Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-15

s~yipging his arms and using MS legs-hlttI
which he sat down and pulled his clothes
over his naked feet, and, fixing his eyes On
ma af,esn, said: ''Whst Go you say this
year is, sir?"
: Eighteen hundred and one" ] replied!
BAH" said he, and shook his head
very knowingly. No MISTER; you have
been shipwrecked, too! Sir, shipwreck
shufis IS dates as a player does cards; and
the best of Us will 50 wrong in famine,
Loneliness, cold and peril. Be Of good
cheer, my friend; all will return to you
SIT, sir, that l may hear your adventures,
and / will relate mine"
saw how il IVES; he supposed me d.
ragged notifying construction 70 place
upon the language Of q man who had re-
stored him 20 life; yet q few moments re-
Fiction taught me to see the reasonablenfs
of it, for unless be thought me crazy be
must conclude Ispoke the truth, andit was
jpconceivsble he should belive that he hsd
lain in a frozen condition for eight aad
forty years. -,
Ihave no doubt the disorder my mind
was in helped to Persuade him that l bad
not the full possession of my senses. He
ran his eye ovel my figure and then round
cook room, and said, Il am impatient to
learn your story, sir"
why, sir, said 7, my story is summed
up in what / have already told you" But
that he might not be at 3 loss-for to be
sure, he had only very newly collected his
intellect related my adventures at large.
He drew near to the furnace while | talked,
bringing his covering of clothes along with
him, aud held ont his great hands TO toast
at the fire, all the time observing me with
scarce a wink of the eye. Arrived al the
end Of my tale, | told how only last night
| had dragged his companion on deck,
and how he was to follow but for his
posture.
"Hsm cried he, ''ynu might have aus
ed nv flesh TO mortify By laying Inc clos
to the fire. It would have been better to
rub me- with saoS."
lie poked up one foot after the other to
count his toes, fearing some had come
away with his stockings, and then said;
well, and hos long should / have slept
had goa not CONT? Another week! By
st. Paul, l might have died! Have you
my stockings, sii?'
! gave them 10 him, aud be pulled item
over ais I,g, aad then drew on his boots
and stood up, the coats and wraps tuu-
bling eff him es he rose.
Il can stand" says he. That is good"
But in attempting 10 teke a step he reel
"a, and would have failed had l not grasp
Ell his arm.
Patience, my friend, pltiencs!" he
mutte,ed, as if TO himself. Il must lie a
little longer, aud with that he kneeled and
the lay along the mattress. He 5reathed
heavily and pointed to the psnnikin. !
asked him whether he be would have wine
or brandy. He ans Sersd Wine" 80 l
melted a draught, which dose, l thought,
on top of what he had already taken, would
send him to sleep; but instead it quicken
ed his spirits, and with no lack OF life in
his voice, he said: ''What js the condition
| Of the vessel?'
told him she was still high and dry,
adding that during the night some sort OF
change bad happened, which l should
presently 20 on dlc& to remark.
Think you," says he, that there is any
| chance OF her ever being l~ibsrsted?"
ANSWERED, 'Yes, but not yet; that is,
if ths ice in breaking doesn't destroy her.
The summer season has yet to come, and
we are progressing north; but now that
you arc with me, it will I've a question for
Us to settle Whistler we are to wait for the
ice 10 rele.se tho schooner or endeayor 10
effect our escape hy other means.
A curious glsam OF cunning satisfaction
shoDe in his eyes as he looked at me; he
then kept silence for some moments, LOST in
thought.
pray" said /, breaking in upon him,
what ship is this?"
He start5d, delibSIated an instant, and
answered, The Boca del Dragon"
"a Spaniard?"
He nodded.
"Sle was a p-ate?' said l.
How do you know that?' be cried, with
4 sudden fierceness.
Sir" said l, Il am a British sailor,
knows the difference between a hadspiEe
aud q poop lantern. But what matters?
She is "a pirate no longer"
He let his eyes fall from my face, and
gazad round BIN with the air OF one who
cannot ye. persuade his understanding Of
the re IlttieJ Of the scene he moves in.
Tut" cr:el he, presently, addressing
himself, what matters the truth. as you
say? Yes," said he, ''sbe Boca del Dragon
is a pirate. You have Of course rummaged
her, and guesseiher character by what you
found?"
Il met with enough TO excite my sus-
p%;cion." said I. Tine ships company OF
a craft OF this kind do not usually 20
clothed in lace aud rich cloaks, and carry
watches of this kind" tapping my breast,
Sin their fobs ard handfuls of gold in their
pockets"
"Unless''- said h..
"Uoless," l answered, "their flag is as
black a cur prospects"
"You think them black" cried he, the
look OF resentment that was dsrkeniDg his
facs dying out of il. THE vessel is sound,
is she not?"
replied that she appeared 90, but il
would be impossible to be sure uutil she
flca,ed.
"The stores?'
"They are plentiful
They should be!' he cried; 1--WE have
the liquor aud stores of a galleon and two
caracks in our hold, apart from what We
originally laid ia for the cruise. Every
thing will have been kept sweet By th'
ccldn
May l ask your naut?" said l.
"Jules Tassard, at your service" said
he, third in commsnd Of the Boca de-
Dragon, but good IS Mate T~reutanove, and
good as Capt. Mendoza and as good % tht
cabin boy Fernando Prado-fOr We pirates
are republicans, sir; We know no sccia
distinctions save those We order for TIT
convenience OF working the ship. Now LIT
me tell You the story of our disaster. We
had come out Of the Spanish Main iuto th'
South seas, partly to escape some British
and French cruisers which were after n
aud othels OF cur kind, aud partly because
luck was against Us, and We could not find
our account in those waters. We sailed IL
December two years agon-
Making the year, l intercepted.
He started, and then grinnad agAia.
"Ab, TO be sure" cried he, this ia 1901
but to keep my tale in co~untenancs," b:
went on in a satiricsl, apologize way,
'let me cali the year which We ssiled fol
the South sea ISL. What matters forty
or 6ffv wears IA thu shinUrerked9 Is no