Show was mis is iffat art fiur D smith copyright D service P IN CHAPTER continued 14 joshua swung armind oioi with nain zing quickness in it limit of ills size there wits a look of sly bly von ronal clera aldern alon to la the chinn liliie blue eyes that stabbed questioningly into rel fallowes lowes ali yes tie answered heard of you fellowes Fellow cs heard of the lie Indik nt you yen nic mention tillon of course ehni d d cur clinter ah ahem humph hut but ls ri rou come to mol mei you must know my brother hiott ici and I 1 1 I 1 have information tit in flint connee aton I 1 think will interest you fellowes Fell interrupted juletty jul etly Ing lepin drew a step nearer there was no DO suggestion of slyness in its his face now ills expression was enger eager curiously avaricious ills blue eyes were cold ns as fellowes own tills this dd license business eh that tind more Ingle plu then asked ab raptly ell eh 1 I 1 bellee so sir air know knew it by G dt d I 1 joshua slapped its hip delightedly knew the d d fool play with fire and not burn his lingers fingers knew it soon ns as I 1 heard lie he was keepen on the true countes Coun Boun tys crew but you sir dowd bowd you 11 1 cant tell you here mr hir ingle pin will it suffice it if I 1 say I 1 escaped several days ago from the badget badger sloop of war aud and have just surprised your brother and his laughter daughter with hater clinter entertaining captain at Ch chafers Chater aters 8 farra farm on long Is landl coshun Ing lepin slipped his arm through fellowes and the light in his bis eyes danced and flickered as it a wind was blowing it IL come with roe me he sold said my ot fi flee ce will do glad you dropped to in captain re fellowes blowes llowes believe you and I 1 can do some business eh treason I 1 but I 1 expected it I 1 expected it ben always would overreach over reach himself ha ba ito ha I 1 the d do o tool fool I 1 a petition lord wellington said the ministers were cordial but require a definite petition im persuaded atla that document your brother has bag been concocting concoct log ing these past months iles hes been hand ln in glove with every run runagate agute federalist la in the north admitted joshua exactly sir air and my guess Is that before going further with it ii they awaited sonie some answer from froin the cann than dlan authorities it if im right that answer delivered at babylon and why they have turned over the petition or whatever the was to him als likelier choose to con vey it v es aln since ce must delf delicate delferie esie would flow fri from dra it I 1 feel this the more strongly etron gly sl sir rafter after hearing the true bounty Is held heldi ready f tor fr r sailing sounds reasonable growled jos joe bun so our job to la to find fand this whom finable scrawl we should have ham your jour brothers house boase and ollice office searched tonight Fr fellowes Fell ellowe owea a returned promptly and no DO papers tn in bens house or office C captain fellowes felloes you nor anyone I 1 knew file lie scoundrel an and d knowing him I 1 refuse to anderes almat him aboard ship maybe yes yea auf but not until after ashes mailed balled walt wait ifor for his sailing then and pur par sue exclaimed fellowes Fet lowes take him blin red handed ehl that thai would he be hest best you way may depend upon it he be and chater hater are taking ext extraordinary la in whatever the they bare are up op to iks As for the girl humphr it if my eyes tell ne me anything she hs more sense thou than her father she Is unusually intelligent trel fel bowes tuca agreed heavily id prefer not to speak ot oi hir br humph I 1 I 1 adl hn quite so sol I 1 but at it im to play piny wl with 1150 yuu U captain I 1 want want nil all tho the curds cards on the he able face up 1 1 have no mention intention that it should pe be ott others I 1 berwise ipe sir air Ini lepin was undeterred by the rusts frosty date la his callers caller a tone lone no necessity for alque hearse he assert rt cd ed briskly 1 I cant afford to ran the risk of having good plans spoiled aji h V a mans malls weakness tor for a wil woman I 1 kan the china blue eyes ekes danced nawl with the he 1 fl clerin finx light that seemed SM ined nt at oure once to warn warm and chill them seen I 1 it happen too often p put ul it t past hen ben to use her for that hut purpose slie