The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27
Tic came bacK with a tag in his hand md

we spread IL between us. il was black. with
yellow skull grinning in the middle. over
this an hour glass and benAth "A cross bone.
"What CONSERVATION has this signal caue,d
and doe, still cause said surveying II
while a hundred iancics OF the barbares.
scenes il had flown over, the miserable cries
for mercy that had swept up past i, to IN.
ear Of God. crowded into my mind 'I
think, Mr. TaSSard, said |, that our lrst
step, should We ever find ourselves aaoa. In
this ship, must he 20 commit this and al
other flags Of like kind on boanl {, ID.
deep. There is evidence in this piece O,
drapery to hang an angel"
lie let fall his end Of the flag and sat dow
suddenly.
Yes he answered, sending curious roll
ing glance around The cook room. ami at tho
same time bringing his hand b. the hac. n,
his head, "this is evidence 70 dangio even au
honester man than You, sir All Ia. b.,
the ensign We resolve 20 sail under must -,.-
all flags. and all the wearing appanl. and
and-but here be- muttorel a CUTS,
are fixed. there Is TO b. no sailing"
He shook ms head and covered h., ewes
His manner was strange. and the ,trarg,f
for his quiciuic
said 10 him. Are you ill.,
II be heard be- did not heed me. but fen.
muttering and CRYING 20 himself And uoe
did certainly remark a quality iu his soc,
that was new 10 my ear, It was mot. "a. /.
had said, labor or thickness Of uttaunoc
but dryness and parchodncss OF oi ag.
with many breaks from high to l0n NOTES
and lean noise 0f di1bbling threadin.esor,
word. He ,wea,ed and talked and mutterol
but this was from sheer terror. Doe dIi nO.
s~oon. but sat witt ,to0p. often Pressing
his brows and gazing about him lho ,n..
whose senses are all abroad
"Graciou, mother OF al angels" he o.,
claimed, crossing himself several times mt
with feeble most agitatel band. anI ,f0ia
ing iu French and English. aud sometime
interfering am invocation u Italian or
Spanish. though give you what he SAID m
my own tongue-"slrcly am dying q.
Lord, how frehtful e. die, Oh holy Nir.n
be merciful 10 me- | shall go O. BELL Cb
Jesu, am past forgiveness For tn. nfeo.
heaven, Mr. Rodney. some brandy Oh.
that some saint would Interpo-e Tor m.
Only few years longcr-grant mc fea
years longer h.seech for that time tIat
may repent" and he extended one Quyeung
hand for the brandy lof which drueit
stood melted IN the OVEN, and made the ,..n
Of the cross upon his breast with the other.
while he continued a. whine out BOO u-
cracked pipes the widest appeals Tor mercy.
saying a vast deal that | durst nol venture
10 set down, 81 plentiful and awful were h.s
clamors for time that be- might rp,ut.
though he never lapsed into bhsphemy. but
on the contrary discovered an agony of
religious horror
Twas much aston.shed and puzzled by th..
illness that had come upon him for. though
he talked of darkness and f4utue,. and oi
dylng. be- continued % $50 up Oh DIS heaeh
and o. take pulls az fhe can of brandy / bal
handed 90 him. II might bee. indeed, that
sudden iaiutles- had terrified hlm nearly QUO
OF his senses with q prospect ~ approaching
death. bar that would uo. a.'.ul. i.r tI.
peculiar note and appearance 10 a-e tlat lli
entered his figure iac. auI voice. Then an
extraordinary fancy occurred Oh me Had
the whole weight Of ile unhappy wret,h>
years suddenly descended ur0n HIM Or f
not wholly arrived might not Theses $3.50
cations in him mark tine first stage ot
gradually increasing pre,,urtf The heat the
vivac!ty, tine tierceuc- spirits and temper az
the life had been instrumental in restoring
b. him probably illustrated bis character O.,
it was eight and forty Year, since, they hai
iiourishei artihclaiiy from the moment of hs
awakening down t. the present hong. i4t
now the hand Of Time was upon thi, mll
whose age was above l0J II m-ht bedr
caying and wasting eyes a, tesat there a''
such an intellectual condition and phy- al
aspect as bee would possess and submit o. lnd
he come without "a break into bis present az