The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25

tanning what tho spoil really amounts
to-"
'But--namc OF Hcavenl--I havo
kept books. They arc thero for all
10 SEQ"
They do not wish 10 sec account.
books, Few OF them can read They
want TO Wow tho treasure Itself. They
know--you compel mo 60 be blunt
that tho accounts have been fnlsiflod,
Your books show tho spoil OF cartn.
gcnn TO amount 10 Some 10000, 900
livres, Tho mon know and they are
very skilled IN these computations
that Il exceeds tho enormous total OF
i0,Ooo,oO0, They insist that the
treasure itself he produced and
weighed In their presence. IA In the
custom among tho Brethren OF tho
Coast"
II know nothing OF filibuster Gus.
toms" The gentleman was disdain.
full.
But you are learning quickly"
What do YOU mean. you rogue ?
J am leader OF armies. not OF plum.
dering thieves"
"oh, but OF couraer' Blood'a irony
laughed In his eyes. "Yet. whatever
you may be, warn you that unless
You yield to demand that consider
lust and therefore uphold. YOU may
look for trouble. and II would not
surprise me II you never leave Car
tasena az all. nor convey n single
gold piece homo Co France"
"Ah, pnrdieul Am l 10 understand
that you are threatening me7"
Come, come. NJ le Baronl warn
YOU OF tho trouble that little pru.
dcncc may avert. You do not know
on what volcano you are sitting.
You do not know tho ways OF buc.
cancers. II you persist. cartaRena
viii be drenohed In blood. and what.
ever the outcome the king OF France
VIII not have been well served"
That shifted the basis of the argu.
ment TO less hostile ground. Awhile
yet II continued. 20 be concluded at
last by an ungracious undertaking
from NJ. do Rivarol 20 submit TO tho
demands OF the buccaneers. He gave
i with an extreme ill.grace. and only
because Blood made him realize ut
last that TO withhold II longer would
DO dangerous. In an engagement. he
might conceiyably defeat Biood's fol
lowers. But conccivnbly no might
not. And even II he succeeded. the
effort would SO 40 costly 10 him in
men that he might not thereafter
find himself In sufficient strength 10
maintain his hold OF what he had
seized.
Tho end OF II ail was that he gave
n promise az once 10 make tho noces.
sary preparations. and II Captain
Blood and his officers would walt
upon him on board tho vic,orlcuso 10.
morrow morning. the treasure
should DO produced. weighed In their
presence, and their NTH share sur
rendered there and then into their
own keeping.
Among the buccaneers that night
there was hilarity over the sudden
abatement Of NJ. do Rivarol's mon.
stroua pride. But when the next
dawn broke over Cartagena. they had
the explanation OF Il. Tho only ships
to DO seen In the hRrbor were the
Arabella and the Elizabeth riding at
anchor. and tho Atropos and the
laehcsis carecned on the beach for
repair Of the damage sustained in tho
bombardmen;. Tho French ships
wero gone. They had been quietly
and secretly warped out OF tho har.
Dor under cover OF night, md three
sails. faint and small. on tho horizon
TO westward was all that remained 20
DO seen OF them. Tho abscondlng
NJ. do Rivarol had como off with
tho treasure. taking with him the
troops and mariners no had brought
from France. He had left behind
him AZ Cartagena not only the
empty-hRndcd buccaneers. whom he
had swindled. but also NJ. de CuAsy
and the volunteers and negroes
from Hlspanioln. whom he had
swindled no less
Tho two parties wcra fused into
ono by their common fury. and
before the exhibition Of Il tho In
habltants Of TINT iil.fatod town
were stricken with deeper terror
than they had yet known since
tho coming OF this expedition.
Captain Blood alono kept his
head. setting curb upon his deep
chagrin. He had promised himself
that before parting from NJ. do
Rivarol no would present rcck-
onlnE for all the petty affrouts and
Insults 10 which that unspeakablc
fcilow-now proved a Ecoundrel--
had subjected him.
we must follow" no declared.
Follow and punish
At first that was tho general
cry. Then came tho consideration
that only two OF the buccaneer
ships were seaworthy-and these
could not accommodate the whole
force. particularly being at the
moment indlfferently victualed for
long voyage. The crews Of the
Lachesls and Atropos and with
them their captains. wolverstone
and Ybervllle. renowned tho inten-
ton. After pill. there would be a
deal Of treasure still hidden in Car
tagenn. They would remain behind
TO extort It whilst fitting their
ships for sea. Let Blood and Hag-
thorpe and those who sailed with
them do as they pleased.
(Coninued Tomorrow
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