The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
[Copyripht, Isl. by ths Author.l

clipper bark, leaves Sydney, Australia, with
treasure. There are ten male passengers
and five women II.--she is chased by cut
ter, which puts on board James Murray, who
wishes passage 70 England. MA steamer
follows. Police board the Queen 10 arrest
Murray, who Is absconding with money. Muir
ray commits suicide. ~. V and NI.-It IS
discovered that the arm OF the Queen
mes been robbed. VII and VIII. The cap
tai orders the rooms TO be searched, but
nothing is found. y and Nh Msrgarer
Mansei passenger, overhears plot OF the
pirate ten 20 seize the vessel. She Is gagged
and throwd overheard. NJ. MI and MIL
The pirate ten seize the vessel and turn the
crew adrifJ In boat.
lCONuNUED.I ]
NOBODY made answer till Hankey,
looking down, sang ont, 81 see nothing
like sail, but there are many tips Of
white clouds which are deucodly bother
some, and l won't swear that one or
another mayn't be a ship yet. "
Caldwell sprang like "a toad off the
rail on to the deck, picked his hat up
and pat it on his head
''It's the land and your island, Troll
lope, " said he, with "a note of gloomy
congratulation in his voice. 81 make
you my acknowledgements Your skill
as navigator is exquisite.
Trollope touched his cap and wound
his mustache with half smile, half a
sneer.
''But there's no Ship" continued
Caldwell, land unless Saunders has hid.
bel hat lnto
yonder he's missing his road or gone
down in the gale. y
Several of the men, catching at Cald-
wells hint, gathered about Trollope
and shook hands with him and Were
noisy in admiration Of his navigation.
cts a little early to suppose that
because we don't see the brigantine
she's gone down, or that Saunders BIZ
missed the road, exclaimed Trollo
presently, turning upon Caldwell.
why, man, the blessed island itself
isn't in sight yet from these decks "
"Who wants to depress us?'' said DAY.
enire.
81 am the first man to see the island,
all the same. " said Caldwell, and with
look dark with liver, nerve and tenn.
per he turned TO the rail and stared
away out TO sea.
Captain TroliCpe staid awhile aloft.
He was sCoundrel, but a man Of i'm
aginGtion and taste and could not fail
to enjoy the magnificent prospect Of sea
which trembled and sparkled in its
countless miles of brine FIR beneath
him and away 10 the distant blue slope
scarcely clothed with cloud. The air W
here blew with refreshing coolncss.
The obliquc glance of the sun painted
half the squarr e the canvas 10 tho
main royal delicate crimson, which
paled in the other half into gray. The
vaue at the masthead burned, ard all
the tarry shrouds and backstays were
tipped in each turn Of strand with gold.
The ocean was sheet of gold under
the sun, and many dark shadows q
cloud seemed to sleep upon it like is.
lands Trollope thought one looked as
firm as land and watched it anxiuusiy
till he saw that it moved. He gazed
down and beheld lines of blue swiftly
turning into light, curving, numerous
as the strings Of harp from either
bow, the swelling cloths Of the main
topsail and topgallant sail concealing
the northern horizon. He Judged that
the ships speed was about 8 knots
and that the island might be above 20
miles distant.
1t would be impossible for them to
make it by daylight. He resolved,
therefore, TO sail another IL or / 5 miles
and then heave the ship to till dawn.
Yet he staid first to intently survey
the liquid path Of the ship as far as the
glasses carried his sight then most caro-.
fully he ran along the horizon to where
the mainsail blocked it on either hand.
He saw no ship, nothing but swarming
mockeries Of sail, graceful as feathers
and deceptive by lingering.
IL will be terrible, he thought, as he
slowly descended the rigging, if Saun-
ders is not at the island, and on gain.
ing the deck he, without answering
several questions put to him by tho
men, passed straight to the captains
cabin and opened the book Of sailing
directions in which was tracing Of
Halloran island. The deineation, how
ever, was too small TO convey any idea
Of bays and natural harbors or little
curvatures OF coast. Closing the book,
he consoled himself with the reflection
that not until next day, when they
should have sailed round the island,
could they certainly know whether the
brigantine had failed them or not.
The wind shifted and came with a
trifle Of freshness out Of the sunset,
when sea, sky and cloud were smoky
red with tho fires IL the west. They
trimmed sail. Glowing up the main royal
which the Dane furled, and the bark
Grove onward clothed I'm purple. Mr..
Storr and tho colonial merchant had
left excellent pocket telescopes behind
them. The nine gentlemen had also
found very handsome feldglass in
Mrs Peacock's cabin. Those and old