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freely at last.
"A safe voyage home to you,
Colonel, darling" said he in vale
diction, and from his easy, smiling
manner you would never have
dreamt of the pain he carried in his
breast.
On the mole at Port Royal, under
the low, embattled wall of the fort,
Major Mallard and Lord Julian
waited to receive him, and it was
with infinite relief that they as
sisted him from the sloop.
Anyway, it's not for long,"
growled the Colonel, finding speech
at last. mo, by :" He en-
phasized the assurance by an I'M
printable oath. "If l spend the
last shilling OF my fortune and the
last ship of the Jamaica fleet, I'll
have that rascal in hempen neck
tie before I rest" He had EN-
purpled in his angry vehemence,
and the veins Of his forehead stood
out like whipeord. Come, my
lord, We must take order about
this. you and l."
They went off together. skirting
the redoubt, and so through court
yard and garden to the house
where Arabeila waited anxiously.
The sight Of her uncle brought her
Infinite relief, not only on his own
account, but on account also of
Captain Blood.
"You took a great risk, sir" she
gravely told Lord Julian after the
ordinary greetings had been ex-
changed.
But Lord Julian answered her as
he had answered Major Mallard.
There was no risk, ma'am. So
that Blood's ship were allowed to
pass the fort, no harm could come
to Colonel Bishop. Blood pledged
me his word for that"
Very early next morning, before
the heat of the day came to render
the open intolerable to his lord
ship, he espied her from his win
dow moving amid the azaleas in
the garden. He hurried forth TO
JON her He explained himself
by the announcement that he bore
her a message from Captain Blood.
''He desired me, he said at last,
TO give you message that should
prove to you that there is still
something left in him of the I'M
fortunate gentleman that
that for which once you
knew him. 1t is not easy. Stab
me. it is not. He was man who
deserved we'll. And amongst us
we have marred his chances; your
uncle, because he could not forget
his rancour; you. because
because having told him that in
the Kings service he would find
his redemption of what was past.
YOU would not afterwards admit to
him that. he was so redeemed. And
this, although concern to rescue
you was the chief motive Of his
embracing that same service"
She had turned her shoulder to
him so that he should not see her
face. His lordship's unusual nerv-
ousness was steadily increasing.
"He thought, then-so he told me
that my presence here had con-
tributed to his inability to redeem
himself in your sight; and unless
he were so redeemed, then was re-
demption nothing"
"He thought that you had con-
tributed?" she echoed.
aye, and he said so in terms
which told me something that l
hope above all things, and vet dare
not believe, for, God knows, am
no coxcomb, Arabella. He said
had gone aboard his ship
to demand the instant surrender
of your uncle He laughed at me.
Colonel Bishop should be hostage.
for his safety. By rashly ventur-
ing aboard his ship, I afforded him
in my own person yet another
hostage as valuable at least as
Colonel Bishop. Yet he bade me
depart; not from the fear of con-
sequences, for he is above fear.
nor from any personal esteem for
me whom he confessed that he had
come to find detestable; and this
for the very reason nat made him
concerned for my safety"
81 do not understand" she said,
as he paused. as not that con-
tradfction in itself?"
at seems so only. The fact is,
Arabeila, this unfortunate man has
the the temerity to love
you"
She cried out at that, and.
clutched her breast whose calm
was suddenly disturbed. Go on"
she babe him
well, then: he saw in me one
who made it impossible that he
should win you-so he said. There
fore he could with satisfaction
have killed me. But because my
death might cause you pain, be-
cause your happiness was the thing
thst above all things he desired,
he surrendered that part of his
guarantee of safety which my per-
son Afforded him. If his departure
should be hindered, and l should
lose my life in what might follow.
there was the risk that
that you might mourn me. Be