Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1912-08-15

over to her owners and bring the mutineers
to justice.
Wherefore Won Hoydonck, protesting I'M
mense relief that he was not included among
the enemies of the crew. and great JOY at the
prospect of an immediate fortune, eagerly
assented to the scheme outlined by the
boatswain. that worthy translating him to the
non English-speaking rascals, who crowded
into the saloon to make protestations OF
friendship.
The Belgian had meantime taken the Sec
ond pistol from Henri, and ostentatiously put
both weapons into his own coat pockets. A
moment later a scream from the boy caused
the giant to turn hurriedly and see Henri
in the grasp of Kaida, who was dragging him
toward the companiqnway. Springing after
them, Won Hoydonck' struck the Turk a blow
in the jaw from behind that rendered him
unconscious for ten minutes, threw the boy
into a corner Of the room and stood at bay
before him with the two revolvers drawn, one
in each hand. "Tell the men that I'll kill
the next one that lays a hand On this boy!"
he roared to Green.
Greece!" he beloved, for the sake Of the
effect of his stentorian voice rather than
from rage.
When the sun was high enough for the
taking Of observations, Won Hoydonck went
on deck with the sextant.
The navigator found the Lennie to be
about one hundred and fifty miles south OF
Falmouth, in approximately ~forty-six degrees
north latitude and eight degrees west long1-
tude. During the period of excitement over
the murder Of the ships officers and the con-
ference with the steward the wheel had been
dashed or left unattended, and the vessel had
moved out of her course so that she pointed
almost due west. Showing Green the cor
rect position of the Lennie on the captains
chart, Won Hoydonck explained the necessity
Of changing the southwest course she had
previously pursued for New Orleans. to a
southerly one for Gibraltar, en- route for the
Jonian sea via the Mediterranean.
In putting the ship about, however, he gave
orders that reversed the direction, without
creating suspicion in the mind Of the ignorant
Greek.
For four days the Lennie sailed northward,
and each day the Belgian took his observa-
tons, marking the chart to show the mutt
neers how far she had travelled south, while
he carried the actual reckoning as nearly as
possible in his head.
Carrying his reckonlngs in his head, Won
Hoydonck miscalculated their arrival off the
English shore, coming within sight of land
just as it was growing dark on the evening
of November 8. AS the land appeared of
the .starboard bow, he had no difficulty in
making the crew believe that it was the coast
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to inaccuracies in his calculations, the ship
had run past Gibraltar. The Lennie was at
once put about, and, giving up the idea of
obtaining succor from England, Won Hoy
donck sailed the ship into the Bay of Brest
on the north coast of France, which his dupes
naturally took to be Spain.
Arriving the following evening, he told
them that they were off Cadiz; and, as the
weather happened to be stormy, suggested
that they anchor over night, particularly as
1t would be necessary to take new observa-
lions of the sun before laying out the ships
course through the Mediterranean.
The mutineers assented to the dropping OF
the anchor, and before d~aybreak Won Hoy
donck had not only contrived surreptitiously
to throw over the Lennie's side twenty-four
bottles, each containing one Of the messages,
in French and English, revealing conditions
on board the ship and asking for assistance
but had managed to run up a distress signal
where it might be observed in the morning
should another vessel come close enough be
fore the crew discovered it
It so happened that the first Of his bottles
was not found for two days-on the Brittany
coast ten miles from the point where 1t was
thrown overheard.