Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

.,;,. with his heels on the edge of his bunk.
"Perhaps they set them adrift IN one Oh 'n' VI,
boats." replied Fred, thoughtfully; Tor 70 loo.
at the crew, they haven't very biood'firs'' y
appearance.' uosnonded. with a
dnbious shake of the head, as he pointea. sig
nifcantly to the bullet holes in the door; t' .ne'
looks as though there must have peen p'''''
lively scrimmage Of some KIND ,r a 1ono
"Well.' Fred finally said, drawing lons
breath. we've got to 60 on deck sooner o. W
later, and | move that we get over IL "s 'o0"
as possible. -.od Mr. Brown. with an
unmoyed face. Suppose we go now any oloso
His speech was brought to an aprupe uos1
bv the appearance of one of the presumed
mutineers at the forecastle door, tne ,,ddaT ssnT
whom Fred had noticed sitting on tne ruuue5i
head, steering. He was dark kcompleAlolteu
fellow, with an enormous piack INT onen ai
the throat, an old pair OF cavalry troIseas' Shas
with yellow stripe down the seam, low shoeS So,
and soiled white felt hat, worn very much on
one side. :: Loud
"Well, gentlemen he began N m plou, LOUD,
CHEEKY voice. but as his eyes teil on Mr.. broMl Nv
he stunned. stared and shouted in tones OF the
Widest amazement: "Vandyke Brown, as IN
"Can it be possible that this is John Pal
mer?" said Brown, with more Of sorrow Ihan
astonRhment, as, looklne VnT 49, al
the face, he refused the protfered hand.
knew you had tendency to associate Titn
low company, and were said to be spending
your fortune like water" continued MI.
Brown, "but 1 never thought you would come
to this!" -, -, Do,o, ,,bo
through remorse or some other cause, was be
ginning to grow very red about the ears.
ITO be a common sailor and mutineer,
john" Vandyke Brown sadly answered, as ne
looked him steadily in the lace. -. r.,,x
Dashing madly from the forecastle, John
Palmer threw himself on the deck, where he
gave utterance to such tremendous yell Of
laughter that all hands came running tor
ward under the impression that some one hao
gone raving mad. -
air and roaring until the mutineer called
Doc brought him back to his senses by pour
ing bucket of salt water over him;;
(which was good for hysteria, ne ,coolly
remarked, as Palmer's laughter was suddenly
changed to loud reproach.
And Fred thought with himself, as he eX
changed amazed looks with MIR. Brown, that
they were the jolliest mutineers he had
ever heard of in his whole life.
A general explanation followed: 1t seems
that John Palmer-who was once IN the army
with Vandyke Brown-was quite wealthy, ano
having bought the Borden at an auction sale
two years previous, had fitted her up for q
cruise.
With him were associated Doctor Breen, ar
eccentric physician of German parentage
whose great hobby was the study of natura
history: Mr.. Joseph North, a photographer;
Robert Earle, a college graduate; MIR. Edward
Manning an enthusiastic sportsman and hne
taxidermist, and Mr.. James Foster, who had
no particular specially, but was iona oil ad
venturous, rowing life.
They were all wealthy men OF culture and
refinement, yet able to adapt themselves to
their surroundings, The summer before they
had taken a trip in the Borden to Labrador,
from thence to the Bermudas then, in the
autumn, they visited the Azores Islands, and
spent the winter up the Mediterranean Find
ing the Bordens sea-going qualities to be OF the
first order, they had determined upon longer
trip.
London, who had been shipmaster for TWEEN
ty-seven years-during which time he had Wis
tied every navgable part OF the world-they
set sail for the Pacific, purposing to touch al
some of the wonderful shell islands, seldom Wis
tied except by an occasional ,whaler seeking
water or fresh provisions, and, after getting
a glimpse of the pearl fisheries at Ceylon, tt
keep "jogging along" as John Palmer said
till they had made the circuit OF the globe.
Poor Mr.. Brown was tremendously cha
never-failing delight to Mr.. Palmer and hi
"But how came those shot holes through tn,
forecastle door?" he asked, rather sheep
"Ah," John answered, gravelly, there was
mutiny connected with that, but it was non,
of ours The year before | bought the Borden
her crew, four in number, killed and threw
the mate overheard in the night, and theI
tried to take charge of the schooner Captain
Edgecomb drove them forward with his revol
yer, and they fastened themselves into th
forecastle. He fred through the forecast,
door, and two of them were wounded. The.
finally surrendered, and he put the four il
irons, with the help of the steward and tn,