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APTAIN. BLOOD CMAPIES VII
Palm. MOM a elite
PIRATES
By RAFAEL SABATINI were two doctors al Bridgetown,
Thew
m as, We a new faesi. That*
Greaitst love Story avriii the rivalry of this new rebel (*meet
both freemen. anti they were feeling
slave, whose earning for meeker
went to Colonel Burwp. To rid
STEWS= i preisensiew She fromeee itad stared themselves of bis xis 417 ,, they pre.
Peter Steed. a yew Irish Ibises at kW * *0t. with Increasing lid to Peter Blood to finance Joie
as, is erreseeti aied aselnete of tease 11141.11446.1.16 *Kepi tram the hiland He enlisted'
lei treating womeled ta tem bit.; 1 parmeirs. that he's a human his good friends, inelading Jeremy
lispeemi Memeameas reeds and Mel boil name the 1...," said sec I Pitt, whose skillful smuman's know.;
seeeiest.
o King 'haw He lel ' ow mask, the esionel, is of * dif.iledge met be needed to Sid& the:
Writ t. tree. Were Use ewes foment opiates." se4d he wise* he bad sloop which they were to purchase
Jiellfreys and * sentenced to rorevored. Ilia 24011118 %ben as ver -tit the plan misearried. ;n that lent
data isrter a preesdised ersereote et min to he lett to laaguish and die of ,the overseer, suspected Pitt. and Col -
Leg Jima, however, rea. their footing wouuda." ono! Bishop ordered Pitt to the
the "wed of man power hi his "Why you tell ave this" stocks, where he had him flogged
muse ito erases two osswietoe "To warn you that yeu easy he in. soundly.
moat to tho sereedoso. stood, .-- -------- • -- s.......—s--- -- Even while Jeremy wax being Pre-
, eneitiment end shipped tc sie
s Mead, JaralAY Pitt, is elm- .. pared for the lash, the colonel looked
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/ seaward and saw in the roads, stand.
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Jrito, When the TAAOLI•eolii ..! /, „.„ ing in for the shore beeore a gentle.
vkt re drawn up for inspeetion i* Nes. --- • breeze that mercely ruffled the suesj
the vs market, Arabella Bishop Inc(', a stately red -hulled frigate,eily,
nieee,114 qolosiel Bisbee, the militarying the English ensign. Se leisurely:
eeinteandet draws his attention te - - --..s.sse- an advance argued Si manter inditfer. I
Blood and 'be is eUrchasea for the liet;;. '
• .s... ,, ' ently acquainted with them waters.)
*UM of ttti eoundslrl.meraues of hie ,
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sion had been satisfied by Pat's puns
The colonel withdrew ss:en his pass
LW given the run et tbe town am * , 1,11 • lehment, and there , in the stocks!
4sItilit _ AA 'a physee Later with 4e- .,1 4 pi
111.eibti •Ahaalie and ha meet, but
Steeds in hit bitternees over his posi.
time Miseaderstands the character of
the likee of his niaster.'4 .
CHAPTER
STMPATBY
One day, towards the end of May.
• thee* trawled into Carlisle Bay 'I
wozu4ett, 'battered Bnelnet Ship, tilt
Pilds of Devon She bad been in ac.
tion eft Martinique math. two Spenisill
tresseire ships. One or the Spinier*
• had tied ham the combo*.
teede after the fishien of meet
sudsiest governors. ravo tbut Pride of
'Devon shelter and. every facility. to
:preen sand carry out Mein -
But, before It twine to this, tueY
Welled from her hold over a score of
thiglish seamen as battered end brok-
en as the ship hismelf, and together
with these. some half-dozen Span-
iarde in like cue. Them wounded
• eke wertoneireed to a long shed on
• the v/barf, and the metal skill oI
Bridgetown wile summoned to their
add. Peter Blood was ordered to bees
sa head in this work, and, PartlY., be.
cause be spoke Castilian tend he
iceolce it as fluently as his own native
tongue) and partly because of his in-
terior condition, as a elave, he was
evert the Spaniards for his patients
The were shunned, however, by all
those charitably disposed adiabitantr
of Bridgetown who flocked to 'the in-
. .provised eeepitel with Wet of fruit
mid flowere end delicacies for the in.
jured stamen.
