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The Young Land-Lubber.

 

Tum Stone, the [11d Sea. Dug;
THE YOUNG IfZND-LUBBER.

A Thrilling Story of Prince Porter’s
First Cruise.

 

BY C. D. CLARK,

AUTHOR or "FLYAWAY AFLOAT," “YAN-
KEE BOYS LN CEYLON," Ere.

CHAPTER I.
m "PRINCE on WALES”—A smrpnnr
CUSTOMER—AN INVQLUNTARY BATH.

A BRIGHT boy about sixteen years of age,
witha rather goodlooking face lighted by
sharp black eyes, came trampng down the
wharves of Martha’s Vineyard, in the days
when the "Vineyard" was a noted name
amonfi the whaling ports. It was plain that
the la was bent on business, as he headed
strai ht along the wharves, and looked
kee y at the shipping at anchor. His move-
ments attracted the attention of a disagree
able-looking fellow who was lurking in‘ the
neighborhood, and who at once entered into
conversation with him.

“ Looking for anybody, sonny?” he asked.

“ If I am, I don‘t see him,” was the reply.
“ I wasn’t looking for you.”

“Don‘t be sassy, youngster,” exclaimed
the man, in a threatenim tone. “I only
asked on a civil question. ’

“ as you looking for any one?" inquired
the boy, with a queer twinkle in his eyes.

“Not as I knows on,” answered the fel-
low, who was one of the land-Sharks who
“shanghae” sailors and send them to sea
against their will.

" I thought maybe you was looking for a
washerwoman,” observed the lad. “Look
as though you needed one."

The crimp approached the youth threaten-
ingly, with his hand clinched, when a man
came from behind a pile of lumber on the
wharf and interfered. ’

“This won't do, Billy,” he warned.
“You’ve no right to interfere with this
young cha , as long as he attends to his

usiness. '1] protect him from you, at any
rate.”

The boy cast a quick glance at the new-
comer, and saw a smooth, oily-looking per-
son, with a sanctimonious expression, who
did not impress the boy more favorably than
did the first man.

" What is our name, In son?” he asked.

"I'm the ¥Prince of W es,” returned the
lad. “I’m in disguise. I am." /

 

“ Pretty well disguised," declared the last
comer, laughing. “ Well, of course you
want a lace to stay while you are in the
Vine at ‘l”

“ expect to meet the Duke of York pret-
ty soon," answered the boy. “I sent him
on ahead to engage a hotel or two, and may-
be he might buy one, just to be sure out-
siders won‘t intrude. “

“You are a queer boy,” avcrred the man,
beginning to lose temper somewhat. “You
don’t seem to know when a man tries to be a
friend to you. Now, In name is Deacon
Phelps—any one in the ineyard will tell
you about me—aud I own that hotel over
yonder. Won’t you come to my house and
stay?”

“I can’t,” answered the lad, promptly.
“ It wouldn’t be treating the Duke of York
fair, after I give him the right to hire a
hotel.”

“ I believe this boy has run away from his
home, Billy,” declared the deacon. “Grab
hold of him, and we'll take him to my house
and keep him until we can git word to his
folks. As one of the selectrnen of this does-
grict, I feel it my dooty to take keer of

1m.”

“I’ll catch him fast enough," growled
Billy. , “It would do me good to larru him
until he bellcrs like asick calf. He lows
his horn too much, the little lubbcrl"

He made a clutch at the youth, but to the
surprise of both, the young stranger made a
quick duck between the legs of the greasy
crimp, who sprawled at full length u on the
dock; then suddcnl the lad dodge under
the arm of “the cacon,” tripped up his
heels, and laid him on the top of his associ-
ate. The two men sprung to their feet in?
stantly, Billy swearingfiike a pirate, and the
deacon uttering words which certainly did
not sound well from the lips of a selectman,
and both begun to chase the adventurer up
and down the wharf. lle gave them plenty
of work, and the pursy deacon pulfed like
a grampus as he dodged among the piles of
lumber and fell over casks, for the boy
seemed to choose the roughest possible road
in his efforts to escape.

At last he was cornered upon a wharf
from which there was no avenue of e'sca e,
and Billy, swearing vengeance, rushed at is
little antagonist incautiously as he stood on
the extreme edge of the wharf, when, just as
his hand was extended, the lad threw a sum-
merset over his head. and Billy, clutching at
| vacancy, plunged head-foremost over the
, stringer into the.,waters of the bay.

f The agile lad had hardly touched the dock
again when the deacon was upon him; but,
boundin like a ball, the boy went over his

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gained a good distance before the ponderous
selectman could turn.

As the oungster ran down the dock, he
saw an 0d sailor, with a hard, weather-
bcaten face, seated on the end of a post, and
watching tb xir proceedings with a grin,of
deli ht.

“ (etch him, ketch him, Tomi" puffed
the deacon. “ He’s a murderer; he’s
drownded Billy Selleck. A can of grog if
you ketch himl '

“If he's done that, every barky in this
port orter hang out her hunting, and every
sailor man will have a jubilee," declared the
old sailor. " Come here, you young dufierl
Tom Stone wants to speak to you."

A single glance at the speaker was enough
for the b0 . It was an honest face—the face
of a true- carted sailor, and the lad came up
to him at once.

“ I’m willing to trust you to see me used
right,” he sai . “ I ain t done anything to
these fellers but defend rnysolf."

The deacon rushed up and would have
seized the youth; but the old tar slid off the
post, can ht the old villain in a vise-like
grasp, an shook him until his wig dropped
01!, and he nearly swallowed his false
teeth.

“ Hands off, you old land—sharkl” he
shouted. “I seen the hull thing, and he’s
live-oak timber. Lay a hand on him ag’in,
and [‘11 damage your firure-head and split
your foresail to the peak! '

"I‘m a seleetmanl I’m a selectmanl”
bawled the deacon. "Let me go, you old
tar-jacket, or I‘ll have you took up!”

“ I‘ll take you down ust, on old porpusl"
replied the sailor, as Bil y Selleck came
crawling over the stringer of the dock.
“ There comes your pard; now let’s see what
he’ll do. "

Selleck shook himself like a water-dog,
and looked about him for the boy. The
moment he saw him the crim uttered an
angry cry and rushed at the la , when Tom
Stone took a step forward and landed a sin-

le terrific blow on his nose, which lifted
t e crimp completely off his feet.

“Take that, you sneakin’, low-lived
swab!" he shouted. “ You put a claw
onnhim, an’ you’ll think lightnin' struck

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The deacon mn' for his life, and Billy Sel-
leek, as soon as he could gain his feet, fol-
lowed hls example. '

CHAPTER II.

semen roman sums—ammo AN OUTFIT
--nn.1.¥ snuncx’s BARGAIN.

“ THAT'S the way we serve ‘em outnum-

 

ster,” said Tom, extending his hand. “ Now,
my name is Tom Stone; what’s ours?
Don't give me no Prince of Wales tal , you
young swab, for I won’t stand shallow-water
yarns."

“ Not a bit of it, Tom,” answered the
ho . "The reason I answered those two
felers the way I did was because I didn’t
like their impertinence. Now,l like your
style, and I‘ll tell you who I am. My name
is Prince Porter. 1 used to live at Lynn,
but my folks are all dead, and I've got to
do somethin to make a living; so I‘ve come
down to the§7incyard to ship for a cruise to
the whalingr grounds.”

“That’s hearty. There ain’t no life like
it—mind, I tell, you, and I'll do all I can for
you. So heave ahead with me, my heart .”

Tom headed directly for the hotel which
the deacon claimed to own, while Prince
hung back a little as he saw where they were

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declared. “The old fellow might have me
arrested."

“Don't you spring your scuppers, ladl
My old man is there, and it wouldn’t be
healthy for the deacon to meddle with him,
bet yer life. ’Sides, you ain’t done nuthin’;
I'm the critter that shook him up."

“ But I shook him down, Tom—tripped up
his heels and threw him on top of that greasy
lummox.”

“ Them two work together,” replied Tom.
" Come an’ see the old man."

Tom entered the public room of the hotel
boldly enough, while Prince tramptd clase
at his heels. The room was a low, dark
place, looking as much as possible like the
forecastle of a ship. A large number of
sailors were drinking at the tables and mak-
ing fun of Billy Selleck, Whose nose was
swelled to twice its usual size. He scowled
savagely at Tom Stone as he entered, but the
old salt onl gave him a grim smile.

“You’d '{c to ’izen my grog, wouldn’t
you, Billy?" he cal ed out. “ I say, Ned, is
the old man in his room?”. -

“He ar‘,” replied one of the sailors, with
a. solemn wink; “ and he says he‘ll keelhaul
you for spoiling Billy Selleck’s beauty.

ants you to come 11 right awa , Tom.”

“I wouldn’t go if was you, om,” whis-
pered Prince. “ You did it on my account."

“The capt'in ashore ain‘t the ca t’in at
sea," replied Tom, oracularly. “ don‘t
sign no articles till the day I sail, an' the old
man knows of so be he hears too hard on me,
there’s half a dozen eapt’ins in port would
like to git hold of a seasoned oid halpoon
like Tom Stone. You come along, young-
ster; you’re my convoy now.” .

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opened I door at the back of the bar and
passed through a number of dark passages
until he rose ed a door which stood partly
open. He tapped at this door, and a sten-
torian voice bellowed:

“ Heave ahead, you lubbori What do you
sto in the after-gangway for?"

cm at once entered the room, Prince fol-
lowing closely. The boy started in surprise
as he saw the captain, for never in his life
had he seen such an odd figure.

He was a man lon past the middle period
of life, with grizzle hair and a broad, sun—
burned face. His right hand was gone at
the wrist, and in its place was a sort of iron

claw, with which he was drawing toward

himself a whisky bottle which had stood in
the iddle of the table, preparatory to taking
a d 'nk. As he saw Tom his face flushed
angrily, and he brought down one of his feet
under the table with a strange, hollow sound,
and Prince, glancing quickly under the table,
saw that he had a wooden leg. .

“ Now, avast jawin ,” bawled the captain.
shakin his hook at om.
mean, om Stone, kicking up the devil‘s de-
light with the deacon and Billy Selleck?"

“So' the old thief has been blowing his
horn, has he?” demanded Tom, uietly. “ I
’most cw he’d be in here, a-lying, afore I
could run athwart your hawse. I s’pose he
give me a reg’lar dressin’- down, didn’t he,

' now, capt’in?”

“I sh'd say as how he did, you, Tom
Stone. Didn’t you pitch into him like a wild
Kanakcr, and ’most shake the daylights out‘n
him, because he was a-tryin’ to get me a.
cabin-boy—say?" ,

“That’s it. Bail into the old harpooner
all you’ve got a mind to, Cap. But, what I
says is this: Ef so be you b’lieve that old

shark sooner then you do me, I ain‘t the

man to sail under ye, that’s all.”

The face of the old captain grew more
flushed than before. All the captains found
old Tom a ver independent man in port,
from the fact that he always refused to sign

articles until the last moment, and he was too

good a harpooner to lose. The captain stut-
tcred, stamrnered, and final] , like Crockett/s
coon, concluded to “come own.”

"But, Tom, I say! You wouldn’t think

- to sail with an one but me?”

“ There’s apt’in Carson, now," mused
Tom. “ ‘Twos only yesterday he asked me
what my cruise was, and kalkilated he could
do better by me than that. I didn’t say
nothin’ to him. An’ Thursday Jim Leflerts
—he’s fust mate in the Nancy Jane, is Jim-—
told me I was a fool to waste my time in the
’Dolphin, when his old man stood ready to
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“But, Tom-” began the captain. Torn
paid no attention, but went on:

"it’s all right, of course, and any low-
livcd swab like the deacon, and his right
bower, Billy Scllcck, can come hootin’
'round, nn’ make you think I‘m the worst
flghtin' character in the Vineyard. Tell you
what, Cap—cf so be this is goin’ on, we‘d do
better to part."

“I hain‘t said I believed itl” roared the
captain, 'uuiping up and stumping to the
door. “ ou, Deacon Phelps, ahoyl Tum-
ble up here and hump yourself, you old land
turtle.”

The deacon came sneaking into the room
with a sanctimonious expression on his oily
face, and the moment he saw Tom, and
knew by the expression of his face that he
was likely to make his peace with the cop-
tain, he was ready to trucklc to him.

“ Oh, you have got the boy here. have you,
' homas?” he asked. “ I couldn't think why
you objected so strongly to letting him come
with me. And you treated me very roughly,
too. You are aware of that, Thomas.”

“ I told you to let the boy alone," growled
Tom——“ an’ ye did!" with a grin.

“Don’t let us have an words about it,
Thomas,” whined the ol villain, rubbing
his palms together hard. “ You got the
boy, and that's all I wanted, The miunit I
see him I says to in self : "l‘here’s the very
cabin—boy Captain ucobs wants,’ and you
see if I ain’t right.”

“You’ve said your piece, and now you
may hump along and leave us alone,“ grum-
bled Captain Jacobs. “1 don’t reckon Tom
shook you up any more than you deserved.”

“You won‘t forget I spoke-of the b0 first,
when we come to settle, captain,” p ended
the deacon.

“I’ll\ claw your old scalp all down over
your eyes if you don’t dust out of this!"
roared the captain; and Deacon Phelps took
the polite hint and vanished, and the bargain
between the captain and Prince Porter com-
menced. It did not take long to settle it, as
Prince was anxious to ship, and the captain
wanted a boy. In ten minutes the articles
were got out, and Prince was engaged for a
three-years’ cruise in the Pacific, and money
enough was paid him to furnish an outfit.
The captain, as usual, tried to get Tom to
sign then and there, but the old tar refused.

“No you don‘t, Cap. l‘ll sail with you,
never fear, but I ain’t going to sign away a
day of liberty ashore.”

" But some one might Shanghae you—"

“Let 'em try it on, ’ answered Tom. “It
won’t be the first time some blasted shark
has got it right between the eyes for tryin .
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The sailors’ outfitters had a hard time that
day in trying to get the best of Prince Por-
ter. The found the lad sharp at a bargain,
and old '1 cm, who had come to see that the
boy was not cheated, stood back and laughed
as he saw the dealers foiled in every attempt
at extortion. Prince resolutely refused to
buy anything which was not absolutel
necessary for his outiit, and when they leit
the last store, Tom clapped the lad heartily
on the back, and said:

“ Bless me if you didn’t do that better than
I could, Prince, and the cusses know me
pretty well, too. What are you going to do
with your kit?”

“ I‘m going to have it sent aboard the
Dolphin at once,” replied the lad. “ When
do we sail?” ,

“\Vhen the tide serves, Thursday night.
We’ve got two days More us, and may as
well enjoy ourselves. But I say, my boy,
I’m goin’ to start in for a big jamboree, an’
mebbe you’d better quit me."

” What do you mean by that?”

" I‘m goin’ to h’ist in a heap of grog, and
have a jin’ral bully time.”

“ Then I guess I will quit you. Tom,” re-
marked the boy, quietly. “I neverlearned to
drink, and I’m not going to commence now."

“ There’s Where your head is level, my son.
If I hadn’t eomnmwed it, I wouldn’t ’a‘ been
in the fok’scl now. Let‘s go down to the
deacon's.”

“I’ll come there by and by. I must get
In kit aboard,” answered Prince.

d‘he boy found a boatman and engaged
him to take his chest to the Dolphin, and
helped to get it down to the wharf. After
the chest was safe aboard he came back Just
as evening was coming on, and landed on the
wharf where Billy Selleck had taken his un-
lucky dive. Just as he came down the wharf
he heard voices behind the lumber pile, and
one of them was strangely familiar. Indeed,
it was the voice of Billy Selleck.

“I’ll fix the old harpooner,” he was say-
in . “It’s five dollars for me if I get him
sa e aboard?" _

‘1 Yes,” replied another vorce.

“Ca tain Jacobs would just tear up the

oun if he knew I was In it,” continued

illy. “ You mustn’t give me away, Captain
Carson. "

“No. I only want to beat old John Ja-
cobs. He’s always blowing about his har-
pooner, and I know he’s a good one. Well,
you fix it so I’ll have him Wednesday night,
snd’l‘ll sail with the tide, and then old Ja-
cobs can whistle for him." » ‘

Prince had heard enough to satisfy him
that some evil scheme was afoot, and hurried

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ferencs was nearly over. Five minutes after
he reached the “Ship ” tavern Billy came
slouching in, and cast his evil eye about the
room until he saw Tom Stone seated at stable
drinking with some of his mates.

" I say, Jim,” he whispered, leaning over
to one of the other men, “has Tom Stone
started in for a drunk?"

“ Yes; he always does just store we sail,"
was the answer.

“ Then we’ll all have to keep an eye on
him," declared Billy, as he stepped over and
extended his hand to Tom, saying:

“ Let’s shake hands, Tom. I don’t hear
malice."

