Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06
/ DICK RODNEY;
Or. The Adventures of
) An Eton Boy.
; BY JAMES GRANT.
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Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
BY JAMES GRANT.

MS meant, MI. Rooney. fnat as mer-
chant seamen We appealed to the man
o'-war for protection, and wanted an
armed boats crew. Thank heaven.
such An appeal is never made in vain
BY poor Jack of any country to a
British man-o'-war, but the lubberly
epaniards never noticed the signal. or
II SO. never needed it,"
THE Yankee skipper uttered a fierce
laugh
'Douse that shirt and come down.
you SIR he Numbered out; down in
stantly, or l will shoot you like a
COON
But. desperate with fear, the poor
fellow now stood upon the yard, and
while one hand grasped the topping
lit, with the other he waved his shirt
to the Spaniards l heard the crack
OF . pistol. and next moment he fell
a Quiyering mass upon the deck, stone
dead. shot by the revolver.
That win teach you to make sig
mails from my ship, you varmint, sni-
yelled the merciless skipper. giving the
body kick. and as for you, he con-
tinued addressing me, and ramming
home his words with an oath: but be-
Tore he could get further leyeled him
on the deck by blow from a hand
spike. and tossed his knife and revolver
overheard.
HIS right arm was broken. There
was 4 great row about all this before
the Alcalde when We got into harbor;
our bell was unshipped and our can
vas nnbent by a party of Spanish ma
rines; but the captain crossed the Al
ealde's hand with silver or gold, and
tners was an end OF it. There was an
end OF my engagement, too; for the
YANKEE veAthered ne about my salary,
seized my chest, my quadrant, even an
Old silver watch which my mother xave
me to make me comfortable, whom I
nfst vent to sea. and then turned ne
out OF the ship.
30 with nothing except a Mexican
dollar in my pocket. but followed by
my Newfoundland dog Hector. | found
myself on 4 wet and dusty evening on
the great quay of MAtanxas. which
faces the bay that opens into the Gulf
Of Florida.
Low alike in spirits and funds. j
had to endure being jostIed by negro
porters, scowled at by alsuazils. or
oersd about by rsd-cappped and black
bearded Spanish sentries, who were
ehirtless and tattered, and whose
brown uniforms and red worsted epau-
lettes tainted the very sea breeze with
the odor of garlic and coarse tobacco
The sun had set behind clouds a.
red as blood. The bay was all of deer
brown tint, and the shores were black
or purple. | was very sad at heart
and thought 1t hard that /, a British
seaman, should be there an outeast
and all my kit reduced to the clothes OF
my back, in the very place where til.
same flag that Pococke and AlbemarI,
hoisted on Havana, and brought nj
the Don Spaniards on their knees il
old King Georges time.
However, that would neither ant
me supper or bed. | lost or missed
my Newfoundland dog Hector. and (,
the bitterness of my heart banned tn
poor animal for ingratitude In leavin,
me. Just as / was looking about TO
4 humble posada, where a moiety O
my dollar might procure me bed.
man stumbled against me.
LOOK alive, cucumber shanks,' sal,
he, angrily, in English
Do you take me for a negro?'
asked, fiercely.
You are grimy enough for any
thing said he; and after being a nigh
In the Alcaide's lookup house. | Ger
tainly was not the eleanest of men
but now 1t seemed as If the voice O
the stranger was familiar to me. | ex
amined his features.
What / exclaimed, 'Hislop-Jacl
Hislop, Is this your
It's l, Jack Hislop, certainly re
piled the other, who proved to be m
old friend, Mares father; but who tn
deuce are your
Your old shipnate, Sam Weston
who sailed with you for many da
in the Good Intent OF Port Glasgow
For moment his tongue SCENE
absent without leave"
What. you Sam Weston-Englis
Sam, as we called you-adrift here a
Matanzas among these Spanish land
crabsf
faye. adrift sure enough said j. a
we shook hands heartily. and then ad
1ourned to a taberna, when / told hill
all about my quarrel with the Var
kee and my present hopeless condition
over a glass of mormon west.
"T have brig here on the grid
iron, repairing. for we lost some of he
copper In scraping a rock near th
Tortugas shoal. All my crew are
course ashore, and at present / al
residing with a friend said Hislop
but can find permanent quarters fc
you till you get a BERTH Do you sc
that craft out there in the bay?'
1.-THE polacca brig, about mile OF
Eyes. Well, she Is consigned to m
owner, but was found adrift, abandone
BY all her crew except two, about fit
miles OF. half way between this an
the Salt Key Bank. l have charge {
her now. and there you may sleep e,
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