Skeleton Island Fountain of Youth: Captain Kismias Journeys

By Wilma

An American cowboy trained to Captain a ship in the mid 18Th. Century. Crippled while at sea. Traveling for Queen Victoria of England he finds the life of the American Indian's, the Hispanic's, the life of colored slaves and finally he finds the love of his life. His name is Captain Kismias of the Weatherberry plantation on the outskirts of recently named Houston, Texas. Finding himself surrounded by some of his best friends upon a ships voyage traveling within the spice route of the Atlantic ocean. Crewmen named Woodwind and Thunderbolt are some who travel with Captain Kismias across the high seas.
Awakened by his own snoring ,"Sinior!" "You need to wake up, you too loud." opening his eyes and hearing horses snorting, looking toward the ocean seeing the most beautiful princess, "that he claimed, riding her black stallion." A few other women accompany her on horseback, smiling she turns toward Captain. "My!" "Thought is, I might get lucky." With that in mind blushingly standing to his feet while stumbling, watching her looking back at him." "Oh! Can this be happening?' " Walking out toward the beach, removing his shirt, acting like he is going swimming, trying to deceive her. Stumbling in the sand, with his bummed up wooden foot attached to his leg. Thinking she might get offended by such a strap on his leg. Hell she is still looking and smiling too. Removing his musket and sword wading non- schilantly into the waters edge. Turning looking down the beach she appears to be riding back toward him." Daring not to look up to soon, looking down at the waves motion, Captain steps out a little farther to lure her to him. water covers his lower leg and she has her horse pass him by, splashing water upon him. Thinking she was coming to see him. Notwithstanding she went past him toward the end of the beach cove, peering back from afar. Peeping up yet flabbergasted he hears the horse coming back,"Whew!" Proudly, lowering, his head down never looking up at her coming toward him, yet snickering beneath his breath. Suddenly a horse's leg appears beside him.Pretending to raise up his brow, staring into the face of a beautiful creature as God ever created. Reminiscent of younger days while opening gape mouthed, "Hello, Sinyorita, he clamors."Dumbfounded he starts saying, "hello." Smilingly she pulls the horses reigns up turning counterclockwise. The stallions head swishes past his face, throwing the white foamy froth from his mouth onto Captain shirt front. "Who are you she asked?" "Captain Kismias he jests." As the black stallion stammers out a snort while stepping backwards, while she pulls the horses head back, tightening the reigns. Slapping the leather strap onto the horses butt, her beauty stuck inside his head. She rides in a fury down the beach as fast as her horse can run. "She is evaluating me, Swearing she is ," Captain said, aloud to himself." Watching from the corner of his eye, "i'll not let her see me wanting her, he thought." Suddenly she disappeared in the distance as if the sand swallowed her up, like a mirage. Pulling hard as he can his wooden foot is hung in the deep sand. He is almost falling down, dam the water is covering him, pulling and pulling the sand finally, "with some suction," releases the strapped foot. Walking gimp legged back from the waters edge. Walking slowly down the beach thinking about the rest of the journey and drying his wooden foot. Even though, memorizing the treasure map on the bottom of his bright green inscribed carved wooden foot, yet weary of it fading in the salt water. walking back to the red tavern finding himself, lying in the loft soft hay, resting again. The night here was spent uselessly can not remember, if I performed well or not. Suppose it don't matter anyway she probably won't be coming back here, "yet do vaguely remember yelling out, yippie y yaw!" last night. Then falling to the floor, "kind of like fainting." Oh

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456735043

Wilma

Reasoning with her emotions and raising grandchildren Wilma set out to telling of pirates in a bedtime story. "Captain Kismias that is his name!" she said. Pointing while telling the story. A stillness fell upon the room. Named Wilma Sheltman born in East Texas, attended school in Dallas, Texas Wondering of her Grandsons words as Joseph, "the eleven year old," said, "Nanny you should write that story I could see it in her head." Thinking throughout the next morning Wilma set to her computer laying out plans for writing a short story. With in a few minutes she realized she needed a plan while character after characters names began developing in her head. Taking a spiral notebook from a desk drawer and drawing a circle with pie sections upon the outside cover she found the basics to put all of the story together. Coming from her imagination Wilma names people, places and things, locations, and characteristics all unknown players. Dramatizing the story content she develops the story out of needs of her characters and what she is letting happen in their lives. Wilma was raised in the Dallas area growing up with nine sisters, and no brothers. Wilma is one of the oldest Children in the family. Being the oldest carries responsibilities, this left her to attend to the younger children, while her mother worked. Living her life as a Christian, Wilma was married to her only husband 47 years ago at the age of eighteen. Finishing school in Dallas she realized she needed more education therefore Wilma attended Michaels university of cosmetology in Longview, Texas. After a few years and owning her beauty shop Wilma got a break and was offered a franchise in a television rental business. Attending school after school from selling to business management and covering every aspect of the rental business. Wilma and her husband Joe owned seven television rental businesses for twenty years. Then going on to venturing into the Bail bonding business for the past fifteen years. Joining the workforce of America for those years Wilma stopped working long enough to mother her two daughters and went back to work. carrying with her a deep seated love for children. Wilma has mentored several of her nieces and nephews. She always has an open arm for a child in need. Her love for children comes from taking care of her little sisters and always keeping in touch with family.