Tom, who was already “half seas over,”
grasped his hand warmly and invited him to

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Vnnv seldom Billy Selleck refused a. drink
when it was oiIercd him, and he at once
sat down and took glass for glass with them
for some time. At the end of an hour he
rose and left them, and was. seen no 'morc
that night, although the sailors kept up the'
spree to a late hour.

Prince at last went to his room, and after
looking his door, soon was asleep. The first
man he saw after breakfast was old Tom,
who was looking for a comrade to drink with
him, but refuse to have anything to say to
Prince.

" I want a seasoned old salt,
hop 0’ my thumb,” he said.
to drink ag‘in’ 11w. ” .

“But I want to tell you something, Tom,"
pleaded Prince.

“ Tell me when I get sober, " shouted Tom.
“ I won‘t hear You now."

Prince was 0 liged to leave him, and Tom
continued to dguzzle at intervals all day.
Prince dogge Billy persistently until he
overheard another conversation with Captain
Carson, of the ship Lone Star, and this con-
versation decided him to call on Captain
Jacobs. The held quite a consultation, and
the timbers airly shook withtthe denunci-
ations heaped upon the heads of Carson and
Selleck by the old skipper. Then they put
their heads together and laid s Ian, over
which the captain chuckled. Prince went
down into the public room and asked one of
the crew of the Dolphin where Tom was,
and was told that he had one into another
room to play cards with illy Selleck and
two of the crew of the Lone Star. Into this
room, half an hour later, came Prince Porter, '
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" Put that boy outi" growled Billy.
“No you don‘t, Billy. I sp’iled your
figure-head once for layin’ games on that
boy, and I stand rea( y to do it ag’in. Let
the boy alone. He‘s been driiikin’, after I
told him not. He orter be kcelhauled."
Prince sat down to the table next to Tom,
where he could keep his eyes on Billy. Tom
was past seeing anything, and could hardly
tell whether he held cards or dice in his
hands. Then Billy thrust his hand into his
Socket and got out a small vial, and Prince
ropped his head on the table, but saw the
crimp drop something into Tom‘s glass, and
the two men of the Lone Star rose and
staggered from the room. At this moment
Prince raised his foot and brought it down
with crushing force on the toe of the crimp,
who, with a yell of pain, bounced around
the room like a cat in a fit, when, with a

’quick movement, Prince changed the glasses,

and when Billy came back to his seat at the
table the boy seemed to be asleep.

“ You pretty nearly killed me that time,
stamping on my foot, Tom," growled the
Crimp.

“ Oli, dry 'upl Let‘s take suihin’," an-
swered Tom, as he lifted his glass and drank.
Billy followed suit, and a moment later Tom
rolled out of his chair to the floor.

“ Fixed!” hissed the crimp, as he half rose
from his chair. The next moment a strange
look came into his face; he swayed to and
fro unsteadin for a moment, cast a look of
hate and re 8 at Prince, and sunk heavily to
the floor. gl‘he moment he did so Prince
sprung to his feet, dragged Tom into a cor-
ner, and covered him With some sacks which
la. there, and taking a ver lar e sack,
slip ed it over the head of Bil y Sel eck and
m e it fast at his waist, and then cut some
holes near his face to allow the scoundrel to
breathe. .Just as he did so a door in the rear
of the apartment opened softly, and the boy
blew out the light.

“Blllyl Billy!" whispered a voice.

“Here you are,” answered Prince, in the
same cautious tones. “ I’ve got a sack over
his head, and tied fast. Will you take him
aboard now i”

“ Yes, and clap him under hatches till we
are well at sea. There’s your five dollars,
Billy," said one of the new-comers.

Some money chinked into the boy’s hand;
then the men lifted the senseless form of
Billy Selleck and bore it away. Prince fol-
lowed them at a safe distance until he saw
them t into a boat and row out to the
Lone tar, now ready to sail. He sat on the
wharf and heard them get the anchor up,
and half an hour later the slap was standin
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Prince turned back to encounter Captain
Jacobs.

“ All right, Cap,” he whispered; " they’ve
got Billy aboard and are gone. Won’t there
be some tall swearing when they get him out
of the hold in the morningi"

“I won’t forget this, in boy," replied the
captain, clasping his han warmly. “You
are sure that Tom is all right ‘2"

“Oh, yes; I covered him up with some
sacks, but I'll sleep in that room to-night.”

Prince went back to the room where he
had left Tom, and ascertained by his regu-
lar breathing that he was sleeping well, and
then, throwmg some of the sacks upon the
floor, lay down on them and slept until morn-
ing, when he was roused by some one shaking
his shoulder. He looked up and saw Tom.

“ I've got through m bum,” he declared,
“ and now I‘ll go and sign the articles. That
Billy Selleck was too much for me last night.
Where is he?" ,,

“ Gone on a cruise," answered Prince,
rubbing his eyes.

“ You be darnedl Billy has sent many a
man on a cruise, but he ain’t going to try it
himself. There ain’t no money in it for
him, though he’s a good harpoon.”

“But he has gone on the Lone Star, just
the same. He mixed a drink for you last
night, but I didn't like the looks of it; so I
changed the glasses. Then I put him in a
bag, and some of the crew of the Lone Star
took him aboard."

“ But why didn’t the fool holler?" de-
manded the old sailor, in astonishment.

Prince lifted the glass from which Billy
had drank, and passed it to Tom.

“Smell that once, and you’ll know why
he didn’t holler, " said the boy.

Tom complied, and gave vent to a long
whistle, after which Prince told him how
by good luck he had happened to overhear
the plot of Captain Carson and Selleck, and
had laid his plan to defeat their intentions.

“ I understand,“ declared Tom, slowly.
“ If it wasn’t for you, I’d be under hatches
in the Lone Star now, with Captain Carson
over me. I‘ll never forget it, but ust you
remember this—when illy Sellec knows
this, he won‘t rest until he has your blood!"

And the time came when the little trick
which Prince Porter had layed on the m.
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ship was a magnificent craft, and walked
away from the land rapidly, leaving it quick-
ly out of sight.

Prince had been assi ed to cabin duty,
much to his cha rin, or he was a sailor
by nature, and isplayed cat-like agility
in the tops, and was anxious for a gale,
even though attended with danger, for at
the call of “all hands!" even he would be
expected to assist in working the ship. He
had rigged himself in blue jersey and wide
trowsers, with a flat ca , and looked the pic—
ture of a sailor, and his adventurewith the
crimp had made him a favorite with the oil]-
cers. He soon learned the names of the
mates, Mr. Trysail, Mr. Bunker, and Mr.
Sonnet, who ranked in the order named.

Then he was a s ecial favorite with the
carpenter, a bluff ol sea-dog named Martin,
who loved him because he had saved his
chum, Tom Stone, from an enforced ship-
ment in the Lone Star; and the neat way in
which he had turned the tables on Billy Sel-
leck had completely won the old sailor’s
heart.

The ship stood away down the South
American coast, and at every opportunity the
boy learned more and more of his duties.
Tom Stone delighted in teaching him the
ropes, and many a leisure hour was 5 ent in
the tops, where, with various hits 0 rope,
the boy learned to make splices, to tie the
different kinds of knots, and do various
parts of sailor work. He took to his in-
struction kind] , and learned fast, but there
was one branc in which no one could in-
struct him, and that was about goinrr aloft.
In this he was perfectly fearless, an some-
times even made old sailors shudder when
the witnessed his daring feats.

he ship spoke an inward-bound whaler
when nearing Rio, and heard of the Lone
Star, which had carried away a topmast, and
run into Rio to refit, and Captain Jacobs
stumped joyftu about the quarter deck as
he heard the news, and decided to give Rio
the go-lzy, as his ship was in good condition.
A few ays later they ran past the Falk-
lands, and Prince looked with deli hted e es
at these strange islands, and won ered t at
people so isolated could live happily. He
was standing by the lee rail, near the fore-
castle, just as evenin was coming on, and
spoke to Tom of the eautiful weather; but
that worthy only grunted:

" Been too cussed fine. If you don’t hear
all hands called afore you see the sun ag’in,
I’m a lubber.”

"Oh, I hope so,” cried the boy, ea er] .

" You’ll git over that, too," averre om.
"All hands means danger, and there’s dan-
ger enough at sea.”

"But the weather is beautiful,” persisted
the lad. “ I don’t see how you can say there
is going to be a storm.”

“ You’ll see aforo mornin',” Tom insisted.
“You’d better turn in soon and get some
sleep, for you’ll likely be up all night when
it does come.”

Prince went into the cabin, where he found
the skipper smoking, and the old sea dog,
who loved reading, although his eyes' ht
was too poor to enable him to read M Di t,
set the boy to reading aloud to him—a uty
which was very leasant to Prince, who was
an excellent rca or. The captain had quite
a collection of books, mostly tales of the sea,
and an hour was pleasantly spent, when the
third mate came down. ‘

“ I wish you‘d come on deck, Captain
Jacobs,” he said. Things look squally to me."

The captain, who was reclining on his
bunk, smoking lazily, and listening to the
reading, at once rolled out and stumped on
deck. IIis quick eye rovcd along sea and
sky for a moment, and then he turned to the
mate and gave him an order in a low voice,
and the order was at once passed:

“All hands on deck, ahoyl Stations for
taking in mill"

The Dolphin’s were all good men, and the
order had scarce] been passed when the
watch below tumh ed out of their bunks and
came pouring on (lock. Among the first was
Prince Porter, eager to take his share in the
work. His station was the main yard, next
to Tom Stone, and he was quickly on the
yard, and had taken the weather earing, the
extreme point of the yard, and the post of
danger and honor with the smart topman.
Tom reached the yard next, and the work of
double reefing was proceeding rapid] , when
with a sudden violence, the ale w ich had
been coming up rapidly, struc the ship and
brought her down nearly to her bearin 9.
But the men at the wheel, two stanch o d
salts, “ touched her up ” in time, and the ship
rose slowly from the foam, while Prince,
who had never been in such a position, clung
to the yard with all his stren h, and drew a
long breath when the stout ship dashed away,
the masts and yards sprin ing like steel be
fore the mighty force of t e wind. At the
same moment there came a loud crack, and
the foot-rose upon which Tom Stone stood
pgrted, an , with a cry of horror, he fell]

ith an instinctive movement, the old salt
threw up his hands and clutched the broken
foot-rope, and there swun this human atom,
six feet below the yard, angling helplessly
over the boiling sea.

It was a time for uick action, and Prince
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parted, struck him in the face, and, sping
t quickly, he cut of! about eight eet, an
formed a running noose. Then, droppin
down to the foot-r0 e, and clasping it wit
both feet as if it ha been a horizontal bar,
he coolly let his head drop, and swung head
downward over the sea, which leaped and
swelled beneath.

It was an awful position, and only a prac-
ticed gymnast could have maintained it for
a moment.

As he now swung, his extended hands were
nearly as low as Tom’s feet, and the old
sailor saw at a glance what his brave young
friend meant to do, and with a doe crate
eflort he managed to raise his feet higher,
and the boy quickly passed his rope under
and over Tom’s feet and drew it up under
his arms.

“ Han on, Tomi” he cried, as they swung
to and to with the surging of the mast,
“I’ll save you. "

“I can‘t stand it long,” the old salt an-
swered. " I’m pretty near a goncr, lad!”

“Just a minute,” gasped Prince, as, mak-
ing a sudden spring, he drew his body up
and caught the foot-rope with both hands,
and swun himself up so that he was seath
in the big t of the rope. One of the top
men, who had crept out upon the klyard, re-
ceived the end of the line and quic y passed
it around a stay and drew it taut.

“Let go, Tomi” cried the boy, as he saw
that the sailor had made the rope secure;
"Wu are all right.”

ith a sigh of relief Tom let go and

. swung out under the yard, the noose beneath

his arms holding him securely. By this
time half a dozen men were on the yard. The
old harpooner was quickly drawn up and
landed safely in the maintop, where he sunk
down, completely exhausted, while the shi
mug with the cheers of the men, who ha
been witnesses of the gallant act of Prince
Porter.

It did not take long for the old sailor to
recover, and he sprung up ready for duty
and looked about for Prince. But the boy,
anxious to escape from the gratitude of his
old friend, had slid down a stay and gained
the deck.

"I didn‘t make no mistake when I helped
that there boy to a berth aboard the Dolphin,
now you hear me, mates," he declared. “I
won’t say much to him now, but if I don’t

't even afore we see the Vineyard ag’m may

be condemned to sail in a lime-juicer" the
rest of m nat‘ral days.”

The sale was now at its hight, and for
three hours the Dolphin flew on before it,

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showing rare weather! qualities, and mak-
ing Ca tain Jacobs uckle with delight.
The 01 seado loved aisle, no matter what
the dan er mig t be, an certainly di layed
splendi qualities as a commander. t was
a sight to see him standing at his post, his
gray hair floatin back on the gale, his trum-

et clutched in is sinewy hand, while that

con eye scanned the ship from deck to truck
and noted evegnhing necessa to be done.
The ship carri onl close-reelfyed mainsail,
storm-jib and sta sai , and even under these
she fairly lcapc . All the crew kept the
deck, for they did not know at what moment
their services might be needed. All night
long the wind howled, but with slowly-de-
creasing violence, and when morning dawned
the clouds began to part and break away, and
they knew the force of the storm was over.
And as the g'ra light appeared they saw
over the bows at ominous point upon the
rocky coast of which the bones of many sea-
men bleach, Ca e Horn.

“That’s 00 ,” said Prince, as he looked
at it. “ e‘ll soon be in the South Pacific
now." .

“ Will we?" growled old Tom. “ You
know all about it, you do, in course."

“Why not?” demanded Prince. “ It can’t
take us more than three hours."

“ Can’t, hey? Well, if you see the South
Pacific in anything less than fourteen days,
I’m a Dutchman.”

" But, see here,” cried Prince, as the order
passed to put the ship about. “ That ain’t
the wayto go west—to head a ship south
and by east.’ ’

“It‘s the way we git round the Horn,”
answered Tom, with a chuckle. “ Ef the
clerk of the weather had any sand, mebbe
we wouldn’t have to beat round the cape;
but, bein’ as it ar’, I don’t know a sailor man
that can take anything but a steamer dead
in'the wind’s eye. ’

The ship was now gliding swiftly awa
from the cape, and it was not until at htf
that they went on the other tack. nee
turned in, and when morning broke there was
the cape in exactly the same position, appar-
ently, that it was the day before; and, to the
disgust of Prince, the ship went about again
an took the same course as on the pronoun

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xAlong leg and a short one, a ion leg
and a short one," sung out old om.
“ That’s the way we weather the Horn. ”

" We’ll never get round it," groomed
Prince. “1 know now how the Flying
Dutchman feels when he tries in vain to
weather the Ca of Good Hope. We’ll
just sail up an down heretillthe timbers

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grunhbled Tom. " You’ve sailed jest long
enough to think you know all about it, hey?
31h, t does my heart good to hear you

Day after day, as morning broke, the
storm cape appeared in sight. Day after
day ey oft it astern, only to see it loom
up through the haze as soon as the light ap-
pea Prince was owing desperate as
each day passed, and. cm repeated y threat-
ened to “ rotKe's end " him if he didn’t keep
still. On a thirteenth night they sailed
south b east, as before, and then headed up;
and as ' co tumbled out of his berth and
yum on deck, he gave a shout of delight,
or t a cape la far astern, and the ship rose
e waves of the South Pacific.

CHAPTER V.
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nel”—-rrim msr wmm.

Arman breakfast Prince cleared away the
dishes in a hurry and cleaned the cabin,
for he wanted to go on deck. When he
came up he saw the captain and Mr. Trysail
standing upon the quarter-deck with glasses,

,watehing a sail which was visible far to the
southeast.

"The lubber is a good sailor," admitted
Ca tain Jacobs. "Bet all you are worth he
di ’t fool away many hours in Rio. It‘s
the Lone Star, sure as you are born."

"But it can't be, captain," the mate in-

“ Maybe it can't but if that ain’t the Lone
Star, mag sail an oyster sloop from O ster
Bay. I ow that patch in is fores’ too
blamed well. All hands to make sail, Try-
sail! If we get to the fishing-grounds ahead
of the Star we’ve got to walk water.”

The crew sprun to their stations with a
will, and the ga ant Dolphin was soon
packed with all her canvas, with studding-
sails set slow and aloft, and every contriv-
ance used to take advantage of the fine sail-
ing breeze. Whenni ht came on the Star
was out of sight, for s e was standing south
on the last stretch before weathering the
ca . From this time until reaching the
11 ing grounds it was monotonous work,
but Prince enjoyed it. He had gained the
reputation of ing a sharp lookout, and one
day the captain sent for him. '

‘I'm going to 1give you a chance, my
boy,” he said. " cu know that lubber,

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B was an overgrown boy who had
magi as a green hand, and had turned
out to be a ve green hand indeed. Noth-
ing could tealgh him a seaman‘s duty, and
he had an absolute horror of going aloft.
Besides, the men in the forecastle made it

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anxious to escape from their persecutions.
Prince signified that he knew Barry.

