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(Continued From Yesterday) Mi! +I don’t think IT under Her brows were knit, “How have I been ungrateful and to whom?t?" “To whom? To Captain Blood, Didn't ho came to our rescue?" “Did he?" Her manner was frigid, “T wasn't aware that he knew of our Presence aboard the Milagrosa,” His lordship permitted himself the slightest gesture of impatience “You are probably aware that he delivered us," said he. “And living as you have done tn these savage places of the world, you can hardly fall to be aware of what ts known even in England: that this fellow Blood strictly confines himself to making war upon the Spaniards, So that to call him thief and pirate as you did was to overstate tho case against him at a time when ft would have been more prudent to have un- derstated tt.” “Prudence? Her volce was scorn: ful, “What have I to do withpru: dence?” “Nothing—as I percelve, But, at least, study generosity, I tell you frankly, ma‘am, that In Blood's place T should never have been so nice, Sink me! When you consider what he has suffered at the hands of his fellow-countrymen, you may marvel with moe that he should trouble to discriminate between Spanish and English. To be sold into slavery! Ugh!" His lordshtp shuddered, “And to a damned colontal planter! He|ed her amazement by a brief expos! {Md indignation, “That ts not intend- checked abruptly, “I beg your‘ par /tion of the circumstances. In that|¢% Your follow For the mo-|amazement ho left her, and went in| {2 Your commission don, Miss Bishop. ment... “You were carried away by your heat in defense of this... ber." Miss Bishop's scorn was almost fierce. His lordship stared at her again. Then he half-closed his large, pale eyes, and tilted his head a little. “I THE SEAT “ly Rafael Sabatini | © RAPARL AARATINI anRot NEA SERVICE Ine |wonder why you hate him #0," he | said goftly, | Ho saw the sudden acartet flame |Upon her cheeks, the heavy frown that Mesconded upon her brow, Ite had mado her very angry, he Judged, | But thore waa no explosion, She re. | covered, “Hate him? Lord! What a thought. T don’t regard tho follow at all “Then ye should, ma‘am." His Hordship spoke his thought frankly. “He's Worth regarding. He'd be an Acquisition to the King’s navy—a jman that can do tho things he did |this morning, His service under de Ruyter wasn’t wasted on him. ‘That | was a great seaman, and—Dbilster me! |oethe pupil's worthy the master if I Am a judge of anything, I doubt if |tho Royal navy can show hia equal, To thrust himself deliberately be- itween those two At point-blank range, and so turn the tables on them! It takes courage, resource and |nyention, And we land-lubbers were not the only ones ho tricked by his | maneuver, at Spanish admiral } never guessed the intent until {t was | too late and Blood held him in check. |A great man, Miss Bishop. A man } Worth regarding.” | Miss Bishop was moved to sarcasm, | “You should use your influence jwith my Lord Sunderland to have the | [King offer him a commisston. His lordship laughed softly. it's done already: sion in my pocket. Faith, T have his commia- And he increas. quest of Blood, | trigued, But he was sttll in. If she were a tittle lees un- sea-rob- | compromising In her atlitude towards | | Blood, his lordshtp would have been happier, | Hoe found the captain pacing the jquarterdeck, © man mentally ex- 'hausted from wrestling with OFTHE “There was a tree that grew, dears, ADVENTURES TWINS To quite a wondrcus size.” The next riddle that the Riddle!“And toys grew there thickly, Lady asked was a long one. sure you never, never, never can guess what !t was. “There was a tree that grew, dears, To quite a wondrous size, Its branches spread quite wide be low, But narrowed toward the skies. “And on the tip top twig of It ‘There gleamed a gorgeous star ‘That surely must have fallen from The dark blue sky ,afar. “Its roots were deep tn hiding Below the parlor floor, Its wide-spread branches covering Six mountain chains or more. “Not only were there tunnels And bridges, flelds and brooks, But lakes made out of mirrors And hills made out of books. “The beasts were quite amazing Beneath this sheltered wood, For woolly lambs were grazing Where hungry tigers stood “And near the flercest lion A velvet puppy sat, While out upon the briny deep A turtle chased a cat. “And overhead what marvels ‘Were waiting to be told! The tree bore silver sugar plums TESTED REVIPES no. 5Y Spiced Coffee Cake (Un an eld, old book, now ont of print, Miss Allen discotersd « deliion} recipe which she hat adapted for Crisea) (AU mcarerements level) 1% cupfuls sugar % cupful Crisco 3 eggs 2 cupfuls strong coffee cupfuls flour easpoonfuls cinnamon easpoonful ginger 3% teaspoonfuls baking powder upful dried currants Cream ( add sugar slow- ly, and beat to a d baking powder This makes two medium size loaves, (RISCO Fo I'm} From dolls to jumping-jacks, And poldler-suits and engines ‘That ran on shiny tracks. |"A trumpet grew on one branch, | A drum hung just below, | And underneath, a shiny sled Made tracks on cotton snow. “This trea blooms fust in winter, For one short single stay; I wish that we could find the seed And have one every day.” “We know! We know all the Riddie Land