Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-21

peiy paste, half an inch thick eli over
the ship. For once death Was nefeiill
and made the sufcrinss q the Peoi
fellows Of short duration.
We watched the fiefi1s expedition VIII
sad hearta. We had i1nr our GUY
and Ind done il we'll We had draNu
the tire Of the forl' aud heid u. TO-
with terrible edeci. We had been Hlei'
hced. poubly sacrffeed in one way-as
we had expected. ard 10 another way We
bad not anticipated. We were csseTiea-
That We did not look for. 49,,
We were aftcrwari told that Neli1el
Ewora ike a pirate. AL NeIH
mother over Der dead child. When D.
was ordered % sail away ald leaTe Us
have been with Weitzel o. h0odg
fields. 1 believe the si0rg.
We LAY there FOR an hour. and then
began 10 think that We had been touDlg
deserted: not only by our fflents, blt
also by cur foes, Tor there was no lndl-
cation that they were gong - 10 any
thing further with us. ugw mat we were
embedded 10 the mud About the time
that the general 10 chief and bis hosts
LEFT for safety we had seen q steamer
20 up the bay from beyoul The lort, aua
we concluded that the garrison lad also
abandoned us.
We saw ia a few minutes a small boat
81 from the Clifton 10 tle tost, and
wondered whore the sly whaler hla
procured il and what De Wis doing. We
subsequently, learned that De seat 20 the
f0rt 20 bring on some one 30 accept his
surrender. We had no boat 10 send on
sucd an urraud; the grand "e1prdluon.
was haaieuins 20 New Orleans with them
and no Que came from the fJrt 10 honor
VI with a visit.
We waited another hour, and then We
saw a smoke coming down the bay, aud
DO a short iirue 8 uDnie=giipt craft hove
u deiii She looked ike a cotton ark,
with two long 32-p0uuiers booking out
over her broad, hat nose. and motley
crew pecping with great caution over
the tops VI her cotton b1lwarGa. On
beg pilot house was the genial legend
Uncle Ben
She ran down TO about a cable length
from rs and stopped. II was evident
that They were a litile uncertain about
rs. Some ono called out Say, 1ankdi
do you uns surrender
"1here is not much Of Ms left 20 sur
reader said Capt. johnson, but what
there Is you can have
"Nou uus won't ire on We uns " we
ms come alongside OF you uns, VII you
unsf'
mo. we won't fire on Uncle Ben"
said Reynolds. we must depend on
bin 10 get US out OF this bad fix
Uncle Ben clme very cautiously mp
alongside Of our usly-lyosiug guns with
some show Of doubt Of our sincerity,
aud made fast. The half-fHghiened lei
lows little thought how much cause they
had for serious apprehension Of our
saudiAsincss TO our PROMISES Tor we
had discussed the prOprieiy ut boarding
The craft the moment she was made fast
10 us md taking fOrciDlr possession Of
her which, undoubtedly, we could easll!
have done.
One very iulportaut fact, however, pre-
vented us from making the attempt. \
lllg Of truce WAS flying over both vessels
but Tor that Uncle Ben might haye chased
down the expeditions expedition and
frightened the htile wit thty had left out
Don't be alarmed. gentlemen said
Commodore Leon Smith, who was m
command OF Uncle Ben, you viii be back
again before morning and We with you
Your forces Eave only run down the
coast to land, aud they Will soon be upon
all Of rs.
he was probably sincere in what be
said. but we had no such faith. We knew
that our forces would never land until
they fouud some place where the dcnli'
johns could be- filled.
In half an hour we were stcnmiug uI
| the bay on the back Of Uncle Ben, and
| then learned why they had been so tarly
| Ia coming ion us. There was no one
near by 10 COME aud Uncle Ben was
compelled 10 run NJ several miles 10 81,
! biup CITY and drum up q crew and guard
for himself and had nearly drpopulated
t1r town and surrounding country by sd
| doing.
Thus We learned another good reason
why We should not have been justified
in rulely seizng Uncle Ben. Had We
done So. We would have left all the
md
! there would have been no one 90 comt
out 20 take the tine next Yankee sur
| prise party
Two hours later we arrived IN Sabin,
City where We were joined by the Of
| iicrrs and men from the Clifton, and
| also the Commander Of the fort
| fcw OF the metropolitan indies cam,
very cautiously near enough TO take peep
at the captured Yankees. and u very
uuprep1sscsslns crowd they bcheld. Ev
/ rry one OF MS was coated from head q
| feet with powder dust. oil. flour, blood
aud brains. aud they then saw what rca
/ fighting meant, and several Of them eN
| pressed their horror of Il Ia strong terms
The Commander Of The fort was q
| modest. retiring, boyish looking Irish lad
/ 10 years of age. ! could mot refrain
! from laughing In Lis face when Com
mnnder Smith Introduced him TO me q,
'lictcnNui Darling, who Is In command
| Of the fort.
Aud are Won the Shaughran." I asked
] who did all that mischofF How many
mon and guns dld yon haveE
we had four - Founders and two 81
| Founders and | have - men" was hi
reply made with q blush.
And do You realize what you havt
| douc siri' ! asked
NO he said frankly, 81 don't under
stand il at all"
"Wel. cir. you and your forty-two Of,
| mcu, IN your miserable little mud for
| in the PUSHES. have captured two Yanke,
| gurh0ats. carrying fourteen guns. a goo,
number ~ prisoners, many stands O.
small arms md plenty OF good ammuni
tion; and all chat you have done with 81,
/ popguns and two smart 'Quakrrs. An,
/ TINT is not the worst Of your h0yish trick
You have sent three Yankee cunboatI
six thousand troopa aud general out 4,
SEA in the dark You ought 10 b.
ashamed of Yourself sir
what was the matter with your fel
lows, Hnywpyy he asked. "Why did'u
| they come m and take US, as we ex
| pected they wouldT'
II am VERY sorry, sir, that Won hay,
been IN sadly disappointed; but. truly
am unable 10 inform You why Won hav
been trtated so discourtcnusly and In s.
/ emphatic q manner. Nv impression
thnt !. was owing to a sudden attack o
| inconsistencies
81 ala not intend to FIRE gun" h
said. "for thoncht that would DO folly
ga knew that | could not hold the for
ngainst such odds and wonld not sacr
. Co.. u d.