Show r BY ARTHUR D. D HOWDEN HOWDENSMITH SMITH 1 t l d SERVICE STORY FROM 1 THE START Capt Lion Fellowes American merchant ship Is la sunk by Dy a British Brit I ish frigate oft off Portugal In the Vat Val of 1812 Fellowes' Fellowes life IB Is saved by an English speaking English speaking girl who conceals hei het Identity goes to Lisbon where he meets an ao acquaintance Capt dialer Chafer of the American ship True Bounty who offers him a aberth aberth berth as a tt mate mate but knowing Chater Chafer I. I disloyal In trading with the tho enemy he be refuses He Be meets the girl who saved hi his life liCe Cara Carn daughter of ot tha rho owner of True Bounty She Shela la Is bound for Cor or hone hOfle and Induces Fellowes to sail call a at ar mate He Is In love with Cara The vessel Is 18 stopped by Dy the British frigate Badger Captain we Fellowes Fel Fel- lower lowes Is taken aboard the Badger er a pressed man Maddened at what he believes belle Is Cara's Caras and Chater's Chasers treachery be strikes who orders order him Giro a hundred lashes lushes with the cat eat Fellowes' Fellowes hatred of the three be bc become becomes be- be comes come an as obsession OfT Off New NewYork York Fork Fellowes escapes escapee from the Badger He scents a plot In fo a meeting to be held Geld at al Chafers Chafer's home borne and gathers a company of ot militia to circumvent the plotters plot plot- In fn a fight between the militia and British sailors Colli shawe shaves escapes At Chater's home hom Fellowes finds ands Cara Carll her father and sad Chafer Chater Fellowes scoffs at atthe atthe atthe the girls girl's denial of oC conniving at I hi his CHAPTER Continued VII VI Continued 12 12 A sneeze from Crom Miss un un der whose nose the duenna was burn burnIng burnIng Ing tug feathers feathers attracted attracted Sopher's attention attention at at- to the couchI couch I 1 truss trusi the lady Is h he asked with a suspicious lous glance at Fellowes' Fellowes companions She fainted tainted An excess Cess of shall ot-shall shall we e say contrition Mr An excess cess of ot abominable age Oared flared her father What Whal worn an wouldn't faint after arter such a 8 7 A battle outside her windows a 8 a mangled body before her Der eyes eyes- naked men meD forcing themselves Into oto her ber presence I You overlook a n period ol ot captivity It sty ity In the hands of tier her country's en emles remarked Fellowes And Aad I must add still another to poor list of ot outrages Twill 7 be necessary to search her ber as ae I tine nave tin e sal sold said miss no chance to humiliate ate her returned to tobe tobe tobe be expected sir Yet let for tor all his bluster Fellowes detected In the merchants merchant's bell bearing ring an un aspect ol of relief reller Chater Chafer too re Burned his position by the mantel manlel mantelpiece piece e a fleer of derision In his bis green greenIsh lab Ish eyes Could It II he be that Ihal they had no documentary evidence to conceal and ond accepted the threat of search as ns admission his bis case against them would collapse without wit ho t It ity His Ups Ilp tightened bis voice mice hardened Send a man for Sirs Mrs NIm rod Sires outside She SIJe came up ap from the village mage when sire she heard beard some of ot the men were hurt burt lace llave ber her Ln In I want ber her to search these women Sopher flung Oung ap up a n window Corporal Baches I Ask Mrs to be good enough to step In Inside side She bustled In the door sad and stood for tor a moment blinking Ing her ber eyes apes atthe at atthe atthe the company T A MA party she commented squire I 1 f see ee ye lost lust yer yet shirt shirL Must blast have e ben beu a s real battle by all alj accounts wrong with the gal thary 2 Shell be all nil right Fellowes an I want you to search ber her Mrs Rhodes The Portuguese worn an eo too Sirs Mrs Rhodes planted herself In front of at sofa arms akimbo And what do I em for tor Cory she demanded Papers Anything except the clothes they wear wear and and make maice certain no DO documents are concealed In seams or pockets Leave e em era to me rue the widow re rr returned turned briskly And dar clar out all these these As Fellowes herded captives and captors Into IUlo the hall hail she site