Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-28

Time u almost up. ! hear tho mon move"
 You are afraid. sir. There still want two minutes''-.,
 "Yes, yes, but
 GO to the window yonder." cried the old man contemptuously- whatever he was he was not afraid-"and speak to them. Do you, Carib. stand behind by the window well, concealed. If he hesitate, if he falter, kill him instant ly."
 Pistol or knife1'
 'The knife. It makes less noise,' ? cried the buccaneer, chuckling with devilish glee. "Only one minute and a half now, eh, MT. BradleyT
 'They're coming, they're coming!'' whispered Bradley, gasping for breath. ''Oh, sir"-
 We still have a minute," answered Morgan coolly. "Now, stop them."
 But how?'
 "Tell them that you have captured me; that my wife is dead; that you and Lieutenant Hawxherst will spend tho night here and fetch me down to Port Royal in the morning; that I have yielded myself prisoner. Bid them stay where they are and drink to your health in bottles of rum which shall be sent out to them and then to go back to Port Royal and tell the new governor. And see that your voice does not trem- ble, sir"
 There was a sudden movement out side.
 If they get in here," added Morgan quickly, you are dead man."
 Bradley, with the negro clutching his arm, ran to the window. With the point of his own sword pressed against the back of his neck he repeated the message which Morgan had given him, which was received by the little squad ron with shouts of appreciation. He turned from the window, pale and trembling. Moistening his lips he whispered:
 T stopped them just in time."
 "Well for you that you did," said Morgan grimly. Come hither! Face that wall! Now stand there! Move but a hairs breadth, turn your head the thousandth part of degree, and I run you through" he added, barring his sword. Rum for the men without, Carib," he added, "and then tell me when they are gone"
 While the two were left alone in the room Morgan amused himself by pricking the unfortunate officer with the point of the weapon. at the same time enforcing immobility and silence by the most ferocious threats of a speedy and cruel death. The men out side drank noisily and presently de parted, and the half breed came back.
 Bind this fool" Morgan commanded briefly. "Then bid the slaves keep close in their cabins on pain of my displeasure-they know what it is. Then fetch the fastest horse in the stable to the front door. Get my riding boots and cloak, and before you go hand me that little desk yonder. Be quick about 1t, too, for time presses, although I have more of it than these gentlemen would have allowed me-"
 As the maroon, after carefully lash ing the officer with a seaman's expert ness, rushed out to busy himself in carrying out these commands, Morgan opened the desk which he had handed to him and took from 1t several rou- lAanN Of rgold and little bag filled with the rarest of precious stones. Then he made a careful examination of the body on the floor.
 Not quite dead yet" he murmured, "but there Is no use wasting shot or thrust upon him, he won't survive tha, blow. As for you, sir," looking at the paralysed ensign lying bound upon the floor, you thought you could outwit the old buccaneer, eh? You shall see. I dealt with men when you were a babe in arms, and babe in arms you are still. Ho, ho!"
 He laughed long and loudly, though there was neither mirth nor merri- ment in his sinister tones. The blood of the poor listener froze in his veins at the sound of it.
 The brief preparations which Nor gan had indicated as necessary for the journey were soon made. He was al- ways promptly obeyed by his own peo- pie. The slaves fled his presence when they could as if he had been pest- lence. At a sign from his taciturn body servant at the open door that the horse was ready he rose to his feet.
 "Shall 1 kill this one noww asked the maroon.
 Morgan looked at the young man re. aectively. The tongue of the ensign clave to the roof of his mouth; the