“All right. We’ve ot stuck on the lub-
ber, and he’ll never ma e a sailor. But he’s
been cook’s mute on a coaster, and I judge
he can do your work in the cabin; so, if you
like it, I’m goin to send you to the fo’k‘sel."

Prince uttere an exclamation of delight.

“ I’ll come down and read to you just the
same, captain," he said, “but to tell the
truth I didn’t like cabin-b0 ’s work. I can
pull an ear, too; you’ll tin that when you
try me."

“ I am not afraid of you, my lad. You’ve
got the making of a sailor in you, and will
get on. Here, Mr. Trysail; I’ve sent Porter
to the fo‘k’sel, and he’ll be in your boat;
make a good number two, you see."

“ He’s rather light, ” muttered Trysail, in
a doubtful tone, “but good will is every
thing, and he’s ready enough. We havent
got a smarter to man in the ship."

“ Give him a ookout, if his sight is keen.
Remember, the one who first sights whales
‘gets twenty dollars, Prince."

“I’d like the money,” replied the boy,
“and I’ll collar it if I can."

“Jump u into the foretop, then, ” ordered
Trysail. “ hat’s your station from this out.
Foretopsail-yard in reeflng,and setting sail.
Away you go 1”

Prince sprung up the ratlins three at' a
time, and was soon performin some lively
acrobatic feats in the foretop, w ile old Tom,
who was seated in the top, was fully as de-
lighted as he.

“ Tell you what it is,” sonny, he declared,
“I want you to wipe the e e of every man

aboard this ship on the loo out. You can '

do it, for you’ve got eyes like a hawk. Re-
member, we are after sperm, and when you
see the single spout flying up in the air, sing
out like a hun Maine painter. ”,

“ Sail hol” outed Prince at this moment.

“ In the foretop l” howled Trysail from
the deck. “ Whereaway does she lie?”

“ Dead astern: a large  running on the
same course with us. — here she blown
There she blows, bbwa 1”

He had seen the first whale.

Trysail uttered a yell of delight, and
sprung on the rail with a glass, whi 0 Prince.
pointed out to Tom, about a league astern,
the place where he had seen the spout. The
captain came stumping tothe rail, and leveled
his lass.

“ here she breaches !” he whispered, mak-
ing his wooden leg beat a jolly tattoo on the
deck. " Oh, that boy, that boy! There she
breachesl And what? Blast all creation,
there’s the Lone Star!”

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" Down with the boats!” roared the cap-
tain. “Jump, I say! Oh, if that skunk
gets in a harpoon before us I‘ll take poison!
He sees them, han him! There he goes 'up
into the wind! 0 , if I had another leg! if
I had another leg!”

The boats dropped into the water, the men
in their places. Trysail got awa first with
his boat, and at the same time a b ack streak
shot out from the side of the Lone Star, and
Tom Stone, har ooner in Trysail’s boat,
knew that he ha work to do, and looked
doubtfully at Prince Porter. But they had
not taken ten strokes when he realized the
nervous power in the arms of the New Eng-
land led, and knew that he was a natural
oarsmanu The broad blade of his oar caught

the water with a. strong grip, and the boat

sprung to it as he' pulled, and his “ feather-
ing" was perfect. The bodies of the crew
swept back and forth in perfect unison, and
the she. beat darted forward at full speed.

And rysail, seated in the stern-sheets, his
short (pipe clinched between his teeth, never
utters a word, for he was one of those
silent men who can get all the work out of
a crew without storming at them. Not so
Sonnett, whose boat came‘flying on half a.
cable’s length astern. At the first stroke
there burst from his lips a stentorian bellow:

“Pull, ye devils, pull! Look yonder,
look yonder! Sperm, ye villains, sperm!
You lousy lubhers, wake from your snooze
and pull! What care 1 if you burst a. blood~
vessel! Don’t let it be said that my boat,
Myths crack boat of the Dolphin, was
healthy a boy! There’s a boy in Trysail’s
boat—only a oyl Shall it be said that you,

‘ old sia’lts, will permit them to get first har-

those lubbers in Bennett
, on yonder black back and I will love you as

But Trysail’s boat glided on, gainin , ab-
solutely gaining, at ever stroke, an yet
Bennett’s men were pulling with all their

war. A sweet smile stole over the face of

sail.

“You have them, lads!” he murmured.
" There she. blows! Oh, the lovely sperm!
The rich, oleaginous wealth in onder whale!
A hundred barrels, boys—a undred, if a

int—and in every barrel you have a stake!
.tnll me, pull me softly on! Never mind
s boat, but beach me

brethren from that hour. Ha! what’s this?”

On the other side of the huge whale for
which they headed a boat came rushing, a
boat which they knew for that of Captain
Carson. He had got his elyuec on their whale,
and the men were pulling e mad, shouting

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seemed to him that Carson’s boat was nearer
to the whale than Traysail's. He‘ roared like
a hull of Bashan, an though his voice could
not be heard at a quarter of the distance, he
shouted orders to them which were lost upon
the empty air.

It was a close race!

Carson had a good crew, and no man could
have told as they dashed up to the whale
which would get in the first iron. Trysail
heard the clear voice of Carson say:

“ Stand up, harpoon!”

And there rose in the bow of the boat the
rotund form of Billy Selleck, who had been
an old harpooner before he turned crimp.
At the same moment Tom Stone sprun to
his feet, and the two glared at each at er,
and Billy Selleck, although it was a long
cast, sent his iron whistling through the air.
But luck was against him, for the iron fell
short and plunged into the water by the side
of the Whale.

“ You’ve got him, Tomi" cried the smooth
voice of 'l‘rysail. “ Give it to him 1’?

‘ Tom drew back his arm and buried his iron
to the eye in the blubber of the giant prey.
The whale gave a convulsive leap, and at the
quick order, “ Stern all!” the two boats flew
back out of reach.

The whale flourished his broad flukes in
the air, then brought them down with a re-
sounding slap, and rearing his giant body
aloft plunged head-foremost into the sea-
depths.

“You’ve beat us, Trysail,” shouted Car-
son, in an angry tone; “but if it wasn’t for
my cursed harpooner you wouldn’t have
done it. ”

“He threw too quick, Cap,” replied Try-
sail, “ and you hurried him to it. I knowed
he couldn’t fetch it. Better get after an-
other whale.” ' »

“ And remember this, Tom Stone!”
screamed Billy Selleck, “I’ll have your
heart’s blood and that cursed boy’s for trap-
ping me into the Lone Star!"

And the boat shot away, while Trysail sat
calmly watching the line which ran out of
the tub as the whale sounded.

CHAPTER VI.

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IT was his first whale, and the boy felt a
peculiar thrill as the line went writhing and
twisting out of the tub, passing across the
wrists of the oarsmen as they sat in their
places, ready to pull at a moment’s notice.

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and he knew that n kink in the line would
take them down to the coral in the twinkling
of an eye. But he bad faith in Tom, an

knew that there was not much likelihood of
anything being wrong with his line. The
mate, With his eyes still fixed upon the line,

calmly fllled his pipe and lighted it, and

Prince had time to look for the other boats.
Sennett was fast to a whale, which was tow-
ing him rapidly toward the ship, and Bunker
was having a race after another. One of the
boats of the Lone.Star was fast, and Carson
was pulling rapidly in the direction of the
" school," which was making away to wind-
ward‘rathcr slowly.

“Eyes in the boatl" whis cred the mate,
softly. “ Is that line slack, l‘om?"

“ Ay, ay, sirl He's coming up.”

Five anxious minutes passed, and the giant
form of the whale rose slowly from the
waves, and lay wallowing in the sea, and the
mate and harpooner changed places and the
boat was sent softl back, while the mate,
gras ing his sharp- ladcd lance, plunged it
sud only into the brick of the whale, and
bore his wei ht upon it. No man knew bet-
ter than Sau Trysail how to use a lance, and
there was a sudden shudder through the
giant frame, and the boat shot back out of
reach, While the whale at once went into that
awful arrony which sailors know as the
“flurry.'

. It was simply terrible. The huge creature

bounded into the air, his body bent like a
reaping hook and fell witha loud splash into
the water. He darted forward a short dis-
tance and then, rearin his huge square head
aloft, a sin came cras ing down. Then the
broad ukes beat the waves into foam, as
they fell with tremendous force, until, with
a last mighty three, the great mammal, sent
a column of bloody water into the air, and
rolled over on his side, dead.

“Good enough, my lad," declared the
mate, as he fllle his pipe again. “Prince,
my be , I’ll never despise any one again be-
cause e happens to be young. I thought
you was going to sp’ile my crew; but now I

wouldn’t change you for any man in the

other boats."

“Thank on, Mr. Trysail,” answered the
boy. “ I did my best, and of course could
do no more. But, thunder! isn’t that a big
fellow?” v -

“Hundred barrels, I tell you. Carson
made the best 01 a bad bargain, and gave
Bsi‘lal‘y Belleck a harpoon, I see. aal, be
u to be a. good one, and I reckon he’d
have .taken that whale away from‘ us if the
captain had let him alone; but he made him
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never have felt safe to go aboard the Dolphin
if Carson got that fish* under our noses."

“Captain Carson is in trouble yonder,"
cried Prince. “Just look at that.”

Carson’s boat had overtaken the school and
had made fast; but, unfortunately, the whale
selected was one of those huge, ugly crea-
tures, which, like the “ rogue ’ elephant, it
is always safest to let severely alone. When
he first felt the iron he sounded, and the
captain’s good-nature came back somewhat,
for it offended him to the soul that ’l‘rysail
had killed the first whale. But now he sat
watching the line run out in a pleasaut wa ,
until the “ slack " warned him that the wha e
had ceased to sound. They waited for him
to rise, but he was sulky, and refused to
move. At last the captain, becomingr angr ,
called to Billy Selleck to give the line a pull,
and see if he could start him. Billy com-
plied, and a moment later began to haul in
the line and coil it away, as the whale was
risin rapidly.

“ tarn all!" yelled Captain Carson, sud-
denly. “ Starn—”

He did not finish the order, for at that
moment SOmCtlllD" struck the bottom of the
boat with great force, and the light craft
went fl ing into the air, the crew falling in
every ireetion. The whale had come up
from his soundings head on, and struck the
boat from below. Slapping the Water with
his flukes, Leviathan now swam away direct-
ly in the Wind’s eye, leaving the unlucky
crew flounderimr in the water, and their first
boat, which had just killed, planted their
flag on their giant game, and hurried to the
rescue, and in a short time had saved all the
crew, while the Lone Star came in before the
wind, and quickly reached the dead whale,
to which she made fast. Trysail laughed
heartily, and began to tow his prize toward
the Shlp, which had drifted down to within
half a mile, and they soon met, and the
tackle was rigged for holding the whale to
the side of the shi while the bluhber and
sperm were remove . For it must be under-
stood that the most valuable product of the

sperm whale is contained in the head, and .

that it is far easier to get than in the “ right "
whale, which has no such deposit in the
head. The bad scarcely reached the ship,
when Mr. nnett was seen towing up a dead
whale, which he had lanced after it passed
the ship, and the glass told them that Bunker
had had ood luck, and had also “ fluid,"

a remarks 1e thing, as three boats from the
same ship seldom secure a whale each from
the same school.

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"Lads," shouted Captain Jacobs, as Try-i 01'_ me so far, I‘ll own up; but I’ll be even
sail’s crew came over the side, “you have With you

deserved well of your country, that I will
as. . If Carson had ot ahead of you, and
ta en that whole, I lieve I’d have gone
blind crazy. Seems to me I saw him get
spilled just now?"

“ You did, captain. A whale bumped his
boat, and he lost it," averred Trysail.

“ Now, that’s too had,” declared the cap-
tain, with a sly twinkle in his eye. “ It al-
ways makes me feel bad when I see a man
have hard luck—it does, indeed. Carson is
3 00d fellow, a splendid fellow, and if he
he snybod except me to buck against, like
enough body have better luck. I’ll have to
go and see him, and tell him how sorry I am,
blamed if I don’t. ' Meantime, give the boys

‘ extra grog for two weeks. ”

A whale was made fast on each side, and.

one astern, and the men of the Dolphin set
to work, and from that moment the ship was
no longer the tidy craft of which the seamen
had been so proud. The odor of sperm
hung about her continually, and the trypots
were brought into requisition. The men of
the Lone Star were already at work, but

‘ the Would have been’better satisfied if they

hit not known that the Dolphin had secured
three to their one. About six o’clock the
captain called away a boat’s crew, Tom and
Prmce, among the number, and pulled down
to the Lone Star, and Captain Carson, usu-
ally one of the best-natured men in the ser-
vice, came to the rail in answer to their hail.
‘ “Oh, hello, Johnny!” cried Captain Ja-
cobs. "I reckoned you’d be along prett
soon, seeing you sailed before I did.
didn’t s’pose I d catch you.”

“Lost a to mast of the Oronoko,” replied
on never would have caught
' the Lone Star if it hadn’t been for that.”

" Oh, I seen you once,” responded Jacobs,
cheerfully, “just as we rounded the Horn.
I had a tough time there, or Pd ’9.” been here
three days ago. I see ou’ve got a little one
[out of this school. Who was that ha ooner
that missed his cast at that big one ‘rysail
brou ht in?”

“ illy Selleck. Oh, .don’t look so inno-
cent, you old cripple. You know mighty well

. it wasn’t him I’d have for barpooner in my
boat if it hadn‘t been for the trick that

' I infernal boy played me. Are you coming

aboard?”

“I, thought maybe you was going to ask
me to supper. I’d invite you aboard the
D01 hin, but my men are working on those
who es, and the ship will be mighty dirty,
and the Star is clean as awhistle."

I “ 011.com aboard, blast you !” answered ,
Carson. laughing. “You’ve got the better

 

et.”

CaptainyJacobs was soon over the rail, and
the crew came aboard and fraternized with
the men of the Lone Star, while the two cnp~
tains step ed below to “s lice the main
brace.” he men of the Do phin went for-
ward and were warmly greeted by the crew,
with the exception of Billy Sellcck, who
cast a furious look at them as they came up.

“ Why, hello, Billy,” cried Tom, “ I didn’t
s’pose you was going to ship in the Lone
Star, when you had so easy a berth with the
deacon."

“ Now see here," shouted Bill , savagely;
“if you know What is good or you, you
won’t say much to me. I know how I came
aboard the Star well enough."

“ Is that so? Then mebbe you disremem-
hered you was trying to‘ shanghae me, and
got caught in your own trap.”

One of the other men laughed heartily,
and said: ,

“We was as bad sold out as any one,
Tom. Our old man thought he had you
safe under hatches, and was tickling himself
to death to think he had stolen old Peg Leg‘s
best harpooner; and it was as good as a play
to see his face when we brought Billy on
deck. But I say—how did you manage to
get Billy to drink his own medicine? For
he was ocussed, sure."

“This fier boy changed the glasses and
then put illy in the bag. I don’t hear no
malice now, and he didn’t orter."

“ I knew it was the boy,” hissed Billy,
lmaking a rush at Prince. "Let me get at

iml”

But Tom Stone stepped between and
pushed him back.

“I won’t have it,” he averted. "I ain’t
so sure the boy couldn’t get away with you;
but I ain’t going to take no chances. Hal
put up that knife, or I'll drive my harpoon
clear through you!”

Billy hesitated, with his hand still clasping
the knife, which he had half drawn: but the
threatening attitude of the old harpooner,
who held the broad blade of his harpoon
close to the ex-crimp’s breast, awed him so
much that he dropped his hands.

“You’ve got the best of me now,” he

owled; “but don’t ou forget I’ll keep it
In my memory, and w en the time comes for
me to get over; I’ll be there.”

And with another fierce look at Prince
Porter, whom he seemed to hate worst of
all, he disappeared in the forecastle.

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CHAPTER VII.
nononunn—cnursme IN THE ISLANDS—1N
run: GULF-Wilma: WAS PRINCE PORTER?

Tim rival captains spent two hours in the
cabin, and when Captain Jacobs came on
deck he was a trifle “ unstead on his pins,"
but managed to get into his eat all right,
and they ulled away. He did not say
much at rst, and then, looking fixedly at
Prince, he said: ‘

"Mindfiou keep clear of that Bill Sellcck,
Prince. ' e’s at it in for you, ba( .”

“ I am not a raid of him,” was the reply.

“Probably not; I know you are a navy
boy, but that ain’t it. The coward is of the
right kind to put a knife into you in the
dark, or push you oil? the yard when no one
is looking. Carson tells me the fellow is
half crazy about it.” i

“What makes Captain Carson keep hi
if he is that kind of a man?”

