Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26

French and answered: This here lugger is
going down. Any fool can see that as
you're handling her. And I'm going down
on full stomach"
With that he reached an arm into tte
cuddy, where he'd stacked his provisions
that evening on top of the frying pan. But
the laboring of the ship had knocked every
thing there of a heap and instead of the
trying pan he caught hold of his wife j
cinder sitter.
behind and caught him kick. Come out
o that, you old villain. and fall in at the
after pump said he.
AW, very we'll said Jacka turning at
once, Tor the cinaer sitter had given him
a bright idea. and he went right aft to his
comrades BY this time the Frenchmen
We're busy getting the first gun overheard.
They were so long that Jacka boys had
the after pump pretty well to themselves
and between spells one or two ran and
fetched buckets, making out twas for extra
ballng, and all seemed to be working like
nisgers. But by and by they called out
all together with one woeful voice, The
pump is chucked! The pump is chucked!"
At this all the Frenchmen came run
nlng. the young officer leading and CRYING
10 know what was the matter.
"A heap of cinders got awash sir" said
Jacka The pumps clogged wi EN-, and
won't work"
Then We're lost mem said the officer.
and he caught hold of the foremast ard
This was Jackas chance. Lost is it?
lss, reckon you be lost! And inside q ten
minutes, unless you hearkeu to rayson
Here you be, not twenty miles from the
English coast, as | make it, and with a
lalr wind. Here you be, three times that
Instance ana more from any port o. your
own, the wind dead on her nose and you
rams tramming the weak SPOT of her AT y
sea that's knocking the bows to Jericho
Now. Mossoo, you put her about ard rui.
for Plymouth. She may do it Pitch over d
couple of guns forr'ad, and quit messing
with ship you don't understand. am iii
warn she will do it,
The young Frenchy was plucky as gin
ger. What! Take her into Plymouth
and be made prisoner? I'll sink first" said
he.
But, you see, his crew weren't navy men
to listen to him, and they had wives and
lamlIles, ana knew that Capn Jackas was
their only chance. In five minutes, TO: al
| the officers stamping and morbewlng thew
mad the Bean Pheasant about and were
running for the English coast
NOW, We got to go back and tell You
what was happening to the Unity in all
this while. About i'll the AFTERNOON Gavin
DICK not hiking the look of the wealth
at all, and knowing that, so long as il last
ed, he might whistle for prizes CHANGED
ms mind and determined to run back 10
folpefro, so as to reship. Cap'n Jacka and
the prize crew almost as soon as tney ar
rived. BY o'clock he was well on his Way
the Cnty skipping along quite if she en-
enjoyed 1t, and ran before the gale all that
night.
Toward 3 in the morning the wind moIer
ated, anu by 4:3o the gale n4i blown itself
out Just about then the lookout came to
Cap'n Dick, who had turne.i in for a spell,
and reported two ships lights one on each
side OF them. The chances against their
beng Frenchmen out here in this part Of
me channel were about five 10 Two: So
Zap il DICK cracked on; anI at laybreaK-
about 3:lJ-found himself right slap be-
tween the very two frigates that had called
Jack;t to halt the evening before.
one was fetching along on the Dor: tack
anu AM, me Stner on the weather side of bin,
JUS: making ready 10 put a',0u. They
both ran UP the white ensign at sight OF
MN; but this meant nothing And in "A few
! minutes the frigate to starboard fired a
French flag "
| Cap'n Dick feisned to take the hint. He
shortened sail and rounded at a nice dis
lance q, uhder the lee Of the enemy--both
l!sates now lying to quite conten:edly,
WITH their sails aback and lowering their
boats. But the first boat had hardly drop
Feu loot from the davis when ne sung
CUT w urroo, lads.'' and Up again wenr the
| unity great iGgsail in L fifty The French
men, IKE their sails were an aDack; and
Deiore lhey could fire gun the Unitv was
PihchInE up to windwarI of them with
cap DICK at the helm and all the rest of
the crew fiat on their stomachs Off she
Went under a rafting sho.g ser from the
| enemy bowchasers and musketry and was
- - "itHout d Htl huTt, ana with
no more damage than a hole or two in the
| mIZZen-fug. The Frenchnen were a good
ten minutes trimming sails ami btacins
| Their yards for Il chase; and by that time
zap n Dick had slanted up well on their
| weather bow. Before breakfast time he
was shaking his sides at the sight of 100
| odti Johnnies vainly spread.n;; and TRIM
ming more canvas to catch up their lee ,,tv
| (for at first the lazy dogs had barely mn
| reefed courses after the gale and still hal
| their topSailant masts housed). Likely
| enough they had work on hand more i'm
poftant than chasing u small lugger all
| Gay, for at O'Clock they gave up and stood
| away to the southeast, and left the Unity
| free to head back homeward on her old
| course
Twas surprising feat to slip out Of