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Chapter V. Edgar Poe’s Romance

           Onthethirddayamutinybrokeoutonboard,headedbytheship’scook,anegrolikeourEndicott;buthe,letmesayatonce,wouldneverhavethoughtofheadingamutiny.

           Numerousincidentsarerelatedintheromance—themassacreofmostofthesailorswhoremainedfaithfultoCaptainBarnard,thentheturningadriftofthecaptainandfourofthosemeninasmallwhaler’sboatwhentheshipwasabreastoftheBermudas.Theseunfortunatepersonswereneverheardofagain.

           AugustusBarnardwouldnothavebeenspared,butfortheinterventionofthesailing-masteroftheGrampus.Thissailing-masterwasahalf-breednamedDirkPeters,andwasthepersonwhomCaptainLenGuyhadgonetolookforinIllinois!

           TheGrampusthentookasouth-eastcourseunderthecommandofthemate,whointendedtopursuetheoccupationofpiracyinthesouthernseas.

           Theseeventshavingtakenplace,AugustusBarnardwouldagainhavejoinedArthurPym,buthehadbeenshutupintheforecastleinirons,andtoldbytheship’scookthathewouldnotbeallowedtocomeoutuntil“thebrigshouldbenolongerabrig.”Nevertheless,afewdaysafterwards,Augustuscontrivedtogetridofhisfetters,tocutthroughthethinpartitionbetweenhimandthehold,and,followedbyTiger,hetriedtoreachhisfriend’shidingplace.

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