The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-13

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| He paused a moment for tho usual casual in
tcrruution, but oven the active Lcgrando was
silent.
Alas. from the other end Of the table camc the
voice OF the Bonanza man
| The rope wis around her neck. Well. gen
| tlcmcn, that Mexican woman standing there,
| with that crowd around her. eager former blood
| dcrn my skinl II she didn't call out 10 the
| Sheriff 10 hold ON mint. And what icr7 yo
can't gu, ~ Why. one Of them long
lraids she wore WIS under the moose
and kinder in tho way. | remember her
raising her hand to her neck and givn' u spite
hl sort Of jerk to the braid that fetched 1t out
side The slip-knot. and then saying to the
Sheriff There d-n ye 70 on There was a
sort o thoughtfulncss in the act. kind q kccr-
less, easy way. that Jist fetched the boys--cvcn
them thct he'd the rope in their hands. and
| thcy-' (suddcnly recognizing the silcnccl
%. beg pardon. old man. didn't know I'd
| Clipped into your yarn-hcavc ahead; don't
| mind me-"
What am trying to tell you il this. One
| night. in the Caribbean sea. WE ran into onc Of
| the Lccward islands. that had been in oldcn
| time u rendezvous for our ship We were
| pilutcd TO our an rhuragc outside 10y my Portu-
gucsc friend who knew the locality thoroughly,
and ON whose dcxtcrty and skill we placed the
nrcntcst reliance If anything moro had been
| necessary to fix this circumstance in my mind
| II would have been the fact that two or three days
| before he had assured me that | should pres
entity have the means of honorable discharge
| from the pirates crew. and "A return to my
native land. \ launch was sent from the ship
! to communicate with our friends on the island
who supplied us with stores. provisions. and
general information The launch was manned
! 10y eight men. and Offered 10y the first mate
u grim, purtanical. practical New Highlander.
| II may use such "A term TO describe a pirate.
| 81 great courage. experience. and physical
strength My Portuguese friend acting as
| pilot, prevailed upon them 10 allow me TO ac-
| company the party as coAswain. | was natu
rally anxious. you can readily comprehend. To
see"
Certainly" ,"Of course" why shouldnt
| you - went round the table
80 Two trustworthy men were sent ashore with
| instructions We. meanwhile, lay of the low,
| palm -frnged beach. our crew lying on their
oars. or giving way Just enough to keep the
boats head TO the breakers. The mate and my
self sat in the stern sheets. looking shoreward
for the signal The night was Intensely black
Perhaps for This reason never before had seen
| tie phOsphorcsccnce ofatropical sea 50 strongly
marked. From the great open beyond luminous
crcsts and pumcs OF pale hre lifted themselves
| ghost-llkc at our bows sank. swept boy us with
| long .shimmrrinE ,undulating trails broke on the
| leach in silvcry crcscents. or shattered their
| brightness on the black rocks Of the promun-
| tory The whole vast sea shone and twnkled
| like another ornament. against which the ilg
u''s 81 our men, SUING WIN ,nelr l"c's To-
wal "S' "''o '"''no" ""rNN' IA" Erl'l' s''
'"'"''H ~ our MS ","'' SUING pes'ue me-
| N''' '"'"''S "'""l'n"''u' mere was no SOUND
| nu ,"' ""'sp'r oil passing waves against our
nap h'r, an ana inc row. murmnrhs converse
| ""h o' .he mon. h"h my lace toward u''
SHORE ~ lo"N'' over 'he s"hin' RING eN-
p'hs' suddenly ht"rn the whispered
name ol our hr-t inHt'' As suddenly 10y
."e PM sp"vr's'eht hAh' that suiI"uhd'u H.
I'll" inc lohs U"'"hs h"lr ana teaiiihE
shou'u'is Oh woman noauhE p'siue Us
r'trn"''' you are p's,"Noly uiinN'nS ho'h'ns ;
hEh'pNny' you are shlrA'h. 'he burgundy
you uS'' l" nNc ~
ne paused put no one spoke.
le' me see Whefe WAS oh yes vel
sa" inc woman. ana wh'h turned 70 eau inc
attention OF me hrst mate TO 'hls fa't knew
instantly ~ SOM s'i"hs' hs"h'l 'h"' ne h"d
seen ana hoard her'to SO from mat moment
| '"'h' '"h''"S''h Oh our mus oi"iha' we were
s'.'n'' pu' enforced SPECTATORS
cue s"an er"'o'u'S -si"h,iy re-
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| p"'Ti i'"r's'' Ut "|h' when proke over h'r
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" The mat rnlscd the dripping little brown
| hand 10 his lips and whispered some undistin-
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| $50" " ~ "s"'" -
INK h"r tuin look oil ln'iianle love and happ-
| ness upon his grim set face and then she was
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