The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
CHAPTER KILN

And So indeed il proved. We found all the
SrAnisrds anxious for a srpedy retreat The
blacks whom EbOrra had terrified We're Clamorous
for II, and the others shared their alarm But
the commandantc, being q brave and determined
man, stood out alone. He refused TO return 10
Puerto Rico without something Ia show for his
expedition.
What" he said, because Two prisoners cast
themselves into he'll before their time, shall We
that are soldiers Of the King Of Spain stink OF
ike whipped ours, and leave thousands Of gold
pieces within a few miles II u.s. We are on the
Isle Of the Winds The pirates are few IN mum.
Der most Of them probably away on their ex-
iedItions We vii, take them at ~unawarcs. root
out the murderous nest, capture their treasure
and obtain great Iraise and reward from King
Ferdinand But first we shall indeed GO back
10 the shore, in order that we may rest and find
cut by means Of scouts the way 10 the village
and the dispositions Of the robbers there"
let one Of your men 60 with me" said Eborra,
10 witness that ! do not lie. We will spy out
the buccaneers and bring word within twelve
hours"
The commandments conferred apart with the
grand inquisi,or, and presently Ehnrra Was sent
~ with one other in whom they had confidence,
an expert woodman who had formerly served
with Capt Key on another island
50 upon ,hc edge Of the sea, at a place where
there is a pleasant sandy bay, we were set down
20 wait Our chains were taken OF, and one
more kind than the rest gave us a salve aud lint
for our chafed skin and ankles and where the
weight Of the bel, dragged heaviest above our
thigh bones. Anna inside broth for all in the
caulGron, and in this fairly good case we waited
Ehora's return. II was curious that all rcioic'd
greatly that Saul Mark was dead, which may
APPEAR strange when one Of us was q daughter
and y maid 81 tender heart Ike Anna But after
~ many trials and So much evil, both threatened
md accomplished by this man, there were no
Ties u affection l-ssible betveen them. And
when Anna brought Us broth in The ron Id q
the pot, before beginning 10 eat we all clasTed
hands and said, God he thanked"
But N this We thought chiefly We spoke Of
Saul Marx. For Of my father, who had siryrn
10 10 one great deed at least 10 wipc away 80 much
,yi ! at least could NOT think save with graf
tude And wondered greatly what my mother
would say when we tod her
Now, though bu,h the CommHudantc and the
grand i~nquis.tor had bean sorely disappointed
IN the matter Of MOrgaH's treasure. yet | could
gather, as they stood consulting together, that
hey were not altogether III satisfied with the
lGm affairs hal taken. Fo! though al the frst
saul Mark had been taken up by the PRIEST, and
hlterward supported by Don Nicholas, | hldSc
Mat neither Of them was unwilling 10 DE- rid Of
~ dangerous a man and one who threatened
lu ~suTpHni Them IA authority.
We lay all this day on the sea edge Among green
bushes aud under Tie shade II wild cotton trees.
immediately .hcneath us The land crabs We're
using mysicriOu-ly from the midst Of the white
cora! sand, trlndlinE hithcr and thither. and, ~
nwcre, shaking themselves free Of the dust II their
hoicS; We could hear their great claws clicking
together like sailors scissors as they scuttled In
and out their warrens The smaller were green
III color, but dc bug warty seniors were as gray
snd hloodthirsty Of aspect, as II they had been
lurmrd out NJ the rock itself
Beneath these Hglln appeared the fringe n
Whilr sari, the deep tIiigo blue reefs sunk IN The
h7lrc II the { arlhh''n Sea, with the ggn bcgiH
Llag To sink comfortably in the west,
NINA vent tu and fro among us dealing out
Nhni pruycndcr had hrcn landed from the ship
several OF the negro uyrrseers accompanied hs.,
and At the back against a wall Of rocks a IRE was
Iyhtrd, the smoke II which dispersed Itself among
'hr tangled mass Of %cIrcpcrS down from the cid;
Md 80 quickly do men in these outlnndish
places reconcile themselves 10 death and change
That i II were not Mi and | who ourselves had
Teen delivered from death, do not think that amy
Of ihpsr who waited the going down ~ the sun so
much as thought Of the TWO men who an hour ago
had gone whiring into that fiery l:rhenns locked
III enth other arms.
IT," tommandan'c and The Great inquiSitor
''ktd together, sumnpninS first this one and
'lrh maj 10 assist them by his counsel. Aboat
an hour before sunset Eborra returned with his
G'upariou They brought the news that very
~" pirates wrrct" b" seen. aud that the villege
4Ipcrrrd 10 b" deserted Judged, however, that
nara VINO knew every foot ~ the Jungle, had
brFNl''rd The man tp see more than he wished,
mere W"Tc ihree ships In the b. rbOr, but each 81
non appeared b. h. manned only by q sparse
AL,
NiI and ! were exceedingly anxious 10 gc,
spr''h vim Ebprra after his return. but the latter
A,p' carefully away from us. busytng himself
aoynlia" fire under the clitT where Anna was cook.
HE 2" Grand InQuisnnr watched him with
MS small l%wtukliug eyes, and the half caste never
UlD'h A. lrk"l IN ouf direction, Presently,
,r'N'N'f, NINA came over ~ ~ with some strips
D'Hcd beef laid upon plattcrg ~ palm leaf,
very fresh and tender
LOorTa bids vs. keep well in the rear, she said
.MIlNg dnd pointing 10 the strips Of beef as II
eSHlhi how We liked them, then AT the first sound
Shol We are 10 drop oil and lie close among
w NnlrrbrlSh Till he luinS US"
" ~ ana each shot a question at her, but she
snE laughed merrly and nodded her head
IAN ~ S." ttipfed back again 10
Nv NE, making believe all the way that we
TT greedy fellows not content with what We
N"u S9,urn, but wished for double rationS
hhu an hour after shutdown IL was dark, and
q, sllfted W the side Of n creek full Of rch,
u. m4i' From This the miasma rose palpably.
/, m'saui'oS hummed and pinged ~. cloud
81 hose about Newfoundland. "'Zzzrzzz-
was What they said. And when they came
"A' pronounced with a little upward Twill