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Motor'Equipment ", �•�fi"xHA1Vl:, ONTARIO duhaunlanuau+6uem m eel neileei a•aew uw 6ws@uga , j'�migi :lever seen her terws activ cotrsi hint of Irvx a W41 , a" re 3psaa'rr"Zx 7�'',afx r ai ar L.fj w1i� �� A A L 5A AT I t D' Lopyrighted, 1922. by 11,ataei Sabatini. "CAPTAIN .r3LOo('J,""a Yltegraph plature with J, warren Ker. ran in the title role, la en adaptation of this thrilling novel. A VC AD1•AN(4 TIMES his understanding'. Captain '1oo4 was a little •heavy-hearted. I have said that: he was a judge of !nett, aiid his judgment of Levasseur filled hint. with misgivings, which wore growing, heavier, in a measure, as the hour of departure approached. CHAPTER 'XIV LEVASSEUR'S HEROICS It would be somewhere about tett SYNOPSIS he renamed the Arabella. To the o'clock on the fa11owicg morning, 'a J?eter Blood, a young: Irish Physi- (score of followers he already possess fuel hour before the time appointed clan, is sent to the Barbados as a ed he added threescore more, picking for sang, when a canoe brought up 1 slave under orders of King James, his men with caution and d'serimina alongside. La Foudre and a llialf-caste There at the behest of Arabella Bis- tion (anct he was an exceptional' judge !Indian 'stepped: out of her and went hop, niece of the military coniinaudes of erten)' from amongst the adventure Colonel' Bishop buys thin, A Spanish ers af Tortuga, With them all he en - galleon, under ;Doti Diego de Espino- tered into the articles usual among the sa y Valdez, captures the city, Blood saves Mary Traill"ancl Arabellawhich He leads his fellow rebels=convict ou. 1ioard the Cinco Llagas and captures tate ship and Don Diego, , Don Diego betrays him and navigates the ship to uta the ladder. He was•the `bearer of a folded scrap of paper for Captain Levassetir, Its contents may 1.)c Brethren of the Coast, under hi 1 roughly translated tants: each matt was to be paid by' 'a share "M -Y well -beloved: "1 am in the in the prizes captured, Dutch Brig JonSvrouw, which is Towards the end of December, about to sail. Resolved to separate when the'huf risme season had blown tis forever, my cruel father' is send - itself out, he put to sea in , his. well., ing me to Etirope in my brother's ispaniola, ,where' leis' brother's ship found, well -manned ship, 'and before charge, 1 inip°ore you, come to my • sin port, Captain Blood binds Don he' returned in the following' May rescue, Deliv€r me, my well -be -loved Diego to the mouth, of a cannon and from a protracted and adventurous hero! Yotir clesolated.,Madelon, who' ffersthe Don's son Esteban, the al -cruise the fame of Captain Peter loves you, ernative of seeing' his father die, or Blood had run :like r: los before the The wellebeloved hero was moved o tell his uncle that all is' well on breeze across the face of the Carib- to the soul of him by that pass'onate oard the Chico Llagas. The boy; ac- bean Sea. • appeal. His scowling g;fance , swept epts and they: yisit the galleon, ' + the bay for the Dutch brig, which he One day as lie sat it1 Ii th rliere the: youth makes peace with his ag • orpe knew had been due to slilfor Anister- nele, They return to -!and 'Wolverstone over a' pipe and a. the' Cinco Lia- battle of rum' in the stifling reel: of dant with. a cargo of'hides and,tobac- as and young Esteban learns that tar level stale tobacco of a co: He roared out the question in his loud had tricked; Thin; his father waterside mind. ataver, he was accosted by a splendid as dead when the body was .bound.ruffi g Kl at of d.ixk , an in a gold -laced co ! In answer, the half-caste pointed the cannon. Blood sails' for'Tor blue satiji, with a crimson s igi , the rendezvous, of buccaneersi on i foot ' wide, about the waist. ie Spanish Main. ash, a i out beyond the frothing end. that marked the position of the reef eon- "C'est vous qu'ozm' appelle Le Sang?" .stxtutizig one of the stronghold's main the fellow hailed him. defenses. Away beyond it, a mile or so distant, a sail was standing 'but to. My' name,' lie. said, "is Deter sea Blood. The Spaniards know me by "There she o " •he. said. Don Pedro Sangre, and a Frenchman g ' maycall J The, Frenchman gazed and stared. me Le Sang if he pleases. The half-caste *shrank terrified before " "Good! "My name," he informed the three men,' two of whom at' least were eyeing him askance, "it is Le- vasseur. You may have heard of me" They had, indeed. He coinman e a privateer of twenty. guns that had CHAPTER XIII ' TORTUGA At, daybreak. Don Esteban and his ollowers were pht off in a boat. Two ,days later, the Cinco Llagas sail - d into the roclo-bound'•bay of Cayona which nature seemed' to have design- d for the stronghold of. those who ad'appropriated it. It was ,Blood's original intention to The 1 d d d d d take his way to France or Holland. c, ut in the long weeks of waiting at dropped anchor in the bay a.weel ago, �y ; manned by a crew mainly composed` f' of French. boucan-hunters from Nor- ys+' thern Hispaniola, men who had good J►' cause to hate the Spaniard with an in- tensity' n tensity exceeding that of theEnglish. g Levasseur had Y� ►- ., . d brought them. baste to Tortuga from an indifferently su - y c ` til. li 1 l'1 i;i ces'sful cruise. A' roaring, quarrel- u,�; • , ,-, , � some, hard-drinking,hard-gaining scoundrel,. his reputation. as a,buecan eer stood highamon tie wild :Bre- thren of the Coast. ( It was tate current gossip that even rt4 • .;d Mademoiselle d'Ogeron, the :gover- nor's daughter, had been caught in f — I , • r: the snare of his wild attractiveness, , and that Levasseur hadgone the •` l length of, audacity of asking her hand' The Arabella and La Fotidre out in marriage of her father. M. d'Og- to sea \ eron had shown him the door. - ibis fury. "Then up' anchor, and let �- - This was the man who, now 'thrust ' us after the Dutchman, lie cried. tin 1 _ h self upon Ca ta:n p p Blood with a "Steady, captain. What's that?" Proposal of association, offering hint' -There was. a rest;rain'ng hand upon \� not; only his sword, but his ship and his shoulder, and .`the broad' face of the nien who sailed in her. "My name is.Levasseur."Cap', II* •lieutenant Cahusac, a burly, cal - "My he ,d'slilced the man, Cap -'loos Breton scoundrel, was stolidly fain B-ood would not commit himself muga for a ship to convey him to , . . confronting him. "A Dutch ; brig!" e or the other of these countries, at once, But, because he liked the said he. '"Impossible! We' should resources dwindled, and finally Froliosal, he consented to consider it. nearer, be allowed." Weed. Also, there'` was a good Being afterwards • pressed by both Plagthorpe and WoIveratone,_who dict "And who the devil will deny us?" al. to. oppress Peter Blood. There' - Levasseur' was between amazement s' the thought of Arabella 13ishop.;ilot share his own personal disl:k¢ oF:and fury, the ?renchxnan the' etd of the matter was Maddened by the tormenting.' "For one thing, there's your own, of the unattainable. He desired was that within a week, 'artic'1es,were crew wi11 be none too willing. For abelle, yet'lcnew her beyond Ins'' drawn tap between •Levasseur and another,there's Captain Blood." Blood, and signed by them, and, as „1 ch irrevocably and for, all tixise: l care nothing for .Captain Blood." was, when all is • said, an escaped was usual, l y the chosen representa i -nut it is nething' fo that, ou should. ve, an outlaw in his own land and uvea of their followers. These iii'-�He has the power, the weight of met- hoineless outcast in any other. ticles contained the common pravis- ions that, shoixld the two vessels se- •al tinct of men, and, if I know him at ere remained the sea, 'which, is free' till he'll sink us before he'll suffer in - all and • articularl aihiriu to parate, a strict account, must ' after- I` ' particularly- g wards be rendered of all prizes sever- Iterferenee with the Dutch. He lies se who feel themselves at war with ' ally taken, whilst the verset takinga his, own views of •privateeriiig, this tianity. And temptations ,proceed- Captain Blood, as I warned you. not only from adventurous buccan- i prize sliouid retain three-fifths 'of its ng acquaiizt'atices in the taverns' of value, surrendering two fifths to its a Cursing' In his soul, and even before , assoc'ate, e I the anchor was' weigh¢d, the associa- t evil haven of Tortuga, but even That night Levasseurixoii into which .he had entered, he n M. d'Ogeron,' the governor of g slept lits s11ip; which, With, characteristic 