people. Christmas treet Well, well, Riddle Lad: welll laughed “I supposed would guess {t, but I di know that ev would be so smart That means that everybody in Rid. die Land will have to have prize. “Nancy and Nick, will you ples do an errand for mo in your mag’ shoes? Go and ask Johnny Jump tp, my butler, to unlock my stare room and bring me a grab-bag full of what-nots?” ertainlyf’ sald the Tvrine oblig- , and away they went, and in e they came back with the yhody a y dipped in and got nt and it was nearly as foo as Christmas. At least that's Contrary Mary said, for sho got a wooily lamb (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1923, by Seattle Star) s Give Her One of those adorable silver Mayonnaise sets — bowl and quaint ladle. And to accom- pany it—a goldenjar of GOLD MEDAL ‘Mayonnaise Then rest assured that in introducing to her the tangiest, teasiest, most delectable Mayonnaise ever made— you have given her an all-year, every-year present. Write today for free copy of “The Salad Bowl”, a book- let of Recipes for Holidays and Everydays. THE BEST FOODS, Inc. 1904 Br int St, San Francisco, © | mission of King James’? a dovil, altho of this partioular ocoupa- tion his lordahip could have no poss! blo suspioton, With the amlable fa millarity he used, Lord Julian slipped hia arm thru one of the captain's, and fell Into step beside him, “What's this? snapped Blood, Whose mood was fierce and raw, Tis | lordship wan not disturbed, “I dentro, sir, that we bo friends," sald he suavely “That's mighty condescending of you!" Lord Julian m, “ICs an odd coinchtence that we should have been brought together in this fashion, considering that I came out to the Indies tally to seek you.” “Yo're not by any means tho first to do that,” the other scoffed, "But they've mainly been Spaniards, and they hadn't your luck," “You misapprehend me complete. ly," said Lord Jullan, And on that ho proceeded to explain himself and his mission, When he had done, Captain Blood, Who until that moment had stood still under the spell of his astonishment, disengaged his arm from hiv lord ship's, and stood squarely before him: “Yo're my guest aboard this ship," sald he, “and I still have some notion of decent behavior left mo from other days, thief and pirate tho {may be, So I'll not be telling you what T| think of you for daring to bring me| |this offer, or of my Lord Sunde |land—since he's your kinsman—for j having the impudence to send It, B it does not surprise me at all that |who is 4 minister of James Stuart's should conceive that every man ts to | be seduced by bribes into betraytig | |those who trust him.” He flung out | an arm in the direction of the waist, | whence came the half-melancholy | nt of the lounging buccaneers, gain you misapprehend me," erled Lord Julian, between concern ignored the obvious mn will be included “And d'ye think they'll go with moe to hunt thelr brethren—the Brethren of the Coast? On my soul, Lord] | Jullan, tt is yourself does the misap |prehending. Aro there not even no- jtiona of honor left in England? O Jand there's more to tt than that, | D'ye think I could take a com T tell youl | wouldn't be soiling my hands with tt thief and pirate's hands tho they be. Thief and pirate is what you heard Miss Bishop call me today— & thing of escafr, an outcast. And who made me that? Who made me & thief and « pirate | “If you were a rebel [lordship was beginning | “Yo must know that I waa no auch | thing—no rebel at all. It wasn't even | |pretended. If it were, I could for-| }give them. But not even that c could they cast upon thelr foulnes Oh, no; there wag no mistake. I was convicted for what I did, neither more nor less. That bi vampire | | Jeffreys—bad cens to him!—sentenc- | ed me to death, and his worthy mas. | }ter Jamen Stuart afterwards sent mo! linto slavery, because I had perform: | of mercy; because compan. | and without thought for/ Jered or pe I had sought to re-| |ileve the sufferings of a fellow-crea- | |ture; because I had dressed the} | wounds of a man who was convicted Jot treason. That was all my offense. | | You'll find {t in the records. And for [that I was gold into slavery: because | [by the law of England, as adminis. | tered by James Stuart in violation of | | the laws of God, who harbors or com. | forts a rebel is himself adjudged} | @ullty of rebellion. D'ye dream, man, | | what ft is to be a | He checked suddenly at the very| |hetght of his passion, A moment he| | paused, then {t from h it hhd been a cloak. His vc again. He uttered a little laugh of| | weariness and ¢ 1 his “But there! at all. I expla |God knows, it is not my cust ful to you, Lord Jullan, fe nitions, Iam no, nd, perhaps, Yo | nt outb clear-cut presented the passionate, | that In few sharp dd so convince a bitter c jon fc | charge all that could His lordship oe jand his own eyes were troubled. He ned. tched a heavy sigh. “A pity,” he said slowly, “Oh, bilster me | | cursed pity!” He held out his hy moved to a sudden generous Impu! “But no offense between us, Ca) Mh, no o I'm a thief and a pirate.” He laughed with , disregarding the prof. t on his heel | moment, n, he departed. ¥ of the he ran Yet she had not for her ba: fn n, into Miss E been wards hin me dire d too f cern