The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-30

SlVEc IFnW Vi1l VIC III CfhtCt. TOW Yer,
swallowed my anger, beng som. what
used to his style.
Lend me yonr awl." he snid, abruptlv.
threw it at him and il stuck in his
hand, for which he d alt me Il ringing
box on th" ear.
When he saw me crying, he pre- ended
he was very much hurt; didn't know lut
he should have t. 90 for the doctor, per
haps have the lockjew, AMI 80 on.
However, in . few moments we had
made It all up, and were better friends
than ever.
1t was late in the evening before our
work was completed, and all was in read
ness for the coming struggle,
My boat was crowded with rores and
spars, and sails his was the low, long.
raki~h looking craft that every pirate
should be. Our ordnance consisted If q
brass cannon each; his beng he barrel
Of an old pistol, about four inch 8 IN
! length, and big enough in the bore 10 ad-
NIT lnihe, which WAS d real little cann N.
As he had no buIwarks, his gun, when
mounted amid>hIps, presented a very for
mtdable appearance but lad a secret
! plan 20 s." place my gun, as to blow his
overheard. My bulwark3 were about an
inch high, painted green inside, Will
my cannon ran in and, out Of d regular
J porEh"ie. In an ornamental point OF
! view, he couldn't come near me, though
had mi giving that the pirate Nigh
"spol my gingerbread" as he himself
hai said nc should
Before going 10 bed We loaded our
cannon, hat we might have no delay In
1t,.
igh'."
We passed our ships in review with
great stti faction. Tnere they lay. calm
Y, side by side, like sleeping lions; but
[" morrow, ah where VIII they ne t.,
morrow. It was deIigh' fully tejrful to
mink what might pos IDLY DC the issue
/ OF our engagement
Ii was II I"ng time beforr we could gef
10 sleep, for, like our ships, both the
pirate aud myself slept side by side
Winch OF lis frs yielded to the drnw>y
Z q, | unit say, hut III any rate | Was the
first to open my eyes t" he stern possl
! blitlcs OF tile CJ-morr0W N rp-the mem
oraDle day
As soon as came TO myself I shook up
the pirate He was remarkably sleepy
and cross; wanted to know what | was
aDout wanted TO ne let alone In feet.
IN: ead of being what gont smart pirate
ought % be- ne bore IL much stronger r.,
sem dance to Dr. Watts celebrated slug
,r,, who desired to "slnmber again"
"Comr, GIT up the fight! the fight!
Fine day, blue sky, not much wind.
br3ght-sun = said l.
The pirate opened. his eyes. and stared
vacanlly ut a fly on the ce ling for MIN
ate aad then, spIingjng up in the bed,
m lie us" of this remarkable ex PRESTON, -
%. Jinkcy -
Oar toilet was made with rs much bee
larity us possible; though in orr trembling
has e, We were mu longer tnan W.
should have been if less eager for the
! Tray.
On our way to the pond, we had anoth
er little alteration in reference to the
question OF deteat-I c0ntending that
wncn the toremAet was gone, it should be
considered beaten But my cousin per
sisted that in all his reading ct naval
/ contests, he had never met with such q
th:ng; il was contrary to precencnt aud
/ C mlnon sense. OF course whoever Ia out
Of ammunition must give in. How can
he hrlp hlmsclf
| Very well; [ didn't care; it wasn't
worth white quarreIing when we were
about to fight.
/ We soon reached the pond. At first
we SAiIet our boats about, t. see how
they looked in the new fighting trim.
NJ nc Il t"ted cry nigh out of the water,
a d consequently presented bold broad
8 de To The enemy, while his was almost as
Il u shinge. He very cucningy
loade her with ballast, SO that tn, re
h 'n11 be little or nothing for me to ann
aC ut the masts. Here's capital hint
FIR adm rails
We chose position, anchored about
one yard from each other; almost ward
arm t. yard arm and just near enough to
the shore to be able TO touch our gums
with bl Of smouldering rope that served
us for slow match. We haC fuses on
the touch holes, made OF gunpowder
paste, III case our cannon should explode
ii disaster not 1T ali unlikely, as we
rammed IN our ammunition with an iron
rod aud hammer
The next thug was to "toss up" for
| first shot, 1t Ii To me, which thought
a good omrn TremDllngiy examined, TO
make sure that all was right, sighted nv
gun, touched the fuse, and ran.
The bravest held their breath for
t me-" II vas an anxious moment. How
my heart knocked against my ribs
Bang
A cloud Of smoke enveloped the hostile
ships. We rushed tn the scene. The
pirate was unharmed Not a mark or
a scratch was on her But minc-mv
beautiful G6raldjme Gas l called her in
honor of a certain school glrl, with curls
AMI blue eyes, there she lay almost com
pete wreck NY I'm ortunate gun had
al ,,I1n,laI tyitll uunE t,,rco thar