New Britain herald., 1923-01-20
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 ''ls there anybody else who shaFei Captain Blood's opinlong"
 None answered him His own affi eers were oveFawed by himi Blaad'i followers naturally preferred carta, Eena, because ofIerlng the greater chance Of loot, Loyalty to iheil leader kept them silent,
 You seem to be alone in ynul opinion" said the Baron with his yinegary smile,
 Captain Blood laughed outright He had suddenly read the Raron'' mind.
 M. de Rivarol. intrigued hy his mirth. seosled upon him disapprov' ingly.
 Why do you laugh. monsenr?"
 Because l discover here an irony that is supremely droll, You, M. lC Baron. General Of the Kings Armies by Land and Sea in America. propose an enterprise or purely buceaneer- ing character; whilst I. the bueeaneer, am urging one that is more concerned with upholding the honor Of France"
 M. le filihustier." cried Riyarol in . thick voice. 1t seems that I must remind you that nm your superior officer"
 My superior officer You. Lord Of the World. Why you are just a common piratc."
 He stalked out. and his three cap- tains-although they thought him mad-rollcd after him in loyal silence.
 Inwardly M, de Rivarol burned with shame and rage. The mask had been plucked from him. and he had been held up to scorn--he, the Gen. eral Of the Kings Armies by Sea and Land in America.
 Nevertheless. it was to Carttagena that they sailed in the middle. of March. Volunteers and negroes had brought up the forces directly under M. de Rivarol to twelve hundred men. With these he thought he could keep the buccaneer contingent in order and submissive.
 Narrowly they missed the Jamaica fleet with Colonel Bishop, which sailed north for Tortuga two days after the Baron de Rivarol's southward passage.
 CHAPTER XXVIII.
 Cartagena.
 Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Carta- gena. and M. de Rivarol summoned council aboard his flagship to deter mine the method of assault.
 '.It is of importance, messieurs.' he told them, that we take the city by surprise, not only before it can nut itself into a state of defense. but before it can remove it's treasures in land. I propose to land force suffi- cient to achieve this to the north of the city tonight after dark"
 It was sheer obstinacy and empty pride that drove him, and he received the lesson he deserved. The fleet stood in during the afternoon to within mile of the coast, and under cover of darkness three hundred men were pulled away for the shore in the canoes. piraguas, and ships boats. Rivarol's pride compelled him, how ever much he may have 'islfked the venture, to lead them in. person. The first six boats were caught in the surf, and pounded into fragments before their occupants could extricate themselves. The thunder of the breakers and the cries of the ship wrecked warned those who followed, and thereby saved them from sharing the same fate.
 The Baron went back to his flag ship an infuriated, but by no means wiser man.
 He was awakened at dawn by the rolling thunder of guns. Emerging upon the poop in nightcap and sip pers, he beheld sight that increased his unreasonable and unreasoning fury. The four buccaneer ships under