The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-19

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Certainly. sir; Captain Egerton.'
81 saw him start. and. / thought.
turn pale; but he said, pleasantly
Present my compliments to Cap
tain Albert Egerton. and say TO him
there Is q hurricane threatening, and
he had better put TO sea before dark.
or his vessel will be lost in that cove
This made me q little suspicious Of
his desiring to aid the pirate and SO ],
asked him
land who might you be. STRIP
Tell Captain Egerton that Edward
Herbert says he Is in deadly danger
where he now is,' and again bowling he
turned away. when / called out
land are you Edward Herbertp'
"'Once, sir, that was my name; now
men call me Captain CAIN
II sprung toward him, my hand on
my cutlass. but he laughed lightly and
said:
Beware, for half a hundred brave
fellows have their eyes on you. and il
you doubt 1t. you have but to advance
nearer to me- Z
II did not doubt il, and he turned
away, while / made my way back TO the
boat and then to the cruiser, and told
what had passed.
Edward Herbert! he Is my cousin,
and he 1t was who took his brother.
life. some said from jealousy and some
say in self defense; poor Ned, we were
always good friends. but I'll not take
bis advice said Captain Egerton.
BADLY.
But soon after dark we wished thai
we had. sure enough the hurricane
tame, and then we saw that the covs
lvas q ~death-trap. for our vessel dragged
her anchors, and wreck stared us In the
lace, while the sea rushed into the inlet
IN was hurled back from against the
cliffs In a way that threatened TO swamp
hA
Suddenly when we had given up all
hope. put Of the very cliff, 1t seemed.
tame a s;hooner. fvfnr liks a .whirl
wind. and directly toward us; buI
strangest OF all she seemed to be n phan,
tom. rather thar a real vessel, and I
knew that we beheld n weird craft tlldl
sailors had often reported bcholdinc IL
storms off the coast OF Cuba.
And stranger still. she seemed TO b.
carrying q heavy pressure OF canvas,
when w hardly dared set storm-saiis.
and a greenish light rested oil hull and
rigging.
The Storm Phantomr' cried some
OF the crew, while others called out:
mo It's the pirate schooner
THAT she vas armed and crowded
with men we all nov saw. and her gun.
were run out aid the men at quarters.
IN spite of the storm; but ut the helm |
saw n whom l recognised BY tho
weird. greenish light. and that one wa.
the man l had mct-Captain Cain.
Schooner, ahoy!" suddenly runc
out in clear tones, just as Captain Eyer
ton ordered the men to the guns, bca
Loving he intended to attack us in spite
OF the storm.
"'Set sail and follow me outl To re-
main where you are is a certain DEATH
came in the same ringing tones, and
Captain Egcrton answered:
- WILL and turning to me asked:
dare you follow him?' ,
Eyes, IL | can keep close astern,"
was my answer. and within W min
utes We were in his wake, he apparent
ly Stacking sail TO let us draw nearer.
=, ut was into the jaws of death he led
US, gentlemen, but with q skill that was
miraculous no held on through the mad
waters and wave-washed reefs, and
watching his every turn of the wheel, /
followed until the last danger was left
astern. and then the weird, bright light
that illumined his decks went suddenly
out, and we lost him as though he had
run under; but 1t was the vivid blaze
that had dazzled US, and our eyes took
some time to become accustomed to the
darkness, which was impenetrable, vet.
nowhere could we find trace of him.
and nearly all on board set the craft
down as the real Storm Phantom.
We'll. gentlemen. we never saw Cap
tain Gains craft after that night, and
soon after he disappeared from the
seas. and was heard Of no more; but
! have since seen him, for one time /
landed at Bermuda, and who should !
meet but Edward Herbert, or Captain.
Cain. the Buccaneer.
He recognized me, and made no ef.
fort to avoid me, but came up and Of
fered his hand, and said in his pleasant
way
Captain, you did right to follow mo
craft WE'LL 'fIS
II know we did right, for it was
death where we were; but tell me how
did you disappear that night so sudden
ly. and carry so much canvas in a CALEB
[ asked.
He laughed and answered:
"'Ohl that was one OF nv tricks:
that was netting painted white, to give
The effect OF canvas, and I burned q
green light to give my craft a weird
look. and by putting It out, and lower
Ing what little sail 1 carried you could
Ice me lying to under bare poles; but,
ZONE. l have done with pirating, and
WAS only driven to 1t from remorse for
laking my brothers life, t. prevent his
taking mine; now / am settled In a
pleasant homo in the hills, and married
70 . lady who will welcome any friend
hf mine, 80 I claim you a. my guest Us
long rs you care to remain
And home I went with him. pentle-
fuen, and remained several days, while
be and his lovely wife treated me as
;hough ] were . prince"
And is he still living" asked the
:aptain.
mo" responded the pilot; ..he died
from the effects Of an old wound some
swo years after / visited him. But his
widow and two children dwell there,
md ! never 60 to tho Bermudas that I
lon't pay them o call. Another punch,
lease. captain, and I'll turn in, Tor I'M
p dry - . three-decker In . caim.W
Ind the pilot did ''turn In" but swof6'
hs next morning that al night In Ills
treams he had been following In the
rake Of tho storm Phantom" With
hs skeleton Of Captain Gain at th4
lhesl 80
Don't Take Any Chances on Life
when Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver