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Show jUi iiw I JPoicK RODIY; ; or. ThejAdvenlurcs of ! S i Anj&ton Boy... j lfiiimimntHi'1 OHAITHIl V - Ifonllnned I ' ' "In n moment hla bli ahlrt otf and plated on llir lift of the forvyard ,Thla meant, Mr Ilodney thai aa merchant mer-chant aeatnen we appealed lo tho nian-o'-war for protection, and ahled an artaeil bnAt'a crew Thank heaven, tilth an npppeal la never mkde In valn( by a roor Jack ot any country In a Urltlth man o'.ar but the liivluty Fpanlardt pver noticed the lgnal,,ort I If ap, neer heeded It,' I ' The Yankee aklpper Htterid a flercti lugb, . "Dome thai ahlrt'aml come Mdwn, I you air,' he thundered out 'down In-latantly, In-latantly, of I will ahndt, you llkalj Pcoon"' ' j, "Hut, detpdrale with fear the poor, fellow nhvr stood upon the yard and while one -hand grasped the topping lift with the other he warcM hla ahlrt lo tha Rpanlarrfa lirardtho crack of n plitnl,, and next moment he fell a qulvarlng mast upon the deck stone dead, shot by the revolver 'That will teach you to make tlcJ nalt from my ahlp you varmint, ant-veiled ant-veiled tha merciless aklpper giving tha body a kick, 'and aa tor you,' he con tlnutsl, addressing me, and ramming home hla worda with an oath, but before be-fore ht could git further I lve,ed him . on lb dtek' by n blow from a hand' iplko, and toate I hla kulft and ravolvtr evarboatd ' i ( I ' f 'J M v'lllt right arm waa )iroktn Tl)ff waa a great row about alrthls tlsfort lha Alcalde when wa got Into harbor, ntIP h1l , nmlilHi,. ,.J m,v . vaittnbent by'a parly or Spanish ma-rlnst, ma-rlnst, but the captain erotitd (ht Al' caldt a hand with sllvtr or gold, and thtro waa an end of II There wat an and ot my rngagiratnt, too, for tha Tankea weathered rut about my salary, ttlttd my chest, my quadrant, even an old allvtr watch which my mother gave ma to make rue comfortable, when I flritwent-to"tta. and then Turned me out of lb ablp "Bo with nothing accept a Mexloan dollar In my pocket, but followed by my .Newfoundland dog Hector, I fonnd myself on a wet and dusty evening on the great quay of Matantaa, which facet the bay that npant Into'tha Oulf of KlorliU t r "Low alike In aplrlta and funds, I had to anduro being Jostled by negro" porters, scowled at brnlutlli, orj dered about by red-cappped'and black-bearded black-bearded Rptnlth aenlrles, wbn J?T thlrtleia and (iTtlered, ami whose brown unlformtWl vd worafed epau' lettea tainted the very tia breaia with the ndnr of garlic and roafte tobacco tThV.stTn had l behind clouds as red u blood Tho' buy KUi'all of a deep brown tint, and the thoret were black or purple I waa tery tad at heart, and thought It hard that I, a HrltUb teaman, should bo there an outcast, and all my kit reduced to tho cloHieton my back. In the very place where the tame flag that I'neocke" and Albemarle hoisted on Havana and brought- all the Don Spanlarda on their knee In old King decreet time. "However, that would neither And me supper or a bed I lost or misted my Newfoundland dog Hector, and In tho bitterness of ojy htsrl I banned the poor animal for Ingratitude, In leaving me Just as 1 waVlooklng about for a humble poanda, where a moiety 6t m dollar mlght procure mo a bed, a man stumbled against me "'Look allvo cucumber thanks,' said he, angrily, In nngllth, - jr-Do yqu takcymo forln nrgroj' I asked, fiercely ,,' J " 'Vou aro grimy enough for nny-llilng,' nny-llilng,' said he, and after being n night lu the Alcalde's lockup houso, I certainly cer-tainly was not trie clrsnrtt of men, but. now It tectnedfoa If the Hilco ot tho stranger wasifamlllar to me 1 examined ex-amined lilt features "'What,' 1 exclaimed, 'lllilop Jack' Hlilop. Itjhls ouT ""Tla I, Jacl.jlllslop, certainly,', rej pVlftt tho other. Who pro ted to be my old frltnd. Mate a father 'but who tho deuce are you?' 