The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

q srnall perfectly sheltered basin at tn,
DECK of the sand-dunes. The little river
watering the estate emptied itself into
Lnat basin. One could land from
Doat there, he understood, as if in 4
uSe-A uUch--sihu y was the very devil if and
MISS MISS Rlego could not be hidden for a
rev days on her own property the more
SO that, as it came out in the co,Irse
q the discussion, while I had rushed
OUT 70 look at the sunset" that the
manager, or whatever they called him
-the IelloW IN charge-was the hus-
Dand Of Dona Seraphina's old nurse
woman. Or course, it behooved us to
make as little fuss as possibility to
Ieach the house along bypaths early
IA the mornlnfg, when all the slaves
Would pc out at work in the fields. Cas-
to- VINO professed to know the locality
very well indeed, would be Of use
meantime the Lion would make her
way 70 havana as if nothing was the
matter. NO doubt all sorts Of con-
Lounded alguazils and custom house
poard IN fuli cry. They would be made
ceiy cal Welcome. Any strangers on board?
certainly not. Why should there be2
Rio Medic? What about
RIO Medic? Hadn't been within miles
ana miles of Rio Medic; tried this trim
70 peat up we'll clear of the coast
Search the ship. With pleasure
every nook and Granny He didn't sun
pose they would have the cheek to talk
p me pirates; but If they did venture
-Wnat then? Pirates? That's very
serious and dishonorable to the power
OF Spain. Personally. had seen nothing
OF pirates. Thought they had all been
captured and hanged quite lately. Ru-
hlors OF the Lion having been attack
eu OBVIOUSLY untrue. Some other ship,
perhaps, t That was the line to
edhe. At lt didn't convince them, it
Would puzzle them altogether. or
course, Capt. Williams, in his great
regard for me, had abandoned the in
tent1on of making an affair of state OF
the outrage committed on his shin. He
Woulu NOT lodge any complaint in Hav-
ana at all The old women of the Ad-
miralty wouldn't be made to sit up
TINS time. No report would be sent to
the admiral either. Only If the shin
were interfered with, and bothered
under any pretense whatever, once thew
mad every facility to have one good
look everywhere, the admiral would he
asked to stop It.. And the Spanish an
thorities would not have a leg to stand
on either, for this simple reason. that
tney could not very well own to the
sources of their information. Mean
time, all hands on board the Lion had
TO be taken into confidence; that could
not be avoided. He, Sebright, an
swered for their discretion while sober.
anyhow; and he promised me that no
leave or money would be given In
Havana, for fear they should get on a
spree, and let out something in the
grog-shops on shore.
So that was settled. Now, as to our
rejoining the Lion. This, Of necessity,
must be left to me. Counting from the
time we parted from her to land on the
coast, the Lion would remain in Hav-
ana sixteen days; and if we did not
turn up in that time, and the cargo
was all on board by then, Captain VIII
llams would try to remain in harbor on
one pretense or another a few days
longer. But sixteen days should be
ample, and 1t was even better not to
hurry up too much. To arrive on the
day would be the safest pro-
ceeding in way, but for the cutting
Of the thing too fine perhaps.
(To be Continued)