The Carmen Headlight (Carmen, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1926 Page: 6 of 10
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COPqtiaHT tq ATHU D MOWOtn VUTH
Btj ARTHUR D HOlDDEH SMITH
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CHAPTER XI-Continued
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the little maid eyeing him with a com-
leal mixture of antipathy and respect
"Here Is my nephew who will settle
neither I carry is to Impress them at once with
tailed to do the digging as neOher “ thelr ac-
was sk£ -
Their bodies'
My great-uncle turned to themate I u “ ''VaTnlng' doubts Mistress I and chests And a®r tha 3 I ST obtaining' onetlme
Cast loose from the prlxe Master Molpa proclaInled Murray “and with short snatch A snort from Peter diverted atten-
Martin and make all sail The course
Is so’east by south”
“Aye aye sir”
There was an Interval of silence
after he had gone The shouts of the o x
pirates echoed from the deck wltn sai’j at ja8t "He puts
iuu wuu i M“ 1
ru t — I - SffVSf V?S “ -
: "Z aset- -1
“Proof?”
"Aye proof I said
what of them?” '
"Why we never — ”
My great-uncle shrugged his shoul-
ders '
“You see? Ton have been talking
loosely I fear my friend” ' '
Flint’s fingers twitched on hi®
had Yet the tops’ls of the James all-1
Sure I never met the like ofblnv I — 'before’ we had dls- I "Ah !”
"I tell ye Murray there’s a foul
Mrey regarded more attentively I smell about this whole business You
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the creaking of halyards and flapping I ® d® a f t“ grand gentry the padre posed of the last spadeful of I boatload of pirates Just rounding I were all for giving me hostages— ’twas
of sails The Royal James seemed to I brng8°to see ne in Madrid — and him I from the biding place md quarter no Idea -of mine And then theyno
shake herself as she sidled free of the I frate But rm thinking yourself Its area with the trees and bu P P Captain Flint has with sooner come aboard yaklp t®“
battered hull of the Santlsslma Trlnl- P the' same queer sort Master had removed with every care to pre- john Silver and the red-haired they’re away again I like It not
dad and through the stern windows Srmerodyou that can be generous serve their roots - irUh boy he call his luck Humph I Here’s trickery or ye may gut me for
‘ ' ' You may be right friend Peter But a preacher”
showed the bowsprit and to esie or i and gallant to a foolish maid and as
the Spaniard still smothered beneath cnjel fcg tbe wlldcat the Indians
a mess of canvas and broken spars ghowed ug ln the hul8 up behind Porto
and rigging Slowly we drew past I Belj0
her it must
Murray rose
“If you will pardon me I have
CHAPTER XII
seem so to you” I an-
From the Dead Man’s Chest the wayg lt might simplify our problem again rmimnt
much swered “But the truth Is that I am Jame8 beaded northwest Into dld Captain Flint resort to force” there Is no point to this arpjme r
much 1 as much the gport o£ Fate as your-1 y Atlantlc Murray knew that the Thg irishman counted the gunporU for hostages or no hostages you se
Suspicions
I he greatly concerned over “Had I found your nosiagea
that ’Twill do no harm If I reveal James before salllni or to?
