HAPPY ON THE WAY, Partridges a-callin’, Hiok'ry nuts a-fallin’, Country jest a-smilin’ all around Cattle bells a-tinklin', Silver frost a-sprinklin’ Spley-like, an' sweotenin' all the ground! By day, the sunshine streamin’, By night, the sweetest dreamin’ Country jest as happy as oan bel Not a bit o' trouble Single-file an’ double, The juley joy jest rains on you an’ me! Youth's Companion. |YSTERY. THE “SULTAN M DY Ww, N the year 1860 1 | sailed in the ship | Suitan, a vessel of seven hundred and | eighty tons’ bur- den, from the port | of Liverpool, bound round the | Horn to Valparaiso | with a valuable | general cargo, The captain was a man named Jonas Jor- tin. I, who went in her as chief mate, am named William Fletcher. We carried no second officer. Olten it happened in those days that even | big ships sailed with what is known as an “only mate,” who was supposed to | comprise in himself all that was to be expected in the shape of duty and knowledge from a first and 1 officer. As J, however, held inte, r 3 i BeCoOn no certificate as ‘‘onlv n signed as chief, an named took the under and the boatswain, a1 Matthe J part of second amin WSs, WOrKit 1154 that WAS mate me, 8, he relieved me when my watel up, the sail at his discretion. and tri Jut he took part in the navigation of the shij indeed, I doubt if knew sextant was, and I am not sure that he could read or write, Captain Jortin was a tall, lean faced man, remarkable a fall of chin that } month 10d to be placed almost exactly in the middle of } decks Whiked he what a lan er y HODQ with RO 118 seeme His skin was yellow; he had followed the sea for many years, but reflected noth- ing of the glow and bronze of sun and weather, 1s face. the flesh of his cheeks His eyes were of a dead black, like an East Indian's, without animation in their glance, and slow in their mo- tions, I had been struck by the figure he made when I first boarded the ship in the docks. Nothing could less corre- spond with the traditional notions of the old salt, with purple nose and bow legs, eyes deep sunk by peering to windward, and a stormy voice broken by years of drink and bawling, thac this master of the ship Sultan, but- | toned up gs he was in a coat of eleri- | eal cut, hil black hair smeared smooth | as though his head was painted, limp stick-up collars and long, square-toed Wellington boots. All went well with us till we had gone clear of the northeast trade-wind and struck the ‘“‘Humin g' par-| rallels, as they are d, where you ! get with a wide oc white as a e-fleld, then faint draughts crawling up in the direct line of the ship's course, painting the burnished surface with the darkling shadows like marine spiders creeping down from the edge of the horizon. I think our latitude was be- tween eight and ten degrees no when, what I am going to tell you about happened. It was the second dog-watch; the hour about half-past six; the ship's | yards were braced well forward, and | she was rippling along to the pressure of a three-knot breathing of air, com- | ing hot as steam from out of the glow- ing pavilions of the west. It was sickeningly close, with the an electric storm in a deli- cate winking of violet d%mb lightning | away down in the southeast, where the shadow of the night was gathering, with a large star already trembling ! low down over the sea right abeam. A fiddle was going upon the castle-head, A sailor was chanting a ditty to the tune, Most of the ship's company were listening, lounging about the cathead and against the rail, pipes in mouth. Their open shirts | disclosed their mossy breasts, their legs were bare to the knee for the comfort of the coolness, and their be- dewed faces reflected the angry red in the west as though every man had oiled himself, The captain was walking aft, alone, measuring s space of the deck from abreast of the wheel and something | forward of the mizzen rigging. His | gait was that of a man in a funeral procession—stiff, solemn, self-con- | scious, He had not been on deck above half an bour, and in that time had not once addressed me. Not, indeed, that there was anything strange in this; mates aud captains seldom converse | at sea, The masts lives a life apart; and this spirii of isolation possesses the mates, insomuch that I have met | officers who declared to me that] throughout a round voyage running into a couple of years they scarcely ex- changed more than routine sentences and messages of duty with the ship- mates aft, from the first hour of their getting their anchor