Pittston Gazette

              Sttfofw •  *"A f Oldest Newspaper in the Wvuming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE 00., PA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER II. lS9Ci. A Weekly local and Fam If Journal. i" SS^ffvISJS night, when Iliad one of the boats softly dropped into the water and Haskell was ready to pull uie ashore, Mary caiuo aft and whispered to me: '' ' ' corrihGK T 189* By Twt sion of the ship which sent it ashore. That we might checkmate them in this we watched the sea as well as the land. If help came to ns, it would he from the south, while their hope lay in the arrival of some whaler or coaster makiug a course along the coast. was ir luck v Truly, b escaped injury, as soon as tne marines opened fire the mutineers retreated, but even with muskets leveled at his breast Ben Johnson stood up and defiantly said: icr to Captain MoComber, and after a little reflection he replied*: iuo 111 that expedition! anrl the mutineers informed of his death and commanded to surrender. They THE CAMERA KNEW. Jxfe CHAPTER, XVTI "Yes, that is what I wish you could pet, but I am not hopeful. From thedeliaia attitude of the mutineers I am reaTy to believo that they will suffer us to shoot them down before they surrender. Johnson is likely to be the very first one to fall. I shall send out a flap of truee and pive them one hour in which to surrender. If they do not come in, we shall proceed to hunt theiu down." "Don't forget the compasses and Rome matches, Iialph, and have a last look at the firearms. You see, I am all ready to go with you?" THE 1 NNINO OF THE END. WHY THE PHOTOGRAPHER COULDN'T daylight Injure wo hoard from the mutineers. Then tho whole crowd of tlicui swarmed out of tho forest and down on the beach, and in their madness and desperation they were 110 longer wen. Their cursing was something awful to hear, and but for the six or eight great sharks cruising around in the bay they would certainly have tried to board the bark in the face of our firearms They showered us with pebbles, and some of them even picked up handfuls of sand and Hung them in our direction. It w.'w a Jong quarter of an hour before they cooled down, and then Ben Johnson stepped to the front and It V "Yon may laud your whole crow, but you cannot take us alive! We'll die fighting before you shall ever lay hands on one of us!" GET A GOOD NEGATIVE. CHAPTER XVI. I looked at her in amazement. I don't say that she had on a full suit of her father's clothes, but it was pretty near it. I realized that sho must feel embarrassed, and that only her love for ino had brought it about, and so I looked in any other direction as 1 replied: The Sensitized Plate Discovered an Eruption Before the Eye Could See It—It Showed In This Case That "Beanty Is Only Skin Deep" and the Skin Was Thin. A CHAPTER OK ADVENTURES. Whi n the officer recovered, he was for going on a man hunt at once, but as he went off to the Endeavor to make his report the rain began to pour down It was the winter season in those latitudes, yon will understand, and before we had been in the bay a week we were suwing np some of the planks from between decks to keep onr fires going. The day we buried poor Mrs. Saunders we procured a small supply of fuel from the shore, but there was little to be had without going into the brush farther than we cared to venture. A sergeant of marines, accompanied by six men, was at once dispatched to the camp of the mutineers. I did not go along, but I can tell you what happened. Of sailors, guards and convicts at the outset there had been about 80 men. Of this number 43 were left The marines found these men drawn up in line in front of their tents. Most of them were convicts, and, having lived like wild beasts for so many days, a more villainous looking lot of men one never beheld. Not a gesture was made nor a shout uttered. They waited in silence until the sergeant had advanced within a few yards and delivered his message. Theu Ben Johnson stepped out and said: The following remarkable story is vouched for by a well known clerical gentleman of this city, who always haa a fund of amusing yarns at his tongue's end which are new and entertaining. J. r%  I i  "See here, girl, but do you realize the peril of this expedition? Ben Johnson would like nothing better than to capture us both at once. I think he'd almost give up all ideas of possessing the Hindu if he had us in his hands!" AUTHOR. CHArUfcrt AV the truth or no. " "Aye, he is that! ! shouted three or Some timo ago a handsome and interesting society woman entered the studio of a famous metropolitan photographer for the purpose of having her lovely features perpetuated upon cardboard. The artist knew his client and was very anxious to please her and produce a picture worthy of so fair a subject Consequently he spared neither time nor care in arranging a satisfactory pose. Finally everything was in readiness, the lady was told to "look pleasant," the camera "sprung" and she had been "taken." The lady sighed with relief, and the artist disappeared with bis plates iDto the dark room. In a short time, however, lie returned, wearing a f.uzzled iyid sviaewhat chagrined look upon his face. With many apologies he informed the lady that for some unaccountable reason his plates would not develop. In fact, they were hopelessly ruined, and he would have to beg her to give him another sitting. ▲ IviLATH ON BOARD. .V At an early hour next morning after the tragedy recorded in the previous chapter a number of the mutineers appeared on the beach, where their provisions yet lay in a heap, and began to carry off various articlea Our hope that Johnson might have been one of the trio seized by the sharks was soon dissipated, as he was the fourth or fifth man to appear. Without so much as a look at the ship he began shouting orders, and for an hour was constantly in light. At the end of that time everything had been carried out of sight among the boshes. When ready to go, Johnson turned to face ns, drew himself np, and, fastening his gaze on Captain Clark, he said: four in chorus, On the sixteenth day of our stay, ns near as I can come at it, and while it was my watch aloft, Captain Clark called out to know if any of the mutineers were in sight. I could make out three or four of them on a bare hill a mile or so away, but none nearer, and I so reported. The captain then ordered aqnarter boat down, and he and Haskell and Roberts went ashore after a supply of fuel. We were that pinched on board that we had already resorted to barrels and boxes which properly belonged to the cargo. The plan was for the captain to stand guard while the ether two used the axes and carried the fuel to the boat, and those of us left aboard were armed and vigilant Mf "And what do yon want to get at?" asked the captain in reply. "Yes, Ralph, 1 know the danger," she quietly replied. "It will be greater to you alone than with uie, and so I shall go. Take along n revolver for tlio captain, and it would be well if Haakell remained in the boat after we have landed, as we may come back in groat haste.'' said vfv C[ S)lc identified him at first (/hi nee. answered with shouts of defiance. Tho events of that day caused mnch talk in England and Australia when put into print Captain McComber gave orders to exterminate the gang to the