'was a'keady studying ways of evasion. island, who levied as his harbor flamboyance, 'lie had' named La Fon-' What Cahusac implied was true; s a:percentege of one-tenth of all g Blood would Cover suffer v_oleitce to Is brought into the bay, erica wlio,dre; and there oil the, following dam, i he received a visit from Captain Blood be done in his presence to a Dutch- fited further by commissions upo>_ man. But it might be done' in his ab-� ley which he was: desired to con - Ibis he greeted half 'mockingly 'as into bills of eclian e upon 1 bis aclniiral, Levasseur entertained sense,, and, being done, Blood must. g 1 ,l his admiral to dinner,'and joint`iy they perforce condone it, since it wouldj Frei I drank success to tate exped'tioii, so then be too late to protest. oraover, to a man, those who Within the hour the Arabella and escaped with Peter el to fx°oz11 copiously on the part of I evassettr. Barbados �lantatio i that when the time came to separate ILa Foudre were beating otit to sen abed 1 m s, arid who, together. Without tunderstand'n the he was as nearly drumik as it seeiiaecl g ' g secfueiitly;' like Himself, knew not m her to turn, were all too solved i possible for him to be and yet retain change of plan involved; Captain Blood, nevertheless accepted it, andl joining., the great Brotherhood:of .oast, as..'those rovers Called '.0 tiselves. And they united theirs • he 'other voices tli.at were persuad- Blood, :demanding' that• he should roue now he the leadership .which had enjoyed since they had Ieft' bados, and swearing to fol fow'him Illy whithersoeverlie should lead n;', he resisted so long, it was the gilt of Arabella Bishop that rc- mied ltixtl., ''. And so, although he it entertain no delusive hope of winning iter for his own, .of ever seek her. agetta, yet the, memory of was to abide in Ids'soul as a bit- west, purifyiiig.influence. T1' resolvi being' taken, he went: vcley to work,o, Ogcroti,' most ac - iodating of governors, advanced, money' for the proper equ'pxnent 3s ship, the Chico Llagas, which: to .ton© and strengthen tho ; organo" of digestion' and elimination. improve appetite, stop sick tioi9drmchos. trollevo slit. iousness, correct constipation.. ?hop waft promptly picasantiy, madly. pot thoroughly,. 7' Prom, Ailel 6 opt a Your �arctei U&WIW?c weighed anchor before the appointed time upon perceiving his associate to doso. A:1 •day the Mitch brig was in sight, though by evening she had dwindled. to the merest speck on the northern' horizon. The course prescr'bed for Blood and Levasseur lay eastward along the northern shores' of Hiipani ola, To that course the Arabella eon- tinamed to hold steadily throughout the bight. When •day broke again site was alone, La Iiouclre under cover of the darkness had struck away to tate northeast with every rag of canvas on her yards, Caimnsac had' attempted yet again 1.o protest against this, "The devil take yoit!" Levasseur had enswetect him. "A ship's a Ship, be she Mitch or Spanish, and Ships. are 'otxrpreseet meed. ''hntwill suffice for the amen " (Faceless women will be seen in the owning winter when the new coats, with high fur collars, Matte their appearanoe,) "Excuse me—ah—haven't I met those feet r before?" --London Opinion. Dawn found La Poudre close on brother might have !hilted thatr oe the Dutchman's heels, not a. mile as- mantice sc rte butfor tate watchful Ca- tern, and the sight of her very evi- husac whotiietl tripped + c1. Y tri.p d him up, dently flustered the Jongvrouw. They and then trussed him like a fowl. sent a warning shot across her bow. Thereafter, what time the Captain The Jongvrotiw veered, showed them languished' in his lady's smile within her rudder, and opened f'.re with her the cabin, Cahusac was dealing with stern chasers, The small shot went the spoil's of war'. The Dutch crew whistling through La Foudre's was ordered into the longboat, and shrouds with some slight damage to bidden g go to the devil. Fortunately, her canvas, 'as they numbered fewer tlian thirty, Five minutes after that they were the longboat, though perilously over- board and board, the Jongvrouw held crowded, could; yet contain them, tight in tate clutches. 