El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-21

I had a terrible time but managed to
I live through it. As it was moderating
! We sighted a wreck. a most mournful
and Diteous sight 1t was in my watch
and 7 ordered the ship luffed TO have
better look at her. What I saw
was an arm projecting through the
deck house window I at once called
! the captain and asked for instruc-
lions
Keep her away was his order.
I called him a murderer and ap-
pealed to the men They cried to
captain then allowed me to take .
boats crew and see what I could do.
After a hard struggle our boat
made the wreck. She was an English
ship. At no little peril I ran along
the deck 10 her house. where I found
young girl and her old father. An
other man was also there alive. but
insane Seeing a pannikin Of fresh
water. this man grabbed il. drained
it and dropped dead
When We we're back aboard the
GrOsvenor, L for my part IN the res
cue. was put in irons.
This wreck incident. added to fur
Their needless abuse Of the men and
the further failure Of the captain to
live up to his promise Of putting in
for better food, inflamed the crew
beyond endurance. They watched
night and killed the captain. They
then killed Mr. Duckling. They might
have killed me. too, Notwithstanding
that I had shown sympathy to them,
but somebody had to navigate the
ship TO within 80 miles OF the Florida
coast which was where they intend
ed to abandon her and row ashore.
Having the safety Of the young girl
and her old father as well as my own
life 10 think Of, I agreed 10 act as
navigator
I was having my supper in the cab
in under the new regime when I felt
touch on my arm. 7 looked up It
was Miss Robertson, the rescued girl
Before I could prevent her she took
my hand and kissed it. She told me
then Of the wrecked ship. Her father
a wealthy Liverpool merchant. was
the owner of the ship, which had been
bound home from Capetown- After
the storm, the officers and crew.
fearing the ship would sink under
them. had taken to the boats she
and her father had spent a terrible
three days on the wreck. and now
her father, already a nervous wreck.
was shaken anew by the friEhtful
threats Of the mutiueers here She
trusted to me for the safety Of her IA
ther and herself
Her trust inspired me with new en-
ergy- To save them I was now ready
to play any game whatever with
Stevens. who was the leader Of the
mutineers. Our boatswain. who had
not wished to join them. but 10 save
his life had done so, was on my side
It was he who told me that Stevens
was intending to scuttle the ship be-
fore they took to the boats. and 30
leave me and the passengers to our
fate.
We planned TO Illustrate him. BY
this time we had taken Miss Robert
wrf
the boatswain apparently fell over
board and was drowned: but he had
not fallen overboard-it was a box Of
ten penny nails. which ] had thrown
over the side This was the night
before that day when Stevens went
below and bored the az ger holes
which we're 10 do for the ship: but
as fast as Stevens bored q hole. the
boatswain. who had been hiding be-
low for that very thing, followed and
plugged It Up.
Thinking he had scuttled the ship. (
Stevens came on deck and led the
crew to the boats, grinning evilly at
Miss Robertson and myself as he did
so. They had not roWed far from the
ship when the bOatswain showed hum
self on deck Stevens saw him The
wind was rising at the time. but there
was not enough way yet on the ship
to outrun the boats. They tried to Z
board us by the main chains As they
did. the boatswain with a handspike
and with a revolver killed or hurled 4
back into the sea all but one Of them. I
That one was not so had as the others I
and we saved him TO help work on !
the ship. Throughout the fight Miss
who had been gaining I
strength with every hour. held the I
wheel so that the ship should not be ]
caught aback and the spars come down I
on US
we had now to work the ship TO 4
the nearest land. but the increasing 4
wind made II dangerous. with our /
msager crew, to keep sail on her. I.
We worked like dogs to reduce sail, 1
but the wind became too much for US. /
II came on US Ike a solid wall: the J