The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-07-11

tIiESs% - '!fN VI j&H'0' ''iA' >'''' N'''N' -
nine tl..y 4Trnt - that Trail, "tid once
! gold pack train loosely guarded fell
O then iands: but OF the Golden 'it'
lever I, ,.;,te.
They came upon a white maiden
Avsnacora. goldpn-haired. tail ana
,eaU1 ;r,il. treated as a princess ny the
.ndi"ng with whom she dWelt. AmTaS
vas for leaving her. having WItheSSeH
m former VOYAGES the evil influence
If women among lonely men; but she
" signs made it clear she would not
,e left. He packed her Off. she came
,acTy and she being by then tar from
,ar habitatiOn he had not the heart
rast her adrift in the vast wilder
,azS So every man &olemniy pledged
o treat her with honor. she came TO
"a with them in the adventure where
inyas. his crew much worn and WaS'-
ri snd he DESTROYS of heartening them
m. SET unon great galleon in The har-
,or of Cartagena Silently. in Two
.oncns they made the harhOr. ana, it
,eipg night. boarded the galIe0n Sc
reilly by her stern gallery; and after
, short fierce fight the gaileor, with
much treasure aboard fell into theiF
lands. It was here in this fight thar
AmyaS would have been run through
W the Spanish captain but for Ay"na-
ora. who came Ieaning from behind
ma knitted the Spaniard ere he c0utH
rive home the long blade.
But forty Of their one hundred re
NAMED; notwithstanding which they
allied with much content in the greai
.aIleon to England. Ayanacora, sail
ng with them. did me day burst into
;inging Of sea SONGS which only Ing
iSh sailors knew; M',lic', caused S"I
alton Yeo to ask que ms, to which
Is she acquired the Engli-h tongue
he made answer: Which answers X.
allied to YeO that fair Spanish iadE
If Panama who had run eff with CAP
ain Oxenham, and 10 whom was hcr:
he baby girl which was later mddf
III with. Captain GXenham had SUI
erred death at the hands Of the Span
81. husband and Ye0 himself had e.
.aped only with many cruel scar
mt the SCARED old rover had spent
lays enough with the lovely little girl
o know now, as in dozen ways
70 proved, that this was the daughter
# Captain Oxenham and his Spanish
ady. the little girl to whom he had
aught the English sea songs before
he was taken from them.
Homeward the great galleon ran be
ore the southwest breeze, and proud
into Plymouth sound she sailed one
lay without yelling topsails or low
ring the flag OF Spain, for which they
lad like to get a solid shot from the
admiral of the port.
And so Amyas came home in honor
md glory, but with the lovely and low
ng Ayanacora he would have moth
ng to do. she having in her too muri:
IF that Spanish blood which he hated
However, his gentle mother, under
standing better the worth of loyal v!r-
ue, took the girl to her bosom.
Once more AmyaS took the sea, now
IS an admiral under Lord Howard
who had gathered all of Engidnd'S
stout ships and seamen to fight Spain's
Armada. AnyaS won his share OF
glory in that fight and he might have
come home in safety; but there was
Don Guzman. who had left Rose to be
out to death. even as he had his broth
ar Frank, the one fer a traitor and
he other for hereto.
Amyas must have his vengeance on
Don Guzman, who was commanding
snip of the Armada, and so he strove
10 hold close to him; but the tempest
which seemed to bear hate for the
Spanish feet. now east Don Guzman's
tall caravel to her death on the sands
IF Flanders. The vengeance of Amyas
vas yarTd. as was Toes, but amos
IN the instant, from the heart of the
tempest flew white bolt of lightning
to strike down both him and Yeo
Yeo to his death and Amyas to the
blindness of both eyes.
So Amyas came home from his las
cruise, IA great helpless hulk, as he
bitterly said: but so mayhap only as
such could one of his nature have
ever come to understand the heart @
4 lovely, virtuous woman.
1t was the patience of Ayanacora
the wisdom of his mother, Whicl
taught him. Gear not AmyaS," he
heard his mothers voice saying. ''feai
not to take that dear girl TO you!
heart; for it is your mother who lays
her there"
And So 1T last Amyas came 10 I'M
derStand.
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