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HIS ISLAND PRINCESS, FROM, THE NOTES OF RUPERT DE LA Totem
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W. CLARK RUSSELL.
(Author of “ The Wreck of the Grneretur,”
"Overdue &c.) SİNorsk of IsNSTALMENTS 1 to 111, - Rupert de la Tatelie il taste on one of a tent o canvict wderpo, leaving Englant for a distantron try, Among best wil her 1 in, or for what she is being the women prisoners is a youre and beautiful girl, azishi, no one know. When only a few days at we this girl jumps on odouri, ual to Tonebe imme diately dives aflécher, fat thonglɛ n semned haul tackyem on board agrite she dies alive at once, and to harried at ros The vayage row) eccines eventful in the ex treine, Several of the sailors and couricis declare
that the glow of the dead girl has appeared to thein, strange and amazing serie frighten the even, jetač even the captain is a destruck by the sight ai » strange white st not tearked on the chart. but which
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The blows of the sea were in nowise so hard for the injury Captain Hicks had done me by us to threaten the destruction of the vessel, stealing me from my skip and my prospects in Indeed it seemed to me that as we waited the her. I could quickly have made bundle of force and vigour of the waters abated, the leap the rest of the stuff, but had no mind. for the of the froth inboards grew less honry and flood-case of our schoonor was as desperate as this ing the snarl of the fuzul waters gathered a wrecks, and there seemed something shocking more pacific tone. I wid to the captain. in the idea of a mon in my situation plundering
I belleve we've come atop at flood, and obba ruin, when perhaps the booty be loaded himself will find us high and dry.”
with was designed by Providence to sink him out of lund when the schsoner broke up or his boat founderel
"God help me." says he. am a ruined an and straightway broke into a passion of Days.
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disclosed our situation, which was imagination could have rachel to. more desolate anal hopeless than any effort of my As the
the outline of the reef, extending at least two lancholy grey of the dawn stole into the air miles on either bow, shaped itself. The schooner was hard and fast upon the rocks, tight-fxod¦ and motionless. The morning sky yielded us the promis • of a va?m xirl shining day. Portions of the reef were simest awush other portions were from three to seven feet above the water so that a part of the reef is always visible,
harness cask, taking from the fo es le some bagay use. Nothing like being blowed up for of ship's biscuit, we contrived to put into the mon of that sort." boat, along with a scuttled bat which was more than three-quarters full of fresh water. note hike one blast on o bagle.
Right," said the man named Jim, in a single enough according to my swift calenlations to serve us with care until the island I had in mind light was undo by the schooner, for it was im
We were not to wait long to find out that that should be wachol. We managed to obtain possible to suppose that the snow had been fired: liquor by this device: one of the Americans in about a quarter of an hour after we had frat went to the skylight and shouted down ; '
Mutes, you're having a jolly time downght sight of the glow it was flashol up into a vivid brilliance just as though n strong play there. Will you HeEd these deuijohns to you?"
of sheet lightning had chanced, aftor which the glow disappeared entirely und nothing could be seen but the dusk rising till it carries the eyes to the stars.
up some rom if we lower
Much as you like," answered the raftian Williams Bring 'em down and lap for
yourselves."
also asked and obtained the fellows permission This was done by two of the Americans, who to take stane bums, cheeses, and other articles of fool from the pantry. When they came up with the things I said to them:
The boat's compass is in the Captain's cabin. How can we pot it?"
One of them replied. I'll see if they'll let me take it," and descended, shortly afterwards. to my great joy, returning with the compass and a quidvat. The men, he said, took no notice of Lix. They had cease to sing nut wer making merry in talk and blowing great fells of tobacco.
