The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-14
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JANE EYRE"
BY CHARLOTTE BRoNTE

thing about tho habits OF the house
fly and the mosquito.
Wen, Aloft Much
All those people can tell you Il
whether they are Lcpitoptera OF
Steptopotera but as for telling yoi
how they get away from you wher
you strike them. why. Llnnaeul
knew ne little Of that aa John Fox
the idiot did These nine houri
made Nolan's regular daily "oecu
patton" The rest OF the time b,
talked or walked TIL be grew yer,
old. he went alo't a great deal. II.
always kept up this exercise. ard
never heard that he was ~ II AM
other man wns ~. he was the kind
eat nurse In the world. and he knew
more than half the surgeons do
Then n anybody vas sick or died
or II the captain wanted him TO. OF
any other occasion. he was Away
ready 10 read prayers. have sait
that he read beautifully.
My own acquaintance with Phil
~ Nolan began six VI eight year,
after the war. on my frat yoyag,
after ! was appointed a midshipman
II was In the first days after oui
slave trade treaty. while the reign
Ing house OF Virginia had still
sort OF Hentimsntalism about IN,
suppression OF the horrors OF the
Middle Passage. and something wal
sometimes done that way. We wer,
10 the south Atlantic on that busi
nrrs
| From the time Joined I beliey,
J thought Nolan was n sort OF iaj
CHAPLAIN chaplain with a blu,
coat. ] never asked about him. Ey
erything In the ship was strange e
me. ] knew u was green 10 aRl
questions. and I suppose | thought
there was Plain Buttons" on ev
cry ship.
We had him 10 dine in our mesl
once a week. and the caution wni
given that on that night nothing wai
TO be said about home But n theJ
I Rad told Us not to say Anythins
about the plane, Mars or the hooh
OF Deuteronomy. | should not have
asked why: there were great
many things which seemed TO me
TO have as little reason.
first came 20 understand any
thing about the man without :
country one day when we over
hauled dirty little schooner which
had slaves on board. An officer wal
sent 60 take charge OF her, and
after a few minutes. he sent bach
his boat TO ask that some one
might be sent him who could speak
Portuguese.
But none OF the officers did: and
Just as the captain was sending for
ward TO ask n any OF the people
could. Nolan stepped out and said
he should be glad TO interpret. Il
the captain wished. as he under
stood the language. The captain
thanked him. fitted out another
boat with him. and In this boat Il
was my luck 10 go.
When We got there. II was such
n scene Ne you seldom see. and
never want to. Nastiness beyond
account. and chaos run loose IN the
midst OF the nastinsss There were
not great many OF the negroes
but by way OF making what there
we're understand that they were
free, Vaughan had had their hand
cuffs and anklocuffs knocked off
and, for convenience's sake. was
putting them upon the rascals Of
the gchooner's crew.
The negroes were. most OF them
out OF the hold, and swarming
around the dirty deck. with a cen
trail throng surrounding Vaughan
and addressing him In every dia
lect. from the Zulu click up to the
Partisan OF Beledeliereed.
AS We came on deck Vaughan
looked down from hogshead. On
which he had mounted In despera
ton and said:
For Gods love. Is there anybody
who can make these wretches un
derstand something? The men gave
them rum. and that did not quiet
them. knocked a big fellow down
twice. and that did not soothc him
And then | talked Choctaw to all
Of them together and I'll be hanged
II they understood that as well as
they understood the English
Nolan said he could speak Portu.
guese, and one or two fine-looking
Kroomen we're dragged out who. as
II had been found already, had
worked for the Portuguese on the
coast Mt Fernando Pc.
Tell them they are free" said
Vaughan and tell them that these
rascals are to be hanged as soon
as we can get rope enough"
Nolan Talks TO Negroes
Nolan put that into Spanish
that is, no explained II in such por.
tuguese as the Kroomen could un-
derstand. and they in turn 10 such
OF the negroes as could understand
them. Then there was such yell
of delight, clinching OF fists. lenplng
and dancing, kissing Of Nolan's feet
and a general dash made to the
hogshead by way OF spontaneous
worship of Vaughan. as the deux Of
machina OF the occasion.
Tell them" said Vaughan. we'll
pleased. that ! will take them all
to Capo Palmas."
This did not answer so well. Cape
Palmas was virtually as far from
the homes of most OF them as New
Orleans or Rio Janeiro was; that Is,
they would be eternally separated
from home there. And their inter.
prefers, as We could understand, In
stantly said "Ah. non Palmas."
and began to propose infinite other