The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1910-05-27
CHAPTER x.-continued.

The change in the man speaking
held me breathless; his cant. his usu-
ally oily method of utterance had
merged into an earnestness full of
fascination.
We'll, that was about all, sir" his
voice sinking back into commonplace.
TN two hours we were out O. sight,
an feelin' our way through blindin'
snow squat. But 1t was such a rum
thing. discoverin' them islands out
there all uncharted. with that queer
ghost ship perchin' on EN-, that l
wrote down the latitude an longitude
an the hooker's name in my log. book.
We was about three weeks maxim the
West Falklands. where | shipped a
few more hands, an then bore away
north for home
He drew plug of tobacco from out
his coat-tail pocket, cut of what he
needed, and slowed II away In his
cheek. He ran his fingers through his
thin hair. and resumed:
About is months later / was back
with the oil Betsy in the South Pa.
cific. One night, with the moon shin
in, hardly ripple anywhere, my
mate run her nose onto a rock, a
couple O. hundred miles south o. Eas
ter island. an In less than 20 minutes
the bark had gone down like stone
We made Easter island In the boats
without much trouble, but II want so
easy TO get away. had six weeks Of
1t before ] got a chance, an then
shipped afore the mast on sandal
wood trader. DE Nova here was mate,
an finally. huntin' goods to peddle
among the islanders. we sailed into
Valparaiso. an the most OF us shipped
out. Well. by that time wasn't
thinkin' very often about that Ice
ship down In the Antar'tic: was
hustlin' for some sort O. berth to take
me back TO the States. But one night,
down In Rodrigues' back room. where
hung out. ! got 10 talkin' with n
gambler named Francisco-the same
smooth duck who introduced himself
as DE Castillo to you. sir. He was an
educated man. an seemed TO like TO
hear mo talk. an among other sea
yarns happened TO tell him this one.
He seemed mighty Interested. although
he wasn't never given to seafarin',
an asked me whole pile o. fool ques.
tons. Finally he wanted TO meet me
again alone the next day.
well. having nothln' better to do,
was there when he came. an" he
showed up with queerlookin'. big.
OIL book. the cover half ripped on.
under his arm. Then he made me tell
him that yarn over again, and de.
scribe the ship Jest exactly ms | re.
membercd II. Then. when I'd got
through. an told him everything !
could dig out o. my memory. he opened
up that book O. his on the table. an
damme. sir. II ho didn't show me n
picture OF that same oil hooker. plain
Ms life. only everything was trim an
shipshapo on board. with the mnsts up
an the sails DRAWN The name was
printed underneath. too-Donna lsa.
bel. cadiz.
That book he showed me was
printed In Spanish-not Just like what
you see today. nlr. but the lcttcrln' all
rough. aa though II had been cut out
O. wood. but tho follow showed mo the
Gate when II was printed. nm II read
Seville. i779.' plain enough. francisco
wrote out In English what he said was
printed there about this Donna lisa
Dol: an there II Ia. sir. In his own
handwritin',"
lie took the paper out Of his inner
coat pocket md spread II open on
tho table before uH, do Nova and