Once in Valparaiso,
with police flag flying, our mutineers will be taken care of by the
shore authorities.
Another thing I did was to rearrange our watches aft so as to split
up the three storm-visitors. Margaret took one in her watch, along
with the two sail-makers, Tom Spink, and Louis. Louis is half white,
and all trustworthy, so that, at all times, on deck or below, he is
told off to the task of never letting the topaz-eyed one out of his
sight.
In my watch are the steward, Buckwheat, Wada, and the other two
topaz-eyed ones. And to one of them Wada is told off; and to the
other is assigned the steward. We are not taking any chances.
Always, night and day, on duty or off, these storm-strangers will
have one of our proved men watching them.
Yes; and I tried the stranger men out last evening. It was after a
council with Margaret. She was sure, and I agreed with her, that the
men for'ard are not blindly yielding to our bringing them in to be
prisoners in Valparaiso. As we tried to forecast it, their plan is
to desert the Elsinore in the boats as soon as we fetch up with the
land.
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