Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-15

IL SO happened lllat my OOuDtS were u
be solved, and with 4 vengeance, for rs
was making my way homewards. by a
short cut, from the house Of Mr.. Travis
heard my own name mentioned and me-
chanically came to II halt, close to u ruin
Gus godown, or native warehouse, void Of
goods now. and through the rotten and
preached bamboo walls Of which | caught
Il glimpse Of two persons in earnest con-
vcrsltion. One wore the flowing robe and
satin boots which sufficiently denoted his
nationality: the other was dressed in Eu-
ropean garb
I'VE must cut his throat,' said the lat
ter thoughtfulv, for Frank Hepburn 5
clear grit, though never liked the dog"
'Must YOU. indeed, Mr. Bates" thought
I. for had recognized my precious first
officer in the gentleman in black shore
going clothes; but with your leave, there
80 two words to that bargain.
You do as You muchey like. y GU mas
tel" answered Sin, with Il cackling little
laugh, for cruelty, to Chinamans fancy.
always suggests itself in the light of Il good
Joke. "Pcrhap, more comfortable. No one
tells tell.
But said Bates meditatvelv, lit will
be a tough job and Il ticklish one. There
are those tUrccastc bellows out of the
Windsor Castle that YOU would clap on
board"
"Well, well, my de,r Bates" returned
The Chinese coaNingly, would it do for
them to say, Ah-chang and partnership no
decent hand only scum of grogshop, and
their own LdScar what You call? No Won
der CdSSulldrd 10 able to make fight Of it
in the NarrOws.'
".Ah that's it, Hepburn will make Il fight
Of 1t, and those Windsor Castle chaps will
stand by him. Six brass guns, too, and :.
long ritled gan amidship,, tellyou-''
And tell YOU" interrupted the China
man becomming excited, you finch now, =,
and Ah-chang say, Sin say, Bates turned
coward, Bates no good, he not get ten
thousand silver dollar. nor two, nor one.
say steamer must be boarded, cargo must
be taken, passenger pay ransom Or and
he ended the sentence by passing his vel
low hand cdgcways across his throat
land a, for guns, whv-sure some one
there"
For bit of bamboo had cracked unde.
my feet, and thought ii wiScst to hurry
away before my presence on the spot
should be detected.
What WAS | to do? Nothing was Gear
er but that the fouc>t trcachcrv WAS de
signed, and that life and property We're
alike in danger. The Cas>andra had on
board a valuable frti yht belonging to ma
tive merchants, who were TO sail with Us.
along with other wealthy passengers, En-
ropcan and Chinese From these latter Il
heavy ransom could probably, by threats
OF torture. be cNtortcd; while the steamer
was no doubt insured for her full value
and coull probably be surreplitously
sold into the J2pan or Indian trade. after
her cargo had been unloaded and the cvi-
dencc of unwclcomc witnesses >ummurilv
suppressed
What was to do? micht. by Jcnounc-
inc, ,n,. ,,'nt ,n ,tn .,,,n,irI i, cnmm,nI ot
H. .t,tirn f,,,.,,,t, ,,.Inf.r ,s.xnrmti,n
hrt th,t VS. IN l. rr.}s. =, strnnr r,.r
,o nrn,.,,r. .,n, rctinp an ,hr mart nf fine
immortal ,utIo,itir. ,o,ir,t , ri,.h China
.,l,,ir., ,hc .,.e,,.,;nr ,,i ,..,,l sin
n7;rI rc.i,n .. ,nt t'J ,ho ,,;,b @ n,nrc com
} Miami r,nt-,in the C,s.,ndr, womb ro tu
sca. ,n,
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rlti it,4rNf lh hat
fnrrnt,.n in nv. litf,.r.nc. nf o,l,. nr,s,n.
r,nI nlI srhnol.Lny froji,.s sh,rcJ in Fnr.
l,nI W.u I.n,ll not h,vo u;.hnd ~
:, s,f;,. rnnti',.,t .,nI in , fe,y nin,,t.. I
h,d tnld him all \ lonn talk we had to.
r.tb.r and whom w.. San.,r,t.I U,miI,on,.
T.,,.+:nr rn,1, ~ ,.,,,. :, 10 ,nn
Lr,nL to sr,. Won, wrII thrnu.,h this
We s,i1.d in f,ir vn.tLrr ,nI with :,
n,n,,I, 80, ,n1 ;u.t uinJ o,,nrb T., ,;1I
,h,. ,.L;,a sails nf ,b. ,L.,.,rn Lo,.. ,L.,t
,,nc. ,,,or,.;l,- ,ro,nl y. I ili,n stood
,mnnr the ladi.s on the u,,v w,vinr hnr
h,nllrn,.Li.f n,rv.1., g., nv.olf Ib..
: ,yn,,lJ Inv. Ln.n Lnr f.nlin,r. bod cLo
known how soon fine snotlo-s IecL nf tho
,+,.,,r,l,, 80 II. ro4InraJ u.,th IJonl
,b.ch.,n,, md IL. ,,,.,rn,. Gin y,ora ,hn,.'
foo ,n .,i,'. ms ,,,r,;,r Lin>-;n,r as W.,
w.nt ant lilo -bann ,s tLnv t,llv i17+.T }oJ
to thn .I,unht,r Rnt i E,nt nv own
,.nnn,l nm, ,l,. r,,,..,ll, o,,,or, of tho
st..,,,.,. ,,w il, mo nn,h;r,, I,,,, :, l,,n
Thnr. ,,.rn ,eI b,v, ia .,nI,.,. mac
scnr,r> rich Chinese for tLn mosi ,,,,.t
w;t9 .on,n rrrnn.,n. ,nI :, f,u, I,I;os
,,,I cliiI.,, vh. ,..,lin-. ,,.,,.a l,,.,,',
,.nn,n,nTn,. ,nJ wa l,,t a.. ,,.,,.I ,l',,
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,';,,i .',I ''i y
his vI,jIr ~ thr rh,mn,7nc rorl. no,,
I ned and fine ni,no ,nLIrL End o,, ,,,.h,,s
rha,,cl under the awniur afI mnrIrr
stcalthv and ritilc~S, lurkcl like a couch
:, ant tiger ready to spring upon his prey
! Bates WAS there. civil. silent. scrupulously
attentive to his duty. but often to be seer
comforting with Set of brawnv, brass
commissioned mariners, bclonrinr to the
:, Chinese portion of the crew, and who's,
! countcnances belicd them sorely if they
>. would not have been more ut home on the
s deck of a pirate Junk than on that of 4 re
- spectacle caaft like ours. Ofth Europcal
q sailors, by far the most reliable were foul
n or five stalwart \. B.'s lately discharge,
: from the Windsor Castle and in who's,
courage and stcadnes> felt | could trust
:. From what had overheard was per
=, fectlv we'll aware at what uncturc of on,
> VOYAGE the peril awaited us. I knew the