Evening star., 1902-01-18

that the slightest Sign Of treachery upon
the part OF either would result in 1, an instant
through the door and up the stairway
The sound as Of thu. shooting home Of bolts
informed the wondering group OF men that
To man they Vanished through the
door. stole cautiously up the stairs and
stood silently within the hall outside
Glymp's door.
There rang out suddenly amidst the dread
calm sound as Of falling metal.
Crash! Crash! Crash! The strange sounds
each Stner in rapid sSa
weii-nigh shrieked; it continued then In
blood-freezing whisper. Stay. Rogeri
Does any mofaal know of thisT'
who knows aught Of this" rang out the
voice of Glymp, clear and fearless.
Crash! Crash! Crash! Again the sound
OF falling metal, followed by voice which
every listener and the hair to elevate itself
beneath their powdered wigs:
"Sh-h-h-h!' it hissed. "Then we'r gather
it up quiet; Roger. Gather It up quiet
and buy another ship" Here the voice
Roger?"
"Quiet? Quietr' roared Glymp. ''Simon
Devremon, an God give my right arm
strength, your black blood flows this day
through yon hell-got goldr'
Then sounded crash upon crash, until the
very building rang and rang again, until at
last the tumult subsided in rhythmic rever-
berations
Now was heard labored breathing and the
deadly clash Of steel 'gainst steel. Round
and round the room they fought, wading
the while through jingling metal-then was
distinctly heard the kissing expiration OK
breath. and
C-r-a-s-hi
"And may God have mercy on your SIN
0yed SOUL the deep voice Oh Roger
Glymp.
In another moment he had shot back the
bolts and stood. smiling grimly, in the door
way. Gentlemen" said he, Il bid you en-
ter" AS they. filed quietly into the room he
continued, calmly, 'I' faith, crave pardon
for the disarray.''
1t was a sanguinary scene that met their
view. In the sealed room of the mysteri,
Gus chests, he whom Roger Glymp called
Simon Devremon lay face down in heaps
upon heaps Of yellow gold, and even In
death his hands seemed to clutch, greedily,
the glittering baubles The polished discs
reflection. save where, here and there, they
were dulled by the blood of him who lay
prone above them.
Peter" said Glymp to the innkeeper,
bring also fiagon Of wine;" then to DR..
Hutchinson "My good doctor, If you'll be
so good as to bind up this arm I'll to the
story!''
handkerchief. which the doctors deft fin
gers quickly transformed into a bandage.
with which he bound up an ugly wound in
Glymps right arm.
OF all the men within that room Roger
Glymp alone seemed calm and self-pos-
sessed. He walked to the table and filled
his pipe from a quaint tobacco jar, lit 1t;
then. leaning his arm upon the wide man.
tel shelf, he turned toward his impatient
audience.
"Gentlemen,' said he, with wave of his
hand toward the limp, recumbent figure, II
first saw yonder man five years ago. My
father, who was merchant and ship owner
in the American trade, elected to make his
permanent residence in the colonies, and set
sail with his family and household goods in
1776. Early upon the morning of July the
lookout at the masthead discovered a black
hull upon the horizon. For a week we had
been In the doldrums; and the sea rose and
fell about us in great smooth. oil-like bill
lows, through which We could scarcely
make Steerage way.rBy the aid of a glass
we could see that the stranger was piping
along under bellying canvas and churning
up white freth at" her bows. She was
well within twosmiles Of us when we heeled
over to the first puff of wind and bore away
upon our COURSE n
Roger. said my dear father to me- 1T
would, seem as though yonder black craft
were bearing down tGlpon u.s. and 1t was
while was standingiby the taffrail exam
lining her closely through the glass that she
ran up black 4fag4to her peak. At the
same time a puff Of smoke belched from
her side, and beforeethe boom of her can
non carried totals aashot Whistled through
My son, declared my father; his face
was white and set; tits pirate craft, God
save I:s-if only your another and sisters
were not aboard -, X
Glymp paused and laid aside his pine.
I'VE gathered together all the arms on
board; my mother and sweet sisters-God
rest them-concealed each a dagger in
cIr %tnvo
In case we were captured. The black craft
fired broadsde after broadside into our de-
fenseless sides as she bore rapidly down
upon us. One entered the cabin. NV dear
mother and-two sisters-were-merciful
killed.
''They soon came up with us and dashed
themselves fast. and In a moment horde
Of the fends swarmed over our sides. I
fought with pistol, with sword and then
Delaying pin, and-by God, gentlemen. I
fought to crush and kill Then 1 was
red and black before me and for q long
time I knew nothing.
Would to heaven had never recovered
consciousness! When I did found mvseIf
lashed tight to the nainmast Of the pirate
craft. My fathers ship had disappeared
Twas then yonder arch fend leered into
my face: You sent many good man to
hell, said he, but I'll have a clean score
with you. Look therep l looked, and there
before me narrow plank stretched from
the deck and overhung the sea- Gentle
IHeu-IOu Heip He-t was Obliged to look
upon my brave, gray-haired father walk
out upon that plank and lurch blindfolded
into the sea-" Roger Glymp paused
Father I called to him .fatherI,-he
raised his poor blindfolded head~.Mv SON
he said, be brave. and with those words
upon his lips he"
Glymp leaned his head upon his arm and
shook with powerful emotion.
"I have tried to be brave" said Glynnn
in a deep voice. "God knows have trfeX
Wel they gave me one chance for my life
If succeeded in whipping SIX pirates sin
gle handed, all Of us being unarmed. INV
life was to be spared. They cleared a
space upon the hot deck and we went at
1t. The lust for blood was yet in me. and
4 faith, gentlemen, again foug.- to MAIN
and kill. When I finished with them. egad-
1 wanted more. A dozen of them put me
in chains, and Devremon would nave II mo
other way than that must serve as mata
upon the pirate craft. and so with but
one end In view I thenceforth served in
that position.
at would fill volumes, gentlemen. were 7
to detail my sufferings during those years
of captivity. 1 have seen q score of deem
holes dug into the sand at the ebb OF the
tide; into each hole I have seen placed a
living being, with only his head protruding.
while a hundred drunken pirates stamped
the sand tightly about them. Then, as the
tide Sl0wlv arose and fpO,,1faS 4I...