The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24

become grandfather that afternoon, and was in . state of great excitement himself. He and Teddy had scrap supper together. Teddy was delighted to hear that he intended to go back to Wareham on the early morning train. That fitted In with the plans of the pirates exactly.
 Teddy bade his father goodbye with more than usual affection In the morning, and sent 6 great deal of love to his mother and to his sister Susn- for he realized that years probably would pass before he should sec them all again. As for the baby, 1t would have grown into . big boy before he much as had laid eyes on it. His father, After arranging with Mrs. Barkum 10 have the house put in order and to give Teddy his dinner, went of on the train, and Teddy and Noah went down to the Point 6 full run.
 They found the other pirates already on board, and the "AveDger" rising with the high tide, already riding even keel and certainly would bc freely afoat in the course of another hour. But the wind was very light and was blowing on shore. However they could not reasonably expect that everything would be just exactly as they wanted 1t.
 Teddy had brought down his fathers speaking trumpet, and - although there was no actual necessity for using 1t, since none of the ships company was troubled with deafness-he gave his orders through 1t with great impressiveness.
 After he had given each order-the ship being wofully short -handed-he turned to and helped execute 1t.
 All hands worked with will, and in the course of hour the lib and the blanket foresail were set About this time the "Avenger began to rub against h wind pressed against her sails and 90 showed that she was fairly free from the bottom.
 Teddy went to the wheel, and through his speaking trumpet gave the order to cast off the bow-line. The officers sprang 10 execute this order, but the crew, finding that they really were starting ignominiously broke down and began to cry.
 Hash him to the foremastp p' Teddy thundered through his trumpet. "Ill teach him what mutiny means with mel"
 paln fha akoh hn l~.h fast. Then the bow line was cast off and-the stern-line still holding the bow of the brig swung away from the wharf and pointed out into the stream.
 "CAst of the stern line !" Teddy shouted-he could not use his trumpet for he was holding the wheel with both hands-and his order was executed the "Avenger" slipped away from the wharf, and her career of piratical adventure was fairly begun.
 The officers gave three cheers and even the crew who had plucked up little spirit amid all this excitement, cheered too. At this sign of right feeling the crew's part Teddy ordered his lash ings to be cast off and told him to return to his duty. The captain kindly added that as this was his first serious offence 1t would be overlooked but he warned him to beware of offending again, as 1t was his, the captains, intention to maintain dis cipline aboard his ship at any cost
 Unfortunately, the "Avenger" did not fulfill the promise of the brave start that she had made. The tide was still flowing and Teddy's effort to beat out against 1t only resulted in getting the brig broadside to both wind and current-and away she went, pirates and all, right up the river toward the town.
 Not pirate aboard the vessel excepting, pos- sibly, the crew, but would have carried her gal lantly into action with 6 man -of- war-at feast they all thought they would, which amounted to the same thing-but the possibility of having their own fathers coming out after them in 6 row boat was quite another matter.
 This possibility each moment grew more immi- nent the "Avenger" drfted straight up the river to the town, and the boldest spirits among them began to quail Teddy did less quailing than the others because he knew that his father was in Wareham; but as he looked up at the brig's blanket foresail and remembered that his father certainly would come home that evening" he felt ful hat 4horo ila