CHAPTER XX.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 180, 3 July 1873, Page 3

CHAPTER XX.

Ebbing men indeed Most often do so near tho bottom run, By tlieir own fear op sloth. ' It's all right,' said John, coming into the banker's private room, looking pale, but jet determined — ' all light, master.' ' Wliat'a all right?' oried lh» banker. ' Whj , the ship — tho ship's nil right, the Arthur's B/idc.' ' What ' lms she got to Liverpool ?' ' jS'o ; she's got to the bottom of the sea. I told you I'd manage it for you, Mr RowlairU, bach.' ' And the young Englishman ?' ' Ife'a all right too!' ' Where is he then ? I* he coming here ?' 1 He 11 never rome here again : he's drowned, master •' 'O my God' 1 shrieked the old man, 'you have done murder among you, and tho guilt of it will ho on my soul for ever ! 'Indeed they couldn't help his being drowned, Mr Row Hurt , 6<i/-A— Hutu.}* come! Jrt's think what we're gom.r to do It sno use ml ! ing one another names about it. What we did we did for you, master It isn't m } l, Hl k th.V, \\o'\c sived. And now u-c want tin- inoiny, M\- Rj.vla id s -the thousand pounds «c wore to have for' w reck : iv tht» shin ' • John , you're a v.llain ! iTouve d e <,troyed°all the Wars of in v soul ; lin ruined now and for «vor ! How can I eyer lo >k an honest man in the face?'

Li«slpn, nrn<fer it w,.s n* 1 snrt 5 ih,- wonrn b * -n In pome clown from the lulls this moimng : the* lmd ■! :' „ notes in Ihpir hands that Ao .i bamboo/led then- m"n into kpppi»gy..Moi(hu You Monliln'i h.ivr baniWlcl tf P/ft Your lia jvi.pf'ui.u] I,,'t | 1!m . lliH . ( ,j in; . , r forgumras with them, Mr Bow lands, WA Bui w hat did Ido ? I took oki Ixveu Moms by the h n ,id-*li,.' 9 the iioixi.'-t and bitterest old woman of them all-.,,,,! I . IU .I lo lv >• • "Look hero, ttwen Morris ; luw\ a telegram we've hn.l from the government to say that our ship's 1,,, i ; J P ir , nm ' t M r Rowlands bo grieved? He'll see nobo.U todi>, Ghi-h, you may b • sure. « Humph !" «ns all she BBl ,| * « l|,.'j| , ep ,, IPi J o l m , bach^ It we ten thousand p.iumU he had nuii-ed upon her, iwonl on, ' a:ul he'd g,,0 all that t> get her back again ! " Dmoul ! " cived tlio old woman, " he'll bo richer than ever now, the old crow ! " And with that she stumped away to the market-place, and told everybody the news ; and then all (he old women scampered bade to the hills aeam with their notes in their pockets. What do you think of that, Mr Rowlands, now, oh?' ' See who that is, 1 gasped the banker, as he heard the swhi"door open, and the heavy tread of men outside John disaggoared, and presently came back again, and ushered m Captain Ellis and the mate of the Arthur's Bride Well, Mr Kow lands,' cried Captain Ellis, 'we've come back, you^sec, according to orders ' 111 1 didn't give you any orders,' cried the banker. Oh, we \e kept you all right, Mr Rowlands,' said Ellis • we didn t think of coming to sec jou till it was all blown over ; but my niato here being about to go to foreign parts bo , J X? 3 ' , We , want • Tou to l ia . y > governor,' cried Brumfit ; that s the long and short of it— anan llawr, as you call it in your confounded lingo.' ' Hish, my lad ! don't speak so rude to the b-inker ' ' Banker or sailor, nhnt do I care' We're all pnlK together. JTeve gon.s through all the danger of it ; !ie'\\ get the bes part of t'.e profit. Promise to pay does ver> well for a banker, but it won't do for a sailorf Dorm «Kh the gold, that's our ticket ; eh ! old elmo » ruJ^i SIUd th n bal ! ko1 "' « ettin K "P. taking all over, 'I don t feel very well, and I should like to go home. I'll see your friends bre-aud-by-wmt and see, wait and see. Jolm ' gire n,e j our arm ; I think I should like lo get home ' No, you don t !' cried Brumfit, putting himself before t no door. Its no use feeling queer; cvervbody feels nueewhen tWj *o got to pay-thafsno use. You pass the lm\ to the clerk : measure out the gold, John ' Then you shall go home to your feather beds and bolsters ' J 'Stand aside man!' cried John; 'don't you see the mascr'sill? The money is right enough ; I'llW eavo ,t's IZi ~T\ -TT' 7 Cn S, 11 ' 8 n ° U9e 7° ur han « in = about the bank-it don t look well. Come up fo Bodganfon to-night at twelre o clock, and you shall be paid all your s h,ire 9 . I'll masfer }• " P * baff Wlth m 7 own h * nd *-— Won't I, | Anything-anvthing, John-only let me get away home ' Indeed, said John, when he hod gone, « he's l.ke a hare that s running home to die. But the moneys all right, comrades : you shall have it at Bodganfan at twelve o'clock to night. 1 And look hero.' cried Brumfit : ' it, about time we square up that other matter— the ship's books— eh, mate ?' les, indeed, 1 said the captain; 'let us see where we ■tinci, eh ? 1 All right,* sai 1 John. « After we've seen Mr Rowlands, and ge t the money for sinking the ship, we'll all go to the tgbgchan, the little sumraer-houscand share what she earned St"i£\i7a?* Tndeed) I>m iorrj to think she * as ' She was about done for,' said Brumfit ; ' she'd never have earned us much more. I shall take my .bare, and ship for t ie Cape, and see what I can do among thorn diamonds. What say you, Cnpen Ellis ?' •Well, I think I shall buy a bit of land, and build a house, and settle down ashore.' 1 Aren't you afraid the ghost of the old ship will come against you * r 1 No, indeed ; there's no spirit in wood. She was a very good ship, but she's sunk ; sholl never come against me any more. ° J 'Suppose the young chap came to light, the voune Jingl.shman, s< could speak to your leaving the ship and him in ,t locked up in the cabin! when the ship was sound and tight, and might have weathered the point with a bit of seamanship— eh, what then, Capen Ellis ?' him* 0 ' 1 ! lle ' 8 dCad 'hC fl ' Cd ° n t islard ;no fear of 1 Did yon see the body ?' ' Weren't you with mo ? Didn't the old woman want the money to bury him ?' ' At, *ell, if I'd t been you, I'd % spent, fire bob to make wire he was gon. : it might a been somebody else, tou know : be«Jes there s the «eanicn, », m ,ght chatter ' "

The people of Dundee hare been rather skocko 1 by the result of an analyus recently made br ordor of tho suwrinmtendenl of police of samples of their daily food 'Thei had no i den of the Hastiness they hal been swallow. ne. Out of eighteen samples „f tea, some of them purchased from tho largest tea warehouses in Dundee, there «a< not one sample among them which was not more or less adulterated with Prussian blue, blaeklead, starch, turmeric, carbonate of lime, Mima clay, and terra alba, or one or more of tl.e-e articles Out of five samples of coffee there wa* not a pure sample, but all were nmed »ith chicory. Of four samples of cocoa there was no sample unmiwl with rtareh and sugar. Of four samples of flour none were pure, all being more or less mixed with alum. Of four samples of bread none were unnwd with a1i,,,,. Of four samples of butter none were unadulterated, all bein X more or less mixed with fat. Thoy arc, how ever, ,„ Dundee better off than most people as reSard, their beer and wine All tfie samples of claret, port, •>rry, porter, bitter ale, and sweet rum and brandy were iound free from adulter.il ion, and on the whole the result of the analjSH seem, to show that in Dundee, at least, tho drunkards hare the adiantape orer the pluttons and that the piocers are biegor sinners than the publn-ana.