Show m BY BYA A ARTHUR D. D 1 HOWDEN HOWDENSMITH m SMITH f CO A THUR SMITH STORY FROM START Returning to America during the tho War of ot 1512 after atter a successful successful success success- ful tul voyage Capt Lion Fellowes' Fellowes merchant ship Sachem Is la sunk off orr Portugal by a British frigate Ills His crew surrenders but Fellowes reaches shore exhausted Ills His life Is la saved caved by an speaking English speaking girl who conceals her identity He lie learns learna from her however or that she la Is about to set out for tor Lisbon Fellowes goes to Lisbon hoping to find a vessel America bound He IIo meets Captain Chater of the American ship chip True Bounty an acquaintance Chater offers him a berth as mate Fel Pel- lower lowes refuses knowing Chater Clutter s 11 disloyal in trading with the en en- emy He meets the girl who saved caved his life lite Cara daughter of the owner of or the True Bounty Dounty Cara Induces him to sail as mate FolloweR Fellowes falls tails In love with her The True Bounty Dounty Is stopped by the British frigate Badger Captain Col Col- IIsha we Despite his American citizenship Fellowes Is taken aboard the Badger a pressed man Maddened at what he be believes be be- leeves Heves Is Caras Cara's and Chater's treachery he be strikes we who orders him a hundred lashes with the cat Fellowes' Fellowes hatred of the he three becomes an slon afon CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued 7 y Im rm Captain Fellowes of at New NewYork NewYork NewYork York whom you crimped out of ot the True Bounty A Hows bows your back snapped Col Why arent aren't you on ou duty Fellowes slipped out ot of the louse loose pea jacket he wore dropping a miss of at bandages with the garment and turned to e expose ose his stripes to th the Englishman's inspection You ought to see It he be said Yon You might like to describe It to Miss In ingle ingle- le pin when you rou go to smoke your pipe I In her ber fathers father's garden cheeks whitened No Ko occasion for tor this exhibition exhibition- or for your Insolence You rou were flogged fur for striking your commander you you should have been hung I 1 made allowance for your excited condition lie hesitated It ought nut not to be necessary to have hove to tell you rou that the lady Indy you mention was In to no way responsible for your being pressed If 11 youre you're a gentleman gentleman- But nut Im I'm not objected Fellowes Im a 0 common sailor Ive I've been togged flogged to convince me we of ot It one It-one one bun bundred bundred dred lashes of ot the cat cat rubbed his Ills chin embarrassed embarrassed embar apparently at a n loss See here bere ne he exclaimed impulsive impulsively ly if Im d d-d d d sorry this happened You QU most must foolishly out I wouldn't have ordered the Ule cat If It there'd been any ony way out our of the me merou mess you ou gut got yourself into Oh d n d-n n you rou and your sympathy Fellowes answered gently venomous And d n d-n n your ties lies I know what ou rou are up to I 1 know what Miss is up to You arent aren't tool fool ng me The En Englishman stared at him That will do he ne rasped d. d Go be be- ow And If you Insult me again Ill I'll end you to the brig in strict con Clinch I Aye Ae aye sir I Escort this man to his berth Hes Hel lot to come on deck unless he lie con on luck himself in a accordance with ith discipline Aye aye DYe sir sin 1 The fume bm un was all And as soon SOUD us as they Y were jut of earshot of ot t e Wot 1101 ave 1 I been ye re ye Want to get gel hat fiat back cut CUI up again Only that thaI he lie kindly red fed be stripped ar at arbe arbe be mast this ruin it Fellowes sobered I 1 bate hute him bun 1 think I 1 hute hate him nore every cry day clay 1 I hate hum him for tur t hut hutIe le Ie did to me I hate him fui tut heln being orry he be did It I hate linte him him him- Oh Oh I lust hate him DJou understand I 1 hate him 1 er beloes he be Toes Joes I hate hale him J I Taint Christian lad rebuked he Taint nowise Christian ow Now eres yer berth Lie tie down andest mid and est up Ul a piece yell yeli gel get some that hate out o a ye re then lien No Bob nob Fellowes answered wear wear- ly Iy Its a part parl of at me I It wont won't ome come out CHAPTER V Escape Plying her re regular patrol well to of Sandy look Hook the Badger vas rus the Idette of ot the New Nets fork York always uh on outpost One of at the first things Fellowes