The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-27
THE THREE FRfENps.

carries enough romance on nor dcck {,
supply modern Dumas. or TO give
hcw impetus TO the sea story pen Of W
Clark Russell In tho next novel u south
eTn historical adventure the title Tire
FRIENDS Will stand less FIR he boat thar
Tor captain n. j. nrowarl. j. NJ. Barr
ana Or. joaquin Castillo. 4 bold and in
trepu r'o, !opiins in pricrca! symnath.
Tor suffering Cuba. ard making poss.bl,
| 10 many American friends Of Tho s.s'c
| Isle thousand bright. heroic leeds. Their,
IS no monot NY on one OF these cubar
/ voyages. Notwithstanding The strict DIS
cipiine that prevails. Even the passenger.
| have a commander" from whose or. ers
| anu dee sionS there j. no appeal. Armed L
! the teeth with pistols and machetes Ghe
ing aHhirsl. they are formllabie u+
any small force The Spinlards VIII meet
on sea or land. so writes T.. Nj. preHN
from Jacksonv lie. Fla, in the Tim, :
Democrat ct New orleans.
When one hundred or even two hundred
| men OCCUPY the space intended fpr hft,en
laete Is litile chance for time to pan anon
th"m. They are busy inven,ine "a, thods
10 k'~.. of: Zach others toss aud "a .,et Il
word IN edgeways above tn- iin OF 50
many voices. Everybody is sooi-nalured.
i@Nlns everything That comes with a
laugh or jest. Such tribes 10 tripping
"N er Raging and people. and barking their
SIMS. spiling their sros. sitting On two
inches OF rail, Waiting unit. nest morning
Tor supper and the Ike are not worth
meniioung. or, at least, not worth gram
bling about.
Captain Brown mas plenty 81 pr visions
on board. but only room % stow TWO
cooks. So somebody has to wait. especial
~ when the boat rolls Very much. At
such timess the stewards turn into the
hospital.' remaining there until
smoother sea ana the mighty roar Of
hungry multitude send them back To their
hay tim,
70 talk politics or to learn navigation. The
Spanish vice consul. who can not under
s,aiid now Il is that so many seem 10
hHD" exactly where The boat has been,
ana Yet Know nothing worth rap in the
court hous", would get the .east sitisfa--
tion out OF The stewards one OF lhctn.
form alton Of tho last trip. replied!
laws boss. / VIZ down below cher dc
w.nder. but ain boda,,r my haid weder
We suine + cuba er New FORK. got
!.uii 90, keep'n' dem wife mems fun o.
pea soup IN coffee"
A. sht- we'l, each man walks all over
the n.st to TX his sleeping place; II coil
81 rpi : itle of coll sacks or "A foot OF
no, ning, i@pry II he can squeeze between
s.e"pcis on the hair boards, with ne
sort southern SKY Tor roof and the gen
We VoIte sea TO rock them 10 sleep. Litt!e
car they for hardships. The spirit of
Iherty so deep and strong In their breasts
ina they would fam succor all the OPP
pressed OF the world has driven self
away.
Though they boast Of being abe TO
SLEEP Whichever they can hang MP iheir
hai, they are often minus even that
small sra {" Then ne tedious night hours
are heightened 10y harmless tests.
one night the wafchman pretended To
I nj ~ suspicious looking box, whirh ~
gave into ;h~ hopping Of poor follow
who could literally fini no rest foi m,
solo of his FOOT. telling him that II w,s
ilk"lY 20 Toe dNuamiic and should not he
iei a moment u.suarded. Tho ott"r wns
fnitatui 10 hS trust Sleeping or waking.
the box never IN him until the MAZE
on"r"d 1t. disclosing gross of sperm
candles
Eng scr Dunn is the prlctical joker
Wholesome neHi II was he vino painted I
on spmr small boats Spanish .ites. such |
as Weyler. ia, |.ome, Mara;igui. Bur /
picked M by The Spaniards Rnt IN thor
report of the s'sirc Tho latter did not mon 1
,i"n mat "Ihr"" Friends" WAS sauclly |
s'rn rlhri INSIDE the boats wherever there
WIS room f.r nc name. and That each |
~ nsidshed Spanish nppella,ion on Tho
,ni !de WIS above /. c!ever.y executed
skull and cross-honns
one eye-T mean good many one-eyes
-hr1 always out for IN inimical warship.
lot lnfr"qn"ntly finding 1t; for the Three
,riends has i IN vanity chased of;encr
nan We Spaniards will acknowledge. The
'itlr Graf has Invariably shown u clean
'a'r OF heels. not permitting the man-o'-
var to approach near enough TO read her
his there has been but one cxception.
When she was surprised nj night. ana
Yen ihGn nnd tha good fortune 70 ESCAPE
Il the darkness This is the fact. not
Outstanding all the sensational stories to
he contrary.
ga ~ 'loniy Of IT; bu, the men who
% 20 cuba Cuhans returning to SIR l,n .
''" 'nr ~ f'" native land and Amer,- /
ans with n fellow feeling for those who
Tnsgif 10 he free--are no: likely to he
.' no iflr, Pass myers on the TiAec
ho |
ny II the service, she Is spotted on sight. I
'hile the other III busters are ordinary
iean,ers, only Identified at comparative I
close quarters.
That. too, is rot without IFS conc side
Ole M,si.rs. who does his seeing hest !
the dark Ike an Mhin2, was ON The +,
IN storm came up. not SO mach u rain
.9rm as heavy mist of almost iosliks
penetrate II With his peculiar sighi OF '
) ho ready when Il ceased. "a voice AZ i
Is elbow, remarking IN ordinary tone;
~ I'M a. WaS s a r'9s. shaw, ,,n',igh nm
Efficiently TO show fishing sloop that i
al barely escaped collision. HIS -yes y
ilgcd our 50 far that they might have
zen cut clean OF by a stra'sh, cut or :.
~ kmfc. =
Afler running away fr9m, q Spanish
nm, n'-war OF Nayassa island, IN the n
~ seomsi, T. hc chasins US; and W, NJ q
uch troubled in mind tlc believed MI o.
was warning--ihat this MAS 70 pc IN" ~
= trip of tho hitherto lucky li,t'r neat "
- h"r irave men. He cast lhs' So 81
+" ful glance NJ the heavens. No stars
ere IN nrlN Even the smoke - ~" o,
a was invisible HIS confidence IN tho y,
,rrc Nrrrds returned. h
Were all right. II We. can run The q,
hrs down w. amt no can to be afraid
4 Spanish .nan-o'-vGr" "
Two Of Tho crew hal invitation to NJ
ncy dress bah al Havana. hut had lcf. ie
c.r dress suits al Iacks,nnilir M "
v That was their only reason for not h,
tending Th,s i, nj nh "a ies'. The sa
cw Of the Three Friends e nrineipallv dc
linemAnt. and rye not supposed "a de- So
nee their social statu. nv taking IN IN ~
rior position on 9 nltbustsr. Just ~ VI