The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-09

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dftaneous cry Of Joy from Lucy and
the missionary, for they recognized
Captain Cavendish, standing in the
bow, waving his hat to them.
HE has been picked up and saved
cried Lucy
faye, aye, safe and welH' shouted
the captain, hearingHthe words.
Soon after the boats keel grated on
the beach, and Lucythrew herself into
her husbands arms.
Have you no greeting for me?" said
a voice near them.
Lucy looked up to see her brother,
whom she had not recognized on &C
count of his thick beard.
As the captain released her, he EN-
braced andkissed her.
"This is, indeed q happy day for
me-" he said. "Out in the storm, just
as 1t commenced, / fell in with
your husband, struggling in his
little boat, and / was fortunate
enoush to pick him up. The boat
however, drifted away from us before
we could secure it. Now / find my sis
ter, we'll and happy, still, ! hope, hay
ing faith in her wild scamp OF q broth,
err"
why did you desert us?" inquired
Lucy. "Why leaveus on this island?"
"It was got ! who deserted you, but
| the men. They rose in mutiny, which
they had probably been for some time
planning, knocked me and the two
mates down, tied our hands and feet,
thrust us into the hold like pigs, and
then, clapping on sail, headed away
from the island.
"Their object as Iafterward learned,
was to take the vessel to some South
American port, there sell the cargo,
pocket the funds, and then make of
inland, leaving the craft In our posses
sion. They were notgood navigators,
and, therefore, they were many months
beating about the Pacific Ocean.
cat last they were within some hum
dreds of miles of the South American
coast, but by this time half the num-
Der concluded that their plan was not
O. feasible one. They would, onreach-
ing port, be boarded by the authori-
ties, questions would be asked, and
detection, it seemed, would be inevita-
BILE. They were unanimous for freeing
us and returningto their duty, provid-
ed we would promise not to punish
them severely for what they had al
ready done.
1.-TWO others did not like this prOpo-
sition; the two parties quarreled, and
the end of it was that they all finally
resolvedto desert the vessel ina bodtty
and make for an island they saw in
the distance. They didso first setting
us at liberty. They took the launch
the best boat we had-and many
useful things from the ship;
With the cook and steward, there
now were only five of us to work the
ship. A few days later, however, we
shipped some Portuguese sailors from
the Felix Islands, off which we then
lay becalmed.
'tAs these men wanted to go to sgd
ney, and would not ship until | had
promised them / would make a
straight wake for that place, / was
obliged TO head in that direction, in
stead of retracing my course to the
distant shore-a thousand miles away
-on which you and Cavendish had
been left.
"a fair wind favored me, and / final
ly arrived at Sydney, when l disposed
of our cargo to a much better advan-
tage than had even expected. Then
/ shipped another crew, and headed
for this isle, off which, it seems, / ar
rived just in time to save your hus-
bands life. / have to add that his
share of our profits is with mine, safe
under lock and key, aboard ship"
Afewdays later, Captain ~Cavendish,
now the fortunate possessor of many
thousands, sailed away with his wife
from the island. In due time the hap
py couple reached London, and on the
outskirts of that city they erected a
comfortable cottage-their future
home.