Show PORTO P kwil U 0 0 BELLO GOLD SYNOPSIS the story atory opens in now new york about the middle of the eight tenth century robert ormerod who tells tails the tale Is IB talking to peter ieter corlzer Cor laer laor chief of fur trail trad era rig and man of enormous strength th when darby moomaw blo Graw irish bonded boy brings news newa a pirate oh p 1 Is oft off the hook an old nea captain announces anhook he has been chased by the notorious pirate captain rap the older ormerod Orni erod tells robort the pirate la Is andrew murray hla his roberts oberta ll great uncle commanding the pirate atila the royal lloyal james murray Is an ardent jacobite next day robert and darby encounter a one logged sailor bailor john silver whom darby conducts to a tavern robert hobert meets a young woman from a spanish frigate who Is striking her father colonel no odonnell lie he takes her to the place site ehe designates muri mari efly with a force of sailors visits v ny the ormerod house lie he announces nhe inces his intention of carrying carryl nn off robert nobert by force it if necessary promising 1 r him a groat future T the he father la is powerless peter coria corlzer er insists upon accompanying robert nobert robert nobert and peter are taken aboard a brig CHAPTER ill III continued 4 II pistol stol that cliot man it if you marty called murray but uso use your cut lasses if possible neen acen said peter nann we dont fight we might ns as well be killed now ns as lot let them carry off nob bob wild said my fa ther with a i bob infill in his voice neen said poter peter a third I 1 time deada you stay deada perhaps bob gets bets awny away from them some soine time hotter tie he bo be with murray than ho ho be bendt intelligently logical commented comment eI murray 1 I commend tile the sentiment toa you nephew robert voters peters little eyes glinted toward win him 1 I so go with boh lie he sald no no denied murray quickly you were not invited friend peter at it I 1 dont go robert nobert dont go replied peter andt you jont dont go perhaps Vertin ris I 1 dont itla you vou but if there la Is shooting you dont get away jai ji 1 murray contemplated tilts this spee cli your proposition then lie bo said la is that you insist upon sharing my illy nephews now new career or else will endeavor 0 to o secure tile tho denolis of nil all of vs its including ding tits his and your own jal ji aidi berc ered d peter you vou may come decided d ed my grent uncle your muscles should prove useful fill 1 I fillacy fil licy wo we 6 liall require on tills prisoner aye it die a br sir assented silver we lial plenty prenty 01 a stout manila ono one ol 01 0 you lads run back and get those colls coils I 1 left by tile the stove tile the proper spirit darby always make a rare hand you willi will ami alit liow low about makin fast that t I 1 i at gen vinton na as Is gain to stay bel behind i I 1 nd captain murray looked at my father and from him film to tile me have you reconciled yourselves ives to what I 1 may justly stylo style tile tho bablo lie he inquired suavely af my fattier collapsed into his chair with a groan it if you will not suffer the boy to be ba hurt I 1 lie ho exclaimed my word of lionor honor to that re wined my great uncle very seriously ills IHs comfort and safety rank ahead 1 of my own ormerod On nerod for or I 1 anticipate that ho he la Is to achieve nil all those trl s s which fate denied me als ITIs true I 1 hope to sample them briefly but and for the first time a shadow clouded his face 1 I am alit as you doubtless know in my sixty fourth and a fickle providence regarding the divinity of which I 1 am inclined t to share the skepticism of tile the 1 I french philosophers la Is scarce likely to indulge me in a very prolonged extension of lifes span nor indeed andee I 1 would I 1 have it otherwise I 1 feel no inclination forthe for the senility of extreme age do you submit my illy father bent ills head yes for his sake youl you I 1 robert hobert no violence vj olence wo we are in a coll coil we cannot escape for the present but rest assured ag bied I 1 will do everything I 1 can to dezure your release i cle motioned silver for anid ard make master ormerod Orni erod ns as comfortable as possible john lie instructed yes yea tie him in tits hla chair ormerod accept my advice and leave well ea enough Dilill alone within a year possibly two at most the boy will be safe and advanced in fortune beyond our nur wildest dreams 1 I let me have him back as he Is itis alij all I 1 ask groaned my fattier father murray took snuff A highly correct attitude sir he llave have you more to say very well w e 11 john you way may affix the graf gag no not that here la Is a silken kerchief will do and now friend f i lend peter we turn to you and aou ou nephew robert I 1 would these precautions were unnecessary let us tast arit your will become niora friendly toward TOO mo upon closer a acquaintance tance ll 11 CHAPTER IV an inkling of the plot siv liv poor fathers face with the tears handing standIng 7 in tits his eyes was wa the last object I 1 saw in the wan light of the buet running ring randles candles tile in dext moment ray factors lugged me into tho the dark of the aanden and rue nie I 1 upon n handcart hand cart such its was use used I 1 t to 0 fetch up tho the trailer frailer