Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-27
IN THREE PARTS.
Written for the Gazette.

written for the Gazette.
VIII.
Eight months have passed and the scene
is now on the broad equinoctiaI ocean,
with the fiery atmosphere of the Antilles
in every cat paw that furnishes the pol
tshed beaving mirror, let the faint air
rhence it will; a sky of copper
snilig into binding dazzle round
tie sun, tifata at his meridian shines
st directly over the mastheads, and
storms the vast spread Of sea into
ct Of white fire, trembling into the
.e distance faint with the haze of heat.
There was q small West Indianman
ined the City of Glasgow that had been
ne. stagnated on these fervid parallels
hard upon four days. There was no
rtue IN awnings, IN wetted decks, ID
awning skylights, in open portholes,
nd the heels of windsails to render the
tnosphere Of the tween decks and
abin t0ierable to the people aboard the
nip The air was sickly with the smell
Il blistered paint, the brass-work was
iery hot, and took the skin Of the hand
that for moment unconsciously touched
il; the pitch was like putty between the
eams, the fresh water in the scuttle-
utts was warm as newly drawn milk,
)ut quite without dairy fragrance. 1t
vas time, indeed, for the wind TO blow.
ne mere detention was nothing IN those
pleasant times of cropping. In cooler
- Sts11-e mate would have been salts
whistle wind FOR month, and
low every time his watch was mp
a feeling that he had done every
that was necessary, and that all
we'll Bat the heat made an en-
rceaf sting place of the Cuban heights
.sufferable
il was half past clock IN the morn
ing watch; the hands had come up from
breakfast and were distributed on various
jobs about the deck There was not
breath of air; but there was a run of
CLASSY folds from the southwest, which
with the past hour had somewhat IN
creased in weight; and upon these long
rawu heavings, the ship, that was a
( acre tub in form, as all vessels were in
1ose days, saving, perhaps, the piraticaI
REQ longos, rolled as regularly rs a
ndulum swings. swelling out her can
TO one lurch, only TO bring it in TO the
lists again ut the next with sounds like
explosions of nine-pounders in the
he captain OF the City of Glasgow
a small fiery faced man, with deep
eyes that giowed like cairngOrms I'M
the shaggy matches of the brows,
that 1.otsa little resembled a small
If, BOTH in shape aud hue, and
= with set OF the lips that indicat
Nv peppery temper. He walked
=. 9Gle, who stood near the wheel
Rnself with great straw hat.
is this going to END, sir?
o know, sir -
{, sir! Is there no limit to
IS aunder and alugs. Il this goes
,r..p6v go Eye see, Tow, 1 say
C,,,-o,!r,r. - - the side and crowd
Sill ''' a9 ohgh they fizzle?
Sterling cas- - Vi
o;i 80 but he was interrupted
Gat4a, down from aloft, deiiv-
Go who had been sent on TO
So, yard to repair some de-
W. igiiant eye of the baot-
Uida. trt&d, sail hoo
dnIil fiery faced captain started
as if he scarcely credited his
then running to the rail he
Gs head clear of the awning and
up to the fellow, "Where
q astern, - was the answer of
l., swinging with one hand from
he pointed with the other di-
er the taifrail 10 the cleaning
ea-line there.
nP - said the skipper, 'that
4 sign that there 5 wind some
tebout.
r,s some craft, - said the mate,
=, lay be bringing a draugfft of air
Sith her
an I talk of a draught of air, sir, -
az captain. passiOuateiy; ''what we
+ wind, sir, Il fresh breeZc--a gale
t)wliug hurricane, by thunderi
Il we had enough of eat s-pawS?-
rat of air.! he muttered under his
nos..vith look Of loathing III his
authorsmade them meet i'll n squint
motive prompting
which Mr.. Hulton has one SIDE OF
conjecture. nj the fell
TIDs NOTICE e ship
Dick HOLToN-We give vnpulSe
10 leave this town. If YOU a, roy
we will take you down 10 h,the
bottom and introduce Won 10 n u
Now lake warning We are no X. X
or White Caps, but we are eitil
Yours, TEN DAY,
Dated Greenville, January Il.
Mr., Holtou has just published a 7,
IN wTaNh- lac, gives Ten Days. - :
anlnS Wateand SAYS he has d. ana
sh it cam. and iuei,s me human
breath, yet, att thas4ong spell of hot
and tingling calta, II put q sense of cool
ness into each fevered cheek turned CRATE
fully 10 the quarter whence il came. If
ever the crew OF the City Of Glasgow de-
sired an illustration of the ponderous
sailing qualities of the clumsy old castel-
lated wagon they navigated, they
might have found il in the rapid growth
of the stranger astern. BY noon she had
risen 10 the reefband Of her forecourse,
with her flying jib yearninG fair over the
water-line. She was clearly making the
same course as the West Indiaman. In
deed, it took rather the form OF n pur-
suit. for when first seen she was appar-
entity healing to the northwest; but
scarcely had the West Indiaman TO the
first OF the breeze trimmed yards for the
northeast than the stranger was OBJ
served TO also haul her wind.
The fiery little captain did not like it.