The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-30
now CONQUERED THE PIRATE
BY HARRY DoLrNG BRoKE


warfare: that is within the limits of our
duck pond
COUSIN Charley and had grown tired
~ rigglng painting, Altering, and launch
ing oar boats Even racing had lost its
charms Cas- least for me, as INV craft
always came in last) She was hand
me boat, but poor sailer " But we
nad heard OF battles, anj we longcd" for
IN opportunity 10 signaize ours Ives on
tne deck Moreove?, we had iast been
misunderstanding | should rather say
IA voiume OF "PirAtical Adventures. =
t4t had The efec3 Of firing our imagine
nous up t. II white heat.
WI aJ july thing 1t seemed to have
long, low, rakI8h looking craft" come
,KimmHg II. alongside about daylight
~ the morning; and then just as she gets
aithin quartz Of Il mile, to give h;r a
.purdetmg broadside, and send her to
DNy Joae's Locker with all her crew
,uJ.throats! That's the fun
Or, suppose we were pirates ourselves /:
s.lal a splendid thing to Dnunce On a
r.. East lHdiaman, put the crew in
, ms, fl up our vessel with silks, and
a. mes, and gold, and monkeys, ana coffee,
I'D sGgar-plnms, and gingerbread, and
">tnchcs, and everything else, and then
:, and self cur piuuder, and hide the
.oao'y IN ia desert island Hey
Wrl, Noble and generous thoughts like
hose flied our souls with such warllkr
"sprarl'ns as led to the above challenge.
III be a pirate. :" cried my cousin,
dumping up ana down, and ciapping hi.
Id -; 4
made Ann look more like goose
And III be IA corvette!' said I, a.
nap t1zrrd, without the taiutest idea OF
h1t e c+rTette Was-whHth Ia man ~
a vessel: only / knew it was something
a. he nautical way. In fact, | rather al
olred the Word-it sounded smart and
fierce.
/ s. we declared war against one annth,
,r. AMI resolved 10 commence h0stiIities
netorr br"akfa> the next day.
III the mean time there was much to be
/ 4 ne
Oar vessels needed considerable fixing
mp. Peace and war are very diff rent
lung quite opposite, one M say. The
r"prs and pars, and deck arrangements,
r!'at w"uid do very well iOr mere pleas
are v"yAg from one mad bank to anoth
er. wuul not do when shot and she'll
we're whizz ng round. Then we had to
Snip our cannon, and fix them in posi-
lton, and put everything in fighting
m
Our navy yard was the corner Of an at
nc 70 .m we lad il in common: and So
with our tools. When the pirate was
rhnpplng away With my eek knife, was
punching with his brAi anl, when he
was Sputting his sticks with my glmIet,
| "as cut ing my fingers with bis chsel,
mi sofnrth, In ruth. the nwl and
knllr were abou' all the instruments we
found ">e for they served every purpose
For lime we worked very amIcabie
o9e' her, per plrlng and chatting side by
~fdv, ISL ~ # We were sworn friends In.
~teat II u pirate and a corvette, each
bent on utterly drmoIishing the other
o, 1t was u most charming antumn
aite. noon The open window let in the
sweet, trcsn air, and the incessant chru
# ka ydids. We could see the blue,
nazy hut, ana the whit, still clouds
aud could hear the village sounds come
mlngle and soltened up to our l,tue
workshop We were flied with energy,
IN lite and hope, and as desperately IN
earnest as ever were TWO hostile cOmmn-
nores My cousin, the pirate,w certain
Of kn ckIng me into Il c9cked hav,"
and tqutly confident Of blowing h,iD
OUT eff the water.
Ny cousin, the pirate, had rather dis
agreeable way OF taunting AMI jeerinG,
tna' used to annoy me very much. He
was also given to brag, which | didn't
relish at all; and 80 we used often to
have little spats which, however, were
soon over
"Hm shall We know when either Of
US Is beaten, thought" asked the captain
"t The R00cr wiplng his face with shirt
sleeve.
Let me see,' said I refectjvely.
why whoever las his foremost shot
away first"
" 0 30! wouldn't give in for that, :"
said he pirate.
We'll, but your flag would be gone. !"
" l kno" it; but can't rig up a jury
mast for my flag ?"
Yes, suppose So" said I, "but we
might 60 on all day that way, and nei
ther ot US give ln'''
Well Tlltcl, you" said he =" whoever
is out Of powder FIRST"
Now, he had twice as much ammuni
tion as |, but, to be sure his gun wss
about twice as large; still, thought it
best to object, unless we had equal guam
titles OF powder
Let US each have pill box full" said
and I'll agree"
Pshaw what's pill box /" said the
pirate, contemptuously. "You mean a
magazjne!"
Ma ga zine!' exclaimed scornfully !;
:" no don't mean magazine!'
" Ho, ha ! I don't suppose you know
wha( magazine is" said he