site CUD can have anotn 11 bence upon me mr 1 abc atc her eh some same aaa a her bet to fa ther abert same as linter chater hate ber herl and sodden enly lyst a name flauie braced up op in n ail wes ya tm 11 hate her I 1 I 1 biste tiste her mr ar iny stripes I 1 hate bate her on vol li shower accio account I 1 hate bate her bof for the treefon aishe practices c cices tices 1 1 bu therl joshua inga eoln sal eat back alth witha s little little grunion brunt af pf do be decided ito nut st ao sure cure ah whit you call it captain fellowes relin wes but the sentiment will safeguard my interests and ahia may your interests bet ber fallowes FIl lowes asked harshly need you ask countered thelmer the merchant 1 1 I aro am on nil tours fours with ills mutter sir air id see ece hen ben bun hittig 9 high as blamen and chiller chater beside hlin him the girl gir lWell well we discuss her ris not fur you and id not light a 0 woman might I 1 help it of your affair he must figure in any bargain we strike deduced declared fellowes granted Or anted 11 conceded joshua with iab in As chul to tie in with we must inform the proper propel authorities of your discoveries ini in ns skeptical us its yourself of the ett leavy of this step but atwould he in advisable to ignore ll it I 1 am I 1 may say tile the mellow voice became a shade poni pompous on terms ol of intimacy with governor Oo vernor vernot tompkins romp kins id alan in ot of tile the dis tract for the administration whatever he fie enn do to aid at us we may rely upon ill see epe him myself so shall you yon and well present the he matter to him without ell eh 1 I 1 nm am willing felloes agreed and then sir air come with me if you please joshua took his lint and motioned toward the door dont wall for me howell owell ll he called to the gray clerk us as they passed to the street rel fellowes lowes was silent allent until they had crossed the road what other limitations to out our bargain hod had you in mind sir air he asked only such as motives of patriotism should place upon the entis faction of private enmity your pursuit of cup cap tain CoIll showe must awall await the destruction st of my brothers bro therB conspiracy to pursue them back bach well require arhip a ship exactly my thought captain 1 als 11 ta arhip a phlp we are after this moment they entered south street and turned toward gouverneur attend ahead of them was berghe shipyard and follows fellows face tightened lightened at eight bight of the graceful fabric that loomed above the scaffolding of the ways ah the beauty 1 the sweetest brig I 1 ever saw I 1 F no shipwright like old christian responded Is she youral yours not yet christian built her for out of blind pride and confidence in tile lila own skill sites heavier built than the regular ell clippers apers commented fellowes 1 her tonnage I 1 close to four hundred I 1 thil think lIt christian built her for strength no less than speed and ashes well sparred you see you could drive her in a gale under top sla 11 but ashes long for her beam yes res to give her clearance ashes feet over all and 28 18 feet bedim be t I 1 pounding hounding th the ebow bow fellowes Fet trel lowes saw the name centurion carved in square block letters just aft of the hawser pipes HP he stood so lung long on tili bis van tage point feasting his eyes on tho the swelling lines of the hull estimating the sail spread of the lofty masts fan fancying eying how she could be pushed in ordinary winds and driven in dirty weather that lie he did not hear joshuua Joshu up summons until it had been repeated ah I 1 beg your pardon he be exclaimed c and scrambled down to shake hands with leathery squinty eyed christian bergh you like her ja the old shipwright asked proudly ashes the handsomest handsome sf thing I 1 ever saw mr bergli 1 I only wish I 1 could buy her fifteen rift cco collars 1 ask for her wit sails battery 1 I 1 hareiN hav ent fifteen thousand dollars but it if I 1 had bad you dont need it joshua coshun interrupted abruptly ashes sold ile he turned fv bergh ill id pity ther the money noney into barkers for yuyueh you yuu eh christiana Christian 1 dot suits aults nie me mr Ing lepIn any anything tIng you vant I 1 put in her Ingle plo took fellowes by the arm and walked afew a few feet aside ill anger you crin can run down the rrue bounty with that