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MISS CARLTON'S STORY:
. OR"
The Adventures of Mr. Seymour.
IN the year 18 , I found myself in
command of the beautiful clipper,
" 13ollo Blondo," which was owned by Mr.
Seymour, and which was stocked with a
great variety of articles suited for barter
with the natives of the South Sea Inland,
to which point we were bound. This voy
age Was undertaken by Mr. Seymour for
a two-fold object, the main one being an
endeavor to release from captivity a beau
tiful white girl, who was held by the na
tives of an island near to tho ouo on
which Mr. Seymour was left by Captain
Dansford, who had commanded his vessel
on a former voyage. Ho had boen greatly
impressed by her beauty during the few
moments ho had seen her, and his fortu
nate cscapo and accidental mooting with
Captain Parnsford, and recovery of his
propei ty, had placed the means of at
tempting her rescuo in his power. Wo,
accordingly, within a few days alter his
getting possession of his vessel, left the
harbor of San Francisco, and in duo
courso of time dropped anchor at Rava,
which was tho port at which Mr. Seymour
had been so treacherously left, nearly two
years before. We were soon surrounded
by the bouts of the natives,' eager ' for
barter. Seymour refused to receive any
hostages, and told them if they wanted
to trade to bring on their shell and sandal
wood, and if they Bhowod any disposition
to act treacherously he would accommo
date them with a fight, for which we were
well prepared. '
In answer to his inquiry whether there
were any whites on the island, they told
him that there was not, as the only one
that had ever lived on their island had
escaped some time ago, but that on an
island near that, there was a white wo
man who did very strango tricks, and
who was shortly to be married to the
Chiof.
When Seymour heard this, I thought
he would faint ; but recovering, he asked
why she married at all, and was told that
the priests said sho must, as they wanted
her in the tribe.
Seymour had now regained his cheer
fulness, and turning to me said, " The
fellow talking with me is my old servant,
Kaloo, and though he does not recognize
me, I do him ; what freak has made him
chief is beyond my knowledge, for I
thought they would kill him for my loss."
"What! He Kaloo r Midi loudly,
looking with interest at the chief.
My question was somewhat infortunate,
for the native was watching every move
ment of our lips, and as I spoke his name
he immediately gave a loud yell, and re
cognizing Seymour, issued a few orders
to the fleet of canoes, which drew off from
the ship's side atonbe, and paddled quick
ly to the shore. . As it was now near
dark, the only thing we could do was to
set a double lookout for any attack, and
pass a sleepless night. .
I have forgotten to mention that in
shipping our crew I had taken one hand
whose face seemed strangely familiar to
me, and who, from his peculiar Yankee
dialect, we nick-named "Brother Jona
than." , , ,. . ,
About midnight we heard a shout for
assistance under the bobstay, and on look
ing there, found that our down-caster,
who was always doing bo mo olumsy action,
was overboard. ' We soon had him on
deck.1 He said,' that having gone for
ward to relieve the watch, he had fallen
asleep, and waked up to find himself in
the water, though how he had got through
tho netting was a mystery. As he seem
ed all unstrung, we sent him below for
the night, determined to be careful ere
we trusted to his vigilance again.
Just before daylight there was a terri
ble noise and outcry on deck, followed by
heavy blows and deep curses, and think
ing we were attacked,' I seized my pis
tols, and rushing up, found that Brother
Jonathan was again in trouble, and this
time it was serious. The mate, aided by
several sailors, was holding him down on
deck, while the prisoner, his speech free
from all provincialisms, was cursing hard
enough to take the tongue out of a bell.
" What's the troublo, Mr. Diokson ?" I
inquired, as 1 sprang into the melee.
" Trouble t" said the excited mato, us
he knocked tho' head of the prostrato
man hard enough on tho deck to start tho
carlings j " trouble, sir 1 This man is ei
ther crazy, or a traitor ; ho has spiked a
carronade; and I caught him at another
just in time to save the gun by knock
ing him over." ' 1 i
Directing tho steward to bring some-
irons we soon baa the lellow socured be
yond question, and then instituted a
strict examination of our arms; ono gun
was thoroughly spiked, whilo in tho
touch-hole of another stuok a small rat
tail file, which, but for the timely blow of
the mate, would have spoiled the use of
it'; and scattered near by, were a suffi
cient number of files to ruin our wholo
battery.
M This is a pretty go, Mr! Seymour," I
said, ob our owner mado his appearance on
the scene with a disturbed look,
"What is the meaning of it?" ho
asked. '
" I'll know the meaning of it, and pre
cious quick, too," I said, angrily, as I led
the guns and went forward to where our
conspirator wus lying on the deok, ironed
hand and foot, and lashed fust to the
windlass.
