Show WOLVES OF THE SEA a by RANDALL PARRISH a by A 1 sin si act lule n co Q CHAPTER continued 12 the hilt of 0 tile the kolle knife in HIT air belt bell at traded my atlen attention ll and I 1 drew draw it forth curious to last learn it if it ham bore any marh of hycl my aea were emi in shanti attracted to dark slain lain on both hilt and blade I 1 held it to the light it ft was the stain main of blood and my hands were also aim Idd reddened sod by it in that hint first instant of horror I 1 hurled the weapon aa pon out through the open port into tile sea blood biondi t there had been be murder committed on board and the fellow abad I 1 had struck ck dome don a was wall refuge endeavoring endeavor I 1 ng to tied find conceal com estil meet foll following folling ing his crime A AT but nhat about the light 1 in the cabin able it had been extinguished after the fleeing fugitive had entered dorothys broth stateroom did this thin menu mean that th the slaver ever had OR an accomplice if so then the killing wen was not the result of a me mere personal per sonni quarrel amidships or in ID the forecastle but tire the result of some rome conspire conspiracy A cy I 1 thought of san clan and of espadas Es tadas plan to obtain control of the ship could this be its culmination and was the spaniard already dead bend in his table cabin nothing came of my thought only ly confusion a A nor or did I 1 dare dam investigate for fear of becoming more mom deeply in ID evolved in the tragedy no there was nothing to be done my safety suit and the safety of the girl depended on an our apparent ignorance ignorant of what had bad occurred burred coeline convincing lag myself ot of thi thia I 1 washed the blood let from my hands ead and lay d down wn in the bunk fully d dressed d to await my cell all when called I 1 exchanged but few words with levers he went quickly to his room nothing of importance occurred during my watch match the dawn came cold still and gm arar but with clearing clearl Dg I 1 climbed into the main amin and swept the horizon art with a gleam glass not so much as am a speck p rewarded my efforts and I 1 I 1 dem descended d d the ratlines rat lines linam shouting shooting to tile the boatswain to call the port watch watkins mine came aft to in th the wb wheel a and I 1 I 1 sent rent the fellow belled edolson thus relieved down into the cabin to rout cent out levere T the it a two returned to deck together the negro negm glancing about curiously curio nally without mounting the ladder yon cull call S senor matild estada yet he be questioned quest ed no I 1 had no ord orders 11 to d do so abio afio he tol tar me call him As st at I 1 daylight JS here eve yon ton amada go wake up the benor A or the feaman disappeared while le vers tere crossed the poop deck rod and stood load beside me looking out across amal the ex P pause aa of sea amada in ads emerged from the companion a and ad mared blared up at us as shading boiling his mouth with vale one hand via as he spoke P ake he answer nothing seem LV levere eim was the door locked loc kedl 1 I know knew not senor I 1 out not fr try to open pa it IL th the swine a said lete 1 I suppose ill have to 9 go 1 lysell aalt we well 31 go doame down together her benor r I 1 said quietly einda must amit b be sick I 1 I 1 I 1 could hear bear the rumpus kumpu anne amada do kicks kicked d up even on deck here no ko in man could sleep deep through that rocket racket CHAPTER A new nem conspiracy th the interior of the babl cabin appeared do desolate in the gray aught of down dawn I 1 in I 1 led the way directly to esad espadas it was the stain of blood matern me my heart bract po pounded tided like a he hammer mrs RS I 1 rapped prad OB an the wooden panels panel and waitt waited some same response pon from within there them was 8 no answer war no a round of an movement ement and il I rapped 1 gain I more am loudly silly my questioning eyes king lorex lavre Lc Vre face he was listen ing us as intently its myself there this wreathing something wrong wast anor be whispered I 1 for or he was wa ever a light th he door em MS unlocked al k d the IS latch ch yielding instantly to the hand band and I 1 topped stopped althin A glance glanc told every thing kitada lay in his back wit with one log leg dangling ald outside an and his head bond crooked creaked against the aide nail I 1 his very lery posture