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Show HsBs f jfDICK R0DEY; ij or, The Adventures of s: Af Eton Boy... 3 s by JAftl23; J 5 Stilt (( t((f(ltltllit CIIAPTKIt XV The Water Spout As the sun Increased In heal not-wlthiUndlng not-wlthiUndlng tho season of the year, I ws soon sensible of the comfort of while clothing, hen contrasted with dark woolen or uro-idcloth, rs tbs Utter Ut-ter absorbs, nnd tho former repels, the rays ot tho sun Mure lltslop Illustrated Hits to me by Irnltlng paper with a burning-glass, burning-glass, whcneer tho focus was brought lo bear upon dark places, such as printed letters they wcro Instantly consumed Wo ran along the coast of Illipanlo-la, Illipanlo-la, and saw the wsvy ridges of Its mountains that tower Into the clouds! we sighted Tortuga a rocky Island covered cov-ered with palm trees and sandalwood but surrounded by reefs and shoals, nnd, rounding Capo Bt Nicholas, stood to the southward between tho grett Islands Is-lands of Jamaica and Cubs, but without with-out seeing either of them at that time. Tor three days wo had dark and cloudy weather About 3 o'clock p m on tho 21th of January a small speck, which appeared to the westward on our weather beam, grew rapidly Into a gloomy cloud, and nwirtly, as It on tho nlnfts ot a destroying de-stroying nngel. It traversed tho thickening thick-ening air and the agitated sea, which darkened beneath Its shadow; and so this speck rime on, until It grew an nwful thunder-cloud ' Dear a hand fore and ntt! Hurry, my lads' make alt snug before the tempest breaks' ' were tho cheering orders or-ders ot Weston, IIIslop nnd Lnmbournn as the brig was prepared to encounter a heavy iquall The rain roon fell In torrents. Impeding Im-peding the men at their work ot close reeling, furling nnd stowing anny some ot tho heavier canvas, nnd In tightly belaying tho running rigging, for when I looso ropes nro flying about In n tern-' tern-' pest, and cracking In men's faces like , coach-whtps, they become sufflrlentlr bewildering to Impeda the working of tho ship Udcr the lower edgo of tho npproxch-Ins npproxch-Ins cloud when about twelvo miles distant, we beheld an object which Oiled us with wonder and awe. It was a tremendous spout, or column, col-umn, of water, connected with thi cloud above and the sea below (the sea, from which a circular wind had sucked It upward). Hint was now vlsl- This column was llKe-n'imYSTir.isrv white breakers, approaching with In-rredlblo In-rredlblo speed over waves that began to rlso In short and pyramidal peaks IIIslop was too busy clowlng up canvas, sending yards down from nloft, belaying nnd ordering, and so lost a famous opportunity for expatiating expati-ating us no doubt ho would have done on the theory of these spouts, for this phenomenon filled us with tho greatest alarm, lest It might swoop down upon tho Eugenia dismast and destroy her like a child's toy ship Atonlo el Cubano, bolng the moat powerful and muscular man on board, was ordered to tho wheel Across tho sea this column seemed to pass with the cloud, boiling, foaming and with tho sound of a mighty cascade cas-cade pouring Into a deep valley, but yet maintaining n position quite Cr-pendlcular Cr-pendlcular Around Its base the waves seemed In dreadful commotion, riling nnd falling, seething and glittering In the lightning which shot at times from the gloomy bosom ot tho cloud that floated over them As this terrible phenomenon approached ap-proached from the westward. Captain Weston conceived that we might escape es-cape Its Inditonco by altering tho brig's course, and bo passing It I have beard ot water-spouts being dissipated by the effect of heavily shotted guus, but we bad no such appliances e. least wo bad no shot on board The breeze, which was blowing fresh and had not ns yet become a gals (to us at least), veered northwesterly, so we shook tho reefs out of our topsails and trimmed sharp by the wind "Luff, luff keep your luff keep her to," wtro tho Incessant orders ot Wos ton, and tho Eugenie flew through the water like a raco horse, held by the powerful hands of Antonio, she never yawed an Inch, and by especial Providence Provi-dence she got to tho windward of that dreadful phenomenon, which passed us, cloud and all, about six .!. astern, when, as It changed color from grayish green to white, tt presented a sceno so sublime and terrible that "the boldest held his breath for a time " and Antonio, who was blanched white with terror, though he had frequently fre-quently seen such spouts as these In bis native seas, assured me, with chattering chat-tering teeth, that he had never beheld