The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04

be obeyed. The man VINO refuses TO obey
win be prosecuted for mutiny, IL do not
kill him before port is reached"
With deliberate calmness, but with fash
Ing eyes and with stern demeanor, he drew
two revolvers from his pockets and poised
them in his hands Gregory, standing be-
side him did likewise, and then The voice
or Darlington, clearer and louder than be-
fore, rang out in stern command.
To your stations, every one of youl He
who disobeys me now, or refuses instant
and perfect compliance with orders, dies!
Officer of the deck, head on, full speed"
and he pointed one of the revolvers fun
at the breast of the frightened man.
The men were cowed into obedience.
Almost before they realized what had
been done the yacht leaped forward at
| tull speed, and ten minutes later plunged
headlong into the mass Of tangled weeds
and roots and drifting things which closed
behind ii like a tentacled octopus as she
| advanced, and whFdh, before she had ac-
complished half a league clogged che pro-
pelers and the steering gear. and so ST.
fenced the throbbng of her engines.
There were scowlings and mutterings
among the men when they realized what
they had done, but when the sharp COM
mands of their captain rang out over the
deck, they sprang to obey with celebrity
which at least evidenced their belief that
| through him only could they hope to es-
cape from the dilemma. The engineers
and their machinists We're dlrekted 90 I'M
ship the propellers from their shafts for
she was a twin-screw steamer OF the latest
modern type. These were sent inbOard
and were housed In the hold, the rudder
chains were hauled taut and dashed i'm
movably, and the rudder itself was min
Toned in its place with iron clamps Then
the iron tubes through which the hydraulic
force was to be exerted were shipped and
adjusted. The connections were made with
the mighty pumps so that all of the ex-
ertlve power of boilers and engines might
be applied TO them and through them.
Rehablitated in this way for her ex-
cursion among the weeds, steam was once
more admitted to the cylinders, the mighty
pumps now began their work, and
the gallant vessel forged AHEAD again
defiantly There was no longer anything
left exposed which the floating mass could
clog or hinder. nor had it sufficient solidlty
TO impede her course, which, although
slow, was sure. Great masses OF the float
ing debris gathered like hillocks In front
of her and on either quarter only 10 waste
away and settle again into their former
soddenneSs, when she passed and the pres
sure was removed. Astern the channel
that she cut closed together again almost
Instantly, as moist sand fills in a human
footprint II seemed indeed almost as IL
the yacht were forcing her way through
yielding masses of earth and brushwood
instead OF floating on che sea itself
The sailors, at fret terrified, became con-
fident when they realized that the mass
OF weeds could not imprison them. They
watched, with unceasing interest, and
some with superstltious awe, the tower
.ng hillocks of reeking Shiny weeds which
sometimes grew to ominous proportions
dead ahead, only TO disappear again TO an
undulating mass OF sodden evenness
astern.
II was two bells In the afternoon watch