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the law, and nothing was done about it;
but Audain thought it wise to make
friends with the government officials,
and that proved such. an expensive
business that he went afioat in his
schooner to retrieve his fortune.
He landed at Basseterre, st. kits "a
British island), and by means of pres
ents and arts familiar to those who
trade with simple minded people like
| Indians he managed to load his schoon-
er with negroes and send her away
for q market in Martinique. But on
her way she was captured by a pri-
vateer that hailed from st. Nevis, and
this speculation was ended then and
there.
On hearing of the capture Audain
became wild with anger, and, going
to st. Nevis, he challenged the owner
of the priVateer to fight a duel. The
man refused, and Audain not only post
ed him as coward, but for four days
paced to and fro before the court house,
armed with sword and four big pis-
tolls
Failing to get shot, he went back
II his Reaching; and that he was able
to do so is an interesting portrayal OF
West Indian ideas in those days. Soon,
however. he was af1oat again, Dolly
Michaux was appealed to not in vain.
cruised about with his eyes wide open
and his teeth shut tight, until he saw
alec. on a fine, breezy afternoon, big.
high-poop Spanish galleon, deeply laden
and homeward bound.
1t was the chance of a lifetime for
such ships always carried large guam
! titles of precious metals, cochineal and
other valuable products. Rarely was
such a prize worth less than 5000, 900,
M II
Easing his sheets, Audain ran within
good viewing distance, when he came
to the wind and looked carefully for
guns, but not a gun could he see.
Then with whoop he reached. for
her, but when within pistol range
fourteen ports open mysteriously and
fourteen guns came out on the run.
With a groan, but with his utmost
speed, Audain let go all halliards and
surrendered. Then he dived into the
hold, turned big empty cask bottom
| up, and, with his mate, crawled I'M
| der.
The Spaniards, boarding the schoon-
err killed all the men on deck, found
Audain under the cask, and dragged
him on deck, where the light was bet
ter for carving, before they served
him to the sharks. But as Audain
reached the deck the Spanish captain
saw HlIl anu SdlQ.
wait; this mans life is sacred, and
that of the other for his sake"
When stopping at st. Thomas, Au-
dain had saved the captains life, but
under what circumstances neither he
nor the captain would tell.
Audain was landed, and once more
made his way to Martinique, where
Dolly was wheedled into buying
schooner for honest trade with Santo
Domingo and Hayti negroes. The
schooner reached Santo Domingo, and
Audain sold her cargo to great adj
vantage. He also sold the schooner
| and settled down at one of the south
side ports. But having the Anglo
Saxon pride of race, he found it diff
cult to pay court to negro officials. A
quarrel followed, Audain challenged
two of them to fight him with pistols,
met them both at once, and at the
word shot them both.
Another affair on the field of honor
| lit is known that he fought thirteen
duels in alb must be mentioned. In
this duel Audain fired twice and miss
ed each time. Throwing the pistol
on the ground he turned on his Sec
ond and said in a tone that meant
much:
Sir, don't let this occur again"
He supposed the seconds were pur-
| posely leaving the balls out of the pis-
tolls. Then, as the work of loading
began again, Audain walked over to
his antagonist, and saying, Some
thing between, something between,
good SIR knocked him down. OF
course, the seconds stopped the duel,
and Audain was wild with rage for a
| time.