Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-24
CAPTAIN BLOOD
BIZ RAFAEL SABATINI
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

| his lordship. your own conduct
| makes it difficult to perform" He
rose You did me a service, Captain
Blood, and l had hoped that we might
! be friends. But since you prefer to
| have il otherwise He
shrugged. and waved hand towards
the Deputy Governor.
Blood completed the sentence in his
own way:
"Yc mean that We haven't the
strength of character to resist the
urgings OF a bully" He was ap-
parently at his ease, and actually
smiling. Well. well-as l said be-
afraid that ye're no scholar, Bishop,
or ye'd know that It means fore
warned, forearmed."
"Forewarned: Ha!" Bishop almost
snarled. THE warning comes a lit
tie late. You do not leave this house"
He took a. step in the direction Of the
doorway. and raised his voice. "Ho
| there ." he was beginning to
call.
Then with r. sudden audible catch
| in his breath. he stopped short. Cap
tain Blood's right hand had re-
! emerged from the breast OF his doub-
let, bringing with 1t long pistol
with silver mountinss richly chased,
which he leveied within a foot OF
| the Deputy Governors head.
And forearmed," said he. Don't
| stir from where you are, my lord, or
there may be an accident"
And my lord, who had been moving
to Bishops assistance. stood instant
| ly arrested. Chap-fallen, with much
of his high color suddenly departed,
| the Deputy Governor was swayinE on
| unsteady legs. Peter Blood consid-
| cred him with a grimness that in
! creased his panic.
Il marvel that l don't pistol you
without more ado, We fat BLACKBOARD.
| If l don't. it's for the same reason
| that once before 1 gave We your life
when 1t was forfeit Ye're not aware
of the reason, to be sure; but it may
comfort We to know that IT exists.
At the same time I'll warn We not TO
put too heavy a strain on my gen
erosity. which resides at the moment
! in my trigeer-f1nger. Ye mean 10
hang me, and since that's the worst
that can happen 10 me anyway, you'll
| realize that I'll not boGkle at increas-
ing the account by splitting your nasty
blood" He cast his cane from him,
thus disengasing his left hand. BE
good enough to give me your arm
Colonel Bishop. Come, come, man,
your arm"
Under the compulsion Of that sharp
| loHe' tnoSe reSolute eyes, ana that
cleaning pistol. Bishop obeyed with
out demur. His recent foul volubility
was stemmed. He could not trust
himself to speak. Captain Blood
tucked his left arm through the
Deputy Governors proftered right
Then he thrust his own right hand
with it's pistol back into the breast
of his doublet.
| Though invisible, it's aiming at
ye none the less, and ! give you my
word OF honor that I'll shoot We dead
| upon the very least provocation
whether that provocation Is yours or
another's. Yen bear that in mind
| Lord Julian. And now, We greasy
| hangman. step out as brisk and lively
as ye can, and behave as naturally as
We may. or it's the black stream OF
| Cocytus yen be contemplating" Arm
In arm they passed through the house
and down the garden, where Arabella
| fingered, awaiting Peter Blood's re-
| turn.
Consideration of his parting words
had brought her first turmoil OF
mind. then a clear perception Of what
might be indeed the truth Of the
death Of Levasseur. She perceived
that the particular inference drawn
from it might similarly have been
drawn from Blood's deliverance OF
Mary Trail. when man so risks
- life for a woman, the rest is
| e-->'Ily assumed For the men who
| Will take such risks without hope of