, 1869-05-16
ABOARD THE.sEA-MEW.
IN TWENTY-FIVE CHAPTERS.
Un6eluded,1
EuArTKx xiii

by the main shrouda, without being seen, sad
joined the party that vas being collected hy the
note and shooting IN the cabin
eno cp.ss g. GraE !, asnse hep hers o. ns1
Ing believe 70 be a1rs1d to venture without cut
lash, one Of the chaps handed nc one; and With
down, eaaeslns g to % Ty.su 10 nai III ia.s ia vsa aaa
Br1s*ey ha.l been rnauling one another awfuly,
and II II had not heen for my coming, there q no
fo., woke up Wild and Savage fsnm \ drunken
sfcep. Hr16sey had aitnckeI Van nerrely, and
when got to them, hsd hin down nuI hailif1ot-
Tnere wasnr man that dIdnt grin hs Van
cursed and ragged at Utassey for = drunken fool
nag syoc sa hs Van sacs h rs 9ses soTne w
his bleeding head ~ witness; but afret such an
up-and.dos nght As they had had In the dark no
themselves included, taklng Il for . false alarm;
and NC Ill separated leaving Van and Brazser sore
and savage ~ could bc.
would be- says o1t loud to one Of the chaps as
VIC passed The broken pancs: Don't 8'pose the
captain thought there Vas 10 much luusele In Old
Hold your tousne, SAYS the other; hen hear
yputt' and then We both laughed and walked ror-
ward, me- wishing the while that those belor could
have known Of my luck. hut satisfied that ther
would fcel that there WAS nothing Particular the
matter.
Feeling pretty sure TINT Van woult NOT be on
deck aga,n that night, waited about three hours
al IN tremble, as lay In ny hammoce for fear
SuGulu 60 TO sleep A1A lGTHtE ID 1cLCl E1e
weapons; and even inep, spite OF all my pains.
drop on, and dream that they were missed from
Ward lot stealing them Then i awoke With =
start, and it Seemed to me That had necu asleep
Tor hours and hours, and Slipped OUT Of my
hammock TO md, from the men taking on deck,
that coufdnt t have been more than I'VE minutes
So cTent down again into my hammock, and once
t me afeamsd M hat It The 1aa aaa re sa
and all hau1s b4d been p!ptd TO shorten sail, when
they came sGos The AIMS u the top. Then !
5uszins Of sososs sin up upon he % deci. Bat II
wouldn't risk IT any more, though feel sutc
shouldn't have s!ept above hall an ho1r n 4
toos b. sc of % hsee I'D at ustenias la % Cd saa
snoring. I'LL Il seemed as II Il would never grow
bate enough to gn At laat, felt that II meant
haps be change IN the watch, and ] might lose
my chAnee; 20 crcps up on deck, taking With me
handful o. lsshns: ana - q. sooo t as - ieit @ tse
for With good naate or Captain orders would h2ye
been given directly to shorten salL
| one ii ne wneel whs faif aaleep, Or, being now
| mach lighter; he must have seen me going up or
coming down from the ntk1en.topr where had
then crawling ne cal along tie decE, threaded
tie lanyard hAd through tho trigger -guards Of
slI, aud vas Just drawing the LANYARD TACK alter
| loObtng one. end, when lelt warm hand from
below grasp n the, and on drawing IT AWAY was
| Other, to have them taken from NY band.
I'd hard]y done before l heard step on the
deck behind me, and dropping nat down. GaEe 4
ing, bnt not daring to move. for 1t ~as the watch
| cun1lug 10 the man st the wheel
| CHATTER 11r.
Every morning reg1ar, Van used to take Two
| Of the chaps down below TO Nj. Ward, and he
to hear, for, seeing that they never felt disposed
| to trust nc ncar the prisoners Used TO lang
49,. M and psysf psn; as1e;np,, 1ps,,o to usS g
now ind sSen b. ,ae ,t'e nrd, tei!ins then, thai thai
WAS making ny plans. and that they were ID
and i sot to tc 20 At At isst M that hat II saated II d
take message, all had TO do WAS to take away
It's seed md wateE over night and let It loose Al
to ine broken skyllght, dit down, and come bacl
In about ten minutes.
! know It mast have been disappointment
often to then, below: but then dsrenr Often bt
Eendtn9 notes, for fear OF being noticed. Then
too, whs puzzled q deal about things; l wsntet
10 KNOW what Van neant by keeping his Ave-
and eze hos, and e then e1 Or
SCI tue upper hand when there was only the witch
on deck
snoat In IN open boat, with the chauce OF beinl
| picked up, ls queer work, Aut the sort o. thing
that when man has tried once, he is wel satts1ee
70 Try again. So being, ns It were, head -u1an
l settled that we'd seize the ship; and artes
taking + oyes, tie nras chance I had With saa
1
salvagc, you see: and thea began to reckon NJ
the stun I'd got 10 work with.
| To begin with there was Ar. Wart, who was q,
good Is tTo 30 put him down In my own miut
Then gong on with my best men-there va
Sam, who was also good Tor two, he was oui,
- Then Biii Smith, who hadn't quite 60. h,
strength again. 50 put him doSu at one and I
Next came Tomt't, who was rtgh. enough, NJ
doubt tn his way. only belag so long aa'
~anklet, couldn't help thinking bed bc like I
knife used to have-oat and out bit Of stun, hu
weak In the spring; md JUST when you were goiul
to usc It for something particular, 1t would sau
IN, or else doul,le backMai1tat That's tnss what
| expected ToEntit would do-double up somewhere
so dursn only put him down At hail one.
