The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20
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CAPT. DICkEX'S CAPTTVEs.
How His Crew of CrippIes Recover
ed i'm a Night.
From dc lewiston Journal.


From the Lewiston Journal.
The only words that Capt. John Dickey
of the Bristol schooner Hester had under
stood were icing hommes"
Five on 'em," ne muttered. That's
odds for the frog-eaters.
And in the depths of his gloom he fell to
cutting off a pipeful of tobacco.
Truly, Capt. John couldn't be very san
guine. He had sailed from Boston several
days before bound for Bristol town, or an
Gent Pemaquid, with a general cargo for
the storekeepers of the settlement, and
alas! French privateersman had over
hauled him away off the mouth of the
kennebec. The Hester had fled but her
flight was about as nimble as the cutting
away of an old hen fioundering through a
barnyard to escape a tormenting dog. The
Hester was all right for conveying rum,
molasses. and other necessafies-broad of
beam and tight Of seam. But she couldn't
run away. Her blunt nose bumped against
the waves, her heavy sides smashed clum-
silly down upon the brimmng swell The
tough old bird spread all sail and bowled
along, like a Brahma scudding before the
wind with tail spread. but up came the
privateersman, his frisky nose dipping
his clean sides flashing back the CLINT of
the wave, and the spume whizzing through
the lee braces.
'Schoonaire, ahoin' shouted little man
from over the taffrail his knurly, red nose
cleaning from under his cap. The pur-
suer'had edged up on the Hesters quarter,
and Capt. Dickey and his men were surlily
cycling the small craft.
rWhat do you want?" roared back the
captain, hoarsely, Just as though he didn't
know all too well. y
The man with the knurly red nose
screamed back:
"Heaf to: stand by for bot'!"
Capt Dielxey didn't haul around at once,
however. He turned to Mate Constant
Judkins.
'S'pose we've got to, JUDI he remark
ed, goomily. Course you know what it
means. We're gobbled."
Eyes, aud it's jest as well to be COB
bled whole as piecemeal," remarked Mate
Judkins, carefully throwing his quid to
lee.
This was wisdom, So in a moment or
so the Hester came slapping and changing
and foaming around into the wind. Not
a moment too soon. for the privateers-
mans long Tom had taken a rather de-
termined squint at the mainmast of the
schooner.
Then Capt. Dickey, listening attentively
and with saturnine face, heard a gobble
of French, in which he distinguished
ClnQ anu LlldL dlOtles lOF he
wasn't linguist.
Sank 'om," he growled; wal, come
along and sank ON more IL you want to-
Constant Judklns listened to the solil-
oquy with puzzled face.
IF l should be so questioniferous,
Cap'n," he asked, who's this ere Sank
Orm who is coming aboardY'
The captain didn't smile. Il heard EN-
say in We've lingo he explained, that
ra frofpcr m puf five priza men 81 b0ar d
us. and the Lord only knows where they'll
take us."
The crew of the Hester were four-the
skipper, the mate, ozarias Hodson, A. b.,
able-bodied seaman. and BURIAL Joquith,
cook and before the mast.
Now as the captain STROBE forward
front of the house to see about throwing
over the stern ladder, he saw Ozarias
Hodson sitting on rope coil in the waist,
with head tied up.
"What a!ls your snapped the skipper.
"Tootache, sir, and dumd bad, too!'
Ozarias was evidently more distracted
by toothache than by prlvateersman.
Berual Joauith, who had had the lively
suspicion that the privateersman would
pop few shots at them by way Of exer-
else and practice, had lodged out Of sight
into his sanctuary.
Just as Capt. Dlckey threw over the
stern ladder thought struck him.
by gngerp said he, and he jumped
as though he had suddenly taken in a
mouthful of that condiment.
He threw a hasty look over the side
The priyateersman was just getting its
long boat in the water with the sank
oms" and their sea chests.
"Jud." he called back to the mate
make fast the wheel and dodge down
here Into the waist under the lee OF
the bulwark."
JudlSins looked surprised. but he did So
Come along below" commanded the
skipper, spuf both men followed him
Down IN his bunk they found the cook
Boys" said the captain. There aln't
time to go into long explanations, but
! want you 20 know right now that you're
all Ia awful bad shape, and I'm the