Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-06-22
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in my vebs by a devilish uproar. | thought
at first hat it was mutny--then fire.
While Iyas composing my mind for action
the scrlming was renewed tenfOld Cool
les strtlmcd and crowded on deck in doz-
ems. rhey were all violently excited, but
did ni seem disposed to do any mischief.
sen lone of the hands to ascertain what
was tie row, before gave any command,
but nfore he returned the native doctor
sprng TO my side with n CLASSY, terror
strtken eye and trembling limbs. Mr..
| Tpsal,' says he, our lives are in danger
Wat folly, what madness Who could
dtitP You must act very prudently, Mr..
Tpsal, or this will be our last voyage
"While | was staring at the poor horri-
ftd doctor. unable to see his drift the man
rturned, and said that the row was caused
" the coolies having discovered that the
iundle was gOne--or, as they said, that
,he god had carried it of. It'was as yet
early dawn, and the great fact. had just
been discovered. | had forgotten about
the affair. Now l glanced up at the truck
of the main. No bundle was there. 1t
was gone. How Nothing in the way
of atmospheric force could have removed
it. OF course Te could not admit the SUI
pcrnatulal, unless, indeed. a hali-fOrmed
suspicion Of the possibility of the devil hay
ing done the thing. Only one other cX-
PLANTATION remained, that of human in
tervcntion. But how ? and who ? l felt
cold and giddy, a clammy perspiration
oozed out on me, and felt shaky. l
nerved myself L must act at once, and
secretly.
THE doctor whispered oh, Topsal,
wen be murdered in cold blood, if they
discover the trick. Who could it have
been =
Il could only echo his question with
groan. l called the second much to his
surprise and disgust. but having left the
deck in his charge, the doctor and | went
on a voyage of discovery. First we repair
ed to my room and thought. Suddenly we
both raised our eyes, and staring at each
other, whispered The boys
oh, CUnfUund them y cried | {; only
wait. If we make this voyage, and yet
quit of this load of gunpowder safely, Q,
won't l y
Let us hunt them up, said the doctor.
80 We set out for the iOrecastle. We
entered noiselcssly, and crept in the direc
tiun Of the boys hunks. At first there
seemed nothing unusual. The lamps swung
and creaking, tho timbers strained, the
water went thud, thud on the stip's bows.
We crawed nearer We held our breath.
Hush What sound was that? Was it
hOt lIhS tIiC CIIuhllIs5 vi lllDiic1 : va, iiOi
ror
"The doctor and / pinched each other
black and blue, and shuddered. We crawl
ed still nearer. We got behind coil of
rope and some barrels. We peeped into
the corner where the young scapcgoats
dwelt. Yes, the metallic sound proceeded
! from that direction. We stretched our
necks. There before our eyes sat the two
/ little creatures with the bundle between
/ them, costly but secretly dividing the spols
! Such Il combination Of daring and folly al
most made us commit ourselves. But we
watched upon them, and clapped our hands
over their mouths. In Il second we had
! them tied up and gagged. The contents
of the bundle we quickly concealed about
our persons and dropped overheard when
we went aft. We set a watch over the
boys, and | read them Il lessen in Whispers
which put the terror of death on them. 1t
was dark night. you know they had
climbed up the stay unnoticed and taken
the bundle
"Ah, doctor I'll never forget that vOy-
age. was forever thinking that the blacks
were rising, or that they had tired the ship,
, or that they were COnsprng. On deck, |
walked on needles and pins-every sound
startled me. | had taken all possible pre-
cautions, had my arms ready, ct cCtcra
but it would have been madness to have
thought of resistance. | had all the burden
on my own shoulders, for | never told the
skipper, and the second did not seem to
understand the affair nor to appreciate our
danger But the native doctor did, and
assisted me ably. Even my turn below
was no rest | couldn't slcep--I doZed and
started, until was called on deck again.
Oh, map, it was awful Suspense, doctor,
is n terrible thing. felt just as if were
living over volcano-never sure but that
an eruption might occur. 1t would almost
have been relief to have had the worst.
My hair turned gray. dOct0r--nO mistake.
The second even noticed that | turned
shaky and tanciful. No, doctor | didn't
drink ; that had nothing to do with it.
How | rcjpcei at the close OF each day
We made il pretty good voyage, and | al
most felt IS if the land, when we first sight
ed 1t, was a paradise! When we actually
got that cargo safely on shore, and | felt
my throat still uncut, almost thought it
too good TO be truC-nO mlstake.n
| don't know how many OF my cigarettes
Mr.. Topsal smoked, but | know that the
stock was sadly reduced.
but, l say, Topsal,n | put in, "what
about the boys, you know Did you give
them an awful thrashng -
Mr., Topsal looked sulkicr than usual as
he replied:
"Well, they got loose rs soon as we got
into polt, robbed me, and dcsertd the ship.
That was the last that ever saw Of them. "
TIE METAL FAMINE. The famine in
iron, now So severely felt, is being supple
mented by one in copper, while it Was pre-
ceded by an extraordinary advance i'll the
price OF tin. which latter was the first artl
Gle to feel the change. The price Of tin has
risen, within il few months, from ES5 t.
el3J per ton, but has since gone up to El5S
with a still upward tendency. Within The
past year iron has risen from AIS TO 0Js
sle.ngs for Mddlesborough, while The
Scotch special brands rose from Cos to l2Os
per ton, ana all other classes in pro Ortiun
Copper has only lately begun to show tho
effects of demand in excess of supply
The principal supply of this article is iron
the west coast OF South America. Here il
has always been noted that miners WORK
more the lower the wages, and less the