Rising suddenly from the retiree.
sine of *Atwood .s teak „in which he
had been Idelorbed fee safes ntoMelitn
la est.?, to his surprise, that one lady,
; • deteebed -from the general throng,
was-plachig some planWns and a
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the duties of my office."
I "I said he was to have neither meat
"The *eel a SPIlaiard," said he. ,nor drink until I. ordered it." ), .
.........1./ f..........1,". ..........r.v., ••,,,•,....4.e., I "Sure, now, I never heard ye.
I For an instant the cotonel was too
culling the colonel $ displeasure. If z_
Jae had had his way, x oouid never 1 ammeanzed at his impudence to speak
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have been allow ,to (trees their
u 5." rl "If you're alive when my blacks
I have done with you, perhaps you'll
"And *Ai thought, of course, that . come to your senses."
"I'd not willingly be rude to a ledy,l. He swung to his negroes to 13aUe .
X must be of thy uncle's mind?"
an order. But it was never Waled.
even in niy though:tee' said he. n t
that'yON 'should bestow gifts on them, At that Moment a terrine rolling
:thunderclap drowned his voice and
considering that if your uncle came t° .'shook the very air. Co:onel Bisbee
hear of it-' He paused, leaving the jumped; his negroe8 jumped with
sentence unfinished. "Ale well; there him, and so did even tie apparently
it lei" he chneluded. 1 imperturbable ifie-Bitere. Then the
"First you hut/uterine to inhunisen. • four of them stared together sea-
ite, and teen cowardice.. Faith! r es 4 _wards,
;a man who would norseeninely leo I As those men started front the em;
rode to a lady even 'n Ads thoughts' •inenve on which they stood, not yet
it's none so bad." liar boyish laugh I understanding whet hat taken place
trilled out, 'but the note, of it jarred they . saw the British jack dip from
his care this time. . • 1 the main truck' and, to replace• the
He saw her now, at seemed to him ! flag of England soaree the gold and
for the first time, and mil Dew he had I crinisoh banner of Castile.
misjudged her. I "Pirates!" mined the Colonel, ame
"Sure, now, Imai was I to guess that . again "Pirates!" .
bundle of succulent sugar cane on the -that Colonel Bishop could have an I • •
eleak thee'eerved one or his patients angel for • hie nieee?" said he melt. I ,
CHAPTER VIII
for Is coverlet. Peter Blood'stood -at leisly,"for he was rectiless, as -mu; SPANIARDS
gaze a mement, The :ode, turning often are in sudden eienitelice. ' I The stately ship that had been el-
bow to confront him, her lies parting "You wouldn't, of course. I lowed to sail so leisurey into Cars
le a walk of reeognition, was Anibal- shouldn't think you often guess , lisle Bay under her false colors wait
' la Itiahap.. aright."re- Spanish privateer; -coming -to- pay
"The man's,* Spaniard," said he, in Without another wore or so much ' off some of the heavy debt piled up
the tem of one who correct* * Inistap. es another. glance At Peter Blood, she by the predaceous, Brethren of the
Peter found him, and set about gni-
ing him succor as a doctor and as a ;
friend, Pitt's pillory seemed to end'
all hope ef escape. •It was now Pet; I
er's hope to save his friend from
death. .And, while he staunched thr
flow of blood, his thoughts, grim end,
hopeless as they were, were Enter.'
rupted. He felt the shadow of Col.
onel Bishop upon him.
"What the devil are you doing
here ?"
Mr. Blood turned to face him, and
over that swarthy countenance
(which, indeed, by now was tanned to
, the golden brown of a aaif-caste In.
