The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-08-10
Vol. XVIII.

Was so intense that he could not
see the water below, although as
he still gazed in that direction
was it reality or Only imaglna
tion ?-he thought he could de-
tect dim outliue Of something
shooting around the ships stern.
He was abous descending, when
the clouds parting over the moon
a food Of silvery light was poured
down Oh ship and water, reveal,
ing u spectacle that thrilled The
Young man with horror-a scene
so sudden and unexpected that
his very heart seemed to stand
still.
While be was aloft Bell Upton
bad come out on the quarter Geek,
and now stood with her back TO
the rail, about two feet from it,
her head bowed, as # she was in
deep thought, so that her beautl-
full white neck shone like polished
ivory in the clear moonlight.
Unseen, unheard by the young
girl, a Hindoo, with 4 long, 1.-the
body, naked to the waist, had
clambered up the SIDE, from .
long canoe, containing half o
dozen of bis companions, and had
con,rived to glide, serpentlike, on
the outside of the ship, until be
had gained position directly be-
hind her, when be had drawn a
large dirk, which he was now on
the point Of plunging into the
snowy neck Of the fair passenger
ger that she might give no alarm.
The lieutenant's hand clencbed
tho yard like a vice as he beheld
the young lady's peril.
Hs must save her-he would
save her, be thought; and yet bow
was this to be done
10 give an alarm would only
hasten the girls doom ; to descend,
no matter how quickly, by means
of the back stays would be of no
use, as she would perish before he
could reach the deck and attempt
to stay the deadly hand
There was no time TO lose in
three seconds the dirk would de.
scend, and the girl would be killed
at one stroke, so that the tnur-
dercr'S companions, who had 81
=, ady begun to ascend the yes.
sells side, could pounce on the
drowsy male occupants Of the
deck, and Staying them, make
themselves masters Of the ship
almost before warning could be
given!
Like lightning fash, the in-
stinct OF love, the resolution to
save Bell in some manner from
this immediate attack, sent sud
den thought to the agonized
spectator.
The Hindoo murderer, in his
position on the outside Of the
ship, was under the Lieutenant,
although forty feet below him
while the girl, standing two feet
from the rail, was in easy reach
Of the native, whose arm and
body, as stated, were now drawn
back from the bulwarks, to give
force to the meditated blow.
The young man, therefore,
deemed that it would be an easy
matter to reach the Hindoo in the
only way it could now be done
with sufficient rapidity to pre-,
vent the accomplish ment Of bis
deathly purpose-a way at once
novel and desperate, and which
would, perhaps, involve bis OWE
destruction.
In q word, Lieutenant Winfield
not hesitating to risk life or limit
for the woman be loved, resolved
to drop down from near the enc
of the mizzen topsail. yard upon
the Hindoo, forty feet below
and thus dash hin from the raj
into the sea, perhaps kill him
ere be could deal the fatal blow
with his uplitled dirk.
He could utter a shrill cry
warning to the crew-as be cleav
| ed the air, thus rousing them
perhaps, in time to meet the at
tack Of the robbers, and insure the
further safety of Bell and The
! ship.
The emergency admitted of ne
delay. The young man, clutch
ing the yard near the end, hups
by it a second TO make sure b.
was in q line with the Hindot
| heneath then. inst rs the dirt