The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

and Capt. Sam. with his boats crew, made fyo
moro. For. these, 4 there. was TO DO troubiel
there were four old iintlocs musk"ts three pr.
hend;to:hSud 6sht~no lack OF 6arpoong -
The stranger did, indeed, look Ike a man,oi.
war, but she was acting like a pirate in sending
Sh SYss.O It W was sr agreed % that D the crew Should
hide under tho whaler's bulw9rks while the
cutter proved Sdd'' 9nfriendiy. Capt. Ezra Would
warn her off, after which, II sho wouldn't 60.
they would try what they could do;
rose and shouted, with a marked British 40
cent: ."'
"Waal; dunno as shall" drawled Cap&,
Ezra; What dye, WANT.
Give way!' said the officer TO his men, and
a few minutes later she bumpcd, up alongside
and a man in her bows, caught hold OF the main
T msg X Win al S a SSoa : n nnS,hos sh n, carried ,hGse GlEn,ssn
Better keep or tho side" said Capt. Ezra.
men stood up beside him. 1--WE don't wans
ye On board; Who DO y, a9@yheowr', .u,.,.
officer reaching for the rail. "Boarderr.
He led his men up to the rail and was al
hall, step back and then kicked the follow full
In the chest, sending him flying over the heads
OF his men and splashinE into tho water beyond
the cutter. A man in the boat at once tired q
pistol at Capt, Ezra; The ball went through his
VA o'ao" hiN anu WIN Nilil up TOSo dH ~
whaler's men. The old muskets banged. and
With a swish and chuck q harpoon pierced the
chest or the man who had fired the pistol. For
a moment the m~an.o'.war's men rccoiled, and at
that Mate Amos noticed a spare kedge under
Bar a hand. here" he ordered as he grasped
q fuke., A couple OF others caught 1t up with
him and tossing, it over the rail they dropped -
crashed with a shock that upset half the men
there The and left all to founder in the water az
As Capt. Ezra looked over the rail at this he
saw that the officer and twelve of his men were
another was tsWikmninE alongside and bsawiins
for, help. A whaler with a blubber hook at the
end OF a heaving line got a hold on the wreck
before 1t drifted clear, and then said Capt. Ezra:
come on board meow Z ys want lew, only leave
The officer. with his face still white from the
effect Of the kick he had received, nodded to his
and then, one at q time, they climbed TO the deck
Of the whaler. where they were tied up fashion
Last Of ali came the officer. To the admira-
ton OF 10Th Capt. Ezra and Capt. SAM, he had
reached the deck Capt. Ezra saw that he still
young man." said Capt. Ezra, pointing at the
sword. IT was handed oyer without a word.
what NH aye w saat as DsP I Observed E1FS: Sefore oS 70 ana
I'm Lieut.. Levison of his Majesty's brig
Wal. ye ought t be ashamed of yerseif.'
Il am" responded the Lieutenant. You
"waal. what dye mean by attackin' a peace
full whnlerl"
why, don't you knowf' asked the officer, his
face showing his astonishment.
Know whatl'' said the Captain.
That there's war between England and
America"
As the Captain might have said, that ON
pletely "fabbergasted" him, but a minute later
be recovered his equanimity and refused to be-
lieve 1t, declaring that the officer and his men
were pirates. The officer became insolent
quickly at that, but was sobered when on ask
ing what was to be done with him Capt. Ezra
replied coldly:, '
II presume likely we'll hang ye."
However, he was saved by a copy or q news
paper, as Barnes tells the story, which the brig
had taken from a captured Yankee merchant
man not long before.
Young man." said Capt. Ezra, as he read tho
last line of the story of the capture of the Guer-
riere by the Constitution, II owe ye an apology.
II yen conc deown into aour cabin ! kin mix ye
a toddy Of old Nedford rum" Then, after q
look away over the lee quarter where the man
o'-war brig was lying with Tapping sails half
mast down below the horizon, he turned to the
Captain Of the Elijah Mason and said with q
twinkle of his eyes:
Capt. Sammy, eff we'd knowcd there was q
war we'd a gone back an took that thar brig.
As it was the whaler's crew carried a Lieu
tenant and a cutters crew from his Majesty'l
brig Badger safely into port and delivered them
As prisoners to the authorities.