The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-05-20

oeIciaP from the tongue OF young Dan.
Cod bless you, Danw said the Com
modore.
Il Aaoo'd it, uttered Dan.
The two men stood for a moment and
gazed into the coffin There was no dead
man there, but in place thereof there was
material for the death of a score. The
coffin was filed with gunpowder and pitch
wood. Upon a light framework in the
center were arranged four pistols, all
cooked. and the string entering the coffin
from without communicated with the trig-
ger OF each.
The lrst movement Of the Commodore
was tolaall for water, and when it was
Droc2s'iiy-ile dashed three or four buckets
full into the internal coutrivanca. and then
he breathed more freely
''No, no. he uttered, as he leaped from
tie hold. ''No, no-my men. Do moth
ing rashly. Let me 90 into the cabin
first. You may follow me-"
Commodore Tucker strobe into the cab
IN, walked up to the bunk where his pas
senger lay, and grasping hold of the female
dress, he dragged its wearer upon the floor
There was sharp resistance, and the pas
senger drew pistol, but it was quickly
knocked away-the gown was torn off, and
a man came forth from the remnants Of
calico and linen.
The fellow was assured that his whole
plot had been discovered At length he
owned that it had been his plan to turn
out in the course Of the night, and get
hold Of the ball of twine, which he had
left in 2 convenient place. He then in
tended to have gone aft, carefully un-
winding the string rs he went along; then
to have got into the boat, cut the falls,
and when the boat fell into the water, he
would have pulled smartly upon the twine.
"And | think you know" he continued
with a wicked look, ';what would have fol
lowed. L shouldn't have been noticed in
the fuss-Pd have got out of the way
with the boat, and you'd all have been in
the next world in short order And all I
can say is that I'm sorry l didn't do it."
1t was with difficulty the Commodore
prevented his men killing the villain on
the spot. He proved. to be one Of the en-
emys officers, and he was to have heavy
reward if he succeeded in destroying the
Commodore and his crew.
The prisoner was carried on deck and
lashe9 to the main rigging, where he was
port bort 6ae R6rFa RR tie de. Eess6sb b5 get into
ment for US" said Garter. eyes, he did, -
said Tucker, with a shudder. He be-
longs to the same gang that's been Robin
and burnin' the poor folks houses on the
Eastern coast" said one of the men. eyes,
said the Commodore, with a nervous
/ twitch of the muscles about his mouth.
4 bitter curse from the prisoner here
broke upon the air, and with clutched
Est the Commodore went below.
In the morning, when Tucker came on
deck, Suguin was in sight upon the star
board bow, but when he looked for the
prisoner, he was gone.
Garter, where's the villain [ lashed
here last night 2"
I'm sure [ don't know where he is
Commodore. Perhaps he jumped over
board"
The old Commodore looked sternly in
Carriers eyes, and he saw twinkle of sat
isfaction cleaning there. He hesitated g
nloment-then he turned away, and NUT
tered to himself,
well. well-I can't blame them. /
the murderous villains gone to death, he's
ONLY met a fate which he richly deserved
Better far be it for him than that my
noble crew were all in the oceans colo
grave