Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-26
DICK RODNEY:
Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
JAMES GRANT

BY JAMES GRANT.
CHAPTER -lCnntinuel. J

The poor lad is dying from lack Of
Doctor said old Tom. who knelt be-
side HislOp. handling his wounds with
the tenderness of woman. and II
the whole British navy hove in sight.
ne haven't rag OF Bunting TO shake
ont as signal. since that rascally plea
room. the Cubano, has east every color
and signal overheard.
We'll. Tom. he shan die this bout.
said Ned Carlton. hopefully. Let us
tie up his wounds as best We can, TO
Delay the bleeding and give him some
thing d "a reviver'
Tt blessing his old mother in
Scotland don't see all this" added
rough 'Om LambOurne, with a tear
IL MS eye; poor Marc Hislop is her
only support. and a sisters. toe.
| thought now. with conjunction.
how often his theories and pedantry
bad bored me. and resolved 10 be
unremitting in my care Of him.
The united medical skill of those
honest souls. our crew. was very small:
however. the wounds were carefully
washed In clean water: their best
shirts were torn into bandages OF fold
GO into pads TO stop tie bleeding; and
II this they were quite successful
beaker of New England rum was
hoisted out of the forehold and its
head was instantly started. The liquor
was very redOlent of treacle. but a
glass OF il mixed with water the read
lest Stimulant that occurred TO the
minds of the seameHwas poured be
tween the parched lips OF the sufferer.
Who al last slept. in the pleasant at
mosphere formed by the awning
which shaded him from the fierce sun,
and III the breeze that whistled past
the bows as the Eugenie still bore on
her new course. close hauled with all
her fore-andaft canvas set, and the
white, glittering spray fying over her
eat-heads and dolphin striker
The terrible Cubano still kept pos
session Of the cabin. Ills two six bar
relied revOlvers gave him >welve shots.
and We were but nine in ali, as the
captain. Roberts, and VIII White had
already persisted by his hand, and
Hyslop. TO all appearances. was dy-
ing; thns Antonio kept us all in sub
lection by his weapons. Just as half
dozen vell-armed soldiers may con
troll mob of thousands
So passed the night; the crew group
ed forward, full OF schemes for venge-
anee and ne aft, full OF triumph.
ferocity and cognac.
Next morning | was on the quarter
deck. and when day broke | became
aware, by Il spashing sound astern
that We were towing something in the
dead water of the brig's wake On
looking over the taflrail. what were
ny emotions OH behOlding the body OF
ny kind friend-opr good and hospi-
table captain -towed by the neck at
the end of a line,
Around the poor corpse. which was
il. its nightdress the green waves
danced nierrily in the golden light of
the morning sun that was now beam
lug over the sea. refreshing he dis
tant shores and reViving all bat him.
Antonio in the night had east it from
one OF the cabin windows Oh the port
side Of the rudder-case, and through
mat aperture TIE line II which II was
attached was now run.
BY the smoke OF a cigar. which as
tended to the taffrail at times. [ dis
covered that the atrociOus Cuban was
sitting az the open cabin window be-
low me. watching and waiting to see
the body deyOured by the sharks; and
knew that he would shoot all who at
tempted TO cross his purpose or who
came within reach of his pistol. This
prevented any man from lowering
himself over the stern, either TO haul
in The line or cut il adrift
DemoniO," we heard him exclaim,
when by a sudden lurch Of the ship
the line parted and the poor corpse
went rolling and surging TO ieeward
There ne goes, and God bless him.
although he's cut adrift without a
PRAYER or sailors winding-sheet."
said Tom Lambourne, taking off his
lat. as the body bobbed like a fish
erman's float on the waves for little
space and then disappeared in the long.
white track made by the Eugene
through the dark apple green OF the
morning sea
All the stories ! had heard or read
OF Spanish revenge seemed eclipsed bv
the atrocities of this fiendish Cubano.