The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS lEe
THE ..s q
SAILORS W00ING
A SEA STORY

Glad enc gh VIC were 70 get OUT " W.
queer sulphufy smell all this STUFF CAV out
IN the heai-letting the men take every one hi,
own wav into the bushes which they enjoyed
Ike en- any schooll oys and making ourselves
right for Ia, hi. hest point. Here We saw over
through the cocoi-nut tres and wild trailing
plants below down upon broad bushy level
toward the reefs. II was far the widest way Of
the island indeed making 1t applr emily sever
al miles 10 20 round the diilcielt points AMI
a. the men were to hold right 10 Sindw ard, -
meet again after beating the entire grou1
Westwood and | struck lair through amongst
the tangle OF wood, To see the Hat b'low. We
reused out good many -uill birds am P'o-
quets, and several cunts could De- nor u i"nA-
ing at u of the grassy bits oi crag above tho
trees, though they "iln s''m 10 huoN VIZ
No we're A for most Of the wool " was mann
lv such bushes ami brush a. thrive win.
out water. Wiih bright green hush OF
grass and plants Ncr tlic rain At the
nsnsoor. the pri.klv peer creeping over
the s,n parts. til W. cane on track
where some spring or other NJ narcntly oJloi
down from the height, soaking in little rank
spots amongst the ground leaves, with hero AMI
thoro a small rusty splash about tho grass
blades, a. IT there vcrr tar NJ iron in tt. llora
there we're taller trees Of different kinds on bnth
sides, dWindl ng oT into the lower bush, while,
10 NV SURPRISE some of them were such as you'd
never have suspected 10 meet with ON an IS
land Of the size, OF 80 far OF the land--hnina-,
mangors a hallock or No. aud a few more,
must evident, have bpal planted, thc cOcOis
being the only sort natural to the place
and Of them there were plenty below.
Suddenly II lei down 10 shady hollow
out Of sight Of the sea altogether. where
we came ON what seemed 10 hiv' been perfect
garden some limo or o'hrr there were tWn or
three large broii-lravrd shadio X tree, AMI
one or two others with heap oi rubbish IN ih'
midst of the wild Indian corn and loit gas;
some broken himhop stakes standing. hr'i - a
piece of plank scattered here and thor about
the bushes. Right uud'r The shade OF the trees
TAs n hole like tn m Iu'h pi a driw-WaU, more |
than hrimlul al The tim with the water from
the spring; for, owing 10 the late 'an', it made
q pool close 10y the side, aud went trickling
AWAY down anon .. the hfushwOOL Every
twiS and leaf grew -'ril'h, mp or OUT
save in narroN track toward the III
sing ground-uo doubt made 10y th, goats
"a We noticed the prints Of their ho,is
on the wet mud. Twls ovid nj no human hc-
ing had been there for heaven knew how long
since, by the care that had been TAX wi Il the
place, IL was probably the only spring In the
island-perhsps for leagues and leagues round,
indeed. Trees, hrhrchcs, green grass, tni all
they hal such still moyclcss air under the
heat and light, in the lee OF the high g-ouui,
with just a blue spot or two of tn srt sern
high up through the sharp shadlork leaves,
and the cool looking splash Of water below
them, that Ncswood aud | sdt down to wait
till We heard the men. Still there was terribly
distinct, particular CAST hDNut the Wnolt
spot, which, taken together with the ruin
aud confusion, a. well the notion ot Foster
and his sh pmatcs actually plotting to come
there, gave one almost an idea of the whole sto-
~ beforehand, dim rs that was; the longer you
looked, the more horrid it scanned Neither nj
uvcs nor single man could have brought the
dihercn, trees to the island or contrivcd a tank
well Of the kind, seeing 1t was apparently deep
enough to supply a ships ct-ks while, At the
same time, coillnt hclr thinking some ono
had lived there since II Wa. mwe, or
perhaps much vscd By the space taken
up with the hut that had been There
ard the little change in the Wild state q
things, most likely Il was by himself he hai
been, and for no short time. II looked, how
ever, as IL he had been carried oil in TIL end
otherwise his bones woul have been hcrcibouts
probably by savagos, as Wcstwo,l anl | con
cludod from the scatter they hal made OF hl
premises. For my own part, | wondered whctll
OF Jones mightn't have hecn the man, In whic
case most OF that disturbed mind he showed lat,
ly might come OF remembering the drcary DIES,
late feelings one must have, living long on
desert island. No doubt they had "marooncl
him for something or other, such ~ not being
bloody enough captain; aud ! could G ot,l
fancy one having n spice OF madness in him
AFTER years ashore here, a. in Captain
Wallis after a French prison. SIN i
startled one 10 see ones face in the black OF the
we'll and we couldn't make up our mind, t.
