The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-08

they could not tell whether they had
been asleep six hours or "a. But there
was no mistake about the motion Of the
ship. She was fairly under way and
very likely out of sight Of land.
Tommy put a good face On the matter,
but Fatty was very quiet. He was think
ing of his home and wondering whether
he would ever see his father and mother
! again. Just as ne WIS on the point of
turning upon his companion with a tor
rent of reproacbes. for having induced
him to run away he heard a sudden
noise, and a later the covering
Of the hatchway was removed. and the
captains voice was heard telling II of
the sailors to go down in the hold and
see if 81 certain box was there. It was
pleasant to see the light of day once
more and feel the rush Of fresh air from
above.
I'VE must be out Of sight of land
now. said Tommy, $50 we might rs we'll
go and show ourselves on deck
The boys accordingly left their place
Of concealment. Clanbered swiftly over
the boxes and came upon the sailor with
| O suddenness that caused him to rush on
deck screaming out that there were evil
spirits chasing him about the ship. The
boys followed him as fast as they could,
and as they clambered out of the hold
they found the captain, the mate and
nearly all the crew gathered in amaze
ment about the hatchway. Their clothes
were torn and covered with dust, their
faces were grimy. and their uncombed
locks hung down over their eyes. 1t
was several moments before it dawned
on the mate that they were the same
well dressed. polite little fellows whom
he had seen playing about the ship a few
hours before.
why ~captain!" he exclaimed, those
are the same little chaps we saw here
this morning. They must have got
locked up in the cargo"
This was the moment that Tommy had
been waiting for. Stepping forward. he
said to the captain:
"If you please, sir, we are two stowa-
ways. and we hid in the cargo because
we wanted to go to sea like the boy in
the Ocean Guerrillas: or. The Phantom
Midshipman.' Are we anywhere near
Havana yeti"
The captain and the mate looked at
each other and then at the two boys and
then burst into uproarious laughter.
I'm show you how near we are to
Havana" exclaimed the mate as he took
Tommy in his arms and lifted him up SO
that he could see over the bulwarks.
They were just passing through the Mar
rows, with Staten Island on one side and
the romantic shores of Bath and Benson
hurst on the other. In the distance Tom
my could see the form of the Coney Is
land elephant outlined against the sky.
A tug had the brigantine In tow, and
she was moving rapidly through the wa
ter. 1t was an awful come down to both
the boys to learn that instead of being
far out at sea with the whales spouting,
the seagulls circling over their heads and
the white crested waves dancing in the
sunlight, and other delightful surround
ings, as described in The Pirates
! Bride; or. the Avenging Demon of the
Gulf" to find instead of all this that
they were still in New York harbor and
bearing down on Coney Island az fast as
the tug could take them.
Now, boys" said the captain, II am
just going to drop you ashore, and you
take my advice and go home as fast al
yon can. It's mighty lucky you came
out of your holes when you did, for those
matches might not be opened again be-
fore we made port, and by that time
there'd be mighty little left Of two lads
of your size. Mr.. Bramhall," he con-
tinued, turning to the mate. WED bet
ter have the boat manned and put them
ashore at Coney Island. They can east.
ly get back from there. l Suppose
! you've got money enough for your fare,
boys?'
IF You please. sir" said Tommy, 1--WE
don't want to go back. We want to &c
with you down to Cuba and get some
oranges and bananas. That was wha,
we shipped with you for"
Cuba" cried the captain. I'VE are
not going to Cuba for fruit; we are go
ing Town to Rio Janeiro for a cargo oil
hides. You'd better buy your bananai
ON Third avenue"
Then" said Fatty decisively, ''that
settles the business. We can't eat hides
and I'd rather go home than keep on an,
longer. Put us ashore, and We'll tax,
the train home. We can find our wa,
} to the depot"
The captain was as good as his word
and the boys were landed on the desc
late western shore of the island will
strict injunctions to make the best o
! their way home.
Their spirits rose again as they trudges
along the beach, enjoying the fresh opel
: breeze and the bright sunshine. Charlie,
was very much impressed with the pic
( taresqre sand hills and clumps of bushe
3 which they passed and declared that tn
. whole country did not offer a bette
place for camping out than Coney Is
3 land.
j, Look here, Toni" the boy cried sud
denly as he grasped his companion b.
o the arm, ''if that doesn't look like til
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