New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 9

| BFGIN HERE TODAY Captain Blood, physician and ad- venturer, Is convicted, unjustly, on charge of treason against King Jame:s of England. With Jeremy Pitt, young shipmaster, he 1s sent into slav- pur- chased by Colonel Bishop, uncle and ery in Barbados, where he iy Buardlan of Arabella Bishop, who &s sweet and beautiful as her uncle ugly and vindictive, &nd his wife for illnegs. GO ON WITH THE STORY hey fetched frem her hold over 8core of English seamen as battered and together with these some half-dozen and broken 2s the ship herself, 8paniards, tthe only survivors of boarding party from the Spanish gal- English ship and found itself unable to re- These wounded men were con- wharf, and the medics! skill of Rridgetown Peter i\ Bléod was ordered to bear a hand. in because he spoke Castillan—and he spoke it as leon that had invaded the treat, veyed to a long shed on the ‘was summoned to their aid. \this work, and partly fluently as his ewn native tengue- partly because of his inferior cond tion as a slave, he was Spaniards for his patients. With the assistance of one of the negroes sent to the shed for the pur- pose, he was in thé act of setting broken leg, when a deép, gruff voice, ythat he had come to know and dislike ias he had never disliked the voice of living man, abruptly challenged him, “What are you doing there?" “I am fetting a broken leg,” h answered, without pausing in labors. | The'Colenel delivered himself in roar: His long bamboo cane wa. ralsed to strike. ' Peter Bloed's blu eyes caught the flash of it. and h Bpoke quickly to arrest the blow. “I am acting upon the exprest trders of Covernor Steed.” “Govérnor Steed!"” he Then he lowered his cane, was standing at the moment. | It was two day slater when the ‘wounded seamen. Again Peter Blood was there, min: |daily to the shed on the wharf with Istering to the sufferers in his care, moving among those paniards whom no one heeded. his patients for a cevarlét. tlegantly dresfed in lavender eflk apd vas followed by a‘ half-naked negro caryying a basket. Pter Blood, stripped of his' coat, “he sleeves of his coarse shirt rolled the elbow, and holding a bloody rag n His hand, stood at a gaze a moment. T} elady, turning now to confront im, her lips parting in a smile of 'ecognition, was Arabella Bishop. “The man’s a Spaniard.” said he, in the ‘tone of one who corrects a mis- ipprehension, and also tinged never so ‘aintly by something of thé derision (hat was in his soul. The smile with which she had heen greating him withered on' her lips. $he frowned and stared at him a noment, with increasing haughtiness. “So I percéive. But he's a human )¢ing none the less,” sajd she, That answer, and its implied’ re- ke, teok him by-surprise. “Your uncle, the Colonel, is of a ifferént opinion,” said he, whén he lad recovered. Bhe continued to stare at him. “Why do you-tell me this?"” “To ward”yon that you may be in- urring the Colonel's displeasure.” | “And you thought, ofgcourse, that must. be of my untle's mind?” There was a crispness about her ‘oice, an ominous challenging sparkle n her hazel eyes. “I'd not willingly be rude te a lady | sven in my thoughts,” said he. But the lady was not satisfied at all. “First you impute to me inhuman- ty, and then cowardice. adth? for & ‘man who would not willingly be rude to a Indy even in his thoughts, it's none so bad." Her boyish laugh trilled out, but the note of it jarred his ears this time. He saw her now, it seemed to him, e e T e - FOX'S - Next Mon., Tues., Wed. Blood is miven & nunusual degree of treedom when he successfully treats Governor Steed glven the his echoed. swung Yound, and without another word to|sh Blood rolled away toward the other|other word or so much as end of the shed where the Governor |glance at Peter Blood, swept out of the | thrust forward. Jadjes. of Bridgetown, the wives and daughters of her planters and mer- | he fetched a sigh. chants, paid their first visit of charity to the wharf, bringing their gifts to