Show f t. t n. n II A T I E- E Ej J j f if t I 1 STORY FROM THE START Capt Lion Fellowes' Fellowes American merchant ship Is la sunk by a British Brit Brit- ish leh frigate oft off Portugal In the War of ot 1812 The crew cre surrenders surrenders ders den but Fellowes reaches shore exhausted UI ills file life Ute la is saved by byan byan bynn an nn speaking English Girl who conceals her Identity She Is about to set out for Cor Lisbon Fel Fel- lower lowes goes to Lisbon where he tie meets an acquaintance Capt Chater Chaler M Wt t the American ship True Bounty who offers otters him a II aberth aberth berth as a mate but knowing Chater la Ia disloyal In trading with the enem enemy he refuses lie He meets the girl who saved his life 1110 Cara Carn daughter of the tho owner of ot True Bounty She Shela Is la bound for home and Induces Fellowes to sail as 88 mate lie He is in love with Cara The vessel Is stopped by the the- British frigate hedger Badger Captain Col Despite Despite De De- De- De spite his claims to Amerl American an citizenship Fellowes Is la taken aboard the Badger a pressed man Maddened at what he believes believes be be- is la Caras Cara's and Chater treachery ho strikes who orders him a hundred lashes with the cat Fellowes' Fellowes hatred of the three becomes an sion Off ocr New York Fellowes es os escapes escapes es- es capes from the Badger He scents a plot In a 8 meeting to be beheM beheld beheld held heM at home CHAPTER VI Continued VI-Continued Continued 9 9 Saul Chater I Mrs Airs Jr Rhodes' Rhodes lips damped clamped In a tight line Ye mean menn that skunk skunk- kunk- kunk what we want to find out Ive I've sent Joe Jue and Paris taris Eaches Caches to rouse Sopher Sophei and the l Well We'll catch the English and overhaul the farm He lie hesitated strangely reluctant reluctant re- re lo to name Cara ara lag Ing ng himself for ur Lila bis embarrassment Clutter Chater has hns visitors visitors- Mr Benjamin trout from NewYork NewYork New York fork n his daughter corroborated Mrs Rhodes her ber jaw still very square An arrant Federalist knave e. by lIy all a accounts i Are the the the only stran strangers strangers gers gets at Chafers Chafer's Jeff Jeer RIggle answered him Right night now but Sauls Saul's hada had hado a o passel o 0 o O sence sense be he cumi come om home borne lorne from Mr ns n's ben jen out afore and a dozen fellers o off ff n a on mot on-mot most o 0 em from New Engl Eug Eng l fund d by by bythe the way they talkers talked Fellowes experienced a rush of sa sav savage savage v. v age Theres a mess ol oj Lre treason son brewing on an creele creek but well we'll upset the pot he he said And that reminds me Jeff will you wake the who WilO live flue on Main street 7 Ill Til whip em out o 0 bed If It I 1 got gotto gotto gotto to Riggle assented l toady I want to borrer that air musket o 0 fers Im I'm gain to have a 0 shot at the Teller poked his bis pistol In my sturn nick mick Ill I'll It w when len some Bome one else tells me she retorted as be he deported departed d dOne One o 0 squires squire's men mien d d do ray rop powder n lead more Justice e. She leveled an admonitory at Tom rom Now that hairy feller teller he looks like hed he'd be he better at than thun Axin yer pardon maam ma'am replied Tom TOlD shuffling his brown feet teet but Im I'm no hand with a 8 gun If ye had a u cut cutlass cut lass lass or or r a ax as ox- ox a wood ax as yere welcome to What about the squire lIe He d dont don't look took decent in la that naked state Hes He's l welcome to the gun but 1 l I cant can't come by a n shirt let alone a coat to o cover corer him Cuffee Cuffe can get along as he be Is Is re- re j Fe Fellowes lowes But nut hell he'll be grateful f for tor or a 8 musket Mrs Rhodes The Time negro favored her ber with a view of Df his entire mouthful of tiled lied teeth Cuffee plenty lub fo to shoot be he said Heavens what gibberish she protested pro pro- protested tested And Is he a with a all ll them wicked teeth 7 No moren ye be growled Tom before f could an answer 1 I snapped the widow Keep a 0 civil tongue In to yer head bend m my man wan I ul aint yer man roared ToUl Tom And Ml Ill thank ye to mind as how Cuffee's my A pressed premed man mun own a nl ger The fhe m negro gro would serve with his master waster you pun see Fellowes Intervened I 1 dont don't see scoffed Mrs Rhodes s If It that makes sense Im I'm a 8 fool Ye said