Ellsworth American., 1871-08-03

for n rush Bill turned To the others
Where is shorty he demanded.
An safe whispered Paine, pointing
towards me.
The leader leaned over and glanced
at me. as ! lay motionless. with the
gag still in my mouth. 'All right. ;.
said he well do for him afterwards.
softly rs eats, now boys come on =
They passed round the head of the
boat. but they were no quickcr than !
was. ! rose to my feet. and darted
ait ON the lee side. One Of the after
| matches was left Off as | well knew. |
dropped lightly down upon the water
casks. ahd crcpt in ont of sight. had
no definite object in doing this. beyond
prolonging my life little was
sure that would be the first object of
Bills vengeance, rs soon as he dispus-
ed Of the officers But | was deter
mined not to die gagged and bound.
! would, at least, get a place where /
could fight for my life, and sell il dear
| ly. The tiers Of water-casks were
/ stowcd nearly up to the ait cr bulkhead
or after partition, which separated the
| hold from the cabin. \ little space
had been left just large enough for a
/ man TO crouch down and lie concealed.
/ ltseemed TO me Mt that moment that
| the power Of all my senses were center
! cd IN my ears. But, instead or a strug-
gle or fall, rs had expected, heard
only loud slam of the doors leading
into the cabin and then an angry dis
pute between Bill and one Of his own
gang Abraham Hicks. Cautiously |
leaned forward into the hatchway. and
| heard enough % satisfy me a, 10 the
cause or the quarrel. II wonil seem
that just ~ the nutinecrs reached the
break of the quartcr-dcca, where it was
necessary 10 ascend two steps. the
mate, unconscious of danger, stepped
into the cabin door, which opened Aft
near the Aelnsman. Bat. instead of
falling back. and waiting quietly tli
he should come out again, Hicks, who
was in advance. dashed Oh. despite
the whispered rcmonstrAnCc oi Bill AMI
Barney and slammed the doors luca
seizing a marilnspIkr, he drove IL
securely into tile staple, thus impri,on-
ing all the officers below. The alarm
was thus given AMI nothing accom-
plIshed. lnc rage OF B!il WAS fearful
at having his plan hnnglcl in thi, man
ncr. lie had intended 10 XIII The rl.,.c.
II possible, without noise aul after
tina. IL wonld be- easy to manage the
second mate ami Captain, taken D.,
surprise in their hrrth- Tue quarrel
grew tercer and louicr-I heard a
blow-another-then pistol shot and
heavy fall.
No one seemed u take any trouble
about the fallen man. He must have
been shot dead, thought, lor heard
no groan or movement, such ~ a
wounded man would make. Bill ~
derci the Ptr,cc % 70 forward AMI
stand guard over the torc-scuttic, and
the steward - remain at tile cabin
doors. Here Paine saii h.. come
with me. Bring the lantern from The
round-housc.' They were co!uiug into
the ailer-hold had only time 10 craw
up into the wing ant cruAch down
into the narrow space behind the water
casks, when two jumped down with u
h-At ana bucket. lheA ilI not
come towards me, but went ia "a t.Ie
opposite SIDE, where there Wa barrel
OF iIqHor standing on IT. head. Give
ne that top-mauI, sand Bill there ol,
The coils ot Rigging. a r." bipH-
forced IN the head, and the bucket wa~
hiied by dipping II into the barrel.
We are IN bal scrape, nu", he
muttered. thanks to that sneai,Iug
hlockhead, Hicks. But he'll never
hunglc another job Of this kind
Yes. We could oYcrPowvr them,
suppose but some OF q, would ct
Killed ~ dong Il. We must smoAc
| en-. 'ret that IRON pot, and bring 1t
on deck with Us. There's 4 lot OF brin-
stone ~ the round house-
me pot was within three feet Of my
hiding place. But luckily Paine dld
not bring the lantern with him. lie
SCI Gown III thc Aatch"ay, secured the
/ pot and the two went on deck again 4
prime themselves with liquor. ami pre-
pare their internal smoSe-pot.
darted forward over the top Of the
casks 70 the iorecastle bulkhe'td. The
Tour men who were imprisoned thcr'
were all up and dressed, but had NJ
llght burning, preferlng to wait IN tn,
dark Tor the expected attack Of th'
mutlneers. They had been rouscd bA
the pistol shot in the other part Of tin
ship, TO find themselves imprisoned. a
part of the partition between them ant
me was IN the form Of Il light woodeI
grating oil lattice. to admit free cir
cuiation OF air. This had already beer
silently removed, and at whispe
from me- we all went aft together. y
firearms could be got until We coul'
open communication with the officer
IN the cabin. This We dared not We
| attpmnf ~. the nartitinn waa .nliI