Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-08-11

1t would have been quicker to go In
to New Orleans, but they were not
sure that American law provided pen
alties adequate to the occasion. There
was one difficulty. however, in the way
OF carrying out this program. 1t ap-
peared from artful conversation that
Mr.. Heustis had discovered the loca-
ton OF the ship, as a corollary, there
lore, he knew what course should be
steered TO bring them back to Gal
weston. Now from their then point 81
view there was difference of some
sixteen points between the bearings
OF Texas and Jamaica, and 1t was
tempting Providence to expect man
OF Red Eyes brilliancy to overlook
for the best part of week, matter
involving half the compass.
1t was in this quandary that Mr.
Hanaford illustrated the wisdom Of
reading Board of Trade pamphlets, a
practice not wholly recognized as help
III beyond question. In the quiet Of
the IL to A. watch he collected some
bits of iron, a wrench, and other sim
pie tools, and, getting the ships bin
nacle apart more or less, began to mis-
apply certain facts and principles bear
ing on the phenomena of deviation
and local attraction. When his la
bors were done the chief obstacle in
making Jamaica was overcome; the
needle turned easily and gracefully due
south when 1t should have been
north, pointed north when it should
have been south, and followed this in
version all around the circle, what
ever way the ship swung, SO that as
the mate, in scientists enthusiasm
expressed it, they were prepared "tc
start in the middle and go 10th ways
at once"
They did. During the succeeding
days Red Eyes fancy took him near
er and nearer home and friends, while
in reality he was steadily approaching
the power of the British Admiralty
This season did not pass uneventfully
nor yet in a manner which would
lead the skipper and his minions tc
cherish it in after years as pleasant
memory. For old acquaintance sake
Red Eye" saw to it that the bo'sun
performed a variety of stunts not men
toned in the articles under which he
shipped. AS payment for his usage Of
the Texan during the earlier part d
t0e voyage the chief officer took his
Meals in the forecastle, and, at slcb
times as his services were not required
ia navigating the ship, he holystonec
without Interruption. Weather per
milling, the crew assembled on the
forecastle-head every dog watch, while
the captain, at Red Eyes" sugges-
ton, mounted the capstan and enter
tanned them with songs and recita
tons; as an encore he danced "hornj
pipes" on the main hatch.
On the morning of the fourth day
after the coup d'etat. land was visi
Bile on port boy, very sisible as RED
Eye" came on deck, and the town on
the shore, while attractive and pref
tily situated was not Galveston, Meth
Ell were the surrounding hills any part
OF Texas. The flags that few from
various buildings along the water
front were red and un-American, and
one just like them was going to the
peak of the Boadicea upside down
when all the bright visions of cut
ter full of men-o-war's men faded
from 5fr. Hanaford's mind.
OFF to starboard he beheld a ship OF
taeir rival company, not only ship
but as he looked more intently, the
ship, which carried their especial per-
sonal and professional London enc
mics Would he and his captain, even
at every appeal of justice and outraged
dignity put this Texan pirate in the
tho hands of authority and pro
claim to the world at large
and 50 the officers and crew
of tha Lord Devon in particular, that
they, taey, the terrible Boardicea, had
been averpowered and held in terror
Of ths;c lives by one man, landsman
at thar, and Yankee? Mr. Hama
ford sind his captain thought not
A. Few hours later the little West
Irdis,A town was enlivened by the
preseace of a stranger, an American
by bis accent. He was dressed quiet
ly. hat with taste, in blue suit OF
evident quality but close observer
migfis notice something about it sug-
gesti9e of secondhand; on each sleeve
little above the cuff, were three rows
OF stitching, where some former dec
grafton had been ripped off. When ques
toned, he replied, for he was a man
OF his word, that he had come as q
passenger for health and recreation on
the Sark that touched in there that
morsing. He was still spending money
With a liberal hand, when, some days
;atef he took a cabin passage on the
American packet, and Kingston knew
him no more.-New York Post.