Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-03-25
CHAPTER II.
THE PRISON IN THE WOODS.
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coSTINUED.
.Ifyou think it best not to answer him,
ladies, says Tom, never mind me- Its
my trade to risk my life; and shall lose
it in good cause
"A brave man, said the Pirate Captain,
lightly. well, ladies, are you going to
sacrifice the brave man 2
we are going to save him, said Miss
Maryon, 'as he has striven to save US. /
belong to the captain of the sloop. ! am
bis sister
She stopped, and whispered anxiously
to Mrs. Macy, who was standing with
her, Don't acknowledge yourself, az
have dons-you have children
Good I" SAID the Pirate Captain. -
The answer is given, and the brains may
stop in the brave mans head He put
bis watch and pistol back, and took two
or three quick puffs at his cigar to keep
it alight-then handed the paper he had
written on, and his penfull of ink, to Miss
Maryon.
Read that over he said, and sign it
for yourself, and the women and children
with you.' ~
Saying these words, he turned round
briskly on his heel, and began talking,
in q whisper, to Giant Gsorgy, the big
English mate. What he was talking
about of course, I could not hear; but /
noticed that he motioned several times
straight into the interior O.. the country.
Davis, said Miss Maryon, lock at
this
She crossed before her sister, as she
spoke, and held the paper which the Pr
rate Captain had given to. her, ,under my
eyes-my bound arms not allowing me
to take it myself. Never to my dying
day shall forget theshame ] felt, when
| was obliged to acknowledge to- Miss
Maryon that could not read word of
it
There are better men than me,
ma'am,' / said with a sinking heart,
who can read it, and advise you for the
best ~
None BETTER she answered, quietly.
None, whose advice would so willing
ly take. / have seen enough, to feel
sure of that. Listen, Davis, while l
read
Her pale face turned paler still, as she
fixed her eyes on the paper. Lowering
her voice to a whisper, so that the
and children near might not hear, she
read me these lines:
sTo the Captains of English men-of-
war, and to the commanders of vessels
of other nations, cruising in the Carib-
bean Seas.
The precious metal and the jewels
laid up in the English Island of Silver
Store, are in the possession of the Buc-
GAMERS. at sea-
'The women and children of the Is
land Of Silver Store, to the number of
Twenty-Five, are in possession of the
BUCCANEERS, on land.
They will be taken up the country,
with fourteen men prisoners whose lives
the Buccaneers have private reasons of
their own for preserving,) to q place OF
confinement, which is unapproachable
by strangers. They will be kept there
until a certain day, previously agreed
upon between the Buccaneers at sea, and
the BUCCANEERS on land.
IF, by that time, no news from the
party at sea, reaches the party on land,
it will be taken for granted that the ex-
petition which conveys away the silver
and the Jewels has been met, engaged,
and conquered by superior force; that
the Treasure has been taken from its
present owners; and that the Buccaneers
guarding it, have been made prisoners
to be dealt with according to law.
'The absence of the expected news al
the appointed time, being interpreted in
this way, it will be the next object OF
the Bucc aniers on land to take reprisali
for the loss and the injury inflicted on
their companions at sea. The lives Of
the women and children ofthe Island Of
silver-stors are absolutely at their mer.
CIV; and those lives will pay the forfeit
if the Treasure is taken away, and i
the men in possession of it come tc
harm.
This paper viii be nailed to the lie
of the largest chest taken from the Is
land. Any officer whom the chances o.
var may bring within reading distance
of it, is warned to pause and consider
before his conduct signs the death-war
rant of the women and children of al
English colony.
Signed, under the Black Flag,
PEDRO MENDEZ,
Commander of the BUCCANEERS, anC
Chief of the Guard over the Englisl
Prisoners
The statement above written, in 81
far as it regards the situation we are nov
placed in, may be depended on as tn
truth
Signed on behalf of the imprisoned
women and children Of the Island of Sil
tver-store.'
Beneath this last line,' said Mis-
Maryen, pointing to it, is blank space
in which / am expected to sign m
name
And in five minutes time added tn
Pirate Captain, who had stolen close u
to us, cor the same consequences wi
follow which l had the pleasure of eI
planning to you few minutes ago..
He again drew ont his watch and pii
| tol; but, this time, it was my head ths
he touched with the barrel.
when Tom Packer spoke for hin
self, Miss, little while ago. | saiC
"please to consider that he spoke fe
me-"
Another brave man 7 said the Pirat
Captain, with his apes grin. Am
fire my pistol this time, or am to put
back again as did before?'
| Miss Maryon didnotseem to hear hin
| Her kind eyes rested for moment Q
nv face, and then looked up TO the brigl
Heaven above us.
Whether | sign, or whether | do nj