The mountain Democrat., 1864-12-03

producer, that giaddeneth the heart of
the prophet and his followers
When Patterson was gone Jacks heart
leaped for JOY, for he saw desperate as was
their condition, some hope of deliverance.
In the meantime, the wretches, in their
own language, unknown to the boy, dis.
eussed the murders of the dAy. Ay.---
'And thou vert not idle, said the chief
to Hadji Hanna.
4 slew the captain with my own hand;
and stabbed and slew foCr of the other
infdels-one in the rigging, one in his
hammock, one in the hold, and one on the
cabin stairs. God be praised, and glory
to His Prophet
And threw an infdel overheard, said
another.
And beat out the brains Of the cook
'And l chopped down the Christian
priest as he tried to shoot me but we
are invulnerable. Glory be to Heaven
and the Prophet But here Red Head
comes with the opium. Wah Gooroo
it sends blessed dreams!'
1T is good said Hadi Hanna it is fit
only for the faithful it takes US to Heav-
en- before the time. Quick, Red Head,
and you, Yellow Hair, bring the smoking
tubes of the dead intidcls We can turn
them into opium pipes
Patterson left, and returned in mo-
ment with twenty or thirty pipes, and
some burning charcoal from the cooks
galley. A large cake of the moist black
paste was prepared; and the taciturn
chief and his followers, arranging cush-
ions on the floor, settled themselves to
their intoxicated sleep.
Patterson watched them with the eye
of raven watching a sick lamb. Jack
was breathless, because he saw that Pat
terson had some scheme in contemplation,
and he dreaded its failure.
The opium was powerful. One by ono
they ceased to talk, and fell back in
dreamy repose, eyes fixed and dilated, up
on their cushions, the pipes still in their
mouths. One or two made faint efforts
to rise, then fell back, with hands half
raised to their swords; but the most, in
Guiding the chief, Hadji Hanna, and Vas
saktshi, lapsed slowly into death like
torpor-pale, but breathing heavily and
loud.
Patterson and Jack stood by the side
board surrounded by twenty entranced
and helpless men. 1t gangs weel-it
gangs weel,' said Patterson, in a whisper,
as if afraid of awaking the sleeping ruffians,
thanks to the Papaver dioscorides and
the drachms of morphine, a little more,
and could have sent the blood thirsty
gang to their ain place, but thought ia
keep 'em alive for an English gibbet. But
Jack, our works not half done yet; quick,
gather up the pipes; we must take them
| TO ,I,,, IL,
; at the wheel and on the engine room
stairs. AS sure as there's heather in the
Highlands, another day, and I'd have
t dosed their rice with arsenic, and they
ought to be thankful. Come Jack quick,
} the pipes
/ Jack and Patterson gathered up the
pipes, and in minute afterwards, were
on deck with them, fresh filed and relit.'
Brothers of the faith, said Patterson,
the Prophet has sent you two hours of
heaven in these opium pipes. The relief
guard will be up before your sleep begins.
Take them, and thank God for sending
his blessed Prophet
The men took them with shouts Of
'Wah Gooroo = and needed no inducemcnt
to at once begin.
The Hindus at the engine room stairs
accepted them with no less alacrity. In
few minutes, the irresistible drug work
cd its effects, and the deck was strewn
with sleeping men.
Then Patterson seemed all Of sudden
to go stark staring mad-he hugged Jack;
he danced the Highland fling; he shouted,
he screamed he ran little way up the
rigging and down again; finally, he ran
to the aStonshcd men at the wheel, and
dragging them on their knees, cried -
Down with We, johnson down with ye,
Jarvis; down with ye, Jack, and ;haril
God-who smote in the night the whole
camp of Assyria, who made the earth
open and swallow the whole company o.
Abiram- for delivering the good ship
JamseGee Jecjccbhoy from the hands of
the Phillistines. Here, let me take a spell
al the wheel, while turn her head back
to Singapore, and ye run and take look
at the God. d.forsaken sons Of Belial, all ly-
ing like druggcd fish down in the state
cabin thanks to the essence OF morphine
and the Papaver dioscorideS.
But you don't mean that you really
have done this
SANDY, you're mad, exclaimed Jarvis.
Come and see for yourselves return
ed Jack, taking their hands, as if they
were children going walking. Come and
see what brave Sandy has been and done;
and coil up the firemen too-all that can
leave the fires-and give hurrah, for
the ships our own, and we've got rope
round the blackguards' necks'
well, they have got pluck, eh, Bill 2
said johnson to Jarvis.
ITS the neatest go ever sec, said
Jarvis to Johnson, as he rolled Baloo
Singh under his foot.
We'll, never, said one Of the firemen.
That chap'll be admiral some day, or
my names not Jarvis said that worthy.
And when am,' said Patterson with
a grim smile, Jack here shall be post
captain. But quick, lads-Tm in COM
mand now-to business before pleasure.
Get some three,q quarter-inch rope and tie
these fellows hand-Gnd foot, and throw
them into the hold. Remove all their
knives and pistols, and search their pock-
cts; then battcn down the matches, and
Jack and will mount guard over them,
and tell them our minds when they come
to-
MY eyes, when they come to, old Hull
labaloo'l think he's dead again, said Jar
Wis.
And that fat butcher of his, won't he
cut up rough !?
A murdcrous passion of revenge sud
denly shone in Jarvis eyes he swore a
dreadful oath, and slowly cooked q re-
volver, and bent over Hadji Hanna. 'He
spared none Of our shipmates, said he,