Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-29
BY good fortune Hunter pulled

good oar. We made the water fly; and
the boat was soon alongside. AID
aboard the schooner.
| found them all shaken, rs was ma:
ural. The squire was sitting down, a:
white as n sheet, thinking of TIE harm
he had led MS Ia, the good soul, and one
of the six forccasilr hands Was litth
better.
There's a man." said Capt. Smullett
nodding toward him, "new To th,
work. He came highland fainting
Coctor, when he heard the cry. An.
other touch of the ruddcr and that man
would join us"
told my plan TO the captain. and be-
tween MS We settled on the details of it,
accomplishment.
We put old Redruth in the gallery
between the cabin and the forccastlr
with three or four loaded muskets ana
mattress for protection. Hunter
brought the boat round under tn,
stern port, and Joyce and set to worn
loading her with powder tins. muskcts
bags of biscuits, kegs of pork. a cash
of cognac and my invaluable medicine
chest.
In the meantime the squire and TIA,
captain stayed on deck, and the latter
hailed the cocksvain. who was the
principal man on board.
MIR. Hands," he said. here are two
Of us with a brace of pistols each. If
any one of you six make a signal of any
a Ia,
They were n good deal taken ahack;
and after little consultation, one and
all tumbled down the fore companion.
thinking, no doubt, to take us on the
rear. But when they saw Rcdruth
waiting for them in the SPARED gai-
lcry, they went about ship at once, and
head popped out on deck.
"Down. dog" cries the captain.
And the head popped back again; and
we heard no more, for the time, of these
six very faint-hcartcd seamcn.
BY this time. tumbling things in as
they came, We had the jolly-boat loaded
as much as we dared. Joyce and /
got out through the stern port and we
made for shore again as fast as our
oars cOulu take us.
This second trip fairly aroused the
watchers along the shore. "Lillibul-
lero" was dropped again, and just be-
fore we lost sight of them behind the
little point one of them whipped
ashore and disappeared. had half a
mind to change my plans and destroy
their boats, but feared that Silver
and the others might be close at hand.
and all might very well be lost by try
| ing for too much.
We had soon touched land in the
some place before we set the proyi-
| sion in the block-house. All three made
the first journey, heavily laden. and
tossed our stores over the palisadc
Then, leaving Joyce TO guard them
one man, to be sure, but with half a
dozen muskets-Ilunter and returned
to the jolly-boat, and loaded ourselves
once more. So we proceeded without
| pausing to take breath. till the whole
cargo was bestowed, when the two serv
ants took up their position in the
block-house, and !, with all my power,
sculled back to the Hispaniola.
That we should have risked a second
boat load seems more daring than it
really was. They had the advantage
of numbers, of course, but we had the
advantage of arms. Not one of the men
ashore had a musket, and before they
could get within range for pistol-shoot-
able to give a good account of a half
dozen at least.
The squire was waiting for me at
the stern window, all his faintness gone
from him. lie caught the painter and
made il fast, and we fell to loading the
boat for our very lives. Pork, powder
and biscuit was the cargo, with only a
musket and cutlass apiece for squire
and me and Redruth and the captain.
The rest of the arms and powder were
dropped overheard in two fathoms and
a half of water. so that we could see
the bright steel shining far below us
in the sun. on the clear, sandy bottom
BY this time the tide was beginning
to ebb, and the ship was swinging
around to her anchor. Voices were
heard hallooing in the direction of the
two gigs; and though this treasured us
for Joyce and Hunter, who were well to
the eastward, it warned our party 10
be off.
Redruth retreated from his place in
the gallery and dropped into the boat
which we had brought round TO the
Smollett.
"Now. men," said he. do you hear
me?"
There was no answer from the fore
castle.
Its TO You, Abraham Gray-it's to
you am speaking"
Still no reply.
'Gray," resumed Mr.. Smollett, little
louder, Il am leaving this ship, and
order you to follow your captain.
know you are a good man at bottom
and / dare say not one of the lot OF
you's as bad as he makes out. lhavs
my watch here in my hand; give you
30 seconds to join me in"
There was pause.
Come, my fine fellow" continued
the captain, don't hang SO long in
stays. I'm risking my life, and tn,
lives of these good gentlemen, every
second"
There was a sudden scufile, n sount
OF blows, and out burst Abraham Gray
with knife cut on the side of the cheek
and came running to the captain, like {
dog to the whistle.
I'm with you, sir" said he.
And the next moment he and the cap
tain had dropped aboard of us, and W.
had showed off and given way.
We were clear out of the ship, bu
not yet ashore in our stockade.
fro BE Continued
The City of the Li.tle Monk.