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THEGRUISE OF THE WATER-WITCH. A Story or Thrilling Adventure on Land and Sea. â€" ( Continued from last week.) “Thanks, sir. I spoke to you instead of the captain for the reason that we were mixed up in the case back there and be- cause I tried to swear your life away. That's all, and while I know you can‘t forgive me as a man, I do hope you may find it in your heart to give me a. show as - 1:2- and in: Muslim £1151; canying most. of the burden on my ghoul. den, let me explain that as mate of the ehip my responsibilities were not confined to axing for the craft during my watch. Knowing as we did that the doctor was not to be fully trusted. I had. to hove an eye out in his direction. It WJS one of my duties to make a daily inspection of the food furnished the convicts. I had to make a_ dgily egunimtion of the cages _-_...-nw neth "I“ to MB in u-u’ v-..â€"-_- , between decks. In company with the doctor I had to oversee the gangs while they were being bathed or washed down on deck. The government required daily the doctor, on several matters. Then, you will remember, I was part owner of the bark and financially interested in the voyage, and you my guess the fact of ‘ Mary Williams being aboard did not serve to lessen my anxieties. We had run south until 06 the Hotten tot coast, carrying favorable winds and fine weather and having no more .trouble with our convicts, guilty of. Davis’ ofl'ense ' a forged check. He belong- d I had picked him out from the first as being of the better class at home. When called upon to give his trade, he replied that he had none, being a salesman in a silk store for sever- al years previous to his conviction. He ever, and asked tobe allowed sound light workotthstsortowingtohispoorstate of health. After a oeuple of weeks'the when In doubt, ask for Ayor's Pill. 5.513633“: it the safest as well u the best to be had."â€"â€"Wx. Corr, PastorM. E. Church, Jacksommlm. is the only one of ,them that I could '* recommend as a blood-purifierJhavo givenfiawaypungrefis of bottles of 0A-; -_ _-II 11m Only One To Stand the Test. Bu. William Copp, whose father was a. physician for over fifty years, in New Jersey. and who himselt spent many years preparing for the pnctiee of medicine, but subse- quently entered the ministry of the I. E. Church. writes: “I am glad totestify that! have had analyzed all the sarsaparillaprepara- tions known in the trade, but AYER’S A yaf‘ RQmOdIOI- ', FRIDAY. DEC- 11~ :1; "1:13:61: would come to and his promise: and not cause me to relax {he CHAPTER 1X THE cars AND BEYOND. Our run to the Cape was made in fairly good time, and when we came to anchor everybody aboard was in good health and there was nothing to find fault with. By going before the proper authorities and making statements and affidavits and delaying cur voyage for an investigation I doubt n0t that we' could have had Dr. Barton removed and secured a competent man in his place. The rub was, as I have explained, that such action would make trouble for the bark. The author- ities had the power to cancel our charter with the voyage half comlpeted, and that meant heavy loss and certain disgrace. I may tell you that before reaching the Cape the captain had a very plain talk with the doctor. That the man had been trying to do his best no one could doubt, but there was no hope that he would prove himself the right man for the place. With the officers of the ship backing him and assuming authority such as a competent oflicial' would not has permitted, it was hoped we might get through. It was all settled before we sighted Table mountain that no one ashore should get the slightest inkling that everything with us was not as we could wish for. The man Thomas left us here, and we felt it necessary to get a man in his place. This duty was lett to me, and I set about it with a resolve to make no mistake. There were 50 sailors in Cape Town anxious to ship, --nd after looking them 1 all over I selected a man about 30 years of age, named Samuel York. He was an American, and