The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-22

~ ny ''iAe got my senses back, and the
convict gang was wild with eyultati.n
Inc roughcr portion demanded that rv5,.v
one who was not with them should h.,
butchcred. but Small and his three ar
Iour hsutenauts put them down. | tbinl,
me Arst idea of the convicts was +, 8,
ashore at -. Paul. having previousIy
ScnttIcd the ship, but this gaye place ia
another PLAN. The third mate, or Los'n
agreed to cast in his lot with the couvirts
Inc captain, carpenter. SailnaEgr and
SIN or seven hands got no choice. Tho
IohShoat was lowered. provided with
sans oars, food and water. and thp mon I
nave named We're sent adrift without be
INK harmed. By pocket compass which
one 81 them carried they stecrcd Il course
iof the island and landed there two DAYS
ialer' but were on it six months before
belhS taken off. | wanted to go with
'helh' nut Small refused NE permission.
saying that ! had been SO kind to him
that he felt it his duty TO reward me
All the others also spoke very kindly IN
me- and had the modification of rcaIiz.
ing that was the catSpaw by which tbc,.
had taken possession of the shin.
As soon as the longboat had left Nc
and the dead had been thrown overheard
Small called all the people together and
made speech. He appointed his an.
GERS, stated that he proposed To stecf. IN
'he hofth and that every one aboard
could consider himself pirate and La
hanged to him. The men checrcd again
anu AGAIN, and by an hour after meridian
everything was running smoothly. Small
enforced the stri"test discipline. and the
TWO or three convicts who growled about
1t were knocked down with promptpe,s
and vigor. | was assigned to the cabin
TO wait on the captain, and our cook and
steward had to do duty as before. Small
knew something of navigation. ana he
had some smart sailors with him. He
mad whole ocean to himself. and tbn
/ chart showed him that the nearest land
to the north after passing ST. Paul was
the ChagoS archipelago in the Indian
ocean.
For the next - days little happened of
interest. Then one day about noon we
sighted a Dutch brig on her way ont
from Java The sailmakcr had mann
factured very fair piratical flag, and
TINS was Immediately run up and our
course changed to cut the stranger off
When signaled to hcavc to, he lost no
time, being scared half TO death. He
mad crew of seven men, and no re-
sIstance was offered. Small sent a boat
load of armed men TO take possession.
and, rs it happened to fall calm soon
after the crafts drftcd together. they
were dashed in that position for the next
30 hours. The brig was full of coffee and
spices. Small took what he wanted ont
crew We're sent adrift in their own yawl
During the next two weeks we sighted
only two sails, and they were far distant.
1 think it was only on the twcnty-ninth
day after the capture of the ship and we
were well up to the Chagos when a sail
was made out on our port quarter. This
was about 9 o'clock in the morning. ana
a man sent aloft declared her to be an
lndiaman. The regular track of those
vessels was to the west Of Madagascar.
up the Mozambique channel. but this one
might be going to call at some of the
eastern islands. No sooner was her char
acter made out than all was rejoicing and
excitement on board our ship The arms
We're got out, grog served to the men, and
everybody was impatient for the India
man to come on. She came pacing along
at a good gait, the wind being fair, and
she was within half a mile of us when
Small hoisted the black flag and signalcd
her to heayc to. This was hardly ac-
complished when a dozen men cried ont
in chorus that the stranger was not an
1ndiaman at all, but corvet, and a
moment later she flew French colors and
began to drop her gun port covers.
I'Or tIp uaYt fyn minutes, ,.,,,, e,,..;.,,
reigned supreme on our decks. Then
Small hauled down the black flag and
hoisted the English cools and dipped
them in compliment but the Frcnchman
could see over a hundred men running
about on our decks, and he knew that
something was wrong. He came racing
up and passed us close enough to hail
and ask what was the trouble. Small
answered that we were an cmigrant ship
and that the black flag was joke.
The corvet ran ahead, lulfcd up and
fred gun for us to heave to. Small
ordered all sail to be set. but the men
We're hardly aloft before the corvet sent
solid shot over us and brought Small
to his senses. As soon as our Roadway
was checked an armed boats crew came
aboard, and the fact that we were con
vict ship was at once apparent. Half
our number We're transferred to the cor
vet and % Frenchmen put aboard of
the Queen, and thus conveyed the latter
returned to Cape Town. The cook, stew
ard and myself were eXonerated from
all blame when put on trial, but Small
and five others We're hanged. and every
other man whose sentence had been less
than life bad it eXtendcd.-St. Louis
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