St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-06

| The man who Offers to lift an oar dies
| instantly. 'Pll trouble you to walk
| over the side, one by one Mr. Cooper
| said, addressing the pirates. THE least
! noise or assistance will cost you dearly.
| Walk up like men and settle your ac-
| counts
Its mean Yankee trick NUT
| tered the man in the stern sheets, who
| | afterward found out was the captain
| birth. If l had known for sure you
were nothing but merchantmen I'd
have blown your tub out Of water
but, as you didn't know anything
about it, we have saved you some
trouble. SO just walk up and quit
grumbling, for it will do you no good
"Mr. COoper'S advise was followed,
for the skipper came slowly over the
bulwarks and as soon as he struck the
deck his arms were seized and nice
pair OF handouts was thrust upon his
wrists. Hands were also thrust into his
pockets and pair of pistols and huge
bowie knife were found. After this fell
low was disarlred he was showed down
the after-hatch with gag in his mouth
to prevent his shouting too loud. Every
man was served in the same manner,
and then | assisted the lady on deck,
! and very happy / was to do SO. | told
her folks to take her into the cabin and
give her something to eat ii she desired
it, for | wanted to be polite, but she said
that she wasn't hungry and should have
no appetite until the rest of The pirates
! were secured. But how TO get them was
a question | had asked in my mind half
dozen illness and no satisfactory answer
had been returned. | had the skipper
and half of his crew, but there were six
more that | wanted. or my work would
be incomplete, for it was evident that
the schooner was faster than the brig,
and that she could fight us a running
that l. doesn't take many shots between
wind and water to send vessel and
crew to Davy Jones locker.
"'Captain,' said Mir. Cooper, while l
was meditating, i know what you are
thinking about. and the only way that it
can be done is to send me on board in
the boat, with half dozen of the crew,
and take possession OF it. We can 90
well armed ana still make them think
that we are Uncle Sans men,
IL didn't like to run the risk. but
Cooper was So positive that | consented
to let him undertake the JOB. For the
purpose of carrying out the decep ton,
| lent the mate cap and coat with
waist, while the six men he took with
him put Oil white duck trousers, so as to
appear as uniform as possible. Well
armed, the crew started in the SchoOn-
er's boat, although for tie sake of SEEM
ING all right, it was piped away in man
of-War style.
81 watched the course of the boat
with considerable anxiety, TOR feared
every minute that the pirates would
let one of their guns fly and send boat
and men all to the bottom. But fortune
faYors the brave, they say, and i'll this
instance | can swear to it. The boat
got alongside without trouble, and the
next instant the men had tumbled Oh
deck. There was no sound of Scuffling
or fighting. but | knew that the mate
was at work. AT last had the satisfac-
ton of hearing him hail and say that
| the scho0ner'S crew were all his prison
erS and under matches. where they
could do no harm.
Then l began to breathe freer. |
told the mate TO stay close by the brig
until daylight, when we would see what
could be done, for | didn't know as vet
on what grounds we had taken the
schooner. | asked the brothers to give
me an account of their adventures and
they did so. They belonged to Santa
CluL, NucI6 tHty UWueu large pldlua-
ton, and were looked upon as AL in
rank. They had bought the schooner
for the purpose of trading among the
islands, and L guess for running few
cargOes of negroes. but that they said
nothing about. They had hired man
| who called himself Smith, an English
man, as captain. and he shipped
his crew, and q bad lot he got
hold Of. One day, when the vessel was
all ready for sea, the brothers and Sis
| ter were invited on board: while they
were enjoying themself in the cabin the
cable. was slipped, the schooner put to
sea, and before the owners knew where
! they were or what was going on they
were out of the bay and the mask was
thrown off: The skipper made no Sc
cret of his intention to visit the Goa st of
Africa, and by way of making things
pleasant offered to make the lady his
wife. II we had not fallen in with him
! just as we did | don't think that he
would have waited for the priest to per-
form the ceremony. However, We took
the schooner into port and she was con-
demned aud the crew imprisoned, and l
made $4,000 by the job"