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Contents

CHARACTERS;

History: What is it?

My Inspiration,

About me;

The Story

CAPTAIN KISMIAS

RETURN TO SKELETON ISLAND

Fountain of youth

Meeting the Queen at portside

A Chronology of US Historical Documents

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List of characters and their part in this book;

CHARACTERS;

CAPTAIN Kismias- main character - Captain of the El Centisma Trinidad Spanish Galleon, an American cowboy from a financially well off, deep rooted family in Houston, Texas. Trained by fellow sea crewmen who were asked to train him, while traveling with his father, through his younger years at sea. Raised as an American country boy and being an ambiguous young fellow he took to sailing a sea vessel rather quickly. Born and raised by his Grandparents on their plantation. Born as Roderick Reddick Kismias, he grew into quite an interesting young man. Somewhat predestined to recover the prize from Skeleton Island to fulfill the wishes of Queen Victoria of Brittan he mans the massive vessel. A Tall, cowboy- horseman, horse trader, a slender young man in his early thirties with a muscular physique, semi - dark complexion with long wavy dark brown hair meeting between his shoulder blades. Crippled from a journey aboard a ship as a younger man loosing his foot to the depths of the ocean while caught in an anchor chain and pinched off. Wearing an artificial prosthetic foot therefore having to walk with a gimp walk captain does well. Robust, handsome, adventurer and a loving husband filled with compassion for his fellow man. Captured by his raspy leather clothing but loving the feel of cotton fabric against his skin. Captain wears short legged cotton Capri type pants and shirts to match, loving to accessorize his attire yet always watching for a, need be, in what he puts on. Captain has a fun loving demeanor about him -self and remembers the meaning of being a professional business man, when necessary. A worshiping man he loves his Heavenly Father and remembers to keep the faith, being a Southern Baptist he worships a risen savior the father, the son and the holy ghost in three persons the perfect trinity. Remembering he expects everyone around him to have an education and a trade to support themselves and the ones around them.

FELINCIA- Princess of Jamaica and wife of Captain Kismias, a beautiful Spanish woman filled with life, happiness and her love for Captain Kismias. Born and raised in Spain by the Royal family of King Felipe educated through the Catholic Church in Spain, then traveled to Jamaica where her family reigns over the country. A spoiled young woman who loved walking bare footed. Long, flowing, black hair, rather dark skinned with a size six dress size and well built with a baby doll face. Beautiful dark skinned which leaves her naturally beautiful. Raised under the Catholic monarchy in Spain she carries deep seated roots of Catholic denomination. Marrying a Southern Baptist from Texas – The United States of America, who she let her eyes fall upon, in Jamaica while he made port there traveling across the Atlantic ocean in search of Skeleton island there they fell madly in love, she swears it was love at first sight. Felincia blends both denominations to worship a risen savior with a natural born mother since she is Catholic. Never will anyone find her without her rosary beads. Felincia wears clothing of the times but her deep seated Spanish ancestry leads her to dress in Spanish wedding dress dresses made of light weight cotton in different colors this fits her comfort zone, so to speak. Somewhat outspoken she has a sweet demeanor about herself. Being a fun loving, young woman, and adventuresome. Well trained in handling horses since riding daily upon the beaches in Jamaica and Spain, especially living within the confines of the castle where the finest bred horses in Europe are housed knowing daily her riding always came first.

