The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-27

Mr.. Hazel kept his own eye on wylit
so constantly, that at eleven O'Clock p
n. he saw4 bat worthy go into the cap,
taIn's cabin with quart bottle of rum
The coast was clear; the temptation
great.
4 These men then were still decefyinn
him with n feigned antagonism. He
listened at the keyhole, not without
some compunction which, however
became less and less as fragments oil
the dialogue reached his ear.7 fls{E1
For long time the only speaker was
Hudson, and his discourse ran upon his
own exploits at sea. But suddenly
4 Wylte's voice broke in with unmistR.
kable superiority. "Bslay all that chat,
and listen TO me. It is time we settled
| something. I'll hear what you have
got to say = and then you'll do WhHtTI
say. Better keep your hands OFF The
bottle a minute (; youhave had enough
for the present; this ia business. /
know you are good for jaw but what
are you game to do for The governors
money! Anything2" ta5e i6ls,
"More than you have ever seen or
heard tell of. ye lnbber," replied the
lrritated skipper. WHO has ever served
his employers likeL Hiram Hudson7"
keep that song for your quarter
deck, " retorted the mate. contemptuous.
I
me how Yon have served yonr employ
ers, you old hpmbug. Give me chapter
and verse to choose from. Come now,
the Neptune?"
"w ell, the Neptune she caught fire
a hundred leagues from land"
allow came she TO do that?' It.s
THAT is my business. Well, put
her head before the wind, and ran for
the Azores; and stuck to her, sir, till
she was as black as coal, and we
couldn'LstRnd on deck, but kept hop
ping like parched peas; and fire beIch
ing out of her port holes forward; then
we took to the boats, and saved few
bales ofsilk by way of sample of her
cargo, and then got ashore; and she'd
t,have come ashore too next tide and told
tales, but somebody left key of gun
powder in the cabin With a long fuse,
and blew hole in her old ribs, that the
water came in, and down she, went,
kissing like ten thousand sarpints, and
nobody the wiser"
"Who lighted the fuse, I wondeIH"
said Wylie.
"Didn't tell ye 1t was Somebody's"
said Hudson. "Hand me the stif,'
He replenished his glass, and, after
had eyer had the luck TO be boarded by
pirates.
"No," said Wylie. "Have your"
Gay: and they rescued me from a wa
terry, graves az the.l ubbers caHH IL. ,iYel
seey Ewes en- ployeda by Downes q Co,
down at the Havannah, and cleared for
Vera Cruz with some boxes of old worn
out printers type" 7-.-..-.grsT
"To print psalm booksfor hedarkiss,
no doubt," suggested Wylie.
Ensured as specie,n continued Hud-
SON. ignoring theinterruption. 3, ',WeIl,
just AT day break one morning, all OF a
sudden there was "a rakish looking
l.. N.s.,
nine FOUNDER across our fore-foot, and
was alongside before my men could
tumble up from below, got knocked
into the sea by the boom and fell be-
tween the ships; and the pirate he got
hold of me and poured hot grog down
my throat TO bring me TO my senses.n
"That Is not what you use it for 10
pirate, though"
pirate be id. That was my con-
sort, riRged out.with asblack dag, and
mounted with four nine-pounders, ON
one side and five dummies on the
other. He clustered bit and swore,
and took our type and our cabbRges Il
complained to Downes ashore about
lhe Vagabond- taking the veg etablesl,
and ordered us TO leewarde under all
canvas, and we never saw him again
not till he had shaved of his NOUS
taches, and called on Downes to con-
dole, and say the varmint bad chased
his ship fifty leagues out OF her course;
but he had got clear of hun. Downes
complimented me publicly. Say g he,
This skipper boarded hepirHte single
handed; only he jumped short, and fell
between the two ships; and here lie Is
by miracle.' Then he takes out his
handkerchief, and 1ops his head on my
shoulder. His merciful preservation
almost reconciles me TO the loss OF my
gOld,' SAYS the Numbering crocodile.
Cleared $40, 000i he did, outAof the Mar.
haitian Marine, and gave the pirate and
me but &200 between US both"
sHThe Rose2" said vile. ~ { y -
it.VhRi a hurry You are ini Pass The
grog. Well the Rose; she lay off
ashanti We csnted her to4wash the
decks; lucky she had careful COM
mander; not like Kempenfelt, whose
eye was in his pocket, and his fingers
held the pen, SO he went to the bottom,
with Lord knows howsmany men. /
noticed the squalls came very sudden
so sent one of my men ashore. aud gOI
the boats ready in case of5accident. a
squall did strike her, and she was on
her beam ends in q moment: we pulled
ashore with two bales of silk by way
of salvage, and sample OF what warn't
in her hold when She settled down.
We landed and the Frenchmen were
dancing about with excitement. Cap
tain, says one, you have much sang
fraw.'s INSURED, mupseer,1 says i.
sBone.' says he. @'.5Al /. = -
"Then there was the Antelope. lost in
charge of a pilot off the Hooghly;
knew the water as well as he did. We
were on the port tack. standing towards.
the shoal. Weather 1t, as we should
have done nexttack; and i should have
failed in my duty TO my employers.
Anything but thatI Look outF said
I. pilot, she forereaChes in stays.
Pilot was smoking: those Sandhead
pilots smoke IN bed and asleep, He
lakes his cigar out of his mouth for one
moment. Ready about says he.
tHands sbout ship ,sHelms-a-lee. Raise
tacks and sheets.' Round she was
coming like top. Pilot smoking.
Just as he was going to haul the main
sci somebody tfipped against him, and
showed the hot cigar in his eye. he
Iisung out nd-sWore, and there was no
tmainsel haul. Ship in irons, tide RUM
ing hard on TO the shoal, and before we
could clear away for anchoriDg, bump ]
there she was hard and fast. a stiff
breeze got up at sunrise, and she broke
up Next day i was slipping my grog
and reading the Bengal Courier, and it
told the dlsastrous wreck of the brig
l'buL no lives lost and the owners fully
insured. Then there was the bark
Sally. Why, you saw her yourself
distressed, on lee shore.n
ayes - said Wylie. 81 waa in that
tub. the Grampus, and we contriyed to
| claw on the Scillies yet you, IN yoar
smart Sally, got ashore. What luck ]"
Luck be- bIowed Y cried Hudson,
angrIly. "Somebody got into the chains
to sound; and cut the weather hal
yards. Next tack the masts went over
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