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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1936.

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY

whabled by Charles Raid fonds from the How Guten HE OR MOTORE

CHAPTER ONE

In the luxury of his ancestral homo in Lomion, young Roger Byam looked forward to the voyage of H.M.S. Bounty with a light heart.

Mother," he inslated, "this

de, in discovery."

In

"Why.ow venture in science, man in the lowest form of animal tag of

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"Sentence of court-martial Bligh an officer at his side. Mr. Fryer, at each shipl answered gruifly. ""Two dozen Inshes make ready to wail!".

"Larboard watch, secure for scal". member this! A seaman's a seamant shorten in the cable!"

"The man struck his captain! Re: Fryer shouted. "Starboard watch,

Joseph or no Sir Joseph, a midship to give the Bounty the full advan A captain's a captain! And, Sir After a feverish hour of activity

fresh wind and a swiftly two years-two long years,

life. in His Majesty's Navy1"," Roger

At soven bells, the entire company Steady to her course, the Captain "Short years for me, Mother. Ad- of the Bounty was, asembled summoned the crew to deck. They venture, romance, all the wonder-stood there in silence, knowing, if perfunctorily and with little show of deck. For many minutes, they stood with hoads bared as he rend Lul

"Young man," Sir Joseph Banks not seeing, the drama of relentless, reverence the formal naval "prayer to interrupted, "there's -work;

too. Inhuman naval discipline that was be Vacd Yoko

"Amen!" Remember, you were appointed for

being enacted near-by. Only the in-

crew echoed him.. sakl Kobo hama Konoiula

couver

The a drum, pounding one purpose-to make me a dietlon cessant boat of

p's company," Bligh went Victoria ary of the Tahitian language. I've

out the "Rogue's March'"' sounded on grafic.

will bear in mind that Leave Leave Leave

Arrive

made that clear to Captain Bligh," over the calm waters of Portsmouth we are at sea under the Articlen of

"What's he like, air?"

Harbour.

War. The flogging you witnessed Feb. 10 Feb. 18 Feb. 25

Mar. 1 "Captain Bligh? He's a aen-going

Then, the sound of the drum grew at Portsmouth was an example of disaster! Begotten in a galley, and steadily louder, and some surging their authority. I under 1 Mar.

the in- 3 Mar. 6

Mar. 14 born under a gun. His hair is Impulse made the men of the Bounty pression, from what I heard at the

'his Mar. 11 Mar. 13 Mar. 19 Mar. 24 apikes!"

rope-yarn,

teeth

look down over the side towards the time, that you don't like are marline-

Blogging procession of longboats that was com- He chose three men, apparently LONDON SERVICE 24 Mar, 20 Mar. 28

April 0 "Sounds rather terrifying," Mrs. ing towards them. The lead boat, at random. "You-you-you-step

Byam suggested, "But, perhaps, as manned

PATROOLUS by marines, was rowed slowly forward! It was too much for your April 22 your father used to say, a taut hand by six powerful earsmen in time to stomache, I suppose. Well, I'll ease at sen is better than a slack one." the nervous beat of the drum. Athem a bit-five days on half rations! May 4 Two days later, Roger Byam bid surgeon and a master-at-arms, bend Dismissed!" May 19 farewell to his mother on the docks bowed, stood beside the drummer Many months of Captain Bligh's

brutal discipline followed. Chris LIVERPOOL SERVICE to his waist, his hands boundtion, a hard man, but n, fair one, tried to

́ease the plight of his men,

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12 Toth and jumped into the Huddled below them, lay a seaman.

June 17

tho

Stripped he lay quite. still. Hia

On board the Bounty, a few mino-bronzed back was torn and bleeding; but he was thwarted at every turn June 20 utes later, Midshipman Byam suf- the planking of the boat was black by the captain and those few other

fored the cruel shattering of a wil

ollicers who sought his favour. with blood. July 14 treasured illusion. Everywhere about "Off hats!" Christian commanded, Men plodded through their duties July 27 him was a confusion that did not it and the officers and crew of the sullenly, quietly. But, behind their glum allence, welled a great smoul- 7 Aug. 12 niceties of His Majesty's Navy.

into his conception of the meticulous Captain Bilgh, a stern symbol of dering fire of lang pent pasion. Drunken sailors lay in the scuppers, relentless authority at sen, read

Christian know that only a spark Aug. 24 Dishevelled girls screamed with slowly, and with evident relish, was needed to bring forth the all Sept. 8 coarse, gay laughter.

from the Naval Articles of War: consuming flames of mutiny. Then, "Mr. Dram7"ter

"If any officer, mariner, soldier, or late in the fourth month, it burst other person of the Beet shall strike, out like the raging fury of a Yesu- or offer to strike, any of his superior vius., officers, an

and being convicted of such All hands stood on deck. Maxgs. offence, be shall suffer such punish chief clerk to Captain Bligh, read ment as shall be inflicted upon him from the Naval Articles of War. by the sentence of a court-martial."

