The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-19

steps approaching.
IT'S me-the carpenter"
For Gods sake, get me into the cab
in"
The carpenter had stopped with the in
tention of doing So but Marsolino one
or the conspirators, hit him on the back
of the neck and knocked him down. The
blow was not dangerous one, but the
carpenter took it as a sign that he should
mind his own business, for he went back
with impotents tears 10 his declxhouse
In the meanwhile Blanco. who was the
giant of the party, with the help of an
other mutineer. had raised Karswen, and
hulred him, still yelling for help, over
the bulwarks into the sea. lie had been
the first attacked, but he was not the
first 20 die.
The first. of those below to hear the
dreadful summons from the deck was the
captains brother, George Smith-the one
VINO had come for pleasure trip. He
ran up the companion and had his head
beaten to pieces with handspikes as he
emerged OF the personal characteristics
OF this pleasure tripper the only item
which has been handed down is the grim
Iact mat he was so slight that ore man
was abe TO throw his dead body over
board. The captain had been aroused at
the same time and had rushed from his
room into the cabin. Thither he was fol-
-O"NN ~ ASOiAs NdttO dAQ Lopez who
STABBED him 20 death With their knives
There only remained Taffir the second
mate, and his adventures may be treated
with less reticence since they were han
pier in their outcome
He was awakened in the first gray of
dawn by the sounds of smashing aud ham
merinS upon the companion. To so ex-
perienced seaman those sounds at such
an hour could have carried but one mean
hot h.
officer at sea can ever learn. with sink
ing hears he sprang from his bunk and
rushed to the companion. 1t was choked
by the spra wing figure Of the captains
brother, upon whose head a rain of blows
was still descending. In trying to push
his way up Taftir received a crack which
knocked him backwards. Half distracted
he rushed back into the cabin and turned
down the lamp. which was smoking badly
a graphic little touch which helps US TO
realize the agitation of the last hand
which lit it, He then caught sight of the
body of the captain pierced with many
slabs and lying in his blood-mottled night
gown upon the carpet. Mortified al the
sight he ran back into his berth ana lock-
ed the door, waiting In a helpless culver
of apprehension for the next move of the
mutineers. He may not have been of
very write character, but the circum-
stout-hearted 1t is not an hour at which
a man is at his best, that chill hour of the
opening dawn, and TO have seen the two
men, with whom he had supped the night
before, lying In their blood seems TO have
completely unuerved him. Shiverlng and
weeping he listened with straining ears for
the footsteps which would be the fore
runners of death.
At last they came, and Of half dozen
men at least, dumping heavily down the
brass-clamped steps of the companion. \
hand heat roughly upon his door and or
dered him out. He knew that his fral
lock was no protection so he turned the
key and stepped forth. IT might wen have
frightened a stouter man, for the murder
ers were an there, Leon CorlOs, Santos
Blanco, Duranno Watto, dreadful looking
folk most of them al the best of times
but now, armed with their dripping knives
and crimson cudgels, and seen in that dim
morning light, as terrible group as ever
writer of romance has coniured up in his
Imagination, HE NE MIA men stood in a
silent semi-circle round The door, with their
savage Monogolian faces turned upon him.
What are you going to do with me?" he
cried. Are you going to kill me?" He
tried to cling to Leon as he spoke, for as
the only one who could speak English he
had become the leader
mo" said Leon, we are not going to
kill you. But we have killed the cap
tain and the mate, Nobody on board
knows anything Of navigation. You must
navigate us to where we can land"
The trembling mate, hardly believing the
comforting assurance of safety, eagerly
accepted the commission.
Where shan 1 navigate you to?" he
asked.
There was a whispering in Spanish
among the darkfaced men. and it was Car
los who answered in broken English.
Take up River Platte" said he. Good
country! Plenty Spanish And so it
was agreed.
And now cold fit of disgust seems to
have passed through those callohs ruff
ans, for they brought down mops and
cleaned out the cabin rope was slung
round the captain and he was hauled on
deck, Taffir, to his credit be II told, in
terferlng to impart some decency to the
ceremony Of his burial. There goes the
captain!' cried Watto, the handsome Le-
vantine lad, as he heard the Splash of
the body. Hell never call US names any
more!' Then all hands We're called into
the saloon, with the exception OF Camden
eau, the Frehchman, who remained at the
wheel. Those who were Innocent had TO
pretend approval of the crime to save
their own lives. The captains effects
were laid out upon the table and divided
into seventeen shares. Watto insisted that
it should only be eight shares, as only
eight were concerned in the mutiny but
Leon, with greater sagacity argued that
every one should be equally involved in
the crime by taking their share Of the
booty. There were money and clothes 20
divide, and a big box of boots which rep
resented some little commercial venture
of the captains. Every one was stamping
about in a new pair The actual money
came to about 80 each, and the watch
was set aside TO be sold and divided later
Then the muiineers took permanent pos
session of the cabin, the course Of the
ship was altered for South America, and
the Inflated bark began the second chap
ter of her Infamous voyage.
The cargo had been preached and the
decks were Uttered with open cases or
champagne from which every one helped
himself as he passed. There was fusl-
lade of popping corks all day, and the air
was full of the faint, sickly sweet smell
Of the wine. The second mate was nomi-
nally commander, but he was command
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