Show porto or 0 JL bello t gold by ARTHUR D HOWDEN SMITH copyright fir arthur t hainlen smith PTER R XIII continued 15 quartermaster erm aBter speaks f or the he e eald bald and my view la in as it he crew la Is for or fightlin figh tin for or their t right ita il the walrus has played d fiddle addle long ion enough and heres aca as aa likely to come again brief interval re W was a ence ody ly contrary announced tile the aged d man cheerfully councils sep quiet mates mafes no dronkin filial i therell be plenty ol 01 0 both I 1 squatting platting ranks broke up into a ind a number of nien men strolled d toward oward my hiding place but not await them front from the shel f the e chase gun I 1 hunched myself behind iland a water cask and so d the bow slipped over alde and own the anchor cable to the uge e white shape floated up to dot t you bob for attacking the when hen the tide turns tuni headed abed downstream down stream without a we were halfway half way to the etore before he spoke tI hurray furray he Is a lucky fetter feller gets what he wants t da addea es he want I 1 panted w he gets rid of flint andt der screw row ja t hell lose their halt half of the re if abe e maybe he dont andt dot t he be sets gets rid of der james ure e arnzy peter I 1 said indig trying my best beat to keep pace him a hed billed be stranded here he ae dont do dot here maybe t do dot at all maybe der helping ipen him ja but if lie he gets ance ice you witted watch him bob lie he d of der james and maybe he id of us ja 11 why do we help him then ed recalling my great uncles gibe Is where he la Is smart bob lie he it 1 sn in wv we got to leep him barr i to safe n skins ja andt der little kal gal for or him and der irmsher dot like ike a lenape squaw I 1 aint got iut you andt der little gal 11 locht ai en t you rou mean he intends to I 1 ot of us and carry away the treasure breasure for himself ant at know l now bob murray he Is y feller Very tunny funny I 1 ile he likes tie ie gal maybe he likes me know snow andt he Is honest hones about A t king dot ufa in rome but of t us tomo in tits his way lie he would s i aside dots him now I 1 tern stern of 0 the royal koyal james rose ils is and lit in one of the open my great uncles unel es fine white head like a faded picture in a frame ross u darkened room before lie he planned too big on maybe this time eaks roud foud to der dee andt ini reat uncles voice floated down distinct y r are gone overlong er r if they do not shortly re 11 1 ship my cable ands and take adof e what remains of the flood at the walrus and finish mit mat hand in on nells reply was simply a us echo from the interior of in t I 1 coundi as though he had some sohie r r us I 1 murmured to peter isly asly treading water beside me use he has for us maybe is ds us when lie he gets rid of der ell eh it if der thefil falls him have use for honest men bob II 11 soon know I 1 retorted and d the rone welch dangled by ider der post Is there challenged my nele instantly alert ert I 1 whispered back and need ep d to and odonnell the for cne time being stirred out gloom assisted me e windowsill window sill and it affected adly y to note ray my great uncles rn n for the water I 1 dripped on ken en coat ha flat suffered buffered no hurt he tit gerly n 0 1 I answered make maie haste up they a are co coming jiing Is s with ith the making of the as betwixt roe me and the window d see tile the faint smile of safa n on liis its face what was to be expected of ie he remarked I ve we roust must im ur r witch vatch no compliment that hat they failed tu to bust lit of your going and coming quatt cred into tha cabin like toad 1 11 he squeaked 1 I hat hub der 1 my skin we haf a fight 11 murray urray ju ja kly to you yo and nd robert nobert friend will il be b rather in the nature s isemena than a fight he nn an urbanely it if you will pardon lemon emen i 1 will go and complete pa ry arrangements ja df ons a told lite that tit at odon t his j to the liker M uttered the irishman dolefully treachery and scheming and murder ing 80 aye its it fine lelet night for such I 1 I 1 oh n ble blessed ased saints cherell wh erell wo we be this time tile the morrow safe beyond question I 1 sought to encourage him film is as I 1 drew on my breeches als nover never the walrus icily crew will overcome us no not too sure muster master ormerod Orm eroil he retorted with un usual al vehemence 1 I nm thinking there Is the curse of high heaven on tills this venture and nil connected with it nevertheless lie he buckled on hla his sword and accompanied us to the de deck ck when we were dressed men lion were scurrying silently to and fro and from an hatch came the whine of tackle Is as a piece was waa shifted on the gundeck aloft squads of were un furling shreds of canvas to give the tames james steerage steer way nt at need on tile poop my great uncle was issuing his final orders to martin saunders and coupeau compeau Cou peau you saunders be said will stand by the anchor cable with a broadax broad ax and upon my giving the word how hew it ns asunder under your position martin will bp be in the waist keep men on the fore and main yards ready to ina make ke sail when hen tile the cable la Is cut cou peau of yu you I 1 expect an initial broadside of crushing effect and a second fire if circumstances