St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-11-26


cursed coast, | promise to hold nv peec,
: and say nothing to bring you int
/ trouble"
81 will bind myself to discharge vol
as soon as have made my voyage sure
J and am ready TO run westward again
And you shall be paid the full amount o
your wages up to that time But can't
with safety to myself let you 90 sooner y
was tam TO content myself with
these terms, and thus | became, TO a GER
tam extent, party i'll a great wrong.
1t was, know, Il false sense of honor
that restrained me, i'll thus declining TO
do what was right, because it would in
Jure the Interests of my captain and em-
ployerS. But it was as good, perhaps
as the otl-quoted patriotic cry, "Our
country, right or wrong"
lhe examination of the vessel and her
papers developed nothing to excite the
suspicious OF the boarding officer, but rs
| have since learned, one of the seamep
who, like myself, had been entrappcd into
what they believed was an honest balm
OH cruise, wis not as scrupulous AS my
sell. lie found an opportunity TO wills
per hIs opinion OF the real character of
our enterprise 10 some oi the boats crew
and, as a consequence, We Were. never
lost sight OF from that day forward.
while On the coast. Mary We're the
dodges we played upon the cruisers, and
ut last Calder thought he had shaken off
! pursuit, and we ran INTO AN anchorage
1T the mouth ol a river, where the Lu
man cattle We're herded in the barracoon.
ready for shipment.
y lew hours, now, would decide the
success OF failure of the voyage. and test
| the captains sincerity, us regarded his
promise to discharge me before leayinr
the coast. But we had not received
more than hall the blacks on board,
when, as II the avengers had been watch
Ing from an ambush until sure of the
evidence OF our guilt. three armed boats
made their appearance rounding Il bend
within hall mile, and hc;lIin. directly
Tor W..
The barque had been fitted TO RELY
upon speed and >tratagcm for success in
running the gauntlet OF the cruisers. and
Po>>esse'! no adequate mcans OF repellng
force by force But we had one little
brass swivel which was capable Of some
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