The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-06-11

fore when King James returns to
Whitehall"
IF he does!" / jeered. 81 marvel
that you should use so hardly maid
of such birth"
Hardly? Why do you say that?'
''Oh, an end to your shabby deceits
and subterfuge!" I shouted. Il ha'
told you already know she Is to be
dragged aboard your ship when you
take the Santissima Trinidad. / could
stomach your treatment of me, Muir
ray. But to expose slip of girl,
scarce more than child, to life on
this floating hell and the attentions
of Flint and his lambsr'
Ny great-uncle pursed his lips.
what a vehement youth! AS to
the maids inclusion in our scheme,
twas manifestly of the chiefest i'm
portance that Colonel ODonnelPs con-
nection with me be not suspected.
And the best way to cloak that was
to have his daughter accompany him"
But why" I persisted. why all
this devious deceit? Why mix young
maid in an unsavory intrigue? Why
make her father disloyal to his mas
teri"
Murray flushed crimson.
"He is not disloyal to his master"
he, replied with his first show Of
anger. Colonel O'DonnelPs master,
my master-aye, your masters
King james, What doth O'Donnell
care for the paltry Spaniard who sits
in the palace at Madrid? What do
any of US care for the Spaniards. who
have not been men enough to live up
to their declarations of support of the
Stuarts? Boy, are you, fool?"
There was that about his rage
which benumbed my own and awak-
ened again the reluctant admiration
which puzzled and embarrassed me-
What was it my father had said Of
him?
'He is sincere in a queer, twisted
way"
Past doubt, he was. I sensed a
warped nobility of mind which stirred
me to sympathy and pity. I felt Of
a sudden as If our places had been
reversed, as If his white hairs were
mine, and his my unlined face.
Perhaps / am FOOL said "Yet
If l know nothing of your plan and
so am inclined to misconstrue 1t,
whose fault is that?"
He dropped knife and fork and
fixed me with his eyes, so marvelously
alive and bright in their setting Of
crows feet and wrinkles, so luminous
with youth.
"Those are the first words you have
spoken which have had any tinge Of
kindness to Them" he answered. tbs
my fault you are so far ignorant,
Robert, and | will endeavor to repair
the error l did not seek to delude
you when I told you l carried you
from New York because I needed your
assistance, and that is so far true
that l admit without hesitation
must have your help before l can
achieve aught of my future plans for
lettering your station in life. In fine,
Robert, need you at this time being
more than you can need me; and your
hostageship with Flint is but the least
of the services l hope from you"
"That is frank" I replied. "And
/ will match it. / have told you I'll
not help in piracy; nor will |. The
taking of this treasure ship is"
"Bide, bide," he interrupted. BE
fore you commit yourself further let
me tell my story"
He left the table and took from a
cupboard in the wall a rolled map
which he spread upon the table be-
tween us, showing aside the plates
and glasses to make room for 1t. l
saw at a glance twas chart Of the
Caribbean sea and the Spanish main
and the islands which stretched from
the top of the F1oridas to the Bra
zils.
"This is for reference" he re-
marked. my story begins in Europe,
and we require no map for that.
Your father, Robert, was a stout ia
cobite at your age. He has since
changed his convictions; but Wen say
nothing on that score. /, on the con-
trary, was born a Jacobite and am
one still, heart and soul. I shall never
rest until the Hanoverian usurper
has been displaced.