. Brave old salt : or, Life on the quarter deck ; a story of the Great Rebellion . nswer for your mutinous conduct. I shall board this vessel, replied Somers, as heordered the bowman to haul in towards the steamer. This is mutiny, and I shall treat it as such. I willbe obeyed ! Mr. Pillgrim raised his pistol, and fired at the rebel-lious officer ; but he was too much excited to take goodaim, if, indeed, he intended to do anything more thanintimidate his inferior oliicer. The ball whistled withina few feet of Somerss head, and roused his belligerentspirit. lie raised his revolver on the instant
. Brave old salt : or, Life on the quarter deck ; a story of the Great Rebellion . nswer for your mutinous conduct. I shall board this vessel, replied Somers, as heordered the bowman to haul in towards the steamer. This is mutiny, and I shall treat it as such. I willbe obeyed ! Mr. Pillgrim raised his pistol, and fired at the rebel-lious officer ; but he was too much excited to take goodaim, if, indeed, he intended to do anything more thanintimidate his inferior oliicer. The ball whistled withina few feet of Somerss head, and roused his belligerentspirit. lie raised his revolver on the instant, before thesecond lieutenant was ready to repeat his experiment,and fired. The traitor sank down in the stern-sheets of the men seemed to be paralyzed by this sharp work,and sat like statues on the thwarts. Haul in, bowman! said Somers, in sharp andearnest tones, breaking the solemn silence of that awfulmoment. The man obeyed mechanically, and the others did thesame when required to boat their oars ; but probablythere was not one of the crew of either cutter who did. LIFE ON THE QUAE TEE DECK. 14^ not believe that the fourth lieutenant would be hung atthe vard-arm for his mutinous, murderous conduct. Somers directed the coxswain of the first cutter topull in to the accommodation ladder of the steamer.*He was obeyed, and Boatswain Longstone was orderedto take charge of the boat. Eiidit men, armed withcutlasses and revolvers, were sent on board the BenNevis, and Somers followed them. The captain pro-tested against the capture, but his papers were not whatthey were represented to be by Pillgrim. The characterof the steamer was evident, and she was taken posses-sion of by the fourth lieutenant, and the crews of bothcutters were ordered on board. How is Mr. Pillgrim? asked Somers of the boat-swain. Is he dead? No, sir; the ball only glanced along the side of hishead. He bleeds badly, but he is not severely wounded. The second lieutenant was soon able to sit up, and wasas
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