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Show ION THE 1WAJ11NC5 SEA. A MUTINY, A CASTAWAY CIUW AND A MARVELOUS VOYAOC What llappon.! on tli llrllUh Milp 1,00 IUft from Clvlllir.1, I orl 'Conrlebt, inc. tr A merle an Prms AuocU Hon, llook rlgiu rntrvJ. cn o vw of coitAwiifi toy ) tj ornw,0ml,,,,I",rr JpVJV, W Pl tolhomrrcy flV-iiV3 .M of tlia waves, to f ii .. seldom stirred, by jjjS-wiFC IiHap ft " Mil TiS-- Ulw.oflleara...wl -yg brcntoe t ho hnunla It retch of water wheru clvllltul peoplo could Iom tlicmwhei nnl, IhIiijj spnrtd storm nnl sWpwitTk, t.xlt so bntfmnKr tnako ii ti Ulnnd t fill,,.'. On tho inonili.tf of April Itt, ITW, the captain cf the ItrltUh hlp Homily, then In tho souh Pacific 'JOilrk IhIow tlo KjnMor nnd S,(Xti milcM from iho luiri of rltLf r contlnr nt vu seized w hllo finl-y In Mi rutin, Iwuml nnd taken on dtxU Into tha prriewo of hi en w, themnjorlly of whom twenty nvrii uul of forty llvt ternlnoiH-u mullny TlioiniitliKfrmtimle ftbort worU ct It, and it ihtlr dcil liHider, wlio wan Lieut William IWtcli, uf tho DaTjr, aJrlft In cmo of tlio hlp'n lnunchft, Ughtcfn aallori and iiHcrn ytho wrrfl not In tie trlkono rntrml tliv Jauncli, nnd th party Haaortlrrvd lytl.o tnatlntcn to kliore rf from tLoalilpnuU take Iti chances on tho roaring f-Tha f-Tha brute on tho Jlountyhad a little companion for their late cuinrnilei. ami tlornl In the launch IMpoundi of trva I, thirty tnoiHituiila of meat, n twenty-eight callon cak of natirand twelve quartanf liquor. Thnnelkht of the uliMuiicaU awayi.nlth tholr proflalonv, imio cloth lng and ft fewcntlme parnl from tlo ahlp'a atoroa aunk the boat ao low In tho water that tho aoa broke otcrthukternnl The mutiny took place near the Itlaml ofTofoa.onaof the Friendly', w here the hip llounty had ahortly Itefore taken on n apply of brcntlfrult plauta to tranport to the Wcit Id(1!m. Jlllli atcernl for thai I Jilitul again, JnUndhv to adil to the Mock I of footUndwattr In tho lauiirh. While the CMtatrayi wore Mart hliiK for aupnllr4 i the oarage iiathea chajirUthtm Luck to the beach and pelted them with atonei ai they rt-emharkr-t.wltlnn one oor lielatul fillftw, whom they hamnuml to death ThU experience at lofon Rhowed tho forlorn for-lorn i m Iff Hop. what tl ey mtit cxpivt In anyofthuMrwhIchtul the aouth Ta clflr. UUkIi had Imn with Capt CmV. In of hie party when the daring explorer wa aavuficly butchered In the 8 imhrlrh Ulan U n few year before He knew that tbosw UiiJ, aolavUhly Huppllud with iverythli g to meet the want of man nuta, fruit, water and bnadfnilt were KOpIel hy taccanauntauKnl an wolves and ni fletvo wheu uroustxl J lo then fom readily ntrecil whLU hNinia hemftnl hluitohtcer for Home chlllzi-Ucoa.it onthofaroIT con-tlneuta. con-tlneuta. Ho told them that the only hopu lay lCV)leaKiteiidUUntluthe Dutch col ouy of the lutein! of lltnor, north ff Nuv. Hi Hand, tbopriM-nt Aiiktralla. In order to make that with favoraH YoyaUnit ereii, the dally allowance Cf fowl and drink for rich man coul t Imi only of water The men took the ftartlluu altuittlon cheerfully, for tho vrtwjHct uf n t hareu among chlllied Diitihtuin 1 .V) leAguca uwny wni far ahead of the certainty cer-tainty of butchery by Mvatc4 or death by ahlpwnck nml ktanallonruamltiif about thelilamUof Ocranlca tirra lncox to the vorld'a navigator ut that date, '1 lie trip i of tha Bounty to that region wa nti ncil dintal ono ami might not bo tx atcd by n ahlp fromntKUIzcd port In jiar. Tho Jlrltltli Koveriiinrnt hnd ftent her out to carry bread plants to thu V tit Indies an an llllgh'it ioattlon nmonf; the caitnways wi peculiar Thuinutlnetralia 1 auit blm lUUttoRctrld of l.U Impcrloutm'Mat.l