erXffmHmertf th* $pantahjtiain. ADfBLOO W Rafael sabatini • (Continued from TtMfrdv.) CHAPTER XV—Continued It was with this fleet that he car at. °.ul th® "nterprlae against Maracaibo, an enterprise In which Peter Blood's daring w-aa only sur passed by stupidity which almost turned the tide against him and de livered him and his men over to the tender mercies of his implacable enemy, Don Miguel de Esplnsa y \ aides, the admiral of Spain. Cap lain Blood had landed In Maracaibo and had found the towrn empty. Too *r n he learned of the trap. Espinosa had put Into the narrow neck of the bay with his ships and had bot tled the buccaneer In the bay. A sloop, captured by Captain Blood, was loaded with combustibles and powder and was sailed directly at the Spaniard until the grapnels held the two like a vice. Then it was set aflame. The admiral's flagship burst into blase, and fine seamanship and hard fighting with his three ships made Captain Blood master of Maracaibo bay. But, when the Spaniards turned tall for shore and he gave chase, the fort which guard ed the bay and which had seemed deserted poured down a raking fire upon him and drove him In modifica tion and despair to take refuge rn the town. The Spaniards secured them selves In the fort. With a devil's luck and clear head ed thinking, Captain Blood feinted with preparations for a land attack after he had managed to acquire a large ransom in gold from the gover nor of Maracaibo, and opening a broadside, put the fort in flames. Captain Blood sailed for Tortuca. Don Miguel was left to chew the bit ter cud of lost opportunity. CHAPTER XVI. The Milagrosa. In Tortuga, during the months he spent there refitting the three ships he had captured from the fleet that had gone out to destroy him. lie found himself almost an object of worship In the eyes of the wild brethren of the coast, all of whom now clamored for the honor of serv ing under him. It placed him in rare position of being able to pick and choose the crews for his augmented fleet, and he chose fastidiously. When next he sailed away it was with a fleet of five fine ships in which went something over a thousand men. Thus you behold him not merely famous, but really formidable. Three captured Spanish vessels he had re named with a certain scholarly • humor the Clotho, Lachesis1 and Atropos. a grimly Jocular manner of conveying to the world that he made them the arbiters of the fate of any — New York ••Day by Day— n--——..y By O. O. MTNTYRE. On the Atlantic, Rept. 22.—A smooth as glass sea and the Leviathan rides without a tremor. One must look out a porthole to realize It Is moving. It Is perhaps ths most luxuriously equipped veseel In transatlantic service. All ths servants are American and after 18 days of ‘‘parley vooing’' It was pleasant to hear a cabin boy’s Bowery accent. He la a '‘dese’’ and ‘‘doze’’ lad who speaks of the French as ‘’frogs” and the English as ‘‘limeys.” Our stateroom Is on E deck—quite away* down In the bowels of the ship. There are two comfortable beds with reading taUe and lamps and carafes of Icewater In brackets with in reach. A dressing table with triple mirrors, two clothes closets, one of which has a safe for valuables, if any; a washktand with hot and cold water and a telephone connecting with every office and stateroom on board. There Is a comfortable divan, a cut glass ceiling light, two electric fans, Three comfortable chairs. The bath is comfortable and commodious apd has a shower attachment. For the money it offers more than I have re ceived on other ships, but I am not as yet prepared to say it equals the British in service. The British are skilled In the art of efficient service and that to the traveler means more sometimes than sumptuous furnishings. My reason for going Into such details is that American ships face the handicap cf prohibition on high seas. As long as they offer first class comforts it seems to me Americans should patronize them. Indeed it strikes me as a rather patriotic thing to do when possible. Fancy the prince • of Wales crossing on an American ship. Yet high officials in Americu go on British and French boats. And for fear I might be accused of ballyhooing for s steamship line, I might add that I did not take advan tage of the minimum rates usually of fered writers, hut paid for the full fare demanded of the casual passen ger. The promenade deck today revealed a slice of Broadway. Louis Mann, with the eternal widest collar in cap tivity, was among the first I greeted. He is returning to take up his usual stand under the canopy of ths Astor hotel befors beginning a theatrical engagement. And along In two steamer chairs were Tom