last man. All day long we marched back and forth across tho island, and all day long two pieces of artillery were busy shelling the mutineers out of the densest thickets. Half an hour before sundown tho last man of the gang was driven to the open beach. He had been wounded, bat he earned a club in his hand and was still defiant. When he refused to surrender, wo would have fired upon him, but ho walked down to a ledge of rocks, made his way out to the breaking surf, and with a shout of contempt for ns he plunged in, to be seen no mora If wave and tide brought his body to the sands later on, we were not there to find it. They had said they would die to the last man, and they had kopt their word. "Well, sir, it's just this way, sir. Those of lis you see here have broke away from the others. We have no heart in it, you see. We wants to come aboard, sir. We don't ask to be trusted, but are willing to bo put in irons and carried lo Australia for triaL We may lie hung for what we've done, sir, but we shall certainly be murdered if you don't take us aboard." "Aye, Captain Clark, you f?ave na the slip lust night, but wo couut ourselves 110 worwj off. Within a week we'll have the Hindu ami I he life of every man, woman and child abourd!" j—art* fi/n Hating exhausted their rage, they retired to the shelter of the forest and their camp. It wan raining that morning. and I cannot toil you how thankful 1 was. Thi.se men had bein worked up to that ] itch that t hD ji have iired the bushes without ah Lmn'p delay ill hopes to encompass the death of all aboard the bark. They would ten times rather have destroyed her than to Bee us sail away. The las; threat of Johnson's could not make us any more vigilant, for ther»' was uever a minute we were off our gumd. Even the children were put on watch during the day. To tell you the truth, I was glad to have company. I should rather have had one of the men, of course, could one have been spared, and it made 1110 tremble to think we might be playing into Johnson's hands. With the three of us prisoners the people left aboard the bark could not hold out against him a day. Wasn't it brave of my sweetheart to volunteer to accompany me—aye, to insist on it in spite of my objections? I want yon to praise her a bit for that. If you bad stood on that lonely beach with us and looked into the dark forest and realized the peril as we did, 1 know you would call her u heroine. For all we knew, a dozen of the mutineers might be lying concealed in the bushes not 30 feet uway. 1 was not nearly so confident of success after landing and standing face to face with the difficulties. Sailor though I was, and ever using the compass for my guiding star, 1 should have overlooked it on this occasion and been lost in the bush before we had gone 200 feet but for Mary. "Go back to your Captain McComber and tell him that not a man of us will give in. To be captured and taken into port and tried means the hangman's noose for every one of us. We will die right here! Begin your man hunt as soon as you Willi We have no firearms, but the fun will not be all on your side!" i saw them all running down to the west The sympathies of the women, and of some of the men a.« well, were at once aroused, and they entreated the captain to grant the request. He silenced them with a gesture and said to the mutineers: n /lore. again, and nothing could be done. The wind was fair for getting the Hindu out of the bay, however, and after .dinner four more sailors were sent us, and we lifted her anchor and sailed out and around to a good anchorage on the east side. Then Captain McComber of the man-of-war came aboard in person. He had met the merchant vessel at sea, and he was on his way to Adelaide, but had been obliged to make that port, and had also been delayed by heavy weather. A full and circumstantial account of the mutiny had to be written oat and attested by every passenger, a survey held to ascertain damages to ship and cargo, and the legal proceedings were not finished for four and twenty hours. "Captain, I was playing yon soft yesterday when I told you that we'd be content with the provisions. We want the bark, and we'll keep trying for her as long as there's a man left alive. You've shown ns no mercy and need expect none from us." "Harkee, Dick Taylor and the rest of you! Your words are fair, but your hearts are black enough. I know your gauie, and I say to you that if there's a man of you left in si»;ht when the minute is up I'll put a bullet through his head." The two men had worked for an hour, when Cuptaiu Clark changed off with Roberts. I kept my glass on the woods around them, but I did not once get sight of a mutineer. Winter though it was, the dead leaves and branches and vines were so thick that I only caught occasional glimpsesof ourownmen. By and by the boat was well loaded, and Haskell and Roberts came down to her and stood waiting for the captain. The sounds of his ax could be heard at that moment, and when they ceased wo expected to sec him ap|iear in sight within half a minute. About five minutes slipped by, and then I called down to the two men to go hack into the bush and see what had happened. They advanced and were out of Right when I got a fleeting glimpse of Ben Johnson and another convict hurrying the captain across an open space. The pair had crept up through the bushes and surprised and overpowered him. When the sergeant returned and reported, the captain separated his men into three detachments. Each detachment carried a supply of handcuffs, and the orders were to tako the mutineers alive if possible. Captain Clark and I volunteered with the first company or detachment. Wo might have been excused, but as tho convicts had escaped from us we felt legally nnd morally bound to aid as far as wo could in their capture. So far as I could observe from aloft, the mutineers stuck pretty closely to their camp, while the quarrels among tLfni v.i re frequent and violent. In one (.t the altercations one of the sailors was killed, and through tho glass I could plainly see them dig a shallow grave and roll him into it as if bin body had Ken the varcass C £ a dog. The lady was in a hurry, as she had a dinner engagement, but, anxious to have the business over with as long as she had commenced it, she reluctantly prepared to undergo another siege of contortions and poses. The photographer was slightly nervous by this time, and it was somehow not so easy to arrange the draperies in careless ease or to arrange that queenly head to the best advantage. Do his best, she, who was naturally so graceful, seemed, when viewed through the camera, to be all angles, the shoulders too high or the head too low. Bat at last all was well, and again he removed the cap, having previously most carefully examined the plates to see that no imperfections existed there. "Well, what's your point?" asked the captain as the fellow paused. Away went the rascals, helter skelter, and they were only well concealed in tho bushes when they sent up a great hissing andDgrouning and shouting, and when that ceased they indulged in threats to make the blood run cold. They well knew that the iron cages had been destroyed and that we hadn't a pair of shackles or handcuffs aboard. No matter how we secured them, if foolish enough to take them aboard, some one of them