was already already al 01 ready at her ber task closing the doors that hut connected with the room dining room ber her lips moving In prayer dropped back bock beside Fel Fes owes lo a 8 worried look In the lawyers lawyer's horsey face fe Im w m out nut entirely positive as to the th legality of these measures Lion Ion inn he be remarked confidentially u If we Oarl SLut Man I sl saw w Miss coming out of British headquarters In Lisbon Lis bon with Lord Wellington toUting Wellington talking treason It If words mean anything 1 saw Baw ber der exchanging documents with frith oJ l In Chater's haters cabin and cabin and was I t crimped by simply hern use h he seeded needed n another hand Use Jour Motu wits Nimrod l I 1 my wits tell me we ere must have hate documentary proof of all that the lawyer retorted doggedly But nut argument ment will carry us no whither Do you ou sea search and I will take Cha Chafer Chater fer Their prisoners submitted with nn an III grace both however In no an wise disturbed seriously which seriously which wasn't odd for tor nothing of ot moment was found on un either of them hem A search of the house produced a quantity of at cor corre re and a map of the country showing the rough division of at polio cal sentiment but bul not a D line of ot mat matter matter ter let more offensive than was openly preached In every Federalist news paper Descending the stairs very mournfully mourn mournfully mournfully fully they encountered Mrs its Rhodes i r re rr h r e k v I It t r st j 1 r i t A Search of the House Produced a Quantity of Correspondence waiting outside the parlor door a tri trl triumphant smile on her Der angular teat feat ures ores wore Jest this she sire an extending a single sheet of notepaper In Ia the ladys lady's bodice Fellowes accepted the sheet from her and anti carried II It to the open runt front door to examine peering over his shoulder The letter letter flap was unsealed and un franked On the Inner side was writ written written ten teri H H. M. M S. S Badger On Station Statton oft off New York July 8 8 1813 1815 Dearest Cara Cara- If Il we are denied a word alone J 1 write this to substitute for tor the rho plan pica 1 J would prefer to 10 ofer with my Lips the Plea has bas been In my heart Since we met first at nt the In London Will W you rou Marry me met I have bave little tittle to 10 Uter Ofer save eave a fond Heart and andI I 1 see no chance of ot Coming oft off the Sea short of ot a General Pears Peace and God knows when That will bee If tt ever But there you are be kind and send ne Hope Hape of ot tire the future t Wether ether you 00 or dont don't tho Iho 1 t subscribe sub scribe myself with All good Wishes Yr obi James ve Bewildered reluctantly abashed Fell Fellowes owes was yet entirely ely skeptical Ill noi not believe heifers It lt It he cried fix fixa fI fIa a blind 1 I Cant Can't you see that The Theare They are clever er abominably clever I 1 grant grunt you Sou I Lion ton returned Sopher So pher but bul the one piece of evl l deuce dente we Ne find and It upholds Miss in story Fellowes cs studied the letter through narrowed eyes honest but but Do Do you believe NIm Nimrod rod that thul the captain of a D Bi British Irish war o man war o came ashore with twenty men n and fwd a 0 gun boat gun to pay a call rail on ona ona ona a woman Do 00 you believe that drat oth nth others others ers will believe try It SOil Sopher her s shrugged ru ged his bis shoulders How Bow matters It what whai we ee believe belleve- Of others Therell There'll be talk and peo pea ole will say and his bla daughter daugh ter for are ore disloyal But that drat Is la said acid al al- al r odY And talk la Ls not legal evi evl dence deuce i Mrs Mrs bits Rhodes listening to their de- de hate struck In n swiftly I J 1 dunno ba ut what other folks folks' lUeve but I l can cnn tell ye right I NImrod Sopher Miss aint happy over overa a what hal sites she's done done or or aint done She Sha didn't want Nant tor for me to take that letter let let- ter fer not sot one bit Ah T J I think Ill I'll II return It to her ber Fellowes I said and walked down the Ute hall to the parlor door Come In tn Cara CarD answered his knock She was Nas sitting on the sofa as when he ne ba bu first