The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-04-08
CAST ADRIFT
 IN THE PACIFIC
IcopyrLght. lso.. by .. 3. Lswis.l ]

in the Pacific. and all was going well with the bark Harvest Home when we picked up sailor named Williams. who was drifting about in a ships yawl. He told a story of shipwreck and suffering which we afterward came to know was utterly false, and after a couple of days he was put in my watch and entered as an extra hand
 Williams had no sooner got among the men than he began telling Of great treasure bured on one of the Kurn islands. Talk treasure to q sail or and you can bring him to mutiny. The amount of money was given at several million dollars. and Williams cHlued To lc able to locate thc exact sro,. lt probably never occurred 10 vu. ol uIe mon Co ask why he didn't 60 to "a, 'up,am with his story and u, to Jt.ar.r for the removal of inc treasure. h.t ,r it did hc had some ls.rcr .t r4ud l,c proposed taking .o.>c,.Hr ut t., bark. sa.ln. her to .sD uun-l.r- .-mud securing the great N.nUl and thou using her Co get to E.-uud. Ns to the officers and such a. ..ri u, wOu.o not Join. they were Co be
 t udrirt n midoceun to take their .'.,r,.~. Nc had cargo valued at $i-,tou. and think the mans game ...s tn pcdu!c it out among the Ma .lc. Caroline and Marshall islands, ,.t vbaj br could and then look ont ar himself
 Sn grctly did hc do hIs work among ,a, crew that not the slightest hint Of what was going on was waited aft. I,c enlisted eight ot the men in his cause. and ou the seventh day of his coming aboard and while the captain luG were eating dinner the climax came. The second mate was seized, bound aud gagged, and an alarm was raised thus he had fallen overheard. Both Of us rushed from the cabin, to bc bounced upon and made prisoners. It was surprise all around, and no insolrnce was offered any of us. When Captain Holt demanded an explana- ton. Williams promptly enlightened h.m. He said:
 We are in possession of the bark. We are going after a great treasure, which is to be equally divided between man and man. lt was no use tO talk to you. for you would have scofed at my story. It was agreed that none of you should be hurt, and We have kept to theagrecment"
 What do you intend to do with us"
 "Send you adrift within an hour"
 Where ls your treasure islandT
 'I will not tell you"
 "lf you really know Of a buried treas urc why not let us sail the ship there and share with you|
 Because that would mean less mon cy for the res; Of us"
 The captain appealed to the men. de- Claring that Williams had no real knowledge of a treasure and would lead them wild goose chase. and ot- fcrcd Co oyerlool, what had happened if they would return to duty. The feeling oc thc crew was expressed by the old boatSwau. who took on his cap and stood m uumhic attitude as he said;
 "Cup.sm Holt. We hey nuthin' ag'in yc u1r tlc mates but heres a chance Fur every man Of uS to sit rich fur life, and we feels as if we must take it."
 There was more argument. but the mcn were stubborn Those who had re- fused Co join in the plot now came for ward and gave iu their allegiance to. Williams aud preparations were begun for casting ls adrItt. One of the guar. ter boats was hois,cd out. and in it were stuw,d water and provisions sufii- cieut Co last three of uS fortnight We wern go lowed mast and sail, bCt neither chart nor compass.
 We had made 3JO miles to the east and were having fair weather when wo made grewsomr discovery. About 8 o'clock iE ,hc afternoon we sighted a strange ohj.g, only point or two or our course. and, running down to it. we found our old bark floating keel up- h NANs M 100 NNHN NN Nfi hitANAn anu V great na,. of wrpckuge surrounding her. There was hut little sea on, and we scrambled upnu the bark's bottom. We had flln. nope that 1T sound below she might be r.ghtcd. especially it we sighted a craft which would give us assistance She had probably been ln that position for three or four days at the least. but there was still sufficient mir Co buoy her up. l had not yet walked her length when heard a knocking, followed by faint shouts. The captain came aboard to see what he could make of lt. and lt was not long before we were satisfied that at least two men were imprisoned in the cabin. By lying down and placing our ears to the copper sheathng We could make out that they knew some one had boarded thc bark, and they appealed to us to cut @ hole through which they could escape We had neither aN nor hatchet. but if we had been fully equipped Che chances would have been against us. It was a spot where no one could stand upright to use an aX, and every fifth or sixth wave rose right ever lt
 We believed one Of the imprisoned men to be Williams and the other the boatswaln. We could catch their words pretty plainly, but they seemed unable to make out our replies. We could do | nothino for fhpm but decided to re- 1