Show t A D. D li HOWDEN HOWDENSMITH W fN SMITH J COPYRIGHT 1938 1928 ICE A ARTHUR SMITH CHAPTER XI Continued XI-Continued Continued 19 19 Red headed Alo suggested assuming Joint responsibility re with Ben Blood mood me for a D fool tool Captain but taint talut in the of a to tl see a 8 lady ludy the like o 0 her put up Inthe In Inthe Inthe the dock with a parcel o 0 II highwaymen men and aud Coln coin clippers clippers I So 11 it tIe all the same to ye Just throw me In lions and ond Ill I'll 11 swear out a h i I was waR for every ery dirty p in Washington Or put It If how ye will hure we can sany m m. m wrote the letter and all nil An overpowering o convict on un of ot meanness of mal malat t ce e tore tore- at Fellowes' Fellowes heart A cola volet within him cried that here was a D t force than hate but a second ole nice t Is Issued sued from hl his mouth month I fear you yon are the I victim of yoni youl emotions doctor Treason l I. I not a crime to be She knows no more inure o o trea trell 1 I do of gizzard sy The pour poor In lu Inbe labe lube be made a n ml mistake take but hut Ill I'll t I oath theres there's not a morsel of ot h her ber she must pay And as the Irishman opened hi Jo to reply Fellowes fell back burk n nl same argument he had offered The lady larl being what she Is suffer suITer another to assume her It was probably from whose e tongue wagged freest th the learned of Fellowes' Fellowes fight the Cadger Their habit exchange e the briefest test of the day the wind swung acre aste the sun SUII came out boldly she the deck dek to where be stand s st 5 the horizon with his glass Do 00 you look took for the Badge e tale tain Fellowes she asked Not yet set maam ma'am he ann ans choking chol his surprise Her hands bands clasped together m n nervous r ly Iy There wa was aching appeal JI the eyes that met his fOh f Oh sir sir sir-Is is It If not thu thai t w winy we iny my my father and ond 1 s I-s should 1 should be he pun shed Captain Is s n DOI DIre t re responsible for what we did UP lip acted as an on enemy to serve his King And he had his bis orders from orders from Commodore Hardy Bardy from frum Admiral And my I Lord ord Wellington was behind them all for he supported us with the ministry forced himself t to speak harshly mechanically Captain Is as asU you jou U say sayan sayan an enemy maam ma'am As an enemy Us my ray duty to rte destroy troy tutu him But to seek him out I J To Tu hunt him hint ab one beast hunts another I Must you and James you two of all the world b bs deadly enemies for for for her ber voice voke sank sunk to a whisper loUt whisper my mist mistake She trembled so that he be out OUI his arm aria to st steady ady her con conscious lou of the curious glances dances of the on nu the far tar side Icle ol ot the poop his mine mind was In Ina a whirl whirl hate hate Jealousy pity anger unger er resentment and an un emotion he would not name nume even to bulling boiling und anti seething In is one nauseous brew Touch TouchIng Ing tag her he had hud u Ii ban marl desire to em era embrace embrace brace ber her to cover her ber mouth with kisses If It th that t w ds s his price shed she'd pay be had bad b d no doubt She he was wm no coward But be heard beard himself elf say l gently You make too loo much of this Mis We are ore all oil on the rack ruck ol oj fate Fate Fute she repeated repented drawing 8 away from him You should say soy Hate an on ill III thing sir and find recoils upon him who sponsors it Fellow ello es bowed Ills his head That is a point you need ped not argue wit with It me be he said sah 1 lIu have n a set et a task and I 1 am t mind In honor to complete it It Jumes Her voles voice To slay runt run scornfully Yon Yuu nr are over con flik uL It may be be Ue He paused for far word words to phrase e Me hip thought If I might Id I'd serve you I J thrill shall tune have 1111 fit nV I P 01 of what I do II And fI t yet I rare hint him l t late ale nun tall U us u t i po hater Inter and nd what satisfaction have ha fh i f h I 1 fr from totters death But BUI Ill I'll nor not noi r rr until bes be's punished or punished or I am Tj i I Lifer Her face race was WI tragic tra i