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THE CUERO RECORD. CUERO, TEXAS
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SYNOPSIS
jFri»alla, lovely young daughter
late Siis John Harradine,
* General of the Leeward
leaves the West Indies aboard
'^Ceataar” bound for England,
la accompanied by the pom*
middle-aged Major Sands,
* father’s aide, who seeks to win
f hand and fortune. The time is
! the scene, the Spanish Main,
his chances for suceed-
John as Captain-General
■ negligible, the Major leads
la to believe he gave up the
ity in order to be with her.
k Wwerer, considers him one of
f. At Barbados, Monsieur
de Bernis, distinguished
Frenchman, comes aboard.
’ pirates. Captain Bransome
► to take De Bernis to Guade-
bnt offers to let him off at
► Croix. Priscilla, attracted by
sents the Major’s hos-
towards the Frenchman.
Captain Bransome stops at
Priscilla, Major Sands and
go ashore. The Major’s
that Da Bernis is an adven-
when a burly,
reeking of
aad tobacco, greats Da Bernis
impudently familiar tone,
r. De Bernis explains the man
brother-in-arms at Santa
ten the Spanish raided
|s thrilled by the har-
. tales af De Bernis’ past,
ds Bernis’ attraction for
the Major constantly be-
reminding her of their
social status. - '
CHAPTER SIX
wan leaning at the time
earned rail of the quar-
> watch the loachng, con-
tba jealous ayes of
himself, who
to leave the matter
and the boat-
were off the main
i by slings from the yard-
of hides ware being
from the rafts that
t h a m alongside. In the
I hairy seamen, naked
belts, heaved and
the merciless heat,
la the stifling, reeking
the hold others laboured
The Captain, in
and drawers, the blue
swathing his cropped red
ruddy, freckled face, a-
sweat, moved hither
directing the hoisting
and at times, from
of energy, lend-
the ropes,
■weltering bustle step-
de Bernis from the
that led aft. AS a con-
) to the heat he wore no eoat.
bulging white cambric shirt
wealth of ruffles, clothing
i a pair of claret breeches,
cool and easy despite his
black periwig and broad
hat .
greeted Bransome with fa-,
r ease, and not only Bran-
, hot Sproat, the boatswain.
* the bulwarks he.stood sur-
the rafts below with their
crews of naked Caribe and
directing French overseers.
Bed down to them — Major
assumed it to be some
ribaldry — and set them
and answering him with
i£y merry freedom. He said
to the hands about the
and had them presently
Then, when the trader
tan« climbing to the
himself, and de-
rum, there was de Bernis
the demand, asd thrust-
Brqnsome before him to the
gangway, whilst himself he
LaFarehe with
an amo knag c*iwlesaly about
i vOlaiimcs old trader’s shoulder,
-raffish fellow, without dignity
OUGHS
ft let them get a strangle hold.
:gwmsquickly. Creomulsion com-
i the 7 beet helps known to mod-
Miance. Powerful but harmless,
to take. No narcotics. Money
l if any cough no .matter of
' long standing is not relieved. Ask
druggist for Creomulsiqu. (adv.)
powerful hand
or sense of discipline,” was the
Major’s disgusted comment.
Miss Priscilla looked at him side-
ways, and a little frown puckered
her brow at the root of her daintily
chiselled nose.
“That is not how I judge him.”
“No?” He was surprised. He un-
crossed his plump legs, took his el-
bows from the poop-rail, and stood
up, a heavy figure rendered the
more ponderous by an air of self-
sufficiency.
“Yet seeing him there, so very
much at ease with that riffraff,
how else b h o u 1 d he be read ? I
should be sorry to see myself in
the like case. Stab me, I should.”
“You stand in no danger of it."
"1 thank you. No.”
“Because a man needs to be very
sure of himself before he can con-
descend bo far.” It was a little
cruel. But his sneering tone of
superiority had annoyed her curi-
ously.
Astonishment froze him. “I . . .
I do not think I understand. Stab
me if I do.”
She was as merciless in her ex-
planation, unintimidated by his
frosty tone. _
“I see in Monsieur de Bern* a
man placed by birth and experience
above the petty need of standing
upon his dignity.”
