Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-07-15

4 Rsmsrk.bIs shat De.tr.ys the Lssss
Esr.d Nsiiis with rs. ooo seals ea Hoard.
II attended Uncle Toms Cabin at
the Park theatre IA. other day" aid
Pa,rolmAn S,rvight to the Ananias club,
and A. at In the gallery and watched
Eliza canter acru~- Oh. ioe-maie II
eanyas-just ahead % four or i've doss
that might A. well b. made ~ canvas, -
far ~ caninology goe-, IL brough back
% my mind an incident In my career
that should live 10 L. A. old a. MAsu-
sslAm"--
Who a.ked scrg'. Joyce.
"Magu-lam. the guy who eris,ci on
q certain earth for 10000 years. sAy,
fellers. II I should live 90 his age ] shall
not forget H. ! can't rrnemb.r ths
exact date. but u was Ices than q hun.
dr.i year. ago that was In command
~ th. frrnch mAn-of.wAr scin. and my
mission On the high sNs was to look cut
for anil capture African slave traders.
one moonlight night ~ We were plow.
Ing the swelling AtlEn,ic at the nominal
speed ~ seventy I've miles an hour the
lookout at the mast heal reported AL
ON our L.. quarter. ! ordered the helm
thrown down hard And A. the huge ship
ol-y..l the ruddsr her steel prov kill-i
nearly 1. 80 fsh. hut ws had more AZ
stake than hsh. and W. did not stop to
take any ~ them mp. In . short time
We were headc,l for the strange sail. and
IL wasn't long until from the quarter
deck could -. her plainly.
''Th. smol. stacks ~ the Sein t-.caine
ri hot, aud one q them melted to the
decks. but called lor water. and the
,hip wa. sayed frum destruction. We
did not ls.-.n our s,.,~i Tor . little thing
like that. but continued to split the
oc..n Ot-.n. SrJu long. sinuOus black
smok. a-o.ndel high above th. inisst- Of
the chase. Then knew what W. were
after. Hastily brating the men io quar-
ters I. In the deliberate yOicc ! use GA
the Lincoln Lane gang. told them that
th.r. was fun ahead. The vessel soD
mile ahead - "a. was q slave dhow. AMI
for the honor ~ ourselves particularly.
and France az a matter 20 cOurS", We
must capture her And when We do.
avs I. YOU fellcrs know your businos-.
For two days and nights We chass,l the
strange craft. and during that time ] did
not sleep q wink or eat q mOuihful ~
fooI, was ~ excited At ar bills on
IN. thirl lay We wcr. In shooting range.
and or,ier,-l the ten ton rifie cannon 20
L. fr,sl. The eighty ton shell fell ahcai
of the SLAYER nearly two miles.
The effect on the water wa terrific.
you notice aid the shell weighed eighty
tons, and a. IL fell into the ocean II eI.
plalel. The water RAISED In a solid wall
that wAs, | should Judge. 30 fect thick
to an altitude of 800 yards. II made .
hole that you could pat the state house.
court house. insane asylum, blind asylum
and Union station into al at one and the
same time-that l.. ~ course, II you hal
them there. The slave ship plunged
against, at anil into this wall. and then
cam. a mighty crash-a crash that was
cau-si. ~ I afterward learned, by an
island sixty miles distant being washei
frum it, ba-e by the waves. The ship
PENETRATING the wall CAUSED u to brrak
and the upheaycd water fell in torrents.
while the slaycr t..t.re-i on the brink -
the huge abyss for moment and then
fell bow trst into the hole. and the SCAT
tered fragments of the broken wall falling
upon her buried her from sight forevrr.
'ln a few hours the "a was calm AMI
for two months We crui-ed In that yicin.
i,y. but not sign Of the lo~t SLAYER WAS
found. Two years after We picked up On
the coast % Zanzibar . water soaked
book tha, am satisfied was the log of
the lost ship According 10 the book the
dhow that We destroyed was the Lsmon
Earci Nellie. from New Brunswick. and
she hal 75, go slaves aboard. all % whom
were drowned. felt - bad about this
that resigned my place In the French
navy AMI got Job ON the indianapolis
police force with more pay and Ices
work. rk."-IndiAnapDlis Journal