The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-07-09

under the peak Of the Jaw sent him
sprawling. and for awhile speeches.,
In the cockpit.
."No gasolineT i said.
And then my passenger must give
him credit for the courage--put up his
head for'ard, and called out:
II protest against that; It's a cow
ardly outrage. You wouldn't dare to
do 1t to a white man."
"Oh, see." rejoIned. $50 you are
the author of this precious paper here,
are you? Come over here and talk 1t
over. II you've the courage"
'Tve got the courage" he answered,
In shaking voice.
Gall right" i said; you're safe for
the present-and. George. who is so
fond Of sleep. will take quite nap for
while, think"
"You English brute" he said.
"You English brute" he had said |;
and the words had impelled me to In
wife him aft; for cannot deny GER
tain admiration for him that had mys-
teriously grown up In me.
"Come herel" / said. "for your life
Is safe for the time being. would
like to discuss this paper with you"
He came and we read Ii together,
fiuttering as had seen II fiutter In his
fingers as he read 1t for'ard to the en-
gineer and to the deckhand. 1t began !:
Think how many we are! Think
what we could do! It isn't either that
we haven't intelligence-if only we
were to use II. We don't lack leaders
we don't lack courage-we don't lack
martyrs; all are ready"
/ stopped reading.
"Why don't you start then7" asked.
"We're waiting for jamaica" he an
swered; shes almost ready"
1T sounds a pretty good idea to
me-" I remarked. from your point Of
view. From your point Of view re-
member. / said; but you mustn't think
that yours is mine-not for one mo-
ment-O dear no! On the contrary.
my point OF view is that Of the gov
ernor Of Nassau. or his representative.
quite nearby, ut Harbour Island, isn't
it?"
My pock-marked friend grew a trifle
green as 1 said this.
"We have sails still, remember" re-
sumed. George and the lost gasoline
are not everything. Five hours, with
anything of q wind. would bring us to
Harbour island, and-with this paper
m my hand it would be-what do you
think yourself? The gallows?"
My friend grew grave at that, and
seemed to be thinking hard inside,
making resolutions the full force Of
which / didn't understand till later,
but the immediate result Of which was
a graciousness of manner which did
not entirely deceive me.
"Oh," he said, 81 don't think you
quite mean that. You're impulsive-
as when you hit that poor boy down
there"
"Well," I observed, SIN willing to
treat you better than you deserve. $50.
III say nothing about this, If you like"
(pointing to the manuscript, "and IL
the wind holds, put you ashore tomor-
row at Spanish Wells. / like you In
spite of myself. Is 1t a bargainT
On this we parted, and, as thought,
with certain friendliness on both
sides.
There was no sailing wind, so there
was nothing to do but stay where we
were all day. spent most of the time
in my cabin, reading novel, and, soon
after nine, / fell asleep in frame of
mind unaccountably trustful.
/ suppose that I had been asleep
about three hours when / was dis
turbed by tremendous roar. 1t was
Sailor (who always slept near me) out
on the cockpit with a man under his
paws-his jaws at the mans throat.
/ called him off, and saw that IL was
my pock-marked friend, with his right
hand extended in the cockpit and a re-
volver a few inches away from 1t. So
far as knew 1t was the only firearm
on the ship. Lets get hold Of that
first, Sailor" / said, and / slipped 1t
into my hip pocket.
"Wake up, Tom," called and, wake
up, captain !" Meanwhile, / took out
thC ACNOiNci lIOlu NY mp PONhct, dhu
held 1t over the man / seemed to
grow more and more sorry for.
We've not only got mutiny
aboard" i told the captain, but we've
got treason to the British government.
Do you want to Stand for that? Or
shall put you ashore with the rest7"
Unruffied as usual, he had nothing
to say beyond:
"Ay, ay, sirl"
"Take this cord, then" I ordered
him and Tom, "and bind the hands
and feet of this pock-marked gentle.
man here; also of George, engineer;
and also of Theodore, the deckhand.
Bind them well. And throw them into
the dingy, with a bottle of water
apiece, and a loaf of bread. BY noon,
Wen have some wind, and can make
our way to Harbour island, and there
I'll have a little talk with the COM
mandant."
And as I ordered all was done. Tom