Show i i f f f i i f STORY FROM THE START to america during war of 1812 af utter ter a succor a the ful fill voyage capt lion fellowes Fel lower merchant ship sachem la Is sunk on oft portugal b by y a british frigate his bellowe Fel lowe surrenders on ders but crew his file life shore exhausted readies Is saved by byan ar I 1 s girl who concella ha her er identity lie he learns from her however that bat she Is about to set out for lisbon fellowes agoes to lisbon hoping to find a vessel america bound lie meets captain chatel of the american ship true chaler chafer bounty an acquaintance him a berth as mate fel owes lowes ref refuses ulles knowing chater chaler Is in disloyal in trading with the en the girl who ile he meets macef emy m y aved his life cara Ing lepin daughter of the owner of the bounty cara induces him rrue to aall as mute mate Fel fellowes lowee faile in love with her the true bounty to Is stopped Ped by the british frigate 13 badger adger captain col 11 shawe despite his american citizenship fellowes 9 Is taken aboard the badger a pressed nan man Aladden maddened ed at what lie he believes to Is caras and Ch chafers Cha tere aters treachery he strikes who orders r or him a hundred lasher with the cat CHAPTER IV 6 tom grogan and cuffee cock roach in his delirium fellowes was plagued byu weird uie the head 0 un oil the torso of bob clinch thill that brandishes brandished bran dished a drip plug ping cat over his lacerated hack back rut but always flys as the lushes lashes were bout about to fall all a black figure Inter intervened venedi and a soft crooning voice quieted his bis frenzied de defiance flance jiu hush yosef mansir inar sr cuffee hot hoi yo bari bail liri dar F yo dorf J need holler boiler alai I 1 in n turn tom wid W ro fellowes raised tile hla head as the wro spoke und and tits his lips parted in it a groan ue lle was lattig on his atoma nuch h 1013 on a pile of haltia locks the yellow glare of a tiance amile blunthorn suspended above revealed uie ole confined e of the badgers berth deek deck from his neck deck to ills his loins his back wits was a blaze of agony ilow how loni long have I 1 been here ti lie whispered pis two night yo hub hab much bob bery yo holler an all yo yell in an yo van to kill him coan oh my aunt yo plenty sll kl I 1 fellowes fellows s moved tentatively to tn ease a stif stiffness fueSs in tits ills legs ind and with ut ft stab of pain which shot him be felt an oily moisture percolar perc olat ing iowa down his bis flanks what have you got on me he asked between gritted gritter teeth plenty alenty slush dat best to yo bob clinch fotch him from cookee yo lo go fo sleep the negro settled back on his bis heels sleep mo ino better 0 o yo but why do you do this tor for me fellowes cuffee help yo to dat yo jo strike him capin bad face an cuffee anuk yo jo plenty juju to fo take flogging flug flog gln gin yo no go fol fo steel sleep the crooning voice bummed d a slow monotonous tune arid despite blin self despite the pain that racked and burned arned fellowes rel lowes dilated di gifted off diitto a n drowsing slumber when tie lie awak ined ened sunshine was V pouring dawn un open ipen hatch lie ile turned life ills head beail with dIlli alty culty and at once a gruff voice spoke beside him tasy easy all shipmate that arieli s purly tender the speaker wua was the short bow legged sailor bailor ot of the file bristling black h beard and tanned hide there was a negro here fellowes In fee ebly tn in the lie night Cu tuffee flee mes hes ou on watch least leastways wars lies at gun drill te cely suspect 14 it now crould ye but that bigge rs a mile tei harld with luns long tom I me if he aint the smartest guibner gunner I 1 evet eve wd ed 1 houi nanie la Is tom jsn t it toni TOM grondn ot of P I 1 A likewise A B pressed olt bit the schooner martha out 0 baltimore out bill febbe ye could olt 6 morsel i A all ll 11 le had was a sup 0 rum since ye came beaw 1 he dro dropped plied on hla fits knees by fel fe mes inns head and buffered til hlin in a spoon fill 1 l of 0 steamy liquid froni from a kin t uffie Pe cooked tills this tor lot ye 11 tie he purl pur for tin ign rant lies ol 01 lot 0 fellowes was amazed of at the capt bartl aea find savor of I 1 alc hp aness what lyhal is it lie he naked asked salt horse in n hardtack D u whatever B could steal out 0 the W replied liesa he diluter ter took fook too how bow we lilied lilied hita on abe lie heartha tJ artlia you were pressed together for sartnig Bart sart nin colla R leinwe was only me but cuffee he tal hii and ya y aa 88 bauw hea bes ullus shipped sli liperi with Q it if im trans forin to jhc thc ryul y why hell comer come too loo than D Cuffee a alave grogran gan set down the and etched his e ear at W ell mate alinta tl inta a question pre nil kel myself ysee sae the marttia martha wt him tiff orr the of a of havana LL in i by arthur 2 howden mith amith copyright 1928 ARTHUR D quitu service the middle tie lie was the only bivin critter aboard I 1 guess be anve llibron a duy day IT we ve happened by apu he didtel want to take hike cuitee I 1 wits a cur amous ous young teller feller und and that was mis a almine tile the simers almers had lett eft treasure behind fin so tile cuan tie be gienis in n taws haid lows I 1 can go it so BO lie be I 1 go alone which I 1 did fellowes found the narrative harra tive nicus ing it his thoughts from tits tortured tur Hired hack back grogan wc arm lil or uri curree come in n he kalsted my lond arid and kneeled down or on the lie deck in front of we me and after I 1 took him blin back to the Sl artha D wed failed him a piece why ye lost est pry liry hlin him awne from me file inan he pd him toni tom Gro Oro yuna guns and nex time we t unde Baltin inre how the cus orl cera entered him hial cuffee cockroach property 0 toni tom grogan A U B of ill I 1 lydell hy P A A blindow fell across fellowes face arid and clinch squatted opposite grogan reella reel ln a mite mile more lad inquired tife rot my gut gets s i but