Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-11-29

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became evident.
Bacaladnr came to the side and
>rdered me to come on d ck. | re-
fused. and expressed determine
ton TO defend myself.
1--WE no kill you," ne said, ''we
want you for navigate"
"What have YOU done with the
cook ?" asked.
1--WE stab him /; he is overheard;
so Is other man. all men in the
forecastle dead, we stab thein all"
Then lknew that the Villains had
killed the three men whom the poi
son had rendered helpless, and that
only myself and The two fearfnlly
sick officers remained. The latter
were already at the point Of death.
I told Bacalardo that I would
cnme on deck when the captain and
mate had passed all suffering. 1t
seemed dreadful that the impatient
wrt tches Should murder them with
knives, and hence L could not hear
to leave them. My refusal to do so,
however, availed me nothing; for
crowtling into the cabin, the pirates
mt once dispatched their victims,
and passed their bodies out Of the
window ss Goa 3l
The pirates divided the money
ahout ten thousand dollars; and
thew then informed me that must
navigate the vessel to South Ameri-
ca. They were all sailors, and the
brig being easily handled, the task
would not he very difficult. But to
think of heading for distant seas,
with that sickening horror upon my
hearth There were blood stains up IN
The deck. in the cabin, and in the
forecastle-and how could / remain
i'm such a vessel But no one knows
what he can do until suffering has
taught him.
We were now becal'ned, and with
the full strength of the Gulf Stream
were drifting northerly at the rate
of four miles an hour. The ignor-
ant pirates, whose operations had
never brought them much To the
northvard of Cuba, had mo idea
that the current was thus bearing
us along, while it was upon this tact
that built almost my only hope.
I'm high spirits at the success of
their enterprise, they laughed over
their gold, and were continually
boasting of the murders they had at
ore or another time committed.
Bacalaldo remarked that he had
probably sent more persons into
eternity than any other man living
and had little doubt of my being
added to the list whenever my SER
vices should be no longer required.
Three days were passed in this
manner3 and in the meantime
had assured the Spaniards that it
would be madness to proceed on the
South America voyage without a
further supply OF water. | had, at
favorable opportunity, let out the
contents of two casks in the hold.
at the end of this time the wind
sprang up, and it was decided to
enter an inlet which I described rs
being upon q wild portion of the
Southern coast and there obtain the
needed supply. = y
Though it was in the Month of
August, the weather now, fortunate
ly for my purpose, became tempestu-
Gus with squalls and heavy gales
from the Senth and West. We were
obliged to. shorten sail and some
times to lie to +; and all the while
managed to keep the brig in the
Gulf Stream, SO that even while ly-
ing with her head to the westward
she had strong northerly drift.
The pirates kept me nearly all the
time at the helm dared not let
them suspect that this was the very
thing could hava wished-and two
or three times L wedged the CON-
pass SO that it could not play.
was afraid they would discover that
We were making too much northing.
and though their ignorance of the
lay Of the coast was most hopeful
circumstance i'm this coniection,
dared not wholly trust to it.
AT last ran out of the Gulf
Stream. and, just after L had taken
an observation of the sun, which
till then had not shown itself for
several days, leaving me to be guild
ed By the Gulf weed and the waters
temperature, the wind came out
northeast, piping in right good ear
nest. Ny heart beat quickly, for
the quadrant had shown me that my
hour had come. I was i'm latitude
thirty-six, ten longitude seventy
four, eight.