captain r exulted tb the merc merchant hanL bean 1 can run true bounty 11 assented fellowes but j ashes oo no use to me kniess fight the badger IOU your bar bargain 98 in fight a i kinks of war with a alva privateer ft 1 I yes yea right fight tier her qa ong t liae 6 her A dangerous b I 1 if a French frenchman mun no now cw tf bloody bozo but a BrItis herl 1 aye the hast eat ship of her size in the kings heet fleet fellowes uncompromisingly there wits comprehension yea and respect tn tile took look joshua gave tho the long Isi tinder hate him blin that much eh ehl but therdo te be no sense la in sinking yourself doing it none fellowes admitted but with rith the right battery he fie broke of 07 and hulled tho the shipwright who loitered near gazing lovingly on the thing he lind creal alt hert what guns guna were you figuring for tier lier vell I 1 leate dot for you mr Ing lepin hut but it if you put in barron rides nilos bernds we say eay eighteen pound ers era ion den you hetter better not hate hafe more don dan sixteen a couple of long for chasers Fol Fellow lowes pa shook ills head A valver tins has no proper use for carror indes tie said slie she should never light at close range give us long in the broadside bat tortes aud and well mount a twenty four lounder long tom fouard on a pivot A twenty four I 1 mr ingle plu pin cried rack tier her to pieces nut but christian bergh dissented vociferously not dot centurion I 1 I 1 buildt her for rough vork ja jal I 1 we put in some more heafy beams lo 10 der brace der deck yes baiter better reinforce those bulwarks bulwa mr bergh id like her to be ns as strong as a navy vessel of her class she hlll be promised the shipwright mil dot brig you can fight a kings ship if she chase you jal viley they talked then of storage room and spare stills sails and cables and arrangements range ments in the galley for a numerous crew best reckon on a hundred and fifty men captain advised Ing lepin aside from our I 1 private ventures I 1 hope have the luck to pick up prizes and prizes take hands to bring them in and afterward ta in the glow of late into afternoon they sold bald good goodbye bye to bergh and retraced their steps to the warehouse tn in front street streel joshua led the way to the table beside which they had bad held their earlier conversation 1 I am a business man sir he said bald pointing to a chair and I 1 find it more satisfactory to have definite agreements of a contract ural nature with persons I 1 deal with wio bo if you have no obJect objections lona we will 11 reduce our relations to writing perhaps you will he be so kind as to eap exp express 1 ress your side of the bargaIn Ill fellowes Fell owea peered out the small parted window next him at the tree bordered street dusty and peaceful and very quiet since the workers had bad 90 gone ne home it was difficult to ao associate this soberly charming scene with all the wild and turgid events that bad preceded jt it difficult to imagine that only a few miles distant on off sandy hook the badger plied piled her errands anthe on the blockade that perhaps Colli shawe had pressed three more men to take the place i of tom cuffee cuffea and himself he was conscious of joshua ingle pins ans china blue eyes studying his bis expression with avid intensity my bargain la Is of the simplest sr sir he ab answered coolly you will purchase the brig centurion Xen turton for operation I 1 as a a privateer I 1 am to be tri master nater of tile the brig and I 1 will sall sail as soon ns as may be whenever the true bounty puts to ti sea my major object will wili be to overhaul the true bounty search her for papers or documents of treason tible purport and it if saw any such are found seize all persons aboard her having done so much I 1 shall be at liberty to make every attempt to bring the ho sloop of dfwar war badger to action after which I 1 wll will return to this port ind and render account to you of my ppe operations rations clearly phrased applauded joshue grasping a auell pen in his chubby hand 1 I 1 will write lt it by your leave aira A mere in matter of form captain but advisable always advisable hk hi scribbled rapidly at a sheet ol of foo foolscap lacap here sign tf you please rel fellowes lowes wrote his with it a jw perverse averse sense of futility in the gesture TO HE BE CONTINUED S sast |