comin his mi to be ¢ ments. the cabin he fl with 4 just then | mov In and exploded, ng into a ehalr, violence alt if r I met a man I er, or even n man T liked as there's nothing to be done gether fore “Damm Itked t heard,” she admitted in a | small Bho was very white |and she kept her eyes upon her fold ed hand: He looked up in surprise, and then th brooding gl | sat connir "I wonder, if the mi Your words He threw th again resent working again 6 the kin n't take my »e done with la fe He'll end on a bo ; lu And the ning Into danger nt on our b | hand mome ed him with ag forgotten that Jamaica, and Iquarters of the uncle | f that | Jamaica is the English ? je, your | comman the table to | Cal Jot mwitt, There's not a young girl who would be without at least one wool Jorney frock. It has become a staple garment, Staple only as to material, tho, There's nothing staple about | the color, style or trimming that she may choose. That's one of the charms of the jercoy dress—its infinite adapt ability, ao } The frocks sketched fllustrate the | point. One follows the peasant lines tleeves, full blouse and} | shirred skirt. Another in the straight Jest of one-piece models with trim |tallored collar and cuffs, Still an lother uses pleats and a monogram | | for trimming. peneant uncle leave his Barbados plantations to accept the deputy-governorahip of Jamaica, Captain Blood doesn't know that, of course She paused with h little gesture of help: leasneas, “I can't think that It would make the leant difference if he did," sald his lordship gravely. “A man who n forgive such an enemy as Don Miguel and take up this uncompro. mising attitude with me tan’t to be judged by ordinary ‘8 chival rous to the p “And yet hu has been what he has been and what he has done in there th yearn," D kaid it sorrowf of her earlier » Lord Julian was sen’ gather that he often was be infer y nplex,”” ntious, as I “Life can ho sighed. CHAPTER XX1 The Service of King James Mins Arabella Bishop was aroused very early on the following morning by the brazen voice of a bugle and the insistent clanging of a bell in the ship's belfry. As she Iny awake, idly watching the rippled geen water that appeared to bo streaming past the heavily glazed porthole, she be- | Colonel Bishop, that’s clear. Not for came gradually aware of the sounds {nto his broad leather belt, and from | t y. iabored bustle—the clatter | his great height looked down sardon!-| his niece, not for his daughter, not | tain Blood admonished him. of many feet, the shouta of hoarse voloes, and the persistent trundlings of heavy bodies in the ward-room {m- Concelving these sounds to portend a more than normal activity, sho mat up, pervaded by a vague arm, and roused her stil! slumber. z woman. In' hia cabin on the starboard side Lord Julian, disturbed by noun fr and hur When presently he ak of the poop, ¢ up into ery foot of y had been ntain of ear ail that she could c crowded to the Arabel yards, to h the morning breeze, Ahead n olther si retched the limit expanse ocean, sparklir den in the sun, as yet no more n a halfdise of flame upon the horizon straigh ahead. About him in the waist, where all night had been so peaceful, there a frenziedly active bustle of some three-score men, By the rail, immediately © and behind Lord Julian, stood Captain Blood in alter .|cation with a one-eyed giant, whose head was swathed in a red cotton kerchief, whose blue shirt hung open at the waist. As his lordship, moy ing forward, revealed himself, their voices ceased, and Blood turned to greet him, “Good-morning to you," he sald, Jand d: "I've biundered badiy, 80] jI have, I should have known better than to come so close to Jamaica by | ni But I was in haste to land you., Come up here, I have some thing to show you.” Wondering, Lord the companion as he was bldden. Standing beside Captain Blood, he! joked astern, following the indica tion of the captain's hand, and cried out in his amazement. There, not more than three miles away, was land: uneven wall of vivid green that filled the western horizon. And & couple of miles this side of it s after them, came speeding t great white ships “They fly no colors, but part of the Jamaica fleet.” spoke without excitement, with a certain lstlessness. “When | dawn broke we found ourselves run-| ning to meet them. Wo went about, | and {t's been a race ever But) the Argbelia’s been at rea these four | |months, and her bottom’ too foul for | |the speed we're needing.” | Wolverstone hooked his thumbs| ight Jullan mounted ree they're Blood Imost Jeally upon Lord Julian, tall man tho | jhis lordship was, “So that you're| |itke to be in yet another sea fight | “That's a point we were Just argu- ing,” sald Blood, | we're in jauch odda. “The odds be damnedt’ stone thrust out “We're used to odds. The odds was heavier at Maracaybo; yet we won out, and took three ships. They heavier yesterday when we en. 1 Don Miguel “For I hold that| o case to fight against Wolver. | his heavy jowl “And but those were Spaniards.” what better are these?—Are d of a tlubberly Barbados Whatever alls you, own ye scared afor out behind them. | be the signal said Blood, in the same listless voice; and he fetched a sigh. 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