The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

of Barnane was making a speech to
a group of men, none of whom were
much more respectable than the
speaker. When young Ganouh heard
what the scoundrel was saying his
heart almost stopped beating. The
villain was coolly proposing that they
should throw overheard every person
sick of the fever. After that" said
he. I'VE will take possession of the
ship and sail to the nearest land" At
first his suggestions were received in
silence. Among them were old sail
ors who knew the meaning of the word
mutiny, and, with visions of the gall
leys and the gallows before their eyes,
they turned away and walked to other
parts of the ship. Ganouh at once
held a consultation with men whom he
could trust. and they armed them
selves and prepared for the worst.
During the day, while they were per-
forming the last offices for the dead
the man Barnane and a score or more
of his comrades seemed to be seized
with the utmost terror. They would
not touch the dead bodies, and kept as
far away as possible 1t was evident
that they were becoming desperate.
Unfortunately, the steward thinking
to soothe them, gave Barnane a bot
tie of brandy for himself and COM
panions. They no sooner finished the
bottle than they went to the foolish
officer and demanded more When he
refused their request they instantly
put a knife to his throat and com
PEELED him to lead them to his store
room. There they found a cask of
liquor, and in the course of half an
hour fifty of them We're drunk.
Strangely enough, the best people
were sick. The fever seemed to avoid
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on deck singing, making speeches and
threatening to throw the sick over
board. Toward evening the captain
died, and Barnane and a dozen of his
drunken comrades at once went to the
cabin and dragged the dead body of
the captain on deck. Singing a song
of the galleys and bowling like de-
mons, they threw the officers body
into the sea. They then broke into
the captains rooms and helped them
selves to whatever they could find
All day the horror-stricken emigrants
strained their eyes over the sea, hoping
to see a sail, but not a vessel crossed
their track. Night came on, and the
ruffians, who had certainly found more
liquor, became wilder. 1t was now
evident that they intended to take pos
session of the ship. Ganouh could only
find about twenty men who were able
to stand on their feet and willing 10
fight. While he was talking to these,
a negro ran into the cabin, saying,
"They are coming!' The next moment
Barnane, with his sleeves rolled to his
elbows and f1ourishing a big knife.
rushed into the cabin, followed by fifty
or more mutineers, shouting: Roll out
your black jacks, and death to the man
who interferes. Young Ganouh sprang
in front of the mutineers with a pistol
in either hand. There was an instant's
hesitation, and the boy started to rea-
son with the leader Ganouh in after
life demonstrated, by four years SER
vice in one Of the bloodiest of all wars.
that he was as brave as Marshal Ney,
but youth of twenty is not eager to
spill blood. He hesitated for a moment.
and in that moment lost the opportun-
ity of saving the ship. A mutineer in
the rear fired a musket at the boy. and,
although the ball only grazed his head.
it knocked him senseless upon the deck.
This shot opened the battle. The de-
tenders of the ship, though they real
lied that they were outnumbered ten
to one, emptied their guns and pistols
into the crowd of mutineers. A dozen
of them fell dead. Those in front
would have fed, but the demons in the