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motioned for the prisoners to be drawn

up in line before them. /
ga court martialy' whispered.
One of the Spaniards began to adj
dress the prisoners in English, and it
seemed to me that his voice was
strangely familiar.
"Traitorous cursv' said he, do you
make full confession? Come, you dog,
there, you with the crippled eye and
the crippled hand, you who worst mis-
used your trust, do you speak for your
companions?"
Meaning me, Don Uglyface?" quoth
Willie Trehalion with unruffled compo-
sure.
Measure your words!' said the
Spaniard angrily.
AYE, with lead line, not with foot
rule. bain't going to stint language
Just because you've promised to hang
me in an hours time. tell you plain
to your yellow teeth that pumped
the carrack on them rocks O. purpose.
L could have fetched her in through the
fair channel an brought her up to snug
anchor within cable o. this very spot,
an that without losing spar or carry
ing away shred O. canvas. But, Sc
nor Spaniard, / didn't choose. An If I'd
got her again, with a fine reef on the
lee I'd up helm an risk 40 drownings
in welcome. So, Don Miguel, you can
wrap that in your cigarillo an smoke
it,"
don Miguelr' said Alec, with a gasp.
81 knew had heard the voice before"
Eyes, it's Inez father" said gloom
fly.
"Then we'd better not allow our
selves to fall into his hands. There are
old scores against us, and Don Miguel
is not the man to forget to wipe them
Off God help Willie Trehalionr'
"Hushv said I. Hes speaking
again. Listen"
| Willie Trehalion appeared to be en-
joying himself down there on the
beach. He was by nature talker,
and his subject seemed to have in
spired him with eloquence. The Span
iards did not interrupt him, but 1T was
little safety that argued from their
silence.
Seven months agone, Don Miguel"
said Willie, you lured me an those
other lads aboard yon craft at La
Guayra an gave us fair promises.
was to be pilot, they crew to show
your ewn lubbers how to furl sail an
splice rope, an for reward we was
&c be given OUT liberty an set aboard
the first English craft that was brought
within hail. We labored willingly an
like fools trusted to a Spaniard'g prom
Use. We overhauled all your running
! rigging, set up all your standing rig.
ging again, altered your canvas an
made your carrack a seaman's ship
instead O. a soldiers as she was afOre
An then how did you treat us? We
had to lie on the deck all through the
glass, like so many willocks, with nc
shelter from the rains an no shade
from the sum- an if there was anything
O. a sea the spray drenched us through
an through at every dip she gave. Like
dogs, we was given the dirty dishes tt
lick after your idolatrous stomach!
/, were satisfied. y5
. aye, aye, Don Miguel cried tn,
boatswain. his voice rising almost to {
shrek as he hurled out his string Of &C
cusations. "You can frown an staml
your foot an put your hand to you
sword hilt, but you can't deny the gos
pei truth O what l say. If we did well
you thanked us with curses; If i'll, 70,
blessed us with blows. Then when
, small brig hove in sight an, drawing
:. near, flew Plymouth ensign, we mad
bold to remind you O. your promise
Ha, ha, ha! We might have save
our breath! A Spanish promise!
Castilian oath! Easy made, both {
'em, an just as easy forgotten. 70,
sneered at us an said we were doome'
to everlasting captivity. Then 70,
bade US bear arms against our country
men, forgetting maybe that we WASH
born south O. the Pyrenees. We re
, fused. You logged us with leade
, whips, elapped us under matches, sale
q trile nearer the brig an then, fee
ing your courage ooze away, went 'bou
! ship like lily livered coward that 70
! are an ran in under the guns O. L
Guayra, where she weren't able to &c
, at you"
, Don Miguel's sallow face turned livi
!, at the taunt, and l expected to see hi1
; run the boatswain through on the spo
3 for sharp tongue is weapon whic
!, more often than not turns it's poir
back on him who uses it. With a viz
lent effort, however, he restrained hin
self and for the present let the squa
square mariner alone, evidently reser'
ing him for worse fate.
"Have your say out to the FULL b
said, with an angry gesture. ether
will be bitter repayment when 70
have DONE"
b "Thank you, Senior Jack Spaniard
Y replied Willie Trehalion coolly, 'but
II seems to me there bain't much more |
J. say. When I've called a villain bot
l. liar an coward. don't think / wal
n to add anything else. Other blac
e words would fall white on him aftt
4 those"