Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-11-10

at the cuddy table nc meals and directed
the steward TO serve them with the best
the ship afforded in their cabin.
When Stevens came TO the table he
sung out to the Steward TO "tell the old
gent and his darter that dinner vos n
yaitn'r Whercupon explained that
the old gentleman was too III to leave
his bunk.
"Well, then, lot the gal come" said
he.
"she can't leave her father" | re-
piled.
perhaps il amt that so much rs be-
cause amt genteel enough for her.
It's the Vest End % London as won't
have nothing To- do with Mapping. The
tobaccy in my breath Is too strong for
her.
"Nothing Of tho kind. The old man
Is III, and sho must watch him. AS to
your manners, dare say she is better
pleased with them than you ought TO
be told. II Is not every ships carpcn-
ter that could talk and look like skip
per, and keep men under rs you do. v
you're right therov he exclaimed,
with broad grin. "Come, saryo us
out a dollop o. that pork, will yerP
Roast perks never too fresh for me. v
And he fell like an animal 10 the
meat, and forgot, US wished, all about
Miss Robertson.
In the first watch from eight In the
evening until midnight, which was the
boatswain's, sat for nm hour with tho
old gentleman aud his daughter, mo-
ticed that as his bodygrcw stronger his
4. 4 II
almost gone. About nine o'clock i
left them and went on deck. II was
quito dark, which suited my purpose
~ I could converse with the boatswain
with less danger Of discovery.
walked TO the quarter boat and
stood undor the Ice OF 1t whore ho soon
Joined me.
"Boson. said !, "tho more think
Of your scheme, the better | like IT,
Whatever may happen, your being in
tho hold will prevent any man from
scuitling the ship"
"Yos, so IL will; I'll take caro- Of
that. Ono blow must do the job-he
mustn't cry out. Tho piano-fortcs arc
amidsbips on merely two feet Of dun
mage; all for'ard the cases run large.
aud It's there they'll find space"
"My intention is not 10 wait until
We come TO tho Gulf in order to carry
this out" said |; "l'll clap on sixty,
eighty, a hundred, miles, just rs | see
my way, to every days run, so rs 10
bring the Gulf OF Mexico close along
side the Bermuda Islands. DoyOu UNI
derstand, bosonP'
"Ycs, Understand. There's no use
in waitin'. You're quito right to get
it over. Tho sooner the better, says l.
1--WE shall average run OF three
hundred miles every twcnty-four
hours, aud / II slip In an extra degree
whenever can. Who's to know7n
"Ne'cr man on this vessel, sir," he
answered "rhcre's not above two
as can spell words in n book. y
80 ! should think. OF course j
shall have to prick OF tho chart accord
ing to the wind. A breeze like this
may wei! give us three hundred miles.
II il fall calm. can make her drift six
~ miles wcst-sou' wcs', and clap on
another eighty for slrcragc-way. |
shall have double reckouings for
the crew, one for myself You, us
chef, will know It's all right"
"Lcavn that TO me- no answered,
with n short laugh. They've found
out by this time that tho ships clip
per, and I'll let EN- understand that
there never was batter navigator
than you. len be for you and mo 10
keep as much canvas on her as she u
carry in our watches, for tho sake OF
appearance; aud II was you, sir, I'd
trim tho Longtime a'rcsh."
"a good Idca," says /. "I'll give
her double dose Twelve knots shall
be nothing in moderate breeze"
We both laughed ut this; and thcn,
to make my presence on deck appear
reasonable, walked to tho pinnacle,
returned and saidi
in nine days hence wo must con-
triyu to DO In longitude G2 degrees and
latitude SO degrees somewhere about
it. Ii we can average one hundred
and eighty miles every day. We shall
do it
"What do you make tho distance
from whore we are now To the Gulf
"lp broad numbers, three thousand
miles"
"No more"
averaging two hundred miles n
day, We should b. abreast Of New Or
leans Ia fortnight. said three weeks,
but | shall correct myself 10 Stevens
| tomorrow, after have taken obscrva-
| tons. I'll show him n jump on tho
chart that will ustoui,h him. I'll pun
ish the scoundrcls yet I'll give them
/ tho dirnct course To Bermuda when
/ they're in tic loats, and II our plot
| only sucC 'ols and the wind serves, one
otus two will be- ashore on the island be-
| fore them, TO let the Governor know
whom he Is TO expect"
"That may be done, too" answered
the boatswain; "but it'll have to be n
dark night to get away from en- with
out their seeing OF US"
They'll choose dark night fol-
their own sakcs, Boatswain. give us
your hand Your cloverness has, IN
my opinion, rs good Us saved u.s. fell
dead man this morning, but wal
never more alive than | am now"
grasped his hand, and went below
positively In better spirits than had
enjoyed since first put my foot on thil
Inflated ship,
Tho first thing did the next morn.
ing was to mark OF the log-lino afresh
having smugglod the reel below during
my watch, | shortened the distanc,
between the knots considerably, 8,
that greater number should pass owe
the stern while the sand was runnin,
than would be reelcd OFF ii the lin,
were true.
At eight bells, when the boatswail
went on deck, l asked him TO take tn
log with him; aud. following hin
presently, just rs Stevens was about &
leave tho poop, looked around me
as Ii studying the weather, and said
aannnnn Ann MIMI lnnn ALn lntr ~.