The Springdale news., 1909-03-16

ledge 0n WIleH we coulu plle tll' stores. We ate aboard and so had no opportunity of seeing what Captain Selover and his men were about un- til evening. Then we discovered that they had collected and lowered to the beach quantity of stater0om doors from the wreck and had trundled the galley stove to the edge, where 1t awaited our assistance. We hitched T cable to 1t and let 1t down gently. The nigger was immensely pleased After some experiment he got 1t to draw and so cooked us our supper on it. After supper Captain Selover row ed back to the ship.
 "Eagen," he had said, drawing me aside. "I'm going to leave you with them It's better that one of us-i think as owner l ought to be aboard
 "Of course, sir, said I, its the on Iy proper place for you
 Pm glad you think so," he rejoin- ed, apparently relieved. And any way" he cried. with burst of feel Ing, T hate the gritty feeling of 1t un. der my feet Solid oaks the only walking for man"
 He left me hastily as though trife ashamed I thought he seemed de pressed, even little furtiye, and yet on analysis 1 could discover nothing definite on which to base such con elusien.
 It was rather feeling of differ ence from the man l had known. In my fatigue 1t seemed hardly worth thinking about
 The men had rolled themselves In their blankets. tired with the long day.
 Next morning Captain Selover was ashore early. He had quite recovered his spirits and offered me a dram of French brandy. which refused. We worked hard again. Again the master returned at night to his vessel. this time without a word to any of us. Again the men, drugged by toll. turned in early and slept like the dead.
 We became entangled in mesh of days like these. during which things were accomplished, but in which was no space for anything but the tasks imposed upon us. The men for the most part had little to say
 'Por Dios, eet is too mooch Workw sighed Perdosa once.
 Why don't you kick to the old man. thenT, sneered Thraekles
 The silence that followed and the sullenness with which Perdosa read dressed himself 10 his work WAS sig nificant enough of Captain Seloyer's past relations with the men.
 And how We did clean her We stripped her of every stitch and silver until she foated high, Ill empty hull. even her spars and running rigging ashore. understood now the crews grumbling. We literally went at her with nailbrush
 Captain Selover took charge of us when we had reached this period He and the nigger and Perdosa had long since finished the installation of the permanent camp. They had built us huts from the wreck. collecting state room doors for the sides and hatches for the roofs, huge and solid with iron rings in them. The bronze and iron ventilation gratings 10 the doors gave us glimpses of the coast through fret work The rich inlayng of woods surrounded us. We set up on solid rock the galley stove, with It's rails to hold the cooking pots from upsetting in seaway In 1t We burned the de- bris of the wreck, all sorts of wood, some sweet and aromatic and spicy as an incensed cathedral l have seen the nigger boiling beans over blaze of sandalwood fragrant as an eastern shop.
 First we scrubbed the Laughing Lass, then We. painted her and resized and tarred her standing rigging. re- sized and rove her running gear, slush- ed her masts, finally careened her and scraped and painted her below.
 When we had quite finished, we had the anchor chain dealt out to us In fathoms. aud scraped, pounded and polished that. These were, indeed. days full of labor.
 Being busy from morning until night, we knew but little of what was about