Show bella PO ARTHUR D HOWDEN SMITH COPYRIGHT by ARTHUR M SM IT it urray 1 ifal A ee blein ama hallid iiii 1111 rull 0 alow ii 1 it aou ou on nr r no ell on the aigro lie demanda deman dd jemuna count a 0 ehg chirp twp last shot marred OW mate mile f ont ln lili forelock forel ocic 1 I it ye le look to it ell 11 cee pee an as bow how a bored into her we ill all followed hie his anger to a gouge beneath the mitten alanl arit abe shot hot th their hid had crazed grazed colonel ODon nelle head had done more than emze the mizzen tile matt mast wax was whittled away to a d depth ath of f several inches aa as cleanly as e if it a bant 1 had ind chopped into it my trea peat uncle took muff snuff taj try lowly slowly 1 whit luck lucki 1 hat luck luckl be muttered ift and then loid louder jr 6 afta an sin expensive shot that bior us 1411 ell martin we mu must st fish abc he waa at our earliest earl leet lest opportunity but we can make shift to corner comer ia lint without it IL the walrus ie to foul out anil and beavy la in the water the james can rail fall circle circles round her in this wind find there was a worried look in mar tini tins weather beaten face Al askin klik your sir I 1 dont like this wind were in for a of a 4 storm or I 1 im m a lubber my illy great uzzle shrugged hie his deni dem storm or no storm martin the walrus carries cardes nigh four hundred thousand Nun 1101 aye air and by your favor beat ink oink her and be dole doie wl wr it and run lor for shelter sink her herl I 1 man men aed cd iosa lo 10 the tile arts gure 11 lutler ter lose the treasure than go 0 down doun ourselves insisted jmartin doggedly have it jour sour own way air but im 1 sa a it if it U aint fixin to blow cp up one 0 aln hf hen here terrible tar storms as is the hair hairs outa your head marray regarded ded the four terp 1 of the ky sky for several moments with your I 1 find end ao zo quarrel mariln ils rtin he be eald said finally tnt but I 1 bellee ut e hae baie ample time to head the walrus flint dares not run ran south because bacue he know knows the hor lets net neet nest we have stirred up in tho those te my purpose Is to box bor him in and force him to beach boach if it this wind kind coit we ve should bring him to book on n the be north coast of the inland island and ao so eoon two as an the tile walrus has taken ground we will wear and beat in for the north inlet doth that satisfy your youl the mate hesitated bI L you be 4 caan air but if it my air ay wed hd bati bak in to the tho anchor jage walrus calru or no walrus my aly treat great st ened I 1 tia re te replied rolled baug ly it however llo irever we wip will hr up for the walrus androu nd ou may bid coo compeau coupeau f to see what harm barm he cac car contrive against let with lila lis chase t une martin teil and went ent ferard my treat uncle led ui us to the poop your old hiir ie Is eke much of an old id ftc oman min into the he re marked perfunctorily climbing ahe he ladder ahead of me let him lot lut sniff the approach of tempest aad and he be ix to all corthe tor the nearest haven aye the buccaneer no less than the law abiding merchantman merchant inam odonwell ODo nuell was richt it seems when hen lie be adv advised ased you to finish the task you b ard d began begun in the inlet I 1 snapped da mone loo pleased pt eased myself with the outlook tu tt that case my dear nephew a half 1111 of us must havo perished peri shei retorted my relative you have had t some experience t f the thes of our ours whre ier lust lusts are 1 nu u no I 1 am no milk and bind water fighter but if prefer to batter my enemy safely at long ion range rather than give him 1 s an equal opportunity to tear my throat peter grunted yon said murray inquired cour lour neen I 1 fahdt not ng but I 1 ink 1 I 1 tint ink it Is all right it I 1 ou pt 0 t d dt walrus and yourself come safe it you dont do hot bot it dont mi milter tier it if you do der odder neen my ily treat great uncle halted his prot kropet pett glass lass you have ably stated one ohe of the primary rules of s in any branch ef of warfare ar fare friend peter he be eald said captain Copt aln flint Is making better eoln