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seams�察 �crept like evil spirits over the ship�察 �stealing into the nostrils and
windpipes of the unwary and causing fits of sneezing and coughing。 The
stars blinked lazily in the dim vault overhead�察�and the full moon�察�rising in
the east�察 �touched with its light the myriads of wisps and threads and
spidery films of smoke that intertwined and writhed and twisted along the
deck�察�over the rails�察�and up the masts and shrouds。
;Tell me�察─�Captain Davenport said�察�rubbing his smarting eyes�察 �what
happened with that BOUNTY crowd after they reached Pitcairn�拭 �The
account I read said they burnt the Bounty�察 �and that they were not
discovered until many years later。 But what happened in the meantime�拭�
I've always been curious to know。 They were men with their necks in the
rope。 There were some native men�察�too。 And then there were women。 That
made it look like trouble right from the jump。;
;There was trouble�察─ �McCoy answered。 ;They were bad men。 They
quarreled about the women right away。 One of the mutineers�察 �Williams�察�
lost his wife。 All the women were Tahitian women。 His wife fell from the
cliffs when hunting sea birds。 Then he took the wife of one of the native
men away from him。 All the native men were made very angry by this�察�and
they killed off nearly all the mutineers。 Then the mutineers that escaped
killed off all the native men。 The women helped。 And the natives killed
each other。 Everybody killed everybody。 They were terrible men。
;Timiti was killed by two other natives while they were combing his
hair in friendship。 The white men had sent them to do it。 Then the white
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men killed them。 The wife of Tullaloo killed him in a cave because she
wanted a white man for husband。 They were very wicked。 God had hidden
His face from them。 At the end of two years all the native men were
murdered�察 �and all the white men except four。 They were Young�察 �John
Adams�察 �McCoy�察 �who was my great´grandfather�察 �and Quintal。 He was a
very bad man�察�too。 Once�察�just because his wife did not catch enough fish
for him�察�he bit off her ear。;
;They were a bad lot� ─�Mr。 Konig exclaimed。
;Yes�察 �they were very bad�察─ �McCoy agreed and went on serenely
cooing of the blood and lust of his iniquitous ancestry。 ;My great´
grandfather escaped murder in order to die by his own hand。 He made a
still and manufactured alcohol from the roots of the ti´plant。 Quintal was
his chum�察 �and they got drunk together all the time。 At last McCoy got
delirium tremens�察�tied a rock to his neck�察�and jumped into the sea。
;Quintal's wife�察�the one whose ear he bit off�察�also got killed by falling
from the cliffs。 Then Quintal went to Young and demanded his wife�察�and
went to Adams and demanded his wife。 Adams and Young were afraid of
Quintal。 They knew he would kill them。 So they killed him�察 �the two of
them together�察�with a hatchet。 Then Young died。 And that was about all the
trouble they had。;
;I should say so�察─�Captain Davenport snorted。 ;There was nobody left
to kill。;
;You see�察�God had hidden His face�察─�McCoy said。
By morning no more than a faint air was blowing from the eastward�察�
and�察�unable to make appreciable southing by it�察�Captain Davenport hauled
up full´and´by on the port track。 He was afraid of that terrible westerly
current which had cheated him out of so many ports of refuge。 All day the
calm continued�察�and all night�察�while the sailors�察�on a short ration of dried
banana�察�were grumbling。 Also�察�they were growing weak and complaining
of stomach pains caused by the straight banana diet。 All day the current
swept the PYRENEES to the westward�察�while there was no wind to bear
her south。 In the middle of the first dogwatch�察�cocoanut trees were sighted
due south�察�their tufted heads rising above the water and marking the low´
lying atoll beneath。
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;That is Taenga Island�察─ �McCoy said。 ;We need a breeze tonight�察 �or
else we'll miss Makemo。;
;What's become of the southeast trade�拭─ �the captain demanded。
;Why don't it blow�拭�What's the matter�拭─�
;It is the evaporation from the big lagoonsthere are so many of
them�察─ �McCoy explained。 The evaporation upsets the whole system of
trades。 It even causes the wind to back up and blow gales from the
southwest。 This is the Dangerous Archipelago�察�Captain。;
Captain Davenport faced the old man�察 �opened his mouth�察 �and was
about to curse�察�but paused and refrained。 'mcCoy's presence was a rebuke
to the blasphemies that stirred in his brain and trembled in his larynx。
'mcCoy's influence had been growing during the many days they had been
together。 Captain Davenport was an autocrat of the sea�察�fearing no man�察�
never bridling his tongue�察�and now he found himself unable to curse in the
presence of this old man with the feminine brown eyes and the voice of a
dove。 When he realized this�察�Captain Davenport experienced a distinct
shock。 This old man was merely the seed of McCoy�察 �of McCoy of the
BOUNTY�察�the mutineer fleeing from the hemp that waited him in England�察�
the McCoy who was a power for evil in the early days of blood and lust
and violent death on Pitcairn Island。
Captain Davenport was not religious�察�yet in that moment he felt a mad
impulse to cast himself at the other's feetand to say he knew not what。 It
was an emotion that so deeply stirred him�察�rather than a coherent thought�察�
and he was aware in some vague way of his own unworthiness and
smallness in the presence of this other man who possessed the simplicity
of a child and the gentleness of a woman。
Of course he could not so humble himself before the eyes of his
officers and men。 And yet the anger that had prompted the blasphemy still
raged in him。 He suddenly smote the cabin with his clenched hand and
cried�此�
;Look here�察�old man�察�I won't be beaten。 These Paumotus have cheated
and tricked me and made a fool of me。 I refuse to be beaten。 I am going to
drive this ship�察�and drive and drive and drive clear through the Paumotus
to China but what I find a bed for her。 If every man deserts�察�I'll stay by her。
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I'll show the Paumotus。 They can't fool me。 She's a good girl�察�and I'll stick
by her as long as there's a plank to stand on。 You hear me�拭─�
;And I'll stay with you�察�Captain�察─�McCoy said。
During the night�察 �light�察 �baffling airs blew out of the south�察 �and the
frantic captain�察�with his cargo of fire�察�watched and measured his westward
drift and went off by himself at times to curse softly so that McCoy should
not hear。
Daylight showed more palms growing out of the water to the south。
;That's the leeward point of Makemo�察─�McCoy said。 ;Katiu is only a
few miles to the west。 We may make that。;
But the current�察 �sucking between the two islands�察 �swept them to the
northwest�察 �and at one in the afternoon they saw the palms of Katiu ris