Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
SYNOPSIS,

Master Ardick, Just reached his ma jor!ty
and thrown upon his own resources, after
stating his case to one Houthwick, a ship
master, Is shipped as second mate on the
Industry bound for Havana. Mr.. Tym,
the supercargo describes sail. The strange
vessel gives chase, but Is disabled by the
Industry's guns. In the fray Capt, Houth-
Industry is found to be little damaged;
Seliinger first mate, takes charge and
puts into, Sidmouth to secure new mate
Several days later, when well out to sea,
an English merchantmen is met, whose
captain has letter addressed TO Jeremiah
Hope. at Havana The crew Of the M ae vessel
who is sailing under the kings commission
70 take Panama. One night little later,
course, biz of paper IS slipped into Ar
dicks hand by one of the sailors. This Is
found to be warning of a mutiny plot
consults Mr.. Tym They resolve to secure
the mate. but Pradey, eavesdropping in the
cabin, makes through the dorr and d, arouses id,o
lynn. The crew break through the row
barricaded door, but are forced to retire,
having lost seven of their number. Finding
themselves now too short-handed to man;
age the boat, Pradey decides to scuttle and
desert the vessel, taking his men off in the
only available boat The captain. super
cargo and second mate soon discover their
plight. but hastily constructing raft pet
away Just before their vessel 8 sinks. IN, The
The man in the rigging shouts: II you
would board us take to your oars: BE
they are sent forward with thecrew. heing
told they will be sold s slaves on reaching
Panama. The ships cook they find to be
Mac Ivrach. "frae Clagvarloch." so
friend. Four days later the Spaniard Is
overhauled by a buccaneer flying the Eng
lish flag. The three EngiishmIen men. and an Mac a.;
a rude raft Sellinger, the last to attempt
to leave the spaniard, is disabled. Just
dangling from the, yard arm: whom they
suppose is Capt. Sellnger. Hailng the buc-
cancer, our three friends find themselves
in the hands of their old mate Pradey.
He treats them kindly and offers to do them
no harm If they viii but remain quiet CON
cerntng the mutiny he headed. The Black
Cuba, which town they find Morgan has
taken under the English flag, From her
ceeds to Panama The command consists
of about 1900 men Having landed, they
march on to the city The assault on the
nd Ardick is wounded. Through the smoke
he sees Pradey approaching: The city at
last falls. Ardick, coming to, finds Tym
had rescued him from Pradey's murderous
hand by killing the villain. The Spanish
nag has been hauled down from the castle
and the men allowed to plunder the city ct
will. Mac Ivrach spies a figure coming
toward them, and exclaims; The galsi1 20 o,
the GaPsahn his late Is dn he
leads them to the rescue of Don Enrique de
Cavodilla, who had been kind to him on the
Pianca. the Spanish vessel on which ne
had been a prisoner. Flight is the only
course open to the don, his wife and daugh-
ter Dona Carmen) They just manage to
leave the building when Capt. rowland
comes to ella i'm the dona as his prize, unoer
the buccaneeers' rule. Mr.. Tym parleys
to gain time for the flight of his party, then
allows the men TO enter. Seeking shortly
to Join the don, they come upon his DEAD
body They find also his wife has been
slain and the young dona taken prisoner to
the castle, and Immediately conceive
bold plan for her rescue. They soon as
cover her exact whereabouts, and amid the
carousals of the men. manage to again free
day out a sail ,spied which they raise rap
idly their craft having little speed but the
wind soon fails both vessels, and small
boat Is put out from the stranger. This
comes with Is armed men,, among whom IL
Towland. hand-to-hand conflict ensues,
and Mr.. Tym is wounded in the neck IN
the end the hostile force is completely
worsted, none escaping. Tym's wound Is
found not serious; Sellinger has also been
slightly wounded Coming now out or their
sorest straits, they learn from Dona car
men her nearest relative Is an uncle, a
Jeremiah Hope, of Havana. Selllnger re-
calls he has a letter for this gentleman, so
decides to sail for that place. Not long
afterward they come across a west IN,
dian vessel bound for Panama. on board
is her owner, the jeremiah Hope they hao
all along wanted to encounter Learning
OF the fate OF Panama. the course OF the
vessel is turned for Valparaiso. one night
Ardick finds Dona Carmen alone on deck,
and he tells her OF his love for her and Is
not rejected, but the consent OF her uncle
must be had, which Ardick Immediately