The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29

aAhAtneds$ for ato mate sgliutened In his
own. and NJ wss : mar not given to
ovsr-weeping
CHAPTER III.
ABOARD LIE DAUPH1N.
The morning dawned moist and cold.
with = stin westerly wind. Just be-
TORE daylight assmalls boat pushed on,
the l0WSbeach. scraped along b shall
lows skirted the western edge OF the
island which there lies endwise across
the harb0r. and put me aboard 10
%D9uphin.
alone had no part IN an the noisy
preparation Tor departure, but q abb
Saorbed In thought near IN open port
listening to the straining of the masts,
sS4he Mapping sadls. the low complaining
bnato OF tho wind tormented waters.
the creaksofs the windlass rais-
ii anchor, / could catch snatches Of
Whispered conversation Just outside
ssSthesport. The two men were beyond
my range OF vision. One seemed to be
Stossing in a boat, the other hung down
ssvesse . side by ladder. I made
out. Historically;
s.Al0ngsin september-as soon an You
return-all will be In readiness-two,
thousand Creeks ChickasawB, Matches
I'VE ought to have no difilculty-YvardI
&s--Spanishsships. b fAllSof will
b greatersthing 0rsus d much
more that i could not heAr clearly.
Z had%heRrd enough to know
there was soyie truth In the Of
Spanish-Indfan alliance, and IN ats
ktack on Biloxi. And the name Ward.
being unusual, chung somewhat to my
memoir 81
imnnediatslyran ON deck and saun-
tered Y rt0Ward1sthat side. seeking to
Observation-Disclosures oneswas there.
SSHlv un1kfnR
about: towards the shore the
HTetreAtdn6SSoutlinea OF a&light boat. !
knew none OF these of1celN, any n OF
whom might have been the mani over
heard. ma ! l2durst . NO question:
3IScouldN thereeOre con11des In no one on
8S6pard@forsfeaxscf making q mistake, but
must relysuppnS giving BlenvilleSprompt
SNnrning up6n my return, and#I must
AnAeds hideBs:Nmy reluctance and mlngla
SsN~1th3Of1c0r1 audsmen, 1ors5perchance
@by thissssraesn ] might uncoyer the
ssftHcoundfels
Although made Tres With the men.
spftchedSAuOits, Nj Joined IN their
aI1. Mo- not al. There were two young
sxelIows whom 4 W. many tin1es on b
sr6ist OfEcalIkngsat0Gm al condolences, but,
tsliiikinE ~ @Mtser.skept my 0wn5coun-
sSsIs Treason could ever q auatling
fTpt1ta and a1rSof fr1nkness.
s@ASIseNsrt was8aSman much older than
mSsself,ot gloomy md taciturn man
nIssts.9 We spmethinrsthere Wa % mas
terfuI5 bou himNmen obeyed him
NWheIhef i would or no. AZ more "a
slsnt@lnan II u knew. vet courteous
a~andsatately vital. and wells uked Nv
the men. But twas 70 AchiIle Brous-;
Ssard my heart went out in those days
ssssOf loneiineas His almost chiIdiah light
llssnnNesa al dispusitton ma iii frdendly
s8ways NO mo Completely. and ~ be
iads xithsths strensthsof ! yomnr sTitan
tic blonde scurls 81 = Reconnaissance
lng the lonr idlc hours sc the afternoon
At 6words. ana Lever renerally
acted Al our master 81 the lists. al
Ssnrst rs Was & my superfor with the
foiiS. Tor during his sdays with the en-.
shaaavE IL Hfadrids and IN the schools at
sarisssh Il shad termed those hundrads
sSof Showy and fancy little tricks sc
svvhich We sin4the Forests knew nothinr.
|ii seIasous sloa aehe1ea was 2 1 snd es.rs sss
snafhod wonid conn forA n,,sta 81
2muchv
Vg1kh III the f1ye lonr weeks az dailv
anraaffca.@ Rathered many thinss frnrn
him. untii M day we had an expert
SancSEwhich made M ~ fhe fntls ssidA
-
W. had 8hAen nittinr after tha din.
honr disciinsinr IN esrIy Iifs IN
SpSrfa W0ui,d IN with hfa msnai
6eciaration. Al 8 I n1ysaIf. rive ma
Sthe splayr. fates and
snffIes az the Montespan. rather thar
the prayers. the masses and the sober
ScWns 81 de Maintenon.s And now Il.
isT our turn. comrada: lot n know
SsornethinS S@nf yonr vn,,rs
sdayssof HoIy In old Paris."
III nave noyar Saan 5Parias. 4 answeredj
amply.
%sSVhat Never been TO partaf Then
haWe You spent ali your DAYS r.
sunr&th colonies-Quebec. Montreal.
BILOXI. but now 4 win have IN OBJ.