The Meeker herald., 1892-08-20
RAN DOWN A SLAYER.
Sail no.

tHbec ~ hsN oSshAhSb N utnt upon
the open roL Tor Twelve weary days
and ai.i.i, had We Tho officers and
men OF u. II ship retrcl Isl. gum,
Commander u IL N.ylllcl been
roopei up IN our Iron prison. patrol
Ing one a. tho hottest section, OF tho
ierrc.ir nj globe ga tho lookout Tor
slnyers from longitude l north To
longitude I south 49,, our b.at, and
". dared not venture beyond thrs,
limit Oar Instructions wcrs to keen
cut oi sight 81 land and try to inisr.
erpt some o' ~. larg, vessel, which
II "ns .n'p 'cietl carr oil car.os, OF
slave, from the - coat
Sail no. III, man In hi, .xcit.
men, repeated the shout b,fosv h.
could b, hailed from the deck
Where away rsng out the cap.
tain.
Two points on tho weather bow.
cir was the reply.
Keep her away two points" said
Commander Nrvssr. a:.i tho order
wa, promptly ob-yed.
In i-w inuneni, III. news hal
spread through IA. ship AMI then NO
c.u, crcl an tho buiwars. sirainlng
our eye, to E.i u glimpse Of III,
stranger Eycn the .iolcrs poor i.!-
low, showed Ia ir -ooiy facs, nj tho
engine room hnichway. OF course tho
stranger might b. and probably wa.
mn innocent trader: but then .n,
might b. IA SLAYER Tn, golden vision
oi prize money iior'cd briorc III, .y..
q! -yrry man and bog ON board.
We did no, s,a ,tn very fast n, our
supply OF coal WAS limited. and IL wa.
nuout Two hour. bpior, .nudpwu whoa
No fairly sighted tho stranger She
was long til &C mssicI schooner.
with tall rakin. mast. lying very
low ia Tao waisr All her caaya, va.
90. and as u iii,lc wind ha! .prun.
up she wa. .lippin. through til,
~acr n, II far pac'.
'=,tc looks Tor nll tho world like a
SLAYER sir remarked Mr. iirab,: sou.
tho iir-t Lieutenant. To tho commander.
ws AsTiia ;ais RSiaa a saf A :ts IAN
Of excitement VIA. In his cyc.
'firu blank cnririd;, Mr.. ORR.
ley" said no to tn, second II. ltcnnn.
'nni signal hcr 10 give her nailon.
nilty AMI her cod, number
This WA. done aud In answer 10
the signal tho schooner slowly hoI.ici
tho American color.
''flr- shot Mr. O'Ril.y-wldc
OF cour-c" said tho commander"
Again tho dcaf,nlng rcpor, o. tho
big gun .odadci in our ear. anl wc
could SEQ tho splash % thu sho, ~ u
struck tho wafer about hny yard.
from the schooner. Immediately "a
flag WIS run up then another. n,d
nno,lcr and We saw TINT she was no,
Civ NC us her colo number. bu, wa,
spelling out her name letter by letter
III liack swan.
'Su., look tina, up In tho United
States registry" said tho captain Ia
the iirs, Lieutenant AMI IN half a
IN nuio he had reported. No such
name cir"
Tnis was somo,hin; NOR, than sus-
p'cions And the Wind was r sing
Hoist the sgnal for her tn hcage.
TO cried 90 ntnan Ter Neville fake
u DO It and u hilf.dpkcp of hands MIR.
O'Rilcy." hu continued. boa d her
inspect her pRrcg- and come back 10
report II her papers arc not In Or
der y added he you may search for
slavc'. bu, II they arc. you had better
do nothing iurihcr You know IL 4.
clearly set down In the protocol that
we are no, entitled 10 search thi hold
II tho papers are IN order. anil there
have been complaints lately. against
come ycr.zcaious q .ccr. who huvc
go, into ,roub - u. "A consequence So
b. careful l,u, keep your oycs open.
Note any suspicion. clrcum, tapccs
md come back rs soon Us you can 10
report"
30 orc Lieut. NRilev reached the
sh p no Jaw thai everything about hcr
had been sacri, ccd to speed. Her
spars were unusually heavy for n craft
OF her size.
The Br fish officer was received By
little thin elderly man speaking
with strong Yankee nc cnt.
"Produ y Your papers II you
plca.c said U'Rilc'. Tho wcro
handed out at Mt once and seemed
regular
What have you got on board?"
was the next question.
General cargo-drf goods and so
on"
why isn't your namo on tho
rcgis,erp"
..Ain't II now Well / guess IL
must be because this is now ship.
We can pu, our nainc on tho register
Z ibS telegraph mister"
or course O'Rilcy could ont return
10 the Petrol and report all this 10
his commanders IN convinced she
is n SLAYER. r. said he in conclusion.
But you hnvo no evidence Of III;
and YOU sag the papers wcre all in
order"
Apparently they were sir"
Then I'm afraid can do moth
ing said the commander. And. to
the deep disgust OF the whole ships
crew tho order was given for tho
Petrol 10 return to her course.
All that night however Command
or Neville was haunted b. Il doub:
whether ho had not better havo run
the risk OF q complaint and n rcpri.
mand. rather than .orcgo tho over
hauling OF SO suspicious looking a
cra't; and in tho morning q rumor
reached bis ears that tho coxswain