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>ue of th« chivi reaioi-s for the
:eral prosperity of Valdez is the
t that her citizens pull togetlior,
i the petty jealousieg and bicker
s ol fcwnier years, chiefly over po
cal matters which, bunetited the
to but little either way, have
•setf. 'itia ch uxehts have also
itributed largely to thB spirit of
Jd fellowship. Yaldez hasbeeii
Luuate in having pastors broad
nded and tolerant, and attending
ictly to their own. affairs. It
this felling of fraternity which
wKes Valdez a good place to live
and which. maJceg her citiaeas
to stray from the fold anxious
return. It is this feeling which
uses all who l*v® here for a time
be loath to leave the town and i«
izt.ua.—Valdez iliner.
Q. F. Talmadge, claim agent pf
* Alalia Steamship Company, one
the veteran transportation men
Seattle gayg there are no iiuitoa
)U# that tli© high, wst of living
s affected the traveling public,
pedftlly those mairiiig journeys
-cW and forth betweaa Seattle and
»rt» in th.e North, He explained'
.at Judging from the claims l'or
st wearing apparel nothing but
Ik bats, dregs suits, gilt shirts
id fancy $ock sarg being worn by
i£ men of the frozen North. -Bail
ay and Marina New a.
The l^awsoa News has been
>rced to adopt a policy of changing
>r all writeupq oj coin itug events
» the city, where a profit is made,
ixds of tharvka and' other event*
hich haw heretofore been given
-ee of charge. The Newa says
aat it is forced to charge for these
ecn- in order to give the people of
►awso 11 a daily paper up to the
:»a<iard,
WOLVES
of the SEA
iiiiniiiiimimnminiiimHim
dL
RANDALL
PARRISH
Once back In the cabin my ^ dis
tinguished the frightened faceof the
steward Paring forth at us from out
the dark of the passage leading fo
been killed during the nlpht' „ j
have just captured his murderer I
p*nlalned. "There Is reason to bUltve
Sle ■theX
fellows amidships. Does that passag
lead to their quarters?
••It did once, senor. but now^ there Is
a closed door of oak. budded with
r- £ •S^S?"
one for the captain and the other for
X who commands the buccane^
I stood there a moment, considering
tiJs Information. The only ^ the
mutineers could reach the cabin then
thmueh the companion. So long
JESUS* »»•"»""a' ™il"f
0r Manuel there was little Junior o
their taking such action
-Very well, steward. I said. You
K «.t sour work as though noth
go on about y f this
lug had happened. If any woru u
affair gets to the crew, or to those fe
lis forward. I'll hold Jou res^
hie You are not to leave this cabin
without my permission, nor speak to
Thrmul^aced me respectfully
enough, and I had a feeling be wouW
obey orders, largely because he dare
n°"They'wlll be wondering why you
are not on deck. It will be better *o
you to take charge of the watch at
once and keep the men busy. Relieve
tvHtkins at the wheel and send'the
V\ atklns at i ^ ^ choose the
Slows who will 'stick better than you
could, and then can slrculate amo g
item without arousing suspUlon.
Watklns soon shuffled down the
steps. Be whipped off his cap and
on »» «h»M'r;
?r".bT;
I tell you the situation, and what
PTtSDlf briefly, wasting no words
| «ge$StbDUgt wiLflntermpt^un
U1 the end. . sked.
"What do you make of It? I »*
"About what you do, sir.
there was something of the kind go.ng
0n-some of the men forward are In
on It. You've got the ring-leader
| '^^"lorCp^he forecastle?1'
and a handful of others.
niggers and f ^^^'Jther to
! Tto'r'tonight Your plan gives us a
IffiSEV A down good men on
deck might do the business.
! -But are there a dozen ^aboard
sir. I rather think there
i r'd sav that IB both watches
on. thprc's Jones, Har
• ln my ^ either English or
wood and S'" • there's
! Welsh. They're all n,l^ n ^ ^
a nigger nam p;rtner. whose
Dutchman with hl^Pt^o FronchleS.
name I doD'k°° ' That niakes eight.
