Show I i I II 1101 Louis I of or Tro Island j I Tire The Master of r Strange Case Caso of at Dr Jekyll and I Mr Ir Hyde etc NC I I Among other good that tho they did tho returned m my nry which had boon bean shared among them and though It was about a third short 1 I was er very glad to got ot It It and anti hoped great grant good front from It In ln tho the land lund I WOK wnM going to Tim The ship was bound for tor forthe the Limo Carolinas and you ruu must not suppose sup sill pose that I was going to that place merely as ItS nn an exile The Tho trade was WI even then thon much munch depressed since that and with tho the rebellion of tho the colonies and the formation of ot tho time United States It has haH of ot course courso como come to an end cull hut but butIn In iii days daH of at m my youth white men still sold Into slavery cry on elm tho plantations and th that d was tIme the destiny to which m my wicket undo uncle lurid had condemned condemned con colt mo me The Tho cabin ho boy from rein whom I had first hoard of ot these atrocities caino carno in at nt times from ruin the tho round house ho un berthed am and served now nursing nurs 11 ing lug a bruised limb In silent n agony on now raving ra against tho cruelty of at Mr Shuan It mado Inane m my heart bleed lint hut tho time mon men had a great respect for Cor tho time chief chic mate who was wa as ris time tho they said the time only seaman of ot tho the whole bang jung anti and none such a bad man when ho ire was sober Indeed I found Cound there was a o peculiarity about our two matos that that Mr 11 flinch was sullen unkind and harsh when ho Ire was sober and Mr l Shuan would not nol hurt a a. fly except when hen he ire was drinking I asked askell about tho the captain but I was told drink mado no difference upon that man of i Iron I did ld m my best In the tho small time Iliac al allowed al- al lowed mo me to mako make something like a IJ aman man or rather I should sn say some somo- timing a boy hor of ot tho time poor creature Hun omo But his Iris mind was 08 scarce trul truly human Ho lie could remember nothing noth lag ing o of tho the time before ho camo came to sea eca sea only that hl his bitt father had hat made mado clocks and had a starling In his iris parlor which could whistle Tho North all else had hat been blotted out In these years of ot hardship and cruelties Ho Ito had a 11 strange notion of ot tho the dry land picked up from sailors sailors' stories that tories that It was a n place where lads were put to some Bomo kind of ot slavery called a a. trade trado and where apprentices wore continual I ly lashed and ant clapped Into foul toul pris ons one In a a. town ho thou thought ht ever every second soc sec soc soc- ond end person a n decoy arid and every ory third house a n place llaCO In which seamen would bo be drugged etl and murdered To be bo sure suro I could tell him how kindly kindt I had myself been used upon that dry land ho was true so much afraid of or and how well fed tod and carefully taught both by bym m my ray friends and rn my parents and It If ho had been beon recently hurt ho would weep bitterly and swear to run away awny but If It ho ha was In his usual humor humor hu hu- ixu- ixu mor or still HUH more If It he had lund had a 11 glass Ilass of ot spirits In tho the round house ho would deride tho the notion It was Mr flInch Heaven forgive html him who gave ave tho the bo boy drink and It wai was doubtless kindly 1 meant but besides besl be be- he- he sl sides cs that it was waft ruin to his health It was ns tho thing in hr life to toso tosco ceo so this unhappy creature creaturo staggering and lancing dancing anti and talking ho he knew not what Some of ot tho the men lau laughed but not all others would grow as black as thunder thinking perhaps perhaps per per- haps of ot their own childhood or ox their own children and bid him stop that nonsense and think what ho he was us doIn do- do In Ing As s for tor me mo I felt ashamed to look at him and tho the poor child still comes about me In m my dreams All An this time you should know the tho Covenant was meeting continual head headwinds headwinds winds and l tumbling up and down against head seas so that tho scuttle was almost constantly shut and nud the tho forecastle lighted h ted only l lIy by y a swinging lantern on a beam There Thero was constant constant con con- stant slant labor for tor all oU hands the sails had to bo be made mao and shortened every hour the time strain to told It on the tire mens men's temper there was a gro growl groI I of ot quarreling allda all allday nh I da day long from berth to berth and as asI asI asI I was never nil allowed owed to sot set my foot toot on deck you oU can picture to th yourself how weary of ot m my life I grow lOW to be and how impatient t for Cor- fora a a. change chango And n a chango change I was to Jet get as ns you you- 1 0 shall hear but I must first tell teU of or ofa ofa orl a l conversation con I hall had with Mr Ir Riach which put a little heart in me to bear bearIn In my troubles Getting him in iii a a. favor favor- favorable able ablo stage of ot drink for tor Indeed ho never looked near me mc when he was sober I pledged him to secrecy arid and told him my ray whole story ston I He lie declared It was like a ballad that