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Show rv VTO K ARTHUR D. W N.O. SERVICE -4 Ti., Hr ARTHUR 0 HOWDIN SMITH STORY FROM THE START Ke turning to Ameru-n. durliiK the Wnr ol IS..!, after a siKH-ees-ful voyau Cap I. Liun Kt'llowrs' merchant ship Sa-.-hem is sunk oft Portugal by a Uriti.th frlnaie. His :rew surrenders, hut K,IK'W(, reaches shore exhausted His lift la saved by an Knglish speaking g-lrl who conceit Is her Ulentlt v He learn fioni her. however that she ! about to set out for Lisbon. i I i CHAPTER II i A Licensed Trader j The diligence frum Ueju ili'iiosltefl Felluwes ai tlie ferry -Inmliiix opposite oppo-site Llslum The river whs crowded with shlppiUK. and his heart leaped In his throat at sitit of the legend ! "True ISount.v. New York." primed ' across the broad stern ot a ship His mind harked overseas, to the sprawl Ins town on the tip ot Manhattan Is """" laud, a little, red lirlck town hr.w : ered In tulip trees and chestnuts, that he'd left a year and a hall bl-o. and to the sleepy village he called home ' huddled between the pine forests ot i Long Island and the Great South hay i lie wondered how an AinerlinD j ship, flying ' American colors- the I Stars and Stripes Haunted proudlj I from the uiizzen yardartn. as if In de fiance ot the White Knsiiin displaved .! by the King's ships could lie rere in the Tagus. Uow had she gotten In r ! And more Important, how would she ! get out? A small horn lay alongside j her. and as he watched, a lank stoop i shouldered man descended Into It. . Saul (.'hater! No wonder he'd been j tbinUinii of Babylon. And ('hater's i presence meant the True Hoimtj was ' aD Indejiin ship. lcn Ingiepin's. ol I course. Hen had married a I'ortu j guese. and very naturally, specialized ' in the Peninsula trade. In thai, as In everything else, differing from Joshua. Fellowes chuckled as he remem-i remem-i bered the whimsical feud between i the brothers. They had been enemies from the day the firm of Inglepin Brothers was dissolved in VS. after Joshua had declared General Wash Ington was plotting to return the country to t lie British Crown Joshua believed In Jefferson; Ben cursed him for a demagogue. Joshua considered Washingion had been "that libertine. Hamilton's, puppet"; Ben all but said y ' - his prayers to the General s memory The ferry bumped into the quay, and noticing ("hater's boat beading for the same landing-steps. Fellowes decided de-cided to wait, and sieak to the True Bounty's master. Chater was the last American he would have chosen to ' meet in a foreign land, but the fel low was an American, and what was more, came from Babylon Fellowes recalled the day the New Englandet bad appeared in the village, buyer of j the farmlands across Sampawam's 1 creek from the Manor. Fellowes I m fatlr. whose ancestors had held the T Maoor since the conquest from the i Dutch, insisted the village must zive j Chater fait treatment, j Fellowes knew his father had come to detest the man. but he. himself. had seen little of ('hater. For he j had taken to the sea In the hope ot ' replenishing the family fortunes, un dermined by years of III paid dlplo j mafic service, and particularly since ' his father's death, was seldom at I home. Now. he reflected, there'd be j nothing to lure him from Babylon, un i less he could obtain a privnfeer AI1 his spare funds had gone In the wreck i He banished such thoughts, howev er. as ("hatet shambled up the land trig-steps. It would nevet do to lei the New Englandei suspect the ex 1 ' tent of his misfortunes. So. proffer Ing his hand, he mustered a clieeri j smile. j "Hyw are you. Captain Chater?" "Well, well, naow." Chater whin nled nasally. "If 'taint I. Ion Fel iowes! 