The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-03

mosquitoes and gnats, and other insects
that thrive in myriads in the moist Alaska
summer, were enough to make life a hor-
rible agony for man who was sound and
could make some show OF a fight 1t was
almost week before his comrades reach
ed him, but when they did they found the
wounded man pluckily sticking to his
work. They got him aboard the schooner
and took him back to their camp on the
beach. The schooner was hauled out
again and thoroughly caulked, and then set
out for Una.aka. Two weeks after he was
hurt the pirate was landed at Unalaska.
That day his leg was amputated. In the
fall he was d Juneau stumping around on a
crutch, apparently as strong as ever. But
he got pneumonia and died.
Capt. Hooper. who has had command OF
the revenue cutter fleet in Alaskan waters
this summer, has had some curious expe-
riences with the seal pirates. He is a
quiet man, who hasn't much to say usually.
but what he does say is always directly 10
the point. He wears very heavy glasses
that effectually conceal the expression OF
his eyes, so that his face as seldom be-
trays his real thought as his words do
Capt. Hooper put into a little unfrequented
harbor out near Kadiak on one occasion
with the Bear, and had hardly let go his
anchor before there came alongside a boat
from a little schooner that was lying in the
schooner was pirate had been strengthen
cd by the hurry and hustle that began on
board her as soon as the Bear came into
the harbor. She evidently was anxious to
get away as far and as quickly as possible.
1t seemed to Capt Hooper that the
schooner's boat had hardly got alongside
when man scrambled on the deck of the
Bear and announced himself as the
achooner's captain come to pay his re-
spects 10 Capt. Hooper.
How do you do. Capt. Hooper," he
exclaimed, with a nervous smile on his
face. I'm very glad to see you. / was
Just going out when / saw your smoke.
and as l knew you were expected here
thought I'd wait and pay you my respects.
I'm going over TO the westward, and am
all ready to get out
Capt. Hooper wasn't expected there at
that time, and the pirate was just taking
a chance. That he took 1t made Capt.
Hooper all the more sure Of his charac-
ter. So he merely said:
We'll the quicker you start the quicker
you'll get away"
The man was considerably surprised, 30
much SO that he went on his lingo again,
and wound up with;
And I'm Just ready to get out"
And as ] said" replied Capt Hooper,
"the quicker you start the quicker you'll
ger away"
schooner and put to sea as quickly as he
could, heading apparently to the west
ward. That night the Bear steamed en-
TO the eastward. When she put In an
other harbor the next afternoon 200 miles
or more east of where she had stopped
the day before, the first thing Capt.
Hooper saw was the pirate schooner whose
captain had been so anxious to get start
ed for the westward. The schooner's
captain saw the Bear, too, and he thought
he was in for 1t. He got out his boat and
set out again to see Capt. Hooper. The
revenue cutter officer said afterward that
when the pirate came aboard the sar he
for the first time IN his life saw one OF
those men clustered. The pirate fidgeted
a bit, and then evidently made up his
mind to put a bold front on the natter
lie walked straight UP to Capt. Hooper
with hand extended and said very frankly:
Capt. Hooper l suppose you think I
am the dampedest liar IN the world"
mo-" answered Capt Hooper promptly.
you might stack up in the states, but
not in Alaska"
And after all there wasn't any ground
on which the pirate could be seized.