The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-03-19
CAP'N DICKEY'S CAPTIVES.
How Ills Crow Of Cripples Recov-
cred in a Night


The only words that Capt. John
Dickey, of the Bristol schooner Hes
.er, had understood we're ''cinq hon.
mes"
"Fise on EN-" he muttered. That's
odds for the frog-eaters."
And in the depths of his gloom he
fell to cutting off pipeful of tobacc
Truly, Capt. John couldn't be yer
sanGu.ne. lie had sailed from Boston
several days before, bound for Bris
ted town, or ancient Pemaquid, wit
Il general cargo for the storrl;eereI
of the settlement, and alas! Frenc
priyatcersman had oyerhauied h.Ia
away of the mouth of the Kenncbcc
The Hester had fled, but her 1!gh,
was about as nimble as the scut.lini
away OF an old hen laundering througA
= baIryartl to escape a toFmcntirg dog
The Hester was all right for conveying
ram, mulasses, and other nccpzsaries-
broad of beam and tight OF scam. Bu
SHE couldn't run away. Her b.Int nos,
bumped against the waves, her heavi
sides smashed clumsily down upon ~ E.
Drumming swell. Tie tough old b'r
spread all sail and bowlcd along, Tx,
a Grahml, scudding before the vino
with tai spread, but up came Tie pri-
.aateeersman, his frisl<y nose dipping
Lis clean sides flashing back the Glnt
of the wave, and the spume whizzing
through the lee braces.
"Schoonaire, aho:!" shouted l;ttl'
7nan from over the taffrail, his knurly
ed nose cleaning from under his ca
The pursucr had edged up on the lie,
ter's quarter, and Capt. D:ckey and h
amen were surlily eying the SINAI
craft.
''What do rou want?' roared bnc
the captain, hoarsely, just as thong
NE didn't know all too well.
The man with the knurly red nos
screamed back:
"IIeaf to; stand by for bot!"
Capt. Dickey didn't haul around a.
once. however. He turned to Mate
Constant Judl.ins.
"s'pose we've got TO, JUDI he RI
marked. Cloomily. Course you kno'
what H. means. we re ROpDiSH'
eyes, and it's jest as well to be got
bled whole as piecemeal," remarle'
Mate .Sudkins, carefully throwing h
quid to lee.
This was wisdom. So in a momer
or SO the Hester came slapping ar
Changing and foaming arour'! into .
wind Not a moment too soon io?
privateersman's long Tom had tax
a rather determined squint at the ma I
mast of the schooner.
Then Capt. Dickey, listening a'ten
lively and with saturnine face, hear
a gobble of French, in which he a
tinruished icing hommes," and th'
alone. for he wasn't linguist.
Sank 'om," he growled; "wal' cor
along and sank ON more il you war
to-"
Constant Judkins listened to tho
eoliloquy with puzzled face.
"If I may be so quest'onlferous
arm he. asked, who's this ere Sar
Orni who is coming aboard"
The captain didn't smile. 81 heA'
~. yev in We've lingo" he eXplain''
that they're going to put iiVe
nicn Iboard us. and the Lord OF
uoo, 5 where they'll take us!'
The crew of the Hester were four
he sl.!prer, the mate-OzariaS l,odsoi
\. e.. able-bodied seaman, and Herual
.Joouith, cook and before the mast.
Now, as the captain strobe forwar'
front of the house to sec about throw e
ing over the stern ladder. he sa'
Ozarias uodson sitting on a rope co..
N tie waist, with head tied up.
. What ais your" snapped the SKIP
per. ,r,
foot ache, sir, and dum'd bad too
Ozartas evidently was more distrae'-
ed by toothache than by a prlvateers,
man. Berual Joquith. who hau hn'
the lively suspicion that the prlvateers-
-nian would pop few shots at them by
way of exercise and practice, dodseu
out Of sight into his sanctuary.
just as Capt. Dickey threw over tfe
stern ladder thought struck him.
"By ginger!" said he, and he jumper
ns though he had suddenly taken IN Il