The Exeter Times, 1890-3-20, Page 7THE MUTINY OF THE " COUNTESS,"
while Occur d 011 an EnglMbe& i Salior
t
Appreattee overheard the Plot and
Tried to Teo the First mate.
The other day I saw a notice in a
pool paper paper te the effect that the courts had
d eal dt I h
White, daughter of Capt. Thome,s of the brig
Countess. To the general reader those lines
ineaut . a g. . AO suppose thereare
fifty people in all Englaad to -day Who. can
recall the cage of the Countees, althougli the
particulars were published far Alta wide, ancl
eztally.appeared la book form. It is thirty
earssuice thecircumsthncesoccurred, andas
was the sole survivor of the crew, end the
oneewito gave all the particulars to the Eng-
lish press, perimps 1 cao tell the adveuture
ak in a way to interest you,
The Countess was a Bristol brig, mimed
let Part and erommanded by Ca,pt. Thomas,
who Was not only a thorough seaman but a
limn of excellent heart, Wewerehouncl out to
Georgetown, in British Guinea, with orders
to 1 at Jamaica. This was my third voy-
age with Capt. Thomas, the other two ex-
tending 0911 "t0 ports in Spain and return,
nothing to 11 With the ea,bin but living with
Iv
I was db. a retake, or ship's boy, haviug
the crow in the fo'eastle and learuing to be a
sailor. On the clay we left Bristol I was 14
years of age, and stout and robust for a boy
of my size. We carried, two mates, a cook,
and seven men before the eneste This -was
very fulhhanded for a brig of her size, but
It was one of the peculierities of the Captain,
never to put to sea ehort-handed, Rather
thee dose he would carry one and extra.
Ile was often laughed at for thie, hut he
contential that it paid in the long rota and
60 it did.
After we left port and. got things ship-
shape 1 hod opportunity to look over the
crew and see what they were made of, and 1
wasnot long in melting up my mind, bay that
1 was,thet WO bad shipped a hard lot. There
is alwaysa, leader in the fa' eaetle milli those
dayeie Was the beet fighter.
eeamanship and education had to bow to
haft etrefeeth. It wasn't three days bolero
a burly. big fellow, who went by the 1141110
of "Bruno). Bob," hut whose real name was
Heveus, had established himself As " boss."
If he had had the goal of the brig in Vi0W
thiS would have been for her benefit, but it
soon treuspired that he had piens of his
owe. At see the first mate Wants his own
watch, wilile the eecond mate stenas for the
Captain,
Oursceolui mate was mauled Mizner, and
I was la his wateh, a9 WilialS5Drizital Bohemia
couple of his ethane. The Met mate was
named Peraer, and it soon transpirea that
hewas a goodseamanbute man of little tact
or judgment.
While the Captain was too lenient he
was too halal*, and we had not been at sea a
week before the sego:adulate did not seem to
lie clear as to whether he should side with
the men or the officare.
Before reaching Janutieatlie crew bad been
on the point ot mutiny half %dozen Owe.
There had been bailee and kicks and cuffs:
the first mate bad been knocked down :the
Ceptain had called the crew aft and tnade
them a speech ; the second mate had given.
the inen to uzuleretana that be sided with
them : on reaching Jamaica, evev ono of the
crew would have deserted but for the plans
of the ringleader.
He had already sown seeds which were
taking root. The Captain did expect the men
to cut stieks, and was surprise(' that none
left. 1 heard him say asmuelt to Mr. Parker.
When theaatter found that the men wore to
stay ay he threeteuea to go ashore himself,
elaiming that such men could only be liaml-
led by enforchig the severest diempline. But
the Captain somehow smoothed it over
with him, and when ‘1,0 left the Weald we still
had -every teen aboard who bad shipped at
BristoL
On several occosiane I had seen Bristol
Bob , amt.& chums in close conversation,
arid on aayeral menthes the cook had
slipped into the foaastle, where he had no
• business to be, tohold confabs.
I could see ptain enough that something
muspieions was in the wind, and I think Mr.
Parker also suspeeted the plotting, es we
had no sootier left Kingston than I saw him
closely wetthin all tho men. In setting the
wetehes anew,Bob mut two of his friends
:tad myself were lace in his watch.
For the first three days out nothing un-
usual occurred. Themen didtheir work es well
as could be asked for:hand were so re,spectful He then called to them that he'd never
as to create surprise. 0 Everything. was surrender, and that he'd shoot down any
on the surface however. When out of man he could bring within range. The fel-
sight in the foaastle the men were growling lows cursed and yelled in response, and
and cursing worse thau before. One after- though we could hear them movin,g about
noon—it was on the fourth day, I believe— the (lecke from that time till daylight, they
I was aroused from my sleep during my made no nes, move.
watch below by a conversation between Bob
and a man named Jackson. They knew I
was in the bunk, bet beliee-ed me to be
sleeping soundly.
