The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-12-14
SIR HENRY MORGAN.
BUCCANEER
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
Author of THE Southerners,'' "For Love
Country" 1.-The Grip of Honor
COPYRIGHT. w. DILLINGHAM; COMPANY
By CYRUS TOWNSEND B
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RIGHT, 1908, BY G. w
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Sir Henry Morgan, former pirate, having
purchased immunity and kniehthood
from the king of England, has reformed
and has become vice governor OF jana
lea. He is deposed and, killing the Off
GERS sent to arrest him, determines to
become again freebooter. Benjamin
Hoingoid, ex-pirate, who has been Bit
terIy vvronaed by Morson, joins the for
tunes of the latter in order to seek an op
portunity to wreak vengeance on him.
other desperadoes Morgan SEXES an
English frigste and murders her crew
Off for the Spanish coast in search of
treasure. In desperate action, wherein
shown the daring and reSoursefui-
ness of Morgan and the courage of his
men, he defeats two Spanish frigates
and captures their convoy, treasure
gaIieon carrying an abbess and priests
as passengers,
Morgan was bold and skillful mar
liner, and he held his course parallel
to the land much longer than was pru-
dent. He was loath, indeed. to aban-
don even temporarily Il design upon
which he had determined, and as he
had rapidly run down his southing in
this brief cruise his determination Ind
been quickened by the thought of his
growing ncarneSS to the Pearl of Ca
racas until for the moment lOye--or
what he called love-had almost made
him forget the treasure in the ship be-
meath his feet, for the Pearl OF Cara
cas- was Il woman.
Mercedes de Lara. daughter of the
viceroy of Venezuela. on her way
home from Spain. where she had been
at school, to join her father. the Count
Alvaro de Lara, in the vice regal pal
ace at St Jago de Leon. sometimes
called the city Of Caracas, in the fair
valley on the farther side Of those tow
ering tree clad mountans-the cor
dilleraS of the shOre-had touched at
Jamaica. There she had been received
with due honor, as became the daugh-
ter of so prominent parsonage. by
the vice governor and his wretched
wife. Morgans heart had been in
| famed by the dark. passionate beauty
of the Spanish maiden. 1t was only
by severe restraint enjOined upon
himself by his position that he had re-
| Trained from abusing the hospitality
he extended by Selling her in the old
buccaneer fashion. The impression she
had made upon him had been lasting
aud when he found himself alone. an
outlaw. all his dreams OF the future
| conferred about this woman.
He would carry out the plans which
he had outlined to his men. but the
Pearl of Caracas, for so Donna Mer
cedes was called. must accompany him
| to the south seas to be the island queen
Of that buccaneer empire of which he
was to be the founder That Donna
| Mercedes might object to this PROPOSE
| ton, that she might love another man.
might even be married by this time
| counted for nothing in Morgan's plans
He had taken what he wanted by dint
of his iron will and the strength of his
right arm i'll the past, and he should
continue the process in the future.
| Consequently he was most reluctant
| that morning, for his passion had in
| creased with each o'crrun league of
sea. to bear away from La Guayra
which was the port OF entry for Cara
| cas-. But even his ardent spirit was at
| last convinced OF the necessity. 1t was
| blowing a gale now. and they were
! so near the shore although some dis
/ lance to the eastward of the town. that
| they could see the surf breaking with
| tremendous force upon the strip Of
sand. The officers and older men had
| observed the course of the ship with
| growing concern, but no one had ven
! tured to demonstrate with Morgan I'M
! til old Ben Hornigold as Il privileged
character finally summoned his coura re
and approached him.
Mark yon shore, Captain Morgan"
| he said, and when he made I'D his mind
| he spoke boldly. The wind freshens
Never had that villain appeared
to better advantage