The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-11-25


the appetite Of the jet toned wolve,
that were swimming arInnl the
ship 81 | told thom wol lld DO MI
they wished f; hut | wanted To know
what bal 1ojJns 1f th5 Captain an
crew
You'd better swim after them ant
ask EN- what dono with 'em all
except that cussed first mate, Boil
ter. aud we cant get no track of
min. blast hln. said Gosshawk, the
recognized leader.
uttered silent prayer that
Bolter might be safely slowed away
somewhere ont Of Them clutches
"Well, Stoertway,' says Gosshawk,
where arc wo p
About eighty miles from Van
Di1nin's Int |.
NOW, then says he, "you lust
fix this ship so she will be more nor
thnt IN twelve hours from now.
Mako her rud uorth until ask you
again were we arc
Aud mind you don't play any
points or yOu'll inl the bottom Of
Odvy jones pretty qr,ck."
asked him then who would work
the vessel
Way, yon Just givol tho or lor4
aud thoso mnn Nill work her III |
mind you give them right
Then brace around the ynrls,
replied |, 80 [ eau get her on tue
other track,
"All right" said Gosshawk tell
US the ropes"
l explained to them and pointed
out tho braces.
la ten minutes We were around
and calling almost duo north
I Wnan day brJts nv uatrt Al nDst
sank within me. The deck present,
ed a sickenins sight Pools Of clot-
tel blood here aud there, torn
clothing, the re urtnt Of SPAS los.
( perate slrngCle, anl the striped cJu.
wet jackets aud rel cDtts Of the
Eusil,n soldiers were scattered over
/ the deck.
requested That the decks b5
c!caroi up aud washed down, - that
40 ye,ilSe might greet my owes of
that terrible cuc1Inier that hal
taken place the night before,
At noon GJssHiwk asked mo
where 40 were. had jas. 1S"n
the suu, aud found wo were in -
deg, sDaIn htItu 10 anl 173 deg,
IJugituto east. all of which cor
recily informed tho convict skip,
per,
/ "Aiu't The F'jis about here s)ne-
where . Do s,Nol
Yes, they are in - deg, lA,itaie
anI Isl deg longitude
"@ciI, taEa rs there, StoorlSly
and You are FREQ 30 90 IA tho blg
boat Ir,t ns 'On a. We sight llui.
III ttSo care Of tha MiratnJu my.
s,if."
A wo still IN | ab)ut 7j) miles %
the north Nari to AXE. aul about
10 ,nlic, of lolSitule le, I cDmpl'o |
tao suIiug Distance, aud f1ln
there were about Lilo mills t.
crye., wnIrh, d,iuatins tao d.iN,r-
euea frJ II uur lctuil cDIIse, YIl.l
Io.yo a5put go miles before We
rslsul tho FPS | reported the
st,no to Gos,nawk, who gruute /
anything bat sGtisftction
40 nearer than that Woll
keep fo: tle Fij,s anyhow"
SO | kept uer l,r tue Fljis. an | On
the fJlrtu lay "Luui, n,!' Wa
shouted by one Of tho c1nvlcts who
was stationed aloft q p,sAtwi' :
eyes brISAteuei up, uul ho tI,uui
to me, sayiIs, "W1ll due Steera.
way
Ii 1 only had my own way,
would nave put them IN a O. a, reef
but life IL precious, ypn know, even
to u sailor AS tue Nrathon near
ed the land. which proved to bs one
of the group to tn, soullarl jos'-
hawk gave some orders in low
tone to several Of the meu. knew
what they were Immediately, for the
convicts began to east OFF the lash
ings from tho long boat, $50 GJss.
hawk intends to keep his promss,'
| thought to myself, aud WAS ID DO
cast alrlft IN tne long boat.
When within fifteen miles Of laud
the braeze died away aul thu old
Marathon lay almost motipnless.
Gosshawk sw1re aud stamped the
deck, bat to no purpose. Kind
Providence paid no attention to hi IL.
Abont dnsk the wind made itj ap
pearance, aud got ready to staa
IN.
"Steeraway," said G lsshawk, "l
guess you will have to make yoy-
age in the dark, bat it eau I be help
co.
Tue boat was lowered two kegs
Of water, bag of hard,tack, aud
three or four juuks of salt horse
were tossed in, anl was told to
follow suit As | was cast adriit,
the villains shouted after me
'GJoi-bye, Steeraway you have
done us a good turn, aud we won
forget it y
/ made no reply, but sat in the
stern OF the boat gazing after the
receding vessel. After looking at
her f,r few minutes was over.
come aud bowed my head in my
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