'VYnur old ahlpmala. Ham Wtalon, whojtallled with yoUJfor msny a day In the Clood Intenfof I'ort Olasgow' "For a momentabls tongua seemed absent without leave "What, you Sam Wetton IJngllih Bam, aa we called you -adrift here at Matansaa among them Hptnlth land-crabs?' land-crabs?' " 'Aye, adrift sure enough,' said I, at wa Shook handi heartily and thenjndi Journed to a tnberns when'I told him all about my. quarrel vtlth the Yan-, Yan-, Vie and my present hopeleet condition over a glass of nor nor'-west " 'I have a brig hero on the grid-Iron, grid-Iron, repairing for we lost iomo ohor copper In si raping n rock near tho Tortugaa shoil All my crew are of courto ashore, and at present I am residing with a friend,' aild Illtlop: I "hut I can find permanenl quartera for you till you gel a berth Do you tea that craft out there In the ua V ' ' ' 'The polacca brig about a mile off?' '"Yes. WH, she It consigned to my owner, but was found adrift, abrnuuncd' by all her crew amspt two, -about fifty miles off, halt way between this and the Bait Key JlanlrJ I bavp' chre 'of her now, and there you may tlefp err-ery err-ery n'lht " Tou choose - 'What say you to that?" , "That I thank you, old aWpmate, with all my heart, but but ' - 'What?' 1 have heard of that polacca, and IhtBt" of nW rrew whit" if nmlneil cin lio-tnl 'g'tVfrc dead- yes true .antigh They Vera found In their errha one on the uttrboaril and the other on tht port. !de HI lh rm Dm that nf that I burled th,u oi m, j.un.e lf u-Crn. u-Crn. and lljtre ,lr) , j enouth, bdHevau, .mdi with a ecmple ojiibl abotjii ha Lie.., Hera It tha gy sWhe reaipaulnu Jianh.nJ tak'e my rovoUer Mih you for plearot are pretty comrnon htnaltouis rKThanU, Ilhtlnit old I 'but how, am I In gHIM board" - .gciill over tn her in the punt that Is'mhortd betide, the quty When on board niake ifcuAlf quite at !,oino, for IhC.agf nt aad I left plent ef Rr,1t beef biscuits apd tuliacni in the cabin.. On tho morrow II) overhaul you In the forenoon watch 1 111 thru good by andbeaore I cotiM my wnythlng mora old Jack wtt gone and I found my self alone nn the stone mole with the key1 of the polaVea a companion In my hand ' There srcitned nbthlng for" me but to accept Hi temporary home thus offered of-fered (ao In the hope that U might lead lo something batter I stepped Intel the light punt cast loom the painter and after n few ralnules gnruus smiling found myaelf on the lonely- deck of the silent polacca, , - , lttr ranvass tat unbent moat of thej running rlfclng had . alto been taken off her tad stowed 'away so her tall and taper spars stood nakedly up from the atralgtlt flash deck, with a sharp rske aft. 'Thick btaVa fit dark blur clouda were coming htavlly up from Ihe Gulf of Florida The air was hot and sulphurous sul-phurous ) some drops ot rain, warm nit hrnsit la donhtitnns. tieasn (o splash upon tht deck aad -to make circlet on Ihe tea, while at 'tht far I edge ot tht horlton a narrow ttrtak oil bright raoonltshT agaln'rt 'which thai wavea were tteif chaalng each other, glittered through Iho'flylng jeud, the, bottom of which waa uplifted In tha offlng, like a dark curtatirtbarwaa bat-lered bat-lered snj rtal JThen a (lath of red lightning, tip-1 tip-1 nllg therwavta with Qra.'ahone, but to 1 Vajtfdaced by IntCant darknua and all became black rhaot tn seaward, save jyhert, a .pale-green .beacon burned steadily 'at Banta Crui, on lie western "Sfde of the bay" " - "These signs prognosticate a rough night, but I waa glad to percelvo that the polacca was well moored at stem and stern, so 1 unlocked the companion compan-ion door and descended, not without a shudder. Into the dnrk and cold cabin, where the dead men bad been four 1 and where all was tllenro snd globn "I struck a luclfer match,, my tMth chattered; and while groping about for a candle to mske' myself com for table for the night, I beran lo with 1 bad te-mtlaed te-mtlaed oil ahore I found a ship lantern with Ihe fag-end fag-end of a candle In II, and this, when lighted, enabled me to take a aurvey of the cabin, which stood on Ihe table and when looking about, found my eyea wander so Incessantly to the aide berths In wch the dead Bpsnlsrds had been touud, that at last 1 almost fancied their rale sharp profiles and rigid figures were visible In the flickering flick-ering light of the candle " Tome, said 1 Bam Wetton-lbla will never do! Aro you a man; or have you become a cnua again t "Another application a long one, loo-lo the rum Jar and 1 wrapped 'some bunting. A rug auj'a pea Jacket that lay on the locker, round me, and lay down on the cabin floor to Bleep, and erarcely had I atretched myself there when the randle flared up, and, after casting some strange; kaleidoscopic kaleido-scopic flgurta on Ihe beams overhead, through the perforated lantern-top -went out! " "I was In total; 'darkness now, but 'more awake than ever 1 "J felt aa If Tn a great floating coffin, but heard nu sound eicept the gurgle of Hit) sea under the counter, or the splash of tha stern warp, as It whipped whip-ped the prater occasionally fr lf"I keptfmy