The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-01-04

break his .1oii>..s in impoient and help
less fury, but this time he was secure
ly bound. and his captors only laughed
at his struggles. In the midst of theii
grief and despair they both took notice
of the poor abbesS. Fra Antonio had
not moved since Morgan had struck
Linn down, but there was life still in
The woman. for from where they
stood, some distance back. the two
lovers each marked her c0nvulSive
trembling. The sight appealed pro
foundly TO them in spite of their peril
Gus situation.
The brave sister lives" whispered
Mercedes
Ills SC. answered Alvarado. ''Se-
nor" he called, the sister yOnder is
alive. Wilt not allow Us to- minister tc
herr
NAY" said Hornigold brusquely, 81
will go myself. Back, all of ye.' he
added. "She may wish to confess to
me in default of the worthy father
He leered hideously as he spoke.
"Cowardr cried AlvaradO. But his
words affected HCrnigold not at all.
Before he could say another word
the guards forced him rudely back
with the two women. The worthy
Sonora Agapida by this time was in
state of complete and total collapse.
but Mercedes bore herself-her lover
marked with pleasure-as proudly and
as resolutely as if she still stood with
i'll her fathers palace surrounded by
men who loved her and who would die
for her.
Rolling the body of the PROSTATE old
man aside, Hornigold knelt down on
the white sand by the form of the sis
ter. The moonlight shoue full upon
her face. and as he stopped over he
scanned it with his one eye. \ sudden
flash of recognition came to him. With
Il muttered oath of surprise he looked
again.
1T can't be.'' he exclaimed. and
yet
After Fra Antonio's brave attempt
at abSoluton the woman had tainted.
was not yet fully conscious.
Water she gasped feebly. And as
it CHANGED the boatswain had Il small
bottle of the precious fluid hanging
from strap over his shoulder. There
was no pity i'll the heart of the pirate;
he would have allowed the woman to
die gaSpinS for water without giving
her Il second thought. but when he rec
oguiZed her-or thought he did-there
instantly sprang into his mind Il desire
10 make sure. Ii she were the person
he thought her she might have infor
nation Of value. Unslinging the bot
tie ana pulling out the cork, he placed
1t u her lips.
''I-die," she mulmured in Il stronger
voice, ~ priest"
There. is none here" answered the
boatswain. Fra Antonio-he abs0lv-
cd YOU.
But | must confess
Confess to me" chuckled the oh
man III CHASTITY morkcry.
Art i'll holy orders. senor:" NUT
tered the woman
Holy enough for yOu. Say on
FRA Antonio. now" she continued.
Tacantly lapsing into semidVllriuln.
He married us-'twas Il sccret-hi>
rank was so great He was rich. i
poor-humbIe. The marriage lines
in the cross. There was a What's
that? \ shot? The buccaneers. They
are coming! Go not. Francisco"
HOrnigold. bending an attentive ear
to these broken sentences. lost not a
word
Go not" she whispered. striving tG
lift an arm. they will kill thee. Thou
shalt not leave me alone. my Francis
go. The boy-in Panama
1t was evident to the sailor that TIC
poor WOman's mind had gone back t.
the dreadful days Of the sack Of Pan
anna. He was right then: it was she.
The boy-save him. save him.. she
cried suddenly with astonishing vigor.
The S3unl Of her own voice seemed
TO recall her to herself She stopped;
ner eyes lost their wild glare and tiXed
themselves upon the man above her,
his own face in the shadow as hers
was in the light.
To he Continued