Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-29

serhen he jumped on j back stay and
came down hand over iist. Tho captain
and Mr Bevins were both looking for
the boat with their glasses, and pretty
soon they saw her. They didn't look
long before the captain said: The man
was mistaken, Bevins. There's no one
in her.
".That's quite right, sir. But sec
that, Alice raising us, will your
Then both looked over the taffrail
and swore loudly. Dandy stepped aft to
leeward and touched his hat
Captain said he, there's some one
adrift in that boat, sir. know what
see, sir, and believe it's 3 woman. It's
clean murder to leave that boat adrift.
1.-THE Captain gave one more look at
the Alice, and then turned to thrash
Dandy.
Both men we're very red in the face
when the captain struck out BE was
quicker than Badly, but he only reached
Dandy's arm. and the next instant he
was sprawling on the deck. Before Mr..
Bevins could rightly shout 'Mutiny! as
he tried to do, he was lying across the
captains body and Dandy was tying him
with piece of the signal halliards which
he cut with one slash of his knife, swear
ing, meantime. that he would cut the
heart out of the one that moved first.
Badly was alongside Immediately, aud
before Mr.. Tullis could get his head out
OF the companion way he got zap on it.
Others of the crew took hand in. and
In three minutes the three officers were
sitting in row against the taffrail. with
their hands behind their backs and their
legs tied together like the two parts of
backstay.
Now, said Dandy, pmi in charge OF
this ship till we pick up that boat.
Then we'll turn it over to the lawful Off
GERS again, If so be that we are not going
to have any trouble about this little
scrimmage. Jump aloft there, some of
you, and get in those stun'sails.
''The stun'sails were soon in, for the
men worked with a will. Then we
squared away the yards and were soon
heading for the boat. The breeze was
freshening, and in less than fifteen min
utes, when | had an opportunity to Jump
up into the main rigging, we were so
near that, as I turned to look. | could
see very plainly into tho boat when it
rose on wave. Aft, in the bottom, a
child was crawling about. A white tar
paulin was stretched over the three after
thwarts, and in the bow was the form Of
a man huddled up and motionless. Then
a small white hand reached out from
under the tarpaulin, as if to find the
child. Once it waved above the rail. and
Dandy, who, with the men, stood on the
quarterback, said: There, that was the
motion saw, and it is woman
ST jumped down on deck. Dandy was
q born sailor. When the main yards
were thrown aback and the ship lost her
Roadway, the strange boat was under the
starboard quarter I was quick as a
monkey in those days / landed at one
jump on the fore thwart with the end of
rope in my hand. / made it fast, and
then secured the baby, which was crying
roundly, in big market basket which
Dandy lowered down. Then Skinned
up the impromptu painter, determined
to see to the baby, for had brother of
his size at home. reached the rail as
the Dandy lifted the youngster from the
basket. At the same moment Captain
Salisbury by violent effort freed one
hand, leaped to his feet, bound as he
was, and then fell headlong toward the
child He had tainted.
Let me see" continued the merchant
after moments pause, in which he
picked au old scrap book from a shelf
and opened it. ssThis tells the rest of
the story" He pointed to a. newspaper
clipping, which read:
MARINE.
ARRIVALS
Ship Alice Graham, Pernambuco twenty
five days, with sugar TO Carmen 81 WEIGH,
vessel to Jackman & Jackman
Ship Blue Coat Salisbury, Pernambucc,
twenty six days, with sugar TO Camden &
WEIGH, vessel to Ogden a. Go. Reports pick
ing up ten days ago 3 quarterboat containing
the wife and child Of Captain Salisbury, and
the dead body OF Captain Halliday, OF the
packet Ranger, now overdue from Liverpool.
The Ranger was burned in longitude fifty
six degrees twenty minutes west, latitude
twenty degrees forty minutes north.
Mrs. Salisbury and her child are the sole sur
vfv0rs of the crew and passengers, who num-
bered 12S Full particulars in our next edt