Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1853-10-12

carry them shore but how 10 do it safely. he a.
yet knew not certainly; for to give them the boat wa,
too dangerous, for then they might get men and
and so come and retake the ship with its own boat
and TO carry them ashore with two or three of the
ships men, was a great hazard, BECAUSE the Turks
were ten ID NUMBER and TO put one half on shore was
90 less dangerously ~ en They might raise the coun-
Try, and so surprise The English when they came with
the other half In this great strait the mate told the
master, f he would let him have the boat and three
men TO go with him. he would venture TO put them a.
shore The master, relying perhaps on his mate s
conduct consented TO the PROPOSAL though no, without
some tears dropped on both Sides Yet the mate TAX
ing courage, said to the MASTER 81 believe the Lord
VIII preserve me- for have nothing but goodwill in
ventnring my life; and have the least fear upon
me, but trust that all will do well' The mate then
called up the Turks, and going with two men and
boy in the boat, took in these ten Turks, all loose
and unbound. Perhaps somebody will think this
very nconsderae act of the mate, and that it would
have been more prudent have tied the Turks hands
the rather betause he had made the men promise that
they should do nothing 10 thei Until he said "he
could no more, for then he gave theh liberty 10 act
Tor their lives, 50 as they judged convenient Now
since he knew not how he should bring the Turks
ashore and whether they shbud not have been neces-
STATED 10 swim little, it seemed not prudent to do
anything which might exasperae them; for if it had
fallen out so that they have swami then of ne
cessity they must have been united which would have
been dangerous. Yet the mate did not omit TO be as
careful as possible. For calling in the captain of
the Turks he placed him first in the boats stern heh
calling another he plated him in his lap and on
each side, and two more in their laps until he had
placed them ,vh-l. Il. Gids.. pre- .ent sudden is-
ing. He himself sat with boat-hbok In his hand on
the bow of the boat, having heXt to him one of the
shp-men, and two that rowed, having one a carpen-
ters adze, and the other coopers heading knife
These were all the arms besides what belonged to the
Turks which they had at their command. Thus the
boat cast off and stood for the shore. When they
came near it, the men growing afraid, one of them
cried out of sudden Lord have mercy on u.s. there
are Turks in the bushes on shorel" The Turks in
the boat perceiving the English to be afraid all rose
at once. But the mate, who, in this great strait
continued to be hearty showed himself to be man of
courage, and bid his to take up such arms as they
had, but TO do nothing till he gave them leave And
seeing that there in the bushes and that
1t was only an imagination all fear was taken away
from him; and his courage increasing he thought
with himself it is better to strike man than to cleave
his head, and turning the boat-hook in his hand he
struck the captain smart blow, and bid him sit down
which he instantly did, and so did all the rest AZ
er the boat was come the shore that they cod
'asy wade, the mate made the Turks jump out. and
because they said they were about four miles from n
own, he then gave them some loaves and other ne
essares They would fam have persuaded the En-
'lish TO go with them to town, promising treat
not so careless as oey qSd eaF g S R m2
LANCER, without being necessitaed thereto; for tho
he had some thoughts that the Turks would have
lone him any evil, yet it too hazardous thus to
rave Welded to the mercy Of those who lived there
md therefore he very prudenty rejected their invita-
ion. The Turks, seeing they could not persuade
lin, took their leave with signs of great kindness,
md so went on shore. The English then putting
he boat closer in, threw them all their arms shore,
being unwilling to keep anything of theirs, And when
he Turks got up the hill, they waved their caps at
he English, and joyiully took their leave. And
when the boat was come board again. they had
fair wind, which they had not all the time the Turks
we're on board. Thus Thomas Lurting saved the
ship and its men which being thus wonderfully pre-
served, returned to England with properUus wind.
Now, before the vessel arrived at London, the
news Of this extraordinary was come thiiher I;
and when she was coming up the Thames, the King,
with the Duke of York and several ords being at
Greenwich it was told him there Quaker's
etch coming up the river that had been taken by the
Turks, and redeemed themselves without fighting
The King hearing this, came with his barge 10 the
ships SIDE and holding the entering rope in his hand
he understood from the mates own mouth how the
thing had happened But when he heard him say,
how they had let the Turks go free, he said to the /
master, ''You have done like fool for you might
have had good gain for them :" and to the mate he
said, ''You should have brought them 10 ME-" But
the mate answered 81 thought it better for them to
be in their own country. '-ChanlJer' Miscellany.