, 1864-07-10
THE sJAMSETJEE j
HOY.
story OF uusinJ. Murder and Kor-
plllne.

phfne.
eetiee Jeejeebhoy, feak-bullt, copper.bot-
toned steam transport, started from Sfugu-
pore with cargo Of Hindu copyicts, sen
fenced to transportation la the Audoman Is.
lands. This transport, named after Its osigi-
nal proprietor, the benevolent Parsee mer-
carry native conSlcts, most strange gang Of
whom filled 1t between decks, the June even
ing, 1869, that followed that In which the
ship had left Its anchorage.
TIE carpenter waa busy arranging the hatch
Way for the prisoners sleeping berths the
SECOND mate WIS experimenting the transfer
Of stores from one part Of the hold to anoth-
scrapirg and securing; the doctor was rat-
ing the :" lob}n1ly boy,n tall freckled. un-
calmly Scotch lad, Sandy Patterson, who was
always poude1ing over IN old copy Of the
seanan's Manua1 when he ought to hare
been compromising MEDICINES: and the hoat-
swain Tas reriling Jack Darfs. the ships boz,
brave little fe1lon, but rather too fond Of
mischief.
The conricts On board were sikh fanatics,
Chiefly from Lahore, md Gmritanr, They
were followers Of the rscudo-prophet, Raloo
strgh, who hsd all but excited an insurrec-
ton III the Pul.}aub. By trade tailor, be had
decl,red himself to be Balnk Singh, the
founder Of the sect, who died sixteen years
ago, risen from the dad to preach down
caste and sutteeism, and 10 expel the Eng
lish: These dangerous mems disciples wore
black and yellow turbaus, rosaries Of white:
woolen cord; .practised military drill, and
used the words SWAN Gooruo7' as!mystIc
watchwor1s. The only good thing about
the deported sect Mas, tlat they preached
Temperance, c]eanlfaess and truth telling. In
all other respects, these Hindu fanatics were
IS sensual, iblood.thlrsty and insane scouu-
drc1s o. ever abused the name Of religion.
They had been several dsrs on board before
the chip lett port. under the somewhat loose
guard Of the second mate. mere youth, In
the service Of the company to which the
steamer belonged.
The bell had ring, and the steward bad
The ensign in charge Il the conrlcts, stlli
stood at the cabin window, watching the
burning pash the setting sun cast upon the
tranquil ocean.
The doctor laughed and said: "when +
was eighteen used to look at sunsets now, I
only regard them ss signals for dinner.
Comr, Crawford, the chaplain Is waiting to
say grace. We are not 10 wait for the Cap
The ensign colorcd and took bis place: he
Was thinking Of other scenes far away across
The party consisted Of the captain, Cra1~
GRO, the doctor, the chaplain, the first mate
| and second ensign.
"no"'s Is tue la(ah to-dayf' said the frat
,"oh, we'll enough hnt the rascal misses
hse opium, spd sba,ns ill-Soup. johnson?
| "1hauk you'll should like TO give him a
| round dozen. I catch him sometimes look
Ing, murder at me ont of the corner Of Lis
| eye"
At that moment the captain entered ana
laying bis esp and double glass on si,le table,
bowed to The company aud tool lis place at
the head Of The table.
| "AlNnys some worry" he said, Tin this
| delightful life Of ours. Now It is that boy
Davta falls down the companion 1adder,
| latking: now 1t Is head wind that keeps us
| at four knets an hour: BY and by, We End
oil the coal On board Ia bad, and the eneln.
heat 1t gives. And SET these young gentle.
men" Cooking at the ,ensigns} "r.ve oye,
their eegsF5 atout the glorious lite Of sailor
Fehaw. VIC always like II hat ne hayeu't got
| should like them to have our work, Mr.
Joee1 1n." ito the hrst mate>, $ for tour.and
tEeuty hoVEs-that'd sscken them"
Nr. Job:an 1augl4td, as 10 datJ bound.
''Glass Of wine, Captain Fayess:'' said
C1aw;ort1.
