Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-24
DICK RODNEY;
Or The Adventures of {
) An Elton Boy. 5
! BY JAMES GRANT {
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BY JAMES GRANT.

N~Ne us ~ suanthly by surprise,
that, Although We had been waiting
and watching for him since dawn, his
resolute aspect and the srms he WELD
ed controlled US all. and we stared at
each other With irrsselutlon in our
purpose and In our faces. No man.
apparently, cared to act as our leader.
'Presso," roarod the cubano. ''obey
and keep quiet. or. demonio, as there
are 30 many. ! have a great mind TO |
shoot ons-half, that | may control the |
rest Cast loose those top-sails. and
~ with the royals aEsia-set the fly
ingyib and main tryssil-quiek. per-
ros. or I'll make sharks meat of some
more of you,"
The erow seemed TO lack either res
olu,ion or the power Of combination.
aud no man appeared anrious 10 In
eur ths sure penalty OF instant death
By acting in opposition TO his peremp
tory orders In setting as example TO
the rest 80. sullenly and silsntly the
sail trlmneFs stood by the tacks and
braces. the wheel reYolyed In the un-
willing hands Of Ned Carlton. who was
compelled TO obey. for the cold mnzzle
OF a slr-baE,elea revolver, capped and
cooked. vas held close 10 his left tenn
4 pie.
The head Of the Eggenie paved on
Ia obedience 10 her helm. the yards
swung round aud we're brkeed sharp
ap. and with the starboard lacks On
board. Ia tire. minutes We were steer
lag rs due westward "A her head would
lie for the eoas; Of South America.
The alteration OF our course fur
nishsd the crew with a new source OF
speculation. IL vas evidently the .n-
,snuon OF Antonio. II he could reach
the coast Of SECURE. or that OF Bahia,
TO escape with all his saluables and
bis vengeance. and TO this end. II
ships passed wilAou, sueeoring OF
o,eraAullns us. and Il We did not de-
stroy him. he might certainly destroy
us. By seu,ting The BRIG. or setting bel
on Gre.
The noon passed over without al
observation. for there was no one e
.ors IL. 10 estimate the latitude o.
longitude. 10 keep reckoning. or tax
no,s o. our variation and iseSay. ans
les, -e should signal any passing ship
Antonio. who Nss a most thoughda
seounarsi threN every color over
board lie dsd not come on deck agai'
tor snps time. az he haa plenty o
spirits and provisions below. and To
trli.tsis compass in the sfylight 81
rnrasd him opnstsn, Information as
wh.ther the hriE sas sieefsd IN u
direction he wished.
~, was constantly drinking. es
| n.yss became 90 intoxicated as TO
unvnry. =,
Ana 90 The tsted bri. glidei over =
Ia, sea uadsr the blazing sun. tn
l .ih.,rosaes came round Us again. vii
,r,pplnr feet. tapping wings and ope
l Nils. hut no one moiested them no
We had other things TO think o'
md n, ..t on the anchor stock IN u
y..,hsr bow. N,iehlng them noaun
Il In the water. OF skimming over
.t.h their vast wing. outspread.
\ Though, Of the Ancient Mariner az
Al, ,hs, he had suffered for killing u
i bird o, good omen
fsl, strange dread creeping ov'
! me whilc these verses seemed on n
tonsue-thsy were so descriptive
4 the atmosphere and OF the situation
II .su in a hot and copper SAY.
l. The bloody sun AZ noon.
II Risht NJ above the mast did stand.
> No bigger than the moon.
q Il closed my lids. and kept them clos
s. And the balls like pulses beat.
p For tho sea and sky, and the sea al
q sky.
= rav like a load on my weary eye,
a And the dead we're at my Feet