Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-17
CHAPTER XIII.

The Eureka was in the Bristol chan
mel once more, flying for a pilot off Car
diff Dolly and Guthrie were on deck
standing side by side and watching the
press of shipping in the channel They
had many things to say to one another
just now, these two for the great ad-
venture had been carried through to its
hoped for termination at last and now
the future was calling for its plans
What, then, had become of the turtle
schooner and her thievish crew.
For the second time Cain Laversha
had routed them and by the mere force
of his enormous muscles had saved the
situation when it seemed to be most
, desperate While the white headed mu-
latto was uttering threats of vengeance,
the diff had carried the whaleboat
within short 80 feet of the ketch's
side. Cain Ilaversha had been below
when the schooner was first sighted,
busy packing away the few remaining
cylinders OF oxygen, which, now that
all the undersurface WORK was over,
would no Longer be needed The CON-
motion on deck had passed unnoticed,
or, if he was conscious that something
unusual was afoot that did not strike
him as giving any cause why he should
not 60 on with the piece of work on
which he was engaged.
| Now. il &C happened that there was
| one cylinder more than would go into
the chest into which DR.. Tring had told
| hen { nj 20
| in his arms ard made his way up on
deck with it, to ask for further instruc
tons regarding its disposal. He emerged
from the hatch Just as the mulatto had
finished the speech with which the last
| CHAPTER ended
Now, this mulatto. unfortunately for
| himself and for his companions hopes,
was a man of quick temper. No sooner,
therefore did he catch sight of the burly
| farmer than in a flash Of ungovernable
fury he remembered the uncomfortable
nighs which he had spent on board the
schooner with his neck pinned in the
| skylighr by the immovable mass of
| Cain 90 stone of flesh. With hot,
| rasping oath he diverted the aim of the
| pistLl wh', he had told the Eurekas
l was pointed dead at Dolly's heart and
fired instead at his old adversary, point
blank
The bullet whipped off Gains cap.
The farmer felt the wind of it, looked
up in surprise, saw the white headed
CID rufiian whose shot some days ago
had shredded off his ear, and with a
roaring below Of rage hurled the heavy
iron cylinder he was carrying.
The cylinder struck ono of the
thwarts of the whaleboat, exploded
with dull shock and blew the bottom
ont of her In three seconds the Gig 1T
negroes were struggling in the water
Lowe away the jolly" cried Captain
Colepepper
II was dom, and Tom Jelly and Hen
rietta were just going to tumble down
into her.
"No" roared the captain. "Stay on
deck Bend rope to the painter and
push her out to them with a boat hook.
They can all swim, it seems, and the
explosion doesn't appear to have stunned
any of en-, sTanse to say. Let EN-
scramble into her themselves. Hold on
to the rope, though Don't let her get
out of your hands whatever you do
The eight negroes managed to scram'
, Bile into the boat one by one, while Cap
tain Colepepper leaned over the side
and covered them with the little nicke
plated revolver which was one of the
trophies Of the former encounter The
negroes own pistols We're half way to
the bottom of the ocean by this time. &c
they We're powerless.
"Now, You black vermin," said the
, captain savagely, "if single man jacl
=, of you so much as makes move tC
cast that painter off, III put bullet