would have fonnd a way to liberate himself rind all others, and then it would have been slaughter. I do not think there was collusion between the two parties, and therefore mention it as a singular coincidence that directly after noon the other and larger party came down and stood on the identical spot aud made the same identical offer. The spokesman in this case was also one of the sailors, and he staled that they had driven Ben Johnson out of the camp and would have no moro to do with him. Captaiu Clark returned about the same answer, and the words and actions of the mutineers left no room for doubt that they had planned our destruction. "It's just this: Give us the bark, and we'll go away in her and leave you in comfortuble shape on the island. Refuse us, and we'll find a way to destroy ship and all of you, even if we perish at the same time. It shouldn't rest with you and your bloody mates to say no to this, for the men with wives and children ought to have a word. Look here, Saunders, Smith, Williams, you women who want to aee home again, are you going to"— Need I tell you that the Hindu, with the help of the men loaned ns by the generous Captain McGomber, finally reached her port of destination? There was a legal investigation, of course, but we came out of it all right, and the government was held to its contract. While we were detained in Australia for this investigation Mrs. Williams passed away, leaving Mary an orphan among strangers. That she did not suffer for companionship and care you will readily believe. When the Hindu was ready to sail for home, she was one of the 80 passengers, and despite her bereavement there were many pleasant features about the voyage. Oil the morning of tlie twenty-second day i.t our anchorage i;i Cbe bay the sun C ame up in a cloudless sky. The bad weather was not yet over, but this was a lull or break in it. I came on duty at 7 o'clock that morning, and as soon as reaching my accustomed perch uloft I made out a brig, with her sails aback and ouly about a mile away to the west The signal Ciug which the mutineers bad kept tlying had evidently attracted attention. From the number of boats on the davits I believed tho brig to be a whaler ; but, if so, she must have blown inshore or hud some business I could Everything depended on Captain Mc- Oomber's report to tho government authorities, and you can well believe that at least Captain Clark aud I were on tho ragged edge until he had finished his business and was pleased to say that we had done all that could be expected under tho circumstances. Had the ship's doctor been living, he would certainly have been held legally answerable for the outbreak, but ho was gone, and the best thing to do was to recapture such prisoners as were alive and make our way into port. Before making a move against the mutineers we fixed up wooden cages or partitions to hold the convicts, and it was proposed to give us plenty of marines to guard them on our passage down the coast. Two men were detailed from tho Endeavor to act as cooks 011 board the Hindu, and after we had got washed and scrubbed and had a few regular meals it seemed liko living again. Captain McComber was so dilatory about moving against the mutineers that i spoke of it to Captain Clark, who turned on me with a wink and replied: Stretched out through the woods, but still in touch with each other, tho three detachments moved to the north. About two-thirds of the distance to camp tho detachment on the extreme left was suddenly attacked as they forced their way through the thickets by the whole body of mutineers, who were armed with stout clubs, and many had lashed their sheath knives to long poles to use as lances. As they attacked the marines and sailors the mutineers cried: "No quarter! No quarter!" They fought to kill; nor would one of them surrender when called upon. The light did not last over five minutes, but in that time three marines were beaten or stabbed to death, two others badly hurt and four convicts were killed. When tho mutineers retreated, they carried off four muskets aud the ammunition belonging to them aud took refugo in a broken but thickly wooded pieco of ground beyond their camp. After a few whispered words to Haskell, who was to remain in the boat until we returned or daylight came, I took the lead, and we pushed into the woods. It rained a little, and the wind was gusty, and once under the trees it was so dark that we had to feel our way. I flattered myself that we were keeping a true course, but ut the end of a quarter of an hour Mary suggested that we take a look at the compass. We got down close to the grouud and struck a match, and, to my surprise, we were bearing northwest instead of due north. After that we consulted the compass every few minutes, but were a gcxni hour and a half making our way to the clearing. We were within 50 feet of the tents before we got sight of the fires, which the rain had almost extinguished. We crept oloser and listened, but not a sound came from the mutiueers. Putting her mouth close to my ear, Mary whispered: Captaiu Clark had a rifle in his hands. Ho raised it to his shoulder and covered the convict ami said to him: "I will wait for a few moments," said the lady good naturedly, "to Bee if the results are more satisfactory than before." "I'll count five and then drop you dead in yonr tracks!" I called to the men and ordered them aboard at once, and when it had becomo known that tho men all werodepending on so much was a prisoner to our desperate enemies I had all I could do to prevent the people from taking to the boats and pulling away out to sea. It was a regular panic for a time, and I had bard work to make tbem understand that the bark had not yet gone out of our possession. The capture occurred at about 10 o'clock in tho morning, and from that hour on to 4 in the afternoon the weather was pretty fair. I spent most of the time aloft with the glass. At 2 o'clock the entire gang of mutineers assembled for a council. The meeting was in front of their tents, and, though I could not see the captain, I had no doubt that he was a prisoner in one of tho tents or huts. The council lasted for two hours, and, judging from the gestures of the men, there was much excitement.I am an old man now, and my aged wife bends over me as I write these few lines. I long ago gave up the sea at the wish of her who has made my life happy, and I told you in the beginning not to expect too much from one whose education was flecked by the froth of the "Oh, I am sure there cannot possibly be any defects this time," he replied reassuringly as he retired to the seclusion of darkness. When in a few moments he appeared again, his face was a study, comical in its puzzled despair. The lady could not refrain a smile as she asked, "Well?" Ho counted one, two, three, and then Johnson turned aud Walked away. It It was not u bluff on the captain's part. His finger was pressing the tripper, aud bo would surely bavo fent a blUk't into tho fellow's Load. He would have been justified in doing it, lint thus far we had shed blood only in defense. Some of tho people were dbjosed to believe that if tho mutineers meditated any further move Johnson would have been too politic to utter threats, but two or three of us took u different view of the matter. Ho was not a diplomat He