The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-31

not associate her from the man. she
was His niece. OF his own blood. ana
some Of tho vices Of IT, some OF tho
rsmerseless cruelty o. tho wealthy
planter must. he argued. inhahlt that
pleasant body Of hers. Ho argued
'hia very often 20 himself. az n an.
swcrinE and convincing some instinct
that pleaded otherwise. aud arguing
il he avoided her when Il was possl
bic. and was frlgidly civil when IL
was not.
UNSUITABLE az his reasoning was.
plausible as Il may seem. yet he
would have done better 20 have trust.
/ ed the instinct that was in conflict
with a. Tho the Same blood ran In
her veins az In those on Colonel Bish.
Oh, yet hers was free of the vices
I That tainted her uncle'a. FOR these
vices were not natural 10 that blood.
they were, In has case acquired. Her
father Tom Bishop that same
Colonel Bishops brother had been
/ a kindly. chivalrous. gentle soul.
who. brokcnhcartcd by tho early
death Of young wife. had abandon.
ed the Old World and sought an ano'
/ dyne FOR his grief IN the New. lie
had come out 10 tho Antilles bring
ing with hmi his little daughter. then
years OF age, and had given himself
up 20 the life OF a planter. lilo had
prospercd from the first. aa men
! sometimes will who caro- nothing for
prosperity. Prosperins, be had be
/ thought him Of his younger brother,
a soldier az home reputed somewhat
Wild, Ito had advised him 20 come
out 20 barbados. and tho advice.
which az another season William
Bishop might have acorned. reached
him az moment when his wildness
was beginning 10 bear fruit that a
change Of climate was desirable. VIII
liam came, and was admitted by his
generous brother 20 a partnership In
tho prosperous plantation. Some six
years later. when Arabella was 70.
I her father died leaving her IN her
IunCle's guardianship, IL was perhaps
/ his one mistake But tho goodness
of his own nature colored his views
OF other men: moreover. himself. he
had conducted the education Of his
daughter, giving her an independence
OF character upon which perhaps he
counted unduly. A. things were.
there was little love between uncle
and niece. But she was duuful TO
| him. and he was circumspect In his
behavior before her. All his life. and
for all his wiidnesa. no had gone In a
I certain awe OF his brother. whose
worth he had tho wit 20 recognize;
and now Il was almost as II some of
( that awe was transferred 10 his
brothers child. who was also. In a
sense. his partner. hltho she took no
active part in 1.-THE business OF the
plantations.
Peter Blood judged hsr-as VIC are
all too prone 70 judge-upon inEuffl.
cient knowledge
He was very soon 20 correct that
Judgment.
One day towards the end Of May,
when the heat was beginning 20 grow
oppressive. there crawled into Car
isle BAY a wounded. battered EnEiinh
ship. the Pride OF Devon. her free.
board SCARED and broken. her coach
gaping wreck. her mizEen 90 shot
away that only a Jagged stump 70
NAMED TO tell the place where II had
stood. She had been In action Off
Martinique with two Spanish treas.
urs ships. and nltho her captain
sworc that the spaniards had beset
him without provocation. Il n ditfi-
cult 20 avoid suspicion that Tho en-.
counter had been brought about quite
otherwise. One OF tho Spaniarfs had
/, fed from tho combat. and II tho
Pride Of Devou had not given chase
u wns probably because she was by
then In no caao 10 do 70. Tho other
had been sunk. but not before the
English ship had Transferred 20 her
own hold good deal OF tho treasure
aboard the spanlard. II was. In fact.
ono OF those plratical affrays which
were n perpetual source OF trouble
between the course Of 81. James and
tho Eacurial. complaints emnnating
now from one and now from the
other side.
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