Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-08
The Story of a Wreck.
Thrilling and Romantic Account of
 a Mutiny at Sea-
BY W. CLARK RUSSELL.

counterfeit the voice oi the man ne has knocked on the head success fully"
 "But what will he tell themp"
 "Why, that his jOl is nearly finished, and that they had 4c,st take to the boats and hold off for him, as he is scuttling her in h.: f dozen places, and the people aft will find her sinking and make a rush to the boats if they are not kept away. He will tell them that when he has done scuttling her he will run up and jump overheard and swim to them. This, if done cleverly, may decide the men to shove of. We shall sec"
 "It is a clever scheme" she an- swered, musingly. "The boatswain's life depen. Is upon his success, and be- lieve he will succeed in duping them"
 "What can be done he will do, am sure" l said, not choosing to admit that had not her confidence in the strat= gem, because I feared that the more the boatswain should endeavor to disguise hls voice, the greater would be the risk of its being recognized. "But let me tell you that this is the worst view of the case. It is quite probable that the men will take to the boats and wait for their mate to finish in the hold, not only because it will save time, but because they will imag- inc it an effectual way of compelling us to remain on the vessel"
 What villains! And if they take to the boatsP"
 "Then l shall want you" "What can I dop"
 I've shall see. There still remains third chance. The carpenter is, or 1 have read his character upside down, a born murderer. It is possible that this villain may design to leave the man whom he sends into the hold to sink with the ship. He has not above half dozen chums, confidential friends, among tRe crew, and it will be his and their policy to rid themselves of the others as best they can, so as to dim finish the number of witnesses against them. If, therefore, they contemplate this, they will leave the ship while they suppose the act of scuttling to be act ually proceeding. Now, among the many schemes which have entered my mind, there was one l should have put | in practice had 1 not feared to commit any action which might in the small est degree imperil your safety. This l scheme was to cautiously sound the l minds of the men who were not in the I tain how far they relish the notion of quitting the ship for shore that might prove inhospitable, or on which their boats might be wrecked and themselves drowned; and discover, by what shrcwdness am master of, how many l might get to come over to my side if the boatswain and myself turned upon Stevens and killed him, shot down Johnson, and fell, armed with my re- Volver and a couple of belaying pins, upon Cornish and Fish - these three men composing Stevens cabinet. say that this was quite practicable, and no very greet courage required to exe- cute it. as we should have killed or stunned these men before they would be able to resist us"
 "There would bc nine left"
 "Yes; put l should have reckoned upon some of them helping me-"
 You could not have depended upon them"
 Well, wo have another plan; and ] refer to this only to show you speci- men of some of the schemes which have come into my head"
 "Mr. Royle. if you had a pistol to give me. would help you shoot them if il would aid in saving our lives" she ex- claimed, with her eyes on fire.
 Thinking it better that Stevens should not find us together repaired to my cabin and she went to hers.
 During my watch the carpenter joined me and had many questions to ask concerning "Floridy," which re vealed his total ignorance of it's local ity He supposed it was an island ant was surprised when explained to hin that It was part of the main coast O North America
 He then asked me what compasses VI had that we might take with us.
 "We shall only want one in the long boat" replied; "and there is one o1 the table in the captains oabin whicl will do. Have you got the longboat al , readyp"
 'Ay, clean as a new brass farden and provisioned for month."
 Now let me understand; when tn ship is hove to. you will sling the long boat overP"
 II explained all that before." h answered. gruff1y. Mot that"
 You're hang gin' on tidy bit abou them there boats. What do yo, thinkP"
 II suppose my life is as good a yours. and that have right to fin' out how we are to abandon this shi ' and make the shore," l answered with some show of warmth, my objec being to get all the information fror him that was possible to be drawn "You'll get the long-boat alongside and all hands will jump into herr that it?''
 ''Why, wot do you think we'd ge the boat alongside for if we didn't ge into herr" he replied. with kind ( growing laugh.
 Will anybody be left on the shipP
 Anybody left on the shipP" he e1 claimed, fetching a sudden breatf
 "Wot's put that in yer headP"
 "I was afraid that that yellow villair the cook, might induce you to leav t' the steward behind to take his chanc 'r to sink or swim in her, just out of r' venge for calling bad pork good,
 said I, fixing my eyes upon him. . No, no, nothen ot the sort" h replied, quickly, and with evider
 alarm. "Curse the cook! dye thin
 Is skipper to give them kind O O