"With pleasure. Steward, hand Ensig,
Crawford the sherry
I've sLan have q fine PASSAGE eaid tht
chaplain.
INLAY be, If the wind keeps up" The cap
tn;n WA evidently put out. " But hang u.
Mt high water MARI, II I wouldn't rather car,
r. parfots and incnkeye, than these bigger!
With their particular food and their pafpe'
tual complaints.n
courfe was brought in. The steward hat
just lifted the cover from magnificent joiu
Of bert that smoked like gseat sacrIhca
when Patterson entered and whispered in hi
! cur.
The captain threw down the knive ant
4-~1 t., II - I
"Here, Mr.. Jubson take tie joint. Not
moment. not, day, ones own. E1cus'
me, gentlemen, u ship captain Is Everybody
I seryant.n
| There was howl heard, ard the mex
moment the captain entered, red and fuzi
| QUE.
"Mare'e nest. again. le said. D. dove
sir, If that boy Patterson didn't cali me out
doctor, tn tell me- there wns mnt'nS gnin4 II
break our among the convicts. *Why?' sal.
hs sSol j hf:; Sa IEe Disctssd
lntber,'' said !, els1ng him backhauacr
tNhst hnTu cah niggeTs. whom could sn !,
over my kree do BY Whispering? Let tbcss
Whisper: And II yon come and interrupt d.
ac.,n with yops n,ase's nest, by Joyc, sIl
t Iii krelhaul you"
"Wetl, that's yery odd,r said the chaE
lain, for this morning when Davis hrough
the coffre 10 my be.tb, he told me he ",
afraid to till the mate, but he was sur G tier
Nus mischief brewing among the Hlpdus
Ile told me one OF the men ,1ad seen the Ia
}a,, as they Gull him, slip one hand nearl
out OF his hand cntls.'
"Nonsense,, said the mate. 81 examine
every landcuH myself at eight bells, Thoa
boys are the pest Of the vessel with thei
rear the prlsoucrs ri KEN them alI ia
Ecra1 ing The mast"
ucrou fn-d ona r a,x,rs a,.c,, 1r;+t, -nxo,
| VETS unIrr our pil1DNE,h said the second CT
nfGat ard 5ay J, A' 'A4e'1 "'o
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"a ta,na thor - t.a ,n;n,..s ,.,tt,
~ 'a .a1;,, s.n AH 1'e e'141's' "''n 'us sup
nfS ,pe'ne eo,,.,t .,,,.,. ea~ ,o.., ~,
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CHI % o. tonirht," ~ '0A \
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cxS'.a rats,im@ .J a's - ~ fha saseh YOU sal
eIu@Iplo, poin.i5s 70 ~, ooo7on; III,
abnt % hank ths M = cban1ain, ~ % ), s1'A 'u' oe'e'''
n"' DaeA 'us suap.an'
That night In the dead Of the darkness, th
eoy JAWS; VINO asa ia.len asleep IN II
cooks sMiss, wa a"akenea y Storm .
mlskeary, splash osesboasd, clash Of g
!, brs :; Eseane' snouts anu Greg: a. ne lag u
stsola't an" ltieoteued, nary oony haa
S'a'Inso .'isI " .ns at'l saeu t",ee =
hnrm ~ NV, os .asexason a.as ~, esMn. Dosts, u
villains isse ssn aaa In eEef sos
: Gu uoaIo sase Us ana tne nltthen-ont tnles
anu ttiosc tfey Re chasinE 1n5o ING state cat
IN. 1heyse Put guard over the engine
loom ! etoin9ld over the captain la5 IN
now; ns vas STABBED At t9e companton-lat
Ger, Uuoa snlas us nasls. nc - gu
aoa sEsAt, ano !ts EoAus Ing scas III tue II
!oH Of his hend. hr is Q strong over anti
c fortress. Dasis, pray, LOT here t6ey come. ~
: a dozen sh'ps lanieEns moved swiftly t
"afos thep, ina the neSt momene 19e ="