Nevada County picayune., 1889-05-15

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 was at that time sailing with Captain Corlctt and knew him pretty we'll. One day he came down to the settlement after three weeks trip to Halifax, and found that Hector Baptste and Lizzie LenoX were mar ricd Although the Captain didn't say very much, l could tell that he took it badly to heart, and l saw a look in his eyes that l didn't fancy very well. Two days later, towards evening, we slipped out of the creek | bound for Montreal We hadn't t got more than a mile past the point when the Captain ordered the mate to down sails and lav-to. He said he had forgotten something and told me to get out the yawl and run him ashore. When we were in the boat he says to me: ''Pierre." he says, II saved your life once, didn't -
 Yes, Cap" says land he did i; he jumped overheard for me when 1 fell from aloft two years before.
 Well" says he, "one good turn deserves another, doesn't it? Now you just keep to yourself whatever you may happen to see tonight. I'm goin' up to the lighthouse to settle an old score
 For Gods sake, Cap,' says l. "don't do anything you'll be sorry for :"
 "That's all right" he says, you needn't be afear'd. I'm goin to give that French puppy a piece of my mind, and perhaps a licking, that's all. :"
 And think he meant no more than what he said, so l made no answer. 1 was onl y a lad, and an Indian at that-he was a white man and my Captain. Besides, as he had reminded me, owed him my life.
 It was about 8 o'clock of Sep tember evening, l could see the lantern lights being lit in the light house, and knew that Hector was there and probably alone-for al- though there was small cottage at tached to the lighthouse it was never used as q dwelling. Corlett jumped ashore and bade me wait for him. In the stiffness 1 could hear words that were said. Corlett spoke first:
 "You French sneak, want a bit of reckoning with you,"
 Those are hard names, Captain, v said Baptiste, 'and l don't like them.
 70, you don't ch? Well, you shouldn't deserve them, then. l don't like having a crawling French man coming up here and stealing away the woman l had intended to marry. That's what you did."
 "Captain Corlctt, you lie, -
 For calling me liar, take that And for playing dirt on me take that and that"
 In moment there was q scullle up there in that little room under the lantern, and the next thing l heard was q splash in the water.
 l thought it time to interfere but as ran the boat aground Corlett jumped in and showed off. As l opened my lips to speak, he shouted in terribly excited manner;
 "Don't you ask any questions and don't you say q word on ship-board, or I'll shoot you without warning "
 confess that during that evening 1 was a coward and was afraid of the Captain in his mad rage. We pro ceeded on our trip to Montreal, whither we carried cargo, and started back light, In week we were nearing the settlement. IL was q squally night, though not very rough, but dark as pitch. The tide was running out and the wind was from the west.
 The Captain had been drinking whisky pretty freely all through the trip, and he was in no shape to take the schooner into the creek even in the best of weather. The mate tried to persuade him to keep outside uDtil the morning. "Non' says he, Pm running this vessel. I'm Captain here, and you fellows will do as l tell YOU, or I'll know the reason why. '" With whisky in his head and pistols in his pockets. Corlett was danger ous customer, and we prepared to make the best of bad job, We all Euew that we were pretty near the