The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25

ceived the assault the one with hand
spike. the other with top maui. light
sledge, for Yank Tate had big kindly
heart. and only threatened with his broad
ax-he could not use il on them-and they
retired with more aches and pains. and
carried one man TO his bunk. envied by
the rest, for he owned a broken leg, which
excused him from work The carpenter
''fshed'' the injured limb that night. and
gave the moody men words of counsel
and comfort: but what good might have
come from ii was nullified by the mates
looking down the forecastle hatch and
reviling them When he was gone they
chased Yank out of the forecastle.
The pile driver was constructed with
a carronade for a hammer. which they
-ulled to the top by hand and then let
go. The iron rings of the anchor stocks
served to slip over the heads of the piles
ard when the ends were sawed OFF 10 a
chalk line mark these rings were split
away to be used again. 1t was weary
work. and soul maddening torture under
the scOrching sun on a diet of salt meat
and scant vegetables. and it is small Won
der that responsibility left them. One
morning they passed the cooks body up
the hatcl. and announced that they had
punished him for negligence IN procuring
vans In answer to this the captain an
nounced that they would procure we've
tables in their own time now. or go with
out. and that the days work would con-
tinue as before. from sunrise to sunset
Any further trouble would result in the
sto3Dage of the groS. They charged on
him, d yelling. cursing mob of toll crazed
animals. who could not understand that
they were conquered. and when the smoke
of battle cleared away. four lay dead on
the deck two from bullets. two from
broken skulls. for Mr.. TN17 was an ar
fist with a hand spike and even preferred
= at close quarters to fire arms or cut
lasses. With one bullet left. Captain
Swarth did not hesitate to stop their groS
as he had promised. The work went on
and for two weeks there was no trouble.
no
in this time and. getting her the rest of
the way was comparatively easy. though
they never ceased to curse and complain
and the Cinnamon never ceased 10 Jeer
Bat ut last she lay on the beach. just
above high water mark. and when the
sDars and shears were dragged down TO
her they stopped calling themselves
horses. and talked and acted like sail
ment and could see the end of their Ia
bors. Captain Swarth rejoiced secretly
I'll the change. but did not dare COM
mead II openly-they might take II Tor
weakness. and he had but one shot left.
So the iron willed man maintained his
iron rule. marshailing them back and
forth night and morning like convicts-
which the mate averred they were born
to become The spirit of resistance was
nearly extinguisned now. but the appe-
tite for liquor was strong as ever IL is
questionable wisdom to stop sailors Srog
almost as dangerous an experiment as
stopping tobacco. They worked through
the forecastle bulkhead one night. secured
a barrel of whisky and were immovaoly
drunk when the mate called them in the
morning. As there was no way 10 pun
isl. them for this but to kill them. Cap
tain Swarth allowed them 10 sleep II
off, and then turned them out with BURST
ing heads to strike out OF the hold every
barrel on top of the cargo. As fast as
,the barrels came up, Yank Tate knocked
lin the bungs and allowed the contents 10
rur TO waste. In the judgment of all
we'll regulated pirates. this was as ilog-
zeal a proceeding as suicide, and they be-
gan to doubt the sanity of their captain
But they went to work again. The
shears were rugged and the double tackle
singled to one. while the carpenter dressed
down and tenoned the heels of the top
maStS and enlarged the hcleS in the deck
Then with tufts on the sheer tackle they
hoisted the briggs main topmast and fitted
IL where the mainmaSt of the junk had
been-in the center. The fore topmast fol-
lowed shipping near the bow. and raking
forward She'll never be anything but
a junk" said Yank. as he eyed the ny
brid. no matter how we nix her; so what
the Odds.
They rugged no bowsprit. but the fore
toomast staysail. cut down and bent 10
the forestry, made a handy san 10 DoX
her around with, and Tor sDanker tleS
rigged their own-boom. gan and ali
with a reef in it to make 1t hL Finally
sic lay complete with four square. ana
two fore and aft sails. ready to launcn az
the next high tide As this would not De
until o'clock next morning they USED
up the day hunting for any possible leaks
or weak spots in the hull. ana as the tide
-,ent out in the evening they followed
it down the beach with the ways, pinning
and greasing them.
While this was going on, Captain
Swarth and CAPTAIN Lee Kin-who had
become very good friends-held a little
confab over the quarterrai- The outcome
was that when the ways were laid the
men tired as they were. would take
tackles up the hill and hoist out the
'tweendeck the four treasure chests. drag
them down and lift them aboard the
Junk They did it. and midnight coming
as the last chest was transshicDed. they
threw themselves down like dead men
on the sand to await the time of launch
inn.
Then II was that Captain Swarth gave
way to the first weakness-the first feel-
ire of pity. He had nearly killed them
with work, but the work was done There
was not breath of wind and IL might
be dangerous TO try to pass the reef NJ
night So ne spoke kindly to them-told