Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-09

| ABaln S00 WAS a plTAL0 QAuSuleT. Sus went below to her cabin, where, with wet cheeks, Dame Charter attended ] her.
 MT. Delaplaine was angry, intensely angry Such shameful, wicked trick had never before been played upon a 1 loving daughter. There we're nc words in which to express his most justifiable wrath. Again he went to the town to learn more, but there was nothing more to learn except that some people said they had reason to believe that Bonnet had gone to follow Black beard. From things they had heard l they supposed that the vessel which l had sailed away in the night had gone to offer herself as consort to the Re- venge; to rob and burn in the com ! pany of that notorious ship. There was no satisfaction in this 1 news for the heart of the good mer- chant, and when he returned to the brig and sought his niece's cabin he had no words with which to cheer her. All he could do was to tell her the little he had learned and to listen t0 her applications.
 MT. Delaplaine sat breeding on the deck The righteous anger kindled by the conduct of his Drorner-ln-law. ana his grief for the poor stricken women, sobbing in the cabin, combined to- gether to throw him into the most dolorous state of mind, which was az gravated by the knowledge that he could do nothing except to wait until the Belinda sailed back to Jamaica and to go to Jamaica in her.
 As the unhappy merchant sat thus, his face buried in his hands, small boat came alongside and passenger mounted to the deck. This person, af- ter asking few questions, approached MT. Delaplaine.
 Il have come, sir, to see you," he said. T am Capt Ichabod of the sloop Restless"
 MT. Delaplaine looked up in surprise "That is a pirate ship" said he.
 "Yes," said the other, I'm pirate. 1"
 The newcomer was tall young man, with long, dark hair and with we'll made features and a certain difidence in his manner which did not befit his calling.
 MT. Delaplaine rose. This was his first private interview with profes- sional sea-robber, and he did not know exactly how to demean himself; but as his visitors manner was quiet, and as he came on board alone, 1t was not to be supposed that his intentions were offensive.
 And you wish to see me, sir ?" said he.
 "Yes," said Capt. Ichabod, T thought I'd come over and talk to you. don't know you, bedad, but know all about you, and saw you and your family when you came to town to visit that old fox, bedad, that sugar-planter that Capt Blackboard used to call Sir Nigbtcap. Not bad joke, either, be- dad I have heard of a good many dir ty, mean things that people in Ihy line of business have done, but, bedad, I never did hear of any captain who was dirty and mean to his own family. Fine people. too, who came out to do the right thing by him, after he had been cleaned out, bedad, by one of his Brothers of the Coast A rare sort of brother, bedad, don't you say so?"
 You are right, sir," said MT. Dela- blaine, "in what you say of the wild conduct of my brother-in-law Bonnet. It pleases me, sir, to know that you condemn it"
 Condemn! I should say so, bedad, :" answered Capt. Ichabod; "and I came over here to say to you-that Is, just to mention, not knowing, of course, what you'd think about it, bedad-that I'm goin' to start on cruise to-morrow. That Is, as soon as can get in my wa ter and some stores, bedad-water, anyway. And if you and your ladies might happen to fancy 1t, bedad, I'd be glad to take you along. I've heard that you're in bad case here, the cap- tain of this brig being unable or quite unwilling to take you where you want to go."
 "But where are you going, sir?" In great surprise.
 Anywhere" said Capt. Ichabod. sanywhere you'd like to go. I'm starting out on a cruise, and cruise with me means anywhere. And my opinion is, sir, that if you want to come up with that crack Drained sugar-planter, you'd better follow Blackboard; and the best place to find him will be on the Carolina coast; that's his favorite hunting-ground, be- dad, and I expect the sugar-planter is with him by this ttme.'
 But will not that be dangerous, sir?" asked MT. Delaplaine.
 "Oh, no," said the other. T know Blackboard, and we have played many game together. You and your fam fly need not have anything to do with 1t. I'll board the Revenge, and you may wager, bedad, that I'll bring Sir Nightcap back to you by the ear.
 "But there's another" said Della blaine; there's a young man belong Ing to my party"
 "Oh, yes, know" said the other, ''the young fellow Blackboard took away with him. Clapped cooked hat on, him, bedad! That was good joke. I will bring him, too. One old man. oDo vol1nu Tnan-I'll fatcb 'am both