The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-05-02
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| / drDnnp6 "a art in
none too soon for T was near over
hoard could soc notb;ng for tho mn
ment. but those two furious encrin
| soned faces swavinp topatber nndar
| the smoky lamn: and 7 shut NV owes
to LET them grow once more familiar
with the darkness
The endless ballad had come to an
end at Ia and tba wbo1a din,iniebad
| company about the camnfire had
1 broken into tbo cborns T va ba,rd co
often.
| "Fifteen men on the dead mans chest
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the deyil had done for the rest
4o-ho-ho' and bottle OF rum!'
was JUST thinking now busy drink
ahG me aeFli were at that very mo-
ilietit IN the capln OF the Hlspanlola
When was surprised by sudden
| iuicn ol tne cofacle. AT the same mo-
illent she waved Sharply and seemed
10 chanSe her course. The speed in the
'i'Gailllllle had strangely increased.
opened my eyes at once. All round
me We're httle rlpples, combing over
WIN sharp prlstllng sound and
sIsnty Phosphorescent. The His
paliiola herseli, rev wards in whose
wake was sun Delng Whlried along,
oeeiheo 10 Stasser IN her course, and
saw her spars loss little against the
piachleSs OF the nlght nay, as
looheo longer, L made sure she was
also Whesillig 10 the scuthWard.
glanced over my shoulder, and my
heart Jumped against my ribs. There,
ilShl peFilid me was the glow OF the
cam plire. Inc current had turned at
rlSnt anSles, sweeping round along
| win II the tall schooner and the little
danclns coracle; ever qulckening, ever
for the omen se5 ~ Jug II ''ie Naii o"'
Suddenly the schooner in front of me
gave violent yaw, turning perhaps,
through 20 degrees; and almost at the
same moment one shout followed an
other from on board; could hear feet
pounding on the companion ladder;
and l knew that the two drunkards
had at last been interrupted in their
quarrel and awakened to sense of
| their disaster.
l lay down fiat in the bottom of that
wretched skiff, and devoutly commend
ed my spirit to it's Maker. At the end
of the straits, I made sure we must
fall into some bar of raging breakers,
Where an my troubles would be ended
speedily ana though could, perhaps,
pear TO die, L could not bear to look
upon my 1ate as II approached.
oo !! must nave IAN Tor hours, con-
tlnuallv beaten TO and fro upon the
pliio"s' now ana again Wetted With
1lylns sprays, and never ceasing to eX-
pect deatn at the next plunge Gradu-
any WEAKNESS grew upon me; numb
ness, an occasional stupor, fell upon
my NINA even IN the MIDST Oh my ter
fors' untl steep at last interviewed,
ana IN my sea-tossed coracle lay ana
dreamed OF nome ana OLD Admiral
behDoW'
THE CRUISE OF THE CORACLE.
If was broad d.y ,,.han T ouoya ,nd
found mvseIf tossine at tho so,,th,vast
end of Urea s,,re island The sI,n vas
IN b1t wos s+i1, ia fro,,, No hahinG
The araat hill nf 49,. S w tn WIN,
on This side descended a,n,ost 70 tho
seq in form;dahIe clifrs
Hau1howlina Had .,d Miz,anm.s+
Hill were at nv elbow. the hill have
and dark tha head honnd With cIirfs
40 or, 20 feet HIGH and frineed win,
preat masses nf fo,Ian ron. ,,as
| sea roe a ouarter ne . milo RI saaward
and IT was nv first thought to naddla
in and land
r,,a. -.
na. uption vas SUM- siNeh OVER
sno,Ited ana balIowa6. Ioud revarhnra9
! tions heavy snravs fying ana fa1,ine
s,,cceedad sona ancthar fron, eano,a :"
second and saw nvsalf If T vent,1re6
nearer do shed IN de,tb mon tl,e
| rough shore or snendinp NV strength
| in vain "a sco1a tic betI;ng orao.s
Nor was that all. FOR c..u,iiSg TO-
pether on fat tables of roc,s ~. iatti,So
themselves drop into the sea with loud
reports, I believed huge sliny monsters
soft snails, as it were, of incredible
bigness-two or three score of them to-
gether, making the rocks echo with
| their barkings
| have understood sir,a +b,+ +,,oy
! vera sao 1ions M ,tira1,, ha,,in.,.
j Rnt the look IF than, addaa 80 10
difticulty of 80 sho,a .,,d ~ :, "a
! rInnirp of tho snrf uyas n,nra 49,,
enongh to fiispnst me- re that l.ndin ,r