kinds of merchant ilse from tile the docks ilsters immense body already occupied most of the carts space rind and I 1 wits was squeezed precariously between him und and the near side aide tho the which 1 9 silver liver perceiving tie lie prodded peter ieter into a more restricted compass and then spread a tarpaulin over both of us ua proceed jolin john ordered my great unclog voice you remember tile the way the green lone lane ua called four ur men should he be sufficient to accompany you I 1 will go on by another street w with ith the rest of our party dont yo yc worry yourself captain returned 9 stiver liver footsteps thudded away on the gravel and I 1 heard the scratching of f tile the one legged mans crutch as lie stumped in front of us and the cart jolted forward we etner emerged ged into the oreen green lane heading toward the east bust river and a thrill thrift tickled my spine na an I 1 heard tile the chanting tones of old diggory leigh our ward watchman ten of a clear dark night and tile the wind in the norwest and alls a well I 1 kasy all 11 1 whispered silvers Silver 8 voice push on yo ye swabs push tin I 1 but allut hold your gab ill do tile the talk ing tile the steel piece on the butt of his crutch tinkled on the cobbles as an lie he stumped ahead of the cart iio there here shipmate he hailed cordially and does you do tilts this the whole livelong night Dig gorys lanthorn stave stava jingled on the ground 1 I do he returned in pompous tones what keeps you abroad so late ylare yare seafaring men I 1 judge now I 1 calls that clever protested silver with unconcealed adint admiration ration you sees us in the dark and straight off you says seafaring men I 1 can see sea youre it a vigilant watchman shipmate id hate to bo be a neef arlous fellow in your town blow my scuttlebutt I 1 would I 1 Dig gorys appreciation of this tribute was mirrored in tits his voice ala essential that our citizens bo be protected he answered yet there tire arc those who have accused me of sleeping on watch kers they 1 be low lived skulk ers as ever was sliver silver assured him 1 I know how flow you feel here weve been a since sunup stinus a cargo and it aboard and ill lay you n piece of eight tile the captain never so much as carves out a extry noggin a 0 rum ruin Dig gorys stave stavo jingled again its as ho he sloped it over hla his shoulder tile the wisest men are not always those in authority friend ho he said ye might think from the way some of the corporation talk twits they bar tit the night walkers and wastrels from tile the cites streets street ml I 1 bahl anti and ills his walling waiting voice receded into pearl street what are you night walkers and wastrels a sniggering about demanded silver of his following george merry ill lay into you with my illy crutch put some heft behind this here blessed cart aint ye ashamed 0 yourselves a laughin at a brave hard watchman as keeps wicked pirates from liftin your goods A few hundred feet farther on we rattled off the cobbles onto the planked blanked surface of a wharf that you jolin growled a voice aye aye bill wheres the captain gone off in the jolly boat that ere spanish irmsher Is a waltin him aboard sliver silver pulled the tarpaulin from over ove our heads here george merry cant you and your mates handle the big fellow two to tits his head and two to ills feet and drop him easy or hell stove in the boat now my gentleman this to me well pass you down too you must pull a strong oar with the captain for him film to be so anxious to get you offshore lale hale and whole bo be place and rank for you messmate mate i or a chance to swim wl tile the sharks wheres the redheaded red headed little irish er bill 1 I sent him oft off with the captain replied bones down wl you john well cast oft off from where I 1 now lay propped up in the flow bow with my head resting on peters huge st I 1 could see the wharf ja few feet above and the alie vague figures of the pirates and behind them the shadowy outline of the warehouses and an occasional din light silver lowered himself to a seat upon the of the wharf dropped the butt of his crutch to the forward thwart felt about with his one leg and came to rest in front of peter and me the L he allowed to slip to the bottom of the boat and in its place he took an oar bill bones found a sent seat in the stern sheets all clear muttered bill give way vt the oars oara fended bended off from the wharf and the boat crept out into the stream where it felt the full strength of the tide just beginning to turn the bow bounced up as aa the first wave hit it and peter beneath roe me emitted a dismal groan through his gag silver bending diligently to his oar looked over his shoulder you would come messmate he said tik nobody fault but your 1 own another groan from peter and he tny alry still look sharp called boiles baues the just ahead k riding 11 lusht h t gleamed high rbuce us maln in the tha velvet gloom I 1 heard beard th by ARTHUR D HOWDEN SMITH Cou ly kaw 0 A savin faint slap slap cilip of water against an anchored hull hall As wo we rounded under her counter a couple of ropes rattled down to us find and I 1 heard the creaking of tackle and hoist make fast the young un first I 1 rasped bones aye aye bill answered silver or and I 1 became conscious cons cloua that the one legged man and