Show P 1 1 fl WOLVES WO LVE S OF 0 r THE T r r 00 SEA by RANDALL PARRISH dare he confide in anyone carlyle takes a chance synopsis geoffry roaster master of palling sailing ships at twenty six ti sentenced to 2 20 years seni tude in the american col cot onles for participation tn irk the SIon mouth rebellion in in land among tho the on hoard board the ship on oil bich lio lie va 1 dent sent across are r fairfax wealthy 31 maryland aryland planer ills dorothy fairfax and lion tenant sanchez a spaniard mho lio became acquainted w m ith the fair vair faxes foxes in london carlyle inett i doroth 3 who informs blin her uncle haq bought his hn 4 sanchez an enemy of carlyle the fairfax part nom on ita its own on sloop stoop in tho the chesapeake bay encounters a bark the namur of carlle carl ie discover discovers that Stin chiz blanning to steal the fairfax gold and abduct dorothy lio lie fights sanchez and leaves him for dead in it battle sith San clice followers however lie Is I 1 overpowered and thrown into tho the bay in a desperate effort to save borothy Po rothy carlyle decide to sv or it to the namur lly ily a ruso rime ho he gets aboard anil und min bles mith ith the erca the pirates to the namur alth ith dorothy the captured gold and slid sanchez badly wounded but still allu J CHAPTER XII continued 8 A he glanced about warily lou lowering ering his voice until it became a hoarse whisper three years mate and most of that hint time has been hell I 1 haven t even 1 acca eca acore but once and that was on un an island these fellow fellows dat rut put any trust in my kind nor sive give them any chance to cut and run 0 tee in auldie a lad ind docs does get away but most of them are caught and those that are eure sure att their punishment they never try it gain again ive seen them staked out on the sand cud and left to die dle that aint no nice thins thing to remember but how did yon yot come into it r like roost most of the rest I 1 was second mate of the hanger ranger a glasgow brig these fellows overhauled us at daybreak about a hundred miles oft off the east end of cuba our at apper m was as scotch and he lie put up somo fight tight but it any use there was us only three ofus of us left alive when the pirates came aboard one of these died two days later and another cas was washed overboard and drowned down in the gulf I 1 am all that Is left of tho the hanger ton tou saved your tour life by taking OS San anchez cheB had the two of cs us who were able to stand back la in bis his cabin lie put it to us he aid said it mas es up to us whether me signed up or falkel the plank and he appear to core care a damn which we chose and you eay say othera others of this crew have been obtained in the same manner mannor I 1 questioned deeply interested and perceiving in this a it ruy ray of hope not exactly ao 30 I 1 precisely eay say that its true perhaps that moat most of the were forced to join in about tho the same way I 1 was vias tir r 7 he glanced about warily and there may be a scandinavian or two with a few dutch to be counted in that but iut the molt most are pirate pirates from choice ite ire their trade ana aril they like it sanchez only alms aims to lo keep hold of a few good men because he has rot got to bate hallm bailors Bai lors but most of hie his crew are nothing tint but plain cut th indiana indians end cad hall breeds pede dig gem ere creolee cre creo olea iles portuguese spanish and every mongrel yoa you ever heard of sanchez himself if Is half french the bell hell by jy A 6 alluri te LU hound who mho kicked you Is a buee and I 1 e ere Is more thin anything else bet there Is a hun dred rats on board tills this namur right now cut your threat for it sovereign and anti nestr so much as think ot of it again A hundred la 13 there that many abo arill A hundred an thirty all told most 0 cm em bunk bank amidships nut not but just rut throats an sen sea wolves ler cr ought ter see cm ern out on deick like hungry rats ruts when thare a fight conion its nil all good for fern watkins I 1 eald said soberly after a pause during which he lie spat on the th dirty deck to thus better express tits lit feeling do aou ou mean to any that in tariq scars cars uve had bad no chanco to escape no opportunity to get aw tm a 7 not a chance s lie 0 no more mill ou I 1 know what cr th inkin bout I 1 lind had them notions notion too when I 1 fust tome torne aboard gettin all tho the dec dee nt sort ter gether and tho the amont work mork aint dough nough mho mud risk it and unit it t mu w get lom cm ter gether sanchez la to too damn smart fr f r thet every danin damn rat rut Is a spy I 1 aint hed lied no euch such talk as its this afore in fix six months gates tho last laa tinie time coat cost me twenty lashes at the mast butt yer have in yer mind mate zinatol I 1 I 1 only this walking ive got to do something and believe I 1 can enn trust you its it not my life iro im thinking about but that of a ut woman imant A domant woman I 1 not the one brought aboard last night now listen li stenI im ro going to tell you iny my story and nek ask your help my illy name la Is nut gates and I 1 am not the man blondes brought aboard drunk and who nho was mas thrown throan over the rail rall by levere Ir that fellow was drowsed I 1 am nut geoffry carlyle Carly lc an english skipper thereupon I 1 told him my etory in detail hen ilion I 1 said 11 1 I have no plan to become a member of the crew was isas my only thought hut flat I 1 must act it at all before the captain recovers iio lie would recognize roe me nt at eight sight you will aid advise me I 1 that Is easier to abik than answer mate be he admitted finally 1 I am an all Iti glish seaman and aill do iny my duty but so far as I 1 can see hero there Is no tio plan vo wo can make it Is to god who will save the girl it she Is to bo be bayed saved lie ile may use us to that end but it Is wholly beyond our power to accomplish it alne the only thing I 1 can