The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-03-17

see him beng led forward and tileil si1t
did Just what you woEleint haze ex
pected a woman to do-loeAed the capL
doors and called the other women to as
sist her in barricading them. Buttons
presently came aft with a plausible yarn
but finding his plot was betrayed he be
gan to buster and threaten. The WON
en- were firm, however. and he Wen
away to wait for daylight The VlllalI
had completely hoodwinked the mission
ary as to his religious enthusiasm anC
had been made the recipient of many
kindnesses. Unseen by the others IN thu
darkness, he slipped down into the focas
tie and choked the helpless man to death
On the night of the mutiny aboard tn
Gospel Truth the schooner White Wings
on her way north. was crossing hel
course, but good many miles away
Three hundred miles northwest of Sun
day island is an island called South Ker
madec We were passing this island Il
the west and 10 miles away when. IN as
sisting to stow the flying jib. which hao
been hauled down, | was shaken OFF the
bowsprit At the cry Of Man over.
boardr' those on deck threw overheard
whatever they could get hold OF, and hVe
minutes later the schooner was brought
to and a boat lowered. Wind and wave
and tide were driving full on to the is
land. and though they made faithful
search for me could not be found. was
half drowned, though yet making fight
for life, when | clutched hencoop, with
two fowls in it, which was among the ar
ticles thrown over. Clinging to this.
though a sea often turned it end oven
end, was driven ashore in couple OF
hours and was so nearly finished that
had only strength enough to crawl VI
the beach beyond the run Of the waves.
It was a full hour before got into the
bushes, and then fell into sleep which
lasted till Z o'clock the next morning.
Before was on my feet heard voices
and the sound of oars, and as | sprang
up saw brig at anchor about half a
mile off shore, with Il bOatload of men
just pulling in for the beach. The craft
was the Gospel Truth. 1t was the next
morning after the mutiny. and the crew
were pulling ashore to inspect the island.
AS there were only the five women
aboard, every one of the crew had insist.
ed on going ashore. It was the fact o.
seeing so many men crowded into the
small yawl which restrained me from
rushing out and hailing them.
The boat was beached only few yards
away, and the men had scarcely landed
when they began to quarrel over the pos
session of the woman, and in 10 minutes
knew pretty well what had happened
aboard the brig. Their dispute waxed
hot, and they came to blows, but before
any one had been seriously injured
Buttons" declared truce, and the row
was stopped. They did not know the
name of the island. but as it looked fer
tile and beautiful from the sea they
landed to explore it. After about half
an hour all proceeded inland without
leaving any one in charge of the yawl.
When they had passed beyond hearing, l
shouldered the boat afoat and sculled
for the brig. 1t was a beautiful morn
ing, with not the slightest breath of
wind ruffiing the sea. and in 10 minutes
[ was aboard the anchored craft. The
first thing | did was to let the women
know who l was and how | Lad got
there. They came out of the cabin with
great rejoicing. Then, while two of
them set about preparing breakfast,
employed the other three in looking up
the firearms and ammunition. In addi-
ton to the six muskets and the fowling
piece found two lances and two old
swords which the fellows had hidden
away in the fO'castle. | had heard enough
ashore to satisfy me that the missionary
had been murdered. and | was glad that
they had also disposed Of the body. The
wives of the two men were almost wild
to know their fate. and deemed it the
wisest policy to affirm that they were
still alive, but had been taken ashore
with the mutineers.
On coming to anchor the crew had
made everything aloft shipshape. and so
could not have made shift to cut sticks
even with a fair wind. 1t was 10 o'clock
befo:e we saw or heard anything of the
men. Then they appeared on the beach
and hailed the brig. By the aid of the
glass could note that they were badly