Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-23

thump, upon the bottom Of the boat.
Il don't doubt it in the least re-
piled the stranger 'and now XII tell
you what ] want of you. | have a
large quantity of goods not far from
here, which | wish carried to Ha-
vana. Do you think you could find
the way thcre?'
Just give me n true chart, an !
reckon | can put Betsy jenkins thro'
anywhere
Who is Betsey Jenkins q asked
the stranger, while another smile
played around his mouth.
Do you see that schooner out
thereN
yes
We'll, that's Betsy Jenkins re-
piled the old fisherman, as he cast a
look Of priee at his fayorlte craft
Then I" ould you be willing to PIT
Betsy through to HavanaN
That depends altewgather upon
circumstances, stranger,
The business is honest, the cargo
is light, and the pay shall be good.
You must have il on board before the
week is out, and get out as soon as
possible.
You say the cargo is light, might
| ask what ii isl
i said it was light, because there
is but little Oft; but what there is, is
iron machinery for putting up steam
engines on the sugar plantations,
The vessel in which it was shipped
from Liverpool was cast away near
geldsborough, and now | must find
some other conveyance.
In less than an hour ii was settled
that Betsy Jenkins should be put
through to Havana, and all the pre-
lmingrles were satisfactorily arrang-
ed to that effect. Dapt. Spinnet got
his sons on board the schooner, hove
up the anchor, and started for the
place where the cargo laid, taking
the owner, Mr. Morton, along with
him. All hands sci to work with
will, and in two days every thing
was safe and snug in the fsherman's
hold, already for a start. Mr.. Nor
ton did not accompany his goods, as
ne had business TO attend TO in New
York, and so Capt Spinnet and his
sons received all the necessary in
structions, and then set sail for their
destination.
The schooner had fair wind, aud
she went walking along i'll a right
merry mood, at the rale of six or
seven knots, nothing of importance
occurring until one morning Just af-
ter Sam had cleared away the break
fast things. (Sam was the youngest
and had TO do these sort of things.)
Well, Just as Sam had got the last
tin pan cles My washed and slowed
away IN the locker, he happened to
cast his eyes out at the cabin window,
and as the schooner's stern rose upon
the top of heavy sea, the hutter of
a white sail caught his attention off
upon the starboard quarter, and has
tening on deck, he made known his
discovery. I'm less than half an hour
the stranger was made out to be a
topmast schooner, coming directly
down upon them. The Down Eas-
ter was heading S. S. W., and had
the wind from henorth' I'D and west'r
while the stranger was con ing down,
Wing-and-wing, right before it. Now
there was nothing very astonishing
about seeing stranger schooner in
those atitudes, but still Capt. Spinnet
could not help feeling that under ex-
lstng circumstance there might be
danger abroad. Had the the sail in
question been discovered ahead or
astern, or had she even been making
in for he coast, nothing would have
been thought oft; but as it was, the
Old fisherman could only think that
he was the sole object Of the fellows
course.
Seth, said the old man, turning to
his eldest son, who had the helm,
that chaps after us, an no mistake
'S'pose we huff a bit, an see re-
marked Seth
Try it,
The fsherman's head was brought
three points nearer 10 the wind, and
in a few moments afterwards the
strangers main-boom was swung
over, she, too, varying her course in
proportion.
That settles it, said Captain Spin
net. Now, my boys, that feller's
pirate
"A pirate? interrogated the four
sons, while a slight blanch appeared
upon their cheeks.
Yes returned the old mau. I've
been in these waters afore, an