Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-04-01
PORTUGUESE PIRATE
HOW 6ARrHoLeMY CAPTURED a
HUGE SPANISH meRcHAnTMAN.

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Rifles the spanish Force wss Reduced
and Finally Conquered.
A series of sketches by Frank II.
Stockton ON 1.-THE Buccaneers OF Our
Coast" Is one Of the features Of St
Nicholas. Mr.. Stockton tells Of the ad.
ventures of Bartholemy Purtuguez.
who, with small crew in small YES.
sci. captured hugo Spanish merchant.
man in the Caribbean sea. Mr. Stockton
says: The little pirate sailed boldly to.
ward the big Spaniard, and the latter
vessel, utterly astonished at the audac-
ity of this attack---for the pirates flag
was flying-lay to, head to the wind,
and waited, the gunners standing by
their cannon. When the pirates had
come near enough TO See and understand
the size 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.
Perceiving the foolhardiness of the
little vessel, the Spanish commander
determined to give it 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 broadside fired upon it. 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 lad 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 fred none
of his cannon. Such guns were useless
against so hugo foe. What ho was ait.
er was hand to hand combat on the
deck of the Spanish ship.
The pirates were all ready for hot
work. They had thrown aside their
coats and shirts, rs If each Of them were
going into prizefight, and with their
| cutlasses in their hands and their pis-
tolls and knives in their belts they
scrambled like monkeys up the sides of
the great ship But Spaniards are brave
men and good fighters there were more
than twice AS many Of them as there
were of the pirates-and it was not
long before the latter found out that
they could not capture that vessel by
| boarding it. So over the side they tum.
bled as fast as they could go leaving
some of their mum Der dead and wounded
behind them. They jumped into their
own vessel, and then they put of to
short distance to take breath and get
ready for different kind of fight. The
triumphant Spaniards now prepared to
| get rid of this boatload of half naked
wild beasts, which they could easily do
If they took better aim with their can
non than they had done before.
But to their amaZement they soon
found that they could do nothing with
the guns, nor were they able to work
for effectual shots. Bartholemy and his
men laid aside their cutlasses and their
pistols and took up muskets, with which
they were well provided. Their vessel
lay within very short range of the Span
ish ship, and whenever a man could be
seen through the portfolios or showed
himself in the rigging or anywhere else
where it was necessary to go in order
to work the ship he made himself tar
get for the good aim of the pirates. The
pirate vessel could move about as il
pleased, for it required but a few men
to manage it, and SO it kept out of
the way of the Spanish guns, and its
best marksmen, crouching close to the
| deck, fired and fired whenever q Span
ish head was to be seen.
| For five long hours this unequal con.
test was kept up, IL might have re-
minded one Of man with slender rod
and u long, delicate line who had
| booked a big salmon. The man could
not pull in the salmon, hut, on the Other
! aand, the salmon could not hurt the
D,an, and IN the course III time the big
! Ash would DC tined cut ard the MAJ,
world Set ut bis landing net and scoop
| him in
Now, Enrtholemy thought he could
scoop III the Spanish vessel. So many
1t her men had been shot that the two
| -rews would be more nearly equal. S,
| Oc boldly ran his vessel alongside q,
big snip and again bearded her. Til
here was another great fight ON t.,
lecks. he Spaniards had ceased to b,
triumphant, but they had become DIES
Jerate, and IN the furious combat tel
/ the pirates were killed and -four
wounded. But the Spnniards fare,
worse tnan that More than half OF til,