| Show 12 4 J 4 I 1 F rodneyy W w W aw 4 q DICK RODNEY sool zo v 0 4 1 I or the adventures of do W ta sit I 1 ai an eton boy 4 I 1 a its t 13 DY y jn JAVIS MISS ORIA NIr sit all top F IF I 1 itse F 4 ell climtime flirl XI continue Ile adlong e stumbled over piles of lava now we sank ak ankle deep among the soft purall dirt dust anon e roll rolled fell or through slid lid vines and creepers then through asawa atu of proving malse road wheat or filant ls lions ut of coffee and apple treva but neer neier pausing until we so rou 11 tAid the be of the mighty piton where here breathless breath leis floating and bathed balked la in perspiration we lay toy down in a little thicket of cinnamon rinn emun bahea by the a tide tilde to rest for A bort abort space during thie this flight I 1 bad hail nver never spoken but tom from time to time luduig ed in disjointed remor remarks ki of an exultation in which I 1 could not bare hare being only thankful to heaven for mv my swepp lint poor tom toni bad had reea more of a rough life and find of many a violent death than it could possibly have been ray my lot tu tj witness 1 I I la ia ha f you oil spanish swabs I 1 ve ee 0 slung two to of your hammock hammocks in a hot place before the time aid said he abat bat a row hey they make like 80 0 o many nog negroes clearing a cargo when we via sheered off luky it 11 was an bat lit I 1 eared oft off our ts lines in timet time I 1 hao haie a good mind to put about tand stand for the cae and pot another of 0 spanish goril gorilla laal 1 whether hether be he meant guerrilla guerrillas I 1 did not ing inot ire but w wae happy when we reached the barbar and I 1 felt the cool coot breeze of the ocean fan my throttling temples and my hand hands which from be ing 1 so long and ao u tightly tied with rough cord cords and baying the blood after erard aril brhen through them by rapid exertion felt literally burning hot all vas dark and still till when we ran along the stone mole male of santa crux crul fortunately at that late hour there wa was no official to question of 01 molest us u and we could eee see the abrl anchored about half a mile distant with ith the lati lattern tern still b arning at the fore masthead the light on the castle had bad disappeared appeared dia we soon found a mall punt at the landing stairs and taking of it without leave ast bt loose the painter and shoved off oft silentor lr and steadily with all our remaining strength th we pulled for the brig and find were won soon alongside well this spree to 1 oer matter master rodney odney It eald said tattooed torn wiping hia ills brow with his hi sleeve ua when we e stood on the deck where the wondering crew gathered around us u but catch me having another in this deuced tenny reet that a all 1 MI the anchor A peak alarmed by the foregoing nar narrative raffie which nas a fully corroborated bv by our excitement by the two mus maskel lets we so bad brought on board ae an trophies by the state of our bandi hands and nd wrists and slid the numerous cute cuts and we bad upon us and fear fearing frog the consequent detention of the brig for tome me legal in captain abston prepared at on once ce for putting to sest I 1 was happy when finding myself on the deck of the eugenie but still more supremely happy on an hearing weston a reo resolution lution to get unda iwa an a I 1 pos se eissed sed very vague but deel 1 adly un pleasant ideas of spanish justice and bad had visions vision of al caldes wheels garrotte ce ets and even the masked familiars of the inquisition itself heating boating before me my bly heart beat responsive to the clank of the windlass pawls as the kuenle eugenie ju jove ave short abort on her anchor and the started aloft to cast cost loose tome the tO topsails PAlls Nest vealon con threw our two mo taets into the sea lest their disc discover on board might cause suspicion or noo yance the morning waa was clear ft ar cool and ata ry as let no vestige of dawn was visible and all was wall still and anti quiet on chore shore but I 1 was us la to mamea tary ekpo tation ot of feting a boat dash eff off toward us though abose from whom we 0 o bad hail escaped could bale no just baws cause e of complaint suddenly I 1 heard beard the sound of oars and find saw a long 10 low boat shoot out old from the obscurity of the harbor my heart stood still for a moment as air bis this craft was steered in our direction bit I 1 to my infinite relief it boarded a coeta costa mean that in il i l near us lie As yet he shadows of night were ere on land and lee u on have nave the cone of the peak that ton ere r aft ahoe the clouds and there abr I 1 ht of the yet sun suit ing into saffron I 1 i indigo blending with th r dus I 1 ight as the eye def des e vai shore