unfortunate [of wearing apparel for Ris- ng suddenly from the re-dressing of ja wound, he saw to his surprise thal’agaln met her there. one lady detached from the general throng, and was placing some plan- tains and a Bundle of succulent sugar careé on the cloak thq’, served one of She was m D % Rafuel Sabatini mufllhwnm a a a IN A ROAR. HIS LONG —|RAMBOO CANE WAS RAISED TO i- [STRIKE, for the first time, and saw had musjudged her, . "'Sure, now, how was I to a [that . how he Buess that Colonel Bishop could have an angel for his niecé?"” said he recklessly, for he was reckless as men oftén are in sudden penitence. “You wouldn't, of conrse. 1 shouldn't think you often guess e [aright.” Having withered him with that and her glance, she turned to her flegro and the basket that he a | carried. From this she lifted new s [the fruits and delicacies with which e[it was laden, and piled them in such e|heaps upon. the beds of the six Spanfards that by the time shé had s | 60 served the last of them her pasket was empty, and there was nothing left for her own fellow-countrymen. Having thus emptied her baskeet, called her negro, and without an- another the place with her head high and chin Peter watched hor departure. Then CHAPTER VI. Plans of Escape After that Arabella Bishop went , | gifts of fruits, and later of money and the = Spanish prisoners, But she contrived so to time her visits that Peter Blood never Also his own visits were growing shorter in a meas- ure as his patients healed. One day, whether by accident or design, Peter Blood cameg striding down the wharf a full ‘half-hour earléir than usual, and so met Miss Bishop just issuing from the shed. He doffed his hat and stood aside to give her pasgage. 8She took it, chin in the air, and eyes which disdained to look anywhere where the sight of him was possible. ’ As he was leaving an hour or so later, Whacker, the vounger of the other two physicians, joined him-—an unprecedented condescension this, for hitherto neither of them had ad- surly “‘good-day!" “If you are for Colonel Bishop's, | I'll walk with you a little way, Doctor Blood,” said he. Dr. Whacker drew closer to him as they stepped along the wharf. He lowered his voice to a confidential tone. “How often have I not seen you staring out over the sea, your soul in your eyes! Don't I know what ; you are thinking? If you could ! (egcape from' this hell of slavery, you dressed him beyond an occasional and |ejoquently, thanks, thanks were “We will talk of this again, sir—|§ —— THE TORTURE (F INDIGESTION Thousands Relieved by Taking NFM!'—BSH Tha Famous Frult Medicine What is Indigestion and what causes it? As you know, solid food must be changed into a liquid by the stomach before it can be taken up ag nourishment by the bleod, The stomach acts as a churn. 1t i covered hy a strong, muscular coat and lined with a soft, dellcate membrane which seeretes the Gastric Juice which digests or dissolves solid food. TWhen food enters the stomach, the muscular eoct squeezes and presses the food from end to end, or churns it, with the gastrie juice to dissolve or digest it, But—if the stomach museles are weak—or if the dissolving fluid is poororinsuficient—then food cannot be digested properly and you have Indigestion. “Fruitartives” or “Pruit Laso Tablets” are made from eoncentrated and intensi- fied fruit juices and tonies. They will positively cure Iadigestion and Dys- pepsia beesuse thoy tone up the *stomach, howels, kidneys and skin, and thus insure pure gastric juice and improved digestion. “Fruit-a-tives”, the only medicine made from fruit juices, will correct your Indiges- tion and engble you to enjoy every meal. Try-this wonderful fruit medicine. 