Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-02-11
tOLU Me IX.--NO. Al.
WHOLE NENpER. 4GI.

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5 first niaf. tha. moves Gn inch til bid him
dies on the spotl Aha, my fine fellows
i You are well caught. That boat astcr1
n uerer will return to this skip. i threw
u your seouudrel leader overheard, and then
f sent n:Ue rIore alter him. They may
Ind the same resting place tina; they gave
T. to poor Gwynn and Russell Ten Of the
sixteen individuals who thought to murder
, me, have bee,sc.disposed of by ssratsgem,
but 5y heaven, | shall need no stratagem
with the other six. for if one of you dare
speak mu;inous word--av, if YOU dare
look mu,inoas look, that man is dead on
the very next instant, N'alleigh, Barn
Lam AMI Vaughn, step forward here"
! As the captain spoke, the three men
thus Designated advanced from, their COM
panions, ard trembling at e7ory joint, they
awaited his will A moment he looked at
them as though he would have utterly sp-
initiated them with his very gaze, and
then be said ... -
'Tell me-. my men, and mind that you
tell me truly-we,e you frightened into
this bloody niutiny, or did you ioin of your
free viii ?" ''l
30, Captain 'Tallack,' exclaimed VAL
leigh, rs he iell upon Li= krees and clasp
ed his hands, while the o;,er two followed
his example, eve were drawn into il, sir.
GEyHn AID Russell had both gone when
Roland thggs;e8oi u., if we didn't join
him. Is there is a God in Heaven, We I
did it to save our lives -... --...
g And y9u, howell," said the captain,
rs he turEei to the man at the wheel.
"Walleigh knows" answered Howell,
not daring to let 60 the heel, but laying
his right hand upon his heart, f" that re-
fused at iirst, cat there were twelve of
them, siT, and We couldn't help it." .
"Weii, my men, l believe you," re-
turned Captain W.llaok, in frank tone,
. and if you prove faithful now, will not
only forgive yOu, tut will never speak
Of y.ur f.ul. TO Jour harm"
"Oh, God bless you, sir," CALCULATED
they all in a breath, AMI the tears of grat-
ltude roil>a thick aud fas: dow their cath T7
er-beaten checks ~
"That viii dol viii trust you now"
said the captain, Who saw that they were
sincere IL their proteststions. Snow bring
me sor1e sei1ing-stuf from the long boat,
Itofand's two remaining companions"
The two men were bound without trou-
Die and placed in the long boat for safe +
seeping. They begged aad they prayed
hat they TOO might he psrdonel, bat Wall
ack knew that fear of punishment alone
,ctuated them, and he would not trust
hem.
The ship was soon in good sailing trim,
iead put \. Z. by E.,and il four days she
yss anchored in Frnchsl Road, where the
wo mutineers we're delivered up to justice,
ihI W LrIC thItdlu W diitCh Cbi.lHSU Ucu
nough 10 man his ship once more for his
'oyagc.
when the Jacob Morgan returned to the
United States, Capt Wsllaek learned that
Ter owners had given her up as lost A
lomt ward bound East Indiaman had picked
.p one of her boats, which was found bot
in she water, twelve hundred
niles to the northward and westward Of
he Cape Verbs.
The villain Roland and his companions
n guilt, had indeed me. the same grave to
which they lad consigned poor Gwynn
md Russell. They had thought to make
.he blue bosom Of the Atlantic bear them
3n in their ungcdly enterprise, but It's rol-
ling wares were only destined to burst
open the gates Of eternity, aud usher their
souls into the presence Of Him who crushed
them in their path Of sin.