Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-01

A., No SncAo was 10 name visible on !
sne DOW or stern OF the stranger-at
least to those unable to make q closo
exa.nination-on the caps of the sailors.
ON the coverings OF the upper-deck guns.
ana on the many small boats swinging
in readiness from the davits was the
word "Wanderer
AS on the Sea Hawk. everything IN
board the Wanderer was in the state of
perfect order which old sailors desig.
nate as "ship-shape.
Inc crew w>re power ul, fierce look
ing fellows, and, though there was not
one man with gray hair or beard visible.
ali were in that golden prime Of life
when experience restraints the impulses
OF youth, without lessening its activity
or vigor.
The ma. GRITTY Of the crew was de-
cidedly English, but accent and face
told that the minority Was composed OF
many nationalities; not an unusual
thing in this day when England. in Or
der to recruit her warshps, sent press
gangs on shore, and. if occasion re-
CURED, did not hesitat. to force into
her service the sailors of merchantmen
overtaken on the high seas.
When nations became robbers in self
defense, it is not to be wondered at
that pirates We're plenty, as much for
their contempt for law as their desire
for plumber.
With one or two exceptions the off,
GERS We're men between 30 and 40 years
OF age, and there was that in their man
ner that told of perils daringly met in
the past; and the adventurous spirit in
their stern, restless eyes showed that,
like their beautiful ship, they were
wanderers, impe.led on and on by the
spirit Of adventure. which, though rife
in that age, cannot be said to lie pecu-
liar to any.
Capt. William Fox, commander of the
! Wanderer. looked like man in every
way qualified fer his duties. lie WIS
about 80 years o. age, rather slender
and OF medium height, with hair and
beard that would be called golden by
the poetic and red" by those OF pro-
Sale turn. His eyes were blue, but with
that steely glinC that is rarely seen ex-
cept in eyes OF gray.
| Capt. Fox must have been in these
waters before, for when u yacht came
alongside Offering u pilot, he shouted
down:
Il know the channel, and / cant fail
If keep In the walk OF the Sc, l.awk. y
do seemed tho very p rson feat. Oh Of
activity, but it vas act witty without
nervousness. His short, quick COM
mands were given with decision, and
-.
lar.ty of fine mechanism.
After the anchors We're down, and the
sails furled, Capt. Fox said to black
eye officer, some years younger than
himself:
Come to my cabin, Mr.. Frenauld. I
wish to speak tn you.
Aye, aye, sir, replied Lieut.. FIRE.
nauld, touching his cap and following
the Captain down the companion way.
~ %1<~N Il
in keeping as to neatness with the other
parts of the ship, but the furniture was
such as even an admiral could not have
afforded. The place was crowded with
! works OF art. The walls were covered
with pictures, the most incongluous G.
ligious pieces being hung side by side
with fierce attic pictures, and rude
cupids placed in companionship with
winged cherubs and seraphic madonnas.
Through the open doors o. some OF
the staterooms opening into the cabin
the same lavish adornments could be
seen, giving the idea of a floating art
gallery. rather than the quarters of OIL
GERS on a ship of war.
And this lavish profusion of wealth
was visible in the persons Of the Oil
GERS, certainly in the two who now re-
tired to an inner cabin.
Their fingers We're half covered with
rings, in which emeralds of deepe st tint
and diamonds OF purest water flashed,
and the buckles on their shoes. or
pumps" as they were then called, W, re
masses Of the same gems.
After closing the door of the cabin be-
hin him Captain Fox pointed the lieu
tenant to a chair and sat down himself.
This done, he deliberately pulled OF
his pumps, and drawing "a palmer pair
from a drawer near by he put hem on.
He then removed his finger rings an
threw them, with the shoes he had taken
OF. into u box.
"W e must put away these things for
the present, Mr.. Flenau d, said Captain
Fox. 1T is we'll enough to wear them
at sea, where the sight OF them will in
spre our men to deeds OF greater valor,
but here they NAV create suspicion, an
that is the very thing we must avert.
"Of course, sir" replied Lieutenant
Frenauld, and he at once removed his
jewels. going into another room to re-
move his pumps. Coming back, he
asked:
Cap ain?'
No; l have ordered them to wear
nothing that does not accord with then
rank as officers in the service Of the
good Queen Anne
Captain Fox hesitated, and Mr.. Fren-
auld nodded, ana said:
Il understand, sir.
Il expected that Captain Denham
would have done me the honor of a visit
the instant the Sea Hawk came to an
Choir"
Cad, sir, he would have visited us
before that if he knew who we were, "
said Lieutenant Frenauld, with a low
laugh.
The Captain frowned. bit his lips, and.
evidently ill-pleased with his subordi-
Mates levity, he continued as if he had
not heard it.
Perhaps 1 should not blame Captain
Denham, for this is his home. and the
, home of most of his officers and men.
and it is natural that ne and they should
hurry ashc~e 10 see their kinsmen and
sweethearts
, "a sweetheart in Denham' s case, sir.