. An archer with Columbus;. tell me if thou seest anything in thatdirection. Felix approached, and looked intently inthe direction indicated. Presently he said : Senor, I see a light a long way off mov-ing up and down. THE NEW WORLD. 139 Then I am not deceived, cried Colum-bus. I have discovered land ! He called two of his officers, and they toosaw the distant light. The night wore on, and every man in thefleet was wide awake and on the two oclock in the morning a red flashlighted up the swelling sails of the Pinta, and the report of acannon electrifiedthe expectant mari-ners. Followi
. An archer with Columbus;. tell me if thou seest anything in thatdirection. Felix approached, and looked intently inthe direction indicated. Presently he said : Senor, I see a light a long way off mov-ing up and down. THE NEW WORLD. 139 Then I am not deceived, cried Colum-bus. I have discovered land ! He called two of his officers, and they toosaw the distant light. The night wore on, and every man in thefleet was wide awake and on the two oclock in the morning a red flashlighted up the swelling sails of the Pinta, and the report of acannon electrifiedthe expectant mari-ners. Following thereport there cameover the dark watera long-drawn, exult-ant cry, — Land! was October 12, 1^ the fresh and lovely dawn Felix stoodby the side of Columbus and gazed on thegleaming shore of a beautiful island. Thepure, sweet air, the clear, azure sky, thepellucid waters, the green, luxuriant laud,all filled the hearts of the voyagers withgladness, and seemed, indeed, to belong toa new and delightful 140 AN ARCHER WITH COLUMBUS. Had Ignacio Diaz been present, his heartwould have swelled with pride to see theAdmiral enter his boat attired in that richsuit of scarlet cloth embroidered with gold;and, doubtless, his chief reflection wouldhave been of the numerous orders likely tobe received from Don Christopher Columbusnow that he had discovered a new world. Well, poor Ignacio Diaz has been for-gotten for centuries. I doubt that it everoccurred to him that anything but moneywas worth working for. If it had beensuggested to him, he would have asked,with contempt, Where is the profit com-ing in, Seiior ? But a few years passed,and he died, and ducats were useless to himforever. The boats touched the land, and Colum-bus stepped ashore with the roj^al standardin his hand. Felix followed him. Perritohad been left on the ship, and his mournfulbay could be heard over the water. Theofficers and sailors landed. Down they allknelt upon the shore to thank God forsucce
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