| Show iff geoffry finds a friend and an enemy carlyle As master set ara of an sailing A ships at awen ty sli to Is aset sentenced d to 20 y years came servitude in the american colonies at we far or in the file 31 on om th rab rebellion ollio A in england amig among the passengers a on board alie h ihla is oa which he 1 Is bout cut furois or lire roger fairfax wealthy maryland planter plan terr his niece dorothy th fief fairfax and lieutenant boo Ahme sanchee a Spi spaniard cd who became acquainted with the rule fair finite faxes 1 la london CHAPTER ill III continued 2 why especially with me 1 bather tather a be hard rd question ut to answer aw at the very 1 be beginning I 1 mail smiled a d back ag ot at her I 1 yet ret not ot so difficult aa the one a I 1 shall hall ask it you I 1 am S only A on of fifty 1 Pr prisoner Isomer ners I 1 scarcely clan cleaner or more reputable ope rabla looking kl than any of my union mates let lat surely you am diac liac not sought bought speech with the I 1 a others othen then why especially with me all even in the growing dusk dealt I 1 could cold mark A a red ad flush flash mount into the clear cheeks at this iii insistent distant anton question and ad for an instant her eyes no wavered od lint but she possessed POSO Sed the courage A of pride and her hesitancy was shirt short you imagine I 1 conno cannot t allo answer allgote ote oh ch but I 1 can I 1 am know a who you are my uncle pointed you out to me I 1 am traveling home w with it ad him 1 to maryland lead I 1 am dorothy A fairfax he was pros pres act at your trial before lord jollies Jeffri ea son ins are county 01 ca lyle in 1 command brough of the ship that brought t 61 com mouth to england I 1 heard it all ali aul W what h at at else prayther eyes ayea opened widely in sudden surprise and ad she he clasped and unclasped her bonds bands seriously nerious ly do you really not at know have hare you yon never be been told what oh A happened only that but I A was roughly fort forbidden to speak called every foul name the learned judge could think of and ad thia th fouteen to twenty years perot penal servitude beyond seas sea 1 I 1 answered or orld soberly b uig aig that I 1 was dragged from a the do dock ck and nuns flung into a cell was there mere SO anything Y thing else let why you on should have known lord sentenced touted you to death the decree was use signed g d to be stated executed 1 immediately then than Im influence bovers we was brought to be bear A some me nobleman in tedo made direct bt appeal to the me king th that we was what hot angered jeri jearlea so an 1 I an appeal I 1 for me mc good god mi not Buc clough vas it the he the me dukel duke I 1 yes it was waa whispered about that the ling king was la ill his hia debt some word ot of honor boner and nd dure not ant refuse the word of merey mercy cem came just in time ordering jeffries to commute te your aie sen tence at first he swore are had bed hung hang you a king or no a king but his nerve failed my uncle act said laid he roared red like thia a bull bell this but Euc call clough A gh la in he not at your year friend frieml I 1 h hefta hated ted for fee aa last instant 1 I of led indecision 1 I looking into her face AS but the truth would not be denied st ik 17 that MW I 1 said old soberly no nor to can a al I A solve entirely his purpose 11 he ta cai A brother and I 1 am the next in U line a ne ive are am not at es even on an sneaking peaking terms term yet he Is in childless and may ft apel a some ren mail measure of dislike to have the family mid end i in a hangman a knot I 1 ca tan M think ink ot of no other reason to fop his interference 1 knew of his action lie 1 I am glad it became my to tell felt you besides basalo captain carlyle it at may atoo help you to ua der stand my interest it toil are of the tha Car carries lICA ot of Buc uh how happened happ P an led it that you went a to seal largely 1 I ty and to smile ex ax test tent no doubt sheer he love of ae aden m tore I 1 was a younger son with car very little it income acono thai we Ms then two it lives between in me and the me estate mad and the old duke my father futher treated me a like a servant serval I 1 a always loved lewd the am aea and at fourteen to get out of hla his eight I 1 think largely was as app alpren to the navy easy but la lost t my y grade in the A service 1 l by a mere boych prank hla HAS A on coca then would have saved me but he be refused to even rend read tny my it ie no er of if explanation I 1 dared not at return home in such ell diu disgrace 1 and ad tomm conse tims fily dr drifted food let anto themo the merchant ice ace 11 I 1 1 Is a story fall quickly to told yet not at so AS quick quickly aickley lived a no it am meant at many hard you years a on all 31 the file oceans ferem of the world cold tills this I 1 te the ill fint me message ehla