Shipp and his young bride, who have been honeymooning on the continent for two months. Tom ranr ried one of the beautiful Neldig twins of South Dakota. He was all flossed up in tweeds. It was my luck before leaving Paris to spring what ball players call a “Charley horse.” Too much strolling along the boulevards strained a ten don in the leg. Or should one say "limb” this season? Constant deck walking is denied me. but occasion ally I hobble up to the promenade with a heavy cane. A strained tendon and a atrained purse are not com fortable—but Paris is worth It. It has always been comforting to reach my age and be referred to as rattier spry. So It was disconcerting when an old lady seeing me limp along offered mo her chair. I sup pose the next thing my wife will be saying, “Lean on me, grandpa " And, by the way, we are not listed among the passengers. But there Is a ‘‘Mrs. Strong and Infant,” and I Wonder If they mean its? There y also listed the Ttev. .! F McIntyre When I called at the pureer's office for mall or telegrams 'as inquired: "Are vou Rev. Mein tyrsT” And then he looked at my purpfs shirt end blushed a rosy rad. (Ceprrltht, lilt.) Spaniards he should henceforth en counter upon the seas. And meanwhile the Spanish Ad miral Don Miguel de Espinosa went raging up and down the Caribbean seeking his enemy, and In the mean time, ns an hors-d oeuvre to his vin dictive appetite, he fell uf>on any ship of England or of France Unit loomed above his horizon. This Il lustrious sea-captain and great gentleman of Castile had lost his head. And so, reckless of the fact that Captain Blood was now In vastly superior strength, the Spaniard sought him up and down the track less seas. But for a whole year he sought him vainly. The circum stances In which eventually they met are very curious. On the lath September of the year 1B8S—a memorable year In the an nals of England—three ships were afloat upon the Caribbean, which in their coming conjunctions were to work out the fortunes of several persons. The first of these was Cap tain Bloods flagship the Arabella, which had been separated from the buccaneer fleet In a hurricane off the Lesser Antilles. It was bPating up for the winward passage homing for Tortuga, the natural rendezvous of the dispersed vessels. The second ship was the great Spanish galleon, the Mtlagrosa, which accompanied by the smaller frigate Hldala, lurked off the Caymites. to the north of the long peninsula that thrusts nut from the southw-est corner of Hispaniola. Aboard the Milagrosa sailed the vindictive Don Miguel. The third and last of these ships was an Eng lish man-of-war, the Royal Mary, which was nt. anchor In the French port of St. Nicholas on the north w'est coast of Hispaniola. It was on its way from Plymouth to Ja maica, and carried on board a very distinguished passenger In the per son of Lord Julian Wade, who came charged by Is kinsman, my Lord Sunderland, with a mission of some consequence and ilelk-aey, directly arising out of that vexations corre spondence between England and Spain. To satisfv King James's anxiety to conciliate Spain, and in response to the Spanish ambassador's con stant and grievous expostulations, my I.ord Sunderland, the secretary of state, had appointed a strong man to the deputy-governorship of Ja maica. This strongman was that Col onel Bishop who for some x-ears now had been the most influential plant er in Barbados. From his first com ing to Jamaica. Colonel Bishop had made himself felt by the buccaneers. But do what he might, the one buc caneer whom he made his particular quarry—that Peter Blood who onre had been his slave—eluded him ever. He confessed as much in a letter to Che secretary of state. My Lord Sunderland bethought him of rtie plan adopted xvlth Morgan, who had been enlisted Into the king's service under Charles II. It occurred to him that a similar 'course might he similarly effective with Captain Blood. Acting upon this conclusion. Sund erland sent out his kinsman, Lord Julian Wade, with some commissions mad* out In blank. This crafty Sunderland, master of all labyrinths of Intrigue, advised his kinsman that In the event of his finding Blood in tractable, or Judging for other reos ona that It was not desirable to enlist him In the king’s service, he should turn his attention to the officers serving under him, and by seducing them away from him leave him so weakened that he must fall an e.ssv victim to Colonel Bishop's fleet. The Royal Mary made a good pas saee to St. Nicholas, Its last port of call before Jamaica. It was under stood that as a preliminary Lord Julian should report himself to the deputy-governor at Port Rox’al, whence