. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. m the mer-chantmen which had originally carried it. PoorBonnets pen worked hard at lists and calcula-tions, for Blackbeard was a practical man, andnot disposed to loose and liberal dealings witheither his men or the tradefolk ashore. At times the troubled and harassed mind ofthe former captain of the Revenge would havegiven way under the strain had not Ben Green-way stayed bravely by him; who, although aslow accountant, was sure, and a great help toone who, in these times of hurry and flurry, wasextremely rapid and equally uncertain. Black-bea
. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. m the mer-chantmen which had originally carried it. PoorBonnets pen worked hard at lists and calcula-tions, for Blackbeard was a practical man, andnot disposed to loose and liberal dealings witheither his men or the tradefolk ashore. At times the troubled and harassed mind ofthe former captain of the Revenge would havegiven way under the strain had not Ben Green-way stayed bravely by him; who, although aslow accountant, was sure, and a great help toone who, in these times of hurry and flurry, wasextremely rapid and equally uncertain. Black-beard was everywhere, anxious to complete theunloading and disposal of his goods before theweather changed; but, wherever he went, he re-membered that upon the quarter-deck of his finenew ship, the Revenge, there was one who, know-ing nothing of nautical matters, was above allsuspicion of nautical interferences, and who,although having no authority, represented themost powerful nautical commander in all thoseseas. 216 CHAPTER XX ONE NORTH, ONE SOUTH. F our dear Kate Bonnet hadreally imagined, in her inex-perienced mind, that it wouldbe a matter of days, and perhaps weeks, to pro-cure a vessel in which she, with her uncle andgood Dame Charter, could sail forth to save herfather, she was wonderfully mistaken. Not afree-footed vessel of any class came into the har-bour of Kingston. Sloops and barks and shipsin general arrived and departed, but they wereall bound by one contract or another, and werenot free to sail away, here and there, for a shorttime or a long time, at the word of a maidenswill. Mr. Delaplaine was a rich man, but he was aprudent one, and he had not the money to wastein wild rewards, even if there had been an oppor-tunity for him to offer them. Kate was discon-certed, disappointed, and greatly cast down. The vengeful Badger was scouring the seas15 217 KATE BONNET in search of her father, commissioned to destroyhim, and eager in his hot passion to do it; andhere was s
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