The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-17
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 "Oh. all right, Jimmy.'' she said list Iessly. .sIsll make them. if you like" You'd better remarked that worthy tremendously. "Of coArse,'' he added. Beeking to mollify his victim, over whom he thus domineered, .'it ain't just like 1t is back home on the stove. hut you'll have to get used to that, be rause we're going to live here forever. And" he added. casting a glance of his stern blue eyes upon her, .<it is the part of the captive maid ever to live happily with the chief of the pi- rate band.''
 Whereupon Helena and Jimmy both looked up and saw me standing. un-s willing listener to all that had been said. Helena moved away and pre- tended to be busy with the material for her confecfions.
 AAw, sauclxs, Black Bart said Jim my, turning to me. '-ain't that Just like woman2 They won't never play the game
 L'Olonnois the next morning, with the intimacy of kin and the admiration of youth and with youths lack of tact. saluted Helena gayly. Gee, auntfe, said he at table on the sand. logged out that way, all them glittering gems you shore look it for pirates bride. Poor sHelena. She blushed red to the hair. and I fear did no better my self Jimmy! reproved Aunt Lucinda Don't call me Jimmyr' rejoined that hopeful My name is LOIonnois, the Bcourge of the sea. Me and Jean La fitte we follow Black Bart the Aveng- CT to the Spanish main. Auntie, pass me the bacon. please. Pm just about starved
 Mrs Daniver. as was her custom. ate very substantial breakfast; Hele ma, almost none at all, nor had much taste for food In some way our con straint insensibly extended to all the party, much tp I-sOlonnois. disgust. ''lfs her faultrs I overheard him say to his mate. sWonen can't play no games. And we was having such bully chance! Now. likes not, we won't stay here longer'n it'll take to get things back to the boat again. don't want to go back home. I'd rather be pi- Yate, and sod any fellow"
 Sure he would assented Jean. They did not see me behind the tent Something's wrong began L'Olon- nois portentously-
 ssWhat'd you guess ?'' queried Laftte. Hooks to me like 1t was something between him and the fair captive. .'
 That's just it-that's just what I said! Now if Black Bart lets his whis- kers grow and Auntie Helena wears them rings ain.t it just like in the book? Course it is. But here they go; don't eat nothing, don't talk none to nobody"
 .T'n tell you what.'' began Laftte. .sUh -huh whatg' demanded L'Olon-4 nois-
 "A great wrong has been did our . brave leader by yon heartless jade -.Tou betchcr life they has. He's on the square. ands look what he done 1orsus Look how he managed things all the way down to here Anybody else couldn't have got away with this Anybody else'd never a'@went out there last night after John. just a Chink. that away. And her."
 Jimmy's disapproval of his auntie. as thus expressed, was extreme. l was now about to step away. but fear ed detection SO unwillingiy heard on. ssBut he can't see no one else but yon tickle iadet commented Jean Lafftte. unworthy as she is of bold chiefs regard
 Nope. That's what's going to make all the trouble I'll tell you Whatl'
 tsWhat2'
 Well have to fix it up somehow"
 How'd you mean?"
 sWhy, reason it out with 'em both" Jean apparently shook his head or had some look of dubiousness. for L'Olonnois went on
 We gotta do it somehow. If we don't we'll about have to go back %,c S,.,~ from a good old desert island like this here? So now
 .'Uh- huh?''
 ..Why. I'll tell you now. You see. got some pull with her-the fair cap tive. She used to lick me- but she don't dast to try it on here on q desert island. so I got some pull. And like enough you could talk it over with Black Bart
 .sNuk-uh. T don't like to.''
 .why?r
 -Well. I don't. He's all right
 .sYes. but we got to get 'em togeth- er.'
 ..Shore. But my idea he's hard to get together if he gets n notion he ain't had a square deal nohow. some ways
 .sWelI, he ain't So that makes my part the hardest But you just go to him and tell him not to hurry be cause you are informed the fair cap tive is going to relent pretty soon if we just don't get in too big q hurry ana run away from place like this, where the duck shooting is immense. .
 ssBut kin you work her, Jimmy ?''
 e-We1l, I dunno. She's pretty set if she thinks she ain't had square deal Ro0-'
 Well. now,'' argued Laftte. '.if @hSt's the way they both feel, either