Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-14

tnen the situation required desperat,
remedies And for the ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF the plan the ship was now in RI.
very best position could have nut her
! was minded to desert the shin rith
my lady. get ashore and trust orr
serves TO the tender mercies of what.
ever natives there were rather than
stay with the vessel | took no stnck
IN the sailors promises and a.rraa.
meiits. Once they got the treasure il
! would follow that they would xii, MI.
and take her
When we got the Rose of Devon
saIeiy hove to the men all knoc kefi off
! WORK at once. leaving the decks in .
, state Or confusion Indeed save r.
ciear up the gear. there was nothin.
u 90 out wait. Two or three mon
were stationed on watch. and tha r..s,
were given the freedom of the shin
! was In doubt as to what To s:Iv
ABOUT the cabin: but. stran.,aI1
enough. nobody made any effort to
IKE advantage of the mastery of tb..
crew to quarter himself there Inocad
thelr quarters forward were almost nc
gooo as ours. and they evidently ura
Ierred to be together The shin wos
generously provisioned. and the fare
OF the men had been unusually rc,d
Iney Gid. however. break info tb.,
iazarette and help themselves RI what.
ever they liked out of the cabin stora.
ihclud1nS a case of bottled spirits.
Drought out other liquor auu lei
tnem nave as much as they wantod
"A little liquor would make them n.lv
and mtractable. reasoned: LOT
would make them drunk, and enon,,n !
would render them completely h..t..
less even joined them in their .
carousal 1t was easy enough to s.:.,l !
NY lquor and make pretenSp at
urlnklnS. which soon deceived thor
Ihey to"k to the liquor like ducks Tn i
water
he men on watch kept reasonable
sooer Tor time. but even they were
1ot LOO abstem1ous. | saw to thai. ::
LATER on the cook. who was not vet too
lruhK' hxed them up regular ban
luet out of the cabin stores. and rh.r..
was no objection to my taking a Dor.
LOU 70 my lady in the stateroom no.
oW. where she kept close and remain.
"a out OF the way by my urgent on.
realty
my communications that long day
WIN nv sweet charge were necessari
y lntermltted and short. did NOT
rare TO be long away from the men
~ oeck. still wore my sword, and
searched through the captains cabin
no found two heavy pistols. which
are1ully charged. concealing them in
ne deep pockets of my pea jacket. |
assed among the men freely. handine
" the spirits. opening fresh bottles
III oandylng rough jests, but took
are never to be in any position where I
coulu not command the companion {
atcn. which led to the cabin
Our 1rlft was slowly but surely in |
le direction of the island Indeed
INK we had made half a leaono or :
ore 20 Reward since we had been /
ove to- From time to time | search
the shore with glass. seeing that q
e iaho was protected and completely Il
closeu Dy reef. on that side at least q
nlcn agreed with the chart, but tho p
y continued overcast. and the mist s
ew thicker. so l couldn't make ont q
ucn more than that. It was land o
III tnat was enough. It was big e
ough to support life. and thought
at detected green patches here and b
ere that betokened vegetation and. II b
water and life. e.
NoDodv took any care to strike tho tt
lis. out when darkness fell | declar. N
nois1ly that would 20 below and b.
70 In. All but the most seasoned a,
nardy drinkers were by this time til
~ orunk. There was evidently tn
ne little remembrance Of nv rank
40 one yet conscious made any OBJ ~
zion. Pimball, lying supine on the =.
n ana Gllbby. who was In no better
e Win drunken effusiveness assur-
me that they would take care Of tha
p ana went below. having ppoyid- ~
all OF them with fresh SUNNY NJ
nix just before Da
sometimes wonder if I wou,d NJ MI
e oeen justified in killing them all
ne tney were rendered thus helm an
: But l could not bring myself to Cd,
wholesale murder. richly as thew ).
erVed 1t and little as | was inclinad tns
mercy. | also thought Of claiming Tx
% IN irons and slowing them below
tnere were not irons enough aboard
tnat> purpose. and Mistress Lucv
! could not work the ship unaided.
couid not even feed and water orr
OnerS Yot tel ,o,,,s