Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-05

! last experience of mine beats anything
that | ever experienced or heard of.
From where | sat in the cabin could see
the sailor who had taken refuge in the
maintop. | repeatedly motioned to him
to come down, but he shook his head.
Then | motioned to him to throw some
thing down from aloft so that one of the
Malays would be attracted within range
of my pistol. The Malays began their
bloody work on Saturday night and on
Sunday they bent pipe filled with to-
bacco on to a line which the man in the
maintop lowered down, and he hauled it
up and had "A smoke. Then they made
the Chinese cook prepare them some rice
and went with it to the forecastle and
asked the sailors if they wanted some.
When they replied in the affirmative they
told them to come out and get it, which
of course the men, although suffering
from hunger, were afraid to do.
Before the Malays had fastened the
doors of the forcastle from the outside Il
German boy in the crew. Max Stahl got
the sailors to arm themselves with cap
stan bars and go aft to fight the Malays.
When the Malays were encountered
every man excepting the German boy
ran back to the forecastle without strik-
ing blow. He was badly wounded, and
was the only sailor who was wounded in
front. When | had shot one of the Ma
lays and he had jumped overheard, the
cook passed IA pistol up to the man in the
maintop, but he was afraid to use it and
allowed the remaining Malay to 90 below
and fire the ship without making "A move
When | came out of the cabin did feel
like shooting that man. The only evil
dence of any manhood which he showed
was on Sunday night when one of the
Malays climbed up in the rigging and tried
to knife him. Then he,hit the Malay over
the head with block and threw him to
the deck. 1t is all nonsense for the men
to say that they could not break out of
the fOrecaStle. \ sea chest used as Il
battering ram would have demolished the
door in minute"
When asked about her experience in
the affair Mrs. Clarke said: "Well, |
think | should given up if had had time,
but, you see, was so busy tending to
the captain. When we left the ship the
cabin was full of smoke, but managed
to get two chronometers. Il seXtant
and "A chart out and into the boat.
knew we could not find st. Helena unless
we had them. so | took them along. III
the boat figured out the longitude while
the captain was working at the latitude,
and we got along very comfortably eX-
cept that we We're cramped for space on
the boat and did not have room enough
to lie down and sleep. One night we had
a storm and | thought we were certainly
going to be swamped, but we were not
| was so thin when got to st. Helena
that | was afraid to look in the glass.
ate some crackers ana drank plenty OF
water in the boat. but it was 100-mile
trip and | was naturally worried. be-
lieve | should have broken down whel
: we got to st. Helena. but the captain and
the wounded men all had to be looked
after and did not have time for any.
thing. | have been to sea for sixteen
E years, but the captain says can't go any
more. | think shall, however"
Little Carrie, when asked if she wa,
: frightened, said II was not afraid unit
the ship was on fire. Then papa was SC
long leaving her that | was afraid he
would get burned up. He put all the
men in the boat first and | feared h,
would not come. So cried. But mann
ma wasn't bit afraid any time
"1he captain, continued Mrs. Clarke
''kept up splendidly until we sighted st
Helena, but just as soon as he was sure
that he had sighted the island he broke
down. 1t couldn't be wondered at after
what he had gone through"
On the Sunday night after the Malay'
had broken out Captain Clarke thought
e he was dying and said to his wife: 1T i.
no use. | am dying. Here is my pistol
When the Malays break into the cabin
shoot me and then shoot Carrie and your
sell. MIS- ' ldIht l'Iollll>ti louo 81, bul
e her indomitable will so inspired her hus-
: band that it vanquiShed even death
D When Captain Clarke and his family ar
rived in London they had some difficulty
in finding a hotel. They drove first tt
: the Golden Cross Hotel, but the clerk
after taking Il look at the captain, whC
wore blue shirt and Il SLOUGH hat ant
l had court-plaster over the major part o
, his face, said: "No, we are all full.
l Then they drove to the Charing Cros,
: Hotel, where the captain was taken for
! dylmmter and fired out" The family
D finally found a hotel which agreed to give
them shelter on the suppositiOn that thu
captain had been in Il railway accident
On board the Servia Captain Clarke anC
his family were the recipients of ever!
1 attention from officers and passengers
' On Friday evening last concert wa
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