The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-05
without principles the temptation to
plumber In those rich seas must DO very
great indeed"

Then you leave the chip here3'
yes: but will at once give orders 10
get her ready for sea. 1t Will be ten
DAYS before I return" said the Captain,
rising and going to the edge OF the Piaz-
"a. where he shouted to Valentine Day
ton the substance of his order.
Strangely enough, Captain Fox was
passing at that very moment, ana ne
must, as subsequent events proved,
have heard what Ralph said. However,
he said nothing, but politely raised bic
hat and kept on.
He went at once to the principal Inn
and asked II Q post had just como from
New York.
The landlord replied that there had.
and that the messenger was then IN mis-
room, resting after dinner.
1T is important that l should sec
him. Do not call him. Show me where
his room Is and will go to him.
Capt Fox had become q great man IN
the eyes of the villagers. The officers
and crew OF the Wanderer were good
customers; and 80 reasonable request
from the principal officer could not be
How much money do you get for
YOUR Journey here and back?" asked
Capt. Fox, when he was alone with the
courier.
about ten dollars, sir. replied the
man, rubbing his eyes, for he had been
aDid you bring letter for Capt. Fo'
of the Wanderer2"
~No. sir; the only letter brought wal
one to Capt. Ralph Denham OF the Bel
| Hawk"
1T came from the governor of tn
provincea"
yes, sir"
@Do you know the contents Of the let
teri"
aOnly. sir, that the captain-so
heard him say-is ordered to New Yorl
Bay" replied the messenger:
sCan you keep secreta" Capt. Fo
pulled out q purse, through whose silkel
meshes the yellow flash OF many gol
pieces could be seen.
If any one made 1t worth my Will
to do 80 and 1t wasn't against the law,
replied the man, his hungry eyes las
tened on the purse, which the Capital
was tossing from hand to hand, tha
the fellow might get some idea OF II
value.
Il wish you to give out-that is. to to
every one that you also brought tn
Captain Of the Wanderer Q letter froI
the Governor. Do you understand
as Captain Fox asked the question h
tossed the purse into the mans lap, II
he was sitting up in bed. -,
Il do, sir" replied the man, feeling II
purse. but I'm 'feerd the story beir
false III get me into trouble.
There is no danger Of that. Do thi
and will give you as much more gol
and o free passage to New York on m
: shio. sail inside Of forty eight hour
It is a Joke wish to play on Colon
Graham, who is now on board the wal
derer."
ala. sir. see him at the Governor
in New York when I started. He owe
took me at Hampstead"
"The same gentleman. Now, Will "
do as say?"
: why, sir, II 30 be It's only to he
along a bit of joke, which all III
l gents do like sometimes to play
: each other, OF course I'll do 1t.
< That his employer might get an Id
of his eagerness to earn the none
prospective and in possession, the me
q senger forgot his WEAKNESS. and, spri
ing out Of bed, began to dress.
). Warning him to act in all seriousness
: and promising to see him on the me
: row, Capt. Fox went away, confide
that he had scored another point In {
y game he was so daringly playing.
70 That a man carrying out such hazar
n Gus schemes should give q thought
love, which is generally supposed 70
mans Joyous way of spending deiigl
full leisure, is not little strange. i
"a Capt, Fox was not an ordinary man.
NAV have been his all-sufflcient cor
- dence in himself or spirit OF she
recklessness that led him, with fx
,, purpose in view, directly from the
II to tho residence of Doctor Hedges.
T. When he first met Lea Hedges
simply thought that sho was nal
some, dashing girl, who would serve
70 make pleasant the time spent In t
'r out-of-th e-way harbor.
Is But after each meeting with the Del
tiful Lea he became more and more
ie fatuatcd, until now he had to conf
ie that he was deeply In love.
~ In view of the strange career
which this man had entered, and
which we shall learn more hereafter
~ is not a little remarkable that he sho
~ ever give a thought to marriage.
love is the one impulse that proves
n men OF the greatest reasoning pow
e. are, after all, common flesh aud bio
and which places the intellect IN ap
ance to the emotions.
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