Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-01-09

as you can TO report.
Before Lieut.. O'Riley reached the
shin he saw that everything about her
had been sacrificed to speed. Her spars
especially were unusually heavy for a
craft of her size.
The British officer was received by a
little. thin, elderly man wearing a Pan
anna hat. and speaking with a strong
Yankee accent.
Produce your papers If you please,
said o'Riley. They were handed out
AT once and seemed 10 be perfectly
regular.
what have you got on board p was
the next question.
General carso-dry goods, and so
on"
why isn't your name on the reg
isterF'
Amt it now? Well. l guess it must
be because this is a new ship. We can't
put our name on the register by tele-
graph, mister!
just tell your men to knock of the
matches. want 20 have n look at your
cargo"
The skipper SHOOK MS nead.
I've been delayed long enough, 80
said he. ''and have lost a great part Of
the only wind we've had in this darned
latitude for a week"
IN do it myself. them cried
O'Riley.
Not now. sir; no with six men
while | have fifteen. You have no
right TO search the hold of a respect
able merchantmen and disturb her car
go. Do you take me for a SLAYER, or
whatl IF you must have the matches
up, send back TO your man-of-war for a
larger crew, soAs to overpower me, you
understand, and-you may do it with
pleasure. But | guess there'H be a
complaint lodged at Washington, and
you folks in London will have 70 pay
for it. That's all, mister. Ionly want
things fair and square within my treaty
rights"
And having delivered himself of
this long speech, the Yankee skipper
turned on his heel
OF course O'Riley could only return
10 the Petrol and report all this TO his
commander. I'm convinced she is a
SLAYER. sir. said he in conclusion
But you have no evidence Of il.
and you say the papers were all in or
der"
Apparently they were. sir"
Then I'm afraid / can do nothing, a"
said the commander. And TO the deep
disgust of the whole ships crew, the
order was given for the Petrol TO re
turn TO her course.
All that night. however, Commander
Neville was haunted by a doubt
whether he had not better have run
the risk OF a complaint and a reprr
mand rather than forego the overhaul
ing of so suspicious looking a craft,
and in the morning a rumor reached
his ears that the coxswain, who had
accompanied Mr.. O'Riley TO the Black
Swan. had noticed something about
her Of a doubtful nature. The man
was sent for and questioned. and he
said that while tine lieutenant was on
board the boat Of which he was in
charge had dropped a little way astern,
and that he had then noticed that the
name Of the vessel had been recently
painted out. but that the last two let
ters were distinctly visible. and these
letters were LIE. not IN
THE scoundroi said she was a new
ship!" cried the commander Bout
ship
I'VE cant possibly catch her up.
sir. said the first lieutenant dryly.
Il don't know that. SIR. Brabazon, 81
answered Neville There has beer
hardly any viad. and we know tn,
course she wa, steering She could moi
expect 10 see u~ iol.u, So iu an prOba
bility she has kept Co that course b,
making proper allowance we may in
tercept her. I am convinced Of il.
The hope of again e~acouutering th'
Black Swan. faint as il was. caused
quite "A commotion in our little world
The day passed without our sighting
single sail, but when the mornin.
dawned Lieut.. Brabazon was forced q
own that the commanders iudgmen
had proved better than his own. h.
the greatest good luck we had hit upoI
the right track. There, right in from
of us. was the American schooner, he
sails lazily tapping against her masts.
Full speed ahead, and stand by
shouted tho captain down the engin
room tube.
''Signal to her to heave TO, and
she does not obey, fire a shot RICH
across her bows. Mr.. O'Riley," contiI
ned the commander. 'Mr. Brabazou
you take a boat and thirty men we
armed. Board her, and have he
matches off at once. You'll stand n
nonsense. / know"
IAN right, sir" cried the lieutenant
an active, somewhat impenous office
of the Civis Romanus sum type. II
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