West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

He then called TO them that he'd never
surrender, and that he'd shoot down any
man he could bring within range. The
fellows cursed and yelled i'm response, and
though We could hear them moving about
the decks from that time till daylight,
they made no new move. When dav
fully broke, Bristol Bob again demanded
surrender hut received the same an.
swer. We expected them 10 smash the
rest of the skylight, but they hesitatcd
td do, As they would have no means OF
repairing il when the Captain was dis
posed Of There was not even pistol
among them, while the Captain had a
revolver, a double barrellcd pistol, and a
musket. He also had sword in his state.
room, which would prove am ugly weapon
at close quarters While | was only
boy, | bad both pluck and nerve, and
could handle pistol TO do au 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 tho
fo'castlc, 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 wo heard words dropped about a
mysterious islaud-buricd god--livinp
like nabobs, and 50 on. How TO come
at MS was puzzle, but nothing was done
Until mid'aftcrnoou. Then the doors Of
the companion were burst in, and tho
men encouraged each other to attack the
cabin door Each hung back, however,
rs there was q 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 u beam TO bear, nor could
more than ono man work at a time
Realizing their disadvantage, and wish
ing TO come at their end the safest way
they were ready 20 make any promise to
bring the Captain out. lie defcd them
and thus two days and two nights passed
The brig had meanwhile been making
good speed 60 the east, and we now
heard the men growing because the
island had not been sighted. On the
forenoon g tho 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 a full cooler of
/ water in the cabin when the row began.
4 He had crackers, sardines and other fine
/ provisions in his own pantry, and while I
stood watch three hours he stood six,
lie said the end would be that both of
MS would be killed, and he was impatient
( for the mutineers to begin their work, so
that he might get shot at them. On
this the third day Bristol Bob stood on
the port quarter, while haranguinp u.
through tho skylight, and the Captain
| located him, brought his muskct 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 bullet through
II, and, by some carelessness. dis.
charged the weapon prematurely and re
ceved the ball in his throat and hc died
in five minutes. | was so overcome that
hid away in bis stateroom, and tho
mutineers no longer had any one to resist
them. The first thing I knew it was
night, and il was 50 very quiet that I
knew there could be no wind outside. I
crept out into the cabin, but everything
remained as ! had left H. For two
hours listened for sounds from the deck.
but heard nothing from the mutineers.
aud finally fell asleep. 1t was morning
when was aroused, and then by men
dropping into the cabin through the sky
light. They belonged to the Scotch
whaler Bruce, which was lying near by,
and which had had us in view ever since
daylight. The mutiueofs 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
I been heard Of. No doubt they met with
some accident by which all perished at
sea.--NoD loyk Sun.