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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD IW AC Y ' - c 4 w iT T 'Hi 51 J 4'"- st Ji 4 If v ft , Jafc' lEX'v 5 Wf """ ' '-' ' NO tM-y.wiry.w.viv.'j'.-i'A ..V.V.V.W.W.V.V.V THE MUTINEER. Synopsis. Dyck Calhoun, gifted young Irish Gentleman of the time of the French and American revo lutions, meets Sholltv Llyn, seventeen-year-old girl' visiting In the neighborhood They are mutually attracted'. Sheila never knew her dissipated father, ISrrls Boyne, her mother having divorced him. In Dublin Leonard Mallow and Dyck light with swords and Dyck Is vic tor Errls Boyne, secretly In French employ, Rota Dyck drunk and tries to persuado him to Join In revolt against England. They quarrel. While Dyck Is ovorcome with drugged wine, Boyne's second wtfo enters the room nnd stabs her faithless husband to the heart. Dyck Is arrested on a charge of murder. He docs not know If he killed Boyne or not. Sheila bogs her mother to go to Dublin with hor to help Dyck. Mrs. Llyn op poses the Idea. A letter from Mrs. Llyn's wealthy brother In America docldcs them to go and llvo with him. Dyck refuses to enter any plea except "No Defense." He might havo escaped by revealing Boytio's treachery but refuses on Sheila's account. Ho Is sent to prison for eight years. Sheila writes Dyck, assuring him of her belief In his Innocence. Released alter serving four years. Dyck finds himself destitute his father dead. In London Dyck receives a lottor from Sheila Inviting him to come to America and sending money for the voytgo. Ho feels he cannot In honor go to her, Dyck Joins the British navy as an enlisted man. Bad conditions In the Meet result in mutiny. Dyck, Joining tho muti neers. Is chosen by them to com mand the ship, the Ariadne. Dis satisfied with the conduct of tho other ships' crews, Dyck breaks with them and sails the Ariadne to the West Indies. He arrives In time to turn the tide of victory In a battle between tho French and English lleots. fj (CHAPTER XI Continued.) On the deck of the Beatitude, Dyck looked Into the eyes of Cntpaln. Ivy. He saluted; but the captain held out a friendly hand. "You're a mutineer, Calhoun, but yoTir fchlp Uns given us the victory. I'd like to shake hands with the man that's done so good stroke for Eng land." A queer smile played abont Cal houn's lips. "I've brought the Arindne back to the fleet. Captain Ivy. The men havo fought as well as men ever did since Britain had a nnvy. I've brought her back to the king's fleet to be par doned." "But you must bo placed under ar rest, Calhoun. Those are the orders that wherever the" Ariadne should be found she should be seized, and that you should be tried by court-martial." Dyck nodded. "I understand. When diet j yet word?" "About forty-eight hours ago. The king's mall came by a fast frigate." "We took our time, but we came straight from the channel to find thl fleet. yU the mouth of tho Thames we were determined to And It, and to fight with It and by good luck so we have done." "Let me take you to the admiral," - said Captain Ivy. He walked beside Dyck to the ad miral's cnbln. . "You've made a terrible mess of things, Calhoun, but you've put a lot right today," he said at the entrance to "Mr. Dyck Calhoun of 8lr." the Ariadne, the cnbln. "Tell me one thing honest ly btfore we part now did you kill Errls Boyne?" Dyck looked at him long and hnrd. "I don't know on my honor I don't know ! I don't remember I wns drunk and drugged." "Oilhuun, I don't believe you did; but If you did, you've paid tho price and the price of mutiny, too." In the clear blue eyes of Captain Ivy thTe .viin a limk of frlcJidlliifss. "I notice ji Jou'l wt'r uniform, Calhoun," he ' ' D By GILBERT PARKER s Author of "The Seat of the Mighty," "The Right of Way" added. "I mean a captain's uniform," Dyck smiled. "I never lmve." The next moment tho ddor of the ad miral's cnbln was open od. "Mr. Dyck Calhoun of the Ariadne, sir' said Captain Ivy. CHAPTER XII. Tho Admiral Hat Hie Say. The admiral's fnqo was naturally vigorous and cheerful, but, as he looked at Dyck Calhoun, a steely hardness came Into It, nnd gave a cynlcnl twist to the lips. lie wns n short man, nnd spare, but his bearing had dignity and every motion significance. He had had his high moment with the French admiral, had given his com mands to the fleet nnd had arranged the disposition of the enptured French ships. lie was In good spirits, and the wreckage In the