As I approached, the rascal pretended
to bo dolirious, but I grasped him savago
ly by the hair, determined to shake what
little wit ho might have, into a sensible
state. , . -
" Don't hurt him," said Seymour, dc
prccntingly, thinking my roughness was
a littlo too severe on a person in his situ
ation. - .......... -
As ho spoke, the red locks, in tho
shape of a wig, came off in my hands,
showing closely clipped black hair under
neath. None can paint our astonishment
at socing tho features of our. Yankco do
velop into tho countonanco of Captain
Darnsford, lute owner and master of tho
Ucllo Blondo.
The rascal seeing he was diseOvcr
cred, said snceringly, " My littlo game is
checkmated; but had I succeeded in
spiking your guns, I think there would
have been another side to my plot, for I
would have remained my whole life with
these natives could I have made a trado
with thcm,and had the pleasure of seeing
you killed and eaten. I blinded you by
having my death published, but 1 11 baulk
you yet."
" You baulk us, will you? if you can
make it convenient to do so before sunrise
you will saves us the trouble of njakiug a
hangman's knot, for you'll swing at the
yard-arm at daybreak," Iretorted.
. " You dare not hang me !" ho roared,
pale with rage and excitement.
" Don't bo uneasy ; tho morning will
show you whether the littlo affair comes
off or not," said I; and ordering no con
versation with hiin, directed the mato to
gag him.
Having seated ourselves in tho cabin,
wo formed a council of war, discussing
for some time the probabilities of an im
mediate attack, but arriving at no defl
uito conclusion. Wo finally decided to
await for daylight to solvo the problem,
but when daylight did appear we had no
time to devote to the detected villain.
Our suspicions of an attack were fully i
verified in the morning, for, instead of
being surrounded at daybreuk by a crowd
of natives, clamorous for trade, we wore
let severoly alone, not a canoe being visi
ble As there was a littlo breeze, wo
raised our anchor at once, aud sotting sail,
squared the yards and filled away imme
diately, and as we slowly fanned off shore,
we began to congratulate ourselves on es
caping a fight. ..... i
Not bo with Seymour. He shook his
head ominously, and said, V the end is not
yet."
As our sails began to draw, and we got
an oiling, we heard a loud yell ashore,
and looking back, saw seventeen large ca
noes leave a bay and head for us. They
appeared to be sailed carelessly, for only
one was well trimmed, and that ono over
hauled us hand over hand, and was soon
within hailing distance. ,
" It's the chiefs canoc,and he is in it,"
said Seymour, as he hailed it, and enter
ed into an exciting conversation. For
some minutes this was kept up, and then
Seymour said, " the chief is angry at our
breaking faith with him, and says if wo
do not return and finish our . stipulated
trading, he will take our vessel away, and
eat us all." : ,
" Mr. Dickson," said I to the mate,
"fire a carronade about five yards in front
of his dugout, and you, Mr. Seymour,
tell him we send an answor."
As the report diod away,and the Bavages
recoived my message, the chief arose
and fired a musket at us,the bullet whis
tling loudly as it passed over our heads,
and a demoniac howl of rago arose from
all, followed by the canoes in the dis
tance heading at onco for us showing con
clusively the ball was opened. ,
' Seeing that none were hurt by the
badly-aimed musket, I turned my atten
tion to the rapidly approching . canoes.
Our crew were all at their stations, and
commenced firing and loading with tho
precision of veterans, the second dis
charge showing a diminuition of one of
the canoes. Hastily coming about on the
other tack, we gave them our port bat
tery (but before wo could reload, tho sav
ages were upon us, spears, arrows and
musket balls flying over us in wild profu
sion. " ''
Every man was on deck at ouce, and
soon the villainous blockheads appeared
at the boarding-netting. And now des
perate work began j we were all armed
with revolvers, and as their bodies show
ed above the rail wo shot them down like
birds. : - ' '' ' .
The odds were agaiust us, however, und
it only remained for the natives to con
tinue it to bring it to a successful con
clusion, when our cook, agisted by tlm
steward aud cubiu boy, rushed to the
soeuo with dippers of boiling water.
As the steaming liquid fell on tho natives
they dropped with astonishing rupidity,
and before, they were awaro of it, Sey
mour, grasping tho helm, put tho vessel
off, and sho forged quickly ahead. As
she did so, our men hastily truiucd tho
guns and fired. Four moro of the canoes
boing sunk, attested tho correctness of
the discharge As we now had tho best
of it, the remainder drew off at once,
and the viotory was ours.