going of it than I 1 had expected apparently f by some perversity of our continuing III luck be he hath bath a more constant wind delose cloe under the island than we out here ahl I 1 hear bear couperus Coupe aua aus bark A cloud of smoke rolled aft as the long belh P n on or the bawd side of the jame james ficele boomed the shot dashed up a fort tain of water ater a few feet ahead ot ua the walrus which was new now running neck and neck with us replied with one of hie his long bet but the hot shot fell sho 15 and be 4 i edged AAY fly all much as he dared which wag wa very little for olaray ola ray had seel to it that he had bad bare ballint lal sal linc lInt oooo too u our chare tun cun barked again ani and this time the round cliot ricocheted from the water waters surface and find lapped slapped into the walrus hull bull neat seat commented ray my great uncle I 1 but what hot As require ie Is a fair hit bit on a par spur compeau coupeau realized as B much ai as was evidenced by his hi next two shots gair high and araking the water beyond th target but I 1 wee was from watching his hi efforts forta ef for nt at the fifth discharge disc targe moira motra 0 donnell crept up he me poop ladder her eyes wide with misgiving troth yourself youre elf promised only i a few minutes since lot leave five roe me toy my lone evsi there more fighting hob itie ale reproached me TI tie no ight I 1 answered aye ale we do but seek to drive yen you der knave knaves ashore murray assured her they cannot mch ue us at thi this distance she surveyed urT eyed the s rene sene ene with a doob doubting ting eye and was wa constrained to credit us 01 but why la Is the thes lot so air at anter the he demanded 0 Ms is it th the door of a was wn ajar we arc are in for bad vr weather eather replied ray my great uncle vacle you must co to below 11 hut but the he shrank away from him and clutched firmly an arm r of it peter 1 and me each 0 no o no to not be agolig down there again she he cried on the inside of a door I 1 can think of naught but the sorrow arow that Is come upon coon me I 1 ill tay stay up here in the oje oyen certel certes tes thia this will be no ate place in fl a I 1 urged but 1 she he clung the tighter to us ill not go down id rd sooner be talen taken by the pirates than g down down there the molses of the water and the ship will be ille tile the crying nf of lie the banshee in the green room where here grandfather died no not nol in the cabin robin there la Is only dealu and the iltha II 11 ht la Is dim and the noises III be at my elbow the line ame rii 11 have none of itt sue I 1 care not what dancer danger there la Is 12 1 I can stay up here and meet it lo 10 the open we let you atay stay said peter sooth thuly ja we better let der little cal gal stay blunt rity y dob bob andt L we taka rare of her that will we I 1 indorsed him ily my great uncle eyed m mj a e qu It ul cally 1 I on are it teems seems subject to change of opinion Rob robert crt he be rew arkad by nil means let mcra 1 with us I 1 daresay shell be none notie the worse for C wetting but the storm held off throughout our morning long chaje chase down the east mt ct of the island and then out to en ea to berd the walrus in from the north coupeau compeau bulled the int miserable craft again and again and shot away her tier fort fore topmast but ht ie steadily irined offshore off thore and rud desperate to steal ahead af t us and win it clear path before tl it wind and when toward noon the breeze died completely the positions of the two eie practically alie same as a they had been from the beginning of the cat and mouse game that murray played the th royal james by nimbler bundling had gained in the last hour and was more than a cannon shot to the northwest of the waru walrus with the me northernmost of atz u leland a chain of hills the one the pirates coiled the 1 I 1 10 hill blit almost due southeast of pa if it the wind up spin in anything like the sime quarter the walrus was fast in murray rays trap she would have the tho choice of two alternatives she could stand on and fight with the practical certainty ot of destruction for all hands banu or she could