The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-03-26

| ~ tnls moment Chptaln OpinHet ey'
caught what looked like sail off to The
souih'ard and BASTARD, but not sigr
betrayed the discovery, and while bril-
liant idea shot through his mind, he hes
natingly replied
We'll, there is little something
else"
" Ha, and what is il p
Why, sir, p'raps | hadn't ought tt
tell" said Captain Spinnet, counterfeit
ing the most extreme perturbation. "Yo'
see it was given 10 me as a sort of trust
an twoudn't be right for inc 10 give i
up. You eau take anything else yot
please, for can, help myself"
You are an honest codger, at any
rate" said the pirate "but you wost
live ten minutes longer, just tell me wha
you've got on board, aud exactly The
place where it lays"
The sight of cooked pistol brough
the old man to his senses, and in dep.
recating tone, he mutlered:
Don't kill me, sir, don't I'll tel
you ALL We've got forty thousand sill
yer dollars nailed up in boxes Just for
ard o the cabin bulkhead, but Mr.. De-
foe didn't suspect that anybody would
have thought of looking for it there"
Perhaps so, chuckled the pirate
while his eyes srarkled with delight
And then turning to his own vessel, he
ordered all but three of his men to Jump
on board the Yankee.
In few minutes the pirates had taken
off the hatchos, and in their haste to get
at the silver dollars" they forgot all
else; but not so with Spinnet; he had
his wits at work, and no sooner had the
last of the villains disappeared below
the hatchway, than he turned to hi.
boys
Now, boys, for your lives. Seth
you clap your knife across the forethroa
and peak halyards, and you, John, cu
the main Be quick, now, an the mo-
ment you have done it, jump aboard the
pirate. Andrew and Sam, you cast of
the pirates grapllpgs, an then you jumT
then we'll walk into them three chap:
aboard the clipper. Now roa Ir'
No sooner were the last words out q
the old mans mouth, than his sous die
exactly as they were directed. The fore
and main halyards were cut, aud the two
graplngs cast off at the same instant
and as the heavy gaGS came rafting
down, our heroes leaped on board tht
pirate. The moment the clipper felt a
liberty, her head swung off, aud befor,
the asionished buccaneers cdhld gail
the deck Of the fisherman, their own yes
sci was near half cables length to III,
leeward, sweeping gracefully away be
fore the wind, while the three men VIII,
had been left in charge were easily Sc
cured.
Iolloa, there - shouted Captain
Splnnet, as the luckless pirates crowde,
around the lee gangway Of their prize
'when you get them ere silver dollars
Just let us know -
Halfa dozen pistols shots were all tn
answer the old man got, but they did hin
no harm and, crowding on sail, h
made for the vessel he had discovered
which lay dead to the leeward of him
aud which he now made out to be larg
ship. The clipper cut through the watel
like dolphin, and in short space O
time Spnnet lufied up under the ship
stern, and explained all that had hap
pened. The ship proved to be an Eas
Indiaman, bound for Charleston, having
all told, thirty men on board, portion
OF whom at once jumped into the clip
per and offered their services in helpin
TO take The pirates.
Refure dark, Captain Spinnet was ono
more within hailina distance of his ow
vessel, and raising trumpet to hi
mouth, he shouted
Schooner, ahoy. viii YOU quiell
surrender yourselves prisoners if we com
on board"
Come and try ii y returned the pi
rate captain, as he brandi>hed his cut
lass above his head in very Threatening
manner, which seemed to indicate tha
he would fight to the last.
But that was his last moment; 70
Seth crouched below the bulwarks, TAX
ing deliberate aim along the barrel of
heavy rife, and as the bloody villain wa
in the act Of turning to his men, ,h
sharp crack of Seth Spinnets weapo
rang its death peal, and the next momeu
the pirate captain fell back into the arm
of his men, with brace of bullets throug
his heart.
Now" said The old man, as he lev
elled the long pivot gun, and seized
lighted match, "Pli give you just fiv
minutes to make up your minds, and
unn dnnlt snrrenher III hlnu everu an