Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-08
CA two-mast schooner. and a clinner

"Oh, can get shut of the grog-least-
wise I'll leave it with Moll-and, as for
timing, what's your terms, San Do
miago?"
Here, Bill, never speak that name
again. Domingo is supposed to be dead,
SO let him rest. Why, man, you'd have
a hundred detectives trying to trace
him out in no time; let me sail under a
new name"
'What shall it be?''
'Why, call me- what YOU did when we
drank the grog, Black Beard; and as for
terms, YOU know I'm not over close; the
terms will be the old ones-three shares
for the captain, five for the schooner,
two for the mate, and equal shares for
the crew."
GLOW many men have you aboard
now?"
Twenty, and they are all good men;
half of them have followed the trade
before-the're lighters to man.
would ship five lhore men-Doud, Bat
son. Plunkett, Cobl. and yourself
don't want too big a crew; a small num-
Der of rasolute men will ACCOMPLISH
much, besides, you know, never Elsce
the lives of my crew in jeopardy by
fighting, if it can be avoided. Now
what do you suppose I've got between
the decks of the schooner?'
why, you are liable to have colo
there, SAM mean Black Beard
mo, I've not gold, but I have what
will bring gold"
what IS it?''
GIVE 40 good stout niggers, and they
should bring in this market $4,000 in
good, clean gold-that cargo was placed
aboard by my present crew, so you can
see that have good men,"
Where did you ship the niggers?"
''San Domingo; at SANTANA bay Some
were foolish and cajoled aboard, some
marched aboard at the muZzle of our
guns; no children, no women, but all
good, strong men. [ shall sell them
out tomorrow, and then be ready for
new ventures. If there be a haul to
make here, well and good, we'll make it
then open the prison doors and take
our two birds out, and skip to other
fields.'
ITO San Domingo?
NO, not there; after losing 40 men
they will be on the outlook
''Why not draw the cash from the
bank at Charleston"
well, you understand how that must
be worked; stay ashore and get all the
points. and when I've sold the cargo
we will not lose time; but a place to
rendezvous the men on shore, where
they will be ready fol action, is first to
be thought Of"
Rendezvous, that's big word for
Ine, Cap"
why, a place where the men can
come ashore at night and be unob-
served
"Oh, 1 have it; when your cargo's
out, up anchor, and on a rising tide,
drop up the river about half mile, and
you'll be abreast an old deserted plan
ing-mill; there you can land the men
and they will not be seen for hours"
Good, Bill, good; and now 4 bumper
and goodnight. I'll have my cargo
around at the slave market at nine
o'clock tomorrow. Come round and
you'll see some good Stock" and Black
Reard hurried back to the wharf, and
placing a small silver whistle to his
lips gave three sharp blasts. AS he did
SO he observed something moving on
the wharf a few feet to his right He
stepped towards the object. twas two
negroes seated on the dock fishing-he
kept his eye on them until the yawl
drew up to the wharf.
Here! Here! you two black men,
rnf soI. L
What fer, massa; what on gwine do
wild we?''
do with you? Why. take you to free
dom; come, be quick"
us you, sho' huff. NASSAU"
Sure! yes, certain; what else do /
want of you? Quick! be quick! or
you'll be too late
The two darkies descended into the
boat, and ten minutes later they were
safely locked in the hold of the Ranger
with the 40 San Domingo negroes, whose
lingo they could not understand, while
Black Beard. who, if not enjoying the
sleep of tie Just, was sleeping soundly.
The next morning all was hustle on
board the Ranger; the two yawls were
lowered into The river and the hatch
was lifted from the deck. Next the
natives of San domingo, who had been
plentifully supplied with fruit, food
and rum on their voyage, were one by
one marched on deck, given a parting
swig of rum and loaded into the yawls,
where they were handcuffed two and
two together. Half of the crew had been
landed to receive them. and three trips
OF the yawl landed the 40.
Only the two negroes picked up on
the wharf the night before were now
in the hold of the Ranger, and to them
the mate gave bottle of rum and low
cred basket of the oranges. bananas
and cocoanuts with which the vessel
was loaded.
At the captains will the Ranger could
easily appear merely fruiter.
The negroes ashore were speedily
marched to the slave pen, and at II
O'Clock the last one had been converted
into cash. and something over $50, 900
had been realized from the sale.
As Black Beard presented his checks
to the Bank of Charleston, he re-
marked:
Il will reduce your ready cash some
what
The cashier smiled. as he said: Not
much, captain"
Black Beard thought: Good, then.
1 will tonight"