was that of suit sudden do death h lactated it even on had it not been pictured by the h e ghastly imm face and ad the dark pool paul of if b lead blood A I 1 heard a an exal excl ercla motion matlon train from le vere and stood for or an instant utterly unable his to move I 1 knew already 1 dy what hot I 1 should tied find yet finally forced myself forward he we was stone dead id pierced rd with ith three knife thrusts I 1 stood up and faced tile mal mulatto tto whose countenance was fairl green grace with he horror om tt hat do you know about this se sc nor levere I 1 asked sternly the man an has been mal murdered dered knifed who did it and d uha he be could scarcely answer gripping grip pim A at the table for far support and over never re A inc 19 his gabe from the face of the it nit dead man yet I 1 believed his words wo was coul meed this was not the terror of guilt mit my afy god I 1 cannot tell I 1 have never dreamed dream it of this had the man enemies anyone you rou would suspect av at plenty of therm them we nil all hale lun e we expect expect that in our trade th this I 1 a ship Is full of dell devils I 1 a ready enough to do buchaj such a job hotI but I 1 could not net name e the one ubold who did do it I 1 know knew of no cause I 1 have heard beard roth both me lag 1 I believe you La levere leze I 1 sold said IN what hat can we me do senor fenorl odo do tt Us e mint last talk that over first we cannot meet this thing until we are prepared there 1 is more danger in hasty action than anything a else bishut I 1 shut the door behind us as and ad turned the key it was a relief to 9 get out at side ever even into that dismal diebal cabin coat in be yom yond view of estadt a dead face levere anz who oho had bad evidently lost his nerve seek sank let into a chair you yen fear ear an uprising priming R mutiny sautin yr I 1 questioned when ohan this Is reported what nhat will prevents prevent he asked tile the captain cannot stir the mate Is dead the men already crazed because ne a tk take no prizes they nil murder us also 1 and ad take control th those devils amidships and who leads them who would be captain r manuel estevan estevane 1 he whispered 1 I thought me as much then it Is manuel estevan we a must secure first be before they know knew what whatever his him men may know knew of what has occurred they will make no move until unit ill they y got get it his ordera we must stop t the he pa of hla him I is aang mg ny Y wi without mid a 1 ind leader the adian advantage tage la ou ours to you mean to kill him only y A as a vast last resort t there them 1 IB no good feeling between those these quartered amidships I 1 Ps and the creat no senor it is hate generally 0 al though they are am not all alike the real sailors B or are mostly on captured m men on ey I 1 they serve to save their lives live suit and area only y for far beam others on board could i not be held long your year plan pie are senor I esoto is to rat bet the one glat against the other A yes TO i if possible these sailor men are of oil all races can they be trusted treated recen some might gh t be fir it Is hard to II 11 ifil tell it how am many it ft Is not t the h a race which counts so much weer senor there are a those than among them ob who would uld not at care re to return to honesty I 1 and you leveret lie spread his hands and ad shrugged his shoulders there tham Is no an hope of me a I 1 a nas bar born to the free life m what hat th then A I 1 la it with mith your year nate late a senor ano revenge everge and his teeth tarth gleamed savagely 1 1 I I would mould spit pit on an this man manuel mani I who oho seeks to be chief I 1 can never over be no a I 1 am of block black albod skin with mch negro blood in my veins and ad white nice men would mould A never ver have it so but iran I 1 can hate me senor that 1 Is why I 1 a am with au you now if the devil so will your plan might work tell me more of it who what or are the odds adds say you thirty to a hundred amundred av but surprise will a overcome rc mine that my plan 1 Is this first to secure eum M manuel I 1 so as quietly as am possible but at whatever cost with him in our hands or dead the buccaneers bucca have no lead leader what phat then there them are in men in the crew on deck and in th the to be trusted walking 1 la one and he will know others a doz dozen a A no doubt liny will be