The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-05-31

bullOck's. Now that the old mans
pulled the broken sword blade out ont
an sewcd up the silt Ga"Sr is cursipE
away as nininhlc as ever hr did
lis the old man SlIrgcouing. thrn!"
AYE. an lacking II better w" might
have worse. He's just cEop,srd CT
tinker Toms leg at the knee iO.nt I'll
Scwcd up til" stump uS neat ms can bC.
An Tom. hr never uttered Il CREAM nor
n grunt the whole time. an there hr Is
now claii0r;ng to have his leg :altrt
down to take home with him fer
keepsake. I'm thinking the Oil man
Gain't no bad, surgeon"
And so il proved. for with the rxcep.
ton OF the loss OF Tinker Toms leg
every man Of the crew was as sound
ten days after the fight as he had bern
when fhe Scourgc's powder room was
empty. The taking of this store OF
powder and pearls at El Pueblo del
Nortc was in every way lucky stroke.
for. besides giving us the means for fl
turc battles. il put nj! hands in conccit
with their captain and their craft
Moreover, ii was something prosperous
to look back upon during the proiitless
time that followed
After clearing the reefs of the harbor
we ran round to patrol the well used
highway nt the back of the island lying
behind the rocky shelter Of Cochc,
which is separated from Marghcrita by
a strait two leagues in width and dart.
Ing out when a quarry appeared. Six
times in six weeks we were Engaged.
but the prey was after .Alpc's heart.
m ,.;,
subjects OF his majesty of Spain. but
nll that we ritlCd from their pockets
would not have melted down into
deep sea lead.
The eNplauation is simple. Each craft
we brought to ana ovcrEaulCd was
westward bound. carrying Il packed
cargo Of laGk. lean dons from the old
world to ill their pauprr pockets from
the wealth Of the new. Quite onc-half
OF each Oa.k's snllow company was
rottinS with scurvy. n result of the long
passage out; and as sick men who have
no wealth but the ragged clothes or
their backs to defend will not fight dos
perItely for the fortunes they have vet
to gain. none of these encounters cost
one drop of English blood. indeed five
shot and surrendered without further
resistance.
Now. though know that 1t goes
against an English Sranlan's grain to
resort to eXtfcme measures in cold
blood. still prudence is jade tina;
wcds attention us well as the more
highly m"t;lcd stecd chivalry. ana so
| anil almost all the Sc0ur-p's crew
with me SAW fit to rXp0Stulate with
our captain on his treatment OF the
prisoners. Their vessels as lie hal
no use for them. he scuttlp,l, but their
bodies he consigned 10 the boats aud
allowed them to make for the shore
unno!cStrd. MOI woull he allow
hair of Que of them to be injured
1t was in vain that we warned him
that some. escaping fcvcrs and hun.
ger. wild beasts ana heather. must
l. ,al;e their way TO tho Spanish settle.
mt. MS and. giving news OF our cruising
ground, either bring the hawks down
upon u.H or. what was just as bad. pre-.
vent the hcrons from crossing our
light. 1t Was equally in vain that we
showed him LOW every SpaniarI allow.
ed TO so free Cor that nation knows
not CIatitUde--l;H~1 INT one more pair of
hands against W. OF our cJuntrymcn
at some future day He would listen
to nothing. His duty. he eaid. was to
war against Spain. His conscience
was satisfied that by destroying her
shipping he wounded her mortally. but
his conscience would never consent to
killing men other than in fair fight.
On deck l was loyal TO my captain.
as was my duty. but IN the cabin |
spoke my thoughts freely. as was
sworn shipratr's privilege.
''The crew is getting surly' | told
him one day. with this long continued
I'll success. and 1t will take little to
make their muf!lcd srumbings break
out into open mutny."
what vii! they have?" he answered
impaticntly. "But sailors are tho same
Ill the world over. | make not til"
slightest doubt that Shcm. Ham and
.'aphoth growied among themselves on
deck whenever Captain Noah was In
his state cabin. But let our lads say
what they want. and ! am ready to
listen. 1t is not as II they were hired
for q set trading voyage to certain
port and back again, with thumb
IN; ks and crosses duly set against an
Agreement and bounty money pocketed
nnd guZZled before tho anchor was
tripped. ] am their captain only by
election and hence to certain degree
their servant"
"How If they depose your"
"Then shall serve under the new
captain. Who is 1t to bc-yoursClf?"
"You know me better than TO think
that" said warmly.
Eyes. Jack, I do. But who else Is
there7"
willie Trehalion.''
"Willie Trehalion would never take
the cross staT from my hat.ds. Be
sides, lie does not know how to use IL.
Dat n a.