The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
DICK RODNEY:
Or. The Adventures of ;
An Eton Boy. 5
s BY JAMES (

BY JAMES GRANT.
CHAPTER N.-(COntinued.)

MS meant, Mr. Rodney, that as mer-
chant seanien We appealed to the man.
war for protection, and wanted an
armed boats crew. Thank heaven,
such an appeal is never made in vain
by a poor Jack Of any country to a
BRITISH man-o-War, but the luhberly
Spanlards never noticed the signal, or
II so, never needed it."
THE Yankee skipper uttered a fierce
laugh.
'Douse that shirt and come down,
o. sir he Numbered cut; down in
stantly, or | will shoot you like a
cOon.'
But, desperate with fear, the poor
fellow now stood upon the yard, and
While n hand grasped the topping,
lllt, with the other he waved his shirt
TO the Spaniards. | heard the crack
Oh a pistol, and next moment he fell
a ~qulVerlng mass upon the deck, stone
dead, shot by the revolver.
Ihat will teach you to make sig
hals from my ship, you varmint, sni-
Velled the merciless skipper, giving the
oooy a Kick, and as for vou,' he cop
tlnued. addressing lie, and
nome his words with an oath: bur No.
lore ne could get further | leyeled him
OIL the deck by a blow from a hand
spike, n tossed his knife and revolver
overheard.
Hls right arm was broken. There
was a great row about all this before
lhe AlcaIde when we got into harbor.
our hell was unshipped and our can
Vas uhpent by a party Of Spanish ma
flhes' put the captain crossed the Al
caldes hand with silver or gold. and
lhere was an end of it. There was an
shu or my engagement, too; for the
'a"Aee "eatlered me about my salary.
selzeu my chest. my quadrant, even an
olu silver watch which my mother gave
ne 10 make me comfortable, when T
nrst went to sea, aud then turned mo
out Of the ship,
80 with nothing except a Meyican
dollar IN my pocket, but followed NV
my Newfoundland dog Hector. I found
iiisse!1 on a wet and dusty evening on
the great quay Of Matanzas. which
races the bay that opens into the Gu,f
of Florida.
Low alike in spirits and funds. 7
hao 10 endure being jostled hv negro
porters, scoWled at by alsuazj]s ar
oered about by red-cappped and black
bearded Spanish sentries, who vero
shlrtless and tattercd, and whose
brown uniforms and red worsted eDau-
lettes tainted the very sea breeze with
the odOr of garlic and coarse tohacco
Inc sun had set behind clouds as
req as blood. The bay vas all of a deep
Drown tlnt, and the shores were black
or purple. I was very sad at heart
ond thought it hard that I, a British
seaman, should be there an ouicast.
ana all my kit reduced to the clothes on
my back. in the very place where the
same flag that PocOcke and Albemarlo
holsted on Havana. and brought all
the Don Spaniards on their knees in
old King Georges time.
however, that would neither find
me supper or a bed | lost or missed
my Newfoundland dog Hector. and in
the bitterness Of my heart I banned the
poor animal for ingratitude in leaving
me. Just as / was looking about for
a humble posada, where a m0ietv Of
my dollar might procure me a bed =
man stumbled against me.
Look alive, cucumber shanks,' said
be, angrily, in English.
"DO you take me for a negro"
asked, fiercely.
are grimy enough for any
thing said he; and after being a night
in the Alcalde's lookup house. | GER
tainly was not the cleanest of men:
but now it seemed as if the voice of
the stranger was familiar to me. I ex-
amined his features.
"'What,' | exclaimed, Hislop-Jack
Hislop, is this you?'
lis |, Jack Hislop, certainly re-
Piled the other, who proved to be nv
old friend, Mares father; but who the
deuce are you"
"4our old shipmate, Sam Weston,
who sailed with you for many a day
II the Good Intent of Port GLASGOW
For a momen his tongue seemed
absent without leave"
What, you Sam Weston-English
Sam, as We called you-adrift here at
Matanzas among these Spanish land
crabs?'
"'Aye, adrift sure enough said I. as
we shook hands heartily, and then ad-
joUrned to a taberna, when l told him
all about my quarrel with the Yam
kee and my present hopeless condition.
over a glass Of nOr'-nor'-west.
"I have a brig here on the grid
iron, repairing, for We lost some of her
copper in scraping a rock near the
Tortugas shoal. All my crew are of
curse ashore, and at. present l am
residing with a FRIEND said Hislop;
but l can find permanent quarters for
you till you get a berth. Do you see
that craft out there in the bay?'
"'The polacca brig, about a mile off,
ayes. Well, she is consigned to my
owner, but was found adrift, abandoned