permit now to your stations and above all things instruct your men to preserve silence the man who makes a noise I 1 will blow from a gun forthwith and let that be my declaration to flint 1 the gave their acknowledge t ments and flitted flirted away simultaneously peter pointed up the inlet seel see lie he exclaimed the walrus riding light winked out an interval of minutes and one of the waist lights followed it another interval and she disappeared completely in the black maw of tile the night my great uncle sneezed delicately in tile the dark one Is clumsy he be observed 1 I fear I 1 have abused my nose with an dose of nip r nap up well well I 1 Perlin perlinia pa there la is a p parit arable ble in III the incident for such clever fellows as captain flint 1 I must ask you not to move about gentlemen we have the better part of a glass to wait for the obb ebb but caution Is our watchword t we heard the walrus before we had sight eight of her the of a headsail a rattling block a vogue vague creak of cordage then an impression of a mighty shadow a towering spiderweb of spars and lacy rigging stealing ghostlike front from the en shrouding dark she floated nearer nearer still and nearer it seemed that the two vessels must collide and thesus the suspense pease became unbearable I 1 wondered nt at my great greaf uncles restraint would lie he never I 1 gasped with relief ns abi cool even tones clove the silence touch off compeau coupeau Coil Cou peau crash the deck leaped underfoot the anchored bored bull surged forward A red sheet of flame girdled the james jamea side and in the instants glare the walrus was revealed in stark detail against a setting betting of glittering black water and low fore forested sied shores I 1 saw it ninn man in tier her foretop aimlessly balancing a grenade I 1 saw men star ing curiously from the gun ports as our broadside smashed into them I 1 had a glimpse of the brutal face of dones bones peering over the bulwarks bulwa a cutlass in tits his tooth teeth tile the darkness returned and a multitude of echoes dinned dinnee back and forth neross across the inlet there was it rending grind and cracking of timbers with such sc screams reanis lis as I 1 never hope to hear again the screens of wicked men who face an unexpected death oath and blasphemy wid pit piteous cequs appeals all blended into one terrible heart searching whole my great uncles level vol voice ce dominated the confusion as easily as it had the silence cut your cable saunders Saunder sl I 1 flints bellow ansy answered ered from the walrus 0 give ive it to em ye cowardly swabs I 1 stand to your gundi guns I 1 the red tongues of the walrus guns licked out at us Is tile the staggering roar of their discharging smote the night the fabric of the james quivered and shook as the iron irod hall liall lashed into her A moaning meaning and screeching rose front from waist and gundeck 1911 oh go my aly leg degl I 1 my leg leaf 11 out I 1 my guts are arun a run out I 1 wheres Wh erea in my Y arm arbot oh oft god goa wheres my firm arm dut but a third time my great uncle mastered the uproar 1 make sail anti martini martin l coupeau compeau had reloaded his guns and the james jamea llred fired a second broadside with tho the same battle crushing unanimity ns before tile the wn walrus true receded as if our fire had find had the eject of physically repelling tier her from us clouds of smoke came bet between wen the ships and 1 perceived that wo we were benefiting from the severing of the anchor cable the ebb tide was already sweeping tho the anchorage toward the U ui 1 down open sea bea the walrus shot off another ragged bro broadside which for the roost most part mud and splashed water or scattered then them fettled tz to a pegging PW chase c tha 60 long toms on her barking fitfully ns its they tossed the twelve pound shot athwart our decks our guns were silent our gundeck spence skewed spewed d forth men whom martin hustled to the yards to shake out every sail to catch the errant wind that veered gustily from southeast to southwest colonel odonnell waved hta his list at my grent great uncle what madness will have taken ye now Bl murray urray lie he cried there was the grand chance ye had to finish the rascals once and for nil all are ye feared of them that ye turn tall you that ha flat struck first blow aye and second too not at all sir air rejoined my great uncle Il having laving struck first blow and tecona blow as you so aptly phrase it I 1 am of a mind to strike also th the e coup de grace and tills this with ns as trifling damage to my own vessel as Is possible man alan never have another such chance as that yo ye just cast away mourned the irishman for a soldier chey chevalier tiller you reveal astonishing lack of judgment returned my great uncle ance had I 1 remained to finish conclusions with captain flint in the narrow space of the anchorage I 1 might conceivably have gained the victory but it must have been by means of subordinating brains to brawn and with loss in pro 41 A W 0 robert I 1 whispered back and corn fenced ed to climb portion thereto I 1 prefer to force him to iea sea where by maneuvering and proper strategy I 1 can secure the same object at a half or a third of the cost itis als all the same retorted odonnell if yo ye sink him ye lose his