Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-02-26
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FREEHOLD n. J, THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 90, 1857


with him; and that the privateers could
not sail until they had the stores he had
in charge for them. And further, much
Of the provision lie had in cargo might
}spoil by being kept to long in the hold Of
his vessel.
What should he do? The loss to him
if he failed to make his trip, would be
great; but he thought not SO much of that
as he did Of the loss TO those who were
depending upon him for the very means
of sustaining life. He questioned the
fishermen very closely, and was convinced
that they spoke truly. Three Of them had
come from Mauhegan only two days be-
fore, and had been robbed of their fish by
this same brig.
And continued the informant, one
of the officers asked US if we knowed the
schooner Polly Anna" We pretended
that We didn't know anything about it.
He said he'd have ye efye come that
way
Capt. Wait pondered long while ur-
on the information he had received
It's hard case" he said to his friend
Capt. jenkins. | know how those fell
| lows watch. There's no getting by them. 8
IT'S confounded bad, " returned Jenk.
ms. Now if 'twasn't for the cargo I've
got aboard they might have my old hulk
in welcome. / don't know but I'd be
willin to pay 'em somethin' to carry her
off; for the fre-wood she'll make won't
hardly be worth the trouble of cuttin' her
up. She's half rotten, and t'other half is
as full OF nails and spikes as her sails are
full of holes. But with your vessel it's
different. She's new and valuable. By
thunder, Eben, I'm afeared we'll have to
go back. But it's cussed hard, isn't it?'
But o new light had cleaned upon the
bronzed face Of Capt. Wait.
Look ye. Abner,a he said cage "
If could carry your cargo all up tie
river would you give up your vessel?"
Would II" cried jenkins. :" III bet
[ would. Yes sir;-Id let her go tc
grass in minute
6 Then think we can do it. At all
events we'll try. My schooner can easily
carry all the load you've got. from here
to Bath. Well drop in shore and shift
cargo as quickly as possible"
Jenkins heard his friends plan OK
planned, and his own face grew bright
The two schooners were anchored, and
then dashed side to side; and then all
hands turned to with will Before
night the Eliza" was dyin" light, will
nothing aboard that could be possibly ta
ken away. They left her hull: her masts
her three sails; and such rigging as was
absolutely necessary to keep her on the
wind
The distance from Wood Island to the
mouth of the Kenebeck is about thirty
miles; so the run was not a long one
Wait did not wish to start until after
midnight, as his plan was to bring III
war brig in sight just about day break. -
The wind was from the south'rd and east
and blowing fair bro exc, and it was like
y to remain so, at least, until the sun rose
again.
At one O'Clock in the morning the two
schooners again made sail; and at three
the light upon Cape Elizabeth was upon
the lafboard quarter. At half past three
Segin light wag in sight ahead Seguin
is an island at the mouth Of the kenebeck
river.
At four 5'tlock the first CLEANS of the
coming day appeared upon the horizon;
and in very few minutes after#ard; the
the tall spars of the British brig-of-war
could be distinctly made out directly
ahead, just outside SeguiH, and to the
southwark of it,
Now's our time. shouted Capt. Wait,
hailing his cdmpaniuni who was close un.
der his lee.
Abner jenkins ran his vessel to the
windward of the Polly Ann, and as he
came abreast, he cried out
9" Would ye set her agoin' now?"
Yes. Are you sure she'll mind her
helm?"
Yes. / can fix that sure"
Then do it as soon as you can. The
Englishman hasn't seen us yet. Set her
head little to the north'rd of east!"
AYE, ave." responded jenkins; and
thereon he set to work.
In the mean time Wait had his sail all
taken in, SO that the Englishman could
not see him; and as the water was shoal
he let go light anchor.
Jenkins first movement was to lower
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enc of the stern davits. Next he put on
all sail, and had the sheets Delayed very
carefully for running with the wind, a
little forward of the beam, The tiIler
was next set, anG as soon as he was salts
fed that the schooner would run in a
direct line with the tiller thus. he dashed
it fast. He knew the Eliza" well enough
to know that she would be true to the
course he had given her; and having seen
that the sheets were securely Delayed. and
that nothing of any value was left on
board, he and his crew got into the boat
and pulled for the Polly ANN
4 Away went the old schooner in fine
style, dashing the foam before her
i and leaping over the light waves as de.
family as could be. Capt. Wait took his
4 glass and went aloft. He could now, see
the brig plainly. She was under easy
lsail, and appeared to be lsing-to.