was a man utterly without fear, and when there was a ehaneffor n flght he never thought of using strategy to secure an advantage. Defeat bad worked him up to that pitch where ho must free his mind, and he would need watching none the less for announcing his determination.not well reason out. She showed no colors, but i took her to be a German or Dane. I turned my glass on the camp of tho autmeers and saw them all running Jown to the west shore in great haste. I hailed the deck and told Captain"Clark what was going on, and beat ouco came ap to me. bringing the British ensign and a rifle. Just as he got up a small boat with four men in her pulled away Jroru the brig toward the shore. At tho name moment we saw such of the mutineers as wore the uniforms of convicts secrete themselves in the thicket, while the sailors were pushed to the front. sea. THE END. "No, madam, not well at all—in fact, 1 never saw sicker looking negatives. To tell the truth, I can't in the least account for it, hut the features are so blurred as to be indistinguishable. I never in all my experience had anything like it before, nor can I in any way aocount for it," said the artist. "I am sure the plates were in perfect condition, as I examined them most carefully. The fault must be in the chemicals, though I never had any trouble that way before. I am really very sorry for the unfortunate failures, but if yourpatienoe is not wholly exhausted I would like to try once more." The next event of importance saddened all hearts. Mrs. Saunders was not a robust woman, and with the first signs of trouble aboard had been thrown into a nervous fever. The women had given her the best care they could under the circumstances, but even the skill of a good physician might not have avail- EVEN WITH THE ' DUN." A Speculator Squares Himself With Hit Seeing that be had underestimated their strength and desperation, Captain McConDber sent aboard for a mountain howitzer and a supply of shells, aud as we advanced again the bursting missiles were thrown into the coverts ahead. Twice during the afternoon we tried to open communication with the fellows by means of a flag of truce, hoping they had had enough of fighting and would surrender, but each time the flag was advanced they fired on the bearer. At sundown, when we retftrned aboard our respective vessels, we iiad lost four men killed aud three wounded, and we had killed eight of tho mutineers, all convicts. The hist four had keen killed by shells from the howitzer. The lawyer had won an important case for the man. He had dabbled in stocks of one kind and another, and, hard luck having overtaken him, he had bolstered up bis vanishing fortunes with $50,000 of other people's money. I«wy«r Creditor. "Now, Kalpb, you made out four tents or shelters here. The captain is certainly in one of them. If any one was on guard over him, there would be a better fire. We shall find him fast bound in one of the rear shelters. Let me take the lead from this out, and remember, if we ure surprised, we must open fire ou them and try aud cut the captain's bonds and put a pistol in his hands." "Never you mind, Ralph. If it be so that they baild a raft and all go off together aud get drowned, we shan't have no more bother with them, and it will be good riddance to bad rubbish." f I. "RjJph, we must block thut game," said the captain after a Kok through the glass. "If they take off those men, the brig will be seized, her crow murdered, and tho mutineers will make off. I'll set the ensign flying, and do you load and firu the rifle as last as you can.'' But the other people had troubles ot theiv own. They had wants that needed catering to, and when they fonnd that the dealer in stocks had invested theii means of subsistence in an enterprise that would benefit no one but himself they arose with a howl of righteous indignation and brought a suit for damages.I went aloft with the glass for the first time in three days to take a look at them, but they were not raft building. There was plenty of timber ou the island, and the sailors among them could havo made a stout raft without trouble, but to put to sea in such weather on anything they could construct meant disaster before they were clear of the land. I saw a few of them lounging about the tents as cool and unconcerned us if their necks wore not encircled with baiters, afid I greatly wondered what would be the outcome of the affair. If the wind had not shifted directly into tho south, making it an utterly impossible thing to sail the bark out of the bay, no matter how largo a crew she might have had aboard, I think our captain would have carried her out and made shift to at least reach another anchorage. The nervous strain had begun to tell on us and some of the women were right dciwn ill, and the knowledge that we were still in peril and might have to fight for our lives at any minute had no consolation in it. Most of our people believed that Captain Clark would be put to death that day, but I flattered myself I understood the plans of the convicts better than that He would be a powerful weapon in their hands, and they would use him for all he was worth before taking his life. I predicted that we would hear from them before night and was not at all surprised when Ben Johnson appeared just at dusk and hailed the ship. I knew what he was after and had also made up my mind as to tho course to be pursued. The lady herself was not only a very determined character, but of an inquiring mind as well, and little relished being baffled at any undertaking; so she replied facetiously : Would yon believe that J, who had planned the expedition and intended to go alone and had taken the lead thus far, should give way to a girl at the most critical point and take second place? And yet that is the very thing I did. It seemed to be a matter of course. I won't admit that 1 was frightened, bat my nerves were strung up and my heart thumping away like a trip hammer, and I'm sure I waa the more flustrated of the two. Mary moved to the right, passed within ten feet of the large tent, in which we heard the sleepers snoring and sighing, and presently stopped before a entailer me. The omen were made or brush, and tie roof was a tarpaulin. Certain smells indicated that it was the cookhouse. When satisfied on this point, we passed along to the third structure. This was aJso a rude affair, hut there were men asleep The boat's crew had got within half a cable's length of the beach before our signals were seen and heard. They could see our Hag over the tree tops, and the reports of the rifle must have been very distinct. The boat was held steady for three or four minutes, and then the brig signaled for her return 1 saw a man going aloft with u glass and was satisfied that he could see me and would make such a report as would stop the boat. She pulled back to the brig, mid then came pulling along the west shore until she opened the bay and got sight of us. We signaled for them to eome in, but they were evidently afraid of a trap, awl when we lowered a boat to pull out to them tin y at once took to their oars and rowed for the brig. We hoped her captain might investigate, but he evidently became alarmed at their report and swung his yards and made Gail. Had ho come in to us, ho might have lent us a few men to navigate the Hindu