Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

WItitoul thinking OF the terrible peril OF
hre at sea. In 10 minutes the fire burned
through the thick planking of her sides.
The ribs still showed black and solid like
those of some skeleton in hell fire yet un-
canted over soon after. A secret store of
powder concealed somewhere in her hold
blew up with tremendous explosion, heav-
ing the masts high into the air.
l looked at Anna as she stood in her win
dow. and saw her face crimsoned with the
fiery glow:
What think you now?" I said Does a
picture over bed make up for these
things?" She had her answer ready.
Your Bible says, If 1 read 1t right,
Honor thy father and thy mother!''
That was all she said. She did not even
reach down her hand to bid me good night,
but shut the window and went back to bed.
CHAPTER xxxv.
Dog Eat Dog.
Nevertheless, 1 did not forget Yellow
Jacks advice, that if We wished to leave
the island We must we'll provision the jolly
boat and prepare for a cruise of some
length On the beach that night 1 man.
aged to find firkin of butter, which all I'M
seen 1 rolled to a snug place beyond the
village. The half-caste also was on the
lookout, and between US we secured some
smoked hams, sufficient to serve for several
weeks, SO that the question of food did not
sufficient water casks to escape the great
est danger of all voyages in open boats
death by thirst.
1t was three nights before we could find
and quite week ere we could appropriate
without suspicion a small but beautifully
coopered barrel which had contained some
rare liquor. do not know whether or not
1t had been emptied before coming into the
hands of our buccaneers but 1 do know
that all the time We kept water in it the
taste which 1t communicated to the rapfd,
lukewarm brew was exceedingly heartsome
and pleasant.
Anna and 1 had spoken to my mother
about our projects of escape, and 1 had
soon to realize that one of our chief diff
culties would be with her. I think that
anxiety and mental terror had brought
about certain relapse into Indifference and
apathy.
And, indeed, at this time my mother APP
peared to be less herself than l have ever
seen her
why escape at all?" she said DO you
know where you will arrive at? Most like
ly among cannibals. And this is indeed
very quiet and peaceful. We have what we
want to eat. If you are troubled outside,
come and stay here with Anna and me.
You can have Annals room and she shall
bring her bed in here beside me-
so we resolved to say no more tosher for
the present, and when necessity arose to
get her to accompany us to the boat upon
pretext. With this in view it became our
custom to call her out in the evening and
sometimes In the morning also, in order
that she might get accustomed to walking
with US. At first the astonished faces and
1li-concealed admiration of the men on
shore, and yet more the curiosity of the
black women who f1ocked about, making
very audlble remarks, almost made her
turn back. But gradually she became ac-
customed to go with US, and after a while
she began to like these little excursions
Whlch broke the monotony of her day. yell
hnp
dlstasteful, but gradually she became as
Iond OF MIN as We were. I think however
she never trusted or liked his mother
Whom the sailors called Witch Sally. She
aVerred that the negress was very like a
certain ancient Sarah Grisby, who in the
sunny meadows about Clieveden had cast
the glamor upon herself land one other"
as she said. which made US judge that the
one other must have been that Young
Master VIII Lucy, squire's Master Will of
whom Caleb Clinkaberry had spoken.
winch thought took me back wildly to
those terrible days after my mothers hurt
and | wondered whether Caleb still abode
at the Yeti house by the gate of New
Minis and, as he promised, kept the nest
warm for our Homecoming
Anything served for pretext for these
walks, which. however, never led US yery
far from the settlement. We wished also
to accustom the liberty men and the buc-
canneers on shore to the sight of my
mother wandering about in our COMPANY.
But, remembering the guard which had
been set at either end of the hut could
never feel that we were truly alone, though
! couid never catch any one In the act of
following US.
1t was long while before we got any on
portunlty OF carrying out our plans of es-
cape, and indeed, it was chance and not
any deep-laid plan, which ultimately gave
us our liberty, or at least delivered us from
our forced detention on the Isle of the
Winds. ~
But, curiously enough, it was Will Bow
INV 80
rest: She had always a great regard for
VIII. She never really liked Anna mark.
for reasons which have been indicated. But
WIN Bowman she looked UP to as in some
ways the representative of Umphray Spur
way, whose will she had (save in ono easel
always submitted to without a murmur.
Me- indeed, she loved entirely, but thought
of me as no better than a boy and infirm of
purpose = wherein she was completely
wrong. Yet she "gaed her ain gair," so lar
as was concerned, and would have neither
doctrine nor reproof from me-
But VIII she trusted, and after a while
consulted as to many things
Now VIII, being a friendly, active fellow
and excellent with tools, worked with great
acceptance in the carpenters shop. He had
a natural eye for boat, and was of great
use to the men there. who worked we'll
enough by rule Of thumb, but had no
heads for drawing a plan or laying out a
job.
1t was Will, therefore, who brought lis
the first true word about the late prize and
1t lightened my heart greatly to know that
the snip was no quiet merchantmen. but an
armed vessel like our own. The Corraman-
tee, indeed, had at first only defended her
self. but after coming to close quarters, the
larger and stronger ship had been carried
by the resolution of our men, led by the
fair-haired Scot from Tillicoultry.
But VIII brought other news as well. 1t
was not often that the men talked before
him about any of their communal or priva-
teering subjects. But one day while he
was in the ship fitting up some shelves he
heard a couple of them talking together
through thin partition. They raised their
voices to make themselves heard, and the
subject Of their converse reached VIII Bow
| man with equal ease through another bulk
head.
From them we learned that the captured
ship was one of three or four which had
been sent out to raid the Central American
towns and that her consorts were expected
to try for revenge upon the Isle Of the
Winds.
I'm no feared O. ony consorts," said Job
Bone. the carpenter, a Scot from Galloway.
There's no man able to pilot ship
through the channels to the anchorage o.
the Isle O. the Winds except Blackie wi
the Silver Wingsr'
For so they called Saul Mark, whom at
II flNrzo 4IxNT 49,