The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-26


might thoroughly satixfy bis craving.
The murderous fury that now seized
him was perhaps due to the fact that
we were baking his purpose How
ever this may be, the moment Mr..
Lowarsen returned To enforce his an
thority, the cook blazed away at him,
the bullet just grazing the tip Of his
shoulder bone. In jiffy, before Low
ARISEN conld close with him, he had
sprung inside the cook house and was
barricading door and window"
"And where was Bunny all this
time?r' inquired Miss Annie, with eager
interest
SIN the cook house, with his rascal
father.'' replied the captain. That
was one thing that bothered us We
knew there had to be fight, and we
didn't know just how we were going
to manage it without running the risk
OF hurting the youngster. But for this,
mad as we were, we'd have been all
more or less amused--all but Mr.. Low
arsenal the idea OF that rascal think
ing he could keep the whole ship starv-
ing while he was having his fun.
"The one thing clear was that dis
cipline had to be inforced. Drawing
heavy revolver, and calling by name
on three or four of the crew to follow
me with axes to break open the door,
marched up to the galley, shouting to
the heather to yield at once or he
would be shot down likes dog.
"The prompt response from the cook
house~was a peppcring volley of re-
v6Iyer asbullets, which brought down
one of the crew badly wounded, scat
.teredthe rest like chips, and gave me
a bit of scratch in the right leg"
"Oh, father!" exclaimed Miss Annie,
in voice of concern. never knew
you were hurt!i
st S nothing at all, Man." continued
the captain. But if Bills hand hadn't
been mighty unsteady there'd have
been more damage DONE can tell you
Seeing myself now unsupported, and
realizing that the cool1-house was well
barricaded, stepped to one side out
of range and consulted with Mr.. Low
arsen."
"Why on earth" CALCULATED, didn't
you divide your forces, rush in on all
sides at once, batter down all the bar
ricades, and pour in round volley on
the blood thirsty lunatic?'
why, you see," said Capt. Sea-
bright, there was Bunny to be consid-
cred. We were afraid to fire in pro-
rniscuously, for fear the poor little chap
might get hurt@7atttse1 1sjjust=asweHsere
trying to concoct scheme that would
make due allowance for the youngster,
we heard that cook scream out that
because we wouldn't leave him alone
he was going TO blow the whole ship
into smithereens Next minute
we heard him chopping like mad at
the galley and floor. We felt queer,
can tell you, as we caught on to the
rascal's plan. In the hold, just under
the cookhouse, there was slowed
enough dynamite to blow up dozen
of the Amanda Wentworth. That
heather knew how to handle an ak,
now mind / tell you. There was no
time to surround the cookhouse. Wav-
ing the men back--and they SHE'D off
sharp enough-Lowarsen and sprang
at the door and window. We beat
them In at the same instant. At the
same instant 1 saw the cook drop his
ak and point his revolver at my face;
and right in front of him, so l dared
not fire, stood Bunny laughing at the
excitement! / shut my eyes instinct
lively. There was a report, but didn't
feel any the worse, SO / opened my
eyes again. 1t wasn't the cook that
had fred that shot, for the cook was
lying stretched out across the hole he
had cut in the galley floor. Fortunate
ly for me, Mr.. Lowarsen had got ahead
of him. Lowarsen is mighty quick
with firearm.
II stepped inside, picked Bunny up
in my arms. and handed him over to
one of the crew to take care Of AS
soon as the child was out of sight we
shot had fixed him. When--we
moved him. we found he had
chopped, in those few seconds
hole all of a foot square.
In less than half minute he
would have been through into the hold
and then the insurance companies
would have had to pay for the Amanda
Wentworth! 1t was close call and
after it was all over, and went into
the cabin by myself, my hand took to
trembling that bad was altogether
ashamed of myself" y
'And what has become of the little
Malay?" l asked.
''Oh, he's better off as tits, by a long
wayp said the captain. "He has never
seemed to miss that misguided he athen
father of his. The men have kept him
happy as lark.-It was largely on his
account we gave the old pagan nice,
decent burial, as we did We sewed,
him up neatly in canvas, lest the littlei
chap should get sight of him. tell
you / wouldn't see any sort of harm
come to the youngster-not SO long as
I'm able to prevent it. It's very
curious, now, to think what a hold he's
got on the ship But, to conclude my
yarn, before we sighted Sambro,
Lowarsen and had made up our
minds that, considering the way a lie
spreads nowadays, we'd have an Off
cial investigation and a sworn state
ment of the crew, just as soon as we
got into port"
YES" exclaimed /, lyon were en-
tirely right If you hadn't done it
we'd have been hearing presently a
most atrocious story of how you and
Lowarsen had stuck the cook up on
the pinnacle as a cockshot, just for
putting too much pepper in your
broth. Charles &. ID. Roberts, in N.
Y. Independent.
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