yer ier a game bantam 11 ue lie paused pause d awkwardly no I 1 fellowes thrust out a hand regard less of the hie pain the movement caused him 1 I 1 anything any tiling against you ho he answered iru im sore bul ru what yol yo pol po fook do cuffe cuff ee scolded ill be up and about soon and then ill attend to the cur who used you clinch darted a worried took look over his bis shoulder delay belay that flint talks talk lad he ordered gruffly Tw ont get ye nD nowhere Where ye cant reach the aint it so tom grogan yer a pressed man tell the lud lad im for or Is good sartain bartalo Bart sart aln grogan soothingly ye got to use plain beuse yer jest a pressed pleased sea nian man like ike me in n cuffee only ye hit the enjoin in the jaw and lived to ct it aye aye agreed clinch doi dont forget that cripes lad a caan cant let one ol 01 0 Is men strike im m IS B was as easy as le e could bet be IE asyl fellows fellowes snapped scorn fully id rather have been killed flogged dogged 1 clinch ruse rose un uncomfortably comfortably see ere tie lie said 1 I dont like the way ye talk the caan es fair but es urd ard all for discipline e Is Fei fellowes lowes experienced a profound of weakness it mutter he mumbled back bach the tears of rage that pricked his eye lids but it if I 1 gilve G d tiow flow 1 bate the curl curi and herl berl and lierl herr his rolce mice became a wall there was st a sudden patter of feet on the deck what iol po fool foo do cuffee iff scolded marar him slick like III chile yo wan wall to make him mo hob lery 1 we aint done to him nl nig 9 ger clinch inch protested IE E was in ngin the caan yo let him talk I 1 cagni bad man someday him film die die als marar plenty jual yah rah him good man cinn him juju diun the big calloused hand slid belld caress angly on to fellowes Fellow cs head bend dar now marar yo go fo sleep buttee here and the crooning monotonous hum of liquid fell like nu au anodyne on fellow rellow cs aching nerves 0 0 0 0 0 0 IN tile the long islander blunder improved stead lly fly ills his back which fortunately he could not see a horrid spectacle 5 hut but gradually the lie shredded flesh commenced to scab over and what aik meant aint most to hew ills fits nerves eased off from the tension tin posed upon them and now ho he was morbidly lest iest the mitigation of his pain should quench the th tire of hatred burning burnIt iK in hla his beert beurt but he need not have concerned himself the first time tie lie wits was assisted to the spur spar leek lck and saw aloof in the sacred precincts aft straight trim faure ills file eyes were clouded by the snoie sauie red mist which had blinded him the day he bour hoarded dedi tile the badger with nothing else to think of pel abl lowes found diversion in id whetting the edge of his hatred scheming plans of vengeance and slowly us as his mind became normal he be relinquished the dreams which bad occupied him blin in ID tits earlier convalescence no ordinary retribution for him no blow blon in ID the dark no shot across a smoke filled deck no DO yielding to out suicidal hysteria stand face to face aye ship to ship when ft hen the time came watching be discovered the heart was vms bound up op in the badger smash tier her take ner from him and Colli shawe would suffer infinitely more than the pangs of death but to take or trap the badger followed Fol lowes must first escape front from herand her and tills this posed an apparently insoluble problem he cudgeled cudge led hla his wits over oer it and finally called on toni tom and cuffee for advice klebbe a man can escape when hes ashore commented tom but how ye ie coln to escape anywhere in all this water theres always a way if we can find it fellowes answered dogged doggedly we must hope and beep a watch and if we do get ashore ill buy a that can run the badger into tier her hole bole in davy jones locker and you shall be with me cuffee was all smiles yo bab long tom marar fellowes bellowe Fel lowel lowe OK my lily libut I 1 mos coos please to deat wid him 11 yell bo be dead afore yer pleased tom sighed sigried dolefully dut but fe fellow blowes llowes es refused to des despair despalj pali nonsense tom af he be exclaimed you shrill shall be think I 1 A sharp rP frankee privateer carry royals ln in an ordinary blow you wait and see A few days later the sloop of war spoke the shannon frigate which made signal she was bound south with dispatches for admiral co cook 0 k burn crul cruising 8 ing oft the capes of the tha chesapeake and fellowes Fet lowes heard the tha sign almans report to and prompt rejoinder my compliments and ask em cm to heave to tell rell era em captain col has important documents for the admirals attention M mr r cu curry rry have a boat lowered ill see cap cao tain broke myself fellowes follow es remembered the papers hart had discussed with cara Ing lepin and chater in the true Boun tys cabin this could be no pint which wits was referred direct to the admiral commanding th the block eblock anding squadrons having braving previously been indorsed endorsed indor sed by bv british authorities across the atlantic another reason fur for escape here should he be a weapon with which to humble tile the Ing lepins and chater for he be waste all ail his bis hatred on Colli shawe no ko not nol it was cara ara who had betrayed betru him in first arst place and sneaking saul mater if he might 0 only escape I 1 with any luck hed see them bun la in chains for the traitors they were ware for several hou hours ra the two vesse vessels Is tossed on the waves then boat put off of from the shannon and the fri frigate gitte scurried away south while the badger tacked inshore to resume her patrol dripping wet in his boat cloak col lishawa ellin climbed bed the badgers side as adroitly as it was a garden an anth t it ills his eye lit ill on fellowes and the long islander perv perceiving elving it IL made a derisive tug at his forelock you fire are the ali pressed man who ra vas is flogged Collish nwe naked asked abruptly TO DB BIC |