The sun., 1897-06-13

| COnSidcrnDlc regard. InnL supper, WHICH
| which Wilt live In my memory"
He the Se ana Sdp
his arm and led him apart from the rest AT
tho further angle OF the gardens they leaned
he glow from Se Se 'H street, below family lit t6eT
faces a I'D the firefes winkcd behind their backs.
said at onsS %ccept 'S t"s Tos @ sit L
was given. hayo had proposals, OF similar ser.
wanted man, and j found out that you were
that before you had been at the dinner table
five minutes"
Capt. Kettle bowed. But said he, "if am
that have all Of mans failingS.
like Sest sGs as tnS pSooi oer Yo
command Of my navy"
" Your navy, mlssf ,,-
tildc. "and you must form 1t, But once we
make the nucleus other ships Of, tho existing
fight and bent tho rest. Once we have the navy
wo can lombard tho ports into submission til
its its own N accord T and nd sets mo up in Ills place.
You want to be Queen of Chill p
But a President is a man. isn't hot"
BECAUSE. we'll. because they always have
because men up, to now have always taken
tho host things to themselves. We'll, Captain.
and iVaS Women 's are orcns their way in and taking
yet saf1 hSd hStdpP'r ss q You are quite
right. 1shal be the first,
thoughtinlly down into the lighted street be
meath But presently ho made, made up as ms mRq ntrcr
nns miss 'PSkS TO eo%%"nd the navy and III do tho
work well. You may rely on that Although
Ss % nd a 81 srnss nsa dne S ss sss SSp sSp
as senmcn along this South American coast,
and I'm tho sort of brute to handle them. By
most things short OF miracles But there's one
Other thing miss ought tSony to sny HS Ana rn must
nSS month 1hSii %na ali }ound rnS' know it's lot and
But couldn't do it for less, miss; Commanding
nnyy's strong order: and, besides; there's
DONNA Clotiide took his hand in both hers
"I thank YOU. Captain" she said. e for your
and see Ssys @ ,r on bo 5ss
tion OF rcmuncrntion."
II hope you. didn't mind my mentioning i IL"
spoken OF TO ladies. But, You see miss. I'm
poor man. and feel the need Of money sometimes.
you ask is moderation itself; and believe me-
ing who | am. no other man in Chilli would have
hesitated to ask'-shc had on her tongue to say
that %nd said SS hut in tho
said she. will you accept this slOO note for
A little. old green. painted bark lay hove to
under sail. disseminating the scent of guano
square counter the name Fl Almiranto Coch-
rane appeaTEed re- in clean white Lettering. Tho
hill to valley of the blue water, to the accompani-
ment Of sqn@saling neal n ! gear and certain erSaning
white fcathcry line against one fragment OF the
sen rim.
weary year had she carried Ruano from rainless
Chilian islands TO the ports OF Europe and
o hbt her
she wns in shing!e ballast and had her holds
scrubbed down and fitted with hunks for men:
the of it had on cred into the very soul OF
her fabric. and not all the washings OF the sea
| could remove it.
white whnlcboat lay astern, riding TO
| Rrass-ropc painter. and Senior Carlos Silva. whom
| the whaleboat had brought off from the Chilian
beach, sat in the bark's deckhouso talking to
The scNorta will be disappointed said Silva;
Il can imagine her disappointment, returned
the sailor. II can measure II b.. my own. can
| tell you. sir. when | saw this old wind -jammer
waiting for me in can9 S9d hvs sat down
together. and | guess I'd talked big about Fl
Almiranto Cochrane. the fine new .armorcd
Thing knew about her was the name but Miss
La Touche had promised me the finest ship that
agent stuck out his finger and pointed out this
foul old violet bed. tell you that 1t was bit of
There's been some desperate robbery some
| WneTc. 3alu silva
Kettle. "and ! concluded The agent was The
thief nrSos and II H. to sk out of him with
used my hands to him. but l guess fingered
! him enough in three minutes to stop, his dancing
! for another month. He swOrc by all the saints
/ he was innocent. and that he was only the tool
| OF other men. and perhaps that was so. But he
deserved what he got for being in such shady
"SS,ill that didn't procure yon another ship :"
| Hammering the agent couldnt 7 make him do
! an lmnOSSlDlllty, sir. There WASH Slch NeS-
sci as wanted in all the ports of Peru. So I
nv crew aboard. and put out past San Lorenzo
Island. and got to sea-. It's bit Of a comc-down.
ado added with sgh % to put nV an mo- old Wind i! ismmer %
through her gymnastics, again. ! thought I'd
done with Wit i, matnsnl ain haul and rawhide chatting
and always.
But. Captain what did you come out for
What What rinrthX iH Eis good can you do with an old
why. sir. i shall carry out what was ar.
with one of President Qnijarras Government
vessels. capture her, and then start in to collar
the rest There's no alteration in the pro
gramme. It's only more difficult. that's all"
rowed out here TO the rendezvous to tell
nS ha %oa m sp%s sss "
make your BEGINNING upon her But what's the
ne OF an. Sd Tso 1s
everything modern in guns and chinery
she's 300 men OF a crew, and she lays always
near her in this clumsy little bark would be To
make yourself n laughing stock Why, your
English Cochrane wouldn't have done It,"
Il know nothing about Lord Cochrane. Mr..
Silva lie was dead before my timc. But what
ever people may have done to him. can tell any
one who cares TO hear that the man who's talk
ing to you now Is n bit OF an awkward handful
to laugh at. No. sir: expect there'll be trouble
over it, but you may tell Miss La Touche we
shall have the Cancelario II she'll stay In Tam
pique Bay till can drive this old lavender box
up to her"
For moment sylvia stared in silent WONDER
Then, Captain" said he. al | can think is
| m IA ~ I'M tr n crew
Capt. Kettle bit the end from "A fresh cigar
You should 20 and look at them for yourself,
said he, and hear their talk. and then you'd
, know. The boasts arc lit TO cat Inc already"
:. How did you get them on board T.
} well, you see sir, | collected them by
promises-fnc pay, fine ship. fine cruise. fine
chances, and so On-and when I'd only this
smelling bottle here to show them they hung
back BIT. II there'd been only twenty OF them
. on board with a gun and some ugly words, bi
fifty were too many to tackle. 80 l Just said Il
} them that FL Almirnnte Cochrane only
ferry to take us across to n tine war steamer
that was lying ont OF sight elsewhere. and they
tall llnkpa shn and utn In. .