Show I 1 WOLVES OF THE SEA i I 1 by RANDALL PARRISH foreword Fore worL ancon amses can carlyle th aged ad twenty three those the ninth in in I 1 n descent from capt ficarri carlyle of IN glasgow scotland was among nl the he heroic it r canadian d dead at t vinny vimy ridge U unmarried ried and ad the last of his hie line inc what a at few tres treasures sums h he po pou as eased essed fell let into alien handi amon among 0 these mrs was a im manuscript muser pt apparently written 1 in the Y year car 1687 S and ad which th through oh et nine generations had been base care carefully felly prom preserved ind yet never made public the paper was yet yellowed d and ad discolored I 1 by years yeam I 1 occasionally abage page was wa miss no ng and the writing itself had become beam almost fiela in decipher apher Z able much ab ind indeed d had bad to be traced totted by use of aa a microscope the writer was evidently st a Ms man of same ome education and clear beada thought but a exceeding ad g diffuse ff 1 in accordance with the style of his time and P possessing it 1 small I conception of literary form it editing this manuscript for mod am m readers madam I 1 have therefore been compelled tved to be practically rewrite ren N it ent entirely rely retaining merely the essential facts with an orem occasional descriptive passage emal althour although I 1 have conscientiously followed fat the original develop ment meet of the tale in this manst reconstruction reconstruct st I 1 an much qu quaintness quaint intact nesB of language lani as we well as ais appeal to slid ability ity may have been lost and for far this my only excuse us u 1 Is the nere necessity sedy of thus making the story readable I 1 h hs have s no a doubt art as s to it its essential truth nor do I 1 question the purpose which does dominated this rover reve of the m sea in his effort to record t the adventures of f his y younger gee I 1 life f A As a picture of f those day of blood and courage as welt well as a story aej iveory of love v and ad devotion deem it ft worthy preservation regretting only all the I 1 impossibility of now new aal presenting it t in I 1 print exactly as written by geoffry carlyle R P CHAPTER 1 I 1 sent into servitude Hatin knowing ving this to be A a reca narrative tive of unusual adventure and one are which may over never even be read until long aft after I 1 haw have departed ibe parted from this world short hen it will be difficult to cor convince ednee resden readers that s such ch times as are am herein depicted could old ever have base be been reality I 1 1 liall I ina endeavor to narrate each incident in the simplest manner r possible my only Inal purpose is 18 truth and my unit witness N R tory yet tet even now lately as this all happened it is more mom like the recollections c tion of a tire dream dimly remembered at awakening and per pec chance might remain so but for the cars up upon my body and the constant from memory my of a woman a face these lono to combine corald ato to bring back in vivid ness ance those dava dan th that 0 mere mem dills dais of youth and during daring of it desperate 1 I 1 lawless war of wide mcall ocean polo and the outstretched hands of at love law so that here where when I 1 am writing it all down 1 liere em amid quiet quietness aad ad poem peace and ad forgetful of the past I 1 zander sander again blong a deserted shore share and sail among the those mes ilea of a mou southern thern sea the home for far in ny a century of crime led and un on speak silo ble cruelty I 1 v I 1 nill mill recall call the truth and ran can do no DO more mom ld it ma was am belll early morning when we were brought re aught out tinder order heavy guard d and nd miar marched clard somberly forth th through gh the opened gates of the jail ahead ad we could perceive afforest ft forest of murlat and ad what seemed like a vast ast crowd of welding waiting people ahat we termed hod ad been sen sentenced teme 0 d to exile to he prolonged servitude in some me foreign lead land was all tha that my any of va us knew the go guards prodded the crowd va poly with the butts butte of their the ir must mus im keto too ondi ea thus making want scant m room a I 1 for or a to s shuffle b me through out got up upon the far tand end of 9 the wharf half where we were finally halted abreast of a lumping brig apparently nearly ready tor far sea there them we were more am the than forty of us I 1 gained glimpse of the or b bolor a same namo romping copies batsy of pit almouth Pl mouth A R moment later bailor passed along the edge of the dock and instantly a white whis per passed p ased swiftly from mom man to lo man its virginia mate mated were bound be rod to or virginia the eyes of I a prisoner met at mine virginia heyl bey be grunted granted derfl is aal sai lorman larman idt aint ye mate A well the then chour I 1 Is 8 tabi yere virgi virginia ahle that a all in mates ius S I 1 returned to card cheerily thes sity well we fall into at the hands hand of englishmen out