The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-21

iine. : replied Johnson. .HWhat We
want to know.is, how you standf The
mate has gone. and the captain must
follow. II you will navigate the bark
, for us, no harm shall come to you. II
you refuse, then we shall set you adrift.
We've gone too far to back water"
Talk to 'em, Mr.. Carling." gasped
the captain. who was greatly broken
down. Tell 'em that if they will spare
} our lives they shall not be punished for
what they have done. I give my word
they shan't."
.'What will you do with him?" ]
.Set him adrift in the yawl at day
break"
"And il I refuse to navigate the
bark?"
! "You 60 with him. though we'd be
sorry for it, for you've used the men
right"
"What point do you wish to maker
1.-THE coast of Brazil"
"Will you all sign paper to the ef-
feet that I had nothing to do with bring
ing about this mutiny. and that l navi-
gated the bark under duress?"
1--WE will that" they shouted in cho-
rus.
Every well, will remain; but why
not keep the captain q prisoner instead
of sending him adrift?'
HE must be punished, SIR" replied
Iargued with 'em, together and sep
arately, but it was no use. They had
l 6n1 hn
swerved from it. Captain Burrows was
q cringing coward. He begged, en-
treated and sought to bride, and when
day fully broke he hadn't the heart of
woman. A man was sent aloft with a
glass to survey the sea, and when he
came down and reported the waters
clear of sail the yawl was lowered, a key
of water, some of the spoiled meat, and
a lot of wormy biscuits were placed in
il, and they were ready to send the cap
tain adrift. His cowardice was SO great
that one could not pity him. He had
to be lowered over the side like bale
of rags, and as his boat toated away he
| covered down on the bottom, and
seemed to fall into stupor. When he
was half a mile astcrn johnson called
every man aft and said:
''Now, men. Mr.. CARING is to be our
captain, and he is to be promptly
Obeyed. l shall be first mate, Peterson
second, and, though we berth in the
cabin, you shall have just as good food
as we do. We will now name the
watches. and things will go on as if
there had been no trouble.
His word was not questioned. There
was no exultatiOn, no lawlessness, no
Boosting. Every man quiet and thought
full. They had been wronged. They
had righted that wrong in their own
way, and were now simply seeking to
make safe escape. In twenty minutes
after the captain was set afloat you
could not have told that any thing out
of the routine had happened. The
decks were washed down, breakfast
prepared. and when things had been
cleared away johnson came down into
the cabin and said:
''Mr. CARING. how far are we out
from the Sandwich islands,"
mot to exceed seventy miles,"
"Very well; you will please give us
the course for the Paumotu Islands,
''But l was going to alter the course
to run for South America"
1--WE don't want to go there. What
said was to deceive the captain, for it's
likely he'll soon be picked up. We
want to run down to tho Paumotu
Islands,"
l got out the charts, gave him the
course, and followed him on deck.
Every thing was ship-shape, the men as
respectful as You please, and it was
hard to realize that any thing like mu-
ting and murder had occurred. 1t
seemed as if the very winds looked
upOA the revolution with favor, for the
breeze hauled to our best sailing point
and sent us along hour after hour and
day after day until we were far to the
south of the Sandwich Islands.
l am telling you now what I after
ward swOre to, that a better crew never
trod deck. There was no wrangling,
no drinking, and not the least indica-
ton of INSTRUMENTATION. When we came
to overhaul the ships stores we found
fOur-tifths of them as fresh and sound as
any sailor could ask for. The other
portion must have been put in by the
captain on some speculation.
Near the line of the equator we had
light winds and Gains for several days,
but finally got slant which carried us
to the south until we got a holding
breeze, and one afternoon we sighted
the islands for which we had long been
headed. The group comprises fifty or
more islands, with those of the Society,
Cook. and Tabna lying Just to the south.
At this day most of the islands are inhab-
tied. At that date only few of them
were, and there were not above three or
four ports of call. mainly for the con-
venience of whalers in want of vegeta-
bles and water. The bark had planned
to visit the Marshall, Gilbert, and Phoe-
nix Islands, lying near the equator, and
much nearer Honolulu. The Paumotu
Islands had been selected by the mutt
neers because two of Thorn had once been
wrecked among them. and spent q year
or more in leading q half-civilized life.
Before dark we had made safe an
chorage, and, though the voyage was
now ended, discipline still remained as
strict as ever. That evening johnson
came down to me and said:
'.Nfr. CARING. the voyage is ended.
You have done as you agreed, and you
must admit that the men have been
well-behaved. Will you 60 with US to-
morrow or stick by the bark?"
81 must stand by the craft"
''Just as you say, sir. This is shell
tered spot. and we will leave you in good
shape. We shall take the long boat,
some spare sails, few stores and other
h,,k 9th 10 l. Al