Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-02-14
Treasure Island.
BY FRANK II. CONVERSE.

nash'nul debt" suddenly remarked
Cap'n Cyrus, apropos of nothing tina
had been said.
Naturally, asked what island, being
curious to know why wealth enough tt
lift u nations burden should lay un
handled in these days of money seek
ing and money getting.
Cap'n Cyrus knocked the ashes from
his pipe and looked inquiringly in the
bottom of his empty tumbler, as foi
reply. To aid the ancient mariner in
his search, ordered the glass replen-
ished,
ut amt got no name-leastwise on
no chart that ever / see," slowly re.
piled Cap'n Cyrus, after emptying two
fingers of unwatered spirits into him
self, as in a well-seasoned cask. but
nigh as l can figger, it lays some'rs be-
tween 5 : south and 129 west, in the
southern Pacific, and this is the how
of 1t, which, mind you, amt no sailors
yarn, nor likewise, one spun by the
mariners, but true and bony tide, &C
cordin' to the best of my knowledge an
b'leef, s'elp me-"
Here the captain drained the remain
ing spirits. Then he began:
1T was twenty-seven years ago. /
was boat steerer of a Boston whalin'
brig, the Rosa Baker, which is now
layin' dismantled over on the Eas' Bos-
ton side, clOs't to South Ferry. We took
a seventy bari sperm some'rs to the
BASTARD of the Marquesas group. All
hans was to work to the rail, a-hauliu'
the head tackler taut. / dropped lit
tie astern alone in the starboard boat
for to get tuke warp round the small
rail O'st to be ready for the rest of the
gear. 1t blaCkened up sudden, to
wizard, whilst we was wOrkin' away
for dear life. All at once, quickern
you'd say knife a squall, which was
moro like half grown cyclone, struck
The brig was, of course, under
tOps'le and spanker, else she'd gone
over to once. | heard the old man
sing out and then | never heard moth
=" ''P'i'S INC r"''r o'ern0"u' Inc
'0| i''',''vI. gave way III inc ring ooiC'
and first thing | knOwed, the boat was
adrif from the brig an nyin before
ei0i, d "il'' "'''! Sc" DIS ian Siiieh kho"
i,o','[', w. Iop'i,, ~ pictures "u rea-
din Clark Russell, who is the best sea
story writer gOin' All | could do was
~. "0' ,''' o'0'i III o''' anu Keep ueau
Do'0' ~ 0nve 9'.' you oro"oSluo TO-
,ic 'o''' "o''l" gone over ike
NniIT ""4'
was 'i,J 'i,'INncS9 Vi u"rhheSS'
l' Spll' l''' ~ MUM Ia 'lu5 e're"hS
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A'oi,,too' sea- 81 N'p iler I'SI
% VI u was 'lc "o"t compass
was o1O VI oi"e.' "' no more @ood
s.'"i a" ''NP'S ''i"' III D"N' ana 50,
lo' JILL y -'iN iio,'i9' niSi 'S 1 co"lu
on ~ W. was uil' III Will 'l'o gaze
uo''' ''0',ri' mere WAS some nara
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''i e'No!, ~ NeP me Ill me "fIer
Z" ''''i''o"' ,I.' '''G s"lc oiohc an IL come
sun cu'' Iici. Hoo "'l l9l7n" couple
-i-l..' -, i'' 81 W an" le'ue' lof w.
iItN0 '''' ii'"', iS'.'n Ill 'Ilc SCUM
'oiilc' 1t was lIgh' IlllchIy wooded an
10" q Ooi "' 'c0i I"llil'" cI'"f r"''ilu H.
VI. ''o i'e" "iu sue was an oPehlil
"1uo o'i'"sn l"r 9"IP" lhe line l
run 'iie Oo'' LII oush' acroSt the lagoon
GNU, 'i''P 0i''o t,'' oc"oh'
""r'" 'lie llrSV cralC tilaU hau
olD VII Il 'i'' ol'e"l" lilsh ana
S ii'oHsov 'iio iii"lSFoNe9 along uie
'no!0 was '''o nun Vi d wrecked vessel
9oO'i,, ~ "PrlsnI vi d" even keel
! '''l i'''e" sic illlSHC nave Oeeh move
up '"oio ~ " 'iu"l or earulqu''he
"'ro'
n"' l wash IhlhKlh much OF
"rechS jest Iheh' got some matches
ou' VI 'iie lailS'rn he9' oullt hre' got
'oine eyeS'er9 OH IL Illo iilahSFoNc footS'
anu "hlle they was foasIIh' dfled my
clo es' alIer d Iashioh'
mere WASH the nfSt sign or sound
OF LIE, ana aiter looKlh round SPELL
see the lslah was dlslnhaolted. And
from the hlgheSt p lht l cllmed TO- not
slsn UT SAL OF any otler lSlan winch
warn over ABOVE cheerful though l
warn cast oo"h as some might oeen'
through haVlh the whale boat, which
am Dau craft Tor South Sea crulsln',
IL handled properly.
30 maze KIND OF an awnln' from
the boat SAL 10 Keep on the dew, and
turned In on the green sWard before
sunset peln nigh tuckered out with
What Ia gone through.
NOW generally speakin', amt give
TO dreams But that night | dreamp',
OWN maybe to oeln near the wreck,
which looked over carefully before l
lay down. Tor she was kind OF a 'ostty.
Whether shed been there five year or
n1ty couldn rightly tell. But l see