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S ' i J HY JAMBS GRANT. ttccrttt..-. . et KjiMTHl l-(Conllnned) JjdloDt e eiumbltsl over pile of 'y3n0W We "nlt nnK,e d" nn""K IbTff" Pamlee ilti.l anon we rolled ftO' tfiirabled through will vine atffi"Irs then throuah flcldi of 32j K lotlM nnA heat or planla-"S0' planla-"S0' '''' ,,m, iPPlff tie but niJJL I ulng until we reached the baiy0' the might; I'llon where IjrgthlcN fa-pln panting nnd h.Mh-cdTEr'niilratlon h.Mh-cdTEr'niilratlon e lay down In n UttigthlcVtt 0( ,it,namon buthea by lhli"W to rest for a short space Dufln this lll.ht 1 hal never anok- cnKjt Tom from time to tlmo Indulg-cjdlijolnted Indulg-cjdlijolnted teniaika cii reaalte of nnJ5ltatlon In which I could not ihsrs, helnj only thanVftil to hcMcil forjoT iscapc llul poor Tom had tcrnjnore t a rough life, and of many violent dentil than It could pottlbly havTjl""! my lot to witness Mia, hit you Bpnnlih awaba' c e stunt to of your hammocks In n hoi place before tho time perhaps! ' said be "Mitt a row they make, like ao many ncrrocs clearing a cargo when we sheered oft I Lucky 11 waa that 1 eattd oft our tow line In timet I hivi a tool mind to put about, atanl for too cove and pot another of those Spanish forlllail ' Whether ho meant gutrrlllaa I dll not Inquire but waa happy when we reached the harbor an 1 I felt tho cool Ireett of tho ocean fan my throbbing temple and mj handa which, from being be-ing io long and so tightly ttcd with rough corda and haling lho blood aft-ernard aft-ernard driven through them by rapid exertion felt literally burning hot All vtaa dark and still when wo ran along the atone molo of Santo, Crui Fortunately at that late hour lhcro waa bo official to quratlon or molest ut) and wo could ico the brig anchored about half a mllo distant with tho lantern still burning at tho forcmatthcad Tho light on the cnilla had disappeared t loon found a small punt at Die landing stair and taking pMielon of It without leave, east loose tho palnttr ind shoved oft , 'Silently and steadily, with nil our romalnleg strength wfc riullrd for the brig and were toon alonglldo 4 Well this aprco Is ovir, Master Htidnoy,' ail I Tatoo(lvTom wiling (sTwMieMihinic'Jk, 'hero,.th.a wondering wonder-ing crew gathered itrtilin r t!s- but catch mo having unotljer' In (hli deuced TennyJilccf thai" alll' ' I cirAiTjEK ii, ' prj The Anchor A lroak AUrmed ly tho foregoing narrative which wa fully rorrjibornled by our excltimcnt by tho two muskcls we badjtrought on loardfaa tronhlca by tho itito of our hainla an I wrists and the.jjmerou.3 cuts and brulici wo had upoa si "id fearing lho consequent detention ot lho brig for toruo legal In QuIrfT Captain Westoa rrcpArciI at opijeWr pulling to aea. . . I in happy when nurllng myself on thtcrck ot the fugcnle but still more uprtmely Jinppy on hearing Weston rciolntlon toget nudcrway ns I poi-issitd poi-issitd I cry vaguo but decidedly un-pleauot un-pleauot Idea of Spanish Juatlce, and hid vlalon of alcaldes alguailli, whceli garrotcs and even tho masked familiars of the Inquisition Itself, floating before mo My heart beat roapomlvo to tho clank of the windlass pan It, aa lho l'uconlo waa hove ahort.on her anchor, and tho hand! started aloftj to cuit looso lho topsalU J Wnton threwour to muskets Into the sea leal tliel? discovery on board might cause suspicion or annoyance The morning waa clear, cool and itarry, ai yet no veitlgo pf dawn was visible and all waa still and quiet on ihoro, but I waa In momentary expectation expec-tation ot teeing a boat dash oft toward ui though thoao from Tthom wo had eiciped couldjihuvc. no Just cauio of complaint f r Suddenly I bcnriUthoBound of cart and far a long, lovtrJjoat ahoot out trom the obtcurlty of tho harbor My heart itoad itlll f0fn moment aa tlila iratt waa steered In our direction but lo my Infinite relict It boarded a Coita Mean that lay near Hi" Ai yet the ahadowa of night were on land and tea-on everything tare tho tone of th, l-caic tDat toworcd abovo the i cloudi and thcro ahown the light of the yet Bnrf6cn lun, yellow deepen-H. deepen-H. ii!"1' pl,ri,I tUl0' " ' night .a. th, eye ponded to tho lliva E.aV9 ibt 0ri" " ' rnit .no?kJb"k anA "' molnyard. ,i'lh. intl mtaCh ttl ,,m W,1'"' . "?" " hwaahl' cried Tom ,n";tl'rlly. tlvjni tho uatml call ot ncourag8mMt h , .Ln.h. st8,1 3uot oul " " tar JacV " 1 klnj(oatlrthoiir. Thocorif,flcroIotf d fa Znd .ad J, hcr hea1 W "PUT J2 I . pal11 tt bravely, llron ,ht.ro ESI l th0 r,,on A the lights of Santa Crui, whlcu had gilt- "e0naoarr,aiOU" "no. along the wa- """rSSi. "" ''"J"rd-hand-lonely nowi ctM We.t0I(( Mi ju,t (tStStttfrtSttftttSwCtl-tlfa.' ns tho first sttenk of da coming on lth tropical rapl llty began to bright-en bright-en tho horliou and shed loug shiny rli plea on the tea the canvas swelled out the reef point began to pallor on tho taut bosom of cery snow white anil and lho loose rigging vtaa blown out In graceful bends There was n flno brceio rising the whllo water rippled under lho forefoot fore-foot of the Kugenlc and soon It balled In foam ns no sheeted homo tho top-rails top-rails mil ran along tho nhatetn shore ot tho mountain tain botit the same tlmo the Coit.i Itlcan brig which vtas ol anchor nearer tho shore (n smart crnft she wai straight In tho benda and all black save ft yel low streak) alio got ready for sea with great exi edition an I worked out of lho harbor, and when tho hot aim which erewhlle had lit up tho ntt rontlncnt of Africa to the rait of m rose from lho ocean, wo taw her black hull nnd wblto ranvaa shining In hit morning raja about a mllo astern ' ou say, Marc, that craft la a Coita Itlciin?" said Weston doubtfully et air replied lllslop ' She may I o but she la also a Span-lib Span-lib dealer In black cattle ' said Weston, Wes-ton, who waa looking at her through a powerful double barreled glass ' 1 am certain It you could only seo her deck when sho careens a bit ou would maka out the ring bolt for lashing tho slate to In fine weather" 'A)c, nnl perhaps thoan nt tho car rnnadc too" added lllslop, ahe looks rather raklilt ' ou aro juit of m mind air" nd ded Tom Ijtrabourne who vnt nt tho wheel Shell ico the Sharks Koso and tho Congo river beforo alio ice Ilia Mosquito creek or tho hills ot Costa Kirn, and I hac a shrewd no tlon that tho plratca wo escaped from uro part of her crow, If ono may Ju Ige from what Master Hodney who knows their Hugo ocrhenrd them tn) Except across lho I'eok ut Tenerltfe whero n cloud of white vapor (loated tn mid nlr Ilko a lermnnent cyniar or girdle and nlovo whlrh aone thou aand feet of tho mighty cono towered Into the blua Immensity of space mel lowing from green nnd inrplo to a faint (tray tint, the sky waa without a cloud- AAISlf aaa.waa rtsnwilaa.nil ,ai,aaV;l,lli. I lho morning aunahlno, tho fresh brooi I s,wri j leatnntly over their whitening lap nnd whistled through our rigging I aa wo ran nlong the shoro with cnnsld-lerablo cnnsld-lerablo speed; and now our hearts beat I lightly for tho broad free ocean wai around ut, and on clearing the dan gcrout rocks at 1'unta do Antes by giving them a wldo I crib wo felt tho heavier swell of tho Atlantlo aa wo brought tho larboard tackt on loard nnd ran, cloto haultd on a taut bow lino between tho I ilea of Tenerlffo and l'alma, keeping the wcatherago ot tho Costa lllcan, and leaving her ut tho amo tlmo fast and far aitern We had a dollghtfiil run through lho fcrtllo Archipelago of tho fortunate Isles, and, after clearing Ban Josef, found tho wind coming more aft Long after night had closed In and darkness had enveloped all tho tea and tho lalo of Tenerlffo, tho cono of tho peak shono redly In midair, with the light ot tho tun that had tot In tho western water ot tho Atlantic lor the wholo of that day wo bad run fait through tho water, making at Icait soven knots an hour off the log-lino, log-lino, but midnight came beforo we saw lho last of tho mighty I'cak of Adam CHAPTKn XIII An Incident. I)y lho tlmo we had been a month at sea, having applied myself aaaldu oualy to wprk, I picked up a Uttlo knowlodgo ot aeamanahlp I took my turn ot watch with tho rest, I learnod to go aloft and to Ho upon a yard in a atlff topgallant breeze I aequ'rod all lho mysteries ot knotting and splicing ot serving a ropo with spun yarn and to know tho technical difference betweon the ropo Itself and a lint I could hcavo the log box the compass and tako my 'trick' at tho helm with tho beat man on board, an I thua gained tbo golden opinion of those among whom a rough turn of lho wheel ot fortune had ao strangely nnd ao auddenly caat me Somo days after loavlng tho Canaries Cana-ries wo found ourselves (using through what seemed to bo