The Washington times., 1912-03-18

/ Waters and another man, and, under
Gosmo,s directions, his hands were
Ten minutes later the members of the
crew who had been caught by the mutt
neers In the gangways were all un-
| door of his cabin, the key having been
lost or thrown away by Campo, and the
captain and Joseph Smith were released.
pr,M, Nell" ,nS we've got 'em,T said Cosmo
other"
I'm the meantime many of the pas
| sengers had been aroused Ivy the unac-
customed noises, although the pistols
had not made enough sound TO be heard
| from the place where they were fred
N;dtghtcaPpged S;dsh PIP heads appeared on all
were wandering in the passageways, dc.
! manding what the trouble was Cosmo,
the captain, and Joseph Smith reassured
them, saying that there was no danger.
! would be. explained in the morning.
| The prisoners-and the whole Is were
| nnally captured-were locked up in a
sorong 81 'irs.I room, on and a surgeon was sent
ana the captain resumed their aCcus-
| toned places on the bridge, where they
talked over the affair, and Cosmo ex-
| plained his plans for the morrow,
| "1'll give him his trial, as / promised, y"
| Cosmo said In conclusion, ''and you'll
| see what IT will be. Mutiny aboard this
SI! Hrk! ana he struck the rail a violent
The next morning directly after break
I tast Cosmo called all passengers and
crew Sepd into into the grand salon, where many
many puzzling questions asked When
the mutineers. with hands tied behind
| their backs and their many handages
on arms and legs, were led in, exclama-
| tohs OF aStonlshment were heard and
some of the timid ones shrank away in
| fear.
| Cosmo lost no time with rreJiminaries
stonh IeS9 Snon men. , n. he said taking his
r MED and tried to capture the Ark. This
/ felloW'-pointing to Campo-"was the
corGocter and leader of the plot He in
tended to throw ne and Captain Arms
and all of you whom he did not wish
TO retain for his fiendish purposes, into
the sea. But heaven has delivered them
INTO our hands. L have promised them
| VIII be a trial in which justice shall
| not Ike cheated / find tat a moral
poison has stolen int this selected com
pany, anc will eliminate it for onco
The expressions of amazement and
alarm redoubled in intensity.
Prof Abel Able, Prof. jeremiah
/ Therlade," Cosmo continued, you viii
! please come forward to act as members
of the jury. of which l name myself
also a member. l shall be both Judge
|
the rest of you may have to say"
The men named stepped forward with
some evidence of embarrassment, and
! Cosmo gravely gave them seats beside
him. Then he commanded that the
prisoners should confront the jury, and
heavily guarded. they were let to the
front.
The brutishness of Campo's face had
never struck the passengers who had
seen him before as It did now. He
looked a veritable jailbird. At the same
time he was evidently in terror for his
life. He muttered something which no
body understood.
Cosmo, who had Informed himself of
all the circumstances from Waters. and
by private questioning the others. had
| satisfied himself that the entire scheme
| OF the mutiny was of Campo's contriv-
! ance, and that they had been led into II
! solely by his persuasion and threats,
ordered Waters to speak. The seaman
told straight story of what he had
heard and seen. Cosmo himself then
he had finished he turned to Campo and
demanded what he had to say.
Campo again. muttered under his
breath. but made no attempt to defend
himself, simply saying:
You promised me trial"
And haven't l given you trial?' de-
manded Cosmo with flashing, eyes. You
and you, too! You were going to make
us walk the plank. 1t is you who are
going to walk 1t! Is that the verdict?"
turning to the four jurymen.
Some of them nodded, some simply
stared at Cosmo, surprised by the vehe-
mence of his manner
Enough" he said. ''As to you" ad-
dressing the other prisoners, you have
had your lesson; see that YOU don't for
get it! Release them. and lead Campo
to the promenade deck"
Nobody thought that Cosmo would
literally execute his threat to make the
mutineer walk the plank. but. as he
had told Captain Arms. they didn't
know him. They were about to see that
in Cosmo Versol they had not only a
prophet, a leader. and a judge, but an
lineXorable master also.
| a plank was prepared and placed
slOpinG from the rail-
Walk" said Cosmo firmly.
| To eVerybody's surprise Campo, with
blinded eyes. started Immediately up
the plank. followed its full length with
quick unfaltering step, and, plunging
from the end, disappeared in the sea.
MANY had turned away, unable to
look, but many also saw the tragedy
to the end. Then a profound Sigh was
heard from the whole company of the
spectators. AS they turned away, talk
ing in awcd voices, they felt, as meyer
before that the world had shrunk> to
the dimensions of the Ark, and that
Cosmo Versal was its dictator.
That same afternoon Cosmo arranged
one of his conferences" and nobody
dared to be absent, although all mirds
were yet too much excited to follow the
discussions, which few could understand
But at length COStake Theriade ConCen-
trated their attention by a wild burst
of eloquenCe about the wonders of tine
interatomic forces. Sir Athelstone, un-
able to endure the applause that greeted
his rival, abruptly spranG to his feet,
his round face red with anger, and
shouted:
'I say, YOU know. this is twaddle!'
"Will the Englishman interrupt not?'
cried Theriade, with his eyes ablaze.
Shall / project not the Sir Engiishman
to the feeshes?"
lie looked as If he were about to try
to execute his threat and Sir Athel-
stone assumed a boxing attitude; but
before hostilities could begin a loud
shout from the deck, followed by cries
and eXClamations, caused everybody to
rush out of the saloon.
| Those who succeeded i'm getting a
glimpse over the shoulders of the mem
bers of the crew, who were already
lined up along the only portion of the
, bulwarks available for seeing the part
OF the ocean on which attention seemed
T to be fixed, stared open mouthed at Il
round-DaCked mass of shining metal,
with a circular aperature on the top,
the cover of which was Canted to one
side, and there stood a man, waving a