had been third mate of a whaling ship. Owing to a misunder- standing with his captain, which he explained to his own benefit, he had quit the ship when she put in at the Cape. 1 sized him up to be a high-spirited but, very decent fellow, and my judgment was confirmed by Captain Clark. York at first refused to take the place, the pay being small and the occupation one which a true sailor considers i de- grading, but after a day's reflection he accepted. He thought he stood a better chance to get get a ship at Syndey or Melborne than at gape Town. In taking 7 __:_L-L_ mu no "010. Al "-_-_ eorrowful enough had he plunned to commit suicide by drowning, but to throw 1: a he knowingly did himself to a char was an act to make one’e fleeh creep no he remembered the cruel eyel storing up at us from the green water: and the mouth filled with eherp teeth which now d a: if the momter intended to make a spring and snap et one of the heads overlooking the nil. {or them. Well, on this dternoon of the eelm, while everythmz' was very ogoiet aboard, the ettention of several the gallon wu ettneted to e monster shark elongeide, and utter 1 bit we ell crowded to the port roll for I look. The fill: wee fully 15 feet long, end he was on the lookout for his dinner. Had we been a merchant Vessel Jock would have been allowed to drop over a hook and new a. frolic with his old enemy, but the mtum of our cargo prohibited my mob excite« ment. We had been w'etehing the shark though the oonvicte were not ellowed to leave their work to look to look at him, when there ween , . .w , :--l. . .hnnL ‘ to: "n mum U-â€" .W ‘ ell on deck, though the convicts were not snowed toleeve their work to look to look et him, when there was s. sudden rush elong the deck, e shout, e splash, and we were horrified to see Devil. the convict, struggling in the wster No, he was not struggling. As he «he to the surface he whirled over on ' sud weired for could be done. Two repeew thrown out fell right eeroel Dnvie’ but he threw them of. The order was ' to lower e host, but before the fella had been cloned the sherk mode a. rug: to and pulled the poor fellow down, seer. no more. It would heve been -n-n-fnl anouflh had he _plnnned t0 ULUIUULUU Uu‘n w- -_‘v _ , that man aboard I was making a mistake when cne note according to his best 1udg- ment you can upset no more. I may tell you here that York deliberately lied to me, knowing that. the chaneee of ex poanre were very He had been third mate of a. Whaler, but had been broken and set ashore for insabordina- tion. Soon after landing he had engaged in a quarrel and had been out of jail onle ‘ ' " m... n 77...- AA“.- a (la-y whgn 8 all, Wuvu :- w..- _._,, accepting the position he had a plan in new. Before leaving the Cape the iron cages were carefully inspected and thoroughly overhauled and a close search made of the prisoners. Each convict was interro- gated and examined as to his state of health, and not one of them had a com- plaint to make. A first-class Indiaman could rot have shown a cleaner bill of health. No convict ship ever resumed her my go under more favorable auspices, and for a week I was almost care free. During this time I had kept a close watch on the new guard, as I wu in duty bound to do, but I had seen thhing to find fault with. He was cheerful, obedient, and apparently vigilant, and no more could be asked for The first thing to excite my suspicions, or rather my curiosity, was in his asking Haskell our .,,_1- -...A ohms-until nuu. aousu u"... _, obedient, and apparently vigilant, and no more could be asked for The first thing to excite my suspicions, or rather my curiosity, was in his asking Haskell our latitude and longitude and afterward consultinz a chart of the Indian ocean, which he had brought aboard with his dunnage. After the noon observation Banach d9. During the storm there was "mu"...5 .. complain of in the otnduot of sailors, uards or convicts. I was trusting Bas- kell to keep his eyes open and give me any news, but he brought me none until the bark was headed down to the south- east. Then