Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-03-29


"Helll Think this q to to b q
manicuring sessionf Find yourself
something that win either stab or
crack skull. Steal one Of the mar.
ine-spikes ON the forsdeck, but get Q
weapon"
"when win the party take placer
] asked.
Tonight, after Bslsras comes 10
his cabin from the first watch Ct
midnight Wen let him turn In, then
you and I win truss him up In his
berth, close the hatch ON the men ~
low, and deal with the middle watch
az they decide. believe II / get oucs
on the bridge, I can make the men
take my orders"
why this confidenesf Il II IN your
self or themf"
Both. Gilmore, do you remsmber
when we thought the yacht was not
going to pick w upf"
"And the mate ran across and b.
gan argument with the captainf You
asked II It was church sociable o.
something"
THE mate and some Of tho men
made the fat swine change his mind.
which isn't proper discipline aboard
ship. Some Of these sailors have the
same opinion Of their captain that I
have. and that Is not tit for publica-
ton. II we take the ship. wen have
support from inside"
II believe you. The chief engineer
is q decent white mana Scot. Burns
is in his watch. I'll get word 70
Burns"
Tell him I want him in my state
room at twelvefifteen, and armed.
Reedley and Clifton will take care of
the fore-hatch and keep the men be-
low. You and I will look after the
pig" And we made all details of our
plan.
1t was after supper that had oppor.
tunity to tell Isabelle of our intended
mutiny, and took her up into the
bows where we would be safe from.
surveillance. I outlined our plan and
told her to keep tight-locked In her
cabin whatever happened. I should
knock at her door when all was right
two raps, then three. which would b
the signal to 90 to sleep quietly. that
we were headed for Mazatlan.
She had some minor objections to
the plan-Quite natural-but agreed
thoroughly to the advis&bility of It -
q whole. She had no desire to 90
cruising in the South Seas to Austria
liza or Igeria, but she thought there
were safer parts Of the scheme that ]
could do better; such a. watching out
side the door while Blake and some
body else-anybody else-tied up the
captain. I liked having her Selections
of my welfare. and anticipated. In her
present anxiety, the pleasure Of being
told not to forget my overshoes IN
the future.
Reedley and Clifton had supreme
confidence in Captain Blake. and
were willing to take orders unQues-
t!oningly; and Burns, to whom whis-
pered 49, word, nodded agreement.
There were IA us all able and will
ing to fight IL nec.- ", and the odds
were in our favor should We be able
to get the forehatch closed on the
first watch.
Including captain and mate, there
were fourteen men in the crew, and
felt sure Kodani and the Chinese cook
might be counted out of the melee.
Two engine-room men would probably
never know Of the affair until IL was
over, which left ten. five of whom
should be beneath the hatch-cover
along with the mate. Net fighting
result-antagonistic, four; less than
one apiece.
Blake took stock Of actors and prop
critics at eleven-thirty. He looked In
on Reedley and Clifton; gave them
final instructions, and saw to the
formers gun and the iron rod Clifton
had found for a weapon. Reedley was
to hold the men from rush up the
companion with his revolver. shooting
IL necessary, while Clifton got on the
cover and battened 1t down. They had
inspected the place of their exploit.
and knew what was to be done.
Then Blake came back to me. !
had marlin-spike and four pieces
of strong line, cut to proper length
to reach around q bale of hay. Il was
my duty to attach those ropes to the
struggling anatomy of Captain Bel
grag, and Blake taught me the proper
knots and bitches. He was to intimi-
date the Igerian with his revolver or
my lying on top of his form, which
ever seemed the most intimidating at
the time. II all looked perfect at elev.
en-thirty.
At eleven-thirty five, approximately.
there was a rap at our outer door-a
familiar rap to me-and I opened IL
to hear Kodani's "ver' gracious COM
pliments of mos honorable captain"
did not give him time to finish.
I hooked an arm around his meek.
pressed a thumb against his aorta or
thorax or whatever 1t Is that supplies
Japs with air, and jerked him inside
before he could say Jack Robinson"
or jiu-jitsu.
Tie him while I hold the spying