Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-15

"Who was a-going 20 keep all on
hosting OF that shere longboas in and
QUIT" said William.
That fired Troilope." continued the
Dare-''beg pardon. lady" he exclsi n
ed with an airy bow that fetched n rum
BILE CT laughter out If Bo,dock-''was f0f
having her inbe ards. The only boat ]
heard him say. Suppose n Sudden gale
and the likes - that Most CT 'em was
opposed to him. They'd sorter taken a
kind Of hatred against the man. went
into the cudcy with a mess kid TO &c,
some supper from them. and they was
quarreling and arguing with wine in
their heads. By Peter. ! liked il! When
returned with the kid. Gays TO Will
liam, If they keep all on they'll be
massacreing Of eSch o,herr"
He looked n Miss Mansel as IL he e.
pected she would Is struck with the
word.
You've forgot To tell the gentlemen
about the brigantine. said William.
when they found. whipped IN Har.
~, that there was no brieantine neither
of nor ut the island, they looked silly to
glasses out Of the passengers cabins ard
worked away st the island and all
around it, with their faces blank as a
sailors dumping. Ii was clear mos.
Of them they was going to do nothing
without small vessel. heard the man
named Weston arguefying that the long
boat was big and strong enough for them
n on in II r
a coast. but the general feeling was that
the brigantine ought TO have been there.
As she worn't there they didn't know
what TO 30 'cept to wait for her. to give
her chance Of farming MP. either By
cruising IN this here vessel or by anchor
ing and all hands living ashore. A."
Lock alive with your yarn, my lad, {"
said Matthews kindly.
He had heard all this before. But
Harry was upon q job he enjoyed. He
was talking before girl. The fine dark
eyes Of the young lady dwelt upon him,
and Harry was one of these sailors who
take great care to make it eight bells
with the sun.
AYE, aye, SIR" Kissed he with his
rapid ut;erance and forged ahead thus:
Next day the gents kept quiet. They
did nothing but smoke their pipes, watch
the sea for the briSantine and stare at
the island. Me and William kept for
ward, wondering how it was going to
end 1t was nice weather, bat they was
lconatics TO let the longboat lie afioat.
Had they lost her they'd have been
forced to Use the ship TO carry the gold
to coast with, and without q boat
aboard we stood all hands to have been
drowned.
"Why didn't you advise them to lift
the beat aboard?' said the commander.
II never thought of the drowning
part till afterward, sir"
1T was an easier job, said the COM
mander, speaking in deep notes and
complairingly, ''to loaf ON the fok'sle
head with q pipe il your mouth than to
run alOft with block or to help with a
drag on tackle"
That's about tho time OF dag, sir,
with the fox sic Of the red Dag in these
times" exclaimed Mr.. Matthews; "a
pipe and long leaf at the windlass and
then q walk aft TO order the captain to
up hellnm for home, as everything
wrong viii: the blooming old hcoker.''
Williams face rippled with enjoy
nlent of tho 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 go!" said the commander,
who was growing impatient. PAY out.
Pay outr'
'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 {
glasses yelled to the others for news. BY
Peter, then, it was q brigan;ine as sure
as it was blue water she floated on. She
was heading west and glided on. The
gents swcrc she'd missed the island. and
l heard the scow banker Trollope tell
Davenire that IL was Saunders creeping
for it, and that he must be helDed.
What followed? We up anchor. made
sail and stood cut in chase. IL was
some hours before We drawed near
enough to distinguish the craft. and
then some Of tho gents who kne. the
Rival says it wasn't her, and some was
for speaking the brigGntine and taking
their chance of what might follow. This
led to quarrel between Captain Troll
lope-as they called him, but ne ain, no
captain-and that there Davenire. and
bowed if they didn't square up and 90
for each other. II was a beautiful sight
to these eyes" cried the Dane in sud-
den fury. making passionate gestures rs
he spoke. ''for was sure the giant do.
was good for n travelling cage in my
country would kill the other. But the
skank''-
This man is not fit to be trusted
with story" interrupted the COM
mander. Pick up the yarn, you. now. E"
William. wiping a little tobacco Juice
from his lips, said:
The two gents had a bit of n stand
up affair. T'others interfered. One got
knocked down. Burn was his namc-a
gent" said William. pointing who
was all day long a-drinsiny bottled beer
under that there skylight. reckonod
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