Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-05-08

panied him in his song and potationi
At this sight my senses deserted me, an,
| fell into a kind of stupor, from whicl
did not recover until it was broad day.
You may conceive, my friends, that
did not feel very comfortable at this re
cital; also had, without doubt, hear
these orgies, and / shuddered at the ide
of being shut up, as it were, with sucl
awful companions. As to ibrahim, b
was again lost in meditation, from which
he at length started, exclaiming:
know what must be DONE"
1 Adjoining the cabin there was small
stateroom, into which, at his suggestion
we retired. We fastened the door as ee
curely as possible, and made two hole
in it, through which we might, ourselve
unseen, witness anything which Nigh
take place in the cabin. Ibrahim wrot,
the name of the Prophet in the four COZ
ners of the chamber, and, thus protected
we awaited what would ensue.
! Midnight again approached and sleer
began to steal over us, to charm away
which my companion advised me t
reclte some passages from the Koran
! adopted his plan, and slumber fled
from our eyelids. All at once the decb
appeared to be occupied by living sail.
ors, for the cables were unwound, the
trampling of many heavy feet sounded
overhead, and we could clearly distin.
gulsh voices, as of the seamen calling to
one another, and occasionally the Jeer
tones of the officer in CONNECT.
Some time elapsed Curing which We
tsnn IN r~,nful expectation, and
!nen we cceard footsteps on the compan.
iol: ladder, and immediately after the
CHASTITY chief, whom we had left immov.
able transtixed above, entered the cabin.
The nail was still in his forehead, but
his sword was sheathed. Behind him
came another man, less splendidly
attired, whom instantly recognized az
the one 1brahim had seen on the previ.
GUS night. The captain was of unearth.
ly paleness, wore large black beard and
his eyes rolled from side to side with 8
AVAONAOUo VApACooAOAs
Both seated themselves at the table in
the centre of the room, and began to con.
verse in q language with which were
unacquainted. After a time they
became excited, and the commander
struck the table so violently with his
clenched fist, as if to enforce some
threat, that he made the whole ship
tremble. The other man rose, and with
savage laugh beckoned the captain to
follow him, upon which he jumped up,
drew his sabre, and both rushe d out of
the cabin.
We breathed more freely after their
DEPARTURE; but our terrible ordeal was
far from its termination. The disturb
ance increased above; and at length a
tremendous uprOar resounded through
the vessel. 1t seemed as if the deck
would be broken in. Amid the din, the
clashing of weapons and shrieks were
predominant, till, all at once, a DEATH
like silence prevailed, and continued
unbroken during the remain der of the
night.
When we ventured, several hours
afterward, to ascend, we found no
change in the appearance of the deck.
The position of the dead men was the
same as before; there they were, stretched
out as stiff as ever.
For weeks We remained on board the
vessel, and the weather being fair, we
managed to keep her before the wind,
sailing toward the east, in which direc-
ton, according to my calculation, we
ought soon to reach some port; but,
during the day we accomplish
ed many miles, our floating prison at
night appeared to make a retrograde
for at sunrise the next morn
ing we always found by the instruments
on board that we had in reality made no
progress. We could account for this in
no other way than by supposing the wiz
zard crew, to whom We every hight re-
signed the deck, turned the ships head
in the following direction. In order to
neutralize the effect of this practice we
spent the next day in attempting to furl
the sails, which toward evening we sue
ceeded in doing, and employing the same
which had served US in the cabin, we
attached to them small pieces of parch-
ment, on which were written the name
Of the Holy Prophet. Anxiously we
awaited below the result of our measure;
the uproar was still more outrageous on
this than on any former night; but next
we found the sails furled as we
had left them at eve. In the daytime
We again set such sails as we could and
our course, in order that the
ship might gradually make way toward
The land, and at the expiration of five
lays vast extent of sea lay behind us.
Toward the morning of the sixth day
and was visible, and we thanked Allah
and the Prophet for this joyful sight.
That day and the ensuing night we
along the coast, and on the sew
enth morning we thong hit We observed q
town at a short distance. With much
we cleared the anchor, and
came to under the land; and having
launched little boat that was on the
deck, we jumped into it and rowed to-
ward the beach.
After pulling for half an hour we en-.
tered a river, and at length stepped on
shore. We learned at the city gates that
we had reached an Indian town only a
few days journey from the place of my
original destination. We went into a
to repose ourselves after our
perilous voyage, and there 1 inquired
where I could find a book-learned and
man, at the same time hint
ing to my host that I should prefer a
person who had some knowledge of mag
&c. he conducted me to a mean looking
house in a retired street, and knocking
1t the door told me to ask for Muley.
On my entrance I was received by a
little old man, with a gray beard and
|ong nose, who inquired my business. I
'aid l sought the sage Muley, and he re-
olied that he was the man. I then
described the, circumstances that in
luced me to apply to him, and asked bis
advice concerning the disposal of the
lead men, and what course I must pursue
TO clear the vessel of them. He told me
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