Show BO BlOO 0 PAPAL I t-e t teW W NEIl TODY TOD 1 Y I IEnglish English slateS sla lairs on 00 the Fland of oB led by PETEIl BLOOD I nho ho ban haa h been wrongly con convicted of h against the th English Ene king through strategy y a n Spanish ship hip o ef Rr ar which attacks the Island s COLONEL BISHOP ott o 0 nor dI f 1 of Blood and other h slates iila c s upon boarding the ve learns K-arns i Uh surprise o the Identity ot o the th I The slaves cr cry tor for Bishops Bishop's life I be-I hoI c be-c cause u o o ot of tire the th cruelty th he had treated thorn Peter flood who ham termed tin an affection tor for ATtA- ATtA LLA Dt I ARAI DELLA Bishops Bishop's Bishop niece forces him 10 leap overboard o and s attim o ashore hore DON DIEGO DIDGO DB Del ESPINOSA Y VAL VAL- VALDEZ VAL VAL-DEZ DEZ commander ot of the ship thip re- re returns turna rc-turna turns liter with severa several ri of othis his crew All ore oro ro captured Don DonDiego DonDiego Diego Is Ia clien giten freedom o f the ship on en his word ot of honor so o that he hot homay I Im m may y navigate n vl ato It during the Illness I f r JEREMY PITT a II you young ng ship ship- shipmaster thip master member o ot of Blood Bloods S ernst cre Pitt becomes suspicious o ot of Don DonDiego Diego Dego GO CO OV ON WiTH STORY In In 11 that cas case Don Ron Dicco Dleo III you tell me since Cur cao is 19 our OUI tion nh wh our J li is u 1 hit t 11 It I is Agat theto ts n-is n tn no faintest heel on Don Diego S a part You sivo i lve ve rea reason n to ask ank stid s h he isn 1 si hed I have ha been Oh careless or of a carelessness very culpable I 1 a And nl so w o today I 1 I rind find when hen at last I 1 take tako out tho thoI I quadrant tint th we tse c do Io con come bv bY a n hal degree too much Co th so o tl th Curac o Is 11 now almost due north That Is la hit t h eau caused ed the th dla dea Dut But c I II I sc e will Ili III 1 be e there tomorrow The explanation so BO and so readily and can can- candill can dill 11 11 left Idt no loom loom can I for or further doubt that Don DOli ego DIego should luve hl been false to his hia role p p- p rol I Coming on deck before beCore the sun star up Captain Blood sat sa v a lano ian ahad as a the rd had promised lanoI I them last nIght ht Some ten miles ahead It Ia 1 las 1 Staring at nt It le ho Cro ned lie IIo had not conceived that Curacao dImensions of ot such hoI I I out against t the gentle landward landard land ard breeze he beheld a great ship on their rd bow t ho conceited cd to bo be some tomo three heI or tout tour miles oft off and as nd ai well ts 1 li he I could Judge julle ju her nor at that distance of distance oa a n e f C it if not t superior to toi II h ht Sl I their own osun Eve i m is s he t h her rho altered her course ourse an ani 1 going hout cino hea heading toward them There Thie I tId a n soft olce behInd him Promised In liquid Spanish Is the Prom land Don fn Pedro It tt's 19 in that voice olce a muffled note of ot exultation e that awoke 11 In him and made the tIme doubt halt ho had been inthe You YOtt 10 1 find in ln odd Satisfaction In the tho debt of all It-all it all things con con- con said Bald aid J I Mr Blood Diced Of Of course coune Tho The Spaniard Span rd Ills bla hands hando and nd Air Mr Blood that satisfaction they were unsteady The The Tha satis faction o of a mariner Or Or of ot a wh which traitor traitor which Ich Blood 8 ed him quietly And Ana ea as the th Spaniard fell t ll back boek before Lefort him Ith suddenly altered that confirmed his e esery c cry suspicion ho flung tl an arm out In the tho direction of otHe the Uie distant shore What Y at land Is Ii ho d demanded Will Villi iou OU o hato ha the effrontery to tell teU me mo that I is time the coast of ot Curacao 1 Budden lIe He H advanced upon Don Diego Dieso cud Bud den and Don Diego step by Mi step ate I tell fell back Shall I tell iou ou what It Is Shall I I- I His fierce ns- ns as assumption ct cC kno s seemed emed to tho time Spaniard Ah perro In You know too much lie he said under his breath antI for CrI the time throat locked Tight In each otherie I I they swayed a moment then tO to- to together to-Kether to tether gether went do down