reaching me fro from the old doroe 1 I h ie been that ho home she bald A quietly tind ad halt ehalt raver never forget the ma nice it mude made on an in me A ascent A all I 1 place I 1 was wait there them on a coaching clothing party the first soc eummer comer I 1 was in sag erg biml I 1 AA 8 were mere girl then and everything everi thing seemed i nave halt been away train from maryland Marylon now ilow tor for fix thres three years yeara no nothing th ing else would sat iffy father barend mar Ma rend land is As only a collay any you im know or your home Is at saint marys lower down the Poter potomac nse have rou ever or hot been there twice once 1 as an mate at and ad the last time as master of a ship chip my latest voyage in these waters was made nearly two years ago 1 I it is not so an strange then film Is it that I 1 should have felt interested la in you she asked suddenly as though justifying herself when uncle roger first told we me who you yen were war and then ex shat want had occurred at your mail naturally you became to TUB A mg attl cometh something en entirely t recent different from aull the othe others were went you actually with monmouth I 1 rit in sympathy yea va but I 1 had bad no a hand in the actual fighting I 1 was not even ashore until it we was all 11 over or with still I 1 shall hall pay my share of the file bill and yon yen know mh what at that means a do you I not all VI 11 hat bat will happen when we so reach ell virginia I A b have no 0 illusions 1 1 suck shin filae siotame have lave seen been just such ships p s as this come in n we are to be advertised and sold to the highest bidder A week from now I 1 shall hall probably be out in the tobacco fields under the whip of an a overseer I 1 ar alu aho vho will call me jeff all I 1 ce an al hope ape tor for Is a a kind hearted toaster master ind fin an early carzy opportunity to escape oh ob mic no and in her eagerness her lands hands actually clasped mine I 1 it 1 is I not at going to be quite so bad as that I 1 that at ts is what I 1 wanted rated to tell you that Is what goa gave me be boldness likes t to come across access here to you tonight it he has all 11 been arranged you tou are not going to he be sold bold a on the block black with those oth others e uncle roger hus has already ir dy contracted acte d w with till the captain or your sen ices you are going north with us to maryland II IA drew a deep breath and 1 in the sudden impulse of relief which swept k 1 1 1 I 1 H have so seen that home over ever me my a own fingers closed tightly A about ban t be her hard hands 1 I owe this to you yon I 1 am me sure I 1 in must at owe tills this to ytoll Y you toll tell me inc her eyes dropped and ad I 1 in the dion dim at glica I 1 could mark the heaving of her b a as she he caught her breath 01 OI only uly only the gog suggestion she managed to say bay in a whisper ille he he ie was wall glad of that you yen see sea 1 I 1 I knew he be needed someone to take charge of his sloop loop and and so an I 1 brought you to his wind so please dont thank me 1 I A shall hall never evor cease to thank you 0 I 1 r returned elected u study conscious auday 1 th hat at I 1 was holding her hand bands and as instantly releasing them it will vii save a on me the degradation which I 1 dreaded most of all the tolling telling in the fields beside negro earm slaves and the tung eting ot of the loub lash ay it ac means even more or I 1 hesitated instantly realizing realising rea islas lising that I 1 must not utter those impetuous words leaping to my lip lips morel moral she be exclaimed what I 1 1 chib I his I 1 went on tny my thought shift tug ing into auto a now new thel channel A A 1 longer isser vitale up to this moment my one a drome dream t baa ft been to an escape a but I 1 must give that up now flow y you u it have placed on me an under d ex obligations obliga tlona to so sere be A honor to tween u ua this has become became a debt club t of but of wait waft she be said aid earnestly 1 I cor I 1 3 I 1 had even arco thought ot or that I 1 A sure you yen would feel thet that way y any gentleman would still there them is a way out mit you we were sentenced eaten ced so aa an in declared servant I 1 saw am the entry myself it it read lead geoffry crafty carlyle mo master mariner indentured to an the colonies tor for the term tells of twenty years molz sooner released 1 17 crime high tre treason any I 1 indentured idea urell man mam under our maryland law com can buy his bid freedom after serving arving a certain prop proportion of hla his sentence intone a did you not know me thail 7 I 1 did know knew it yet somehow bad never neve connected the fact before directly reed with my own ease case godl god I 1 hot a relict t I 1 mood up straight once more are in ill the amoco of a man I 1 hardly AC know what icim t wild words do I 1 lightb might have