The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-22
CHAPTER XIV.
IIYl,III.AtE SHIP
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E. and his gold-embroi.
dered coat the little girl Lena. had
ceased TO be afraid OF him, and the
next morning she came to him. seated
lonely for this was busy household
and asked him II he would like tc
take a walk
1t was about the middle of the after
noon, and Lena had dropped asleep
beneath the tree where Dickory and
her parents were eonversing when
suddenly there rushed upon the little
coup most surprising figure. AT
the first fash of thought Dickory sup
posed that boy from the skies had
dropped among them but in an instant
he recognized the face he had seen
above the bushes. 1t was Lucilla, the
daughter of the house. Upon her head
was a little straw hat, aud she wore a
loose tunic and a pair OF sailor 3
trousers, which had been cut off aad
were short enough TO show that ner
waist she had belt of skins, from
which dangled string of crimson
sea-beans Her eyes were wide open,
her face was pale and she was trem-
bling with excitement.
What do you Think she cried not
caring who was there or who might
look at her There's ship at the
spring, and there's boat rowing
across the bay. boat with four men
in it,
All started to their feet.
"A boat" cried Mander. with four
men in il? Run my dear, TO the cave;
press into its depths as far as you can.
There Is nothing there to be afraid oi,
and no matter how frightened you are,
press into its most distant depths. You
sir, will remain with me, or would you
rather escape? Ii ii is a pirate ship it
may be Blackboard who has returned,
Not so, cried Lucilla, lit is a mel
chant vessel, and they are makiEs
straight for the mouth of our stream,
Il will stay here with you, said
DicRory. and stand by you, unlesa
may help your family seek the cave
you speak Of.
mo, ne" said Mander, they don't
need you and If you viii do SO we
VIII go down to the beach and meet
II csc men; that will be better than TO
have them search for us. They will
know that people live here, for my
canoe is drawn up on the beach
rs this safe?" cried Dickory would
Il not be better for you to go withiyour'
family and hide with them? | will
meet the men in the boat"
mo, no, said Mander; IF their yes
SCI is no pirate, do not fear them.
Bat | will not have them here"
Now, after Mander had embraced his
Il mily, they hurried away in tears, the
girl Lucilla casting not one glance at
ID ckory. Impressed by the impulse
that it was the proper thing to do,
Dlckory put on his coat and waisteoat
and cIapped upon his head his high
cooked hat Then he rapidly followed
n ander TO the beach. which they
r. ached before the boat touched the
send
When the man in he stern Of the
boat. which was now almost within
Mailing distance. saw the two figures
run down upon the beach. he spoke to
lie oarsmen and they all stopped and
locked around. The stop was oc-
easioned by the sight of Dickory in his
Uniform, and this. under the circum-
stances, was enough TO stop any boats
crew. Then they fell to again and
pulled ashore when the boat was
Beached one of its occupants, a rough
" dressed man. sprang ashore and
walked cautiously towards Mander;
then he gave great shout
"Heigho. heigho!" he cried, "and
AIander this is you'll"
Then there was great Misunderstanding
and many words.
Excuse me. sir" said the man,
raising his hat to DiCkory. tits now
more than Two years since | have seen
my friend here. when he was marooned |
by pirates. We were all ON the sane !
but the pirate TOOK IRE
along. being short OF hands. got
away at last, sir" tall the time adj
dressing Dickory instead of Mander. |
this being respect TO his rank. and |
shipping on board that brig. sir. |
begged it of the captain that he would |
drop anchor here and take in water, /
although ! cannot say il was needed. |
and give me a chance to land and see |
Ii my old friend be yet alive. | knew
the spot having well noted it when |
Mander and his family were ma
rooned'
This is a great day for your friend !
and his family. But you must not lii 4
your hat to me, FOR am no officer
For a long time. at least it seemed 1
so to Dichory. who wanted to run 10 /
the cave and tell the good news. they i
all stood together on the sands ard /
talked and shook hands and laughed 1
and were truly thankful. the men who I
had come in the boat as much so as 4
those who were found on the island I
Ii was agreed. and there was no dis
cussion on this point. that the Mander I
family should be carried away in the 4
brig. which was an English vessel /
bound FOR Jamaica. but the happy Man f
der void not ask any OF the boats +
crew to visit him al his home Instead i
he besought them 10 return TO their 4