Characters

Continued;

HAZELIEA- Body guard, friend, confidant to Captain and Felincia;

A young colored woman of twenty, beautiful and trained in martial arts and knife throwing, she can sling a hatchet, knife and a sword but her expertise is throwing tomahawks, if need be. Especially trained as a marksman in shooting the bow and arrow, and anything else used as a weapon, Hazeliea is equipped when on the job. Trained by Captain Kismias and his rough-rider friends in Texas for what she needed to become as a trade. Security Captain told her, there is money in security. Carrying a tanned smooth, leather clasped knife scalbert wrapped and leather tied around her upper thigh bound thigh There, Hazeliea holsters her throwing blade, her spinets, choke chain. Around her upper arm she straps on a small sling blade turned with a sharp edge and a star point along the other side. Pierced below her navel she clips a small gun type derringer onto a hook- clip she runs through the piercing ring. Laying the pistol inside her underwear- panties designed to holster the pistols looks like a sewn in pouch inside the front of her underwear. For protection you might ask? Yes, since she has made quite a reputation for herself hiring out as a security guard for others in Houston, Texas. Raised as Hazeliea Outstretch, she has spent her younger years on the Weatherberry plantation in Houston and was educated there by the Weatherberry family and Captain Kismias.

JOGGIE OUTREACH-Momma to Hazeliea, runs the household on the plantation, she tends to the food and needs of Captain Kismias and Felincia, kind sweet spirited, heavy set colored woman who spent her younger life in slavery of the times living through the abuse sexual and physical, by being a slave in the south she was stripped and beaten daily by her owners. Sometimes beaten, in those days, because she was more beautiful than the woman of the house. Bought at a slave auction for pennies upon the dollar she then came to the Weatherberry plantation there rooting into a family who loves and cared for her through her lifetime. Living where she fell in love became a mother and Grandmother to the plantation children even Captain- named Roderick kismias, he was so spoiled, Joggie always professed.

BRAZZ OUTREACH- Husband to Joggie, father to Hazeliea, an old slave mellowed with time and wise to the tactics of white people toward the colored people he guards his loved ones. Remembering the times whole families were hunted down like animals and slaughtered right on the spot for betraying the family who bought them at a slave auction house. Only seeking their freedom they rather die than keep up the treacherous life as a slave. Reflections of his life in his younger days, Brazz knew to keep his family upon the Weatherberry plantation. Even though colored people are out of slavery they walk scared for themselves because the hatred still exists. One who lived his whole life in service to the Weatherberry’s, age has left him a caretaker upon the plantation only he knows his fate of dyeing there yet raising his family in the safety of the confines of the plantation slave community. This means everything to him with such a great love for his family.

MR. WEATHERBERRY- known as Grandfather to Captain Kismias and second Daddy through Captain Kismias lifetime. Predestined to take over the family business being the Weatherberry plantation with bought slaves, many who have been in the family home for several generations. Old Mr. Weatherberry became famous throughout Texas as the biggest cattle raiser in the State of Texas. Raising and selling cattle and livestock to the military and other Countries he became a billionaire and raised Captain to inherit the family fortune after Grandma passed away. Being a steadfast old preacher he kept everyone in his circle of family and friends in line with higher than usual standards set to him by his father before him.

WOODWIND-First mate to Captain Kismias on the El Centisma Trinidad ship, right hand man to Queen Victoria of England, sent on a voyage to save the world by a wealthy Country who dominated the world with her fleet of ships and her marriage to her cousin Prince Albert. Woodwind is a high up in the Queens royal Navy. Trusted to carry out the task of taking care of the massive ship she sent him on and retrieving the treasure of the water which sits on an island someplace across the ocean. Being married to a woman nick named Buttercup with a life time commitment yet never exchanging wedding vows. Both of them share a good life living in Liverpool England when Woodwind is available besides his travels.

Other Characters;

ROCHA; Grandson to Joggie and Brazz- Just long legged, snot nosed kid, and pesky who shares the lives of Grandma and Grandpa. Daily disciplined to become a better person by Grandpa.

LANTHAPER- FIRST MATE TO Woodwind and Captain Kismias and a German, with blue eyes and cotton colored hair, a short fellow and good at everything anyone asks him to do.

TORCHICHI- Asian in nationality slanted eyes and yellow tinged skin and cook, everyone thinks he has yellow jaundice since his skin is so yellow, capable of doing anything aboard ship and otherwise. This guy lives on raw fish and bushy greenery that looks like seaweed or kelp. All though he is the skinniest one aboard ship he smiles constantly filled with energy and never sickly. Managing his desire to become a Suma warrior he holsters and constantly waves two shining sharp swords labeled made in China.

LIGHTNING- Security aboard ship plus many other functions. So named, lightning because he tried to outrun a thunderstorm and was hit by a lightning bolt. He is a Checkoslavockian in nationality, not to mention his physique being like the Native Americans Indians upon the reservations of America. Most with dark smooth skin and a physique to die for smooth silky dark hair. Keen dark knowing eyes fixed with his dexterity he has become friends with everyone aboard ship.