ho hue would do his best hest to help holp me mo that I should hould have havo paper pen and Ink I and write one lino line to Mr Ir Campbell and another to Mr and that If It I had told tho tire truth ten ton to ono one ho would bo be able ablo with their holp help to pull null mo me through and set mo me In my myrl rl rights And In tho the meantime says sars Ire hc he keep your our up Youre You're not tho the only ono Ill I'll tell teU you OU that Theres There's many a n man hoeing tobacco or o seas that should be bo moun mounting tin his at athis athis his iris own door at home man many and many I And life lito is all a a. variorum at the tho best Look at nt mo urme Im I'm a lairds laird's son and more than half a doctor and hero I am mun mun-Juck to I thou thought ht It would woul bo ho civil to ask him for tor his hla stAr story ston Ha lie whistled loud Never Sever had hat one one said ho I r liked fun tun that's all nIl Arid Anti ho Ime skipped out of or tho time forecastle ChItI t VIII The lIou Ono One night about 12 lZ o'clock a n man of ot Mr Ir watch which was on deck came camo down for tor his lila Jacket and ond Instantly Instant Instant- I ly there thero began to go a 3 whisper about the forecastle that Shuan had dono done for tor him at last Jast There Thoro was no need o of a a. name wo we all aU know who was meant but we had scarce time to got get tho the l Idea ea ri rightly In our heads far tar less to speak of or It It when whon tho time scuttle was again flung open and Captain Hoseason Hoseason Hoseason Ho- Ho season camo came down tho ladder Ho lie looked sharply round tho the bunks in ln the tossing lI light ht of ot tho time lantern und and then thon walking straight str up to ta mo me he lie addressed ad ad- addressed dressed mo me to my surprise In tones of ot kindness e sti My Iy man said ho he wo ire want you OU to servo In Ia tho the roundhouse You and arc aro to change chango berths bertha Run Hun Runaway Va o. away aft with yc ye Even Eyen as ns ho O two seamen appeared ap rip- In IB time the scuttle carrying cl Ran Ran- some Fonio In their arms aries arid and the ship at ot that moment Riving giving a a. great sheer into tho the sea and antI the lantern swinging tho the light lIht fell tell direct on tho the boys boy's face It was at os white as wax and amid had bad a a. look upon It like a a. dreadful smile Tho The blood in me ran cold and amid I drow drew In m my rn breath as If It 1 I had been struck Run Hun awa away awa oft art run away aft with yo ye cried Hoseason And at nt that I brushed by tIme the sailors and the tire boy who wIre neither spoke nor moved and ran up the tho ladder on deck Tho Tire brig was swiftly and giddily through a long cresting swell She was wall on the starboard tack andon andon and andon on tho the loft left hand under tho tIre arched foot oot o of tho the foresail I could s sea o the time sunset still quito quite bright This TIns at such an nn hour of ot time the night surprised mo amo greatly but I was too Ignorant to dra draw tho the true conclusion that conclusion that wo tio were wore going oln north-about north round Scot Scotland land Jand and anel ivore now on tho the high sea cn between tho tire Orkney and tho Sh Shetland islands having avoided tho tIme dangerous currents of ot the Firth For Formy Form Formy m my part who wire had been so gO long Jong shut In the time dark and knew nothing of or head head- winds I thought wo we might ho bo halt half halfway way or moro more across tho limo Atlantic J And nd Indeed beyond that I wondered a 0 lit lit- tb nt at the lateness o of tho time sunset lI light ht I gave no heed to It and pushed on Oil across tho time decks running between theseas time the seas catching at ot ropes and only save saved from rom going overboard b by one ono of ot time tho hands on dock deck who had been always kind to me Tho round round-imose for tor which I was aR bound and where I was now to sleep ant arid and horve Or 8 stood tood seine nomo six toot foot above o tho the decks and considering the size of ot tho the brig was of ot good dimensions Inside In In- side oldo were a l fixed table and ond bench and amid two berths bertl one ono for the captain and and tho the theother other for tor or tho the two mates motes turn anti and turn about It was Vas all mU ll fitted tilted with lockers from top tOD to bottom so as to stow away way the ti-me office officers officers' belongings belonging's and a a. part of ot the tho ships ship's stores there thero was wan a second room store underneath which you entered entered en en- en- en by a a. hatchway In the middle of the dock Indeed all tho the best of or tho the meat macat and drink anti and tho the whole o of time the powder were collected in this timis place anti and all an the tho firearms except the two pieces of ot brass bras ordnance were S sot set t In Ina Ina ina a rack In the tIme aftermost wall ivall of ot th lbs 4 0 round The he most of ot tho the cutlasses cut- cut JI lasses were In another place A small window with will a shutter on cacti each side rind and a 0 skylight kYll ht lu lit tho th roof root o ga It lI light ht by hy day antI and after nUN dark there was wa a a. lamp always burning It was WI burning when I entered not ant brightly but enough noll h to show Mr 11 Shuan sitting