that It occurred to me that ln many I after you should have had them back
’ “Had I found your hostages on the
day
iack
said Murray firmly “But
Santlsslma Trinidad must have sent I jj the walrus side
to see to on deck Should you desire
any refreshment do but ring that bell
and state your wants to the steward
Robert If you and Peter can so far
submerge your Hanoverian sympathies
I should appreciate such aid as you
might render ln the accounting of
the treasure” i hep
Peter and I went with him as much I Graw
to escape the company of the Irish- pearl gtreet— and how remote Id I be the consequence of the complain
man as to satisfy our curiosity re- tma and pIace that geemed as we gupe to be dispatched to the port ad-
garding the chests and no® we nau gtared ont npon tbe blue-green rollers mIral at Kingston The Jamaica frig-
glimpsed ln transit across tbe ““““T of the Caribbean and the tropic sun ateg wouid carry a hunting-call to
slma Trinidad’s deck Twas a marvel- warmed toward ltg noon intensity 1 eTery CPniser on the West Indian sta-
ous concentration of wealth Tne coi- nned with mounting interest tlon-
me returned with the treasure as J
“He seems to carry as heavy met- promised” x
Rl I Ye must ha had rare
“But on the sea as on the land tls Flint admitted anwHUngly
the brain which overmatches brute the gold o the Indies here t
force chevalier You who are an en- He looked up and happened to meet
So I began at the beginning and told thg Caribbean would be aswarm with lnce'ri do not need to be reminded the awe-struck gaxe of Moira ODon
r all from the moment Darby Me- garda costas but’ more to be feared I of axlom However we are not I nell A sneer curled his lips
raw had run Into the counting-room I all the Spaniards’ efforts would j come to the Issue and I am never I But ye carry passengers I see
umns of figures I set down never
She listened with mounting I
never Interrupting save for an occa-
one C for engaging In a search for I he Insinuated "Gold and women I
trouble” I 'Tls a fine combination Murray but
"We are ln an Impasse" reflected I there’s a rule In our Articles you were
0’DonneUgloomlly all for establishing Number Four
“Not at all” rejoined my great-uncle I eh? It sticks ln my crop for ye called
“We have played our hand with entire I it once on me
condescended to detail— 5000 PeS9 I gionai “Glory I” “Oh blessed saints I” I ran' 0ur westing down packet-fashion
eight they would run or 10000 Holy ylrglQt can guch things be I” wlth never a sail ln sight for a week
doubloons 12000 onzas 20000 mstei when i came to the escape from I until a morning when the sun came
We picked up a smart so’easter and I succegg go far in the game ’Tls now I xnd that there may be less oe
— — fPhneA I DUl W UCU A tauiu tw — — VLUUl a
lanos 25000 eights and so on I Walrus she broke In upoif me I up at our backs like a burnished cop-
was upward of two bundrad ' °"sanJ I And yon dld that to be handy by
pounds In bar silver ty-pound Ingots x had need of you ohi gIr forget
sheathed by threes Id thick canvas
Jackets to facilitate their transport
by mule-trains — each mule carrying a
load of three hundred pounds There
was a quantity too of gold bullion
each Ingot of eighty pounds In Its own
canvas Jacket There were a chest of
J -vii sne was wnouy iruuui -— '-
the wicked suspicions I owned 1 ’Tls
a true friend you will be — and the
large gentleman too What Is
called? Master Corlaer? Alas I am
heavy l£ your debt and always shall
be”
She was wholly trustful with Peter
chests of plate
The total value by the government
estimates upon each package chest or
keg was £1563995 In English money 1
of her time with us
On the seventh morning after the
action with the Santlsslma Trinidad I
we raised a slow sandy Islet densely
choked with low trees and bush
exclusive of the Jewels ind the plate - bare of any characterisUc
and we did not conclude the account- j human habitation Mur- j
ng and caution a tnan
hands with an extra ration of rum
In the cabin ’ we found Colonel
O’Donnell asleep sprawled on the
table with
folded arms a
head rested on his
tlnually and we came to anchor under
Its lee and a mile or more offshore
In the meantime Martin and a party
of some fifty men had been passing
his
"crX' u
upward
“This gentleman
the small boats
He took snuff staring contempla-
chamberlaln
" romnrked I He tOOK snun Biarm muicu-i-
“ d-
in Spain a colonel of Spanish engl- “ “
Man's chest
“Here Is my plan” he pursued
for us to sit back and await the plays I caBion for broils amongst our com-
of other participants What they do pany we do further decree that gam-
must determine our next — But Cap- I ing may be prohibited at-- any time
tain Flint Is come aboard This con- I when ln the captain’s Judgment lt be-
versatlon Is without purpose since comes dangerous to our harmony as
fact must now displace conjecture"
He eyed us all somewhat gravely
“I have but one word more to say"
he added "Whatever happens leave
me to do the talking”
“Ye'd do it whether we would or
no” growled O’Donnell
I Flint climbed over the bulwarks
with a racket of oaths and swaggered
to the poop Martin dropped a
up
whip from a block on the malnyard
likewise that at no time and under
no circumstances may women be taken
and kept as spoil aboard our vessels
or any vessel upon which Njur com-
pany may chance to fare’
“What d’ye say to that? What of
Rule Four now?”