I was in a hurry to be off, and passed swiftly through the cabin with a glunes at the dead uan, whose free, discoloured by corruption, was a revolting busk with its freely-curled, Back fustly on the upper deck. Methought he may moustachios and dead binck gyes fixed stead.
lava loen the owner of that chest and the bag in my pocket And my lusty gait might have takou a slinking character as I went out.
go on to the rocks and returned to the schooner. The sea was very valu, the atmos phere almost motionless, fint the sun struck down men light and rain of fire us muda m What immediately took the eyes of all was wonder how long a castaway wretch could endure frun out to be un apparition. When within a few the figure of a brig or rather show sitting up-such a broiling on this reet where there was no Jays' suil of their st nation thravastad schooner right on her bilges, within half a mile. Her natural shelter. I heard my sine called o in distress is eighted, which, sigun» to them for a yurds were hoisted, and her suis troublest in was climbing over the side of the schooner. suppés of fich water. A boat is at once lowered, from them and the taut bolt ropes.
rags
Here's a fine kick up" ay, that one This und Tonel and foor railors pronged to the versel. The emptain invites la tonele futo bie mbin, and
gave her the aspect of a skeleton, She was the American crew who huid spoken to me civilly ander the tens of bringing wine goes out, locking
clearly alandoned. We could sap yn signs of at the helm. Your man Williams has stabbed dar bellud lum The shop now starts on her
life. I could make out a boat on boart of Captain Hicks to the heart and he lies dead vayage the offarts of the convict #ect to come up her. She lay broadside on to us and presented a
to feeward aft. with her being availing Aust the maptain every complete portrait of herself. It is impossi luck to his pioner, and tell him that he and his ble to express how fearfully mournful, how
I congenians love been taken in order to help him to
avigate his ship to the Sunth, Sea, beinale, some of dreadfully miserable and desolate the picture of his crew hung lied. In Tene te kuwa and rest that wreck was. Though no mar, kad discerned wat in ele, he promiser to act as muts on this er before the daylight inde her plain. yen through the hours of dusk I fancied! I saw a sort CHAPTER IV.
of blot upon the darkness whom the snow was THE REEF.
and wondered what it could be, but the night This fresh, favorable gule lasted four days, had been so dark the the wreck, save for the during which we measured over a thousand lot she made, was entirely swallowed up. miles of Gerah,
I stared abou. hoats and found them Memwhile my four precious uv u. having safe. The long "cons to." had turned to."
ay securely housed for. Despite their ward, and the joy-bout remained uninjured by swagger and bluster they agreed to help to work the fall of the mast. After running from side the little ship. This I learnt was contrives to side and staring at the rocks and then going the Captain's artfulness. When I was told this into the Imad and looking over. Captain Hicks
begged the Captain to put them in his watch and let me have his men, and to this he agreed, so that down to our shipwreck I saw Bttle of and had nothing,te
• say to the fellows. The days passed mud we made good progress, standing to the north-east, until an hour arriveit which brought us close tapon the islands, that is to say the Friendly Islands and others named by Captain Cook. Our latitude was about fourteen degres south. It had beers a noble spacious, shining afternoon, tropical hat not too hot.
extrunlary voyago.
When the night for the breize freshened. It was a toonless night and very dark, though the dusk was clear: In the first watch, which was ine, Captain Hicks and some talk with me alont the navigation of these waters.
Mayy years," says he. must elapse, before sailors will be supplied with charts they may ly on. Tis an almost unknown part of the world.
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And in he spoke about the subtlement of New Holland, a subject he was a little wary of approwelding before but resentment was how pant with me. I was resolved to stick to this En, out weather Lim, and make him subservient to my fortunes, amal se when he talked of the founding of New Holbad, I could talk to him, too, without it chafing os i wound.
I kept the deck till midnight, and when I foft is to reuse the Captain. the night was still dark, the breeze denly, and the schooner sailing at about seven knofs,
I was awakened a little before two o'clock by a sound of gritting, which my Juff-conscious hearing mistook for thunder. I felt the schooner thrilling and throbbing as though a line-of- battle ship was discharging her broadside inte her. I sprang out of my lauk, at which moment The vessel heled with suzele sadden violenca that I was thing against the side of the cabin and fell upon the deck partially stumarı. I could hear a great noise on deck, men shouting, sails Happing nail then a crash of thunder-like splintering noise, Jelokening the fall of a mast ; and this Yarbarous car- al was heightened into ♫ hellish reveley by the thumping of the sens and the savage saarling of wafer bursting, foaming, hissing and ebbing.
