The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-17
CHAPTER XNUI.

for sea we took her for 4 weeks cruise
through the desert sea to the north
ward OF our island. This was the more
necessary as. except our captain, none
OF us had more than the vaguest no.
tons of fore and aft scamanship, and
1T would have been fools counsel to
think of fighting till we had got all
hands used to the feel of their new
ship.
We were returning from this cruise,
well satisfied with what we had seen
and learned, and were within sight of
| the Temple of the Serpent on Cave is
land when Alec called general coun-
| Gil.
The question was put to us what to
| do next
| There was no lack of suggestions
One proposed that we should cruise
along the main straight away; another
thought that VIC had better run into
harbor again and, lying snug there,
plant n lookout on the mountain who
should give us word when n suitable
quarry hove in sight. One man added
this bit Of advice and another that.
But when each man who had anything
to say said it, and there were almost
men, Willie Trehalion, who had been
standing straddlc legged by the bitta-
Gle and rubbing his skin cap fore and
aft across his bald pate, as he always
did when his thinking machinery was
| at work, took step forward and put
| in his word
There's an island hereabouts," he
said, Lying some II leagues s'uth'ard
n o,.1 ha&
good pickings to them as goes odvcn-
turin OH it,
| "An island with pciingsr said job
Trchalion. Then there's Spaniards on
1t, too, uncle?"
Willie tool; no notice of him. Mar.
| gherta's the name o it," he went on
Some o you may have beard o. it, but
all o you may not know that the Span
iardS has got three towns planted there
to look after the pearl fisheries. Now,
Y ~ own rrssIcsty >scyrss-Ys,vSS-.S5
| upou' her gown. III SO it bain't ro,. ~,
| Ike o us To turn up ..---- 'Hc
Besides, there's Spaniards there to col
lcct 'cm from the paGans rs brings UP
the pearl oysters from the sea floor, an
| where there's Spanarls you can lay
your teeth ont there's powder as we'll"
"And you suggest, Willic:'
THAT we harry town Oh Margher-
ita."
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mako = hig moutbfr," " said NO .Han.
,cn # MIGHT souirm ,hout WHOM we
sos trvin~ IN syoJIoy II nm choke usn
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