New-York tribune., 1901-02-03

Pr'aps.' says /. after thinkin' ard for some
moments. they were born with the bloomin'
You're fool. Pagett' says he and you'd
letter 90 ana fall in with the rest
Now as / Was carryin' my wounded feelin's
back 70 my comrades il suddenly struck me- thar
the dawn wasn't breakn as quickly il usu-
ally does in those latitoods. The black patch
oyer The days eye had covered the entire face
al IN" eastern sky. and Was slreadin' - tn '
zenith faster than the daylight Itself. 1t ".S
plain from the inceSsaut tyvinklin'. that tr"p-
zeal thunderstorm WAS comm up with the sun.
and you may take my Word for it that bare
rock in mdocean Amt the safest place t" s--
one from.
The detachment al ahead, undreSsc,I. and
were helm mustered Ay the color sergeant. =" 1
slipped oil my clothes and Joined them
Before the muster was over the n"rnin al
grown much darker than the night had ever
been, ana the sky above Us Was like Il Srrat
NclIcl pail Nith its borders trailn IN the sea
Long Ngzas rents were torn IN the rall ahoH,
once every second. nor Was thci" any iht"iN -
iu th, orrihlc din a. the thunder Luckily NJ
escaped the rainfall hut ~" could ear II hlSsln
"n the sea mile away like forty thousand loco
motives nl"lvin' off steam.
As n was too dark tn hdth". .nd too danger
ous ta 20 into the tent where the w"r",
JanudNay fyi uS IN two deep IN rear of II:
BEFORE Nrly long. 'ateyer. the eastern edge %
thu iau began IA lift ami streak of crimson
sky appeared """oath H. Then IN" streak
ril-rlrd. orange showed above thn red. pril-
r"se above the orange. t.il presently We could
pail had rolled away quickly as Il al spread.
Mr.. Pagelt removed the pip" from his mouth
ana laid II upon IN" table
''1nuN~ been in the tropics Yourself sir nr
observed. loohins INTO the fire.
nuGdr1
..Did you eyer s,,,. ane % them lishtnin' photo
graphs
rye heard Of tarnl." admitted cautiously.
1t is said that they cannot VT he accounted for
10y science. though they are undoubtedly elec-
uical"
4 saw one that mornin' on the island h.
mused the Hash over the Tor just now minded
The first thing we noticed after Jannaway
dismissec and Ned moved aNay from th'-
tent Mas the double line u p1r shadows StilI
fixed upon the curtain where II al been thrown
ny the lightnin''
Yes" admitted .,hat was quite possible"
quite possible. but 'oW about this' The
drummer. wio vas starn' At the phrn"ni-n"n
f. m the front . th' group suddenly turns
I und.
Il Thought h sIu-aked. that cpuntiu' Mr..
JapnaNay. we N-r.. thirty thru, oh told
Then Tor once ~ your sinful young life.
says the c"rpIil, YOU thought right. my son
% Nell says the boy. "dsir sntn IN" middl"
- the crowd. 'oM 30 YOU account f'r thor" heln
thirty-four shade - on the hlnomin' tent
Nobody attempted to account for II. nobody
even N9nt-d To- account for IL What every body
did want 'oNrNrr NaS Ia get un that cursed
island without another minutes DELAY. l-ikr
one man th,. DIT lchneut turned and bot~i fui
the pinnace IN which Hr al landed and which
moor.-i i fen yards IRON th" beach II w.iS
th- STAMPEDE ~ the previous AFTERNOON over
again, with the difference that tins un" M.
am the colar-srrs"ant. an Janna"ay were IN II
Nell.
We srlashei Through th~ NIt-r. Skinned pt-r
The gunn-l - IN lis boat. got "ut tn" oars
and gave Way like. ,r"A possessed hut Ned
barely put hundred yards between US and
the BLANK Flies shadow IN thu tent before th"
SEA began 20 hubble about th- pinna'" Ik'
water round an -Gs M a saucepan
80 For m. I.tiI'S sake cries one 80 tE- mon
laHin' has .iaT, look a the hlGuulu' ISLAND
Then Jaw a most curious tht- Tn"
island gradually er"~in' ~maii~t -in other
words. Il WAS Siukin' before pGr ,.y.S' Presently
only tLc tops - the ntS and tn jIck-tan w-ic
visible above tin water. and then only the Union
ia x itself When that '"mely hlt . huntin' 'ad
gone. too. the drummer burst out t-cry IN
'Ary'ow.' saws th~ corpril. ch-"illy that *
;rSprr4tin' Blank Fil-s gone Aiih it
Aye chimes ia thu Dismal Jimmy Of the
detachment. but We shall he under stopTaEes e.
pay until them arms and ac,outrements ara
made gpoi ! SaIt ~ th" time n" continued.
that il was earthly h-N d'tollin "
Take that mans name for diSobrlirnc" ,'f
orders roars out Jannaway. ''ow dar~ you
make my flesh creep he says. when 'ay.n't
got a stitch - clothin on
There's the Dutch flagship in the ofnS Just
OFF thc port beam. sir sings out another.
Then / 'ope to guoGn'>S.' says Jinnaw way.
casting an anxious eye over the max Il forms h~-
for. him. 'thet the admiral 'asnt brought no
lad .cS with him To s-- IN" moo island
An hour later ClamhcTvd hy uIl
the steep sides % The Dutc hman. and were served