fleet seemed not to shnke his nerve, for he had lost in men far less thnn the enemy, nnd had cap tured many ships a good day's work, due Anally to the man In sailor's clothes standing there with Captain Ivy. The admiral took In tlio dress of Calhoun at n glance the trousers of blue cloth, the shcnth-knlfe belt, the stockings of white silk, the loose, un starched coljar, the flue black silk handkerchief at the threat, the waist coat of red kerseymere, the shoes like dnnclng pumps, and the short, round blue jacket, with the flat gold buttons n seaman complete. He smiled broad ly; he liked this mutineer and cx-con-vlct "Captain Calhoun, ehl" he remarked mockingly. "Well, you've played n strong game, and you've plunged us Into grent difficulty." Dyck did not lose his opportunity. "Happily I've done what I planned to do when we left the Thames, admiral," he said. "We came to get the chance of- doing what, by favor of fate, we have accomplished. Now, sir, as I'm under arrest, nnd the ship which I controlled hns done good service, may I beg that tho Ariadne's personnel shall have amnesty, and that 1 alone be made to pay If that must be for the mutiny nt the Nore?" The admiral nodded. "We know of your breaklngiway from the mutinous fleet, nnd of their firing on you as you pnssed, nnd that Is In your favor. I can also say this: That bringing tho ship hero wns masterly work, for I understand there were uo officers on the Arlndnc. She nlways had the repu tation of being one of the best-trained ships In the nnvy, and she has splen didly upheld that reputntlon. How did you mnnago It, Mr. Calhoun?" Dyck briefly told how the lieu tennnts were made, nnd how he him self had been enormously Indebted to Greenock, the mnster of the ship. Tho admiral smiled sourly. "I have little power until I get Instructions from tho ndmlralty, nnd that will take sonic Mme. Meanwhile, the Arlndne- shall go on as she Is, nnd ns If she were and and been frpm tho first a memher of my own squadron." Dyck bowed, ex?lnlned what re forms he had created n tho food and provisions of the Arindne, and ex pressed a hope that nothing should be altered. He declared the ship "had proved herself, chiefly becuuse of his reforms. "Besides, Bhe's been bttdly ham mered. She's got great numbers of wounded and dead, nnd for many a day the men will be busy with repairs." "For a mnn without naval experi ence, for a mutineer, nn ex-convict and a usurper, you've done quite well, Mr. Calhoun; but my Instructions were, if you fell Into my hands, to try you and hang you." At this point Captain Ivy Intervened. "Sir," he said, "tho instructions you received were general. They could not anticipate the special service which tho Arindne hns rendered to the king's fleet I have known Mr. Calhoun; I hnvc visited at his father's house; 1 was with him on his Journey to Dub lin, which was the beginning of his bad luck. I would beg of you, sir, to give Mr. Calhoun bin parole on sea and laud until word comes from the ndmlralty ns to whot In the circumstances, his fate shall be." "To be kept on the Beatitude on pa role I" exclaimed the admiral. "Lnnd or sea, Cnptaln Ivy said. I'm as well born as any man in the king's fleet," declared Dyck. "I've as clean n record as any officer In his majeaty'ti nnvy, save for the dark fact .that I was put In prison for killing a man; nnd I will say here, In tho secrecy of nn admiral's cabin, that the mnn I killed or was supposed to kill was a traitor. If I did kill him, ho deserved death by whatever hand It came. I care not what you do with me" his hands clenched, his shoulders drew up, his eyes blackened with the dnrk (Ire of his soul "whether you put -me on parole, or try mc by cocrt-martlal, or hang me from the yard-arm. I've done a piece of work of which I'm not ashamed. I've brought o mutinous ship out of mutiny, snllej her down the peas for many wcekii disciplined her, drilled her, trained her, fought her; helped to give the admiral of tho West Indian squadron his victory. If I'm put ashore at Jamaica, I'll keep tuy parole; If T stay a prisoner iieto, ni -........ EFENSE keep my parole. If I'vo done you serv ice, admiral, bo sure of this, It wns done with clear Intent. My object was to save tho men who, having mutinied nnd fled from ndmlralty control, arc subject to cnpltal punishment." "Your thinking came late. You should have thought before you mu tinied," was the sharp reply, "As a common sailor I acted on my conscience, nnd what we nsked for the admiralty has granted. Only by mutiny did the admiralty yield to our de mands. What I did I would do againj We took our risks In tho Thnmes against the guns that were leveled nt us; we've taken our risks down hero against the French to help save your squadron, nhd we've done It. The men have done It, because they've been loyal to the flag, and from first to Inst set to mntcc tho ndmlralty nnd tho peo ple know they have rights which must bo chOrlshod. If all your men were ns faithful to the crown ns arc the men on the Arindne, then they deserve well of the king. But will you put for mo on paper the written word that every mnn now aboard the Arlndnc shnll be held guiltless In the eyes of tho ad inlrnl of this fleet; thnt the present of ficers shall remain officers, that tho re forms I have made shnll become per manent? For myself,' I enro not; but for the men who havo fought under mo, I want their nmpesty. And I want Michael Clones to be kept with me. and Greenock, the master, nnd Ferens, tho purser, to be kept where they are. Admiral, I think you know my de mands nro Just. Over there on the Ariadne arc a hundred nnd fifty wounded nt least, and fifty have been killed. Let the living not suffer." There wns something so sot In, Dyck's voice thnt the admiral had a sudden revulsion against him, yet, af ter n moment of thought, he made n sign to Cnptaln Ivy. Then ho dlctntcd the terms which Dyck had asked, except those concern ing the reforms he hud made, which wns not In his power to do, save for tho present. When the document had been signed by the admlrnl, Dyck rend the con tents nloud. It embodied nearly all he had nsked. "Now, I nsk permission for one more thing only, sir for the now captnln of tho Ariadne to go with me to her, nnd there I will read this .paper to the crew. I will give n copy of It to the new captain, whoever he mny be." The admiral stood for n moment In thought. Then -lie said: "Ivy, I transfer you to the Arindne. It's better that some one who under stands, ns you do, should be In con trol nfter Calhoun hns gone. Within two days, Mr. Cnlhoun, you shnll bo landed nt Jnmacin, there to awnlt the admiralty decree. I will say this; That ns the sure victory of our fleet has come through you, you shall not suffer In my report. Fighting Is not nn easy trade, nnd to fight according to tho rules la a very hard trade." CHAPTER XIII. A Letter. With n deep sigh, the planter raised his head from the table where he was writing, aud looked out upon the lands he had made his own. They lay on the Thomas river, a few hours' horse back traveling from Spanish Town, the capital, and they had the advantage of a plateau formation,' with moun tains In the far distance and ravines and valleys everywhere. Now Iris cyea wandered over the spneo where were the grandllla, with Its blossom like a passion-flower, the black Tahiti plum, with Its bright pink tnssel-blossom, nnd tho fine mango trees, londcd half with fruit and half with bud. In tho dlstnncc, were the guinea cornfields of brownish hue, the cotton flelds, the long ranges of negro houses like thatched cottages, the pen guin hedges, with their beautiful red, blue, -aud white convolvuluses; tho lime, logwood, ntid bread-fruit trees, the avocado-pear, the feathery bam boo, nnd the Jnck-frult tree; and. be tween tho ntoun,tnlus nnd his own sugar estates, negro settlements and pens. He heard lhe flight of parrots chattering, ho watched the floating humming-bird. It wns Dyck Cnlhoun. With nn Impatient nlr ho took up the sheets that ho ha J been reading. Christmas day was on lt4 nerves. The whole town of Kingston, with Its twenty to thirty thousnud Inhabitants, had but one church. If he entered It, even todny, he would hnvo seen no tnoro thnn a hundred and fifty to two hundred people; mostly mulottoes "bronze ornaments" nnd peasant In shng trousers, Jnckets of coarse blue cloth, and no waistcoats, with ono or two magistrates, a dozen gentlemen or so, and probably twice thnt number of Indies. It wns not nn Island given over to piety or to religious habits. But let Dyck toll his own story. The papers he held were sheets of n letter he was writing to one from whom he had heard nothing since the night he enlisted In the nuvy, and thnt was nourly three years before. This was tho letter: "My Dear Friend- "You will see I nddres ymj as von j rurc rivne me In the nro tatters leave Copyright by Sir Gilbert Parker '.V.V.