eyes dosed resolutely, Ind determined perforce.to sleep and not to wake till morning but atlll I could not help thinking of the two poor fellowg who had died In the berths of that cold dark, and silent cabin, and bad been tossed to and fro ao long tipon the sea lieforo they jrecelred Christian burial Which baI died fifit-tbe uau In 'the larboard, or ho In the atarboard berth?, Why Were they Ihut abandoned? aban-doned? What had they ssll to each other' Whst mestsiea had they sent to wife to father, or mother? ivhat Inle of lotc to repeat-of guilt to re-eal-moteagee glten b the- dtd to the dead and ne.cr delivered' Thete thoughts crowded upon me till I nloiost Imgglned tha dead men lay there atlll end that lhy might rise up and give lhair last messages to Then I herd a sound lo tbe-forebold. It made my blood curdlel Waa Jt caused by rats? Terhaps they had fed pn the dead Spaniards and w,wera We to late nibble at me ( ti were bad enough, but .ghosts were worse. ! took a third and laat poll at the Jamaica Jar. said my prayera ovSr again, with more than usual devotion-, adding thereto the with that I should won have a spanking craft of my own. t ' i- ' f rr ' Bill! the Idea of il e two deed men, wltlilhelr pale faceaandunclo'tedjyes, vMraH rTJmc! lWnr'menWln and again, and I codld have groanad but for dread, of some slinllaf reaponne that might Mike triy Heart wither up nudmy Iteab creep An I rreeiT Itonn dble. f'U-. Jiltt iVWhl" horrid Idem ot nu ovef-ttralnvd ovef-ttralnvd fancy, fostered by Imagination Imagina-tion aftlf tMfonefl out of the silence and darkness became strongest within me what were .my, ampjjona how palnfuIHie thtabb'tng ofmy bearlt-on behnldlnr a slraAee s'reen rhflstlr light gllintiivf Ina; about, au I plnylng within each of Ihe side berths "WHIle lihrlhklng inici iftorner of the rUlii,lwllh eyalmlla attaining, I gated it lhtjm nt,rpalejj with a, spe- cles'of horrid fascination .The two lights wt welril wnverlrtft'andpal"? ilAS),if ml, (n me at twi w-nrnliig frnin the land U tplclla, tor thr,PXv edlit'OH tlie riiflaln and In the recess tit eaihiMh,ort and ttlthoard In "lilfh. u.dind tnnn had been found" And while these Ijglita bj!pe there VarSo TJiKiJTMi) ear Die palpn.jile wound nfa. heavv breathing nnd tndrtlng aa frunilbe oppressed chettrtit some one, rln.o b me, , mK - "'I pltliie1(rlni'Iinnda upon my. eyes and on my-ears In shut flrit llieee hot-rid hot-rid Uinta, and, nundl hut when 1 looked, again he fnrjuer hud iliieap-p6aredi'anri1itl iliieap-p6aredi'anri1itl wit ophiiuci darkness' On putting fnnh mybnnd to rite a cy of uncoiitiollablo Inrrortetraped' me a ycjl that rang In wild echoc through the silent polacca wheu my fingers rame la lontart with romethlng Icy, and then a col I, cauiray,mnd wet head of hair' "Then two glltfenlng eyet seemed tn ixter and to glare Into mine!' 'lu horrqr and bewltdernttnt kud followed by something, I knew not what, I sprang up the companion, and, half fainting, reached the deck nt the polacca TJien I turned toJJnd that the object which had eicllad so much dlsmsy wsa nor other lhan my poor dog Hector, which had swam oft lo tho brjg In pursuit ot Pit. His eye that In the dark seemed to glare Into mine were his; Ihe Icy object, ob-ject, from which my fingers shrsnk, 1 waa hla honest black, note, and what seemed a wet head ot hair, waa hta own curly front; while the llibte-tne mysterious lambent lights-- that bad fllWrit attni!. tti AmA tnan'a Kartha proved to be nothing niorq then the green beacon on the pVoraAAtory of Psntai Crus, which tnone at times through the two stern windows of, the polacca. . 'Ilelng moored with tha chain eable ahead and a manllla warp from her port quarter to a buoy astern, the swung to and fro a little with the' ebb rend flow of the tide; hence the oscillation which caused the moving elesmt that terrified me "'Hal bat' aald I, on descending Into In-to the cabin a wiser and a more sleepy msq, scared bymy own dog Hector) 1 have bean aa g rwaV.it. traU aa ever toilched'aall'water' "A fortnight afterwards I thlpped with old Jack Illtlop as econnd mate, and the fifteenth day saw us running before a smart topgallant breeio Into the Quit of Florida, bound with a cargo, car-go, of mm, sugar and molasses for Ihe Clyde , "Bo that Is my ghost ysrn It conveys con-veys a moral, doe It not? Order Or-der thtm to strike the bell forward. Illtlop, csll Ihe watch, see how her head bears, snd let us turn In " (To be continued ) |