Show G 1 R a sABATINI i NEA au Continued From r om Our La-it La Issue I A A boat bod that tad had un- un Unnoticed unnoticed noticed from the chore hore came cuma I and bumping against tho the great groat red re huh hull ot of tho the Arabella and a 0 raucous sent sont Up a II hailing shout about ITom 1 the tho ships ship's belfry two ery rang clear and sharp and a moment or or t two 0 later tho the bo suns sun's whistle e shrilled a D a long wall wail The wounds disturbed Captain from his disgruntled dl musings A note for sou ou from the tho Deput Deput- Governor said eald the master las as he proffered a t folded sheet heet heetI I Blood broke the tho seal ical and read Pitt loosely clad In 1 shirt and in breeches leaned against the tho rail the tile ni-tile and watched him hint concern imprinted In on hl hIs fair frank countenance It It Is la II a e lory sory cry peremptory summons said MId Blood and passed the note nott to hl hi friend The loung masters master's master gray Bray e ees i skImmed It Thoughtfully he stroked his golden beard Y You ou 11 JI not go goV cot he eald between I and I It not H ent I 1 been boen a dalli daily I S at ot the tho fort Cort But It'll ItJI bo be about the thc Old Wolf WollI that he ho wants antS to see iris lou ou It him a 0 grievance at al list ht Why did ye yo lot let and an the others go 10 cried J Jeremy with a 0 touch of 01 o bitterness You should hould have seen ceo the tho danger How could I 1 In have pro pre ente J them It was waa In the tho bargain And as Pitt lid not answer him bun Ye Fe see ee he lie said and shrugged III I 11 be begetting begetting t getting my hat and cane and sword nd go so ashore in tho the Blood climbed down Into tho the w lilt lilting alt alt- altIng ing boat lIe Ho knew thAt In going ashore horo that morning lie he carried hi his life IaCo In hi his hands Because of this It may mav have been that when hen he ho te stepped ped on oil to the narrow mole lie lia gave orders that the boat bot should sta for him at that spot Walking he sl skirted l the embattled wall ail and passed the great eret gates rates into the courtyard On his hia right stretched a II spacious garden beyond which rose roae the a bite house houe that was the residence of the tho Governor In that garden S main avenue as a he ho had caught sIght of 01 Miss Bishop alone He lie crossed the arll with suddenly lengthened gUide Good morning to 0 o e 11 inaam sat his as lie overtook o her I 1 am pressed preMed bhe bho Informed hIm So So you will e me If it I do not stay tay You elO acie none so pressed until I Icam came he protested and It If his thin lips 1119 smiled his blue 0 oes os were ero oddly hard Since you perceive o e It sir air I won won- wondell wonder I dot dell that iou ou trouble to be so Insist Insist- Insistent Insistent ent cot Faith ralth ou explain yourself after a fashion fa said Raid h he ho But But since It wa-s wa more Inore 01 01 oi less In lour our thit tt I donned donnell the king kings kines s coat sou ou should It to CO coser COell co er ell tho the thief and pi- pi pirat rat pl-rat I rat Ill I'll not be b detaining you ou any long long- longer longCr longer er Cr maam ma'am After Acter all the cursed thin thing I 1 did for tor nothing can bo un- un undone un undone done one Yo Toll II remember that It wu was your hardness drove me She Sho Sh mo ed to depart dopart then chocked checked and faced raced him again You take that tone You dare tt take thit thU th tonel she cried Do 1 0 ou dare daro to upbraid me because I 1 will not take tAko our OUI hands when hen I 1 know you for lor a a 0 murderer and woree to I-to stared stated at her open mouthed open A murderer murderer-I murderer I ho hG said at last lul Did iou ou not murder Lc Le ou vasseUr So they've told about that Ho tie smiled a little 1 I Do ou deny it I a I killed him It Is true I can killing another man In cir cir- circumstances circumstances cir circumstances that were ere lery sery ery sImilar That scaM a In Bridgetown n on the night of the tho Spanish raid Mary Alary would tell ten Sou ou of ot It She was IlS pres pres- present present pres- pres present ent He clapped his lint hat on his hits head with witha Ith Itha a certain abrupt fierceness and angrily awa awai awat before she site could nil an- anwer S Ser ncr er or e cn c en grasp the full Cull significance cance of ot what hat he had said CH CHAPTER Peter Bloo Blood stood In the tho pillared portico of ot goi gO eminent house with Ith un- un Un un eyes that were ere laden with pain and anger Ho lie was aroused by tho the return of 01 the negro who had gone to announce burst on the part of ot Bishop It It Is possible he said that my him arid nd following follow tollo Ing now this Slav he h mado his way through the house to the tha wide wido piazza behind It In whoso whose shade eh d Colonel Bishop and my Lord Julian Wade Vade tool took what wh t little air Mr there thero waa wa-s So So yole yote yo e come tho the 00 er- er nor hailed him and toll followed owed the th greeting by a n series of grunts of oC vague but apparently Ill humored Import With scowling brow and In self suf tones Colonel Bishop delivered ered himself I 1 have sent tor or you Captain Blood because ot of certain news that has jut just reached me mc I am urn Informed that yes yes- yesterday es- es esterday e e a 0 frigate left tho the bar har- harbor bor hot has ha ing on hoard bOard I our OUt associate and a hundred men or of o the hundred and nd fifty that were Ithe Ing ln under you Ills His lordship and Ishall Ishall I shall be flad to have your explanation of oC how you came to permit that do- do dop de departure p Permit Bloo Blood I ordered II it Bishops Bishop great face seemed to swell