Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-13

The skipper came on deck NJ eight
bells The chief matr and were
about Ia relieve the second mate,
when the captain bcckoncd 10 Nh
Robinson and sad
MIR Robinson. % into the fore.
castlcnnd tell Tom Wiley that must
have his incbduw Ny mongooso Is
dying. and rather than should lose
him | would sink the ship
Iglanccd at the captain and real
lied that he was insane. There was
q demoniar glac in his eyes and "A
ticudlike expression on his comte.
nance. He WIS hugpiug the hungry
muugou-r to his breast
The chief mate. accustomed TO
obeymg the captain blindly, touched
his cap .aid, Aye, aye, sir' and
hurried forward ~ quickly as the
rolling Of the vessel would permit.
While he IL on his way 70 the fore
castle let mo cNpl in Tom Wilry
was huge Yorkshiiemnn battling
from Robin iIupd', bay. lie Wa, one
Of the few men that the captain
hadn't mdltratad. when he came
ON board ut West tiar,epool he
brought with him pct iackdaw IN a
wicker cage The bird had brpu hil
companion On many n voyage mud
hc loved IT, The iackddw could talk
little and would hon around ,he
iorcsuc and lraternizc with an
hands knew that Wiley would
never allow the bird 10 become the
prey Of thr muuguUsc
IN q few minutes the chief mato
returned with Tom Wilcvs answer
that II the captain wanted the jack
daw he was to 20 forward and get
him.
The captains face grew gray with
savage passion With IN oath hl
illsh"d forward to the forccustlc, fol.
lowest by the chief mate johnson
aud remained ON the poop There
was scullc. and before one could
SAY u word the skipper and tbs mate
were thrown overheard.
You should have seen tho shippers
face as ne went whrling down. kick.
ing his heels together over his head,
into the black water Or maybe you
would rather not have Keen It, II IS
no special fun 10 remember As he
went down lac tried 10 grab the first
mate. and the two mon struggled To.
gcthor for an Instant on the crest of
wave Then the mate hit the skip.
per between tho eyes ltwIs all done
IN "a second.
Thou the whole ships company.
led 10y the buatswoin. rushed AFT and
took charge The -rcnud mate and |
were seized aud bound, hut no mn.
necessary hnrshncs5 was used 1t
WAS quito II dramatic scunc, that ~.
scmhlage OF mutinopis ON the poop
with the wild gi,lc blowing and tho
sccthIng seas singing their weird
war cry ~ they hls-ed pust the ships
steep black sides
See here. said Tom Wiley. 1--WE
don't mean to do You two men any
harm II you listen to reason. The
old man and the chief mate we sent
10 he'll The monguose that wanted
my iackdaw has gone with them. It
served them right We've mutinicG.
aud We know the penalty. What
you've got TO do is 30 navigate tho
ship TO some port IN the Bay OF Ben
gal and allow ~ TO get ashore and
shift for ourselves. II you don't
agree 20 thus bath OF you can Join
those bloody devils below.
OF course We consented What
else tu dor We had to deal with q
body Of determined men, driven Ia
desperation by tyranny l couldn't
help contrasting their dcmcauor ut
that time with their Cowdrdly con.
duct OF few hours before The
mongu1,e was the last straw.
The men behaved well during the
rest Of the voyage. All the work
they did was 10 trim sail and make
necessary repairs 10 tho rigging.
They toasted high on cabin stores aud
made short worl; OF the rum cask
When we got oil Ccylon they
hauled tho cable up out Of the chain
lockers aud hoisted the anchors over
I the side They had no spite against
the ship or grudgc against Us. Next
day a Chinese junk hove in sight.
The boatSwain, the only deep water
sailor aboard called council of the
mutinocrs On the forucastlc In q
little while he came aft and informed
the second mate thar tho crew had
determined to capture the junk and
go in her 10 some port of Sumatra oi
the Malay archipelago They trimmed
the yards aud chased the junk, soon
overhnuling her
They fired gun NJ her and she
hove to- The boatswuin and ten mcu
took possession Of her and, the sea
being smooth, dashed her alung,id,
the Raiah The almond eyed. RIG
tailed sailors in charge Of her were
scared to death Several casks ot
pork and beef bag. Of biscuit aut
plenty Of fresh water were trans
fcrrcd from the ship Ia the Junk, ant
the mutmcers We're aust about 10 en-
bark ON her when the second mat,
came ON deck and said 10 the boat
swain!
"Buatswain, you are q sailor, ant
you know very well that IL the shin
rs caught IN gale Of wind with At
sail set we two men aud the SIX ap
nrputigps Ciu uo npthing with lar