Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-14

| however, nave Deen Oh Hllder type than
| theirs, and it is Of course quite possible
that he would have got better in any case
and did actually get better, not because Of
| but in spite OF, my treatment But my
/ patient thought otherwise. He quite be-
| lieved l had cured him, said that he owed
me his life. and, in the fullness Of his heart
| protested that, whether l helped him to
| find the Santa Anna or not, he should
give me half her cargo of gold and silver.
Thank you. Tom" 1 said, laughing.
''Pn take it, with all my heart; and it viii
be the biggest fee ever paid to quaek doc
tor since the world began, and that is say
/ ing great deal"
There is nothing to laugh at" an
swered the boatswain, who could never
bear being chaffed about his craze. 'sThere
is nothing to laugh at, and I'll make man
of you yet, Mr.. Erie; never fear You will
be the richest man in Liverpool one of
these days"
But Tom did not get better either very
soon or very easily. He lay in his ham
mock three weeks, and rose from it a vel
low-skinned, lartern-jawed ghost, hardly
able to put one leg before the other.
81 shall not be of much use when the
change comes" he said. as I supported
him to a Southampton chair, under an
awning we had rugged up short time be-
fore he fell i'll
"What changer"
Change of weather, TO be sure. And It
is bound to come soon. How long have we
been here?"
1--WE have been becalmed five weeks; but
as to how long we have been here I would
not venture to offer an opinion. am not
sure whether we are hereP'
you are getting beyond me now, MI
Erie. Not sure whether we are herei
| Where else should we be?'
81 mean that we are moving. At any
rate, think so. happened this morning
to throw a cork overheard at the stern, and
now it is at the bows"
''There must be a current, then"
sit looks so; and if the cork, moves SO
must the ship, though not so fast"
''You may soon find out whether she
moves. Make trial with the log"
"a happy thought 1t never occurred to
me- will do it at once"
And did The Diana" was progress
sing through the water at the rate of 8
knot an hour.
''If we have been going at this speed all
along for the last five weeks" said, max
Ing rapid In6uUdl CdlCuluG1Ou, we naV6
done eight hundred and forty miles,"
'I don't think we have been going at this
speed all along When fell i'll it was as
dead calm as it could be, and as hot as
blazes And now it is cooler-I am sure it
is cooler. DON'T you think so?"
81 know it is. look at the thermoEle-
ter every day, and the average temperature
is from seven to ten degrees lower than II
was fortnight since"
eff we had been doing a knot an hour
these last three weeks, how much would
that maker"
"Five hundred and four miles,"
(Which means that much further south.
Well, L shouldn't wonder. Have you look
ed at the chart latelyf"
81 have pored over it till my head aches;
and the more l look the more puzzled [ be-
come. never in my life felt so ignorant
and helpless. How l wish I had got poor
Captain Peyton to give me few lessons in
navigation"
81 wish you had, Mr.. Erie. 1t almost
seems as we shall have to keep on as we
are till something turns up, doesn't it,"
Like couple of Micawbers."
"Eh?"
II mean it vexes me to be so utterly
; helpless, and 1 weary of having nothing to
do"
tn no I