Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20

There was cracking sound. The
side of the vessel seemed to be burst
ing in. The oianks and splinters flew,
and from the midst there emerged a
round-shot-a jolly, pudgy round
shot, which came wildly skipping along
the deck toward him. AS it neared
him it made final bound, and i'm
bedded itself in.the wood, right over
his. head.
Again Narcissus lost his senses. He
liked romance, but he was getting too
much of it at one time.
When Narcissus recovered con-
sciousness he found himself lying
upon the deck of the brig. There
were irons upon his hands, irons upon
his feet. On either side of him
squatted swarthy sailor, each with
cutlass, and each watching him with
the most f1atteripg attention.
Norcissus turned his head. Behind
him lay his friend, the Snowman, in
the same predicament as himself.
Ranged in symmetrical rows lay the
comrades of the Snowman, all'ironed
and guarded. Lying near the brig
was large man -of-war with the Span
ish flag flying.
":oi"," said Narcissus, addressing
the Snowman, 'can y-u tell me what
oil this means?"
"Hallo!" was the reply, "why
there's the little laudlubber I'd for
got you completely. Certainly; I'll
take great pleasure in telling you all
about i. Do you see the. yards of
that ship?"
"What are the yards?" asked Mar
cissus, gravoly.
"Ha! ha! Well, you see those poles
that run across the masts?"
-:."Yes."s
+ -'..Do you see a man astride of one
ofsthem at the end2"
fs...YYes."f IS Z. ;is :. i.
''Do you know what lie is .doing?"
"No."
ssHe's fixing rope" "a. ass
ga rope! What for?'&i s
"To hang u.s."
10 ha-to hang us! To hang you,'
you mean"
Nous"
"Why-why-what do you mean?
You are pirate; I am poet. My
name is NBrown-Narcissus Brown;
and live
"Oh, we'll, tell them SO, then.
There's an officer"
Assuming an air OF dignity tenn
pered with submission, Narcissus ad-
dressed the officer, detailing the story
of how he came to be aboard the brig.
The officer interrupted him curtly in
Spanish, by giving an order to one of
the sailors.
WELL" said the Snowman, edo you
know what he said?"
"No."
she said, Gag that cur.
"Then he didn't understand what T
said?' ,.e.-.-..
"Not word. Neither he nor any
of the others speak anything but
Spanish.
'.But you speak their elanguage?"
"FluentlS" ~ ~
swell, then,tell him, you, that"
My dear boy, do you. remember
when we came ont in the boat to-
gether? You told me I talked too
much. Now I will be silent. Really,
you should have been more civil. But
then you are going to be hanged in
ten minutes, and it will teach you
manners.
Narcissus was about TO reply, but
at that moment the sailor had pre-
pared the. gag, and his mouth was
stopped.
''It's no more than right" contin-
ued the Snowman, "that you should
know why you're going to be hanged,
80 I'll tell you. I've been pit ate for
20 years and meyer been unlucliy. This
is my first mishap-pm afraid, though,
it'll be my last. Well, about six
months ago, I boarded La Spanish mer-
chairman from Peru, and, OF course,
had to make all the crew walk the
plank. Unfortunately, ring that the
captain had took my fancy, and I've
worn it ever since. Well, this meddle-
some fellow boarded me yesterday, and
I would have got off unsuspected had
it not been for the cursed ring. The
captain of the merchantmen had been
o friend of this officer, who had given
it to him. His suspicious being ex-
cited, he examined the ships papers,
and thus found out my last little
game. That, though, You know all
about. So he's going to bang us al.
I would have been sorrier for you, my
boy, if you had been a little more
civil" -,
twas morally and physically impos-
sible for Narcissus to reply; he was
therefore silent.
/ The doomed men were taken aboard
of the man-of-war. One by ono the
pirates were slowly strangled at the
yards end. There remained only Mar
cissus and the Snowman.
"After you," said the latter, with a
fendish grim, "You are younger than
I am."
The moose, was placed around Mar
cissus' neck. Stalwart arms swung
him up to the yard. As he drew up his
writhing limbs in his death agony, the
Snowman turned away his face.
"Well. it was his own fault" he
muttered, but I'm half sorry for
him, yp,.-... ~ -;
"A few moments passed, and the two
men were again together-bnt MT in
this world. o.
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