New-York tribune., 1884-03-09

now shoWcI fscil 10 nave becn lauc SO Dy Hullicro
of cloud resembling the scales Of armor or RIBS. on
| brown saud which they were compactcd. with "A
clear space in the north where we had seen the
stars and sharp under this scaly sky shonc those
beautiful silver beams. if the sun were the nayo
Of a wheel ~ big n the world of which one half Of
| the tiro was hidden beneath the sea. / somehow
! found time 70 notice this glorious appearance be-
fore the sun sailed mp clear though could have
that my eye, at that period riyetcd ON
the island that las IN. white and brown and sharp.
upon the sea over the stem | gazel nteuty. call
! ing 10 the others 20 tell me if they conld sea any
sight of q ship near the land bur they all sand no.
| there nothing to be on this side, whatever
might bc lying round the corner. " But something
may hcayc n view rs We 90 along, said the bo osun
| cheeriully.
| The breeze that blew kept the waters trembling
and eastward il wa, impossible to look on account
of the binding light on the there but there
were no more billows. nothing hu tine northcrly
swell. wrinklcl with tho wind. / stood mp. and
! took long stare around.
| We're alone" said / "whcrcycr the other
| boat, may be, they're not within This circle
"Pcrlap, aoAa OF them may have already reached
! the island" c>r.aimcd Florence.
40 fear MIS- cried the bo'-ur: Lord lofc Sc,
tins here's q boat that would take th" whole Of the
others u tov. and not feel that she was dra@-in
| of en-
"Shc has certainly carried Us spcnlilly,' sand
! Aunt pluar,.
Thanks to the magnificent manner in which She
has been han He'd. aunt" cxclaimrI Florence.
"Ay yc may say that, miss, pat in one of the
| men: both Mir Seymour and the 5o'7un have dome
weIr
We'll indeed" -ruutcl another; there never
Wa better mama = meat. aud it,, ~omrth.u- maty.
for the sun io rise and snow Us what we've been
hradin' for all through the nigIt, slick over the
bows
when first saw this boat" said Aunt Damari,,
" and noticed that she the smallest OF them all
should have refused 10 enter her, had you not had
charge Mr.. Seymour. y She haS proved To be the
fastest safest and best of them. showing my niece
and ne. once more. that We could not have done
lfcitcr tuu pat uuT,clVr, under Your care.
True Tor You. iadv,' Sard the bo sun: yea
have malc biz mistake If you hadn't come along
with MIR. Seymour. ! told you wha, hc was. yeStcr-
day; and last nights job. and t.at there island
youder prove, iuy word, correct ihi"h' .,,.
" Let's have some 9rea i1S,. sald !. l'tt WING
that Aunt DlUati> should praise me-. htt a't much
pleased that shilling should y" giving me an ,nr
credit, seeing what las own paf had been. Nr
seated uur,-. We, In such manner ao 10 tim no"
boat property. and made ont meal with preserved
meat biscuit brand y-aud-WJtcr tor the sailor, a.d
me and WINE Ior the lad a,. The wind blew softly.
and $50 -to.o along. Amt bunar, h1d a Irai;ul.,
cruur,'rl look: her cuI,, vrir aWry. Lcr dr'-'
creased like tabc-cinth her yeiiowueSS had gath
cred % new shade her ticruI,h eye. which had
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hollow ol tcHl, ""rr ici ana iHIiA'I; - ,' u"
been crying hittuiy throughout in night; l1rrnr"
bad heavy worn lo b. Wa very pale. Hni III notice
her hand tG'uhlc 'n SIZE Ia'~rl lt u l'r lnHtn
otherwise. suffering haI wrought no'WatA'd chang"
n her: and so love -h vIy- "a,, ir. lcr aFpcar
a. ,e ~1 ., i4i, IT, d-or.ro 1Sr ' .rr p5r ad
have observed only as kind OF grace ln her W h''
sort of figure cut, don't much care 20 think; 90
WIS three mornings since had shaved. and my chn
tclt like pigs bach ia tine palm ot my hand. For
tunatcly, was lair. ,o that this growth perhaps.