drive ashore in which case the crew might take to the woods with every pro prospect of eluding pursuit unless It murray mule mide a determined effort to comb the tile islands craggy recedes after the lon long ranee grange bat battering they bad received all cuoi wining ning on top of the hammering in the action in the dark dirk there was as not much doubt that the walrus disorder crew would take the decision into 1 clr thair own hands nud and the inner latter as off offering tring a fair chance of life no matter how cir cum combed bed the helm helmsman omart had just turned the bourglais bourg hour lait which lay beside the corn con pass in the hooded box Is in front trout of th ill steering ste cring abe 4 when about come came from martia who ras yas hadway hai tway up the main rigging I 1 foping J ins 1 tv i xon ton with a glass my great uncle lla had nn pondering tle desir desirability ability of get 90 ting ong out the boa and und staking to tow the jamee james o 0 range of the bonx lon elgh eighteens teens and he be col clad lied back la PIS it wind aye aye air roared martin and ind there was no mildness now la in the old fellow fello i a tones Tt neres ks tbt blow 0 wind ind as etc r arne out 0 the bowel bowels f 0 the sky or im it sn swab ah ai as ever was lie ile beld from ilal ti A ratlines and ran aft to the break ot of the he poop hie pit face lifted eam earnestly estly in appeal pel bt pe l let me lay an ax to the nil mix ien ten air I 1 he called mr great uncle took snuff calmly deliberate curb your fears martin he be pa en I 1 ered 1 I hive have weathered a lifetime of it rals gales in the royal james jamel take IP ir lall sail of course bu but if it we st matt mast needlessly nce Lessly mould cripple us for far fcc a e where a v ty y Is this martia waved an arm across the northwestern arc are of the horizon look for yourself your telf cap a I 1 be an old 01 man and I 1 never seed sen the tile murray rays reply was rus to warm swarm up the t w i qieying with the uncanny abill ty of u hach he be was capable and I 1 11 abd after hlin him we were some me fifty filly fel ft above abote the deck nhen ahen we ue saw clearly with ahn naked eye a vast purple ennols arching forward acas lie tile northern sky a of plen mildly colorful intensity 1 wely bean ticul jagged streaks of 0 dashed forth from its merky depths A tat catered ered fd alne fringe of storm clouds out ahead of it like the ten tables of some monstrous sea creature ind it U advanced at an incredible peed covering miles of tea sea and sky in the few that we watched it MT my great uncles law squared gilialy tl rit ton w lati late to t the ien zen he ald aid ted 1 dot not hav him time to clear the wreckage his commands comman Js rang through the sho aloft strip her to a shonu iab I 1 iloah Coup Coure edul fAu I 1 double lash your chase guns and be certain the broadside batteries batt erlea are lectured s acu ecu red and the ports clog clad d batten all batches hatches twin as 23 much ai as I 1 could do to beep keep pace iab him as he descended to the poop fetch a coll of ight rope nobert he ordered briefly we shall all n M quire to be lashed fait shall slig I 1 carry moira beloer below I 1 asked he lie hesitated no io ab the will have hav a better chance ch jince he ile checked himself let her alde on deck bere rere we can aid herat her at need haste boyl we mut haie have the rope before the wind strikes ir us I 1 slid down a tay stay to the tile main maln deck and dug the rope out of a chest of spare tear gear was boiled to the ebbin bulkhead my ill treat great uncles last words bad me even eiren ebore than the stacle pt acle of that baleful curtain across q the northern iky sty and I 1 was as thrilled too by the task of preparing ho ship to meet the tempest there was almost no to noise a 4 few houts shouts of command and balls bolls of acknowledgments but every man worked as if big hl lue life depended upon ill L 11 hen the jib sheet fouled martin slashed sloshed it fre fret with bis his knife and he sail came down with a ron run ky ity the time I 1 bad had regained retained the poop the anber 1 wore ware continued aw tell week kucij |