| Show the fate oi of the queen by ALLIN CUSTIS CURTIS lope fight by Shorts shortstop too I 1 lab ab co off the eist east coat coast of 0 Ala madagan dagas cir car seat of pirate lairs N here no h hon on est cst issel eer ventured lunt arlly net el the alums clums little dutch ll 11 alg ig libor labor ing in slowly south vard haard rife e a fair r orth north wind oth ih the mangrove s swamps of the shore not three miles off its starboard stai board quarter could hard ly be a arsel vach terms storms had daiv en n iro that neighborhood tor for lair fair 1 treather eather tt e ather hid had prevailed pie for several weeks storm dri driven cn she anas not honest she could not but be for foi no pirate would sail in such a na aron on of the deep and so tho the pirate lookout in the tall tree it the entrance of the coe where A here in a the queen aver aicra conjectured that it II vias in search ot of viler nater that the s stranger ranger had bad approached the pirate haunted cliot stich a poor prize the br no ed to be the men cursed capt AN aars acrs or for calling them from their naps and sports to the pursuit ot of this his little squire nosed Dutch dutchman iran but as they overhauled it a languid interest and final fialli i a keen heen took the ulac of their complaining for on the doomed nessel no preparations for flight or fight vine belne alicine made in deed there here ft as no DO sign f n of alarm and the cren crea of the brig were n oblivious to the existence of aught but through a glass could be seen the be captain fitting on the deck reading a big tome along the bul narks leaned a score of oc men eains it at the coast not a glast glas not an eye eje even was turned on oh the pursuing pui suing sen sell elamb queen wake them up quartermaster said capt william avers send a shot through their rigging and let them show that they are alive or know that ne ie are the look lonk twelve melve spoke the shot passed harmle harmlessly sly through the digging of tl ti e brig and then their like puppets in a show the men leaning on the bul faiks turned about the captain closed his book arid and all gazed at the pirate ship calmly and in no alarm well the shot halt half awakened them said aid capt william aery we will see it if we nye cannot drive all the drowsiness from their ees b board ing them ready lor for boarders As it if to aid the design of the captain came a sudden freshening of the breeze the queen almost to the stranger sti anger before it shook the batters lat sails at ill all and then the eyes ot of the pirates fell upon what de piled them of breech arld and the misgivings that invaded their minds could have made them turn tall and anay aay but that they were ere deprived of the power of motion too anni the open mouth of capt william avery came naught but a gasp g asp the helms min stood frozen at the cheil and like ike statues stood the boarders their learning gleaming cutlasses cut lasses and pikes while swift closed the distance be tuten tien the well groomed Sene gamblin queen and the dec decaying aing aulk 1 along ny which aich ran phosphorescent gleams down near the gatei tn in the shadow that the two ONO eadels bessels made on neath er blackened masts hung sellow tat mild mildewed mil dewed eNNed sails and over the crumbling bulwarks bulwa looked a crew of ancient hoai boat men clad in ragged faded garments of a past century the fling dutchman cut the lashings port the helm cried capt william aner ae finding his voice at lost last and at last spun the N wheel heel in the helms mans hands and a dozen men shiang to do their commanders bid ding but leaped back bacic in dread as a venerable en erable old man appeared drawing drav ting himself over the bulwarks bulwa and dropped upon the deck of the Sene gamblin queen who Is it that thus rude lies iles aboard of the ship of I 1 ander decken he cried in a quavering set jet deep and powerful voice not an answer anser had bad he save in the clanging of arms dropped by the pirates nearest him as they scurried back into the ranks ot of their comrades but whatever sour errand I 1 am ready to forgive the first me men who have bave not fled from us in a cen tura pirates you may be but sou ou ai aie e also men and the first we haic hac seen face to face ace in an hundred sears ears like lords shall you be treated come aboard of us Malv Mal olsle volsie chianti Chlan tl slier sher ry and the juices of the rhine me mel lowed by the flight of time until there Is nowhere its lt like in this terrestrial globe shall be vours ours not even kings can drink such wine as aou ou shall have with us come we nye bear you no ill will but love you like brothers so pleasant it la is to see the faces aces and bear the voices of 0 men once more afar olt off in storms mar atar oft off in fall fail weather but always fleeing from our accursed ship have we seen been other ships so unreal that we have wondered if 1 time had bad not slain all mankind and we alone be left in the world in the midst ot of flit ting specters blessed be your dis als honesty bour our temerity whatever has made ou on board us toda pursue a ship we cannot so slow are ve NN c you are the first who have pursued us comp come the good cheer