drink out of it, Even the pool at III ,hlc had
queer taste, thought-but that may have been
all notion. All at once, 10y the ed 90 OF III =
same pool, Westwood pointed out two or three
marks that surprised US both, being quite differ
ent from what the goats could have made and
on Observing closer, they were made out 10 b,
more like the paws Of Wild boast stampil 10
the mud. q No wolves on the island, surely
said /. IAN If them seem 20 stick TO the POO
in preference 10 the well, at any rate, ,iif
Tom they appear 10 have the same cr'trhs'
with ourselves Ned o. "Strange'' ,ah /
a. what can it be9' Wcs,SO,d eyed the p-int-
over aud over. "what DO you think of
d-Q Z" he askcL
''Gcod heavens exclaimed I, looking down
ives :" and there we Eat gazing at the thing,
and musing over II with somehow Or other a
curious creeping Of the blood, for my part that
can't describe the reason Of. A. last w. heard
the men hllOoing 10 each other on the level
beneath, when We hurried down, and cons,ei
round till we came upon the boat again, where
the cOxswain was amusing hm'cli gathering
shells for home-and We pullcl bak to ia.
schooner.
ny first resolve after this was to keep before
the breeze again. try 10 get sight Of the ship,
and tell Finch out and out, a ought 70 have
done At once, what was afool amongst his crew
or else to lot Sir Charles Hyde know of it, and
make him bold offer Of n passage TO Calcutta.
However, | soon saw this wouldn't do and a ro-
gular puzzle found myself in, betwiNt inrn-
ing 10 stick ~ the island, and catch Foster II h o.
came, and wishing 20 know how the lnlidmlu
have read my thoughts as lolut upon the cup
stan. looking from Whitewater Island 10 the
horizon, and back again. for he stepped ait
and said in low voice, Lieutenant Collins,
there's one thing didn't tell you about that is
land before, because, as | said, | wasn't at
first sure 1t was the one the men
meant; 1t may help 10 decide You,
sir said he gravely. AM | sid. :" In
that Island, he went on, his ordinarily dark
face "a pale as death, there is enough gold 1t
this moment 10 buy half of an English county
ay, and better than gold, seeing that only one
man knows the spot where il is, and he would
rather sail round the world without shirt to his
back than touch one filing of thc-hell5 iross Z"
looked at Jones in perfect amaze as no added,
You may fancy now, Mr.. Collins whether il
= man Of the kind happened TO got wind of this,
he would not stir heaven and earth 10 reach the
place Z But rather than that gold should come
into living hands said hc liercelv, would
"df .fof them by mvscli-ay, alone-liunc'
am shudler seemed 10 run through him as hc
gave another glance 10 the island. For my par,
drew long breath. What hc mentioned had
all at once Ielieyed my miLd WONDERFULLY, for II
this was Master Foster cue, as | nov saw il
must have been the whole VOYAGE over WHY.
he would he just 10 sure not 10 spread the thin,
widely, as lac would hc to gel here some time Il
he could. On second thou ghts, it wasn't 81
plain how the rest Of the crew might work with
II, on the least ipklinp; hut inclined A. na,u.
rally was TO look upon the best side OF the mat
ter, you needn't wonder at my making up m,
mind a. did. The short and The long OF il wa.