The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-04-18

adding to their sandy DOMAIN, ali,,.,.
the beach widencd displeasure grew in
the fine houses on the hill. The OK
pandtng acres tc which the skipper Of
the Raven laid claim gave rise to vi
sions suggested by possible H. IS to
which the land might be put when the
mariner saw fit to sell. if his title ever
arrived ut state Of perfection that
warranted anybody to buy.
The shipyard was bad enough, but a
factory. thing OF smoke and smell
and chimneys. would be worse So the
hill folk managed to keep n lawsuit
imminent above the captains head that
he might not become too well estab-
hshed In his belief that he was lord Of
| the shore.
In the extreme Of their disgust aid
came to the enemies Of the captain
from an unexpected source The town
upon whose hospitable front the Raven
had become q squatter decided to es-
tablish system OF parks.
1t was agreed with entire unanimity
that all the water frontage possible
ought to be secured for this purpose, a
proposition that directed instant ntten-
tion to Captain Ebenezer Rowelrs con-
tested territory. All the machinery of
lawyers, courts. writs and bailifs was
once more set in motion and Ebenezer
| and Maria had to form n new line OF
battle.
Indeed they had come upon evil days,
for the discerning lawyer who had
been their chief defense In re earlier
years Of their occupation was dead,
and they had to intrust the fortunes
of the shipyard to strangers. The ag-
gressive city hustled Ebenezer from
one court to another. summoned him,
examined him, made him depose, af-
firm, deny, give bond and generally
feel the pangs OF litigation until he de-
clared himself worried outen his Wit
ties"
He smoked three times his normal
allowance Of tobacco and told Maria
that he was sorely tempted to put to
sea again. A little later he gave proof
that this was an iden that had some
grip on him, for he set men to work
calJiing the Ravens gaping seams and
getting the schooner into something
like sailing shape again.
One evening Captain Rowell return
ed and found the shipyard in q tumult.
A case had just gone against him in
one Of the courts, the judge having de-
clared that title to the land was vested
in the city, and the municipal officers
lost no time in following up this vic
tory. Policemen descended, and the
sheriff came, and with them sundry
stout fellows having In charge teams,
timbers. crowbars and other tools suffl-
clent to make Maria tremble.
She bewailed the absence of Eben-
ezer but came part down the steps
that led up the Ravens side and gave
an imitation of the captain in a bad
temper. The sheriff said such language
was shocking, but she refused to listen
| to the writ. Before Ebenezer appeared
/, to defend the premises from invasion
! one Of the structures that the sailor
| called boat when he talked to q con-
stable and'a house when he conversed
with tenant had been holsted from
its anchorage and placed on skids.
One without occupants had been Sc
iected by way of a beginning, and the
Bird Of Freedom, as letters done In the
highest style Of the sign painters art
announced. the clumsy affair, was well
on her way toward the atreet g: the
| foot Of the bluff when Ebenezer came
snorting upon the scene. He did not
stop to parley with the sheriff, but
diyed into the cabin Of the Raven and
presently emerged on deck with rife
! IN his hands.
| 1t was weapon that had been pur-
| chased in the early stages Of the fight
for possession OF the .ake front, but by
a singular oversight Ebenezer had neg
lected to provide himself with emu;;-
milton. However. nobody stops to in
quire with any particularly into the
condition of gun when that gun is in
the hands OF man whose hostility Is
undoubted, and the whole attacking
force stampeded at the sight OF the
Winchester.
Nearly all night the captain kept
watch. rife In hand, but when Maria
questioned the efficiency Of gun that
wanted cartridges he concluded to 20
to bed and risk che further kidnapping
| OF his sc0ws.
1t was shortly after this incurs,cn
that Z saw tie captain again. The
shipyard showed almost as many signs
of disorder as though Il were really q
! place where boats were built. The
Bird OF Freedom. the AlbatroEs (all
the captains .scowhouaes were given
the names of biris) and the rest were
either In ruins or In process OF being
plucxed. The Raven showed unmis-
taxable signs Of an impending voyage.
She had been shored up. painted ana
rid Of all the accumulation Of steps,
platforms and fowerpots thaE made
! her look like something els. belonged belonged
! neither on land nor sea The captain
was rather melancholy, but energetic
IN respect to ship chandlery and re-
pairs. 3,4.
eyes" he said, ''I'm goin sailin once
more; compromised with the city"
This he said as cheeffully as man
might announce the date OF his own
hanging. Compromised" he went on;
'4hat's what they call 1T. gives the
city the land. an the city gives me tho
yally o. these here craft. No, amt