!dem) a mask descended,
' I "Doing?" said he blandly. "Why
Clebat4s."•3111116.1Phis hillardaud
M. ammo tasttiag a fteg
tho swim* pent-
Pont1, amsf*Iimitlf a Iiiwaseregmasiasastorpitvin.:
kitamomes.med some eloythapattegossibuitc;
rakele-eoariet were comber le, in
!twee mod threes. having abstrideiseJ
Werk noose Sealing thseaselvee
,generdellertmaelmi and upon seentine the
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Xesstarill=yei. to fling an order to
• • thouweodethe..w!"004.he
bis tbIL
;there, until this is over, *ad we're
!gutted times Beenish swine
The slaves ystakl bare obeyed. him
on the instant hot Mr ser. Blood.
"What need for hut*, and in this
heat?" quoth he. He wee surpris-
qngiy cool, they thouget. "Maybe
twhoetr11,1abteiaranv,ied., anyway
owatheit wtetuthbee
time enough to do eo. when the Span,
lards *re masters of the town."
The landing was contmami les the
militia end by every Wand* ea**
of bearing arms With the fierce rose -
me who know tic
i quarter was to be expected in defeat
This Flpanish commander:knew hia
business. Having gained the advert.
tage or a surprise blow, his sure
turned now upon the open space be.
hind the mole, where the ineompeti
ent Bishop had tuarshalled his men
tore the militia int bloody rags, and
covered the landing partiee which
were making the .shere in their ovni
.boats,
By sunset two hundred end fifty
Spaniards were masters ot Bridge.
town, the islanders were disarmed,
and sa Government House, Governor
Steed, supported by Colonel Bishop
, and some lesser officers, was being
I informed by Don Diego, .of the sum
that would be required in ransom.
For a hundred thousand pieces of
eight and fifty head oe cattle, Don
Diego :would forbear from reducing
the place to ashes. And what time
that suave and courtly commander
was settling these details with the
apopletic British Governor, the Span -
ANOMIE TROINILED WITS
lomossosime Flatiorilog lat ties
Hssr Wolk and fors9sloor
Soilotberiesi wog lialthog
Phew wed Faint- Siatila.t1:9 •
veasamas avid 514modeosiam.
Shortnaso of Breit* ats.
or sale by all druggists *ad dealers.
Put up oily by The T. Minium em,
Limited, Tomato, Oat.
Coast, and the recent *emit by the
Pride of Devon of two treasure gals
!eons bound for Cadiz. It happened
that the galleon whirh escaped in a
more or less crippled condition was
commanded by Don'4S:ego de Eapin.
oma y Valdez, who was own brother to
the Spanish Admiral Don Miguel a,
Espinosa, and who was also a very
hasty, proud, and hat -tempered, Ere
tienum. I
Ile had succeeded so well in lifs in- ;
tentions that he had aroused no 3%13,1- 4
picion until he salted the fort at
short range with a broadoide of tweq.
ty guns.
And now the gaping watchers in
the stockade on the headland beheld
the great ship creep forward under '
the rising cloud of sesoke, her main-
sail unfurled to increase her steerine
way, 'and go about close-hauled
to bring her larboard. guns to bear
upon the unready fort. • '
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- g, ravaging a -
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ter the hideous manlier or. their kind.
Mr. Blood, greatly daring, venter,
ed down at dusk into 'the towis
What he saw was fetching him in
'haste and white-faced out of that hell
again, when in a narrow street a girl
hurtled into him, wild-eyed, her un-
bound she ran.h ir streamingAerilher,
behindlaughing h7 andas
cursing in a breath, came a heavy -
booted Seaniard. Almost hes..Was
upon' her, when suddenly Mr. Blood
got in his way. The doctor had tak-
en a sword from a dead man's side
some little time before and armed him
self with it against an emergency.
IAs. the Spaniard checked in anger
and surprised he caught in the dusk
the livid gleam of that sword which
Mr. Blood had meekly utielimitheds-
"Ah, perm ingles!".he shouted, and
flung forward to his death. ,
"It's hoping I am ye're in. a fit
state to meet your Maker," said Mr.
, Blood, and ran him through the body.
