The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-19
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shouldn't enlighten her Is to the iden
tity OF this tombstone with the hero o.
your story"
"Why?" asked Dick in establishment
well, you may think me absurdly
cautious, but 1t is only for your owl
sake | am. You know how anxious
am for your success with Camilla"
Dick grew hot with mingled embar
rassment and gratitude.
This man." the colonel continued
once trled-as think you yourself TOLD
us-to capture the Emperor by des
perate stratagem: my sister-in-law has
had a particular horror of him ever
since she heard this, for she
thinks he must have been act
uated by motives of personal NAL
Ice - you know how her en-
thusiasm runs away with her. II she
Is not told, she probably will not think
or connecting this man with that in
cident merely because of the name. In
any case, II she is to learn Of the iden-
tity, let " be through me. and not
through you, from whom she might
think the information in bad taste"
Il don't quite see It," said Dick; but
no doubt you're right. I'd rather bite
my tongue out than hurt her feelings,
and I'm very grateful to you for the
hint"
Rain now began to fall heavily and
they were obliged to go below. The
wind rose In gusty starts, sail after
sail was reefed, and by the middle of
the afternoon the brig was scuddlng
along before the gale with her masts
almost bare. She was at all times I'M
usually fast. but she was now flying
along at nearly half again her ordinary
rate, and for six whole days she never
relaxed her speed.
In spite of the rain and the spray
which from time to time swept over
her. Dick and Camilla spent a good part
OF every day on deck, keenly sympa-
thizlng with each other In delight at
the swift, eXhilarating motion of the
vessel and the unchanging restlessness
and grandeur of the waves over which
she passed so lightly
OF the rest OF the company on board
they took but little heed. The mate new
err came their way. The captain was
reported still unable to stir outside his
cabin, where Dick, after one or two
more Intellectual requests for admit
lance, was quite content to leave him.
The colonel had struck up n consider
able intimacy with tombstone, whom
he pronounced to be not nearly such a
ruftian as he looked. When the ships
motion was not too violent he went on
tours of inspection with the new cap
TAIN and was even found one morning
alone In the hold, examining the cargo
with incomprehensible energy and in
terest.
II can't think" said Estcourt, laugh
Ing. what on earth you can find to
amuse you in the sight of all these
casks and cases."
ut Is the thought of what they con-
tain that fascinates me-" replied the
colonel, who was I'm a humorous mood.
What" cried Dick. "stores and fit-
tlngs fascinate you? That's a dry
tastew
"Ah" said NJ. de Montaut. "but
have the poets vision; I look beyond
The mere articles themselves to the re-
suits they may effect. These packing
Eases. you say, are but necessarles for
the refltting of your ship. I see more
han that From the parts reconstruct
he whole in Imagination. / see. rising
rom these fragments, an entire vessel.
with a fate Of her own, and fraught
with many destlnies. Nay, who knows"
he added, with mock sententiousness.
but the ship that lies hidden in this
iesplsed cargo of yours may change
he course of history!"
Dick laughed again. my dear coll
onel." he said. you see a good deal
more than I do; find 1t uncomfortably
dark down here"
"Ah, that's because I'm standing be-
tween you and the light" replied the
colonel. taking up the lantern. Come.
let's go upstairs again." And he led
the way back to the middle deck.
During the night OF the 22d the wind
fell to a steady breeze, and on the
following morning they saw the sun
again at last, standing over a headland
that lay on the larboard quarter.
The colonel appeared at breakfast
with a chart, and Dick, borrowing 1t
from him. explained the position of the
Speedwell to Camilla.
Here" he said, putting his finger up
on the map, lis the stretch of coast
along which the wind and the Guinea
current have been hurrying us so fast.
Here is Cape Palmas, which we have
Just passed, and now we shall see no
more of the shores OF Africa. You see
we have been carried a little too far
to the east already. and Ascension lies
right below US in mid-ocean there"
"And how far Is IT." asked Camilla.
Twelve or thirteen hundred miles"
said the colonel who was also looking
on with interest.
Hardly so much as that; I wish Il
Were" said Dick. But am afraid
eight or nine days from the outside will
take us there"
And from there" asked Camilla, stlil
porting over the chart, "how far is 1t to
st. Helena?"
II can't say exactly. To the Cape Il
Is about two thousand five hundred
miles, but that is the straight course,
by which you go some way outside of
st. Helena, and don't even pass near
enough to see the famous pigeons"
What are they?"
"Oh, they're only a kind OF pigeon
peculiar to that island; hut they're
rather well known for their beauty and
because they're found nowhere else.
They often come clrcling around a ship
at an immense distance from the land.
and the sailors catch them to take home
TO their friends; but they mostly die
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