at night he said to me: " I can't make nut that fellow York. I have watched him with increasing vigil- ance. but have failed to trip him up. though there are many things to arouse my suspicious. He has an influence with the crew little short of magnetic. Men who didn't like him at all are his best friends now. I am the only one of the guards he hasn't made friends with." " Does he talk much 3" I queried. " Very little, as far as I have observed. and yet I believe he does a great deal_of it. Some of the men are talking about the goldfields, and others of life on an island, and I believe the fellow is work- ing up to some climax. Did you know that he and Miss Foster have quite fallen in love with each other during the past week 'I" “ Is it possible ’2 ” “ And, queerly enough, Miss White told me to my face this morning that she didn’t believe Ben Johnson guilty of the crime or deserving of the punishment. She seems to have a great admiration for him, even if it is not something stronger. I think we lal best keep an eye on them as well as the people forward, Mr. Tomp- kins." I thought so, too, and determined that Mary Williams should assist us. A few hours later I told her of Haskell‘s obser- vatious and suspicious, and she replied: “I think it at least very queer, Mr. Tompkins. Up to the hour we left the Cape both young women seemed to make every effort to win my friendship. Since then they have almost avoided me, and I have been troubled for fear 1 unwittingly gave offense. So far as I know and can judge, both are intelligent, respectable girls. and why they should pursue this singular course is more than I can under- ‘ stand." I further learned from her that Miss Faster had been quite “ thick ” with Dr. ‘ Haxton, and spent more or less time in i the dispensary,_aud although Mary had ,‘_2_ ‘A u; .h-jf â€"' tun . Hake]! Ind been wanting! in gurd uh: the xenon! of Hooper, and hi- In 'M mile- nod gupiotonl m can "' rr~â€"- _.-- n..â€" “M.-. Tompkins,” she shunt. to torn nway, “I has been taken undo-t discipline, so far as I'. can increased rather than 1 course trouble may come- While "v:â€" “ And suppose the convicts overpower gnuds and crew end get possession of the ship 1" “ Then 'God help us. Ben Johnson as leader would have his wsy nbout things. The captain, Huhell myself sad others would not live an hour after he took command, and_ss for yon sndâ€"" _ _-_L.... n.1,] wâ€"____,r ’ , She stopped me with a gesture and quietly aid: " “I will mint you in any we) Icon. None of the other people seem to be worried, but for the last two days I heve been slmoet convinced that somehinq was wrong. I will watch the two young women and the doctor and report to you.” , A_L-’ -_ 5.. 61.: .gilina 0f 8 you. If you are posted an to the sailing of a. ship, you will know that while I van acting as captain the second mate should have stood my watch. This ldid not permit, but stood watch and watch with him. I had my interview ewith Mary between 7 and Bo'clock in the evening. At 8 I went below and turned in for four hours. When I came on deck at mid- night I took Haskell and the third mate and went below to examine the don‘ cages. This wss the first midnight visit ever psld to the convicts, end it produced greet surprise. I hsd led the wsy ss cuietly ss possible, snd though s11 the convicts sppesred to be sound ssleep when I looked into the csges, the posi- tions of some of them were so unnstursl thst I suspected they htd thrown them- selvee down only a moment before. The men York was the guard on duty between cages Nos. 1 end 2, end though he hsd a. fsce of btsss I did not fsil to detect signs of perturbntion. I found the csges s11 right, but was perfectly satisfied that a. minute before my descent York hsrl been holding s conversstion with some of the convicts. find it been in his power to let them on deck I should not hsve found them snoring and mutterlng in their sleep. A _ , ‘l ,7. -L-â€".