Show BATE ATE Bg Arthur D. D Howden Smith C. C Cap lets ARTHUR n. n was am a.m. IT WHO wu STORY FROM FROM THE START Capt Lion Lo Fellows Amlo San beat mil is ok it by a Brit BIt b a frigate o oR Po Portugal in 10 the tb Wet w or of let 1811 The Tb mw Sera exhausted but d dF F- F FW His W life Is saved 6 bO by about v reels to set her out it Id-it for t r girl She b Fellow Fel- Fel low ow goes 0 to Lisbon where wb he b. m. m meet 0 n acquaintance oto Cap Cb hater of 0 the tb Amo Amerman Ship T True Bounty Boty who o oRere m blur a aberth berth u m. m mate but bt knowing Chafer le disloyal Y 1 trading d' d with the enemy he refuse r. r He m. m meet the tb Sir 11 who it d W bla if Car daughter Of the o of True Bounty She Shele le bound fEti for il home and Induces 1 to sell as mate He Is W love with Cara The 1 L copped by the tb British Bb frigate Badger d Captain Do- Do file to American m rt Fellow w ea le lake r. r lieve aboard t Mail 1 hat Cane tied Badger at end what preened Cb c he be treachery be art keg n. n who orders him a hundred IRS SO with f the Vat hatred t fj 1 of me three becomes ad above above- of New York escapes es- es capes from the Badger ot nta pot plot m 0 a to b be b. veld r a the t of ham t Cad dt to gath- gath dr- dr CHAPTER Continued VI-Continued Feet Fee shuffled In the he dust dt and nd Fel lo- lo found with Coffee add Dd Tom To Cad and Nimrod Sopher leading ledng the therond west Rest on 00 the South Country Toad rood From the lb rear rr of D' the tb little c col 01 um echoed the inmate time of 0 Sergeant Ha Day foot foot foot- 00 The andente tells reiterated led retrain refrain died dd away ID in the chatter of Dt the tb tree tree-to tree toads There b was only DiY the b shuffle slap slap-slap pp or of feet In 10 the out dust the rue ru of Dt equipment the tense eD breathing ot of moo mD under excitement held In ID leash It must be b. very r i. i late reflected well along on toward dawn am buthe bill bui the mIst lying low over Dver th lands foods bordering the he b. b bay thickened the be darkness should be b. on OD the be point of ot departure the the Englishman W. W woe was no D. fool tOD in D do D any c. c case cars would wish wib to keep his bia landing secret They tramped around a curve carve Is tn the me rod road Cad and Cages Cuffee at Fell elbow elbo stiffened with a Je Jerk Who Wha dart be tie whispered Simultaneously came a 0 hall baU from the be shadows to front Aho there hee I Loy D to to In InAnd And ADd a bos based s 's whistle trilled sharp sad and clear Back yet yer oars ma Clinch Clinch- roared Toi Tom Grogan Pistols exploded among the b. trees tree the I trilled again ga sharper harper mor more piercing Out Gut t uti cutlasses bellowed Clinch Stolid Stand b by to 0 receive boarders Behind them tiem Fellow beard heard Pain en authoritative Form h. by left fours Into III line to e i Sit Shift ft 1 P. P Pre fire Aft cent D lire I Irbe The crashing detonation ot of thirty st o. od Dd of ot r arms dismayed the b sailors sailor liD the tb militiamen's but bu lets flew In ID yer every direction save the enemy s. s FeilD Fellows ea detected their fight by b. the of Df tree D end I a fervid oaths end nd sum um mooed ned the he o 0 puma After Atter them boys boya GI Give em the cold steel stee l' l Tom was wa off oa already ired Mrs ML Rhodes Rhode i ax st et the tb length of his hi apelike ellk arm arm- howling Challenges to Clinch luffee Cuffee leaped Into luto the be woods wood screaming reamo a weird weld slogan learned In Inthe Inthe the jungles of D' Coromandel gopher Sopher Continued to 0 emit twittering calla 11 that h ran D the he gamut from tm to D hags ho tr rattles ting next aen to 0 Felloe The trend Fena bin hies foil wed stoutly 1 The he pursuit receded from the tb road rod traversing a bIt bell of Df tr trees eb Old hId th me rom from each eb other be bulb both side dea and Dd presently spilled out u of Dt he fire g. g grove OD o. to 0 a range of Dt gelds The light w. w a gt g outage ing Fellow ed In ID the dal- dal bouee boue was w. s white blur against s windbreak of 0 rutted elms im flinch I. I tied n cut at I. I lase charge horge Orion 00 as the increased viability revealed the scoot numbers and character Dt the Ik Come Com o. o OD Budgets the be eta eD h. h his Won meD Carry It II to em Ike the out o em I They hene re Di only 11 by 1 The responded gallantly coming forward 1 a Compact group bUp