The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-12

numbers ana weapons didn't count.
There was no chance TO fire on me. except
through the lOOphOles, and ] was care
fully watching one Of those. They did
creep up 20 the other and fire five or six
shots into the room, but IL was powder
and ball thrown away
Ii was about 30 o'clock in the after
/ noon when was driven inside. Half an
hour after the wOJnding Of their leader,
they were ready to give it UP as bad
Job and return 10 their slOOp. Their small
/ boat lay directly in front of the door, and
. as they began moving toward it, l fired
/ and slightly wounded one Of the men as
| sisting the leader to get down TO the
. beach. All Of them at once hurried to
I the left 10 get out of range. II had struck
I me that if they took Wilson away they
would murder MIN. and 1 determined to
! keep them from the boat. Tn a few min
/ utes one of the gang came creeping
/ around as near my loophOle as he dared
| to demand my surrender. If ! refused
they would burn me out
[ There being no drift stuff within a mile
of US / did not worry over his threat As
| he retreated to the rear of the house to
relOin his companions, ] saw Wilson S
head rise above the gunwale Of the boat.
Seeing the coast clear he rose up, lcapCd
out of the boat aud showed her into the
| water. The tide was going out, and with
the help of the oars he was soon aboard
of the sloop. / made my way 10 the Ian
tern room to watch his movements and
when 1 saw him handling a double
barreled shotgun which he had brought
from the cabin / gave him a cheer, which
put the rascals below on the alert and re
suited in their discovery of what had oc-
CURED. The situation now presented was
curious one. | was a prisoner inside the
lighthouse, but the gang were prisoners
outside as well. Wilson had captured
both boat and sloOp, and while he could
render me no assistance he stood between
the men and escape
lcXpected TO be FREQ on when / lighted
the lantern, which was in an exposed posi-
ton, and, sure enough, they opened on me
with their rcyolverS and shaved me pretty
close three or four times. / got down
safely. however. and then had only the
door guard during the night. The fell
lows could not tell whether l had been
hit or not. and about 9 O'Clock | heard one
of them at the loOphole where l was
watching and listening. ! had a cooked
revolver close at hand and the yell which
followed the report told me that he had
been hit. What the four unwOundcd men
would do during the night | could only
guess at and be on the watch to check
mate. By 10 o'clock it was so dark ] could
not see the beach, and then two of them
as subsequently appeared went down to
capture the sloOp. 1t was a daring thing
to do, for the craft was a quarter OF
mile away the tide running strong and
the waters infested by sharks. Wilson
not only found the shotgun, but a loaded
revolver and cavalry carbine, and he
rightly reasoned that as soon as night
came the gang would attempt to retake
the slOOp. Being at anchor and swinging
with the tide, he knew that She could not
be boarded at the bows, and he took his
station there, and was on the alert when
the swimmers came on. One of them was
swept past him and out to sea, shouting
for aid, while the other was shot as soon
as he seized the forechains. l saw the
flash and heard the shot, and Wilson
afterwards waved Il lighted lantern as
signal to me that he was all right.
THE GUERRILLAs TRY CRAFT.
l, of course, could not tell how many of
the gang had gone off to the sloop and
continued watChful for any move against
the door. The two wounded men must
have suffered great deal, but the leader
was determined fellow and bound to
get revenge If nothing more. lie sent the
two unwOunded men back to the woods
for fagots and about midnight / heard
sounds which made me suspicious. OF
sudden both loophO.es were closed up by
limbs being thrust into them and the
fagots We're heaped against the door. /
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