Show g 0 WOLVES LYE of ott thelea SEA A sy B RANDALL PARRISH 0 j t i 1 1 os s I 1 a iaan A bf A 0 oo 00 CHAPTER xiv 17 ethe he turned located her hend head and I 1 felt her bar eves 7 writing searching the dim catli outline of my race are ot of can course i did everything I 1 knew raw she he replied chiy h should I 1 nota you bre Is here 0 captala ap hunts carev r file ie I 1 for my city aake it I 1 ow e you yen service and A must IM I 1 be content merely with that thought I 1 urged far from pleased ahia would men mean that th I 1 y your only interest in me arises train from sent gratl indes dind A and ind friend friendship hip her voice as bonfi an d dentral as my own there them 1 la on no rea em aai ron you should doubt that h 5 surely seat it would world be eadler mae fee ans me to under der land ad but for far the memory 0 1 what one I 1 n hard bond slave slam your we meaning aning to Is that true friend ship hip h haa as n f a be basas is quality equality 1 t does am it not con can real exist let otherwise no ehe be ael knowl edged gravely aud and the fact that such friendship d does as exist between us evid es my faith in you I 1 have noar never fel felt t G tills h social distinction captain C carlyll sell have he given give it no an thought till athla may seem strange to you vet bet la Is mot most nat A ural need you bear nn an honorable honor nule name and aln belong to a fault family ay of gentlemen gentleman g ton a helda held a P position an a of command won by your own ann efforts Y you I 1 here bore the part of a man in n a anol revolution 1 it I 1 go guilty ltv of may any crime it was a n political one are tn in no a v way sullying your honor holon I 1 have ay g eve every re reason to believe vou tm were false ly it accused ad and ad convicted eted consequent ly that comedeo conviction it does not let be tween us you are am not at my As uncles erv ant w but my fulcd y you code understand menow ane now and you would actually have me speak with you as of your you own class imi ire tree 11 man worthy to claim your year friendship I 1 ID life its yes frankly her face uplifted why it by should it be otherwise no fo man en could old have done more mom or proved him elf if more stencil stanch and true we are to in danger yet a but such peril Is nothing compared with what I 1 he have escaped I 1 feel that hot your year skill and ad courage will bring meet safely y to lead land I 1 am no to long 9 er afraid for I 1 have base learned to trust you yen ou on possess A my entire conn all dence but do you understand fully I 1 q questioned anxiously all I 1 have done for far you would world h have A be been do done tor for sol other a woman A under ar the same condl carell than of danger rul such service im to an hwAt other would have been a d duty y and no more man but to be with vou a aiding and poor protecting cring has been a delight a joy jay e I 1 have base served dorothy fairfax tor for her oun bake ando not am AS aa I 1 would any other nn G did III you not suppose a pa I 1 knew use her glance gence fi eard into mine mile through the stA star r gleam alsom with a sudden mose alge of rest ament you yon knew aw that that it see aa you per personally ily I 1 served of course I 1 it ter A momon Is never u unaware arnce of I 1 such things NO ow 1 if ever eer I 1 must tell you the truth 1 I know you care for me and have cared 1 bance I first we met at A an interest no less as fateful has baa led me to seek yo your I 1 r ac austria a and III elve ats you a my aid sure ly y it 1 Is not at for far me a to con can teas cess this when we face the chance of drath together but I 1 I 1 stammered 1 1 I can sc arcel believe you reallege jour words 1 I 1 alove love you dorothy and is it pat not also possible for far tile me to ba I lover IT T yon ou meon mean vou on love niel met 1 I love you are you sorra are are sorry barry I 1 I 1 am mad ad with the lie joe of it ye yet stricken dumb dorothy fair tie ti to fax I 1 have e never even dared awed dream dran of uch such awe a message a sage from lour jour lips dear dear sir girl do you forget who I 1 ama in what mv I 1 I 1 future u far 1 1 I forget nothing she salu aid proud plead ly it 11 it Is because I 1 know what you a are re that my heart responds respond nor if your an future ut am BO an clouded you are am to day a free man if r escape vs the these perils for whether hether R roger A get fairfax x be live or dead and he or will III ra never ar see ebelt Y you k gain again to hold in n servitude if alive he will join john his him efforts far a with still mine to on ol tain into a partial pardon because of these see 1 ices and ad we am be have influence in ang fug load land at and effort fall fail you saila or re a sailor aud and the seas sea of at the world orld are re free it I 1 Is not necessary that yam 1 I it by the eualah mail flag 1 lou give me hopa hop hope a Rond wonderful erful in hope and courage ran be her hands hand dirand firmly a clasping mine C courage As to maid fight on in in falih 1 in I 1 would old have that my gift to you Geoff liv we a are in peril till still area great 1 peril but you will face it beside roc a knowing knowin 9 that thai whether bather we live A or dim die we mom are together I 1 am not afraid any ny more CHAPTER A float flouting mg coffin cents the laboring boat rested