I rushed on deck, and in a moment under- stood var situation. The schooner was ashore what sort of shore it was too dark to tell; I neon you could not say whether it was a strand of a const or a reef. The breaches of the sea were all about us, on water was flying some what heavily over our starboard side. The deck was inclined at an angle of twenty degrees. The main-mast was go eles off at the dock und lay over the side, upon the bulwarks it had erushed in a lementable exhibition of wreckage, With it had fallen the mizzen-topnast.
There was, nu weight in the wind, nud such violence as seu persessed it gathered from the shock of the swill, striking amongst the rocks. Captain Hicks was shouting to the men to cut away the lanyards of the main slirols, that he must and its litter might work elear.
I sang aat: "Have you got an are there "Oh." he hawls, "is that you. Mr. l Touch! For God's sake come and show them what to do! We must out hedge and worp her off. But how Is she to more with that handspike over the side meaning the main-mast.
came to me and says:
Nothing but in eertliquake would dislodge her."
"And," says L. if any sea comes along with the next food she'll go to pieres."
He groaned and said. " How comes that wreck so high up there?"
I did not know and could not conjecture. therefore I marle ao reply.
She's not been here long to judge by her canvas." he says. "I wonder if there is anybly alive on her. "Tis but a short walk. Will you drop over the bows on to the rocks and inspect her and let me know what you sen
Oh, yes, certainly." says I. relishing the proposed errand with the romantic enriosity of the young mariner. But may get a mouthful of breakfast first:"
"Yes," said he, und was about to preces when two of the men he had kidnapped- my meu as I term 'em-- come up to him.
**Captain," said the fellow I have enlled Jack, we want to know what you mean to do."
We're here against our will," says the other, whom I will call William--he was one of the two men who had been drunk below in their berths when I camo or deck to keep watch
and we have a right. to know what you're agoing to do.
What I mean to do is this," answered the Captain."I shall wait until the water rises und washes ne afloat, and then I'll make weil and proceed."
On this they grew insolent. They said they had been tricked into that vessel and were now shipwrecked, with the loss of all they had and perhaps their lives. They knew there was plenty of rum on board, and they must have som There was no good in letting the rocks knock the heads of the casks in when there were men on board who wanted the liquor.
The Captain answered them somewhat savagely. He said that the rum was his pre- perty, and they must be satisfied with what he hose to allow them. This was no time for drinking; they would be all lost men if they drowner thair wits in the ram can.
to reoted, with my hands lifted in hervor.
This was said as I sprang over the nail. I then okel along the deck and saw but the negro Joual and the mau belonging to the schooter called Ju. But in a minste the fourth mau coses ranting along with the two.
You say man of my ship has killed your Captain" said J.
The negro egait te veriferate the story. The civil sailor silenced him and told me what had happened and how. It seems that whilst I was walking to the sow the English sailors grow outrageous in their demands for liquor, and the a Williams employed a term so disgusting and insulting that the Captain, who was wild with temper. hit hita. spend and before the two spectators forward could rash aft to their Captain's protection, William outs with his Faife and drives it into Captain Hiels' heart, who, with
groan, fell dead at his feet. The murderer theu roared to the two men who were watching on the forecastle:
which, in
You will believe that I felt no concern what ever at leaving these men te meet the fate that was in store for them. They would have blown my brains out with us light a heart as they would not have taken the ruffians in the long would have swallowed a dram. Eu quy I boat, and we inf! them the jelly-bout and the provisions of the schooner to do what ther pleased with when they returned to their sen-es after their brutal orgies. Even if they worn drowned, what signified? It was for them to choose betwens; the baneniou and the sea.
