Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-02

her, with Crocky'5 pistol al my ear to lplp
mo.
"'And that's her top notch, is it9' says
he at last.
"'With better coal, told him, and
few notchcs more down by tho stern,
might squeeze another knot ont OF her
not more.
" Call It 10 MS general thing 10 says.
TOO much for tho Dutchio or for any
thing the Brltishors hcy got in those hyar
waters.
"'Ycs. But what about tho Spaniards'
! says.
" Shucl,r no says and wallis away nft
81 oould 500 Dixon know something OF
the new Is knot cruiser TINT had arrived
at Manila tho day we left IT, Shod DO
aftor us by that tiino, expected. But, Of
course, | said nothing TO Crocky, Sixteen
OF his mon ho had with him-tho best, 1
suppose, in his estimation, which meant
pretty woll tho biggest scoundrols And
tho nearest thing to white man among
'em was a big cross eyed Portuguese with
a touch Of tho war brush
'Wc fell in with little green painted
brig beading west-cocoanut OIL /
heard aftorwhrd she had--frpm the islands,
for Canton, md Crocky runs alongside and
boards her with all his cutthroats but two,
What happened In tho briggs cabin don't
exactly know, but whom we had cast of
and tho brig had filed her main topsail
ngain tho skipper Tnus 70 the taffrail and
shakes his lst Mt Crooky. You Kankoo
robbor, no yells, 'you'n pay for this, as
suro's my name's'--What his nnmo WINS 1
didn't hear, for just then Crocky Cred.
Tho old ohnp stood for bit with his
fist stretched out, then down ho went in
heap.
Presently ho walks up TO the chap at
the wheel-n lnlf casio Dutchmnn by tho
look of him md not well used, could sec,
to have the spokes OF q steamer In his Zip
pers. Dixon Just looka at tho compass
and without single word catches tho man
u crHsher ON the head with his revolver
butt. Thcn he looks round, tho smallest
man aboard, with a pleasant little smile on
his smooth little face Take tho wheel,
Miguel, hc suys to the big Portuguese,
and heayo this thing over tho side, n cou-
plO Of you.
well, sir, there must be some such thing
as fate after all believe 1t was this mans
doom that drove him into sudden ferocty.
At all events 1t was tho shooting OF the red
faced skipper that brought tho cruiser down
on us.
"Tho mate Of the brig kept her away
from the Philippines 20 report tho matter,
and what does he drop across six hours
later but tho Spanish warship.
"Suro enough, next morning ut sunrise
there was "A l.ttlo inky smear going up out
Of tho blue behind US. Crooky hardly took
his eye OF :; FOR IN hour, ard when he
found it was rising aud spreading no comes
to ne ard says, Drive herr Not a word
moru, but You bet l did drive her for all
che was worth.
THE misunderstanding for our smoke,
Of eourse-hoyr herself up so fast over tho
horizon that knew she must be tho new
cruiser, tho Cid Campcador.
"Tho way tho don oyerhauled US was
caution, and as soon as sho was nenr enough
to show us tho whiteness about her furo
foot sho lot drive ut u.s. Long way short,
my boyP l says to myself, but L hadn't
reckoned on the latest touch In gums
tho shot pitched u COOP half mile ahead
OF usi
up comes Crocky when lo hears tho
| boom, and down he smashes his glnss on
deck when ho makes out the strangers en-
sign. Great JeiiorsonP no says.
81 noticed that his pockets wcro bullying
with something that made him very heavy
In the walk Then comes another shot
I
the screeeh OF IL Crocky seems to 60 clean
md. He pulls a revolver out OF each
breast pocket, fires at Miguel and MS the
/ big Portuguese falls over the wheel whips
round and pots five OF his other men before
the rest could rush him.
"In tho middle of tho shooting 1 had
stopped the engines, and whom / turned
round thorc was Niger with the blood
pouring from his smaahod fnco just forcing
Crocky over tho rail. His pockets sunk
him like lead"
"What was In theunY'
"Dollarsl l fancy no intended to sink
himself with them anyhow after he'd pol
ishcd of his whole crow. But now there
was ninc of 'em left, and when thoy missed
the throb of tho sorrow they came for IN,
like one man.
But fought 'om with what no mar
can faco-etenm-nnd scalded throu OF then
so badly that they jumped overheard nnt
snnk within 20 rods of the cruisor's boat
pulling up hard. Two OF the Others free
into her and killed seaman at his oar
That's what made the garrote "a certainty
for them In any case.
Had middling close shave of It your
sulf by some accounts"
mot quite 50 bad na that. But you set
I'd been seventy odd hours without sleeper
shayo--thick with grease and coal dust DO
Sides. No wonder the Spanish lieutenant
took mo for what looked like. But whor
got aboard tho Cid 1t was all right, III,
captain spoke English, and as soon as
had got fresnenod up bit no sont mt
back with half dozen Of tho mariners u
run the Hija into Manila.
And after I'd given evidence against
the flvo remaining picaroons | asked fol
| 81 l.,l ,,.r Il 4.
"as littlo memento of the last Of tn,
pirates, ''-ExohEngc.