Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-22

converse here"
ssThere are your companions" said l,
pointing to the two bodies lying nttAe
distance before the mainmast.
He marched up to then and exclaimed,
''Yet, this is Tfentanove and thst Is Barros.
Both were blind, but they are binder
now. Would they thank you 70 arouse
them out of their comfortable sleep, and
force them to feel as do-this cold, to
which they are now as insensible a. was!
By heaven. for my part / can stand 1t no
longer!' and with that he ran briskly to
the hatch. =,
I followed him to the cook room, and ne
crept so close to the furnace that l thought
he had mind to roast himself. !,
The heat comforted him presently, ana
he put lump Of wine into the oven 10
melt, and this comforted him also.
'T can converse now" said be. Per
hsps after all the danger lies more in the
imagination than in the fact. But 1t Is
hideous naked scene, and needD no such
coloring as the roaring Of wind, the rush
ing of seas, and the crashing falls OF masses
of ice to render it frightful."
''You tell me-" said I, ''that when you
fell asleep''-I would sometimes express
his frozen state thus-''there was quarter
of mile of ice beyond the schooner's
stern"
cat least quarter of mile" he an
swered. DAY after day it would be built
ND till IL came to face Of that extent"
/ thought to myself if it had taken forty
eight years Of the wear and tear OF storm
and surge to extinguish a quarter OF q
mile, how long time must elapse before
this island splits up? But then ! reflected
that, during the greater part Of these years,
this seat of ice had been stuck very low
south, where the cold was so extreme as to
make it defy dissolution; that since then
it was come away from the main and steal
ing north, 60 that what might have taken
thirty years to accomplish in 20 degs. OF
south latitude might be performed in a
day on the parallel Of 60 degs. In the sum-
mer season in these seas.
Tassard continued speaking with the
pannikin in his hand, and his eyes shut as
if to get the picture Of the schooner's posi-
ton fair before his minds vision: There
was quarter Of q mile Of ice beyond the
ship, have it very plain in my sight; 1t
was great muddle Of hillccks, for the ice
pressed thick and hard, and raised US, and
vomited mp peaks and rocks to theequeeze.
Suppose have been asleepa weekH' Here
he opened his eyes and gsZsd at me.
"Well?" said 1.
az say" he continued, in the tone OF
one easily excited into passion, "a week.
1t will not have been more. 1t Is i'm
possible. Never mind about your 1901, F."
showing his fangs in o sarcastic grin; "a
week is long enough, friend. Then this is
what I mean to say: that the breaking
away of quarter of mile of ice in a
week is fine work, full of grand promise;
the next wrench-which might come now
as speak, or tomorrow, or in week
the next wrench may bring away the rock
on which we ore lodged, and the rest Ii
matter of patience-which We can afford,
hey? for we are but two--there is plenty
of meat and liquor, and the reward after
ward is princely independence, Mr.. Paul
Rodney.
Twas struck with the notion of the bed
of ice on which the schooner lay going
afioat, and said: "Are sea and wind to be
helped, think you! If the block on which
we he could be detached it might beat a
bit against its parent stock, but would not
unite again. The schooner's canvas might
be made to help it along-though suppose
it capsizsd"
"We must consider" said he; "there is
no need to hurry. When the wind falls
we will survey the ice."
m h;p,oalf ofraah onA aftar ra-
naming silent with the air of one turning
many thoughts over in his mind, he sud-
denly cried, "D'ye know have IA mind to
view the plate and money below? What
say your"
His little eyes seemed to sparkle with
suspicion az he directed them at me. l
was confident he suspected / had lied In
saving | knew nothing of this treasure,
and that be wanted to see if had meddled
with those chests. Ole of the penalties
attached to man being forced to keep the
company Of liars ia, he himself Is never
believed by them. / answered, instantly,
Certainly; I should like to zee this
wonderful booty. 1t is right that we
should find out at once if il Is there; for,
supposing It vanished, we should be no
better than madmen to sit talking here OF
the fine lives we shall live if ever We get
home"
He picked up the lantern, and said, II
must go to your cabin; it was the captains.
The keys of the chests should be in one Of
his boxes"
He marched off, and was so long gone
that was almost of the belief he had
tumbled down Ia a fit. However, / had,
made up my mind to act very wary part;
and particularly never to let him think
distrusted him, and so would not go to
see what he YVES about. But what did
was this: the arms room was next door;
lighted candle, entered it, and swiftly
armed myself with sort of dagger, kind
of boarding knife-a very murderOus little
two-edged sword, the blade about seven
inches long, and the haft Of brass. There
were some fifty Of these weapons, and /
took the first that came to my hand, and
dropped IL into the deep aide pocket of my
coat, and returned to the cook room. 1t
was not that was afraid of going unarmed
with this man into the hold; there was no
more danger to me there than here; should
he ever design to dispatch me one place
was the same as another, for the dead
above could not testify-there were no
witnesses in this white and desolate king
dom. What resolved me to go armed was
the fear that, should the treasure be missing
and who was to swear that the schooner
had never been visited once in eight and
forty years? the Frencbmsn, who was
persuaded his stupor had not lasted above
a week, and who was doubtless satisfied
the chests were in the hold down to the
period when he lost recollection, would
suspect me of foul play, and In the bar
barous rage Of a pirate fall upon and en-
deayor to kill me.
1t might be that he was long because of
having to seek for the keys; but my own
conviction was that he found the keys
easily and stayed to rummsge the boxes
for such jewels and articles of value ss he
might there find. / think he was gone
near half an hous he then returned to the
cook house, saying briefly, II have the
keys" and jipgling them, and after warm
ing himself said, LET us 60"
/ was moving toward the forecastle.
''Not that way for the rum" cried he.
''Is there hatch afr" asked.