Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-14
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He spread MS nanuS 1nu ShruSkeu
his shoulders. '"There Is no hope Of
ME; wa. horn to the free life"
"What then u It with your
"Hate. senor-revengc." and his
teeth cleaned savagsly. II would spit
on this Manuel who seeks to be chief.
can never bono: I am Of black
skin. with negro blood In my veins,
and white men would never have 1t so.
But I can hate, senior. That is why
! am with you now, II the devil 20
win. Your plan might work-tell me
more Of It,"
"Whst are the odds, say you-thirty
to hundredf Az, but surprise will
overcome that. Ny plan Is this: First
to secure Manuel rs quietly as pos
sible but at whatever cost. With him
in our hands, or dead. the buccaneers
have no leader. What then? There
are men in the crew on deck and In
the forecastle to be trusted-Watkins
Is one. and he will know others, .
dozen no doubt. They will be enough.
We will whisper the truth to thesA
and Fave them ready for signal. The
forward door from amidships Is closed
BY iron bars-iS 1t notT
'Si, senor," his eyes again sparkling
with interest. '.The men Quarreled,
and there was fighting"
Then there Is no escape In that d.
rection and It can be no great task
to close any passage leading aft.
Lower the deck hatch and We have
those devils below Gagged like 90 many
rats. There need be no fighting; star.
Walton will bring them to terms"
But, senior, your dozen men cannot
guard the buccaneers below and also
manage the bark. The crew are not
all lambs-many will sympathize with
those thus locked beneath deck. Co
chose is bad. and . friend Of Manuel.
He will tight and there are others
to back. him."
81 know that, Levere. The whole
plan is desperate, but there is no other
possible. Here Is my scheme. There
is a gun rack In the cabin to arm the
dozen men We can trust. The others
have nothing but their sheath knives.
The buccaneers can be secured below,
before those other lads ever realize
what is happening. As soon as we
have control Of the ship wen round
them up forward. They won't dare
face the guns. I'll give them their
choice"
"And what win you tell them. So
norr'
3. l caught my breath, conscious Of
his meaning. My secret hope could
not be revealed to this fellow. The
answer came quickly to my lips.
1.-THE whole truth, Senior LeVere-
that Manuel conspired to seize the
bark through a mutiny Of the bucca-
neers: that these were to be turned
loose with license to kill anyone on
board who opposed them; that their
real purpose was to divide among
themselves all the treasure below.
then wreck the vessel and escape with
81. That to this end Estada had al
ready been murdered. I shall explain
that We discovered this conspiracy
just in time to save them from but
cherry, and they must stand by rs or
else submit to those hell-hounds."
"And after that, senor7"
"Why, Porto Grande, Of course" I
admitted heartily. The men will I'M
derstand what that means-a handful
Of gold for each Of them and run
ashore. Why, Levere, they will make
more apiece than by looting half
dozen ships, and with no fighting. It
will be fortune for you and me-"
His sOmber eyes lighted up. startled
by this new idea, and he sprang to
his feet.
"You mean that, senior! We divide
what is below and sail for Porto
Grande? hear you right? You not
mean surrender You stay pirate"
laughed, my nerves tingling to the
success OF my ruse-he had taken the
tempting bait like a hungry fish.
"Why, Of course. / am not such
fool as to throw away this chance.
This is our chance. LeVere. II we put
the Namur into Porto Grande with
Sanchez on board and alive, and those
hellhounds locked below, we'll get any
thing we ask for. Well be the cocks
of the walk. If he shouldn't live
through, Why then wen have a ship,
and can run the game alone. Either
way, IL we win. the prize is ours-ind
! II we stick together we win"
NV apparent enthusiasm caught the
fellow. / could read the working Of
his mind in his face. This new view
of the situation promised wealth.
power. the total defeat of Estevan !;
everything he most desired.
"You think Senof Sanchez liver
"What difference?> II he lives he
owes his life to us. II he dies the bark
Is In our hands, and the treasure.
Once we have won we care nothing
II he live or die. Are we together in
this?'
He thrust out lean yellow hand,
and I gripped 1t.
"si, senior: 1 am with you.''
you pledge your word, FrancoisY
II pledge 1t, senior"
Good! And you have mine. Now
to work-frst Manuel Estevan, and
then the men on deck"
ITO Be Continued.)
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