Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-11-04

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board her By way OF the forechains. l
had pulled in the half dozen ropes hang
ing over when Chips suddenly appeared.
He was hatless and coatless, with blood
on his face, hands and shirt. l threw
him rope, and he was over the rail in
minute aud crying to me:
"In with the rope, Harry, and then
bring the iowling pieces!"
He staggered aud fell to the deck, but
did not stop to ask questions. The
Captain called to me as got the guns,
but hurried away without replying.
found Chips sitting on the forehatch
with his hand to his side and the red
blood oOzing out between his fingers.
Before / could ask a question he said;
"Tom Dean stabbed me with his own
handl They mean to come and kill the
Captain, aud take the women away
You must kill them if they try to get
aboard"
With that he staggered aft to the
cabin and disappeared. He was seriously
but not fatally wounded, and while the
Captains wife at once proceeded, under
the Captains directions, to stanch the
flow OF blood, her sister Emma came for
ward to me. She was very pale, and
her voice trembled, but there was no
cowardice in her eyes.
"Harry, you aud l must defeld the
shipl" she said, as she came up and
picked up the other fowling piece. 81
know how to shoot, and if they attempt
to come on board we must drive them
back. even if we have to shed blood!"
assured her that l stood ready to do
nv best, aud two or three minutes later
the whole gang OF men broke cover and
came to halt before US. They saw our
heads above the rail, but not our fire
arms. Dean was carrying the ak taken
from Chips. They were a bit surprised
10 find no ropes at hand, and Dean COM
manded me to throw over a couple.
When refused the gang began to curse
and threaten, and the African sailor called
out in n loud voice that they had done
for Chips aud meant to serve the rest OF
US in the same way. Finding me deter
mined not to assist them in boarding, two
men stood against the hull, and the
steward who was light man, sprang on
their shoulders aud grasped the fore
most channel plates on the port side.
Three Others did the same on the star
board side.
.sWe must shoot" whispered Emma,
as told her what was going on. "You
take that side, and I'll attend to this.
We we're both badly ratified. | knew
l shook like a leaf, and my teeth kept up
a clashing, aud the girl was so white
faced and made such efforts to keep her
feet that expected to see her sink down
every instant. The two men showed
their heads above the rail at the same in-
staut and our two guns made but one
report. They were loaded with swan
shot, aud the men we're dead before
they struck the sands. The Others raised
a veil and retroated to the woods, and |
fred a second shot to accelerate their
pace. Emma did not faint. On the con-
trary, she grew cool and calm, aud after
three or four minutes went to the
cabin to report. There was dead man
on each side of the ship, aud there lay
the ak where Dean had dropped it as he
started for cover. | threw over q rope
and slid down, and secured the ak, and
was hardly safe on deck again when
Dean hailed from the woods. 1t was tc
saw that the men were only on lark,
and that they meant no evil to anyone.
They were truly sorry for what had hap
peued and begged the privilege OF com.
ing aboard.
We were on guard all night, and all
satisfied that we could beat them Of
whenever they attempted to board. Bu
about sunrise the American hailed us
from the cover of the bushes to beg for.
piyencss aud asked to be taken aboard
This the captain would not consent to
even though he argued that they had
probably had enough of it and were
honest in their promises. They might
mean we'll enough then, but as soon as
they got at the brandy cask again there
was no telling what they might do.
How the adventure might have turned
out il we had been besieged for several
days and nights | cant say, but heli
came to us that very afternoon in th'
shape OF a French Government vesse
engaged in surveying and charting the
islands. The brig was abandoned as
total loss, and we were landed at Ziuzi.
bar. Tue Frenchmau refused to at
tempt the capture Of the men ashore
but later on British man-ofwar COB.
bled the whole gang, burned the wreck,
and the fellows were taken 10 the Cape
and got long terms of imprisonment -
G. B. Lewis, in New York Sun.
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