The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-24
( DICK RODNEY;
Or. The Adventures Of
An Eton Boy.
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were on the deck o. good old English
oak-aye. as much at home as II we
stood upon the chalky South ForeIand.
and saw the great mop fields Of fertile
Kent at our feet, with the gray towers
Of Dover ana the white spires OF Deal
in the distance. Old Lambourne Ut
tered shout. and pointed to the Union
Jack.
One must be abroad and far away to
feel to the full tie emotions that are
excited, and the confidence which Is
inspired on seeing the old flag, that has
swept every sea and shore. waving in
its pride from the gaif-peak OF Brit
ish man-of-war.
1t is then that we feel what sway
one little island has exercised over
the mighty earth"
HisloD and l dined with Capt. b.
who vas anxious 10 hear our story In
detail.
Our shiDmates were told Of to their
several divisions. and we were placed
in the ward room mess for the re-
mainder Of the voyage.
We sailed that night, and under
steam and canvas, as We bore away TO
the north. ne soon saw the Peak OF
Adam skiing into the dark blue sea
"Adieu 70 the Cauaries," said HislOp,
waving his hat; the next shore We
see will be Europe-the white ellis o.
Old England, perhaps"
But next day we sighted the great
pitons OF the Salvage islands, a group
OF uninhabited rocks which are claim
ed by the Portuguese perhaps no one
else cares about thsm), and which are
surrounded by dangerous shoals. One
OF these isles closely resembles the
fantastic rocks OF the Needles. at the
west end Of the Isle Of Wight
On the SalTages the canary birds are
so numerous that al old yoyager says
sit is impossible to walk without
crushing their eggs"
We touched at Madeira, and after .
delightful voyage OF about sixteen days
ran up the Channel. and came TO an
Choir in the Downs on the 18th Of oc-
tober.
1 had been absent from home more
than a year, when I found myself in
London-in mighty London. with its
I dark forests Of masts and its dark ca
thedral dome, that meets the eye from
+ every point OF view-a wOndrous and
beEildering change. after traversing
f so long the wide and lonely sea!
----rr-- n
learn tidings OF my father. my mother
+ and sisters, I reached the counting
room OF ny uncle's firm, Rodney &
/ Co, in the city. but there was some
/ thing SO peculiar in ny aspect. which
i pertained neither 10 sea nor shore, and
was Enthusiastically outlandish. that old
John Thomas. the porter, seemed in
clined to shut the door in my face.
A short explanation, however, soo1
overcame his scruples, and I was then
admitted
Ny uncle was at Erlesmere. but his
4 head clerk assured me that ny family
were all well. though they had Iona
since given ne up for dead. as g
handsome Che assured me it was vers
handsome) white marble tablet erected
to my memory in the RsctoTy church
remained TO testify.
Ny letters from Cuba had never
reached home.
AS | had no desire to shock my psr.
ents by a sudden surprise, Telegram
preceded me. and in less than an houl
was of by the express train FOL
Erlesmere. But with all its speed tbs
express seemed too slow for me. Marl
Hislop accompanied me until he coulC
get a ship, but before looking for tina
he meant TO visit his old mother, wh'
lived somewhere in Scotland.
After all that we had undergone
all that had to show my family wer'
the sword and old book found in tht
waterlogged brig. the creese OF q mu
tinous Lascar. and the ring given mt
BY the governor OF Surabaya.
have now realized the truth o
Goethe's maxim: He that looks for
ward sees one way to pursue. but h
who looks backward sees many"