Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-03

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dare say one Of us has the lass that loves
sailor!''
! Matters went on in the usual humdrum
way they always appear to me to do at
sea for some time, and began to think
that the company had sent me out on
wild-goose chase.
But soon discovered my mistake. I
don't know whereabouts we were, because
take no interest in nautical matters, and
understand very little about latitude and
longitude; but it was about week after
we got into warm weather that, after din
ner, I lay down on the lockers at the
stern of the cabin, to have forty wiuks.
l had not lain there long, however, when
the captain and the mate came in.
"To-night will be the very time,
Hodge," exclaimed the mate. "The
weather's calm; we're just in such a
position tat we could reach" (some place
| couldn't catch the name of) sin the
boats in couple of days."
Il don't agree with you, Sharpe" re-
piled the captain. "1n the first place,
should like it to be blowing just decent
gale. It would be very fishy for a craft
like this to go to the bottom in a nice
breeze only; and then, again, in weeks
time or so, we shall be getting near the
Cape de Verd Islands"
aJust as you like, skipper Only, if
you take my advice, you'll do it at once,
and get it over. Halo here's this long
| shore chap! Let him look out if he's
| been listening!''
| "Hushv' SAID Hodge; II expect he's
| asleep. Don't wake him."
| And they approached me, in order to
see if I were awake or no. That was a
very unpleasant five minutes. could
feel that they were gazing at me, and
counting my pulsations, as it were, and
yet had to lie quiet and calm.
"He's all right!'' at length exclaimed
the captain. WED BETTER go on deck
again"
81 hope he is" said the mate. "It'll be
bad for him If he amt this eyes,"
And they retired to the other end of
the cabin, and apparently went up 70 the
ladder on to the deck. Nevertheless,
thought it better to keep my eyes still
closed, and m yself in the same position.
It was we'll did. for at the close of an
other five minutes heard one of them,
who had stayed behind, leave the cabin
and go on deck. Although no more was
said or done respecting this, I had an
idea that they suspected me after that,
| and watched me about in consequence.
Two or three days passed away, when
one evening I had been writing up my
diary as usual, and replaced it, as I
thought, in the private pocket where it
! was usually kept But by some accident
moi how toll fo %1,n dnn1 tow
| about half an hour the steward came up,
and, with the captains compliments,
would join him, with the mate, over
glass of grog? accordingly descended
and, innocently enough, walked up to
| where the two men were sitting.
''This book was picked up a quarter of
an hour ago, and brought to me- ex-
claimed the captain, holding up my uu-
happy diary. els it yours?"
alt was no good prevari:ating or at
tempting to evade, so I determined to
lead off with bold move,
"It does belong to me- replied; and
| at the same time snatched it out of his
| hand. ''And now what have you to say?"
"That you are spy!' exclaimed the
mate.
"Now, the question is, how much do
| you know, and bow are we to be sure
you will not peach on us?" said
Hodge.
''The question is nothing of the kind''
I replied, as bold as brass. s.The ques-
ton is, know enough to give you fell
lows penal servitude You dare not
touch me; and now what are you going
to do in order to sake yourselves from
punishment"
Hodge looked rather blank at this.
And then, in minute, he said to the
mate, "Sharpe, come fora1d; we must
talk this over"
Accordingly they went away out OF
| earshot, and began arguing, the mate in
sisting upon something that the captain
would not agree to.
At length they returned, and Hodge
said, ''Well, Sharpe and can't quite
agree yet. We must talk it over again.
And, in the meantime, you must allow
yourself to be put under arrest in your
cabin. No harm is intended you.'
I did not desire that the matter should
come to a free fight, especially as I
! thought more than once that could per-
ceive the butt of a pistol peeping ont Of
Sharpe's pocket; so consented, and in
five minutes was bolted in my cabin.
| At supper time the mate brought me
good plate of food and my usual glass of
grog. I ate the meat think it was sea
pie-and drank the grog, and then pre-
pared to read. But all at once an over
whelming sensation Of drowsiness came
over me. In vain struggled against it.
With my eyes closing in spite of myself,
l fell back across my bunk, asleep.
"Douglas, aaoake, my brother. SAGE
yoursezf.".
Half asleep and half awake, heard
my brothers. voice; and replied. "All
right, Robert; I'll get up directly"
And then was going off again.
"Dougzas, asoake, mig brother. Save
yourself"
TT is time the voice reused me more,
and I was thoroughly awake, but still
under the influence of the narcotic with
which I had been drugged.
i "Dougsas, aoake, may brother. Sa0eyoar
self.
/ The third warning in my lost brothers.
we'll known voice completely restored me.
[ jumped off the bank in the dark, and
| discovered that the CABIN contained over