Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-11-14

"tN hsa neen Watching me
distant schooner by the electric CLEANS
that stiil broke occasionally ever thu
Sa.ers She was A. sharp a. a sword.
hsh, had suspicious look. aud I soon
had reason 10 rcgrot my obstlnaacy 10
not taking shelburne's aavico. for sud.
denly saw her alter her course. aud
bead straight Cor usi
she vas not q mile distant ana with
The aid u poweriul night glass. co.
gcther with that afforded by The light.
ning | soon behald her cruw a. aeree a
lonking sct ~ rascals a. ever manned
lawlesa craft Tor that she waz a pirate
there nov vas No ruam ~ doubt
Az. there on her dock they wcro.
about sixty tall robust fellows. armed
With daggers. kruesos aud pistols
thrust IN sashes about their louao
trousers. with thelr open Jackets above
hying back from their hrawny bozouss.
and their rcd and yellow cap. pushed
away from their low, broad ioruneads
They had guns. too. small guns Tour
clghtpoundcrs on a side and Que for
ward looking ugly enough a. annoy
me, when ! consider that aboard this
bulk Of a merchant ship there was
only one Ola Tablespoonful. and also
when ] remembered having heard that
The Mindanayaus make goni -ramoa
Rnd know hos 10 handle their pieces
like trained gunuers
The schooner va. running aloag
close a. the sind. but she walked up
almost into H. very teeth. and | bo-
liryOd that the nsKt tack would caabls
her % reach ~ which her captain WAS
evidently b. a hurry % d.. a. the gale
va nos howling. and The thunder rat
tling over our heads 81 way which
hutlrd hoaFy tempest
Presently ! saW Miss Melton come
up from the cabin. She look "a alarmed
GA hearing the frequent repetition 81
the word pirates among our moo.
aud ! was somewhat nritled o. .,r her
90 over 10 tho side - ms midshipman.
a. v Az wcro the ouc 90 v hnm hyr aaI-
vatiua depeudrd NJ orders wgra
quickly given, the ship wa. got
round and away we vent uu ths
starhoard tack. Then there cama
a iurvible reminder ~ %. from cur I,ur.
suor that ~ must uui hops a. ESCAPE.
80 easily Ia the share - ~ eight
tuuud shot. which. after ,I..uu-.l
kuucSiug chip from th- cahln. l1u-r
almost into my csc, uyut hugE.uE uu.
aud u.Htly tuuk - tho mizEeu lur,-
mast, bringing duNn hamper ana aHI
raiiling about Mis- Melton's cars. with
a ~ ing ruP, shipping The frsfhDr
from her bat 81 cIrauly a. II ID vrf,
cut ~ with kuife
A. lhr Tapping canvas almost dashed
hrr - her irri rhs shrieked. and tLrn
/ sav She. burus actually pat bi- arms
around her aud almost carry bee n
%" rumpantuuwHy. Eauty requesting
Der % 81 h,luw. uut ~ danger
"ob' she snit.y Criei ''and g1s
Nv place o. on deck. ~ gently
answered. and then thIs 3. shat snid
and ratified d uut like musA,t
shot.
'-u course u ~ 10 your duty. .Irf
Clear away that vrrykaEr at uur.'r
Az ay. sir. D. replied aud D.,
snoB got -umr 20 me hands n clrar
away tbo hamper that distracted taa
derk
McauvhiIe there was the pirate
banging assay. ~ II d. had not q mo
mvut to spare and dowu wrut oar forg
lury mast iallinu over tho side ina
sluw and easy sort ~ fashion. Tor nIl
The world likc IN iuyhl.l gentleman
la bic night-gown, going Ca b,-i 1hg
sight was cxasperatiuE anh. A. spDu
a. The wr',rk was el,trHI aasy I got
the Old twcite- FOUNDER iuto position
aud NJ the next lightning fash. gave
the order ~ hre
With loud metallic ding-dong. the
pieoc ~ once srpio.tst. aud hen / .au
how the mDn scrambled aud tumb.ol
over cue another. ln their nerc.-ar,
haste 20 oscapo she fyiug fragments
which did not 60 within four feet a.
them, ! vas disgu-ted called the
mon together and had Shnlburne dis
tribute arms o. them, bat ! noticed
that the Spaniarls an looked dis
mayed Meanwhile I perceived that
our sloop-oi war's light seemed 10 b.
receding from Instead u advancing Ia
ward "a. IN fact. ~ her distance irum
us, and Owing a. her being ~ wiud
ward, also owing 10 tho howling ~ tho
gale and "a the almost incossaut rat
tliug - the thunder, n vas evident
that none 81 her poopls had heard the
firing while the pirate craft. being
very small and On q lice with our own.
had NOT. 81 cuur-o. bccn -ecu IS them
"A pity Ne have no rockets aboard
- signal Tho Sleep with" said a.
Shelburno
"ics. -ir. Il l. An that we had
wcrc ruined by that clumsy Purtu.
gueso cook accidentally -pillinr a
boiler ~ bot water on them. thu. soak
ing them. and causing them 20 a. q
piecos
We must contrivo IA signal tho
frigate. and that speedily" said
Il doubt ia signal would ~ visible
AZ all from our deck. nov that thg
spray l. hylng up ~ high about %. u
must b. made aloit, Have a lantern
brought here at once.
The lantern was brought
cared up Al the mainmast. our only
remaining spar u was toii,ring
with every plunge ~ The ship. - II
ready to 90 over. while the iron mic
siles frUm the pirate, who vas aiming
for Il. ncw whining and snricking
about a. could not lose the time r.
quired 10 reeve the lantern, besides. Il
could not thus b. properly worked in
such = gale. which Soald ianglo any
rope sc might pot In . block No q
must ~ taken aloit ~ hand, and who
waH there brave enough ~ carry that
signal up. on = tosteriag mast seoin-
ingly ready ~ itself 70 20 BY the board.
even n n we're not soon cut In twain BY
the pirate whose shot were - rapidly
nvlnag alsout itq