The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-11-21


asked The lssdrs # tie buaFdeIs. n h
aFrfca 'hei the eli man.
A-s. -
w Tar = ynHr carcol7
Machinery for steam inglns'
Nothing else, = asked the pirate
with searching look
Al tins momor;t Capt Spinnet's ey,
caught what looked like sail oil 4
the souil'nd and easi'ri but not >i.i
betrayed the discovery. and while
brilliant idea shot through his mind h,
hesiiaiingiy replied:
We'll. there's ieefie else
"Ha. and what is ii :"
Why. SIR. p'raps hadn't onsht I,
tell, sala Spinnat. counterfeiiing the
most extreme perturbation. You see
twas gwen 10 me as n SOFT of trust. an
'iwonldn'f bc right for me to give il M
fon can take anything else yon please
for ] >'pose ! can't help m, self.
You ale an honest codger. at any
rate" said the piiaie; but if you
would live ten minutes longer. Just tel
me what you've got on board, and ex.
aclly where il lies"
The sight of a cooked pistol brought
the old man 10 his senses. and in de.
precaiing tone. he mut,ered:
Don't xii! me. sir. don't I'll tell
you all. We've got forty thousand sill
yer dollars nailed mp in boxes and
slowed away under some Of the bcxe.
Just for'ard a. The calm lulkhead. but
MIR. Defne id II suspect that anybody
wonli think ,f looking for il there"
Perhaps So chnckIed the irate.
while his eyes sparkled with delight.
And then turning 10 his own vessel he
ordered all but three of his men 10
jump on board the Yankee.
In f.w moments tie pirate had
taken off the matches and in their hast,
T. get nj the silver dollar they for
gat all else Int noi so with Splmnei: !:
he had his wits al work. and no sooner
had the last of the villains disappeared
below the haichway. than he IN ned l.
lis hrvS
Now boys. for your lives. Seth. you
clap yuur sui.e ac' oss the foreihsoat ain
peak b.. .,yan,s. an van. John. cut he
main. B. quick. Row. an the niuueu:
y. ave lone II. jump aboard the pira,,
Ani,ew and sam. y"u east OH the pi-
raies grapl,Hss. an then ven jump
then We'll walk into them three chap.
At, ART that clipper. Nor f.. n!r
M >ooner We're the last wof,'s nui of
lie oil maa's nou,h. than his sons did
-xac:y a. they had been directed
The fare ani main haiyaris We're cut.
AMI the two -rap.in-> cast OF .i the
same instant. aRd a. The heavy gaff>
came raii'i,,g down. our i've heroes
las. .s...I -, ts...-.i sh- pilaIe. The mo-
m-n, the clipper fell her liberty. hel
heal >wun- oil. and before the aston
i>hei buccaneers could oaiu the deck
II ',e fisherman. their own vessel WAS
hai; cable .ieu1ih to aewar,i. Swe.p-
iar gracefully away hef,rc the wind.
while the three m-a who had been le.l
In charge were easily serurei.
Halloa. iheTcn' shontei Capt. Spin
net. "a the iuckl-Ss pirates crowded
around the lee .anyway of their psize
:. when Won lind them ere silver dollars.
lasi let ~ know. will yol :"
Halt 4 dozen pistol shots was all the
answer the oil man got. but they dill
him no harm. and crowding on all sail.
he made fn the vessel he had discov-
ere.i. which lay dead 10 lceward of him.
and which ne now made out to be
large ship. The clipper cut through
the water like a dolphin. and in re-
markably short space of time Spinne:
lnifei ~ under the ships stern. and
explained all that mad happened. The
snip provei to be- AN East Indiaman.
bound for Charlest N. having. all told.
thirty men on board, twenty Of whom
at once Jumped into the clipper and off
cred their services in helping TO take
the pirates.
Before dark Capt Spinnet was once
more within hailing distance of his owr
vessel. and raising trumpet to his
mouth, he shouted:
Schooner ahoy. Will you quietly
surrender yourselves prisoners if We
come aboard!'
Come and try IT, returned the pi-
rate captain. As he brandished his cut
lass above his head in very threaten
ing manner, which seemed TO indicate
that h., would fight to the last
But that was his last moment for Seth
was crouched below the bulworks,
taking deliberate aim along the barrel
of heavy rifle. and as the bloody vii
lain was in the act of turning TO his
men. the sharp crack Of Seth Spinnet's
weapon rang IFS fatal death peal. and
the next moment the pirate captain fell
back into the arms OF his men. with a
brace of bullets through his heart.
Now shouted the old man, as he
levellci the long pivnt gun, aud seize
a lighted match, -Fll give ' ou just tive
minutes tn make mp your minis in. an
ii yon don't surrender. I'LL blnw every
one of you int, the other world
The death Of their captain, aud with.
al. the sight Of the pointed pivot qua
the peculiar properties of which they
knew full weil-broughi the pirates 4
their .enses aHi they i.nmeiiaiei,
threw dawa their wesp1n., and ag,eel
n give themselves up