The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-20
will overset IL the Instant we are launched

10 nail It's usual width, WHATS 10 ne uOic,
them
"She is full ship said |, "and weighty.
II the liberated ice be thin she may sit up on
it and keep it under We have right to
hope in that direction, perhaps Yet there
is another consideration. She may leak like
a sievel'
"Whyr he exclaimed "She took the ice
smoothly; she has not been strained, she was
as tight as bottle before she stranded; the
coating Of ice will have cherished her; and a
stout ship like this does not suffer from six
months of lying upl'
Six months, thought l.
"Well, IL may be a. you say; but If she
leaks, 1t will not be in our four arms 10 keep
her free
He exclaimed. hotly, mfr Rodney, il we
are to escape We must venture something.
To stay here means death i'm the end. | am
persuaded that this ice is joined with some
vast main body far south, and that II does
not move " hat is there, then. 10 wait fori
There is promise in yolr gunpowdcr proposal.
II she capSzes, then the devil will get his
own" And with savage flourish of the
pannikin he put it 10 his lips and drained it,
His sulcn determination that We should
stand or fall by my scheme was not very use
full TO me | had looked for some shrewdncss
in him, some capacity of originating and
weighing ideas; but found he could do little
more than curse and Swagger and ply his
can, in which he found most of bis anecdotes
AMI recolections and not a little Of his cou.y'
age. pulled ont my watch, as | must cau
it, and observed that it was hard upon
o'clock
'"Tis lucky" said he, eying the watch
greedily and coming to il away from the
great subject Of our deliverance, as though the
sight of the fine gold thing with It's jeweled
letter extingushed every other thought in
him, "that YOU removed that watch from
Mendoza But he will have carried other
good things to the bottom with him. | fear"
His flask and tobacco box | took away"
said l. "He bad nothing o. consequence be-
Sides
They must go into the common chest
cried he; " It's share and share, you know"
"Ay,n said |. but what | found on Men
doza is mine by the highest right under
heaven. If had not taken the things they
would now be- at the bottom of the sea
"What Of thatr cried he. sayagely IF
we had not pundercl the galleon she might
have been wrecked and taken all she had
down with her Yet should such consider
alton hinder fair division Us between us
between YOU. who had nothing 10 do with
the pillage, AMI me who risl,ed my life in itf
said. every we'll; be ii as you say APP
pearing to consent, for there was something
truly absurd in an alteration about few
gulneas worth Of booty in the face Il our
melancholy and most pcrilous position. though
il not only enabled me 20 send deeper glance
| into tn mind of this man than had Yet been
abb to manage. but made me understand q
reason Tor the bloody and furious quarrels
which have again and again arisen among
persons Standing on the brink Of eternity. %
wLom cup Of drink or the sight OF a ship
| had been more precious than the contents OF
the Bank Of England
| set about getting the dinner
| while You are az that work cried be.
starting up, I'm overhaul the pockets Of the
! bodies On deck and picking mp a choppe
away be went, and beard him cursing IN
| his native tongue as be stumbled 10 the com
panion ladder through the darkness in the
cabin
! His rapacity was beyond credence There
was an immense treasure in the hold, yet h.
could not leave the pockets Of the two poor
wretches on deck alone / did not envy him
his task. the frozen figures would bear
deal Of haInmering, and besides lac had TO
work IN the cold. All. though !, with a
groan, should have left him 70 make one
of them!
| had finished my dinner by the time be
arrived. He produced the watch had taken
| from aad returned T. the mates pocket when
! / tad searched him for finder box also a
gold snuirbox set with diamonds and few
Spanish pieces in gold On seeing these
things remembered that had found some
rings AMI money iu Iassards pockets while
oyerhaulug him tor means 10 obtain fire,
but held my peace
"Sloul not We have been imbeciles 90
sacrifice these beauties De cried, yicwins
the watch AID sluilbox with a raptucoas
grin.
They were hard TO come at. | expect"
No he answered. pocletng them and
turning 10 a piece Of beef ~ the oven. Il
knocked away the ice, and after little
wrenching got at the pockets Bat poor
TreutanOve. dye know, his nose came away
with the mask If ice! lie is no longer lovely
b. the sight" Tie broke into guifaw, then
stuffed his mouth full, and talked In the IN
tervals Of chewing. Their was nothing
worth taking on Barros. They are both
overheard
"Oyerboard" ! cried.
"Why, yes, " said be- They are no good
OF dec. stood them against the rail, then
tpned them over
This was an illustration Of his strength !
ill no. much relish.
II do4bt if 1 could have lifted Barros,'
sad l.
80, you~ be cxclaim,a running lis cyc
oyer me- "a dead Dutchman voIl have
tn We..at OK - fairy alongside Baros.
"WcI li- IassarI, sI.l J, .sla.c yolarc
20 strong yol "il be- SCR, useful % o.r
s.ham. There IS Lucl 90 Be d.ue
"Gige l-e . sketch NJ y3ar plans tla-
may understand yoI D.. exclaimed, cJu-
tuuing % a., very heartily
First of al,7 said J. eve shall have 70
breal, the powder barrels out Of the magazine
and hoist them on deck. There arc tackles,
| suppose"
"Sou should be able 10 find what YOU want