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I looked at s I could not

do, and they faced the future with no trace of hesitation I caught

fro had lacked I added this

to my determination to see Helena Emory once more and soon as wind and

ould allow So that, believe me, the blood rose quickly in my

veins as I sae had faster travel ahead of us

"Square away the main braces, my hearties!" I called "Break out the

spinnaker and set the jibs It's a wet sheet and a flowing sea, and

let any stop us at their peril!"

"Aye! Aye! Sir," came the response of Jean Lafitte in a voice almost

bass, and "Aye! Aye! Sir," piped the blue-eyed Lieutenant L'Olonnois

The stanch craft leaped ahead, ing in cross seas till we reached

theand

rising gamely as she met wave after wave that caleamed L'Olonnois, hand over eyes,