Kavel and Pier • Then In the
counting
starboard watch 1 ^
ter and Joe CoUj. ^ auolher nig
3S
Sr..»e^?VeSr: «n„,a ««
Lnd with us. If they thought It w -,
qnfe I haven't any use though, sir
MFY.nc.te LeVere. There .!«• •
worse scamp aboard.
"I know mat, i aumuteu, uui uc
had to be used."
"And what is my part now?"
"This is my watch below, and it will
be best for me to keep off the deck
until ail is prepared. You sound these
men and get them together; wake up
the ones in the starboard watch you
feel sure are all right, and have thera
slip quietly on deck. Then we'll get
th>'-se arms In tlic rad here, and
A man by the name of Carlson ar
rive! in Fairbanks from Little Eldo
rado with a hand badly luictirated by
He was talking to the owne
of the dog at the time he was bit
tea and was comjxlainirig of the
fierceness of the brute which is said
to have nipped! several people. He
ha'- hardly finished his complaint
when the animal sneaked up behind
him, seizing his h&od, which it
chewed badly, The dog* wag killed.
Subscifhe for The joaily Alpkan.
ready for business—the rest will be
done in a hurry. Til wait here for
your report.''
At the very best Watklns could
scarcely perform the task assigned
him in less than an hour. The success
or failure of our effort depended en
tirely upon taking these fellows by
complete surprise. If it came to an
open fight our cause was hopeless, for
that would mean fourteen or fifteen
men unarmed, pitted against over a
hundred thoroughly equipped and
trained fighters. Only by confining
them below, with hatches battened
down, aud a carronade trained upon
them, would we be safe.
1 sat where I could watch the stairs,
and the entire forward part of the
cabin. Gunsaules lowered the table,
and began preparing the morning
meal. Finally he announced break
fast.
"Suppose you rap on the lady's door
yonder, and ask if*she will join me.
Say your message is from Senor
Gates."
She came at once and seated herself
opposite me. and we spoke of the
weather while Gunsaules served. He
was still hovering about, but my anx
iety to have a wora with her alone
caused me to send him to attend Cap
tain Sanchez. We waited until he dis
appeared within the after stateroom,
bearing a tru.v; then her eyes sudden
ly lifted to mine, filled with question
•Tell me what fius happened?" She
breathed eagerly, "i heard the noise
of a struggle out here, anil voices con
versing. Why are you alone?"
I leaned over to speak In as low a
tone as possible. And I told ner the
situation In detail and my plans.
She sat silently gazing at me across
the table, her parted lips trembling to
an unasked.question. Before she could
frame this in words, the door to the
companion opened, and Watklns de
scended the stairs. At sight of her he
whipped off his cap.
"You may speak freely," I said.
"This Is the young lady I told you
about, und of course she Is with us.
Only talk low."
"T*?s, sir," using a hoarse whisper,
and fastening his gaze on me. "It's all
right, sir."
CHAPTER XX.
The Deck Is Ours.
I had the next s:ep carefully out
lined in my own mind, and yet I hesi
tated a moment, glancing into the two
faces before me, with a sudden reali
zation of what the contemplated ac
tion would mean to all of us, if by any
chance it should fail of success. I
managed to speak cheerfully, putting
a ring of confidence into ir.y voice.
"Then the sooner we act the better.
Watkins, have LeVere order these men
aft. Let him say that Senor Estuda
wishes them to breai: out some stores
in the lazaret. They need be here only
long enough for us to distribute these
arms among them, and for me to speak
a word of instruction to them."
"But have 1 no part? Is there no
way in which I can help?" asked the
girl.
"You have your pistol? Then re
main here. I shall have to go ou deck
with the men, and will not dare leave
[ them a moment until the ship Is ab
| solutel.v secure. Manuel is locked in
I that stateroom, but must not be com
municated with by anyone. It will be
your part to see that Gunsaules
neither enters that passage leading
amidships, nor approaches this door.
Keep him in sight. You will save us
a man. Wait here now until I see how
securely this passage forward is
closed."
It was as described to me—a heavy
oaken door, nail studded, not only
locked, but held firmly in place by a
stout Iron bar. There was not the
faintest possibility of any entrance
aft, except through assistance from
this side. As 1 returned to the cabin,
Gunsuules came out of the captain's
room aud crossed the deck. At sight
of me he stopped instantly.