mined so an low law in A tat the water it was wily only a as we were thrown nine upward rd on the crest cent of a aa wave th I 1 fould old 91 gain say any view ib aboud through the pallid light of the dawn it wt onto all a desolate reet less ex waste n thre the midst of alisch we tossed while neove mosess masses of a dark clouds ob AS serving curing the lay we were mem but a hue avs speck betheen the gray above ind and fit alie stay farlow below 1 nie I all thine eeden try my all attention allwill mill waa As the food and water I 1 crept for far ward and soon had S anin ous 7 bichy eng in passing out the varl a 0 oui articles f for 0 1 p eta 0 only 1 l y n s aih ed s e 1 biad b boan e eil chosen 0 yet ti alie e su sup p ply seemed ample for the distance I 1 believed be eved we a would have to con colier before fore training loud land but the nature of that unknown mast conat was waa so an doubtful I 1 determined to deal out the provisions previsions sparing v savi davice a every crumb pos part this bible ahe I 1 he me men grumbled at the small if jeaa ree of the ration let iet inu ro nihed abuy y contentedly enough enciu gli once con convinced d that we a all 11 shared hand alike all right lads I 1 said bald N now we understand anth other net old and geu can beet at work lack W well acif d divide into at batches first of all 11 two men so nil it here hen ime an and one at the how bow watkins ud and I 1 1 will I take it natch and notch bl but there li me enough h right no now to for all hands to 1 to and make the he craft ship shape Toof two of vou vu ballout bailout ball out that water till fitina he dry and tile die others ket get out nut if that at exit a still foru forward old and rig ap a jib she 11 ride and make better belter pro kle AS with jib m more am canvas ba showing I 1 lie ile tarn grad 1111 it knocked kd off AM see work it nril a to alny daviu a in and a anally 5 1 I yielded LO in breath pleadings pleading and ad tell ell into hint n sound sloop I 1 p it seemed ad as though I 1 I 1 scarcely lot lost ca con wi 3 i et at I 1 I 1 must dinst A ahne slept t for on an hour hall or more my he feud A billowed pillowed pill owed on 1 her lop lap hen I 1 I 1 nord schmitt will a ans 1 I at the steer log piddle and both lie and were staring seems across me out over the 1 port II 11 I 1 quarter arter mint list Is ift it I 1 I 1 asked eager eagerly but before the ord gordh over cre entirely its emi a hoarse voke robe I 1 aid ban led out ex cited litile 5 ion sec are it straight out feln 91 that cloud edge it 1 8 a full it rge schooner hoa ay boomed another an aldin air straight at c our mane coarse astern ai area I 1 reached lad my lay feet fact ell ag to the mast to keep erml erect and d as tile the boat benl was again man flung upward ard gained clearl clearly 11 hie glimps nall As I 1 saab baublit d ay you yen I 1 re right lads I 1 exclaimed mmel rant it 5 a sel schooner bended e nd to clear us 11 by a hundred fathoms father port your r lithe helm seat tt hard ties down ninn now how sam off ff fth t h thit red bidet tie lie it a on the ile boat hook book and let fly they cn cant h help il seeing us if there is any watch on an d deck e T e swept 0 about o in a yide wide circle a nean did headed rd straight trot I 1 act across 0 ili the a bowa a of the hie on A coining ing vessel meet all ties 1 I vm cut I 1 th fIly sams same shirt hirt mapping flap alac b A we swept by in a large circle us I 1 and both watkins an and it it imah straining their muscles to hold the pl plunging uniting quarter boat against the force of the nand lad A man forward on an his him knees are grou led out a curse what a the matter after aboard there he yelled did yet er eer see a boat aw like I 1 that but amorel damn me it if 1 believe ve they got get a hand lit at the wheel he s T ohp 11 a same thought had leaped hailed into am my rabid mind th the miam aner mear headed beaded to in A pass 11 us on the port part quarter yet I 1 mim so crall at times as to makr amk me fearful of being run doun I 1 could perceive no sin of life aboard b rd no signia that a had been seen tile the ight angered me ate stand small S bv all 11 hands bd I 1 belld me des miedy pera tely well sit board based ft hether ive the hv danl us or not slip aam atm slim mae tall antous ani I 1 out m of the wit arai no how batkins catkins ki to run us in no ther far forc chains laev man do don let 11 strike it ike a us lay I 1 ay hold quick tells and hung on an for far Y your les glae alc we me unit end of I 1 rope of reedy ready now all 11 of you li make look t the 1 hup up no now then the hold hard V it one the fhe feet fact and up lip my PI pur it M tinsa map the I 1 tossing inc halt boat but bill I 1 imade h ft one a head hand damek dame K 1 SlIp gripping Paig a shroud until fit I 1 I 1 astrid b balance I 1 A mid ad 11 at as hong flung inboard by a plunge of ili he vessel by M hand 11 mas at a level still the rail call yet I 1 saw nothing my bhole effort being to ranks fast before the sell grip of the men should be torn men loose lease this done I 1 I 1 glanced back into tile up AV turned fa faces s below listed hand la in lads yes let go ill he rope cape will hold and the boat ride safety safely through le let t a couil of at men mine come up till we see as 0 hat 8 wrong rang with the beake hook erthe