Show 1 lbowden c 4 7 TR C 1951 COPY service ft D SMITH AFTER XI NI co continued 19 headed aloyseus Aloys lus liness ted assuming joint responsibility en clu ud toe ime for a idol to ol 01 captain but in lo 10 the chure of a gnau to lady the like p 0 tier her put iut up or in it k with a parcel ol 01 0 highwaymen in clippers so it 11 all the ali 1 0 ye just throw rue nie ill fu irons fruits I 1 I 1 swear out a declaration I 1 was ir therin every dirty politician hington of pin pill it how bow ye will we can sony nip wrote er and nil all overpowering conviction ol of ss of tort tore owes heart A voice wilbir led that thai here was a stronger lan an hate but a second voice is ily from his anuth ar you are the victim ot 0 houi is doctor treason Is not a 0 be condores cond ored knows oo no more inore 0 treason reason nor of coneys boneys elal ei illessy Il nessy the poor lud anav le e a mist mistake like hut but ill take nit me eres not a morsel of hajam in leless she must pay fur for ILI it tile the irishman opened his fellowes fell bil balk upon the aument he had find offered sopher dy dv being what she is will not mother to assume her 3 i 3 probably from angue wagged freest that cara ara of Fel lovies determination to e badger their habit ha hit was to e the briefest of greetings but bill the wind swung astern and canie came out boldly she crossed ir r to where he be stood sweep drig lii izon with his glass ou look for the badger adser cup cap li lowes olives she asked yeti yet maam ma am be answered his surprise rinds finds clasped together net re ire was aching appeal to in the it met his sir Is it not sufficient elent that we ather and I 1 should he be pun captain shawe Is not re e for what we did lie acted nemy to serve his ring king arid and his orders from froin commodore from admiral cockburn and i wellington was behind them he supported us with the 4 pen forced himself to speak mechanically alo aln tolli shawe Is its as you say ly maam As an enemy 7 to destroy him to 0 seek him film out 1 to hunt bunt ailin beast bunts an another otherl 1 must I 1 I 1 james Iii cies you two of 0 all the io deadly eBe rules for for ce sank to a whisper my ay 7 enabled rambled so that lie he put out his steady her conscious ol of the glances of the officers olli cers in the lie of the anop his wits was in liate hate jealousy pity linger ent aud and an ei nollon notion he would ie even to himself boiling find and lo in one nauseous naus cras brew touch he had a mad desire to era em ter er to cover her mouth with 11 that was his price shed thad had no doubt she was no atut he be heard beard himself liim elt say I 1 make too much ot tills this miss I 1 11 we are all on the rack of S k 7 she repeated repealed drawing awn awa im you lou should say hate ling sir and recoils upon lilan moors tl it ves bowed his head i Is 19 a point you need not argue he said 1 I 1 have bave set iii yell tand and I 1 sm am bound III ID honor to e alt ith ilay james Jai ties her voice rant ran uy ily you are over thy lay be he paused ds to phrase his bl thought it ld id serve you I 1 shall nav nan alness ot of what I 1 do arid and yet yer kilm I 1 hate hale him as I 1 billed annc dd what satisfaction hase i 1 la death pui but ill not I 1 hes bes punished tied or I 1 am air ice e was tragic there was no tier her voice when she replied ou u are a proud man and I 1 ud d woman it if my nick hack had ateo en raw id hate too oh ob rell ell to hate llon l lon I 1 but hould hate bate you xou should tie most mast there and log flog me as jigged aed you flog me while your lok k on and lick their lips anti and mien ten do at sight of ethers lol hers that satisfy you yon for it I 1 who have brought brou glit you two men E ce e broke in a wall and fel fe bonea den to him et miss aiss Ingle pUi epiL below doc tor for she Is foo no wv hn e evary every attention you understand tile tiie gave idin ahli ii a saturnine glare clare aye arid and Us wore more than ye do Capi wid forg forgive ne y ye p there th ere now linlia come alona vata weib aloyseus Aloys lus dione the lie cantu Cera dilan alan top disi mu kis n from the didds tee ice rig g gan g shick I 1 lull but so keen keenly lydid edid fel loues watch lit birr r ahm he never curried carried away a par deslate the HIP frels press of sau datil tp h p kepi tier under there was oo no nidre more grumbling ns as they neared their heir goat sta lawers laciers or of the lie hail di cmerek that the slaking sinking ol of an en entys sloop sl opol of must tie lie rewarded tj a handsome grant from rom congress co neres ilont Ild nt tile hie crew git fiats dollars for the guerriere rsm the fill company came carne to understand the practical rea nona for her annn ment nt all sea rea f irlas nicci icia knew the yunkee yankee fil gittes lere ere tie denler ivler built heavier c Y it 0 X her face was tragic there was no scorn in her voice when she re plied armed they could their ene ond and their batteries could out range any craft below a line ob attle ship and precisely so the Cen could and outrange the badger next to the long tom which he be find named tile the rig Sarp cullee worshiped cars cara ingleeta epta him eltty ill ili kissee was the one person aboard except fellowes el woo who was tolerated about blied the negro was swabbing and wiping big pet pel not tile the least of fellowes worries during this latter stage of tile voyage was health after afier his refusal to abandon the quest of the badger she secluded to in her cabin cahan tor