Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-20
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Lord Julian Wade took what little
air there was.
$50 ye've come" the deputy-gov-
ernor hailed him, and followed the
greeting by a series of grunts OF
vague but apparently ill-humored
import.
With scowling brow and in self
sufficient tones, Colonel Bishop de-
livered himself.
81 have sent for you, Captain
/ Blood, because of certain news that
has lust reached me. l am informed
that yesterday evening a frigate len
the harbor having on board your as
| s~ociate Wolverstone and a
men of the hundred and fifty that
were serving under you. His lord
ship and l shall be glad to have
your explanation of how you came
to permit that departure"
"Permit =" quoth Blood. , q Or
dered it,"
Bishops great face seemed to
swell and it's high color to deepen
He swung to Lord Julian.
"You hear that, my lord? De-
Hberately he has let Wolverstone
loose upon the seas again-Wolver-
stone, the worst of all that gang OF
pirates after himself. Why, this
LIlluS - LACdoCbs
a court-martial."
"Wi1I you cease your blather Oh
m,1tiny and treason and courts-mar-
tiaI?" Blood put on his hat, and sat
down unbidden. "I have sent VOL
verstone to inform Hagthorpe and
The rest of my lads that they've one
clear month in which to follow my
example, quit piracy and get back 10
their boucans or their logwood, or
else sail out of the Caribbean Sea-.
That's what I've DONE
But the men?" his lordship inter-
posed in his level, cultured voice.
This hundred men that Wolver-
stone has taken with him?"
"They are those of my crew who
have no taste for King James SER
vice, and have preferred to seek
work of other kinds. 1t was in our
compact, my lord, that there should
be no constraining of my men.
"I will remind you that the object
in view was to rid the Caribbean or
buccaneers. Now. I've taken the
most effective way of accomplishing
that object. The knowledge that
I've entered the Kings service
banding the fleet of which l was
until lately a leader"
Lord Julian forestalled a fresh
outburst on the part of Bishop.
at is possible" he said, that my
Lord Sunderland will be satisfied,
provided that the solution is such as
you promise"
But Bishops fury had by now
reached a stage in which it was not
to be restrained.
This is a matter in which your
lordship must allow me to be the
better Judge" he roared. And, any
how, I'll take the risk of acting on
my own responsibility"
Lord Julian abandoned the strug-
gle. He smiled YEARLY, shrugged,
and waved a hand in implied resig-
nation. The deputy-goyernor stormed
on.
"Since my lord here has given you
a commission / can't regularly deal
with you out of hand for piracy as
you deserve. But you shall answer
before a court-martial for your &C
ton in the matter of Wolverstone,
and take the consequences"
IT see," said Blood. Now we
come to it. And it's yourself as
deputy-governor will preside over
that same court-martiai. So that ye
can wipe off old ore by hanging
me, it's little We care how we do it,"
Before you 60" said Bishop,
land to save you from an idle rash
ness, I'll tell you that the harbor-
master and the commandant have
their orders. You don't leave Port
Royal, my fine gallows bird"
Peter Blood stiffened, and his
vivid blue eyes stabbed the bloated
face of his enemy. He passed his
long cane into his left hand, and
with his right thrust negligently into
the breast of his doublet he swung to
Lord Julian, who vas thoughtfully
frowning.
Captain Blood's right hand had
re-emerged from the breast of his
doublet, bringing with it a long pis-
toI with silver mountings richly
chased, which he leveled within a
foot of the deputy-governo~'s head.
"Don't stir from where you are,
my lord, or there may be an accl-
dent" said he.
And my lord, who had been o
ing to Bishops assistance, stood in
stantly arrested.
Blood cast his cane from him, thus
disengaging his left hand. "Be good
enough to give nae your arm, Colonel
Bishop. Come, come, man, your