The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
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o..;n RALPH DAVIS.

D. (,autain RALPH DAVIS.
Chapter ben johnson roo ''
O @nalev and is discovered In the ac. ps
puu''y Mary williams, his sweetheart.
maui - dies Of fright. Johnson escapes
puu'es ,ooused Mary OF being his accomp-
na T"Ralph Tompkins' mate OF 'ne nm
.viuc come from cruise goes 20 Du 'a",s
aV,pe o,har On the way he meets
ST. u y. hoat and in an alteration Tomp-
' 'tuns Johnson with an oar. Johnson Is
.eS ,or the murder Of LADY Duoiey anu
.as Tompkins of being accessory H. IL,
ses iO haId FOR the murder. Tompkins
SOU w,ll,ams are released. Tompkins
% !" love with Mary, who goes to Australia
sor narents. Iy.-The Hindu taxes con-
| - Rotapy Bay. Tompkins, the Williams
"a Johnson. as convict, are aboard
doctor Haxton, in charge OF the
'o,s Is incompetent. Johnson refuses 10
and the officers suspect mutiny Is
(a,Dc VII. The Hindu meets an india-
"so asks massage TO the cape OF Good
o. a man named Thomas, who Is re-
"a and saws that he was put aboard by
,noors ON convict ship. the Albatross.
- e evidence of mutiny on the Hiudu'
mutineers including Johnson, are logged
H and IN. Matters seem to improve. me
An reaches the Cape and puts Thomas
L,o onda man OF the name OF York Is
nod II is soon discovered that under
| y. leadership the convicts will mutiny
take the ship. IA supposed pestilence
bks out.
The result Of the southerly gale was
\ we were driven a long way to the
kthward of our course. When the gale
hlly broke and / got an observation
h verified it by dead reckoning, /
bnd that we were $50 miles off our
recourse. When this information was
zen to the captain, who was then only
be to sit up for half an hour at time.
replied:
F"Well, Ralph, that is not much to
|nplain of, as the bark came through
right. The wind has come right at
h, and two Or three days will put us
|ck on the right track"
During the storm there was nothing
complain of in the conduct of sailors,
|ards or convicts. l was trusting Has
VI to keep his eyes open and give me
" news worth communicating, but he
ought me none until the bark had
ZEN headed down TO the southeast.
pen he found opportunity at night to
h to me:
81 can't make out that fellow York.
have watched him with increasing
GLANCE. but have failed to trip him
though there are many things to
puse my suspicious. He has an infiu-
zee with the crew little short of mag
|tic. Men who didn't like him at all
X his best friends now. am the only
|e Of the guards he hasn't made
bends with. +"
Does he talk much?" | queried.
Very little, as far as have observed.
ID yet believe he does a great deal of
Some of the men are talking about
I goldfelds and others of life on an
Iand, and | believe the fellow is work.
cup to some climax. Did you know
|a' he and Miss Foster have quite fall
In love with each other during the
Ist week."
is ii possible?"
And, queerly enough, Miss White
pa me to my face this morning that
y didnt believe Ben Johnson guilty
the crime or deserving of the punish.
ent She seems to have a great admi.
.ioh Tor him, even if it is not some.
ing stronger. l think we had best
Up an eye ON them as well as the peo.
= forward, Mr.. Tompkins."
thought so, too, and determined
'a' Mary Williams should assist us.
iew hours later, when / found oppor.
'n,y 10 speak to her, / told her OF
asKeils observations and suspicious,
I'd she replied:
mink it at least very queer. Mr..
Onpkins' Up to the hour we left the
'po po'h young women seemed to
axe every effort TO win my friendship,
: .nen they have almost avoided
Ian, - anu nave been troubled for fear
,wl''ihgly gave offense. So far as ]
~. and can judge both are intelli,
' ou,i respectable girls, and why they
J : Than | can understand.
'.. further learned from her that Mis-,
0o'er mad been quite thick with DIR
: S; ana spent more or less time in
or T;,ailensary' and though Mary had
al p shn TO offer it was plain to me
en- 0 w was anxious and uneasy.
,ont - iompkins," she said as I was
= b0' ~ Turn away, every precautior
sc;n,; Mn taken against revolt, and the
creaso le 80 lar as | can Judge has beer
urse !. rather than abated, but OF
mo ~ ~ Is possible that trouble NAV
II, hou. 'lie convicts were plotting re.
"Ths," would they bring it about?"
ied aus is what worries me-" re-.
No a' NJ, and why / sought your assist.
~, : w. while everything seems 70 no 90.
' = s's gnu there is no telling what ;nf,u.
= s - are AZ work. II we had the r;gh,
iru :, . doctor aboard, and il 7 badn',
ear at' ss' mat man York, I should feel ,
ere be ~ : easler about things. Should
wv IL will, = revolt revolt It is hard to say JUS,
hen mos. oome' 1t may be at night
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