, 1869-10-31

them thrre or foCr days and t6arsfora msts ibsn
Ws,eh - ~ ,r eomtessaa!s ID tasy could, keeping
The light ps.'ed plea,ant,y enough. In suen
ssL!odes. sleep In The open nr M ybe Lie ,ssDI.s,
a,d, ana o. s'etp ~ but for the slighuy csampei
eante 70 lesEet tnai they we're net Oh 6oa:1 sasps
aoE1tpS sa,ne; but 70 tos:r a.tonl.hEent AID
NM ptouahic that she would cruise about dur1pR
| TO Gay, anu before night would sight then The
caJ passed YEARLY: ali the men keeping an auS-
Ann AZ would oe sighted. Al TIE dsy vors on, and
6nthrargelA began TO be feriouSlY uuea3t. Tna
Cnrtsln was shrewd eaough 10 DO Iothiug 70 maIs
tnem 9 !eas aneasy. A nlgbt he told them he
tne nttie seocS ot proyts,ons aBecsuss'H sa,d S,i
be, Ut ne Mary Ann = not N signs 10 morrow.
Suspicion y about the only quallfy which uea Of
ts,s cla.e ~ navs n common, Forty soldiers vii
that there Is not con1scf Who docs mol he1irEs
s1at be .ese to psopouai aaJ scheme Of resist
sDee ,a, io ms teEoM. tse plot wouiu he instantly
iells.a Perhap.. xo:se taan III others The
instant Therefore, the Captain een.ioned hts mo-
Ruta .ess nnr snrG,ea fsssSaer1 II n.h the
the saiIork 1tby chance they feU il viii N
English nan. oIxa.. although at preseas no boz oaa a.
there was any Possibility OF s1cn an occurrence.
@ ano !, became kno.n tnat they were eI.cou1icts,
tas{ wgnla os "a; tn irons, and at once ecat back
penA1y Of the!s offences, The rest Of -tae boat
cre.. hoNeves, agrcei With the Captain. High
words cnaned. The three cnuvcts Eera srmef'
and the nve sa!fors uparmed but The Clint sin n Il
near him tne sn'pA l1uces, and the couylets must
hare fe't Tint eonuIct would be nlzasIo7s
Night came du, and no sl7p Of The shin, So,-
rsctun vas COW to every 0nc's areast. There Va,
10 flssP snas AZ 1Sni @ TO- jor snsone eXceps poo; Char
the drs8 a4y, aod less Influenced py suspicion
thsn The r.s. slept =. soandly ss L il h.s osr.a.
signs uerc Jei r1sio:e. The sailors sds!seI ny:
1heJ Should make at oacc for isnd, but tae con
ytcts opposed. w~at1ly tht. fours paasei away,
pose1 that hnf even oi thar amcoos onlf sna1in
Ire given 10 CharlrE, hut the others stool b nia
M Ssns n !ES .1s vim ,as tae:
ihAt the best thiHg 10 do Fns to make lor jsod II
there .ete The choice Of 20 deaths, any would be
~s SSies saan oner .i sesa 1is ssy might meet
ieet,T s.ie Tasy sgrre,i e tske ,usns i, wassa.
cnnvict 1nd aains me rest aiert. VI "A'so'
>. Whsn Eoss.ne cams they we're ~ Of one mind I;
be could M Il The best thing they could y ds It
anJla.e yas 70 "; al agreed Ia hit. -
1e.e nsariy worn out Tney III soue, aceorszs Ss
70 me Captains caleula'toa, noat lh,rl Of the
The qusntity Of prnyts.ona t,strt,uted WAS re.
dnced sExtn- Tho REDUCTION ,uld on their iahors
EeSt DAY thsy dfaRxed wtaf1ty at tnctr cars |;
.Petn a1F in1 aIn men os wal, Of
sncceecinF ole the ffttaure got orer was smaller
than on the preceding. sone OF the men could
lakrytry ssoFt Spells at the oar: Charley, shorter
than my Of The rraf. The Captain took III tnip.
uId EansRed welt that Int for the fact tnst
tach ouc Ivcss IN view OF The rest, they wo1sI
bare 6uspected him Of hAyiep a secret tnnajv nf
food. s"T'4' "
On the night Of ,he rnn t.y. The conztcss made
nnr rnsh a u ne 1000 ana n9at took Place. No
were unwilling tn shed blood; The rony,cts wcre
e,r"is 7 ~ 70 %ske onen wat Tneg Ines tast With
nestr hope TO reach lani On he morning Of thc
sixth day, enc 1nac. aa'for, and CHARLEY were 20
iar nfeltes that they could only lie IL the notioH
hielees- The convict, would probably haze . msIs
3rtn o war "a ooi 1ot tic absolute Necessity OF rot
Land where water could be nal-lanu where food
nigh might pe procured! Fran:cal,y they expended
denly. Gisdnhlly they couni distinguish the = law
.iie of Rrecp, and beneath II a strip Of yellow
sand. becoming more and more alatinct. 10
oe @se os IT, f.
though BE- dsd nj. best no, to show hs il,aapponf.
nett wb.s he had looked our most anxiou.ly
Just ope hore for htu; there nigh. be one On tue
opposite aide Of the lsland.