to the final hour of their letting it go. But even had Captain Jortin been sociably disposed, hie was not a sort of man I could have got on with, No ono with the weight of a grievous min upon his soul could be more melan- choly and austere, more abrupt and reserved. Matthews, the boatswain, thought to explain the man by telling me he had henrd before we sailed that he had calle sheet-calms ' ' evel lo huge 41 rin menace of fore- i 2 | claimed in a dull slow way : | be charged with significance, | and the well water { they | near, waiting to relieve the pumping lost his wife and only daughter within a week after his return from his last voyage; but the eaptaip never men- tioned the subject nor could I satisfy myself that there was any suggestion of mourning, in that way, either in his clothes or his behavior. I had charge of the ship this dog- watch, and was standing at the head of the starboard poop ladder, listen- ing to the musio forward, Suddenly the steward came out of the eabin un- der the cuddy front, and looked for a moment eagerly up at me with a white face. 1 called down, “What is it?" preting his expression of fear something wrong. up the ladder and said: inter- mto ‘Some one's been tryirg to scuttle | the ship, I think. I ean hear water running in 'twixt the wall and the linin' in the after cabin in the steer- age," I instantly ran aft and repeated the | He | man's statement to the captain. looked at me steadfastly with his grave, funeral black eyes, and ex- “Scuttle! would commit this ship?" Nonsense, sir! Who such a erine Go below with the stew- ard, and report what you hear and | sce. I was astonished by his cool recep- tion of a piece of news that whether | the steward was mistaken or not, must | even in the lightest, most carless whisper | of it. I straightway descended the com- | panion-steps, and the steward fol- lowed me by way of the cuddy front. We entered the a part of + hold nnder the or eabin 'k. Four cabins were bulkheaded ff on either hand, They were now wl mainly as store-ro in th lay they had been with pas- sengers, for the old steerage, saloon ns stocked Sultan Was an ship, and fifteen years earlier than the | date ut rend " me lin " roomy itner, of this s been with - comfortable, with regular from Blackwall for Australian ports We entered the after cabin on the port side and 1 listening, A swell ran through the q : tory had not wi as a brisk, sailings andible, and yon he the sudden rudder turning sharply arreste there was no need to harken | In ute or heard a fountain-like ning of water. It was nearly f . I bade the steward jump for a turned with a lantern, and on throw- LW ing the light against that part of the | or inner wall, whence the proceeded, I instantly suger-holes neatly i Rilng noise two tri SCOT red Ingged. “Loo den fright; ‘‘the ship has been holed, and will be sinking we stand here.” I told the steward to remain in the | cabin with the lantern, and rushed on | deck, shouting for the carpenter to | lay aft, tain, who stiffened himself with dramatic start of surprise, Mutteriog in a low, solemn, preach ng voice, ‘‘Is it possible? Who hs thir ng?’ he went be oa 48 ne such a more alacrity than I had » Wilnessy ever be iin him, I hastily explained the 20 to the forward ‘He steward’s carpenter, to h came along is | below, where we found the captain in a listening posture, the plugged holes by the light tern he held. viewing the [ ol The carpenter quickly whipped the hn ie plugs out, and sure enough, in | outer side, or wall, of the ship where two holes through which the brine was gushing with a diamond-like flash in { the lantern-light, as the streams arched betwixt the outer wall and the skin, slowly filling the hold. The promptly sounded, Two feet of made, The pumps were manned and presently sucked, prov. ing all tight and well with the auger- holes, There was an ominous growl of won- der and temper amongst {he men as plied the brakes or stood holes were was gang. The captain called and asked if I had any suspicion. “None, sir,” I answered. ‘“I can't imagine any man aboard capable of so diabolical a crime.” He took several turns, lost in thought. I see him now, pacing abreast of me, skewered up in a sort of frock coat, hands behind him, figure erect. The dusk had gathered around ; the sky was full of brilliant stars, a hover- ing sheet of prisms and crystals, with a sear of young moon in the west and a great play of lightning down upon our port quarter, Presently the cap- tain stopped and addressed me afresh ; me | but our talk led to no other conclusion than this—that some one aboard had attempted to scuttle the ship. All hands passed a very restless night, Captain Jortin was incessantly up and about. During the middle watch, which was mine, his shadowy figure was repeatedly shaping itself out of the companion hateh, and flit ting in a ghostly fashion about the deck. I had some earnest conversation with the boatewnin and earpentor, but none of us could make head nor tail of this piece of raseality, nor in she dimmest degree conjecture who was the villain who had attempted the at rocions act, I went below at eight bells that is at 4 o'clock in the morning—first tak: ing eare to go the rounds of the after part of the ship, very earefnlly look- ing into each eabin and peering and listening. Somehow I had a fancy that there might be a stowaway on He came half-way | ahoard | oir | mercy!” I shouted, in a sad- | under out feet as | Whilst Shirley was coming I | | reportedwhat I had seen to the cap- | who | lan- | inner | plugged | board, intent on a eriminal purpose, in league, for all I knew, with some one interested in the vessel to defraud the underwriters. Seeing and hearing nothing 1 withdrew to my berth and | turned in. I slept soundly, and at eight o'clock turned out and went on deck. The first person I met was the boatswain, Matthews, He said to me: “The captain seems to have made up his mind, sir.” “On what?" “As to the ship.” “Have they discovered him?" “Jackson's in irons. That's all I | ean say, sir,” he answered, with a singular expression of incredulity and temper in hus face. Just then the captain came out of | the cuddy, and Matthews weut sor- ward. “Mr. Fletcher,” said Captain Jor- tin, beckoning me to him, and speak- {ing in a low, level preaching voice, | “wo shall be able to prove that Jack- { son's the man who attempted to sent- tle the ship.” “Indeed ?" said I, vastly astonished, ! Jackson was an an able seaman in my watch. I had always found him a re- | spectable, willing, alert sailor. ‘‘What man who's holed the in that man has excited your suspi- | | clon, sir ?' “I heard him muttering the other | day,” said he, “when he was at work on a sail stretched along this poop. | Every time I passed he askance at me and muttered, like the man's looks. Then ternoon he was | ward as though he was just { of the cuddy." “Who saw this, “It's 80,” 1 don't He has a hang- i ing face. again, yesterday af- yer sir? he answered, abruptly, door, and I heard him withdraw the key. I spradg from my bunk, put my pipe down, and stood overwhelmed with surprise and consternation. To be merely suspected of such a erime | wns to be professionally ruined. I thought the captain must be mad to lock me up without first charging me. Why did not he confront and acense me in the presence me my innocence? Those holes had been bored by an anger; an anger is a tool not very readily concealed ina small cabin. Why had not the eaptain caused my berth to be searched? Since I knew that I was an innocent man, I eannot express how great was my grief and wrath as I deck of my that prison, wondering with a burning heart and with throbbing brows who the real offender could be— whether it paced the eabin WAS NOW my was indeed the steward, as I now per- haps in my temper was the more | willing to suppose ; whether, if the | ship was actually sunk under our feet, as was threatened by the mysterions | villain who had twice subtly sought | to drown her hold, the crew would re- | member that I lay a helpless prisoner, | locked up in my berth? I think it was about half-past 8 | when the steward unlocked the door snd entered with a tray of food, some | cool water and a few gills of rum in a | pannikin, glanced | ] | obs rved to go for | come out | with a short, spiritless stare at me, | and then stepped to the binnscle, | In the course of that morning | ASK 1 the stes man Jackson { out of the ct happe nin : ro throu Boo] up had steerage hateh, he I looked hard at him ; if the stowaway thing + no of some « steerage—it nn of a person without suspicion, to the eal Well, nothing happened | days after this | member, it aving ) g i 1 well re- The ni, As 8 very | glowing forenoon watch, the be ny wind light breeze aft, and the ship swaying | upon the delicate pulse | the earpenter came from the pumps, whete he had been sounding thf well, | and standing under the break of the | poop, with the sounding-bell in his hand, ealled up to me: “There's three foot of hold, sir!" The steward was the | when this was said, and on ow |W | him, al not | sprung a leak, He told me to call the carpenter on to the poop; and just then | ard, white a sheet, came rushing up the companion out, as he sprang through the hatch, that he could hear the water ruani the same Ire he stow As art v 3 sow 18 PH, Crying f 1nd HE 1030 eabin where the in d before been discovered tain ran below as stiflly as angular figure would permit, the boatswain and carpenter and steward followed. On entering the |eabin we immediately heard { cascading waters, It was high morning, plenty of light, ¥ be senttier had given noise and there was the meelf 5 he { knocked ont the plugs from the ship's side, leaving the holes in the 0} en. The earpenter rushed forward for | tools and a broom-handle t2 serve as { plugs. Once again the leak was | stopped, and as on the former ocon sion, on our returning on deck the pumps were manned and the hold freed from water, But now the sailors grumbled fur ously, First they insisted on Jackson This time would. hi an little trouble as possible had simply skin narrowly searched. From ten o'clock till four bells in the afternoon watch we were employed in overhauling the vessel. We probed every nook and eranny of her from thejforopeak to the lazaret, diligently secking likewise for any signs of a hidden man in the steerage—all to no purpose. The villain, whoever he was, mast certainly be one of the ship's company. For my part, I suspected the stow- ard, and so did Shirley, the carpenter; Matthews did not know what to think, The captain stalked apart, gloomy and silent. That evening, in the first dog: watch, I wae in my cabin smoking a pipe, turning over in my mind some scheme for protecting our lives by stationing n watch day and night aft, and won- dering if Captain Jortin would see his way to some arrangement of this sort, when the steward knocked on my door and walked in, The fellow addressed me eivilly, with an air of reluctance nl astonish- ment, He said Captain Jortin had just given him ius. actions to look me up in my eabin, where I was to consider myself as under arrest, on suspicion of attempting to seuttle the ship, My meals would be served regularly, “I'm sorry, sir,” added the fellow, *‘to bave to do this duty.” Ho saying, be closed and locked the water in the | | derstr main deck being relemsed ; next on the ship being | | | were beautiful, | o of swell with | scarce more than steerage way on her, | tain himself!” He seemed ve ry shy in his manner, and was for making haste, I bade him tell the captain 1 was an innocent man, and begged for an interview, He promised to deliver my message, “And I will sek yon,” said remember, should they and find the ship taking 1 Captain Jortin All that mi to minutes the d Matthews » ITWAY ; least two-thirds he ship's con 1 rou nwt onus, steward at Ipany TUS A “Come swain ; ‘‘we've trying to sink the “Who? “As I live to tell yer, it's the cap- eried Matthews, bring: | ing his right fist into the palm of his | left hand with a mighty report. | i AGW a loud | | him as witnesses, | | was noting in his sleep | | over and Half a dozen voices wanted to de- liver the yarn at once. 1 got it clearly from the carpenter, but I was thun- sk whilst 1 listen an hour befo had out of observe his berth There his walk a: WAS gunsct was steward saw sneealed 1 a large parcel ands The steward res w him go into oat he auger-holes rdinary pari ons of the eaptain were i 4 WAS ynaton. The ste ward fled on deck. The boat- the ship; swan was in charge of he shouted to some of the crew to follow and they rolled body found the cap into the steerage tar cally boring away with his auger, They seized him ;and now it was they discovered, so they said, that the man | where 1 coolly and mechan This at least was the opinion of those who witnessed his behavior when he was seized. He cried out like one violently awakened, and swore he did pot know where he was nor what he was doing. The men conveyed him to his cabin, locking him up in it, and then came to me. To end this singular experience: The erew insisted upon my taking command, and practically forced me to navigate the vessel to Buenos Ayres. They would not suffer me to free the captain, who they feared would serve them some diabolical trick if I gave him his liberty. As for him, he solemnly declared over again to me that he knew rot what he had done, and that he had a trick of walking in his sleep. On the arrival of the ship I went to the British Consul with my report, and he thought proper to