The sun., 1897-08-29

well, Mr., Cortolvin here assures me that the
ngEers will begin to play up the hro W. we gys
and must bo ready for them. I shall want you
and the second engineer on deck, OF course. SO
the engines Til we've got the business settled
I've a greaser down yonder who can can open
got no notion OF nursing sick engines like these,
and as like as not he'll rive them of their bed
plates In score OF reyo,u1Sssi t 6SptsSn S'e I'm
sick man, and I'm no ny for lighting with my
throat as dry as 1t is now" o
ofwbiskey and handed it across; Now, Mac"
said he. wet your mock, and let's have no more
aide Of ten minutes. and you ii do it be tier sober
The engineer eyed the whiskey and poured It
sGS dHwn ant ' HgR0@sSa opinion caps
CITY, ri Just be OF and give yon coolis grcaSer
snd GET Sfs and DO with
with gsE MSGdd sSi PsxSF ssS Rst faa When
IN an snHS eRssr s handle
sober as he is now woH get ready now. sir, II
Ssee SssS wR Sq aG an Gs
and I'll look after tho forward end with the old
%G nd the oSSp sSGS % sTs hsnS b
steam, and they'll never be able to face 1t: All
you and the second mate have to do Is to sec
II wish It could be avoided" said Cortolvin
sadly, That highs;prssssure s steam will soaid
lit viii do more than TINT" said Kettle. ut
will strip the meat clean off their bones"
II have lived among those men or their sort
for two solid years. and many OF them have
"You should have thought of that, sir, before
you came to me hero In the charthouse.
II did think Of it; but couldn't be rene
sade to my color. and so came, But, CAPTAIN.
mc tell them that their scheme Is known and
prepared fori, win you let me explain to them
what they will have to face if they start an out
Capt. Kettle frowncd. "You will understand
thu. am not OF sad the
am sorry to spoil fight But 1t is their lives
am begging for" .--
don't speak their bat, and It Is as well they
should know from some one what they have TO
you may lind useful. It's the only weapon
have to offer you, My pistol is the only gun we
The pair OF them went outside the charthouse
and walked to the head of the forward ladder. A
steam pipe lay on the deck planks, and the sec
waist strap. On the deck below the pilgrims no
longer sqqatted on their carpets; but stood to,
clappcd his hands and the sea Of savage faces
turned toward him.
There re were repressntatiyes In that mob from
Africa. There were lean Arab camel
breeders ro of the desert t and sl'Gf be farm
| per Nile. Hausss from the. western Sou
! dan. limp tellahecn from lower Egypt. an Esb,
| Largos, merchants from tho back Of the Barbary
States. workers in metal from Sokoto and
holders of the title OF hadji. for though by The
Mohammeden law every malc must make the
/ Mecca pilgrimage at least once in lifetime, un
/ less debarred by poverty or ameno IS. IL may be
! done by deputy. And these deputies. fierce.
truculcnt ruffans. who had LIVED their lives
haps the most dangerous OF all the LOT.
They listened to their late associate with . a
in fluent, Arabic. He did not appeal TO their
better feelings; he knew his audience He said
thew Attempted ] aS to- capture the steamer they
should surely fail: that all things were prepared
to give them battle. and that horrible death
| awaited those who persisted in their design.
And then he tried to point out the nature Of the
Saigons defences, hut there he failed. 1t is III
steam to savages. A murmur rose among them,
which grew. They roared defiance: And then
the great great. black mass of them rushed for the
Capt. Kettle c!sPped whistle to his lips i and nd
May wSS yoa aft to- hep
These cattle here want something more than
talk and I'm going to give It them" -
unhtched his thumbs from his waist belt, took
the iron pipe. 1t was we'll jointed and moved
easily. and he turned the nozzle OF it to sweeE
not condense readily, it travelled three yard,
from the nozzle OF the pipe before 1t became
At first they did not finch. With a dreadful
valor they faced the torment and fought Will
when those in front would have held back tn,
mob behind pressed them irrcsistibly onward
In a moment or so the first rank began to g
down before that whitening, blast, and the'
others trod on them and fell ALSO till the hill o
writhing black humanity grew to half tn
height Of the iron ladder And in the meantim
Of the yG E 1 S storm nGr ad II
the gray.headed old mate lighting baresark wit
an axe; and to stsrboard Capt, Kettle @ With pis !
keep the sacred planking inviolale.
What was going on at the after end OF T. tn
came the roar nf the lighting Hausa, and tn
savage war cries Of the desert Just "a, as they Tos
Ii" the light Was too close for any mans thought
to wander from his own immediate adversarie'
1t seemed. however, that the battle was owe
. first in the after part OF the steamer. an
| whether this was because the attack there wa
less heartful. or because Mr.. McTodd,s aItller
, The question was debated much afterward with
out coming to.a decision. But anyway, by tn
rage against him, Cortolvin was free TO com
). and stand by his side as Interpreter. tn
nnde IRON decks W Below them 0 the SURVIVOR"
scarcely ono of these was without his scald
s
= the sun sqn; air. .,,a Kettle. ".,Da,v transit.
4 for me. Tell those animals to chuck all the
:. hardware oyer the side. or III cook tho who
! lot OF tnem ike 30 many bdusuBcs.
. Cortolvn lifted up his voice in sonoro,
Arabic. 1t was written" he cried. that Il
:, those among you having wit shall cast yo'
weapons into the sea. 1t is written, moreove
that those of you who not on this instant di
arm shall taste again of tho breath Of Eblis."
:! A stream Of weapons leaped up through Il
= q air and fell into the swells alongside with tin
= ling splashes.
n lit would be weariness to guard you." Co
J; tolvin went on. "Swear by the beard of Il
g Prophet to make no further attempt m % against tn
. . A forest OF trembling black hands shot up b
% fore him.
, 1--WE swear!" they cried.
!; "rhen it is written that you keep your vow
- said Cortolvin. "God is great! See now to yo
e. sick" He turned to Kettle, and touched 4, b
:, reporting "The mutiny is ended. SIR" he sal
ID Capt. Kettle swung hi lmself lightly. on to Il
upper bridge and telographed full spe
ahead TO the engine room; The propell
" cred weigh. Sullen and trembling. the pilgriI
= began to tend their hurts, and presently N
70 Todd, with n large copper kettle In his har
% descended among them and distributed oil a
~ ..fhrre were none actually killed at my enc