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

n cleaned cheerily through
Cap ain Zeke RawIzs' gr1zzlt
u moustache as he shouted lie
~ ume-honored slogan from the
Betsy Ann $ quarterback,
while the boat steerer bailed
the lmpid sperm from try-pot to cooling
tank sky-flying smudge from the try
WORKS caught the captains eye ana ne
girdled the horizon with an ANXIOUS
glance as he resumed his cudless patrol
lie was tan, gaunt. snaInD-lhg anu o.,
yet there was a utheness and VlTllty IN
MS movements, and restless alef-ness ~
MS glance ike that OF the Tiger guards or
the King of Dudes prisOn-palace at me
Gar den Reach. And, Ike them, ne SnuLI@d
an ever-present danger. just before ne
Of the burning Of the capitol at WasnlnB-
tor by the British admiral, LORD Cock
burn. The lOng-contlnued ougrasSs ny
British men of war upon American mer-
chant Seamen had eliminated IN war
Should Captain Zeke fall in with one OF
those maritime DULLES now ne Wo9iQ DC q
ruined man. The pests sWdfmed ~ 81
seas; he was liable to meet one o! mem mem
anywhere AFTER long coH5dg WI 80
mate. Amos Calkins, he decided 70 carry
out he original plan or the NOy age -
they continued on the course 70 Ile -.-ss
Zealand grounds. Captain Zeke scanned
the horizon continually IOr suspicious
sails nuttered incOheTent profanity INTO
his sCraggy beard. worried the htIle re-
manning flesh off his bones, and d1scOV-
cred obstacles numerous and grave
The Betsy Ann, full nearly to the hatch
es, would prove rich prize, ana ne ives
powerless. HarpOOns and ianceS couiq
not prevail against solid SHOT nor WouId
a whaler'S crew be able 10 peat Oh a
boarding marty OF English blUeJackets-
The cry of f'Land-hoi disturbed MS rum
nations among the maZes OF TINS distress
ingly familiar yet discOurag1ngly unsoiV-
able puzzle. A half tangible blur on tisS
western horizon developed into q Deaull-
ful, semi-JrOpical islets wooded 10 tue
eIistening white beach Wood and water
were needed for the long passage nome,
and as there were no "Rales ~ In3EIocl,ed
harbor to his leeWard While udyHsh1
lasted.
Next morning friendly natives piloted
the boats to a tiny stream of clear, sweet
water, cascaClng over a mo sy in OF lock-
a slow, but handy place to fill casks
captain yielded 20 his inveterate Yankee
curiosity and sounded the approaches TO
the small haven-whereby he acquired
valuable information.
On the third day patch OF brown hemp
canvas appeared above the cocoa palms
on the sandspit To the eastward and GID
ed smoothly toward the point Captain
Zeke watched it anXiously as il grew and
developed, spas and rigging coming INTO
view, until a trim little ten-gun brig
swung round the point ana dropped an
Choir abreast OF ms watering place. Her
yards hardly settled upon the lifts before
the men were OIL them, furllng the sails
with the speed and precision obtalnaple
only on naval vessel The Iurleu sans
unmasked the flag he had so long been
dreading to see-the British white ensign.
boat dropped from the brlgS quarter
davits and eft her gangway moment
The crisis had arrived
Before Captain Zel1e could collect his
badly scattered wits the oars were laid IN
and the bow man had hooked or o q chain
plate A natty little midshipman, disdaIn-
ing to call for the rope that was not Of
fered, sprang nimbly up the side. Like
gaudy tropical bird he appeared on the
old whaler's dingy quarterback, his spot
less blue cloth and glijIering brass bu--
tons contrasting painfully with the SOM
bre surroundings. He Strutted pOmpOuSiy
aft, favored Captain Zeke with a super
cilious glance and, attuning his piping
voice in an authoritative key, asked Are
you the sailing master of this cratic
mo. [ amt Captain Zeke replied, e&-
plOsively.
The young officer raised his eyebrows
slightly, clapped hsnd TO the short dag
ger at his side and asked with rapidly in
creasfnzS dignity. Where is he2'
There amt any. I'm the captain II
that's what you mean
Captain" sneered the embryo Nelson,
We'll. sir I am ordered by Captain Arm
strong OF his majeSty's brig Grampus 10
demand by what right you trespass on
British territory Come, now, speak up,
sharp he added, with another compre-
bensive survey of Captain Zeke's faded,
patched and herring-bOned presence