Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-16

ing but 4 low Cabling; but at last the
voices began TO grow higher, and
could pick up 4 word or two, mostly
oaths. from the captain.
NO, no, no, no; and an end of it. "
he cried once. And again: If itcomes
to swinging, swing all, say l. y
Then all Of a sudden there was tre-
menGous explosion OF oaths and other
notes.-the chair and table went over
in lump. clash of steel followed, and
then 1 cry OF pain, and the next instant
I saw Black Dog il tull flight. and TIE
captain hotly pursuing. both with
drawn cutlasses, and the former stream
ing blood from the left shoulder. just
at the door, the captain aimed at the
fugitive one last tremendous cut, which
would certainly have split him to the
chin had it not been intercepted by ouI
big sigaGoard OF Admiral Benbow. You
may see the notch on the lower side oi
the frame to this day.
That blow was the last Of the battle
Once out upon the road, Black Dog, il
spite OF his wound, showed 4 wonderful
clean pair of heels, and disappeared
over the edge of the hill in half a min
ute. The captain, for his part, steot
staring at the s:gn6oard like bewil
dered man. Then he passed his hanc
over his eyes several times. and at last
turned back into the house.
jim" says he, rum" and, as hi
spoke. he reeled a little, and caughr
himself with one hand against the wall
"AIe YOU hurt ," cried |.
Rum" ne repeated Il must ge
away from here. Rum! ruIn."
ran TO fetch ii; but was quite un
steadied by all that had fallen cut, anC
I broke one glass and fou,ed the tap
and lille was sin getting in my OWL
way. I heard n loud fail in the parlor
and, running in, beheld the captain ~
ing fun length upon the floor. At thu
same instant my mother, alarmed BY
the cries and fighting, came running
downstairs to help me. Between us W,
raised his head. He was breathing yer.
loud and hard; but his eyes were closed
and his face a horrible color.
Dear. deary me-" cried my mother
"what a Disgrace upon the house. ArC
your poor father sick."
In the meantime, we had no ide;
what to do to help the captain, nor an!
other thought but that lie hcd got hi.
dcath-hurt in the scu.lie with The stran
ger pet the rum, TO be sure, and trie'
10 put it down lis throat; but hi
teeth were tightly shut. ard his jaws ~
strong as iron. Ii was happy relief
for us when the door opened and DIR.
Uivesey came in, on his visit to my ia
ther.
"Oh, doctor" we cried, what shall
we do? Where is he wouEded?'
wounded? A fddlestick's end!"
said the doctor. NO more wounded
than YOU or l. The man has. had a
stroke, as l warned him. Now, Mrs.
Hawkins, just you run upstairs TO your
husband, and tell him, if possible, moth
ing about it. For my part, l must do
my best to save this fellows trebly
worthless life; and Jim here will get me
basin"
When ! got back with the basin, the
doctor had already ripped up the cap
tain's sleeve, and exposed his great
sinewy arm. 1t was tattooed in several
places. Here's luck" "a fair wind"
and "Billy Bones his fancy" were very
neatly and clearly executed on the fore
arm; and up near the shoulder there
was a sketch OF a gallows and a man
hanging from lt-done, as l thought,
with great spirit.
"Prophetic," said the doctor, touch
ing this picture with his finger. "And
now, Master Billy Bones, il that be
your name, Wen have a look at the
color of your blood. Um," he said, "are
you afraid of blood?"
mo, sir" said l.
"Well, them" said he, ''you hold the
basin;" and with that he took his
lancet and opened a vein.
a great deal of blood was taken be-
fore the captain opened his eyes and
looked mistily about him. First he
recognized the doctor with an unmis-
taxable frown; then his glance fell upon
me, and he looked relieved. But sud
denly his color changed, and he tried to
raise himself, crying:
"Where's Black Dog?"
"There is no Black Dog here" said
the doctor. except what you have on