The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11

! 'Ihank God for that said Pere L.
/ blond, as he put on his hat. Il will &C
/ to the shore and meet them. All, here
/ is Mr.. Clancy"
Can we help that steamer in any
way, Clancy?" was Christie's first
4 question, as the engineer, sitting be
/ side him, took his hand.
mo. She's alight from stem tC
! stern, and all her superstructure has
/ gone already. When 1 was halfway
| up the path I saw our two boats pull
| ing for her, and her own and q lot
| Of canoes as well coming away crowd
/ ed with people, so I don't think any
/ lives viii be lost. Don't trouble about
her, jim. How are you MOVE" and
he looked anXiously in the sick mans
face
Better for your coming, Terence, -
and then he turned to Tom.
My poor lad. I am sorry for you, -
meaning that the burning Of the Aztec
City had destroyed his chance of. re-
! turning TO Australia
Don't trouble about me, I beg of
you, Captain Christie" said Tom earn
estly. Now as you want to talk to
Mr.. Clancy, l think I will go down to
the village and get q canoe to take
me off 10 the Warrigal and find out
all that is happening"
DO, and come back as quickly as
you can, said Clancy. Tell the hands
that 1 shall be back in an hour or so -
running down the narrow mountain
path which was illumined not only by
the moon, but by the glare from the
burning steamer, Tom soon reached the
village, which he found in a state of
Wild connection, for the escaped pas
sengers and the crew had just landed.
and were taken to the various houses
by the sympathetic natives. who
thrOnged around them. Among the
terrified passengers were five or six
ladies, whom Tom at once guessed to
be some of the theatrical party. Two
of them, who were in a fainting con-
di1on, were being carried by the male
members Of the company. AS he
pushed his way through the excited ma
tiVes Tom heard the voice of the chief
officer of the steamer, Mr.. Oswald, cry
out In menacing tones:
Back into that boat again, you mon
grel ours! There be some one still on
board, or floating about the harbor on
Wreckage; there are three of the stoke
hold hands missing"
Man de boat yerself, me gallant
count" replied a hooking voice, 1--WE
boys don't take any orders from you
now. We've come on shore to be gen
tlemen."
A pistol shot. dulled by the cIamOr of
the natives sounded, and Tom saw one
Of the group of half-a-dozen men fall
upon the sand, the rest turned and fed
among the cocOanut trees, followed bV
bullets from .ThOreau's revolver Tom
ran up to the fallen man, and saw that
he was dead; there was a bullet hole
through his forehead
Don't trouble about him, my friend ."
said the American, as he reloaded his
pistol; then rs he came closer he rec
Ognized Tom as one of Captain Sea-
tons morning visitors.
Where is Captain Seaton?" asked
Tom.
Dead. He, the second mate, and the
bOatswain, We're shot by the crew just
before supper: the rest of them man
aged in some way to set free the twelve
men we had in irons, and In the fight
ing that followed Captain Seaton and
the others were killed. Before this
however, the mutineers had already set
the ship on fire in the tween decks
and I and those few Of the crew who
stood to me had a hard time to save the
lives of those of the passengers who
were still on board. Luckily we had
had all our boats lowered, and two OF
them were alOngside-the others had
been taken on shore by some of the
passengers, who meant to remain for
the night"
AS he was speaking, Pere Leblond
came up, accompanied by a number Of
natives, who offered 10 man the off,
GERS boat, and take him out TO the
burning steamer, although they were
certain, they said, that if there had
been any more survivors, they would
have been rescued by the numerous ca
noes still padding about in the vici-
nifty.
Very well, sir" said Thoreau to the
priest, Il shall not trouble about max
much. VIII you ask someone TO give
me a drink Of water. I can hardly
speak"
In a moment or two he had satisfied
his raging thirst and then. declining
the good fathers invitation to come to
the mission-house on the ground that
he wished to see if any of the pasSen-
gers were missing, he. accompanied by
Tom and the priest, went from house to
house. finding out who were the people
brought in, and how they were being
cared for. In che house they found
one of the mutineers, surrounded by
natives, lying uDon the matted floor,
dying from q bullet wound. The priest
knelt beside him. cross IN hand.
ThOreaU watched in silence, and list
ened to the old mans whispered words,
to which there V as no response, for the
man was past speaking. Presently
PeTe LeblOnd rose.
He is dead, M'sieur lie captaine."
ThOreau nodded. 1T is as we'll.
father. Had he lived it would only
have been TO be hung"
Leaving Thoreau (who was now
Joined by two or three of the crew, who
promised obedience to hin) TO attend
to the welfare Of the passengers, Tom
and the priest returned to the mission
house, Clancy was sitting beside Chris
ties still figure, his face buried in his
hands.
CHAPTER XIV.
Under the wide spreading branches