The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-24
seamen in the service Of King George.

seamen in the service Of King George.
God bless hint!
The Englishmen uncovered and drained
their glasses Amos was saved the
reasonable act by an elbow Jog and a
savage glance from his captain. me
others stood firm. DisreSardlng their
boOrishness, Captain Armstrong con-
tinued:
You are probably unaware that the
king has decided TO reclaim MS own.
COckburn, having smoked out the central
nest of treason in Washington VIII nave
ravaged your whole coast by THIS time.
1 might have boarded you when nfst
came in, but you are treacherous devils,
and would probably have used those muir
derOus whaling tools on Us, and mold
that one British bluejacket is worth more
than "a thousand OF ye- j dldn sink or
burn your old grease box because; filthy
as 1t is. there's prize money IN IT. ana my
loyal boys in blue shall spend the money
you have earned, While you shall nOly-
stche ms decks, and train my guns on the
enemies Of the king. You. RaWlins, are q
surly brute I'll put you IN the copper
puntt And you shall keep her copper Ike
gOld-plate or / promise you frequently
recurring weddings with the gunner
daughter Seize thems men and take
SAvast there Captain zeke held up
a big brown palm, and the trained sea-
men halted instinctiVely at the word Of
command No need to sic on your dogs
he continued. giaring saVagely at Arm
strong You've got the upper hand, and
it's no more than we might have expected
from a passed. of treacherous redcOats5 Tor
that's al you are, If you do wear the
blue. But I amt in your copper punt
yet-Stan' up! Clear and denant the
words rang out; Three seas-plteh-
pole"
The Englishmen's amusement changed
to wonder as twelve harpOOnS We're pitch
pOled from the bush at their side, ele-
waited for three-seaS dart. They
swished overhead in perfect alignment
like a rank Of charging cavalry each
short-warped to the heavy seine. The
irons buried themselves to the hitches
III the sdLu az the wafer 0usS, ~ 3
! great net settled, and the entire British
force, except the two boat tenders, We're
! shared like wild pigeons. With WhOop
| and a crash of crOckery Captain Zeke's
contingent charged across the table while
/ Ads reinfOrcements appeared IN the rear.
/ Puzzled and handicapped by the entang-
/ ling net, their arms rendered useless, the
/ EngliShmen went down in as Quirmlng,
/ crushing heap.
Unlike the fondling of an infant by its
mother was the measure meted unto
! them When thoroughly subdued, they
! were ingeniOuSly tied with the short
/ Warps. and further secured with the
J wreckage Of the table and handy beach
J drift.
Think nobody heard of the declaration
/ of war but you, do yep Captain Zeke
] called back to his discounted Zoe, as he
/ marshaled his men to the boats. IF the
/ Betsy Ann wasn't so near fun, I'd swap
/ ships with We. Come, hurry up, boys, and
/ catch those boats"
! The briggs boats. each with its keeper
/ Sculllng hOmeWard for dear life were
/ quickly ONef0dul6Q. the men captured and
| the boats stove and set adrift
/ The Betsy AIMS cook, a ShreWd old
! spoUter, got his cue from the miniature
/ naval action with the boats. He hauled
/ in the sHprOpe, set the courses and had
] her headed for blue water before the
! boats arrived. As the old lady swashed
/ across the briggs stern, Captain Zel1e hall
| ed his friend, the mildly, who had been
| left in charge:
Hey, Sonney; when your sailing master
| gets back, ask him how ne likes Yankee
! sauce with kangaroo tall?'
| The youngsters had heard of that tide
| which, Taken at the flood leads on to
1 fortune" SurmiSing that this might be
| it. he hastily dispatched a cutter ashore,
! and was sOundly berated by his irate cap
tain for not having sent the pinnacle also.
He then remembered that Ito err IS hu-
/ man.
Before the Betsy AIMS topgallaut sails
/ were set, the Grampus was after her with
| every rag drawing. The brig was gaining
| like a sWordfish on pOrpOise, and Cap
/ tain Zeke'S craW was full of large and eX-
! ceedingly sharp fishhOOks- They were
/ running dead before the wind, which en-
| abled. Armstrong to ''yaW' from side 10
| side and fire on the defenseless whaler.
/ A 32-pOund shot cut Captain Zeke's own
1 boat in two, Leaving the ends dangling pa
/ theUicaily from the daVits. A quick CLEAN
of recollection displaced the angry glare