Smyrna times., 1889-06-05

himsen. NOW tnat we were at aneno
all discipline had ceased. and one p,o.
was as good as another They wer
prowling all over the schooner and ner
fectly at home
The wine must have tickled thei
palates nightly, for a second pailf,,
was soon demanded. 1t was while v,s
drawing it that noticed the barrcl IN,
no oung in it, and I wondered why tn,
WINE had not soured. l retired to N.
galley as soon as had filled the sacon,
order and for half an hour there was
good deal OF loud talk and laughter. All
OF a sudden, while | was rehectino q,
the situation, and perhaps crying n bit
IN my sorrow and anxiety, it struck mc
that things were wonderfully nuiet
looked ont of the galley to see half q
dozen figures lying on the oarr .,,c
later on, when had summoned co,,,.,,,o
to walk the length of the schooner
round every man aboard apparentlv
sound asleep. Their BREATHING was Ia
bored but l supposed this vas the result
OF too much drink. The night had coma
down dark and gusty, with the wind
dlrectly off shore, and as the sleenars
continued to lie quiet some strange ideas
came to me. was tempted to take one
OF their knives and begin killing. but I
doubted my nerve The yawl was at
the davits, and planned to lower it and
let the breeze carry me out to sea.
held to this idea for a few minutes
ana then surrendered it for anotbnr
would swim ashore and hide in Che forest
l had to abandon that scheme as well
tor saw at glance that the tide was
running out strong. l was WONDERING ir
should not start fire in the forecastIe
or cabin when l discovered that the craft
was under way. She had her light anchor
olG ana had been tugging heavily under
'ide anu gust. The chain had ground Off
against some sharp edged rock or the min
had shipped from shackIc It was Drob-
AMY the latter case, as heard n splaeb
as OF the end Of the chain falling from,
the hawse hole. She drove Off stern {}rst
ana then' as she began to swing about. I
softly back to the wheel. put il
over to get hcroiT and then extinrnisbcd
the TWO lanterns on deck and the lalno
III Ihe cabin. am not b0astinu of my,
nerve IN stepping over the sleppers to III |
-lll8 work or Of my sayacitv in oori,o
me idea. was working like one in y |
Iream and could hardly have identified |
myself
what occurred between the time put
'ut the lights and daylight next mornin@
never can clearly remember. The
'Chooher took care Of herself for any
mort OF mine, and think went into
ne galley and crept behind the stove
NJ least | crawlel out of that contracted
pace soon after daylight, in response to
call l suppose l was called to nra-
'are breakfast for the pirates, but | was
70 sooner out Of the galley than saw n
urge snip hove to a quarter of mite
way wulle one of her boats, with five
len IN 1t, was alongside theschooner 7
lust have looked and acted like n st,lni1
u as a couple of men camo over tho
III one OF them gave me hearty sbal--
y and growled out:
You idiot, can't you get your mouth
oen?" ~ 0''''i
mere were twenty-five men lying on
ie decks and in the cabin sound asleen
o! Dead! Every one Of them dead and
'id' and the only living thing aboard {
took some time to explain matters and 7
y at all the particulars. but with what
could tell them and what they could
II ihaiiy became plain to ali That :
.rrei OF wine had been dosed with soma r
'adly drug. The cook must have done b
previous to the attack or the b,n,, v
ii been left out by another and some !.
lsonous reptile had crept in to die No f
e could tell for certain, but the drinl-- 4
were all dead, and all had died in R
.ep The ship was English. and the 81
looner was over thirty miles Off the Y
I'd. One Of her majestys mcn-of-war b
sisted by civil functionary, attempt- "
an investigation, but nothing came sa
IT, Our crew had been slaugbtaral e'
the schooner captured, but She had eg
apturcd herself and brought off al
ahty-hve corpses Not a !ivipo ma, 81
I'D ever be found among tl, islands be be
o would acknowledge that he had =
T seen the schooner, much less mar. Il Il
pated IN her capture -New Yor- =