The sun., 1894-05-06

MS being alone that ne was the officer Of the
watch. and stepped over IN him lie drew him
"sof WHO the I"s%sy Gsyi are you S9G sang 0u'
where I've just ' saved AZ tais 9 s6ip rom ssy, sssd
her stern blown out by an Internal machineb
lace cent L RSs too Sfa SrE oP b i"d S .
anything Of me. reckoned he was the second
mate; his outline against the stars dclGed a
n sudden he bawled out tn the two miisbin!
men. who had come to IL stand on tother sis
nj, FtccIing. jumr below and call the Can.
tain: beg him IN come TN deck al once. -oune
The midsh nman rushed into the cudir
What's this yarn about blowing out a..
ship's stern r continued the secoud mate a.
/ related my ' story Hs straiehtforwatlIv =.
my cnmmani of words rermitted. told him
that had wanted to get TO Australia that
been unailc to md emri1ymeni or board si,iTpi iInp
that hal hidl"n mysclt ~ tue laznrette oi
the past hour had sern u man ilt q sioS
match into what | reckoned WIS hprrel q!
Runpowdsr. and disappear after setting hi. In.
fernal machint aaoing. Aud thus sIrGGing
pulled the machine out oil my porket and bat
At ihis moment the Cat tain arrived on ,,eck
Ho was \ tall man, with n very deep voice
slow cool. ard deliberate IN manner and
What's. the mnttcrg" he inquired. anil in.
stantly added. Who is this man -
The second mate gave hun iuy story almost
The CaItain listened in silence took the in.
ferrAl machine s'"pred 10 the ssyight under
which u lnmp was dlmly hurgng. ami r1.
amined the piece % mechanism. Ii- manner
OF handling u 10y some means sprang ia" tfi!.
ger which struck "a" Hint; and there Hashel
out n little sun-lright NHmp that Tired ths
match Ijuurs tn his aide and sdu""lod ths
fire out between my thnmb nnd for"fnger a.
before. The Captain to i the two mid shipnen
to rousP NJ the chief mate and send the boat.
swim and carpenter Mt.
Let thcre ~ no nosr." he said TO the SEQ.
m nIn nrJ
whom you saw hitting this apparatus to TiS Il:
person by this iatl's description - sud tbs
CAPTAIN TO TN" second mae.
one on board who answered to the lieonpss
'GentlenIen. I swear he's in the ship RI
him when the bulrs:eye aioweI tho light 10
stream fair upon hs face.
But now the arrival ~ the chief officer ths
bontswain. and the rarpenter occasiourd soma
hustle Ny story WAS hastily retold. The car.
renter fetched = lantern. anil the whole group
examined the Internal machine by the clear
There's o question as to the ohioct Of thi.
None" exclaimed the captain: ~ nassei
few minutes ago In my hand. The thing
%s,s sG W" of tnis tSsTc must hsG m mrTsns"' 49,
Take the toatawain anil carpenter along viii
you. Mr.. Merritt. into the lazrrettc. nut ,nri
barrel was slowed. as had described 1t.
The three men left the poop; III" Captain
now examined mo nfresh. lia. showed no
on Goari his ship All his nus.tions % "'s'T.l eSp.
cerned the appearance OF the man who lad
adjusted the machine. how he had gone 10
himsclf-Lut this question could not answer.
When he hal ended his inquiries he
related what had happenei and then assai
him II there was such II person In the ship as
had described. The man answered that
. What's his name 2"
He'- boosed as John Rowland. sir. He'ss
stsrtcsrd sidc. Ills meals are taken +" ." him i'm
int" biz cabin. and don't think he'seyer been
Il and snss ss. nj II Sss "a h,s cabin III,
As the steward left tho poop the chief mate
the hoatswain. and carpenter returned.
Morritt. "Thsre's barrel q Gunp9wlet
gece to- s ssy ths rs s IN "
aTny asin,v in !9e h m%sszns aga me- said the CAPTAIN
Carpenter. GO forward and bring a pair Of
handouts along. Is there only, one barre Of
Runpowder bcIow. dye say. Mr.. Morriit?"
How could such a thing find it,. way into
the lazarettew said the Captain. addressing
:. God alone knows" burst out the other
1t i have come aboard masked in some way
oi Jumper in the job-does he know no more
about 1T than what he says" no cried. round.
. At this moment the steward came rushing
from the compRnionway and said 10 tho CAP.
tain In trem bling voice. The man lies dead
" See Il lt's the same man /; cone YOU along
with ns, said the Captain, In his deep calm
Ing the carpenter a nj second mate. went below.
!, We walI.'i along the ,c"rridor ohellent 10
the Captain's whispered Injunction to. tread
lantern family Illuminated tho length Of The
long after Passage. Tho steward conducted
.hrew open the door, A bracket lamp alled he
Interior with light. There were two hunks un-
Ter the portfolio. and in the lower .hunE gy
asarette. His throat was terribly gashed. and
nis right hand still grasred the razor with
IL that the man r said the Captain.
That's the man." ! answered, trembling
rom head to foot, and sick and faint with the
Steward fetch the Doctor" said the Zap
ain, and tell the carpenter We shan't want
my handouts here"
20 completed by the transcription of two news
PAPER ucrounts. which preserve pasted in my
S sp% Gs s ssnE .o% %na", ,Ss n:
Ion OF nj; Excellency and suite. the writer
When the shin was five days out from the
Thames an extraordinaIy incident occu ret,
way. willie Hidden in tho ' iaaaretts Of
he vessel. saw a man enter the place in
match and an internal machine to a bar
el OF gunpowd-r stored HmidshiIs Of tho
aud. from what We can gather
n top OF the cargo! Nhen the man left tho
lold young Pe,loe heIoically Withdrew tho
match from the powder and carried the
machine on deck. The youth described the
nan. who proved To be n second-class pl' sen:
ieI who had emit arked under the name of
ohm Rowland. When the villains cabin was
ntered lie WAS found lying Ia his hunk deal
'ith severe wound In his throat inflicted hY
lis own hand. M reason is assigned for this
astardly attempt to destroy a valuable ship
nd cargo and company Of souls number
ng SlO; though there seems lutte reason %
oubt that the man was mRh IL is certain
hat but for the fortunate circumstance
ounR Ieploe lying hidden in the laZaTettethe
hlp stern or side would have been hloTn
ut, and she must have gone down like stone
arriving all hands with her. IN the passen-
ers in due course being Hpprised OF their mar
Ow escape; "A purse of lUU guineas WAS SUP.
cribed and presented ~ his Excel en"y 20
oung Psploe. The Captain granted him
zee passage anil provided him with com-
lrtahls outfit from the ship's slcp chest Il 70
lso understood thIt some situation under
government has hsen promised Ia William
eploe in cons Iteration Of the extraordinary
srNtce rendered on This mcmorat'l ocras."h
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