"This is thaplan as I have thought it out,"
Bob was saying. "After we have got the
brig we will cruise to the eastward for a
spelt. While I can't shoot the see or figure
up and get our latitude and longitude, I can
see a chart = well as any one, and the
log will tell us bow far we leave run. We He also had a sword in his state -room,
know that all the islands are to the north- which would prove an ugly weapon at close
east. Every. one is down on the chart. Be- , quarters.
yowl. them is the Atlantie. The islaad I am ; While I was only a boy, 1 bad both pluck
after is not down on.the chart. It is north- ; and nerve, and I could handle a pistol to do
east of Trinidad, and maybe 200miles away". : an enemy &linage.
"Don't Mizner know?" asked the other. I Daylight was not two hours old before the
"Never heard of it, but this is his first mutineers discovered that they had captured
trip this way." 1 the wrong end of the brig first. They had
eTe he nereea ?" the decks and fo'castle, but the Captain held
"Certain. He is to be first, you second." the cabin.
"int an are to nye alike?" By listening at the stern ports and under
"Correct. We are just officers in name. 'the skylight we heard much of what was
We all eat in the cabin, sleep where we . said. The brig was holding due east, and
please, and share and share alike. Nobody we heard words dropped about a mysterious
is to set hisself up as better than anybody island—buried gold—living like nabobs, and
else." 1 so on. How to come at us was a puzzle, but
"That's fair. And the Coptain and mate nothing was done until midafternoon. Then
are to go ?" . 1 the (leers of the companion were burst in,
‘, n t (-cense." 1 and the men eacouraged eath other to attick
,.‘" Well, we'll have it all understood and the cabin door.
iliaDan wee gives it away eke t" ; Eath hung back, however, as there was a
"I11 warrant you that I cut his throat bit of entry at the foot of the stairs, with a
;
the =bin Ma Parker was at the water cask, 0:I this third day. Bristol Bob stood on
As I reached him I tyhispered
" should very much like to speak to you the skylight: and the Captain located him,
or the Captain, sir." brought his musket to bear, and shot him
" you don't get forward speak to (lea&
j you in a way you'll remember for a year to deelkV. knew this from what was said on
come V' he growled in reply,
a het I h d Half an hour later, as we heard me of
the quarter, while haranguing = through
leo double he imagine t $01110
complaint th make; but had he permitted theul at the cabin door, the Ca,ptaba rarele
me to speak the words it might have proven- ready to fire a bullet through It, and, by
ted the tragedy which followed. His rebuff some carelessness, discharged the wea,ponpre-
maturely and received the ball in hie throat,
discouraged me from approtiching hifn again
or from seeking opportunity to speak to the and died in Ave minutes.
P b
positive that sox= of the men were always . stateroom, and the mutineers no longer had
wetching me, any oue to resist them, The first thing 1
1 We bad favoring winds and a fair ss e knew it was eight, and it was so very quiet
Atr. Parker say to the Captain, as hoard
h
' bean Se a aoi ni 1 t d that I new there could be no wind outside.
ep the Carib a, la e g
I crept out into the cabin, but everything
official was about •to leave the deck, that remained as 1 had left it.
• Trinidad would be on our starboard quarter I For two hours I listened for sounds from
' by daylight. 1 the deck, bnt heard nothing from the mu -
1 tineers, and fieelly fell asleep. It wee morn -
We were not to call there, but round the ing when I was aroused, and then by men
island and head to the southeast. This was dropping into the cabin through the sky -
soon after la o'clock and shortly after my , ji git
watch had come on deck. It was a fine, star. They belonged to the Scotch whaler Bruce,
ligOt eight, with a Ave -knot breeze, awe. - which was lying near by, and which had had
there was little work for the wateh to do. us in view ever lance ,daylight. The mu -
I was to the wheel, for I could take inY , tineers had taken the long boat and eland -
trick in fine weather with any of them, t onedehe brig, whjeb was driving at be,. own,
About 1 o'clock Bristol Bob, who was In street will, and to this day not one of the
his bare feet, mute aft to the krenaast anti men has ever been heard of. No doubt
sang out, though not over loud, and in a they met with some accident by which all
very respectful voice:
j " air.Parker, the brig seems to bevel Pe"led at &ea'
picleed up a ,lot of floating wreck stuff glunan Character.
