Show I 1 woo iff M IL av OLD arx ARTHUR ARMUR D HOWDEN SMITH cap by D HOWDEN SM IT continued od from last week i liell not like it nobert le he ad md m eted 1 I hare have 0 donnell Donn ll a word to letray rone of our secrets cc reta and indeed tie its to hi wn interest Inte reet to keep bidden hidden his part lp in this affair but flint may well trouble A determined doe doir and a greedy tonic yoa yen bt r util yon mud and by me in the 1 for the girls bake sake ft f for i ether other reason NN why by not leave her aboard the treasure ship lie reffa ned me askance it may be we must sank I 1 smarted started up now that III ha naught te to do wl I 1 I 1 ha bil told you yet rd light it if tau butchered the defenseless defens cles he lie bared aved me back peace pearel peace I 1 we cannot off all the spaniard spaniards in any case and enda he ile hesitated 0 donnell must be protected he be concluded against Ae alnet what IN 1 tongues I 1 tell you hie ble par neer neier be known the san trinidad disappear disappears and with her the treasure trea surn and all her company tre T re a r other way taice take the treasure if you I 1 retorted but do not stain 5 hands with the thi blood of men wh h hav not harmed you 1 I must lay some of them in all probability returned my great gren undo tunde blat difference between that and slaying playing all I 1 remembered the thrill of tion alth which even the most de toted adherents of king george had heard of the butchery of the scota scots wounded after culloden there a but one thing to do I 1 em said you must make pretense et of bearing off the daughter and you can imprison the father too in order te to simce his hi objection objections 11 A fit at rote role tor for a pirate captain mused my treat great uncle tl ri cailton and how bo b devoured the virgin I 1 can hear bear the stories thet will be told la in the havana wine chop shops cut I 1 must have my price clobert it if I 1 pare euch such spaniards as an escape our great cuna guns aad and the boarding boar dings cutlasses cut lasses will you agree to stand buck of me in the deblon of the shoos with cintr III 1 not become lieutenant in your acles ft it that be your mearl ua I 1 ug I 1 returned no my meaning Is to plain boy I 1 wish vish you and peter to help me 0 o det t dearah de arat ot flint with the 0 donnell Donnel lg un usa td their por of the treasure hut but wha return to the rendezvous at all allt bear ok off with mith the ODon nella nells and land them and their treasure before yon you deliver hint hb Us bhare N tie mo not so simple as all that thal th action with the Sant iselma trinidad will require and that hlll ili be we shall be n nailing away we mt be pur aed sued the a Span spaniard lara whom yon on will haat inie ime spare will nit dlly dily hae iane their frie fr Izates atea after u us tte ale must remain under cover for a r erbol very u ell r said sold 11 1 I will do what you ask for or the maid salte make lf if peter I 1 Is milling wll line J ja cus assented poter piter hurray murray caught my hand liana la in a quick firm orin clasp good he lie aril cried d twill be e the brat 0 many timpa times we stand shoulder to shoulder eh ah ab 31 obert I 1 io ra drEI mod a dream arn and any aea man tho helps in ua its achievement will lot have lived in vain welt well take abil abi cold and belld an arsenue ot of vie vit tones for the klabo 11 ride 11 tn to white lilt U what awni we not dot del well muse the clay mares behm tr anra the well carry the men irish briga deto len LOD ull tow towal I 1 well cucu neme home the TOA geese from their haunts ot of ex W well ial the teacon fires wale fro end to end of the three edoman ln gOm ed omal I 1 and the V fiete wr or all I 1 i there therea The rei be no talk of pirates then I 1 alt be bo my lord duke of id of cobbit law and earl and alron ron broomfield aye ale and an eaga peerage to boot well welt ride MO lobert nye aye with the highest ile e boke off start 1 ard and the clow slow fat ty harred out tia TIO not a bad vision for a willed va n to dream eh th boy when you hear bear chef crowds brinit ri nit u in 3 ho tho strand CHAPTER VIII vill 1 ahe I he laland island att t I 1 r day wal was alk like another aboard about J me to it a th he rf butine of dut duties lesi work arith anc eather wai wa 0 charged 1 a 0 interest my great L tid hia hi tack ot of wolves on a u lead bal id exacted broto 11 bell fetn Bc letcy of a mantl waro amina he ln inspect the flip ralp ta gom 40 by bt blot coffle ra ant he hp bat no bof low fo co rebukes for or oversights later in the for euvon in the afternoon there 1 t ars wr was a pike and cutlass drill the inen mere exercised at the great rung sun and la in the afternoon there was pike and anti cutlass drill the w atch match was rigorously maintained my great uncle was particular that I 1 should be well garbed and forced tipon me several suits of bia abundant wardrobe which were given the necessary esary ne alterations by a former journeyman who had escaped from newgate on the eve of execution for or the murder of a scolding wife ife he ne would have bave done ae an much for or pet also but the dutchman refused to be tie pitted from hie his salt stained buckskin buckek tn shirt and legging leggings nud sad an odd flowe figi ar e Co made in all atrid ing the decks