New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 20

Begin Here Today “Captain Blood, physiclan ‘venturer, is captured by Royalist troops, while glving medical aid to oh of the leaders of a rebelllon against the English Crown. With Jeremy Pitt, a young shipmaster, cap- tured with him, he is brought to trial charged with high treason against His Majesty, King James. He protests his dnnocence, stating he was taken when acting In his capacity as a physiclan . and not participating in the rebellion. and ad- GO ON WITH THE STORY “I was never with that army. I never was attracted to the late re- belllon. I regarded the adventure as & wicked madness, I was summoned that morning to succor Lord Gildoy, and I concelved it to be the sacred Luty imposed upon me by my calling to answer that summons.” “Was there ever such an impudent villlan in the world as thou " The Jjudge swung, white-faced, to the jury. “I hope, gentlemen of the jury, you take notice of the horrible carriage of this traitor rogue, and withal you can- not but observe the spirit of this sort of people, what a villainous and devil- ish one it 1s.” . Upon that he proceeded to his sum- ming-up, showing how Baynes and Blood were both guiity of treason, the first for having harbored a traitor, the second for having succored that * traitor by dressing his wounds. Peter Bloed looked round the scarlet-hung court. He laughed, and his laugh b d uncannily upon the deathly stiliness of the court. “#Do you laugh, sirrah, with the rope around your neck, upon the very threshold of that éternity.you are so suddenly to enter into?" And then 8 judge dellvered sentence of death in the prescribed form. CHAPTER IV, Human Merchandise. .On the morning of the 19th there arrived at Taunton a courler from Jiord Jeftreys wherein he was In- formed that His Majesty had been graclously pleased to command that eléven hundred rebels should be fur- nished for transportation 'to some of ajesty’s southern plantations, Barbados, or any of the Lee- Islands. Slaves were urgently required and a heaithy, vigorous man ‘could be reckoned worth at least from Bn to fifteen pounds. Thus it happened that Peter Blood, and with him Jeremy Pitt and An- drew Baynes werc conveyed to Bris- tol and there shipped with some fifty rs aboard the Jamaica Merchant. close confinement under hatch- ‘es, {ll-nourishment and foul water, a ness broke out amongst them, of eleven died, mortality might have been than it was but for Peter 'oward the middle of December the Jamaica Merchant dropped anchor in | @ Bay, and put ashore the -two surviving rebel convicts. o inspect them, drawn up there on mole, came Governor Stead, a . stout, . red-faced gentleman, limped a little and leaned heavily upbn a stout ebony cane. After him, inithe uniform of a colonel of the bados Militia, rolled Colonel op, ‘a tall, corpuléent man who head and shoulders above the or. At his side, and contrast- 4ng oddly with his.grossness, moving th an easy stripling grace, came a %.- young lady in a modish riding fi uyers came and stared and passed Blood noticed that the girl was g to Bishop, and pointing up over that cut and see how it heals Little cuts and scratches are aggra- yating and painful, and they can even ‘become dangerous ifinfected. Prevent such a condition by cleansing the in- jured spot well, and then applying ESINOL OINTMENT. Its gentle antiseptic balsams soothe while they heal. A physician's prescription, and recommended widely,—it is no longer an experiment to thousands who have Mucceu(ully for various sKin . At all druggists. < FOX’'S - Next Mon., Tues., Wed. | — . THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper with the A-B-C Want Ads N D 1 Rafael Sabatini @ RAFAEL SABATINI ARRGT mw&lfl‘- the line with a silver-hilted riding- whip she carried. Bishop shaded his eyes with his hand to look In the di- rection in which she was pointing. Then slowly, with his ponderous, roll- ing gait, he approached. Peter Blood found himself staring into a pair of beady brown eyes. He felt the color | creeping into his face under the insult of that contemptuous inspection. “Bah! A bag of bones. What should I do with him?" He was turning away when Captain ‘in charge interposed. “He may be lean, but he's tough; tough and healthy., When half of them was sick and the other half sickening, this rogue kept his legs and doctored his fellows. Say fifteen the | PETER BLOOD FOUND HIMSELF STARING INTO A PAIR OF BEADY BROWN EYES— pounds for him, Colonel. That's cheap enough.” The Colonel finally purchased Peter for ten. pounds. Jeremy Pitt went to the same master for the sum of twenty pounds. CHAPTER V. Arabella Bishop One sunny morning in January, about a month after the arrival of the Jamaica Merchant at Bridgetown, Miss Arabella Bishop rode out from her uncle’s fine house on the heights to the northwest of the city. Reach- ing the summit of a gentle, grassy slope, she met a tall, lean man dressed in a sober, gentlemanly fashion, who was walking in' the opposite direction. He was a stranger to her and yet in some vague way he did not seem quite a stranger. Miss Arabella drew rein. “I think I know you sir,”” sald she. The stranger came to a standstill upon being addressed. “A lady should know her own prop- erty,” laughed he. She resognized him then. Miss Bishop had heard that this rebel-convict had been discovered