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to take charge Of her, and, after few
7{f1nt4a he semt ~ ~ n Ria hnst IN ask 4ha%

to take charge Of her. and, after few
minutes, he sent back TO his boat to ask that
some one night be sent him who could speak
Portuguese. We. were all looking oyeF thn
ra'I when 1he message came, and .We al wish.
ed We could interpret, when The captain 'ask-'
Cd who spoke Pertugue1e. But nonn Of the
officers did; ard just ~ the captain wassend-'
i5g forEaEd toask Il any Of the people could,
TO interpret, + the captain uiahed. ~ he uu-
dcrsto0d the language, ThocApta1E thanked
htm, fitted out another boat with him, and ia
this boatit was my luck to gu. = go
= When We get there, it MAS such i scene ~
5ou seldom see, and never want to. Nastl-
the midst Of the nastiness: Thero vera not 4
great many OF the negroes !: but by way of
making what .thera Meru: understand that
tleyE were tree, vaughan had their haad.
cuffs and ankle cuts Knocked of, aod, for
eonv. nfence' Eake, wa putting them upon
grceswere, most: Of them ont Of the hold,
and s.arn4lng al round the dirty deck, with
central thronE kuffoundfng Vaughn ouli
addressing him in efe.y dialect and ssp.tois''
Of ! dialect, FROM the Zulu click up to the
Pasiafan ct Belede1ie:eed.'
AZ We came~ on deck. Vaughan looked
deWn from = hokehsad, On Which be hid
mounted In desperation, and aaid,- =.
For Gods love, ,iA there anybody who cau:
!. maks these wretches understand some thing?
The men give them rum; and that did not
quiet them knocked that big fellow down
then talked ChoctaE 70 al Of them togeth-
er; sad III be banged ii they understood that
. ~ we'll "a they understood the EnEliah.'s
(. Nolan said he could npeak Portuguese, and
one or two flne.iooHug kroomen Were drag
ged ont, who, As 1t had been found ALREADY,
hsd Wo1ked ioE the Portuguese on the caast
"Tel them theY are free,n said Yaughsa; !;
sand tell them that these rascals are to b
h1nKed Is soon n We can get rope en- 5ugh. y
Ncfan "put that into spanlsh,"-that IL,
he explained It IN such Portuguese as tho
ktoo1aen could understand, and they In turn
them. Ihea there was 9uch = .yell of delight,
ennchtng 6t FISTS, lcaping and dkuc!ng, Kiss:
Ing II No1an's fset, and general rush made
to the hoEshead BY way Of Spontaneous wor
ehip 81 Vaushsn, as the deus e nae.'"a Of the
q Tel them = aaid Vaughan, we'll pleased
..that will takn them ali 70 Cape Fa.mss."
,sThiH did not auewer 70 well. Cape ralm1.
wes practically - far from the homes Of NOS
sf 1hsm as New Orleans or Rio Jaaeiro was
home there And their Interpreters, a. ".
conld ;understand, Instantly said, s.dh, no,
Iazhnas," and began to propose iufaite othe,
eIpedisnts In rost yol1s1e 1anguay
Vaughan Was rather dieapp polated at tits Re-
suit OF his uoerAuty, and asked Nolan eaEerl,
what they said. The drops stood npon 30 o1
Nolan 8 white forehead, as he hushed the me,
down, and said:.
:. He sayr, Not Palmas.' he SAYS, tTak.
us home, nike III to our own country. taxi
US to our own house, take us to our ow,
plckabtnnlea ind our Own womcn.' He sAyi
he has an old tathet and mother, who will de
if they do not see him. Aud this one says b.
lett his people al sick, and padded do IN t,
Fernando to beg the. white doctor to CONF
md help them. and that these d5rils caughI
him In the bay just in sight Of home, and thai
he has never seen anybody from home aiuc,
then, And this oLe says" checked out Nolan
THAT he had not heard word from his hous
in IN infe:nal barracoon."
Vaughan always said he grew gray him.e1
willie Nolan struggled through t6is 1nterprc.
tatlon. !, who did not understand anything
Of the passion Involved In 1t, saw that the yer5
at