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moued that morning TO Slccor Lord
Glld0y. and I conceived Z be the
sacreJ duty imposed upon me by
my calling TO answer that sum
mons"
WAS there ever such an lmpu-
dent villain IN the world as thou2"
Tile Judge swung. whitc-faced. to
the jury. II hope. gentlemen OF the
Jury. YOU take notice Of the horrible
carriage Of this traitor rogue, and
wjthal YOU cannot but observe the
spirt Of this sort o. people what a
and deva.sh one It is."
Upon that ne proceeded 20 his
yumm nE-up. showing how Bayncs
and Blood We're both guilty Of trea-
son. She frs- for having harb0rei a
traitor. tho second for having sue
cored that traitor by dressing his
wounds. Peter Blood looked round
the scarIet-hung court He laughed,
ard his laugh Jared uncannily up
on the deathly stiffness of the court.
do you laugh. slrrah, with the
rope about your neck. upon the very
threshold of that eternity you are SO
suddenly TO enter intoE" And then
the judge delivered sentence OF
death in the prescribed form.
CHAPTER ~.
Human Merchandise.
on the morning OF the 18th there
arrived at Taunton a courier from
Lord Sunderland. the secretary OF
state. with a letter for Lord Jeffreys
wherein he was informed that his
majesty had been gracious.y
pleased % command that ITO reDels
should be furnished for transporta-
ton TO some Of his majestys south
ern plantations Jamaica, Barbados,
or any Of the Leeward islands
Slaves were urgently required and a
healthy. vigorous man could be
reckoned worth at lest from 10 TO
% pounds
Thus Il happened that Peter
Blood and with him Jeremy Pitt
and Andrew Baynes were conveyed
to Bristol and there shipped with
some so others aboard the Jamaica
Merchant. From close confinement
under matches, ul-nourishment and
foul water. a sickness broke out
amongst them. Of which RI died.
~ The mortality might have been
higher than it was but for Peter
Blood.
Toward the middle Of December
the Jamaica Merchant dropped an
chor in Carlisle bay, and put ashore
the A surviving rebel convicts.
To inspect them. drawn up there
on the mole. came GOV. Steed, a
short. stout red-faced gentleman
who umpcd a little and leaned
heavily upon a stout ebony cane
After him. i'm the uniform Of a colo
rel of the Barbados militia, rolled
Col. Bishop. q taII corpulent man
who lowered head aud shoulders
above the governor. At his side
and contrasting oddly with' his
grossuess. moving with an easy
stripping grace. came slightly
young lady I'm a modish riding gown
BUYERS came and stared and
passed en- Blood noticed that the
girl was speaking 90 Bishop, and
pointing up the line with silver
hilted rid.nE-whip She carried
Bishop shaded his eyes with hi:
hand 20 look in the direction IN
which she was pointing Then slow
IN. with his pondeNus, rolling gait
he approached. Peter Blood found
j,t-,gair st,~.-- into palr Of beady
49,, ,sy,e TTa fa1+ The color Green
ing into his face under the insult OF
+L,4 -or.s.,-,-,rous frzpection. Bah,
- 49, .Er-ls yvbs+ should I do
,,-,+r h., --
- lie was turning away when the
Ac,rtaln In charge inter5osed.
'sHe NAV he lean. but he's tough
,ouob aud healthy when ha.f O,
~, was sf-1, and the other hal.
srslse1tr- ms rogue Kept his leg.
o,a 5or+o~ed his fellows. say !
,,o,-ra, for him. colonel That's
-, c-,-~,, b.
me eo-g7sl orauv -urchaseg
Pc. for 10 mounds Jera-uv Pit
$500 ., -ra e---s master for IN.
s.,1, Of 90 mounds
CHAPTER Y
1rnl,cll7 BLshop.
one sunny morning iu January
eb,-. month after The arrival o.
.he Jaw1lca Merchant at bridge
-ovvr Miss A-zre,'a Bishop rode
o,-- from her rrc.e.s are house ol
the heights 90 the northwest OF ta,
o.t, Reaching the summit OK
gentle. r-aa $50 slope. she met "a tai.
lean man dressed lu q sober. gentle
manly fashion. who was walking 60
the opposite direction. lie was
stranger 20 her and vet ln som,
vague way ne dld not seem quite
stranzer.
II think know YOU. STR" sal
shc
The stranger came 20 stauastI