do Is to sound out the men aboard and learn just what nhat we me can expect of them thern it if any opportunity to net comes there are not more than a dozen at tit most to be relied rolled upon play lour part and keep quilt if you ran enn lit itt lur know of your presence aboard it might be best for if elie she saw 3 ou suddenly unprepared sho she might say or do some talog ali ite to betray aou a there are ether other reasons why it may a be best for her to know ehe she Is not ta deserted he ile leaned over motioning me toward him film until tits hi lips were ere at my car it may not prove aa an hopeless rs it appears now ho he whispered confidentially 1 I helped carry sancho to ills its stateroom and washed and dres spI his wound mound there Is no surgeon aboard lie hns a bad cut and Is very beak rak from lois loss of blood the quer question tion of our success hinges on pedro this is a chance he lie hae long been ailing for the only question Is has he the nerve to act I 1 doubt it he lias tins atone alone but lovere Is with him and suit that halt half breed would mould cut tho the throat of 0 hta tits beet beat friend you the death ot of sanchez would make estada chief hut I 1 interposed oin in that cae case what would mould the crew dota do accept no doubt at least the rut cut throats would be with him for ho he Is ot of their sort but death would euve save you froia from discovery and bis his voice still till lower lovier eo so that I 1 barely distinguished tho the words alq o 0 the confusion aboard if we were ready the namur might be no ro dl df abbed aa as to compel them to run her ashore for or repair that would giro give you a 4 chance if once we reach porto grande there Is no hop bop A marling pike pounded on the he autu cu tU and haloes voice roared down tort port watch I 1 hustle out ut battles I 1 CHAPTER XIII 1 I accept a proposal 1 I went on deck with the watch and mingled with thim forward A guese boatswain set mo at polishing the sva gun mounted on the forecastle I 1 was bailly at work on this bit ot of ord nance when hatada estada came on der deck ir for a ciment the fellow chanced to observe me you masi must b a pretty tough bird gate gater he aid faid roughly or I 1 would have tilled you last night 1 I bad had he the mind to something about ills his voice aad baitin ner iel led roe me to feel that in pile spite of bis his roughness ness bo he was not la in bad humor that would have been a mistake air I 1 straightening up rax in hand for it mould have cost you a rood good seaman thre thrle yo ars ago I 1 wn was kipina kipi nr on my own oun vessel tho the dow bay castle london to I 1 m mckedy her off capo cape idenden in a foe fog I 1 was inas drunk below and it cost me lay my 11 you know west indian wa slightly I 1 made two voyages to and one to havana and speak spanish A little I 1 it air as yon you see I 1 learn languages faulty lie stared straight into roy my face but uttering another iother at word turned on hia his bed heel and went below I 1 had tin dished my labor libor on the canona car ronado dc and anit was mas fastening down securely tho the tarpaulin iben a thin stoop shouldered fellow follow with a hangdog hang dog face crept up the ladder to tho the poop and al willed over oer to lovere mister ster levere tir air well what la in it Guneau losi senor estada air ho he wishes to zoo a pallor named dates oates in tho the robin hol liol gates oh leq tho the new man lie enert hia ills oes about us until I 1 I 1 welted waited for the man to speak lie saw me follow the steward u bo low senor wishes to see you go just aa as you are very good air the fellow led we away there vas no ono one in tho the main cabin I 1 followed the beckoning bf koning estewan who rapped mith ith his knuckles on one ona of tho the side aide doors doom Eat adae voice telco an em cred I 1 stepped inside doubtful enough of what all this might mean yet quito quite prepared to accept of any chance it offer hlada eat sat up right la in the chair gating gazing straight nt at me hia his own face clearly revealed in the light from the open port ills face was swarthy aw arthy long and thin with hard set ct aipa 11 under a long ion intensely black mustache his checks strangely by linex the becis nr wea was large distinctively noman yielding yield ini him a appin ronie but it was war his eyes velch me ine they were pre darl dark and deeply set absolute wells ot of cruelty I 1 had lied never before meen each such rye eyes in the face of a human being they were beastly dev alth T could feel feet my blood chill am I 1 looked into their depths yet I 1 held myself erect and waited for the man nian to speck speak thea bla his lips curled tn what uns ns bitant to be it euille ile arose stepped quietly to the dor and glanced out returning apparently eat sat lined 1 I dont trust that steward he said 1 nor aa as a matte matter of fact anyone nil one cle else wholly he paused and stared at me then added naver bad had any faith in your rice gates but am inclined to uee use rou ott every I 1 ever knew was a liar itar and a sneaking poltroon I 1 was brought up to t hate linto the race rate end and always e have I 1 can bay say that I 1 like you yott any beatr than the bothem I 1 dut for the matter 6 that hut but I 1 it now you can be useful to me if yoi yot are of that mind wind this 14 li a business proposition end and it makos no odda odds if we bate each other go the end Is gained now ilow does that not altogether bad I X admitted 1 I 1 have been la in some games of chance before 1 I thought as much a eagerly aa and money has the lame same chink however it be earned you could ua carlyle sees a chanc chance to eary cary ca ry through his wild plan to av dorothy and himself but there are many pitfalls in the oe way the chance Is a one shall he uke take lt it carlyle cn can see but one answer to the quee tion I 1 TO UR BE CONTINUED 0 eiter Xon TAn doce dons food bill to more talin a arl ka |