"Mr. Christian!”. "On hata! Soon Captain

Bligh came aboard “Mr. Morrisoni,” Bligh ordered,

your duty!" the captain. With

Morrison was presented to Banks, and Byam "do"

ent-a-nine-tails in his Mr. Christian," Bligh demanded, Sir Joseph present, Bligh was affa hands, went over the side slowly. blo enough with his young charge. In the longboat below, the surgeon Magge, the captain's clerk, inter. was kneeling at the side of the con-accounts now In obedience to your.

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Roger looked up at the bronzed face of the man who addressed him. "Yes, sir."

"Tin Fletcher Christian, acting Heutenant and master's mate." He offered his hand. "Come along I'll show you below."

with Bir

J

Fletcher Christian stepped for- word.

will

will you sign this book?" "Captain Bligh, the ship's, company bear witness that I sign these

sir, that the

upted them to prosent a letter to vict. Suddenly, he stood up and orders. But, I Jurists all ask for

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faced Captain Bligh,

The captain read the letter. The man is dead, sir!"

through the fleet," he speaking to himself.

("Me' he

called, "Pipe the turned

ship's comp

at seven

to witness punishment

Bligh turned

accounts aro falso. I a Court of

in England!" "Dend!" The captain, unmoved,

mutty

dog!" to Morrison.

"You will retract that, sir!" Chris- "Moster-at-

tian's armis, how many are due?"

voice was

was steady. "Two dozen, air!" Morrison's voice deliberately, Captain Bilgh repeated

"I will

Then, slowly, to Sir Joseph was quarering. "Would you like to see n Bogging.

"Mr. Marrison!" the captain said. the insult. "You mut

mutinous dog!" Joseph?"

Two dozen, I believe?"

Christian's fists closed. Four paces Fletcher Christian stared at Bligh separated him from his caplain. in amazement, Roger Byam clenched He walked

forward. The his fists until the nails bit into the men,

beaten, broken

fired sud- men, Besh, and he turned his eyes towards denly with new le, new hope, The deck-Blind-fury leaped into the surged. forward-behind him eyes of the men of the Bounty, but "Land hol" cried the lookout from no man dared to move.

aloft. For far in the distance, he

Sir

Good heavens, no! Anyway, 1 must

be off. Good luck to you, Mr. Bligh

"Thank you, Sir Joseph Goad. hyell

"Good-bye, Roger. It won't be all cakes and ale. But, your family has followed the sen for seven gen- erations. Not one has over failed his duty. In tight places, that's all you have to remember."

"I'

bye

try, sir!"

"I know you will, my lad!

The drum rolled. The cat-o'-nine-saw, looming out of the still sea, tails, cut into the gory back of the the dim dark outline of that paradise corpse. The merciless drum rolled of the South Seas, Tahiti. out a second beat, and men died a thousand deathe as Morrison ᎢᏅ. . Good-sponded.

(Tahiti, beautiful, languoraue ialo

of romance, beckons with its way- Long, awful, sickening minutes ing, inviting palm trees to the | broken, boulan," love-starved sailors Then, Morrison's voice came up of H. M. S. Bounty. What does this from the longbast. "Punishment island paradise hold in store for carried out, sir,” he said.

them?)

As Sir Joseph went over the side followed. to board a waiting wherry, Roger turned to Captain Bligh. "A flag ging through the feet-what doos that mean, sir?”

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(To be continued)

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"It's In The Air"

rector, Henry Hathaway, who gave us also. Benny Baker, Louise Beavers the highly successful "Bengat Lan-are responsible for many amusing se cer." It is interesting to watch Gary quences. Alexander Hall did a splen- Cooper's fine-interpretation of Ibbet-did-job-of-direction, with the full on. Cast in a role entirely foreign co-operation of officers and students to any he hna attempted, Cooper of the academy. achieves a

memorable characterisa tion, revealing, hitherto hidden ver

just As the sweetheart of the South-satilities in histrionic make-up

he displayed amazing undiscovered Temple is starred in her first big dramatic role in "The Littlest Reba Ann Harding, who appears the 20th Century Fox picture coming Cooper, na Duchess of Towers,

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Becorded highest King's and also can be

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