Then one Of The conv,cts drew bis PISTOL aud
Fwnrt Win frcar oath that they fhould not ro
boats length farther until he knew what vas
suire 70 r dons- Were they going TO spit:
n igni ss wr1l night ii out iherr, II ;hry Won M
wei. they could tell their oHn tste: they could te
Nnnler crew mat hah lost tnelr ship; and u
they LOST they cn1li onls re Killed"
Tbs pther Conytc1s joined with him, aud Iucrc
wss ers5. rrolabl.ty q ! terrible neli', .>"''
III Ine net dsnGer was rut T. an end hy sailor "ne
u Tie toat, ard they 1nteh. as we'll keep tneir
pgnes stnL They wcte nov sufficiently strong
to dictate 1telf own terms The other two sailors
!hsi ,ney were 1unaways. Charley was too eI
hsasttt to be capable Of understanding What
%ss g So q1ee nc .. swtes he captain
Extreme exhaustion had followed hts hard worE
AMI rough usaFe, Ard De lay lite one dead.
The CAPTAIN only Remained. Al drst, he vousi
bin. They talked Of throwing HIN overso.ni. " sa.
Al last, upder heaSy threats, he consented to be-
ttent 20 long as be shon.d be on the island tney
we're approaching. No threats conld extort any
tented the more readily because he "a 10 s;su Of
EuFofean civilization lie vas afraid he had
nl,.cd Y. IL, the g. Island ssa as vas aiming a.
canoes pulled on In wonder at the visitors arriving
10 10 smnll a ship. Soon food and water we're pro.
cured, @ and The men stood ohca again on lacd.
1he visitors were made to Understand that there
were white men on the Island, though q lew tnIIes
aEAv. TIE gentle Polynehlans treated the hungry
their use. Two days passed, an,s then iii weIn
somcsehtly recogercd. with the exception Of The
6oyt TO prepare for their journey across the Is.
ts Entllsh: be sod Them tnst tess WeIs ssoa oa,S
two er THREE small vessels Al the island, ana that
re ns ships were al Al sea This, Of courre, wa1
Tor the Captain.
We maJ hasten over The journey ACROSS the
ta tsan Iee oog cnas'e5 "a not strong enough
ever he should meet Win Europeans. - 's'4 80
There ewere te~ English sailors, VINO bud been
LEFT % hhore IN the hospital, Email hody Of
mar1neR. and one or two Merchant settlera Win
crew, as they believed them TO be, as Enxitsnmen
In such circumstances always do.
tue IL 81 of Sgns e eave
ylcts we're g1au Of the chance OF going wlkn her.
klnce It would he eaSy epoueh probably to nnd
sn. eeese 20 hare soa soaa ses essaes Aes 81
gtt:rE passage 70 Van 1Hemana Lsnd. They
,os e51ns,v xs1s ~ seas, to take the passage
Charley tAs left 70 the care Of the Europeans
uelore The lt:;e vessel Weighed anchor he was
Sufficiently tecovered 70 have starred on his Jour-
he reached The se.ilenenL The Caps4ia had. AZ
n[tt. Setrrnlne.i 10 rvnatn l'ehpd, on the chance
o. ne M asI1va r. m nf Eaaof-*as which might 60 in
ue concluded u would be better TO 10 with The
fctt. Il he could get = 9r,cs rsslet at I1onalalu,
Ahn-~o ou.d he able TO clve roice to the authun-
TsJl TaJ. @ snen hts Own sos-sasinE snip arrived.
1Gcu Euo, II lie Lad remained hehtnl, the cqnvtctg
hare persuaded tbe captlin OF the little schooner
The ht!e vessel sailed. well stocked With pro-
slsialA, 1nl the ship*tecke't crew especially well
Gt:ed out oy the 1indis banda Of theis country.
Un the FAME ,'ar. the fIek hoy Charley was
,pfoerht INTO the settlement hy the men who had
oeca stnt ose7 Tor him lie had not been IN the
sett!cmcuf nne hnur before e"cIJ one IN II knew
!ne Character OF the meU By whom lne Mary ANN
nad teen Eetzel the particulars Of her setznra The
rev ss.fy q The whaling crew. snd ever, ratsIcu-
lar ac6at the voyage, With the exception OF bis
OWL l-trcatGent.
The reader may J7dre Eo1 mrch the spsaAl.
tsuta o. the ln.le settlement werc excited by saat
tne 10y had to teil. They hsd given their hosrl+
tally 10 fcnnnurrls Of tie worst type. The Eore
t"uy The. learned the .c1ai!s Of tbe Capture. Of
and little ny iitte Of nj own Iitsest.
melt the mere eager3s they desired to hiring the |
oEendcts 20 justice. an.s to punish the men who
conhultatIon vas held st once. The inhatit- |
eotA did what EuS,tshuen always do n case OF |
falf1en!t!-tney called Public meeting. Thirty
chargr, WHO wss actlnK-lioresnor. was pus ID the
chsiF; and tner, After the mnnner OF thes fathers
at ny Tune curing the lsat nfteen hundred Jeals,
probably LONGER, ii We are to believe TaciinS fney
kouatt wtsdom IN tac multitude Of ctupselIors
The rfnhl-m 10 r. snl<ed wAa. how 10 catoh |
= AeN A4A1 NVA\s 9Et@st1lys kAR AuQ. E006 !!
hpg4essesi search 'of the ma1-ol-wAr, which had
out seEeuitY LETT lhc station, TO he ms1e bT |
depFatctlne caroes TO the ISLANDS where she was |
tthest 70 havr called. This design, hosesef,
had 20 Be ahanaoued- II was doubtful whether |
sae r!an-o3-war would hays called nj any Of the |
s'anGs lstpR near; and, even II ahe had, mech |
valuable time would be lsst during which both !
her destsn1t,ous. The suggestion dnany |
ny upon w1s to lend = snail schooner, |
3hleh vas IN the hArbur, In pursuit.
sne vast caTJ ~ many men AZ could be spared
ltou The setitencnt. 20 that they miSat be pre-
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