Show WOLVES WO L V E OF F THE T n wv E SEA 0 by B y RANDALL PARRISH 6 by A 1 albl aurs lurs 69 lu carlyle sees one chace a and takes it synopsis geoffry carlyle master of sailing at inert ty six Is sentenced to 2 20 years erL tude in the american col cot onie for participation in the Mon Iton mouth reb rebellion eillon in england among the passengers ou on board the ship on which he li sent ficro 9 are roger fairfax maryland planter his fairfax and licu t innet sanchez a spaniard who ho became acquainted u with ith the fair in london carlyle mets dorothy who sho inform him her undo has bought his services sanchez show 8 himself an enemy of carlyle the fairfax party now on its it own on loop sloop in the chesapeake bay encounter a bark the namur of rotterdam carlyle discovers that banchek Is black planning to steal the fairfax gold and abduct dorothy he ile fights sanchez and leaves leanes him for dead in a battle buttle with sanchez followers however hoi eer he la Is overpowered and thrown luto into the bay CHAPTER VIII Continued a the two roust must have hung in silence over the rail stating staring down don I 1 darel not adi advance once my he id to look nor even loyb a muscle of my body in the water nater how illow cime ino you oft tift herel here Be emise that fellow leaped the rail from the tile wharf I 1 saw him and tee met nt at the wheel heel 11 from the wharf you say he mas was not aboard then santa maria I 1 know 0 w not nhat that may mean yet et what difference so he be dead an dei der aon sou Nf mendez endes throw that carrio oer overboard board no bullies never sener mind let them ho lie where they are and sink an auger in tl e sloops sloop a bottom what la Is that out yonder Coc Cocho hosell ael small boat senor a dory I 1 make it t cut the rope and send it adrift I 1 now come alone with me the darker loom of the sloop vanished slowly as the slight current sweeping Bwee pinc about the end of the wharf drifted the rel released sed boat to which I 1 duns clung outward into the bay there was scarcely a ripple to the een sea and yet I 1 felt that the boat was steadily r out into deep water unter I 1 was still strangely st rangel weak b irely able to retain my grasp finals I 1 muttered mustered every emery ounce of energy in one supreme effort and succeeded in my body up out of water it i devising sonia means for AttAl ming the deck over te ee boate boats tern stem sinking helplessly forward into the bottom the coo mo meat this waa was accomplished every sense deserted me mt and rind I 1 jay ay there mere motionless totally I 1 rhall aall never know how long I 1 re thus tet yet this time could not have beaw great As though awaken ing from sleep a faint sa i returned return cl et then the sharp pain of my wounds accented by the sting of PAR alt water brought me realization of when where I 1 was as and the cices tices bringing me then there I 1 had evidently lost considerable blood vet ve had hat already ceased to flow flou and a very slight examination served to convince me that the knife inife slash slashed were none of them serious tn loo my other injuries were rarely bruises to add to my die div comfort the result of blowe blows dealt me by y sanchez and ad cochise Co chose aggravated by the beLar lIke hug bug of the giant glant gro indeed I 1 awoke to the tile discovery that I 1 was far from being a dead man rants an annl L inspired by this knowl knowledge edKe the various laci dents ot the night lashed back jito ato my mind no gleam of light appeared app earea in any dire direction tion no found sound echoed across the dark waste of water ater it was clearly impossible for rne me to attempt any return to them the wharf barf through the impenetrable black curtain which v shut me in lat then could I 1 do anvil whit it might I 1 still hope to thoe fel lows los had 9 ept the sloop stoop clean and had doubtless long ago it they would suddenly find themselves i unguided would that suf sur fice to stop thern would the discon discos ery of hta his body halt hie his fol follow followers loers era and send them rushing back ack to their boat eager to get safely away this did not seem likely anew of mv boarding the sloop from tie tle wharf and would at once connect the fact of my being ashore with the killing of sanchez this would satisfy him there was no further danger besides these were mere not men to flee in panic surely not with mith that ruffian estada yet alic