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

instant the sentinel hailed. / could frame
no words to answer, but pulled with all my
might. They rushed and trampled over the
deck, seeking their guns which had beer
placed under cover. They shouted for .
canoe, and then / heard them distinctly
v~aulting into it from above.
"The Anak Ular never made n race like
that, with Lanun balls pattering around
her, and the crank of Lanun paddles in her
wake. But ut ten yards distance was
out Of sight, so sheeted fell the rain.
When it ceased, twenty minutes after, there
was no boat on the sea but mine. 1
spread my wet carpet, and bowed myself
times seventy-seven.
"In q day and a half / reached Bin
tulu. The Rajah Mudah gave me honor
before all the people. Then he whitened
the steamer, deck and funnel, got up hres
with dry wood, and started. We hoped to
find the praus still lying before Muka.
But some foolish youths there, catching .
party of scouts, sent one of them back
with defiance to say the Rainbow was a.
hand. So they broke up at once, hall
putting to sea, half skirting the coast,
in hopes to hide when they saw the
steamers smoke on the horizon. sc
had they often escaped the English cruis.
ers. But our Rajah Mudah knew then
tricks, and all the coast was afire. A
hNlll DDll C8kllit " VAIL hAAA1 $40
alongshore, when each village sent Us newi
or sipnalled. For such insults as that oil
the B~alignini, n year before, and now ,hiI
of the Lanuns, had not been dreaInt OF
in Sarawak since the rajah chastiset
them.
AFTER two days search we came upon
three praus making for the open water. They
saw that no safety could be found along
We went ahead, we whizzcd through the sea.
The Lanuns saw what was meant. In their
silks and gold cloths they gathered on the
n~ghting-deck and chanted their warsong. We
came up to the first through a storm OF
bullets. The bowsprit pierced that crowd
of men. We saw n hell OF faces Just beneath.
A shock! and n grating noises The prau went
down. Then fighting hand to hand. They
along the bowsprit, swords to
teeth. They leaped and chung upon our
taffrail. We met them. T the next
cried his Highness, whilst we fought, and,
= Aye, aye, SIR Tuan Hewan shouted bpck.
decks had been scarcely cleared WI II
another prnu was ~overtaken. Only few OF
us could reach the forecastle in time, and
fifty warriors at least, leaped aboard. 1t
was well that the Rajah Mudah had EN-
barked a hundred trusty warriors IL,
Bintulu, for the Lanuns fought rs they
and fiends of Eblis only can.
So Go aheadl' his Highness cried in the
midst of it, and we went ahead. Half our
deck was held by pirates. They fell, on,
by one, amok to the last hut the thru
prau escaped among the shadows. We
sent u few shots after it while steaming
away, and killed n great chief. Our people
watched, and not q man who landed wa
alive in half nm hour, But the worst OF
them kept the sea in II small boat. and
when the Rainbow had passed by, they
fled safely to their homes in Sulu.
I'VE atopped only to pick up swim.
ming slaves, but lost several orang laurel on
that duty. For the Lanuns bcckoned arc
water. When n man reached to save on
of them, he stabbed or threw his arm,
about him and dragged him ont, and sank.
so that we helped no one who could no.
pull himself OIL board by n rope.
"In the night some of the slaves told
us what rich plumber had been sent to til,
bottom of the sea. His Highncss said.
: If any of you orang laurct like
TO jump aboard of the last prau, and take
what you can, l give you leave 'AnU
men, too, sir = asked the tuau engi
neer. Every one but Captain Hewat,
said His Highness; he will get his ne
ward from Government Next mornire
caught the rest of the pirate fleet, an,
fired no shot, but steered into them. TT,
first prau and second we ran down withou
much loss. When it came to the last, il
was the dragon craft / crawled out OF
the bowsprit, as did others, but they fell
splash ! before the Lanun FIRE
The Rainbow spun along, and when sh,
almost touched the pirate vessel, the tua.
engineer came rushing through our men
swung himself on the bowsprit and forcec
by me. We shot into the thickest of tn,
Lanuns. Web, tuan! l thought the
.freets had my body They now pressed
90 close to strike. The white man tum
Dled amongst them with n shout, snatchinl
iere a golden-hilted kris, there a jewelled
l got nothing but a stab on tn,
houlder-see ?-and the tulu blade which
offer to you, tuan. Look you, the tunn
was very big and stout. Tn"
man could not hold against his
weight. He secured two handfuls of fine
hings in IN instant, and then down, down
lie went, as if to the bottom of the sea.
ANA what VIII you give me for the lSris
tuan?"
forget what | gave him, but his stor
seemed cheap at the price. The kri
hama ~ in u nlaEa Of bnnrr ,n ,,. uron