The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-15

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= - ~ - on the sloop, and pick.
Ing up telescope; knelt down and
ssAt Last u he exclaimed, addressing
another stApt, ed:raced man alongside
OF him, clothed in d plain sleeved
waistcoat and an old pair of Yelling
ton boots. There they are, Perreni
and about time, tool A pretty long
job of waiting this has been, Ger.
tainly!"
The other man took the glass. di.
rected it, and stared long and keenly
through th6 lenses.
Yes" said he, 'there they are,
right enough"
The object ut which he pointed the
telescope was mere black speck as
| yet in the thin blue haze upon tho sea
under tho land. But she developed
her bulk apace as sbe came along,
urged by a number ofhong oars which
rose and fell at her sid IS like hairs of
gold.
She was . low, lo1 black. hulled
schooner, unquestionsly ~ the indenti-
cal piccsr"on which Ad excited the
wratsd su'aptsin Rog4ks. She showed
'n-o.., a'and her sail were furled, for
the weak draft of winH;that now blew
WAS right in her tel as she came
ncHding direct ior :nvfsioop.
The two stout, red-fkced men walked
the deck together, and seemed to give
no heed to the app pproaching craft.
They were tho only .persons visible,
and might, for the matter of that,
have formed the entire crew of the
little vessel. The schooner drew along
side, and when she WIS within half
| dozen cables length some twenty or
thirty men came tumbling mp out of
her main hatch, aud in trico her
decks were full of people
Beauties they werel Never had the
eye rested upon choicer assemblege
of scoundrels. They were black, white
and yellow; chocolate colorcd Spani-
ards, renegade Englishmen tawny " ith
fierce usage Of the sqn, draped in rs
many costumes rs there were men-in
red and blue and whi3 3e shirts, in col
orcd breeches, in grass hats, with
sashos round their waists, deadly
weapons strapped t6Ntneir hips and the
butt-end of pistols CLEANING on their
| breasts.
In perfect silence, kithout the pre-
liminary courtesy of 81 much as a hair,
the schooner approa} a}hed. The mo-
signs by tall, sooxling desperate
who stood near the main rigging. The
long sweeps were tossed inboards, the
helm put down and the vessel, in tragic
stiffness, RANGED alongside the sloop.
Then the huslGes b1oken by the tall
! rntfan shouting fdeks 20 lash the two
vessels together.
At this instant til, tstout, red faced
man, who was indeed no less person
age than our friend, tCaptain Rogers,
put whistle to his lips and blew shril-
ly. Both men then }shipped- off their
clothes to their shirt!As5Ses Nj sprang
for couple of outlasses concealed be-
| hind the mast.
In breath, in response to the sum-
mons of the whistle, o whole mass of
powerful men came pouring out of tho
hatch of the sloop. They were armed
! to the teeth, and as they rushed up
they delivered one of those vast, hur-
ricane "hurrahs" which, as delivered
by British throats, have been known
again and again to paralyze the enemy.
snow, my friends" roared Captain
Rogers, snow we have them Total
submission or no quarter -
The fine old fellow ,sprang for tho
rail AMI was followed by the mass of
men, all of them captains and mates
OF merchantmen, except some half
dozen able seaman.
Never was there deadlier, more
heroic boarding rush. 1t was an affair
of about five minutes only Howls
and yolls, cuts and thrusts, the CLEAN
of brandished steel, the cracking of
pistols, followed by some dozen of the
miscrcnnts jumping overheard. while
the rest wore driven, bleeding and
shrlcking for mercy, down the hatch.
There are aged men who still talk
OF this memorable capture. BY three
o'clock i'll the afternoon the little
sloop and her prize the schooner had
iloated safely through tho narrow pas.
| sage and entered the harbor of Savanna
In Mar where, their arrival being con.
iid"ntly expected and eagerly awaited,
they were received by thundcrous
salvos from the guns of the numerous
merchantmen.
Seven Of tho captured pirates, the
most desperate cutthroats OF the gang,
were gibheted along the coast and
dangled in chains for many a long
month afterward. The rest were vari-
ously disposed of. Youths Compan-
ion.