The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-04-18

tive doctor spraug to my side with a CLASSY
terror.strickeu eye and trembling limbs,"-
"Mr. Topsal." says hc. "our lives arc in
danger! Who could do III You must ac-
very pruden,ly. Mr.. TOpsal, or this will DO
our last voyage"
while | was staring at the poor horri.
ied doctor, unable to see his drift, the man
returned, aud said that the row was caused
oy the coolies having discovered that tho
bundle was goue-or, as they said, that
their god had carried i. Of It was yet
early dawn, aud the great fact had just
been discovered I had forgotten about
thu affair Now ! glanced up at the truck
Of the main mast No bundle was in there.
1t was gone. How? Nothing iu the way
Of atmospheric force could have removed
it. OF course, we could admit the super
natural, (uuless, indeed, a half-formed sus-
picion Of the devil having done the thing.
Only one other explanation remained, that
Of human intervention. But howl aud
whoy | felt cold aud giddy. clammy per-
spiraton oozcd out on mo, and | felt shaky
| nerved myself must act at once, aud
secretly. !.
The doctor whispered: "Oh, Topsal,' =
we'll all be murdered IN cold blood, ifthey
discover the trick" Who could it have
bceu2
ii could only echo his question with a
groan. / called the second, much to his
surprise aud disgust; but having left the
deck in bis charge, the doctor aud | went
en- voyage Of discovery. Firs. we ro'
paired to my room, aud,hOught. Sudden.
ly we both raised our eyes, and staring at
each other, whispered: 1.-The boys"
"Oh, confouud ,hem!" cried !; "only
wait. live make this voyage. and GET
quit Of this load Of gunpowder safely oh,
won't Il"
"Le. US hunt them up" said tho doc.
tor,
80 We set out for the forecaslle. We
entered noiselcssly, and crept IN the d.
rccliOn Of the boys hunks, At FIRST there
seemed nothing unusual. The lamps
swung and creakcd, tho limbers strained,
the water went .hud, thud, on the ships
bows. We crawlcd nearer. We held our
breath. Hush? What sound was thalf
Was it not the chinkiug Of money! Y
horror! !a
"The doctor and I piuched eacl other
black and blue, and shuddered. We
crawled still nearer. We got belinda coil
Of rope and some barrels. Wo peoped in.
to the corner where the two young scape.
graces dwelt. Yes, the metallic sound pro.
ceeded from that direction. We stretched
our necks. There before our eyes sat the
two little creatures, with the bundle between
them, csiAy, but secretly diyilipgihe spoil.
Such Hcos6b bibtti5h " daring aud folly AZ
most made US commit ourselves. But We
watched our chances. and pounced on them,
and clapped our hands on their mouths, -
In an instant we had them tied up and
gagged. The contents Of the bundle we
quietly concealed about our persons, and
dropped overheard when we went Oft, We
set ia watch over the boys, aud | read them
a lesson in whispers, which put the terror
Of death on them. It was q dark night.
you know; they had climbed up the stay
unnotlced and taken the bundle!
"Ab! doctor, III never forget that voy-
age. | was forever thinking that The
blackies we're rising. or that they had fired
the ship. or that they were consplring.
On deck, | walked on needles aud pins
every sopnd startled me ! had taken all
possible precautions, had my arms ready.
&C.; but il 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 tho affair nor to appre-
cia,e our danger But tue native doctor
did; and assisted me ably. Even my turn
below was no rest; couldn't slecp-I dos.
ed and started till ! was called ou deck again
o. man, it was awful! Suspense, Doctor, is
a terrible thing! | felt just as Il ! we're
living over q volcano-nevcr sure but that
an eruption might occur. 1t would almost
have been relief to have had the worst =
My hair turned gray, doctor-uo mistake.
The second" even noticed that. turned
shaky and fanciful. No, doctor | didn't
drink, that had nothing to do with it.
How Irejoiccd at The close Of each day!--
We made pretty good voyage; and | al-
most felt as ifthe land, when we FIRST sight
ed it, was paradise? When wo actually
got that cargo safely on shore, aud | felt
my throat still uncut, | almost thought it
too good to be true-no mistake"
: l doi't know how many T,ny cigarettes
Mr.. T,psal smoked but | know that the
stock was sadly reduced.
But, | say, Topsal," put in, what
about the boys, you know? Did you give
them an awful tbrashiug?"
Mr.. Topsal looked sulAier than usual ash