The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
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BARTHOLEMY THE PIRATE.
With "a Few Men He Captured Al Great
Spanish Treasure ship.


Mr.. Frank r. Stockton, in his series OF
narrative sketches The Buccaneers of
Our Coast" tells in February st. Nicholas
of the adventures of Bartholemy the IA
nous pirate. Bartholemy after his es-
cape from San Francisco, in Campeachy,
got from his buccaneer friends a small
vessel and crew Of twenty men. Then
he set out for revenge:
To do daring and astounding deeds is
part of the business of a pirate and a.
though it was an uncommonly bold enter
prise that Bartholemy contemplated, he
secured his vessel and his men, and away
he sailed. After a voyage of about eight
avs he came In sight of the little sea
port town, and, sailing slowly along the
coast ne waited until nightfall before en-
tering the harbor.
Anchored at considerable distance
from shore was the great Spanish ship Oh
which he had been a prisoner; the sigh,
of the vessel filed his soul with a savage
eagerness to revenge himself.
As the little vessel slowly approached
the great ship, the people on board the
latter thought 1t was a trading vessel
from shore, and allowed it to come along
side, such small craft seldom coming from
the sea. But the moment Bartholemy
reached the ship, he scrambled up its side
almost as rapidly as he had jumped down
from 1t with his two wine-jars a few
weeks before; and every one of his crew,
leaving their own vessel to take care or
itself, scrambled up after him.
Nobody on board was prepared to de-
fend the ship 1t was the same old story
resting quietly In a peaceful harbor. what
danger had they to expect? AS usual, the
pirates had everything their own way;
they were ready to fight. and the others
were not; and they were led by a man
who was determined to take that ship
without giving even a thought TO the Or
binary alternative of dying in the attempt
The resistance was not worth mentioning,
for there were people on board who did
not know what was taking place until the
vessel had been captured.
AS soon as Bartholemy was master of
the great vessel. he gave orders to slip
the cable and hoist the sails, for he was
anxious to get out of that harbor as quick
ly as possible. The fight had apparently
attracted no attention in the town. but
there were ships i'm the port whose com
pany the bold buccaneer did not desire.
Now indeed was Bartholemy triumph.
ant; the ship he had captured was a finer
one and a richer one than that other vessel
which had been taken from him. 1t was
loaded with valuable merchandise, and we
may here remark that, for some reason
or other, all Spanish vessels of that day
which were taken by pirates seemed to be
richly laden.
If dur bold pirate had sung wild pirate
songs with his crew In the cabin of the
Spanish vessel he had first captured he
now sang wilder songs. If Bartholemy
could have communicated his great good
fortune to the other buccaneers in the West
Indies, there would have been a boom in
piracy which would have threatened great
danger to the honesty and integrity of the
sea-faring men Of that region But no.
body, not even a pirate, has any way Of
finding out what is going to happen next;
and if Bartholemy had had an idea of the
fluctuations which were about to occur in
the market in which he had made his in
vestments, he would have been in great
hurry to sell all of his stock very much be-
low par. The fiuctuation referred to oc-
CURED on the ocean, near the island of
Pinos, and came in the shape of a great
storm-waye, which blew the Spanish yes
sci, with al its rich cargo and its tri-
umphant pirate crew, high up on the cruel
rocks, and wrecked II absolutely and Ut
terly. Bartholmey and his men barely
managed to get into a little boat and row
themselves away.
All the wealth and treasure which had
come to them with the capture Of that
great Spanish vessel. all the power which
the possession of the vessel gave them.
and all the wild joy which came to them
with riches and power. were lost i'm as
short space of time as Il had taken 10
gain them.