The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-09

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her stern and the shore was only bis
cult toss. When the anchor was down
and everything aloft made snug, John
son mounted the barricade and said:
Captain, we are going ashore We
gave you the lest fight we could, but
were beaten. If you want to take the
bark out, none Of US will raise hand
in opposition. If you want to come
ashore, no one shall modest you. In the
end man of war will come for us, but
meanwhile we shall enjoy ourselves.
"And what do you want in return for
that fine speech?" asked the captain,
feeling assured that it prefaced a re-
quest of some sort.
swell, by your kind leave, we want
a share of the provisions as we shall
get tired of fruit after awhile We, also
want two Or three old sails for tents.
an AK or two, matches and some cook
ing utensils. Well have to have boat
to set the things and our wounded men
ashore, but we'll return her. ;"
The captain was so glad to have them
out Of the ship, even if they were to re-
main in sight on land, that he readily
granted the request. Four Of them were
permitted to lower one of the quarter
boats, and for the next three hours she
was used to convey the rascals and their
dunnage across the strip OF water. They
were allowed to help themselves with
liberal hand, but it was stuff which was
of no account to us without our prison
ers.
1t was after 3 O'Clock in the afternoon
before the last man departed, and then
the boat was given a push from the
beach and sent back to US. Among the
gang were eight wounded men, their
injuries having been inflicted when the
women fired through the loopholes.
Perhaps they had extracted some OF the
shot from their legs, but enough was
left to cause them to curse and groan as
they limped about the decks. The bar
ricade was almost disposed Of in loading
the boat, and half an hour after the
last trip we had clear deck, and the
women and children were out for an
airing. The passengers were for having
the captain trip the anchor and sail at
once, but he gathered them around him
and said:
Here are but three sailors Of u.s. Not
one of you men can go aloft or take a
trick at the wheel. don't say that we
might not navigate the bark down to
Adelaide; but, with the season just
changing and bad weather coming on,
we'd be taking strong risks. The Eng
lishman who spoke us thoroughly un-
derstood our peril and can be depended
ON to report us. If we hang right here
for fortnight, we'll see "a man-of-war
in the offing. We can't recapture the
conyicts, but we can remain here as q
guard and help hunt 'em down later on.
Besides, if we were to sail away, who
can tell but that some craft may be
driven here by stress of weather or
come in answer to a signal, and she ID
certainly fall into the hands OF the
gang? We have clear ship now and
can afford to wait.
The women murmured somewhat,
but the men cheerfully acquiesced ip
the conclusion, and when things were
once more shipshape aboard no one
could have suspected what we had pass
ed through. Not one of the mutineers
had addressed word to us or given
anybody black look during the trans
fer, and as fast as they landed ON the
beach they disappeared into the thick
forest, presumably to look for site on
which to make camp. The passengers
thought we had done with them for
good, but the rest of us had different
feeling. AS night was coming on Cap
tain Clark came to me ON tho bows OF
the bark, where was overhauling things
bit, and said:
Ralph, I don't like the way john
son talked, nor / don't like the soft,
silky way the mutineers acted as they
went ashore. The change was too great
and too sudden not to have some trick
back of it. What do you Think"
"well, sir, agree with you as to
there being something back Of it. Those
falloWa have not given up the light yet.