down the coast, but in driving him oil we had at least balked the plans of the mutineers. That was where the lawyer had his chance. He knew the man was guilty, and he told him so. But for all that he cleared him. He charged a pretty big fee, fii.OOO being a conservative estimate of the valne of his services. The man paid him $3,500 in cash and promised to give him the-other $000 a month or two later. That was more than three years ago. The lawyer patiently waited on his client for a year, and then he put the matter in the hands of a collector. In the course of two years the collector gathered in $400, and then, as his salary was more than eating up the amount collected, the lawyer took the case from his hands and gavo it to the office boy. As an incentive to energetic work, he said: * "I have heard tell of people breaking the camera in attempting to have their ugliness perpetuated, but really, now, 1 flattered myself that I was not quite bo bad as that -I don't like to be defeated in so small a matter, so we will try again, even if I miss my engagement" Nearly all the provisions taken from the Hindn when we set the men ashore four weeks previously had been wasted or consumed. Before retiring to the beach we destroyed what was left and burned the camps, and as there was no longer any wild fruit on the trees the fellows would have to light us next day on empty stomachs. Captain McComber had decided to land a larger force of men and more guns and give the mutineers no further show. By having men enough to stretch across the island the defenders must at last be driven to the open beach on tho north shore. "I don't know what plana they have," said Captain Clark as we counseled together, "but we must be wide awake for tbem day and night If they had one single musket, and GO rounds of ammunition we might have to make terms with them. Thank the Lord that they haven't! They'll cook np some devilish scheme, however, and, as I said, we must be watchful. Let them once get possession and they'd show mercy to neither man, woman nor child." You would have thought that antong so many men at least one of them would have played the sneak on his companions and como down to the shore and made terms for himself by furnishing all the information he could. Not one of them appeared, however. If any one was so minded, he was doubtless deterred by the threats of the others. They were watching one another, and had any ono attempted to slip away he would have fared badiy. "Ahoy, there!" called Johnson as he stepped clear of the trees and stood in iui attitude expressive of defiance. "Well, what is it?" I asked. "Yon knew, of course, we've got the captain." "Suppose we try a different plan," she continued as the artist again set about arranging screens and shades. "Let me pose myself, and we will have only the head idealized. Make it a perfect profile. I know my own features and good points so well that I am an re we shall have better results if I simply take my own natural position, and, besides, it will save time." "Four words arc fair, but your hearts arc black cnouyh." ed. The excitement of the situation kept her fever going, and we had been anchored in the bay just a week, when one night she breathed her last almost without warning. It was a shock to all of us and a hard blow to husband and children. We n ,de her a coffin out of the best material at hand, and while two of us stood guard on the shore with our rifles the others buried her in a grave just above high water mark. "Yes." "Well, what do you propose to do about it?" When the bark was brought around to the east sido of tho island, sho was anchored about a milo from the beach. The sailors who had assisted us and three of the marines were then withdrawn, while Haskell, the second mate and myself stood guard at night in rotation with the marines. On this night, after our battle ashore, we went on duty at midnight. 1 took the poop deck, the mate the waist, and Haskell the bows. Little or no danger was apprehended now. The wind that night was from the west, thus giving us tho lee of the island and smooth water. "You can save his life and all others if you have got proper sense. Come ashore, bring whatever you want, and we'll give you up the captain and go away in the bark. We've talked it over with the captain, and the word he sends by me is for you to do it." "What can we do?" And so the lady's Grecian features were sharply outlined against a black background, and again the artist attempted to make a negative, and the lady awaited the result She was not long in suspense. What I secretly dreaded was that they would fire the forest,which was just then very dry. The thought came to them, no doubt, bat the Hindu wonld have also been consumed, and their plan was to possess her. However, by noon of the day I have been speaking about it came on to rain in grand style, and the storm continued until next morning without a break. Everything being thoroughly drenched, with a certainty of more rain at brief intervals, there was no longer the fear that the forest might be fired by accident or design. l-Lside, I think Captain McComber had an idea that tho men would revolt against Johnson and bring him to us tied hand and foot, thus throwing themselves on the mercy of the court which would try them when we reached port, but nothing of the sort came to pass. They were sullen and defiant, and it really seemed as if they might have some plan in view by which they hoped to escape tho hunt which they could reason out would bo surely made for them. "Jimmie, there is $100 coming to me from Mr. . If you can get anything out of him, I'll give yon half of it." It was so dark that when we stood in the door and peered around we could not make out a thing. There might lie half a down men in there, and Captain Clark might be one of them, but how were we to ascertain? My heart went down like a lump of lead as I realized the difficulties, and 1 whispered to Mary: Jimmie's eyeR snappc d, and he went to work. Hp labored diligently for three pionths. Monday morning at 11 o'clock ho would go into the office and present his employer's claim, and so run the gamut of iho other five working days, and then repeat the procedure the succeeding week. The man got mad about it at first and threatened to throw the boy out of the office, but he finally thought better of it and contented himself with tnrniug Jimmie away with some stinging rebuke. The almost immediate result of this sad event was a written communication from all the passengers, which was a protest and an appeal combined. They wanted the captain to abandon the bark, take to the boats and seek to reach Adelaide. He answered it by calling us all together in the cabin and pointing out, first, that owing to the bad weather the voyage would be ono of such exposure and peril that ho would not undertake it except as a last resort; second, to abandon the bark as sbo stood simply meant to turn her over to the mutineers, who would pursue and destroy us; third, if she was ecnftled or set on fire, ho and I lost every dollar we had in the world, and, under the circumstances, it was doubtful if insurance or charter would hold good. It could not be shown we were in sufficient peril to justify such proceedings, and he should respectfully but tirmly decline to accede to the wishes of