-- :n HUI: Hwy. The midnight visit mode no chsnge in our afi'sirs, but gsve me s thought to be acted on next dsy. Among the crew was a men nsmed Hnwley. I had no fsult to find with him cs 3 seilor, but I hsd sized him up as the most simple minded men of the lot. If I could go st him right, 1 could learn the subject of tclk in the forecastle. Before noon next dsy, the man being in my wstch snd ofl' wstch below, I got him aft under pretense of examining the cabin stores in the lust- ette. I lied plscod a bottle of ram where he could not fail to find it, and I gnve him time to sample the staff before following him through the trsp-door. It pleased me to discover thst he hsd taken a libernl drink, end when the stuff bed loosened his tongue a bit I cnreleesly W296. = v__l_ :- -. ..-:.I--.A . any-o w “ Tint mm York it considered a very smart mm by all the crew, isn't he 7" “ Nobody could be mutter, sir," be promptly repli . “ If I bud s tooth of his ulna-mesa, I wouldn‘t be where I m now,~ begging your humble pardon.“ ' ‘- - - - -- ch_l)- A: Imam- HUI! , mun-b J __7 “ He'o been in tho goldfie'ldl of Austra- liu, I hear 2 " “All over 'om, sir, ond has got nome- thiug like a' tour of tho blooqning Ith hidden in a hill. He don't bring it out for four of burglar-n, but be con lead the lot of u- Itr ' ht to the spot, und is willing to divide. Plenty more where thst ton come ftom. All you've got to do is to tempo ofi‘ the surface dirt and there's the nuggets. Do you mind me uking you I quution, Mr. Tompkins?“ “ Go thud." “ I m no achollu‘d, as you know. If I had a. lump of gold as heavy as I could carry on my buck, would I be uricl': “Yea, A fairly rich man, and 1 run you had such a lump." “ Thankeo, sir ; thenkee very much, end I'm oerteinly going to hue it. if York known whet he’l‘ Nking about, end we d1 think he do. Beggin’ your pardon, air, but isn't there 10!: end lob of illende off the coat nf Anni-die?" “ You, a greet may islands." “And not inhibited either 2" within. for the uoldfielde. Ah, sir, but it m n greet day for us when York came eboerd this hooker.” m4 â€"_ L-) LL The plot wu out. The rum nun oe- fnddled the mnn'u bruinl, end he had told me all I wanted toknow. Topre- vent him from going beck to his uhip. mutee at! being equully communicative I guve him an opportunity to secrete the bottle ubout his per-on and then rent him on deck. ' Ten minutel leier he dipped into the fo'cutle, us I expected, nnd hnlf an hour letter he wu blind drunk nnd enoriug like u pig. The chances were the: he would remember nothing of the converention when the efl'ecte of the liquor wore 011'. und I wu now oeflnin of the influence named by York, and whet it we: lending up IO. the Cape. His the 'goldfields hu the crow aid D“ convicts van to mixed, and thou than :0 3.1191: 0!! WWO 3A1?! Cantu! Wmor‘u SAFE pun. Loading physician tho world over bun 1cm ed this fact. at! things“! of 9%]:- A ‘A‘I Alba ‘. oaths 11nd have m1 am??? re .1 Imus.” builds III u d ll I'm- â€"_ _,‘ , to. yepe u" the exhem‘d Ieeeneee. t mm up e um. ltiee eurecure 1: they complaint in any {or liver end form. end the only remedy thet hue ever been able ‘9 out. The run Ind bo- . L4_‘_A_‘ cod sleep- was. and I will: the II . wwâ€" “w“, __ him a and! u I untold”! nflmdrfog uxhik and then uid: ' .-_.. --- .4... bark n: any hour it plan-on them, and our only hope in an: “my my delay until to night 3 non of-m. In tint on. '9 could urnighton out I‘ll" wry quickly. A: to hon been for cl our oouno, and no Yotk hon had no moon: of “outlining out petition for the put low do”, than will be no move or n dny or two yet. knowing um oonroo no nil her. This In: good philosophy, and I took tnka to give no one the ln’imdo nnd long- itud a no voxkod out from the noon abut? ntionn on on. next two doyn. York, In . .A__-; t...â€" “Ania". undo rep‘ntod 1.33.3333"? we“. uhdo rep-3M efi‘oru to 0mm tin malt o! my «huh.- tionlnnd III. much put. out over hu Idiom. I- mound the course of the uhip twice in the no duyl to further unify him. . In the mom; neck of tho third day me: my kit with Bucky. w. nighud a ahip boning up to n- fron Ibo south, sad we soon (nu-d ogt tpttfhe was In Amor- rIâ€"- d,__ '- Ivvu e-neâ€"- '_- ..