The Irish standard., 1896-12-12

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a, no Isl
should brins 81. iris M ket $4oo iliF
II q cargo ~
aboard yby a. present crew, 81 :asEa
pee that heve good q
you shi the slss
ssS tsss33an otningo; at SANTANA bay. Sonnsss
4 we're foolish and cajoled al,oa sdallss
D NOR hed aboard ct the nuzxle Ut our
If gn1as no children, no women,
u Eood, q strong men. shall sell the nl,Y
ont Eto,morrow, and then be read <5rsS
new sventures. If there bet haul
\ make here, well and good, We Il Inakeitss 1
hen open the prison doors and sta ls1
our two birds out, and skip to other
fields. :, q 5st3. I'll s
e: 4. ..To San Domingo? p rs HI n ssN
5, mo, not there; after losing 40 mem We. II
they will be on the outlook. "a
''Why mot draw the cash from t1leSs
bank at Charleston?" ii III
B. ,.,sWell, you understand how that must
be worked; stay ashore and get al ttle'i i
points, and when I've cold the cargo.
we will not lose time; but place toty
rendezvous the men On fsfore, where5S
they will; be ready for action, u first toss
be thought Of" fss.&ss 81
Rendezvous, that's q big word forl
rue, Cap" 5s3|#
u! "Why,. place where the mem caa 'Ell
come ashore at night and be unot.|
served =. 3 ~ "a VI
ooh, T have it; when your cargus
out, up anchor, and on g rising tdde,,iis
drop up. the river about half q mile, and
you'll ba abreast an old deserted plan-l
ing-mill;. there you can land the men
aud they will not be seen for hsurs. '' Il. 81
Y: ..Good, Bill, good; and.nov a. bumper
and coed night. I'll have my cargols
around at ,the. slave market ct nine.
o'clock tomorrow. Come round and
you'll SEQ .aomoAgoossstoeax, and B1aclI
Beard hurried back toatho wharf, and
placing a., small silver whistle to hiA
lips gave three sharp Blasts. As.he did
so he observedIsqmet hifg moving on
the ,whaf a.few'fAetstp his right. .sHe
stepped towards the object. ISwastvo
negroes seated on the dock shhng- -hs
asept his ego on thamEuntit sttll16 yawl
drew up to the wharf. a
..Herel Herel you two black snpens
get aboardi quickL be lixaly uegt! ''s,s,' Il
What fer, massa; what yougwine dn
wild we?'' =. "''e'+ $50 4 ~' Il
"Do with you? Why, take you 70 tree
dom; come, be quick" [
4 sis you, sho' ninff, maSta .
"5ure!s yes, certain; what else do 3
want Of you? Qpickl be qpicll orr
you'll be too late \.
/; The two darkies descended into the
Z boat, and ten minutes later they were
safely locked in the hold Of the Ranger
with the 4OSan Domingo negroes, whose
lingo they could not understand, while
Black Beard, who, il not enjoying the
sleep Of the just, was sleeping soundly,
=, The next morning all was bustls on
board the Ranger; the two yawls were
lowered into the river and the hatch
was lifted from the deck. Next the
natives Of San Domingo, who had been
plentifully supplied with fruit. food
and rum ON their voyage, were one by
one marched on deck, given parting
swig Of rum and loadAd into the yawls,
: where they were handcuffed two and
two together. Half OF the crew had been
landed to receive them, and three trips
Of the yawl landed the 40. N
+ Only the two negroes picked up on
the wharf the night before were now
in the hold of the Ranger, and to them
the mate gave bottle OF rum and lows
cred a basket of the oranges, bananas
and cocoanuts with which the vessel
twas loaded f. FL
a AT the captain'swill the Ranger could
easily appear merely fruiter. "A
The negroes ashore were speedily
marched TO the slave pen, and at IL
into cash, and something over $50, 600 4
had been realized from the sole. q
I. As Black Beard presented his checks
to the Bank of Charleston, he ~,
+ anarked:
{. II will reduce your ready cash scme1
what" #l
The cashier smiled, as be said:s':Nots
much, 3captnin." siS
Black Beard thought: Good, then
I will tonight" n.
I That evening the schooner psssed M
opposite: the planning mill, and that;
night tho entire crew, with the.exoepss.
!, tion Of ave men, were sitting on, benchea
andSframework In the old mill. Ddudai Il
Batson and Bill Watts we're there.
..Just 20 men, said Black Beara!.ls q
Now, mate, you take nine men; give !,
each man half dozen Of the DIRTY
oranges ia that bag, let each man = ~
a different street, and when you meet
likely niger, hire him to 30 aboard g. tEsS
and wipe oranges. You are bont.d III
meet some; remember each one 8, froruIsSS
$500 to 81 1000; take neither boys nor
women; promise them 50 cents athotl-ys;
lIsand, or. 50 cents a hundred, for that
matter, and get all you can. Put theii,sI
below as fast as you get them ahoar6
but don't carry too many, aboard XII
once. Now, go, but singl one 4 II lga
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