Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18
CHAPTER VIII.
THE QUEST OF CAPTAIN wATTLEs.

tnan InaC. coarse anu clumsy WORK.
CHAPTER VII.
THE QUEST OF CAPTAIN wATTLEs.f
The next turn, therefore, fell to Cap
tain Wattles. He, for his part, took
leave in quiet and business-like man
ner, making no protestations.
at shall be- he said, "off aud on
about the Carolines, where we expect to
find him. He is not in the regular
track of the traders, else you would
have heard from him. He is on none of
the islands touched for pearls and beche
de mer-that we may be quite GER
I tain of; therefore l shall try at those
places which are seldom visited If l
| find him, good; if not, l will let you
know. l don't pretend to waste my
! time in looking for man and nothing
else; | am going to trade on my own
account, and look about me the while.
News runs from island to island in an
astonishing way, and we shall be likely
to hear about him That's all have to
say, Miss Lal, and here's my hand upon
it. Barnabas, the Son of Consolation,
will act up to his name" So he, tao,
disappeared.
Then, for while, the house resumed
its usual aspect, and things went on rs
before A letter came in due course
from Captain Wattles. He had arrived
at Sydney and was preparing for de-
parture. Then no more letters.
The time passed slowly. Captain
Holstius went away with his ship. The
life and light seemed to have gone from
the girl. Only the old man was left to
cheer her continually, and Dick to raise
her courage.
Il shall live, Lal, my dear" he said
"to see Cap'en Armiger come home
again. l have no doubt of that; and
pretty, I've been thinking about tn,
mummicker and the end of his story
Somehow, | doubt whether it WASH
him and not the Cap'en they took off e
prison. | wish l could trust that Yam
kee chap; he's worse than the othe
one. Now, if the Norweegee could
60"
AS for Barnabas, there was some
: thing in his cold and quiet way which
impressed those who made his &C
: quaintance. Such men, when they are
t on the right side, make good generals
when they are on the wrong, they pro
e vide the picturesque element of his
= tory.
a 1t is never fault of the American
Q adventurer that he too carefully con
= siders the danger Where there ar
: dollars to be picked up there is gener
r ally danger. The round earth may b
mapped out in different belts of fertil
ity, so far as dollars are concerned
Y Where they most abound and may mos
readily be gathered there is such
s crowd, with so much fighting AM
II struggling, or there are so many peril
n from climate, crocodles, settlers
snakes, natives, and sharks, that it
. only the brave man who venture
p thither, and only the strong man VIII
It comes home in safety, bringing wit
e him the treasures he has fought foI
IS Barnabas b. Wattlcs was brave AM
= strong, and he knew the islands of old
It where he had soiourned, though cer
}, tainly not, as we have once heard hir
r state, as missionary. lie now SAY
v his way to a neat stroke of bushes
7, combined with love. He would prove
g not clumsily, as did his rival, but prov
re beyond o doubt, the death of Rex Al
t niger. Then he would return, carr
" of the girl with the money, which h
IS supposed belonged to her, forgettin
u the existence of Mrs. Rydquist, and g
). back to America, where he knew of
n certain dry dock TO possess which wa
d the dream of his soul 1t may be ais
d stated that he firmly believed that th
or man was dead, and to find Rex Arm
c. ger alive was the last thing which
At expected,
v Yet this, as you will see, was exact
n what he did find
G, He took command of his tradir
|? schooner, loaded her with the thin!
at which Polynesians love, such as gauc
cottons, powder, tobacco, rum, al
~ strong perfumes, and set sail.
1t is not my purpose to follow the 70
al age of the Fair Maria across the Pacil
it Ocean, nor TO tell of the various adven
to ures which befeli her Captain, and Il
Ill trade he did. Wherever he touched
made inquiries, but could hear nothil
m of a young white man cast ashore in
open boat, No one knew or had hea
G. of any such jetsam.
/ At last he began to think his scar
ne would lead to nothing, and that all ira
ne of the man was lost. This he regrette
as because he was unfeignedly anxious
TX send home or bring home proofs OF