seen her drinking a glass of ut wine Nine The duenna was beside ber her dumbly protective Her tal father her and anel hater Chater talking restrainedly In a 0 a 0 fur far corner met mel Fellowes with frankly hostile bos- bos tile glances I Is It necessary for you yon to annoy ua WI I further farther sir demanded Fellowes Ignored the question I 1 regret we Ne felt obliged to take from from you maam Ue De placed the let lel letter ter In the listless hand bond she put ou out oui for tor It You Yon pace have my apologies forthe for forthe forthe the Intrusion I am confident Captain Is too honorable a man to have Intended It should be used to cover coter a political Intrigue The startled look she gave him was his rewa reward rd Your confidence does yon yoo honor Donor sir she acknowledged gratefully And oh ob Captain Fellowes Fellowes- ye talk to him Miss Cara Chater Chafer Interrupted Ill IU thank ye to git It out o o 0 my house Douse and sad stay out Fellowes Ye fe aint got no DO excuse tor for a n Ill I'll U have the law on oa onye ye fe If 11 ye bother me agn Try the law you Sou fool tool Fellowes retorted contemptuously Im done I with It It Passing out the fire parlor door he be heard Para Cora catch ber Der breath and understood she was shocked anew at atthe atthe the spectacle of ot his scarred back But Buthe be he was puzzled that drat this sign of ot remorse remorse re re- remorse morse should Inspire him with pity rattier rather than exultation De He resolved to root out all pity from his heart beart lest It undermIne the strength of ot his hatred Fellowes awakened slowly conscious of ot an un unaccustomed sense of at luxury Sunshine was warm In bis face soft linen caressed his body It If t was very different from the berth deck berth of ot the Badger De Be was In his own room at atthe atthe atthe the l hID Manor or A suit salt of at clothes bung hung ona on ona a chair choir all brushed and neat Towels were were draped on un a n rack rack- Evidently some one oils had been busy putting a disused dis used bouse house In order while be he slept tie lie le learned who that some one was when the Widow Rhodes Rhodes' voice drifted In to him through a door that stood ajar afar Come Came right In ln NImrod If It he be aint up yet Its It's time flute be he was riz A man cant can't moren sleep the clock cluck In la comfort Fellowes slid out of at bed chuckling languidly satisfied The world seemed good after niter twenty four hours hours' rest And Aud he lie was Nas hume home Ue tie strolled to the window sad and the world turned gloomy In la a moment Beyond he be maples and nod the creek fields and the creek Itself self be he saw the lane winding from Chater's Chuter's house to the South Country road rood and ond rolling roiling along ulong in to a 8 shower ot at dust a cumbersome post post chulse While be watched it 11 lurched around a 8 corner and und vanished under the thick leafage of ot the h trees ees lining the main road Ills His face was so grim that when Sopher entered catered the room the lawyer nodded understandingly Good morning Lion good morning my dear deur fellow 1 l he be exclaimed with witha a 11 patent effort at cheeriness You Yon are the better betler for tor a D proper sleep 1 J see And Aud watching our our ah ah antagonists antagonists' departure Returning to the city I believe Let tet as os hope rope a thought chastened by their experience You may hope Dope It ft snapped Fellowes Fellowes Fel Fel- lowes beginning to dress I 1 dont don't They rhey are on their theft way to do whatever they bey arranged with Oh my dear Lion 1 I You Dr are n e Ve We have hn no nu evl evidence lence- lence We hn have ha e plenty ot of evidence What WI at Ice we require Is a method ol of exploiting exploit ing It tt I 1 think Joshua Jushua Is the man bran for tor my purpose se If It be he ls Is Is and sees ees It w we lI II lay the story before the federal authorities and and the governor Is Is IT Ip-IT le still In the village 7 Yes Tes be he waited walled on oo the possibility you fOU wish Nish his services Send wurt word to the General Arm Arm- strung well we'll drive wes west In an hour lace Have you any money mosey for tor me may Enough to buy n a ship stripy TO eTO BE CONTINUED rU |