-.W.V.V.V.V.V Wtt had from you In the past You will never read this letter, but I write It ns If you would. For you must know I mny never Lope for personal Inter course with you. I wns Imprisoned for killing your futher, Errls Boyne, and that separates us like an abyss. It mnttcrs little whether I killed him or. not; the Inw says I did, nnd the law lias taken Its toll of mc. I was In prison for four yenrs, nnd when freed l enlisted In the king's nnvy, n quota man, with my servant-friend, Michael Clones. That waB the beginning of pnlnful and wonderful dny3 for me. I wns ono of tho mutineers of the Nore, and" Here followed a description of tho days ho hud spent on the Arindne nnd before, nnd of nil that happened down to the time when he was nrrcstcd by the admiral In tho West Indian sen. Ho told how ho was sent over to the Arindne with Cnptaln Ivy to rend tho admiral's tetter to the seamen, nnd then, by consent of the admiral, to leave ngnln with Michael Clones for .Inmnlcn, where he was set ashore With twenty pounds In his pocket nnd not on pnrole, by tho ndmlral's doinnnd. Here the letter shall again take up tho story, and he a nnrratlve' of Dyck Calhoun's life from that time until this Christmas day. "What to do was the question. I knew -no-one In Jnmnlcn no one nt all except the governor, Lord Mallow, and him I had fought with swords In I'hocnix pnrk five years before. I had not known ho wns governor here. I ennio to know It when 1 first saw him riding over the unpnved street Into Kingston from Spanish Town with his suite, ornate with his governorship. "Lord Mallow did not see me when I pnssed him In the street, but hn soon It Was Dyck Calhoun. camejo know of mo from the mlmlrul nnd Cnptaln Ivy, who told him all my story since I wns freed from Ju'I. Then he said I should be confined In n nar row space near to Kingston, nnd should hnvo no freedom; but the ad miral had his way, and I wns given freedom of the whole Island till word should come from the admiralty what should Iks done with me. "Well, we bad Michael and I but twenty pounds between us; nnd If there was not plenty of free food In the Island, God knows what would have become of us 1 But there It wns, fresh In every field, by every wayside, at every doorway. And one day at Kingston I met a mnn, one Cnssaudro Blatt, who had an obsession for ad venture, und he enme and spoke to mo prlvntely. He snld he knew mo from people's tnlk, and would I listen to him? What was there to do? Ho wns a clean-cut rogue, If over there wns one, but a rogue of parts, as he proved ; nnd I lent nn onr. "Now, what think you wna hl story? Well, but this thnt off thf coast of Haiti, there was n ship which had been sunk with every mnn on hoard, nnd with the ship was treasure without counting Jewels belonging to a Spaniard pf high place, v.No was tak ing them to Paris. There had been enrolling for the chip, but none bad found It ; but he, CnMnndro Blutt, had sure knowledge, got from nn obl-mou, of the placo whore It lay. It would, not be un expensive business, but, cheap aa It was, he had no menus of raising cash for tho purpose; while I could, no doubt, ralso the needed money If I set about It. That wns how he put It to me. Would I do It? "Why should I tell Blntt the truth about myself? He knew It. Cassun dro was nn accomplished llnr, nnd a mnn of merit of his kind. This obi man's story I hnvo never believed ; yet how came Blatt to know where thnt treasure-ship was I do not know now, while I am very rich because of It nil. 'Yea, out we went through thu hnr hor of Kingston, beyond the splendid defenses of I'ort Itoynl nnd the men-of-war there, past tho I'allsmlncH nnd Hock fort, und nwuy -to the place of treasure-trove. We found It thnt lost galleon; and we found tho treaiore box o the captain's cabin. We found gold, too; hue the treimuro-hox was tho chief thing; aud ve nu.il ? it ours j sftet miiBT s herd dr.) mMiSSi "How I Induce one of lh hi wt 'of Jnnmicn to be banker aaa skipper for us need not be told ; bat he of whom men have dark sayings chiefly, 1 take It, becnust he dors bold. Incomprehensible tilings. That busi ness pnld him well, for wheu the rent of the ship was met, and the fow men on It paid slates they were chiefly he pocketed ten thousand pounds, while Blntt and I each pouched forty thousand, and Michael two thousand. Aye, to be sure, Mlchncl was In It I He Is In nil I do, and Is as good as men of ten times his gtrth nnd history. Ml chncl will be a rich mnn one day. In two years his tw thousand havo grown to four, nnd ho mlssea no chance. 