Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-27

with the complacepcy Of a man who is
master of q great fancy. 81 shall sail To
Dover at once. IT'S now quarter past
Give me twelve hours to make Dover;
shall post straight to London and be there
by early morning. Now, Paul, attend you
to this. To-day is Wednesday; by TO-
morrow night you must contrive to bring
your ship to an anchor off Barking Level. u
''The Thamesp l cried.
He nodded.
I looked at him anxiously. He leaned
to me, putting his hand on my leg.
az own a lighter" said he. 'She viii
be alongside Of you at dark. I have PEG
pie of my own whom / can trust. Ths
lighter will empty your hold and convey
the lsding to ship chartered by me, ar
rived from the Black sea on Sunday and
| living in the pool. The stuff can be solo
from that ship as it is
"But the ehests-the chests, Mason"
"They shall be lowered into another
boat and taken ashore and put into
wagon that will be in waiting-1 in it
and driven to my home"
I clspped him on the shoulder in
transport.
"Nobly sehemed, indeed % I cried
'But have we nothing to fear from thu
customs people?"
mo, not low down the river and at dark
You bring up for convenience, dye see
Mind it is dark when you anchor. A
lighter and boat shall be awaiting you
1t is down the river, you know, that al
the Jumpers drop with the lighters they
20 adrift in from ships sides There
more safety in smuggling over ThameI
mud than on this coast single. Ont
thought more: You say that Wilkinson
believes the chests hold small arms?"
"Yes"
''Then account TO him for sending thu
chests away separately by saying that
have found purchaser, and that they arr
going to him direct. You have your cue
you see all!'
GALL"
"Let me hurry, then, Paul. That bran
DIV should fetch you half guinea pint
You are in luck's way, Paul. See ths
you bring your ship along safely. Till to
morrow nightw
He clasped and wrung my hand, and rar
into the cabin.
"Now, lads, off with us!" he cried. ''Of
to Dover! Put me ashore there smartly
and you shall find your account. on
now-time presses"
Five minutes afterward the boat wa:
gone.
When fortune falls in love with maj
she makes HIM bouuteous mistress
Everything fell out as could have desir
ed. We got our anchor at 3, and by day
break were off Hastings, jogging quietly
along toward London river, the weather
conveniently obscure, the wind south, and
forty hours before US to do the run in.
exactly explained my relatives scheme Il
Wilkinson and Others, who declared
themselves perfectly satisfied, Wilkinson
adding that though he had no
objected to the Deal smuggling project HI
throughout considered the risk too heavy
to adventure. I told them that Mr.. Masor
believed he could Immediately find pur
chaser for the small arms, in which cast
they would have to be sent privately
ashore, and to give a proper color to this
ruse made them pack away all the re
manning weapons in the arms room and
carry them to the run, ready to be taker
with the other chests.
Once fairly round thu Forelsnds, hslf my
auxieties fell from me. There was NJ
longer the French cruiser or privateer 10 b
feared and however wonderingly the peo
pie of my own country's vessels nigh
stare at the uncommon figure of my
schooner, they could find no excuse tt
board us. Besides, as l have said, l wa:
greatly helped by the weather, which
continuing hszy, though happily never 81
thick as to obligs me to stop, delivered M
to the sight only of such vessels as p,sset
close, and offered me only as mer'
smudge 10 the shore.
We arrived off Barking Level at
o'clock on the Thursday evening, ant
dropped anchor close to lighter that Ia,
there with large boat hanging by her
1t was then very dark. The first persol
to come on board was Mason. He wa
followed by several men, one of whom b,
introduced to me as his head clerk, who h,
said would see to the unloading of tn,
schooner and to the transshipment of tn
goodsl to the ship in the Pool. He in
formed me that there was covered val
waiting on shore; and telling Wilkinson
that the small arms had been disposed OF
and that Mr.. Mason would hand over tb
proceeds on our calling at his office, l wen
with party of my relatives men into tn
run and presently had the whole of tn
chests in the boat. Mason went with her
Then, as she disappeared in the dark
ness, but not till then, did / draw the frs
easy breath had fetched since the hour o
the collision of the Laughing Mary will
the iceberg. A cob shook me; l had gon
through much; many wonderful things hat
happened to me; had been delivered from
such perils that the mere recollection o
them will stir my hair, though it is year
since; my first duty l knew, and l dis
charged it by withdrawing to my cabin
and kneeling with humble and grateful
heart before the throne Of that being Il
whom owed everything.