“ Oh, he is an old harpoon, and a good
one, only he got laz , and didn’t want to
ship. But you min me, and keep your
weather e e‘open when he is around."

“I’ll ta e care,” replied the boy, “but he
only got served the way he tried to serve
Toni Stone.”

“That’s just it. A man don’t always
like to take a dose he’s fixed for some one
else, don’t you see? It r’iles him so when he
thinks of it that I believe the fellow is half
luney. Steady, Tom; two strokes, more,
and ack water. Oars!"

The oars flushed up out of the water, and
the how our hooked on to the chains with
his boat-hook and laid the boat alongside,
and the captain went up the companion-
ladder which had been rigred for his es-
pecial benefit, and after hoisting in the boat,
the crew 'oined the rest in securing the
blubber an packing it awe in the trying
room. For the next two ays they were
busy enough, and then the denuded car-
casses were cut away and allowed to drift
astern, and the Dolphin sailed again.

The Lone Star had left them after secur-
ino the blubber of the single whale they had

11, and nothing more was seen of her
for some time. They cruised over the whal-
ing ground for three months, having excel-
lent fortune, and it was not until the lack of
stores drove them 01! the sea that they stood
in for Honolulu, at which port so many
whaling ships go for sup lies. They found
several ships in port, and had Vljolly times,
and for a week Prince and om cruised
about the island, visiting all the ob sets of
interest, especially the volcano at iluea,
which was a ma ificent sight, and more
than repaid them or their trouble. It was
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found the Lone Star in harbor, and one of
the first men they met was Billy Selleck,
who stopped them in the street.

“ I don’t know as I blame on two over-
much,” he averred, “ and I’ like to make
friends with you." ‘

"See here, Billy,” replied Tom, in his
open-hearted way, “ I ain’t laid u anythin
ag’in’ you. If you want to be ¥riends, a
fight; if you want to fight, I’m your huckle~

err .

“ o, I don‘t think I’d make much of a
fish of fighting you, and the men are down
on me because they think I hold a grudge
a ainst you. Shake hands, and be friends.

here, that’s hearty; now I’ll shake with
you, Prince Porter.’

Prince felt a shudder pass throu h his
frame as he clasped hands with Sellec , such
a sensation as comes over a man when he
touches a snake unexpectedly. But it be-
came known among the men on both ships
that they had “made it up,” and a. better
feeling prevailed. The Lone Star had had
good ortune after she parted company with
the Dolphin, and Billy had distinguished him-
sclt by killing several whales, and was popu~
lar with the oilieers, as being a good har-
‘nooncr, although the hands before the mast

‘ did not take to him kindly. Yet they treated

him well, although none of them “ chum-
med ” with him except a dark-visaged Kan-
aka, who was known as “Cannibal Jim,”
and who seemed to have something in his
nature which took part with that of t e sulky
harpooner. Thiswas not so strange, for Jim
was a man who was also under a ban, and"
was disliked by the men, who did not take to‘
his savage ways. These two men were often
together, and were left pretty much to them-
selves by the rest of the crew. .
After parting with Tom and Prince, Billy
Selleck was joined by Cannibal Jim, and the
two stood under the shadow of a store-house,
looking after the air in a way which was far
from friendly. he Kanaka was at home in
the island, and knew eve part, and it was
the custom, when the sai ors went on their
excursions, to take him with them as guide;
and one day they made up a party of the
crews of the two vessels to visit a remarkable
cave on the other side of the island, and took
Bill Selleck with them. The cave was
rea ed by boats, and two crews were made
up, containing in all tWelve men. It was a
ten-mile pull,‘ and they landed about noon in
a sheltered cove, under the shadow of a lofty
mountain, and having secured the boats, the
crew went along the base of the cliflfgfor I.
little distance, with Jim leading, when he
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large enough to admit the passage of a man.
Two of the sailors had bull's—eye lanterns,
and these were lighted, and Jim, taking one
in his hand, entered the opening, and they
walked for some distance along a narrow
passage, when Jim stooped and passed under
an overhanging rock, and they found them-
selves in a colossal I’bom, more than fifty feet
high, from the ceiling of which hung great
stalactites, some of them meeting the stalag-
mites rising from below, and forming beauti-
ful columns. The light of the lanterns, re-
flected from myriads of glittering points,
added to the beauty of the magnificent room,
and the sailors were loud in their exclama-
tions of delight. They passed on from room
to room, sometimes creeping, sometimes
stooping low, until they reached a place
where a stream crossed the floor of a great
room, and plunged down an inclined plane
to unknown depths. Prince was stooping
and peering into the passage, when he re-
ceived a push from behind, and as he tried to
recover himself, his feet flew from under
him, and he disa pcared amid cries of horror
/ from the party 0 sellers. Then came a shriek
out of the darkness of the dismal passage,
and the boy was gone without the slightest
hope of saving him.

Tom Stone cast a quick, fierce glance
about him. He saw that Billy Selleck, the
man 'who was most likely to hate the lad,
was standing at such a distance that it was

‘ impossible that he was to blame. The near-

. est man was Cannibal Jim, but as far as he
knew the Kanaka had never exchanged
words with the boy in his life, and there
could be no possible reason why he should
consign him to such a horrible death.

“De boy is one,” cried Cannibal Jim,
holding up his ands in horror. “No one
ever came out of dat alibe; no one knows
where water goes.”

“ There's a rope in the boat,” cried Tom.
“ You know the way best, Jim; back you go
and bring it."

Jim darted away, and in a marvelously
short time came back in a run, carr ing on
his shoulder a stout whale line. om did
not waste time, but passed the end of the
line about his body, and at once entered the
passage, the crew holding the end of the
rope, and payiéi‘g out line as he proceeded.
He kept his b y in asitting posture, hold-
ing the lantern in his left hand, and was
lowered a distance of fifty feet along the
slippery rock before he reached the bottom
of the slide, when he found that the sub- .
texransan river lanoed ofi to the right, pass-

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simply be throwing his own life away to
attempt to follow, and he gave the signal to
draw him up again.

“ Poor lad, poor ladl“ he exclaimed, as he
reached the room above. “ It is no use;
nothing could save him; but I‘d give all
my la this cruise to know whether he got
fair p ay or not.”

The men had 'lost all interest in the cave,
and at once commenced their return, the
crew of the Dolphin particularly mourniu
over the loss of the allant lad whom they :11
loved so well. It wa asad procession which
passed out of the mouth of the cave, and
down the beach to the boats.

“ We’ll never see the boy ag’in,” sobbed
Tom, as they prepared to embark; “ and
he‘d got the making of a true sailor in him."

"I say, Tom,” cried a well-known voice,
“ ou ain‘t going without me?”

om uttered a wild shout of jo , and look-
ing up, saw Prince Porter seatc on a rock,
looking at them with a quizzical glance, and
Cannibal Jim started back with a cry of
terror. I

“It’s a ghost!” he screamed. “ He is
dead; he is dead!"

“ N ot much,” replied the boy, ste pin
down from the rock. “ It takes a goo dea
to kill a fellow like me."

Tom clasped the boy in his arms, and all
the Dolphin’s men were eager to get at hint,
to shake hands with him, to pat him on the
back, and to congratulate him on this fortu-
nate escape. Tom was perfectly frantic with
joy, and behaved like a lunatic.

“ I‘ll tell you later how I got out of that
hole, ” declared Prince. "It ain’t any thing
for me to bore through the base of a moun-
tain and come out right side up with care.
It ain’t the slightest use to try to kill me.
But I want to say right here I didn’t have a
fair shake, and I want to know who pushed
me down in that hole 1‘"

CHAPTER VIII.
now PRINCE ESCAPED—WAYLAID m m
WOODS—A LIVELY sIeK nor.

THERE was an ominous silence for a mo-
ment. and stem glances were bent upon Billy
Selleck by both crews, for they had been
listeners when he threatened to take the boy‘s
life. But Tom, who always meant to be
fair, said:

“ You suspect Billy, mates; so did I, when
the boy first fell, but I looked at him the
minnit Prince went down, and he was stand-
in full ten feet, away. It couldn’t be him,
no 10W.”

" It wasn’t me," shouted Billy.
got no night to suspect me, either.”

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tripped up my heels, ” averred Prince, "and
it would do me proud to know who it was.
Now I‘ll tell you how I got out. I went
down the slide on my back, and when the
current caught me I went off like a shot, and
kept paddling with my hands and feet to
keep on top. It was a quick trip, I know
now, but it seemed to me I was in the water
about three days. Every moment I expect-
ed to bang against the rocks, but I didn't,
though I scraped a ainst them two or three
times. All at once went under water, and
gave myself up for lost, when I came pop-
ping u into the light and air in a queer kind
of wel over here among the rocks. Come
up, and I‘ll show you.”

The arty followed him to a place among
the rec where he stopped on the brink of a
dark hole about six feet across, and looking
down, the could see the water boiling up as
if in a cal ron. The sides of the well were
ragged, and it had been easy enough for the
boy to crawl out when he once reached the
surface. ‘

“The water comes up about so high and
then slides off under the rocks again, I don’t
know where,” the lad continued. “ I was
might near going away with the current,
but I ung on like grim death, and managed
to get out. I say, Cannibal Jim, you was
pretty scared when you saw me, wasn‘t you?”

The Kanaka gave him a dark look, and
made no reply.

‘_‘_You was pretty near me when I went
down, Jim, ” the boy declared. “ Perhaps
you could tell how it happened?”

“You liar!” hissed Jim.’ “11 you sayme
did it, you liar!”

" I didn’t say so, if ou’ll use your gigan-
tic intellect a minute, im,” replied the boy.
“ I wouldn’t jump up and deny anything so
quick, it I was you. It looks rathc‘i' sus-
picious.”

"I only wish I knowed sure it was one of
them two,” cried an old sailor belonging to
the Lone Star. “ It’s mi rhty rough on true

. men to lay under a suspicion like that. Say,

Jim, what have on got ag’in’ the boy?”

“ Me put kni e in you if on dare say me

did itl” screamed Jim. “ 0 don't know
' Why me push him own?”

“I don’t know; I cant prove it. And
don’t you go too far with your knife, either,
Jim. There’s some as knows how to use a
knife as Well as you do. And lookee here!
You jest dare to lay the weight of a {incor-
nail on a knife, to use ag’in’ me, andDI’ll
knock you into the shape 01 a. slush lump in
two minutes by the clock. You hear me a-
talking." * , ,

The scoundrel saw that the old sailor
was in earnest. and said no more; .but he
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his mates, and, say what he would, they sus-
pccted him of having some hand in the
attempt on the life of the boy; for that there
had been an attempt to murder him no one
for a moment doubted. The party took their
places in the boats, and the cars were plied
and the return to the ship commenced; an
somehow they made it plain to each other
that, although Billy Selleck had no immedi-
ate share in the attempted crime, it was not
without his knowledge, and no one spoke to
him or to Kanaka Jim; and from that mo-
ment they seemed to be more shut out from
companionship with their messmates than
before. Bad men as they were, it was not
pleasant to feel that their shi mates mis-
trusted them, and refused to ho] intercourse
with them. The two could only associate
with one another; and if save 6 looks meant
anything, they resented the shght put upon
them by the crews of both vessels.

After their return to the Dolphin, Prince,
who was not easily deceived, told Tom that
he was satisfied that Cannibal Jim had ushed
him, but he could not prove this, and ought
it best to say nothing about it. But he put ’
no faith in either him or Billy Selleck, and
was satisfied that if either of them got a
Shance to do him an injury they would

0 so.

They had been in port four days after the
coming of the Lone Star, when Captain
Jacobs gave Prince a message to carry to the
interior, and told him to.hire a horse and not
wait for any companion. It was in the mid-
dle of the day when he set out, riding a
horse which he had hired from a native.
The entlcman to whom he carried the mes-
sage ived ten miles in the interior, and hav-
ing delivered it, he started back. A part of
the way led through a desolate tract amon
high hills, and as he rode through one o
the passes in the gathering darkness, he was
surprised when a dark form rose suddenly in
his path and laid a hand upon the rein.

“Me waited for you long time, you young
dog!” hissed a voice, which he recognized as
that of the Kanaka, Jim. “Me got some-
thin in for you, cursce out” «

“ ee here, Jim," crie Prince, " what do
you mean by stopping me?"

.” Get even with you, white liar. You say
I push you down in hole t’other day?"

“Oh, let up! It don’t make any difl‘er-
ence, Jim. 1 can’t be killed, you under
stand. It ain’t in the books." .

“ You answer straight, white liar. Yon
say me try to kill you?"

“ I didn’t say anything of the kind; but if
it is any object to you, don’t mind it I do
say it now, Jim. don’t think it was any
one else.” . , _
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crew inst me—nebber speak to me, neb-
ber loo at me? Me hab your heart’s blood
for datl"

.“Now, I haven't got time to fool away
With you,” declared the boy, quietly. “You
can’t kill anything, Jim; and if you havb set
out to scare me, you are just wasting the
time of the assembled multitude. The best
thing you can do is to take your hand 01!
that horse and let me pass.”

“Kill you, me tell you!” repeated the
dark-brewed Kanaka. “Have not tasted
blood in a long time. Me hungry now.”

“ But I wouldn’t agree with you, Jim.
I’ll lay on your stomach, sure, and you’d
better stick to salt horse and mahogany.
You’ll find they'll taste better to on.”

Jim uttered a c of rage and rew a long
sheath-knife, whic he flourished before the
eyes of the lad.

“ You are right!” he hissed. “ Yes, me
if? to kill you; and now me make you sure.

e kill you dead. ”

He made a sudden leap and struck fu-
riously at the boy, but the blow only fell
11 n the saddle, or Prince was not there.

. l e had made a sudden spring backward and

landed five feet away, and instantly sprung
back out of reach. Wild with rage, Jim re-
leased his hold of the horse and dashed at
the boy, but Prince 'umped over his head,
sprun into the sadd e, and was of! like the
wind, ughing as he went, while the baffled
Kanaka, nearly crazy with rage, darted after
him, for a time actually keeping pace with
the horse. But the animal was gradually
drawing away from him, when the 00p of a

, rope settled over Prince’s shoulders, and he

was dragglgd from the saddle, falling with a
force w h deprived him of his senses.
When the be came to himself he was lyin
on his back 11 a deep part of the Wood an
saw the dark faces 0 the Kanaka and Billy
Selleck bending over him.

“I . ess we’ve fetched him at last,”
av Billy, with a savage laugh. “If
you didn’t have as many lives as a cat,

’d have killed you long ago, and now I’ve
got you I’ll teach you to hocuss me and
send me aboard ship, you oung hound.”

Prince made no wily. {Ia saw at a glance
that it would be u ess for him to lead
with these villains, and that they we d do
what they had set out to do, and nothing he

could say would change their purpose.

“ Why don’t you s'ay something?” hissed
the ner. “You don’t mean to say
on are going tedle with our teeth shut?’
out if’you don’t s I’ll findaway

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whichservedto madden the milieu all the
more.

"You waste time on him," cried Jim.
Elietter let me out his throat now, and set-

6 t.”

“ I’ll ’tend to that business when the time
comes, Jim. He’s {got to show some fear
before he dies, or ’1] kill him by inches.
Dog-gone him, he’s made me suffer enough,
an he shall suffer, too.”

“ I suppose I mi ht as well give in," said

Prince. “What 0 on want me to say?
I'm badly hurt now: think every bone in
my body is broken."

“ Get up, then,” hissed Billy, kicking him
brutally. “Get up, I say!”

“I can’t move. Oh, don’t do that, or
you’ll kill me. I believe my knees are
smashed.”

"I tell you to get up, or I‘ll jab a knife
into you,’ screamed Billy.

The unfortunate boy made a desperate
effort and half-rose on one knee, but fell
again, and the two villains laughed in de.
moniac glee at his futile efforts. Again he
tried it, and fell back with a hollow groan.

“ I don’t believe I own do it, if you was to
kill me,” he oaned. “ Let me rest a min-
ute, Billy, and then I'll try again."

The only answer was another violent kick.
The bo struggled to his knee, fell again,
and m ‘ng another violent effort, managed
to gain his feet, where he stood swa ing to
an fro in an uncertain manner, w ' 6 his
tormentors roared with lau hter.

“Jump, now!" cried Billy. " Show us
how you can jump. If you jump over Jim’s
head I'll let you go.”

The boy com bed in an une ted man-
ner. He lifted is ri ht foot an lanted it
in Bill ’s belly wit a force w eh com-
pletelylmocke the breath from his body,
and lea ing lightly into the air, kicked Can-
nibal im in the face with both feet and
was off like a flash, leaving the stunned and
baffled villains to lament their folly.

CHAPTER IX.
roar! name—m OALLAO—A nmew
nscsrn.

Ir was only for a moment that Jim was
stunned, and then he started away in pursuit
of the flying boy, but he had gained so much
that they could no longer hear his footsteps.
The Kanaka stopped and waited for Billy.

