The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-01-24
Sir Henry Morgan
BUCCANEER
Author of The Southerners;' For
Love. of Country" The Grip OF
Honor" Etc. Etc.
Copyright 1905, by
G. w. OiLlING HAM COM PaNY
Synopsis of Preceding Chapter

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 a freebooter. Benjamin
HoIingoIu, ex-pirate, who has been Bit
teriy wronged by Morgon, joins the for
tunes OF the latter in order to seek an OPP
portunity to wreak vengeance on him.
Having recuited crew of x-pirates and
English frieste and murders her crew
Off for the Spanish coast in search OF
treasure. In desperate action, wherein
are shown the daring and resoursefui-
ness of Morgan and the courage of his
men, he defeats two Spanish frigates
and captures their convoy, treasure
as passengers, Morgan shows his
qualities by heaving overheard muffin
eer and shooting down a priest who at
tempts to save the man. Wrecked on
the Venezuelan coast. near La cuayra,
to which city Morgan is attracted by
Donna Mercedes de Lara, daughter of
cedes and Captain Dominique aivarado,
comandante of la Guayra, are in love
with each other, but the unknown par
entage Of AIvaradc prevents their mar
rage. Donna Mercedes is betrothed b
her father to Don Felipe de Tobar, frien
OF Avarado. AiVarado is tempted by h
loved one to forget his dutyto the vicero
and Don Felipe and to fly with her in
stead Of conveying her safely from Car
acas to La Guay-a. He resists. On tn
Journey to La Guayra. rather than Civ
up her lover, Donna Mercedes tries
CO umit suicide by riding her horse owe
a precipice Aivarado saves her life, and
when she pleads with i'm for love yields
to her and decides that love outweiahs
honor. Sir Henry Morgan and his rut.
mans capture the lovers Donna Merce-
eeS repayS a careSS from the pirate with
stripes from her riding whip. The cap
tured abbesS sGabs herself rather than
aid Morgan in his plan TO capture La
Guayra. la GuSyra is taken and sacked
by the buccaneers. HorniqoIe intrust-
ed, intrusted with the care of Mercedes
and Aivarado, declares the dying abness
TO be the mother OF the latter. Horni-
gold, to further his revenge on Nor
Gan, releases Ayarado TO BRING aid to
mercedes and the captured city, Mer-
cedeS, in the piaate hands, holds hir,
and alvarado AIvarado, by GREAT toll
reaches Caracas in time to bring the
troops to the rescue. he confesses to
the viceroy his yielding to the argu-
ments of Mercedes and is condemned.
When old Hornigold had looked up
be had seen Il Speck in the vaulted
heaven. 1t was slowly soaring around
and around in vast circles and with
each circle coming nearer and nearer
10 the ground. \ pair of keen and
powerful eyes We're aloft there pierre
ing the distance, looking, searching i'll
every direction until at last their
rock. The circling stopped. There was
swift rush through the air \ black
feathered body passed between the
bUccaneer and the sun, and Il mighty
vulture, hideous bird of the tropics,
alighted on the sands near by him.
So this WAS the Judgment OF God
upon this man. For IL second his tor
tI1r pt Sfn r. 10
stared at the unclean thing, and then
he shrank back against the rock and
screamed with frantic terror The bird
moved heavily back Il little distance
and stopped. peering ut him. He could
see it by turning his head. He could
drive ii no farther. In another mo-
ment there was another rush through
the air. another. another, He scream
ed again. Still they came until it seem
cd AZ if the earth and the heavens were
black with the horrible birds. High in
the air they had seen the first one
swoOping TO the earth and with unerr-
ing instinct, as was their habit, had
turned and made for the point from
which the first had dropped downward
to the shore.
They circcd themselves about him.
They sat upon the rock above him,
They stared at him with their lustful.
carbon, jeweled eyes out of their
Ioathsome, featherless, naked heads,
drawing nearer. nearer, nearer. He
could do no more. His voice was gone.
His strength was gone. He closed his
hIJf Si OH OF hnf
him. His bleeding foamy lips mum.
bled one unavailing word
''Hornigold"
From the cOpse there came no soMnd,
no answer. He sank forward inj his
chains. his head upon his breast. con-
vulsive shudders alone proclfinling
faltering life. He'll had no terror like
to this which he. living, suffered.
There was a weight upon his shout
der now. Fierce talons sank deep into
his quivering flesh. In front of his
face. before Il pair of lidiesS eyes that
glowed like fire. Il hellish, cruel beak
struck at him. 4 faint, low. CHASTITY
cry trembled through the still air
And the resistless tide eame in 4
man drove away the birds at last be-
fore they had quite taken all, for the
torn arms still hung in the iron fet-
ters-an old man. blind OF one eye the
black patch torn off the hideous hole
that had replaced the socket. He
capered with the nimbleIless of youth
before the CHASTITY remains Of hui
mainly still fastened to that rock. tie
shouted and screamed and laughed
and sang. The sight mad been toe
horrible even for him. He was mad,
hi, mind yras svptlp He had his