1nsn there Tsa ,e 81 ft l. wnS ssd FL;
water In hin tor strength 80 j .,ursnr PM III
down neIthet for more than half. White a. 10
sose @ berns XII tic III IN 'it ones VI! ~ay
Jou see that altogether had 10 depend on tw
and Two wns four, and one and a halt was dee m
a hall, and = hAlf made six, and another hali
which put to balance the two naugnts to the bat
making, nll told, what reckoned as stx. and ny
r | self ihrpwn into tho bargain.
And now came the question. How WIS we 600
ihey1 Itnned It over all eorts OF ways. Once
seemed 50 ancoiemoa like, even il Inc others wc,
muttnecrs and pirates. while most likely The
so1!a11 h1ss sakea the pson II vel xap,s .ss
some OF ,en, II the stun was laid In their way; an
! thought o. 10 90 right Al them without stras
| gem Nould have been. OF course, madness. thong
Sam Brown WAS for that when talked 70 hia
5 Do was to gel nrst nre At EN- twice. and sho'
: twelve, when We could polish on The other nv
= easy. Now, that sounded Ill very nice, but vi
. oitHid /, won1dnr work. 10 give it ur Al
asked Bill Smith hts upinIon, but be said he hodn
= none.
E palavet win Nj. " ard for think We might hss
! knocked ur something between us that would ha,
= held watcr; but talk With him being out Of 4
i could come at VAS inst the best thing would be
c | leave bottle or two Of run wheTi the wax
l. could md It; and then, II ne could shut down Il
l. matches on the Others, We might do some 900
) That seemed the simplest thing could get ho
. Of fer It looked TO me IS If the more one uset
g Watched my chance, and wrote out al nv p!a
l. and etar1eI Ii To Nj. Wari; and this ttrnr,
Tesl p eil d Sn
= tend me an answer BY tho bir.. writ big. so as
/ | Shouldn't make no mistakes in the reading OF
y Next morning, as soon as was on deck. iont
% that was too Late, for Van and couple OF Il
+ chaps veEc hurting the 4nnes about, Whlct na
nitted from sids 10 side Of the decE yon could 9
. bit Of white paper tiel under its wing, and
8 must hare been that as set them on After It
% tkneW we'll enough that II thc bird wax Gang
none os ~ so' eset w " M 1 M II soq na
y catch the little thing, eontrsvnc, though
II fiEhtep It all could 50 that 1t new un into t
e rigging, and being nearest at the tine, follow
lg | 1t out On to the nAtn!ar
"Ne careful Roberts, - says Van. rs went ca
t'ously ont TIL was right over the water, the u
net EptnR right on TO the end but Eut my fc
IN the stirrups und followed on. expecting to :
4 1t nt ofl 70 another part Of the rigging. "a ms
"a ~ t. snin saee ~
?, der1nl deal depending on whether Il was Gang
" or not, While a1l the time nas nbuslaE myself
p. not bctuQ on deck sooner. Id let the brds ca
ID be open the night bciore ready for 1t 70 get q
soa nov : ~ Tas ata shat It haa eeen down 2
H. Buth wxa no use to grumh1e, there WAS L
u bird before me, ami u 1t woald only keep Still I
:, another halt lt-miaute, thought saw my v
q and fortunately tor me- Instead 81 aittlne or
q Little bl't1 c1ouchetl down upon the yartaszn.
THAI creeping nearer and nearer. got quite wi
&c H. knocked the poor little thing stunned Into
sea, msx.ng sham nip At the same tine, q
at -"YaS-h-n: yoa cumay 'ubosr:' roarcd v.
"a dingy, and pick np that bird- =
~ we're going pretty fast tnroaQh ne Wal,
I'D q s ss ~ ,hin1 ha sssyea to saa ss o
q that for this tiMc We were safe
ca CHATTER xv.
sn | Uur every day Life on boar.l the SeA-ucw
n. ro. much in II TO t.1k anont OF eourss the s
~ ~ cnnsss aboard. though hariiy ever before ne
I'd In iss asyas sne5 90 iass *na; ~ hsas mas
~ anil hte. and Crank list - tneS ESets. Aste4
tr. few days, they ksA the fai passenger up q
M. made hin eboE, And hang ne one day lid
~ see him crying into the sour ne WIS MAXIM.
IN always kept At Astanes, ncytE speaking
~ -hlal, onIy Ea;ch hing nly clance- From what
80 | cshtss SAID. IleaEned that Nj. Hell WIS only
81 alive; white tone Of them used to talk about
,1t IOt hassa =. ~ tuss - stas I ~ IL 80 !" !"
IN Ny. MA grta - W. ~ r ~ low,
~ tbouid never 10 aa5thi2Z; 20 one dag, xhcl
III had chance, pitched ballet down
~" the calin, wrapped II q paeee OF paper, ard
that piece OF PAPER wns written aTo-nicht!''
"Sex, he's the n,au I tAke him TOT, all n