Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-09

began 10 Couccai tuciI Naiuauiee--A FuA
my gold watch lthis very Osel among the
grounds Of the eOfee.pOt, the surgeon slip
ped his case Instruments under loose
plank, aud our skipper bid the ehrOuOme-
ter. Meanwhile the pirate Ifor there could
be no mistake about her nowlsas coming
down upon US like a vulturc; abe ran
across our bows ITO do her justice she was
beautifully handled cane about like a
fash, aud lay to within easy hail, 50 that
we ecu SEQ every face on board Of her.
Aud a rare sight they were There seemed
to be no di scipline among them neither
captain nor officers T; all were dressed alike.
in coarse guernsey frOcks, taken, no doubt.
fr, m some ship which they had plundercd.
There were men from all nations. Sal!ow
Sraniards and red-faced Euglishmen lean.
olive colOred Portuguese and brawny, yell
low.haired Germans gaunt, hatchet-faeed
va ,kees, and vicious-loOkiug mulattoes
but upon each and all was that bameless
stamp which marks the man whom some
great crime has cut Of from his fellows
the kind of look that tand you too, |
dare say) have seen mary time amoLg
the worst class Of convcts,
ut is always difficult for man to tell
beforehand how he will feel when sudden
" brought face to face with deadly per.
il. have seen a nan whose lifc was
hauging by hair, watch curiously the
NOV emen,s Of spider OIL his window. l.,
myself, in the Crisis 0f the deadicst
scrape ever was in, found leisure TO
note the peculiar shape of cloud in the
sky. | remember, as if it were bnt yes
terday, that my first feeling at sight OF
the pirates as one of rage-a kind Of an
CRY disgust at the idea Of such meau.look-
ing rascals daring to attack US at all.
But had little time to think of it, for
just as they ran alongside of US, our skip
per, to my aatonishment, cody hailed
them. 'Shib ahoy! What's your name?
There was q pause before they an
swcred--giving some Spanish name
; which forget. Our skipper left them nc
time to think about it, but went on
Whats your name? It's guild to hac
the Grst word, Master ky
Fish
That's a lee, and big one, sir. sale
the captain 10 me in a whisper; nae fish
ing vessel wad hae less than fowre boats
Q and yon craft has but two. 'Whaur dc y,
come frae?' he added aloud
l From the Falkland Isles
How many days?
II Mine
6 That's another lee, Master K
II nae vessel cud dot in less than saxtcel
c Aloud Whaur are ye bound for?'
"Penambucto."
n Thea came pause. We were at tn
d end of our questions, and now the pirate
e must have their turn. In that terribl
g interval, with the worst of all deaths stal
e ing rs 10 the face, there came the strans
}, est, weirdest miuging of broad fun wit
e the black horror that encompassed u
s. Our good. Supplemented crew had obeyc
N the captains orders to rig up dummies
1t by sticking up lot Of spars, close togetl
or as the rails ofa palsade, with old ha
5. and jackets Tapping upon them like scar
10 crows; while Oh the roundhouso itself al
pearcd an enormous Kilmarnock bonne
S. as if some giant had suddenly risen U
,k through the very roof. THIS last absurd
ty made the cup Of the shippers patien'
is overflow altogether. 'Yc drunken rascals
e. he growled under his breath, do yc thi.
,d ony mon would put his held room noos
,k or that the blackguards can be fright
he Ike craws in Geld It's enough to NAL
ce them board US at once. for dearin' to ma
fules o'them
nd "'Ship ahoy! what's your name ?"
ed The sharp stern call fell acrsss !
muttering like the cut OF sword. II
nd captain started and answered.
m. 1.-The Carron, from Glasgow
,e- "'What's your cargo?
he "'Coals. There's nae guild tcllin' the
RI Master K, that we had Malchesi
rk guips aboard they wud cut our thro'
ey for the half of them.)
TO 9. Where are you bound for?'
hit ".Rio dc Janeifo,'
ut There was another pause aud tn
Ike came searching question DO you re
is ON by chronometer, or by time 2
set "'Ey tlme.'
no "Then ensued deep silence; and
IN, that dead hush Of expectation | could
es. most hear the beatiDgs ofmy own hca
he The captains face looked pinched a
gh drawn like three days corpse and
he surgeon, who was standing near me.
at his lip till the blood ran down. 1t was