there was no Oil sern scorn In iii ber her voice when she replied Yes you lU ore are u a proud prud limn intro And I Iam Iam Iam am a proud woman If It my hUlk buck hurt haul been beaten raw Id I'd h hate te too Oh ou you do dl well to hate bate Lion Linn I But Ut tl me you ou should hate hote You should UP Ue tieme me to the must most t there and flog nue me 8 as James no flogged dogged you flog me nie while your sailors look 1001 on and lick their lips and gloat float as men do nt at sl sight t of lother's lothers pain Wouldn't that satisfy you roo For 1 deserve It I who have bave brou brought ht you to enmity two men men men- Ber voice broke e In a 8 wall wail and Fellowes Fel eJ Fellowes lowes beckoned sy to hl hits him J Conduct Cond ct Miss lIss below doe doc tar tor She I Is too have hu every ery attention You understand The Irishman gave n e him a saturnine glare A Aye e and Us more than ye do du C Captain God forgive ye re yeI I There now alanna come along with Aloysius S a e Westward drove dl the top topmasts topmasts masts whipping front from the lee rl rig rigging gln ging slack hut but so su keenly did Fel J loves watch h her r that s she he never curried carried j awu away n s spar despite the press of sail he 1 Kept her under r There was no nomore mure more grumbling a as they neared their bell goal oal The Clu sea la law w erg t-rs of the had that the sinking of an nn enemy's f sloop of ol war must be rewarded re re- warded h by a II handsome ha grant from congress congress l I the Constitutions Constitution's crew V git II fifty n dollars for tur the Gui Guerriere Gradually the came amp to understand the practical PH 1 t r 1 tyr rt M s y Her Face Was Tragic There Was No Scorn in Her Voice When She Re plied piled armed They could their enemies enemies ene ene- mies and their lr batteries could out outrange outrange range any craft below a o line battle battleship battleship ship And precisely so 80 the could and outrange the Badger er Next to the OJe Long Tom which he be had named the Big worshiped Cara Him lint pitty pitt Ml ill was the one person aboard except Jf Fellowes who was tolerated about when the negro was swabbing und and wiping his pet Not the least of ot Fellowes' Fellowes worries durin during this latter lutter stage e of the voyage was arnt aras health After his refusal to abandon the quest of ot the Badger adger she remained secluded In her cabin for tor three thre du Buys duys s and he knew from Ben furious looks look as well us ut resentful reports that she was a sick lIck woman on on the hare bare edge of ot brain bruIn fever Captain and oo no fault o n yours if It I t save san her from tram that sume At ur ur- I hence sh she WU was fetched on em deck as os soon suon us Its the fever a abated and the air and aDd iun sunshine put new strength In her but there was a 8 shadow on her ber face that wrung Fellowes' Fellowes heart and the circlet circles beneath her eyes e es were gouged deeper with every week the Ule Centurion bore on Into tike the westLie west J lIe Ue wua wu be beginning to grow mood moody plagued by a dread lest the Badger hail had succumbed to the winters winter's storms or ot been heeD transferred to another station and fwd a as the they ne neared r rI the American coast he consulted frequently with Tom TOlD and aud CulTee refurbishing his memory of ot td cruising beat deriving satisfaction from their thelt matter fact matter of fact assurance of success The Initial problem In trapping th Badger er as Fellowes saw It was to toll her out of the blockading squadron squad squad- ron without exposing himself to one of ot the pinching maneuvers at al which the s were adepts But sooner soon suon er or later Inter he was sure the n would bent beat the waters south of the that Hook Hook that Is If she was still on the I station And south of ot the Hook Book hed he'd cast his lure Fellowes so contrived It that the brig sighted the highlands of Navesink Nave Nave- sink an hour after arrer sunrise of a 8 clear warm morning but there were no DO signs ol oj the Badger Fretting and stewing he be ran southeast a days day's sail then lay las to and the next mornIng morning morn In ing heat bent back against t a 8 contrary wind his farther shore off plotting course on the ch chance nce that he ml might ht OIT Intercept the Badger returning from one of In In- numerable lp errands entrusted to Col ol lf But nut she was nowhere to and ancl in the night he wore ship and loafed d south planning to his first repent repeat approach I This time he succeeded At noon nonn I the hall hail carne came from the lookout perched precariously astride the fore tore royal ya yard rel I Sail Sall ho hot hoi I a pInt to stand sir Ft Fellowes caught a glass from the rack ruck and run ran beckoning beckon In lug ing CulTee to follow tollow him up the ratlines rat rot lines to o the foretop CuITee starine I across the eddying banks made a little lit I tie tle clucking chucking sound with his tongue t tawny eyes a gleam agleam Put flat him Badger Sure of ot It If Fellowes vel queried al almost almost nl al- most fearfully Spose yo take him glass yo see Slowly very slowly Fell Fellowes owes swept the sea to 10 stand Yes there could be beno beno beno no mistake about that Fel Fellowes lowes owes himself had bad i helped to set It ItHe Ittie He tie trembled so violently that Cuffee CulTee rJ him on the fhe confined platform if t f the top Don yo fuss crooned the negro We gain oln bust hust him Col 01 Yah him Big fg golf bout go o blam I Oat Dot de rte bes' bes Lon Lon-i Tom CulTee CuiTee ever er see Unit Half Fellowes smiled crookedly crookedly crook crook- edly I J 1 was afraid something had happened happened hap hap- to him Does he see us Oh my aunt dar tar him r r ya yal drop I Him come plenty quick Fellowes Fello hailed balled the fhe deck Wear ship I Well We'll stand off ofT across his bows on the tack Beat neat to quarters Mr Air Spencer Spener CulTee yon might take tokea a shot with the Long Tom Fellowes lingered r In his hll lofty aerie the drum thumped hysterically and the stamping of sea sen unfits honts heat an Rn accompaniment almost at athis athis hl his feet he be could see the gleaming hulk bulk of the Bug Big fJ swinging to lahd in response e to the pressure ur of handspikes Cuffee a figure ure of ot de rte energy Issuing Instructions adjusting the wad shoving borne home the round shot with the last thrust of the rammer What Wha him match Gib him Cuffee Yah fah Big hiss yo song I IThe The brass throat of ot the gun bUn clanged resonantly and a Jet of flame and smoke spat out In the Badgers Badger's ers er's tion tinn A rumble of cannon fire tire respond re re- spond muffled muffed by the mist the Badgers Badger's Badgers Badger's Bad Bud gers ger's chase guns And Fellowes listened listened list ened for the whir of splash h of shot hut but tile the range was too great great probably ably too great reat for the twenty four Yet It 11 was essential nl to give p the war sloop a mark to head for Follower Fellowes hailed the fhe sailing master no on the poop Mr No gle I We must reduce speed See If It you and Chips can caD manage munne a 9 drag drug to tow astern ostern In ha haste te J JAye Aye aye Dye sir assented Leaping from the to the deck Fellowes stumbled against Cara ura balanced on an to peer over ovet the fhe bulwarks You have hav no nn bu business here maam maum he exclaimed We may be be In Ia action any moment it Is Is s-II s it James she asked hesitantly hesi hesi- hesitantly Ue lie nodded And you sail salt away from him bum I 1 cant can't fight hl the Hie Badger under the guns of ot the San Domingo and a B razes razee and perhaps a couple of thirty a lure then she said sold Ue lit doesn't know you JOu are stronger Hell He'll come orne after atter yon so you so bravely bravely and and you you you will hammer him to pieces If U I can keep away from him Fellowes Fel Feh lowes tower answered grimly At At close range e be bl a 8 different mutter mutter Surely sir you fO have hu accomplished enough by this cruise she persisted And Is it If honorable to sacrifice other mens men's lives Ilves In a B private quarrel Fellowes flushed angrily By your leave Miss I 1 This Is ls war I fight my country's battles battle equally with my own Captain Col Col- IB is more than my personal en emy TO BE CONTINUED |