to lead cheri and the knowledge that fifty thousand pounds was uns yonder in that unguarded house with alth no one to protect the treasure but two tuo old men asleep and the women tho the won on nl n dorothy dorothyl 1 ahat would become of her into hands m would lie oie fall in that foul division of spoils Es espadas tadas and 1 I afloat and helpless in lit this boat alint could I 1 do CHAPTER IX A swim to the namur all was as black hopeless with head burled buried in my fiands I 1 sat on a thwart dazed lazed before me pleading expressive of agonized despair arose the sweet face of dorothy fairfax no doubt by this time all was uns over the dead body of sanchez dl the projected attack on the house carried out the two to eld men lift behind el her ther dead or se seventy verly wounded mounded und the girl borne off a prisoner ay but this I 1 knew thare ww was one place to which the villains might flie lice with their booty the namir nam ir of hot rot only on those decks and well viell at fea sea would they be safe or able to enjoy their spoils the thought came to me in lu sudden revelation re elation why nilly not was not here a chance even yet to foil them with pan fabii Fa mIi no man aboard that pirate craft could recognize me I 1 felt assured of th thu I 1 had bad fought the giant negro in the dark he could not during that fierce en counter have distinguished my features any more clearly than I 1 had his own in there was wa no one else to fear if it only I 1 might once succeed la in ret get ting safely aboard slightly disguised disguise perhaps aid uld mingle unnoticed among the crew fie op chances were not bad for me to pass undetected such ships carried large crews cres and were ere con constant stant ly changing in personnel A strange face appearing among them need not aroune undue pus biclon iclon and I 1 felt convinced I 1 could locate the namur but could I 1 hope to attain the ship in advance of the returning party of raiders god helping me I 1 would try I 1 sly brain throbbed with mith fresh resola alon he call to action tin thi re were in the heat I 1 shipped the useless ri u 1 alei ani chose my course from the stars my boat had drifted considerably farmer out into the bay than I 1 had sup wd nd and it required a goo goal half r of steady toll at the oars before I 1 sighted ahead of me the darker out lines of the bhore shore at first I 1 could identify not nott ing but finelly there sud eniy denly arose clearly defined the gaunt limbs of a dead tree bearing a faint resemblance to a gigantic cross that had bean U oat out on the sloop chii peculiar mark was at the extremity of the first headland lying north of the it itself relf and consequently a straight course across the bay would land me within five me hundred yards of where tho the namur had last been at anchor to a degree my immediate plan of action had been definitely mapped out within my own mind while tolling at the oara cam I 1 would beach my dory and strike out on foot directly across the narrow neck of land the namur was wai not so far out from shore ns as to make sulm swimming mins to her a dangerous feat and I 1 could approach and board her with far less chance of discovery in that manner than by he the use of a boat bat the girster r danger would mould corne after I 1 had attal attained ned the deck wet met to the skin the sharp bow of the dory ran up on the soft sand of the beach and I 1 stepped ashore then there camo came to me the first real of the reckless nature of this adventure As A I 1 facok then ilie the probabilities there scarcely seemed oze aa chance in a hundred and yet I 1 must admit there was as tho the one chance and in no other action could I 1 perceive even that much encouragement if dorohy was as in the hands of these men then hen my only oaly opportunity port unity for seril tic her lay in my bing hang close 0 i hand no 1 itself no other effort could be ile it was wa already too late to 0 o attempt the organization of a res ren buo barty io no the only choice left for me either to 0 o accompany the tirl pirl or else abandon her entirely to hr her captors captor I 1 roust either face tha the of ead alture ap turp ture which as surely meant torture end and death or otherwise play the conard cow aril and remain impotently behind so I 1 iroe the temptation to falter fatter away aay and strode on up the bank into the black shadow of the trees I 1 found extremely hard walking as