The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
CHAPTER XVII.


The great white ship lay at anchor In
Morant Bay. 1t was here, or near here,
that Ralph knew of rendezvous that
~ was possible that Green might nave
taken the women to, though now that
Cunningham was dead all plans might
have been changed.
1t was useless to land upon their ar
rival. as 1t was after sunset that the
cruiser passed the point that Ralph had
INDICATED. The delay at the schooner,
ana the fact that while the young man
Knew the spot by name, he naturally
was not acquainted with its approach
by sea, recessitated waiting for a pilot.
Wnen that Individual came on BOARD
no was closely questioned
Rave you seen or heard OF an open
boat with two men In It and two women.
one white and the other brown, coming
into this bay to-day2" asked the officer
OF tho deck.
NO, sab, I not heard anything. But
been up dc coas'. sab. Boat might come
IN. sab, an not hear OBJ 1t. Dat quite
easy, sahr'
"Will any boats be off to SEQ US when
we come to anchor7" continued the Off
Ger.
%, plenty boats, sab! Dey brings on
bananas an cocoanuts an all sorts Oh
tings, sab. o. yes, sab. dey be plenty
boats, sah!''
And he was right for the man-o' wars
anchor had hardly struck the water be-
fore p fleet Of boats was seen through
the fast thickening gloom. making their
way to the ship.
None of them had seen any boat, or
Mt least none would own to 1t, till one
aged negro, hearing the officers call Ralph
by name, approached him and bowed pro-
foundry.
dis Mas'r Jennings, Mars Montague's
oberseer?" he asked, looking questioning
~ at the bnndaged face of the young
man.
Yes, my, man." said the other, for
getting his disg,iise can you not sec
for yourself?" And then, suddenly be-
coming conscious of the handage, he
laughed "No, OF course you could not.
But what Is it? I am Mr.. Jennings; I
have been hurt? Who are you?'
my name, Campbell sab. work on
der plantation, sab, down Mt der sout-
west aind. hnb little son dat Missy
Kate take care o."
''Ah. yes; I have heard of you? Well.
what is itT'
Step one side. sab. He watched the
others out OF the corner OF his eye. Dat
boat come in here dis mawln sah'
..H one ulu |a CTlcu Niipi III til SHSAsSu
voice. "Who was In her, Campbell. For
tho love Of God. tell me, man."
Il see Jim Green an one odder man. l
don sec anyone else, sah."
Ralph grew pale.
Are you sure?' he asked. and his
voice sounded dry and far away.
Yes, sab, I quite shuah. She pass
pretty close when ! was fishin, an !
tink dat could see.''
Where did she come from?" asked
the young man.
"she come from 'roun' G7t point Gar,
sah," his skinny finger indicating the
headland to the southwest
"How far does Green. live from Ma.
hogany Patch, the place where they used
to run their schooner into? Do you know"
"Yas, sab, I know we'll. 1t is on
hill. back about a mile
as it hard to get there? q
".Not at all, sab"
.'rhen, Ill go and find out where she
is. or I'll strangle that fellow, that's
ALL
who is It. sah dat you looking for:"
asked the old man, gazing up at him
with bleared eyes.
Miss Kate Montague, Campbell
missy Kate? What you mean. sab?
Ain she wild you? was toll dat you gone
II did, Campbell. but these scoundrels.
that Is, Cunningham, who used to be
overseer before came-you remember
him. suppose?'
"'Deed l do, sab! An I hate him.
too"
well. he was on board the schooner
that Green owned. He ran into us
few nights ago, fired shot through our
engine room and blew up the boiler. kill
ing the engineer and flremen. beside
two more Of our men. He knocked down
the captain and myself as we came on
deck. and took Miss Montague and Min
ME Burton on his schooner. Then he
set fire to the steamer. and. leaving us
for dead, he sailed away. We We're res
cued by United States ship and then
transferred to this vessel. We ran into
the hurricane, and this morning found
the Mongoose with both masts gone. Gun
ningham and two of her men dead on tho
deck. and the schooner wreck after the
storm. / found part of letter from
Miss Kate in the cabin, which said that
they were coming to this island, She must
have been interrupted before she could
finish it. We followed here, as ] knew
that Green used to run his vessel Into
Mahogany Patch at times
Tho old man. who had listened In
tently to the story, raised his clenched
fist on high.
Jus you let me tell dose people. sab,
an all hands SO after him.
Very well, | have no objections was
tho reply.
The old negro Joined the group of
younger men. and told them tho story.
Soon there was deep excitement then
muttered ordinations Of surprise and
anger, as he continued. and finally 4
great clamor, and rush to where Ien-
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