The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-07-20
CAP'N DICKEY's CAPTlyEs.
How His Grew Of Cripples Recov-
cred in q Night.
One Day Late the Schooner Hester Sailed
Into Bristol Harbor with Rum
y Moinsses, sundrics and
"Clnq Uommes."

itis hNa oAbNhSN 'NNtA'
ines"
Give on EN-" he muttered. That's
odds for the frogeaters."
And in the depths of his gloom he
fell to cutting off pipeful of tobacco.
Truly, Capt. John couldn't bc very
sanguine. He had sailed from Boston
several days before, bound for Bris-
tol town, or ancient Pemaquid, vita
general cargo for the storekeper-
of the settlement, and alas! Il French
priyatce rsm1n had oyerhauled him
away of the mouth OF the Kennebcc.
The Hester had He'd. but her fight
was about as nimblC rs tho scuttling
away of an old hen laundering through
u Darnyard to escape a tormcnting dog.
Tho Hester was all right for conveying
rum, moasses, and other necessaries-
broad Of beam and tight of seam. But
she couldn's run away. Her blunt nose
bumped against the waves, her heavy
sides smashed ciunsily down upon the
trimming swell. The tough old bird
spread all sail and bowlod along, like
II Brabma scuddipg before the wind
with tail spread, but up Game the pri-
vateeersman, his frisky nose dipping,
his clean sides flashing back the CLINT
of the wave, and the spume whizzing
through the lee braces.
'Schoonairc, ahoi!" shouted little
man from over the tatfrai, his l<nurly,
red nose cleaning from under his cap.
The pursuer had edged up on the Hes
ter's quarter. and Capt Dickey and his
men were suriily eying the small
craft.
what do you want?" roare-i back
the captain, hoarsely, just rs though
he didn't know all too well.
The man with the knurly red nose
screamed back:
''Heaf to; stand by for bot'i"
Capt. Dickey didn't haul around at
once. however. He turned to- Mate
Constant Judkins.
"S'pose we've got to, JUDI" he re-
marked, gloomily. Course you know
what it means. We're gobbled."
''Yes, and it's jest as well to be COB
bled whole as piecemeaI," remarked
Mate Judkins. carefully throwing his
quid to lee.
This was wisdom. So in moment
or so the Hester came Shaping and
changing and foaming around into the
wind. Not u moment too soon, for the
priyateersmaH's long Tom had taken
a rather determined squint at he main
mast of the schooner
Then Capt. Dicley, listening atten-
lively and with saturnine face. heard
a gobble of French, in which he dis
tinguished 'cinq hommes," and that
alone. for he wasn't a linguist.
Sank ON" he growled; "wal, come
along and sank 'om more il you want
to-"
Constant Judkins listened to the
soliloquy with puzzled face.
''lf | may he so questioniferous,
cap'n," he asked, who's this ere Sank
Orm who is coming aboard?"
The captain didn't smile. 81 heard
EN- say in We've lingo" he explained,
that they're going 70 put five prize
men aboard us and the Lord only
knows where they'll take us!"
The crew of the Hester were four
the skipper, the mate-Ozaros Hodson,
\. s., able-bodied seaman, and Berual
Joquith, cook and before the mast.
Now, as the captain STROBE forward
front of the house to see about throw
ing over the stern ladder he saw
Ozarias Hodson sitting on II rope coil
in the waist, with head tied up.
"What ails you?" snapped the skip
per.
"Toot'ache, sir, and dqm'd bad, tool"
Ozarias evidently was more distract
ed by toothache than by prirateers-
man. Berual Joquith, Who had had
the lively suspicion that the priyatcers-
man would pop few shots at them by
way of exercise and practice, lodged
out of sight into his sanctuary.
Just as Capt. Dichey throw over the
stern ladder a thought struck him.
Boys" said the captain, there ain't
time to go into long explanations, out
l want you TO know right now taut
you're all in awful bad shape, aIa
I'm the only man about ship who c.n
keep on his pegs"
The amazemcnt on the faces OF the
three gradually grew into Shrewd in
teIligence az they stared into the
twinkling eyes of the "old man"