Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-18
CAPTAIN.
BLOOD
By Rafael Sabafini
g RAFAEL ARATI
kRpGr NEA SEJ1NcE Rec

into a mountain of anvas
BY the rail, Immediately above
and behind Lord Julian. stood Cap
tain Blood in alteration with a
one-esed giant, whose Read Was
swathed in a red cotton kerch II
whose blue shirt hung open at the
waist AS his lordship, moving
forward revealed himself their
voices ceased and Blood turned TO
gree. him.
Good morning to YOU he said
and added. I've Numbered badly,
so 1 have. I should have known
better than to come so close to ia
maica by night, But l was in haste
to land you. Come up here. 7
have something to show you"
Wondering, Lord Julian mounted
the companion as he was hidden.
Standing beside Captain Blood, ne
looked astern following the indica-
ton OF the Captains hand. and
cried out in his amzaement. There
not more three miles away was
land AN uneven wall of vivid green
that filled the western horizon.
And a couple of miles this side Of
it. bearing after them. came speed
ing three great white ships.
'They fly no colors, but they're
part of the Jamaica feet" Blood
spoke without excitement, almost
with a certain l~istlessness. "When
dawn broke we found ourselves run
ming to meet them. We vent about,
and it's been a race eve since. But
the Arabella's been at sea these four
months, and her bottoms too foul
for the speed we're needing"
\ gun bOOmpd ouf hebind tha,,
"That'n be the signal to lie to-"
said Blood, in the same ~iistless
voice: and he fetched a sigh.
Wolverstone squared himself de-
family before his captain.
I'll see Colonel Bishop in hell or
ever / lies for him" And he spat,
presumably for purposes OF empha-
sis.
Came the roar of a second gun.
and a round shot splashed the water
less than half q cables length astern.
Blood leaned over the rail to speak
to the fair young maj Immediately
below him by the helmsman at the
whipstaff.
IBID them take in sail, Jeremy"
he said quietly. we lie to-"
But Wolverstone interposed again.
Hold there a moment, Jeremy!"
he roared. "Wait!" He swung back
10 face the captain, who had placed
a hand on his shoulder and was
smiling, a tribe wistfully.
STEADY. Old Wolf! Steady" Cap
tain Blood admonished him.
Steady. yourself. Peter. Ye've
gone mad! Will ye doom us all to
he'll out OF tenderness for that cold
slip of a girl?"
Their glances met, sulien defiance
Drawing dun anger, surprise, and
pain.
There is no question" sid Blood.
'of surrender for any man aboard
save only myself. If Bishop can re-
port to England that I am taken and
hanged, he will magnify himself and
at the same time crafty his personal
rancor agai st me. I'll send him &.
his ship, taking Miss Bishop and
Lord Julian with me, but only on
condition that the Arabella is allow
ed to proceed unframed"
ITS a bargain he'll be Of
fered," retorted Wolverstone, an his
earlier vehemence was as nothing to
his vehemence now. "Ye're surely
daft ever to think Of it, Peter"
mot SO daft as you when you talk
Of fighting that" He flung out an
arm as he spoke to indicate the pur-
SUING SillpS, " men were SLOWLY Out
surely creeping nearer. Before
we've another half-mile we shalt
be within range"
Wolverstone swore deliberately,
then suddenly checked. Out of TIE
tail of his single eye he had espied a
trim figure in gray silk that was
ascending the companion. So en-
crossed had they been that until now
they had not seen Miss Bis.lop come
from the door of the passage leading
to the cabin. And there was m
thing else that those three men on
the poop, and Pitt Immediately be-
low them, had failed &c observe.
Some moments $50 Osle. followed
by the main body of his gun-deck
crew, had emerged from the BOBBY
hatch.
Captain Blood barred his head and
bowed silently in a greeting which
Arabella returned composedly and
formally.
what is happening. Lord julian"
she inquired,
As it to answer her a third gun
spoke from the ships toward which
she was looking intent and wonder
ingly.
They are ships of the Jamaica