Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-14

! If We should go back for por
II would arouse the villains, anc
they would make short work of us
and, as it was our show was /.
small. one
In q moment, however, tn,
captain asked me if I could carr,
steady hand in a tight FIX; anc
telling him ] could, for 1 knew
our lives were depending on it, hi.
eyes flashed az be said:
Good, my boy. if you dom,
fail me, we will fix the scoundrels
or my name isn't joe Warrenton
Keep up your courage, do as
say, and fifteen hundred dollars
are yours
The captain was a powerful
man, and now that be understood
the game l knew that the desper-
ADDE'S would have a hard fight to
carry out their purpose. IfAllen
only had been all right, we should
have stood an even chance, though
we had no firearms aboard
Seeing Allen coming up the
companion.way at that moment.
Warrenton motioned for me to
take the helm, and hurried to
meet the sailor just as he gained
the deck.
Before the traitor saw what
was coming the captain seized
him by the throat and bore the
wretch to the deck, just as if he
had been child, without any out
cry escaping his lips
Getting a piece of tarred rope
and some bunting, we gaSgcd and
bound the ruffian in a few mo-
ments.
There said Capt. Warren
ton, triumphantly, 'our way is
clear. But these other scamps
will be moving soon, so we must
be ready for them
while the matches were on we
knew the villains'only way of es-
cape was through the fore-peak.
and as the boards of the bulkhead
were thin they could easily force
q way through. The cargo was
SO slowed that they could not reach
tho cabin bulkhead, and they
conld not force the matches, SO
that we felt confident that that
would be their course
AS it was then time that they
might be moving, and the wind
was 60 that We had it on our beam,
thus leaving but little to do for
the sails, the captain got a couple
of heavy hand-spikes for our
weapons, and we were ready for
action on the part of our foes
Soon after dark, the skipper
said he heard them removing a
board from tho bulk-head.'
Capt. Warrenton had cautiously
crawled forward behind the bits
by the bowsprit, weapon in hand,
and now motioned me to leave the
helm and join him. The tiller
was dashed so that all was safe in
that quarter
The night was starlight and
just light enough for our pur>
pose
Il had barely time to reach the
bits, which l had done in silence
when the scoundrels were moving
in the rubbish in the fore-peak.'
'Pretty soon q couple of human
heads came into sight, and then
the villains stood upon the
deck not four feet from where we
were.
The captain touched me, and l
knew the time for action had
come
while the rascals stood for an
instant as if trying to see where
we were, We sprang upon them
Il seemed to possess ten times
nv ordinary strencth. T had
nerved myself 80, and you may
believe l put all my strength into
a blow. However, the villain saw
me in season to partially dodge it,
so tina. it fell upon his shoulder
and the next l knew he had
sprung upon me-
But my second clip, which I
Was not long in dealing, fetched
him; as he fell, Warrenton turned
to help me, he having fixed his
man at single stroke
1t was a good while before l
could realize that We had really
overcome the burly desperadoes;
but there they were securely bound,
and in spite of their threats and
entreaties, we put back to port
and gave them up to the author.
tiles receiving the reward of three
thousand dollars, which the cap
tain generously shared with me.
Ned Allen received his Just
punishment, while both of the
others afterwards expatiated their
crimes on the gallows.'
Readily procuring couple of
new hands, we again put to sea,
none the worse for our little ven-
ture.'