The evening world., 1893-10-02

that we go down TO tne uoSh vi ''e
East River and see If we can't find some
ship that will a k us way to the
other end Of the world"
This proposition made a favorable i'm
preston on Charley Wines, who was
also of an adventurous turn of mind,
and so the two little boys decided to en-
bark without delay. and to take no bag
gage u u dark lantern and a large
ackage OF sandwiches and cake. which
they begged from the cook.
So early did they start that 1t was
not much after 8 o'clock when they APP
peared on the dock and looked about
them for a vessel suitable for the pro-
posed trip.
II wish" said Tommy. that there
was a good pirate ship in the harbor
now-one Of those long, low, rakish
looking craft such as we read about in
The Pirates Bride and which are al
ways racing up and down along the
coast of China on the lookout for rich
merchantmen"
II don't believe there's a pirate ship
here" said Charley. but there's a brig
antine that sails for Cuba to-day for a
cargo of oranges and bananas. II We
WcIC " biip DOdIu ueT "Cu SCI iot
of good things to eat and have no end of
fun"
"Of course, we would" chimed in
Tommy approvingly. Il am glad to see
YOU coming round to my ideas. Why,
Fatty, there's not only oranges and ba-
nanas and cocoanuts down there, but
there's guava jelly and yams and sugar
cane and pine apples and an elegant
beach to go swimming on and monkeys
and parrots in the trees and everything
else till you can't rest. Now, I'll tell you
what we'll do. If we like the looks Of
the captain and INDEPENDENTLY the
mate, for he's the one, don't you know,
who is always cruel to the sailor boys In
the stories-and IL we like the ship her
self we'll just sail in her to-day. Mayb.
we could find a place In the cargo that
we could fit up for ourselves, as that boy
In the Mayne Reid story did, bring in
food enough to last through the voyage
and not show ourselves till we felt like
It."
Fatty had always had a weakness for
sweet things, and the prospect Of going
to a land productive of every known
d~elicacy fired his Imagination and drove
out from his mind for the moment all
thoughts of the brilliant career Of ad-
venture that he had often planned for
himself a scout and slayer Of Indians.
Aboard the brigantine, which was called
the Mary Jane. they found themselves
ir the midst of the hustle and excite
ment incident to the loading of a large
cargo. The sailors were hoistlng a num-
her Of boxes from the dock and lowering
them into the vessels hold by means Of
an apparatus rugged to the mainmast,
while the officers OF the ship were so
busy that they paid no attention to the
two well-dressed little boys who were
roaming about the ship. now peeping
into the cooks galley n now appear
ing in the fore castle, running about the
deck and making themselves thoroughly
at home after the fashion of young
American boys generally.
1t was not long before they c%ontrived
to slip away into the vessels hold, wher"
the sailors were slowing away the boxes
and barrels as fast as they were lowered
from the deck. They grouped around
among the different casks and big cases
until at once they came upon an open
space between two enormous boxes.
winch WAS just DlE thohSh W h'N'ih
,nodate them both and reminded them
instantly OF the place il which the stow
away in Mayne Reds romance had
made his famous voyage.
"Eureka!" cried Fatty, who knew the
Greek alphabet and was proud of his
classical attachments, "all we have to
do now is to hide here until the ship Ia
well out to sea and then show ourselves
on deck"
And 1t so happened that when the load
ing OF the cargo was finished two small
boys with no other equipment but a dark
lantern and a package OF sandwiches,
were snugly slowed away In a little open
space among the big cases and hogs
head1.
1t was not cold down in the ships
hold, and there was a smell of sugar
which was not at all disagreeable. They
could hear the water dashing against
the dock outside. and then something
shut out the few rays of light that had
penetrated their hiding place. The cap
tain ordered the cover put over the hold
and fastened down. Whether It would
be reopened the next morning or whether
they would be kept there until the ship
TtdCiltu ' tilVy uft " hiio". AL
awful fear came over Fatty Wines, and
ne said In a voice that trembled IN spite
of himself:
We're in for 1t now, Tommy, sure
pop
"Well," said Tommy, I'VE might as
we'll make the best of it here, and not
let these rats frighten us to death. Well
AVE to keep a stiff upper lip now hat
we are out for a life OF adventure"
They were lin for it" and no mistake,
but they did not lose heart. For awhile
they lay listening TO the scampering OF
rats and the sound OF waves dashing
against the vessels side. Before long
their eyes began to droop. and they fell
into a dead sleep. from which they were
awakened by the tolt!ng of the ship,
which told them that they had started
on their way. 1t was pitch dark when
they awoke, and as neither boy had a
watcH they could not tell whether they
had been asleep six hours or twenty
four. But there was no mistake about
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