The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-01-10
swell, II yeou want to take us,
'pose l can't helm myself"


TIE clipper hove her foretopsail 10
he mast and lowere! her boat, and
10 some five minutes her commander
,ollowed by fifteen men, came over
he Yankees eide. The first object
hat met his & re as be stepped on
board, and though the thought OF an
pirate made him feel sore,
yet he could not help laughing al
The comical scene tha. was thus pre-
,ented to his gaze. The twelve
green looking fishermen, together
with that gnn, did present a ludi.
crous appearance.
so sou arc ont on a piratical ex'
remarked the British OIL
ficer.
II dunno replied Jabe, with an
offended air; IL s'sposo ef could
come across one o. your crafts at |
'av took, | should 'av done H.; but l
dunno ss I'd been piratin any more'D
yon are now"
"How many men have you got"
"Here's twelve on us, an 81 yeou !
hev got twelve men at can lick us.
I'd like tew Gee EN-, sail Jabe.
Never mind that, Jcnathan.-
Well take you into Halifax, ond
there, perhaps, you will lind your
match"
The schooner was searched fore
and aft, but all that conld be found
was dozen old pistols and as many
swords, which were in the cabin
while in the hold they discovered
nothing but an array OF empty boxes
and barrels. The Englishnsn left
twelve OF his own men to take care
Of the prize, and took six Of the pris-
oners on board his own vessel, leav'
ing the other six in charge OF the
officer who hal been appointed to
the command of the ishody, and
also left orders that the schooner
should be. kept in his wake during
the night, es he intended 10 see her
safely out Of the reach OF the smart
Yankee cruisers.
Until nine nine o'clock that nigh,
the Roody stood on and after the
clipper, with all sails set, while the
latter only carried her mainsail and
two jibs The ak Yankees who had
been lett on board. were secured in
the lorg boat, while the Lieutenant
in con- mand, and five Of his men had
the filst watch. When the clipper
struck two bells the vessels we're moi
more than two cables length apart
and the prize was little to wind
wand, owing to her bad sailing, tn,
Lieutenant wished to keep the wealth
er gauge.
The night was quite dark, and th'
wind, which had fallen somewha
since sundown, had veered slight,
to windward.
While the priz, masters were bus
ly engaged in keeping up with th'
clipper, a novel scene was being en-
acted in the hold. One Of the board
which seemed to form part of a sta
, tionary floor, was ii'teI from It
place, and the head Of Captain Euocl
Nightingale appeared through th
aperture. In a moment anothe
!, board was removed, and ere lon
forty stout fishermen, well armed
had come from their place oi cor
cealment. 1t was q moments woI
70 leap on deck, and ere the thunder
, struck Leutentant could see whenc
:, the enemy came, he was bound han
AMI loot, and 80 we're his mel
~ while the prisoners in the long bo,
= set free. Obed Nightingale took tt
- helm, while Lis father pointing
- cooked pistol at the head Of the Eng
lish Lieutenant, said:
. "D, you think we are in esrnes
. sir, or not?
9 IL should think you were,' repl
'r ed the trembling officer,
i "Then IL you don't obey me, yo
. will get bullet through your hea
~ in an instant. Now hail that cliI
: per-"
u Scorpion, ahoy !" shouted u
70 Lieutenant, as il ior dear life.
d, In tho meantime the Yankee hs
ID been let off little to the wind,
70 that she was within u little mo
x, than n cables length Of her capto
"a while the bold ti,hermen were near
10 all crouched beneath the bulwarks
10 Some one from the clipper n
sw cred the call.
o, "T,ll then the schooner b
H. sprung a leak, aud the cussed va
70 KEGS must have thrown the pun
ct breaks overheard"
m The poor Lieut. 'nant looked fl
ne at the stern face OF the old man, th,
at the muzzle of the pistol, Al
o. stretching bis lungs to the utmost
dc obeyed the order.
he snow tell them to heave to, a
At you'll run alongside"
Ter The frightened officer obey'
te- and the next moment the cippe
SO helm was put hard down, and !
ut, main boom showed over to viii
,ht ward.
cd Seven Of the Yankee fisherm
ed wero stationed along the lee ri
~, with stout grapplings in their han
ht, and in less than five minutes
'as Rhody's bowsprit loomed up o.
'he the clippers weather quar- or. OF