Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-04-28
Iva, BY D. Appleton Co., New Yozk

thence, GGNlnS disposed OF most OF my
cargo, | a.a ca my Nay to Bride :own,
where l hope to sell the remainder"
Your lucGS viii never reach Bridge
town, cr.ed Bonnet; they belong now
to my mon and me,
What" cried Ben Greenway, ''ye
speak wi'out sense or reason. Haze ye
forgotten that this is Mr. Abner Mar
chand, your fellow-vestryman an your
senior warden? An to him do ye talk
o takin ava his goods an legal chat
tels?"
Bonnet looked at Greenway with in
dignation and contempt.
Now listen TO nae, he yelled. ITO
the devil with the vestry and da-"
the Scotchmans eyes and mouth were
so rounded with horror that Bonnet
stopped and changed his form OF ex-
observation-disclosures the senior war
den. | am the pirate Bonnet, and re-
gard not the Church of England"
Nor your friends?" interpolated
Ben
Nor friends nor any man" shouted
Bonnet
"Abner Marehand. | am sorry that
your vessel should be the first one 10
fall into my power, but that has hap
pened, and there is no help for It. My
men are below ransackng your hold
for the goods and treasure it msy con-
tain. When your cargo, or what we
want of It, is safe upon my ship, | shall
burn your vessel, and you and your
men must walk the plank"
At this dreadful statement Ben
Greenway staggered backward in
speeChless dismay.
Eyes" cried Bonnet, that shall l
do, for there is naught else. can do.
And then you shall see, you doubling
| Greenway, whether am pirate or
no."
To all this Capt. Marchand said not
a word But at this moment woman's
scream was heard from below, and
then there was another scream from
| another woman. Capt Marchand
| started.
"Your men have wandered into my
cabin" he exclaimed, and they have
frightened my passengers. Shall | 20
md bring them up, Maj. Bonnet? They
| will be better here"
GAY, ayl" cried the pirate captain,
| surprised that there should be female
passengers on board, aud Marchand,
followed by Ben Greenway. disappeared
below.
"Confound women passengers" said
Bonnet to himself; that is truly bit
Of bad luck"
In few minutes Marchand was
back, bringing with him a middle-aged
and somewhat pudgy woman, very
pale; younger woman of exceeding
plainness, and sobbing steadfastly;
and also an elderly man, evidently an
invalid, and wearing a long dressing
gown.
Ben Greenway now approached the
| pirate captain and led him aside.
Let your men make ava wi the
cargo as they please--I doubt ii II be
more than odds an ends, for such are
the goods they bring to Bridgetown--
an let them cast off an so their way,
an we an | will return to BridgetoNn
In the Amanda an a may yet be weel
this bit o. folly bein' forgotten
1t might have been supposed that
Bonnet would have retaliated upon the
| Scotchman for thus advising him, IL
the very moment of triumph, to give
up his piratical career and TO go home
| quietly to his plantation, but, instead
| of that, he paused for moments re
| Election.
| Ben Greenway," said he, there is
| good sense in what you say. In truth,
cannot bring myself to put to death
my old friend and neighbor and his
! helpless passengers AS for the ship,
| 1t will do me no more good burned
than unburned And there is another
thing, Ben Greenway, which | would
fain do, and it just came into my mind.
| will write letter to my wife and one
to my daughter Kate. There is much
which / wish them TO know and which
have not yet been able to communl-
cate. | will allow the Amanda to go
on her way and | will send these two
letters by her captain. They shall be
ready presently, and you, Ben, stand by
these people and see that no harm
comes to them"
At this moment there were loud
cha nd II
| Capt. Marchand came forward
Friend Bonnet" he said, your men
have discovered my store of spirits; IN
q short time they will be drunk, and it
will then be unsafe for these, my pas
sengers. Bid them, l pray you, to con-
vey the liquors aboard your ship"
well said!" cried Bonnet Il would
not lose those spirits And, stepping
forward, he spoke to Big Sam, who
had just appeared on deck, and ordered
the casks to be conveyed on board the
Revenge.
The latter laughed, but said; GAY,
ay, slr!"
Returning to Capt. Marchand, Bon
net said: Il will now step on board my
snip and write some letters, which /
shall ask you to take to Bridgetown
with you. / shall be ready by the time
the rest Of your cargo is removed"
The captain of the pirates sat down
in his well-furn!shed little room to
write his letters, and the noise and
confusion on deck, the swearing and
the singing and the shouting to be
heard everywhere, did not seem to dis
turb him in the least. He was man
whose mind could thoroughly engage
itself with but one thing at time, and
the fact that his men were at work
sacking the merchantmen did not in
the least divert his thoughts from his
pen and paper,
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