The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-12-19

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decks NH il
they Ind ilp 'lt odn M to ths'
boats. IN eir psirc we're
already ~ tea Tia n they heard tho
ca riaijl ssvbict i sa aarl lor, and away
he aac sere raised tho
yessels round tu n 81 lis filled, and Sc
splided ava he negroes having their
terror removed toald, their tale. and tie
bows 81. the plant ers, boats were turned
! towards the schooner hi i, .sas II.
..They called. Justify, but she was fast
passing out the mouth Of the river, and
man with y long black beard was
standing at the vessels stern, waving
them good by with his HIATT was
doubtless Angus Bruce, alias William
Niles. alias Black Beard. ss.:t e. s IS
The negroes have all been returned
to their masters, and the governor Of
Georgia has joined with the governor of
South Carolina il offering g reward for
the apprehension OF this daring blc-.
cancer, murderer and Pillager; thus the
amount Offered for Angus Bruce, dead
or alive, by these two states is $4,000:
On the morning when the Charleston
News contained this article there lay
anchored in a location from which she
was neither visible from sea nor main
land, q two-mast schooner; the location
was an estuary that entered the side of
Smiths island, about midway OF its
length, and extended some three miles,
or half way through the island.
This island is located near the mouth
of the Cape Fear river, and about ten
miles from Smithville.
At that date it was Is miles in length,
and from one to six, miles in breadth.
Its surface near the coast was low and
flat, with a gradually elevating tend
encv. until near the head of the estuary,
where it terminated in rugged, broken
surface of rocky lodges, alternating
from so feet below to 300 feet above
the oceans level. ti2s&
The seams that cut through this
rough formation to the depths below
were filled with brine. while the rugged
sides of the steep ascent were covered
with stunted cee1ars and pines, and n,im-
hers of gouts. a pair of which were
placed on the island by Uncle Billie
Smith. for whom both Smithville and
the island were named many years be-
fore.
In this estuary. and at it's head, in
thirty feet of water lay the schooner;
half a dozen men were painting her
sides from suspended planks.
The name had already been painted
over.
The men were working and singing
as unconcernedly as though they. did
not know that reward of fifty thou
sand dollars had. been offered for the
apprehension Of their captain, and GER
tainly as if they did not know that their
own lives were forfeit.
"Sa,n.', said one. of the men. "did YOU
hear the captain say where next
away PSI 8
..No, Joe, didn't hear him say, but
no matter what he says or where he
says it, it's for us to obey. We've made
some good hauls in the past month. . 4.
"Great! man. great! But NV notion
10 they're pettin0 after MS mighty
thick: if T was the captain. I'm blowed
If I don't believe I'd quit this here
coast" 4-s3
"'Eh amt got ready vet, Sam. 'Eh
aez tibet 'eh as an important lob here,
before he quits this coast. But there's
the dinner horn. Come, lads!"
All ;dronned their brushes. but. in
stead of proceeding. to the cooks gal
lev. they scrambled ashore and fol-
lowed a ledge of rock around to the
s,,,thward some three hundred feet.
where they suddenly seemed to con-
front an inpassable barrier, in the
shape of an almost perpendicular front
of a rocky surface before them. One Of
the men took whistle from his pocket
and blew two blasts. In front Of them
and outward swung slab of rock, some
six feet square. and they entered the APP
erture.
The slab closed. too, and left them
in darkness. but in front of them, and
hut a few feet away. CLEANED the light
of a lantern. They followed it, as IL
receded some sixty feet. when it's
beaver sounded another blast on his
whistle. n .5
Another door swung open, and they
assembled three steps and stood within
a..4 I, 3.