. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. tes clerk; he is not the man that I am; heis a vile coward, and when he has taken theoath he will be afraid to break it. More-over And if, with that ship, said Greenway,his eyes beginning to sparkle, he become an honest merchant 362 DIFFICULT WORK FOR GREEXAVAY I dont trust him, said Blackbeard; heis a knave and a sharper, and there is no truthin him. But when you have settled up my busi-ness, my clerk, and have gotten me well con-verted, I will send you away with him, and youshall take up again the responsibility of hissoul. The Scotchman cla
. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. tes clerk; he is not the man that I am; heis a vile coward, and when he has taken theoath he will be afraid to break it. More-over And if, with that ship, said Greenway,his eyes beginning to sparkle, he become an honest merchant 362 DIFFICULT WORK FOR GREEXAVAY I dont trust him, said Blackbeard; heis a knave and a sharper, and there is no truthin him. But when you have settled up my busi-ness, my clerk, and have gotten me well con-verted, I will send you away with him, and youshall take up again the responsibility of hissoul. The Scotchman clapped his horny hands to-gether. And once I get him back to Bridge-town, I will burn his cursed ship! Heigho! cried Blackbeard, and thatwill be your way of converting him ? You knowyour business, my royal chaplain, you know itwell. And with that he gave Greenway a tre-mendous slap on the back which would havedashed to the deck an ordinary man, but BenGreenway was a Scotchman, tough as a yew-tree. 363 CHAPTER XXXIV CAPTAIN THOMAS OF THE ROYAL JAMES. HEX Blackbeards little fleetanchored in Topsail Inlet, StedeBonnet, who had not been in-formed of the intentions of thepirate, was a good deal puzzled. Since joiningBlackboards fleet in the vessel which came upfrom Belize, Bonnet had considered himself veryshabbily treated, and his reasons for that opin-ion were not bad. During the engagements offCharles Town his services had not been re-quired and his opinion had not been consulted,Blackbeard having no use for the one and norespect for the other. The pirate captain hadtaken a fancy to Ben Greenway, while his con-tempt for the Scotchmans master increased dayby day; and it was for this reason that Green-way had been taken on board the flag-ship, whileBonnet remained on one of the smaller vessels. Bonnet was in a discontented and somewhatsulky mood, but when Blackbeards full planswere made known to him and he found that hemight again resume command of his own vessel, 364 CAPT. THOMAS OF
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