The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-12-05

from Port Royal the Mary
Rose was tumbling southwark
before d gentle breeze through
the blue and languid seas.
Much had happened in the interval.
In the first place, Morgan had organ
zed and drilled the ships crew re-
ientIessly. With the aid of the five
principal adventurers. whom he had
constituted his lieutenants. he had
brought the motley crowd which he
had shipped into Il state of compare
tive efficiency and of entire Subjection
to his iron will The cooperative
principle which had been the main
spring of action as we'll as tie which
produced unity among the brethren of
tie coast had ceased to be regarded
SO far rs Morgan was concerned. He
took care. however. to be upon fairly
amicable terms with the officers IN
command and the veterans. though he
treated the rest of the riffraff like the
dogs they We're. They murmured and
was quite possible if he pushed them
too far and they found leader they
might make trouble
In accordance with Hornigold's ad-
vice, after deliberation between Nor
gan and the leaders, the Mary Rose
had first run up to La Vaca island.
south of HispaniOla, and the number
of original marauders had been in.
creased by fifty volunteers. all those,
indeed, who could he reached from the
small pirates who made that delectable
spot their rendezvous. In addition to
those the crew had also been re-eL-
forced largely from those of the unpaid
and discontinued seamen and soldiers
of the frigate who had happened to be
under matches the night of the capture
Presented with the choice of instant
death or adherence 10 the band. most
of them had accepted the latter alterna-
tive, although, to their great credit be
it said, not until one or two of the loyal
veterans who had holly refused to have
anything TO do with their ruffianly cap
tors had been forced to walk the plank
as an example to the rest should they
prove recaicitrant. Partly through ter
ror, partly through discomfort, part
~ on account of promises of the great
reward awaiting them. SpeciouSly urged
by Morgan himself, for he could talk
as we'll as he could fight. and. most Of
all, because even ut that date it was
considered Il meritoriouS act to attack
Il Spaniard, some seventy east in their
lot with the rest.
Among the DO members of the het-
erogeneouS crew so constituted were
to be found natives of almost every
race under the sun, even including one
or two Spanish renegados, and it would
he safe to say that the lowest and
meanest representatives of the several
races were assembled on that very
ship. The officers and men who had
been recruited from lSla La Eaca as
we'll as the older original members of
the crew of the Mary Rose. together
with select few of the remainder.
were men of approved courage. The
officers. indeed, bore regulations for
hardihood and daring not TO be sur
passed. Most of the rest. however,
We're arrant towards. As body the
band could not compare except in lead
ership with the former bands Of buc-
cancers.
Morgan himself, however, almost
made up for all deficiencies. His eye
was as keen. his hand as steady. his
soul as reckless and his skill as high
as when he had led the greatest buc-
cancer feet that had ever assembled
on the famous Panama expedition. Ev-
erybOdy on the ship hated him except
young Teach and the faithful Black
Dog. But they all feared him as much
Ms they hated him. and they admired
him as much as they feared him
So far as he was concerned. discipline
was absolute. No admiral Of the fleet
was ever served more promptly and re-
spectfully than he Even his nearest
associates We're treated with certain
haughtiness, which they bitterly re-
scented and which they would have call
ed in question had the situa ton been
other than it was. Truth to tell, in
f1uenced by HornigOld, they had EN-
barked upon mad enterprise, and
they needed Morgan to bring 1t to q
anccocSf,,I conclusion Without him,