Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-03
CHAPTER XvI.-(continued !

shousnhu oHNe-ssihned Spahlards and 1
double that number of slaves and free
mulattoes, all loose, reckless, fiery and |
apt 10 use their knives on trivial oc-
easions.
There was not a ship lying there |
for England, or any other craft by |
which Weston could have sent me
home, A Spanish steam packet was
on the eve OF departing for cadix. but
being wsaried by the monotony OF my
long voyage. I was scarcely Ia u mood
for the sea again. and wished 10 spend
little more time on shore instead OF
leaving with her.
However. | wrote TO my family by
the Spanish mail. aequainting them OF
my safety. with the strange incident
which had so suddenly torn me from
them. and adding tina, ! would return
by the nrst ship bound for any part OF
England: II possible. with the Eu-
genie. which would probably be
freighted for London
After the packet sailed with my let
ter In her eapseious bags. expert
sneed an emotion Of greater happiness
and eonienimsnt than had ever done
since leaving home. for the sorrow
+ which knees all there mus, have suf-
f.red. and would siill be suffering.
/ hung heavily on my heart.
I As ~e we're returning 20 the brig.
B which had nov been warped alongside
/ the mole. when passing through the
stree, which contains the grca, hospi-
tai. &c heard the sound OF trumpe,s,
and saw the gli,;erinE OF lanees With
Tong sireamsrs above the heads Of a
dense crowd Of people OF all shades OF
color-blsck. yello~ and brown-and
nc had To don our hats with due re.
specs a. they passed. for in the midst.
surrounded BY staff Of officers. epau-
lc,isa and aisuleited. their breasts
sparkling With medals aud crosses, and
each o. them riding with q cooked hat
under bis left arm. came the present
Captain General Of Cuba. marshal OF
the Spanish army. Don Francisco Ser
rann De Domingges, attended by an
escort Of mula,to ianeers. all mounted
on Spanish hon IS
lie .ss = s-looklnE man. and al
though 49,. had all the bearing OF
what hs was. or. should say. is
a grandec Of old CASTLE.
ON returning 10 the Eugcnis w
found Antonio the Cuban workins
among the crew as Justify and as &C
lively rs any man on board. Weston
uow offered him remuneration for th'
tim. that he bad been sith us. viii
a hin, that he might find berth else
where: but our esstaway evineed IN
. greatest reluctance To leave the brig
! and begged that he might be permit
tod TO remain on board. as three
, our brs, hands had been sent ashore
: alex, to the hospital.
|. So short-sighted is man that Cap
tain Weston. despite the dislike OF III
+, ,res and the advice of Marc HisloI
e ordered that the name OF Antonio .
. entered on the ships books as fore
: mast man.
Three weeks after our arrival IN
brig was carccned TO starboard. whe
clear Of all the cargo. and had h'
SINNER eeraped and cleaned. an OF
.atlop which the constant rains OF u
!, season greatly retarded.
= There was much In Cuba to fee
nm imaginative mind and mine va
,. fall q, the voyages. the daring advel
4. ,urea and the vast discoveries oil ~
lumbus. with the exploits OF the hu
- ,aneera. whose hannts were amid the
Wild and. in those days savaI
shores
thought OF the gaily plumed nj
= barbarously armed caeiaues whom Z
,,r,bus had met in their fleet pirogus
n ar had encountered In the dense 10
!, n.,. which clothe the Cuban mou
:. ,aina-forests. old. perhaps. as
20 DAYS Of the deluge--of the yello'
:. skinned women with their long, no
. ,,,v biack hair and with plates OF ~
:, ,sh,d gold hanging In their ears a.
!, .a..s. Of the fierce warriors streak
IA .i,b sable war paint and armed WI
"A aane arrows shod with teeth or p'
- .a ssb bones. that fell harmle
Or from the Spanish coats OF mail; OF
nc wild Caribs, who deNouteu 'heif ~
al oners-with whom battle was pu.
a precursor of feast; and OF the
in MONS eehtlng women-the terrl'
as Amazons OF Guadalupe
At I thought of the story oil oo.u ,i..
10 wrl,inr the narrative of his wonder
ut discoveries, his perils and ao.en.u'
o. az roll OF parchment, when
+ wranned in ollcloth covered over ",
e way inclosed in little cask' anu ~ :,
nd cast into the sea. with PRAYER . :
at the hope that II he and ms e, Me q
lie ,sbed this record of their Hea"
N. ments might be cast by the OCEAN ,a
the shore OF some Christian 'a"'' :,
A. sat by the sounding sea ~ !
IN. rolled into the bay of Matanaas as W :,
al would not have given 70 no." .,ve
NJ Tho waves cast that old cask' s y,
In With weeds and barnacles' "
lot feet s,.am tug
IN. tho rusty merchant trade, -. s 81
Of ,hs waters of the bay ins'e'u !,