Year: 1877


them looking under the screen In the
bnr-room of the Jolly Tarl


1 gathered my thoughts in all instant,
and the convlct's being SO near me must
be pure accidental. lie was lodging his
pursuers, and had come Off In q wherry,
had seen that all was quiet on board our
ship, and had returned to take refuge
where he was for the present, intending
to shift his quarters when he saw the
right opportunity. lie felt safe enough
from observation for the present, but he
had forgotten the opening at the bottom
and his oDtinous brogonsI


The door was closed, and he was
probably holding IL, as there was no
fastening on the inside. passed care
lessly aft, whistllng rs / went--really to
keep my courage up-and stood looking
out astern, leaning my body against the
door as / did so, and took the opportuni-
ty to slip the little hasp softly into the
staple, thus securing the door on the
outer side.


had already decided upon my plan
Of action, for was determined to make
n desperate attempt TO capture the fell
low, and 1 was actually alone i'm the
ship with him, If accept the sleepy
boy in the forecastle. 1t was quite un-
certain how long before Mr.. Randall and
the Others would return, and j did not
dare to wait. If by any chance the out
law should see and recognize me, there
must be death-struggle at once and /
meant to act while had him at dis.
advantage. ] went round to the other
closet on the starboard side Of the round
house where kept some miscellaneous
articles on shelf, and took down q
pair of handouts, which / put in my
pocket. At the same time i silently cut
the Selling Of the lashing which held
the house in its place. Thus having the
way, l went forward and reused the boy
Jake, giving him in a few words some
idea of what / meant to do, and thus re-
inforced, returned to make the final
movement AS / came aft again, with
my gaze riveted by sort Of fascination
upon the brogans, saw brawny hand
pulling off one of them, while the other
lay empty on the deck


My friend was taking Off bis shoes, i'm
tending to come out and move about
without betraying himself by the noise
Of the hob-nails.


No more time was to be lost. rushed
to the starboard side Of the little house,
and bracing my shoulder firmly against
it, signaled Jake to take his stand at
my side and do the same.


Now ~ / whispered; and as our
combined strength was brought to bear,
the round-house tipped little.


Now, Jakel" 1 cried, this time
aloud, and away went the whole struc-
ture with crash over upon its
broadside !"


Here, boy, helpl" We seized those
immense feet and dragged the crippled
about as wretched looking o specimen
Of rough humanity as we could hope to
see in d days sail. He was nearly
smothered with the contents of the
locker, white lead, lampblack, and
verdigris being the principal component
parts, for we had lately been painting
the ship, and had set all the remnants
away on the shelves, while the fall of
one heavy paint keg upon him had
broken his right arm. He was COM
pletely at our mercy, and meaning to
keep him so, had the handouts upon
him before we went to work to clear the
poisonous paint from his head and eyes.


All it's you, is it ?' he said, grind
ing his teeth with rage as soon as he rec
ognized me. " You're the man / want
to be even with some time or other, but
little thought was so near to you. /
see how it was. Curse on those Internal
brogans !"


AS soon as Mr.. Randall returned, we
sent word to the chief of police, and
before we slept we had the satisfaction
of knowing that the notorious felon
Dick Dyer, alias Joe johnson, was safe
inside of stone walls.


We had bit of general average next
morning, clearing up the messes of paint
and repairing the damages of our bat
tered round-house, but all that was a
trife.


The smeared brogans were left behind,
and as nobody ever called for them,
have taken good care of them ever since
as kind of trophy.


Dick Dyer, as learned at later visit
to Sydney, was soon executed after he
had been thus captured through my
means.


Hiram Levy, for harboring him and
other runaway convicts, was set to work
In the stone quarries, but the Jolly Tar
still swung over the door and kicked up