My great-uncle took snuff
"This lady” he said with the slight-
est emphasis “Is the daughter of my
friend here Colonel O’Donnell a gen-
and John Silver was hauled up ln Its tleman who represents ln our venture
k-n-in- fpnm 1 — i — n—nn nf m friends who made it
bight his crutch hanging from his the group of my friends who made
1-j 4-1 A I A IntawAnt t
Intercept the
neck Darby and the rest scaled the ppssible for me to
side ladder and mingled with the I treasure ship”
James’ crew Tholr eyes popped from O’Donnell whose -their
heads as they circled the heap 1 growing redder and redder throughout
of treasure I this ' conversation plucked his daugh-
Their chief was equally frank In re- I ter by the elbow and led her away
veallng the lust of greed the picture I -Colonel O’Donnell ' and his daugh-
wanned in him His green eyes flick- ter are my guests” ‘ my great-uncle
ered hotly on either side of his thin contlnued - “They have played essen-
beaked nose and his blue Jowl was I daj parts in our capture of the treaa-
bluer than ever the weather-worn skin ure- i must Insist Flint that you
over his cheekboqes laced with a net-
work of crimson veins that bright-
ened as his excitement increased
Yet he forgot the treasure the In-
stant his gaze fell upon Peter and me
'So your hostages returned to ye
env lfoemanors°ln Ireland lf°he had will have eight hundred thousand Mf Fnt Hag DeP Fee for it It Don’t Murray? Gut me ’twas a Dr®ttytrl
many bog ' pounds set ashore ln the boat877 Matter What You Show Him He lye played usl A 1r‘“‘n fnlth wl
Wants All me ye would I
his rights And look at him 1”
“Who brought him to this?” I re-
torted “Not I my boy I To Intrigue is not
necessarily to license appetite Well
well tis doubtly fortunate I Induced
him to fetch along the little maid
Consider her plight ln a Spanish con-
vent If anything happened to her
father”
“Consider her plight ln a pirate ship
If anything happened to him I” I
Jeered
He appealed to Peter whimsically
humorous
"Stap me the boy wears upon my
nerves! Was ever a youth so callow
In his assurance of righteousness?”
Peter's little eyes twinkled
"He Is right andt you are right
You are a big rascal but dot time
maybe you was right”
“Don’t be an Idiot Peter” I rasped
“ ’Tls you are- the Idiot” affirmed
my great-uncle “Here are you and
peter — two honest men If any ever
were — and myself with less claim to
virtue perhaps but as acute an In-
terest If the truth be known
Ye’d keep faith wl’
Oh yes I Ye’d give
accord them a courtesy similar to that
which I should extend to friends of
yours In a like situation”
“They’re no friends o’ mine” growled
Flint “This Is more o’ your cursed
political blethering Well I’m sick
o’ it Murray and I care not who
knows lt First ye carry us north to
America Just to crimp two men with
r - my Matter What You 8how Him He
own share of one hundred thousand I Wants All mci j - — - - t
chevalier as well as the seven hun- ' me two hostages Instead o one I not two hundred pounds ln booty to J
dred thousand pounds guaranteed to per plaque and we saw the cone of I YouTl fulfill your contract you will ghow for the voyage Next ye shut
your friends I will then land you I the Spyglass lifting out of the haze I there’s no need for lt to be sure but I m0 Pp here for the better part of six
four with sufficient provisions and ahead A league or two farther on I yeu d0 anything to prove good faith I rnonthg for my men to rot with fever
bear away In the James to the the whole Island shaped Itself beneath I to me 1 And take both or none says and and my ship to foul her
1 - coiumn ofTOU Both or none! I Well ye fooled
me that time Murray but ye never
will again by thunder — not If my
name’s John Flint I”
My great-uncle heard him out ln
so’th’ard returning In five days to its spine of hills and a
pick you up In the Intervening pe- I smoke from the Spyglass told us that
rlod you should be able to transport Flint’s lookout had detected us
the tiasure to a safe spot and bury The wind had continued strong
lt In that way chevalier Its safety I through the night but after dawn It
can be assured until we are able to I turned puffy and ’twas nearly noon
sllence waiting until be had stepped out heeding him “ye bring to the
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return for lt with the James or some I when we passed Into Captain Kidd s I off the poopiadder and stood facing I Bendeyvoo a man and a woman who
other craft dispatched by your anchorage on the last of the flood I ng I are not of our company and who for
friends ” There was a great bustle aboard the I responsibie for your los- all ye know may go hence and loose
i 1 4 — - 1 a king’s ship on us some day when
Aln H i i k — mi onrhnr uniasnea I 1 — - r ur mimf T l - ’ ’ ”
circumstances
There was more talk back and forth I me longooui tha
but the end of it all was that O’Don- Flint’s red coat like a flame ln the
nell accepted by great-uncle’s plan stern sheets
to a worthy purpose
agreed for a complex of reason
cause of the little maid for one thing
and for another because there was an
u And I excitement in the burial of t
-hungering to safe- which neither of us had tasted before
1 and also of course because
him a
knaves that
pirate— or the dreadful
do be rowing the oars”
Her father glowered down at the
heap of treasure Jiegs chests and
packages which Murray had ordered
fetched on deck that morning and
dis-
graceful condition With all hands
drunk did you think to keep fast two
men of strength and Intelligence?”
