The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-24

British territory, hey? You fellers are
getting 50 you think you own the WhoIe
world"
silence, fellow! None of your Inso-
Iencer' thundered the midget Get into
the boat there. I viii take you aboard
with ne. Captain Armstrong VIII know
how to deal with you.
Had. his crew been on board, Captain
Zeke would nave been tempted 70 hOio
King Georges representative as a nose
age; but they were not re WaS n9iL
inclined to refuse to comply with the
insulting order, if only to see Wnat
would come of it. He was still more
stronzlv inclined to take his tOrmenIor
by the neck and throw him oVerboaro d
but there was the boats crew, ana also
ton; So jaws clenched and eyes snap
ping, in plain sight of his own men, ne
preceded the little nautical wasp INTO
the boat.
Or,Iered forward, he worked a devious
passage through impeding feet ana
elbows, and past raalieiousIy gr inning
and frowsy old Betsy Ann had never
seemed so dear to him as when the BOAT
showed off, and he saw her rapidly re
ceding forever Before ne was tnrQugh
wondering what they would do with him,
Z am how recent news the briggs captain
might have of the relations between the
two countries, the boat arrived alongside
the brig. He was gruffiy ordered up and
marched aft, like d boy caught steanng
apples. Captain Armstrong ianSuldiy
rolled out OF his hammock and ordered
Captain RawlinS to follow him below.
Having learned who he was, MS VeSsel
name and haillng port he asked, as the
mfdshipman had done, why the American
tresDassed on British. territory, In ms
diplomatic role, Captain Zeke br1dIed MS
unruly member and replied.
I've been to sea nigh on fifty years,
and this is the first time anybody ever
said anything to me for getting WOOD
! and water at any of these little islands.
They don't belong to nobody, as ever L
/ heard Of
THAT is where you are wrong, my
/ man. 1 took possession Of this island IN
/ the name of NY sovereign some two
I years ago, and chrlstened II King Al
/ tred'S island. 1 have planted the nag
on dozens of these little outlying islands
! since I've been out here, thereby con-
shutting them British possessions. As
you seem a rather civil Fellow, L viii per
nit YOU to take what wood and water
/ you require this time, but if ( ever catch
! you pOaching again, I'll not let you OF
/ so easy. You may go now"
When Captain Zeke approached the
/ lordly midshipman with a request to be
set back aboard his vessel his SelI-re-
! 'SDeCt again suffered martyrdOm. As he
! hailed the Betsy Ann from the brig s
/ fOrecastle head-lilze any old turtle re
/ turning from shore IeaVe-he breaThed a
/ hearty prayer that, some day, he might
! get that impudent yOungSteT Just where
! he wanted him. In the SecluSiOn of his
! own cabin. Captain Zeke and Amos agreed
! that Captain Armstrong could not have
/ heard the war news-else they would have
Next day a watering party landed
from the brig. True to their national
] traditions, the British seamen regarded
! with supreme contempt the tatterde-
malions who opposed their landing. But
] a royal surprise was in store for them.
/ The beach became q mimic Lexington,
| and short half hour later, those British
/ returned on board with their neat uni
I forms in taJters. and the American
! declaration of independence written upon
/ their features and persons. in large and
/ legible characters. They were Jeered by
/ their shipmates-whO had not enjoyed
/ their eXperience-and the seed of race
/ hatred quiCkened into vigorous life. Lat
! er, the whalemen succumbed to over
/ whelming numbers, but they invariably
] turned the tables on the withdrawal of
/ the enemy's reinfOrcements. The tide of
/ mimic war ebbed and flowed about the
/ little stream in ever increasing bitterness,
! an object lesson for the native savages-
/ this meeting of civilized men of the same
( mother tongue.
/ The Betsy AIMS stock of wood COM
I pleted, a battle royal followed The
/ Englishmen accounted for the result by
| saying they were shOrt-handed; there
had been many desertions during their
long cruise.
! The day before Captain Zeke. was ready
to sail, Captain Armstrong; gig appeared.
/ What MOVE They had met but once. This
[ call would be in regard to the trouble
/ between the crews, no doubt. Armstrong