oure returned ted Dd aad lIe agile Dd aad the me militia little mien aeD caught on D' hOD bolaM out tat Dt broth mss w of Dt them wIth their guns UD emi empty were O disposed m run despite Sergeant r I Paula angry appeal J gopher vocal el stood wheeling bl his mail uber ad ryD Shrilly brUl Follow your our pro In meD meat t Follow your our p cap lain tain n t It H was 8 Fello e. e with wirO Ton Tom Rod Dd supported by who chi choked the Impact of the tb sailor lIora and gave a th the th Febie an D opportunity to rally E HeBung S. S flung Bung him bia empty pistol late Into the b char b charIng charge Ing D group DP snatched a 0 clubbed rune rift from one ODe of Dt the b faltering militiamen and Dd attacked Clinch h. h who himself reo- reo the Long LoDO Islander lalander with th a je Ted yU ot of Incredulity Sink me led lad I t ye Sit git ereT re Surrender S Bob Bahl I Ton Youre You're ra metered cornered Not No me Bob Clinch Clio don dool t strike Ja is colors But Bul to tn the be midst of ot b his defiance th the knot of Dt motion disintegrated As Coffee La smashed the th bead bed of ot one DDn and Dd Tom hewed a tram shoulder to 0 waist waiL The who bo had bd been bee on OD the b. verge rge of ot flight were Stan intoxicated with ferocity by hy their first Bra sight eight b o ot of blood d and Dd eagerly eogerly resumed tie the put pur salt Surrender Bob Bob Fellows urge urged Dred again Not ND If It 1 t knows It L retorted tb the dodging a bow blow with a clubbed rifle He parrIed another swing the theD stooped and nd grabbed a fold of Dt Fel Fe lower hoL jerking It over Dver the be Long slanders slander's head bed Blinded and ham bm pared tumbled Stumbled to him bl aDee knees and Dd by the time be had hd ripped air the Ibe tattered tred garment garmon and Dd scrambled up Dp half naked ked clinch w. w was Safety ey out ODI of reach The Th salters recovered rapidly from their belr panic and Dd made md for the h. creek eek bank boiling at Intervals vals to fire Bre their theli pistols and Dd gala D a 0 breathing spell pell Fell Fell- realized would Dree In D Increase crease ree the b timidity ot of his bl raw rw men me and Dd he b. coiled called Seriously to 0 Sopher We must finish ODb this while we b have havethe the be darkness for tD over cover One ODe more moe w. w f J Him LII Billy itty Man Man but bU Plenty I Br Brave He H. Murmured charge I Fire FIre a volley and Dd drive dI them unto the creek ree cried red valiantly Th That's the way wy we took em ot at Sarong Keep The Tb red rD fast as D any tell fellers It he they see ee to 0 that Hearts Het up meow DO boys boy With powder o D ball ball Iod load I PM Present Ore Bret The Th greasy ey powder smoke mok billowed across ocros ross the be field Beld i Rod Dd the b trotted with It L nial making no DO pretense at order der der unable for tor I Ie the meet to D see what the a enemy eDem w. w was doing and Dd there ther therefore tore fore persuaded they ere ee beaten beete F. F Fel lowe lower In advance of 0 the b It UDe and d not DOt yet blanketed b by the smoke w saw tIe file sailors fall prostrate as a. the Allied Ame runs CD lee mu-lee Jetted Sem Then flinch whistle bi piped distinct In I. the b. racket ker of musketry and Dd haphazard enacting a connote boomed OD o. the creek cree and od a best bost 01 voices n bled through the be dank air Grape hot ho 1 knew what h taut meant the e lit s three Ibee pour had bd DeD be brought r to IS her hear on DD th that them And he be knew too Ino by their bel yells yell that at the were ere In m be headlong linD retreat reaL e. e Pe be he showed Sergt Sergeant s sCant eo Cant t you hold bold your ou men Nimrod I But Bu his bl only I answer nwe tame ame from Tom Tm GOD Grogan who h bobbed up out DU ot the smoke moke ke beside d him bm The old feller took look B o whit whir o 0 t grape twist wind water end Tum reported And ADd that air r cap p D dS d'S S 'S oil a. a other lark taca un under ler to full II Ball U 1 o D' tie the rest re n his bl Where Wheres Coffee tree Y The h negro Dego towered lowered area reer at mention ot of h hie n. n nonce me will wId yo mra be b. me an 1 simply Three of ot us d left fL groaned Ded fel rel nwe loweL But we can cant can't t fall fail Ilk like Uk HIS We W. moat take hawe They stepped out OUI of the tb smoke oni onto the creek bank bonk aa as the b longboat was backing late into midstream The Tb gi gun to tn tobar her bar