The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-08
VOLUME 21.

not ugnL M. dupont.
what does he say?' exclaimed
the Lieutenant, gazing with stupid
bewilderment round the circle; moi
fightY
The Anglo-Saxon blood, saw
flushed as holly in the veins of the
Americans as 1t did in mine at the
exhibition of the white feather by
one of our race.
Not fight, Captain Starkey u
said Mr.. Desmond with grave earn
estness, after a painful pause; you
whose name is in the list of the
British ROYAL Navy, say this? You
must be jestingp
Il am perfectly serious. am OPP
posed to dnelling upon principle
"A coward upon principle y fairly
screamed Dubont, with hooking
fury, and at the same time shaking
his clenched fist at the Engfishman-
The degrading epithet stung like
q serpent. A CLEAN of fierce pas
sion broke out of Captain Starkey's
dark eyes, and he made q step to-
wards Dupont, but resolutely check
ed himself.
We'll, it must be bornel was
wrong to offei you personal viO-
lence, although your impotence
certainly deserved rebuke. Still, /
repeat will not fight with YOU
'Bnt yon will give my friend sat
detection exclaimed Lieutenant
Arguellas, who wAs as much excl
ted as Dupont; 'or, by heaVen,I
will post you Gs . bastard, not only
throughout this island, but ia
maicap
Captain Starkey for all answer TO
this menace cody rang the bell, aud
desired the slave who answered j.
to inform Sonora Arguellas that he
vas about to leave and wished TO
sec her.
The brave Englishmsn is about
to place himself under the protec-
ton OF your aunt's petticOats, Al
phoBsoP shouted Dupont, with tri-
umphant mockery.
Il almost doubt whether Mr..
Starkey is an Englishman,' exclaim-
ed Mr.. Desmond, who, as we'll as
his two friends, was getting very
much incensed but at all events,
as my father and mother were born
aud brought up in the old country,
if you presume to insinuate that
Sonora Arguellas at this moment
approached, aud the irate American
with some difficulty restrained him.
self. The lady approached snrpris-
ed at the aspect of the company she
had so lately left. She, however, sI
the request of the captain, instantly
led the way into the house, leaving
the rest of the visitors, as the
French say, pt0nteS Ia.
Ten minutes afterward we were
informed that Captain Starkey had
left the honse, after impressing up
on Sonora Arguellas that the Nep-
at precisely 3 o'clock. A renewed
torrent of rage, contempt and scOrn
broke forth at this announcement.
and a duel at one time seemed inev-
liable between Lieutenant Argnel-
las and Mr.. Desmond, the last
named gentleman manifesting great
anxiety to shoot somebody or other
in Vindication of his Anglo-Saxon
lineage. This, however, was over
ruled, and the party broke up In an
CRY disorder.
We were all on board by the ap-
pointed time on the following morn
ing. Captain Starkey received US
with civil indifference, and no.
ticed that the elaborate sneers which
sat upon the countenances of Du-
pont and the Lieutenant, did not ap-
pear in the slightest degree to ruttle
or affect him but the RVerted eye
and scornful air of Donna Antonio,
as she passed with Sonora Arguel-
las toward the capin, drawing the
mantilla tightly round her az she
swept by, as if-so Iperhaps wrong
fully interpreted the actioU-it
would be soiled by contact with q
poltroon, visibly touched him-on-
iy, however, for q few brief mo-
ments. The expression of pain
quickly vanished, and his counte-
uance was as cold and stern as be-
tore. There was, albeit, it was soon
found, limit to this, il seemed con-
temptuous forbearance. Dupon'
approached him, gave thought aud
Idle expression, exclaimiDg, loud
enough for several of the crew To
hear, and looking steadily in the |
captains face: "LGchel" He would
nave turned away, but was arrested
by O grip of steel: Listen, sir,' said
Captain StArkeY; individually,
mold for nothing whatever you may |
say; but am captain aud king of
this ship, and / will permit NO one
to beard me before the crew, and |
thereby lessen my authority over
them. Do you presume again to do |
so, aud will put you In solitary
confinement, perhaps in irons, til
we arrive at Jamsica.' He then
threw off his startled auditor and
walked forward. The passengers.
colored as we'll as white, were all |
on board; the anchor, already |
apeak, was brought home; the |
bows of the ship fell slowly off
and we were in few moments |
running before the wind, thought |
but a faint one, for Point Moraut.
No one could be many hours on
board the Neptune without being
tally satisfied that, however def
Client in duelling courage her captain
might be, he was thorough sea-
man, and that his creW-about q
dozen of ss fine fellows as have
ever seen-were under the most
perfect dicipline aud command.
The service of the vessel was car
ried on as noislessly and regularly
as on board a ship of war; and q
sense of confidence that should q
tempest or other sea peril overtake
us every reliance might be placed
in the professional skill and energy
of Captain Starkey was soon open
lY or tacitly acknowledged by all
on board. The weather throughout
happily continued fine, but the
wind was light and variable, so that
for several days after we had sight
ed the blue mountains of Jamaica
We scarcely appeared sensibly to
diminish the distance between them
and as. At last the breeze again
blew steadily from the northwest,
and we gradually neared Point Mo-
rant. We passed It and opened I'D
the bay at about two O'Clock in the
moring, when the voyage might be
said to be over. This was q great
relief to the cabin passengers, far
beyond the ordinary pleasure to
handbook of escaping from the te-
dunn of confinement on shipbOard.
There was q constraint In the beha-
vior of everybody that was exceed
ingly unpleasant. The Captain pre-
sided at table with freezing cIviiity
the compensation, If such il could
be called, was usually restricted to
monOey llables; aud we were All