Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-01-05

watched by dozen men with loaded pls'
tolls. The murdered mems bodies had
been flung overheard to the sharks, and
the decks washed. Three or four of Ihe
Malays, who had been sailors, were up
aloft taking in sail, for the ships course
had been altered, and the little wind
there was, was now against them.
The chief and some twenty of the fa-
ma tiCs were eating their usual meal of
rice and curry in the chief cabin. Pat
terson and Jack were waiting on the
guests with feigned humility closely
watched by the suspicious Hadji Hanna.
Once, and once only, Patterson contrived
to get close to Jack as ne removed a
dish, and said: "If l could only get to
the Doctors room Jack, could get
enough arsenic to kill all those rats in
half an hour; but they went let me out of
their sight"
A howl, as from a wild beast, made
the boys start. 1t was Hadji Hanna,
RED Head" he said. "thou hadst the
care of the Hakim's drugs; where are
they? The Son of Heaven desires
opium; find it within half an hour. or
thou diest."
Pauerson's heart leaped for Joy
"Son of the Faithful he exclaimed,
prostrating himself. II know where is
opium, bat it is unprepared, Let thy
servant prepare it. One of thy follow
ers can go with me, and stand over me,
armed till it is ready"
Go; and Yassaktshi, go thou with
him; so.that we may have the dream
producer, that gladdeneth the heart of
the Prophet and bis followers"
When Patterson was gone, Jacks
heart leaped for JOY, for he saw, desper.
ate as was their condition, some hope of
deliverance.
In the meantime, the wretChes in their
language, unknown to the boy, discussed
the murders Of the day
'And thou, too, vert not idle" said
the chief to Hadji Hanna
Il slew the captain with my owa hand;
and l slew and stabbed four of the In
Gdols ono in the rigging. one in his
hammock, one in the cabn stairs. Heav-
en- be praised, and glory to his Prophet," >"
"And threw an infdel overheard"
said another.
"And beat out the brains of the
cook"
"And / chopped down the Christian
priest as he tried to shoot me; but We
are invulnerable. Glory be to Heaven
and the Prophet! But here the Red
Head comes with the opium. What
Gooroo! it sends blessee dreams"
1T is good,' said Hadjl Hanna! sit is
fit only for the faithful, it takes US TO
heaven before the time. Quick, Red
Head, and you Yellow Hair, bring the
smoking-tubes of the dead infdels, we
can turn them into opium-pipes."
Patterson left'and returned IN a mo-
ment with twenty or thirty pipes, and
some hot charcoal from the cooks gal
Iery. A large cake of the moist black
paste was prepared; and the ,acti,urn
chief and his followers, arranging cu<h-
iors on the floor, settled themselves to
their intoxicated sleep.
Patterson eyed them with the eye of
a raven watching a sick lamb. Jack was
breathless, because he saw that Patter-
son had some scheme in contemplation,
and he dreaded lis failure.
The opium was powerful. One by
one they ceased to talk, and fell back in
dreamy repose, the eyes fixed and dila-
fed, upon their cushions, the pipes still
in their mouths. One or two made
faint efforts to raise, then fell back, with
hands half raised 20 their swords; but
the most including the chief. Hadji
Hanna, and Yassaktshi, lapsed slowly |
into a deathlike tSrpOr-pale, but breath
ing heavily and loud
Patterson and Jack stood by the side.
board, surrounded by twenty entranced
and healpless men. ut gangs weel-it
gangs weel," said Patterson. in a whis-
PEI, as If afraid of awaking the sleep
ing rufians, ,"thanks TO the Papaver dos
corideS and the drachms of morphine
A little more, and ] could have sent the
blood thirsty gang to their ain place, bu,
l jest thougt I'D keep 'em alive for an
English gibbet. But, Jack, our work
not half done yet; quick, gather up the
pipes; we must take them on deck, fresh
loaded, to the scoundrels at the wheel
and on the engine room-stairs. As sure
as there's heather in the Highlands, an
other day, and | have dosed their rice
with arsenic, and they ought to be thank
full. Come, Jack, quick, the pipes"
Jack and Patterson gathered up the
pipes, and in minute afterwards were