The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19
THE FLOwERY LAND MuTlNY.
Murder Of the 0fRcers and Seizure Of the
Ship by Six Manila Men.
by A. CONAN DOYLE.
Copyright, 1899. by s. S. Mcclure Co.

| tnc nlgn-i0nStpu DARK rlEEcu cllpIPr, win NOR
fresh painted glisteninR black sides. her sharp
shoping bows aud her cutawny counter she was
the very picture OF a fast. wcll-fourd ocean
going sailing ship. but those who knew any
thing about her may have made her the text OF
n ermon ns to how the British seaman was
being elbowed out OF existence. In this re-
spcct she was the scandal OF the river. China
men. French. Norwegians. Spaniurds. Turks
she carried an cpitome Of tho human race.
They were working hard cleaning up tho decks
and fastening down the matches. but the big
burly mate tore his hair when he found that
hardly a man on board could understand an
order In English.
Capt. John Smith had taken his younger
brother. George Smith. rs a passenger and
companion for tho voyage. In the hope that II
might be beneficial to his health. They were
seated now at each side of the round table. an
open bottle OF champagne between them. when
the mate came in answer to n his
eyes still smouldering after his recent out
bursts.
well. Mr.. Karswell." said the Captain. I'VE
have q long six months before us. l dare say.
before we raise the light OF Singapore. l
thought you might like to join us in a glass to
our better acquaintance and to n lucky voyage"
He was a joviai. genial soul. this CAPTAIN,
with good humor shining from his red, wealth.
e~-staineh fncc. The mates grufrness relaxed
before MS kindly WORDS. ana ne tossed OH me
glass of champagne which the other had filed
for him.
well? asked the Captain.
There's nothing the matter with tho ship
Nor with the cargo. either" sold the Cap
tain; Champagne We are ~carrying-a, hun
drcd dozon cases. Those and bales Of cloth
IRE our main ladinG. How about the crew Mr..
The mate shook his head.
They'll need thrashinE into shape. and that's
| n TACT. sir, I've been huStllDR and driving ever
since we left the pool. Why. except ourselves
hHrily and am rn mafiFE, thS n fsSGpf THs st tnS1rIs
the cook, and the boy are Chinese, as l Under
stand sinn T AbM % r.,t the f fRs InS' his is " t S9TEGG-
Then there's one .Frcnchmnn. one Finn. one
Turk, one Standard. one Greek and one negro.
Tor ! never saw the match q them be,tore.".'
They are frTm the thilirriGs Islands, half
th SS All al }hH %iI i hs%,'a E ES,hi 'O f9 saaF ITEM me rE% @Tf
enough seamcni Mr.; KsrsweIl. I'll answer for
I'm answer for II. too" snid the big mate.
karswell was hard nut to it to estnblIs h any
order among The Strange material with which
a A. mild young FI man. q good seaman and dap a plls as.
ant comranioni but hardly rough enough to
s sGtn !, or III L V Wonii G never = be s'S Gona kn 'TEs ot Refs
were dangerous; It was a strange type.
SSr !S"i hat tor ra1S"Gd "V and iEalnGki black h hair
like the American Indians. Their !aces were
powerful, physique. Six Of these fellows were
On board d de@n. ,, Bl"n e; w RRor3nn s:n sa snGGs
English we'll aud acted as interpreter for the
rest These WORE al placed in the mates
Levantine. and Carlos, a, Crock, The. more
tractahlo seamen were allotted to TaNlr.for
tns I HanEF %s mshcrs sn upon 80 TIN IN . K 1Saiithf'uaI o SH1y
saw the beautiful craft as she swept past the
Goodwins-ncver to be seen again, save once.
The Manila men appeared to submit to disci-
pine. but there were lowering ,roTs and side.
trust them too far, umb came from, the
torec@stle as to the food and water-and the
sonable., But the MATE, was n man OF hard ma
ture and prompt resolution. and the malcon-
hmim.' One OF them. Carlos. the sraniard. "eindeaV.
!, orcd 70 keep his bunk upon a pleaof Illness. but
SSSft the Hsa aT@s t% the fssf &9 nv smS @a. ( Jew iew ' minqt %s
afterward Capt: smiths brother came on deck
!, iS aFmh 'T5oF H. ea 'qS S SHH T T H1, pp Tai sa F9i"s c On
I mined the man. he pronounced him to be really
Mmw"ii and 0rde m1Ii Thin him hf nr b to his s hunk; pre-.
! cidcnt would not tend to preserve discipline
, SSpasjard began iishttnS with, Biaaco. The
bifa me ana one most nsib hT"ta' Knife on the and Ma t6c
! tthbeeHmsciIves.ss bet %Ssen them, ana in The scnniS
: In the, meantime tho bark passed. safely
: through the bay and ran south as far as the
I The winds were light. and upon the 10th Of
= September, when they had been six weeks out
II oHgi nnd o9 s8s " wss1. on Iaf thaf mo or r 11ui i Wa.
: that the smo4dlderinG discomfort burst into {
t "' Thc 'f ma'"'S 1 wa'ch was from l to 4. qpripe
t which dark hours he was left alone with n,
savage scamen whom he had controlled. Nc
t wait for him IN any Of those BLACK shadow,
i night he had risked It until immunity had per
5 haIs made him earsIsss. but now at last j
r cray tlngs Of dawn was ,SppeariHg il
. Blanco aud Duranno. crept silently M behinI
1 the seaman Fo and struck i5s En hJm T.b d9 I%I With With hand hand
S"aThiHi Of ii"ttiR! the pic}. N was Iook lqa: out on It" tn
I forecastle head at the time. Above the hum
: 8 on G' 'Hs G Tn lsG %f Gc haar ay q sn @1% an" crash shs a lnGGP IL
e voice Of the mate calling murder. He ran nf
! and aSnn stt,, D SaaIInS tS E,'h mot hoT nlast r tn,
9 bead, w t.iIow he erac attdsmRt i% .t to inter- in.,
deckhouse the, Norwegian carpenter and Can
doreau, the French seaman, were sleeping
5 The boy Early told them What Ind occurred
3 his story being corrohorated Thy tho screeche
ont and found the unfortunate fellow with hi
d arm broken and his face horribly mutiIated,
= WHO'S that y he cried. as he heard step
n tits me-the carpenter"
d For Gods sake get me into the cabin. :"
IS The carpenter had stopped with the inten
Q ton Of doing 80, but Marsolino. one of the con
q spirators. hit him on the back Of the neck an,
d Knocked him down. The blow was not a dan
Q Rerous one, but the carpenter took il ms a sigl
Tint he should mind his own business, for b
i went back with impotent tears to his deck
house. In the meanwhile BlancO, who was tn
giant OF the party, with the help of anothe
- mutineer. had raised Karswell, and hurled him
s. still yelling for help. over the hulwarks int
/, the sea. He had been the first attacked. but h.
" was not tho first 10 die.
"a The first Of those below to hear tho dreadful
" summons from the deck was the Captain
s brother, George smith-the one who had com
II and had his head beaten 70 pieces with hand
spikes rs he emerged; OF the personal char
n acterIsticS OF this pleasure ,ripper the onl
- item which has been handed down is the grin
ID fnct that he wns. so. slight That one man wn
y able 10 throw his dead body overheard. Tn
n. Captain had been aroused at tho same tim
IL and had rushed from his room. into tho cabir
In Thither he was followed by Leon. WhttO an
10 Lopez, who stabbed him to death with thci
p knives. There only remained Tnllir, the secon
=, ,n., and hia ulynntlrp. ptuv hp frnntpl wit