'Tin bound to say this ono of tho strulghtest men I ever met, liar with al, wns Cnssaudro Blatt. Ho took his Jewels aud vanished up the sens In n flourish. He would not even hnvo an other try nt the gold In the bowels of the ship. "'I've got plenty to fill my paunch, nud I'll go while I've enough. It's the men that don't go In tlmoihnt get left In the end' that's what ho said. "Aud he wus right; for other mcc went after tho gold and got somo ol it, nnd wcro caught by French and South American pirates and lost nil tlioy had gained. Still another group went nnd brought nwny ten thousand pounds, and lost It In fighting with Spanish buccaneers. So Blntt was right, and went nwuy content, while I stayed bore becauso I must nnd bought the land nnd house where I hnvo my grent .sugar plantation. It Is nn enterprise of volume, but It Is not beyond my capacity, and nil would be well If I wero normal In mind nnd body; but I am not. I hnvo n past that stinks to heaven, ns Shakespeare says. "Men do not trcnt mo badly here, for I hnvo property nnd money, nnd this Is n land where these two things, menu more than anywhere else, even more thnn In n republic like that where you live. But what can you expect of n chief Justice who need not bo u lawyer, ns this one Is not, nnd hns other means of earning Income- which, though not dlsloynl, nro lowering to tho status of n chief Justice? And not the chief Justice nlonc. I havo seen French officers entertained nt Gov ernment house who wcro guilty of Inliumnnltles nnd cruelties. Tho gov ernor, Lord Mallow, Is much to blnme. Un htm lies tho responsibility; to him must go the discredit. For myself, I feel ills enmity on every luiiul. 1 suffer from his suggestive opposition; I nm the victim of his dnrk moods. "If I wnnt a concession from a lo cal council, his hand Is at work against me; If I see him In the street, I got n courtesy tossed, ns you would toss n bono to n dog. If I appear at the king's bull, which Is open to nil on I, the Jslnnd who are respectable, I am treated with such disdain by the vice roy of tho king thnt nil tho Island Is agog. "Ho does not spnro mo In his ro cltnls to his friends, w,ho enrry his speech nhroad. Ills rancor against mo Is the greater, I know, becnuse of the wealth I got In tho treasure ship, to prevent which he tried to prohibit my leaving the Island, through tho with holding of n leuvc-tlckct to me. Ills argument to the local nuthorltlcs wits thnt I lnul no rights, that I am n mur derer nnd n imitiiicoriuid confined to the Island, though not on parole. Ho almost succeeded; but tho man to whom I wont, the big rich mun, In tervened successfully how 1 know not nud I wns let go with my permit-ticket. "What big things hang on small Is sues 1 If my Lord Mallow had pre vented me leaving the Island, 1 shouldn't now own a great plantation and three hundred negroes, I shouldn't be able to pay my creditors In good gold Portuguese half-Johannes and Spnnlsh silver, and give no heed to the existence of the bltt, which, as you perhaps know, Is equal to flve penco In British money, such as you and I used to scnd when you wero queen of Ireland and I wns your slave. "Then I worshiped you as few wom en hnvc been worshiped In all the days of the world oh, cursed spite of life ami time thnt I should have been Jailed fur killing your bad father 1 Aye, ho wns a bad mun, nnd ho Is bettor In tils grave thnn out of It, but It puts a gulf between you nnd me which nothing will over bridge unless It should some day bo known 1 did not kill him, nnd then, uo doubt, it will lo too Into. "On my soul, I don't believe I put 2y sword Into him; but If I did, ho well deserved It, for ho was worse thnn faithless to your mother, he wns faithless to his country ho was n traitor! I did not tell thnt story or his treachery In court I did not tell It becnuse of you. You did not de serve such Infamy, and the truth mc not out nt tho trial. I, In my vtow, dared not lest, It might Injure ymi, and you had suffered enough nay, more thnn enough through him. "I did not go to'tho United Stntes, un you nsked mo to do. Is It not plain I could not? My only course was to avoid you. You see, your mother knows the .truth knows that I was lulled for killing your father nnd her divorced husband. Therefore, the only way to do wns ns I did. I could not go whei you were. There should be hid from you the fact that ICrrls Boyne wjs n traitor. Tills Is your