The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-13

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This acdy," said the tall man.
it would be the worse for him. He had
/ given trouble enough already, he was
/ told, by turning up at ALL
This was mysterious and hardly sat-
isfying, but there was only one deduc-
tion to make from it, Whatever their
| game was, it BODIED harm to the ketch
and her people
Guthrie whispered this to Henrietta
and the woman nodded .sThey re after
the gold, I expect, sir, I" said she. eve
must just stop 'eml''
"But I've given my word for the
pair of us not to try to escape from the
cave =
$50 you have, sir, /" was the reply,
land you couldn help doing that same
either, but you haven't given no word
not to interfere in any hanky panky
! games against the ketch We'd best lie
low for tile present and keep our eyes
and our ears open to find out what the
/ devilment is that they re after
During the rest of the afternoon, till
nightfall, there was no further move on
the part of the negroes. They gave
their prisoners food and then went back
| to their niche and went to sleep; at
least some of them slept, if snores were
| to be taken as a proof of sleep, but the
prisoners made no doubt that there
was at least one pair Of eyes wakeful
enough to have squinted along gun
barrel if they had attempted bolt.
| The green light dimmed as the sun
neared the water on the opposite side Of
the island, and before long the cave
was in complete darkness. Still no signs
were given of an intended move, and
the snorers slept on undisturbed.
About an hour after sunset, however,
voice was heard bidding the prisoners
stir their stumps and, looking up, they
saw the meager form of the tall negro
standing at the angle of the cave with
a ships lantern in his skinny hand
"Where are we to go to?" asked
Guthrie.
"Come along with me, and you'll
! see, - said the man. s'And tell your
| mates to come too. can't din any
sense into the fat one
AS the negro had the butt Of pistol
sticking from side pocket of his loose
cotton coat the Eureka's people recog-
nized that for the present they must do
as they We're told. Their chance, they
hoped, would come later.
''This way" said the tall man as he
led them ton where whaleboat lay
snugly hiddenSin natural dock of the
stone. His three subordinates followed
behind the prisoners, hanging closely
on their heels. with sheath knives drawn
suggestively round to their hips in
readiness for instant use
The whole party boarded the whale
boat, which was then punted out of the
cave.
When they reached the lagoon, as the
1 wind was fair for the direction in
which they wanted to go, the leader
had the mast shipped and lug hoisted,
and away she went free They coasted
/ along the eastern shores of Piper's cay.
and then, threading few reef chan
nels, hauled their wind somewhat and
bore up to another island of slightly
smaller size that lay about mile
away. 1t was another os the group of
three to which Piper's cay belonged.
Toward this the leader steered her in
through some intricate navigation con-
tidently enough, though one or two
nice bits of handling were required, and
more than once a couple of oars had to
be got out to leeward to make her look
up to it. But at last she ran in straight
toward the land, rounded point and
opened out just such another harbor as
that which held the Eureka at the is.
land which they had left.
Guthrie gave cry of establishment,
FOR there before them, with her spars
and rigging traced in strong black lines
against the sky, lay large schooner. A
beautiful fairy ship she looked in the
soft moonlight but if she were so she
had surely changed hands recently for
the four negroes. at any rate did not
belong to the number of the good spir-
it's.
Henrietta gave sharp glance at the
graceful lines of the vessel they were
approaching and then turned to the ne
gro captain.
$50 you're pirates. are you9" she