The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-16

Junk. and must have killed dozen Of
her crew.
How long our men seemed lifting
that anchor. On came the two war
junks. their pmHs showing huge. hide
GUS carven faces. with great gogellng
eyes, gOnss beat'-f and crews yelling,
as though they - >lacted 10 terrify Us
by their horrible Gin. Al the mast
heads Of both were Stationed men with
''stinkpot" grenades. ready, when they
came close enough, 90 cast the suifocat'
ing things down upon our deck.
Beside me stood my plucky little
wife. carrying In er hand a light rifle
which had given her and taught her
how 20 use.
"se-sher' said I. "pick those fellows
on the masts, yonder."
without a moments hesitation she
fired, and sent one Of them hurting 10
the deck below
Bravo! Wen doneg' cried. pat,ins
her un the shoulder. Here. Ton aud
Joe. do you the salre 90 every steers
man they send 10 their wheels"
Having given this order. ! ran 10 the
fomcasllr gun and trained Il upon the
| Foremost % cur encmic, Waiting pa
tlently until she was within about lOO
/ yards, ! lci drive. The double charge
% grape aud canister raked her fore
aud aft. and by the cries snd confusion
that ensued. must have created terri
/ bic havoc.
Then. leaviag the gun TO the crew TO
reload. ! rushed AFT 10 the long eight
cen. and as the Marle's sails hlled and
she came around. blazed away NJ
war Junk No. ?. which was making for
our quarter.
Now came the lnperiallsts' turn. and
as they brought their ti.mungs broad.
side. IN order 20 rake Us. ! made all
hands lie fiat on deck 20 avoid the com
Ing fire. Presently their tive t.n-gun
broadsldes reared almost simultane-
ously; but, being poorly aimed. their
shot few mostly over our heads. whist.
ling through the ropes aud tore huge
rcris Ia our sails
Scarcely had the last shot whlzzed
aud hurilod through our rigging when
my men were on their feet and with q
loud shout OF defiance. we let drive ouI
port broadslde. Then. spinning Oui
vessel around. we poured the content,
OF our starboard guns into the other
war Junk. The eject must have beer
dreadful for we could see great gaps
eut among the numbers ciowdlng thell
decks. while the spllnters dew from TIC
bulw0rks IN clouds.
TIE gallant little Marie was now
gathering Roadway. aud although th'
breeze was light, she promised soon 4
take US out u close quarters with ON
purruers Her handsome mancuver
Ing must be credited 10 A-choong. who
throughout the enemy's frc. had stool
courageously nj the wheel
one great advantage We had owe
our assailants was the fact that GU
guns were movable. " bile theirs wer
dashed as fixtures to the bulwarks. Il!
picking OF their s'eersmen. therefore
we could prevent them from gettinl
into the position they required 90 trail
upon us their full batteries. Conse
qucutly. We poured three broadsides 4
their one.
We werc now drawing rapidly ava.
frUm the ti-mungs and speeding dow
the river As soon n we had galnel
half a mile. our pa Nncrs gave up ia
chase. Little dld suspect the Gun
ming course they We're about "a pni
sue.
AZ 10 o'clock. feeling that | mlgl
safely trust the lorcha 70 the hands q
my lank,e mate. ] turned Ia Cor
short nap. How long had been sleci
ing | cann)t tell. but suddenly wa
aroused by q vioici.t shock. fcll0we
b 10y volley q firearms. the tramp.n
~ many feet overhead and the hid
ous yelling OF Chinese warfare. Snatcl
lEg M my revolver. I rushed on decl
followed by my p.ucky little wife.
one glance wa1 enough. saw Z
once that we were at the merry Of n
imperlalists The decks were swarm
lng with them. but still they poare
upon our deck from the cocked-up cnt
OF a couple Of big trading iunks tia
We're hanging fast 90 rs, one on caC
side
We were lying at anchor of n
coast. and | knew Ia an instant ho
, our capture hal taken place. for ha
, narrowly escaped the same trap b
fore. but had. somehow. forgotten w..
, You see. our enemies Instead OF co
, tinulng ihe stern chase Ia their heaN
4 ti-mungs. had transferred their men
4 trading junks. lelsurely sailed after q