Iacross her haws- Will Yan Please eme The character of the sante man manifested
forward?" in business and in society may seem a con -
Ipeered from my view. Five IlliaUteS leer and exacting i te social life, genial and
The mate growled out something end (asap, traeliction, De business he may be sharp
,Ittob awl the entire remeintler of the prow kind. Yet there may not be so great a
; came aft in a body, all in their bare feet, I dissimilarity ; for what makes a 111411 sharp
Icouldn't make out yet what was going on.' and driving in business 1 It may be the
Captem and from that niolit on I felt quite ' I was so overcome that I hid away in his
mail Bob toole the wheel front me atul said ; desire to sur.pass others, or his sense of the
I Boy, run down and tell the Captain that awes of things, or his native energy. But
Mr. Parker bes been took very sick on his ia giving money the Same elements may
watele" 1 lead him to wish to surpass others; or he
Some of the men chucklea a hit over tide may think that itt business it is better for
speech, WA then mistrusted that the mate ° all concerned that he should do exact
had been killed. On the instant I made up justice end then Irwin a sense f-tf
my mind to warn the Captain, I fomul hint respottsibilitr to God, he may givc; as
as he was on his feet I told lam what I bad may be a tyrant et home, but ob-
aimed =hap, but half dressed, mul Art sotto systemeticel y be works, A man
overheard in the foamed% aud what 1 setptious elsewhere. A heartbroke wife,
Isuspected luta just occurred on deck. It (*mu nearly crazy by the raison.
was wonderful how coolly be took the excit- (Net of her hushead whom the out-
ingsnews : 'side world considered a motlel of feentle-
1 ",Are you sure both watthes are on deck 1" manly (ammeter anti deportment, thus ex -
he asked I pressed herself to a, friend: "My i1115halla iS
"Yes, sir." • ' a street angel but a home devil," There is
"Ami the men beve COMO aft in a body ?" no real contradiction in theta terms, SelAsle
"Yes, sin" 1 leas Was 416 cause of both. At Lome he
" Is Mr. Mizner with them 1" 1 gal:titled his brutal propeneittes because too
" am mire EAU IWO 1 selush to deny himself ; abroad he was polite
"And Mr. Parker is nowhere to be seenr , 'amuse he found it to his aavitutage to hem
" No. sir." 1 Rielielieu was polished and ptateitl among di-
" Then I fear you are right. Oa and bolt plomats me before his sovereign; among his,
tbe doors of the companionway for me while servants be was a monster of injustice, and
I get my pistols." i yet the character of his life reveals the fact
; 'Ike men stootl at the entrance of the come that the cow -dilution was only atoennieg.
panto% aud ite they caught ;tight Om they Character may admit al great seeming ilia-
; etepped beck a little, supposing the Captain crerancies of every kind, as when a miser
, was following. I slammed, and bolted the er the influence of ernertta eal becomes
swing doors, but not a :mond too soon, and liberal, but afterward regrets it and emit:aw-
1 was bolting the door at the foot Of -the steps ors to avoid paying.
when I beard them crying. outthat theywere
betrayed, The Captain now joined we. and
True Peace.
in addition to the holt WO pulled a lot of
!cabin furniture over against, the aoor and., There are several kinde of things . called
got a brace againet it as well. i peeve which ere by no means Divine or
I The men on deck were very quiet for the ( ;odlike peeee. There is peace, for example
I next half hour, no doubt holding a council in the man who lives for aud enjoe's self,
of war as to what should he done. Tile t with no noble aspiration goading thin on to
I first thing they 41141 do was toalterthecourse! make him feel thereat of Clod ; that is peace,
' of the fang to due east, and the next thing but that is merely the peace of toil. There
I wasto ask for a parley with the Captain. He is rest won the surface of the caverned
, add not a word until one of them swathed lake, wthoh no wind can stir ; but that is the
!a pane of glees in the skylight and then he p eaee of stagnation; There is peace amongst
1 demanded to know what was wanted. 1 the stones which lelye fallen and rolled
j "The ease is this," replied Bristol Bob th I down the mountain's side, ana lie quietly
, his gruffast voice, "Mr, Parker has been athere at rest, but that is the peace
given a lift over the rail, and is 110W holding , of inanity. There. is peace in the hearts
Ins trick at the bottom of Use sea. If yon of enemies who lie together, side by side, in
I wi.1,1Acio.eroaellutphiaincarosluviatellle;iliaksekeedg
;self ashore. If you refuse, we'll =the nit. and their hands no longer clenched in deadly.
. end of yon."
, weal turn you adrift in the yawlto sail your imosities of their suede silencea at length,
I enmity against each other • but that is the
p
the same trench of the beetle -field, the un-
- Pnt htel eil
eace of death. If our peace'be but the peace
"All of them."
1
• thin.
"I don't believes tele Minor is with you:"
"Aye, but I am i" answered that dem in trespasses and sins, we niey whisper
worthy, "and I'd advise you to do as we to. our souls. " Peace, peace r but there
ask, if you care for your life." j well be no peace; there is not the peace of
Theyl menhir me the moment 1 step God, for thepeaceof God is thebeeng peace of
on deck," whispered the Captain to nue 1 love.—Rete.F. lr. Robertson.
