Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-18
Do YOU know If any OF the men have pts.

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answered that both spauiards and
tho African had double. barreled pistols,
and volunteered to go forward aud secure
them. While 1 was on this GRAND
Chips hunted the staterooms of the
mates to see what could be found. While
got the pistols he found two revolvers
and double barrelled fowling piece.
The Captain himself had shotgun, and
we found an abundance of ammunition
for all the firearms. A hunt was then
made for liquors, and three bottles were
found in the staterooms. When tho
search had been concluded Chips got
out his tools and fixed bar for the cabin
door, cut two portfolios to command the
deck, and Knocked tos ether three or four
stout shutters which could be put in
place inside. In fact from the time we
were called down until broad daylight
we were working to put the cabin in a
state of defence and prepare for the
worst. We had just Knocked off when
the men began to turn out. The first
discovery made was that Mr.. Brooks was
dead. He had expired where we left
HIM, and CHASTITY sight he was. The
next was that the brig was high and dry
on the sands, the tide now being out, and
that she had been beached on a lovely
shore. We knew it must be On island
and the Captain had little difficulty in
naming it. 1t IS, may tell you, small
island, being about three miles long by
half that distance in width. 1t was well
wooded, ard as daylight grew stronger
the chatter of parrots and tho notes of
other birds became almost nuisance.
We could see trees laden with wild fruits,
a profusion of flowers on every hand, and
the men uttered shouts of delight as they
turned out. When breakfast had been
eaten the Englishman, whose name was
Tom Dean, called the men around him
and said:
"See here, mates, let US uu dersta nd
this thing. take it that this ends our
voyage. When crafts ashore hard
and fast, ono mans as good as another.
propose to take what will make me
comfortable and happy and go shore for
good time"
Every single man except Chips was
at once agreed. At this point they
were simply in fog lark aud had no
evil plans. There was no mate to argue
with them, and none of them would see
the Captain, though he sent word to
| several by name. What was it to him,
anyway2 The brig was ashore, there
was nothing to be done, aud if rescue
arrived they could easily be found
ashore. You would have thought the
steward and cook bound to remain by
the people in the cabin, but they were
among the first to go. They were very
impudent about it, too, and it was pref
ty plain that the entire lot were deter
mined to do as they pleased. The men
were gone about three hours aud re-
turned in high spirits. The island was
veritahle paradise. they said, and they
proposed making permanent camp
about mile from the brig. Tom Dean
had apparently been chosen as their
leader, and he was very independent and
saucy. He ordered his crowd to help
themselves to whatever they fancied,
and when Chips demonstrated Dean
threatened him. They collected bed.
ding, spare sails, beef, bread, -four aud
other provisions, and then removed the
main hatch and broke out cask of
brandy and preached it. The Captain
knew what was going on, but he felt
that he was powerless.
The ingrates left the brig loaded
down with plumber, and we knew they
would enter upon spree which might
last until next day. Chips and 1 got
the dead body of the mate down on the
sands and buried it, cleared up the
decks, attended to the wants of those in
the cabin as far as able, aud it being
now about o'clock in the afternoon.
he lowered himself over the bows to
search for something we could make use
OF as signal staff. He carried with
him light AK, and did not expect to be
absent over half an hour. Two hours
had clipped away without his return
when the Captain sent for me to say:
Harry, I'm worried over Chips. L
believe Deans gang has made him pris-
oner. Go ut once and pull inboard
every rope by which they can board us. ("
The brig was on an even keel, and her
rail was ten or eleven feet above the
sands. Her bowsprit had been broken
of with the masts, and one could not
oouio hcl ny way OIL INC 1orecnalnS. /
had pulled in the half dozen ropes hang.
ing over when Chips suddenly appeared.
He was hatless and coatleas, with blood
on his face, hands and shirt. l threw
him rope, and he was over the rail in
minute and crying to me:
Gin with the rope, Harry, aud then
bring the towling plecesl"
He staggered aud fell to the deck, but
did not stoptto ask questions. The
Captain called to me as got the guns,
but I hurried away without replying.
found Chips sitting on the forehatch
with his hand to his side and the red
blood oozing out between his fingers.
Before l could ask question he said:
"rom Dean stabbed me with his own
hand! They mean to come and kill the
Captain, and take the women away!
You must kill the IN if they try to get
aboardl"
With that he staggered aft to the
cabin and disappeared. He was seriously
but not fatally wounded, and while the
Captains wife at once proceeded, under
the Captains directions, to stanch the
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