The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-04-07
CHAPTER x-continusa.

The change IN the man srealdng
held me GREATNESS. his cant. bis usu.
ally oily method OF -utterance had
merged into an earnestness fun OF
fascination.
Well. that was about all. sir. his
voice sinking back into COMMONPLACE
In two hours We were out o. sight.
an feelin' our way through a bliudlu
snow squall. But Il was such a rum
thing d~'scoverln' them islands out
there all uncharted. with that queer
ghost ship perchin' on EN-. h a I
wrote down the latitude an longitude
an the sooker's name IN my lor book
We gEs about three weeks maxim the
West Falklands. where / shipped a
Few more hands. an then bore away
north for home"
He drew a plug OF tobacco from out
his coattail pocket cut on what he
needed. and slowed Il away ia his
cheek. He ran his fingers through his
hin hair. and resumed.
About rs months later was back
with the OF Betsy in the South Pa.
oihc one night, with the noon shin.
In hardly a ripple anywhere. my
mate run her nose onto a rock. a
couple o. hundred miles south O. Eas-
Ter island. an In less than 90 minutes
the bark had gone down like a stone
We made Easter island IN the boats
without much trouble. but a want so
easy 20 get away. ! had six weeks OF
u before ! Eot a chance. an then I
shipped aforc the mast on a sandal.
wood trader De Nova here was mate
an finally. hunuu goods 20 peddle
among the Islanders. we sailed into
Valparaiso. an the most OF us shlpped
out Well by that time I wasn't
thinkin' very often about that ice
ship down Ia the Antarruc: was
hustlin' Tor somo sort % berth 10 take
mr. back 20 the States But one nlrht
down In Rodrlgucs' back room. where
! hung out, ! got 10 talkln' with a
gambler named Francisco-,hc Same
smooth duck who introduced himself
a. DE Castillo 20 you, sir. lie was an
educated man. an seemed TO like io
hear mo talk. on among other sea
yarns happened 10 tell him this one
lie seemed mighty interested. although
be wasn't mover rlvcu 90 s%oafarln'
an asked me a whole pile O. fool gucs
lions Finally De wanted TO meet nc
again alone the next day
Wen, having nothlu' bot,pr TO do
! WAS there whom DE came. an be
showed up with a quocrlookln,. biz.
ol book, tho cover half rlppcd on
uudor bis arm. Then be made me tell
him that yarn owe again. and de-
scribe the ship tost exactly aa rc.
mcmhorcd g. Then. whom ia got
through. an told him everything /
could dig out o. my momofy, ho opened
up that book o. his on the table. an
dammc. str. n be- didn't show me a
picture OF that same Of hooker. plain
as life, only everything was trim an
shipshapo ON board. with the masts up
an The sails DRAWN. Tho name was
printed underneath, tOo-Donua lsa
bel. Cadiz
That book he showed me was
printed Ia Spauish-not Just like what
you bee today. sir. but the lettorln' an
rough. as though g. had been cut out
O wood, but The follow showed me the
date when Il was printed. an q read
Seville, i719' plain enough Francisco
wrote out In English what he said was
printed there about this Donna lisa.
bel an there 70 is sir, ia his own
handwutin'."
lie took the paper out % his inner
coat pocket and spread Il open on
the table before us. De Nova ana
Anderson leaned forward eagerly 10
look AZ H. but futile showed Il along
toward me.
Read it out loud. sir" he said. his
voice trembling. The writing was not
clear, and | held Il up 90 the light
"Gallcon Donna Isabel shiprlgrcd.
ESQ tons, Amador Master built I13O.
homo port Cadip. sailed O~uayaQuil