The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-11-20
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wen, there is a Iee,le something else"

'Well, there is lee,le something else"
| 'Ha, and whit is il 2" "a sf
WAY sir p'aps hodn'I ought 10 iell,"
said Captain Spinnet, counteriellng The
the most cxtIeme perturbation. you see,
twas given TO me as sort Of trust. an
'lwouldn't Le right for me 10 give il up
Yon can take anything eIss you please, for
s'pose can't help it myself" ,f3a
sYou ae an honest codgeT at any Ia.e,"
said the pirate; "bul II yon would live ten
minutes longer, jus, tell me what you've got
on, board, and exactly The place where, ii
! lays" kar
! The sight Of a cooked pistol brought the
old man 10 his senses, aud, in depressing
tone, he mutered--
! 'Doa't Kill me, sir, don't. III tell you all.
We've 90. forty Ihousnn silver dollars nailed
up in boxes, and slowed away under some OF
| the boxes, Just for'ard o Inc cabin Lnlkhead,
but Mr.. Defoe didn't suspect that anybody
would have thought Of looking for il there"
| Perhaps 50, chuckled the pirate, while
his ey es spanked with delight. Aud lben
turning to his own vessel. he ordered all but
three Of his men TO jump on board the Van.
! kee.
In few moments the pirate, had taken
off tue matches, und in their haste TO get At
! The "siIvel dollars" they forgot all else; bnt
NOT so wih Spinuet he had his wits al woik,
| ard nu sooner had the last Of the williams
disappeared below the hatchway, than he
turned to his boys.
Now, boys, rar your lives Sch, you clap
Your knife across the forethroal and peak
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quick, nov, al' the moment you've done il,
jump aboard he pirate. Andrew and Sam,
YOU cast off the pirates grappIngs, an then
You Jump then we'll walk into them three
chaps aboard the clipper. Now for IL"
! No sooner were the last words out of the
! old mqn;s mnuh, than his sons did exactly as
they had been directed. The fore and main
halyards were cut, aud the Two gfapngs cast
/ off at the same instant. and as the heavy gaiis
came rat ling down our five heroes leaped on
board the pirate. The moment the clipper
( ielt her liberty, her head swung of, and be-
fore the astohished buccaneets could gain
the deck of The isl crman, their owA vessel
was sweeping gracefully away before the wind
while the three men who had been left ia
in CHI RE were easily secured.
'lalIoa, theren shouted Capt. Spinnet,
as the Iuckless pitales Gro Sded around the
lee sangway Of their prIz ;, "when you ind
them ere s.lget dollars just lei US know, will
yuu?'
Half dozen pistol shots was all the ans
swer the old man got, but they did him no
lhatm; and, crowding ON all sail, he made for
tue vessel he had discovered, which lay dead
Eto leewafd Of him, and whc1 lie now made
! outto be large ship. The clipper cut through
the water like dol phn, and in remarkably
short space Of lime Spinnet luied up under
the ships stern, and explained all that had
happened The ship proved TO be an East
: Indamcn. bound for Charleslon, having, all
told, thirty men on board, twenty Of whom Of
once jumped into the clippet and Offered their
: services in helping to lake the pirates.
Before dark Capt Spnret was once more
within hliling distance of his own vessel, and,
raising II trumpet to his mouth, he shouted:
Schooner ahoy! win you quietly surren.
der yourselves prisoners if we come on boaTdf'
Come and Try /" !" returned the pirate cap.
tain. as he brandished his cullass above his
4, head in very threatning manner. which
, seemed to indicate he would fight to the last
Bu! that was his last moment, for Seth
was crnuched below The bulwaaks, tak'ne de.
iberde aim along the barrel Of heavy rife,
$ aud as the bloody william was in The act Of
. turning 10 his men, the sharp crack Of Seth
Spinnr's weapon rang lis fatal death peal,
aud the next moment the pirate captain fell
back into The arms Of his men, with brace
! of bullets through his heart.
Now shouted the old man, as he levelsd
the long pivot gan. and seized lighted match,
fra give you Jast FIVE minutes 10 make up
yor minds in, aud If you don't surrender,
III blow every one of you into the other
, world ei
TaA death Of their captain, aud, wiihnl,
The sight Of the pointed pvut gun The pecu=
er properties Of which they knew full we'll.
bruughi the pirates to their senses, and they
brew dowp their wcspons,nnd agreed 10 give
themselves up.
In two days from that time Captain Spins
net delivered his cargo safely in Havana.
gave the pirates into The hands Of the civil
l auihofities,and delivered the clipper up to the
government, in return for which he received
sum Of money sufficient for an Independence
'Iduring lhr remainder of his life, ms we'll IS 9
very handsome medal from the governor. p