San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-28
THE : SUNDAY : LIGHT.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1897.

pipe anu u long lOdI at Ine wlHuldss anu
then a walk aft to order the captain to
up hellum for home, as everything's
wrong with the blooming old hooker. "
Williams face rippled with enjoy
ment Of the mates plain speaking. A
sailor relishes truth about his calling
when applied to another and William
understood that the mates remarks
were meant for the Dane.
ION you gop' said the commander,
who was growing impatient. "Pay outl
Pay outp'
"On the third morning, it being fine,
still weather." continued Harry, "a
sail showed in the south. The sight
drove the gents mad. They rushed aloft
with their glasses, and them that hadn't
glasses yelled to the others for news. By
Peter, then, it was brigantine as sure
as it was blue water she floated ON. She
was heading west and glided ON. The
gents swore she'd missed the island, and
heard the scow banker Trollope tell
Davenire that it was Saunders cropping
for it, and that he must be helped
What followed? We up anchor, made
sail and stood out in chase. 1t was
some hours before we drawed near
enough to distinguish the craft, and
then some of the gents who knew the
Rival says it wasn't her, and some was
for speaking the brigantine and taking
their chance of what might follow. This
led to quarrel between Captain Troll
lope-as they called him, but he amt no
captain-and that there Davenire, and
blowed if they didn't square up and 60
for each other. 1t was beautiful sight
to these eyes" cried the Dane in sud
den fury, making passionate gestures as
he spoke, ''for was sure the giant dot
was good for travelling cage in my
country would kill the other. But the
skunk
"This man is not fit to be trusted
with story" interrupted the COM
mander. "Pick up the yarn, you, now"
William; wiping little tobacco juice
from his lips, said:
1.-THE two gents had bit of stand
up affair. T'others interfered. One got
knocked down. Burn was his name-a
gent" said William, pointing, 'who
was all day long a-drinking bottled beer
under that there skylight. l reckoned
upon some shooting, like as afore, but
they was too knowing for that sort of
larking this time. There was a great
deal of talk and yells to the big chap
that he should apologize, and see 'em
shake hands arter they d found out that
the brigantine wasn't the vessel they
wanted. We anchored and furled every
thing and lay for three days doing
nothing. Me and AIRY keeping forward
without any excuse to go aft couldn't
get to hear what was to be done. One
day the gents came off the island with
skull they'd picked up. with hole in
1t and a birds nest inside. Think of
Matching of ideas after death, the gent
Weston said, and there was a great
laugh. They made deal of this skull,
then chucked him overheard. Once
when went into the cuddy to ask for
something to eat Captain Trollope, who
sat at table with three or four others,
looked at me hard. l thought he'd speak
to me alone afterward. I'll swear that
gent meant treachery to his mates, and
it 'ud have come to scheme with him
and we might have saved the ship and
the gold hadn't they on sudden formed
resolution. They loaded the longboat
with cabin stores and went ashore with
her Next day they put the gold into
the boat and took it away"
"Pause now," said the commander,
land give me your attention, my lad.
They took the gold away. Did you fol-
low the boat with your eyes?"
81 watched her, certainly"
"And / watched her" said Harry.
II wanted to see, continued the little
Dane, 'if they meant to stow the gold
somewhere where it could be found, if
they came to harm without carrying Of
it off. and William and me being alone
in the bark runs aft for a glass.
IAN intelligent act"'
"You dorn't tell the gen man it was
me as arsted you to run for a glass"
said William.
There were several glasses and you
fetched one, and you were two men.
No matter" said the commander. Ibid
they get ashore all right?"
II watched them" said the Dane,
make for their regular landing place
and hand the gold out. 1t was white
beach where they landed, sheltered by
a wing of land and lot of wood, and
bright green grass came growing down
quite close to the glare of the grit.
The chests were very heavy, and it
took all hands to move two of EN-
at a time, and they never would
20 but a little distance, then re-
turn for the other chests, as if they
couldn't bear to leave 'em even that
short way off. watched till they was
lost among the trees. but put me off
that island and I'll give you the bearings
of their track, though where they hid
the gold can't say"
you'll find, sir, " said Mr.. Matthews
to the commander, that they've stow
ed it in some cave or natural hollow