Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-25
The Story Of a Wreck.
Thrilling and Romantic Account OF
q Mutiny at Sea-
BY w. CLARK RUSSELL.
CHAPTER /.

wind, which had ratified us with an
acre of foam at our bows right away
down the river, was dropping fast and
there was barely enough air to keep
the ROYALS full. The whole stretch of
scene was lovely at that moment. full
of the great peace of an ocean falling |
asleep, of gently moving vessels, OF the
solemn gathering of shadows Tho
town OF Deal was upon the starboard |
bow. a warm cluster of houses. with a
windmill on the green hills turning
drowsily; here and there window
glitterng with sudden beam OF light; I
an inclined beach in the foreground,
with groups of boats high and dry upon |
it, and line of foam at its base, which |
sung upon the single so thatyou could
hear it plainly amid intervals of silence
on board the ship.
was in q proper mood to appreciate
this beautiful, tranquil scene. L was
leaving England for long spell; and
the sight of this quiet little town OF
Deal and the grand old Foreland cliffs
shutting out the sky, and the pale white
shores we had left far astern, went
right to my heart Well, it was just
quiet leave-taking of the Old Country
without words or sobs.
NThe pilot means to bring up. 1 have
Just heard him tell the skipper to stand
by for light sou westerly breeze. This
is most COMPOUNDED nuisance! All
hands, perhaps, in the middle watch to
get under way" - -
81 expected as much" said I, turn
ing and confronting short, squarely
built man, with power of red
hair under his chin, and skin like
yellow leather through thirty years
exposure to sun and wind and dirt all
over the world. This was the chief
mate, Mr.. Ephraim Duckling, conf
IDENTIFY assumed by me to be Yankee,
though he didn't talk with his nose. /
had looked at this gentleman with
some doubt when l first met him In
the West India Docks. He had blue
eyes, with cast in the port optic.
This somehow made him humorous,
whether or no, when he meant to be
droll, so he had an advantage over
other wits. He had hair so dense,
coarse and red withal, that he might
safely have been scalped for door
mat. His legs we're short, and his
BODY very long and broad, and i
guessed his strength by the way his
arm filled out, and threatened to burst
up the sleeve of his coat when he bent
it. So far he had been polite enough
to me, in a mighty rough, fashion in
deed; and as to the men there had
been little occasion for him to give or
ders as vet, - Oh. .-:-aa<A>&aSr0a--~~%se
81 expected as much" said L 81
doubt if wen fetch the Downs before
the calm falls" --==ss- -. ''S--S~.~~%'-"-~--
There is little wind over the land,
though, or that mill wouldn't be turn
ing" ~ A~Ne-~~>-----
Some of the hands were on the fore
castle, looking and pointing toward
the shore. Others stood in a group
near the galley, talking with the cook,
fat, pale man, with flannel shirt
pigs in the long-boat grunted an ac-
compartment to the chattering of q
mass of hens cooped under the long
boat. 'r-''-sH''' - ''ss~7s-@---
The skipper stood on the weather
side of the poop, against the star
board quarter-boat, conversing with
the pilot. = ; ~~-S'77~- Ar'~'
Have before you tall. well-shaped
man, with iron-gray hair, thin,
aquiline nose, Short compressed
mouth, small, dark eyes, which looked
at you imperiously from under a per
feet hedge of eyebrow, and whitlst
whiskers, which slanted across his
cheeks, dressed in tall hat, a Ions
monkey jacket and square-toed boots
Captain Coxon was q decidedly
good-looking mann had heard be
fore | joined the Grosvenor he was {
smart seaman, though a bully to hi
men. But this did not prejudice me
l thought 1 knew my duties vel
enough to steer clear of his temper.
The pilot was a little dusky-face(
Z man. with great bushy whiskers, anC
t a large, chocolate-colored shawl rount
his throat, though we were in August
when Duckling said; x 49, 1910
Z" It's my belief that we shall hav'
trouble with those fellows forward
When we trimmed sail off the Nortl
Foreland, did you notice how the.
went to work." 4,"-~-%e-s--ea.--e-z'>'se>-
r Eyes, did. And I'll tell you what
the matter. AS / was going forward
after dinner, the cook stopped me, ant
: told me the men were grumbling a
the provisions. He said that some O
the pork served out stunk, and tn
bread was moldy and full of weevils.
"Oh, is that itP'' said Duckling
''Wait till get them to sea, ana IL
give them my affidavit now, if the
= like, that then they'll have something
to cry over. There's Portugee felloy
among them, and no ships compan
J can keep honest when one of those fe.
lows comes aboard. ~,-.-sF --~as;s. -
He went to the break of the poo
and stared furiously at the men abor
the galley Some of them grewuneasJ
and edged away and got round to til
other side of the galley; others, of thos
who remained, folded their arms al
stared at him back, and one of thel
laughed, which put him in passion
- once. 49, ~-~'-.- = -
"You lazy hounds!" he beloved,
a voice of thunder, have ''you nothin
to get aboutP Some of you get th'
cable range there more over to wine
ward. You, there, get some scrubbint
brushes and clean the long boats DO
tom. I'll teach you to palaver Il
cook, you grumbling villainsr' and /
made a movement so full of menaC