| Show IT I 1 WOLVES OF THE SEA 0 by RANDALL PARRISH 0 I 1 by A U Al cal L 0 the namur of rotterdam ship of mystery sy pc gladly geoffry carlyle waster muster of 8 boiling 0 g ships at ty six sig to Is sc sentenced n ald to 20 years servitude i in the american colonies for or participation 1 in the Mor monmouth mouth rebellion 1 in england among as the passengers on board the ship a on which he 1 in set sent across are am roger fairfax wealthy maryland planter his bla niece denoth fairfax and lieu t tenant t sanchez San chet a spaniard who become acquainted with the FUJI fair faxes in I 1 ondon ancial carlyle meets dorothy who informs him her uncle has baa bought his services servi cei So doullis ullis shows himself himself ao an enemy of carlyle 1 CHAPTER IV W C continued 1 I r in the hume intensity shy of my feelings I 1 must have ancon scion hui sly y spoken load aloud fot for a buggy head suddenly popped out a t from the berth beri beneath cath where I 1 lav and haley a interested voice asked hv that huts up mate Y ye was U muttering mut terin 1 nay Y that an not at dis turbin turban me none till ye got ter bout sum idler called sanchez then I 1 sorter sector got a bit interested I 1 know it thet that esse cuss and ad he put US as though to thus better his hii feelings the it 4 ors omary ocul pirate I 1 laughed my whole mental mood changed by this remark mar do you yen refer error to black sanchez I 1 r ve heard of him were you ever in his limits won I 1 he laughed grimly 1 I bed ad eight months of it ft mate and a greater events demon never sailed ailed the M things 10 I 1 saw it done ye d never biever believe I fieve DO an he human be acin could tit do if ever eve that wua wits two people in one skin sir its thet that black sanchez sanches when lon hes off for fee good he be s as soft an sweet as a dandy in piccadilly an choto W hes real 1 he hes him S drill devil I 1 in hell bell were you yon is a prisoner or did you sail mail under him T both fer fee the matter 0 thet ile he give in me the c choice e we ter serve er walk ahlie the plank I 1 wua s eighteen an bed an a 0 mother at deal 1 I 1 ses sec but let later g got 0 t way away ay I 1 did th c chuckling h m ic a over a the recollection but bat I 1 h bed d ter wait eight months fer far the luck 1 I he had a shipmate 1 P to a once I 1 observed bed be d nucleated interested I 1 in h his I 1 story mary who claimed to have been it the fellow he be described him US as bering being a very Is large man with intensely bl black ellik eyes and ad a haw heavy black board beard almost hiding biding his tinsel face maybe he looked like that when he so saw so hum him but he all ain t no bigger man than I 1 a am he wont won t weigh as much by fifteen pound fact la Is he mighty seldom looks the same for fer thet taets a part 0 his game isem ive seen halall him in all sorts ti W 0 disguises IV its only his bis site ees he be va can t hide an thara been time when I 1 thought they the ugliest eyes ever or I 1 saw hes sure sum an arnary devil so n who when he gits nea mad d f id it rather be aaront fro of a tiger besides figh ill lins his nt filc daga in trade an no a skim aint goin FU or handle can control eel the sort IV 0 chaps he a got get ter handle most of em would murd murder er himi him in e a minute intent if they listed dared oh W b had a 1 ali 11 right but yer wool sam exactly atly think so just ter look at him what then does he be really look R uke ke 01 ol a sort sorter spun spanish job don M the kind hot likes tec or it dress as up an play piny the dandy hea he got a pink an white id complexion complex on the castilian kind yer know me ai weary a a little fittl mils toche inch waxed ad up at the ends and I 1 heard he ua nus about forty five I 1 reckon he must be thet that but he look old older thin than thirty haley baley dropped off to sleep loop but my mind led continued to wander until it con can jared up wen once again n tin this a we west at indian india ngui pirate his name me and the me tory story of his exploits had I 1 been familiar to me ever since jam I 1 first wool went to so sea whit while only one among many operating in those haunted waters his rene resourceful ful nebs less daring and cruelty ty had bad ft on him so an infamous reputation a am name of ili horror barrel in the those due days when the ourse curse of piracy made the e sea a terror r no an cal save tave ordinary man could d ever have succeeded in 1 attaining such ell supremacy y in crime black sanchia and haley pictured him m US as a dand dandified t red ordinary appear ing individual with white old aud red complexion complex on a mail email mustache and flashing dashing dark eye