Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-10

nnds. and without undue ceremony. into
dark isrern within the ravine.
tShi5sr my maintops!" exclaimed a
voice IS | CROPPED my way in; "they
might gge us sea room. the vagabonds.
and not land us in this lubberlv creek
and now frey are showing more craft to
anchor.
"Haulin, Jack, old chuml" answered
the othe; "we must make the best of
bad Job, mate.
To say that my heart ielped to nv
mouth at hearing such unexpected
words, snd finding myself in the com
pany Of my own countrymeu, would no
more than describe the cheering sensa-
tion thit thrilled through me.
"What cheer, mates" | cried in the
darkness. Answering exclamations of
astopissnent greeted my words and in
few minutes our stories were told, and
I learntd that my new found friends
we're the captain and supercareo of a
ship then lying in the port of Pnmus
who, seeking like object, had met with
similar tate to my own.
"Ard now, " said Capt. Jack jenkins.
"how are we to get out of the scrapel
# | had tim, and Joe ard Back Tom
each with a cutlass and barking iron
here, we'd soon make a passage, ia war.
rant
"Ih.ts all very well," said Will
johnson, the supercargo, "but we
haven't If I'd but the opp ortuuity
given me, I'd guarantee--''
Whatever the supercargo was about
to say was cut sholt by The advent of
two shock heads at the little opening of
our prison, and two harsh voices calling
us, as ny guide, ThemIstoclt s. in formed
us-to partake OF feast; Tor we learned
atterward that the chief, in commemora-
ton Of having made such a good haul
bad decided to allow us, his prisoners.
TO partake of the general festivity. But
as preliminary we had to undergo an
examination as to our capability of pay
ing the anticipated ransoms. First, we
were relieved of our watches and rings
the captain using language rather
strong for translation to these pages. to
the graf amusement of his torn entors
who, With similar gesricula,ion to his
own, ndeavored to initiate the sound OF
the ciptaln's words, which, of course.
only added to his wrath and their
hllariiy.
You uncombed, dirty-faced vsga-
boud! he shouted; "if | had a few of
you aboard the Annie Martin. Ia twist
yourugly heads over the yardarm in the
pwinking Of iitfy!"
Otcourse he only laughed the louder
at his impotent rage; aud [ thought if
quiteas well that they did not under
stand the language in which he gave it
vent
The operation of stripping us of cur
valuables gave me an opportunity to OBJ
seryetAe appearance OF my companions.
Captain Jenkins was the bean ideal OF
an EGSllsh seaman. Image about thitty
tive, Of large end robust build, face
broad, manly AMI bearded, and limbs
such as would delight Il sculptor to COPY,
dis height was nearly six feet; and he
had an ar OF command about him that
was doubtless bred Of his occupation.
rhe supercargc, VIII Johnson, was
perhaps ten years younger; nearly as tail
rs hs fnend, strong and active; and take
us altogethel-for | am Of no mean
stature myself-we were three men who.
under any circumstances, would be no
'disg1ste to our country; aud il any op-
poItuhit7 should arise ior an ATTEMPT at
an escape, felt certain we shcnld give
as good .an account If ourselves as any
scr-tch three, here or there.
Having satisfied themselves Of the
value OF my late iatber's watch, which I
parted fiom with some emotion, and OF
The intrinsic worth of the captains gold
chronometsr, rs well ASIDE fupercargo's
watch and dlamoud ribg, we were inter
rogated, through Tkemistocles. as to
our neaHs. For myself, the rame OF
the finn | was travelling for acted with a
talismanic effect upon them. ard 7 was
lmmedlateIy as essed, notwithstanding
my protestatloDs at se300. At this price.
too, the clptaln's freedom was valued:
while the unfortunate supercargu-
whose business they persisted in con
founding with the owner of the cargo
and ship-was unanimously voted 10 be
worth swice our ransom. Having ar
raugedfhis matter Ia their own satis-
tactlop.lf not 10 ours, We were told to
sit down aud enjoy ourselves with what
appetite We could mrstcr.
lhe smell OF the roast lamb and the
freshly baked meal cakes, however, soon
aroused pleasant sensations, and dimmed
lor time The memories OF our griefs;
more especially as, under the apparent
certainty of obtaining his booty, the
chief condeScended to be quite patron
izIng toward us. carving the Joint him.
sell for us, and delicately handing on
the point OF dagger our several por-
tons. Alter VIC had satisfied our hun
ger with the more solid viands, we were
regaled with dried fruits rs desert; and
a large jar of a peculiar sherry. colored
but bad-tasting wine of ] Iesinous fla
vor-which Tbemistocles describes as
, he common wine Of the count was
brouehtin and set in the midst of us.
IBIS We told them we could not drink:
and the chef very generously ordered
us couple of bottles from his own par
tlcular store, doubtless the proceeds Of
n rald-'upon some well-to do house
holder
VIII johnson after time managed to
lngratlate himself in the favor OF our
shaggy host and his friends by his gen
lai, happy manner and frank bearing,
1aVorDg the company with many re-
maiks, which translated by Themis-
tocles, evidently pleased them. When,
too. BY slight of hand--in which he was
an adept-he performed some simple
tricks. and gave them a music hall song
with arollicking chorus, and wound up
"nn hornpipe, accompanied by the
captain with a p:cket comb aud piece
OF paper, the general enthusiasm knew
no bounds, and the beetle browed vaga-
Eonds laughed TIL the tears rolled down
their cheeks.
Wll now became on such excellent
terms with them all that he proceeded
to take some freedom with them; and
when he snaiched the horn from the cup
bearer and installed himself in that off.
ciai' llace, ladling the wine out of tho
Wide-mouthed jar and handing it round
to the sompaDy, his triumph was com.
'Fo, heavens sake," said he, as he
passed as, "don't take any of this stuff
and dot't drink much of your own."
Never fear, " said Jenkins, making
Wry fa.e, "one taste is sufficient"
And so Will went around with the cup