La Junta tribune., 1907-01-12

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4 RAISED THE MuzzLE ANp TOOK AIN Al
THE Eikp.
touch at Trinidad on the return yoy-
a-e. We, however. encountered storms.
and our vessel was wrs cked within
sight OF the island. All on board were
saved I hal the good luck to fall In
With vessel bound for Saato Domin
-. From there was IN hopes of lind-
Inc a berth ~ some northward bound
ve~~cl.
II was 70 hsYc more adventures.
Eeyer During the voyage we were
driven 10y adverse winds far out of our
course and lay for a long time becalm-
ed In the Caribbean sen. not far from
the island OF Martinique
s 'One day. as the vessel lay in sea SO
calm that II resembled great mirror.
suddenly. from nowhere apparently. there
appeared directly over the mainmast OF
the vessel "A huge black bird. II was not
like any bird I had ever seen In the trop-
les. nor anywhere else. In fact. Its large
head resembled that Of an owl. and tho
body was almost like eagles, except
that Il was black as . raven.
II was not the oaiy one who saw the.
bird. ana In m instant . sailor came rum
Ntag wtah . oua - hes haaA- Dus ths
"Is vim Srins bsd iuek to shs ship.
they cried Put up ths gun
II vas not superstittous. however. and.
neisinG the rife froa the sailor. who
stood irresolute. I raised the mussie and
But nov . strange thing happened.
Jut as I was about TO pull the trigger the
bird disappeared. Nor did u ~ away.
but. pois~d In midair over the ship. Ia
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81 lowered the gun. biinked my eyes
and looked about me-
"'Did you s-e that asked. turning
to the sailor Who had brought the gun.
to-
''Then looked around at the others. all
Of whom had seen the thing
II told you So repeated first one
then another. IT is lucky you did not
shoot No good would come TO the ship
by this time the captain on the
scene with his glasses and carefully scan
ming the sky. but bird could he seen.
II all happened IN minute. and ! can
not dream"
What date was that. Tom asked
saserly.
"afay 4 / remember it well. because
that night breeze sprans up. and
made tha island Of Martinique before
daYbrell..
'-I'ho second night we lay In g. Pierre.
A. aboiit the middle watch l was awak-
enssi b. sound a. ~ some one moving
about The cabin. Al nr5t ] was going to
call out. but before I had time to open
my muuth strange hight began to glow
around mc. and saddcnly the side Of the
ship seemed 10 open. and saw Mont
feiee scethinE mass OF fame. which
shot upward to the skies. As I eazed at
the sight the same rustiing noise which I
had first heard again fell on my ears.
and the strange black bird that had ap-
peared above the ship two days before
swooped down. spreading its huge body
and wings between me and the scene. II
was nearer now. and its head. could
have sworn. was the head of a human
being. with = look Of unmistakabie warn
ing in its eyes As I raised my hand
with a cry Of alarm. It disappeared. and
I found myself sitting up in my berth
staring Wildly at the wall OF NY cabin.
where a moment ago Peiee had shot forth
nsne and SMOKE
"Only a dream- Yes. Of course. But
the strangest part OF has - come.
The next day there was a consultation a.
to whether we should remain In hartor
another day sail At once. The vfssoa
Of the previous night rose up before me.
and felt relieved when II was decided TO
set sail right away. Some delays orcur-
red. however. and finally we sailed out ef
st. Pierre few minutes before O'Clock
on the sth Of May ! shall never forret
that day long live. We were just
barely cut Of the harbor when q terrible
thing happened. The most serrfnc notss
ever heard IN my nfe sounded from
Mont Feiee. ! could think % nothing but
the crack cf doom II s>ened as N n
must b hesrd around the world Every
eve was tsrn~. toward the volcano. which
for some tinae had been e>n1ing cut
ashes and cinders. As looked toward 70
a great volume Of black vapor rose from
The crater. This was nil-d with spsrks.
Ike eiestrfrfty- Then . sheet of 6srno
Ike hrEe blast furnace roe h~aven-
ward ! thfnk the whole nRcuaeai4 8Ru<<
have blown MP. Again ny vfszsu ef tAs
flaming mount and the great bl8ch ner4
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