Show IT WAS ONLY BLACK SAND Kirl t it captain un tin arlo anil Cn il A now angland skipper a clerk aird alio llio captan 0 a canal boat sal on the loo ral of a codfish schooner and discussed alio decline alio american merchant manno alio clerk wai in lino iio ants of law alio skipper was to overflowing wroth against tho land sharks at nuil tho captain assented cheerful readiness to alio llio most conflicting ol 01 opinions alio clerk wanted to congress by congressional legislation the skipper was on alic point of blowing up alio capitol with dynamite and ali captain coincided both opinions by blat either remedy f sue carried into kofl act would produce astonishing results still ho e turca to suggest il would iw a of to mo gunpowder of dynamite dyn amito as gunpowder gun powder in even the shotgun shot gun ol 01 alie youth was moro dcarl v than all alio dynamite dyn amito in tho isles lal its so s to handle said alic skipper how soa inquired alio clerk wild biad handled uncounted tons of koplo you never can tell it from black sand there was silence for several then alio llio captain saoko Is black saud particularly danger ous lie asked mighty how bo akad alio clerk with a tenpo of for his ignorance when down on chincha coast and you load up your guns willi black siuai in for powder to repel an attack by pirates you ro always suro to 10 murdered because tho black sand will not po kofl wont it asked tho captain in a tonu eliat implied that it would 1 I never lictro aid tho skipper alio clerk was dumb through newly found you co that scar said alic captain pointing poin to a red didgo across liis check well giro us alio story urged tho skipper it was oars ago began alio cabi tain I 1 was running a fast packet line on alio erio canal from albany to hut falo I 1 had a beautiful lou ami foai fast horses every few miloc vc carried alic mail and always biad a big loaia of passengers ono trip we took on board a lot of small barrels labeled black sand one of the barrels was accidentally broken open alio llio cover lot and a quart or so of tho black sand scattered about tho liolia alio baitel was set out of tho way near the wino cak and apparently wai forgotten at dinner almo como moro wine was wanted by somo of tho and I 1 acot down to draw it froin tho cask As alio hold was dark I 1 took a broken picco of canalo for a liblit scared knowing what I 1 did I 1 stuck alio canalo upright in tho black kind 1 and sat down on tho bloor to draw tho wino I 1 had been up all night anil was very tired and some how or other I 1 fell asleep I 1 must have shut od tho faucet aleoa for when I 1 awoke tho wino pitcher WAI and alio faucet closed As I 1 out my hand to lako up alm canalo I 1 saw 1 eglit alint froze blood with horror while I 1 biad slept tho caudle had burneil low aud was on lie point of dickering out in instill tho llamo would roach alio powder for of course it was powder and no black sand and blow boat crow and passengers to atoms 1 died a thousand deaths in an instent T ira paralyzed fear and could only wail with staring eyes for tho end deatle WAS already at my throat alio sound of laughter in abo cabin camo strangely to my cars they arro feasting in tho faco of a terrible death at last tho end camo tho liblit for a moment llarch up lor alio last time and then and then whispered tho skipper and tho clerk breathless interest and then went out As it was nothing but black sand for mold cra uc nothing occurred beyond tho up setting of tho pitcher of wino as I 1 fell forward in n faint atut tho scar asked tho clerk kicked by a mulo usual way with canal med 1 times |