bo so weston tave gave the tire 0 rj the fere yards A aba b a k an and id a it full ull wreco o at icat 1 10 and the anchor was tr 4 I 1 heave and a it vt I 1 M fAm lambourne bourne cb cheerily ertl IM alk fat call ot of encourage rr n i vh t ip ping anchoring 1 Is 3 J r out b ter and the stock 1 Is se I 1 to ur face the courses were ceib was hoisted bolg ted her h it eidly round and it she aden the firey cone I 1 f the boyl Z lights of santa SrM wf mind nd glittered in tremolo I 1 4 cf the wa ter on our bea ng upon our lee lea quan a r FUL F UL L a w va do hand comely bowl and just 4 4 an the lb nral streak ul ut day booming 1 on with al rapidity began to 0 o bright en on the horizon and shed long rhiny 1111 ny ripples oa on he the rea rat ae canvas swelled ont the iv rr f joints began to patter on be the taut bosom of 0 every soon w white bite rail 1 and abe IMM tonee ws was blown out in lit Mra aft reful bonds there vials as a fine forkim rising the white water ater rippled under noder the forefoot of the tb 1 and oon won it boded bollei in foam an a e sheeted homo home the top malls all and ran alone along the estern here of at the mountain wit about the settle timit tile costa rican brig which was w at anchor nearer the hore sham a smart craft the he aa straight in the ae bend bonds and all block save a it yel yet low streak also got ready for sea ea ah fib fren cirp weltion and arlt i floor 0 0 of 0 aba harbor and aben ben the hot sun bull which ore while had lied lit up the tat vast continent of africa to the eat rest of us nwe from the cl oen evolin e aw bow her black hull holl and white canvas chining shining in his raya rays about it mile stern astern you ay may marc fare that craft to a costa Itle anit raid bald amton doubtfully atia es air ir replied I 1 she may be but pile ie to also abo a span lh tell dealer in black cattle aid 14 aes ea ton on who waa air looking at her tier through a powerful powei ful double glass I 1 am certain it you rould could only cee see her deck when ane ne careene a bit ou would make out the tile ring bolta bolts lashing laiti ing the slaves to in fine title eather ale ae and perhaps thoc those of at the car ronad too adaid ad lid illston all ahe looks rather rakish I 1 you are jut just of 0 my mind air added tom lambourne who wax was it t the heel she shell 11 see the bharka sharks nose and the congo river before the she keea sees the lion quito creeks or t the he hills ot of costa won 1 and I 1 have a shrewd notion that the pirates we escaped from arc are part of 0 her crew it if one may judge from what master blaster rodney who knows 9 their lingo overheard them say except across the peak of teneriffe Tener lne where a cloud ot of white vapor floated in mid raid air like a permanent or girdle and above which rome some thou and sand feet of at the mighty cone towered into the blue Imme nalty of space mellowing from green and purple to faint gray tint the iky sky vas without cloud the waves danced ara sparkled in the morning sunshine the fre treib h breeze wept swept pleasantly over their whitening tope tops and whittled whistled through our rigging rIegl as an we ran along th the e shore with corald erable peed speed an and now our fearls beat lightly for it tit broad free ocean was around us and bud on clearing the dan rocks at punta de do anaga by lang citing item bern a wide I 1 erth we felt th the e heavier well of the atlantic as se e Iro lr be larboard tacks on board cu vu ran close hauled on a taut bow line between the isles of teneriffe and I alma littering the deatherage eather age ot of the cota costa rican and leavi g her at the same time fast and far astern ne ve bad had a delightful run through jie the fertile archipelago of the fortunate tort lort isles and after clearing san josef found the wind coming more more aft long lon after night had closed in and darkness had enveloped nv eloped all the s sa a and the isle title of Terie teneriffe riffe the cone of the peak hone abort in midair with th the e light of at the sun that bad had set in the western waters of the atlantic for the whole of that day we had run fast through the water making at least seven knets an hour off the log line lia but midnight came before we saw the last of the mighty peak of adam CHAPTER XIII an ark incident I 1 he time we bad been a month a it bea applied assiduously ous ly to work ork I 1 picked up a little knowledge of seamanship seaman nhip I 1 took my turn of watch with the rest I 1 learned to go 0 o loft aloft and fi t lie upon a yard in a stiff tiff topgallant breeze I 1 acquired all the of at knotting iad i ad d splicing of 0 serving a rope with spun yar farnand nand to know the technical difference between the ropo rope itself and a line I 