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feet and stood by the table, his right
,eavy g,ass nagcn " I'm. He towereo
above the other two men as he stood
there transfixing them with his resent.
full glance. his brow heavy with threat
and anger. But the two soldiers made
no movement toward complying with
the admonition of their sometime s,l
perior.
.D'ye hear me?' he cried. stepping
forward, reddening with rage at their
apparent contumacy. And bethink
We, sirs. had best address me. who
stand in the place of the kings majes.
ty. as your exceilency,' or I'll have you
broke. knaves.'
I'VE need no lessons in manners from
you. Sir Henry Morgan" cried Hawk
herst. angry in turn to be so brow
beaten. though yesterday he would
have taken it mildly enough. And
know by this. SIR lifting the paper.
that you are no longer governor of
this island and can claim respect frol3
no one
What DO you mean"
THE Mary Rose frigate arrived this
morning, 3ri..,,:ii.. Lord Carlingiord an
Us nlajeSty's new governor and this
3rl.ar of arrest.
ARREST! For whOm:'
'For one Sir Henry Morgan"
For what, pray:'
well. Sir. for murder. theft. treason
the catalogue fills the paper. You are
to be dispatched to England t. await
the kings pleasure. am sent Dy Lord
Cariingford to fetch you To the jail
at Port Royal"
You seem to find il Il pleasant task"
by heaven. l 10. SIR cried the sol
der tiercely. Il am IL gentleman born.
c. the proudest family III the Old DO
Elinion, and have been forced to bow
and scrape and endure yoIr insults and
commands, you bloody villain, but
now
"'Tis no part Of a soldiers duty. sir.
to insult IL prisoner interrupted Nor
gan. not without Il certain dignity. He
was striving to gain time to digest this
surprising piece of news and thinking
deeply what was to be done in this
entirely unexpected crisis.
Curse it ALL HawXherst.' Ensign
Bradley burst out. pulling at the sleeve
of his superior. You go too far. man.
This is unseemly."
HawXherst passed his hand across
his brow and by an effort somewhat
regained his self control
''Nathless It's in this paper writ that
yOI are to go to England a prisoner on
the Mary Rose to await the kings
pleasure" he added savagely.
His gracious majesty hath laid his
sword upon my shoulder. am
knight of his English court, one who
has served him we'll upon the seas.
His Golfers have | enriched by-but let
that pass. I do not believe that King
Charles. God bless him
stop. The Mary Rose brings the
news that King Charles III. Is dead.
and there reigns I'm his stead his grx-
cious majesty King James"
God rest the soul Of the kingw cried
Morgan. lifting his hat from his head.
man. l know not this James. How II
I do not 60 with your"
You have ten minutes in which to
decide. sir" answered Hawxherst.
And them"
Then II l don't bring you forth the
men OF yonder troop will come In with
out further order: Eli. Bradley"
quite so. Sir Henry" answered the
younger man. and every avenue of
escape is guarded. Yield you. sir. Be
lieve me. there's naught else"
Il have ten minutes then" said the
old man retiectively. "Ten minutes
Hum
You may have" answered the cap
tain CURLY IF you choose to take SO
long. And | warn YOU" he added.
that you'd best make use of that time
to bid farewell to Lady Morgan or give
other order for the charge Of your at
fairs. for twill be long time. | take
1t. before you are back here again.
Lady Morgan is dead. gentlemen. in
the room above"
At this young Bradley removed his
hat. an example which Hawxherst fol
lowed a moment after They had al
ways felt sorry for the unfortunate
wife of the buccaneer
As for my affairs they can wait"
continued Morgan slowly. 'The game
is not played out yet. and perchance
| shall have another opportunity to ar-
range them. Meanwhile fetch glasses
Carib, from yonder buffet"
He nodded toward huge sideboard
which stood against the wall imme-
diately i'll the rear of Ensign Bradley
and at the same time shot a swift.
meaning glance at the maroon, which
was not lost upon him as lie moved
rapidly and noiselessly in Obedience.
Gentlemen. will Won drink with me