hit Irritablu temper, nnl thmo who So lonedln the 1 iuut.li had n cholceoftno evils, or lerhaps noclutco at nil They aharo ltllh'a fnto and tolrra'te him us leader or do the next bekt thing, tret clear m in hound ami taucx os deck. B HI ) , ef him and co It alone Ihey nrohal ly did B w ' y not know what l erlia lay before them, or Kfi . they would not huve nuentcd fco cl ecr H V't . fully to take tp tho long voyui,u, with Its B i a & hardhhlpf LLl ikl4fr ( Thohomeward trl,)legnn whenthotoat LB niw ht T,n r'r'u from the Uafli of Tofon by the LH 4vv i)atleoThatas MayJ Un thoMtle LLm 7iS 'I wind bliw a nalt the launch 1 lj jl water LLm ' 11 v an I could only ha kipt afloat by conhtant M , f" T f ' balling All mirplus wttthtwaa tlironn Ll fl H Cv ovtrboaM In order tovo vhs Kmt, and so Ll E 1 1 a extra ilothlrg. will, roiion, etc , huU to to. LLi i' ? f vlv The storm lasted tu Ua)iiaud (he mui IT") came oat of It drenched to the hkln, and rold and stiff uithl)InK Incrnmpcd ul tlonsln their tiarrowquarhrs, llllgh dolid out Ihiuor by tha spoonful, a godwod In aeh circumstances. After rowing hcmipleof dasthe launch puted the 1 Ijl lilfttids, and some large ranoea put out In chaw of thocaatAWAya. The launch was the awlftestandiKcaped, and shortly come Into a streak of ?ud lucktoolloctthobfid It rnlnM an 1 tho Ioor 'ellows hailed It with Joy bvcaura they could catch sotre drinking water.nl , tlotifih theyftut annther drrnchlntt Into the bnrgita Several days of storm fol lowed and the men Rtew wretchcil from sleeph SMncs cold, cramp and hunger lalna, HlFgh wk coin it 111 to slop the dally spoonful of liquor for fear tlmrtcid vptill bo still grratcr The risult soi showed on the men an 1 they beg red for additional foul tostavo off the anguish of famine Thle llllffli dented them, but a n turn promise granted an nllowanr cf Jliptor on the uliilit that were peculIarlyilUtrrwdng It 1 hanl to iee on what grounds bo fixed the drgrveii of distress, but ho tided over theirtKaiiat last, on thnlslhof May, the ralu cvaAi-d IJIlyh adrlfird tht tucn to wring out tln.Ir son kit I and heavy garments gar-ments and rcfrcOi themselves, Tleydll so, but that BAmonlght tho ruin begsn and for tu o dayi ft 11 lit torn nts. The storm fluilly en led on May 31 Jut In time to bring relief Tho men wire on tho brink of surtumuliig to tho terr bio evils they endured hunger, slevpletsmws fatlguaimd Kiln. All through Ibma days of gloom Jlllgh hallngriiloutIydhertM the mlndsif his men from their dUtrmtful rondltloti and stttnulntefl their hope of refiiLO In tint lan-1 tuwanl which lie woa storing He hat ' been In New (Julnen, and N'c,w Hollaml, mil he descrllml thow OHintrk-s, their (onsts and their saiuge lithahltuuts cnl ilevlelscheii)otol(0 tarried out In cam t f accident to hltnsclf on tho o) ark After realouily ichooling their minds with the wall llitles if the future, rorldlng the ill tii tit haven coul 1 bo reached, he an i iiouuicilntithoSUhof May that n Voyage ' if twent) nine day at ill lay Ufuro them wlthtlmlwatof liuL atdlUttho provlv I limshitholai nchwcull holdout Just that It ngth of time lla ( ropfwd that n mine t Ion of allow uuce bu miule ho thut tho slock , should hold oUtt forty two ilsys to rover any ronllngeaey The iroposal was cheerfully cheer-fully agreed to and tho alnmly jltlful ration wns docked one third ()u the very day following this dechlon j nnl for smite days ensuing bird of tho stxea of ducks nml pigeons flew so tivnr tho lioat that tbey were readily caught The 1 loud of this gaum was klun to tho weak est if the crovr.aud tho flesh wosdivldetl lutu eighteen (.orilous as substitute fur thu dole of food that had Utii cut i If llio excltrment of catching birds and flying flats revived ibilr spirits somewhat, and the fowl of thegtmu built np thrlr stn ngth M ireovnr tho ujuh arstice of too clou Is IndUttUd liinl not far olT, hM cm tho th of May they struck thetAMtern coast of the Island of Australia, It was iff A i Tim urtm-JANr irutn j cvtlim. Atiolinut tarn n tlmruilmt thu rutkimru ruvtrvd ulth t)-Kitrf nml (ho ktini u ft )ounir pnlm it (.runln Inlnntl ufr. VMttl n a vcMMlle IliiLlunlrr Mn nlwifuunl 111 MmuillMiCP mi 1 nil tl 4 00th tli. Im kit i tltuft ag itn.iittK.VfU ultli ukti r3 nml lm (rtcloun Hull Tim lull ilujrn I in Unit WA4 lAiwIe on un Ulntiit ntnl Knrch k t tip fur vritrUMe fuul liirtliollnttliiii )io4k that rrllr(niunt linnil, mullny U,iiiii to hhow Hiuir Tlio Hint wire lirnnl tu murmur nt HUgh, nil tim i.f llifin lii-KViill ilaiUrvil UiiiuKm i!cl'iiiiuiiintl,elf.nlir Tli Ikutinitia qulclljr iifUitl n tutlnu nml toll the fel luvrtuiltithii mi. nut make liN Hfirtl t,Mltrnttlicnt Tho 1 ullj wlllf.l mil iKKKnlHllitli.litriloii.ntiil thcrv win un nulla rrUiilllin nt ourr On tho Mini mure f y uti-rt ulth ctnmi nn 1 llh, h w ell ns wntrr nml a lmlutahlo kliul it lxwii, wrro MTUrtil nnJ the d.jr t.f Mnrvntlun wi vhuntl eff (or n ttpell The Ut of Juno fouml the cnktAnn). ruumlliiK the inokt northirljr 1 olut ut Au-trnlli, Au-trnlli, mui thrjr &im u tlrurk, uut iipln Into the opin .tx Their lucky llmln en the const hail tlriithth m nn 1 th(irlle fir n time, hut InufiW-iIn). ctht-r irllt Uini uiciopout Ihonim wrro growlna frar fully wrnik, thrlr IIiiiIm trcraenulUn.thtlr fl li n ilrnthly cdor.thrirtuln I. Km luuUy (tlvlnc ay nn 1 n k'iurl ilruivtluru frll upon nil haiiilf. BomoMrrt weaker thnu ut hr r,niul for them tho t1iiom 114 Jinlourly Kliartletl nml wa4 hunly tnouiili tu ktep thrm nllve ptrnliKtlyelioush?lho ehlp aurKioii una one uf Ihe unkeit nf tho lot, nutl n aclrntlllo heutlemnn, tho liotttiUt of thoeipotlltluu, uu not uiuth letter A toiibh tiht tinman u nliin etinillctl nmoiu tlo ury loir tauta,u huriltlilp iMtnt!y mmlo no tllttlnrtlon tt ivmon 011 that unfullioat oyne Ituiullie l.th cf Jnnr, fort)Kino tliyt nftirtho launch hrauVil for Timor, whtn the rmrhtil that Ithiml, The Dutch In-linhltnntertrclTril In-linhltnntertrclTril tho tinfortiinntta In noml Bamarltnii atylr, took thiin Into their hctnei tu humo thfin oml Mttttur cf lty over thoto human wreck. iat 1111 Ly tho.rn Theiaiitatin;. ucrouot leM astAiiKhcl than tho luitlveauhinthiyrnmo to their tu. 11 nml rrnllu.il tntho full thrlr lullacu loiutilrlltery Aftirutckaof reatnlllmt ono hallctl for 1 nj,hunl, an 1 Hie tf thtm tllnl on tie vojuio Tlio uuo left U hlmlraiiiflerbtilof uifiiln nnl tonnt-liislhoinnn.toiitiltoilenth tonnt-liislhoinnn.toiitiltoilenth h) iiatlie.nt Tofui, Km nf the iiintttui mitniTaja trUhiHlnniltWfT0RUrvhtfl a T he tnri er of tho mutliiet ri v a Involritl In thrlllliiK romnnce 1 liry ruaiiuil nmi m: tho UlauU In the llount) qunrrrleil nml illlltliil blxtetu if thtm MM nt 'ill hill, ulcro luo ma with lohnt ileath nml fiurttrn vrcro cnpttuitl tlime ytnr. later hy n llrltUh uarthlm; urt ami taki u tu I ni,l ui I In Irunt The ruualiilm; lilnomiitlnetialaiiUilon ritcnlrn Ulaml, mnrrleil native hi. vtnt thrmtvh rehil lion an 1 intiMiicre, nml 11 iiunrti r uf n tint liry later tie uilu rtirvlvor a luail mid ruler tif Htralrn nitrhiithilltlnuulihuil for vtU lorn nml ChrUtinu prol hy Uiut niluh Tvut jirnmotttl ntid kIcu n new Ytfnel mil tint Witrt-hnnco nt tlieliu-niano tlieliu-niano mlanlou hrukni tfE ly tl millliiy un tho llounty, Ho currtul It thruukn without a Ituik un 1 nlutij 11 e l.uml. fruit trtca of rnhltl In the ..Hmlln tlkuuub 1 KlUIEU |