Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

Copyrighted 1s95.by Bachelor. Johnson Bachelor
''You know" said Col. Enderby. tits two
hundred years to day, almost. since that
DuCasse affair occurred along this very bit
of coast We are looking at
When the colonel begins a piece of in
formation by the words you know" 1 am
always prepared to hear something con-
corning which L was totally ignorant; and
/ fancy the colonel would be surprised to
find il otherwise.
Now, it so happened that had heard of
the French admiral, DuCasse. as having
had some connection with Jamaica; never
theless. not to disappoint my friend. 1
murmured, in a semi-interrogative tone:
"Oh-DuCasse?"
''You know what 1 mean," proceeded he.
with confidence. THE French were back
ing up the Old Pretender-the son of James
III, by Mary OF AlOdena-and that scoundrel
DuCasse was sent out here with fleet to
see what he could pick up. 1t was couple
of years after the great earthquake that
sunk Port Royal; but there was plenty OF
booty to be had in the island yet, and the
Frenchmen knew it. He fetched up one
fine day Oft Morant bay, yonder, and set
ashore a part of his force there. and a part
further down the coast, at Cow bay-we
drove along by there this morning. Well,
he caught US mapping, that's the truth. He
and his rabble were no better than the
worst of pirates. They made bloody work
of il, i tell you; men, women and children
slaughtered EN- all. sir, by Jove! Well,
It's a good while since; but I've always
wished l could have chance to get back
at EN-. and maybe the time may come yet
there's no telliug-eh|
Ibid they get much plumber? L inquired
"Plunder" cried the colonel. his war
-. IN, INaf G.F n nNt-n
with it-loaGed TO the gunl! And slaves
they carried off near fifteen hundred OF
'em. We gave 'em a touch of our qGdnty
before they got off, though. added the
grizZled warrior. col. Beeston was gov
ernor-Sir William he was then-who used
to own the land Kingston now stands on
He was a stin old chap, was Beeston; ana
when that French ScOundrel tried TO re-
peat his Internal tactics at Carlisle bay
Beeston was down on MIN with the militia
and wiped him off the island, by Jove
leaving 7even hundred of his cutthroatS
dead behind him."
by the way, colonel" said /, after
pause. wasn't it that same Du Case who
afterward defeated your Admiral BenboW
In these same waters!
The colonel was obviously taken by sur
prise: he had no notion that | knew that
He hummed and hawed, frowncd and bris-
tied; but there was no getting round MS
tory. "Oh, Benbow! Fine old chap, Ben
bow; but rather a dufter, I fancy. Oh. well,
II was a lpuS llilc dSOt that, q iOhS 'i"iS
ago. Charles. bring us two more, do you
hsar! and jump, now!
"Yassah, Massa Cunl, sah." responded
Charles, and vanished with the glasses
and an induIgent smile
Col Enderby had been an honored resident
of Jamaica for twenty years or more; ne
came here with brilliant reputation, won
In the In dian mutIny. He was the owner
of several estates On the island. and was
on a round of visits to them, and had IN
yited me to take a seat in his carriage.
We were at this moment sitting on the
yeranda of one of them, a little way up
mountain side, enjoying the air or the late
afternoon and a most delicious prospect OF
sea and coast
During the pause that followed the order
given to Charles my eyes were caught by
a ship some miles distant In the olilng.
She added the needed touch OF human IN
terest to the view, and L watched her pro-
ceedings with pleased and idle attention.
What sort of 4 craft do you call that,
colonel" | asked, at length. "She looks
to me more like a Chinese junk than any
thing" -
"Eh? Oh-that? Chinese junk. Ell! Well
hardly, She Is a queer-lookfng affair."
though. Where's the telescope? CharleS!
Where the deuce has that rascal-oh. gone
after the . Why doesn't he get back?
Charles
''Yassah massa" said Charles, reappear-
ing with what he had been sent for and the
same charitable smile.
"Humphl Fetch me the telescope,
Charles
Tel scope? Yessah,''
"By Jove. she's an odd fish-a very odd
fish, muttered the colonel. after pro-
longed scrutiny through the instrument