was that the tile yore ere In constant communication with he shore At night sloops and perl pert lUgers would steal seal out from the Ule Jer Jersey ey sey coves or the Rockaway Inlets lib ith tb fresh tresh meats and vegetables vegetables- 1 that was vas much more tb sentry gentry would r climb aboard the sloop sloop- war sloop war of-war hats nuts pulled low over their eyes and be escorted to the cabin where they talked Into the small hours bours Obviously Ben Den daughter was not singular In her ber disloyalty the country seethed with factional strife strite as In the days of ot the Uon lion There must be many Amerl Amern cans who hated bated Madison worse than the stupid Prince Regent Regent Americans Americans who would wreck their country procure pro procure cure Its defeat sacrifice a 0 measure of at Its Independence rather titan than see seethe seethe seethe the Democratic administration tri trl Fellowes regarded the Intercourse between the blockaders and the shore as ns encouraging for tor his plans to escape es cape lie ne was certain the tide of at treason was vas flowing unchecked The continuing visits of the contraband traders were sufficient proof and the news that percolated from them through all ranks Indicated how dis disastrously the national effort was beIng belag be beIng Ing lag crippled by political Jealousy and Incapacity But he tie waited with unabated con HIs UIs back was entirely healed and be was glad Jad to do his share o of f hard physical labor Work helped d to dull the carking Itch of at tion Ignored him and ond be avoided as much as h he e coul could With the crew he was If It not popular popular lar tar respected But then any man would have ha-e been respected aboard the time Da Badger ger who c could uld boast the e friendship of at Bob Clinch and lunet Cullee Cockroach Clinch was all powerful nil powerful and ond no sailor would have e dared to risk the giant negros negro's wrath The er men said ald fought with Is teeth hed he'd eat yer alive c if It e got primed One July morning the Badger nader lefther lefther left lefther her consorts off oft the Hook Houk hauled her tier wind and ond stood to the norwest on long reaching tacks and ond f Fellowes eye glinted expectantly when hen she e closed a 8 low sandy shore that afternoon after afternoon noon and ond dropped her anchor outside the line of ot breakers The hunger huner In his face drew Cuffee to him Fellowes caught the negro by the arm ann mine Cuffed Cuffee 1 That's mj my land In ills his excitement he had raised his hlf voice olee slightly and und Tom Gro Grogan un rolled across the deck leek Easy all nil messmate I advised Tom No need to git It yer dander up These parties Is diver nr on the blockade Landing parties exclaimed Fel lowes loves Who told you a 8 party was going ashore Nobody but 1 I seed Clinch with the tile long heat boat and we aint an on anchored here for tor to rest our spurs s Follies Fellowes es glanced aft aff to where th the e longboat lay Ins on Its chocks Boh lob h Lunch Clinch was Vos bending over O It As Fellowes Fel Jiel lowes loves watched him film he tie he sl straightened d dand and n strolled Oh Bob Bob nb called Fellowes s this I hear about a n landing party orders Dark o 0 the rime moon moon ye see Clinch nh winked rl mysteriously Fine Tine time to raid mid Is ls that what youre you're after There was disappointment In Fellowes' Fellowes FP Fel lowes' lowes voice e. Ow should I know knon lad Th The flint aint give rhe me Is con nce All e e says says Is Bus un lamlin unlit part tonight Overhaul O the lo longboat and pick lick me mt twenty good goad men PI Pistols n es Yell fell go so with wilb me lIes Hes going himself Fellowes s asked ea eagerly Aye Ae n aye e lad Inet That's ow I andersland an on It Clinch stumped oil oft and Fellowes s fixed his gaze aze n again on un the shore that was so near and so unattainable II lip lie e had hurl hen been right trey trea son was bearing fault Tonight perhaps per er- er imps hops it would flower And be wai helpless to Interfere IBe I 1 IDo Do De groaned and ond Tom Inquired anxiously Ye aint gOlD gota to be silly n fret cnut ye cant can't go In the longboat 7 Dat Oat him land land spoke up Cuffee Dat him home borne whar he lib Not my home Coffee Cuffee denied Fel lo Fire Island the Great South beach benh My home borne Is across the Great Grout South bay beyond It It-at It at Babylon Baby lon Ion where the