In another Lalf hour the long-boat would have graded where she lay astern, so all being in liness we hauled the heat up and dropped one by one into her, and their poled her through the soft summer beaches with her ears till she ad a bug sail. She was hufa sinali beat, being was in drop water. She was rigged with a mass indeed the long boat of a stall vessel, and our ecmpany of fire men sat her somewhat deep: but we were in tropie ses, and Captain Bligh had traversed some thousands of leagues of brine in a boat not much bigger than ours.
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would make a more sudden anul violent exit thus The drunken fellows we had left would not know that when the magazine exploded they any hanginan could provide them with by leav iurem dangling off a car or hurting on of a ladder.
That night was to be attended with another incident which I baver vocal without an emotion of ure and fear. We had so contrived the watches that Tuckell's and mino came together. It was half an hour after midnight. The negro lay asleep with his head over the gunwale. the other two had disposed of themselves in the buttons of the best, and all three slept as sordig is though they slumbered for ever. It was still a gentle fair night with a quiet rippling been blowing since the afternoon, and our breeze from the same quarter whence it had
went, I saya to Tuckett: tiny ark streamed through the binek doop. searing a little line of fire in the water as she
aboard a ship that's got some height of side. The ocean's big enough even when you're
But in an opon host 'tis boundless "tis eternity. The vastness makes one feet as helpless though one should be sailing amongst thestars."
Is that another ship or five says Thekott in answer.
It
On viewing ved to by the rising moon,
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distant and posing as at the rate of two feet to having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of hip in full sail. She was about a wile
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was so lose it was incomprehensible to me that
bunderstruck and stood starine, because she is the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and wither I nor Tuckett should have seen the pale each consigament will be sorted out mark by Gedown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where looms of her in the clear dusk out of which she mark and delivery can be obtained sé svou as had coined herself,
"Do you see her?" I cried to Puckett, who answers in a low voire:
He weaked us here by a lie and now he's the hunt. We took to our ears and rowed to shot ay. She's plain enough. Whed
wrecked us and if you ain't satisfied. here we are, ar to san. Otherwise we don't want to have nothing to say to you. You love us be and look to yourselves," and with that the four raffans aide their way into the lazarette. where they were now doubtless busy breaking out fiquior for a cares in the cabin.
The shinuates of the two spectators were at the time of this horrid murder in the forocastle getting some breakfast. They rushed up on hearing the outery on dees. The four men however, had secured the cabin by closing the companies which was shut up by a hood that was formed to slide over the hatch, and by a Hittle door which could be fastened by a bolt within and without. This was the state of affairs when I arrived. There were firearms in the cabin, and if the four ruffians knew where to obtain powder and ball they were to be held in dread as wretches who would show us morey if we attempted to handle then.
This idea came to me instantly and helped me to recolleet the wits which had been somewhat scattered by the assassination of a man who, though he had used me with monstrous in- juricusness, I had lived and conversed with and Bever contially disliked.
spun:
One of the men said when the yarn had been
What do you advise, ir?
of the face, und we listed the lug sail to sorve.
El sultry calm came like a wall to the desh
as us an awning whose shadow, would fall sePDNK
1. who was steering, looked at the schoouer and clear the reef. Whilst we ween thus, occupied, suw one of the four men standing on the toffrail, and as he swayed, as though he would fall over hoard, he surveyed as with drunken steadfast- news. On a sudden he begins to hallon and haw) tumbled inboards and vanished, but very shortly some words, which I did not catch; then he after re-appeared with a musket with which he took aim at the boat. Behind him stood unother fellow. They were both silent, one in the posture of shootin, the other watching. As we were within range I naturally awaited the flash with anxiety, not knowing but that drank as he might be his eye would not dereive hi Instond of shooting, however, he ups with his piece and fines it after us with tooth hands as though he launchest a of our on burst out a laughing, whilst another speur at the host. One said: He couldn't find powder and shot or sure enough he would have fired."
smooth water reached the ears of the drunken The noise of the laugh running across the rogues and wrought them into a fury but we took no heed of their will pautesaimé.
