The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-18

catch the B'llndy with any such dull
wagon as the Alleyhaybad, if that's
her name; and bad enough, too. she
is in point of sailing"
A half hours trial satisfied the Eng
lish captain that the chase was use
less, and he gave the order to abandon
it and go back for the whales. Both
of them were secured, an1 the ship
hove to for cutting in; while our dear
old Belinda was, before suudown, hull
down in the eastern horizon.
Meanwhile, AbsaIom, who could not
seem at all to understand the status
of prisoner of war, continued to
taunt and aggravate Captain Sinclair
not scrupling to address him to his
face as pirate and murderer, and
threatening all sorts CT vengeance if
chance should ever offer for him to
pay off the old score. Sinclair at last
irritated beyond all endurance, order
ed that he should be put in irons and
confined below
You haven't got men enough to
put me in irons," said Mr.. Hussey de
tiantiy.
well see about that" returned the
other, foaming at the mouth with rage
and calling his mates and half dozen
of the crew. They succeeded, after
hard stauggIe, in executing his orders.
Absalom knocked one after another
sprawllng, and would really have re-
manned master of the field but for be
ing stunned by the blow of a capstan
bar, welded by Captain Sinclair him
self He was ironed, and carried down
into the cabin, cursing all his foes for
a pack of towards, and demanding,
with bitter sneers, if this was their
boasted fair play.
He was kept in the cabin, under the
Immediate eye of the captain, but was
allowed to come up and walk the
quarterback at will, though always
with his irons on. A place was assign
ed to me in the half deck. or steerege,
where messed with the petty officers;
and, having laid ont line of tactics
opposite to that of my superior, the
Englishman and l got on amazingly
well together. l was quiet and cheer.
full, showing a disposition to make the
best l could of the circumstance;
course of proceedings which recon.
mended in vain to Mr. Hussey, who
assured that he would never knuckie
to any John Boil, and that he meant
to be defiant to the very last The
remaining four men of our crew were
quartered among the English seamen
in the fOrecastle, and our boat had
been boisted up on the starboardbow,
where the ship carried spare davits
for such a purpose. We learned that
the Allahabad carried, as her full
complement, forty men all told; but,
as she had taken and manned two pri-
zes, the number was reduced to TWEEN
ty-eiSht. The prizes had been sent
to Guavaquil, where few pieces of
gold would blind The eyes of the
Spanish officials, and make them wink
at violations OF neutrality, as we'll as
at many other things not strictly reg
ular.
l asked my messmates in the steer.
age why the captain wished to detain
us, as we were only eating up his pro-
vision; and why he did not get rid of
us by sending us ashore at one of the
Galapagos Islands. But l was inform
ed that the shi p would probably soon
go to the coast, and make a port eth
er atGuayaxuil or Callao. That it
was expected the Phebe frigate, and
perhaps other British men-of-war
would be there land that as seaman
were scarce. and His Majesty's wood
walls must be manned, not even A
merican projections, supposing we
had them with us, would be allowed
10 stand in the way. Indeed, Captain
Sinclair might expect to get some
thing in the way of head money for
six good men who had no such pa
pers to show; and certainly so rare
physical specimen as Absalom Hussey
would fetch double price in tnat great
human market. the British navy.
/ did not fail to report all TINS to
AbsalCm himself, who swore that the
British navy should never have his
services; and even threw out threats
that the pirate "Alleyhas- BAD would
come to a bad end, and would never
drop her anchor in Guayaquil, or any
other part OF the Spanish main, though
what hidden meaning there might be
IN these threats, could not then for
my life imagine.
As the two whales taken or stolen
by the Englishman from the Belinda
would make about a hundred and
twenty barrels of oil, the trying out
occupied some time. and all Of us, ex-
cept our own officer. took some part
In the work, lending hand here and
there, for the sake of doing somethsng
for it was very hard work to do abso-
lutely nothing. But Absalom spent
great part of the time walking the