bows DO no longer oDer aimed med their way y but bu several sailors motion discharged pistols at t them In to the b stern steno Sheets heet beading over a wounded 00 moo straightened at a word ord from Clinch who held bald the h tiller nw waded ded waist deep Into the th cr creek be he shouted Dyo hear beor me m. The Th Hedgers Hedger's captain rose slowly lowly to tob b big feet teet motioning to of him bIB crew rew to D put aside Ide their heIr pistOL I f hear be yon yon- he answered clearly cleY This Thin Is ia Lion DD I Ion whom lorn you flowed flogged Will you yon DD come com ashore boe and od light me moo mD to 0 mane How did yon come coma be here Fel rei low res Sever Never mind how bow I 1 came be Fel Fei- lowes res waded further out the Ibe bottom fund clutching at oJ his bis feet teet Will you yon OD come ashore ho and Dd fight me m. man mo to toman 0 man mD 7 Chouse Choose your weapons choose boo mine ae You Tou end and all U your men meD shall go off unharmed whatever happens to tome 00 me- me That Tb is IB Impossible the lb Englishman English English- man mD n replied deliberately I 1 am mD RDo an RD o DD 00 duty 1 cannot indulge tn In personal persona quarrels Gripped as be b. was wo by a 0 rage rog that thaI wan waa volcanic DeDI In tn lu lIB force Fellowes never for tor fora a second doubted the bon bOD est early of Dt b his hla enemy enemy's s position Say Sey what le he might of be would be ne- ne lIev le the Ibe Englishman morally courageous as well wall s as Cally He H. choked down his wrath r and Dd e 1 remained standing with D effect of Df courteously allowing him bm be the i. i last word wod be called again gID Ve Very well ell Ill I'll come eom to you 00 bowed I 1 I shall be ready rend Fellowes Be ne resumed bis hie seat et the longboat toughest's I 0 oars feathered and ond dipped and aDd she ba pulled lulled away woy for tor the be mouth of ot the be creek crek US the tb 0 first pink of Dt the entities stained the eDt coat waded less disgruntled than bD be had bd been beeD Fo For parting words wod lad had recognized O equality They were no DO longer longe captain and Dd com common mOD sailor superior upeor and Dd Infinitely Inferior but bul two enemies who should encounter euDer on OD a level ee i plain PD of ot enmity honorable however bowee bitter the he hatred bed which knit kult their Interests as closely e. e though they bad bd been abiding friends teDd And ADd somehow barred tasted cleaner leDDer In D Fel Fel- much mouth much cleaner than bD the hatred bed be he held bed f for tor the h three who remained to D the tb farmhouse beyond the reek creek fields BeIda CHAPTER VII A Nolle Noll Prosequi The glow In tn the east eat wen was deepening Objects that tb bad bd been beeD obscure es umed their ther proper h shape Fellowes whole bole being now DOW that tb had bad escaped w. w was concentrated upon the b punishment ot of the three remained In D house Climbing the lb reek creek book he b. set bill bl face In ID that tbt direction and Dd nd led the tb way y across 0 the b trampled elds pausing only oDly when they came cam upon a rusty brown p Sprawl wI of Dt W D a furrow of ot beet bee tops top Pallid lips lip mumbled D n T n 1 Continentals stand We can cant Dt t leave eov Pei t out DUt here ber here here-ez- ex oz claimed chod alm d Fe H His wounds must mut be te dressed to 0 do for tor them wounds i grunted Tom Looks Look like he bed hed d stopped topped a You drove DV the rt Pe I tried to comfort him Wed We'd bare been beeD beaten without on you Drove Doe em til The wrinkled rae fate lightened Jest Ilk file HI breath quickened Give e boy es L BU lie Ile signed faintly and Dd the ll light ht In tn h. h hie f. f face went weDI out DuL Poor four old Did Pel Petri Fellows Fello sold said d sadly odi It f wed we'd had bad a d dozeD used like Ilk him m el e elm have bov Pick k Id hm m up D Can Cuffee Well We'll carry him with u us Coffee Cutre banded him B musket to Tom and add gathered feathered the troll frail bury body in D h. h his arms anis emitting cradling It with with a untie gentle ties ue that th w. w was almost n Mental Him III bitty blUy man but plenty pieD brave he strode g absorbed borbell once his more in iD contemplation Of 0 his hI van eD Rea enc nee Of 01 the a ghastly ghI he be merle md plastered with mud and Dd water his hi nuked torso 0 hideously scarred med by the h welts of the e tut 1 TO BE CONTINUED o |