lauding party are ore go go- ing Who tole talc ye that thaU demanded Tom Torn Im as positive as ns I 1 can be theLong the theLong Long Islander concluded himself wouldn't go with an nn ordinary raiding party No he Is going to meet er tier Miss Miss lIss a 8 cold note of passion rang rong In ills his voice as os ashe ashe he spoke the name name and and ond her father futher At Chasers Chafers farm tarm of at course They must have something for tor him political cal calor or military Information information and and If we could only get there In to time line we might raise the tile militia and ond trap them nil J I so we s swim to fo sho sug sag suggested Cuffee eutree Cuffee him All AU swim plenty Cuffee swim to beach pull yo wid him Startled and doubtful Fellowes surveyed sur sun eyed the expanse of ot restless bluewater blue bluewater water and the smother of at breakers It would be n a hard swim Cuffee he objected I J can swim a little but but but- I cant can't grunted Toni Tom Cuffee CulTee pull yo bofe grinned th the e negro Oat flat easy to fo Coffee Cuffee Foolishness grumbled Tom lom We must make n a try for tor I It Tom If It you wont won't come come come- come to Coffee Cuffee no let yo drown promised prom the negro Well stand by you If you'll stan stanby standby stand standby d by us Fellowes pleaded earnestly But nut we ve must make a try for tor th the e shore We ml may may y never have another r opportunity Why wed we'd deserve t to tobe tobe o be flogged If IC we didn't go gol l I Tom TOlD spat disgustedly Oh Ob Ill I'll go go he agreed Flogged Flogge d or drowned Its It's all one one a a Despite himself Fellowes was unable e to keep his Ills e eyes es off I methodically lIy concerned with Ions for the fon longboats longboat's bonts bont's expedition An undercurrent of at excitement per pervaded railed the crew v. Each of ot the me men n selected to go was surrounded by a n knot of at friends and Bob ob Clinch Vl was a trailed olon along the time deck by sailors wh who o hoped to he be chosen at the last moment Mr furry Curry and aerl the 01 oilier her were hurrying about aboul their various arlous duties duties' the gunner WI was Inspecting pistol pistol flints and packing bags hags of shot grape for tor th the e light lIht three three which squatted In Inthe inthe the longboats longboat's how bow Only remained phlegmatic und and undisturbed Watching fury slowly welled In heart He lie pon pun pondered dared dered the rhe thoughts which occupied Col til ol list lwe tried to plumb the secrets concealed behind the En Englishman's ln's I nosed hawk face Battle shed gouts of yellow yellow yel yel- low radiance on the time deck delt timid and the lon longboats longboat's lung long boats boat's company followed their captain down the Jacobs Jacob's ladder Clinch Much ticking the them l ofT off nt at t the gangway Oars Ours rat rot tied In the thc thole tholepins That you Clinch linch In Take ke the tiller Give GI way men Fellowes stole Men alen were dowsing the extra lights A pair of at ships ship's boys bos were spurring sparring b bj bS the main hat hatch h egged on by hy a u circle of ot sailors The he confusion of ot the longboats longboat's departure de rte hadn't quite died flown down CulTee whispered f Fellowes es Yah tOrah The negro rose from roam Tom been under bow bowsprit sprit spilt heel Good I r rYe We Ye must go o quickly The They slipped over the Into the water that rippled about the how bow Tom mu J a groan grom Drown me ye will he be murmured distantly dismally Coffee Cuffee no let yo drown returned the negro placing one tune of ot Toms loins hands handson on nn his shoulder Hoi on dar And he vanished In the darkness with the celerity of a fish lish towing lowing Toms Tom's floundering bulk as os easily as though his companion was a n lump of ot cork Fellowes pursued at ot a more moderate pace pae He Ile couldn't see twenty feet Ceet beyond his nose the Ball Badger eI was wasa wasn a a n vague huddle of or spars In H a tow few str strokes more became Invisible He lie le traced Coffees CulTee's progress by Toms Tom's pulling and It warns liS ens easy he told told himself himself U. U driving ahead handover hand handover over o hand legs kicking rhythmically rh Ah but not nol so sa easy he discovered J soon as os the little waves kept shipping skipping at his face faue and hl his limbs grew grew- rear hen heavier vier and heavier TO BE CONTINUED |