I 1 advanced through tangled under brush fortunately bortuna tely the tile distance was as enen can shorter than I 1 had anticis anticipated abed it was mas not until after I 1 had advanced cautiously into the water ater and I 1 then hen stooped low to thus rain gain dearer clearer vision alone along the surface that I 1 succeeded in locating tho the vessel bought sought ahen tl if en the th namur appeared only as a mere meto shadow without so much as it light showing aboard yet apparently an in the same position as when we had find swept past the previous afternoon I 1 waded straight out through the lines of surf until all excepting the head became completely submerged it if I 1 were to reach the bark at all nil this was mas the one opportunity I 1 stood there resisting the undertow tugging at my limbs and barely able to retain ray my footing intent upon my purpose full rull strength had come back to my muscles and my head v as again clear alth strong silent strokes I 1 swam for forward directly breasting the force of the incoming sea ct et making fair progress some unconsidered cur rant must have swept me to the right for when the oat outlines lines of the bark again became dimly visible through the night I 1 found myself well to starboard of taft vessel stroking well under water and with only my eye i exposed above the surface I 1 changed my courte to the left and slowly and cautiously drew la in toward the starboard bow A few moments later unperceived from above and protected from observation by the bulge of tho overhang and density of the shadow my hand hands clung to the anchor hawser my mind busy in deyl ting some meana means for attaining the tho deck CHAPTER X on the deck of the namur it was i as here that fortune favored me strengthening my decision and ing a fresh courage to persevere torling borling out directly over where I 1 claing desperately to the wet hawser roy my eyes were able to trace the bowsprit the rather loosely furled up jib flapping ragged edges in a the gusts of wind N ind suddenly as I 1 stared upward I 1 became aft aare are that two men were working their way out along the foot ropes and as they reached a point almost directly over ray my bead head become busily engaged lu in tightening the gag gas lets to better secure the loosening sail the foot of one slipped and he hung dangling giving vent to a stiff Iti glish oath before he succeeded in hauling himself lack back to safety tho the other indulged in a chuckling laugh yet he fie was nas careful not to speak loudy loudly und one drink too many toiv tom ho lie asked that will mill pay yer ter cr agn ishin ho the bottle an tin never givin givia mo another sup you h I 1 11 I 1 yer hed bed the fust or it no orter luck yer dont don t git yer fair share of dill bill haines trust kr or ter abet what I 1 aint got straight yet 1 iq whar thet stuff cum from so easy that wua part 0 the luck tors tom did git eyes on thet new feller manuel estevan brought back with him in the boat I 1 the one you and jose carried aboard lies iles the lad ind want buthia the matter with the cove capt he dead drunk we wua mus waltin on the beach for fer estean Este cn an three fellers be he bed taken along with him inter later town ter curo cum back the jose an ewhen rn me when this yete yere chap hove bove longside lie ile neier neer hailed balled us ncr euthin nu thin just cilia clim over into the boat an lay jay down I 1 shook him an kicked him but it want no use so we just left him lie for manuel ter say any ter be done with him only jose he went through hia his pockets an found three bottles 0 rum we took a n few drinks an hid left in the boat locker so how yer got it I 1 abo utis the party I 1 theta tioren ill eer tell yer 1 I never got no eight sight 0 hin him capt la in the tile dark bout all I 1 know U 10 he white an likely a sailor anyhow when manuel got back he told us to haul the lad ad out ol 01 0 the war an art fetch him along tso so we ire polled pulled out with se e feller cuddled up in the bow i 1 I never bed seed euthin more of him after he was hauled aboard become 0 the lad I 1 once on board the namur carlyle know knows he may have a chance to aid dorothy it 1 it a desperate de chance but he it Is will ing to take it but how to get aboard without being bring ceen seen can he e avoid detection which will mean certain death tto TO mc coni U 1 X D bamboo d da not no mi oro rott ran thirty owr i oa oal |