enough ugh we will fit whisper the truth to these rod imd have them ready tor for a signal th the forward door from amidships Is closed by I 1 iron barle bar bars le is it not air sl his eyes again get sparkling with interest the bile am men quarreled and ad there we was theo then there 1 no escape in that dl dil motion and it can an be no great gat task to close any P ge loading lending lower the deck hutch hatch and we b have see these devils below called caged ilk like so many say rate there them need ad be no an fish hug star will bring ibm to 10 terms but renor nor your or 30 dotan R als men cannot fila guard old the ilisan burc anere ars below and a also manage the bark the crew are not mange all lambo ad ciany say will sympathize with jib those these thus locked beneath deck C co chow chose is bad rod and a friend fitted of manuel he alu IU light fight and ad there them are others to back him 1 I 1 know knew that levore the whole at plan an to in desperate but there them in ill no alar possible here la Is my chome there is a gun BUO rack mck to tn the cabin to arm am the d dozen ran men am we can trust the others have nothing but their sheath knives halves th the be am me can be ire secured cured below before these then other ind lads ever realize hat la is happe happening A ing As AN soon as we hae bale control central of the ship we well IV I 1 round d them up forward they wont dare dam face the guns ill give them their choice and what will you yen tell them ae nor or I 1 en caught light my brands conscious of his meaning my secret hope could not dot be revealed to this fellow the answer came quickly to my lips the whole truth S senor so or levere lever that manuel conspired to seize the bark through B mutiny nit of 0 the bucca bocce beera are the that th these were to be turned loose with ill to kill hill anyone you a on board who opposed them that their real met purpose nas to a divide among the themselves ans ivall all 1 the treasure below 11 who did it and nd why the then wreck the vessel and ad no escape 8 pe with it if that to this end and estada had al ready bes been murdered I 1 troll explain that we discovered this conspiracy just in time to save nave them from butch botch ery cry and they must stand by us 01 by else submit to those thase hell bell h hounds 0 audit and after that sebort wha porto grande grand of course I 1 admitted heartily the men will un on ferstand der dra stand tand what hot that means am a handful of gold tor for each of them and ad a run ashore why levere they wa will I 1 make more mom apiece than by looting a half dozen ships and with no fighting it II will will be a fortune for far you and me his hi bomber eye light lighted a d up startled b bv v thle i new idea taul and he sprang to his hill fe feet t you mean that fenorl senor we divide ahat u hat Is below and sail for porto grandet grande I 1 I 1 he hear at you yen right righta you not am mean a surrender you stay pirate I 1 laughed my nerves tingling to the success of my ruse he had taken the tempting bal bait I 1 like a hungry fish why of e course firse I 1 am not such a tool fool as ai to throw amay an ay this chance th this a Is on our chane chance a levers levere it if we put the namur into porto port grande with sanchez on board and alive and those hellhounds hell hounds locked below well get any thing we ask for well be the cook cocks of the walk if he t live through why by then we well it have a ship and ad can to run the game alone either way if we win the prize 1 la onis and nd it if we me stick together we win my apparent enthusiasm caught I 1 fe vol fellow low I 1 could read the mori working of his mind I 1 in his him face this new a view law of the 61 Atio promised wealth power the total defeat of estevan batavia Aery everything thing he most desired I 1 you think san sanor S sanchez acan liver live difference H he be live alvea he owes emes his life to in us if he dies die the bark a IS in our head hands and ad the treasure e once we have hale won we care a nothing thing it ir he live or die are aa we together in ibis ihl H he thrust out dirt a lean yellow hand and ad I 1 gripped quipped it si eanor r I 1 a am with you you pledge your war wora Francol sl 1 1 I 1 I pledge it senor amor good and you be have mine imm now to work fir monuel manuel Ea Estev tevan nn and the then tile the men on deck TO BE CONTINUED |