The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-23

roaring Dehlnd ham but never delgned &C
! look at.
The crew were all on deck, and full,
! awake to their danger. The first line O
breakers was passed, and their courage
rose as they Witnessed the cool bearing
OF the Captain. Once only he betrayed
emotion, turning deadly pale, but with
out changing a muscle. 1t was when
the sea caught the Arrow on her star
board quarter, and she threatened tc
broach TO before the helmsman could
stop her. But Jones was good hand
he checked her at the critical moment,
and kept her head well ia the center. Ii
was when this sea, which lifted the yes
sci and surged along with her, snbsided
that the vessel, as she tell into the mol
low, just touched the ground. 1t was
but ior moment. The next sea lifted
them clean of the passage, and the helm
was elapped hard a starboard, the poini
was rounded, and the anchor let go il
what was, comparatively, mill pond
| sails were Iurled. She was safe as il
Dover harbor.
"What about the ebenyT asked r aw
| ley OF the chief. "The sloop must see
our masts above the rocks, and may
trapped"
'She'll be lost to-night," replied the
other, coolly. "She never could claw off
in this sea, and is too close in TO escape.
Ii she drifts to lseward only mile an
| hour, she'll be hard and fast and bat.
tered to chips by midnight. Send hand
| aloft, and let me know what tue fellows
doing"
Report was prese ntly made that the
sloop was Oft the point some seven or
eight miles, carrying a press of sail, yet
| apparently dropping shore ward.
'Hah!" said The Captain, rubbing his
hands. "Sne's not to have the picking
of the little Arrow this trip, anyhow.
| Well, now about the niggers. In these
climates the wind chops round in a sec
ond, and then we should have her boats
in the cove before we could land our
ebony. They will always keep the pass
age open-for, if it blows, tits their only
| chance"
"Well, sir, they'll have more luck than
often tails 10 such sharks, if they get in
here" said the mate.
"N ell, land the beggars, and away
with them TO the rear OF the hillocks,
where the old hut stands. Shackle them
well aud land half the hands to watcn
them. Look after the crew yourself, or
they'll be cruising Oh LAND, and be pic
kled and eMen before we know of the
cookery"
'Shall land them alp" asked Raw.
ley.
No, not all. Leave Judy to me-" re.
plea the other. glancing toward a cor.
ner OF the deck~where throughout the
recent perilous maneuver something like
human figure had lain croucned under
4 tarpaulin.
| The mate hesitated.
| Oh these devils see her. we might as
we'll leave the lot of them aboard" he
muttered.
"D'ye think don't know that?" said
/ the Captain with dark, sinister look.
''Of with you, and get through this be-
fore dark. Plllnnd and watch our friend
IN the otting. We can pick up something
when she goes to pieces, and make our
| own salvage awards"
| The unfortunate slaves-a hundred
and seventeen i'll number, three having
died on ! the passage-were quickly
landed, and goaded along to their des-
Tined hiding place. Tney We're an un-
usually tine lot, prisoners made in
recent 1tiye battle, and sold by the con-
querers ior glass beads, rum, looking
glasses, and a little hard cash, not to
mention an occasional cooked hat and
some metal buttons, at thai great slave
market, Loango.
| AhC AOIu SlOpiCus LuC WIFI
somewhat more gentleness than might
have been expected from such rufian,
| uncovered tie crouching figure, and
assisted it to stand. 1t was a negress,
and let it not startle the reader-a beau
| tiful one.
| If, as Burke asserts, beauty consists
| in curved lines and esehews the straight,
This young dingy Venus deserved the
appellation. Her head was small, of the
| real Congo type, not a straight line about
it; her hair cured; her nose was slightly
arcned; her lips were roundsp her form
/ symmetrical and undulating. Judy was
i now at the perfection OF negress woman
| hood-siXteen. She was cUeeIful and
intelligent; so quick, indeed, OF appre-
lnension, that in short time she had
been Il captive, but distinguished by the
Captains lavor from her fellows i'll mis-
fortune, she had learned mucn English
and began TO read.
| Poor Judy beneld with some uneasi
mess her friends marching away. They
were the only companions with WHOM
she could freely converse, and 1t Was
only by the judicious administration oil
few comtiEs, and finally, a small mir
ror, that she consented to be paclied.
| Meanwhile ON board the Rosebud
| things looked less and less satisfactory
Despite all efftrts she had neared the
land considerably. The winn rather in.
creased than diminished, and Captain
| Henderson, though externally calm and
confident as ever, began to feel seriously
ALARMED.
| Again and again had be striven to
make out the narrow entrance, and been
compelled to claw off from the periious
SPOT. 1t was IN 'one of these anxious
searchings that he ran across the Ar.
rows masthead, moJionless and evident
| y in security. Suddenly there was ele.
vated on a small hillock an English
union jackl Was this a tender of as.
5istance? Was it intended to direct
hem to the dAteult entrance? An anx-
| ious consultation followed.
The First Lieutenant proposed bearing
up and running for the place at once.
| Another officer gave more cautious
counsel. The flag might be shown on a
wrong point as lure. But this opinion
was secuted by the gallant, straight
forward Captain.
| In the meantime dusk crept on, and
1.-THE sea was running high, and the sloop
Iwas buried under the pressure of her
IcanNas, groaning as sne forced her way
| through the rough, toppling sea.
| At length the .mainsail split and went
Ito ribbons, and there being no alternative
but to anchor, the necessary order was
EgiNen.
II On sounding thev found but eighteen