to be a physiclan. The thing had come to the ears of Governor Steed, who suffered damnably from the gout, and Governor Stead had borrowed the fellow from his purchaser. Peter Blood had afforded the Governor that relief which his excellency had failed to obtain from the ministrations of either of the two physiclans practicing in Bridgetown., Then the Governor's lady had desired him to attend her for the Megrims. =~ Mr. Blood had pre- seribed for her and she had conceived herself the better for his prescription. After that the fame of him had gone through Bridgetown, and Colonel Bishop had found that there was more profit to be made out of this new slave by leaving him to pursue his profession. “It is yourself, madam. I have to NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922, T T s s DOUBLE ROASTED Lipton'sInstant | CocoaisDouble Roasted for Full Flavorand Full Foodvalue. DoubleGround for Instant Sol- ubility. NoMix- ing Necessary. LIPTON'S COCOA thank for my comparatively easy and clean condition,” said Mr. Blood, “and I am glad to take this opportunity of doing so0.” “And why do you thank me for it? It was'my uncle who bought you." “But he would not have done 8o had you not urged, him. I perceived your interest.” “You did not seem quite like the others.” “I am not,” sald he. “Oh!" She stared at him, bridling a little. “You have a good opinion of yourself." “On the contrary. all worthy rebels, I am.not. That is the difference. I was one who had not the wit to see that England re- quires purifying. 1 was content to pursue a doctor's trade in Bridge- water whilst my betters were shed- ding their blood to drive out an un- clean tyrant and his rascally crew.” “But if you are not a rebel, how come you here?” He saw the thing she apprehended, and he laughed. “Falth, now, it's a long story,” said he. “And one perhaps that you woufd prefer not to tell.” Briefly on that he told it her. “What an infamy!” she cried, when he had done. “Oh, it's a sweet country England under King James! There’s no need to commiserate me further. All things considered I prefer Barbados. Here at least one can believe in God.” Ot the forty-two who had been landed with him from the Jamaica The others are Important Notice Commencing January 1st, 1923 THE COLONIAL EXPRESS New York, New Haven & Hartford’s popular daylight through sleeping car daily between BOSTON and ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. Leaving New London Leaving New Haven ... Leaving Bridgeport Arriving Jacksonville 8:35 p. m. next eve- ning, and at St. Petersburg, Fla. second morning 8:40 a. m Merchant, Colonel Bishop had pur- chased no less than twhnty-five, Amongst Bishop's slaves Peter Blood came and went freely, sleeping In thelr quarters, und thelr lot he knew to be a brutalizing misery. Though the same blood ran in her velns as in those of Colonel Bishop, yet Arabella Bishop was free of the vices that tainted her uncle's, for these vices were not natural to that blood, Her father, Tom Bishop— that same Colonel Bishop's brother— had been a kindly, chivalrous, gentle soul, who, broken-hearted by the early death of a young wife, had abandoned the Old World and sought an anodyne for his grief In the New., He had come out to the Antllle bringing with him his little daughter, then five years of age, and had given himself up to the life of a planter, Prosper- ing, he had bethought him of his younger brother, a soldier at home re- puted somewhat wild, He had ad- vised him to come out to Barbados. Willlam came, and was admitted by his generous brother to a partnership in the prosperous plantation, Bome six years later, when Arabella was | fifteen, her father dled, leaving her in her uncle's guardianship; One day toward the end of May, when the heat was beginning to grow oppressive, there crawled into Carlisle Bay a wounded, battered English ship, the Pride of Devon, her freeboard scarred and broken, her coach a gap- ing wreck. She had been in action off Martinique with two Spanish treas- ure ships, and although her captain swore that the Spanlards had beset him without provocation, it is diffi- cult to avold a suspicion that the en- counter had heen brought about quite otherwise. One of the Spaniards had fled from the combat, and if the Pride of Devon had not given chase it was probably because she was by then in no case to do so. The other had been sunk, but not before the Eng- 1ish ship had transferred to her own hold & good deal of the treasure aboard the Spaniard. Stead, however, after the fashion of most Colonial governors, was willing enough to dull his wits to the extent of accepting the FEnglish seaman's story, disregarding any evidence that might belie it. Therefore he gave the Pride of Devon the shelter she sought in his harbor and every tacility to careen and carry out repairs. (Continued in Our Next Issue) STOCK GOES T0 RUIN ———— Thousands of Locomotives and Rafl- way Cars Rotting on Austrian Sid- ings Awaiting Disposition. Vienna, Dec. 29.—While the mem- bers of the Austrian rolling stock train will carry ... 11:40 a. m ... 12:46 p. m. ceoe.. 1:23 pom. Direct connection made at Jacksonville for all East Coast Resorts. ONLY through Florida sleeper with day- light departure from Connecticut points and morning arrival in Florida. Make reservations now. 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