Inimento meadows ot green stuff a I rift. Ily moonlight tbo branches leaves anl fibers ot this upmotod marlno foreit for such It was, being wrack and aea weeds ot wondroua length springing from tho lowest depths of tho ocean sparkled, flatbed and whirled In the foaming eddies astern ot the brig as sho cleft or brushed down tho yielding masse with her rushing keel I was never weary of surveying thlt sccno which was so marvelous la Its beauty, whon tho moon wns shining on lho sea. Thota vait, broad leave and long snaky tcndrlli that darced upon tho turfaco of the sen ware the rlorlda gulf weed "Tho tropical grape of tho Bailors," said lllslop, as wo Itaned over tho lea-quarter lea-quarter ono night. ' Tbssi plants grow upon the two great bank of the Atlantic, At-lantic, and wero known to the Phoenicians, Phoe-nicians, who named thorn tbo Weedy Sea ' '1 rttntmber," tald I) 'and that ths H stamen of Columbtn thought I y H wtro sent by heaven to stay Ih.lr H ourte" M "Wi aro right, replied the mate, H with nn approving smile "It It pleat- V nt to meet one like you Itodnoy who H hat rend that which la worth reading, H and remember It Bfl 'The Gulf Stream tall Weston, WM Joining In the conversation ' Is n great nl current about sixty mite broad, jlj? ranted by the trado winds whlch'nl- 8H ways How from east to west. It Is- HI sue from tho Gulf between Capo Klor- R Ida and Cuba and runs nt the rate of WJ threo knots an hour nlong the shores 9D ot South nnd North mcrlca, till the OR Nowfounllind lank turns It to the Bf sotilhoa.it to everywhere Its track Is tnj known by lhat gulf weed which you now see floating past It Is by this mysterious current ' W this iislghty river that (rnvorsrt lho ocenn that tho limber logs of theSt, ! tawrencc the wrockj of tho old Plata j argosies nn 1 tho carved idols of older Mexico and tho Caribbean Islet, all 1 covered with tho weeds and barnacle ot long Immersion have been east upon tho western shore ot ScotUnd nnl tho Itel rides Hery morning lho weather became t warmer lho sea an I aky moro clear tho atmotphcro moro rarefied The I win I waa so ateady that scarcely a 'I sheet or tnck was nltered Thui for '1 everal days wo boro on with both ! I ihecla atl aa tho phraio Is, when run- 1 nlng right beforo the win I ,J Shoals ot porpoises plunged across J lho bows of lho brig In the sapphire- M colored sea anl when It was smooth "M a whole fleet of tho little nautili 'M poised us with ptirplo sails up, nor 9 were the dark and gliding sharks sud 3a9r tho allvcry flying flth wanting al timet ;H to keep my attention excited, nnd the 13 tiny petrels aa they came tripping fffflj nlong, halt In tho water nnd halt In 'ij lho nlr, kept paco with tho Tugonlo W ha sho cracked on under a prcas ot tJS sail, dashing the wave around her, JjH ploughing to freely and ao fearle" '- 'V tho deep waters that htdo n Ann) , ' 29 and waih the dark nn 1 unknown ll ments of tho earth 4H one glorious morning when wo were )M within a fow days tall of Illipsnlola, WM thcro occiirrcl a clrctimitanro which JH was afterward a sourco ot the deepest "tH regret to us nil how nnd why, will be jH shown during tho progress of my story , VJJ Tho Jay was fine oeu for that re- fiH glon ot tint days Tbo Kugenta was I BH running smoothly before tbo wind, nnd i JH lllslop, with comllerablo animation, 1 H waa detailing to the captain nnd mo I aH tho npiearanco ot that rare phonomo- I VI non a lunar rainbow which by sin- J jH guiar good fortune ho had onco icoa 1 H In thcio latitudes, and which Arlitotla .1 JH declare Is never icon bat at tbo time 1 .H ot lho full moon a declaration which BH our learnel Scotch mnto treatel with ft 91 contempt, for ho was a strango fel- equal facility dllato on lho Apology of IK?! I'lalo and the motho.1 of club hauling Hi a square rigged vernol or sheering her fv to her anchor In n gale of wind, on BS the rromclhom of lJiehylul, or tho ' proper modo of I) lug loo in a hiirrl- H 1 ranr. with everything struck aloft, and Vai topsail arils on the rap, and cow, on B M tho subject of tbo lunar rainbow, ho Sa was proceeding to qtmto from th J9l lortiigtieso I'llot of ltamuslo when Ms Wctton Interrupted htm by hailing I ;j aloft I ' I'oro lop Ihercl ' I m ' Ayo nyo, sir ' was lho usual re- I j. sponso from Neil Carlton, a seaman 1 a who wot perched In tho top I (To bo continued.) j |