The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-01-11

Aio hVbtTcu a. Cfy Vi puih aho oh o"oh
showing that had hit him, but still he
ran on. l followed quickly, rushed ur
the hatchway and again fired at HIM
just as he was picking up crowbar
This time he fell on the deck, and | now
saw the third man and tho boy, thor
oughly scared, making for the further
hatchway. In a moment l made up my
mind what to do. followed them, and
having with difficulty placed the heavy
lid on the hatch, proceeded to cover II
with every thing l could lay hands on,
on the decl,. Luckily there was some
pig-iron lying about, and with these and
various other articles on the top Of them
was sure that they we're safe prisoners.
l now had to look to the other men, to
see that they were incapable of doing
further mischief.
The one had shot on deck was Bar
tolo My two bullets had taken effect,
one in the left arm, and the other in the
leg. drew him to the side of the ship
and lashed him there with some rope,
and l told him If he attempted to get
loose, 1 should shoot him dead; then,
looking into my cabin, 1 saw Antonio
lying whore he fell.
l repeated my tactics OF covering up
the hatchway to prevent his getting out,
and then went to the tiller, thoroughly
exhausted after all had been through,
both physically and mentally, but most
thankful for my narrow escape.
Soon, however, / saw that if had got
out of one danger, it was only to fall
into another. i knew nothing of navi-
CATION, and was not even aware in which
direction to steer. ! might run the ship
TO ground, or a sudden squall might
swamp her. / did not know how to
| shorten sail, and was afraid to interfere
with the ropes.
What could do? The moon had now
gone down, and it was pitch dark. There
was no lamp or light of any sort about
the ship, as far as could see. With the
| help of match / looked at my watch.
1t was two o'clock.
i thought of calling the man and boy
out of the hold and threatening to shoot
them if they did not navigate the ship
properly, but / myself felt so tired and
exhausted that did not dare trust them,
in case should fall asleep.
| On the whole, it was best to leave my
self in the hands of Providence.
o, the dreariness OF those hours of
darkness, and the joy with which l
hailed the first streak of dawn!
Every now and then Bartolo would
give curse and groan, and that was
the only sound to break the silence of
the night. had placed some water by
his side and asked him if he wanted any
thing, but he only swore at me. l left
him alone.
At last the sun began to rise, and l
scanned the horizon fo- the welcome
sight of land or a friendly sail. Alas,
there was nothing to break the dull
mass of water, and was still miles away
from rescue. The pangs of hunger were
beginning to make themselves felt, and
had nothing to eat. If this state of
affairs continued much longer, should
ne obliged to call up the man and boy,
and in my weak state l felt l should be
entirely at their mercy.
was beginning thoroughly to despair
after so many hours of constant watch
ing and straining of my eyes, when
about eight o'clock ] saw a speck on the
horizon. My heart leaped with excite
ment as instantly turned the helm in
that direction. The specl1 grew bigger
and bigger, until at last | made out the
form of brig sailing towards me. Soon
| could make out a flag-the American
stars and stripes. tied my handker-
chief to stick, and made signals of dis
tress. For some time she took no notice,
and seemed about to pass me. My heart
hat
rescue, and yet could not attract atten-
tion, was awful. AT last, to my joy, she
hove to and lowered boat. In few
minutes it was alongside, and an officer
and crew boarded the felucca.
The sudden relief to my strained
nerves was almost more than / could
bear, and it was some seconds before
spoke.
There was an expression of horror on
the mems faces as they looked round on
the scene of bloodshed, the wounded
men, and then scanned my face for an
explanation. Did they take me for a
madman, or a common murderer?
At last ] found my voice. They
crowded eagerly round me to listen to
my story, and when had finished all
congratulated me on my narrow escape.
The officer, who was the captain of
the brig, Hospitality invited me on board
his ship. He was sailing to Marseilles,
and would gladly give me a passage.
Needless to say, jumped at his offer.
We removed the covering from the
hold, and called on the men to come up,
but could get no answer.
The captain was in hurry to con-
tinue his course, and would not wait any
longer.
AS / was stepping into the boat,
asked him what we should do about the
felucca and it's crew.
"Well, stranger" he answered, you're
we'll out of it, anyhow; and guess Wen
now let them alone, to go to the devil
their own way, and tho sooner they get
there tho better"
never heard any thing more of them.
1 went straight back to England, and it
was some months before | left home
again.-Cuthbert Larking, in Tomple
Bar.
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