The pirates, clambering over the rail, gasped in amazement.
'To sail a road of blood and slaughter?' he questioned. 'This keel will stain the blue waves crimson wherever it plows.'
'Aye, to sail with you on blue seas or red,' she answered passionately. 'You are a barbarian, and I am an outcast, denied by my people. We are both pariahs, wanderers of earth. Oh, take me with you!'
With a gusty laugh he lifted her to his fierce lips.
'I'll make you Queen of the Blue Sea ! Cast off there, dogs! We'll scorch King Yildiz's pantaloons yet, by Crom!'
THE END
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