n upon the thc deck leck 1 the B feet jerked frota Croth Captain Caplain under him hm b the right leg lee o of Cap Cap- Cap tain lain Blood Will VIli III I say ea av a pra er for tor or our dIrty soul nou nOl Captain Blood was wab furiouSly lunching noc him I But flut the Spaniard though defeated now he ond hope for tor hImself forced his lips to smile and go gate ga e 0 back I mockery for mocker Who will pra pray for tor Aur ur sout soul J 3 onder when wien tJ tat ot galle n comes to tolie tolie lie hoard board and ond board with you Ou That galleon echoed Captain I Blod with sudden and 0 awful ful realization I tion that already It was too 1 lato late to avoid the th consequences consequence ot of Don DonDiego's DonDiego's Diego's betrayal of o themI them DonI I That galleon tall on Don Diego Dicio re- re repeated repeated r I ond nd added with a deepening de p sneer neer Do you know what ship It itIs Is I 1 will tell teU iou OU It Is I the tho th Encarnacion Encarnacion ItI I the tho th flagship of ot Don Miguel do Espinosa E the thi th Lord Admiral ot of and nd Don Miguel Is my Imperiously Walt Valt Captain Blood Imperious Imperious- ly commanded and ond turning on en Sill heel ha ho went vent aside to the th rail raU All AS AShe Ahe I heI ho he stood thero there deepen thought he was Joined by Wolver- Wolver stone Wolver-stone stone and Ogle the gunner I Ogle with Ith a bent tot toi sarcasm m in- in inI In Interposed I a 1 suggestion bitterly I Wo We might send Bend Don Diego Dicco do Espinosa In a boat manned by his Spaniards to assure asur his brother the I subjects subi that we are ar all nU loial loal sub sub- i o of his hi Majesty I The Tha Captain e ung around Bedad yeve said it lie Ie doesn't doe fear death this thia damned pirate but buthi buthis buthis hi his son may take a different lew piety S 5 mighty strong In Spain lie swung on his hie hi hp heM abruptly and ond strode back to the tho knot of oC m men n about im i'm MB 18 oner Here Iere h ho he to them Bring him liin below In the ward room room th the three stern Chasers r ts Ere in position loade their muzzles through the th-e open ports precisely as os tIme the th Spanish gunners had harl left them Her FIer Herp Ogle Oele i is work for tor ou F sId ld Blod and ind as the thc burl buri gunner gunnel came thrusting thrusting- forward for through the III little tie a of gaping i men Blood pointed to the tho middle chaser Ha lies o e oth-it oth gun cun hauled hack back be he or ordered ered When this was v done Blood hock bock beckoned onor those wo who held Don on Diego Ithe lASh iash him across the mouth o of It he be bade bad them and whilst I by another two they made made m de hitt holte to tool ol obe e he turned to the other To To the roundhouse borne bome horn of ou and fetch tho the Spanish h AntI ou Dyke gO eo up and bid them set the fag fa of n 11 SpaIn aln aloft Don Diego with lIh his body his body stretched I IDon In an arc nrc across acro a the cannon s mouth legs and arms lashed to time the on either cither aide tido oft of or It t C eyeballs rolling roiling In iii hI his Glared m maniacally at Captain Blood lood riom frothing lips 1119 ho h hurled burled bias bl s and Insults st It t hi his torment torment- tormentor i or Captain Blood him a mall smile before ho lie turned to meet the fifteen manacled Span Span- ish Spanish pr who ere u ero thrust Into hIs presence DonDiego Approaching they had lied heard Jeard Don Diego s a outcries From Irom amongst them a comely skinned olive strip strip- ling In bearing and I apparel his hl companions companion start ed od ed forward ard with an anguished cry of rather lOt Considering him hint Captain mood Blood thought with Ith satisfaction that he displayed the proper degree of ot filial I Piety I Peace p ace he h snapped mapped at et hIm I an and listen It Is no part o of my Intention lion to blow sour our father to I Imy toi i jl nom riom LIpS Ho Hurled Blasphemies and aDLI Insults lit at Ills lor br- mentorS hell as he deserves or to take his tire life at all aU It It Is lour our father fathers s a treachery that has brought us Into this plIght and deliberatelY Into risk rl k of ot capture and andI I death aboard