Wichita eagle., 1889-09-01
crowd1ng past the rest on the main yard,

Growing past the rest on the main yRfO,
shouted:
"Come on, boys! We may as well have il
out with them, once for all"
Eyes, come on. you rascals, and have il
OUT" Numbered Mr.. Herbert 1.-THE storm
the captain told about has got along and its
right here on deck waiting for you. The
man that leaves the rigging without orders
will run straight into 1T
The ringleader began to descend the weather
ratlines, and nearly all them in the rigging
started to follow him. Those in the lower
rigging struck the deck first, but they could
only come two at time, and as they leaped
from the strouds they met the handspikes in
the hands of the officers stationed at the rail.
and were turnbled senseless one above the
other in heap On deck, the big ringleader
under all the rest
By tie time seven mutineers had been dis
posed on the deck PROSTATE and bleeding, and
the reyolvers had begun to crack merrily
from the poop, the men still in the rigging,
not liking the prospects below nor the singin z
of bullets about them, instinctively and unan-
imously concluded to reascend and obey or
ders.
The men who had been hit were handcuffed
as fast as they recovered consciousness and
placed in the lazaretto, where they remain
ed during the rest Of the trip After the
sails had been cast loose, the men in the rig
cling were permitted to descend one by one,
and Were searched as they reached the deck
They were not allowed to retain even a
pocket knife that might be used as weapon.
After the yards had been hoised, the sails
sheeted home and the ropes coiled, the crew
tna
captain delivered short lecture. instructive
if not pleasing TO his audience, and concluded
by setting them all hard at work without
reference to the customary hour of watch
below"
The yards were hauled as soon as the sails
had been set, the helnlsman received the order
East southeast" and the Tarratine with a
crew, for the time being at least, thoroughly
subdued if not penitent, turned her head
toward Callao.
There was no more watch and watch" on
board the Tarratine, but the men were kept
busy from morning till night. The amount
of paint work and iron scraped, and sennit
made, during the rest Of the trip, was some
thing well nigh unprecedented in maritime
history The officers were always on deck by
twos, keeping well together and heavily
armed against any sudden outbreak but
after their late experience there was 10 dis
position toward characterization Oh the part
of any OF the men
The weather fortunately remained fine
throughout and the wind generally favorable
The Galapagos Islands were sighted on the
tenth day after changing the course, and
eight days later the anchor was dropped OF
Caliao.
There the crew made grievous complaint
of their late severe treatment before the
American consul. After little investiga-
ton he arrived at the full particulars, and
then had the conplainauts all committed to
the Calabazo or common jail, where between
heat by day and cold by night, with clouds
of mosquitoes at all hours, they led suffi-
GENTLY dismal life until, after months OF i'm
prisonment, they were finally shipped of in
inStaliments in vessels bound for American
ports.
As it turned out, events could hardly have
happened more fortunately for the owners of
the Tarratine, as the California steamer
brought dispatches to Capt. Conyers that
had reached San Francisco after his DEPART
ure, and which instructed him to proceed to
Valparaiso and complete the ships cargo
there. These dispatches would have been
missed but for the necessity which compelled
him to put into Callao. Three days after
her arrival the Tarratine, having shipped
new men, set sail for the Gillian seaport 1t
may be added that the voyage was completed
without disaster, and with crew of far diff
ferent character than had sailed with the
ship from San Francisco.-Clarence Pullen
in Youths Communion.