Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-12
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PETER BLOOD is wrongly con-
victed OF treason against the Eng
fish king. He and Jeremy Pitt
among others, became the slaves Of
COLONEL BISHOP, a Barbados
planter and uncle of ARABELLA,
-etween whom and Peter Blood an
interesting friendship springs up. A
Spanish ship conquers the island but
is captured through the strategy of
giood, who heads a party of slaves.
DON DIEGO, commander of the ves-
sci. who is given freedom of the
ship. attempts to betray Captain
Blood and his fellows but fails.
Blood sails to Tortuga. headquarters
of buccaneers, where he Joins with
Lsevasseur, another a~dventurer.
The governor of Tortuga tries to
break UP an attachment between his
daughter MADEMOISELLE D'OGE-
RON, and Levasseur. He sends
his daughter on q sea voyage,
guarded by her brother. Levasseur
follows and kidnaps Mademoiselle
end her brother.
Go on With the Story
"Your ransom is fixed at twenty
thousand pieces Of eight, and
you shall have liberty on parole to
go to Tortuga to collect it. l shall
provide the means to convey you
thither, and you shall have q month
in which to come and go. Mean
while. your sister remains with me
as q hostage. Your father should
not consider such a sum excessive as
the price of his sons liberty and to
provide a dowry for his daughter"
*You are foolish II you refuse"
L.evasseur spoke without anger. His
fingers had been busy tying knots in
q length of whipcord. He held it up
a moment. "You know this? It is
capable OF screwing the eyes out of
a mans head by way Of helping him
TO see reason"
He flung the length of knottad
oord to one OF the negroes, who in
an instant made it fast about the
prisoners brows. Then between
cord and Uranium the black inserted
a short length of metal, round and
slender as a ptpe-stem. That done
he rolled his ayes toward Levasseur.
awaiting the Captains signal.
81 beg that you will spare yourself
and your sister," said the Captain,
by being reasonable. What, after
all, Is the sum I have named? I
have been too modest. But since I
have said twenty thousand pieces OF
sight, twenty thousand pieces it
shall be-"
"And for what. if you please, have
You said twenty thousand pieces Of
eight?"
In execrable French, but in a
voice that was crisp and pleasant,
that question foated over their
heads.
Startled. Levasseur and his off,
GERS looked up and round.
On the crest of the dunes behind
them they beheld a tall, lean figure
scrupulouly dressed in black with
silver lace, a crimson ostrich plume
curled about the broad brim of H1s
hat affording the only touch of color.
Under that hat was the tawny face
81 Captain Blood.
Levasseur gathered himself mp
with an oath of amazement.
Launching himself upon the yield
ing sand. into which he sank to the
level of the calves of his high boots
of Spanish leather, Captain Blood
came sliding erect to the beach. He
vas followed by Wolverstone, and a
dozen others. AS he came to a stand
still. he DOTTED his hat, with g. -four
lsh. to the lady. Then he turned to
Levasseur.
Good morning. my Captain" said
he, and proceeded to explain his
presence. ut was last nights aur-
rieane blew us back. We had no
choice but to ride before it with
stripped poles, and it drove us back
he way we had gone. I was glad to
put into a cove on the west Of the
island a couple Of miles away, and
we've walked across to stretch u
legs, and give you good-day. But
who are these?'' And he designated
the man and woman,
Levasseur gnawed his lip, and
changed color. But he controlled
himself, and answered cIvilly.
LAS you see, two prisoners"
"Ahi And their names?"
The prisoner answered for himself.
II am Henri d'Ogeron, and this is
my sister"
"DOgeron?" Captain Blood stared.
~Are you related by chance to my
good friend the Governor of Tortu-
gar"