The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-30

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,erpreter was rapidly turning the narrativ,
INTO pangaran English, when the execu
toners boy came back.
He carried a weapon of beautiful SHAPE
and temper, nearly two feet long IN the
blade. and an inch and n half wide, waving
in graceful twists almost to the tip. The
edges were sharp and bright, but an inch
broad strip of rough metal ran between
hem. deeply channelled and damascened
This peculiar effect is obtained, | believe
~ Welding hard metal into soft, and Their
eating Iuto the other with acids. Thu
Lit was covered with silver wire, twined
nd plated to initiate different sizes Of
string. This simple but tasteful style OF
ofnauIen;ion is much affected by Malay
,lgcrBiniths.
Before coming to terms with the execu.
Toner Cor this specimen of pirate art, ]
logged to hear the tale hanging to it.
All Kssat's idiom was droll, but it did
act help TO the clear comprehension of c
s.ury | had need of more patience thar
yould be asked of the most courteous
tcader Done into vulgar English,
Douroup's tale ran thus l tell it in fht
inst person, and color ~ it n little. foi
lie narrative reached me in n very bald
state. The facts, OF course, are historical ::
Two years ago said the executioner-
his adventure came to my ears in 1865
my wife, my brothers son and | were
turning from n visit to Salang Salang
whore my sous had n contract for turtle
cEgs. What little wind there was did not
favor MS, but the raiah had sent for me.
We padded and padded. Just oppo.
site to Sanjong Api, a large prau came
suddenly in view, running fast alongshore
with "A stiff breeze. ! said to my wife,
If Il man had been sailing thus across
Sarawak hay upon the morning when we
acre married, his heart would have died
within him Mt the sight of n vessel like
thnt. She said, Thanks to Allah and
the white rajah, no pirates dare come
here y
" The prau skinned in like q shark.
When we looked, there were two more be-
hind it when we looked n third time, there
we're seven in sight, all flying towards us.
My wife said, Thirty years have passed
since our wedding-dny, and Allah is mer-
ciful but / wish we were all safe ashore
at Santubong = We turned the canoe
and padded for life. One after another
the praus came round Sanjong Api until
the bay was crowded with them. We set
sail, but they flew. Within an noun the
Balignini trained Il jingle on us, but the
ball fell short. | said to my wife, VIII
you live to be a pirates slave Z Kill me-
she said. We went on with sail and pad
die. but it seemed hopeless.
Suddenly, the Badger gunboat appear
ed steering down the river with all snils
set. We shouted and embraced each
other, for sure the Balignini would clear
of at sight of n gunboat. But they did
not notice. The foremost prau fired
again, and the ball took off Kassim's head.
lie fell upon my wife, nearly upsetting the
canoe.
The Badger held on, steering between
Vu Int uha ,nnll not hn,,a a,riraA T.. A.-,o
A great plack prau swept towards us with
the wind. Her bows were shaped as n
dragons head, and the white water looked
like teeth in her jaws. The pearl of two
immense natuna shellB mad eyes, From
their fghting-deck the pirates yelled at us,
but fired no more. The reis of the Badger
saw our distress and discharged n twelve
pound gun. The shot flashed from wave
to wave and buried itself half a mile
beyond. But the warning vas enough.
The Balignini stood dumbfounded for
an instant, their silk scarfs lluttering in
the breeze, then shook their weapons at
rhcy ran up and down their lighting deck
chpntcd their war snpg, hut they turned,
all the fleet firing as they Went. The little
Bndgcr followed TIL afternoon, when the
Sift pirates had all vanished.
"Ancr the New Years feast the rajah sent
me to Mukah. one day II boat came dying
the river. They brought a message for.
Tunn Helms. Six Lonud praus lying in the
Inv "hnli"nr' d HIM Ia come and fight. The
people tainted their cry rang 10 heaven.
Tuan Helms summoned the chief men. We
in the fort, and the tuan spoke to us
He said THE Rajah Mudah is lying al
Bintulu with the Rainbow. Here is a letter,
Who will carry it?'
The Datus looked to the ground IN
thought, for across the river month lay siN
vessels, swift as eagles. TwentA
men kept watch on each of them night and
lay. Tuan Helms said Il cannot go, f0r
ny hands are soft and white, unused to
But you are mobiles and chiefs.
killed in the water. The people fed you
nd they faint in alarm. Who will goY'
They did not speak, and he said again
The man who does it will he honored
mongst all the orang laurel the Rujui
Judah will set him IN high. Your fore.
athers were brave. They did not fear
leath. Have their sons become women y
81 rose and spoke. These men of Lukn
ire not my people, o tuan! But l hear
he helpless ones who cry. Give me n fast
INT and ] will carry the letter.
They bound me to the swiftest boat in
Aiuka, the Anak Ular young snake, which
lad won every race on New Years feast
dusk l set out. The imaun laid it upou
Ill the faithful that they should pray tn,
to interceede for me all night. Every
house in Mukah had its candle burning,
md the murmur of prayers reached Allah
throne. He heard them. His hand drew
clouds across the sky, and opened thu
sluices of the rain. All through the even
ing it fell softly, and the Lanun scouts Ia
close.
I'm an hour and a half, for | recon.
at each turning of the stream.
open water and the praus. They lay
anchored, four across the bar and one be
meath each bank, lit up as for a feast. Til,
waves glittered for a hundred yards
Big fires blazed on shore also
Canoes came and went. At the bows oi
every vessel a crowd of pirates sat or moved.
black against the light, and on the fighting.
deck above stood the ]sentrios. Roaring
laughter echoed in faint bursts across the
surge, with singing and sharp screams OF
pain.
d" knew not what to do. After an hours
waiting the mirth and the confusion only
grew. If l could safely approach the fires
ashore, and appear to start from thence il
seemed likely | might get through uu-
noticed, for there were many boats uEv
mine passing to and fuo.
My heart was a. dry as an empty kernel
when ! stole across the river, ana dropped
dow under the shallow of the aux. N,
noise grow louder and louder in my en-
the light more dangerous. Sud2ouiy ~
the spit, | came on a lthrong OF cIrr q
which the LRnus nad surprised. There
should be one entry, ut least, over them,
Long ! peered into the dark, and at length
perceived him sitting under a tree. Not
au alligator could have ilua;ed past and he