"I'll be killed anyhow, and I might as well
of the sensealist satisfying pleasure, if it be
but the peace of mental torpor and inaction,
the ea= of apathy, or the peace of the soul
dielike a game man.
When day fully broke, Bristol Bob again
demanded a surrender, but received the
same answer. We expected -them to smash
the rest of the skylight, but this they hesi-
tated to do, as they would have no mauls
of repairing it when the Captain was dis-
posed of. There was not even a. pistol
among them, whilethe Ca,ptain had a re-
volver, a double-barrelled pistol, and a
musket
with my own hands t".
urn le rig t o reachthe door. On ac-
The Men presenebe went a'bette their thud- count of this they could not bring a balm to
ness, but I made° the pretense. Of sleeping bear, nor could more than onci man work at
soundly until, called to relieve the other a time.
Sunshine in Religion.
Put sunshine into your religion, and
plenty of it. It is a good thing to have a
Southern exposure to your house. Health
and happiness aro found on that side. So in
the Christian life, growth and grace face to-
ward the sun. Don't live in the cellar. Sub.
terraneen believers dishonor their faith. If
God is your father; if your interests are in
the lentils of divine Providence, so that all
things work together for good; if He has
promised to take care of you here and to
crown you hereafter; why borrow trouble?
It is foolish to borrow trouble when there
is always so much of it in the house. Re-
member that you bave not one care toomany ;
t not one sorrow too many ; not one cross too
1, many. Earthly preplexities are the archa
• tects of character. There never was a strong
character that was not compacted out of tri-
bulations, These things are all parts of the
discipline that makes manhood and woman-
; hood. Accept them, therefore, as helps, not
hintliances. Be more studious to profit by
them than. to escape from them. Watch God s
dealings with you, "He who watches for
Providence," says an old writer, "will have
providences to watch."
Are you an heir of God? Is immortality
a -throb m your soul? Is your career ruled
and overruled for good? Why, then, laugh ;
don't frown. Hold up your head ; don't hang
it. Sing ; don't cry. Carry pesee in your
nature. Diffuse joy. Bay out sympathy.
Surround yourself with the etmosphere of
good. will. Prove the lielpfuiness of religion
by showing that it is your consolation.
The best recommendation Christianity can
have is a happy, buoyant Christian. Stand,
therefore, like the angel mentioned in the
watch. I was all in it tremble at what Thad Realizing their disadvantage, and wishing
heard, and wee also at sea as to what to come at their end the safest ewaa, they
course I should pursue. . • 1 were i'eady to inake anv1
"Whileit seeined the proper wa,y for me to go Captain out. He defied them, and thus two
to the Captain or mate with my information, ; days elect two niihts Fusee&
in the way. should have no opportunity good speed to the east, and we now hear
to speak with Mr. Parker during the watch, the men growling because the island had not
and how was I to get below to interview been sighted. On the forenoon of the third
him or the Captain without being seen? , day there were several violent quarrels
Had only a part of the men been in the con- -among them, and in one of these the second
spiracy I might have succeeded very mate was stabbed to death ana his body
but as it was, all eyes would watch me. ' flung 'overboard. .
They hadnot taken me into theplan because The Captain had treated me very kindly,
I was only a bey teed of no =came, but if .and we ha,d not suffered for . food or drink,
•they had any suspicion that I had picked -up there being a full cooler of water in the
informaticat they would watch me close]. cabin when the row He had crackers
enou I c 11ff ' fine
thereader must not overlook the difficulties ; The brig hat meanwhile been makin
Degan.
gh . planneda dozen c crent ways sarcand other provisions inhis
to reach the Captain or mate, and that I own pantry, and while I stood watch three
did not put the latter on his guard was his hours he stood six. He said the end would
own fault. One night during our watch he be that both of us would be killed, and he
called to.me to bring him something from was ,impatient for the mutineers to begin
his stateroom. Boband his friends were for- their work so that he might get a shot et
ward at the bowsprit, and as 1 came out of them.
A Suicide's Wounds.
An extraordinary attempt at sui-
cide has been made in Paris. A shoemaker
described ea a decent, industrious man, hav-
ing fallen into misfortunes, and saffermg
front extreme poverty, decided to take his
own life and end the struggle. He took a
knife used in his trade and. commenced to
stab himself inthe arms and legs, it is, sup-
posed with the idea of opening one of the
ellief veina but finding the end. did not come
quickly he continued, with it sort of fury,
and had just rolled upon the floor exhausted
when a brother, who had been apprehensive
of his state, appeared . on the scene. The
wounded man was conveyed to a hospital,
where it was found that he had infactea on
himself two hundred distinct wounds.
