The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-09-26

guns We're moyeable, while theirs were
lashed as fixtures TO the bulWarks. BY
picking off their steerslnen, therefore,
we could prevent them from getting
into the position they required to train
upon us their full batteries. Conse-
quently, we poured three broad dsides to
their one Z ..t L. .sst i. E#$ .gSSs Is
We We're now drawing rapidly away
from the ti-mungs and speeding down
the river. AS soon as we had gained
half a mile, our pu .sners gave up the
chase. Little did suspect the cum
ming course they were about to pur-
sue. = Z . -, 80 - "'','-.S . [.<S.s1 s.
At 10 O'Clock, feeling that I might
safely trust the lorcha to the hands Of
my Yankee mate, turned in for d
short nap. How long I had been sleep
ing I cannot tell, but suddenly was
aroused by violeLt shock, followed
by a volley cf firearms, the tramping
of many feet overhead, and the hide
GUS yelling of Chinese warfare. Snatch
ing up my revolver, rushed on deck,
followed by my piucky little wife,. al ##
One glance was enough. I saw at
once that we were at, the mercy Of the
imperialists. The decks were swarm-
ing with them, but still they poured
upon our deck from the cocked-up ends
of couple Of big trading junks that,
were hanging fast to u.s. one on each
side. II;
+, We were lying at anchor off the
coast, and [ knew in an instant how
our capture had taken place, for had
narrowly escaped the same trap be-
fore, but had, somehow, forgotten it.
You see, our enemies, instead Of cOn-i
tinuing the stern chase in their heavy
tl-mungs, had transferred their men to-
trading junks, leisurely sailed after us.{
and passed ahead when we cleared the
river, without exciting my mates sus-}
plcion. This done, their course was
easy. They had simply waited until
the hood tide made us anchor, had
moved right ahead, and, connecting.
themselves together by strong rope,
had dropped silently down with the
current until the rope caught across
our cable, when, Of course, the strong
tide instantly sheered them alogside.
. When I reached the@+op steD of fhe
companion ladder the glaye of the IAN
terms and torches carried by the
sWarming hoarders showed he nv tWo
mates in a desperS te hand-to-hand ndlen-
counter with the enemy. They We're
fighting furiously and endeavoringsto5
cut their way aft. AS looked, a ftah
figure crept up behind Hawkins and
raised his sword to cut the mate down.
Immediately I recognized the malic-
ious and vengeful countenance. It was
that of tile Chinau;an whom Tom had
helped over the side. His uniform
showed him to be an officer high in
command. L raised my revolver and
fired, but my shot went vide of the
mark, and the blow fell, bearing poor
Tom, fearfully wounded, to the deck.
where the mandarin nast ood over kim
and drove his sword into the poor feaaz
lows heart. "s
The Frenchman; Joe, fought like a
tiger. saw four Cinnamon fall be-
fore his whirling cutlass, but the odds
were too great, and he, too, fell, and
was quickly dispatched.
Six or eight Of my crew lay dead
upon the deck, but A-choong and the
remainder Of the men were not to be
seen. 1 supposed that they had been
killed and thrown overheard.
Presently the ugly mandarin with a
number Of his followers came running
aft to where I stood. I lifted my re-
volver, determined to shoot the wretch,
come what might, when Se-she
snatched the weapon from my hand
and hastily concealed it under her loose
jacket.
do not fight now,," she whispered, sit
is too late! Our OILY Glance is to sub