at need he might have himself conveyed to Tortuga. Now it hap pened that the deputy governor's niece had come to St. Nicholas some months earlier on a visit to some relatives, and so that she might escape the Insufferable heat of Jamaica in that season. The time for her return being noxv at hand, a passage was sought for her aboard the Royal Mary, and In view of her uncle's rank and position promptly accorded. Ixjrd Julian hailed her advent xvlth satisfaction. His lordship was one of your gallants to whom existence that Is not graeed b>' womankind Is more or less of a stagnation. And Miss Arabella Bishop was a x'oung woman and a lady; and in the lati tude into which I.ord Julian had strayed this was a phenomenon suf ficiently rare to command attention. On his side, with his title and posi tion, his personal grace and the charm of a practiced courtier, he bore about him the atmosphere of the great world In which normally he had his being—a' world that was llt-tle more than a name to her, who had spent, most of her life In the An tilles It is not therefore wonderful that they should have been attracted to each other before the Royal Mary was warned out of St. Nicholas, Each enul4 tell the other much upon whleh the other desired information. Considering how his mind was obsessed with the business of his mission, it Is not wonderful that he should have come to talk to her of Captain Blood. Indeed, there was r circumstance that directly led to it. "I wonder now,” he said, as they were sauntering on the poop, "If you ever saw this fellow Blood, who was at one time on your uncle's planta tions as a slave." "I saw him often. I knew him very well.” "Ve don't say!" and rams to lean beside her. "And what manner of man did you find him?" "In those days I esteemed him for tii unfortunate gentleman." ‘You were acquainted with his storv?" "He told It me. That is why I esteemed him—for the calm fortitude with which he bore adversity. Since then considering what he has done T have almost come to doubt if what he told nte of himself was true." "If you mean of the wrongs he suf fared at the hands of ths royal com mission that tried the Monmouth rebels, there's little doubt that It would be true enough. He w-as never out. with Monmouth; that la certain. He was conx-lcled on a point of law which he may well have been Ignorant when he committed what was construed Into treason. But, faith, he's had hls revenge, after a fashion.” "That," she said In a small voice. “Is the unforgivable thing it has destroyed him—deservedly." "Destroyed him?" His lordship laughed a little. ‘Be none so sure, of that. , He has grown rich, I hear. He hns translated, so it Is said, ills Spanish spoils Into French geld, which Is l>clng treasured up for him In France III* future father-in-law, M. d'Ogeron, hns seen to that," • "111* future father-in-law?" snld slip, and stared nt hint round eved, xvlth ported lip* Tlnn added: "M. d'Ogeron? The governor of Tor tuga?” "The same You didn't know?" Rhe ehook her head without re. plvlng After * moment *lie spoke, her voice ttteady and perfeolv con UflU»a { "But surely. If this were true, there would have been sn end to hie piracy by now, If he . . If he loved a woman and was betrothed, and was also rich as you say. surely he would have abandoned this desperate life, and . . .” "Why. so I thought." his lordship Interrupted, "until X had the explann lion. P'Oiteron la avareioua for him self and for hie child. And as for the jrtrl. I'm told she a a wild piece, fit mate for such a man as Blood. Almost I marvel that he doesn’t marry her and take her arovlns with him. It would he no new experience for her. And I marvel, too. at Blood'a patience. He killed a man to win her." "11c killed a man for her, do you say?" There was horror now In her voice. "Tea—a French buccaneer named l.rvamytr. He was the girl's lover and Blood* aaeorlate on • vrfctur*. Blood revet ed the ulrl, and killed I^evaaeeur to win her. Pah! It'a an unaavory tale. 1 own. But men live by different code* out In theee part* She had turned to fare him. She waa pale to the Up*, and her hazel eve* were Hating. ** »he cut Into hi* apolo*le* for Blood. "They mint. Indeed. If hl» other a* aoolatea allowed him to live after that.” "Oh. the thin* waa don* In fair fi*ht. t am told." "Who told you?" "A man who sailed with them. • Frenchman named Oahu sac, whom I found In a waterside tavern In 8t. Nicholas. He was LevMMtir'0 lieu tenant, and he was present on the Island where the thing happened, and when I^evasseur was killed ** • To Hw Cnnttmird Tomorrow)_ THE NEBBS OH, THAT’S DIFFERENT. 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