Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-14
CHAPTER l..
The witch's Death Song.

Tell the dog that if so much as a hair
of her head be touched l will twist his
wizened neck. Higher than Haman will 1
hang him, and all his slave-driving tortur-
ing crew. Tell him that"'
1t Is not necessary to say that the words
were those of Umphray Spurway.
The great Yorkshireman was never care
full of his speech. AS soon as he heard
where my mother was he proceeded to the
store room in which the prisoners were con-
fined with strong guard of sailors and
marines over them. Don Nicholas was
there, also, wounded in the shoulder, but
bearing his misfortunes with the philosophy
of a man and the courage of Spanish gen
tleman.
But the Interpreter was not needed. The
TITLE inousitor answered for himself iii
his quaint and creaky English.
Sir" he said, the lady is better than
well. All day she sings with Sister Agatha.
Every night she prays.
II shall soon stop all that. 1 shall have
her on board the ship in half an hour"
Impossible chirruped the father In
onisitnr. The lady has cast aside this
world renowned it's vanities. She is now
sister of the Convent of st. Mary of
Brozas She has taken the solemn vows.
/ myself laid them upon her
.Then by the head of Cromwell, you
Yourself will take the VOWS off, or 1 shall
take your head from off your shoulders and
level to the ground the Convent of st. Mary
of BroZas. | swear IL by ~
But he did not finish. The little Jesuit
held up his hands.
THE vow is not final. 1t shall be as the
sister wills. She has not yet taken the
black veil"
While we sailed for the Island Of Porto
Rico Umphray told us all that had passed
since we We're carried off. and 1 had left
him standing over his own open grave IN
the iimekiin Of Provost Partan. He told
how by favor Of the kings advocate he had
gotten letters of Introduction to the gov
ernors of Jamaica and Barbados, COM
manding them to put at his disposition all
his majesty's available sea forces within
their Jurisdiction. Armed with this he hur-
ried to Abercairn, where he had put into
commission the best and soundest fighting
brig that ever cleared from any Scottish
anchorage Her he had armed under let
tiers of marque, and put a notable crew
aboard all the most daring blades of half
| a dozen ports. He told US how long he had
searched before he discovered the where
abouts Of the buccaneers city of refuge
| from one of the former crew married in
Barbados and settled down to- respecta-
| b1lity upon his gains.
Then he proceeded to recount now he and
| the commanders of his majesty's two yes
| sells had arrived too late to capture their
| prey, but just in time to take Capt. Key
| and his desperadoes after a stiff fight. The
| captain and the ringleaders had been
promptly hanged for one hundred enormi-
| ties, even as Saul Mark and Philip STAINS
| Of Capt Keys quasi-commission from the
! governor of the New England plantations
| They were just about to burn the place and
| depart when Eborra was brought in with
| his strange message. The rest We knew
| AS to those who had been left behind in
| Scotland, Umphray Spurway had no very
recent news My poor grandmother was
| dead, and my Uncle John in full posses
sion Of all the properties. That was all he
| could tell me.
But we will fit him." said Umphray
| land that as soon as We get your mother
| out of the clutches of those gentryr'
| He Indicated the poop where the grand In
| qulsitor and Don Nicholas were walking ur
| and down in grave converse.
| 1t is not necessary that I should write
| down the tale of the sack of Porto Rico b,
| the English It Is written in all the his
| tories of these parts. as well as by Mr.
Champaign. the Frenchman. in his very en-.
PERTAINING travels. Besides, there are thing.
that it Is not very pleasant to remember as
| being done by men Of our, nation Yet
though an immense booty was taken. Their,
| was no brutality to women and little vim
dicttveness, save to the more cruel of ths