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Show v "'sstJsssssxsxB tffJJ!!!9''''' tpSiiQJMiODNEV;''."! I Js -' : or. The Adventures of j-s Is - An Eton Boy.,. : S it J DY JAfVlES QRANT, J Til,lltilllll( 'cllAl'TIIH XXV -(Continued.) "All'i over Bow," raid Tom Ijim-bonrnc. Ijim-bonrnc. na ho grasped the tiller with a flrra hand, alter carefully wrapping a tiankel'roupd uor IJIslop, who droop-ti droop-ti fetlde him In the slstn-tlieets. Which way shall we pull'" asked tb bowman, as we paused wltu our .r In the rowlocks jt matters little, mates." cried Tom. In a joud voice, with his Ittt hand si the side of his mo ith. to tend wat t,," isld forward above tht roar of the 'wind and ci. "We must he many aualred mllet from llrazll, the nearest dpi, am) we ran do nothing now but f) our boat alive by baling and altering till daybreak Now, Mailer lllilop," he added, loserlng his voice, jcw do you feel, sir!" 'J feel that 1 am quite Id your way, lay lads a useless hand aboard, to costume your food and water," ro-pllid ro-pllid lllilop, faintly, Why, air," said l'robatt, the strokt oarsman, '"you don't think we could have left you to burn In that poor old srlsT' "No, not exsctly; still I an of no tu to you, and I feel" i veWbat, lr, whatf'.aiked Tom, anxiously. anx-iously. , "llertilck and, despairing," moaned moan-ed lllaloplletllng blt-ehln drop on bit breast. .. ' " 'Don't talk to, air." said I-ambonrne, stoutly; "detpalr-never (ootid a placets place-ts tht heart of a llrltlih sailor.'1 "You are right, Tom, and perhaps ni,r.thcr headway and get to windward wind-ward )et." 'Of course you will," replied Tom. cheerfully; "but here's a (a coming together, lids, pull together! " ,"' Deipalr might well have found a rlaie In all our uremia at that awful trills; but Tom's bluff and cheerful way prevented our heart from sink-lag, sink-lag, though the hours of that awful eight seemed dark and long Well, without compass, rhart, or Quadrant, there we were, ten In number, num-ber, In an open boat, tossing upon a lark and stormy sea, enveloped In clouds, with the rrd ltihtntng gleaming gleam-ing through their ragged apenlngs, or 'it tht fir and flat horizon-Ignorant of where we were, where to steer for, or what to do, and full of terrible 'anticipations for tbe future! W were tllent and aleepleai, My heart waa lull ol-horror, grlet I nd vaTf l alstrorwhca, Utbought of I ay bomer-thof quiet, the happy nnd I leactfut old rectory, with all who loved as there, and whom 1 might never seo tgslru Tie hot tears that started to my ejfi mingled with the cold spray, that drenched'tny cheeki, nnd there'seem-? ed bat one consolation for me, that my ftther, my affectionate mother and ill-tin, ill-tin, dear Dot and little Sybil, could never know how I perished by hunger or drowning. If luth were to be my fate. All the storlet I hid beard or read ef ihlp-wrecked tnen-their lulferlngs, .their endurance of gnawing hungtr and burning thirst, their cannlballim, Utlr mortal etrugglet with their desr-eat desr-eat friends for tbe list nioratl of food, for tho lilt drop of water, and how the weak perlihed that the strong night live crowded upon my memory mem-ory to augment tht real terrort of our situation. So suddenly bad this nou ciisa-trophe ciisa-trophe come upon ui that we hid considerable con-siderable (difficulty In aiiurlng our-islves our-islves of Mti reality, and that It w not n 'dream-a dream, altil from which the're might he no awakening. Bo hour after hour pined dirkly, slowly, and silently on. The turbulence of the wind and wavet-. abated, tht lightning pasted away, the scud crsted to whirl, the vipori were divided In heaven, and a faint light 'that atole tremulouily upward up-ward from tho horizon served to Indicate Indi-cate the east and the dawn of the coming com-ing day, CHAPTKn XXVI. Discover Land, t The following are the namet of thott who veicapcd wllh me In the longboat; long-boat; Miro Hlslop, mate. . Thomas I-ambourne, lerond mite. iFrinclg Probart. carpenter. John Thomat Burnett, ihlp'a cook. Edward Carl'on. Iltnry Warpn. Hugh Chute. Matthew lllpkln. William Wllklnt, uiuilly called "Boy nil!." , .. iAi the morning light came In thert np'peared to ths loulhwestward a vast bank of mlat or cloud, which shrouded halt the sky nnd oiaumed a- varie.y of beautiful tints when the riling sun ihone on It-yellow and wrfron, deep-enlng deep-enlng Into purple nnd blue