for three days and he knew front from lien furious looks as well us as osh resentful reports poris rr that she was a sick woman 00 oo on the bate edge of bruin brain fever captain find no fault 0 ol 01 yours if I 1 vive sive her hei from that same at ur genite she as fetched on in deck as soon ns as the fever abated and tile the air aud and put new nev strength in her but bul there was a shadow on her face that thai wrung wrong fellowes Fel liwes heart arid and tile lie circles circle beneath her eyes were boug housed d deeper with aery week the centurion bore on into the west wesl lie was neg lanini to grow moody plagued gued ba b it a dread test lest the hud had succumbed to the winters In florans florins rr or been transferred to lo another station ifrid rol as they neared ared tile the ameden const lie con elivd frequently with tom and tuffee cultee refurbishing his memory of cruising beat deriving from their matter offart of fact assurance of success the initial problem in trapping the tb badger us as fellow cs taw saw lt it was to toll her out ont of tile lie blockading squadron without exposing himself to tile one of the pinching maneuvers mancu verB at which the lie Britis hers were adepts but sooner or later inter he was sure the badger would beat the waters south of the look hook that 1 Is it site she was still on the station and south of the book hed cast his big lure fellowes so contrived it that the brig sighted the highlands of nave sink an hour after sunrise of a clear warm morning brit there were no signs of the badger fretting and stewing he ran southeast a days sail anil then lay to and the next nest in morn orn ing heat beat back against a contrary wind plotting his course farther offshore off oft shore on tile the chance that he might intercept tile the badger returning from one of innumerable rahle errands entrusted to VAI col nut but slie site was nowhere to arid in afie the night he wor wore I 1 e ship and loafed south planning to repent repeat ills hi first approach this time he succeeded at noon the hall anil came from ill lookout per perched chiLd precariously ns astride nitride tride the fore royal yard sail all hot hoi blebby a pant to st abd sir fellowes felloes caught a glass from the blun binnacle nele rack and ran f ferard beckoning cuffee to follow ill him up the nit lines line to the foretop cuffee staring across the hanks blinks made a little littie clucking sound with his tongue tawny eyes agleam dt dat him codger badger ma marar sure of it hi fellowes queried almost fearfully spose yo take him glass yo see slowly very slowly fellowes swept the sea to yes there could he be no mistake ahou abou that fel lowes owes himself had to set it he trembled so violently that cuffel cuffee steadied him on OD the file confined platform of the top POD dnn yo vo fuss marar crooned the negro we goin but bust him col of lis li shawe havre yah him mg big golu go blam blam blam I 1 dat de bos bes lon long tom cuffee ever see half ashamed fellowes smiled crook edly 1 I was afraid something had find happened to him does ile he see as olt oh my aunt dar him e r aall yal drop him come plenty quick 11 fellowes Fel lowe hailed balled the deck went wear well stand ot off across ills his hows on in the tack beat to quarters mr air spencer cultee cuffee yon might take a shot mill the lon long tom fellowes lingered in his lofie lofty aerie while lie hip drum thumped hysterically an and the stamping of spa sen hoots beat an accompaniment horard almost at his feet he could see the gleaming bulk of the big Sar perit ut sui swinging nging to inba in response to the file Irps pressure surp ol of handspikes cuffee a figure of de mou lacal energy issuing instructions the wad shoving home the round shot with the last thrust of the ra rammer imer wha him match gib him hill cuffee yah big Sar pent hiss yo gong I 1 the brass throat of the gun clari clanged ged resonantly and a jet of flame and smoke spat out in the Bud badgers gers direction A rumble of cannon fire respond muffled hy by the mist the flip bad gers chase guns and fellowes list ened tor for the whir of splash of shot but th the e range was too great probably too great for the twenty four yet it was essential to give ve the sloop of war a mark to head for fellowes hailed the sailing master on in the poop mr I 1 we must reduce speed see if you and chips can manage B s drag to tow astern in haste baste I 1 aye aye sir assented Leti leaping ping from the fore chains to the deck fellowes stumbled against vara cara Ing lepin balanced on an arm arni chest to peer over the but bulwarks bulwa w arks you have no business here maam tie lie exclaimed we may be in action any moment Is it james she asked hesitantly he nodded and you sail away from him 1 I 1 vant cant fight the badger under the guns rig of the san domingo ingo and a razee ind perhaps a 9 couple of thirty sixes als itis a lure then slie she said he know you are stronger hell rome ome after yon so bravely and you you will hammer him to pieces it if I 1 can keep keel away from him fel lowes lowe ati answered grimly at close range would be a different matter surely sir boj have accomplished enough hy by this cruise she persisted and Is it honorable to sacrifice acri flee other mens lives in a private quarrel Fell fellowes omps hushed flushed angrily by your leave miss bliss Ingle libil this Is ar I 1 tight fight my count rys battles with my own captain col losli ll sli we Is more than my personal eni emy TO BE CONTINUED 1 |