New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1923, Page 10

(Continued From Our Last Is Within a quart ships had Mooad in the saker shot ¢ which they themselves Where the hehe the vi Ny standard tra the shattered Betore It an order a hurst upon | The Arabella he » her co giv Ing plac t ! which executed the er And then the Ara I about and was returni " her tracks and loosing her second Iside in the wake of the first yet another broadside from the Elizabeth and then the / ent a call Hagthorpe Ps, to osed a smo rious wward to snat rieh prize whose ses he had hiros Came trumpeter water, which rstoo , NOW, Jeremy “Straight into them cover their wits Stand by, there! Prepare to board Hayton the grapnels And pass the word to the gunner in the prow to fire as fast he can load."” He discarded his feathered hat, and covered himself wit) Naad- plece. He meant t d this board- ing party in p ¥ plained himse } ; Roarding is our only chance We are too heavily outgunned.” Of this the fullest demonstration fallowed quickly. The Frenchmen having recovered their wits at last, both ships swung broadsides on, and concentrating upon the Arabella, vol- leyed upon her jointly at almost the same moment, p The Arabella rocked and staggered under that terrific hammering, al- though Pitt kept her headed towards the French so that she should offer the narrowest target, Meanwhile, the I“renchmen going about, gave the like reception to the Elizabeth, The Arabella pressed for- ward to come to grips. But before she could accomplish her object, the Victorieuse pounded her advancing enemy with a se 1d broadside at close quarters. The half-wrecked Arabeila plunged and reeled into the cloud of smoke that concealed her prey, and then from Hayton went up the cry that she was going down by the head. Blood's heart stood still. And then in that very moment of his despair, the blue and gold flonk of the Vie- torieuse loomed through the smoke. But even as he caught that enheart- ening glimpse he pe ved, too, how sluggish now was their advance, and how with ry second it grew mor sluggish. v must sink before they reached her, Thus, with an oath, opined the Dutch admiral, and from Lord Wil- loughby there was a word of blame for Rlood's seamanship in having risked all upon this gambler's throw of boarding. *“*There was no other chan Blood, in broken-hearted fre 3 But they had not yet completely failed. Hayton himself, and a score of sturdy rogues whom is whistle had summoned, were crouching for shelter amid the wi age of the forecastle with grapnels ready. Within nine or ten yards of the Victorieuse, seemed spent, and d deck already awash under the eyes of the jeering, cheer- ing I'renchmen, those men lept and forward, and hurled their grap- nels across the chasm. DBlood, wateh- ing from out his voice in a clarion call: “Musketeers to the prow!" The musketeers, at their station at the waist, obeyed him with the speed of men who know that in obedience is the only hope of life. Starboard to starboard' the ships swurig against cach other with a jarring thud. By then Blood was down in the waist, judging and act- ing with the hurricane speed the oc- casion demanded. The Arabella was literally kept ‘the half dozen grapnels that ried before Blood they re steel guests here, eried afloat by in instant moored her firmly to the Vic- | torieuse. Willoughby and van der Kuylen on the poop had watched in breath amazement the speed and precision Night’s Tonics — sleep and an N T.ga:hu.mn :::': better, igestive and eliminative Stomach, Liver and Bo: rent you will d lightfully surprised. % s el e s 12y )| //ff:;"""‘/v ‘ents, then candy coated. For children and adults, up his own quarterdeck, sent | two | foundering an | b Rafael Sabatini QAT with whiek had @ oame Riood and his desperate M to work And pow ing up, his bugle sounding charge, the main host of the bue cansers following him, whilst the van. guard, led by gunner Ogle, whe had been driven from his guns by the gun-deck. lept shouting prow of the Vietorieuse, to evel the high poop of the 1 Arabella had sunk, led »d himself, they launehed upon the French the they have After them went | had gone, and none water in the upon brought to bay others, unti HE TURNED AND PRESENTED TO LORD WILLOUGHBY A OR- MIDABLE FRONT. but Willoughby and the ‘Dutchman were left to watch the fight from the | quarter-deck of the abandoned ‘Ara- bella, For fully half an hour that battle raged aboard the Frenchman. The buccaneers fought with the desperate fury of men who know that retreat is impossible, for there was no ship to which they could retreat, and here they must prevail and make the Vie- torieuse their own or perish. And their own they made her in the end, at a cost of nearly half their numbers.” Rivarol