be-held ono of such magnitude and It was long before ha could bs certain of our safety, and ceaeed to mutter ' 0 mala Ventura mala vr ntural ' (literally, bad luck ) From white tho water-spout became dusky purple, whon a gleam ot the sun fell on It. and the waves at Its bsse glittered In all the colors of tho rain- bow. "Thank heavenl that Is past." said Weston. "Ay, sir," said old rtoberts, the man-o'-war's man, "It Is enough to make one's hair ";nd on end for a week " "Had ws 6een twenty minutes' sail astern, we eould not have escaped Jtl" aid Hlslop, "but we hav bandit the 4 attttltltlffrf (l(tt(C(tv brlft tpautlfull) That ugly Spinhrd st.the whirl was worth bis weight In cold Just now' j For nearly nn hour the ten was irfatly ngitalnl, but ns the Uugcnle iljll braced sharp to tho wind. How tjom ono ling roller to nnotber, wo rtpldly got Into smooth water Tho barometer nwe quickly the vapors dispersed dis-persed and when the selling sungavo us a pirtlng Mil Ilo from the tar horl-ion horl-ion the storm i loud and Us water-spout bid dlsaipiired logither or melted away In Hie distant sen The llllln edlles of wind which on s fine summer morning mny be seen nblrllng up the tluil and dry leaves la circles on a road nre exactly on the sjtmo prlnrlple as those mighty phe-fomena phe-fomena whlrh become tornadoes cyclones cy-clones and water spouts when they reach Iho mean wluro lliey may easily eas-ily dltmast and perhaps sink tho largest larg-est line of battle ship Theso spouts rlso from the sen exactly ex-actly like the moving pillars of sand which the whirlwinds sweep from Iho hot and arid deserts ot Africa and ArnbK About six bells (I e,7ocloekp m) this Mcnpo was followed by n dead calm, which listed till midnight and during that tlmo wo talked ot nothing but the skill with which wo bad got tho wcathergago of that column ot foam As the sun set, with a rapidity peculiar lo these lilltudea, tho brilliant bril-liant lints ho shed on sen and sky changed with equal speed from gold to saffron from that to vivid purple, and from thenco to the hue ot sap-nhtre The sensation of loneliness which the departure ot tho sun excite In the breast of n landsman at tea Is peculiar pe-culiar but this was soon changed from mine by Iho splendor ot tho rising moon which changed Iho sappblro tints of sea and sky to liquid silver sil-ver and the clearest blue Above no cloud nor even the tiniest shred ot vapor was visible Hon blended blend-ed with sky at tho horizon, nnd seemed to melt Into each other, so that no lino was traceable Sae a ptanet or two, twinkling with lest light than usual, there teemed to bo no ttart In heaven, for tho glory ot the full orbed moon eclipsed them all, her light fell brightly bright-ly on tho while sails of the Kugcnlo, and In It tho features ot our faces were distinct at nt noonday, and now tl was the noon ot night. Atmut o clock tresh biwie v- tMusvttA lbs ship s coursa was returned "lly keeping tho wrathrrgage, and beyond tho clrclo of the spout's attraction, attrac-tion, wo escaped without shipping a drop of water! ' said Weston, for the twentieth time Let mo seo how you enter all this In the log IIIslop" "It Is no uncommon thing for n craft at set to bo diluged by n spout ot fresh water, which tho whirlwind has torn up from nn Inland lake," said Illtlop, "and houses far In shore, have In tbo samo fashion been deluged by salt water absorbed from tho sea nnd henco the showers ot drlod herrings, of which wo bavo heard to much at times Now, Itodney, you will perhaps bo surprised when I tell you that It Is the winds which produce a calm Uko that we have had tonight " ' Tbo winds! ' I reiterated, surprised at such o, paradox from our theorist. ' Yes. Tho opposition of tbo winds will nt times produce a perfect calm, and then when rain falls It Is always gentle and equable, but when clouds seem to move ngnlntt the lower wlndt, or when streams of air denote a variety va-riety ot the aerial current, and consequently conse-quently tbo approach of rain" "What strange sound Is that ahead, or, at least, forward? ' said Weston, Interrupting In-terrupting Illtlop, who would perhaps have theorized for nn hour "It Is Antonio, groaning In his sleep in tho forecastle' snld Ned Carlton, who was at the wheel "I with tho thlp were rid of blm and hit dreams," added IIIslop, testily, "W'oll, as I was saying, when tho ad-vtrso ad-vtrso movements ot tho clouds seem to denote " ' Light ahead! ' cried a voice from the bow, "Is that you IlnbortsT ' asked Weston, Wes-ton, whllo Illtlop stamped with voxa-tlon voxa-tlon at tho tecond Interruption. "Vet, sir" "How does It