The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-27

not right with the crew. Most OF them
seemed TO be unmindful of their fate.
and nv captain. who was good old
soul. long since dead, lowered our
small boats and sent us TO their aid. l
was earning my spurs at that time, and
/ went to work 10 get some of those
poor devils into the boats. But they
were all drunk, and fought us when
we tried TO rescue them Two of us
went down forward, and found the
captain lying unconscious.
Then the whole story was plain.
The crew had mutinied, seized the
stock of gin on board and run the YES
sci aground.
We'll. we kept at those rascals until
we got the entire twenty-four on our
ship. If we had thrown them all over
board. / was tempted 10 think, we
would have done a better job. But we
can't tell how things are coming out,
can we?
"Then we learned the true story;
that is, after the first officer, who had
had hard tussle IN trying to save the
captain. recovered. But, in the mean
time. the ringleader of the mutiny,
whom we had brought aboard with the
rest, tried to get up disturbance IN
our crew. We quickly nabbed them,
however. and put them in irons until
we met British man-o'-war, TO which
we transferred them. Their captain
died few days late=, and we put into
Port Eliza beth. The crew were sorry
for what had occurred, as they were
all too drunk at the time 20 know what
was going on, and were excited by two
or three desperadoes who were among
them.
s'They all went ashore when we
reached port, and took the next mail
steamer back to England. We lay in
port for three months, for the Russo
| Prussian war was then at It's height
We had been out several days again on
the way to Europe, when we espied an
| other ship coming toward us i was at
| the wheel then, and spoke 10 my cap
| tain. with whom was On more friend
" terms than most of the sailors. !
| told him that the ship ahead looked
enough like the Agincourt TO be her
| double.
I'VE knew the Agincourt had gone
! down, So we kept a sharp scrutiny on
| the stranger. When we got nearer,
| however, we saw she was floating the
British flag. so we felt at ease. Our
| captain signaled, and went in a small
boat 10 interview the stranger on the
| progress Of the war When he stepped
on board he was surprised to be well
| coined by none other than the first Offi-
| Ger of the Agincourt, whom we had
| rescued. He had been made captain
and put in charge Of the new ship.
That's way Great Britain has with
her sailors-she always recognizes
merit and good service. Well, then, 81
course. we lay 10 and enjoyed ourselves
| for several hours, although we were
careful not 70 let the crew get at any
| more gin. The crew OF the AgiDcourt
were with the new captain, and We
were loaded down with fsvOrs.
well. sir. when we got 70 London
the queen, who had learned Of nv ca ?
tain's brave rescue Of the crew % tht
Agincourt, sent him her personal
thanks and a medal in recognition o'
his gallant service. That medal wa
prized more highly BIZ The captain thar
anything on earth next 20 his ship.
Our voyages nowadays are rather
tame and unintsresting, but II yoI
would Just 90 on one cruise with rn'
you would have enough 70 write abou
when you got hack. You lsndlubbe-
don't know what Il il % live, said th'
captain. with a chuckle, IA conclusion