Show f 1 1 I IS is r M el 1 0 i t DICK RODNEY 0 w A N I 1 0 at ft 0 1 oh or the adventures of t IN 0 e 1 e an eton don boy 1 I 0 W a 0 0 L ny jamba CRANT 1 6 6 IV 11 II the at of we bad woes dred of ba u waso and beav amily unwired un wired we pirated pt rated intend inland with bor anxiety than plea ure at first but tre re lot we w became be that ft e island inland was totally cesti restitute tute of human known Inhabit inhabitants anU not a of wigwam or but of road or path not een even of the 11 track trach or trill trail gave such as the tb wild goat goats mad made raa wan visible anywhere and thus we tx came impressed Impi essed with dow emotion emotions 0 of wonder and awe la in tread ing a oll poll shere man lived not where 00 human font foot dmd to 0 o have trod and where whore only the hum of insect life stirred th the toll tude of that wild island of the south atlantia if vor por a dirt did anre we traversed fat ground that was covered with sedge sd graso grass interspersed by shrubs of bright green grm boband this level plain row rooe a series of ridge calli co 1 fed by tree frees and june ridges formed the th fint first alope of the great mountain which wai was ome some thousand ft feet in height and aleo also of the groat great bluff wo we had first dl cled ed at ma a a found alphonso to be tho the clarreet of a group ol 01 three islands it Is in a mass of rock nearly twelve miles in circumference the other two are caver ca vernois and inaccessible and every ir 4 approach hothem Is 1 dangerous and difficult in con in cf th fori mint I 1 of f tb ta ri r i about bout tum ahm ha hat durins ithe the weary lay days f our sojourn there we made DO no attempt to explore them ibm leit lest the longboat in our circumstanced a priceless pr icele pre perty might bo be ed d or dashed ta to piece pieces allsop informed me ta 1 I at be he bad had read somewhere that in the month of at march IM the me bear la to bah which the greet columbu columbus died two adson turen of spain or portugal named tristan da canha aad and Alpho aeo de do albuquerque ailed nailed for the flit india on a voyage of discovery disc avery with fourteen great caravels caraT fl during this expedition they feirl three creat great islands which aich they named after tristan aa A cunha and elsewhere three others ibach were named from alphono alphonse 10 alo lo after their fleet had been scattered by a great tempest teni peet mallea mallets through the channel lie discovered many ea sea ule aad and channel channels hitherto unknown to the for per or spaniard spaniards and ultimately ultimate lir reached the ladle of which he became viceroy for Ver ferdinand dinand the catholic and did died in 1616 1515 holding that olilee it Is 1 very strange that bince since chilt remote period no european country bae has turned these islands to any account as they do not lie ile more than fifty leagues from the general track I 1 of the shipp ng six bound for the coast of ICo Co romandel or the chinese mesa and ain a time of x ar would form a useful awid and important rendezvous for a fleet they lie ile exactly in that portion of ithe the wide lail and mighty ocean where it 11 was fabled and belld belle ed a great con anent yet be found the three lelee isles of an da cunha which lie ile some hundred mile miles distant have now a mixed population of cna ent lish twe pese and anjul mulattoes altoes ea and a garrison carrl soB as maintained ma tl ti ere er durice during tue the captivity ct of the emperor napoleon at st 51 Il elona being thu thus cast away upon a shor shora so far from the general track of ihirg we resolved to make male preparations toy to a pia abla 0 qt some time to 1 I 1 all ti 4 orte rela to etore store our pro t ta j lve rry means to fori addlor aa 4 fei gil by ily angling in the creeks which aati teemed to abound with ash asa A 0 ut u the woods teemed with gnats nati and boars running wild ly LT collecting birds eggs us as the din seemed to be literally alive ith petrels albatrosses and sea hens heris add IQ taft A were the more necessary ai as none mono boog foresee the probable length of oar our sojourn there A ship heave in sight tomorrow but a year might pass before one rame bear mear enough to be attracted by our signs ne e resolve 1 ta to SATI a signal post erected on the mountain top a beacon fire are prepared and nil amid these and many other is the night closed in ilk and RM found us tc toc auly by contented with our island and even disposed to b or 0 gr misfortunes that we could not control but considerable peculation speculation waa was excited when dilly 1 the cabin boy I 1 10 y who hal had been in pursuit p u arquit of a 11 little tt la kid 1 the beach returned to us dragging drag ginz after jitter him a lg long spar which be he bad had faund found among the layer ot of shingles bright f little hi its and dusky weeds reeds deposited by the sea and rn examination this spar proved to be b one of the lower studding fall sail boom ot of the and th tho same which had parted froni fron the brill abrl on the eventful evening of the call it Is our properly wild said billy and may tie