that ship hip of ot Spain Just Justas Justis I as your father recognized his broth broth- brother's brother's brother ers er's er flagship so o will III lila Ills brother have recognized the thoi Cinco Llagas LI ea Presently the th will wilt be sufficiently Close clo e to perceive that here all nU Is not 03 as It should be b Now we are arc In no case easo to tight as 3 our father knew when ht Sue ran us Into this trap But fight tl ht we weI w I III If It va waro are aro driven to It We Wo make no tame surrender to the tho th ferocity ot of Spain He H laid hi his hand on the tho th breach o of the tho gun eun that bore bor Don Diego o Understand this clear clears citari r to the th first shot from rom the Encarnacion this gun will fire fir the answer answel 1 A A tight would be b averted It if Don DonDIego DonDiego DIego do de d Espinosa were to go goI I aboard his hii brothers brother's ship and in- in inform in inform form the tho th Admiral that all 1111 ts is I veil ell In-I In with the Cinco Llata But Dut o of course Don cannot go to In per per- p r- r soil on because he h lj Is other otherlee lee engaged lie He ha has haa a 11 slight touch off o of fever we ever we ver w shall khall that say ayT that hint In iii his hi cabin Slut But you Ills his son may convey all this and some soma om other m matters together with his bis homage tv tt your uncle You shall hall go to In a boat I manned by pIx fix o of these thes Spanish and I-a I I 1 a I Spaniard delivered from captivity in Barbados by your recent recant raid v raid ill accompany iou OU to keep ou ou In coun coun- coun- coun countenance countenance If It X I return and nd nd with wIth- wIthout without out accident of af any kind tInd to binder our fico sailing hence h nce Don Diego shall hall ha hah hate ha h his hi life lite If as a shall hall every ono one o Of you Don Esteban moistened his parched lips and with tile the th back Of ot his hand mop mopped pod d the th sweat anguish from front his brow His eyes cyc gazed wildly a 0 mo- mo moment moment mo moment ment upon tipon the shoulders of his hi fath father ath- ath ather er or ES as a If It beseeching Some Some- Something Bom thin thing like a sob job esCaped e aped tb tim boy I l I 1 he be h answered an tt olt last lt and swung to the th Spaniards And nd you yon you you win wilt accept too ho insisted They answered o without much hesitation that they would do as a was wai required d of thorn them CHAPTER XII Don Pedro Sangre Tho Til Tb Cinco and the tb cion cion don after aCter T a proper exchange of at sl sig nl If nals lay hOve hov to within a quarter ot of ota ofa a mile mil of ot each other and anil th tho Intervening sPace apace pac of ot gently heaVing sunlit unlit waters sped pd a boat bout from the former manned by sLi Spanish b sea sea- seamen seamen a amen men and hearing bearing In la hr hor stern sheet heDon Captain Don Estaban Esta ile do d E md ond Cap Cap- tam tain tAhl leer P J eter tr Blood She Sh also al o bore bor two treasure chests ur che t fifty thousand thou nd pieces piece ot of eight Don 7 Miguel MIruel opened hi bit ble arm rm to his hl hi nephew and listing h enfolded him to tu T JS his bosom bo om turned to free gree Don Esta- Esta Estaban Estaban's Eta ban bans ban's companion Poter Blood bowed gracefully ell ell- en at his hi ease caso so EO tar far Ar as might be judged from appearances I 1 1 am im he h announced making a lIteral translation of his hi name Don Pedro Sangre Saner an n unfortunate gentle gentleman gentleman man of ot Leon Locon L on lately dell d ered from Iry by Lion Don Estaban's most roost gal gal- gallant lant lant father But Thit where Is 1 my brother Why has hIlS he h not come himself lf to greet gret met m r It was wai young youns Espinosa who prompt prompt- ly promptly answered thia My Mi father ather I li ii afflicted at denying himself that honor bonor and pleasure pleasure But unfortunately air Ir unCle he h Is ig a 0 little po ed It ft is II a a little fever tover the result ot of ft D a slight alight wound token In the tho recent nt raid upon Barbados which resulted re- re suited d In n this gentleman gentleman's happy hoppy ds- ds d Continued In ln In Our N tI u r |