treasure quite true assented murray dut but what would you may eay to driving him ashore eh bilat ali at odonnell would have answered to this I 1 know not for there ther e was a sudden drumming of feet on the deck and dolra cast herself into his arms oh padre she cried tearfully and are ye sate safe from the cannon I 1 waked in my bed with their roaring and it came over me we were on the Santis slina trinidad once more and poor senor genor nunez the apothecary groaning from his death wound and him film that was looking forward io to the quiet end of tits his days in the little hou house se by Alcon alcantara tara I 1 and then I 1 was thinking all a horrid dream hut but the connon blat ted again and the ship trembled and there was it a shriek at my very door so out I 1 ran in my shift and DIomede the was lying in his blood on the cabin floor and ben gunn beside him film a prayong and with that I 1 pu put t on me enough clothing for docen CY cys t a slake sale and came to find ye tor for my four bones are clattering with fear and heavens irutha truth 1 cdonnell 5 Donnell drew her close there there he sold said with a tenderness he had bad only for her I 1 the worst will be over theres naught for ye to fear she reached up p and str stroked aked his fit face ce troth and I 1 was thinking that same if I 1 could come at you padre says she but terrible I 1 fearsome earsome to be sleeping by your lone ion e self elf and awaken in the midst of a sea fight her father swore dwore under his breath ah tie I 1 was the weak foolish fellow to drag you into such a venture I 1 therell come a day I 1 must answer site she stopped hla his mouth with her hand As it if id be anywhere else than just juat beret 1 turned my head ahead not wishing to be prying into their affairs and a quarter mile astern I 1 saw caw a jet ot of name flame and heard beard the smacking report of one of the walrus hase chase guns guim dolra said some something think more that I 1 did not hear and he be interrupted ier I 1 cr get ye below my maid until we 1 there was a harsh whistling boand BO and in the ner and the halm pill on one nide of var mir head rose up and on the heele of this came the thud of a shot as aa it struck timber close egad I 1 commented my great uncle odonnell swayed strangely and dropped over his daughters shoulder aho sho alder the dazed grief in her tolen was wa tra cleal why wont ye stara are ye lilt oh oft blessed virgin theres no sense left in him I 1 bob master peter help met me I 1 lies iles so so BO beav heavy 11 peter and I 1 jumped to aid tier her nd id murray furray was not far behind us tie we lowered ODon nells tall body to the deck and I 1 ran for a In lanthorn tithorn when I 1 returned turned rp with it my grent great uncle had assumed control of the altun tion we can feel no blood or broken bonci 11 tie he ant sald hold your light hecq hor by his head if you please robert the yellow glow played over the TrIsH mans long face hla file lips were drawn back lit in vant hat had been a si smile tille tits his eyes were fixed anti and glassy no pulse bent in tits his corded thront dolra crouched beside him chafing tits his limp hands and crooning a medley of endearments dear ments in english irish and spanish murray opposite tier her thrust exploring fingers into the bosom of her fathers shirt A startled look appeared in my great uncles lambent eyes but tits his features preserved their immobility ats useless to cry to him lass laag he said gently ile iio doth not answer you see but tie he will I 1 site she protested sure ye must soon be finding what Is wrong with hm him sir air it may be a sup of brandy would bring him round my great uncle readied reached across and plucked from her grasp the hand slie site had been rubbing come ho he said rising we weh ask peter to carry him to tits his berth shall we but but we must bring him toll tol we cannot bring him to ho be answered kindly she stood up bewildered not bring hini him to but why because his heart no longer bents said my great uncle 1 catch her robert she lay like a tired child in my arms dead deada I 1 she ehe murmured faintly ile he cannot be dead deada I 1 I 1 exclaimed theres not a wound on him neen said peter ile he picked up the lant lanthorn born from where I 1 had dropped it on the deck and directed the light upon the upper part of colonel ODon nella nells head A blue bruise like a sear scar was spread across the Irish mans left temple A graze shot pronounced peter dor der cannonball came lot dot close jn ja I 1 but the skin Is not even broken I 1 objected jill ja but dot dont matter murray bent over and fingered cli bruise peter to Is right ho he said the concussion affected 16 th e brain I 1 have heard of bf such a freak shot but i never sa saw w it happen before moira clung to my arms and he la Is really dead the padre la is really dead and ho he without a comfort of the church I 1 oh holy saints be hla his advocates advocat esl 1 sure was vas there ever a crueler end she collapsed in a passion oi of weeping conduct her below Robe robert rt sald said my great uncle we will follow you she suffered buffered me to lead her from I 1 n m poop without objection more like a child than ever sobbing and protesting and repeating the some same things over and over again in an abandonment of grief |