The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-12

get mo overGoard, sendn' ne out Go thc end of a yardorm when the ship was rolliu and dippin me iu tbe cress of the seas. Another ume be sent me on to the bowaprit when lt was c0v- cred with lee and pol1in Itself iato every wave that came along. We'll one day he knocked me down with marliuspike. and picked up capstan bar and hit him on the head,
 The old fellow took his pipe out of bis mouth. cooked bis eye at hls heor- CTS and asked lf the Snug Harbor was locker for secrets Being assured that lt was be proceeded,
 "I was desperate and didn't know how hard struck. cracked his skull and he died the same afternoon. in course | was put In irons to be tooken into port aud tried for both mutiny and murder-elther one O which, as you know. mates. is enough to hang man
 There wasn't seaman aboard that didn't Ike it because I'd downed the p,ote and got rid O him. The cap tain and the other officer didn't think that way. They didn't believe in mu- tiny nohow. and they was bound to bring me to trial They didn't know who to trust to guard me in the brig, but it didn't make much difference, for so long as we were at sea there was no way O glttn' ashore, even h 1 had my liberty. But the afternoon after | killed the mate my guard, as soon as he was put on watch, put his finger aside his nose, and he said in whisper;
 "'Nate. we seumen has been con sultin' a way to sit you out O hangin'. We're nearin' the coast and the mate you killed Is to be buried at two bells tomorrer moruiu, He's sewed up in his hammock now, with ten pound shot tied to bis ankles. Say the word and we'll take him out and put you in. We kin give you a sharp knife to cut yerselt out with, some cork from the Hfeboats. a bottle O water an' some herrings.
 "l told him I'd ruther die that way than be swiugin' ot a ropes end, and 1 might git picked up. So that night when the men that was my friends was on watch they tuk of the irons. give me the things. tyin the corks around my body under the arms, the herrings in a bag the saiImakeT had got up for the purpose around my waist. a bottle Q water hung from the waist between my legs. and the knife put in my pocket Then they watch ed their chance to git rid O the mates body and after dumpin' it overheard put me in the hammock and sewed ne up.
 "In the moruiu'. soon after two bells struck. l heard footsteps on the deck, nobody sayin ncthin and then quiet for awhile. when the captains voice sounded sollum readin' the burial serv. ice. This was more'n I'd counted on. I knew I'd probably die, but objected to the burial service bein' read over me before was dead.
 "Howsomever. | lay still. and when the skipper got through | felt myself ! lifted up, laid on an Inclined plank and skidded oG into the water.
 Dye know. mates. that was a mighty mean feelin', a weight hangin to my ankles, draggin me down But I didn't have no time To be thinkiu' ! IT didn't cui the shot loose quick 1 enough I'd go down where the water l pressure would keep me down. Be sides. couldn't hold my breath more than ffty seconds, though I'd been practicin doin O ii l whipped out my knife, ripped open the hammock, got my arms out aud cut The cord tn about twenty seconds.
 The bag fell off while ! was risin' There was a danger that I'd be seen from the ship. So ! was, but this had been perwlded for As soon as was slid oG some Of my friends tux up the l attention O one Q the officers, and nobody saw me except men who was 1 in the plot
 'I doated on the water all that day and the next I'd had a good break. fast before bein' hfsted overheard and didn't eat nothin' till eveuin', when l 1 pulled out some herring from the pouch around my belt and took little water l | saw several ships that day, but none on 'em came near enough 10 hail The next day one passed me about a mile away Another. twelve hours later, pretty near run ne down. yelled, and they took me aboard