The sun., 1894-05-06

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chests. however. and suesssd. when Wa en-.
larged and put to work, the Captain would let
me choose sult OF ciothse and pay for them
not customary 10. commanders Of shire e
paT stowaways for their services Indeed !
tho average err run IN ~ s stowSwsys % we're Ip thsir
tlelss Tor a shilling month. and lead The lives
I had co come i into the ship With \ .parcsl OF
broad and cheese in my pocket; feeling hun
and. .clswing around, touched a. bottle pulled
the loosely fitted cork out. and ,lrank: Ihis
sEps5 sTs Pit 81 ,ss MA n G o
upon It, and began to hope should not 90
The hours sneaked along. Now and again a
sort oil ereaklng nolse ran through the IN
was proceeding down the river in tow OF tur.
Occasionally heard he tread OF rsssen-
sSs Ssss .SSS5 ySt5ne"f SJed me Sv to s @fsT
pess bred by the midnight hlackness in which
breath without dlfllculty The general smell
wns, Indeed, a COMPLICATED thing in fact tue
szSets wss to tS.S
had slept very. iii on. the preceding night,
lqzarette felt weary. aud stretched myself
slept. and my slumber was deer and long. My
dreams were full oi enwaginR imnginntions ot
nuggets Of extraordinary size. chiely., and
leagues OF rich nnrture land whttened by
countless sheen, all bianded with the letter l..
But after hId awakened and gathered my
wits together understood that had lost all
count o. time. that should not know what
o'clock IL wns. and whether 70 was Tay or n ght
until had got oat.. was GLAD to nnd that the
blnckness was not so intolernile ns | had
dreaded. I felt for the biscuits and bottles. and
ate and drank rs appetite dictated Nobody In
all o., NrhI Nha h.ta NJ. o
eward had plenty OF stores tor current use in
hand. and there might be no need to break out
fresh provisions for some weeks.
had lain. according to my own computa-
tion. very nearly two days In this black hole.
when felt movement in the ship which i'm.
mediately upset my stomach. The vessel. L
iRht suppose. was in the channel: her pitch
Ing grew heavier. the lnzarette was right aft,
could her notion be more seneibly felt. was
speedily overcome with nausea. and for many
long hours lay miset96ly i'll unatie to eat or
ran smoothly; ut all events. the ships motion
grew gentle, the feeling Of sickness suddenly
not NO helpless but that, / could sit up ami
drink from bottle OF wine and wator and cat
While was m unching the tasteless piece OF
sea bread. sitting IN the intense blackness,
pininR for the fresh air and the sunshlne; and
raised. shrank and held INV breath. with nv
my mouth. as though had been withered 5y a
blast Of lightning. A faint sheen Iloated in
sss whepss tue a gsrs Of
The tgure Of a man cautiously dropped
through the hatchway, and 10y, eome means,
The hatch. shutting himself down a.
back had shut me down. The motion OF
noise. @ the Sotsins abrs
were dim and distant: indeed. could hear the
man breathing as he seemed TO pause after
head. did not supp ose hat the CAPTAIN ever
entered this part OF the ship. The man. for all
,r the b"aiswain. or the head steward. visiting
'orning down. very quietly that the passengers
corridor should not he disturbed. Accord
ngly. l shrank into the compactest posture
A lucifer match was struck: the flame threw
tut the figure OF man standing on tho cargo
snas the ,4om hs.eh he pulled Gn te
md carefully extinguished the match. Tho
onG. misty beam OF the m entitled flame swept
IS the man slowly turned the lens about In n
'Titieal seareh OF the ElaGe. himself being In
asks behind which crouched. and left IN Q ln
leep shadow unperceived. After some min
ties OF this sort Of exam ination, the man came
bale OF something ut the sort directly abreast
II the casks. through whose cant-lines was
beside him; the light was then full upon his
IGnre.
ife might nave been an ofiicer OF the ship Tor
III knew His dress was not distinguishableI
nut had his face very plain In nv sight. He
gas extremely pale; his nose was long and
hort BEARD. black. nut well streaked with
ray, His eyebrows were bnshy and dark his
hot H in CLEANS from % Them the fcsed ike to that sve
his Iazarette. his hair was unusually long.
'ithout n hat made me guess he was not from
ne deck. though never doubted tn at he was
no OF the ships company.
down. he drew something out OF his pocket
'hich gllttered in his hand.
y h MT
Is holding 1t close to the light: | then saw
,1t II was u small circular brass box, a kind
little metal cylinder. from whose side fell q |
yard measure. He talked to himself, with
he his bta,s upon Sox ans snd s
myth Of line; he then shut the lamp and |
sshed Il upon what ! saw was medium;
,ll a tour.and- "a half gallon cnsk 1t restel
Q its Silge. after the manner in which the
now saw him pull spile or spike Of wood
nt Of the head OF the barrel. and insert the
rsss RAJ 81 piecs ia the orice. This done. M he % fitted
key to the brass box and wound II up. lie
Iay have taken twenty turns with the key
) it reyoivod Ali the while he was thus en-. m
Oycu ne pteSPTNtu HcOWllnk smile. ana
hispered to himself. After he had wound up
,e piece Of clockwork he placed It on the bale
here his lamp stond. and, taking the light
ado for the hatchway, under which he came
a stand while no extinGuished his bull-eye
then heard him replace the hatch. and knew
was gone.
The arrangement he had wound up licked
lth the noise OF Dutch clock. had tut lit
3 brains In those days as | have told you.
I'd in sad truth am not overloaded with that
Irticular sort OF cargo at this hour: but Was
u such fool as not to be able to guess what
70 man Intended TO do, ana what that hollow
'sperate ticking siGnined. oh. my great God,
though, 70 myself Il is an internal machinel
I'd the ship will be blown up!
My horror and fright went far beyond the
IrAlyZtnR form they ran q sort OF madness
TO my blood and ytalized me into desperate
stant action. Utterly Needless now OF hurt
& and woundinG myself l scrambled over
2 casks. and directed by, the. noise OF the
q brass machine. l hercely tuggsd IL. then
cling for the slow match. as | guessed the
10 70 he. ran 1t through my fingers to make
re had pulled the epd out OF the barrel
70 murdsrous thing tieked in my hand
III the sneEgy Of hotly revolved cap
aspiration soaked through my clothes
though = bucket OF oil had been upset