The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-09
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CHAPTER III.
TIE EUREKA's CREW.

down the Bristol channel with fair
wind and strong ebb tide She was al
most on an even keel, for the red wave
let's Of the great estuary had not enough
force in them to disturb the smoothness
of her advance, and this was perhaps
fortunate, for of the small crew of eight
three at least We're raw enough lands
men to be thoroughly thankful for the
respite from the tossing which was to
come.
The smart looking officer who w9s
pacing her deck and keeping bright
lookout at passing craft was another
man FROM the CHEEKY, burly Captain
Colepepper of Shaftoe street, Bristol.
The outward form was the same-the
heavy thatch of eyebrow, the fringe of
sandy beard sprouting from the throat,
the neat blue clothes, the shiny boots;
nothing was altered there save that in
place of the felt hat of private life his
well brushed hair was covered by
'cheese cutter cap, embellished with
certain cabalistic symbols in gold lace.
But the manner of the man inside the
clothes was totally different. On shore
he had been jovial, easy going, nonas
sertive; ahoat he was grave, strict and
trifle imperious There he had bowed
to DR. firing in everything; here there
was small doubt as to which was COM
manding officer Down below, it is
true. the captain unbent somewhat.
hut even IN their fute-violin duets it
-as the doctor who took to playing ac-
compartments now. Captain Colepepper
could not even in his recyeations, sub
NIT to playing second fiddle when he
felt the planks of a ship under him
The doctor knew this and was content
to follow the others lead without ever
venturing to encroach upon the air
himself
That the ketch rig had been chosen
for the Eureka was due to the special
nature OF the work which she would be
called upon to do Captain Colepepper
argued that ketch, though in the mat
ter of speed not be, compared with
cutter of the same tonnage was better
sea boat in heavy weather, and was.
moreover, far handler for small crew
to work. One reason for this, he ex-
planned, was that the sail spread was
more divided, and the main boom was in
consequence much lighter and more
. manageable-no small advantage when
the crew was small or unskillful And of
truth the crew which Captain Colepep-
per had under him was, with the ex
eeption of the two Jellys and DR.. Tring
(who knew something of everything.
and therefore. of course, of seaman
ship}, the veriest set of landlubbers that
ever drove respectable merchant skip
per to desperation.
One. for example, whose only recon-
mendation was that he did not funk
when he was told where the treasure
lay. had been German waiter. and
by his own admission, failure even at
that Hans sopiedernichel was what he
called himself, and he enlisted almost
Z on the moment of sailing. He had been
employed in hotel at Bath, had heard
the enterprise (Which through Captain
Colepepper' advertisement had come to
be pretty we'll known) discussed among
the customers and being at the time
out of conceit with the occupation of
waiting had posted off to Bristol to see
if he could get another berth.
Cain Laversha, the other recruit
was quite different sort of person,
but from the point of view of effective
seamanship likely to be even less useful
than the self confident little s'Pafa-
rian
Captain Colepepper had, as has al
ready been said, put an advertisement
into several papers asking for volun-
teers, and as it was to misleading of
this advertisement that the enrolling
of Cain Laversha was in the first in
stance due it had better be given in
full
A FoUNDERED GALLEON.
a Spanish plateship, containing specie to the
value of million and half sterling (e1, 800
0OO), was sunk in action with an English vesse
A. D. 1891. Her whereabouts is known, and il
is proposed to regain the treasure. Assistance
wanted, both pecuniary and physical. Fol
further information apply in person betwser
the hours of IL 80 a. m. and $50 p. M. at To-
ShaftOe street, Bristol.
Now, this advertisement had brought
many applicants to 1903 Shaftoe street
all of whom were quite ready to picl
up the plums if they lay ready to theil
hands on the pavement, but none o.
them with the two exceptions of La
versha and the German waiter) had dar
ing enough to make one of the bolt
party who meant to gather those plum!
by the simple method of going down tt
the place where they were growing
Schoolmasters, scavangers, clerks, sail
ors men out at elbows and men with
balances at their bankers one and al
drew back in dismay when the details
of the scheme were explained to them
The lower class applicants made no Sc
cret Of their fright, while the more re-
spectacle ones-the schoolmasters and
the literary failures for instance
orally endeavored to conceal their tire.
mors by losing their tempers and saying
rude things to the two promoters about
the criminal madness Of their scheme.
This, however, is by the way.
Cain Laversha arrived one night after
dinner, about week after the enroll
ment Of Tom Jelly and his wife. he
entered the room and looked uncompre-
hendingly round him. The doctor asked