the passengers. "It's really no use," said the artist finally as he showed her a plate he bad tried to develop, and which revealed, instead of her classic profile, a "blurred, indistinct mass of—what? Neither could tell, but certainly it resembled nothing human. "And if we refuse?" I asked. From the lookout uioft I saw them return to their camp. They were wrangling and quarreling, and many of them stopped to shako their lists in the direction of the bark. We expected another visit from them en masse, but they did not appear. About midafternoon the weather shut down again, accompanied by rain, and aboard 6hip we settled down into tho old routino. We were daily looking for the appearance of a man-of-war, and I think every man of us felt moro hopeless and discouraged that night than at uny time since wo had been embayed. You can therefore imagine our joyful surprise when, an hour after midnight, wo heard the boom of guns on the open ocean to the south. That signified that tho long expected relief ship had arrived. From the moment we got the. report of her first gun up to daylight we were up and down and on the watch. Wo could mako out her lights and knew that, sho was lying to for the dav to break. "Then you'll find his head lying right where my feet stand when daylight comes tomorrow." "We have made the trip for nothing. How are we to find the captain in the darkness?" I told him that the proposition had come so suddenly that we were not prepared to give an offhand answer; that, while we were willing to mako a great sacrifice to save the captain's life, I could not speak for the passengers. I talked very civilly, as you may guess, and the point I gained was the one I had in sight from the first Johnson agreed to wait until the next morning for our decisiou and gave me his word of "honor" that the captain should be well treated in the meantime. As to our giving up the bark and going ashore, the matter could not be considered for a Aioment. Had a knife been held at Captain Clark's throat he would have advised against it Not one of us I told you in onoof theopening chapters that Mr. Williams, Mary's father, was an old man. He was over GO, Ad, though hale and hearty at tho beginning of the voyage, and even up to the date of our first trouble, the mental and physical strain pulled him down very fast. He held himself almost by will power until the arrival of the man-of-war, and then tliero was a cal lapse. On tho second day wo had the surgeon of tho Endeavor aboard, but ho had little encouragement to offer. Just at night on the fourth day, without even his wifo or daughter realizing how near his end he was, ho died in his bed, passing away so quietly that they still thought he slept. "It is quite incomprehensible," said the artist "There is no use trying again, for it is evident I cannot get a picture of you. Why it is I cannot tell, but I may bo able to unravel the mystery some time. I even tried fresh chemicals with these, but with no better results. If you will call again some other day, we may do better," he concluded dolefully as the lady took her departure, rather disgusted. All tho men, tho single women and Mary Williams were counted off and divided into three watches. Awnings were placed fore and aft to protect the watch on deck from the weather, and during the day, unless too wet, one man in the watch was to bo stationed in the crosetrees with a glass and a rifle. As I came on duty on the second morning, having Mary and Haskell in my watch, I was the first one to take a trick aloft I left my rifle at the crosstrees and wont up until I bad a clear view of the island over the trees. I judged it to be about two miles square, and it was thickly oovercd with trees and bushes except in occasional spots. Tho mutineers had made a camp about half a mile due north of the ship. Tho sail had been stretched on stakes, and two or three fires were smoldering, but it was 9 o'clock before I got sight of any of the men. Then they came crawling out, one by one, and I soon had proof that all had not gone merry with them. With the glass I could bring each man so close that it seemed as if I oould lay a hand on his shoulder. "We must take some risks," she whispered in reply. "I am going to strike a match and have a look. If wo raise an alarm, the first idea of the men I was greatly fatigued after the day's excitement, and at 1 o'clock in the morning 1 committed what was little short of a crime. I sat down and fell asleep I did not realizo that I had even closed my eyes, but I had slept for half an hour, when Mary Williams, who kuew that I was on duty, dressed hersolf and came out to have a word with me about her mother. She saw me asleep, with my chin on my breast, and, just climbing over the rail by means of a rope which had been left by Haskell as he was putting on a bit of paint that day, was Ben Johnson. It was a starlight night, and she identified him at lirst glance. He had swum off to us to strike a blow for revenge "before the fight of the morrow, which he could well reason would be the extermination of the gaug. Between his teeth he held his knife. Across my knees was a rifle. Had Mary delayed to call out for help, the villain would have been upon us both. Without an instant's delay and realizing the situation in a flash, she sprang forward, seized the rifle and fifed upon the man as his bare feet touched the deck, only eight feet from where I -at The report of the gun and his yell Jimmie kept up the daily siege till last Thursday. Then he was sick and could not; come down town. About 2 o'clock the lawyer was in his private office holding a consultation with two clients, when there came an imperative rat-a-ta-tat on his door. He. bade the visitor enter, and a head, half concealed by a shock of bushy red hair, was thrust nto the room. J' The next day the artist received this note: No. West Fifty-ninth Street. Mr Dear Sir—Were* you to see my face today it in possible* your failure of yesterday might be logically explained It is a perfect muss of eruptions from the measles, which made their appearance during the night. My eyes are swollen shut and my face almost unrecognizable. Is it possible the condition of my skin was such that the sensitive plate reproduced it? I will try again when I recover. "Please, sir," said u high keyed voice, "I'm from Mr. , an ho wants to know why your boy ain't been over today to dun 'im for that $100 he owes you."—Chicago Tribune. Thero was bitter disappointment and some strong talk, but in the course of 24 hours a bettor freling prevailed. In talking it ov« r among themselves they had come to get a clearer view of the ins and outs of the situation. It would have been a very bad move to abandon tho craft and take to the boats, not only as to what the government and insurance companies and owners of tho lump of cargo in the lower hold might say, but there would not have been one chance in five of bringing the ooatssafe into harbor. 