New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 9 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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WEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. ‘‘One of the leaders in the abduction was dead, an’ the other was called to “T think she was the most beautiful| task by a superior officer who had no a in every man of us as if she was photo- graphin’ our faces. a - woman ‘T ever saw. enough, but no white queen ever walked with a prouder step, an’ no one ever the matter; hand in it, while the steamer lay there ‘She was a Malay, that was sure| helpless on account of the damaged shaft. ‘“The first officer made an inquiry into he summoned all of us who seemed more able or determined to take had been in the crew that abducted the eare of herself. ax ‘The captain’s room on the. Dunmore Castle was on the hurricane deck just abait the chart room. “It was the only house on that deck, _ an? back of it was the funnel. ~ _ “Tand others of me shipmates were on the fo’c’sle top at the time, an’ you may fp believe that we kept our eyes glued upon | the hurricane deck opposite. “Tt was ory seconds after the Malay the captain’s room ge the amoeia pry = ‘She had a pistol in her acid an’ as I understand it, she had grabbed it from a rack that hung just above the porthole ea = captain’s room the minute she en- tere “*She had shot the captain through the - heart. — SA bos’ an? two or thitee ‘sailors who eon the mine ae ae. ie = re I they. over] “the oitl an’ took the ‘pistol from he ae wered her, an’ __ just then one of those things happened | etbat are alwayslikely to happen at sea an’ ft no mortal man can explain;’ some- in? w nt wrong with the shaft. f was stopped instantly, ets of course went to work the ot Ae. a: party excited time on & - ‘| first o a: now ye may believe |. iis ae jae. give you as fair treatment girl to the after deck an’ asked questions. ‘““The girl understood English evi- dently as well:as her own tongue. * “Tf I live to be a thousand years old, I |shan’t forget the way she looked at us fellers who. had been concerned. in the scrape. ‘““There’s no doubt that she was mak- in’? up her mind then that she wonld know us, wherever she met us, an’ that she would have revenge on every man of us. ‘The first officer was badly troubled; know that he wanted to put the second wees in chains. “T think his first thought was that he would lock us all in the brig, but it must have been clear to him that the common Bache: were not responsible in any way, ’. besides that, all hands were needed ee run the ship. : ‘“‘A tramp steamer, as ye know, doesn’t employ any more sailors than is abso- lutely necessary. ‘‘Fully two hours were taken up in the fiicer’s examination. _ He was slow about it, for he took @ report in writin’ of what every man said. ‘‘He had us all sign its or make” our marks after our statements. : ‘‘At last he turned to the Malay girl an’ said: regard your action a$ justifiable.’ | taken back to my home.’ ‘<*T can’t do that,’’ he answered ; “but as pos keep you un- 5 2 ihe aie yen: ae I shall be obliged to mage ‘I shall have to take you to port an’ turn you over to the authorities, although I want you to understand that I ‘““«T demand,’ says she, boldly, ‘to wos tne vil <<a he