The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-02

interval.
Meantime the third and fourth off, |
lily kept up by the stokers and tie man
al the wheel had stuck to his post
through thick and thin, so that the YES
sci was still making some headWay. Al !
length, however, the engines stopped
the fires having run very low. Forum
ately, the season being favorable, there
WIS little sea on. but as we drirted n
to the trough, the Arabs began to real
ize that they we're poWerless TO Keep
the machinery in motion or to navigate
their prize. The sheik poked his head
under the skylight ard began to par
ley with the inclcerated Britons IN
the saloon below. Through the ven
tilatirg funnel leading to the engine
room could hear the soft voice or
Zuleika as she tried TO pacify her
father.
AFTER prctracted negotiations it was
arranged that some of the officers
should he liberated on condition that
that taey take the ship into the ARAB
port Of l,inga and there abandon ner.
Though Captain Sargent 1lade some
show OF rrotestation to this condition
he was secretly oseTloyed to accept IT,
as he well knew tina. Her Majesty's
gunEoat Redbreast was ahead OF him,
she having left Bushire for Linga
shortly before the arrival OF the Xii
wa.
"Steam therefore was soon cotton up
and the course resumed. Not long al
ter iaybreak, about FIVE leagues on
Lirga, we sighted the Redbreast, and
when we had nearly come up with her
Captain Sargent ran up the signal Tor
assistance. Commander Scott, K ~,
of the Redbreasr, promptly manned
| a pinnace and boarded the kliWa WIN
a squad Of marines, and the mutineers,
much to their horror and disa2polnI-
ment, found themselves prisoners on
board an English man-of-war. The
| injured man was taken care OF, MS
| would not having been fatal after ALL
and the rest of the party were deprived
Of their coffee and tobacco-the worst
punishment an Arab can conceive or.
"You will naturally ask how 1t was
that a handful of these barbar1ans
managed not only to defy the whole
crew Of a British merchant vessel, but
to drive the officers before them into
the saloon like sheep into pen. But
the attack was made in the dead OF
night without the slightest warning,
the officers were practically defenseless
and the Lascar crew we're intmidated
into perfect submission at the first on
set. It is favorite ruse with Chlnese'
as we'll as Arab, pirates to take passage
on a vessel in the guise of casual deck
passengers, and then when once
aboard, to watch their opportunity TO
mnrder the officers, loot the vessel, and
make good their escape: For this rea'
son. il is usual for vessels trading
coastwise in these Eastern waters to
keep a stand of arms in the saloon
against emergency, but this time, as II
often happens in such cases, the pro
, vision was lacking just when most
needed. A pistol, handed down as a
relic of the Peninsular war, is hardly
an adequate armament for large YES
sci under such conditions.
The Kilwa proceeded on her way
Fdown the gulf, and we arrived at kur'
,rachee in safety three days later. Inc
Redpreast reached there a little time
after us, and the culprits were handed
over to the civil authorities OF Kur'
rachee. It was represented at the hear
ing that the horse dealers we're In real
itv a gang Of freebooters. was pres
ent, and being familiar with the Arabic
language, volunteered to state thel'
defense to the magistrate. They urget
that they had not premeditated the as
sault. that they had been provoked u
it. and that they did not appreciate a
the time the seriousness OF their Oh
fense. Still their action was piratlcal
according to the letter of the law, am
An example has occasionally to be mad
of these restless, lawless gentry, els
the gulf would become once more
runway for cut-throats and sea rob
bers, to the great hazard Of trade an
,, travel. appealed to the mercy OF tn
Justice, and the sheik and three OF tn
rineleaders were let OF with a month
, | Imprisonment, while the rest were nc
, detained.
, "A week later, in Bombay, l wa
sauntering through the bazar when
r felt a gentle pull at my sleeve. Turr
Y ing round, saw Zuleika standing be
r fore me. She was holding by the bridl
e the most beautiful Arabian horse
. ever saw-none other, in fact, than m
$ Yussef that you have seen so often. III
, leika placed the rein in my hand an
\ received it mechanically. He
YOURS she said. 'Sheik Abdul neve
e. forgets his friend Before I could n
: cover from my surprise she had val
4 ished lost in the great current OF n
o manity that floods the native quarter
!. Archibald Hobson, in The Pathhnde