Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-02-03

1 agree to this both of you can joil
 those bloody devils befow.n Of course we consented. Wha
 else to dof We had to deal with {
 body of determined men, driven ts
 desperation by tyranny. couldns
 help contrasting their demeanor n,
 that time with their cowarily con
 duct of few hours before. The
 mongoose was the last straw.
 The men behaved we'll during the
 rest of the voyage. All the work
 they did was to trim sail and make
 necessary repairs to the rigging. They feasted high on cabin stores and
 made short work of the rum cask. When we got off Ceylon they
 hauled the cable up out of the chain
 lockers and hoisted tho anchors over
 the side. They had no spite against
 the ship or grudge against us. Next
 day a Chinese junk hove in sight.
 The boatswain, the only deep water sailor aboard. called council of the
 mutineers on the forecastle. In a little while he came aft and informed the second mate that the crow had determined to capture tho junk and go in her to some port of Sumatra or the Malay archipelago. They trimmed the yards and chased the junk. soon overhauling her.
 They fired gun at her and she hove to. The boatswain and ten men took possession of her and, the sea being smooth, dashed her alongside the Rajah. The almond eyed, pig tailed sailors in charge of her were scared to death. Several casks of pork and beef. bags of biscuit and plenty of fresh water were trans ferred from the ship to the junk, and the mutinecrs were just about to em- bark on her when the second mate came on deck and said to the boat swain:
 "Boatswain, you are a sailor. and you know very well that if the ship Is caught in a gale of wind with all sail set we two men and the six ap- pren.ices can do nothing with her. Now. like good fellow, furl every thing but the three lower topsails and the foretopmast staysail and then shall feel easy"
 He consented, and in half an hour the ship was snug for a hurricane.
 Then our crew left us in the junk. setting all sail and giving us three cheers. We barely moved through the water under tho short canvas spread to the breeze.
 Johnson" said l, why, in the name of heaven, did you shorten sail to three lower topsails9'
 Il will tell you" he said. 'sWhen went below to get a chart and com pass for the boatswain. l looked at the barometer and noticed that it had Iallen nearly half an inch. This is she time for the change of the mon 'oons. and in less than six hours a cy- :lone will strike us"
 And it did For sixty hours it blew 1 with hurricane force. Owing to the second mates foresight we were pre- 1 pared for it. The ship was hove to | ,n the starboard tack all the time. | When it came on to blow so hard | hat 1t was not safe to carry the fore md mizzen topsails. we let go the Iheets, and with bang like that of | cannon away blew every rag to | 
 When the cyclone was over we | managed to set out upper topsails nd jib, taking the halyards to the winch and heaving hard all day. Under tho canvas we reached Nega- 'atam, signaling for assistance when n sight of shore. A number of Las ars came off in a Masoolah boat. nd with their aid we let go anchor nd prepared to discharge cargo. he second mate went to Madras lext day by bullock wagon and told he whole story to the owners agents. hey promptly sent D crew down by schooner to take charge of the hip. l never heard what became of he junk. I think she foundered in he cyclone.-A. J. K. in Detroit Jews.