Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-11-24

.r,pTTR II.

,-,o+hlpss stiffness VI &
be breaIl.s7 the air was hot and
% when .5s SKI. f5s 6 aa and cloud
ana l,s do Of the Mala0ar lay
:, o. st the surface of the sl't'sF'ns
had Just got low enough to
SUI NJ. b'a an awning and awaken a
s eso IN al an undress military i, uni
man, al, ss doing on a coil Of #: rope.
T1o w. wa said he, rising, with the
ns IT, If man who has nothing
;. ]; ,, VI have been asleep" and
>" ,i.1 nr 5r 4 stay, he turned about
2a!n; lawn y, into the waist of the
=. +ha man at the wheel and
u. Il '+ the quarter railing, he was
III t d, deck. On the forecastle,
Cd !. .5 5ozen soldiers were playing
laI- .u'- Watching the fishing lines
Is or NdLIH1"5
u orer the cat heads. :,
!. ot t5e appearance of the vessel
"a !, 'r o9r %se from that of an ordi-
.,,nsnort, But in the waist a
ls. sis5t presented itself. 1t was
!. ~, 5' me had built a cattle pen
At the foot of the foremost,
+5o onarter deck, a strong bar
s %oD.boIed and furnished with
J., i1rrpss and egress, ran across
!, " from buIuark to bulwark, Out
4, cattle pen an armed sentry
--' crsri, inside. standing, sitting
1-ns monotonousIy, within range
shining barrels in the arm-chest,
ana sixty men and boys, dressed
t-m grav. The men and boys
r,isonprs and the cattle pen was
Brsr,se ground. Their prison was
3 tbp main hatchway, and the bar
con+ipued down, made its side
r., tbe fag-end of the two hours
!. graciously permitted each af-
and the prisoners were enjoy
pnselves. 1t was not, perhaps, so
NJ 90 undpr the awnings, but that
shade was only for such great
tbe captain and his officers, Sur
Pine, Lieut.. Maurice Frere and,
important personages of all, Cap
nkers and his wife.
the convict leaning against the
ks would like to have been able
rid Of his enemy, the sun, for
ht, was probable enough. His COM
s. sitting on the cOmbings Of the
& hatch. or crouched in careless
b on the shady side of the barri-
we're laughing and talking, with
bent lideous to contemplate; but
Eth cap pulled over his brows, and
thrust into the pockets of his
gray garments, held aloof from
dismal joviaIity.
OT-brOWed, c0arse-featured ruff
grouped about the deck cast many
Of contempt at the solitary figure,
heir remarks were confined to ges-
only, There are degrees in crime,
Rufus Dawes, the convicted felon,
bad but escaped the galIOWs to toll
bis life in irons, was Il man of
He had been tried for the rob-
and murder Of Lord BelIasis. The
less vagabond'S lame story of find
the Heath a dying man would
ave ayailed him but for the curl
Sworn to by the landlord of the
lils Inn, that the murdered no
mad shaken his head when asked
Prisoner was his assassin. The
9ad was acquitted Of the murder,
oalemned to death for the rob-
lal London, which took some in
ID The trial, considered him for
EAel his sentence was committed
N0rtatiOn for life.
young man on the deck caught
u The tall figure leaning against
4Ta'hs, and it gave him an excuse
A the monotony of his employ
6angray."
~ DaVes was not in the gang
''S' Ia tact, a good two feet from
IL the sound of Lieut.. Frede's
y started, and went obediently
the hatchway.
make some of you fellows smart,
q2u have a care" went on the
s'sSe, lnsoIent blackguardsw
,, -sa The noise of the sentry. on
, ,r,' deck below him, grounding
! ,-a ned the current of his thoughts,
'al' soIdier-like man, with a
+ eve and prim features, came
,., .5 'oady below, handing out a
" 81, affected, mincing lady of
-; captain Yickers. of Mr.,
f. .,s.9ent, ordered for service in
d ' 1aS. Land, was bringing his
y 's'' 10 get an appetite for din in
, MIXERS was 5, forty-two, and had
5.si: S.s'o belle for eleven weary
b '' IT., She married prim John
T,t ,.s marriage was not a baDny
n, ,%Asss found his wife e q T~ppy
.lT ' 3. snappish, and she fonnd
A. a.. a-.seochanted, and com 1DuIu
ID n r-,so,eF' born two years af-
a,ai - t5s M was the only link
i Tt,rs 1s c .,,-ossorted pair. Vickers
al,a,1 4. SsyIyIa, and upon the rec.
I. s55 Of Ia long sea voyage s't for his his
viii he S;1 insisted t, upon bringing ing
i husband with G's he Sasf su fol,
sapbTa5 =, W hen fairly out to
h: 5 5,n.l the intervals between IN
ID Id: tb r' bs and her maid, in
F,ere. ''''so Young lieutenant,
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