Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-03

] Fred in rapid succession, and then u heavy i crash. Immediately the girl fell with shriek, 1 and the doctor come staggering heavily back on top of her. Quick as thought l pulled them inside locked the cabin door, and began ito examine their wounds. The girl was quite | dend, being shot though the breast, while Concanen was bleeding terribly from wound 1 just below the shoulder; tho bullet must have Srazed the upper arm, tearing open the flesh and cutting an artery, passed on and struck the nurse, who was just behind. Mrs. Con- canen was kneeling beside him and vainly l deavoring to staunch the flow of blood: Oddly enough, the attack, from whatever | Nuarter 1t came, was not followed up; but l heard two more shots fired on deck, and then a loud crashing and stamping in the fore part of the vessel, and judged that the mutineers 1 were battenng and barricading the forecastle. | I unlocked tho door and was going out to ex- | plore the situation when the doctor spoke in 1 a weak voice:
 | Quick, Trcnoweth never mind me- I've l got the main artery torn to pieces and cant | last many more minutes, but quick for the captains cabin and get the guns. They'll be down presently, as soon as they've finished up there.'
 "UpeninS the door and telling Mrs. Con- canen, who although white a sheet never | lost her presence of mind for a moment, to | lock it after me l stole along the passage, gained the captains cabin, found two guns. small keS of powder ito get at which 1 had to 1 smash in locker with the but-cnd of one of the gunsl, and some large shot, brought, I sup | pose. for shooting Sulls.
 "I found also a E-Se packet of revolver cartridges, but no revolver: and it suddenly struck that the shots already fred must have been from the captains revolver, taken l ~I,l,l I memberCd the sound of the shots 1 was surc of it. Tho mutinCcrs had probably no other ammunition, and so far I was their East"r.
 Fearful that by smashing the locGr: had made noise enough to be heard above the tur- moil on deck I returned swiftly and had just | reached the door of Conclll,':. c;'lin when hoard shout above, and a man whom 1 rec | Ognizcd by the voice E>' JohnStcn, the cil"pcu- ter, came rushing down th" steps crying l Hide nIc, ductOr, hid" me- As Mrs. Con caEen opened the door in answer :o my call | mother shot fired: thA man suddenly threw up his hands and wH 'rntliad utn tH,. cabin together. 1 tu" ! b1rricad"i the door.
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 >..,A iES: la!nW '.,'s@ ;'sa ,tucl,Y a'-, ', ,: .: '.,. k -:. .,. the floor literally sw.a. va4 Ii. >!. k ", !,,l4t over him tl "-' f E,s lasi ,;",j.. Ir ! whispered It w;,s l.;.i!tuu 1 SAW. (-rul V, Mice, and fell back d ""ri'sc. 1 cA" i",, t;.r hody to n corner of the cabin, touH of ny ;1cirt and covered ut' hi7 lace and 1uru>N |" Mrs. Concanon. She w;;s, dryeyrd, but d:~a,i- fully white.
 "' Give me the guns she said quietly. and show iuc how to load thcn.'
 '' Was doing 50 when I heard fuotslr!H, coiu.n:, slowly down ;hu coulranion X u!1- mcnt after, two er,Sh,It;, blows were >trur.. upon the door -pancl ;,!.i Cniivcr's voice rri".
 "Trenowcth. you ,ioc, are you hiding :h,r,.. Give up those papers and come out.
 '' For answer sent; charge of shot tlr@u.L the cabin door, and in an instant hearl %la scrlnIh!ing Lack with all speed up he stars.
 By th.s time it was ,i'oul3 a. n. a,.u tu add io the horrors ot 'ur lil~h: rl,lap sll,.- denly went ou; and lrf, Us III u.t>. uArknrs~ 1 drew Mrs Conrauy n aside ,.ti,':' .,l. !u- ing the hArrlcadc about the door i I> h"r and the child i'll corner where sh.. ,Nuu!u be safeif they attempted to fire t"Iu":;h ,he s; V light. and then s,.t down beside her to cvn. sidcr.
 |" lf as susp"c;,'d, tho mutina aels huA rniv the revolver Wl,icl they had taken Groil the captain, thry had but ono shot !Ntt, Ir:' l had already counted five, and if Was nnt I,iil!1 ; >. HO!;:.ss;-Whp always, aS l knew, carried son.H weapon Win !un would have any lor,a oatriH.,s UlnH h.ia $; Il tin.,' when 10 oI, susI .,v, ,',l tA" least danger.
 ;. Ho!d"a:,- :."" dcy>i--;,!lI iac,! tiEj4I r.,,.A 1 reckonrd thti thor wole t,:l:r:t>u '.u.,l4 on board. Of these, hN' W. rv slck and ,,roi,ah!v at ltIis nNm Al n'-Iric.l.!ri in :n. it,r,rls!lr One ;l' c4! i'tit,r, W:s iy'n-; here dead, and from the sliriy& Wh.ch 'r,to,.,.rd the cA ptaiu x cry another had already been ucv,'unted for by the :uutincr"S.
 This reduced tl.e number Co c4;n- Vhe next question Was, how many Were the n,u,i- neers? 1 had guessed a: unvc til4 Cu.:ivrr and ls3lttOn had Il E,tiiu lN the h: .l.,,S, f1r tin addition to lny .:rcN.0NS .ijstrusl of the mem it was jus: uptn n:ilH.:;it when We heard the first 2rv that is tn sav. the time when the watch M>s chNi.scd, and knew tina. thvs> two belonged 10 the captains wutrh. Bu: could :h,y be alone?
 ' l. seemed impossible, and vet knrN, nu others Mnon,; tt:r crew 70 distrust. and cer- tanty baNlS, Wt.. WaS acting :'s lnu;r Gt pres eRt, w;p7, although lE inGillc:rilt navigator, us true steel. Moreover, th2 fact that the mutincers' aucccss ill shooting the doctor had not been followed uF, mad" my guess seem moro likely. Certainly Cuivcr and Ration were the only two oI whom We could be sure as yet. Nevertheless the suprostion was amazing.
 '' ] huu arrived at this point in my cnlcu- lat;ons when Il vel! which Ireco,ni2cd, told me ) that they had caught Cox the hrllnsmun and were murderinS him, After this came de,d silence, which iasted all throu Ii the night l must hasten to cuncuQa this, for Vt have no light in the cabin, and I am writing now by the faint evening rays that struggle il through the sky-light.
 As soon as morning broka determined tt reconnoitre. Cautiously moving the barricadt I opened the cabin door and stole up the com ! panion ladder. Arrived at tho top I pcoret cautiously over and saw the mutneers sitting by the forward hatch, drinking. They were ' altogether four in number-Collivcr, Railton a seaman called Rogerson, who h"A lately >>- punished by Captain ,.n... ; | when on watch, and .>
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