Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-06


. Out with vour gun says he,
".It ain't loaded. tsss HIT
".Yesit is, he 81 d, snd 80 4 enough
] found it was wtau prllet 4 irdsh
under my matpesss rlsa ! Asent Sa
deck. Tie Captain and thc Super
cargo were storming about sprfarGlg
the men first one way and then the
oiher. Aad max ing a grtSts aaesssnf ats
senptlng 10 point the nine lrou nder va
had amiosSi ips At the >loop. " hlle tSe
men worked the Young >aler ca I'D
ONE OF them to one side and as sked MIN
if he was ready for the tivht snd was
tolu that he was. / hen the Young
man came to me and whispered that It
sosidn't besm,ch oi n tght, 1Aut ttAsat
{ should sMv naar FtlHS fore agg gsag,
AnA wheneterathe sleoi 4 sentsa -i.oat
over to Us to fire into it. just then 4
big jet of flame burst from the SIDE of
the sloop. and a cannon ball whirled
Through the, maihfcps5' at Enrricf
away the fortopsa1 rdSso skeward
Then the Captain and th6 Snpercarg6
shouted together. offering to surrcudsgr
and begging for quarter. In reply,
they We're grutfIy told 70 hold their
tongues. 3 A fews -miustrs fstsr .. lssS-
boat. with six-rncr- tr-. -t~rt<.2-foF-
the brig, apd was soon al lmoSt alQns
side. Then the young s4flor turnef TO
his companion ADD IL -
"'Now.' They both 6pd big pistols
at the boat, and doe paa1.n II fs1kSS,er
into the water sSGR sS.sz'
'Quick; fire at her. yelled the
Soung man To me. a. the same Mg
ment Captain sNeToa. wth ari nath,
rushed at lis and asked What We nednt
by shooting after!Awa had >,irrenjeyA
In reply hewas kaocked half NAv
across the deck bv the Young, 81 lor.-
who said sonethniS lsbout INA, . ng
the skunk rhcn~he snstchcd my od
bluDderbuss and dropped auothcr, maH
in the boat. The resi- of our crew
were thunderstruCk. and the boat
crew were trying to head around when
the young man .etted: 60 .sszgTs
"'Avast the pe; come a abo mi thc brig.
or I'll blow % eat of tbewatrEf
They at once began y 9se,. 9sALeanr
time Captain Norton sS~~ed ssifs ~
returning consciousness. and was
unoeremoniou>ly dumped pto the
forecastle on the Eotder of be
young sailor. TIE Supercafeo
had fed, 40 r., the. eab.na when
he--aw he deadly eif.sct II The SAILORS
lire He WAS ordered out on deck after
the Capt Sn had heen tkfowsi finie' he ]
forecastle. but he didn't okv.~ ! had
gone aft W tn the Young "a lor. and we
could hear grooming in the cabin. 4
look through Sfhe FSsl ght shovel
Wal.lo on the 6oor a II knife in At
lbrea.t He had commit,cd suicide
Tn. sailors srAshe sh'alI boat 81 me-
alongside soon after sni cl mhpdovSfs
the raj, They were unarmed. but
f-w--0ld -I0u.keta ~eI..-- -..iA-LAe--hoaL
thwarta. Thes hsfpsd tosiesf fifk h6dSl
of the dead man ogtsi the, boat .shen
ordered 10 do 30 -Hes fcok e 4 .yere
much like the nan lEin tesd jsfsht
cabin. aud in fax pfpvvd % Do his
hrother," . s ~ = s q
WAS ever such a pirate ,tory AS
that told before >" sad the reporter.
Yes. ~ d the old man. but not
often. There We're lots of Just such
p;rate< as Waldo and trS brot'fCr. hut
few such bright fellows a the Young
sailor. This pirate bus ness was put
up job to beat the insurance companies.
The esd andd der Cargo fad-teeuEn
much raOrn lhap fhsv wsrr
worth Wsldo wtpt ouf snEmade > |
reasonably protitabfe 70 fgd,~ and NJ
brother. in Matanza> >loop. wa ted 4
near Moro light to capture the whole I
outfit OF course there had to be some /
show of resistance SO thai. the crew ,
could test fy about Il. But one of the I
New York Insurance. people was Sus-
picious and sent the voun- sailor along /
to watch matters. He was intended .
merely as ;tbv fines> for them but he I
had the courage to attack the cOnSpir- .
ators single-haudcd The Waldo who /
was killed in the boat had an inch hole /
hn1-frutr -t's 's--ur-f rrvrr--
learned ANYTHING about the other man .
who was shot in the sraa!! boat: but he
was probably an innocrnt sa .sr. Can, >
tain Norton. who was IN lss,Sue W ID
the pirates. made his e-eaee SnS View ,
Y ork harbor We made great scn>a-
ton whel, VI, got, there, u had oply !,
nowp how To t;tie "a ts Of tts sh pcrs
they gave me on shore to reward what
orSN taiS'S dtN vpSaNSAN = EtA''b0 hoi :,
n now havetU I've in as old barge he :
this.-N L. sun
The acrobat Nho lnstnteGj TIE (
made complete revoiu-
ton in nrenic affairs.
We should think that the most ex-
,itise ftime in yacht tas is waei 4
Iackt gets out herisoanasLnnd SAils In;
among the buoys P Ks >an.
The custom of Kissing babies Is b-f'- be-
ng justly censrred these days 1t is
,owardly to kiss the poor little help
ess things. We'd rather take some
body of our siLe.-DaasriIa BrseEe.
What He Thought
Thought Iknew krew Il all,
But now. I must confess
The more know know l feel
know know the less.
Pearl Desmond writes a touching
,oem entitled "A Broken. Link"
Nell, the next time Pearl goes to mar
let she will carry her sausages home
n basket. and not try to carry them
~ the handle or lead them with .
tring. g.-Burdette ...
Papa (soberly)-That was quite q
you had in the parlor last
vening. Maud (nettled) - Indeed!
That must depend upon ones under
landing Of the term '1uoustrosity."
'apa Ghoughfully) Well. two heads
Lpon one pair of shoulders. for exam-