The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-15

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stranger to Us. But he heard what
aad to say with much pleasure, an,
look me to 3 tavern to drink q glaS
With him. Well, I drank many glasses
Tor he wass paying for everything, an,
/ thought 1t wass only his kindness. In
deed. ] ass yeiSS ignorant then. an,
never thought the sass such q thin;
in the world as ssss soon to lear
about. Well said the esilor q :
must so. You'll see me down % m.
boatT
".Ah. indeed I WILL 1 told him, 70
I thought he wass the finest man in tn
world. Now I wass feeling pretty wei
in the house. hut when ] came to tn,
fresh air I wass Just so drunk as pos
stble- The man had q ship lying out Il
the bay. and $ Boat WIS waiting TO,
him in q very qu!et bend lying between
the rvesrnooth and she castle, / was
10 sss NE to SO 20 She ship wits
them
There I had s glass IL ram. sad. In,
deed, / remembered 40 more TIL thi
next morning, and then ne were rst2ss
out in the sen. We'll. ] nse1e s. great
noise, hut the captain he laughed aaG
said that whea It VAS ttrSe FOR him Il
so / wass too Gruabs 10 &C sshp-s. SO *
left rne alone sBSatas said he. ! SIN put
tins Into AbsEtsity this afternoons soL
can sc ashore shers-
Il was quite satts1sS Win that. s..
I saw No Absrtssfy thst ssys indeed. ]
wass too sick 20 see anything The rex;
morning / wesS ltttie better. and ]
asked the captain seoGt Aesrteffy,
Well. ne just laughed again aad said
he had changed his mind shout calling
at that place. and I must go 20 Bristol
with him now. as that was thsa place
for the ship TO stop next, and then /
could go where I liked
by this time T wass not easy In my
mind. But Z very careful not 70
look anxious, because I would spoil the
chance OF getting away. That morning
the wind dropped, and the ship lay On
the water all day without moving. We
were not cry far from land. perhaps
1t wass w miles, perhaps not so
much. and the little white cottages on
the hills of Sir Benfro, that iss, in your
language, Pembrokeshire, looked very
pleasant to my eyes. II the captain had
wished to set me on shore he could
have done 1t very easily with that boat.
but he never made the offer, and I took
care not to ask him. for I wished to
look so innocent as possible and willing
to go to Bristol or anywhere with them.
l knew quite we'll by now that If I
made @ noise they would shut me up
somewhere and spoil all my chances.
Yet I could not understand VIVA they
wanted with me.
THAT afternoon. having nothing to
do, they got to the liquor and made
themselves very drunk. They offered
me some. and pretended to drink With
them and be very merry, but I wass
careful to keep my wits. There wass a
little boy on the ship and n OF the
drunken sailors wass beating him and
beating him with a piece OF rope, just
for nothing at all.
We'll. 1 stopped that and kept the
boy by me-. where he wass safes and
told me everything. He told me that
the ship was going about picking up
peoplS here and there, and taking them
to Bristol to sell them for slaves. Then
they were carried cross the sea and
set to work in a far country under a
burning sun, and were beaten with
whips il they dared to grumble. ISIS
that all true?"
Perfectly true. Ieuan." said I: true
as gospel"
And what else did the little boy tell
me?" cried Ieuan, grinding his teeth
~furfously. This, this ISIS what he told
me; that he had heard the captain say
to the mate that he was to have twelve
pounds from some one he called Sir
Arthur, besides the price of me in Bris-
toll. iss that clear to your"
Clear enough" said /. THE thing
hangs together as straight as q string"
Wen, [ should think So, snorted
Ieuan. II think that, indeed"
How did you come clear?" + asked.
"Oh, my heart wass on fire." cried
Ieuan, when I heard such things. The
sky was red instead of blue before me,
but I kept very quiet and waited for
the darkness.
Il could swim well and the sea wass
so smooth as a pool. Well. when It was
dark I c1eEt to the end OF the ship
where no wass, and took Off all my
clothes, and slipped down rope that
wass hanging into the water, and SO
got into the sea without q sound:
though, indeed, they were too drunk In
the ship to trouble much about q noise
liz 7 had made 1t.
There was a light In q house on d
hill. shining like q pretty star and
guiding me straight to the shore.
= wass q long, long time getting
thsre. for I was d slow swimmer,
though + al swim far: but at last
put my feet down and felt the sand. All,
how I ran that night
'"Theatones cut my feet and the bush
es tore ms naked body, but I ran and
ran, wishing or nothing but to leave
the sea and ship far behind me.
9The next morning + found myself
close to a little farm, and ISwent there
to beg food. AT first the people were
frightened. and thought i wass O maj
nar But they were very good people,
and3sorry for me whenSshey heard aIl
my story, and they gave ma food and
some clothes. And now I wass safe
and made my way back easily over the
hills Na
very lucky end to your story,
1elia1,n said ]. There ID many and
ManySa n working this day IA the
plantations, trepanned and decpyedsa ~
y0u were.1
shall 4 let the man escape WIKI
did all this i me n, cried Ieuan awyIlt
no. and he poured forth derct
torrent ofEsswordEsln HIS own tongue. ii
which ha could express his feeling
more easily.
His outburst was deep rather thar
loud. and waa dying away IA savag,
mutterangssWhe laid highland 81
his ssrnt. 9HorseE, and many OF tfem,'
said ].
Aeonfused trampling had come K
| my cars and we uStened tntently. 4
rider - sfaA q aaA.os,.d 4ez@4la.
hill Ind another, anG another. nh.
nrst TOUR vera DWafn and three gan,
dressed young nlsn about his own age
Then foIiowed eleven mounted and wei
armed feIiowA.
Some trotting, someacantering. spur
3audgfiarafss tagging 6aily, swords rat
tlng, talxtng mn laIikhtng they rod,