“You run on," he hissed "and take
straight ath through woods. e shorter
way. ust catchee him—must ee him.
Heknowwetrytokillhim before, andwill
tell cappen.”

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lowin a path which onl he could find in
the arkness, he heade toward a point
which he thought the boy must pass to reach
Honolulu. Here he stopped, and crouching
in a dense cover, waited, with bated breath,
for the arrival of the lad. Ten minutes
passed, and then a dark form came darting
past, and leaping from the cover, the Kanaka
struck him a terrible blow with a club which
brought him tothe earth, and then sprung
forward to complete the work, knife in hand.
As he bent over the prostrate form the moon
suddenly burst out in full splendor, and
showed him the face of his Victim, and to
his horror he saw that it was Billy Selleckl
At the same time a horseman dashed est at
full speed, and the shrill laugh of rince
Porter was borne on the breeze. The boy
had luckily come upon the horse in his flight
and mounted him, and as he had got slightly
bewildered in the darkness, he had allowed
the animal to take his own course, and in
consequence Billy Selleck had assed him,
going so far to the ri ht that e had not
seen the be , and ha received the blow
intended for rince.

“By dam‘,” hissed the Kanaka. “Billy,
Billy, boy, me didn’t mean it. Me thought
it was cussed boy. Ilal me get water."

He darted away to a spring which he
knew, and brought water in a palm leaf, and
dashed it upon the face of the in'ured man,
and in a few moments he revive , and was
able to speak. His first thought was to
swear at his friend, and he carried out the
idea to the letter. Jim received the curses of
his companion as his just due, and excused
himself, as well as he could.

“ ’Tain‘t no use,” sighed Bill . “Nothing
on earth can tech that Satans imp. He‘s
bound to beat us, and we get the worst of it
every time. It‘s enough to make aman strike
his tether to think how we’ve been fooled.”

“What we do now?" demanded Jim.
"We back to ship, cappen flo us.”

“ e’ll have to take our grue‘l’, I guess,”

. was the consoling rep

1 .

“ Nebber be flogged? tell you. If the cat
touch my back, me kill cappen, sure. He
nebber flog Kanaka Jim. ”

“ Then we’d better not go back, fur I tell
ygu the capt’in will flog us, sure as you are

m.” '

“ Then we hide in cave, cappen no can
catch, ” averred Jim.

“ I can stand now, I guess. Lord, what a
lick you gave me, old man] If I didn’t have
a head harder than aflint it would have killed
me, sure. I only wish the boy had got it,
instead of me."

Kanaka Jim assisted hisfriend to arise and

,1 W at once commenced their flight, b..t

Billy gave out after a two hours’ walk, and
was compelled to lie down. Jim covered him
with leaves and hastened away to a neigh-
boring bread~£ruit grove to get food. On his
return Billy managed to eat a little and then
fell asleep, and after a rest of several hours
awoke quite refreshed. But he had had time
to think, and now tried to persuade his friend
to return with him to the ship and take their
punishment, whatever it might be, to which
im objected strongly.

“ Butsee here, " cried Billy. " You don’t
mean to say you give up the idea. of serving
out that young hound? If we runfor it, we‘ll.
never see him ag’in.”

“Me go back," replied Jim. “ Me live
long enough to kill dat boy, me be satisfied.
Yes, me go back.”

They started back to the ship at early morn-
ing and reached Honolulu in about three
hours. Immediately upon their arrival they
were put in irons, and understood that their
murderous attempt was known. Neither of
them made any attempt to deny it, but said
that the boy had vilified them to the crew, '
and made them enemies, and they could not
endure it.

“ Now see here,” exclaimed Captain Car-
son. “ I am going to give you a chance, and

on can take your choice. I’ll send you
ome in irons, to be tried for attempted mur-
iiipir, or I'll punish you myself, just as you

e.”

“ I‘ll take my chances with you, Cap,” re-
plied Billy, in a whining voice. “ I don’t
think on ought to be too hard on me, be-
cause didn’t reall do the boy any harm,
and I don’t think I’ I ever get over the punch
he ave me with his foot. I'll take a flogging
an call it square.”

“ Then I sentence you each to forty lashes
on the bare back. I you object, I ll send

on home on the Cetacean; she sails for New
edford in a week.” .

The black face of the Kanaka turned livid,
wage said: ' l t 'tbette I

“ appen, s pose you e me go, i r.
Kanaka man no likee being flogged. ”

“You’ll have to take it, or 0 back to be
tried for your crime. Remem er that you
will have to lie in prison over two years be-
fore we return.”

“Flog me, then," hissed the Kanaka; “me
won‘t for et it.” '

When rince Porter heard of the punish-
ment in store for the two villains he aid a.
visit to Captain Carson and-pleaded or his
enemies. He said they were hardly like] to
meet again, and he was satisfied to let tdrem,

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allowed to pass unpunished. The next day
they were seized up to the gratin and
received their unishment, the snake
without a cry an Bill Selleck with yells
for mercy which moved rince Porter deeply.
The men were then released and sent to the
“ brig ” on bread and water for a week, and
at the end of that time the ship was nearly
ready for sea, and they did not get any more
liberty. The Dolphin sailed first, and was
on the fishing grounds before the Star, and
as before, got the first whale. They had
been two months on the whaling grounds

' when they again crossed the hawse of the

Lone Star, and found that she had been as
fortunate as they, and both captains were
highly elated. At this time they were within
an eas run of Callao, and determined to go
there or certain supglies which both needed,
especially lemons an potatoes, which are of
the greatest service in keeping off the scurvy.
Two days later they layrin the port, and the
captains went ashore, ince, as usual, heing
one of the crew of the captain’s boat. They
s entthe day in wandering about the queer
o d town, and when night came on found
themselves at some distance from the boat,
and nearly two miles out of the city. The
at once made for the sea, intending to wal
down the coast, and reached the water’s edge.
Their course took them under the face 0 a
high blufl, rising to a hight of fifty feet
above them, and they were walking alon ,
talkin carelessly, when Prince sudden y

ushe Tom Stone back against the perpen-

icular wall of rock and held him there, in
spite of his furious struggles. A second
later a huge bowlder. large enough to have
crushed them out of the semblance of hu-
manity, fell just at their feet.

“ See here, ’ cried Tom, " maybe on like
this kind of business, but I don’t. hat the
deuce does this mean?”

“ I ess it means all the cussedness ain't
been belted out of Billy Selleck yet,” re lied
the boy. “Now, then, for a run, an put
your best foot foremost, Tom. "

The two darted out of their place of con-
cealment and ran at their best speed along
the face of the bluff, and did not feel safe
until they reached the city. . Their boat was
waitin near that of Captain Carson, but
Billy lleck, who was one of the crew, had
not yet turned up. Ten minute later he
came slouching toward the boat, coming
from the opposite direction to that from
which Tom and Prince had arrived.

“,Oh, come and see me!" bawled old Tom,
dancing u to him with his hands ready for
“ it me on the nose, if you love
me. Smash me right on the snoot, you long-
cared mule. Dance to me once, you son of

1 apes-cook. Intuieelmnose.”

 

“ What’s the matter with you ‘1” cried Billy,
retreatin from the threatened danger.
“ What 0 you want to fight me for?"

" Didn’t you try to heave a stone on the top
of my head awhi e ago, say?”

“Who says I did? Oh, it ain’t no usel
A. man may try his best to be decent and you
fellows won’t ct him. Did any man see me
throw a stone?”

“ Course they didn’t. You ar’ too much
of a sneak for that. But come and see me;
let me taste your car.”

But there was no fight in Billy, who has
tin retreated, and the approach of the two
captains at this moment put a fight out of
the question. The two rolled up arm in
arm, for though in the matter of taking
whales and getting a crew they were deadly
enemies, in their private intercourse they
were the best of friends, and had many a
merry bout together.

“You see that harpooner of mine, don’t
you?” growled Carson. “ Waal, he ain’t
got any sand. That Tom Stone is blufling
him now. I made a mistake when I didn’t
hang him, probably.”

Billy Selleek heard the remark, and cast a
look at the speaker from under his beetling
brows which did not bode him an good.
And in the future it proved thatt every
best use you could put Billy Selleck to was
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CHAPTER X.
A MAD wusma—crusnn BY A GIANT—TRY-
sarL’s TRIUMPH.

IN two days the Whalers had obtained
what they sought, and sailed again, but lost
one another in a. ale which sprun up next
day, in which the olphin sprung er main-
yard,‘ and it became necessary to rig another.

his work impeded her progress somewhat,
and old Captain Jacobs was nearly beside
himself with rage. Once on the whalin
grounds again the quickly set to work, an
on the second ay the welcome cry of
“There she blowsl" sounded from the lips
of Prince Porter, who, from the yarn.which
he had told Bill Sellcck upon their first
meeting, had gained the cobm‘quet of the
"Prince of Whales ” from the sailors.

“It’s the Prince, of course,” cried the
ca tain, as the boats were being lowered.
“ ow don’t miss a. chance, if you love me,
you fellers. I must beat Carson somehow,
and get back home first.”

The boats shot away from the side, Trysail
in advance, as usual, Bennett roaring like a
lion, and even Bunker howling at the top of
his shrill voice, for only two whales were in
sight; and as the boats touched the water
they saw the Lone Star coming down before

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nearer to them before they lowered.

“ Oh, holy smoke!" screamed Captain
Jacobs, as the boats shot away. “Look at
that blasted, interfering, thundering fooli It I
getting so a man can’t sight a whale but
Johnny Carson comes booming around, and
shoves his oar in, when he has no business
to. For half a barrel of oil I’d clap on all
sail and cut him down to the water's edge.
Row, you sons of ghosts, rowi Tim Try-
sail, lance them men and make them pulll
They can’t at there, blast ’em, they can t get
there, and ‘arson‘s boats are down!"

Five hundred yards does not seem much
on the Water, but that five hundred yards
Captain Carson gained by sailing in close to
the whales before he lowered his boats. But
five hundred yards is a great deal to be
picked up in a three-mile race, and that was
the distance to be gained if Trysail’s crew
should pass the boats of the Lone Star. But
there were few boat’s crews to equal the one
which Tr sail steered, and they ained' hand
over hau . and passed all the cats of the
Star except the one in which Captain Carson
sat, and that Went head on to a great cacha-
lot, and Billy Selleck planted his iron when
Trysail was still twenty yards away. Then
he whirled his steering oar rapidly, and
headed for the second whale, and after a des-
perate struggle with another boat from the
Star, succeeded in making fast, and the
whale sounded, while Trysail turned to look
at the boat of Captain Carson. As he did so,
he shouted: ’

“A mad whalel Let them look out for
squalls, and I’m mighty glad that Carson
beat us there." .

What is a mad whale?

It is one of these giant creatures, which,

after attaining a great age, becomes misan-y
thropic, and either roams the sea alone or'

with a single companion, and always spoiling
for a. fight. This was a patriarch of his race,
the scars of many battles on his body, and
he seemed to take delight in the idea of a
battle. When first struck, instead of sound-
ing, as any ri htly constituted whale ought
to have done, e leaped high in the air, beat
the water into foam, and in every way be-
haved as he should not have done. If Cap-
tain Carson had not been fired by the desire
of beating "old Jacobs,” he would have
given the monster a wide berth. But to cut
the line now was to own himself defeated,
and he would not do that as long as there
was a chance of securing the whale. So he
backed away to a cautious distance, and
watched the antics of the great mammal
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another iron into the whale if he could. The
creature sudden] ceased his furious eflorts,
and swung slow y around, fixed his small,
twinkling eye on the captain‘s boat, and then
suddenly dashed at it at full Speed.

“ Pul ye! pull yel" yelled Captain Carson.
"If this ain‘t the worst luck! Pull, if you
want to see home and friends again."

The men dashed their oars into the water,
and the light boat shot away, the A‘UV'thl/uull
in close (pursuit; but they gradually drew
away, an the boat of the first mate stole up
and another iron was sent to the head in the
body of the flying whale. He stopped as it
struck by lightning, hurled his huge body
into the air, and sounded with a vicious vio-
lence, which ought to have warned them to
cut loose. But their blood was up, and they
would not do it, with Jacobs and his crew
lookino' on. A moment later,'and the whale
rose cfose under the bows of the captain’s
boat, and rushed at it with his great mouth
agape, this time too close for them to elude,
and at the shout of the captain the men with
one accord leaped into the water just as the
ponderous jaws closed with a crashing sound
upon the light whale-boat, which was
crushed like an egg-shell.

“I’d ive a thousand dollars,” moaned
Captain arson, as'hc swam for his life, “if
old Peg Leg hadn’t been looking on. That‘s
the second stove boat he’s seen me get this,
cruise. 011. Bill Sellcckl I believe you are
a Jonah, and I won’t have any luck as long
as on are in my boat.”

he whale, having demolished the boat,
swam gently away and lay wallowing in the
sea, while t 0 first mate, who was a. splendid
Whaler, crept up to give him the lance. But
there was something in the manner of the
creature which he did not like, and he rested
on his cars a hundred ards away and looked
at the giant game. e saw that another of
his boats was already on the way to the as-
sistance of the wrecked grew, and that his
aid was not necessar , an he determined to
take the chances. be mad Whale was quiet
enough now, but the mate was an old stager,
and it occurred to him that the creature was
too quiet, after making such desperate work,
and the brilfiant little eyes seemed to twinkle
with a peculiar light. There was nothing
for it, however, but to make the attack, or
Captain Carson would never for ive him, and
the boat was cautiously backs toward the
whale, the mate poising his lance with both
hands and mentally selecting the spot into
which he would drive it in order to find the
life of the giant game. Scarcel twenty feet
separated them mm the who. s when the
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lance, bury-lug it deep in the side of the
whale, an shouted wildly:
" Pull ye, for your lives, pull! Away you
go!!! ,

The order was quite unnecessary, for as
the boat had been backed up to the whale
the men could see the danger, and as the
lance flew from the hand of the old sailor the
ears dashed into the water together, and the
boat fairly leaped, takinga line which would
take them quickest out of the reach of the
terrible flukes. As they cut the air, how-
ever, so close a shave was it that the wind
caused by the rapid motion of the flukes
actually took the hat from the mate’s head,
but the boat was for the moment safe.

“Darned if they ain’t having lots of
trouble,” ejaculated Trysail, coolly, as he
drew the smoke from the bowl of his pipe in
lingering pufis, which told the enjoyment he
was having. “I say, old Tom, ain’t that
there whale ever going to rise?”

“He’s coming now, Mr. Trysail,” was

, Tom’s answer. “Line is slack, sir.”

‘ “ All right; eyes in the boat, and be ready

- with your iron, Torn.”

“ I don’t think this fellow wants anything
more than the lance," was the reply. “He
ain‘t no sech mad character as that there.
He’s a weak fish, sir. "

The whale rose slowly from the foam, and
lay wallowino' in the trough of the sea. The
water which he threw up from time to time
was tinged with red, and they knew that
the harpooner had planted his iron very
deep, and had touched the life. Trysail
made ready his lance, cautiously approached
the whale and got the keen blade well in,
and as they backed away and left him in his
flurry, Prince Porter uttered a cry of dis-
ma .

‘yLook there, look there, Mr. Trysail!"

All eyes were turned toward the mad
whale, and saw an interestingsight.

CHAPTER XI.

 

2 V JACOBS IN TROUBLE—A PICKED-UP CREW-

_ mrssrn’s LUCKY cas'r.
TEE mad whale, after receivmg the lance

‘ from the hand of the mate of the Lone Star,

had lashed the water into foam for a

‘ moment, and then plunged into the sea,

while the commander of the boat, who was
very uneasy, peered over the side of the
light Craft, not knowing from what direction
an attack mi ht come. In the mean time
captain Jsco , who knew that there was
danger, had another boat lowered, and was
pulled awayvtoward the scene of action, in
the hope that he might ,be of some service,
or, if not, at least have a chance to condole
with Captain Carson on his misfortune.

 

His best was nearly up with the whale to
which Trysail was fast and perhaps five
hundred yards away, when, out of the
depths, close under the bows, rose the great
square need of the giant with which the
boats of the Lone Star had so long been
battling. Captain Carson was the first to
see it, and the wild idea came into his head
that he would make fast to that whale,
which had completely shaken oi! Carson’s
boats, and if he could kill it, he would have
the laugh forever on his wily adversary.
The idea no sooner came into his brain than
he acted on it, and grasping the steering-
oar with a firmer hand, he steered the boat
straight on to the savage monster.

“Now, if you love me, Jack Sinclair,” he
whispered to the harpooncr, “plant your
iron deep, and as soon as it’s in, starn all, if
you wish to live.”

The boat, crept up cautiously, and, at the
signal of die old captain’s hand, Jack Sin-
clair rose and poised his harpoon.