Shortly before two in the afternoon a little breeze sprang up ont of the west. The reef was distant about one league. So far as we could make out, no signs were visible aboard the schooner of the intention of the men to leave Why said I. if this eahooner was a part her. They were doubtless by this hour dead of the rocks she could not be more fixed. Our drank, and it was certain they were drowned business is to save our lives. I propose then men if they did not bestir themselves and resPRO that we nu the long-beat aft and launch her the jelly-boat from destruction before the grain- great trouble of surf to hinder or imperil us. over the stern whilst there is water and no ing tide and coming wind should combine, to
grind the schooner into staves. We must water and provision her, and then ge away north for one of the islands and hope to fail in with something trading there. What do you say, my lada?”
bore away north-north-east,
The lng took the wind, and with a fall sail we
In those times, as I have said. this great South Pacific Ocean, us it is now termed, was ou uncharted waste of waters. The expeditions of
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showed a very autique breadth of swareness of
As her yards were braced well forward they i sail and it seemed to me that he canvas was cut after the pattern which was rendered familiar to me by engravings in the old collections of voyages, especially those of the Dutch Though carried nothing loftier than topgallants Her she was fully clothed to her masthaus he figure slo
took notion that her headboards curled int
very phain in the meonskine. I sort of beak and that her fa ele snt low, and meal altitude. that her poop was elevated above the sea to an aboard of her. You saw not the least clown, All was buried in gloom
cabin lanp, or the glow of a stearing card. not the faintest way to betoken the burning of
I stoot np and hailed her with the energy of festair, loud and long
your topsail and pick us up.'
Ho, the ship ahoy For God's sake back
The trauge ship held on as silent as the moon that looked down upon us.
having hot awakened we all combined our Ship ahoy" yelled Tuckett. The others
ahoy," which must have been heard twice the voie in several prodigious discharges of ship distance of that vessel. But no answer was returned. By not shift of spoke, nor the least movement of tiller was her course altered. Se was abreast of us like a wan cloud resting an a dead bluck rock, then she was on our how Again we united our voices in a shout.
We sank into silence, and with superstitions to dissolve.
error watched her, till on a sudden she seemed
(To be continaid.
NOW ON SALE.
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What of the thy nusigators merely warned the sailor ENGLISH
I left them to quarrel, and dropped below to get a mouthful to eat and to equip myself for the rocks. I returned and found that Jack and coarse.
Ay, they were all agreed. Twas the only the other had been joined by their two mates arderers carousing below?
We must save unr lires.
of the Lady Poubrya." and all four were in the most matinous and threatening mauner de-They have the jolly-taat. Their safety is no "Let them see to themselves," said I sternly. manding the freedom of the rum casks and the concorn of mine. Come, let's turn to and get liberties of the hold, whose contents if not en- the long-lost aft" joyed whilst held together must go to waste npon the roof or under the water.
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Two of the Captaia's men stood forward hearkening to what was being said, and, as collected from their postures and general hear ing, prepared to support their Captain if it eaten to Blows.
I got into the fore chains and jumped on to the rocks. Here they were dark, greasy, and slippery with holes and crevices fall of water. I made my way with caution, sud when the rocks grew dryer walked firmly and quickly towards the heig
The mante on the stern of the snow was the Santa María. She was se fat in bulk that she almost sat upright. She was painted duck, and her sides and keel were decorated with eu erustations of shell and a strange variety of dangling weeds as though she had been long I swung myself on to her decks and looked afloat. Plenty of ropes overlmng her sides, around.
No boat was to be seen, nor any sign of life. She carried around-house aft, which I entered, but started back with hortor when I behell the figure of a dead man lying on his luck on the cabin deck and u large dead dog stretched across him.
