Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-13
ROUTED BY A TIGER.
\ SCAOONER'S CREW TEp9lFl1I AV7
The VESSEL DRIFTING.
A Tug Captains story of the ''.n .''
capture -four Revolvcrs an! % . .....
Gun Brndsht into Actin.
Hot Water Cure.

Philadelphia Timne
al think it must have been about huif
past 3 o clock. said Capt ilcaiet, of the
lug.boat Hercules, "wnen the maj ON
watch ran down to my bunk and shook
me up with the startling news ihtt there
was "A schooner drifting dOWn upon Us
broadsile to. slipped Il pea iacKet Oh
and ran ON deck, and sure enough there
was "A jOO.tOn schooner bearing down
upon us with all her sails set She had
her side lights up, but there was nobody
at the wheel What surprised me
was that She should drift almost br lad.
side to the wind with her canvas on. The
only way could account for it was that
her anchor was down and dragging the
bottom. She fortunately did not collide
with the tugboat, and as She driftcd past
| shouted in hopes of waking VI the peO-
PIE on board, for, to tell the tru II. |
thought they had all rncd in without
Sc ting any anchor watch and that the
schooner had simply drftcl from her
uoorngs. You can imagine my surprise
when at least half dozen voices answered
my shout AS the scnooncr lOomcd up
through the morning mi | made out tn
situation OF the men.
There was one man s'a, ding on the
forctoplnaSt crosstrecs. with rel hand
kerchicf tied in the rigging above his
head; another stood up in the maintop,
shouting. and in the vawl-boat astern
where three men, one of whom stood up
in the bows of the boat with an oar in his
hand. as if he were waiting for somebody
or something to show over the shl5s tai
rail AS they dr,ftrd past one OF the men
in the yaWl GOT up ana shouted
Come anoard OF us, for Gods sake.
We are hpipSS'
AT first | could not imnrne what was
the matter. rXccnt that the vessel was il
the bands of mutinecrs This | thouaht
probable. rs there were o.llg I'VE men to
lie seen. There were Still. two or three
men TO be accou1tei ,or ule.u.r fir, IN the
the schoo .r.> size. tn, mcl IN the boat
still kept sloutin- and waving at us. so
! called i9c ,urs rev. 1T orr anchor IN
and started in chase of the dr,iin 3,
schooner. She was drifting in shore and
by the time we rot within cable 5 length
Of her She grounded Bv that time made
preparations to board the vessel and cap.
turr the mutinrrrs who surpoycI hal
possession Of her shouted to the men in
the yawl {, ut a,lri1t and come ON board
of Us. but they had 9alv one oar in the
boa. As we rot near the schooner mus.
tered the i've meu Oh hoard the Hercules
and counted our weapons We had three
revolver, anda shol-.tun.
"'Now let her 90 for the schooner
yelled TO the pilot AS reached up for the
signal rope and blew three shril whistles
The last Shrek had hardly died away when
a terrific. blood curdling roar that almost
took us OH our feet came from the
schooner's deck. We were almost alonr-
. side and had barely time to null two
bells TO back her when the vessels touched
There was lar. the schooner tremblcd.
and as the tugg drew slowly off, auothcr
terrific roar drowned the n Use o. escapinr
steam. \ great monster of a tiger 81, any
from hchinl the galley house Three
rryolvcrs and n shot.run were pointed at
the brute. 'uold on, bows. / said let us
. make M our minds what IS best.
"Thc schoon screw who were perched
. in the rigging yelled for us 10 shoot low
+ and XIII The hpnsi. pul. ed one bell and
stopucd the tug. BY his time the men in
the vawl boa; had cut adriit and they
clnnb.rpd over the side of tie
tue. They were CAPTAIN ETH, and the
mate and cook of the schooner There
f was no time for explanations CAPTAIN
Petit had heavy navy rcyol\,rv 81 i'm
q and we now slowlr steamed !. ii the
a stern of the schoo: cr and crcpt up along.
:. SIDE AS c,osc.as we could with safety.
v "lis nic,ty, the roval bengal tirer Law
, doing Oh the starboard side of the cal.
: lev house. As pulled the rong TO stop
:. the tue he raised his head aud | cave the
p word 'aimr lie looked al us for d
moment. and as he ope ci his mouth tC
I roar shouted ire IN, contents of
! four revolver, and shot Gun were poured
n at the tiger. and with roar of rage anC
q pain that YOU could have heard mile
n OF, the animal rose on his hauncacs. one
If his lorcpaws hung linn The bras,
tried tn raI her himsp nm for "A Sbruu,r I'M
he couldn't manage it. he mad 'ecn pep
pered in the lees
i ~ don't want to Kill the tiger sale
n Capt tettit, if we can Get nm to &C
5 back between decks where his care is
y. | am afraid the consignees won't pay
: freight on him if make away with him
r After hat we threw cnuihs of coal
!. cluhs. boards, ANYTHING we could get hol(
o of at the tiger, but he ONLY gll wilder aul
c roared louder An idea struck me.
l. ".J nrecl the hose, | yelled.