b useful when ne a hae a fire to light dill ve ire bap ba p a better bolter fer for it than burning burn inc mid sold tattooed tattoo tom torn 41 tie the meet most tor for oar our ignal signal post already made to land and we it 11 step it on the hilltop tomorrow that we bivouacked unda abarge a large tre tree the noame aad and gonna of w which were alike unknown to us M at time times some lare re conversing some slept other others lay waking and thinking with w ith the of the shining nea sea close by in their ere ears and I 1 could see ee the HAIS of the southern crots shining 1 11 9 with bill brit tance at tho the 1 I 1 e of the hf he the novelty ot of our situation Itu atlon kept me long awake ate wh wa b lay my head bead pillow ed on a bundle ot at dry seaweed with the sail of tie ta 1 long boat spread over us as an impromptu tent and for protection from 5 taft dew I 1 lay in meditation and fall tall of melancholy thoughts ere erel lleti cle cam came upon me and with it confused dror or of the burning ship of my se deladd ladd bow bom and of the th schoolboy spot not we long romer allor though there theta long forgot again I 1 wa was at eton adin I 1 saw cho smooth green ald alive with ardent schoolboys in the curry merry mun chiev and acain win I 1 beard heard the clamor or their oung our g ot ole ani he the tell balls rattling on bat and wickets again I 1 beard board the gwo green 1 leaves rustle la in the old wood woods of the tudor times or again in I 1 waa was in the nady quadrangle quadrangles where the he monotonous hum bum of many el blasses asses poring pinic over their studios etole stole through the mulli umed windows on ahr ambient air and glad la in my dreaming car that drowdy hum bun seemed strangely to mingle T w with ith the clis fing of tb the urge upon th unnumbered um pebbles pe bbl 44 of the lonely shore loor cloe close joy at last oer overcome come 1 wearlie wear lne ineP by lol tude and toil toll I 1 slept soundly X M ill ile 9 auth a hut my uy old tutor at eton used to 1147 quoting ome some I 1 v I 1 aw saw that I 1 a lazy 1 boy bey inside a lazy man full just ae as a crooked sapling makes a crooked tree it was as fortunate for me bo boeer seer while hile on the liland island of alph alphonso 0 time that lay my habits babits were thoe those of activity act levity and that I 1 mas a mover lymphatic by nature after dawn next morning we set et it boit the erection erect lan of a but though to e bpd DO no other tool tools than man a mull small hatchet and our clamp knives with iliffe we me ait oit autor or tore down a great number of garec branches and stuck them in the earth selecting a place where I 1 two andlen of n rork rolv conan n lenti land enough formed two solid alls als for or our edlock leaving u us but two other others to erect As turn tom lambourne old I 1 the fellow bo he cannot u use a hammer or ax at li Is only halt a nian man so 0 o we me all worked bard hard with mith ucb such implement implements as we bad had until our but was as complete Us 9 ift left an en tiance next the rocks by chica to creep in and out and then batched thatched or built over the inter twisted t toted branches branc bee with turf torn up by our hands and with broad plantain leaves creepers and all kinds of ten drils dails that had toughness tough nee and consist eny emy woven to foria form a root at the ei erection of this most primitive wigwam e tolled abe he whole day caie saie during the scorching cor ching interval at noon and ond ere nightfall it was complete iab with of dried leaves and te cea trase strass for couches and bedroom furniture therein we placed all our provision provisions the three bags begs of bread two kegs of rum which by unanimous content consent ere a placed under the sole solo supervision of II 11 slop our four caske casks of water were also brought ashore though there was no lack of pure springs on tte the island in this wigwam were aleo also placed our klankey klan blan ket keta the falls sails and tackle of the longboat lo and then the succeeding days were pant spent in accumulating provisions 11 es as we e looked forward with dread to our last biscuit and a signal post was erected on the mountain nith ith Il robart the carpenter und henry barren two of at our r cutest out ct banda bands tom lambourne Lambo urno and I 1 tent sent upon 11 pon this duty alternately carrying upon our shoulders or dragging in our hand hands the ali studding sail boom we tolled Jio uga ft s lid and wastes toward tollard tea the summit of the great and jet yet conical mountain that rears its lonely calp to the height of alve thousand fit foot kive the waves of the southern ma I 1 tha bope hope that on reaching ag lie its all hiis i talt rail we might decry descry a call sail was an additional adi lidi I 1 dit ional Incent iT 0 toll up the ta dellop CD lof tji c 11 Ira mger gering ng by the vial w I 1 ui us lea lne a 2 hat flat savanna of or sedge ar wt cached a series of walca ridges abich form the base ct of trie the at every step rousing clo ids of bird a species of blerk cock and tvs 18 in the jungle we awn iliva the lair of wild boar