Putnam patriot., 1909-03-19
rsOW A MUTINY
"A WAS AvERTED.


I'D saB wBb such forebodin9s u
va lale IN The seazsa aHd we rad
pleknd ~ crew r. san Francisco
such ~ no officer would ~ pEeasesi te
sail with even Ia fair weather ~
first mate | trusted fmplietiiY. bat tn5
second was new to nc. and Knew III
fie 81 his anfecedents The men bad
i,es4n spending soaae time ashore be
tween CRUISES fregue0fIug che Invest
a. ~ 10 The city. and when tbey came
sSnard they were drunk
T. was bieak dry that We sailed.
a., the weather diaH4 improve eH
accrue iafaBae Ny ship s9s saiief
aud required cfnstauf handling aloft
A ata tsgaa - sieet feii most 81 the
time and the rigging WAS thick With
Ice TIE consequence eas that every
time q ran VIA ordered 8ioft he either
went With q gre~l ur refused TO 90 az
Nh rs first maie Hhiftemere and
we're kcfa laisY most u the time
threatening eursihg er esen knocking
ther5 do@n witt any Implement that
eams batas ~ f8r Harden The sec
ond mate. II BE- gave a man an order
aud II wasn't obeyed be gave IL to
salne one else
one aay xben W were beating
against biting northeast wind and
fnp clouds we're splitting snow @hilt
.tanains on the after deek saw the
mon gathering on the f9reeastle.
KNEW frouhie Wns brew ing and giving
NhIfienore n meaning look. directed
t,f= attention fofatd ~ fer Harden.
ne vas below though had he been on
aeek / should not hnFe placed any
reliance on him Next saw man
Of the crew ef the name u Killings
urslng his shipmaies to folio" Vim
aft starting himself. going feN steps
and returning for mefe argument \
feW feilov ID bin on some u these
tnainient advances hat the belk Il The
crew hung back ftuaftYs after
bertas.ne fhat | could net heor. be
made another move md ali but two
or three Of them went with Dim
liz not l. pleasant sight for one
man with no support Int single
eoa5rade aui % hlnEicrH ocean 10
see a knot u men doubtless Win arms
eoneealed. coming 10 murder hin
made up mf mind "a cell MY life a.
dearly A. possible and uncovered re
yoiver | Ind carried ever since setting
anil whnlemore came and stood be
side the.
The men bad reached the conpnn=
fopway when one Of them eaught sight
af something on the port quarter 9th.
ers turned Co look. and one by one
they stopped Thinking II safe 70 do
~. | turned my OVID eye IN the dtfee.
tion they werr looking and saw a shin
coming athwart our course Il was
she that had arrested the tncn. Those
bent on mutiuy don't want nny Wit
nexsex They stood ReerlHg I'll her.
ard ms she drew nearrr II wns plain
thai she bud suffered rough usage
ner masts. al except her foremost.
we're gene and that had s1ngle sail
at No one vas 10 hc disitn nizhed
On aeeis uutli she eame within milling
distance. when through the diving
saewaakes one person vas discover
able
Il the " heel aiaud heimsman The
shin eaaeted neresa aar course not a
hundred vards Ia advance nf rs aud
only ih,. one mnn MIS- ia lac seen He
was nottontess cXgept faf the rotllns
af the shle | hailed tul H. rrither
answered eot turned eveb ~ laok ut
as. Iia was not paiais eizihte aud
only 50 fer Il few moments tar ha
sooner ill he reach The naarest ralat
g. ~ than snow squat hI1 both hln
and his shin and when Il thaueA the
vessel was bur few iadistlnet lines
saliors are the most suterstigi9us
people N the world aud my crew WAS
of the lewest aud most superstitiaus
type 81 sailors could see ~ their
appearance that they considered the
pasatns vessel phantom aud the
" heelmaa a ghost
Here was my opportunity Drawing
my revolver aud metianlne White
saore 10 follow me. ! walked hriskiN
earwani On reaching the fereeastle
covered Killings With mY revolver
aud ordered llm Ia walk Mt He look.
~ az the tnen for help hut saw that
they wvrr cowed and el,s,e the af.
der marVhed him dawn The gang
~Tay. aad Ia n few min0teS my mates
haa tia ai.afmed aud IN tfons Then
went asain on deek aud told the
evew that # trey wished to escape
hsnesns u hee we reached port they
And better return u duiY al onee
M.Ast e gi5eM elaeYed With siaesstA
gaa@e Who sitowssd Si#ns IT giving fof
tfsr tfouele bad put IN IRONS by
ahs, very fnea they had heeu lnHaene-
ing % muaax
The lHa aewlsd ihaf uisht. and The
next .ias We gat an bsefNatian Find
anx that vas far ont Of my course.
pat her 81 considerably sailing IA the
direction ~ The phantom In another
siay We ovethauled her. ~ NJ
came up astern OF her NJ saw her
name. the Aida of Tae0ma. Wash
There was the man sslil at the wheel
ent not another person IN sight
drew NJ beside bet as neaf n dared,
aud. examining the helmsman through
a glass. saw that he MS STAGE dead
/ sent boat. crew ab,ard who
found that the ship had been dlsnasI,
- in n gaie and deserted by hcr crew
TIE man AZ The wheel WIS hef cap
ssin. who had undoubtedly refusel IL
rs ship Einaias his streRrth
falling. ~ had dashed himself 10 the
y heea. sfeerAa his vessel FOR hundreds
II suites theeuEh ies sterms aud had
tasEa AZ Its gast
The onss .ussi his henslsm ana sur
feelings accomplished Ms fhr saving
a. ca tsf
HORACE a GANLaRn