The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-11-18
PORTUGUESE PIRATE
HOW BART HoLeMy CAPTURED A
HUGE SPANISH MERCHANTMEN.
His first Attack TsiI~d-The Little Pirate
Then Lay within short Range, and with
Rifle. the spanish Force Wa Reduced
aud FINALLY Conquered.

Then Lay within short Range. and With
R,as. the spani.h Force Wa Reduced
and FINALLY Conquered.
A series of sketches by Frank X.
Stockton on 1.-The Buccaneers Of Our
Coast" is one of the features Of st.
Nicholas. Mr.. stockton tells Of the adj
ventures Of Bartholemy Portuguese.
who. with small crew in small YES
sci. captured huge Spanish merchant
man in the Caribbean sea. MIR. Stockton
saws: The little pirate sailed boldly to-
ward the big Spaniard. and the latter
vessel. utterly astonished at the audac-
ity Of this attack-fcr the pirates flag
was fiying-lay to, head TO the wind,
and waited, the gunners standing by
their cannon. When the pirates had
come near enough 10 see and understand
the sire and power Of the vessel they
had thought of attacking, they did not.
as might have been expected, put about
and sail away at the best of their YES
sells speed. but they kept straight on
their course, as if they were about to
fall upon a great, unwieldy merchant
man manned by common sailors.
Perceiying the foolhardiness Of the
little vessel. the Spanish commander
determined to give it a lesson which
would teach its captain TO understand
better the relative power Of great YES
sells and little ones, so as soon as the
pirates vessel was near enough he or
dered a broadside fired upon IL. The
Spanish ship had . great many people
ON board. 1t had crew of 20 men, and
besides these there were some passen-
gers and regular marines. and. know
ing that the captain had determined to
fire upon the approaching vessel every
body had gathered on deck TO see the
little pirate ship go down.
But the ten great cannon balls which
were shot out at Bartholemy's little
craft all missed their aim. and before the
guns could be reloaded or the great ship
be got around SO as to deliver her other
broadside the pirate vessel was along
side Of her Bartholemy had fired none
of his cannon. Such guns were useless
against so huge foe. What he was aft
er was q hand to hand combat ON the
deck of the Spanish ship.
The pirates were all ready for hot
work They had thrown aside theil
coats and shirts as il each Of them were
going into q prizefght and with theii
cutlasses in their hands and their pis
. tolls and knives in their belts they
, scramb led like monkeys up the sides OF
3 the great ship. But Spaniards are brave
! men and good fghters-there were mor'
Q than twice as many Of them a. Their
were of the pirates-and II was no
long before the latter found out tina
they could not capture that vessel b.
= boarding 1t. So over the side they tum
bled a. fast a. they could 60, leavin
4 some Of their number dead and wounde
behind them. They jumped into thei
u own vessel, and then they put of TO
u short distance to take breath and q
:, % ready for q different kind of fight Tn
!. triumphant Spaniards now prepared
get rid Of this boatload OF half make
q wild beasts, which they could easily d
: il they took better aim with their car
non than they had done before
q But to their amazement they 500
: found that they could do nothing wit
+ the guns nor we're they able 70 wor
'. their ship 80 ~ to get IL into positio
z. for effectual shots Bartholemy and b
s, men laid aside their cut asses and the
Is pistols and took up mu - IL, with whie
o. they were we'll provided Their vess
50 lay within very short range Of the Spa
rn ish ship, and whenever q man could
n seen through the portfolios or shove
Oh himself in he rigging or anywhere ell
IN. where it was necessary TO go In ord
~ 20 work the ship he made himself IA
get for the good aim Of the pirates. II
pirate vessel could move about as
pleased, for it required but a few M
to manage 1t, and % 1t kept out
the way Of the Spanish guns. and
best marksmen, crouching close 70 {
deck, fired and fired whenever Spa
ish head WIS to be seen.
Fer five long hours this unequal CO
test was kept up. 1t might have
minded one Of a man with slender
and q long, delicate line who b
booked q big salmon. The man cou
not pull in the salmon. but. on the ott
hand. the salmon could not hurt
man, and in the course Of time the
nsh would be tired out and the m
would get out his landing net and sc
him in.
Now, Bartholemy thought he cor
scoop in the Spanish vessel So ma
- Of her men had been shot that the {
crews would be more nearly equal.
he boldly ran his vessel alongside
lp big ship and again boarded her. III
II there was another great fight on
deckA The Spaniards had ceased to
ny triumphant. but they had become d
is perate, and in the furious combat
air Of the pirates were killed and Il
ry, wounded. Bus the Spaniards fal
CHI worse than that More than half Of
men who had not been shot by the
rates went down before their cutlas
-" and pistols. and IL was not long Def
Bartholemy had captured the gr
le, Spanish ship.
IL was fearful and q costly Wet
he had gained A great part Of his o
men were lying dead or helpless ON
All deck. and OF the Spaniards only 40 W