“Now then, now then!” hissed the old
salt. “ Give it to him!”

Jack Sinclair threw all the force of his
muscular arm into the cast, and sent the iron
home. They saw it buried in the bluhber to
the very eye, and instantly the boat shot back,
but scarcely quick enough for the mad whale,
which, instead of sounding, dashed at them
with his cavernous mouth a ape, actually
running up within two feet 0 the stern be-
fore the desperate eflorts of the oarsmen
enabled them to hold their own. It was only
a question whether their arms or the strength
of the demon in pursuit would hold out
longest, and away they flew, the whale in
close pursuit.

Captain Carson was only a man, and he
might be pardoned if he felt a delighted
thrill pass‘through his frame as he saw the
mad whale chasing Jacobs.

“I’d die happy if he’ll only swam the
boat and give me a chance to ic up
old Jacobs,” he muttered. “Pul away,
men! I want to be close up when he downs
them; and if their iron does not hold, by
George, if I don‘tfasten to him again t"

It was the sight of the whale chasino Cap«
tain Jacobs which had so startled f’rince
Porter and Trysail. The mate could act
quickly, and, seeing that his whale was in
the flu , he prepared a “drug”—a flat
piece of card with the name of the Dolphin
on it—and attaching it to the line, threw it
overboard. This made the whale their 'rop-
erty until they chose to pick it u? an pre-
vented the hne from sinking. twas not
the habit of Saul Trysail to laugh at his
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captain’s face as his boat came flying on,
the vindictive enemy close in the rear, and
the crew pulling for dear life.

“ It ain’t my crew,” declared Trysail in a
slightly sneering tone, “ or they’d just about
walk away from that there whale. What
my, boys? Shall we give the old man/a
‘  ?ll

“ If you are game to put in a lance, we are
title boys to put‘ you on the whale,” replied

om.

“ Then change places, boys, and get me in
the bow. It has 0t to be done with the
lance, you know,i we do any good. Be
ready to pull for all you are wort .”

They had scarcely turned on the thwarts,
and brought the boat round, when the cap-
tain’s boat came dashing up, and perhaps
fifty feet astern swam the huge cctacean, his
gleaming eyes fixed upon the boat in front,
and blindly oblivious to anything else. At a
glance Captain Jacobs saw that he would get
help from his mate, and his eye bri htened.
The truth is, he had but little confi ence in
his crew, as it was composed of men who
only went in the boats upon occasions like
the present, when their services were ab-
solutely required, and the old captain
solemnly registered a vow never to trust his
life in t eir hands again. They were begin-
ning to tire already, and the whale was gain-
ing on them again, although they pulled
with all the ener y of despair. And what
annoyed Captain acobs more than anything
else, was to see Captain Carson, in the boat
which had picked him up, pulling up swiftly
on the port side, and rapidly closmg with

' them.

“ Buck her hard, my sons,” cried Trysail,
as the whale was nearly opposite than.
“Lay me on him, and 1‘11 show N ed Nevins
how to use a lance."

Ned Nevins was the first mate of the Lone
Star, and, in his way, quite a rival of Try-
sail’s, as from the mates who showed great
capacity the new captains were chosen in the
whaling service, and the most successful
mate in command of a boat stood the best
chance of promotion.

The boat shot out like an arrow, headed
straight for the flying whale. He did not
seem to see them at all, and as Captain
Jacobs said, “ only seemed to want a piece of
his meat.” The crew behind Trysail were
full of nerve, and sent the boat on with a
speed which quickly brought them close on
to the whale, so close, indeed, that the mate
had time to select the spot where he knew
the “ life ” of the whale lay, and he sent his
lance.home with all his force, burying it
deep in the body of the mad creature.

“Stern'alll” -he cried. “If that don't
settle it, I'm a Dutchmen."

 

The heat flew back out of reach, and the
whale stopped in his course very suddenly,
and old Captain Jacobs, looking over his
shoulder, uttered a yell of delight, for he
knew that the work was done, and Captain
Carson would not have a chance to laugh at
him this time. The whale vc a desperate
leap, and instantly sent into the air the
column of blood—red water which plainly
showed that the lance of Trysail had done
deadl work.

“ ease rowin , you lubbers,” shouted old
Jacobs, his woo en leg beating is delighted
tattoo on the bottom boards. “ Oh, ain’t this
glorious? How Ned Carson will swear!”

The boats of the Lone Star had stopped at
once when the bloody spurt told them that
they were beaten, and resting on their ears,
they grimly watcth the dying agony of the
whale. In half an hour it was over, and an-
other boat from the Dolphin came up and
made fast to the whale, to help tow it to the
ship, for old Jacobs could not miss such a
chance as this, and cast loose, saying that he
would go back to the ship and work her
down to meet them and thus save along pull.
Carson saw him coming, and at once the sur—
rounding air turned blue with his curses.

“ Of course the lubber will come and pre-
tend to sympathize with me. Pull away,
boys; head for the ship.”

“Better at it over, captain," declared the
mate, who ad picked up the commander of
the Lone Star after his “spill.” “ Old Peg
Leg will have a whack at us if he follows us
clear to Honolulu.” .

“ That‘s so,” replied Carson, with a Sigh.
“ I’d have given any money if Saul Tryssil
hadn’t been there, and you see what it is to
have a boat’s crew you can depend on. That
boy Porter and old Tom are a host in them-
selves.”

“ Oh, Billy Selleck is a good harpooner,”
answered the mate. “He put 111 hrs iron _
well."

“ We had to cut, though, and that’s what
drives me wild. Here comes that old lunatic."

“ Oh, bullo, hullol" cried Jacobs. “ Mighty
livel whale that, Carson.”

“ should say it was,” owled Carson.
“He made you skin out o Galilee mighty
livcl .” r

“()Sh, I was leading him down to Try-
sail,” averred the captain. "You see that
crew I’ve got is just a pick-up, and the whale
was mad with the foolish way he’d been
worried. You fellows ticked liim‘so with .
the harpoons and lances that he was'Just
chuck full of fun. I hope you won’t ketch
cold; but I reckon not—you are used to get-
tin spilled.”

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If you'll send a boat after we get the whales
alon side, I’ll send on back your harpoons
and ances, That big fellow isjust bristling
with them, and that’s What made him so
mad. I say, when I get filled up, I’ll lend
you a crew until I come out on my next
cruise. I’ll find you hereabouts, I reckon.”

This was more than Carson could bear,
and ripping out a terrible oath, he thundered

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A BLOODY DEED—THE DOLPHIN 0N Fum—
BADLY WOUNDED. ,

" Now, don’t that beat all natur’!" said the
old captain, with a low chuckle, as he signed
for his crew to pull for the Dolphin. “ Cw
rious how mad a man can get when he is out
of luck!”

He was quickly on board and working the
ship up to meet is boats, which were pull-
in slowly in, dragging their prey.

ut fortune had not utterl deserted Cap-
tain Carson, and his boats ha hardly reached
the ship when spouts were again seen, and
they gave chase. An hour later, after a des-
perate struggle, they succeeded in killing
two whales, and before night the Lone Star
lay a mile from the D01 hin, her crew also-
cngaged in the work or getting in the rich
find. But Billy Selleck, although he had
been one of the lucky harpoons, was full of
bitterness against Prince Porter and old Tom
Stone. Cannibal Jim, too, was very sulky,
as he was harpooner on another boat, and
had not been able to make fast.
. “We lay here all night, Billy?” he whis-

per-ed.
BilAlfi replied in the aflirmative.
“ right. You hear something ’fore

.- morning dat make you feel good.”

“ What’s up, J im?” inquired Billy.
“ Never you mind. I tell you in do mom-

in .”

Billy knew that it was useless to talk to
Kanaka Jim if he had made up his mind, and
he said no more, but kept his eyes on the
savage. They were not in the same watch,
and while Billy was on deck the Kanaka
went “below. When the port watch was
called he came up with the rest, and, accord-
ing to orders, took his station in the foretop.
The night was intensely dark, and after he
had once gone aloft no one could watch his
motions, and he sat for an hour licking his
thin lips, with a peculiar gleam in his savage

eyes, and then, watehin his opportunity,
.he slid suddenly to the eck an

aver the bow and into the chains, where he
was again lost to sight.
’ The GWW of the Dolphin had worked late,

crept out ‘

 for they had two whales to attend to, and the
‘ sooner their work was done the quicker they

might hope to sail for home, and the captain

was determined to get back before the Lone

Star at all hazards, and it was nearly mid-
, night before the deck was left to the watch.
1 Prince Porter occupied his favorite lookout,
‘ the foretop, looking down at the water,
when he thought he heard a splashing under
the bows, and it seemed to him some one had
climbed into the chains. ‘

“That’s queer," he muttered. “I don’t
like to holler without cause, so I reckon I‘d
better slide down and look into that myself.”

He caught a stay and slid down to the rail
and peered over into the chains. He had
been mistaken, after all, for there was
nothing in sight, and he turned back from
the chains, when something bright liasht-d
before his eyes, and he felt a sharp pain in his
breast, and knew that he had been stabbed.
As he fell senseless to the deck, a dark figure
which had risen from the shelter of the stay-
sail, which was half raised, darted forward,
and seizing the body of the boy, had half
raised him to the hight of the rail, with the
intention of dropping him over, when hasty
steps were heard coming from the after part
of the ship, and Mr. Bunker came up quickly.
Before he had done so, the intruder, who-
ever he might bc, had concealed himself he-
hind the sail, after covering the boy hastily’
with the bight of the jib. Mr. Bunker
stopped before he reached the forecastle, and
listened. He had been called forward by a
noise which he did not understand; but now,
satisfied that he was mistaken, turned back
quickly, and hailed the ioretop. Of course
he received no answer.

“1f it was any one but Prince Porter I’d
go up there and start him with a rope’fi end, ”
muttered the mate; “ but he’s too good a
hand to juinp on when he ets a bit sleepy.
Let the boy rest, and I’ll e extra careful
m self.”

Ie walked aft again, and the dark form
once more stole out, ushed aside the scuttle
of the fore hatch, an dropped into the hold;
and for nearly an hour there was utter
silence on board the ship. ‘ At the end of
that time, Mr. Bunker, who had walked for-
ward, saw some one emerge from the fore-
hold, and hailed him.

There was no answer.

“ See here, my sweet, blooming youth,”
cried Mr. Bunker, “ you and me are going to
fall foul of one another if you don’t speak
up like a man.”

The strange man, whoever it was, suddenly
attempted to dart by the mate, who made a
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lug back hastily, drew a pistol and cocked
it. As the lock clicked, the form of the in-
truder appeared for a moment on the rail.

“ Come back, or I‘ll let daylight through
youl” screamed Mr. Bunker.

The body of the stranger inclined down-
ward, as if about to lunge, and Bunker
fired. A second later e heard a splash in
the water; but whether he had hit the man or
not it was impossible to say. The watch,
hearing the report of the pistol, ran up, old
Tom among them.

“There’s been a irate aboard the Dol-
Ehin, boys,” declare the mate. “ I give

im a shot, but whether I hit him or not I
don’t know.”

“Where did he come from?” inquired
Tom, uneasily.

“ Out of the fore hatch," was the reply.

“ Dang my buttons if I like it at all," ex-
claimed Tom. “ I’ve been more’n half
awake for a long time, and it seemed to me
some one was spookin’ round in the hold. I
reckon we’d better see to it. "

“Get a lantern, quick,” cried Mr. Bunker.
“There is no telling what that devil’s baby
ma have been at in the hold."

om darted away, found a lantern, and

uickly leaped into the hold. He had scarcely

one so when he darted up again, with a very
white face.

“ Fire," he whispered, in the ear of the
mate. “Get the buckets ready, and form a
line to pass water.”

Nothing is so terrible to a seamen as a fire
on board ship, but Mr. Bunker was a brave
man, and ready to meet any den or. His
orders were quickly issued, and 9. ins was
formed to the forward part of the hold, where
the fire was re 'ng. Old Tom took the front
of the line an worked like a hero, standin
in, the midst of the flame and smoke, an
dashing bucket after bucket of water on the
flames as the sailors assed the water down
the line. Fortunate y, it had not gainfi
much headway, for the Dolphin was dry and
oil soaked, and would have burned rapidly
had the fire got a good start. After an hour
of honest work the last spark was extinguish-
ed, and old Tom sat down on a cask, panting

'for breath.

“ It’s a mighty good job that the mate hep-
.ned to ketch on to that skunk jest as he
1d, or We’d have had to take to the boats,

boys,” he declared. “ ’Pon my life, I’d like

. to. get my grapplers on him, just about a

mmnit. would’t ask more’n that to make
a best of him.”

y this time the entire crew of the Dolphin
were on the alert, and man after man came
up and inspected the place where the fire

was set- It had been started Well forward.

 

among a lot of loose casks and packing-cases,
and from the we it burned they were satis-
fled that a quanti of oil had been scattered
over the heaps be ore it was set on fire. That
there had been a dastardly attempt to set fire
to the ship, no one for a moment doubted.
But, in looking over the crew, no one was
missing exec t Prince Porter, and, to the
surprise of a1 , he had not been seen since he
went into the foretop. j

“ Now where's that there be i” cried old
£1213, " I hope nothing ain’t appened to

“ He was in the foretop,” replied Mr. Bun-
ker. “ I hailed him once, but he didn’t an-
swer.”

Old Tom sprung into the rigging and ran
up to the foretop, but found no one there,
and quickly came down. As he leaped from
the rail he stumbled over some one lying
partl hidden by the sail.

“ ring a light here,” he cried, hoarsely.
“If this is my boy, an’ he's bin murdered,
I’ll never rest until I hunt down the black
dog that done the ork.”

Mr. Bunker ran orward with the lantern,
and found old Tom suppgrting in his arms
the silent form of Prince orter, the front of
his Jersey soaked with blood, and evidently
badl wounded.

“ ear ahand here, you useless lubbers,"
cried Tom save. ely. “Help me to get this
shirt ofi' him. grin a dash of fresh water."

His orders were astily obeyed, and the
bloody Jersey was literall cut from the
body of the injured boy, ayin his breast
bare. Mr. Bunker, who genera ly attended
to injuries received by the men, took a
sponge and wi ed owe the blood from the
white breast o the lad: revealing a ghastly
wound over the heart.

“ Looks bad, this does,” he asserted, as he
ran his fingers over the wound. “If this
knife has gone straight home, the boy is done
for. Hal what's this? An one got a knife
with a straight, narrow b e? I don't want
a very sharp one.” . ‘ /

Two or three knives of this description
were handed out, and selecting the one which
suited him best, the mate again bent over the
wounded boy.

CHAPTER XIII.
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‘ the wound, and a slight click was heard, and ~

presently he held up a short piece of steel,

evidently.a portion of the blade of a knife.
“Good enough,” he said. “The knife

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filthy lucre to know who the skunk is that
did this.”

Old Tom said nothin , but looked gloom-
ily across the expanse 0 water in the direc-
tion of the Lone Star, for he had his sus-

icions that some one on board that ship

new how the boy came to be injured. Mr.
Bunker looked at him keenly.

“ You suspect some one,” he averred, in a
low voice. "

“Waal, rather," was the slow response,
"only I don’t want to suspicion anybody
without cause. But see here, Mr. Bunker,
when that scamp jumped overboard, you
didn’t see anything of a boat, did you ‘1”

“ No; he jumped into the water, and that
was the last of him. "

“I only hope you hit him," was the re-
sponse. “ If you did, the sharks have got a
meal on a cursed murderer, and one that
ought to be hung. But I don’t see how it
can be the one I was thinkin’ of; he couldn’t
swim it to save his life.”

Even while they were talking, Mr. Bunker
was busily engaged in Watching the blood
from the wound. When he had cleansed it
thoroughly, he gave the sponge to Old Tom,
and went awe to get a bandage. Just then
Prince open his eyes with a start, and the
first face he saw was that of old Tom.

“1 mi ht have known you would be on
hand, 01 fellow,” he said. “ Did they catch
the rascal who stabbed me?” ,

"No; you mustn’t wag your jaw too
much, for you are mighty weak.”

“I reckon you are right, but somehow it

| don’t seem to me that this is going to lay me

up long. There, I won't say any more at
present.” I

In a few moments the wound was dressed,
and a hammock swung on deck, for the mate
would not have the boy placed in the close
forecastle. 01d Tom was assigned to take
care of him, and after the boy had been well
wrapped up and placed in the hammock,
Tom perched himself on the forecastle, with
his legs hanging over against the bulkheads,
and watched his young friend closely. From
time to time he looked across the water in the
direction of the Lone Star, and a dark look
came into his face.