went down with a bullet in his head, and the French remnant, numbering scarcely a score of whole men, called for quarter. Even then the labors of Blood's men were not at end. The Kliza- beth and the Medusa were tight- locked, and Hagthorpe's followers | were being driven back aboard their own ship for the second time. Whilst Pitt and his seamen bore their part with the sails, and Ogle went beiow | with a gun crew, Blood ordered the pnels to be loosed at once, Lord ghby and the Admiral were al- A oard the Victorieuse. As ready URKS Cover with wet baking sods— afterward apply gently— VIEKS VAPORUB | Over 17 Million Jars Used YMIU‘ thorps from the quarterd of the conquered vessel, looked Iast upon,.the ship that had hecome o ’“’2 almost as a part of Wimself. | A molment she rocked after hep re- lease, then slowly and gvadually | settied down, the water gurgling and eddyving about her topmasts, all that remained visible to mark the spot where she had met her death, | As he stood there, abave the ghast. | Iy shambles in the waist of the Vie. torieuse, someone spoke hehind him. | Captain Nleod, never befare have | seen the impossible made pessible by resource and valar, or vietory so gal lantly snatehed from defeat.” He turned, and presented to Lord Willoughby a formidable front His headpiece was gone, his breastplate dinted, his right sleeve a rag hang- ing from his shouider ahout a naked arm He was splashed from head to foot with blood, and there was hblgad from a sealp wound that he had taken matting his hair and mix. ing with the grime of powder on his face to render him unrecognizablg Tut from that horrible mask two vivid eyes lonked out preternaturally bright, and from these eyes two tears had ploughed each a furrow through the filth of his eheeks CHAPTER XXXI His Excellency, the Governor, When the cost of vietory came to be counted, it was found that of 320 buceaneors who had left Cartagena with Captain Blood, a bare hundred remained sourd and whole, The Elizabeth had suffered so seriously that it was doubtful if she could ever | again be rendered seaworthy, and | Hagthorpe, who had so gallantly com- | manded her In that last action, was dead, Against this stood the facts| that Rlood's buceaneers had saved Jamalea from bombardment and pil- | lage, and they had eaptured the fleet | of M. de Rivarol, and seized for the | benefit of King Willlam the splendid treasure which she carried It was not until the evening of the following day that van der Kuylen's| truant fleet of nine ships came to| anchor in the harbor of Tort Royal, | and its officers, Dutch and English, | were made acquainted with thetr Ad- | miral’s true opinion of their worth, | Bix ships of that fieet were instantly | refitted for sea, There were other | West Inlian settlements demanding a | visit of inspection of the new Gn\‘m’-‘K nor General, and l.ord . Willoughby was in haste to sail for the Antilles. “And meanwhile,”” he complained to | his Admiral, “I am detained here by “MASTER OF THE RED BROOD” Stern taskmaster, quickest shot in the south- west, rated a bad man to trifle with, respected by all, feared by some, hated by a few; with an overpowering love for fine horseflesh- that is equaled only by his tender devotion te his blind DOINGS OF THE DUFFS [ OLIVIA, MR.JACKSON IS i HERE AND WAITING AND IN A GIVE HIM A CIGAR VLL BE READY FEW MINUTES s You LOOK WONDERFUL, MISS OLIVIA Nl T DAWGONT- THE. Bl SALE. WENT BLOOIE- S0 NOW WWE GOTI\ GO 00T SELUING ALLTH' JUNK WE HAVE ON HAND EH T - PRETTY WELLO SNA O KD 11! OUT ONTW ROND_ A6 A, ," sald van der Kuylen vhy should dad dedain you® “That 1 may break the dog as he deserves and appeint his suecessor in some man gifted with a sense of where his duty lies, and with the ability to perform it." “Aha! But id is not necessary you remain for dat And meandime de Vrenoh vill haf deir eye on Barbados, vhieh is nod wvell defended You have here chust de man you vant He vill require ne insdrueshons, dis one He vill know how to make Port leyal safe, bedder nor' you or me.” “You mean Blood ™ “Of gourse. Could any man be bedder? You haf seen vhad he can Ll “¥You think so, too, eh? FRgad! 1| had thought of it; and, rip me, why not ™ Rlood was sent for, He came, spruce and debonnakr onee more, hav. ing exploited the resources of Port Royal so to render himself, He was a trifie dazsled by the honor proposed to him, when Lord Willoughby made it kn makes it a.welcome spread and a deli- cious cooking flavor. had counted upo so 1 had, I am hu greens lanes of Hagl s sighed, “These will be apple hlu—! soms in the orchards of Somepset." “Apple blessoms!" 1343 lordship's voice shot up like a rocket, and |eracked on the word, “What the devil Apple I-Inunlv! 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