New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05

The mighty wings of condor seeking his native
land would weary In their night hence 70 thc pIacS
dark and stormy Atlantic TO where the West Indies
are scattered Jewels Of the ocean, each different
phase OF Eden like beauty and vcrdurr across the
Caribbean Sea, with It's warm waves rejecting the
opal OF the glorious trOpC sky above IT. ana so on
to the most solitary portion OF the lonely N"nczue
n coast fnged With rSsk Ss se,o 'ast ,hs e i
Bay OF Puerto Santo the wharf and storehouses Of
| the English mining company seem only TO accentu-
| ate the scarcity Of human life.
1t Is near sunset; work fer the day is over, and
| he has climbed here to find, II possible, rest for
hnraSscd mind in The calm loveh1cSs OF nature:
The so mn hills rise every side, stretching of
into the distance until the last are sharply defined
! in purple gray against the azure of the evening
sky The white clouds are stained with prismal lc
colOrs by the faSt-SInNnG Sun-whlch Is called ny
lh natives, whFE II rests thas only on the tops OF
the mountains, " FL sol dc los mOnoS, the monkey
sun, for al that hour the grim, red haired how !
crS' set up their evening concert Their hOarSe
roar all that broke the stiffness now, save an
occasional toll from distant bcll-hird. and the
rustic Of gentle breeze through the foliage
Standing thus, VITA the glow from the west shin
ing ON him RavnOr looked far worse than he did
| in England 1t not only that his dress was
rough and careless there was III the set OF his lpS
and the glance Of his eye somhrc hardness u,uch
more suggestive of n dangerous enemy than kInd
friend lie thought himself alone, but at the
sound OF Il Stcn behind HIM swung arOuhu WIN lI'
air Of one on his guard.
What ne saw was harmless enouch-an Indian
GIRL dressed in the short red caIlc" gown that Is
! The usual and only garment OF the female lndlON
| m,uSos of Venezuela H. recognized her one
| Of those employed in boiling. grinding and hlkln%
! Indian corn into areTa, principal article oil inc
miners food.
Poor Isidra was TO beauty: there was nothing
/ attractive about her, unless II the dumb look
! Of trying to think IN her sad, black eyes She
seemed HOW IN an agony Of uncertainty, nut rs
sol han f.tt
/ three steps toward him. and said Ia Spanish,
Senior, take Of your life: beware of traitors,
/ then vanished h" one Oi the tlLld, ptu"H
/ aguuuS, III the bush.
Raynor smiled bitterly Tins but one OF
! several warning>-somc. he believed, intended t.
fighton him; all so obscure that he would har"
/ understood his danger quite as well had he re
! ccivcd none.
An instant later he descended from. the ridge,
| following faint trail through the trc"-icrns aid
"roadca undo growth of the tropics, mi he
! struck "a road than along the inner sid" Of a
/ horseshoe curve i'll the mountains. II WAS almost
/ dark here, on account Of the Ovcrshad"wng forNt
giants OH either side: but turning to the right
! he emerged into wide, oien space, where the
slope had been cut into terraces, on which were
built the mann a : dwelling, the tool and N'o-r
houses, blacliSnSh and carpenter shops All tn -
buildings were of native lumber obtained in the
! neighbOrhCod, and rudrly constructed aS they
were, the floors We're mahogany, the walls satin
wood, the foundations grccnhcdrt.
RaynOr's house was of TWO stories: hi. Slccpng
room being upstairs, while his personal attendants
Slept bclC. whcrr he also had his prvato ohicc
In tins oNcc he found waiting for i'm mild,
Shccpsh.lo,nlng mnlattO, who called himself an
I Englshn.An, because he was from Bar locS.
he was Que Of the ovcr>ecrs III the mine ana took
Oh his hat respect fully on the InanagrrS entrance.
Do Dou want anything, IHrkcr?' asked
RaynUr.
Only the key of the storc-rocm. sir, to put
! in the blasting powder, as we didn't use it
Did not use 1t: Wow comes that ?"
Why, you SET. sir, the men had Just got to
work this, morning when MIR Bradford came
companys time driving through that rock. and
he sent the men to work OF the new road"
R'ynor turned very white and deliberate. as
/ he apt TO do when greatly anCcrrd.
And so you took orders cOuntcimandnS
mine
i" thought you must have sent ~, sir" said
the fellow, looking scared and hrlr,s..
Go and tell bradford TO come to 1t once >
said Raynor CURLY, and the man went of
When Raynor first came OF: from England he
very demoralized condition. not that 81 WORK
carried on M badly il. for - ford
was hrst-ratc practical Liner hut q order.
waste and license ran riot outsid, the sl.fte and
galleries. number Of the M were West Indian
negroes, mportcd by Robert Garter because he
wanted people he could talk To; the rest were
NcDcZuclans. who were more temperate and quiet
than the NEGROES, and tn" creates thieves. BE
sides the couple Of hundred wOrhiucn were some
fifty utterly worthless fellows. who lived on the
wages Of the Others by wandering TO orgies as
wild as the worst Of that lawlcs1 gang had ever
induced III. Raynors steel hand could drop It,
velvet glove with amazing ease and 1t established
rule and order very quickly, while winning for lie
owner the intense hatred Of the evil whu 81
profit or pleasure he intrrfcred IHith The most OBJ
iCctonablc among them disappeared from tbs
reason TO fear from IN" neighborhood; and there
remained Bradford and his faN OritcS, Outwardy
accepting the governments inwnrdly more
yiru lent and dangerous than the departed vaga-
bonds From the first Raynor had TO meet a
snirrt Of furtive INSTRUMENTATION, q system OF
,bwarting and annoying him. so underband and
elusive that he could rarely discover It's Origna-
tors: as il they expected 10 frghten DIVE
him away by making bis position intolerable %
him.
lie was a Just and ktnd-heartcd mar, but he
WAS fearless as lion, and opposition simply
ronsed him II was the mistake Of british
brain in Bradford openly TO raise the question
~ Who should be master, and SO any intell gent
ohscrIer would have thought who saw the
cxDression ON tho manager 5 face rs he sat there
waiting for the superintendent
Bradford came at last,--open mutiny did not
suit his purposc,-a burly, broad shouldercd man
! with ucayy Jaws dark eyes and cOsc-cut crop
OF hair on bis bullet head. He touched his hat
sulHly but did not remove II on entering
What induced you 70 contradict my orders
regarding the west level?-
l. It's no good, that drift; it'll never strike
osked a question, but not your opinion.
, stand me clearly said Raynor with stern dis
tinctness 4 II you ever again dsobey my orders
In the smallest degree, or interfere with them you
shall form part OF the cargo OF whatever vessel
may be loading at Puerto Santo at the time. You
can 90 now"
J Bradford stood silent q moment, all the malig-
! nant dialike in him 1T boiling point: but the