as is misiei changed In the contrary cur-J'rentt cur-J'rentt of nlr, while to the eaitward, in 'tbo quarter of the sun's wiemlon. J the rippling ocean ihone o If fo'ered with itremnloua and glittering plateiof mingled min-gled gold and grien. . A Patlon of rum-and-witer In equal proportion! wai now terved round to each man. the leathern eottrol J bung being our only cup, ai i wo had omitted a drinking vessel among our nattily collected iloret. H ofa biscuit bis-cuit given to each "UX wUh .breakfast, and with hope dwnlf.w"hr the dayfln our hearts we shipped our oir. "and pulled itoutly tord tht weit. tS((S((CSStSf(((l( if4T Tom Ijimlmurne ateered; the aea waa amootb, the wind light, and In our faor; ro era long the malt was shipped ship-ped and a sail hftl'ted to lessen the Ishor of the ru'.ver. Wo were nnxloul for the dense bank of purple cloud to clear away, that we might hare a moro cxtenilrn view of the horizon, and pcr,hnps discover a sail, hut tbe envious vapor itemed to darkr'n and to foil before ut, or rather before tho wind that boro us aft after It About midday, when we were pausing paus-ing on our oars, brcattilea and panting pant-ing with neat, drenched with prraplra-tlon, prraplra-tlon, which ran Into our cyoa and trickled down our breaala, and when visions of Ice-walcr nnd blfter beer came lantallslngly to memory for aea and sky wero equally, hot, as the for' mer seemed to welter and become oily under the blaze of the latter a sharp-winged sharp-winged bird that skimmed past ua suddenly sud-denly caught tho hollow eye dt Hlslop, who, 1 thought, was sleeping, "Do you tee that bird, Tom?" he exclaimed, half tlarllua up from the itern-ihecta; "t s a man-of-war bird I " "What then, slrr' "We muit be noar land," replied the mate. "Ijindt" rtllrratcd-every one jn, the boat, their olcrt expressing Joy, 'surprise 'sur-prise or lnctedulty. , . ' , "Is It UrazjlJ" niked Tattooed Tom, with amazement In his singular face. "I do Vdt think to." sjld Hlslop, passing a hand wearily an'd reflectively bver"b!s pale)1 forehead, "nrazll-ll Is Impomlhle' by flitf "last 'reckoning 1 mado before Ufa'; Spt&jard wounded me. But Heaven only knows where wo may have drifted lg since then!" "The wind and currents may have taken us many hundred mllet from where the Inst observation waa made," added Carlton. "Hut I am convinced that wo nro near land look nt the sea-wrack that puna ua now; and we mint bo out of tho track of the Gulf-weed," continued con-tinued tbe mate, with confidence. "And may t never aeo the Nora again It that ain't land now, looming right ahead through the fog-bank!" exclaimed Turn, itnrtlng up and shading shad-ing hla eyca from the aun wllh both hands, ki'he peered Intently westward. At tbe reader may lmaglno, we all I gaxed anxiously enough In the dlrec- I tlon Indicated by the old acaman, and I a awell of rapture roe In the breaati I of alt when something In the form of I a headland or bluff could If. distinctly aten tight ahead, heating due well, about aeven miles dtitant, atandlng out from the bank of vapor, or loom-Ins; loom-Ins; like , darker thidow within It. This appearance never changed In outline, but remained 'Istlonsry.t and every moment became more defined and confirmed. Exclamations of Joy now broke from ut, nnd wt coDgratulsted each other on making tht land tn toon and so unexpectedly, without enduring the mlsertet which so frequently fall to tbe lot of thote whb are cut away, ai we were. In in open boat, at tea. "But whit lind la lit" wat tht general gen-eral Inaulry. Another allowance if grog waa terv-ed terv-ed round; tbe oirt were again shipped, we bent our backs and breattt iturdlly to the Uik. and at every itrokt il-mott il-mott lifted the boat clem out of the thlnlng witer In our eigernen to reach thl auddenly dltcovered shore. This bad such an effect upon Mire lllilop thit. though weak and sinking as ho had hesn, be begged that ht might be allowed to steer the host a little way, while Tom Limbourne kept a bright lookout ahead, to watch for any ripple or iurf thit might Indicate the locality of a Ireachcroui coral reef, at tuch might prove dingerout to a Urge ind heivlly laden craft like ours. With every stroke of tbe bending oart tho land seemed to rise higher and more high. lire long we could make out Its form clearly. It was bold, rocky and mountalnout, and aa the mlat dlipera-ed dlipera-ed or rose upward Into mid