The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-10
By Charles Tenney Jackson


t{8. 4Ac hilPcfOi " the DOlliCs WIN
; swore he would yet sleep In old Bony'i
, bedl Turn In tot, Mad joint"
? The Jester raised an unsteady hand
as II he would speak. and then thought
better Of II. 1t was plain he was try
Ing to enact the part of a staggering
j frigate captain and making an absurd
failure Of 1t by a curious doleful hui
manness. 1t appeared that the Jester
was about to speak. to make effort at
q leadership Of the evil spew he had
evoked and then his gesture
died away. He, himself. turned away.
a ghost figure by the port quarter-rail.
For the English woman had come
with Clark. the frightened English
boy. There was first a jeer and then
a crowdIng to see her.
what is this, them" she cried
sharply.
1--WE are taken, Mademoiselle," re-
turned the master quietly. THAT is
all there is to It," He turned sternly
to John Crackley whose leer upon the
English woman BODIED no good for her.
II demand safety for this lady. Let
her return to her cabin. Do you I'M
derstand me-respect in all thingsr'
"Eh?" grunted the other. "WeT
see to that. Mates" he glanced uncer-
tainly at his fellows upon whom there
had come a curious silence at the cap
tain's assumption of authority. even at
this pass: "The woman-now-"
His voice was cut short by the ire
mendous explosion of a huge pistol
upon the poop-deck above them all.
A single figure was there, an unkempt,
grotesque man who now was peering
c~uriously into the muzzle of his smok-
ing weapon. Every eye had been
drawn to him with a start.
Jarvis pale face. framed In his long.
matted black hair, turned down to
them.
you see, 1 missed It" he said
p~laintively.
Jarvis" Burke. the deserter,
croaked, whats that?'
"The cabin skylight-at ten PAGES.
Name o. Godi If I am to be commo-
dore, l will need practice. Some of
you kindly reload my pistol"
There was a shout Of amazed laugh
ter from them. The deck lamp showed
the English woman staring up at him
her. the prisoners of the quar-
terdeck. He came to the low rail and
down.
Not at the lady who once looked
at him IN the Esplanade. She
have been an unseen spectator
the footlights, and he the chief
Al N x~A. % fAA aANtA~ - n. 4l~
Ing his cue from an invisible prompter.
Neither did his old friends of the
Royale, and of the smugglers'
v%ine-shops Of years agone, appear to
Exist In his eye. He shrugged, with
IN open palm down to the conspir-
"Ho-Commodorei" They bawled
lp at him. 1.-THE wor1, Jarvisl !"
The eye of Sazarac was coldly upon
lin. But to this friend Of his old
lays, as irredeemable as these, he had
he same blank stare as he had for
Lestron- AS If they were not 7
here-as If she was a mere ghost
nd he looking through her to the +,
VII pack behind her. =.
Mademoiselle Lestron turned to the 8
she knew as Gaspar Sazarac, the :
amester Of Charities street. And s
his has come to you because of me. 7
fonsIeur?'
1T is worth a thousand mutlnies. \
fear-the Spaniards hereabout |
re not all cutthroats. You-the ward Z
Carr, who Is the secret agent of q
heir king . why, what have y
to fear from them, Mademoiselle a
estronY'
But old Beluche shook his head. 1t Q
light be well at the Spanlards' hands v
Or Mademoiselle Lestron of Quebec, O
nd for the Count de Almonaster of v
'ew Orleans, descended from a line n
Castilian viceroys of Louisiana; ]
ut for Jean Lafitte; for Beluche, Of 1,
lie ~Cartagenian rebels; Johannes, n
I'D the others who had harried the v
trade routes for thirty years s.
there was quick death in any port h
New Spain for them ALL h
But she could not know. When the
ngboat was ready, and the crew 6,
ade way silently for her, she turned r,
Sazarac with a sudden timid soft az
ess: ri
Monsieur, something is due you f,
ON mel Could ! not appeal to them h
could you not regain command and
II with them-if l was put adriftT ST
He smiled but 1t was as If he did 1t
It care to look upon her. He was as Ell
le who had been given TO see a beau
'ul vision. and before 1t had come s.
evil jester. a hooking voice to still CT
e faint good he had sought. al
De Almonaster had been watching.
e followed her as the captain led ri
e way. Near the rail the girl put be
IT hand to Sazarac's sleeve. ST
az am bewildered. Monsieuri II Is Ell
If you had given up much for mel" he
81 have given much up for you" he W,
quietly. "The wreck OF ST
ars-wild evil, infamy. which-God to
lling-you shall never knowI" of
She looked back at Count de AL co
onaster. His face was averted. but ar
must hova hoard uo mou ovon a -.