1 here was a steady westerly gale, with showers at intervals, and a single day of »xposure would have done for the women and children. would have been permitted to live to tell the Once we were out of the way the fellows would have had little to fear from pursuit It Bfvmwl to u- as if daylight would never come, but w hen it finally did it Was a glad night which met our eyes. There was the old Endeavor lying out there,carrying forty odd guns and acrww of over 200 men, and we had only uiaae her out when a Lout left her side and came pulling into the bay. Captain Clark was taken off in her to make a report of our ease, and soon after his arrival on hoard the Hindu her captain sent us off four sailors and six marines. The latter were to relieve us of our guard duty and the former to help us to get things shipshape preparatory to running out of the bay. Just before noon Captain Clark returned in company with the first lieutenant of the man-ofwar, whose name was Robson. He had beard the particulars of onr story, and after introducing himself he rubbed his hands in anticipation and said: CHAPTER XVIII I hud a plan, to work under cover of darkness, which I hoped might turn out successfully, but for obvious reasons I kept it secret as long aspossibla I had been aloft so often that I believed I could And my way to the mutineers' camp on the darkest night, and I proposed going there alone and making an attempt to free the captain and bring him back with me. I had as yet told no one, when Mary Williams came to me and said: THF. FINISH OF A SAILOR'S #TORY. "I want something handsome iu the way of a clock," he said to the jeweler. Wanted a Clock anil a Timepiece. Yours, Jilts. . On the morning of the sixth day after the arrival of tho man-of-war Mr. Williams was buried oil the island. Thore was another break in the weather, and it was a fair day. About 100 people went ashore, and of this number about 40 were armed to bo in readiness for any move tho mutineers might make. It was even as she suggested. That which was so near the surface, but had not yefc penetrated the skin, was clearly brought out by photography. In other words, the measles were photographed before they appeared.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Per Maid. "We have a very fine lino of goods," was the response, ' 'and the prices are very moderate." lie wan wideawake and ral*cCl hi* head "I don't care anything about the price. I want something that will show at a glance that it cost u whole lot of monev." Ui luok at us will be to rush out. We must fire on them and drive them into the woods, trnsting they will leave the captain behind."There seemed to be a dispute about who should act as cook, and from words the gang soon came to blows. There were half a dozen fights going on at once, and I saw Ben Johnson using hands, feet and a club to restore order. When the fighting ceased, ten of the men seized a part of the provisions and went off through the forest toward the western shore. They defied Johnson and had selected a new leader. That the death of the poor old man was a sad blow to wife and daughter, and that they had the full sympathy of every ono aboard, you cannot doubt. In my own mind I had planned that when we reached port I would ask him for Mary, and perhaps remain ashore to take hold of the new life with him. Now that ho was dead it was not likely that the survivors would want to remain in that faroff land, and of course marriage could not ba thought of for months "Certainly. We have some beautiful imported goods.'' Vulcanized. I tain and rage were blended together, and in a minute the whole ship was alarmed. Foreman—That india rubber man just won't become submissive. He seems to get harder every day. "Ralph, I know what you have planned to do, hut you must not go alone. You believe you can find your way through the forest without help, but you cannot. You must get the bearings by compass, and tonight you must have a compass with you. The captain is likely to have been hurt and may need help to get along if rescued. I shall go with you!" That wan the proper way to do it, but I should never have thought of it. No! Had I been alone I should have turned back at this point, feeling that the dillieulticB were too great for me to surmount. I handed Mary a couple of matches, made ready to open tire, and she moved inside and struck a light. As she held the blazing match up I counted eight men lying on heaps of brush and leaves they had gathered for bods, and right in thu center of them, hound hand and foot, was Captain Clark. He was wide awako and raised his head to look at us. "That's the idea—something that came from abroad. I want an onyx pedestal and ormolu trimmings and a statue on the top of it." The mutineers kept wonderfully quiet after playing their cards as described above. The fact of the matter, as you can plainly see, was that tlioy had no show whatever to get possession of the bark. Except for about half an hour at low tide, the sharks patrolled the bay as if they had an understanding with us, and we trok care to encourage them in this by feeding them at intervals. No one could swim off to us, and, as for building a raft, the mutineers would have had lo labor right under the muzzles of our guns. They had no weapons to fire on us; none of us ever went ashore. And so what could they do? We did not relax our vigilance, however. Knowing tnat we nao a desperate jot to deal with, we took no chances. Every hour of. the day, rain or shine, a man was aloft with a glass to survey the island,and in this way we kept quite fairly posted as to the movements of the mutineers. Two or throe days after the death of Mrs. Saunders it was discovered that the two parties had reunited under the leadership of Ben Johnson, and that they had given more attention to the comforts of their camp. It was further nscovered that they had erected a tall signal staff on the west side of tho island and were flying a flag from it. Their hope was to entice some craft which might have strayed into these waters to sending a boat ashore in answer to that signal. If they could get possession of a Kr"*f. thev would try hurdto vet possoa- Johnson had been shot in the breast. We wont off for the surgeon, and when he had made an examination he plainly Satun—It can't bo helped, I guess. Rubber and sulphur burned in combination always act that way.—Cincinnati Enquirer. "Here's a veritable work of art" told the ruffian that he hart but a few hours to live. The man had not uttered a word after being shot, but the looks he had Riven Mary and I proved the feeling of murder in bin heart. At first I had some hopes that he might make a confession, but when he looked at mo with eyes gleaming like those of a wounded tiger's I realized that it was useless to addre ss him. And yet all I had hoped fur came about, after all. The desperate ntfin died by inches. As the hand of death clutched at his throat the little good in him came to the surface. An hour before he breathed wis last (DC» sf»it. for Cantain (Hark and Mary. He begged the girl's forgiveness for all that had passed, and then made a dying statement which completely exonerated us both. It was taken down ill writing and duly witnessed, and, though he wanted nothing to do with me, and even spoke bitterly of mo to the last, 1 felt that I could forgivo him. After making the confession he gave it as his opinion that the mutineers would suirender after learning of his death, but his hope was that they would die fighting. "That's pretty well, but I'd like something more attractive than that. It's to be a birthday present to my wife. We haven't been keeping house very long, and she's been worried for fear people would think wo were going without a clock because we couldn't afford one. I'm going to see that she has something so handsome that it'll dazzle everybody who comes into- the parlor and so precioas that it has to be kept nnder glass like a specimen in the inn- A Human None Two Feet In Length, Elephantiasis is a peculiar form ol leprosy in which the limb and features swell to horrible proportions and out of all semblance to the legs, arms and faeesof human beings. Cases are known where the legs have become so swollen that they measured 4 feet in circumference. The ears of the same victim, Walter Brisbane, an Engish sailor, were 18 inches in length and his nose elongated to upward of 2 feet when in the last stashes of the horrible malady.