Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-08
DICK RODNEY;
o. The Adventures Of
An Eton Boy.

ny JAMES GRANT.

white or dusky specks, according 10 the
position OF the SUM-
The captain OF the San Ildefonso per-
ceiving that Marc Hlslop and ! were
great friends kindly placed us in the
same watch.
AS for Antonio the Cubano, we never
went near him II we could help 1t.
He was placed In the cable tier, and
for more complete security, In the bill
boes, which are iron shackles that con-
fine the feet, However, we daily
heard from the surgeon and from Fra
Anselmo, who was somewhat skilled in
surgery, and who undertook his cure
bodily and mentally, that the wound
under the right armplt had proved
slight, through the lungs had escaped
narrowly, but that the other In the
breast had penetrated the heshy por-
tlon OF the heart, and was a very dan
gerous one, The frlar added that 1.-The
Cubano was not one OF those men who
are easily killed, and thus he would
recover rapidly"
We also heard that Antonio was we'll
cared for, as he had discovered one or
two friends among the crew, such as
the seaman Benlto ojeda, a most vii
famous looking, beetle proved and
squat little Catalonlan, who seemed to
be the worst character on board and
was engaged In perpetual quarrels.
A few days after crossing the troplc
OF Cancer, on a lovely afternoon, we
again saw the peak OF Teneriire light
ed up by the western sunshine and
rising like a cone Of red fame from the
blue sea.
The clouds seemed to rise with II,
and ere lorg we saw Its base spread
Ing out beneath them.
"Tennyreef aga'n!" heard old Tom
Lambourne muttering, as he leaned
over the lee bow, with a short pipe In
his mouth. Dash my wlgl have
had a spell enough OF Tennyreef before
thlsl"
Manuel Gautler and Hlslop now came
with party OF seamen to get the an
chors off the forecastle to her bows.
This was no light task, the reader may
be assured, for they were each about
forty-Gve hundred weight; and now
the ponderous cables ratified along the
deck as they were bent to the iron
rings.
We approached this singular island
from a point that was new to me; but
still Its great and most familiar fea-
lures were the same as when | first
saw them from the deck Of the Eu-
genie.
Estremera now reminded us that
when at Tenerlffe we should not fail to
visit the two great sights OF the island
the Valley Of the Diamond and the
old Dragon tree Of Caora.
The wind was fresh and fair, but
felt light after sunset and when the
high land Of the Grand Canary was on
our starboard beam 1t almost died
away AS we crept on we saw the
lighthouse at the base OF La Montana
Rexo, which in the warm sunset SEEM
ed to have turned into blood or port
wine, SO deeply crimson was the glow
that fingered on the clouds and on the
shore; and then the vast peak--save
where glrdled In mldair by a light
floating vapor-seemed all of q deep
violet tint dotted at Its base by the
white walls OF houses, or OF sugar mills
and by groves Of cocoa and rosewood
trees.
Darkness was soon there, but still
the sunset fingered in rays Of fire up
on the mighty peak Of Adam, on which
the eye never tired of gazing.
BY midnight we were abreast OF 1t,
and all was darkness at last save
where the millions Of stars were spar
king in the wide blue dome Of the
sky.
Hislop and / were In the morning
watch when the ship arrived off the
mouth OF the harbor of Santa Cruz
that pretty town which Humboldt
termed the most beautiful between
Spain and the Indies.
A flash that broke the darkness, with
light puff Of smoke floating away
from the old castle walls, indicated the
morning gun, and that dawn was Wis
ible.
1t seemed as II It were but yesterday
when the Bugenie and the Costa Rlcan
brig had worked out OF the same har-
Dor together, in the same species OF
dull twilight, and that all which had
passed since that time had been a
dream.
We beat In with the breeze ahead.
The light Of another day was rapidly
descending from the summit Of the
peak, and already that green glrdle
named the Region OF Laurels was
shining In the sunbeam; so ere long we
saw the windows Of the custom house,
which stands above the long mole, and
all the shaded lattices Of the terraced
streets of Santa Cruz, glitterlng in gold
and purple sheen
The anchors we're ready to BIO let go;
the chain cables were ranged upon
deck in long coils that ran fore and