Feb. 25, 1897 THE NERBASKA INDEPENDENT THE MATE OF TUE HINDU By OaptsJnlALPH DAVIS. Copyright, 1896, by the Author. CHAPTER XVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. It was broad daylight before we heard from tho mutineers. Then , the whole crowd of them swarmed out of the for est and down on the beach, and in their madness and desperation they were no longer men. Their cursing was some thing 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 fire arms. They showered ua with pebbles, and some of them even picked up hand fuls of sand and flung them in our di rection. It was a long quarter of an hour before they cooled down, nd then Ben Johnson stepped to tho front and aid: ' "Aye, Captain Clark, you gave ns the Blip last night, but we count ourselves no worse off. Within a.week we'll have the Hindu and the life of every man, woman and child aboard !" Having exhausted their rage, they re tired to the shelter of the forest and their camp. It was raining that morn ing, and I cannot tell you how thankful I was. Those men had been worked up to that pitoh that they would have fired the bushes without an hour's delay in hopes to encompass the death of all aboard the bark. They would ten times rather have destroyed her than to see us sail away. The last threat of Johnson's could not make us any more vigilant, for there was never a minute we were off our guard. Even the children were put on watch during the day. So far as I could observe from aloft, the mutineers stuok pretty closely to their camp, while the quarrels among them were frequent and violent In one of the altercations one of the sailors was killed, and through the glass I tould plainly see them dig a shallow Erave and roll him into it as if his body ad been the carcass of a dog. On the morning of the twenty-second lay of our anchorage in the bay the sun Dame up in a cloudless sky. The bad weather was not yet over, but this was lull or break in it I came on duty at f o'clock that morning, and as soon as reaching my accustomed perch aloft I made out a brig, with her sails aback ind only about a mile away to the west Che signal flag which the mutineers had kept flying had evidently attracted at tention. From the number of .boats on the davits I believed the brig to be a Whaler ; but, if so, she must have blown Inshore or had some business I could Hot well reason out. She showed no tolors, but I took her to be a German tr Dane. -I turned my glass on the camp of the mutineers and saw them all running dowri to the west shore in great haste. I hailed the deck and told Captain (Jlark what was going on, and he at once came up to me, bringing the British ensign and a rifle. Just as he got up a small boat with four men in her pulled away from the brig toward the shore. At the same moment we saw such of the mu tineers as wore the uniforms of convicts secrete themselves in the thicket, while the sailors were pushed to the front "Ralph, we must block that game," said the captain after a look through the glass. "If they take off those men, the brig will be seized, her crew mur dered, and the mutineers wll make off. I'll set the ensign flying, and do yon load and fire the rifle as fast as you can." 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 flag 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. I saw a man going aloft with a glass and was satis fied that he could see me and would make such a report as would stop the boat She pulled back to the brig, and then came pulling along the west shore until she opened the bay and got sight of us. We signaled for them to come in, but they were evidently afraid of a " trap, and when we lowered a boat to pull out to them they at once took to their oars and rowed for the frig. We hoped her captain might investigate, but he evidently became alarmed at their report and swung his yards and made sail. Had he come in to ns, he might have lent ns a few men to navi gate the Hindu down the coast, but in driving him off we had at least balked the plans of the mutineers. From the lookout aloft I saw them return to their camp. They were wran gling and quarreling, and many of them stopped to shake their fists in the direc tion 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 ship we settled down into the old routine. We were daily looking for the appearance of a man-of-war, and I think every man of 11s felt more hopeless and discouraged that night than at any time since we had been embayed. Yon can therefore imagine our joyful surprise when, an hour after midnight, we heard the boom of guns on the open ocean to the south. That signified that the long expected re lief 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. We could make out her lights and knew that she was lying to for the day to break. It seemed to us as if daylight would never come, but when it finally did it was a glad sight which met our eyes. There was the old Endeavor lying out there, carrying forty odd guns and a crew of over 200 men, and we had only made her out when a boat left her side and oame pulling into the bay. Captain Clark was taken off in her to make a re- Rlpans T&bulea cure bad breath. y.'l . VI UUl L U.T, MJU AJ 119 tU - rival on board the Hindu her captain sent ns 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 run ning out of the bay. Just before noon Captain Clark returned in company with the first lieutenant of the man-of-war, whose name was Robson. He had heard the particulars of our story, and after introducing himself he rubbed his hands in anticipation