The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-02

and | suppose it was about half pas
five o'clock when | turnedIinto the stree
in which our Chinese wAsherman wa
domciled. 1t was as disl'eputable- look
ing thoroughfare as we'll could be i'm
agined. The houses were shabby, one
stored wooden shantles, inhabited by
seamen's boarding house keepers, Chinese
stevedores, and "watersiQe characters
OF all sorts; and every second house wa!
a grog- shop. ! was very thirsty, ant
was regretting that these latter had sucl
a mean, uninviting appearance, when {
placard with a bright red triangle, an(
the words ''Basss India Rale Ale" con
spiciously displayed on it caught my eye
1t was hung on the open door of one o
the drinking dens; and Blancng in
caught a glimpse Of the sin lister features
of the captain of the john +. Chew,
stopped. The temptation vas great. Ii
was months since had tasted drop o
good English beer ''Well" said tc
myself, "what is good en- Ii for the
skipper of big ship like that ought
to lie good enough for the second mate
of bit harquey, So here gdee." rushed
in.
The place was very dark but | saw
the outline OF a man behind the counter
though | could not distinctly see his
lace lie was leaning over, talking in
low tones to the Americ IN chptan. They
both looked up as | came in; and in
reply to my request for a bottle Of Bass,
the bar-keeper said, "All right Step
inside, and I'll bring it to Y pu."
, had no wish to interrupt their con
versation, so complied tancied after
wards, that as | passed ii ito the room
behind the shop, observed a sharp
glance pass between the twp whisperers,
who were the only occuHa Hants of the
place. The room | entered was Il vile
den, smelling most horribly of vile
whisley, and stale tobacco As my eyes
got used to the darkness, saw it con-
tanned a rough table, all notched and
stained, and few battered chairs, on
one of which | sat down. My beer was
Il long time in being brought in; and |
shouted and hammered oh the table
several times before the bd r. tender ap-
peared, with a bottle in one hand and a
large, tall glass in the other. He said
something in grut1 tones about having
had to 60 to the cellar for it, and pro-
ceeded to draw the cork As far as |
could see the glass was quite empty, and
the capsule on the bottle utndisturbed :;
but as | had no suspicion of any foul
play being intended, OF course did not
examine them particularly. AS said
before, | was very thirsty hnd took Il
good long pull before setting the glass
down. Then | poured the rest Of the
beer into it and was thinking Of finishing
it Oft and departing, when felt numb
sort of sleepiness come over mc. | knew
at once had been drugged. and made a
rush for the door, but before reached
1t, staggered and Tell full length upon
the floor where, after one or two in
etfectual attempts to cry for did ! became
insensible.
| was awakened to consciousness BY
being roughly tumbled in thd stern sheets
of boat.
"Steady, Jack" heard 81 1me one say,
''or you'll be rousing him up .
"No fear replied grutf voice |
recognized as the artendel Is; 81 gave
him too good dose for that guess he
won't stir this side Of sunrise. !"
] knew by the sound of IL le oars that
the boat had put sof1' from shore; and
knowing now that | was being shang-
haed, tried to call out fot assistance.
But my throat and mouth wdre wrapped
round with many folds of a W prsted com
torter, which. while leaving my nostrils
free, allowed only a mufled h sound to
escape. | tried to put up NH hands to
remove it, but could not stir them. A
long monkey jacket had bed N buttoned
tightly around me, with my arms inside
instead of in the sleeves, forming a
vcritable straight. jacket Ny legs seem
ed to have some weight on them which
prevented my moving them, and a slouch-
hat had been placed on my head com
pletely covering my eyes. | struggled,
but it was no use. was HELPLESS as an
infant
There, | told you So" said the first
voice; "he's woke up p An ii the oars
stopped.
Evoke up has he ?" rejoin ed the bar
keeper, "Ill soon give him 50 me soothin'
sirup, ash put him to sleep az gain. just
you ketch hold of his nose"
was lying on my back Almost i'm
mcdiately, felt a rough hand clinch nv
nostrils. At the same time some one
pulled the comforter down from NV
mouth, and as | grasped tbr breath,
forced the neck of a bottle between my
teeth. | had no option but to swallow
sputteringly some of its contents The
bottle was then withdrawn, the COM
forter replaced, my nostrils rel eased, and
in a few minutes | relapsed ihto uncon-
SciOusness.
On again awakening. | found myself
lying in the bunk of a small cabin. Tins
OF preserved meat, barrels Of sugar and
flour, and other stores Of that sort, seat
tered around the place showed me it was
used as a stewards stOrerPOm. The
bunk had no mattress or bed clothes in
it. There was port over it :; and as the
monkey jacket and comforter had been
taken off me, | raised myself ;End looked
out. Callao was visible in thd distance :;
but | could see from the position of the
shipping, the vessel | was in was lying
very far out,
In fact, us afterwards discovered, she
had been moved to her prc$ent berth
during the night. But the thing that
interested me most was Il British gunboat
lying about third of mile of, and the
nearest vessel III sight her brbad union
Jack dropping over her stern. guessed
it to be about eight o'clock in the morn
ing. | was about to try the door, when
key turned in it, and it open ed for the
entrance of no other than the captain of
the John f. Chew. | was NOT surprised
for | had already formed an opinion of
where | was.
"Wcll, my lad, how do you feel now Y
he said in a brusque manner.
GLOW do feel p | replied. "Why,
how should you expect m an to feel
who has been nearly drugged to death ?
as you very we'll know" added, look
ing straight at him.
"I1o, no. that's how the land lies, is
it Drugged, ehg | don't know anything
about drugging but | know you came
on board last night in beastly state OF
intoXication; so | put you ir here, to
take care OF you, instead of ID tting you
go to your proper place, the foG'sle."
"My proper place! How is that 2" |
enquired.
"How is that ? he repeated. "That's
cool, that is. But | suppose the drink
has knocked it all out of your head. Why
man, you have shipped before the mast
with me, Capt. Bob Price, master of the