Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-29

Presently the fore topmast went by the
hoard also as the long moments
dragged along. Seymour was
now lying on the quarter deck,
a bullet having broken his
leg, another having made flesh
wound in his arm. He had refused to
go below to have his wounds dressed,
and one OF the midshipmen was kneel.
ing by his side, applying such Hnskill.
ful bandages as he might to the two
bleeding wounds Mason had been sent
for and was In charge under Seymour's
direction. That young man, all his
nervousness gone, was most ably sec.
ending his dauntless captain.
The two ships were covered with
smoke. II was impossible to tell on
one what was happening on the other,
but the steady persistence with which
the Randolph chung to her big enemy
had its effect on the Yarmouth also.
and the well delivered fire did not al.
low that vessel any immunity. In fact.
while nothing like that on the frigate,
the damage was so great and so many
men had fallen that Captain Vincent
by boarding the frigate. The neces.
sary orders were given, and strong
party of bosrders was called away and
mustered on the forccastle, headed by
Reauchamp and Hollins.
Taking advantage Of the smoke and
OF the weather gauge. the Yarmouth
was suddenly headed for the Randolph.
As the enormous bows of the line of
battle ship came slowly showing out OF
the smoke. towering above them, GOV.
cred with men. sutlass or boarding pike
In hand. Seymour discerned at once the
purpose Of the maneuver. Raising
himself upon his elbow to better d..
rect the movement
IAN hands repel boarders!" he shout.
cd, his voice echoing through the ship
as powerfully as ever.
This was an unusual command, as
II completely deprived the guns Of their
crews. but he rightly judged that It
would take all the men they could
muster to repel the coming attack, and
none but the main deck guns of the
Yarmouth would or could be fired, for
fear Of hitting their own men in the
melee on the deck. The Randolph was
q wreck below at best, but while any.
thing held together above her plank
shears she would be fought. The men
had reached that desperate condition,
when they ceased to think of odds. and
like maddened beasts fought and raved
and swore In the frenzy Of the com.
bat. The thrice decimated crew sprang
aft. rallying In the gangway to meet
the shock, Mason at their head, fol.
lowed close by old Bentley, still un.
wounded. As the bow OF the Var.
mouth struck the Randolph with
crash. one or two wounded men. un
able TO take pare In repelling the board
ers, but still able to move, who had re
NAMED beside the guns, exerted the
remaining strength they possessed to
discharge such of the pieces as bore, In
long raking shots. through the bow OF
the liner; It was the last sound from
their hot muzzles.
The Yarmouth struck the Randolph
just forward Of the mainmast. The
men. swarming in dense masses on the
rail and hanging over the bowsprit
ready to leap. dropped on her deck al
once with loud cheers. A sharp volley
from the few marines left on the frig.
ate checked them for moment, but
they gathered themselves together at
once and, calamity led, sprapg aft,
handling their pistols and pixies and
waving their cutlasses. Mason was
shot In moment by Hollins' pistol,
Beauchamp was cut in two by a tire.
mendous sweep Of the arm of the
mighty Bentley, and the combat DO.
came at once general. Slowly, but
surely, the Americans were pressed
back, the gangways were cleared, the
quarter deck was gained. One by one
the brave defenders had fallen. The
battle was about over when Seymour
noticed man running out In the fore.
yard OF the Yarmouth with a hand
grenade. He raised his pistol and
fired. The man fell, but another reso.
lutely started to follow him.
Bentley and few other men and one
or two officers and midshipman were
all who were able to bear arms now.
Continued Tomorrow
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