The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-26

lions. from bis truly magnificent vo-
cabulary Of Bilsingsgate and calling
upon each and every separate Tartar
to let him have the use of his hands
and his cutlass and meet him on the
fair ground. What would they do
with usp We were very soon to know.
With a hospitality we could not
understand, the chief signed US to sit
down, and presently q great dish OF
delicious rice was placed before us and
we were, by signs, invited to eat Our
morning trip had made us both hungry.
Notwithstanding that we had already
had some breakfast and not even the
sad memory Of the death Of our COM
rades could prevent our pitching in. :"
Then came bowls OF most refreshing.
sparkling spring water. What would
come nextp
We noticed, as we finished our re-
past, a perfectly hellish grin spread
over the features of our host. He
made sign and said something which
we. of course, did not understand.
Two fellows came up and evidently
said all was ready, for at another few
words we were seized, made to stand
on our feet our arms bound securely
to our sides, our ankles tied together,
and we were dragged off. Joe's oaths
were caution. i wish could print
one Of them. They would brighten a
Bowery bartender.
Presently we came to spot where
not a tree OF any kind formed the
slightest protection from the suns
rays, and where at distance OF about
six feet apart we saw two large deep
holes.
Now, what are they going to doP"
asked Joe.
/ had no time to answer. for in a
minute we were dumped, feet fore
most one into each hole. Then the
beggars began shoveling the sandy
soil on top of us.
They're going to bury us aliver'
said Joe.
1t was worse than that That would
have killed US too soon. They only
buried us to the necks, leaving our
heads free. but so securely fixed in the
soil that we looked like couple OF
living heads on magician's table.
Great God, what horribly conceived
torture was this! While we were bur-
led helpless there brute came and
with sharp knife carefully shaved a
round patch from the tops OF our
heads, then smeared some sticky sub
stance thereon. Were they going to
set fire to us? Worse even than that!
Do not suppose that all this was
done in silence. BY no means. A
horrible, yelling. jeering, hooting
crowd surrounded us, and now they
came and threw beastliness of every
description at us, spat in our faces and
slapped us with fiat pieces of bamboo
This went on for couple of hours,
and the sun was beating down upon us
with almost unbearable power. Then
the flies came in myriads and bit and
stung us. and the stencil from the filth
chat had been thrown at us was sitting
and inconceivably sickening. Then
came q cry from Maxted, which l
quickly echoed:
I'm bursting! If this doesn't stop
soon I'll burstn'
The rice and water we had swallow
ed was swelling. and the weight of the
soil creating an enormous resistance,
our agony was intense.
Great God! Why didn't we tell
the men to come soonero"
Then poured forth another volley OF
oaths and curses from joe and the
cheeriest words of encouragement to
me man could think OF.
They'll never obey you, sir; they'll
get anxious and come"
His words were prophetic. They
were hardly out OF his mouth when
we heard the heartiest British cheer !
ever heard ring through the clearing
then n volley and another from good
British rifles. and then the short snap
ping OF the revolvers-and then ]
tainted.
A week later. lying in my little cab
in on the Ticker. l heard how one OF
the men, angry at not being chosen to
had followed us u short distance
through the forest. He had seen the
attack and at once scampered back to
the boat Realizing that ten men
would be Of little use against so many
Tartars, they had rowed down the
river right back to the Ticker, re-
ported my capture to Commander Ma
pier who had come himself with a
young brigade to my rescue. with the
results you have already read.
Every pirate IN that scoundrelly
crow was shot or cutlasscd in the at
tack. Not one escaped. New York
Recorder.
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