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

with a fiendish sort Of glce, as though
revellng by anticipation in some aWful
revenge. Presently he seized his oal
and scuiled hastily up the channel.
Leaving strict watch on deck, re.
tired to the cabin and joined my wife
at the supper table, where we INDUCED
in hearty laugh over what had hap
pened. rs- ".
I was just finishing good cigar
when the face of joe, the Frenchman
appeared suddenly in the skylight.
Captain! Captainr' he yelled ex-
citedly, "come up to de deck! yite!
Quick! quick. De Chinois-de manda-
rims are coming" zE~ ,E.;tS
Rushing on deck beheld two big
war junks sailing out from an ambus,
cade formed by a projecting point of
land little way up the channel ahead
of us. >
''Up anchor, there, Joe!' shouted,
taking in our chances at a glance.
''Clap the sails on her, Hawkins. We
must run for it. That Internal pilot is
at the bottom of this!" -.
While my orders We're being carried
out the ti-mungs bore rapidly down
upon us. Seeing that we We're liable
w SSNtAES, IuCy SCfcIdA dt
us. one OF which came crashing through
our topsails.
We replied to this with a broadside,
which swept the deck of the foremost
junk, and must have killed q dozen Of
her crew.
How long our men seemed lifting
that anchor. On came the two war
junks, their pro,ys showing huge, hide
Gus carven faces, with great goggling
eyes, gongs beating snd crews yelling,
as though they expected to terrify US
by their horrible, din. At the mast
heads Of both were stationed men with
"stinkpot'' grenadcs, ready, when they
came close enough, to cast the suffocat-
ing things down upon our deck.
Beside me stood my plucky little
wife, carrying in Ter hand a light rifle
which had given her and taught her
how to use.
."Se-she" said I, 'pick those fellows
OFT the masts, yonder."
= Without a moments hesitation she
fired, and sent one of them hurling to
the deck below. + = :
"Bravo! Well done!' cried, patting
her ON the shoulder. ''Here, Ton, aud
Joe, do you the same to every steers
man they send to their Wheels"
Having given this order, ran tosthe
forccastle gun and trained it upon the
foremost of our enemies. Waiting pa
tiently until she was within about 100
yards, l let drive. The double charge
of grape and cannister r;,ked her fore
and aft, and by the cries g nd confusion
that enSued, must have created terri
BILE havoc. '@~
Then, leayiag the gun to the crew to
reload, rushed aft to the long eight
cen, and as the Marie's sails filled and
she came around, I blazed away at
war junk No. 2, which was making for
our qua .s,ss.s
Now came tile inperialists' t71rr, and
as they brought their ti-mungs broad
side, in order to rake us, made all
hands lie fiat on deck to avoid the COM
ing fire. Presently their two ten-gun
broadsides roared almost. simultane-
ously;; but, being poorly aimed, their
shot flew mostly over our heads, whist
ling through the ropes and tore huge
rerts in our sails
Scarcely had the last shot WhiZzed
and hurtled through our rigging when
my men were on their feet, and with a
loud shout of defiance, we let drive our
port broadside. Then, spinning our
vessel around, we poured the contents
OF our starboard guns into the other
war junk. The effect must have been
dreadful, for we could see great gaps
cut among the numbers crowding their
decks, while the splinters flew from the
hulworks in clouds.