take charge of Captain Jortin with a view of send- ing him to England in # British man- of -war that was then lying at Buenos Ayres. The Consul shook his head whe I talked of sleep walking. He said “He must have brought the anger abroad with him ; it formed no part of the carpenter's tool chest, Next, the ship was scuttled in daylight; 1 cannot somehow reconcile somnambulism with sunshine." It was to remain a mystery, how- ovor, to the end. I was detained at Buenos Ayres by a number of our men running, and before the ship sailed the news came aboard that Captain Jortin had been found dead in his bed. The dootors found that he had died from apoplexy. Thus the mystery remains. Tt never could be shown that the unfortunate man had any motive ia scuttliog the of | others, and give me a chance to prove | ship. Ho had no risk in her ; but his | command of her was a living to him, { and the foundering of the vessel could only have proved an injury to himself, Possibly madness was the true soln tion, though it does not quite explain | to my satisfaction, why it was that he went to sea with an auger in his cabin ~ Youth's Companion. A Curiosity in Bees, A curiosity, which has just been ex hibited before the Austrian Horticnl tural and Apienltaral Boeciety in Vi and has attracted great | attention from scientific men, is a hive of bees that has two queens, Heret fore it was looked upon as an esta lished fact, which could not be called in question by the most skeptical, that each community of bees was distin guished by its ultra-monarchical prin | eiples 31 its loyalty to one queen, the hive would never | enna, which The members of | hear of a pretender, still less a dunum virate or triumvirate, and any attempt to bring about such a change in their political system would have produced | @ revolution. Bat the herself wouid not allow to any such extremes, | rival presented | speaking figuratively, attack | aml nail, and the duel w in the death of one or Austrian hive, however, | queens get along together in ! | accord. One of the greatest authori. ties on apiculture, Dr whose n lawfal things to The m herself, » Ane 18 throvgh yut the | with several ingenious the comfort of bes treteh obs two (queens, ath wile Lineoln’s Views on Assassination, jong ago made 9p my min | Edy wants to kill me, he will { TT I wore a shirt of wail, and | would be all the same thousand wavs of gett i that , 1 that he sh ng iT Killed the Father The Br gin Rattlers ol and struck spectat rs, retreat ia: pat shed hin | Lous Glob A Wild Ride on a Deer, Dr. and Mrs. Derby, of Riverside, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Leonard, of Moreno, recently Dr. Derby 18 an expert hanter, and when Mr. Leonard mentioned that there were deer in the hills back of his | ranch his friend was eager for a huut, After tramping the hills for several hours they started a deer. The doe- tor fired and the animal dropped. Elated over the prospect of having { killed a deer the hunter pulled his | knife, threw his leg over the animal {and grasped one of its horns. No | sooner had the knife pricked the skin than it jumped to its feet and started bounding over the grade, the aston. ished hunter on its back, Mr. Leonard at last found his friend in a sumae bush, head downward, his clothes tattered and torn. It that the shot had only stunned the buck, and the prick of the knife had revived it. —Morena (Cal) Indioator, The Head-Hunting Nagas, Professor Peal, the ethnologist, re- cently described to the Asiatic Society the condition of the head hunting Nagas on the borders of Assam. The women are to blame for the continu. ance of the practice; they taunt the young men who are not tattooed, and the latter go out and ent off hoads to exhibit to them, fully hsif of which are those of women and children, The area occupied by the tribe is not more then twenty miles square, but in it during the past forty years more than twelve thousand murders bave been committed for the sake of these ghastly trophies. —Chicago Herald poms erer—— ‘ ener Napoleon’s Shrewdness, When the great Napoleon was arged to conquer China he replied : “Better let China slone. The Chinese do no harm at present. If we conquer them we shall teach them the ert of war. They may then raise and equip armies, buy or build navies, exn- danger France, and perhaps all Europe.” The shrewdness of the level-headed Corsican is appreciated by several European statesman just now. being - Boston Globe. 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