Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-16
CHAPTER VIII.
HOW MATTERS IMPROVED.

The man-of-war remained with us
until the cages were made secure, and
when ready to resume her voyage Hoop
or, Larkins and Green were ordered
aboard to be landed in England. They
made no objections, knowing that we
could clap them in irons if they remain
ed on the bark. There wasn't the slight.
est doubt that they had shipped for
the purpose of iberating the prisoners,
but there were reasons why we wished
to be rid of them as quietly as possible.
1t twas lucky for US that Captain Hodg-
son of the man-of-war was an excep-
ton to the average. By straining point
he could have taken charge Of the Hin
du and returned us to England, and
that would have meant financial ruin
to the owners. He was satisfied, how
ever, that the summary punishment
meted out to the four men, together
with the removal Of the confederates
named, would put an end to our trou-
bles. He hauled DR.. Haxton over the
Goals pretty severely, had sharp word
for the remainder of the guards and our
crew, and wnen the Hindu resumed her
course officers and passengers felt great
" relieved. I cannot say that the pun
ishment Of the ringleaders had moral
effect on either the punished or those
who looked Oh and feared to get the
same dose. You cannot better the ma
ture Of criminal by any form of cor
poral punishment. We did not hope for
that. The object was to COW them, and
this was fully accomplished. Even Ben
johnson, who had received double
dose, and who must have felt the dis
grace keenly, acted like totally differ
ent man.
We had to have three guards in the
place of those taken away, and Captain
Clark arranged with Haskell, Thomas
and Saunders to fill the places. Saun.
ders was one of the four married men
among the passengers, you will remem-
ber, while Thomas was tho man we
were returning to the Cape. / wish to
give DR.. Haxton all possible credit, and
therefore say that he made all earnest
effort to do his duty after we resumed
our voyage. The trouble with him was
that he was not the man for the place.
He was not good judge of human ma
ture, and he lacked that force of charac-
ter which compels respect and that
courage which enforces obedience al
most without command. The "inlu-
ence" which forced him into the posi-
ton should be held to account.
We had many days of fine weather
after the man-of-war left US, and no
convict ship ever held her course under
more favorable auspices. 1t was during
this period that began to see more Of
Mary Williams. l have admitted that |
had taken great fancy to the girl.
You may even call it case of love on
my part, and will not deny the allie
cation. I was not so soft headed, how
ever, as to fiatter myself that l could
win her in a week. Her parents felt
grateful to me, and knew that she
shared in the feeling Why not? I had
helped to save her from lasting igno-
miny. This feeling of gratitude caused
her to meet me i'll friendly manner,
and I compelled myself to be satisfied
with that. Whenever circumstances
would permit, I smoothed my path, as
you might expect, and as any other man
would, but flatter myself that used
more diplomacy than MANY another
sailor would in my position.
1 must tell you the conclusion we
reached after u bit regarding the con-
victs. When I say "we," l mean Cap
tain Clark and myself, for we did not
always take the doctor or the second
mate into our confidence, and as for the
passengers, of course, they had nothing
to say. We felt that we should be per-
fectly safe until reaching the Cape. We
might give the convicts ever so good au
opportunity to mutiny and they would