The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-09-13
BROOKHAyEN, MISS, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1877

blood, CianDercd 10 our ueck sauu press
led their way aft. The fallen spars and
Inultifarious impodiments .enectually
iprevented any one. passing along tue
'6ort sido; 80 CAPTAIN Moore. three sea
linen and myself, the only survivors,
flushed into the alleyway to starboard OF
1.-The deckhouse, and there stood reso-
1iutely at bay. 80
" Our n,urderous antagonists possessed
lno fire-arms, but each one carried q
ishort, native sword, called o pa keenn
these, however, were of little avail
lagainst the winged messenges of death
iour trusty revolvers sent into the midst
lof the advancing horde, until it became
lapparent to them aud to us that our am
lmunition was giving out.
| "Find Lotrie, Mr.. Carter. We have
ino chance; but, for heavens sake, save
Ihor from those merciless wretohes. ]
have my death wound now" cried the
skipper.
| / sprnng down the cabin stairway,
and found the fair girl kneeling at the
table, imploring succor from on high.
/ Her facc was ghastly pale. and tremor
visibly convulsed her frame when she
saw my blood-stained brow.
| "Are they subdued? Where is my
father?" she cried, as she sprang TO her
feet.
| caught her in my arms. and bore
her bodily on deck. It had been my
Intention to place her in the captains Is
Gig, that hung in the quarter davits,
land lower it into the sea; but hardly
/ had we emerged from the companion
hatch when above the clash of atcel and
the groans OF tire wounded | heard ring
ldut from three hundred throat8. n word
1of dreadful import -"Sding" (Victo-
tri1-and knew that my brave conrad 'a
had been beaten down--that the plratl
held undisputed possession OF the vcs-
sell ..--s.
| When in Swatow the ships loll. 7a.
or dingy had been injured; and elnc'
Tour departure the carpenter Ind been
employed repairing her bottom, as she
! lay inverted on the poop. l knew that
should not have timo to lower the gig
| when I heard the variety change to &
tnote Of triumph; and instinctiyely
felt that our only chance Of escaping
daath lay in coneealing ourselves be-
meath tho little dingy, as the cabin and
hold would DO thoroughly searched for
| plunder.
"Crawl nnder quickly I will follow
you," whispered in the car of the ter
riiied girl, as l raised tho stern of the
light craft.
As If mechanically. she obcyed me;
thon, with much difficulty. managed
to creep under myself; and scarcely had
I relowerod our frai. tenoment to the
deck, ere it was surrounded by horde
of misoroants, who wero voclfcrating
loudly.
Even at this honr, Ishnador whom I
remember the agony of suspense en-
durod during the ransacking OF tho YES
sel
At lougth it became obvious that She
pirates had accomplished their work OF
plunder, for heard ono direct his sat-
ollitos to set fire to the ship, and hurry
back to their own vessel.
Soon the sound of plashing oars told
mo that tho piratical craft was speeding
lnway from thes hopeless vessel she had
.Rssrosna; 80 L cautiously ttfl:itedtho
1 dingy, and crept from beneath her. A
bright, glowing flame, shooting sky
wafl from the fore hatch plainly indi-
catcd how we'll the marauder chief s
n.SNdata had been obeyed, and told me
! in words of fire that must immedinte>
Ily boar Lottie from the Heather Bell,
land trust to less groody clement for
s..foty. Iqnick.y lowered tho gig; but
she sank on touching the water; the pI>
rates had STAYED in her bottom. Tho
increasing roar Of the grasping flames,
ths. swinod liko glittering sorpants up
the raasts aud shronds, inspired ne
with ert-a a,.orgv. I upliftcd tho din-
pv. and, when Lotto crawled from be-
meath it, with her assistance bore 1t to
tile taffrail.
ave have no time to lower it; we
must launch it bodily" said. catching
my darling in my arms. "Be not
afraid, dear love-" I cried, then sprang
with her into the soothing sea.
We sank deep beneath the hriny
food. but I struck vigorously up. and
soon gained tho surface. Then, draw
i ING the lovely girls head upon my
shoulder, swan rapidly toward the
drifting dingy. It was on its keel and
floating buoyantly; 30 clambered ln'
drew Lotto after me, and then sank,
weak and prostrate from ovor-exertlon,
in she stern sheets. Ny fair companion
raised my head. and gently tended nle
unii, recovered my faeultios-recov'
eroi them just in time to sec the pretty
Heather Bell sink, holocaust, to hel
grave in the coral depths.
Soon after, vessel, which proved td
be the Lilly, rescued US from'our peril
Gus position and carried us 40 safety tf
Hong Kong, in which city, six months
subsequently, I led to tho hynenoa
altar the dear, brave girl who had shared
my peril on that eventful night.