The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-12
CHAPTER XII.
CAPTAIN BONNET BECOMES AN AID
MIRAL

LA.EaE s<E -
M ErU HE pirate vessel Re
venge was now bound
to the coast of the Caro-
linas and Virginia, and perhaps even
farther north, II her wicked fortune
should favor her. The growing com
merce of the colonies offered great
prizes in those days to the piratical
cruisers which swarmed mp and down
the Atlantic coast. To lie over for a
time off the coast of Charlestown was
Capt. Bonnets immediate object, and
to get there as soon as possible was
almost necessity.
The crew OF desperate scoundrels
whom he had gathered together had
discovered that their captain knew
nothing of navigation or the manage
ment OF ship, and there were many
of them who believed that If Black
Paul had chosen to turn the vessel 8
Bannet would not have known that
they were not sailing northward Thus
they had lost all respect for him, and
their conduct was kept within bounds
only by the cruel punishments which
he inflicted for disobedjenca a. gen'
erarbad conduct and which were rem ram.
dered possible by. the dissensions and
bad. feelings; among. the men them.
. gelYes;::on 7cliaiie:6r faction being al:
.t;dRl ssdi,isinily:: ALL, 3man .nirato;
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:SAsr ,i6iii;s;J' :ir ihgi
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':dit6oiIrlt& sJheswa ss.a !igoodSdivi;lef.. and.
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he:.sboil& cont nne::to, take prizes ana.
,tot.giSee EACH: rifa re.sundcr hifmc his fair
:hhifSs ,df,stfd: pilGtiideE the .mefs we're;
.JIj.als:foss!and. 6Sehlm until some .gooii;
:rssisspiis. caSis ;fSr%t RS1r OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
hilhilS: :.S3. With. :aoggiigs and. irons:
winds !Ilngg the. sails above; the. Res:.
ven ge..kept her. way, and. In.:spite;I
;c 3 me: curses and quafres 'and-thfeats:
which. p9!luted,>the, atr, tfrongh ;Wh!i.cllli
t1!e:..stout%:ship::sailedF. there was, ALI:
Ways s. g9oainatifeJ ":c9nsbaR l9HSR!l!
:%nefeAe q. ':tle':capta.in'1 ;plck9Ey aId
3bs9 eree9way '.toqna; ;the e 3.
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!! heE: f q Mi!t%ess kifte; Ispliffe.
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;ag.: early return: and. ,voTetd'!to, sQiSkr
ooTy'thatt; lhc.:wouh. send 'hFn' To-. SPAN.
iih% EoM.f% 4 L. tpls'tosltlS. ;ddlgsjrteia'
UNSATISFACTORY las: AM onDoftlnl tsfiHh9llld..
shof&:;ttself.::;.. -. .:.::..r::'' 80 =.
/, ;.W.lien". he ;:Reyenge: ,::;feached.: tieEiI
iioutlio :iof. I: chaiaSs, Flown .ihar6ofs 'HIie;.
'hefsalf :tbeire% In: !:fQiliso
dhxs' Taptnredy -thfGef awellaatiS.n. .nfiiar:.l
s,two..b 0lind%HoV tyapd saudi: !.
one:::g0l :igi lin. from ,Engfald,o -:
.went weiE .autl.swiflf iii{ng6..
hands:to. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ;audta .Iir6iufIT:'.
Shutting; captain: on. her :aiiai:stf-iiofEs I
shib.fe:neWed. her. NORTHUMBERLAND \:
coursa;: and. SPREAD ,ferior.' and :naire;i.
prizes even sas far: as tho NGMg EasEIail 4: /.
coast. and If 5ickort. had .h;aile:'aIiH;;. (,
doubts that the;late. fGpitable 1laifritef;l
Of: Bridgetown, lad. now. become "a. /:
I6ritahle pirate he. hail. MANY. ohij0r. II
OF. setting. himself right :B6n;.
net. seemed; 10, be :groyinl. proonil~of his /:
nsM.ly ncduiTed taste. for rsnacity;and.,E
.AiSrrGliantmeii. weri.e.re;sxIssSiy I.
roh6eda and. bifrned:. 'iiherr:;.crcws i.
belng' SCI on shore in some desolatc
spot, to perish or survive, the pirate
cared not which. and If resistance we're
offered, bloody massacres or heartless