Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-31

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Afssr sssine sil shat M o 5. ob,,,r.,ved fLon
this point, he moved On towards. vhers he
theught he should sooneot fnd sn open' beach.
for - fslt faint and sick, Ind n wished % Ard
sheip - soou q possible. After toiIine ever
aipRsry Mi,ny rOoka and cruel, tearing craes,
sntl nh selothing wss Al torn and Bis AeshI
opsn sp.ss sss s0sss,sq s@on as sSsy sssshsd .n
pieces IS the srscf had besn lodged, and whsrs
hs found Tie bodiesof three ef his men. h
ahnsfenod to the spot ewhors they lay--tvo az
them being elasped in, sseh others arms bat
he found 10 siens 81 life g. ~ p
With & sad, heavy heart, Lester passed on, !,
.nd .nS epsss99f pn. e 1 ss ssd =: Srs dead
mate He kDsslsd down bylth cfEssr's sids,
and raised the bead; but Il was cold and Iifs.
Iess and the skull was br0kob.s Gently he lafd
It sbsok upon the sand, and then moved on
l AGAIN And he saW moro dead men sIso,
se Gogia 4 5s psslDls shas h had BEEN the only
I Z He s-vait-uka. i thisa II NOV noyss-is has
llfe.!aoesF zs@s 81 81 - sss 4er si'f
Captain Lestsr hurried forward, as fast a. his
feeble strength would permit, and found two
men lying by tho side Of 4 heavy spar Ono Of
them "! dead;i bnt the other gszed up into his
cqmmanderh lace, and stretched forth bis
hsnds a. though he would ask for mercy His
name Was Dick Mangls, and he had bsen one
OF the best seaman on board the ship sa ssss4s
sssss Poor Dick ~ said Lester, kneeiins by his
side g ssd iifting his head e Arc you badly
=. TAs5svs done j for 9, 1, 4, the sailor ms
wefsd. in : Tsei eliaE (, voice. They've killed
Il WAS the Iody of stout Tom Br;cket chat
lay close by, and whom the captain had made
himself sars that there was no particle Of life
- II be reported the same 70 Dick sesfas19
q But" he added. /. what do JON mean 4
Whe has done ay6n harm ?ov..ea ?o ,ssaz
Hsten't you Nseen 'em ~ the man asked,
ss.sssias s for srs.s1 = 80, -, 80. I,.,,
manded Lester, eagerly .agof ~ agis1'ssas3h |
Dick started up to his elbow, and CARED
around but he seemed to find nothing for which
he Was looking and be sank back again. Had
be- not made this effort he might have spoken
further, bat the act Of rising had exhausted
him, and the last grain Of strength was leaving
ssWhat do you mean ?n cried Lester d hs
.h e. shss the poor .a fs,lSy o was sinking Haf
Dick managed to raise his hand to his head
Ito point above the left e1f-and, as he did
70, he whispered y va.,sf ,-.'.- ..,a
"a Look out-they asked for the eapt'n!
That's where they struck.'' He tried to speak
further. bat his voice failed him. sf9sss = -
started TO his feet and ga1ed around, Who
IT The captain % s Was disturbed in sis mesis.tion
BY the sound Of voices not far of, and upon
farming he beheld four men coming up; from
the water He who came in advance was, 4
tall muscular man; with gsunt, heavy frame;
somewhere about fifty or iffy five years Of age;
and hahitad- In o. hls.n lcth .uk al =
frock, or shirt, which Was secured at the waist
by broad pistol. belt. - Hsse 81 sts 81 ice.flB
Maurice Lester was startled when he beheld
the staiwart leader and his three rufianly com.
panions; and, considering all the circumstances,
ttis no wonder that he was startled; However,
BY the time he bad fairly made out the party,
they were upon him.
= |" Halo, /" the leader cried, az he saw ont
hero, shere We have another. - And, as be
came up, he added = And / guess we've fonnd
z live one, too,-yene that knows sonsthing
This last sentence was addressed to Maurice,
who quickly snswered:,aa ssz- ~s -.
/" my name il Lester. And now, to be fair,
what II your name 20 'ass d 3iasg'l8., issss1o I
e" WellAI guess you've heard 1t before. Men
call me Ryan Wolfgang. -
WoLFGAxG !" repeated Lester, with astart
Yes, That h my name, e...l.,.
-. AeSAe W VII vANs " - h0t = mytn akber dlI
That mysterious vrecker, whose name was )
source Of terror to houest sailors, Was q being
Of hesh and bleod, like other men. lMaurice
gased upon him with wonder; and, as be gased,
he felt that he looked upon hend incarnate
/ He had often heard of the pirate-wrecker, and
20 dark and mystic had been the tales which
the North Sea sailors had told, that he had
been inclined TO believe that the whole theme
was q fabrication. Now, however, he had no
more doubt, for the man before him looked Is
dark and bloody e. were any Of the pictures
he bad heard drawn Of him upon the force astle.
But our hero was not allowed much time for
reflection. Wolfgang piled him with ques-
tions, 10 all Of which lester gave straight
forward answers; we'll knowing that evasion
would ssrve NO practical purpose, and hoping
BY his franknss TO propitiate the merciless
nend IN whose unrestrafned power he knew
when the vrscker chief hsd elicited an the
information he could, and learned with what q
rich cargo the vessel was freighted, and that
she had $40, 900 in specie on board. he smilei
grimly, and remarked to Of his confeder-
,ates that she would perhaps be richer prize
even than the Whsts Fascn had been feW
,years before. The mention Of the name Of the
nl-fatsd ship in which Carrie Thornton ana
her father had been lost, gave Maurice Lester
snch shock that be nearly fell to the esrtk.
He grew deadly pale, and his frame quivered
convulsively. fs.a sf-s fss7is sf,e,ifssssl /
I ssWhsts the matter 20 said Wolfxspr. ..You
don't ssen 70 have muohstrength LEFT .-ssBriue
him along, boys, where We can doctor him -
- The sinister glances which accompanied this
last remark, and the peculiar emphasis Ia3d
upon the word "doefor,n struck 3 chill Ia our
Ehero's hsnft But Ne could not give his own