The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-09-28

aeavy wings along the shore in search of
their hnny prey, when the white sails OF
vessel were deserted by the few watchers
at the foot of the lighthouse tower.
She was we'll down on the horizon to the
northward, but was fast drawing in to
the land before the strong sea-breeze,
and one by one her yards appeared until
the black hull was plainly visible.
Then two of the men who had been gazing
seward turned and walked leisurely down
to the shore, and stepping into canoe pad
died off to small cat-rig boat which was
lying at anchor.
Here, close in to the reef, was little or no
wind, but the men slowly holsted the sail,
moving as though half asleep or partially
overcome with fatigue. Then one hauled
in the anchor, and both sat down and al
lowed their tiny craft to drift lazily out to-.
wards the approaching stranger. ...
They were smoking cigarettes, which
they did not remove from between their lips
until the fragrant little roll threatened to
ourn their mustaches, when they were
elected and replaced by fresh ones.
These men were pilots of the little harbor
OF Key Francis, the port of anchorage for
vessels bolnd for Cabalrlen, large city on
the north aide of Cuba.
to distinguish her as an American bark, but
the high black hull which she shows out of
water plainly tells to the experienced eye
That she is in ballast And this is true, for
she has come down from Havana in search
Of cargo of sugar.
Fortunately the sea-breeze holds on and
follows the bark in to her anchorage in the
upper part of the harbor, for it is here that
she must discharge her ballast before load
ing.
By the pilots instructions boat was
lowered, and into it was coiled long haw-
ser with one end leading through the stern
chocks of the bark and made fast with a
round turn and half-hltch about the stern
bits, and then the boat pulled away towards
a portion of the shore where was growing
dense jungle of mango trees, their huge
roots reaching up from out the limped wa
tiers of the tranquil bay, while their broad
branches spread over the CLASSY surface in
grateful shade.
Beneath this verdant canopy the officer
headed his boat in order to make the line
fast to one of the firm and solid roots of the
gigantic trees so that the stern of the YES
sci might be ''warped'' close in, but they
found those there to dispute the right OF
mankind to enter their sylvan dell.
MyrA dos upou myTlauS Oh mosquitoes
swarmed about the men from the branches
which they had unwittingly disturbed.
In a moment it was impossible to breathe
without inhaling mouthful of the vicious,
spiteful little insects; and their sting, &C.
companied by its tiny atom of venom,
caused the exposed portions of flesh to swell
and inflame, and produced excrucating pain
The sailors in agony tore the handker-
chiefs from about their necks and bound
them around their faces, and, springlns
into the water, here wa1st-deep, hurried tc
make the haWser fast to the roots.
Then all but one man climbed again into
the boat and pushed out as quickly as pos.
sible from beneath the overhanging
branches.
II will swim out bit, sir!" exclaimed the
man in the water. II can not stand those
pcsky mosquitoes,'' and with few strokes
the sailor was alongside with one hand or
the gunwale.
"Get in, Tom," commanded the officer
when they had left the most of their "a
pacious, though Tiny, assailants behind
them. II am afraid there are sharks here
about"
"Jest in minute, sir, please-til] take
one more dip''-answered the sailor, and
letting 60 his hold he made two or three