'I .nsi 1 heard, ye'd sailed foi Canton." "I was wrecked a couple ot weeks ago," Fellowes explained. "Driven ashore by a British frigate, souib In Algarve." "Thai was pesky luck. Te got De careful In wartime. Cnp'n Fei Iowes." "D you call this careful?" "- Fellowes waved toward the Rrltlsh armada that snrnuinderl the True Bounty. Chater cackled derisively. "Ye see, I sail on license I got ne a dockyment. all signed and sealed, with Admiral Warren's name 3D it. Ilcensln the True Bounty for a v'yage to I'ortygal." "You mean the British Admiral Warren? Who commands at Hall fax?" 'That's him." "But hut you're trailing with the enemy !" "Oh. no. we ain't," Chalet denied y cackling again "I'nrtygal's a neu " Iral And there s a heltei market for Hour and naval stores right here in Lisbon than anywhere else these days." "Flout foi Wellington's army and naval storex foi the IIiIMnIi licet," Fellow ea commented grimly. Chiller s nutciai kei feature! look on a bilious tlnce. What's that to nic?" he whinnied ''Or a sight more folks to home? Thlu dratted wars rulnlif trade, and taint so poplar as the IVmocrata could wish lor." "There are worse fates than loss of trade lo befall h nation." Fellowes returned "1 owe the Itrlilsh for the desirucilon ot my ship, and I can't forget I'm at wnr with them." "A h 1 ot a tine war!" mocked Chater. "What can we do ag'n a hundred and twenty sail ol the line?" "We can tight. We did In 70. When I gel home " " 'Cnlc'latln' on n passage for Noo Ynwk?" Chalet Interrupted with In terest. "I'm tonkin for a unite Jest lost mine with the river flux. And ni second's loo young to take his place. Got some of the owner's family aft. '.Make It wuih yer while, Cnp'n Fel Iowes." "Thank you. but Td prefer not," Fellowes declined. "Can you tell me where the American consul has his oflice?' "A sight of good he'll do ye," Jeered ("hater And with a (ouch of Irrlta tlon: "llornswoggle me. 11 I can see mmM But I Ain't Got Time to Stand Gormin' Here, With a New Mate to Find, and Sailin' Tomorrer." haow ye reason things nut. If any feller oughter be Federalist, ye'd oughter be. Wasn't ye born In Ion don? Didn't yer pa send ye to school In England?" "That why Pm a Democrat, and a oeliever In American trade rights." Fellowes replied good naturedly. "It wasn't my fault my father happened to t-e consul In London, or that I was at Eton." "Well, naow, I'd say ye ain't made the most ot It," gloomed Chater. "But I ain't got time to stand gormin' here, with a new mate to find, and sailin tomorrer." More discouraged than he liked to admit. Fellowes watched the drab fig ure ol the True Bounty's maslet slouch away through the gaudy throng of mariners on the quay. Dispiritedly, without any conscious purpose, he suffered himself to drift in the tide ol humanity that swirled along the quays. and present!) emerged in Black Horse square, cen ter nf state and military activities Ovei one ol the palaces waved the I'ross ol SL George. A loquacious sergeant Informed him Lord Welling ton was down from the front In Spain and for want ol something else to do. Fellowes loitered, curious to see the Englishman who had bested Nnpole on's bravest marshals. A knot of officers emerged from the doorway, a flutter of feminine gar uietils in their midst. Fellowes stoor paralyzed with astonishment as he recognized a hulking black spectet ol a woiiiaii. The duenna I And behind t wo ullilcrhiK iihlca, leaning on thu anil ot a lean healieii olllcer In un dress uiilrorm, his rescuer, herself. Shu looked loviilct than ever, tier oval lace framed In the fold of the mall I II In, hci c.vch llpcaat gravely to meet the gaze ol hei escort. No ordinary Jackal ol the SHUT, this num. his voice, curl us a dilllmasler's, carrying car-rying lo where Followed stood. "gel youi people lined up, ma'am." lie wan Maying. "Mlnlaiers nre cor dial, hut they'll require a definite po-tltloii, po-tltloii, dye see? No sense In this American war. We've got troulles enough without IL 'Sure there' nothing else we can do for you?" "Oh, yes. my lord. 