The herald., 1898-01-23

he had had the chance. This Dauphin
and he chuckled over it in a most
shameless way.
We were all by this time pretty hun
cry, and Dauphin offered to lead us to
another place where fish might be
taken and where there was a fish
spear which the band had used for Il
long time, and which he had used since
he had lived alone. 1 mentioned that
l was surprised we had not found the
way to this place, when Dauphin said:
you don't find that there place
'thout you fall into 1T and break your
neck. 1t goes straight down like a
chimbley. and then you go through
another rat-hole and come out in the
river itself and walk with the current,
with your head down SOS you don't
pound out your brains on the roof, and
your head up SOS you don't get
drowned. and then you come out and go
this way and that till you come to it,"
He led the way again, and it was
much as he had said. The fish-spear
was a good three-pronged one. and
after we had got two or three fish and
he had carefully put the spear whore
we had found it so that London might
not know it had been touched. we went
back, listening a long time before We
went UP the chimney for fear we might
meet some of the gang coming down.
We went to our fire, which was not ye.
quite out, and had good meal.
After supper the Captain. who had
been very thoughtful ever since seeing
the dome to which Dauphin had taken
us, began to pace the floor by the fire
with his head bowed. I soon noticed
that he had his pipe in his teeth. When
Dauphin saw 1T he got up, drew a black
pouch out of his pocket and said:
"Cap'n. you amt got no tobacker,
know. Take some O. mine, Cap'n; you're
welcome, I say"
Captain Archway stopped, wheeled
around and said:
"Have you got tobacco, Gil?"
Eyes, I have, Cap'n, but no pipe"
The Captain took the pouch and Dau-
phn added: "You like tobacker sames S
I like whisl1ey, Cap'n."
The Captain stopped in filing his pipe
and I thought would hand the pouch
back, but he didn't, only saying, more
gently than he had spoken to him be-
fore. Eyes, and it's no credit to either
of us, Dauphin. Why didn't you make
pipe for yourself?"
"It was too much for me, Cap'n. I
didn't have no knife. I didn't have
nothing when they throwed me down,
'cept some matches and a candle in
my pocket"
make him a pipe. Harry" said the
Captain to me, as he lit his own, and
noticed his hand trembled he was
that excited. as he put on the coal.
took my knife and whitfield a bowl
out of a half-rotted knot readily
enough but was at loss for a stem.
"Get stalactite," said the Captain be-
tween puffs. seeing the fix I was in.
This did, finding little one that was
hollow like a piece of macaroni; and
aus comfortable as you please.
The pipe seemed to revive the Cap
tain's spirits wonderfully, and when he
had done, he said: t..-.-
"Harry, we're on the right road at
last, and we'll be out of this in two
days-that I promise. Dauphin, you
go and bring me ten or a dozen feet
of our rope"
Dauphin set off, and I found myself
catching the enthusiasm of the Cap
tain.
yes" said, "things look better.
Dauphin will be a great help to us,
especially if we get up in the other part
of the cave where the men are"
"Ay, Harry, I don't wonder at your
saying that" he returned, "at your age