Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-25
THE PILOTS REVENGE !;
A TALE OF DARKNESS AND HORROR.

1t was toward night on the Dist OF
September, 1884. A small English
war brig, which had been fitted ont for
the suppression of smugglers, was lazi-
ly creeping along over the heavy mon
tonous swells, just on the east of Gal
way, and OH her deck was being enact
ed scene OF more than common inter
est, The dag before. she had captur-
ed small boat laden with contraband
articles, together with an old man
and boy who had charge of them, and
the captain of the brig. whose name
was Dracut. had ordered that the
smuggler should be put in irons. To
this indignity the old man made
stout resistance. aud in the beat of the
moment had 50 fur forgotten himself
as to strike the captain blow which
laid him upon the deck. Such an in
suit to an English officer was past en-
durance, and in punishment for this
offence the smugglse had been con
demned to die.
A single whip was rove TO the star
board foreyard arm, and all hands were
called to see the execution. The rope
was noosed and slipped over the cul-
prit's head, and the running end was
rove through a small snatch block up
on the deck. Until this moment not a
word escaped the lips Of The boy. He
trembled as he beheld the awful pre-
parations and as the fatal moose was
passed an3 drawn tight the color for
sock his cheeks, and he sprang for
ward and dropped upon his knees be-
fore the incensed captain.
Mercy, sir, mercyr'
"For whom 2" asked the officer,
while contemptous smile rested upon
his lips. s...-.
For that old man whom you are
about to kill"
HE dies, boy"
But he is my father, sir. y
''No matter if he were my own faith
er that man who strikes an English
officer while in the performance of his
duty must die"
''But he was manacled-he was in
suited, sir, urged the boy.
''Insulted = repeated the captain,
"Who insulted him %
"You did, sir, replied the boy while
his face flashed with indignation.
''Get up, sir, and be careful that you
do not receive the same treatment,
said the captain. in savage tone.
The old man heard this appeal of his
son, and as the last words dropped
from his lips of his captor, be raised
his head, and while look of the ut
most defiance passed over his features,
he exclaimed
'Ask no favors, Robert Old Karl
Kintock can die as well now as at any
time let them do THEN worst"
Then turning to Captain Dracut he
changed his tone for one OF deep
supplication aud scia
''Do what you please. sir. but do not
hurt my boy, for he has done M wrong.
am ready for your sentence, and the
sooner yOu finish it the better"
Lay hold of the whip p' shouted
the captain Lay hold, every man of
you, and stand by to run the william
up"
In obedience to this order, the men
ranged themselves along the deck, and
each one lay hold of the rope. Robert
Kinstock looked first at his father and
then he ran his eyes along the line of
men who were to be his executioners.
But not one sympatbizing or plying
look could he trace Their faces were
all hard and cold, and they appeared
anxious to consummate their murderous
work.
"What p exclaimed the boy, while a
tear started from his lips trembled,
sis there not one, even, who can pity?'
up with him, shouted the captain.
Robert buried his face in his hands,
and the next moment his father was
swinging Mt the forearm. He heard
the passing rope and the creaking
block and he knew that he was father
less.
Half an hour afterwald the boy
knelt by the side of ghastly corpse,
and a simple prayer escaped from his