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

mage, which was In tho estuary OF n river
among swampS 1t was openly understood
that we should then break up and go and
squander our proportions Of the spoil; and
this made every man greedy Of little more,
% that Our decision was delayed from day to
day. What finally decided matters was q
6ifing accident, such as an ignorant person
might suppose incidental to our way of life.
But here must explain; on only one Of all
the shipa We boarded-the first on which we
found womsn--did we meet with any genuine
resistance. On that occasion we had two men
killed and several injured, and II 1t had not
toeu for the gallantry Of Ballantrae, we had
surely been heat hack at last Everywhere
else the defense iwhere there was anv at alb
WAS what the worst troops in Europe would
have laughed at. SO that the most dangerous
part Of our employment was to chamber up
the side OF the ship; and have even known
the poor souls on board to cast us a line so
eager were thov to volunteer instead Of walk
Ing the plank. This constant immunity had
made our fellows very soft, so that under
stood how Teach had male so deep mark
upon their minds; for indeed the company Of
that lunatic was the chief danger In our way
Cf life. The accident to which | have re-
ferred was this. We had sighted little full
rigged ship very close under our board In
sl..,,,ia - -. 49,, ~ % w o'u ~,
~..S -. ,s,... .I. .u.n :. ea'. "e''' ~ ili'
s-,..,S h.;.s .ns ' o, " seo We
The swell was exceeding great; the motion OF
the shfp beyond description, II WINS hst'e y'---
SsEssfiry and whshiske spealN 70 you,
you caan ea1 gunners sne.nehre n lire thrice and be
stin quite broad Of what they aimed at
But In the meanwhile the chase had cleared
I stern gun. the thickness of the air conceal
ine them. being better rrarksnen. their first
ehot struck Us in tho bows. knocked our two
supners into mince meat. so that wo we're all
sprinkled with the blood. and plunced
through the eieck into the forecastle. where
ws slept. Ballantrae would have held on;
( indeed there was nothing In this contretemps
70 aSeoct the mind of any soLSier: but he had
: quick perccption of the mems wishes. and
\ ft VIVA ulain this lucky shot Ind given them a
sdclener Of their trade In "A moment they
yrera AN Of one mind. tho cbose was ,lra wing
avav from MS. IL was needless To hold on. the
Rarab was too foul to overhaul a bottle. II
vres marc foolerv to keen the sea with her.
and on these pretended grounds her head was
incoptinentlv INIT abont aud the course laid
for the river Il was strange To see what
merrinent fell on that ship's company. and
how they stamped about the deck testing,
end each committing wbnt increase had coma
70 hi share by the death of the two guunera
We were nine days making our port, so
Erht were the airs we had 70 sail on. SO foul
fhe ship's bottom: but early on the tenth. be.
fore dawn and In n LIGHT. lifting haze. wo
pasued the head. little after the haze lifted
and fell again. showing us n cruiser yery
closa This was a sore blow. happening so
mar our refuge. There was n great debate
az whether she had seen us. and. IL So wheth-
- II was likely they had recognized the
Sarah We were very careful by destroyinp
every member of those crews we oyerhauled.
to leave no evidence as to our own persons:
but the nppearance of the Sarah herself wa
could not keen SO private. and, above all. of
lats. since She had been foul and We had pur-
x,ed MANY sbips without success. IL was nlain
that her description had been often published
i supposed this alert would have made us sep.
erate upon the instant. But here again TINT
original genius of Ballautrae', had a surprise
q IN store for me- He and Teach and IL was
Z the most remarkable step of his success, had
cone hand in hand since the first day of his
sppojntment
/ often questioned him upon the fact. and
never pot an answer but once when be told
me he and Teach had an UNDERSTANDING
(which would very much surprise the crew
~
hi,,,self a A 4 r11r
We1. here again. no and Teach were of n
I. mind: and by their ioiut procurement, the
anchor was no sooner down than tho whole
crew went or on n scene of drunkenness in
deecribable By afternoon We We're n mere
shipful Of lunatical persons. throwing Of
\ thinox ovorboord bo,yiiny of different SONGS
Il the Same time ouarrelinr and fnllino To-
gather and then forcettinp, our ouarreis IN
embrace Rallautraa had bidden ma drinl,
nothing and foipp drunkenness as valued
my life. and I have never nassed /, dav "a
vvearisomely. living the best part of the tims
ut,on the for.ecastle and watching the swamps
ana thiekets by which our little basin was
entirely surrounded for the eve little
after dusk. Ballautrae stumbled nm to ,nv
side. feigned to fall with a drunken laupb
and before he got his feet again WHISPERED
to me 10 .sreeI down into the cabin and seem
~ fan as,ean unon n locker for tbere would
n, need os ma soon -
I did ms was told. and comino into tha
cabin where IL was ouite dark ict nvsoI,
2 TAI on the flrst locker There v,s n nm
tbera already. by the wav ba stirred ana
threw me off I could not tbina be ,yas n,,rh
n lIouor. and net when / had fonnd another
place he seemed tn continua IN sIeer, n, Nv
heart now beat very hard for / saw soma
desperate matter was In act PresentIr
down came RaIlantrae lcbtad the l,r,,,
looked about the cabin. nodded as n nleasa5
and on deck again without word neered
out from between my fingers. and saw there
were three Of US slumberinr. or feirninp 70
saunhsr, ON the lockers; myself, one Dutton
..enI.A - Grady. both resolnta men On docr
- nest were got to pitch of revelIy quite
Gyp0d the bounds of what is human; SC
q @Aat 10 reasonable name can describe tn,
3; liads they were now making. | have heard
! Esany drunken bout in my time, many on
:1kinSI the least like this, which made me