The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19

The trembling mate. hardly believing the
comforting assurance OF safety. eagerly accept
Where shall / navigate You tor he asked,
There was a whispering in spanish among
the dark faced men, and il was Carlos who
ana%sfed In broken English. .
TAKE W Ever IIatG;' y, SAD ne, "%@u
And now a cold. ut OF disgust scrms to have
brought down mops and cleaned out the cabin;
rope was sinng round Tx Captains boy ant
told, Interfering 70 impart some dScSncy to the
ceremony of the burial. There goes the Cap
tain q II :, Sr or 3D., Waite W to H." hhn y, t.. E, Lev@aG tns
HANDS HANDS S we're us cal i lsS into IL" tbo s mSrH, with the c !"
remain TemaIned at O he whaeil. '" Those " VIII" We're in.
nocent had To- pretend nprrovaal Of the crime
.2 save we t4s'r laid own gu, 'Iy urSn The thu tN GhH1T'" and
divided into seventeen shares. Watto insisted
that 1t should only be eight shares. as only
with greater sagacity argued that every one
shonla be equally involved IN the crime by
money and clothes to divide. and a Eig box Of
boots. which represented some little COM
mercial venture Of the CAPTAINS. Every one
money came, 10 about $40 each. and the watch
was set aside to be sold and divided later.
s soe" Of sPg ih m" 'cnSin. tho iSos eor HTs" "a Il" st hisS was
altered for South America, and the Inflated
bark began the second chapter OF her infa-
The cargo had been preached and. the decks
were Uttered with open cases q, champagnc.
passed. There wasa fusillade Of popping corks
all day and the air was full OF the faint. sickly
sWeTi smst eo on fhs Tinei but fh he S w%s a ed ma1e MGs
or without the power to command. From
morning to night he was threatened and In;
the wcll-Grounded CONVICTION that they could
never make the land without him which
gave o zest to their champagne carousnls by
6randishing their knives IL htI face. Az the
honest men were subjected to the $, same ne 'rNE ga:
wegian cnrpenter's milestone 70 sharpen their
knives. explaining to him ms they dill 50 that
Watto. the handsome lad. declared that he had
already Killed sixteen men He waa,only
tfa@"sf the i@o ne as%9G .part Of t ii" arm. Santos Santos
said to Candereau, the ,Frenrhman: In two
or three days | shall kill you
"ffihliism En {ffSeH'i SAID fid'f the fba nhiiSy. will W sery se: yon
the same that it has the Captain.
There seems to have been no attempt upon
the part Of the nine honest men to combine
against the eight roEucs. As they were all OF
different races and spoke .differeht languages
make head against the armed and unanimous
And then there bcfcll one OF those incidents
which break the monotony Of long sea voyages.
The topsails OF a ship showed nhovG. tho hori-
would take her across our bows, and the mate
askcd leave to hail her. as he was doubtful as
to his latitude.
You may do So" said Leon. But if you
saw n word about us You are Il dead man
v ThS s sbtraa sss ,fhh dP t h%" n,Icr h We s5 yaT9 70 s sbsSk
her. and. the two lay rolling in the Atlantic
swell within ! a., q hu Frlnnd y y; Of @a%h 3 ether nria, IN
omc~eeT. are !w fne o r)si yduE q Liverpool cr'eu an
"We are the Louisa. seven days out. from
Dleppe for Valparaiso" answered the unhappy
to him. The longitude was asked and given.
and the two vessels parted company; With
orderly decks and the well served officer Of the
Liverpool. ship. while he IN turn noticed with
surprise thos: signs Of careless handling which
management Of tho Flowery Land. Soon the
vessel was hull down upon the horizon. and in
an hour INC guilty shir was again alone IN the
THIS meeting was very, nearly being 2 fatal
one to the mate. for il took ali Icons influence
to convince the other, ignorant and suspicious
seamen that they had not been BETRAYED. But
a more dangerous time SIN WAS before him IT.
had made their landfall then was the time
when he wa, no longer necessary 70 the crew
forever. That which was their goal was
likely TO prove his death warrant. Every day
sis, and then at last on the night Of the
ID Of October the lookout man reported land
ahead abe IN TIE TN m Snir Was nat at S Sn" put a arirnn
coast was a dim haze upon the western horizon,
When the mate came upon deck he found the
mutineers in earnest, %conclave about the fore
hatch. and their looks md gestures told him
that IL was his fate which was being debated,
Leon was again on the side Of mercy. II you
like 70 kin the carpenter and the mate you can
l shall not do IT," said he. There was a sharr
difference, OF opinion upon, the matter. and the
knot of butchers.
What are they going to DO with me-" he
they going to, xii me?"he asked NIarsolino.
81 am not. but Blanco is was tn" diScour'
However, the thoughts Of the mutineer,
were happily diverted by other. things. FRS
thh"y; GIr%sl up 4" s mIso and b.v, drorpsI The
posed from his command. there was no com
mander at all. so that everything was chaos
Some got into the boats and some ~renaineC
himself in one boat. which contained. Wntto
Paul the Sclayontan. Early the shir,'s boy ar,
away from the ship. but were recalled by Blan
GO and Leon. i shows. how absolutely thu
they were four TO one in this particular boa,
they meekly returned when they were, recalled
fortunate steward had descended into anothc
boat. but Duranno pushed him overheard III
swan fort long time. begging hard for his life
but Leon and Duranno pelted him with empt.
champagne bottles from the deck until one O
them struck him on the head and sent him L
the bottom. The same men took Cassup. tn,
LITTLE, Chinese boy. into the cabin. Ga!dcreau
the FrSnGh sailor 6sr heard Pa ad hi 1ho cry out ,brinisl
words that he ever spoke.
In the meantime the carponter had been lo
into the hold by the other mutine"rSa anu or
dcrcd to scuttle the shin. He bored four hole
forward and four aft. and the water, began t
pour in. The crew spranR into the boats. on
small and one large one. tho former in tow a
the latter. So ignorant and thoughtlr~s wcr
they that they were lying alongside as the shl
settled down in the water. and would infallibl
have been swamped II the mate had not i'm
p!orcd them to push of. The Chinese. cool
had been left on board and had clambere,
into the tops, so that his gesticulating tigur
was almost the last that was seen of the i'll
omcned, ~flowery Land as she settled dow
under tho lsaping waves. Then tho boats
well-laden with plumber. made slowly for tn
shore.
1t was 4 in tho afternoon upon the 4th @
October that they, ran their boats upon tn
South American beach. 1t was n desolati
spot, so they tramped inland. rolling al9nl
with the gait OF seamen ashore, their bundle
upon their shoulders. Their story was tina
they were the shipwreckcd crew Of an Ameri
can ship from Peru to Bordeaux, She hn
foundered 9 hundred miles ont; and tho Cay
tain and officers were In another boat whic
had parted company. They had been fv
days and nights upon the SEA. Toward even
ing they came upon the e%stancia of Il lionel
farmer to whom they told their tale, and trOT
whom they received every hospitality. Mex
day they were all driven over 70 the neares
town Of liocha. Candereau and the mate -
an opportunity Of escaping that night, an