Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-13

Of Ben Greenway. Nobody could un-
derstand it. Capt. Bonnet stood and
yelled:
What are you about, Ben Green
way? Have you gone mad? Without
sword or pistol, you'll be-"
The astonished Bonnet did not finish
his sentence, for his power of speech
left him when he saw Ben Greenway
hurry up to the captain of the mer-
chairman, who was standing unarmed.
with his crew about him, and warmly
shake that dumfounded skipper by the
hand. In their surprise at what they
beheld the pirates. had not thrown
their grapnels at the proper moment,
and now the two vessels had drifted
still farther apart.
Presently Ben Greenway came hur-
rying to the side of the merchantman,
dragging it's captain by the hand.
Master Bonnet! Master Bonnet" he
cried; this is your old friend, Abner
Marchand, O. our town; an this is his
good ship the Amanda. I knew her
when first caught sight O. her figure
head, havin' seen it so often at her
pier at Bridgetown. An so, now that
We know wha it is that We haze mad
vertently captured, We may ca off your
men an bid them sheathe their fright
full cutlasses."
At this, roar arose from the
pirates, who, having thrown some of
their grappling-irons over the gunwale
of the merchantmen, were now pulling
hard upon them to bring the two YES
sells together, and Capt. Bonnet shout
ed back at Ben: What are you talking
about, you driveling idiot; haven't you
told Mr.. Marchand that am pirate?"
Indeed 1 haze no." cried Ben, ''for
I don't believe We are ane; at least, no.
to your friends an neebours."
To this Bonnet made violent reply,
but it was not heard. The two vessels
had now touched and the crowd of
yelling pirates had leaped upon the
deck Of the Amanda. Bonnet was not
far behind his men, and, sword in
hand, he rushed towards the spot
where stood the merchant captain with
his crew hustling together behind him.
AS there was no resistance, there was
so far no fighting, and the pirates were
tumbling over each other in their haste
to get below and find out what sort Of
a cargo was carried by this easy prize.
Capt Marchand held out his hand.
"Good-day to you, friend Bonnet" he
said. II had hoped that you would be
ono IF tho fret fr;opdo should x,ooo+
when I reached port at Bridgetown,
but little thought to meet you before
I got there"
Bonnet was little embarrassed by
the popularity of the situation, but his
heart was true to his new career.
Friend Marchand," he said, II see
that you do not understand the state
of affairs, and Ben Greenway there
should have told you the moment ne
met you. l am no longer a planter OF
Barbados; I am pirate of the sea.
and the Jolly Roger floats above my
ship. l belong to no nation; my hand
is against all the world. You and your
ship have been captured by me and my
men, and your cargo is my prize. Now,
what have you got on board, where do
you hail from, and whittier are you
bound?"
Capt. Marchand looked at him fix
eddy.
Il sailed from London with a cargo
of domestic goods for Kingston;
thence, having disposed of most of my
cargo, am on my way to Bridgetown,
where I hope to sell the remainder"
Your goods will never reach Bridge
town. cried Bonnet; they belong now
to my men and me-"
What" cried Ben Greenway, rye
speak wi'out sense or reason. Haze We
forgotten that this is Mr.. Abner Mar
chand, your acknowledgment an your
senior warden? An to him do We talk
O. takin' ava his goods an. legal chat
tels?"
Bonnet looked at Greenway with in
dignation and contempt
Nov listen to me- he yelled. no
the devil with the vestry and d.
the Scotchman's eyes and mouth were
so rounded with horror that Bonnet
stopped and changed his form of ex-
pression-"confound the senior war
den. am the pirate Bonnet, and re-
gard not the Church of England"
Nor your friends?" interpolated
Ben.
Nor friends nor any man." shouted
Bonnet
"Abner Marchand, I am sorry that
your vessel should be the first one TO
fall into my power, but that has hap
pened, and there Is no help for it. My
men are below ransacking your hold
for the goods and treasure it may con-
tain. When your cargo, or what we
want of it, is safe upon my ship, shall
burn your vessel, and you and your
men must walk the plank"
At this dreadful statement, Ben
Greenway staggered backward in
speeches. dismay.
EYES," cried Bonnet, that shall I
do, for there is naught else I can do.
And then you shall see, you doubling
Greenway, whether I am a pirate or
no."
To all this Capt. Marchand said not
a word. But at this moment a woman s
scream was heard from below, and
then there was another scream from
another woman. Capt. Marchand
started.
"Your men have wandered into my
cabin" he exclaimed, land they have
frightened my passengers. Shall I go
and bring them up, Mai. Bonnet? They
will be better here"
"Ay, ay!" cried the pirate captain,
surprised that there should be female
passengers on board, and Marchand,
followed by Ben Greenway, disappeared
below.