Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-02-10

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1--WE are friends. Manly. are we mott
You have saved my life: we have fought
side by side. In the same good cause: we
are here together. fugitivcs from a ccr-
tain and cruel fate at the hands Of those
dasiardly dons. on board this ship
through your agcncy--sO that In fact you
have a second time saved my life--wc
are friends. are we not p
80 far we are. and II shall not be my
fault 10 We continue not So"
TEL me, then. Captain Manly. what
can induce you. you whose great deeds
and great glory have never yet been dis
graced by any act ~ darkness. you whose
name In our county would bc hailed with
delight from one end Of the Union to the
other as the bravcst Of the sous Of lib
erty, the tanner Of the insolcnt Red Cross
you. whose recent deeds here would but
add to the lustcr of your reception at
home what can induce you. short of
madness. to accept the Office Of a chief
OF buccaneers. n captain of butchers. rob-
bcrs and assassins!"
LET me reply by another question:
What can induce you. whose position Is
at least as enviable rs my own at home.
to accept the Office. not Of a chief, but
Of private buccancer!"
Mont gomcry gazed wistfully, as II In
doubt, before he made answer.
"My question tirst-youfs afterward.
What can induce you to become cap.
tainy'
1T IN the very same I have been ask
ing myself these two hours. and can
give you no answer. unless 1t he that l
have given mysclf-'Faith. l don't
know"
"Can yom avoid II. captainy
what should hiudcr?"
'If we 20 ashore there" replied Mont.
gomery. pointing to Tampico. "wc shall
bc shot IN the back by the Spaniurds as
traitors. rebels. | care not what. 1f we
go on board yonlcr, we shall be- strung up
by the neck to the yard.arn,. as coming
from on board u notorious pirate"
mot quite so fast. The captains of
American incn-of-war know as we'll as
any other men in the world the virtues of
amy port In u Storm aud I doubt not
the commander Of yon tight schooner
would go on board buccanccr himself to
avoid being shot IN the back. No. no:
there Is no talk about hanging. II you
aud were to jump into the dingcy. how
long would it take rs to pull! with this
cbb-tidc to yon cruiscr!"
".\n hour at most"
at most. Well. we have been fighting
for Morc!os and libcrty--onr uniforms
vouch for us--evcry American knows
| Morc!os; every American loves liberty.
! We are fugitivcs from a cOwnrdly and
cruel enemy. seeking the protection of
our own nag--whO shall refuse It to us?''
"Will they let you have u boat hence
for such II purpose. Captain Manly"
,"'rhcy will. sir. Why notT
"Will they not fear betrayal. sir!"
"NO, man. sir ever feared betrayal at
my hands who knew me. ana these men
know me To their hearts cores. Besides.
they fear nothing. II they fight that
cruiser II will be for fun. They can cs.
cape from her as easily ms now speak 1t.
lf ! leave them they will escape her."
| ''rhen. tn return to my old question,
why will you leave thcm!"
".And again I will answer by another
question. why shall We not leave them: =
| ~ cannot"
| ".And whercfoc?"
| Montgomery was silent.
| II answered your question, Montgom.
cry. under an implied promise. Now
ask mine. What can induce you to be.
come buccanccry"
1T will he long to toll"
1--WE have the night before us. AMI
ask yOu In your own words, are We moi
fricnds!"
I'VE are" replied Montgomery, cor
daily. shaking his offered hand; "and
you have a right to ask It and I will an
swer; but first. do you know who com
mands yOn cruiser!"
II do. Harry Sutherland"
Even 80. DO you know the man?
mean personally"
II do" answered Manly. gloomily
"nnd owe him deep debt"
"DO you-dO YOU! ] also. Manly. OF
your life. what debt? What sort OF debt
! meant"
"Of penitencc." answered the other
'and deepest rparatiOn."
".And ! Of tho deepest, dircst. dcadlies
vengeance. ! cannot receive his pr0tec
ton; rather had ! be shot. coward like
In the back by the Spaniard. l canno
breathe the same air with him: 1t wOul,
sti0e, me. ! cannot eat the bread OF hi
hospitality: It would choke me. Bette
disgrace, infamy, death on the sibbet%-'
"Ah! I remember" replied Manly. Il,
terrupting him, hut In a mcditative rattle
than an abrupt manner-"I remember
You fought him and he pinkcd you. Ru
you are not the fellow to bear grudg
for that. Now, answer newly do yOv
50. hate this Sutherland!"
because throughout my life he ha
crossed me, thwarted me. conquered me
In the paths Of fame, of love, Of ven
geance, my star has ever paled before his
Now listen"-and eagerly, vchemently, h
began the recital of their first boysh riy
airy; Of his own attempt to rescue tn
child from the burning house; Of his fail
urc; OF his bitter disappointment; O
Suthcrland's arrival and success; of tn
hatred he conceived against him fror
that moment; Of the insult and dcfanc
he then offered him. and of the vcngcanc
, he had then resolved to take upon hi
head.
"I.ater." continued Montgomery, 18th
! very night that Anna Hamilton refuse
me for his sake. and told me so, us wa
, going from her house met him--ay. hin
the preferred above me by that pur
angel-descendin the steps of Trevor
: door, fresh from her company. We me-
: i reproached, deGed. challenged him
We fOught-yOu know the rest! Nov
have cause to hate himy"
: Manly paused. and unused deeply befol
, he answered. II cannot say ay," he T.,
! piled, at last. IL cannot say no! for
: he wrOnged you, he intended, nay, h
l knew 1t not. 1t is all a mystery--on tn
very night when you two first met, "
| three first met-on that night, brousl
+. Harry Sutherland on board this ship