New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

with the brig Costa RIGA, which took two OF the
prize crew. then headed the Cuba for New,
York Nothing Of Importance happened uhtn
July A. when the prize master, whose irons mao
been removed at his urgent request, managed 10
get hold Of a pistol and perched hihseii IN tIs
maintop. Then he rolled cigarette anu lIsh,e1
It. blew some smoke through his nostriis ana
called down that he lad something 10 say ~
me DO Won intend to carry me to New-York!
he asked | told him that did He TOOK soIhe
more smoke into his mouth. blew 1t out. iausne ~
right, said I, then I'll carry you dead AT Ihas
he yelled OUT It's your time to dodge, ana nteu
at me. The bullet struck the deck at my Ieet
and / did dodge. Johnny Reb tod the trutn
that time. He fired again and ala some hioIe
lively hopping. Then l ran below and GOT my
pistol AS my head reappeared in the compah
ionway he turned loose one more time ana Tic
spnters flew into my hair.
Il got on deck at last and proceeded 10 even
up things He was swinging around up In tne
maintop and was dancing around on the piank
ing. / suppose it was the FUNNIEST iGoklns due'
that ever was He used up all OF his loads Wltn-
out hitting me, and | shot at him three times
without coming anywhere near MN. iH naa
lodged ball in the mast just above MS heau,
and the next shot | got him in the arm IL was
his right arm. and broken above the eIpoW.
He dropped his weapon to the deck. All Oh ms ms
time he had been holding his cigarette III MS ~
hand. He was the nervieSt deVil l'eNe, saw AA
threw the cigarette away and came doWh' \
dressed his wound and locked MN up; l hep.
guard over him until reached New iork, Oh
July II. III was Sunudy,
though we did not know it, the guns then were
roaring at Bull Run, the first Dig patte W tns
war. | delivered my prisoners 10 the onI.eu
States authorities but the prize master, WHOSE
name was Thomas went to Bellevue Hospital;
where some Northern women nursed MN until
he got we'll He stayed in prison awhie anu
there was some talk of hanging him for q pirate,
but did the best / could for him. because ne was
a brave man, and finally they exchanged MN
and he went back South
II began suit for salvage of the brig CuDa ana
got 81 900 for it. She was owned IN Mlllpriose,
Ne and when the Alabama claims were up LOT
adjustment her owners reaped the Deneht.
don't like to say so, but l am afraid that hrst
worth. was complimented some in the papers,
hut | don't hold that what did was especially
brave because we had all the guns you see. l
fell YOU that the six chambers of Loaded reVoi-
yer are powerful pacifiers. Not so long aso-
four or five years / guess-1 got letter from
Thomas who is practising law down In Georgia
He must be pretty nearly old as am by now.
He said that his arm was all right 'hat wa'
the liveliest Yankee on my legs he ever saw:
that he would never forget how hoped ABOUT
the deck when he was shooting at me; tnat ne
was something of a shooter, but he didn't tnink
ne could have hit me with shotgun; that ne
had never heard of a man who could h0d q can
die to mo when IL came down to dancing, but that
if | would come to Georgia he would sho" me
some 1JO-pound gals that would give me an
wanted to do i'm that line. / am Methodist,
added "Cap'n" Strout gravely, and doh
dance. That Thomas is reprobate ana d ~ an. ~.
still in the burnin'. know. but l wouiG me "
see him again. just the same. Seems that sou
kinder feel warm-hearted toward man ai'e'
Won have shot him."