Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28

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Eridentls he depended on makeup TO
supplement his porers as Il conjurcr.
b~loodcurdling demons which a .Japa-
nese artist loves to depict. Evidently
he depended on makeup to supplement
his powers as n cOnjurer.
1T Is as much as a canoe can manage
in fine weather to reach the island out
there. which they call Seal island" be
cried, pointing toward the locality Of
White Horse island. Even the In
dians were astonished to see so big a
ship anchored here safely. They have
watched plenty Of wrecks outside, and
hardly anythin. ashore. At any
rate. they are quite sure you cannot 60
back"
1t would he idle to deny that the
Spaniard'e words sen a chill Of ap-
prphension down the spines Of some Of
those present. : hut the captain said
quietly:
"Where A ship Is concerned, II she
ran enter on the food she can 60 out
on the ebb How came you to escape
tonight:"
Tears stood again in Suarez's eyes
as he replied:
when haard their plan I imagined
they would he driven off. provided a
watch were kept I resolved 10 risk all
in the attempt TO reach the company
Of civilized men once more. | do not
care what the outcome may be. If 7
can heir You TO overcome them, I am
ready to do So. If not. | Will die by
your side. Tonight | followed in n ca
noe unseen. When | heard the shoot.
ing | lcApcl overheard and swan &c
the ship 1t was lucky for me some
one seized the canoe which I found
there. Th" mon in her had to swim to
other canoes, and two We're wounded,
! heard them say. This caused some
confusion. and I had something to
grasp when | reached the ship; other
wise | must have been drowned, as the
water was very cold"
"Can You speak the Alaculof Ian
guage:"
rs that what you call them? Their
name for the tribe ia the 'I'eath.
cred People because all their chief
mon and heads OF families wear these
things" and he touched his headdress.
Yes, I know nearly all their words.
They don't use a great many. One
word may have several meanings, &C.
cording to the pitch of the voice"
Suddenly his voice failed him.
Though the words came nuently. his
long disused vocal chords were IN
equal to the strain Of measured speech,
He asked hoarsely for some hot wa.
ter, When Courtenay next came across
him In the salon he was asleep and
changed so greatly by the removal OF
pigments from his face that It was
difficult to regard him as the same be-
ing.
His story was unq%uestionably true,
Tollemache, who had fought an Off
shoot tribe of these same Indians;
ChriStobnl. who vouched for the Ar
gcntine accent, and Elsie, who seemed
to have read such rare books Of travel
as dealt with that little known part Of
the world, bore out the reasonableness
OF his statements. The only individual
on board who regarded him with sus-
picion was Joey, and even Joey was
satisfied when Suarez had washed him
self.
1t was daylight again. a dawn of
dense mist. without wind or hail, ere
any member OF the ships company
thought of sleep. Then Elsie went to
her cabin and dreamed of a river of
molten gold, down which she was com
PEELED to sail in a cockleshell boat,
while fantastic monsters swan around
and eyed her suspiciously.
When at last she awOke after a few
hours Of less exciting slumber she
came out on deck to find the sun shin
Ing on a fairyland Of green and blue
and diamond white. with gaunt gray
rocks and groves Of copper beeches to
frame the picture. There was no pill
lar OF smoke on the lower hills to bear
silent testimony to the presence Of the
Indians, but the canoe lying alongside
told her that the previous nights
events were no part Of her dreams,
and a nan whom she did not recognize
"a man with closely cropped gray
hair and Q deeply lined, weather tan
ned face from which a pair Of sunken,
flashing eyes looked kindly at her
said In Spanish:
Good morning, senorita. I hope
did not startie you when I came
aboard. And l said things I should
not have said In the presence a Il
LADY. But believe me, sensrita. I was