The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-04-23
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surrender, and that he'd shoot down any
man he could bring within range. The
fellows cursed and yelled in response, and
though we could hear them moving about
the decks from that time till daylight,
they made no new move. When day
fully broke, Bristol Bob again demanded
a surrender, but received the same an
swer. We expected them to smash the
rest of the skylight, but they hesitated
to do, as they would have no means of
repairing it when the Captain was dis
posed of. There was not even Il pistol
among them, while the Captain had
revolver, double barrelled pistol, and
musket. He also had a sword in his state
room, which would prove an ugly weapon
at close quarters. While l was only a
boy, had both pluck and nerve, and l
could handle a pistol to do an enemy
damage.
Daylight was not two hours old be-
fore the mutineers discovered that they
had captured the wrong end of the brig
first. They had the decks and the
fo'castle, but the Captain held the cabin.
BY listening at the stern ports and under
the skylight we heard much of what was
said. The brig was holding due east,
and we heard words dropped about a
mysterious island-buried gold-living
like nabobs, and so on. How to come
at us was puzzle, but nothing was done
until mid-afternoon. Then the doors of
the companion were burst in, and the
men encouraged each other to attack the
cabin door. Each hung back, however,
as there was bit of entry at the foot of
the stairs, with turn to the right to
reach the door. On account of this they
could not bring a beam to bear, nor could
more than one man work at a time.
Realizing their disadvantage, and wish
! ing to come at their end the safest way,
they were ready to make any promise to
| bring the Captain out. He defied them,
and thus two days and two nights passed.
| The brig had meanwhile been making
| good speed to the east, and we now
heard the men growing because the
island had not been sighted. On the
forenoon of the third day there were
several violent quarrels among them, and
/ in one of these the second mate was
stabbed to death and his body flung over
board. The Captain had treated me very
kindly, and we had not suffered for food
or drink, there being full cooler of
water in the cabin when the row began.
He had crackers, sardines and other fine
provisions in his own pantry, and while
stood watch three hours he stood six
| He said the end would be that both of
us would be killed, and he was impatient
for the mutineers to begin their work, so
that he might get a shot at them. On
this the third day Bristol Bob stood on
the port quarter, while haranguing us
through the skylight, and the Captain
| located him, brought his musSet to
bear, and shot him dead We knew
| this from what was said on deck.
Half an hour later, as we heard one of
them at the cabin door, the Captain
made ready to fire a bullet through
/ it, and, by some carelessness, dis
charged the weapon prematurely and re-
ceived the ball in his throat, and he dod
/ in five minutes. | was so overcome that
I hid away in his stateroom, and the
mutineers no longer had any one to resist
them. The first thing 1 knew it was
night, and it was so very quiet that 1
/ knew there could be no wind outside. /
F, crept out into the cabin, but everything
remained as l had left it. For two
! hours l listened for sounds from the deck,
but heard nothing from the mutineers,
and finally fell asleep. 1t was morning
when l was aroused, and then by men
/ I So - Al.
light. They belonged to the Scotch
whaler Bruce, which was lying near by,
and which had had us in view ever since
daylight. The mutineers had taken the
long boat and abandoned the brig, which
was driving at her own sweet will, and to
this day not one of the men has ever
been heard of. No doubt they met with
some accident by which all perished at
sea.-Ne1o York Sun.