On the Co-operative Plan.
Boss—You run the place for a few weeks
and let me be bartender.
Barte cler--Whatjer want to do that for?
Boss—rd like to have 9. crack at the pro -
A MD NIGHT -RIDE.
At nine o'clock oneSeettemberevenieg 4076
I h a yen,
Custer Village, for the towu conaieted of
twenty or thirty log structures—to go to
Sidney, Nebraska. A oath, suppose it
should be called, tbough ou the plains this
veluelet lute the driver's seat on the
same level as the passengers' seats, is called
a "hack."
I had gone to the "Hills" to engage in
mining, but after four months of prospecting
had decided to open a general supply -store
at the new town of Deadwood, and was on
my way to Omeha to purchase goods for
h venture.
A tin lamp, fastened in one corner of the
"back," discovered to me two passengers
within as I entered and took my seat. One
was an old geutlemaa, appareutly weak and
ill, for althougb, it was not a cold night, he
was muffled in a coarse, heavy. ulster over-
coat, Moreover, so much of his face as I
ceuld see between a gray beard which almost
covered it and the rim of a slouch bat was
pele and thin, and the eyes looked sunken
and unnatural. At least, so it struck me
at a cursory glance.
The other passenger was a young fellow of
twenty-two or twenty-three years, I judged,
decidedly dandified in his dress for that re-
gion. He wore a stiff hat and stand-up collar
encircled by a neat tie, and had on a dark
suit, evidently eustorn-made, which was an
unusual " get-up" for that region, and one
which at once aroused my suspicion, for the
only persons I had seen about the mining
towns dressed. in anything like that faeldou
were. gamblers a class of men I had 111440 it
a point to avoid.
Just before aetting out the driver came to
the side of the vehicle, thrust in a light
Winchester carbine, azia placed it between
my knees
".1 •see you dian't have no gun," said he,
au' I keep a, couple of extra ones fer
That was all. No farther explanation
was necessary in those days.
I teak charge of the weapon, fathom -at I
was as little expert at its use as I Was in
healing the Smith arid Weeeon in my hip.
pocket, which, indeed, I bad, never yet dist
charged,
I knew enough of life in timelines to know
that the " bad ma with the gun" is usually
the man who gets into diffieulty rather than
the peaceful and unarmed. citizen ; but a
stage -ride from Custer to Sidney at that
tit= was a trip not altogether likely to be
without its adventures, and for once I re.
grettea my unfamiliarity with" shooting
naus."
It occurred tome that if we were "jumpea
by road ageme," as the phrase went, t he free -
boaters at the route would have little to fear
from theoemments of the hack, whether they
got muck money or not. There were usually
valuables of some sort in the iron box under
the driver's seat.
The young man who sat opposite me had
a carbine evroas his lap, but I fancied he
knew MU less of its use than I did. As we
started be eat, without 110tiCillg me, twirling
a slight mustache and, bununing a, time. A
frealt gamester, if one at all," said to my-
self upon a second look at him.
; which were tied in front, and while he held
ed out and lanced back,
of the haelt with he other, Then he lean- 1 Latest rom Europe
/ them with one hand he grasped a front rib
• Luckily t e horses, which were going at a / ---
agarglthiapg,„---tkheepytwteeretahneintreaalsdw, hainehd utheeedeedeanio. The Gelman Reichstag—The Cada lact
f F , 2 *) t
ere., a 0 ID ern, ie s mute in at ill Ent Africa—Sir Uwin A.rnola ia
Again Threatened Tile eerman War
headed yoang fellow Was not pitched out.
.Tapan,
me a moment beer. "I can just see four or
Ave getting onto their horses. Theyttekill- The Government has deekled to open the
eathe driver, I guess, and are after us now 1" busfae,ss of the Reichstag with tb.e project
With diet he gathered up the long -lashed prepared by the Couuoil of State, the fore --
whip, which leer tri the boot,
upon his knees began yelling aannddlaVnPgPtililige most of which are bills regulating work oe.
whip upon the team.- - Sundey and restricting the b.ours of labor of
pace, and despite the excitemeut and fright measures, relating to the hours of the male
n moment we were going at a fearful , women and children, The more cornpie„x
of the moment I uoticed, that our four horses
came to hand and ran with a steady' even . A I. t
adults' and minors' work day, will be re- .
gait which did eredit to the yeenvetwe served until the utumn sess on. omen
driv
Gilt" ready for 'em now t" he screamed measures, increased army and colonial
ltaneously with the presentation of social,
back at me ; they'll be down ma us in a credits will be demanded There will ale*
minute. Openthe back flap 'n' pour it into . .