1 could reave pets e the log lot the compass and take roy my trick at lae the helm with the best nan man on board and thus gained the golden of those among whom a ot rough turn of the wheel n fortune bad had so to strangely and so cast ir f borne bome daye days after leaving the thel cana calla rit ria a we found ourselves passing 0 what hat seemed to be lemene meadows of green stuff adrift uy by moonlight the branches bran chee leaves and fibers of this u rooted marice marine forest for such it 11 ws being wrack and sea weds of wondrous length springing fro from m the lowest depths depth of tho the ocean slark startled star kled led flashed and whirled li in the rabing rai ing eddies astern of the brig ae as ahe she cleft or brushed down the yielding eldIng u with br her rushing keel I 1 was as never weary of sar vertric this iceie as so marvelous marve loua la in its beauty when the moon was As shining on the ea sea these there vast broad leaves lemes and long snaky tendrils that danced upon the burfe of the sea ica were the florida gult bed be ed e d tte ark pleat grope of the sil ailers ti lers lors said lallo ll llo as we leaned over th ee quarte one ox night these plants grow upon the two great banks bank of the atlantic ani nt were known to the aboe nici als all named them thein the N eedy sea SW 4 i 1 4 11 I 1 aoa 1 a 1 1 I remember aid said 1 I and tha the U 4 of ot columbu columbus bought were bot sent by beavan u to tay stay their course I 1 1 I ou aro are right replied the enate ae with aa an approving mile smile it li to pleas i ant to meet one like you rodney ho he I 1 has ha read that which Is I 1 worth reading A ind and remembers it IL I 1 i th the G gul it stream uld said weston joining 0 antin in uthe he conversation I 1 ij is a great current about sixty miles broad caused by the trade wind winds which alay 4 11 says blow from cant east to et it isum issues from the gulf between cape F of ida and cuba and run at thir ta rate of three brints an hour alo aloi ii the shores bore 1 I 1 of 0 south and north Ani america ertes till the 1 newfoundland bank turns it to the PO U theart so its it track li Is known knon by that gulf wed we wt d which you now meet e floading a pait past q it li Is by this till mysterious current f hie this mighty that traver tra venica vies the that the he timber log logo of the st 81 Ieva renco the arecki of the old plate and the carved idols of at older mexico and the caribbean Warl catl colored entered with the weed M 4 B of long immersion ha gatej TeJ I 1 4 14 ic 7 upon the western I 1 and the 4 jbf every morning theatta the tx warmer armer the pea ea and the atmosphere more tier the rh wlad wind was 0 aca acal tc a tt lat u ari y a ditol ui tot uk ail thus tor tar several day days we so bore on with both sheets att aft as a the phrase li Is when run t nitis nine right before the wind 11 shoals ot porpoises plunged across abis th bow bows of the brig in the colored sea ea and when it waa was smooth a whole heet fleet of the little nautili paned passed u us with purple up nor were the dark and gliding gilding harki sharks and 1 the livery silvery flying fish wanting at time times to keep my attention excited and the tiny petrel petrels ai as they came tripping along halt in the water ver and halt la lit the air kept pace with the eugenie Bu gente as its ahe cracked on under a press ot at aall 11 dashing the waves around her ploughing sloughing hing BC ar freely and so 10 fearlessly the deep wati n that bide a briny world and wash the dark and unknown bass I 1 ments of at the earth one glor loua morning when we vre were within a fer few day days 11 sail II of Hi there occurred a nee w aa nil a afterward ft erward a source of at the tie deci regret to ua us all bow how and why wi 5 shown hown durin during the trays t my the day kcf I 1 nr r tha glon gion of aln fine geni A running smoot wll wl Illi lop alop with ul was as detailing 11 ng aai an a the I 1 appearance appe aranci r ai at phe non a lunar i hy by Is I 1 idular good aorl for ince once 1 in these aria arts declares li Is nev ney the of the full m on a i our learned so sc ted con contempt t empt for age go 1 low this marc rd a equal I 1 facility dl d olaf to rato and the m method had of club ba 0 a at square rigged vessel or to her anchor in a gale of wind the prometheus of at Ei chylas or proper mode of lying too in a b cane with everything truck struck aloft ana topsail yard yards on the cap and now on art the subject of the lunar F wa proceeding to quote aw portuguese pilot of at ramulo 1 X neston interrupted bin him by 1 r wm te lott aloft I 1 di foretop fore top there ks aye a ar air wa was th the us al epopee from ned carlton a seaman who waa perched in the top to be continued |