eyes a more mere spanish ballant n t without phout special armlet distinction why t thai hat description strangely enough fitted filled almost exactly this fellow ou on board thin other banchek each th the I 1 which had bad crept lot into O my y mind I 1 it was 0 so united absurd so an unis plak ahle d I 1 silly hilly and impossible impassible that I 1 laughed at myself and dismissed the cow thought chuckling over it I 1 final ill fell CHAPTER V the namur of sort rotterdam mam tho brie with till all an aaili bet and fa s are orrl I 1 ii hv irons rud waud dr drew ripley 1 in toward the point of landing the great majority of the pl prisoners ers re on an deck dark mi chained together lier and ad helpless yet vet surrounded rounded Bur by armed smith while the few who had bad already 1 dy been purchased by passengers hum bly followed their now masters share ashore the moment the gangplank touched the soil of virginia there them were five of us altogether together 1 thus thug favored but I 1 was the only oaly we ace owing allegiance alle giones to roger fairfax the rude do leading landing wharf along which we toy lay was already densely crowded altogether it ft was a bustling acme full of change and mor color the air noisy with shouting shooting voices the line of wharves filled with a number of vion vessels sels either newly or ar rived or preparing to depart it was I 1 with no an small email difficulty we succeeded cit cited in forcing our way through this thia jostling throng means until tit we attained to an open space ashore I 1 followed closely behind the three mm composing our party roger fairfax and sanchez sanches with the Is laughing gh I 1 ng III girl it between them for protection fairfax was waa evidently well alu known t to a umber number ill present for he was being greeted a on all it sides I 1 wit with hearty hand handshakes bakes end ud words worda of wel come came we hoarded ded the fairfax sloop the ked baggage was wag transferred I 1 wo worked with the servants ants and it cut at my pride to the quick out I 1 in tile bay I 1 me was sent seat to the when wheel not another sail appeared across acress that met surface of waters not net even T a fisherman s boat the only other vessel long along our at course holes being a ill dim outline close in against that far faraway away headland toward which I 1 laid had been in strutted Arti eted ted to steer I 1 at stared it at this ob an jet at first be believing lieving it a wre wreck ek but finally distin distinguishing grall as the hem bare masts a of a on medium sized mard hark bark evidently rid ing at anchor only a few hundred yards a off shore about th the spaniard presently pointed out to firt fairfax the position an of the b bark tit surely a strange place piece in which to 11 anchor lieutenant said fairfax B bk birk k rigged and very it heavily fly spa sparred ed seems to be all 11 what do you ronke make of the vessel the spaniard twisted his mustache hot but exhibited little internet interest although his goes gaze we was upon the craft decidedly dutch I 1 should about d say any he mal answered vered slowly th the be beggars gg ue seem in quite mile at home there with fth all their washing shia 9 out not a usual anchorage no nor a particularly sate safe one T travers town place Is beyond the bend I 1 if 1 11 1 1 1 I had eight mouth months of it mate a we 11 put up with him tonight D n me a sanchez I 1 believe ill hail ball the fellow and ad find out what he is doing 1 in there sanchez nodded carelessly striking flint and ad steel in an effort to relight a mae cheroot we came about slowly the IRS als team to be covered was not great and rd la in less than ten minutes we were drafting dra ing in toward the high stern steel ot of the anchored hrad vessel no I evidence of if life appeared appeal on an hoard be although everything every thing looked shipshape slow alow and ad aloft art and ad a rather extensive wa wash napped in th the wind d a forward b be speaking a g generous r w crew w A moment mom eat inter my eyes made mad out ont the name painted screw across the stern na mur mar of be rotterdam I 1 adam fairfax leaned tar far out ont seems across the rail as we wept swept in closer but the spaniard exhibited no particular in terest I 1 in the proceedings A hundred feet feat distant I 1 held the dancing alood I 1 P to mere clere steerageway steerage way while 1 I hailed A red faced man with a black heard beard thrust his head bead up above the after rail and answered ailing english yet with till aheart a faint accent which was wag an not dutch we ran down to see am it you yen were in I 1 say any trouble this th IS IB a strong strange pla place a