__- __ ieen Awheler. Le ehe drew nee! ehe flew e eignel am ehe wiehed to epeek ne, end the reil end conducted him to the eebin for en interview with Oeptein Clerk. He introduced himeel! ee Oeptein Lewie Holt, of the New Bedford wheler. Good Luck, which hed then been ornieing lot e yeer end e belt. Hie errend wee wre- plenieh hie medicine nheet. end ee thie wee hie lint vieit eboerd e convict ehip he wee netnrelly e bit ourione. Ho wic- neeeed the operetiune cf e geng teking their morning weehuo end by eccident heerd the neme of Yosk. He inetently turned to me end eeid: I L_ L‘._L lull!" w â€"v â€"â€"_ _"_~ “ Hove you got 3 mt. nbocd by thst none I " “ No, I picked up 3 non by tbot nun. 3t Cope Town. who ohimcd to hue been third mum of n whnlor. but he in acting a n [and our the oonviota." “ Light hdr, blue eyes, lugs noon. two front teeth gone, sud 3 grant tnlkor 1" “ Thnt flu him." “It's the name domed skunk I loft there nix weeks ago," he may oxoldmod, 3nd 1'" been mud on: nine. thot I didn’t break his neck bofom dumping him ashore. If tbnt chap in with you, look out.’ " tht'n wrong with him 2" “ Everything. He's not only the biz- goot liar on land or no, but ho hu 3 hurl: as block to n piuwu. Why, the infemal uooundrel land ttlkod bnlf my crew into mutiny before I got onto hi- little guns. A guard, in he 1 Well, he iun't my better than than he lmlu after, and lt'l my opinion you un't wntch him too closely.” (Continued and walk) the Awful fate of- m a the Foot 0! m lllht Edward Curran, a yardman in the employ of the unit. was killed h railing in iron! at a shunting engine at t e {out or \ork- street last night. ‘Just how the totality happened no one seems to know. Curran was riding on the (outboard in front or the engine. John Finley. another yardmnn. waa working the switch. when the engine wan coining towarda him. About 30 feet from him he luv Cnrran'a lantern i’nli troln the engine to the ground. “hen the engine passed he algnnlled the driver to sto . He thought something was wron‘ what mined Curran from rd. On account 0! the flare o! the headlight. he did. not see hlrn in i. The body wna found lying midway between the tracks. The waa alnoat aevered iron: the neck. it is the o lnion ot the other yardmen that Curran (I placed his lamp on what is known as the front east! . and that while attempting to take hold o it he knocked it on'. made an chart to catch it. and loot hll balance. The deceased la a widower. with five children. His tellow-empioves knew little about hia private attain. Be in up to have two children bonding at 1223 n;- xtneet went. a married sister living on Sackville-atreet. and his mother in II in that vicinity. Another married sister 1 no It} the|Weet find. He was about 40 year-a 0 age Coroner Aiklna viewed the body and b- sued a warrant for an inquest to he held this afternoon at the undertaking eatahliah- ment of W. H. Stone. 343 rouge-street. at mph!- lint-emu to We the [Jule One and-active" but. was melved an the Wu- Department to-duy mom “or Burke, attached It Fort Rinsold. Tans. auxin: thtt last night the cutter: of Post Chsplem I. c. Blane were burned and the Chap- lam end has young dengue:- burned undo fic-WQiy.’ inland h!- laughter}. and_entered nae building ‘to make, tad pm with his child. His wife camped without actions m- m. Chum “no: C. Bluno was in Kentucky and enlisted u a, pri- me in Comptny 54!!! Kentucky Ino unity in 18“. was discharged the next ma uppointed Post Chaplain tron: hunk. June 18. 1880. 9 o'clock. Washington. Nov. allâ€"A teiegrnm as received a the Wu- Depgrtngen; mm aw»? wamwmm X m 3“ WWW“. CUHBAN WAS mum-JED. B UBNJD '12H 81‘ CHILD. Idon'mo t‘!!!"°,“ inguinal-4.9a!!! Toronto. p, 3. Yard- "’â€" tha's may and promptly executed. Estimates and ‘ samples sent by mail when so requimd' We laid our plans to do thelzrgest Holiday trade in our experience as grocers and purveyors of provisions, and we succeeded. Many of those who bought from us were new customers, and they have never left us. WHY? Because we handle Teas, Sugars. 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