Show I 1 TE 1 by ARTHUR D HOWDEN SMITH eg service ARTHUR D DEN SMITH CHAPTER XI continued 20 oh ob forget what I 1 said gald she cried yet I 1 meant nell T fault that you have singled out ties nes deny it not your blila ans dipped to fight the badger sure sore lunam again a passions tormented fellowes Fol lowes tie he abed to tie he kind ile he minted it to be el el he warned wanted to help belp lie ile want to hurt tile alie sweat in ID heads bends bla forehead clammy as a the sea itil hil dripped from hie file spars 11 f might take her in his amis and dofort herl cut but on oil cruelty emild more kind if I 1 sink the BI T ir 0 a a service tor for my iny country chii ti 11 auld be your country if I 1 happen a apen kill hill captain he malc pretense at a shrug why I 1 sha nove a dangerous enemy of my mv antry and th the MOD man who flogged dogged I 1 low she regarded him with that dinall look her lips curved in pity and I 1 have done this to you she he d 1 I 1 should remember but each ae w it hurts burts the some same I 1 am so sor so very corryl sorry 1 ive turned love a hate rind nod ruined two mens lives live i and brought broucht my father to the gal insl sl that sufficient clent oh well in en well go below anywhere 1 hal bill does tl it matter A few hours few days a few months 1 her father led tier ner away mumbling sally estly and fellowes Pel lowes hurried ferard inspect inspect drag anything to cupy him to aid him to forget her ie was in love with Collish nwe of brae the tetter letter everything her ads tier her humors her palpable acx aar ty fy proved it tn t D n the lie Cri tisher must tune hane swept sept her off hei feed it when before that night 1 or ter ler re he turned to cuffee his brain work g simultaneously along parallel lines cit caution ution the alie negro to reduce his wiler charges when the brig lost midway adway 1 ili ii dont want to reach him yet no ie in telling him we have a twenty tur lur under just tickle him blin up uffie ire keep him hot after us and diffee laughed ly aiyah iyah yah yah yah marar Fel fellowes lowel nt at big tun fun oh we te fool him cot col hawe wenty plenty ton much back on the poop straining anxious t through the mist fellowes Fellow ep recalled last night on the true blountt swish of skirts a warm body ossed to hla his the touch of soft lips CHAPTER XII battle 4 along before evening the two vessels tere ere visible to each other the cen dirion arlon blocked clearly against the fad ag ig light in the east the badger a blurred tower of canvas in the radl pee of the HIP sunset the vadar gained slowly on the arid and under cover of dark ess it the privateer cut cul herself tree free ol of re he drag shortening sail to maintain ier r position just ansi out of range ol of col chawes sh awes twelve the men ff wath watch were rent to theli theft him ham acocks eks and theise on duty bidden t it fe flown down beside the guns fellowes lini self endeavored endea to set sd an exam lie by curbing his bis excitement and oward midnight snatched a nap in ji ne of tb the wardroom hunks bunks an hour before sunrise fellow Fel lowe wn was wakened liv fly a messenger from breed ho 0 hid had the watch ile he carne came on derk atin find the ahe crew astir the galley hg tl ully cuffee was cro crooning nnIng over ie e D illg lg Sir ren wrIng yesterdays from its shiny barrel ich ih a rag raa and fellowes first thought was to see i tle the feeding H of his men they were have ahi e a hot hill ideiil aneal uno und a special Is we be ot it grog and dont firgo the lie air 61 r vw we amny he be fours kiuru of at tills JI J I gle give them alic m tilt w eitl as the crew and illen staw them atlie athe mit lie tit nt elidea aided 0 to the file alich cn lipit alit ara ra opened the I 1 lie door nor in rp response rione to s 1 knock 1 11 I um ain coith to disturb you bald hul but the doctor will be g his quarters soon goon and id alace E oil 1 out of reach oil il slim she reg regarded aided him with will the anne yang tying es expression which had bad irked m u tile lie di da before I linnit you she alto answered on quietly but of if we may sir well stay here doctor for will require a tance gilel you dont rea realized reull lizel zel round shot ishoi ards are hideous and grape gri ipe W id rather see the worst things thing than urh below and In imagine ingine them and i not one to taint faint and stew car cap n n theres herel mr Ing lepin fellowes d brid and your attendant 1 I 1 inny he a foul fool bed BCD re pd ed ani tartly hut but I 1 can wind a band or hill hold a basin and I 1 prefer any ng nc to the darkness and stench of atil h I 1 suppose Is IB where id i d pill ph it us atiq ri at least east asserted fel ta W ltd vicy sli sit if f we e must believe you are 1 li ho babe heraver Hb he crever rever we r fellowes looked nl at the duenna dark ial at jelly eyes squinting from the lie folds of tier her corn suld ilie denorn ran can help too she will tie ne gietter for having something to in do come sir mr dew not sentence us to 10 the huldd your will be more laore comfortable for what assistance we nn an rv render ioder she appealed to confirm me ane wont yiu flou dector the iriti man supported tier gal als shorthanded short handed we are captain ind ith rione anne but the stewards for or dressers ill he be in a bad bai way it 1 I wits a guidd argument munt fellowes to blin self ile he owed ilia his men aery chance for foi life and three extra helpers feighl turo turn tile lie scale for 01 the pour floor devils whose bodies werf were balmeo P ay T the hie badgers badger carro nades very wall he agreed it t you are certain twill not distress you once we are lir in action you must rein remain flin here Y