Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-03

raj Thers wss 10 shoettag. sbeatisg
o. knocksng deNn- Wiliialns called %
sss q rsii~ss Ana A. ne Uheel. ana ss I
took ~ plse< o. sAeo< ksnts win the
E.sn. jsbt~red awsT feE ininute, and
thsn al went into lie e4bsn. Tie cap
tzin nd be-u sslsep. bsk AROUSED ~ ths
shoek was pFsparins - 90 On deck whsa
eoDfr0Efsd - bis male and The stranr
gers When he demarded ~ know What
was g0lns "a. Williams answered him IA
. civil Hxg.
Captain Hope. | and nay friends have
taken possession Of the orig and tnat
ee.oo0. BAT 10 one has been hurt or will
be anirss Sc ars driFeB ~ H. lou ars
perfectly helpless IA the matter. and ths
besf thing yoa cza 10 = % ksep qaist."
Thereu pa the captain - course pro-
eeedrd 10 raise = row aud was knocked
senseless fec his foohshnsss. The sIrzn-
gers were Chinese and hari looking
lot. buf they had no desire 10 shed blood
They left > quart over the captain and
came on deck and threw the brig up into
the wind. and sfhen proceeded % break
cut the barrels 81 four and transfer
them 20 thsir own craft.
While believe the plot was unknown
90 any Of the crew. they were only tenn
porzrily surprised - the capture Of our
craft When told that there was thou
sand dollars in each barrel. they begged
permission 10 JOIN the pirates. and all
but the cook were accepted. He had
sailed with Captain Hope for several
years and was not 10 be tempted from
duty. When the fellows began break
ing our cargo. the mate ordered me 20
pat bag Of biscuits and breaker Of
fresh water into the yswL As soon as
the lsst barrel was over the rail the mate
and one OF the crew went below and
bored holes in the briggs bottom When
they returned % the deck. Mr.. Williams
said 10 the captain. who WAL on his feet
again:
Captain Hope. have scuttled the
Dolphin. Nv idea was 10 leave you and
tho boy aboard 70 20 down with her. but
a. We have got the money So easily. and
as there = no possible show of our being
captured. shall give you "a chance for
your lives. You viii he seat adrift In
the yaw.-"
We begged Of him for sail or oars, bat
he stnbbornly refused. We would have
rrmained on the brig and tried TO plug
up the holes. but he insisted on our going
a. once. The boat was lowered. and Cap
tain Hope, the cook and myself were al
most tEmbled into H. In five minutes the
wind and sra had drifted us ont of sight
into the darkness. ard we never saw the
brig again The lorcha probably remain
ed near until IL was certain she would 20
down.
For about half an hour after we were
set sfioat the captain hadn't word to
gay, appearing TO be stunned by the dis
asier which had overtaken him. Then
be began curs.ng and raving and kept it
mp for long hour. He blamed the mate
and every one Of us, though his own i'm
prudence had caused all the trouble.
When he had Disguised himself with his
rawlings. he began TO figure on our posi-
ton. The noon observation had put rs
to the west Of the Bonin islands by 200
miles. We were now drifting before a
northwest breeze. We tore out a thwart
10 make a couple Of paddles, but as the
sea was not heavy enough 10 be danger
Gus one after another sank down and
went TO sleep. and IL was o'clock next
morning by the captains watch before
any one opened his eyes.
The wind bad then hauled into the
west and was stronger, and we were
obliged 10 make a drag aud bring the
boat head 10 the SEA 10 prevent disaster.
Lying thus, she drifted along at the rate
of -four or five miles an hour. The cap
tain was silent and snlky. and during
the entire day scarcely uttered . word
We sighted several sails. but they were
too distant to observe n signal The
breeze increased at night, but all Of rs
slept as before. On this second morn