So
We were five men, and we all went to work with a will. But before we huuhed the hout it up with a thin lime in sail cloth and weighting we buried the body of the Captain. by binding it with holy stone. and this melancholy burlen we got upon the recks and sank in a deep hole fuil of water which was the best grave we could find for him. We said no prayer. We were too eager to make an end of this businest and atferd to our own safety. There was plenty of water crawling about under the coun- ter for the long-boat to tumble about in with- out risk.
I will not trouble you with on account of how we launched the long-hout. Whilst we toiled we heard the four precious brates singing and roaring in the cabin. It happened that the schooner aprovisions were stored in the lurette. and to come at them wo should be obliged to hole through which you dropped into the plans pass through the cabin where was a little man-
where the stuff was stored, I looked through the skylight that lay open and saw the four murdered Captain used to eat. They had filled sen sitting at the able at which I and the
which he dipped in when he chose. They had a bowl with rusa, and each mau had a mug got at so tobacco and Jraded their pipes, and the blue vapour of the mundus ross throngl the skylight as though the cabin was on five. tail, was roaring out some curse. lewd song, One of the men, on whose hack lay a pig and the others swept in with a loud chorns, in the defiant tones of men whe mean to get thoroughly drunk, and who desire that you shall nuderstand that they don't care what happens but that.
that many of the finest, choicest and daintiest man-eating sarages. who lured the inmates of of these islands were inhabited by treacherous, boats such as ours whore, tempting them with offers of girls, cocoanuts, plantains, sweet water and the like; and when they were in their power fallin upon theos with clubs and spears and this part of the globe was that if I kept the roasting and eating them. All that I knew of boat's head pointed to the north and past we were bound to bring laud into view in timo bat what land, what sort of reception we should be from that one island shore we might rent get when we got there, how far distant it might with a ship to help us, I could not tell her could
any other man.
Pleasantly we blew along. The water rippled with the music of awer as it trembler and twinkled into the little wake. The reef faded out of sight, and all her a vast some of vacant blue sea and huge blue dome full of uir
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The civil American sailor's name was Turkett. the negro. Jouak. The whites were willing, My other companions I will call Harry, Jim, and intelligent iaen, sober, steady, thankful for their deliverance from the horrors and sufferings taken the reef in heavy weather, ne to pieces, which must have befallen as had the schooner and left us castaway upon it.
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north-north-east. knew how to steer, and the agreed course WIN
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The fallen gear barricaded the deck. I serambled over it, and finding that the men were doing nothing made my way to the carpenter's chest and felf over the tools for the axe. which I got and returned with. Being able to see by the help of the white water which leapt and boiled all around ns mil for a brave squee away, I dropped into the main channels and let fly at the garde with the ardour of a woodman felling i tree. The captain stood watching and looking down, ofton shouting Brave! hrave! I stood viewing this dreadful sight with my Well done! Tis the cule thing." and then pulses working untively, but soon my nose after a hit, before I had made an end, he white warned me to hurry in my investication. round upon the fellows who were idling about, very quickly I looked into the four little sleeping whether paraly fear or kept he pless by cabins contained in this round house. In three no ng pat intelligently or intelligibly to of them I found nothing to detain me; but in the work, and ordered them to get up & sul huwser fourth and last that Iratered I met with first
For practical purposes the arrangement of the out of the forehold and lend it on to the koige
work is so complete that a reference to its pag s a futtle hinged table on which was set a figure ready for laying out. But I keurd one of them of the Madonna' in china nd two candlesticks.
Wo ate some supper and careially served out
enables a person who understands English to answer in a raring, runtinous, voice, interpoin-and next over against it, close beside a low
a draught of water to each man. some of us
communicate effectively with dutivos who under- ting his reply with a hideous cath:
The moment that my head showed in the sky-putting a dram of rum into the pannitin, and stand anthing but Chinese.
