Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-03


n | dreams | will lead you to Manoa."
g There arose a torrent of voices as he
e finished speaking Some declared that
e Captain Ireland was our leader, and
that the old mans words were treason;
] others that they hated the very name
e Of the golden city. and, while n few
called upon the old man to say more.
? the rest pressed Alec to speak Join
ed my voice TO these last and by out
shouting the others gained silence.
: MY lads" he said. there is not cnc
Of us here who has cause TO love he
SpaniardS. least of all |, who have
, lost Il father at their hands, but let us
not Sully our souls with their murder.
No, no; we can do better than that
we can make thnI useful We have n
safe prison for them in the cave, and
they shall be our slaves. AS for Ma
nOa, many of us who sailed to these
seas in the Bristol Merchant have
| spent years in the search for II al
| ready. and the prospect of continuing
the quest does not tempt us. But Span
| ish gallCons and plate ships litter the
main ike islands in an archipelago,
and every one of them contains treas
urc Now. my plain is to make these
our quarry for fro;J them n stout Eng
fish ship can reap revenge and plunder
both"
80 she should" pat in one fellow.
But, captain, we haven't got that
same stout ship"
we have hands, sirrah," replied
Alec, and some of us brains besides.
| The wrecks win afford both material
and tools, and we have plenty of cap
tive labor to make the work light
| There are artificers among US, and |
myself have some knowledge of the
| shipwrights craft, and so | say let us
collect our plankings at once and begin
to set up the stocks on which to lay a
keel Has any one of you better plan
20 offerY
The men looked at one another and
exchanged their thoughts in half whis-
pers and Willie Trehalon, after hang
! ing in the wind for a minute or so, rap
| ped his hook against his forehead and
came forward as their spokesman.
I'VE bain't altogether in love WI gal
| leys, Captain Ireland" said he NOR
| with any other ship that's driven WI
| slaves oars You see, slaves is apt to
| break out when you're fighting their
| friends an requires a lot o. vlctual an
attention. An this company, being sail
ors all an not soldier mariners. likes
| best TO maneuver In battle under can. |
vas an, In fact, backs one round ship to |
three long ones any day"
And | am with you there, Willie. / |
did not mean that we should put these |
prisoner dons on a galley's bank and |
let them taste the bitters Of their own |
prescription. No, no; leave cared craft |
to nations OF land soldiers. The winds
are the ministers Of the Englishman,
and sails are the wand with which he
rules them. Give me n handy craft,
and I'll warrant to keep the weather
gauge OF an enemy without cumbering
the waist with filthy slaves and telling
off good fighting men TO guard them.
The Spaniards here shall be far luckier
than they deserve. They shall work
for US as shipwrlghts' laborers and
shore servants; and when our ship Is
built and we are fitted for the cruise
Wen give them n holiday to dispose of
their bodies as they like. If we return
to rcht or for any other purpose and
find them here-well, we can enslave
them again and make them useful. If
we return no more again, well. And IL
we come and find that they have escap-
ed, still well, for they Will then be off
our hands"
Here he paused, and mt once there
arose strong lungcd shout of aDpro-
batlon, In which all joined with the ex-
ss.f ifyT, ne q =
moodily silent. The men were de-
lighted with the plan and eager to be-
gin the work OF shipbulldlng They
sworc TO follow Captain Ireland to
the end and promised death TO the first {
man who should dlsobcy him. Then :
they rated John Topp as his lleuten-
ant, Willie Trchalion as boatswaln and :
Jan Pengony gunner after which, re- u
mcmbcring the old man and thinking u
he might work mischief unless he was
they named him captain of !
guard over the prisoners and promised
TO haul him n lombard ashore, with &
which he could bclch language into the o
cave In case OF revolt.
And nt this he rcgalned his spirits p
and with n horrld torrent of p
|
surcd us that before the month was n u
week older he would have occasion TO
shoot. for TINT already, like an Andes 81
condor. he could scent the steam OF o
spanish slaughter from afar.
Meanwhile Alec had the five Span u
sh officers brought before him armor- u
ID, but unarmod, and told them what 81
Yc had decided to do with them. Most g
# them received the verdict quietly u
nouRh. Bandy legged little Don San W
ho shrugged his shoulders and. say-
hE mat IT was the fortune Of war, hop d.
81 That we would set our tasks light NJ
y In view OF n possible turning of the I "a
ablcs some time In the future. The V'
allow faced commandant however, pi
cluAcd absolutely to soil his hands for Ii'
ny mans pleasure and set his Rnarl. ~
~ yellow teeth with the air OF man lS
'hn intends 10 keep to his word. IN
"Why, aenor," said /, "John Topp III
cunts himself ms big II gentleman ns ni
on any day, and yet holds II no shame po
, haul and hcavc with those under Inl
I'm or even TO dip his sword hand IN
lc tar bucket If need be-" IN
He turned round sharply when he d"
'iI'h my name. John IOpp, lB III l w
ust ask your pardon for not rccognlz- Dc
X you In the scrpcnts mouth last >"
ght You were little bette" dressed TN
think. last time we had the pleasure In'
meeting, 80 my oversight is perhaps ms
Wen. Don John. my feel lh'
gs on the point differ from yours" "hi
Take care. Don Miguel. We have u h''
of work people" said ]
significantly. 700
lie shrugged his shoulders. "TIang hr'
@ If you have n mind" he said con.
hf
'Or we may follow your own dcflce be-,
ii make you fast 10 post down on Ing
g strand yondcr nt low tide" shi
You may drown me- Rcnor drown OF
p hy inchoR lr you please for I nm to pu
At extent in your power but [ shnIl asl
hc your obcdicnt servant" wo
oh. no. ho' lnughcd the old man. the
10 had tust come up 10 look after his In
irgc. ''Ah, ha! Stubborn and Ein sp,
'hcd, na was II does the old man'a not
art god 20 see such n luaty fellow. fai
Z me- consider. now. what should wo
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