"Gunsaules," I said, "you are to re
main in this cabin until I give the
word. The lady here has a pistol, and
orders to shoot if you attempt to
either enter this passage, or approach
the door of Manuel'« stateroom. How
did you find Sanchez?"
"Sitting up in his bunk, senor, and
able to eat."
"Does he know what is occurring on
board ?"
"i>o, seuor. lit? quesuuueu ujc, uui
I only told him everything was all
right, so far."
In my heart I beMeved the fellow
deliberately lied, but there was no op
portunity to question him further, for
at that moment the door of the com
panion opened and a miscellaneous
group of men thronged down the
stairs. They were a rough hairy lot,
here and there a sturdy English coun
tenance meeting my gaze, but the
faces were largely foreign, with those
of two negroes conspicuous.
"Twelve here, sir; I couldn't get
Harwood down from the foretop," said
Watkins.
"And there are others below who
will join us?"
"Yes, sir; six more I count on."
"Which means lads, that with Har
wood, Senor LeVere, and myself, we'll
total twenty-oue in this shindy. Now
I'll tell you what is up. Watkins gave
you some of it no doubt, but a word
from me will make it clearer. I'm no
pirate; I'm an English sailor, shang
hied. Estada named me first officer
because I understand navigation."
I stopped speaking, staring at one
of the faces beiore me; ail at once it
appeared familiar. "What Is your
name, my man?"
"Jim Carter, sir."
"You were on the Sinbad, three
years ago?"
"I was that. Mister Carlyle," he an
swered grinning. "I kaow'd you the
rrfwacr"'; : ^ —-*■ " J
minute 1 cum down yere."
•Then that Is all I need say on that
line. Here's one of your mates, lads,
who will vouch for me. Now, as I've
been told, you are all of you In the
same boat—you are prisoners on
board. Luck has given us a chance to
make a break, and get away. Captain
Sanchez is wounded and helpless.
Pedro Estada is dead, and I've got
Manuel locked in that stateroom. His
cut-throats are all below, and now all
we've got to do is clap on the hatch
and keep them there. Now, what I
want to know is are yon fellows with
me?"
Watklns answered up promptlx;
then Carter; the others joining in with
less heartiness, the different accents
revealing their nationalities. 1 knew
sailors well enough to feel assured
they would follow their leaders oifce
the game started.
"That's good enough; now we've got
to hit hard and quick, lads. There are
six men on deck who are not with us.
Watkins will take care of them with
those fellows I don't assign to other
work. Jones, you and Carter make
straight for the forecastle and don't
let anyone come up the scuttle. One
of you had better drop down below,
and prevent any of those lads from
uubarriij.e the door leading amidships.
Who is the best for that job?"
"Let Carlson do It."
"All rtgnt—uanson it is meu. mu
Frenchmen, and the two negroes, your
part will be to ship the main hatch.
Do a quick Job, and clamp It down
tight"
'Til come down to you Carlson, as
soon as we have the deck. It ought
not to take more than five minutes to
handle those lads, and slew around a
carronade. Watkins, you and Carter
hand out the cutlasses from the rack;
you boys will hnndle those better than
firearms. Good; now are you all
ready?"
There was a low murmur of voices,
the faces watching me showing their
Increasing excitement and eagerness.
Our little talk had served to arouse
their confidence In my leadership, and
with gleaming weapons In their hands
they became self-reliant volunteers.
Once turned loose my greatest diffi
culty might be to restrain them, rather
than urge them on. Revenge for past
wrongs was In each heart, and they
welcomed a chance to strike.
I whispered a parting word of ad
monition Into the ear of Dorothy, re
ceiving in return a glance from her
eyes, which gave a new throb to my
heart; then straightened up, and pis
tol in hand, pushed my way through
the throng of sailors to the foot of the
stairs.
"Follow me, lads," I said quietly.
