Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-16
CHAPTER IN.

III 70 be as you says die for 1t now.
or tomorrow. or next day, or next week.
die II II. my lad" said Bart Respondent.
~; but luck's agen Us, and we're beat.
Why not give up!"
"Give up?" cried Jack, whose appear.
ance was somewhat altered by his two
years Of hard sea life In the tropics since
the night when the cutter sailed away
Into the darkness Of what seemed to be
their future. "Give upY'
Yes; and back out Of II all. Why not
take passage somewhere, not ~ Jack,
Commodore Junk's brother. but % bon.
ny Mary Dell o Devnshire, going homo
along o Bart Wrigley, a. 10 Bartholomew
by rishtsy"
"WellT said Jack. sternly.
Don't look at me. my lad. I'm tired
O boarding ships aud sending people
sdrift."
"Growing afraid, Barty'
"Yes, my lad; but not for Bart Wris'
LEY. For someone else"
You are preaching tonight, Bart"
MAY be. my lad. for it's solemn times;
and something keeps a.saying to me:
Don't run no more risks! There's Old
Devon awaiting for you, and there's the
old cottage and the bay. and you've got
the money to buy decent lusger, and
there's plenty o ash In the sea-"
go on" said Jack, mockingly.
"Ay. lad. I WILL" said Bart. "And you
might settle down there. aud live happy
with q man there to walt ON you and be
your servant-ay, your dog Il you liked;
and some day, II you thought better Of Il,
and was ready to say, Bart. my lad,
you've been q true chap to me, and
know % you've loved me ever since you
was q boy. 50 now III be your wife, Why
then"
Bart stopped with bic lips apart. casing
wonderinsly at the angry countenancs
before him.
"You madman! What are you say
ingy' was Missed into his ears. MARY
Dell died when she left home. driven
away By mans tyranny-when she
sought out her brother and his friend, "a
And them working like slaves In that plan
your companion: Mary Dell 10 dead"
mo-" said Bart. speaking softly and
with . homely pathos. a. he sat on the
deck Of . long, low, heavily SPARED
schooner. "No. my led. Mary Dell isn't
dead. She's hidden here In my breast
whore ] an look inward and see thu
bonny lass with the dark eyes snd long
black hair 40 knOwed I loved - soor
o. knOwed what love meant, and 4,
long a. live that lass will never de-"
Hush. Bart. old friendw said Jack
softly. LET her live then, there; but t.
me she is dead, and I live to think Of
her prosecutions. and how Tor two year.
man has pursued us with bitter hatret
and hunted US down ~ II We were saw
ago beasts"
AYE, but SEQ how we've growcd. FRS
It was the bit Of canoe thing - you
came In up the creek"
Jack nodded.
"Then we took the cutter"
"Yes. Bart"
"And with that cutter we took 6rs
one ship. aud then with that another
always masters. and getting, bit BY bit
stout, stanch men,"
"And savages," said Jack. bitterly.
"Well, yes, some on 'em ID savage like
specially Massard."
BLACK Nassard ID Q ruihanly wretch
} "Trus, lad; but we've gone on and 20
better and stronger till We have unds
our feet the swiftest schooner % swim
the sea. and Commodore Jupk's name
} known oil along the coast"
! "And hated. and . price sst upon BIZ
} hssd; and now that hs d . prisoner hl
people turn against him, AID bio NOS
feitAtul tellewee varns y % and lesv
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