of the amyal jai jainie 1105 la in the costume oo of a forem runner even to the knife and hatchet hat clet hang hung on either thigh to the west most of the within eight of which we e neva arme we erad the walrus again flint aint having bad substantially the same experience as ourselves and thenceforth we vie continued in com 1 apsy we were eleven out ef of i new york when a cluster of rocky peaks soared above the beat haze baze dead ahead I 1 my great uncle after a ingle squint through his object glass glam headed he the instrument to me Ms the island 11 te be eald said fd td know those jk cs anywhere the double lens etched distinctly a it rud road spread of land e shell fog ap all out of 0 the he we aft from a succession of yellow yr ilow beaches on the enst to a st ries rles ot of matt hille hits which culminated in a ramae of considerable height along the westward elde side almost doe due morth and south the in bedr teemed seemed to be forested for esteil twi climbed the mount mountains to t within the last fp few hundred feet of their summits which were mere bare hire rock precipitous in the case of the mid and highest lilg liest a loud hung giant glant which dominated the island ita its sherem sho reia I 1 llie tangled classes ot of trees which clothed boost most of its surface A few fera shot abot op up to grobly stature but the greater part dt j the forest growth was gnarled gwinth tortured dwarfs mie ints 1 abortions ot of tr the whole ece effect t of the place seen from ott off hore was sin liter hid repels rt va as the froia froin the blind man wan ae af it great unie turned over the condra if f the thip to martin and crossed to where peter and 1 I ett about un no starboard haster martial martini called my great grea anle tuncie na as he be joined rete ind nd me mo starboard rd your helm belm if you pit axe aye on ott to thin anoni wre we dball eh all have three fathom fathoms and leia ion le ia to calef n la in bid did them thew drop the anchor martin bawled bowled an order A PI piped ped end and there WH woo a tt great datter catter end and rustling of rope ronning running loose M a mighty splash that drove the bird birds 1 in 11 1 tumult into the air and the royal ju a 0 swung to ber her cable close under the le air lelande islands shore my great uncle dived one band over the bs werk wark St Sik eleton island mile this ie 18 nobert robert ho he eald said I 1 tell you because you demonstrate denion strAte p g gewe cwm orne orae aj a 1 teres in the more horrifying inS odas f oar p piat but I 1 regret I 1 inett confess that t bat I 1 know ot of no AD tenall to account for the no Wone lature pirate have A 4 way of a to ault suit es without eme or renson a if th fancy once more them gay leq igind I 1 answers answered an apor ao 10 hie et yourselves your solves be re with a bruf 1 I must haven ha ll mr men busy aboard here hem home however cr AW C can pure donelo none to guide you ja ja urged peter 1 we eon om vats eh eaf i of you please ase agreed murray item gunn win find you ra brabo of 0 cikut muskets preferable to our rak talk III 1 have tin the gig aff put vp and you abay ro row it you will I 1 desire above nil all thing robert to deal deul kently gently with awu therefore elToro I 1 ask yui yoo to believe t um gill cons spur pur own enemy when I 1 spur pur pi omide to be aboard again not later thai than an hour bour alter sundown eun lown h ahat to hat harmm harm harn m the VI 11 slatted slat leil pent me tier her canvas jn a bless allow alow and aloft a dozen inen men lie biml ing ne order orders and counter ardeis from poop waist alst end and flint in his red coat strutting the poop onil anti adding hia his own on bellow bello A to ahe the din the confusion showed slen signs ot of tulsi ollinz iv treat uncles eyes strayed aci osa lie the narrow sap cap of water anter be ft tit the two vessels IWO damme its it s been a of a forage a hurray murrayl I 1 touted shouted not we on are here returned my great uncle urbanely and abat ha t ta do wf mil our belu NeIt tIvI flint cabied ca lipin abitol we for a it if I 1 can cart see ahat five hundred are to lo do wl 1 I months 01 their hands bands and naught but mm rum drinking and rellin tor for diversion diTe 1 l theres The ree your ship to dean clean man replied ifft dufay ity ahe need IV it mint flint ans ani anifred acred cred with a curee curse lly ity great uncle indulged in one of his essentially gallic and dusted a pinch of snuff into his nos tails captala captain flint doth not acree agree with me it seems but to return to bour your question bod were about to at me what hot hann harm conid could befall you albore I 1 answer you that I 1 do cot not know but that in all candid truth we are here lo 10 quote my associate some five hundred aad and accidents abay ay happen therefore I 1 suggest aa that you be aboard nt mt later than thun an hour after gunset on second nobert robert I 1 regret that I 1 shall aha be b unable to permit you to leave the f ship save upon year your parole on those tenne terms you have it I 1 answered shortly and follo followed aed peter down dovin the ade cleats into the gle gig we rowed up the estuary Mit uary toe foe the mouth of the little river which hleb we had bad seen from the tanies dk and our course took us me under the yellow hull bull of