The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-14

He ,Cas dumped doicn on the three legqcd
stool
non river, poisoned if I wouldn't yard
arm the little fagot in rale earnest.
What make joyful ANNIVERSARY of
his wife's death, and fire off guns that
the whole blooming country may know
what little beast it is. Sit you down,
Bob; there's Il glass-help yourself. This
is what we mean to do" and he forth
with related his scheme for the morn
ing to Robins and Plum.
They smoked hard and roared out in
great peals Of laughter. The bulllheads
of Il little ship such as the Tom Bowl
ing are not, as may be supposed of very
formidable scantling There isno doubt
that Sloper in the hold heard these wild
shouts of laughter which the muffling
Of the buIkhead and his own terrors
would render awful to him, and we
may DO sure that as he lay in the black
ness hardening to those horrid notes Of
merriment, he feared and perspired ex-
ceedingly.
Somewhere at about O'Clock next
morning the Tom Bowling was got I'M
der way, and when all hands had break
tasted, Joe Wcstlake took the tiller, and
Plum, Robins and Tuck went to work
to construct the machinery for the re-
tired tailor's execution. They filed a
big tub with water and covered it loose
ly with tarpaulin. Close against this
tub they placed a three legged stool.
Alongside this stool upon the deck was
n tar brn lot tar hr-7c n cfi nly ~.
up in it. They also procured and placed
beside this tar bucket piece of rough
iron hoop. At the time that these prep
arations were completed the cutter was
running through the Warp, which is
some little distance past the More light.
The river had widened into the aspect
Of an ocean and over the bows of the
craft the water stretched boundless and
blue as the horizon Of the Pacific.
They opened the hatch and brought
the tailor on deck. Needless to say, he
had not slept wink all night. Who,
accustomed to feather bed, could
snatch even ten minutes sleep when his
couch is Thames ballast? Sloper's eyes
were bloodshot, and his countenance
haggard. He looked inconceivably gri-
my and forlorn, and Bob Robins felt
sorry for the little creature till he rec
| objected on q sudden the mans reason
for letting off his cannons. Tuck took
the helm, and old Joe with q solemn
, countenanoe and slow gait rolled for
( ward to where the apparatus was sta
| toned.
Now you sec your fate" he ex-
claimed, lifting up his eyes as though
he beheld IA rope with a moose dangling
from the masthead, land since no good
can come OFF cautioning a corpse, why
then, sorry | am that there aren't a
company Of people arter your kind as
sembled aboard this craft to witness the
execution of my sentence upon you. Last
/ night l heard that the reason of your
| firing off your guns were to celebrate
/ the ANNIVERSARY Of your wife s death.
| dunno, I'm sure, whether such prac-
/ tice wouldn't be considered as more
criminal and worthy of fearfuller
punishment than even the shooting at a
mans flag and degrading the honor Of
it. But to say more 'ud only be a-wast.
/ ing of breath. My lads, do your duty. p"
/ Robins, with powerful arms, grasped
the tailor who shrieked murder and
struggled hard. His struggles were rs
the throes and commissions Of mouse
in the teeth of a cat. He was dumped
down on the three legged stool. In an
! instant Plum lathered his jaws with
the tar brush, and picking up the piece
Of broken iron hoop scraped little Slo-
per's cheeks till the lather was as much
blood as tar. Then, lifting his leg he
tilted the stool, and Mr. Sloper fell
backward ON to the taTpaulin, which,
/ yielding to his weight, soused him into
the water. They left him to kick and
splash awhile, then pulled him out and
ran him forward into the head, where
| they secured him to the windlass till
the sun should have somewhat dried
him.
But long before the sun had time to
comfort the shivering little creature
Herne bay had hove into sight. The
helm was shifted, and the cutter ran
close into the land, where they hove her
to, while Plum and Robins got the boat
over.
Mr.. Sloper was then dropped over the