Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-10-25
SYNOPSIS.

Master Ardlck. just reached his majority
and thrown upon his own resources, after
stating his case to one Houthwick, a ship
master, Is Shippe ed az second mate on the
Industry, bound for Havana. Mr.. Tym,
the supercargo. descries sail. The strange
vessel gives chase. but is disabled by the
Industry's guns. In the fray Capt. Houth-
wick and one of the crew are killed but the
Industry Is found to be little damaged.
Sellinger first mate, takes charge and
puts into Sidmouth to secure new mate.
Several days later, when well out to sea,
an English merchantman is met. whose
captain has letter addressed to Jerema h
Hope at Havana. The crew of the vessel
tell strange tales of the buccaneer Morgan,
who Is sailing under the kings commission
to take Panama. One night a little later,
the English vessel having proceeded on her
course. a bit of paper is slipped into Ar
dicks hand by one of the sailors. This is
round to be warning OF u mutiny plot
headed by Pradey, the new mate. Ardick
the mate. but Pradey. eavesdropping in the
cabin. makes through the dorr and arouses
the crew: Capt SellinGer joins Ardick and
Tym. 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
otftff fhe vessel, taking his men off in the
only availahe boat The captain, super
mate soon discover their
plight. but hastily constructing raft bet
away just before their vessel sinks. The
next morning Spaniard draws near them.
The man in the rigging shouts: III you
would board us. take to your oars. Be
speedy, or you will fall short" On boa rd
they are sent forward with thecrew, being
told they will be sold as slaves on reaching
Panama. The ships cook they find TO be
Mac Ivrach. "frae Clagvarloch." so a
friend. Four days later the Spaniard is
0Verhauled by a buccaueef flying the EnS-
lish flag. The three Engllshmen and Mac
1vrach plan TO escape to the buccaneer on
a rude raft. Sellinger, the last TO attempt
TO leave the Spaniard. is disabled. Just
after the others nut off they see figure
dangling from the yard arm: whom they
&c a Sel1 a
cancer. our three friends find themselves
In the hands of their old mate. Pradey.
no harm tt they viii but remain quiet con-
cerning the mutiny he headed. The Black
Eagle. Pradey's ship. comes to Chagre.
taken under the English flag. From her
the Black Eagle with Morgan's fleet pro-
ceeds to Panama. The command consists
of about 1.200 men Having landed. they
march on to the city. The assault on the
city is begun Many of the buccaneers fall.
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 figure coming
toward them. and eXclaims: THE gaist o.
the captain" 1t is indeed Sellinger. He
recounts his late adventures. then he
leads them to the rescue of Don Enrique de
Cavodilla who had been kind to him on the
Pilanca, the Spanish vessel on which he
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. Towland
comes to claim the dona his prize, under
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 imme medately conceive a
bold plan for her. rescue. They soon dis
cover her exact whereabouts, and amid the
carousals of the men. manage TO again free
her and escape in small boat. The third
day out q sail is 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 is
Towland. A 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
xoun0 not serious; Sellinger has also been
slightly wounded. Coming now out OF their
sorest straits, they learn from Dona Car
men her nearest relative is an uncle,
Jeremiah Hope, of Havana. Sellinger re-
calls he has letter for this gentleman. so
decides to sail for that place. Not long
afterward they come across West In
dian vessel bound for Panama. On board
Is her owner, the Jeremiah Hope they had
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
unroCeedS TO ask