Three cheers for the cook !" roared
the excitod owner; und threo as hearty
cheers as ever men uttered were given
with a will. 'j
, On examination, wo found we had lost
one man killed by a ppcar, aud several
were wounded by stones. Congratula
ting ourselves on our cscapo, we turned
our attention to the natives, and saw the
uninjured canoes wero in a group about a
milo and a hnlf off, whilo all around us
the water was covered with dead and
dying, the sharks feasting on their man
gled remains.
" I mean to give theso chaps a parting
benediction," said Seymour, ho walked to
aswivclandswinging.it into position,
sighted and fired. ,
As the smoke arose from its muzzle,
the natives in tho distance swung their
paddles in the air, and mado gestures of
derision ; but before they ceased their
antics the ball, truly aimed, was among
them, and to our great delight it ' stove
two of their canoes.
" Cleared the kitchen 1" shouted our
delighted owner, as ho saw the success of
his shot, snd as he ran aft I kept the
ship off, and was soon running down to
tho scene of disaster. As we approaoh
ed, tho survivors dove like ducks, in as
many different directions as there were
men, but descrying the chief, we singled
him out and boro down for him. As wo
approached, ho dove and attempted to
doublo on us by rising to windward, but
us we had tho advantage he failed, and
whet) he mado a Bccond attempt, one of
our seamen, hastily tying a running
bowlino, and dropping it over his head
and under his arms, sprang overboard,
and as tho chief rose to the surface, : ho
was seized by our man and held firmly,
Soon we had tho sailor and his prize on
deck.
" And now for Lauoa," said I, as we
left tho island with a spanking breeze.
In the afternoon wo again sighted
land, which proving to bo our truo desti
nation, we ran in ond eamo to anchor.
As it was near night, wo ordered off all
canoes until the next? day.
That evening Mr. Seymour detailed his
plan of rescuing the unfortunate woman
ashore ; and although I had many mis
givings as to its success deeming it ex
tra hazardous in lieu of anything hotter,
I finally agreed to his projoct, promising,
if it failed, to fire upon the natives as
long as a shot was left, to use; and : as
morning arrived bofore we had comple
ted all details, we hastened to put it into
execution. v . ;
As tho .canoes began to appear, we
had our captive savage brought ait, and
Seymour, showing . him a loaded , pistol,
told him to tell the new visitors of the at
tack he made on us, and the defeat he
had suffered, all of his , war fleet being
demolished, and he a prisoner, and if he
said one word more ho was a dead native,
but if he gave a correct account, he
would be liberated when wo left.
The chief, having no alternative, stood
on the quarter deck with Seymour beside
him pressing the pistol into his back,
and ordering him to proceed, and not in
timating that thoir language was under
stood by us.
Our captive was thoroughly cowod, and
gave a succinct account oi the fight, and
entreated the natives to trado freely with
us. as his liberation depended upon it.
Although we saw many scowls on their
features as they listened to the narrative,
they wanted to barter badly,' and agreed
to do so, and pay a large ransom for the
chief when we were ready to leave.
, Having made our arrangements, our
prisoner was returned to his former
place of confinement, and business be
gan. ; ......;
In the afternoon Seymour stripped off
his clothes and we painted him with
Spanish brown, soon turning him into a
respectable looking Kanaka, even going
so far as to give him a mark of Indian
ink, striping off with that pigment, un
til he made a fair representation of our
checkerboard visitors. He then arrayed
himself in the tappa of the prisoner
chief, which we unceremoniously bor
rowed, and emerged from the chrysalis of
a white man into a pussablo nutivo. , As
soon as it was dark, 1 called lor two reli
able men to put him ashore, aud having
selected a couple from the dozen who of
fered their services, wo lowered a small
bout we hud on deck, and taking Sey
mour's hand, 1 bade him good-by with
many painful forebodings.
As he glided off in tho durknosH, I felt
that I should never see my friend, again,
but I determined if any tiling happened
to him, I would take summary vengeance
on the natives, and show them the power
pf white men. ' .
la about twenty minutes tho bout was
again alongside. I asked the men how
they had got ashore, and , was told that
tho canoes were hauled up, und ul'tcr bid
ding them como every night at twelve
o'clock, or, if anything suspicious in the
attitude of the natives occurred, to tuke
immediate vengeance, Mr. Seymour dis
appeared in tho underbrush. Concluded
next week. " "'
i . '
Sfci"" It is related that a boarding-house
keeper in Arkansas was once disturbed
by a report that his boarders wero muti
nous because of the too frequent appear
ance of hush on the brcukfust-table. Ac
cordingly he descended to breakfast the
next morning, laid ono pretentious horse
pistol on each side of his plate at the
head of the table, und said : " Any gentle
man who lays ho don't liko- hanh,'i lie.
