The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05

of the cutter in the direction of the
Bristol merchsntman like parched
pea along n table.
Before the cutter had measured half
a mile the pirate was alongside anil
lashing the vessels together for board
ing, as spider revolves fly in It's
web before tyotting aloft to dine Of it
in its hole.
There was some small cracking of
blunderbusses and pistols, shouts faint
in the distance, a little lifting of white
smoke. The business was then ended,
and with true pirate celebrity the
schooner was making for the blue heap
of coast with the unhappy cutter tow
ing and rolling and flashing in her
wake.
This thieyish piece of work had been
watched with helpless wrath by Cap
tain Rogers and%his ships company,
and with no small alarm by the pas
sengers. The captain said he could
swear to the schooner; she was the
wiclzedest OF nll the piccaroon pets Of
those waters. He pronounced her
name, and his face was full of blood
with temper as he did so.
An hour later an inshore breeze
sprang up. The anchor was swiftly
catheaded to a CHEEKY chorus, and
tho Bristol trader was steered for
the narrow passage to receive a pilot
for Savanna Ia Mar.
By shutdown the ship was moored in
harbor, and everything was made snug
for the night. A considerable num-
Der of vessels happened to be assem-
blod in the port, and the picture was
one of beauty and color when, on the
sinking of the sun and to the blast Of
a heavy piece of ordnance, some score
or two of radiant streaks of bunting
descended futtering to the deck from
peak and masthead.
At s o'clock Captain Rogers went
ashore to smokea pipe in a hotel that
was much frequented in those days by
seafaring gentlemen. He entered d
hot, long room in which already Il
number OF captains, mates and such
folk were assembled. The atmosphere
was thick with tobacco smoke.
Much was made OF Rogers, as n man
newly arrived from England. One
thing leading to another, our captain
presently referred to the piccaroon
incident he had witnessed outside the
port.
''That schooner was undoubtedly
the Santa Margarita," exclaimed Il
shipmaster.
1.-The cutter was from Kingston, -
said another. Cali the owner has in
the wide world was in her. He is a
ruined man, / fear," and he fetched
the table mighty thwack with his
great fist as he heaped a variety of sea
blessings upon the pirate schooner.
''The impudence of that Santa Mar
garita," exclaimed a mate, a quiet,
sober-faced man, "goes beyond all in
ventionl She walks off with the
droghers as boy with apples out OF
a field, and stoops to such filthy mean
work as plundering the poor John
Canoes"
"She was playing just the same
FRANKS when l was last here" saio
Captain Rogers. "Has there been
nothing with pennant at it's masthead
washing about these waters of late
How is it that the epaulets are allow
ing this little cruiser to have it al
her own way?"
"The FREELY was down here on {
cruise three or four weeks ago." sale
one of the captains, "and chased the
Margarita for six hours. I'd have
thought she would have loitered til
she'd snugged the gang of cutthroati
under her own matches. "
"5he was called away to carry Ges
patches" said some one.
1.-The FireAy's not a'patch on the
Margarita in sailing" exclaimed a
shipmaster. "pm iunked if she didn'
scandalize her mainsail out of sheei
bravado when the FREELY was winkins
at her with bow-chaser a couple o
miles astern dead in her wakel"
"Thats where it is % cried Captain
Rogers. eff it was not for tn,
creased lightning of the beggar's kee
I'd offer my ship to chase her with
and take my chance OF shindY a
home for detention if l was long il
catching her. But bless me, gentle
men! There's nothing in this port
there's nothing commanded by any o
you, that's going to look at her in
breeze of wind whilst in a dead cain
why, she came buzzing out thi
afternoon from round the corner Xix,
a ten-oared galley to the thrust of he
long sweeps!
"Yet we ought to nab her, friends,
he concluded, "we ought to nab her
Her existence is u standing degrade
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