Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-26

After that discharge we began 10 llAzs
away with tho muskets. and , hlt one u
the rowcrs aud almost stopped the boat for
n moment. While the mate and negro
wsssed 10 load the biz gun tue othec i've
OF US banged away. and we hit somebody
At almost every shot The boat came on,
however, the wounded oursing and the IN.
harmed cheering, and was within $50 feet
Of our side when the niue FOUNDER roarcj
again. She had frr1 she'll plump into
the boat. II had acted ~ solid shot and
gone through her. killing and woundlng
and smashing. and WHEN the smoke blew
away only thfc1 men were swimming away
on the Hurfad. These We ordered aboard
and made. ecurt NJ Once. Tho bark irdspci
another boat, but after coming half way
" returned. About nunn ahc got fiiflo u
wind which did not reach ~. and made OF
20 the west % b. seen no more.
When We cams 10 question the prison.
ers. who wcrr lusty looking cut Threats. We
found that they belonged 10 the Nniiise
Islands, around Ia the Indian ocean They
made no bones about admitting that they
meant 10 capture us, and wcrc surly and
defiant over their r,pulsr. They would not
rive M the name of the bark, and even
sitter shr was out Of sight thcy boosted that
she would return soon 10 release them AZ
aundown we g1t the breeze aud stood away
on our courir. Tint night, during the
mates watch, tho pirates disappeared All
know whtro they went. but no one asked
any questions. The two toais contained
fully two dozen Of them. aud their lo-.
must have sadly crippled the bark aud
changed hor plans.
About three years later than the date
given at the opening of this sketch,
shipped aboard ~ British shin called tho
Swallow 10 make = voyage from Bombay
up the Persian gulf aud back. She was
an old craft and poor sailer, and her
crew Of twelve men was made M Of four
or i've nntlunAllticS. I remember there
were two kannkas or Sandwich ISLANDERS,
one l.ascar, negro or two, and the others
were American, English aud Dutch. We
had scarcely loft BOMBAY vfiou the captain
was taken sick with fever. Ills nainc was
Aldrich, and his wife, who was a woman
Of thirty always iailel with him. She
now took commaud In n general way, nnd
this 10 the satisfaction u 10th mates,
though both were thorough sailor. I
heard ono Of them say that .hc could take
m observation or work dead reckoning.
and ! saw frum tho of,lcr, she gave that
alie knew all about silp,
We hid good weather and made good
progress until after we Wefc above Museai,
In the lay q Ormux. Then one iorcnuon
We got a .1usll which did not last ilnccn
minutes, but which brought down our
iore and mhn.to' gallant mAsts and carried
away tAii or two. There wan only HIGHT
breeze after the sqnali had passed. aud We
wcrr lying 10 aud hari ~ work. When m
Arabian diow Of about two hundred ton.
burden zane stealing down The c1ssi. We
were within four miles Of the rocky and
mounianous shofr, but sho uas two miles
inside Of us. She was no sooner made out
than the fr1t mate became very anxious,
and Mr., Aldflch was scnt for % come on
deck. She took a good look VI The stranger
through the glass and quoficd Of the mater
Can we depend on the crew 10 ightfh
~ hope ~, ma'Hni,' ha replied.
"llave them crmc an
All moved No, and I can remember
through all the long years just how sie
looked aud every word ,he said. she had
worried, anxious look. and no wonder,
and there VIA a trembling In her voice a.
she said.
''Aicn. you know thu, your captain Il
very alex. Wonder comes pirate. n therr
ever was ont. II he captures "a iho,o who
live through the fight will 10 Into tho In.
tcrior NJ slaves or worse. N W. arr all
agreed TO tight We can ieat him on. What
do you sayi"
wen fight To tho iA.tr' shouted onr,
and the cry was taken up By all
Thank Golw she fcrvenily exclaimed.
give him brave tght aud no one onn hs
blamed II Wa are defeated. sooner than
fall into his hands will blow tho old ship
fkyiigh aud all Of us With her"
We hal no cannon, but we had flftaen
muskets, a lot ~ cavalry sahsri and the
captain had not dodgcd about those waters
with his eyes shut Ito had two or thrcs
Year, before purchased dozen hand gre
nades or stink pots, such ~ arc used hy tho
Cblncs-. Thcte were brought mp with the
rot and found to bc fuss'l aud In good con.
dillon. They weighed about two pound.
apiece and each was iuoloscd Ia net, 70
that u cnuldbc tosse'lquite distance. We
loaded our mnskcis, took our stations aud
were ~ ready a. We could be. The cap.
tain'a wife aliernhtcd between the deck
aud the cabin. he out Of bis head,
which was the letter for him, IA she had
his revolver Tor nsc.
The dhow sncaked along until nearly op.
poslie us. lill work had he,n suspended
Aloi., md she must have known by tll,
that wo were ready for her; hut shs caine
on just the ahms. And no wonder. Ono
81 the mon went aioft with tho glaAt, aud
he mad, out two guns on her deck and &
perfect swarm II men. She was doing
a hold thing-run Us aboard IN broad
daylight She would not usc her guns,
fearing that they would be heard and
IL 10 NtatF a A.
gained our decks We wero gone We lay
with our head 10 the northwest. no she
would pass our port quarter TINT. Hero
two ~ the strongest men were placed with
tho grcnhdcs, and two Of rs with inuskots
were between them. The others wero
placed 10 fire over the stern.
Down came the dhnW, foot nv foot, with
never a cheer from the crowd 81 cutthr0ats
on her decks. There wna menace Ia their
silence, but II had no effect upon IA. We
were determined 20 flshi, and to FIGHT 10
the last. got tho hrst shot, and knocked
over man on her forooastlr, anil then all
began 10 blaze away. She did not hra In
return, but forged up on our quarter, and
could see hny Arabs. each onu with a
crease, erowdlng ngalnst the rail To lie
ready 10 board,
"Now, leayel" yelled ono Of tho sailors
with the bombs. aud both lighted the inso,
aud heRved AWAY.
Before We could tell what damage had
been done tho dhow wns alongnde. she
threw her grapncl, but did not catch. and
she rubbed her whole length aud went
ahead. A we raw hor failure We blazcd
away again with tho musketa, aud every
ball found man, She JAILED like witch,
aud before she could bc checked wna a
cables length ahead. She had Just put her
helm over wien there WIS an explosion,