The Major collected the wits that
had been scattered by angry
amazement. After a gasping mo-
ment, he laughed. Derision he
thought was the surest corrosive
to apply to such heresies.
“Stab me! Here’s assumption!
And birth, yon say. Fan me, ye
winds 1 What tokens of birth do yon
perceive in the tawdry fellow?”
“His name; his bearing; his . . ”
But the Major let her get no
further. Again he laughed. “His
uast The “da” you mean. Faith,
It’s borne by many who have long
sines lost pretensions to gentility,
and by many who never had a right
to it. Do we even know that it is
his name ? As for his bearing, pray
consider it. You saw him down
there, making himself one with the
hands, and the rest. Would s gen-
tleman so comport himself?”
“We come back to the begin-
ning," said she coolly. “I have given
you reason why such as he may do
it without loaa. You do not answer
me.”
He found her exasperating. But
he did not tell her so. He curbed
his rising heat. A lady ao well en-
dowed must be humoured by a pru-
dent man who looks to make her
his wife. And Major Sands was a
very prudent man.
“But, deaf Priaeillg, it ii because
you will not be answered. You are
a little obstinate, child." He smiled
to humour her. “You should trust
to my riper judgment of men. Yon
should so, stab me." And then he
changed his tone. “But why waste
breath on a man who tomorrow or
the next day will have gone, and
whom we shall never see again?”
She sighed, and gently waved her
fan. It may be that her next words
ere uttered merely to plague and
punish him. “I take no satisfaction
in the thought. We meet so few
whom we are concerned ever to
meet again. To me Monsieur de
Bernis is one of those few.”
“In that case,” said he, holding
himself hard to keep his voice cool
and level, “I thank heaven the gen-
tleman is so soon to go his ways.
In these outlandish settlements yon
have had little chance, my dear,
of learning—ah—discrimination in
the choice of associates. A few
months in England will give you a
very different outlook.”
“Yes. That is probable," said she,
with a sweet snbmissiveness. “Until
now I have been compelled to ac-
cept the associations which circnm-
stanee has thrust upon me. In
England it will be mine to choose.1
This was a little devastating in
Its ambiguity. If he was left in
doubt of her real meaning, he was
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in no doubt that, before England
was reached and the choice afford-
ed her, he would have placed her
beyond the need of exercising it in
so far as a husband was concerned.
But she had not yet completed
her task of chastening his super-
ciliousness.
“As for Monsieur de Bernis, it
yet might be possible to persuade
him. to make the voyage with us.
Good company upon a voyage is
not to be disdained. The time can
be monstrous tedious.”
He stared at her, his florid face
inflamed. She smiled up at him over
the edge of her fan, very sweetly.
“Will you try to persulde him,
Bart?”
“I? Persuade him?” He spoke in
horror. “Stab my vitals! Persuade
him? I? You jest, of course.”
She laughed a trilling little enig-
matic laugh, and was content to
leave the matter there.
Later, whilst still they lingered
un the quarter, they were sought
by Monsieur de Bernis. He came
laden with a basket woven of pal-
metto, containing fresh orangek
and limes. He brought it as an of-
fering to Miss Priscilla, announc-
ing that he had sent Pierre, his
half-caste servant, ashore to gather
the fruit for her that morning.
Graciously she accepted, thanking
him. He waved the thanks aside.
“A very trifling gift.”
“In gifts, sir, it is the thought
that counts.”^
The Major was left considering
that he must practise thoughtful-
ness in future. He remained silent
and brooding, whilst Monsieur de
Bernis hung there in talk with Miss
Priscilla. The Frenchman was gay,
witty and amusing, and to the Ma-
jor it seemed that Miss Priscilla
was very easily moved to laughter.
His stolidity leaving him little skill
in the lighter social arts, he became
increasingly uneasy. What if this
French adventurer, growing too
conscious of Miss Priscilla’s attrac-
tions, were after all to decide to
make the voyage to Europe on the
Centaur? What if Miss Priscilla,
whose laughter and general manner
seemed in the Major’s jaundiced
eyes to be almost tinged with wan-
tonness, should so far forget her
dignity as, herself, to invite de
Berms to such a course ?
