The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-03
BY Charles Tenney Jackson
Copyright by The Bobbs-Merrill Company
CHAPTER x-Contlnued.

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There was an astonished silence.
The men craned and stared. johann
ness nodded truculently to them.
you have heard, nowl Then be
warned land obeyi"
Johannes, catching his eye, dis
missed the crew. Back once more by
the steersman, old Dominique sighed.
ave have a handful. But l can
guess their stares. The Captain
Lafitte defending the English because.
forsooth they are friendly with the
Americans 1t Is enough to open old
eyes Half these renegades have
smarted in British press-gangs, and
the rest-well, sirs, 1t puzzles even
our old fellowsl"
ut well may. Lafitte's return daz-
zled them at first, and they were keen
to be at anything for him; but now
some of them are wondering where
the profits lie for broken bones and
wet skins"
"They glover, too. at this young
gentleman of the rue Royale-for they !
deem him part owner of the Sera- |
phine and holding back the captain
from any too unlawful a venture And
Jarvis, the idler, goes among them
with his jests and ruffies their feel
ings"
Johannes, the bo'sun, had come aft,
cooking an eye aloft at the sail
spread; he had heard the talk and
growled:
"a good fight-that's what these
hearties need-blood let from some Of
the youngsters, and man or two to
the sharksi Aye, and we keep on
fetching yon hull above the water as
we've done the past five hours and
therell be one"
captain LATTE does not desire an
Burke and the other deserving
Irisher say the Genaron mounts two
ong skies and twelve-pounder; and
)elow matches, stuffed with arms.
which. it was given out, are going to
New Granada for Simon Bolivar's re-
-olt."
aye, well I little think she'll
ght. The Seraphine will fay her in
n hour-we carry pretty bat'ries, gen.
lemen, as ever q privateer could
'ish Twelve twenty-four-pound car
onades and the two long ninesl 7"
The wind slipped to uncertain
freaks near shutdown, and in the last
thinner of dusk the pursued and pur-
ler lay limp and adrift on the warm
cave of the gull. The crew had
rown strangely quiet. Jarvis, lolling
the quarter-rail, spat at a follow
g shark, then touched the Count de
lmonaster upon the sleeve. He point
at the fugitive ship to the south
ard. r,
"She must know she is pursued.
lie is making straight for Yucatan-
e will crawl under the Spaniards' sh
ms at some rivers mouth and yell to Nj
eaven that old days have come tn
ain in the gulf and the buccaneers pc
e on the tail of the traffic The crew
S decided that she should be scut- tn,
d and every mouth on her closed JOY
2 she can tell that LATTE is at sea
ala !" "a,
what nonsensel You know the VIII
rpose of this ship as well as l." ma
The devil take me though II /
Dw her end" per
'Come-come !" said Raoul hurried ere
mo more of this Affairs are get "
g ominous enough among us. You
best keep apart from the crew, He
Wis. You have been setting them ter,
to fury with tales of the gold the alol
aaron carries. You know there is to
truth to 1t p L
was fair to split my sides laugh amC
over the numbering humor it put and
N In That and the drink / got call
ing them to start their boasting." Aga
The devil take you l should re- to
this to the captain" fumed De 'l
"You are a trouble shall
er I" b
must be amused" yawned Jarvis. was
in the end, l hang" disc
e pulled his dirty velvet cap over ami
ear, rubbed the unshaven pallor roue
lis cheek, and smiled plaintively. &C
dinner the gentlemen found him not
ep in the tapestried suite, his agail
ed boots upon the pillows of the ST
which had been designed for Bo- ards
rte. and
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