Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

terribly. by the God of nations" he
said. ARE we living in the days of Capt.
Kidd, or in the nineteenth century,
I'D come to ii | were YOU" said his
mate. That fellow will hull us pres
emily We never can catch him."
Come to-" exclaimed the sturdy
you think English steamer goes down
on hSr marrow bones to every tramp she
III eetS?"
The vessel was now racing through the
water at an increased speed and the ac-
ton of the engines made an audible throb.
There was intense excitement among
the passengers. many of whom We're call
ing up 10 the captain to stop the vessel.
He looked over the brass rail of the
bridge at them with indignant contempt.
AS he did SO one man pulled pistol and
shouted: Look here, we DON'T want to be
sent to the bottom on account of your
ID gold. Stop her where she is. We
can defend ourselves at close quarters,
but We don't want TO be sunk
To the captains bitter Amusement twenty
other passengers shouted: AYE, aye, shut
eff your steam.
Even then some horrible suspicion of the
truth must have flashed upon tbs wretched
otfCer's Eiind as he looked down upon this
group. ne caught the rail a moment with
Do,h hands. then wheeled round and. fold
ing his arms. said to his companion ON the
bridge:
stop herr
As if in anticipation of this the San
Pedro had slackened speed and was now
blowing a white cloud Of steam. For ten
minutes everybody on the Corinthian
watched the vessels approach each other,
and, when they were less than n thousand
feet apart. every one could see the line Of
heads along he smaller vessels taffrail.
The sea was unusually calm and CLASSY,
and presently a boat manned by six men
put OF from the San Pedro.
When the young man who represented
the pirate had reached the deck of the Cor
inthlan he found himself facing crowi Of
n m
and anxiety. He was dressed in d blue
shirt aid common duck trousers and
elazed cap; in mis- belt he carried regula-
ton navy revolver. He saluted the captain
politely ana said. in 4 pleasant voice.
Il am instructed, Sir, TO ask you TO order
your people below. We will come along
side and remove your specie. No harm will
be done and no indignity offered to Your
crew or passengers
''D-n your impudence, SIR retorted
Capt. Jamison. I've great mind to chuck
you into the sea myself. Go back ami tell
your Duccaneer that British captain sinks
with his ship and cargo. he doesn't hand
them over TO the first cowar6ly rascal ne
meets"
As you please. SIR" the young man re-
piled. 1T would be cruel necessity to
ser this vessel and it's people to the bot
IoIn.'
l. turned to go to his boat after making
another salute and one of the passengers
again interfeTed.
We object to the arrangement" he
said. and are not going to be murdered
on the high seas to save your gold"
NhereUpOn twenty other passengers
armed with revolverS stepped out AID re-
peatei: Aye, aye. Take the gold but we
want to reach our destination"
The upshot was that the captain and his
officers We're locked in the cabin, the pas
sengers ordered below, and the San Pedro
iashed alongside. 1t took seyenty-five men
two hours and a half to transfer the gold
from one vessel to the other, and sharp
lookout was kept for approaching steam
ships When the task accomplished,
the engineers were ordered on deck and
three of the Pedro's crew went below and
effectually disabled the machinery of the
Corinthian- This took another hour
The last thing the pirates saw was the
white hair OF Capt. Jamison blowing in the
wind that had sprung up from the north
east, as he shook his fist at them. And the
last words they heard were: I'll hang
every dog of you before / die"