The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-07

| their crews from sturdy young sailor
| boys impressed from the merchant
vessels and the fishing fleets of New
England The ship in which Fillmore
sailed was captured off the coast by
| the notorious pirate Phillip, and John
and his chum. Edward Cheeseman,
| were told by the buccaneer that here
after they would be members of his
crew and he would make first elias
pirates out of them.
So. with the two boys added to
! his gang of cutthroats, Phillips sailed
the Jolly Roger-the black flag with
the skull and rossbones-hying, sink
ing, capturing numbering and ravag-
ing. Phillips would capture a ship,
man it with a mixed crew of i'm
| pressed recruits and old pirates; and
send it away to scour the seas and
rejoin him at an appointed rendez-
vous.
To one of these captured vessels,
! the Dolphin he transferred his flag,
| and to it he took Fillmore and
| Cheeseman, A man named Harraden,
who had commanded the Dolphin
when she was captured. was also re-
tanned on board. the pirate chief
thinking he might induce him to turn
pirate. too.
Capt Harraden was too much cast
down to do anything but bewail his
fate, but Fillmore and Cheeseman, while
secretly planning to get the best of
the buccaneer, seemingly entered into
the spirit of the adventure.
For all that, the older pirates were
instructed to keep a close watch upon
the two boys, and it was seldom that
they could get an opportunity to talk
with each other alone.
Phillips used to compliment Fill
more upon the cheerful way he took
things, and assured him that he would
in time become as great a pirate as
any that sailed the seas.
THAT will I not" thought Fillmore,
but he held his peace.
The two boys used to lie on deck,
pretending to be asleep, but keeping
a careful watch out of half closed eye
lids for intruders, while they con-
versed in whispers, and in this man
ner Fillmore was able to communicate
to his companion the plans he had
Matched for their deliverance, and to
assign him the part he was to play in
the affair.
With great caution, and watch
ing carefully their opportunity, the
plot was communicated to Capt.
Harraden, and a day set for it's eXecu-
ton.
Four others of the crew, recruits like
themselves who had been impressed in
to the pirates service, were induced to
join them in the conspiracy.
One day at noon the pirate chief be-
ing below in his cabin, Fillmore picked
up an axe which was lying on deck
and twirled it on it's point. This was
the signal. The sailing master, a vet
eran pirate grown old in wickedness,
resisted, and in the struggle fell over
board and was drowned. The boat
swain, another ruffian, was killed, and
when Phillips, hearing the racket came
on deck to see what was the matter,
he was attacked by the mutineers.
The old pirate made a great fight for
it, but was finally killed by Capt. Har-
raden. In the scrimmage the pirate
gunner was tripped up and fell over
board and the rest of the pirates re-
treated to the hold under the command
of the quartermaster. the only officer
of the buccaneers left alive.
Having the pirates below matches,
and being now in the possession of fire.
arms taken from the cabin, Fillmore
and his followers soon induced the
buccaneers to yield and they were put
in irons, while the Dolphin" was
headed for Boston.
The boy captor of the pirate craft
was arrested along with every other
person on board when the Dolphin"
got into port, but he and those who
had assisted him were honorably ac-
quilted, while of the others two were
hanged and the rest imprisoned.