The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

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again, was fair above Oziel. when Lynch
threw his arms about Hasket and rolled
him over with a mighty effort and pressed
him hard against the side. The long knife
fell, grazing the combatants. and its point
sank in the deck
The dog" yelled Justin. leaping upon
Dade, what is il? Is he mad?"
The deck aft was fun now OF the sail
ormen One rushed to the helm and
brought the sloop in control. and all the
others fell promiscuously upon the bic
New Englander and dragged him from
DiXey Lynch, and in that they were none
of them gentle One ran 10 Justin who
was wellnigh strangling MOL Dade The
little mans knife had dropped from his
hand and his manner had undergone a
great and sudden change. He made NOT
the weakest resistance to young HALO
well, but permitted the angry youth 10
shake him with the most frantic passion
and, far from fighting, sank to his knees
on the planks and held up his hands sup
piicauugly while his eyes were fixed upon
Justins on whose face the moon sE5ne.
with the greatest awe and fear. Indeed.
the boys countenance was for a moment
horrible with rage. livid white save for
the black savage slittering eyes and.
above these, the distinct and glowing red
of perpendicular mark in the center of
his high white forehead, a mark So clear
and of so strange a shape Non Dade's
fear was excusable. 1t was snake of
clear design in furious wrinkles. whose
fiat head threatened from between the
eyes, whose body, lessening in size,
writhed serpentinely upward to the roots
of the black hair. An angry scarlet that
frownng mark was now, on a field of the
coolest white.
DiXey Lynch had risen 10 his feet and
was az once master of himself, though
somewhat short of breath, and his cap
astray. He opened his mouth to speak,
\but Immediately his glance fell upon
Justin and from one of cold anger his
expression shifted swiftly 10 one of ex-
treme satisfaction.
"'Tis the snake" he cried, ere he could
check himself by the Mogul it's clear
as ever was mis- fathersr'
His strange excitement passed unno-
ticed for Ozel was giving his handlers
a sharp tussle, they being rough and his
rage not yet spent. Dixey caught him
self and resumed a more rational bear
ing, becoming the dspassionate, stern,
calmly indignant master of a riotous crew.
AN end 20 this!" he shouted HAS
yon crazy Puritan infected you all tin
you be mad alike? BY San Domingo, if
l come among you with a Delaying pin
I'll let your hot b.ood cool on the deck
Master Haliowell, cease, That man did
his duty to save me. Now, young mas
ter" he cried, as, at the voice. the com
batants fell apart, and Oziel stood alone
by the side exhausted and still dripping
wet, what meant you by that dastarA
attack? Has thy longing for thy farm
from which I fool to free thee, driven thee
mad?"
Oze1 stared on him blankly, 500 coolly
independent was the shrewd seaman s
aSsunDtiOn Of Urnuep6 innocence and
before he could find words Dixey turned
10 Justin and proceeded in rapid. curt
words to tell his story of what had
happened with an air Of manly wounded
righteousness which was convincing.
Master Justin" he said, Il little
thought what trouble I was laying in
store wnen for love of you and your faith
ers memory, I took, to oolige you, this
huge friend of yours aboard the Golden
Wish. First he calls me liar, a thing
never brooked from man; he accuses me
madly of shooting at him in the boat
and now, fallen overheard by fault of his
| own mud-crushlng farmers feet he is
saved by luckest chance and falls at once
on me, and would have murdered me but
for good NoI Dade and the rest coming
10 my help I tell you. young sir. ri
have no more of it. Since he's here let
him know his place and cease his sullen
vagares. | would you had listened to me
and left him ashore. God send! The
| sloop is not refuge place for all young
sour blooded Puritans who should be at
the whipping postr'
Justin looked from one to another in
bewilderment; the men scattered with I'M
friendly looks on OzieI; Noll Dade sneaked
TO the helm: Dixey Lynch cried for an
other pipe. and proceeded to smoke, yet
watched. in the dim light, the two friends
furtively. Oziel gasped a protest.
DO you deny you, of a purpose. iiled
the sloop to make me lose my footing?'
he cried
Lynch stared at him.
Tras the moon affected you?" he ouer-
led. contemptuous.y. what talk is this?"
Justin" began Oziel. wrathf,tllv
and then halted, for it occurred to him
| that. even if he were not mistaken. il
would he a hard thing to prove with only
Nou Dade as a witness. that Lynch had
ATTEMPTED any wrong.
.Justin's passion. aroused at SIGHT of his
friends peril had died away. as was the
| lads rape's pernicious manner-tbev dam
ed and fed equally fasbiike He had the
| reverse of unfriendly feelings to Dixey
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