted thein tier her cheeks libeks flushed you tire sal sailors lors sin she said speaking arid and ought riot to tic bo afraid if n u girl it Is truo true tills essel hessed was ravaged by cholera arid and the crow craw died but the bodies have bine been hung OMI board risked ills life to 0 tic do that before ila IK us its aboard now ther Is IK no bainger so BO long lobig as wo we reinald on oil deck I 1 lime have a no fear the swede shook lla his liend grumbling something hut but dwore the revolt could coal spread watking broke in an ali lints right miss I 1 wits on tile tho bombay castle cn tle when hen title alio took cholera 1 I n we lied hed twenty one da lays a of it ten mentill till agin lead head winds off the cape we ve lost sixteen a 0 tile crew lint but riot not n mail adiong us who io stayed on deik deck got hick anyhow those these blokes nrc are coln tor ter try their luck lack aboard yere er else ablin for it 1 ho to grinned cheerfully blotting slip tile end of tile painter the released ter cr bont gilding gently away astern tin ho width of mthr writer constantly luer cuervas vas ing now bullies jump ter for it it yer want ter go all right then illy lets leis limit up nil something to work with ind scrub this his flock deck the in any ny to clean out cli diol olora pru lie led tile lie wily ny and they followed him film grumbling and cursing but obedient I 1 added a word woid of encouragement arid lit in it 11 few minutes the gank gang wits busily engaged lit in denning cleaning up lip the iness forward their first fears in ili action Iii atkins kept after theta like it alnio slave driver it wan vas riot not difficult finding for the ind inda to do making tin the nag lecter schooner and adjust qt ins ing the spread ot of canvas cann aloft to the I 1 naw courso I 1 decided upon anni started a ore in ili the galley und pro pa a hot maul hinging ns as it worked tind before noon I 1 had us its cheerful a bolpa crow crew forward us ns any man could possibly ask for dorothy arid and I 1 glanced over tho the log but gat ruined id licie As the sun ren renolie clie th limit 1 I cd III cabin null anti returned instruments to determine our posit position fUll with these and tile pricked chart I 1 managed fairly well all in our location arid choosing the most orect ii ct course toward tire coabe CHAPTER A new plan of escape botill nothing ng occurred during tho the after noon to disturb the routine work board aboard or to cause mn ilia tiny uneasiness unset sunset brought clouds and by the lie time ilme it was aa really dark the entire sky wits was overcast but tire tho sea remained comparatively ively calm calin mid the lie wind laid steady it AN ans its a pleasant at night g lit in spite of the he darkness the lie air soft arid and ing in the locker was filled with hags flags representing almost every nation on oil arth arth I 1 drugged these out and spread chehi on oil tire tho dock deck abaft lie he cabin thus forming a very comfortable led bell nud anti at last induced the girl to lie ife down wrapping g tier her lit in it blanket finally I 1 found ti it spat sent ber ide tier hop on a coll coil of rope arid we fell into conversa conversation on tills this was as the first opportunity we had enjoyed to actually actual talk with each other oilier alone dorpthy I 1 bald humbly liuni bly you ion wore were frightened last night I 1 cannot hold you to what you iou said to tire tiie then hen you yon mean you 10 to lo not visit to lint hut iwas I 1 was riot not frightened and oil still rollout what you said then you said gald 11 1 love you sou yea cesi I 1 can call repent repeat that hut I 1 love you those are arc dear dear words but I 1 ought riot to listen to them thein or believe lell M I 1 uin not lint free to ask a pledge kludge of you ou or to beg you ou to trust lit HIP in ili marriage Is riot not flint eliat ratler for roe me to tn do de elde site questioned archly 1 I ilia cc it now you remember the I 1 lie night I 1 met you on oil deck when you ou were a prisoner find and told dolfl you ou lint flint you io had find become the lie property of iloner fairfax I 1 loved you then although I 1 scarcely acknowledged the truth cen to myself tny self we ve are till all alike we fair taxes faxes we choose for ourselves arid laugh nt at tile the world that Is my lily 11 ain 11 awer geoffry carlyle I 1 give you toy loe for love P 1 I would limit auk fill all opportunity denied arl nip to bland once nion more in honor adiong men illen I 1 would not he be before dorothy nor need lived you lie be she l impetuously tier her hands bands pres preshing mIng mille you wrong louic tir eeik us ito you ou imy IV bein wronged yon have already iloni alii that eliut which shall win you freedom if it bo be property properly to those in III ower I 1 dinean that flint it hhall lie once I 1 nm ant safety safely back in virginia tell in what are your hiir plans with