Mr. Brown," he continued, turning to the
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SUNDAY HEADING.
The Art of Life.
It is a great art,wbiIo carrying on the
Work of life, to seize every means of rising
beyond it. Most peoplo, consciously or
unconsciously, construct some theory of
life. That of Goethe's, strikes ono ' as
being singularly complete, although we
soe even in Mr. Lewes' version its iutenso
solfiuhncss. For the most part there is a
groat narrowness in such theories. Any
dapper shopboy talks of " seeing life,"
and each man of us prides himself on
being " a man of tho world." Probably a
rat considers his rat-hole to bo tho world.
There are undiscovered worlds beyond
" tho world" of which we worldings
speak. We only penotrato some prov
ince, and cannot even adjust its relation
to tho gonoral goography. There are
many men who belicvo that tho great
objoctoflifo is the development of the
intellectual faculties. Their definition
of this development is probably too nar
row. It is not enough that a man should
have traveled, have acquired knowledge,
should live in tho constant investigation
and discussion of all tho propositions that
can be submitted to the human under
standinga man should bo many-sided.
Ho should touch life at many points, and
whenever ho touches it ho should make
it the lever of advance. What will any
amount of book knowledgo do for man,
or what claim has ho to tho title of real
culturo, if he has no love or knowledgo
of nature, or has not entered into the
world of musio ? True development .con
sists in the harmoniously-balanced devel
opment of tho whole complex nature,
That man has misused a great clement in
it who has missed tho love of child, and
wifo and friend. He misses much who
has not the gift of tho sympathy, that
true democratic feeling, which makes a
man feol at homo with want, struggle,
ignorance, passion, aspiration, at the same
time that it makes him froe of tho compa
ny of thinkers, poets and good men. It
should embrace somo experience in the
sorrow, somo knowledge of evils, the tears
of rcpoutance, the visions, of faith, and
tho breathings of prayer.
Come Now.
llobcrt was a careless sou, aud resolved
to go to sea. His mother on packing his
chest, ' placed a tract entitled, " Come
Now," among his things, and followed it
with her prayers that God would arrest
him by its means, in his heedless down
ward course.
One day, some months 'after, when fur
away at sea, Bob, in rumaging his chest,
camo aorosB the tract. The title ".truck
him " Come Now." Like an arrow, it
seemed to enter into his own soul. He
tried to forget it, but uo, tho words fol
lowed him everywhere.
On returning to the ship one day, ho
became utterly miserable, so that a young
lad, a fellow-shipmate, noticed it and said
to him: "Bob, what's the mtter with
you ? you look miserable 1"
" Yes, lad, I am miserable," replied
Robert : " that 'ore tract, " Como Now,"
has mado mo wretched."
The lad replied : " Ah 1 that reminds
me that I promised my dear old mother
to read my Bible at sea, and I have never
opened it ; lot us read it . now." . So ho
fetched his Biblo from his bag, and they
sat down.
The lad opened at the first of Isaiah,
and read to the 18th verso : " Come Now
and let us reason togcthcr,saith tho Lord :
though your sins o as scarlet they shull
bo as white as suow ; though they bo red
like crimson, they shall be as wool." But
when ho came to " Como Now," Bob ex
cluimed : " Stop there ; those are tho very
words, " Come Now ; let us sco them in
tho tract." The tract was produced ond
lead, and the chapter was finished, and
God was pleased by His Holy Spirit to
show lioLert his ruined condition and
to lead him to Christ.
Header have you thus come to the
Saviour to have your crimson sins washed
white in tho piccious blood of Jesus? If
not, " Como Now 1"
The Crooked Fingers.
Whilo shaking hands with 'an old man
tho othor day, I noticed that some of his
fingers were quite bent inward and he
had not tho power of straightening thorn.
Alluding to this fuct, ho said :
" In these crook od fingers there is a
good text for a talk to children."
"Let us have it, if you please," we
said. ; , .,...:.
" For over 50 years I used to drivo a
stage, and these bent fingers show the
cfl'eet of over-holding tho reins for so
many years."
This is the text. Is it not u suggestive
one ? does it not teach us how an oft-re-pcatod
act becomes a habit ?
The old man's crooked fingers are but an
emblem of tho crooked tempers, words
and actions of men and women.
When you sco men and women persist
in doing and saying things that aro wrong
and make themselves and others unhappy,
remember that whon young they never
perhaps thought of being so wicked, but
they suid wrong words and did wrong ac
tions and continued so doing until, like
tho old man's fingers constantly used in
driving, they became fixed in the courso
they had begun,
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