The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-11-09

ime, when sea rowing without a flag =,
r license had become too risky, and
therefore, fortified stronghold on the ;
md was made very essential to the
afety Of the pirate chiefs, three OF ,
he most conspicuous of those made
he bay of st. Thomas, a place they
ould easily fortify, their refuge from
he police Of the seas, and prepared to
lefend their forfeited lives and looted
.argoes These first three pirate
,hiefs constructed their warehouses
md water batteries to protect them
1t the foot of the hills along the mar
yin of the bay, subject no jurisdiction
except their own bloody code.
"To these trstcomers came shortly
Black Eric, the Dane, in his fleet
skinner Of the seas, with her piv0tcd
long a as a bow gun. He was man
much more likely to grant than to
seek favor, and so, regardless of the
frowns and threats of the three chiefs
who held the magin Of the bay, he
landed his crew and cargo and trans
ported the latter to the crown Of the
highest hill, which overtops the bay.
Up there he built his storchouscs and
a fort strong enough to protect them.
His only neighbors, the three pirate
chiefs along the margin of the bay,
made frequent incursions on the
waters they had temporarily aban-
doned to the sea police. On one Of
those periodical incursions one of the
pirates had the good fortune to capt
ure a Spanish trcasure-ship laden With
tile treasures Of the lncas of Peru and
having as passenger the lovely young
daughter of the Peruvian Viceroy, on
her way to the converts and schools
OF the motler country. In transfer
ring his beautiful captive from his
ship to his shore stronghold the pirate
tcaptor was so imprudent as to expose
her fresh young charms to his two
neighboring freebooters. With these
lawless chiefs to admire was to c0vet
and after long and vain negotiations
to win the beautiful captive peacabl!
they resorted to force, and each, b,
mutual agreement opened their bat
teries on her pOsscssOr. -
"After his works were demolished
aud his comrades all killed or wound
ed, the original captor hoisted a flag
of truce and consented to deliver his
bewitching captive to his two un-
friendly neighbors, provided they
would permit him to ship his hoardec
treasures and looted bales to some
other refuge and found another home
After the departure of the defeated
chief. the other'two, having come intt
possession OF the prize, soon founo
Joint possession unsatisfactory ano
disappointing, and after much con
tention they turned their guns against
each other, and at it they went ham
mer and tongs until they had no
enough men to load'and fire. TheI
in order to obtain a breathing spell
they mutually agreed to submit tn
casus belli to arbitration. Natural,
their choice fell on Black Eric, win
from his eyrie on the hill had been al
impartial spcctotor of the wasting
wars winch were waged at it's foot.
"Black Eric readily consented t.
act as umpire and render fair awar'
after hearing both sides, and he cam
down into the strongholds Of the bel
lligcrents with a strong body of hi
'1rctainers from the castle on the hill
Having heard with judicial dignit
and impartiality the evidence adducc
by the contending parties, he rer
dered, in substance, the followin
award:
"'Neither of you has shown a shad
! ow of right to hold in captivity tn
lovely, but unfortunate, young lady
She clearly belongs, If to anybody, t
the pirate chief who first captured tn
ship in which she was passenger
lie having been driven by you two t
!. seek another home and the time OF hl
l return to this harbor being exceed
ingly uncertain, shall hold tn
Young lady subject to his demand o
:. his return. and in the meantime Sc
TO it that she shall be properly fe
and clothed as becomes her ranl
Hcnceforth she shall have a peacef'
: and honorable home In my castle o
n the hill And the award stood III
challenged by the two contestants.
"The original captor, after the laps
! OF many months, failed to put In a
. appearance to claim the benefit Of IL
Il decision of the swarthy Danish un
u pire, and when, a year afterward,
y came back to claim the beautiful ca
:" tive, he found her the happy, willir
u wife of the colossal Dane. From tn;
!, union our family claims lineal d
:. scent"
n --------------o -
|. The late wonan's suffrage conve
d tion passed resolutions condemni'
n the following passage from the elt
I'll tjon law and asked that II be repei
a ed:
n "In order to make sure that the
II.