The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30

other craft to the Neapolitan warship. where she was admitted immediately
 on showing the order of the British | Admiral.
 It was sad and dramatic meeting. Prince Caraecioli. almost 70 years old. was making his peace with the world when the girl was announced. He did l not know who she was. When she | told him and he learned that hfs his near kin. had come to him in his dis l grace to be near him. he was affected
 far more deeply than by his impend- ing death. He folded her In his arms and said to tho priest: And this be- i Ing, holy father, is made known to me an hour before I diel God puniahes
 me sufficientiy for the wrong I have done her in letting me thus know her
 worth when 1t Is too late.
 He kept her with him till the Foul droyant's bell struck one and all th e surrounding ships repeated the stroke.
 Then he knew that he had only half an hour left to live, o'clock being set for his execution. He put Ghita away | from him gently and bade her leave
 the ship while he prayed with the priest.
 RAoui received her on beard again and pulled his boat to within third of a cables length from the British d ant silence fell on the great bay The seamen gathered to the sides of the l ships. Every part of the marine ann 1 phitheatre appeared set with watching | eyes. And over All these watchers
 seemed to lie an expression of gloom.
 Suddnly a gun was fired. Before the
 Sp0ts up tse 'rsa mast of as't the sr MiasTva rhs | Prince. with his arms bound, appeared above the hammock cloths. He mount | ed the grating that had been placed | over a gun, the rope was fastened | around his neck, the sailors hauled | swiftly and Caraccioli was dragged aloft to the end of the yard. There he was left hanging till dark, after which his body was taken. out to sea and I cast Into the deep.
 Ghita hid her face and prayed as 1 her grandfather struggled his last. and
 Raoui lost no time in pulling away When she recovered a little she re- preached him for running this fresh | her to marry him, and again she re- fused, as gently and yet as firmly as
 ever.
 He rowed swiftly and soon reached
 lonely part of the harbor. where . | fishermen sat in his shapely yawl ap- parently watching him., It was Ithuel | Bolt. Tn few moments Raoul and l his companions were in the yawl and | the two sturdy men began urging her
 away to the opposite side of the har. bor. where Ghita and her uncle were | to be disembarked.
 i They were almost half way across | the bay when the Proserpine came 1 down under full sal. bound out She
 made a sheer towards the small boat (.
 An officer hailed. asking who they | were. Raoul answered that he was a fisherman of Capri, and was ordered | aboard. The sailors threw them h
 line, In another moment the yawl was dragging astern, while Raoul, | trusting fearlessly to his sarb. climbed
 aboard his enemy
 The officer offered him . ducat, and proceeded to ask him if he had seen
 anything of the lugger on the harbor | Raoul answered ingeniously, giving
 them reply that would send the f-ig.
 ate on 8 wild goose chase All was going well and he was enjoying the
 trick immensely, when the tables were | turned unexpectedly.
 Two men came on deck. As soon as
 he saw them the Frenchman perceived that he was in a plight They were the | Vice Governor and the podesta of Elba,
 whom Captain Cuffe had picked up at | Naples.
 Thick witted as they were, thsy could | not fail to recognize person with | such striking features. as those of | Raoul Ward. The privateer was
 alert and quick to extricate himself from unpleasant situauons; but this
 was one that presented no loophoie He was taken below, a prisoner. and a few moments afterward the Yawl was hauled on deck. with the result that Ithuel was recognized and clapped into irons promptly. Ghita and her uncle
 were taken respectfully into a private cabin, and a boat was dispatched at once to Nelson with the news. The next morning at dawn tho
 Terpsichore frigate and the sloop-of. war Ringdove came down to where tho Prospcrine lay waiting. They brought orders from Nelson to hold a court for trying Raoul Ward on the charge of
 being a spy and Ithuel Bolt on the charge of being a deserter. This court was convened at once.
 Raoul defended himself by explain, ing that his errand Tn the Bay of Naples and among the fleet had been not to
 spy but to meet Ghita. who confirmed
 hIs testimony with simple truthful
 ness that convinced every one of the officers in the court martial They
 woulds have been glad. to give their
 enemy his lugger. let him have a start and chase him around the Mediterra-
 mean. rather than to hang him. But the
 case was plain. Besides. privateers were
 known to be fonder of their own skins than of their shipmates. It was beliav. ed that Raoul. confronted, with death
 would be willing to betray the where sbouts of Ls Feu-Follet, in which case