“ I don't reckon Capt’in Carson give them
two skunks enough," he muttered. “It al-
most seems to ,me that we common tarr
jackets will have to b'ile in and take a hand. ’

Two or three times durin the night the
mate came up and spoke to t e boy, but as
he foundxhim resting quietly, did not stay
with him. At an earl hour next morning
Captain Jacobs ordere his boat, and went to
the Lone Star, and old Tom went with him
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had come to annoy him about the whales,
but to his surprise he said nothing on that
subject, but asked for a private talk with
him. The two captains were closeted for
half an hour, when the mate who had charge
of the deck during the midnight watch was
called, and closely questioned as to whether
it was possible for any one to leave the deck
while he was on duty.

“I can’t it? as to that, captain,” was the
answer. “ ou know it was darker than a
nest of black cats; but I can answer for it
that no one in m watch left the ship."

“Areyou sure ” demanded Jacobs. “ Some
rascally pirate boarded the Dolphin in the
night, about one be 1, stabbed Prince Porter
in the breast, and tried to set fire to the
ship. Now, I’ll be hanged if I don't find out
who it was. "

“ Maybe it was one of your men, captain?"
sug ested the mate.

“ s that so] Well, I’d have you know
that there ain’t a man aboard the Dolphin,
slow or aloft, but what brags on the ‘Prince
of Whales,’ as they call youn Porter. Then
again, my crew are all ready or service, and
the man who did the trick um ed over-
board, and was shot at by un er. He
thinks he hit the fellow, too.”

“I only hope he did, if it is one of my
men," exclaimed Carson. “Now, see here;
is there any one you suspect?"

“ 01d Tom says it’s either Billy Selleck or
Cannibal J im."

“ You’ve picked my two worst men, that I
agree to,” said Carson, “ and more than that,
I reckon you’ve got the only man who would
dare to swim from this ship to the D01 hin
in the night, and that’s the Kanaka, im.
He's ot something against the b0 , too.
Now, ed Nevins, where was the fianaka
when this took place?”

“In the foreto .”

" Did on see im after you sent him up?”

“We , I hailed the foreto about two
bells, and somebod answer It might
have been Billy Se eek, thou h, for I re-
member now he came on d before the
watch was called and went into the top With
the Kanaka."

“ Then Selleck ought, to know somethln
about it," asserted Carson. “Call the r
down.”

As the mate came on deck he heard a git-eat
uproar, and hurr ing1 forward saw old om
engaged in a live y ght with Billy Selleck
an anaka Jim. Just as the mate reached
the deck Selleek was knocked back against
the bulkheads of the forecastle with great
force, and the Kanaka and the old sailor
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grabbed a belaying pin and danced into the
midst of the fray.

“ Now see here, Tom Stone!" he shouted,
“ what do {Eu mean, raisin merry B’elzcbub
on the (lee of the Lone tar? You'd bet-
ter be quiet, or I’ll serve you out."

“ All iIrht, Mr. Nevins,” replied Tom; "I
axes yer pardon, but I does think one of
them two critters were on the deck of the
Dolphin last night and tried to burn her. ”

“ Here, you Sellcckl” roared the mate,
shaking the belaying pin at Selleek, who was
leaning a 'nst the rail, wiping the blood
from his b‘lgeding nose, “ you are wanted in
the cabin. Move you-r pins lively now!”

Selleck started to obey, rather glad to es-
cape from old Tom, who did not yet seem to
be satisfied, and hastened to the cabin, where
sat the two captains, looking at him with
threatenin eyes.

“Now ook here, in man," exclaimed
Carson, “I’ve had occasion to seize you up
to the gratings and 1give you forty lashes on
the bare back, and may have to do it a ain
if you don’t answer in questions. on
came out of the forecast c before eight bells
last night and went to the foretop. What
did ou do that for?"

“ he says I did?” demanded Billy, in a
snuflling tone.

"No matter about that. You did ust as
I say. When you went up into the oretop
was Kanaka Jim there?”

“ Yes, sir."
"Did he stay there with you?"
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“Did he stay there with you, I say?”

"He staid a little while after I came up.
You see, Jim was not feeling very well, and
he asked me if I’d come up and take the
lookout while he sle t. I agreed to do it,
: .l that’s the reason went up there."

“ Where did Jim go when he left you?”

"I 3' he turned in. I don’t know, of
course; t was awful dark last night, an'l

ou couldn’t see ten feet afore you. After
e left the top I couldn’t see him at all.”

" That yarn is well told. Nowtyou know,
better than any one else on bear this ship.
where that skunk was going. If you didn’t
know before, you know now, for he told you
this morning. There has been a murder
done, or mighty nigh one, and either he or

you are 're, gonsible for it. If you don’t
make a clean breast of it, I swear I'll find a
way to make you."

. I  ruther Jim would tell hisself,” said
Billy, 1n a whining tone. “ No sailor likes
to blow on a mate, and especially a chum.
Have Jun in and ask him.”

“ I don_t know but you are right,” declared
the captain; ” but that would be time wasted.
No. I want you to ten."

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"I can‘t do it, captain,” whined the crimp.
" It ain't ri ht to ask me. "

“Go on eck,” was the order of the cap
tain. " Come on, Jacobs; I’m going to see
this thing through."

Billy sneaked on deck and was quickly
followed by the two captains. The moment
his foot touched the deck he called the first
mate.

“ Take that man Selleck and seize him up
to the grating. Then get a colt and stand by
to start him when I ive the word.”

Selleck was uic 1 seized up, with his
back bare, and 'ed ficvins stood over him
with a knotted rope in his hands, known on
board ship as a “ colt.”

" You know what I want of you, Bill
Selleek,” cried the captain, sternly. “ Wi 1
you tell me where Kanaka Jim went last
ni ht?"

elleck shook his head, and at a signal
from the captain the knotted ro e cut the air
with a whistling sound, and ahghted on his
back, raising a ivid ridge, while the bound
mankshut his teeth savagely, but did not
spea .

“ Will you tell me?" hissed the captain,
who was an autocrat on his own deck.

Billy remained obstinate] silent. The
truth was, he feared Canniba Jim quite as
much as he did the captain. Carson raised
his finger and again the colt fell.

“ I’ll tell, " screamed Billy, unable to bear
the punishment.

“ I murder you if you do!” yelled Jim.

"Take that man I” was the stern order of
the ca tain. “I knew he was guilty.”

Hal adozen men threw themselves upon
the Kanaka, and a fierce struggle began.

CHAPTER XIV.
PRINCE PROMOTED—A MURDEROUS BLOW-
BILLY sELLEcK’s DEATH.

THE Kanaka fought like a demon, uttering
short fierce cries, as he felt that he must
yield to numbers. At last, completely out
of breath, but still defiant, he was thrown to
the deck and tightly bound. Billy Selleck '
was removed from the grating, and the Kan-
aka trusscd up in his place. .

“ Aha!” he screamed. “You think ou
flogee me till me speak. Gur-r-r-r-r-hl ou
kill me first, den; me no speak. ”

" Oh, it won’t be necessary,” answered
Captain Carson. “Billy is going to tell us
all about it. ”

“ You’ll keep me safe from the Kanaka if
Ido, captain?‘ pleaded Billy.

" He won't do any more mischief I promise
you," was the reply.

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, "Go ahead, Billy," was the command of
Carson, “and if the Kanaka don’t keep his
mouth shut, I’ll have him gagged.”

Billy, who felt safe under the protection of
the captain, made a clean breast of it, and
said that the Kanaka had boasted that he
swam to the Dolphin and stabbed Prince
Porter soon after he gained the deck, and
would have thrown him into the sea but for
the fact that Bunker had come suddenly upon
him. He had then got into the forehold, set
fire to the ship, and was making his escape,
when he was seen and fired at b the mate.

“ He liar!" screamed the anaka; “me
nebber been out de ship.”

“ He’s got a mark on him you’ll know him
by,” declared Billy. “Just as he jumped a
bullet cut through the fleshy part of his
shoulder, and if you don‘t find the wound I
am a liar.”

The 'aeket and shirt were torn from the
body 0 the Kanaka, and a fresh wound was

lainly visible on his shoulder.

“An’ ef that ain’t enough, ” interjectcd old
Tom, “here’s his knife, that he dropped in
the scuffle iust now, and here's the piece of
broken stee the mate took from the breast
of Prince Porter. Fit the two together, and
you’ll say it’s proof enough. "

Carson took the knife and the piece of
steel from the hands of the old sailor and
fitted them together, and called the attention
of the rest to it.

' “That’s enoug ," he declared. "Don’t
lie any more, Kanaka, for you are‘ only

wastin our breath. You are the one who
stabbe rince Porter, and tried to burn the
D01 bin." -

“ es, yes, yes I” cried the Kanaka. " Me
did it, and be proud of it. Lucky for dem
’dey found it out in time. Now go on; me
speak no more. "

“ Give it to him i” cried Carson.

A sickening scene followed, for the man
received a terrible flogging—a punishment,
however, which he richly deserved. During
the proiress of the punishment he uttered no
erg, an when the captain gave the signal
w ich- caused the mate to cease, a terrible
laugh burst from his livid lips, and he faint-
ed. He was removed to the “brig,” and
left there, heavil ironed, and Billy was re-
leased after a so emn warning for the future
from  captain. Then Ca tain Jacobs re-
turned to the Dolphin, an the two ships

arted com any again, and, as luck would
ave it, di not meet again that season.
Prince recovered rapidly, and was soon in
his place in the boat. The officers took a
great interest in him, and under the tutor-
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Six months after, as Mr. Bunker was in
the hold watching the stowing of some casks,
the pile fell, and he was crushed under them.
When brought out, it was seen that it was
useless to think of his bein able to do duty
for a long time to come, an it became neces-
sary to choose a third officer for the time
being; Captain Jacobs sent for Prince and
old em. The boy had developed rapid]
in two years, and was now a stout, broa -
shouldered young fellow, with a frank and
pleasing face, the beau ideal of a sailor.

“Now men,” said the old captain, “ I’ve
got to make choice of a man for the third
mate's boat, and it lays between you two.
Which shall it be, that is the question ‘2”

" Oh, Tom, of course," replied Prince.
“ I couldn’t think of taking a place over his
head.”

“You’ve got to take it, all samce,” cried
old Tom. “See here, Cap, you know I‘m
a good man in a boat, but I wouldn’t be
worth shucks as third Dicke . All this navi-
gation business I don’t un erstaml and the
boy does. I say give it to Prince, for I won"
take it.”

“He is the best navigator,” admitted the
captain, ” and besides, we haven’t rat a man
aboard who can drive a harpoon 1like you;
and to tell you the truth, I hated to take you
out of the ow of the boat. That settles it,
then. Prince, you will take your dunnage
into Mr. Bunker’s cabin, and take command
of his boat. Bunker won’t take a steering-
oar again for a year.”

01 Tom gave a lusty cheer, for it delighted
him beyond measure to see his favorite ad-
vanced in this way. There was nothing for
it but obedience, and Prince took up the du-
ties of third mate, and, as was expected,
made a capital officer. The men obeyed him
readily, as he was a prime favorite, and be
quick y gained their additional good will by
treating them kindly. N 0 one could get as
much work out of aboat’s crew as he, and
the season ended in splendid shape, and the
Dolphin sailed for Honolulu with a magnifi-
cent season’s record. She had only been in

ort about four days, when her shadow, the
Bone Star, stood into the harbor, also havmg
done excellent work, and the two captains
fraternized and had a royal bout together.
The second night, as they were returning to
the shi from avisit to the consul, with an
uncom ortable load of liquor on board, Ca
tain Carson was stabbed in the back and fe 1.
Before Captain Jacobs could do anything the
murderous assailant made his escape. The
wounded captain was taken to the office of a
surgeon, and his wound, when examined,
was found to be a desperate one, but there
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" Oh, come on, Mr. Nevins," muttered
Prince, after looking at the wounded man.
“ We can’t do him any good, but we can at
least get on the track of the murderer. But
first let us go on board the Lone Star and
see if Kanaka Jim is there.” .

“ By George!" cried Nevins, “I did not
think of that. Of course it can‘t be him,
thourrll."

“ wish I was sure of it," replied Prince.
“ Come along, quick."

They hurried on board the Lone Star, and
went straight to the brig, and neither was
much surprised when it was found to be
empty. It was ascertained that Billy Sel-
leck, who had professed reformation, had
been laced to guard the prisoner, prior to
his de iverance into the hands of the Ameri-
can Consul, and they had no doubt that the
villain had aided the Kanaka in his escape,
and had fled with him. A party of ten men
was at once made up to take up the pursuit
of the villainous Kanaka, with Prince Porter
and Ned Nevins in command. They at once
began to make inquiries, and discovered that
Kanaka Jim and Billy had been seen leaving
the town directly after the blow had been
dealt Captain Carson, and had headed for
the interior of the island. The pursuit was
commenced at once, With a well—known
Kanaka as guide, a man who knew all the
places of refuge in the islands. All the
night was spent in the search, but without
avail, and as morning broke the party on-
tered the forest near the oint where Prince
Porter was taken, after his capture by Billy
and Jim. Prince was in advance, when he
heard a hollow groan, and looking down,
saw Billy Selleck, terribly wounded, lying
at his feet. ‘

“I’ve come to the end of my rope, mates,”
he declared. " I helped the Kanaka to
escape, but I didn‘t think he meant to mur-
der an one; I was just going to desert, that’s
all. e‘d just got ashore, when he caught
sight of Captain Carson, and told me to go
on and meet him outside the town. Half an
hour after he caught up to me, and told me
he had killed the captain.”

“ You didn’t make much by the deal your-
self, Billy,‘ asserted Nevins.

“No; he held a grudge against me, and
when we got as far as this he turned on me
like a tiger, and cut me all to pieces. I am
nearly dead, and can’t last more than a few
minutes. Catch him and hang him, for he
deserves it. Oh!”

A shudder passed through the frame of
the wounded man as the blood continued to
gear from his awful wounds. Nevins had a

gale of whisky with him, and managed to
get A httle down the throat of the dying

nun. and he revived s little.
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“Come, brace u , man,” exclaimed the
mate, cheerily. ” e'll follow him to the
death.' if youll only tell us where he has
gone.’

The face of Bill Selleck brightened, and
he raised himself 8 ightly.

“ The cave, the cave, where—he—tried—
to——kill—”

~His under jaw dropped, and Billy Selleck
had seen his last of earth.

“ Come on," said Prince Porter, sternly.
"I know the hiding-place of this murderer.
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CHAPTER XV.

ON THE TRACK¥THE KANAKA BROTHER'B
REVENGE—CAPTAIN PRINCE PORTER.

As the oung mate suspected, the murder-
ous Kannka had made straight for the cave
where he had so nearly ended the life of his
enemy by hurling him into the gulf, from
which he was only saved by the lucky cir-
cumstance of being thrown up into the
strange well among the mountains.

Prince knew that this place of refuge was
well chosen, and that no ordinary effort
would dislodge the villain; but he trusted
something to the Kanaka guide, who knew
the place as thoroughly as did Cannibal Jim.
It was- is fortunate circumstance that this
guide was a deadly enemy of Jim. who had
sworn a vendetta against im, and had been
upon his track for several years.

“You listen me," cried the vindictive
Kanaka. "Me hate Jim; he very bad man

but he smart. Kanaka man find him; no '

body else can. "

It was nearly mid-day when the rty
reached the vicinity ot the cave, andm the
sailors at once came to a halt before the
entrance. They were for entering the cave
at once, but the mates stern] forbade this,
as they knew that Cannibal J xm was desper-
ate, and doubtless well armed.

“ Me go and see if in dare," declared the
guide. “ One man enough at a time. "

He approached the entrance and passed
out of sight, liding on with stealth , eat-
like steps, his ife held ready for action at
a moment’s notice. He had only gone a few
steps, however, when his course was stopped
by a solid wall, which he knew‘ought not
to be there, and he darted back.

“Here he be, sure enough,” he said.
“Him block up ath."

“ Let’s have a antern and look into this,"
cemmandcd Ned Nevins.

A lantern was quickly produced, and the
two mates entered the cave side by side; and
as the light of the lantern was cast upon the
wall. they understood what it was which

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stopped the way. Jim had blocked up the
place with huge bowldcrs, so heavy that it
required the utmost eflorts of the sailors to
remove them.

“The black=imp is spunky. ain’t hel” ex-
claimed Ned Nevins, as the men were en-
gaged in tearing down the wall. “ We shall
have Wigs on the grass before we down him.”

“ I shouldn’t wonder," replied Prince;
“but we’ve got to down him just the same.
He has been let run too long. Get your
pistols read , lads, and when you catch sight
of him, don I; hesitate to give it to him.”

' “Me go, me catch him,” whispered the
Kanaka guide. “ Sec, him kill my bruddcr,
and me must 'eatch him.” *

l5G0 ahead, then,” was the low reply of
Prince Porter. “We’ll follow slowly, and

' be on hand at the death. ”

The Kanaka glided away in the darkness,
and the others followod slowly, in the gloom
of the cave, guided only by the faint light of
a partially shaded lantern. Not a sound was
heard from in front, so cautious was the ad-
vance of the Kanaka, and they were stooping
at the entrance of the great room in which
the stream crossed the floor of the cave and

« glunged intokthe abyss, when out of the

arkness came an awful yell, which they

' knew came from the throat of Cannibal Jim,

and the sound of a confused struggle was
heard in the cave.

