Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-04-06

orandua should have been seen by the
rascals, but it was too late to bemoan
over that fact. The murderous devils
were already rushing eagerly aboard,
and a dozen etood ready to jump into
the light shallop which they were hoist
ing out.
Z 81 had come to the wind, taking care
to keep storage way on her, edgiag up
to winndward the whole time, while the
pirate was drifting bodily e leeward;
watched my opportunity, and as. tbs
Boat was being lowered Invent lahont
on the other tack, dancing up to wind
ward at The rate of nine knots an hour.
I knew it was our only chance to save
the life Of your grandma and all pa
board. To be sure, " ran the risk OF
being crippled by his SHOT, but | took
the chances. auls 4
GA broad sheet,of fame issued from
the pirates bows, and the iron globe
buried itself full a quarter Of mile
ahead Of us,
"Shot after shot followed in quick
succession, but beyond tearing our cans
vas, nc damage was sustained by the
saucy Mabel. q
sEvery moment the distarce between
us was increasing, and the pirate, exas~
perated toIsee his prey escaping, when
he deemed it safe in his clutches, waved
suddenly, displaying his entire breads
side. a aI3 a,,... GA ...i..,-,
q 81 saw what was coming, and shout
ed for all hands to lie fat on the deck,
while I, grasping your grandma round
the waist, dove below. was none too
soon to escape the whistling storm OF
iron which tore over the ship. It made
the splinters fly, but no one was hurt
sheets and halliards, booms and spars
remained in tact, and in less than six
hours our unwelceme antagonist was
hull down.
"The Mabel was kept off for Cams
peachy. Bay, which we reached IN
safety but do you think we had seen
the last of the pirates 1 thought so at
the time, but we hadn't.
81 succeeded better at CamPeachy in
disposing of the Mabels cargo than ]
expected The prices were good, the
profits large, and l nearly illef her up
with cargo of coehineal, log7oQd, IN
digo, and a goodly share OF specie,
which last was packed. in kegs and
slowed carefully away in. the raA-
II had succeeded SO much better
than 1 had hoped for, that I'resolvea te
iclear;for New York direct. Twas all
ready for sea, but before leaving, your
grandma took it into her hesd that she
waited to do some trading, 50 took
her ashore to buy the articles she res
Iauired.i az. .,, o~
iassEt .was late in the afternoon when
we arifted into refreshment saloon or
cafe. for a cup Of coffee and roll, be-
fore pulling off to the ship. A nalnbel
of persons we're coming and going con-
tinualiy, TO WHOM, paid no attention -
their movements were nothing to me,
aaButisuddenly + felt Betty's hand
tighten Oh my arm. which caused me te
glance up at Der in surprise Fer face
was flushed, her eyes dropping, snd-1
knew'that something out of the COM
mon run had happened. i4asfs t.4.
ssWhas is it, wife 2" I asked, in a low
tone. gi,, ~. .'4,6 ~, ..1..g
fsDont look up" she said;, ''bu'
there, under the large lamp in the cor
ner Of the room is that wicked pirate
Who hailed US and fred at us some
weeks ago" - LII
Cautiously I looked in the direction
Indicated; and there, sure enough, was
dhe blackswhiskered scoundrel, dressed
il broadeloah'shoreie gs, with. q diamond
pin sparkling his shirt bosom, WHICH.
DO doubt, he stole originally. | N ade
up my mind to get away as soon as
possible, for I felt my temper rising
and in those days, SO / have been told,
l had the reputation Of, being something
of Tartar, = '''.A
i. Standing six, feet, broad shouldered,
and muscular in proportion, it was "a
word and blow with me, The blow
generally coming first. ESQ ei y :
:. Walking over to the cashiers desk,
I settled my bill at the same time
Suppressed scream from yoar grandma,
startled ne. Iturned, and, youngster.
what do YOU think I saw3 Nothing
more 81 less than my wife struggling in
the arm. of lie pirate, whose lips wers
distorted by "a mocking smile. Butiit
did not last, long, oaze = e
aa'sI was almost blind with rage as I
dafted Forward Some one tried to re-.
strain me, to whisper q word of caution
in, my. ear, but I brushed the would--be
adviser aside, at the same time the
b4awny rascal released my wife in order
to attend to me. A wicked looking
knife cleaned in his hand, which I haya
- = IL. az eo,,n,,rdynj ~ ould have ucad