It Jeered Tom The widow v grubbed grabbed a 0 pewter r Jack from the table ruhle And If It ye think to talk buck back to tu me ye lettie hairy balry vermin Ill I'll 1 try the weight o yer skull she site threatened Out nut Coffee CulTee thrust his bis enormous body hody between them r Coffee Cuffee him blong to fo Tom Tom be said In his bis curiously soft sott soothing voice Tom him blong fo to CulTee Cuffee plenty lub lab him bore bole Yo don hit Tom Torn She regarded the negro with Ing tag sect Wb Why ye talk like a ft Christian Christian- which Is moren that Tom does docs Tom him no lub tub woman ex explained grinning Oh my ray aunt him plenty fraid fo to woman Lands sakes so o Hints Hint's the kind o 0 critter he Is I Mrs Airs Rhod Rhodes smiled upon the pair of ot them Its It's time he learned what vhal a u respectable woman's womans like Poor feller I nan naught nearer to a hubby bubby than o a sailor In this world Ton started to retreat toward to he the door Tom I 1 You Tom rota I Yes maam ma'am 7 he answered meekly yer name om am Grogan maam ma'am o maam o 0 By Arthur 2 D. D Smith Copyright Ira 1118 ARTHUR D. D SMITH Set Turn Tom 1 I wouldn't want for tor any vain man to think 1 I meant him harm Will ye yc have a drop o 0 drink Jest to to wet yer er tongue Tom brightened perceptibly Why hy Id I'd take It kindly mn am Not too much cautioned Fellowes ves and turned tit to ti greet NImrod Sup Sopher her who hurried In at the head bond of tour four or five e men Ulen all carrying rifles muskets or fowling pieces of various dates and patterns Sopher was wa's a man mno of ab about ut forty thin its a lath with a RIling long mournful face ace that reminded Fellowes of a 8 h horse Around his waist was wag belted a 8 dragoon saber of pro prodigious JI size This Is an unforeseen pleasure Lion he proclaimed ponderously uI I Ivery very nearly fell out my window when Paris told me you ou were home Ant AnZ An Z t Who Is ts the Guiding Hand In the PloU Plot Flared Fellowes s. s II i extraordinary deliverance 1 I cA A veritable Odyssey 1 doubt not You'll have bave much to tu tell us yes es yes yes I 1 Out But we have riot not been Idle at home And you'll find the Manor all nil In order Ive I've bad had some sonic trouble with Chater who gave ale to toun un understand your pleasure he should be permitted to buy the swamp tract east of ot the creek but I trust Ive I've v not merited r rebuke buke In resisting his persuasions Chater lied to y you u rasp rasped d Fel owes lowes lie He and and nn an accomplice of his betrayed me to to to silence me lest 1 I reveal their Intercourse with the enemy v as Enches Eaches must have hu told you you you- ou Ah but my my mp dear Lion how bow can you e this BritIsh officer comes the Intention of proposing a commerCe commerce In treason 7 why l I. I had l-had had your roused We must catch the scoundrels the In the act I Scoundrels els 7 Sopher was dig dis- dis A ul libelous phrase my 11 friend And It II occurs to me that Tauter Chatel has visiting him turn AI Mr r Bc Benjamin a fI fIrel rel reputable merchant of New York city well Mr as n ns as daughter daughter- Who Is the time guiding hand In tb UI i plot 1 l flared Fellowes But Out Lion I J Mr Is a 8 rep reputable r merchant 1 I ISay Say a wealthy merchant and Ill I'll uglee with Ith you Grown wealthy on no trading with the enemy A corrupt conspiring Federalist bent hent on restoring restoring ing allegiance to the Crown m Sopher was b bewildered It uIt passes comprehension he said And as yu your r attorney Lion LIcin I must muSI counsel you to have your proofs In order before you undertake ke to prosecute prose prose- prosecute cu cute e your chau charges es J r With your JencI les to aid me Ill I'll II have proof enough to hang the lot of rot theta them What A woman oI lau Mrs Rhodes who had bad stood by bt listening lis Us arms arias rapped sternly And why not nolo If she deserves It If 7 Why not not echoed Fellowes Sopher wl wagged d his head hear foreboding ly Iy I ul like It II m not U Lion and that's i he lime truth As your attorney attorney- I g nol not us ns my attorney but as us captain of the Ive I've railed on you ou Will you aid us to capture these British h Invaders Ah that's a different matter The rho l lawyer militiaman plucked up his spirits There to be sure we have e havethe havethe the law v on our side Invaders In n arms may inny be resisted nay any they