0 1 La Poudre's Next, Caliusac having inspected the grapnels, and the buccaneers pouring cargo, put the quartermaster and a i. bei waist, .' of 'Hid thngvrouw, Thnoisilye Dutcliriian' m sae handscore left tieren to abroare Jo follow La gourde s a z, purple in• which he now' headed south- for the the :.face,nto. stood forward to beard the. pirate, followed closely by an ele Leeward Islands, gent, pale=faced' young gentletnaai in The lady's brother was presently whom ,Levasseur recognized his bro- conducted to the cabin, The Captain Cher -in-law elect. !rose to receive him,' bend'n.g his stat- "Captain Levasseur, this is an out- `wart height to avoid striking the ca - rage for which you shall be made to bin roof with his head, hlademois anstiver. What dor elle rose, too. you seek aboa.d "Why this?" she asked Levasseur, my ship?" „ i pointing to her brother's . p nioned At first I sought only that which wrists, belongs to me, something of which "I deplore it," said he. "I desire I am being robbed. But since you it to end. Let M. d'Ogeran . give me • chose war and opened fire on me with his parole , ." some darnage to my ship and loss of "Henri, this is foolish! You are life to five of my men, war it is; and not behaving as my brother. You - ." your ship a prize of war." "Little fool. Don't you perceive From the quarter rail Mademoiselle +your wicked fal;y in the harm it 'has d'Oregon hooked down with glowing brought 'already? 'Lives have been eyes in breathless wonder upon her lost—men have died—that.this anon - well -beloved hero, Gloriously heroic ster might overtake you. And dont he seemed as he stood towering there you yet realize where you stand—in masterful, audacious, beautiful. He the power of this beast, of this cur saw her, and with a glad shout sprang 'born in a kennel and bred in thieving': towards her. • The Dutch master got and murder?" in his .way with hands upheld to ar- He might have said more but that rest h:s progress. Levasseur did not Levasseur struck hire across the stay to argue with him; he was too mouth. Mademoiselle suppressed a impatient p to reach his mistress. He scream, as the youth staggered back swung the poleaxe that he carried, and the Dutchman went down in bleod with a cloven skull. The eager ;lever stepped' across the body and under the blow. "You see," he said simply.. "Ile strikes aman whose hands are bound." • (Continued in our nett issue) carne on, his countenance joyously alight. But Mademoiselle was shrink- WROXETER ins now, in horror. In a bound her While out hunting in Mr. 'Robe. well -beloved was beside her. But she McMichael's swamp on Friday 'last• shrank .even within his embrace, Mr. Arnold Gibson shot an owl that which would not be denied; a look of measured over 5 feet from tip to, tip. dread had come to temper the nor- There was considerable exciteinent conal : arrogance of her almost perfect in town'on Thursday last when •'a face. train belonging to Mr. Hugh Wright, "Why, why did you kill him?" of Turnberry ran away. They started He laughed as a hero should; and to run fromthe mill and ran as far as: answered her lieroica:ly, with the tol- Mr. William Robinson's store where erance of a god for the mortal to 'they came in contact with a telephone whom he condescends: "He stood be- pole. They left the sleigh there and tween us. ' Let his death be a symbol, ran to the shed. Fortunately me one .2 warning. Let all who would stand was hurt, The harness was consider - between .us mark it and beware." ably damaged: It was so splendidly terrific, the A quiet -wedding 'took place on gesture of it was so broads and fine Wednesday, Dec. 3rd•, at ea p. m., at and his magnetism so compelling, the Manse, Wroxeter, when Mr. Mel - that shecast her silly tremors and 'vin Finlay, of Howick township and yielded herself freely, intoxicated, to Miss Gertrude Amelia 'His:bp, daugh- his fond embrace. Thereafter he ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hislop; he swung her to his shoulder, and of Howick township, Were eunited in,. stepping with ease beneath that bur- marriage by the Rev. D. A. Arm - den, •bore her in a sort of , triumph, strong minister of Knox Presbyterian dustily cheered by his 'men, to the deck church, Wroxeter. Mr, and Mrs. of his own ship. 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