The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-07-20

ed grin from his wrinkles.
"llan't that putting considerable re-
sponsibility on one truck. cap'n?"
Timer ono no telling what truck
will do on 2 rampage" cheerfully re-
piled til, Dtaln.
Forthwith he bundled the tooth
@chy nzari"- into his bunk and made
him wrap more elaborate bandages
about his head and shoulders.
Then he obliged Berual to remove
his trousers, and hastily but neatly he
strapped a bit OF board upon the cooks
leg baudaging it with strips from his
dishcloihs.
I'D Kind Of like to know the nature
of my complaint" broke in Constant
Judllns, so that can be practcin'.'
The captain pondered. II suppose
might haye your arm broken" he said.
dubiousiy Put one block couldn't
very well knock out the whole crew.
We've got to have a little var .-.y, for
them frog-eaters are suspicious cusses.
Ever have yaller janders?" he asked of
Judkins.
NO"
We'll. all you've got to do is TO lay
still and haul your mouth down. I'll
daub on u little slush," and the captain
slsillfuily rubbed some of the yellow
oil over the mates face.
Now look sick, all of you" said the
captain "A he prepared to go on deck
and receive the prize crew. 'It'll help
you to look sicker If you recollect that
the frog eaters have way of Sitting
wizcns when they suspicion shenan-
gan"
And he left.
Of.the Frenchmen who came over the
rail none could talk English, and the
captain couldn't talk French. Yes, he
conld'-he could say Bong shur," but
he loftily forebore.
However, when the new arrivals
looked around suspciously for the
crew, and unslung their carbines and
appeared to apprehend ambush, the
! captain, with many waves OF his hands
and much "wc-ing," led two of IN" i've
below with an air like rooster gallant
ly conducting pullets to worm ban
quet. In pantomime he explained the
sad plight he was in, and his crew
groaned dolefully at the proper times.
He tried to explain to the Frenchmen
how glad he was they had come and
| taken the Hester at this time OF danger
The men didn't seem to grasp that part
| of the story, however. But the captain
didn't care. The prize men were evil
| IDENTIFY thoroughly convinced that be-
| claimed to be, and after much ineifect-
| nal jargon and much gesturing they
made the captain understand that he
| was TO stay down and nurse his men.
The captain was good nurse. He
! must have worked the faith cure on his
! devoted crew, for in the deep gloom of
| the dog watch three very determined
| looking couvalescents sneal,ed bare
footed az mis- heels as he worined aft in
the shadow CT the Testers bulwark.
The night was made for the cater-
prise. Twas clouded and from the
murk OF the west humming breeze
sung in the shrouds and murmrrcd
down out of the hollows Of the sails
One Frencbman was AT the wheel and
one pendulumed back and forward at
the head OF the companionway. Another
was doubled up on a coil of rope ia the
lee OF the house and the other two were
presumably below. Al the men on
deck were unarmed, for it wasn't 10 be
supposed that they would lug about an
arsenal to protect themselves against
u nautical inyalds' home. So Capt.
Dickey's mraculously healed body
guard had little trouble in downing and
tying all three before their surprise was
over,
The only casualty was when Il
squ'rmirg Frenchman trod upon Ber-
nails bare foot In his anguish the cook
let ont howl that started the two men
below on "A rush for the deck. They
bobbcd out Of the companion-hatrhl like
two iaclSs-in-the-boX, saw the situation
and as quickly jerked themselves hack
They stayed barricaded in the cabin
till the schooner came up into Bristol
harbor, "a hours later, with bone in
her mouth and the foam bells tinking
oil her rudder. Capt. Dickey would, in
the kindness Of his heart, have fed the
garrison in his cabin on plum dur and
salt horse. bllt every tifnc no trio1 IN