The Republican journal., 1898-12-22
AE DERELICT "NEPTUNE."



broad current splits into two parts, one
turning north. the other south. The
northern part contracts, increases its
speed, and passing up the northern coast
of South America as the Guiana Current,
enters through the Caribbean Sea into the
Gulf of Mexico, where it circles around
tn the northward, then, colored a deep
blue from the tine river silt of the Missis-
sippi, and heated from the long surface
exposure under tropical sun to an aver
age temperature of eighty degrees, it
emergeS into the Florida Channel as the
Gulf Stream.
From here it travels northeast, follow
ing the trend of the coast line, until off
Cape Hatteras it splits into three divi-
sions, one of which, the weSternmost,
keeps on to lose its warmth and life in
Batfin'S Bay. Another impinges on the
Hebrides, and is no more recognizable as
a current; and the third, the eastern and
largest part of the divided stream, makes
a wide sweep to the east and south, en-
closing the Azores and the dead water
called the Sargasso Sea, then, as the Afri-
can Current. runs down the coast until,
Just below the Canary Isles, it merges
into the Lesser Equatorial Current, which,
parallel to the parent stream, and separa-
ted from it by narrow band of back
water, travels west and filters through
the West Indies, making puzzling com
binations with the tides, and finally bear
ing SO heavily on the young Cult Stream as
to give to it the sharp turn to the north
ward through the Florida Channel
In the South Atlantic, the portion of
the Main Equatorial Current split off by
Cape st. Rogue ara directed south leaves
the coast at Cape Frio, and at the latitude
of the River Plate assumes due easterly
direction, crossing the ocean at the South
ern Connecting Current. AT the Cape of
Good Hope it meets the cold, northeaster-
ly Cape Horn Current, and with it passes
up the coast OF Africa to Join the Equator
ial Current at the starting point in the
Gulf of Guinea, the whole constituting a
circulatory system of ocean rivers, of
speed value varying from eighteen to nine
" miles day.
On a bright morning in November, 1894,
a curious looking craft tloated into the
branch current which, skirting Cuba
flows westward through the Bahama
Channel. A man standing on the highest
of two points enclosing small bay near
Cape Maisi, after critical examination
through a telescope, disappeared from the
rocks. and in {. few moments light boat,
of the model used by whalers, emerged
from the mouth of the bay, containing
This man and another. In the boat was
also coil of rome.
The one who had inspected the craft
from the rocks was a tall young fellow
dressed in flannel shirt and trousers, the
latter held in place by a cartridge belt
such as is used by the American cowboy.
To this was hung heavy revolver On
his head was a broad brimmed cork he'll
met much soiled and resembling in shane
the Mexican Somhrero Beneath This head
GEAR was mass of brown hair which
Showed a non acouaintance with BARRIERS
for perhans. months. and under this hair
A snn-tanned face liohted nv serlous orav
ewes The most noticeable feature of This
face was the extreme archino of fine eve
brows-a never failing index of the hiGh-
est form of courage 1t was face that
would please. The face of the other was
equally pleasing in its way. 1t was red.
round and .oIv. with tvibkljng ewes. the
whole borrowing a certain dignifv from
closely cu- white hair and mustacbe. The
man was about Fifty. dressed and armed
like the other.
s'WhatCo YOU want OF pistols, Bostou?'
he said % The Younger man. lone MIGHT
think this an old fashioned, pilatical cut
ting OUT
"Oh, | don know, Doe 1t S best to
have them. That hulk may be full of
spaniaIds, and the whole thing nothing
but trick to draw us out. But she looks
like a derelict. | don't see how She cot
into this channel, unless she drifted mn
past Cane Maisi from the southwark bay
inc come in with the Guiana Current IFS
all rocks and shoals 10 the eastward
The bat. under the impulse of THEN
oars. soon passed the fringing reef and
came in sicht of the strange craft which
Law about a mile east and half a mile off
shore. You see. " resumed the vonnoer
man. cal ed Boston. "tbere's bacjz- water
inside Point Mulas. and if she gets info If
she NAV come ashore right here,
..Where we can loot her. Nice business
for res oectable practitioner like me to he
engaged in, Doctor Bryce. of Havana
consortiae with Fenians from Canada ex,
lied German socialists, Cuban horse
thieves who would he hllng in week If
they went to Texas and a lono-lepoad
sailor man who calls himself a retired nav
al officer. but who looks like pirate. and
all shou~ing for Cuba Iihre, Cuba ihra ,
IFS plunder Won want
uRut none of ms ever manufactured
dynamite answered Roston with a grin
'tHow long did they have Won in Moro