Connecticut western news., 1919-06-26
SYNOPSIS.

, Mnkktng himself Captain Sanchez.
CHAPTER II-Idfe on the prison ship.
CHAPTER III-Carlyle meets Dorothy,
Nho informs him her uncle has bought his
1sRvtces. Carlyle and Sanchez clash.
+ CHAPTER V-The Fairfax party, now
= rs own sloop on the Potomac, encoun-
Bora q mysterious bark, the Namur OF
rotterdam.
CHAPTER vI-The Fairfax party
lads for the night with chest of gold.
@sriyle Investigates mysterious sail At
Mcknight
CHAPTER vII-Carly1e discovers Cap
I'm Sanchez is Black Sanchez, planning
ID steal the Fairfax gold and abduct
D0rothy.
CHAPTER vIII-Carlyle fights sanchez
Mnd leaves him for dead.
CHAPTER Ix-Carlyle, too late to RES
aae Dorothy. swims to the Namur.
CHAPTER x-Carlyle boards the Namur
mad joins the pirate crew.
CHAPTER xI-Pirates return to Ma
nnr with Dorothy, gold and disabled cap
49iB and go to sea.
CHATTER xII-Carlyle finds friend
m Watkins. an English sailor.
CHAPTER xIII-Carlyle becomes first
mste, under Acting-Captain Estada.
CHAPTER xIv-carlyle gets note to
Dorothy.
CHAPTER xv-Dorothy eats dinner
Nth Estada, Carlyle and Estevan. leader
DC the fighting men of the Namur,
wolves of tbs Co.
CHATTER xvI-Carlyle explains things
% Dorothy in her stateroom and kills
znEster1ous intruder
CHAPTER xyII-Estada does not an
ever n watch call.
CHAPTER xVIII-Estada is found muir
Barred. Carlyle and LeVere, second mate,
I Nan to get control of the Namnr-
CHAPTER xH-Carly1e and LeVere
seize Estevan and arm the more decent
~ the sailors.
/ CHAPTER xx-Carlyle gains control
N the deck, shutting up doubtful sailors
I'm the. forecastle and the Sea Wolves
&midships.
CHAPTER xxI-Carlyle whips the
Aader Of the sailors. and disarms the Sea
Wolves.
CHAPTER xxu-The crew votes to d.
vide the plumber, beach the Namur and
scatter, to escape hanging for piracy.
CHAPTER xxIII-The Sea Wolves
IS e.. Sns eart G again as
sanchez.
CHAPTER xxIv-Carlyle and his party
tuke TO the boats, after Carlyle kills La
: We're and narrowly escapes drowning.
CHAPTER xxv-In the open boat.
/ NsDGfy and Dorothy confess their mu-
1 1naf love.
CHAPTER Carlyle and his party
s5sard a deserted schooner.
~, II
whats the matter aboard thereT
- yelled. '.Did yer ever see a boat
( Nxw like that, afore? Damn me, IL I
Deifeve they got hand at the wheel"
The same thought had leaped into
my mind. The schooner was headed
% pass us on the port quarter, yet
yxwing so crafty at times as to make
Mse fearful of being run down. could
1ercefve no sign of life aboard, no
signal that we had been seen. The sight
mgered me.
-Stand by, all hands," cried des-
xerately. "Well board whether they
want us or not. Slip across, Miss Fair
Ahx, out of the way. Now, Watkins,
xMn us in under those fore-chains
easy man, don't let her strike us. Lay
4ofd quick, lads, and hang on for your
Mves. Give me that end of rope
Eeady now, all of you; I'll make the
I leap. Now then-hold hard 7"
It was five feet, and up, my pur-
chase the tossing boat, but made, it,
Sne hand desperately gripping a
shroud, until gained balance and was
lung inboard by sharp plunge of the
vessel. My head was at a level with
aae rail, yet saw nothing. my whole
effort being to make fast before the
grip of the men should be torn loose
This done, glanced back into the up.
surned faces below
~Hand in slowly, lads; yes, let 60
the rope will hold, and the boat ride
safely through. Let a couple of men
SEpme up till we see what's wrong with
xhe hooker-the rest of you trail on
Eet Schmitt and Sam come with me-
I helped them Chamber up and then
Efted my body onto the rail, from
which position / had clear view OF
the forward deck. It was mex
HressibIy dirty, yet otherwise ship
shape enough. Nothing human greet
Cd rae, and conscious of a strange feel
Ing Of horror, slipped over onto the
deck The next moment the negro and
Dutehman joined me, the former star,
ing about wildly, the whites OF his
eyes revealing his, terror.
i my Gawd, sahY' he calculated. "Ah
done know dis boat-it's shore de
3anta Marie. Abs cooked In dat gal
My- She was a SLAYER, sah." He
1nffred the air.sz"A kin smell dem mig
gers right now, sab. All suah reckon
mrs bunch o. ded ones under dem
catches right dis minute"
Schmitt,s handA fell heavily on my