“8 ring the lantern l” shouted Prince.
" Lig t here, and see what this means."

The light of two lanterns at once flashed

upon/the scene, and the party sprung into

the great room. They saw a savage battle
oin on, two dark-visaged Kanakas fighting
or ' e or death in the center of the room,
their bodies so intertwined that it'was quite
impossible to say which had the advantage
in theatruggle. It was Cannibal Jim and

, the guide, their eyes gleaming savagely, their
’ teeth set, and their breath coming in short,
. fltful gas

s.
“ Goodp blood, Kanaka," cried Ned Nevins,
wishing to encourage their man. “ Hang on

ou.”
As the sailors artcd in to aid the guide,

k, the two rolled over and over, and with a

demoniac laugh from the lips of Cannibal
Iim, went'whirling down the steep incline in
Which the young mate hadso nearly met his
death.

With 'a Wild 0

Prince caught a lantern
4mm the hand 0

the man who held it, and

 from the place, running rapidly'to-
‘ward the mouth of the cave, closel followed
r by old Tom and Ned Nevins.

hey were
out of the cave in two minutes, and uickly
reached the well from which Prince ad es-

 

caped. Just as they arrived at the water it
bu‘bbled fiercely, and the black hair of a
Kanaka rose to the surface. He was so ex-
hausted that if Tom Stone had not eau ht
him by the hair he would have been whir ed
over the second incline and lost. They
dragged him out, and all saw that it was the
111 e.

g “ Where is Cannibal Jim?" demanded
Prince, as the man caught his breath.

The man held up his knife, and they saw
that it was reddened from point to hilt.
And, at that moment, the ghastly body of
Cannibal Jim, with a gaping wound in the
breast, was hurled out of the depths, and be-
fore they could seizc it, went plunging down
into the dark gulf upon the other side. The
would-be assassin of Captain Carson and
Prince, and the actual murderer of Billy Scl-
lcck, had met his doom, and the Kanaka
kissed the bloody blade of his knife.

“M bruddcr sleep now,” he muttered,
“for annibal Jim is dead.”

 

Under the skillful hands of the local sur-
geon Captain Carson rapidly recovered, for
the wound was not found to be so had as was
at first supposed, and as he declared that he
would not stay on shore, a young surgeon,
who was desirous of returning to the States,
consented to sail with him and take care of
him. Both ships were so nearly full that it
was decided to cross the fishinn‘ grounds once
and take what they could, and then sail for
home. Good fortune, as usual, was with the
Dolphin, and six weeks after leaving Hono-
lulu the last tier of easks was filled, and they
headed for the Horn on their homeward pass-
age, Captain Jacobs chuckling that he had
shaken elf the light-heeled Lone Star.

Prince Porter was raining olden opinions
from the captain, an even t e mates above
him were ready to declare that, barring ex-
perience, he was as good as they. The pass-
age home was uneventful, and one bright day,
two years and six months from the time
when they sailed, they passed the Capes of
Delaware and headed for the Vineyard.
When one day out, as the sun rose, there
loomed up in plain view the well-known
form of the Lone Star, with a signal set to
speak them. i

Both ships lufied up, and a boat came from
the Lone Star. In the stern, looking worn

and feeble, was Captain Carson.

“See here, old man,” he said, as he came
over the rail, “I’ve got an oifer to make. I
think I could beat you in, but I owe Prince
Porter something, and if you agree, we’ll sail
in side by side and cast anchor together.”

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grasfying the hand of Carson warmly, “ and
we’l land from the sumo boat and take a
drink together."

And the did it, too. And for many days
all the tak in the Vineyard was of the
strange voyage of the rival Whalers, and their
frlen 1y arrival side by side.

Captain Jacobs Was ready to say a good
word for the “ Prince of Whales.” and as he
meant to follow the sea, his chances wow
Very good. Bunker did not care to maln
another voyage yet, and Trysail received
command of a. ship. And when, six months
later, the Dolphin sailed again, Prince l’or-
tor was her second oilicer, and Tom Stone
was his harpooner. ‘ ‘

We might follow him further through his
adventurous life, but perhaps it is enouo'h to
say that six years later he was one o? the
most trusted captains in the whaling fleet,
and that wherever he goes Torn Stone is sure
1') follow. And Captain Carson and his
chum, Captain Jacobs, who follow the see.
no more, delight to recount the brave deeds
which were done, time and again, 1) their
brave oung friend, Captain Prince orter,
l‘he Prmce of Whales. And it is the delight
of these rare old sailors, when his ship is in
port, to sit with him and yarn it, while the
grizzled mate, Tom Stone, mixes the grog
and speaks of the old days when Cannibal
Jim and Billy Selleck were sailin in the
Lone Star and came to such awful oaths.

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302 Big Benson‘s Bet. B T. C. Harbaugh.

803 The Hotel Boy Deiec lve; or. The Grand Central
Robbery. By Charles Morris.

801 Bald Head's Pard; or, Creeping Cat’s Cunning.
By Buckskin Sam.

805 Dusky Dick‘s Duel; or, The Demon’s Trail. By
Harry Hazard.

806 Spotter Fr lz; or, The Store-Detective’s Decoy.
B E. L. Wheeler.

807 ick the Bo Sport; or, Three Plucky Pards.

By ajor E. St. Vraln

. 808 Double-Fisted Mat: nr,.'.[‘he Mystic California

Giant. By Joe. E. Badger, r.

309 0x1 Graybeard‘s Boy: or. The Girl's Ruse. By
C. Dunnm Clark.

310 Kit, the irl Ca tain' or. The Mad Sailor's
Le acy. By Col. rentiss In ham.

811 FI‘iO Free in T as. By Buc skin Sam.

812 The Detective ad-Agent- or The Miners 0!
Sassafras City. B Edward L. Wheeler.

an, Honest Jack's Pro go; or. The Dwart's Scheme.
By Philip S. Warne.

.314 Clip the Boy Slierifl' or. The Two Crooks of
Montana. By Edwar Willett.

015 Tom the Arizona Sport; or, Howling Hank from
Hard Luck. By Major E. L. St. Vrain.

.316 The Street Arab Detective; or. Dick Dorgan‘s
Double Dealing. By Charles Morris.

31? Buckskin Ben of Texas; or. Single Eye’s Plucky
Bards. By Buckskin Sam.

31!: Colorado Char‘ie’s Detective Dash: or, The
Cattle Kings. By Edward L. Wheeler.

319 Frisky Fran‘: in Idaho: or. Old Sldnflint the
Shadowcr. By Roger Starbuck.

320 Cool Sam‘s Girl Pard; or, Captain Dick and His
’1‘: xans. By T. C. Harbaugh.

621 Billy, the Kid from Frisco; or. Silver Mask’s
Clew. By J. C. Cowdrick.

3253 Fred Flyer. Detective; or. Abe Blizzard on Deck.
By Cvmrles Morris.

82:: Dead Shotlke in Montana' or, Hez Helper, the
Yankee Pard. By Roger S rbuck.

3% Kit, the Denver Sport: or. The Bonanza Miner
King. By Edward L. Wheeler.

325 Dusky Darrell the Camp Detective; or, The
Dandy’s Daring Dash. By EdWln Emerson

3536 Roy. the Boy Cruiser: or. The Water Wolf
Wreckers. By Colonel Prentiss Ingreham.

827 Ned, the Roving Miner: or, Arkansaw Jack‘s
Match. By Harry Hazard.

328 Rocky Ben’s Band; or, Big Pete‘s Big Haul. By
W. J. Hamilton.

829 Dave, the Colorado Wrestler. By Maj. E. L. St.

rain.
330 The Denver Sport‘s Racket; or. Kit‘s Big Boom.
Edward L. Wheeler.

B
w331 The Coast Detective; or, The Smuggler Shadow-

er. , By Roger Starbuck.

88:2 Dakota Dan in Canyon City; or. Colorado Kate's
Check. By Philip S. Warne.

33'! Bootblack Ben. the Detective' or, Pooler Jim
and His Pard. By Anthorfiy P. orris.

884 Frisco Tom on Deck; or, 6 Golden Gate Smug-

lers. By George Henry Morse.
815 on Bandy, the Boss Pard; or, The Plucky
Parson. B J. Stanley Henderson.

88!) Fred, the ort, in Brimstone Bar Cami;l or.
at}? Boston restler’s Confederate. BY . L,
ee or

83? Daisy Dave the Colorado Gslnot; or. The Boss
’nf Dead Line CitgcflBy T. C. Harbaugh.
338 The Gold Bar De ve' or. iron no, the Solid
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3‘30 Rardo, the Boy Gypsy; or. Reckless Rolt’s Ro-
volt. By Wm. G. Patten.
340 Billy Bubbln’s 13' Score. Bv Charles Morris.
341 Colorado Steve’s ash; or. Old Buncomh’s Sure
Shot. By Philip S. W» me.
842 Sun Shot Sam; or, Neo Norris’s Nettle. By
Buc 'sin Sam.
.343 Mike. the Bowery Detective; or, Peleg l’rancer
of Vermont. By Edward L. Wheeler.
344 The Drummer Sport. By Edward Willetr.
845 Jaques, the Hurdme Detectivv; or. Captain
Frisco the Road Agent. By J. C. Cowdrick.
346 Joe. the Chicago Aral). By Charles Morris!
847 Mlddy Herbert’s Prize; or The Girl Captain‘s
Revenge. By Col. Prentiss ngrahmn.
848 Sharp—Shooter Frank. By Buckskin Sum.
849 Buck the Miner; or, Alf. the Colorado Guide.
lfiy Maj. E. L. St. Vrain.
350 ed, the Slab City Sport. By Ed. L. Wheeler.
35! Rocky Mountain Joe. By Col. T. H. Monster-y.
352 New York Tim; or, The Boss of the Boulevard.
By Charles Morris.
358 The Girl Pilot; or, Ben, the Reef-Runner. By
Roger Sta rbuck. V
854. Joe. the Boy StageDriver. By Maj. St. Vrain.
355 Texas Frank’s Crony; or, The Girl Mustang
Rider. Bv Bucks in Sam.
356 Idaho Ned, Detective: or, The Miners of Tarpot
City. By Edward L. Wheeler.
357 Guy, the Boy Miner. By Col. P. lngraham.
358 Jersey Joe, the Old Tar; or, the Wrecker’s
Protege. B Mrs. Orin James.
859 Dandy Dick S Dash; or, The Boy Cattle-King.
B Oil (limes.
360 J m‘s Big Bonanza: or, Jake Dodd and His
Gang. ’ W. J. Hamilton.
361 Oregon P 'l, the Sport; or, The Marshal of Two
Bits. B Philip S. \Vfil'l‘le. ‘
362 Kit, the oolblack Detrctive. By E. L. Wheeler.
853 The Ocean Racer; or, Trusty Tom, the Tar. By
T. C. Harbaugh.
861 Fritz‘s Old Score; or, Sib Cone's Right Bower.
‘ By Ned Buntline. _
865 Crack Shot Hari- ; or, The Masked Rider. By
Colonel Prentiss ngraham.
366 Gold Dust Rock, the Whirlwind of the Mines.
By G. Waldo Brawne.
367 Fred’s Bold Gama; or, The Cave Treasure. By
Paul Bibbs.
’368 Jim, the Sport in Wake-up: or, Foghorn Fan to
the Front By Edward L. Wheeler.
4369 Captain Blake’s Jonah. By Roger Star-buck.
370 Denver Kit's Double. By Major 11. B. Stodda_rd.
871 Blue Blazes Dick; or, Danger Doll of Dynamite.
B T. C. Horbnngh.
ea Cat’s Prize' or, The Flog of the Red
Hands. By Colonel Prentiss lngraham.
873 Larry O’Lynn‘s Dash: or. Kyle, the Renegade.
By Joseph F. Henderson.
874 J m. the S ort's Biz Boom: or, The Bonanza.
King’s Riva . By Edward L. Wheeler.
375 Bowe Bob, Detec'ive. By Jo Pierce.
376 Bucks in Dick‘s Clean Swee ; or, Jonathan
Jenks’ Still Hunt. By Col. Art or .1". Bolt. _
377 The Deadwood Sports. By Lieut. S. G. Lansing.
373 Bronco Billy. theySuddle Prince. By Colonel
Prentiss Ingraham. .
879 Dick. the Stowaway; or. A Yankee Boy‘s Strange
Cruise. By Charles Morris. ,
[380 Youn Dick Talbor' or. A Boy’s Rough and
' ' ‘ Tumb 6 Fight from ew York to California. By
. Albert W. Aiken. ,
881 Dandy Bill’s Doom; or, Deerhunter, the Boy
Scout. By OllCooms. _
mwfille-Awake George. the Boy Pioneer. By Ed.
et.‘
333 Wild Bill, the Pistol Prince. By Col. Ingraham.
881 Brimstone Bill’s Booty: or, Marlposu Marsh at
“Dead Man's Gulch. By Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

385 The Boy Tram s; or. The Ron ha 0! Demon

_ _ Hollow. By J.  Huffman. g

380 The Montana Kid; or, Little Dan Rock‘s Mis-
sion. By Morris Redwing.

3337 The Boy DPfecilVES. liy T. C. Hnrbaugh.

688 '1110- _P0n Express Rider; or, Buffalo Bill's
Frontier 1: cats. By Col. Prentiss lnurahnm.

389 New York Bill, the Dcdm r By Edwuid Willett.
390 The T|Ckl‘t~Of-L(‘,B.V9'S Trick; or. Spring Steel,
King of the Bush. By J~ soph E. Badger. Jr.

By Major Henry

301 1(glutrley Skylark, the Sport.

. Stoddard.
392 Texas Jack, the Mustang King.
Prentiss Ingruham.
303 Peter the Dandy Greenhom. By Noah Nut.
30; Tom emple‘s Big Strike. By Bu rry Ringgold.
395 Harry. the Country Boy, in New York. By
Charles Morris.
Detective Paul‘s Right Bower. By C. D. Clark.
Tip Tressell, the Flatboat Boy. By Ed. Willott.
Captain Jack in Rock Roost. By Col. lngruham.
. Hairy Some-rs. the ngician. By S. W. Pierce.
Black Horse Bill, the Bandit Wrecker. By
Roger Starbuck.
Tim, the Mule Boy of the Mines. By Chas. Morris.
Flatboat Frvd on the Mississip i. By E Willett.
Jake, the Colorado Circus 0y. By Bryant
Baiubridge.
Texas Charlie‘s Wild Ride. By Col. P. lngrahnm.
Wide-Awake Ned; or, The Boy Wizard. By
Barry Ringgold. y
Giant Pete and His Poms. B T. C. Harbau h.
' e‘s Secret. y

Old Rufl‘s Protege; or, Little

Captain Bruin Adams.

Stowaway Dick Abroad; or, The Desert Rover.
By (‘hurles Morris.

Doctor Carver, the Champion Shot. By Col. P.
Ingraham.

Captain Flg-By-Night, the Colorado King-Pin
By Jas. E uduer. Jr.

New York Jack’s Mottle; or, Old Traps and His
Chums. By Barry Bin gold.

Sam Spence, the Bro horn Boy. By Edward
\Villett.

Revolver Billy in Texas; or. The Lone Star State
Rangers. By Col. P. Ingraham.

Dasher Dick’s Dead Lock; or. Plucky Joe, the
Boy Avenger. By J. M. Ho

By Colonel

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407

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409

flman.

Pony. the Cowboy Chief. By H. B.

Panther Dick’s Death Leag. By A. F. Holt.
Fighting Fred of Fn‘sco. y T. t‘. Harbau h.
Buckskin Sam’s Wild Ride. B ' Col. P Ingra am.
Frisco Guy‘s Big Bonanza. y Roger Starbuck.
Pat Mulroony‘s Ford. 13% Emerson Rodman.
Tim, the Bo Acrobat. y Cher'es Morris.

Red Spur lph, the Texan. By C Dunning

Clark. >

Dashing Bob. the Pony Express Rider. By Col.

Prentiss Ingraham.

Tom Stone, the Old Sew Dog. By C. D. Clark.

Durky J umhle's Wild Ride. By Bar Ringgold.
26 Wolf-Cap; or, The Night-Hawks o the Fire-

Lands. By Capt Chas. Howard.

42’? Bessie the Border Girl. 18' Henry J. Thomas.
428 Night-Hawk George. By .:1 P. Ingraham.

429 Bill Beeler's Bonanza. By Edward Willett.
Ready March 30. -
430 Long Shot; or, The Dwarf Guide. By Captain
Comstock. Ready Aprllfi.
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