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Robert Ormerod, twisted. ’Twas no manner of use. complacently. "A little tight; but I to the stern windows Peter was gone. “What shall we do for food?” who tells the tale, is talking to Peter backed out of his predicn Ben wiggled with embarrassment. rp H E career of Capt. John Halsey 1» Peter Corlaer, chief of the trad don’t like to be naked, Bob. Neen !’’ I leaned out and stared back at the ers, and man of enormous ment to an accompaniment'of-squeak James’ creaming wake—and a white "Jest you leave that to Ben Gunn. A unique in that he not only died In ing grunts, and I followed him, too lie rose to his feet, buckling the bed—not „ “with his boots on,” as so strength, when Darby McGraw, dead man’s belt »round him. arm flashed In a gesture of appeal He’ll feed ye well, my master. Aye, Irish bonded boy, brings news bitterly disappointed for words. Es many pirates did, but that he was giv ' “Tbey’ll splash !” I warned ..him ns twenty feet astern. I cast the lead that he will. And fetch;jye clothes that a pirate ship Is “off the cape had seemed so easy—and now en honors of war when burled. Hook.” An old sea captain an he picked up the big one. behind him, and he caught the line from the cabin: »But don’t ’ee forget we were condemned to two months Halsey began as a privateer off the- nounces he has been chased by “Nobody hears," he answ.ered. as it settled* Into the water, cut the the promise, sir. Oh, say ye won’t!" the notorious pirate, Captain aboard the Walrus, very likely to ex Newfoundland banks under a commis He lowered the body over the rail, lead free with the dead man’s knife “I won’t," I assured him. “But you Rip-Rap. The older Ormerod ceedingly; .uncomfortable deaths, for sion from the governor of Massachu feet first, and the splash was less at his belt, looped the slack under his must get back to the cabin and tldt tells Robert the pirate is Andrew I fancied that Flint'was'the sort of setts, but no sooner was he out of sight Murray, his (Robert’s) great- than I hud expected. The secon<| shoulders, and with my feverish help up the mess we made. Haste, manf" man to lose his queer mixture 'of fear of. land than he turned pirate. After uncle, commanding the pirate body followed with equal expedition, hiluled hiniBAf back to the shelf above He scampered up the ladder as If ship, the Royal James. Murray and respect for, my great-uncle as capturing q few fishing, vessels he- and Peter laid hold ofione of several tlie water line. the devil were after him—or Para is an ardent Jacobite. Robert soon as they were -out of touch. dise within view. sailed for the Canary Islands, where meets a young woman from a ropes thut trailed untidily over the I lacked the strength to draw him “Hold der light here, Bob,” said pirating promised to be more lucra Spanish frjgate who is seeking Walrus’ side. - , up; but 1 fastened my end of the And during the two days of our stay her father, - Colonel O'Donnell. Peter, squatting on the litter on tiie in the wine-cellar of the Royal James tive. After capturing a Spanish ves "Now we go, Bob," lie said. line to the cabin table, which was Murray with a force of sailors deck, and lie proceeded to extract a bolted to the floor, and then, foot by he was as good as his word. He fed sel near the Canaries he sailed around visits the Ormerod house. He We entered tlie water almost to the Cupe of Good Hope for a visit with announces his intention of car splinter from bis foot. foot, Peter tolled upward. He was us well. He-brought me a sufficiency rying off Robert, by force, If "Ja, dot’s goodt," he went on, stand gether, and swam side by side clown so weary at the last that I must pull of clothing. And lie procured for the pirates in Madagascar. necessary, promising him a great ing up. "Well, we don’t get ’ oudt tlie anchorage toward the Janies. him through the window, and he fell Peter a quantity of linen and cotton In tlie Red Sea' he overhauled a fine , future. The Royal James and dot way." Peter, despite ills discomfort at sea, in a heap across the table, puddling cloth, with thread and needles, with Dutch' ship armed with CO guns, then the Walrus, the latter command was a remarkably powerful swimmer, ed by Flint, Murray's partner In He felt ids way toward the ladder the polished surface with the sea which tlie Dutchman fashioned him by some-strange quirk of conscience piracy, appear. Murray, Robert to the cabin-hatch. thanks to bis lifetime In the wilder water that streamed off him and the self garments to cover his Incom decided that thereafter he would leave and Peter board the James. Mur “Always there Is another way, Pob. ness country of tlie frontier. blood from his scarred hands. venlently large body. the shipping of Christian nations alone ray offers Flint a share In the and prey upon Moorish shipping only. loot of a Spanish treasure ship If one way Is not goodt, der other “The tide will take care of the dead A bottle of the aqun vitae my great- On tlie evening of the second day, if lie will co-operate with him. maybe Is better. J a ! Yrou see." men,’’ I panted, stroking for all I wns uncle favored stood by his place, and having learned from Ren that the His crew became angry at hiS^'an- Flint insists Robert be left with nouncement to this effect, mutinied, He climbed the ladder silently In worth to keep apace with the Dutch I took this and poured a liberal tot James had logged several hundred him as a hostage, while Murray, man. and threw him into irons. Then they his bare feet until ills great shoulders between Peter’s Ups. He staggered knots since leaving the Rendezvous, in the Royal James, takes the attacked the Hollander, but were being treasure ship. The pirate ves were directly beneath the squarj>_of A whistle shrilled again aboard the to Ids feet, blinking his eyes und red we decided ’twould be safe to appear roundly thrashed when they released sels arrive at their rendezvous. the hatch, and I heard a faint grind James. as a school miss. A fort and stockade are erected. Halsey, who got the ship away safely. ing of straining metal, the crackling "Ja,” said Peter. "Der anchor goes “All right, Bob,” he squeaked. “I of tortured wood. opp, Bob. We hurry!" For several weeks thereafter Halsey be all right, ja," scoured the seas in search of Moslem "Ja," he panted, desisting. "We do He was a dozen strokes ahead of Ili.s eyes chanced upon the lead-line, CHAPTER IX—Continued dot. Now you he ready, Pob. Jump vessels, but luck was against him. So- me at the end. I found him hanging still fast to the table’s leg, and he —10— oop, quick. Maybe we got to kill some on to the heel of the rudder and he gave up his resolve and attacked “ ’Tis true ns gospel, Peter,” I stopped and unknotted It and dropped the British ships, the Essex and the- fellers, nndt if we do we don’t let calmly treading water. For’ard tlie- it out of tlie window. groaned. “I hoped to the lust this them holler." Rlsing Engle. From the Essex the pi capstmi was clanking to a steady yn- “We better not stay here,” he mut ridiculous plan of Murray's would full I could feel Ids legs quivering nbove rates took more than 50,000 pounds In holng and trampling of feet. Yards tered. “Neen! If Murray sees us—” through in .some manner, hut the man me; tlie ladder Itself vibrated under English gold, and from the other, more were banging, sails were slatting, men "(Hi, my Gawd!” has it damnable determination." us. There was a whine, a sudden pop were shouting and calling. than 10 , 000. Upon discovering Unit Pen Gunn goggled at us from the the captain of the Essex was an old “Jtt,” agreed Peter. "I t'lnlt he —and the hatch flew up in (lie air.

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