another were knott knotting 1 n 9 a loose rope beneath my armpits armpit arm pit pits S all right above therell there called silver presently the block began to whine the rope tautened the unseen block whined whine louder and I 1 rose involuntarily from my position across ll peters lueters belly try my feet were jerked from a thwart and I 1 kicked the air the grunts of men hauling in unison floated from the brigs balga deck and as I 1 rose I 1 commenced to swing awing like a pendulum inside of a minute I 1 was dangling over tile the bulwarks bulwa feet kicking frantically for standing room A man caught tile me by ono one arm and drew draw me inboard shouting the while to slacken away V I 1 and so I 1 came down 0 gain again with a bump that was like to crack my kneecaps knee caps deposited as so much cargo upon the pitchy deck dazed by treatment nent I 1 had never sustained before I 1 stood heedless as the ropes were unfastened beneath my armpits arm pits pita my bonds slipped off and the gag extracted from my aching jaws I 1 was just beginning to take in the aspect of my surroundings when coroners Corl ners pers cask of a body topped the bulwarks bulwa swung with ludicrous V look sharp called bones the brigs just ahead u unconcern neon cern for or on an instant a as s I 1 dare say mine had done and then lurched in and crashed to the deck the dutchman was purple in the face with white spots dotting the congested area of tits his cheeks clie eks and gasping for fi breath tits stomach heaved tumultuously as the gag was removed what tills alls you peter I 1 cried der water he moaned it makes me sick bich and sick he was violently 1 I heard bones continuing to shout orders and there was a constant bustle of men man running back and forth over tho the decks a clattering of lopes lopea and shrieking of fails and blocks ferard sounded an ordered trampling of feet and a chorus of rough voices bellowing the wild sea song 1 I had heard in the whales head tavern fifteen men on the dead mans man chest cheat yoho ho and a bottle of ruml drink and the devil had done for the rest yoho ho and a bottle of ruml corlzer Corl Cor laer ncr weak as a rag sank in a heap of buckskin in a dark corner by the bulwarks bulwa neen neen lie he answered when 1 I would have helped him No nothings tIngs hob bob I 1 got get better by and by der salt water it la Is always so with me ill got get you some rum ruin I 1 said firmly and rising I 1 was on the point of seeking the nearest man to ask where a drink might ile be obtained when foot stepa clicked on the deck behind me they are a dangerous company s voice with an unmistakable to it what would you returned my great undo uncle we could not employ its his maje people in such a bust business and all things considered my fellows can handle it tr far better and more expeditiously they passed through the rays of the lanthorn 1 which swung from the mainyard roal nyard aye the first speaker was colonel odonnell the little irish maedl ills his daughter MY meather Mf father ather had ben beam right in tits his suspicions auspicious but what could be the tie of interest between a colonel in tho the amy of the king of spain and an outlaw who had daled the whole structure of civilization A jacobite plot it seemed preposterous I 1 ats my daught daugh te I 1 was ns thinking ling l I of explained odonnell as they readied reached the starboard gangway close by where I 1 stood over peters prostrate form A woman on a pirate ship 1 I my ally dear sir rule itule four of the code of articles under our oar company la Is governed dorsit does it surprise you that we have our own liing forbids tile the taking ond and keeping of women as spoil aboard our ships we have had experience in the post past of tit alie e evils willell low flow in tile the wake of a s struggle for favors shall you not lout flout your own ru rule to if my daughter comes aboard V pressed the irishman site she will not come as a prisoner but na as a guest returned murray blandly after all colonel the roy cloyal at james is 19 my ship and in that respect ct differs fro from ni most outlaw craft which are held by the entire crew as a community no no you need not concern yourself 1 I like it not I 1 say I 1 persisted odonnell why did you bid me bring her you were hot for lier her coming so BO soon foon as you heard I 1 had a daughter would you have left lie her by her lone in a strange country answered my great uncle impatiently tut man be sensible who would suspect a man who had find tits his daughter with him true this enterprise la Is fraught with danger but no maid can go through life without sni flIng peril we will guard her as we shall the treasure ill hold you to that rapped odonnell us he climbed over the bul barks and felt for the ladder 1 I am not proud of myself when I 1 think of her innocence holy saints what a coil ciolll well well no matter I 1 must be going for the night wanes yes yea assented Bl murray urray and stir your frigates captain to a swift passage 0 the irishman nodded it if necessary welt well pass by the havana luckily porto dello bello Is the in ten dentes chief worry hover then off mona pas passage aye from the south tip of his to the north of porto RICO save it storms when well run for shelter in the boy 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