,en, with your pule, and wilen they're empty be presented a bill earning to -control strike*
get ree iwnaesumadyeeratphtahie seaatsrw' ell as driver, and la:pdbmaneatniztei-aAuntia.rscoheijastuzealaswur! ;lesiva to
I obeyed instinctively, for I certainly had
formed no plan of defence or action on iny 1 A letter is said to awe been. shown to the
own account. Czar by the Chief of Pollee at MOSCOW, warn-
- I managed to unbutton .and roll up the lug him that at an early date, the Czar, the
leather behind, and peeruot out, on my Czarina, and the Czarealtebt will meet certain,
knees before the back seat, . saw time '
were indeed followed. It was light enough death and that'll') Power on earth con avert -
to dietinguish elejeets dimly at it hundred their doom. It is asserted among the Nihilist%
yards, and there were a least Ave horsenieu aentaea Berlin and Neje thee on -the
ex our rear, tearieg along at the top of their same date, the anniversary of the murder
animals' speed. Kerman that they were
within rifle shot I opened fire 01A them over of the Emperor Alexander willbe celebre.-
the seI worked the lever of my gun as ted, by an attempt to assassinate Alex-14E1er
rapidlyas I could, but made awkward all
business of it, Presently I got it shell stuck, j
The German war ixt East Africa is theme -S-
ena began trying to get it out. In the meant
time our pursuers were gainieg with every ing 'at its proportions. Eighteen mountain
beCOI1 . guns, 1,$00 rifles and a flotilla of river boat
I They were within fifty yards before I could are to be fleet out to Imperial Commissioner
get out my thell and I was too exeited to
thiuk of using another gun. Suddenly the Winsniann at the .ezia of March' Tile"
light in the hack. went out, and it baud upon Prelmatinns are on it grander scale than
my sheehier.jerhea inc htettward. Then it would be necessary for the subjection of a
eifieftain like iluanaberi, against whom
voice yelled au my ea.r:
active operations are just now directed,
"Let me get at them! Load the guns for 'without waiting for the additional suppliee.
me, at' let the team go. We enight'e well
smash= be riddled by bullets. Here- here's The belief is grewing. that an expe.dition
into the heart of Africa—an inve.ston—is
two boxes of cartridges:"
'intended. Suspicions to this effect arouse
I dropped back to the other seat and gave
place to him. He threw his carbinea over the British jealousy end cause much friction
between the apiteres" of Gernian. and
back of the hind seat and began firing.
Crack 1 crack !oracle It seemed to me that Britisa influence. The relatione of the two
powers zn East Africa, are strained.
a steady stream of are poured out of the back
Sir Edwin Arnold's delightful letters front
of the stage, and before I had. filled the
magazine of me- gun, Ide was empty, He Japan to the "Telegrepla" of which he at
vametkelaietalline, however, and thrust his awn Otter, have ere:Ital. it boom in Japanese
travel, and many Euglielt people are journey -
Loading was awkward business at first, as ing thither this spring. Arnold, as all who,
I bad to feel for the feeder, but I managed read, his letters know, is fueineted with
Japan and its people, but few of his friends.
soon to thrust them into my gun as fast as
Ise could work. the lever of own. The would ear° to believe that he would give up
men, etheever and whatever they were, rode Europe for Whey. Nevertheleas, an attache
up to within twenty -live or thirty yaras, and, of the "Telegraph" informs me that it is
believed in that office that Arnold will take
spreafling out, opened fire on us.
"I‘vep close down in the bottom:" shout- up his residence and spend the rest of his
ed my comrade, as he kept on with his title's In Japan.
ing. 1 "Sir Edwin," said my informant, " is an
Lite road agents" did not come nearer, Orientalist by disnosition and teinperament.
evidently fearing too great exposure to the and the hurly-baly of the practical world
stream of shots from tine hack, and my cour- has always jarred upon 1)15 sensitive (argent
age rose to something near the level of my eati„. He is it man of the gentlest aarac.„
companion's. I caught glimPees, as 1 ter. I never heard him use a harsh or dia-
glanced up now and then, 01 Plunging courteous word. He is polite to a crossing
horse.man with shadowy, outstretenell arm, sweeper or ft cabman. He would be court.
from wbleb flashed blaze alter blaze of eous to a WOMall Who annoyed him in the
All at once we began descending into a street. In Japan he has found the exact
gully, and the hack -bounced front side to environment he has always craved, and we
side so violently thee it was impossible for very much fear that he will not return to•
us to do anythmg but cling to the sides of Europe"
the box.
"It's all right 1" rang my companion's
ride along the side of the gulch, and daren't n7ii:liTellib, 0
the descent ; " they've quit. They can't
yaw in my ear, shortly after we had begun 1
Dootg
follow straight behind. There's it stage
ranch below, too. I remember the road."
