Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 9, 1924 — page 47: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

By GORDON HILL GRAHAME Author of ‘‘ When Red Men Ruled ’’ WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN PART 12 NTOINE D’ALBRET, a youthful swordsman, is so invincible at thrust and parry that he is known throughout France of the year 1700 as “ Sans Peur ”—Without Fear. Five highway- men make a misjudged attack on him. He slays three of them, one runs away, and the fifth, Rossignol, a one-eyed ruffian, begs for mercy and becomes D’Albret’s vassal. D’Albret is smitten at sight by the delicate blond beauty of Mlle. Felice Paradis, daughter of Captain Paradis, in command of the Soliel, about to sail for Louisiana. The young swordsman and his henchman become passengers, and they find aboard a notorious bully, Raoul Bourdelais, who has a warrant that gives him power of life or death over the members of the French colony. D’Albret learns that Bourdelais is engaged to marry Felice, and thereupon pays marked attention to the damsel. In the fight with swords that follows, Bourdelais is disarmed and denounced by D’Albret for his wicked repute. although the two countries are not at war. The Soliel is intercepted by a great galleon of Spain, the Santisima Trinidad, D’Albret slips aboard the Spaniard and, with Rossig- nol’s aid, ties and gags a Spanish officer in his cabin, obtaining incriminating evidence. They are interrupted by the voice of Bourdelais outside the locked door. CHAPTER VI. THE MYSTERIOUS CHART. = ASTEN, Rodriguez! Your cap- H tain has come aboard the ship!” Bourdelais impatiently shook the door, and D’Albret, with a warning shake of his head to Rossignol, uttered an angry remark. ‘“‘ Have done with your noise!” he called in Spanish. ‘J am not Rodriguez. I was sleeping and you awakened me. Rodriguez has moved amidships to another cabin.” Rourdelais grunted disgustedly, and the two men could hear him upbraiding the sailor who had directed him to the cabin. The sound of footsteps died away and both D’Albret and Rossignol heaved heartfelt This story began in the Argosy-Alistory Weekly for August 2. 197 CO = A LNOOLK CO)