made no particular horror OF me-; but then II va,
three morning, since / hal washed y>clf. uco ]
hau put ON clean linen -,ucc a brush had touched
my hair: and II you'd like to know how Tcishc'
lay appearance (Which my imagination drp'"I'bh
exaggerated. mo- doubt think yourself IN the state
| then was sitting IN the h.aZ' of The searching
morning sun. with your sweetheart close alongside.
have known that tdoY were NOT fresh from Their
forccastic. 20 very much usual was heir aspect
the second sht they had gone wlt!"ut >."ep-1,
We had-aHl many hours OF the first of those nights
they had pas -cd ~ the Ntrathnurrs pumps: but
they s;c the food heartily obtained permission to
sluoAc y th great sdtlsact on. and seemed bat very
little tie worse for what they had undergone.
All tins while we were necessarily directing tur
eyes a. the island the conformation of winch was
now apparent. We approaching il from the
north, And had the slope of II plain. rounding NJ
the highest portion had reached 70 over
cirit hundred feet above the sea, and then
sliding down into q sort oI long tail. 50 THAT,
the appearance Of 10 20 Us, al distance Of between
siX and seven miles, was that OF monStrous dead
floating whale
The sunshine made it whitish in places and 1t
-cmhled "a shape oi marble partly shadoWed RIn2
there. the night blue OF the water. with the 7caIy
clouds and ci,amiug down with prlsmatlc tint, upon
What tinv island Jack - cried Florence,
gazing al d with a kind Of consiernatiOn. How
shall We be- able To exist upon 1t :! ana -hc gave a
start aud Ler hands fell To- her SIDE as, with sweep
Of her laugiid. ~urON nj eyes she seemed to lake
into her sou the wonder and the lionel ness Of thu
mighty leagues OF ocean that surrounded that little
rock.
Keep up your heart my darling | whispered.
II il n refuge Tor the moment. at icaSt depend
upon it. We shall not be oxllcd long Then. Oh
serving he bo'-uu Pccrhg at the dslanl under MS
hand | cried " Dye see auythins" "
We'll. fame ed see something ike smoke juSt
now, and I'm trying 20 make sure he answered.
stili staring
We mn.;n't hope for too mucl," said l. after
taking a long l1ok. lis volcanic ISLAND, Shlil-
iue and w hat you saw may be yapor, breaking
@'WiiatrycI it was, it,, gone" said he; Il don't
see il now
Aunt Damari- kept silence. with hor hand, ca>pcd
upon her lap. and her eyes fixed ON the land.
don't fame, the old lady exactly realized what n sig
u .ied mean she took It dc ghtcdiy. ~ a Substi-
taie for tho open boat, without thinAing ol H.
uaACdue-- ItS tr gLtiul isolation, thr chances ot
grim and dreadful nho,pltalty that might force Us
Tot refuge 60 the boat agIn. GrIdualy, ~ we Hp-
rnYc ned more. and more OF n, features grew vi>-
bc the huge block of rock standing up oui Of the
water he eastern side. the vast height OF ch on
eitL,r hand round. .i. and sweeping ackUarl mt,
great ua-Iu whereof the frame appeared 10 be /
csoup, of rugged. naked mountains, and the sen /
cleaning IN "rol l!gous pool past natural break
water taat c.IHr down shelving from the northern
aud SIutarui rmlucncc1. tll they vanished under !
water lu 81 narrow opening lhe whole rock, III |
deed. wa- nothing NOR" no less than the mouth ot
q crater that one cOId hardly reckon to be extinct
iOr iu scycrt places. from the toPm"~t 81 lis small
bOdio. ol vapur were to- be- sren sluggdhly passing
away 20 tine south res Inblng thin volumes OF /
rising from c1idron- OF hot wafer Instinct I
yciy. ones thou slt, went tO the base ol the mighty
mountain. whose lonely summit iorked up cight "r ,
nnc hundred feet above the eyei of tnc water |
SourhoW, the fancy OI thar black, hidden. ocean ]
washed tower of band. ho,c bottom rested upon /
the blind bed of the sc;t-tiod alone knows how |
many hundred, of iutuom, drcp-m8dc tIc point % /
hove up INTO the Su..shluc horribly dcsoatr. un- /
natural and wild ~ my sight II was .lilr thc /