The Island School — page 274: what you’re looking at

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Pata yg Up here, cn the ramparts !” We shouted Cnn eiene: oie The Don lifted up his eyes and saw him. eons ee. this tas hurriedly, he bowed low. — “Pardon, senor,” he said, humbly. - ‘ Behold, I bring ae a flag of truce.” - “And mighty purty it ee ss Gite eeline: ss gritically ; “reminds me of the days when IT went to en ‘Sunday-school treats. Iused to carry my handker- : bd chief like that, only it wasn’t so white.” ao “A flag of truce,” popeated the Don. OE come to | ihe implore assistance.” dil PRs “What's the matter? ‘Any of you hurt? | eutting your fingers with your pocket-knives : eu eaten food. I and my fifteen men are starving.” * &That’s a bad job,” said Changeling, not particu- larly moved. _ There’s shellfish on the mnone, and taters in the enen, fois) also fruit.” \ ire “< Where i is the garden, senor °” « A mile or so yonder,” said Changeling, waving his a hand in the direction of the farm—“ through the chine and straight on ahead.” ae “Senor, if we could but have a little more solid food and some a | 1a “Can’t spare it,” said Changeling; “we are a bit short ourselves. There’s a vineyard on the other side, ‘and you foreigners mostly live on fruit.” _as other peopl: do.” “ And being, in a manner of speaking, throwed away btacaly on a seashore,” said Changeling, airily, “you must do as other shipwrecked people do—the best you can.” hae ed arn, hs be nothing ?” a “The next time you come 1 will give you the ot (ey portion of the inside of this ’ere barrel.” _ “ae _ Changeling pointed his rifle at the Don, who ducked eit ti head, Ba _ “Tt is eruel ! '” he oad wildly ; “itis not the act of , Christian.” ty “Do you ar yourself a Chaistaint ©” demanded penceing, ' a ow ok here ; ewing. tires me. Are iB aoe HP) F ° i De ah | an tt My ts then, denied. You will give me Been NEE “The senor is given to mirth. But it is a case of “But why don’t you look for grub? “Tt is a fable,” said the Don, passionately ; “ we live and given him something, but a foreigner is p’isor me, and therefore he and his fifteen dolly soldiers h Sane just got to forage for a living.” Changeling said nothing about. this interview, a the straits of the Don, if suspected by Ji rather a clever thing ; but 1 in his simplicity he en , The Don was malevolent, and never forgot nor forg: a real or fancied injury. Rie Over the events of the next few days we 2 will a) with a few words. We will not even dwell upon sufferings of the Don and his men, who, on a diet coarse’ shellfish, baked potatoes, and grapes, afflicted with internal ailments and reduced to a weak condition. sBiae In the castle things went on smoothly aan was no school. Even Mrs. Farrell agreed that ibou , to be temporarily abandoned. a He bE 92 o Jim drilled the boys, using a book in the posse of Morse as a guide until they could perform | sit 1p. manoeuvres with ease, and would have satish good-tempered drill-sergeant. | he At last one day—it was towards the evening- - -“ Guadalquivir” was seen standing in on her x ret Aa iy ts aes) Tas a ak from Gibraltar. i The news was passed through the sbele as i telegraph, and there was a rush for the ramparts. : There all that was human assembled, and Charley remained below, too lazy to climb the ‘st but no doubt exercising his gifted mind as to wh: the commotion was about. “sy a There was a favourable wind, and she arrived ¢ re and othe were not really known to them. Changeling me to do a simple act of justice, and thought he hadle ¢ mouth of the lagoon, where she dropped anchor t sent a boat ashore. t Before it touched the sands the Don and pe y had assembled. The majority of thera were gx through sundry contortions, holding their sides doubling up as if in pain. ny ‘Me know what de marrer wif Roar *¢ Dey’s got de cholic.” “ Whar you manners ?” demanded Macbeth. 2 ny said ey at *bout de biggest cuss dat eber deflicted you cao Re | * Cholic,” thought Changeling ; “ that comes 0” a . fader.” on big winkles and taters’”’ a Overcome with mirth at the full success of i periment on the Don and his men, he swelled unti was almost black in the face. Bhi att Fortunately every eye was on the scene below “4 his suppressed merriment was not observed. __ ha a et hi > a gain, and the Don Meade | There was no shamming about the Suaninntay EEN UNCON A by ao i bah i a | had A {om all suffered, and were suffering, — Sor 2 7 DY | Hi i ive itt slid yen Ws) ; Nts is i oa { a t We fe Ms a rahe (4