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

Hdu pceu mace prisoners and treated
| with barbarity From everywhere.
except one, had come either news of
defeat or setback.
One good thing he Immediately did;
10 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 all 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 where the wounded
lay-over seventy feet long and thirty
wide, with great height, to which beds
and conveniences had been hastily
brousht-it seemed to him that he
was saving, if barely saving, his name
and career. Standing beside one of
the D0ric 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
hers beyond and he 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 oyerjoyed. They see the end
Of the revolt"
THE houuds!' exclaimed the gov
ernor. "What hounds?'
1.-THE hounds sent for by Dyck Cal
houn-sureIy 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 mutineer
and murderer, Dycl, Calhoun /" he ex-
claimed. "And they have Gomez
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, ard it might
save his own goose, but L was. in a
sense, un-English to hunt the wild
man with hounds.
"TelI me about the landing Of the
hounds" said Lord MaIlow.
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 also 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 In the light of
our position here We decided TO grant
the delivery, and it was so done"
During the Custos' narrative. Lord
! AIallow was perturbed. lie had the
common sense to know that Dyck
I
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
tion 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 had and mad
her father was.
First, clearly, he must not think Of
/ applying Tie order to coniine Dyck
TO his plantation; also he must give
Dyc6 authority to use the hounds IN
hunting down the Maroous and slaves
who were committing awful crimes.
! He forthwith decided TO write. ask
ing Dyck 70 send him an outline Of
his scheme against tie rebels for com
ment and approval That ne must
do. for the game was with Dyes.
How long Wiu ii take the hounds
70 get to Salem" he asked the Cust0s
/ presently in his office, with dcep-set
lines I'm bis face and a determined
look IN bis eyes. He was an arrogant
man. but he was not insane. ard he
wanted 80 succeed. It could Only be
success If he dragged Jamaica out Of
this rebellion with flying colors and
/ his one possible weapon was the nam
whom he had reason to detest
"Why. YOUR honor, as we sent them
by wagons and good horses they
should 70 in Salem and IN Dyck Cal
houn's hands this evening. If they
press they should be there by now
almost, for they've been going for
/ hours. and the distance is not great"
The governor nodded, and bcmn TO
write a half-hour later he handed
70 he Cpstos what he bad written
"See what you think II thar. cus-
tog" he said "Does #, in YOUR va n1
tcoyer the ground as Il should
Tie Cuefos read Il all over slowly