The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-16

The wind frcshenng, we kept on at a
spanking rate for another hour, Groves
lying on the deck with his eyes just over
the tilwarks and giving orders to Daw
son and me, who kept the helm. Then
the galley, being within quarter of a
mile of MS, fired shot as n signal to us
to haul down our sail, and this having
no erect he soon after fires another,
which, striking us in the stern, sent
great splinters flying up from the bull
warks there.
Hold her helm. stiff" whispers
Groves, and then he backs cautiously in
to the cabin without rising from his
belly, for the men aboard the galley
We're now clearly distinguishable.
Presently bang goes another gun, and
the same moment, a shot taking our
mast yard or so above the deck, our
lateeu falls over upon the water with
great slap, and so are we brought to at
once
Dropping her sail, the galley sweeps
up alongside us, and casting out divers
hooks and tackle they held ready for
their purpose they grappled us securely.
My heart sank within me as perceived
the number of our enemies, 80 or 40, as
L reckon, but happily not above half a
dozen armed men, and Mohand on Mo-
hand among them with saber in his
hand, for now 1 foresaw the carnage
which must ensue when we were board
ed.
Mohand on Mohand was the first to
lay upon our deck, and behind came his
janizaries of half a score of seamen. We
four, Mr.. Goodwin holding Moll's hand
in his, stood in group betwixt Mohand
and his men, who stood behind, waiting
his orders. One Of the janizaries was
drawing his cutlass, but Mohand babe
him put it up, and making an obeisance
to Moll he told us we should suffer no
hurt if we surrendered peaceably.
'Never, you Turkish. thief" cries
Dawson, shaking his fist at him.
Mohand makes a gesture of regret, and
turning to his men tells them to take us,
but to use no weapons, since we had
none. Then, he himself leading with
his eyes fixed hungrily upon Moll, the
rest came on, and we fell back toward
the cabin.
The next instant, with wild yell of
fury, the hidden men burst out of the
cabin, and then followed scene of
butchery which l pray heaven it may
nevermore be my fate to witness.
Groves was the first to spill blood.
Leaping upon Mohand, he buried long
curved knife right up to the hilt in the
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just over the collar bone, and he fell,
the blood squirting from his mouth upon
the deck At the same time our men,
falling upon the janizaries, did most
horrid battle-nay, twas no battle, but
sheer butchery, for these men, being
taken so suddenly, had no time to draw
their weapons and could only fly to the
fore end of the boat for escape, where,
by reason of their number and the mar.
row confines of the deck, they were SC
packed and huddled together that none
could raise his hand to ward a blow
even, and SO stood, writhing, shrek
ing mass Of humanity, to be hacked ant
stabbed and ripped and out down tt
their death.
And their butchers had no mercy.
They could think only of their past
wrongs and Of satiating the thirst fol-
vengeance, which had grown to a mad
ness by previous restraint.
There's for 10 years of misery, u
cries one, driving his spike into the
heart of one. "Take that for hanging OF
my brother" screams a second, cleav.