to hop what are Y you bat dutch lill the fellow waved hiti his hands in a gesture 1 disgust but a apt ve re ov mr rotterdam you yon see bee ze so name ov OT r a sheep beep but ve a not sail ball I 1 trum urs it als time no mi ve cum com here hem from se ee barbadoes he be explained brokenly 11 win cane sugar SO an hides ve you vait here for our agent but why anchor in a place ilk like this why not go on an up P to tit wharves ollae vie not for ide I 1 no trust treat my crew ashore zay vest vast lady indy biggers an old run ma avay amy vea van se chance eme cam I 1 know knew vat ray my do da in spite of my efforts the two vessels were drifting rapidly apart dor door othi appeared at the door of the call cabin and ad stood there gazing gating in sur prise prim at af the bark while the moment he lac caught sight or of her banche went hastily forward removing hla his hat with go an peculiar a flourish A aa he approached as to muse cause roe me to notice oil the gesture fairfax waved ad his head band to me a to resume our marse course shortly after he crossed sit the deck to the when wheel there he stood stand watching telling the bark for some time what do you make of her oar car ivle ivies he asked finally 1 I believe that fail fellow tied lied so do 1 I sir I 1 answered promptly whatever else he be may be hes has no peaceful dutch trader that fellow got get his accent from south lampe tr it b lie we was loaded with cane sugar same and hides hales for market he would t be near 2 1 so biti out of water later that bark u was in ballast or I 1 mias my guess be sides if he was a trader whom where was 1 his crew 7 1 I tell you yon the men on board board that hooker had orders to keep down 1 I believe you are right he admit adent ted led frankly there Is something wrong there tell travers and q have him send mad a runner overland to 0 give warning below CHAPTER VL VI th the mysterious sa sail L whom where I 1 I 1 leaned ea it alone alme against the red rail my else ees followed the spaniard I 1 in doubt and questioning nor could it I 1 entirely banish baniah fro from mind 1 I 1 d haley a description se of that bucca buccaneer bearing Is a similar name yet 1 in spite of my unconscious desire to connect cannot these two together I 1 found it still simply ly impossible aduke to associate this rather soft spoken effeminate aft dandy with that bloody villain it was already quite dusk when we t finally anal y drew drear in beside travers travels wharf and ad made ads fast our apar approach had bad inara her been noted led and ad T travers ve himself ar a white hire haired white bearded man yet still hearty and vigorous attired in white duck was on the end of the dock to greet us together with on nu berous U servants I 1 of every shade bade of 0 color who immediately busied them selves selve toting luggage up the steep path leading toward the house stand ing can conspicuous amid a groe gme of trees on the summit a of the bank the oil ers em followed four fat fellows h own lugging hinging with did difficulty culty an iron iran bound child chest the two old older r men engaged in earnest cement conversation thus leaving sanchez apparent ly well vell with the opportunity alone to assist the girl except to render reader the sloop earn corn plemely secure tor for the night there retrained remained little work tor for us to perform on board the four of us ns passed the smile early evening undisturbed smoking and talking together so the time passed quickly slid and it must bacs ila been aide midnight h alit before we brought out blankets train from the forecastle and toy lay do down in n any spot we chose on deck it was a fair eel calm right night but inam less leba with but little w wind nd stirring and 1111 a slight haze in the a U air r obscuring maturing the vision stan uhe others roust at have fell fallen asleep immediately at last despairing of slumber and ps perchance c E urged by bv some premonition of danger I 1 role arose to my feet Z and moved sit silently art aft my startled even evea caught a glimpse of a speck specie of i hite him emerging from film the black maginot th the glimmer of a small sull q ahe he strange craft past BO an far out that those a OD b board rd DO a doubt believed themselves beyond sight bight from the shore he heading g im apparently for a P point chat or of land ad which I 1 vaguely remembered as jutting out to the northward at alone 1 in the dark darkness ee nesB carlyle battle against a tralle tremendous do odds odd he 9 gains rethe the upper band vic tory sial seems ensured assured and then than but bat read about it for yourself 1 in I 1 the next installment ment of t thi h unusual story TO BE |