at ol tho the table with tho the brandy bottle and a a. tin in front o of him bun Ho was a tall man strongly made auntIe and vcr very black air and ho stared starel red him on tho limo table like ono one stupid He Ho took no notice of ot m my may coming conring in nor did ho hue move when whon the captain ln followed and leant on tho the berth beside me looking darkly at the tho matt mate I J stood In great f feat ar Ill of or tint and had my reasons for tor or it but something told me mo I n need heed ed not be La afraid of ot him hin t Just jUt then and rind I whispered In his tile ear car lOoT How la is he He lie shook his head hoad one that docs does not know lena and does not wish to think and his race face ace was ver very stern Presently Mr flinch came entire In Ho He gave ave tho the captain a n glance that meant tho bo boy was dead as plain as 09 speak speak- lug InS nu antI and took toole his place like tho the rest relit of ot us so o that WI wo we all nil three stood without without with with- out a n word worth staring down at nt Mr Shuan and md Me Mr Ir Shuan on his side sat lInt without without with- with out a a. word looking hard hord upon tho the table AIl All of ot a sudden suldon ho lie put out his hand to tako take the time bottle and at that Mr Ir Riach Blach started forward and caught It away from rom him rather by surprise than violence crying out with an oath that there thero had hod been too much of ot this work altogether and that a 3 Judgment would fall tall upon time tho ship And as at he spoke c tho time weather sliding doors standing open ho tossed tho the bottlo bottle Into tho the sea sen Mr Shuan I was on his feet In a a. trice ho still looked dazed but ho he meant murder ay ny and would hoe have done It for Cor the tho secona second time that nl night ht I had hod not tho timo captain c. stepped In be tween him hinr and his victim I ISit Sit down I roars tho the captain Ye I sot and swine do yc ye C know what yovo done Yeve murdered the tho bo boy Mr Ir Shuan Simuan seemed to understand fo for or r I ho he sat down again and put up hi his s hand to his brow I Well Yell he lie said eald he ire brought m me o n dirty At tho the word tho time captain and I and Mr Ur Hinch nil all looked nt at each other fo for or r a n second with a kind of at frightened look hook and then Hoseason walked to his hb chief officer took tool him hun b by th tho up e shoulder led him across to his bunk and bade him He lie down and go to sleep as you might speak to a n bad child The murderer cried a little but hut hr h. Ii took toole off ott his iris sea boots and obeyed Ah Aim crl cried Mr 1 with a 1 dread dread- ful tul voice olce ye e should have Interfered Inte long iong sync Its It's too late lata Mr Ir Riach said sald the tho captain this s nights night's work must never nover be bo in j Dywart Dysart The Time boy went overboard sir that's what the story is III and I would glee Kho five pounds out of or my pocket et I if it t I it was true truo Ho turned to the table What hot made yo throw tho time g good od bottle bot bot- tIe tle away ho hue added Thero There as was ras nao noo sense Benso In that sir Here lIere d draw me rue another They're Hi lim tho tIme bottom rind he ire toss tossed eel me a k koy y Yel l need a n. glass glans yourself sir h h i added to lUnch Hlach Yon was an nn ugly t ting thing loG to see sec sec So the pair sat down clown and hob a and amid while they did so tho murderer who had hall been lying and I whimpering In ln his berth raised him him him I self upon his elbow elLow and ond looked at nt them and nt at me I That was the first night o off my new duties and In tho the course off ot Of tho timo next day I had got wen well into tile tHe run o of or f them J I had to servo at the meals which tho tue captain took nt it r o hours sitting down clown with the the officer office lt r who was off ott dut duty all nil the tho da day through I would be running with a n. dram dmm to one or other of m my ray three masters and ut at night I slept on a n blanket thrown on tho the deck boards nt at tho the aftermost end of ot tho the round-house round and right In tho draught of ot tho the two doors It was a a. hard and cold bed bod nor was I sut- sut fared to sleep without interruption for Cor sonic some one would be always coming In from dock lock to get a dram and when a fresh tresh watch was to bo ho set Rot two and anti sometimes all three would sit down and brew brow a a. howl together How How- they kept their health I know not any moro more than how I kept m my own And yet In ln other ways trays It was WIlS an nn easy service There was no cloth to Ja lay tho meals were either of ot oatmeal I porridge or salt alt Junk A except twice n a I I I I n vi U CI was v aUtI thou though h I was clumsy enough and amid not being firm finn on my sea le legs s sometimes fell with what I 1 was bringing them both Mr Me Ir flinch and tire the captain were wert singularly patient I could not but faire fancy they thoy wore making up leeway with their consciences and curd that the they would scarce havo have been bean so good with me If It tho they had hod not been worse with Ransome Hansome As s for tor Mr r. r Shuan the thc drink or Iris his crime or 01 tho the two to together ether had certainly cot cot- trimly |