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“THE r:3As'r“-R cl:-' T
HE
VOL. XXXXII, N0. 39.
CHICAGO,
ILL.-
SATURDAY .
SEPTEBIBER
24,
1901.
SINGLE CUPIES5 CENTS.
The skinner and the two mates of the
- . John lowered their sextams from
.
eye.,.
"That will do." said the skipper. "Il‘tu E
beautitul horizon." He turned to the "mu
'1 the “heelhouse beside him on the poop,
an 5.1! : "Ring eight bel " '
The tour double notes vlanged sharply on
noon. The afternoon swatch came
ok ll. nu men in the nnu:<
ant.
, ou t by east. half south. sir," snhl
ghe man at the wheel as he rellnunlshed
[mite thrust between the sllnulders stretched
the murky second mute blveding on h
d . .
ll'lutlnL>vl's stood and
with
the revolver, lmddlng in the lllr?C(lOn or the
second mate.
awny fellow with II sullen, lowerln
jaw unsvlered: "I did,
. He rape‘:-emlod me yester-
day. He'll l'0pe's-end nolvody again. I
reckon."
"Gums lll.ll's :0," said Blacker. “H:
T Qhhmfh Wwhghh, lqlgtm;
uventis with n slra g (are and
' ull ('llullIU' rled one I 1.
‘I on up 0 we uhzn ll lh row was
ut," renlllrkod the steward. “Allythlvlg
the ma xer, mum t r"'
‘ ome up lwrr. L-lm-"lie," tnry llwlxod hlln.
‘(Jung mun ddV<lIl(‘Ed, htlll heSi[Mlin
an
an ppetl, and he stepped bur
' ‘ rli .
on g ,
Hill’! goill’ It) 9 I you."
. I
her to go, Cllarllt-. ‘lou ulldertxlnml naviga-
lioll. st on 1-ut least, not enough lo 1.‘;-
u strlxlght cuur<e -' '
“And it I don’ queried the steward.
“ThenIthIs." lzfcker poilltod mm his left
hunt] to the revuh‘t>r still s right.
kl n “hile Silt‘-Ill. Watch.
I
one, he notlred‘ hm! possessed thc-mselves n
his charge to the rellel, and the skinner,
e usual way. answered, "All rl m."
rushed (0 attack In.
no good, air." cried he who had shot
Dtaln. "You'd best give in. We're all
' ’ p your hands
second mate. and
had lnndo-d R. con 1
knockdown blow: among his adversaries n.
"The man Wllip1l>ed.out‘ a revolver and, ,shot.the, captain dead.
shouldn't have been A tool and cut up roulgh.
As (or them 0! er two?" He kicked the
mutlneers sum. “He's got a second mate's
ticket. He told me so hlmsc
"Tall o‘ the devil," sum th
['11 tackle mm."
leader.
“Here he comma.
All
peaked cap.
numbered about a uzen.
selves as by mutual consent in front at
the three dead omcern, screening them [or
the moment (mm view.
The alewtnrtl, u nmn of perhaps five-and-
K.
"What does it all mean, Jiln Blacker?"
said the steward. V -
an: that aallor men nIn't dogs to
:1 runken sklpper. an 1: by a
half-bred mo kvy I 8 mate; an t they
Mn’! to b started out 0! their virtual: lo
ya? for the skipper’: drinks, nlld clapped
ln lrons when they ask for jusllce. It means
that men S l'l’I(‘H, 3 ll blnnmin‘ park
horses, and (hut there‘: some things (lash
and blood wow Tllllfs what it
mt? rl ."
"I! mean: mutiny and nlurtlcr on the high
‘ er's sun of
was, and han ml: for every moth
you at 111 2. port.’ am the uevxard
boldly’ enough. K h his heart !-1nk WILMXI
K lh9 new and the
bloody alreaks on he while d (k.
“Mutiny If you Ilke. As (or lIlmKln'. that‘:
our atlalr. “'c’re all together-ch, mater!"
Nlblns. "And what about Mim FAule)'7"
he asked at length, slowly.
at one Illothet‘ doubt-
The men
7 fully, as if this was a question llley had not
tully considered.
'‘I reckon." sail! the sullen follow who
had been called Dandy. ‘ ‘e R :1 ut her
atloat in 9. at “here she'll be picked up
somewhere when -2 get in the mack or
I S."
m
:'
"It Won't do," sllld the steward declslvftlb’.
“The old man shouldn't have brought her.
sin’ all our bl4)<IInin' lives
(or Y: slip 0! ll Klrl," paid BlnL'kt>l'.
do," rt-pt-Med
to one. ll you llk9: 1 man on
this ship that lay: hands on the captain‘:
