Show right 1804 by dally story pub lo 10 come over to leoard a minute sir whispered the mate I 1 ve some thing to say to you captain lord gazed disapprovingly at the idle sails flapping against the krasts and followed the mate to the rail amidships there s a mutiny hatchin in the to castle said the mate in a low oice they think the passengers have money with era and mean to seize the brig the devil groaned the skipper you re the only one aft that has a pistol blast the luck snarled the mate I 1 lost it at a game draw the night afore we sailed what s to bo done murmured the skipper there s no chance for us against seven murderous scoundrels with sheath knives and handspikes and only four men and a lady against em they 11 murder every mother s son of us said the mate despondently the skipper greatly perturbed went below to consult with the passengers and the mate nith an iron belaying pin up his sleeve paced the quarter deck the brig palos had sailed on an un usual voyage an incoming vessel had reported to the owners the discovery of a small island off the south ameri can coast ahlich gave evidences of a deposit of guano the report was vague and barren of detail but the house deemed it worth while invest gating and the palos was sent out bearing dr hugh bland an analytical chemist of repute in the way of guano he chose to invite professor euclid simpson a profound mathematician to be his companion on the voyage bisot that he anticipated much call tor mathematics on the island but the professor ol vas always accompanied by his daughter miss annie and con berning her future dr bland had some ideas which so far he had not dared broach to the professor on such a voyage an opportunity might arise the night passed without event but in the afternoon the mate tooh the skipper aside ard whispered it s comin off tonight to night cap n they ve forced me to jine em to favl gate the brig I 1 hate to do it but it s my only chance and do what I 1 can for you I 1 can t blame you tor trying to save our life replied the skipper gloomily but I 1 hate to be killed with out even having a fair try for my life that poor girl below too when night came the mutineers laid violent hands on the mate and bind ing his hands and feet placed him in one of the forecastle bunks then a conference of all hands save the man at the wheel held in the fore castle when we ve got the money said ben a murderous looking villain we 11 make the mate put the brig ashore on the coast and skip it II 11 be thought a wreck and that 11 be the hend of it and the sl apper and passengers 7 asked mike another mutineer there s a mutiny hatchin in the fo castle in these him think in the mate shuddered as he lay in his bunk well but the words died on mikes lips tor there was a sound of somebody tumbling at the scuttle hatch which was violently flung back and the skipper tumbled down the ladder among the astounded mutineers shut the scuttle he screamed shut it tor god s sake hup asked ben rising from his seat on the side of the bunk the passengers have mutinied gasped the skipper they ve killed the man at the cheel and tried to kill me they re pirates and it was a ade up thing to get the brig PP ben two men and one of em a hold bloke to take a wessel from seven hable bodied sea men they re crammed full of revolvers replied the captain and a lot of dynamite glass bombs that 11 kill six men every time one Is smashed on deck mike arose with alacrity and closed the scuttle he breathed short he had hardly resumed his seat when a rap sounded on the hatch below there thundered a voice is the captain down there yes sir replied ben meekly then heave him up you internal set of rhomboids you the whole company of conspirators helped to push the unhappy skipper the passengers have gasped the skipper up the ladder when his head emerged he was roughly snatched up don t dare show one of your faces on deck you set of parallelograms said the voice truculently when morning dawned the hatch was flung back and the mutineers or dered on deck badly scared they were as docile as a flock of sheep instead of an abstracted old man and a studious looking younger man the ex mutineers saw a piratical old bravo with his belt bristling with pistols and his companion even more heavily armed another man stood by the skipper who was at the wheel and patted him on the head with a pistol butt I 1 thought there was only two men whispered mike in an awed tone HI the olds full of em like a bloomin play HI seed in liverpool va eie a lot robbers were packed in hoil bands replied ben A breeze having arisen the old pi rate sang out from the poop make sail ou internal set of malformed rectangles make sail under the captain s directions which nere issued under pressure of a pointed pistol sails were spread an 1 the brig headed for hit said ben while on the baid with mike HI could cuss like that hold bloke hid want wages like docile lambs the mutineers worked ship until she entered the port of and then with one accord they leaped into the water and swam furiously for the shore this beats me said the skipper gazing admiringly at the doctor and me added the released mate oh it s nothing gentlemen but a little plan to save our lives these sawed off chair arms look wonderfully like pistol butts stuck in a belt and miss annie made a splendid man in the mates clothes besides your tale about the dynamite bombs did the work the man who had been at the wheel and who was securely bound in the cabin was released and sent ashore a new crew was shipped and the brig again started on her voyage of discovery A well devised plan doctor cald the professor well carried out your field s the stage retorted the doctor you acted a pirate to per faction dont you think a man ol 01 my stock of ideas would make miss annie a good husband hum well see about that said the professor |