v e spoken am had bad ill the opportunity been n ad mine bat at bt at that instant the figure of a roan crossed sued the deck clock toward us no emerging fron from the open cabla cabin door against the gleam of yellow light I 1 recognized the trim form advancing and ns as instantly stepped back law into shadow my quick movement caused her bar to tar turn and ad face him what i he be exclaimed and 1 evi I dently surprised at his discovery it Is indeed alt mistress D dorothy comy out h here to plena alone run mv thought you were safely fell 1 in your year cabin long since but I 1 mistake ml staLe you A are not alone 1 I us as preparing to go in she answered oil ignoring his latter we words cdo the night already looks look tormy stormy I 1 ant be t your fel friend loll 1011 the tha tone to n which he spoke was wall ins insistent I 1 stent almost insolent in it its demand dei and she hesitated no longer la in meeting the challenge your pardon I 1 am sure ance lieutenant this gentleman I 1 IB captain geoffry carlyle s he be stood there stiff and straight against the background of light an one hand in affected carelessness a caressing the end and of a w waxed d mustache tte SH i face e we was J in elianow yeti yet I 1 we was quite aware of the flash of hla his eyes eyes ali ah indeed some nome pa passenger get I 1 have not chanced to observe be before are returned ad A prisoner ahe he return distinctly you may perhaps r remember member my uncle Is pointed him on out t to ua who when at he first came caina aboard and you have been out here alone talking with the fellows fell fellow owls certainly why not why the ne man is a felon convicted of crime sentenced to an deport deportation timi it ts IS not bat necessary that w we d 3 Tt her this sir air she interposed Interpose rather t proudly d as my personal pei ional conduct Is n not at a matter tor for your criticism I 1 shelf shall r retire now no thank you you an need not at come he topped stopped still staring smelts bleakly blankly after her a ab she ehe vanished then wheeled beat about to vent his sugar anger on an me carlyle hey bay he exclaimed sneer as ugly A familiar sound that name in my ears cars one of the brood brand out of abl A cadet of that line has I 1 nott managed aged to admit wonderingly you know of them quite quit aa much ell as I 1 core care to tai his tone ugly and insulting then an idea suddenly occurred to an his mind saint guise but that would even up the score of nicely CIA you are am as I 1 understand it sent to virginia for see sale yes yea for how hall long a term the sentence was twenty years belat hein aana and you go to the highest bidder t I 1 it do it felli fellow 1 to actually a own we a carlyle of Buc Ble clough wilt 1111 be a sweet revenge twill count tor far more than were I 1 to tweak the dak dukes a nose A very vary noble his PA plan for re revenge verge I 1 admitted denit ted and one me which I 1 am not likely to forget unfortunately you th come too late it happens senor that at I 1 am already safely holop indentured larad to roger Fair fairfax fairs I 1 turned may away but he be called angrily agay after me do not at feel so in sure or of that carlyles Carly lel I 1 am in la the ine game ye yet CHAPTER IV black fez pirate I 1 tested rested in my berth tor far a long time staring blankly up at 1 1 the 1 dark rk d deck above be unable to upa A sleep A an and d e endeavor it in ing to figure out the true free meaning of all these occurrences I 1 felt that I 1 call could acl understand the interest exhibited exhibit abc atc it hy by dorothy fairfax and ad greatly as I 1 a already m d admired her I 1 we ana not ugh egotist t an enough 0 to eves even imagine that her b at effort to an serve same me had had basis in any PC personal clumar attraction but t what beat about lieutenant sanchez Banch ca why rhy was this unknown spaniard a already ran it y BO openly my enemy could it be beca because a 0 dorothy fairfax I 1 felt finally that at I 1 had the clue je jealousy louly the mad and an reasoning renton lag jealousy ot of hi afa to race I 1 had bad no my fat false concept toD a as to this no vagrant thought that I 1 t her hc interest t in me was wait any me more th than I 1 a passing fancy be born e of sympathy and a de ch sire to aid abl nevertheless as an she be had bad thus ahns already served me I 1 now owed her service in return and here was the first best cell call if conditions made do it P possible it was my plain fluty duty to place myself between these two what mystery yet cry 1 1 back of the tha namur of rotterdam the image ift A ship pater which h the fairfax patty party a encounter A as it at so salla up the byj bay asmas sanchez he blows he little interest but fairfax A irfan and carlyle are am worried bab what at can th the babbling strang barange raft craft be doing boing 1 in ma ahr spot pot ra BE |
