Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-03

!, Idon't doubt ii in the least replied tn
stranger; 'and now I'll tell you what
want of you, have large quantity O
goods not far from here, which wish t.
have carried 10 Havana. Do you thinl
j you could find the way there?' 5s5 p.
sJust give me a true chart, an reckon
IA can gust put Betsy Jenkins through any
4 where.s7 'saI3t5H TsFu hs@sta -..7G "a
H. sWho is Betsy Jenkins?' asked tn.
1 strunger,while ano,hersmile played arouns
his mouth. .EssG asia as
i DO yoa see chat schooner out ,heren
Il tXes.'lssE8 ao.essss5s $ seQ sGl5I s.is
We'll that's Betsy Jenkins replied the
old fisherman, as he cast q look ofpride al
his favori,e craft. gases az ils. ;as & zsga
q sThen you would be willing TO put Bet
sy through to Havana?' tar s.ds 3e3f
THAT depends altewgether 'pon circum
stances, stranger ~ = sasssa 81! -sstz5 8
The business is fforest, the cargo light
and the pay shall be good. You must have
iii on board before the week is out, aad out
as soon as possible. -. sl-;s.a aas la Fsr-
you say the cargo is light might l ask
what it isl, esd : szaa - .e se
i 4 said it was light, because there is but
little Of it; but what there is, is iron ma.
Echinsry for putting up steam engines on the
sugar plantations. The vessel in which il
was shipped from Liverpool wns cast away
near Gouldsborough, and now | must find
some other conveyar ce.' yasaaeI
In less than an hour il was settled that
the Betsy Jenkins should be pat through
to Havana, and allthe preliminaries were
satisfactorily arranged to that effect. Cap.
tain SPinnet got his sons on board the
schooner. hove up the anchor, and started
for where the cargo laid, taking the owner,
Mr.. Morton, along with him. All hands
set to work with a will, and in two days
everything was safe and snug in the fish
erman's hold. all ready for start. Mr..
Merton did not accompany his goods, as
and SO Capt Spinnet and his sons received
aal the necessary instrucsioas, ard then set
sail for their, destination. . Eze.
The schooner had fair wind, md she
went waking along in right merry mood
at the rate of six and seven knots, nothing
Of importance occurring until one morning
just after Sam had cleared away the break
fast things Sam was the youngest, and
had 10 do thesesort of.hings. Well, just
as Sam had got the last sia pan clearly
washed and slowed away in the locker, he
happened 10 cast his eyes out of the cabin
window nad MS the schooner's stern rose
upon the top of a heavy sea, the Au,ter of a
whae sail caught his attention off upon the
starbeaYd quarter, and fastening on deck
he made known his discovery. In less
than half an hour the stranger was made
out to be topFaast schooner. coming d.
rectly down apon them. The Down-East-
er was heating S S W. and had the wind
From fhe llerth'rd and west'ld, while the
stranger was coming down, wing ana wing
right before it. Now, there was nothing
very astonishing about seeing q strange
schooner in those latitudes,, bat still Capt.
Spinnet couid not help. felling that under
existing nseiren1nsiances there might be dan
ger abroad. Had the sail in question been
discovered ahead OF astern, or had she
even Been making in for the coast, nothing
WOULD have been lhosght Of it; but as it was,
the old, fisherman couldIonly think that he
was the sole object Of the fellows course.
Seth, said theiold man, turning TO his
eldest son, who had the helm, that chaps
after US, an no mistake I liza.
sSpose;n we luff bit, an see,' remarkS
ed Seth. ,.se,l ,5aa-asE.s .-.5-
TRY it, al 81 af3,{ -z.si.s.E .gsssas...sa
The fskerman;s head was brought three
points nearer the wind, and in few mo-
ments afterwards the stranger'smain boom
was swung over, she, too, varying her
course ia proportion -zszf.s .rssss.ai.
THAT settles il, said Capt. Splnnet -
'Now my boys, that feller's pifate.'.
"A pirate?' insersogaied the four sopsi
while a slight blaneh appeared upon their
cheeks se-ss sgsEsss.s a-, 4 ..yss sga T..
Yes, returned the old man. sl've
been in these waters befere an know
something about those chaps. If that'e
been an honest craft, they wouldA't dog
| ged us in such fashioss for it's the same
one | saw last night. Now if he'd beer
on any particular course he wouldnt a
seen there, for, you see, he can sail twice
Al fast as we can, an he ort to ave beer
out of sight long afore this.' 90 KS
| Then what are we to DO, dadi' aske,
Seth, as he brought the schooner once
more upon her true course. J..
sWeamust wait an see what he's goin
10 do. frst,' coo!ly replied the old man, a
the same time raising the long gsass to hi
! eye. s,S~z4 .s'iS.1'..'5 "@t a=.. "@
There, just look at her. CONTINUES
Captain Spinnet, as he handed the glass t
Andrew. ~ t8a3 s5,s's 5,-s.%~a
Full Of men, BY hokyr exclaimed tn
fatter, an his eye caught the heads Of sons
90 or go i'll looking chaps who were GROVE
ed arounS The pursuer's bows. a..ass 81 -.
Whatever may have been the doubt
that existed in The nAinds of oar Yankee
they were all put 10 FEST IN d short tims b
! 1.-THE very agreeable whizzing of an eightse
pound shot under their stern. s.
j, .sEhdt means for US 70 heave to- refnari
led the old man. ~ sos q
j Then I geess we'd better do it, had'l
. wsa' said Seth. 55T .a
t0f fconrse, e -azs- sa
sl Accordingly .the Betsy Jenkins w,
D brought ,up into the wind. and their .rdai]