Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-22

the midst of which flashed jewel He sat
In state near the wheel, scar cely deipning to
bend his red-brown eyes on the commander
or the ship who was addressing him. At
either elbow of this potentate stood two black
attendants, infiexible figures of ebony. The
rest of the passengers occupied parts Of the
poop at respectful distances from his high
ness, yielding him, with proper modesty, that
regal environment of space which is one
kind of sustenance of majesty
"If you shall look dar,n said the Indian.
with naughty nod of the head In the direc-
ton Of the sea to the left, @you will see a
black ting
Captain Turbulent, full-faced man. with
legs curving outward to as true an oval as the
outline OF an egg, looked hard at the water.
but protested that he could see nothing.
Mr.. Mattocks," called the captain, "get
the glass and sweep the sea to leeward on the
port bow, and tell me if there is anything to
be seen there, will youl"
The officer thus directsl took up a tele-
scope from the skylight, and began to work
away with it
There's ships boat, sir, down there,
about four points on the port bow he sang
out presently. Il don't see anybody in her,
sir It's job to fix her
Let her go off a couple of points. - ex-
claimed the captain, motioning with his hand
to the man at the wheel 9We'll run down
and see what it's like. Your highness has
good eyes"
Now, whether 'his highness" was the cor
rect term to apply to the Indian, Captain
Turbulent did not positively know; it sounded
well and felt safe, and that was the merit Of
1t. The black man was prince of some terri
tory to the northward of the Sautpoora
mountains, and was now returning to his
subjects after voyage to London, where he
had been enlarging his mind by visiting King
George, the Tower. Change alley and more
harmful places of curiosity
The boat was soon visible object to the
right OF the crimson fall of sunshine on the
sea, and one by one the passengers left their
seats on the deck and went to the poop rail to
look at her. Even his highness sunk his dig
nifty for the sake of his curiosity, and COM
manded his servants to carry his char to the
other side of the deck, where he had the boat
clear in his sight, while the attendants sa-
laamed to their slippers
Mr.. Mattocks, second officer of the Eliza
beth, had assembled the rigging to the height
of dozen ratlines, and was covering the
boat with his telescope
"What do you make of heran called
Captain Turbulent
why, she looks like man-of- wars dingey
gone adrift. j don't see any one in her. sir II
Then moment after, "Hellol there's some.
thing dark in the bottom of her. | caught
sight of it as she rolled this way. There
again, sir"
Stand by to man the weather main
braces" shouted the captain. LET her 90
off another point, and pass her close-d'ye
hears But mind your helm, my man, and
don't run her down. Put us that we may see
into her."
Some of the hands came tumbling aft to
the braces, and then a silence fell, for expec-
tation was strong enough to keep even the
ladies silent No object that ship can en-
counter excites more curiosity than a boat
fallen in with leagues away from the land.
for rarely does it fail to prove a witness to
some tragedy, freighted, being Outlines hor-
rible with death or madness or the gaunt
agony of thirst, and empty, almost always a
memorial Of some great disaster, and pathetic
in its loneliness.
In twenty minutes time the boat was close
ahead.
The ships way was stopped; down splashed
the cutter full of men; the oars cheeped mer-
rily and with fine smartness the boat was
laid in tow and brought alongside.
In the bottom of her two men, one atop
of the other, under the thwarts, and third
in the stern sheets, his head back and his
half-closed eyes fixed upon the sky. The wo-
men sent up a cry when they saw them;
but not the horror but the pity of it went to
the hearts of the men, for the dress of one of
the lonely dead was an English naval officers
and no more was needed to make feeling
deep
The doctor, who had been reused by the
steward from a nap, which he had been
taking over book in his cot, came busting
through the crowd, and treading on the slip
pers of royalty with little concern, and even
jeopardizing the delicate amber of the be-
jeweled hookah. Down he went on his knees
and felt for nuses