The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-07-24

cooked il, and bent my eyes on the
Frenchman, He stood ieaning care.
sessly on the baluster that inclosed
che head OF the stairs, but he was
really watching the captain ihteAtly.
Ills back was turned 10 me, 10 the
remained undiscovered.
The captain turned about 10 his
walk and saw him standing there.
who's that 2 he sharply demauds
cd, approaching him.
The man made no answer
"Pierre, said the captain, walking
rapidly toward him, aud recognizing
him, what's wanted Z
The man placed his hand behind
him aud from the back OF his Jacket
he half drew down a long. slender
knife--only half drawn it, for q bat
let from my pistol struck him in the
neck, and he fell dead down the
stairs.
The captain started back at the
report, and his own revolver was in
stantly in his hand. With a spring
I was at his side.
"Mutiny he whispered, compre.
hending the situation at once.
! Yes | replied, "and here they
come
"Steady Y said the brave fellow.
DO not miss man. Well fire by
turns. There take that !
A swarm Of figures now came
rushing aft, headed by tho mulatto,
towering head and shoulders above
the others aud brandishing q huge
knife. At the captains first shot he
threw up his arms and fell at full
length over the rail, where his great
body hung guivorins an instant, aud
then fell with loud splash into the
sea. l fired again and broke the
arm of another Of tho rutiins, who
ran forward bowling with pain. Tho
rest stopped, dismayed at the un-
expected aud bloody reception.
Let 'em have it now, both to-
gether / Cryden shouted.
We each fired twice more, tho
shots killing three more outright,
aud wounding another, when tho
mutiuers beat hasty retreat for.
ward.
"rhrow down your knives y the
captain cried, following them sharp
ly, aud covering the nearest one
with his pistol. kept close at his
side, taking good ain, at another.
Throw down your knives and bes
for mercy, or wen kill every one Of
you!'
Aud they did it. They had seen
enough in the last five minutes to
satisfy them that we would do Just
AS we threatened, and the five who
were left unhurt foil on their knees,
threw away their knives aud begged
for their lives iu a babel of different
tongues. Cryier had three shots
left and had two, 30 that the fol :
lows we're really ut our mercy.
By this tune our frieuds came
pouring up from below, half dressed,
but most OF them armed.
The captain gave them few di-
rections, aud part of them went af-
ter ropes and shackies, while he aud
|, with the others who were armed,
kept the mutineers covered by our
pistols. In few moments they
were all securely roped and ironed,
including tho two wounded men.
Oue of the latter died before day
light, SO that just one half Of the
scoundrels were destroyed in their
attemps to take the yacht.
With the help Of three OF us who
knew something Of navigation, the
captain ran into Lisbon before noon,
where our prisoners were handed
over to the authorities. We had the
satisfaction OF sesing them chained
together and breaking stone before
We put to sea again.
One OF them confessed that the
conspiracy was natured before We
left Havre, and that their object was
to engage in smuggling in the Medi-
terraneau. The plot was we'll con-
ceived, aud attempted by desperate
men and but for the accident ol
my presence under the boat when
the execution Of it began, there car
be no doubt that we should have all
been murdered and tho vessel seiz.
cd.
Captain Cryder was never weary
OF praising my GOODNESS and nerve,
although he was certainly entitled
to equal praise; aud 30 our fellow
voyagers thought, for after present
ing me with a service Of plate, they
made DIP apurse Of q thousand dol
lars for him.
We remained Gt lisbon long o.
nough to secure reliable crew /
and the voyage that followed, though
filed with incidents, had nothing o.
the character Of this adventure.
MI