In this respect the wonten bedstead, a large, handsome. mahogany light, one of them, whose eyes were uprolled as the night closed down spon us. Shortly after work will be found indispensable to all Europoun It's tac durk to see. Why have you brought | chest, capped at las corners with melal, the lid he sang, clenched his fist and shook it at a Tuckett directed my attention to that part of residing in China, and to the natives themselves
pen, and the key in the lock with a bunch of fellowing ont
the sea where the reef was, which af
it explains subjects fally with which very ow having being tossed about in hasts: its contents
receding because our boat was sling with some ha it cannot but be invaluable occasionally. keys hanging to it. This chest showed signs of
his hour indeet of their are perfectly acquainted To was distant about fifteen or sixteen miles, fast parties resident in England and interested in consisted of clothes, shirts, shoes, and the like, of the form how to direct my blows. Presently I lifed the lid of a till that went acress it
spoed. vapour of light like the shoen you see in the quarto pag
It comprises upwards of two thousand large In that recess of dusky venna lay a sort of } air when you approach a town at night. This strange appearance fluctuated; that is to say it brightened and died as though it was fed.
Tis exactly where the reef is," said I, won- That light is a ship on fire. What
as into this mess?
I chopped through the lanyards and regained ilo deck, and peing to leeward, cut away tanyards there. seing very well by the light
fle
If we catches yon spying we'll send a ball "We've got nothem to say to yolt. Be off! through yer bleedin' brains.” demeanour and faces betokened such fury of They ceased to sing and all starel up. Their the hollow of the reefed canvas that was attached the apparition of what at first sight might have mind, suc. intemperance of spirits, that I was to the fallen must, and the whole mass of ralle passed us the stock of a paddling jeweller's in a hurry to withdraw my head from their and stuff rushed away, leaving as with a clear tray. deck, and that was all.
Here were mixed watches and watch chservation. This was infamous, scandalous We were hard and fast.
cases, forks and
ap ons of strange patterns, usage, but then they were the basest gang of To judge by the rings for the ears and hands small, finely-cut blackguards that ever shipped as sailors breaches of the sex. the reef extended far into glass bottles with metal tops, but what metal
I know not.
a recoil of the sea swept a vast weight into on the upper art, and was surprised by
can't be far off.”
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the darkness to left and right. The captain said
I stood a few minutes considering within ship can be just there unless it be the schooner to me in a voire of despair:
In short I am unable to describe myself whether it would not be wise to let these or the scow!" the contents of this extraordinary cablue of men drink themselves helpless, a condition at I have a scoundrel crew. What's to be curiosities.
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says Tuckett, and more likely the done ***
At one end of this till lay a leather Ing. Which they were bound to arrive, and so non-schooner, for who's going to set fire to the snow? She'll rest till daybreak," said I, which picked it up thinking it might scutaiu money, lazarette. But how long would it take the a toto set their ship ou fire without knowing it A
break out what we wanted from the "Doy was drunk enough," said the negro, int on looking into it found it held diamonds, drug themselves into insensibility P Ah!" says he, with a note of madness in his thirty or forty of different sizes, and with moment was precious. The ebbing tide would
Evry and stand by, bullies, for a bust up!' voice from which all character of oiliness had there were a few emeralds and rubies.
Ha." I cried eagerly, gazing at that light departed. I suppose we shall have to see before put this tng into my pocket, easily assuring now afloat, and it would be impossible for us fire, stical and awinl.The schooner bus powder I leave dry the rocks where the long-boat was which made the darkness down that way my we can act. Where in the devil's name are we?"
I thought in myself. What sort of a lookout much mine by right as the next person's who
myself of its value and claiming that it was as mon to drag so dead a weight to the water's enough in her magazine to shatter the ref must you have been keeping not see these might come along and overhaul this wreck. breakers before you railed into thent"
Moreover, this bag of gems would be a set, off
edge, not to speak of the risk of tearing the bottom planks out of her,
So by ransacking the caboose, emptying the
"It'll jolly well serve them right if they are blowed up," said the man called Harry. "Such mon are no good. They can't be made to be of
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