The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-01-12
NO. 81.

. Si.,,m noau put IL was cold and Ifeless and The
tho was broken e GENTLY he laid it back upor
. Cns sano' ana then moved on again, And bf
r saw more dead men also Could it he noss;bie
= That he had been the only one left alive
Ha!-W alt-what-is this? 1t moyes-it ba,
e life! ~ na'
a Captain Lester hurried forward, as fast 40 hi,
Feeble strength would permit, and found two
: men lying oy the side OF heavy spar. One O
them was dead but the other gazed I'D into hi,
commanders face, and stretched forth his hands
! as though he would ask for mercy. His name
Was Dick Mangle, and he had been one of tbe
best seamen on board the ship.
DOR Dick J! said Lester kneeling by his
side and lifting his head. care you badly Hurt?'
: They've done it for |" the sailor answered
Amt he dead ?'
1t was the body OF stout Tom Bricket that Law
} close by, and when the captain had made him
sell sure that there was no particle of life in it.
he reported the same to Dick.
But" he added, "what do YOU mean . Who
has done you harm 2"
i "Havn't you seen 'em 81 the man asked struo.
Cling for breath.
FSeen whom? What do YOU mean ." de-.
| manded Lester, eagerly.
Dick started up to his elbow, and gazed around
but he seemed to find nothing for which he was
looking, snd he sank back again. Had he not
made this effort he might have spoken further.
| and the
| last grain OF siren 9Th was leaving him
l. "What do you mean 2" cried Lester, as he
saw that the poor fellow was sinking "Has
any body harmed your"
Dick managed TO raise his hand to his head
to point above the left ear-and as he did so.
| he whispered
"Look out-they asked for the capt'n. That's
where they struck ~ He tried to speak further.
but his voice failed him.
| what could this mean Maurice Lester start
ed to his feet and gazed around Who had
killed his men 2 -'''
The captain was disturbed in his meditation
by the sound ofvoices not far off, and upon turn
ing he beheld four men coming up from the wa
| ter. He who came in advance was n tall
muscular man with gaunt, heavy frame !:
somewhere about fifty or fifty five years of age /:
and habited in garb of blue cloth cut into n
froek, Or shirt, which was secured at the waist
by broad pistol belt
Maurice Lester was startled when he beheld
the staiwart leader and his three ruffianly COM
panions and considering all the circumstances
1t is no wonder that he was startled However
| ne hadnot much opportunity for reflection. for
by the time he had fairly made out the party,
they were upon him.
% "Hallo !" the leader cried, as he saw our hero.
here we have another" And, as he came up,
| he added And guess we've found live one
too,-one that knows something. -Say-who arc
YEP"
q This last sentence was addressed to Maurice,
who quickly answered.
My name is Lester. And now, to be far,
what's your name ?" $50
| "Well-I guess you We heard it before. Men
call me Ryan Wolfgang."
WOLFGANG !" repeated Lester, with start.
Yes That is my name"
Then WoLFGANG was not a myth after after all
That mysterious wrecker, whose name was a
source OF terror to honest sailors, was being of
flesh and blood. like other men. Maurice gazed
! upon nm with Wonder !; and as he ga2ed, he
i folt that he looked upon fiend iacarnate. He
| nad often heard OF the pirate-wrecker, and so
dark and mystic had been the tales which the
North-Sea sailors had told, that he had been in
chned to believe that the whole theme was a
! fabrication Now, however, he had no more
i doubt, for the man before him looked as dark
ana ploody as were any of the pictures he had
| heard drawn of him upon the forecaste
But our hero was not allowed much time for
reflection. Wofgang piled him with Questions
to all of which Lester gave straight forward an
sWers well knowing that evasion would serve
no practical purpose, and hoping by his frank
ness to propltlate the mercess fend in whose
| unrestrained power he knew himselfto be.
/ When the Wrecker chief had elected all the
information he could, and lenrned with what a
lich cargo the vessel was freighted, and that she
had S40,000 in specie on board, he smiled grim
~, and remarked to one Of his confederates that
she would perhaps be richer prize even than
the White Farm had been few years before.
The mention of the of the i'll fated ship in
which Carrie Thornton and her father had been
lost, gave Maurice Lester such shock that he
nearly fell to the earth He grew deadly pale,
and his frame quivered convulsively.
I whats the matter 2 said Wolfgang "Tou
don't seem to have much strength left bring
him along, boys, where we can doctor him."
The sinister glance which accompanied this
last remark, and the peculiar emphasis laid upon
the word doctor" struck a chill to our hero s
heart. But he could not give his own safety
much thought, while he was partly forced and
partly carried along after Wolfgang, who strobe
rapidly on for nearly half an hour He could
think only of the White FG1on that had been
wrecked on that coast, and fonhis beloved Car
RE who had perhaps, in company with those
same men, trod the same path he was now tread
ing. What had been her fate Had she been
murdered by these wretches, or reserved for
some more deplorable doom Those thoughts
! filled him with unutterable agony.
u Wotgang had now drawn the waters
edge; and soon coming to the mouth of a cave
he entered it,followed by the three rnffians who
had charge of our hero. The bottom of the cave
soped upward from its entrance for some dis
lance, and then became almost level The cap
tive (for such Maurice Lester now felt himsel to
beg frequently hit his feet against what he
thought, with chill OF horror, were human bones
strewn around the cavern, but he could not clear
ly make them out in the dimslight He also no
ticed that the bottom of the cave was very wet,
as though it he'd recently been covered with wa
ter The wrecker chiettain stopped, at last
near what seemed to be the end ofthe cave, and
making sign to lis followers, they capped
manacles on the wrists and ANGLES of Maurice
before he had time to onte their intention.
Now, Captin Lester said Wofgang, "you must
remain IN this place for short season. Yom
are perfectly safe here.-Silence Say not a
word Ifyou attempt to leave this spot, you
will be slain the moment you set foot out side
4 the cave"
Thus speaking, the cheftain and his followers
silently but rapidly withdrew, leaving Maurice
nearly stupefed with astonishment AS they
passed from the mouth Of the cave, their feet
were wet by the rising waves. The tide soas fast
coming in.
After short time, the captive looked about
him with eyes somwhat accustomed to the dim
4 light, and became satisfied that what he had sup
posed to be human bones were really such
There were many of them. Aid moving among
them were huge rats, seeking for prey. The
top of the cavern in som places was but few
feet above his head, and in one place he discoy-
cred a small aperture, through which a faint
light struggled, and on going underneath it, he
thought he smelt tbs odor of vegetation and
flowers.
/ On turning from the contemplation of this
aperture, towards the mouth of the cave, Cap
tain Lester observed, with alarm. that the water
was creeping up the sloping bottom. What if it
shsuld fill the cavern ? All now he could ac-
count for the presence there of those human
bones They were the sad memorials of other
hapless prisoners who had been left in that cave
to perish By drOwning.
Slowly but surely the writer's crept along. The
vermn fed before them to the elevated spot on
which Maurice stood Slowly following the in.
coming water at length reached his feet
At the end Of the cave, within few feet Of
the wall, and underneath the aperture before
spoken Of was a large piece of rock, some fou,
& Oh hit nio.ht L