Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-21
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
chucklcd as he explained

either 7 run her nose into the San |
Diego sin again with fat fee for him.
or else it's Duvy Jones for the New
Moon and Hank quits with the inSur-
ancc money.
Know what barratry is. don
yov?" demanded Kcndric.
Sure know; II I didn't Hank
would have told me- Barlow slipped
lis champagne pleasantly. '1'ut We II
bring her home. never you tret' il'a"-
long. And we'll pay the fec ana I'VE
like lords on top of it. Hank am 'r't,
tin. spun him the yarn, seem l nhu
hadn't been sick. Which would have
meant three way split, and I'm just
as glad he didn't ,o,
Kcndri, went out on deck and Ieaht'i
against the wind and watched the Wa'er
Sin away as the schooner rose ann SET,
tied and fought ahead. Then he stroll"d
70 the stern and took turn at the
wheel. joying in the grip of 1t after
long sepnra alton from the old ne Wnlcn
II brought surging back into MS mem
ory. And while he reaccustomcd NM
self to the work Niger Ben STOOD p
watching him jealousy and at hrst WIN
OBVIOUS SuSIDlClOl.
Niger Ben. az Eendric had inu-
!, mated, was 4 man to be proud of on
cruise like this one.
IL not seven feet tall. at least he had
passed the halfway mark between that
and six. a hulking, full -bIooded African
with monster shoulders and half naked
chest and skull showing under his
. close cropped kinks like q gori :. he
, was an anomaly, all taken; he had
I voice as high and sweet toned as
woman singer's he had an mir of eX-
treme brutality and with the animals
on board. a ship cat and canary be-
longing to Filipino Charlie he was
, all EentleneSs he had by all odds the
! , largest, 6attest feet that kendric had
ever seen attached to n man and yet on
them he moved quickly and lightly and
. not without grace; he held the New
Moon in a sort of ghostly fear, his eyes
4 all whites when he vowed she was
L "ha nted," and vet he loved her with
all of the heart in his big black body.
= "Sho.' she's ha nted"' he proclaimed
= vigorously after while, during which
= he had come to have confidence in the
u new steersman's knowledge and hnd
been intrigued into conversation. Don t
I know? Black folks knows sooner n
~ white folks about ha 'nts, Cap n. Ain t
T heered nll the happenin's. dat's done
s Dcpn an gone an lIdiI''ilp'u W, "a,
here deck? Amt | seen nothin: Ain t.
= felt nothn'? Amt I spCctated when
= tho ha'r on Jezebel's back haz riz
II straight up an when she's hunChed her
:, back up an spit when mos folks
. wouldn't of saw nothin' tall? Sho' .
"a she's ha 'nted mos ships is. But dem
- ha'nts ain goin' bodder me 50 long s
g I don't boddcr dem. OATS gospel,
- Cap'n jim: sho' gospel -,
...I. ' let
conceded Kondric mirthfully when
n Niger Ben was again at the wheel and
the two advcnturPrS paced forward.
< ''Thp kind to have at hand on n pirate
" cruise!
For. Niger Ben offered both amuCc-
n ment during long hours and SkiIltu]
% service and no end of muscular strength
Iy while, in his own way. Charlie was q
! iowel-a king of cooks and man to
|. keep his mouth shut. When left T.
n. himself Charlie muttered inccsSantlS
~ under his breath, his muttering>
n senselcss jargon. When addressed hi,
is invariable reply was, "Aw." properly
70 infected to suit the occasion. Thus
with a shake of the head. it meant no
. with nod, yes; with his beamini
- smile, anything duly enthusiastic. Ht
~ was not the one to be looked TO foI
!" trcasons stratagems and Spoils. Hi
| lHNOTllP ulNtTSlbl was "''iN'l'Ib say wv
~ tunes to his canary in the galley.
l. As the New Moon made her brief arc
y TO clear the coast and saggad soutt
1r through tranquil southern days anC
N starry nights. Kcndric and Barlow die
much planning and voiced counties
" surmiscS. all having to do with wha
I'd they might or might not find. Barlow
~ got ont his maps and indicated as closely
Id as he could the point whcrc they woult
Al. ~, tnt lnJ in In ~.
X where the treasure was,
"Wid land" he said. "Wild. jim
nd every foot Of it. I've seen what lie
in north of it and I've seen what lies soutl
he of il. and It's tho devils own. An,
+. ours. if Escobars fingers haven
pd crooked TO the feel Of it. And If the
/. have. why, them" and he looked fleet
70 ingly to the rifles on the cabin wall. Il
re belongs to the man who Is man cnoug
n to walk away with ir
iri More in detail than at any time be
o. fore Twsty Barlow told all that h
~ knew of the rumOr which they wcr
t running down. ESCOhar was one of tn
W lnwlcss captains Of q revolutionary fac
w., tion who. like his general, had bee
~, keeping to the mountainous out ot-the
'' way places Of Mexico for two years.
wv Lower California. together with half
- dozen of his bandit following, he ha
90 Lccn taking care Of his own skin an
ed at the same time lining his own pockets
1t was a time of outawry and Fer
b. nando Escobnr was product of hi
O. time. He was never above cutting
on throats for small rccompcnsn, If h
In glimpsed safety to follow the deed, an
en- knew all of the tricks Of holding wealth
I'd citizens Of his own or another COuntr
n for ransoms Upon one of his reCer
,e, excursions the bandit captain had raid
me cd an old mission church for it's can
$50 dIcsticks, With one companion lieu
ON tenant named Juarcz, he had made
~. thorough job of tearing things I
VOL pieces that the two had discovered
'oJ secret which had lain hidden from II
~" passing eyes Of worshipful padres for
~. matter of centuries. 1t was seer
'S3t vault in the adobe wall, masked by
Ia W'n' canvas of the Virgin. And in tn
In' small compartment were not only
'he few minor articles which ESCObar knc
how to turn into money, but son
napers. And whenever bandit, of AT
20 land under the sun, stumbles upO
ler napers secretly immurcd, it is inevi
MT able that he should hastily make hin
nnt self master of the contents, stirre
ION by a hope Of treasure.
,ok "And right enough, he'd found it,
crs said Barlow, holding a forgotten mate
,ys over his pipe. "If there's any tru
in it three priests, way back in II
fifteen hundreds stumbled onto CnOuf