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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.
