Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-05-05
DICK RODNEY;
Or. The Adventures Of
An Eton Boy.
RY JAMHo GRANT.

An Eton Boy.
BY JAMH0 GRANT.

- e&e &&&sSS SIS Sc kGASAS |
was heard by them. and al the same |
instant both saw flock OF petrels |
and storm hnches rise up in the moon
light from the face OF the blum. where |
they FeEolYed above the breakers. like
swarm OF knats in sunbeam.
so II Ned and the carpenter were
mistaken In the sound, the birds were
also reused and alarmed.
Mark iiislop ridleuled their story but
he was considerably bewildered. and
so were we all when two days after
ward a sssman named Hugh Chute.
when rambling in the woods. found
one OF our goats. which We knew by
the fragment OF rope still tied round
It's neck. lying dead. With bullet In Its
throat
lie brought II 10 the hut. where the
wound was cut open and the bullet
extracted. II was small and had evil
IDENTIFY been fired from a pistol: this
even, caused the most exciting specu-
lations, amid which the carcass was
hastily buried. as none OF US would eat
OF H.
What or who could this person be-
we're the prevailing questions; and
what was mis- reason for eoncealins
himself from Us. ia the thick woods OF
the islandf
la the thorough exploration OF the
latter. caused by these episodes, our
people fortunately discovered fine
grove OF banana trees. and returned
laden with their yellow and luscious
fruit.
AZ the same time Tattooed Tom
found some letters I'm a foreign lingo.
as be said. cut on the face of a steep
rock. oyerhanging the river. which
formed the cascade NJ the beach. To
this rock he conducted Hislop and me
the next day. and after tearing aside
some masses Of creepers and scrapins
on rich coating Of moss. We found
this old legend ON the smooihed face OF
/ tho hasalt.
"Ei Noble Caballero. ID. Alphonso de
Albuquerque;
A. ID. 1906.
Rygyen a Dios por e"
"The year Of the discovery OF the Is
land" said Hislop.
Have other eyes ever seen this In
seriptlon since7" added |.
1T is very doubtful This AlphonsS
also discovered the Albuquerque kays
as he named the three lsiets which III
OF the Mosquito shore in the Carib
bean sea"
Hlslop copied the inscription In e
his notebook. and Just as ve turned q
leave the spot a large stone, abou
sixty pounds in weight. came crashinl
down the cliff. hurled. apparently. from
It's summit, and. II so. by no ineNper
hand. for IL struck the rock OF tn
legend within foot OF where Hisio
stood. and was shiyered into hun
dred pieces. covering him over wit
dust.
Had il struck him instead. he ha
been slain and mangled on the spo
Had a fragment broken any OF hi
limbs. in how miserable plight woui
no have been on that desolate islan'
without proper shelter or surgical aid
Looking up TO the summit OF To
cun which was about hundred an
ffty feet In height, perceived anon
tho dense fringe OF Wild gourds. shrub
, leaves and plantain trees, then waNin
in the wind. something like a huma
face. that. after peering over at us. WI
suddenly withdrawn.
THAT stone was never disiodge
> either by goats or by accident sa
, Hislop; there is not vestige OF cif
upon the fragments-besides, all u
= faee Of the elf is smooth and sol
roek!"
"And IL is the only place we did n
: overhaul Yesterday, Master Hislor
. said Tom Lambourne.
"Then there must be the thief
our hiaeuits--of our goats"
= "of our stun'sail boom and my Q
!, vuernsey. Let us have all han
turned up for hunt again, exciaim
y Tom.
!, now mentioned what had seen
:, "a man,-do you think 1t was
n mans head?"
!" 81 can not be certain, Hislop," 81
a I; sit seemed face OF some KIND a
J. a very hairy one. too.
- cit might be an old pumpkin, 81
gested Tom. in his matter-of-fact vi
!, "or a goat-at all events. IT COZ
:, not have been a baboonl" said |.
mo. no: there is no such ann
hereabouts, Master Rodney repi
Tom.
MAN or monkey, goat or DEVIL W
!. overhaul the place this very AT
noon" exclaimed Hislop, with incrs
=, ing energy, and anger; but nrst
- shall return with all expedition to
hut.
!" ~, nTED XXXII