boars of treat great the and such ferocity of aspect tat amt we were mere glad to shrink astern of TA TV tom who carried the hatchel this jungle was exceedingly biffi slit of or penetration p owlan to ita its danelly dc nelly the number of wild aloes with ertta ing 1 plants prickly pears rears and otje tropical weed weeds of what alu I 1 kio klor ir sot not twined about un it was a af it eral oral of serrated rated arva bladen yellow gourd and gre great at squashy pul like bantle ve vea a tamo table mar marrow is 1 I woven ia naj j an ila is I 1 network 0 1 beates tendril tendrils and branches in other places we had to force farce ft lafage through thickets of richly shrubs and ull tall plants alth mighty leaves the afner general a I 1 goreee greenery ry of the landscape being bacr sed ed by the many of fine spring water which bouret down he b natures of the mountain into the thle plain we had left by ily the idea aides of these rul ta ts w we frequently paused and making a cup of a large largo leaf fear filled it with the cool A pid waier water that gurgled over the rock rocks to quench our constant thirst and fa fit for time such CUPS were mere the oaly only drinking vessel vessels we ne bad while on the island nf of altunio A Al tuneo at last we me gained the summit of the nA tRill and arid with mingled Kled tion and anxiety in oar our harta sept the birlson with eer yea yos I 1 not a sail mall was wa li I 1 sight tr for a as our could reach around us u in a lillith inthy ly circle rolled roppa the waters of the southern atlantic almost tepid with heat and pale oil and walte white abey seemed to palpitate under the rays of abo unclouded sun un I 1 at our devot bet lay the b whole bole isle of alphono and its two rock appen appendages daes with witts he the encircling ea sea boiling it 1 he be I 1 I 1 narrow chasms between them with ai a fary fury which wee wets the result of contrary current and which formed a ar contrast coa clan trost to ita its calmness 1 elsewhere after a brief rest we A P prepared tc te tet set op up the signal pot post tom took oft his hl ebirt and dra drawing winge from fro his pocket a plem of spun yarn which a seaman is I 1 bloom without he be lashed hie his undergarment alider garment to the ead slid of the studding sail boom and ani by the aid of tb th hatchet and our band hands t 6 a bole deep in which to erect the spar nod then jim nd tood tl ft bard hard am aull fat with tona stones A As I 1 tho chirt was wa out flag fashion upon the wind we a hoped it would I 1 I 1 4 1 I 1 darvs 9 ft it suC kleut IndI indication catlon to a yet T sal 1 approaching from tram any quarter that there were aple oa an the island ta want ant ot of fole klecor co r for some houn hours we on the m mounira a ur ll 11 1 a top op la 1 t tb h 6 av fuci 0 1 h J 0 of f teeing e e tal los lit da o d in g a e ill t ati and t h n r rel arced rn e 3 lowly w 1 Y downward to the bomb where our 1 shipmates awaited us u at the wigwam which BOW now formal form 1 our be borne me and which w jocularly designated the cap ital cily of 11 I 1 A elbl boar we felt vry very mum much the went want of are arms the air seemed ilire olive with bird birds the cooj w with h gaa a of several kinds and now inow iio am old bluiett with A few e barges of pa powder donld LAT proved more useful to ui us than thin the like tre of the bank of england recovered recover rd strength rapidly ani n his hi inspired our ilta tie band of c a with new conal 1 dence deuce and figur oa as they had hid implicit reliance in him superior knowledge and intelligence ae 9 mere never idle tor for unarmed as ne a ere thi th i task of procuring food for our general 1 store vrn wali by III no means a sinecure kl nure to thom those sho ho undertook it IL tom Lambo ume anu JO john ha burnet hill net the cool cook first brought us a valuable contribution in the shape ot of a fecat which vas a furnished with a rough and abaffy inane ane that added greatly to tta its terrible apeci for it waa wai an brute ai as larce large ai as a mall small iced sized row cow they had fallen in irk with it ahen hen it lay basking on the beach burnet courageously courage outly attacked it lah one of the stretchers tr etcher of the longboat and dealt it a severe stroke on the head the animal uttered a bonne hoarse grunt and turned upon him bin open mouthed when he thrust the start down ita its throat and held it there till lam lourne hewed off the bead with hia hatchet one ona or two other others were att aft rrb dispatched in the same ray but wo we had to lie ile long in wait and could not catch them only by cutting off thair their retreat to the pter ter their heart and tongues were con the beat best food by the mal allora lors who broiled them over a ore which we kindled by striking etri king two stones to gether and letting the parka park fall fill upon a heap of dry leaves and to the die caery of theae these impromptu flints we WO were indebted to NI id nid d carlton As A for fait I 1 found plenty of it baked in the crevices of the rocks up on the beach where the pray spray hm bea been dried ly by the hot sunshine to be |