you 01 speak ot of being in action cap anin the girt girl exclaimed how soon boon will it 11 he be within the hour he be answered curtly sod find withdrew ascending Ascend iny to the deck he rehearsed in his memory the hie fearful earful expectation mirrored in hor her face nee she knew what 11 the centurion wore handsomely he planned for or and dread ed it well hed give her ample to t weep s over when he be d finished vitle the Engl englishmen ishmon the centurion at fellowes diree durec tion wore handsomely and stood our nur east by bior on the load tack tach the cadger apprehending the maneuver indicated the yankee brig intended to come to close quarters qun ners commenced to take in her hei mainol and clew up tier her after canas fellowes Fellow ps studied their progress as 09 the me internal inter diminished with the lie persistent attempt of 0 the hadger badger to point up higher than the centurion ond and nhep he be thought the ranj range was vas right for or the twenty four our bounder tie he balled bulteel lul Teel aboy gunner 1 well try the lone corn first stint shot skipped the wore wares to in front of the sloop of wars bow rhe flie next ricocheted lietea over thi the eleni hut but the third was as a clean lilt ferard of if abild amidships hills and the centurions centurione coro corn iriny pany raised a lusty cheer co culli shuei uw to bring his chasers to heir bear the twelve up the water perhaps a quarter of a mile short of the tar far set get cultee cuffee llred fired a fuith time and karvi Kur vi a lilt hll in the aalst come Ci inie come lad ad fis a n spar I 1 want bellowes called impatiently ohp in next ex f shot was an over clean betwixt main and and shawe apparently appreciating the weight of metal against blia came about once more inure and stood down be fore the ac wind bow on lo in an effort to cloe so that his heavy broadside batteries could come into play but fellowes was alert steady nil all the order came from the speaking trumpet rake him cultee cuffee mr spencer hold your fire until I 1 bid you loose working with frenzied speed cuffee had bad the lie long tom loaded and tired bred almost before ellowis fellowes ellow cs had bad finished speaking the shot struck the badger on a level with the cat heads A second shot drilled the hull bull under the tore fore chains chaldo 8 shower of splinters la in air now kow then mr spencer fellowes Fell owea hailed the first lieutenant and the to la bd twelve roared as one all but two or three missed but Frel lowes was sure one coe shot nad bad whistled through the tore fore stays and a second bit the hull ue he was satisfied well go about mr moggie he bade the sailing master on the tack it II wits time As the centurion wore the badgers chase guns flung their shot eho into the privateers bul barks with telling effect when the I 1 contusion confusion had abated fellowes saw one mar man dead on his bis deck and two others wounded the badger bad teeth and knew how to use nse them carry those men below he be ordered where are your sand buckets I 1 the badger pegged away with her chasers but the centurion ran out of 0 range quite easily and wore ship to give the long tom another chance and so an exultant yell greeted cuffens Cul Cuff Tees ees next performance the main topmast of the slop of war tumbled slowly from the didds in a sprawling litter of spars spara and canvas momentarily helpless the badger flapped up into the wind ond and fellowes swooped s nearer for or the tha benefit of his bis twelve the broadsides broad sides roared as fast as tile the gun crews could swab load and fire but CoIll shawe was a se seaman anion before tile llie privateer could smash another suck he had the wreckage cleared 1 from his deck und and the badger manageable and fellowes must sheer oh off to avoid those hard buttering carron ades that would rend the brig to matchwood at close quarters A half dozen wore more shots from the th long tom and the badgers foremast probably weakened by the hit in the chains went to in a clutter that dragged the sloop ot of war down by the head fellowes stood on OB making use of if the predicament to gain a position astern of her hut but by some incredible effort Collish nwe was able to run both his long aft and in the face of a scorching fire from the ventu rious rions battery actually succeeded in shooting away the brigs foretop fore ore top mast blat eting the big Sar pent killing hilling one of cuffens Cul Cuff Tees ees gun crew and drowning a pair of marines fellowes coolly determined to take no unnecessary als risks promptly retired out of range cleared the wreckage wreck aga from froin his wesle and again ordered cultee cuffee to resume sharp shooting the negro imd had wormed to his work and the lie ung long tom hurled buried Us its shot into the crippled sloop dfwar with appalling appal lInZ regularity fellowes called to cuffee tate tabe your time gunner but I 1 want you to knock over another stick I 1 cuffens Cul Cuff Tees ees response was a clean hit in elie die badgers mizzenmast which broke midway to tile the top and swamped the whole wals waist with its debris the sloop ot of war broached to all but helpless while the centurion headed across tier her bows broadside batteries allu as she tacked back and forth bodi bails and forth the long tom adding its voice to the sharper de lons of the twelve the smoke was banked so densely around the lie privateer ateer that abal the enemy artas as practically but tin an an broadside roared from the sloop and the centurion quivered under the impact of the carron ades el shot staled Sta Stal hd kd your helm mr air nailed balled bellowes Vel lowes iles hes swung his head around I 1 TO HE BE CONTINUED |