The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-16
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answer. What do you seek aboard my ship?"
 At first I sought only that which | belongs to me, something of which 1 am being robbed. But since you chose war, and opened fire on me with some damage to my ship and loss of life of five of my men, war it is, and your ship prize of war;" From the quarter rail Mademoiselle d'Oregon looked down with glowing yes in breathless wonder upon her well-beloved hero. Gloriously heroic he seemed as he stood towering there, masterful, audacious, beautiful. He saw her, and with glad shout sprang towards her. The Dutch master got in his way with hands upheld to ar rest his progress. Levasseur did not stay to argue with him he was too inn patient to reach his mistress. He swung the poleaxe that he carried, and the Dutchman ween down in blood with a cloven skull The eager lover stepped across the body and came on, his countenance joyously alight. But mad emoisselle was shrinking now, in hor- TOT. In bound her well-beloved was beside her. But she still shrank even within his embrace, which would not be denied; look of dread had come to temper the normal arrogance of her almost perfect face.
 Why, why did you kill him?' He laughed as hero should and answered her heroically, with the tol- erance of a god for the mortal to whom he condescends: He stood between us. Let his death be symbol, warning. Let all who would stand between us mark it 1 d beware"
 It was so splendidly terrific, the ges- ture of it was so broad and fine and his magnetism so compelling, that she cast her silly tremors and yielded her self freely, intoxicated, to his fond embrace. Thereafter he swung her to his shoulder, and stepping with case beneath that burden, bore her in a sort of triumph, Justify cheered by his men, to the deck of his own ship. Her incon- siderate brother might have rushed that romantic scene but for the watch full Cahusac, who quietly tripped him up, and then trussed him like fowl.
 Thereafter, what time the Captain languished in his lady's smile within the cabin, Cahusac was dealing with the spells of war. The Dutch crew was ordered into the longboat, and bidden go to the devil. Fortunately, as they numbered fewer than thirty. the long boat, though perilously overcro- ded, could yet contain them. Next, Cahusac having inspected the cargo, put the quartermaste and a score of men aboard the Jongyrouw, and left her to follow La Fourde, which he now headed south for the Leeward Islands.
 The lady's brother was presently con- ducted to the cabin. The Captain rose to receive him, bending his stalwart night to avoid striking the cabin roof with his head. Mademoiselle rose, too
 "Why this?' she asked Levasseur, pointing to her brothers pinioned wrists.
 'I deplore it." she said. "I desire it to end, Let M. d'ogeron give me his parole ;
 T give you nothing"
 "Henri, this is foolish! You are not behoving as my brother. You $. ."
 .'Little fool. Don't you perceive your wicked folly in the ram it has brought already? Lives have been lost, men have died, that this monster might overtake you. And don't you yet real ize where you stand-in the power of this beast, of this cur born in ken nel and bred in thieving and murderY
 He might have said more but sat Levasseur struck him across the mouth. Mademoisselle suppressed scream, as the youth staggered back under the blow
 You see," he said simply. "He strikes q man whose hands are bound"
 (Continued in oru next issue.)