The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-08
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!, nci,h,,r,s '.,,i, - GAVIN. "Yet he de-
served it1a,, tic end. III tako good care
tf1at ia pnr,,a for his board ana lodg-
Ing here. 81 I don't watch IT., tnat SOL
hearted Clivo will be dining .1., !. M ~
saloon, and treating him as . e saop.s -
got the doc. to look at M" A
be mad to me-" ~ ,,,,,,,or.
+, ira - f}ha =, - Of the fat youth. The
staryer raye him lessons IN tho art OF
boot -cina nI,g and potato-peelng. Clivo,
"A l,1s lordsn,n expected, .pltleA Lnnwlth.
s..Yo,,'rei foo rough on him, Neddy. ne
expostulated. "Ilc's had enough 81 i1o' -,
let him stay down there.
f'"'Nry boy said LeckDu l,..s w y,,,.at
man iniures n friend OF mine, I'm not so
eager un : !, ~ him alone. When this voyage
"a over "a what YOU like We. don't want
INV m asenper or fair-weather sailors
here. You viii make him sorer by Klna-
ness. 8 He's no good on deck, put ne may
be tsefulFin the galley Let MIN Kcep
out OF sight and stay there.
tThat's the point" agreed .fiee e.s
1tI,et him Ills long nose away from
,ls. = =. rs
Several times small patches OF toat-
ing lea we're sighted. There was a steady
fall OF Temperature as the ,day wore .' o.
White olo,Ids, like 1ocks OF sheep, DRIFT
Hnf, so,,thvn rds across the sky he gal
lev Arc was well patronized BY tho sea-
mel who had turn below, LOT Nlu'ilps
was most generous with soup anu NO.
Coffee -
IIector. IN splte Of his wound was as
:, nrrettc foa over. He insisted on taking
his t,,rr IN deck. He was in such vigor-,
Gus health that the bullet wound was
already SCARED over and hehllng won
aasrfullv. so far there had been no kind
81 sickness. Science. wonderful SCIENCE
on1v Vet in its baby clothes had stamp.
ed out the foe the gallant mariners ~, q
the past dreaded most-scurvy. nc
forecastle hands ate their caDoage, ca,
rots d and turnips, and green peas ana
a sna ror,,s we're served In the saloon.
Tresh meat had ousted the old salt JUNK,
new q bread had taken the place OF the
weevil bored cust-iron. tasteless ~ DIS
c,,its The butter was as sweet ana pure
ne IN the day It came from tho cnuril.
The gallant little Silver Star was noat-
ing hotel, and her crew fed llKe princes.
/ IL the pirates whose bones had rot t, ~,
Peril Island could have risen So, "a
II they could have spent one hour aooa ',
~ a Vessel that had come to seek Tn 9
10, e,,ra FOR which they had sold their
souls! tSS4 ,,,,ao n,pht
i, = come, MYSTERIOUS lights danced III
the southern sky Stars burned WIN the
vivid brilliancy only seen In ATTITUDES tar
south and far north OF the equator ruby ,t
wrapped In flrs, was watching ms lln nv
and singing In a voice that was mU,tn
: fortune in a concert room or music
hall:
Way. way down on ole Alabama,
Bar 4 honey coon gal pipes her eye 70
RECTOR had scrawed Black Juan's in
at r,,ctions on the margin OF inc clart'
He was glanclng at the penciled woras.
seNlassa Hector, N1assa RECTOR. " "
Laud sake-massa, nassa!
There was ring OF terror ~ lnc
nerro,s cry. Hector sprang up and rush
~ a,,t Els ewes were suddenly dazzlcd
The silver Star was afloat on sea OF
m,iverIng flame Waves OF fire licked
her hull, North, south, east ana west
The sea shone like molten metal, gioWed.
dared. burned And the fierce frost OF
the night stung his nostrils ana numDeu
his ears. 6 ,uu
Blood Water" ,,,,
There was something CHASTITY as well
90 amazingly beautiful in the strange
rlare.I IT made the men look like panto-
mine demons. a few Of them we're
scared. The little doctor polished up his
gold glasses, and then shook hands OK
citedly with Burnand. .,,,,. -,
ANOTHER one" lie chuckled wen
astonish EN-" a.. a..
"Wcll pulverlse EN-, sald tne ''ls1
officer, making a dive at a pucKet: -
Ferguson had taken ms coat on. ne
the fiery water. It came out slowi',s
like FURNISHED copper. Burnand unlold-
ed his pocket magnifytng glass
ssSneak dOc.," said GCllYc. lasl
sit is an astonishing kind OF phospher-
escence, Sir Give" answered ferguson.
"Wbether 1t is vegetable or animal |
cannot tell until I use the microscope.
Animalcnlae. expect; hunoreos OF
thousands in each drop.
os tl,ey spun and footed it to the strains
If the silver Star amateur band.
"a bit CHASTITY, isn't 1T" said Hector,
os they watched the performers from
'"Especially the music" answered his
lortlship. "Aro you going TO give them
grog, Hec?" -, -.
"Just a dram apiece. = nose WHO pre-
fer cocoa can have 1t" H.
Most OF the men prcterreu NV eooN = =
excellent cocoa. It was real cocoa not
the hogwash usually served out to sailors.
Little by little tho crimson tint faded
from tho water, At last It attained It's
y normal grey color, Ferguson explained
the phenomenon by saying that Inc AM.
malculae probably had the power OF
transmitting the light ut VII: me DARK,
ness put On end to the Aiust'o' ana
music. Ia. t. ~
swell" said Leckburn .It IS all COM
tnr true little bv little. We have found
8 the Flame Mountains bit OF fraud
IIeo., that same-the Great skuh Ice
and tho Blood Water. "tu' 'o'''eS
next?''
'Irark for the Night Thunder.
. "rheres something about ~ i. water that
runs strong and smokes et INV, H.,
n long leo shore where sea elephants
dwell" ~, Gotta ,,,,
It's getting P rraM the ehart-house,
i They s" could id not soc each other Thu
!. stars were obscured, tho sea was a sea
, Of Ink, ,,,, hove - cat;
' 81. s,,ir'nsr ~ tbe Silver STAR land good
J ness knows what kind Of a blow 1t vii