“Drunk or sober we were promised
them” assented Flint a trifle less bel-
ligerently “And sure ye could ha’
turned 'em back to us — not that that
will do me any good for the two men
they killed they or whoever helped
we are careened and helpless'
“Not you” returned Murray sarcas-
tically “YouTl not careen Flint
That would mean work for your crew
But you concern yourself needlessly
Colonel O’Donnell has reasons for
keeping his share In our enterprise
under cover He is more safely to
be trusted in the circumstances than
many another"
“I care not who he Is or what you
may have on him" cried ETlnt work-
ii is a "Va lift in
ardrWe°fa9 mother” mlgTt andwalg8°s’al®f Jone “'£1“ Vtaied off at Flint’s gaudy flg-
ask more?” 1 — - — 1 -— -
terHnos:”nded ' I -k to TametoT le I be t£T the Yives of all of us An-
“He’ll never have the chance Bob-I from the thrill that c I drew ’” "Wv
ert” he answered gravely “You and narmw beac of the times
Peter have played ducks and drakes J stood on me uar7 and I madness In your brain Why the view
or-IU PUn1 bt Jb1 old d U- below ld
Give him rope lad-and we’ll present barrel of water wfltchlDg tUe they to commit murder”
®“u a I erMatnnrli
him his chance to hang from Ben uu ’ -j back to My great-uncle took snuff
I was up early -ln the morning but boat that had landed u p I ryOUP diagnosis Is correct cheva-
Mlstress O’Donnell and my great- tbe James t uer” he retorted “They would cheer-
ncle were before me As I “ commit murder for a coveted
Se wethTr mTSy erefsffig sEallow valley fMdEslrArtmllng to them
emNto0bodyafrcmCthet Royal James as- I ing himself Into a fury “Ye ba’ m-
ted them” said Murray “You have troduced our tnge
worrar" mnnorsay-a TtheUtor permission of other
much for your own ship although they of our company
id me when they discovered them- “I do not recognize the right of any
elves to me several days after our I other to tell me what I shall or sha
selves to me wvww y j i irroQt-unrle haufth-
Bailing tht they had acted alone” not do” replied my great-uncle baugh-
“ilEne or Tot where’s my two 1 tlly “Such as lt is this company 1
men?" blustered Flint “Good bauds
don’t grow on trees"
the creation of my efforts and I ven-
ture the assertion Captain Flint that
lt will not long survive my leadership
The four strangerq of whom you com-
“No aboard the Walrus they stab
eVun°cleer “ComThave I plain “have been essential factors Ini
fo nf ln support of your charge” Enabling me to win the treasure be-
“Well two broke free and two died” I fore you— which now awaits your
insisted Flint “And If the two who venlence for division according to t
L“i’Xr -r ot "
"What jroof have jou of
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Petet, Grace A. The Carmen Headlight (Carmen, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1926, newspaper, July 22, 1926; Carmen, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2045585/m1/6/: accessed June 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.