Arizona state miner., 1926-05-15
Porto Be11O Gold

| must nave affected my relative, for
he patted the limp hand on his arm
with a truly paternal kindness.
Come, come, did I not say the COM
edy was ended?" he chided her. "You
are as safe here as in your Spanish
convent. But the deck Is too public
for our revelations. We will seek
the seclusion Of the cabin, and there
the complete tale shall be unfolded
for your reinsurance, with your
father witness to support IT,"
She shook her head.
"I-I-know not what you n1ean."
ITO be sure" he agreed. But you
soon shall. Peter, good friend, prithee
take three steps within the companion
way and there deposit Colonel O'Don-
mel with decent propriety upon the
two limbs Nature intended for his To-
comotion. Ahl Excellent! Allow me,
mistress r.
Ben Gum and the two negro lack
eys ushered the party to their seats
Mistress O'Donnell sank into hers with
weariness that was pathetic She
was quite regardless Of her surround
ings Peter took his accustomed place
at the opposite end. and sat beside
her.
Let me give you a glass OF this
aqua vitae, my lass" said by great
uncle. ""Tis eff1cacious for fatigue
and the migraine. See, taste it my
self. 'Tis quite all right. You, too,
chevalier? Excellent Perhaps you
will pass the flask to Master Corlaer
yonder. And Master Ormerod yonder
my nephew. But believe you and
your daughter have had previous ac-
quaintance with him"
O'Donnell muttered something none
too civil. but the maid bestirred her
self, and her eyes examined me again
with the mingling of horror and stu
pefaction which governed her mood
How come you here?" she asked
"You-you-are you also a pirate?"
II am a captive as surely as your
SELF" I returned. AYE, more So"
"a captive!" she exclaimed, her in
terest famed alight. But surely
you"
My great-uncle interrupted her.
"Please, Mistress O'Donnell! Our
tale Is sufficiently complicated. Let
us not make it more difficult to COM
prehend by confusing 1t at the begin
ming with side-issues. First, that there
may be no misunderstanding, it's true
that am he who is known as Captain
Rip-Rap."
She shrank away from him In a
renewed access Of terror.
81 have already told you that you
have no cause to fear me-" he went
on gently, "and to prove that to you
1 will add that am an outlaw-what
Is called pirate although I detest
the word myself-because I am a ia
cobite. I believe, too, I may claim
your father as my friend"
He looked inquiringly at O'Donnell.
The Irishman drained his glass.
"'Tis true" he assented "This gen.
tleman is one Andrew Murray, who
was out in the is and was afterward
in trouble in New York province on
the score of intrigues with our friends
and the French, Moira. He hath been
a good servant to King James"
"But for why will you have been
the death of all the poor folk on the
Santissima Trinidad?" she cried"
"'Tis regrettable that Spaniards
had to die, lass" answered my great
uncle, lowering his voice to a proper
depth of emotion. "But I call to your
mind that Spain has not helped the
Good Cause as she might when there
was a bonny chance of fetching the
Stuarts home"
"That Is Gods TRUTH" she admitted
with quick passion, "but I am think
ing it's not overhoneSt."
you talk nonsense, Moira," blus-
tered her father. "Is it not better that
this treasure should be employed to
recover England and all the lands per-
tanning to the English crown for their
rightful rulers-who will assist In the
restoration Of the True Faith-than
it should be poured into the pockets
of the kings favorites at Madrid?
Why lass, there are great lords aye,
prince of the Church, no less, that
set the seal Of their approval to what
we do. The people of Spain will be
thanking us for the use to which we
turned their treasure-and then Wen
pay 1t back" he added with happy
inspiration.
"Odds, that we will! !" indorsed my
great-uncle. whats a million and
half pounds to royal Spain7 Aye,
or to an England that wakes grandly
prosperous under wise Stuart ruleT'
She was silent.
His suave manner conveyed subtly
an implication of the Importance he
| attached to her approval.
II would not infiict a dose Of the
material philosophy Of age upon one
SO young and charming, my DEAR" he
went on; "but possibly you will for
give me If indicate to you the regret
| table circumstance that the ideal Is
| seldom attainable? In order to secure
| fha means for rc-oStohIiahiDU Kiu0