Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-03-30
! trouble than Is necessary? You kIfow very
well we shall be back in two hours"
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trouble than Is necessary? You kIfow very
well we shall be back 10 two hours"
'Will you" said Mr.. Hall doubtfully.
AT all events. we'll take the chance.
So why not slip the cables and buoy the
ends? There's nobody here to steal the
/ wood"
"All right. I've no objections to that.
SO slip and buoy, my lads"
Giving this direction. while walking for.
ward, MIR. Hall remarked that the larboard
ahchor, which lay In only three fathoms OF
water. was upside down. He therefore or
dered his people to slip the starboard ca
Bile; and, as he came aft again, observed
to the captain:
'As you've so little cable out on the lar
board anchor. we'll weigh that"
| Why SOP asked the other. uneasily.
| because il the wind fail us. as seems
/ likely, we may have to anchor outside
| Now bear a hand sloft there topsail; and
jump up one or two of you and loose the
sails on the mainmast.''
| Meanwhile the mate had run forward
and was seen assisting busly to unsplice
| the lower cable.
"Belay that" cried Hall. "Unsplce the
I other, the starboard cable, mem"
The mate made an attempt to complete
the work, however. by attempting TO let
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he was again frustrated. for some OF the
Rosebud's men had stiffened the cable be.
fore all, and brought-to the messenger.
by this time the sails we're loosed and
the men, assembling at the capstan, began
to heaye round.
The result must | think have been an
tcipated. Very few who have acquainted
themselves with the but too authentic mar
ratives of the barbarites practiced by slave
campains at this period, will doub, the
truth OF this. They need not; for the cir
cumstances, names excepted. are perfectly
accurate
When the anchor reached the bows. it
brought up with il, lashed 10 the shanks,
and gagged, to stife her cries, the corpse
OF poor JUDY.
This condemned the Arrow as a prize.
such. however, was the Indignation Of
the RoSebud's men. that II required the
energetic interference OF Mr.. Hail to pro
tect the captain from summary vengeance.
Jnhapptly for Rawlev. the active instru-
ment IN the murder,that mise reant, hoping
To escape altogether .leaped into the sloop's
boat which lay alongside with only the
ooat-ke"per remaining IN it. Striking the
latter on the head with some heavy il,tru
mrnt ani sending him into the water. the
mate Jumped overheard, and made Tor the
shore.
Tome back, you mnrdering Sconnircl, !"
shoutci Hall. whose quick eve had caught
the whole proceeding. rapid as ii was.
Back, or We iire."
lie had scarcely uttered the last word
when a shot from the bows, fired by
sailor, who had mistaken the menace for
an order, stopped the fugitive. Turning
round. he rose, a. by some convulslve
movement, halt above the surface, then
with wild toss OF the arms went to the
bottom.
The stunned seaman uaving been quick
" picked up and passed On board the boat
proceeded in search OF the mates body
which owing 10 strong eddy. had been
carried some little distance from the spot
at which it sank. /, was a. length deserted
through the clear water, and by means OF
the boat anchor with little ceremony
hauled on board, OF course liieleS,
The brig was conicmned. and the value
OF the prize wa, much augmented by the
circumstanc. OF her crew. 70 ingratiate
themselves Sstfh ihnt- aat,,---
The hldlng-place OF the slave cargo. These
were speedily rr-snipped IN ID" Very ve--
sci IN which they had been - roughly
stowed-bui this time with more regard To
human.ty-aud in due course rrsained
their homes.