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heaped in the water and provisions they


no" did he come TO be left behind? Anc
didn't you notice how the men looked tho
brig over and kept dodgin' and whisperin''
I'm 6elievin' we shall have trouble with
But they can't be pirates
Probably not"
And there's no war between Is"
NO, but we cant make out th.ir story
ana do believe that mate was lyin' all the
,ime. | wish we hadn't shown light ano
brought them aboard"
The Dutchmen were tired with their pull
al inc oars and slept soundly till the mornin
/, watch OF the Mary Ann was ready to wash
down decks. Then they rose up, yawnine
ana stretching, and the last was hardly or
his feet before the breeze came. Sail was
made at once, and as the Mary Ann laid her
course Capt Hopewell called the cook af,
to see about preparing breakfast for the
| extra men.
He had his eye on the strangers at the
cred in bunch and were whispering to-
gether. Their yawl was big and clumsy
! boat. provided with oars and SAIL and as
there was no room OH the deck Of the brig
| to stow IL the captain went forward and
tried to make the Dutch mate understand
and the yawl sent adrift.
| He made himself clear ens0gh, but as
II his words and gestures had been q signal
| the twelve Dutchmen at once sprang upon
! .ue ',em vi ,mo WARY AMI al VI mnoIu wei !
on deck. They were stout, determined
men, and the move was 30 sudden that no
| resistance was made.
| Nancy heard the scufle and appeared
on deck to find Capt, Elisha and all his men
Sey we're not bound pWSsn he sna made
no struggle the Dutch mate took OF his cap
to Nancy and sought to make 1t clear TO
/, the Others that they were TO be sent adrift
In the vawl.
II L. l,ns. .lr,, ,,t,t
at?' asked Capt. Elisha az he turned to
~ do, Elisha" she replied land I'm
not a bit surprised. They mean to.tnrn us
ad1ift and go sailing away with the briE;. ).
the same as piracy, Men, let's make a
| fight fur it,
aStop, Elisha" called Nancy There .
no show fur u.s. They'll beat We to death
before you can knock one Of EN- down.
Don't MT, drive f, them to murder when there's
And am to let EN- have possession
Of brig and cargo"
"You'll have to. II you are easy with
EN- well git away all right, and we may
sight vessel to help us before noon.
AYE, captain, we've no show agin EN-, .
called the mate "bnt with that big yawl
we needn't be afraid if we, are at sea fur
month We are fur the boat
| That settled 1t. 1t is due to the strang gers
objection when more water and provisions
We're lowered into the boat, and when the
men packed and lowered their bags and
Nan; Nancy =, brought ought up big bundle of things
| They had no jeers or insults to fling after
! those they had sent aAoat, but at once
made more sail on the brig and headed her
! on a new course. Nancy had Struggled
the chart and a spare compass into her
| bundle. and as the boat drew away she
was forced by the wind to hold true course
for the English Channel. There were pro,
visions in plenty and scarcely, word
was uttered before breakfast had been
served ou:. Then Nancy quietly asked:
Elisha. what we goin' to do about it,.
"I'm goin' to stand to the eastward for
/ awhile" he replied. after thinking it over.
"Ill jest keep track Of the Mary Ann as
long as l can, and it's Jest possible that we
her back. If we don't meet anything by
tomorrow. and the wind allows. it. III
head fur home, though don't see how I'm
ever to hold up my head In Boston or Salem
ag'in. They'll! say l was a coward not to
| Then they'll be fools! The Dutch
| men would have killed every one OF us
but what they'd had the brig, and we ought
to thank heaven We got OF as well as we
did. Don't We despair, Elisha, We've
seen some tight saueaks, but we've allus
| come out all right. Don't ye remember
how a whale once saved u.s.
"And the same whale may eat us this
| time"
! but as the brig bore into the north and
sailed the faster her topsails were only a
| speck on the sea when the sun went down
As the breeze did not fall with the sun the
men were divided into watches, lantern
was run to the head OF the mast as a signal.
and hour after hour the boat danced over
| the seas.
There were two men on the lookout, but
after midnight Nancy reused up and spoke
to them and found that both Of them were
asleep. She sat down beside one of them
| III the bow. wide awake with her thoughts
of the sudden change in their fortunes
and long hour had passed. when the sight
Of ship suddenly danced before her.
1t was craft with all her sails set, and
| having been taken abeck she was drifting
away stern first, though this fact was not
known till later. A cry. from the woman
| reused everybody in an instant, and point
ing into the south she chokngly exclaimed
1There-there-a ship-a ship"
by Josh, and there is" answered Capt.
Elisha second later Nov, men, all
together and hail her
4 great shout wenr over the water, but
it was not answered, and neither was
look Capt Elisha cried OUT
1Why, l believe she's an abandoned
craft and tahn' care Of herself: Well
run right alongside IN nve minutes!
They reached the decks of the stranger
to find her n ship a good deal larger than
the Mary Ann. and search OF ten minutes
proved that not living soul was aboard.
There was a dead man. though.
Lying in the main cabin, fully dressed,
was the corpse Of the captain, and a sailors
sheath knife was still sticking in his back.
Murder had been done before the ship
was abandoned
Did YOU ever read an account of that
ocean mystery? The ship Noorne. Capt.
Bergen. master, had set out from North
Sea ports bound for New York with waltz
able cargo. That was the craft Capt.
Hopeweu found adrif in nidocean
Her crew. from the mate down. were the
men who took forcible possession or the
Mary Ann. after killing their captain and
abandoning their vessel. What drove them
10 the decd of blood why they didn't
stand by their ship afterwartl where they
headed for in the stolen brig-.thesc are
questions that have never been answered
Perhaps he mate and his chief q'iarrelled.
and murder was done in passion. Then
fear of The law made he whole crew camor-
ous to get out Of the ship. They took
nothing with them which was not their own.
They even left over a thousand dollars
in gold and silver behind them. " any
human eye ever sighted the Mary Ann after
hnr crew lost sight OF her, the fact has not
been reported to this day. II Is easy tn
guess her fate. however. She either went
down in a gale at sea or was wrecked on
some iron-b ,und coast to the north. and
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