Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 39

CAPTAIN BLOOD By RAFAEL SABATINI The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) That is how you will reason. Not s0, however, reasoned Capt. Blood. Indeéed, that night he reasoned not at all. His soul was given up to con- flict between the almost sacred love he had borne her in all these yeart and the evil passion which she had awakened in him. Extremes and in touching may for a become confused, inguish- able. And the extremes of love and hiate were tonlght so confused in the soul of Capt. Blcod that in thelr fusion they made up a monstre passion. Thief and pirate! That was what she deemed him without gualification, oblivious of thr deep wrongs he had suffered, the dem perate case in which he found him- self after his escape from Barbados, and all the rest that had gone to make him what he was. shouid have conducted his filibuster- ing with hands as clean as wera poseible to a man engaged In such undertakings had also not occurred to her as a charitable thought with judgment of esteemed. She for him, no merey him up, convicted him and sentenced him in that one phrase. He was thief and pirate in her eyes; nothing more. nothing less. What, then, was she? What are those who have no charity? he asked the star: Well, as she had shaped him hith- erto, o let her shape him now. Thief and pirate she had branded him. She should be justified. Thlef and pirate should he prove henceforth; no more nor less; as bowelless, as remorse- less, as all those others who had de- served those names. He would cast out the maudlin ideals by which he had sought to steer a course; put an end to this idlotic struggle to make the best of two worlds. She had shown him clearly to which world he .belonged. Let him now Justify her. She was aboard his ship, in his power, and he desired her. He laughed softly, jeeringly, as he leaned on the taffrail, looking down at the phosphorescent gleam in the ship's wake, and his own laughter startled him by its evil note. He checked suddenly and shivered. A ¥ob broke from him to end that ribald burst of mirth. He took his face in his hands and found a chill moisture on his brow. Meanwhile Lord Julian, who knew the feminine part of humanity rather Dbetter than Capt. Blood, was engaged in solving the curious problem that had so completely escaped the buc- caneer. He was spurred to it, I sus- pect, by certain vague stirrings of jealousy. Miss Bishop's conduct in the perils through which they had come had brought him at last to perceive that a woman may lack the simpering graces of cultured femi- ninity and yet because of that lack be the more admirable. He wondered what precisely might have been her carlier relations with Capt. Blood, and was consclous of a certain un- casiness which urged him now to probe the matter. His lordship's pale, dreamy eyes had, as I have sald. a habit of ob- serving things, and his wits were tolerably acute. He was blaming himself now for — e had no cha She had summed CLEANS TEETH THE RICHT No Grit No Harsh Drugs less thar\\ a.cent a dish Here 15 a cereal you'll really likewbecause it is delicious and differentw fresher somehow and more delicate perhaps. Yetitisone of the health, iest of many cereal foods. Try it with cream or top ©° the bottle. There will be no allsgbne feeling in. midsmorning. Your grocer should baveit. Look for the Little Dutch not having observed certaln things before, or, at least, for not having studied thém more closely, and he was busily connecting them with more recent observations made that very day. He had observed, for instance, that Blood's ship was named the Arabella, und he knew that Arabella was Miss iishop’s name. And he had observed all the odd particulars of the meet- ing of Capt. Blood and Miss Bishop, and the curious change that meeting had wrought In each. The lady had been monstrously un- civil to the captain. It was a very foolish attitude for a lady in her circumstances to adopt towards a man in Blood's, and his lordship could not {magine Miss Bishop as normally foolish. Yet, in spite of her rudeness, in spite of the fact that she was the niece of a man whom Blood must regard as his enemy, Miss Bishop and his lordship had been shown the ut- most consideration aboard the cap- tain's ship. A cabin had been placed at the disposal of each, to which thelr scanty remaining belongings i and Miss Bishop’s woman had been duiy transferred. They were given the freedom %of the great cabin, and they had sat down to table with Pitt, the master, and Wolverstone, who was Blood's leu- tenant, both of whom had shown them the utmost courtesy. Also there was the fact that Blood, himself, had kept almost studlously from intrud- ing upon them. His lordship’s mind went swiftly but carefully down thése avenues of thought, observing and connecting. Having exhausted them, he declded to seek additional Information from Miss Bishop. For this he must wait until Pitt and Wolverstone should have withdrawn. He was hardly made to waft so long, for as Pitt rose from table to follow Wolver. stone, who had already departed, M Bishop detained him with a question: “Mr. Pitt,” she asked, “were you not one of those who escaped from Barbados with Capt. Blood?” “I was. I, too, was one of yaur uncle's slaves.” “And you have been with Capt. Blood ever since?" “His shipmaster always, ma'am.” She nodded. She was very calm and self-contained; but his lordship observed that she was unusually pale, though considering what she had that day undergone this afforded no matter for wonder. “Did you ever sail with a French- man named Cahusac?” “Cahusac?” Pitt laughed. The name evoked a ridiculous memory. “Aye. He was with us at Mara- caybo.” “And another Frenchman named Levasseur?’ His lordship marveled at her mem- ory of these names. “Ave. Cahusac was Ueutenant, until he died.” “Until who died?” “Levasseur. He was killed on one of the Virgin Islands two years ago.” There was a pause. Then, in an even quiater voice than before, Miss Bishop asked: “Who kllled him?” Pitt answered readily. Levasseur's There was no reason why he shoula :ot, (hough he began to find the oa’echism' In- triguing. “Captaln Blood killied him.” “Why 2 Pitt hesitated. for a ma'd’'s ears. “They quarreled, It was not & tale he sald shortly. lady eyebrows went up; still he answered. “Miss d'Ogeron. BShe was the daughter of the Governor of Tortuga. She had gone off with this fellow Levasseur, and . . . and Peter de- livered her out of his dirty clutches. He was a black-hearted scoundrel, and deserved what Peter gave him.” “T see. And and yet Capt. Blood has not married her?" “Not yet,” laughed Pitt, who knew the utter groundlessness of the common gossip In Tortuga which pronounced Mlle. d'Ogeron the captain's future wife. Miss Blshop nodded in silence, and Jeremy Pitt turned to depart, re- lieved that the catechism was ended. He paused In the doorway to impart a plece of Information. “Maybe it'll comfort you to know that the captain has altered our course for your benefit. It's his in- tentlon to put you both ashore on the coast of Jamalica, as near Port Royal as we dare venture. We've gone about, and If this wind holds ye'll soon be home again, mistress.” “Vastly obliging of him,” drawled his lordship, seeing that Miss Bishop made no shift to answer. Somber- eyed she sat, staring into vacancy. “Indeed, ye may say so,” Pitt agreed. “He's taking risks that few would take in his place. But that's always been his way.” He went out, leaving his lordship pensive, those dreamy blue eyes of his intently studying Miss Bishop's face for ail thelr dreaminess; his mind Increasingly uneasy. At length Miss Bishop looked at him and spoke. “Your Cahusac told you no more than the truth, it seeme.” “I perceived that you were testing {t,” ®aid’ hia lordship. “I am wondering precisely why.” Recelving no answer, he continued to | observe her silently, his long, tapering fingers toying with a ringlet of the golden periwig in which his long face was set. Miss Biehop sat bemused, her brows knit, her brooding glance seeming to study the fine Spanish point that edged the tablecloth. At last his lordship broke the silence. “He amazes me, this man,” sald he, in his slow, languld voice that never seemed to change its level. ‘“That he should alter his course for us is in iteelf matter for wonder, but that he should take a risk on our behalf—that he should venture into Jamaica waters . . . It amazes me, as I have sald.” Miss Bishop raised her eyes and looked at him. She appeared to be very thoughtful. Then her lip flickered curiously, almost scornfully, it seemed to him. Her slender fingers drummed the table. “What {s still more amaszing is that he does not hold us to ransom,” sald she at last. ‘s what you deserve.” ‘Oh, and why, if you pleass?” “For speaking to him as you did.” “I usually call things by thelr names.” “Do ? Stab me! I shouldn’t boast of it. It argues either extreme youth or extreme foolishness.” His lordehip, you see, belonged to my Lord Sunder- land's school of philosophy. He added after & moment: “So does the display of ingratitude. p A faint color stirred In her cheeks. “Your lordehip 18 evidently aggrieved 1 am disconsolate, I hope rour lordship's grievance is sounder than your views of life. It is news to me that Ingratitude is a fault only to be found In the young and the foolish.” “1 didn't eay so, ma'am.” There was a tartness in his tons evoked by the tartness she had used. “If you would d0 me the honor to listen you would not misapprehend me. For If unlike you I do not always say precisely what I think, at least I say precisely what I wish to convey. To be ungrateful may be human, but to display it Is childish.” . 1 don't think I understand.” When fiomach “Rebels” Instantly! Correct your rebellious stomach by esting a few tablets of Pape’s Diapepsin— anytime! 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Her manner was frigid. “I wasn't aware that he knew of our pres- enoe aboard the Milagrosa.” His lordship permitted himself the slightest gesture of Impatience. ““You are probably aware that he de- livered ue,” said he. “And living as you have done In these savage places of the world you can hardly fail to be sware of what is known even in England; that this fellow Blood strictly confines him- self to making war upon the Spaniards. So that to call him thief and pirate as you did was to overstate the case against him at a time when it would have re more prudent to have understated “Prudence? Her voice was scornful. “What have I to do with prudence?” “How have 1 “Nothing—as I percelve. But, at least, study generosity. I tell you frank- ly, ma'sm, that in Blood's place I should never have been eo nice. Bink me! When you consider what he has suf- fered at the hands of his fellow coun- trymen you may marvel with me that he should trouble to discriminate be- tween Spanish and English. To be sold into slavery! Ugh!” His lordship shud- dered. “And to s damned colonial planter!” He checked abruptly. "I beg your pardon, Miss Bishop. For the moment—-'" ‘Wreck Victim Buried. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November 18.— Hote A. Giffin, 34, of Washington, fire. man on the Baltimore and Ohio Cap- {tol Limited, the only person killed in the wreck a few days ago at ‘Weverton, Md., was to have been married during the Christmas holi- days, according to relatives here. Giffin was burled today at Mechan- fesburg, Pa. 0dd Fellows to Visit. Bpecial Dispateh to The Btar. HYATTSVILLE, Md, November 18. —leaving 0dd Fellows' Hall here to- night at 6:30 o'clock in an automobile bus, members of Oriole Lodge, No. 47, Hyattsville Odd Fellows, will journey to Poolesville, Md., to visit the 044 Fellows lodge there. “You were carried away by your heat in defense of this—sea robber.” Mies Bishop s scorn was aimost flerce. His lordship stared at her again. 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