The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-10

Are were flashing with mal,pnan,
r r,s, as all the slumbering devil ~ ~as
ioused within him "As
In. me Whole crew saw tbis and 49,
seI'eu mat Marc Hislsp mado Pc
70 ~ 20 rise up and spring overheard
r 70 10y succor; but as all their bones .,
au,, tnins tristan da Cunha denenaed
o.'.ieiy upon his skill and knowIsdv.
- navigation, he was seized bv We
.eH' Chute and others. roughly ,hr''a
held there. ioieiDiy
%" now that the fear and selfish
n me-. OF the rest prevailed over ALI rho,
llis'op, yLamborune and Carlton oo 10,
urge; Tor amid storm of contor 80 IN
,OHepes' l perceived the oars dinoin9
a A. siie water again and again and
,,1, Ike silver blades in the r,oon.
,'shI as they We're feathered and Tho
iohgDoat with all my eompanions sbot
.ion the creek into the bay and bors
away 70 seward about two IN ths
morning, leaving me on the beach
Cubano. 'H' henulsA
llau not Antonio held me fast and
menaeed me with his pistol I would
nave nave Spfang into the water, and IN
ueterred by the sharks that were for
ever gliding stealthily about the hav
would have swan after the boat. for
desperate though the fortune Of those
VINO were there, | would rather have
shared 1t than live on the Island of
AlLuohso with such a companion
HIS fierce. hooking laugh grated
narshiy IN my ear, but l Needed him
not and continued to gaze after the
BOAT and the lessening forms of those
VINO mad abandoned me, not without a
iond and desperate hope that thew
wouia return for me. Every moment |
expected to see her put about; but MOI
she hel1 steadily on till hull and sail
and crew were blended into one little
dark spot, which ere long could scarce
~ be discerned on the moonlit morn
ing sea.
her course was trimmed northeast.
for where they supposed the isle Of
Tristan da Cunha lay. She had caught
a breeze and, before four O'Clock in
the morning, the last vestige of her
had disappeared.
sun | did not entirely despair,
The idea Of swimming to one of the
adjacent isles occurred to me; but the
straits between were full of foaming
breakers and sharks; the rocks, more
over, were inaccessible, and wherever
l might go Antonio could easily follow.
The sun was now setting beyond the
sea, and the shadow of a great noun
tain was falling eastward over the is
end as we began to descend from the
bluff where had fingered so long by
| one Of the narrow and winding tracks
made through the gorse by the wild
goats.
AS it was alike dangerous and I'M
comfortable to sleep under the dews
that descended after sunset, for two
nights after the departure of the boat
was compelled to share the wlgwam
with Antonio, but did so with dread
and loathing, and kept as far away
from him as possible.
His dreams, which were full of oaths.
CALCULATIONS and frequently cries of
eel aparicion! Ell espectrow came on
him as of old; and as sleep to me be-
came an impossibility l resolved to
leave him to his own devices. Certain
ly the island was large enough for us
both.
Moreover he had become so sparing
of his ten charges Of powder that he
would not fire a single shot at either
bird or goat or wild boar. l have since
believed that he saved them with the
resolution of defending himself to the
last, if Hislop ever returned to arrest
him; and now, being lord and master
of the whole island, and Of me. too,
he exhibited a new phase Of character.
He became too lazy to procure food,
and forced me to find it for him, I'M
der threats Of shooting me. Thus for
two DAYS after the departure Of the
boat being totally incapable Of catch
ing one Of the fleet goats alone. and
beins in no way disposed to encounter
singly one Of the wild boars, l had to
climb the steep rocks above the break
ers and steal the sea birds eggs.
ITO be continued.)