The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-19

MlGu u6I uthu W bn0 WGbIWdIu, buc udu
n a strong brotherly drift The pirates
4 kept me almost all the'time at the/ helm
4 i dared not let them suspect that this
was the very thing / couldhave wished
land two or three times Wedged the
compass so that it could not play. l
was afraid they would discover that
F. we were making too much noPthings and
though their ignorance of the lay Of the
coast wasa most hopeful \circums tance
in'this CONNECTION, dared -not'Whohy
trust TO- it.
At last l ran out of The Gulf Stream,
antly just after had itakeh an ob5elNalr
tiOn Ofjthe sdns (which till then ihadin0td
shown Itself for several days, leaving
me to be guided by the gulf weed and
the waters temperaBure--Uhe wind came
out northeast, piptngin right good earn
est. My heart 'beati quickly; lor'itheC
4 quadrant had shown me- thaB myh6uT
lad come. lwas in latituderthifty+six5 &
ten; longitude seVentydoHPy efght!
i Our water casks were almost ,emptU
and the pirabes, oNhD ThadHan this time
supposed me to,be beating and bangtng
about to gain fher southernn Inlet were
very glad 'whenu told them we eIshould'
reach the coasCiAm few nourS.' AhdlL'
you caninot imag i've Nntyo sensatloAsl
Oh, if the wind should die 'our--it iBl
should head off-if' morning should
dawn, and mylpIaM besonly half accom-
plishedl Often had-the. villains drawn
their knives across mytthroat, in signif-
cation Ofwhatwouid come shouid1 play
: them false; and noWitwas success OF
dealh. .........,. .,....
i ueaped west.nofth West, the little brig
4 bounded aloligy anti you may 'weip be!
llepe that watched every YariatieniOi'
4 the breeze and the drawing OF every
sail. as | have never watched before.
II over and over | revolved my previous,
reckoning. YES, yesterday struck out
for the Gulf Stream; last night headed
thus and thus; to-day was sure oil my
figures. 1t must be SOL have made no
mistake. Yet, how, if can not manage
at Lass? A single error, a shadow Of
suspicion, and a knife VIII end ALL"
rnus l mentally 'convefsed With my
self. ...
1 Here and there were vessels sailing
upon various courses, but L dare not APP
+ Iproach, dared hardly look at them.
Il Asnevenhig appfoaeAedi l saw the
: land. ltwOuld ibeidHrk' ere we should
reach 1T; and thus far all wenb' hopes
= tulIy. Yet nevefI had the ,bloUd-staiusi
4 upon the briggs deck looked more
!, Aideous than. now. Hope" had in a
II measure broken the nightmare of hor..
ftor, and more tullyothan before / real
4 izeu the aWfdlliess oil the tragedy Which
lad been. pefpetfated.
n Strongly the nortbeaster piped-it
would not fail me now-and the clouds
u were thick, and the night would be very
dark! Then upon the lee'bow gluamed
light, and presently away off thew wealth
epi bow -sh0ne family anoGhep. OhI tbe
t anxiety OIL that moment! l was right
| There theys' were, the tWoi' beautiful
!, lights-yes, 5, beautiful indeed to me-. o But
the hour ofgreatest peril was at hand );
[ and, like Il dramatic author whofeaRsi
7 Ior his last act, l-studiel again and again
the various contingencies that might
cross my plans, and reveal my inten
) tions to the murderous Sp,nIards.
= We passed. between The lights at con-
siderable distance from both, and MANY
3 were tile Inquiries of the pirates as TO
4 our position. told them that we had a
few miles lurther torun, when we should
2 haveY reached the anchorage at the
. watering place.. Darkness prevented
r tuenl from seeing the land, and they haa
S not the most distant idea OF their sur
8 r0uudings. The Lights they imagined to
d be upon two isl slands-at least; they took
my word forsit, and had no suspicion OF
n our real whereabouts.
j. On and on flew the Isabel; and if ever,
: at one time mQre than another, l have
~ tried to exert my nautical judgment anu
{ luFGbuUuSuU, ~ Wdp SuSuh we SAW UbuSI
l. lights; but the pirates. supposed them to
e. be upon the oceaH coast,C along! which
o | they believed thems elves sailing. AT
e length requested them to take in the
n | light sails and the courses. This COM
h | pleted, l called sout-and lit was with "a
# dreadful thrill at my heart, lassure you
n -"Let 20 the top-sail .halyard ,,and elew
i hpv
!. It was done; and j coulA; sep that "a
. dark bank was rising under the lee
ol bow. '.. .....
"Stand, by to, let 50 anchor,p !
ri sAQuted, "While bring her up in the
Ill windW
,.I | clapped the helm hard down, while
the four pirates ran to obey my last .di.
Il recqons On, heavenl now. my blood
seemed to sutfocate me! They were ,all
>, away forward. 1t must be nOW,tiGeyer
"a hundred times that day l had glanced
s at the yaWl, andthetackles- that held it;
-eI and now, quickly, but! with a steady
hand, sprang TO- the dayits-falls. FRS
IS the larbOard, then the, sUarboard,
e | seized; bat was careful to lower away
NJ with both hsmultaneouslyS that the boa
k might not be sWaDped.l Them, clappiDg
Ill my hands on The. laHrail, i dropped int
her, unlocked the tackles, ana Withemy
n hands agahsto the big, pushed with Ia
d 4 Iorce thatusent the yaWlj shooting from
d under tho counter. AT this mement,
IS heardlthe anchor go oyerboard.t ha(
d just time to gEaspian oaNand commence
~ seulliugnwith Hall my might when tht
dj pirates, aa aft BaoaIardU's tones raHt
a fierce anai loudd His fhorrid Spanisl
J, J paths might at another time have cur
4. uled my blood; but tinoW1 had him upon
the hip.
1t "Anay the fortl" IasAouted, "ahoy
, | there the fort - For well. | kuaw thf