Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-04

OAAAOu&cY Va AeuuglOll, 10 WISH TO
make IL worse. They did not proceed to
open inutiny, but they went down below,
and when the officers ordered them up
they refused to go upon deck; and the
officers, who were equally disguised with
the admiral's conduct, merely informed
him Of the state Of the ships company,
without naming individuals SO as to ex-
cite his resentment against any one In par
ticular.. Such was the state Of affairs
whom the sun went down. Nothing had
been done on board the admiraps ship, for
Krantz was under arrest and the admiral
had retired In state Of fury to his cabin.
In the meantime Philip and the ships
company had not been Idle; they had laid
an anchor out astern, and hove taut: they
had started all the water, and were pump
ing 1t out, whom boat pulled alongside,
and Krantz made his appearance on deck.
Captain vanderdecken, have come
to put myself under your orders, If you
will receive me-if not, render mo your
protection, for as sure as fate should
have been hanged tomorrow morning If
had remained in my own ship. The men
In the boat have come with the same In
tention-that of joining you If you will
permit them"
Although Philip would have wished 1t
had been otherwise, he could not well re-
fuse TO receive Krantz under the circum-
stances Of the case. He was very partial
TO him, and to save his life, which certain
" was in danger, he would have done
much moro. He desired that the boats
crew should return; but when Krantz had
stated to him what had occurred on board
The Lion, and the crew earnestly begged
him not to send them back to almost Ger
tain death, which their having effected tho
escape Of KrantE would have assured,
Philip reluctantly allowed them to remain.
The night was tempestuous, but tho
wind being now offshore, the water was
not rough. The crew Of the bort, under
The directions of Philip and Krantz. suc-
oeeded in Tightening the vessel 80 much
during the night, that the next morning
they were able to haul her off, and found
that her bottom had received no serious
injury. It was fortunate for them they
had not discontinued their e1ertions, for
the wind shifted few hours before sum
rise, and by the time that they had ship
ped their rudder, 1t came on to blow fresh
down tho strait, the wind being accom-
panied with a heavy swell.
The admiral's ship still lay aground,
and apparently no exertions were used to
get her of. Philip was much puzzled how
to act: leave the crew of the Lion he could
not; nor indeed could he refuse, or did he
wish to refuse the admiral, If he proposed
coming on board; but he now made up
his mind that 1t should only be as pas
senRer, and thai he would himself retain
the command. At present he contented
himself with dropping his anchor outside,
clear Of the reef, whore he was sheltered
BY bluff cape, under which the water
was smooth, about mile distant from
where the admiral's ship lay on shore: and
he employed his Grew in replenishing his
water casks from a rivulet close to where
the ship was anchored. He waited to see
II the other vessel got off, being convinced
that II she did not, some communication
must soon take place. As soon Us the
water was complete, he sent one of his
boats to the place where the commodore
had been landed, having resolved to take
him on board II they conld find him; but
the boat returned without having seen
anything Of him, although the men had
olambered over the hills to considerable
distance.
On the second morning after Philip had
hauled his vessel of, they observed that
the boats Of the admiral's ship were pass.
Ing and repassing from the shore, landing
her stores and provisions; and the next
day, from the tents pitched ON shore, it
was evident that she was abandoned, al
though the boats were still employed in
taking articles out of her. That night it
blew fresh, and tho sea was heavy; the
next morning the masts were gone, and
she turned on her broadside: she was evil
IDENTIFY wreck, and Philip now consulted
with Krantz how to act. To leave tho
crew Of the Lion on shore was impossible:
they must all perish when the winter set
In upon such q desolate coast. On the
whole, 1t was considered advisable that
the first communication should come from
the other party, and Philip resolved to re-
main quietly at anchor.
1t was very plain that there was no
longer any subordlnation among the Grew
Of the Lion, who were to be seen, In the
daytime climbing over the rocks in every
direction, and at night, when their large
fires were lighted, carousing and drinking.
This waste Of provisions was subject of
much vexation to Philip. He had not
moro than sufficient for his own crew, and
no took it for granted that, as soon as
what they had taken on shore should be
expended, the crew of the Lion would ask
to be received on board Of the bort.
For more than week did affairs con-
tinue in this state, when one morning a
boat was seen pulling toward the ship,
and In the stern sheets Philip recognized
the officer who had been sent on board to
put him under arrest. When the officer
came on deck, he took off his hat to Philip.
"You do, then, acknowledge me as in
commando" observed Philip.
Yes, sir, most certainly; you were SEQ
ond in command, but now you are first
for the admiral is dead
"DeadP' exclaimed Philip; land howp''
"He was found dead on the beach unde,
high olifS, and the body of the oommo.
dore was in his arms; indeed, they were
both grsppled together. 1t is supposed
that IN his walk up to the top of the hill,
which he used to take every day, to see II
any vessels might be In the strait, he fell
In with the commodore-that they had
come to contention, and had both fallen