air. we could see the dark brown of tbe bluff, and tome treei of atrange aspect, with drooping foliage on Iti lummlt, were clearly defined, ns they ttood between ut and the blue iky beyond. Wo toon raido out d'lllnctly that It waa a large laland The ihore wot lomewbat level to the northeast, and In the center towered an almost perpendicular per-pendicular mountain of vaat height, tbe tldci of which seemed covered with I furze, gone und bruihwood, niaowbere It dusky and copper-colored rocki stirled theer out of the tea, whose waters formed a tone of snow-whlto surf around their base. Wo beaded tbe boat to tho north-enit, north-enit, whero tbo shore seemed more approachable, ap-proachable, and as wo pulled along It, but keeping fully three mllet off, wo saw high cragi, deep ravines, shady woods and dells In tho Interior, though no appearance of houses, of wigwams, or of Inhabitants. Many speculations were now ventured ven-tured aa to what Islsnd thit might be. "May tt not be land that has never before been discovered!" I "KesWd. with a glow of pleaiure, In the antl l-patlon l-patlon of being nmopg the tint to tread an unexplored and.hlt herto un-known un-known ihore. lllilop imlled and thook hit bead. Henry Warren, who hid been nn old South Sea whaler, luggetted that It was tbo liland (Irando, hut Hlslop ai- aured us that thli wat ImjrMilMe. la the' first place, by thl position of tb H sun, ho could see that we wero not so r far south u the parallel otj'ort San M (llotglo oh InVltrazlllan shore, and In H the second, the existence of such an rTH Island was doubted. ffH "Can It be Trinidad Island Trlatan H da Cunha, or the Itockt'ol Martin JM Vat'" aihed Tom lyamboume. H "If the latter," replied lllilop, "we jH should now be In south latitude 20 deg. H 27 mln., but this lndd in no way an- swers to the aspect of tho Martin Vax lagH Itocka." 9W "Did you ever seo mem, sirr osuca jljKI several. faVn "No; hut they ara described by 1.0, fiAKgV Perroiiie as appearing like five dls- kwBUi ttnet headlands." After paualng nnd BEjf pondering for n moment, he suddenly Hfex added, with confidence. "It Is the IgtflH Island of Alphoma de Albuquerque!" MSS "How do you knowt" I Inquired. j&Xj "liy tho nppearanro of that cliff, nnd MJK tho mountain Inland." nlgN You have been here before!" aaked lHgi "Never; but I know It tn be Alphonso H by that cliff on the north, and the H mountain, too, which were particularly H described In a Spanish book I lost In H tbe Ihigenle. The" mountain la a peak jl which-the author sn)t reiemblcs did H any of ou ever see a place like It be- fl "It Is at like Tenny Reef from the M port of Santn Crui aa one egg Is Ilk H another!" exclaimed Tom Lambourst TTH "Kxactly, Tom, thit la what the H Spanish author likens It to, though he H doesn't use tho simile. So It It Is H tbe Island of Alphonso, we are now H somewhere In south latitude ST deg, fH mln., and west longitude 12 deg. t mln. H Pull southward, my ladt, the ihore H opent n bit beyond that headland, We fl hall find a imooth beach probably H wlIMn lhal ttlffht vnniler." lasBBH YAnyway. wq'ra not Id pllo'a water," B added Tom, laughing, "give way, M mates itrctch nut." B Wo pulled with a hearty, will, and H ere ongwero clos; In slor- so close H that ouxJlarhoaxd j)5'ra seemed almost M to touch the mlgbfy rock which rote f shrVr ffom Hie tea, Ilk mighty cyclo- fl pesn walls, lul covercil with tho green- B eit most; they ovrrhuuu jiud over- M thadqweil the dark, deep water that f'H waahed their base, and at they shltld- H cil ut from the fierce noonday heat of B the aun, we found the pnrtlal coolness fl reiroshlng and delightful. H As lllilop had foreseen, an rounding M ths bluff, tho shore receded Inward, and H through n lino of whlto surf, like that H which bolls over tbe bar at n river's .jjH mouth, we dashed Into a Iieautlful lit- '"H tie bay, tbe sandy leach, of which was -H thidrd by grovea of bright green tre-te. B Still We taw no trace of Inhabitants, B but selecting a small cteck, which waa H almoit concealed by trees, that grew, B llko mangroves, cloie to tho edge of H Ilho water, we ran our boat In, moored H her securely, where uone were likely M to find her snvo ourielvri, and then all ggfl save Hlslop and Billy the cabin boy. H who remained to attend him, w H went on an exploring expedition In H aearch of natlyea or whatever might H turn up next, H C ' (To be continued.) 9 |