The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-04-20

~ right track, now said Captain Soule
Take, up this chest AMI carry Il
- - ,Itl,n aGti" And n!drhs, be closed the lid with
i Mf 'ttdtFIh = ;qe1atf saaTi
john Merrill b4sk, and seHe HIN; uE
:; It's a new thing f9r, me ioi faglo Q
= my peHioTa thing + never did Tibu
=, L Iye Z ;s1,6 sM9F9, it ir this ease, and Filkeel
3 THE poo? ?'beyyy % overwhelmed = !, viii
confusion, gould hardly lind 2 Yordt'
y protest his innogence as the mate lee
! him AFT But Frank ,Wigbtman a
7 this ihomentJtneared the captain re
= speetfuily and ,toughed ,him., gently
OF the sh9hfdekVP A word was spoken;
4 the cap Ptaih.; ;,relaked;his angry bsows
to listen % i, t0T fVfgRttm.an was tue
lbegt map tH il jtlhs: foreG;lYle The two
I walked aft aft altogethsT, csnversipg earn
lestfy: :rIl' = kept PK, eye qpYthem,. tiil
] Frank made a Signal which under
7 stood, when I 7folloEedtd II,s ry--,o 1
I MsnDerrick, said the captain to
| the second mate, ''keep everything as
lit stands, with the chests, forward.
iDon't allow man to touch thing,
I1ilt fnSthfr onders3aI7 4IaIaH5T
He beckoned WigAtman and my
self to toIeemeibebwl1GHdt nsshd did not
IcOuntermand the orders he had given
about seizingc John guer the ma1e, it
seems, proceeded to ebay them. He
preparedHheI- settings, f.but' when Ne
ordered the boyltai remove his shirt
he met with uIisxpected resistance.
While, ! WAS relating to,Gnptairr Soule,
in the forwarsl cabin; what 1 hhd seun
during the middle waBch,o there>was a
scuiHe oYer- our sheads,i and John
Merrill, 10 frenzy of excitement, ;,
rushed down dheEstairs anil into the
afterrenbiG Hold on; Mn Baldwin,
Never mind whaL T tuld yoa, for the
llprcsent 20 An i-ottie cap'GinI followed
| the ,bnYilto thu IsanctuH ma whils1we
qwaited, the result. En- minute aftef.i
wards cbeypats hisi,head tout , atothe
door with the I strbnge5 st look on his
! ifacaJhatI had ever isaviianortal man
IIwea5,uL iD1nf 5r ,IETps 5dl 30 81
Il i;Wightman l.you and Bill. Pass-4
y ohm Merril's chest down the stairs
right into this roeih.,' Il yiiPo,i1i ad'E
7 We obeyeA the Order, .. and set our,
burden down at his feet. But the lad
was not to be seen as VIC looked about
u.s. Z .uriH .,si, urG Gla- --Higa,.
II .HThatT do You can, go on deck,
nowr7Ill talk awith)you again, soon"
And the door was-closei between us
and theymysteryvi .!si'rH - 7. =.
1t was half. an hour before Captain
.Soule,, game up, and ordered the, search
,HontinueA. When he came to L Tom's
chest, he rorerhauled 1T very carefdllts
bdt3it was, Aappearently, emptied / o.
the bott nm, without fading any stolen
propasty. fBut. stilluunsatisfied - he d
STOOL 10 up on end, thutnped it heaNi- /
Iy, qnd threw II r. bot,oiili ut,ar A!faIsb
bottom -w;fsi dislolged. and fell but,
tpllaMed d byI the. yarions missing DIR
ficieS!. tir.H T = - :9..J1 -1gniii-rI
.. AEgeneraI cry-ef,a indignation was
raised and q strepgl disposition Uwas
manifested Z, lynch California Tom
But, Nm, Baldwin took upon shimself
the office OF aNecutioner. this time with
a good will. s,.... .,a-,..i .ff-a do9I
Il always felt it in my bones, that
John Merrill was INNOCENT" said he to-
Captain Soule; Z and when it .cams to
StrippiDglhis shirt, had1t, somehow,
any heart to e. 4. i.l1npn.-,5s ,-.n1
i, I'm glad, Ypu didn't succeed, ia do I.
ing III was the, reply.o ~ -cpYldns
have dosged him if he had been guiityll
>, NOR le9Qpld you, either" ..,aieue. -
'Do ysd think you a,tEl'aid could la lay the the
cat on the back of soonszuF'ii :.re n
:; That eomicaI look Of the captains
was reflected, nay, multiplied. tenfold,
i'll the rough face of the old mate. noI
a I've woman apni,lhe r. he g9sped, out, John
"Ay,ji-.al,,I,'Y A. WOMAN sMr,i Baldwin.
Annie Carroll is her nafne. now I'D,
Nth tiBS5Ssn3s Sii5S sirss PFe you goiRsl to do
,r"Do '7'asifb .Aia5 With 1er,y ~ you "a
him, Or pvt i,hes OF e
ashore, 81 tef9 course, as soon soon as +! can
stat,'roon, in the cabin, and have her
y wstr su ugh n ll dress as belongslto her
=!TSsd ,2s5aiidd?Mshr said. NJ, Baldwin i,J
=; never had anything
bring me hpJ with roundrlurn like
.hpt." :" ~ Then bright idea seemed TO
have struck him, and he demanded L
9s.saRtf tsi@ ,S! fsJ pd eoSs te
,,s .sheg.lgbt all hereby goods ii hett7
,hcst, read to Teaf",:a IN ~ +
Whs,.5 Peg f5IiI11lf1l ags chest 1s5h 5a0
..0Fe6drse, Whod4e else should III
mean?h''ThafsP why he he she, I mean 7
,e.ras al,us sfRs l1chGi11 anu %aS 80
shall not spchd time to. tell -hom
We talked the matter over III the fore: II
astle'' that night, and compared notes; II
ind went bark to every Hire incidentf
+ tt e6ut#afd passage,.I chat might be- ,
to have any bearfng upon II
his astounding discofery.i iOf course, !
here werG those ready Ite say they had I
,qessed the truth months aso; but I t
to Say, that not Il nian, on
,oard the 'mphio n had the slightest II
of the truth, until it was re-
lealed to Captain. .Sa.ale, as L Ihaxe-re- I
atei. And how much longer we ,
ight'havefibean ihitlSa dark, batFfor a
he attempt to fog. her, iusds difficult C
0 say. v
JohnIMerritl stood no more WATCHES .
n board :thelArnphion, nor went to IT
he mastsh sad2iIBati Annie Carroll, a RI
eautifiIl young lads, save that shelfV
Tore her4hair rather too much, GaigarBF d
an Snn,atimes ssfaernf1 n trick, au9l,ts,hh