We emerged through the companion,
and I stepped aside as the others
rushed by. There was no shout, no
cheer, the fellows seeming to reullse
the desperate nature of their work,
and the Importance of surprise. They
were outnumbered five to one, and
their only hope of success lay In ren
dering their opponents lielpless before
they could rally to a defense. All the
pent-up hate of years was In their
[ hearts, blazed madly in their eyes;
they were tigers leaping at the throat
j of their prey, yet sane enough to com
prehend even in their blood-rage that
they must act together. It was over
' so quickly I scarcely saw It all. My
eyes swept from group to group—the
j four tolling at the cover of the main
hatch; the fellows racing toward the
forecastle; and Watkins* squad driv
ing straight Into the grouped watch
beyond the foremast. It was smartly
done; Watkins bud taken no cutlass,
but went in with both fists, asking no
questions, but battering right and left,
his men surging after, with steel
blades flaming In the sunllgnt. The
astounded watch, cursing and fighting
grimly, held for a moment, and then
went staggering back against the port^
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rail, unable to stem the rush, and roar
ing for mercy. I had view of Carlson
dropping recklessly down the forecas
tle scuttle, and then sprang forward
myself to give a hand to the four
wrestling with the main hatch. To
gether we dragged it Into position,
forcing relentlessly back as we did so,
a dozen struggling figures frantically
endeavoring to reach the deck. Shots
were fired, the bullets whistling
through the opening, the flare lighting
up the black depths below, revealing
vaguely a mass of frantic men staring
np, and cursing us fiercely in a dozen
languages; but, in spite of them, we
clamped the hatch down tight, and
locked it securely Into place with an
iron bar.
Watklns needed no help; he had nis
party rounded up. To my orders they
were driven into the coot's galley anu
a guard stationed at the door. Then I
turned to the more serious work con
fronting me in the forecastle. We
must have men enough to sail the
bark, and if I was to command them,
I must first of all prove my courage
and enforce authority. The whole suc
cess of our effort depended on this.
"What's going on below?" I asked.
"Cursin* mostly," answered Carter,
peering down through a slight uptilt
ing of the scuttle. "They don't just
know what's happening yet, but the
big nigger seems ter be raisin' hell.
Carlson Is a holdin' him back with his
cutlass."
" upen up aiiu ici me uowu.
I fell, rather than clambered along
the rungs of the ladder, coming to
my feet on deck In the midst of a
group of angry men. The light was so
poor I could scarcely see their faces;
a babel of voices greeted me, and more
than one hand gripped me fiercely as
the excited owner yelped a demand to
know what In hell we were up to. 1
roughly cleared a space, aided by Carl
son's cutlass, and fronted them. Tow
ering above them all, his black ape
like face, distorted with rage, I dis
tinguished the giant Cochose, his im
mense hands grasping a wooden bar
ripped from a bunk. Plainly enough
he was the leader. If I was to rule,
this black brute must be conquered
at the very start, conquered by my
own hands, and In the presence of hi*
mates.
"Stand back there lads," I said stern
ly. "I'll explain all that has happened
presently, but first I am going to lick
that black within an inch of his life.
Step out of there, Cochose.''
He came grinning widely, balancing
the heavy club.
"You mean me, sah? You all think
yer kin lick me?"
"Yes, I think so; I'll try it anyway.
Here Carlson, take this pistol and
sheath knife. If anyone interferes
shoot him. All I-ask Is fair play.
Drop that club, Cochose, and throw
away your knife. You and I will light
this out with bare hands."
His dull brain worked slowly, and
he stared at me, his eyes ugly. His
silence and lack of response, awoke a
growl from the Impatient circle of
men behind. One fellow kicked the
club out of his hand contemptuously,
and another plucked the knife from
his belt.
"You big skulker," the latter said,
with an oath of derision, "go on, and
fight!"
"What for Ah fight this white man?
Ah don't even know who he is."
"Then I'll tell you. Estada is dead;
Manuel Is a prisoner. I'm In com
mand of this bark. You are a big.
boasting cur! I heard what you said
when I came down, and now I'll make
you prove it."
I took two steps forward, my ad
vance so swift and unexpected the big
negro had not even time to throw up
an arm In defense. With open hand 1
struck him squarely across the face.
(Continued on Saturday)
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