The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-01-11

"Dickary!" shouted Dame Charter,
take the lantern and run to the
kitchen cabin, where yell make fire
quickly"
Away ran Dickory and, standing in
the darkness, Kate Bonnet told her
tale. 1t was not very satisfactory
tale, for there was a great part of ii
which Kate herself did not understand.
but it sufficed at present for the good
dame, who had known the girl when
she was small, and who was soon
busily engaged in warming her by her
fire, refreshing her with food, and in
fortifying her against the effects of
her cold bath by a generous glass of
rum, made, the good woman earnestly
asserted, from sugar-cane grown on
Master Bonnet's plantation.
Early the next morning came Dick
DRY from the kitchen, where he had
made a fire (before that he had been
catching some fish), and on rude
bench by the house door he saw Kate
Bonnet. When he perceived her he
laughed; but as she also laughed, it
was plain she was not offended.
This pretty girl was dressed in a
large blue gown, belonging to the
stout Dame Charter, and which was
quite as much of a gown as she had
any possible need for Her head was
bare, for she had lost her hat, and
she wore neither shoes nor stockings,
those articles of apparel having been
so shrunken by immersion as to make
it impossible for her to get them on.
''Thy mother is good woman" said
Kate, and am so glad you did not
take me to the town. I don't wonder
you gaze at me; l must look like a
fright"
Dickory made no answer, but by the
way in which he regarded her she
knew that he saw nothing frightful in
her face.
"You have been very good to me-"
said she, rising and making step
towards him, but suddenly stopping on
account of her bare feet, "and l wish
l could tell you how thankful l am to
you. You are truly brave boy, Dick
DRY; the bravest have ever known"
His brows contracted. why do you
1
10 years old, and you are not much
more than that
She laughed, and her white teeth
made him ready to fall down and wor-
ship her.
"You have done as much" said she,
"as any man could do, and more"
Then she held out her hand, and he
came and took it,
Truly you are a man." she said,
and, looking steadfastly into his face,
she added. "how very, very much I
owe you!"
Just then Dame Charter called them
to breakfast. When they were at the
table they talked of what was to be
done next; and as, above everything
else, Miss Kate desired to know where
her father was and why he hadn't
come aboard the Sarah Williams,
Dickory offered to go to the town for
news.
II hate to ask too much, after all
you have DONE" said the girl, "but
after you have seen my father and
told him everything, for he must be
in sore trouble. would you mind row.
ing to our house and bringing me some
clothes? Madam Bonnet will under
stand what need; and she too will
want to know what has become of
me-"
"Of course l will do that" cried
Dickory, grateful for the chance to do
her service.
"And if you happen to see Mr.. New
combe in the town, will you tell him
where am?"
Now Dickory gave no signs of graft
tude for chance to do her service, but
his mother spoke quickly enough.
"Of course he will tell Master New
combe," said she, "and anybody else
you wish should know
In ten minutes Dickory was in his
canoe, padding to the town. When he
was out of the little inlet, on the shore
of which lay his mothers cottage, he
looked far up and down the broad
river, but he could see nothing of the
good ship Sarah Williams
II am glad they have gone," said
Dickory to himself, "and may they
never come back again. 1t is a pity
that Maj. Bonnet should lose his ship,
but, as things have turned out, it is
better for him to lose it than 10
have it,"
| When he had fastened his canoe to
little pier in the town with rope
which he borrowed, having now none
of his own, Dickory soon heard strange
news. The man who owned the rope
told him that Maj. Bonnet had gone
off in his vessel, which had sailed out
of the harbor in the night, showing no
| light. And, although many people had
talked of this strange proceeding, no.
body knew whether he had gone of
his own free will or against it.
| "Of course it was against his will"
cried Dickory. "The ship was stolen,
and they have stolen him with it. The
Wretches! The beasts!" And then
he went up into the town.
Dickory now went further to ask
more, and he soon heard enough. The
respectable Maj. Bonnet had gone
away in his own ship with savage
| crew far hpvond tho MAIDS ~ -.