The herald., 1893-08-01

OF the hatchWay was removed, ana tno
captains voice was heard telling one of
the sailors TO 60 down in the hold and
see if certain box was there. 1t was
pleasant to see the light of day once
more and feel the rush os fresh air from
above.
I'VE must be out of sight of land
now, said Tommy, 80 we might as well
go and show ourselves on deck"
The boys accordingly left their place
of concealment, clambered swiftly over
the boxes and came upon the sailor with
q 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 outuof the hold
they found the captain, the mate and
nearly oil the crew gathered in amaze
ment about tho 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, captainl" 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 yetY'
The captain and the mate looked at
each other and then at the two boys and
then burst into uproarious laughter.
"Tn 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 hiand 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
lngs, as described in 1.-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 as fast as
the tug could take them.
"No'w, boys" said the captain, II am
just going to drop you ashore, and you
take my advice and go home as fast as
you 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. ''we'd bet
ter have the boat manned and put them
ashore at Coney Island. They can east
ly get back from there. suppose
you've got money enough for your fare,
boys?"
"If you please, sir" said Tommy, I'VE
don't want to go back. We want to go
with you down to Cuba and get some
oranges and bananas. That was what
we shipped with you. for"
"Cuba!" cried the captain. I'VE are
not going to Cuba for fruit; we are go
ing down to Rio Janeiro for a cargo of
hides. You'd better buy your bananas
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 any
longer. Put us ashore, and we'll take
the train home. We can find our way
to the depot"
TIE captain was as good as his word,
and the boys were landed on the desc
late western shore of the island with
strict injunctions to make the best Of
their way home.
Their spirits rose again as they trudged
along the beach, enjoying the fresh open
breeze and the bright sunshine. Charley
was very much impressed with the pic
turesque sand hills and clumps of bushes
which they passed and declared that the
whole country did not offer better
place for camping out than Coney Is-
land.
Look here, Toni" the boy cried sud-
denly as he grasped his companion by
the arm, ''if that doesn't look like the
Prairie Queen am very much mistak-
en-"
And just then young woman in
short, brown riding habit and with her
hair flying from beneath slouch felt
hat swept by them at full gallop on
buckskin Indian pony. leaving the two
boys gazing open mouthed after her.
II tell you what we'll do" cried Char
ley excitedly. "We'll come down here
next Saturday and camp out in among
those sand hills"
And the prospect was SO alluring that
Tommy gave ready acquiescence. james
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