the walrus A shrill thrill nailed from a gunport and darby mcgrade Mc Grawe red head was torpet out beside tc ne frowning blacic black muzzle giett y be mier vister bob and do to th thy I 1 kt je e eo an are ee wherever ye le will suie les lk yourself must be one 0 the eran cron 1 I faa faq favorites orites over yon are ye yo en an ol 01 fleer fiver yet I 1 was as about to answer him when hen flint mint gloo ned down at us from the th towering poop conie come aboard here my hearty flint hailed toe we are going ashore I 1 answered and I 1 have reason to histen flint well tell come soon enough and when I 1 get ye e I 1 it lean lean 3 e a thin or atwol two I 1 tiereo too much politics and favoritism aboard the james to suit me and ye yo can tell your great uncle or grudd or wha whatever teNer be may way be blast baru for a that john flint says so I 1 darby bobbed tip up ou on poop beside him film very much out of breath troth hes ben no moren the old roan mas tere son oa thit I 1 for in new york captain dar darlin lire and him stat rood to roe me always I 1 bad a main for for him indeed cad and indeed I 1 aul and I 1 m fair crazy to be ashore aether LM weeks aad and month months well ha arlint clapped him film on the bouldi y r abruptly all ali if ite we shore aoud olid be that 11 different matte matter 11 tie im tor for coln ashore myself call oil all andl awse for tile lit ix ho t and well have a it grand p and toot 1 tnt up spy glass john silver shall barbette barbet ne lein for ui and break out it couple 0 casks ol 01 rum lively no now my 1 well enjoy ours ourselves elres like the boesl 1 pirate pirates ax are at A trency of cheering answered him and I 1 backed water with ray my oare oars X j heard peterr Ie terr I 1 aalde over ay ruy shoulder ja dote baft we vie cant rant go where they do new 11 we ran our boat agro uxA ta a a andy aandy lank tank on the tho far tide side of a point which concealed us from the balms then dien we took our pina guns and walked alan th louch the tree trees up a M sandy lope to the top ot of I 1 little hillock this conid be a food good place for a fora fort I 1 vowed 1 VA ja 04 reter peter you z ot water too ile pointed to a streak of cre alone along the andy lope slope of the knoll which w e traced to a aprily issuing from the summit nour we got aa water W W better taa he be added nut boul ine tie A 11 1 cried ve vile vwe vere no he tas isted stubbornly ve dont hoult hiu lt if me e eboodt det ut pi p I 1 rato hear rs 43 emit until woe W ve wald on they are al L fa then we K co go back to murray ill not be from the first 1 pl pleasure plea cre we hae had in month Bion thi I 1 profited bildik fily we lye do it uscio placidly next time mai murray ray he coin cow wt us himself Is I 1 continued on page ten K V BELLO GOLD continued from page three tel yi but now wow you be sensible bob DM det injure injune Is glodt friendie frien frie nuts dix beside them fellem ja we go back to der jorae jamea boon all 0 them be ashore drunk drunk they like to kill ua us but they can cant t row seen seem and we rowed back to the tile jaine ingloriously in the dask dusil the shout shouts of the walrus carousers caro users echoing to os from the inhere shore the watch aboard tb the royal james challenged us its as a we a made fast last by the side ladder and when we climbed over the bulwarks t the th deck master martin flashed a if lp thorn in our faces with a gust KUS oaths in his gentle tonett by ny the but I 1 hoped hat that flint cone a ini mischief he fie complained where ie 18 captain It murray urray I 1 an I 1 in his hi cabin 11 and in the tile same tulla manner he be tinned to hie his men nien IT T your stat station lons Item pint er ca balins lins orders m afi thee two pre are aboard yell tire it t tiny ny boit that tip pro preaches aches and challenge afterward the negro lackeys stood abild its via tamo t to 0 o the cabin entrance under the poop the door nas open awn the dark tunnel of the companionway with its door on either hand peter litter and I 1 could see my great treat uncle sitting at the table tn in the main maln cabin a clams of wine at his hi elbow a chart lip end out before him I 1 recounted briefly our conversation with flint and the determination peter and I 1 had reached in ron sequence lie rit elded with it tou you did quite right robart Ilot rt peter did hot the danger dangers inherent lo 10 the tile situation you will excuse ne ine be he went ent on it I 1 return to roy ray studies I 1 bate much upon my mind we bade him cowl good night and went to our tary enough froan the unwonted excrete of rowing av A t shut my door I 1 noted that he uno as met measuring suring distances diet ancee la in the caribbean wath call calipers pero and jotting figures upon the tho margin marsin of the cl art in the morning 1 nil all hand hands were c pled with uie the tak task of careening careen lne the tho alp ship taua when abell the work wis dij pro that ray my great uncle bade bode may tin tell oft a dozen handi bandi who wee lood u chota and call away the lo rowboat loat 1 I marvel th III you dare tiara to leave the james in the defene elew condl tion I 1 aid sold to him ae ais the tile ioviti pulled ott off up uie the ansti nn orage past the ellent sliest bull of bf the AA walrus lrus there need not necessarily |