Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-02

| lar to the nOrthward. The wind held steady, veering now more to the south warSl. so that the bark held easily on her course, which was now northeast by north. A gentle swell agitated the surface of the sea. For thirty rods astern the foaming track of the vessel could be seen. A solitary sail far to the eastward, visible at sunset, had now faded from sight. The constella- rions came out, hardly dimm ed by the splendor of the moon, and shone with a brightness unknown in higher lati- tudes.
 Such a night as this aboard ship Captain Willis had never seen; indeed few masters of vessels had. His good ship was speeding along through the water at a rate that bade fair to make this voyage remarkable for its brevity; but the unruly human elements aboard made his eyes almost sleepless, his heart anxious. He had calculated that it would be possible to reach Nassau before the following night, where he had determined to make an effort to get rid of the worst clements of his crew, even if he had to continue the voyage short-handed. That night he and Crawford watched and took the wheel alternately with the mate and Dick Purvis. Mir. Hardy had divided the crew into watches, had instructed them in the duty and hours of the watch, and carefully struck the bells himself, or had Dick do it; but not for a moment did he or the Captain put the slightest confidence in the crew.
 About midnight the mate was keep ing watch. with Crawford at the wheel The Captain awoke from a doze, and saw Purvis coming aft
 ''How is it. Dick?" he asked. What do you find for'ard?'
 "Very little to speak of, sir" replied the seaman, scraping his foretop. i've tried hard to get familiar with some of 'em; but they fight dreadful shy of me. Not a word would any of 'em say in my hearing, till they found didn't under stand Spanish, and since then they are jabbering pretty much all the time. The niggers look at me in an ugly kind of way, now I tell you! This morning they would have nothing to do with the Cubans or the stowaways; now they're all cheek-b-jowl together, . chattering Spanish. The stowaways cally-looking chaps as they are can be made to understand villainy in any language"
 "Have you seen Mir. Hunter?" , "Yes, sir-he was near the forward ! ladder few minutes ago. There he
 is now.'
 , The Captain jumped up and started
 toward the figure that had just appeared from amidships. The figure receded as
 he advanced. With loud and per emptory "Heavc to, there!' he rushed :, forward and caught the man by the arm.
 ''Louis, is this you?" f The face, turned silently to him in the :. moonlight, showed him that it was as he said.
 "Now what do you mean by evading me in this fashion? What in the deuce . is the matter with you? Don't you see Z that I've got turbulent and mutinous
 crew aboard. and that I want all the
 friendly help l can get?'
 You've got something else aboard l ch"S SCOHio UO AhCOASoS SoA
 sneered Louis. "You've got an es- 2 capped tilibuster; and I suppose you
 don't mean to come into Cuban waters ;, again, after what has happened 7. "Ill take no instructions from you ~ nor any man about what course shall ;. pursue toward Arave countryman, ', hunted by the minions of Spain."
 "Inever supposed you would; so al. 7 low me to bid you goodnight" y, "Louis, listen to reason. Henry
 Crawford is man whose acquaintance = would honor any of us. want you tc .. see and talk with him." u. "Excusc me. I'm not very particular
 about my associates, as 1 believe you o have told me several times; but 1 have
 never taken them from political refu gees"
 Captain Willis tried hard to suppress his anger. He we'll understood tha U Louis was trying to anger him, so tha e he would abruptly end the conversa y ton.
 "Just tell me what your conduc 10 means," he demanded. 'o That's not hard to tell. You said t. 'n me yesterday that the time was fas ID coming when you and could not oc
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