The Republican journal., 1896-11-12

illness. AS we sped along westward
thong hts of the conditions ahead became
more depressing. In the mind a newspa-
per put on an enormous value and let
ter from home would seem priceless. In
all my life had never deviated from the
path started upon but once land we went
in short of masts). This time Barbados
was directly and aggravatingly in our
path and | had requested my guardian to
write there on the strength of our posi-
bly, calling. Our water was low and there
is a strong uncertainty of getting a sup
ply at Orchilla. As we neared Barbados
the temptation to stop became stronger
and we hauled up and anchored off
Bridgetown ill the moonlight. Next morn
ing received the letter and cabled home,
filled water and bought barrel of po-
tatoes for 81. 10 (they had just been marked
down from eight, and was off for Orchil
la while the day was young. In all that
English town, doing a large American
business, l could not capture an Ameri
can newspaper I saw some in the club
room, but had no time to read them.
There were none in the town to be bought,
and | do not beg. The people there are,
like the most of British subjects, in
tensely loyal. Natives who were never
ou UAC lSldilei Cdll 1LuSlduu o"C. ut
business men must be interested in Amer
lean markets, but they seem to know or
care but little about our government and
political affairs. They are nice people,
however, but like all of the provincial
English they put up with a great deal of
''sarce' from the negro. All such Eng
lish tropical provinces are over loaded
with the colored race and they are always
insolent. The white men take no more
notice of their impertinence than they do
of a dog S barking, while the same words
or acts from the meanest of their own
race would put them in violent rage.
The custom may be a wise one, but ]
should think it hard to learn and to prac-
tice.
On leaving Barbados the weather look
ed badly, and the season for hurricanes
was ripe. We slanted away to the south
west and entered the Caribbean south of
Grenada, instead of taking the slightly
more direct course north of st. Vincent
The latter way might lead us into bad
weather, while around Grenada hurri-
canes are almost never known. The
weather frightened and We had fair run
to our objective point, entering the little
haTbor Of Orchilla easily and in safety. 1t
is a unique loading place; a harbor with
out a port, a place without a town: in
habited only by fourteen strong laboring
negroes and the white superintendent.
Ship rules and no other laws. The men
are engaged At Buenos Ayres and brought
here 30 serve six months terms. The SUI
perintendent has comfortable wooden
cottage where he lives ard oats entirely
alone. Tie laborcrs live ID good barracks.
Calico has 10 home here: hence perhaps
in the intricate and unclaimed mind Of
man, during idle and lonely hours, it may
sometimes be considered a thing of fabu-
lous worth. l DO not mean to imply that
it is not actually and always valua BILE, =
Iat mankind appreciates nothing when it
is plentiful It's absence that makes the
heart grow fond. But these low. flat
treeless phosphate beds. almost under a
broiling equatorial sun. would indeed be
a drea1y home for womankind The SUI
perntendent is an ex-sea captain. former
ly OF Maine, an acquaintance of mine for
more than twenty four years. He has an
interesting and loving family, at their
adopted home in Baltimore which he has
not seen for nearly three years, and has
no prospect of meeting them for some I'M
certain time TO come. He is an unseltish
philosopher, and says, in effect, that man
was only made to be the supporter of
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