Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-19

Ihan over DOarU! II (
1t seemed but an instanfrom the
giving of the alarm, beforethe ca,,- t
tain and crew were on d,k-antfI {
lights being quickly brou4 theyFt
rushed to the place whence thhelms- i
man had uttered the cry, ven to .
their surprise they discove,d the
; second mate, holding in his and +,
heavy, murderous looking club, %lt
''What means this % thundrI the ,
skipper, as thoughts Of foul playash- :
ed across his brain.s .s-.- esa So
But amazed and startled HeySod ,
was silent.
"Who is lost?'' cried the captn. {
in the next instant n
But before anyone had time to an !
wer him, his own eyes told him. i
MY God /! it's Lewis! aasl tbs 1
red-handed villain has ifhrdeft1 him /
Quick, 1aen! hoist all the lights aaa&
man the boats! Let everything be,
done that can be, as quickly as pos
sible. He may be living, and if Won
save him, this shall be good nights
job for you. Work, work, for your
lives -
The orders of the grief stricken
father were. readily obeyed, But,
though lights were hoisted, and boats
sent out in every direction, nothing
could be found Of the lost one. So,
at last it WAS given up as hopeless
case; and the men returned to the
ship, when Frank Haywood was
seized for the murder of Lewis Stan
ford
No more sleep visited the ship that
night. The sorrowing father paced
the deck, till daylight; and in the
cabin below, his daughter WAS sob
, bing for the deatfsof heronly brother,
a roi him accused OF that terrible
; decd. 80. 3. - - : :,
FL In the morning Heyeaoa was Z
= raigned before the crew On enc. sc OF
J wilful murder. Nothing seemed Jack
! ing te~substantiate his guilt. His
quarrel with young Stanford, and the
" circumstances under. which he had
> been found after the alarm. together
with his appearance al the time,
= seemed sufficient to prove his guilt.
= Yet, he stoutly protested his inno-
:. cence, saying, in explanation of his
conduct, that he had harborcd no i'll
- feelings against Lewis, but had been
q ready to forgive and be forgiven.
is As to his being found with that
h Misunderstanding club in his hands
it was accidental. Feeling a little
Al anxious about the weather, he haC
Y. left his bunk to go upon deck, anC
% was just in season to hear the sound
n which had caused the alarm.
Il fastening TO the spot he stumbled
It over something in his path. 1t waS
the club which he had in his hands
/ when they discoverd him few mo-
ne ments later, with that wild look upor
~ his face, caused by the fear that soms
/. horrible crime had been committed
Heywood's story wasg received with
sv =hoats ,of; aerision. <Fne cifcumstan.
/; tial evidence was too overwhelming
le against him fol- any one to have tho
it least suspicion that his seemingly in
lie consistent story was any thing but
N fabrication gotten up for the occas
is ion.
AS soon us order could be restored
as the captain stepped forward with {
ID pair of manacles, and placing them
/, upon the doomed mans wrists, said
4 Before God and man, Frank Hey
m wood, / believe you guilty ofmurderin&
2, my son. Therefore, secure you in
h irons, and order that you be KEEP
in close confinement until we reach
IF port, when you shall be delivered ovel
ID to the proper authorities to meet tn,
Of punishment you so richly deserve"
ID Here" he added, turning to the
r crew. ''sOme of you take Mr.. Hey
IS wood below"
h "Oh, father, don'tl' cried Mabel
4; who had been silent spectator of the
1t terrible scene. {" He did not do it
l. l know he did mott"
h "Tut, tut, girl, no more of this %
e said her father sternly. MEN, dc
J. your duty!"
is A couple of the sailors stepped sp
a to obey their superior's order, when
with low cry, Mabel sprang forward
l. shield him from their grasp.
h Without a word the captain, in
spite of her entreaties, rudely snatch
IS ed his daughter away.
IS Haywood, CHANGING to look up,
|, caught sight of the mate, Warren
o Gregg, standing but short distance
d off, an exultant look of fiendish sat
IL isfaction cleaning in his usually ex.
r pressionless eyes.
e 1t was plainly look of scornful
Il triumph; and as the sailors placed
IS their hands upon his shoulder, the
n young man fully realized the peril of
n his situation, and from what scource
o it was due. But further thought OF
n action was suddenly stayed by a loud
s cry from the sea, off the Ice bow.
The next instant there was plainly
y heard, in a strangely familiar voice,
g the startling words thrice repeated:
/, ''All lie! All lie!> All a lie !"
|. Scarcely had the intonations of the
z strange words died away, and before
z the surprised and startled crew had
= time to recover from the shock o1
the unexpected and mysterious war.
d ming, when again the same voice,
y sounding so much like the dead, was
st heard, giving this time the surprising
ID expression: -...
,f Twas Warren Gregg! 'Twa:
" Warren Gregg! Twas Warren
ID Gregg!
ot To attempt to portray the astonish
10 ment and startled amazement of of
Of ficers and crew would be failure
They were beyond description.
in One and all stood in blank aston
I'd ishment, staring unconsciously, per
m haps, upon the first mate, who, lik
to the guilty wretch he was, tremble'
from head to foot, deathly pallo
of over-spreading his features, unit
e. maddened to desperation by the ter