with tins tills schooner cho oner to beach it somewhere along shore anil and leave it there it wreck while we escape till the men inen insist oil it with good reason they have been pl pirates rates arid and might light lie be hung if caught laug lil arid and yet ait to my mind she bhe I 1 insisted earnestly that choice Is most fall dan geroni porous i nm jim n girl but jr if I 1 ell ed hilare do oil know what I 1 would 10 lo do I 1 world would sail this pits vessel straight to the lite V by A L cu u iiii surrender it to the ilia aliu men have to conr with tire ine aboard unit ready to testify in their behalf the alio governor ewt will lt my illy word oril without ft quest question lon these men tire not pirates utes but honest seamen compelled to serve in ili ordia to save h their lives they mutinies mutinied muti nied anti captured the bork but were cre tiller inter over collie alad compelled to take tile bouts bouti the saine plea con call bo be mado for far you ion geoffry only you wu werd oro there in ili tin an effort 0 to o sno gave trip nip it Is a service which light to 0 o will ln you ou freedom if the gov arnor nui fall in ino I 1 will mill benr bear my lily story to tile lie fret feet of lio lie keliik allig I 1 nin ain it fairfax mill itria wo 0 o linc have friends f lends it in england I 1 strong powerful fl fi lends 1 I lint inn convinced I 1 admitted after a pause flint tills this course la Is lie wiser lar one but fear ilia lio opposition llon of ilia HIP men they will all never act r go K willingly there Is 1 nn fill argument which will mill overcome our ionio their fear I 1 mean cupidity 11 1 1 still keillor or aboard tilts an 1111 interest lit in the lit raange of tills udd under ilia english law also here must bo be gold abom d treasure also let the am crew thrown flint arid you ou III lived tin whip filp to 0 o drive lih thecil into nn nil I 1 agli fill port full portion and possibly wealth matli ith it I 1 lan langhied glied A beautiful dorothy yet it might work still ii if I 1 know diio inci they would ili doubt tile truth trudi it if it t nine entire direct from tile for I 1 rint mil not really one of them lint hut WA Is it nit nil to hlin him tell him who I 1 nm anti the I 1 call wield arld in tile col colony oily und then let lint whisper the noa news to the olli firs will you ion riot not do this ills for tit nii paka yes I 1 1 I believe you have found tile right course it if you ou viii to liti lit dofan low rind sleep wp I 1 will mill t alk with watkins now I 1 may catch scale before morning but most of the elmo 11 lio 0 prowling clout dock decle bood night dear girl she extended hot arms iud arid drew lite ine down ion until our tills met volt tire arc afraid of ino ilia still rile said bald wily should on be boy 11 how dorothy Dorot liy you ou have nin so fur far away from froin mo me I 1 i I 1 dared not let go I 1 kiino 1 I ve never been able ablo to forget but now low ili lie touch of nf lour lips tills Il down don ilia lost inest barrier yes vis forever fo roMr are you ou sure sine would boll riot pot feel hi lilt III leivi doubt if you ii kissed als cd tile 1110 I 1 held IK 11 bo let vl lil glazing down domi into the revealed ri filled outline of tier atice ana tills ills time iline felt myself tilt tic I 1 left tier there und and groped my illy own way forward for I 1 found watkins awake lie III listened gravely dimly to I 1 lind find to say iby with comment arid wits ns evi cl silently weighing every argument in ili till ills mind ive bin in virginia and maryland sir ir he said nt at last seriously and if tile HIP younk young woman Is in a 1 she shell ij likely have influence ter do atit hut tahe buys ill fall talk it over lah file he ind it if they only sure treasure aboard I 1 vii ess most lost of on would face liell liall ter kit their on at of it altin their why li not flat search und and see RU lie he i ills bead till tely not me ili reri sir I 1 I 1 dunt prowl anns around in fit no with alti dena inn inen not if I 1 never git bit rich illi illen I 1 will and I 1 1 got nt to my lily dept li 11 midd n d determination you kerp lir tile deck millie title I 1 KI go below light tin tilt lantern lont tiit and bring it hero here if there Is n any hidden aboard tills hook or cr it will bp be either in ili tire th cabin or lazaret arid and whether irr there ili or not wy lily man the lie adarle turns turn 8 tomorrow if I 1 have to fight eglit every spa sen wolf nit on oil board single handled CHAPTER A struggle in the dark lie ho entire clinic limit hack with alli the hint erit lit in ilia finif a mere till in box co a inn can div dl till the dint dim flanick through till nil berous punctures nicher of it us un evoke until mi its hand was ns on the ho comp nillon door really to elide clide it open ill riot not bo be long below I 1 said sober IY 1 ll hotter etter go co forward tin und d see that your our lookout