San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-10
CHAPTER VIII.

One night George could not sleep. It
seemed to him that some great thing was
about to happen, and he bnged for day
light to come.
When day dawned George was already
up and at the !'look out" with his tele-
scope almost without knowing why, and
by the first morning light he saw IN Eng
lish brig lying ut anchor not half mile
away from the cave.
In few minutes the boys knees bent
and trembled, and he sank back against
the rocky seat, and then he started and
fairly flew to the cave where Maxwell was
Just rising. 1t took but a few minutes
for them to reach their post of observa-
ton together, and to hoist their flag that
had so long fiuttered in vain, and then
they lit fire of kclp soaked In turtle fat
which made dense smoke that mounted
high in the clear morning air. Then they
strained their eyes for sign of recogni-
ton and took turns with the glass; but it
seemed as IL no one sow the signals for 80
long that their patience could scarcely
bear it, and George set up loud halloo,
that reverberated all over the island, yet
attracted no attention from the men on
the brig.
After shouting himself hoarse George
desisted as Maxwell said:
They're come here for water, and they
will have to make landing. S'pose one
of us goes down to the shore and waits
thereT'
eve had better wait here till they put
of boat, and then wen know where
they are going 10 land; hadn't weT'
"Well, ] guess you are right, but I'm
thinking we'd better have bit of break
fast. One of us had better go in and
fetch out something. and then we don't
care how long we wait; besides, vittles 10
good, anyhow. For If we've got to see THU
here brig sail off without us Wen need all
the strength we can git, and II they Gomez
alone we won't have no time"
George left Maxwell and soon brought
out their breakfast Of dried and smoked
turtle meat, and water TO drink, as well
as more fuel for their fire, and they ate
az they watched.
At last, about two hours after SUNRISE
It became their great subject of thought.
One sultry night George lay awake in
his berth and he heard the two Portu-
curse sailors talking in their native Ian
ruaee. He could not speak that Ian
Cunge, but 1t was near enough to Spanish
10 permit him to CLEAN the meaning, and
that was that they had broken open one
of the boxes belonging to George and had
found that it was full Of gold and silver,
and they were planning how they could
manage to steal it and MI the space with
old iron or something else that would con-
ceal their crime.
In the morning George asked the cap
tain to let him bring one OF his boxes into
his room, as he had need of it, and he and
Maxwell went down in the hold and
brought it up themselves, pretending not
to notice that it had been opened, and they
put it in their stateroom.
Az soon as the Portuguese discovered
that the box was gone they at once seemed
TO feel that they had been wronged, and
they swore vengeance, but for q few days
nothing was done, openly, ut least, but
George noticed that, one by one, the en-
tire crew seemed to grow sulky, and to do
their duty in defiant, unwilling manner;
still he did not feel it his duty to speak OF
it to the captain. He SfteTNard often
wished he had.