Middletown transcript., 1873-06-07
OVERHAULED BY A PIRATE.


way. cant remember u voyage that
enjoyed more. IL was about ten in the
morning. aud was lying on spare sail
IN the nhalniop, rcadIn. and looking ,hro
my telescope turn about when all ut once
the skipper shouted up 70 me-, "Maistcr
X. wull yc ji., tax look through
the prospect tleeseope1 ut you craft cn
the ,cuihcr bow Z" leyrlled ms glass
At her and made her out to bc long, low
lying craft. seemingly standing away from
us, aud 50 ! reported u the captain. lIu,
IN another ten minutes or 50 his voice
came up again (aud this time with rather
diIrfen, sound in ID Master K.
| diuua ike tho look Of yun craft: wull
sc ii.t tax auither look i, herr "Why"
>aid ], levrlling my glass. "shc's changed
her course; shes coming rieh; down
upon Us" Wai YOU kindly bring
down the prospcc' Sir! wad like to tax
4 look myself" This time there was a
iremor il his voice which no ono could
mistake | le.sn T. fecl uncomfortable
and came down post haste.
The skipper took the glass, anl |,
watching him Us he booked through ii, saw
His great rcd face grow whittier aud whittier
til it was livil as a corpse. aud he Just
got out four words in kind of half-chuk
"a wh-per--"Shc's m armed vessel =
understood j, all in moment, anl 50 dil
every 5Ee else that heard lin This WI.
lust 10 iLe close Il the wlr between Bra
nj aud Hlcnos Ayres, AMI the Ei>t.rn
eaa-' vs., swhiutjn. with eN-weatcrr>
vii hal l.nu 'hrpwn aat of vu,G vs. ihp
peace and l,in', care whom IL attacked
- long l. there va anytime, tu H. git l :
q Fer enc momrE' We ihou.li' IT .how.
ing isht That iira wouldn't hail water
Aet = cei'as, har rlhe WIS there ou
alfI, l4 al.nr he1rus. aul a"r cr,w
Rst ti masi unHte't yaUyir magine
4uI.' easy going Wc.taui seo,smau
mostly married men, with Lrai, good
aarari .iaple faces l!Ge tle villagers IL
j rlui mig".
rta very .iet, ot IL wu'l have
.au nnnu,h ~ roa>snr- nuy pirate ua
0i, tl ,A aly thns H auo
4H= t IS saafgsru t9 rs er#a
sasror.f ''ris up as naa, d4amles -
b With '1r u5l set.tt, e
aa. ~a mustered II uy rus
aHl eycrY ute lae3u ~ csn.r4l Il, ,lhi#
els. la my ".l Ns'ch a#5a- tn,
grounds d iLt safia fH ,h sat.rau
Slipped Is casa 81 iu.llaa. ifs u.lr Il
.t I'a:ss, au aaf slrFt h,l tas ,hra.
numr'nr NrNGi. die pirate fr ,hrre
eani =, u w,-ttka ~ Ht hor ia@l VA
taning dswn nf3n "a. l5heayulWH Sh
TN access cur laws a#. las = withn
ea.y hu5l, thar Ne y.gEl -yp every fIre
IA hpirl 4 Aer AMI i ra g. sigh, ,aef
terc li.rs sHsmpl ~ h' o. fHsrlpiu
49Ha- ihHH nithr e4tiiuuar HA.r,r.s
III wrr dressed alsn. Ii e5Gr,s guernsey
ftals, taeeu IN duHai ffJu nm ,1tf
@ i'h thy bad tInnaerll There w.r.=
nen 1f "a uliia.. SLIM ~n#Ht4fl- aH
red.ia-ssl Eu-...hmta an oavp.p9nreI
Paftu,ae,e aud Enwus. yr'3M-ba,rel
tirtmm. gaIu', hrh.l.iatr iankre>
and ,ic. il, hokag MplIao. iat up5a
Zach aei all WIS that u1uries, siuur
abiaA eafa- thr man whom some ct,af
etnr l,as tut ~ from h. fellow, rh#
klaI 1T iaak that h1y. seen mq8y time
among til worst ela., II E utie,s
t. alaay, ilaicnlt far 3 uau Il faias
tell lrH It, wiil I'll when saddrnl4 brought
t5,r - fser with deadly Tr | La,e
-eeu a m3n Whose il. ~. hanging us ii
lar wllsd cutiau>ly tJs movements IL
spider on his window | myself. 10 thr
ihs cti,i. of the leliie.; ,rrage Wa
ever iu fund leisure 10 note the peculiar
,h1pe II a cloud ii the sky remcm.
her, rs t, it were yesterday. tl.at ny first
feeling n sight ot the pfttes was one 4
rasr kind Of angry dt.gu,, At the idea
# such mrau,looklng raseas daring l.
attack us al all
But had little time 70 think of II,
for jus, as they ran alongside Of us. our
skipper, 10 my astonishment, coo!ly hailed
them.
"Shif, ahoy Whats your name 2
There was a pause before they answered
giving some Spanish namc, winch for.
get
Our skipper 1T them 10 time To think
nbuut il. but went on: "Nhat's ynur ear
60: (l''s gul 10 hac the first word. Mr.
X - Fish That's 4 lee aud
biz one. sir said the captain 10 me in u
whisper; "nae fishing vessel would hac
less ibau towrc bouts, and yon craft has
but twa Whaur do yor eamr fraef" he
added aloud From the Falkland Isles. :
How many days Nine That's
anither lee. Master k; nae vessel
can dot in less than saxteen. tAloul J
Whaur are yc bound for = "perram-
hueo ' Then came pause We were at
tha end of our questions. aud noM tho pi.
rates mus, have their turn. In that ter
riblc interval with the worst OF all deaths
staring US in the face. there came the
.trangcst, wicrdes, mingling Of broad fun
with the black horror that cncompasssd
us
Our good, simple.hcar,ed crew had
obcycd the captains orders TO rig up
dummies" by sticking up lot of spars !.
close together as the rails Of pali,adc.
with old hats and jackets tapping upon
them like scareerows while on the round :