right, 'n my mind. Looking Imck, I feel sure I could hnvo escaped Jail Ir I hud told what I knew of Krrls Boyne; and perhnps It would hnvo been bet ter, for I should, no doubt, hnvo been acquitted. Yet I could nothav gone lo ynu, for I him not sure I did not kill t'Jin. '"It hoeino tonge 6 mo that I nm J m to th United Ptatet here In Jnmnlcn, or almost ns near, ns naa In London Is to ono la Rwfclln; nat yet ono might n well bo ton thnusaatl leagues distant fr all It weans to her one loves la the Baited States. Yes, dear Sheila, I levo you, and 1 weald tear out the heart f fee wrM for yon. I batho my whale klg la your beauty nnd yaar caarav.I hun ger fer you 1 stand bctrida yn, to listen to your toIcc, t dip mj prfeea tlngors into the pure canMraa aC yaw soul and feel my own siM expand, I wonder why It Is that today I feel more thnn I over felt Beforohe rare splendor of your nersoa. "For I hnvo nlways vod yoM, al ways heard you calling me. ns If from somo snerod corner of n perfect world. Is It thnt yesterday's dissipation yos, I wns drunk overnight, drunk In a now wny. I was drunk with the "For I Havo Always Loved You." thought of you, tho longing for you. I picked n big hnndful of roses, and In my mind guvo them Into your hnnds. And I thought you smiled and said: "'Well done, good nnd faithful servant. Enter Paradise. "So I followed yotr to your home In tho Virginian country. It was n dream, nil except tho roses, and thoso I laid In front of the box where I keep your letters nnd n sketch I mndo of you when wo were young nnd glad when I was young und glnd. For I nm nn old man, Sheila, In all that makes men old. My step Is quick still, my eye Is sharp, and my brain bents fust, but my heart Is nnclent. I nm nn nnclent of dnys, without hope or pleasure, save whnt plenBuro comes In thinking of ono who must ever bo worshiped from nfnr. I wonder why I seem to feel you very nenr to- day I "Here at my window grows a wild aloe, and It Is In (lower. Onco only In fifty years does this nloc flower, and I pick Its sweet verdure now und offer It to you. There It lies, beside this Icitur Hint I nm writing. It Is typical of myself, for onty once has my henrt flowered, nnd It will bo only once In fifty years. Tho perfume of the (lower Is llko nn everlasting bud from the last tree of Time. Sec, my Slielln, your drunken, reckless lovor pulls this sweet offering from his gar den nnd offers It to you. He has no virtues; and yet ho would hnvo been u thousand times worso If you had not come Into his life, lie hnri In him the seeds of trouble, the sprout Ings of shame, for oven In the first dnys of his love there In Dublin be would not restrain himself. Ho drank, he played cards, he fought and went wtth bad company not women, -never thnt ; but ho kept the company af thaaa through whom ho came at last to punishment fer manslaughter. "Yet, without you, who can tell what he might have been? He might have fallen so low that not the wealth ten thousand treasure-boxes coald give him even the appearance f haneabj. And now he offers you what yea can not ncccpt can never accept a lore ns deep ns tho life fram which ha came; n love that would throttle the world for you, that would force the doors of hell to bring you what ynu wnnt. "I look out on n world of summer beauty nnd of bent. 1 seo the sheep In hundreds on tho fnr hills of pas turngo sheep with short hnlr, smnll nnd sweet ns uny that ever enmo from tho South Downs. I nee the natives In their madras handkerchiefs. 1 see upon tho road somo planter In his ketureon n sort of sedan chair; I seo a negro funeral, with Itf strange coi. mony nnd Its gumhles of African drums. I seo 'ynm-fed planters,' oa their horses, making for tho burning, Handy streets of the capital. I see the Scotn grass growing five nnd six feet high, food uhsurpnsscd for herscs all tho foliage, too beautiful trop ical trees nnd shrubs, and here nnd thero a hugo breedlnc farm. Yet 1 i know thnt out beyond my sight there )f the region known us Trelnwney nnd iVtluwncy town, the headquarters of thr Mnroons, the free negroes they wlu tied nfter tho SpanfoH had been conqoored nnd the British came, and who wore Intor freed and secured by tho Trelnwney treaty. I know that now tho are ready ta rise, that they are worklt.g among the skives; and if they rise th danger Is great to tjie white population of the Island, who nre outnumbered ten to ono. "You would ot come to America, so I name here, "nd CTO BE CONTI7TOXD.) I