Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-26
A YANKEE TRICK.
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Never, surely. d.l the cry ION upon
moro welcome cln. ayc and except
those OF mon bsrllmci 90 o boat upon
tho open aca. FOR twelve weary days
and night had wc tho officers aud
men Of II. N. slip Petrol ok guns,
Commnni. %. 7, Ncyillol been coopcd
mp In our iron prison, pntroling one Of
thc hottest sections Of the terrestrial
ciobo on the lookout for tlavcrs From
latitude 4 dogs north 20 latitude 4
dcr,. south was our beat, and we dared
not venture beyond these limits Our
Instructions wcn % keep out Of sight
Of land md tfy TO intercept some Of
tho larger vessels, which. It wus sus.
pcctcd. carried cargoos 81 slaves from
the -- coast. The rhip, tho sea, the
cloudlcss sky-thcrc was nothing else
60 see, nothing else TO think Of. Work.
study, play even, wcrc alike impossible
In that fierce, scorchlng heat II you
touched bit Of iron on deck Il almost
burned your hand n you lay down
between decks covered with a sheet
you awoko In bath Of Precipitation.
sail holn
Tho man. In hisc, itcmcnt, repeated
the shout before he could DO hailed
from the dock.
Where awayr sang out the cap
tain.
1.-TWO points on the weather bow,
mr." was the reply.
That phrase about tho ''wcathcr
bow" was a nautical fiction, for Their,
was no wind 20 speak Of. and what
there was was nearly dead astcrn.
Keep her away two points" said
Commander Neville, and tho order was
promptly obcycd,
In few seconds tho ncws had spread
through the ship, and the mon clustered
on tho bulwarks, straining their cyos Ia
get n glimpse Of tho stranger. Even
tho stokors, poor fsllowsl showed thciI
nooty fnces at tho engine room hatch
way. OF course tho stranger might DO,
and probably was, nn Innocent tradcr,
but then sho might DO n SLAYER, and
golden visions OF prizo money iioatcd
before the eyes Of every inan and boy
on board tho Petrol. ~
We did not steam very fast, as Of
course our supply Of coal was limited
and II was about two hours before sun
down when wo fairly sighted tn
stranger sho was long, three inastct
schooner, with tall, raking masts, lyinl
very low In tho water. An her canyn
was ret, and MS lttlo wind hat
sprung up she was clipping through
the water nj fair pace.
"She looks for all tho world like
flaycr, slr," remarked Mr.. Bnbazon
the lint lieutenant, to tho commander
Neville inid nothing, but his lip
were ilrrgly compressed and glonn
OF excitement was In his cycs
"Fir blank cartridge, Mr. O'Rilcy,
sald no to the second lieutenant IAN,
signal her TO ask her nationality un,
her code number
This was done, and IN answer TO tn
tgnal tho schooner slowly hoistcd ia,
American colors.
"Shc has oascd away her sheets an,
luTcd u point or two sir, said ia,
quartormhster, touching his cap.
Tho captain merely answered this b.
nod.
put a shot inyourgun, Mr. O1,lcy,
tald lac. Lower your hoist aud maxi
a fresh hoist demanding hor name"
This was done, but tho American
took no notice.
"Firo u shot, Mr. o'Rilry wide, 0
coursS," said the commander
Again the dcnicning report Of tn
big gun sounded In our cars. and W
could SEQ tho splash of tho shot as
struck the water about n'ty yards iron
the schooner. Immediately flag wa
run up, then another and another am
We saw that sho WIS NOT giving ho
code number, hut was spelling out he
name, letter 10y lottcr-.thc Blac
Swan.
Just look that up IN the Unite
States merchant registry" said the ear
tain 20 tho ilrst lieutenant. Aud 1
hall minute he had reported, ~
such name, sir
This was something moro than su,
piciuus And tho wind was rising.
"lluEt the signal Tor her To hcav
tor ciod Commander Neville. "rnk
n boat and half % dn2ca hands, MI
o'Rilcy' lac continued, "boarl hci
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