Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-03

And then with ready negro eloquence
the old man drew picture 1t was a
luscious tale of sensual delights and the
speaker used the most rurid pigments
in painting it. The old scoundrel knew
his audience, and he depicted black;
man . earthly paradise.
mo more turtle turning" he told
them; mo more work, unlimited grub
and unlimited rum The days to be spent
in basking in grass hammock under
a tropical sun, the nights And so
he went on until all the waverers of his
audience were won over and even the
hot ey ed captain himself allowed "A faint
smile of longing anticipation to flicker
over his skull-like face. And as he listen
ed to the old villain eloquence Guth-
RE realized that the men would have
been bigger saints than they looked if
they had been able TO resist it,
After the pith Of the cabin council
was over the young man slid down from
his perch and reported to Henrietta in
a low tone all that he had heard
did they say when they mean ia
make the attempt|' asked Mrs. Jelly.
Tomorrow night.
ooh, they do, do they? l somehow
don t seem to think that they will, sir. "
''What do You mean" asked Guth-
RE eagerly. "Have you plan?"
"No; can't say that have But
we II find one dessay."
'lf we don't, cried the young man,
J,,,'t 81, 60.
working their will on the Eureka They
know we don t set an anchor watch.
Mrs. Jelly chuckled. They know
that, do theyY' said she. well it
.trikes me that that may turn ont a
fortunate bit of knowledge for them as
is aboard the ketch Just now. You
don't see how? Now, look here, sir
DR.. Tring ain t no sort of fool, be he
Well, and didn't you hear what he said
when we showed him that blood marked
oar on the beach dozen or so of hours
ago? No fear there II be an anchor
watch set aboard the Eureka tonight
right enough and every other night
too, till she sails clean away from these
numbering islands, Now, the schooner .
folk expect to catch the doctor and the
cap mapping, but I'm thinking they II
get bit of "A surprise when they try 3"
Maybe, but | don't see that that
mends the matter, " objected Guthrie
Gin fact, it makes the case worse if
anything If there is resistance, there
will be bloodshed. There are no fire
arms on board the Eureka. and every
one Of these cutthroat niggers is armed
to the teeth, Besides now that that
hoary headed old mulatto has worked
them mp to the proper pitch, they won t
be in the mood to stick at trihes. The
gaunt captain tries to restrain them
now, but if his blood was mp in a fight
| wouldn't trust even him very far.
well, sir, we must DO something
ourselves to keep EN- busy, said Mrs
Jelly decidedly The tlorble is | can t
think of anything. Can you:'
IF we had powder, We might blow
a hole in the schooner
But we haven't got the powder nor
nothing else either, barring live turtles
and | don't see that we could make
iHH'H VI an IN IIbSIuli Win NlitiL HIu n
of something else, sir. -
Guthrie kept silence for a moment
pondering, but no plan would come to
him. The quiet of the hold was broken
by the loud breathing of Cain Laversha
who was lying on his back among the
turtles snoring like steam force pump
and under the circumstances the under
graduate found those healthy shores
wildly irritating They were aggres-
sive, insistent. he could fix his mind
on nothing else but them.
GIVE that clod kick and wake
him. liz cried irritably.
The farmer was reused and stretched
himself noisiy.
perhaps Cain might give us an
idea. suggested Mrs Jelly, though
without much hope in her tone.
TRY him. said Guthrie.
Henrietta began in low voice 10
give the farmer an account of the stu
alton, but his ears seemed at the mo-
ment TO he preternaturally dull and he
constantly interrupted her with a
hoarse, whispered "WhatH" that
doomed through the hold like a rain
squall The woman cut her tale as short
as she could.
"Now. Cain, what are we TO dor
asked Guthrie when she had finished
Tho farmer shook his head slowly
from side to side. yawned heavily, but
did not answer.
Think, mani" exclaimed the under
graduate testify.
~ cant, eur said the man in
such a whisper that the turtles began
to rustic afresh at the sound of it.
Then Mrs Jelly took him in hand
and tried him with Zusan Pierce. She
reminded him that Zusan would take it
badly if he never returned TO her and
none Of the Santa Catarina treasure
fell to her share, and then, with the
cunning of one who knew, she drew IA
vivid picture OF the lady 5 sharp tongued
wrath. There was an inconsistency in
this somewhere, but that he would not
be there to feel his sweetheart wrath
did not seem TO occur to the farmer He
reused himself from his habitual leth-
argy and shook his big head pitifully
to the tune of, That I'D be tarrible,
'Enrietta, tarrible!'
1T would You re right, said the
undergraduate, sitting his inclination
to laugh ".Iust think of it Your
throat cut and Zusan purse unreplen-
tSh nd hn,