The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-18


answer, but none was given. Then his
brow grew stern, but still he preserved
his calmness of voice and manner. as he
said, "Will it please you, captain Fowler
TO give up the gold, or must | wiring il
from you" Fowler cast his eyes despa-
ringly around him, but there was no help,
no manner Of delWerance. lie remained
silent, and in truth he knew not what 10
say. The true character Of the man into
whose hands he had fallen was revealed
to him, even in the threat Just uttered {;
and he felt that if there was no hope OF
resistance, there was none in supplication.
-" Once more, and for the last time, "
said Morgan, Il demand the gold. II
you do not give it up, and quickly, | will
find way TO reach it, more terrible than
even your Imagination has ever pictured. p"
Still no word from Fowler He was
nerving himself to die-to undergo tor
lures worse than death. The trust conf
ded in him, he would not violate. But
the torture was indeed to be applied in a
mode and form, as the pirate had truly
said, which had never been present 10 his
imagination.
AT signal from Morgan, the Captain
was seized by Silly Sam and the other of
M0rgan's followers, his hands tied behind
his back, and the rope which bound them,
fastened at the other end to one of the be-
laying pins of the quarter railing, with a
slack of about three feet, so that he could
move in semi-circle, having about that
much radius. The passenger; being evi-
IDENTIFY in delicate health, and not likely to
make any very powerful attempt at a res
cue, was left at liberty. The crew, as has
already been said, were prisoners, in
some sort, upon the iorecastle, guarded
by four of the buccaneers, each of whom
could make sure of two with his pistols,
IN case Of their making any hostile move
ment.-Thus the parties on board the ship
were in two divisions the sailors and
their guard, occupying the narrow space
forward, while Morgan and his followers,
Captain Fowler, the passenger, and the
child, were on the quarterback.
Poor Edward looked on with amaze
ment at the binding of his father; his lii
tie bosom heaved, his cheeks were flushed
with anger, and tears were gathering IN
his trembling eyclids. He gazed on
Morgan for moment, as if to divine his
purpose, and then rushing to his father,
leaped to his neck, around which he
clasped his little arms, hiding his face in
that bosom on which was his nightly pill
low.
Fowler kissed him fondly, and anxious
to spare his boy the sight Of those cruel
suGerings of which he expected to be the
victim, earnestly begged Mr.. Anderson,
the passenger. to take him below into the
cabin, and keep him there. Anderson
moved step forward, 10 comply with the
request, but Morgan babe him halt, and
there was no alternative for obedience.
Such was the situation of the parties
Fowler bound, the child clinging to bic
neck. Anderson standing near the cabin
door, and Morgan between, with his two
subordinates. Sam leaning against thC
mizen mast, his vacant coun.cnance ex
pressing no emotion, or even cogniZanct
Of what was passing, while he sill amused
himself with the hand-spike which he ha,
taken up, when he first came On bord tn
Resolution.
There is yet moment of mercy.
said Morgan 10 Captain Fowler: :" vii
you give me the gold ~ A shudder passe
through the Captains frame, but he CAV
no answer. Take the boy from him
Harris ~ said the pirate; and 1t We
done, Though not without some difficulty
, Strip him - Fowler started as if sho
and paag Of the keenest agony thrillG
his frame, as the terrible purpose Of h
: tornen.or flashed upon his mind; for
! was Edward at whom Morgan. poju.;
! when his las. tiief command was uierc
, MUnsterp no exclaimed, "you vi
3 nCl you can moi be so cruel" Wre;
j yoar fury upon ne, bat spare the unC
. Tending child! II You have the heart
: a man within you, let your savage deal.
B, be with men, and leave helpless irfan,
Il in safety" His frantic enirea;ies and i
! desperate struggles TO break loose we
r equally in vain. Morgan looked on vi
= a cold, relentless eye; while the fair ba,
d and shoulders Of the boy were expose
, The: toEder frame, those clustering cur
: on which his hald he'd but now been Ia
y in seeming linIneas, the surprising loy