Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
THE SEA HAWK
BY RAFAEL SABATINI
published by Arrangement With First National Pictures,
Inc Copyrighted by Houghton- Miffln Company
CHAPTER XII


! and no money spared. rode proudly at anchor
| just off Smthick under the very shadow of
| the heights crowned by the fine house of
! ArwcnacE. She was fitting out for distant
voyage, aud for days the work of bringing
stores and munitions aboard had oeen ii
progress, so that there an unwonted
hustle about the little forge and the huddle
Of cottages that went to make up the fishing
village, as if in earnest of the great traffic
that in future days to be seen about
that spot. For Sir John Killigrew seemed
at last to be on the eve of prevailing and of
laying there the foundations of the fine port
of his dreams.
To this state Of things his friendship with
Master Lionel Tresslian had contributed not
a little. The opposition made to his project
by Sir Overland supported largely at Sir
divers suggestion by Truro and Helston-
had been entirely withdrawn by Lionel;
more indeed Lionel had actually gone so far
| in the opposite direction as to support Sir
John in his representations to Parliament
| and the Queen. 1t followed naturally
enough that just Sir divers opposition of
that cherished project had been the seed of
the hostility between Arwenack and Penar-
row. so Lionel's support of it became the
root of the stanch friendship that sprang up
between himself and Sir John.
What Lionel lacked of his brothers keen
intelligence he made up for in cunning
He realized that although at some future
time it was possible thai HelStOn and Truro
and the 'iressllan property there might
come 10 suffer Is consequence of the de-
velOpment of port so much more advan-
tageously situated vet that could no. De in
his own lifetime: ara meanwhile he must
earn II return Sir Johns suppot. fer his
suit OF P-samund Godophin AMI thus find
The Godtlrhin estates merged with MS own
This certain immediate gain to Master
Lionel we'll worth the other future possible
loss.
1t must not however, be supposed that
Lionels courtship had thenceforward run a
smooth and easy course. The mistress of
Godolphin Court showed him no favor and
it was mainly that she might abstract her
self from the opportunities of his suit that
she had sought and obtained Sir John KILL
crews permission to accompany the latter's
sister to France when she went there with
her husband, who appointed English
ambassador to the Louvre. Sir Johns au-
thority her guardian had come into force
again with the decease of her brother.
Master Lionel moped awhile in her alb
sence; but cheered by Sir Johns assurance
that in the end he should prevail, he Quilted
Cornwall in his turn and went forth to see
the world. He spent some time in London
about the Court, where, however, he seems
to have prospered little, and then he crossed
to France to pay his devoirs to the lady of
his longings.
His constancy, the humility with which he
made his suit, the obvious intensity of his
devotion began at last to wear away that
gentlewoman's opposition, as dripping water
wears away a stone. Yet she could not
bring herself to forget that he was Sir Oil
vers brother--the brother of the man she
had loved, and the brother of the man who
had killed her own brother Between them
stood two things-the ghost of that old love
of hers and the blood of Peter Godophin.
Of this she reminded Sir John on her re-
tn n aft ahc of
two years, urging these matters as reasons
why an alliance between herself and Lionel
Tressian must be impossible.
Sir John did not at all agree with her
"My dear" he said, "there is your future
10 be thought of. You are now of full age
and mistress of your own actions. Yet it is
not we'll for a woman and a gentlewoman
to dwell alone. AS long | live, or as long
as | remain in England, all will be we'll
You may continue indefinitely your residence
here at Arwenack, and you have been wise
think, in quitting the loneliness of Godol-
phin Court Yet consider that that loneli-
ness may be yours again when | am not
here
81 should prefer that loneliness to the
company you would thrust upon me-" she
answered him.
'*Ungracious speech" he protested "Is
this your gratitude for that lads burning
devotion, for his patience, his gentleness,
and all the rest?"
lie Is OHNer IreSSlllanS brother, she
Ireplied.
''And has he not suffered enough for that
already? Is there to be no end to the price
that he must pay for his brothers sins?
Besides, consider that when all is said they
are not even brothers. They are but half
brothers.
"Yet too closely kim she said eff you
must have me we'd l beg you'll find me an
other husband"
He was persistent, and his persistence
was increased when he came to conceive his
notion to take the seas again. His con-
science would not permit him to heave
anchor until he had bestowed her safely in
wedlock. Lionel, too, was persistent in
quiet. almost self-effacing way that never
set a strain upon her patience, and was
therefore the more difficult to combat
In the end she gave way under the pres
sure of these mems wills, and did so with
the best grace she could summon. resolved
to drive from her heart and mind the one
real obstacle of which for very shame she
had made no mention to Sir John. The fact
is that in spite of all, her love for Sir Oliver
was not dead. 1t was stricken down, it is
true, until she herself failed to recognize it
for what it really was. But she caught her
self thinking of him frequently and wistful-
ly; she found herself comparing him with
his brother; and for all that she had hidden
Sir John find her some other husband than
Lionel. she knew full well that any sutton
brought before her must be submitted to
that same comparison to his inevitable un-
doing.
All this she accounted evil in herself It
was in vain that she dashed her mind with
the reminder that Sir Oliver was Peters
murderer. AS time went on she found her
self actually making excuses for her some
time lover; she would admit that Peter had
driven him to the step. that for her sake Sir