Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-20


wished that Paul should remain on
board. but he had been too long in the
habit Of allowing the youth to have his
own way 10 stop him now. And there
might have been one more reason ;.y
he did not care to enforce his wishes
at present. He knew that Paul would
have the sympathy of every man on
beard the brig; and though his authority
was absolute. yet he knew too well shat
his youthful protege possessed the most
real governing principle.
$. after dinner Paul went up the river
ard took boats crew OF his own Sc
lection. He found Mary well, and of
course. joyful to see him
At the end of an hour they we're seat
Ell in the very room where they had
been watched by Hagar, but now hey
left their door open. md sat where 1ley
could see anyone who should ascend the
stairs. 1t was not Eve minutes after
they were seated before Paul saw a
black mass OF wool appear above the
balustrade, and in a moment Hagar's
shriyeled face followed it but she saw
the young mans keen eye fixed upon
her. and she lodged quickly back.
Mary" he commenced. you must
TO put TO you. but l wish 10 know how
much money Ns;: could raise in an emer-
/ gency. / want money enough to get to
America"
How" cried She in a tone of quick
eaecrness. Can we get away
Il have an opening dim chance.
think we may succeed. But we must
have the money. Mary. | have some
perhaps a thousand dollars-whicil
have received from poor. generous fell
lows whom | have helped"
Il thought you had many thousands. :"
SO | should have were TO take my
share. But hold, | will take my share
# the last Russian prize, and if do
shall have some two thousand more: hut
perhaps i cannot get it without exciting
| the captains suspicion, for that has not
been distributed yet
LET i go Parl, let it co. said Mary,
lwith sparkling eye and waking smile
| Il have enough, and more than enough,
though not in ready money"
! The youth gazed upon his companions
face with a puzzled, inquisitive look, and
as the smile about the maiden's lips grew
broader and warmer, his anxiety incrcas-
ed. Mary noticed it.
! You would like to know what
mean she said. Listen and | will
tell you. Among the slaves here is
young girl who has ever manifested
great affection for me, and who will run
away TO her own people when / go away.
| Some three years ago she brought TO me
| a small piece of crystalline substance,
| and asked me if it was not diamond. |
I exGmned it, and told her it was She
/ had wiped it clean and rubbed it with
! dry pummice, and upon comparing it
with some gems III my possession. knew
| it AT once TO be of great value. and told
| hef it would buy her freedom many times
over She told me she should not want
! her freedom so long as she could have
! me for her mistress, and after some hes
| itation she asked me if l did not hope
| at some time to be free from the place.
| told her | did, and thereupon she in
| formed me that she thought there were
many more diamonds where she found
| this 1t was at some distance from
here where the small stream which runs
under our walls eddied about a deep cav
ern in the side of the cliff. She found
1 accidentally, an entrance to that cave
and upon bed of sand which had WISH
ed up from the bed of the mountain
stream she found the gem. Her suppo-
sition proved correct, and she has
brought me nearly two hundred diamonds
some large, some small. She has kept
hale the same number for herself at
j my command, for to my request she
would not listen. But yet | have been
| forced to accept the richest ones"
Mary at once left the room and when
she returned she had a small box in
her hand, which she handed to her lover
Paul opened it and his hands trembIed
as he lifted one after another of the
/ jew els which be knew were worth thou
sands of dollars each.
but / have not told you ALL" she
| said, with a smile brighter than any she
had yet shown. My poor slave has
loved you long and truly, for YOU were
ever kind to her when you and she and
I,--when we were all younger than we
are now"
rs it Otehewa of whom you speak ?"
Yes"
How could I help being kind to one
so faithful:"
And she was faithful because you
were kind Let me tell you, Paul, that
these Muyscas are not of nature to
be faithful to one who is unkind, and
| for that reason would poor Otehewa kill
our master for me any moment She
/ is a shrewd person and in case of ueed
should place much dependence upon
her But to the rest OF my story She
made me take one-half of these gems
in trust for you. Thus has the faithful
creature made US equal sharers with her
self, she keeps only one-third of all she
found"
New said Paul, this part of money
is settled. and the next is the means OF
getting away from this place. Ia one
week from tomorrow, if it is fair.
small lugger will sail from the little
| fishing cove. If we can be on the ground
at the time. our object may be accom-
pliShed-ah. there is that woolly head
| again"
/ Paul darted towards the head of the
stairs like bolt and poor Hagar tum-
/ bled from the point she had gained to
! the bottom. rolling like piece of wood.
/ Il hope she has not injured herself.
! he said, when he returned 20 his COM
| parton. Il only intended TO brighten her.
But l was going TO say: l will be here
on the evening before that day. The
smallest OF NV boats crew is not much
\ larger than You. and surely no taller. l
/
| will bring an extra suit of his clothes
and you shall put them on. Then Billy
his name is Billy Mason-shail watch
his opportunity and creep to the boat and
hide beneath the thwarts. After this
shall call my crew of, and when rou
! come boldly with them, as one of the
/ four the deception win not be noticed.
1 for il will he dark. you know and no enc
| will think OF our rfse. IL that woman
! has not crent mp the stairs, after an"
suddenly broke in Paul. in low whis-
per He had just at that moment caught
I sight OF her gliding along from the head
/ OF the stairs TO an opposite angle Of the
corridor "HarS, she is creeping this
iway-sh, There. she has stopped. Now.
be careful. and We will put her on the
wrong scent"
Paul knew that Hagar was where she
could hear every word he should speak