Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-23


roar across the rapidly diminishing
distance between the two boats, for
the sloop was running with power as
well as sails.
| Meanwhile, the men had lashed
Calypso to the mast, and even in my
agony my eyes recorded the glory of
her beauty as she stood proudly there
the great sails spread above her, and
| the sea for her background.
snow, do your worst" cried Tobias,
his evil face white as wax in the sun
| light.
"Fire, fire--don't be afraid" rang
c.t Gaivpso's voice, like singing gold.
At the same instant, as she called To-
bias sprang toward her with raised re-
volver
another word, and fire." shouted
/ the voice of the brute.
| But the rifle that never missed it's
mark spoke again. Tobias arm fell
shattered, and he staggered away
screaming. Still once more, Charlie
Webster's gun spoke, and the stagger-
ing figure fell with a crash on the
deck.
"Now, boys, ready" heard Charles
voice roar out again, as the sloop
tore alongside the schooner-where
the rest of the negro crew with raised
arms had fallen on their knees, crying
for mercy.
| .
All this saw from the water, as /
swan wildly toward the two boats,
which now had closed on each other, a
mass Of laundering canvas, and
screaming and cursing men--and
Calypso there, like beautiful statue,
still lashed to the mast, a proud smile
on her lovely lips.
Another moment, and Charlie had
| sprung aboard and, Selling a knife
! from one Of the screaming negroes, he
cut her free
His deep calm voice came to me
over the water.
"That's what l call courage" he
said. II could never have done it."
The "king" had been right. He knew
bis daughter
BY this | was nearing the boats.
| though as yet no one had seen me.
They were all too busy with the con
fusion on deck, where four men lay
dead, and three others still kept up
their gibberlsh of fenr.
/ saw Calypso and Charlie Webster
stand moment looking down at the
figure of Tobias, PROSTATE at their
| feet.
81 am sorry ! had to kill him."
heard Charities deep groMl. 81 meant
70 keep him for The hangnian."
But suddenly | saw him start for
ward and stamp heavily ON something.
"No, you don't" | heard him roar
and | learned afterward that Tobias,
though mortnlly wounded, was not yet
dead, and that. as the two had stood
looking down on him, they had seen
his hand furtively moving toward the
fallen revolver that lay a few inches
from him on the deck. Just as he had
grasped it, Charles heavy boot had
come down on his wrist. But Tobias
was still game.
"Not alive, you English brutel" he
was heard to groan out, and, snatch
ing free his wrist too swiftly to be
prevented, he had gathered up all mis-
remaining strength, and hurled him
self over the side into the sea.
i was but dozen yards away from
nm, as he fell and, as he rose again,
it was for his dying eyes TO fix with Il
glare upon me. They dilated witt
terror, as though he had seen as@hvst.
down and sobbed like child
"Thank God you are safe-my treas.
ure. my TREASURED" was all | could say
after they had lifted me aboard, and
lay face down on the deck, at her feet
Swiftly she knelt by my side, and
caressed my shoulder with her deai
hand,
All of which--particularly my refer
ence to my treasure"--must have
been much to the bewilderment of tht
good simple-hearted Charlie, towering
innocent-eyed, above us. | believe
stayed a little longer at her feet thar
really had need to, for the comfort
OF her being SO near and kind; but
presently, we were all aroused by s
voice from the ellis above. 1t was thu
"king." with his bodyguard, Erebu
and the crew of the Flnmingo-nt
Samson, alasl The sound of the firms
had reached them in the woods. ant
they had come hurrylng to discover
its cause.
So we deferred asking our ques
tions, ana telling our several stories
till we We're pulled ashore
AS Calypso was folded In her ia
theirs arms, he turned to me:
'nidn't | tell YOU that knew IN.
dauehterT he said
"And told YOU something too, {
king" l roplied-my eyes daring a
last to rest on Calypso with tho Low
and pride Of my heart.
) "And whore on earth have you been
. Young many he asked, laughing, "Di,
a Tobias kidnap you too?"
!, 1t WIS very hard, as you Will hay
y seen, to astoRish the "king,"
!. But though II was hard to astonlsl
II aud almost impossible to alarm him
n his sense OF wonder was quite anothe
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