The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-13


love him in every port-that the Cow
ernor was starting for Europe under
master who had never seen him. /
climbed his veranda and 1 paid him
the little debt that I owed him. Then
l came aboard you with such of his
things as / had need of. and pair of
| glasses to hide these telltale eyes of
mine, and have ruffled it as a Gov
ernor should. Now, Ned, you can get
| to work upon Them
Help! Help. Watch ahoy." yelled
the mate; but the butt of the pirates
| pistol crashed down on his head, and
he dropped like struck OK. Scarrow
rushed for the door, but the sentinel
clasped his hand over his mouth, and
threw his other. arm around his waist.
No use, Master Scarrow," said
Sharkey. Let us see you go down on
your knees and beg for your life
TN see you -' cried Scarrow,
shaking his mouth clear.
Twist his arm round, Ned. Now
will you?"
mo; not IL you twist it off,"
Put an inch of your knife into him."
You may put six inches, and then I
won't"
Sink me. but like the spirit, cried
Sharkey Put your knife in your
pocket, Ned. You've saved your skin,
Scarrow. and it's a pity so stout
| man should not take to the only
trade where a pretty fellow can pick
up living. You must be born for no
common death. Scarrow, since you
have lain at my mercy and lived to
"a cfr,r- ~ ~,
ITO the stove, captain?"
"Tut, tut! there's fire in the stove.
None Of your rover tricks, Ned Cal
loway, unless they are called for, or
I'll let you know which of us two is
captain and which is quartermaster.
Make him fast to the table,
Nay, thought you meant to roast
him!" said the quartermaster. 'You
surely do. not mean to let him go?"
'If you and I were marooned on a
Bahama cay. Ned Galloway, it is still
for me to command, and for you to
obey. Sink you for a villain, do you
dare to question my orders?"
Nay, nay, Captain Sharkey, not so
hot, sir!' said the quartermaster, and,
lifting Scarrow like a child, he laid him
on the table. With the quick dexter
ity Of seaman, he tied his spread
eagled hands and feet with a rope
which was passed underneath. and
gagged him securely with the long era.
vat which used to adorn the chin of the
Governor of st. Kits.
Now, Captain Scarrow, we must
take our leave of YOU" said the pirate
IF I had half dozen of my brisk boys
at my heels I should have had your
| cargo and your ship, but Roaring Ned
could not find a foremost hand with
the spirit of mouse. I see there are
some small craft about, and we shall
get one of them. When Captain
| Sharkey has a boat, he can get a
smack, when he has a smack he can
get a brig, when he has a brig he can
| get a bark, and when he has a bark
he'll soon have a. full rugged ship of
| his own-so make haste into London
town or may be coming back after
all, for the Morning STAR
/ Captain Scarrow heard the key turn
| in the lock as they left the cabin. Then
as he strained at his bonds, he heard
| their footsteps pass up the companion
and along the quarter deck to where
/
! still struggling and writhing, he heard
| the creak of the falls and the splash
of the boat in the water. In a mad
fury he tore and dragged at his ropes,
until at last, with flayed wrists and
ankles, he rolled from the table. sprang
| over the dead mate, kicked his way
| through the closed door, and rushed
| hatless on to the deck.
"Ahoy! Peterson, Armitage, Wilson!"
/ he screamed. "Cutlasses and pistols!
! Clear away the long boat. Clear away
the gig! Sharkey, the pirate, is in yon-
| der dingey. Whistle up the larboard
watch, bo'sun, and tumble into the
boats all hands,"
Down splashed the long boat and
down splashed the gig, but in an in
slant the coxswains and crews were
swarming up the falls on to the deck
once more.
1.-THE boats are scuttled!" they cried.
They are leaking like a sieve"
The captain gave a bitter curse. He
had been beaten and outwitted at ev-
cry point. Above was cloudless,
starlit sky. with neither wind nor the
promise of it. The sails tapped idly
III Tic moonlight Il dT away lay q
fishing smack, with the men cluster
ing over their net.
Close to them was the little dingey,
dipping and lifting over the shining
swell.
'They are dead men!" cried the cap
tain. ga shout altogether, boys, to
warn them of their danger"
But it was too late.
At that very moment the dingey
shot into the shadow of the fishing
boat There were two rapid pistol
shots, a scream, and then another pis-
toll shot, followed by silence And
then suddenly as the first puffs of
land breeze came out from the Sussex
shore the boom swung out, the main
sail filed, and the little craft crept out
with her nose to the Atlantic-[Copy
right by A. Conan Doyle.]
a Lucky Find.