Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-11-05

uad been made prisoners and treated
with barbarity. From everywhere.
except one, had come either news Of
defeat sr setback.
One good thing he Immediately did
he threw open Kings house to the
wounded, and set the surgeons TO
work, thereby checking bitter criti-
cism and blocking the movement rising
against him. For 1t was well known
he had rejected an warnings, had per-
sisted In his view that trust in the
Maroons and fair treatment Of them
selves and the slaves were all that
was needed.
AS he walked In the great salon or
hall Of audience whore the wounded
lay-over seventy feet long and thirty
wide, with great height, to which beds
and cOnveniences had been hastily
brou@ht-it seemed to him that he
was saving, if barely saving, his name
and career. Standing beside one of
the Doric pillars which divided the
salon from an upper and lower gallery
Of communications, he received the
Custos of Kingston The doors at the
south end Of the great salon opened
now and then into the council cham
bers beyond. and hn could see the sur
geons operating on the cases returned
from the plantations.
Your honor said the Custos,
things have suddenly improved. The
hounds have come from Cuba and in
the charge of ten men-ten men with
sixty hounds. That is the situation at
the moment All the people at Kings
ton are overjoyed. They see the end
of the revolt"
THE hounds' exclaimed the gov
ernor "What hounds?"
THE hounds sent for by Dyck Cal
surely your honor remembers -
Surely his honor did, and recalled
also that he forbade the importation
of the hounds; but he could not press
that prohibition now. "The mutlneer
and murderer Dyck Calhoun !" he ex-
claimed. "And they have comet"
yes, your honor, and gone with
Calhoun's man, Michael Clones, to
Salem"
Lord Mallow was at once relieved
and nOnplussed. No doubt the policy
Of the hounds was useful, and 1t might
save his own goose, but 1t was. in a
sense, un-English to hunt the wild
man with hounds.
"Tell me about the landing Of the
hounds" said Lord Mallow
1T was last night about dusk that
word came from the pilots station at
Port Royal that the vessel Vincent
was making for port, all sails stand
ing, and that She came from Cuba
Presently Michael Clones, the servant
of Dyck Calhoun, came 30 to say
that the Vincent was the ship bring
ing Calhouns hounds from Cuba. and
asking permit for delivery. This he
did because he thought you were OPP
posed to the landing II the light Of
our position here, we decided to grant
the delivery, and II was so done"
During the Custos' narrative. Lord
Mallow was perturbed. He had the
common sense to know that Dyck
Calhoun ex-convlct and mutlueer as
he was. had personal power in the is
land, which he as governor had not
been able TO get, and Dyck had not
abused that power as he might have
done. He recalled that Dyck's
premonition of an outbreak and eau
ti0n in sending for the hounds was a
stroke Of genius
Yet he felt the time had come when
he might use Dyck for his own pur-
poses. That Dyck should be at Salem
was a bitter dose, but that could
amount to nothing, for Sheila could
never marry the man who had killed
her father, however bad and mad
her father was.
First, clearly he must not think Of
applying tile order to confiue Dycb
to his plantation; also he must give
Dyck authority to use the hounds IA
hunting down the Maroons and slaves
who were committing awful crimes
lie forthwith decided to write. ask
/ ing DycG 10 send him an outline If
I his scheme against the rebels for com
menJ and approval That he must
DO. for the game was with Dyclg
How long win IT take the hounds
/ to get 10 salem" he asked The Cu-toe
presently in bis office with deep
I lines fin his face and a determined
look b. bis eyes lie was an arro-ant
man. but he was not insane a.3 Ha
wanted 70 succeed II could ou'v ne
/ success If he dragged Jamaica out u
this rebellion with flying coiors. and
! Biz one possible weapon was the man
whom he had reason To detest
why YOUR honor. as we sent them
+ by wagons ana good horses tHeg
should be in Salem and IN Dyck Cad
houn's hands this evening. If Hey
press they should be there n.y. naV
almost, for they've been going for
hours. ana the distance is not great
The governor nodded. and hen Fl
/ write A ha'fhour later lie handed
j 10 the Cnztos what he Had wr.-tea
"See what ron think Il that ras
I foa he said Does TT IN yogr a5
teoyer he ground as Il should
Tire Cus.os read II an over