Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-01

This day week we leave for England.
Go 81 shore. see as much of the place
as you can In seven days. and Ike on
board In time, for | wait for nobody
You may be sure l shall not miss
the opportunity" said Ernest, leaving
the cabin.
Stay. You will want money. Help
yourself from that purse and repay me
VIXEN you get to England. Get Il new
rig-out. hire 4 horse and go IN the
country. There is much well worth
seeing"
With many thanks Ernest avai4rd
himself OF the generous offer. and. in
I wn hours time, 20 or stood on
terra frTna, wondering greatly 1T The
difference between Captain Salt in mar
Dor and Captain Salt ut sea.
Ernest Hartrey had a mind sufficient
~ philosophical 10 BE- able To resign
himself To circumstances. however IN
toward they might be. while. ut the
same time, il Wls ever his eUdelNor TO
MAKE the best of them.
He know that for sever days he could
not leave the island of Barbados; and,
under these circumstances. he set HIM
self to work To discover tn. most pleas
ant way in which he could pass the
week which must elapsc before he was
again on his way across the ocean.
He determined before long IN under
taking a Journey into the interior OF the
country. as Captain Salt had sug-
gested, and meeting an Englishman
who was already minded TO make the
journey. they agreed to 20 together;
and, upon the morning following that
upon which his majesty's ship Osprey
had anchored III Carlisle bay. the young
squire and his new-found frlend-a
Major Carlington-set forth. accompaa-
led by IA guide, to visit the interior of
the island.
TO those who are u~nacquainted with
the West Indies it is necessary TO ex-
plain that every gentleman's house in
travelling becomes a hotel, with the
pleasant exception that no payment
has to be made.
The hospitality of the West India
planters is boundless. Any stranger is
welcome for as many days as he may
chose 10 stay. and the best of every
thing is spread before him by the mas
ter. who has ever a kindly word to
Welcome the coming, speed the part
ing guest"
~ SttiNIs tIlOuSh 'H' it"'
elers passed was beautiful in the ex-
IRENE; but in whatsoever direction they
turned their eyes, they saw that hid
eous slavery SO long the stain on the
fair possessions of England.
Black men and women working in
the fields. superintendent by Il white
man. lounging hither and thither. but
yer carrying in his hand the dreadful.
han Il x-tbnnyaI Nyhin which, nx.at anl
anon would fall upon the unprotected
backs of the toiling slaves, who dared,
neither by word or look, resent the
punishment. which but too often was
uncalled for.
Ernest's heart sickened within him
ut this sad sight, and. by his express
sions Of sympathy. won the heart of
the negro guide. who was unaccustom-
ed to hear kind words from 4 white
man.
This negro, whose name was Jacko,
worked up TO 4 pitch of t~alkativeness,
began TO drop .undry dark hints.
which the young squire was unable TO
interpret. though he gathered from
that an outbreak of the negroes on Il
certain estate was not an improbable
event. in consequence of the ~crueities
and h%ardships TO which they lad been
subjected by their owner.
When questioned closely he became
silent and no further information was
to be obtained from him.
The part Of the island i'm which the
tourists found themselves as the day
drew to Il close was rncOmmonly pie
turesque, comprehending a grand and
interesting variety of scenery-com-
bining the ~stupendouS irregularity and
the dark shades of the Alps with the
romantic wildness of the mountains of
Wales and Scotland. and a lively va
riety of the soft. uudulating landscapes
of England.
In h distance was n wide view of
the encircling ocean. While the fore
ground was rich IN the wild luxuri-
ance of tropical vegetation.
This lovely scene. illumined by the
rays of the setting sun. made the
travellers in no way regret the eSpedi-
ton they had undertaken, though the
sight OF Il neat ana pretty planters
house. Nesting amid outrageous foli-
age, was far from an unpleasant sight
to them after their long days ride.
At the house they were received
with the great ast cordiality. AMI after
a pleasant evening. spent principally
In ~recounting the latest news fro n
England with which they were ac-
quaiDted, Ernest Hartrey and Major
Darlington retired 10 rest.
The next morning they babe a warm
adleu to their hospit& BILE entertainer.
from whom they learned something
of the character of the man ut whose
house their next night would be
passed.
He was a cruel and hard master to
his slaves. though civil and courteous
To Englishmen; but it was plain, from
the hints dropped, that he was a man
more feared than liked by all who
knew him.
So much did the description given
set Ernest against the man who was
TO be his host. that. had il been posi-
bic. ne would have altered the pro-
posed route to avoid passing a night
under his roof: but such an alteration
was impossible. for human habitations
We're then few and far between in
Barbados, and 81 they proceeded on
ward.
The account of their journey, though
interesting to themselves, would be
tpliOuS In the 0pppraI raadar Sufica