the there in A america who where OR nil the no tobacco locis can comes from rm ive been base there con twice I 1 cd c and d to a fraud land in beyond they tall maryland Us a country try 1 not I BO alk england BoIght ed 11 yer bett better or sto abow I 1 alm that my Ms anan growled fordem Boc neone above me and I 1 looked up M into the is tere stein eyes in of the I 1 captain plain a ot the guard or it may be th cat for far y ye so yeve b been tor the flue virginia plants plantation bert on b her ye th then on f most mint bt bi man master carly corlyle I 1 to tale ke it t by A C diciur e I 1 heerd beed tell about yc ya at the trial but supposed opposed 7 ye to ter be ma an older aide man ama riZ 1 I nm mn twenty sli ye dont look a even thet that ay chev re ready for ye re now fall fail in there all of yer step along yer d d rebel mom I 1 stared aft nt 1 the poop deck dark there them were ia number ot of persons gathered along the low rail mi probably all passengers then tit my eyes we tend a strange image group foregathered fore gathered beside the lee rail mil there them were four in the little party one of them a another was clearly enough a colonial proprietor a heavily built man of middle age purple faced I 1 passed these by with a gumm glance my attention concentrating upon the other two twi a middle aged man and a young woman stand ing side aide by side the former was a dashing looking blade of not more than forty attired to la blue slashed coat ornamented with ith gilt buttons and ad be decked at collar and culls cuffs with profusion of lace ince A saffron colove colored d antitrust railed failed to conceal his richly sturt shirt and the hilt ot of a rapier went was rather father prominently dili displayed daled such dandles dandies were frequently enough seen seem but it was this inn mans a race face which made marked contrast with it his 8 sly gay attire ile ce was mas dark and hook nosed or of to foreign bir birth h with III black A ck au stache r tightly clipped a BO a as to r recal seel the thin firmness of his lip lips and even at that distance I 1 could perceive the lines of a a scar or across his chin at al together there was an audacity a to his fam face a daring convincing me he was no mere lady indy B knight hut but oue to whom fighting was a trade he be was pointing us is out to his bis companion apparently joking over our appearance in an en an beaw to amuse seemingly she gave rheed mall heed to his words for although her eyes eye followed where he be pointed they never once lighted with a smile nor net did I 1 see ace her answer his sallies she was 6 scarcely more mom than a girl v 1 I wry very amply in some ef clinging loging alark stuff staff with a loose loans grit gray cloak draping her shoulders shoulder and a small email neat bonnet of straw perched upon a mass mais ma is of colled called rub nair the face beneath was waa piquant with dark eyes and nd rounded cheeks checks flushed with health she stood both head bands clasping the rall rail watching us intently I 1 sain somehow athow felt as though her eyes were u upon p me and wi within thin their depths even u at t that distance I 1 seemed to r read d a message of sympathy and kind kindness the one lasting impression her face left eft on my memory was that of lone inno ent g girlhood I 1 ahead dignified by a w womanly ay end erness what were those two to each other I 1 coald old not at seem guess for far they seemed fr rom two utterly du different terent u not what were those them two to each other brother and sister bister sa surely saly ly and ad not at lovers the last was unthinkable instinctively I 1 disliked the man aware of an a instant antagonism mal realizing izing that he was evil while his bis companion care came to me as tt of all that bibs fibs aa true rod and worthy in a degree I 1 had never known before from the instant I 1 looked upon these theme two I 1 felt con vinced stand that through some same strange va gury gary of fate we were dR destined tined to know more a of each other that our life lines how were mam arda ordained to touch much and become became entangled d somewhere here 1 in that mystery ot of the western world to wilh I 1 b had ad be been condemned then the guards came to me and with my Y limbs limb freed of fetters I 1 was passed ork d down the at steep P ladder late into oie me ati id between decks deck where we were to be confined it proved 0 ill dismal imad tro crowded hot hole in which we were quarte quartered radi like so an me many att cattle a the on ventilation rod and light to furnished dished by the open on b hatch rich ab above a ahe he ticket given Z me r called R fla by number bar fr tor a certain cartel berth r and il I 1 found this throwing with 1 in the lie mail email bundle I 1 bo bore almost I 1 I 1 immediately conniff MY there than was waa a sound ol of I 1 too tramping plus feet on mi the deck above ned and the ol of work blocks the bhea a aud ad don den movement of the me hold told all we v ere under way CHAPTER 