The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1900-04-14 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ITO., ETC. For some momenta Ray paced up and down ........... the floor rapidly and excitedly, with a face CRAPTKR =Kn....Continued. from which every trace of colour had fled. His father stood watching him, one arm loaning ,/wirell. lie found tamlik, dove them some or a sort of mantel, with a look half proud-, freasible reasan he bin atisence, and was L:l.lf sad, half bitter, commingled on his still fine admitted among thgt happy band of Christian face. brothers once mare. He reached them just in "I see you are not disposed to acknowledge the nice of time. too : for their commander the relationship between us, sir," he said, WAS dead, and th,, whole ',re" was plunged in almost haughtily. "Well, I own you are not deepest affliction about if, as they were never to blame for that. Let us part as we met first, likely to eon another who could kill, slay, as strangers; you go your way, and I will contain, and murder all before him, and send tinue mine. The world need never know that Insubordinate sailors to kingdom come, with a you are aught to the outlawed rover-chief, rap of a marlin spike, as neatly as he could. You are free, six.; free to go, and to take Miss lour father had, from the first, been an Lawless with you, if you choose. I did wish immense favourite with them, and had obtained to see my poor old mother before I left, but, that powerful ascendancy over them that men perhaps, it 18 better as it is." of relined and strong minds always possess over There was something unspeakably sad in the coarse, brutal natures; and besides he had the proud, cold way this was said, compared with amiable qualities of his lamented and accom the deep melancholy, tips-bitter remorse in his Wished predecessors in a high degree. There- dark eyes. There were tears that did honour fore, no sooner did he arrive than he was unani- to his manly heart in Ray's eyes, as he came monalY, and with one accord, elected to the over and held out his hand. vacant commturi, and stood in the shoes of the "My fathen you wrong me," lie said, never .to -be -sufficiently- mourned-for Captain earnestly' "it was from no such unworthy Ditiv, who, having served his Satanic MajestY feeling hesitated to reply. These revelations like a faithful servant for five-and-twenty ...aims so suddenly, so unexpectedly, that for years in this whirligig world, went to aid him the time being I was stunned and unable to in keeping the Kingdom Infernal in order, with lotnprehend all clearly. Outlaw or not, you bye ounces of lead through his sktill. ire my father still ; and as inch, we will leave -"Well, Mr. Germaine, under the command the world and its scorn together. If your of your worthy father, who, by the way, have been great, so have your wrongs; dropped his alma of Germaine when he drat and let him who is without sin ce.st the first ...... the pirates, the 'Diable Rouge' SA we tone." ...,T-si, very appropriately, our ship, did s The bands of father and son met in a strong io likurilibin business,buslu". and sunk 'flora goodlyutmost clamp ; but the outlaw's face was averted, vowels onging to their various Christian his strong chest rose and fell like the waves Ma*dies than all the-other gay crafts sailing r a tempest-tossed sea, under the black flag at thetime. He did some At this moment the curtain was pushed gook too,' his-own -o. a - to all their  / MD& mrsoirr my vondvainy'Reginaktrmy '