The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-06-10

ing a pannikin of fresh water, thl.
man grabbed it. draining 1t anc
dropped dead.
When we were back aboard the
Grosvenor, / 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, infiamed the crew be-
yond endurance. They watched their
chance. rushed the poop In the night
and killed the captain. They then
killed Mr.. Duckling. They might have
killed me, too, notwithstanding that
had shown sympathy to them. but
somebody had to navigate the ship
to within fifty 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 father as well as my own life
TO think of. agreed to act as navi-
gator.
was having my supper in the cabin
under the new regime when / felt a
touch on my arm. looked up. Ii
was Miss Robertson, the rescued girl.
Before could prevent her she took
my hand and kissed It. She told me
then of the wrecked ship. Her IA
ther, a wealthy Liverpool merchant.
was the owner of the ship, which had
been bound home from Cape Town.
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 nervous wreck, was
shaken anew by the frightful threats
of the mutineers here. She trusted to
me for the safety of her father and
herself.
Her trust inspired me with q new
energy. To save them / 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 to save
his life had done so, was on my side.
It was he who told me that Stevens
vas intending to scuttle the ship be-
ore taking to the boats, and so leave
ne and the passengers to our fate.
We planned to Illustrate him. BY
his time we had taken Miss Robert.
on into our confidence. One night
ur boatswain apparently fell over
oard and was drowned; but he had
OF fallen overboard-it was a box of
pals, which / had thrown
yer the side. This was the night be-
pre- that day when Stevens went be-
wv and bored the auger holes which
ere to do for the ship; but as fast as
tevens bored hole, the boatswain,S
no had been hiding below for that
cry thing, followed and plugged 1t up.
Thinking he had scuttled the ship.
tevens came on deck and led the crew <
the boats, grinning evilly at Miss
obertson and myself as he. did so.
hey had not rowed far from the ship N
hen the bOatswain showed himself |
4 deck. Stevens saw him. "We've /
zen trickedp he cried. and headed
lck for the ship. The wind was ris-
g at the time, but there was not z
Tough way yet on the ship to outrun
e boats. They tried to board us by
e main chains. AS they did, the a
with a handspike and /
th a revolver killed or hurled back l,
to the sea all but one of them. That t,
e was not so bad as the others, and n
: saved him to help work on the L
ip. Throughout the fight Miss Rob- g
tson, who had been gaining strength il
cry hour, held the wheel so that the d
ip should not be caught aback ana In
2 spars come down on us. pl
We had now to work the ship to the OF
Arrest land; but the increasing wind IN
lde 1t dangerous with our meager 81
wv, to keep sail on her. We worked
@ dogs to reduce sail, but the wind ~
.ame too much for us. 1t came on OK
like solid wall; the seas rolled II
our tops. Spars cracked and hung VI
yn over our decks. Only after the u
st exhausting toll did we manage III
clear away the most dangerous of III
broken spars. In the height of 1t sc
IT Mr.. Robertson died. read the
venth chapter of st. John over his IN
ly. De
q time the wind abated; but the III
continuing to tumble and roar, On
iined our ship so that she sprang ne
<. There were not enough of us to WI
p her pumped out. We pumped uii
our arms fell to our sides; but of VI
avail. When the water was to our 10
n chains we took to the boats; ooi
it was then, when we believed we W.
e doomed to die, that Mary Robert cii
and l confessed our love for each my
or, she the daughter of a wealthy ou'
and I poor, penniless sailor. wa
he sun was setting; the sky, far to ~
north and south, a golden color; :, :
sea was purple glare, the heav- en-.
a tender green and blue; and 7
lie we were gazing on all this glory, ct,
ship went down. 49,
hat night, before the rough seas y
d swallow US, steamer picked
I'D and took us home.
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