'TIh for ua to do, now. though I four 'twill take a vear, at the lenat." "'Cunt be helped," he returned brusquely. "Worth walling for, It you pull It off." lie saluled mechanically. mechanical-ly. " Servant, inn'iim. Itememhor me to your father." In the crowd Fellowes lost sight of t lie two women, and several minutes passed before he could elude the sen tries and pursue them. He had forgotten for-gotten tils Immediate troubles. Ilia one concern was to speak to this mysterious mys-terious girl. Despite Ills efforts, he fulled to overtake his quarry until they were enteiitiR Ijihmeyer's hotel. In the Lago da Sao I'aulo. "Ma uuil oh, um'aiu," he panted des-peraiely. des-peraiely. "May I speak wlib you?" And he Hushed at the Inanity of till address, conscious of the travel at ill lis acquired In the long Journey by diligence, dili-gence, ami the abominable fit of the clothes he had bought In BeJn to replace re-place the shrunken garments In which tie had been wastied ashore. The girl In the golden yellow clonk stared at him blankly, (hen, aa his Identity dnwned upon her. a siow smile spread across the smooth olive of net features. ""lis our AmerlcuD sailor I But, sir, you have no right to be here. I bade I 'ml re Antonio keep you all of week." "I left against his nrgence," Fellowes Fel-lowes answered, the friendly reproof putting him at his ease. "But. there was no need for me lo linger mj carcass Is a tough one" "Thai we may allow, sir. TeL still, you were rash to come to Lisbon. If the British Secret Service fall to arrest ar-rest you, there are the press gangs. We must take thought to this." Her brow puckered. "If you'd tell me who you are " A fumlllar nasal voice Interrupted her. "Well, well, nuowl 1 didn't tiggei on ye Uxin' to git me a new mate. Miss Caiu. But tulul no use leasts ways he turned me daown." Fellowes ejed Chater with a distaste dis-taste as pronounced as bis bewilderment bewilder-ment at the discovery of a connection connec-tion between his rescuer and the master mas-ter of the True Bounty, but the girl cried eagerly : "L'o you know this gentleman, Captain Cap-tain Chater?" " Calcinte I do," drawled Chater. "Make ye acquainted with Cap'n Lion Fellowes. 'Neighbor of mine, home to Babyluu." "How- fortunate," 6he exclaimed. -This Is the first lime I've seen Cap-tuln Cap-tuln Chater since we came north, so he hasn't heard of our meeting at l'ereuha. Captain Fellowes. And I didn't know, Uien, tbat Mr. I'enner, his mate, had died. But If I hud" she hesitated"! couldn't offer a strange American passage In the True Bounty." "What have yon to do with the True Bounty?" asked Fellowes. "I thought you English." She laughed. "I'm Curu Inglepin. Ton must know my father, if you are from New York, but I have been little In Amer-Ica Amer-Ica especially since my mother died, for my grandfather, the old Marques, was falling, and he would have me by him, wherever he went And now that he Is dead " her voice sobered "there are reasons I must fly home as fast as 1 may."' "Do you sail on the True Bounty?" "By tomorrow's tide, nor may we waiL So if you'd pocket your pride, and step down a rank for the voyage, 'twould serve me beyond measure, sir." The frankness of her appeal flattered flat-tered him, but he looked uncomfortably uncomfort-ably at dialer, who snickered: "Hehl Heh! He daon't hold with sailin' on license. Miss Cara. A rabid rab-id Democrat, and him brought up in England 1" "Sanctlsslma 1" Miss Inglepin bit her lip. "I might have remembered you preferred shipwreck to yielding yield-ing to an English frigate But this is foolishness, sir. You are not like to reach home, save It he In a licensed ship. No privateer or letter-of-marqiie will touch at a Peninsula porL" (TO BE CONTINUED.) |