New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

conspiracy. If Needham had heard
or seen any thing further he had not
reported it, although invited to do
So.
The captains trick that night was
from 8 to IL. At 9 O'Clock [ was
asleep in my berth, the captain was
lounging. and smoking, and Jess was
in the cabin after some article Of
clothing. There was no wind yet,
| while the night was soft and star,
| light. There was a man at the wheel,
| but this was mere forms sake, he hav-
ing nothing to do. All Of sudden,
as the captain paced the quarter,
some one in the fo'castle shouted
| "Murder!' There was a scramble
and rush, followed by asplash, and
a choking voice from the water gasp
| ed out:
cts, mutiny, captain; look out!'
| 1t was the voice of Needham, who
had deem stabbed and flung over
board.
Next moment the captain saw
every other man before the mast ad-
vancing aft armed with capstan bars
and Delaying pins. The negro cook
was with them, and the old man was
not long in realizing that something
worse than mutiny was on. Instead
Of ordering or arguing or waiting for
explanations, he leaped down into
the cabin and bolted the heavy doors
behind him. I had heard the row,
and was now dressed, and..so it came
to pass that the captain, Jess and
myself were together aft, and all
made prisoners at once. cts mutiny,
Mr.. Loring!' shouted the captain as
| entered the main cabin. Arm your
self, and we'll teach the rascals a les
son not to be forgotten
He had scarcely ceased speaking
when a bullet struck him in the right
shoulder and a shot fired at me
grazed my head. One of the mutt
neers had fired through
the open skylight. The cap
tain staggered to the sofa,
and in jiffy I had thelights out.
| Then pulled the heavy sash down
and we secured it, and we were safe
for the moment. 1t needed no ex-
! PLANTATION to satisfy me Of what had
happened. The crew had seized the
schooner, and Needham had been
murdered because he would not Join
the conspiracy. I had revolver,
and | started for the dock, but the
captain stopped me.
Come back, Mr.. Loring. You
have no show! They would kill you
before you got on deck!"
"But we must get the schooner
back!' I said.
certainly; but we can't do it by
throwing our lives away. We are
safe for the present. Help me off
with my coat and attend to this ward.
Jess, you take my revolver and
stand in the companionway to guard
the doors.'
got at the wound as soon and as
carefully as I could, and was reioiced
to find that the bullet had struck the
bone and glanced off, Indeed, it fell
out of the flesh as I washed away
the blood. TWAS thus a painful but
not a dangerous wound. I soon had
it attended to, and the captain
thought he would not be prevented
from handling revolver. l had Just
got him fixed up when some one rap
ped at the doors and a voice ex-
| claimed:
Below, there! I want word with
you'll"
"What is it," demanded the cap
| tain.
'The schooner is ours, as you, of
course, know. We don't want your
lives. You can have a boat and start
| OF as soon as you please"
"But we don't propose to CO."
'Don't get cantankerous, old man.
| We've got the schooner and we know
enough to keep her. We don't want
you here. Ifyou accept your offer,
all right. If you want to fight il out,
then look out for yourselves!"
"That's what we propose to do" re
piled the captain, and then all was
quiet.
crept to the head of the compan-
| ion stairs and heard the mutineers
conversing in low tones, and while
sought to catch what they said, a
man ran aft the wheel and the 9th
ers began to make sail. The calm
was broken. I knew the course they
would make without seeking sight
of the cabin compass. They would
head to the west, probably for King
Island, and while between the south
coast of Australia and the north
coast of Van Dieman's Land, a
stretch of over 200 miles, there would
be no fear of meeting with any craft
larger than a coaster, owing to the
numerous shoals and shadows. The
breeze came up lively, and the
schooner went dancing away as live
ly as if all had been at peace
s"They won't try to get at us for a
time, and perhaps not until morn
ing" said the captain, "and we must
make ready.
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