— St Louis Republic. Whether the move would turn out good or ill for us was to be determined. The more they fought among themselves tho less likely they were to attack ns, and yet we should now have two different gangs, each working independently of the other, to look out for. "But it's all right now. Of course you'll get help to take the bark to her port of destination, and of course we'll soon bo after these fellows who have caused all this trouble. They must know of oar arrival, and I'm looking for thorn to comedown and offer to sum nder and take their punishment. *' to come When I beard the good girl speaking after that fashion, I was sjh-Celiless with surprise, but after a bit I pulled myself together and answered her that we could spare no men, and, as for takiug a woman on such a perilous jaunt, it was not to be thought of. The men dug a gravo on the east shore of the island, and, with the chaplain of the man-of-war conducting the services and all the officers ashore, we buried the poor old man whose love ami solicitude for his daughter had given him a grave begirt by the sea. • I Spokf such words of comfort and solacc to thC widowed and fatherless as came to me I tell you, and I felt it to my shame, though I stood guard and had the guns to carry, Mary stepped right over those sleeping men, opt the prisoner's bonds with a knife I gave her, and then helped him up and held him on his feet until the blood circulated and he could use his limbs. They came out. hand in haud, the captain took the rifle I handed him, and we made our way back to the beach without a word having been spoken On the way. The captain did not even know who we were. It was not until we were safely aboard that he knew, and not until we were back that it was generally known Mary and I had been absent. It was n joyful reunion, you may bo sure. Captain Clark had suffered no injury or privation, but he had been made to realize the desperate mood the men were in, and that many of them were for killing him offhand, no matter about the ship. Only half an hnnr hnfore our arrival one of the men The day and the night passed away without an alarm, but at an early hour on the following morning the entire force of the smaller party appeared on the beaeh and hailed the bark. They were pretty evenly divided between convicts and sailors, and they put forward as their speechmaker the sailor who had served as born of tho bark. As everybody came on deck in response to the alarm, the party on the beach uncovered their heads in a respectful way, and the bos'n began: At that very moue lit, though we did not suspect it, the entire gaiifj of mutineers was concealed in tin; bushes near by. They no longer hoped tocaptore the Hindu, but Beti Johnson had worked them up to such a pitch of desperation that they were burning for revenge and had armud themselves with large peb- seum." "But I shall go with you!" she stoutly persisted "I will take one of the revolvers and a small compass, and you can arm yourself with the fowling piece and another revolver. If worst comes to worst, I believe the two of us will be a match for the whole gang, as they have no firearms. It is needless for you to raise objections, for if you go I go!" "How is this one?" the jeweler inquired as ho lifted a massively ornate article from a shelf. aml in the presence of her mother Mary put her hand on my arm and said: "That's the very thing. That'll please her almost to death. Pack it np and ship it ont to my house and send the bill to my office." "Ralph, it was known to father aim mother that we loved each other. Tha we have you to comfort us and depem. on in this hour relievos the anxiety if it does not soften the blow. Our 1'utuie will be guided entirely by you." From 46 to 60 pounds equal a bushel of cornmeal in various states, the lowei figure t&ing the legal weight in North Carolina, the latter in Arkansas and others. "It'll cost-$125," the jeweler mildly suggested. bles from the western shore. As soon as wo had the marines aboard we curried our private firearms to the cabin, and Lieutenant Robson and others of pc were strolling about the docks, when tin mutineers suddenly sprang out and hC- "But your clothes?" I persisted. "Why, Mary, the dress would tie torn off your back before we had crept half a cable's length." "That's all right. It looks as if it were worth it." "Captain Clark and good friends all, this is the truth, and may the whole gang of us perish on the spot if it isn't. We were dragged into this business. We bad to join 'em to save our lives. Every one of us here would have fought for the ship if we oould have got aft among yon, but they watched us too close. Mates, I calls upon you, one and alL to tell the cantain if I'm sne^^**"1 Directly after dinner Captain Mo- Comber began to land a force of men 011 the beach, and Captain Clark and I both went ashore to offer our services. While the courts in England had cleared both Mary and I of the charge which had sent Ben Johnson into penal servitude, both of us felt that our characters had been stained. The only thing to clear ns was a voluntary confession from Ben Johnson. I stated my idea of this niat- From Warsaw, the capital of ancient Poland, to our capital the distance it 4,010 miles. He started for the door, but came back and said, "By the way, you'd better give me another clock—one of those small nickel nlated affairs that cost about $1 60, so that we can stick it off in an obscuro corner to look at when we want to know what time it is."— Washington Star. "I shall arrange about that, sir; so go ahead and make your plans!" gau to bombard us with stones. Son Piles Cared in 3 to 6 Nlchtt. There was a girl of sense and courage for you—a real English girl—who might cry out at the sight of a mouse in her own chamber, but who could be a real heroine when the occasion demanded. I nretbudr " —*-•* wt at 9 o'clock that of the marines were below, and thos on deck had to wait to load t!D r Dr. Agnew's Ointment will cure *11 cases of itehlng piles )n from 3 to 6 nights. One application brings comfort. For blind and bleeding piles It Is peetless. Also cures m is, mm tur a. coupie ox minutes our assailants had it all their own way. As we were driven to shelter the lieutenant was struck on the head and rendered senseless, while none u£ fch" "thuraof us When morning came the body of Ben Johnson was taken ashore for burial. There was but scant ceremony in laying him away to rest, and, when he had been covered in a white flat" was sent forward tetter, salt rheum, ecscms, barbel's Itch »nd all emptions of the ekln. 85o.