50¢ a box, 6 for $2.50, riai size 25¢. FRUIT-A-TIVES BURG, N. Y. T e e———— You are an ornament as a free man with pleacure and profit to yourself.” Lower still came the voice until it was no more than a whisper. “It is none 80 far now to the Dutch settlement of Curacao. At this time of the year the voyage may safely be undertaken in a light craft. And Curacao need he no more than a stepping-stone to the great world, which would iie open to you onee you were delivered from this bondage.” “I have no money. And wor that a handsome sum would be necessary.” Whilst Dr. Whacker was professing that his heart hled for a brother doctor languishing in slavery, Peter Blood pounced like a hawk upon the obvious truth. Whacker and his col- league desired to be rid of one who threatened to ruin them, i Blood laughed. “If I shoilld be caught and brought back, théy'd clip my wings and brand me for life.,” “‘Burely the thing is worth a little risk?"* More tremulous than ever was the tempter's voice. “Surely,”. Blood agreed. But it asks more than courage. Tt asks money, A sloop might be bought for twenty pounds, perhaps.” “It shall be forthcoming. It shall be a loan, which you shall repay us— repay me, when you can.” That betraying “us” so hastily re- trieved compelled Blood's under- standing. The other dector was also in the business. They were approaching the peopled part of the mole. Quickly, but RBlood expressed his NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY DECEMBER 80, 1922. R e — where he knew that no || e Take REECHANS PIL could exercise the profession of which for Constipation AT THAY 7.\ THE HERALD The A-B-C Paper with the MONTH To QN- Ve GOT \T! =~ GAT OWR TO TowN HELLO,TOM, SAY | WAS OVER AND TOOK A SLANT YYOURS TODAY - GEE, IT'S SOME JOINT; » I'LL SAY ! CLASS To YOu oLD TIMER! IT'S AVERY NIFTY HuT- GOO0D NIGHT -1 FORGOT 10 GET MUN A CHRISTMAS PRESENT!I-ILL HAVE To SEND HER S0ME~ THING FOR HEMW NEARS, BUT- HER BIRTHDAY 15 NEXT T00-1 CANT AFFORD BN TWO Pt NEW HOUSE OF -~ WELL,I'M GLAD IT HAS Your APPROVAL- | WON'T HAVE ‘To TEAR I T DOWN tomerrew,” he concluded. have opened for me the gates of hope, He was in haste now to be “you ¢ Honal committee; Miss Clara Klepps, chalrman of Industrinl committee, The club closed its season last ful year. In addition to soclal events Alse he must consylt another, Al- | funds have been ralsed with which ready ‘he had hit upon that other, | to bring cheer to others. A number por such a voyage a navigator would | of families were, furnished with be necessary, and g navigator was | Thanksgiving dinners; Christmas ready to his hand In Jeremy Pitt, As | toys, frult and gifts were sent to the A result Blood was betimes that even. | Home for Crippled Children at New- Ing In the spacioys stockade that en- alone, Ington, and two children were sent closed the huts of the slaves together | to the Fresh Air Camp for two With the big white house of the over. | weeks, seer, and he found an opportunity of Th club closed its season last a few words with Pitt, unobservéd by the others, “Tonight when all are asleép, come to my cabin, I have something to suy to yoy," The six months of plantation life In Barbados had made an almont traglc mark upon the young seaman. His crstwhile bright alertness was all departed. His face was growing vacu- ous, his eyes were dull and lack- lustre, and he moved In a cringing, furtive manner, like an over-beaten | dog. But the man was still thprs,l not yet dormant, but merely torpid from a surfeit of despair; and the man in him promptly shook off that torpldity and awoke at the first words Wednesday gvening with a banquet at the New Britain club at which time the new officers were named, Appro- priate decorations were placed and a pleasing program was carrled out, Milan Beauty Blood spoke to him that night— awoke and wept, ""Escape?”’ he panted. MO God!" He took his head in his hands, and fell to sobbing Iike a child. i Among the privileges enjoyed by Blood was that of a hut to himself, and they were alone in this, (Continued in Our Next Issue) MISS JUDD HEADS R. & E. GIRLS’ CLUB Organization Has Completed a Most Successful Year—Numerous Donattons to Needy, Miss Alta Judd has been named president of the Russwin Girls' club, and the following officers have also been named for the coming year: Miss Fthel Hodge, vice president; . 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