1 II 11 I the prison ship the greater portion ot of that voyage eye ot of 53 daya day I 1 would blot entirely from memory if possible I 1 cannot hope to describe it 1 in any detail the ion foul smells the discomfort ties the mut les horror of fo food d the close mra companion lidd slap ship of men lam turned into mere animals by suffering buffering rod and di distress strum the art am some days day the black blach sleepless nights the poisonous air and the brutality of guards I 1 can never forgot forget these thee things tor for they lines have scarred my soul W the hatch batch above remained up open but carefully guarded night and day while we were permitted on an aeck for r air and ad bafo exercise only 1 in squads of tc ten two hours boom out of every twenty four tha this alone served to break the dread monotony of toe the voyage from our exercise cise on deck we generally returned below d drenched ched to the skin ki but glad to even pat pay Y that price for far two hours h ot of fresh air and an opportunity to gaze beat about at as sen and oil sky we were herded well for forward mard a rope rapa divining dividing us as from the main deck which space the passion passengers gerts aft used as aa a promenade there were team only three women aboard a fat dowager the young lady I 1 had noticed at embarkation and her bar col CIA oved ored maid I 1 pined gained but one glimpse ot of the young lady in the first two weeks at sea and then only as a we were items being orden ordered down to our q quarters tor for the night just funt rus as I 1 w was ap P preaching the lat batch to descend our eyes met fairly and I 1 instantly lam knew she saw am and me recognized ago nihed me for a single second d our cl glances clung aa F fg as though some mysterious in influence fi ence held us to each ancla other othe then the angry c guard struck me with the stock of at ids his piece what er cr ye ya st anflin that far ferl he demanded savagely go on oa d down ow lively now I 1 saw am her clasping charles A fingers gen convulsively grip the rail and even at that distance marked a sudden flame of color in her bar cheeks that was all her message to me yet quite enough although we had never spoken although our names were yet unknown I 1 was no criminal to her mind no nihed prisoner bere beneath cath com contempt tempt but chomen a human being in whom she already felt it a personal interest and to whom she extended thought and sympathy I 1 continued cautioned entirely lg ignorant t of at the identity of the young woman she remained in my memory in my thoughts name camei ws is a tire dream rather father the than a reality I 1 did learn leam that the sly gal galbally ball vas wa a wealthy standard spaniard supposedly of high bleat biffi by name and at one time in the novel naval service and likewise ascertained that fit the vote rotund planter was a certain roger dierf fairfax of saint mats in maryland here homeward ew word bound atter after a successful sale of his tobacco crop in london it was during daring his visit to the great city that he be had met thatcher sanchez and his praise of the colonies had induced the letter latter to many essay a nonage in his corn com bagy to america but strange enough no one BO 60 much as mentioned the girl in connection with either man CHAPTER dorothy fairfax we were not far from two hundred in miles iles east of the capes I 1 had been closely confined to my bunk book tor for two t we days day with illness but now am stormier stronger had been becat ordered to deck b by the surgeon genta the last batch of prim of after t at their short hour of recreation lm had d been returned to the a b slow below hut but I 1 was permit permitted ted to a remain und alone 1 as undisturbed I 1 was still standing there absorbed w im a voice sott soft spoken and feminine broke the silence may iday I 1 speak with your youe I 1 turned instantly so thoroughly surprised my voice faltered as a I 1 gazed into the upturned face of the questioner tie she stood directly beside me ma he her be bead d uncovered instantly my cap was as off and I 1 was be boning ing courteously most moat certainly with quick side glin glance toward the guard but I 1 am a prisoner rl su of mania course I 1 know knew that in amiling confidence le only you see am I 1 am rather a privileged rim character ter on an board per par imps haps you yen may be pun punished lebed it you in talk k with on me Is 48 that wool buat you ra meant centT 1 I A am more or the than will willing t to assume e the risk I 1 haw have made tie fr few arg friends md fu tor word ward and ad am even bold enough to say my that I 1 have 1 longed ged for far a word md with 5 lou OR me ever since I 1 tandem first saw you board aboard C captain carlyle ya 1 find I a it friend lend lda but at the ume I 1 time he ha finds find th that t he ha an enemy Y on board the romping pm betty ett y hi I 1 enemy warns that met he be will get revenge but why geoffry racks br brain 1 in vs vain re for the marmo ansbe au bac |