Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1909-03-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WANK.  5  When daylight broke the storm had partally subsided, and as his glasses swept the horizon Captain Fox laughed loudly, "There's not a single one of the fleet to be seen," he said, addressing the mate. "A few hoUrs, and heyo, the Levant will become a French. prize. If I know ought or old Piers, he's not far away, so tell one of the hands to jump aloft and keep a sharp look • out.  "And now for Zenna," he niuttered.  "Where are we, Fred?" she asked in a startled tone as he entered the cabin. "Oh I've been so frightened, what has. happened?" "We've slipped the fleet, Zenna." "What do you mean?" "Why just this, Zenna. The Levant will shortly be bound for France."  "For France! Then we have been captured and will have to go to pron." "No; not exactly captured yet, Lenna," he said with a laugh, "but we may be." "Then why not run away from the French, and—' " Because," he interrupted, "It is not my intention to run away, I—" " Ah, I see now," she said hastily, "you are selling the ship to the French. Is it—is it right?" Zenna," he said, "I have long thought you knew etoo much for my safety. You are not the simple child I took you for—that is when I first brought you from Spain. You and I must part."  "No! No! Don't say that," she said throwing her arms aroud his neck. I will be silent, I vrill indeed, I, I—" and she sobbed loudly. " Zenna, anything you can say or do will OA alter my decision. I want to be gentle with you. but if—"  "If," she repeated, her eye fla,shing, "If what?' "Well I think you undenstand," he said smiling. "Yes! I understand. You would murder ma the Game as you did Mr Bancroft, and--"  "Ah that settles it," he said savagely, seizing her roughly, "I will put you where you will tell no tales," he hissed.  "Keep off," she said, with flashing eyes, "I might have known you brought me to sea with you for the purpose of getting rid of me. Bill ma, kill me, for I swear by all the saints if you don't I will have a fearful vengeance. track you night and day, week in, week out, and I'll repay you ten thousand fold. Love, ah yee, • I did love you; I would have been your slave. Rave I not helped you in your foul deeds, and I would have kept on helping you; followed you to death ff needs be. Now, nag', oh God, how you repay rny love, buti----" 1 "Nola w, you strike 3.tou de-ad on the spot." "Do, do," she said, defiantly "It will be better for you to kill me, than have me a bloodhound MI your track until my vengeance falls upon you. Curse you." With an oath, Captain Fox rushed front her presence.  enoul  -,h of this, if  don't with  me  He knew he had made a dangerous enemy of the frail girl he had just left, but he felt contain, on he had rid himself of her, she woad forget him. Besides he was about to take prenatindocus, and place her in such a position that it would almost be impossible for her to harm him. To tell the truth, he was much more troubled .about the prooedure of All, who had failed to join the Levant when she sailed. Many a time he had : pondered and tried tr.) form some conolusioc, why Alf had acted so 'strangely, but the problem) re. i unsolved. o : C SA PT ER V.