Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-21

ed.
"Says we're heading southwest by
SOUTH
(Which means what?"
ut means that the captain has
changed her course, and is headed for
a run across the South Pacific. Phat
=" and he put his finger on the COM
pass-"says Sydney, not GuayaQuil."
"You mean that we're bound for
Australian"
II don't know where we're bound,
but unless my compass has quit bus
mess, We'll pass darn sight nearer
| Autralia than we ever will Ecuador. 1t
means we must change our plans
1 sat down, thinking hard. "Blake,"
1 questioned "if you wanted to make
Mediterranean port-say Trieste for
instance-would you go round Cape
Horn or across the South Seas?"
"At this time Of the year, across the
Pacific, surely"
"And that would explain our pres
ent course as indicated by your COM
pass?"
ut would-now; but why the de-
tour?"
"Would an attempt to keep out of
the line of regular traffic explain it,"
l asked.
"Yes, 1t might. If this yacht does.
MT want company, it is going the right
way to avoid it. But are we to stand
for this sea cruise, Gilmore?"
whats the alternative?"
"Take the ship
/ opened the door softly, then clos
ed it; the saloon was entirely empty,
friends or foes. l sat down on the
edge of my berth.
Blake" began, 'Im promised to
that program, but there are two wo-
men aboard this boat, and we must
think of them. If we can capture the
yacht without imperiling their lives,
very good; I'm with you. But no
chances taken with them"
Understand" said Blake promptly.
Have you pistol?"
/ smiled. Carried one eighteen
years when I didn't need It.; gave Il
away when did," / replied.
Blake grunted. II have one, so has
Reedley; Burns I don't know, but
probably not. Got knife?"
"Certainly," said, pulling out my
ivory-handled penknife from my pock-
ct
"Hell! Think this is to to be a
manicuring session? Find yourself
something that will either stab or
cly nf ha
nne-spikes on the foredeck, but get a
weapon"
when will the party take places"
asked.
Tonight, after Belgrag comes to
his cabin from the first watch at
midnight. Well let him turn in, then
you and / will truss him up in his
berth, close the hatch on the men be-
low, and deal with the middle watch
as they decide. believe if get once
on the bridge, can make the men
take my orders"
"Why this confidence? Is it in your
self or them?"
Both. Gilmore, do you remember
when we thought the yacht was not
going to pick us up?"
And the mate ran across and be-
asked if it was a church sociable or
something"
"The mate and some of the 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 /
have, and that is not fit for publica-
tion. If we take the ship, We'll have
support from inside"
II believe you. The chief engineer
is 2 decent white mana Scot. Burns
is in his watch. I'll get word to
Burns"
Tell him want him in my state
room at twelve-fifteen, and armed.
Reedley and Clifton will take care of
the fore-hatch and keep the men be-
low. You and / 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 l took her Up into the
bows where we would be safe from
surveillance. / outlined our plan and
told her to keep tight,locked in her
cabin whatever happened should
knock at her door when all was right,
two raps, then three, which would be
the signal to go to sleep quietly, that
we were headed for Mazatlan.
She had some minor objections to
the plan-Quite natural-but agreed
thoroughly to the advisability of it as
a whole. She had no desire to go
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 as watching out
side the door while Blake and some
body else-anybody else-tied up the
captain. liked having her solicitious
of my welfare, and anticipated, In her
present anxiety, the pleasure OF being
told not to forget my overshoes in