The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-15

CHAPTER VII.

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CHAPTER VII,
As the bearers pflnews Of the, seizure
1 OF the English, shipping In Vigo bay we
were persons of some conssiifd eration in |
Bristol. The good folk 81, the tow
were all eager to hear from our lips q
true areouhtilofA thati61tbreak with
3 SPAIN and0 thesresultoto usswas' that's
4 except if6r(bur beds aniba light imornss(
ing meal Of cold beef and ale 3werwere
very little. ii debt to oYr host. Of the
Blue Merihaiden. tie tavern ID Which,
j asst was a btdcesY FREQ Tented by seafarN
y ing men. we had made our headquar-l
tiers, s. saM ;4is tfaol84 III 4
The fadyffnFture has, left Us well in
pocket too, for though the; SeYern'fs
cargo had Of course not been sold i /
had been brought back unspoiled, anil
our Spanish edneon, aohewf ship and
I well $tpredsnturned outsa most valuable
prize. So our lads promised them j
selves good time on shore, and, jpdg-
ing b Tie number Of them that We met
In the streets With broken heads aid
blackened eyes. they kept faithfully to
that promise .ses1bliaJ III Il I'M bnB :
Trade with Spain was naturally out
4 Of the question for the time being, and
{ any attempt on my part to return and
!, carryg6f IHez was pfactiealiy useless.
VITO try it would be to condemn myself
to the galleyss, Or Ga Spanish dungeon.
for lifes SO had reluctantly to- resign
myself to Waiting in the hope that bet
ter titles were in store for u.s. ..'14
Alec had some wild notion of fitting
out asahipe foritile purpose of marrying
the Spapiarls and lbreak king up their.
armada before it, could leave the
G5asts; but, as \ pointed, out to- him,
Drake and fiHtH aaMEin s'7 ana Sir Richard
Grenville ahdn20 others would play at
that if it were at all feasible, ! and we
Rad better wait, for q lead from them.
So. as. none Of these well known cap
tains gave any sign of moving. We, too,
staid where we We're and enjoyed our
selves amo1gf ithe nhospitable people OF
Bristol gqsIg
One nights however. we learned "a
piece of news which put a sudden
period to Our ialing. We We're return,
4 ing arm in arm from pleasant supper
at he.aiousdEof Peter Waltham zone of
& the, city aldermen.I ehatteringl inemy
Needless fashion Ia bout thei charms of
- on entertainments youngest daughter,
and Alec as usual listening gravely to
my nonsense and putting in word
here and there's i3Aa tat1t 2liista e
The yellow moon ogledf us through
the crannied clouds, and by the time
we reached the Blue Mermaiden the
rain had begun TO- fall and the. alehouse
sign was, swinging ans croaking dis;
cprdantly in the now rapidly rising
wind. There was every promise Of o
Wild hight and we We're not sorry
when we reached the friendly shelter
& Of the inn. d 1t wasGlongi past midnight
81 an hour at which the, house was usual
" as still as the cable tier in calm
but as we entered we heard voices
coming from the kitchen, so we peeret
in to see who the, visitors were. 1901 Z
There on the lsettlesalolled the host
With his rosy, treble chin on his! chest
Snoring heavily. Beside, him was /,
!, tall, spare man. with tangled blacl
hair. and an ugly scar running RICH
athwart q hist brown forehead,E whicl
i gave him a. trueulent' appearance tina
his weak. shiftless mouth failed t
corroborate. On the edge of the tabl
sat anshortJ squat broad man, olde
than the other; he wore a seaman
akin cap and a huge brown coat who's
wide skirts spread out far behind hir
on the table. These last two wer
talking to one another in, a languag
that I did not understand. made
move as though to go in, but Alec pu
his hand on my arm and drew m
} gently back. sssajl 10 Eitoti affg nQill
'ItsstC Cornish they're speaking" h
whispered, land we shan't be able
4 make out word Of it., Let's go to be
and be thankful there's no watch t
keep till the SUMS wen up tomorro,
morning., = & s .,,a
So up the ladder we climbed to OF
chamber and the voices of the two me
same as life. an tell how Captain Al
drew Dove copied it down on piece
sheep parchment an swore to wal
through them streets afore he was
year older" mi, e es .s
ksYeu'll never learn gumption, nepl
ew," ..shaid willie tFritably, ,"Cap ltsa
Dovesain'tsShe Mrst haa mac ia,
1 VOW An tl HIM rhk Eli ;dlt Afaf GapIta
DovesainHH6a Ahdngt Stos X now sbsh
than TO caF 1sa his lare s into tt a ass
try that's chock a block with feve
an saYages an sga a 4iq an et is
ments an the devil kh9Ws what, ,Whh
then The deserves all hem get by b
foolishness, an that's belly full
troubles an mot enough gould tn NAL
q thiimbs fhh Bpats ol tsaBpt ,Gapta
DoveN GO Back on them words VII,
he's sober, tell you, an no shame
him for doing it,. No mars bound
I do sober what he promises drunk"
And. Willie jabbed at the table wi
/ his hook as though to work off the ir
Y tatioH. which his nephsW's, pSrststsR
had evidently aroused in him.
4 Itch 'eeyheswrs us, saber%as / J
now,ga. retorted Job, grinning still
spite-of bis eggd dSa y!924F It to Look ear ne
WI An, mt for -hn foil