and its Ita high color to deepen lie swung Ung to Lord Julian You hear that my lord Dellb- Dellb Deliberately he ho has let loose upon the seas ag again ln the worst ot of all that gang lIang of 01 pirates alter after himself Wit Vb this thing I Is treason It s a matter ml tor for a 0 o martial court Will Will you cease our blather of mutiny and treason nd mar courts mar courts 17 Blood put on his hat and sit nt down unbidden I I halo base sent Wol- Wol Wol to Inform l and the rest of 01 m lad lads ladi that they o they 0 ono one cleat month In which to follow m in exam exam- example pi pIe Quit piracy and get bick to the ther or their 1011 or else sail out of 01 the tho Caribbean sea That what hat 1 e done I Out But the men 7 lilt 1118 lordship Inter Inter- Interposed Interposed po posed In lit hi hia level cultured olee This hundred mon men that Wolver olver stone has haa taken with him They are aro those of or my crew ws h ha base hae e no taste Jor for King iCing James servIce service service ice and anil ha base ha 0 preferred to seek seel work ork of 01 other kinds It was In our com coin compact pact my lord that there should b be beno beno no constraining ot or my 01 men I will IllI 1 you that the tha object In Ie lew was as to rid the tho Caribbean or of buccaneers Now 1 0 taken the tho most way ay of ot accomplIshing mat object The Tho knowledge that I 1 Ii Hen so en- en entered en entered the kings king's son sen Ice Ico should IlL in Itself so go far toward to disbanding the fleet Cloet ot Oc which I 1 was waa until lately I leader Lord Julian forestalled a II fresh tresh out- out I Vont Dont stir from where here wl ere 1 0 ou arP aI ar my mT lord loro or 01 there mu maibe mai- mai be an ned acci accident dent Lord Sutherland will be satisfied s pro pro- tided pro sided that the tho solution Is li such euch as you promise prom ise nut But Bishops Bishop's fury had Iad by now reached a stage stAgG in which it was III not notto notto notto to be bo restrained This Is a matter In which your lordship must allow me to bo ho the bet bet- better better bet better ter judge he be roared And anyhow Ill I'll take the tho risk of ot acting on my 0 own n rea responsibility Ity Lord Julian abandoned the rug st-rug- struggle struggle struggle gle lie He smiled wearily shrugged and wa ed a 1 hand In ill Implied resignation nation The Tho deputy got so stormed I on Since my lord here h r has haa then gisen you youa youa 01 a commission I cant can't regularly deal I with you out o of hand tor for piracy as JI ou de er ere e But you shall answer before a court martial tor for your ac- ac action ac action tion In the matter matler of and t take ko the consequences I see said Blood Now wo we come cometo cometo cometo to It II And Its It's yourself as deputy governor will III preside over that same court martial So that ye can Ipe aipe off ott old scores by hanging me its it's lt It little e care caro how yo ye do It Before Belore you go eaid ald id Bishop and to save iou OU from an Idle rashness s I 1 11 tell ou that tho the harbor master and ond the tha commandant have hava their or- or orden orden or order den den der You dont don't ea lease lea Port Roal Roa-I RO Imy my tine fine gallows bird Peter Blood stiffened and hi his nyu blue eye eyes stabbed sta bed th the bloated face tace ot of othla his hla enemy Ho He passed pissed his long long- cane lute loto his left ift hand band ard with hIs hit right rig thrust negligentlY Into the tho breast ot of othis his doul doublet let he Swung to Lord Julian who was waa frowning Captain Bloods Blood's Blood tight right hand had h d re- re reemerged reemerged emerged re emerged from the tho breast ot or his dou- dou doublet dou doublet blet biet bringing with It a long pistol with Ith silver sliver mountings richly chased chaud which he leveled within a II toot foot of It the deputy go governor head hlad I Don t stir sUr from Irom where you are aro or my lord or there may be an accident said he ho J i And my lord who had boon been movIng movIng- moving ing to Bishops Bishop assistance stood In in-Bt in arrested Blood cast his hi cane cans from him thuS thu disengaging his left hand Be B good goodenough goodenough goodenough enough to give mo me your Our arm Colonel BIshop Come come man n your our arm Under the compulsion of ot that sharp tone resolute eyes eye and that gleaming pistol Bishop obe ed with with- without without without out demur Captain Blood tucked bl his left arm through the th deputy gover nors nor's proffered right Then he thrust hi his own right hand with Its pistol back Into the breast of or hi his doublet Arm Ann In arm mi they passed pa sed through the house hour and down tho the garden They Th y passed out of or the gatos rato un an- an un challenged end nd so came oame cam to tho the mole where the tho cock boat not from the tb Ar- Ar Ara bella Arn-bella Wu waiting They took thelt places side ildo by side Id in the stern Item t rn sheets and were pulled away together to the tha great rod ship where Jeremy so anxiouslY awaited nw new You Tou conceive the th muter mutTs masters amaze ment to see lee e the tha deputy governor corns coma toiling up the entrance ladder with Blood following following- very choS dor behind him Colonel Bishop collapsed on the locker under the tha stern item port ports and spoke now for tor the first time May fay I ask what what are your Jour tn T lie h quavered Why nothing sinister Colonel Ill I'll be getting back buck to Tortuga and nd m my buccaneers buccaneer So Bo Ive I've fetched y y aboard rd I a-I a hostage II n a My God Godi groaned the deputy IOV goy goy- Te Yo Te 0 ye e never mean luean that Il carry me m to Tortugal In fri Our Nit Q 0 or- or |