and said: "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 be after these fellows who have cansed all this trouble. They must know of our arrival, and I'm looking for them to come down and offer to surrender and take their punishment " At that very moment though we did not suspect it, the entire gang of muti neers was concealed in the bushes near by. They no longer hoped to capture the Hindu, but Ben Johnson had worked them up to such a pitch of desperation that they were burning for revenge and had armed themselves with large peb bles from the western shore. As soon as we had the marines aboard we carried our private firearms to the cabin, and Lieutenant Robson and others of us were strolling about the decks, when the mutineers suddenly sprang out and be gan to bombard us with stones. Some of the marines were below, and those on deck had to wait to load their mus- J sow them all running down to the west shore. rets, and for a couple of 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 of the others of us esoaped injury. As soon as the marines opened fire the mutineers retreated, but even with muskets leveled at his breast Ben Johnson stood np and defiantly said: "You may land your whole crew, but you cannot take us alive I We'll die fighting before you shall ever lay hands on one of ns!" When 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 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 out and at tested by every passenger, a survey held to ascertain damages to ship and cargo, and the legal proceedings were not fin ished for four and twenty hours. Everything depended on Captain Mo Oomber's report to the government au thorities, and you can well believe that at least Captain Clark and I were on the ragged edge until he had finished his business and was pleased to say that we had done all that could be expected under the circumstances. Had the ship's doctor been living, he would certainly have been held legally answerable for the outbreak, but be 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 ns plenty of marines to guard them on our passage down the coast. Two men were detailed from the Endeavor to act as cooks on board the Hindu, and after we had got washed and scrubbed and had a few regular meals it seemed like living again. Captain McComber was so dila tory about moving against the mutineers that I spoke of it to Captain Clark, who turned on me with a wink and replied : "Never you mind, Ralph. If it be so that they build a raft and all go off to gether and get drowned, we shan't have no more bother with them, and it will be good riddance to bad rubbish." 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 on the island, and the sailors among them could have made a stout raft without trouble, but to put to sea in such weather on anything they could con struct meant disaster before they were clear of the land. I saw a few of them lounging about the tents as cool and un concerned as if their necks were not en circled with halters, and I greatly won dered what would be the ontoome of the affair. You would have thought that among so many men at least one of them would have played the sneak on his compan ions and come 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 de terred by the threats of the others. They were watching one another, and had any one attempted to slip away he "Would have fared badly. I think Captain MoComber had an Idea that the men would revolt against Rlpans Tabmles cure dizziness. DOCTORS Searles & Series, BPKCIA LISTS IN NEKVOUH, CHRONICA PRIVATE DISEASES. Weak Men Sexunlly. All private Diseas es and disorders of men treated by mail. Con sultation free. SYPHILIDS, 0ord for )if and the poison thorough- y cleansed from the system. 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He held himself almost by will power until the arrival of the man-of-war, and then there was a callapse. On the sec ond day we had the surgeon of the En deavor aboard, but he had little encour agement to offer. Just at night on the fourth day, without even his wife or daughter realizing how near his end he was, he died in his bed, passing away so quietly that they still thought he slept Farmers, Attention! Try our Golden Gem seed wheat. A No. 1 hard variety of the Red River Valley, produced by careful cultivation and study, producing a flour unexcelled by any known variety. We believe this wheat can be success fully grown throughout the wheat-producing states and retain its fine milling and great yielding qualities. Yields of 25 to 40 bushels per acre have been repeatedly raised. This grain stands up better, on occount of its strong growth, than most any other va riety. 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John Devereaux never failed to catch the negro he went after if he got to the quarters the negro had left in twenty-four to thirty hours af terward, and 30 It was with all the "nigger dogs" of those days. The question is, why were the packs of those days so much better than the packs owned by sheriffs now? The only answer Is that it was lnthe train ing. ' In those days If a man wanted a pack of "nigger dogs" he got him five or six puppies of good blood and before they were weaned he would begin . their training. The first lessons were to make a little negro run and set the puppies after him around the yard. They would run after him by sight and if he dodged out of the way they Immediately, little sucklings as they were, hunted for his track. 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