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issseti0a for that ! cd shall fad air, thai
~ she calls MT character il question viii
impunstys
/ sfhen, II 4 Ger sir said Lfgrand, why
wIll-Soa not snsslRaEor % have some respect
fir The feelings dE othars7a
! have, slr. III that Is necessary Do Won
i suppose that ! aafe for your sickening baby
ish saftpated Hidty Net bit OF ii, You
have insnIsed First At tie table fol
actions speak ~ veil u words. Your lsay
ing III YIN did and thus interrupting me ID
/ the midst Of nara i've, was ! gross insult
aud you meantaH as SUCH
Ypu are mis8 aken sir
Yba lie, sir 4 Exclaimed Savage. nov fair.
lgenFagaa 81 oa.sg mans perfect cool.
mss ~. ian b II IS iii insult Now.
sir. f II mass Isl foAs-as Ena sfIail a..
svsr for il WIN YOU take the sword Or
r pistol r
II 'Nfither. sir Pet pc be ID peace-tbat
H j. All Task
Yiu wont fight Cd y
Nh SIR
4 Now viii You H.
Il a. Savage thus spoke. he struck the young
man with The iiaf pf hisshand, upon the cheek
I'd ~ NV WIZ you nghtk
II ! W4itar Legranh turned as pale Is death,
but npt nerve pt muscle moved 10 mo-
mentH more the blhod returned to his face.
and He Locked tl4 brutal man calmly in the
Y <sye
il Captain Savage he at length said. IN d
H low thmb like VOICE, 4 cannot fght You. nor
have Tsany wish ii aoft If you feel hap
4 pier after what foH have done. you are vel
4 coma Ht0 the emospn GU may think my
course strange dhe. but have no explana-
# tion tb make z
Coward AizEeR the brute
Again that dHcfIlea pallor spread over the
H Young man !. face. 9autl I cenld See that the
nails Ne biz fageFsMere fairly eating into the
\ rains Of a. lanlA4 He was silent but d
nioaieht. Rhl wAsa he spoke again, II was in
tile same calm. 4traaea tore
/ Captain SavaEa4 leave me, air have
/ harindd you ndtlhRd nav | am ia the pos
/ session Of my sehsRs Leave me, or 7 may
10 ma}c a maaahf
Savage was uH9a tielpoiut Of saying more,
when y interferedH
Captain. 9aidIft+lst this sabjaet drop now
/ You d re wholly ipt the fault. and / Will see
/ the ydung man alSised no more
/ tDoH you interfhreq exclaiiaed Savage,
| turnidg madly towaras me
Il alb Ireturhda and I mean what
-say command here, aud you viii be wise
/ il youHobey
AAnA suppose do not choose to obey2
AlEthink Il will Ne an uncomfortable ex-
/ pe1iFnFnt fir vau III try waslthe reply
Now owe ID Dime Nature some thanks
fer|faFing giyennsa frame more powerful
| thaE she ordiuarh bestows upon her mortal
ehillrtn. and lobg= command OF turbulent
spirits 10 the shaHa IF refractory seamen,
| Lad given me not bully decision Of charac
| ter. but had VI II 81 the fact pretty plainly
oil mvIeauntenariee. Savage looked at me
Al moment aud then said; with rather 4 chop
fallen countenaneeI
4 80, very we'll ou are captain and /
snppote il woulaHle open mutiRy to resist
| You Aud with that he walked away
Now II tell the truth. hoped the fellow
wouldIhave shown Some. more resistance. for
| ( had made MP ri mind to knock HIN down
ana Tilt Rim il iFohs but was disapp9int-
"a though, upon more calm reflection, of
| coFrse / was glad affairs, turned as they did
Thik event east aEsort of cloud oysr the
| spirtsof the passengers FIR several days and
| thaugb Savage r4ffained from most Of Bis
profanity, set donld see that aet only he,
| bntthe others looked upon Walter Lsgrand
as d edward The young man himself seem
1 ca to notice il. fdr#he was taeiturn ana SCI
date, md oftenIuptieed thathis eyes draop-
ed befbre the gazeH Of others and that his
/ lips trembled
/ EARLY one mofHing land was reported up
/ Y 1 T -
BSafhon Island The wind was very light,
tie ship not mailing more than three knots
With Her royal abb studding sails About
1 the middle Of thhEforenoon we saw long
duiac-built boat or rather yessel--come out
from one Of the coYes Of the:Island I level
lea nv glass, updn the craft, and found ii to
be fall Of men. There Wgre seventy five at
1 least
/ Captain. what Il she A asked Savage, ap-
proaclfing the spot where / stood :
sIthink there 81 not much danger IN sett.
ing her down for pirate replied i have
/ heard that there vas nest of pirates on the
Bourbon Island, ana ! think We are likely
to find it true
i aPirates 7 uttered Savage, turning pale.
| 'Theywill be likely to be ugly customers,
WON'T they2'
Il f0feonrse theylwillF Taes certainly out.
nuulb4r Us three lib one. and aresin all pro-
liability. all Of thdm stout, reckless fellows
| But YOU don Mink they win fellow the
rule Of putting al their prisoners TO death,
I do YOU q
You caa Judge Iof that Is wen IS I cam
was M reply aad then ! turned to the
| men
Il could see that Savage was much fright
ened and in fact, nearly all we're startled
N TIA appearance Of the suspicious Ia, 4 -
4 Tbepfssenca Of ~ pirate Is not pleasant
theme for any oBa, and more especially these
land Hirates for they generally make it d
practice q put their prisoners 70 death, Sd
that their haunas may not heIexposed
We had no carthage gun but there were
cutiasses and pistols enough ID boa for the
Grew and | lost 1o time ID III ming my men
All told We mustered forty cue men. The
ship'scTew inclnaing myself made twenty
nine. and there WIRE twelve Of the passen
gers. though knew mot whether ID count
npon Walter Legrand OF not AHomever,
l,s could Urea pistol, and that vas some
thi.g. By the tia1e / had made these ar!
ranrenenfs. the qaiac was Rithin two cabl &
lengths of Us and We could see that there
we're nearly eighty men on board Of her
nat q rraat odds Us We had II first supposed
Int still two ID ohe against y We could
see. Tia. that they we're I'll of| them powerful
looking fsIlawssab of iii shkdss and. com
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