The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-11
CHAprE1a XXI.

i'tS" " ner eyes. she ldH Il stloHh ttii'
vigorous constitution. and once fairly up
| on the road to recovery, she made rapit
strides.
From Minnie Burton she had heard
the whole sad story OF the desertion o
Allan Cunningham
gu do not love him any moro afte
All that he has done TO you. hope. Min
ME, she said
Love him, Miss Kate! ! hate hin,
and II have the chance III kill him.
| sne ADDED with swapping eyes.
kate knew that morally speaking, she
| should lecture the girl, and tell her tc
Earbor such feelings was unchristian ant
an That. but somehow the words would
not come Her life in the tropics and
among Its peoples had made her able to
sympathize with them, and she was q
half native herself. Had she been treated
as poor, ignorant Minnie Burton had
been, She was not at all sure that abe
would not feel quite as reVengeful as she
did.
The next day she was taken on board
tho steamer and after a grateful tnle-
well to tho little doctor. who absolutely
refused to accept anything but thanks,
anu who stood on the quay waving his
broad panama as they rowed away. q
handshake and a blessing from the KIND
OLD priest who was willing to take gen
SAoho dulldllOH LOT inc lNJpi VI HIS ltii
the steamers prov was once more point
ca seaward and Ralph and his precious
eharge We're on their homeward voyage.
They snt at the stern under the broad
awning and watched the town recede from
sight slowly and the blue waves dance
N the sunlight. All nature smiled to
Ralph Jennings, for was not tho only
woman of his life beside him. and was
not every day bringing her nearer and
nearer to his arms? He could wait no
longer to know his fate, his feelings could
nc longer be held in leash as he sat be-
side his fair charge. the calm sea before
them, the heavens above.
Kate, darling?" he said In low voice
fun Of emotion, as he leaned over her.
do You think that you have made up
your mind? Can I ask you now II you
Will have me- dearest7'
The warm color rose to her cheeks, but
she turned his great eyes bravely to his.
with a look in her face that there was no
installing.
Ralph, dear" she said. II knew that
I loved you when Allan Cunningham tore
me away from the de la Touches. AS
lay upon the schooners deck as ! walt.
ell in tho negro hut at Fort de france. l
Knew that loved you. ! am yours DEAR
yours now and forever
There was not soul near 70 see tho
passionate embrace that followed these
WOTuS, ana llllle tNeS IethcA Va e'ao ~"s
side world at that moment. The words
which bound their lives together had been
spoken; that was enough.
Ralph, dear" she said later, what
became of Allan Cunningham?'
II do not rightly know Kate. We saw
him start for his schooner the day that
found you. The police reported that
she had all sails set and got away be-
fore they could reach her. AS she ran
1,1yr eff M rupDip 9Th shook his
fist at the captain. so he told me, and
shouted out that he would meet him
again."
what kind OF vessel has he? While
I was on her was too agitated to no.
tlce anything, and I know little about
such matters at the best.
IT do not know myself. shall have
to ask the skipper" and he called to
that functionary, who stood scanning
the horizon with his glasses. Captain,
what kind Of vessel Is that upon which |
escaped"
''One Of the fastest in the islands, SIR
"And what kind of a man Is 1t that
owns her?' f
Ono Of the worst In the business I
would not trust him around the corner,
not even to the corner, in fact.
Surely, you do not give him high
character. What is he? What is his
himself beside Kate and motioned the
sailor to another chair. "Sit down. cap
tain; you might as we'll take 1t easy as
not. Have cigar?
THANK ye sir. Well, I'll tell you how
It is III regard to Jim Green and his
schooner. Her name is the Mongoose,
and she Is we'll named, for think she
takes everything in sight or out or sight,
Tor that matter, and without making any
m al either. Several YES
sells have never arrived at their desti-
,ations In this part of the world. and yet
10 one has been able to lay their hands
upon the cause. 1t has not been hurri-
anes or anything Of that sort. but just
)lain disappearance. In one case man
escaped, and he said that the vessel upon
which he was one of the crew had been
stacked at night by a schooner She
carried n gun forward, and When the
skipper refused to heave to. had smashed
Tho steering gear with a shot. Tho crew
were all masked, or colored black. he
could not tell which, and We're led by
i big chap, who seemed to have entire
control over them"
What did they do with the crew OF
he vessel?"
IN his case the captain was killed by
.hc shot that carried away the steering
gear. The mates were put to sea in an
|
he crew was divided, part going In the
schooner and the others being turned
adrlft in small boat. He was one Of
he latter. They knocked about for
couple of days, with nothing to eat or
rink, and then storm came up and
capsized the little craft The other two
could not swim, so they drowned but
he managed TO crawl up onto the over
turned boat, and was picked up tho next
day by the Royal Mail. That Is the
nearest that we have to description of
what has happened, but owing to what
10 tells of the leader Of the band, and
:he size of the schooner. we suspect our
friend Green. may do him an injustice
but I think that he Is scamp OF the
lrst water"
lie certainly has man with him
hat is not far behind HIM said Jen-
lings,
Meaning Cunningham. sir?"
Yes that is what mean
"True for you. He Is one or the big
;est rascals for a gentleman born that
ever heard Of"
81 have good reason TO know that
aid v3alnb no,d ca has Miss Monta-