Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-10-25
Gt, oHtAJPsTlER ] xIXs:ylf
MtDNId1It ROW WITH MUFFiED OARS.

+ About midnight two rough looking men
strollcd down toward. tho. water op the last
River side of tho city. Tho point was far
above the location of tho docks, and at q.
lonely point, removed, from tho rounds Of
tho polico. AS the men, stole stealthily
along, ono of thom remarked: ,..sH., Lid.
81 hope this is no sell out, Tom, to get
us into q snap.'
"All we havo to do is to keep our oycs
peeled, 'cull,' aud if We SEQ tho least Sign
of stocked plying, why, Yo will just send
q bullet to mako it'n fair deal" :,
/ The two rpen walked down, to tho waters
edge and waited. a boat, capable of hold.
ing half dozen men, rocked on the little
waves that broke upon the shore. A few
moments passed, and tho two mon wcre
Joined by two others, who camc stealthily
through tito darkness. The four men were
acquainted, and had evidently assembled for
some desperate adventure They woro all
rough, determined looking chops, with
fierce, Scared faces and swaggering mana;
ners. They were NIL openly armed, and
looked as much like pirates as anything clso,
"Havc you any idea what tho mob has
on ,hand2" asked ono of tho mon Of another,
who appeared TO be sort Of leador wv Jns
dwell, yes, 'culls,' for once tto are going
on an honest crrand, ,laltllodgh wc 60 in tho
old STYLE" m.Illa n' q ,R 1,'teI -
"Whatis the rackct?' z ". '
"Wcll, gal has been stolen, and tho
mob thinks she's aboard a brig that's an.
chorel down stream" 3oi'u,H l,n#a,,,. -,
"Why don't tho mob got the police to
board the craft2" G'l ~ '37f1l +"
"Wcll, you SEQ detective haa tho case
in hand, and hos 'stunncr'2- Of the
cuuningost chaps on the force; no wants to
steal u march; if he went openly with the
police, there would be clatter aud no girl
would be found; hos going it on tho sly,
and expects to oatch the birds napping"!
Arc you suroit ANITA put-up job on
us?"
"Nary job; and if wo make. the right
light to night, it's n couple Of hundred
apiece; and a twenty noto hit or miss2"
"What tino was the scop' to show up?"
Swell, yer can't tell that; yer know them
chaps never give themselves away; he Just
said 'Have yer crew on hand about mid.
night, and will suil down when the jig's
TIC wcp Waited a,fajl hour, and all tut
tic leader began to grow impatient, when
two. figures woro-Acen eomipg down- toward
the water.
S"Therc they arc, my .heartics, ana by
ginger! ! hope thc gals aboard the brig
andssho's wotthtwol hundred apieoe, ,solid,
rcmcmbcr!"
AS tho two figures approached, ono of
them uttered q low whistie. Tho leader Of
tho gang returned tho sgnsl, aud the t'WSto,
men, adypnccd. ,.,t,.-,
"Bvcrything ready, Naglb2" said ono lodf
them. trr.l .a& a2tI,
"Ayc, aye, sir" . h'a''i>, ~, y.
nGot your cars muiflcdW " '''o ~ ~
,"Aye, aye, sir, we'll steal on tho .oeaft as
nosclessly as d snowflake; we are uscdto it,
you know" added the man? meaning
,sugh,, * - Z" ~" = :" ,'!1 ',
used to it, they weroatho four most dospc+.
ratio river pirates that Infested Tho harbor Of
Now York; knowing, what desperate
GRAND heNwasto go upon, Walton Sprugue
had secured atha services Of thoso men .
| Nagle had explained tho truth when shd
told why the dottotivo did not 60 In tic
open light Of day With sq,iad of. police at
his back r. the iegtn had beeini" "sccretea opp
board of the brig, such proceoding,wsooulld
have failed, and the abduotors would rhave
been warned. The detoctive preferred to
take desperate risks with chances of success.
The six men ontorcd tho boat. The leader
of the river pirate took the holm, lie was
tho one who had been employed by the do
t9fiyc to watch the suspicious brig, and he
consequently knew just whcro she lay.
Rapidly the boat containing tho six we'll
armed men was propelled over tho dark
waters; and soon the dark outlines of a
vessel, anehorcd' in mid stream, loomcd out
Of tho darkness. q Tt vas Q starlcss night,
and just suited for tho business in hand.
The moment TIC vessel aprcareh IN sight,
the rowcrs7 sucked up, and tie mullcrs' we're
placed on the oars, and they approached .hc
vessel as noisclessy as a snow hake.l The
dip Of the oar was not hoard; and 90 skilltnl
we're the rowcrs TINT not single drip Of watrr
could be heard. Even tho Topping Of tie
waves against tho prov Of tic boat had
been, guarded against, and il was ahsolutol,
without the least sound, that tho little vessel
glideaj byrunder tho forward chains. Of. tho
brig. All the plans had evidently been
exchanged while tho leader Of Tho river
PIRATES, who had removed biz Boots, 'crsRled
by to the big, with the noisclcss poyomcnt
and spripging agility Of q cat. Magic had
thus sealed the prov of many.a vesselunder
similar, circumstances, and know we'll Just
how to proceed, When, like q snatc, No
crawlca 'uiipn the deck. For q momcnt he
remained perfectly still, aud pctrcd through
the darkness, He had keen eyes, and long
training had almost enabled him to rccog--
nizc Objects in the darl; like a cat lie
aaw human lisurc some fifteen feet from