New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-08

naO MS me. he stood erect, shifting
hts long tom, to the great ease of my
wa1stcoat button.
Wont you heave 30 and put OF a
small boat for parley7' inquired.
What BIO. matesr' demanded the
captain in as gruff a voice as be could
compass. we've heard his speech.
and be has struck his dag"
Suppose the villain plays US false"
rejoined the mates" on, rather, the
mate. tn a voice 50 high or Quavering
that for moment 1t was difficult for
me to repress smile. although these
three years past I rarely had smiled
at all.
The captain turned to one side, so
that now could see both him and hts
crew. The leader was as fine speci-
men Of boy az you could have asked,
sturdy Of bare legs. brown Of face, red
Of hatr. ragged and tumbled of garb.
His crew was active. though slightly
less robust. fair haired, Hight skinned
chap, blue eyed and somewhat better
clad than btu companion. There was
something winning about hts face. At
glance l knew hs soul He was
dreamer, an Meahst, m artist in the
bud. by heart beaped out to him In
sthctiveiy In a great Impulse Of sym
PATTY and understanding. Indeed. sud
denly felt the blood tingie through
my hair. looked upon life as l bad
not these three years. The Imagination
At youth, the glamour Of adventure.
lay here before me, things l cruelty
had missed these last few years, #
seemed to me,
How now, shipmatesT' remarked
mildly. "Wouid'st doubt the faith Of
one who himself hath flown the 3oily
Revert Cease pour fears and come
aboard-that is to say, come ashore"
"Git out. Jimmy" beard The cap.
tain say In low voice after a moment
Of indecision. keep him covered till I
tie her up."
Jimmy. the fair haired pirate. hauled
In on the aiders and flung graphing
iron aboard my bank. which presently
be ascended. HIS once white Jacket
now was soiled, and one neg of his
Knockers was loose from bis scramble
up the bank. He was belted beyond
all eari-ifke need. wope indeed two
belts. which supported two hong hunt
ing knives and q Malay creese. such us
we now get from the Philippines, rs
We'll as revolver large beyond all pro.
portion TO hts own SIZE A second re-
volves OF like dimensions now trem.
bled in his hand. and, even though its
direction toward me was no more than
general. resumed the goosef1esh IN
derneath my waistc0a&, for no man
could tell what might happen.
Come aiongside. brothers" said l,
pushing my fly rod to one side MAKE
fast and come aboard And. tell me.
what cheerT'
They drew up to me, stern OF mfen.
bold Of bearing, dauntless of purpose.
How envted them! Theirs all the
splendor Of youth. Of Daring, Of adven-
ture, Of romance-thingsg gone by from
me OF tor the most part never known.
As clearly a. though I always had
known them I saw into the hearts OF
these, and what saw made my own
heart ache and yearn for something it
had ever missed
"What cheer. comrades7' I repeated
at length. whittier away and upon
what errand?"
Now strange thing happened. which
do not explain, for that cannot In
plain fact, these two were obviously
runaway boys. not the first nor per-
haps the last Of runaway boys. aod l
wae man of means, retired man.
supposedly somewhat Of hermit, al
though really nothing Of the sort; lately
a lawyer. hard beaded aud disfllusion-
ed. always man Of cain reason. as
prided myself: subject 10 no fancies, A
student and lover Of science.
mocker at all superstition and all
weak mindedness. pardon me that I
must say all these things Of myself.)
Yet let me be believed who say II,
some spell. whether OF this presence OF
youth. whether o( the evening and the
pun or whether Of the inner and strue
Cling soul az man. 90 fell upon us all
then and there that we were not man
and boys. but bold adventures, all
three Of like kidney. This was not
modern hand that lay about us. No:
before us lay the picture OF the rolling
deep. its long green swells breaking
high in white spindrift The keen
wind Of other days sounded in our
ears and yonder pressed the galleons
OF Spain. Youth. youth and adventure.
were ours.
We seek for treasure piped the