Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-02-17

pouring over me aRd my guests Ia 4
stream which grew. and grew. until IL
Nas red river flowing over the table.
ana washing il away. and l aWoLs.
shlEsFlns, Io see Ehe~ah standing by
my bunk. tsIling me that a craft Nas
in sight which looked like the English
maH."
i-aru's bearing. Ro changed and soft,
"h"i. u" less than III. dream he had
related, mad. i-atIts feel al "a loss
what I0 say. lie could not deny that
the recital mad affected him strangely.
seeming Ia bring him into closer touch
With i-arp as the latter added. Il haV.
always EnCan that Ia dream at this
Indian and his black horse means
t"aIh iO one of my family"
III" pressure at his hand grew hcaV,
ieT uIIn i-ahtie,s shoulder. and he
raised his eyes. ROW fillei with u soft,
CT expression than the young man had
ever seen them hold
lean. my lad. II anything happens
io m", y1u will always tak. carr Of
i.aIaii"F Even though you have no
harm com" to herr"
wv Rbulu bl u't nam" utbhENt ish
hItc 1" his proper senses. and the per
picked look vanished from his fac. as
h. exclaimed, Mon diou. i.aTo-whai
nonS"ns" sf. you 'alslns7 You. To b.
Sn upset by mere dr-am' Drop all
thought nI II. and give your mind to
mUT- Important matters. for II "" are
'n reach III. Barra de Hero this
night "" must put asid. such unsub'
sianilhl things m dreams. and keep
| lookout for the Englishman.'
TIL" stranger was surely drawing
acarvr. and the past twenty minutes
| had brought her clos. enough to bc
made Jtt distinctly. She was. beyond
''Euhi. man of.war. and presumably
the sam" that had been tn. briRan'
ilr-'s n"ishbor In Fort Royal harbor.
"iiav" you the gun In prime order.
| l.up"4'" asked Laittc. who now came
ard stood beside tn. old gunner. "kh.
that you have. see" he added with
. smile. alter slancing ut II. now di'
V,,'i"a II Its taraaulin covering. 'ani
! hIoE io you FOR It's proper handling,
should occasion arise"
| Lopez. who stood with his assistants
clustered around him. replied with n
grin. Never you fear. my captain. but
that the gun and myself will give n
| proper account Of ourselves
There row came n shout from alofi
| the lookout announcing that the mp
preaching vessel was the EnRlishman
and TINT she seemed To be preparing
| for action.
Curse tho wInd-why won't II hold
49, tssfs
near. the group about the gun. and
I:R,ittc noted the CLEAN OF hatred that
for the second. made Ehcwnh's face
GcndIsh as he glanced Mt the speaker
Wind or no wind" returned Lopez.
~ n grpwi. we are taking our own
course. ami II yonder gentlemen
trouble MS. their own fault II will be
II burnt fingers they get for mcddlins'
stand by to take In the stun.sails."
the voice of I.aro broke In. The. cap.
tain seemed tn have recovered fully
from his recent mood. and to have for.
gotten the dream that inspire II.
Lively. you dogs." he shouted.
Lively. there. and II that craft wants
to overhaul us. let her make The
trial
her course. and the other vessel did
the same. this Indicating that she in
tended to give chase. but the brigan
tine was by far the better sailer. and
had I.arO chosen to run southward. he
might have escaped.
This. however. would have carried
the Black Pctrel'' away from her
proposed destination. n thing that La
fittc. no less than Laro, scorned to per
nit. especially as the pursuer was OF
nation hated by both of them. They
we're therefore of one mind In the de
termination not to submit to personal
inconvenience on account of the Eng
!isIImnn
The latter drew still closer as the
day wore on. when little after noon.
the fog bank. which had been prom
ised at sunrise. rolled In over the sea.
envelopinr pu:suer and pursued as in
the folds of heavy blanket.
Lafitte was for keeping straight to
their course. but Laro. with sulky
persistence. claimed that their better
plan would be to anchor. He knew
the fog lift by sunset-he could reckon
upon reaching the channel flowing in
ward TO the Barra de Hero, and. al
though its bars and reefs. while IA
miliar to himself and his men. guarded
a course the stranger could not follow
in safety. ne did net care to risk point
ing out the way to his island retreat
m, ha continual