vial waits ta the pirates pirate s stood astonished for or a time silent and amazed but at length capt william avery raised his voice and said these men be preserved bevona their natural span by a curse and nothing that is of this world ilia his ever harmed them but I 1 10 lo do not be bileve that they are by reason of this curse more corp enabled to injure other men than before they are weak old men I 1 tear fear them thain nut let us ua cheow chaw their cold hearts by accepting tl ely hospitality doing one goo good dee deed I 1 I 1 in our llis s Ni oreo er the inar vels I 1 they he y can I 1 tell ell us 1111 11 indeed be strange arid and eleasin picas ml I 1 to hear the breeze lav av dead on the atar the sun shone hone out of a cloudless sky 1 I and need of a watch on the senegal bin biln queen there was none and all of her hei ere cien saip sanchez it at tire ilio nh hel el ded and lalia the to blacks sal on to the vessel of 0 vander decken that 0 so o old a ship should keep the aas caused them much as et her frame seemed stout and sound N withal ithal despite the n a biting of corrns and time thit that were c evident nt in the 0 uter outer sheathing of 0 hei i hull 1 I 1 and decks emhe A and d her company compan Y loo ahe hu li had intha lu u like lk atchis e macnei n n roil ci eder been used by t the p fars a r s that had d rolled over them N liate NN ere their hair and beards rag ged their garments jet et ruddy were their cheeks bight b ight their firm then their step straight their bad 9 and sonorous sono ious their lolies indeed capt avery remarked upon these incongruities to inteer Vand erdeck en inho bcd him coughed once or ON ice and ordered that the wine be b ought sorely sorel were the pi rates alit in the wine good it was tas and that as all the flavor that the keirs haj had impacted to it was to be told in a slight suspicion of maw kishie jet iet this was not what the rovers had found in other old wines nor did they think it plea ant yet they quaffed it copious tor for aft er all it was as wine and as their spir its rose the lid at the silver flagons flagens in the cab n and began to whisper among them clies ches that it could be but an act of cli ty to knock the dutchmen on the heal head and send them out of the world of which thea the must be so wear and in default of any who aho could prove proe kinship be come their hells such thoughts ere long capt Mill william lani ani aery ry put into jocose words and addressed to myn ilyn heer beer who tor for a mo mant grew grein grave and then joil jet and aad cried donet done but han hie e one more cup of 0 vine nine to our oui release and telling idling all of his men what capt avela avei had pro posed he ordered that the nery iery oldest t cask of wine lie be broached bio ached the rovers robers galy drained their beakers br akeis though the sweet mawkishness was more than ever eier to be tasted in this the oldest vt nine ine again shouted vandar decken and some of the pirates held forth their beakers but others lolled against the masts and bulwarks bulwa or fell doting doling to the deck let the stroke fall said bald vander decken but no stroke tell fell only the last of the pirates down to the deck among 1 in ong his prone comrades sleeping heavily all snoring and snorting hard at it as it if striving to compress the F slumbers lumbers of a beeg into a few hours space van Ste enck do sou alico down the spaniard at the wheel whispered the dutch captain marnitz arid and wyn koop leel lei el lour our blunderbusses blunder busses at the heads of the blacks and bid them throw up their hands we will spare them As for these anine on th the 0 C a s I 1 the pirates stood astonished for a time deck tie weights to their feet and roll them into the sea before they begin been to arouse into the quiet depths one after on an other shot the crew of the senegal blan queen and when allen the last one had sunk beneath the glissy glassy rollers off came white beards and wigs end and rag ged coats and the dutch crew piled aboard the pirate ship and took stock of 0 the great treasure that was now theirs Myri beer van oosterzee Ooster zee said the dutch captain addressing a dressed man vho abo had bad not been vis ible while the pirates N pre on the brig the two years for or which I 1 engaged with you are up plas acting on the seas is more profitable than to in am ain ster str dam but I 1 learn for the boards once more the promise I 1 made you that this slow brig under my diree tion should bring more fortune than the swiftest est keel ever laid in ingland or france has been made good the ragged sails and ami worm eaten sheath ing of the hull hae bane brought more prey to 11 lib than ban eer this sea greyhound gre hound with ill all ot of ls its top hamper and its clean lines overtook in like time these bears were ere more krotec tion ion than coat of mail superstition kept all cannon shot irom from our sides and tile the wine with made las the shying of those who found it in ill their hearts to slay others we liaa lae cl eLied tho the indian ocean of 0 its last pirate ibe robbers ot of england and trance with their jibes at the slow going dutch baie baa been baen over tome come now lor for home |