tile rest of you trall trail on let ethelind tt and mi saibi irm come with till me A I 1 helped them clan clamber itaw up and then lifted f led my body own onto the ralli call fee from position I 1 had a clear view of tile the forwald fora ard deck dark it n aa I gnei as dirty yet otherwise hip lisp enough sit nothing human greet altar ed en we me and con conscious selous of a strange feel log ing of horror I 1 slipped over onto the deck the next moment the argo and cut dutchman bown A joined me the form former star ing IDE about wildly file whites of his bie eyes eye e his terror terear my gated son sab he at all done it know 11 uia besa 11 I 1 shore bole dc 11 santa marle ali ah 8 cooked in dat gat gal ley slie she was a slaver 1 an soh A he minted the air A kin swell ders dem nig gets right now sell all ah up reckon caremn data dara a bunch a 01 bcd ones under dran dem hatcha hatchs right lit dis minute tt a hand fell heavily on my at beleve and I 1 glanced into lit hla stolid atoll it face I 1 just juit brt bet I 1 know vat mis us der trot iron his bit what man or 7 cloder he whispered ve hat boarded a death ship hip CHAP CHAPTER TER on board th steve slaver the is terror of th the two som men as a this thought dawned was upon them in all its ita ceorl honor MIS appart apparent rit enough nothing not even tire fire was as more to be drem dreaded than a visitation of this awful nature mines on ar hiebl hil bl ch Cliar ocl ea ship hip though this might be it vas safer by far than th the I 1 tell towing owing 1 eft ta a find d out tile the truth first ai men I 1 lad bind quietly hold bald our or tongued there them Is ie no 0 A use giving up u unlit we thee agag 17 fil know ulan kuhnt t the d dangar n Is vall 00 oo come with will me tile the terror in sam a ees s caused me to tough laugh mad and TOY wa 9 embe came back with a ruah h afraid of dead men are ayou you then ar uell 11 face ili them together my lads and I ahne it over with come on now 11 both IM of 11 ou buckle up there is mall ithem to ove if vou stal do nant hot I 1 itell tell you this pl in t the h first cholera ship I 1 ve b been at aboard d it 11 was no ile out job confronting no ald although lire we e hid Is less deal dead dial 1 I to a than I 1 an tat ed indeed me e found on the bodies on board there were am only two on deck a giant meta black am negro rigor and n gray basell bearded rd white min his race face pitted od with A la determined on shot hat ass to be done I 1 asted no time with either bodi barb T ane ile wo we sailors 1 icing ing back terro at IS the mere ere thought bought of touching these victims of plague I 1 steeled im elf to the job and handled mem store alone d drug g small edg the he bodies orill ahe der and d Is launching them over the low rail call into IN lie aea I 1 ordered schmitt to cut the and oil take charge of the wheel hal see ire here sam and you too M ahral t I 1 arn am 1 in lot lne with that g girl I 1 in the boat po do son ou suppose I 1 I 1 would mad ever have her ee cime on an this hill deck dark if I 1 believed she point might contract chol raT 1 you do as I 1 say bay and you are arc perfectly safe now how schmitt remain at uie a wheel and you barn corns with me ill there will mill be a dim dead d digger agg A aboard rd A unless air 1 ou A jump A I 1 spek speak he trotted close at my basis as I 1 tiling filing open tile the door lending into tilt till arm abin the air seemed earned fresh cre enough augis idd ad I 1 noted IMO of the ports 1 niete I its pen open A tall smooth me th haen ama with an act ugly Y scar car doun domn one cheek chark lay ont at thatched trat ched on a dai adnan a at the foot of the after wast mast his very rao posture ture proclaim ing a him dmd his hill face was the color of in parchment achet wrinkled with mg age TI the negro crept up behind we m and ad stared red at the upturned film face mv alv gaud sail ann he mun de ol of cap cale to tain P dill llla down damn his him mad boul I 1 in nant at BOS as evidently the captain a room I 1 dico discovered ed a pricked chart and log logbook book with no an entry A try in it for three days day IN ditland waiting to these I 1 slowed them the away way ID 1 my park pack rt ft between as we a forced the stiffened form of the captain through the open after port and ad heard beard it t splash into the me se sea astern there e were two 1 dead d tilt seamen 1 in the be fare forecastle ae both aw swarthy airth toil 0 with ith long indian hole hall I 1 never ever an saw a d dirtier hole the alith clr erang and it race orce satisfied that both acing to mm n wee beyond help I 1 was to content to lower lar the he scuttle and I leae ie e them there gad it a was as a relief to return for once a more or to the open pa deck and it breathe in the fresh air I 1 hailed the boat tow ing below come came aboard watkins I 1 called sharply harpy pass the led lady up ort and ad turn the xe boat adrift I 1 caught A u alit dorothy a bonds and aided her bar over the rail call I 1 IN why h was the vessel asset abando she asked aaen abat hat hus has happLi iLd do you a ann know I 1 quietly city li 1 told pid be her the he truth froth and ad oa as lar hr that if we staid on deck and used our own add ig and ad alons we as were cm 1 in no danger 0 how can 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