Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-01-02

ings now ,and what they were in the morn
ing. was very great. l felt happier for
having acted Justly, and with due self con-
troll, but my little girl, although distressed |
by the accident, had not the extra burden |
Of my displeasure 10 bear.
Better, far better" said 10 myself, as
I sat and reflected upon the incidents jus:
related. "Better, lar better is it in all our
relations in life, 10 maintain calm ex.eri-
or, and OH no account 10 use harsh lam
guage TO those below us. Angry words
make double wounds. They hurt those
to whom they are addressed, while they
leave sting behind them. Above all,
should we guard against moody temper.
Whenever we permi! anything to fret our
minds, we are not in a state 10 exercise
due self control, AID il temptation comes
then, we are sure 10 fall"
ADVENTURE WITH PIRATE.
There lived, not many years ago, on the
eastern shore of Mt Desert, large Island
off the coas, of Maine. an old fishermen
by the name Of Jedediah Spinnet, who
owned a schooner Of some hundred tons
burden, in which he, together with four
s,ou, sons, was wont to 60, abou, once a
year, to the Grand Banks for the purpose
of colii>hing. The old man had five
things, upon the peculiar merits OF which
he loved TO boa.t--hi> schooner, Betsy
Jenkins - and his four sons. The four
sons were all thai their father represented
them 10 be, and no one ever doubted his
word when he said that their like was not
to be found Tor fifty mile. around. The
oldest was ,hir,y.two, While the youngest
had jus, completed his twenty sixth year,
and they answered TO the names Of Seth,
Andrew, John, and Samuel.
One morning a stranger called upon
. Jedediah to engage him 10 take to Havana
some iron machinery belonging TO steam
engines for sugar plantations. The terms
were soon agreed upon, and the old man
and his sons immediately y set about putting
the machinery on board; ,ha, accomplished,
they Sc, sail for Havana. with fair wind,
and for several days proceeded on their
course without an adventure Of any kind.
One morning, however, a vessel vas des-
cried off their .:arboard quarter, which
after some hesitation. the old man pro-
nounced to be a. pirate. There was not
much time allowed them for doubling, for
the vessel soon saluted them with a very
agreeable whizzing OF an eighteen pound
-hot Just under their stern.
"lhat means for us 10 heave TO-" re.
! mark ed il,s ali .4aan. ..,.-..- ..s--..-s .....
Then guess we'd better do il, hadn'
we?" said Seth.
''Of course
Accordingly the Betsy jenkins wa,
brought up into the wind, and her main
boom hauled over 10 windward.
Nov, boys" said the old man, as 500,
as the schooner came 10 stand, "all W.
can do is Ia be as cool as possible, ant
trust to fortune. There is no way L
escape ,ha, can see now, but perhaps i
we are civil they will take such >tntf a
they want, and then let us 60. AT an.
rate there is no use in cry ing ahou, il, fol
i, can: he helped. Now, get your pis,oI
and see that they are surely loaded, an'
have your knives ready, but be sure am
hide them SO tla, the pirates shall see N
show of resistance. In few m"ment
all the arms which the schooner afforded
with the exception of one or two old mus
kets, were secured about the persons o
our Down casters, and they quietl,
awaited the coming Of the schooner.
"One word more, boys" said the oil
man Just as the pirate came round nndc
the stern. "Now watch every moveme,
. . | make, an be ready to jump the momen
| speak
As Captain Spinnet ceased speaking
J, = the pirate luiied under the iisherman's lie
d quarter and i'm a moment more the latter
deck was graced by the presence Of
dozen as savage looking mor.als as eye
ever rested upon.
: Are you the captain of this vessel ?
asked the leader Of the boarders, as he al
preached the old man.
"Yes, SIR"
: "Whai is your carco?'
e "Machnery for steam ingins."
"No,hing eI.e?' asked the pirate, vii
. searching look.
o AT this moment Captain Spinne,'s ey
Il cauyh: wha, looked ike sail off TO Il
J" sou,h'rd and ea>t'rd but not sign b
e trayeI the discovery, and while brilia
&c idea shot through his mind, he hesi,atlnl
:, Iy replied:
!" "Wel, ,hereisa leetle something else
'e "Ha, and what is il ?"
a "Why, sir, p'rsps | hadn't ought
,e tell" said Captain Spinnet, coun'erIei,i'
= the most extreme perturbation. "f'
see, twas given to me as sort Of tru
IS an ',wouldn't be right for me to give it u
You can take anything else you pleas
- - for can't he' p myself
ID "Youare an honest codger, at any rate
e. said the pirate; but If yon would Ii
u two minutes longer. just tell me wi
e. you've got oh board, and exactly the pla
~. ~ where it lays"
rs The sigh, of cooked pistol brought
's old man to his senses, and in deprec
Ct ing tone, he muttered-
Don't kill me, sir, don't. III tell y
lie all. We've go. forty thousand silver d