Major Sands, inwardly cursing
the delays resulting from these
loadings of hides, was surly and
uneasy all that day. His chance,
however, and his revenge upon the
man who had occasioned him these
pangs was unexpectedly to be
vouchsafed him that evening at
supper.
The Centaur left Dominica a lit-
tle before sunset, and with the
wind on her starboard quarter set
a Westerly course for the Isle of
Aves, so as to give a wide berth
to Guadeloupe.
Having conned the ship, the Cap-
tain went below to supper, and
came in high good-humour to the
spacious cabin, flanked to port and
starboard by the lesser cabins
which his passengers were now
occupying.
The great horn windows in the
stern stood wide to the air and to
the green receding mass of the
island, which Captain Bransome
announced without a sigh that he
would never aee again. His good-
humour was rooted in the fact that
his last call made and his cargo
safely stowed, he was now defin-
itely setting his face towards home
and the serene ease in the bosom
of a family that scarcely knew him.
Nevertheless, he went in confidence
that, like himself, this family look-
ed forward joyously to his retire-
ment from the sea and to assisting
him in garnering the reward for
all these years of labour bravely
shouldered and for all the perils
and hardships confronted without
shrinking.
(To Be Continned)
Copyrljkt, 1932. by Rafiel Sabaftn!
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at dealers showroom^ throughout
the nation. Cars are to be on dis-
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Longer wheelbase. new “aer-
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Prices as announced from Detroit
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The new models, with longer and
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' any annual Chevrolet model since
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I Chevrolet is reversing a trend indi-
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While retaining the six cylinder
j motor in all its fundamentals.
[ which has proved so reliable in the
hands of 3.500 000 owners since its
j debut in 1928, Chevrolet engineers
list many major developments or
minor refinements in the 1933 mod-
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Wheelbase has been extended to
110 inches. The engine, which op-
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mainly through lengthening the
stroke, offering a present displace-
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In appearance the car differs rad-
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Citizens are invited to view the
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’ of ’he new leaning V-type radiator
| is carried out through slanting hood j
-j doors and sharply slanted wind- i
shield pillars c.n to the rear end.'
where an extension of the rear body
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; Skirted fenders which follow the j
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The latter name comes from the Lffct i Colorado citizens voted two to one
Colorado Refuses
To Lower Gas Tax
that the new mountings effectively
dampen out all vibrations set up by
both static and dynamic residual
forces.
While a motor inherently in bal-
ance. as is a six cylinder motor
to maintain the present gas tax level
of four cents a gollon as against the
"proposal to reduce the tax to three
cents." H P Gillette, publisher of
Roads and Streets.
The defeat of the gas tax re-
: set's up but little vibration. Chev-1 duction amendment is held as a
j rolet engineers after an exhaustive * demonstration of the worth of the
study of both static and dynamic (gas tax to road users,” Mr. Gillette
i residual forces and of the properties J said. “The Colorado press carried
of rubber, succeeded in eliminating
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! driver, by compromising between
} the two former extremes in motor
i mounting. The old extreme was to
| clamp the engine directly to the
frame, and the metal-to-metal con-
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j been to suspend the engine in very
the message that the gas tax is not
an ordinary tax but rather a serv-
ice charge or toll beneficial to mo-
torists through lowered car operat-
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That this view was held by most
voter's is shown In the vote outcome.
“Only Weld County voted in favor
of the reduction and that was the
county in which the amendment was
conceived. Also, in that county the
Lshed. ; ‘^23
“Despite the handicap of a
lengthy state highway system of k* jj
255 miles and a comparatively
small population. Colorado ha*
made good highway progress. How -
ever, road users realize that the
state must continue to make op
| large expenditures as possible iff
1 order to develop the state system to
! a point where motor tax
would bring more pronounood
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“Colorado had only 447 rail**
pavements at the beginning of
Untreated macadam and gravtf
counted for 3.948 miles,
omy 701 miles on the state
or seven per cent, had a
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"While the reduction of one
in the tax rate would have
highway building through i
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bor would also have been depri
of about $1,350,000 in yearly ffp
This is according to figure*
U. S. Bureau of Public
which calculate that 91 per
the cost of road building
workers employed directly
roads and in the provision
terial and equipment.”
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