Sure enough, the men bad dropped back,
and the shots had ceased. My cool, brave
comrade now clambered over me, and in
some way got into tho front seat of the
jumping coach. A moment later I noticed
that we were slowing up aud running more
steadily, Five minutes more aud we halted,
wha,t was left of us, safe and sound in front
of a stage station.
Our story was soon told, our horses
exchanged and a fresh driver, doubly armed,
put with us. Such little accidents did not
stop stages in those parts.
There was no danger, they told us, from
that same gang. The three men who were
left promised to go immediately and look
after our other driver.
It was only the darkness and the motion
of the -vehicle and horses that had. saved us
front being bit. We found several bullet
marks about the coach next morning ; one
of them, well aimed, had into
through the
back seat at an angle and into the front, and
must have passed directly between us. My
respect for my young comrade was greatly
raised by the events of that night, and was
further increased by an after acquaintance
which discovered his modesty and. worth.
On my return to the "Hills," I learned
that our driver had been picked. up at the
crossing of the creek, bully wounded, and
lite old num had no arms in sight. The
driver no doubt regarded him as out of the
fight in any event.
As we rolled ou up into Buffalo Gap 1 haa
a few words of conversation with my cone,
paili8ns. I learned that the elder was an
IOWN farmer who had come out to see what
he coula do in the new mines, but he hail
been ill with mountain -fever, and after ward
attacked by rheumatism, so that he had been
'forced to abandeut his projects and return to
the East. He spoke freely, ansa in the care-
less Englith of Western men.
The young .fellow said he was from New
York, " Nall Yawk," he pronounced it. He
was, he said, a student of mining engineer-
ing, but lie did not mention what his busi-
ness had been in that region; but that was
not strange, for we could not talk much.
A jolting stage bowling over rough country.
at eight miles an hour does not give tOe best
opportanity for conversation.
I soon became sleepy, and leaning back in
my corner, took such momentary catemps
as the nature of the road permitted. At
eleven o'clock we made it brief halt at a
temporary sten station, where the driver's
fouren.hand team was exchaeged for fresh
horses.
I peeped out, and got a glimpse of the
teams, of two men with it lantern, of a low
structure of sod or adobe faintly outlined,
and of the black side of a, pine -covered
moue -tail' beyond. The night was quite
dark, with floating clouds and no moon. It
became somewhat lighter as we passed out
of the gay a little later, as I noted through
cme the swaying ap opposite.
, The road was now smoother, and I settled.
back in my corner, as my comptudon. had
done, to get a little solid sleep if possible.
I dozed off for a thee, but was awakened by
the groaning of the old man beside me. He
seemed to be in great pain, and writhed about
nervously. I asked. him what was the
trouble. • He replied that the thematism in
his legs was nearly killing him.
"1 wisht the driver'd let me aout when we
git t' th' nex' crick. Hee'll water likely, 'n'
l've just got' t' stretch my legs er die. Ye
see I'm. troubled with cramp rheumatism, an'
the' aint no room in hyor t' git the cramp
out 0' my legs."
I told him I would speak to the driver
when we halted, a few nunutes later, at the
bank of a stream—White River, I believe.
I thrust my head out at the side, and asked
that the old gentleman might be let out for a
moment to stretch his legs.
All right 1 sant the the driver, as he
clambered down from his own seat. "I'm
goin' ter oncheck ee let the hosses take it
pull at eh' drink."
I then helped the old man to dismount,
steadyinghim b the arm as he gotedown
He seemed to have it good deal of difficulty
in alightiag, and groanediin a Most lugu-
' fashion.Tl 11 g to *1 ter hint
as I had unbuttoned it all aretuid to let hini
out. The young man opposite me lay curled
up on his seat but weld see that his eyes
erere wide open and that he wa,e eyeing Me
with a, sharp, keen glance. My eyes prob-
ably responded when they fell upon his, for
he straightened up in an alert fashion, and
leaned toward me.
"Say," he whispered, "do you think that
old chap's all right? Strikes me that groan-
ing of his was put on. What d'we thitar ?"
Lite question startled Inc no less than the
young fellow's manner, and was about to
make some reply when a gun or pistol shot
rang iu our ears, followed by it yell either of
pain or surprise, and a lurch of the hack
threw Inc forward against my companion's
knees.
• Either the shot or theyell had startled oar
team, and we went down the bank and into
the stream with a lunge. I heard shots—
one, two, three—as we splashed through the
water. Then more yells, loud and fierce.