men tire mf awake and then coin odix buck back here till llin port stateroom I 1 and aid riot not pr pre bously altered because so a of f a I 1 locked a c k ell door I 1 determined mined on breaking lit in here hen thel 0 wag no key lu in tile lock till and tho about door by ilig tile liu ilcin on oil tile dock deck I 1 wv islic in III in s erting ilia hu blad 0 of it so us as to gain it so sufficient to release ilia latch As tile anor to yielded n kharli cry rig galled tile 1110 from within it cattle forth tic KO suddenly mid arid ylla alli so an wild lilt 1111 accent I 1 topped stepped blindly lindly li backward lit in fright my lily foot overturning 0 el tinning tile lantern which 1 hillh l it bingle flicker of tho the candle went out III that liitt tbt I 1 davir a dim grotesque outline fronting tile inc then Ilic ii lit in tilt ibo darkness gleamed gu two green wen menacing acing eyes growing steadily larger nur as I 1 shired nt lit mont in ili horror honor was ns it mail or 01 beast devil from lull bell or oi soma crazed against NN I 1 inest battle for alfo afo the green eyes glared 1110 into in lily race I 1 lifted my lily hand liand tol bolvari varI falln mul and couched oi Klied buirl my il n V I 1 i 1 9 gannt ilia ric n 11 a ape p e anven ns as the big 11 apes grip caught itie through jacket sleeve to the flesh I 1 realized lily iny great peril but I 1 was w no ito longer paralyzed with hlll fear hel liless before the tl I 1 drove illy in liti straight between those alio 0 o two n glen glendining ining eyes the bruto staggered limit back drugging lite with lah him illi 1114 4 cry of ended in it duill i but bi lef ns as tilt tic respite proved it KIO gave mo ilia grip on oil ills finder jaw and air opportunity to drive lily weapon ilice anoro against tile lie halry linley face tile pain served amid only to madden tire beant anti before I 1 could wrench free fito lio ito imd had lite clutched lit in nn art lion iran grip my illy jacket torn into shreds ills ilia jows jaws snapped tit it lily tn face but I 1 had such ni to piment their touching lite inc tind Ind lems of tho ilia claws tearing tit nt lily tm alesh I 1 forced tile anini ali bead brick until tile neck couched anti and tho the lips gave vent mt to it wild ft ltd servant fec nuin of agony I 1 dared riot not let po go dared riot not relax for an n instant the 10 lo vt every lounce was ns ril of those halry arins yet jet tile very vase als in which I 1 was field yielded ran axi leverage lepni 0 o the hatchet dropped dropp cil tit the lit deck alid both my lily hands found under tire jaw the inu of lily arms strained to tin the utmost un its I 1 forbid buck flint horrid trend annd little hi by little it luo gave way the brute whining lili illig in agony until lite pain becoming unendurable tire tho cling clinging lill aring released their hold letting tire me drop heavily cally li to tho fleck dock 1 lly ily settle good fortuno fortune I 1 fell upon tile tho discarded hatchet air und stumbled to my lily fret feet once more inoichi gripping ilia hw weapon in my fingers I 1 sprang toward film sending tire sharp blade of the hatchet crashing ilia skull tire trial was ft as good tho stroke fl a death blow yet ct lie monster pot got ino ilia with ollo OIK paw unit und wo we fel 0 to o the lio deck it cc I 1 together liu lie savagely clawing tile nio in III ills death agony then the milry figure hiir li ir quivered july ered air aind lay motionless I 1 rele agull tho the stiffening jil klip 11 to io my lily knees only to immediate ly pitch forlai d clous when I 1 came buck back once more to fire ilits I 1 apon tho schooners ners ty deck arenth ing IHK the night air doroth dorothy and heading ix ovir over tile inc CHAPTER 19 s opening of the treasure chest cheat the die lawn crime slowly and with but little stivi ll lUtlo vase of light ll lit tile 1 I ho breeze lind had almost entirely died away leaving the camels alliet the lie schooner silio onor barely cly moving through 11 slightly lne ing fell iiii in ili llie ilia of a thill dull gray mist whon when watkins emerged from froin till illo mist I 1 proposed to film flint WO go below and nd continue tho the search for got kuld lit lie wils is riot not allic lulls to go arid dorothy persuaded ded me lite to let tier lier go BO with li ow in UK tile kooist chere tile the 1110 had hidden we found a bit big chel chert t ind I 1 wt set to cork to open it it proved harder than alian I 1 had find be 10 cleved ilia triple of the lock to lo the hard inn d teak wood of which tho ali cliva wits UH liuddy tho the lid ild wait henvy clieny but us its I 1 finally forced it backward a hinge Him plied art and perin bitted it to t drop crashing to the lock dick nn an in I 1 could nee KOC nothing nol lilii within alft up III the llie lantern lun terii dorothy no higher than flint milt lit in goda giamo ali why it Is in fit am corp corpe e of u nu ITO nr |