The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-26

Q horrible intention of his enemies, essaye
60 defend himself-all in vain He wa
= iifted clear OF the deck in an instant, an
hurled over the bulwarks into the ragin
Q waters
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE 1T.
For an instant, Denny Breeze believe,
that his last hour had come.
10 swim, encountered with all hi
CLOTHES, in such sea as YVES running, wa
impossible. vs.
How, then, did Denny escape?
ny the veriest accident in the world.
AT the moment he was lifted from thu
decs, preliminary to his being hurled owe,
the buiwarks, his feet caught in portion
OF the hamper to which reference has been
made. One of his legs, in fact, became
entangled in the coils OF sheet, in such a
way as to hold him fast =
Upon reaching the water, therefore. he
was by no means clear of the schooner. as
his enemies supposed. To the contrary.
ne remained attached to the vessel by a
| rope more than an inch in diameter, and
perceived that he was being towed gently
through the water alongside, keeping pace
with the schooner. -. . :
The long-boat was was already in the
water. The schooner had been left under
such easy sail, with view to this deser-
ton, that her progress through the water
was scarcely perceptible.
MT there any spoil aboard?, asked
Bill Marling, who had been chosen to
stand next to Buncle in charge of the ex-
IL know there is specie aboard,D said
Buncle, refectively. "But where the
specie is stored is beyond my knowledge
Pete ought to know all about that
point. suggested Marling, "since he is
always in the cabin.' :.
Eyes, and does, boss,n said Pete,
with grin of pleased importance.
Fetch it up, then, immediately" COM
manded Buncle.
In fve minutes more the little band of
deserters had stripped the schooner Of it's
specie, plate, linen, and other valuables,
with number of nautical instruments.
lanterns, etc., and had pushed clear of the
vessel, standing toward the island.
Fortunately this departure took place
upon the side of the schooner opposite to
that from which our hero had beeh thrown
overheard, and alongside of which he
was being towed gently through the water.
They've gone J" he heard a voice ex-
claim, few moments later.
Help, there!" he called.
Where are your" was the response of
the voice which had before spoken.
"Here-alongside-on the starboard
side!' exclaimed our hero.
"Who are you?"
"Mr. Breeze--the passenger
SuDdrV aiaruIatinno Of ,rouJo -.
ceeded, blended with the hurried tramn.
ling of feet, and then the sheet which had
rendered Denny such timely service was
slowly drawn in until he found himselfable
to grasp the bulwarks.
"That'll do" he called. spm all right
now. Where is Mr.. Skill? 2" Tt
Coming to himself, sir, but not vet
able to move" answered Elton. He was
black In the face when we released him."
Show many Of you are left ?"
cap'n."
''You had better take the light from
your rigging" suggested Denny. "There
is little danger of our falling foul of ano-
Their ship in these waters, and it will be
well to put it out of the power of Buncle
and his gang to board u.s."
This suggestion was adopted.
Let us hope that no chance will throw
US into their power" said Denny, as care
lessly as if no peril had ever assailed him.
For my part, l don't care to be towed
alongside by one leg again !"
well stand in toward the harbor,"
said Captain Morrison, who was now quite
himself again, with the exception Of
severe headache. Doubtless our runa.
ways have made the island in safety. They |
would not mind taking the risk of land |
ing in the darkness in such boat as they |
had"
II see nothing of any ship in port" re.
marked Captain Morrison to our hero, as
they paced the deck together.
"No, sir. There certainly is none-at
least within the range of our vision"
'We shall have to be very careful about |
our movements" said the commander.
The schooner had advanced several |
miles into the Passage, when Captain
Morrison became convinced that the |
dwelling which had been destroyed the
previous evening, as related, was no
other than that of the missionary.
sit may have been burned by accident, |
sir" suggested Denny, with keen glances
through glass at the distant ruins.
sit may, indeed" assented the COM
mander, "but fear to the contrary. IL
don't like the look of things. The tawny
rascals are not acting as usual. There |
is something wrong with them. | shall
not venture landing-unless ship-of-
war, or at least a stout trader, should |
arrive here within twenty-four hours.
In fact, I'll 60 about Immediately, and |
give them wide berth until further |
light is thrown upon them"
He had just given the order to 60 about,
when cry OF startled surprise arose from
nearly every soul on the vessel.
s'Look !" cried Denny, pointing toward
one of the outlying islands which define
the northern limits of the Passage. ''Yon-
der is the long-boat."
This was indeed the case.
.'She is pushing out to intercept us !"
cried Captain Morrison.
sand all the rascals are in her !" de-
clared Mr.. Skill. ''This is AWKWARD
'The villains !" exclaimed Captain Nor
Iison, sternly. "They have not found the
natives quite SO pleasant to deal with as
they imagined, and now they wish to come
back to the schooner"
"You will not let them come aboard,
sir ?" demanded Mr.. Skill.
"No, sir. After what they have done,
they would not hesitate moment to kill