My notion of what had happened or was
happeuing was confused for it moment, and
then I saw my comrade—for the light still
burned --crawling through to the driver's
seat as we went careening up the opposite
its. A secoed later he had gathered the lines,
A correspondent of the New York Sou
writes : The people of Potsdam, near Berlin,
have recently been stirred up by it series of
military high jiuks. The garrison there has.
been called out at all times of the day and
night to make sham assaults, start sheen
skirmishes, and to pretend to capture all
sorts of isolated lnuldings from testi= tar
cowsheds.
Late one Wednesday evening a short time
ago the retiring Potsdamers were thrown
into a state of high excitement by some
military evolutions of rather unexpected
and unprecedented kind. The regiment of
the Gerdes du Corps got the order at u,
o'clock to take the Imperial Stadtschloss
by. storm. In the wildest haste every
soldier jumped in to the clothes near-
est to his bed, tumbled clown to the parade
ground within the barracks, and leaped to.
the saddle of his waiting horse. Then came
a crazy scramble for the Stadtschloss. At,
the first dash a horse and its rider went down
in rounding the corner near the Berliner
gate. The horses of it dozen other cavalrymen
close behind were instantly upon the pro-
strate animel and flew sprawling in all dir-
ections. Spears and accoutrements got
tangled up with the horses, and two of the
:unreels were so badly wounded that the
had to be shot on the spot.
While the unhorsed men were straighten-
ing themselves out for another dash, a, little
squad which had got ahead of them collide&
also that the brave fellow had yelled to the
hit. He with a peasant's team and big covered Wagon
teant to go the very second he was
full of vegetables for the Berlin market.
• had been carried to Sidney. As to the
The peasant was tossed from his seat into,
rheumatic old man, he was, of course, a
the gutter, where he lay unconscious while
rascal in league with the band who ha,c1 at -
the horses ran down the street and the
tacked. xis.
FRANK WELLES CALKINS. atvah.ymen were trying to get their horsesoose tom wree o e wagon cover.
1 dozen minor accidents delayed the members,
A Very Present Relp. of the regiment in other parts of the city, saw
. Oh King of mercy, from Thy Throne onhigh that all save one arrived at the Sta,dtschlose
• Look down in love and. hear our humble far behind. time. The one prompt soldier
was a raw recruit, who had Seen but two
•
days of service, and he gotit reward of $2.4*
Thou tender shepherd of the blood -bough
for his nimbleness. •
I sheep, 1 The cavalryman were only half dressed-.
j Thy feeble, wandering flock in safety keep.
Many wore only their drawers and under -
0 gentle Saviour! by Thy death we live; shirts; it few had on trousers, while three
To contrite sinners life eternal give.
and helmets.. The only person sevalaly i -
j -w -ere clothed only in ifightslarts, overcoats,
i Thou art the Bread of Heaven, on Thee we aired in the whole helter-skelter scramble
, . !was the peasant with the market waggon
Be near to help our souls in time Of need.
He had his left leg broken and has brough .
Thou art the mourner's stay, the sinner's a suit of damages.
i Friend .
Sweet Fount of joy and blessings without
Irrigation in Northern. India.
I end.
, 0 come a.nd cheer us with Thy Heavenly
LiTileuteanna
officialntGovernorpaper of justtiie ppuabnlisi ha. telt the're.
1 Grace
Reveal the brightness of Thy glorious fa,cel marks with satisfaction that the irrigated.
area in tho• province has been increase
It cooling cloud. by day, in fire by night, ed within the last five years by as muck
Be near our steps, and make our darkness as 1,006,000 acres. During the past year
light. ; the estimated value of canal -irrigated crops
Go where we go, abide Where we abide, showed an increase of 6'7 lakhs of rupees, la
In life, in death, our Comfort, Strength fact of no small significance in a country
• like the Ptmjaub,where, owing to the scanty
and Guide,
0 lead us daily with Thine eye of love.
And bring us safely to our Home above.
rainfall, there would an some districts be no
cultivation at all without canals, and in,
many others nothing but the precariceut
rowth of poorer crops. In the Lieutenant
Perhaps there is no more important art in overnor s opinion the comtlearedete success. of
c
all life than to receive the varying events of the Bari Doab Canal, (which as now
weal and woe in such a way that they may CaitsishingaianstcaertmofinaaeytheterbestchirinidCana
asrgesi,)t h eaver
each develop something worthy in our char- Prorn
acters. 'I'here is a latent power of good in aandd stihdehrizpoana
icldleshvseloor thateinhi
ntottshcoem.Swtrrat.
them all, but too often it n
is never brought ,
into action. Seneca says: "Tho good things of great rivers and wide wastes of arid land,
thee belong to prosperity are to be walled, igtirloeBrhitiosfh teul
Gh°vreronpuleantitocnsuda
canprovidethedeforsathmee
abruetttahebegoaodt tilrieindgs that belong to adversity wt
:tame benefit the revenues of the