Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-31
CHAPTER 1.
ALL AT SEA.

the lookout, clinSlng 10 the fore-tOp-
Gallant stays of the armed cruiser Sea
Hawk.
CAPTAIN Ralph Denham, tail. we'll
built. handsome young man, in the UNI
dress naval uniform peculiar 10 Colo
NAL officers in the service of England.
This was in the year 1t96, when the
ties between the mOtheriand and the
American Co'onies were strong; out
side foes forcing them TO unite for mu-
tual protection. and causing them to
overlook the differences that were yet
TO rend them asunder.
In reply to the Captains question,
sCan you make her out?" the lookout
took longer and more careful view Of
the strange craft that had attracted his
attention; then he called out:
"She lies low down, sir. Seems to
have rakish masts, and is healing to-
wards Montauk.
As the reader knows, Montauk is the
extreme southeast ern peninsula of Long
Island, where the clihs rise boldly up
from the a, and where. even at this
early date, fires were kept burning at
nigh for the guidance of ships sailing
into The Sound, or seeking from Allan
tic storms the protection of the Great
Bay to the north.
Captain Denham turned TO the
smooth-faced young man stan ling ucar,
and in voice in which authority an
courtesy were blended said
Lieutenant Dayton, take glass, 60
a,oft. and see If you can make out the
stranger"
AYE. aye. sir" replied the handsome
youth, and aking a tele-c cope from the
of h
way, he spranG into the m;4zen- mast
shrouds and went up easily ana swiftly
till he stood on the torgal ant yard.
with one arm thrown ligh ly around the
stay.
There was soft, warm breeze blow
Ing from the south. 1t scarcely III lied
the surface of the sea, lut it filled the
upper sails on The taperins masts, caus-
Ing the stately vessel to glide wi h a
wonderfully gra ,eful motion as if pro.
pellei by some invisible power.
Well, d. yton, called Up the Cap
tain. who was now stand ng imratiently
by the man at the wheel; what is ehej"
"A war ship, sir, replied the young
Her fag?'
She fiji S none. Every stitch OF can
vas is spread, and she comes from the
south
And is mailing FOR Montauk?"
"Yes, SIR"
That is very strange" mutterod tho
Captain.
he took turn on the cuarter-dcck,
.nen picking up tele cope he looked in
the direction OF the stranger now wish
BILE to the unaidcd eye as a white sre k
on the Tar OF horizon, VIII ere the blue
SKY and the blue ocean II ct.
After an eager survey of some min
utes the Captain call ID out to Lieuten-
ant Dayton again:
ley" 0''i0 o"'
Yes, sir, was tho response.
"Where?"
Last year, in New York" The Lieu
tenant looked again at the stranger
ana added, with some excitement. And
tnat Is the Adventure Galley or her
AN right, Mr.. layton" said the
captain. Como down "
Inc young officer descended with n
speed that to n landsman would have
seemed downright reckle -snHss.
DuI there were no landsmen on the
Sea Hawk VA
Her crew, one hundred and thirty in
G SumDer, We're all in the prime Of life.
oa."art, bearded and hronzed, yet as
spection, Avn
The uniformity of their dress would
nave told the stranger that they were
not mere sailors. But even tho I'M
practlced eye could see this was not n
merchant ship.
. nNery pin was polished; every brass
".'lcle shone like mirror; every rope
a' Iiut ana IN place. The decks were
,s,.' rieah and white rs a good house.
Mhe Kitchen floor, and such parts as
we're we're painted looked as II they had lust
oeen under the brush.
ABOUT the masts, in well-oiled racks.
we're we're boarding pixies ranged ready 20
n nanu and beneath them, with gram
a an;1s hooks attached, were neatly
,o En either side there were ten port
no o,ts' through which-now that the
ioot,d were ofen-twenty gre It guns !
d,r but these formidable weapons were
sn,iaa ,lu py long brass swivel gun
nar,;aip' whith must have been the
posed s.. pet OF The sailors, for it's ex-
g.! briefly, the Sea Hawk was cruiser
na o,o NJ OUT under the directions of Colo.
oi nichard Living tone then in com.
-and VI inc New DIRK Colon al militia |
who au - intended to destroy TIE pirates,
naioh =. mat tin @ were plundcring tho |
mara, puiih3 seas, and even making
inI h "uiihs expedi'ions into the peace.
T uays aud harbors- on the coast.
sto,w years p'ior to tie date of our
siony' colon Livingstone had commits |
the thee oa captain William Kidd to protect
pr,o CONNER Of the Coloni 8 from
away' % nat as that gentleman sailed
genSra ana NV, was never seen again, the |
E idSral belief was that Captain William
storm "au gone to the bottom in some |
have ,, or, still moro sad, may have
was sent Gu. a victim TO the pirates he
tons on n.ag Was certain, the depreda-
"a On the seas still continued, and. |
ftte1 o"nse iuence. III, Sea Hawk was |
mar out AMI pia OF under the com. |
tain tna o Of the gallant young sailor. Can
Lon Lon Halrh beuham, OF Sag Harbor.
az mat tln0 Na,v-