CRANNYCREW- Known as being fourth in command aboard ship, capable of everything, builds fires carried out orders for everyone aboard ship many of the upper class officers. Named because of his butt crack showing constantly he is teased by other crewmen. He also manages the masts and the overall functioning of the ship, underneath his brazened dexterity he is truly a chicken livered coward.

PHOENIX- Flame juggling tall young man, being upper class aboard ship besides having an access to fire anytime in so he keeps the ship warm when needed and campfires going when camping out, this man can find drift wood when everyone thinks the supply has dwindled down to nothing.

FLICKER- Slave accidently placed into a locked, gray, iron cage upon a shipping dock in Houston, Texas, left for another ship but him and other slaves were placed by accident, aboard the wrong ship and ended up on the ship with Captain and the others. Flicker was raised in England by an English family but accidently placed into slavery when he stepped from a ship in Galveston, Texas bay area while coming to America. Confiscated as a slave in a turn of confusion during a slave sale, since most color people walked around with their heads down, in fear of being flogged or hanged right on the spot. His dexterity led the forceful slave handlers to show force while handling him by smashing in his cheek bone, somewhat. Coming to his wailings were unnoticed. Being unconscious from the blow to his face he woke up out at sea. Realizing the situation he sat quiet within the iron cage treated like the other ones housed inside. Fearing saying a word since flogging might be his demise, still yet being thrown overboard.

FLABBERGASTER- Boatswain caretaker over chains, riggings and anchors but somewhat of a chickenhearted man to most around him, he takes care of all attachments on board. He is so attentive to the needs of the ship he even polished the anchor. Daily polishing the stones on the woman on the front of the ship and polishing the stones imbedded into the sword she holds as the ships mascot.

CHRISCROSS- Covers rope management making sure all are attached to the ship and in their proper place he is the bobbing man aboard. Paying special attention to the square braided roping that has the barrels attached to the ships sides. Remembering the Queens wishes comes first.

THUNDERBOLT-Native American Indian pg. 32 takes care of the masts and flags aboard ship.

BIRAZO-Russian in nationality speaks choppy English but excellent at getting his point across. Somewhat of a cheap-skate.

BORAXO- PORCHUGESE man with dark skin and big hands he is tall and slant eyed somewhat of a romancing fellow to some. Some say he can pull teeth and aboard ship we will need his expertise on this since half the crewmen have rotten teeth or some missing.

GREYHEAD- MANAGES- People his expertise in choosing the ones who can carry out a function as if the ship were its own city with dentists, cooks, garment makers and the like just a great judge of people.

DULLHAIR- BARBER ABOARD SHIP HE TURNED EVERYTHING DULL.

Alabaster- old friend to Captain Kismias and a fine jeweler living on an island for years he is taken by the jewelry order placed by Captain, knowing only the magic of the jewelry he makes brings his repeat business.

Several characters are scoundrels of the worst kind.

SETTING- Placed in a South Texas seaport of Galveston, Texas, in the United States adjacent waters of the Gulf of Mexico then going aboard the El Centisma Trinidad traveling on across the Atlantic Ocean, scheduled upon a predestined trip. Traveling the high seas to retrieve the water of life several crewmen and everyone else aboard a beautiful ship on an unforgettable journey place themselves in dyer straits. Then upon several islands then onto the island that houses the prize before them. The island sits Southeast in the Atlantic ocean just above the Canary islands somewhere above the equator yet hidden from the unknowing eye of others who travel the golden triangle of the spice routes set up by Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert to acquire wealth throughout the world.

POSITIVE EFFECTS- This book is the recovery of the fountain of youth to save the knowledge held by the elderly. Reflect the history of America to unknowing children therefore to bring great things into existence through that knowledge being used to save mankind. Healing the sick and afflicted, gives longevity to the elderly then restores the youth to young ones. The magic water with the healing properties, that drips slowly from a mushroom type structure, inside a cave a- waiting being carried to a destination and a rendezvous with the Queen Victoria of England. The water has the ability to return anything and anyone to a youthful stage in life there refurbishing their bodies. Healing the terminally ill, leaving all living creatures with longevity and all living things longer life spans mankind with a tool to save humanity. Finding rare manuscripts from Isaiah in the Holy Bible inside the cave where the massively large mushroom sits. Found a scroll of the Song of the Sea that pertains to the book of Exodus in the Holy Bible, then to Isaiah linking the two books, this brought the