bear! ' "Jst-north cast" Then . ftpo Bt, tutonlo light, the most western point ot Cuba," said Weston "I thought I could smell the land with the llrst cut's paw, before tho breeze freshened " The light dim and distant, like a star, was now seen to twinkle among the waves nt tho horizon Tor more than an hour I remained on deck with my eyes fixed upon that feeble but Increasing beacon which Indicated In-dicated a foreign shore then I went below and turned In, with a tlgh ot pleature that tho voyage was nearly over, and a hope that when I tra-vtrsed tra-vtrsed those waves again I should be on ray return home home to my father and mother, to Sybil and Dot-to Dot-to the old rectory, with Its shsdy oak grove. Its green lawn and the matte ot Ivy, woodbine and hontytuckla that shaded Its time-worn walls CHAPTEIl XVI Cuba, When day dawned we had rounded agKisPWP! Of bo San Vntonlo, aiO wtro running nloBir the northern thore ot Cubn. I was up early, by eight bells, or a Utile after 4am, and with deep Interest In-terest I surteyetl the cuatt of that beautiful Island, the first nnd now tha last portion ot that ntt cmplro be-)ond be-)ond tho tens which Columbus bequeathed be-queathed to ratlllo nnd Loon Pat It my country tenor ' said Antonio, An-tonio, who was at tho wheel, and this remark, with tho repulslro aspect of the Spaniard nnd his mysterious character, char-acter, scried to dissipate by momentary momen-tary enthusiasm "That la Caybo Ilucna Vista and the breakers nn tho wenther-bow," he continued, 'mark the Collorndos, a long reef ot rocks The blue sharks oro as thick there as tho ttart tn tbt iky." Wo were uow In Iho dull of llor-Ida llor-Ida Tho iky was cloudless nnd blue, and ntiw It set med ns If the welkin above nnd the nlmoit wavelets sen below wcro endeavoring In outvie each other In calmness In beauty and In tho glory of their attire depths. Tho wind was off tbo land and rather nhrad, but the tails wero trimmed to perfection, and wo ran through the gult on n taut bowline bow-line I have to much moro to narrate than my limited tpare permits me to give In full detail that 1 must compress Into ono chaptetr all that relates lo my visit to Mntnntas. Our run through tho gulf was delightful, de-lightful, and on the Mtli of Jnauary, Jutt ns a rosy tint was stealing aver tho ica and the rocky shore ot Cuba, alter tho sun had set beyond the water wa-ter of tho (lult of Mexico, we saw Ha-ijnn Ha-ijnn light bearing south by west, nnd distant nbout fourteen miles Bo w pnssed In tho night tho wealthy capital capi-tal ot Cubn, so famed In tho nnnnls nt our victories 1-a Ilnbana, or tbo harbor har-bor of which, from our being so far to seaward, wo could tee nothing but tho tho great rciolvlng light which burns to brightly on the high rock ot tho Slorro. or Cnttello de lot Santos Itcyes; nnd before dawn we descried the light of Santa Crux on our water- bow. Weston drew my attention to It. adding. add-ing. "That Is tho beacon which so scared mo when It shone through the stern windows of tho empty polacca brig" Next day alter encountering a head wind, ugaliiKl which wo tneked frequently fre-quently between tho Pan da Mntnntas and tha woodcl point of Bumberclla, at 10 o'clock In the morning n Bpan-lib Bpan-lib mulatto pilot enmo on board and took tha brig In cbargo Wo ran safely Into tho harbor, and by 11 o'clock camo to nnchor nt a place recommended by Antonio, half a cable's ca-ble's length from tho castle ot Ht, Sev-crlno. Sev-crlno. In half an hour after tho sails were all unbent and slowed below, and preparations were mado for ' breaking bulk" to unload the vessel, whose car-I car-I go, I have slated consisted ot steam 1 machinery and coals tor tha sugar and cuttte mills Uanxt ot Spanish mulatto, negro ' porter and Jumper, In rad. shirts an4 whllo drawers, with broad straw bats, and nearly all with rings In their ears, camo on board In quest of employment, and then all was confusion, garlic, dirt. Jabbering In Spanish nnd Congo, singing, swearing and smoking cigar- Itos I was now at liberty lo go ashore, and after tho first bustlo was over W'cston left Illtlop In charge ot th brig and accompanied me Matnnzas presented nothing new to him, but I surveyed with Interest, not unmlxod with wonder the now world In which I found myself Tho city ot Don Carlos de Matanzas occupies a gentln emlnenco between tho Hlvcrs San Juan and lumurl.whlch roll Into the bay from the mountainous mountain-ous rldge that traverses all Cuba, Its name, Matanzas, signifies tho place ot murder, because In that bay some ot tho Spaniards of Columbus were slain by tbo natlvo Indians (To be continued ) , |