Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-02-10

wen, WE'LL continued the old man,
when we have restored order in the
town we shall have a wedding -cere-
mony-say tomorrow"
| Your excellenoy, there is one more
thing yet to be DONE" said Alvarado as
soon as he could be heard
art ever making objections, Captain
Alvarado-Don Francisco. that is. We
might think you had reluctance to the
bridal" exclaimed the viceroy in some
little surprise. What is it nowf"
''The punishment Of this man."
81 gave him into your hands,"
"Damme!' shouted Old Hornigold. 81
wondered if in all this fathering and
mothering and sweethearting and Civ
ing in marriage he had forgot
Not So The postponement but
makes it deeper answered Alvarado
gravely. Rest satisfied
And I shall have my revenge in full
measure?"
SIN full, in overlooking measure,
senor.''
DO you propose to shoot me-" asked
the buccaneer chieftain cooIIy, "or be-
head met''
You shall see.''
''When?
Tomorrow"
The somber, sinister, although IN
Known purpose of the Spaniards had
new terrors lent to it by the utter in
ability Of the buccaneer to foresee
what was to be his punishment. He
was a man of the highest courage, the
stoutest heart, yet in that hour he was
astonied. His knees smote together;
he clinched his teeth ia a vain effort
to prevent their chattering. All his
deyiItTy, his assurance, his fortitude,
bis strength, seemed to leave him. He
stood before them suddenly an old,
broken man, facing a doom pOrtentous
and terrible, without a spark Of
strength OF resolution left to meet it,
whatever it might be- And for the
first time in his life he played the
craven, the coward He moistened his
dry lips and looked eagerly from one
face to another in the dark and gloomy
ring that encircled him.
Lady" he said at last, turning to
Mercedes as the most likely of his enc
mics to befriend him, you are wom-
an. You should be tender hearted
You don't want to see an old man, old
enough to be your father, suffer some
unknown, awful torture? Plead for
me? Ask your lover. He will refuse
you nothing now
AN eye for an eye said the girl
slowly, "a tooth for a tooth, life for
life. shame for shame her voice rls-
ing until it rang through the room.
In the name OF nay ruined sisters,
whose walls come to US this instant
from without, borne hither on the night
wind, | refuse to intercede for you,
monster For myself, the insults you
have put upon me might forgive, but
not the rest The taking of one life
like yours cannot repay
you hear:' cried Alyarado. Take
him away
"One moment" cried Morgan. Holy
father, your religion, it teaches to
forgive, they say Intercede Tor me-
His eyes turned with faint hope to-
Wafu Tue dSed priest.
Not for such as thou" answered the
old man. looking from him. Il could
forgive this" he touched his battered
tol,sure, and ali thou hast done
against ne and mine. What suffering
comes upon me | can bear, but thou
hast filed the cup OF iniquity and must
drai. il to the dregs. Hank ye-the
weeping OF the. desolated town! | can
not iuterfere, They that take the
sword shall perish by it. 1t is SO de
creed. You believe not in God"
81 will. / do" cried the buccaneer,
ciutchins al the hope
II shall pray for thee; that is all.
.'IernigoldS cried the now almost
freuziad man. his voice hoaise with
terror and weakness, they owe much
to you. Without you they had not
been here's Ishaye wr0uged you griey
osasly, terribly, but | atone. by this.
Beg them not to let me go. but only to
kill ne where / stand. They will not
refuse you. Had it not been for you
this man Would not have known his
father He could not have won this
woman You have power. You'H not
desert an old comrade in his extremity?
Think. we have stood together sword
in hand and fought our way through
ali obstacles in many desperate strait
thou and |, old shipmate. By the
memory OF that old association, by the