He did the thing skillfully- with the
- -combined skill of -the -swordsman -and
"It's hoping I am yere et to meet surgeon. The man sank In a hideous
.your Maker." • heap without so much as a groan.
With the crawhin roar of that se.
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PIU PAM al OEN TEA ma IRWEST. "MAMA." Timm
i Mr. Blood swung to the girl, who
} leaned pasting and sobbing egainst
a wall. Ile caught her ey the wren.
They sped down an alley, and
whits-faeed, physically sick, Mr.
Blood dragged her annost at a rua
up the bill tow Colonel Bishop's,
house, He knocked,. but had to knock
again and Yet. again before he was
answered.
"Who is there?" The voice was
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1 Mu Bishop's a little tremulous, brt
1 unmistakeably her own.
"It is I -Peter Blood," he gaelatal.
"What do you want V' s
.• At the sound of her vocesthe girl
Mr. Blood 'had rescuer; peered up
through the gloom.
"Arabella!" she me:ed. "It is I
Mary Traill."
After A brief pau-e the emir aped
wide. Mr. Blood strode in followed
by his distraiught companion, who
falling upon Arebelhess slender bos.
one :surrendered herself to e paeisien
of tears.
"Whom have you here with you ?
What servants ?" he demanded
slier ly. The onlymale was Jamul
old
annegro groom.
"The very man," said Blood. "Dia
him get out the hones. Then away
with you to Speightstown, or even
farther north where you will be safe
Here you are in danger -in dreadful
danger. The deviltryrs only bogie-
ning. In God's name, madam, take
my word for it, and do as I bid you."
"He . . he saved me," sobbed
Miss Traill.
"Let, that wait," snapped Mr. /Mope
almost angrily. "Will you ple.ase
cell -James, and do ati 1! say. -and at
once 1" .
"You are very p.oremptory . .."
"Yea, yes," the girl cried, shudder-
ing. 'To as he says -Oh, for pity's
sake, Arabella." •
The borate 'mule at last -four of
them, for in Addition to James who
was to act as her guide, Miss Bisbee.
had her woman, who was not to be
left behind.
. Mr. Blond lifted the Slight weight
of Mary Traill to her home, then
turned to .say good-bye to Miss Bi-
shop, who was already mounted. He
said it, and seemed to have something
to add. But whatever it, was it re.
mained unspoken.. He went off
briskly in the direction of the stock-
ade, where his fellow -slaves Awaited
him in deep anxiety and some hope.
CHAPTER IX •
- - -THE BEBELSe_CONVICT__. .
There were, when the purple gloom.
of the tropicalnight detccended upott
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the Caribbean, nut more than ten. men
on guard aboard the Cinco Lieges, so
confident were the Spaniards; of the
complete subjection oz the islanders
As a matter of fact, whilst the maim
body of the Spaniards feasted and
riote3 ashore, the Spanish gunner And
his crew were feasting on the glee
deck upon the wine anti the iresn
meats fetched out to them from
ashore. Above, two sentinels only
kept vigil, et stem and stern.Nor
were they ea vigilant as they 'Eshould
have been, or else they lout have ob-
served the two wherries that unties
cover of the darkness came gliding
from the wharf, with well -greased
rowlocks, to bring up In stience under
the great ship's quarter.
From the gallery aft still hung the
ladder by which Don Diego had de.
amended to the boat that had takei
him. ashore. The sentry on guard in
the stern, coming presently -round this
gallery, was suddenly confronted by
the black shadow of a man standins
before him at the head of the ladder.
It was Peter Blood.
The wooden taffran was a low one
and. the Spaniard was taken eoin-
pletely by surprise, Save for the
splash he made as he :struck the wa-
ter, narrowly missing one of the
crowded bouts that waited under the
tounter,- nota -sound anwomeed
heicadventure. Armed as lie Was'-
with torslet, cuissarts, and headpiece
he sank to trouble them no.•more,
Within five minutes they ead swarm.
ed aboard, the entire twenty of them
overflowing from the narrow >gallery
,end crouching on the quarter-deck it-
self.
(To be continued)
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