The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-24

well, you and 7 have near eight thou
SAND apiece an I'M be nearer ten when
we quit. That's more than we'd make in
m year al cattle punching"
BUT o. 8 such mean stuL- Earrings and
watches are an right. but il won't be so
Melt down The. solid and" here the
Speakers walked away, and left me won
cering, but still unsuspecting.
On the NTH day out j was apprised by
the DAstle around me that something or
unusual Interest was transpiring- To my
great surprise ! noted that spaTs and
ropes were scattered around the deck In
seeming confusion. that the smOkestack
was partly taken down, that the boats
We're swung inboard and hidden under tar
pauuns, and that the English flag was
fastened 20 the main shrOuds union down.
Ihis, or course. I knew was signal that
the snip was in distress and required as
slstance, but when I noticed thar every
man on board was equipped with two re-
volyers and a murderous looking bowie
knife, / felt sick at heart. and mist came
before my eyes.
Overpowered by fear, / kept we'll hid
den IN my packing box, but I viii briefly
narrate what happened, as overheard by
me from conversations during the next
few days
The good barl- G. b. Jones Of Broxport.
Me, bound for BuenOs Ayres to Boston,
WIN t a carso or hides and talloW' slghted
the steamer Good Fortune OF Bourne
mouth. with flag Of distress flying. AS
all the steamer boats were gone, the first
mate and four seamen took the long boat
and roWed 10 the Good Fortune, with the
humane intention of relieving the signall-
ed wants of the steamer bringing a barrel
81 @, pork ana a bag OF biscuit; 50 weak. as
II seemed, We're the crew of the steamer,
that they could scarcely lend a hand to
hoist the provisions aboard. After quite
a long delay the long boat started to re-
turn, but Capt. Jones was astonished to
see that the boat contained six others,
in addition to his own men. And as
they neared the vessel he failed to
distinguish the smiling CHEEKY face
of his first mate. Before he
could recover his presence of mind the
men clambered up the sides, as he
advanced to speak with them, the fore
most intruder drew revolver and shot
MIN through the heart. The scanty crew
eagerly threw up their hands in surren-
der but after they were bound, the cold
Dlooded monsters murdered them as we'll
as the captains Wife and child. a few
hundred dollars in the captains cabin a
few watches and a little money from the
torecastle, and some miscellaneous arti-
Giles comprised the whole plumber. and the
ship was scuttled and sunk. In due course
she was doubtless announced as overdue
and missing, as many another good ship
has been before; but what a fendish in
genuity was displayed in destroying the
ship and her entire crew, so that not one
should live to tell the tale. Some prizes
ii seemed, netted them thousands, but in
the majority of cases a dozen human lives
were sacrificed for a mere trifie.
with my brain almost unhinged by the
horror of being in the power of these de-
mons, lay long in a sort of stupor. When
came to my senses l found myself strug-
Cling in the water, with nOught between
my life and eternity but my packing box
II hoated me bravely, however, and when
the darkness mad cleared away / was
picked up by the Atlanta of the Cunard
line, and conveyed back TO New York.
Whether the Good FOrtune-lvfnp name
as she herself was a lie-sunk in collision
with a rock or iceberg, or whether she still
ranges the seas unchecked, / know not:
but drowning seems to me all too light a
punishment for the wicked deeds of its
crew.