Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-07
The Oelebrated Noyeii,

Tor both OF US this morning. Secondly. n,
there Is sorne one else who knows passage
you must think II highly improbable should
saddle myself with a lunatic like you Third
~, these gentlemen twho need no longer pre-
tend to be asleep are those of my party, and
will now proceed 10 gng and bind you 70 the
mast; and when your men awaken (if they
ever do awake after the drugs we have
mingled in their liqpor) am sure they will
be so obliging as TO deliver you, and you will
have no difficulty, dare say, to explain the
business Of the keys"
Not word said Teach, but looked at us
like frightened baby as we gagged an !
bound him.
Now you see, yoti moon-calf,r says Bal.
iantrae, why we make four packets Harc-
lufore you have been called Capt. Teach, but
think Won nre now rather Capt. Learn"
That was our last word on board the Sarah,
We four with our four packets lowered our
selves softly into sliff and left that ship
behind us as silent as the grave, only for the
moaning Of some OF the drunkards. There
was fog about breast high ON the waters so
that Dutton, who know the PASSAGE must
stand on his feet 10 direct our rowing; and
this, as It forced us to row gently, was tho
means OF our deliverance.
We were yet but little way from the ship
when II began to come gray, and tho birds
TO ny abroad upon the water All OF n sud.
den Dutton clapped down upon his hams and
whispered us TO be silent for our lives and
hearken. Sure enough wo heard a little faint
creak OF oars upon one hand, aud then again.
and further off, a creak OF oars upon tho
other IL was clear we had been sighted
yesterday In the morning; hero were the
cruisers boats 10 cut us OUT here we were
lpfppst.IasS In fhair G,,,-
were poor souls more perilously placed; and
MS we lay there on our oars, praying God tho
mist might hold, the swea. poured from my
brow, Presently we heard one of the boats,
where we might have thrown n Biscuit In her.
Softly, men," we heard an officer whisp6s,
and marvcled they could not hear the 1, e
ming OF my heart ".'', -,
'Never mind tho path,"- for u"
I'VE must get she'a said ~ pa,,,n,ro.
straight ahesdht Yer ANYHOW. lot MS pull
tRown BIZ for the sides of the basin"
lnls we did with the most anxious precau-
ton, rowing, as best we could upon our
hands, and steering at venture In the fog,
which was for all that our only safety. But
heaven guidod us; we touched ground at
thicket, scrambled ashore with our treasure
and having no other way Of concealinent,
and the mist beginning already 10 tighten,
hove down the Skin and let her sink We
we're still but new under cover when tho sun
rose and ut tho same time. from the midst of
the basin, a great shouting OF seamen sprung
up, and We knew the Sarah was being board
ed heard afterward the officer that took
her got great honor, and it's truo tho APP
proach was creditably managed, but think
he had an easy capture when he came to
board.
was still blessing the saints for my escape,
when ! became aware wo were In trouble OF
another kind. We were here landed Mt ran
dom in u vast and dangerous swamp; and how
30 come at the path was n concern of doubt,
fatigue aud peril Dutton, indeed, was OF
opinion we should wait until tho ship was
gone and fish up the ssilf; for any delay would
be more wise than TO go blindly ahead in that
norass. Ono went back accordingly TO the
basin side and (peering through tho thickep
saw the fog already quite drunk up and Eng
lish colors flying ON the Sarah, but no move
ment made TO get her under way.
Our situation was now very doubtful. Tho
swamp was an unbealtbful place to lingcr in;
we had been so greedy TO bring treasures that
we had brought but little food, it was highly
desirable, besides, that we should get clear Of
the neighborhood and into the settlements bo-
fore the news of tho capture went abroad !;
and against all these considerations there was
only the peril Of the passage ON the other side
think it not wonderful we decided ON the
active part.
1t was already blistering hot when we set
forth to pass the marsh, or rather TO strike
the path, by compass Dutton took the COM
pass and one or other of us three carried his
proportion Of the treasure; ! promise you he
kept a sharp eye to his rear, for il was like
the mans soul that he must trust US with.
The thicket was as close as "a bush the ground
very treacherous, SO that We often sunk in
the most terrifying manner, and must 20
round about; the heat, besides was sitting,
the air singularly heavy, aud the singing in
sects abouuded in such nyriads that each of
Us walked under his own cloud. 1t has often
been commented ON how much better gentlc-
fTIGn or birth endure fatigue than persons of
the rabblo; SO that walking officers, who must
tramp in the dirt beside their men, shame
them by their constancy. This was well To
DO observed in tho present instance, for hero
were Ballaptrae and /, two gentlemen Of the
highest breeding, on the one hand, and on
the other, Grady, common mariner, and a
man nearly giant in physical strength. The
case OF Dutton is not in point, for confess he
did as well as any of us.
pot 10 i'i uS 's1sail W idtlltut
his case, tailed in the rear, refused to carry
buttons packet when il came his turn,
clamored continually for rum tof which we
had too little, and at last even threatened us
from behind with cooked pistol, unless we
should allow him rest, Ballantrae would
have fought it out, believe; but prevailed
with him the other way; and We made a
stop aud eat meal 1t seemed TO benefit
Grady little; he was in the rear again at
once, growing and bemoaning his lot, and
at last, by some carelessness, not having fol-
lowed properly in our tracks, stumbled into
deep part of the slough where it was mostly
water, gave some very dreadful screams, and
before we could come 10 his aid, had sunk
along with his booty. His fate and above all
these screams Of his appalled, us to the soul
yet it was on the whole u fortunate circum-
stance and the means OF our deliverance
For il moved Dutton 10 mount into a tree,
whence he was able to perceive and to show
me, who had climbed after him, a high piece
Of the wood which was a landmark for the
path. He went forward the more carelessly,
! must suppose; for presently we saw him
sink little down, draw up his feet and sink
again, and twice Then he turned his
face to us, pretty white
LEND a hand" said he, II am in bad
| place"
II don't know about that, says Ballantrae
standing ssill.
Dutton broke out into the most violent
oaths, sinking a llttle lower as he did, SC
that the mud was nearly 10 bis waist; aud
plucking pistol from his belt, "Ilelp me, u
be cries, 'or die and be damned to youn
May says BIllautrae, 81 did but Jest.
am coming And he set down his own
packet and buttons, which he was then ear.
rying do not venture near till we see IL
you are needed" said he to me, and went
forward alone TO where the man was begged.
He was quiet now, though he still held the
pistol; and the marks of terror iu his coun-
tennnce were very moving TO behold.
"For the Lords sake" says he, 'look
sharp"
ballantrae was now got close up. Keep