should be resisted n But l' l laying an Information alleging the crime of high treason Is la a amal mal matter mailer ter requiring protracted L ion tion 1 I should err In my responsibility did I not nut urge reflection upon the possible possible possible pos pos- sible consequences J 1 care nothing for the consequences consequences conse conse- Fellowes said coldly To protect the and aud Chater Col Col- ve pressed me ofT off the True Bounty Bounty Boun Boun- r ty anti and gave gate me a 0 hundred lashes of the cut cat Did Old you ou ever see a n man roan who had taken a hundred lashes on his back Do you understand what It means to be compelled to servo serve against your country Your resentment Is Justifiable de de- deplored deplored deplored the lawyer yet suffer me to to Indicate that Justice Is seldom realized t through passion I Caches a hes who hovered by the window made l an ua awkward attempt to come came t to attention Axle yer pardon he reported re re- reported ported the powders powder's out and t th the ime be be for ye n fn squire And bout time some one took heed heed to o 0 I announced Mrs Rhodes Here uHre I She opened a cupboard and ond drew from It a musket powder horn and shot pouch which she extended to Cuffee CulTee Tom Jest s stir tir out to the woodshed and and yell find Ond a hefty ax I 1 honed boned myself Squire Ilmars Ilmar's a pistol In to th the drawer o 0 that table NImrod Sit git out o 0 here and amid must muster r yer or Ill I'll go do doIt doIt dott It tt for ye J 1 trust I 1 do not need to be reminded reminded re re- minded of my duty Mirandy Jy Rhodes the law lawyer er returned with dignity Corporal Enches Eaches lead out your squad After Arter you ou Lion I In the hall they encountered Tom fingering the edge of a y broad brond bladed wood ax t tRun I Run yer thumb over that he Invited invited In in- them admiringly y The Badgers Badger's gunner couldn't have bane It t no sharper flats a woman woman for yet yel Cripes Cripe's shed she'd fight a se seventy four four nty-four soon as as look a at tit It Fellowes reflected uneasily that at least east she shed probably fight more handily handBy than his prolix attorney But net a clamor of v voices distracted his atten atten- lion tion HI UI whar's what's s the squire 7 Down Dawn with the I Come on oa Nimrod we want to fight I Three cheers for tor the F I Well We show them Englishmen a few tricks I Hey Sopher 1 I Hear yer bloodhounds barkin Not so well disciplined the Fencl Fend glee bles who after all were only every day farmers and ond fishermen Thank God for the misty darkness l I The men were armed armed armedas as non nondescriptly de- de as the squad that bad had attended i. a-i. at at- t tended ended Eaches halt Caches half of oj them curried carried old Brown Bess with bayonets bayonets bayo bayo- n nets ets the remainder sported bunting rifles rines and fowling pieces Lads Lulls barely In lu lu their t teens ens shambled beside grandfathers wearing their white while hair long Jong In the fashion of th the thelast last fast century But all regardless of oj figs age or equipment were were hysterically aggressive and they broke ranks with witha a whoop to re receive elve Fellowes He Ue quieted the demonstration with with 1 The Th British h will hear you yo friends friends Our one one hope Is t to td surprise them Fall them In In NImrod Sopher drew his saber suber with a 8 eJan clung clang Fall Fail Ih lh meu meal Fall In I l Sergeant 1 Wh Where's Wheres res re's Sergeant 7 One Oue of the ancients of 01 the he company paO stepped clear cleur of t the he con confusion fusion and anci saluted sainted with shaky smartness Muster the men sergeant I Column Col Column of ot fours r rAnd And douse those torches added Fellowes Prompt ce plunged the the grout grou In darkness and the time confusion contusion In Increased ln In creased until rhe the Widow Rhodes pp pea red with a 0 lighted st stahle In la either neither hand hand- l UI 1 never ne see tee sech clumsy oats oafs sue SIlt snapped For Fur lands land's sake git Abner Ive I've heard yer er tell haunt for thirty years Spose Y yn show us o a bit of o for a ft change We e Ve will we wll wilt will qua quay creel cred teci PeirL The uThe aint alot fin Con but bUI they that drill trill Fall all In la men J 1 Slope arms I tight Right hr dress Ills His old voice olce took tonk on na 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